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P5 P6
New Delhi: BJP on Sun-
day released a list of 46
candidates, all for sec-
ond phase of the Bihar
assemblypolls,takingto
75 the number of con-
stituencies for which
thepartyhasannounced
its nominees so far.
While the Congress
on Sunday formed vari-
ous panels for the up-
coming Bihar assembly
polls with party general
secretary Randeep Sur-
jewala named chairman
of the election manage-
ment and coordination
committee.
BJP list includes state
minister Nand Kishore
Yadav (from Patna Sa-
hib) and Nitish Mishra,
son of former CM Jag-
annath Mishra. The list
was released a day after
the party’s central elec-
tion committee, which
includes PM Narendra
Modi, met in Delhi.
BJP is contesting in
alliance with JD(U). 2
others, Vikassheel In-
saan Party and Hindu-
stani Awam Morcha
have also been included
in the alliance. More on P5
PM: SVAMITVA to end
DISPUTES IN VILLAGES
These cards are physical copies of property titles of villagers’
homes & area surrounding their respective houses
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
launched physical dis-
tribution of property
cards under ‘Survey of
Villages and Mapping
with Improvised Tech-
nology in Village Areas’
(SVAMITVA)schemeon
Sunday, calling it a ‘his-
toric move’ set to trans-
form rural India.
This will enable near-
ly 1 lakh property hold-
ers to download their
property cards through
SMS on their mobile
phones and pave way for
villagers to use proper-
ty as a financial asset
for taking loans and
other financial benefits.
763 villages across six
states are beneficiaries
of this scheme, which
includes 346 from Uttar
Pradesh, 221 from Hary-
ana,100fromMaharash-
tra, 50 from Uttara-
khand, 44 from Madhya
Pradesh, and two from
Karnataka. The states
had signed a MoU with
Survey of India for
drone survey of rural
areas and implementa-
tion of scheme.
Full report P5
BJP releases list
of 46 candidates
BIHAR ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS
BE A
RESPONSIBLE
CITIZEN!
A man walks past a
graffiti of a spitting man,
in Mumbai on Sunday.
India’s Corona tally crossed the
70-lakh mark on Sunday, with a
spike of 74,383 new cases and 918
deaths reported in the last 24 hours!
‘NO RELIGION ASKS FOR
FLASHY FESTIVALS’
Union Health Minister Dr Harsh
Vardhan urged people to stay away
from large congregations and dili-
gently follow COVID-19 guidelines
during upcoming festive season,
saying no religion or God asks
people to celebrate ostentatiously.
Celebrate the approaching festivals
at home with loved ones instead
of going out to fairs and pandals
as fighting against COVID-19 is
everyone’s foremost “dharma”!
Winter Corona may bite hard
Amid several reports indicating that
the number of Covid-19 cases will
increase during winter, Union health
minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday
confirmed that the possibility of the
same in Indian context can’t be
dismissed at all. SARS Cov 2 is a
respiratory virus and the
transmission of respiratory viruses
is known to increase during the
colder weather. During winter, there
is tendency of overcrowding in
residential dwellings which may
increase transmission, he added.
If people congre-
gate in large num-
bers to to celebrate
festivals we may be head-
ing for big trouble
Dr Harsh Vardhan,
Union Health Minister
FULL REPORT P6
METRO CAR SHED PROJECT AT
AAREY TO BE RELOCATED
SHAMEFUL TRUTH: RAGA SLAMS
YOGI OVER HATHRAS CASE
Sapotra incident extremely tragic: Chief Minister
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has said
that it is condemnable
that the Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party (BJP) tried
to make the tragic inci-
dent of Bukna village
of Sapotra in the land
dispute between two
families a form of caste
envy between Meena
and Vaishnav society.
This has undermined
the image of Rajasthan
unnecessarily.
The Chief Minister
said that the incident
was not an ethnic con-
flict, nor a pre-planned
episode. “It was a quar-
rel between the two fam-
ilies over the occupation
of a piece of land, which
turned into a heart-
breaking event. A day
before this incident, on 6
October a panchayat of
the people of the village
was also held in this
land dispute, in which
the people of Meena Sa-
maj were in abundance.
The Meena community
member and others
were with the priest
Babulal Vaishnav and
the majority Meena
community panchayat
agreed with respect to
the land in favor of Bab-
ulal Vaishnav and Rad-
ha Gopalji Temple,” Ge-
hlot said. Turn to P6CM Ashok Gehlot
BJP attempted to give a form of
caste envy over land dispute
between two families
BIG DAY FOR CONG AS ELECTION
STRATEGY, CABINET MEET SCHEDULED
Jaipur: On Sunday evening, PCC
Chief Govind Singh Dotasra called on
CM Ashok Gehlot and the duo held a
meeting for nearly two hours at CMR
where they deliberated on various
formulae for ticket distribution ahead
of local body polls since the last date
of nomination is 19th October and
the first list of candidates will be
announced on 15th October. During
the two hour long meeting, Gehlot
and Dotasra also discussed in detail
the election strategy and appointment
of observers. Now after streamlining
several issues, the PCC Chief will hold
a meeting in the PCC at 12 noon on
Monday with Congress leaders from
Jaipur including Pratap Singh Khacha-
riyawas, Mahesh Joshi, Ameen Kagzi,
Rafeeq Khan, Rajeev Arora and others
including MLAs, incharge. Notably,
the MLAs have prepared a list of 3-4
candidates from each ward which will
be discussed in the meeting for can-
didate selection. Moreover, after the
meeting at PCC, CM Gehlot will chair
a cabinet meeting at 4 PM at CMR and
at 4.15 PM, Turn to P6
PREGNANT WOMAN’S DEATH ISSUE IN CHURU
Sanjay Prajapat
Churu: The issue of
the death of a pregnant
woman in Rampura vil-
lage of Rajgarh tehsil
of Churu district mag-
nified out of proportion
on Sunday when Sadul-
pur SHO and some po-
licemen were injured as
angry villagers pelted
stones at them.
This face-off resulted
on the second day of
death of the pregnant
woman after she was al-
legedly injected with a
wrong medicine.
Amid stone pelting by
the enraged villagers,
the police had to resort
to tear gas shelling and
lathi charge to control
the berserk crowd. The
villagers are demand-
ing compensation and
arrest of the guilty.
Sources say they are
adamant on their de-
mand and till late even-
ing the cremation of the
deceased woman was
not done. The incident
witnessed the official
jeep of the SDM and one
ambulance being dam-
aged. More on P2
Cops injured as villagers pelt
stones demanding relief
Stones strewn on the road after angry villagers pelted stones at
cops in Rampura village in Churu on Sunday.
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Vikramsingh Karnot
Sirohi: A 28-year-old
woman was found dead
along with her two mi-
nor children in a water
tank at old Jogapura
village of Sirohi dis-
trict on late Saturday
night. The woman iden-
tified as Sita Devi had
gone missing along
with her three-year-old
daughter Sapna, and
10-month-old son Jigar,
on Saturday afternoon.
The family had
launched a search for
them and found them
dead in a water tank of
an abandoned plot.
On the complaint of
the deceased’s mother,
the police have filed a
case of dowry harass-
ment against the hus-
band Dinesh Ghanchi.
The husband had on
Saturday reported his
wife and children miss-
ing and found them
dead in the water tank
past midnight.
The police recovered
the bodies from the wa-
ter tank on Sunday
morning and handed
them over to the de-
ceased’s parents after
post mortem. The bod-
ies were finally handed
over to the deceased’s
parents who cremated
them at Shivganj vil-
lage.
Shanti Devi, Sita’s
mother, alleged that her
daughter was trapped
into a relationship by
Dinesh four years ago
and her daughter was
living in Jogapura since
then. She told the police
that her daughter used
to complain of harass-
ment by her in-laws.
Mother, two kids found dead in water tank, husband booked
Kapil Mishra, Chaturvedi visit priest’s family
Manoj Jain
Karauli: Delhi BJP
leader Kapil Mishra and
former minister Arun
Chaturvedi visited the
deceased priest’s family
on Sunday at Bukna vil-
lage in Karauli district.
Mishra announced fi-
nancial assistance of Rs
25 lakh for the family
priest Babu Lal Vaish-
nav, who was allegedly
set on fire and later died.
Mishra had started
online crowdfunding
seeking financial sup-
port for the family ever
since the incident hap-
pened. Mishra an-
nounced that an aid of
Rs 25 lakh had been
garnered through
crowd funding and the
same would be depos-
ited in the bank ac-
count of a family mem-
ber. The amount could
not be deposited due to
some technical issue.
He said the amount
was generated with
support from around
2587 donors globally.
Mishra described the
killing of priest Babu-
lal as a condemnable
and barbaric act.
Former Rajasthan
BJP president Arun
Chaturvedi said that in
the hour of crisis, BJP
was with the victim’s
family and all possible
help would be provided
to the family. Chatur-
vedi attacked the four
Congress MLAs of the
district. Minister in-
charge minister Ashok
Chandna, Chief whip
Mahesh Joshi, Sapotra
MLA Ramesh Meena
will also visit Bukna vil-
lage on Monday and
hand over Rs 10 lakh
cheque on behalf of the
state government to the
deceased priests family.
First India Bureau
Karauli: The situation
turned volatile at Buk-
na village at Sapotra in
Karauli district on Sun-
day when a few women
from the accused’s fam-
ily reached the home of
priest Babu Lal Vaish-
nav, who was allegedly
burntaliveduetowhich
he died.
The women alleged
that the deceased priest
committed suicide and
their family members
were being falsely im-
plicated. The Bharatiya
Janta Party leaders and
Brahmin Samaj mem-
bers accused the police
of lackadaisical atti-
tude in providing secu-
rity to the victim’s fam-
ily as the members of
an accused’s family
reached the priest’s
house.
According to the vil-
lagers, three women
from the accused’s fam-
ily reached the priest’s
house and shouted
loudly that they did not
kill the priest and that
he himself committed
suicide. The women
also said that they tried
to extinguish fire in
which the hand of a
woman also got burnt.
Laxman Raghav
Jaipur: Union Jal
Shakti minister Gajen-
dra Singh Shekhawat
on Sunday said that no
state government can
dare to bring an ordi-
nance against the legis-
lations enacted by the
Centre.
While interacting
with farmers and trad-
ers at the Kisan Chau-
pal in Bikaner, he tar-
geted the Congress
party and said the party
is trying to mislead the
country on the issue of
farm laws like they did
on the issue of CAA.
“The Congress had
tried to mislead people
in the same manner at
the time of the CAA
and it is still doing the
same but the farmers
of India are sensible,”
he said.During the in-
teraction, the traders
raised objection over
the word
‘Bichaulia’ (middle-
man) used by the union
agriculture minister
for the mandi traders
when the government
had brought ordinanc-
es. Shekhawat apolo-
gized on behalf of the
minister.
He said that Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi is aiming to dou-
ble the income of the
farmers.
During the Kisan
Chaupal, the local
farmers opposed when
some of the outsiders
raised questioned be-
fore the minister.How-
ever, the minister
calmed them.
First India Bureau
Churu: Sadulpur SHO
and some police jawans
were injured in the po-
lice-villagers face off on
the second day of death
of a pregnant woman
due to being injected
with a wrong injection.
Amid stone-pelting by
the enraged villagers,
the police had to resort
to tear gas shelling and
lathi-charge to control
the berserk crowd.
