The document discusses the upcoming foundation stone laying ceremony for the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on August 5th. It notes that this event marks a historic moment for Hindus after a long legal battle. Prime Minister Modi will attend the ceremony along with other leaders. While the temple construction has been a dream for Modi and Amit Shah, Shah will not be able to attend due to illness. The temple is expected to be grander than originally planned, with five domes instead of two and a increased height of 20 feet. It will be constructed according to North Indian temple architecture. The ceremony marks an important milestone after many years of legal disputes and movement towards the temple's construction.

1. Aditi Nagar
days ahead of
73rd Independ-
ence Day and
after a 28 year
long wait,
since demolition of Babri
Mosque in 1992, the morn-
ing of August 5, 2020 brings
a historic moment in the
life of almost 100 crore
Hindus of the country,
when the foundation stone
laying ceremony of a
1300-crore Ram Mandir
project will be carried out
at Ayodhya, mainly in the
presence of Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi, RSS
Chief Mohan Bhagwat, UP
CM Yogi Adityanath and a
few other related dignitar-
ies. In fact, it is a dream
come true, especially for
Narendra Modi and Amit
Shah. However, Shah, who
unfortunately, because of
being admitted in Medanta
Hospital in Gurgaon for Co-
rona treatment, will not be
able to attend the ceremony.
It was a tireless and 24/7
political and legal journey,
where Modi and Shah left
their mark and converted
Hindu sentiment and their
ray of hope into a Ram
Mandir construction reali-
ty. Infact, Modi-Shah-Bhag-
wat will always be remem-
bered in the Indian history
for their immense contri-
bution to convert a dream
into a ground reality. Hats
off to a close ‘monitoring’
by the Prime Minister and
Union Home Minister in
the Supreme Court, which
ultimately effectively put
up the Union government
and other related partys’
viewpoint in the court and
finally won the legal battle
on merit without creating
any religious or communal
tensions and even without
shedding a drop of blood.
However, it is a sad story
that the stalwarts of Ram
Mandir movement like LK
Advani, Murli Manohar
Joshi, Umar Bharti and
Kalyan Singh will not be
visible in this colorful cer-
emony, who had contribut-
ed a lot in the movement,
may be on Corona health
grounds.
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2. Bhopal: A Hanuman
Chalisa recital was
organised at former
Madhya Pradesh
Chief Minister Ka-
mal Nath’s residence
in Bhopal on Tuesday,
a day ahead of the
‘bhumi-pujan’ sched-
uled to be held at the
site for Ram temple,
Ayodhya.
Speaking after the
programme, the Con-
gress leader said “We
are sending 11 silver
bricks to Ayodhya
from the people of
Madhya Pradesh,
they were bought
with donations from
Congress members.
It’s a historic day
for which entire
country was
waiting. Ha-
n u m a n
Chalisa re-
cital was
done for
welfare of
the state’s
p e o p l e , ”
K a m a l
Nath said.
—Agenies
‘GRANDRAMTEMPLE
TOBEBIGGER,TALLER’
 The Ram Temple will be
161 feet in height and will be
almost double the size of the
original design.
 The temple will be con-
structed in Nagara style of
architecture and on the lines
of North Indian temple archi-
tecture.
 There will be five domes
instead of two as planned
earlier.
 The construction is ex-
pected to take three years.
 Ram temple to be built on
70 acres, temple and corridor
in three acres.
 In 67 acres of land,
museums, temples
of Sita, Laxman,
Bharat and Lord
Ganesha will be built.
 The Ram Temple model
was built in 1989 by the Sri
Ram Janmabhoomi Tirth
Kshetra Trust.
 The city will be decorated
with nearly 400 quintals of
flowers for the ‘bhoomi pujan’
of the Ram Mandir on Wedn-
wesday. The blue ‘aparajita’
or Vishnukanta flowers, that
are grown in the rural parts
of Bengaluru, have been
brought for the much-awaited
occasion. The double-toned
marigolds in orange and red
are being brought in from
Kolkata, while orchids are
being imported from Thai-
land. About 600 kg of red and
pink roses, 240 kg gerbera
and 300 kg carnations are
also being brought, reported
agencies.
 Apart from the ‘bhoomi
pujan’, PM Modi will also
unveil a Rs 5 postal stamp
with the new model of Ram
Mandir to commemorate
the event.
1528 Babri mosque built on
orders of Mughal emperor
Babur by his commander Mir
Baqi in Ayodhya.
1885 Mahant Raghubir Das
files a petition in the Faizabad
District Court, seeking
permission to build raise a
structure next to the mosque.
The plea is rejected.
1949 Idol of Lord Ram,
Goddess Sita found inside the
mosque by unknown persons.
Hindus call it divine appear-
ance and start offering
prayers.
1950 Two suits filed in a
Faizabad court by Gopal Simla
Visharad and Paramhansa
Ramachandra Das, seeking
permission to worship the
idols at the place.
1959 Nirmohi Akhara, a
party in the case in the
Supreme Court, files suit
seeking possession of the site.
1981 Uttar Pradesh Sunni
Central Waqf Board files suit
for possession of the site and
removal of idols.
1986 A local court orders
opening of the site and allows
Hindus to offer prayers.
1989 The Allahabad HC
orders status quo on the site.
Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi-
led government at the Centre
lets VHP perform shilanyaas
for Ram Temple.
1990 BJP leader Lal Krishna
Advani starts Rath Yatra from
Gujarat to gather support for
the temple.
1992 Babri Mosque
structure demolished by
Karsewaks.
1993 Centre passes an Act
to acquire land in and around
the disputed site in Ayodhya.
1994 In the Ismail Faruqui
case, the SC rules that the
mosque is not integral to
Islam.
2002 The Allahabad HC
starts hearing to adjudicate the
ownership of the disputed site.
2003 The SC bars any
religious activity at the site.
2010 The Allahabad HC
rules trifurcation of the
2.77-acre disputed land
between UP Sunni Waqf
Board, the Nirmohi Akhara and
Ram Lalla Virajman.
2011 The SC stays the
Allahabad HC’s order.
2016 BJP leader Subrama-
nian Swamy files plea in the
Supreme Court seeking
permission to worship and
construction of Ram Temple at
the disputed site.
2018 The SC rejects all
interim pleas, including that of
Swamy, seeking to intervene
as parties in the case.
Advocate Rajeev Dhavan files
plea in the court requesting it
to refer the issue of reconsid-
eration of its 1994 judgment to
a larger bench which is denied.
The court forms a three-judge
bench instead to hear the
case.
January 2019 CJ Ranjan
Gogoi constitutes a five-judge
Constitutional Bench to hear
the case.
March 2019 The SC
appoints a mediation panel
headed by Judge (retd) FMI
Kallifulla for an out-of-court
settlement on March 8.
August 2019 The
mediation panel fails to reach
an amicable settlement. SC
begins hearing on August 6.
November 9, 2019 A
five-judge of SC bench led by
then Chief Justice of India
Ranjan Gogoi rules in favour
of Ram Lalla and says the
entire disputed land spread
over 2.7 acres will be handed
over to a trust formed by the
government, which will
monitor the construction of a
Ram Temple at the site.
February 5, 2020 Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
announces the constitution of
‘Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth
Kshetra, to oversee the
construction of Ram temple in
Ayodhya. —ANI
he Ram Tem-
ple in Ayodhya
will be grand-
er and bigger
compared to
the earlier plan with
three new domes added
to the design and the
structure’s height in-
creased by 20 feet.
The changes in de-
sign, which have the ap-
proval of Shri Ram Jan-
mabhoomi Teertha
Kshetra Trust, will en-
able more devotees to be
accommodated in the
precincts of the temple
and add to its magnifi-
cence. Shri Ram Janma-
bhoomi Teertha Kshet-
ra Trust has been set up
to oversee the construc-
tion of Ram temple. Ma-
hant Raju Das, senior
priest of Hanuman-
garhi temple in Ayod-
hya, said the temple
will have three more
domes.
“We want a magnifi-
cent temple and for
that, I would like to
thank the temple trust.
The temple will now
have more domes. It
will have three floors,”
Das said. Annu Bhai
Sompura, Manager of
Ram Mandir Nirman
Karyashala, had said
earlier that silver, gold
and copper would also
be used in the construc-
tion of the temple apart
from stones and wood.
PM Narendra Modi
will lay the foundation
stone of the Ram Tem-
ple on August 5.
Das said the new de-
sign will enable around
one lakh devotees to be
accommodated in the
temple for prayers.
He said each floor
will have theme associ-
ated with Lord Ram
such as childhood
“jhaanki” and Ram
Darbar.
“The temple will also
have mandaps like
katha mandap and nri-
tya mandap,” he said.
—ANI
T
An occasion to spread Lord
Ram’s messages: Priyanka
Sending 11 silver bricks for Ram
temple’s pujan, says Kamal Nath
New Delhi: The ‘bhoo-
mi-pujan’ for the Ram
temple, Ayodhya on Au-
gust 5 should be an oc-
casion for boosting “na-
tional unity, brother-
hood and cultural har-
mony”, said Congress
leader Priyanka Gan-
dhi Vadra on Tuesday.
The Congress gener-
al secretary in a state-
ment released in Hindi,
said that Lord Ram has
an impact on the cul-
ture of the Indian sub-
continent and around
the world and he be-
longs to everyone. Quot-
ing poets such as Maith-
ilisharan Gupt and
Nirala, the Congress
leader highlighted the
many attributes of the
Lord and added that
“Ram wants the welfare
of anyone, that is why
he is the ‘maryada pu-
rushottam’.”
“On August 5, 2020
the ceremony for bhoo-
mi-pujan of Ramlala’s
temple has been sched-
uled. With the blessings
of Lord Ram, may this
event spread his mes-
sages of national unity,
brotherhood, and cul-
tural harmony,” Vadra
said. —ANI
CELEBRATIONS GALORE!
FACTFILE
RAMARCHAN PUJA
BEGINS IN AYODHYA
BHOOMI PUJAN AT
TIMES SQUARE
Ayodhya: The four-phased
Ramarchan puja has begun
to invoke the major gods and
goddesses who consider Lord
Ram as their ‘Ishth’ (the god
of worship) at Ayodhya’s Ram
Janmabhoomi on Tuesday.
Gods and goddesses like Ma-
hadevi, Lord Shankar, Ganesh,
10 digpal and Shodash Mata
are worshipped in these
prayers, informed a priest.
New Delhi: Indians based in
the US are indulged in plan-
ning programmes to mark
the auspicious occasion on
August 5. The scheduled
programme would take place
from 7.30 pm to 9:30 pm
today. A diya ligting ceremony,
a bhajan programme and
speeches by eminent person-
alities and sweet distribution
will also be conducted.
TIMELINE TILL
BHOOMI PUJAN
IN AYODHYA
JUST 32 SECONDS OF
SHUBH MUHURAT
New Delhi: Priests and
religious leaders have said
that the muhurat or auspi-
cious time to lay the foun-
dation stone will last for 32
seconds.The muhurat will
begin at 12:44:08 PM and
come to an end at 12:44:40
PM on Wednesday.A total
of 175 guests, including
135 saints have been
invited for the ceremony.
LAL KRISHNA ADVANI
@_LKADVANI
PM Narendra Modi laying
foundation stone of Ram
Mandir is a historical
and emotional day
not only for me but
for all Indians
they were bought
with donations from
Congress members.
It’s a historic day
for which entire
country was
waiting. Ha-
n u m a n
Chalisa re-
cital was
done for
welfare of
the state’s
p e o p l e , ”
K a m a l
Nath said.
—Agenies
The temple will be con-The temple will be con-
structed in Nagara style ofstructed in Nagara style of
architecture and on the linesarchitecture and on the lines
of North Indian temple archi-of North Indian temple archi-
tecture.tecture.
 There will be five domesThere will be five domes
instead of two as plannedinstead of two as planned
earlier.earlier.
 The construction is ex-The construction is ex-
pected to take three years.pected to take three years.
 Ram temple to be built onRam temple to be built on
70 acres, temple and corridor70 acres, temple and corridor
in three acres.in three acres.
