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RAJASTHAN
1,178
DEATHS
95,736
CONFIRMED CASES
GUJARAT
3,150 DEATHS 1,08,295 CASES
New Delhi: India will
retaliate if its defences
onheightsarebreached,
said sources on Wednes-
day, after repeated Chi-
nese provocations at the
Line of Actual Control,
the de facto border with
China. “Nowhere are
we under-prepared
presently,” top govern-
ment sources said.
The Chinese, the of-
ficials said, will “try to
do something to regain
lost ground”, and their
action is “being con-
trolled by their top, not
local exuberant com-
manders”.
“Why the Chinese are
opening so many fronts,
we don’t understand,”
sources said. The Indi-
an Army has put barbed
wire on the Indian posi-
tions. “If Chinese try to
cross it’ll be crossing a
red-line,” sources said.
The Indian Army is
now dominating the
heights on Chinese de-
ployment on Finger 4,
which is located on the
north bank of the Pan-
gong lake, sources said.
Meanwhile, amid the
heightened border ten-
sion, PLA is strengthen-
ing its presence in Fin-
ger area north of Pan-
gong lake, reports said
on Wednesday. It is be-
ing said that besides
increasing the number
of soldiers in the area,
the Chinese army is
arming its men with
stick-machetes and also
bringing in more mate-
rials and logistics items
to the area.
Currently,of the50,000
Chinese troops in east-
ernLadakh,5,000to7,000
soldiers are stationed in
South Pangong. The dis-
tance between soldiers
on Finger 4 is a “few
hundred meters.”
“The situation is
tense,” an official in
New Delhi said, adding
that Indian and Chinese
troops were squaring
off in close proximity
in at least four locations
south of the Pangong
Tso lake that both lay
claim to. “Both are on
their own sides of the
LAC,” the official said,
referring to the Line of
Actual Control, the de
facto border. Turn to P6
LAC CONTINUES
TO SIMMERWill retaliate if China tries
to cross the red line: India
State machinery should see Agri Policy benefits reach farmers: Gehlot
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Sensitive to the
troubles faced by farm-
ers and the economic
slowdown due to Cov-
id-19 pandemic,
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot, on Wednesday,
held a live interaction
with farmers from all 33
districts of the state to
review the implementa-
tion of the Agro-Pro-
cessing, Agri-Business,
and Agri Export Promo-
tion Policy 2019.
The policy has been
attracting new invest-
mentsinAgriindustries
and developing infra-
structure despite the
challengesposedbyCov-
id-19. During the meet-
ing,itwasinformedthat
more than five dozen ap-
plications have been re-
ceived during unlock
period and the numbers
are set to rise with in-
crease in awareness to-
wards the scheme.
The new policy focus-
es on a vision to ensure
that every ounce of ag-
ricultural produce in
the state is processed
locally. The processing
infrastructure while
would add value to the
agro produce, it would
also reduce wastage and
thus will help increase
income for farmers and
cash flow for the state.
Through the review
meeting on Wednesday,
CM inquired upon the
farmers regarding their
experience with the
policy and asked them
to make others aware of
the policy benefits.
During the interac-
tion, many of the farm-
ers-turned entrepre-
neurs informed that
they have already estab-
lished a unit under the
scheme and have ap-
plied for sanction under
the second scheme.
The chief minister
took notice of the vari-
oussuggestionsreceived
in the process, and was
delighted to learn that a
Jodhpur based firm has
ingenuously done re-
search on extracting
protein from Gwar and
asked them to secure a
patentof thetechnology.
Chief Minister said,
“The new policy is a
revolutionary step to-
wards the direction to
increase farmer income
and while the progres-
sive farmers are al-
ready drawing its ben-
efit they should also
come forward to edu-
cate others about it.”
“It is a beginning and
there could be discus-
sions at length over the
policy. The district ad-
ministrationshouldhelp
spread awareness and
get the policy discussed
at Gram Panchayat and
Tehsil levels,” Gehlot
said. Turn to P6Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot unveils a booklet on Agri Policy
CM holds VC with farmers of
33 districts, “new policy is a
revolutionary step in direction of
increasing farmer income,” he said
Mumbai: Actor Kanga-
na Ranaut landed here
on Wednesday from
Himachal Pradesh, an-
gry and caustic as she
took on the Shiv Sena,
called her home Ram
mandir , referred to Bul-
lywood’ and described
herself as the daughter
of Chhatrapati Shivaji
in a series of tweets and
a video.
Meanwhile, the Bom-
bay High Court on
Wednesday stayed the
demolition process ini-
tiated by the BMC and
sought to know why did
the city civic body enter
the property when the
owner was not present.
TheBMCbegandemo-
lition work shortly after
11 am on Wednesday. A
BMC team reached the
bungalow at Pali Hill in
Bandra with bulldozer
and excavators and de-
molished alterations
made sans the civic
body’s approval. Before
the demolition work on
Wednesday, the BMC
posted a second notice
outsideherbungalow,in-
formingherof theaction
being taken by the civic
body, an official told PTI.
Kangana then moved
theBombayHighCourt,
challenging the notice
issued by the Mumbai
civic body for “illegal
construction” at her
bungalow and sought a
stay on the demolition
process. Turn to P6
Like my home, your ego too will
be destroyed: Kangana to Uddhav
Actor’s house
demolished by
BMC before
Mumbai HC stay
India,Oz,France hold talks against backdrop of China hostility
New Delhi: India,
Australia and France
on Wednesday held
talks for the first time
under a trilateral
framework with focus
on enhancing coopera-
tion in the Indo-Pacif-
ic, a region that has
been witnessing in-
creasing Chinese mili-
tary assertiveness.
The virtual meeting
was co-chaired by for-
eign secretary Harsh
Vardhan Shringla,
secretary-general in
French ministry for
Europe and foreign af-
fairs Fran ois Delattre
and secretary in Aus-
tralian department of
foreign affairs Frances
Adamson.
“The focus of the
dialogue was on en-
hancing cooperation
in the Indo-Pacific Re-
gion,” the External Af-
fairs Ministry said in a
statement.
It said the “outcome-
oriented” meeting was
held with the objective
of building on the
strong bilateral ties
that the three coun-
tries share with each
other and synergise
their respective
strengths to ensure a
peaceful, secure, pros-
perous and rules-based
Indo-Pacific Region.
Turn to P6
EPFO TO PAY 8.5%
INTEREST FOR FY20
New Delhi: Retirement
fund body EPFO on
Wednesday decided to
credit a part of 8.5 per
cent interest on employ-
ees provident fund
(EPF) for 2019-20 into
the account of its
around 6 crore sub-
scribers. The decision
to provide 8.15 per cent
interest now on EPF
has been taken at the
Employees’ Provident
Fund Organisation’s
(EPFO) trustees meet
held on Wednesday, a
source told PTI.
The remaining 0.35
per cent rate of interest
on EPF for 2019-20
would be credited into
the subscribers account
in December this year,
the source further said.
The EPFO had earlier
planned to liquidate
someof itsinvestmentin
exchangetradedfundsto
meet the deficit for pro-
viding 8.5 per cent inter-
est for the last fiscal.
However, it could not
do so because of the
choppy market condi-
tions amid lockdown
induced by COVID-19.
Turn to P6
Mumbai: The demoli-
tion move targeting ac-
tor Kangana Ranaut on
Wednesday morning
has divided Maharash-
tra’s ruling coalition,
with the Shiv Sena
drawing disapproval
from ally Sharad Pawar.
The NCP chief met
Chief Minister Uddhav
Thackeray and another
Shiv Sena leader, San-
jay Raut, to discuss
what he apparently be-
lieves was a massive
overreaction by the
BMC. The meeting is
said to have lasted for
about 45 minutes.
Turn to P6
Pawar meets
Uddhav to talk
BMC action
LENDING AN EAR
BMC officials carry out demolition at Kangana’s office in Mumbai on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
New Delhi: The Drugs
Regulator General of In-
dia (DCGI) has issued a
show-cause notice to
pharma giant Serum In-
stitute of India (SII) ask-
ingforanexplanationas
to why the ongoing clini-
cal trial of Covishield
vaccine candidate has
not been suspended till
doubts about patient
safety are cleared.
The drug regulator’s
move comes after Astra-
Zeneca, which is devel-
oping the vaccine can-
didate against COV-
ID-19 with researchers
of Oxford University,
paused its trial as a vol-
unteer developed an un-
explained illness. The
clinical trial has been
put on hold across coun-
tries where Turn to P6
Oxford vaccine
DCGI notice
to SII for not
pausing trial
DELHI
WORLD
9,04,641
DEATHS
2,78,87,722
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
44,33,708
CONFIRMED CASES
74,613
DEATHS
MAHARASHTRA
27,407 DEATHS 9,43,772 CASES
TAMIL NADU
KARNATAKA
HAL’s indigenously developed Light Utility Helicopter has completed hot & high altitude trial in the
Himalayas it took off from Leh & demonstrated its hot & high hover performance at Daulat Beg Oldie and
also demonstrated its payload capability in Siachen glacier alltitude. Meanwhile, IAF will formally induct the
Rafale aircraft on Thursday at Air Force Station in Ambala. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Minister of
the Armed Forces of France Florence Parly will be the chief guests for the event. —PHOTO BY ANI

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First India Bureau
Jaipur: A rarest of rare
case of two genetic dis-
orders in a newborn
baby has been found in
JK Lone hospital here.
The newborn was diag-
nosed with pompe dis-
ease and spinal muscu-
lar atrophy (SMA) type
1, which the doctors
claim is the first of its
kind case in the world as
no detail of such a case
was found in available
medical literature.This
child, who is 44-day old
as on Wednesday, was
brought to JK Lone Hos-
pital Jaipur a few days
back from Agra, Uttar
Pradesh with com-
plaints of gradually pro-
gressive fast breathing,
decreased movements
and tone of lower limbs.
On examination by the
team of Dr Ashok Gup-
ta, Dr Priyanshu Ma-
thur and Dr Ramesh
Choudhary, the child
wasfoundwithenlarged
heart,breathingdifficul-
ties and muscle weak-
ness. Patient’s DBS sam-
ple showed decreased
levels of enzyme lysoso-
mal acid alpha glucosi-
dase which resulted in
infantile onset Pompe
disease. In view of de-
creased movements and
reflexes in lower limb,
the team also evaluated
the baby for SMA type 1
and the MLPA report
confirmed the diagnosis
of SMA type 1.
Pompe disease is a
rare inborn error of
metabolism while SMA
is a genetic disease af-
fecting the nervous sys-
tem and the voluntary
muscle movement.
JK LONE DOCTORS TREAT A NEWBORN
SUFFERING FROM POMPE DISEASE
SAVING LIFE
2 PAK INTRUDERS SHOT DEAD;
BSF RECOVERS ARMS & DRUGSFirst India Bureau
Jodhpur: Border Secu-
rity Force foiled an at-
tempt of smuggling
drugs and arms from
Pakistan and shot dead
two smugglers at the
border outpost located
in Khayaliwala area in
Sriganganagar district
of Rajasthan.
“During the interven-
ing night of September
8 and 9, on specific intel-
ligence about narcotics
smuggling from Paki-
stan to India side in
area of responsibility
of border outpost Khay-
aliwala area, alert BSF
troops foiled a nefari-
ous attempt by armed
smugglers and shot
dead two smugglers
ahead of the fence,” the
BSF said. BSF IG Amit
Lodha didn’t rule out a
terror connection to the
infiltration attempt. He
assured that the whole
conspiracy would be
unearthed after de-
tailed investigation. On
searching the area, bod-
ies of two slain intrud-
ers along with two pis-
tols, four magazines,
approximately eight
kilograms of drugs, a
night vision device, one
pistol cover, one small
knife, Pakistani cur-
rency of Rs 13,000, and
one wallet with one Na-
tional ID card of Shah-
baz Ali, son of Mustaq
Ahmed, were recovered
from the area.These
men were trying to
sneak into India.