Collector Gawande
Pradeep Keshaorao and
SP Paris Deshmukh
reached the critical
spot and cordoned the
whole village. MLA
Krishna Poonia had to
face the ire of the angry
villagers who had start-
ed gathering outside
the hospital right from
the Sunday morning.
The stone-pelting by
the villagers injured
SHP Gurbhupendra
Singh, Hamirwas SHO
Subhash Chandra along
with some constables.
Senior BJP leader Ra-
jendra Rathore, Ram
Singh Kaswan, Jila Pra-
mukh Har Lal Saharan,
and Krishna Bhakar
reached the spot and
supported the demands
made by the villagers
for Rs 10 lakh compen-
sation along with the
suspension of the guilty
medical staff.
The talks between 11
member delegation in-
cluding the BJP leaders
failed. As a result, the
villagers have refused
to take the body for cre-
mation until their de-
mands are met.
First India Bureau
Dungarpur: Home sec-
retary Narayan Lal
Meena continued with
his investigations, for
the second day, in the
violent protests staged
on NH-8 for filling up
1167 posts with ST can-
didates in the teacher’s
vacancy 2018.
The home secretary
recorded statements of
people. People shared
some audio, video, and
still photograph evi-
dence with the home
secretary. The violence
affected people demand-
ed 100% compensation
for the loss they had suf-
fered due to the recent
violence.
Meanwhile, BTP’s
Chaurasi MLA Rajku-
mar Rot and Sagwara
MLA Ramprasad Din-
dor met the home secre-
tary in a closed room
and presented their ver-
sion of the incidents.
It is noteworthy that
home secretary Naray-
an Lal Meena will sub-
mit a detailed report to
the state govt regard-
ing the causes, losses,
failures, and the action
taken by police and the
administration so far
in the southern Ra-
jasthan violent inci-
dents.
First India Bureau
Tonk: The Kotwali po-
lice station team under
CO Chandra Singh
Rawat, in a big action,
arrested two persons
while seizing a substan-
tial stock of illegal
weapons from a clan-
destine arms factory
operating from a house
in the Mohd Khan ka
pul area in the city.
Acting on a tip CO
Rawat raided the house
on Sunday afternoon
with a heavy police
force and arrested the
factory owner Om-
prakash Ojha and one
buyer Hussain waiting
for delivery of a coun-
try pistol.
The police seized two
9 mm carbines, coun-
try-made pistols, dou-
ble-barrel guns, air
guns, knives, swords,
and equipment capable
of making varied types
of armoury from the
basement of the house.
First India Bureau
Jhunjhunu: A 24-
year old woman has
accused three per-
sons of raping and
blackmailing her in
Jhunjhunu. The vic-
tim alleged in the
FIR lodged by her fa-
ther that Mahesh
Raad befriended her
when she used to go
coaching on a bus.
They exchanged
mobile numbers and
started talking over
the phone.A few
days later, he took
the girl to her house
on the pretext of in-
troducing her to his
mother and sisters.
In his house, he al-
legedly raped and
shot a video.
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: A fresh inves-
tigation has been or-
dered into the suspi-
cious death of a 16-year-
old girl in Jodhpur last
month, police said on
Sunday.
The Government
Railway Police (GRP)
had registered a case of
suicide on the basis of a
note found with the
teenager,whowasfound
dead on the railway
track in Lohawat subdi-
vision, over 110 km
north of Jodhpur city,
on September 21. But
her mother had given a
complaint to the GRP, al-
leging that the girl was
raped and murdered. A
fresh inquiry has been
ordered by Director
General (Crime) M L La-
thar and a special inves-
tigative team constitut-
ed, a police official said.
Second accused arrested,
inquiry officer visits the spot
Accused’s family members reach the
priest’s house, say he killed himself
First India Bureau
Karauli: The Karauli
police on Sunday arrest-
ed one more accused of
burning priest Babu Lal
Vaishnav, leading to his
death, in a land dispute
at Bukna village of Sa-
potra in Karauli dis-
trict. The police had de-
tained Dilkhush alias
Tillu Meena and formal-
ly arrested him on Sun-
day after questioning.
The accused had ear-
lier arrested main ac-
cused Kailash Meena,
who was named by
Vaishnav in his state-
ment to the police.
Karauli Superinten-
dent of Police Mridul
Kachawa had appointed
Deputy Superintendent
of Police (RPS) of
Hindaun Kishori Lal to
investigate the case af-
ter the priest’s family
demanded a fair investi-
gation into the matter.
The officer reached
the spot on Sunday and
conducted a thorough
investigation at the spot
where the priest was al-
legedly set on fire and
collected evidence from
the scene. The DSP also
talked to the priest’s
family members and the
villagers. The SP said
that teams were formed
to arrest the remaining
accused.
Brahmin organisations
hold protest in Sri
Ganganagar
First India Bureau
Sri Ganganagar:
The Brahmin com-
munity of Sri Ganga-
nagar district took to
the streets demand-
ing action in the al-
leged burning and
killing of priest Bab-
ulal Vaishnav.
The community
members under the
banner of Vipra
Foundation and Ra-
jasthan Brahmin Ma-
hasabha, took out a
protest march and
torch processions on
the streets on Satur-
day. They demanded
justice to the victim’s
family.
The torch proces-
sion started from Va-
kilon wali Diggi and
reached Bhagwan Sri
Parshuram Chowk
via Ravindra Path,
Gol Bazar, and Birbal
Chowk. The protes-
tors were shouting
slogans of Brahmin
Ekta Zindabad and
demanded hanging
for the accused.
Congressmisleadingcountry on
theissueoffarmlaws:Shekhawat
Violent protest
over pregnant
woman’s death
NarayanLalrecords
statementsofpeople
Huge cache of illegal arms
seized in Tonk, 2 arrested
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat (C), addresses farmers and food grain
merchants regarding the farm laws, in Bikaner on Sunday.
Mob pelted stones, vandalised vehicles in Churu on Sunday.
24-year-old woman
raped by three men
SIT formed to probe
teen’s suspicious death
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Bahujan
Samaj Party supremo
Mayawati on Sunday
lashed out at the Ra-
jasthan govt over al-
leged rise in crime
against Dalits and
women, saying like in
UP, “jungle-raj” also
prevailed in the Con-
gress-ruled state.
She said that in-
stead of looking into
the issue, Congress
leaders in Raj have
maintained silence
overit.“LikeUP,inthe
Congress-ruled Ra-
jasthan too, crimes of
every type, especially
murder of innocent
people, and atrocities
on Dalits and women
are at peak,” Mayawa-
ti said in a tweet.
Mayawati attacks Congress
govt over ‘rise’ in crime
Kapil Mishra reached Karauli on Sunday.
LAWYER SEEKS CBI INQUIRY INTO
PRIEST KILLING
Jaipur: A petition seeking CBI inquiry into
Sapotra incident was filed in the Rajasthan
HC. Pawan Prakash Pathak, a Supreme
Court lawyer, wrote a letter to the Chief Jus-
tice seeking investigation by the CBI in the
matter. Pathak mentioned in the letter that
with the foundation laying of Ram mandir in
Ayodhya, the Prime Minister has envisioned
Ram Rajya.

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2020
Raj: 2,144 new cases, 14 deaths take infection tally to 1,59,052
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The state re-
ported 2,144 new cases
along with 14 deaths.
The number of active
cases has also swelled to
an unprecedented
21,412. The total num-
ber of infected people
now stands at 1,59,052.
The death toll has so far
reached to 1,650. The
number of new patients
continues to grow rap-
idly in Jaipur, Jodhpur,
Bikaner, Kota, Alwar,
Ajmer and Udaipur.
On Sunday, maxi-
mum 389 new cases
were reported from
Jaipur followed by 246
from Bikaner, 303 from
Jodhpur, 152 from Al-
war, 100 from Kota, 96
from Ajmer, 92 from
Udaipur, 77 from Dun-
garpur, 69 from Ganga-
nagar, 66 from Jalore, 54
from Nagaur, 46 from
Bharatpur, 42 from
Bhilwara, 37 from Chu-
ru, 35 from Sikar, 33
from Tonk, 26 from
Chittorgarh, 24 from
Pali, 23 from Baran, 18
from Hanumangarh, 15
each from Rajsamand &
Sirohi, 14 from Jaisalm-
er, 13 each from Bundi &
Dausa, 12 from Jhala-
war, 9 each from Ban-
swara & Barmer, 7 from
Jhunjhunu, 3 each from
Dholpur & Sawai Mad-
hopur, , 2 from Karauli
and one from Pratap-
garh. Two deaths each
were reported from
Ajmer, Jaipur & Jodh-
pur while one each was
reported from Ban-
swara, Bhilwara, Bi-
kaner, Dungarpur, Ja-
lore, Jhunjhunu, Pali
and Sikar.
District Judge of
Jhunjhunu Chanchal
Mishra has tested posi-
tive for Corona. Two
kids of ACJM have also
been infected. The court
proceedings were post-
poned as the reports
were out.
Former PCC secre-
tary RC Choudhary has
also tested positive.
JEEN MATA SHRINE TO BE SHUT AGAIN FROM OCTOBER 17-25
THE POLLS WOULD BE HELD IN TWO PHASES ON OCTOBER 29 AND NOVEMBER 1;
THE RESULTS OF WHICH WOULD BE ANNOUNCED ON NOVEMBER 3
Gehlot,Dotasra
meetover poll plan
BJP blows civic poll
bugle in Rajasthan
Congress workers submit their respective biodatas to Pratap Singh Khachariyawas at his
residence on Sunday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
BJP workers aspiring to be the candidates in upcoming Civic body polls, handover their biodatas to
Dr Satish Poonia at his residence on Sunday.
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: With the an-
nouncement of the mu-
nicipal elections for
three civic bodies, the
state Congress intensi-
fied the election prepa-
rations on Sunday.
There are reports that
the senior leaders in
All India Congress
Committee are keeping
an eye on these elec-
tions due to which elec-
tion observers would
be selected in Delhi.
An important meet-
ing was held on Sunday
between Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot and
Pradesh Congress Com-
mittee President Go-
vind Singh Dotasra at
the former’s residence
in Civil Lines. The par-
tyhasstartedpreparing
an election manifesto
for different municipal
bodies and a ‘Control
Room’ would be set up
at the PCC headquarter
to monitor the entire
electoral system, said a
senior party leader.
Dotasra has also
called a meeting of
prominent leaders of
Jaipur city Congress at
the PCC headquarter
on Monday to discuss
election preparations.
Party sources said
that the Congress High
Command is taking the
elections very serious-
ly. Senior Congress
leader Ajay Maken,
who is party’s Ra-
jasthan in-charge, is
constantly taking feed-
back and is scheduled
to visit the state soon.
A state -level election
committee would be
formed to give a fair
opinion on various is-
sues including ticket
distribution, publicity
and separate commit-
tees would be formed
for three cities and as-
sembly-wise in-charges
would also be appoint-
ed, said a senior party
leader.
The party has decid-
ed that the district in-
charge minister, public
representatives, local
key leaders, and the
election committee
formed at the local- lev-
el would consider the
names of potential can-
didates and the final
decision would be tak-
en after the instruc-
tions from the High
Command.
‘WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE PEOPLE’ Aishwarya Pradhan
Jaipur/Jodhpur: The
state Bharatiya Janta
Party has started prep-
arations for the upcom-
ing municipal corpora-
tion elections in the
state. BJP state presi-
dent Satish Poonia said
that the BJP would con-
sider workers, who
have served the society
and extended relief to
the needy during the
Corona crisis.
