First india jaipur edition-16 june 2020

Aditi Nagar/
Kartikey Dev Singh
Jaipur: The ultimate
news of the day is
that by now curtains
have been drawn on a
week long Rajya Sab-
ha political drama in
Rajasthan with a few
far reaching political
implications. The ul-
timate winner is Ge-
hlot with two Rajya
Sabha seats in his
pocket.
The first outcome
of this entire exer-
cise is that in no cir-
cumstances Sachin
Pilot will be joining
BJP. BJP’s initial plan
to pull down Gehlot
government under the
pretext of Rajya Sabha
polls, with a tactical
support of Pilot camp’s
30 MLAs has finally
blown out because of
two factors i.e, Pilot re-
fuses to join the Saffron
party and his camp
fails to provide the re-
quired strength of 25-30
Congress MLAs to
BJP’s fold.
With this impres-
sion all curiosities
about the political
future of Pilot in Ra-
jasthan comes to an
end. But according
to Satish Poonia,
nothing is final and
anything may hap-
pen at anytime in
the world of cricket,
films and politics.
So, lets see!
The second out-
come is that by still
remaining in the Ge-
hlot government, Pi-
lot will continue to
fight for his ‘lost’ (?)
authority and status
as the Deputy Chief
Minister and will al-
ways be asserting on
certain issues, mostly
related to his depart-
ments, in the Cabinet
meetings with an ac-
tive support of his
camp ministers.
The third outcome
according to Pilot camp
sources, is that if at
any stage, this camp
succeeds in getting or
managing the support
of 25-30 Congress
MLAs, it may form a
new regional party un-
der the leadership of
Pilot as their Chief
Ministerial candidate.
At this point, Pilot
supporters are ‘hope-
ful’ of a likely BJP sup-
port from outside.
But at this point there
is a major roadblock for
Pilot! According to
highly placed BJP
sources, even if an op-
portunity to form gov-
ernment knocks on
BJP’s doors, only a
leader associated with
the RSS and BJP will be
chosen as Chief Minis-
ter. Notably, at pre-
sent, Union Minister
Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat is the
prime candidate for
the Chief Ministerial
position from BJP.
And thus, there is no
question of BJP giv-
ing support to an out-
sider like Pilot.
But according to po-
litical observers, the
political situation and
ground realities in Ra-
jasthan are not ‘appro-
priate’ at the moment
to ‘create or cope with’
such a situation. As
usual, this time also
Gehlot is in complete
command and control
of the situation and
there is not even a re-
mote possibility of dis-
lodging him for the re-
maining period of his
five-year tenure.
The reason: During
an ongoing Rajya
Sabha crisis, a smart
Gehlot, with an ac-
tive support of a few
senior friends like
Ahmed Patel and Avi-
nash Pande, has fur-
ther fortified and
consolidated his posi-
tion in Jaipur and
New Delhi, especially
before Sonia and Ra-
hul Gandhi.
The fourth outcome
is that there is an ex-
tremely remote possi-
bility of a Gehlot-Pilot
‘patch-up’inthepresent
form of ‘distribution of
power and authority’
between the two. Ac-
cording to sources
close to Pilot, the ‘main
pain and disappoint-
ment’ in Pilot’s mind is
that he has been com-
pletely ignored or rath-
er humiliated during
the last one-and-a-half
year of the functioning
of Gehlot government
but in this context, Ge-
hlot camp says that af-
ter failing to get the
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First Phase over: Gehlot emerges as a clear winner!
Second Phase after June 19: Still under wraps!
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COVID-19
UPDATE
RAJASTHAN
301
DEATHS
12,981
CONFIRMED CASES
GUJARAT
1,506 DEATHS 24,104 CASES
INDIA
3,42,365
CONFIRMED CASES
9,896
DEATHS
MAHARASHTRA
3,128 DEATHS 1,10,744 CASES
TAMIL NADU
479 DEATHS 46,504 CASES
UTTAR PRADESH
417 DEATHS 14,091 CASES
DELHI
1,400 DEATHS 42,829 CASES
WORLD
4,37,054
DEATHS
80,60,443
CONFIRMED CASES
Shah on driver’s seat to steer Delhi safe of Corona!
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah took over the
charge of Delhi’s
Covid management
at a time when the
national capital’s tal-
ly of coronavirus in-
fections has touched
42,829 and the num-
ber of deaths due to
the disease has
climbed to 1,400.
All political parties
in Delhi should forget
their differences and
join hands in the COV-
ID-19 battle of the na-
tional capital, Shah
said on Monday after
chairing an all-party
meet. Leaders of the
BJP, the Aam Aadmi
Party, the Congress and
the BSP attended the
meeting. Shah appealed
to the four parties to
ask their workers to
help in ensuring the
ground implementation
of the Delhi govern-
ment’s coronavirus
guidelines.
These steps will en-
hance public trust and
the COVID-19 situation
in Delhi will improve
soon, Shah said. All par-
ties should forget their
political differences
and work together for
the people of Delhi, he
said after the meeting.
We will have to in-
crease COVID-19 test-
ing in Delhi by adopt-
ing new solutions, the
Home Minister said.
The meeting was
held in the wake of a
spurt in novel corona-
virus cases in Delhi.
Total lockdown in 4 dists
of Tamil Nadu till June 30
Chennai: The Tamil
Nadu government has
been advised on scaling
down lockdown relaxa-
tions and preventing the
further spread of coro-
navirus,amemberof an
expert committee said
here on Monday follow-
ing a consultative meet-
ing with Chief Minister
K Palaniswami.
Amid continuing
surge in the number of
fresh coronavirus cases
in the State, Dr P Kuga-
nantham, a senior epi-
demiologist and mem-
ber of the 19-member
expert committee on
COVID-19 set up by the
government, said: “We
have given advice (to
the government) on cut-
ting down relaxations
and (further) prevent
the spread of virus and
the government will
take a decision.”
The panel had about
an hour and a half dis-
cussionwithPalaniswa-
mi, Deputy Chief Min-
ister O Panneerselvam,
Health Minister C Vi-
jayabaskar and other
top state officials.
This is the fifth meet-
ing of the expert com-
mittee with the govern-
mentandseveralexperts
including Dr Soumya
Swaminathan, chief sci-
entist with WHO and Dr
Prabhdeep Kaur, public
health expert Turn on P6
‘India-Nepal bound
by roti and beti’
New Delhi: Rejecting
Nepal’s territorial
claim, Defence Minis-
ter Rajnath Singh as-
serted on Monday that
the Lipulekh-Dharchu-
la road falls very much
in India and conveyed
the Modi government’s
willingness to sort out
the “misunderstand-
ing” with the neigh-
bouring country
through dialogue.
Singh stressed
on the centuries-
old ties between
the two coun-
ties, not-
ing that they were not
only social, geographi-
cal, historical and cul-
tural but also spiritual.
India can never for-
get this reality and Indi-
ans can never have any
bitterness towards Ne-
pal, the defence minis-
ter added.
“Our relations are
not only of this
world, but also of
the ‘other world’
and they cannot
be changed even
if someone wish-
es so,” he said at
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CBI alerts states, UTs
over fake sanitisers
New Delhi: The Cen-
tral Bureau of Inves-
tigation (CBI) on
Monday issued alerts
to states and Union
Territories (UTs)
about instances of on-
line advance payment
frauds and sale of
fake hand sanitisers.
The alerts have been
issued on the basis of
inputs received from In-
terpol -- the internation-
al criminal police or-
ganisation that facili-
tates worldwide police
cooperation and crime
control.
“The CBI has issued
an alert regarding the
proliferation of online
advance payment
scams. Such scams in-
volve instances of crim-
inals approaching as
vendors of PPE and
other protective equip-
ment suppliers related
to pandemic and enter-
ing business transac-
tions with clients on-
line,” the agency said in
a statement.
Two officials of Indian
High Commission
Islamabad/New Del-
hi: Two officials of In-
dian High Commission
in Pakistan, who went
missing and were re-
portedly arrested earli-
er on Monday, have been
released and are back at
the Indian mission,
sources said on Monday.
India had earlier in
the day summoned Paki-
stan’s Charge d’affaires
Syed Haider Shah and
issued a demarche over
the reported arrest of
two officials in Islama-
bad.Thesourcessaidthe
demarche made it clear
that there should be no
interrogation or harass-
ment of the Indian offi-
cialsandtheresponsibil-
ity for the safety and se-
curity of the concerned
diplomaticpersonnellay
squarely with the Paki-
stani authorities.
Pakistan was asked to
return the two officials
along with the official
car to the High Commis-
sion immediately.
TheIndianHighCom-
mission in Pakistan had
said in the morning that
two of its officials were
missing and the matter
had been taken up with
Islamabad.
“Two Indian High
Commissionofficialsare
missing since morning
while on official work.
The matter has been tak-
en up with the Pakistani
authorities,” Akhilesh
Singh, First Secretary
and spokesperson, Indi-
an High Commission
had told ANI. Turn on P6
Syed Hyder Shah, Pakistan’s Charge d’affaires to India leaves from
MEA. He was summoned after two Indian officials working with Indian
High Commission in Islamabad went missing. —PHOTO BY ANI
Union Home Minister Amit Shah during his visit to LNJP hospital to review Corona preparedness,
in New Delhi, on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
2 MINOR EARTHQUAKES STRIKE
GUJARAT’S BHACHAU REGION
New Delhi: Gujarat on Monday experienced
two minor earthquakes at around 1 pm, a
day after the region was hit by a 5.5
magnitude quake. The 4.6 magnitude
earthquake struck 15 kilometers North-
North East of Bhachau at 12:57 pm. It was
followed by another jolt of 3.6 magnitude
about 11 km of Bhachau at 1.01 pm.
MODI TO SPEAK WITH CMS ON JUNE 16, 17
New Delhi: Amid an unabated rise in coronavirus cases in the country, Prime Minister Narendra
Modi will hold a fresh round of consultations with chief ministers on Tuesday and Wednesday
on ways to check the spread of the virus as India exits the lockdown. On Tuesday afternoon,
Modi will hold a video-conference with chief ministers, Lt governors and administrators of 21
states and Union territories. These include Punjab, Kerala, Goa, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, the
northeastern states and some UTs. The prime minister will interact with chief ministers of 15
states and the LG of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. These include high case load states
like Maharashtra, West Bengal, Delhi, Karnataka, Gujarat, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
12-day period of
intense lock-
down, starting
from June 19, will cover
Chennai, Kanchipuram,
Chengalpattu and Tiru-
vallur dists.
EK PALANISWAMI,
Tamil Nadu CM
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Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: District col-
lector Dr Jogaram
has asked district of-
ficials of various de-
partments to conduct
more field visits to
resolve people’s prob-
lems. He took a meet-
ing of PHED, Munici-
pal Corporation, JV-
VNL, health, forest
and mining, and many
other departments.
He was not pleased
that many depart-
ments have not set up
a flood control room
until Monday.
Dr Jogaram asked of-
ficials to visit Tehsils
and blocks not just
Jaipur city as people
may have work pending
or problems because of
COVID-19. He told PHED
officials to give the live
locations of available
water tankers. Also, he
asked them to take sam-
ples regularly to main-
tain water quality.
The district collec-
tor said that to avoid
water contamination
during monsoon, sew-
erage and water sup-
ply lines should be
regularly checked. He
asked JMC, JDA, and
other departments to
set up flood control
rooms without delay.
The JMC officers
were also instructed to
expedite drainage clean-
ing after complaints of
slow work. Deputy zonal
commissioners and dis-
trict administration of-
ficers were asked to take
joint inspection. JDA
officials were asked to
give a report of drain-
age cleaning. Along
with JMC, they were
askedtogivealistof wa-
ter harvesting struc-
tures and their repair.
Health department offi-
cials to give information
about corona tests, the
number of samples, pa-
tients who have been
cured, positive cases,
and the growth of infec-
tion rate.
He also gave in-
structions to DISCOM
officials for quick dis-
posal of more than
100 complaints pend-
ing in JVVNL, mining
officials for giving in-
formation of illegal
sand mining, etc.
