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RAJASTHAN
898
DEATHS
63,977
CONFIRMED CASES
GUJARAT
2,820 DEATHS 80,942 CASES
Bhopal: Madhya
Pradesh Chief Minister
Shivraj Singh Chouhan
on Tuesday said neces-
sary legal provisions
will be made to ensure
that only local people
get jobs in the state gov-
ernment. He also said
resources of the state
are meant for residents
of the state.
“The state (BJP) gov-
ernment has taken an
important decision that
government jobs will be
given only to youths of
Madhya Pradesh. We
are making necessary
legal provisions for this
purpose. Resources of
Madhya Pradesh are
meant for children of
the state,” Chouhan said
in a video statement.
He, however, did not
elaborate on the pro-
posed legal provisions.
Later in a tweet ad-
dressed to youths, the
CM said, “From today,
the children of Madhya
Pradesh will have the
first right over the re-
sources of Madhya
Pradesh. All govern-
ment jobs will be re-
served only for the chil-
drenof MadhyaPradesh.
Our aim is to involve the
localtalentsintheuplift-
ment of the state”.
The MP CM said that
students of state will be
taken in government
services and “neces-
sary statutory provi-
sions will be made to
ensure this”.
In his Independence
Day speech, Chouhan
had announced that
preference would be
given to local people in
government jobs. He
had also said his gov-
ernment will devise a
mechanism to ensure
employment to youths
on the basis of their
marksheets of classes
10 and 12. Turn to P6
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: According
to highly placed sources
in New Delhi and
Jaipur, there will be no
new toppling effort or
no-trust motions in Ra-
jasthan assembly at
least for another six
months by the principal
opposition party BJP, or
any other group of re-
bel or disgruntled
MLAs against the Ge-
hlot government. While
reacting on Gehlot’s
trust vote victory, even
Union Jal Shakti minis-
ter Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat, in his Indi-
an Express function
speech two days back,
clearly indicated that
there will be no such
new move (no-Confi-
dence motion) in the
next 6 months, though
the party is always pre-
pared for any such un-
foreseen eventuality.
Now the party’s main
focus will be to win Pan-
chayat and Local Self
elections.
Notably, Gehlot gov-
ernment had won a re-
cord trust vote re-
cently in Ra-
jasthan Assem-
bly by a record
margin of 75
versus 123 not
out. Incidental-
ly, if the actual
voting would
have taken place
on that
day in the house then
BJP’s real strength was
reduced from 75 to 71
because 4 BJP MLAs, in
a mysterious move, had
opted out from the as-
sembly. Now a ‘red-
faced’ Gulab Chand Ka-
taria and Satish Poonia
have asked the four
absentee MLAs
to explain
their con-
duct by 20th
August.
According
to Gehlot
camp, even 6
more BJP
M L A s
were kept on the ‘re-
served list’ which could
have voted in favour of
Gehlot, if the situation
required. The Central
Congress and even BJP
leadership is ‘im-
pressed’ with Gehlot’s
smart move and tactics
to keep his 102 MLAs in-
tact for a period of more
than 35 days, against a
serious Pilot camp at-
tempt to bring Gehlot
government to minority
withanindirectsupport
of BJP, though, on the
face value, the saffron
party had always main-
tained that Rajasthan’s
political crisis was only
an internal feud be-
tween the two warring
Gehlot and Pilot camps
and the BJP has nothing
to do with the toppling
game plan.
Meanwhile, there is a
growing feeling among
the top BJP leadership
at the centre and in state
that their indirect or si-
lent association with
Sachin Pilot Turn to P8
Shivraj Singh Chouhan during the VC on Tuesday.
Govt jobs in MP only for local residents: CM Chouhan
SHIVRAJGETS
VOCALFORLOCAL!
NO NEW TOPPLING EFFORT FOR NEXT 6 MONTHS!
Amit Shah
admitted to
AIIMS, Delhi
New Delhi: Home Min-
ister Amit Shah has
been admitted to AIIMS
in Delhi for post-COVID
care, the hospital said.
“The Home Minister
has been complaining
of fatigue and body
aches for the past 3-4
days. He has tested neg-
ative for COVID-19,” the
statement by hospital
said, adding, “he has
been admitted for post-
COVID care. He is com-
fortable and is continu-
ing his work from the
hospital.” Shah was
discharged from Me-
danta Hospital, Guru-
gram on August 14, af-
ter testing negative for
COVID-19. —ANI
‘Motivate farmers to start own agro-processing unit’
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has said
that the benefits of the
scheme of setting up
agro processing units
should be provided to
the farmers on a prior-
ity basis to provide a
fair price to them and
increase their income.
He directed the officials
of Agriculture and re-
lated departments to
help the farmers in get-
ting loans from the
bank under this scheme
and to encourage the
farmers by campaign-
ing at district level.
Gehlot was address-
ing a review meeting of
Agriculture, Coopera-
tives and other depart-
ments at the Chief Min-
ister’s residence on
Tuesday. “This scheme
will not only increase
the income of the farm-
ers but also increase
their worth due to the
value addition in crop
products and also cre-
ate new employment
opportunities in the ag-
riculture sector at the
local level. Under this
scheme, Turn to P6
CM Ashok Gehlot with Rajeeva Swarup, Niranjan Arya, Kunjilal Meena, Omprakash, PK Goyal, Muktanand Agarwal, Sushma Arora,
Tarachand Meena and other officers.
ASHOK LAVASA RESIGNS AS ELECTION
COMMISSIONER, TO JOIN ADB AS V-P
New Delhi: Ashok
Lavasa on Tuesday re-
signed as Election
Commissioner and
would soon be joining
the Asian Develop-
ment Bank as vice
president, sources
said. Lavasa was next
in line to head the EC.
Lavasa has sent his
resignation to Rash-
trapati Bhavan and
has requested to be
relieved on August 31.
He would be joining
the Philippines-based
ADB in September.
IPL 2020: Dream11 wins title
rights, Tata group stays away
New Delhi: Fantasy
gaming platform
Dream11 on Tuesday
won the IPL title spon-
sorship rights with a
bid of Rs 222 crore, re-
placing Chinese mo-
bile phone company
Vivo for a four and a
half month deal.
