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DEATHS
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Aditi Nagar &
Kartikey Dev Singh
Jaipur: This Friday
willbring forththemost
awaited ‘cine’ in the his-
tory of Rajasthan as for
the first time in its pol-
ity, the future of two
‘warring’ armies de-
pends on a court hear-
ing, and as a result of
this, Friday, is being an-
ticipated, waited and
looked upon with equal
curiosity in both Gehlot
and Pilot camps.
This came about after
Sachin Pilot and 18 oth-
er dissident leaders on
Thursday moved the
high court, challenging
notices from the Ra-
jasthan Speaker over
Congress’s move to dis-
qualify them from the
state assembly. All these
19 were sent notices by
the assembly secretari-
at on Tuesday and al-
lowed up to Friday to
give their replies. The
notices said Speaker C
P Joshi will take up the
matter at 1 pm on Fri-
day. The notices were
served after the ruling
party complained to the
Speaker that the MLAs
had defied a party whip
to attend two Congress
Legislature Party meet-
ings, on Monday and
Tuesday.
The Pilot camp, how-
ever, argues that a party
whip applies only when
Assembly is in session.
Their petition first
cameupbeforethecourt
of Justice Satish Chan-
dra Sharma at about 3
pm. But the dissidents’
advocate Harish Salve
sought time to file a
fresh plea. Salve ap-
pearing for Pilot sub-
mittedthattheSpeak-
er’s notice should be
cancelled and should
be declared illegal.
At about 5 pm, the
dissident camp sub-
mitted an amended
petition and the
court referred it
Chief JusticeIndra-
jit Mahanty, for the
appointment of a two-
judge bench. Congress
chief whip Mahesh
Joshi’scounselsaidthen
that the matter will be
heard at about 7.30 pm,
but the bench did not as-
semble then and the
hearing was put off to
Friday.
Meanwhile, the mat-
ter is scheduled to be
heard before a division
bench of the Rajasthan
High Court at 1 pm Fri-
day, Turn on P6
HC ASKS PILOT TO
HOLD HIS HORSES!
Reviving economy: PM
seeks inputs from babus
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi is
meeting top officials of
the finance and com-
merceministrieslateron
Thursday to assess the
impact of ongoing COV-
ID-19 pandemic on the
national economy, offi-
cial sources said. They
saidthePrimeMinister’s
focus will be on speedy
recoveryof theeconomy
which has witnessed a
slowdowninrecentquar-
ters due to falling con-
sumer demand.
During this one-and-
half-hour scheduled
meeting through video
conferencing, officials
from the finance and
commerce ministries
will make presenta-
tions on the situation.
According to sources,
the Prime Minister is
taking inputs from top
50 officials. Turn on P6
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
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advocate Harish Salve
sought time to file a
fresh plea. Salve ap-
pearing for Pilot sub-
mittedthattheSpeak-
er’s notice should be
cancelled and should
be declared illegal.
jit Mahanty, for the
appointment of a two-
judge bench. Congress
chief whip Mahesh
Joshi’scounselsaidthen
that the matter will be
heard at about 7.30 pm,
but the bench did not as-
semble then and the
hearing was put off to
Meanwhile, the mat-
ter is scheduled to be
heard before a division
bench of the Rajasthan
High Court at 1 pm Fri-
Turn on P6
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HORSE TRADING AUDIO VIRAL:
SOG NABS MIDDLEMAN
Close on the heels of the audio going viral
on social media allegedly on horse trading
involving MLAs and ministers and a middle man,
the Special Operations Group (SOG) nabbed one
Sanjay Jain alias Sanjay Bardiya on Thursday
late evening. It is reported that the Jain is one of
the middleman who was tapped in conversation
with the MLA about horse trading. Jain is
reported to be a native of Lunkaransar of Bikaner
district and allegedly, has been involved in such
activities since 2013. it is also said that he has
good contacts with several IPS officers.
 Day of reckoning for Pilot?  Salve and Rohatgi as
Pilot’s lawyers also have a ‘message’ from New Delhi!
A viral audio that
could ‘rupture’ the
political scene in Raj!
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: In what could
be termed as ‘rupture’
in Rajasthan politics,
three audio clips went
viral on social media
platforms on Thursday
late evening wherein,
it was alleged that
there were voices of
two ministers—a Un-
ion and a minister
from Rajasthan—one
MLA and a ‘middle-
man’. These clips are
said to be that of Vish-
vendra Singh, Bhan-
warlal Sharma and
Sanjay Jain.
First India does not
confirm the truth be-
hind audio being of
ministers or MLAs but
clips went viral & could
play a role in future
course of action in on-
going political drama.
In a late night
CMO press note,
Bhanwarlal Sharma
has been accused as
a habitual conspira-
tor and offender in
pulling down state
governments where
he has never succeed-
ed in his game plans
including his serious
attempt to throw out
Late Bhairon Singh
Shekhawat govern-
ment in the 90s,
when Shekhawat
was away to US for a
major heart surgery.
The transcript
First audio:
First Person: The fel-
low who is sitting in
Delhi has taken our
money. The first in-
stallment has arrived.
When are you meeting
again? Tomorrow?
Second man: See you
tomorrow morning at 8
o’clock. Turn on P6
CM ASHOK GEHLOT WILL HOLD A PRESS CON-
FERENCE TODAY AT 9:30 AM AT HOTEL FAIRMONT
CMR has become
the centre for
making fake
audios viral
—Satish Poonia
fake audio has
been released in
my name
—Bhanwar Lal
Sharma
WORLD
5,89,222
DEATHS
1,38,10,247
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
10,04,590
CONFIRMED CASES
25,609
DEATHS
MAHARASHTRA
11,194 DEATHS 2,84,281 CASES
DELHI
3,545 DEATHS 1,18,645 CASES
TAMIL NADU
2,236 DEATHS 1,56,369 CASES
New Delhi: China and
India are committed to
“complete disengage-
ment” of troops, and
the process is “intri-
cate” that requires
“constant verification”,
the Indian Army said
on Thursday after the
fourth round of mara-
thon military talks on
de-escalation of the sit-
uation in eastern
Ladakh.
The army said senior
commanders of the In-
dian and Chinese mili-
tary reviewed the pro-
gress on implementa-
tion of the first phase
of disengagement and
discussed further steps
for “complete disengag-
ment”. The Corps com-
manders held 15-hour-
long negotiations in
Chushul on the Indian
side of the Line of Ac-
tual Control (LAC) from
11 AM on Tuesday to 2
AM on Wednesday, cov-
ering various aspects.
Jadhav ‘visibly under stress’,
access not credible: Govt
New Delhi: Indian of-
ficials who were al-
lowed to meet
Kulbhushan Jadhav—
the Indian national sen-
tenced to death in Paki-
stan on alleged charges
of espionage—were not
given “unimpeded ac-
cess”, India said on
Thursday.
The officials were
“prevented” from get-
ting his written consent
regarding legal repre-
sentation”. Jadhav, who
was accompanied by
Pakistani officials, was
under “visible stress”,
New Delhi also said af-
ter the two-hour meet-
ing. Consular officials
were allowed to meet
Jadhav ahead of the
July 20 deadline Paki-
stan has set for filing a
review petition. This
was the second time he
was allowed to meet In-
dian officials. The first
consular access was
given in September 2019
after an order from the
International Court of
Justice.
Islamabad earlier
said Jadhav has refused
a review of his case and
wants to appeal for mer-
cy. India said it was
proof of Pakistan’s
“reticence” to imple-
ment the order of the
International Court of
Justice in “letter and
spirit”. —Agencies
An Indian Air Force Apache chopper flying over the mountains in
Leh on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANIKulbhushan Jadhav
‘Disengagement process
requires constant verification’
New Delhi: India has
established individual
bilateral bubbles with
France and the US that
will allow airlines of
each country in the pact
to operate international
flights, Civil Aviation
Minister Hardeep Singh
Puri said on Thursday,
adding that similar ar-
rangement with Ger-
many and the UK will
soon be permitted.
Air France will be op-
erating 28 flights be-
tween Delhi, Mumbai,
Bengaluru and Paris
from July 18 to August 1,
the minister said at a
press conference, add-
ing that American car-
rier United Airlines will
be flying 18 flights be-
tween India and the US
from July 17 to July 31.
“They (United) are
flying a daily flight be-
tween Delhi and New-
ark and a thrice-a-week
flight between Delhi
and San Francisco,”
Puri noted.
The minister said In-
dia is planning to estab-
lish a bubble with the
UK soon under which
there would be two
flights per day between
Delhi and London.
“We have got a re-
quest from Germans
also. I think the ar-
rangement with Luf-
thansa is almost done...
We are processing that
request,” Puri said.
“Now we have many
demands for air bub-
bles, but we need to be
careful. We should per-
mit that many only that
we can handle,” the
minister noted.
From India, Air India
will be operating flights
to France and US under
these bubbles. An air
bubble is a bilateral ar-
rangement with a set of
regulations and restric-
tions in which the carri-
ers of the two countries
can operate interna-
tional flights. Scheduled
international passenger
flights have been sus-
pended in India since
March 23 due to corona-
virus pandemic. —PTI
India to resume flights to US from today, France on Sat
Air travel bubbles set up with
US, France & a similar pact
planned with Germany, UK
Air France will be
operating 28 flights
between Delhi, Mum-
bai, Bengaluru and
Paris from 18 July to
1 August while US will
be flying 18 flights be-
tween July 17-31, but
this is an interim one.
A travel bubble or a
bilateral air bubble is a
travel corridor between
two countries that wish
to reopen their borders
and re-establish con-
nections with each
other. This is an exclu-
sive partnership.
46 FLIGHTS WILL
BE OPERATING
WHAT IS AIR
TRAVEL BUBBLE?

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First India Bureau
Jaipur: Transport Min-
ister Pratap Singh
Khachariyawas said
that every MLA sup-
porting BJP’s undemo-
cratic attempts to top-
ple the elected state
government should
clearly understand that
the people voted for
them when they had the
Congress symbol and
they are simply insult-
ing the people’s verdict
by standing along with
BJP and maligning the
symbol of Congress.
He alleged that the
central government is
also assisting the state
unit by misusing the IT
and ED making it clear
that they want to threat-
en Congress supporters
with dire consequenc-
es. He charged the BJP
government in Hary-
ana of managing and
guarding the Manesar
resort where dissident
Congress MLAs have
been made to stay and
are not being allowed to
venture out.
Khachariyawas said
that BJP is using cur-
rency notes to defeat a
government elected
with people’s votes. He
tried to corner the dis-
sident MLAs of being in
cahoots with the BJP as
no dissident can break
or make any reasonable
option without BJP sup-
port. He alleged the BJP
of writing the whole
script but also assured
that the government
under Ashok Gehlot
will complete its full
term of 5 years while
serving the people.
Transport Minister
said that Congress had
only 96 MLAs from 2008
to 2013 and yet the gov-
ernment completed its
term now the govern-
ment has the support
of 109 MLAs which
doesn’t leave the
chance for the undemo-
cratic powers. He said
the dissidents had eve-
ry chance to voice their
grievances on the party
forum but they are
guided by their ambi-
tions and hence noth-
ing could be done.
‘Gehlot govt will complete its full term’Khachariyawas assures that the Ashok Gehlot government will complete its full term of 5 years while serving the people
Pratap Singh Khachariyawas talking to media while coming out from Hotel Fairmont in Jaipur.
BTP: We have to save
constitution & govt
First India Bureau
Dungarpur: Two days
ago, Chaurasi MLA
from Bhartiya Tribal
Party (BTP) Rajkumkar
Roat had caused a sen-
sation by alleging force-
ful confinement in a
video. On Thursday he
started his journey to
Jaipur under police
protection provided by
the state government.