‘Set up flood control rooms without delay’
AND NOW, SOME GOOD NEWS FROM JAIPUR ZOO
The female Ostrich brought from Chennai laid eggs at Jaipur Zoo on Monday. The biggest white coloured egg weighs around 1,300 grams. With 24 hours of monitoring, the Ostriches are being given essential calcium, multivitamins, and medicines that are mixed in
the diet to boost immunity. —PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Abhishek Srivastava /
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: The Jaipur De-
velopment Authority
(JDA) seems to have
risen above the estab-
lished system in the
state otherwise how
else is it possible for it
to ignore the instruc-
tions by Chief Secre-
tary DB Gupta and UDH
Minister Shanti Dhari-
wal themselves?
JDA might be boast-
ing of many develop-
mental activities but
apparently the most
crucial one- the 'Ring
Road' project- doesn’t
feature on its priority
list. What is even stran-
ger is that JDA is negli-
gent of this ambitious
project with loss of rev-
enueanywherebetween
Rs 2,500-3,000 crore for
itself.
This all is happening
due to the inability of
the JDA to execute an
Rs 860 crore project on
Agra road just due to its
inefficiency in not be-
ing able to acquire a
3200 sq meter land in
possession of Reliance
where it operates a fuel
disposal outlet. This
3200 sq meter patch lies
exactly in the middle of
the proposed cloverleaf
as per the designs of the
ring road.
Since the land isn’t
still in JDA’s possession
so it can’t hand over the
same to NHAI, which,
as a result, can’t float
tenders for the pro-
posed cloverleaf. The
JDA is still harping on
the old tune that the
10-month-old matter is
about to be resolved as
it has arrived at an
agreement with Reli-
ance for the land.
The Authority claims
that soon it will formal-
ize the agreement and
acquire the land after
allotting 1100 sq meters
of land to Reliance in
Chitrakoot scheme.
Imagine what is at
stake? Total land ear-
marked for the ring
road project is 1 crore 69
lakh 20 thousand sq me-
ters of land.
Out of this, the 90-me-
ter wide Transport Cor-
ridor will have 42 lakh
30 thousand sq meters.
4 lakh 30 thousand sq
meters will be given as
compensation to the
landowners in the form
of 25% developed land.
50 lakh 76 Thousand sq
meter land is reserved
for facilities area. So fi-
nally, JDA will have 33
lakh 84 Thousand sq
meters of land for auc-
tion. If it is calculated
at an approximate price
of Rs 6000/meter then
JDA will receive at least
more than Rs 2000 crore.
Apart from this, JDA
also has around 300
bigha land in the vicin-
ity of the proposed ring
road which calculated
at the base price of Rs
5000/sq meter will fill in
another Rs 450 crore.
So JDA stands to gain
a bare minimum of Rs
2500 crore in this cru-
cial era of zero revenue
and a negative growth
economy. Financial loss
aside, the citizens are
paying the price by lay-
ing down their lives in
accidents occurring
due to heavy vehicles
venturing in the city
area due to the absence
of a ring road.
It is high time that
JDA Commissioner T
Ravikant takes the pro-
ject as his topmost pri-
ority and makes JDA,
Jaipur City, and the
state 'smart' in the real
sense of the term.
HasJDAforgottenRingRoadProject?
JDA is negligent of this project with revenue loss anywhere between ` 2,500-3,000 cr for itself
There are 7 flights scheduled in the third phase
A view of JDA building in Jaipur.
Sharma slams Cong
over RS polls issue
First India Bureau
Alwar: Former Minis-
ter Rohitashwa Sharma
interacted with the me-
dia in Bansur on Mon-
day. DR Rohitashwa
praised the Modi gov-
ernment saying that it
had successfully com-
pleted its first year of
the second term as well.
Sharma said that
with six consecutive
years in power, PM
Modi had been taking
decisions of public wel-
fare. Sharma said there
were scores of govern-
ment schemes launched
by the central govern-
ment for the benefit of
the poor.
Dr Sharma also tried
to corner the state Con-
gress government. He
denied attempts by the
BJP to buy any MLAs
for the upcoming Rajya
Sabha elections. He said
that candidates fielded
by the BJP are hard
core party workers and
notindustrialistswhich
speaks volumes about
the BJP ideology. He ac-
cused that CM Ashok
Gehlot despite being a
Gandhi follower, is
making his MLAs stay
in a 5-star hotel and
guarding its gate.
Centre allocates
`2,522 cr to Raj
under water scheme
Bus operators
perform
‘chakka jam’
Over `1.73 cr recovered as fine from
95,000 lockdown violators in Raj
New Delhi: The central
government has allo-
cated Rs 2,522 crore un-
der the Jal Jeevan Mis-
sion scheme for Ra-
jasthan in view of wa-
ter scarcity problems
and groundwater pollu-
tion in the state, which
is almost two-and-a-
half times the amount
given in the last fiscal.
"While Rs 1,051 crore
was given to Rajasthan
in the last financial
year, Rs 2,522 crore has
been allocated under
the Jal Jeevan Mission
this year, which is al-
most two-and-a-half
times the allocation
made in the last fiscal,"
a Jal Shakti Ministry
statement said.
The Ministry said Rs
1,145 crore were also al-
located to provide
drinking water to fluo-
ride-affected habita-
tions in the desert state.
In the present situa-
tion, the state will have
more than Rs 3,500
crore as central share,
including this year's
funds, it said. —Agencies
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: The third
phase of Vande Bharat
mission which was sup-
posed to begin on Mon-
day is now postponed
till June 19. The first
flight to arrive from
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
got cancelled due to, re-
portedly, permission
denial on part of the
Kyrgyzstan authorities.
Now, the first flight to
land at Jaipur Interna-
tional Airport will be
from Almaty, Kazakh-
stan on June 19. In all,
there are 7 flights sched-
uled in the third phase
of the Vande Bharat
mission.
The third phase aims
at bringing in 800 expa-
triates back home
which are mostly stu-
dents studying abroad.
So far, the mission has
brought in 3805 expatri-
ates from abroad.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The private bus
operators which were
on strike for the last
many days, on Monday
staged a wheel jam dem-
onstration in the city.
These bus operators
parked their buses in
front of Transport of-
fice, RTO building in
Jhalana, and the ARTO
building in Jagatpura.
These bus operators
were demanding waiver
tax for six months. Ear-
lier they have given a
memorandum to the
Transport Minister and
TransportCommissioner.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Under the Ra-
jasthan Pandemic Ordi-
nance, more than Rs
1.73 crore has been col-
lected from challans of
95,000 people.
Among them, more
than 50,000 challans
were issued for not
wearing masks, another
38,000 for not maintain-
ing social distancing,
360 for spitting in public
places, 130 for drinking
alcohol, and more than
200 for consuming to-
bacco publicly.
DG (Crime) BL Soni
said that 3,436 FIRs
were registered and
7,000 people were ar-
rested for violation of
prohibitory orders and
quarantine rules. Un-
der the prohibitory and
Motor Vehicle Act,
challans were issued to
4.6 lakh vehicles and
1.44 lakh of them were
seized. The police re-
ceived more than Rs
8.25 crore as fine.
Soni said that 19,205
peoplewerearrestedun-
der the CrPC Act while
216 cases were regis-
tered against 298 anti-
social elements for mis-
use of social media and
222 were arrested. He
said that the police have
been keeping a close eye
on black marketing and
133 cases were regis-
tered and 85 arrested
under the Essential
Commodities Act.
Vande Bharat: 3rd phase
to begin from June 19
Rohitashwa Sharma along
with other officials during the
meeting.
BL Soni
District collector Dr Jogaram
‘Hikedfuelpricesposing
crisis in front of people’
First India Bureau
Jaipur: According to
the instructions of
Transport Minister
Pratap Singh
Khachariya-
was, General
Secretary and
spokesperson
of Jaipur City
District Con-
gress Committee and
spokesperson Manoj
Mudgal, Vimal Yadav,
Vice Chairman Dayal
Katyasanihavesubmit-
ted a memorandum to
Dist Collector Dr Joga-
ram on behalf of com-
mittee, demanding that
the common man is up-
set due to steady in-
crease in prices of die-
sel, petrol. At the time
of coronacrisis,
people are fac-
ing livelihood
issues. In such a
situation, Rs
5.50 has been in-
creased on pet-
rol & diesel in only 9
days. The price of
crude oil is at the low-
estlevelinInternation-
al market. Despite this,
raisingpricesisposing
an economic crisis in
front of the people.

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2020
First India Bureau
Jaipur: National Gen-
eral Secretary and ob-
server for state BJP
Murlidhar Rao will
mull over BJP strategy
for the upcoming Rajya
Sabha elections in the
city today.
Amid the allegations
and counter allega-
tions, BJP will also
start a two day camp for
its MLAs where the
meeting of the legisla-
tive party will take
place. LOP Gulabchand
Kataria, State chief Sat-
ish Poonia and Deputy
LOP Rajendra Rathore
will hold the meeting of
the party MLAs. Rao
will directly reach the
party HQ from the air-
port at 11 am.
There is no news on
former CM Vasundhara
Raje participating in
the meeting. She is re-
ported to be arriving in
Jaipur either on June
18 or June 19. After the
legislative meeting all
the MLAs will move to
Hotel Crown Plaza.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: LOP Gulab-
chand Kataria retaliat-
ed to the horse trading
charges laid by Chief
Whip Dr Mahesh Joshi.
Kataria asked the
reason for delay in re-
cording the statements
when the matter has al-
ready been assigned to
SPG & SOG. He said
that there will be no use
of statements recorded
after June 19 when the
Rajya Sabha polls are
scheduled. He said the
allegation theory and
the investigation was
façade created by Con-
gress to keep its flock
together. Kataria ac-
cused Congress of cook-
ing fake stories and
then using delay tactics
to sustain them. He also
said that approaching
independent MLAs was
within the constitution-
al rights of BJP.
Kataria said his par-
ty needs to organize a
two day camp to train
new MLAs of the party
for upcoming elections.
BJP has right to approach
independent MLAs: Kataria
Will Raje participate in
party’s two-day camp?
PREP FOR RS POLLS
First India Bureau
Jaipur: State’s death
toll reached 301 with 9
deaths reported in last
24 hours. 4 deaths were
reported from Jaipur,
one each from Bharat-
pur and Udaipur while 3
patients from other
states died.
Monday witnessed
287 new cases with 46
cases reported from
Pali followed by 41 from
Jaipur, 33 from Dhol-
pur, 28 from Alwar, 20
from Jodhpur, 19 from
Sikar, 18 from Jhunj-
hunu, 10 each from Bar-
mer & Sirohi, 9 from
Jalore, 7 from Hanu-
mangarh, 6 from Sri
Ganganagar, 5 each
from Ajmer & Sawai
Madhopur, 3 each from
Churu & Kota, 2 each
from Bhilwara, Bikan-
er, Karauli & Nagaur
and one each from Bun-
di, Dausa, Tonk &
Udaipur taking the
positive total to 12981.
The district wise tally
is as follows – Ajmer 429,
Alwar 300, Banswara 90,
Baran 62, Barmer 143,
Bharatpur 1000,
Bhilwara 192, Bikaner
132, Bundi 10, Chittor-
garh 201, Churu 192,
Dausa 88, Dholpur 187,
Dungarpur 388, Ganga-
nagar26,Hanumangarh
43, Jaipur 2573, Jaisalm-
er 81, Jalore 202, Jhala-
war 342, Jhunjhunu 236,
Jodhpur 2201, Karauli
44, Kota 548, Nagaur 554,
Pali 809, Pratapgarh 14,
Rajsamand 166, Sawai
Madhopur 63, Sikar 395,
Sirohi 308, Tonk 181 and
Udaipur 604.
He was chairing
the meeting of
RTIDF
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The meeting
held by Chief Secre-
tary DB Gupta regard-
ing Rajasthan Trans-
port Infrastructure
Development Fund
(RTIDF) on Monday
took the big decision
of starting 100 electri-
cal buses in the city.