BSF troops shot dead two intruders from Pak and recover arms,
drugs, and 13000 Pak currency, in Khayaliwala area.
Trailer bumped in the moving car on
NH 113, fatal crash claims four lives
BJP offices in 12
dists will be ready
in 4 mths: V Satish
IT expert to monitor
Indira Rasoi effectively
Docs perform rare surgery on infant
First India Bureau
Pratapgarh: A car
moving towards Ban-
swara and a trailer
coming from the oppo-
site side collided on
NH 113 near Padliya
Ghat in the early hours
of Wednesday around
3.30 am.
The accident claimed
the lives of all four. The
dead include a police
inspector deputed with
the Anti Human Traf-
ficking Cell in Ban-
swara, Akhlesh Singh
Yadav, and his wife. The
other two were family
friend Vijay Yadav and
his wife. Suhagpura
SHO Himmat Lal
Bunkar said that the po-
lice reached the acci-
dent spot with an ambu-
lance and rushed all
four to the Pratapgarh
district hospital where
they were declared dead
on arrival.
The trailer driver es-
caped from the scene
but was arrested later.
Reportedly police re-
covered liquor and cold
drink bottles from the
car. The bodies were
handed over to them af-
ter the family after post-
mortem. Many police
personnel reached
Pratapgarh to condole
the death.Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: BJP targets to
complete all the district
office buildings in Ra-
jasthan in next one year.
Offices in Bhilwara, Si-
kar and Rajsamand
have been completed
and work in other dis-
tricts is under process
for which the party’s
national joint general
secretary V Satish gave
necessary direction to
the party leaders.
He, through a virtual
meeting, took feedback
from each district and
toldthemthattheparty’s
central leadership is se-
rious for the process of
the construction works.
The offices in nearly one
dozen districts will be
ready in the next 4
months. The meeting
wasattendedbythestate
president Satish Poonia,
general secy Chan-
drashekhar and other
leaders. Vice president
Sardar Ajay Pal Singh
gave a presentation in
the meeting to apprise
the leaders about the
progressintheconstruc-
tion works in districts in
the last one month.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The state govt
seems to be determined
to make the Indira Ra-
soi scheme successful
doing away all the fol-
lies it has in the exist-
ing format. It is for this
reason that the UDH
department is making
changes in the scheme
on the suggestions of
various stakeholders
in the scheme.
UDH has permitted the
kitchen contractors to
hire a IT expert or com-
puter operator for
which the department
will reimburse Rs 7500
per month. As per the
guidelines issued by
UDH department the
kitchen contractors
are supposed to click
the photograph of the
beneficiary of the
scheme and make cou-
pons available to him
along with uploading
his feedback on the
food & services.
The kitchen contrac-
tors demanded a com-
puter operator/IT ex-
pert for this job. The
local bodies expressed
their inability to make
available a person
with the requisite
qualifications so the
DLB has issued the or-
ders stating that the
kitchen contractors
can appoint a comput-
er operator who will
be computer savy, click
photos of the benefi-
ciaries, issue then cou-
pons, monitor the
CCTV cameras and
upload the informa-
tion on the web portal.
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: A team of doc-
tors at Fortis hospital in
Jaipur successfully con-
ducted a complicated
operation of aorta with-
out a bypass machine
and saved the life of a
one-month-old child.
The doctors led by
cardiac surgeon Dr
Sunil Kaushal used a
specialtechniqueforthe
operationandmobilized
the aorta without the
bypass machine. The
child patient of 30 days
was brought to the hos-
pital in a critical condi-
tion with lung infection
andbreathingproblems.
Doctors diagnosed that
the aorta was not fully
developed due to which
there was not full flow
of blood in the body. In
such a case, the heart is
kept completely on the
artificial heart machine
for about half an hour
but it involves a risk of
damage to kidney, brain
and liver in 30 percent
casesandinmanycases,
its side effects start ap-
pearing immediately.
The team of doctors
used new technique and
the aorta was mobilized
without a machine and
theoperationwassuccess-
ful.Dr.SunilKaushalsaid
thebabyisdoingwellafter
the operation and has not
shown any side effects.
Police at the accident spot with an ambulance near Padliya Ghat.
V Satish, Chandrashekhar, Satish Poonia reviewed office
construction project virtually on Wednesday.
Indira Rasoi at J K Lone Hospital.—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
CM’s planted sapling will
be part of ‘Van Mahotsav’
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: Covid-19 epi-
demic is forcing eve-
rybody to change, ad-
just and innovate. The
forest department too
came up with a novel
idea of celebrating
Van Mahotsav involv-
ing CM Gehlot active-
ly despite his cancel-
ling all public ap-
pointments for a
month.
Today Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot will
plant a sapling in a
biodegradable pot
which will be carried
safely to Nahargarh
park where the main
function for van ma-
hotsav will plant the
pot at an appropriate
piece of land. Similar
pot carrying a sap-
ling by Forest minis-
ter Sukhram Vishnoi
too will be bought
and planted today at
Nahargarh park.
The event at Naha-
rgarh park will be at-
tended by forest offi-
cials, eco develop-
ment committee,
NGOs and NCC ca-
dets. At the same
time, we have to fight
the global pandemic
as well. During this
plantation pro-
gramme, focus would
be there to plant
more trees and nur-
ture the mother na-
ture. This is a good
effort and all of us to
purify the environ-
ment.
Dr Sunil Kaushal
VERSE-MAKER POONIA
IG LODHA INSURES
5 killed in truck-jeep
collision in Jaisalmer
CS discusses draft of Raj
Transparency & Acc Act
First India Bureau
Jaisalmer: An acci-
dent between an army
truck and a Bolero jeep
killed five people near
Sultana canal area in
the Mohangarh police
station area.
The accident on the
Mokla-Sultana road
claimed the lives of all
5 persons in the Bolero.
Four died on the spot
while one died while
being treated at Jawa-
har hospital. All de-
ceased belonged to
Adarsh Chava village.
The accident was so se-
vere that the police had
to call a JCB to sepa-
rate the two vehicles
with the help of local
villagers.
According to Mo-
hangarh SHO Mana-
kram Mularam, Kesh-
raram, Khetaram, and
Sataram died on the
spot while a 16 year old
Lalaram died at the hos-
pital.
All the deceased were
farmers and were going
to Jaisalmer for some
work. ASP Rakesh Bair-
wa said the exact cause
of the accident is yet
unknown.
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: Rajasthan chief
secretary Rajeeva
Swaruphasaskedtheof-
ficials to make sure that
the new proposed law
has more effective provi-
sions for delivering
transparent, accounta-
ble and good govern-
ance. While holding dis-
cussions on the draft of
RajasthanTransparency
and Accountability Act,
the chief secretary said
the state already has Ra-
jasthan guarantee deliv-
eryof publicservicesact
and the Right to Hearing
Act for good governance
in the state but to ensure
more transparent gov-
ernance, appropriate
provisions should be in-
cluded in the new act.
He also asked the of-
ficials for a better moni-
toring on implementa-
tion of the old acts.
Swarup said that both
the acts enacted to pro-
vide public services to
citizens within the stip-
ulated time frame. The
new proposed law
should have provision
for more accountability
and transparency. Earli-
er, ARD gave a presenta-
tion on the action taken
so far on the draft of the
proposed legislation. In
meeting, present were
Rajeshwar Singh, Nira-
jan Arya, Rohit Kumar
Singh, Abhay Kumar
and other senior offi-
cials of the department.
HI-TECH MEDICS
Rajeeva Swarup

RU releases
schedule for
final yr exams
First India Bureau
Jaipur: University of
Rajasthan on Wednes-
day released the exami-
nation schedule for fi-
nal year which will take
place in three shifts
from September 18 to
October 15 and results
will be announced by
November 30 as per cov-
id-19 guidelines. The
university had post-
poned the exams in
March due to coronavi-
rus. The exams will be
conducted in three
shifts per day-8 am to 10
am, 12 pm to 2 pm and 4
pm to 6 pm from. The
exam duration will be
two hours and the can-
didates will have to an-
swer three questions in
the paper.
Examiner controller
V K Gupta said that the
timetable has been pre-
pared afresh as per the
direction of the higher
education department
which was released af-
ter approval from VC.
He said that social dis-
tancing norms will be
followed and exams for
regular and private stu-
dents will be held si-
multaneous.
Nearly 2.30 lakh stu-
dents enrolled in UG,
PG and other courses
will appear in the ex-
aminations.
Except for final year,
the process of promot-
ing self-selected candi-
dates will be completed,
in the next 15 days.
RAJASTHANJAIPUR | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2020
COVID UPDATE: 14 DEATHS RECORDED ON WED; JPR CONTINUES TO HAVE MAX CASES WITH 311
RAJ:NEWRECORDWITH1,610CASESIN1DAYFirst India Bureau
Jaipur: State created a
new record by adding
1,610 new cases in a sin-
gle day along with 14
deaths. 2 deaths each
were reported from
Jaipur and Kota while
one death each was re-
ported from Bhilwara,
Bikaner, Dungarpur,
Jhalawar, Jodhpur, Ra-
jsamand, Sikar, Sirohi
and Udaipur. The total
for corona positives so
far for the state is 95,736
while the death toll
stands at 1,178.
Jaipur maintained
its distinction of add-
ing maximum new
cases. with 311 on
Wednesday followed by
220 from Jodhpur, 179
from Kota, 87 from
Ajmer, 85 from Alwar,
65 from Bikaner, 52
from Bhilwara, 48 from
Chittorgarh, 46 each
from Jhalawar & Pali,
45 from Baran, 36 from
Dholpur, 33 each from
Hanumangarh & Na-
gaur, 32 each from Bar-
mer & Bundi, 30 from
Ganganagar, 27 from
Sawai Madhopur, 26
from Jalore, 25 from
Rajsamand, 23 from
Udaipur, 21 from Chu-
ru, 20 each from Ban-
swara & Bharatpur, 18
each from Dungarpur
& Sirohi, 16 from Sikar,
13 from Pratapgarh, 2
from Jhunjhunu and
one from Tonk.
Wednesdaywitnessed
the staff of district ses-
sion court dispensary
being diagnosed corona
positive.
Two doctors from
the Allopathy and Ho-
meopathy dispensary
in the court were found
positive along with
other staff of Home-
opathy, Allopathy and
Ayurveda dispensaries
of the court.
Meanwhile, MLA
Ashok Lahoti’s health
has seen improvement.
The report of his wife
and son came negative
although MLA himself
has again tested posi-
tive in latest reports.
ACB traps PWD official taking `65K bribe
Naveen Sharma
Banswara: Anti-Cor-
ruption bureau of Ra-
jasthan on Wednesday
caught the officiating
executive engineer of
public works depart-
ment and two middle-
men while taking a
bribe of Rs 65,000 in
Banswara district.
The accused had de-
mandedabribeof Rs1.05
lakhfromacontractor,to
pass his bills with a total
amount of Rs 13 lakh.
The Executive engi-
neerPremPrakashMeh-
ra had already taken Rs
40,000 and was trapped
in the Public Works De-
partment (PWD) office
onJaipurroadwhiletak-
ing the remaining
amount of Rs 65,000.
