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WORLD
WATCHESAS TRUMP, BIDEN HEAD
FOR A PHOTO FINISH
The outcome now hinge on the results from six swing states
where a winner was not yet declared till late night - Georgia,
Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: A committee of
a group of ministers
headed by Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot has
been set up to review
the progress of the re-
finery in Pachpadra of
Rajasthan’s Barmer
district.
The group of minis-
ters will regularly mon-
itor the progress of the
project work. This will
lead to better coordina-
tion between various
departments of the gov-
ernment regarding re-
finery as well as quick
resolution of interde-
partmental issues. Co-
ordination with Hindu-
stan Petroleum officials
will also be established,
an official statement
said Wednesday.
Chief Minister Ge-
hlot in a high-level meet-
ing on Tuesday had di-
rected to complete the
work of the refinery on
the lines of Jaipur Met-
ro project with commit-
ment and in a time-
bound manner.
Among the members
of the Group of Minis-
ters, include Energy
Minister Dr. BD Kalla,
Urban Development
Minister Shanti Dhari-
wal, Industries Minis-
ter Parsadi Lal Meena,
Mines and Petroleum
Minister Pramod Jain
Bhaya, Revenue Minis-
ter Harish Chaudhary,
Cooperatives Minister
Udai lal Anjana, Skill
Development and Em-
ployment Minister
Ashok Chandna and
Pachpadra MLA Madan
Prajapat.
Meanwhile, CM Ge-
hlot also asked the offi-
cials to expedite the
grassroots implementa-
tion of Delhi-Mumbai
Industrial Corridor
(DMIC) while describ-
ing it as an ambitious
project for the state.
Gehlot was reviewing
the DMIC project at the
Chief Minister’s resi-
dence.
Delhi-Mumbai Indus-
trial Corridor (DMIC) is
an ambitious project
from the industrial de-
velopment and geo-
graphical point of view
of the state. This has
huge potential for in-
vestment, employment
and planned urban de-
velopment in the state,
Gehlot said. Turn to P6
GEHLOT BATS FOR SWIFT IMPLEMENTATION
CM-headed GoM to review progress of Barmer refinery
 Complete the
work of refinery on
the lines of Jaipur
Metro project with
commitment and in
a time-bound
manner, directs
CM Gehlot
 CM also asked
officials to expedite
the grassroots
implementation of
Delhi-Mumbai
Industrial Corridor
(DMIC) CM Ashok Gehlot at Pachpadra refinery. —FILE PHOTO
Washington: Ameri-
cans woke up on
Wednesday not know-
ing who the next US
president would be as
votes were still being
counted in six key states
that could swing the bit-
terly contested election
to Republican incum-
bent Donald Trump or
Democrat Joe Biden.
Fueling fears of a
constitutional crisis,
Trump prematurely de-
clared victory over-
night and threatened to
demand the interven-
tion of the Supreme
Court to stop vote-
counting but it contin-
ued nonetheless.
“We did win this elec-
tion,” the 74-year-old
president told cheering
supporters in the East
Room of the White
House before the final
vote tallies were com-
plete. “This is a fraud on
the American public.”
The Biden campaign
slammed Trump’s victo-
ry claim as “outrageous,
unprecedented, and in-
correct” and a “naked
effort to take away the
democratic rights of
American citizens.”
“The counting will
not stop. It will contin-
ue until every duly cast
vote is counted,” it said.
Turn to P6
Mumbai: Republic TV
editor Arnab Goswami
was arrested by Raigad
police on Wednesday in
connection with abet-
ment to suicide case
filed against him and
two others in 2018.
Goswami and two
others were sent to
14-day judicial custody
by the court late on
Wednesday night.
During hearing at a
court in Alibaug, Gos-
wami said he was as-
saulted by police and
sustained injuries on
his hand and back.
The magistrate in-
structed police to take
him to a civil surgeon
and produce him again
following a second med-
ical examination. Ear-
lier in the day, visuals
flashed on Republic TV
Turn to P6
Republic TV editor Arnab sent to 14-day
judicial custody in suicide abetment case
I&B ministry constitutes panel
to review TV ratings system
New Delhi: The Minis-
try of Information and
Broadcasting headed by
Prakash Javadekar or-
deredtheconstitutionof
a committee today to re-
view guidelines on “tel-
evision rating agencies”
in India, ANI reported.
The committee will
be headed by Prasar
Bharati CEO Shashi
Shekhar Vempati.
The panel has been
asked to make recom-
mendations for “a ro-
bust, transparent and
accountable rating sys-
tem” through changes,
if any, in the existing
guidelines.
“Based on the opera-
tion of the guidelines
for a few years, there is
a need to have a fresh
look on the guidelines
particularly keeping in
view the recent recom-
mendations of Telecom
Regulatory Authority
of India (TRAI), techno-
logical advancements/
inventions to address
the system and further
strengthening of the
procedures for a credi-
ble and transparent rat-
ing system, a committee
is hereby constituted to
study the different as-
pects of television rat-
ing system in India as
they have evolved over a
period of time,” the
Ministry of Informa-
tion and Broadcasting
said in a notification.
It said that the com-
mittee shall carry out
an appraisal of the ex-
isting system, examine
TRAI recommenda-
tions notified from time
to time, overall indus-
try scenario
Turn to P6
TRUMP DECLARES FALSE VICTORY,
GETS SLAMMED BY BIDEN CAMP
US President Donald Trump falsely declared victory
over Democratic rival Joe Biden early Wednesday with
millions of votes still uncounted in a tight race for the
White House. Shortly after Biden said he was confident
of his win and warned that the counting “could take a
while”, Trump appeared at the White House to claim
victory and said he would go to the Supreme Court.
Biden camp slammed Trump on announcement
SECOND BATCH OF
RAFALE ARRIVES
The second batch of Rafale jets
comprising of four units arrived
in India on Wednesday, the Air
Force tweeted in the evening.
The jets had covered the 7000-
odd km flying non-stop from
France, the IAF had posted.
TRUMP ACCUSES BIDEN CAMP
OF FRAUD, SAYS WILL MOVE SC
US President Donald Trump accused the Joe Biden
campaign of election fraud and said he would move
the US Supreme Court. Addressing the nation at a
little past 2 am on Wednesday local time, Trump
said, “We want all voting (read counting) to stop.
The Biden campaign had committed a fraud
on the American public. The results
have been phenomenal.”
We were going to win this election. Frankly, we did win… Our
goal is to ensure the integrity for the good of the country. We
want the law to be used in a proper manner. I want to thank
the American people for their tremendous support
Donald Trump, Republican incumbent
The counting will not stop. It will continue until every duly
cast vote is counted. If president makes good on his threat to go
to court to try to prevent proper tabulation of votes, we have
legal teams standing by ready to deploy to resist that effort.
Joe Biden, Democrat candidate
Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami steps out after
hearing from Alibaug court in police van, on Wednesday.
I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar
Also, FIR against Goswami,
wife, son and two others for
allegedly assaulting a woman
police official during his arrest
AMIT SHAH
@AMIT SHAH
Congress and its
allies have shamed
democracy once
again. Blatant misuse
of state power against
Republic TV & Arnab
Goswami is an
attack on individual
freedom and the 4th
pillar of democracy.
It reminds us of the
Emergency. This
attack on free press
must be and WILL BE
OPPOSED.

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First India Bureau
Ajmer: On a visit of
Kekri area on Wednes-
day, Bhaya said Shar-
ma’s style of working
was highly appreciated
and he was the leader of
the masses. “I know
Raghu Sharma when he
was president of state
Youth Congress and I
was president of Kota
rural. I have seen his
hard work and dedica-
tion because of which
he has reached this
stage,” said Bhaya, Ra-
jasthan mines minister.
Bhaya said there
was no lack of develop-
ment in Kekri area and
the Kekri district hos-
pital was a witness to
this fact.
After campaigning in
MP assembly bypolls,
Bhaya held meetings
with the party leaders
and workers in Ajmer
to review preparations
for the upcoming Zila
Parishad and Panchay-
at Samiti elections.
Bhaya has been ap-
pointed as the observer
of Ajmer for Zila Pari-
shad and Panchayat
samiti elections.
He reached Ajmer on
a two-day visit and held
discussions with the
party workers in Kis-
hangarh, Ajmer, Push-
kar and Nasirabad on
Tuesday.
Will win Panchayat polls: Bhaya
GEARING UP FOR GRAM
BJP eyes Heritage as it
herds Greater councillors
Congress brainstorms on
Mayor’snameinHeritage
Kota South still stuck
in 36 ka aankda
Candidate alongwith supporters after winning elections in Kota.
BJP TO FIELD MAYOR CANDIDATES IN
SIX MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS
PARTYWILL FORM BOARDS INALL PANCHAYAT
SAMITIS IN CHITTOR :DHARMENDRA RATHORE
Vaibhav
takes charge
in Jodhpur
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Congress
hasdecidedtoselectmay-
oral candidates from
among the elected coun-
cillors and not to adopt a
hybrid formula of select-
ing a candidate without
election. The Congress
leaders are hoping to
form the board in Jaipur
municipal corporation
Heritage as the party has
won 47 out of 100 seats
and is also claiming sup-
portof fiveindependents.
Chief Whip and
Hawa Mahal MLA Ma-
hesh Joshi said on
Wednesday that the
mayor would be of Con-
gress party and would
be from among the
elected candidates.
The post of mayor in
JMC Heritage is re-
served for OBC woman.
“Now our women
councillors from OBC
have won as such the
mayor will be made
from among them,”
Joshi told First India.
He said that the final de-
cision on the names
wouldbetakenaftertak-
ing everyone’s opinion.
On defeat of some
candidates from wards
in senior leaders’ areas,
Joshi said it happened
in assembly elections
too and the drawbacks
would be removed.
Transport minister
Pratap Singh Khachari-
yawas said that the de-
cision on the name of a
mayor candidate would
be taken possibly on
Wednesday night. He
added, the Congress
needed four councillors
but has got support of
eight independent
councillors and now the
party has 55 councillors
in JMC Heritage
Kishanpole MLA
Amin Kagzi said that a
good face would be se-
lected for the mayor
post on consensus.
Party insiders said
that the name of Rabia
Ben, who contested as
an independent after
denial of Congress tick-
et, is doing the rounds
for the mayor post as
she belongs to Muslim
OBC. Ben has extended
support to the Congress
along with other four
independents.
First India Bureau
Kota: The ruling Con-
gress and the opposition
BJP on Wednesday
claimed to be able to
formaboardinKotamu-
nicipal corporation
South but none of the
parties has got any clear
majority. Both the par-
ties got 36 each out of 80
seats and the eight inde-
pendents hold the key to
thepowerinKMCSouth.
Congress is set to
form the board in KMC
North after winning 47
wards out of 70. The
Congress tally in-
creased to 49 when two
independent council-
lors Ina Meena and Vi-
mal Kumar joined the
party on Wednesday af-
ter taking blessings
from UDH minister
Shanti Dhariwal.
BJP councillor Vivek
Rajvanshiisemergingas
the most potential candi-
date for the post of may-
or in the changed sce-
nario. Meanwhile BJP
held a meeting with its
councillors with three
independents. Later, all
the BJP councillors and
the three independents
were sent to MP to ward
off horse trading ahead
of mayor elections on
November 10.
It is amply clear that
the strategy and deci-
sion by Dhariwal will be
the deciding factor in
Kota. “The high com-
mand will decide the
mayor’s name, that has
to be acceptable to all.
Those who harms the
organisation, harm will
be caused to them also,”
Dhariwal warned
against horse trading.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The state BJP
will field mayor candi-
dates in all the six mu-
nicipal corporations in
Jaipur, Jodhpur, and
Kota. State BJP presi-
dent Satish Poonia on
Wednesday said that
thepartyhasperformed
well as compared to the
ruling Congress in the
recently held elections
of six municipal corpo-
rations in Jaipur, Jodh-
pur and Kota.
Poonia said that Con-
gress got a majority in
just 2 out of six munici-
pal corporations.
