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JAIPUR l TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2020 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764 l Vol 2 l Issue No. 121
RAHUL CLAIMS MODI
‘FINISHING’ FARMERS,
LABOURERS WITH 3 LAWS P6
IN FRESH FIR, UP POLICE
CLAIMS ‘INT’L PLOT’ TO
DEFAME YOGI GOVT
OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR & AHMEDABAD
P5
Jan Andolan having good effect among people: CM
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Despite being
unwell for the past few
days and suffering
from fever, Chief Min-
ister Ashok Gehlot
took out time on Mon-
day to review the Jan
Adnolan being run by
the state government to
counter the spurt in co-
rona infection.
Gehlot has said that
the intention with
which the State Govern-
ment has started the
‘Jan Andolan Against
Corona’ and ‘No Mask,
No Entry’ campaign is
resulting in a good ef-
fect among the people of
the state as along with
the protocol of wearing
masks and keeping
proper distance, people
are also cooperating ex-
tensively in the task of
distributing masks.
He directed that the
masks being distribut-
ed during the campaign
should be of quality, so
that the purpose of pre-
venting infection can be
fulfilled. Gehlot was re-
viewing the condition
of corona infection and
Jan Andolan at CMR on
Monday. “This move-
ment was conceived to
reduce the number of
infections due to the in-
creasing number of co-
rona infected and to
ensure health Turn on P6
CM Ashok Gehlot, Dr Raghu Sharma, Subhash Garg, Rajeeva Swarup, Kuldeep Ranka Abhay Kumar
among others during corona review meeting at CMR on Monday.
l Masks being distributed during the
campaign should be of quality, so that
the purpose of preventing infection can
be fulfilled, Gehlot instructed
l Expert doctors demand limiting use
of firecrackers this festive season as
excess pollution can cause trouble to
recovered Covid-19 patients
CORONA REVIEW MEETING
2 CRPF men
martyred, 3
hurt in militant
attack in J&K
Srinagar: Twomotorcy-
cle-borne Lashkar-e-Toi-
ba (LeT) militants
opened indiscriminate
fire on a security forces
party in Nowgam area
of the city here on Mon-
day, killing two CRPF
personnel and injuring
three others, police said.
The injured include
an assistant sub-inspec-
tor of the Central Re-
serve Police Force
(CRPF), they said.
Militants fired upon
a security forces party
near Kandizal Bridge in
Nowgam, Srinagar this
afternoon, a police offi-
cial said.
He said five CRPF
personnel, including an
ASI, were injured in the
firing.
Theinjuredpersonnel
weretakentotheArmy’s
92 base hospital, where
the doctors declared two
of them -- Constables
Shalinder Pratap Singh
andDevndraKumarTri-
pathi--broughtdead,the
official said. Turn on P6
Rahul Gandhi
may visit
Rajasthan
soon
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: On CM
Ashok Gehlot’s invita-
tion, Rahul Gandhi has
reportedly given an ‘in-
principle’ approval of
consent to his likely one
day Rajasthan visit to
attend a massive farm-
er’s rally on the pattern
of Punjab and Haryana.
The choice of the
venue of the rally has
been left to Gehlot,
whereas the exact date
and timings of Rahul’s
Rajasthan rally will be
shortly conveyed to the
Chief Minister by Ra-
hul’s office in a day or
two. This move is likely
to further strengthen
the position of Gehlot
in the relevant power
circles in Jaipur and
New Delhi.
PollsduringCorona!Neededextravigilas
worldwillwatchBiharkeenly:Arora
Dr Anita
New Delhi: The Elec-
tion Commission of In-
dia organised a briefing
meeting for observers,
to be deployed for the
forthcoming Bihar As-
sembly Elections and
also by-elections across
the states. This meeting
was uniquely posi-
tioned as a blend of vir-
tual and physical gath-
ering with more than
700 General, Police and
Expenditure Observers
joining virtually from
119 locations across the
country and about 40
Observers posted in
Delhi joining in person.
Speaking to Observ-
ers, Chief Election
Commissioner Sunil
Arora gave a global per-
spective on impact of
Covid on election sched-
ules around the world
and detailed delibera-
tion and assessments
done by ECI before tak-
ing decision to conduct
elections in Bihar.
He underscored the
needtobeextracarefulas
this election will be keen-
ly watched by the world
community being the
largest election in the
world to be held amid the
pandemic. He reiterated
ECI’scommitmenttocon-
duct an election that is
free, fair, transparent,
ethical and also Covid
Safe. He stated that the
strength of a democracy
restsinitsprimarystake-
holder- the voter. All ef-
forts must be made to in-
stil confidence in the vot-
er to come to the polling
station on election day to
cast her/his vote safely
and freely. Turn on P6
CEC Sunil Arora
Stockholm: British
scientist Michael
Houghton and Amer-
ican scientists Har-
vey J Alter & Charles
M Rice were on Mon-
day jointly awarded
the 2020 Nobel Prize
in Medicine. They
were awarded “for
the discovery of Hep-
atitis C virus.”
3 WIN NOBEL PRIZE IN MEDICINE FOR
DISCOVERY OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS
Harvey J Alter Michael Houghton Charles M Rice
Hyderabad: The rul-
ing YSR Congress in
Andhra Pradesh was
open to a dialogue on
joining the NDA at the
Centre if the special
category status to the
state was accorded and
all promises made in
the AP Reorganisation
Act are fulfilled, senior
YSRCP leader and
Chief Whip in the As-
sembly G Srikanth Red-
dy said on Monday.
His comments came
on a day when CM YS
Jagan Mohan Reddy left
for New Delhi to par-
ticipate in Apex Coun-
cil meeting on water is-
sues on Tuesday and is
also scheduled to meet
PM Narendra Modi.
Srikanth said they were
open for a discussion on
joining NDA if Centre
fulfilled all promises
made in the Andhra
PradeshReorganisation
Act & accords Special
Category Status which
were promised by dur-
ing state’s bifurcation to
carve out Telangana.
—PTI
YSRC open to talks to join NDA
if promises kept: Senior leader
Andhra CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy
JAGAN TO MEET MODI TODAY
New Delhi: The YSR Congress Party chief and
Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan
Reddy is set to meet Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on Tuesday, sparking buzz that the party
from Andhra Pradesh could join the Bharatiya
Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance.
Speculation has been gaining ground that such a
move is in the offing. Just last week, Shiromani
Akali Dal, NDA’s oldest ally, junked the alliance
over its opposition to the controversial farm bills.
Last year, it was the Shiv Sena, who jumped ship
over the issue of chief ministership in Maharash-
tra. Jagan Reddy left for New Delhi on Monday
evening and is scheduled to meet Prime Minister
Narendra Modi at 10.30 am on Tuesday. “The
Prime Minister is likely to invite the YSRCP into
the NDA to strengthen his hands,” the party
leader said. —Agemcies
India’s edu back on track after Oct 15
SCHOOL CHALE HUM!
Kavita Pant
New Delhi: Union
Education Ministry on
Monday issued guide-
lines for reopening of
schools after October
15 during Unlocked 5
phase. The guidelines
have been issued in ac-
cordance with Depart-
ment of School Educa-
tion and Literacy.
Aspertheguidelines,
schools and coaching
institutionscanopenin
a graded manner after
October 15. However,
thedecisiononwhether
to reopen educational
institutions with States
and UTs.
However, the Ra-
jasthan government
hasdecidedtocontinue
thesuspensionof regu-
lar classes at schools,
colleges, educational
andcoachinginstitutes
till October 31 in the
wake of the rising Cov-
id-19 cases. State gov-
ernment has, however,
allowed 50% teachers
and non-teaching staff
to be called to schools.
Meanwhile, Educa-
tion Ministry has said
that States/UTs may
adopt or adapt the SoP
as per local context
and requirements and
may take a decision in
respect of the reopen-
ing of schools and
coaching Turn on P6
Schools told to follow NCERT’s
alternative academic calendar as
session is delayed due to lockdown z No assessment up
to 2-3 weeks of school
reopening.
z Schools should
arrange for thorough
cleaning & disinfecting
of all areas in campus
and ensure air flow in
indoor space.
z Will have to form
task teams like emer-
gency care support,
hygiene inspection,
general support teams
with responsibilities.
z Schools may make
their own SOPs.
z Physical distancing
to be ensured, by keep-
ing a minimum 6 feet
gap, while planning the
seating, plan staggering
entry and exit timings.
z Wearing of mask
during the class.
z Maintaining hand
hygiene and respiratory
etiquette and screening
before entry into the
school. Students to at-
tend only with the writ-
ten consent of parents.
z Ensure availability of
a full-time trained health
care attendant/nurse/
doctor.
z Flexible attendance
and sick leave policies
for both students and
staff & students may
opt for online classes.
EDUCATION MINISTRY’S SOPs
New Delhi: The Centre
and states on Monday
could not reach any
consensus on the issue
of borrowing to make
up for compensation
shortfall at the 42nd
Goods and Services Tax
(GST) Council meet, ac-
cording to sources. GST
council has decided to
meet again on Oct 12.
“10 states demand
that full compensation
should be paid to the
states during the cur-
rent year as per clauses
in the law and centre
should borrow. Deci-
sion was postponed to
the next meeting on
12th of October,” Kerala
finance minister Thom-
as Isaac said.
“This year’s compen-
sation cess collected
amounting to `20,000
crores will be disbursed
to the states tonight,”
finance minister Nir-
mala Sitharaman said.
“GST Council has also
decided to extend com-
pensation cess beyond
June 2022,” the finance
minister added.
Turn on P6
No consensus on
compensation, next
meet on October 12
FM: This year’s compensation cess
of `20K cr, to be disbursed to states
GST COUNCIL MEETING
Nirmala Sitharaman

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Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
Cricket Association
(RCA) governing coun-
cil completed its one
year in office under the
leadership of its presi-
dent Vaibhav Gehlot,
son of Rajasthan CM
Ashok Gehlot.
The year remained
uneventful largely due
to coronavirus crisis
but Gehlot has to his
credit the agreement
with the state govern-
ment for allotment of
land for a cricket stadi-
um and allotment of
budget for the renova-
tion of Barkatullah sta-
dium in Jodhpur. Ge-
hlot was on October 4
last year elected as pres-
ident of RCA as his
panel swept all six posts
in a tension-ridden elec-
tion. There have been
no major disputes
among the governing
council members dur-
ing the past year but the
cricket matches also
could not happen due to
the coronavirus crisis.
The sports enthusiasts
hope of hosting IPL and
international matches
in Rajasthan in the next
year. “We will soon get
land for RCA’s own sta-
dium, which has been
possible due to efforts
of Vaibhav Gehlot. We
will organise domestic
cricket in the state as
soon as the BCCI guide-
lines are released. For
the next two years, we
will take Rajasthan
cricket to the heights,”
said RCA secretary Ma-
hendra Sharma. The
general meeting of the
RCA is likely to be held
the next month for
which the office bearers
have started prepara-
tions, said the official
sources. The meeting
date would be fixed in a
day or two and finalised
by the RCA president.
An uneventful year of RCA, hopes from the next one
PANDEMIC IMPACT ON CRIC

On Oct 4 last
year, Gehlot was
elected as RCA
prez as panel
swept six posts
in tension-
ridden election,
it remained
uneventful due
to pandemic
GandhigirioverHathrasrape!
CONG HOLDS MAUN SATYAGRAH
JEE Adv: Raj’s Kanishka tops among girls
‘Compensation should be
given to the state for loss’
Centralteamtovisitillegal
mining affected areas
‘UP CM Yogi is acting like North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’, says Chief whip Joshi
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: As the opposi-
tion Bharatiya Janta
Party (BJP) held pro-
tests against the Ra-
jasthan government on
Monday, the ruling Con-
gress resorted to gan-
dhigiri by holding a two
hours maun satyagrah
(silent demonstration)
in the light of Hathras
gang rape incident.