Dream11 has been
one of the IPL spon-
sors for a couple of
years now.
“Dream11 has won
the rights with a bid
of Rs 222 crore,” IPL
chairman Brijesh Pa-
tel said. It is learnt
that multinational
conglomerate Tata
group didn’t place a
final bid while two
education technology
companies – BYJUs
(Rs 201 crore) and Un-
academy (Rs 170
crore) – came second
and third respectively.
Turn to P6
ROHITSHARMA
AMONG 4 PICKED FOR
KHEL RATNA AWARD
 Indian opening
batsman Rohit Sharma,
wrestler Vinesh Phogat,
table tennis player
Manika Batra and Para-
lympian M Thangavelu
have been recommend-
ed for the Rajiv Gandhi
Khel Ratna Award —
India’s highest sporting
honour.
 Rohit Sharma will
be the fourth cricketer
after legendary Sachin
Tendulkar, MS Dhoni
and Virat Kohli to be
conferred the award.
 India pacer Ishant
Sharma, male recurve
archer Atanu Das,
women’s hockey team
player Deepika Thakur,
cricketer Deepak Hoo-
da and tennis player
Divij Sharan were
named in a 29-strong
list of athletes recom-
mended for this year’s
Arjuna award.
Turn to P6
The committee also recommended
names of 29 players for Arjuna award
Gehlot asks officials to bring tough norms against fake credit cooperative societies
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Tues-
day refused to direct the
Centre to transfer the
contributions made to
PM CARES Fund for
battling the COVID-19
pandemic to the Nation-
al Disaster Response
Fund (NDRF). A bench
headed by Justice
Ashok Bhushan said
that voluntary contribu-
tion can always be made
to the NDRF as there is
no statutory bar under
the Disaster Manage-
ment Act. The judge-
ment came on a PIL,
filed by NGO Turn to P6
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: 14 IAS officers,
including two Addition-
al Chief Secretaries
and one Principal Sec-
retary, were transferred
in Rajasthan on late on
Tuesday.
ACS Rajeshwar Sin-
gh was transferred from
Rural Development and
Panchayati Raj depart-
ment to Tribal Area De-
velopment Department.
Rohit Kumar Singh,
who was ACS Home,
Home Guards, Jail and
Rajasthan State Investi-
gation Bureau and ex-of-
ficio chief vigilance com-
missionerandACStrans-
port department, will be
the new ACS of Rural
development and Pan-
chayati Raj department.
Abhay Kumar, Prin-
cipal Secretary Plan-
ning, statistics, IT &
communication depart-
ment and DIPR depart-
ments was shifted to the
home department and
Transport Department
as the principal secre-
tary. He will also hold
the additional charge of
DIPR department.
Kumar will head the
departments in the ca-
pacity of Principal Sec-
retary which were be-
ing headed by ACS Ro-
hit Kumar Singh.
11 other trainee IAS
officers, who were work-
ing as assistant collec-
tors in various districts,
were shifted to other
districts as SDMs.
Turn to P6
SC dismisses plea to
transfer PM Cares Fund
In late night major reshuffle,14
IAS transferred,9 RAS put on APO
GREAT SIGH OF RELIEF FOR GEHLOT GOVERNMENT
Abhay is Prin Secy Home, Rohit shunted to Rural dev
Ashok Gehlot Gulab Chand Katariya Satish Poonia
KARNATAKA
4,210 DEATHS 2,40,948 CASES
TAMIL NADU
DELHI
WORLD
7,79,999
DEATHS
2,21,74,684
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
27,64,092
CONFIRMED CASES
53,018
DEATHS
MAHARASHTRA
20,687 DEATHS 6,15,477 CASES

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First India Bureau
Jaipur: Newly appoint-
ed AICC state incharge
Ajay Maken is continu-
ously meeting party
leaders and giving them
a patient hearing.
Former PCC chief
Sachin Pilot met Maken
on Monday and it was
chief whip Dr Mahesh
Joshi on Tuesday.
These meetings are
assuming special sig-
nificance amid the ru-
mours regarding
pending ministerial
reshuffle and political
appointments in the
state.
There are reports of
Sachin Pilot meeting
KC Venugopal and
Ahmed Patel too in Del-
hi. The return of the
Pilot group to the party
fold has fuelled the re-
ports regarding change
in ministry to be made
either by the month
end or first week of
September.
Mahesh Joshi meet-
ing Maken after Maken-
Pilot meeting simply
means that Ajay Maken
has begun his work and
has started hearing out
both the camps in the
party. Pilot camp is said
to be desirous of one
deputy CM along with
four other ministers
apart from hold on the
new organizational set
up in the form of a
working president.
Ajay Maken has re-
ceived basic feedback
from both the camps
and this will be fol-
lowed by official hear-
ing by the three mem-
ber committee appoint-
ed by the party high
command. Maken is
expected to visit Jaipur
soon and meet the peo-
ple from both the camps
during the assembly
session.
Maken to meet people from both the
camps during the Assembly session
SAND MINING PITS CLAIM TWO
YOUNG LIVES IN BANAS RIVER
First India Bureau
Tonk: Two teenagers
allegedly drowned in
the sand pits dug by the
sand mafia in the Ba-
nas river.
Accordingtopoliceof-
ficials Bahir Kalandar
basti resident Dishan
(13) and Shoeb (13) were
bathing at the Gahlod
ghat of the Banas river
when they drowned due
to increased volume of
water in the river due to
rains.
Their elder brother
Irfan (16) tried to save
both but started strug-
gling himself but was
saved by the bystanders.
The police and civil
defence reached the spot
along with the SDRF.
The two dead bodies
were recovered with
help of divers after a 40
minute search.
PITS GO FATAL
Police, civil defence & SDRF officials with divers recover bodies
from Gahlod ghat.
ECI to focus on online
voter list review process
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: ECI, Election
Commisionof India has
started the summary re-
view of the voter lists
under which the new
voters who have at-
tained the age of 18 can
get their names added.