He took the amount
through two other con-
tractors and middle-
men who have been as
identified as Shailendra
Sharma and Pankaj
Gaur, an official of the
ACB informed.
All three accused
have been arrested un-
der the prevention of
corruption act.
It is the second trap in
two days in the district
of Banswara.
On Tuesday, the ACB
hadarrestedtwopersons
– an official of Uttar
Pradesh’s Institute of
EntrepreneurshipDevel-
opment (IED) Sunny Ge-
hlot and middleman Da-
nial while taking a bribe
of Rs 8000 in a separate
case. They were sent to
judicial custody after a
court in Udaipur reject-
ed their bail application.
MISHRA ANNOUNCES TO GIVE
`20 LAKH TO CM RELIEF FUND
Expressing concern on the covid pandemic, the
Governor said that he individually spoke to all
the MLAs and MPs of the state to get ground
level feedback on covid-19 situation. He said he
apprised the chief minister of some points and
he took action.Mishra said that doctors have
taken all steps to defeat corona and constant
efforts for awareness of people are being made
in the state. The governor also announced to
give additional Rs 20 lakh to the chief minister’s
relief fund to assist the government in provid-
ing expensive injections to corona patients.
Earlier, from the governor’s fund, he gave Rs
20 lakh to PM CARE fund, Rs. 20 lakh to the
chief minister’s relief fund and Rs. 10 lakh to
Rajasthan medical services corporation ltd
for the purchase of PPE kits and other items.
Saying that all round development of the state
is his priority, Mishra stressed that ‘Divyang’
(differently-abled), girls and women will have to
be linked with the mainstream of development.
Avinash Pande
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Saluting the bravest
of the brave, late
Captain Vikram Batra
on his 46th Birth
Anniversary today.
#VikramBatra
#ParamVirChakra
Kashiram Chaudhary
Jaipur: Governor
Kalraj Mishra on
Wednesday, said that
while dealing with the
deadlock with the state
government over call-
ing the assembly ses-
sion in July, he was un-
der no pressure from
anyone except the Con-
stitution.
On completion of
one year as the Ra-
jasthan governor,
Mishra said that he is
working in the state in-
terest under the consti-
tutional provisions
and all round develop-
ment of the state is his
priority.
Mishra, who re-
placed Kalyan Singh
on September 9 last
year, held a virtual
press conference on
Wednesday and also
announced a 15-point
agenda for next four
years.
“I worked purely on
the basis of the Consti-
tution of India. I was
not under pressure
from anyone, but I was
under pressure from
the Constitution. Noth-
ing was done under
pressure,” the gover-
nor said while replying
to a question related to
the deadlock between
Raj Bhawan and state
government in July
over convening assem-
bly session.
Talking about the 15-
point agenda, the gov-
ernor said that the
agenda will be execut-
ed with cooperation
and coordination with
the state government.
The agenda includes
an action plan for edu-
cation of children,
youths, women and
girls, water conserva-
tion, employment fairs,
action plan for the con-
servation of folk arts
among others.
Governor said that
he individually spoke
to all the MLAs and
MPs of the state to get
ground level feedback
on covid-19 situation.
Development of state is priority: Guv
VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
Kalraj Mishra
Rajeev Jain new RU VC; Bhagirath
Singh VC Shekhawati University
Bharat Dixit
Jaipur: Rajasthan gov-
ernor Kalraj Mishra on
Wednesday, appointed
Prof Rajeev Jain and
Prof Bhagirath Singh
as the new vice chan-
cellors of the Univer-
sity of Rajasthan -
Jaipur and Shekhawati
University- Sikar re-
spectively.
After the retirement
of Prof R K Kothari on
31 July, Prof J P Yadav
was working as the act-
ingVCof theRajasthan
university.
The VC search com-
mittee forwarded a
panel of four names to
the governor a week
ago and the governor
cleared the appoint-
ment of Prof Jain as
the new VC on Wednes-
day.
Jain after taking
over as the new VC of
Rajasthan university
said that conducting
exams are the main
task before him corona
pandemic and the ex-
ams will be conducted
in free and fair manner
while ensuring all
guidelines related to
the pandemic.
He said that the
works of the university
will be conducted in co-
operation and coordi-
nation with the univer-
sity officials and staff.
The newly appointed
VC said that he will try
to ensure that no con-
flict takes place be-
tween him and the
staff, as happened in
the university in the
past.
In Shekhawati uni-
versity of Sikar, prof
Bhagirath Singh was
appointed as the new
VC. Singh has been the
VC of Maharaja Ganga
Singh University of Bi-
kaner.
Sources said that
both the names are
from the Governor’s
side and chief minister
Ashok Gehlot too gave
the names priority dur-
ing a meeting with the
Governor yesterday.
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he coronavirus
has shuttered
schoolsformore
than one billion
childrenaround
the world. Because the vast
majority have been unable
to make the transition to
online education, school
closures have widened the
pre-existing gap between
how much rich children
and poor children learn.
The challenges are great-
est in the poorest countries.
In Sub-Saharan Africa, for
example, about one in ten
studentshaveacomputerat
home, and more than half
live in households without
electricity. Unreliable Inter-
net connections, limited ac-
cess to mobile devices, and
high costs put e-learning
further out of reach.
EvenbeforeCOVID-19,de-
veloping countries were fac-
ing a serious education cri-
sis. Today, 53% of children
in low- and middle-income
countriescannotreadorun-
derstand a simple story by
age ten. In the poorest coun-
tries,thisfigureisashighas
80%.Asschoolclosuresdrag
on, this crisis risks becom-
ing a catastrophe.
Existing disparities will
worsen as the pandemic
weakens economies. Many
developing countries will
post negative growth rates
in 2020 for the first time in
over two decades. COVID-19
could push as many as 100
million more people into ex-
treme poverty, increasing
theriskthatchildrenwillbe
put to work instead of being
allowed to continue their
studies.Theeconomicshock
could force 24 million chil-
dren out of school forever,
and will have long-term ef-
fects even on those who re-
turn. The World Bank esti-
mates that the learning al-
ready lost as a result of five
months of school closures
will cost this generation $10
trillion in lifetime earnings.
Girls are especially vul-
nerable. When Sierra Leo-
ne’s schools closed for
eight months in 2014-15 to
stop the spread of Ebola,
girls experienced higher
dropout rates as a result of
teenage pregnancy, domes-
tic violence, and sexual
abuse. Over the next dec-
ade, as many as 13 million
more girls could be forced
into early marriage by
struggling parents.
Because pandemic-relat-
ed school closures could be
long-lasting or recurrent,
policymakers must radi-
cally rethink how to deliver
education so that all chil-
dren are learning. Without
major steps to put the most
marginalized children at
the center of our education
systems, the world risks
losing an entire generation
to illiteracy, ignorance, and
dependence.
Toensurethatthepoorest
girls have the same educa-
tional opportunities as the
richest boys, governments
must waive school fees, pro-
vide meals, and cover ex-
penses to enable the lowest-
income families to keep
their children in school.
Children in rural areas, es-
pecially girls, need trans-
port to get to their class-
rooms safely. Pregnant girls
and young mothers need
options that will allow them
to return to school and con-
tinue their education. And
teachers need training and
support to enable all their
students to learn.
Although governments
are facing the deepest eco-
nomic recession in recent
memory, they should re-
member that an educated
population will most likely
be their most valuable re-
source as their countries
recover from the pandemic
and confront future chal-
lenges. In July, a coalition
of international and local
organizations launched
the #SaveOurFuture cam-
paign to highlight how
damage to education sys-
tems will hinder progress
toward all 17 Sustainable
Development Goals..
SOURCE: PROJECT SYNDICATE
A radically inclusive makeover for education
T
To refrain from selfish acts is
one kind of renunciation,
called sannyasa; to renounce
the fruit of action is another,
called tyaga. —Bhagavad Gita
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3 pairs of special train services
starting 12th September
on Puri-Ahmedabad, Puri-
Gandhidham,Puri-Okha routes in
addition to the Shramik specials
& special trains already under
operation will further ensure safe
transport of people travelling to
re-join work in different states.
Shashi Tharoor @ShashiTharoor
PM is right. Why should we be
the only ones to suffer senseless
propaganda thrust into our living
rooms daily? Let the rest of the
world witness the catastrophe
that is the Indian media. Our
national image has never been
worse than today;this will seal it.
eal Estate is one of the most
stressed-out industries in this
time of Corona crisis. Al-
though the real estate indus-
try in India is expected to
grow more than 30% in the
next ten years yet there is not
enough government support
to the industry. There are
somevaguepremonitionsand
presumptions which need to
be dumped and a corrective,
constructive and conclusive
package or policy needs to be
framed for the industry.
The governments have
no business to be in busi-
ness. Corona crisis has crip-
pled all but, the real estate in-
dustry the most. Some of the
statesissuedahastyguideline
to the landlords to postpone
the charging of rents by three
months.Althoughnoneof the
government guidelines sug-
gestedwaivingoff therentyet
most of the tenants presented
it to be so to pressurise the
landlordstowaiveoff therent
for some months or at least
avail some discounts from
them. Eventually, it turned
out to be one of the biggest
state-sponsored chaos for the
industry. Such a guideline
promotes lawlessness and
prompts the parties con-
cerned not to abide by the
agreement,legallysignedand
registered by them.
The Honourable Delhi
High Court decision dated
21st May 2020 in RC. REV.
447/2017 clearly states “… In
the realm of contracts, the
respective rights and obliga-
tions of the parties would be
determined by the terms and
conditions of the contract it-
self …”. Shouldn’t thus the
state abstain from interfer-
ing in the agreements legally
signed by two parties and is-
sue guidelines cautiously?
Revise the circle rates. It
is a stark fact that the real es-
tatepriceshavefallensharply
amidst the Corona crisis. Ow-
ing to the lockdown crisis, the
situation has so become that
the property rates are chang-
ing with almost every deal in
an area. Thus, the govern-
ment, at least for a period of
one year, should keep the cir-
cle rates system in abeyance
and accept the agreement
value only, as the fair market
value or the circle rate.
Abolish the double taxa-
tion. Some of the lawmakers
wasted no time in stating that
the builders, in this time of
Corona crisis, should sell
their properties at whatever
price they get. The comment
was very pessimistic and det-
rimental to the growth of the
industry at large. But, even if
we accept this point of view
as it is, can a builder really do
so without the revision of the
circle rates? As per section
56(2)(x) of the income tax act,
anyone buying any property
for less than the market value
is liable for income tax on the
difference between the pur-
chase price and the circle rate
of the property. The seller, as
per section 54 of the income
tax act, is taxed as usual con-
sidering the agreement value
or the circle rate whichever is
higher. So, despite selling a
property at a lower price the
seller is obliged to pay the tax
at a higher value. The buyer
is also liable to pay the stamp
duty on the circle rate value
rather than the actual pur-
chase value. Income tax is
governed by the centre while
the stamp duty payments are
governedbythestates.Hence,
if just the state governments
keep in abeyance the circle
rates system and accept the
agreement value only, as the
fair market value, the central
government would not be re-
quired to amend the income
tax act.
Long Term Capital
Gains ( LTCG ) Tax. If a
residential property is sold
and the seller re-invests the
taxable income in another
residential property, he is eli-
gible for income tax exemp-
tion on the said amount. The
said exemption should be
extended to all sorts of prop-
erties whether residential,
commercial, industrial, land
or warehouse, etc. So, to say,
if taxable income out of any
property sold is re-invested
in any property, the same
should be exempted from tax.