The Congress leaders
comparedUttarPradesh
Chief Minister Yogi
Adiyanath with North
Korean leader Kim
Jong-un over the gang-
rape-cum-murder of a
19-year-old girl and her
hurried cremation in
UP’s Hathras district.
Senior Congress lead-
er and Chief whip Ma-
hesh Joshi made the
comparison during the
protest at Shahid Sa-
marak even as the op-
position BJP staged a
‘Halla Bol’ protest alleg-
ing deteriorating law
and order, rise in the
number of rapes and
atrocities against fe-
males and dalits in Ra-
jasthan.
“UP CM Yogi Adity-
anath is acting like
North Korea’s dictator
Kim Jong-un. The vic-
tim’s family is being
suppressed and such
things have never hap-
pened in the country’s
history. We have no
hopes from the UP po-
lice. The way they are
working cannot be
trusted,” Joshi told the
media after the protest
was over.
Joshi said the BJP
has no moral right to
raise questions. They
should demonstrate to
get justice for the Hath-
ras victim and against
the Yogi government
instead, he said.
When asked about
the crowd despite sec-
tion 144 of CrPC and
violation of social dis-
tancing during the pro-
test, Joshi said that all
efforts were made to
maintain social dis-
tancing.
Industry Minister
Parsadi Lal Meena said
probably no govern-
ment in history com-
mitted such a crime.
State Congress chief
Govind Singh Dotasra
led the silent demon-
stration in Sikar. He
said that the Congress
party would fight for
justice to the victim’s
family.
Bharat Dixit
Jaipur: Pune boy Chi-
rag Falor on Monday
bagged the top rank in
the Joint Entrance
Exam (JEE)-Advanced
with a score of 352 out
of 396 marks.
In total, 1.6 lakh stu-
dents had registered for
the exam and 1.5 lakh
appeared for it. Over
43,000 candidates, in-
cluding 6,707 girls, have
cleared the exam.
Vijayawada’s Gangula
Bhuvan Reddy and Bi-
har’s Vaibhav Raj
bagged the second and
third rank respectively.
Kanishka Mittal, who
bagged the 17th rank, is
the topper among girls.
She scored 315 out of
396 marks, highest in
the girls’ category. She
is also the topper of IIT
Roorkee zone.
Gangula Bhuvan
Reddy begged second
position, Vaibhav Raj
was on 3rd position, 4th
rank was secured by R
Muhendra Raj while
Keshav Agrawal was on
5th rank, Hardik Rajpal
on 6th rank, Vedang
Dhirendra secured 7th
position.
“I congratulate stu-
dents of #JEEAd-
vanced and request
them to work for #At-
maNirbharBharat in
future. Plenty of oppor-
tunities are available
for students who
couldn’t get their de-
sired rank. An exam
cannot define them,”
Ramesh Pokhriyal said.
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: Rajasthan
raised the issue of GST
compensation of Rs.
8765 crore in 42nd meet-
ing of GST council on
Monday, which was at-
tended virtually by
UDH minister Shanti
Dhariwal.
Dhariwal said that
the state’s GST compen-
sation of Rs. 8765.06
crore from 2017-18 to 30
September is pending
with the centre and the
amount should be re-
leased.
He said that in the
37th meeting of the
Council, a revival of 14
percent revenue growth
was considered the
norm for GST compen-
sation, which was re-
jected by all states.
Then in the 41st meet-
ing, the Center arbitrar-
ily presented two op-
tions based on the At-
torney General’s opin-
ion and a period of 10
days was given to
choose one option but
consensus was not
reached but on choos-
ing one option but the
centre warned for not
releasing the compen-
sation amount on not
choosing one option
which, he said, was un-
fair in democracy.
Theministersaidthat
legal provisions should
be made to remove con-
tradictions until a con-
sensus is formed.
He said that there has
been an arrangement
for compensation from
the Centre for 5 years
but GDP is declining
since 2019-20. Dhariwal
said that compensation
should be given to the
state governments for
loss of revenue due to
uncertainty.
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: A central em-
powered committee will
visit sand mining af-
fected areas in Ra-
jasthan next week. Ille-
gal sand mining in Ra-
jasthan increased after
SC imposed a ban on
sand mining in the state
on November 17, 2017.
The prices of bajri in-
creased from Rs. 20 per
feet to Rs. 70-100 per feet.
The illegal mining
could not be curbed de-
spite attempts by gov-
ernment following
which Bajri Truck Op-
erators Welfare Society
president Navin Shar-
ma filed a contempt pe-
tition in SC. ACS mines
Subodh Agarwal, mines
department director
Kunjbihari Pandya,
representatives of
Dastak NGO and Navin
Sharma took part in
VC. Department admit-
ted that transportation
of illegally mined sand
could not be curbed.
Yesterday the com-
mittee decided to con-
duct a visit for verifica-
tion in all areas where
illegal sand mining ac-
tivities are happening.
Congress leaders Mahesh Joshi, Parsadi Lal Meena, Mamta Bhupesh, Ganga Devi, Indraj Gurjar,
Krishna Poonia, Manoj Mudgal, Archana Sharma and others stage ‘Maun Satyagraha’ on the incident
of gang rape in Hathras. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
JEE Advanced results bring cheer to Vaibhav Raj, R Muhendra Raj,
Kanishka Mittal, Lakshya Gupta and Sindhuja Gutta.
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: The state
Bharatiya Janta Par-
ty (BJP) on Monday
held protests at all dis-
trict headquarters al-
leging deteriorating
law and order, rise in
the number of rapes
and atrocities against
females and dalits.
The party leaders
said that the protest,
termed as Halla Bol,
were held to wake up
the Ashok Gehlot gov-
ernment from its
slumber. State BJP
president Satish Poo-
nia, who recently re-
covered from corona
infection, led a protest
march in Jaipur from
the party headquar-
ters to Civil Lines rail-
way crossing. Poonia
and other party lead-
ers courted arrest and
were taken to Ashok
Nagar police station
from where they were
released later.
A large number of
the party leaders and
workers attended the
protest and social dis-
tancing norms were
openly flouted. “The
state government has
been sleeping for 20
months and we had
hold Halla Bol protest
to wake up the gov-
ernment. The crime
rate is increasing in
the state and the law
and order situation
has deteriorated,”
Poonia said. He said
Rajasthan has become
the crime capital of
the country. “In the
last 20 months, 4.35
lakh FIRs were regis-
tered of which 11,200
are crimes against
women,” he said.
BJP MLA Kalich-
aran Saraf said Chief
Minister Ashok Ge-
hlot, who looks after
the home department,
has failed to keep the
crime under control.
Former state presi-
dent Arun Chaturve-
di, state vice presi-
dent Ajaypal Singh,
chief spokesperson
Ramlal Sharma, Al-
war MP Baba Balak
Nath and other lead-
ers attended the pro-
test. Similar protests
were held at all dis-
trict headquarters
and letters were hand-
ed over to district col-
lectors.
Deputy leader of
opposition Rajendra
Rathore said in Churu
that criminals from
other states come, ex-
ecute crime and leave.
HALLABOL:RajBJP
leaderscourtarrest
Satish Poonia alongwith Ramlal Sharma, Mahant Balaknath and other leaders protest against
increasing rape and crimes in the state on Monday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
PPP
LEADERS FLOUT COVID-19 NORMS
First India Bureau
Jaipur. A committee of
senior doctors has en-
dorsed a report pre-
pared by experts of
SMS medical college,
Jaipur regarding not
firing of crackers on
the occasion of Diwali
and its effects on Cov-
id-19 patients.
The Rajasthan Hu-
man Rights Commis-
sion had on Sunday di-
rected the state govern-
ment to protect the en-
vironment from the
pollution caused by
firecrackers on Diwali.
The single bench of
Justice Mahesh Chand
Sharma, acting chair-
person of the RHRC,
issued the direction
while taking cogni-
sance of media re-
ports regarding pollu-
tion due to crackers
hazardous for Covid-
19 patients.
In the report, the
committee has cited
various scientific re-
search publications and
observations.
The RHRC has sought
a report by October 12.
‘Lighting crackers to
affect Covid patients’
Bhagwat to
address BMS
founder’s
jayanti event
First India Bureau
Kota: RSS chief Mo-
han Bhagwat will
address a pro-
gramme on the occa-
sion of 100th birth
anniversary of Shri
Dattopant Thengadi
in Kota today.
Thengadi was the
founder of Bharati-
ya Mazdoor Sangh,
Bharatiya Kisan
Sangh and
Swadeshi Jagaran
Manch. 100 persons
will attend the pro-
gramme due to cov-
id-19 pandemic and
the programme will
be live on BMS’s Fa-
cebook page. Cov-
id-19 test of all 100
persons has been
conducted and the
venue was sani-
tized before the
event.
Mahendra Singh,
who is looking after
works related to the
DNT, said that the
RSS worked for the
nomadic people dur-
ing lockdown.
RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat
at his residence in Kota.
Vagad leaders meet CM,
PCC chief with demands
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In the after-
math of the violence
which engulfed the
parts of Southern Ra-
jasthan a delegation
of Congress leaders
from the Vagad area
submitted a memoran-
dum to CM Gehlot,
PCC chief Dotasra lay-
ing down 4 principle
demands to bring back
the normalcy.
The delegation came
toJaipurforredressalof
their demands. The four
demands included com-
pensation of approx Rs 8
cr to middle-class trad-
ers and businessmen.
The delegation raised
voice for 1167 vacant
posts,whichwastheroot
cause for agitation.
Shanti Dhariwal
Vaibhav Gehlot
Congress leaders Dinesh Khodania, Chandmal Jain, Jinendra
Trivedi and others from Vagad submitted memorandum to CM.

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2020
Suneel Sihag
Ganganagar: Energy
Minister BD Kalla on
Monday, appreciated
Ganganagar district
administration’s ini-
tiative ‘No Mask, No
Entry’ and encour-
aged people to wear
masks whenever they
step out of their
homes.
He unveiled a poster
of the campaign in
Ganganagar.
The minister, who is
in-charge for Ganga-
nagar district, distrib-
uted masks to people
in the market and re-
quested them to wear
masks to stay safe
from Corona infection.
He even pasted post-
ers on walls in the
market and motivated
people to be aware
against COVID-19 and
also flagged off tempos
through which aware-
ness activities will be
carried out in the dis-
trict.After participat-
ing in the awareness
activities, the minister
held a meeting of the
Corona Management
Committee, which was
attended by District
Collector Mahaveer
Prasad Verma, SP and
other officials.
1 crore masks will
be distributed to peo-
ple under the State
Government’s mass
movement against Co-
rona, Kalla said.
Kalla urges people
to wear mask to
keep Corona at bay
14 more Corona deaths in RajOn Monday, 450 new cases were reported in Jaipur, 365 in Jodhpur & 273 in Bikaner
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The state re-
ported 2,165 new cases
of Corona on Monday
apart from 14 deaths.
Maximum whopping
450 new cases emerged
from Jaipur, followed by
365 from Jodhpur, 273
from Bikaner, 190 from
Alwar, 112 from Ajmer,
109 from Bhilwara, 49
from Jalore, 47 from
Udaipur, 42 from
Bharatpur, 40 from
Dholpur, 35 from Chu-
ru, 34 from Jhunjhunu,
31 from Barmer, 30 from
Ganganagar, 28 from
Tonk, 27 from Rajsa-
mand, 25 from Kota, 24
each from Chittorgarh,
Dungarpur & Sirohi, 22
from Nagaur, 18 from
Karauli, 17 from Hanu-
mangarh, 14 from Ban-
swara, 13 each from
Jaislamer & Sikar, 12
from Jhalawar, 11 from
Baran and 10 each from
Bundi, Dausa, Pratap-
garh & Sawai Mad-
hopur.
The total number of
the corona infected pa-
tientssofarhas reached
to 1,46,195; Out of these
21,215 are under treat-
ment.