The review will also
permit objections,
claims and changes in
the existing lists. The
process initiated on 10
August will culminate
with publication of the
final voter lists on 15
January 2021. The poll-
ing stations will be ra-
tionalized from 10 Au-
gust to 31 October.
The inconsistencies
in epic & other docu-
ments will be done away
by 31 August, the re-
structuring of polling
stations and the publi-
cation of the electoral
rolls.
A campaign will be
held on Saturday & Sun-
day from 16 November
- 15 December to clear
the objections & claims
thus finishing the pro-
cess for the final step on
5 January 2021. The fi-
nal voter lists will be
published on 14-15 Jan-
uary 2021.
ECI is now focusing
on making most pro-
cesses like name addi-
tion etc online. It has
published all the rele-
vant information re-
garding this on College
education and selected
govt websites. The on-
line process received a
good response from the
new voters and the Di-
vyangs.
After meeting Maken on Mon,
Pilot plans to visit Tonk today
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: Congress
MLA and former dep-
uty Chief Minister
Sachin Pilot will visit
Tonk on Wednesday to
meet people in his con-
stituency.
This will be his first
visit to Tonk after the
political crisis, which
started with his rebel-
lion against the leader-
shipof theCM,cameto
an end recently.
He will reach Tonk
in the afternoon and
meet people. He will
conduct a public hear-
ing at Kalpna mar-
riage garden at 2 PM
and will later hold a
meeting with the dis-
trict level officials on
the issues related with
corona and others in
Tonk collectorate.
Pilot had last visit-
ed Tonk in April where
he held discussions
with the officials over
the situation of coro-
navirus spread.
On the other hand,
Pilot met the newly ap-
pointed AICC general
secretary in charge of
Rajasthan and senior
Congress leader Ajay
Maken in New Delhi
on Monday.
Dr. Mahesh Joshi, Avadh Sharma & Vivek Bansal called upon Ajay Maken on Tuesday in New Delhi.
Poonia
targets
RaGa
2 die of
drowning in
Chaksu
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In the Tajkha
Bas village of Kotkha-
wada PS area, death of
two boys has been re-
ported due to the sink-
ing of a deep stream of
water near the river. An-
kit & Lokesh both were
15 yrs old. They had
reached there by bicy-
cle, possibly to bathe in
the river and this inci-
dent happened. Around
3 hrs rescue operation
wascarriedoutbySDRF
from Jaipur in presence
of officials including
SDM, Tehsildar & ACP.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Targeting Con-
gress leader Rahul Gan-
dhiforhisallegationson
BJP & RSS of “control-
ling” Facebook and
WhatsApp, BJP state
president Satish Poonia
onTuesdaysaidthatitis
in the habit of the Con-
gresspartytoblameBJP.
He said that when
Congressloseselections,
the party alleges for
tampingwithEVMsand
when it lags behind on
socialmedia,allegations
of controlling the social
media are levelled.
Poonia said that Ra-
hul Gandhi should ac-
cept the reality. He said
that BJP and RSS are
recognised and well re-
ceived at the world level
on the basis of its ideol-
ogy, policies and actions.
Ramlal Sharma slams Cong
MLAs for violating protocols
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: BJP MLA from
Chomu Ramlal Sharma
has accused the former
Congress MLA of not
going under self quar-
antine after his family
members were tested
positiveforcoronavirus.
Sharma, who is also
BJP’s state spokesper-
son, said that chief
minister Ashok Gehlot
is constantly monitor-
ing the situation and
appealing people to fol-
low protocols and all
safety measures but a
leader from his own
party is acting opposite.
Taking this opportu-
nity to target Congress,
Sharma said that chief
minister’s efforts are
being supported by all
but not by his own party
people.
He said that former
Congress MLA Bhag-
wan Sahay Saini went
to Delhi to attend the
funeral of the wife of
former president
Shankar Dayal Sharma
two days back.
Sharma said that four
of his family members
except him gave sam-
ples for corona testing
on the very day and his
wife, son and grandson
were tested positive.
“Not only this, he
also welcomed PCC
president and educa-
tion minister Govind
Singh Dotasra when he
was on his way to Sikar
from Jaipur.
Saini kept meeting
people,” he said. The
MLA said that Saini has
not quarantined him-
self which he should
have done after his fam-
ily members were test-
ed positive.
He said endangering
others’ lives is not good
and the former MLA
should immediately go
under quarantine for
the interest of all.
COURTESY MEETING
‘Nearly 9,000 candidates will be
appointed in govt schools next month’
First India Bureau
Sikar: Rajasthan gov-
ernment is soon pre-
paring a guideline for
online education, edu-
cation minister and
PCC president Govind
Singh Dotasra said.
During his first vis-
it after being appoint-
ed as the PCC chief,
Dotasra said that dis-
cussion will be held
with chief minister
Ashok Gehlot after
the centre’s guide-
lines on school reo-
pening and appropri-
ate decisions will be
taken thereafter. “The
government will take
appropriate steps
while considering the
interests of the school
authorities, parents
and students,” the
minister said.
The schools are
holding online classes
due to the corona pan-
demic. Issue of second
grade teachers, he said
that the government
contended in the court
strongly in favour of
the candidates and the
exercise for the ‘man-
dal’ allotment has
started. He said nearly
9,000 candidates will
be appointed in govt
schools next month.
Govind Singh Dotasra, Avichal Chaturvedi, Jayprakash, Gangandeep Singhala, Garima Lata, Ajay
Chaudhary, Shravan Vishnoi and other officials in the meeting on Tuesday.
Ramlal Sharma
Gehlot is constantly monitoring the
situation & appealing people to follow
all safety measures, but a leader from
his own party is acting opposite.
—Ramlal Sharma, BJP MLA from Chomu
It is noteworthy that every rainy
season such incidents are reported
from ghats of the Banas river
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Gopalanmin-
ister Pramod Jain
Bhaya has requested
the local self govern-
ment department to
keep meat shops and
slaughtering houses
closed on Jain festi-
vals Samvatsari and
Anant Chaturdashi.