“Usually, people in
civic bodies elections
vote for the ruling party
butinthemunicipalcor-
poration elections, the
Congress got a majority
in just two corporations.
Our performance is far
better than the Con-
gress,” Poonia said.
The BJP state head-
quarters will witness a
series of back-to-back
marathon meetings in
which national co-or-
ganising secretary V
Satish, LoP Gulab
Chand Kataria, Deputy
LoP Rajendra Rathore,
central ministers Ga-
jendra Singh Shekha-
wat, Kailash Chaud-
hary, Arjun Ram Megh-
wal will be present in
person and state presi-
dent Satish Poonia and
organisation secretary
Chandrashekhar will
attend the meetings
virtually.
Important meetings
will be about finalising
the names of the May-
ors of the BJP, as it is
fielding its Mayor can-
didates in 6 municipal
corporations.
First India Bureau
Chittorgarh: Con-
gress leader Dharmen-
dra Rathore has said
there is no division
among the party lead-
ers in who are united
and looking forward to
the victory of the party
in upcoming Zila Pari-
shad and Panchayat
samiti elections.
He said that workers
are in full enthusiasm
and the party will form
boards in all Panchayat
Samitis in Chittorgarh
district. Rathore, who is
the party observer for
Panchayat elections in
Chittorgarh, said that
all leaders of the dis-
trict are united and the
party will contest elec-
tions unitedly.
During his visit to
Chittorgarh, Rathore
held discussions with
the party workers and
took applications from
the candidates inter-
ested in contesting elec-
tions. He even said that
if any worker is feeling
neglected or sidelined
or has any grievances
related to the party, he
can directly speak to
him on phone or can
send a message.
The party leader
also expressed his pain
of income tax raid on
his premises a few
months back saying he
is neither a big busi-
nessman nor industri-
alists but the Modi gov-
ernment tortured him
just because he is close
to CM Gehlot.
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: After the re-
sults of the municipal
elections came in, the
exercise for the post of
Mayor has taken the
spotlight now. BJP at-
tained majority in Jodh-
pur South municipal
corporation and has
camped its corporators
at Ambaji while on the
other hand Congress
getting majority in the
North Jodhpur munici-
pal corporation has
kept its corporators at
Hotel Chandra Grand
in Jodhpur.
Meanwhile incharge
Minister Mahendra
Chaudhary and AICC
member Vaibhav Ge-
hlot took the feedback
from Congress leaders
and newly elected cor-
porators of the party at
Hotel Chandra Grand
regarding a consensus
candidate for the post
of Mayor. Sources say
that Mehraj Ansari,
Shailja Parihar and
Kunti Devra were the
names prominently dis-
cussed for the post of
mayor and one of these
names would be final-
ized on Thursday. It is
noteworthy that RSCP-
CR chairperson Sang-
eeta Beniwal and Jodh-
pur MLA Manisha Pan-
war had also sent these
three names to the par-
ty leadership.
First India Bureau
Jaipur:Despiteno clear
majority in Jaipur mu-
nicipal corporation Her-
itage, the BJP leaders
are eyeing to form the
board with support of
independents and even
some of the Congress
councillors. The BJP
won only 42 wards out
of 100 in JMC Heritage
but is trying to woo
some independent and
Congress councillors as
well. The party is also
offering the mayor’s
post to some independ-
ents as a lurement.
BJP incharge for
JMC Heritage, former
minister Vasudev Dev-
nani said that the party
was in touch with some
independents and the
doors were also open for
elected Congress coun-
cillors. He claimed the
support of the dissident
Congress councillors.
Hanging a big carrot for
the independents Dev-
nani said that some in-
dependents might be
BJP’s Mayor candidate
in the JMC Heritage.
Meanwhile, the party
also herded its council-
lors in JMC Greater
where it is in clear ma-
jority with 88 out of 150
wards. The party iso-
lated all its elected
councillors at Hotel
Chomu Palace under
the supervision of BJP
MLA Madan Dilawar
and chief spokesperson
Ramlal Sharma. The
discussion for the post
of Mayor for Greater
Jaipur municipal cor-
poration has mainly the
names of Bharti Lakhi-
yani, Soumya Gurjar,
Sheel Dhabai, Rashmi
Saini, Shravani Devi,
Sukhpreet Bansal and
Kavita Katiyar. In all
probability an experi-
enced and fearless wom-
an would get the chair
of Mayor in Greater
Jaipur. Meanwhile in a
broad strategy BJP has
asked all its elected cor-
porators to give two
names each with prior-
ity for the post of May-
or. These names will be
scrutinized late on
Wednesday night by V
Satish, state president
Satish Poonia and or-
ganisation secretary
Chandrashekhar who
then will take up the
discussion with senior
BJP leaders Gulab
Chand Kataria, Rajen-
dra Rathore and all the
three central ministers
from the state.
BJP won only 42 wards out of 100 in JMC Heritage, is trying to woo independents
Former state BJP persidents Arun Chaturvedi, Ashok Parnami
interacting with the newly elected councillors at a hotel in Jaipur.
MAUJAM
BANO JOINS
CONGRESS
Jaipur:HawaMahal
MLA Mahesh Joshi
succeed-
ed in in-
creasing
the tally
of the
party in
JMC Heritage as an
independent candi-
date Maujam Bano
from ward 12 joined
theCongressatHotel
Shakun in the pres-
ence of Joshi.
DDD
41 BJP COUNCILLORS TAKE OATH
III
GAME CHANGER
DHARIWAL
KARVA CHAUTH IN HOTEL
As soon as elections
were held for the two
municipal corporations
of Jaipur, the winning
councillors were
barricaded overnight.
They are kept in
hotels located in
parts outside the
city. The councillors,
who remained locked
in the hotel all day
on Wednesday,
speculated in the
name of the new
mayor. Meanwhile,
the election in-charge
took their meetings.
Some women
councilors wanted to
go home but the party
refused. However,
their husbands have
been allowed to visit
the hotel.
Dharmendra Rathore alongwith Udai Lal Anjana, Rajendra Singh
Bidhuri, Surendra Singh, Shankar Bairwa, Prakash Chaudhary,
Jagdish Shreemali, and other leaders.
CM TO MONITOR
Pramod Jain Bhaya

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2020
First India Bureau
Sawai Madhopur:
Four cubs of tigress
T-102 have been spot-
ted in camera traps in
Ranthambore tiger na-
tional reserve which
came as good news for
wildlife lovers.
The cubs appear 3
months old in the cam-
era trap. Pug marks of
the cubs were spotted
three days back follow-
ing which the forest
department teams
were tracking the ti-
gress and camera trap
in Aama ghati con-
firmed the presence of
four cubs with her.
T-102 has given birth
for the first time. Her
mother T-73 too had
given birth to four
cubs.
The field staff is
constantly monitoring
the tigress and the
cubs. Chief wildlife
warden Mohan Lal
Meena also reached
Ranthambhore and
took stock of the situa-
tion.
In the RNP, a total of
67 big cats- 19 tigers, 25
tigresses and 23 sub
adults or cubs-- have
been sighted in the last
4 months.
Officials closely monitor new cats
CUBS IN CAMERA’S NET
DIG HAIDER ALI, LADPURA
MLA TESTS COVID POSITIVECovid-19: 1,770 new cases in Raj with nine succumbing to disease
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BJP MLA
Kalpana Devi gets co-
rona infection, the MLA
isolated herself. She
also advised people in
contact to get corona
check. DIG Haider Ali
Zaidi tested corona pos-
itive. He was in talks
with Gurjars 3 days ago.
Zaidi is in home quar-
antine after he got in-
fected
The tally of corona-
virus infection in Ra-
jasthan rose to 2.03
lakh on Wednesday re-
cording 1,770 new cases
in a day, while the death
toll reached 1,945 with
nine more people suc-
cumbing to the disease.
According to the
state health depart-
ment’’s bulletin, the
total number of people
infected by COVID-19
stood at 2,03,990 out of
which 16,323 were un-
der treatment.
As many as 1,85,722
people have been dis-
charged after treat-
ment till now.
In Jaipur, the death
toll from the coronavi-
rus infection was 378,
followed by 188 in
Jodhpur, 144 in Ajmer,
142 in Bikaner, 116 in
Kota, 95 in Bharatpur
and 76 in Pali.
Of the new cases,
Jaipur reported 320,
Jodhpur 185, Bikaner
179, Alwar 145, Ajmer
125, Sikar 98, Kota and
Sriganganagar 72
each, Nagaur 65 and
Pali 54.
Teenage girl’s charred body found
near highway in Ajmer district
First India Bureau
Ajmer: A half burnt
body of an unidenti-
fied teenage girl was
recovered near a high-
way in Nasirabad area
of Ajmer district on
Wednesday.
Prima facie, the girl
was murdered else-
where and the body
was dumped here and
put on fire to destroy
her identity.
‘Payal’ is written on
her left hand. However,
the identification
could not be done and
efforts are being made
to ascertain the iden-
tity of the deceased
girl, who was aged
around 20 years.
SP Ajmer Kunwar
Rashtradeep also vis-
ited the site and gave
necessarydirectionsto
police officials. A team
of FSL reached the
spot and collected sam-
ples. The matter came
to light where people
spotted the body near
Derathu chauraha on
NH-79 passing through
Nasirabad in the
morning following
which police were in-
formed. Police teams
are examining CCTV
cameras installed in
area and interrogating
suspects. However, po-
lice are empty hands.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Information
commissioner Mahen-
dra Soni on Wednesday
underlined the impor-
tance of correct and fac-
tual news to curb fake
news.
Addressing trainee
IAS officers in HCM-
RIPA in a session on
media handling, Soni
shared his administra-
tive experience of 30
years and said that it is
the responsibility of a
good administrator to
issue factually correct
news at the right time to
the media. He said that
no news is secret but
the officers should en-
sure that all correct
facts should reach the
media on time, so that
the fake and speculative
news could be curbed.
The officer gave de-
tailed information
about the structure,
functioning and role of
the department of in-
formation and public
relations and discussed
various aspects of
print, electronic and
digital media.
He said, department
issues press releases
which are widely used
by the media. Soni said
that his department
worked actively during
pandemic, media coop-
erated too.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The police
seized firecrackers and
arrested a person in
Sirohi district and sei-
zures were made at Ren-
wal in Jaipur on
Wednesday as the state
governmenthasbanned
sale-purchase of the
firecrackers ahead of
Diwali. Firecracker
traders protested the
decision in Jaipur and
demanded review by
the state government.
The Jaipur police
seized huge amounts of
firecrackers from a
shop at Chaupad mar-
ket in Renwal leading
to panic among the
cracker sellers. Many
of the shopkeepers
downed their shutters
and fled from the spot.
The police action con-
tinued by a team led by
SHO Kailash Meena.
The police are search-
ing for other such se-
cret warehouses.
In Sirohi, the police
seized a huge amount
of illegal firecrackers
in a room at Ajanta
Copy Udyog in RICCO
area. The police arrest-
ed Sanjay Jain, a under
the Explosives Act,
said.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot will com-
municate with the
CEOs of global compa-
nies in a webinar of
Global CEOs by to be
conducted by the Ra-
jasthan Foundation.
The CEOs of world re-
nowned companies will
be present in the webi-
nar, Foundation Com-
missioner Dheeraj
Shrivastava told the
First India.
He said that the prep-
arations for this webi-
nar were being made
and the date and sched-
ule would be fixed soon.
Shrivastava has been
constantly innovating
in the Corona period
and earlier he conduct-
ed video conferencing
of Gehlot with migrant
Rajasthanis settled
abroad. He has also
taken the initiative to
communicate with mi-
grant Rajasthani doc-
tors through e-lecture.
Some doctors have also
proposed to provide on-
line service to Ra-
jasthan.
First India Bureau
Jhalawar: A man
here has been accused
of raping a 17-year old
girl for two year.
The victim has al-
leged that the accused
had been raping her
for two years and he
also threatened her of
dire consequences if
she narrated this to
anyone, police said.