Thepartyannounced
election in-charges for
all party blocks in
Jaipur. Poonia ex-
pressed full confidence
that the BJP would
form corporation
boards in all three cit-
ies – Jaipur, Jodhpur,
and Kota. He said that
the tickets would be
distributed after prop-
er consultation with
MLAs, former MLAs,
MLA candidates, and
the board level offi-
cials. Poonia said that a
meeting was held in
Kota and Jodhpur
about the election prep-
arations and the party
workers had been given
the tasks.
Now soon after the
meeting in Jaipur, all
the workers would get
ready for elections at
far footing. Poonia de-
nied reports of faction-
alism in the party. Con-
gress has been continu-
ously accusing the BJP
of heavy factionalism
even among senior par-
ty leaders.
In Jodhpur, the party
started accepting appli-
cations for potential
contenders. The poten-
tial contenders would
be able to submit their
applications to the BJP
district office by Octo-
ber 13. Under leader-
ship of BJP city district
president, Devendra
Joshi all the division
presidents have started
searching for potential
candidates.
Joshi said that the
BJPhadbeenpreparing
for the municipal elec-
tions since last six
months and a panel of
potential contenders
hadbeenpreparedinall
the wards. He added
that the BJP would con-
tent the election with
full fervor and both mu-
nicipal bodies in Jodh-
pur would be captured
by the BJP.
SATISH POONIA MEETS LEADERS
Cops arrest main
accused, 2 aides in
blind murder case
Satya Narayan Sharma
Jaipur: Jaipur police
on Sunday, claimed to
have solved a blind mur-
der mystery by arrest-
ing the main accused
and his two accomplices
in Kanota area.
The main accused
identified as Gagan
Sharma, aged 19 years,
along with his two ac-
complices Vishal Meena
(22) and Vishnu Meena
(23) was arrested for al-
legedly killing Parvez
Qureshi (35), police said.
Gagan had borrowed
Rs 2 lakh from Parvez
before lockdown and he
was pressuring him to
returnthemoney.Gagan
was not in a position to
return the money, there-
fore, he hatched a con-
spiracy to kill Parvez,
DCP Rahul Jain said.
On October 8, Gagan
metParvezandtookhim
to Jirota pulia in Kanota
area with a promise to
return the money, but
there, he along with the
two others stabbed him.
Police examined foot-
age of 50 CCTV cameras
and conducted a techni-
cal investigation to iden-
tify the accused. Police
cametoknowthatParvez
had talked to Gagan for
the last time following
whichthepolicedetained
and interrogated him.
On his information,
his accomplices were
also held.
Jaipur Cops with the accused & his accomplices on Sunday.
Child custody case: Father,
son to appear before HC today
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan
High Court has direct-
ed Bharatpur SP to en-
sure the presence of a
minor child and his fa-
ther in APP office on
Monday. The matter is
related to the custody
of a minor boy aged
four and a half years.
Hearing a habeas cor-
pus petition filed by a
woman, the court di-
rected SP to ensure the
presence of her son and
his father at APP office
failing which the SP
will have to appear in
the court. The petition-
er said that her son was
forcibly separated from
her and his father had
taken him away to Uttar
Pradesh in July. She
prayed for the custody
of her child.
In reply, his father
said that he has not tak-
en his son forcefully
and he was with him
already. On Oct 9, SP
was directed to ensure
that the father-son duo
appear before court.
IN REMEMBRANCE
Mahesh Joshi pays ﬂoral tributes to former CM Baraktullah Khan on his death anniversary at
PCC ofﬁce on Sunday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
OSD to LS Speaker,Datta visits Bundi dist
OSD to LS Speaker, Rajeev Datta meets people during his Bundi tour on Sunday.
Bhawar S Charan
Bundi: The OSD of Lok
Sabha Speaker, Rajeev
Datta, was on tour of
Talera sub-division of
Bundi district on Sun-
day. Datta reached
Shankar Bheel’s village,
Rampuria and Babulal
Bheel’s village, Gogas
and gave Rs 21,000 each
to the families of both.
Later Datta moved
from Talera to Bundi
Circuit House, where
he met members of the
Jet Sagar Sangharsh
Samiti. Datta held a
public hearing at Cir-
cuit House.
While talking to me-
dia, he said that the
Bheel community has
immensely contributed
in developing Bundi
district & killing of two
youths was really sad-
dening. He said he
would personally talk to
police and administra-
tive officers regarding a
quick and strict action
against the guilty.

Endurance is one of the most
difficult disciplines, but it is to
the one who endures that the
final victory comes. —Buddha
Spiritual
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ith the advent of science, there
has been a growing experience
of distress amidst humans. A
lot of us struggle to cope with
life’s challenges in our own
ways and few of us succeed in
maintaining survival mode.
However, some of us unfortu-
nately fails to address our psy-
chological concerns and suc-
cumb to them. The second
week of October is observed as
World Mental Health week
globally every year. In view of
the same, this article intends to
spread awareness about sui-
cide as a significant entity de-
picting mental trauma.
Suicide – a permanent solu-
tion to a temporary problem.
When pushed to extremes, the
feelings of self-directed anger,
frustration, emotional pain,
hopelessness, or agitation can
compel a person to take his/
her own life. Within the past
year in India, about 41,000 indi-
viduals died by suicide, 13 lac
have attempted suicide, 27 lac
have had a plan and 93 lac have
had suicidal thoughts. Every-
one has the potential for sui-
cide irrespective of age, gen-
der, education, occupation, re-
lationship status, success,
wealth, or popularity.
A common notion that ‘talk-
ing about suicide encourages
suicidal behavior’ is a myth.
Talking about suicide provides
an opportunity for meaningful
communication and conse-
quent resolution of fears or
anxieties. Asking someone if
they’re suicidal makes them
feel heard. Some of us may in-
correctly feel that ‘youngsters
who talk repeatedly about sui-
cide never really attempt it’.
Talking about suicide can sim-
ply be a cry for help. Subtle
cues of suicidal ideation can be
recent suicide by a loved one,
the previous attempt at suicide,
preoccupation with death
themes of isolation from
friends. It is a misconception
that once a person has the in-
tent of suicide, there is no way
of stopping them. Suicides can
be prevented. Immediate prac-
tical help during the short-
lived crises by way of emotion-
al support and encouragement
can be valuable.
Suicidal ideation in men is
often missed. The social norms
and stereotypes which nega-
tively affect women have the
same effect on men too. But
psychological distress in men
is rarely addressed. They are
socialized into being ‘strong’
and to not cry or seek help
when in distress. While suicide
attempts are more common in
women, completed suicides are
more seen in men. Hence, there
is a great need for a ‘gender-
sensitive’ society responsive to
the needs of everyone.
While genetics have an influ-
ence on an individual’s mental
health, environmental influ-
ences can also contribute to
suicidality through traumatic
encounters in early life such as
bullying, violence, abandon-
ment, abuse, or loss of a loved
one. The presence of a physical
or mental health disorder is a
discrete risk factor for potenti-
ating suicide, such as depres-
sion, anxiety, schizophrenia,
personality disorders, post-
traumatic stress disorder, bipo-
lar disorder, or psychoactive
substance use. Stressors like
academic pressures or exam
failure in students, disturbed
family dynamics or high ex-
pressed emotions in adults, or
chronic medical problems and
pains or poor planning for re-
tirement period in the old age
population can also precipitate
suicidal ideation. Other risk
factors can be poor job security,
family history of suicide,
break-ups, access to toxic sub-
stances or firearms, and lack
of a support system.
If a person talks casually
about killing themselves, or
feels hopeless or like a burden
or feels trapped, it may be a
warning sign. Such people
may search for methods to end
life, isolate self, call people to
say goodbye, give away prized
possessions, or make a will. On
the contrary, some protective
factors for diminishing sui-
cidal tendency are effective
care for physical and mental
health, being connected with
loved ones, adaptive coping
and life skills, high self-esteem,
having a purpose in life, and
religious beliefs that discour-
age suicide.
Treating mental health dis-
orders is vital in preventing
suicidal behaviors. Taking the
help of medication or coun-
seling has been proven to re-
duce symptoms of the mind.
Providing an outlet to emo-
tions through heartfelt conver-
sations, daily relaxation and
recreational activities such as
music, sports, fitness regimes
or yoga also helps to maintain
emotional well-being. If a sui-
cide-free society is a goal, then
the suicide prevention strategy
is a must in public health. Re-
ducing social isolation, pre-
venting social disintegration,
and treating psychiatric disor-
ders are fundamental to achiev-
ing this objective. From here
onwards, it is up to the joint
efforts of mental health profes-
sionals, policy planners, and
the Government authorities to
have wider implications of this
noble idea.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
UNDERSTANDING
SUICIDALITY
W
Talking about
suicide can
simply be a cry
for help. Subtle
cues of suicidal
ideation can be
recent suicide by
a loved one, the
previous attempt
at suicide,
preoccupation
with death
themes of
isolation from
friends. It is a
misconception
that once a
person has the
intent of suicide,
there is no way of
stopping them
DR S G MEHTA
DR BHAKTI MURKEY SISODIA
WHILE GENETICS HAVE
AN INFLUENCE ON AN
INDIVIDUAL’S MENTAL
HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL
INFLUENCES CAN ALSO
CONTRIBUTE TO
SUICIDALITY THROUGH
TRAUMATIC ENCOUNTERS
IN EARLY LIFE SUCH AS
BULLYING, VIOLENCE,
ABANDONMENT, ABUSE,
OR LOSS OF A LOVED ONE
DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY
PACIFIC MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL, UDAIPUR
am one among a
relatively small
number of men
who for some
time have been
fascinated by romance nov-
els. As is well known, ro-
mance novels are among
the most popular genres in
contemporary literature.
The field represents a vast
market, likely to have sub-
stantially grown over the
past several months as a
result of COVID-19. Ama-
zon has certainly provided
a major boost to romance
writers, offering them a
popular platform to market
themselves and their crea-
tions.
Unlike in the past, the
large majority of contem-
porary romance novels
promote a very progressive
view of women and their
role in society. Jessica Pe-
terson, the author of the
successful Charleston Heat
series, has gone as far as to
claim that the romance
genre is feminist: “Ro-
mance is one of the few
genres that explicitly puts
a woman’s dreams and de-
sires, sexual and other-
wise, front and center. It’s
one of the many reasons I
love reading it.”
All Too Human
The notion that romance
novels propagate an image
of women largely in tune
with current-day feminism
is still somewhat contro-
versial. Yet it has found
growing support. As early
as 2013, an article in The
Atlantic endeavored to
show “how romance novels
came to embrace femi-
nism.” A few years later,
the author of an article on
the genre in the online
women’s magazine Bustle
characterized romance
novels as some of the per-
haps “most rebellious
books you can read right
now.” Romance novels, she
affirmed, are “practically
the only books in which
women get exactly what
they want, all of the time,
and aren’t asked to feel bad
about it.”
In some cases, romance
novels can be outright sub-
versive. Take, for instance,
Aya de León, the Puerto
Rican American author of
the Justice Hustlers series
— “erotic thrillers” with
covers “featuring buxom
women in tight, revealing
clothes.” Yet once lured, the
reader is confronted with a
story that, as Side Chick
Nation’s review on
Goodreads explains, “ex-
plores how climate change,
colonization and a lack of
appropriate response on
the part of the US govern-
ment played a major role in
the delayed recovery in
Puerto Rico in the after-
math of Hurricane Maria.”