In a letter to the Di-
rector of the depart-
ment Deepak Nandi,
the minister said that
thecommunitypeople
have expressed their
desire and have re-
quested that the meat
shops and slaughter-
ing houses should be
closed on these days.
Samvatsari will be
celebrated on August
23 while Anant
Chaturdashi is fall-
ing on September 1.
Bhaya, who is also
the mines minister,
said that the entire
month of Bhado is a
significant time peri-
od for the Jain com-
munity but these two
occasions have spe-
cial religious impor-
tance therefore the
meat shops and
slaughtering houses
shouldremainclosed.
After the minis-
ter’s move, members
and various organi-
sations of the com-
munity have started
raising the demand
on social media. They
also want that the liq-
uor shops too should
remain closed on the
occasions.
No slaughter, sale of meat on
upcoming occasions, says Bhaya
Pramod Jain Bhaya
Sachin Pilot
Satish Poonia

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2020
Surge continues: 1,347 new
cases, 11 deaths in 24 hours
HC tensed: 12
employees
test +ve, add
to tally of 20
History sheeter
dies in accident
while on run
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Covid-19 con-
tinued scaring the peo-
ple and health officials
alike with another day
of rising numbers of
new corona positive
cases.
In last 24 hours the
state reported 1,347 new
cases with Jaipur add-
ing alarming 247 corona
positives followed by
161 from Jodhpur, 148
from Bhilwara, 106
from Dholpur, 90 from
Kota, 86 from Bharat-
pur, 75 from Chittorg-
rah, 50 each from Na-
gaur & pali, 42 from
Jhunjhunu, 40 from
Barmer, 32 from Pratap-
garh, 29 from Sirohi, 27
from Tonk, 26 from
Dausa, 24 each from
Ajmer & Ganganagar,
23 from Jhalawar, 19
from Baran, 14 from
Dungarpur, 13 from Ha-
numangarh, 12 from
Jalore, 5 from Churu
and 4 from Sawai Mad-
hopur taking the total
so far to 63977.
Tuesday reported 11
deaths with 3 each from
Bikaner & Jaipur, 2
from Baran and one
each from Ajmer, Gan-
ganagar & Udaipur tak-
ing the toll to 898.
The cumulative sta-
tus of the districts
stands as Jodhpur 9505
( including 47 from
Iran), Jaipur 7775 ( 2
from Italy), Alwar 6118,
Kota 3732, Bharatpur
3341, Pali 3440, Bikaner
3271, Ajmer 3215, Sikar
2034, Nagaur 2020,
Udaipur 1988, Dholpur
1923, Barmer 1990,
Bhilwara 1512, Jalore
1310, Sirohi 1069, Jhala-
war 1003, Rajsamand
939, Jhunjhunu 838,
Dungarpur 827, Churu
774, Chittorgarh 82,
Tonk 511, Karauli 492,
Ganganagar 483, Dausa
436, Bundi 401, Ban-
swara 387, Baran 386,
Sawai Madhopur 385,
Pratapgarh 308, Jais-
almer 306 (14 from
Iran), Hanumangarh
302 apart from 85 BSF
jawans and 189 patients
from other states.
Meanwhile Central
Minister Kailash
Choudhary has been
declared negative for
coronavirus and has
been discharged from
AIIMS but he will re-
main in home isolation
for some days.
A corona positive
woman delivered a
baby on Tuesday morn-
ing at the DB hospital
in Churu. Both mother
and child have been re-
ported to be healthy.
PratapSinghKhacha-
riyawas held a public
hearing at his residence
on Tuesday. He assured
to the people of his sup-
port and expressed his
concern for the prob-
lems created by the del-
uge in addition to ongo-
ing coronavirus pan-
demic.
Satyanaryan Sharma
Jaipur: Panic grip
Chandi ki taksal area
in the city when a fire
broke out in a fire-
crackers’ godown on
Tuesday leaving one
person dead.
The godown was in a
shop located in Battery
wali gali. The members
of two families who
were living on the sec-
ond and third floor
over the shop managed
to come out of the
building. The rescue
team rushed to the spot
and found a charred
body of a youth from
the godown, identified
as Kamlesh Paswan, a
resident of Jharkhand.
ACP-Manak Chowk
Rajveer Singh said that
action will be taken
against the owner of
the godown. He in-
formed that Paswan
died due to burns and
suffocation.
Reasons of the fire
are not yet known. Fo-
rensic Science Labora-
tory team have collect-
ed evidence. The police
have also recovered
raw material for the
manufacturing of fire-
crackers apart from
the ready firecrackers.
It is suspected that the
firm was packaging old
firecrackers with new
labels.
The property is
owned by Anil Agrawal
whorentedouttheshop
on the ground floor to
Poornima Fireworks
and while LIC agent
Dilip Kumar and the
family of one Dilip live
on second and third
floors respectively.
Kamlesh lost his job
during the lockdown
period and started
working with in the go-
down 15-20 days ago. He
is survived by wife and
two daughters. Kam-
lesh had been living
with his family on
Chankya marg at Sub-
hash chowk but he sent
them to village and
started living in the go-
down. Earlier, he
worked as a roadside
juice vendor.
Additional police
commissioner Ajaypal
Lamba said that the
role of godown owner
and beat constable will
be probed and suitable
legal action against the
owner will be taken
and his licence will
also be cancelled.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Covid-19 seems
to have taken the whole
High Court campus in
its grip. Almost all de-
partments under the
High Court are report-
ing coronavirus posi-
tive patients one after
the other.
Two Border Home
Guards jawans deputed
for High Court security
have tested positive on
Tuesday. The personnel
from PPS office, Regis-
trar General, Court Of-
ficer cell and one pri-
vate secretary too have
been diagnosed corona
positive.
12 new cases have
surfaced in HC after
two judges were found
to be corona positive on
Monday. This takes the
HC tally to more than
20 positives so far
which includes, Judg-
es, PAs, Cooks, lawyers.
family members and
security personnel. the
only solace is that both
HC and the sessions
court are closed till Au-
gust 19.