REITs ( Real Estate In-
vestment Trusts ). The con-
cept has not yet picked up in
India. More measures are re-
quiredtodevelopandpopular-
isethisconcept.Sellersshould
beallowedtoinvesttheirLong
Term Capital Gains ( LTCG )
in REITs to save tax on the
same.Hitherto,thisliabilityis
allowed to be set off only
against the purchase of a new
residential property or invest-
ment up to Rs. 50.00 lakhs in
some specified bonds. Also,
thesaidlimitof Rs.50.00lakhs
berevisedtoallowthesellerto
invest the entire taxable
amount in such bonds. Fur-
thermore,theinvestmentinto
bonds can be made only with-
in six months from the sale of
the property, delay beyond six
months forfeits this option.
Such an investment period
should also be co-linked with
the period allowed to invest
thetaxableamountinanother
property as per section 54 of
the income tax act.
Investors strengthen the
industry. Most of the gov-
ernment policies, tax struc-
tures, duties, and levies in
this industry are designed,
keeping only the end-users in
mind. Like any other indus-
try, the real estate industry
too needs investors’ money
for its growth. The investors
making some money after re-
maining invested for some
time is good for the economy.
Brokers drive market
growth. A broker is the cata-
lyst in a deal and hence in the
growth of the market. Almost
none of the parties can con-
clude a deal without a broker.
Despite this, none of the poli-
cies is framed for him and the
real estate broking industry
at large. As per my analysis,
on a conservative estimate,
the real estate broking alone
is an Rs. 18,000 crores indus-
try in India and there are over
5,00,000 Real Estate Brokers
across India but, sadly there
is not even one specific law
safeguarding this profession.
Rationalisation of Stamp
Duty. Stamp duty on the sale
of properties is one of the ma-
jor revenue earners for the
states in India but, charging
the same irrationally in a
situation where the industry
is fighting for its lost sheen is
being harsh. Such duties
should be revised to be
brought down to a maximum
of 2% of the property value.
Levying such duties through
a backdoor by way of any cess
or surcharge or inflating the
property prices should be
completely done away with.
In the resale of properties,
the stamp duty should be
charged only on the incre-
mentalsalevalue.Thatmeans
the buyers should be asked to
pay the stamp duty after giv-
ing a rebate of the duty which
has already been paid on the
previous sale agreements.
Rationalisation of GST.
At the rates of 12% and 18%
on the sale and rentals re-
spectively of commercial
properties, GSTs are too high.
The same should be brought
down to 6% and 12% respec-
tively and MSMEs ( Micro
Small & Medium Enterprises
) and the start-ups should be
exempt from paying the GST.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
CORONA CRISIS, REAL
ESTATE AND THE GOVERNMENT
R
It is a stark fact
that the real
estate prices
have fallen
sharply amidst
the Corona
crisis. Owing to
the lockdown
crisis, the
situation has so
become that the
property rates
are changing
with almost
every deal in an
area. Thus, the
government, at
least for a
period of one
year, should
keep the circle
rates system in
abeyance and
accept the
agreement
value only, as
the fair market
value or the
circle rate
MOST OF THE GOVERNMENT POLICIES, TAX
STRUCTURES, DUTIES, AND LEVIES IN THIS
INDUSTRY ARE DESIGNED, KEEPING ONLY THE END-
USERS IN MIND. LIKE ANY OTHER INDUSTRY, THE
REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY TOO NEEDS INVESTORS’
MONEY FOR ITS GROWTH. THE INVESTORS MAKING
SOME MONEY AFTER REMAINING INVESTED FOR
SOME TIME IS GOOD FOR THE ECONOMY
ALOK
GUPTA
THE WRITER IS PRESIDENT OF
THE PRESTIGIOUS THE ESTATE
AGENTS ASSOCIATION OF INDIA,
CENTRAL ZONE ONE

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INDIAJAIPUR | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2020
FROM PG 1
STOP USE OF SINGLE-USE
PLASTIC BOTTLES, URGES MODI
Nearly 90,000 new
cases take India’s
tally past 4.3 mn
New Delhi: India on
Wednesday recorded
89,706 new cases of the
coronavirus disease in
the last 24 hours, push-
ing the nationwide tally
to 43,70,129, according
to Union health minis-
try dashboard on
Wednesday. The num-
ber of fatalities rose by
1,115, according to the
health ministry data, to
reach 73,890.
The number of active
cases went up further,
with 13,697 recorded in
the last 24 hours. The
total number of active
cases stand at 8,97,394.
The number of active
cases will soon cross
the nine lakh mark. The
more worrying situa-
tion is that half of these
cases are in just three
states - Maharashtra,
Andhra & Karnataka.
The number has now
increased to 14,273 daily
active cases. At this
rate, India will see a
million active cases by
next week. —Agencies
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi in-
teracted with the benefi-
ciaries of PM Street Ven-
dors’ Aatmanirbhar Ni-
dhi (PM SVANidhi)
scheme from Madhya
Pradesh and stressed on
the use earthen pitchers
insteadof single-useplas-
tic bottles for drinking
water.
He interacted virtually
with street vendor
Chaganlal and his wife
from Sanver in Indore
district,Gwalior’sArcha-
na Sharma and vegetable
vendor Dalchand in Rais-
en district.
PM Modi advised
Chaganlal how to en-
hance his business by
asking customers to re-
turn the pipe used in
making broomsticks to
reduce the cost of mak-
ing a broomstick.
The PM advised him to
use an earthen pitcher
instead of a single-use
plastic bottle for drink-
ing water to save the en-
vironment. PM Modi
also asked him about the
Ujjwala Yojna and how it
benefited his family. In-
teracting with Gwalior’s
Archana Sharma, PM
asked whether she would
serve him ‘tikki’ that she
sells at her joint. —PTI
SVANIDHI SAMVAAD: PM MODI INTERACTS WITH STREET VENDORS FROM MP
COVID-19 UPDATE
PM TO LAUNCH PM
MATSYA SAMPADA
YOJANA TODAY
NEED TO SUPPORT YOUTH IN THEIR
FIGHT FOR EMPLOYMENT: PRIYANKA
New Delhi: PM Modi
will launch the Pradhan
Mantri Matsya Sampada
Yojana, along with the
e-Gopala App, today.
PMMSY is a flagship
scheme for focused and
sustainable develop-
ment of the fisheries
sector the e-Gopala
App is a comprehensive
breed improvement
marketplace and infor-
mation portal for direct
use of farmers.
New Delhi: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
said youth are raising their voice over stalled recruit-
ments, examination dates, and new jobs, as she under-
lined need for supporting their “fight” for employment.
The youth of this country want to make their voice
heard, Priyanka tweeted using hashtag ‘’9 baje 9-minute
yuvaon ki baat’’ and ‘’stop privatization save govt job’’.
‘PM SVANidhi making small biz Atmanirbhar’
New Delhi: Lauding
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi for the PM
SVANidhi scheme
aimed to benefit street
vendors across the
country, Union Home
Minister Amit Shah on
Wednesday said that
the scheme is making
small businesses self-
dependent.
Shah expressed his
views after the Prime
Minister held ‘Svanidhi
Samvaad’withstreetven-
dors from Madhya
Pradeshearlierintheday.
“PM SVANidhi is
makingsmallbusinesses
‘Atmanirbhar’ and play-
ing a key role in the re-
alisationof anewIndia.”
“Development of In-
dia is incumbent upon
the development of eve-
ry citizen and PM Modi
is committed to empow-
er all sections of socie-
ty. The PM SVANidhi
scheme, which aims to
empower the street ven-
dors, is a result of his
farsightedness and sen-
sitivity towards the wel-
fare of the poor,” Shah
said in a series of
tweets.
The Minister said
that the PM SVANidhi
scheme is serving
crores of poor people by
reviving their means of
livelihood during COV-
ID-19 pandemic.
—Agencies
Silver Lake to invest
` 7,500Cr in Reliance
Retail ventures
Mumbai: Reliance In-
dustries Limited (“Reli-
ance Industries”) and
Reliance Retail Ventures
Limited (“RRVL”) an-
nounced that Silver
Lake will invest `7,500
crore into RRVL, a sub-
sidiary of Reliance In-
dustries. This invest-
ment values RRVL at a
pre-money equity value
of `4.21lakhcrore.Silver
Lake’s investment will
translate into a 1.75% eq-
uity stake in RRVL on a
fully diluted basis.
Commenting on the
transaction with Silver
Lake, Mukesh Ambani,
Chairman and Manag-
ing Director, Reliance
Industries, said, “I am
delighted to extend our
relationship with Silver
Lake to our transforma-
tional efforts of build-
ing an inclusive part-
nership with millions
of small merchants
while providing value
to Indian consumers
across the country in
the Indian retail sector.
We believe technology
will be key to bringing
the much-needed trans-
formation in this sector
so that various constit-
uents of the retail eco-
system can collaborate
to build inclusive
growth platforms. Sil-
ver Lake will be an in-
valuable partner in im-
plementing our vision
for Indian Retail.”
Commenting on the
investment, Egon Dur-
ban, Co-CEO and Man-
aging Partner of Silver
Lake, said, “We are
pleased to deepen our
relationship with Reli-
ance with this invest-
ment. Mukesh Ambani
and his team at Reli-
ance have created an
outstanding world lead-
er in retail and technol-
ogy through their cou-
rageous vision, com-
mitment to societal
benefits, innovation
excellence and relent-
less execution. The suc-
cess of JioMart in such
a short time span, espe-
cially while India, along
with the rest of the
world, battles the COV-
ID-19 pandemic, is truly
unprecedented, and the
most exciting growth
phase has just begun.”
‘PM Modi’s lockdown a
‘disaster plan,’ says RaGa
New Delhi: Upping his
attack against the Cen-
tre, Congress leader Ra-
hul Gandhi Wednesday
said the sudden imposi-
tion of the 21-day lock-
down to contain the
coronavirus was a “dis-
aster plan” by Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi and proved to be a
“death sentence for the
unorganised sector”.
“When you (central
government) imposed a
lockdown without any
notice, it was a blow to
the poor daily wage
earners of the country,”
he said. “The poor,
those in small and me-
dium businesses, are
daily wage earners.
They eat with what they
earn each day. When
you announced a lock-
down without a notice,
you attacked them. PM
said the fight will be for
21 days, the backbone of
the unorganised sector
broke in 21 days,” Gan-
dhi said.—Agencies
RAHUL GANDHI @RAHULGANDHI
Due to Modi Govt’s gross mismanagement of Covid
1. India’s total cases world’s 2nd highest.
2. India’s weekend tally higher than US & Brazil put
together. 3. On Sunday, India’s share was 40% of
total cases worldwide. 4. No flattening of curve.
Stay safe everyone.
Thank PM for
prioritising needs of
Odisha: Pradhan
Vaishali
New Delhi: Union Min-
ister Dharmendra
Pradhan on Wednesday
expressed gratitude to
PM Narendra Modi and
Railway Minister Pi-
yush Goyal for an-
nouncing special trains
for the migrant workers
to return to their work-
places.
The Ministry of Rail-
ways has initiated three
pairs of special train
services starting from
September 12. These
trains will run on Puri-
Ahmedabad, Puri-Gan-
dhidham, Puri-Okha
routes. Pradhan, in a
tweet, said, “Thanks
PM Narendra Modi ji
for prioritising the
needs of Odisha and Pi-
yush Goyal for acceding
to my request of run-
ning additional trains
from Odisha for the con-
venience of migrant
Odias wanting to travel
back to their places of
livelihood, including
Ahmedabad and Su-
rat.”
“3 pairs of special
train services starting
Sept 12 on Puri-
Ahmedabad, Puri-Gan-
dhidham, Puri-Okha
routes in addition to
Shramik specials and
special trains already
under operation will
further ensure safe
transport of people
travelling to re-join
work in different
states,” he tweeted.