On Wednesday night
Sagwara MLA Rampar-
sad Dindor had de-
clared support for the
Gehlot government is
rather ambiguous
words.
Meanwhile, Dr Ve-
laram Ghoghra who is
the state President of
BTP said, “We have de-
cided our course of ac-
tion. We will release a
press note on our par-
ty’s official stand. The
state government
should immediately
make announcements
regarding our pending
demands. One of our
MLA has already left
for Jaipur. Even I am
leaving for Jaipur with
my team.”
BTP National Vice
President of BTP
Paresh Bhai Vasawa re-
leased his party’s ver-
sion to the media which
said, “We have to save
the constitution. We
will have to save the
stategovernmentwhich
has been elected for 5
years. Both our MLAs
have gone to Jaipur for
personal work. We have
issued a whip so that
our two MLAs don’t get
fooled by anybody. Our
whip is for the caution
of our MLAs.”
Nahta objects
terming 6 BSP
MLAs as Congs
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Advocate He-
mant Nahta has once
again presented an ob-
jection be-
fore the
Governor
regarding
terming 6
B S P
MLAs as
Congress
MLAs. The advocate has
said that the decision
wasmadebytheSpeaker
without presenting any
defection petition and
termed the order of the
Speaker zero as per law.
The constitutional
bench of the Supreme
Court had passed the
order while giving the
reference of the decided
method of Rajendra
Singh Rana vs Swami
Prasad Maurya case.
It was said that
changing the public
vote in the Speaker’s
drawing-room or office
is unconstitutional.
The responsibility of
protecting the constitu-
tion and law is of the
Governor. Therefore,
demands have been
raised to seek the re-
cord of the legislative
assembly and correct
the party position of all
6 BSP MLAs.
Hemant Nahta
Daughters’live-inpartner
killshermother,held
First India Bureau
Kota: The brutal mur-
der case of a woman in
the Sanjay Nagar area
of Kota has been solved.
City SP Gaurav Yadav,
while exposing the mur-
der, said that the wom-
an was killed by a Loke-
sh Meena, living in a
live-in relationship
with her daughter.
Since the murder, the
police suspected that
the crime was commit-
ted by someone known.
The accused accepted
committing the crime
during interrogation.
Due to the dirty hab-
its of the accused, the
deceased’s daughter
Usha started staying
away from him. So Mee-
na decided to kill Usha’s
mother Sumitra. He
wanted to depict the
murder as a suicide.
CBI arrests NTPC manager
for taking bribe in Jodhpur
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: The manager
of the National Ther-
mal Power Corporation
(NTPC) arrested by the
CBI on charges of ac-
cepting bribe was pro-
duced in the CI court
and was remanded for
one day. The manager
of Bhadla Solar plant
has demanded a bribe
to facilitate a subcon-
tractor to start his work
at the plant.
GOI has entrusted
TATA with the opera-
tion of the Bhadla plant
and TATA had subcon-
tracted the plate wash-
ing to Bhom Singh of
Vijay Enterprises. This
company had been
working at the plant
since 2017 but lately,
manager Omprakash
Meena started trou-
bling him on one or
other pretext. One day
he debarred Vijay En-
terprises from the plate
washing work and de-
manded Rs 3.5 lakh for
renewing his work as
per the contract.
Since NTPC works
under the central gov-
ernment the complaint
was made to the CBI of-
fice in Jodhpur. CBI
sleuths trapped man-
ager Meena on Thurs-
day after they verified
the complaint on
Wednesday.
RELIEF
FROM HEAT
Light to moderate rainfall
has occurred in various
parts of Rajasthan on
Thursday, where Bari Sadri
recorded a maximum of 71
mm rains. Monsoon rains
caused water-logging in
several parts of the state
capital which posed a
problem for commuters.
The MeT Department
has forecast heavy to
very heavy rainfall at
some places in Udaipur,
Rajsamand during the
next 24 hours and light
to moderate rain at many
places, including Ajmer,
Banswara, Baran, Bundi,
Chittorgarh, etc.
Motorists wade through a
water-logged road in Jaipur.
—PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA
A man shelters under an umbrella as he makes his
way during the downpour in Jaipur on Thursday.
6K police officers
to get ad-hoc
promotions
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Gehlot
government has pro-
vided a big relief to
about 6000 police of-
ficers in the state in
the form of Ad Hoc
promotion to them.
The state govern-
ment has given relief
to all those police-
men whose name had
been listed in the de-
partmental promo-
tion list but could not
complete the train-
ing course due to re-
strictions invoked
because of the Coro-
na crisis. The state
government has
amended the police
rules and the same
have been notified by
the DOPT.
According to
DOPT communica-
tion, the police per-
sonnel will have to
complete the train-
ing course as when
possible after the co-
rona situation im-
proves. If any person
fails to complete the
training then his/
her increment, as a
result of the promo-
tion, will be stopped.
DOPT has given re-
lief from the training
to the police person-
nel who retire in the
meantime. Such po-
lice officers will get
all the benefits of the
promotion. This de-
cision of the state
government will
have a bearing on the
promotions of con-
stable to head consta-
ble, head constable to
ASI, ASI to SI, SI to
CI, and CI to DSP.
The initiative for
these promotions
was taken by the
PHQ when it had to
postpone the training
courses due to the
Covid-19 situation in
state. This had put
brakes on depart-
mental promotions.
DGP Bhupendra Sin-
gh had sent a propos-
al of this nature to
Home department
requesting amend-
ment in service rules
as the department
could not hold train-
ing courses. The
Home department
too took the proposal
by DGP seriously and
made the necessary
changes in service
rules which permit
the promotion of
about 6000 police per-
sonnel without requi-
site training with
certain conditions.
Aviation industry trying best to get back in airspace
TIME TO FLY AGAIN!
Kashiram Chaudhary
Jaipur: Amidst the
coronavirus, airlines
are trying their best to
increase the flights, but
passengers are avoiding
travel due to the fear of
spreading the infection.
As of now, only people
who have to travel for
essential services are
opting to fly by air. It is
also indicating that peo-
ple are travelling by air
only when it is unavoid-
able for them.
A total of 50 days
have been completed
since the domestic
flights were com-
menced after the lock-
down. The number of
flights at Jaipur Air-
port has not increased
much. In fact, when the
flights started on May
25, the schedule of 20
flights was fixed, but
still, an average of 15
flights are operating
daily from Jaipur.
Meanwhile, the number
of passengers on flights
is also very low. On av-
erage, only 50 to 60 per-
cent of passengers are
travelling on flights.
To improve the pas-
senger load, various
airlines are offering a
variety of offers to the
customers. Airlines,
such as IndiGo, Spice-
Jet, Air Asia, etc., are
offering many options
for passenger fare con-
cession.
At the same time,
they have also brought
options for passengers
who do not travel due to
fear of coronavirus.
Such passengers are be-
ing given Covid-19 in-
surance, in which op-
tions are being provid-
ed for testing and com-
plete treatment.

BAGFUL OF OFFERS BY THE AIRLINES
—PHOTOBYSUMANSARKAR

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | FRIDAY, JULY 17, 2020
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Lt Gen Alok
Kler, Army Command-
er Sapta Shakti Com-
mand paid a visit at Su-
darshan Chakra Divi-
sion from July 14 to 15.
He reviewed the op-
erational preparedness
of the Division and
was also briefed about
the measures institut-
ed to ensure ‘Force Pro-
tection’ and ‘Force
Preservation’ under
the overarching frame-
work of ‘OPERATION
NAMASTE’. He com-
plimented the Forma-
tion for their excellent
training standards and
measures undertaken
to enhance quality of
life of the troops.
While lauding the
formation for its sus-
tained hard work and
efforts, the General Of-
ficer exhorted all ranks
of the formation to
maintain the highest
level of operational
readiness to deal with
any contingency.
The Army Com-
mander also visited
‘FIREBIRDS’- the At-
tack Helicopter Squad-
ron at Air Force Sta-
tion Suratgarh and
undertook an opera-
tional sortie.
Lt Kler lauded all
ranks of the Squadron
for their professional-
ism, stead fastness and
high morale.
Lt Gen Kler visits Sudarshan Chakra Division
PRIDE OF THE NATION!
Hearing in cases
involving Salman
Khan postponed
Shivprakash Purohit
Jodhpur: The hearing
in the famous Black
Buck poaching case in-
volving actor Salman
Khan in the District &
Session Court could
not take place due the
suspension of court
proceedings in view of
the ongoing coronavi-
rus crisis.
The state govern-
ment has appealed
against the acquittal of
the actor in the Arms
Act in a related case.
The court proceedings
have been suspended
till Sunday. The State
government had ap-
pealed against CJM’s
(Rural) decision of
evicting Salman Khan
in the Arms Act case.
Meanwhile, the hear-
ing in the kakani case
also involving Salman
Khan also could not
take place on the simi-
lar grounds. Salman
has appealed against
the CJM (Rural) verdict
of sentencing him for 5
years in Kakani case.
ASI caught
taking `20k
as bribe
Bhawar S Charan
Kota: Anti-Corruption
Bureau (ACB) in Kota
Rural has arrested as-
sistant sub inspector
Govind Singh while ac-
cepting bribe of Rs
20,000. Govind Singh is
posted in Railway Colo-
ny police station.
Assistant Sub-Inspec-
tor (ASI) Govind Singh
had sought Rs 50,000
from the complainant
in exchange of not men-
tioning the compain-
ant’s name in an First
Information Report
(FIR) as accused.
ACB Kota Rural’s in-
spector Vasudev
Charan said that once
the deal was finalised,
the ASI took money
outside a shop in front
of Borkheda police sta-
tion when the ACB
caught him red handed.
ACB has not found any
middleman in the deal.
Veterinarian union writes to
Vaibhav for name change
First India Bureau
Jaipur: State General
Secretary of Veterinar-
ian Technical Employ-
ees Union Amritlal Sa-
maria wrote to Vaibhav
Gehlot, President of
Rajasthan Cricket As-
sociation, to change the
designations of the
Livestock Assistant cad-
re in the Animal Hus-
bandry Department.
In the letter, there has
been a demand to
change the designation
of Livestock Assistant
to Livestock Develop-
ment Officer, Veteri-
nary Assistant to Senior
Livestock Development
Officer and Assistant
Information Officer to
Animal Husbandry In-
formation Officer. State
spokesperson of the un-
ion Sunil Chaudhary
said that till date, such
recommendations have
been written by 218 pub-
lic representatives of
Rajasthan.
12 phones, sim cards found in Ajmer jail
Subham Jain
Ajmer:Inasurpriseraid
conducted in Central
Jail, situated on Jaipur
road, on Thursday, the
jail authorities have dis-
covered12mobilephones
and sim cards.
The search operation
wasjointlyconductedby
the jail authorities and
group of RAC jawans.
The search parties dis-
covered the mobile
phones while searching
in the prisoner wards,
barracks and vacant
land near the toilets.
Jail authorities have
registered a case in the
matter after informing
Superintendant of Po-
lice Kunwar Rash-
tradeep who in turn,
asked Civil Lines PS to
complete the legalities
in the case.
Jail authorities are
yet to recognise the
names of the inmates
who are responsible for
hiding the mobile
phones and sim cards in
bulk inside the jail
amid tight security.
It is noteworthy that
there are several prson-
ers involved in terror-
ism cases, lodged in the
Ajmer Central Jail and
it is counted amongst
one of the most highly
secured jails in the state.
This discovery raises
serious concerns on the
overall jail security.
This is not for the
time that such discov-
ery has been made in
jail so now the question
is will the jail authori-
ties and local police
take serious action or
let it pass as a routine.