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: A known his-
tory sheet Vikram Sin-
gh, absconding after
looting a cloth laden Bo-
lero camper loader, died
in a road accident in De-
chu police station area.
Trying to escape from
the cops, after breaking
thebarricadingnearDe-
chu, Singh’s vehicle
turned over near Gu-
manpura crossing. He
died while he was being
brought to Jodhpur for
treatment. Dechu SHO
Hanuman Ram Vishnoi
said that Vikram had
got away after looting a
cloth laden Bolero
camper near Shergarh
police station periphery.
There are many cases
registered against him
at various police sta-
tions around Jodhpur.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: It has been de-
cided by the NLSA and
conveyed to the SLSA
that the Lok Adalats
will be conducted on-
line till August 22.
All stakeholders of
any case including
lawyers and the ag-
grieved parties will be
part of the legal pro-
ceedings through on-
line platforms only.
The member secretary
of SLSA, BK jain in-
formed that all pre liti-
gation cases except the
cases related to cheque
bouncing, money re-
covery, motor accident
claims & divorce wil be
taken up via online
platforms only.
Notices to the con-
cerned parties will be
sent through e-mail
and Whatsapp. Pre
counselling through
video conferencing will
be done after getting
the consent of all the
disputing parties.
Even the settle-
ments will be signed
digitally which will be
verified by their re-
spective lawyers.
First India Bureau
Churu: A family of
four including hus-
band, wife and their
two children attempted
suicide by consuming
poison in the Ribiya
village. The husband
and wife were declared
dead, on arrival, by the
hospital while the two
children in serious
condition were re-
ferred to Jaipur.
The matter was
brought to light when
the neighbors found
their door to their
house closed with no
sign of activity. On
forcefully entering the
house all four family
members were found
incautious. All four
were immediately
rushed to DB hospital
in a private vehicle.
Kotwali police reached
the spot and investi-
gated the scene.
ASP Yogendra Fau-
jdar reached the hospi-
tal and got the post-
mortem done.
Rajeev Gaur
Jodhpur: A victim of
multiple rape inci-
dents committed sui-
cide in the Matoda po-
lice station area of
Lohawat assembly
constituency. She was
continuously black-
mailed with inappro-
priate photos and vid-
eos of her, which was
also the leverage used
by the culprits to rape
her more than once.
SHP Matoda Nemar-
am said that the
Barsingo resident fa-
ther of the deceased
victim had registered
a report against Sarni
Ki Dhani resident
Shaym Vishnoi & oth-
ers alleging rape and
blackmail.
The accused threat-
ened the victim with
public outlash and
also threatened her
life, if she dared to dis-
close anything about
them.
The father of the
victim, alleged that
when his daughter
could take no more,
she committed sui-
cide by consuming
poison.
SHO himself is in-
vestigating the case
after registering it un-
der sections related to
rape, blackmail and
murder.


LOCKDOWN AT BARAN, CHITTORGARH
Lok Adalats to be
conducted on online
platforms till Aug 22
Familyof4consume
poison,parentsdead
Rapists blackmail via
video, woman kills self
One dies as cracker godown catches
fire in city, case filed against owner
CORONA ALERT: 247 TESTED POSITIVE IN JAIPUR ON MON, WHILE THREE DIED
Cops investigate the godown while charred remains lie
outside. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
A DAY TO CLICK
Photography enthusiasts all over the globe are all set to celebrate ‘World Photography Day’
today. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
—FILE PHOTO

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Priorities for saving the private sectoror most coun-
tries,navigating
the protracted
economicslump
brought on by
COVID-19 is starting to look
more like a marathon than
a sprint. According to our
estimates at the Interna-
tional Finance Corporation
(IFC), domestic private in-
vestment and foreign direct
investment in emerging
economieswillfallthisyear
by almost $700 billion and
$250 billion, respectively,
and may not return to pre-
crisis levels until 2023.
Worse, the crisis is exact-
ing a massive toll on the
world’s poor and most vul-
nerable, jeopardizing dec-
ades of hard-won develop-
ment gains. The World
Bank warns that we are
about to witness the first
increase in global poverty
since 1998, with up to 100
millionpeoplebeingpushed
into extreme poverty.
How governments and
firms navigate this uncer-
tain period between shock
and recovery will deter-
mine whether there is a
sound economic founda-
tion upon which to revive
employment, long-term
growth, and global devel-
opment efforts. The situa-
tion demands that we reor-
ganize and fix markets.
Many companies have had
no choice but to reshape
their business models, now
that the pandemic is accel-
erating changes in how we
work, consume, and com-
municate. These trends
could reshape entire indus-
tries, creating opportuni-
ties for those with the in-
novative capacity.
But governments, too,
must seek creative ways to
adapt their economies and
protect viable firms, while
quickly unwinding those
that should disappear be-
cause they are insolvent or
obsolete. This will be a time
of trial and error, requiring
strategic vision and prag-
matism on the part of busi-
ness and political leaders.
Countries can do three
things to speed up the recov-
ery. The first task is to adapt
the rules of the game to new
realities. A prolonged crisis
means that emerging econo-
mies will increasingly find
themselves ill equipped to
help thousands of compa-
nies renegotiate their debts.
In many low-income coun-
tries,aninsolvencyproceed-
ing averages more than
three years, a half-year long-
er than the global norm. But
with informal out-of-court
mechanisms and simplified
court proceedings, govern-
ments can give viable busi-
nesses an opportunity to
weatherthestormandavoid
lengthy legal processes and
costly and cumbersome ne-
gotiations.Developingcoun-
tries can also increase the
thresholdforinsolvencyand
adapt debt-restructuring
rulestopreventunnecessary
liquidation of firms that are
struggling for no other rea-
son than lockdowns.
Second, governments
must adopt a “do-no-harm”
principle when organizing
their responses. Wherever
possible, the public sector
should limit or simply sus-
pend its arrears to private
contractors, especially in
job-rich sectors and critical
supply chains. That will
mitigate the damage to bal-
ance sheets, prevent viable
businesses from going
bankrupt, and limit the
kind of ripple effects that
could delay the recovery.