TECHNOLOGY WILL BE KEY IN
TRANSFORMING THE SECTOR: AMBANI
“I am delighted to extend our relationship with
Silver Lake to our transformational efforts of build-
ing an inclusive partnership with millions of small
merchants while providing value to Indian consum-
ers across the country in the Indian retail sector.
We believe technology will be key to bringing the
much-needed transformation in this sector.”
Sensex
drops 171
pts; Nifty
below 11,300
Mumbai: Equity
benchmark Sensex
tumbled 171 points on
Wednesday, tracking
losses in index heavy-
weights HDFC Bank,
ICICI Bank and Infosys
amid weak cues from
Asian peers.
After slumping 430.09
points during the day,
the 30-share BSE index
recovered some lost
ground and ended
171.43 points lower at
38,193.92.
In similar movement,
NSE Nifty settled 39.35
points or 0.35 per cent
down at 11,278.
SBI was the top loser
in the Sensex pack,
shedding over 4 per
cent, followed by Bajaj
Finserv.
On the other hand,
Tata Steel, Reliance In-
dustries, IndusInd
Bank, Sun Pharma and
Asian Paints were
among the gainers.
PM Narendra Modi addresses during ‘Svanidhi Samvaad’ with street vendors from MP through
video conferencing, in New Delhi on Wednesday.
State machinery...
In consideration of
COVID-19 restrictions,
the meeting on Wednes-
day was held in a vir-
tual mode with more
than 400 farmers con-
necting from the ‘Jan
Sampark Kendras’ of
their respective dis-
tricts. The chief minis-
ter in his concluding
comments thanked the
farmers for being part
of the virtual event and
asked them to stay cau-
tious and keep them-
selves and others safe
from corona.
At the meeting, Agri-
culture Minister Lal-
chand Kataria appreci-
ated the fact that the
policy has provided
farmer families ways
and means to generate
employment for them-
selves and others de-
spite the COVID crisis.
He insisted the offi-
cials ensure that bene-
fits of the scheme
reach out to the benefi-
ciaries. He asked the
officials to not only
educate farmers re-
garding the policy ben-
efits but also guide
them regarding the
loan process.
LAC continues...
At a forward position
near the Rezang La
mountain pass, Indian
andChinesetroopswere
only around 200 metres
apart,anotherofficialin
New Delhi said. Both of-
ficials declined to be
named. —Agencies
India, Oz...
The MEA said the three
sides agreed to hold the
dialogue on an annual
basis. It said the three
sides discussed eco-
nomic and geo-strategic
challenges and coopera-
tion in the Indo-Pacific,
particularly in the con-
text of the COVID-19
pandemic and domestic
responses to the crisis.
Pawar meets...
Earlier, speaking to re-
porters, Pawar said the
movebytheBMC,which
is controlled by the Shiv
Sena, had ended up giv-
ing the actor “unneces-
sary publicity”. —ANI
Like my...
Earlier, Kangana was
met with black flags
and slogans from pro-
testing Shiv Sena work-
ers as she arrived at
Mumbai Airport. But
there was support too
from workers of the RPI
(A) and Karni Sena,
who also gathered at the
airport.
In a series of posts
earlier in the day,
Ranaut said there has
been no “illegal con-
struction” in her house.
“... also government
has banned any demoli-
tions in Covid till Sep-
tember 30, Bullywood
watch now this is what
Fascism looks like
#DeathOfDemocracy
#KanganaRanaut,” the
actor tweeted. In an-
other post, she wrote,
“I am never wrong and
my enemies prove
again and again this is
why my Mumbai is
POK now #deathofde-
mocracy”.
The BJP on Wednes-
day lashed out at the
Shiv Sena-led MVA dis-
pensation over razing of
“illegal alterations” at
the bungalow of actress
Kangana Ranaut by the
Mumbai civic body,
terming the develop-
ment“vendettapolitics”
and a kind of “govern-
ment-sponsored terror”
in the state.
Leader of the Opposi-
tion in the Maharashtra
Assembly Devendra
Fadnavis said the state
of Chhatrapati Shivaji
Maharaj has not seen
such a “timid and anti-
democracy” govern-
ment till now.
He accused the state
government of stifling
voices of those holding
a different view. —PTI
Oxford vaccine...
it was being conducted
- USA, UK, Brazil and
South Africa. Referring
to reports of AstraZen-
eca halting the trials in
the UK, Serum Institute
of India (SII), which is
conducting the trials in
India, said the UK trials
have been paused for
further review.
“We can’t comment
much on the UK trials
but they have been
paused for further re-
view and they hope to
restart soon. As far as
Indian trials are con-
cerned, it is continuing
and we have faced no is-
sues at all,” it said.
“In view of the above
Drugs Controller Gen-
eral of India and Cen-
tralLicensingAuthority
hereby give you an op-
portunity to show cause
as provided under rule
30 of the New Drugs and
Clinical Trials Rules
2019 - why the permis-
sion granted to you on
August 2 shall not be
suspended till patient
safety is established,”
said the notice, a copy of
which is with ANI. —ANI
EPFO to...
The EPFO’s apex deci-
sion making body Cen-
tral Board of Trustees
(CBT) will meet again
in December and take a
call on crediting re-
maining 0.35 per cent
interest into subscrib-
ers account. —ANI

NEWSJAIPUR | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2020
Mumbai: Actor Rhea
Chakraborty was taken
to Mumbai’s Byculla
Jail this morning, a day
after she was arrested
on drug charges related
to the Sushant Singh Ra-
jput case.
She was sent to jail for
14 days during a video
hearing by a magistrate
who rejected her bail
last night.
She spent the night at
the Narcotics Control
Bureau office. The
28-year-old’s bail will be
heard by a court tomor-
row.
Rhea Chakraborty
has been charged with
organisingdrugsforher
boyfriend Sushant Sin-
gh Rajput, a Bollywood
star whose shock death
on June 14 is being in-
vestigated by the CBI.
There is no mention in
the court papers of her
using drugs.
She faces charges that
could lead to up to 10
years in jail.
Rhea Chakraborty
and her brother Showik
Chakraborty are ac-
cused of arranging
drugs with help from
Sushant Singh Rajput’s
employees Samuel Mi-
randa and Dipesh
Sawant, who were alleg-
edly in touch with drug
dealers.
The Narcotics Con-
trol Bureau arrested
Rhea Chakraborty after
three days of question-
ing and said in its court
documents that she was
“an active member of
the drug syndicate con-
nected with drug sup-
plies” and knew of “eve-
ry delivery and pay-
ment”.
“It is also clear from
the statement that Rhea
Chakraborty used to
procure drugs for Sush-
ant Singh Rajput for
consumption purpose,”
the anti-drugs agency
said. Samuel Miranda
and Dipesh Sawant told
investigators that they
used to procure and re-
ceive drugs “for the con-
sumption of Sushant
Singh Rajput” and both
the actor and Rhea
Chakraborty would
both pay.
She used to “manage
finance for drug pro-
curement along with
Sushant Singh Rajput”,
the document said.
The agency also said
the drug deliveries
would be received ?
by Sushant Singh Ra-
jput’s aides and some-
times the payment and
choice of drugs was
confirmed from Rhea
Chakraborty.
While mainstream
Bollywood has been
largely silent, several
prominent members of
the film fraternity have
come out in Rhea
Chakraborty’s support
on social media, as a
countertoalargesection
that has targeted her
over Sushant Singh Ra-
jput’s death. —Agencies
RHEA LOCKED UP
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Ten labourers
were injured when an
under-construction
building collapsed in
Muhana area of the city
on Wednesday.
The labourers were
rescued in a four-hour
long rescue operation
by police and civil de-
fence team. They were
admitted to a hospital.
The construction
work at the three-storey
building owned by
Chuttan Chheepa was
going on for nearly a
month.
On Wednesday, the
roof of the first floor
collapsed following
which the roof of sec-
ond and third floor also
crashed which led to
commotion in the area.
ACP Mansarover
Sanjeev Chaudhary
along with his team and
civil defence members
rushed to the spot and
started a rescue opera-
tion.
They rescued ten la-
bourers from the debris
of the building.
Those injured in the
incident were mostly
working on the roof, po-
lice said.
Police are investigat-
ing the root cause of the
collapse. The house
owner and contractor
are absconding after
the incident.
Fake sanitizer
‘Milang’ seized
The drug controller de-
partment after finding
some medical stores
selling counterfeit
‘Milang’ brand hand
rub sanitizer raided
Kasa 9 plot no 33 on Mu-
hana road. The drug
controller Rajaram
Sharma said that the
stock of sanitizers
stocked by G&DS trad-
ing enterprises was
checked in the presence
of the company owner
which was found to be
counterfeit of the origi-
nal brand. The team
took samples and seized
the stock.
Mumbai: Actor Rhea
Chakraborty, arrested
by the NCB in a drugs
case linked to her boy-
friend and actor Sush-
ant Singh Rajput’s
death, on Wednesday
moved a bail plea be-
fore a sessions court
in Mumbai.
This is her second
attempt to seek re-
lease after a magis-
trate court on Tues-
day refused to grant
her bail.
In the fresh plea,
filed by her lawyer
Satish Maneshinde,
the 28-year-old actress
claimed to be “inno-
cent”.
“She has not com-
mitted any crime
whatsoever and has
been falsely implicat-
ed in the case,” said
the plea. The court
will hear the bail ap-
plicationonThursday.
Showik and Sawant
have also applied for
bail and their pleas
will also be heard on
Thursday. —PTI
10 workers injured after 3 floors
of a house come tumbling down
Actormovescourt
againseekingbail
NCB officers take Bollywood
actress Rhea Chakraborty,
who has been sent in judicial
custody till September 22 by a
local court, to Byculla women
jail, in Mumbai on Wednesday.
—PHOTO BY PTI
BYCULLA JAIL & ITS INMATES
FOR THE
GOVERNMENT,
POWER PIE TO
BE SHARED!
The recent political crisis
in Rajasthan has taught
one thing to the ruling
MLAs, i.e. they can ‘act’ to
be hurt and disgruntled’
and they will be showered
with ‘gifts’. The political
observers claim that in the
current environment’, the
MLAs have suddenly grown
strong, even stronger than a
few ministers and therefore,
in order to keep the ‘flock’
together, they would be
given a share of the “power
pie”. There was speculation
that the majority of the
MLAs would be accorded
important positions with
facilities like state vehicles
and ‘the works’. Now, what
started as a rumour has now
matured into a ‘movement’
that the government is
carrying out. There is a
strong word in power
corridors that 100 MLAs
would be given these ‘gifts’.
For the purpose, the Gehlot
government will bring in a
correction in the Assembly
Member (Prevention of
Disqualification) Act.
Through the amendment, the
MLAs, big or small, will be
given a position according
to their stature and thus no
MLA will be left ‘unsatisfied’.
While some will be taken in
the cabinet, remaining
will be adjusted in the
political appointments
while a few of these
individuals will be made
parliamentary secretary on
the pattern of Punjab and
Chhatisgarh!
—First India Bureau
The actor has been charged with organising drugs for her boyfriend
Sushant Singh and faces charges that could lead to up to 10 years in jail
The other accused
arrested by the
NCB, including the
actress’s brother
Showik Chakraborty
(in pic), Rajput’s
house manager
Samuel Miranda, his
personal staff mem-
ber Dipesh Sawant,
and suspected drug
peddlers Zaid Vilatra
and Abdel Basit
Parihar, were sent in
14-day judicial cus-
tody by the sessions
court, special public
prosecutor Atul
Sarpande said.