It was decided that
the state govt will fill
in the viability gap
fund of Rs 36.50 crore
for this purpose. The
buses to be operated
by Jaipur City Trans-
port Services Ltd will
reduce the pollution
on the city roads.
The meeting also
decided on a maxi-
mum limit of Rs 200
crore for Rajasthan
Roadways for the cur-
rent year, apart from
paying it Rs 200.25
crore unpaid for the
previous two years.
Jaipur Metro will re-
ceive Rs 90 crore this
year. The meeting also
decided to review all
the matters related to
over bridges which
are yet to begin con-
struction work.
The final proposal
based on the recom-
mendations made by
the task force to sug-
gest revival of tour-
ism, industries and
agro processing units
during the corona in-
flicted lockdown will
also be sent to CM
soon. CS reviewed the
financial load on im-
plementation of the
recommendations by
the task force.
The crucial meet-
ing was attended by
ACS (Finance) Niran-
jan Arya, ACS (Indus-
tries0 Subodh Agraw-
al, Principal Secre-
tary (Planning) Ab-
hay Kumar, Principal
Secretary (Tourism)
Shreya Guha, Princi-
pal Secretary (UDH)
Bhaskar Sawant
along with other
members of the task
force.
It is noteworthy
that the task force, in
its interim report, has
recommended direct
benefit of Rs 700 crore
for Industries, waiver
of electrical usage for
MSME, incentives for
investment apart
from other schemes in
a package to promote
economic activity in
the state.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Universities
will have to prepare an
action plan regarding
COVID-19 in the adopt-
ed villages, instructed
Governor and Chancel-
lor Kalraj Mishra. He
wrote to Vice Chancel-
lors of all the state uni-
versities, instructing
them to take measures
regarding the preven-
tion and control of the
infection in the adopted
villages.
Mishra said that the
social responsibility of
the universities to-
wards the villages has
increased. Awareness
campaigns should be
conducted in villages
and make them corona
free. The Smart Village
Initiative, a village
adoption scheme by
universities, has been
renamed as ‘University
Social Responsibility’.
He further added that
the district and pan-
chayat administrations
should cooperate and
coordinate and make
arrangements in the
adopted villages.
The Vice Chancellors
have also been instruct-
ed to send progress re-
ports to Raj Bhavan by
the 7th of every month.
First India News
Churu: 3 people includ-
ing state president of
Sansi community com-
mitted suicide in Churu
on Monday. State presi-
dent of Sansi commu-
nity Satish Sansi
hanged himself in Jodi
Pata village. man Manoj
Kadel hanged himself
in ward 33 of Sardar-
shaher while the third
incident occurred in
Dhani Rinwa, where 21
year old Ravi also died
after hanging himself.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: CM Ashok Ge-
hlot has been leading
the front in Corona war,
continuing on that a
special campaign to cre-
ate awareness about the
infection would be held
form June 21, which
would end on June 30.
The health depart-
ment has begun prepa-
rations for the statewide
campaign for control-
ling and creating aware-
ness campaigns, under
Health Minister Dr
Raghu Sharma.
Dr Sharma informed
that during the cam-
paign, the health depart-
ment would go door to
door for active surveil-
lance. They would in-
form people about pre-
cautions for protection
fromcorona.“Itisneces-
sarythatpeopletakepre-
cautions and follow the
rules including social
distancing,” he added.
According to him,
daily positive cases may
be increasing, but 75%
of people have turned
negative from positive.
He said that cases have
been doubling in 28 days
while the fatality rate is
2.28%.
Dr. Sharma said that
CM Gehlot’s decision to
allow 5,000 tests per day
for people from other
states showed his sensi-
tivity. There was no test-
ing facility in the state
till March 2. However,
under the leadership of
CM, the department has
now developed a capac-
ityof 25,250testsperday
anditwouldreach40,000
in coming days.
He informed that the
daily 13-14,000 tests are
being conducted. While
17 districts have testing
facilities, soon all dis-
tricts will have testing
facilities.
He lamented that
some people are still vio-
lating rules by not wear-
ing masks, not washing
hands regularly and vio-
lating social distancing
norms. This careless-
ness can be fatal for
them as well as others.
He said that the state
government has saved
people’s lives by arrang-
ing isolation wards, ded-
icated hospitals and
COVID care centres. At
one point, 7.25 lakh peo-
ple were home quaran-
tined and 34,000 in insti-
tutional quarantine
whereas only 1.25 lakh
peoplearehomequaran-
tinedand4,000ininstitu-
tions now.
The Health Minister
targeted BJP leader Ra-
jendra Rathore and said
“I know Rajendra since
childhood, and I know
what kind of politics he
plays. why is he feeling
like he has committed a
crime?”
With 9 more deaths, toll
in Raj crosses 300 mark
People undergoing thermal screening and following social distancing outside malls in Jaipur.
DB Gupta
100 electric buses to
start in state, says CS
‘Prepare an action plan for
Corona in adopted villages’
3 including
Sansi state
prez kill self
ACB arrests 2 Jodh discom
officials taking `20k bribe
Lower courts open gates,
HC cancels vacation
Doctors give immunity
booster to Corona warriors
‘Door-to-door active surveillance in state soon’
First India Bureau
Jaisalmer: Jaisalmer
ACB has arrested two
employees of Jodhpur
Vidyut Vitran Nigam
Limited on Monday.
Junior accountant
Umashanker Meena
and lineman Manoj Ku-
mar were caught red
handed while taking Rs
20,000.
Deputy Supertindent
of Police of Jaisalmer
ACB, Anil Purohit in-
formed the media that a
complaint submitted
from Askandra village
stated, that the com-
plainant had received
higher bill for his elec-
tricity connection.
To inquire about the
sudden hike in his elec-
tricity charge, when he
approached Nachna of-
fice of the DISCOM,
junior accountant
Umashanker Meena
and lineman Manoj Ku-
mar asked for Rs 20,000
bribe to fix the situa-
tion.
After verifying the
complaint, the ACB
team laid a trap for
them and caught both
of the employees red
handed.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Lower courts
began regular work on
Monday. HC had can-
celled summer vaca-
tions as corona had af-
fected court function-
ing for 80 days.
However, only those
lawyers who had hear-
ing were allowed to en-
ter. Some cases are
heard through video
conferencing. On HC’s
order, entire staff came
to courts. Only those
from containment zone
were allowed to stay
home.
Adequate measures
had been made for safe-
ty of visitors. All law-
yers and employees un-
derwent thermal scan-
ning, besides arrange-
ment of sanitization
and masks. Social dis-
tancing was also fol-
lowed.
The decision to open
courts was welcomed.
Lawyers said that work
had been badly affected
due to corona crisis and
many are waiting for
justice therefore cancel-
lation of summer vaca-
tion and opening courts
was positive decision.
First India Bureau
Chomu: As per the in-
structions of the Minis-
try of AYUSH, Dr Lo-
kendra Kumar, Dr Su-
vira, and Dr Chandan
Moolchandani distrib-
uted homeopathic drug
Arsenicum Album
30CH to journalists, po-
licemen and their fami-
lies to increase the body
immunity for fighting
corona.
Dr Lokendra said
that the preventive
measures taken by jour-
nalists and policemen
from the start of the
lockdown until today
are commendable. Ho-
meopathic doctors Dr.
Ghanshyam Kalakar,
Dr. Subhash Kumawat,
and Dr Geeta Sharma
were also present in the
program.
Kalraj Mishra
Gulabchand Kataria Vasundhara Raje
PATIENTS WITH COMMON SYMPTOMS TO BE HOME QUARANTINED
Monday witnessed 287 new positive cases, maximum were from Pali
Colleges open
from today for
staff only
First India Bureau
Jaipur: All colleges
and university will reo-
pen from today in city,
instructed Higher edu-
cation minister Bhan-
war Singh Bhati. The
instructions permit
only academic and non
academic staff to pre-
pare e-content, plan for
exams to be held on
July 13 and prepare for
temporary admission
process. Students will
not be permitted in
campuses till June 30.
 Jaipur: A review
regarding the agree-
ment of reorganisa-
tion of the Gurjar
Arakshan Sangharsh
Samiti will be held
with the minister
level committee
containing ministers
Dr BD Kalla, Master
Bhanwarlal Megh-
wal, Raghu Sharma
and Vishvendra
Singh. The commit-
tee will review the
issues of members
and representatives
belonging to the
backward classes for
review with all the
concerned depart-
ments regarding
consent. Secretary
Bhavani Singh Detha
approved the ﬁle and
issued an order.
 Jaipur: Camps
were organised in
PRN South II and PRN
North II zones of the
JDA to start the Prith-
viraj Nagar scheme
on Monday. These
camps will continue
for upcoming days.
The camp will be for
a maximum of 20
plots in one day so
that social distancing
can be followed.
 Jaipur: Anti-Cor-
ruption Bureau Judge
Pramod Malik dis-
missed the bail plea
of Medical Ofﬁcer
Dr Pradeep Sharma,
who was arrested for
taking a bribe of Rs.
12,000 in Jhalawar
on June 10. The court
order was passed via
video conferencing.
The court commented
that such an act is
a serious offense to
social obligations.
 Jaipur: Former
IAS Ashok Singhvi
got some relief from
the High Court as the
hearing of his bail
application has been
postponed to June
29, after the summer
holidays. ASG RD
Rastogi argued on
behalf of the ED. After
a stretched argument
on video calling,
the single bench of
Justice NS Dhadda
decided to hear the
matter in the regular
court.
 Jaipur: Manohar-
pur police recovered
about 77 kg poppy
and 250 gram hemp
worth around Rs. 1.5
crore from the toll
plaza and arrested
an accused in the
case. Head Consta-
ble Murali informed
that the drugs were
hidden behind the
sacks of onion in the
container. It was be-
ing taken to Jodhpur
from Delhi.
BRIEF
in
—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Dr Raghu Sharma

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DEATH SNATCHES
A TALENTED
CINE ACTOR
t will be inappropriate to re-
peat the clichéd ‘those whom
God loves, die young’ for the
talented Sushant Singh Rajput
for the simple reason that his
was not a case of natural death. He was
only 34, too young to die the way he did
and leave his family, fans and fellow ac-
tors mourning. Sushant committed sui-
cide by hanging on Sunday, June 14.
On June 3, 2020 Sushant Singh Rajput re-
membered his mother in an emotional Insta-
gram post. He wrote, “Blurred past evaporat-
ing from teardrops/ Unending dreams carv-
ing an arc of smile/and a fleeting life, nego-
tiating between the two…Maa”. The post had
2,523,472 likes and garnered over 1.5 lakh
comments. He had 11.2 million followers on
Instagram, yet somewhere deep down he was
lonely. That makes one thing clear, virtual
world offers no support to a tormented mind.
The young strapping actor who gained
fame, but no recognition from a nepo-
tism-infested film industry, for essaying
memorable roles in Chhichhore, MS Dho-
ni: The Untold Story, Kai Po Che, Kedar-
nath, Raabta and a few others, tragically
ended his life one doesn’t know why.
Some say he was suffering from depres-
sion as he did not get due recognition
from an industry. Others like Kangana
Ranaut blame mafia-like groups which
have a stranglehold on the film industry
and ensure that artistes not in their camp
are hounded out as the cause.
His shocked co-actors and fans find it hard
to believe that Sushant committed suicide as
it went against what he said in Chhichhore. In
the film Sushant plays an engineer whose son
tries to commit suicide by jumping off a high
rise. To aid his son’s recovery, he recounts his
own journey as an engineering student and
howheovercameoddswiththehelpof friends.
The message he conveys through the film was
not to commit suicide in any situation. Ironi-
cally in real life Sushant could not fight the
demons in his mind, and those out hurting the
morale of young artistes in Bollywood.
Sushant was a man of varied interests,
astrophysics being one of them. He was
a science buff, wrote director Abhishek
Kapoor. He concluded his note with, “stay
interstellar”. An astrophysicist Dr Karan
Jani had this to say, “Our conversations
would go into the abstracts from String
theory to Sartre…I rarely get such in-
sightful conversations…”
Whatever may have led Sushant to take the
extreme step, the fact is that depression is the
second leading cause of death in India. The
problem with depression is that many people
shy away from mentioning it, while others
are unaware of the condition which is often
confused with sadness and pessimism.
