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UPDATE
RAJASTHAN
1,069
DEATHS
83,163
CONFIRMED CASES
GUJARAT
3,034 DEATHS 96,435 CASES
New Delhi: The Cen-
tral government sub-
mitted before the Su-
preme Court on Tues-
day that the loan mora-
torium period may get
extended by up to two
years in view of the on-
going COVID-19 pan-
demic and its impact on
the economy.
A three-judge bench
of the apex court, head-
ed by Justice Ashok
Bhushan, was hearing
two pleas filed Gajender
Sharma and lawyer
Vishal Tiwari seeking
to extend the moratori-
um period to help bor-
rowers in deferring
their EMI payment on
term loans amid the
pandemic.
Solicitor General
Tushar Mehta, appear-
ing for the Centre, sub-
mitted that the loan
moratorium may be ex-
tended by two years.
The bench said that it
will hear the matter to-
morrow, after the Union
of India, through the
Solicitor General, files
its reply in the morato-
rium issue. Mehta said
that the affidavit was
filed on Monday online.
The bench said that it
has not received the af-
fidavit yet.
“The lordship may go
through it, the matter
may be taken up tomor-
row or day after tomor-
row. The interest on in-
terest part, we have
discussed with the RBI
officers,” Mehta said.
Let the Union of In-
dia, Reserve Bank of
India, and others sit to-
gether and find out a
proper solution, the
bench said, to which
Mehta submitted no ad-
versarial step are being
taken. Turn to P6
Loan moratorium
may be extended by
2 yrs: Centre to SC
REST IN PEACE, PRANAB DA!
Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the nation in paying last respects to former President Pranab Mukherjee, in New Delhi on Tuesday. Pranab Da, as he was fondly
called, was laid to rest with full military honours and his last rites were performed at Lodhi crematorium, under restrictions for COVID19. MORE ON P5
New Delhi: India on
Tuesday said China’s
fresh attempt to change
the status quo in the
south bank area of Pan-
gong lake in eastern
Ladakh is in “complete
disregard” to the under-
standings reached be-
tweenthetwocountries.
External Affairs Min-
istry Spokesperson An-
urag Srivastava said
the Chinese side violat-
ed previously agreed
understanding and en-
gaged in “provocative
military maneuvers” in
the late night of August
29 and on August 30 in
an attempt to change
the status quo in the
south bank area.
“As stated yesterday
by Indian Army, the In-
dian side responded to
these provocative ac-
tions and took appropri-
ate defensive Turn to P6
China violated border consensus
while talks were on, says India
Beijing: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said India-
China boundary is yet to be demarcated due to which
there will always be problems and the two countries
should implement consensuses between their leader-
ship to not let differences from escalating into con-
flicts. China is ready to manage all issues through
dialogue with India, said Wang, who is currently on a
tour of Europe. In response to a question on China’s
relations with India and Japan, he did not directly refer
to latest provocative move by PLA in eastern Ladakh.
NSA DOVAL
REVIEWS
SITUATION AT
BORDER
New Delhi: National
Security Advisor
(NSA) Ajit Doval,
along with top of-
ficials, reviewed the
situation at the India-
China border, sources
said. Defence Minis-
ter Rajnath Singh is
likely to call another
high-level meeting
later. This comes
after the Indian Army
thwarted an attempt
by the Chinese Army
to transgress into
Indian areas near
the southern bank
of Pangong Tso near
Chushul in Ladakh
on the intervening
night of Saturday and
Sunday. Turn to P6
Indian Air Force Chopper seen flying in Leh on Tuesday.
BORDER NOT YET DEMARCATED, THERE
WILL ALWAYS BE PROBLEMS: WANG
SC grants
telco firms
10 yrs to pay
AGR dues
New Delhi: The Su-
premeCourtonTuesday
granted telecom compa-
nies, including Airtel
Bharti and Vodafone
Idea,aperiodof 10years
to clear their pending
adjusted gross revenue
(AGR) dues to the Cen-
tral government.
A three-judge bench
headed by Justice Arun
Mishra, passing the or-
der through video con-
ferencing, asked the
National Company Law
Tribunal (NCLT) to de-
cide on spectrum trad-
ing as part of the Insol-
vency and Bankruptcy
Code. The top court
had, on July 20, re-
served its order on the
timeline for the pay-
ment of AGR dues by
telecom companies af-
ter observing that the
request Turn to P6
New Delhi: In a strong-
ly worded letter, India
has raised the issue of
free speech with social
media giant Facebook,
alleging that the plat-
form is the “latest tool”
being used to create “in-
ternal divisions and so-
cial disturbances” by
vested groups.
In a letter written by
Union IT Minister Ravi
Shankar Prasad to Fa-
cebookCEOMarkZuck-
erberg, India has raised
the need for country
specific community
guidelines and said that
as a transactional digi-
tal platform, Facebook
must not only be fair
and neutral, but also
visibly seen to be so.
The IT minister has
also flagged the issue of
FB employees running
campaigns to discredit
the democratic process
of the country. “Indi-
viduals working in any
organisation may have
their individual likes or
dislikes, but that must
not have any bearing on
the public policies and
performance of the or-
ganisation. It seems
from credible media re-
ports that Facebook In-
dia team, right from the
managing director to
other senior officials is
dominated by people
who belong to a particu-
lar political belief,” the
letter says.
“I have been in-
formed that in the run-
up to 2019 general elec-
tions in India, there was
a concerted effort by
Facebook Indian man-
agement to not just de-
lete pages or substan-
tially reduce to reach
but also offer no records
or right Turn to P6
India’s hard hitting letter to
FB: Your workers abusing PM
Ravi Shankar Prasad Mark Zuckerberg
—PHOTO BY ANI
—PHOTOBYANI
DELHI
4,462 DEATHS 1,77,060 CASES
WORLD
8,57,393
DEATHS
2,57,74,318
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
37,59,515
CONFIRMED CASES
66,448
DEATHS
MAHARASHTRA
24,903 DEATHS 8,08,306 CASES
TAMIL NADU
KARNATAKA
Cabinet today, tourism policy among major decisions expected
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Known for his
understanding of finan-
cial aspects ailing any
state, Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot, reflect-
ing on the dismal state
of India’s economy, de-
manded on Tuesday
that the Central govern-
ment take corrective
steps urgently. “It is
most worrying that al-
most all sectors of the
economy are sharply
down. Construction and
manufacturing shrank
over 50 percent and 39
percent respectively in
April-June. While trade,
hotels, transport and
communications re-
corded contraction if 47
percent. Government
needs to take corrective
measures urgently,” he
tweeted.
Notably, a week after
being called off due to
Corona scare in CMO
and CMR, the crucial
cabinet meeting, which
was going to be held for
the first time last week
after the return of the
‘rebel’ legislators, is
now scheduled to be
conducted on Wednes-
day evening at CMR.
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot had called for
the cabinet meet last
week but the meet was
cancelled at the last mo-
ment as several officials
at CMR and CMO tested
Corona positive.
For Wednesday’s cab-
inet meet, twelve agen-
das have been shortlist-
ed associated with eight
department’s on which
the cabinet members
and CM will hold dis-
cussions. Primary
among these are keep-
ing the election depart-
ment and state election
commission out pur-
view of the Rajasthan
Lokayukt and Deputy
Lokayukt Act. Then
there is the issue of
MBBS syllabus and the
issue of not demanding
lump sum amount for
the NRI quota seats. A
decision could be taken
on allowing depositing
fees on semester wise
basis. Turn to P6
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot met MPCC President and Minister of Revenue, Maharashtra, Balasaheb
Thorat at CMR on Tuesday.
CM urges Centre to take urgent
steps to revive the economy
CEC’s meet
postponed, to
be held today
Dr Anita
Jaipur: Chief election
Commissioner Sunil
Arora was scheduled to
hold a meeting at Rajpu-
tana Sheraton hotel in
Jaipur on Tuesday, how-
ever, owing to the de-
mise of former Presi-
dent Pranab Mukherjee,
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Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: Accusing the
state government of fi-
nancial mismanage-
ment, BJP state presi-
dent Satish Poonia on
Tuesday said that CM is
finding it hard to run
the state.
“It is the financial
mismanagement of the
state government which
has made it difficult for
CM Ashok Gehlot to run
the state. CM makes
baseless allegations
against PM Modi to hide
the failure of his gov-
ernment,” Poonia said.
“It is Gehlot’s old hab-
it to shift the blame,”
the BJP leader said,
while praising the NDA
government led by
Modi. He said that it
was Congress govern-
ments which patron-
ised corruption in the
country, Gehlot does
not remember this.
“On the other hand,
PM Modi has worked to
eradicate corruption
and the result is in front
of all,” he told reporters
at the party office here.
Highlighting steps
taken by the centre in-
cluding the package of
Rs. 20 lakh crore, Poon-
ia said that the central
governmenthasworked
to strengthen the socie-
ty, be it street vendors,
fishermen, poor, trad-
ers and businessmen.
“We strongly believe
that the economy of the
country will strengthen
in future,” he said.
Hesaidthatyouthsare
not getting jobs, farmers
havesufferedhugelosses
due to locust attack and
theyarewaitingforcom-
pensation but the gov-
ernment is concerned
for nothing. Poonia said
that Congress party’s
election manifesto re-
leased in 2018-assembly
elections is proving to be
a bundle of lies as the
government has failed to
keep its promises.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Former Deputy
CM Sachin Pilot ex-
pressed his concern on
the unprecedented dis-
mal GDP figures and ac-
cused the wrong eco-
nomic policies and fi-
nancial mismanage-
mentbythecentralgovt.
On the data released by
the national statistics
for the first quarter of
the financial year, Pilot
said that negative
growth of 23.9% is a
matter of concern for
nation. He quoted the
figure for mining 23.3%,
trade, hotel by 47%,
manufacturing by
39.3%, construction by
50% & industrial by
20.5% and called unim-
aginable. He said it was
the biggest fall in 24
years.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In a clear mes-
sage that active, dedi-
cated and result orient-
ed leaders will be given
responsibilities in the
party organisation, BJP
state president has
changed the party’s
Jaipur president. There
will be no compromise
on performance; this is
what Poonia has con-
veyed to partymen by
replacing Sunil Kothari
with the new Jaipur
president Raghav Shar-
ma. The development
came after state leader-
ship observed the poor
performance of Kothari
who failed to put up a
good show during re-
cent agitations. The agi-
tations turned out to be
mere formalities. Apart
from this, there was re-
sistance from some
other leaders of Jaipur
that emerged during a
Jaipur district unit’s
meeting held by the
party’s state general
secretaryChandrashek-
har. He was puzzled
whether to agree the
names suggested by
Sunil Kothari for his
team or to pick the
names suggested by
other leaders or those
who contested elec-
tions. Poonia had op-
tions to either replace
Kothari or to appoint
strong leaders as gen-
eral secretary and vice
president in Kothari’s
team. He was of the
view that the party
should have a strong
leader in Jaipur unit as
it sets the example for
others. It is now likely
that faces from Poonia’s
new team may find a
place in other units.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BJP has post-
poned demonstrations
and protests against the
state govern-
ment sched-
uled on Sep-
tember 2 & 4
following the
demise of for-
mer president
P r a n a b
Mukherjee.