As per the health bul-
letin released by the De-
partment of Health,
1,22,371 people have
been discharged after
treatment till now. In
the meanwhile, the
death toll stands at 1,559
with 2 deaths each from
Jaipur & Jalore and one
death each from Ajmer,
Alwar, Banswara,
Baran, Bhilwara, Bi-
kaner, Dungarpur,
Jodhpur, Pali and Sikar
on Monday.
Rajasthan govern-
ment launched a state-
wide anti-COVID cam-
paign aimed at defeat-
ing the pandemic
through various pre-
ventive and precaution-
ary measures. With “No
Mask-No Entry’’ theme,
the campaign was inau-
gurated on Oct 2 while
maintaining social dis-
tancing norms.
One crore masks will
be distributed among
people under the mass
campaign, which has
started in other dis-
tricts of the state as
well from October 3.
Ashwani Yadav
Alwar: A local court is
likely to pronounce its
judgment on Tuesday in
the infamous Thanaga-
zi gang rape case that
had led to nationwide
uproar last year. The
incident had led to up-
roar as the police had
delayed in filing the
case.
The likely judgment
is important amidst up-
roar over Hathras gang
rape case. A Dalit wom-
an was allegedly gang-
raped by five men on
April 26, 2019 at Duhar
Chaugan area of Alwar
district. The police had
allegedly delayed in fil-
ing the FIR after which
the Ashok Gehlot gov-
ernment decided to re-
vamp the procedure for
registering of com-
plaints. The state gov-
ernment has been tak-
ing regular feedback in
the case while Alwar
Superintendent of Po-
lice Tejaswini Gautam
has been personally
monitoring the case to
ensure sure shot con-
viction of the accused.
The case will come up
in the court of judge
Brajesh Sharma, who is
likely to pronounce the
verdict. The police ex-
pects severe punish-
ment for the accused
who were booked under
various sections of the
IT Act. The police have
included the evidence
recovered from the mo-
bile phones of the ac-
cused along with get-
ting sample matches for
the semen recovered
from the clothes of the
accused and the victim.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Former CM
Vasundhara Raje left
for Delhi to attend the
meeting of national of-
fice bearers in Delhi.
All the recently ap-
pointed office bearers
of the national execu-
tive of the BJP will be
attending the meeting
scheduled to begin at
11 am today with na-
tional president JP Na-
dda and national or-
ganisation general
secretary BL Santosh
presiding over the
meeting. Earlier on
Monday Raje met for-
mer Union Minister
CR Choudhary and for-
mer state minister
Banshidhar Khandela
at her 13, civil lines
residence. They dis-
cussed normal party
affairs during their
courtesy meet. React-
ing rather late but
very sharply attacking
the Gehlot govt, for-
mer CM said that there
are hardly any head-
lines in Rajasthan me-
dia which dont’t speak
of rampant rape inci-
dents in the state. She
said that the latest
gang rape in Nawan
has proved that the
state is at its peak of
‘jungle raj’ in which
the state govt has no
control over the police.
Verdict in Thanagazi gang
rape case likely today
JungleRajatits
peakinstate:Raje
targetsGehlotgovt
AVINASH PANDE
@avinashpandeinc
My sincere
tributes
to senior
Congress
leader and
former
incharge of Rajasthan
Shri Gurdas Kamat ji on
his birth anniversary.
A medic checks the temperature of a tourist as part of precautionary screening in the wake of
sudden spike in Coronavirus cases, at a hotel in Bikaner. —FILE PHOTO
BD Kalla

ooking through the lens of a
defense veteran, the advanced
defense industry of a nation is
the hallmark of that nation’s
power and world ranking.
Countries that are more ad-
vanced in producing sophisti-
cated weapons have greater say
in world affairs. For example,
America, Israel, and China.
However, India also has shown
phenomenal success in science
and technology in the last few
decades. The notable organiza-
tions that have contributed to
the development of defense in-
dustry fall under the umbrella
of DRDO.
The crowning R&D feature,
DRDO was established in 1958.
And later it grew to be a mam-
moth organization with 50 lab-
oratories all over India. The
mindset then was that the
DRDO was treated as a vendor
and the three services HQs as
customers. Because these HQs
themselves did not have any
design or construction respon-
sibility, they tended to treat the
nascent defense industry at par
with their corresponding de-
signer in the world market. If
they could get a MiG-21 from
the world market, they desired
a MiG-21 from DRDO.
The fact is that DRDO, DAR-
PA (US Defense Industry), and
Israel defense R&D came into
being around the same time
zone. Yet, while the latter two
proved to be the world leaders
in innovations and providing a
clear edge to their armed forc-
es, DRDO remained on a weak
footing for a very long time.
Where does the fault lie? In
my opinion, it starts with the
vision document itself. DARPA
says, its vision is to eliminate
the technological surprises to
the US from foreign countries
and to surprise foreign coun-
tries with superior technology.
Whereas DRDO’s vision reads
“Make India prosperous by es-
tablishing world-class science
and technology base and pro-
vide our Defense Services deci-
sive edge by equipping them
with internationally competi-
tive systems and solutions”.
There is no element of sur-
prise.
In addition to this, to my per-
ception, there are many imped-
iments that remain outside of
DRDO’s control. For example
the USA spends over $3 billion
compared to less than half of it
by India, while Israel spends 13
- 15% of its earnings on defense
R&D. Secondly, there is a lack
of bridging between the uni-
versity-Industry connection in
India. We have not reaped the
benefits of our NITs and IITs to
their fullest potential yet.
Needless to mention, we also
suffer from a poor innovation
Ecosystem and we lack (state-
of-the-art) manufacturing and
testing facilities in India. Some
of our talented youth are more
fascinated/interested (for vari-
ous and multiple reasons) in
foreign R&D centers than in
Indian. Leading to BRAIN
DRAIN of our super-intelligent
minds.
Nevertheless, having stum-
bled and struggled in initial
years, DRDO did proud to the
nation by producing world-
class Missile Systems, Radars,
Helicopters, Guns, Ammuni-
tion, and Naval crafts. Since its
establishment, DRDO has cre-
ated many major systems and
critical technologies such as
aircraft avionics, UAVs, small
arms, artillery systems, EW
Systems, tanks, armoured ve-
hicles, sonar systems, and com-
mand & control systems. Tejas,
Prithvi II and Abhyas are the
latest success stories of the re-
vered organization. Today,
DRDO is excelling in all
spheres of technologies and in-
novations may it be ground-
based, airborne, or ship-borne
weapon systems.
It is evident that technologi-
cal advances have had a huge
impact on the conduct of war-
fare. Technological prowess,
therefore, is crucial in giving
us that slight edge over our ad-
versaries. This is the sole rea-
son why countries and compa-
nies have relentlessly pursued
development of newer technol-
ogies. Needless to mention that
India needs to increase its in-
vestment on the lines of the
USA, Israel and China to cata-
lyze the growth of its civilian
and defense industries which
will in turn complement its
emergence as a technologically
modern, militarily strong, and
a prosperous nation.
In the past few decades, India
has taken quite big strides in
developing her defense indus-
try. But if India is to lead from
the front in regional and global
leadership dynamics, it has to
enhance and empower its R&D
and of course not to mention
add an element of surprise in
the vision document. The cur-
rent scale of importing 70% of
our defense needs from world
markets, needs to tilt in favor
of our DRDO to make India
self-reliant. This can only be
ensured by strong political
will, effective policies, transfer
of technologies, collaborative
projects, and of course huge
reallocation of financial re-
sources. We, as a nation and
citizens have to place faith and
abide by our own R&D and de-
fense industries to synergies
all our resources in making
India a global power.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
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heclimatecrisis
and the Fourth
Industrial Revo-
lution – with its
breakthrough
technologies such as artifi-
cial intelligence and 5G net-
works – are setting the
world on a geopolitical col-
lisioncourse.Boththedrive
to decarbonize and the bat-
tle for global technological
supremacy depend on criti-
cal minerals like rare
earths, lithium, and cobalt
– all of which are highly
concentrated in a few loca-
tions, including China.
The scramble to control
these elements’ supply
chains is intensifying. For
example, the electric vehi-
cles made by Tesla and
other automotive firms run
on lithium-ion batteries,
but just a handful of coun-
tries produce most of the
world’s lithium. The ten-
sion between the geograph-
ic concentration of critical
resources and the increas-
ing global competition for
supply will further unsettle
geopolitics in the twenty-
first century.
A long era of stable re-
source competition is thus
rapidly ending. Historically,
empires locked in their eco-
nomic supply chains and
managed competition. And
in the long post-1945 cycle of
decolonization, the United
States,astheglobaleconom-
ic hegemon, backstopped
the rules and norms of
world trade. At the same
time, supplies of critical re-
sources–inparticular,fossil
fuels – became more dis-
persed as improved geologi-
cal information and new
technologies (like deep-sea
drillingandfracking)helped
to loosen OPEC’s grip.
But today, conditions
have flipped. Critical min-
erals for the digital and
post-carbon economy are
highly concentrated geo-
graphically, while the end
of US unipolarity and in-
creasing global trade un-
certainties have triggered
a rush to secure them.
China’sglobalriseunder-
pins the competition-con-
centration tension. Indus-
trial innovation and pro-
duction are no longer the
exclusive purview of the
OECD economies, especial-
ly the US, European Union
member states, and Japan.
These major powers previ-
ously secured critical in-
puts through colonial ex-
pansionandresourcecarve-
ups, but China’s export
ambitions, and its control
of key supply chains, have
changed the game. Moreo-
ver, China’s Belt and Road
Initiative (BRI) – a transna-
tionalinfrastructureinvest-
ment scheme with partici-
pating countries across Af-
rica, Eurasia, and South
America – openly challeng-
es earlier models of access
and cooperation.
Governments in the
Global South, where many
critical resources are lo-
cated, are frequently will-
ing to strike exclusive
deals. They have welcomed
China’s one-stop-shop fi-
nancing schemes, in-
creased engagement, and
narrative of “win-win part-
nerships” that offer a reli-
able alternative to Western
funding and norm-setting.
China’sresourcedomina-
tion is reshaping geopoli-
tics. In 2010, China halved
its export quotas for rare
earths, and also reportedly
banned their sale to Japan
followingatrawlerincident
near Japan’s Senkaku Is-
lands,whichChinacallsthe
Diaoyu Islands and claims
as its own. The episode
awakened other leading
economies to the fact that a
major competitor and rival
controlled97%of theglobal
supply of these vital inputs
for magnets, glass, electron-
ics, defense systems, wind
turbines, and hybrid and
electric vehicles.
How might rich-country
governments best manage
the competition-concentra-
tiontensionregardingcriti-
cal minerals, especially if
traditional global institu-
tions are on the wane? One
option is to revive the old
colonial model of carving
up regions to manage the
competition. But although
China has been able to ex-
tend its global economic in-
fluencewithoutthebaggage
of having been a colonial
power, the EU, the US, and
Japan can no longer play
that game successfully.
Smaller developing coun-
triesnowhaveotheroptions
and preferences, and often
side with China, Russia, In-
dia, or other powers..
SOURCE: PROJECT SYNDICATE
Critical minerals and the new geopolitics
T
Do not toil to acquire wealth;
be discerning enough to
desist. —Proverbs 23:4
Spiritual
SPEAK
Top
TWEET
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
Killing and culling democratic
voices at will is all that “Didi”
and her neo-nazis are good
at. But, Rahul Baba and his
‘Selective Outrage Gang’ will
keep silent on the killing of
#ManishShukla,because for them
lives do not matter if the victim
does not ﬁt in their propaganda.
KC Venugopal @kcvenugopalmp
Karnataka by-poll election in
the ofﬁng, no surprise! BJP
came with the same script.BJP’s
tactics to deter our efforts by
conducting CBI raids on Shri @
DKShivakumar & Shri DK Suresh
will only make us stronger! BJP’s
continued misuse of agencies is
an attack on our democracy.