Sushant has passed on to join other
stars on the firmament. A quote aptly de-
scribes his demise, “Destiny plays its
cards in a way that no one can compre-
hend.” The show will go on.
IN-DEPTH
I
CA Raghavan made a name
for himself as a distinguished
diplomat representing the
country as the High Commis-
sioner to Pakistan and Singa-
pore, both countries with
strong historical connections
to India. His book on Paki-
stan ‘ The People Next Door:
The Curious History of In-
dia’s Relations with Paki-
stan’ is hailed as a classic
story of two nations divided
by contesting ideologies and
an arbitrary line which takes
no account of natural align-
ments. Earlier his work ‘At-
tendant Lords: Bairam Khan
and Abdur Rahim, Courtiers
and Poets in Mughal India’
received the Habib Memorial
Prize from the Indian Histo-
ry Congress in 2017.
Post his superannuation, as
Chairman of the ICWA he is
still very active in the academ-
ic and literary circuits giving
regular talks and presenta-
tions on issues concerning In-
dia’s neighbourhood and her
security. But this column is to
discuss another dimension:
that of TCA Raghavan as a pro-
fessional historian, and his
tribute to three distinguished
history scholars: Jadunath
Sarkar, GS Sardesai, and
Raghubir Sinh. As students of
history, we are aware of the
seminal contributions of all
threeof them:JadunathSarkar
(1870-1958) on the Mughals, GS
Sardesai (1865-1959) on the
Marathas and Raghubir Sinh
(1908-1991) on the Rajputs. His-
tory Men is a tribute to the his-
torical scholarship, collabora-
tion, and friendship between
these three scholars of Indian
history, but also shows and
highlights the various factions
of the Indian History Con-
gress, the public and private
scandals of the university sys-
tem, the petty intrigue, and
cunning employed by col-
leagues to oust each other from
government committees and
public honours.
Although Sardesai was
the eldest of the three, it was
Jadunath Sarkar who was
the centre of this triangular
association with the bulk of
the extant correspondence
consisting of letters between
him and GS Sardesai on one
axis, and with Raghubir
Sinh on the other. We have
fewer letters between Sard-
esai and Sinh. Their collab-
oration was for understand-
ing India’s past in the later
Mughal period, and this re-
quired that Sarkar had ac-
cess to records of the Mara-
tha sources, and Sardesai
for the Persian sources on
Marathas as the two forces
were opposed to each other,
but also intertwined.
Raghubir’s research was on
Malwa in Transition or a
Century of Anarchy (1698-
1766). So their interests and
their tracts were quite com-
plementary.
Sardesai had joined the ser-
vice of Baroda state immedi-
ately after his graduation from
Elphinstone College in 1888
and was soon asked to be the
tutor to the young prince, but
his passion for historical re-
search was so strong that he
sought retirement after putting
in 37 years as Sardesai master.
He moved to Kamshet, in 1925
as a small village near Pune
where his brother, a doctor had
built a bungalow, and he wrote
the eight-volume Marathi Riya-
sat and the two-volume British
Riyasat, which established his
reputation in Maratha history
– within the state, but it was his
lecture on Maratha History at
the Patna University which fi-
nally established his reputa-
tion. These were published at
Sarkar’s insistence as the Main
Currents of Maratha History.
The youngest of the three,
Raghubir Sinh, was also un-
like the two senior academic
dons in the sense that he was
not middle class, but the
heir to a state which was en-
titled to an eleven gun salute
and the title of His High-
ness. And what led him to
study history was the Bol-
shevik Revolution in Russia
which led to the overthrow
of Tsar Nicholas. That even-
ing, his father advised him
‘no one knows what the fu-
ture holds, and it is possible
that the princely states will
face great change, and may
well come to an end. It is
therefore essential that you
should be fully educated,
and learn to stand on your
own feet’.
And thus he became a histo-
rian, first, ding his Ph.D. and
publishing Pre medieval India
(in Hindi ) in 1931, with Ja-
dunath Sarkar endorsing he
book with fulsome praise ‘ it
strikes a new line by locating
History not as a ‘ record of
cores and follies of mankind,
but as a movement of human-
ity. He attempts to give us the
philosophy of Indian history –
the why and how of things –
during that period, and I this
way distinctly enriched our
vernacular literature ‘. And
then Sarkar agreed to be his D
Litt guide and the work Malwa
in Transition saw the light of
the day.
History Men then goes on
to describe History as Disci-
pline, Struggle and Herit-
age, and in each of these
chapters, the historical per-
spective and nuance of these
three scholars come to the
fore. A great read for all
those who want to look at
history from the lens of In-
dian historians!
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
HISTORY MEN!
T
History Men is a
tribute to the
historical
scholarship,
collaboration,
and friendship
between these
three scholars of
Indian history,
but also shows
and highlights
the various
factions of the
Indian History
Congress, the
public and
private scandals
of the university
system, the petty
intrigue, and
cunning
employed by
colleagues to oust
each other from
government
committees and
public honours
History Men then
goes on to describe
history as discipline,
struggle and heritage,
and in each of these
chapters, the
historical perspective
and nuance of these
three scholars come
to the fore. A great
read for all those who
want to look at history
from the lens of
Indian historians!
ovember 1959.
Film director
Alfred Hitch-
cock is at his
commercial
and critical peak after
the successes of Vertigo
(1958) and North by
Northwest (1959). So
what does he do next? A
black-and-white made-
for-TV movie hastily
shot, with no big-name
actors and a leading ac-
tress who takes a show-
er, and … well, we’ll
come to that.
Psycho (1960) remains
Hitchcock’s most celebrat-
ed film. But it is really two
films, glued together by the
most iconic scene in cine-
ma history.
Part one is a run-of-
the-mill morality tale.
Marion Crane (Janet
Leigh) steals $40,000
from her Phoenix em-
ployee, and goes on the
run. Guilt-stricken, she
pulls into a deserted mo-
tel and chats with the
owner, Norman Bates
(Anthony Perkins).
He seems friendly
enough – he makes her
sandwiches and talks fond-
ly about his mother – and
Marion resolves to return
the money.
Part two is a whodun-
nit. Marion’s sister (Vera
Miles) and her lover
(John Gavin) investigate
her disappearance, and
trace her steps back to
the motel. Soon, they be-
gin to have suspicions
about Norman.
THRILLER WITH
A TWIST
Audiences saw things in
Psycho that had never been
shown before on screen. A
toilet flushing. A murderer
who goes unpunished. A
post-coital Leigh, lying on
a bed, dressed only in white
underwear, while Gavin
stands topless over her.
All of Hitchcock’s trade-
mark obsessions are on
show: voyeurism, the dom-
inant matriarchal figure,
the blonde heroine, the un-
trustworthy cop.
Over his career, Hitch-
cock had always flouted
Hollywood’s Production
Code, those rigid rules that
had been in place since the
1930s that prohibited on-
screen nudity, sex and vio-
lence. Nowhere is Hitch-
cock’s brazen censor-defy-
ing clearer than in Psy-
cho’s “shower scene”.
Hitchcock, the master of
suspense, never actually
shows knife slicing flesh.
Everything is implied,
through liberal doses of
chocolate sauce, hacked
watermelons, Bernard
Herrmann’s screeching
violins, and Leigh’s blood-
curdling screams.
In one 60-second scene,
Hitchcock shatters all the
rules. It’s the most famous
of all bait and switches:
you expect one thing, but
get another. Up to that
point, no film had killed
off its lead character so
early in the story (nowa-
days, such an audacious
twist shows up every-
where, from The Lion King
to Games of Thrones). As
Leigh slides down the
blinding white tiles, arm
outstretched, a new kind
of cinema is born: twisted,
shocking, primal.
INVENTING THE
CINEMA EVENT
Hitchcock famously or-
dered cinemas to not let
anylatecomersintoscreen-
ings of Psycho, to keep the
element of surprise.
Previously, cinema-go-
ers could wander into a
film midway through,
watch the last half, and
then stick around for the
restart to catch up on what
they had missed. When
your leading lady is butch-
ered 45 minutes in, the film
makes little sense if you
arrive late – hence Hitch-
cock’s decree.
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watermelons, Bernard Herrmann’s screeching
violins, and Leigh’s blood-curdling screams Know that all creatures
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is the origin as well as the
dissolution of the entire
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INDIAJAIPUR | TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2020
Bhopal: Madhya
Pradesh Police regis-
tered an FIR against
Congress veteran Dig-
vijaya Singh and 11
others on Monday in a
case of circulation of
an alleged “edited”
video of Chief Minis-
ter Shivraj Singh
Chouhan’s old state-
ment on the liquor pol-
icy of the previous Ka-
mal Nath government.
Singh said he had no
objection to the FIR
against him, but the po-
lice should also investi-
gate the source of the
video and who “edited”
it. On Sunday night,
leaders of the ruling
BJP submitted a com-
plaint to the police, de-
manding that an FIR be
lodged against Singh
for tweeting the alleged
“edited” video.
In the video, Chou-
han is purportedly seen
commenting on the liq-
uor policy of the previ-
ous Kamal Nath
government.”On the
basis of the complaint,
a case has been regis-
tered against 12 people,
including Digivijaya
Singh and Avinash Kad-
be (MP Congress’ social
media coordinator),”
Additional Superinten-
dent of Police Nishchal
Jharia told PTI. They
have been charged un-
der IPC Sections 500
(defamation), 501 (print-
ing or engraving matter
known to be defamato-
ry), 505 (2) (public mis-
chief) and 465 (forgery),
the official said.Jharia
said the FIR was regis-
tered after the com-
plaint received from
BJP leaders was found
to be “right” in prelimi-
nary investigation.
“Further action would
be taken after the inves-
tigation, he said.
Reacting to the devel-
opment, Digvijaya Sin-
gh said the BJP is upset
as he raised an issue of
cheating in CM’s con-
stituency.
“The BJP has been
fuming and is per-
turbed since I wrote to
Chouhan that tribals in
his constituency Budh-
ni were duped of Rs 450
crore by his agents. No
action was taken dur-
ing Chouhan’s (previ-
ous) tenure. I wrote to
him that if no action
would be taken, I will be
forced to sit on a dharna
at the CM’s residence,
Singh told reporters.
He also demanded an
FIR against those who
duped the tribals in
Chouhan’s constituen-
cy. “I dont have any ob-
jection to the FIR
(against him), but it
should be investigated
what is the source (of
video) and who edited
this? The BJP and Modi-
Shah bhakts edited Ra-
hul Gandhi’s video and
circulated it and are
running fake news.
Action should also be
taken against them,”
he said. State Congress
president and former
Chief Minister Kamal
Nath criticised the ac-
tion against Digvijaya
Singh. “The BJP gov-
ernment is continu-
ously showing its ma-
licious thinking by
taking oppressive ac-
tion against Congress
leaders in the state,
Nath said.
He said the BJP gov-
ernment is setting a
“wrong tradition” in
the state.BJP are con-
stantly doing dirty poli-
tics against Congress
leaders and trying to
spoil their image, they
have made false com-
plaints against Digvi-
jaya Singh over a viral
video, he said. —PTI
FIR against Digvijaya Singh over ‘edited’ video of MP CM Chouhan
IN CONTROVERSY
New Delhi: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi
took a swipe at the gov-
ernment
using a
quote of
world-re-
n o w n e d
physicist
A l b e r t
Einstein
on Monday, saying the
only thing more danger-
ous than ignorance is
arrogance.
“Thislockdownproves
that: ‘The only thing
more dangerous than ig-
norance is arrogance’,”
hewroteonTwitterquot-
ing Einstein.
Gandhi also shared a
graph that showed how
the four lockdowns have
flattened the wrong
curve of the economy,
instead of COVID-19
deaths, which are rising
in the country.