The party’s chief
spokesperson Ramlal
Sharma informed that
the demonstrations will
now take place on Sep-
tember 8 on sub division
level and on September
10 at district headquar-
ters level. Sharma also
targeted government on
incidents of Rajsamand
& Dausa, he had drawn
attention of health min-
ister in assembly to-
wards the mis-
management
in covid-19. He
said that a
woman in Ra-
jsamand died,
she was not
given treat-
ment and a
woman gave birth un-
deratreeinDausa.“Both
theincidentsareshame-
ful & should be taken
seriously,” he said. Gov-
ernment is disturbing
health facilities in rural
areas by calling the
medical staff to cities.
First India Bureau
Kota: The fire broke
out in a three-storey
shop due to a short cir-
cuit in Kota’s dhanman-
di area on Tuesday.
There was no loss to life
as shop was closed for 3
days due to lockdown. 5
fire tenders were
pressed into service.
The car decor shop
owner claimed the fire
has caused loss of Rs.
25-30L. He also alleged
that police helpline
number was unan-
swered when he dialled
100 to seek help and fire
brigades too reached
half an hour later.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BJP state gen-
eral secretary and MLA
MadanDilawaronTues-
day targeted
the state gov-
ernment over
the law and or-
der situation
saying the
chief minister
is holding the
home portfolio
still the situation is
worsening in the state.
Referring to an inci-
dent in Jalore when a
manwasallegedlyforced
to drink urine, Dilawar
said that police have
termed it as a simple in-
cident. He said that po-
lice takes no action on
Muharram processions
which were taken out in
violation of covid-19
guidelines.Askingmedi-
cal and health
facilities in the
state, Dilawar
said that a sick
woman in Ra-
jsamand was
kept with dead
bodies which
ledtoherdeath.
“Such incidents leave no
scope for justice with
public,” he said. He said
government opposed
NEET & JEE exams but
it sets up D.El.Ed. exam
inMandawarwherecan-
didates came crossing
river with help of tubes.
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75K contractual staff await relief
Regularisation seems a far cry as financial stability of state has been hit badly as a result of lockdown
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: Despite govern-
ment’s exercise to col-
lect data about contrac-
tual employees, the
struggle of these em-
ployees demanding reg-
ularisation seems to go
longer as the financial
stability of the state has
beenhitbadlyasaresult
of lockdown.
The employees work-
ing with different de-
partments have been
demanding regularisa-
tion for a long time and
the Gehlot government
has collected data of
around75,000employees
inordertomovetowards
the solution but a cabi-
net sub-committee
which has been formed
to look into the issue has
not taken a decision yet.
The chairman of the
committee and energy
minister BD Kalla said
that the committee will
meet and forward a re-
port with recommenda-
tion to the cabinet soon.
However, sources in-
dicated that weak finan-
cial conditions of the
statemayplayspoilsport
this time because regu-
larisation will put extra
burden on the state ex-
chequerif theyareregu-
larised.
Rural development
and panchayti Raj de-
partment has 39413 con-
tractual employees
whilemedicalandhealth
department has 11930.
The number of such
employees is 220 in med-
ical education depart-
ment, 17336 in elemen-
tary education depart-
ment, 6088 in the depart-
ment of minority af-
fairs, 152 in animal hus-
bandry department and
10 in the IT department.
Contractual employ-
ees are working with
various state govern-
ment departments and
somehavebeenworking
for 20 to 25 years.
There are different
opinions on the issue of
countingof theirexperi-
ence. It is also clear that
themoreexperiencewill
be counted in the em-
ployee’s service, the
more financial burden
will be there.
There are also
different opinions and
formulas for giving
them bonus points and
weightage for regularis-
ing them.
‘CMfindingithardtorunstate’
Satish Pooni, V Satish, Madan Dilawar, Chandrashekhar, Ramlal
Sharma & other leaders paid tributes to Pranab Mukherjee at BJP
state office on Tuesday.
Pilot: GDP slump due
to Centre’s policies
Only result-oriented leaders to
stay: Poonia’s strong message
BJP to hold demos
after 7-day mourning
Short circuit
caused fire
in Kota
Dilawar targets CM over
law & order in Rajasthan
DEVOTEES BID ADIEU TO GANPATI BAPPA
The immersion of Ganesha idols on the occasion of Anant Chaturdasi on Tuesday was a low-key affair in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic as the administration
did not allow the immersion at the water bodies in state. A woman carrying the Ganpati in her car and these men on their bikes were stopped by cops from going
towards Amber Maotha in Jaipur for visarjan on Tuesday. A girl whispers her wish into the ears of Lord Ganesh before the Visarjan in Ajmer on Tuesday.
—PHOTO BY HIMANSHU SHARMA—PHOTOS BY SUMAN SARKAR
GGG
IS THE GOVT IN CRISIS TO HIRE?
State govt announced one day holiday in respect of Pranab Mukherjee. All govt offices remained closed while late president
was cremated. The national flag will be half hoisted at govt offices for a week & no recreational programmes to be held.
7-DAY STATE MOURNING —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
BIRTHDAY PLANS
Satish Poonia
Ramlal Sharma Madan Dilawar

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2020
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A sand mining
lease in Tonk’s Deoli
has been given environ-
ment clearance for
mining which has
paved the way for legal
mining in the state.
The significant devel-
opment has come as a
bad news for the min-
ing mafia, who were
behind huge losses to
the government, but
also adversely impact-
ed Banas river in over
three years.
Supreme Court had
banned sand mining in
state due to non-availa-
bility of environment
clearance in 2016.Now
the 246 hectare lease of
SR Associates in Deoli,
Tonk has given environ-
ment clearance in hear-
ing on August 27.
Illegal mining mafia
developed after SC
banned the mining in 82
leases and the situation
became so frightening
that the mafia started
attacking police and
people who tried to stop
vehicles transporting
illegally mined sand.
After the mining be-
gins in Deoli by SR asso-
ciates,thepricesof sand
will come under control
and it will be easily
available to people.
Deoli gets nod
for legal sand
mining, bad
news for mafia
First India Bureau
Bharatpur: World fa-
mous birding paradise
in Rajasthan, Keoladeo
National Park, is once
again lively with a large
number of birds buzz-
ing around in the park
which has received wa-
ter from Chambal river
and Goverdhan drain
while downpours too
have brought relief to
the park.
However, the park is
receiving no footfall of
tourists due to the co-
rona pandemic.
The park, a UNESCO
site, situated in Bharat-
pur district, had been
facing water scarcity in
the past but now it gets
water from Goverdhan
drain.
Due to availability of
water in the park, birds
are present in large
numbers.
Forest department
official Mahesh Shar-
ma has shot a video cap-
turing the activities in
the park.
The park is a famous
bird watching destina-
tion and where birds of
nearly 400 species are
found. It is like a para-
dise for bird lovers who
visit the park in large
numbers every year.
One amongst the
world’s best birding
sites, Keoladeo Nation-
al Park was recognised
as UNESCO world her-
itage site in 1985 but for
the past few years, the
lack of water was caus-
ing worry for both the
park authorities and
bird lovers.
Now, with the availa-
bility of water has
brought relief to the
park, birds and bird
lovers.
However, the park is
still waiting for water
from Panchna dam of
nearby Karauli dis-
trict. If the gates from
the dam are opened,
the amount of water
will increase and will
further improve the
conditions.
Rain solves water scarcity, but corona a hurdle for bird lovers
KEOLADEO NATIONAL PARK
ROOT OF PROBLEM
Keoladeo National Park
A bird eye scenic view of Ajmer with magical Clouds
after showers. —PHOTO BY NADEEM KHAN
ABOVETHEWORLD
Plan under prep to solve
Jodh’s drainage problem
Rajeev Gaur
Jodhpur: A special
plan will be prepared
soon to address the
problem of the drain-
age system in Jodhpur.
After principal secre-
tary of Urban Develop-
ment and Housing De-
partment (UDH)
Bhaskar A Sawant and
Department of local
self Government (LSG)
secretary Bhawani Sin-
gh Detha held discus-
sions with officials on
the issue, Jodhpur De-
velopment Authority
(JDA) commissioner
Meghraj Singh Ratnu
conducted visits to the
city with his team and
directed officials to pre-
pare an action plan.
The senior officials
were in Jodhpur to ex-
plore possibilities to
develop the city on
world class standards
and they noted the prob-
lem of drainage.
Water accumulates
on roads during rain-
fall, and it damages
roads and also poses a
threat of spreading dis-
eases. People have been
facing this problem for
a long time.
The JDA commis-
sioner visited Pal Road
to Pali Road, Jaisalmer
and Barmer road, Man-
dore road and reviewed
the situation with other
officials and started ex-
ercise to resolve the
problem.
1,470 NEW CORONA CASES AND
13 DEATHS IN PAST 24 HOURS
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The state again
created a new high of
single day new cases for
the fourth consecutive
day by adding a stagger-
ing 1,470 new cases of
corona in the past 24
hours along with 13
deaths. The state now
has 83163 corona posi-
tives so far and the
death toll stands at 1069.
2 deaths each were
reported from Ajmer,
Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota &
Sirohi while one death
each was reported from
Barmer, Bikaner &
Dholpur. Maximum 308
record new cases were
reported from Jaipur
followed by 144 from Al-
war, 140 from Kota, 116
from Jodhpur, 85 from
Jhalawar, 54 from Pali,
53 from Dholpur, 51
from Ajmer, 46 from
Baran, 41 from Bundi,
40 from Churu, 38 from
Jhunjhunu, 35 from
Bhilwara, 34 from Bi-
kaner, 32 each from
Banswara & Rajsa-
mand, 29 from Udaipur,
27 from Chittorgarh, 22
from Dungarpur, 21
from Sirohi, 20 from
Tonk, 19 from Barmer,
18 from Nagaur, 17 from
Bharatpur, 16 from
Dausa, 13 from Sawai
Madhopur, 9 from Sikar
and 3 from Jalore. So far
68124 patients have
turned negative after
treatment while 66952
have been discharged
from various hospitals
of the state after recov-
ery. There are a total
13970 active cases under
treatment in hospitals.
The number of positive
migrants in the state
stands at 9367.
Meanwhile in Sawai
Madhopur, district col-
lector Nannumal Pa-
hadia’s 92 year old
mother succumbed to
corona. She was admit-
ted to ICU of district
hospital when she felt
unwell on Monday
evening, where she test-
ed positive. On Tuesday,
doctors reoffered her to
Kota. She breathed her
last while on the way to
Kota. Collector Pahadi-
ya has given his sam-
ples for a test.
Raj now has 83,163
corona positives so
far and death toll
stands at 1069
Detha discusses Covid, Indira
Rasoi Scheme with collector
Subham Jain
Ajmer: Senior IAS of-
ficer and secretary in
charge for Ajmer, Bha-
wani Singh Detha, on
Tuesday, held a discus-
sion with district collec-
tor and other officials
on various matters in-
cluding covid situation.
He reviewed the im-
plementation of the re-
cently introduced Indi-
ra Rasoi scheme to pro-
vide quality and nutri-
tious food to poor on
cheap rates. Expressing
dissatisfication, he
asked officials to strict-
ly ensure that the
scheme is run properly
so beneficiary take ad-
vantage.
Detha held meetings
with collector Prakash
Rajpurohit and district
level officials of other
departments. He dis-
cussed progress of
smart city project and
preparations made dur-
ing monsoon.