The accused, identi-
fied as Shakir Khan, a
resident of Prithivi-
pura, is a father of two
children. FIR against
him was registered,
father demanded secu-
rity for the family.
First India Bureau
Nagaur: A man and a
woman allegedly com-
mitted suicide by
hanging from a tree in
Jayla area of Nagaur.
The bodies were spot-
ted by people on
Wednesday who in-
formed police.
Investigation re-
veals that man, who
was resident of Silari-
ya, was in a love with
the Jayla woman. Bod-
ies were hanging with
a Khejri tree. Police
said that prima facie,
love appears to be
cause of suicide.
First India Bureau
Ajmer: The mother
daughter, who came
for Jiyarat in the Dar-
gah of world famous
Khwaja Saheb in
Ajmer, jumped into the
Anasagar lake on
Wednesday.
The incident oc-
curred on Wednesday
where Ameena (40) of
Jaipur, along with her
20-year old daughter
Merunisha jumped
into the lake. Both
were rushed to hospi-
tal where mother was
declared dead, daugh-
ter is under treatment.
Reasons of suicide
are not clear and mat-
ter is being investigat-
ed further, police said.
First India Bureau
Jalore: An ACB team
caught Wadabhadvi vil-
lage panchayat Junior
Assistant Babulal
Choudhary red handed
accepting a bribe of Rs
7700. ACB DSP Annraj
Singh Rajpurohit had
received a complaint re-
garding demand of the
bribe by accused
Chaudhary from a
MGNREGA worker in
lieu of releasing his due
amount of Rs 15,410 and
keeping his job card on
regular wages. The
ACB team after verifi-
cation of the complaint
arrested the accused
red handed and brought
him to Bhinmal police
station for interroga-
tion. The accused will
be presented in the
court on Thursday.
Baran: The ACB
caught Kelwara Naib
Tehsildar Hari Prasad
Gupta red handed ac-
cepting Rs 25,000 bribe
in his office. ACB DSP
Gyanchand Meena said
that the accused had de-
manded a bribe of Rs
50,000 in lieu of demar-
cation of farmland of
the complainant Kel-
wara resident Ram
Kalyan Ojha on 17 Au-
gust 2020. Baran ACB
team after verification
of the complaint took
action on Wednesday.
First India Bureau
Chomu. Late on Tues-
day night a police team
was attacked with se-
vere stone pelting when
it was about to raid an
IPL betting racket oper-
ating in a house in
Amaliya near Veer Ha-
numan crossing. Later
SHO Hemraj Singh
along with officers
reached the spot and ar-
rested three persons
while most of others
escaped. The police
have registered a case
against50people.Mean-
while another team of
police taking action on
another cricket betting
racket arrested 3 book-
ies with Rs 10 lakh cash.
17-yr-old girl
raped for
over 2 years
Lovers found
hanging
from tree
Duo jump into
lake, mom
dies, daughter
critical
Officers should ensure correct facts
reach the media: Mahendra Soni
Rev officers in ACB net for
taking bribe in Jalore, Baran
Cops bust IPL betting racket
despite stone pelting in Chomu
One arrested, firecrackers
seized as traders protest
CM to interact with global CEOs
in Rajasthan Foundation webinar
Jaipur: A woman,
her daughter were
allegedly abducted
in a matter of finan-
cial dispute.
The incident oc-
curred on Tuesday
in Chandpole area
where Savita, daugh-
ter Usha had gone.
They met Vishnu,
the wife of Brijraj.
Brijraj later called
Savita’s husband at
around 9 pm and in-
formed him about
the kidnap and de-
manded money.
Ramchandra in-
formed police, they
arrested Brijraj and
other accused.
Kota: Khalil, a desti-
tute, sleeping out-
side the Adharshila
dargah in the city
was found murdered
by the passing by pe-
destriansonWednes-
day morning. The
deceased was mur-
dered by crushing
his head with a
stone. The Dada bari
police said that de-
ceased Khalil used
the platform outside
the dargah to sleep
in the night quite fre-
quently. The police
so far have no clue
about the motive of
the murder and is in-
vestigating the case.
Mom, daughter abducted
over money dispute in city
Man found murdered
outside Dargah in Kota
Various activities related to corona awareness are being organized in several parts of the city. —FILE PHOTO
Accused Shravan Kumar, Sagar Saini and Pushpendra Saini in
police net in the case of stone pelting in Chomu.
Firework dealers’ demo near government hostel in Jaipur.
—PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
Dheeraj Shrivastava
Information commissioner Mahendra Soni addressing trainee IAS
ofﬁcers in HCM-RIPA in a session on media handling.
AVINASH PANDE
@avinashpandeinc
Congress promises,
Congress delivers!
A vote for Con-
gress is a vote for
progress!
#VoteCongressVote-
Progress
A half burnt body of an unidentiﬁed teenage girl was
recovered near a highway in Nasirabad area of Ajmer district.

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TRUMP-BIDEN IN
NECK AND NECK
ELECTORAL BATTLE
S presidential elections are going
right down to the wire. Such a
nail-biting finish was not expect-
ed as pollsters predicted a cake-
walk for the Democrats, and that
is not happening. Democratic challenger Joe
Biden leads 233-213 but has a long way to go
for the required 270 electoral votes to be de-
clared a winner. Biden had also polled more
popular votes than Trump. As the tabulation
of votes from several states still not over, the
results can go either way. President Donald
Trump, in an unprecedented move, claimed
victory even as the counting of votes was yet
to be completed makes his intention of not
conceding defeat obvious. Biden, on the other
hand, asked his voters to be patient. Trump
has also threatened to stop counting of votes
alleging, without any basis, fraud. His tweet
on the issue said, “Last night I was leading,
often solidly, in many key States, in almost all
instances Democrat-run and controlled.
Then, one by one, they started to magically
disappear as surprise ballot dumps were
counted. VERY STRANGE, and the ‘pollsters’
got it completely and historically wrong.”
States of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Penn-
sylvania remain contentious. Trump won
these states from Hillary Clinton in 2016 but
Biden had a narrow lead in the first two,
while Trump was ahead in Pennsylvania,
Georgia, North Carolina, and Michigan. With
mail-in ballots yet to be counted the outcome
remains unclear. Biden camp is optimistic
about winning these postal ballots. A diffi-
dent Trump has already threatened to move
the US Supreme Court to stop counting of
ballots received after Election Day. Biden’s
camp said it will thwart any efforts by
Trump’s campaign to go to the Supreme
Court to prevent counting. Who’ll be the next
President of America thus remains difficult
to predict. Other states which will decide the
fate of the candidates include Alaska, Ari-
zona, Georgia, Maine, Nevada, and North
Carolina.
Biden needs to win Nevada and Wisconsin,
while Trump’s victory in Pennsylvania will
make his journey to the White House easier.
Bookies, meanwhile, are putting their money
on Biden expecting him to make it even with-
out Pennsylvania.
Donald Trump has been one of the most
controversial and divisive Presidents Amer-
ica has had. From backing white suprema-
cists’ show of strength to condemning Blacks,
the hotel developer has divided American
society like never before in the recent past.
He has been accused of being a serial liar and
his fake news narrative. His dismissive stand
on Covid-19 and mask-wearing despite the
high number of casualties caused immense
harm to the people of America.
For India, Trump ensured that relations
between the two countries remained close.
Whether in foreign policy or defence, Trump
proved to be a dependable ally. If Trump
wins, he and Modi will work to further
strengthen the existing ties. Joe Biden’s vic-
tory may not mean any change in ties.
IN-DEPTH
U
he American
public may not
find out who
wins the presi-
dentialelection
on November 3 or Novem-
ber 4 or even November 5.
But,atsomepoint,wewill
learnwhetherRepublican
Donald Trump is elected
to a second term or if
Democrat Joe Biden will
be the next United States
president.
For the winner of the
election, the moment of
victory brings unbridled
joy and acclamation, ap-
plause, laughter, hugs and
champagne to celebrate the
biggest prize in politics.
This is not so for the
loser, who must ultimate-
ly accept the responsibil-
ity for the defeat.
In my book, The Art of
the Political Putdown, I tell
the story of Thomas Dew-
ey, the Republican presi-
dential candidate in 1948,
who was heavily favoured
to win the election – only to
lose to Harry S Truman,
the incumbent.
On election night, ac-
cording to one story,
Dewey, the governor of
New York, asked his
wife, “How will it feel to
sleep with the president
of the United States?”
“A high honour,” his wife
replied, “and quite frankly,
darling, I am looking for-
ward to it.”
But Truman won the
election. The next day at
breakfast, as the story
goes, Dewey’s wife said,
“Tell me, Tom, am I go-
ing to the White House
or is Harry coming here
tonight?”
A DISAPPOINTING
LETDOWN
Losing the presidency is a
crushing defeat. The incal-
culable hours of giving
speeches, campaigning
and fundraising came to
naught. The candidate
feels like they have disap-
pointed the millions of
people who believed in
them, who contributed to
the campaign, who voted
for them and who thought
they were going to win.
The pain associated
with losing the presiden-
tial election remains for
a long time. A dozen
years after George
McGovern lost the 1972
presidential election in a
landslide to Richard Nix-
on, he was asked how
long it had taken for him
to recover. “I will let you
know when I get there,”
McGovern said.
After losing the 2008
presidential election, John
McCain said he slept like a
baby: “Sleep two hours,
wake up and cry.”
In 2016, Democratic
candidate Hillary Clinton
woke up on Election Day
ahead in most of the polls
and thought she would
become the first woman
president. By the time the
day was over, those hopes
had faded, and by early
the next morning, when
she called her opponent
Donald Trump to con-
cede, those hopes had dis-
appeared entirely.
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
How does it feel to lose the US presidential election?
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wealth; be discerning enough
to desist. —Proverbs 23:4
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ear 2020 will go down in history
as the year of volatility, diver-
gence, and optimism. Since the
economy was unlocked in June
2020,therehasbeenasignificant
recovery in various macro and
high frequency data points. The
sharpdivergenceacrossvarious
sectors has been the defining
characteristic of performance
of equity markets, globally.
The essentials, the technolo-
gy, and the E-commerce busi-
nesses were impacted far lesser
compared to the financials,
metals, infrastructure, and oil
& gas businesses. On the con-
trary, the Covid-19 pandemic
resulted in higher revenues and
profits and a better outlook for
the technology and healthcare
sectors. This has become evi-
dentfromtheYTDperformance
of the healthcare and technol-
ogy indices, as they’ve gained
by 44% and 36% respectively.
On the other hand, the finan-
cials space, the most preferred
destination of institutional in-
vestors and traders over the
years has been adversely im-
pacted due to the pandemic
with the PSU banks and private
banks declining by more than
20% YTD. This resulted in a to-
tal wipe out of Bank Nifty’s
outperformance of four years
over the Nifty 50 index in just
the first half of FY21.
INDIA’S FISCAL DEFICIT IN
THE FIRST HALF OF FY21
RISES TO 115% OF TARGET
The Covid-19 pandemic has re-
sulted into a severe revenue
stress for the government as In-
dia’sfiscaldeficitsoaredto115%
of the budgeted estimates in the
first half of FY21. With a sharp
revenue shortfall, the total ex-
penditure of the government
has remained close to similar
levels witnessed last year as the
central government continues
its spending activity to defuse
the impact of the pandemic by
way of a stimulus package.
The difference between gov-
ernment’s total revenue and ex-
penditure stood at Rs 9.13 lakh
crore between the start of FY21,
i.e., between April and Septem-
ber.Inthesameperiodlastfinan-
cial year, the fiscal deficit was at
92.6% of the budget estimates.
The budget estimates and tar-
gets are fixed in February (eve-
ry year) and could undergo a
sharp revision this year due to
the unforeseen effects of the
pandemic. With the govern-
ment staying firm to its en-
hancedgrossmarketborrowing
of Rs 12 lakh crore for FY21, the
fiscal deficit is expected to ex-
ceed 8% of the GDP against the
initial expectations of 3.5%.