 In 67 acres of land,In 67 acres of land,
museums, templesmuseums, temples
of Sita, Laxman,of Sita, Laxman,
Bharat and LordBharat and Lord
 The city will be decoratedThe city will be decorated
with nearly 400 quintals ofwith nearly 400 quintals of
flowers for the ‘bhoomi pujan’flowers for the ‘bhoomi pujan’
of the Ram Mandir on Wedn-of the Ram Mandir on Wedn-
wesday. The blue ‘aparajita’wesday. The blue ‘aparajita’
or Vishnukanta flowers, thator Vishnukanta flowers, that
are grown in the rural partsare grown in the rural parts
of Bengaluru, have beenof Bengaluru, have been
brought for the much-awaitedbrought for the much-awaited
occasion. The double-tonedoccasion. The double-toned
marigolds in orange and redmarigolds in orange and red
are being brought in fromare being brought in from
Kolkata, while orchids areKolkata, while orchids are
being imported from Thai-being imported from Thai-
land. About 600 kg of red andland. About 600 kg of red and
pink roses, 240 kg gerberapink roses, 240 kg gerbera
and 300 kg carnations areand 300 kg carnations are
also being brought, reportedalso being brought, reported
agencies.agencies.
 Apart from the ‘bhoomiApart from the ‘bhoomi
pujan’, PM Modi will alsopujan’, PM Modi will also
unveil a Rs 5 postal stampunveil a Rs 5 postal stamp
with the new model of Ramwith the new model of Ram
Mandir to commemorateMandir to commemorate
the event.the event.
Sending 11 silver bricks for Ram
temple’s pujan, says Kamal Nath
Nirala, the Congress
leader highlighted the
tural harmony,” Vadra
said. —ANI
LAL KRISHNA ADVANI
@_LKADVANI
PM Narendra Modi laying
foundation stone of Ram
Mandir is a historical
and emotional day
not only for me but
for all Indians
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Ram Mandir
A REALITY NOW!
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Yogesh Shrama
Jaipur: Former CM Bhai-
ron Singh Shekhawat,
who later became the V-P,
played an important role in
resolving the Ram Temple
issue. While leaving as CM,
he had promised that BJP
will return and so will Ram-
lala in Ayodhya. His words
have turned into reality.
The then PM, Chandrashek-
har had formed a commit-
tee with Sharad Pawar and
Shekhawat to resolve the
issue. When the committee
was on the verge of provid-
ing a solution, the Congress
withdrew support from the
Chandrashekhar- led gov-
ernment, which collapsed.
During the Shekhwat gov-
ernment’s rule, LK Adva-
ni’s Rath Yatra had passed
through Rajasthan and it
was due to Shekhawat’s
managerial skills that the
Yatra remained peaceful.
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In no mood to show mercy, Gehlot won’t take back rebels!
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur/New Delhi:
With Sonia Gandhi
slated to complete
one year as Congress
interim President
soon amid an ongoing
battle for one-upman-
ship between leaders
close to Rahul Gandhi
and the Congress vet-
erans, she is likely to
continue in the top
post in the foreseea-
ble future, party
sources said on Tues-
day.
The sources main-
tained that “no discus-
sion is going on” at pre-
sent within the Con-
gress on the President’s
post, neither initiated
by the party nor any in-
dividual.
“There is no discus-
sion, and there is no
rule that we have to ap-
point a new President,”
the sources remarked.
Sonia Gandhi as-
sumed charge of the
topmost post again
on August 10 last
year in the wake of
the resignation by
her son Rahul Gan-
dhi as Congress Pres-
ident after the 2019
Lok Sabha debacle.
Though the party
tried to persuade Ra-
hul not to resign, but
he did not budge, af-
ter which the Con-
gress Working Com-
mittee appointed her
as the interim chief.
Sonia Gandhi has be-
come the longest serv-
ing Congress President
and has been credited
with the party’s victo-
ries in two successive
general elections in
2009 and 2004.
A party leader, who
is privy to all develop-
ments in the Con-
gress, pointed out
that Sonia Gandhi
had just returned
from hospital and the
party was rallying
behind her to
fight the BJP
onslaught.
“She is the
r a l l y i n g
point for all sections
of the party,” the
leader remarked.
Sonia Gandhi was ad-
mitted to the Sir Ganga
Ram Hospital last week
for routine tests and in-
vestigations and was
discharged on Sunday
afternoon.
Notwithstanding
the Congress position
about status quo on
the party chief’s post,
there have been de-
mands within
the party
to ap-
point a new party
President. Leaders
close to Rahul Gandhi
have on at least three
occasions demanded
that he should be
brought back as Con-
gress President.
Rajasthan Chief Min-
ister Ashok Gehlot had
demanded it during a
CWC meeting. The de-
mand was echoed dur-
ing the meetings of
Congress’ Lok Sabha
and Rajya Sabha MPs in
July as well.
A lot of hectic activi-
ty is on within the party
to this end. Many lead-
ers have met to discuss
the proposal to write a
letter to the CWC to ap-
point a full-time Presi-
dent as the opposition
party is facing a crisis
after rebellions by Con-
gress leaders and MLAs
in Rajasthan and earli-
er in Madhya Pradesh
in the last six months. It
is worth mentioning
here that Sonia has be-
come the longest serv-
ing Congress President
and has been credited
with the party’s victo-
ries in two successive
general elections in
2009 and 2004.
One year on, Sonia likely to continue as Congress interim chief
Once again a ‘reluctant’
Rahul skips the responsibility
Aditi Nagar
Jaipur: Contrary to an ongoing
speculation for a likely Sonia Gan-
dhi intervention to bring back
Sachin Pilot camp rebel MLAs
into Congress, an ‘adamant
and upset’ Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has virtual-
ly closed this chapter, till
he holds the fort as the
Chief Minister of the state.
According to highly placed
sources, Gehlot has conveyed
his ‘mind’ to the top Con-
gress leadership in New
Delhi, including Sonia, Ra-
hul and Priyanka Gandhi.
The buzz is that a ‘con-
cerned’ Priyanka had her-
self phoned up Gehlot few
days back and had advised
him to find out the ‘ways and
means’ for a likely reproach-
ment with the Pilot camp. The
Chief Minister, who is already
upset with Pilot camp’s move
to break the party, was
reportedly not at
all receptive to
Priyanka’s
call and
rather
had a
‘plain talk’ with her mentor in the
Gandhi family. According to sources,
Gehlot’s reply and viewpoint was so
stern that she was stunned for a mo-
ment.
Subsequently, looking to Gehlot’s
hard stand and emotional outburst,
the Congress high command appears
to have dropped this issue, at least for
the time being. This development
puts a full stop on the ‘efforts’ of a
few senior Congress leaders, who
were trying hard for a reproachment
without knowing much about the
ground realities of Rajasthan.
According to a Gehlot camp source,
Gehlot’sviewpointisveryclearsaying
that if he takes a U-turn on this sensi-
tive issue at this stage then not only
the Congress will loose its face in the
general public but also the supporting
100 MLAs will feel demoralized. But
surprisingly, inspite of all this, still a
few people are trying to ‘reopen’ this
already ‘close’ issue. Political observ-
ers feel, that if, inspite of a clear Ge-
hlot ‘NO’, some pressure is bought on
himfromthehigherupsinNewDelhi,
then it may be counter productive and
Gehlot camp MLAs may even go to the
extent of creating a ‘new Pilot camp’
in the Congress party, which will com-
pletely shatter the dreams of Sonia-
Rahul-Priyanka-Ahmed Patel-Avi-
nashPandetokeepthepartyunitedin
the state. Turn on P10
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UPSC: 829 QUALIFY
Pradeep tops the exams
New Delhi: A total of
829candidateshavequal-
ified for civil services,
including IAS and IPS,
theUnionPublicService
Commission (UPSC) an-
nounced on Tuesday.
Pradeep Singh, Jatin
Kishore and Pratibha
Verma secured the first,
second and third posi-
tions respectively, the
Commission said with-
out sharing further de-
tails of the toppers.
A total of 829 candi-
dates have been recom-
mended for Indian Ad-
ministrative Service
(IAS), Indian Foreign
Service (IFS) and In-
dian Police Service
(IPS), among other
civil services, it said,
announcing results of
the civil services ex-
amination 2019.
Of the total qualified
candidates, 304 are
from General category,
78 from Economically
Weaker Section (EWS),
251 from Other Back-
ward Classes (OBC),
129 from Scheduled
Castes (SC) and 67 from
Scheduled Tribes (ST)
category, according to
the UPSC.
A total of 182 other
candidates have been
put in the reserve list, it
said. The selection has
been made against 927
vacancies reported by
the government.
“The result of 11 can-
didates has been kept
withheld, the UPSC said.
The civil services exami-
nation is conducted an-
nually in three phases --
preliminary, main and
interview -- to select can-
didates for the country’s
premier civil services.
NARENDRA MODI
@NARENDRAMODI
Congratulations to all
the bright youngsters
who have successfully
cleared the Civil
Services Examination,
2019! An exciting and
satisfying career of
public service awaits
you. My best wishes!
SOG backtracks! Transfers
‘horse-trading’ case to ACB
First India Bureau
Jaipur: According to
sources, apparently,
under pressure from
New Delhi and Jaipur,
the Special Operations
Group (SOG) of Ra-
jasthan Police has
done a U-turn about
the three FIRs regis-
tered in July related to
the toppling of the
Ashok Gehlot-led gov-
ernmentbyrequesting
alocalcourttotransfer
theinvestigationtothe
anti-corruption bu-
reau (ACB), while also
takingoff Section124A
IPC(Sedition)fromthe
case based on legal
opinion, SOG said on
Tuesday, while also
takingoff Section124A
IPC(Sedition)fromthe
case based on legal
opinion, the SOG said.
After Congress had
accused Union Minis-
ter Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat and party
MLA Bhanwarlal
Sharma of conspiring
to topple the elected
government in Ra-
jasthan, the SOG had
registered two sepa-
rate FIRs on the com-
plaint of Congress
chief whip in the Ra-
jasthan Assembly Ma-
hesh Joshi. Joshi
lodged a complaint re-
garding three audio-
tapesthathadsurfaced
in social media after
which one Sanjay Jain
was arrested. Turn on P8
Raj CJ to hear
BSP MLA
merger issue
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The High
Court, on Tuesday, ap-
proved the application
of early hearing in the
matter of merger of
BSP MLAs in Congress.
The plea was submitted
by BSP and BJP MLA
Madan Dilawar.
Now, the hearing will
be held on Wednesday
at 10.30 am in the divi-
sion bench of Chief
Justice Indrajit Mahan-
ty and Justice Prakash
Gupta. The case is list-
ed at serial number 59-
60 in the supplementary
list. The BSP has chal-
lenged the order of the
single bench in the divi-
sion bench, demanding
dismissal of merger of
BSP MLAs in Congress.
The BSP, in its fresh ap-
peal, sought to put aside
the September 18, 2019,
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HC rejects PILs seeking Guv’s
removal & stay on MLAs salaries
Nizam Kantaliya
Jaipur: Rajasthan HC on Tuesday rejected
a petition seeking directions to Union
government to advise the President to
remove Governor of Rajasthan. At the same
time, the court also rejected two other
petitions including one that sought stay on
the salaries of MLAs. In the petition filed
by an advocate Shantanu Pareek in which
he said the Governor has failed to perform
his Constitutional obligations by not calling
the Assembly session on the request by the
Rajasthan council of ministers. Turn on P8
Pradeep Singh
Ayodhya: Various reli-
gious ceremonies have
been conducted for the
past108daysbysaintsin
Ayodhya and Prime
MinisterNarendraModi
will take part in `muhu-
rat puja’ at 12.44 pm on
Wednesday as part of
‘bhoomi pujan’ for con-
struction of a grand
Ram temple. PM Modi
will arrive at 12:30 pm at
the Ramjanmbhoomi
and take part in various
prayers including the
main “bhoomi pujan”.