The labourers were rescued in a four-hour long rescue operation
by police and civil defence team.
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Rajasthan
Cricket Association is
considering holding
domestic tournaments
from the next month.
RCA President Vaib-
hav Gehlot held a meet-
ing with the office-
bearers and discussed
the scope for holding
the tournaments in Oc-
tober.
However, the RCA
will wait for the guide-
lines from the board.
Other issues discussed
in the meeting were re-
lated to the payment of
due salary of staffers,
construction of RCA
stadium and others.
JDA has so far not
given the land allot-
ment letter to RCA.
RCA vice president
Amin Pathan, secre-
tary Mahendra Shar-
ma, treasurer KK Ni-
mawat and member
Devaram attended the
meeting.
RCA mulls holding domestic
tournaments from Oct onwards
RCA President Vaibhav Gehlot
Rajendra Chhabra
E
lated with the
43rd birthday of
Sachin Pilot, fall-
ing on previous Mon-
day, his supporters
‘painted the town red’
when it came to putting
up posters, banners and
hoardings on main
roads and crossroads.
For many, it came
as a surprise since
Pilot does not enjoy the
same ‘power’ he had
earlier.
Yet these posters
managed to overshad-
ow the hoardings put up
of CM Ashok Gehlot
and various govern-
ment schemes.
The ‘free for all’ sce-
nario for pilot hoard-
ings had gone to the ex-
tent that 7 state govern-
ments/DLB hoardings
on certain key circles,
which are reserved only
for the Chief Minister
or the state government
schemes, were also used
by Pilot camp without
any proper permission
from the relevant au-
thorities.
Pilot supporters
claim that 45,000 units
of blood were collected
on their leader’s birth-
day and it is claimed to
be an all time record for
most units of blood col-
lected in a single day.
But it appears that
even in the state capital
the Pilot camp mem-
bers have made yet an-
other record to their
kitty - of putting up
probably the most num-
ber of posters and ban-
ners for any political
leader’s birthday.
Whether it was civil
lines, statue circle, Bais
Godam, Ambedkar Cir-
cle, Rambagh circle,
Gandhi Circle, entire
Bhawani Singh road
and even the JLN Marg
was full to the brim
with Pilot’s posters.
It is obvious that this
“pomp” must have cost-
ed lakhs of rupees and
no permission would
have been taken from
the Jaipur Municipal
Corporation (JMC).
If it was a show of
power, political observ-
ers believe that Pilot
was indeed able to take
the limelight away, even
if for a brief moment.
Interestingly, there
was a coincidence too.
On Monday, AICC Gen-
eral Secretary and Ra-
jasthan Incharge Ajay
Maken was scheduled
to reach Jaipur from
Delhi, and it is believed
that the entire ‘show’
was carried out so that
Pilot’s ‘stature’ in pub-
lic can be shown first
hand to the visiting
General Secretary, how-
ever, his deferring to
come to Jaipur by a day
also resulted in disap-
pointment for the once
excited Pilot camp!
Pilot hoardings: Free for all!
Hoardings with Sachin Pilot’s birthday messages installed across the city including on premises of government buildings and offices.

Shubham Jain &
Shivendra Parmar
Ajmer: AICC State in-
charge, Ajay Maken em-
barked upon the much
awaited tour of various
divisions of the state
starting with Ajmer on
Wednesday. Maken was
extended a grand wel-
come at many places
while he approached
Ajmer by road. When
Maken reached Ajmer
the welcome ceremony
transformedintoashow
of one upmanship be-
tween various factions
in the local Congress.
The dialogue venue Me-
wara estate only permit-
ted listed party leaders
and workers. This cre-
ated an awkward situa-
tion for ex- mayor Ka-
mal Bakoliya who had
accompanied Masuda
MLA Rakesh Pareek.
Bakoliya had an ugly al-
tercation with police
personnel at the gate of
Mewara estate which
was settled by senior of-
ficers.
Meanwhile,AjayMak-
en went ahead with his
interaction with the par-
ty leaders of all four dis-
tricts of the division
with PCC Chief Govind
Singh Dotasara on his
side. Speaking to the me-
dia after the meetings
Makensaidthatheinter-
acted with more than 65
congressmen from 4 dis-
tricts and it will be his
endeavortoincludetheir
suggestionsforstrength-
ening the bond between
the party and the state
govt.Makensaidthatthe
achievements of the
state govt will be pre-
sented to the people on
Oct 2. He assured that
the ministers will hold
meetings with the party
workers each month to
solve their problems on
the spot & assured of the
constitution of district
Congress committees
soon. Ajay Maken went
to Ajmer Dargah and
Brahma temple in Push-
kar after the party pro-
gramme with PCC chief
Dotasara and minister
in-charge of Ajmer
Pramod Jain Bhaya.
Appearance is important if you are
in a profession where it matters
how people see you. People will
judge from appearance not your reality.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India
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2NDFRONTPOSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21
CM enquiresaboutCoronawarriors’healthLaxman Raghav
Jaipur: The coronavi-
rus epidemic is spread-
ing its wings in unprec-
edented proportion but
the state govt too is
matching its serious-
ness for the solution.
Now the big challenge
before the health offi-
cials is that more and
more corona warriors
are being found corona
positive in the state.
Chief Minister Ge-
hlot is tirelessly moni-
toring the situation at
both macro and micro
level. His micro moni-
toring came to light
once more in the case of
Dholpur SP Kesar Sin-
gh who was not only
diagnosed with corona
positive but was also re-
ferred to Jaipur on 30
August due to his seri-
ous condition.
Kesar Singh himself
says that Chief Minis-
ter Gehlot not only en-
quired about his well
being on phone but also
gave instructions to the
doctors of Mahatma
Gandhi hospital where
he is recuperating from
the dreaded virus infec-
tion. This isn’t a soli-
tary case but Chief
Minister Gehlot has
been proactive in his ef-
fort to know the well be-
ing of the corona war-
riors who have led the
battle from the forefront
themselves.
‘Divided’ we stand, ‘United’ never again?TETE
-A-TETE
Will try to strengthen the bond
between party & state govt: Maken
CM to hold wildlife review today
Congress will come out strong
in serving people: Dr Sharma
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The State
Wildlife Board will
have its first meeting
with Chief Miniser
Ashok Gehlot today.
While there are many
suggestions pouring in
from the wildlife lov-
ers, experts feel that
some issues should
take precedence due to
urgency and necessity
of their nature.
The most pressing
and the issue which
has worried even
common men is the
death of 3 tigers in
Mukundra tiger re-
serve while four are
still missing.
Wildlife experts feel
thatfirstof alltheState
Wildlife Board should
be expanded. As per
rules, the number of
appointed members
can be increased by 30-
40 members. One other
important suggestion
istoreconstitutethelo-
cal advisory commit-
tees of all tiger re-
serves with more sin-
cere and selfless indi-
viduals. The appoint-
ment of honorary
wildlife wardens in all
33 districts is pending
and no appointments
have been made for
these posts for the
past 6 years. Kumb-
halgarh, Ramgarh
Vishdhari and Dhol-
pur jungles are wait-
ing to be announced
as new tiger reserves.
Issues like breeding &
conservation of croco-
diles, vultures, black
buck, wolf and Great
Indian Bustard also
needs a serious revis-
it. Overall the wildlife
lovers and experts are
of the common view
that CM should get the
wildlife out of the
clutches of the selected
few in the state.
First India Bureau
Ajmer: The division
level dialogue pro-
gramme was organised
in Mewara estate on
Wednesday. The pro-
gramme was attended
by AICC state in-charge
Ajay Maken, PCC chief
Govind Singh Dotasara,
Health Minister Raghu
Sharma and AICC co in-
charge Vivek Bansal.
District wise meet-
ings took place where
each party worker in-
teracted with the state
incharge. Dr Raghu
Sharma spoke on vari-
ous issues during the
Dialogue session. Later
Raghu Sharma speak-
ing to the media said
that the programme or-
ganised in Ajmer was
successful in achieving
its aim.
He said the sugges-
tion received from the
party workers during
the interaction will be
forwarded to Delhi. He
expressed confidence
that the Congress par-
ty will come out strong-
er in serving the people
after the dialogue pro-
gramme. Dr Raghu
Sharma said that CM
Gehlot was very seri-
ous about the raging
Corona crisis and all
efforts were being
made to relieve people
of all the corona relat-
ed problems. He said
that the state corona
figures including the
death numbers were
quite less as compared
to other states.
Party men greet Ajay Maken at Hotel Khasa Kothi in Jaipur. Ajay Maken being welcomeed by supporters while enroute to Ajmer. —PHOTOS BY SUMAN SARKAR
Ajay Maken being greeted by party leaders in Ajmer in presence
of Govind Dotasara on Wednesday.
Congress workers
clash with police
The scene outside meeting venue wasn’t less
electric as Ajmer Dairy Chairman Ramchandra
Chodhary expressed his views about MLAs who
had supported state govt during the recent crisis.
He said all those MLAs deserve a good return in
the form of ministry or any other political appoint-
ment by the govt. Trying to reignite the doused
fire, Choudhary demanded a three year rest for
MLAs who had created trouble for the govt. While
the interaction session was on inside Mewara
estate, Pilot and Raghu Sharma supporters came
face to face. Slogans against Minister Raghu
Sharma were raised. Police had to intervene &
MLA Rakesh Pareek staged a sit-in at Ganj police
station to get workers release from police custody.
Raghu Sharma
Ashok Gehlot
GEHLOT RELEASES DOCUMENTARY
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Recently
appointed AICC Gen-
eral Secretary and Ra-
jasthan Incharge Ajay
Maken is on his maid-
en tour of the desert
state. Maken’s appoint-
ment is the direct re-
sult of the ‘clash of the
Titans’ ie CM Ashok
Gehlot and Deputy CM
Sachin Pilot and it was
only after intervention
of Priyanka Gandhi,
who heard Pilot’s
grievances, that Mak-
enwasgiventhecharge
for the desert state.
Without wasting val-
uable time, the state
Incharge has started
meeting the grass root
workers and other
leaders to gauge the
‘depth of water’ and
highly placed sources
in the grand old party
claim that Maken has
already realised his
‘message’ from this
tour. The ‘message’ to
be conveyed to Rahul
Gandhi and Priyanka
Gandhi states that
there cannot be two
parallel power centres
in Rajasthan and there-
fore Pilot will have to
‘shift’ to the AICC, so
that to the extent pos-
sible, Pilot does not
have any interference
in the routine daily af-
fairs of Rajasthan. Al-
though, he is a legisla-
tor from Tonk district
and therefore he will
continue to be connect-
ed with the desert state
and his constituency,
however, the time to
float his own group and
‘clash’ with Gehlot for
the control on Ra-
jasthan is long past.
There was a time
when Pilot could have
turned tables, however,
he could not muster
the required number
and stake claim to form
government,andhence
he should now wait for
the 2023 elections. And
if the tug of war con-
tinues for both the
camps even as the elec-
tions are around the
corner in 2023, no one
will be able to avert the
saffron flag (BJP) from
being unfurled at 8,
Civil Lines in 2023 elec-
tions.
The happenings of
Maken’s Wednesday
visit to Ajmer is a testa-
ment that even though
the rebels are back in
the party, the divide is
still very much ‘alive’.
On the way, Maken
halted at Dudu where
he was extended a
warm welcome by hun-
dreds of party workers
headed by MLA Babu-
lal Nagar.
A few minutes into
the program, few party
workers started rais-
ing pro-Pilot slogans.
