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RAJASTHAN
510
DEATHS
24,392
CONFIRMED CASES
TAMIL NADU
1,966 DEATHS 1,38,470 CASES
UTTAR PRADESH
934 DEATHS 36,476 CASES
Gurugram: Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah on Sunday said
that the whole world
wasappreciatingIndia’s
successful fight against
the COVID-19 pandemic.
Speaking ahead of
the mega tree planta-
tion drive of the Cen-
tral Armed Police Forc-
es (CAPFs) at the Cen-
tral Reserve Police
Force (CRPF) Officers’
Training Academy in
Kadarpur village here,
the Home Minister also
lauded the contribution
of security forces in the
battle against COVID-19
in the country. “India is
one of the most popu-
lous countries. Every-
one thought how will a
country like India bat-
tle COVID-19, there
were apprehensions but
today the whole world is
witnessing how one of
the most successful bat-
tles against COVID-19
has been fought here,”
the Home Minister said.
“In India’s battle
against COVID-19, all of
our security forces are
playing a huge role, no-
body can deny it. Today,
I salute these corona
warriors. Turn on P6
Aditi Nagar &
Kartikey Dev Singh
New Delhi/Jaipur: The
biggest battle in Ra-
jasthan politics, in the
past years, came to an
abrupt halt on Sunday
night when deputy chief
minister and PCC Chief
Sachin Pilot claimed,
from New Delhi, that
he has support of more
than thirty legislators
and that the Gehlot gov-
ernment in Rajasthan is
in minority. The develop-
ment caused ripples
across the state’s polity
with the remaining
MLAs trying to ‘adjust’
their course according to
their political future.
According to sourc-
es, after a detailed dia-
logue with JP Nadda on
Sunday evening, till the
news was sent to print,
Pilot was all set to join
BJP on Monday in the
presence of saffron par-
ty’s top leadership, in-
cluding JP Nadda, but
sources close to Nadda
revealed that the BJP
Chief is still sceptical of
Pilot having the requi-
site number of at least
25-30 MLAs to join
along with him. There-
fore, if Pilot really fails
to produce at least two
dozencongressMLAsin
New Delhi on Monday
morning to join BJP,
then Nadda, in consulta-
tion with top leaders of
BJP, may even postpone
the joining ceremony, at
least for the time being.
However, a Pilot camp
insider claims that In-
spite of all the ongoing
drama, Pilot will not
join BJP. So what to say?
Let’s keep our fingers
crossed.
However, till the report
of his formally joining
BJP fold came about
from New Delhi, Jaipur
was abuzz with the mil-
lion dollar question of
what would be Pilot’s
next move? Joining BJP
or creating a third front?
There was suspicion
that if Pilot goes the
third front way, BJP is
likely to support his
government from out-
side but still there is a
difference of opinion in
BJP to provide only
outside support or to be
a part of Pilot govern-
ment, if it really be-
comes a ground reality?
This is being thought
of because since day
one, Pilot was reluctant
to join BJP and there-
fore, he could opt for
this third front route.
In all this disturbing
scenario, Gehlot still
sounds very confident
of his massive majori-
ty, in case, it is put to trial
to prove his majority on
the floor of the house in
any case. According to
sources, Pilot’s game
plan may be to rope in the
Governor in this entire
controversy by virtually
compelling His Excellen-
cy to ask the Chief Minis-
ter to prove his majority
on the floor of house in a
week or 10 day’s time and
if unfortunately, Gehlot
fails to prove the num-
bers, Turn on P8
World lauding India’s
Corona fight: Shah
Yogesh Sharma
& Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Around 75
MLAs including min-
isters were present in
the meeting at Ra-
jasthan CM Ashok
Gehlot’s residence in
Jaipur on Sunday.
“Around 75 MLAs
and ministers were pre-
sent in the meeting to-
day at Rajasthan CM
Ashok Gehlot’s resi-
dence. Currently, Con-
gress leaders Ran-
deep Surjewala and
Ajay Maken are meet-
ing with Gehlot to
chalk out a strategy
for tomorrow’s Con-
gress Legislative Par-
ty (CLP) meeting,”
sources said. The
meeting will be held
at 10.30 am.
“It is likely that af-
ter the CLP meeting,
a whip will be issued
by the party and ab-
sentees will have to
face the consequences
but nothing has been
finalised yet. The fi-
nal decision will be
taken after this meet-
ing of Ajay Maken,
Randeep Surjewala,
Avinash Pande, and
Gehlot,” they added.
The meeting was
called after the crisis
in Rajasthan Congress
intensified with Ge-
hlot and his deputy
Sachin Pilot at logger-
heads.
Meanwhile, amid the
political drama in the
state capital Jaipur, CM
Gehlot hosted a dinner
for the party MLAs on
Sunday night, which
many termed as ‘dinner
diplomacy.’
Congress has 107
MLAs and the Gehlot
government is support-
ed by 10 Independent
MLAs and two each
from the Communist
Party of India (Marxist)
and the Bharatiya Trib-
al Party while BJP has
72 seats in the 200-mem-
ber Assembly.
The Pilot camp
claims that as many as
30 Congress MLAs and
some Independent leg-
islators who are in
touch with Sachin Pi-
lot and have pledged
their support to him
and have vouched to
stand by whatever de-
cision he takes.
—With inputs from ANI
Gehlot sitting cool, confident of massive majority, 75 MLAs attend meeting
POWER GAME IN RAJ
CM Ashok Gehlot with Amin Khan, Shafia Zubair, Shakuntala Rawat, Meena Kanwar, Rita Chaudhary,
Mamta Bhupesh, Krishna Punia, Ganga Devi, Manisha Panwar, Mahesh Joshi and Indira Meena and
others at the CMR on Sunday night. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Parl Monsoon
Session likely
in August
New Delhi: With Un-
ion Minister for Parlia-
mentary Affairs, Pral-
had Joshi confirming
on Sunday that the
monsoon session of
Parliament will be
held, talks are under-
way over various op-
tions to conduct the
proceedings.
Sources in Parlia-
ment told ANI that the
monsoon session might
begin from either the
second or the third
week of August. The
biggest challenge in
front of the government
is to decide how the pro-
ceedings of the Lok
Sabha and Rajya Sabha
will be conducted in
view of the ongoing
coronavirus crisis. P6
Hafiz Saeed’s bank
accounts restored
Islamabad: Pakistan
hasrestoredthebankac-
counts of top five lead-
ers of defunct Jamaat-
ud-Dawa (JUD) and
Lashkar -e-Taiba (LeT),
including its chief and
Mumbai terror attack
mastermind Hafiz Mu-
hammad Saeed.
The restoration of
bank accounts has tak-
en place following for-
mal approval of the
Sanctions Committee of
the United Nations Se-
curity Council (UNSC),
The News reported on
Saturday. The other
members of defunct
JUD/LeT who got their
bank accounts restored
include Abdul Salam
Bhuttavi,HajiMAshraf,
Yahya Mujahid and Za-
farIqbal.Allof themare
UNSC’s enlisted terror-
ists though and current-
ly facing sentences
ranging 1 to 5 years in
Lahore jail for terror fi-
nancing cases filed
against them by the
Punjab Counter-Terror-
ism Department (CTD).
The sources claimed
that each one of the de-
funct JUD leaders had
appealed to the United
Nations Turn on P6
Union Home Minister Amit Shah plants a sapling at CRPF
plantation drive, in Gurugram on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
CORONA GRIPS
B-TOWN CELEBS
PILOT CLAIMS GEHLOT GOVERNMENT IS NOW
IN MINORITY! WILL NOT ATTEND MONDAY
MORNING CONGRESS LEGISLATIVE PARTY
MEETING! PILOT LIKELY TO JOIN BJP BUT NADDA
UNSURE IF PILOT HAS REQUIRED ‘STRENGTH’
CHALLENGER
The
New Delhi: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her eight-
year-old daughter have also tested positive for the
coronavirus, a day after Amitabh and Abhishek
Bachchan revealed their diagnosis. Aishwarya and
her daughter have been isolated at home in Mum-
bai, Abhishek Bachchan tweeted.
Jaya Bachchan has tested nega-
tive. All the four bungalows of
the Bachchan family—Jalsa,
Pratiksha, Janak and
Vatsa—have been declared
as containment zones and
have been sealed. Mean-
while actor Anupam
Kher too revealed
that members of
his family, includ-
ing mother
Dulari and
brother Raju,
had tested
positive for
COV-
ID-19.
P11
CLP meeting will
be held at 10.30
am on Monday
THE MAGIC
FIGURE
Even if 24 pro-Pilot
MLAs leave the Con-
gress party, the BJP will
need 14 other MLAs
At present, the
Congress has 107 MLAs,
apart from this, Gehlot
has the support of 13
Independents and one
RLD MLA.
Political analysts are
of the opinion that the
BJP will not be able to
form government even
if the Independents and
MLAs from other parties
give their support to it.
WORLD
5,69,368
DEATHS
1,29,46,620
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
8,78,593
CONFIRMED CASES
23,186
DEATHS
MAHARASHTRA
10,289 DEATHS 2,54,427 CASES
DELHI
3,371 DEATHS 1,12,494 CASES
GUJARAT
2,046 DEATHS 41,906 CASES
Ashok Gehlot Sachin Pilot
2. The monsoon activity in the desert-state of Rajasthan has remained weak over the past few days, but is expected to pick up from Tuesday, says IMD. Between June 1 and July 11, western Rajasthan has received 8% less rainfall
than normal while the eastern part of the state has received 13% less, according to Skymet Weather. Dark clouds over the historic Tal Katora Lake on Sunday, signal the onset of the much awaited monsoon. Meanwhile, the city
witnessed slight drizzling on a hot and humid Sunday afternoon, making the weather all the more pleasant. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
RAINY DAYS
EN ROUTE...
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First India Bureau
Jaipur. The controver-
sy surrounding the
gypsum royalty con-
tracts in Bikaner has
been handed to the
CMO for its ultimate
resolution. The pend-
ing gypsum contracts
have already cost the
state exchequer losses
worth crores of rupees.
The contract for gyp-
sum mines situated in
Bikaner mines for the
last financial year was
allotted for Rs 57 crore
by the mines depart-
ment to M/S Galaxy.
The royalty rate preva-
lent at that time was Rs
125 per tonne and the
permit fees per tonne
was Rs 100. According
to the rules, the new
contract for the current
financial year was al-
lowed at a minimum
increment of 10%
which works out to
about Rs 73 crore.
Surprisingly, nobody
entered the bid for ten-
ders at the rate fixed by
the mining department
for the current year.
The contract was allot-
tedtoM/SDevDashrath
Infrastructure for the
period 1 April 2019-31
March 2021 but it was
found that the firm had
submitted the wrong af-
fidavit and the contract
was cancelled. Mean-
while, the royalty was
increased from Rs 125 to
Rs 165 per tonne. But to
the surprise of many,
the new contract was al-
lotted at only Rs 44.81
crore which is quite low
compared to the previ-
ous year contract
amount. The Mining
Department of Bikaner
had forwarded the pro-
posal to its HQ on De-
cember 31,2019 but it
was finalised only after
3 months on March 20.
The mining engineer
in Bikaner has 200 STP
and 35-40 mining leases
under it and the rule-
bending continued.
When M/S Krishna
Trading could not com-
plete all the formalities
in requisite 15 days the
HQ cancelled its con-
tracts and also ordered
confiscating its Rs 4.40
crore security deposit.
It was here that the
Minister for Mines
Pramod Jain Bhaya in-
tervened and called the
file to his office while
staying the cancella-
tion of the contract
along with forfeiting
the security deposit.
Bhaya wanted to sus-
pend the contract until
guilty officers were
brought to book.
Now both the princi-
pal Secretary and the
Director of the mining
department have
changed so it is being
assumed that Minister
Bhaya will soon hold a
meeting with ACS Sub-
odh Agrawal and Direc-
tor Kunj Bihari Pandya
and resolve this long
pending issue giving
loss to the state excheq-
uer. It has already cost
Rs 12 crore loss in this
year and crore of ru-
pees loss through the
illegal mining of gyp-
sum which continues
unabated in the area.