To be sure, de León’s
books are particularly
aimed at raising readers’
consciousness. After all,
the author is a lecturer in
the African American pro-
gram at UC Berkeley. Yet
even more mainstream,
commercially successful
romance writers routinely
weave uncomfortable top-
ics into their narratives,
such as violence against
women, rape, sexual and
occupational harassment,
cheating, miscarriage —
the list goes on. I
n fact, on Goodreads, re-
viewers routinely provide
“trigger warnings” to un-
suspecting readers who
might be offended by cheat-
ing, unprotected sex, ex-
plicit sex in general (good
Christian appropriate nov-
els without sex scenes are
referred to as “clean” as if
sex was something “dirty”)
— again, the list goes on. In
any case, it is a fact that
contemporary romance
novels are a far cry from
what the genre used to be
in the past, one that pro-
moted traditional gender
roles, the stereotypical
world of hospitals with shy,
beautiful nurses waiting to
be scooped up by a dishy
chief surgeon.
Today’s female protago-
nists of romance novels
tend to be strong, deter-
mined and, most impor-
tant of all, refuse to take
shit from men. They are
strong enough to overcome
hardship, excel in their
chosen professions and
fight hard to get what they
want — including a part-
ner for life. Arguably most
important of all, today’s
rom-com heroines are in
charge of their own sexual-
ity and, equally important,
deserving to get full sexual
satisfaction.
SOURCE: FAIR OBSERVER
Do romance novels offer an outdated model of feminism?
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PRIVACY ON SOCIAL MEDIA
nd-to-end encryption does not make
WhatsApp messages safe as one might
think. Nothing proves this better than
the three-year-old “maal hai kya” mes-
sage of Deepika Padukone which the
Narcotics Control Bureau cited in its case sum-
moning the celebrated actor in the Sushant Singh
Rajput case. This throws all notions of privacy on
this social media platform out of the window.
End-to-end encryption means that the conversa-
tionscannotbeinterceptedduringtransit.Reassuring
users on protecting their privacy, a WhatsApp state-
ment said, “WhatsApp protects your messages with
end-to-endencryptionsothatonlyyouandtheperson
you are communicating with can read what is sent,
and nobody in between can access it, not even What-
sApp. It’s important to remember that people sign up
on WhatsApp using only a phone number, and What-
sApp doesn’t have access to your message content.”
It does not mean that the messages cease to exist
on the sender or the recipient’s mobile phones.
Deleting them also does not obliterate them from
the phone’s memory and can always be retrieved
during configuration when the SIM card is trans-
ferred to a new phone. Then there are spyware
tools available to hack into WhatsApp messaging
systems. Investigating and law-enforcing agencies
the world over, like the NCB in India, are using this
weak link to their advantage.
Legally, law-enforcing agencies can ask for one’s
device in a criminal investigation so use the social
mediaplatformbutnotwithoutcaution.Deepikawas
lucky that her conversation did not prove the charge
that the NCB may have wanted to slap on her.
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IN-DEPTH
MAYAWATI’S GAMBIT
HOLDS NO PROMISE
ne formula may not always be successful,
especially inpolitics wherethedynamics
keep changing. Bahujan Samaj Party
president Mayawati does not share this
view as she revives her tried and tested
social engineering formula of Dalit-Brahmin for-
mulafortheupcomingby-electionsinUttarPradesh.
Voting for seven assembly seats will take place on
November 3 and the results will be declared on No-
vember 10. The seats going to poll include Nauga-
wan Sadat, Bulandshahr, Tundla, Bangermau,
Ghatampur, Deoria, and Malhani. Polling for the
eighth seat - Suar in Rampur - has been deferred as
the matter is pending in the Allahabad High Court.
Dalit-Brahmin combination has fetched
Mayawati good dividends in the past as Brahmins
began to vote for the Dalit party in large numbers.
From 38 percent in the 2012 elections, the Brahmin
vote percentage increased to 80 percent in the 2017
assembly election to 72 percent and 82 percent in
2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections, respectively.
But as the results showed these votes did not trans-
late into enough seats for the BSP either in the UP
assembly or in the Lok Sabha. The party has only
18 seats in the present House, while the BJP has
306, including five of those going to polls.
AsBSP’sBrahminfaceandpartygeneral-secretary
Satish Chandra Mishra set about addressing issues
concerning Brahmins “who are discontent” with the
present government of Yogi Adityanath which is ac-
cused of being pro-Thakur. But Mayawati has been
politically active only on social media. In the recent
Hathras case too her reaction was subdued.
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INDIAJAIPUR | MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2020
J’KHAND: JMM LEADER, WIFE
FOUND MURDERED AT HOME
Dhanbad: Senior JMM
leader Shankar Raw-
ani and his wife were
found murdered at their
residence in Jharkhand’s
Dhanbad district early
on Sunday, police said.
Prima facie it seems that
Rawani (50) and Balika
Devi were shot and then
stabbed to death at their
home in Bhowra area,
Dhanbad city SP Ram
Kumar said. An empty
cartridge of 9mm pistol
and a knife were recov-
ered from the room, he
said. According to the
SP, neighbours found out
about the murder and in-
formed the police. Sniffer
dogs have been deployed
at the scene of crime, and
a hunt has been launched
to nab the killer, SP Ram-
Kumar said.
WILL MOVE COURT AGAINST
BENGAL POLICE : VIJAYVARGIYA
New Delhi: BJP national secretary Kailash Vijay-
vargiya, accusing Bengal police of hurling bombs
and violating human rights during the party’s
march to the state secretariat, said it will move
court to seek “justice in the inhuman treatment
by the force”. He hit out at the West Bengal gov-
ernment for following “two set of rules” - one for
BJP and another for the ruling TMC and said that
COVID-19 protocols were violated during TMC’s
rallies against the alleged Hathras rape and the
Farm bills, but no action was taken against it.
PARTY TICKET BEING GIVEN TO
RAPIST: CONG WORKER THRASHED
Deoria: A woman Con-
gress worker in UP was
thrashed at an internal
meeting of the party after
she objected to nomina-
tion of party candidate
from Deoria, saying he is
a accused in a rape case.
“On the one hand, our
party leaders are ﬁghting
for justice for Hathras
woman, and on the other
hand, party ticket is being
given to a rapist. It is a
wrong decision. It will
malign the image of our
party,” she said. Cell-
phone videos that were
circulated show Tara Devi
being punched by a group
of men. In her complaint,
Tara Devi has named
Cong dist president Dhar-
mendra Singh, V-P Ajay
Singh and two others for
the attack.
HEAVY RAIN WARNING FOR ANDHRA,
K’TAKA, & OTHER COASTAL AREAS
New Delhi: The depression over West-Central
Bay of Bengal is very likely to intensify further
into a deep depression during next 24 hours
and it very likely to move west-northwestwards.
“Latest satellite imageries, ships and buoy ob-
servations indicate that yesterday’s well-marked
low-pressure area over east-central and adjoin-
ing southeast Bay of Bengal concentrated into a
depression over West-central Bay of Bengal and
lay centred about 430 km south-southeast of
Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), IMD said.
BJP CHIEF JP NADDA AT ELECTION RALLY IN GAYA
HATHRAS INCIDENT
‘PMModi, Nitish
Kumar changed
political course in Bihar’
New Delhi: In his first
address during the elec-
tion campaign in poll-
bound Bihar, BJP na-
tional president JP Na-
dda said PM Narendra
Modi and CM Nitish
Kumar have changed
the policial course of
the state.
Applauding Modi for
bringing in progressive
change in sectors such
as health & welfare,
farming and education,
Nadda said, “Modi hai
toh mumkeen hai, Nit-
ish (Kumar) hai toh
pradesh aage badhega.
(Modi makes it possible
and Nitish’s leadership
will take the state for-
ward).”
“Leadership of India
is secured in hands of
PM Modi,” he said.
Nadda also hailed Bi-
har CM for the combat
strategy used against
coronavirus (Covid-19)
crisis. “Chief minister
Nitish Kumar took care
of people during Cov-
id-19 crisis. His govern-
ment also provided fi-
nancial assistance to
those outside Bihar,”
the BJP leader said Na-
dda also assured people
of Bihar that NDA will
form the government in
state with Nitish Ku-
mar as the CM. —ANI
SVAMITVA SCHEME: A PATHWAY TO A
SELF-RELIANT RURAL INDIA, SAYS PM
ister Narendra Modi on
Sunday said that the
Survey of Villages and
Mapping with Impro-
vised Technology in
Village Areas (SVAMIT-
VA) scheme shows that
rural India has taken a
huge leap towards self-
reliance as “nobody
could eye the property
of beneficiaries” of the
scheme.
Prime Minister Modi
on Sunday launched the
physical distribution of
property cards and he
was joined by Union
Minister for Agricul-
ture and Rural Affairs
Narendra Singh Tomar,
Chief Minister of Hary-
ana Manohar Lal Khat-
tar and Deputy CM Du-
shyant Singh Chautala,
Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath and Madhya
Pradesh Shivraj Singh
Chouhan as he inter-
acted with beneficiaries
of SVAMITVA scheme.
“SVAMITVA scheme
will bring historic
changes in rural areas.
It is a privilege for me
that several villagers
have joined me today
for the launch of this
scheme. When one be-
comes the owner of
their house, their self-
respect is restored. One
feels secure and
strong,” the Prime Min-
ister said.
He asserted that the
SVAMITVA scheme
will allow rural India to
contribute to the na-
tion’s drive for self-reli-
ance and “nobody could
eye the property of ben-
eficiaries”.
“The scheme will
also help villagers in
taking loans. If they
have proper documents
of their land and prop-
erties, no bank can
deny them loans. Only
one-third of the world’s
population has docu-
ments of their proper-
ty... I cannot let the ru-
ral population be de-
pendent on others, I
have to work towards
making them self-reli-
ant,” he said.
As the scheme was
launched on
Jayaprakash Narayan
andNanajiDeshmukh’s
birth anniversaries, the
Prime Minister said it
shows the Centre’s com-
mitment towards fulfill-
ing their visions of
building a self-reliant
rural India.
SVAMITVA is a Cen-
tral Sector Scheme of
the Ministry of Pan-
chayati Raj, which was
launched by the Prime
Minister on National
Panchayati Raj Day,
April 24, 2020.—ANI
PM Narendra Modi addresses after the launch event of the physical distribution of Property Cards
under the SVAMITVA scheme, through VC, in New Delhi on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
NARENDRA MODI
@NARENDRAMODI
The great Nanaji
Deshmukh was one of
Loknayak JP’s most
devout followers. He
worked tirelessly to
popularise JP’s thoughts
and ideals. His own
work towards rural
development motivates
us. Remembering Bharat
Ratna Nanaji Deshmukh
on his Jayanti.
I bow to Loknayak JP on
his Jayanti. He valiantly
fought for India’s freedom
and when our democratic
ethos was under attack,
he led a strong mass
movement to protect
it. For him, there was
nothing above national
interest and people’s
welfare.
JP Nadda addresses supporters during a public rally for the Bihar
Assembly election, in Gaya on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Surjewala to head key
panel in Bihar polls
New Delhi: The Con-
gress formed various
panels for the upcoming
Bihar assembly polls
with party general sec-
retary Randeep Surjew-
ala named chairman of
the election manage-
ment and coordination
committee.
Mohan Prakash was
made the convenor of
the 14-member election
management and coor-
dination committee.