Govind Giriji Maha-
raj, treasurer of Shri
R a m j a n m b h o o m i
Teerth Kshetra Trust,
said that the religious
ceremonies will begin
from 8:30 am in the
morning and will con-
tinue till 12:30 pm.
“The Prime Minister
will arrive at 12:30 pm
and he will offer ‘puja’
for 15 minutes and take
‘sankalp’. First Lord
Ganesh will be wor-
shipped then he will of-
fer prayers of eight shi-
las. Some prayers at shi-
las we have conducted
already,” Giri told ANI.
“The muhrat of pooja
is at 12: 44 pm. He will
say words ‘prathistha-
payami’ and it is crucial
to be done in that
muhrat,” he said.
Elaborating on the
rituals to be performed
tomorrow by the Prime
Minister, the trust mem-
ber said that most im-
portant is `Kurm Shila’.
“The most important
is Kurm Shila - this is
right beneath the place
where Ram Lalla will be
seated. Turn on P8
Promise fulfilled! PM to attend
Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan
People light earthen lamps written ‘Jai Shree Ram’ on the eve of the foundation laying ceremony of
Ram Temple, in Kanpur on Tuesday.
ASHOK GEHLOT
@ASHOKGEHLOT51
#RamMandir’s foundation
stone ceremony to be
held on August 5 is an
opportunity for the Prime
Minister to show courage
and ask the people to take
a pledge to remove the
stigma of untouchability
on humanity and to treat
the Dalits, tribals and the
backward with equality.

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First India Bureau
New Delhi: Driving
down to Ayodhya to be
a part of the historic
‘Bhoomi poojan’ cere-
mony for Ram Temple
on August 5, Ashish
Sompura is elated. His
father Chandrakant
Sompura, now 78, had
designed the Ram Man-
dir in 1989 at the re-
quest of the then Vish-
wa Hindu Parishad
(VHP) chief, late Ashok
Singhal.
“My father is not go-
ing for the ‘Bhoomi
poojan’ due to the
threat of Covid-19. But
I am going to be there
as the foundation stone
of the grandest temple
in the world will be
laid by PM Narendra
Modi. It is a proud mo-
ment for me and for
our family that the
most controversial
temple ever to be built
has been designed by
my father,” Ashish
Sompura said.
Ashish (49) and his
brother Nikhil (55) have
taken over the day-to-
day work involved in
the temple construc-
tion, including attend-
ing the meetings of the
Shri Ram Janmabhoo-
mi Teertha Kshetra
Trust. Their father
guides them from home.
Meanwhile, BJP
MLA Madan Dilawar
would not be able to at-
tend the Bhoomi Pujan
of the Ram temple as
one of a worker travel-
ling with Dilawar has
been tested positive for
coronavirus. Dilawar
has also been quaran-
tined after the news
and he is returning to
Kota from Ayodhya.
Actually, he had left for
Ayodhya by carrying
the soil of Haldighati
with him on Monday
evening.
Man awaits construction of Ram mandir he designed!
BHOOMI POOJAN TODAY
AnindustriousMeenareturns
toJaipur,attendsimpworks!
The Industries Minister chaired a meeting with his dept officers at secretariat on Tuesday
Dr Rituraj
Jaipur: Industries
Minister Parsadi Lal
Meena came to the sec-
retariat on Tuesday and
was seen chairing a
meeting with his de-
partmental officers. He
said the Rs 300-400 crore
package approved by
the cabinet for the in-
dustries will help them
come out of the corona
crisis. Meena hailed the
‘One Stop Shop’ deci-
sion by the cabinet and
said the government
can’t bring an ordi-
nance for it but was pre-
paring to table a bill for
it in the upcoming ses-
sion of the assembly.
The bill would pave
way for a single-window
clearance of all permis-
sion to set up an indus-
try in the state. Indus-
try minister categori-
cally said that former
revenue secretary
Sandeep Verma had
wrongfully taken the
power of land acquisi-
tion from RIICO and the
orders rectifying the
situation will be re-
leased by Wednesday.
Following which the
RIICO would acquire
land for 22 industrial
areas to facilitate new
industries in the state.
He said the rumours re-
garding Congress
MLAs being under se-
vere movement restric-
tions were all cooked up
as they were all com-
mitted to the party. He
criticized the opposi-
tion for spreading false
rumours regarding rou-
tine work being ham-
pered due to MLAs re-
siding in Jaisalmer.
Meena said there was
no pendency and all
public works were be-
ing done. He said that
Congress MLAs could
come to Jaipur to par-
ticipate in the assembly
session on August 13 or
14. Meena said it was
the MLAs who chose
Jaisalmer for camping
and all the Congress
MLAs along with the
state government were
ready for a floor test if
the opposition demands
it. The minister claimed
the support of 103
MLAs to the state gov-
ernment.
Parsadi Lal Meena
Bansal: Cong a party of action
oriented people who work hard
First India Bureau
Jaisalmer: AICC secre-
tary Vivek Bansal
reached the desert town
to join the party MLAs
camping. Speaking on
camping in hot weather
in Jaisalmer, Bansal
said that Congress is the
party of action-oriented
people and they must
sweat out to get results.
He said being in the
party doesn’t mean re-
laxing on the chair but
to be on the streets. This
will make us physically
fit and our attitude
more people-friendly
which is very important
in politics.
The AICC secretary
assuredCongressMLAs
about the stability of
the government and all
the apprehensions were
baseless. He expressed
confidence of a positive
outcome on August 14.
Bansal also took a jibe
at Sachin Pilot’s tweet
about truth being har-
assed, without naming
him, by saying that such
words don’t suit him.
Bansal called it a fight
for values & principles
and for the aspirations
of Rajasthan.
When asked about the
return of the dissidents
Vivek Bansal simply
said that the world sur-
vives on hope. He said
the parents are ready to
forgive a good for noth-
ing child if they see
chances of improve-
ment in him and he is
truly sorry for his earli-
er acts. On the question
of the state government
being run from Jaisalm-
er, he said the govern-
ment had been working
through VCs after the
corona pandemic broke
out and the same is be-
ing done even now.
Bansal hailed CM Ge-
hlot’s style of working
and called him a sensi-
tiveleaderbothinterms
of emotions and duty.
Man kills wife
and son with
axe; commits
suicide
Ranveer Janjaria
Jhunjhunu: A man at-
tacked his wife and
7-year-old son with an
axe in Kuhadwas village
of Buhana in the dis-
trict on Tuesday morn-
ing. After brutally hit-
ting both, he ran and
killed himself by jump-
ing into a well some two
km away. The wife died
while being treated and
the son has been re-
ferred to Jaipur in seri-
ous condition. Rakesh
had attacked his wife
and son while they were
still asleep. DSP Gyan
Singh and CI Mahendra
Singhreachedthecrime
spot-on information
and sent the injured to
the hospital. The police
apart from scanning the
crime scene also talked
to the neighbours for
the details. Police have
recovered the axe used
to commit the gruesome
act. Police are yet to as-
certain the cause of the
incident. Interestingly
two twin daughters,
Riya and Ankita, of the
family were saved as
they were sleeping in a
separate room. Rakesh
Jat use to run a provi-
sion store in the village.
‘Will donate 2 mths
salary,silver brick’
Man held for kidnapping and
raping 13-year-old girl in Jaipur
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Harmada
police have arrested the
accused Jhabarmal Ba-
varia (22), in connec-
tion with the case of
kidnapping a 13-year-
old minor girl and rap-
ing her. Under the lead-
ership of ADCP Ba-
jrang Singh, a team was
constituted in the lead-
ership of ACP Priyanka
Kumawat and Harmada
SHO Ramesh Saini,
which got hold of the
accused by searching
for him in Jaipur and
surrounding districts.
The 13-year-old girl
from Radhapura village
suddenly went missing
from her home on the
nightof July10.Thenext
day, the family lodged a
missing report at Har-
mada police station, ex-
pressing suspicion on a
youth named Jhabar-
mal. On July 11, the vic-
tim was found lying un-
conscious in a nearby
village. Upon which, the
family informed the po-
liceandadmittedthegirl
to a private hospital.
The victim said in
her statements that
Jhabarmal and his
friends kidnapped her
from home and took her
to a school. They raped
the victim after making
her consume drugs.
‘Govt isn’t sitting in hotels, it
has been working in the field’First India Bureau
Jaipur: Concerned
about public perception
over their prolonged
stay in hotels - first in
Jaipur and now Jais-
almer – Minister in Ge-
hlot government can
now be seen working
from wherever they are.
The ministers in
Jaipur started going to
secretariat while those
in Jaisalmer have called
files there.
Subsequently, Minis-
ter of state Rajendra Ya-
dav went to the public li-
brary in Jaisalmer. He
took feedback from the
librarian about the prob-
lems and assured them
of resolving them while
givingnecessaryinstruc-
tions to officials. He also
took meetings through
video conferencing.
During the library
visit, the minister also
spoke to First India in
which he claimed that
the government led by
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot would complete
its term. He also ac-
cused the BJP of run-
ning the government
from palaces when it
was in power but now
accusing the state gov-
ernment of working
from the hotel.
“The government is
not sitting in hotels, it
has been working in
the field,” he claimed.
Kalla rejects allegations
of restrictions on MLAs
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Energy minis-
ter BD Kalla on Tues-
day rejected allegations
that there is any restric-
tion on the legislators
who are staying in Jais-
almer hotel.
“This is totally base-
less. MLAs are moving
around as per their
wish…there is no re-
strictions,” the minis-
ter said.
Kalla, who has re-
turned to Jaipur from
Jaisalmer, said that he
has heard about the pro-
posed visit of the legis-
lators to Tanot Mata
Temple in Jaisalmer
from the media only.
“If I will be in Jais-
almer, I too will go with
the MLAs if such visit
is planned,” the minis-
ter said.
The Energy minister
attended his office in
the secretariat on Tues-
day.
Apart from the minis-
ter, MLA Hakam Ali
Khan too returned to
his constituency
(Fatehpur) in Sikar.
Khan went to Kayamsar
to mourn the death of
his relative.
ASP,hismiddleman
in ACB net for
taking `2 lakh bribe
Naveen Sharma
Sriganganagar: The
Anti-Corruption Bu-
reau (ACB) has trapped
the Additional Superin-
tendent of Police (ASP)
in Sriganganagar dis-
trict and his middleman
while taking a bribe of
Rs 2 lakh. The ACB has
arrested ASP Amrit Lal
Jeengar and his middle-
man Ashok Bishnoi.
ACB sources said that
when a team of ACB
raided the official resi-
denceof theASPatRais-
inghnagar, his gunman,
inafailedattempttohelp
his boss escape, opened
fire on the ACB team.
The ACB has also
sealed his house in
Jodhpur.
The ACB had re-
ceived information that
Jeengar had purchased
a property worth Rs
1.75 crore in Keshav Na-
gar in CHB, Jodhpur.
The ASP of ACB Jodh-
pur Durgsingh Ra-
jpurohit reached the
house but did not find
anyone so they sealed
the house and put up
the notice there.
2youthsdrowninChuliawaterfall
First India Bureau
Chittorgarh: In Raw-
atbhata of Chittorgarh
district, the happiness
of 8 friends who went
for a picnic after pass-
ing class 12 on Monday
went away when two of
them swept away by the
strong currents of wa-
ter. All the youths who
went for a picnic in the
Chulia waterfall locat-
ed in the downstream
area of Rana Pratap Sa-
gar were taking a bath
in the waterfall.
A gate of Rana Sagar
Pratap dam was opened
at that time and due to
the excessive flow, 2
youths Garvit Sen and
Gauran Jamatani have
swept away in the water.
After the incident, in-
formation was provided
to family members of
youths, and Rajasthan
Nuclear Powerplant of-
ficials, along with Raw-
atbhata police, reached
the incident location.
It is being told that a
gate of Rana Pratap
dam was opened to re-
lease water in the ca-
nals of Kota. The siren
was also used to warn
before opening the gate,
but the sound of the si-
ren was probably ig-
nored by all the youths.