Aspikeinrevenuecollections
in the second half of the finan-
cialyearduetopent-updemand,
festive sales, and pick-up in
broadereconomywillbeamajor
factor while revising the deficit
projectionsforFY21,sustenance
being the key. With 5 months left
for the financial year to close,
government’sambitiousandag-
gressive disinvestment targets
will play a major role in helping
the fiscal deficit to ease.
ORGANIC GROWTH IN
AUTOMOBILE AND
CONSUMER DURABLE
SALES HELPS IN HIGHER
GST COLLECTION
With GST revenues crossing Rs
1 lakh crore in October, the first
time in this fiscal year, it joined
the other broad indicators such
as higher demand for loans and
rise in auto sales in signaling
an economic recovery.
Apart from the higher sales
of consumer durables and
smartphones during the festive
sales of E-Commerce compa-
nies,thesurgeinGSTcollection
ismainlyattributedtoaspikein
automobile sales in October.
WILLTHISUPTICKSUSTAIN?
With most industry players
witnessing a rise in their
wholesale dispatches in Octo-
ber mainly on account of fes-
tivities, it will be very early to
determine whether this will
persist in the long term. More-
over, these being factory dis-
patches to dealers, the exact
number of retail sales is diffi-
cult to gauge, but with festivals
on and around, especially the
upcoming Diwali in November,
the retail sales are anticipated
to be better than expected.
While India’s urban econo-
my continues to remain under
pressure, the good purchasing
power of India’s rural markets
helped a robust rise in sales of
automakers. The industry has
seen a significant downturn for
last 1.5 years and this could
well be demand pull /pent-up
appetite from purchases that
were postponed.
If the positive trend in auto-
mobile sales fails to sustain af-
ter December, i.e., after the car-
makers clear their inventories
for the year, the government
would prefer to intervene and
tweakthemuch-demandedGST
rate levied on automobiles.
COVID-19 PUSHED INDIAN
ECONOMY INTO A TAILSPIN
Y
With GST
revenues
crossing Rs 1
lakh crore in
October, the
first time in
this fiscal year,
it joined the
other broad
indicators such
as higher
demand for
loans and rise
in auto sales in
signaling an
economic
recovery

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INDIAJAIPUR | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2020
Patna: With Bihar hav-
ing entered the final leg
of its three-phased as-
sembly poll, political
parties are making
last-ditch efforts to woo
the electorate. The elec-
toral battle has been
intense with all major
players promising a
caring and efficient
government as they
raise issues such as un-
employment, “jungle
raj”, migration, COV-
ID-19, price rise, “ka-
mai, dawai, padhai,
sinchai” and recent
farm laws.
The two key contest-
ants NDA and the RJD-
led Mahagathbandhan
appear to be working to
concerted strategies
with the ruling alli-
ance talking in detail
of the work done by
“double-engine” gov-
ernment in the state
and Centre and time-
bound delivery of wel-
fare measures.
Its leaders are re-
minding people of “jun-
gle raj of previous RJD
governments” in rally
after rally.
BJP leaders have
been alluding to RJD
leader Tejashwi Yadav
as the “yuvraj” of “jun-
gle raj”. Tejashwi Yadav
is the son of former
chief minister Lalu
Prasad who could not
campaign in the elec-
tions as he is in jail in
connection with animal
husbandry scam.
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, in his
rallies, has attacked
both Tejashwi Yadav
and Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi as “dou-
ble Yuvraj”.
Referring to Con-
gress and Samajwadi
Party alliance in Uttar
Pradesh and joint road-
shows held by Akhilesh
Yadav and Rahul Gan-
dhi in the last assembly
elections in Uttar
Pradesh, the Prime
Minister said that the
BJP had successfully
met the challenge posed
by “double yuvraj” in
that state.
The PM has also been
giving local flavour to
his speeches by speak-
ing a few sentences in
regional dialects and
mentioning products as-
sociated with different
places. Abrogation of
Article 370, law against
instant triple talaq has
also found mention in
campaign speeches by
BJP leaders. The party
has also targeted the op-
position alleging that
some parties wanted to
delay Ayodhya verdict
in the Supreme Court.
With Pakistan Minister
Fawad Chaudhry admit-
ting his country’s role in
Pulwama attack in the
National Assembly, BJP
leaders have targeted
opposition leaders over
their past remarks seek-
ing to link the incident
with Lok Sabha elec-
tions last year.
The BJP leaders have
also made it clear that
even if the party wins
more seats than JD-U,
Nitish Kumar will con-
tinue to be the chief
minister of the alliance
if NDA is voted back to
power. —ANI
Partiesputinlastattempttowoovoters
Bihar Polls: In the final phase of the poll, governance, jobs, migration, price rise, education are discussed enthusiastically
Voters stand in a queue to cast their vote. —PHOTO BY ANI
JDU MLC’S PRIMARY MEMBERSHIP
SUSPENDED FOR AIDING DAUGHTER
Patna: The Janta Dal-
United (JDU) has expelled
its Member of Legislative
Council (MLC) Dinesh
Prasad Singh with im-
mediate effect on the
charges of helping his
daughter and LJP candi-
date Komal Singh cam-
paign in Gaighat assembly
constituency of Muzaf-
farpur district. Dinesh
Prasad Singh, who is also
the husband of the LJP’s
Vaishali MP Veena Singh,
is facing charges of pres-
surizing JDU workers in
Gaighat constituency to
work for Komal Singh,
instead of JDU’s official
candidate Maheshwar
Prasad Yadav. The party,
in a letter, informed him
of his suspension from
the “primary membership
of the party.”
DRDO TESTFIRES ADVANCED
VERSION OF PINAKA ROCKETS
Balasore: An advanced version of the DRDO-
developed Pinaka rocket was successfully flight
tested from Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off
the coast of Odisha on Wednesday. A total of six
rockets were launched in series. “All the flight
articles were tracked by range instruments such as
telemetry, radar and Electro-Optical Tracking Sys-
tems which confirmed flight performance,” DRDO
officials said. The Enhanced version of Pinaka
rocket would replace the existing Pinaka Mk-I
rockets which are currently under production.
KERALA CABINET REVOKES
GENERAL CONSENT FOR CBI
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala, another non-BJP
ruled state, on Wednesday decided to revoke
general consent for CBI in the state. In the future,
CBI has to seek prior permission from the Kerala
Government for registering any case within
the state. Earlier on Monday, after the Central
investigative agencies started an investigation
into gold smuggling, Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan
for the first time hit hard against the probe agen-
cies alleging that they were acting beyond their
jurisdiction causing a threat to federal system.
CHHATTISGARH: NEW POLICY FOR
INVESTMENT IN STEEL SECTOR
Raipur: Chhattisgarh gov-
ernment introduced a new
industrial policy to provide
a special incentive package
for investment in ultra-
mega projects of sponge
iron and steel sector.
Region-wise subsidy limit
has been increased from
60% to 150% for indus-
tries of sponge iron and
steel sector and invest-
ment incentive of max Rs
500 crore (Rs 1,000 crore
for Bastar) will be valid.
The proposed units will
have to start production by
October 31, 2024, to avail
this. Likewise, financial
investment incentive will
be provided to those new
units, which have started
commercial production
after investing Rs 100 cr
in the permanent capital
investment fund.
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on
Wednesday expressed
dissatisfaction with
cases against legisla-
tors and lawmakers
remaining pending
before courts for long
periods of time across
the country.
A bench of the apex
court, headed by Jus-
tice NV Ramana, ex-
pressed discontent af-
ter being apprised by a
lawyer representing
the Calcutta High
Court that a case as
old as more than 35
years is pending
against a former legis-
lature in the state of
West Bengal.
The top court was
hearing a public inter-
est litigation, filed by
Bharatiya Janata Par-
ty (BJP) leader and
lawyer Ashwini Ku-
mar Upadhyay, seek-
ing orders for expedit-
ing criminal cases and
setting up special
courts to deal with
pending cases against
sitting and former
MPs and MLAs.
Earlier in Septem-
ber, the Supreme
Court had asked the
Chief Justices of High
Courts across the
country to head spe-
cial benches to hear
long-pending criminal
cases against sitting
and former lawmak-
ers. The order had
come after the top
court was informed
that over 4,400 crimi-
nal trials against sit-
ting and former law-
makers are pending
before courts. —ANI
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on
Wednesday deferred af-
ter Diwali vacation the
hearing on former BSF
constable Tej Bahadur’s
plea filed against the
election of Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
from Varanasi constitu-
ency in Uttar Pradesh.
A bench of the apex
court, headed by Chief
Justice of India (CJI)
Sharad Arvind Bobde,
deferred the hearing af-
ter allowing the Cen-
tre’s appeal for adjourn-
ing the case after Diwa-
li vacation. “We will
hear it after Diwali va-
cation,” the bench led
by CJI Bobde said.
Bahadur, who was
dismissed from service
after he released a video
in 2017 complaining
about the quality of
food served to soldiers,
had moved the plea
challenging the election
of PM Narendra Modi
from Varanasi constitu-
ency in the 2019 Lok
Sabha polls. —ANI
IN THE COURTYARD
SC upset by pending cases against MPs, MLAs
Ayodhya: Shri Ram
Janmabhoomi Teerth
Kshetra Trust has
sought suggestions and
ideas to develop a 70-
acre campus surround-
ing Ram Temple in Ayo-
dhya. While temple de-
sign, the main struc-
ture, being built in tra-
ditional Nagara style
has been designed by
specialist consultants,
it is for the facilities
surrounding the temple
for which Teerth Kshet-
ra Trust has sought
suggestions. This has
been done after the
trust members met and
deliberated on the pro-
gress of temple con-
struction in Ayodhya
earlier this week.
The trust has sought
suggestions and de-
signs from people on a
voluntary basis who
would like to be associ-
ated with the temple for
facilities like Pushkar-
ni, Yagya Mandapam,
Anushthan Mandapam,
Kalyan Mandapam and
for the celebration of
rituals like Ramjanmot-
sava, Hanuman Jayan-
ti, Ramcharcha, Sita
Vivaha. —ANI
New Delhi: Punjab
Chief Minister Ama-
rinder Singh on
Wednesday led a protest
of Congress ministers
and MLAs from the
state, at Jantar Mantar
here, to protest the Cen-
tre's "step-motherly
treatment" towards it
including the continued
suspension of Railway
goods trains and the
nonpayment of GST
dues to the state.
Launching a mission
to save farmers of Pun-
jab, the chief minister
said that he and other
state MLAs had sought
to meet President Ram
Nath Kovind to bring at-
tention to the challeng-
es Punjab was facing.
New Delhi: National
Green Tribunal expand-
ed ambit of hearing cas-
es on pollution by use of
firecrackersbeyondNCR
and issued notices to 18
statesandUnionTerrito-
ries. They sought re-
sponsefromAndhra,As-
sam, Bihar, Chandigarh,
Chhattisgarh, Gujarat,
HP, J&K, Jharkhand,
Karnataka, MP, Maha-
rashtra, Meghalaya, Na-
galand, TN, Telangana,
Uttarakhand and WB.
Araria: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi
on Wednesday termed
the Electronic Voting
Machine (EVM) as
Modi Voting Machine
(MVM).
Addressing a rally
here, Gandhi said no
matter what machine
it is, the "gathband-
han (Grand Alliance
of the Congress, RJD
and Left parties)" will
win this time as the
youth of Bihar is an-
gry with the present
National Democratic
Alliance government,
he claimed.
"EVM is not EVM,
but MVM -- Modi Vot-
ing Machine. But, this
time in Bihar, the
youth is angry. So be it
EVM or MVM, gath-
bandhan will win,"
Gandhi said.
Be EVM or Modi Voting Machine,
gathbandhan will win: RaGa
Patna: Bihar oppo-
sition's chief minis-
terial candidate,
Tejashwi Yadav, to-
day condemned the
hurling of onions at
Bihar Chief Minis-
ter Nitish Kumar in
Madhubani during
a public meeting,
saying there are oth-
er forms of protest
to be used in a de-
mocracy.