The panel includes sen-
ior leaders like Meira
Kumar, Tariq Anwar,
Shatrughan Sinha, Kir-
ti Azad, Shakeel Ahmed
and Sanjay Nirupam.
Congress president
Sonia Gandhi also ap-
proved the setting up of
the publicity commit-
tee, media coordination
committee, public meet-
ing and logistics com-
mittee, legal committee
and office management
committee for Bihar
polls, a statement said.
Randeep Surjewala
Pradhan urges Pokhriyal again to
repeal University Amendment Bill
Bhubaneswar: Union
Minister Dharmendra
Pradhan has urged his
cabinet colleague Edu-
cationMinisterRamesh
Pokhriyal Nishank to
repeal the Odisha Uni-
versities (Amendment)
Bill, 2020, which was
recently passed by Odi-
sha Government in the
just concluded Mon-
soon session of the As-
sembly.
Writing to Pokhriyal
for the second time on
the controversial Bill,
Pradhan said, “The Bill
seeks to strip away the
autonomy of higher
educational institu-
tions in Odisha by bu-
reaucratising critical
aspects of functioning
of universities and
crippling its autonomy
with the intent of exer-
cising the State Govern-
ment’s complete domi-
nance.”
Dubbing the Bill as
ab initio ultra vires to
provisions of the Con-
stitution, Pradhan said
the impugned legisla-
tion has been passed by
the State Legislature
under entry 25 of the
Concurrent List to the
7th Schedule of the
Constitution.
“This entry is subject
to entry 66 of the Union
List, under which the
Parliament has exclu-
sive powers to make
laws in relation to coor-
dination in institutions
for higher education or
research. Therefore,
regulations issued un-
der UGC Act, 1956 and
universities in Odisha
recognised by UGC un-
der section 12 (b) of the
Act are bound by the
extant UGC provi-
sions,” the letter said.
The Bill is also in
complete contradiction
to PM’s visionary NEP
2020, he added.
New Delhi: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi,
who had visited Hath-
ras in UP last week
amid outrage over the
alleged gang rape of a
20-year-old woman, this
morning attacked Chief
anath in a tweet. The
brutal torture of the
20-year-old Dalit woman
has triggered nation-
wide outrage; she died
at a hospital in Delhi
last month.
“The shameful truth
is many Indians don’t
consider Dalits, Mus-
lims and Tribals to be
human. The CM & his
police say no one was
raped because for them,
andmanyotherIndians,
she was NO ONE (sic),”
the ex-Congress chief
tweeted, along with a
news report that said
the police had been de-
nying the rape charges.
The 20-year-old wom-
an was allegedly as-
saulted by four men of
her village on Septem-
ber 14. She died two
weeks later after sus-
taining horrific inju-
ries in a savage assault.
The Uttar Pradesh
government has been
criticised for the han-
dling on the case and a
late-night cremation
where her family was
allegedly not allowed.
—Agencies
New Delhi: The Indian
railways is working on
a plan to upgrade all its
trains capable of run-
ning at a maximum
speed of 130 kmph and
beyond with special air-
conditioned coaches in
a bid to upgrade its high
speed network, the rail-
way ministry said.
There will be no sleeper
coaches in these identi-
fied trains. The minis-
try clarified that the
decision will only im-
pact high speed trains
and all existing mail
and express trains with
a maximum speed of up
to 110 kmph will con-
tinue to ply with sleeper
coaches. “AC coaches
become a technical ne-
cessity wherever the
speed of train is going
to be above 130 kmph .
Indian Railways is
working on a massive
plan to upgrade the rail
network to high speed
potential. Tracks on
golden quadrilateral &
diagonals are being up-
graded to cater to speed
of 130 km - 160 km /
hour. Non-AC sleeper
coaches would be re-
placed by AC coaches
for trains which will be
running at a maximum
speed of 130/160 kmph.
Speed potential of some
corridors has already
been upgraded to 130
kmph,” an official said.
“The scheme will help villagers in taking loans if they have proper documents,” Narendra Modi said
Shameful truth:
RaGa slams Yogi
over Hathras case
High speed
trains to be
upgraded with
AC coaches
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan
GRAFT ALLEGATIONS AGAINST GRANDSON
Cong demands sacking of K’taka CM
Bengaluru: Congress
on Sunday demanded
the sacking of Karna-
takaChief MinisterBS
Yediyurappa in the
wake of reports that
twocompaniesinwhich
his grandson Shashid-
har Mardi became a di-
rector after BJP came
to power in the state in
July 2019 received Rs 5
crore from seven Kolk-
ata shell companies
between March and
July 2020.
Calling it a case of
“glaring, patent and
shameless case of cor-
ruption coupled with
brazen inaction and
silence”, Congress
spokesperson Ab-
hishek Singhvi, react-
ing to a report, de-
manded a probe into
the matter by a “sit-
ting SC or sitting CJ of
a high court”.
“If you have nothing
to fear why are you not
appointing. Why not
register an FIR under
Prevention of Corrup-
tion Act,” Singhvi said
while addressing a
press conference. He
said if BJP and Yedi-
yurappa had the “mi-
nutest” and “slightest”
sense of shame, “he
must resign or be
sacked”.
The RoC documents
scrutinised by Rs 5
crore was transferred
through seven Kolkata
companies to Belgra-
via Enterprises Pvt
Ltd & VSS Estates Pvt
Ltd, where Shashidhar
Mardi is a director.
Mardi, 30, is the son of
Yediyurappa’s daugh-
ter Padmavathi V Y.
Rahul Gandhi
BS Yediyurappa

INDIAJAIPUR | MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2020
Sapotra incident...
Meanwhile, the Chief
Minister instructed to
get the entire matter
investigated under the
supervision of CID CB
Superintendent of Po-
lice Vikas Sharma.
The Chief Minister
said that the Congress
government has al-
ways strived to pro-
tect the interests of
priests on the lands
under the temple. “In
1991, the then Bharati-
ya Janata Party gov-
ernment issued an
order directing the
removal of the names
of priests from the
revenue records on
the lands of temple
pardon. At the same
time, whether the
Congress was in gov-
ernment or in opposi-
tion, it always advo-
cated the interests of
the priests in relation
to the temple land,”
the Chief Minister re-
membered and fur-
ther added, “The Con-
gress government is-
sued a circular on
November 25, 2011,
directing the entry of
priests back into the
revenue records, who
were registered as ten-
ants on the temple
pardon land on 16 Feb-
ruary 1952, when the
Jagir Act came into
force.
But the priests’ in-
terests were also ad-
versely affected by the
decision given by the
Rajasthan High Court
on 15 July 2015. After
that, despite being in
opposition, we fully
supported the priests
even while filing the
SLP in the Supreme
Court.”
Big day...
a meeting of the coun-
cil of ministers will
be convened for which
notice has been issued
to ministers. During
the meeting, decision
will be taken on call-
ing an assembly ses-
sion and a proposal
for the same will be
sent to the Governor.
It is believed that
the session would be
called in connection
with the three farm
bills after direction in
this regard by the
AICC.
FROM PG 1
‘8,68,77,242 SAMPLES TESTED YET’
COVID-19 count in the country 70,53,807, including 8,67,496 active cases
New Delhi: India’s
COVID-19 count crossed
the 70-lakh mark on
Sunday, as per the Min-
istry of Health and
Family Welfare.
According to the
MoHFW, the COVID-19
count in the country is
at 70,53,807, including
8,67,496 active cases.
The number of cured
and discharged or mi-
grated patients has also
crossed 60-lakhs and is
at 60,77,977 in the coun-
try. With 918 deaths,
the toll due to the dis-
ease now stands at
1,08,334.
Maharashtra contin-
ues to be the worst-af-
fected State with
2,36,947 active cases.
However, 12,29,339 pa-
tients have been cured
and discharged in the
state, while the disease
has claimed 39,732 lives
so far.
Karnataka with
1,18,870 active cases and
5,61,610 recoveries is
also severely affected by
the pandemic. Mean-
while, Delhi has 21,955
active cases, while
2,76,046 patients have
been cured and dis-
charged in the union
territory. Further,
ICMR said that a total
of 8,68,77,242 samples
tested for 10,78,544 sam-
ples were tested on Sat-
urday.—ANI
Cong demands
Karnataka CM’s
resignation
New Delhi: The Con-
gress on Sunday de-
manded Karnataka CM
BS Yeddyurappa’s res-
ignation and a probe by
a Supreme Court Judge
into an alleged bribery
scam in the over Rs
662-crore housing pro-
ject in Bengaluru, while
questioning the BJP’s
“silence” on the issue.
“There should be
time-bound probe with-
in two months by a sit-
ting Judge of SC,” Con-
gress senior spokesper-
son Abhishek Manu
Singhvi claiming that
the BJP government in
the state was in the
“clutches of corrup-
tion” as “tainted lead-
ers ruled the roost”, he
demanded that Yeddy-
urappa should resign in
view of “stinging alle-
gations of unabashed
corruption”.
The Congress leader
pointed to alleged audio
conversations of CM’s
son Vijayendra, What-
sApp conversations be-
tween contractor and
Maradi, transfer of
crores in cash and
through RTGS, bla-
tant money-launder-
ing through seven Kol-
kata companies and
involvement of func-
tionaries working at
CM’s home. —ANI
New Delhi: A total of
322 projects with a
length of 12,413 Km
have been awarded un-
der the ‘Bharatmala
Pariyojana’ till August
2020, said the Ministry
of Road Transport and
Highways on Sunday.
It informed that
2,921 km has been con-
structed under the pro-
ject till the same date.
In an official release,
the Ministry said that it
has taken up a detailed
review and has given
overall investment ap-
proval for the ‘Bharat-
mala Pariyojana’ Phase
I Scheme for develop-
ment of about 34,800
km, including 10,000 km
residual NHDP stretch-
es, at an estimated out-
lay of Rs 5,35,000 crores.
‘Bharatmala Pariyo-
jana’ is an umbrella pro-
gramme for highways
that focuses on efficien-
cy of freight and pas-
senger by bridging in-
frastructure like devel-
opment of economic
corridors and feeder
routes, National Corri-
dor Efficiency, Border
and International con-
nectivity roads, Coastal
& Port connectivity
roads, greenfield ex-
pressways. —ANI
‘Bharatmala Pariyojana’
Centre awards
322 projects of
12,413 km till Aug
Metro car shed project at Aarey to be relocated
Modi, Shah star campaigners!
Mumbai: Maharashtra
Chief Minister Uddhav
Thackeray on Sunday
announced the reloca-
tion of the metro car
shed project in Aarey,
which has been at the
centre of a storm since
October last year, and
also said that cases
against activists who
protested against the
felling of trees for the
project had been with-
drawn. Addressing the
state through a web-
cast, Thackeray said
the project would now
be shifted to a govern-
ment land in Kanjur-
marg. “The Aarey car
shed will be moved to
Kanjurmarg. We have
allotted government
land for the car shed for
Rs 0. We won’t spend a
single rupee for acquir-
ing this land,” he said.