After the incident, the
dam gate was closed and
the rescue started after
about an hour when the
water flow had reduced.
There is no information
about both the youths
yet and rescue opera-
tion is going on.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Transport
Minister Pratap Sin-
gh Khachariyawas
said he would contrib-
ute his two
months’ salary
and a silver brick
for the construc-
tion of a Ram
temple in Ayod-
hya. He said the
“Bhoomi pujan” of the
temple on Wednesday
“will be like Diwali all
over”. “I will give two
months’ salary and a sil-
ver brick for the con-
struction of Ram tem-
ple, the minister said.
He also called upon
the people to contribute
to the construction of
the temple. “It (the
‘Bhoomi pujan’)
will be like Di-
wali all over and
there should be
Diwali inside us
too,” he said. Pre-
viously, Khacha-
riyawas has even told
himself to be the de-
scendant of Ram’s son
Kush. He is expected to
visit Ayodhya after the
assembly session.
Vivek Bansal and Devendra Yadav
Rajendra Yadav
BD Kalla
Revenue min
accuses BJP
of ‘killing the
democracy’
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Most of the
MLAs and ministers of
the Rajasthan govern-
ment are currently
staying in Jaisalmer
and handling the works
from there. On Tuesday,
Revenue Minister Har-
ish Chaudhary was
seen enjoying driving
as well.
After a long time, the
minister was spotted
driving a car on the
streets of Jaisalmer. He
also interacted with
First India while driv-
ing. Harish Chaudhary
said that the govern-
ment has no threat of
any kind and we will
present the majority on
August 14.
At the same time, the
Revenue minister also
accused BJP of ‘killing
the democracy’.
AJMER’S UNIQUE BANK WITH 64 BILLION RAM NAMES
Ajmer: As the country
is all set to witness the
ground-breaking cer-
emony of a magnificent
Ram temple in Ayodhya
on Wednesday, a unique
bank in Ajmer is in lime-
light for its collection of
64 billion ‘Ram’ names
written by thousands of
its members. The bank
headquartered in Ajmer
has also contributed
to the construction of
Ram temple. With nearly
40,000 members, the
bank has 500 branches
all over the country and
it provides textbooks
to be filled with ‘Ram’
names by the members.
—Shubham Jain
—PHOTOBYSANTOSHSHARMA

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Jaipur: Much awaited
UPSC results for civil
services were declared
on Tuesday. Rajasthan
has its share of merito-
rious candidates mak-
ingittothemostsought
after jobs in country.
Ajay Jain of Shivad,
Sawai Madhopur se-
cured 12 rank in the all
India results. Ajay is
under training for IPS
in Moradabad right
now after he secured
141th rank in the UPSC
results last year. His
father is a shop owner
and mother is a home-
maker.
Pari Vishnoi from
Ajmer secured 30th po-
sition. Pari’s father is a
lawyer and mother a
railway inspector.
Deepak Karwa of Na-
gaur, son of a Mumbai
based businessman fa-
ther, secured 48th posi-
tion. It was his third
attempt. Shisir Gupta
got 50th position in the
civil services exam in
his fourth attempt. Mu-
mal Rajpurohit of
Jodhpur and currently
residing in Jamshed-
pur got 173th rank.
Nikas khinchad of
Kumawas in Jhunj-
hunu, who is currently
an IPS in Manipur,
made it to 234th rank
this year. Son of a farm-
er Nikas, was motivat-
ed by his wife to reap-
pear in civil services
exam to qualify for IAS.
Tamilnadu cadre IAS
Ramesh Chand Meena
is a proud father to find
his both daughters
making it to the selec-
tion in the list. Khedi
Ramla village, mehand-
ipur Balaji resident
Anamika is at 116th
rank while her sister
Anjali is at 494th rank.
Arvind Meena of Na-
har Khora village of
Mehandipur Balaji also
made it to 676th rank.
Rajasthanis bite their share of UPSC pie
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: Health Minis-
ter Dr Raghu Sharma
said that RT-PCR test is
being given the priority
in the State as it is the
most reliable in regard
to testing coronavirus
and till now more than
16 lakh corona tests
have been done. He said
that all the 115 serious
patients treated with
plasma therapy and 176
given lifesaving injec-
tions have recovered
and are healthy.
Dr Sharma said that
the State Government
has been constantly de-
manding the Central
Government for the an-
tigen kits, but till date
the Central Govern-
ment has not provided
them. He said that a pri-
vate hospital had con-
ducted tests by ordering
200 antigen kits, but
50% of the kits did not
meet the standards and
gave wrong results.
He said that the Cen-
tral government is put-
ting the life of people at
risk by approving the
less reliable tests of the
foreign companies. He
said that earlier too the
Rajasthan Government
had raised questions on
the results of rapid
testing kits recognised
by ICMR and ICMR
agreeing with Ra-
jasthan prohibited the
use of rapid testing kits
in the entire country. Dr
Sharma said that the
increase in corona in-
fection has been due to
workplaces, fruit and
vegetable vendors, pro-
vision stores and social
functions. He appealed
to the general public to
adopt the lifestyle by
following the guidelines
of the Centre and the
State Government.
Plasma Bank will be
opened in all the Gov-
ernment Medical Col-
leges
Dr Sharma said that
so far 115 people have
been given plasma ther-
apy in the State and its
results have been 100%.
People are given new
lease of life through
plasma therapy in
Udaipur and Bikaner
after Jaipur, Jodhpur
and Kota. Soon treat-
ment through plasma
therapy will be started
in Ajmer. He said after
Jaipur, recently the
plasma bank has been
started in Kota. Soon,
plasma banks would be
opened in all the old
medical colleges, so
that maximum people
get relief. People are
getting new life with
lifesaving injection and
plasma therapy.
‘RT-PCR given priority, plasma therapy successful’
24 corona warriors at
Swasthya Bhawan test +ve
Yoga institutes,
gymnasiums
to re-open
from today
RCA gets 40.60 hectare land
at Delhi Road for cric stadium
HC to Jail DG: Explain
presence of drugs in jail
Will do my best, says Diya KumariFinally, Vasundhara Raje reaches Delhi!
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Last 2 hours
added 1,124 new cases
of corona positives in
the state taking the to-
tal to 46679. The state
also reported 13 deaths
on Tuesday taking toll
to 732. Alwar reported
154 new cases on Tues-
day followed by Kota
with 146, Jaipur 98, Bi-
kaner 80, Pali 72, Dhol-
pur 63, Ajmer 57,
Bharatpur 50, Baran 40,
Barmer 37, Udaipur 32,
Dungarpur 24, Tonk 18,
Chittorgarh & Karauli
13 each, Churu & Sikar
12 each, Bundi & Dausa
8 each, Banswara &
Jaisalmer 3 each, Gan-
ganagar 1.
In an alarming devel-
opment the epicenter of
war against corona, the
Svasthya Bhawan dis-
covered 24 corona posi-
tives. Two days ago a
doctor and another
staff member were di-
agnosed which followed
sample collection as a
precautionary step. The
situation became more
tense as the personnel
from the corona moni-
toring cell were diag-
nosed positive. Addi-
tional director along
with 6 others from the
IDSP cell tested posi-
tive. Health department
took 250 more samples
of its colleagues at the
headquarters. One em-
ployee of the Medical
Education Directorate
also was diagnosed pos-
itive on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Bhilwara
district administration
imposed curfew from 8
pm to 5 am due to hike
in cases. Collector Shiv
Prakash ordered a com-
plete lockdown on Sun-
day as well. Bharatpur
district administration
announced complete
lockdown on Saturday
and Sunday.
Abhishek Srivastav
Jaipur: The empow-
ered committee of cabi-
net, in a meeting
chaired by UDH minis-
ter Shanti Dhariwal,
allotted 40.60 hectare
land at Chomp village
on Delhi road to Ra-
jasthan Cricket Acade-
my for construction of
its world class cricket
stadium. The land will
beallottedat30%of the
DLC rate.
RCA will pay the
whole amount due in
four six monthly in-
stallments. As soon as
the JDA receives the
first installment it will
hand over the land.
RCA has been de-
manding land for a
cricket stadium and
had written more than
half a dozen letters to
the effect. JDC Gaurav
Goyal in his first meet-
ing of Land & property
disposal decided to
send the matter to the
state govt. RCA has
been demanding the
land allotment at 10%
of the DLC rate while
JDA has in its commu-
nication to the state
govt has transferred
the ball to govt’s court.
In its proposal JDA has
stated that as per the
existing policy of land
allotmenttheprovision
is to charge 200% + 15%
of the reserved price
for developed land al-
lotted for public or oth-
er purposes. The land
which has been identi-
fied for allotment for
cricket stadium to RCA
has a reserve price of
Rs 7500/- per sq meter
while the DLC rate is
Rs 1180 per sq meter.
Nizam Kantaliya
Jaipur: HC expressed
concern over incidents
of illegal possession of
alcohol, opium and oth-
er drugs to the prison-
ers in the jail. The divi-
sion bench of Chief
Justice Indrajit Mahan-
ty and Justice Prakash
Gupta ordered the state
jail DG to appear in the
Court on August 31.
During the hearing,
the Chief Justice said
that despite regular
monitoring by HC and
repeated instructions,
mobile and other unal-
lowed materials are fre-
quently inside the jails.
These events are men-
tioned on media. It is
impossible to take these
things inside the jails
without any help.
HC ordered State Jail
DG to provide an expla-
nation regarding the
compliance of the in-
structions given by
court earlier. Court said
that the Jail DG should
appear personally on
August 31 to explain
why these incidents are
not being stopped.
Aishwarya Pradhan
Jaipur: BJP MP from
Rajsamand and newly
appointed state general
secretary of the party,
Diya Kumari has lot of
respect for former chief
minister Vasundhara
Raje. Diya said that it
was Raje who had ap-
pointed her secretary in
the party for the first
time. Also, she had giv-
en the ticket to contest
assembly election in
2013.
She expressed grati-
tude to national presi-
dent JP Nadda, state
president Dr Satish Poo-
nia and state general
secretary Chandrashek-
har for giving her great-
er responsibility.
She also met Chan-
drashekhar who along
with Dr Poonia congrat-
ulated and wished her
best. “The party has
given me huge responsi-
bility; I will try my best
to perform well in what-
ever work is given to
me,” said Diya Kumari.
Claiming that she
was descendent of lord
Ram, she said that it
was matter of pride
that after 500 years Ram
temple will be con-
structed.
Meanwhile, BJP
MLA Ramlal took
charge of state spokes-
person and met state
president Dr Satish
Poonia and general sec-
retary Chandrashek-
har. Later speaking to
First India he expressed
happiness for the Ram
Temple and said that,
“We will light diya and
celebrate in BJP office
and distribut sweets.”
Diya Kumari meets Satish Poonia.
Dr Raghu Sharma
ORDER FOR LOCAL LOCKDOWN
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
government on Tuesday
allowed yoga institutes
and gymnasiums to
function from August 5.
“In the order dated
July 31, containing the
guidelines for Unlock-3,
it was stated that Yoga
Institutes and Gymna-
siums will be allowed to
function from August
5,” Rajasthan Home De-
partment said in an or-
der. Further, it said,
“Guidelines on preven-
tive measures to con-
tainspreadof COVID-19
in Yoga Institutes and
Gymnasiums have been
issued by Ministry of
Health and Family Wel-
fare, Government of
India, dated August 3;
thesearebeingenclosed
for ready reference.”
As many as 551 new
cases and eight deaths
have been reported
from state. —ANI
Sisters Anarmika, Anandali, both secured 116 and 494 rank
respectively in the UPSC exams.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan and
Raje. For the uninitiat-
ed, it may be a matter
of coincidence that the
first three alphabets of
the state and its former
Chief Minister are
same, however for the
initiated, ergo the BJP
party worker, it is the
summation of the par-
ty in Rajasthan.
For the past few
weeks, Raje had been
staying aloof even as
the saffron party sim-
mered in the political
heat brought about by
the Gehlot-Pilot con-
flict. It is said that Raje
had chosen to stay in
‘ekantwas’, a time when
a person shuns the
worldly aspects and fo-
cuses on the internal
self, through various
means, popularly
prayers and meditation.