DEADLOCK OVER
GST CONTINUES
n signs of economic recovery, the gross
Goods and Services Tax (GST) collec-
tion for September rose to Rs 95,480
crore. In comparison, the August collec-
tion was Rs 86,449 crore. But that was
not enough for Finance Minister Nirmala Sithar-
aman to meet the demands of the states clamour-
ing for their share of the tax to tide over the fi-
nancial crisis. At the last meeting of the GST
Council, the finance minister gave the states two
borrowing options to meet their revenue short-
fall. In the first option both the principal and in-
terest would be serviced via the cess fund. Twelve
states opted for the first option and agreed to bor-
row Rs 97,000 crore for compensation of revenue
shortfall. Barring Odisha and Andhra Pradesh,
the remaining were all BJP-ruled states. Ten Op-
position-ruled states rejected both the options
arguing that the Centre should borrow on their
behalf. A stalemate followed with the Centre say-
ing that it was not obliged to compensate the
states and the GST Council unable to give the
states their share of the revenue.
It is in this backdrop that the GST Council met
on Monday hoping to find a way out but failed.
One positive development of the day was that the
Centre will disburse Rs 20,000 crore GST collec-
tion of this year. Also, for the 12 states ready for
option 1 the borrowing limit has been raised from
Rs 97,000 crore to Rs 1.1 lakh crore. But a consen-
sus eluded the meeting as some states were not
ready to take the borrowing route, and they are
justified in rejecting the offer.
I
IN-DEPTH
BENGAL HEADED FOR
VIOLENT ELECTION
rom the time when the Communist Par-
ty of India (Marxist) ruled the state to
the present when the Trinamool Con-
gress is in power, killing of political ri-
vals has been a special feature of poli-
tics in West Bengal. Prior to and after every elec-
tion violence escalates in the state and that is what
is being witnessed now when state assembly elec-
tions are approaching. The Bharatiya Janata Par-
ty and the TMC are involved in a bloody race for
power and neither side is ready to give the other
any quarter.
After the panchayat election in 2018, 35 people
were killed in large-scale violence. The state gov-
ernment argued that the toll was less than in 2003
when 74 people were killed in poll related violence.
This remains the highest death toll till now but the
number, it is feared, will be high in the forthcom-
ing assembly elections. In a pointer of things to
come a BJP councilor Manish Shukla was gunned
down by two assailants riding a bike in North 24
Parganas district. Since June 12 political workers
have already been killed on both the sides.
As he has been doing in previous cases Gover-
nor Jagdeep Dhankhar expressed concern over
law and order and summoned the state’s police
chief and additional chief secretary (home). The
BJP blamed its political rival for the murder but
the TMC fended off the attack saying the incident
was fallout of infighting in the BJP.
Both the parties are capable of indulging in vio-
lence to win the next election. It does not matter to
them if democracy is the loser.
F
DRDO: THE WAY TO
SELF RELIANCE
L
DRDO’s vision
reads “Make
India
prosperous by
establishing
world-class
science and
technology base
and provide
our Defense
Services
decisive edge by
equipping
them with
internationally
competitive
systems and
solutions”
THE CROWNING R&D
FEATURE, DRDO WAS
ESTABLISHED IN 1958.
AND LATER IT GREW TO
BE A MAMMOTH
ORGANIZATION WITH
50 LABORATORIES ALL
OVER INDIA. THE
MINDSET THEN WAS
THAT THE DRDO WAS
TREATED AS A VENDOR
AND THE THREE
SERVICES HQS AS
CUSTOMERS
RETD. COL
ANUPAM JAITLY
Defence expert, Motivational
speaker & Corporate Trainer

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INDIAJAIPUR | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2020
MP EMERGING AS CAPITAL OF RAPE,
UNEMPLOYMENT: KAMAL NATH
Jabalpur: Slamming the
Shivraj Singh Chouhan-
led BJP government,
Madhya Pradesh Con-
gress chief Kamal Nath
alleged that the state was
passing through turbulent
times and emerging as
the country’s “capital of
rape, unemployment and
farmers suffering”.The
ruling BJP, however, hit
back at Nath, saying he
should stop making “ir-
responsible” statements.
It also said the Chouhan
government was sternly
acting against the perpe-
trators of crime against
women in the state.
“Madhya Pradesh is be-
coming national capital of
rape, unemployed people
and farmers’’ suffering.
All of us are witnessing
it,” Nath told media.
DELHI RIOTS: KHALID SENT TO
14-DAY JUDICIAL CUSTODY
New Delhi: Former JNU student leader Umar
Khalid has been sent to 14-days judicial custody
by a Delhi Court in connection with a case related
to the northeast Delhi violence in February.
Khalid was on Sunday produced before Metro-
politan Magistrate Dev Saroha, who remanded
him to judicial custody, and also directed prison
authorities to provide him adequate security. The
court asked the authorities to ensure no harm is
caused tohim in jail. Khalid had sought adequate
security during his period of judicial custody.
PM NARENDRA MODI ADDRESSES
RAISE 2020 VIRTUAL SUMMIT
New Delhi: Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
is set to address the
Responsible AI for Social
Empowerment (RAISE
2020) summit which took
place on Monday even-
ing. “Looking forward to
address The Responsible
AI for Social Empower-
ment (RAISE 2020)
Virtual Summit at 7 pm
this evening. This summit
brings together tech lead-
ers from across the world
to discuss aspects relat-
ing to AI,” the PM had
tweeted. The summit was
a global meeting of minds
to exchange ideas and
charter a course to use AI
for social empowerment,
inclusion, and transfor-
mation in key areas like
Healthcare, Agriculture,
Education sectors.
1 KILLED, 2 INJURED AS HIGH
SPEED JEEP RAMS SHOP IN UP
Banda: A 70-year-old man was killed and his
son& daughter-in-law were seriously injured af-
ter a high speed jeep rammed a puncture repair
shop in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda district, police
said. The incident took place on Saturday night.
Arvind Kumar Trivedi, Station House Officer of
Kalinjar police station, said the speeding jeep
rammed the puncture repair shop, seriously
injuring shopkeeper Jagannath Kushwaha, his
son Kishorilal and daughter-in-law Kallo. They
were rushed to the community health centre.
Lucknow: The Uttar
Pradesh Police claimed
they have uncovered an
“international plot” to
instigate riots along
caste lines and defame
the Yogi Adityanath
government over the
brutal assault and al-
leged gangrape of a
19-year-old Dalit wom-
an in Hathras. On Sun-
day, an FIR was regis-
tered against unidenti-
fied persons at the
Chandpa Police Station
in Hathras under sev-
eral stringent sections
of the IPC, including
sedition.
According to sources,
a website, justice-
f o r h a t h r a s v i c t i m .
carrd.co, which had in-
formation on how to
protest safely and avoid
the police, has been
linked to the conspira-
cy. The site has been
taken down and is cur-
rently unavailable.
Chandpa police station
in-charge confirmed
that an FIR has been
lodged, but refused to
talk more about the
case. ADG Law and Or-
der Prashant Kumar
could not be reached for
a comment on the mat-
ter. The FIR was regis-
tered under various
acts of the IPC.
IN FRESH FIR, UP POLICE CLAIMS
‘INT’L PLOT’ TO DEFAME YOGI GOVTThis comes after CM Yogi Adityanath cautioned BJP workers of “conspiracies” against his government
HATHRAS INCIDENT
Chandpa police station in-charge confirmed that an FIR has been lodged, but refused to talk more.
FIR REGISTERED AGAINST BHIM
ARMY CHIEF, 500 OTHERS
INK THROWN AT AAP LEADER SANJAY SINGH
AFTER HE MEETS VICTIM’S KIN IN HATHRAS
BJP LEADER SLAMS UP GOVT ON
MISHANDLING PRIYANKA VADRA
Hathras: An FIR has been registered with UP-
Police against Bhim Army Chief Chandrashekhar
Azad & 400-500 unnamed people under multiple
sections of IPC & Epidemic Diseases Act, for
violation of Section 144 Code of Criminal Proce-
dure in Hathras. Azad, along with supporters, had
reached Hathras to meet victim’s family members
on Sunday. After a ruckus, he along with a few of
his supporters was finally allowed to go and meet
the family. FIR states that despite the police trying
to make him understand that they were flouting
COVID-19 norms & 144 CrPC which was in force
in the area, they had sat on a dharna on the road.
New Delhi: An unidentified person on Monday threw ink at Aam Aadmi Party
MP Sanjay Singh in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh where he had gone to meet the
family of the 19-year-old who
was allegedly gangraped last
month. As Sanjay Singh came
out of the victim’s house in
Hathras village after meeting
her family, an unknown man
threw ink at him. Police have
detained the person. A delega-
tion of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
leaders, led by Sanjay Singh,
met the family members of
the alleged gangrape victim in
Hathras. When Sanjay Singh
was about to speak to media
persons from TV news channels after meeting the family, a man threw ink on
his white kurta while shouting “PFI dalal wapas jao. The Popular Front of India
(PFI), an alleged radical group, has been accused of funding some protests
against the that took place across the country earlier this year.
Mumbai: Maharashtra BJP vice president Chitra
Wagh demanded that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath take “strict action” against a po-
liceman who held Congress leader Priyanka Gan-
dhi Vadra by her clothes at the Delhi-UP border
on her way to Hathras Chitra Wagh’s stand drew
support from Congress leaders who claimed she
had not forgotten her “sanskar” despite crossing
over to the BJP last year. In a tweet in Hindi, Wagh
said, “How dare a male police officer lay his hand
on the clothes of a woman political leader!”Police
should always be mindful of their limits, she said.
Bengaluru: The Cen-
tral Bureau of Investi-
gation (CBI) on Monday
carried out searches at
the Bengaluru resi-
dence of Congress lead-
er DK Shivakumar after
booking the former
state minister in a case
of disproportionate as-
sets. The agency also
carried out searches at
13 other locations
spread across Delhi,
Bengaluru and Mumbai
on premises associated
with Shivakumar’s rel-
atives and associates.
“CBI has registered a
case against then minis-
ter of Karnataka gov-
ernment and others on
the allegations of acqui-
sition of disproportion-
ate assets. Searches are
being conducted today
at 14 locations including
nine in Karnataka, four
in Delhi and one in
Mumbai,” CBI spokes-
person RK Gaur said.
Sources said the raids
have already resulted in
the seizure of Rs 50 lakh
in cash and several in-
criminating documents.
Among the premises be-
ing searched, sources
said, are that of Shiva-
kumar’s brother DK
Suresh and his close as-
sociate Sachin Narayan.
While Suresh is a Lok
Sabha MP from Bengal-
uru rural, Narayan is a
businessman with inter-
ests in real estate and
hotel industry. Sources
said it was based on a
reference from ED that
CBI registered a case of
disproportionate assets
against Shivakumar.
ED had initiated its
money laundering
probe against the Con-
gress leader in Septem-
ber 2018, based on tax
evasion findings of the
I-T department. Con-
gress reacted to the de-
velopment by calling it
‘Raid Raj’ and a ‘game
of intimidation.’ —ANI
Mamata ignored ‘10:47 pm’
urgent message: Dhankhar
Hearing on case
involving Tejpal
adjourned till Oct15
Kolkata: Expressing
shock over the ‘targeted
political killings’ in
West Bengal, Governor
Jagdeep Dhankhar on
Monday accused Chief
Minister Mamata Ba-
nerjee of not respond-
ing to his urgent mes-
sages over the situation.
BJP Coucillor Man-
ish Shukla had alleged-
ly been murdered yes-
terday in Titagarh. The
BJP had called for a 12-
hour bandh in Barrack-
pore over the issue.
“Alarming nosediving
law and order scenario
Mamata Banerjee. Tar-
geted political killings
in spite of alert by Con-
stitutional Head. Nei-
ther ACS Home nor
DGP West Bengal Police
responded. To CM at
10.47 PM “Would like to
speak to you urgently!”