The former Congress
president has been crit-
ical of the govern-
ment’s handling of the
coronavirus pandemic
by imposing lock-
downs, which he has
claimed as failure as
they have not given
the desired results. He
has also accused the
government of arro-
gance and not listen-
ing to the voice of the
opposition. —ANI
‘Arrogancemoreviciousthanignorance’The Congress leader also shared a graph that showed how the 4 lockdowns have flattened the wrong curve of the economy
RAGA QUOTES EINSTEIN TO ATTACK GOVT ON COVID-19 LOCKDOWN
‘No Delhi lockdown
is being planned’
New Delhi: No reimpo-
sition of lockdown is
being planned in Delhi,
tweeted Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal, quell-
ing rumours of a possi-
ble shutdown amid a
sharp rise in the coro-
navirus cases in the na-
tional capital.
The first nationwide
lockdown was imposed
on March 25 to stem
the spread of the dis-
ease and since then it
has been extended four
times. Presently, the
lockdown is only in
containment zones till
June 30.
“Many people are
speculating whether
another lockdown in
Delhi in being planned.
There are no such
plans,” said CM Kejri-
wal. Earlier in the day,
Home Minister Amit
Shah chaired a meeting
of all the parties of Del-
hi to discuss the corona-
virus crisis in the city.
The government said
that the Centre and the
AAP dispensation have
agreed on an immedi-
ate action plan to in-
crease capacity of beds,
increase testing and
other important initia-
tives. However, no par-
ty at the meeting sug-
gested a reimposition
of lockdown to tackle
the rise in coronavirus
cases. —Agencies
Hyderabad: Telangana
gave permission to IC-
MR-approved private
labs and diagnostic cen-
tres to conduct Covid-19
tests and capped the
cost of test at Rs 2,200.
The government also
capped treatment cost
at private hospitals.
The cost per day for ad-
mission in isolation
ward in a private hospi-
tal has been capped at
Rs 4,000. Treatment
without ventilator in
ICU room has been
capped at Rs 7,500 per
day while treatment
with ventilator in ICU
has been capped at Rs
9,000 per day. “If any lab
or diagnostic centre or
any private hospital is
found exploiting people
or patients by over-
charging, we will take
strict action like seizing
the facility or blacklist-
ing it,” warned CS So-
mesh Kumar. —ANI
COVID-19 test: TS fixes rates for pvt hosps
A view of a wholesale vegetable market showing no respect to social distancing guidelines, during ongoing COVID-19 lockdown in Jammu on Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI
New Delhi: The SC
pulled up automobile
associations, including
Federation of Automo-
bile Dealers Associa-
tions (FADA), noting
that its order on relaxa-
tions for sale and regis-
tration of BS 4 vehicles
has been flouted by
dealers.
A bench headed by
Justice Arun Mishra
and also comprising
Justice S Abdul Nazeer
and Justice Indira Ba-
nerjee was hearing a
case related to the re-
laxation in the sale and
registration of vehicles,
compliant with BS 4
emission norms.
The bench said that
its earlier order on re-
laxations for sale and
registration of BS 4 ve-
hicles has been appar-
ently flouted by auto-
mobile dealers. The
apex court observed
that it had allowed the
sale and registration of
1.05 lakh BS 4 vehicles,
but 2.55 lakh vehicles
have been sold since
then.The top court
sought the details of the
sale and registrations
of vehicles by FADA by
Friday. The court also
asked the Ministry of
Road Transport to sub-
mit details of BS 4 vehi-
cles sold and registered
after the court's March
27 order. —Agencies
SC pulls up auto industry
bodies for flouting orders
Mumbai: In a relief
to both domestic and
international air-
lines, the Bombay
High Court allowed
them to fill up middle
seats, in compliance
with the May 31 circu-
lar issued by the Civil
Aviation, on the con-
dition that passen-
gers wear ‘wrap
around’ gowns and
that standard operat-
ing procedures
(SOPs) issued by the
Directorate General
of Civil Aviation
(DGCA) are followed.
A division bench of
Justices S J Kathawal-
la and S P Tavade
passed the judgement,
through vc, on a plea
filed by Air India pilot
Deven Kanani, who
alleged that national
carrier Air India had
violated social dis-
tancing norms while
evacuating Indians
stranded abroad on
special flights. The
plea was submitted
through advocate Ab-
hilash Panickar.
On June 4, the
bench had reserved
the matter for final or-
der. In its interim or-
der, the court had di-
rected all domestic
and international air-
lines to comply with
the DGCA rules till its
final hearing. —Agencies
Airlines can book
middle seats, says HC
Mumbai: The Coun-
cil for Indian School
Certificate Exami-
nations (CISCE) in-
formed Bombay HC
that it will not force
students to appear
for remaining exam-
inations for Class 10
and 12 in July, 2020.
The Council said
that students can ei-
ther appear for
pending exams as
per the revised
schedule or they
could opt out of the
remaining exams, in
which case the final
results will be based
on performance in
internal assessment
or pre-board exams.
CISCE class
10, 12 pupils
can opt out of
pending exams
IN THE COURTYARD
New Delhi: External
Affairs Minister Dr S
Jaishankar said that In-
dia is an essential
source of ''trusted tal-
ent'' for the global econ-
omy, and human re-
sources are at the core
of India's engagement
with the world.
“India is today a crit-
ical source of trusted
talent and competitive
skills for the global
economy. Human re-
sources are at the core
of our engagement
with the world,” he
said at the keynote ad-
dress of 3rd Annual
Conference, Protectors
of Emigrants.
“The focus of the
conference would be to
focus on the policy and
practices pertaining to
all aspect of migration.
And this is a very im-
portant responsibility
and one that has ac-
quired even greater re-
sponsibility in the light
coronavirus pandem-
ic,” he added.
He said that the focus
of the government has
been to provide better
opportunities and wel-
fare measures to pro-
spective migrants.
We have been en-
gaged in negotiation
with the foreign govern-
ments to provide ease
of travel and opportu-
nity through migration
and mobility agree-
ments,” he added.
Protectors of emi-
grants can grant emi-
grant clearance under
Emigration Act, 1983.
‘Indiasourceoftrusted
talentforglobaleconomy’
CM SPEAK
Dr. S. Jaishankar addresses the inaugural session of the 3rd
Annual Conference of Protectors of Emigrants in New Delhi.
OVER 57.7L TESTS DONE SO FAR: ICMR
OOO
STORY SO FAR

INDIAJAIPUR | TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2020
New Delhi: IMD on
Monday, stated that fair-
ly widespread to wide-
spread rainfall is likely
to continue over Maha-
rashtra, Chhattisgarh,
West Bengal and Sik-
kim,Odisha,Jharkhand
and Bihar during the
next two-three days.
It also stated that an
east-west trough runs
from northwest Ra-
jasthan to Gangetic
West Bengal at lower
tropospheric levels and
an east-west shear zone
is seen from Sub-Hima-
layan West Bengal to
north Konkan across
the cyclonic circulation
over southeast UP,
south MP, north Mad-
hya Maharashtra be-
tween 3.1 and 5.8 km
above mean sea level.
“Under the influence of
above systems, fairly
widespread to wide-
spread rainfall very
likely to continue over
Maharashtra, Chhattis-
garh, West Bengal and
Sikkim, Odisha,
Jharkhand & Bihar
during next 2-3 days;
Scattered heavy rain
and isolated extremely
heavy falls over Konkan
and Goa, isolated very
heavy falls over central
India and Bihar,
Jharkhand and Ganget-
ic West Bengal during
next 2-3 days,” IMD fur-
ther stated. —ANI
MONSOON ACTIVE OVER
WEST, CENTRAL, EAST INDIA
WILL BANSAL BE APPOINTED
COMMISSIONER, GCC?
Name of Pankaj Kumar Bansal is doing the
rounds for the post of Commissioner, Greater
Chennai Corporation (GCC). He is a 1997 batch
IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
HOW MANY 1987 BATCH IPS
OFFICERS WILL JOIN GOI?
It is said that out of the total empanelled 15 IPS
officers of the 1987 batch, only a couple of offi-
cers are expected to join the GoI. Others are said
to be comfortable in their respective states. Many
of them are already DGP in their states.
THREE 1988 BATCH IPS OFFICERS
HOLDING INDEPENDENT POSITION
While about half a dozen IPS officers of the
1986 batch are waiting in the wings, three 1988
batch IPS officers are holding independent
assignments. They include Jharkhand cadre
IPS officer SN Pradhan, who is DG NDRF, West
Bengal cadre IPS officer Ram Phal Pawar, who
is DG NCRB and Gujarat cadre IPS officer Atul
Karwal, who is Director National Police Acade-
my, Hyderabad.
BNN MURTHY RELIEVED TO
JOIN KARNATAKA CADRE
The Government of Andhra Pradesh has relieved
BNN Murthy in order to join Karnataka cadre
on inter- cadre deputation for a period of three
years. He is a 2007 batch IFS officer of AP cadre.
NO IPS OFFICER FROM UP
EMPANELLED AS DG IN GOI
No IPS officer of the 1987 batch from Uttar
Pradesh, has been empanelled for holding either
DG or equivalent post despite having had four
eligible officers of this batch.
THREE VACANCIES OF SPECIAL
DIRECTORS IN ED
There are currently three vacancies of Special Di-
rector located at Mumbai, Delhi and Chandigarh
in ED. There are reports that the vacancies may
be filled up in a couple of months.
FORMER IAS OFFICER TO JOIN
PATANJALI GROUP?
Former 2005 batch IAS officer of UP cadre, Na-
gendra Prasad Singh is likely to join the Patanjali
Group in Haridwar.
FOUR AGMUT CADRE IAS OFFICERS
TRANSFERRED TO DELHI
Four officers of AGMUT cadre have been trans-
ferred to Delhi Government. They are: Gaurav
Singh Rajawat, Vikram Singh Malik, Avinash
Kumar and Monica Priyadarshini.
TANMAY KUMAR IS ALSO DIRECTOR,
NHPC LIMITED
Tanmay Kumar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Pow-
er, has been appointed as Government Nominee
Director on the Board of NHPC Limited. He is a
1993 batch IAS officer.
TWO CENTRALLY DEPUTED IAS
OFFICERS ATTACHED TO DELHI GOVT
Two IAS officers, who are on deputation to Govt
of India, are being attached to Delhi govt in order
to tackle increasing cases of COVID-19. They are:
SCL Das and Sajjan Singh Yadav. Das is a 1992
batch IAS and presently posted as DG, Hydrocar-
bons, in the Ministry of Petroleum and Yadav, a
1995 batch IAS is Joint Secretary, WCD. It is said
that the HM has reportedly directed attachment
to these two IAS officers to Delhi Govt.
VINAY AMBADE GIVEN ADDL CHARGE
OF CHAIRMAN, RRB, CHANDIGARH
Vinay Ambade, presently posted as Chairman,
Railway Recruitment Board, Jammu, has been
assigned additional charge as Chairman, Railway
Recruitment Board, Chandigarh.
POWERGallery
Mumbai: In a district-
wise forecast, the Indi-
an Meteorological De-
partment (IMD) issued
an orange alert for
Mumbai, Thane and
Palghar for Monday
and Tuesday. The IMD
warned of very heavy
to extremely heavy
rainfall along the west
coast of Maharashtra
and the southern state.
The National Disaster
Management Authori-
ty (NDMA) of India
also warned the citi-
zens of incessant rain-
fall quoting IMD. Or-
ange alert has been is-
sued to warn the citi-
zens to be prepared.
The remaining dis-
tricts of the west coast,
parts of central Maha-
rashtra as well as iso-
lated areas of Vidarbha
and Marathwada are
also to receive inces-
sant rainfall. Heavy
rainfall at isolated plac-
es is likely in Goa &
Konkan region during
the next 24 hours. It has
been three days since
the monsoons have ar-
rived in southern Ma-
harashtra. —ANI
Orange alert
issued for
Mum,Thane
and Palghar
New Delhi: Mahant
Deependra Giri, the cus-
todian of the holy mace
of Lord Shiva, has an-
nounced the schedule
for the Chhari-Mubarak
rituals for this year’s
Amarnath Yatra and
said the pilgrimage will
be “a low-key affair” in
view of the coronavirus
pandemic.