Word has it that
during this time, sev-
eral Delhi based lead-
ers called up Raje on
her personal phone,
however being in
‘ekantwas’ and busy
with rituals, Raje
could not attend and
talk at length with
these leaders or travel
to Delhi to meet them.
The word of Raje’s
activities must have
reached the top lead-
ership and thus prob-
ably the BJP chief JP
Nadda himself has
sent an invite to Raje.
And this is the reason
that Raje travelled
from Dholpur to Del-
hi, reaching the na-
tional capital by road
on Tuesday evening.
There is a general im-
pression in Rajasthan
BJP circles that mad-
ame is one of the major
factor for the saffron
party and therefore the
leadership woll have to
take ‘Vasundhara fac-
tor’ also in confidence,
while taking certain
major political deci-
sions in the state. Raje
is likely to stay in Delhi
for 4-5 days.
Vasundhara Raje
I have been asking the health min-
ister to control corona situation in
state. Health department has been
claiming that it is under control, yet coming
out of 24 corona positive patients indicates
the catastrophic condition. The situation of
corona warriors is worrying in Swasthya
Bhavan. Chief Minister ji, there is still a
chance to save the state from Corona.
—Satish Poonia, State BJP President

6. Those who had been
scattered preached the
word wherever they went.
—Acts 8:4
Spiritual
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s the COVID-19
pandemic rages
on, our under-
standing of it is
i m p r o v i n g .
Through a combination of
epidemiology and physics
– including knowledge of
the virus’s character and
how aerosols float in the
air – we are learning more
about how the microbe in-
fects new hosts.
This understanding is
fueling hopes that we will
soon be able to counter the
pandemic more effectively.
But it has also led to some
contentious exchanges re-
garding the social sciences
andtheinteractionbetween
social norms and the law.
Ever since the pandemic
began to spread beyond
Wuhan and around the
world, there has been an
increasingly acrimonious
debate regarding which
preventive measures
should be decreed by gov-
ernment and enforced by
public officials and the po-
lice, and which should be
promoted as social norms.
Unfortunately, this debate
has become so polarized
that people are immediate-
ly classified as right-wing
or left-wing depending on
their view. Because people
often do not like to be cat-
egorized in this way, and
certainly not wrongly,
many are reluctant to ex-
press themselves on this
important question.
In fact, on many corona-
virus-related matters, we
need enforceable laws. Es-
pecially in the early days of
the pandemic, when people
understood little about the
virus, treating public-
health measures as matters
of personalchoicewasfolly.
Because some people de-
cided to gather in large
groups and not wear face
masks, the disease became
widespread in some coun-
tries, with Brazil under
President Jair Bolsonaro
andtheUnitedStatesunder
President Donald Trump
being prime examples.
But it would be equally
dangerous to swing to the
other extreme and make
governments solely re-
sponsible for changing our
behavior. Autocratic re-
gimes, in particular, are li-
able to use the pandemic as
a pretext to arrest oppo-
nents and silence dissent.
Furthermore, excessive
government control is of-
ten the first step toward
crony capitalism, whereby
a few big firms use the le-
vers of state power to stifle
competition and repress
wages.
Social norms are often
more effective than gov-
ernment mandates, be-
cause they allow a degree
of flexibility that statutes
cannot provide. In Ithaca,
for example, there is a
bridge on Forest Home
Drive that has featured in
studies of games and so-
cial norms, including in
William Ferguson’s book
Collective Action and Ex-
change. The bridge is so
narrow that cars can pass
only in one direction.
Regulating the traffic
flow by law might entail
makingitaone-waybridge,
or requiring cars to travel
from left to right in the
morning and right to left in
the evening. Or the law
might require drivers to
alternate, with one cross-
ing from left to right and
the next in the opposite di-
rection, resulting in wast-
ed space behind each car.
What happens in the ab-
sence of legal regulation is
far better. There is a norm
whereby three or four cars
cross in one direction, and
then the drivers behind
them stop, allowing three
or four cars to come from
the other side. Because the
norm, unlike a law, is flex-
ible, you might, if you are
in a hurry, decide to cross
the bridge as the fifth or
sixth car, delaying those
waiting on the other side
by a few seconds.
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37 central laws
became
applicable to
J&K which
included laws
like Prevention
of Corruption
Act, Goods and
Services Tax
Act, Insolvency
& Bankruptcy
Code
ONE YEAR WITHOUT 370
ill August 05, 2019 the state of
Jammu & Kashmir had a
unique status in that it was
protected by the discrimina-
tory Article 35A and divisive
Article 370. These two articles
were utilised by the Kashmir-
centric leadership, which
also happened to be the ruling
class, not only to swindle
huge amount of funds re-
ceived from the Central Gov-
ernment but also to alienate
the Kashmiri Muslim popula-
tion from India. All this was
being done at the expense
of state’s solidarity with
blatant discrimination
against the other two re-
gions namely Jammu &
Ladakh. While the people
of Jammu & Ladakh want-
ed state’s complete integra-
tion and assimilation with
rest of India, the Kashmiri
leadership harboured the
dream of autonomy. This
exclusive ideology was
backed up by a separate
constitution, a separate
flag and to begin with a
separate Prime Minister.
There was disharmony in the
state and people of Jammu &
Ladakh wanted to be freed
from Kashmiri hegemony.
On that day, the coun-
try’s Home Minister Amit
Shah announced in the up-
per house of the nation’s
Parliament an epoch-mak-
ing historical decision of
the government to not
only make ineffective the
divisive Article 370 but
also abrogated discrimina-
tory Article 35 A of the
Constitution of India.
Both the impugned articles
were responsible for promot-
ing separatism, communal-
ismandterrorisminthestate.
All Kashmir centric parties
promoted separatism despite
swearingloyaltytotheConsti-
tutionofIndia.Onceknownas
“heaven on earth”, the state
was relegated to hell by the
inept and self-seeking Kash-
mirileadershipwhichwanted
the pot of militancy to contin-
ue to simmer. Precious hu-
man lives were being lost in
hundreds month after month.
Under the shelter of 370 and
35A, Kashmir was gradually
being distanced from New
Delhi. The gap between the
three regions was widening to
the point of no return. It ap-
peared then that New Delhi
was fast losing its grip on
Kashmir. A strong action like
the one of 05 August was need-
ed to stem the wrought. With-
out 370 life looks different.
The happiest lot are the
so-called “unseen orphans of
partition” or more popularly
known as the West Pakistan
refugees. It is a dream come
true for hapless West Paki-
stan refugees, Gurkhas and
Valmikis who number al-
most five lakh and had lived
a life of humiliation and ine-
quality for generations. They
became free citizens of free
India literally after 72 years
of independence. Now they
are also entitled to apply for
government jobs in the UT.
The people of Jammu &
Ladakh heaved a sigh of
relief from the Kashmiri
hegemony and dreamt of
an honourable life as equal
citizens. All provisions of
the Indian Constitution
were made applicable to
J&K. In addition, The Jam-
mu & Kashmir Reorganisa-
tion Act, 2019 was passed by
the Parliament enacting the
division of the state of J&K
into two Union Territories to
be called Union Territory of
Jammu and Kashmir and Un-
ion Territory of Ladakh.
37 central laws became
applicable to the UT J&K
which included laws like
the Prevention of Corrup-
tion Act, The Goods and
Services Tax Act, The In-
solvency and Bankruptcy
Code. These have helped in
fighting rampant corrup-
tion in the UT. An empow-
ered Anti-Corruption Bu-
reau is functional. IPC &
Cr PC are now applicable
like rest of the country.
To remove skewed distri-
bution of assembly seats fa-
vouring Kashmir, a fresh
delimitation commission has
been ordered which has al-
ready begun the exercise.
Scheduled Tribes will get po-
litical reservation.
Law and order is the major
beneficiary. The separatist
voiceshavebeencrushed.The
Hurriyat has become a non-
entity. The octogenarian sepa-
ratist leader Syed Ali Shah
Gilani has left the Hurriyat.
Thereisno“Hartal”Calendar.
Terrorism is on the de-
cline with the security
forces going all out to elim-
inate terrorism and the
terror support network.
There is no stone pelting
on the security forces nor
the flags of ISIS or Paki-
stan are being freely flown.
There is comparative calm
and peace is fast returning.
The pro-Pakistan voices
have been silenced with Pa-
kistan no more a stake holder
except abettor of jihadi ter-
rorism. Pakistan has been
told in unambiguous terms
that only issue as far as Kash-
mir is concerned relates to
vacation of the occupied ar-
eas known as POJK. Anti-
India political voices have
vanished like the hawala
money. National Flag flies
proudly on all government
buildings and everywhere in
the UT. J K Police has be-
come a highly motivated and
professional outfit with out-
standing achievements.
For the first time a sepa-
rate amount has been allo-
cated in the budget for em-
ployment generation. The
process has begun with an-
nouncement of recruit-
ment for about 10000 jobs
under the accelerated re-
cruitment process. The re-
quirement of interviews
has been done away with
for posts under class 3 and
4. New Domicile rules have
been framed and all gov-
ernment jobs including ga-
zetted have been reserved
for the domicile only.
The much needed develop-
ment has suffered a setback
despite adequate budgetary
support due to the onset of co-
rona pandemic. Nonetheless,
the administration under-
took the restoration of infra-
structure projects which had
been languishing for three to
four decades. 593 projects
costing 1313.24 crore pertain
only to road and bridges. 111
projects costing 2221.74 crore
had been completed till Feb-
ruary this year. The process
of black-topping all roads in
the state has begun with 100
crore being sanctioned as
first instalment. The govern-
menthadplannedtocomplete
about 2000 vital projects by
March 2021 but have been
hampered due to Corona.
Jammu has emerged as
higher education hub and
the work on AIIMS has
commenced. New Medical
and Engineering Colleges
have become functional.
The connectivity has im-
proved due to construction
of bridges. The real game
changer will be the Kandi
Dam and Ujh Barrage pro-
jects. The work on New Del-
hi – Katra super highway is
likely to commence soon.
Land banks have been cre-
ated to welcome the setup of
industrial units. A number of
foreign and domestic inves-
tors have shown interest in
investing in the state. Much
talked about Investors’ Sum-
mit had to be called off due to
the pandemic.
Kashmir to Kanyakumari
and Kutch to Katra, India is
one now.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
T
BRIG VETERAN
ANIL GUPTA
The author is a Jammu
based veteran, political
commentator, columnist, security
and strategic analyst
UNDER SHELTER OF
ARTICLE 370 AND
35A, KASHMIR WAS
GRADUALLY BEING
DISTANCED FROM
NEW DELHI. GAP
BETWEEN THREE
REGIONS WAS
WIDENING TO THE
POINT OF NO RETURN

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Army to choose from Tata, American
Stryker and Humvee for its armoured
protection vehicle requirements
New Delhi: Search-
ing for to offer ex-
tremely cellular ar-
moured safety auto-
mobiles to its troopers
in excessive altitude
terrains like Japa-
nese Ladakh, the
Indian Military is
trying to select
from three totally
different automo-
biles together with
the indigenous Tata
Wheeled Armoured
Safety together with
American Stryker In-
fantry Fight Automo-
bile and Humvee.
The Indian Mili-
tary has a necessity
for armoured infan-
try fight automobiles
for fast motion of
troops within the Jap-
anese Ladakh space
the place the Chinese
language have de-
ployed their ar-
moured personnel
carriers in massive
numbers. The power
is trying on the three
choices which em-
body the Tata WhAP
and the American
Stryker and Humvee,
defence sources in-
structed ANI.
The choices are be-
ing evaluated by the
power in the mean-
while and a choice on
this regard could be
taken quickly, they
stated.
Sources stated
throughout the analy-
sis course of, the in-
digenous platform
would definitely have
desire over the inter-
national merchandise
in assembly the neces-
sities of the Military.
Whereas the Tata
car is but to enter ser-
vice, the Stryker and
Humvee have been a
part of the American
defence forces for a
very long time now.