He informed media
that instructions have
been issued to collector
to ensure proper ar-
rangement of treatment
of covid-19 patients. He
asked the collector to
talk to the private hospi-
tals to ensure that they
provide treatment.
“10 Rasoi have been
opened in Ajmer but, no
one has visited a few of
them so far. There is a
need to publicise the
scheme properly,” he
said.
CORONA STUNTS TRADITION
Accused gets 14 years RI,1L
fine for 5 yr-old rape case
First India Bureau
Sikar: The special
Judge of POCSO court
Seema Agarawal pro-
nounced a rape accused
guilty and sentenced
him for 14 years of rig-
orous imprisonment
and a fine of Rs 1 lakh.
Public prosecutor
Yashpal Mahla in-
formed that the sen-
tence was pronounced
in a rape case, commit-
ted on a minor victim
on March 23, 2015, re-
ported at Neem Ka Tha-
na police on March 24,
2015. 14 witnesses ap-
peared during the hear-
ing for the case and 19
evidences were present-
ed before the court.
Special Judge Seema
Agrawal pronounced
accused Avish Kumar,
resident of Rewari in
Haryana, guilty and
srved him punishment.

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HE DESERVED TO
BE PM BUT DESTINY
PLAYED SPOILSPORT
ew people would recall that
sometime in the early eighties
several senior ministers in In-
dira Gandhi’s cabinet, who
werejealousof PranabMukher-
jee’s meteoric rise and proximity with the
prime minister, put pressure on Mrs. Gan-
dhi to send him to Uttar Pradesh as Gov-
ernor. Indira Gandhi, who was fond of
Pranab, settled the issue in her own in-
imitable way. In one of her cabinet meet-
ings she said that she would have certain-
ly sent Pranab to UP but language was an
issue as the official work in UP was done
in Hindi “and Pranab’s Hindi was horren-
dous”. He was Mrs G’s protégé after all!
Pranab Mukherjee, or Pranab da as he was
popularly known, came to Delhi from the Mi-
rati village in Birbhum district of West Ben-
gal, strode India’s political firmament like a
colossus, negotiating contradictions in poli-
tics with finesse. A manager par excellence,
he traversed political, communal, secular,
socialist, corporate and capitalist corridors
with aplomb to make his way up the political
ladder. Few leaders in the post-Independent
India have managed such varied groups so
cohesively and effortlessly. No wonder, he had
as many friends in the opposition parties as
he had in his own, the Congress. Probably
that is why he was the most sought after man
in his party for trouble-shooting especially
when it came to Mamata Banerjee.
Pranab Mukherjee was India’s finance
minister, defence minister, external af-
fairs minister and home minister and
served under three prime ministers---In-
dira Gandhi, Narasimha Rao and Man-
mohan Singh--- and was eminently quali-
fied for the post of prime minister but
that was not to be. It was like the witch
telling Banquo in Macbeth, “Thou shalt
get kings, though thou be none.” After
Indira Gandhi’s assassination he fell out
with Rajiv Gandhi and was dropped from
the cabinet in 1984.
From being a favourite of Indira Gandhi to
a trust deficit between him and Sonia Gandhi
who chose Manmohan Singh as prime minis-
ter bypassing Pranab Mukherjee. Independ-
ent-minded that he was, Pranab Mukherjee
couldn’t fit into Sonia Gandhi’s scheme of
things either as prime minister or as home
minister. It was humiliating for the Bengali
Brahmin and a seasoned politician to be ad-
dressing Manmohan Singh, whom he had ap-
pointed as Reserve Bank of India’s governor,
as “Mr. Prime Minister Sir”. Mukherjee had
the last laugh when Manmohan had to ad-
dress him as ‘Mr. President Sir’ towards the
end of UPA-2.
Mukherjee was an astute politician. In-
dira Gandhi would leave it to him to pre-
vail over PV Narasimha Rao and R. Ven-
kataraman on tricky issues in her ab-
sence. He had an elephantine memory and
could recall file noting he made years ago.
He could recite the entire Chandi Path
and other Sanskrit shlokas with ease.
Restinpeace,BharatRatnaPranabMukherjee!
IN-DEPTH
F
s a historian of
mountains in
Europe, I have
been struck by
the environ-
mental questions raised
by the pandemic.
Early in lockdown, news
outlets declared that
Mount Everest, long worn-
out by queues and litter
and human refuse, would
finally have a chance to re-
cover as the climbing sea-
son was cancelled.
Everest, and other
mountain locations that
saw restrictions imposed,
sorely needed this mo-
ment of respite from the
erosion, noise pollution,
trampled flora and dis-
rupted fauna that comes
with climbing tourism.
As the world shut down,
global carbon emissions
also dropped radically.
Hunting for positives in
the early days of lockdown,
people wondered whether
the pandemic could pro-
duce answers to the envi-
ronmental crisis.
But since restrictions
eased, there has been de-
pressing news. Revisited
beauty spots have been
scattered with litter.
With social distancing on-
going, the carbon emissions
saved in lockdown are ex-
pected to be exceeded by pol-
lution from individual car
journeys – including long
drives to faraway moun-
tains. Inevitably, Mount Ev-
erest is about to reopen for
theautumnclimbingseason.
Observing all this, I
wonder whether my re-
search into mountains
might help explain how
we engage with the envi-
ronment today – and
even offer alternatives.
Looking to the future for
mountains involves asking
difficultquestions.Answers
will need to include restric-
tions to protect wild land-
scapes–suchaslimitingthe
numbers on Mount Everest
– and more robust govern-
mental action for the envi-
ronment in general.
But it seems to me that
we also need to put our
choices as individuals up
for question.
Over the past months, we
have all given up personal
freedomsforagreatergood.
If youlovemountains,espe-
cially in the sense of want-
ing to place your own boots
ontheirsummits,whatfree-
doms are you willing to give
up to preserve them? The
same goes for the wider out-
door environment. Are you
prepared to help limit foot-
fall in these places, and the
carbon emissions needed to
reach them?
The answer may be
different for each per-
son, but we need to re-
flect that not all our pur-
suits are essential to the
enjoyment of the out-
doors. Some of them are
created by a culture with
an increasingly un-
healthy relationship
with the environment.
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
HOW MOUNTAINEERING HAS LEFT
LANDSCAPES LITTERED AND DEGRADED
A
The fruit of the righteous is
a tree of life, and the one
who is wise saves lives.
—Proverbs 11:30
Spiritual
SPEAK
Top
TWEET
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
A towering statesman, a scholar
par-excellence, an astute
academic,Pranab da left many a
lasting impression on many of
us. A sea of knowledge, Pranab
babu could recite sanskrit shlokas
and deliberate on parliamentary
procedures with equal aplomb.
K C Venugopal
@kcvenugopalmp
For the ﬁrst time in 40 years India
is facing a catastrophic contraction
of its economy. It is not an act
of God, it is not due to global
volatility. The only cause is an
incompetent govt & its systematic
attack on our economic foundation.
-23.9% is Modi ji’s legacy.
he status quo lobby is once
again raising the bogey of
Article 370 being the bridge
between Delhi and Srinagar
which kept the accession
alive. Some claim that 370
was given to them for acced-
ing to India and some claim
that it was meant to protect
the Kashmiri identity. Noth-
ing can be farther from the
truth than this narrative
spun from the idea of exclu-
sivity that kept Kashmir
aloof from rest of the nation
preventing its complete inte-
gration with India, asserted
Brig Veteran Anil Gupta,
Spokesperson of Bharatiya
Janata Party. 370 was never a
bridge but a wall that isolat-
ed J&K from rest of the na-
tion. Divisive Article 370 was
responsible for the discrimi-
natory Article 35A which
made the wall further im-
pregnable thus paving way
for a ‘nation within a nation’.
While the Instrument of Ac-
cession signed by the then ruler
Maharaja Hari Singh was full
and final, the mainstream poli-
ticians in Kashmir kept ques-
tioning the state’s merger with
the Republic of India claiming
the special status granted to the
then state by Article 370. Their
intent became very clear when
the Jammu region was allotted
30 seats as compared to Kash-
mir’s 45 seats in the Constituent
Assembly. Subsequently, the
nomination papers filed by the
members of Praja Parishad, a
political party representing the
voice of the people of Jammu
anddemandingstate’scomplete
integration with India were re-
jected on flimsy grounds and
National Conference led by
Sheikh Abdullah winning all 75
seats uncontested. This was the
first major misuse of 370, the
subsequent list of which is end-
less and was responsible for cre-
ating distrust between Kashmir
and the other two regions of the
state stated Brig Gupta.
The Constitution of J&K
formulated by the hand-cho-
sen faithful of Sheikh Ab-
dullah added Sections 6,7, 8
which further alienated the
people of Jammu since it di-
vided the citizens of India
into permanent and non-
permanent residents with
the later denied basic funda-
mental rights available to all
Indian citizens in the rest of
the country. This firewalled
the state’s complete integra-
tion with the country. The
nationalist voices in the
country led by Dr Syama
Prasad Mookerjee launched
the struggle for the abroga-
tion of these Articles which
finally saw the light of the
day on 05 August 2019. It
was only after the demoli-
tion of the wall created by
these two articles that one
could proudly claim that all
barriers preventing the full
integration were dismantled
asserted Brig Gupta.
The ill-effects of 370 and its
misuse by the mainstream
Kashmiri politicians have been
very eloquently exposed by
none other than the Chief Sec-
retary who minced no words
while talking of rampant insti-
tutionalised corruption. The
reaction of the political parties
was on expected lines but no
amount of justification by them
can absolve them of their indul-
gence and patronising corrup-
tion. The alibi that the three
decades of terrorism was re-
sponsible for lack of financial
control is like adding salt to the
wounds because of the huge
amount of funds that poured in
fordevelopmentandcountering
terrorismdemandedgreaterfis-
cal prudence and tighter finan-
cial control stated Brig Gupta.
Now that the administra-
tion has identified those who
were responsible for the pre-
sent mess, it is incumbent on
it to take the strictest possi-
ble action against them.
While the net is being tight-
ened on the small fish, many
big fish who ruled the state
are still roaming free and
polluting the environment
which the administration de-
sires to clean. The disease is
also rampant among the top
echelons of administration.
Brig Gupta demanded imme-
diate action against those
involved in various scams
during the NC-Congress re-
gime of 2008-14, JKCA scam,
Roshni Scam and other land
grabbers to show that the ad-
ministration is willing to
walk the talk.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
370 WAS NOT A BRIDGE BUT A
WALL THAT HAD TO BE DEMOLISHED
T
The Constitution of
J&K formulated by
the hand-chosen
faithful of Sheikh
Abdullah added
Sections 6,7, 8
which further
alienated the people
of Jammu since it
divided the citizens
of India into
permanent and
non- permanent
residents with the
later denied basic
fundamental rights
available to all
Indian citizens in
rest of the country
The ill-effects of 370
and its misuse by the
mainstream Kashmiri
politicians have been
very eloquently exposed
by none other than the
Chief Secretary who
minced no words while
talking of rampant
institutionalised
corruption
BRIG VETERAN
ANIL GUPTA
The author is a Jammu
based veteran, political
commentator, columnist, security
and strategic analyst

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INDIAJAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2020
NATION BIDS TEARFUL ADIEU
TO PRANAB MUKHERJEEThe former President was taken for the last rites in a hearse van instead of the gun carriage with the
pall- bearers wearing personal protect equipment (PPE) kits as per the Covid-19 protocol
New Delhi: Former
President and Bharat
Ratna Pranab Mukher-
jee’s last rites were per-
formed with full mili-
tary honour at the Lo-
dhi Road crematorium
in south Delhi on Tues-
day amid strict adher-
ence to social distanc-
ing norms because of
the raging Covid-19 out-
break that forced a lim-
ited presence of family
and his friends.