“Mahant Deependra
Giri Ji told that this year
Yatraisgoingtobealow-
key affair keeping in
view of COVID-19 pan-
demic,” a press release
said on Monday. Giving
details of the Chhari-
Mubarak pooja, he said
that as per traditions,
‘Bhoomi-Pujan’, ‘Navg-
rah Pujan’ and ‘Dhawa-
jarohan’ rituals, that
mark the commence-
ment of the Amarnath
Yatra, will be performed
at Pahalgam on ‘Ashad-
Purnima’ on July 5.
After performing
Chhari-Pujan at
Dashnami Akhara Sri-
nagar on of ‘Nag-Pan-
chami’ on July 25, Ma-
hant Giri will carry the
holy mace to the holy
shrine of Swami Amar-
nath to have ‘Darshan’
on the auspicious occa-
sion of ‘Shravan-Purni-
ma’ on August 3. —ANI
Mahant announces
Chhari-Mubarak
pooja calendar
AMARNATH YATRA
Amaravati: Telugu De-
samParty(TDP)chief N
Chandrababu Naidu
has written letters to the
kin of 15 victims, who
lost their lives in the LG
Polymers gas leak trag-
edy in Visakhapatnam,
and assured them finan-
cial assistance of Rs
50,000 each.
In his letters, the
TDP chief said that he
had planned to person-
ally meet the victims’
families to hand over
Rs 50,000 financial as-
sistance to each of
them but the govern-
ment was not giving
him permission to visit
Visakhapatnam. He
added that one flight
was cancelled when he
was about to go to the
port city. The TDP lead-
ers will be visiting all
the bereaved families
and assistance would
be directly deposited to
their bank accounts.
He further said the
kin of victims that the
loss caused couldn’t be
compensated. Styrene
gas, which leaked from
gas plant of LG Poly-
mers in RR Venkata-
puram village in Vi-
sakhapatnam district
on May 7, had claimed
over 10 lives and had left
several people ill. —ANI
Naidu writes to kin of 15 victims,
announces `50,000 assistance
VIZAG GAS LEAK
N Chandrababu Naidu
New Delhi: The Delhi
HC issued notice to
Delhi government on a
plea seeking quashing
of a circular dated
March 25 suspending
legal consultation of
the inmates with advo-
cates of their choice in
Delhi prison in view of
COVID-19 pandemic.
The petition, filed by
lawyer Ajit P Singh
through advocate Lav
Kumar Agrawal, is
seeking to allow legal
interviews between jail
inmates with the advo-
cates of their choice.
A division bench of
Chief Justice DN Patel
and Justice Prateek Ja-
lan asked Delhi gov-
ernment to file a reply
on the petition and
listed the matter for
hearing on June 29.
The petitioner sub-
mitted that the circular
issued by the Director
General (Prison), who
is working under the re-
spondent government,
hasviolatedArticle21of
theConstitutionof India
by not allowing the in-
mates of Delhi Prison to
take legal advice & con-
sultations via personal
meetings & peruse their
casesbywayof Advocate
of their choice. —ANI
Delhigovt’sreplysoughtoninmates’plea
Rajouri: Pakistan on
Monday, violated cease-
fire along the Line of
Control (LoC) in Sun-
derbani sector of Ra-
jouri district on Mon-
day, the army officials
informed.
The ceasefire viola-
tions by Pakistan took
place at 2.30 pm. The
Indian Army is retaliat-
ing befittingly.
On June 14, one Indi-
an Army jawan lost his
life in unprovoked
ceasefire violation by
the Pakistan Army in
Poonch sector of Jam-
mu and Kashmir, offi-
cials told ANI. —ANI
Pakistan violates
ceasefire along
LoCinSunderbani
Two officials...
The incident took place
days after two Pakistani
officials at Pakistani
High Commission in
New Delhi were deport-
ed for espionage activi-
ties in India. —ANI
‘India-Nepal...
a BJP’s virtual rally for
Uttarakhand, the state
in whose border region
the road has been built.
“These are no ordi-
nary ties and we are
bound by ‘roti’ and
‘beti’ (livelihood and
marriage). No power in
the world can break it,”
Singh said.
The bilateral ties be-
tween the two countries
came under strain after
Singh inaugurated a
80-km-long strategical-
ly-crucial road connect-
ing the Lipulekh pass
with Dharchula in Ut-
tarakhand on May 8.
Nepal’s Parliament
had on Saturday unani-
mously voted to amend
the Constitution to up-
date the country’s new
political map, laying
claim over three strate-
gically key areas, in-
cluding Lipulekh, along
the border with India.
“If the Lipulekh-
Dharchula road has
given rise to some mis-
understanding among
the people of Nepal, I
believe we can sit to-
gether to address it. We
can do it through dia-
logue,” the defence
minister said.
Singh, however, reit-
erated India’s stand
that the 80-km road had
been built in Indian ter-
ritory, while acknowl-
edging that this had
caused some misunder-
standing in Nepal.
The road will shorten
the duration of the
Kailash Mansarovar
pilgrimage by six days,
according to Singh.
Nepal had reacted
sharply to the inaugu-
ration of the road,
claiming that it passed
through Nepalese terri-
tory. India rejected the
claim asserting that the
road lies completely
within its territory.
Nepal had last month
released the revised po-
litical and administra-
tive map of the country
laying claim over the
strategically key areas,
more than six months
after India published a
new map in November.
At pains to highlight
the deep ties between
the two countries, the
defence minister spoke
about the valour of the
Gorkha regiment,
whose soldiers are most-
ly drawn from Nepal,
and noted that its battle
cry is “Maha Kali, Aayo
Gorkhali” (Goddess
Kali, Gorkhas are here).
“How can the In-
dia-Nepal relations be
broken?” he asked.
“No matter how much
fencing one does
across Dharchula,
these ties cannot be
ended,” he said.
In his address, Singh
also highlighted the
work done by the Modi
government and said it
had delivered on a host
of promises like abro-
gation of Article 370
and prohibiting instant
triple talaq.
Gap between politi-
cians’ promises and
their work had caused a
“crisis of credibility”,
but the Modi govern-
ment has triumphed
over it by delivering on
the party’s manifesto,
Singh said.
The government has
also been working to
reduce India’s depen-
dence on imports in the
defence sector by boost-
ing domestic manufac-
turing and exports of
defence equipment. It
has set an export target
of USD 5 billion by
2024, he said.
According to Singh,
India has progressed a
lot under the six years
of Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi-led NDA
government and its
economy had become
fifth largest in the
world from the ninth
earlier. —PTI
Total lockdown...
with Indian Council for
Medical Research- Na-
tionalInstituteof Epide-
miology here took part
inthemeetingthrougha
virtual link.
On Sunday, Tamil
Nadu registered 1,974
new coronavirus cases
pushing the overall tal-
ly to 44,661 and 38 peo-
ple died of the virus,
raising the fatality
count to 435 in the state.
Dr V Ramasubrama-
nian, a member of the
expert committee, said
theriseinthenumberof
cases was on expected
lines. Though there was
‘psychological stress’
andseveralpeoplefeared
the pandemic, they did
not take adequate pre-
cautions and it was a di-
chotomy, he said.
The member, an infec-
tiousdiseasesspecialist,
said following the pan-
el’s suggestions mobile
hospitals have been de-
ployed by the govern-
ment and people with
apprehensions may
avail counselling from
such facilities, he said.
“It has been suggest-
ed that symptomatic
people with necessary
means could isolate
themselves at their
homes.” —ANI
FROM PG 1
THE FORECAST 23% SURPLUS RAIN IN ODISHA
“Under the influence of above sys-
tems, fairly widespread to widespread
rainfall very likely to continue over
Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, West
Bengal and Sikkim, Odisha, Jharkhand
and Bihar during next 2-3 days; Scat-
tered heavy to very heavy falls and
isolated extremely heavy falls over
Konkan and Goa,” the IMD stated.
Bhubaneswar: Odisha received 23
per cent surplus rainfall against
normal 79.2 per cent between June 1
to June 15 this year, said HR Biswas,
IMD Bhubaneshwar director on
Monday. “Odisha received 97.4 mm
rainfall i.e. 23 per cent access rain
against normal 79.2 per cent from
June 1 to June 15.
Commuters wade through a water-logged road after heavy downpour in Patna. Mumbai would continue to receive heavy rains.
A motorist rides through a flooded street in Puri.

TALKING POINTJAIPUR | TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2020
MLAs TALK ECONOMY AND MORE
CM Ashok Gehlot flanked by Govind Dotasara, Sanyam Lodha, Vivek Bansal, Supriya Shrinate, Mahendra Chaudhary and Mahadev
Khandela and others.
CM Ashok Gehlot along with Rajendra Gudha, Joginder Awana, Sandeep Yadav, Lakhan Singh and
Deepchand at JW Marriott on Monday.
Babulal Nagar and Harish Chaudhary. Amin Kagzi engages in a game of Football. Mamta Bhupesh enjoys cycling at the venue.
Harish Chaudhary, Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, Subhash Garg, Prashant Bairwa and Mahendra
Vishnoi in a relaxed mood.
A cake was cut at the hotel on the birthday of MLA Om Prakash Hoodla. All 13 independent MLAs,
including Sanyam Lodha, were present on this occasion.
Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, Prashant Bairava and Rohit Bohra.
MLAs playing cricket.
Rajendra Gudha, Joginder Awana and Lakhan Meena Saleh Mohammad, Sanyam Lodha and Jagdish Jangid.
Fitness first: Prashant Bairwa.
Govind Dotasara busy with files.
CM Ashok Gehlot wishing Om Prakash Hoodla on his birthday.
Avinash Pande addressing the gathering where CM Ashok Gehlot, Vivek Bansal, BD Kalla and others were present.
Congress leaders including Mamta Bhupesh,
Shakuntala Rawat, Safia Zubir, Rafiq Khan,
Ganga Devi, Suresh Tank played Antakshari.
Day4sawCongNational
spokespersonSupriyaShrinate
givingalectureoneconomy
whichwasattendedby
CMAshokGehlot,Avinash
Pande,SachinPilotalongwithall
MLAsincludingBTPand
Independents.Latertheybonded
oversports&indoorgames.

First India Bureau
Jaipur: Since the hit of
COVID-19inthecountry,
every state has set up
their plans apart from
following the guidelines
by the Centre. With
many states reporting
lessavailabilityof equip-
ment and non-availabili-
ty of resources if cases
rise,with the efforts of
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot, Rajasthan is
ready with enough
backup to treat thou-
sands of patients at a
time with nearly 407
COVID Hospitals and
Care Centres.
The total number of
beds in state is 43,704.
State has also kept the
supply of PPE kits, N-95
masks, sanitizers intact.
“Our focus has been
to save lives. Aggres-
sive testing leading to
early detection of
cases coupled with
quality healthcare is
the hallmark of our
strategy. We closely
monitor availability of
health infrastructure in
each district. It’s a mat-
ter of satisfaction that
the active cases in the
state are below 3,000 for
last 10 days indicating a
flattening of curve,”
said ACS Health Rohit
Kumar Singh.
Experience is important but
don’t allow it to become a hurdle
to take up new challenges in
unchartered territories.
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MLAs staying like a family, this
is a blessing in disguise: PandeYogesh Sharma
Jaipur: Congress Gen-
eral Secretary and Ra-
jasthan Incharge Avi-
nash Pande said that
the legislators who are
supporting the Ashok
Gehlot government in
Rajasthan would con-
tinue to stay together
at a hotel till the Rajya
Sabha election due to
the alleged poaching
threat from the BJP.
Pande said that the
legislators had been
staying like a family,
adding that discus-
sions on the future
roadmap for the devel-
opment of the state
were being held at the
hotel. According to
Pande, the SOG is inves-
tigating the alleged at-
tempts to poach and
destabilise state govern-
ment, and the report is
likely to come soon.
Pande said the Inde-
pendentMLAsandlegis-
lators of other parties
had supported the gov-
ernment,whichtookthe
number to 125 (includ-
ing 107 Congress MLAs)
in the House of 200.