BringbackfamilystrandedinPak:ACSurgesCentre
Rajeev Gaur
Jaipur: ACS (Mines &
Petroleum) Subodh
Agrawal has written to
Central Home Secre-
tary Ajay Kumar Bhal-
la and Secretary
Harshvardhan Singh
(MEA) to bring back
Janta Mali from Paki-
stan on humanitarian
grounds. Janta Mali
who had gone to Paki-
stan along with her
husband and three
children is still strand-
ed there.
Janta Mali, a Paki-
stani citizen, is mar-
ried to an Indian citi-
zen Leelaram Mali.
She had gone to meet
her ailing mother
in Pakistan. During
which, the train be-
tween India and Paki-
stan was stopped due
to Corona crisis and
her visa was also not
extended and she could
not come back to India
with her husband and
children.
Mali has been living
in India for past 10
years but hasn’t been
granted Indian citizen-
ship yet. Lelaram Mali
had been running from
pillar to post to bring
her wife back to India.
ACS Agrawal’s letter is
being seen as a major
move in the direction.
Student kills self due
to bad class 12 result
First India Bureau
Kota: Following the dec-
laration of class 12 in
Kota, a student commit-
ted suicide by hanging
himself due to scoring
low marks. The deceased
Piyush alias Himanshu
was a resident of Ambed-
kar Colony and was un-
der stress since the re-
sults were declared. He
committer suicide at his
residence.
After getting the infor-
mation about the inci-
dent, the Kunhadi police
reached the spot and col-
lected evidence. No sui-
cide note has been recov-
ered from the deceased
student.
But, prima facie, the
reason for suicide is be-
ing considered to be re-
lated to studies only. At
present, the police are
investigating the entire
matter.
TALLY CROSSES 27K MARK, TOLL AT
538 WITH 737 NEW CASES, 8 DEATHSFirst India Bureau
Jaipur: Corona cases
in state crossed
the 27000 mark with 737
new cases in the last 24
hours taking the toll
to 27174 along with 8
deaths with raising toll
to 538. One death each
was reported from Dhol-
pur, Jaipur, Karauli,
Sawai Madhopur, Sikar,
Sirohi, Udaipur while
one patient from anoth-
er state also lost his life.
141 cases were from
Jodhpur followed by 94
from Bikaner, 71 from
Jaipur, 58 from Alwar, 51
from Pali, 48 from Ajmer,
40 from Jalore, 38 from
Sirohi, 34 from Barmer,
25 from Nagaur, 21 from
Dholpur,18fromUdaipur,
16 from Bharatpur, 15
from Kota,14 from Chu-
ru, 12 from Jhunjhunu, 9
from Bhilwara, 6 from
Dugarpur, 5 each from
Bundi&Sikar,4fromKa-
rauli, 3 each from Ban-
swara & Pratapgarh, 2
eachfromDausa&sawai
Madhopur, 1 from Hanu-
mangarh along with one
from another state.
The cumulative dis-
trictwisetallyonThurs-
day is as follows – Ajmer
879, Alwar 1510, Ban-
swara109,Baran77,Bar-
mer800,Bharatpur2020,
Bhilwara 318, Bikan-
er 1160, Bundi 35, Chit-
torgarh 216, Churu 467,
Dausa 229, Dholpur 898,
Dungarpur 502, Ganga-
nagar92,Hanumangarh
143, Jaipur 4168, Jais-
almer 120, Jalore 761,
Jhalawar 385, Jhunj-
hunu 483, Jodhpur 4364,
Karauli 164, Kota 905,
Nagaur 1026, Pali 1743,
Pratapgarh 154, Rajsa-
mand 411, Sawai Mad-
hopur 139, Sikar 721,
Sirohi 738, Tonk 218 and
Udaipur 934 along with
168 from other states &
countries.
CS holds meet, introduces
1% cess for labour welfare
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: Chief Secre-
tary Rajeeva Swarup
held a meeting with
senior officials includ-
ing ACS (Home) Rohit
Kumar Singh, princi-
pal secretary Akhil
Arora and Secretary
Vaibhav Galeria. Dis-
trict collectors were
given instructions for
necessary steps to pre-
vent corona.
Government has in-
troduced 1% cess for
labour welfare. Once
layout plan is cleared
the builder will have
to immediatelypay1%
cess, CS held a meet-
ing to decide the cess
rate and ordered for
its strict collection.
He was reviewing
labour welfare
schemes and cess. Af-
ter his instructions,
the labour department
will start measure-
ment of all construc-
tions that took place
after 2009.
A new mechanism
of cess is being framed
in which the moment
building plan is ap-
proved 1% cess will
have to be deposited
with JDA, municipal
bodies and UITs.
As per government
guidelines, it is man-
datory to pay 1% cess
on construction works
above Rs 10 lakh. The
construction works in-
clude road, bridges
and house.
If cess is not paid
then 24% penalty
would be imposed.
Government has been
doing this to increase
revenue for labourers
in BOCW board.
Govt will also send a
letter to GOI to give
builders six months
relief to deposit cess.
A personnel stands guard at a closed market of the containment
zone curfew area in Bikaner. —PHOTO BY ANI

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aima’a al-Hari-
ri, a 17-year-old
Syrian refugee
living in the
Za’atari refugee
camp in Jordan, had been
regularly attending school
before the Jordanian au-
thorities introduced a nec-
essary lockdown to combat
the spread of COVID-19.
“When the coronavirus
appeared, they shut down
all the classrooms and we
didn’t have teachers we
could interact with any-
more,” Taima’a says. “I
was starting to do charity
work with [refugee] chil-
dren with cancer, but that
was put on hold.”
Although the pandemic
has affected children and
young people around the
world, refugees like
Taima’a have been espe-
cially hard hit. These chil-
dren have long suffered
multiple deprivations:
they were forced to flee
wars and emergencies,
sometimes without family,
and are struggling to sur-
vive with no familiar com-
forts. And now COVID-19 is
exacerbating their hard-
ships.
Even before the pandem-
ic, only half of the world’s
refugee children of prima-
ry-school age were receiv-
ing formal education, and
only 22% of children of
lower-secondary-school
age were. Moreover, chil-
dren living in extreme pov-
erty – including refugees –
are vulnerable to forced
labor and trafficking, put-
ting them at further risk of
being out of school.
Lack of access to formal
education is just one of
many challenges that refu-
gees face. Health care and
sanitation – critical to pro-
tecting large refugee popu-
lations living in camps –
were already inadequate
before COVID-19 struck.
And with parents now less
able to put food on the ta-
ble for their children, star-
vation is a far greater
threat than the pandemic
itself, as recent warnings
and budget cuts by the
United Nations World
Food Programme (WFP)
and the Food and Agricul-
ture Organization have
made clear.
Today, 80% of refugees
liveincountriesthatarenot
equipped to support them.
Turkey is home to 3.7 mil-
lion refugees, while Ugan-
da, Pakistan, and Sudan to-
gether host almost four mil-
lion. Jordan and Lebanon
have long been home to ref-
ugees, who account for al-
most one-third of each
country’s population. Be-
cause over half of the
world’s 26 million refugees
are children – some 300,000
of whom are unaccompa-
nied–defendingtheirrights
is a vast challenge.
We are working on the
ground with youth activ-
ists from the 100 Million
campaign for children’s
rights, who are continuing
their efforts despite COV-
ID-19. They include Seme
Ludanga Faustino, a South
Sudanese refugee who in
2017 co-founded the youth-
led organization I CAN
South Sudan in the Bidi-
bidi refugee camp in Ugan-
da, home to the world’s big-
gest concentration of un-
accompanied minors.
Faustino’s organization,
which was set up to use the
arts to provide trauma re-
lief to unaccompanied
children, has shifted to dis-
tributing soap and con-
ducting home visits to
teach them how to keep
themselves safe from the
coronavirus.
Against this back-
ground, rich-country gov-
ernments are behaving
shamefully, spending tril-
lions of dollars to mitigate
the effects of COVID-19 on
their economies while
leaving countries with
large refugee and dis-
placed populations strug-
gling to cope.
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Protecting refugee children during pandemic
T
These children
have long suffered
deprivations: they
were forced to
flee wars and are
struggling to
survive with no
familiar comforts
Blessed is the one who
perseveres under trial
because, having stood the test,
that person will receive the
crown of life that the Lord
has promised to those who
love him. —James 1:12
Spiritual
SPEAK
Top
TWEET
Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank
@DrRPNishank
There is no age limit to ‘Learning.’
Lakyntiew Syiemlieh, a 50-year-
old working mother, just proved
it. I am so glad to hear that she
recently cleared her class XII board
exams after a gap of 30 yrs. What
an inspiration! Congratulations.
Shashi Tharoor
@ShashiTharoor
In BJP’s Orwellian regime, not
only is propaganda adopted as a
strategy, it is advertised with such
unashamed brazenness. No doubt
they study the techniques of
Goebbels with great devotion!
pathway to becoming the
workforce and the working
engine for the world as an
exemplary, a nation needs
two things, Human resources
and the ability to drive that
resource. A group of people,
led by a cause and proper
communicative leadership
can be an asset to the organi-
zation or the nation. Leaders
are not responsible for the
results; they are responsible
for the people who are re-
sponsible for the results.
Education, across the globe,
is said to play a vital role in the
social and economic reforms of
the nation but it also is national
security the issue because if we
do not equip the population at a
large with these skills of learn-
ing, they might land up being
misled and devastate the com-
munity and the society with
disruptive ideas of violence
turning this so-called resource
from a dividend into a disaster.
We in India, have the peo-
ple, but do we as a nation,
have the ability and the lead-
ershiptotransformtheminds
of this valuable resource
through the virtue of educa-
tion to make them equipped
and skilled in different pro-
fessions to march towards
excellence as a country.
The Strategy for every goal
needs to be visualized until the
end with an obsessively de-
tailed discussion of implement-
ing a system in place before the
first step, in reality, is executed
to achieve that goal. Bobby
Knight, said “The key is not the
will to win. It is the will to pre-
pare to win that is important”.
India, as a nation stands on
the verge of becoming a su-
perpower through industri-
alization on the terms of be-
ing self-reliant and can com-
pete China over the years to
become the world’s first
choice of the destination for
industrial and logistical es-
tablishments but for that we
not only need skilled labor
but also well-educated minds
led by efficient leadership to
make India, a global destina-
tion for industrial entrepre-
neurship. The increase in
perception is the beginning
of a transformation. When
we would learn more, we will
earn more and for this, we
must have the following to go
hand in hand.
UNBIASED
EDUCATION TO ALL
Over the last few decades,
though we have, as a nation,
taken prominent steps for
equality in education award-
ed by the right to education
act, the aim of the leader-
ship should be 100% literacy,
irrespective of the genders
as today also one out of
three women in the country
are uneducated.
The success of a democratic
nation completely depends on
its education standards and In-
dia has proudly managed to
reach a benchmark where the
majority can read and write in
our young nation. The new tar-
get should be that we must in-
clude the excluded from educa-
tion unbiased of their castes,
religion, and regions.
WIDER EDUCATION
NETWORK
The country, today, is walk-
ing on a formidably depend-
able platform and is increas-
ing schools, colleges, and
universities. We have several
good education institutes for
higher education and vari-
ous other super specialty
subjects. We proudly flaunt
with IIT’s which is an exam-
ple of a high-end institute
for education in the country
but the fact is that platforms
like these are small islands
of excellence whereas the
need for the hour is to build
a kingdom of knowledge
with superior quality. The
higher education of the
country simply does not
meet the standards to out-
stand in the world and we
need massive expansion in
this regard.