The Mumbai Metro
Rail Corporation Limit-
ed (MMRCL) had begun
chopping trees at Aarey
colony on October 25
last year to construct a
carshedfortheRs32,000
crore underground Co-
laba-Bandra-Seepz Met-
ro corridor. Several ac-
tivists, who had gath-
ered at the spot to pro-
test, were detained by
the police. An FIR was
registered against 29
people. After he was
sworn in as CM, Uddhav
Thackeray had put a
stay on the work on the
car shed. “About Rs 100
crore expenditure was
incurredforthepurpose
and it won’t go waste,”
he said. Aaditya, who
hasvociferouslyprotest-
ed against the proposed
car shed.—Agencies
Shukla death: BJP meets
WB Guv, seeks CBI probe
IAF airbase fully
equipped for taking
challenge in night
Leh: IAF airbase is ful-
ly equipped to handle
any kind of challenges
if arise in the night.
Sorties of IAF aircraft
can be seen in the night
where the roar of many
IAF aircraft can be
heard with a fighter jet.
MIG-29, Apache, Chi-
nook, MI-17, and light-
weighted aircraft
Dhruv has carried out
night sorties at Leh air-
base.
“We are ready to op-
erate our aircraft in the
night in any condition,
our trained pilots are
not only skilled they are
highly professional to
do sorties in the night
in the region,” IAF of-
ficial who is handling
the entire night sorties
at Leh airbase.
Night operation in
Leh is not an easy win-
ter months will pose
new challenges. How-
ever, IAF pilots can
fight challenges. —ANI
Kolkata: BJP delega-
tion of Mukul Roy,
Jayprakash Majumdar
and Sabyasachi Dutta,
submitted a memoran-
dum to WB Governor
Jagdeep Dhankhar on
Sunday, demanding CBI
probe into the murder
of party councillor
Manish Shukla. Shukla
was shot dead in front
of Titagarh police sta-
tion in North 24 Parga-
nas district on October
4. “BJP delegation led
by National Vice Presi-
dent Mukul Roy de-
manded CBI investiga-
tion in the politically
targeted killing of Man-
ish Shukla,” the West
Bengal Governor later
tweeted.
The BJP leaders al-
leged that the state’s
Criminal Investigation
Department was trying
to falsely implicate his
opponents in the party
itself, thus making it a
case of factional feud.
“The delegation al-
leged CID @MamataOf-
ficial was misdirecting
investigation to falsely
implicate political op-
ponents in BJP,” said
Dhankar.—ANI
CONG CLAIMS
COVID winner, Dr Lakshmi Kanthamma David, celebrates her 100th birthday in Hyderabad, before discharge.
Kamakhya temple in
Assam opens doors for
devotees after 7 months
Guwahati : Devotees
began to visit the Kam-
akhya Temple in Guwa-
hati on Sunday as it reo-
pened after seven
months of COVID-19
restrictions. However,
the devotees have only
been allowed to perform
the “parikrama” while
the sanctum sanctorum
remained out of
bounds.
According to temple
guidelines, “Devalaya
gate will remain open
from 8 am till sunset.
However, timing may be
changed during Durga
Puja. Devotees will un-
dergo the RAT for covid
near the entry at Foot-
hill. Maximum time for
each devotee will be 15
minutes, nobody will be
allowed inside without
the face mask. —ANI
‘FELUDA test expected in few weeks’
Dr Harsh Vardhan
gave update on the
rollout of the FE-
LUDA test in near
future. “While I can-
not put an exact
date on availability,
we should expect
this test within next
few weeks. Safety,
efficiency is re-
quired for emergen-
cy use authoriza-
tion vaccine approv-
al for ensuring pa-
tient safety. Further
action will depend
on data generated.
Dr Harsh Vardhan
said, “eSanjeevani
has over 12,000 prac-
titioners of various
State Government
Health Depart-
ments and their ser-
vices have been
sought so far by peo-
ple from 510 dis-
tricts, across 26
states in the coun-
try. While first 1
Lakh consultations
took 3 months, last 1
Lakh have come up
under 3 weeks, it’s a
great achievement.
Devp on ‘eSanjeevani platform’
Mumbai cops
question the
Republic TV
CEO, others
Mumbai: The chief ex-
ecutive officer of Re-
public TV, Vikas Khan-
chandani arrived at the
Mumbai Police’s Crime
Branch office earlier to-
day. Khanchandani is
being questioned in the
alleged TRP scam, in
which Republic TV was
named as one among
the three channels be-
ing probed by the Mum-
bai Police. The owners
of the two other chan-
nels Fakt Marathi and
Box Cinema -- have been
arrested. According to
reports, Republic TV’s
Chief Operating Offic-
ers Hersh Bhandari and
Priya Mukherjee have
also been summoned by
the Mumbai Police. Re-
public TV’s Chief CFO
Shiva Subramaniyam
also received summons
by the Mumbai Police
yesterday. Mumbai Po-
lice chief Parambir
Singh has alleged that
Republic TV had falsely
manipulated TRPs. Re-
public TV has denied all
allegations and has
claimed that the chan-
nel is being unfairly tar-
geted.—Agencies
Protests broke out last year over the felling of over 2,000 trees to
make way for the Metro car shed in Aarey Colony.
Dr Harsh Vardhan
—Photo ByANI
BJP delegation meets Bengal
Governor, seeks CBI probe In
councillor murder.
ister Narendra Modi,
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah, Defence
Minister Rajnath Sin-
gh, BJP president JP
Nadda are among the
star campaigners for
the BJP for the upcom-
ing Bihar Assembly
elections.
BJP has released a
list of 30 star campaign-
ers for upcoming Bihar
Assembly Elections.
The names of BJP lead-
ers who campaign for
candidates for General
Election to the Legisla-
tive Assembly in Bihar
(Phase 1) include Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi, Home Minister
Amit Shah, Defence
Minister Rajnath Sin-
gh, BJP president JP
Nadda, Bihar deputy
chief minister Sushil
Modi.
Some other promi-
nent leaders are Union
MinistersRaviShankar
Prasad, Smriti Irani,
Dharmendra Pradhan.
Uttar Pradesh Chief
anath and former Ma-
harashtra chief minis-
ter Devendra Fadnavis
and BJP MP Manoj Ti-
wari are also included
in the list among other
BJP leaders.
Elections to the 243-
seat Bihar Assembly
will be held in three
phases -- October 28,
November 3, and 7. The
counting of votes will
take place on Novem-
ber 10. Ruling Janata
Dal (United) will fight
for 122 seats, while its
alliance partner BJP
has got 121 seats. The
JD(U) will give seven
seats to Jitan Ram Man-
jhi’s Hindustan Awam
Morcha from its quota,
while the BJP will allot
11 seats to Vikassheel
Insaan Party.—ANI
PM Narendra Modi Amit Shah
IPL betting
racket busted
by Raj ATS
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan ATS
on Sunday night arrest-
ed 14 people in a coordi-
nated action against
betting on IPL matches.
The squad conducted
simultaneous raids at
several places in Jaipur,
Nagaur, Hyderabad and
Delhi following intelli-
gence inputs about the
betting. The ATS de-
cided to conduct simul-
taneous raids at differ-
ent places in coordina-
tion with local police.
ATS recovered several
equipment which were
being used in betting.

NEWSJAIPUR | MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2020
Rajasthan Royals batsman Riyan Parag plays a shot during the IPL cricket match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, at Dubai
International Cricket Stadium, in Dubai on Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI
RAJ ROYALS BEAT SRH BY 5 WICKETS
Pro-Pak slogan
shouted in
Manoharpur,
video goes viral
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In a shocking
incident, the support-
ers of a Muslim candi-
date who contested
panchayat elections in
Manoharpur allegedly
shouted pro-Pakistan
slogans on getting in-
formation about his
win, which however,
turned out to be false.
Sources add that this
happened in front of
the cops who remained
silent spectators. A vid-
eo of the incident went
viral on social media
following which people
condemned the act.
The supporters were
present outside the gov-
ernment hospital at
Hod ki Paal, Manohar-
pura where the count-
ing of votes was taking
place on Saturday.
Meanwhile, in anoth-
er incident, a man
lodged an FIR against 7
for beating him up in
Kishorpura village of
Jhunjhunu. Mahboob
Khan alleged accused
entered his house and
beat him and other fam-
ily members over a poll
related enmity.
DEVOTEES
REJOICE
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The highly re-
vered Moti Dungri
Ganesh Temple
opened for devotees on
Sunday after a long
wait of 6 months and
18 days. From Monday
onwards, the temple
will be opened from 5
am to 8 pm for dar-
shan, after following
all protocols mandato-
ry during Covid-19
pandemic. Devotees
will not be allowed to
take the prasad at the
time of darshan inside
the temple and will
have to wear masks
while entering temple.
The temple adminis-
tration is following all
SOPs that have been
suggested and has
even installed cen-
sored sanitizer ma-
chine so that devotees
can easily sanitize and
enter the temple. All
devotees are required
to follow proper social
distancing by keeping
a distance of two me-
ters and have to wait
for their turn. The
guards have been sta-
tioned outside the tem-
ple and they will take
temperature of devo-
tees who will get entry
only after clearing
thermal screening.
Moti Dungri Ganesh temple
opens after 6 months & 18 days!
The curious case of
‘TRANSFERmers’!
Rajendra Chhabra
T
he transfer and
postings of IAS
officers in Ra-
jasthan is always the
most looked upon devel-
opment, purely because
the shuffle gives out
many valuable hints
and facts, about offi-
cials.
While officers
abound who have not
been changed from
their position since the
current government
came to power, there are
many who have been
transferred five times
in the past 22 months of
the government and
there is a post where
five different officials
have been given post-
ings in a span of afore-
mentioned time!
The recent example
is of 1997 batch IAS He-
mant Gera who has
been transferred not
once or twice but five
times in the current dis-
pensation.
In 2018, Gera was Sec-
retary, Disaster Man-
agement and as the new
government took over,
it shifted Gera to the
post of Secretary, Medi-
cal Education. From
there, he was sent into
Finance department
where he spent merely
9 months and in July
2020 he was made Secre-
tary, Food and Civil
Supplies.
But here too, Gera
could not sit comforta-
bly, as within 3 months,
he was removed from
the post.
In the recently re-
leased transfer list,
Gera has been accorded
the position in DOP,
once held by Roli Singh
and interestingly
enough, babus and offi-
cials in Secretariat are
already placing bets on
the fact if Gera will stay
put on this seat for long
or not?
It is worth noting
here that in his 23-year
long career as a bureau-
crat, Gera has been
transferred 20 times.
However, an honest and
young officer, Gera en-
joys the goodwill of a
hardworking and out-
standing IAS officer.
Now see the contrast
in this example of Dun-
garpur Collector. Prior
to the previous transfer
list released on last
Monday, Suresh Kumar
Ola happened to be the
fourth Collector of
Dungarpur under the
current government.
First it was Chetanram
Devra, then Alok Ran-
jan followed by Kana
Ram and now Ola.
Even Banswara dis-
trict, adjoining Dun-
garpur, ‘boasts’ of a
similar story as five
Collectors have been
changed there. These
include Bhagwati Pras-
ad Kalal, Ashish Gupta,
Antar Singh Nehra,
Kailash Bairwa and
Ankit Kumar Singh,
who has been serving
since July 2.
Hemant Gera
Devotees wait for thermal screening outside the temple. Devotees following social distancing inside the temple. —PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Panchayat polls conclude peacefully
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: In the fourth
and last phase of the
panchayat elections in
the state that were held
on Saturday, 83.47 per
cent voter turnout was
recorded.
The highest turnout
of 94.03% was recorded
in Sam panchayat sami-
ti in Jaisalmer.
The election took
place in 897 gram pan-
chayats of 32 Panchayat
samitis in the fourth
phase. A total of 4,629
candidates were in the
fray for the post of Sar-
panch and 11,373 con-
tested elections for the
post of panch. 26 Sar-
panch and 3,714 panch
were elected unopposed
in the fourth phase.