Tata WhAP, which
has been co-developed
with a DRDO labora-
tory, has undergone a
number of trials in
latest occasions to-
gether with excessive
altitude assessments.
The Strykers and
Humvee are report-
edly able to being
dropped from trans-
port plane together
with the C-130J and
the C-17s that are ad-
ditionally operated by
the Indian Air Drive.
Throughout the on-
going standoff with
the Chinese lan-
guage in Japanese
Ladakh, the Chi-
nese language
troops had come to
the Line of Precise
Management at a
number of factors to-
gether with Galwan
Valley, Sizzling
Springs, Gogra and
Patrolling Level 15 uti-
lizing heavy automo-
biles together with
Armoured Personnel
Carriers.
The Indian Military
makes use of numer-
ous Russian-origin
BMP infantry fight
automobiles, that are
utilized by the Mecha-
nised Infantry regi-
ments of the Indian
Military in deserts,
plains, and excessive
altitude areas. —ANI
INDIA EYING `1.75 LAKH CRORE IN TURNOVER
IN DEFENCE MANUFACTURING BY YEAR 2025New Delhi: The gov-
ernment is eyeing a
turnover of Rs 1.75 lakh
crore (USD 25 billion) in
defence manufacturing
by 2025 as it has identi-
fied the sector as a po-
tential driver to boost
the overall economy, ac-
cording to a draft of a
major policy prepared
by the defence ministry.
The draft Defence
Production and Export
Promotion Policy 2020
set an export target of
Rs 35,000 crore (USD 5
billion) in aerospace
and defence goods and
services in the next five
years, which has been
estimated as part of the
total projected turnover.
The policy is envis-
aged as overarching
guiding document of
the defence ministry to
provide a “focused,
structured and signifi-
cant” thrust to produc-
tion of military hard-
ware and platforms for
self-reliance and ex-
ports, officials said.
Officials said the pol-
icy is aimed at develop-
ing a dynamic, robust
and competitive de-
fence industry, includ-
ing aerospace and naval
shipbuilding, to cater to
the needs of the armed
forces.
In May, Finance Min-
ster Nirmala Sithara-
man rolled out a num-
ber of reform measures
for the defence sector
including making sepa-
rate budgetary outlay to
procure Indian-made
military hardware, in-
creasing FDI limit
from 49 per cent to 74
per cent under the
automatic route and
generating a year-
wise negative list of
weapons which
will not be al-
lowed to im-
port.
India is one of the
most lucrative markets
for global defence gi-
ants as it figured among
top three importers of
military hardware in
the world for the last
eight years.
According to esti-
mates, the Indian
armed forces are pro-
jected to spend around
USD 130 billion in capi-
tal procurement in the
next five years.
ThedraftDefencePro-
duction and Export Pro-
motion Policy (DPEPP)
also prescribed a frame-
work to reduce depend-
ence on imports and
takeforwardthe“Make
in India” initiatives
through domestic de-
sign and develop-
ment.
It also suggested
steps to promote
export of de-
fence products
to make India
become part of the glob-
al defence supply chain.
The officials said the
policy paper made sev-
eral key recommenda-
tions to boost defence
manufacturing so that
the sector compliments
the government’s aim
makethecountry’secon-
omy a USD 5 trillion one
by 2024.
The draft policy has
laidoutagoaltoachieve
a turnover of Rs 1,75,000
crore (USD 25 billion)
including export of Rs
35,000 crore (USD 5 bil-
lion) in aerospace and
defence goods and ser-
vices by 2025.
It also laid out goals to
create an environment
that encourages re-
searchanddevelopment,
rewards innovation, cre-
ates Indian IP (intellec-
tual property) owner-
ship and promotes a ro-
bust and self-reliant de-
fence industry. —PTI
Islamabad: A top Paki-
stani court has named
three senior lawyers as
amici curiae in the case
of Kulbhushan Jadhav
as it ordered the Paki-
stan government to
give “another chance”
to India to appoint a
counsel for the death-
row prisoner.
Kulbhushan Jadhav,
the 50-year-old retired
Indian Navy officer,
was sentenced to death
by a Pakistani military
court on charges of es-
pionage and terrorism
in April 2017.
India approached the
International Court of
Justice against Paki-
stan for denial of consu-
lar access to Jadhav and
challenging the death
sentence.
The Hague-based ICJ
ruled in July 2019 that
Pakistan must under-
take an “effective re-
view and reconsidera-
tion” of the conviction
and sentence of Jadhav
and also to grant consu-
lar access to India with-
out further delay.
A two-member bench
of the Islamabad High
Court (IHC) comprising
Chief Justice Athar Mi-
nallah and Justice Mian-
gul Hassan Aurangzeb
appointed the three law-
yersonMondayasitheld
a hearing of the petition
filedbythePakistangov-
ernment to appoint a
lawyer for Jadhav.
Amicus Curiae is a
lawyer appointed by a
court to assist in any
matter or case.
The court also or-
dered a larger bench to
be set up for the case. It
also directed the regis-
trar of the court to fix
the proceedings at 2 pm
on September 3 before a
larger bench.
“We appoint Mr Abid
Hassan Manto, Mr Ha-
mid Khan, Senior Advo-
cates of the Supreme
Court and former presi-
dents of the Supreme
Court Bar Association,
and Mr Makhdoom Ali
Khan, Senior Advocate
Supreme Court and for-
mer Attorney General
of Pakistan, as amici
curiae for our legal as-
sistance in general and,
in particular, to ensure
that the judgement of
the International Court
is effectively imple-
mented,” the court said
in its order.
The Pakistan govern-
ment in its petition has
claimed that Jadhav re-
fused to file a review
petition or an applica-
tion to reconsider the
verdict against him by
the military court.
Pakistan’s Attorney
General Khalid Javed
Khan said an ordinance
was issued to give an op-
portunity to India and
Jadhav to file a review
petition against the sen-
tence. —PTI
Kulbhushan Jadhav case: Top Pak court
appoints 3 senior lawyers as amici curiae
Kulbhushan Jadhav
Washington: In a huge
blow to Indian IT pro-
fessionals eyeing the US
job market, President
Donald Trump on Mon-
day signed an executive
order preventing feder-
al agencies from con-
tracting or subcontract-
ing foreign workers -
mainly those on H-1B
visa - from hiring.
The move came over a
month after the Trump
administration in June
23 suspended the H-1B
visas along with other
types of foreign work
visas until the end of
2020 to protect Ameri-
can workers in a crucial
election year.
The new restrictions
took effect from June 24.
The H1B visa, most
sought-after among In-
dian IT professionals, is
a non-immigrant visa
that allows US compa-
nies to employ foreign
workers in speciality
occupations that re-
quire theoretical or
technical expertise.
The technology com-
panies depend on it to
hire tens of thousands
of employees each year
from countries like In-
dia and China.
“Today I am signing
an executive order to
ensure that the federal
government lives by a
very simple rule, higher
American,” Trump told
reporters in the Oval
Office of the White
House before signing
the order against hiring
H1B visa holders for
federal contracts. —PTI
Setback: Trump signs new
order on H-1B visa hiring
President Trump with PM Modi
New Delhi: Theatre
doyen, legendary dra-
ma teacher and con-
noisseur of the arts
Ebrahim Alkazi died on
Tuesday after suffering
a heart attack, his son
said. He was 94.
Alkazi, who was the
longest serving director
of the National School
of Drama and mentored
generations of actors,
produced plays such as
Girish Karnad’’s “Tu-
ghlaq” and Dharamvir
Bharati’’s “Andha Yug”.
He is survived by his
son Feisal Alkazi and
his daughter Amal Al-
lana, both well known
theatre directors.
“Dad died this even-
ing at 2.45 pm after a
massive heart attack.
He was admitted to the
Escorts hospital the day
before yesterday,” his
son Feisal told PTI.
Alkazi, who tutored
acting greats such as
Naseeruddin Shah and
Om Puri, had been un-
well for a few days.
Tributes poured in
for the man, who was
NSD director from 1962
to 1977, and was de-
scribed variously as
“father of modern In-
dian theatre” and “last
of the Romans”.
President Ram Nath
Kovind said his death
leavesavoidintheworld
of performing arts.
“Ebrahim Alkazi,
doyen of Indian thea-
tre, mentored and in-
spired generations of
artists... A Padma Vib-
hushan recipient, his
legacy will live on. My
condolences to his fam-
ily, students and art lov-
ers,” the president said.
The film and theatre
industry also mourned
the death of the man
who strode like the pro-
verbial Colossus across
the stage.
“He was the father of
modern Indian theatre,
he established Indian
theatre the way we
know it. He only empha-
sised the importance of
training in theatre, if
you look at all the fa-
mous artistes in the
country, you will find so
many of them were
trained under him,”
said Suresh Sharma, di-
rectorin-chargeof NSD.
“Many like me owe
our passion for theatre
to this formidably
knowledgable man.
His contribution to so-
phistication and polish
in staging and impart-
ing a sense of disci-
pline to every aspect of
theatre work is une-
qualled,” Naseeruddin
Shah told PTI.
Alkazi was the “true
renaissance man”, “the
last Roman”, added film
and theatre actor Amol
Palekar.Palekar’’sguru,
Satyadev Dubey, was
trained under Alkazi.
For his contribution
to theatre, Alkazi re-
ceived awards including
the Padma Shri in 1966,
Padma Bhushan in 1991,
and India’’s second
highest civilian award,
Padma Vibhushan, in
the year 2010. —PTI
‘Father of Indian theatre’ Ebrahim Alkazi dies at 94
THE GURU OF GURUS
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
Shri Ebrahim Alkazi will
be remembered for his
efforts to make theatre
more popular and
accessible across India.
His contributions to the
world of art and culture
are noteworthy too.
Saddened by his demise.
My thoughts are with his
family and friends. May
his soul rest in peace.

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BIHAR GOVT TO RECOMMEND CBI INQUIRY : NITISHPatna: “Today morn-
ing the DGP held talks
with Sushant’s father
KK Singh, who had
filed the FIR. He has
given consent for CBI
inquiry and we are sure
investigation will give
better results,” told Nit-
ish Kumar.
Meanwhile, Sanjay
Singh, spokesperson
Janta Dal said, the rec-
ommendation our end
for the CBI to takeover
the case has been sent.
LJP national presi-
dent Chirag Paswan
said, ‘On August 5 the
Supreme Court will
hear a petition seeking
transfer of the case to
Mumbai. Meanwhile
LJP leaders wrote a let-
ter to Kumar stating,
“The opportunity to
transfer the case filed in
Bihar to CBI is with you
today, if the probe is
handed over to Maha-
rashtra then the oppor-
tunity of CBI will slip.”
BJP leader Nishi-
kant Dubey also urged
the Centre to intervene
and Enforcement Di-
rectorate (ED) and Na-
tional Investigation
Agency (NIA) to inves-
tigate the matter. KK
Singh also added,
“Upon filing of the FIR,
the Bihar Police was
investigating the case
and we had always
wanted to go with CBI,
it happened today.” —ANI
SUSHANT SINGH RAJPUT DEATH : BJP LEADER DUBEY URGES CENTRE TO INTERVENE AND ED AND NIA TO INVESTIGATE
HC rejects...
He had demanded direc-
tions to the union gov-
ernment for advising
the President to remove
the Governor and it was
rejected by the division
bench of chief justice
Indrajit Mahanty and
justice Prakash Gupta
today as baseless.
Another petition
filed by advocate S K
Jain had sought direc-
tions to the Governor to
convene an assembly
session. Since the as-
sembly session has al-
ready been convened
from August 14, it be-
came infructuous and
was thus rejected.
Third PIL which was
rejected by the high
court had demanded
stay on the salaries of
the legislators saying in
different hotels on
ground that they are
neither visiting their
constituencies nor they
are working legislative
works.
This petition was
filed by one Vivek Singh
Jadaun.
SOG backtracks...
The first FIR was regis-
tered on July 10, in
which the two accused,
Ashok Jain from Ban-
swara and Bharat Mal-
ani, were arrested and
are in judicial custody.