CMO to handle controversial gypsum royalty contracts of Bikaner
TAKING CHARGE
Ujjain: With police hot
on his heels, slain gang-
ster Vikas Dubey had
reached Ujjain from Ra-
jasthan by bus, and took
a dip in the Kshipra
river before reaching
the Mahakaleshwar
temple where he was
eventually arrested last
week, investigations so
far have revealed.
Various details
emerged as police here
in Madhya Pradesh
probed further about
his escape from Uttar
Pradesh after the Kan-
pur ambush in which
eight policemen, in-
cluding a deputy super-
intendent of police,
were killed on July 3.
Dubey, the alleged
mastermind of the Kan-
pur ambush, was killed
in an encounter on Fri-
day after he tried to flee
following a road acci-
dent at Barra area in
Kanpur, a day after his
arrest here.
Ujjain’s Superinten-
dent of Police Manoj
Singh said 11 teams
were constituted to in-
vestigate how Dubey ar-
rived here and the cir-
cumstances leading to
his arrest, that ended
the week-long multi-
state manhunt for the
gangster.
These teams exam-
ined CCTV footage of
various areas and en-
quired with some ho-
tels, lodges and bus
owners/drivers, he told
reporters on Saturday
evening.
“According to our in-
vestigation so far,
Dubey reached Jhala-
war from Alwar (Ra-
jasthan) in a Rajasthan
transport corporation
bus, Singh said.
From Jhalawar,
Dubey took a private
bus to Ujjain.
“After travelling on
seat no. 6 of a bus from
Jhalawar, he reached
Ujjains Dewas Gate bus
stand at 3.58 am (on
Thursday). From there,
he took an auto-rick-
shaw and reached the
Mahakaleshwar tem-
ple and enquired with a
couple of hotels nearby
(but did not check-in),
he said.
After getting to
know that the temple
opens around 7.30 am
for devotees, he went
to the Ram Ghat locat-
ed near the temple
where he took a dip in
the Kshipra river. He
then reached the tem-
ple where he was fi-
nally caught by police,
Singh said.
On Thursday, police
said flower and puja
material shop owner
Suresh Mali recog-
nised Dubey when he
was enquiring with
him about the opening
of the temple.
Mali then informed
the police and the Ma-
hakaleshwar temple’s
security personnel
about the gangster,
they said.
Dubey was subse-
quently intercepted by
the police at the tem-
ples exit gate and taken
into custody.
The Ujjain police
later handed over
Dubey to the Uttar
Pradesh Police.
Asked about state-
ments given by Dubey
during the custody of
Madhya Pradesh Po-
lice, Singh said, He was
a dreaded criminal and
killed police personnel.
His statements are use-
less until verified in
our investigations.”
To a question on one
of Dubeys local con-
tacts, the official said it
was not verified so far.
‘DubeyreachedUjjainviaRajbybus’HereachedJhalawarfromAlwarinaRSRTCbusfromwherehetookaprivatebustoUjjain,saycops
Scared gangster
moves court
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Gangster Law-
rence Bishnoi, who
came into the limelight
for threatening actor
Salman Khan, is now
afraid of an encounter.
Lawrence, who was
shifted from Jodhpur
jail to Sewar Central
Jail in Bharatpur, has
filed a petition in Chan-
digarh district court,
expressing a possibili-
ty of a fake encounter
by Chandigarh Police.
In the petition, he has
also applied for an an-
ticipatory bail in the
firing case in Sector 9,
Chandigarh.
The petition was filed
before the court of ADJ
Rajesh Sharma. In the
petition, Bishnoi filed
for an anticipatory bail
claiming that he had
been falsely accused of
firing at two locations
in Chandigarh.
The court had sum-
moned a response from
Chandigarh Police on
thepetitionof Lawrence,
onwhichthepolicereply
today.Ontheotherhand,
the police are seeking a
production warrant
against Lawrence for in-
terrogating him. Actu-
ally, last month, there
was a firing incident at
liquor businessman
ArvindSingla’shousein
Sector-33,Chandigarh.A
few days later, there was
also firing at a liquor
shop in Sector-9. Law-
rence’s name was re-
vealedintheseincidents.
Gangster Lawrence
is locked in Sewar Jail
for almost two years.
After the dispute in
Jodhpur jail, he was
shifted to Bharatpur
Central Jail.
First India Bureau
Jaisalmer: Locust
swarmshavebeenarriv-
inginJaisalmerof west-
ern Rajasthan from Pa-
kistan.Centralandstate
governments are mak-
ing all kinds of efforts to
deal with the issue. Re-
cently,inJaisalmer,heli-
copters, drones, and
other resources were
used to spray insecti-
cides on locusts. How-
ever, the locusts that
have become a disaster
for farmers and the gov-
ernment. But it is prov-
ing to be a boon for wild-
life, including Godavan.
Locusts have become
a good nutritious die-
tary option for many
wildlife, including Go-
davan in the Rashtriya
Maru Udyan and its
surrounding areas in
Jaisalmer. It will also
show its effect in the
breeding of Godavan
this year and better re-
sults are expected.
Rashtriya Maru Udy-
an Officer Dr Kapil
Chandrawal said that
the state bird Godavan
has taken the most ben-
efit of the arrival of lo-
custs.Locustsarerichin
protein and if wildlife
getsadequatenutritious
food, then their body de-
velopment is good. In
such a situation, it is ex-
pectedthattheconsump-
tionof locustswillprove
to be very beneficial in
Godavan breeding.
Godavan or Great In-
dian Bustard is a shy
bird and lays only one
egg in a year, due to
which the species is
also facing an extinc-
tion crisis.
Locust:Baneforfarmer’sboonforBustard
First India Bureau
Jaipur. The results
for RAS mains 2018
declared by
RPSC have
come under
scanner after
some of the
candidates al-
leged that the RPSC
had declared the re-
sults in a hurry. They
alleged that the RPSC
while declaring the
results for the years
from 2013 to 2016 had
invited 2.5 to 3 times
the available seats
while this time
only 1.9 times
c a n d i d a t e s
have been in-
vited. The can-
didates have
threatened to resort
to legal options if
RPSC doesn’t re-
lease amended re-
sults soon.
Students unhappy
with RAS results
CM’s OSD Saini’s
father dies of illness
First India Bureau
Sikar: Gulzhari Lal,
the father of Chief
Minister’s OSD Devar-
am Saini, left for heav-
enly abode on Sunday
at his ancestral resi-
dence Khandela.
He was 90 years old
and had been ill for
some time. He had
3 sons and 5 daughters.
The cremation will
take place on Monday at
9 am.
Khandela MLA Ma-
hadev Singh Khan-
dela has expressed
sincere condolences
on the death of Saini.
He called Saini a
social reformer and
a nobleman and
described his death
as a significant loss
to society.
Many social and po-
litical organisations
have expressed their
condolences on the de-
mise of Gulzari Lal,
who always followed
simple living.
—Pic for representational purpose only
Vikas Dubey
JAGAN GURJAR ADMITTED TO JLN
Locusts have
become a good
nutritious
dietary option
for Bustard
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Aishwarya Pradhan
Jaipur: The BJP has
taken Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot directly
on target after the SOG
served notices to Chief
Minister, Deputy Chief
Minister Sachin Pilot
and many Members of
Legislative Assembly
(MLA). BJP has un-
leashed a series of
statements trying to
corner the state gov-
ernment in its weak &
critical moment.
BJP state president
Satish Poonia called
CM Gehlot a confec-
tionery maker who is
eating his own sweets.
Referring to the re-
sponse by Minister
Ramesh Meena to the
SOG notice Poonia said
that the state govern-
ment has lost its men-
tal balance. He said
that the harsh stick
shown in the form of
SOG only proves the in-
ternal conflicts within
the Congress party.
Deputy Leader of
Opposition too lashed
out at the Gehlot gov-
ernment but strategi-
cally defended Sachin
Pilot. Rathore said that
Pilot has served the
longest tenure as lead-
er of the opposition
party and had been pre-
sent in the state as a
formidable opposition
during the Vasundhara
Raje rule while Ashok
Gehlot was absent from
the scene then.
Rathore said it was
unprecedented in the
political history of the
country that a chief
minister gets himself
served a notice from
SOG while he himself
is heading the Home
department. He alleged
that CM Gehlot had in-
sulted the Deputy CM
Pilot and all ministers
and MLAs by serving
them notice from SOG.
National Vice Presi-
dent of BJP and party
vateran Om Prakash
Mathur has directly at-
tacked CM Gehlot alleg-
ing that he is throwing
his dirt on others just to
hide failure to keep eve-
ryone in his party to-
gether. Mathur said he
never expected such a
behaviour from a sea-
soned politician like Ge-
hlot. He asked Gehlot to
stop using BJP’s shoul-
der to fire on his ene-
mies within the Con-
gress party. He alleged
thatitisCongresswhich
has misused democracy
always. He took a dig at
Congress leader Kapil
Sibbal’s tweet of con-
trolling horses timely.
Mathur tweeted that
horses love to ron on
green pastures as its
hoof gets injured run-
ning on rough patches.
Central Minister Ga-
jendra Singh Shekha-
wat called the whole
episode a film which
has been scripted, di-
rected and acted by CM
Gehlot himself just to
get rid of his PCC chief.
Central Minister Arjun
Meghwal said that CM
Gehlot was trying to di-
vert the attention from
the internal conflict of
Congress.Jodhpurlead-
er Rajendra Gehlot said
the state government
won’t last for long now.
BJP, until now, has
adopted its famous
strategy of targeting
one from multiple cor-
ners creating psycho-
logical pressure on the
state government.
While Poonia, Kataria,
Rathore and even cen-
tral ministers from the
state are openly target-
ing Chief Minister Ge-
hlot but the silence of
former Chief Minister
Vasundhara Raje is in-
triguing for all.
The SOG episode is a movie scripted, directed
and performed by CM, says BJP
STRIKING IRON WHEN HOT
First India News
Jaipur: Vice Chancellor
of Haridev Joshi Univer-
sity of Journalism and
Mass Communication
OmThanvitookaddition-
alchargeasViceChancel-
lor of Rajasthan ILD
Kaushal University on
Sunday.
The post got vacant af-
ter the retirement of Dr
Lalit K Panwar from the
post of Vice Chancellor
of the university. Dr Pan-
war had taken over the
postion on July 12, 2017.
University officials
and employees bid fare-
well to Dr Panwar in the
presence of Thanvi.
Controller of Exami-
nations PM Tripathi con-
ducted a simple ceremo-
ny due to the necessity of
social distancing. Direc-
tor of Skill Education
Prof Ashok K Nagawat,
Registrar Devendra Shar-
ma, Financial Advisor
Ummed Singh and Direc-
tor Student Welfare VK
Mathur were present on
the occasion.
Nizam Kantaliya
Jodhpur: All benches
and affiliate courts of
Rajasthan will remain
closed till July 15. High
Court Registrar Nir-
mal Singh Medatwal
released a notification
to the effect after 10
persons from Jodhpur
bench were diagnosed
corona positive as more
sampling continues.
The decision followed
a discussion on the is-
sue between CJ Indrajit
Mohanty and judges in
Jodhpur. The sequence
of events started with a
private secretary of a
Judge testing positive
followed by nine from
the court staff being
found positive which
included four private
secretaries along with
other staff.
The health depart-
ment has quarantined
four sitting judges along
with other court staff
and is busy taking sam-
ples of rest of the court
employees and officers.
The incidence of co-
rona in Jodhpur has
put Jaipur HC in a fix.
The health department
has started taking sam-
ples from the Jaipur
staff also.
So far samples of
about 200 persons have
been taken on Saturday
and Sunday. A lot will
depend on the test re-
ports of the samples
taken by the health de-
partment but till then
the High Court man-
agement has decided to
keep all the affiliated
offices & courts till
July 15 on Wednesday.