"I condemn the in-
cident. There are
other forms of pro-
test in a democracy
like voting. This in-
cident should not
have occurred. I
don't like this as we
fight on issues," Mr
Yadav said.
On Tuesday, On-
ions were thrown at
Nitish Kumar when
he was campaigning
in Madhubani for
the state election
ending Saturday.
The CM’s security
personnel formed a
shield around him
as he continued his
speech. —ANI
TEJASHWI YADAV CONDEMNS
ONION HURLING AT NITISH KUMAR
HELPED MIGRANT LABOURERS
Gandhi said that Congress helped migrant
labourers when the Centre and Bihar govern-
ments "committed atrocities" against them
during the COVID-19 lockdown. "When lakhs
of labourer brothers and sisters were forced
to walk back to their homes in Bihar and Uttar
Pradesh, the Modi and Nitish government
were committing atrocities on them," the
Congress leader tweeted in Hindi.
Bihar deserves
recognition for
voting amid
COVID-19: Yogi
Katihar: Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath on Wednes-
day said that the people
of Bihar deserve recog-
nition as they have
come out to vote in this
election amid the COV-
ID-19 pandemic.
“The people of Bihar
are worthy of recogni-
tion that they have
come out to vote in this
election amid the COV-
ID-19 pandemic. I have
come here to especially
appeal to you to exer-
cise your franchise in
the third phase of Bihar
Polls 2020,” he said.
“When the results of
Bihar election come on
November 10 then RJD
and Congress will be de-
feated. This election is
important for us be-
cause the country is
with PM Narendra
Modi to make India a
superpower. On the one
hand, there are people
who engage in nepo-
tism and corruption.
NDA is in front of you,”
he added. —ANI
Ram temple trust seeks designs
for museum, gurukul, gaushala
Singh protests Centre’s
'step motherly' behaviour
Firecracker case:
NGT notices to
18 states, UTs
Mumbai: A team of
cyber experts have
found over 1.5 lakh
Twitter accounts, al-
most 80 per cent of
which were suspi-
cious in nature as
they were majorly
making negative
tweets/retweets and
comments against the
Maharashtra govern-
ment and Mumbai Po-
lice, in connection
with actor Sushant
Singh Rajput’s death
case, said state police.
Many of the Twit-
ter accounts, used to
spread defamatory
contents over the so-
cial media platform
were bots, fake ac-
counts operated with
the help of bots, and
from different coun-
tries, the police in-
formed. Rajput was
found dead at his resi-
dence on June 14. —ANI
SSR DEATH CASE: OVER 1L SUSPICIOUS TWITTER ACCOUNTS FOUND
YES BANK CASE: BOMBAY HC REJECTS
BAIL PLEAS OF WADHAWANS
SC DEFERS AFTER
VACATION PLEA
AGAINST PM MODI
Mumbai: The Bom-
bay High Court on
Wednesday rejected
the bail pleas filed by
Kapil and Dheeraj
Wadhawan, promot-
ers of Dewan Hous-
ing Finance Ltd
(DHFL), in the Yes
Bank fraud case.
A single bench pre-
sided over by Justice
SV Kotwal had re-
served his order on
their bail pleas on
October 23. The Wad-
hawan brothers had
approached the high
court, seeking de-
fault bail, claiming
that CBI, the prose-
cuting agency in the
case, had not com-
plied with the proce-
dural requirements
under the Code of
Criminal Procedure
while filing the
chargesheet before
the special CBI court.
Senior advocate
Amit Desai, who ap-
peared for the Wad-
hawans, had argued
that CBI had not
complied with the
procedure under Sec-
tion 173 CrPC while
submitting its inves-
tigation report. —ANI

INDIAJAIPUR | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2020
New Delhi: The Union
Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare on
Wednesday informed
that the country’s recov-
ery rate reached 92.09
per cent while the case
fatality rate stands at
1.49 per cent.
53,357 patients have
recovered and dis-
charged in the last 24
hours,takingtheoverall
recoveries to 76,56,478,
according to the Union
Health Ministry’s re-
lease. 80 per cent of the
new recovered cases are
observed to be concen-
trated in 10 States and
Union Territories. Kera-
la is leading with more
than 8,000 single day re-
coveries followed by
Karnataka with more
than 7,000 recoveries.
OnWednesday,India’s
coronavirus tally
crossed 83-lakh mark af-
ter new 46,254 infections
were reported in the
past 24 hours. The coro-
navirus cases in the
country continue to de-
cline further but the
overall infections
reached 83,13,877 includ-
ing 5,33,787 active cases.
76 per cent of the new
confirmed cases are
from 10 States and UTs.
Kerala and Delhi have
contributed the maxi-
mum to the new cases
with more than 6,000
cases each, the ministry
said. 514 case fatalities
have been reported in
the past 24 hours.
New Delhi: Delhi CM
Arvind Kejriwal on
Wednesday said that
the recent surge in cor-
onavirus cases in the
national capital can be
called the “third wave”.
“There has been a
rise in COVID-19 cases.
We can call this the
third wave of COVID
cases here. From Sep-
tember-October, the
cases began to decline.
We are monitoring the
situation and will take
all necessary actions.
There is no dearth of
beds in the hospital and
medical infrastruc-
ture,” he said. The
Chief Minister’s re-
marks came while he
was in Hiranki village
to inspect the effective-
ness of the bio-decom-
posing process of con-
verting stubble to ferti-
lizer.
“In all farm fields in
Delhi, we sprinkled bio
decomposer chemical
by PUSA Institute on
October 13. Now today
all stubble converted
into fertilizer. Delhi has
given a solution for
stubble burning. I hope
this would be the last
year when we are toler-
ating air pollution,” Ke-
jriwal said.
“Farmers don’t want
to burn stubble. We will
also inform the Su-
preme Court about it.
The state governments
should also adopt this
solution. In Delhi, it
took only Rs 20 lakhs to
sprinkle this solution,”
he said. The Chief Min-
ister said that a deci-
sion regarding the use
and sale of firecrackers
will be taken soon.
New Delhi: In a slew of
new reforms related to
manpower in the armed
forces initiated by
Chief of Defence Staff
General Bipin Rawat,
the retirement age of
officers and jawans
from technical branch-
es is proposed to be in-
creased.
As part of the initia-
tives, the Department
of Military Affairs un-
der General Bipin Raw-
at has also proposed
that in order to retain
highly-skilled manpow-
er in the defence forces,
pension entitlements
of the officers taking
premature retirement
would be revised.
The proposal envis-
ages enhancing the re-
tirement age of Colo-
nels and equivalents in
Air Force and Navy to
57 from the existing 54.
Brigadiers and their
equivalents are now
proposed to retire at
the age of 58 from the
existing 56 and they
would get two addition-
al years. Major Gener-
als would retire at the
age of 59 from existing
58. The retirement age
of Lieutenant Generals
would remain at 60
only and has not been
touched.
The retirement age
for junior commis-
sioned officers and
jawans in logistics,
technical and medical
branch has been in-
creased to 57 years and
this would include the
EME, ASC and AOC
branches of the Indian
Army too.
As per the proposed
revision in pension for
personnel taking pre-
mature retirement,
men retiring after 20-25
years service would get
50 per cent of entitled
pension while it would
be 60 per cent for those
retiring after 25-30
years service.
Men retiring after 35
years service would be
entitled for their full
pension.Sources said
there would no revision
in pension entitlement
for personnel to retire
due to battle casualties
or medical reasons.
RECOVERY RATE OVER 92 PC,
CASE FATALITY RATE AT 1.49 PC
Third wave of
COVID-19 cases in
Delhi: Kejriwal
Military reforms: New pension
slabs, change in retirement age
60% PRE-COVID DOMESTIC FLIGHTS
New Delhi: The Union
Cabinet has approved
the signing of an MoU
between India and Is-
rael for cooperation in
the field of health and
medicine, according to
an official statement
issued on Wednesday.
The MoU covers areas
of cooperation such as
exchange and training
of medical doctors.
Ayodhya: Shri Ram
Janmabhoomi Teerth
Kshetra Trust has
sought suggestions and
ideas to develop a 70-
acre campus surround-
ing Ram Temple in Ayo-
dhya. While temple de-
sign, the main struc-
ture, being built in tra-
ditional Nagara style
has been designed by
specialist consultants,
it is for the facilities
surrounding the temple
for which Teerth Kshet-
ra Trust has sought sug-
gestions.
The trust has sought
suggestions and de-
signs from people on a
voluntary basis who
would like to be associ-
ated with the temple for
facilities like Pushkar-
ni, Yagya Mandapam.
New Delhi: Former
Punjab minister Navjot
Singh Sidhu on Wednes-
day alleged that by in-
troducing the new farm
legislation, the central
govt was undermining
federalism and sup-
pressing the voice of the
electedMLAsof Punjab.
Addressing a dharna
by CM Amarinder Sin-
gh and Congress MLAs
against the Centre’s
farm laws at Jantar
Mantar in the national
capital, he said people
of the state will not tol-
erate any attack on their
“pride and turbans”.
“Those who talk of
‘one nation, one market’
are trying to suppress
the voice of Punjab and
its chief minister. We
will not tolerate this.
What justice is this? You
are trying to suppress
the voice of elected
MLAs,” he said.
Sidhu said the central
farm laws were “an at-
tack on the federal
structure” and against
the Constitution of In-
dia. Terming the central
laws as “black laws”,
Navjot Singh Sidhu
claimed they are aimed
at helping only corpo-
rates and not the farm-
ers. “We will not let Am-
bani and Adani set foot
in Punjab and won’t let
anyonesnatchtherights
of farmers,” he said.
Ram temple trust seeks
designs for museum
‘Central govt
undermining
federalism’
MoU between
India and Israel on
health & medicine
REVIEW MEETING
IAS Dr Navneet Sehgal Additional Chief Secretary, MSME held a review meeting of ODOP
programme with Department Officers of Export Promotion and instructed them to promote
atleast one district and one product.
Arvind Kejriwal
A health worker collects a nasal sample from a man at the Sadar Bazar market in Delhi on Wednesday.
KAUN BANEGA ISRO CHAIRMAN ?
S. Somanath is an Indian aerospace engineer and
rocket technologist is seniormost person in the
Organisation. Insiders, however, rule out this pos-
sibility of his taking over the reigns of the ISRO.
IRS OFFICER TO JOIN NDMC
Kunal Kashyap, a 2008 batch IRS(C&CE) officer,
is all set to join North Delhi Municipal Corporation
(NDMC) on deputation basis for one year as Addl.
Dy. Commissioner. Presently he is posted in C & E
office in Mumbai.
TENURE OF SAROJ KUMAR SADANGI
AS CVO, COAL INDIA EXTENDED
The tenure of Saroj Kumar Sadangi as Chief Vigi-
lance Officer, Coal India Limited (CIL), Kolkata has
been extended for a period of one year upto July
31, 2022. He is a 1988 batch IRSS officer.
NP PANDEY GIVEN ADDITIONAL
CHARGE OF PED (ACCOUNTS), RB
NP Pandey, Additional Member (Budget), Railway
Board, has been assigned additional duty of
Principal Executive Director (Accounts), Railway
Board. He is an Indian Railway Accounts Service
(IRAS) officer.
D C PATWARI PROMOTED TO
PRCCIT GRADE
D C Patwari has been promoted to the grade of
Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (PrC-
CIT) on in-situ basis. He is an IRS-IT officer.
MRS SAROJ DESWAL PROMOTED
TO PRCCIT GRADE
Mrs Saroj Deswal has been promoted to the grade
of Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax
(PrCCIT) on in-situ basis. She is an IRS-IT officer.
FOUR IRS-IT OFFICERS GET NEW
POSTINGS
Nitin Gupta has been appointed as Pr. CCIT, Nag-
pur, while Ms Asha Agarwal was posted as Pr.
CCIT (NFAC), Delhi and Sanjay Kumar Bharti is
CIT (OSD) in the office of Pr. CCIT, Delhi Region.