The former President
(84) died on Monday
evening, 22 days after
has admitted to the
Army Hospital (Re-
search and Referral) in
south Delhi to undergo
a surgical procedure to
remove a brain clot
from which he never re-
covered.
Mukherjee’s mortal
remains were brought
to his residence at 10,
Rajaji Marg earlier on
Tuesday morning,
where President Ko-
vind, PM Modi, V-P M
Venkaiah Naidu, De-
fence Minister Rajnath
Singh, LS Speaker Om
Birla, former PM Man-
mohan Singh, BJP pres-
ident JP Nadda, former
Congress president Ra-
hul Gandhi, Congress
leader Ghulam Nabi
Azad, Delhi CM Kejri-
wal chiefs of three ser-
vices paid their tribute.
Ruining of economy
began with
demonetisation: RaGa
New Delhi: The Con-
gress on Tuesday at-
tacked the Centre over
the GDP slump, with
former party chief Ra-
hul Gandhi alleging
that the “ruining” of
the economy began
with demonetisation
and the government
thereafter introduced
one “erroneous” policy
after another.
The country’s econo-
my suffered its worst
slump on record in
April-June, with the
gross domestic product
(GDP) contracting by
23.9 per cent as the cor-
onavirus-related lock-
down weighed on the
already declining con-
sumer demand and in-
vestment. “GDP -23.9.
The ruining of the
country’s economy be-
gan with demonetisa-
tion. Since then, the
government introduced
one erroneous policy
after another,” Rahul
Gandhi said in a tweet.
Congress leader Pri-
yanka Gandhi Vadra
also alleged that the
government was re-
sponsible for the slump
in the economy.
Rahul had spoken of
an ‘economic tsunami’
six months ago, while
government announced
apackagejustfor‘show’
and look at the condi-
tion now, Priyanka Gan-
dhi tweeted. —PTI
WOMAN IPS OFFICER TO HEAD
SRINAGAR SECTOR FOR CRPF
New Delhi: For the first
time, a female IPS officer
has been appointed as
Inspector General (IG) of
Central Reserve Police
Force (CRPF) Srinagar
sector, one of the terror-
ist-affected areas in Jam-
mu and Kashmir.Charu
Sinha, IPS officer of the
1996-batch Telangana
cadre, will now be head-
ing the Srinagar sector
for CRPF as the Inspector
General. This is not the
first time when she has
been assigned such a
tough task, earlier also,
she had worked as IG,
the Bihar sector in CRPF
and has dealt with Naxals.
Under her leadership,
various anti-Naxals oper-
ations were carried out.
Later, she was transferred
to IG Jammu in CRPF.
SENSEX SURGES 400 PTS IN
EARLY TRADE; NIFTY TOPS 11,500
Mumbai: The BSE benchmark Sensex jumped
nearly 400 points in early trade tracking gains in
index majors Kotak Bank, HDFC twins and ICICI
Bank amid mixed cues from global markets.
After opening on a choppy note, the BSE Sensex
was trading 399.53 points or 1.03% higher at
39,027.82; while the NSE Nifty was up 116.70
points or 1.02% at 11,504.20. IndusInd Bank
was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, surging
around 4%, followed by NTPC, Tata Steel, Bajaj
Finance, SBI, Asian Paints, M&M, Kotak Bank.
ODISHA: KONARK SUN TEMPLE
RE-OPENS FOR TOURISTS
Puri: The Sun Temple at Konark in Odisha re-
opened on Tuesday for visitors after more than
five months due to the COVID-19 lockdown. The
Konark Temple is a world famous tourist attrac-
tion. Though other monuments protected by the
ASI in Odisha, like the Raja Rani temple, Udaygiri,
Khandagiri, Lalitgiri Buddhist monuments were
re-opened earlier, the Konark temple received
visitors only today, Superintending Officer of ASI,
Arun Kumar Mallick said. Mallik said visitors are
allowed entry to the temple following all norms.
DELHI HC HOLDS PHYSICAL
COURTS AFTER 5-MONTH GAP
New Delhi: The legal
fraternity gave a mixed
response to the com-
mencement of physical
hearings by the Delhi HC
on Tuesday, after a gap of
more than five months,
with several lawyers
asking the court that
their matters be heard via
video conferencing. The
high court has been con-
ducting hearings through
video conferencing since
March 24 to contain
the spread of ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic. Two
division benches, one of
CJ D N Patel & Justice
Prateek Jalan and other
of Justices Vipin Sanghi
and Rajnish Bhatnagar
& three single judges -
Justices Jayant Nath, V K
Rao & Yogesh Khanna -
held physical hearing.
Bihar: 500 kg
cannabis
seized by NCB
Demand
answers for
family: Raina
Patna: The Narcotics
Control Bureau (NCB)
of Patna Zonal Unit
has arrested five per-
sons and seized over
500 kilograms of can-
nabis from their pos-
session in Bihar.
The accused have
been identified as Amit
Kumar, Sanjay Chau-
han, Manoj Ray, Saist-
anand and Bipin Ray.
“Acting on specific in-
formation, NCB Zonal
Unit Patna on August
30, seized 589.4 kgs of
Ganja from Zero mile,
Patna, Bihar from a
container truck having
to conceal the contra-
band. Amit Kumar, who
was driving the said
container truck, was ar-
rested along with seized
Ganja. Also arrested
Sanjay Chauhan sitting
in the same truck as a
helper. at Didarganj toll
plaza, Patna in the early
hours of August 31,”
NCB said.” —ANI
New Delhi: Former In-
dia cricketer Suresh
Raina, who pulled out
of IPL citing personal
reasons, demanded a
thorough probe into
the violent attack on
his aunt’s family in
Punjab, revealing that
after his uncle, his
cousin has also died.
The 33-year-old re-
turned to country last
week from UAE, where
the league will begin
on September 19.
In his first statement,
Raina, said, “What
happened to my family
is (sic) Punjab was be-
yond horrible. My un-
cle was slaughtered to
death, my bua & both
my cousins had sever
(sic) injuries. Unfortu-
nately my cousin also
passed away last night
after battling for life
for days. My bua is still
very very critical & is
on life support.”
—ANI
UNION CABINET’S TRIBUTE
The Union Cabinet observed a two-minute silence in memory of Mukherjee, who
had served as the Union minister for finance, defence and external affairs during
the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance’s (UPA) rule between 2004 and 2014,
among his other portfolios and roles in his long and distinguished career in public
life. “The cabinet expresses profound sorrow at the sad demise of Pranab Mukherjee,
former President of India. In his passing away, the country has lost a distinguished
leader and an outstanding parliamentarian,” the Cabinet said in a resolution.
Irreparable loss for
the country: Shah
New Delhi: Expressing
condolences over the
death of former Presi-
dent Pranab Mukher-
jee, Union Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah on Tues-
day said that it is an ir-
reparable loss for the
country.
The Minister said
that Mukherjee had
mastery in the art of
keeping everyone to-
gether. “It is shocking
that Bharat Ratna
Pranab Mukherjee is no
more. He worked in In-
dian politics for several
decades. Whether he
was in the government
or in Opposition, his
speeches gave good de-
bates to the country,” he
said.
“Pranab Mukherjee
had mastery in the art
of keeping everyone to-
gether. When in power,
he always struck a bal-
ance with those in Op-
position. When in Op-
position, he never
stepped away from play-
ing a constructive role,”
he said.
Recalling the former
President’s role in In-
dian politics, Shah said
that Mukherjee is a
source of inspiration
for youth who want to
join politics.
“When he became
President, he added to
the prestige of the post.
He took a big decision
of opening the doors of
Rashtrapati Bhavan for
people. He always
raised India’s pride. It
is an irreparable loss
for the country. Those
who want to join poli-
tics, if they want to
learn how to work being
non-controversial they
should look at Mukher-
jee’s life,” he said.
Mukherjee, 84,
passed away on Mon-
day. The country is ob-
serving a seven-day
state mourning follow-
ing the demise of
Mukherjee. —ANI
Amit Shah
President
Ram Nath
Kovind pays
his last
respects
to former
President
Pranab
Mukherjee at
his residence,
10 Rajaji
Marg in New
Delhi on
Tuesday.
Dr Kafeel Khan
cleared of NSA
charges: Priyanka
New Delhi: The Al-
lahabad High Court
Tuesday dismissed
charges filed against
Dr Kafeel Khan un-
der the National Se-
curity Act (NSA) and
ordered his immedi-
ate release. Khan has
been lodged at the
Mathura jail in Uttar
Pradesh since Janu-
ary 29, 2020.
The bench, headed
by Chief Justice Go-
vind Mathur and
comprising Justice
Saumitra Dayal Sin-
gh, was hearing a ha-
beas corpus petition
filed by Khan’s moth-
er Nuzhat Parveen,
who sought his re-
lease on grounds that
he had been detained
illegally.
In her petition,
Parveen said her son
had been granted bail
in February, but the
NSA was invoked
against him before he
could be released.
Parveen said he was
not released for four
days after he was giv-
en bail, therefore
making his detention
illegal.
Khan was accused
of delivering a pro-
vocative speech at the
Aligarh Muslim Uni-
versit on December
10, 2019 during the
anti CAA protests.
In mid-August, the
UP government ex-
tended Khan’s deten-
tion by another three
months. —Agencies
PRIYANKA GANDHI
VADRA
@PRIYANKAGANDHI
The Allahabad High
Court today ordered
the removal of NSA
and immediate release
of Dr Kafeel Khan. It is
expected that the UP
government will release
Dr. Kafeel Khan without
any malice.
Rahul Gandhi
IN THE COURTYARD
New Delhi: A Delhi
court has rejected stat-
utory bail plea of
Gulfisha Fatima, who
was arrested in con-
nection with a case re-
lated to the violence
which took place in
northeast Delhi in
February this year.
Additional Sessions
Judge Amitabh Rawat
dismissed Fatima’s
statutory bail plea say-
ing that it was “with-
out merit”. Fatima had
sought statutory bail
on the ground that the
Special Cell of the Del-
hi Police, which was
probing the matter,
had not filed a
chargesheet within
the stipulated time pe-
riod. She has also chal-
lenged a trail court
order dated June 29
which extended the pe-
riod for the comple-
tion of investigation
in the matter till Au-
gust 29.
She was arrested on
April 11 & currently
under judicial custody.
On March 6, the
Crime Branch had reg-
istered an FIR under
several sections of IPC
regarding a criminal
conspiracy to cause
communal riots. —ANI
Delhi violence:
Statutory bail plea of
Gulfisha rejected
DELHI HC ADJOURNS TO
SEPT 7 HEARING ON
MEHUL CHOKSI’S PLEA
New Delhi: Delhi
HC adjourned for
September 7 hearing
on a plea filed by dia-
mantaire Mehul
Choksi, who is ac-
cused in the PNB
scam, seeking pre-
screening of a docu-
mentary titled “Bad
Boy Billionaires”.
A division bench
of CJ DN Patel and
Justice Prateek Ja-
lan listed plea for
September 7.