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
A country with 1.3 billion-
plus people cannot afford to
stand with a shortage of
skilled labor like plumbers,
masons, carpenters, electri-
cians,etc.andthusaprogram
should be in place to teach the
youth about vocational train-
ing as well. The trend in the
country still is that a cob-
bler’s son will become a cob-
bler. It should be entertained
to the population at large to
take up these courses because
theseinformal,unstructured,
blue-collared skills and pro-
fessions are the real game-
winners in bringing about
the industrial revolution.
Growing business trends tell
the way ahead is about vertical
leadership where the wide web
of customers and employees
are parallel segments which
needs product knowledge at
regular intervals. Though cus-
tomer service is very important
but employee skill development
would play a more vital role in
industrial transformation and
the Indian economy as a whole.
The challenges are huge,
but if we get a leadership
with a vision of knowledge
and education – we can say
this loud and clear to the
world – INDIA IS COMING !!
Youth and Education
The asset, to overtake China?
A
Success of a
democratic
nation depends
on its education
standards and
India has
managed to
reach a
benchmark
where the
majority can
read and write
We in India, have the
people, but do we as
a nation, have ability
and the leadership to
transform the minds
of this valuable
resource through the
virtue of education to
make them equipped
and skilled
YASH
KALRA
The writer is a motivational
speaker, visiting faculty to speak
on management in various
universities by choice and an
event manager by profession
IN-DEPTH
HACKERS SEND
TWITTER IN A TIZZY
nanunprecedenteddevelopmentTwitter
accounts of famous and powerful people
and companies were hacked in presum-
ably a scam involving digital currency,
Bitcoin. Those whose accounts were
hacked included former US President Barack Oba-
ma, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, SpaceX CEO
Elon Musk, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, presidential
candidate Joe Biden, celebrity American rapper
Kanye West and former mayor of New York Mike
Bloomberg.ThecompanieswhoseTwitteraccounts
were also hacked included Uber and Apple.
The anonymous hacks first attacked Elon
Musk’s account by posting multiple messages
promising to “double” payments to his bitcoin ad-
dress. Messages on Biden’s and Gates’ accounts
read, “I am giving back to the community. All Bit-
coin sent to the address below will be sent back
doubled! If you send $1000, I will send back $2000.”
Twitter responded with @TwitterSupport say-
ing, We are aware of a security incident impacting
accounts on Twitter. We are investigating and tak-
ing steps to fix it. Conspiracy theorists immedi-
ately began looking into possible angles to the
hacking of Twitter these accounts.
Does it all have anything to do with Twitter CEO
Jack Dorsey taking a hard line against US Presi-
dent Donald Trump’s tweets glorifying violence?
In a first, Dorsey had decided to hide all such
tweets by Trump who retaliated by diluting legal
immunity to social media giants over content.
I
INVOKING GOD TO
SAVE KARNATAKA
arnataka which was being applauded not
very long ago for its effective use of tech-
nology to trace, test and treat Covid-19
patients now finds itself at the receiving
end for the fast rising novel coronavirus
graph in the state, more particularly in Bengaluru.
Of the 80 deaths in Karnataka on Wednesday, 60
were reported from the state capital. Similarly of
the state’s total of 27,853 active cases, Bengaluru
accounted for a sizeable 17,051 cases. A despairing
scenario indeed. To add to people’s despair the state
health minister B. Sriramulu said, “What can the
government do? Only God can save us now.”
Coming from the health minister the statement
was not only startling but also irresponsible. True,
when it comes to the pandemic not just Bengaluru
but the entire country is at God’s mercy as tracing
and testing of patients becomes a big challenge.
But the health minister is expected to instill con-
fidence in the people and not leave it to God to sal-
vage the situation when there are less than 30,000
active cases. After all, the government did make
arrangements for quarantining 100,000 patients in
March and expected 1.6 per cent of the 6.5 crore
population to get infected. The government turned
complacent after the initial slow increase in cases.
In this hour of crisis a reported feud between
three ministers---Sriramulu, medical education
minister K. Sudhakar and revenue minister R.
Ashoka---is not helping matters. Chief Minister
BS Yeddyurappa, who doesn’t seem to be in com-
mand, must take effective control to ramp up trac-
ing and testing to avert a disaster.
K

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New Delhi: Union Rail-
way and Commerce
Minister Piyush Goyal
on Thursday said that
the Indian Railways
will become the world’s
first large, clean rail-
ways and move towards
100 per cent electrifica-
tion in the next three
and half years.
Speaking at the Con-
federation of Indian In-
dustry’s (CII) event on
‘Towards a Self-Reliant
India: Renewable Ener-
gy Manufacturing’, Go-
yal said, “Prime MInis-
ter Narendra Modi had
said that India has be-
come a model for the
world when the transi-
tion to renewable ener-
gy is mentioned.
“Today, every willing
citizen has access to
power at affordable
prices. And, we have in-
vested deeply in the
transmission sector for
widespread availability
of sector. I do hope the
states support us to
make power 24×7 avail-
able at affordable pric-
es,” the Minister said.
Emphasising on re-
newable energy, Goyal
said that dependency
on fossil fuel is not via-
ble. “Along with envi-
ronmental benefits, re-
newable energy is good
for the nation economi-
cally. In renewable en-
ergy, we have been able
to bring in scale, in-
crease demand and re-
duce prices. We are see-
ing people wanting to
go in for renewable en-
ergy,” Goyal said.
“For renewable en-
ergy to further pro-
gress, we need to en-
hance our manufactur-
ing and become self-
sufficient and need the
support of the states,”
he said. Talking about
the national transport-
er’s plans to go green by
2030, the Minister said,
“Railways will move to
100 per cent electrifica-
tion in the next three
and half years and 100
per cent ‘net zero’ op-
erator in the next 9-10
years.
“By 2030, each one of
us will be a proud citi-
zen, owning the world’s
first large clean rail-
ways,” Goyal said.
The Indian Railways
has initiated a number
of major initiatives to
mitigate global warm-
ing and combat climate
change. According to
the Railway Ministry
officials, the national
transporter has com-
pleted electrification of
more than 40,000 route
km (RKM), which is 63
per cent of the broad-
gauge routes, in which
18,605 km electrifica-
tion has been done dur-
ing 2014-20.
Railways has fixed a
target of electrification
of 7,000 RKM for 2020-21.
All routes on broad-
gauge network have
been planned to be elec-
trifiedbyDecember2023
& Railways is focusing
on electrification of the
last-mile connectivity &
missing links, officers
said. —Agencies
‘Rlystobeworld’s1stlarge,cleanentityby2030’The sector will move to 100% electrification in next three & half years & 100% ‘net zero’ operator in next 9-10 years, Piyush Goyal said
New Delhi: In the
run-up to the 2nd Min-
isterial meeting of the
India and US Strategic
Energy Partnership,
scheduled on July 17,
2020, Minister of Pe-
troleum and Natural
Gas and Steel, Dhar-
mendra Pradhan,
along with US Secre-
tary of Energy, HE
Dan Brouillette, co-
Chaired industry-level
interaction, organised
by US-India Business
Council (USIBC).
During these inter-
actions, Pradhan in-
vited US companies
and investors to engage
and invest in India in
new opportunities.
“There have been a few
collaborative efforts
between Indian and
American companies
in this sector, but it is
far below their poten-
tial,” said Pradhan.
He noted the resil-
ience of the US-India
Energy Partnership
and characterized it as
one of the most dura-
ble pillars on which
India-US Strategic
Partnership rests.
“Even during these
challenging times, In-
dia and the US have
been working in close
collaboration, be it in
stabilizing global
energy markets or in
collaborative efforts to
address COVID-19. In
today’s turbulent
world, one constant is-
and always will be -the
strength of our
bilateral partnership,”
he added.
The Minister had
also separately Chaired
an industry-level inter-
action organized by US-
India Strategic Energy
partnership (USISPF)
on Tuesday. —ANI
PradhaninvitesUSinvestorstoseize
opportunity in India’s growth story
Today, every willing citizen has
access to power at affordable pric-
es. And, we have invested
deeply in the transmission sector
for widespread availability of sec-
tor. I do hope the states support us
to make power 24×7 available at
affordable prices.
—Piyush Goyal, Railway Minister
Anirudh Tiwari
Bhopal:Days after a
Dalit family was beaten
up by cops in MP’s
Guna district, BSP
chief and former UP
CM Mayawati hit out at
BJP government in the
state over the issue and
asked for strict action
against those responsi-
ble. A farm belonging
the the Dalit family was
also destroyed by the dis-
trictadministrationwith
the help of a JCB ma-
chine. State Home Min-
ister Narottam Mishra
said, “This is Madhya
Pradesh, there is rule of
law here. A high-level
inquiryhasbeenordered
into the incident.” CM
Shivraj Singh Chauhan
has taken the matter se-
riously & on his orders,
District Magistrate S
Vishwanathan and SP
Tarun Nayak have been
suspended. Rajesh Ku-
mar Singh has been
made the new SP.
Palghar: The Maha-
rashtra Criminal Inves-
tigation Department
(CID)filedachargesheet
in a court against 126
accused in the Palghar
lynching case in which
two monks and their
driver were beaten to
death by a mob exactly
three months ago.
The CID filed the
4,955-page chargesheet
in the court of Judicial
Magistrate First Class
(JMFC) at Dahanu ta-
luka in Palghar dis-
trict located adjoining
Mumbai, the probe
agency said.
The team probing the
incident examined 808
suspects and 118 wit-
nesses to collect strong
evidence against the ac-
cused, the CID said in a
release.
In all, 154 persons
were arrested and 11 ju-
veniles in conflict with
law, were detained.
None of the accused has
been released on bail so
far, the release said.
“The chargesheet
was filed by Dy SP (CID)
Vijay Pawar, the IO, at
the JMFC court in Da-
hanu against 126 ac-
cused,” it said. They
were charged with mur-
der, armed rioting and
using criminal force to
prevent a public serv-
ant from doing is duty,
among other offences.
MP: BJP, oppn spar over
cops beating Dalit couple
Palgharlyncing:CIDfiles
chargesheet against 126
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GOLD SMUGGLING CASE
INDIAJAIPUR | FRIDAY, JULY 17, 2020
New Delhi: India has
recorded 32,695 new
COVID-19 cases in the
last 24 hours, taking the
tally to 9,68,876, Union
Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare on
Thursday, said. The
country at present has
3,31,146 active cases and
6,12,815 coronavirus pa-
tients have been cured/
recovered.
1,118 people have suc-
cumbed to the deadly
contagious disease
since Wednesday. The
death now toll stands at
24,915.
Of the 24,915 deaths,
Maharashtra has re-
ported 10,928 fatalities,
Delhi 3,487, Tamil Nadu
2,167, Gujarat 2,079, Ut-
tar Pradesh 1,012, West
Bengal 1,000, Karnata-
ka 928, Madhya Pradesh
682 and Rajasthan 530.
Andhra Pradesh reg-
istered 452 deaths in
Andhra Pradesh, Telan-
gana 386, Haryana 319,
Punjab 221, Jammu and
Kashmir 206, Bihar 180,
Odisha 77, Uttarakhand
50,Assam46,Jharkhand
38, Kerala 35.
20 people have lost
their lives due to the
COVD-19 disease in
Chhattisgarh, 21 in Pu-
ducherry, 18 in Goa, 11
each in Himachal
Pradesh and Chandi-
garh, 3 each in
Arunachal Pradesh and
Tripura, two each in
Meghalaya and Dadra
and Nagar Haveli and
Daman and Diu, while
Ladakh has reported
one fatality.
Maharashtra contin-
ues to record highest
number of cases.
2,75,640 people have
been affected by the cor-
onavirus disease so far.