“We are staying like
a family and this is a
blessing in disguise,”
Pande said, adding
that the legislators
had been kept after
discussion with them.
Asked about Food
and Civil Supplies Min-
ister Ramesh Meena’s
absence, Pande said he
was away due to some
“personal reasons”, but
he was in touch.
Meanwhile, a letter
writtentoPandebyMLA
Bharat Singh surfaced
in which Singh had
pointed out that most of
RSMPs“donotevenrec-
ognise” MLAs who elect
them. In the letter, he
said senior leaders were
focusingonRSpollswith
seriousness despite fact
that two seats were sure
to be won by the party.
Asked about it, Pande
said that Singh had ex-
pressed his sentiments
in a positive way. On
cabinet expansion, Pan-
desaiddiscussionwould
be held at the right time.
UNITY IN STRENGTH: Avinash Pande with Sudarshan Rawat, Dr Subhash Garg, Rafiq Khan, Neeraj
Dangi and Ashok Chandna at JW Marriott hotel.
AVINASH PANDE
@avinashpandeinc
And since every team
can use a little extra
motivation once in a
while, we set out to
field today playing
cricket, football and
other sports. It was
fun to loosen up a lit-
tle; thereby maintain-
ing a positive team
culture. Thanking all
for their participation
and great team spirit.
Notice to Vedanta for
alleged royalty theft
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: The premier
zinc mining and
manufacturing com-
pany of India - Hin-
dustan Zinc Limited
aka Vedanta has al-
legedly indulged in
royalty theft from
state government. In
past five years, the
company mined cad-
mium along with zinc,
and it is alleged that
theinformationof this
mining was not given
to state government.
The mining depart-
ment has been given a
report in this regard
by State Directorate of
Revenue Intelligence
claiming misrepresen-
tation in statistic and
on the basis of report,
mining department
has issued a notice to
the company of recov-
ery of Rs 2,500 crore.
The SDRI has reg-
istered a preliminary
investigation report
against Vedanta and
handed the report of
alleged royalty theft
of Rs 2,500 crore to
mining department.
Based on this report, a
recovery notice has
beenissuedtoVedanta,
which is the biggest
lead and zinc mining
companyinRajasthan.
As per MMDR Act
1957, mining compa-
ny has to inform In-
dian Bureau of Min-
ing of Central gov-
ernment and mining
and geology depart-
ment of state govern-
ment about minerals
and by products
mined in any state.
SDRI conducted a suo-
moto investigation
wherein it was alleged
that for past several
years, company re-
cordsdonotshowright
quantity of by-prod-
ucts - silver and cad-
mium-whichhasalleg-
edly caused a royalty
loss of Rs 2,500 crore to
state. SDRI studied
production details of
Hindustan Zinc Limit-
ed from 2012-17 and
then studied statistics
of IBMandminingand
geology department of
state govt when data
was, allegedly, not
foundtobecorrespond-
ing,itwasclaimedthat
Vedanta has misrepre-
sented quantity of sil-
ver. IBM was told more
production while min-
ing department was
told of lesser and it is
alleged that company
hid information about
mining 3.65 lakh kg of
silverwhichhasresult-
ed in the alleged ex-
chequer loss to govern-
ment. Thus mining de-
partment has served a
30 day notice to com-
pany asking for right
information about roy-
alty, failing which the
recovery will be done.
Total
Cases
Backup
Beds
COVID-19 VS INFRASTRUCTURE
Recovered Active
12,532 9,431
43,704
2,815
CM has misconception, they can merge
any party into Cong: BJP-ally RLP
Raj focused to save lives, makes health
infrastructure solid to battle Corona
From P1
Chief Ministerial as-
signment, Pilot became
non-cooperative and
rather defiant towards
the Chief Minister
from day one and there-
fore in such a ‘tense’
situation, there was
virtually no opportuni-
ty for a soft-spoken Ge-
hlot to have a proper
understanding with
Pilot.
Now, there is a per-
petual frustration and
disappointmentonboth
the sides and therefore
the ‘show will go on’ in
its present form only.
Pilot has also com-
plained to the Con-
gress High Command
that Gehlot camp has
painted him as a ‘vil-
lain’ among Con-
gress MLAs in the
ongoing Rajya Sabha
poll scenario and ef-
forts have been made
in a planned way to
tarnish his image.
The fifth outcome is
that the upcoming po-
litical appointments
and Cabinet reshuffle
may provide a much
awaited ‘opportunity’
to the dissidents to
gather the support of
all disappointed MLAs,
who could not be ac-
commodated in the
CabinetorintheBoards
or Corporations. Pilot
camp and other forces
hope that this opportu-
nity may bring at least
15-20 more disgruntled
Congress MLAs closer
to them, in addition to
existing dozen Pilot
camp MLAs, once the
exercise of political ap-
pointments and Cabi-
net reshuffle is over by
June end.
There is an element
of urgency in com-
pleting this exercise
because lot of ‘assur-
ances’ have been
made by Gehlot camp
to a number of Con-
gress, Independent
and BSP MLAs and if,
because of any rea-
son, this reshuffle is
further postponed,
then it will be really
difficult for Ashok
Gehlot and Avinash
Pande to control the
resentment.
The sixth outcome is
that because of a num-
ber of reasons or pres-
sures or political com-
pulsions,afewhardcore
Pilot camp MLAs have
started ‘distancing’
themselves from Pilot.
The latest case is of a
young hardcore Pilot
camp MLA from Ra-
jakhera (Dholpur) Ro-
hit Bohra, who appar-
ently under the pres-
sure of his aging fa-
ther and a former
Gehlot Cabinet minis-
ter Pradhuman Sin-
gh, has virtually left
Pilot camp and joined
Gehlot’s ‘young bri-
gade’. Rohitdidn’teven
attend late Rajesh Pi-
lot’s anniversary
prayers at Bhandana
(Dausa) on June 11. Ge-
hlot camp does not rule
out possibility of join-
ing of a few more Pilot
camp MLAs in Gehlot’s
bandwagon.
The seventh out-
come is like all great
stories! This RS elec-
tion story or drama
also comes to an end,
four days before
polling date ie
June 19.
Congress
is com-
fortably placed to win
on both seats and BJP
is now on a backfoot
after failing to garner
support from ‘expect-
ed’ 30 MLAs from Pi-
lot camp as the ‘plan’
to ‘poach’ MLAs
stands dropped by
now on grounds of in-
sufficient numbers
and other political
reasons.
The eighth outcome
is that right after the RS
polls, the Cabinet re-
shuffle is on the
cards and it is
believedthat
Pilot camp
will be
dealt with a further
blowasitsmemberswill
be ‘weakened’ and Ge-
hlot camp will re-initi-
ate its effort to bring a
new chief in the PCC,
this time with new zeal
and vigour. And thus
next big question is if
their ‘efforts’ will bear
fruit or will ‘Pilot’ navi-
gate safely through the
dark clouds, as in the
past, and continue to re-
main PCC Chief with
support of Rahul Gan-
dhi.
Theninthoutcomeis,
due to ‘Pilot factor’ the
MLAs and specially
MLAs supporting Pilot,
will be more important
andrelevantinthecom-
ing days and the Gehlot
government will also
make its best efforts to
pacify them with at
least the desired post-
ings and transfers of
key officials in their re-
spective constituencies.
Some of them may be
compensated with
some political ap-
pointment or Cabinet
berth and some even
may be offered some
reasonable money.
Gehlot’s ‘political
management’ brigade
led by Dr Raghu Shar-
ma, Dr Mahesh Joshi,
Dharmendra Rathore
will have to be kept in
place by a ‘concerned’
Gehlot at least for the
coming few months.
Thesideeffectof this
luring or management
will be that Gehlot’s
‘good governance’
agenda and develop-
ment programmes will
take a back seat, at least
for the time being,
where a sizeable por-
tion of his time
willbeengaged
or wasted in ‘manag-
ing’ his own party
MLAs, most of whom
have won their elec-
tions with a popular
Gehlot brand.
The tenth outcome is
with the winning of
both Rajya Sabha seats
without any friction,
the first phase of ‘top-
pling game’ will be over
on June 19 evening, but
there is a strong possi-
bility of launching the
second phase of the
same ‘pull down’ cam-
paign after June 19, by
the ‘relevant forces’.
By guessing this
eventuality, a Gehlot
confidante and Chief
Whip Dr Mahesh
Joshi, in a statement
on Monday, has also
endorsed the idea of
a second ‘pull down’
exercise after June
19. He said, “Another
attempt could be made
but we will be alert.
There are several ma-
jor issues in poaching
incident and agencies
are investigating it. All
revelations will be
made after June 19.”
Gehlot’s ‘Trimurti’ needs to stay alert of disgruntled MLAs!
Jaipur: Even as the
Congress has housed
its MLAs at a private
resort ahead of Rajya
Sabha polls in Ra-
jasthan, opposition
BJP’s ally Rashtriya
Loktantrik Party
(RLP) has accused the
ruling party of ‘try-
ingtolureRLPMLAs’.
RLP led by Nagaur
MP Hanuman Beniwal
has three MLAs in the
Assembly, including
Beniwal’s brother. The
party had formed an al-
liance with BJP both in
the last Lok Sabha and
Assembly elections.
Speaking to the me-
dia, RLP state Presi-
dent Pukhraj Garg
said that the ruling
Congress had tried to
lure away the party
MLAs by lucrative
promises but the law-
makers had rejected
the same. “CM Ashok
Gehlot has this miscon-
ception that they can
mergeanypartyintothe
Congress, as was done
withtheBSPlawmakers.
However, the RLP has
been formed after doing
the ground work and we
did not fall into the Con-
gress’ trap,” he added.
All six MLAs of the
Bahujan Samaj Party in
Rajasthan had joined
the ruling Congress a
few months back.
Nagaur MP Hanu-
man Beniwal said that
their phones were be-
ing tapped which is not
a good sign for healthy
democracy. The meet-
ingwasheldatLeaderof
Opposition Gulabchand
Kataria’s residence.
Beniwal claimed that
quite a few Independent
and Cong MLAs were in
touch with him and he
had appealed to them to
support BJP. —PTI
PILOT MEETS PANDE, GEHLOT
Hanuman Beniwal
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JAI HO!After all these years here is the real reason behind
the split of Nicole Scherzinger and Lewis Hamilton
ith the return of
the singing reality
show ‘The Masked
Singer’ in the
United Kingdom,
the question
about Nicole
Scherzinger, one of the
judges of the show, has
made headlines again with
the question ‘What was the
REAL reason behind the
split of her and Lewis
Hamilton?
The couple met back in
2007, and after an on-and-
off dating for a few years,
they split up in 2016, as
their relationship faced a
lot of problems since the
couple was in a long-dis-
tance relationship. Lewis
had also previously
mentioned that the re-
lationshipwas“tough
to hold down” be-
cause of the distance.
Later in 2017, Lewis
mentioned that they
had parted ways as
their relationship got
in the way for his love
of cars.
He said, “My cars
are my babies. I used to
say when I had a girl-
friend, ‘I’m taking one
of the girls out, so you
can come if you want,
but you come second
when it comes to the
cars.’”
Later when Nicole
was asked about the
same, she said, “I
don’t see anything
negative, I think it’s
quite natural
when people sep-
arate and go their
own ways and
you just have to
be adult about it
and just always
wish the other per-
son happiness, suc-
cess and love like sincerely
and I do.”
Nicole Scherzinger is an
American singer, actor,
dancer and songwriter,
and rose to fame as the lead
singer of the ‘Pussycat
Dolls’, one of the world’s
best-selling girl groups of
all time. Whereas, Lewis
Hamilton is a British rac-
ing driver, who had won
his first World Drivers’
Championship in 2008.
Scherzinger, the lead
singer of the Pussycat
Dolls, wrote the English
version of ‘Jai Ho! (You
Are My Destiny)’, the
song appeared on the re-
release of the group’s
second studio album
Doll Domination (2008).
Scherzinger was hesitant
at first, stating in an inter-
view that, “ I was scared
to death to touch it,
afraid for people to
hear it before I even
wrote it.”