Tollreaches510with7deaths
onSunday;644newcasesfound
First India News
Jaipur: Call it due to
more testing in the state
or coronavirus raising
its vicious head, Sun-
day registered 644 new
corona positives along
with 7 deaths reported
from across the state.
This took the total death
tol to 510 and the num-
ber of total corona posi-
tives to 24392. Three
deaths were reported
from Nagaur and one
each from Jaipur, Sikar,
Sirohi and Tonk.
Maximum 156 new
cases were reported
from Jodhpur followed
by 92 from Alwar, 70
from Pali, 53 from
Jaipur, 33 from Ajmer,
31 from Bikaner, 30
from Jalore, 28 from
Kota, 24 from Barmer,
18 from Dholpur, 17
each from Bharatpur &
Sirohi, 16 from Nagaur,
11 from Sikar, 9 from
Karauli, 8 from Dausa,4
each from Bundi, Jhun-
jhunu & Udaipur, 2 each
from Banswara, Dausa,
Pratapgarh & Sawai
Madhopur, one each
from Bhilwara, Dun-
garpur, Sri Ganganagar
& Rajsamand along
with 6 from other states.
The cumulative dis-
trict wise tally of the
corona positives on Fri-
day is as follows – Ajmer
760, Alwar 1208, Ban-
swara 104, Baran 76,
Barmer 697, Bharatpur
1971, Bhilwara 290, Bi-
kaner 893, Bundi 22,
Chittorgarh 215, Churu
385, Dausa 212, Dholpur
837, Dungarpur 489,
Ganganagar 72, Hanu-
mangarh 129, Jaipur
3911, Jaisalmer 118, Ja-
lore 584, Jhalawar 380,
Jhunjhunu 454, Jodh-
pur 3819, Karauli 140,
Kota 805, Nagaur 927,
Pali 1506, Pratapgarh
147, Rajsamand 370,
Sawai Madhopur 131,
Sikar 704, Sirohi 671,
Tonk 214 and Udaipur
870 along with 164 from
other states & countries.
S0 far 18103 patients
have turned negative
after treatment and
17734 have been dis-
charged from variou
hospitals of the state.
There are a total 5779
active patients under
treatment in the state.
Jaipur witnessed one
death and 53 new corona
positive cases in the last
24 hours. 6 people who
flew in with Mission
Vande Bharat flights
have been diagnosed
with corona positive. 4
eachwerereportedfrom
Jhotwara & Mansaro-
var, 3 each from Govind-
garh,Sanganer,Malviya
Nagar, Ajmer Road , 3
from other states, 2 each
from Vidyadhar Nagar,
Sodala, Shahpura, SMS
Hospital, Adarsh Nagar,
Gopalpura & Tonk Road
and one each was re-
ported from Amer, Ban-
ipark, Durgapura, Jag-
atpura, Murlipura,
Vaishali Nagar, Chand-
pole,ManakChowk,ma-
hesh Nagar & Sitapura.
Meanwhile, DG Jail
BL Soni has tested
positive for coronavi-
rus. Recently, he had
paid a visit to the
Pratapgarh jail.
Max cases were diagnosed in Jodhpur with 156 new patients, 53 were from Jaipur
Labourer flees
after testing
positive
Women blame
cops of assault
and coercion
MP Beniwal gets
death threat over
tweet on Papla
RBSE to release class 12 commerce results
First India News
Ajmer: The Rajasthan
Board of Secondary
Education (RBSE) is
preparing to release
the results of com-
merce stream of class
12. The result will be
released by RBSE
chairman Dr DP Jaroli
at 11.15 am today at the
board conference hall.
There will be no
merit list released with
the results. More than
36,000 students had ap-
peared for the class 12
commerce stream.
The results will be
available on the RBSE
website. RBSE officials
have completed all pre-
prations for it.
Nagaur: Nagaur MP
Hanuman Beniwal has
allegedly received a
death threat, the video
of which has gone viral
on social media. A man,
who identified himself
as Lala Gurjar, threat-
ened the MP for speak-
ing against criminals
like Jagan Gurjar and
Papla Gurjar, an aide of
Beniwal said.
No FIR has been reg-
istered in this connec-
tion so far.
Beniwal, the conven-
er of Rashtriya Lok-
tantrik Party, had re-
cently tweeted that Pa-
pla Gurjar is still ab-
sconding and it is a
failure of the state gov-
ernment.
Papla was detained
by a police team in Al-
war district’s Behror in
September last year but
a few hours after his de-
tention, his accomplic-
es attacked a police sta-
tion with AK-47 assault
rifles and other weap-
ons to free him from the
lockup. He is still at
large.
On the other hand,
Jagan Gurjar is a noto-
rious dacoit of Dholpur
district. —PTI
First India News
Bundi: A 38-year-old
daily wage labourer
from Bihar fled his rent-
ed accommodation in
Bundi district as he was
apparently worried
about being placed in
institutional quaran-
tine after testing posi-
tive for COVID-19, po-
lice said on Sunday.
He has been missing
since Friday morning.
Bundi district adminis-
tration and the police
are clueless on the
whereabouts of Brijesh
Yadav, who had arrived
by train along with
three other labourers
from Bihar on July 7.
Yadav, a native of Si-
wan district in Bihar,
came to Bundi to work
on a construction site
with his fellow workers
andrentedanaccommo-
dation in Neem Ka Khe-
da village of the district.
All four labourers gave
their swab samples on
WednesdayatBundidis-
trict hospital and the
report was received on
Friday morning with
only Yadav having test-
ed positive. —PTI
First India News
Sawai Madhopur:
Rwanjana Dungar po-
lice station in the dis-
trict has been accused
of assaulting women of
a family to force them to
accept committing a
theft. Police responded
that the women of the
concerned family at-
tempted to interfere in
work of the police while
apprehending the sus-
pect accused in the rob-
bery case. The women
reached the District Col-
lectorate and said that
cops were trying to ar-
rest a youth from their
family, Raju in a theft
case and were forcing
him to accept the crime.
The women of Mongia
caste are claiming that
no one from their family
is involved in the theft.
‘Problems with waqf
board properties will
be firmly dealt with’
First India News
Nagaur: Rajasthan
Muslim Waqf Board
chairman Khanu Khan
Budhwali said that
maximum irregularties
regarding the waqf
board properties hap-
pen at the local level
and they will be firmly
dealt ensuring that the
properties remain with
the board.
Budhwali said so af-
ter inspecting waqf
board properties in
Medta. After attending
the public hearing pro-
gramme in Jama Mas-
jid premises, Budhwali
said that a report has
been sought in the mat-
ter of the amount pend-
ing on Kamethi’s ten-
ure.
Budhwali also in-
spected Dargah Suffiud-
din along with other
properties claimed to be
the target of the en-
croachers in Nagaur.
Khanu Khan said that
he wants to develop Ra-
jasthan Waqf Board as
a model which can be
looked upon by other
states.
He said that, his first
priority is to make the
waqf properties en-
croachment free.
He appealed the en-
croachers themselves
to take the initiative to
hand over the proper-
ties to board. According
to him, soon, the waqf
committees formed un-
der Vasundhara Raje
rule will soon be dis-
mantled and Congress-
men will be part of
them.
He stressed on mak-
ing the school and hos-
tel facilities stronger
and well managed. He
said that he had initiat-
ed action on irregulari-
ties earlier and will con-
tinue to do so. Earlier
Dr Khanu Khan Budh-
wali was ceremonious-
ly welcomed in the Dar-
gah bazar. Locals
brought to his notice
the problems faced by
local crematorium and
madarsa teachers to
which he assured early
resolution.
HJUJ V-C Thanvi gets
addl charge as RISU V-C
Amid increasing corona cases among judicial
staff, all courts in Raj to stay closed till July15
OFFICE SEALED
Scouts and Guides cadets paint a graffiti on a road to raise
awareness on coronavirus in Bikaner on Saturday.
Om Thanvi
Rajendra Rathore, GC Kataria, Satish Poonia and Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. —FILE PHOTO
4. Kothari’s deep love and passion for the teachings of the Vedas is like the thread which binds the pearls of the Alphabets
detailed in Akshar Yatra , making it a sparkling necklace to be worn to increase the beauty of the heart and mind
he two series
‘granth’ by Vidhya-
vachaspati Gulab
Kothari titled ‘Ak-
shar Yatra’ is a
must-read for each
and anyone who is interested
in the world of literature,
words, and spirituality. Kotha-
ri has beautifully drawn out
the importance and the beauty
of the alphabet in our lives and
how the alphabet derives its
very definition from the uni-
verse itself.
Kothari rightly sets out at the
beginning itself that the future
belongs to intelligence but at
the same time there will be no
readers of the text of Vedas and
Upanishads, the root of all
knowledge in the World, though
the philosophy of these ancient
texts will continue to be a point
of discussion. Life will increas-
ingly be individualistic and in-
depth meaning and pure scien-
tific thoughts will have little
place in the world.
Akshar Yatra does not just
table the philosophy or literary
importance of the alphabet. It
is a deep look into the pearls of
the alphabet, their structure,
form, and ethos. The Alphabet
in itself and as part of a word is
the universe. Our Mantras
are proof that the alphabets
are the way to connect
with the Almighty and
Universe, Kothari cites
the example of ‘Om’ the
alphabet which is
complete in itself and
it’s chanting connects
the speaker to the
Universe.
The two parts of
Akshar Yatra are
available on all Digi-
tal platforms like
Flipkart and Amazon.
With 308 chapters and
621 pages is the first
part of Akshar Yatra is
more or less equal to the
325 chapters and 279 pages
Part two of the same. Both
the parts take the reader into a
beautiful intellectual journey
of the Hindi alphabet and as
they connect the reader to the
depth in each alphabet draw-
ing a connection from every-
day life and deeper conscious-
ness. He connects the alphabet
to words and the deep-rooted
meanings within, the word is
connected to its meaning, the
meaning to knowledge and
knowledge leads to desire. De-
sire leads us into action
which finally is what
we showcase to the world as an
achievement. Which is why the
Hindi alphabets are the com-
plete universe in themselves
and based on science.
The phonics and alphabets
in the chanting of the man-
tras is the key to conscious-
ness. A knowledgeable hu-
man pays deep attention
to both, his daily speech
and the prayers that he
utters. To know truth
one must first discard
and reject the untruth,
this is imperative to
gain knowledge of the
Truth.
A person’s thoughts
when putting into words
also lead to a vibration
deep within and partly his
speech and actions but
since humans have intelli-
gence, they manage to con-
trol this aspect and the vibra-
tions and outward actions do
not always match. Kothari gives
the example of animals to ex-
plain his point that since their
intelligence is of basic survival
they do not subvert and the vi-
brations of pain and pleasure
are directly converted into
sound and produced herewith.
Kothari powerfully draws up
the essence of communication
when he says that ‘Siddhe Shab-
darth-sambhandhe’- Word,
Meaning and their Connection
is for always and forever. Till
the word exists it will remain
connected to its meaning and
till any item/emotion exists in
the universe, it’s the word will
remain necessary to express it,
whether anyone knows the
meaning or not is an entirely
different matter.
One of the most powerful
chapters which shook me to the
core was Draupadi in part 1 of
Akshar Yatra which talks about
her, Ahilya, Sita, Tara, and
Mandodari as the five women
who have impacted not just our
mythology but also the women
of today. Today we know of
their life, struggles, and learn
from them because we have the
alphabets, words, and the books
which bring it to us. “Panch-
kanyaha: Samarniya
Samre ni nity-
am mahapatak
n a s h i n i h i : ” ,
many a woman
has been
strengthened
learning from
their lives, Ko-
thari says that
these five wom-
en characters
celebrate the
same power and
their remem-
brance is a tool
to be absolved
of our sins. For
me, one of the best
things about the Akshar Yatra
is its powerful positive commu-
nication about Shakti, women’s
power.