Only silence that
speaks volumes,”
Dhankhar’s tweet read.
Dhankhar has sum-
moned the West Bengal
Additional Chief Secre-
tary (Home) and the
Sirector General of Po-
lice today (Monday) in
the wake of “worsening
law and order situa-
tion” leading to the das-
tardly killing of Coun-
cillor Manish Shukla in
Titagarh.
BJP’s Central Ob-
server for West Bengal,
Kailash Vijayvargiya
demanded CBI probe
into the matter. —ANI
‘Hear cases
on lawmakers
through VC’
New Delhi: Some HCs
have sought directions
for conducting trials
through VC for expedi-
tious disposal of cases
against sitting and for-
mer lawmakers but lack
of infrastructure and
non-availability of
funds is a major hurdle,
the Supreme Court was
informed on Monday.
A report filed by sen-
ior advocate Vijay Han-
saria in the apex court
said the total number of
cases against sitting
and former lawmakers
is 4,859, a jump of 400
cases since March,
when it was 4,442.
“Some of the High
Courts have sought di-
rections for conduct of
trial through video con-
ferencing, where the ac-
cused/witnesses are in
another district/state,
without requirement of
physical presence of
the accused/witness-
es”, said the report,
CBIraidsDK
Shivakumar’s
premisesinB’luru
CBI officials conduct a raid at the residence of KPCC President D
K Shivakumar& his brother D K Suresh in Bengaluru on Monday.
WB Governor Jagdeep Dhankar meeting with CS Alapan Bandyopadhyay in Kolkata on Monday.
TARGETED POLITICAL KILLING SEXUAL HARASSMENT CASE
‘RaGa can scrap
farm laws in next life’
Hyderabad: Slamming
Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi, who is in Pun-
jab to protest the new
farm Acts, Union Min-
ister of State for Home
Affairs G Kishan Reddy
on Monday said that if
he wanted to scrap the
laws, he could do so in
“next life” as the farm-
er would not give him
an opportunity in this.
“The whole country
knows who Rahul Gan-
dhi is and what his cog-
nitive capabilities are.
The farmers will not
give him an opportuni-
ty to scrap the farm
laws and throw them in
the dustbin. Not in this
life. The farmers know
it’s a good law. Rahul
Gandhi has every right
to tear the farm bills
(opposition members
has last month tore the
Bills in Rajya Sabha)
and throw them in a
wastebasket. He can do
so in his next life when
he comes to power,”
said Reddy. “But the
people of India will not
give Rahul Gandhi the
chance to throw the bill.
These bills are in the
favour of the farmers,”
he added.
He also alleged that
the Congress is playing
politics over Hathras
case. “The accused must
be punished severely
and all parties must
come together against
this issue rather than
just playing politics.”
He said about SSR’s
death that CBI is doing
its work. —ANI
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Mon-
day adjourned to Octo-
ber 15 hearing in the
sexual harassment case
against former Tehelka
Magazine Editor Tarun
Tejpal, after Solicitor
General Tushar Mehta
submitted the victim
was suffering from lung
cancer. A three-judge
bench of the apex court,
headed by Justice
Ashok Bhushan, fixed
the matter for further
hearing to October 15
after Mehta, appearing
for the Goa Police, sub-
mitted that the victim
was suffering from lung
cancer.
The bench also grant-
ed more time to Tejpal,
accused in a 2013 sexual
assault case, to file his
response on a plea filed
by the Goa Police, seek-
ing an extention of time
for completion of the
trial against him. In Au-
gust last year, the apex
court had refused to
quash the charges
framed by a Goa trial
court against Tejpal for
allegedly sexually as-
saulting his former jun-
ior colleague in 2013.
Claiming innocence
in the case, Vikas Singh
senior lawyer and for-
mer ASG appearing for
Tarun Tejpal. —ANI
Tarun Tejpal
G Kishan Reddy

New Delhi: Data for
the 14-day period from
September 17 to 30 sug-
gests that India may
have crossed the peak
of COVID-19 caseload, a
report by the economic
division of the Finance
Ministry has noted.
Meanwhile, Union
Health Minister Dr
Harsh Vardhan along
with UP CM Yogi Adi-
tyanath on Monday
digitally inaugurated
the Super Speciality
Block (SSB) at Motilal
Nehru Medical Col-
lege, Prayagraj.
The 220-bedded facil-
ity has been dedicated
as a COVID Hospital
(DCH) to the nation, ac-
cording to the Ministry
of Health and Family
Welfare. Launching the
COBAS 6800 high
throughput machine,
Dr Harsh Vardhan said:
“The COBAS 6800, a
fully automated, high-
end machine for per-
forming real-time PCR
testing for COVID-19
will provide quality,
high-volume testing
with a high throughput
of around 1200 samples
in 24 hours. COBAS
6800 can also detect oth-
er pathogens like Viral
Hepatitis B and C, HIV,
MTb (both Rifampicin
and Isoniazide resist-
ance), Papilloma, Cyto-
megalovirus, Chlamyd-
ia, Neiserreia etc.”
Adityanath said that
29 new medical colleges
have been established
in the state and medical
blocks have been set up
in two AIIMS and six
super specialty medical
colleges in 3.5 years.
Speaking on the time-
ly importance of the
new SSB built under the
scheme that has been
converted into a COVID
Hospital, he said that
people of adjoining dis-
tricts like Kaushambi,
Chitrakoot, Banda will
be greatly benefitted.
INDIAJAIPUR | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2020
Jan Andolan...
protocols in the public,
which people have
adopted with an open
heart. Along with gov-
ernment machinery,
non-government insti-
tutions and public at
large is taking interest
in the campaign, which
has truely made it a
people’s movement,”
he said.
Officials informed in
the meeting that posi-
tive feedback about the
campaign has been re-
ceived from various cit-
ies of the state. “People
have started wearing
masks more when they
go out in the public and
crowded areas and peo-
ple are also sensitizing
each other about pre-
vention of corona infec-
tion. Local organiza-
tions and organizations
have come forward to
participate in various
activities including
mask distribution,” of-
ficials said.
During this time it
was also discussed that
expert doctors have ex-
pressed the possibility
of increasing the num-
ber of corona infected
due to pollution and
smoke from firecrack-
ers during the upcom-
ing Dussehra and Deep-
awali festivals and ad-
versely affecting the
health of patients being
treated. Experts de-
manded from the state
government to limit the
use of firecrackers dur-
ing the upcoming festi-
vals. Expert doctors be-
lieve that the corona
virus has a long-term
effect on the lungs of
infected people who are
now cured and it is very
important to protect
such people from smoke
and pollution. The state
Human Rights Commis-
sion has also sought a
response from the state
government till Octo-
ber 12 on this subject.
School Chale...
institutions after Octo-
ber 15 in a graded man-
ner in consultation
with the respective
schools/institutions
management and based
on the local situation.
For this purpose,
States/UTs will prepare
their own SOP regard-
ing health and safety
precaution for reopen-
ing of schools based on
the SOP to the Ministry
of Education, Govern-
ment of India. States/
UTs may adopt or adapt
the SOP as per local
context and require-
ments,” the guidelines
read. —ANI
No consensus...
The total shortfall in
collection of GST esti-
mated at `2.35 lakh
crore, said revenue
secretary Ajay Bhush-
an Pandey. Out of the
total shortfall, `97,000
crore is on account of
GST shortfall, while
the rest is due to COV-
ID-19 pandemic. Dur-
ing the last meeting in
August, the Centre pre-
sented two options be-
fore states to meet the
GST shortfall. —Agencies
2 CRPF...
He said the other three
personnel -- ASI Gora-
kh Nath, Constable
Kirgain and Constable
James -- are undergo-
ing treatment and their
condition is stated to
be stable.
The militants fled the
spot after the attack.
Soon after the incident,
the area was cordoned
off and a manhunt was
launched to nab the at-
tackers. Senior officials
also rushed to the spot.
Speaking to report-
ers, Inspector General
of Police (IGP), Kash-
mir, Vijay Kumar said
the attack was carried
out by two LeT mili-
tants who have been
identified.
Polls during...
He called upon the Ob-
servers to assume the
role of friend, philoso-
pher and guide to the
local election machin-
ery, guide and hand-
hold them and help re-
solve their issues. Elec-
tion Commissioner Su-
shil Chandra empha-
sised the significance of
role of Observers and
advised them to ensure
impartially while dis-
charging their duties.
Speaking on the occa-
sion, Election Commis-
sioner Rajiv Kumar re-
minded the officers that
Bihar Elections needs
to be showcased to the
world as all attention is
focussed on these Elec-
tions. ECI has made 14
observers, 5 police ob-
servers and 18 expendi-
ture observers from Ra-
jasthan. IAS officers
Niraj K Pawan, Dr
Veena Pradhan, PC Kis-
han, Dr Omprakash
(Assam cadre), Babulal
Meena, Chhagan Sri-
mali, Aradhna Saxena,
Parmeshwar Lal and
Ghanendra Bhan
Chaturvedi, Rajendra
Kishan, Kanhaiya Lal
Swami, Abhimanyu Ku-
mar, Omprakash Kare-
sa participated in the
meeting. IPS officers
Vishnu Kant, Anshu-
man Bhomia, Harendra
Kumar Mahawar, Vikas
Pathak attended as po-
lice observers. 18 other
officers including 15
IRS officers were also
there in the training.
FROM PG 1
FOUR AGMUT CADRE IPS OFFICERS
TRANSFERRED
Four IPS officers have been shifted in Joint AGMUT
cadre. Accordingly, Rishi Pal and A V Deshpande
have been transferred to Delhi, while Amit Sharma
and Anuj Kumar were posted to DNH&DD.
2 AGMUT CADRE IAS OFFICERS SHIFTED
Devinder Singh has been shifted to Delhi, while
Amit Satija was posted to DNH&DD in Joint
AGMUT cadre.
SIXSENIORISSOFFICERSRESHUFFLED
The Ministry of Statistics & Programme Im-
plementation (MoSPI) has issued orders for
the fresh posting of as many as six senior ISS
officers. Accordingly, Supriya Mukherjee was
appointed as DQAD, NSO, MoSPI, Kolkata, while
NK Sharma is PSD, NSO, MoSPI, New Delhi.
Similarly, SVR Murthy has been posted as NAD,
NSO, MoSPI, New Delhi; Awadhesh Kumar Mishra
as SSD, NSO, MoSPI, New Delhi; MM Hasija as
IIICU, NSO, MoSPI, New Delhi and Bhawna Singh
was posted with Ministry of Power, New Delhi.
TWO NEW MDS SBI LIKELY THIS MONTH
Two DMD’s are going to be elevated to MD in the
State Bank of India this month.Interviews are to
be held today.
CHAUDHARY AND SWAMINATHAN
TO BE NEW MDS SBI?
DMD and Chief Development Officer Alok Chaud-
hary and another DMD Swaminathan are expect-
ed to be new MDs of the State Bank of India.
VIRENDER SHARMA AWARDED
IPS CADRE IN HP
Virender Sharma of Himachal Pradesh Police Service
has been awarded Indian Police Service (IPS) cadre.
IS THE IPS ASSOCIATION UPSET?
It is said that the IPS association is unhappy over
action against the IPS officers in Uttar Pradesh.
UP DGP ON WAY OUT?
Grapevine has it that UP DGP Hitesh Chandra Awas-
thi is being changed. He is 1985 batch IPS officer.
DESHWAL CREATES RECORD
IN HISTORY OF IPS?
S S Deshwal, DG, ITBP has earned a reputation of an
additional charge holder. He held additional charges
of CRPF, BSF, SSB and NSG. This is the second time
that Deshwal, a 1984-batch Indian Police Service
officer, has been directed to lead the NSG in an
additional capacity. He headed the National Security
Guard in July last year when its then chief Sudeep
Lakhtakia retired and Singh had not been appointed.