Earlier, a single-
judge bench of Jus-
tice Naveen Chawla,
while refusing to
grant him a preview,
had said that there
are no regulations to
control the content
on the OTT media
service, and asked
him to approach the
appropriate forum
or file a civil suit in
the matter.
The documentary,
scheduled for re-
lease on Netflix on
September 2, is said
to be based on the
rise and fall of In-
dia’s most infamous
billionaires includ-
ing Vijay Mallya,
Nirav Modi other
business tycoons ac-
cused in several al-
leged scams. —ANI
Abhijit Mukherjee, son of late Pranab Mukherjee, pays respects during the funeral of the former president, at
Lodhi Road cremation ground in New Delhi, Tuesday, —PHOTOS BY PTI

INDIAJAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2020
Cabinet today...
Moreover, for the meet,
four points have been
raised by the social jus-
tice and empowerment
department while the
issue of appointment of
retired clerk at HCM
RIPA would also be dis-
cussed.
Interestingly, discus-
sion will also be held on
the Rajasthan Beggars
and Poor Rehabilitation
Rules, 2020 while the is-
sue of handing over the
assets of Ambedkar
Perth at Mundla will
also be discussed for the
smooth running of
Ambedkar University.
Changes in rules of re-
cruitment of assistant
public relations officer
in DIPR will also be dis-
cussed as will the chang-
es to Rajasthan Subordi-
nate Engineering Bha-
wan and Path Shakah
Seva rules of 1973.
But probably the big-
gest development of all
would be the release of
newtourismpolicy2020,
which is being seen as a
way to revive the econo-
my of the desert state
that is heavily depend-
ent on tourism.
CEC’s meet...
the Union government
has announced a seven
day national mourning
and even Rajasthan gov-
ernmentannouncedone
day holiday, due to
which the CEC’s meet-
ing was postponed. The
meet is now scheduled
to take place today from
10 AM onwards and con-
tinue till noon after
which the CEC will de-
part for New Delhi.
Meanwhile on Tuesday,
Chief SecretaryRajeeva
Swarup also called on
the CEC.
Loan moratorium...
“Iamsayingwithagreat
sense of responsibility.
Harish Salve also spoke
with the bankers associ-
ation. Most of the issues
are addressed,” the So-
licitor General said.
“We have also to hear
the interest in interest
part also,” said Justice
MRShah,oneof thejudg-
es in the three-judge
benchhearingthematter.
Vishal Tiwari, one of
the petitioner, said that
it is a public interest
matter and he will be
there tomorrow also be-
fore the apex court and
argue for the extension
of the moratorium pe-
riod. The top court had
last week tagged the
two petition filed by Ti-
wari and Sharma re-
spectively. —ANI
China violated...
measures along the
LAC in order to safe-
guard our interests and
defend the territorial
integrity,” he said in re-
sponse to a media query
on the issue.
Srivastava said the
Chinese troops again
engaged in “provoca-
tive action” on Monday
even as the ground com-
manders of the two
sides were in discus-
sions to de-escalate the
situation.
NSA Doval...
Meanwhile, the meet-
ing of brigade com-
mander of the Indian
Army with his Chinese
counterpart is under-
way in Chushul/Moldo
to discuss issues related
to the situation on the
southern bank of Pan-
gong lake, Indian Army
sources said. —ANI
India’s hard...
of appeal to affected
people who are support-
ive of the right of the
Centre ideology. I’m
also aware that dozens
of emails written to Fa-
cebook management
received no response,”
the letter says.
The letter comes in
the wake of a contro-
versy stoked by a report
in the Wall Street Jour-
nal, alleging that Face-
book showed a bias in
not taking down con-
tent from the BJP sup-
ported pages or ac-
counts that flouted
norms and that its head
of public policy in In-
dia, Ankhi Das, showed
support for the BJP.
The minister has also
pointed out that it
“problematic when Fa-
cebook employees are
on record abusing the
Prime Minister and
senior cabinet minis-
ters of India while
working in Facebook
India and managing im-
portant positions.”
Alleging that the em-
ployee’s bias could im-
pact free speech the let-
ter says, it is “unaccep-
table when political
bosses of individuals
impinge on the freedom
of speech of millions of
people.”
SC grants...
of telecom companies
seeking 15 to 20 years
for the payment of AGR
dues in a staggered
manner was unreason-
able.
The bench was hear-
ing a petition filed by
the Central government
through the Depart-
ment of Telecommuni-
cation seeking the ap-
proval of a formula al-
lowing telecom service
providers to make an-
nual installments of
unpaid or remaining
AGR dues in next 20
years or more. —ANI
FROM PG 1
REVIEW OF 1992 BATCH IAS FINAL?
Review of 1992 batch IAS officers for empan-
elment to the rank of Additional Secretary in
Government of India is believed to have been
finalised. Result is awaited.
CHALLA SREENIVASULU SETTY IN
RESERVE LIST OF SBI CHAIRMAN
Game in SBI is not over. After suggesting Dinesh
Kumar Khara’s name for the SBI Chairman, the
Banks Board Bureau, has kept Challa Sreenivasulu
Setty’s name in the waitlist. It means that in case
of any eventualities, the Bank Bureau is ready with
second in command. Is this is a procedural protocol
to avoid hasty hunting for the right candidate in
case of untoward incidents. Top sources, however,
said that never in the past the BBB announced the
name of the selected candidate for Chairman’s post.
IPS OFFICER GOES ON INTER-
CADRE DEPUTATION
Madhya Pradesh cadre 2006 batch IPS officer
Himani Khanna is going on inter-cadre deputation
for three years to Chhattisgarh.
DR KSHTRAPATI SHIVAJI IS ALSO
SECRETARY, STATISTICS
Dr Kshtrapati Shivaji has been assigned an addi-
tional charge of Secretary, Ministry of Statistics
and Programme Implementation till the appoint-
ment of a regular incumbent.
NRA TO HAVE 10 MEMBERS
The govt has announced the structure of the Nation-
al Recruitment Agency(NRA). It will be a 10 officers
body, Chairman and nine Members. Secretary,
DoPT or his representative, Representative of Rail-
way Ministry, Representative of Deptt of Financial
Services, Chairman of SSC, RRB,IBPS, Two experts
from the field of Academics and Secretary &Con-
troller of Examination will be the Member Secretary
of NRA. According to govt order, the Chairman
of the NRA will be of the rank of Secretary to the
Government of India, to be appointed by the Govt.
Secretary and Controller of Examinations shall be
of the level of Joint Secretary to the Government of
India, to be appointed on deputation basis.
SHAMBHU KUMARAN IS ALSO
AMBASSADOR TO REPUBLIC OF PALAU
Shambhu S Kumaran has been concurrently
accredited as the next Ambassador of India to the
Republic of Palau.
DDA DEPUTATION TENURE OF DR.
KUMAR EXTENDED
The Prasar Bharti Secretariat has extended the ten-
ure of Dr Sanjay Kumar, DDA in DG, DD office, to
one year till August 21 next year. He is from JNU.
SPEAKER RETIRES TWO
JDS OF LS & RELIEVED
Om Birla, Speaker, Lok Sabha has retired two
Join Directors, Translation, in public interest and
relieved them on August 31,2020. According to
Notification the action against Pranav Kumar and
Smt Kaveri Jeswal have been taken by exercising
the power conferred by clause(j) of Rule 56 of FR
with Rule 9 of the Lok Sabha Secretariat (Recruit-
ment and Conditions of Service) Rules 1955.
R K MAHAJAN IS CHAIRMAN, BIHAR
PSC SOON AFTER RETIREMENT
R K Mahajan has been appointed Chairman, Bihar
Public Service Commission after his retirement
on September 1, 2020. He is a 1987 batch IAS
officer of Bihar cadre.
RAJIV KUMAR TAKES OVER AS NEW
ELECTION COMMISSIONER
Rajiv Kumar, Chairman PESB, has assumed charge as
the new Election Commissioner (EC) of India. He is a
1984 batch retired IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.
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New Delhi: With 69,921
people testing positive
for coronavirus infec-
tion on Tuesday, India's
COVID-19 tally mounted
to 36,91,166, while recov-
eries surged to 28,39,882,
pushing the recovery
rate to 76.94 per cent, ac-
cording to Union Health
Ministry data.
The death toll, mean-
while, climbed to 65,288
with 819 new fatalities
being reported in a span
of 24 hours, the data up-
dated at 8 am showed.
The COVID-19 case
fatality rate has de-
clined further and now
stands at 1.77 per cent.
There are 7,85,996 ac-
tive cases which consti-
tutes 21.29 per cent of
the total caseload, the
data stated. India's
COVID-19 tally had
crossed the 20-lakh
mark on August 7 and
went past 30 lakh on Au-
gust 23.
According to the
ICMR, a cumulative
4,33,24,834 samples have
been tested up to Au-
gust 31, 10,16,920 of
them on Monday.
Of the 819 fresh
deaths, 184 were report-
ed from Maharashtra,
113 from Karnataka, 91
from Tamil Nadu, 85
from Andhra Pradesh,
63 from Uttar Pradesh,
52 from West Bengal, 49
from Punjab, 20 from
Madhya Pradesh, 18
from Delhi, 14 from Gu-
jarat,13fromRajasthan,
12 from Uttarakhand,
and10eachfromAssam,
Odisha and Tripura.
“Our figures are be-
ing reconciled with the
ICMR,” the ministry
said on its website, add-
ing the state-wise distri-
bution of figures is sub-
ject to further verifica-
tion and reconciliation.
India’srecoveryratenears76.94%COVID-19 tally mounted to 36,91,166, while recoveries surged to 28,39,882, according to Ministry data
People wearing masks walk past a graffiti depicting the corona warriors, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, in New Delhi on Saturday.
New Delhi: To ease
passenger movement in
high-demand areas, the
Railways will run more
special trains apart
from the 230 plying cur-
rently, for which con-
sent has been sought
from state govern-
ments, an official said.
The Railway minis-
try spokesperson, how-
ever, did not say how
many trains will be
added to the network.
Currently, all regular
passenger services are
suspended due to the
coronavirus crisis.
Sources said the an-
nouncement for the
new trains will be made
in a couple of days.
“More special trains
are being planned. State
governments are being
consulted,” the railway
spokesperson said.—PTI
‘Morespltrainsbeingplanned’
New Delhi: The coun-
try received 27 per cent
more rainfall than nor-
mal in August, the
fourth highest amount
in the last 120 years, the
IMD said.
The overall rainfall
recorded in India from
June 1 to August 31 was
10 per cent more than
normal, the IMD said
on Monday. The official
rainfall season in the
country is from June 1
to September 30.
“August has recorded
27 per cent more rain-
fall than normal,” RK
Jenamani, scientist
with IMD's national
weather forecasting
centre, said. In its fore-
cast for August last
month, the IMD had
predicted rainfall of 97
per cent of the Long Pe-
riod Average (LPA) with
an error margin of plus
or minus 9 per cent.
Monsoon in the range
of 96-104 per cent of the
LPA is considered nor-
mal. —PTI
‘27% more rainfall than normal in Aug’
Students are being shifted to Jajpur town using a boat.
Mumbai: Actor Rhea
Chakraborty's parents
were seen arriving at
the DRDO guest house
today for questioning
by the CBI in connec-
tion with the death of
actor Sushant Singh Ra-
jput, a police official
said. This is the first
time that Rhea
Chakraborty's parents
are being questioned by
the CBI in the SSR case.