The Akshar Yatra series is
not just to be read, it is to be sa-
voured. It is a learning process
that has to be lived and will
change our perception of the
usage of alphabets, words, and
language forever. Kothari goes
into all the necessary details
about vowels, sound waves, vi-
bration, and the importance of
correct pronunciation in com-
munication.
A carry home point from the
reading of these books is some-
thing which directly impacts
our daily life, Kothari sets out
that vibration if of two types,
a word without power is of no
use, it has no vibration and just
flows with the
wind to disap-
pear. On the
other hand, a
word spoken
with power, vi-
bration, and
proper flow
with correct
pronunciation
makes an im-
pact on self and
others as a con-
versation. To
speak out words
properly, ‘Uc-
charan’ the
words must rise
from the ‘naab-
hi-navel’, to vibrate
through the throat reaching
into deepest recesses of the
brain before coming down to
spoken through the mouth. I
want the readers to try speak-
ing the most powerful ‘Om’ like
this. Spoken casually without
depth, it will have no impact
while speaking ‘Om’ correctly
through proper connotation,
and vibration from navel to the
top of the head will connect
you to the universe.
T
ANITA HADA
anita.hada@firstindianews.com
Part-1 (Pg.567)
Part-1 (Pg.366)
kanyaha: Samarniya
me, one of the best
Part-2 (Pg.647)
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New Delhi: Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP)
President JP Nadda
said that Congress lead-
er Rahul Gandhi was
meeting the Chinese
Ambassador ‘secretly’
during the Doklam
stand-off and alleged
that his love for the na-
tion is ‘fake.’
“The people of India
know that Rahul Gan-
dhi was meeting the
Chinese Ambassador
secretly during the
Doklam stand-off and
you misled the nation
and did not inform the
country. India got to
know only when the
Chinese Ambassador
broadcast your picture
with him online. This
‘love for your nation’ is
fake. You’ve missed all
11 defence committee
meetings. This is how
you run a country?” he
said after inaugurating
the newly constructed
BJP District Committee
office ‘Dr Syama Prasad
Mookerjee Mandiram’
in Kasaragod, Kerala.
The BJP President also
urged the workers of
United Democratic
Front, Left Democratic
Front and the Congress
to join his party.
“UDF, LDF, Congress
have always kept the na-
tion in the dark. I call
upon the workers and
people of Kerala to
leave LDF, UDF and
Congress to join the
BJP and make the state
stronger,” he said.
Notably, earlier today
Gandhi had targeted
the Central government
over the June clash be-
tween Indian and Chi-
nese soldiers and asked
what had happened that
China “took away” the
sacred land of India.
“What had happened
that China took away
the sacred land of
Mother India during
Modi ji’s tenure?” the
Congress leader asked
on Twitter (translated
from Hindi). He also
posted an article by a
news website about the
Galwan valley clash.
20 Indian soldiers
had lost their lives in a
violent face-off in the
Galwan valley on June
15-16 when Chinese
troops attempted to uni-
laterally change the sta-
tus quo during the de-
escalation.
India & China have
been involved in talks
to ease the ongoing bor-
der tensions. —ANI
‘RaGa met Chinese Ambassador
‘secretly’ amid Doklam stand-off’BJP President JP Nadda urged workers of UDF, LDF & Congress to join BJP to make the nation stronger
BJP National President JP Nadda addresses while inaugurating BJP district committee office ‘Dr
Syama Prasad Mookerjee Mandiram, Kasargod (Kerala) via video conferencing, in New Delhi.
New Delhi: India Mete-
orological Department
on Sunday said that
heavy to very heavy
rainfall likely over
northeast India in next
five days.
“Heavy to very heavy
falls over northeast In-
dia, West Bengal and
Sikkim, Bihar and ad-
joining East UP likely
during next five days,”
IMD said. It said that
isolated extremely
heavy falls also very
likely over Bihar and
Assam and Meghalaya
on July 12 and over Sub-
Himalayan West Bengal
and Sikkim on July 12
and 13. The intensity of
rainfall over these re-
gions is likely to reduce
gradually thereafter.
“A cyclonic circula-
tion lies over East Bihar
and neighbourhood at
mid and upper tropo-
spheric levels. The con-
vergence of southwest-
erly/southerly winds
from Bay of Bengal in
lower tropospheric lev-
els very likely to con-
tinue over northeast
and adjoining east In-
dia during next two
days,” IMD said.
While heavy rainfall
is likely in Mumbai,
Thane and Raigad dis-
tricts of Maharashtra
till July 16. Chhattis-
garh’s Raipur received
heavy rainfall. IMD has
predicted generally
cloudy sky with one or
two spells of rain or
thundershowers, for
this week.
Meanwhile, Karna-
taka State Natural Dis-
aster Monitoring Cen-
tre said that widespread
moderate to heavy rain-
fall and at isolated plac-
es very heavy rain like-
ly over Uttara Kannada,
Udupi, Dakshina Kan-
nada districts of Coast-
al region. —ANI
‘Heavy to very heavy rainfall likely
over northeast India in next 5 days’
Kathmandu: At least
11 people were missing
after a massive land-
slide triggered by in-
cessant rainfall swept
away eight houses in
Nepal’s eastern
Sankhuwasabha dis-
trict, officials said on
Sunday.
Landslides and floods
triggered by the heavy
rainfall washed away
the houses in Besinda
village of Sisuwakhola
on Sunday morning,
The Himalayan Times
reported.
Deputy Superinten-
dent of Police Nawaraj
Malla said that the po-
lice personnel were car-
rying out a search op-
eration to rescue the
people who have gone
missing.
A team of armed
forces and Nepal Army
are on standby at the
district headquarters in
Khandbari.
According to the
Baraha Dal Battalion of
Nepali Army, an army
helicopter in Itahari
was on standby.
Meanwhile, several
roads have been dam-
aged or washed away in
the floods. —PTI
Nepal landslide
sweeps eight
houses, 11
people missing Gurgaon: As Chinese
and Indian troops move
to disengage in eastern
Ladakh after a tense
standoff, the chief of
ITBP and BSF on Sun-
day said all the coun-
try’s land is under ‘full
possession’ of our secu-
rity and defence forces.
S S Deswal, Director
General of the Indo-Ti-
betan Border Police
(ITBP) and the Border
Security Force (BSF),
was speaking to report-
ers on the sidelines of a
plantation drive held at
a BSF camp in Bhondsi.
“All the country’s
land is with us. Our
land is in full posses-
sion of our security
forces,” Deswal told re-
porters here.
He made the remarks
when asked to comment
on the current military
standoff along LAC in
eastern Ladakh.
“All our borders are
safe, be it the eastern,
western or northern.
The security forces of
the country are very
active, capable and
dedicated.
“They are capable to
protect the borders
against any kind of en-
emy with all their
might and efficiency,”
the 1984-batch Indian
Police Service (IPS) of-
ficer said.
According to people
familiar with the devel-
opment, Chinese mili-
taryhasfurtherthinned
down its presence in the
ridgeline of Finger
Four and removed some
boats from the Pangong
Tso lake in eastern
Ladakh ahead of anoth-
er round of Lt General-
level talks between In-
dia and China aimed at
finalising modalities
for complete disengage-
ment along the LAC.
“The morale of army
troops & border guard-
ing forces is very high.
Since independence,
the security forces have
made numerous sacri-
fices to protect the coun-
try’s borders and for se-
curity of the country
whether is is external
threat or internal secu-
rity,” he said. —PTI
‘Allthecountry’slandis
withoursecurityforces’
INDIAN STUDENTS CONCERNED AS
US ANNOUNCES NEW VISA RULES
New Delhi: Fear of
deportation in the middle
of a global crisis, un-
paid loans, rising risk
of COVID-19 infection,
dropping out a semes-
ter and the possibility
of never being able to
return to campus are
among the concerns of
Indian students in US
after announcement of
new visa regulations. In a
move that is expected to
adversely impact thou-
sands of Indian students,
the United States of
America immigration
authority has announced
that foreign students will
have to leave the country
or risk deportation if their
universities switch to
online-only classes in this
fall semester due to the
coronavirus pandemic.
ACCUSED IN GOLD SMUGGLING
CASE BROUGHT TO KERALA
Thiruvananthapuram: The two key accused in
gold smuggling case in Kerala, Swapna Suresh
and Sandeep Nair, were brought to the state on
Sunday, a day after being taken into custody by
NIA in Bengaluru, as Congress workers staged
protests against them at several places. They
were taken to Aluva hospital in Ernakulam for
COVID-19 test before being produced in NIA
court in Kochi. Congress & BJP attacked LDF
govt, seeking to know how the prime accused
could flee when a triple lockdown was in place.
4 SECURITY FORCE MEMBERS
KILLED IN CLASHES IN BAGHLAN
Kabul: At least four security forces members
were killed and 10 others sustained injuries in
Northern Baghlan province on Saturday, Tolone-
ws reported citing security sources on Sunday.
As per the report, the clashes occurred on Bagh-
lan-Samangan highway in Chesmaye Shir and
Bagh-e-Shamal area after the Taliban attacked
security forces. “The highway was closed to
traffic for several hours and four Afghan forces
humvees were also damaged in the fighting,”
sources were quoted as saying by Tolonews.
MADHYA PRADESH: CONGRESS
MLA QUITS PARTY, JOINS BJP
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh
Congress MLA Pradyu-
man Singh Lodhi resigned
from the party and as
member of the state As-
sembly, & joined BJP on
Sunday. Lodhi, who was a
legislator from Bada Mal-
hera seat in Chhatarpur
district, joined the BJP
at the ruling partys state
headquarters here in the
presence of Chief Minister
Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
On the occasion, state
BJP chief V D Sharma
announced Lodhi’s induc-
tion into the party fold.
“I have resigned as MLA.
My resignation has been
accepted. Only the BJP
can develop my Assem-
bly seat areas. The chief
minister also approved
developmental schemes
for my area,” Lodhi said.
New Delhi: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi
again targeted the Cen-
tre over June clash be-
tween Indian and Chi-
nese soldiers, and asked
what had happened that
China “took away” the
sacred land of India.
“What had happened
that China took away
the sacred land of
Mother India during
Modi ji’s tenure?” the
Congress leader asked
on Twitter (trans-
lated from Hindi).
He also posed an
article by a news
website about
the Galwan
valley clash.
Over
t h e
past few weeks, the
Gandhi scion has been
repeatedly criticising
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi’s government
over the border issue
with China.
20 Indian soldiers
had lost their lives in a
violent face-off in the
Galwan valley on June
15-16 when Chinese
troops attempted to uni-
laterally change the sta-
tus quo during the
de-escalation.
India and
China have
been in-
volved in
talks to
ease the on-
going bor-
der tensions
since last
m o n t h .
—ANI
‘What happened that
China took away sacred
land of Mother India?’
WWW
SAFEGUARDING THE NATION
Lucknow: The Ut-
tar Pradesh govern-
ment on Sunday con-
stituted a one-mem-
ber commission to
probe the Kanpur
ambush and the en-
counter of gangster
Vikas Dubey.
The panel will be
headed by retired Al-
lahabad High Court
judge Shashi Kant
Agarwal and submit
its report in two
months, a govern-
ment statement said.
It will be based in
Kanpur.
According to the
statement, the panel
will also probe the
gangster’’s “relation-
ship” with police and
people from various
departments.
It will suggest
ways so as to prevent
such a repetition in
future, it said. An of-
ficial said that the
killing of eight po-
licemen in ambush
on night of July 2
and 3 by Vikas Dubey
and his henchmen
and the gangster’s
encounter on July 10
is a “subject of pub-
lic importance”.
“Hence, its probe
is essential,” the
spokesperson said,
adding that panel
will also probe
“all encounters in
the period from July
2-3 to 10”. —PTI
UP govt forms
panel to probe
Dubey’s encounter
A boatman sails across the Hooghly River, as monsoon clouds
hover in the sky in Nadia district on Sunday.
S S Deswal
Rahul Gandhi
Vikas Dubey
—File Photo
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for restoring their
bank accounts so that
they could run their
family affairs.