Scherzinger put her
“heart into writing
the lyrics and put
in themes from the
film Slumdog Mil-
lionaire. Love
and destiny were
elements from
the movie that
she put into the
track”. She stat-
ed that she
“prayed every
night to do
this right.”
JAI HO!After all these years here is the real reason behind
the split of Nicole Scherzinger and Lewis Hamilton
ith the return of
the singing reality
show ‘The Masked
Singer’ in the
United Kingdom,
the question
about Nicole
Scherzinger, one of the
judges of the show, has
made headlines again with
the question ‘What was the
W
NEHAL NAYAR
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Nicole Scherzinger

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YOUR
DAYHoroscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
You will spend a very
comfortable relaxing day
today. Life is good and easy
for you though you
sometimes struggles with emotions
but thats normal. Your spouse will
surprise you with good food today.
Your patience will pay on academic
front. You’re an introvert.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
You will spend majority of
your day in taking care of
your spouse and kids and
catering to their needs. You
will deliver all the work expected
from you on time and you can expect
magical results. Never see yourself
with doubt, have faith in yourself and
be confident.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
On professional front, you
networking skills will be
really helpful for you.
Someone in your
environment will boost your morale.
Look for long term benefits rather
than concentrating on the short ones.
An outing with family with prove to
be very educational in nature.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
You are socially sometime
involved in backbiting and
you must refrain at all costs
from doing that as it can
cause permanent damage to your
relationships. You always feel
emotional secure and for you letting go
of things that aren’t good for you is
easy. You will make a good parent.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
You can expect good
returns from your
business. You like to serve
people and do the best you
can for them. You will soon get a
hike in salary. You will be a part of a
big project which will be very famous
and so will you be alongside. You
may have many social affairs.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
It will be good for you to go
on a business trip as it will
be good change for you. You
will successfully fetch a
good price for your property. Your kid
will help you if there is any financial
requirement. Life will bring many
exciting opportunities to your life but
its you who needs to understand.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
It will be good for your
health if you stay miles
away from stress or do
some exercises that will
help you to remain more calm.
Family is your one big strength and
they will always stand by you. For
students, you must give your
everything to your assignment.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Keep growing in the
business of self improve-
ment as someday you will
do something big and will
make everyone proud. You must
introduce yourself to new fitness
programs if the current ones have
stop challenging you. Family is your
strength as well as your weakness.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
You need not worry about
your finances as they are
in safe hands. You must
not wait for someone to
motivate you, trust yourself and
derive motivation from within. Keep
your ego in check on professional
front to avoid any unnecessary
problems. Don’t spoon feed anyone.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
You will outsmart your
colleagues in office today.
You may feel tempted to
do something big for
someone but your must also keep in
mind your limits. Your professional
life is good full of fun ad well as
challenges and you get learn
something new everyday.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Your stars support a lot of
travelling, may be within
the country or outside
depending on your pocket,
You may take help from your father
as far as career advice is concerned
as he always tends to give you the
right advice. You will achieve all your
goals as far as you focus.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Life is good for you and
you always tends to
express gratitude to the
almighty. You are brave
just like a lion and your capabilities
speak for yourself. Your efforts on
business front won’t go waste. Make
sure to do whatever it takes to keep
your relationships straight.
DEDICATION, PROFESSIONALISM
AND COMPASSION FOR SUCCESS!
Mumbai: India’s largest
interior decoration compa-
ny, Mumbai based Narsi
Group has achieved yet an-
other feat and that also dur-
ing the real difficult times
of Covid-19 epidemic. Narsi
Group has successfully fin-
ished the complete interior
work of Pune based Cov-
id-19 Care Centre, run by
renowned Wipro Group.
Narsi Group under its
CMD, Narsi Kularia has
many feathers on its deco-
rated cap but this assign-
ment was a challenge in it-
self as the interior work of
the hospital was to be com-
pleted in 45 days which is a
tough task even during nor-
mal days. Completing it in
a stipulated period when
the coronavirus epidemic
was unleashing itself in
Maharashtra was a huge
challenge.
The situation was fur-
ther aggravated as all the
labour involved in the inte-
rior work had reverse mi-
grated to their homes thus
making the job an uphill
task. CMD, Narsi Kularaia
and Group Director, Jag-
dish Kularia took the job of
interior decoration of a 504
bedded COVID dedicated
hospital as a mission. They
both were aware of the
challenges like shortage of
labour, all markets closed
and no means of transport.
Another big challenge was
to maintain social distanc-
ing on the site, to keep the
labour safe from the infec-
tion, which would make the
progress of the work slow.
But Narsi and Jagdish Ku-
laria went ahead and fin-
ished the assigned job in-
cluding the completion of
ICUs and ventilators within
45 days. CEO Atish too
played an important role in
meeting the deadline. It was
the result of perfect leader-
ship under Narsi and Jag-
dish Kularia that their team
could perform and deliver
in total adverse conditions.
Maharashtra Chief Min-
ister, Uddhav Thakre digi-
tally inaugurated the dedi-
cated Covid-19 Care Centre,
while WIPRO CEO, Rishad
Premji and Senior Vice
President, Hariprasad
Hegde were present at the
centre. Narsi Group was fa-
cilitated during the func-
tion for its professionalism.
Senior VP Hariprasad
Hegde handed over an
appreciation letter to
Siddarth Sharma of the
Narsi Group for completing
the work of 504 bedded hos-
pital in a record time of
only 45 days.
It is noteworthy that the
largest interior decoration
group today, Narsi Group,
started its journey in 1986
with only 5 people which
now boasts of employing
thousands of workers work-
ing across the globe. CMD
Narsi Kularia attributed
the success to the dedica-
tion and professionalism of
his team which took the job
as a mission and ensured
that it was completed in 45
days as per the commit-
ment. Narsi Kularia said
that he was proud of every
member of his team who
has accomplished this dif-
ficult task in most adverse
and demanding conditions.
Narsi Kularia said that
there is a special satisfac-
tion in the hospital project
as it would serve humanity
when it needs attention and
care. Another point worth
mentioning is that Narsi
Group has been involved
with the Skill India scheme
for a good time now and has
successfully trained thou-
sands of young people by
paving way for them to get
employed.
Group Director, Jagdish
Kularia also credited the
success of the project to his
team members who worked
24x7 and made the working
site their home for the
whole period. He said, it is
hard work of such people,
which makes the Narsi
Group what it is today. Jag-
dish Kularia said he finds
himself to be lucky to have
led such a dedicated team.
Both Kularia brothers have
many dreams to make true
and are eagerly awaiting
for the corona crisis to pass
over so that they can con-
tinue their march towards
success which is carved out
of dedication, hard work
and professionalism with
compassion at the core of
every activity.
LUNARAM DARJI
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
Narsi Kularia
Jagdish Kularia

B
eyoncé penned a power-
ful open letter, demand-
ing justice for Breonna
Taylor, who was shot fa-
tallybypoliceinherownhome.
The songstress wrote the letter
to Kentucky Attorney General,
Daniel Cameron, and called for
criminal charges against three
cops involved in Tay-
lor’s shooting.
B e y o n c é
urgedCam-
eron to
“take swift
and deci-
sive action
in charging
the officers” in-
volved in the
shooting. On March
13, Taylor, who was stud-
ying to become a nurse, was
shot eight times by cops.
It was reported that
the cops were conducting a
narcotics investigation; how-
ever, no drugs were found at
her Louisville home. “Three
months have passed and zero
arrests have been made, and no
officers have been fired,” the
‘Crazy In Love’ singer wrote in
the letter. She further asked
Cameron to take concrete ac-
tion to prove that a black wom-
an’s life matters. “Your office
has both the power and the re-
sponsibility to bring justice to
Breonna Taylor, and demon-
strate the value of a Black
woman’s life,” she wrote.
—Agency
R
eese Witherspoon has been making the
headlines ever since she confirmed Legally
Blonde 3 on the cards with director
Mindy Kaling coming on board
to write the film’s script. While the
actress is gearing up for her up-
coming projects, she has an
important view on life and
death. Reese Witherspoon
shared the same with her
co-star Nicole Kidman
revealing that she does
not fear death. The ‘Little
Fires Everywhere’ actress
claimed she knows where
she’s going after death so it
doesn’t scare her.
Nicole recalled a time in
which she told Reese that
she often thinks about
death and asked her, “Do
you ever think about
dying? Because I
think about it all
the time.” To
which she had
a very calm re-
sponse.
—Agency
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aking cues
from her own
experience,
actor Deepika
Padukone on
Sunday reit-
erated the
need to talk, communi-
cate and reach out to
those who may be de-
pressed or battling
from mental illnesses.
The post comes
within hours of the
sudden demise of ac-
tor Sushant Singh Ra-
jput, who allegedly
committed suicide by
hanging himself at his
Bandra residence in
Mumbai. Deepika
shared a written state-
ment on Twitter,
which read: “As a per-
son who has had a
lived experience with
mental illness, I can-
not stress enough
about the importance
of reaching out.”
She urged her le-
gion of followers to
“talk, communicate,
express and seek help”
during such an hour
of need.
The ‘Padmaavat’ ac-
tor wrapped up the
post by assuring no-
body is alone in this
battle, and there is al-
ways a “hope.”
“Remember, you are
not alone. We are in
this together. And
most importantly
there is hope,” the
statement read.
The 34-year-old ac-
tor has always been on
the frontline when it
comes to spreading
awareness about the
importance of mental
health.
Padukone started
voicing her opinion on
the importance of
mental health through
her foundation ‘The
Live Love Laugh Foun-
dation’ (TLLLF) in
June 2015. Through
the platform, the actor
keeps launching na-
tionwide awareness as
well as destigmatisa-
tion cam-
paigns.
—ANI
YOU’RENOT
ALONE’
‘REMEMBER,
T
DEMANDINGJUSTICE
Your office has both
the power and the
responsibility to bring
justice to Breonna Taylor, and
demonstrate the value of a
Black woman’s life.
CONCERNED!
P
laying the role of Aunt May in
Spider-Man series, Marisa
Tomei regrets the decision of
taking up mother roles. Even
thoughtheSpider-Manfranchiseisas
bigasitgets,theactresshasconcerns
about the kind of roles that she has
pickedforherself.MarisaTomeiplays
AuntMay,amotherfiguretoTomHol-
land aka Peter Parker in the MCU
moviesandtheactresswillonceagain
be seen playing the role of a mother
in her upcoming movie ‘The King of
Staten Island’. —Agency
‘IknowwhereI’mgoing’
A
lia Bhatt de-
lighted her
fans by
sharing her
picture of enjoying
‘Sunlight Sunday’ as she
wakes up in the morn-
ing.
The ‘Gully Boy’ star
put out a post on Ins-
tagram wherein Alia
is seen all smiles and
it seems like the pic-
ture is the ‘High-
way’ actor’s wake
up picture as she
has a pillow kept
by her side. In
the snap, Alia
looks gorgeous as she em-
braces her peachy glow and
the dimpled cheek, while
the sunlight falls into her
luscious strands and face
making her glow even
more.
Along with the picture,
the ‘Dear Zindagi’ actor
wrote, “happy sunlight
Sunday.”
Alia also thanked Anush-
ka Sharma and said that
she inspired Alia to go on
sunlight hunt in my house,
“ p.s - thank you my dearest
@anushkasharma for in-
spiring me to go on sunlight
hunt in my house May the
light always be with you. (
and me ) .” (along with two
sunshine emojis)
Anushka too was quick
to hit like and wrote in the
comment section, “always
count on me for random in-
spiration.” (with grinning
squinting Face, two hearts
and a hugging face emoji)
The post on the photo-
sharing platform garnered
more than 5 lakh likes from
fans and celebrity follow-
ers including Bhumi Ped-
nekar.
Lately, Bhatt has been
quite active on all her so-
cial media accounts. —ANI
ALIA SHARES SUN-KISSED PICTURE
Deepika Padukone
Marisa Tomei
Reese Witherspoon
Beyonce
Alia Bhatt
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