Deshwal has also headed border guarding force
Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) as its DG while he has
been the Border Security Force and Central Reserve
Police Force chief in an additional capacity.
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Sangrur : Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi on
Monday alleged that
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi was finishing
farmers and labourers
with the three farm
laws introduced recent-
ly just as he had de-
stroyed small shopkeep-
ers with demonetisa-
tion and implementa-
tion of GST.
Addressing a public
gathering in this Pun-
jab town, Gandhi
claimed that none of
the policies of the Modi-
led Central government
during the last six years
were meant to benefit
the poor, farmers or la-
bourers. All of its poli-
cies are made for their
three-to four select
friends, he said.
Gandhi underscored
the need for removing
the shortcomings in the
food procurement and
Public Distribution
System. There is a need
to strengthen this sys-
tem. More mandis need
to be set up. There is a
need to guarantee MSP
(minimum support
price), to give infra-
structure to farmers, to
set up silos, he said.
Narendra Modi is not
strengthening the sys-
tem... If Modi gives bet-
ter PDS, guarantees
MSP and brings more
mandis, then Ambani
and Adani cannot make
money, the Congress
leader alleged. He
claimed the new agri-
culture-related laws
were not only against
but the entire nation
and were meant to
snatch the country’s
freedom. Like he (Modi)
finished small traders
and small and medium
enterprises with GST
(Goods and Services
Tax) and demonetisa-
tion, he is finishing
the same way and slash-
ing your throats with
these three laws, he
said. —PTI
Rahul claims Modi
‘finishing’ farmers,
labourers with 3 laws
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with Punjab CM Amarinder Singh
in Sangrur’s Bhawanigarh town.
EX-UNION MIN
DIES OF POST-
COVID ISSUES
Passengers stand in a queue to get
there antigen COVID-19 test amidst
the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
at Nizamuddin Railway station in New
Delhi on Monday.
New Delhi: Express-
ing “complete trust”
in Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi, Lok Jan-
shakti Party (LJP)
chief Chirag Paswan
on Monday said that
Chief Minister Nitish
Kumar has not been
able to fulfil expecta-
tions of people of Bi-
har and said the spirit
of “double engine ki
sarkar” should be fol-
lowed correctly to im-
plement the vision on
the ground.
“I have complete
trust in PM Narendra
Modiji. The spirit with
which the Prime Min-
ister mentioned 'dou-
ble-engine ki sarkar'
(double-engine gov-
ernment), if it is fol-
lowed correctly, then
his vision can be im-
plemented on the
ground,” Paswan said.
He also said LJP will
not form an alliance
with the opposition
'Mahagathbandhan' af-
ter Bihar elections.
“We have never done
a post-poll alliance. We
have always been into
the pre-poll alliance,”
he said. He said the ben-
efits of development
schemes have not
reached grassroots un-
der Nitish Kumar. —ANI
Have complete trust in PM,Nitish Kumar
did not fulfill Bihar’s expectations: Paswan
Purnia: A day after an
expelled Rashtriya Ja-
nata Dal (RJD) leader
was shot dead by three
masked men at his
home in Prunia on
Sunday morning, six
persons, including top
party leaders Tejashwi
and Tej Pratap Yadav,
were booked in the
case on Monday. Police
said action would be
taken against anyone
against whom evi-
dence is found.
SP Vishal Sharma
said an FIR was regis-
tered against six peo-
ple, including the sons
of Lalu Prasad Yadav,
in connection with the
murder of former par-
ty secretary Shakti
Malik. “Three men,
who had covered their
faces with scarves,
shot dead Malik. An
FIR was registered
against RJD leaders
Tejashwi Yadav, Tej
Pratap Yadav, Anil
Sadhu and Kalo Pas-
wan, besides Sunita
Devi, and Manoj Pas-
wan on the basis of the
statement of the de-
ceased’s wife,” he said.
He added that an
analysis of the de-
ceased’s phone and ini-
tial questioning of his
relatives revealed that
Malik was expelled
from the RJD on Sep-
tember 11.
“A preliminary inves-
tigation revealed that
Malik had a political ri-
valry with accused Kalo
Paswan and both had
often levelled allegation
against each other on
various platforms. We
recovered some videos
of the time when he was
alive. The family has
made these videos the
premise of their FIR,”
the SP said. —ANI
ExpelledRJDmemberkilled:
Lalu’ssonsamong6accused
FIR has been filed against RJD
leader Tejashwi Yadav
Sangrur: Punjab Chief
Minister Captain Ama-
rinder Singh requested
Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi to scrap farm
laws when he becomes
Prime Minister. “The
law is made. The Bills
have been passed. But
whosaysthatanamend-
ment cannot be made. I
request Rahul ji to
scrap these black laws
when he becomes PM
with a majority in Lok
Sabha,” he said. —ANI
New Delhi: Amid ten-
sionswithChinaineast-
ern Ladakh, Indian Air
Force Chief RKS Bha-
dauria on Monday said
theChinesewouldnever
be able to defeat India in
a battle along the north-
ern borders.
“In the ongoing stand-
off in the north, there is
no way they (Chinese)
can defeat us,” the IAF
Chief said during his
annual Air Force Day
press conference. Refer-
ring to deployment in
Ladakh, IAF chief said
that the force is de-
ployed at all relevant
operational locations.
“We are deployed at
all relevant operation-
al locations, required
to access this area. Be
rest assured that we
have deployed strongly
and firmly to handle
any contingency,” said
Bhadauria.
‘Request Rahul to
scrap farm laws
when he is PM’
China can never get better
of us, says IAF Chief
We had many expectations from
the present Bihar CM, but he
hasn’t fared well on those counts.
Today, it’s a matter of concern for me what
is the Bihar CM’s idea of development. The
benefits of schemes haven’t reached the
grassroots —Chirag Paswan, LJP chief

NEWSJAIPUR | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2020
WHO IS HATHRAS DM PRAVEEN KUMAR LAXKAR,
WHOSE HEAD LEADERS, MEDIA ARE GUNNING FOR
Mohd Fahad
Hathras: While several police
officials have been suspended
by the Uttar Pradesh govern-
ment in connection with the
alleged rape and murder of
20-year-old Dalit woman in
Hathras, political parties along
with media, and even the vic-
tim’s family have been demand-
ing action against District
Magistrate Praveen Kumar
Laxkar.
Since the incident came to
light leading to the victim’s un-
ceremonious cremation in the
dead of the night, all political
parties are demanding action
against DM Kumar.
Here is what we know so far
about the officer caught amidst
the socio-political storm:
Praveen Kumar Laxkar was
born on July 1, 1982 in Jaipur.
Kumar is a 2012 batch IAS of-
ficer. Before preparing for IAS,
he did MA and B.Ed in History.
Praveen Kumar’s first post-
ing was in Sonia Gandhi’s Lok
Sabha constituency Rae Bareli
on April 18, 2013. Then he was
posted in Aligarh as the Joint
Magistrate on August 7, 2014
and he was there till April 20,
2016. He then served as Chief
Development Officer in Lalit-
pur from April 21, 2016 till
April 17, 2018. After that, he
was brought to Uttar Pradesh’s
capital city Lucknow as Special
Secretary in Panchayati Raj
Department on April 17, 2018
and was there till March 2,
2019. His current posting as
Hathras DM began on March 2,
2019.
While victim’s family has ac-
cused the DM of repeatedly
threatening them, the anger
further escalated with as a vid-
eo of him went viral in which
he was seen telling the victim’s
father, “Don’t hurt your own
credibility. The media people
will go away in a few days. But
we are here with you. Now it is
up to you, whether you want to
keep changing your statements
or not”.
The victim’s family mem-
bers have now directly levelled
several serious allegations
against the District Magistrate.
These include not showing
them the girl’s face before cre-
mating her in a hurry, not let-
ting them speak to the media,
confiscating their mobile
phones, and tapping their calls.
The sister-in-law of the vic-
tim alleged that the DM had
told her father-in-law (father of
the victim) that the DM told
them they would not have re-
ceived Rs 25 lakh compensation
if their daughter had died of
Covid-19 and wanted them to
keep mouth shut since they are
getting the amount.
With such multiple allega-
tions, the pressure to sack the
DM is constantly rising. Oppo-
sition is alleging that UP Chief
Minister Yogi Adityanath is
shielding DM Kumar.
Rajendra Chhabra
I
tisaworthwhilefact
to know that under
the current dispen-
sation, there are merely
fifteen IAS officials who
have not been trans-
ferred even once. Since
coming to power, the
current government
gavepostingstotheseof-
ficials in December 2018
and since then these in-
dividuals are firmly
‘seated’ in their ‘strong-
holds’. This is when all
the other IAS officer,
whether a newcomer or
an experienced and re-
nowned name, all have
been shuffled be it the
Chief Secretary, Addi-
tional Chief Secretary
or a low-level SDM.
These fifteen IAS are
-VeenuGupta,Niranjan
Arya, Shikhar Agarwal,
Kuldeep Ranka, Aparna
Arora, Roli Singh,
Naveen Mahajan, Prith-
viraj, Arti Dogra, Rajan
Vishal, P Ramesh, Poon-
am Chand Kishan,
Arvind Poswal, Inder
Singh and Zakir Hus-
sain.
Therearevariousrea-
sons for the non-shifting
of these officials. ACS
level officer Veenu Gup-
ta was posted in the
PWD so that she could
play as a check and bal-
ance for the minister of
the department and not
let the minister become
the supreme authority
in the department. Now
that the minister isn’t
there anymore, but be-
ingthesenior-most,now
Veenu Gupta is in the
foray for the post of
Chief Secretary.
ACS Finance Niran-
jan Arya is a close confi-
dante and trusted offi-
cial of Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot. So when
the Chief Minister kept
the finance portfolio
with himself, he also ap-
pointed Arya as its ACS.
The experienced bu-
reaucrat is doing a good
job in the Finance de-
partmentandthusthere
is no need for him to be
changed and if any
change happens, it will
beonlyfora‘promotion’
to the higher post of
Chief Secretary.
Thecontinuityof Kul-
deep Ranka and his
team members - Arti
Dogra, Amit Dhaka and
Rajan Vishal - is due to
the tradition and their
outstanding perfor-
mance. In fact, a soft-
spoken and low profile
Kuldeep has emerged as
the most powerful and
relevant person in Ge-
hlot’s CMO and because
of his positive attitude,
he remains popular
among the middle and
senior level bureaucra-
cy. After ‘extra-vocal’
AjitabhSharma’sdepar-
ture from CMO, now
there is a complete
‘peace’ at CMO which is
directly contributing to
the result orientation of
CMO.
Shikhar Agarwal and
Aparna Arora are
among the most power-
ful officials in the previ-
ous government, and
henceassoonasthecur-
rent government was
formed, it ‘accorded’ the
duo the most sidelined
postings as those in
‘power’ are miffed with
Agarwal and Arora and
therefore they are kept
‘stationary’.
Meanwhile, Roli Sin-
gh has been given the
important position in
DOPmainlybecauseshe
has a five-year experi-
ence from the Adminis-
trative Training Acade-
my at Mussorie and this
experience of her’s is
paying well in handling
the DOP. She is a silent
performer who focuses
on her work only and
thus there is no need for
her to be changed.
IAS Naveen Mahajan
was Jaipur Collector in
theyear2010andhadbe-
come extremely close to
CM Gehlot. There was
speculation in Decem-
ber 2018, with the new
government coming to
power, that Mahajan
would be positioned in
the CMO, rather he was
madethe‘chief’of ama-
jor department - Water
Resources. It is being be-
lieved that he might be
changed now.
Itisindeedsurprising
and a point of wonder
that inspite of several
‘controversies’ sur-
rounding Prithvi Raj,
the official has not been
changed from the fi-
nancedepartmentandit
appears that he has
‘rooted’ himself in the
system.Itisperhapsthat
he is CM’s favor too that
he has not been moved
till now.