“Initially we did not
want to file an appeal
but we were advised
to file it as it was diffi-
cult for our leaders to
run their affairs. Not
only this it would
have also raised ques-
tions how our leaders
are running their
families so we ap-
proached the authori-
ties as it was in our fa-
vour whatever facility
we have got in terms
of restoration of our
bank accounts is legal
and with the approval
of United Nations”
said a key leader of
defunct organisation
on anonymity.
These leaders in
their request to the
government of Paki-
stan had also men-
tioned about their fi-
nancial income and
sources of earning.
The same was for-
warded to the UNSC
along with their
bank account num-
bers and other relat-
ed details. —ANI
World lauding...
They have proved that
they not only know
how to fight terrorism
but also against
COVID with help of
people,” he added.
The Union Home
Minister said that
many jawans have giv-
en up their lives
during the COVID-19
crisis phase and paid
tributes to them.
“I have talked to
families of those
jawans and today once
again I thank them,
your sacrifice will not
go waste. Whenever
the history of the hu-
man race’s fight
against COVID-19 is
written, the contribu-
tion of India’s securi-
ty forces will be men-
tioned in golden ink,”
he said.
He also hailed the
plantation drive and
said that trees planted
today should be taken
care of by the jawans
till they reach maturi-
ty, he added the trees
chosen for plantation
today consisted most-
ly those which had a
long life and would
help the generations
to come.
Together the CAPFs
have targeted to plant
around 10 lakh tree
saplings across the
country today. Heads
of all the CAPFs or
their representatives
were present in the
event held at Guru-
gram. —ANI
FROM PG 1
New Delhi: Minister of
State for Parliamentary
Affairs Arjun Ram
Meghwal on Sunday
said, “It is the constitu-
tional duty of the Cen-
tre to call the Parlia-
ment Session within six
months and the govern-
ment will surely fulfil
its responsibility.”
The statement from
the Union Minister
came after rumours
were mongering that
this year the Monsoon
session would not be
held due to the corona-
virus epidemic. Megh-
wal further said that a
meeting was also held
between the Speaker of
Lok Sabha Om Birla
and the Chairman of
Rajya Sabha M Venkai-
ah Naidu pertaining to
the guidelines to be fol-
lowed during the Parlia-
ment Session in a bid to
contain the spread of
the lethal infection.
“As many as eight
new rules have been
made and are being is-
sued by the Parliament.
These rules include
mandatory wearing of
masks, maintaining so-
cial distancing and sani-
tizing hands,” he added.
“Preparation are un-
derway for the conduc-
tion of the Parliament
session and I believe
that it will be held
soon,” the Union Minis-
ter said in his conclud-
ing remark.
With Union Minister
for Parliamentary Af-
fairs, Pralhad Joshi con-
firming that the mon-
soon session of Parlia-
ment will be held, talks
are underway over vari-
ous options to conduct
the proceedings.
Sources in Parlia-
ment told ANI that the
monsoon session might
begin from either the
second or the third
week of August.
The biggest challenge
in front of the govern-
ment is to decide how
the proceedings of the
Lok Sabha and Rajya
Sabha will be conduct-
ed in view of the ongo-
ing coronavirus crisis.
Although the final de-
cision over the func-
tioning of both the
Houses will be taken
only after the meeting
of the Cabinet Commit-
tee on Parliamentary
Affairs (CCPA), the big-
gest issue is over the
seating arrangements
of the members, with
social distancing meas-
ures being followed.
For seating the MPs,
the halls of both the
Houses apart from Cen-
tral Hall and GMC Bal-
ayogi hall are also being
considered.
The MPs are also be-
ing asked to give their
opinions on available
options & suggest ideas
of their own through
the Secretariats of both
the lower and the upper
House. —ANI
‘GovtwillfulfilldutyofcallingParl’sMonsoonSession’
New Delhi: Focussed
and coordinated action
by the Centre along with
states and UTs, effective
clinical management of
coronavirus and timely
diagnosisledtoaconsist-
ent increase in the num-
ber of recovered cases in
the country, the Union
health ministry said on
Sunday.
The number of recov-
eredcasesexceedsactive
COVID-19 cases by
2,42,362 as on date, it
said. “The recovery rate
hasimprovedto62.93per
cent,” the ministry said.
“As more people are
recovering due to all-
round efforts, the recov-
ered cases exceed active
casesby2,42,362,”itsaid.
There are 2,92,258 ac-
tivecoronaviruscasesin
the country.
In the last 24 hours, a
total of 19,235 people
were cured of the coro-
navirus infection. This
has resulted in the cu-
mulative total number
of recovered cases
among COVID-19 pa-
tients rising to 5,34,620
on Sunday. India, mean-
while, added a record
28,637 cases of coronavi-
rus infection on Sunday,
pushing the country’s
COVID-19 tally to
8,49,553. The death toll
climbed to 22,674 with
551 people succumbing
to the disease in a day,
according to the minis-
try’s data.
The country at pre-
sent has 1,370 dedicated
COVID hospitals, 3,062
COVID health centres,
and 10,334 COVID care
centres.
The Centre has so far
provided 122.36 lakh
PPE Kits, 223.33 lakh
N95 masks and 21,685
ventilators to various
states, Union territories
(UTs) and central insti-
tutions, the ministry
said.
Enabling factors like
removing all impedi-
ments to COVID-19 test-
ing and facilitating
widespread testing by
states and UTs continue
to result in a steady rise
in the total number of
samples tested every
day, it said.“As a result
of these efforts, the test-
ing per million for India
is presently 8,396.4,” the
ministry said.
According to ICMR, a
cumulative total of
1,15,87,153 samples have
been tested till July 11, .
A crucial supporting
factor in rise in testing
numbersisacontinuous
expansion of diagnostic
lab network, the minis-
try added.—PTI
India’s recovery rate improves to
62.93%, says Health Ministry
Dr Harsh = wearing a PPE suit, interacts with a Corona patient at Radha Soami Beas, Chhatarpur.
Kathmandu: Nepal
Prime Minister KP
Sharma Oli on Sun-
day wished veteran
actor Amitabh
Bachchan and his
son Abhishek Bach-
chan “good health
and speedy recov-
ery” after they were
tested positive for
coronavirus.
“Wishing legend-
ary actor of India @
SrBachchan and his
son actor @junior-
bachchan good
health and speedy
recovery!” Nepal PM
tweeted.On Saturday,
Amitabh Bachchan
and son Abhishek
Bachchan took to so-
cial media to confirm
that they have detect-
ed positive for coro-
navirus. He is report-
ed to be ‘stable.’
Dr Harsh Vardhan
@drharshvardhan
“Dear Amitabh ji, I
join the whole Nation
in wishing you a
quick recovery! After
all, you are the idol
of millions in this
country, an iconic
superstar! We will
all take good care of
you. Best wishes for
a speedy recovery! @
SrBachchan @nior-
bachchan #Amitabh-
Bachchan #COVID”
Amaravati: A new dai-
ly record of 1,933 cases
pushed the coronavirus
tally in Andhra Pradesh
to 29,168 on Sunday. The
COVID-19 toll escalated
to 328 as the state re-
ported a fresh single-
day high of 19 deaths,
the government said in
its latest bulletin.
In the last 24 hours
ended at 10 AM, a total
of 846 patients were dis-
charged from hospitals
upon recovering from
the infection, it said.
So far, 15,412 corona-
virus infected patients
had recovered in the
state, leaving 13,428 ac-
tive cases.
The gross 29,168 posi-
tive cases included
26,336 locals, 2,403 from
other states and 429 for-
eign returnees.
Guntur district now
crossed the 3,000 mark,
with 3,019 cases behind
Kurnool (3,405) and
Anantapuramu (3,290).
The state so far tested
11,53,849 samples with a
positivity rate of 2.53
per cent but the recov-
ery rate slumped to
52.84 per cent.
The mortality rate re-
mained at 1.12 per cent,
as per the government
statistics.
Meanwhile, there
were widespread com-
plaints about poor qual-
ity of food being pro-
vided to patients and
bad sanitation in gov-
ernment-run hospitals.
“Based on the com-
plaints, CM has direct-
ed that the Joint Collec-
tor in each district be
made the nodal officer
to check the quality of
food and also sanitation
in hospitals. —PTI
Nepal PM wishes
speedy recovery to
Bachchan family
AP records
single day high
of 1,933 cases,
19 deaths
Lucknow: The Uttar
Pradesh government
has decided to impose a
stricter lockdown
across the state on
weekends to stop the
coronavirus spread, a
senior official said on
Sunday.
The decision has
come amid a spike in
the number of infec-
tion cases, which
had crossed 35,000 on
Saturday.
Additional Chief Sec-
retary (Home and Infor-
mation) Awanish
Awasthi told PTI that
the restrictions will be
imposed from coming
Saturday and remain in
place at least for July.
“The lockdown on
weekends will be imple-
mentedfromthecoming
Saturday and Sunday,
especially in crowded
areas. Markets and of-
fices will remain closed
on these days. However,
banks will remain
open,” Awashi said.
“This is being done to
stop the spread of infec-
tion through unwanted
physical movement.
Economic activities
will, however, not suf-
fer,” he added. —PTI
Stricter lockdown on weekends in UP
Mumbai: Sixteen per-
sonnel at the Raj
Bhavan in south Mum-
bai have tested corona-
virus positive, a civic
official said on Sunday.
Maharashtra Gover-
nor Bhagat Singh Ko-
shyari denied reports
that he is in self-isola-
tion, a Raj Bhavan offi-
cial said.
“I am perfectly al-
right, and not in self-
isolation. I underwen-
trelevant tests, the re-
sult of which came
negative. There are no
symptoms of COVID-19
either,” Koshyari said
in a statement.
He said he was dis-
charging his duty by
strictly adhering to coro-
navirus protocols like
social distancing and
wearing a mask. The
staffers at Raj Bhavan
who tested positive have
been quarantined in
their residential premis-
es at Raj Bhavan. —PTI
Mumbai: 16 at Raj
Bhavan test positive
TTT
MAKING A REMARK
COVID-19 UPDATE
Police personnel sprays disinfectant at Barricades and their vehicles in Lucknow.
SP CHIEF SPEAK
Arjun Ram Meghwal
Srinagar: Three ter-
rorists killed in the
Sopore encounter on
Sunday were affiliated
with proscribed terror
outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba
(LeT), police said.
On a specific input
generated by Sopore Po-
lice regarding the pres-
ence of terrorists in the
village Rebban area of
Sopore, a joint cordon
and search operation
was launched by JKP,
22RR and CRPF in the
said area. During the
search operation as the
presence of terrorists
got ascertained they
were given the opportu-
nity to surrender, how-
ever, they fired indis-
criminately upon the
joint search party,
which was retaliated
leading to an encoun-
ter,” said Jammu and
Kashmir police in a
press release.
In the ensuing en-
counter, three terror-
ists affiliated with pro-
scribed terror outfit
LeT were killed and
their bodies were re-
trieved from the site of
encounter. Two of the
killed terrorist were
foreigners and have
been identified as Abu
Rafia alias Usman and
Saifullah, both resi-
dents of Pakistan.
Abu Rafia alias Us-
man was active in the
valley since year 2016.
They were involved in
many terror incidents
including the recent
Sopore terror incident
on 1/7/2020 in which
one CRPF jawan was
martyred and one civil-
ian was killed. However,
the identification of the
third killed terrorist is
being ascertained, po-
lice said.
Arms and ammuni-
tion including three Ak-
47 rifles and other in-
criminating materials
were recovered from
the site of encounter
and search is under pro-
gress, the police state-
ment read. —ANI
3 LeT terrorists killed in J&K encounter
—File Photo
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Jaipur: PCC Chief and
Deputy Chief Minister
Sachin Pilot has stirred
rumours and specula-
tions in Rajasthan poli-
tics after he arrived in
Delhi on Saturday and
sought time for meet-
ing with Congress in-
terim President Sonia
Gandhi.