In Sub-Saharan Africa,
public-sector arrears rep-
resent 3.3% of GDP. Clear-
ing them could create the
equivalent of a large stim-
ulus package.
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Virtue is persecuted
more by the wicked than
it is loved by the good.
—Buddha
Spiritual
SPEAK
Top
TWEET
Ravi Shankar Prasad
@rsprasad
PM CARES is a registered public
trust made under Chairmanship
of PM @narendramodi for
emergencies like COVID19
whereas PMNRF was made in
1948 by an oral observation of
the then PM to serve the needs to
refugees from Pakistan etc.
Harsimrat Kaur Badal
@HarsimratBadal_
A humble tribute to the great
revolutionary leader Netaji
#SubhashChandraBose on his death
anniversary. #Netaji will always
be remembered for his courage,
patriotism & strategic prowess.
hat the Union and most state
governments were able to han-
dle the COVID crisis on the
front foot is not in doubt. Rath-
er the unity of purpose dis-
played by the political leader-
ship, the bureaucracy, civil so-
ciety and corporates made it
possible for India to tide over
this crisis, which could have re-
ally spelt disaster if the provi-
sions of the Disaster Manage-
ment Act was not invoked by
the executive authorities as
and when required.
In fact, it is important to note
that the policy instruments
and institutional arrange-
ments were in place when Co-
rona struck India. Through-
out the length and breadth
of the country, the leader-
ship provided by the district
magistrates, municipal com-
missioners and chief execu-
tives of Zila Panchayat have
been appreciated by one and
all. It is a reflection of their
training, spirit de corps, in-
formal interaction and the
ability to talk across states
that made a crucial differ-
ence. The movement of the
migrant workers, the logis-
tics with regard to their
quarantine and treatment,
ramping up the MNREGA
works in the rural areas and
mapping their competencies
for deployment after the
COVID was all done seam-
lessly. The extensive use of IT
platforms, including MyGov
and the documentation of the
Centre of Disaster Manage-
ment at the LBSNAA also
helped the district administra-
tions to seek references on best
practices and norms without
the usual hierarchical mode of
seeking information from
across states.
One must mention here that
over the last few years the
DoPT and the LBSNAA, the
apex training institution of the
country have been working in
sync to ensure that the orienta-
tion, methodology and content
of the training is geared to-
wards making the officers
aware of their eco-system, as
well as the expectations of
them. The focus has shifted
from content to context, from
information to institutional
settings and from individual
excellence to working in teams
and groups. Rather than look at
the teaching of economics, law,
management, public adminis-
tration in silos, the emphasis
today is on understanding the
deliverables in education,
health, agriculture and rural
development, among others.
The sequence in KSA (Knowl-
edge, Skills and Attitude)
framework has been reversed
– and the leitmotif for training
today is ASK (Attitude, Skills
and Knowledge). If officers are
endowed with a positive atti-
tude, a spirit of inquiry, and
empathy towards those who
need the state the most – skills
and knowledge would follow
quite easily. The government is
also quite clear that training is
not a onetime affair alone.
There is an increasing empha-
sis on mid-career training pro-
grams, and after the comple-
tion of the initial two-year
training program (both at the
Academy and in the districts,
officers return after the com-
pletion of ten, twenty, and thir-
ty years in the field. It is also
important to mention here that
for the last five years , the DoPT
also posts officers across de-
partments of the Union gov-
ernments as Assistant Secre-
taries, during which period
that are attached to a Joint Sec-
retary to understand the func-
tioning of the government of
India, and more specifically,
the nuances of interdepart-
mental co0ordnation. There is
thus a clearer understanding
of the Rues of Business as well
as the procedure to be followed
for preparing agenda noted,
memoranda for meetings and
notes for the consideration of
the Committee of Secretaries,
as well as for the Cabinet.
During the times of COV-
ID, while some training insti-
tutions closed down, the LB-
SNAA continued with the
key training programs for
officers in an online mode.
Not only classroom lectures,
but even negotiation mod-
ules, interaction with lumi-
naries, language classes and
counselor group meetings
were conducted online. Start-
ing with the morning yoga to
quiz programs, debates on
contemporary issues, dance
and sketching completions
and film festivals were held
over the Gyan portal of the
Academy. The National Police
Academyalsofollowedsuit,and
now the working protocols es-
tablishedintheapexinstitution
are being replicated elsewhere,
including the state training
academies.
If virtual is a new reality, the
DoPT and LBSNAA deserve ac-
colades for doing a great job.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
VIRTUAL IS THE
NEW REAL
T
Throughout the
length and
breadth of the
country, the
leadership
provides by the
district
magistrates,
municipal
commissioners
and chief
executives of
Zillah Panchayat
have been
appreciated by
one and all. It is
a reflection of
their training,
spirit de corps,
informal
interaction and
the ability to talk
across states that
made a crucial
difference
THE SEQUENCE IN
KSA (KNOWLEDGE,
SKILLS AND
ATTITUDE)
FRAMEWORK HAS
BEEN REVERSED –
AND THE LEITMOTIF
FOR TRAINING TODAY
IS ASK (ATTITUDE,
SKILLS AND
KNOWLEDGE)
The author is an IAS &
Director, Lal Bahadur
Shastri National Academy of
Administration Mussoorie
and Honorary Curator, Valley
of Words: Literature and Arts
Festival, Dehradun
DR SANJEEV
CHOPRA
IN-DEPTH
BJP TO KEEP FB
OUT OF FIRING LINE
he political row over Facebook’s pro-
BJP bias has turned into a full-scale war
between the Congress and the ruling
party. The situation turned unsavoury
after Shashi Tharoor, who heads the Par-
liamentary Standing Committee on Science and
Technology, announced summoning Facebook ex-
ecutives to face the panel for their inaction against
some BJP leaders for their hate speech. Jumping
to Facebook’s defence, the BJP has announced it
will seek Tharoor’s removal.
The alacrity with which the ruling party moved
against the Congress MP makes one wonder why
it should go all out to shield the social media giant
if not for its own interests.