Both of Chakraborty's
parents have been
named in the FIR filed
in Patna by Mr Rajput's
father accusing them of
mentally harassing his
son, taking money from
him and playing a role
in his death.
While Chakraborty
and her brother have
not been called for ques-
tioning so far today, Mr
Rajput's assistant
Neeraj Singh, his flat-
mate Siddharth Pitha-
ni, cook Keshav and
former manager Shruti
Modi have all arrived at
the guest house in sub-
urban Mumbai's Kalina
for further questioning
on day 12 of the CBI in-
vestigation. —PTI
SSRcase:CBI
startsquestioning
Rhea’sparents
Keshav, chef of late Bollywood actor SSR, arrives at DRDO guest
house for questioning by the CBI, in Mumbai, Tuesday.
Mumbai: Maharashtra
government has can-
celled the e-pass re-
quirement for inter-dis-
trict travel from Sep-
tember 2.
“No e-pass will be re-
quired for inter-district
movement in Maha-
rashtra from Septem-
ber 2,” said State Home
Minister Anil Desh-
mukh in a video mes-
sage on August 31. The
State has also allowed
passenger movement
by private bus, mini bus
and other operators.
Maha govt
cancels e-pass
for inter-district
TTT
NEXT ROUND OF SERO-SURVEY BEGINS
GOYAL REVIEWS PROGRESS OF DFCCIL
‘56 percent of new cases in
24 hrs from Maha,
Andhra, K’taka, TN, UP’
New Delhi: Five
states — Maharash-
tra, Andhra Pradesh,
Karnataka, Tamil
Nadu and Uttar
Pradesh — have ac-
counted for over half
of the total COVID-19
cases and close to 60
per cent of the recov-
eries reported in the
last 24 hours, the Un-
ion health ministry
said on Tuesday.
Cumulatively, these
five states reported
536 deaths in a day
which is over 65 per
cent of the total fatali-
ties. India reported
69,921 new instances
of coronavirus infec-
tionin24hourstaking
the country’s tally of
cases to 36,91,166. The
death toll mounted to
65,288 with 819 more
fatalitiesbeingreport-
ed during the same
period, the official
data updated on Tues-
day 8 am showed.
In these 24 hours,
Maha reported 11,852
newcoronavirusinfec-
tions,AndhraPradesh
10,004, Karnataka
6,495, TN 5,956 and UP
4,782. These five states
have also reported the
maximum number of
patients that were
cured and discharged
in 24 hours, cumula-
tively accounting for
58.04 per cent of the
total 65,081 people who
have recovered during
the period across the
country. —PTI
Tourists undergo thermal screening as they visit Itimad-
ud-Daulah, at Fatehpur Sikri in Agra on Tuesday.

NEWSJAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2020
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court (SC) on
Tuesday allowed Adani
Power to recover com-
pensatory tariff from
Rajasthan discoms,
CNBC-TV18 reported.
The apex court up-
held an APTEL order
allowing Adani to re-
cover from Raj discoms
the higher cost of im-
ported coal.
The SC permitted
compensatory tariff
to be calculated from
2013.
The SC also directed
payment of carrying
costs by Rajasthan Dis-
coms.
The top court re-
fused to entertain alle-
gations of over-invoic-
ing of imported coal
against Adani Power.
In some relief for the
discoms, the SC re-
duced the interest rate
payable to prime lend-
ing rate, not exceeding
9 percent per annum.
APTEL had directed
for compensatory tar-
iff, carrying cost since
2013 to be paid within
two months of judg-
ment
NCDP 2013 excluded
Adani Power from list
of power stations iden-
tified for coal supply. In
January 2018, Adani
Power was given coal
supply to the fullest ex-
tent under the SHAKTI
Policy.
—Agencies
SCallowsAdani
Powertorecover
compensatorytariff
fromRajdiscoms
Bharat Dixit
Jaipur: The political
hot potato in the coun-
try for the past few days,
JEE (Main) examina-
tion, began in the state
on Tuesday amid neces-
sary precautions. Both
candidates appearing
for the exam and their
parents looked satisfied
with the arrangements
at the centres. The ex-
aminations for B-Archi-
tecture and B-Planning
were held at 16 centres
across 9 cities of the
state. A total of 8.58
lakh aspirants are ap-
pearing for the exams
across the country
which is being held
from September 1 to 6
of which 45,222 candi-
dates have registered
from Rajasthan.
Both exam holding
centres as well as candi-
dates observed all the
guidelines issued by the
central and the state
governments. The can-
didates followed social
distancing while form-
ing a queue to enter the
examination hall.
Every candidate was
screened by the ther-
mal gun and their
hands were sanitized at
the entrance. The cen-
tres made a layer mask
available to each aspir-
ant while all deputed
staff was wearing face
shields, masks and
gloves. The sitting ar-
rangement was made
with proper distancing
and separate entry &
exit gates were availa-
ble. Although some lax-
ity in using the thermal
guns was witnessed at
the centre in Jaipur.
The aspirants, who
had been uncertain
about the exams due to
widespread opposition
for holding them amid
the corona epidemic,
had mixed reactions to
the question paper.
Some called the mathe-
matical part tough
while others termed it
of an acceptable degree
of difficulty.
Both parents and can-
didates were particu-
larly happy about the
special arrangements
done by the state gov-
ernment for the aspir-
ants.
JEE (Main) held smoothly
amid stringent precautions
MAMTA’S ‘DASH’ FOR
SELF-PRESERVATION!
The phrase ‘out of sight, out of mind’,
if it ﬁts perfectly to anything, it is the
Indian polity where numerous instances
can be inferred when ‘junior’ level
leaders have gone to great extent to get
themselves ‘noticed’ by their seniors.
Well, in the long line of such instances,
is one instance involving minister Mamta
Bhupesh. Since the time Congress AICC
General Secretary Incharge Ajay Maken
reached Jaipur, there is a new buzz in the
grand old party and its leaders are making
all necessary efforts to ensure that they
get ‘noticed’ by Maken, who is like an
invigilator for their ‘deeds’. On Tuesday,
Maken was leaving from Khasa Kothi
where he has lodged up since his arrival.
There was already a huge crowd at the
venue but as Maken was leaving, Mamata
Bhupesh arrived on the spot and realising
that she would be marked ‘absent’, the
lady minister got down from her car and
made a bolt towards Maken’s car. She
somehow was able to catch the car and
knocked on its window to attract the
driver’s attention to stop it. It was then that
Maken realised that Mamta had stopped
the vehicle. However, panting with her
efforts, Mamta quickly folded her hands
and wished Maken which the senior
leader reciprocated with equal warmth
and enquired her about the reason for her
heavy panting. The conversation went
on for a couple of minutes and as the
‘courtesy meet’ ended, Maken drove away.
—Naresh Sharma
UPHEAVAL AHEAD
FOR CONGRESS?
It appears that the ‘rebellion’ of senior
Congress leaders, involved in the recent
‘letter campaign’, is far from over! It
is reported these Delhi based senior
leaders are still upset and one of the
main grievances is the manner in which
Rahul Gandhi is functioning. Moreover,
they are also ‘jilted’ on being sidelined
from the party’s mainstream since only
those who support Rahul are being
provided appointments on vacant posts
of the party. On the other hand, these
leaders have been given a clear message
that if they want to leave the party fold,
they can do so and it is due to all these
‘developments’, the political circles in
Delhi are abuzz with the speculation if
during the next plenary session of the
Congress, the party would be divided
and if the senior leaders will bid adieu to
the party. Question is also being raised
whether Sonia and Ahmed Bhai will be
able to manage the entire situation and
bring the ‘aggrieved’ lot back on one
stage. Whatever happens, we will certainly
come to know which way the wind will
blow by January when the next plenary
session of the AICC could be held.
—Aditi Nagar
Kashiram Chaudhary
Jaipur: As more and
more restrictions are
getting unlocked with
every passing month,
similar is the scene in
the aviation sector.
Indigo airlines began
its direct service be-
tween Jaipur and Indore
andthefirstflightwhich
arrivedonTuesdayfrom
Indorewasgivenawater
cannon welcome at the
Jaipur airport.
Indigo has pressed
into service a small ATR
aircraft with a capacity
of 74 passengers for on
this route.
While the first flight
arrived from Indore at
8.50 am, it departed for
Indore at 9.50 am.
Indigo begins
Jaipur-Indore
direct flight with
water salute
HOLE IN
HEART OF
JAIPUR!JAIPUR!JAIPUR!Trafﬁc was diverted after a large portion of
the road caved in at Chomu House Circle on
Tuesday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
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GOAIR CHANGES
First India Bureau
Pali: Three people,
while getting a punc-
tured tyre repaired
near a roadside ho-
tel, were mowed
down by a milk tank-
er on the Naya Gaon
Bypass.
Mukesh and
Suresh, along with
the person repairing
the tyre died in the
accident while two
persons have been
admitted to the trau-
ma centre at the Ban-
gar Hospital in a
critical condition.
One of the de-
ceased, who was re-
pairing the puncture
hailed from Jaisalm-
er and used to run
the shop on the high-
way.
The Transport Na-
gar police have ar-
rested the speeding
milk tanker driver
and cleaner, both na-
tives of Gujarat.
The milk tanker
belonged to the Juna-
garh Dairy.
Couple commits
suicide in Churu
A couple commit-
ted suicide in the
Naya Baas area of
Sujangarh on late
Monday night.
Maharashtra resi-
dent husband Hanu-
mant committed sui-
cide by hanging self
in his rented house.
The family took
the body of Hanu-
mant to the hospital
after his wife saw
him hanging from
the fan.
Meanwhile, the
wife consumed poi-
son at home. Later,
when she was also
rushed to the hospi-
tal where she was
declared brought
dead.
The couple is sur-
vived by a two-and-
half-year-old son.
The couple was in-
volved in the polish-
ing of gold and silver
ornaments.
The police are in-
vestigating the case
to ascertain the
cause of suicide.
Milk tanker runs
over 3 getting trye
fixed on roadside
Aspirants undertaking corona precautionary
measures. The exams for B-Architecture & B-Planning
were held at 16 centres across 9 cities of the state.

As humans we owe our
allegiance, to justice and to
humanity.We must strive for our
country to be righteous as well as strong.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India
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Maken’smeetwithCongmen
postponed, tobeheldonSept8
Ajay Maken and Govind S Dotasara along with Congress workers at Hotel Khasa Kothi on Tuesday.
Party leaders hand over the biodatas to Ajay Maken as Govind S
Dotasara looks on. —PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA
First India Bureau
Jaipur:The meetings
of AICC General Sec-
retary incharge for
Rajasthan, Ajay Mak-
en with the Congress
leaders of Jaipur and
Ajmer divisions were
postponed due to the
demise of former
President Pranab
Mukherjee.
Maken, who ar-
rived in Jaipur on
Sunday, was sched-
uled to meet the lead-
ers of Jaipur and
Ajmer division to
take feedback on vari-
ous issues but the
meetings were post-
poned following
which, he returned to
Delhi.
He will come back
next week and hold
meetings with the
leaders of Jaipur di-
vision on September
8 and with Ajmer di-
vision’s leaders next
day on September 9,
informed party
sources.