Soon after the re-
ports of Pilot’s ‘bold
move’ emerged, specu-
lations ran rife and
Twitter was flooded
with posts suggesting
that the ‘Pilot of Ra-
jasthan’ will join BJP
very soon like Jyotira-
ditya Scindia, who for-
mally joined the saf-
fron party in March
after being associated
with Congress for
years.
On one hand, while
some political pundits
were busy being the
first to predict Pilot’s
next move, the micro-
blogging website was
flooded with memes on
the development that is
likely to affect the Ra-
jasthan politics.
Amid political crisis, memers find humour!
TWITTERATI HAVE A FIELD DAY
New Delhi: After Ra-
jasthan Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot ac-
cused the BJP of try-
ing to topple his gov-
ernment, senior Con-
gress leader Kapil
Sibal on Sunday was
the first to go public
on the crisis saying
he he was worried
for the party.
Seeking a quick
resolution of the
“crisis”, he asked
when would the
party leadership
“wake up”.
“Worried for our
party. Will we wake
up only after the
horses have bolted
from our stables,” he
said on Twitter.
Meanwhile, senior
Congress leader Ab-
hishek Singhvi said
“There is a time and
a place for every-
thing. Gehlot and Pi-
lot are seasoned lead-
ers and have to dem-
onstrate the perspi-
cacity and maturity
they are famous for.
Turbulence should
be shortlived and so-
lutions lasting and
deep.”
Singhvi’’s remarks
came amid the politi-
cal crisis in the state
after Deputy Chief
Minister Pilot went
i n c o m m u n i c a d o
along with over a
dozen MLAs.
Pilot, who arrived
in the national capi-
tal on Saturday has
also sought meeting
with party interim
chief Sonia Gandhi
over the issue.
The Congress is
trying to pacify both
the camps in the
state to save it from
e m b a r r a s s m e n t ,
sources said.
—Agencies
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Amid reports
that the Congress was
faced with a crisis over
the survival of its gov-
ernment in Rajasthan,
the minister considered
close to Deputy CM
Sachin Pilot, the scion
of the erstwhile Bharat-
pur royals, state Tour-
ism Minister Vishven-
dra Singh, did not turn
up at meetings called by
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot on Saturday
night and Sunday
morning and said he
was visiting Delhi over
a personal matter.
“Had a meeting with
my lawyer in Mathura
regarding a personal
matter and left onwards
for Delhi to meet my ail-
ing sister. What’s so
confusing about that?”
the Minister tweeted.
In an earlier tweet, he
posted: “What utter
nonsense! I am going to
Mathura to discuss a
court case!” Along with
his comments, he
retweeted news reports
regarding his political
moves and likely meet-
ing with party leaders
during the Delhi visit.
Meanwhile, sources
said that the Pilot camp
claimed support of 25
MLAs but it may not
lead to the fall of the
state government as the
difference between Con-
gress and BJP MLAs in
the Assembly is huge.
Amid a power tussle
in the Rajasthan gov-
ernment, sources close
to Sachin Pilot said the
letter asking him to ap-
pear for questioning in
a probe into alleged at-
tempts to destabilise
his own government
has “crossed all limits”
and made it “untena-
ble” for those MLAs
supporting him to work
under CM Gehlot. The
MLAs supporting Pilot
cannot stand the re-
peated undermining of
Pilot, also the state PCC
chief, by the Gehlot
camp and the letter by
the SOG sent to the dep-
uty chief minister was
to “humiliate him”,
sources said.
New Delhi: BJP state
unit President Satish
Poonia on Sunday re-
jected claims by the
Congress that the BJP
was behind the present
political uncertainty in
the state. “We are not
even thinking about
forming a government
in the state. This gov-
ernment will fall of its
own ‘karma’ (deeds).
We (BJP) are sitting in
the spectator’s gallery
and watching the dra-
ma unfold,” he said.
It is not the responsi-
bility of the BJP to save
a government that is
falling due to internal
bickering, he said.
Poonia said that the
latestroundof bickering
comes due to internal
feuds of the Congress.
“SachinPilot’sentryinto
the Rajasthan govern-
ment was with an ambi-
tion of becoming the
Chief Minister. Earlier
there was just one power
center led by Ashok Ge-
hlot, now the other pow-
er center has evolved
around Pilot. The feud
was not resolved by the
Congresshighcommand
on time,” Poonia said.
The senior leader
pointed out that during
the oath-taking ceremo-
ny there were sloganeer-
ing that ‘Rajasthan ka
CMkaisahoSachinPilot
jaisa ho’. He rejected al-
legations regarding
money being offered to
Congress legislators in
the state. “They had
madesimilarallegations
ahead of Rajya Sabha
polls as well. These are
totally baseless.”
Poonia blamed the
Chief Minister for play-
ing a political game. “To
hide the failures of his
government, Gehlot is
playing this game,” he
added. He wants to di-
vert the attention of
people from the grow-
ing number of covid
cases in the state.
Gehlot is just making
these false allegations
against BJP to malign
PMModiandAmitShah.
“Such a government
should fall as it is not
working for the welfare
of people,” he said. In
case the government
falls we will work to-
wards providing a stable
alternative, he said. —ANI
MLAs come calling at CMR, pledge support
Ashok Chandna speaking to media outside CMR on Sunday. —PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA Rafiq Khan too arrived at CMR on Sunday morning as the political drama unfolded in Raj.
Vishvendra skips Gehlot’s meet,
visits Delhi for ‘personal matter’
‘Not BJP’s responsibility to save
a govt falling due to infighting’
BJP, RLP attack Congress
for ‘governance failure’
Pande,Surjewala
Maken arrive in Jaipur
Jaipur: Several minis-
ters and MLAs visited
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot’s home Sunday,
indicating support to
him amid speculation
overawideningriftwith
his deputy Sachin Pilot.
Some Congress MLAs,
considered close to Dep-
uty Chief Minister
Sachin Pilot, who also
headsthestateCongress
unit, have gone to Delhi,
sources said.
The posturing comes
amid allegations by Ge-
hlot that the BJP is try-
ing to lure Congress
MLAs to topple the state
government.
The BJP has dis-
missedtheclaim,saying
thedevelopmentsreflect
a power struggle be-
tween Gehlot and Pilot,
simmering since the
Congress leadership in
Delhi picked the more
senior leader for the
CM’s post.
Revenue Minister
Harish Choudhary, La-
bour Minister Tikaram
Jully, Health Minister
Raghu Sharma were
amongthosewhovisited
thechief minister’sresi-
dence here.
We all are meeting the
chief ministersinceyes-
terday to express faith
and confidence in his
leadership. The MLAs
have confidence in Ge-
hlot’s leadership, inde-
pendentlegislatorBabu-
lal Nagar said.
The crisis surfaced on
Friday when the Ra-
jasthan Police issued
notices to Gehlot, Pilot
and the government
chief whip,seekingtime
from them to record
their statements over an
alleged bid to topple the
state’s Congress govern-
ment. Meanwhile, Reve-
nue Minister Harish
Choudhary,LabourMin-
ister Tikaram Jully,
Health Minister Raghu
Sharma and several oth-
er MLAs met Gehlot at
his residence on Sunday.
We have faith in the
leadership of Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
and we have expressed
thistohim,Independent
MLABabulalNagartold
reporters.
Sports Minister
Ashok Chandna urged
partyMLAstotakeales-
son from the recent de-
velopments in Madhya
Pradesh, where Jyotira-
ditiya Scindia switched
sides. Any person who
crosses the party line
will not be respected
anywhere in the world,
Chandna said, without
naming anyone. —ANI
POWER GAME IN DESERT STATE
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Con-
gress has sent its sen-
ior leaders Avinash
Pande, Ajay Maken
andRandeepSurjewa-
laascentralobservers
toJaipurtoavertacri-
sisasitfacesfactional-
ism. Upon his arrival
in Jaipur on Sunday
night, Surjewala said
the BJP need not be
happy as Congress is
united and the party’s
government will com-
plete five years in Ra-
jasthan. The two lead-
ers along with party
general secretary in-
charge of Rajasthan
Congress Avinash
Pande reached Jaipur
on Sunday to hold dis-
cussions with party
MLAs. Meanwhile,
Rajasthanco-incharge
Vivek Bansal is ex-
pected to arrive in
Jaipur on Monday
morning.
Earlier Surjewala
tweeted, “The whole
country is plagued by
Corona, the infection
has increased to
29,000 per day, China
has captured our
land, and the ruling
party is busy buying
MLAs first in MP and
now in Rajasthan. It
is for all of us to un-
derstand that crisis is
not on a state, but is
on the entire Indian
democracy.”
Jaipur/Nagaur: Af-
ter CM Ashok Gehlot
accused the BJP of at-
tempting to topple the
State government” by
“buying” MLAs by of-
fering them up to Rs
25 crore, a charge de-
nied by the opposition
party and its ally
Rashtriya Loktantrik
Party (RLP), has
claimed that “infight-
ing” inside Congress
was at play.
They also accused
Gehlot of not trusting
his own MLAs.
RLP MP Hanuman
Beniwal alleged that
the chief minister was
“spreading rumpours”
about poaching of
MLAs.
“Rajasthan Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
is spreading rumours
that his MLAs are being
poached, but the truth
is he does not trust his
own MLAs. It is a false
allegation that we are
attempting to destabi-
lise the government”
Congress party has
107 MLAs, including six
from BSP who changed
camps last year. The
party has support of 12
of the 13 Independent
MLAs in the 200-mem-
ber Assembly. —ANI
Will we wake up only
after horses have bolted
from our stables? Sibal
He is considered close to Deputy CM Sachin Pilot Poonia says, we are sitting in spectator’s gallery
Vishvendra Singh
Satish Poonia
Randeep Surjewala and Ajay Maken at Jaipur Airport.
Any person who crosses the party
line will not be respected anywhere
in the world. This is not the time to
lose the respect earned over generations.
—Ashok Chandana, Sports Minister
—PHOTOBYSANTOSHSHARMA
Hanuman Beniwal
9. Do whatever needs to be
done. Just add a little
passion and risk-taking for
success to be yours.
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Jaipur: Three Con-
gress MLAs, who had
left for Delhi and were
being counted among
those in Deputy Chief
Minister Sachin Pi-
lot’s camp in the pow-
er tussle in Rajasthan,
on Sunday said they
will follow the party
line.
Addressing a press
conference at Chief
MinisterAshokGehlot’s
residence, MLAs Rohit
Bohra, Danish Abrar
and Chetan Dudi called
themselves soldiers of
the party and said they
will do whatever the top
leadership tells them.
The MLAs said their
visit to Delhi was a
normal affair and the
media should not
speculate over it.
We are with the Con-
gress Party which gave
us tickets. The media
trial, which is going on,
has no sense. We are sol-
diers of the party and
will remain so for life-
time, Bohra said.
He said they had long
association with the
Congress and the media
should not indulge in
speculation.
I have been going to
Delhi since childhood.
Visiting Delhi is a nor-
mal affair but this time,
it was made special,
Danish Abrar said tak-
ing a swipe at the media.
“We are soldiers of
the Congress Party at
any cost, he said.
Chetan Dudi said they
havefullfaithinthelead-
ershipof Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot. —ANI
‘We are soldiers of Congress at any cost’
3 MLAs RETURN TO JAIPUR
From P1
then the state may be
kept under President
rule for a week or two to
give a fair opportunity
to the ‘contenders’ and
bring an alternate gov-
ernment formation pro-
posal.
In an ongoing polit-
ical drama in New
Delhi for the last 48
hours, by now it ap-
pears that a defiant
Pilot perhaps is not
likely to return.