Ever since the massive data leak by Cambridge
Analytica, a political consulting firm that worked
for Donald Trump’s election victory, Facebook has
been mired in controversy. The row in India is not
about data protection but Facebook’s partisan role
when it comes to enforcing its hate-speech rules in
India. A recent article in the Wall Street Jour-
nal headlined “Facebook Hate-Speech Rules Collide
With Indian Politics---Company executive opposed
the move to ban controversial politician” said that
Facebookturns a blind eyeto hatespeechandobjec-
tionable content posted by BJP leaders and workers
while blocking even mildly critical content posted
by those from the opposition. The Journal quoted
anexecutiveof FacebooksayingthatpunishingBJP
workers for violating rules will hurt the social me-
diagiant’sbusinessprospectsinIndia.Thisprompt-
ed Shashi Tharoor to summon FB executives.
Facebook insists that it prohibits hate speech
irrespective of one’s political affiliation but is yet
to block BJP leaders for their offensive posts.
T
CONG NOT LOSING
SLEEP OVER JHA
uspended Congress leader Sanjay Jha
set the cat among pigeons when he
claimed that about 100 leaders of the
party, including some MPs, have written
to party president Sonia Gandhi seeking
a change in leadership, an issue which has been
dogging India’s GOP after repeated setbacks, and
transparency in working committee elections. “It
is estimated that around 100 Congress leaders (in-
cluding MPs), distressed at the state of affairs
within the party, have written a letter to Mrs Sonia
Gandhi, Congress President, asking for a change
in political leadership and transparent elections in
CWC. Watch this space,” Jha tweeted last Monday.
The Congress denied the existence of any such
letter and accused Jha of playing into the hands of
the BJP to divert attention from the more pressing
issue of Facebook’s partisan role favouring the BJP.
In recent months, Jha has been openly critical of
the leadership’s indecisiveness in several important
matters like Jyotiraditya Scindia leaving the party
andSachinPilot’srecentepisode.Infact,Jhawassus-
pended after he questioned the party’s silence over
Sachin Pilot’s resignation. In an article in June, he
wrote, “The Congress…has demonstrated extraordi-
nary lassitude and its lackadaisical attitude towards
itsownpoliticalobsolescencehasbeenbaffling,tosay
the least (and this despite a whopping defeat in two
Lok Sabha elections and several reverses in states)”.
S

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‘COME UP WITH INNOVATION TO
SOLVE FARMERS’ PROBLEMS’
New Delhi: Emphasising
on the importance of
agriculture in India, Vice
President M Venkaiah
Naidu urged researchers
and scientists to come up
with innovations to ad-
dress the problems faced
by the farmers.Speaking
at a virtual meeting on
Tuesday, Naidu said,
“From providing timely
information to farmers
on various issues to
creating cold storage
facilities and supplying
new technologies should
be the focus of innovators
and researchers.” He also
stressed the need for pre-
venting farmer’s exploita-
tion by middlemen and
ensuring remunerative
prices for their produce.
He asked agricultural
firms to work in unison.
SATYA PAL MALIK APPOINTED
MEGHALAYA GOVERNOR
New Delhi: Satya Pal Malik was on Tuesday
transferred as Governor of the northeastern
state of Meghalaya, replacing Tathagata Roy who
completed his five-year tenure on the guberna-
torial post. A Rashtrapati Bhavan communique
said Malik has been shifted to Meghalaya, and
Governor of Maharashtra Bhagat Singh Koshyari
has been asked to discharge the functions of Goa
governor in addition to his own duties. There is
no fixed tenure for governors, but conventionally
it is considered for a period of five years.
SENSEX RALLIES 478 PTS;
NIFTY TOPS 11,350
Mumbai: Equity benchmark Sensex rallied 478
points, driven by gains in index majors Reliance
Industries, HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank amid
positive cues from global markets and sustained
foreign fund inflows. The BSE Sensex ended
477.54 points or 1.26% higher, while the NSE
Nifty surged 138.25 points to 11,385.35. UltraT-
ech Cement was the top gainer, rising over 3%,
followed by Kotak Bank, ICICI Bank, Asian Paints
and Tata Steel. Reliance Industries and HDFC
Bank added most to the gains on the index.
ARMY BEGINS INVESTIGATION IN
ENCOUNTER OF 3 MILITANTS
Srinagar: The army has
begun its probe and re-
corded statements in con-
nection with last month’s
encounter in Shopian area
of South Kashmir after
families in Rajouri area
of Jammu region filed
a complaint with J&K
police about its members
missing from the same
region. Srinagar-based
Defence spokesperson
Col Rajesh Kalia issued
a statement saying a
high-level Court of Inquiry
into Operation Amshi-
pora in Shopian is under
progress. “Statements of
key witnesses are being
recorded and progress is
being monitored closely.
Additional civil witnesses
are being asked to depose
before the Court of Inqui-
ry,” he said.
He has all rights
to criticise me,
says Scindia
Indore: BJP leader
Jyotiraditya Scindia
responded to the criti-
cismbysen-
ior Con-
gressleader
Digvijaya
Singh “He
has all the
democratic
rights to say whatever he
wishestosay.Inademoc-
racy, there is only one
god, which are people.
They will decide who is
realandwhoisfake.It’sa
democracy, he can say
anything about. He is
also an elder to me.” —ANI
Set up high-level inquiry into FB hate
content, says Congress to Zuckerberg
New Delhi: Amid a
controversy over Face-
book allegedly favour-
ing “hate content” on
the social media plat-
form and the Congress
demanding a parlia-
mentary probe, Con-
gress General Secretary
KC Venugopal has writ-
ten to Facebook CEO
Mark Zuckerberg, de-
manding a “high level
inquiry” into the con-
troversy by the social
media giant.
“Set up a high-level
inquiry by Facebook
headquarters into Face-
book India’s leadership
team and their opera-
tions in a time-bound
manner, and publish
and make transparent
all instances of hate
speech since 2014 that
was allowed on the plat-
form. Facebook India
should appoint a new
team so that the investi-
gation is not influ-
enced,” said Venugopal
in the letter.