Besides, Ms Shefali Singh has been appointed as
DCIT(OSD), TPL Division, CBDT.
R RAMAKRISHNAN EMPANELLED AS
JOINT SECRETARY IN GOI
R Ramakrishnan has been empanelled for holding
the Joint Secretary and equivalent posts in Gov-
ernment of India. He is a 1998 batch IAS officer of
Nagaland cadre.
MS MANISHA SINHA EMPANELLED
AS JOINT SECRETARY IN GOI
Ms Manisha Sinha has been empanelled for hold-
ing the Joint Secretary and equivalent posts in
Government of India. She is a 1992 batch officer
of Indian Postal Service.
MS DEEPIAK KACHHAL EMPANELLED
AS JOINT SECRETARY IN GOI
Ms Deepika Kachhal has been empanelled for
holding the Joint Secretary and equivalent posts
in Government of India. She is a 1994 batch IIS
officer.
MANJUNATH BHAJANTRI RETURNS
TO PARENT CADRE
Manjunath Bhajantri, Private Secretary to former
Minister of State for Railways, has been given
premature repatriation to his parent cadre. He is a
2011 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.
SATYENDRA GARG RETURNS
TO PARENT CADRE
Satyendra Garg, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home
Affairs (MHA), has returned to his parent cadre
on completion of central deputation. He is a 1987
batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.
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World watches...
“If the president makes
good on his threat to go
to court to try to pre-
vent the proper tabula-
tion of votes, we have
legal teams standing by
ready to deploy to resist
that effort.”
The outcome ap-
peared to hinge on the
results from six states
where a winner has not
yet been declared --
Georgia, Michigan, Ne-
vada, North Carolina,
Pennsylvania and Wis-
consin.
As of 9:00 am (1400
GMT), Biden had a slim
lead in Michigan, Neva-
da and Wisconsin while
Trump was ahead in
Georgia, North Caroli-
na and Pennsylvania.
But state election of-
ficials cautioned that
with tens of thousands
of ballots outstanding
in some states -- mil-
lions in others -- the rac-
es could shift.
The tight White
House race and recrim-
inations evoked memo-
ries of the 2000 election
between Republican
George W. Bush and
Democrat Al Gore.
The Bush vs Gore
race, which rested on a
handful of votes in
Florida, eventually end-
ed up in the Supreme
Court, which halted a
recount while Bush was
ahead.
A deluge of mail-in
ballots because of the
coronavirus pandemic
has slowed down the
vote count in some
states this year, several
of which only began
counting mail-in ballots
on Tuesday.
Michigan officials,
for example, said they
hoped to have all of the
votes counted by the
end of the day while in
Pennsylvania officials
said it could be several
more days.
“If everything keeps
up, we’ll have the total
results in the next cou-
ple of days,” Al
Schmidt, the City Com-
missioner of Philadel-
phia, the largest city in
Pennsylvania, told
CNN.
Republic TV...
showed Goswami being
forced into a police van.
Later, a fresh FIR was
registered by Mumbai
Police against Goswa-
mi, his wife, son and
two others for allegedly
assaulting a woman po-
lice official during his
arrest.
Meanwhile, News
Broadcasters Federa-
tion (NBF) wrote to
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi urging him to
take notice of harass-
ment of journalists by
the hands of local po-
lice.
In 2018, an architect
and his mother died by
suicide over alleged
non-payment of dues by
Goswami’s Republic TV,
a police official said.
In a release, Repub-
licTV said “Arnab
Goswami’s arrest in the
related suicide case has
been made as part of a
larger vindictive exer-
cise against an indepen-
dent journalist and an
independent news or-
ganisation.” The re-
lease said the “Anvay
Naik suicide case was
investigated and closed
by a court of law after a
closure report by the
police noted that no
case was made out in
April 2019.”
I&B ministry...
and addressing the
needs of the stakehold-
ers and make recom-
mendations for a ro-
bust, transparent and
accountable rating sys-
tem through changes,
if any, in the existing
guidelines.
The Centre’s move
comes following a row
over an alleged TRP
scam.
The Mumbai Police
recently claimed to
have busted the Televi-
sion Rating Points
(TRP) scam and arrest-
ed at least five people,
including news chan-
nel employees, in this
connection.
As the controversy
surrounding the al-
leged scam grew, the
Broadcast Audience
Research Council
(BARC), which pro-
vides TRP data, an-
nounced a temporary
suspension of weekly
ratings of news chan-
nels across languages.
CM-headed...
He directed that under
the project, the work of
proposed investment
areas in the state
should be speedily
planned and brought to
the ground.
The CM said that a
large part of the spe-
cial freight corridor to
be built under the Del-
hi-Mumbai Industrial
Corridor project would
pass through Rajas-
than.
In the first phase of
DMIC, the work of pro-
posed Khushkhe-
da-Bhiwadi-Neemrana
and Jodhpur-Pali-Mar-
war investment areas
in the state should be
expedited by setting
deadlines.
Industry minister
Parsadi Lal Meena,
chief secretary Niran-
jan Arya and other se-
nior officials were pres-
ent in the meeting.
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PC LAUNCHES E-CHALLAN MACHINE
People who wish to return to Jaipur on Diwali will have
to pay much higher fare as compared to normal days
Kashiram Chaudhary
Jaipur: Having suffered huge
financial losses due to the co-
rona pandemic, airlines have
increased air fares during Di-
wali season to make a good
business.
People who wish to return to
Jaipur on the occasion of Di-
wali will have to pay much
higher as compared to normal
days as the airlines have raised
the air fare by 3 times.
For the last 8 months, air-
lines have been facing troubles
on the economic front and find-
ing it difficult to survive due to
40 to 50 percent passenger load
in flights. Since the festival of
Diwali is soon approaching
when a large number of people
settled in other cities will travel
back home, the airlines have
started taking advantage of the
opportunity. Currently, 29
flights to 12 destinations are be-
ing operated from Jaipur daily.
A large number of people
from Rajasthan live in cit-
ies like Bangalore, Hy-
derabad, Mumbai,
Ahmedabad, Kolkata and
Pune and the airfare to reach
Jaipur from other major cities
on Diwali seems quite high.
Usually, most of the people
working in other cities return
home on Diwali and the num-
ber of trains is quite low this
year, therefore airlines have
increased the fare by 2-3 times.
The airfare seems to be low-
er for cities where the number
of flights is relatively high.
With 4 flights available from
Delhi to Jaipur, the fare is
from Rs 2200 to Rs 2500
rupees.
There are 5
flights available daily from Kol-
kata to Jaipur and the fare is
less. The air fare for travelling
to Jaipur from Kolkata is from
Rs 4551 to Rs 5917.
On the other hand, the fare
from Pune to Jaipur is more
than Rs 10,000.
NEWSJAIPUR | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2020
Airlines look to make hay from Diwali load
FARE FROM MUMBAI TO JAIPUR
ON DHANTERAS ON 13 NOVEMBER
 GoAir flight - Rs 9255
 SpiceJet- Rs 9361
 AirAsia - Rs 9781
 IndiGo - Rs 9781 i
 In normal days, the fare remains
in the range of Rs 3200 to Rs 3500.
FARE FROM BANGA-
LORE TO JAIPUR ON
13 NOVEMBER
 3 flights of IndiGo,
fare from Rs 8334 to
Rs 10113 rupees
 The fare remains
Rs. 4500 to Rs. 4800
in normal days
FARE FROM
HYDERABAD TO
JAIPUR ON 13
NOVEMBER
 AirAsia
flight- Rs. 7767
 IndiGo flight
– Rs 7767 to
Rs 11021
 The fare in
normal days
ranges from Rs
4200 to Rs 4500
FARE
FROM
PUNE TO
JAIPUR ON 13
NOVEMBER
 AirAsia
flight fare Rs.
10111
 (Rs. 4500
-4800 in nor-
mal days)
FARE FROM
CHENNAI TO
JAIPUR ON 13
NOVEMBER
 IndiGo flight
fare Rs 8512
 (Rs. 5000
to 5500 in
normal days)
FARE FROM
AHMEDABAD TO
JAIPUR ON 13
NOVEMBER
 GoAir flight Rs 8163
 (Rs. 2800 to 3200
in normal days)
All coop managers, asst managers
to get selection pay grade after the
service tenure of 9, 18 and 27 years
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: The co-opera-
tive department on the
instructions of CM
Ashok Gehlot took a big
and long-pending deci-
sion in favour of the
Managers and Assis-
tant Managers of the
cooperative committees
in the state.
Cooperative Minister
Uday Lal Anjana said
that now all the manag-
ersandassistantmanag-
ers will be able to get the
benefit of selection pay
grade after completing
the service tenure of 9,
18 and 27 years.
Anjana said that this
willmaketheworkingof
cooperative committees
better and the consum-
ers & farmers will be
able to get better servic-
es from them.
This big decision by
the Gehlot government
will benefit all the coop-
erative committees out
of 3000 odd active in the
state who are in regular
profit for the last 3 years,
have their accounts au-
dited regularly and are
in a profit after paying
the dividend to its mem-
bers. Cooperative Regis-
trar Muktanand Agraw-
al released the official
ordersdetailingtheeligi-
bility criteria of the
managers and assistant
managers who would be
able to benefit from the
selection pay grade.
Information Commissioner
Ashutosh’s tenure ends today
Nizam Kantaliya
Jaipur: The five-year
tenure of Information
Commissioner Ashu-
tosh Sharma, who
was officiating as the
Chief Information
Commissioner, will
end on Thursday.
Sharma, who had
joined as the Informa-
tion Commissioner in
November 2015, gave
several noted verdicts
and disposed of more
than 20,000 second ap-
peals during the five-
year tenure.
He penalized sever-
al officers who had
denied information
under RTI and also
gave directions in
many cases for mak-
ing information avail-
able to the public.
Among his major
decisions are appoint-
ments of Public Infor-
mation Officers in the
offices of ministers,
displaying the marks
of successful candi-
dates in the recruit-
ment examinations of
the State Public Ser-
vice Commission on
its website, reducing
the fees of RTI appli-
cations in the Ra-
jasthan High Court.
Sharma also took
the initiative of con-
ducting on the spot
hearing in districts,
startingwithJhalawar
while he also heard
casesrelatedtolifeand
liberty through What-
saApp during the co-
rona pandemic.
After Sharma, only
two Information Com-
missioners will be left
in the State Informa-
tion Commission.
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: The MD of Ra-
jasthan State Road
Transport Corporation
Rajeshwar Singh on
Wednesday inspected
Sindhi camp bus stand
and expressed displeas-
ure over the arrange-
ments there.
The MD questioned
what will be the situa-
tion of other bus stands
in the state when the
situation of the state
capital’s bus stand is so
poor. He issued strict
directions to officials to
improve the facilities at
the bus stand so that
passengers need not to
suffer.
The officer also in-
spected the newly con-
structed building and
said it will provide bet-
ter facilities to passen-
gers and revenue of the
department too would
increase.
Singh also raised
technical questions re-
lated to laying of CC
slabs and asked the of-
ficers of the engineer-
ing department of the
roadways to submit a
report on the quality of
works.
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Chief minister
Ashok Gehlot has ap-
proved increased cost to
complete the ambitious
Isarda dam drinking
water supply project in
Dausa and Sawai Mad-
hopur districts.
Gehlot had an-
nounced the scheme in
2019-20 budget for pro-
viding drinking water
to 5 towns and 1244 vil-
lages of Dausa and
Sawai Madhopur dis-
trict. The project cost
was Rs 3159 crore in
which drinking water
was to be supplied to
the population of these
villages and towns on
the basis of 40 liters per
person per day.
Later, the project cost
was increased by addi-
tional Rs. 899.12 crore
after the addition of 12
villages and one town
and the CM has now
given the approval for
this additional cost.
The CM also took a
sensitive decision to in-
crease the ex-gratia
amount payable to the
widows of retired per-
sonnel from Jodhpur
Contributory Provident
Fund. This will benefit
29 widows of the retired
personnel of the JCPF.