Before leaving for
Delhi, the senior Con-
gress leader met the
PCC Chief Govind
Singh Dotasra, Wom-
en and Child Develop-
ment Minister Mam-
ta Bhupesh, MLA
Rafiq Khan, party
leaders Sandeep
Chaudhary, Sushil
Sharma, Arun Ku-
mawat, Sumit Bha-
gasra, Krishn Harit-
wal, Pukhraj Par-
ashar, Sunil Parvani
and others.
Since political ap-
pointments in the
Congress ruled state
are pending, some
of the leaders also
gave Maken their
bio-data for such ap-
pointments. Similar-
ly, those aspiring for
posts in the party
organisation, also
submitted their re-
spective bio-datas to
the newly a[ppointed
AICC General Secre-
tary incharge for
Rajasthan.
The Commissioner
of Rajasthan Founda-
tion, Dheeraj Srivas-
tava also met Maken
at the Hotel Khasa
Kothi.
Kartikey Dev Singh
One of the basic needs
for being a good politi-
cian is not the ability to
carry out political ‘tasks’
effectively, but to have an
extremely good memory.
For it is the memory that
givesapersonideastodraw
parallels from their past ex-
periences or to know of a
person who they have met
long back. On the basis of
this memory, any politician
can get people to ‘warm up’
tohim,whichisyetanother
waytoconduct‘business’as
usual in politics. It appears
that AICC General Secre-
tary In-charge Ajay Maken
has a good memory and is
thus selected as the state in-
charge.
Maken, whose appoint-
menttothecovetedposition
of state in-charge has come
as a result of the thirty five
day long ‘rebellion’ of Pilot
campleaders,hasanimpor-
tant ‘task’ on his hands ie to
bring back the rebel leaders
in the mainstream of the
party.WhileMaken’svisitis
being touted as one for the
task of handling affairs of
the state, everyone in the
partycirclesknowsthathis
main task is to ‘handle’ the
rebels and for this, he held
two important meetings on
Monday. These
meetings were
with trusted
‘lieutenants’ of
Pilotcampie
Deependra
Singh Shek-
hawat and He-
maramChoud-
hary.
While the
meet-
ing
with Shekhawat went on
withoutmuch‘fireworks’,it
was during the meet with
Hemaram that Maken sur-
prised the ‘rebel’ MLA and
even those present around.
Maken reminded He-
maram their con-
nection that
started thir-
teen years
back,bearing
which even
the legislator
was astounded.
It was
the year 2007 when the lead-
er of Congress Legislative
Party was to be decided and
at that time the onus of de-
ciding on the name fell on
Motilal Vora, Mukul Was-
nik and Ajay Mak-
en. At that time
the Congress
had 57 MLAs
but the CLP
had no leader.
When the sug-
gestions from
the CLP were
invited,
45 out of 57 legislators
named Ashok Gehlot as the
leader, following which
Makensubmittedthereport
to party supremo Sonia
Gandhi. Infact, even Sonia
surprised Maken with her
memory, recalling 30 MLAs
out of these forty five who
voted in Gehlot’s favor.
However, Sonia denied
relieving Gehlot from his
then assignment as AICC
General Secretary and
thereforethesearchfornext
name was initiated. It was
on the consultative discus-
sions between Gehlot, late
Shishram Ola and Ajay
Maken that Hemaram
Choudhary’s name was fi-
nalised, sent for approval to
Sonia Gandhi and later
stamped as the CLP leader.
Maken’s role in Hemar-
am’s appointment had been
substantial and hearing this
‘behind the curtains’ tale
fromthirteenyears ago, He-
maram was mesmerised!
Now, political observers
claim that in the coming
days, this ‘meeting’ could
have far reaching ‘effects’
and many are speculating if
onceagainMakenwillprove
to be ‘lucky’ for Hemaram
Choudhary?
Maken’s arrival a ‘rub of the green’ for rebel Hemaram?TETE
-A-TETE
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Amid rising
number of Coronavi-
rus cases and deaths,
the Rajasthan govern-
ment has decided to
set up an additional
100-bedded covid care
centre in RUHS hospi-
tal with enhanced ca-
pacity of beds with
high flow oxygen .
Health Minister
Raghu Sharma said
that the government
would also acquire
private hospitals and
provide all necessary
facilities in case the
number of cases con-
tinues to rise.
“Complaints from
people in the Corona
pandemic are reason-
able, but all arrange-
ments are being made
to redress them time-
ly,” the minister said
whileassuringthatthe
government is fully fo-
cused and prepared to
dealwiththesituation.
Inthehospitalof Ra-
jasthan University of
Health Sciences
(RUHS) in Jaipur,
Sharma said that the
bed capacity with high
oxygen flow will be in-
creased four times on
direction of Chief
Minister to treat criti-
cal patients.
Also, the minister
informed that an addi-
tional Covid care Cen-
tre with 100 beds will
also be set up in the
RUHS hospital for oth-
er patients.
Apart from this, 75
covid care beds and 25
beds with oxygen flow,
will be set up at NIMS
Medical College.
100-bed Covid Care Centre
to be set up at RUHS: Raghu
Cabinetrejig,polappointment
after local body polls
Ajay Maken interacts with party leaders at the Hotel.
Army thwarts
Chinese attempt
to enter Chumar
Leh: In a significant de-
velopment, Indian secu-
rity forces on Tuesday
foiled an attempt by the
Chinese Army to trans-
gress into the Indian
side of the Line of Ac-
tual Control in the gen-
eral area of Chumar in
Eastern Ladakh, sourc-
es said.
This comes close on
the heels of Indian
Army thwarting Chi-
nese Army’s attempt on
the night of August 29
and 30 to transgress
into areas near the
southern bank of Pan-
gong Tso. Sources said
on Tuesday that around
seven to eight heavy ve-
hicles of the Chinese
army set off towards
the Indian side of the
Line of Actual Control
(LAC) from their
Chepuzi camp.
In reaction, the Indi-
an security forces also
made precautionary de-
ployments to prevent
any intrusion,” they
said. —ANI
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: One of the
crucial aspects of Sen-
ior Congress leader and
newly appointed Ra-
jasthan Incharge Ajay
Maken’s Jaipur visit is
to gauge the ‘waters’ be-
fore going ahead with
the work related to po-
litical appointments
and cabinet expansion.
This ‘gauging’ is cru-
cial since based on this
feedback from the par-
ty’s grassroot workers
and leaders, will vari-
ous decisions be made
on these crucial aspects
after discussions with
CM Ashok Gehlot and
PCC Chief Govind Sin-
gh Dotasara.
However, it seems
that while the exercise
is being conducted now,
it’s ‘fruition will be seen
only after the local body
elections. Highly placed
sources in the grand old
party reveal that both
cabinet expansion and
political appointments
will occur only once
these elections are
through, which will
also mark yet another
way for the party to get
the best out of it’s work-
ers while keeping them
on tether hooks on the
premise of ‘adjusting’
them on basis of hard
work done on ground.
Interestingly, the par-
ty may take it’s biggest
decision when the elec-
tions are over on the
lines of ‘one man, one
post’. Sources reveal
that PCC Chief Govind
Singh Dotasara would
continue on the organi-
zational assignment,
however, his post as
minister for education
would be taken away.
Notably the Supreme
Court has given a rul-
ing that local body elec-
tions have to be con-
ducted before 15th Octo-
ber. So it now remains
to be seen what happens
on the crucial issue of
political appointments
and cabinet expansion
after the elections.
Hemaram ChoudharyAjay Maken
Govind Singh Dotasara to remain in Organisation, leave
ministerial berth on the lines of one man, on post rule
GETTING FAMILIAR WITH CONTROL ROOM
Ajay Maken,
while going
back to Delhi by
road on Tuesday
morning, made
a brief stopover
at Jagdeesh
Chandra’s
residence to see
the functioning
and operation of
First India News
control room,
which is a unique
news monitoring
system across
the nation.
GOVT OPENS UP 6,310 VACANCIES
—PHOTOS BY SUMAN SARKAR
Govind Singh Dotasara

he humble T-shirt that
we don so effortlessly to-
day has had quite the his-
tory. From being a casual
outfit to sending out a
message, T-shirts are
now in a fashion league
of their own. Slogan tees that
have swiftly gained popularity,
had their beginnings in London
in the ’60s. It ushered in a politi-
cal wave in the ’70s when Vivi-
enne Westwood and her partner
Malcolm McLaren sold the fa-
mous T-shirts featuring a Swas-
tika and an inverted crucifix un-
der the word ‘Destroy’. Since
then, the slogan tees have made
their way from being simple
street style fashion to ramp-wor-
thy fashion. And it has been used
in tactical ways, either sporting
tongue-in-cheek humour or mak-
ing a political statement. Our
very own celebrities have taken
to this trend on countless occa-
sions. Slogan T-shirts provide a
way for customers to express their
personality with confidence with-
out being labelled. They give a dra-
matic effect when featured on a
T-shirt. It is a good conversation
method and suits people of all ages
and background. We rounded up
a few tips to style and rock this
trend.
T
1.Style the slogan tee with jog-
gers and sneakers if you want
to go down the athleisure route
and wear it while travelling.
2.Wear your slogan tee for a
night out. Tuck it into a high
waist skirt, add layered necklaces
and throw on a pair of high heels
to complete the look.
3.Keep it simple with a pair of
jeans. You can
wear it with a pair
of ripped jeans
and flats for a
more casual
look or skinny
jeans with
balle-
rina flats or
heels for a
more chic
vibe.
4.For a
look
that’s
suit-
able for an
evening out
or a meeting,
you can style it
with a tailored
black blazer and
boots.
5.Throw on
a trench
or oversized
denim jacket for
a layered look.
You can wear
this with shorts
or leggings.
KARISHMA GWALANI
karishma.gwalani@firstindia.co.in
City First talks about how simple words on a garment are
the way for people to express their personality with
confidence and without being labelled!
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YOUR
DAYHoroscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
You love to devote time to
spirituality and you don’t
compromise on it. You may
risk anything for love and
this person is anyway worth it. You
will win the hearts of your parents by
making some kind gesture. Greedy
company must be avoided at any
cost, such people are a big problem.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Those looking for an ideal
life partner will meet one
soon. Necessity for a
peaceful life for you is a
life full of money. For those whose
survive on salaries can totally expect
some bonus. If someone has helped
you in the past than remember to do
the same.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
On academic front, Instead
of flaunting your
preparation this time try to
be quiet and concentrate
on being the best by getting out
standing results. Someone is in love
with you but you may not realise so
keep your eyes wide open. Seize any
opportunity to get on financial front.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
You love your kids more
than anything in the world
and can do anything for
them. You have always been
among the best in the class and this
will pay big time in coming times. You
have a blissful married life and you
couldn’t have asked for a better
partner. You have surplus of energy.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Acquiring a new land for
investment sake is on the
cards. Spend time with
your family today. You will
get surely get success in wining the
heart of the one you desire just don’t
give up till the very end. Tolerance
power is both your strength and
weakness.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Your temptation are
irresistible but you don’t fall
prey to them. You will grow
financially stronger than
ever. Love life is very important for you
and you can do anything to please your
partner no matter what it takes.