P.Ramesh was posted
in the electricity depart-
ment during the rule of
the previous govern-
ment and in the current
government, he has
been made the CMD of
Power corporation too.
While four Secretaries
(Energy) have been
changed, Ramesh some-
how stays put. Ramesh
has a three-year experi-
ence of handling elec-
tricity-related issues
fromUSAandfouryears
in Andhra Pradesh and
it is said that he is
‘linked’ with 10 Janpath
in New Delhi. Inspite of
his open ‘revolt’ against
his own boss Ajitabh
Sharma, Ramesh is not
likely to be shifted be-
cause of his integrity
and competence.
PC Kishan did a com-
mendable job in MGN-
REGA and has become
an expert in the field
therefore the state gov-
ernmentdoesnotwantto
shift him. Interestingly,
there are only three Col-
lectors who continue to
hold their position since
December 2018. the rea-
son for this is simple.
Leaders like CP Joshi
have been backing Col-
lector Arvind Poswal in
Rajsamand, Pramod
Jain Bhaya backing In-
der Singh in Baran and
localCongressleadersin
Hanumangarh backing
Collector Zakir Hussain
is a strong reason for the
officialstocontinuehold-
ing their current assign-
ments.
The officer, who hails from Jaipur,
is at the centre of several serious
allegations levied by victim’s family
Hathras District Magistrate Praveen Kumar Laxkar.
Veenu Gupta Niranjan Arya Naveen MahajanKuldeep Ranka Aparna Arora
Gehlot’s ‘indispensable’ good governance brigade!
Mumbai top cop: Not surprised by AIIMS report,
those criticising our probe have vested interest
Mumbai: We are not at
all surprised by the
AIIMS report on actor
Sushant Singh Rajput’s
death as the Cooper Hos-
pital, Mumbai team too
had found the same, said
Commissioner of Police
Param Bir Singh on
Monday.
Talking to ANI after
the AIIMS forensic team
tasked with re-evaluat-
ing Sushant’s post-mor-
tem report concluded
that the actor died by
suicide, and wasn’t mur-
dered, Singh hailed the
professionalism of both
the Mumbai Police and
doctors from Cooper
Hospital.
“We have come to
know that AIIMS has
also come to the conclu-
sion about the cause of
death as hanging due to
asphyxia and suicide.
We are not surprised at
all by this, this was al-
ways the finding of the
Cooper team also, which
is a very professional
team,” Singh said.
“ADR(Alternativedis-
pute resolution) investi-
gation normally takes
3-6 months to conclude,
sometimes it also takes
one to two years to con-
clude, so there was no
delay in investigation,”
he added.
The top cop said that
the Mumbai Police had
remained truthful and
professional during the
course of the investiga-
tion.
“We always main-
tained that our investi-
gation was a very profes-
sional one. The doctors
at Cooper Hospital did a
very professional job, a
panel of doctors con-
ducted the post-mortem
and gave the report,
which was very clear re-
garding the cause of
death. When the Su-
preme Court directed
that Bihar FIR be hand-
edovertoCBI,thereafter
when CBI came over, we
handed over all docu-
ments, evidence to CBI
and I am sure they are
doing a very profession-
al job,” Singh said.
He also said that when
theprogressreportof the
Mumbai Police’s investi-
gation had been submit-
tedtotheSupremeCourt
onlyfivetosixpeoplehad
access to it as it was con-
fidential. —ANI
Param Bir Singh
SHIV SENA SEEKS APOLOGY
FROM POLITICIANS, MEDIA
Shiv Sena, on Monday, in its editorial Saamana,
sought an apology from all those ‘who defamed
the Maharashtra government’ and the Mumbai
Police in Sushant death case. The party
demanded an apology from the BJP, the media
channels, and the politicians who allegedly
tried to malign image of CM Uddhav Thackeray.
The article was written citing the AIIMS report
submitted to the CBI in the case that ruled out
the theories of murder and poisoning.
HC RESERVES ORDER IN
KANGANA’S OFFICE CASE
The Bombay High Court
on Monday closed all
arguments and reserved its
verdict on the petition filed
by actor Kangana Ranaut
against the demolition of
a part of her bungalow
in Mumbai by the city civic body. A bench
of Justices SJ Kathawalla and RI Chagla
conducted hearings on the plea last week
before closing it for orders on Monday. Delhi Capitals’ Marcus Stoinis (53 of 26) plays a shot against Royal Challengers Bangalore
during IPL 2020 in Dubai on Monday. DC (196/4) defeat RCB by 59 runs. —PHOTO BY PTI
STOINIS
SHINES
AS DC
BEAT RCB

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a collage of incidents and
achievements not things!
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Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Rajasthan Ur-
ban Development Minis-
ter Shanti Dhariwal on
Monday inaugurated
and laid the foundation
stone for development
projects worth Rs 1,371
crore in Jodhpur, Bikan-
er, Kota and Bharatpur.
Addressing the state’s
elected representatives
in an online ceremony,
Dhariwal said the gov-
ernment is persistently
working towards the de-
velopmentof Rajasthan.
Dhariwal laid the
foundationof 14projects
of more than Rs 1,223
crore which will be de-
velopedbyRUIDP,Smart
City Mission, AMRUT)
and UDH department in
Jodhpur, Bikaner and
Kota. He also dedicated
to the public four pro-
jects developed at a cost
of nearly Rs 148 crore in
Jodhpur, Bikaner and
Bharatpur.
“The state govern-
ment under leadership
of Chief MinisterAshok
Gehlot is persistently
working towards devel-
opment of Rajasthan. It
is a matter of delight
that in a series of devel-
opment works, 14 more
projects are being initi-
ated today,” he said.
On September 28, Ge-
hlot had laid the founda-
tion for 47 projects in
Jaipur, Ajmer and
Udaipur at an estimated
cost of Rs 1,037 crore.
The fact that the state
government has main-
tained the pace of devel-
opment works despite
COVID pandemic drew
appreciation of elected
representatives partici-
pating in the ceremony.
“In these critical
times, the state govern-
ment has been advanc-
ing towards progress. It
is a matter of personal
delight that among the
works being initiated to-
day, there are projects of
nearly Rs 225 crore to be
developed in Sirohi,”
said Sirohi MLA, Sany-
am Lodha.
State minister for
Technical Education,
Subhash Garg also
thanked the UDH minis-
ter for the works held in
his electoral constituen-
cy of Bharatpur. He re-
quested that efforts
should be made to in-
clude the Bharatpur city
inthelistof SmartCities
and extended the due
benefits. Among the
projects of which foun-
dation was laid includes
the 24X7 water supply
system to be developed
in Kota under the Smart
City project.
UDH min inaugurates, lays foundation stone
of development projects worth `1,371 crore
Is Chandna emerging as the next Gurjar leader of Rajasthan?
Kartikey Dev Singh
Jaipur: Businessman
and sports enthusiast
turned politician, min-
ister of state for sports
and youth affairs
Ashok Chandna is a
name that is well
known in the Gurjar
community across the
state. The former state
president of the Youth
Congress also features
well in the books of
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot and therefore
with each passing day,
Chandna is being dele-
gated with additional
responsibilities, which
political observers be-
lieve, is a sure shot sign
of the ‘youngster’ being
modelled by the ‘veter-
an’ Chief Minister.
But being politi-
cally known within
the community, and
having a pan-state
poll appeal are two
different aspects.
And it is perhaps this
reason why Chandna
has been ‘hand-
picked’ by CM Gehlot
to ‘handle’ Karauli
district, where a size-
able number of Gur-
jar community mem-
bers reside.
It is said that one
measure of any politi-
cal personality’s rise
can be gauged by how
the contemporaries re-
spond to him. If that,
by any measure, holds
true, then Monday pre-
sented a classic exam-
ple of the same when
MLAs who have
claimed their alle-
giance to former depu-
ty Chief Minister
Sachin Pilot, were ab-
sent from the meetings
of Ashok Chandna at
Karauli. Chandna
toured Karauli as min-
ister in-charge and
held several meetings
while also taking part
in various functions.
During this time, the
young minister was ac-
companied by Lakhan
Meena while Pilot
camp leaders Ramesh
Meena and PR Meena
were no where to be
seen. Moreover, Bha-
rosi Jatav excused him-
self claiming to be un-
well.
Pilot, a member of
the Gurjar commu-
nity, also has good
support in Karauli
district since the
eastern Rajasthan
belt is considered to
be the stronghold of
Pilot family. And per-
haps it is this reason
that Chandna has
been given the re-
sponsibility of one
of the eastern dis-
trict of the state, to
make in-roads in the
stronghold, and per-
haps to highlight the
‘chinks in the ar-
mour’.
It is worth noting
here that Pilot was ac-
corded grand welcome
across the areas he vis-
ited on Monday where
dozens of local Gurjar
youth accompanied
him to his engage-
ments. Interestingly,
even during the politi-
cal crisis three months
back, Chandna was be-
ing seen as a strong
leader of his commu-
nity, not by outsiders
and media persons, but
by the community
members themselves
and as a result hun-
dreds of phone calls
were made to him to
rally his weight too.
But instead of going
‘berserk’ like Pilot
then, Chandna dis-
played exemplary po-
litical maturity and
termed that the po-
litical issue of a tus-
sle between higher
forces and he was
merely a party man
who will always
work within the par-
ty lines and limits.
Perhaps the disci-
pline and strategies
he has learnt on the
polo field, have in-
deed given him an
idea or two on how to
conduct himself
when difficulties
arise, and this is why
it would not be wrong
to say that Chandna
is indeed an emerg-
ing Gurjar leader of
the state.
Ashish Aman
Jaipur: 9975 gram
panchayat will go to
poll in the third phase
of Panchayat elec-
tions on Tuesday as
per the detailed coro-
na guidelines laid by
the state election
commission.
17 observers have
been deputed to moni-
tor the elections where
31,87, 585 voters includ-
ing 16.66 lakh male and
15.20 lakh female voters
will be able to exercise
their franchise, state
election commissioner
PS Mehra said.
He appealed to peo-
ple to wear masks,
maintain social dis-
tancing during the
polling so that they
and others can stay
safe from corona in-
fection.
The voting for the
post of Sarpanch and
Panch will take place
from 7.30 am to 5.30 pm.
After the voting is over,
counting of votes will
begin. The election for
up-sarpanch will take
place on Tuesday.
As many as 4906 can-
didates are in the fray
for the post of Sarpanch
and 10205 for the post of
Panch in 975 gram pan-
chayats where polling
will be held in the third
phase. 32 Sarpanch and
5031 panch have already
been elected unop-
posed. EVMs will be
used for the polling for
Sarpanch while ballot
papers will be used in
the polling for Panch.
In total, 3,848 gram
panchayats will go to
polls in the state in
four phases. First
phase of elections
took place on Septem-
ber 28 in 947 gram
panchayats and sec-
ond phase was held in
1028 gram panchayat
on October 3. The
fourth phase will take
place on October 10.
Ziyauddin Khan
Tonk: Health and DIPR
ministerDrRaghuShar-
ma was on his maiden
tourof Tonkafterhewas
recently appointed in-
charge minister of the
district.
The tour started from
Bharatpur guest house
in Deoli where he had
restedforthenight,after
he reached there by road
late on Sunday night
from Bhilwara. After
meeting local Congress
workers of Deoli, the
minister reached the lo-
cal govt hospital where
he took the hospital
management to task for
lapseshefoundthere.Dr
Sharma then joined the
Congress ‘Maun Satya-
grah’ organised at the
Gandhi park in Tonk
against Hathras rape
case.Afterthesilentpro-
test he along with Niwai
MLA Prashant Bairwa
and Uniyara MLA Har-
ish Meena attended the
corona awareness cam-
paign. The Congress
leaders released posters
for corona awareness.
Later, Dr Sharma
chairedmeetingsatlocal
collectorate regarding
DMFT funds and Cov-
id-19. The media was
kept away from the 2
hour marathon meet-
ings. Later, Dr Sharma
met the media after fin-
ishing with taking stock
of the district situation
on various parameters
he had pre-decided.