The second and third
FIRs were registered on
July 17. In the second
FIR, Bhanwarlal Shar-
ma, one of the 18 dissi-
dent Congress MLAs,
who is backing former
deputy CM Sachin Pi-
lot, a business-
man-turned-political
Sanjay Jain and one
Gajendra Singh were
booked.
On July 17, the ACB
also registered a case
against the three ac-
cused, who were booked
under relevant sections
of the Prevention of
Corruption (PC) Act,
1988.
“We have requested
the court to transfer the
investigation to the
ACB because the pre-
liminary probe has re-
vealed that the charges
of inducement of Rajas-
than Assembly lawmak-
ers cannot be catego-
rised as sedition. More
details will be shared
soon,” said Ashok Ra-
thore, ADG, SOG.
Advocate AK Jain too
had questioned the le-
gality of filing of FIR
u/s 124-A of IPC that
means ‘sedition’. He
had categorically men-
tioned in an article pub-
lished in First India re-
cently, that the alleged
actcouldonlybetermed
as an offence under Pre-
vention of Corruption
Act and offence u/s 124-
A will not stand before
court of law.
Raj CJ...
order passed by the Ra-
jasthan Legislative As-
sembly Speaker declar-
ing the merger of the
BSP MLAs with the
Congress. “It is, there-
fore, humbly prayed
that your lordships may
kindly be pleased to ac-
cept and allow this stay
application and be fur-
ther pleased to stay the
operation of the order
dated September 18,
2019, passed by Respon-
dent Number 1, during
the pendency of the spe-
cial appeal,” it said.
The appeal said that
the single-judge bench,
while refusing the in-
terim relief sought by
the BSP, failed to appre-
ciate that the order dat-
ed September 18, 2019,
declaring the merger is
ex-facie unsustainable
and is void ab-initio.
It submitted that the
Speaker proceeded to
accept the case of merg-
er merely on the claims
of the respondents -- six
BSP MLAs -- even
though there was no
merger of the national
party nor was it even
claimed by the respon-
dents.
The six BSP MLAs
have gone against the
will of the people of Ra-
jasthan who had voted
for them as members of
the BSP and have de-
ceived the electorate,
the BSP said in its ap-
peal, moved through its
national general secre-
tary Satish Chandra
Misra.
The Rajasthan High
Court had, on July 30,
heard the petitions
challenging the merger
and issued notices to
the Speaker, Secretary
of the Legislative As-
sembly, and six BSP
MLAs in the state ask-
ing them to file their
reply by August 11.
Promise fulfilled!...
It is this ceremony that
we are conducting to-
morrow. A cone of Ba-
kul tree wood will be
kept in ceremony. This
isn’t an ordinary cone,
it is made of various
metals including gold
and silver. A lotus with
nine gems too will be
part of pujan which
will be offered to this
cone by the Prime Min-
ister,” he said.
“These are intrinsic
to main bhumi pujan.
The first religious cere-
mony was of Devi Kali.
There are two devi kalis
here, `choti’ and `badi’.
She is kuldevi, family’s
goddess of Sita. Today
we held Ramarchan cer-
emony,” said Giri.
FROM PG 1
SSR’s lawyer welcomes CM’s move,
slams BMC for isolating Bihar cop
New Delhi: Advocate
Vikas Singh, the lawyer
of Sushant Singh Ra-
jput’s father, on Tues-
day welcomed Bihar
government’s decision
to recommend an in-
quiry by the Central
Bureau of Investiga-
tion (CBI) in the case
related to the death of
the actor.
Singh also termed
the actions, investiga-
tion, and the behaviour
of Maharashtra Police
as unfortunate and ir-
responsible. “We want
justice in Sushant Sin-
gh Rajput case. We have
discussed with the fam-
ily of the victim, and
we hope that truth shall
come out. The CBI is a
premier investigating
agency,” Singh.
He also slammed the
Brihanmumbai Munic-
ipal Corporation (BMC)
for isolating the Bihar
cop, who was heading
the investigation into
the case related to the
death of the actor.
“I think, Maharash-
tra Police forcing the
investigators, for quar-
antine and isolation, is
quite unnatural and it
is a process, to obstruct
administration of jus-
tice. Police is treating
Rhea Chakraborty as a
victim, and it appears
that they donot want to
find the truth. —ANI
New Delhi: India wit-
nessed a single-day
spike of 52,050 COV-
ID-19 cases as the total
cases reached 18,55,746,
the Union Ministry of
Health and Family Wel-
fare said on Tuesday.
803 COVID-19 related
deaths were reported in
the last 24 hours. The
total cases include
5,86,298 active cases,
12,30,510 cured/dis-
charged/migrated and
38,938 deaths, the Minis-
try added.
Maharashtra seems
worst-affected with
1,47,324 active cases and
15,842 deaths. Tamil
Nadu reported 5,609
new COVID-19 cases
and 109 deaths. The to-
tal cases in Delhi have
risen to 1,38,482.
“India scales a new
high of 6,61,715 tests in
the last 24 hours,” said
the Health Ministry.
—ANI
Spike of 52,050, India
scales a new high
Vivo likely to quit as
2020 IPL sponsor
New Delhi: Chinesemo-
bilephonecompanyVivo
is likely to pull out as the
IPL’s title sponsor for
this year and is in talks
with the BCCI for an
“amicable separation”
amid rising Sino-India
diplomatic tensions.
The one year pullout
could be treated as a
moratorium period and
if the relations improve,
BCCI may look at ink-
ing a fresh three-year
deal with the company
from 2021 to 2023 on re-
vised terms. The IPL
will be held in the UAE
from September 19 to
November 10 this year.
“Yes, the discussions
are on between BCCI
office-bearers (presi-
dent Sourav Ganguly
and secretary Jay Shah)
with the representa-
tives of the company.
There is a possibility
that Vivo will not be ti-
tle sponsors for one
year,” a senior BCCI of-
ficial said.
While the IPL Gov-
erning Council on Sun-
day retained all the
sponsors, including
Vivo which annually
pays Rs 440 crore (ap-
proximately) as part of
a five-year deal lasting
till 2022, there is a
strong possibility that
the company might part
ways for a year.
The Board official
said that whenever a de-
cision is taken, it will be
amicable and the BCCI
is not looking at encash-
ing the bank guarantee.
“In different circum-
stances, if the sponsors
don’t keep commitment,
BCCI can encash the
bank guarantee which it
had earlier done in case
of errant franchises.
But here, both parties
are looking at an amica-
ble escape route,” the
official said. —Agencies
Domestic flight
ops continue to
soar: Puri
New Delhi: ‘Seventy-
two days after resuming
domestic flight opera-
tions post-COVID-19
lockdown, operations
continue to soar,’ said
Union Minister for Civ-
il Aviation Hardeep
Singh Puri.
Taking to Twitter, the
Minister said, “Domes-
tic operations continue
to soar. 3rd August 2020,
Day 72 till 23:59 hrs. De-
partures were 849.
78,155 passengers han-
dled. Arrivals were 846.
77,558 passengers han-
dled. Total movements
were 1695. Footfalls at
airports were 1,55,713.
Total number of flyers
were 78,155.” For pan-
demic and subsequent
lockdown, all domestic
and international flight
operations were sus-
pended in March. Op-
erations were resumed
on May 25. —Agencies
India: Pak’s new map is an
exercise in political absurdity
New Delhi: Condemn-
ing Prime Minister Im-
ran Khan for releasing
Pakistan’s new political
map laying untenable
claims to Indian territo-
ries, India on Tuesday
termed the act as an
“exercise in political
absurdity.”
“We have seen a so-
called “political map”
of Pakistan that has
been released by PM
Imran Khan. This is an
exercise in political ab-
surdity, laying untena-
ble claims to territories
in the Indian state of
Gujarat and our union
territories of Jammu
Kashmir and of
Ladakh,” the Govern-
ment of India said in a
stern statement. India
also slammed Pakistan
for their malafide in-
tentions and said it
confirms the reality of
“Pakistan’s obsession
with territorial ag-
grandisement support-
ed by cross-border ter-
rorism.”
This comes a day be-
fore the first anniver-
sary of the Indian gov-
ernment’s decision to
revoke Article 370
which gave special pow-
ers to the erstwhile
state of J & K. —ANI
Bombay High Court
postpones PIL hearing
Mumbai: The Bom-
bay High Court on
Tuesday postponed
the hearing on the
Public Interest Liti-
gation, seeking
transfer of Sushant
Singh Rajput’s case
to the Central Bu-
reau of Investigation
(CBI) due to heavy
rains in Mumbai.
The matter was
scheduledtobeheard
by the bench of Bom-
bayHighCourtChief
Justice Dipankar
Datta. The PIL for
transferring the case
to the CBI has been
filed by Sameet Th-
akkar, through law-
yer Raspal Singh
Renu.
“Earlier Rhea ap-
proached Supreme
Court and filed a Peti-
tion for transfer of
the case to Mumbai
in view of the legal
position and transfer
it for the investiga-
tion to Mumbai. The
Bihar Police has no
jurisdiction to inves-
tigate the case legally
and otherwise,” add-
edRhea’slawyer. —ANI
New Delhi: Promi-
nent Maharashtra
ministers have ex-
tended the argument
to question the legal
sanctity of Bihar gov-
ernment’s recommen-
dation for a CBI probe
into the case.
“In the past 5
years, many such in-
cidents took place,
were all the cases
transferred to CBI?
Our Police is compe-
tent enough to han-
dle the Sushant
case,” Maharashtra
minister Anil Parab.
Shiv Sena leader
Sanjay Raut had ear-
lier claimed that the
decision was influ-
enced by the polls to
be held in Bihar.
The turf between
states started with al-
legations that Mum-
bai police was en-
gaged in a cover-up of
the case. This death
case has been sup-
ported by almost all
political parties.
Governor approves CBI investigation
amid Bihar-Maharashtra turf war
The actor was murdered and he did
not die by suicide : Narayan Rane
New Delhi: Senior
BJP leader in Maha-
rashtra Narayan Rane
has waded into Sush-
ant Singh Rajput
death case by alleging
that the actor was
murdered and did not
die by suicide. Rane’s
claim comes close on
the heels of Bihar
government recom-
mending a CBI probe
into a case of abet-
ment of suicide
against Rajput’s live
in partner Rhea Cha-
karborty and her fam-
ily members.
It has been accused
of shielding powerful
Bollywood interests
by Sushant’s family
and Bihar politicians
including deputy
chief minister Sushil
Kumar Modi.
“He was murdered.
The Maharashtra gov-
ernment is trying to
save someone. It is not
paying attention to
the case,” Narayan
Rane. —ANI
PRADHAN TESTS
COVID+VE
Dharmendra pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
# I got a test done
when I noticed symp-
toms of COVID-19 in
which my report is
positive. I am hospital-
ised on the advice of
doctors and recovering
Today morning
the DGP held talks
with Sushant’s
father KK Singh,
who had filed the
FIR, he has given
consent for CBI
inquiry, so we are
recommending for
the same. CBI
investigation will
give better results.
—Nitish Kumar, CM, Bihar
“The law is
clear. If the in-
cident has not
happened in our juris-
diction, we register a
‘zero’ first information
report [FIR], and
transfer it.” when.
—Param Bir Singh,
Mumbai Police Commissioner
“It is the re-
sponsibility of
the state gov-
ernment to maintain
law and order within
the state. In Maharash-
tra, it is the responsibil-
ity of Maharashtra’s
coalition government
led by Uddhav Thack-
eray to enforce the law.
Nitish Kumar should
read the Constitution
again. Nitish Kumar
or the Bihar govern-
ment cannot interfere
with the investigations
by trying to force its
way in”.
—Randeep Surjewala,
Congress’ Chief Spokesperson
AHMED PATEL
@ahmedpatel
Ridiculous & Mischie-
vous of Pakistan to
show J&K, Ladakh , Ju-
nagadh & Manavdar as
part of Pakistan. I want
to remind them that
due to Sardar Patel’s
tireless efforts in 1948
people of Junagadh
unanimously chose
to be a part of India
Publishing imaginary
maps will not reverse
these facts These mind-
less attempts expose
Pakistan’s nefarious
designs J&K, Ladakh
& Junagadh are an
integral part of India.