Respect elders always. Association
with people is the best decision.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Those planning to put all
your savings in business
will sure shot get the
success. Don’t let love
break your heart, stay strong no
matter what. You are a pure soul and
thats shown in your charity work that
you do on everyday basis. You get
protection from everywhere.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
You share a good
understanding with you
sibling and they are always
there for you no matter
what. Your spouse madly loves you
and can do anything for you. Your
success is foretold therefore stop at
nothing. Easing your pains from the
past is the best option.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Don’t resist your romantic
feeling. Pampering your
child is good but only till a
certain age, when the
chicks start growing you have to
teach them how to fly on their own.
You are very calculative about
everything and that an awesome
quality.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
You have a great career
and you take it very
seriously. You make others
laugh and people love to
talk to you as spending time these
days is not an ideal thing to do. You
are desperate for a big break on
business front. You’ll get Free of
charge complimentary benefits.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Life can be tough at times
and even than it only
teaches you something.
Family support is
inevitable. Make the most of your
time if you get to spend time with
you lover today. You are saving day
and night seeing the current
situations.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
A time consuming task is
no big deal for as you as
no one can match your
speed. Your monetary
situations have improved drastically
but you still make all the efforts to
cut corners where ever possible.
Don’t be scared of the work. You
have a job that requires skills.
ugh Jackman, an Australian perform-
er who was considered—a “triple
threat” successful actor, dancer, and
singer. He was perhaps best known for
his action movies and stage musicals.
He is also best known for playing Wol-
verine/James Howlett/Logan in the X-
Men film series (2000–2018), a role for which
he holds the Guinness World Record for
“longest career as a live-action Marvel su-
perhero”. he made his acting debut as King
Arthur in a production of Camelot when he
was just five years old. He landed a role in
the 10-part TV prison drama Correlli (1995).
Jackman won fans as attractive bad boy
Kevin Jones. in 1996. That same year he took
to the stage, scoring the lead in the Austral-
ian premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s mu-
sical adaptation of Billy Wilder’s noir clas-
sic Sunset Boulevard. That performance led
Jackman to London’s Royal National Thea-
tre, where he won the role of Curly in a re-
vival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Okla-
homa! (1998). The sold-out run set box-office
records. Jackman next turned to film, mak-
ing his Hollywood debut in X-Men (2000), in
which his portrayal of the tortured antihe-
ro Wolverine established him as a bankable
action star. Jackman made his Broadway de-
but in 2003 as singer-songwriter Peter Allen
in the biographical musical The Boy from
Oz for which he also won the 2004 Tony
Award for Best Actor in a Musical.
ForAmericanfilmgoerswhowereunfamil-
iar with his work in Oklahoma!, Jackman’s
flamboyantly spot-on performance was a rev-
elation and it won him a Tony Award in 2004.
An established star both in Hollywood and
on Broadway, he is also recognized for his
lead roles in films such as the romantic com-
edy Kate & Leopold, the action film Van Hels-
ing, the drama The Prestige, the fantasy
dramaTheFountain,theperiodromanceAus-
tralia, the film version of Les Misérables, the
thriller Prisoners (2013),
In 2017 Jackman starred in Logan, the 10th
film in which he appeared as Wolverine, and
later that year he portrayed P.T. Barnum in
the musical The Greatest Showman.
In 2019 he also staged a world tour (titled
The Man. The Music. The Show.), which fea-
tured singing, dancing, and storytelling.
In 2012 Jackman received a special Tony
Award for his varied contributions to the
Broadway community.
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E
mma Roberts re-
cently confirmed
her pregnancy over
Instagram with boy-
friend Garrett Hedlund by
sharing a picture of her
growing baby bump. The
29-year-old actress who’s
best known for her iconic
role in Scream Queens
took to Instagram on Sun-
day to officially confirm
that she is expecting her first
child with boyfriend and
also revealed that they’re
having a boy.
“Me…and my two fa-
vourite guys,” Emma
wrote along with a few
photos showing off her
baby bump while posing
with the 35-year-old ac-
tor. The post also marks
the first time Emma
shared photos with Gar-
rett on her social
media. —Agency
P
aris Hilton is celebrating a milestone
in her relationship with boyfriend
Carter Reum. On Saturday, Hilton, 39,
shared a heartfelt Instagram photo of
herself and Reum, 39, to celebrate the cou-
ple's anniversary. "When we first met, I
had no idea of the amazing journey I
was about to embark on," she began her
caption. "My life was always empty
like I was missing something." "But
when I met you," the socialite
added, "I knew you were
the one. You’ve filled
my heart with so
much love. I be-
lieve that every-
thing happens for
a reason because
everything in my
life, all the good
and the bad, has led
me right to you."
Hilton continued,
"You are my reason
for me being so happy
and feeling like the
luckiest girl in the
world! I love making you
happy and promise to
make you smile forever.
Love so much handsome!
Happy anniversary!" —Agency
ETCJAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2020
11
n the occasion of Nation-
al Nutrition Week, for-
mer Miss World and ac-
tor Manushi Chhillar,
has started a social me-
dia campaign aimed at
raising awareness about
eating right and shared her jour-
ney with health and nutrition.
In a video that she shared on
Instagram, Chhillar is seen shar-
ing how she started consuming
healthy food to stay fit while she
was preparing for the 'Miss In-
dia' beauty pageant while study-
ing in college. "I have been told
repeatedly that we are what we
eat and we have to be very cogni-
zant about what we intake. Prop-
er nutrition has manifold
health benefits and through my
social media, I intend to tell as
many people as possible, about
the positives one can unlock by
eating right," she said.
Chhillar who comes from a
medical background further cred-
its her doctor parents for incul-
cating the knowledge of proper
nutrition within her.
"My parents are doctors and
they have always told me that
our eating habits and the food
we eat defines our total health.
With this learning, I have been
able to lead a very balanced life
because awareness about nutri-
tion is key for anyone to under-
stand whether they are planning
their meals correctly," the
23-year-old actor said.
"Malnutrition can really dam-
age us from inside and I will use
my social media to drive home as
much awareness as possible
through National Nutrition
Week," she added.
The 23-year-old stunner fur-
ther reveals that she is a big fit-
ness and nutrition enthusiast.
"There are a few things that
I'm deeply passionate about and
health and nutrition is definite-
ly on top of that chart. I will
show people how I eat and
balance my diet so that I
keep cravings at bay and
also ensure I give proper
breaks to my body between
meals," she said.
"It's a fun social media
awareness campaign and I
hope to connect with as
many like-minded people as
possible and jam with them,"
the former Miss India add-
ed. The ethereal beauty,
who will be seen soon op-
posite actor Akshay Ku-
mar in the big-budget
period-drama 'Prithvi-
raj,' is known for her
fitness and her well-
built physique. —ANI
O
'LUCKIEST GIRL
IN THE WORLD'
A
ctor Disha Patani on
Tuesday treated her
fans to an adorable pic-
ture as she showers
love on her furry friend. The
actor proved that she is a
true blue pet lover as she
channelled her love for her
four-legged friend.
The 'Malang' star posted to
Instagram, an endearing pic-
ture which features the actor
and her pet dog caught in a mo-
ment of affection. In the picture,
Patani is seen holding the face of
her pet and adorably looking at
him. In the snap, captured at her
home, the 'M.S. Dhoni' star is
seen sporting a comfy look in a
white figure-hugging dress. The
actor looked gorgeous donning a
low make up look. Keeping the
caption simple, Patani left a flow-
er emoji with the picture. —ANI
DOG LOVER
RAISING AWARENESS
About Proper Nutrition
A
s the nation
o b s e r v e d
the 10-day
festivities
of Ganesh Chatur-
thi, Bollywood ac-
tor Hrithik Roshan
on Tuesday shared
his thought saying
“Ganpati festival
always brings back
my childhood.”
The 46-year-old
actor on Instagram
shared a video-clip
that saw his family
performing the rit-
uals of Ganpati
Visarjan. The ‘War’
actor noted that
Lord Ganesh has
been his “dearest”
and said: “as a
child, I really felt
that he listened to
me. Still do ...”
“Perhaps all our
festivals are cen-
tered around mak-
ing the child in us
feel comforted,
united, surrounded
by friends and fam-
ily showering love
upon you for no
specific reason. At
least that’s what it
always was about
for me. More than
religion, it was
about love,” Roshan
wrote alongside the
video.
The video fea-
tured his family --
parents Rakesh
and Pinky Roshan
and also his kids,
ex-wife Sussanne
Khan bidding
their beloved Gan-
pati Bappa adieu
in an affectionate,
eco-friendly man-
ner. —ANI
Good news
from Ed
IT’S OFFICIAL ‘GANPATI FESTIVAL
BRINGS BACK MY
CHILDHOOD’
E
d Sheeran has
been away from
social media for
months now.
However, the interna-
tional singer broke his
break to announce he
and his wife Cherry
Seaborn have welcomed
a daughter. The couple
had kept the details of
the pregnancy under
tight wraps. However, a
few weeks ago, news
broke out that Ed and
Cherry were soon going
to embrace parenthood.
The singer announced
the arrival of their lit-
tle one on Instagram
with a sweet. He re-
vealed that the couple
welcomed the little one
last week.
The Shape of You hit-
maker wrote, "Ello! A
quick message from me
as I have some personal
news that I wanted to
share with you... Last
week,withthehelpof an
amazing delivery team,
Cherry gave birth to our
beautiful and healthy
daughter." He revealed
that the couple has
namedthelittleoneLyra
Antarctica Seaborn
Sheeran. —Agency
Manushi Chhillar
Disha Patani
Paris Hilton
Emma Roberts
Hrithik Roshan
Ed Sheeran and Cherry Seaborn
... his post
... her post
Still from his post
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DURING THE DAY!
GUJARAT:
Khushi Sheth, an
18-year-old from
Ahmedabad, and a
2nd-year student
of Psychology is
also the ‘Youngest
Achology Certified
Life Coach’ and
the Founder
of an online
organization
named ‘Happy To
Help,’ where she
offers coaching
and consultation
services to people
facing mental
health issues, for
free.
RAJASTHAN:
Residents of
Ajmer city on
Tuesday during
the Ganpati
Visarjan.
—PHOTO BY
ANAND SHARMA
HAPPY B’DAY!
IAS V Srinivas (top) and
IPS Satyaveer Singh
celebrated their birthdays
on 1 September, Tuesday.
We wish them all the best!
CONGRATULATIONS
& CELEBRATIONSShubhra and Saurabh were wed in a beautiful heartfelt ceremony on Tuesday at
Rajputana Sheraton, Jaipur. Shubhra is the daughter of Dr Rakesh Kumar and Dr
Sangeeta Saxena and Saurabh is the son of Mamta and Neeraj Prakash. We bring you
some moments of the wedding and also of the ladies sangeet, which was on Monday.
(From left) Saurabh and Shubhra,
Ritu and Sunil Arora, Neeraj Prakash and Mamta
(From left) Jagdeesh Chandra, Sanjeev Srivastava,
Sunil Arora and Mohd. Fahad
(From left) Sanjeev and Meenu Srivastava, Nikhil
and Nandini Arora, Dr Rakesh and Dr Sangeeta Nandini Arora
(From left) Rahul Kumar, Dr Rakesh Kumar and Dr Sangeeta Saxena, Saurabh
and Shubra, Nandini, Ritu and Sunil Arora, Nikhil Arora with daughter Iram
Sunil Arora and Jagdeesh Chandra with the newly weds Shubhra
and Saurabh along with Nandini Arora
—PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Phera Ceremony

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