The widows will be paid
additional Rs. 917 per
month which will cost
Rs. 3.19 lakh on the state
exchequer every year.
Gehlot also cleared a
proposal of the finance
department to open a
new police circle office
in Simalwara in Dun-
garpur district.
He gave approval for
the creation of 7 posts
and for resources need-
ed for the function of
the office.
230 IRS officers including 19
principal chief commissioners,
chief commissioners shifted
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In a major re-
shuffle in customs and
central excise, 230 IRS
officers including 19
principal chief com-
missioners and chief
commissioners were
transferred.
The list of transfers
was issued by CBIC.
Surjeet Bhujbal will
be the chief commis-
sioners- customs Delhi.
137 Additional com-
missioners and joint
commissioners have
also been transferred.
Of them, 8 were
transferred in the state.
The officers are Nar-
esh Bundel, Babneet
Tuli, Hemant Hingonia,
Kuldeep Kumar Singh,
Naresh Kumar Saini,
Shashi Panwar, Basant
Garhwal and Mukesh
Kataria.
Bundel was trans-
ferred from Delhi to
Jaipur, while Tuli was
shifted to Jaipur from
Guwahati, Hemant Hin-
gonia and Kuldeep Ku-
mar Singh were shifted
to Jodhpur from Jaipur.
Naresh Kumar was
shifted from Jaipur to
Udaipur. The seats of
Shashi Panwar, Basant
Gargwal and Mukesh
Kataria were changed
in Jaipur.
74 deputy commis-
sioners and assistant
commissioners were
transferred but no of-
ficer of this rank in the
state was transferred.
Jaipur Police commissioner Anand Srivastava along with Additional Police Commissioner
Rahul Prakash inaugurating e-challan machine on Wednesday.
Ashutosh Sharma
Roadways MD not happy with
scheme of things at Sindhi Camp
Mumbai to take on Delhi
to book IPL final berth
Gehlot approves increased
cost for Isarda dam project
RSRTC MD Rajeshwar Singh inspecting facilities at Sindhi Camp.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
I-T officials
may get due
promotion
before Diwali
Vimal Kothari
Jaipur: Thelongwaitof
the Income-Tax depart-
ment employees and of-
ficers for their pending
promotionscouldwellbe
over before Diwali.
The Income-Tax de-
partment has taken ini-
tiative to do away with
hurdles in the depart-
mental promotions by
constituting a special
committee. The 3-mem-
ber committee will be
headed by PDIT (Investi-
gations) Rajeshwar Sin-
gh while Income Tax
Commissioner (Appeals)
Mukesh Verma and Dep-
uty Commissioner (HQ)
SushilKulhariwillbethe
members of the special
committee.Thiscommit-
tee will ensure coordina-
tion between I-T employ-
ees and the department
regarding the overdue
DPC.Thecommitteewill
haveaspecialfocusonall
the legal hurdles in pro-
motionof theemployees.
The Income Tax Em-
ployees Federation
(ITEF)haswelcomedthe
constitution of the spe-
cial committee. State
unit head of ITEF Rajen-
dra Kumar Meena said
that the committee
should decide on the
DPC before Diwali and
take the decision regard-
ing the promotions as
soon as possible.
Dubai: In the first
match of the IPL 2020
Playoffs, defending
champions Mumbai
Indians will take on
Delhi Capitals in Qual-
ifier 1 on Thursday–
the battle between the
top two sides of the
league stage.
We are finally done
with the lengthy league
stage of IPL 2020, those
56 matches producing
some mesmerizing per-
formances and nail-
biting thrillers. But
now, we have the battle
of the big boys.
the teams playing
the Qualifier 1 get two
bites of the cherry,
that is, they get two
chances to qualify for
the IPL Final. Mumbai
Indians and Delhi Cap-
itals will thus get two
opportunities.
The winner of this
Qualifier 1 goes
straight to the IPL 2020
Final which is slated
for Tuesday (Novem-
ber 10).
While the losing side
of this contest goes to
the Qualifier 2 – where
they await the winner
of the Eliminator 1 (to
be played between SRH
and RCB).

First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief secretary
Niranjan Arya on
Wednesday directed of-
ficials to ensure time-
bound implementation
of government schemes
and programmes.
Chairing a review
meeting of the agricul-
ture and horticulture
department, the chief
secretary asked the sen-
ior officials of the de-
partment to achieve the
revised targets in stipu-
lated time frame. He re-
viewed the progress
madeinvariousschemes
including the PM crop
insurance scheme.
He said that if there
are any obstacles, the of-
ficer should work to re-
move that. The CS also
reviewed the implemen-
tation of various budget
announcements.
Principal secretary
Kunjilal Meena and oth-
er senior officials of the
department were pre-
sent in the meeting.
Peace is a choice in our daily
lives, so many choose the daily
strife of intolerance for
inconsequential issues, much better to
accept and move on.
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Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: Two seniors
IAS officers bear the
burnt of ‘political in-
correctness’ while dis-
charging their duty
when the Uttar Pradesh
government suddenly
shifted them and put
them as awaiting post-
ing orders.
According to sources,
the two officers two sen-
ior IAS officers – Gur-
deep Singh and Rajeev
Sharma – had crucial
cases with utmost pri-
ority with the state gov-
ernment, but the han-
dling of those went
against the government
following which they
had to face the music
from the higherups in
the power corridors.
Revenue Board mem-
ber Gurdeep Singh gave
a decision in a hearing
against the Lucknow
district administration
which caused embar-
rassment to the govern-
ment.
In the hearing in Az-
mat v/s district admin-
istration, Singh can-
celled the order of evic-
tion given by the Naib
Tehsildar Judicial on
behalf of the district
administration saying
no official below the
rank of Tehsildar was
capable to issue such
order.
The matter in which
the Naib Tehsildar had
given the order was re-
lated to the demolition
of a dental college of
Azmat. The college was
demolished as it was
built on government
land.
Sources said that al-
though Singh’s decision
was correct but since
the issue was political,
the action on the officer
was expected. Singh is
going to retire soon.
Another IAS officer
Rajeev Sharma too was
put on the waiting list.
He had stayed the deci-
sion of the district ad-
ministration to declare
a land, on which the
house of Mukhtar An-
sari’s sons was demol-
ished, a government
land.
Due to this, Lucknow
Development Authority
was facing problems in
taking action on the
residence of MP Afzal
Ansari. Earlier, the
state government re-
moved LDA VC Shiva-
kant Dwivedi and put
him on the waiting list,
and the additional
charge was given to Ab-
hishek Prakash. Later,
FIRs against the wife of
Afzal Ansari was regis-
tered under serious
charges.
The moral of the sto-
ry is that these two of-
ficers failed to exercise
their sense of adminis-
trative propriety and
virtually became the
subject of the state gov-
ernment’s displeasure.
As an IAS officer, being
a part of state bureau-
cracy, the state govern-
ment expects some
‘moral support’ at least
in such critical matters
where the larger inter-
ests of the state govern-
ment are involved.
Meerut, Aligarh
civic chiefs shifted
Meanwhile, The post of
UP’s Meerut and Ali-
garh Municipal Com-
missioners were ac-
corded to direct IAS of-
ficers from promotee
IAS officers.
The development
took place after Munici-
pal commissioners of
Aligarh and Meerut
were transferred.
Aligarh Municipal
Commissioner IAS
Satya Prakash Patel
was shifted and made
Special Secretary at
Secretariat Adminis-
tration after apparently,
three BJP MLAs had
complained about IAS
Satya Prakash Patel to
the state government.
Now, IAS Prem Ranjan
Singh has become the
new Municipal Com-
missioner of Aligarh.
Singh is also VC of Ali-
garh Development Au-
thority.
On the other hand,
Meerut Municipal Com-
missioner IAS Dr
Arvind Chaurasia was
also removed on the ba-
sis of a complaint.
IAS Manish Bansal
became the new Munic-
ipal Commissioner of
Meerut. Before that
Bansal was CDO in Luc-
know for a period of
two years and six
months.
With this appoint-
ment, IAS Manish
Bansal wish to become
city commissioner be-
fore becoming DM came
true.
Two senior IAS officers face music for leaving govt red-faced !
Gurjarsrefusetobudge,IASleavingnostoneunturned
Agitatorsholddharnasin3dists,block
NH-148D;Chandnaappealstocallitoff
Maintaining law & order priority:
Lather takes charge as Raj DGP
CS: Achieve targets in
stipulated time frame
DIPR Commissioner Mahendra Soni congratulated newly
appointed CS Niranjan Arya and apprised him of the work being
done in the field of publicity by print, electronic and social media.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Gurjar commu-
nity leaders held dhar-
nas in Bhilwara, Bundi
andDausadistrictwhere
additional police force
has been deployed to
maintain law and order.
Sports minister Ashok
Chandna reached the
dharna site in Bundi’s
Hindoli and held talks
with the agitating lead-
ers over the 14-points
charter of demands of
the community.
Chandna briefed the
leaders about the state
government’s re-
sponse and informed
them about the gov-
ernment’s proposal.
He appealed to the com-
munity members, who
were sitting on dharna
near Diyalion National
Highway-148 D, to call
off the agitation follow-
ingwhich,theyliftedthe
dharna there. In Asind
area of Bhilwara, the
agitating community
people led by Ladulal
Gurjar blocked the same
highway. Deputy SP Ro-
hit Meena and other po-
lice officers kept a vigil.
The community
leaders also assembled
at Gangrawal Maha-
raj place in Hindoli
and later withdrew
the dharna after giv-
ing an ultimatum of
two days.
Tight security ar-
rangements at all the
placeshavebeenmadeto
maintain law and order
in the area.The commu-
nity members also
blocked Nagar-Alwar
road near Moraka toll
plaza, due to which Al-
war-Bharatpur mega
highway remained
blocked for nearly 20
minutes.SDMandpolice
officers reached the spot
and pacified the mem-
bers after which the
blockade was removed.
A Gurjar panchayat
took place in Dasua’s
Abhaneri in which the
prominent members
of the community
from nearby villages
reached. They decided
not to block the high-
way for three days.
Routes of 10 trains
have been changed due
to the disruption on
tracks in Kota division.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The newly ap-
pointed Director Gen-
eral of Rajasthan Police
ML Lather assumed the
charge on Wednesday.
The appointment
order was issued by
the department of
personnel on Tuesday
night and he took
charge at the state po-
lice headquarters
here on Wednesday.
After taking over, Lath-
er said that his priori-
ties will be on maintain-
ing law and order, curb
on cases against women
and underprivileged
people as well as cyber
crime.
Lather, who is the re-
cipient of President’s
Police Medal, Police
Medal and President’s
Police Medal for Gal-
lantry, is an IPS officer
of 1987-batch.
After Bhupendra Ya-
dav voluntarily retired
on October 14, Lather
was given additional
charge of the Director
General of Police of the
state and now he has
been appointed for two
years or till interim or-
ders of the government
(whichever is earlier).
His wife is a homemak-
er, son is a computer en-
gineer and daughter is
an IRS officer.
Lather has been SP in
Sirohi, Dausa, Dholpur,
KotaRural,Udaipurand
CID-CB. As DIG, he
served in BSF Barmer
and Bikaner and was
alsopostedinRAC,RPA.
Lather was ADG in
Police housing, CID-Civ-
il Rights and Law and
Order.HewasDG-Crime
prior to the appoint-
ment to the top post of
DGP. He also held a
meeting of senior of-
ficials in the PHQ.
Earlier, he was wel-
comed by senior offi-
cials including Bhu-
pendra Dak, Saurabh
Srivastava, Umesh
Mishra, Nina Singh,
Rajeev Sharma, Janga
Srinivas Rao, Sanjay
Agrawal, Anand Sriv-
astava etc.