There are 1,12,099 active
cases & 1,52,613 have
been cured. — Agencies
India records highest single
day spike of 32,695 new cases
COVID UPDATE The death toll now stands at 24, 915 & Maharashtra continues to record the highest number of cases in the country
New Delhi: India's
pharmaceutical indus-
try will be able to pro-
duce COVID-19 vac-
cines not just for the
country but also for the
entire world, according
to Microsoft co-founder
and philanthropist Bill
Gates. A lot of “very im-
portant things have
been done” in India and
its pharma industry is
doing work “to help
make the coronavirus
vaccine building on
other great capacities
that they have used for
other diseases”, said
the Co-Chair & Trustee
of Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation.
Speaking in a docu-
mentary - COVID-19: In-
dia's War Against The
Virus, Bill Gates said In-
dia also faces a huge chal-
lenge due to the health
crisis because of its gi-
gantic size and urban
centres with a lot of
population density.
Commenting on the
strength of India's phar-
ma industry, he said,
“India has a lot of capacity
there - with the drug and
vaccine companies that are
huge suppliers to the entire
world. You know, more vac-
cines are made in India
than anywhere - starting
with Serum Institute, that's
the largest.” I am excited
that pharmaceutical in-
dustry there will be able
to produce not just for In-
dia but also for the entire
world. What we need to
reduce the deaths and
make sure we are im-
mune, which is how we
end the epidemic.” —PTI
India can produce
COVID-19 vaccines for
entire world: Bill Gates
Bhubaneswar: In
view of the rising
COVID-19 cases,
Odisha government
on Thursday, im-
posed a 14-day lock-
down in four dis-
tricts and entire
Rourkela Munici-
pal Corporation
area of Sundergarh
district.
Odisha Chief Secre-
tary Asit Tripathy
informed that the
lockdown restric-
tions will be
clamped in Gan-
jam, Khurda, Cut-
tack and Jajpur dis-
tricts along with
the entire Rourkela
Municipal Corpora-
tion area. The lock-
down restrictions
will come to effect
from today.
“From ongoing sur-
veys, it is learnt
that nearly two-
third of active cases
and new case load
which accounts for
nearly 66% of cases
have been reported
from Ganjam, Cut-
tack, Jajpur and
Khurda. Hence, we
have decided to im-
pose 14-day lock-
down till July 31,”
said Tripathy.
New Delhi: As many as
99 doctors in the coun-
try, a majority of them
general practitioners,
have succumbed to
COVID-19, the Indian
Medical Association
(IMA) said on Wednes-
day, and declared a red
alert for medicos and
medical administrators
asking them to raise
their guard.
According to IMA
National COVID regis-
try data, of the total
1,302 doctors infected
with COVID-19, 99 have
succumbed to the dis-
ease. Of those dead, 73
were above the age of 50
years, 19 in the age-
group of 35-50 and sev-
en below 35 years, the
data showed. “IMA de-
clares RED ALERT to
doctors and medical ad-
ministrators to raise
their guard. If COV-
ID-19 mortality has to
be lessened, it has to
start with doctors and
hospitals,” the doctors’
body said in a state-
ment. A feedback sys-
tem from doctors, em-
ployees & public needs
to be put in place. —PTI
14-day
complete
lockdown
in Odisha
IMA issues ‘Red
Alert’ for medicos
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adi-
tyanath directed officials on Thursday to prepare
a concerted strategy for effectively checking the
spread of COVID-19 and communicable diseases.
In a meeting with senior officials, the chief minis-
ter also called for daily review of the prevailing
situation by the nodal officers appointed in differ-
ent districts, according to an official statement.He
stressed that special cleanliness and sanitisation
drives should be carried out across districts, and
asked officials to ensure proper medical screening
and supply of clean potable water.
Yogi calls for concerted
strategy to curb Corona
Kolkata: Who is the
boss at state-run uni-
versities - is it the Gov-
ernor-cum-Chancellor
or the Education De-
partment?
This question trig-
gered a showdown be-
tween West Bengal Gov-
ernor and the state gov-
ernment, with Jagdeep
Dhankar accusing the
state of politically con-
trolling education.
“Education is politi-
cally caged, politically
controlled. The politi-
cal grip on education is
frightening,” Dhankar
tweeted on Thursday
after no one turned up
for a virtual conference
he had called of Vice-
Chancellors from 23
universities on Wednes-
day. Dhankar blamed
the government for this
situation.
The West Bengal gov-
ernment has appealed
to UGC to rethink its
decision to hold final
semester university ex-
ams by September in
view of the epidemic.
The Governor said he
too was in touch with
the UGC chairman on
the issue.
“IntheseCovidtimes,
I wanted to fathom the
problems of colleges
and universities and
called a virtual confer-
ence of Vice-Chancel-
lors. But it was opposed;
it is a war-like situa-
tion. The roof has fallen
on our heads (sic),” he
said at a press meet.
Even as Bengal Gov-
ernor Jagdeep Dhankar
was speaking, Bengal's
Higher Education de-
partment tweeted a let-
ter to the Governor say-
ing he was going “be-
yond his jurisdiction”
with his “action”.
The state govern-
ment said it was “sur-
prised” at Dhankar's
tweets and cited Rule
8(5) of the State Uni-
versities (Terms &
Conditions of Service
of the Vice Chancel-
lors & the Manner and
Procedure of Official
C o m m u n i c a t i o n )
Rules, 2019. —Agencies
BengalGuv,Govtinrowover
‘Politicallycaged’education
Thiruvananthapuram:
Kerala CM Pinarayi
Vijayan announced
that government has
suspended his for-
mer principal secre-
tary M Sivasankar, a
senior IAS officer, for
flouting service rules
amid reports of his
imminent arrest in
gold smuggling case.
Vijayan said the ac-
tion was taken on the
basis of an inquiry
conducted by a two-
member panel head-
ed by chief secretary
Viswas Mehta.
“Inquiry report
pointed out that
there were some laps-
es on his part and he
violated all-India ser-
vice rules,” said the
CM. The opposition
Congress and BJP
said the CM cannot
get away with action
against his former
secretary. “He took
action against his
secretary since nee-
dle of suspicion is
turning towards
him. We want the
CM’s resignation”
said BJP’s Kerala
unit president K
Surendran.
Considered close to
Vijayan, he was re-
moved from the pow-
erful principal secre-
tary’s post after re-
ports surfaced that he
was allegedly close to
oneof thekeyaccused
in gold smuggling
case Swapna Suresh.
He was grilled by Cus-
toms department for
ninehoursonWednes-
day. Officials found
discrepancies in his
statement & decided
to call him again for
questioning. They
also said his arrest
was imminent.
Mumbai: Two people
died and at least 15 were
injured in two incidents
of building collapse in
Mumbai on Thursday
as rains lashed the city,
officials said.
While two persons
died after a portion of a
‘chawl’ (tenement) col-
lapsed in suburban Mal-
vani, many people were
feared trapped under
debris after part of an
old building collapsed
in south Mumbai’s Fort
area, civic officials said.
A part of a three-sto-
rey chawl in Malvani
Gate Number 5 area in
the western suburbs col-
lapsed around 2.30 pm.
Four fire engines, a res-
cuevanandambulances
were rushed to the spot
and 15 people were res-
cued from the debris,
said the Brihanmumbai
Municipal Corporation.
While two persons
died, 13 others were in-
jured, said a BMC offi-
cial. Elsewhere, at least
two persons were in-
jured and several others
were feared trapped un-
der debris after a corner
portion of an old six-
storeybuildingcollapsed
in south Mumbai’s Fort
around 4.45 pm. Eight
fire engines, two rescue
vans and ambulances
were rushed. Mayor
Kishori Pednekar also
visited the spot. —PTI
Kerala govt suspends
CM’s former secretary
Twodeadinbuildingcollapse
incidentsasrainslashMumbai
The incident took place around 4.43 pm at the Bhanushali
building in Fort near Lucky House.
Friday blockbuster...
which is also the dead-
line that the Speaker’s
office gave the MLAs to
file their replies to the
notices. Interestingly,
Abhishek Manu Singh-
vi, who is also a Con-
gress leader, is slated to
represent the Speaker’s
office while Harish
Salve and Mukul Rohat-
gi, who have represent-
ed the BJP-led govern-
ment at the Centre in
the past, are the lawyers
for the Pilot’s camp.
On Thursday, Con-
gress chief whip Ma-
hesh Joshi, who had
written to the Speak-
er seeking the MLAs’
disqualification, also
approached the court,
asking to be heard be-
fore it passes any or-
der.
Notably, If the Con-
gress dissidents are
disqualified, the cur-
rent strength of the
state assembly will
reduce to 181, slash-
ing the half-way mark
to 91 and seemingly
making it easier for
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot to retain ma-
jority support. In the
200-member assem-
bly, the Congress has
107 MLAs and the
BJP 72.
A viral...
First man: Don’t come
till 11 am.
Second: I have to come
back the same day.
First: No.
Second: Why.
First: We cannot take it
back.
Second: Let’s do it in the
morning, I have some
other work in Delhi. I
will settle it at 8-9 am,
then will meet when
you say. Less on the
phone.
First: Now we will move
legally. Second: Your ac-
tion has been reduced.
First: How.
Second: Which line are
you taking?
First: Yes, we are taking
the line.
Second: You are with
them only. First: Yes.
Second: Chandna did
not receive a call.
First: No, nor did I.
Second Viral Audio:
First man: You are
alone?
Second man: Yes.
First: The number will
be completed in two-
three days. Second: Yes.
First: I have told that
there are 2 people who
are hesitating, their
talk is direct with you.
There is no problem
anywhere, work will be
done immediately. Sec-
ond: Yes.
First: Now if I give the
list of Sachin, then tell
me, sir, my point is kept,
don’t take names. Sec-
ond: Yes, I will say.
First: Please talk to Ga-
jendra ji.
Second: I’ll get it done
now. First: Do it.
Third person: Gajendra
Singh speaking Ma-
haraj.
Second: Bless you, may
you win. Third: Hey you
are victorious.
Second: The number
will be completed in 1-2
days.
Third: Sanjay ji also
spoke. Now we have to
wait 8 to 10 days. Raj
cannot stay in the fence
for so many days. As
soon as they come out
they will come to them-
selves. Second: I also
understand that Raj
does not run from the
hotel. Number is not
force. The rest would
have become a matter
of Sanjay. I do not have
a name in the list. Ok
sir
Third audio:
First man: Hello
Second man: Yes okay
sir, the whole thing is
done. There is no
doubt. First: Yes, now
there is no govern-
ment, so all efforts
have to be made. Sec-
ondly, it is okay for
you, but you see, once
the numbers become
stronger, I have al-
ready told you the en-
tire program.
First: Yes, okay.
Second: I have a re-
sponsibility for you.
First: Okay.
Second: Your seniori-
ty will be taken care
of. Don’t worry. First:
Okay. Now just
Chetan Doody and
Balwant Poonia will
come
First: Chetan Doody
will also come, Bal-
want Poonia will also
come, and more will
come.
Second: That will be
good.
Reviving economy...
Earlier, he held three
separate meetings with
the Economic Advisory
Council,Chief andPrin-
cipal Economic Advisor
at the Ministry of Fi-
nance and NITI Aayog.
To deal with the coro-
navirus crisis, the gov-
ernment in May had
announced one of the
world’s biggest stimu-
lus packages worth Rs
20.97 lakh crore with a
focus on the survival of
businesses and drawing
a roadmap for economic
revival.