While this was for a
few minutes, a similar
incident occurred at
Ajmer where the slo-
ganeering went on for
two hours. At one point
of time two groups
formed which were on
the verge of clash and
even cops had to inter-
vene leading to a scuf-
fle and a few workers
had to be detained. In
agitation, Pilot camp
MLA Rakesh Pareek
staged a sit-in.
Finally, health min-
ister Dr. Raghu Shar-
ma handled the matter
after which the feed-
back program was
started. Infact, after
returning from Ajmer
late on Wednesday
night, Maken along
with PCC Chief Go-
vind Singh Dotasara
met CM Ashok Gehlot
and apprised him of
what happened. Infact,
even the Congress lead-
ership does not consid-
er the ‘rowdy’ activi-
ties as healthy for the
party!
Therefore, it will
again have to be Pri-
yanka Gandhi who will
have to talk to Pilot and
handle the delicate sit-
uation because it was
after Priyanka’s inter-
vention that Pilot re-
turned to the party
fold, even as the 102
MLAs from Gehlot
camp raised tremen-
dous objection on the
rebels’ ‘Ghar Wapasi’.
Sachin Pilot Ajay Maken
Dhaulpur SP Kesar Singh

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(Nargis) when she sang
passionately, oozing sex-
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har moonh phere” when
I saw the song in Chitra-
haar, the DD music
show of yesteryears and that
brought me to the movie Awara.
Rita was even more in the movie,
a passionate lover, a lawyer who
stands up publicly for the man
she loves and her principles.
My father-in-law told me that
he watched the movie for 20
times straight and when he went
to see it the 21st time, it had been
removed from the movie hall
and he was not the only one -
such was the power of this edgy
movie which depicted the harsh
reality of urban post-independ-
ence India. Raj Kapoor’s tribute
to Charlie Chaplin as the cute
tramp, set not just the Indian
screens on fire but also spread to
Russia, China and the entire
Middle-East.
There are many aspects that
make Awara a memorable film
not just the powerful script
which brings to the fore the an-
cient debate between the impact
heredity and environment on an
individual, the charming tramp,
the unique Ziegfield like dream
sequence, the brooding passion-
ate on-screen chemistry between
Nargis and Raj, one of the finest
performances by K N Singh but
also the socialist theme which
runs through the movie like a
fine thread colouring everything
with the helplessness of the vag-
abond.
It is charming to see the con-
nect between reel and real in the
movie with Prithviraj Kapoor,
the judge as Raj Kapoor’s
father and Shashi Ka-
poor as younger Raj.
Raj Kapoor gave
a different per-
spective to the
word Awara,
changing it forev-
er, making it ac-
ceptable. The
movie moves with
unassuming ease
across crime, melo-
drama and romance.
The climax wrings the heart
out for all of us.
I love the scene where Raj
talks to the stray dog list-
ing their similarities
and his anger at the
passer by who knocks
against them and
mouths obscenities.
As always, it is the
photo of his child-
hood friend, the
young girl Nargis
which draws him
back from the brink
of committing a
horrible crime.
“Tum acche ho,
bure ho, nirdosh ho,
apradhi ho, jo bhi ho
…tum mere ho – the
promise by Nargis at
the end of the heart
rending emotional love
scene is perfect; from the
barren environment to
the wind and Nargis is the per-
fect lover accepting her ‘awara’
as he is and guiding him to be
better, reach to his potential.
If Raj Kapoor was Awara…
then Nargis was the soul of
Awara!
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and proud of it !
This Throwback Thursday,
City First frolics in a
Chaplainesque mode
twirling into the world of
crime, passion, love, social
and reformist themes with
Awara, an iconic film!
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ANITA HADA
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AISHA AHMED, Actress
YOUR
DAYHoroscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
You are interested in
multiple business field and
you may try your hands in
many and also succeed.
Your ways are different than other
that doesn’t make you superior or
inferior instead thats what makes you,
you. Perplexed by situations and then
thinking too deep about it.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
You have many talents but
the best one is to
something related to your
creativity. You rule people’s
heart and always manage to get
undeviated appreciations. If you think
you need to work harder on
academic front than simply work
hard. You’ll be happy today.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
You have job in your hand
which others only dreamt
of. You treat your parents
like God and their words
are your command. Your approach
towards love life need to change and
you must become more flexible.
Untidy clothes in room of any
apartment gives you more stress.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
You love harmony in family
and to maintain it you can
go to any extent. You are
loyal to your family and
friends, something that is missing
these days in the world outside. Your
capability to romancing your partner is
outstanding. Being full of energy all the
time plays a very important role.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Look at the larger picture
of life and the current
situation will appear very
small. Your spouse may
not agree with you on everything but
ultimately you manage to make them
dance on your tunes such is your
convincing power. Complication of
your work are out standing.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Overstraining because of
pity issues will only affect
your health so become a bit
carefree. You love to serve
people in any way you can and you
never cease to amaze people. You are
expecting some emotional from
someone not so emotional. Your
financial worries will cease to exists.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
You miss someone from
the past who is no more
around. You don’t open up
to people easily and once
you do than you do it completely.
Lover seems to be in demanding
mood in a loving way. Big confusing
problems are nothing to you because
you are a mentally sorted person.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
You will start buying things
which were only a dream
in the past, you will really
experience a better life with
improved standard. You always
welcome people with open arms and
thats how your house was always full
of people but pandemic changed it all
and sometimes it really bothers you.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Your efforts in making
someone’s career will not
go in vain. You pray
everyday without fail and
you have deep faith. You trust people
easily sometimes and thats not a
good thing. You should not given up
on your dreams no matter whats you
age, start living and its never too late.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
You have a different way of
looking at life much
different from others. Once
again in life you will try you
childhood hobbies and you may
make a career out of it. You never
cease to amaze your spouse. Sweets
are your weakness and you can
spend to any extent for it.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
You can invent something
big in life and help the
world. You are master of
your own choice and
nothing can influence you. Your
lover’s mood will not effect you and
you will do what you need to. Anger
when directed in a good direction can
help otherwise it could be dangerous.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
You are soon going to be a
parent and you must
already start taking respon-
sibility. You can always
create fun wherever you are, its
inside you not outside. You are
blessed to be in a job which gives
you all the comfort. Donate a part of
your salary if possible.
ASHOK SHARMA
avid Herbert Law-
rence’s 135th birth an-
niversary falls on Sep-
tember 11, 2020. The
dust of years has set-
tledontheeventfullife
of DH Lawrence
(DHL) who changed the face of
literature through his bold
writing.Heisregardedtodayas
one of the most influential
writers of the 20th century. It’s
hard to imagine what a contro-
versy his book Lady Chatter-
ley’s Lover (LCL) caused in the
late 1920s when it was declared
obscene and banned in many
countries.
The line of thinking on
what was called obscene in
the early part of the century
was reflected in Britain’s
prosecutor Mervyn Griffith
Jones question to the jury ---
“Is it a book you would like
wish your wife and servants
to read?” It was only in 1960
that the ban placed upon LCL
was removed in London. The
court censored ‘narrow-mind-
edness’ in banning the book
saying ‘such a work cannot be
prosecuted under the ‘Obscene
PublicationAct.’In the US the
ban on book was overturned
in 1959 when US Federal Dis-
trict Judge Frederick van Pelt
Bryan ruled, “At this stage in
the development of our society,
this major English novel does
not exceed the outer limits of
tolerance.”
In India, Lady Chatterley’s
Lover was dragged to the
court in 1965 and stripped
bare on the question of ob-
scenity. The court adjudged
the novel as obscene. 60
years after western coun-
tries decided that LCL was
not obscene and lifted the
ban on it, and almost 90
years after the death of its
author, the book continues
to be banned in India. The
book, however, is easily
available in India in its unex-
purgated version.
LCL caused a storm of pro-
test, for it dealt with sex be-
tween a lady and a man not her
husband, in a frank and open
manner. The idea of a noble-
woman cheating on her hus-
band and finding satisfaction
withalower-classyobwastruly
gross. But since then time has
changed and with it values of
life, especially with regard to
sex, love and matrimony. What
wasdubbedas‘obscene’inEng-
land and the rest of the world
intheearlypartof thiscentury
is dismissed as ‘narrow- mind-
edness’.
Lady Chatterley’s Lover
makesnocompromisenordoes
it tolerate pretense and abso-
lutes. When we enter the world
of Lady Chatterley’s Lover we
come across Sir Clifford Chat-
terley(symbolof athedegener-
ate post war world) of Wragby
Hall, his dissatisfied wife Con-
nie (symbol of feminine con-
sciousness that rejects what is
sterile and devitalised and goes
for a new life), and the game-
keeper Oliver Mellors (symbol
of ‘natural’ man who holds
within him the possibility of
renewed vitality) of Wragby
Wood.
“Sheisripping–she’sthefin-
est women I’ve met – you must
above all things meet her…but
she’s splendid, she really is”.
Lawrence wrote these words to
his friend Garnett. And this
‘splendid’ woman who in-
spired Lawrence so ecstati-
cally was Frieda, the wife of
Lawrence’s teacher at the
Nottingham University, and
the daughter of Baron Von
Richtofen. Frieda divorced
her husband and moved with
her three children to live
with Lawrence. Lady Chat-
terley is no other than this
Frieda.
Legal opinion is at variance
on the definition of obscenity...
It is felt that the courts cannot
measure a work of art and
should not venture into giving
verdicts on obscenity issues.
Former US Supreme Court
judge Samuel Hofstadter has
crystallized the inappropriate-
ness of courts venturing into
obscenity issues by remarking
“…the courts possess no spe-
cial expertise. Obscenity is
not intrinsically a constitu-
tional question, hence it can-
not be decided, but must be
dismissed at the base.”
Lawrence’s teacher at the
In defence of Lawrence’s
Lady Chatterley’s Lover
D
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ashok Sharma is a journal-
ist with over three decades’
experience as a senior editor
in prominent newspapers in
Hong Kong, UAE and India.

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Showing off her baby bump
E
mma Roberts is
putting her
baby bump on
display! The
29-year-old Scream
Queens actress posed
for a cute photo in a
bathingsuitonMon-
day over Labour
Day weekend after
confirming that she
and boyfriend Garrett
Hedlundareexpecting
their first child.
The photo fea-
tures the actress
wearing a dark
floralswimsuit
with a pair of
red sunglasses, along
with a “Happy Labour
Day” image.
In case you missed it,
on 30 August, Emma re-
vealed that she was
pregnant with her first
child, sharing on Insta-
gram: “Me…and my
two favourite guys”
Emma wrote in her an-
nouncement along with
a few photos showing
off her baby bump at
the end of August, also
marking the first time
Emma shared photos
with Garrett on her so-
cial media. —Agency
‘It’s entirely my loss’
A
fter ace cinematog-
rapher PC Sreer-
am said that he
had to reject a film
as it had actor Kangana
Ranaut in the lead role, the
actor responded and said
that it was “entirely” her
loss.
The ‘Queen’ actor re-
sponded to PC Sreeram’s
tweet and said, “I missed
the opportunity to work
with a legend like you sir,
it’s entirely my loss.” She
went on to wish the best to
the ‘Padman’ cinematogra-
pher and said that she is
glad that he took the “right
call.”
“I don’t know what ex-
actly made you uneasy
about me but I am glad you
took the right call, wish
you all the best,” she
tweeted.
Taking to Twitter, the
‘Padman’ cinematogra-
pher had earlier in the day
stated that he felt “uneasy”
to work in a film with Kan-
gana in the lead.