VIJAY RUPANI
@vijayrupanibjp
This action of
Pakistan is both
preposterous and
obnoxious. Guja-
rat condemns this
absurd act of Pakistan
unequivocally. This so
called “political map”
of Pakistan released
by Prime Minister
Imran Khan today is
a glaring example of
how disconnected
Pakistan PM is with
ground realities. Paki-
stan will never succeed
in its wicked design of
undermining the unity
and integrity of India.

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Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur. The cabinet
empowered committee
in a far reaching deci-
sion has decided to can-
cel the Greenfield Air-
port project near Shiv-
daspura.
After the cancella-
tion of this 16 year old
project the JDA will no
more acquire any land
for the hitherto pro-
posed airport. JDA for
the first time had pro-
posed 2,081 hectare land
in Shivdaspura in the
year 2004. The proposal
for land acquisition was
sent to the UDH in 2005.
Since then JDA had put
an embargo on any ac-
tivity like land conver-
sion, land use change,
construction etc on the
proposed land. The pro-
ject kept hanging in bal-
ance for the last 16 years
due to no concrete steps
taken by JDA for the
airport project.
It is worth recalling
that in 2004 JDA esti-
mated the land acquisi-
tion cost of Rs 4,000
crore for 2,081 hectare
near Shivdaspura. The
central govt had to
share some part of the
acquisition cost. In due
course of time the exist-
ing airport at Sanganer
was surrounded by
dense population from
all sides.
This airport has an-
other shortcoming in
form of one run way for
both take off and land-
ing and there is no land
available to construct
another runway. This
posed a big challenge
for the airport to pre-
pare itself for the grow-
ing demands of expan-
sion due to internation-
al flights. Experts say
existing airport will not
be able to sustain the
passenger load in the
coming ten years.
Now, the committee
under UDH minister
Shanti Dhariwal has
cancelled the Green-
field airport project.
Sources say that the
project was cancelled
due to the high cost in-
volved in it.
No moolah? Shivdaspura greenfield airport
project shelved, JDA not to acquire land
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Harmada
police have arrested the
accused Jhabarmal Ba-
varia (22), in connection
with the case of kidnap-
ping a 13-year-old minor
girl and raping her.
Under the supervi-
sion of ADCP Bajrang
Singh, a team was con-
stituted in the leader-
ship of ACP Priyanka
Kumawat and Harmada
SHO Ramesh Saini, that
got hold of the accused.
The 13-year-old girl
from Radhapura village
suddenly went missing
from her home on the
night of July 10.
Next day, the victim
was found lying uncon-
scious in nearby village.
Man held for
kidnapping,
raping minor First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Division
bench comprising
Chief Justice Indrajeet
Mahanty and Justice
Prakash Gupta on Tues-
day issued a fresh no-
tice to Municipal Secre-
tary Government of
Rajasthan, ACS Medi-
cal and Health, Minis-
try of Ayush, ICMR,
Patanjali Ayurvedic
and NIMS University
Rajasthan.
The PIL filed by Ad-
vocate Sunil Kumar
Singh against Baba
Ramdev’s Patanjali and
Ors contended that that
Ramdev has not taken
the approvals for the
drug and this drug be
banned in the state as it
is not the medicine of
Corona.
Ramdev is in the hab-
it of keeping the con-
sumer in dark as one
FIR was also filed
against Baba Ramdev
in February 2018 where-
in he claimed in his ad-
vertisement that the
‘Marrie Biscuits’ con-
tain 100 percent wheat
whereas on testing it
was found that it con-
tained ‘Maida’ also.
Since the Corona kit
is not approved by pro-
tocol of WHO and there
is likelihood that people
can consume and get
infected duly further, if
they consume thinking
it of Corona medicine.
HC notice to municipal secy,
NIMS & others over Coronil
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Taking a ma-
jor decision for the
welfare of lakhs of
workers in the unor-
ganised sector, Chief
Minister Ashok Ge-
hlot has given direc-
tions to form ‘State
Social Security
Board for Unorgan-
ised Workers’ to en-
sure their social se-
curity. The Primary
task of this board
will be to form the
outline of the social
security schemes for
these labourers.
Gehlot gav the direc-
tions on Tuesday while
addressing a review
meeting of Labour De-
partment and the De-
partment of Skill, Em-
ployment and Entre-
preneurship through
video conference from
his official residence.
All district collectors
and district level offic-
ers of the concerned
departments were pre-
sent in the meeting.
During the meet-
ing, the Chief Minis-
ter directed to
launch campaign
throughout the State
for the registration
of disadvantaged eli-
gible construction
labourers/workers
through Building
and Other Construc-
tion Workers Wel-
fare Board, so that
every eligible la-
bourer could get the
benefit of social se-
curity schemes oper-
ated through the
board.
He directed the La-
bour Department offic-
ers to go to construc-
tion sites and the plac-
es where labourers
gather to get jobs and
motivate the disadvan-
taged labourers to reg-
ister themselves.
Reviewing the De-
partment of Skill, Em-
ployment and Entre-
preneurship, the Chief
Minister said, “It is
important to train
youth according to the
demand of industries
so as to link them with
employment. Large
scale training pro-
gramme should be con-
ducted for this. There
are many ongoing
schemes for skill devel-
opment, which should
be integrated and sim-
plified so that the
youth can take advan-
tage of it.”
The Chief Minister
said that a major em-
ployment crisis has
arisen in the period of
the corona pandemic.
Hedirectedthatthedis-
trict collector should
ensure better utilisa-
tion of Raj Kaushal
portal launched for the
purpose.
“Employment and
skill development is
supplementary to each
other, so now the desig-
nation of District Em-
ployment Officer
should be District Em-
ployment and Skill De-
velopment Officer,”
Gehlot said.
MAJOR DECISION: COMPASSIONATE CM PROVIDES
‘SECURITY’ TO LAKHS OF UNORGANISED WORKERS
State government to form ‘State Social Security
Board’ for the registration of disadvantaged
eligible construction labourers/workers
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
Raj becomes den of death,
loses third tiger in a month
First India Bureau
Kota: Back to back
deaths of three tigers -
two in the forest and
another one in the zoo
– has raised concerns
about the state of wild-
lifeinRajasthan.Aday
after MT-2 died in
Mukundara Tiger Re-
serve on Monday and
MT-3 last month, the
white tiger ‘Raja’ in
Nahargarh Biological
ParkalsodiedonTues-
day.
The white tiger was
unwell for quite some
time. His kidney and
liversaidtohavefailed
while the tigress MT-2
claimed to have died
while protecting her
cubfromthemaletiger
MT-1.
Even as locals pro-
tested to demand ac-
tion against responsi-
ble officers, Forest
Minister Sukhram
Vishnoi has said that
the state government
is concerned about
death of tigress MT-2.
According to the
minister, PCCF, HoFF,
two NTCA representa-
tives, local officers and
press were present at
the time of the post-
mortemandcremation
of the tigress.
The official state-
ment said that NTCA’s
DIG Vaibhav Mathur
has inspected death
spot of the tigress and
other areas. The forest
departmenthasshared
all the data with the
NTCA. One of her
cubs is very weak and
receiving treatment
while nearly 80 people
have been searching
for the other cub.
Meanwhile, Rajsa-
mandMPDiyaKumari
expressed anguish
over death of tigers
and said, “I would
writealetterandspeak
to Prakash Javadekar
regarding bad situa-
tionof nationalparks.”
Jaipur. The state govt
is taking a serious
view of the recent
tiger deaths in the
Mukundara Tiger Re-
serve Area. IFS Anand
Mohan and T Mohan-
raj were made APO.
PS (Forest) Shreya
Guha called up GV
Reddy and chief wild-
life warden Arindam
Tomar and expressed
her displeasure on
the death of MT-2 in
Mukundara. She was
particularly upset on
sudden postmortem
and last rites of the
tigress in haste. Guha
demanded the spot
report from both the
officers. Lok Sabha
speaker Om Birla also
spoke to NTCA. The
NTCA team reached
Kota for its investiga-
tion and will report
back to its superiors
in Delhi after they
are done with the
preliminary part of
it. Meanwhile the
local BJP workers
under rural president
Mukut Nagar staged
a protest at the forest
office in Dara. In
another disclosure
the DFO and ranger
of Mukundara had
kept hidden a picture
showing tigress
MT 4 carrying a cub
with her.
HEADS ROLL IN MUKUNDARA
POST DEATH OF TIGRESS MT-2
Jaipur: A total of 5 IFS officers,
including 3 Deputy Forest Con-
servators, 1 Forest Conservator
and 1 Chief Forest Conservator,
have been transferred after the
Mukundara incident. The list is
as follows: Manoj Parashar -
CCF Kota, Amar Singh Gothwal
- CF Bharatpur, Bijo Joy - DCF
Mukundara, Sudarshan Sharma
- DCF Sariska and Alok Nath
Gupta - DCF Kota Wildlife.
Jaipur: A high-level inquiry is ordered in the Mukundara tigers (MT-3 and
MT-2) deaths. While PCCF Yogendra Kumar Dak is appointed as the Inves-
tigating Officer, Yogendra Kumar will conduct a high-level administrative
investigation in the case.
The white tiger ‘Raja’ in Nahargarh Biological Park
died on Tuesday. It was unwell for quite some
time. His kidney and liver said to have failed.
5 IFS OFFICERS SHIFTED
HIGH-LEVEL PROBE ORDERED
New Delhi: Asserting
that neither former Ra-
jasthan deputy CM
Sachin Pilot nor the
MLAs supporting him
have spoken against the
top Congress leader-
ship or the party, three
legislators backing
Pilot on Tuesday said
their fight is about
“self-respect”, and
against the “dictato-
rial” working style of
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot.
Hemaram Chaud-
hary, a six time MLA
and a former Congress
legislative party leader,
said,”we are true sol-
diers of the Congress
and our fight is not
against the party, but
we cannot work under
Gehlot’s leadership”.
The chief minister
himself has stated that
he was not on talking
terms with the deputy
chief minister, so it is
for all to see that what
kind of a government
he was running, he said
adding, “the continu-
ous public humilia-
tion of our leader (Pi-
lot), sidelining of
those close to him,
constantly hamper-
ing work of the depu-
ty chief minister and
depriving him of au-
thority has led to this
situation.”
The MLA hit out at
the AICC office bearers,
particularly state in-
charge Avinash Pande,
alleging that they were
completely biased
against Pilot and his
supporters, and not
willing to address their
grievances.
Hitting out at Ge-
hlot, Chaudhary cited
an RTI inquiry to al-
lege that in the first
year of office, zero
amount of money was
spent on TV/Newspa-
per advertisements
on Pilot, whereas the
state government
spent more than Rs 25
crore on the publicity
of Gehlot.
Another MLA from
the Pilot camp, Ved
Prakash Solanki, also
echoed Chaudhary’s
views. He said watch-
ing Pilot, who worked
from panchayats to
block and district lev-
els to revive the par-
ty’s fortunes, being
sidelined in the gov-
ernment was “heart
wrenching” for many
party workers.
“Ashok Gehlot tried
to portray our griev-
ances as anti-party act
or a betrayal of sorts,
but the fact is that it is a
fight for self respect,
honour and our own
space in the party and
the government which
we toiled for five long
years to creat,” the
MLA said.
Indraj Singh, an
MLA from Viratna-
gar, said, “Our fight is
about hurt and anger
over being sidelined
by one person. It is a
fight for our self re-
spect and we will not
compromise on that.”
The three MLAs also
demanded that that par-
ty should remove Ge-
hlot and make Pilot the
chief minister to “save
the party” in the state.
—Agencies
‘Our fight about self-respect, against dictatorial working style of CM’
Hemaram Chaudhary Ved Prakash Solanki Indraj Singh
PILOT CAMP BREAKS SILENCE