The state election
commissioner PS Meh-
ra said that the elec-
tions were held in a free
and fair manner in all
the four phases with
support of the voters,
election officers and po-
lice personnel.
He informed that vot-
er turnout in first phase
was 83.50% while in the
second and third phas-
es, it was 84.67% and
83.69% respectively.
With the election of up-
sarpanch under the
fourth phase on Sunday,
the process of panchay-
at elections-2020 has
ended. SEC said that
despite corona pandem-
ic, voters reached the
polling stations and
took part in election
process while following
Covid-19 related proto-
cols like wearing face
masks and maintaining
social distancing.
PS Mehra
Mahant Kailash Sharma performing Puja.
MBC received 2191 government jobs under 5% reservation
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: During the cur-
renttenureof theAshok
Gehlot government of
the state, after the enact-
ment of the 5 percent
reservation law for the
Most Backward Classes
(MBC) on February 13,
2019, youth of MBC cat-
egory castes have re-
ceived government jobs
in 2191 posts in various
departments. Moreover,
for future recruitments,
1409 additional posts
have been created and
reserved for MBC.
The present govern-
ment has given the ben-
efit of 5 percent reser-
vation to other MBC
castes, including Gur-
jars, in the new recruit-
ments as well as in the
previous recruitments
that are under process.
Due to this, 26 addition-
al candidates of this
category were selected
in RAS Exam 2016 and
22 additional candi-
dates will be selected in
RAS Exam 2018.
In 2008, the then BJP
government passed a
bill to provide 5 percent
reservation to MBC, but
it was not signed by the
Governor. However, the
law came into force in
the year 2009 after a
strong effort by the Con-
gress government.
The state govern-
ment made special ef-
forts to ensure the pro-
tection of the interests
of the backward classes
and while implement-
ing the provision of 5
percent reservation on
February 13, 2019, gave
its benefit to all the re-
cruitments under pro-
cess. Even for the re-
cruitments for which
the result of the exami-
nation had come, but
the appointments were
not given, additional
posts were created by
giving the benefit of
reservation.
Notably, extremely
backward classes could
not be given the benefit
of 5 percent reservation
in Nursing Recruit-
ment Examination-2013
and REET Examina-
tion-2018. The reason
for this is that in the
process of both these
examinations, appoint-
ment orders were is-
sued before the notifica-
tion of 5 percent reser-
vation was issued. At
that time there was a
provision to give 1 per-
cent reservation to the
backward classes in the
recruitments. There
was a provision of 1
percent reservation at
the time of release and
results of the Nursing
Recruitment Examina-
tion-2013. Currently
ANM recruitment 2018
has also been complet-
ed. For this reason, 4
percent additional posts
could not be created in
these recruitment.
District Councils also
issued appointment or-
ders even before the no-
tification of 5 percent
reservation was issued
under REET-2018 Level
I. Therefore, there is
also a legal hurdle in
creating additional 4
percent posts in REIT-
2018 also.
Additional posts of MBC class in
RAS Recruitment Exam 2016
ADDITIONAL SELECTION DUE TO 5%
RESERVATION OF SERVICE
z Rajasthan Administrative Service 04
z Rajasthan Police Service 03
z Rajasthan Accounting Service 07
z Rajasthan Food and Civil Logistics Service 01
z Rajasthan Women and Child Development Service 01
z Rajasthan Tehsildar Service 10
Additional posts of MBC class in
RAS Recruitment Exam 2018
ADDITIONAL SELECTION DUE TO 5%
RESERVATION OF SERVICE
z Rajasthan Administrative Service 04
z Rajasthan Police Service 02
z Rajasthan Accounting Service 05
z Rajasthan Cooperative Services 01
z Rajasthan Women and Child Development Service 03
z Rajasthan Rural Development Service 02
z Rajasthan Tehsildar Service 05

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god. We can make it even more
beautiful by choosing to be happy,
reaching out to others and believing in the
philosophy of brotherhood and humanity.
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Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: After open-
ing a front against their
own government, keep-
ing the state govern-
ment under a thirty five
day ‘siege’ and return-
ing only after the assur-
ance by top brass of
Congress party that
their ‘travails’ will be
heard, the rebel camp in
Rajasthan appears to be
a confused lot. While
their leader - Sachin Pi-
lot - may be placed com-
fortably, there are re-
ports that the ‘foot sol-
diers’ are now worried
over the delay of report
of the three member
committee, of Ahmed
Patel, KC Venugopal
and Ajay Maken,
formed by party matri-
arch Sonia Gandhi, to
address Rajasthan is-
sues.
Although several
weeks have passed
since, there appears lit-
tle ‘forward movement’
in the matter as Covid
has also stalled the pro-
gress. One major factor
of the report, which is
even eagerly awaited by
the non-rebels, is the
fact that political ap-
pointments and cabinet
expansion will be done
only once the report is
submitted. And it is this
reason that Pilot camp
legislators are a bit flus-
tered and wondering as
to how long do they
have to wait still, and
stay out of ‘power’?
While the confusion
prevails, on the other
hand, Gehlot camp lead-
ers are trying to ‘cosy
up’ to the rebels and ‘se-
duce’ them to their side.
The confusion is height-
ened with the ‘offers’
being doled out by the
Gehlot camp leaders to
entice the rebels in join-
ing their ‘cause’ and
therefore the rebels are
in a fix if they should
actually wait for the
three member commit-
tee report or if they
should jump side to Ge-
hlot camp and accept
the offer, so that at least
they could get develop-
mental works, transfers
and postings done in
their respective areas.
However, there is a
faction in the party that
believes that cabinet ex-
pansionandpoliticalap-
pointments will be con-
ducted during Navratra,
however,knowledgeable
sources claim that it is
highly unlikely consid-
ering the three member
committee report has to
be tabled first.
While Congress has
its own share of prob-
lems, its rival party -
BJP - has been keenly
watching the entire de-
velopment and some of
thesaffronpartyleaders
are awaiting for the pos-
sibility of ‘Operation
Lotus - 2.0’, a develop-
ment which still looms
large as a threat over the
current regime. There
are a few highly ambi-
tious BJP leaders who
are waiting for the ‘po-
litical developments’
since they believe that
those MLAs who will be
left out of the power pie,
could be lured in to the
saffron side since they
would be ‘aggrieved’ of
not being given their
due position!
However, it would be
fool hardy to consider
that Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot would
never come to know of
this ‘design’ and there-
fore the political mas-
termind that Gehlot is,
has already formulated
not just ‘Plan-A’ but
even ‘Plan-B’ as well!
Interestingly, even
though Gehlot managed
to prove his majority on
the floor of the house
nearly two months
back, one question
haunting the congress-
men is on the final cul-
mination of operation
lotus; has it really end-
ed (?) and if not, then
when is the second
‘strike’ going to be? At
this juncture, Gehlot
camp is extremely curi-
ous to know what has
happened with the ‘ad-
vance payments’ alleg-
edly made to a few rebel
MLAs by ‘unknown
forces’ in Jaipur and
New Delhi. Whether
this amount has been
refunded to the ‘rele-
vant’ people or still it is
being kept with almost
two dozen MLAs to
‘strike’ in future on the
first available ‘opportu-
nity’?
Delay in 3 member committee report may spoil Pilot camp’s ‘power equations’!
Raghu launches ‘IMPACT’ app to
help reduce sex ratio difference
Naidu condoles
COVID warrior’s
demise
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: Health Minis-
ter Dr Raghu Sharma
on the occasion of In-
ternational Day of the
Girl Child launched IM-
PACT (Integrated Sys-
tem for Monitoring of
PCPNDT Act) Applica-
tion on Sunday from his
residence.
He said that in-
creasing difference in
sex ratio is a serious
subject. The Health
Department is con-
stantly making ef-
forts to reduce this
difference and the
IMPACT App is an im-
portant step in this
direction. The Health
Minister said that the
IMPACT App will ease
the action taken un-
der PCPNDT Act and
the inspection activi-
ties. The concerned
officer can immedi-
ately upload the in-
spection report from
the spot through this
App. This will make it
easier to manage the
real time data.
Dr Sharma said that
there are 3,600 regis-
tered sonography cen-
tres in the state in both
private and govern-
ment sectors, of which
around 2,000 centres are
functional. This App
will make the work of
registered sonography
centres easy. These cen-
tres can upload their
daily report along with
the entry of Form F
that is filled at the time
of sonograpy of preg-
nant woman through
this IMPACT App. A
feedback system for the
sonograpy centre oper-
ators has also been de-
veloped in this App. NIC
developed this applica-
tion.
National Health Mis-
sion Director NK
Thakral said that
hoardings and banners
would be displayed at
medical institutions
and at prominent places
across state to give a
message to the general
public about ‘Stop Foet-
icide and Daughters are
Priceless’ under the
PCPNDT Act.
PCPNDT Cell In-
Charge and Addition-
al Superintendent of
Police Shalini Saxena
and Indian Radiology
Association State Sec-
retary Dr Jeevraj Sin-
gh and other con-
cerned officers were
present on this occa-
sion.
New Delhi: Vice Presi-
dent M Venkaiah Naidu
on Sunday conveyed his
condolences to the fam-
ily members of ambu-
lance driver Aarif
Khan from Delhi, who
passed away due to cor-
onavirus on October 10,
following months of
selfless and unrelenting
service during the pan-
demic.
The Vice President
said that the deceased’s
service symbolises the
core of Indian philoso-
phy of ‘share and care’
and prayed for eternal
peace for the departed
soul. “My condolences
to the bereaved family
members of ambulance
driver, Aarif Khan of
Delhi. He rendered self-
less service by ferrying
close to 200 bodies of
COVID-19 patients for
their last rites. It is sad-
dening to learn that he
succumbed to the Coro-
navirus,” Naidu’s tweet
read.
“His acts of kindness
symbolise the core of
Indian philosophy of
‘share & care’. May his
soul rest in eternal
peace,” he added in a
subsequent tweet. —ANI
First India Bureau
Jaipur: It is said that
those who have power
in India, are also the
ones responsible for
flouting and breaking
of rules. It is perhaps
for this reason that sev-
eral times the govern-
ments have to accrue
additional sums of
money to get a job done
simply because one or
the other babu might
have interest in any
project which might be
getting affected and
therefore the entire set
up is changed.
Something on simi-
lar lines appears to
have happened in the
Energy Department. A
senior babu from the
department, who en-
joys ‘extreme’ powers
at his disposal, came to
know of a 33 KV elec-
tricity line passing
through a piece of land
belonging to his family
located between Chomu
and Chandwaji. The
work for erecting the
line had been complet-
ed as poles had been
installed, and while
electricity is a basic ne-
cessity these days, the
land from which such
high tension lines pass
is automatically deval-
ued due to the constant
threat and safety haz-
ard posed by lines.
Therefore to save his
‘personal interest’, the
senior officer started
pressurizing the engi-
neers to shift the elec-
tric line! Realising what
the official was asking
them to do, the engi-
neers declined at first,
however, the ‘bade sa-
hab’ threatened of dire
consequences if the en-
gineers did not ‘act’ ac-
cording to his ‘whims
and fancies’, and there-
fore they succumbed to
the sahab’s pressure
and voila, the area from
where the line passed a
few days back, is now
completely bereft of it
while some other unfor-
tunate being’s land is
‘trampled’ upon.