“Had to reject a film as
it had Kangana Ranaut as
the lead. Deep down I felt
uneasy and explained my
stand to the makers and
they were understand-
ing,” he tweeted. “Some
times its only abt what
feels right. Wishing them
all the best,” he added.
The statement of the
‘CheeniKum’cinematogra-
pher comes amid the ongo-
ing Twitter war between
the ‘Queen’ actor and Shiv
Sena MP Sanjay Raut,
which followed after the ac-
tor said she felt unsafe in
Mumbai and said the city
seems like “Pakistan occu-
pied Kashmir” to her.
The 33-year-old actor
has been making head-
lines with her bold state-
ments and revelations
about the Hindi film in-
dustry after actor Sushant
Singh Rajput was found
dead in his Mumbai resi-
dence in June.
Ranaut has been de-
manding justice for the
late Bollywood actor and
has been calling for the
eradication of what she
terms as “nepotism” in the
film industry. — ANI
KUWTK
ENDS!he popular series Keeping
Up With the Kardashians
has been entertaining the
audience for more than a
decade. However, this iconic
series is officially going to
come to an end soon. Yes,
you heard it right. The Kardashian-
Jenner family has already an-
nounced it on September 9. The 19th
season of the series will return on
17th September. This will be fol-
lowed by the 20th season in 2021
that will be the final one.
The family has also shared this
piece of news on social media.
Here’s how the announcement reads
as can be seen on Kim Kardashian’s
Instagram handle, “It is with heavy
hearts that we’ve made the decision
as a family to say goodbye to Keep-
ing Up with the Kardashians. After
what will be 14 years, 20 seasons,
hundreds of episodes, and numer-
ous spin-off shows, we are beyond
grateful to all of you who’ve watched
us for all of these years.” —Agency
T
KUWTKKUWTK
ENDS!ENDS!
KUWTK
ENDS!
S
ravani Kondapal-
li,aTelugutelevi-
sion actress com-
mitted suicide
and was found hanging
in her flat in Hyderabad
on the night of 8 Sep-
tember. She was just 26
and her family has filed
a complaint against De-
varaj for harassment,
with whom she got ac-
quainted on TikTok.
Her brother stated,
“My sister told me that
she is under pressure as
he was blackmailing
her. She said that she
has a shooting to attend,
but she soon took this
extreme decision.”
—Agency
Gone too soon
Ahead of Time
A
s the cult-clas-
sic ‘Salaam Na-
maste’ clocked
15 years on
Wednesday, its film-
maker Siddharth
Anand opened how his
unconventional roman-
tic comedy is often
hailed as a way ahead
of its time.
Talking about the
theme of the film, the
37-year-old director
said: “I think Salaam
Namaste was dealing
with an issue, which
was taboo or not spoken
about but very much
prevalent whether in
India or with Indians
outside. It felt like it’s
ahead of its time, but
the thing is that there
was no deliberate at-
tempt to do something
that is scandalous or
trying to do something
different.” —ANI
M
egastarAkshayKu-
mar who rings in
his 53rd birthday
with the cast and
crew of his upcoming espio-
nage thriller ‘Bell Bottom’ in
Scotland has received a spe-
cial gift on his birthday--’A
bell-bottom full of love.’
The unit of Bellbottom,
shooting in Scotland hit
upon a novel idea to cele-
brate the ‘Namaste London’
stars’ 53rd birthday. The spe-
cial gift offered by the whole
unit of the film was a pair of
dark blue bell-bottom pants
- signed by the entire unit of
‘Bellbottom’. The pair of
trousers, packed with birth-
day messages of love and
warmth scribbled all over
was the first birthday gift of
the day received by Akshay.
According to a source in the
unit, it was film producer
Deepshikha Deshmukh’s
idea to create this invaluable
gift for the actor. And just so
that Akshay
does not get
wind of the
surprise, all
prep-work
for the
same was
done be-
fore and after shooting
hours and it was finally total
teamwork that created the
perfect Bell Bottom.
The entire team
poured in their love in
the form lovely mes-
sages marked on the
pair of dark blue pair
of Bell Bottom,
which includ-
ed some
Shayaris,
and anec-
dotes in
H i n d i
a n d
M a r -
athi.
—ANI
‘BellBottom’,with
LOVE
Cast of ‘Keeping Up With The Kardashians’
Late Sravani Kondalpalli
Kangana Ranaut
Preity Zinta and Saif Ali Khan
in ‘Salaam Namaste’
Emma Roberts’s post
Akshay Kumar
Vaani Kapoor writing a message
on the ‘Bell Bottom’
Siddharth Anand
Team of ‘Bell Bottom’

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WHAT’S HAPPENING!
oving what you do is the
best way to enjoy life.
Akanksha Bhalla, a re-
nowned model and ac-
tress from Jaipur has
been reaching heights
since the time she en-
tered the field of modeling.
Recently, she was featured in
the music video by Elegant Eye
Production, ‘Inaayat’, with Sa-
hil Hansrajani, which is sung
by Aakanksha Sharma and
Swarat Chakraborty, and di-
rected by Rihaan and his team.
‘Inaayat’ is about the love
story of a youth couple. The
protagonist’s sister helps her
get a makeover so that the guy
she likes falls in love with her,
which he eventually does.
In an exclusive interview
with City First,
Akanksha shared a
few details about
the song. “I said
yes to the music
video as soon as I
heard the script,
as I found it to be
really relevant. It
reflects the reali-
ty of the youth to-
day,” shared
Akanksha.
She added, “We completed
the shooting of the video
in two days, the loca-
tions being Arya Col-
lege and a Farmhouse
in the city. The expe-
rience was great and
the video has received
an amazing response from the
audience in just one week.”
Akanksha has a few more
projects lined up for the fu-
ture and will be soon shifting
to Mumbai to pursue her ca-
reer in acting.
with City First,
It’s all about the ‘GRACE’
NEHAL NAYAR
nehal.nayar@firstindia.co.in
L
AKANKSHA BHALLA FROM THE PINK CITY IN AN
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH CITY FIRST ABOUT THE NEW
MUSIC VIDEO SHE HAS BEEN FEATURED IN
VOCAL FOR LOCAL
LEARN2READCITY FIRST
S
hut down of all the
schools and with it,
the traditional way
of teaching due to
the pandemic has adversely
impacted and hit the educa-
tion system hard, around
the world.
Varshika Jain faced
this first hand when
her son struggled to
catch up and learn
the very basics that
any kid his age should
know. This made her realize
how important it is for kids
to keep up with their stud-
ies and not fall a year be-
hind. She felt it was impor-
tant especially for the little
ones because early educa-
tion is what builds a strong
foundation and prepares
them for success in life
ahead. This gave birth to
Learn2Read.
Keeping this the focus
she started teaching kids
online and guided them
how to read and write flu-
ently and efficiently with
the right spelling and pro-
nunciations and keep them
up to date as per their age.
With her 12+ years of ex-
perience in teaching kids
from kindergarten to pri-
mary levels, she understood
the importance of how to
teach and what to teach de-
pending on every child’s
level of understanding and
grasping. Currently, with a
team of 8 teachers, Learn-
2Read has been teaching
100+ kids how to read and
write in fun and interactive
live online classes. They
have kids not just from In-
dia but from around the
world.
Varshika says that her vi-
sion is to not just to build a
solid and strong foundation
for lifelong learning but
also to create employment
for educated women who
want to work but cannot go
out due to the current situ-
ation or have always had
the willingness to work but
could not because of vari-
ous restrictions and rea-
sons. She wants to empower
women at home who have
the willingness, the capabil-
ity to teach and make little
kids learn and with this
make a positive difference
to this world.
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
CITY FIRST
S
ocial worker, Sita Charan
was recently appointed as
the Zonal President of Ra-
jasthan Women’s Wing by
the Charan Gadhavi International
Foundation, outlining social efforts
and achievements made for her up-
liftment of women, empowerment
of women and protection of their
rightsinthesociety.SitaCharanhas
beenassociatedwithvariousreput-
ed social organizations for the last
severalyears,aswellaswomenand
theCharanareplayingtheirspecial
role for the upliftment of society.
Currently, the women’s organiza-
tion of the Charan society is estab-
lishing new achievements for soci-
ety by performing various social
and progressive works under your
leadership. It is known that your
husbandProf.HakamDanholdsthe
post of Vice-Chancellor of the Bi-
kaner Technical University and is
active in various social activities.
On this occasion, newly appoint-
ed President Sita Charan said that
ensuringwomen’sinterestsinsoci-
ety,butfightingfortheirrightswill
be their priority. They intend that
by incorporating the backward
women of society into the main-
streamof society,theycanbemade
ready to contribute to the develop-
ment of society. Unless the women
of any society are progressive, so-
ciety cannot be progressive.
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
RWW New
PRESIDENT
RAJASTHAN: This temple is popularly known as Khajuraho of Hadoti and Mini Khajuraho of
Rajasthan. A budget of about five crores was received for the preservation of this temple of
Khajuraho category in Madhya Pradesh, but many times the work is stopped due to the financial
approval. The people of the area believe that if the renovation is done, then the number of
tourists can increase here. Due to the apathetic attitude of the administration, the stones are
now falling from this monument, shedding tears at their plight. Crafts and rare idols are being
stolen from the hands of socialists. If it is not rectified soon, its existence will be in crisis.
RAJASTHAN: An initiative,
‘Computers for Convicts’
was started by 4 students of
Jaishree Periwal International
School, under which they
handed over 10 Desktops
to B L Soni, and DGP Jails.
4 students of Grade XII,
Kartikeya Singh, Kritika
Shrivastava, Nirbhay Narang,
and Samyak Jain have taken
this initiative, said it was an
attempt to aid the rehabilitation of prisoners and provide them with a fairer second chance.
Through a crowdfunding campaign, the students raised money to develop an IT lab on the
premises of Jaipur Central Jail, equipped with 10 desktops for the prisoners.
The Vivekananda Yoga University in
Los Angeles - the world’s first yoga
university outside India has commenced
classes virtually. Offering programs
that combine scientific principles and
modern research approaches to the
ancient Indian practice of yoga, VaYU
was jointly launched in June by Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan and
Chairperson of the Standing Committee on External Affairs P P Chaudhary as part of the 6th
international Yoga Day commemoration. A total of 30 students have enrolled in the Online MS
(Yoga) Program and the virtual classes commenced in August.
GUJARAT: An Ahmedabadi girl portrays the
spirit of Garba preparation with the mask
on, along with the message, “Korona Hare
Ga Navratri Garba Khelaiya Khele Ga.”
RAJASTHAN: On the occasion of
International Literacy Day, Jawahar Kala
Kendra (JKK) began its online learning
classes ‘Beejakshara’. On the first day
of the programme on Tuesday, viewers
learned the intricate ‘Art of Calligraphy’
in English and Hindi script by
calligraphy artist, Harishankar Balothia.
GUJARAT: A Van Mahotsav program was organised by Vivekanand Nagar Police Station
Ahmedabad on Tuesday, where 500 plants were planted by the police force and civilians
of Vivekanand Nagar. The program was organised by PSI RB Rana and anchored by Hardik
Bhatt Advocate.
HAPPY B’DAY!
IAS Haulianlal Guite
celebrated his birthday
on 9 September,
Wednesday. We wish
him all the best!
GUJARAT: People enjoying their evening snacks at Old Manek
Chowk, Night Snacks Market in Ahmedabad. Only some shops
are allowed to open by following all the safety precautions
against Corona Virus. —PHOTO BY HANIF SINDHI
Akanksha Bhalla
BTS of ‘Inaayat’
Sita Charan
Varshika Jain
Rivaan, one of
Varshika’s students

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