Ashwani Yadav/
Deepak Lawania
Jaipur: All the admin-
istrative and manage-
ment skills of IAS
Neeraj K Pawan were
pressed into service
while he negotiated
with the Gurjar com-
munity agitators. The
fourth day of the Gur-
jar agitation started
with Neeraj K Pawan
sending RAS Ramlal
Gurjar along with a
draft of probable com-
promise to Col Kirodi
Singh Bainsla’s resi-
dence. Bainsla returned
the draft suggesting
changes in it and joined
the agitators on the rail-
way track in the after-
noon.
The trustworthy
Neeraj K Pawan was
also called there to con-
vey the intentions of
the state government to
the agitators sitting on
the railway tracks.
Meanwhile Col Bainsla
directed Neeraj K
Pawan to speak to Vijay
bainsla who in turn
asked Neeraj to con-
vince the unemployed
Gurjar youth sitting on
the railway tracks. With
a ‘never say die’ atti-
tude Neeraj K Pawan
initially heard the prob-
lems of the Gurjar
youth patiently on the
road itself but later
shifted to a room and
had meeting with the
young agitators of the
community. Pawan re-
turned to Jaipur after
attending an important
meeting in Hindaun at
SDM office in which Ka-
rauli collector Sidharth
Sihag, SP Mridul
Kachhawa RAS Ramlal
Gurjar along with some
other officers partici-
pated. While this meet-
ing was going on some
mails and updated data
regarding all the Gur-
jar beneficiaries of res-
ervation along with
their names and depart-
ments were called in
from Jaipur along with
names of persons to
benefit from cheques to
be distributed.
On the other side Col
Bainsla went back to
his residence after talk-
ing to the community
agitators for a while.
Bainsla seemed to be
pleased at the number
of community mem-
bers present at the agi-
tation site. He clearly
said that the agitation
will continue. Although
there is no deadlock in
the dialogue between
the Gurjar community
agitators and the state
government, the gov-
ernment itself seems to
be unclear about some
demands by the Gurjar
community. The chief
negotiator on behalf of
the state government
IAS Neeraj K Pawan
said that he would
speak to senior officers
in Jaipur and find out
ways to fulfill demands
of agitators.
Gurjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla with community members
stage protest demanding reservation in Bharatpur on Wednesday.
ML Lather assuming charge as DGP in presence of his family at
state police headquarters on Wednesday.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In a big ac-
tion on a five star
property the State
Goods and Services
Tax (SGST) depart-
ment recovered more
than Rs 1 crore pend-
ing on the account of
the due luxury tax
and the interest cal-
culated on it. SGST
Additional Commis-
sioner Mahesh Ku-
mar Choudhary con-
firmed the recovery
of Rs 1,05,92,412 from
5 star rated Hotel Ra-
jvilas situated on
Goner road of the city
in a case pursued by
Choudhary himself.
It is noteworthy that
AE SGST,, Jaipur
(Zone 3) had raided
Hotel Rajvilas on 25
June 2019 and had dis-
covered discrepan-
cies in the luxury tax
paid by the hotel for
the financial years
2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-
17 and 2017-18. The
hotel was ordered to
pay the due luxury
tax amount along
with applicable inter-
est on 17 August 2020.
The SGST depart-
ment was finally suc-
cessful in the recov-
ery of the whole due
amount with interest
on Wednesday.
SGST dept recovers `1cr pending
revenue from Hotel Rajvilas
Gurdeep Singh Rajeev Sharma
Neeraj K Pawan with Col Kirodi Singh Bainsla.
COVID-19
UPDATE
RAJASTHAN
1,945
DEATHS
2,03,990
CONFIRMED CASES
GUJARAT
3,740 DEATHS 1,76,608 CASES
DELHI
6,703 DEATHS 4,09,938 CASES
WORLD
1,225,309
DEATHS
4,81,73,631
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
83,59,702
CONFIRMED CASES
1,24,276
DEATHS
MAHARASHTRA
44,548 DEATHS 16,98,198 CASES
TAMIL NADU
11,244 DEATHS 7,34,429 CASES
KARNATAKA
11,281 DEATHS 8,35,773 CASES
—PHOTOBYANI
—PHOTOBYSUMANSARKAR

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City First wishes Virat
Kohli a very happy
birthday as he turns
32 today. Its been a
joy to watch the
journey, the way this
cricketer has turned
himself from an
enthusiast to a lover
of this sport, the
mature and sincerely
dedicated person is
visible even in the
way he reacts to the
knicks of cricket!
FORFORFOR
Virat the Run Machine
Kohli, like many of us
have heard this chant
from the commentary
box of every stadium
that has witnessed the
masterclass of King
Kohli. At every venue he played
in the country or overseas, each
and every inning has turned the
heads. If he did not perform as a
batsman, he has contributed as
a fielder and if he hasn’t contrib-
uted in any of this, then he
shows his class as the skipper,
making the innings worth
watching for the audience. The
Delhi born cricketer has gained
all the international attention in
past few years, making it to the
pinnacle of almost everything.
Just an ordinary boy who loves
cricket, the Virat Kohli show be-
gan when he knocked the doors
of success in his
domestic career
which took him
right upto the
U-19 World Cup
Trophy in 2008.
Therehasbeennostoppingsince
then, the way this cricketer has
turned himself from an enthusi-
ast to a lover of this sport, the
mature and sincerely dedicated
person is visible even in the way
he reacts to the knicks of cricket.
Every milestone he has imag-
ined, he has achieved and now
India awaits and looks forward
to King Kohli’s mega show in up-
coming World Cup Trophies. As
Virat has already raised the bars
of fitness in the squad, the team
looks pretty well pumped for the
coming season.
GAJRAJ SINGH BHATI
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LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Adhering to a fixed routine
promises to keep you fit.
You will find your initiatives
at work bringing positive
results. Previous investments are
likely to give you excellent returns.
Domestic chores can burden some,
but it will only be a temporary phase.
You are likely to shine like a star.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Newlyweds can expect a
time of their lives, as love
overwhelms them.
Religious minded people
must procrastinate any plans for
pilgrimage for safety sake . Renting
out property at an excellent
remuneration is foreseen for some
house owners.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Take care of the elders in
the house in terms of covid
precautions. You will
manage to make efforts to
regain lost ground on the
professional or academic front.
Those in love will have a reason to
smile. A favourable day is foreseen
for those in financial doldrums.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Outstanding progress
foreseen for those who are
giving their all to make a
business turn profitable.
Some of you can shift to a better
accommodation. You are likely to
achieve your goal on the academic
front. Mutual attraction promises to
start a budding romance.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Making money on the side
is possible for those in full
time jobs. Exceptional
earning is foreseen today
for some professionals. Improve-
ment in the condition of those unwell
is possible. Homemakers may be
tempted to buy an appliance that they
wanted to buy for a long time.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Today profits in a deal may
not be as good as you
anticipated but tomorrow
will be different in a good
way. You will find a great opportunity
coming your way on the professional
front. Plans for home improvement
may be put into action. House owners
can expect good rent for premises.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
A new path will open up for
those who want to embark
on a long spiritual journey .
Don’t be hasty in a
property deal. Someone will project
your image on the social front. Love
and concern of spouse will be most
touching. A delayed payment may
finally be realised.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
You will get a chance to try
something that you weren’t
able to because of wrong
circumstances. You will
need to be more thorough on the
academic front as its critical, if you
wish to fare well. You may find lover
in mood today, so plan something
exclusive together.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Travel business owners
may decide to try their
hand at something new.
Shifting to a new location
is indicated for some. You will need
to manage time well on the academic
front. A love triangle threatens to put
some in an awkward situation.
Money will not pose much problem.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Professionals are likely to
earn well and add to their
list of clients. Good profits
are foreseen for those in
business. Health remains good, as
you manage to regulate your diet
well. Your initiative on the romantic
front will not go in vain, as positive
response is in the pipeline.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
You are likely to make
money by showing your
financial acumen. Those
feeling under the cloud
may find a home cure better than
prescription medicines. A solid
breakthrough on the business front
can be expected by some. An
interesting guest is likely to come.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Practitioners of yoga and
meditation can derive
immense health benefits.
Pending major tasks are
likely to be initiated soon on the
home. Travel only if you need to.
Shifting residence to a new location
is possible. A satisfactory perfor-
mance on the academic front is likely.
YOUR
DAYHoroscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
ootprints on The
Sand’, the fasci-
nating autobiog-
raphy of Rajeeva
Ratna Shah, for-
mer Member Sec-
retary of the
Planning Commission and
the most remarkable civil
servant of his era, was the
central point of the virtu-
al conversation between
three brilliant bureau-
crats today at the Lal Ba-
hadur Shastri National
Academy of Administra-
tion, Mussoorie. The au-
thor himself, along with
Sanjeev Chopra IAS, Di-
rector of the Academy and
Amitabh Kant IAS, CEO
of NITI Aayog discussed
at length the interesting
and diverse career of a
civil servant and the chal-
lenges and opportunities
that greet him or her in
that journey.
The autobiography
which was launched by
none other than the for-
mer President Pranab
Mukherjee and the former
Union Minister Dr Karan
Singh stands apart from
the other autobiographies
by civil servants in that it
is a unique mixture of
passion, expertise and
knowledge written
straightforwardly without
any pretenses. Several
milestones in the life of
Rajeeva Ratna Shah finds
mention in the book in-
cluding authoring UID,
which has now become the
world’s largest biometric
based unique ID pro-
gramme. National e-Gov-
ernance programme,
bringing private FM
Channels for broadcasting
in India, establishment of
several institutions such
as National School of
Smart Governance, CERT-
IN etc are other interest-
ing episodes that makes
the book a truly enriching
read.
The conversation was
steered by interesting
questions by Amitabh
Kant and Sanjeev Chopra
to the author, which went
beyond the realms of the
book and made for an ab-
solutely intellectually
stimulating discussion.
The audience of more
than 200 officer trainees at
the academy were treated
to a delightful expose on
the life that awaits them
and also wise words of
wisdom that is the product
of the long experience of
the three eminent experi-
enced bureaucrats. The
trio highlighted the im-
portance of never reduc-
ing oneself to being mere
yes men but to make ser-
vice the true essence of
one’s work. There are no
shortcuts to success and
even at seemingly glam-
ourless or overlooked plac-
es opportunities to excel
could be found hidden.
The experience of Kant
who shaped Kerala Tour-
ism to what it is today, a
globally acclaimed model
with the famous tagline
God’s Own Country, was
cited as a case in point.
Rajeeva Ratna Shah ad-
vised the new civil serv-
ants to never let go off
their righteousness and
forthrightness. The blend
of theology and moderni-
ty that one can find in his
autobiography was also
brought into the conversa-
tion when he highlighted
the importance of ethics
and values in one’s day to
day life while tracing his
own journey from the
humble city of Varanasi
in northern India to one
of the largest cosmopoli-
tan cities of the world-
New York. The conversa-
tion highlighted that find-
ing the courage to speak
the truth and the convic-
tion to stand unwavering-
ly by it is crucial for hav-
ing a meaningful journey
be it personal or profes-
sional.
Before the conversation
closed the audience were
allowed to have a much-
awaited question and an-
swer session. Despite the
paucity of time the trio
patiently engaged with
not only the officer train-
ees but also several others
from diverse backgrounds.
How to take forward the
national agenda of Sabka
Sath Sabka Vikas, the
question of lateral entry
to the bureaucracy, Dosto-
evsky and literature, NITI
Ayog’s role and impact on
value chain and social re-
turns, the culture shock
upon shifting to New York
from Varanasi, the art of
finding that subtle bal-
ance between honesty and
political correctness as a
writer were all addressed
in the Q&A session.
The conversation be-
tween the three brilliant
minds, both endearing
and enriching at the same
time made an otherwise
unremarkable Sunday af-
ternoon a memorable ex-
perience for the new re-
cruits to the service. The
trio, all mentor figures
and role models for the of-
ficer trainees through fa-
miliarizing them with
‘Footprints on the Sand’,
has positively left lasting
footprints in the minds of
the young officers.
A CONFLUENCE OF
BRILLIANCE
ANU JOSHY
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
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