Since Saturday, Pi-
lot rejected all sort of
‘conciliatory efforts’
made at different lev-
els by various high
ups in the Congress so
far. It is claimed in Con-
gress circles at Jaipur
that he had not even re-
sponded to a Sonia-Ra-
hul advice on Saturday
night to come with a
clean and clearly word-
ed clarification or con-
tradiction saying that
there is no move to de-
stabilise the Chief Min-
ister or his government
and his supporting
MLAs have a complete
faith and trust in the
Congress and its central
leadership. In one more
similar incident, Pilot
also didn’t reply to a
‘sensitive’ Avinash
Pande message to talk
to him on this entire
subject. A seasoned
Pande, who was updat-
ing Sonia on an hourly
basis on Rajasthan de-
velopments, was deeply
disappointed with Pi-
lot’s poor response. In a
private conversation, a
towering Ahmed Patel
also felt disappointed
with all these develop-
ments and shared his
view with someone
saying that Pilot is not
moving to the ‘right
direction’. He feels that
time and age are in Pi-
lot’s favor and he could
have waited for an ap-
propriate opportunity
in Congress itself rath-
er showing his disap-
pointment or frustra-
tion in this way.
There was a media
report suggesting
Ahmed Patel meeting
with Sachin Pilot but
it was quickly denied
by Ahmed Bhai. Ac-
cording to sources, by
maintaining a complete
‘distance’fromtheparty
high command, Pilot
camp did not sought
any appointment with
Sonia or Rahul to
‘clarify’ their stand
and to protest against
the chief minister. So,
the message was very
clear that at least at this
moment, Pilot is keep-
ing himself completely
aloof from any dialogue
or communication with
the party high com-
mand or any other se-
nior leader.
According to a Pilot
camp spokesperson, Pi-
lot was deeply upset,
the way SOG has is-
sued notice to him to
appear before the
agency to record his
statement, in ongoing
‘MLA poaching’ investi-
gation. However, CM
Gehlot had already clar-
ified on Saturday that
everybody is equal in
the eye of law and the
law of the land should
be allowed to take its
course.
However, the situa-
tion for Gehlot gov-
ernment turned tur-
tle when Pilot an-
nounced Gehlot gov-
ernment being in mi-
nority and that he
would not be attend-
ing the 10.30 AM Leg-
islative party meeting
at CMR on Monday.
By making this public
announcement, Pilot
has shut doors on Con-
gress by leaving no
chance of return to his
parent party at any
stage.
It also became clear
that Pilot’s statement is
part of a well thought
and well structured
strategy, under which
Pilot is likely to address
apressconferenceinthe
presence of 30 support-
ing MLAs in the next 24
hours preferably in New
Delhi. There were re-
ports since Saturday
night that 24 MLAs were
already present in New
Delhiandtheremaining
six were also likely to
join Pilot by Monday
morning. Once this fig-
ure of 30 was secured,
the remaining 6-7 non
congress legislators,
may be some indepen-
dent or BSP lot are
scheduled to be ar-
ranged by ‘unknown
forces’ in Delhi and Jai-
pur. In this way, the re-
quiredmagicnumberof
35 to pull down the Ge-
hlot government on the
floorof houseisplanned
to be achieved.
Before issuing such a
bold and daring state-
ment, virtually chal-
lenging Gehlot’s ‘exis-
tence’ as the chief min-
ister, Pilot had a 40
minute long one to
one political discus-
sion with his close
friend Jyotiraditya
Scindia, who is al-
ready operating as a
‘link’ between BJP
top leadership and Pi-
lot. According to sourc-
es, a last minute effort
was also made during
the day on Sunday to
‘pacify’ Pilot but he was
reportedly adamant on
the change of leader-
ship in the state, but this
idea was not acceptable
to either Sonia or Pri-
yanka and therefore, the
idea crashed at the run-
wayitself,beforeitstake
off.
Meanwhile on Sun-
daynight,Gehlotwasall
set to reshuffle his cabi-
net and to ensure the
shifting of Pilot from
PCC but this sudden ‘de-
velopment’ through Pi-
lot’s statement has
changed the ground sit-
uation where nothing
will happen in haste and
Sonia, Rahul and
Ahmed Patel will like
to follow the policy of
wait and watch at
least for the next 24
hours.
Prior to Pilot’s state-
ment causing the politi-
cal ‘rupture’, 10 legisla-
tors including Dr Ra-
ghu Sharma, Pratap
Singh Khachari-
yawas, Harish Choud-
hary and others con-
ducted a press confer-
ence where they
pledged their support
to Gehlot and Con-
gress party and
claimed that the Ge-
hlot government will
function for five years.
Interestingly, during
this presser, in a plau-
sible move by master
strategist Gehlot,
threePilotcampMLAs
- Rohit Bohra, Danish
Abrar and Chetan
Dudi - came out in
complete support of
Gehlot and made a
joint statement that al-
though they had gone
to Delhi, however, it
was for person reasons
and said, “the high
command has made
CM Gehlot our leader.
His government will
function for full ten-
ure in Rajasthan.”
Meanwhile,Pilotcamp
claims that by Monday,
they will secure the
support of 38 MLAs.
New Delhi: As the
Congress grappled
with factionalism in
Rajasthan, its gener-
al secretary in-
charge for the state
Avinash Pande on
Sunday said that all
party MLAs were in
touch with him and
the government will
complete its term.
Pande also wondered
who were the MLAs
who are purported to
have sided with Deputy
Chief Minister Sachin
Pilot.
Pilot, who has been
engaged in a power
tussle with Rajasthan
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot, continues to
be incommunicado,
leading to anxiety in
the state unit.
Pande told PTI that
he had not spoken to
Pilot for the last two
days and had left a
message with him.
“All Congress MLAs
are in touch with me
and the government in
Rajasthan is stable and
will last its full term,”
he said.
The Congress gen-
eral secretary said
party chief Sonia
Gandhi has been up-
dated on develop-
ments in Rajasthan.
“I have not talked to
Pilot for the last two
days and I’m trying to
reach out to him. I have
left messages for him,”
he said.
Calls and messages
to Pilot went unan-
swered.
Pande also said
that everyone should
cooperate in the in-
vestigation being car-
ried out by the Spe-
cial Operations
Group (SOG) of Ra-
jasthan Police.
The SOG had regis-
tered an FIR based on
tapped phone conversa-
tion between two men
over alleged attempts
to bribe Congress
MLAs to topple the Ge-
hlot government .
“Everyone should
cooperate with Ra-
jasthan SOG. There is
no harm in joining
the probe,” he said.
Pande alleged that
the BJP is trying to
destabilise the Con-
gress government in
Rajasthan.
“Their attempt is
to create an atmos-
phere of uncertainty
in Rajasthan. But,
they will not succeed
in their attempts,” he
noted. —PTI
MLAs in touch with me,
Raj govt stable: Pande
Talent & capability find ‘little
credence’ in Congress: Scindia
Silence at Sonia’s residence
amid Raj political turmoil
Provide time to record
statement: SOG to Pilot
With Rahul’s
intervention,
Cong crisis
may defuse
AVINASH PANDE
@avinashpandeinc
The attempts of
horse-trading to
destabilize the govern-
ment will not succeed.
Regardless of how
much temptation the
BJP may give to the
legislators to change
their allegiance, our
legislators, Congress-
backed independents
are all united and fully
support @INCIndia
Leadership and @
ashokgehlot51 gov-
ernment.
Pilot camp confident of securing support of 38 MLAs by Monday
New Delhi: With fac-
tionalism hitting the
Congress government
in Rajasthan, BJP
leader Jyotiraditya
Scindia took a swipe
at his former party,
saying talent and ca-
pability find “little
credence” there.
He claimed that Ra-
jasthan’s Deputy
Chief Minister Sachin
Pilot was being ‘side-
lined and persecuted’
by Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot.
“Sad to see my erst-
while colleague Sachin
Pilot,too,beingsidelined
and persecuted by Ra-
jasthan CM Ashok Ge-
hlot. Shows that talent
and capability find little
credence in the Con-
gress,” Scindia tweeted.
Scindia had left the
Congressafewmonths
back and joined the
BJP as he believed
that he was being mar-
ginalised by senior
party leaders in Mad-
hya Pradesh.
More than 20 MLAs
supporting him also left
the Congress, leading to
the collapse of the the
Kamal Nath govern-
ment. There has been
speculation that Pilot,
too, has been facing
similar issues in Ra-
jasthan. —PTI
Jyotiraditya Scindia
@JM_Scindia
Sad to see my erst-
while colleague, @
SachinPilot too, being
sidelined and persecut-
ed by Rajasthan CM, @
ashokgehlot51. Shows
that talent and capabil-
ity find little credence
in the @INCIndia.
New Delhi: Even as the
Congress grappled with
an intra-party crisis to
save its government in
Rajasthan, silence
loomed over party inter-
im President Sonia Gan-
dhi’s residence at 10 Jan-
path on Sunday as no
senior Congress leader
had arrived to discuss
the matter. According to
party sources, Deputy
CM Sachin Pilot had ar-
rived in Delhi on Satur-
day evening to meet the
party high command
and had sought a meet-
ing with Sonia Gandhi.
The sources said that at
least 25 MLAs said to be
from Pilot’s camp are
stayingputinNCR-Delhi
region at various places.
On the other hand, the
Ashok Gehlot camp
claims support of 103
MLAs. The Congress is
trying to pacify both
camps in state. —Agencies
Jaipur: The Special
Operations Group
(SOG) of police had
sought Deputy Chief
Minister Sachin Pi-
lot’s time for record-
ing his statements in
connection with the
alleged attempts to
topple Congress gov-
ernment in the state.
A letter to the same
effect had been sent to
Pilot on July 10 by the
SOG. However, a simi-
lar letter had also been
sent by the SOG on the
same day to Chief Min-
ister Ashok Gehlot too.
Notices sent to both
Gehlot and Pilot stat-
ed that the SOG, police
had urged the leaders
to provide a suitable
date, time for record-
ing their respective
statements. SOG had
on Saturday arrested
two persons - Ashok Sin-
gh and Bharat Malani-
in connection with al-
leged attempts to desta-
bilise the State govern-
ment, Additional Direc-
tor General Ashok Ku-
mar Rathore said. —PTI
New Delhi: Amid the
political crisis in Ra-
jasthan, former Con-
gress chief Rahul
Gandhi had a conver-
sation with Deputy
Chief Minister Sachin
Pilot, claimed sources
in the party.
“Pilot had a conver-
sation with former
party chief Rahul
Gandhi over the po-
litical crisis in the
state, source claimed.
According to party
sources, Deputy Chief
Minister Sachin Pilot,
who has been in Delhi-
NCR along with over 25
MLAs, is set to arrive in
the state capital. The
source said that a meet-
ing has been called by
Gehlot on Monday at
10.30 am. —Agencies
Avinash Pande arrived in Jaipur on Sunday night.
Danish Abrar addressing the press conference on Sunday.
Sonia Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi
Jyotiraditya Scindia with Sachin Pilot —File photo
—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
The MLAs said
their visit to
Delhi was a
normal affair
Pilot is
not mov-
ing to the
‘right direction’.
—Ahmed Patel,
Senior Congress leader
10. range is said to be a
colour which is very
vibrant yet soothing
at the same time. As it
is the colour that sym-
bolises energy, excite-
ment, warmth and
good health, there are vari-
ous versions of it that have
different vibes. For example,
darker oranges give a sense
of comfort, while lighter or-
anges are healthy and sooth-
ing. Can you feel it al-
ready?
The colour orange
is symbolic to Au-
tumn (you are visu-
alising a scenario
with orange leaves
on an empty road
during the fall sea-
son, aren’t you?).
There are various
unique meanings of
this colour in vari-
ous cultures like-
it is an auspi-
cious colour
in India, the
colour of
prison in
the Unit-
ed States,
c o l o u r
signify-
ing a
Royal
family in France and a colour
that has an extremely reli-
gious significance in the Unit-
ed Kingdom. There are vari-
ous common shades of or-
ange, like saffron, peach,
apricot, carrot, terracotta and
burnt among others. A fun
fact about the colour orange
is that it attracts the eyes very
easily and is the easiest col-
our to view in a low lighting
or low visibility, and even
next to water; well, that is the
reason why most of the life
jackets you see are in orange
colour and so are the traffic
cones and signages.