Union Finance Min-
ister Nirmala Sithara-
man has said the gov-
ernment is assessing
the impact of COVID-19
on the Indian economy
and will take more mea-
sure to address the is-
sues if required. —ANI
FROM PG 1
PB CAPS TREATMENT RATES
FOR PRIVATE HOSPITALS
Chandigarh: The Punjab has fixed the coronavi-
rus treatment rates for private hospitals in order
to check profiteering. The rates, finalised for
private hospitals and medical colleges by the Dr
K K Talwar Committee, cover isolation beds, ICU
treatment and hospitalisation charges, per day of
admission. The rates have been fixed at Rs 9,000
for NABH accredited hospitals (including private
medical colleges without PG/DNB Course) and Rs
8,000 for non-NABH accredited hospitals. —PTI
GOVERNOR SPEAK

NEWSJAIPUR | FRIDAY, JULY 17, 2020
34 e-mitras
face Collector’s
rage for laxity
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: District Collec-
tor Antar Singh Nehra
came down heavily on
e-mitra kiosks by sus-
pending services of 34
such kiosks for 7 days.
He acted tough on
such counters situated
in various government
offices in view of the
carelessness in distrib-
uting the Jan Aadhaar
cards. Collector Nehra
saidthattheresponsibil-
ity of distributing Jan
Aadhar cards was as-
signed to 89 e-mitra ki-
osks, out of which 34
didn’t even bother to col-
lect the Jan Aadhaar
cards assigned to them
despitemultipleremind-
ers through phone dur-
ing the last one month.
ACP, Deputy Director
(IT & Communication)
Ritesh Kumar Sharma
said that if the suspend-
ed e-mitra kiosk opera-
tors don’t follow the
rules even after the
7-day suspension peri-
od, then their permis-
sion to operate will be
revoked.
Satyanarayan Sharma
Jaipur: Police arrested
three members of an in-
ter-state gang on Thurs-
day that used to steal
luxury vehicles from
Delhi, Haryana and Ut-
tar Pradesh by hacking
software and later
sold them in Gujarat.
During the operation,
police also recovered 16
luxury cars and 8 bikes.
Two members of the
gang were also held on
July 8.Police also recov-
ered signed pattas of dif-
ferent societies from
house of one gang mem-
ber.
DCP Pradeep Mohan
Sharma said that chief
of thegangShyamSingh
Rathore of Muralipura
had been arrested along
with Bhanu Pratap Sin-
gh alias Bhanu Banna
after two weeks recce.
The police had seized
five cars and a bike from
their possession.
Their interrogation
revealed names of Bha-
wani Singh, Hemant Ku-
mar Sharma, Hakimud-
din alias Sameer of Bu-
landshaher in UP.
The police recovered
16 luxury four-wheelers
including two Fortuner,
Creta, Compass Jeep,
Scorpio and Honda City,
five bikes, fake papers of
vehicles, and signed pat-
tas of societies.
The head of the gang
Shyam Singh had been
to jail several times. He
is also involved in occu-
pying disputed plots and
making forged docu-
ments.
Bhawani Singh along
with Hemant Sharma
alias Sonu and Sameer
purchased20stolenvehi-
cles in Delhi brought
them to Jaipur and sold
nine vehicles in Gujarat
with fake papers. Many
such papers found from
Bhawani.Hemant works
for UP’s top vehicle lifter
Sarik alias Azam Khan
gang against which the
police have registered
more than 70 cases.
Hemant and Sameer
revealed that they have
supplied two dozen vehi-
cles in Jaipur and one
dozen in Assam.
The police have been
looking for Sarik and
other gang members.
The gang mentions
chassis number of
scrapped or completely
damaged vehicles in
forged documents and
sell them claiming they
were financed recovery
vehicles.
They told the police
that luxury vehicles
were stolen from Delhi,
UP, Himachal, NCR and
Haryana by hacking
software and sold them
in Rajasthan, Gujarat
and Assam.
Cops bust gang of ‘software
hacking’ luxury vehicle-lifters
Chief of the
gang Shyam
Singh
Rathore of Murali-
pura had been ar-
rested along with
Bhanu Pratap Singh
alias Bhanu Banna
after two weeks recce
—Pradeep Mohan,
DCP
AK Jain
Jaipur: The political
crisis of Rajasthan is
ultimately being turned
into a legal battle start-
ed by the petition made
by Congress Chief
Whip Mahesh Joshi to
Speaker of Rajasthan
Assembly asking dis-
qualification of 19
MLAs belonging to
Sachin Pi lot camp.
Petition has been
very cleverly drafted.
Basis of the petition
asking for disqualifi-
cation is Section-2 (l)
of Xth Schedule of
Constitution com-
monly known as Anti
Defection Law. This
provision provides
that if a member of
the house voluntarily
leaves his party, he is
liable to be disquali-
fied by the Speaker.
However, in the pro-
vision, mode of leaving
party has not been clar-
ified. Such type of ques-
tion arose before Su-
preme Court in Ravi
Nayak’s case, Sharad
Yadav’s case and even
in Karnataka case,
where it was argued
and held that resign is
not the only mode of
leaving party, but it may
be inferred from the ac-
tions of the member
like his association
with opposition parties,
his disobedience of par-
ty orders and even hos-
tile behaviour in house
and outside.
Sharad Yadav’s case,
few member of Karna-
taka Assembly, Swami
Prasad Mourya are of
few examples, where
the members have been
disqualified on this
count. The rule of Ra-
jasthan provides that
notice of 7 days
should be given.
However, 3 days no-
tice has been given by
the Speaker relying
on Supreme Court
judgment in this re-
gard, which says that
in extreme case, no-
tice of 3 days may be
given.
The stand of the
party is contradicto-
ry in the matter.
On the one hand, Ma-
hesh Joshiis writing to
the Speaker that all
have left the party.
On the other, party
spoksperson is saying
that doors are still open
and thing may come to
party meetings.
Now, legal thing are
in a confusing state in
the everything re-
mains in the hands of
High Court.
However, even if the
court does not stay pro-
ceedings before the
speaker, still order
passed by the speaker
may be challenged by
the members before
High Court or Supreme
Court for the passing of
order.
As political turbulence knocks on High Court
doors, can legal angles untangle murky affairs?
POWER BATTLE
AK Jain
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: The political
turbulence has finally
reached to rock the
High Court building on
Thursday.
AICC co-incharge
Vivek Bansal chose
his words cautiously
while expressed his
views on the whole
power tussle drama
in the state.
Bansal said that the
people who are in-
volved in attempting
to bring down the
elected government
and have been con-
spiring to this end
should be unmasked
now. He said the party
is trying to keep it
safe and get the dissi-
dents back in the fold.
Bansal said he agrees
with the serious charg-
es levied by chief min-
ister Ashok Gehlot re-
garding attempts of
horse trading in the
state.
Vivek Bansal said
that it was simply be-
cause of the alertness
of CM Gehlot that a
timely action to un-
mask the conspiracy
could be taken, other-
wise there could have
been serious repercus-
sions.
Bansal alleged the
Modi government of
misusing the central
agencies like ED and IT
which was detrimental
to the democracy in the
country.
He also alleged that
the media wasn’t re-
porting on this as
openly as it should
have. AICC state co
incharge said that
any decision on
Sachin Pilot’s return
to the party can now
only be taken at the
level of Sonia and Ra-
hul Gandhi.
‘Pilot’s return now can only
happen at Sonia, Rahul level’
Vivek Bansal
GRAPPLING WITH FUND CRUNCH,
JDC GOYAL FIXES WORK PRIORITIES
Abhishek Srivastav
Jaipur: Jaipur Devel-
opment Authority
(JDA) is trying to
walk the ‘tight rope’
situation it is in due
to financial con-
straints.
JDA Commissioner
Guarav Goyal held an
important meeting
with JDA officials
and gave them in-
structions to manage
the affairs in the pre-
vailing financial situ-
ation.
JDA is left with a
cash reservoir of only
Rs 45 crore and it has
engineering works
worth Rs 1,200 crore al-
ready proposed during
the current financial
year.
JDC Goyal told the
departmental engi-
neers to take up the
revenue driven pro-
jects on priority. He
asked them to drop
the road projects
which were already
stalled for quite some
time due to non avail-
ability of land.
He also instructed to
postpone the projects
which were not needed
immediately or which
can be deferred for
some time.
The focus of the
meeting held on Thurs-
day was the engineer-
ing wing which is re-
sponsible for the techni-
cal execution of the
projects on ground.
JDC tried fixing
their priorities so
that he could effec-
tively and judiciously
use the available fi-
nance along with
reaping in more from
various sources. With
this view JDC Goyal
has made those road
projects the first pri-
ority where the
aligned land can get
revenue.
Second priority will
be given to the road re-
pair and reconstruction
in matters of disaster
relief. Main roads will
be third priority and
the internal roads will
be on the fourth priori-
ty.
He instructed the of-
ficers to submit their
proposals based on
these priorities.
JDC Goyal has con-
stituted a core group
aiming to increase
the revenue. Addi-
tional commissioner
(Administration),
Joint Commissioner
(resource Develop-
ment), Director (Fi-
nance), Director (En-
gineering-II), Special
Officer (Resource De-
velopment), System
Analyst and Addi-
tional Chief Town
Planner will be mem-
bers of the core
group.
This core group
will prepare the data
of developed land
plots for auction. Go-
yal instructed to pre-
pare the proposals for
auction of 400 bigha
developed land along
with allotment.
Goyal said that a soft-
ware displaying all the
land available with JDA
will be up soon where
the investors will be
able to get all the infor-
mation regarding the
land of his choice and
can also list his demand
online.
Goyal also instruct-
ed that the zonal engi-
neers should also be
made part of the auc-
tion committee so
that ground reality
from the concerned
zones reflected in se-
lection of proposed
auction lands with
minimum specula-
tion possible on part
of the HQ.
Cutting costs and
garnering revenue
seems to be the wise
strategy by the new
JDC.
Kavita paath,veer ras charge
up political drama on twitter!
PUTTING REVENUE DRIVEN PROJECTS FIRST: JDA Commissioner Gaurav Goyal
While the polity
of Rajasthan is
swinging between
Congress, BJP and
Pilot camp, ‘ﬁrebrand’
politician and former
Tourism minister
Vishvendra Singh
seems to be cosying
up to the saffron party,
at least on Twitter. The
BJP leaders have been
trying to ‘woo’ the
erstwhile Royal and
approaching him on
twitter and interestingly,
even Singh replies
in the same ﬂavour.
On Thursday, former
minister Vasudev
Devnani tweeted to
Vishvendra praising his
stance against the state
government. Devnani
tweeted a Rajasthani
saying, “Nahi Jaatni
ne sahi vyarth prasav
ki peed, janma uske
garbh se Surajmal sa
veer. Dwand kaha tak
pala jaye, Yudh kaha tak
Taala jaye. Tum bhi ho
Suraj ke vanshaj, Fenk
jaha tak bhala jaye.”
Devnani compared
Vishvendra to his
forefather and the found
of Bharatpur state -
Maharaja Surajmal - and
said that his mother
had not seen the labour
pains for nothing
since she gave birth to
Vishvendra. Questioning
as to till when a person
could continue with the
internal strife and till
when can a ‘combat’
be avoided, Devnani
reminded Singh about
his ‘solar lineage’ and
motivated him to tear
down the opposition.
It wasn’t long when
the ‘Kshatriya’ in
Vishvendra replied in
the same fervor citing
examples of Ramniwas
and Mukesh Bhakar,
“The youngest MLA did
not care of their political
future and rebelled
against supression and
torture. Blessed is the
land of Nagaur and their
mothers who bore these
fearless men.”
—Aishwary Pradhan
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajsamand
MP Diya Kumari met
Chief Secretary Ra-
jeeva Swarup and
made him aware of
various problems
faced by her constitu-
ency by submitting a
memorandum.
Diya requested al-
lotmentof landforthe
district-level stadium
and forward the pro-
posal for Rajsamand
to be selected for the
NationalHorticulture
Mission.RajsanadMP
also demanded a na-
turopathy Yoga Cent-
erandAyushHospital
under center funded
schemealongwithup-
grading the existing
PHCs in the constitu-
ency apart from open-
ing new ones.