Those in the energy
department in the
know-how of things,
claim that the babu’s
activities tantamount
to misuse of office and
therefore falls under
the category to be regis-
tered a case against!
Therefore it now re-
mains to be seen if the
matter is handed to Sec-
retary, Personnel De-
partment or DG, ACB
for correct investiga-
tion into the matter. No-
tably, this sahab was in
the ‘limelight’ recently
after an IAS put in his
voluntary retirement
papers on account of
the feud with this ‘sa-
hab’ over his ‘wrongful
means’ of running the
department and in-
volvement in a tender
over 100 crores.
TOP OFFICER GUILTY OF
MISUSE OF ‘POWER’?
Nizam Kantaliya
Jaipur: In the matter
related to FIR against
Sachin Pilot media ad-
visor by Jaipur Police,
the accused media
manager Lokendra
Singh moved High
Court filinganapplica-
tion to quash the FIR.
Sources reveal that the
application could be
heard in HC in this
weekitself.Notably,the
FIR was registered by
Cyberpolicestationin-
charge, accusing the
man of damaging the
image of police and in-
citing hate by prepar-
ingareportandgetting
the same published
based on pure heresy.
Sachin’s PR moves HC to quash FIR
Dr Raghu Sharma with NK Thakral, Shalini Saxena, Dr Jeevraj
Singh during the occasion.
Whether DOP
or ACB will
investigate the
matter
Abhishek Srivastava
Jaipur: At a time when
economic slump due to
Covid-19 has hit Ra-
jasthan brutally, Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
is still going all out to
keep the development
agenda high on govern-
ment’s priority so as to
keep the morale of in-
vestors, market and
public on a high. More-
over, keeping with the
tradition of ‘gifting’
something to people on
Diwali, if all goes well,
Gehlot would gift the
Ring Road project and
Sikar Road Transport
Nagar project to Jaipu-
rites in the next few
weeks!
This major feat
would not have been
possible without the
team of UDH Minister
Shanti Dhariwal and
JDC Gaurav Goyal,
whose ‘pagfera’ into the
JDA has been the most
‘blessed’! At one point
of time JDA did not
even have money to pay
its staff, and now, on the
pragmatic lines of the
Rajasthan Housing
Board, JDA is also
walking steadily to-
wards being cash rich
as Dhariwal and Goyal
are working together
on several projects of
importance.
First among these
projects is the ring road
which will start func-
tioning in the next few
days and all of 47 kilo-
meter of length of the
project will be used for
vehicular movement.
The project was
launched in 2005 during
the first tenure of then
Chief Minister Vasund-
hara Raje and it was
during the previous
Ashok Gehlot govern-
ment (2008-2013) when
in 2011 the foundation
stone for the project
was laid. Nearly three
years back, an ‘enthusi-
astic’ officer from JDA
toiled hard and got the
encroachments re-
moved from the project
and as a result the pro-
ject could finally see
the light of day. Unfor-
tunately, later on, no
one could take care or
monitor the project for
quiet sometime.
However, it was only
after Gaurav Goyal
came at helm of JDA
that the dynamic offic-
er pulled out the files
that were accumulating
dust over the past sev-
eral years and he actu-
ally started working on
it, not just seated in of-
fice, but in the field too.
Notably, the credit for
this project also goes to
Highways Minister Ni-
tin Gadkari since it was
after Vasundhara Raje
contacted him for help,
that NHAI was made a
partner in the project.
Therefore the NHAI
has made plan for inau-
guration of the ring
road along with the
stone laying of the clo-
ver leaf project too.
It is believed that the
JDA could amass any-
where between 8-10
thousand crore rupees
in revenue through sale
of land under the ring
road project.
Similarly, on the pat-
tern of ring road, the
days of Sikar road’s
Transport Nagar pro-
ject also seem to be
heading for a change,
since after nearly dec-
ade did Dhariwal took
stock of the project and
gave Gaurav Goyal the
responsibility to make
this project ‘operation-
al’. for the past several
years, a ‘tussle’ has
been ongoing between
JDA and allotees on the
rates and as although a
twelve fold increase has
been made in the rates,
transporters are disin-
terested in shifting.
Therefore Dhariwal-
Goyal team is now look-
ing to find a mid-way in
the matter even as old
allottees have started
construction on their
allotted land.
Therefore excited
with this positive devel-
opment Dhariwal could
call a meeting of the
JDA officials and take a
concrete step to allevi-
ate all the problems
faced by this project
and thus paving way for
the two ‘Diwali Gifts’ to
be announced by CM
Ashok Gehlot!
 Ring road project with clover leaf and
Sikar Road’s Transport nagar to be
dedicated to public soon
 Ring road can generate Rs 8-10
thousand crore revenue for JDA
GEHLOT COULD ANNOUNCE ‘DIWALI GIFT’ FOR JAIPUR!
CM Ashok Gehlot
Sachin Pilot
Shanti Dhariwal Gaurav Goyal
COVID-19
UPDATE
RAJASTHAN
1,650
DEATHS
1,59,052
CONFIRMED CASES
GUJARAT
3,569 DEATHS 1,51,595 CASES
DELHI
WORLD
10,79,375
DEATHS
3,76,35,247
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
70,79,426
CONFIRMED CASES
1,08,605
DEATHS
MAHARASHTRA
40,040 DEATHS 15,17,434 CASES
TAMIL NADU
10,187 DEATHS 6,51,370 CASES
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YOUR
DAYHoroscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
To become a leader one has
to think about others before
oneself, ask yourself if you
are ready to become one.
You will add a lot more money to your
bank account because of a sudden
huge profit. On work front, you will
successfully manage your project
inspite of all the hindrances.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Value the feelings of those
who truly love you. Good
savings is a key to face the
unforeseen expenses and
there is no one wiser than you in this
regard. You may find yourself very
busy with lots of responsibilities and
deadlines. You may expect a baby
and this new member will bring joy.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Money is precious and you
must not invest it on sheer
guesswork rather use logic
and reasoning and study
the market throughly. Your career
graph will soar if you make all the
right move on the professional front.
You may find your parents nagging
soconvey your point to them politely.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
You are in mood to do
something unusual today.
You will earn money from
various sources as a result
wealth will keep your coffers brimming.
Be brave with your expressions when
you handling a tough situation where
you honestly matters. You may have to
delay some business proposals.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
For sometime you have to
curb your desire and
prevent yourself from
doing any wasteful
expenses so that you can invest in
the business that you want to grow.
You will make something right today,
you may decide to become the
mediator to solve any issues.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Be wise and don’t make fun
of anyone’s situation. You
must only take as much bite
as much you can chew when
it comes to handling your craving to
earn more. You hold a sound position
and you are always in the limelight for
all the good reasons which hasn’t gone
down even while working from home.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
You should concentrate on
completing your tasks at
work and for that its very
important to not hamper
its timely completion by going into
too much details of everything. On
domestic front, your family member
may need your help in coming out of
their fundamental darkness.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
When it comes to money,
avoid making any promises
to anyone today. Some of
you may go for a
professional course for a better
resume. Make sure you give a lot of
time to your spouse as he/she may
be in desperate need of it. You may
spend an exciting time today.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Those of you who have
been playing in stocks,
have a chance to become
very rich and very quickly.
You seniors may reward you today
for all your hard work and dedication
because give ultimate performance
inspite of the comfort of working at
home, isn’t easy.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Your friends may come
forward and help you by
financing your dream
project but make sure that
these are the right friends. Those in
real estate business will considerably
make lots of profit today. You spouse
may surprise you with a long desired
gift. You must feed poor.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
All one can do is to forge
ahead and no matter what
the situations are nothing
should affect your spirit.
Investing in shares may bring the
kind of returns you expect from your
investments but it may come with the
big risks. Freelancers will have a
great earning.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
You love to surround
yourself with animals and
adopting one is easy but
being responsible and
catering to their needs isn’t. You
have a decent financial position but
you aren’t satisfied and you crave for
growth. A strong business opportu-
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MARIAM ABUHAIDERI
e get angry when
foreigners criti-
cize India for its
garbage clad
roads, polluted
rivers, and hypo-
critical treat-
ment of its animals, yet
we do nothing to change
this image. We would
rather stay mad. What’s
worse is we contribute to
this image. So do we have
a right to be upset? I
leave you to answer this
question.
Millennials are more
educated and aware.
There are more animal
lovers today than there
were ten years ago. There
are more environmen-
tally friendly brands to-
day, and increased aware-
ness about veganism, a
wide range of cruelty-
free products, and brands
that are claiming to be
sustainable. Everything
is so much better, except
I wonder if there are so
many enlightened souls
why are we seeing so
much garbage on the
roads? Why is our educa-
tion system still about
rote learning? Why
aren’t students taught
how to be better citizens
and assessed on their per-
formance of civic sense
instead? Why do we wor-
ship idols and abuse the
live incarnations of those
very idols? It beats me.
Recently I have come to
be associated with the
Plastic Cow Campaign,
formed by a group of
concerned animal activ-
ists in Jaipur. We deliber-
ate on how we can save
cows and our environ-
ment. It is not easy. I am
reminded of my visit to
an NGO in Udaipur
where an issue was
brought to my attention.
The volunteer told me
that cows are increas-
ingly dying because they
are consuming plastic.
Before I visited the NGO,
I segregated trash but
only because it is the
right thing to do. I never
realized plastic was such
a threat to cows. Yes the
very animal that is wor-
shipped in India, is dying
due to the inconsiderate
actions of the people who
worship it.
Of the total number of
fatalities caused in cows
by polythene, in 90% cas-
es, the animal dies due to
the failure of multiple
organs, a condition
caused due to excessive
accumulation of plastic
in the stomach. If this
doesn’t give you the depth
of the problem, I don’t
know what would.
One problem that I see
is the dumping of plastic
in all its forms on roads.
The other is that brands
are overusing plastic in
packaging. Yet another
issue I have identified is
the lack of government
initiative. Corruption is
rampant. I can go on and
on. Most of the communi-
cation unfortunately is
focused to discourage the
use of polythene bags. We
seemed to have forgotten
that it isn’t just bags that
are made of plastic; even
tape that is used to seal
your food packages can
cause the same extent of
harm as a plastic bag.
Anything thrown in the
trash becomes a health
hazard. But it is easy. We
are selfish creatures.
What happens to our
trash once it leaves our
home isn’t our lookout.
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 I get worked up when
I receive my dinner in
plastic containers sealed
with so much unnec-
essary tape. Things
wrapped in layers of un-
necessary plastic drive
me up the wall. Why
are we as a people so
obsessed with plastic?
 Whether the pandemic
has zoonotic sources
is immaterial. Hygiene
and civic ethics should
not be followed simply
as an antidote to the
pandemic. It must be
engrained in us. It is
a mentality we must
adopt. Yet, despite the
pandemic, I see trash
on the road everywhere.
Educated or uneducated
families discard trash on
the road. I am appalled.
And guess what our
community animals are
feeding off this garbage.
What’s worse is we just
drive past it all.
 Now that you know that
bovines are dying due
to accidental plastic
consumption, will you
change your ways? A
question I want to get
answered.
 You can begin by writ-
ing to brands to switch
to more environmen-
tally friendly packaging.
You could also start
segregating your trash.
It would be nice to sign
your divorce with the
toxic plastic. We all
know what isn’t good
for us. Why do we then
dig graves?
W
What if we begin to care?

First india jaipur edition-12 october 2020

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