Relating the colour orange
to the human body, it is the
colour of the ‘Sacral Chakra’,
also known as the ‘Sva-
dhisthana’ which is located
right under the navel and
close to the genitals; it is
linked to the reproductive sys-
tem. This chakra revives emo-
tions and sexuality.
This colour, when
paired with yellow,
stimulates the feel-
ing of fire and heat.
Similarly, when
paired with green,
it stimulates the
feeling of tropical
destinations and
adventure. Psy-
chologically, or-
ange colour reju-
venates the spirit
and uplifts the
mood; this is the rea-
son why it is suggested
to be used in daily life,
so as to bring in posi-
tivity.
Sadly, orange is one
of the most under-
used and rejected col-
our of all time, even
after the fact that it
brings in positivity
and warmth!
Orange is a colour that symbolises energy, excitement,
warmth and good health and doesn’t fail to visually stand out!
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AVNEET KAUR, Actress
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Fractious people are all
around its depends on us
how to deal with them.
Concentrate on building
terms not spoiling. Good health is
your God given gift but to maintain it
is the result of your sincerity. You are
a modern dresser and you love to
experiment with colours.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Your success is imminent
as per your cards and this
time when many are going
down, you will find your
way up. You often invest yourself
emotionally. Sort out your matters
with your boss and start afresh.
Inspiring your kids is only possible
when you are doing good in life.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Agitator’s company should
be avoided at any cost,
they will bring no peace.
You have some extraordinary talent
and it can potentially make you a
global star.You will enjoy your work
today. You may plan to buy a vehicle
as public transport are no more safe.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Laborious , diligent and a
person of a strong vision is
how you can be defined. You
are a good hearted soul but
sometime your own people mislead
you and you are easily fooled. You are
rich by heart and you are emotional
too. Someones go beyond your limits
and try and explore yourself.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Coddling someone at
home is indicated as per
your chart. You will get
some fantastic ideas to
start a small business. You are
always in limelight for your talents.
Be practical in life and avoid day
dreaming. You love to play sports
which help you in shredding sweat.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Profanity shouldn’t be
tolerated and you must
break all your ties with such
people. Your mantra of life is
to live and let people live, you believe
in freedom. You my hit a jackpot in
stocks today. Your sweetheart may get
demanding today. Buying a property
for parents is possible today.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Bestow your good wishes
on anyone or everyone you
meet today and it will come
back multiplied in
hundred. You will manage to get your
work done from someone else on
work front. You may have to take an
important decision today regarding
your house or property.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Rollicking, flying free is all
you want right now. You
are generous by heart but
you don’t get fooled by
people easily. Respect your elders
even if sometime they don’t say
things that you like. Inlaws can cause
some trouble but instead of fighting
try and find a permanent solution.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Gagging someone from
expressing their opinion
isn’t a good thing to do,
Allow people to express
themselves freely. Investment in
business that serves people’s need in
current scenario. A good friendship
is what everyone wants so be that
good friend for someone.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Delving too deep in
someone’s past is not a
good idea. You are
financially stable but you
want to take big risks to earn more.
Those involved in trading business
will get an excellent opportunity
today to expand.You will get time to
relax and breathe in peace.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Marginalising the urgent
needs of business is not a
good decision rather pay
attention if you want your
business to run successfully. You are
going to do social work today. You
are selfless by nature and you believe
in always helping people. You
children will be very supportive.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Jocular friends’ company
is what you enjoy the
most. You never worry
about money as you are a
firm believer that money comes in &
goes out. Indulge yourself in
enhancing your skills. Talents go
wasted if direction is not given. You
are stubborn with your goals.
YOUR
DAYHoroscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
t has been almost four
months since the coro-
napoclapyse. Barely a
week after the onset of
the crisis I had shared a
happy post on Instagram
where both my children
were sitting in front of a com-
puter attending their online
classes. I had flaunted how using
technology for my kids was
much more than binge-watch
lost in space on Netflix or play-
ing Pub-G with their friends.
What I was unaware then was
this online school model was
here to stay for longer, at least for
the next few months.
Post the unceremonious sum-
mer vacation I read a message
from the school that other stu-
dents could also enroll in the
school from anywhere in the
world. Which meant that the
schools weren’t to reopen physi-
cally anytime soon. Moreover,
parents were not mentally pre-
pared to send their children to
schools, which is fairly under-
stood and absolutely necessary.
Despite all the understanding
for many women like myself,
this wasn’t a piece of comforting
news. Do I miss my routine of
getting up early each morning,
pack lunch for the children,
dress them up, feed some cereal,
and wave them byes? Hell yeah!.
Those were the days when I al-
most forgot about their existence
for the most part of the day. It al-
lowed me to have a peaceful
work- life routine.
Yes, the education of my chil-
dren is on top of my priority list
but in the current scenario, the
schools fail to understand the
situation they are setting off at
home with their elaborate week-
ly plans for classwork and home-
work. My eighth-grader has a
5-hour session of class every day
excluding Sunday. Although he
is self-sufficient to fix the techni-
cal issues of the class but a sig-
nificant portion of his day post
the online classes is spent com-
pleting the sheets he has missed
out because of the fast-paced lec-
ture or the pile of homework as-
signed to him for the day. Being
a teenager, I have started to wor-
ry about his wellbeing when
most of his time is spent by him-
self in a closed room in front of
the laptop rather than being
with the family. The largely
propagated familial bliss during
the lockdown seems to have a
short life now. Ironically when
he went to school I had more
quality time with him rather
than when he is at home all day.
On the other hand, my 3rd
grader has a 3.5-hour online
class daily. His classes need far
more active involvement from
my side. Every other message on
my WhatsApp contains detailed
instructions from the class
teacher regarding sheets that
are to be printed, which I barely
have time to read. In addition to
that, there are experimental ac-
tivities that require entailed
gathering objects ranging from
quilling strips to an aloe vera
plant. Needless to say, I don’t
have bandwidth left to continue
to do so after 4 long months. But
a missed online experiment of
my 7 years old never gets off the
chart without parent guilt. Even
the incomplete class work sheets,
the pending homework assign-
ment make me feel short as a
parent focused on the education
of my children.
I understand that the remote
learning model is better than
watching Netflix and playing
games all day and by no means,
I’m dismissive about the amount
of hard work of the teachers
who also had to adapt to a new
model of teaching. Despite gov-
ernment orders of a fee reduc-
tion or waiver of school fees I am
still paying the usual fee for both
my children to support the teach-
ers for the work they do. On the
contrary because of the amount
of parental involvement for an
online class to function smooth-
ly it has become increasingly dif-
ficult to strike a balance between
work from home, household
chores, and an added burden
from such classes. Which in turn
has resulted in being less pro-
ductive on my work front?
Amidst the rock and a hard
place in a grim economic climate
rife with job losses, if a parent
isn’t able to work well because of
online classes and puts his job at
stake is not a good news for the
school as well (as we are still to
pay the full fee). The school has
to understand to avail the fees
there has to be a way to have a
balance where they can conduct
such classes without creating
both the parental burnout and
student stress.
Considering the time of the
global crisis as a regular aca-
demic year is unfair for every-
one. Neither the students feel
like sitting in front of the com-
puter for the whole day nor the
parents feel like clicking pic-
tures of their assignment, and I
am sure even the teachers are
not interested in reviewing them
back. A few missed chapters in
the overall scenario are better
than compromising the wellbe-
ing of the children, parents, and
even the teachers.
PARENTAL BURNOUT
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SHALBHA SARDA
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Student Stress and the Online Classes
12. T
ahira Kashyap has
finished writing
her fourth book
while at home
during the lockdown. “I’ve
finally finished writing ‘The
12 Commandments Of Being
A Woman’ and it’s been such
an enriching experience. I
think a lot of women will re-
late with the book and men
will find it an interesting
read. The Lockdown period
was perfect for me to finish
and give enough time to it,”
Tahira shared. Tahira is plan-
ning to release her book
by the end of this
year.
Apart from
writing, Tahi-
ra has also
tried to take
proper care
of her health
during the
l o c k d ow n .
With ease in
the lock-
down re-
strictions, Tahira started do-
ing cycling outside her home.
“I took to cycling as a sport
and also to declutter mentally.
But I realised I was viewing
the same roads, trees and
houses with a different per-
spective. I was finding beauty
in nature that I had never be-
fore appreciated, let alone ac-
knowledged. It is extremely
therapeutic. Earlier on it
meant only exercise for the
physical aspect but now it has
become a therapy for my men-
tal well being and happiness
too,” she had shared.
—Agency
Being a
Woman
IN FEAR
M
eghan Markle is
concerned that
her and Prince
Harry’s one-
year-old son, Archie hasn’t
had enough opportunities
for social interaction with
other toddlers in the last
few months because of lock-
down. The Duchess reportedly
fears she is too famous to take
Archie to baby classes.
“Meghan said she would love to
be part of a ‘Mommy & Me’
community, but knows this is
impossible even if there was no
COVID-19 because of who she
is,” they added. “She said she’s
just too well known to do nor-
mal things.”
A source close to the couple
said: “Meghan said Archie
needs to learn emotional and
social skills by being around
other young children, some-
thing he can’t do with adults.”
Although the couple has been
staying in touch with friends
and family through Zoom calls,
the source said “it’s not the
same as in-person” —Agency
S
uper 30, a film on the math ge-
nius, Anand Kumar clocked a
year of release on Sunday.
Hrithik Roshan, the lead
actor, who played his part and
got hugely applauded for
his unconventional per-
formance, got nostalgic
about it.
He shares, “Can’t
believe it has been a
year! For me, the
success of Super 30
is way more satisfy-
ing than the suc-
cess of any of my
other films. My
journey from being
myself to becom-
ing Anand Kumar
in front of the cam-
era was a very spe-
cial one. Reminisc-
ing about the pro-
cess of picking up
the body language,
learning the nuances
and transforming for it,
always leaves a smile on
my face.” Hrithik Roshan,
who is known for his world
class good looks and glamorous
personality, shed all vanity to
play the part of a math teacher
hailing from Bihar.
—Agency
egendary Bollywood actor Am-
itabh Bachchan was tested pos-
itive for coronavirus on Satur-
day evening. He shared the
news himself on his Twitter
handle and noted he has been
shifted to hospital, and the other
family members and staff have
undergone tests for the virus. Af-
ter the results were out, Abhishek
Bachchan was tested positive too later
that night. Jaya and Aishwarya Rai
Bachchan were tested negative in the
first round, but in the second
round on Sunday, Aishwar-
ya and Aaradhya Bach-
chan’s test results came
out to be positive.
Veteran actor Rekha’s security
guard has also tested positive for
COVID-19 and the Brihanmumbai
Municipal Corporation (BMC) has
sealed the actor’s bungalow ‘Sea
Springs’.
Later on Sunday, actor Anupam
Kher informed that his family
members, including mother Du-
lari, brother, sister-in-law and
niece have tested positive for
coronavirus. However, he has
tested negative. The actor put
out a video on Twitter where-
in he shared the news.
—ANI
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CELEBRATING
SUPER-30
‘Smart and well-read’
T
o wish Shloka Mehta on her birth-
day on Saturday, Tina Ambani
shared an unseen photo of Nita
Ambani’s daughter-in-law and
wrote a heart-felt
note.
She wrote,
“Bright and open,
warm and loving,
smart and well-
read… the most
wonderful addi-
tion to the family.
It’s been lovely to
see you blossom
over the years Shloka! On your special day,
here’s wishing you love and laughter, hap-
piness and joy in abundance.” —Agency
TAmbani’s daughter-in-law and
wrote a heart-felt
note.
“Bright and open,
warm and loving,
read… the most
over the years Shloka! On your special day,
TV serial ‘Kasauti Zindagi 2’ actor Parth Samthaan
tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday. The
shooting for the serial has been put on hold for
the time being.
PARTH TESTED POSITIVE!
Meghan Markle
Tahira Kashyap
Parth Samthaan
Hrithik Roshan
Tina Ambani’s post
Amitabh Bachchan
Anupam Kher with his mother Dulari
and brother Raju
Abhishek, Aaradhya and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Shloka Mehta