She also requested
the state government
to give its consent for
extension rail tracks
between Nathdwara-
Bhilwara and Ajmer-
Pushkar up to Medta
asjointventuresalong
with consent for part-
nership in gauge
change for approved
MarwadJunctionpro-
ject. She also forward-
ed her demand for get-
ting water for Amet
and Kumbhalgarh to
Jakham Dam from
Mahi Sagar Dam.
Diya meets Swarup
with sets of demands
for her constituency
Rajsamand MP Diya Kumari meeting CS Rajeeva Swarup.

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‘In any case, report should be placed before Court within six weeks’
GEETANJALI MEDICAL COLLEGE ADMISSION SCAM
New Delhi: A day after
Congress leader Sachin
Pilot said that he was
not joining the BJP and
some people were
spreading rumours to
malign his image, vet-
eran party leader Ka-
pil Sibal on Thursday
hit out at him saying
it seems that the
MLAs in Haryana's
Manesar are on vaca-
tion and asked what
about 'ghar wapasi'
(coming back).
"False rumours
spread to malign. Pi-
lot: 'I am not joining
BJP'. I guess then leg-
islators at a hotel in
Manesar is merely a
vacation in Haryana's
comfort zone under
BJP's watchful eye.
What about 'ghar wap-
si'?" Sibal said in a
tweet mocking at Pilot.
Sibal's remarks came
a day after Pilot told me-
dia that he had no plans
to join the Bharatiya
Janata Party and al-
leged that some people
were spreading false
rumours to malign his
image in the eyes of the
senior leadership.
On Tuesday, Con-
gress sacked Pilot as
both Rajasthan PCC
chief and Deputy Chief
Minister for leading the
rebellion against the
leadership of Ashok
Gehlot.
Sibal was the first
person in Congress to
raise the red flag
amid the crisis over
the survival of its
government in Ra-
jasthan.
"Worried for our
party. Will we wake
up only after the
horses have bolted
from our stables?"
the former Union
Minister tweeted.
The party faced its
second political crisis
within months of a re-
volt led by Jyotiraditya
Scindia in MP, which
ousted the Kamal Nath
government in that
state. —Agencies
SibalaimsatPilot,asks
himabout‘gharwapasi’Also said, seems that MLAs in Haryana’s Manesar are on vacation
Kapil Sibal with Sachin Pilot —FILE PHOTO
New Delhi: Amid spec-
ulation of attempts
being made for a for-
mal patch up with for-
mer Deputy Chief
Minister Sachin Pilot,
the top leadership of
the Congress party,
however, on Thursday
said there was no pro-
gress on the front. Top
party source said: "Nei-
ther Pilot has ap-
proached us, nor any-
body in the party has
tried to contact him."
"There is no hurry
from our side as our
government is safe,"
top Congress func-
tionary said. The par-
ty is more keen to
take back the MLAs
who were siding with
Pilot to weaken his
plot of dislodging the
state government.
Congress spokesper-
son Randeep Surjewala,
on Wednesday, while ad-
dressing a press confer-
ence, accused the BJP
of trying to destabilise
the otherwise stable
government led by Ge-
hlot. "The last 24 hours
have proved that BJP's
attempt to topple the
government has failed
in Rajasthan," he said.
Expressingtheparty's
"softcorner"forPilot,he
said that he has been in-
vited to attend the meet-
ing of the Legislature
party more than once,
and the action against
him was taken "with a
heavy heart". —Agencies
‘Notalksinprogressbetween
PilotandCongressleaders’
AVINASH PANDE
@avinashpandeinc
Misbehavior with
Dalit family in
Guna is highly
reprehensible. Strict
action should be
taken against all the
people of the guilty
administration at
the earliest.
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: Health Minis-
ter Dr Raghu Sharma,
while hitting at BJP,
said that agencies
like ED and I-T are be-
ing misused for
threatening through
money power. There
was no need for the
party MLAs to go to
court. There is nothing
about a floor test now,
but discipline and depth
have some importance.
Meanwhile, during
the day, Dr Raghu Shar-
ma said that number of
testing has been in-
creased to average of
25,000 daily due to
which there is an in-
crease in positive cases,
but people need not
have to be scared of it.
Corona positive people
are being detected early
due to which they are
being treated on time
and this is improving
recovery rate.
Against national aver-
age of 9,168 per 10 lakh,
Rajasthan is taking
14,122 samples. Looking
atthenumberof positive
patients coming to Jodh-
pur by trains from South
India and Mumbai, he
directed to remain cau-
tious. Dr Sharma said
that till now 47 serious
patients have been treat-
ed with plasma therapy.
He has directed to make
a list of people who have
turned negative from co-
ronapositiveandinspire
them to donate plasma
so that plasma banks
could be increased.
BJP USED ED, INCOME TAX RAIDS TO THREATEN: RAGHU
New Delhi: Alluding
to the Rajasthan po-
litical crisis, AAP
MLA and National
Spokesperson Ra-
ghav Chadha on
Thursday said that
the Congress party
has no future, and
is on ventilator, tak-
ing its last breath.
Addressingadigital
press conference, Ra-
ghavChadharuedthat
at a time when every
party should be con-
centrating on increas-
ing the availability of
ICU beds, improving
the recovery rate and
working together,
MLAs are being sold
and bought in states.
“The nation is
witnessing bad pol-
itics unfolding in
Rajasthan. State af-
ter state, Congress
can be seen selling
its MLAs. It nei-
ther has any
future nor
it can
give any future to
this country,” said
Chadha.
The 135-year-old
Congress party is
on ventilator today
and no plasma ther-
apy, hydroxychloro-
quine or Remdesiv-
ir or any other med-
icine can save it
now, he added. “Peo-
ple give their vote to
Congress and they
sell it to the BJP. One
party is selling the
votes, while the other
is buying it,” he
scoffed. —Agencies
Congress is on
ventilator, has
no future: AAP
Sachin Pilot
New Delhi: Former
Deputy Chief Minis-
ter Sachin Pilot has
approached Abhishek
Manu Singhvi for le-
gal help for the ensu-
ing legal battle over
disqualification notice
to him and his MLAs.
When agencies con-
tacted senior Congress
spokesperson and legal
luminary Abhishek
Manu Singhvi, he
said, "Two days
ago, he called
me. He is a good
friend and I
have high
r e g a r d
for him.
I told him it is not
honourable for me to
advise him without
telling him I am ad-
vising the opp side!"
"So we both had a
good laugh," Singhvi
said. Meanwhile, Pilot
and his 18 loyalist MLAs
moved Raj HC against
the Speaker's disqualifi-
cationnotice.WhilePilot
approached the court for
relief, Congress
moved strategically
convening two CLP
meets and appeal-
ing to Pilot to
a t t e n d
them.
—Agencies
Pilot calls Singhvi for
help, ends with a laugh
Abhishek Manu SinghviRaghav Chadha
Aditi Nagar &
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: Day after
Sachin Pilot claimed
that BJP leader
Vasundhara Raje
had been siding with
Gehlot government
as the state govern-
ment has provided
her a bungalow, for-
mer BJP leader and
RLP MP from Na-
gaur, Hanuman
Beniwal made a
shocking remark
claiming that Raje
asked Congress MLAs,
close to her to support
Gehlot.
“Moreover, each
and every Jat MLA
from Sikar and Na-
gaur has been ap-
proached by Raje ask-
ing them to distance
themselves from
Sachin, of which we
have proof.” Beniwal
said that the people
of Rajasthan have
understood this Ge-
hlot-Raje collusion
and claimed that
Raje was working to
save Gehlot’s minor-
ity government.
Meanwhile, on
Thursday, two of Ra-
je’s trusted MLAs -
Kailash Meghwal and
Pratap Singh Singhvi
- defended the two
time Chief Minister
on the issue of Gehlot
government providing
her the bungalow she
allocated for herself
and said, “she has
been five time MP
and leader of oppo-
sition too. Alloting a
bungalow is state
government’s right
which it can exer-
cise as it deems
right. Today’s poli-
tics is derogatory,
we have not seen
downfall of politics
to such level. What
Sachin Pilot has said
is not right. He him-
self lives in govern-
ment bungalow in
Delhi,” the duo said.
They even defend-
ed Raje on the accu-
sations related to
mining saying, “she
is the leader who
handed the entire
matter to Lokayuk-
ta. She is a senior
leader and such im-
mature comments
on her is not the
right way of doing
politics.”
Deputy LoP Rajen-
dra Rathore said, “I
cannot say anything
on Pilot’s personal re-
marks, neither do I
express any agree-
ment on his remarks.”
However, during this
time Rathore did not
oppose Pilot’s state-
ment. On the other
hand, Rathore ac-
cused the Congress
CM’s camp of defy-
ing parliamentary
traditions for the
first time in parlia-
mentary history.
We have proofs: Beniwal backs
Pilot’s statement against Raje
Hanuman Beniwal Vasundhara Raje Rajendra Rathore
Nizam Kantaliya
Jodhpur: It seems that
the troubles for
Geetanjali Medical
College and its Direc-
tor JP Agrawal are
only ascending. On
Thursday, the Judge
of special court on
CBI cases at Jodhpur,
Pooran Kumar Shar-
ma directed the CBI to
positively place its en-
quiry report against
Geetanjali Medical
College and Officers
of Medical Council of
India within six weeks
before the Court.
The allegations over
Geetanjali Medical Col-
lege are that in the year
2018-19, they conducted
47 admissions, which
were not only irregular,
butweremadeonforged
and false records. The
same was confirmed
by the Committee
formed by Govern-
ment of Rajasthan,
which also enquired
about the matter.
However, allegation is
that several crores of
rupees has been illegal-
ly transferred for these
irregular and illegal ad-
missions.
During the previ-
ous hearing, CBI in-
formed the Court, on
the complaint of Ra-
jendra Singh Shekha-
wat, that they have
forwarded criminal
complaint for enquiry
to the Vigilance Of-
ficer of Medical
Council of India.
Complainant Rajendra
Singh Shekhawat
through his counsel AK
Jain moved an applica-
tion saying that time
limit as per Supreme
Court direction for en-
quiry is six weeks, but
the enquiry is deliber-
ately being delayed.
After hearing CBI,
the Court directed
that in any case, re-
port should be placed
within six weeks be-
fore the Court. On the
other hand, complain-
ant through his counsel
has also moved an ap-
plication for permis-
sion to prosecute the
offenders to the con-
cerned authorities.
AK Jain Geetanjali Medical College JP Agarwal

Allegations are
that in year 2018-
19, the college
conducted 47
admissions,
which were not
only irregular,
but were made
on forged and
false records
Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma during the high level review
meeting with Dr Sudhir Bhandari, Dr KK Sharma, Dr Rajababu
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RHYTHM SANADHYA, Entrepreneur
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
TJeopardise someone’s
safety for self gain should
be avoided, you are a good
person and don’t let anyone
else influence you otherwise. On
professional front, you need to be
more alert and careful of your work.
Your opinions are of great value to
your children when they go astray.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Fulminating against evil
practices will be the best
thing to do. A good bank
balance will allow you to
experiment with businesses. If you
are tired of the monotonous way of
life, try and incorporate new hobbies
in your routine. You are all about
fitness and routine these days.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Lustre on face is the
indication of a good news
on its way. Sometimes
taking advices is not so
bad so listen to the one who is trying
to save you some time. You are likely
to do more work than is required
from you because you will feel really
happy doing the work that you love.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Peculiarity is often noticed
and can benefit you more
than you can ever imagine.
You are stubborn when it
comes to getting things that you like.