He said Tonk will be
having a corona testing
facilitybyOctober15.He
also announced that the
health department will
soon install an oxygen
generating plant on
Tonk. He said that he
had given some impor-
tant tasks to the district
administration related
to roads, health, electric-
ity, and water along with
better implementation
of the flagship schemes
of the govt which will be
reviewed in 30 days’
time. He submitted
many memorandums
before he left for Jaipur.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Is there a
group operating in
universities of the
state which has
taken to minting
money by using its
‘deep connections’
and associations
with ‘powerful and
well placed indi-
viduals’?
Well, it appears
that such a group is
indeed active in the
state whose ‘modus
operandi’ depends to
a great extent on in-
dividuals seated in
power corridors, and
in particular those
in a constitutional
institution of the
state. Truth be told,
this ‘gang’ of indi-
viduals approached
the university ad-
ministration for sell-
ing a ‘historic’ book
for 2,500 rupees per
book. However,
since one book
would not be
enough, the uni-
versity is literally
forced into buying
tens of these books
by citing ‘refer-
ence’ of an OSD
placed in a consti-
tutional institu-
tion.
Therefore, from
every university
these operatives
make a revenue of
lakhs of rupees as
the varsity adminis-
tration crumbles
upon the OSD’s ref-
erence!
Interestingly, no
one has raised any
objection to the op-
erations being car-
ried out by these
groups but the real
question is as to
whose ‘backing’ do
these men have that
they can carry out
their ‘task’ in such
a seamless manner!
Sachin Ojha
Kota: Large number of
eminent people from
across the nation con-
tinued to reach the
Dada Bari residence of
Lok Sabha speaker Om
Birla on Monday as well
to offer their condolenc-
es on the demise of em-
inent social worker and
cooperative leader Late
Shri Krishna Birla.
Guna MP KP Yadav,
Solapur MP Dr J Sid-
dheshar Shivacharya,,
Bharatpur MLA Vish-
wendra Singh, Jaipur
MLA Ashok Lahoti,
Mandsaur MP Sudhir
Gupta, former deputy
CM of Haryana Ramvi-
las Sharma, Kheemach
MLA Bheem Singh and
BJP national secretary
Alka Gurjar offered con-
dolences on Monday.
Central agriculture
minister Narendra Sin-
gh Tomar, Labour min-
ister Santosh Gangwar,
MP Ravi Kishan, Kan-
nauj MP Subrat Pathak,
Kushi Nagar MP Vijay
Dube and Jhansi MP
Anurag Sharma are ex-
pected to reach on Tues-
day. The condolence
meeting organised at
Basant Vihar witnessed
huge crowd offering flo-
ral tributes to Late Bir-
la and reiterating his
life long commitment
of helping everybody at
one’s door.
Sachin Pilot
Ex Haryana CM and Mahendragarh MLA, Ram Vilas Sharma
paying tributes.
Ramvilas Sharma, Rao Rajendra Singh, and others offer
condolences to Om Birla.
Shanti Dhariwal, Sanyam Lodha, Bhawani Detha during the event.
RaghuSharmareviews
coronasituationinTonk
National leaders reach Kota,
offer condolence to Birla
31,87,585 to vote in third
phase of panchayat polls
CONSTITUTIONAL
LEVERAGE!!
Ashok Chandana
Dr Raghu Sharma flags off the coronavirus awareness campaign.
COVID-19
UPDATE
RAJASTHAN
1,559
DEATHS
1,46,195
CONFIRMED CASES
GUJARAT
3,512 DEATHS 1,44,026 CASES
DELHI
WORLD
10,43,696
DEATHS
3,55,75,515
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
66,81,953
CONFIRMED CASES
1,03,600
DEATHS
MAHARASHTRA
38,347 DEATHS 14,53,653 CASES
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POLITICALMEMORY...
City First remembersVinod Khanna on his 74th birth
anniversary,an actor whose career spanned five decades,a
man who spent life on his own terms as an actor,Osho follower
and politician.He did not believe in the numbers game but
brought a rare synergy to each character he played!
REMEMBERING
THE MAVERICK!
inod Khanna had an
edge, in the era of
smooth heroes he
stood out with a
smouldering talent
and style, a good
body and that half
mysterious- mocking smile.
With his good looks and
charm, he had the potential
to pose a threat to the star-
dom of Amitabh Bachhan
but at the peak of his career
in 1982 he chucked it all up to
follow his heart and Osho.
I liked Vinod Khanna for
the different definition he
gave to love, he was amazing
as the anti-hero and later on
even as the hero always
bringing something different
to his role. I will always re-
member Chandani for Sride-
vi’s sarees and for Vinod
Khanna.Heplaysarichchar-
acter in both Chandani and
Qurbani as well as Kudrat –
the person who sacrifices his
love for others’ happiness.
The jodi of Amitabh and
Vinod was amazing on
screen! From Hera Pheri,
Muqaddar Ka Sikandar to
the multi-starrer Amar-Ak-
bar-Anthony, each movie is a
treat. In his career spanning
five decades, he had played
almost every role. After his
sabbatical, he returned to the
screen with two hits Satya-
mev Jayate and Insaaf almost
effortlessly. I feel he brought
a depth to Dabangg as Sal-
man’s Khan’s father, both he
and Dimple Kapadia were
very sweet. His resurrection
as the father figure in Da-
bangg and Wanted was much
appreciated by his fan follow-
ing too.
Dayavaan raised many an
eyebrow with the bold scenes
between him and Madhuri
Dixit but the raw energy Vi-
nod put in his character car-
ried the film. His look as the
dacoit in Mera Gaon Mera
Desh is iconic! Vinod Khanna
in the Cinthol Ad had many
a lady swooning, he was the
posterboyof Bollywoodwith
his good looks often adorn-
ing magazine covers. The
charm was very much in
place as he won three terms
as a Bhartiya Janta Party
MP.
He stepped into politics,
joining the BJP in 1997 and
won thrice as MP from Gur-
daspur. He also served as
the Union minister of state
for tourism and culture, as
well as external affairs.
Part of the charm of
Vinod Khanna was the
aura surrounding him,
there was a reckless air
to him and the way he
treated fame and money.
At the peak of his career,
he left the film industry
to become Osho’s garden-
er- the title Sexy Sanyasi
stuck to Khanna after that
and rightly so! He did not be-
lieve in the numbers game.
Battling advanced
bladder cancer, he
breathed his last on
27 April 2017.
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YOUR
DAYHoroscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
You are sensitive and you
are famous in your social
circle but don’t let that
effect you in a way that you
feel forced to do things which will
make you regret later. Your parents
may need your emotional support so
make sure you are by their side.
Someone close may need your care.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Just do not give up easily
on your dreams before
fighting hard. You won’t
refrain from clearing all
your debt in coming times, be rest
assured about that. You have a
strong bond with people in your
professional life. You will get the
chance to renew old relationships.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
You have now become
accustomed to this new life
and you are no more
complaining. Planning a
good budget is your strength and
your finances are always under your
control. You are a smart person so
its not easy for other to fool you.
Don’t forget to do revisions.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
People call you a wise soul
but sometimes you go
astray from your path, so
the solution is to get in habit
of meditating regularly. All the financial
decision you will take today will only
make you more secure. You may find
your parents nagging so try and
explain to them how you feel.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Just accept this new life
and life will become easier.
You need to remain
focused today, on work
front as seniors may come or any
high authority for some kind of
checking. On academic front,
sometimes you feel you are fully
prepared, sometimes you don’t.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
You always are in peaceful
state of mind as only
harmony prevails at your
place. You will likely get
your ancestral property but because of
pandemic situations there may be little
delays. You will out do yourself in
terms of performance and your
dedication will be appreciated.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Do not flaunt where it isn’t
needed. You can expect a
huge profit from business
and a good money flow
cannot be ruled out for some. You
may feel the work pressure in office
today probably because of
someone’s absence. You may meet
your childhood friends today.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Love and respect yourself
before anyone else. What
you need to do is to sit
down and think about all
your savings, assets and finances
before stepping into a new venture.
On professional front, you will give a
remarkable presentation even if
virtually.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Someone rightly said
health is wealth therefore
eat right and in proportion
is what you need right
now. Those who have a wanderlust
are not very happy due to restrictions
but time will not be the same forever
so patience should be your best
friend as of now.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
This pandemic has
changed a lot but do not let
your dreams die. You take
wise decisions, and you
can expect decent returns from your
past investments. Family will help
you by sharing some home burdens.
You will live upto expectation of your
boss.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
It is not an obligation to
always pay heed to your
parents’s advice but
listening and respectfully
answering is what educated and
sensible kids do. You will step into a
new business which will run out to
be successful in long run, do not
concentration on short term goal.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
You are very sentimental
about your parents,
worrying a lot because of
the pandemic situation but
instead of worrying make sure that
their life is at ease during these
times. Fate is in your favour and
indicates a huge profit from your
investment in stock market.
RINKAL HALDIYA KHANDELWAL
Scratched and torn,
bitemarks that she born.
Pain and suffering,
she was already trembling.
Forced and boozed,
She almost snoozed.
Fear and hatred: depressed and
scared.
Shivering and sobbing,
her heartbeat sinking.
Helpless and shattered,
her lips faintly uttered,
´kill those bastards´.
She lay on that stretcher; pale
and panting.
Immersed in the pool of blood,
not less than any flood.
Unwanted and bitter, almost like
a clutter.
Succumbed to the desires,
of these inhuman creatures.
Uncanny and pervert,
was that herd of cowards.
Just when they found her alone,
sparkle in the eyes was shown.
Lost in longing and lust,
ready to pounce and burst.
Merely an object; for them to
inject.
Her shrieks and shrills, wouldn’t
deafen them.
Her please and pleads, wouldn’t
soften them.
In rage and anxiety,
crushed her dignity.
They scared least,
almost a beast,
superior and manly,
roamed around boastfully.
Anger and shock.
Outbursts that broke.
Headlines in the media,
cracked the persona.
Isn’t she a part,
of every female heart.
Jitters and shivers,
racing down the spines.
Evoking the memories,
of sufferers and survivors.
This wasn’t the first time,
when most heinous of all
crimes,
had shaken the mankind.
This wasn’t doomed,
but meticulously planned.
“Why don’t we lynch these
bastards”?
Leaving aside all rules and
standards,
When we know this could be
any one of us.
Neither the attire: nor the class:
Neither the age: nor the place.
Could you imagine to be safe.
From the clutches of these
maniacs;
Hiding under the skin of chame-
leons.
Can you feel the dearth of emo-
tions,
underneath these hellish ac-
tions?
Can
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Blood boiled in every vain,
Like a flicker in every flame.
Tears streaming from my eyes,
‘Cause my life is built on lies.
Overpowered by my fears,
So I kept quiet for many years.
The secrets tore me up inside.
With a twisted mind and arms atied,
They took their turns,
So I buried the burns.
I grew up thinking it was my fault.
My fault for every rape and every as-
sault.
Those dark memories still haunt my
brain,
And still I feel I’m the one to blame.
Every night I lie awake,
Wondering how much I can take.
If only someone would have listened
To the screams and to the pleads.
Maybe I could have ended it all
And still be able to stand tall.
But enough is enough.
Tonight I will stay tough
And maybe for once they will see
That they can no longer hurt me.
—SOURCE:
Sabrina More By Sabrina
Did she have a choice?
She looks at him
He stares back, condemning her
She looks away, not guilty
He says she did
For her it never was
Silence would be death
When he came home
The moon at its end
The night its darkest
Of breath stinking
Of crime and blood
An innocent’s screams
His semen mixed forcibly
With her virgin blood
Terror knocked loudly
Only a mother to her son?
A woman to herself
The choice to be a human
No...
—SOURCE:
Bevajah se Khyalat

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