You are a sweet person to sweet
people and a devil for all the devils.
You have your parents hand on your
head and nothing can harm you.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Overblown by your hard
work in projects, you
seniors are going to
reward you. You will be all
time lost in reading, you may also go
for books shopping. Avoid taking any
legal actions to get your money back,
give some time and you will have it
without any problem.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Bestow your blessings and
good wishes on someone
who really needs them right
now. Justice is very
important if you are the one who is
asked to judge. You will complete the
given task in record time and will get
free from the extra burden. You are get
a surprise call from someone dear.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Quietude mode will benefit
you as a mental therapy
therefore take your space
and spend some time
alone. You will find your own way on
professional front. No opposition can
stop you from getting what you want
on career front. You love to interact
with people in ongoing basis.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Cocky personality and
straight forwardness is
your personality trade-
mark. Someone will share
you workload today but express your
gratitude by doing the same for this
person in the near future when
chance comes.You will grow very
sensitive towards a family member.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Gravitating towards
someone in office is
indicated by cards. You are
a brainy person and find
logic in everything. Remain regular in
with your studies to keep up to date
with everyone else. You have many
options in life and to choose the right
one also depends totally on you.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Killjoys are everywhere but
it totally depends on you if
you let them do their job or
not. Judicious spending is
what you have been practicing for
sometime now. On professional
front, you may get nominated for
some award. Catch up with your
friends even if its on phone.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Besmirch your family’s
name is very easy
therefore think before you
decide to do something
from which there is no looking back.
Your well being is in the well being of
your family, such a large hearted
person you are. You are somebody
who can sacrifice anything for kids.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Enduring financial
pressures in the past has
made you this strong
person that you are today.
If you get a chance to see your
family, don’t miss out on it. On office
front, all you need is a planned
schedule and then see how fast
things will work for you.
YOUR
DAYHoroscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
TURNINGFANTASIESINTOREALITIESomewhere, some-
one has been des-
perately hoping
that Hollywood
would get around
to making a movie
adaptation of the
late-’70s TV show “Fantasy
Island.” Meanwhile, it
would seem that the rest of
usthatis,thefilmgoingpub-
lic are just extras in an elab-
orate cautionary tale de-
signed to teach that person
alesson.Thepointbeing:Be
careful what you wish for;
suchcornyoldTVseriesare
bettersuitedforrerunsthan
for reboots. As suave yet sin-
ister host Mr. Roarke warns
the half-dozen expendable
douchebags, guests who’ve
traveled to this enchanted
retreat to live out their wild-
estdreams,‘Fantasiesrarely
play out as you would ex-
pect.’
This one at least packs
the novelty of having been
reconfigured into a Blum-
house horror movie. That
means a chance to explore
the shadowy corners of a
property originally de-
signed to accommodate a
parade of flashy guest stars,
à la ‘The Love Boat’ before
it although that show
doesn’t accommodate a
zombie outbreak
nearly so easily. In
remaking Gene
Levitt’s prime-
time series,
“Blumhouse’s
Fantasy Is-
land” leans
into the natu-
ral darkness of
its namesake
while mistak-
enly assuming
that millennials
know or care the
slightest thing
about it. On one
hand, Blum-
house’s “Fantasy
Island” seems
unlike-
l y
to satisfy anyone who re-
members the vintage ABC
show or its short-lived 1998
revival, swapping out the
weekly pleasure of watch-
ing Roarke torment the re-
volving cast of has-beens
(TV stars like Peter Graves
and Maureen McCormick
found intermittent work af-
ter their hit series were
canceled) for a more convo-
luted plot in which the is-
land engineers a series of
deadly scenarios for a
bunch of shallow nobodies
(over-actors like Lucy Hale,
Maggie Q, and Portia Dou-
bleday).
Director and co-writer
Jeff Wadlow must have im-
pressed someone with his
take on the material, with
its “Cabin in the Woods”-
like ambitions. The fin-
ished film plays at times
like an out-of-control pitch
meeting, lurching from one
ostensibly clever idea to the
next without taking the
trouble to connect the dots,
or even to remain consist-
ent with the two simple
rules it sets out for itself.
First, only one fantasy per
person (no do-overs, unless
the do-over itself happens
to be your fantasy). Second,
each guest must see his or
her fantasy through to its
natural conclusion — and
they inevitably “turn twist-
ed” after a time. Whose fan-
tasy is this, again? Oh right,
yours. And if such titilla-
tion does it for you, then the
ensuing assortment of
cheap thrills just might suf-
fice. For a horror remake of
“Fantasy Island,” however,
the PG-13 rating doesn’t al-
low for much in the way of
actual scares. It may be
more practical to think of
the movie as a hybrid of
various genres, as each
character’s fantasy takes
the shape of a different
kind of film.
JD dreams of “having it
all,” so Roarke leads him
and Brax to a crazy back-
yard bash cribbed from pot-
head house-party movies
like “Old School” and “This
Is the End” (minus any-
thing that would have
pushed the film into R-rated
territory). Gwen regrets
turning down a boyfriend’s
marriage proposal five
years earlier, so Roarke con-
jures a soft-focus romantic
scene straight out of the
Nicholas Sparks playbook.
Patrick always wanted to be
a soldier, so he gets to play
“Platoon” alongside the
hero dad he never knew.
The only one who seems
to be sticking to the horror
genre is Melanie, who longs
to get back at the girl who
bullied her in high school,
Sloane (Doubleday). Roarke
instructs her to take the el-
evator to the basement of
the island mansion (whose
exterior does a fine job of
matching the one seen on
the show), where a torture-
porn scenario awaits:
Sloane sits strapped into a
dental chair, while a dia-
bolical surgeon (Ian Rob-
erts) with an autopsy saw is
prepared to make her pay.
Again, things can only go so
far within the confines of a
PG-13 rating — which
comes as a relief in this
particular situation.
It takes the characters
nearly an hour to under-
stand the idea that they’re
getting to experience their
fantasies. Maybe that’s be-
cause, instead of paying
$50,000 for the privilege the
way they did on TV, they are
all winners of a contest
whose details are never di-
vulged. Given that change,
few will be surprised to
learn that they’ve been as-
sembled for the amusement
(or revenge) of someone
else, although the movie
doesn’t explain why that
person is allowed to violate
the first rule of Fantasy Is-
land.
No matter. Wadlow has
designed the experience
like a ride, whisking audi-
ences along quickly enough
that they’re not meant to
dwell on plot holes. Grant-
ed, it’s hard to predict
where the plot is headed
when the core premises are
constantly in flux.
S
Sources: https://variety.com/2020/film/reviews/fantasy-island-review-1203502991/

A
month after announc-
ing her first child, the
Lola rapper, Iggy Azal-
ea revealed her son’s
name with a clip titled ‘Ame-
thyst and Onyx’ when she post-
ed an audio recording via Insta-
gram of herself talking to the
newborn. Her son’s name Onyx
is a homage to her birth name,
Amethyst, which, like Onyx, is
a type of quartz. (Azalea was
born Amethyst Amelia Kelly.) In
the clip, Iggy asks the cooing
baby, “Baby boy, are you going to
say something to me?” When a
fan commented, “Your names go
so well together” “We besties
forever”. I kept waiting for the
right time to say but it feels
like the more time pass-
es the more I realize
that I’m always go-
ing to feel anxious
to share the
news that is gi-
ant with the
world,” the
c a p t i o n
read.
—Agency
A
s her upcoming film ‘Dolly Kitty Aur Woh
Chamakte Sitaare’ is skipping theatrical
release to premiere on Netflix, actor Bhu-
mi Pednekar on Thursday said she feels
online release will make her film to a larger
audience.
“As an artist, I only look to enter-
tain audiences every time I come
on screen and I’m ok with any
platform becoming the vehi-
cle of my creative expression.
At this day and age, producers
will do what is needed and we
must all support each other’s
decisions,” she said. “I
feel our film will
reach out to a much,
much larger audi-
ence with this
move,” she add-
ed. Pednekar
went on to ex-
plain how the
film is a very
special one
for her and
how she is hap-
py to share the
screen space with
Konkana Sen
Sharma for
the first time.
“Dolly Kitty
is a very special
film. Konkona, as
we know, is a re-
ally, really phe-
nomenal person
and as an actor,”
she added.
—ANI
K
atrina Kaif celebrated her 37th birthday
on Thursday. Starting her career with
‘Boom’ in 1999, she has come a long
way in her professional life; the ac-
tress’ life also boasts of an impeccable
journey personally. Katrina has
wowed everyone with her power
moves in the industry and she will
soon be India’s first female super-
hero too. With almost everything
falling into place for the actress,
it is rather obvious that this year
she’d be celebrating a little more,
even though it’ll be at home due to the
global pandemic. A lot of celebs took to social me-
dia to wish the star in special ways. Sonam Kapoor
Ahuja, Ali Abbas Zafar, Anushka Sharma, Karisma Ka-
poor, Alia Bhatt and many other stars wished the actress
on her big day. —Agency
Katrina turns 37
ETCwww.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia JAIPUR | FRIDAY, JULY 17, 2020
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R
h e a
Chakraborty
on Thursday
made an ap-
peal to Union Home
Minister Amit Shah
to initiate a Central
Bureau of Investiga-
tion (CBI) probe into
actor Sushant Singh
Rajput’s suicide case.
Taking to social
media, Chakraborty
confirmed for the
first time that she
was the ‘Kai Po Che!’
actor’s girlfriend.
Along with a photo
of Rajput, the 28-year-
old actor wrote on
Instagram, “Respect-
ed @amitshahofficial
(Amit Shah) sir, I’m
Sushant Singh Ra-
jputs girlfriend Rhea
Chakraborty, it is
now over a month
since his sudden de-
mise. I have complete
faith in the govern-
ment, however, in the
interest of justice, I
request you with fold-
ed hands to initiate a
CBI enquiry into this
matter. I only want to
understand what
pressures prompted
Sushant to take this
step. Yours sincerely
Rhea. —Agency
Rhea demands
CBI PROBE
B
eyonce is
continu-
ing to
help those
who’ve been af-
fected by the glob-
al coronavirus pan-
demic. The singer’s Bey-
GOOD’s Black Business
Impact Fund collaborated
with the NAACP to assist
Black-owned small busi-
nesses that have directly
been impacted by the re-
cent events across the
nation. “Over the last
couple of months, the
pandemic and outpours for
justice throughout the
Black community and
across the country has
been felt in every imagina-
ble area of our lives, in-
cluding in how our local
businesses continue to oper-
ate,” an official statement on
the NAACP website reads.
It continues, “The chal-
lenges of Black business
owners navigating in the
climate cannot be under-
stated. Grants of USD
10,000 will be offered to
Black-owned small busi-
nesses.” —Agency
Flaunting
Baby-bump
he supermodel Gigi Hadid
is expecting her first child
with singer Zayn Malik.
The stunner took to her In-
stagram account to do a
live video chat with her
fans and followers. This is
the first time when the soon to
be mom, Gigi Hadid flaunted her
baby bump. The fans and follow-
ers of the gorgeous diva are go-
ing gaga over her, and how the
supermodel did not shy away
from flaunting her baby bump.
The stunner had confirmed with
the media that she and beau
Zayn Malik are expecting their
first baby. The news of Gigi Had-
id’s pregnancy pleasantly sur-
prised the fans of the beautiful
looking couple. The fans of the
supermodel are eagerly waiting
for the baby’s arrival. —Agency
T
‘Our film will reach out to
LARGER AUDIENCE’
Extending
SUPPORT
Besties
Forever
Gigit Hadid
Iggy Azalea
Beyonce
Bhumi Pednekar
Rhea Chakraborty
...her post
Katrina Kaif
...her post

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