The Congress said
that the party is disap-
pointed by the revela-
tions made in the US-
based Wall Street Jour-
nal’s article and added
that this is a “damning
and serious allegation
of Facebook India’s in-
terference in India’s
electoral democracy.”
The opposition party
has accused the BJP
and the RSS of control-
ling Facebook and
WhatsApp in India, as
the Congress on Sunday
alleged that the two had
attacked democracy in
the country and de-
manded a Joint Parlia-
mentary Committee
probe into alleged vio-
lations by the social me-
dia platform and its
messaging service.
Meanwhile, former
Congress chief Rahul
Gandhi tweeted: “We
cannot allow any ma-
nipulation of our hard-
earned democracy
through bias, fake news
& hate speech. As ex-
posed by @WSJ, Face-
book’s involvement in
peddling fake and hate
news needs to be ques-
tioned by all Indians.”
On Sunday, Cong ress
leader Rahul had tweet-
ed: “BJP and RSS con-
trol Facebook and
WhatsApp in India.
They spread fake news
and hatred through it
and use it to influence
the electorate. —ANI
Rahul Gandhi
@RahulGandhi
We cannot allow any
manipulation of our hard-
earned democracy through
bias, fake news & hate
speech. As exposed by @
WSJ, Facebook’s involve-
ment in peddling fake and
hate news needs to be
questioned by all Indians.
Set up a high-level inquiry
by FB HQ into Facebook
India’s leadership team
and their operations in
a time-bound manner,
and make transparent all
instances of hate speech.
Facebook India should
appoint a new team.
KC Venugopal,
Congress General Secretary
‘India setting
air bubble
arrangements’
New Delhi: Part of
Central government’s
Vande Bharat Mission,
India is establishing bi-
lateral air bubble ar-
rangements with 13
countries. Making the
announcement on Twit-
ter, Civil Aviation Min-
ister Hardeep Singh
Puri on Tuesday said,
“We continue to further
strengthen the reach
and scope of VBM. Air
Travel arrangements
are already in place
with USA, UK, France,
Germany, UAE, Qatar &
Maldives. We are now
taking these efforts for-
ward and are negotiat-
ing with 13 more coun-
tries to establish such
arrangements,” Puri
said in a series of
tweets. —Agencies
SC verdict, a blow to Congress
Party’s cheap politics: Thakur
New Delhi: Union Min-
isterof StateforFinance,
Anurag Thakur has wel-
comed the decision of
Supreme court on PM
Cares fund saying this is
ablowtocheappoliticsof
the Congress party and
the victory of the truth.
He further said that
the fund was created in
the leadership of PM
Narendra Modi to pro-
vide relief to people
during the corona pan-
demic. “The verdict of
the Supreme Court is a
blow to the Congress’s
petty politics and agen-
da. The party did not
desist from its petty
politics and started mis-
leading the public at the
time of the Corona cri-
sis,” Thakur said.
“The creation of this
fund was considered
necessary to help the af-
fected people during the
timeof crisisordisaster.
But even in the time of
this disaster, the Con-
gressPartystartedprop-
aganda about the PM
Cares Fund. Today, the
Supreme court judg-
ment is very important
and it is the victory of
truth,” he said.
The Supreme Court
has decided to not give
order for fund transfer
from PM Cares Fund to
National Disaster Re-
sponse Fund (NDRF).
The decision not to pass
the order and the sepa-
ration of the two funds
has been given, the Min-
ister said, adding that
theverdicthasfailedthe
Congress-sponsored
propaganda.
Modi government is
following a ‘Zero Toler-
ance Policy’ against cor-
ruption & constitutional
institutions have vali-
dated it. “The govern-
mentworkswithhonesty
and therefore, it enjoys
peoples’ support. The
same honesty is also
there in the PM Cares
Fund,” he said.
“Government has pro-
vided Rs 3,100 crore as
corona relief package
including Rs 2000 crore
for procurement of ven-
tilators. 50,000 ventila-
tors have been made
available using the fund.
Rs 1,000 crore were given
to states for making ar-
rangements for migrant
labourers & Rs 100 crore
were sanctioned for con-
ducting research on co-
rona vaccine,” he said.
The govt works with honesty and thus, enjoys peoples’ support, the Union Minister said
Anurag Thakur
Netaji’s date of death
unknown: Choudhary
New Delhi: Congress
leader Adhir Ranjan
Chowdhury remem-
bered freedom fighter
Netaji Subhash Chan-
dra Bose, saying that
while it is believed that
the latter was a victim
of a plane crash in
Taihoku, it was never
been confirmed by au-
thenticated sources.
“The Tragic Hero Ne-
taji Subhash Chandra
Bose is said to have
been a victim of the
plane crash in Taihoku
today, however, it is not
confirmed by any au-
thenticate sources that
he died or not,” he
tweeted.
“He is the only Na-
tionalist Hero and a
world personality
whose only birth anni-
versary is celebrated,
nobody knows about
his date of death,” he
tweet.
The controversy still
continues over Bose’s
death in a plane crash
in Taihoku, on August
18, 1945. Govt formed
various panels to un-
cover the truth behind
the incident and Bose’s
disappearance. —ANI
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
‘Ally with govt for low-cost
housing for migrants’
Vaishali
New Delhi: The Minis-
ter of Steel and Petro-
leum and Natural Gas,
Dharmendra Pradhan
has appealed to steel in-
dustry leaders to part-
ner with the govern-
ment in providing low-
cost housing for mi-
grant labourers. Speak-
ing as the Chief guest at
a Webinar on ‘At-
manirbhar Bharat: Fos-
tering Steel Usage in
Housing & Construc-
tion and Aviation Sec-
tor,’ he referred to the
Ministry of Housing
and Urban Affairs’
scheme, and called
upon PSUs and steel in-
dustry leaders to part-
ner with the Govern-
ment in the project. He
said that the Govern-
ment has set a target of
providing 1 lakh such
houses, but the indus-
try should build many
more steel-intensive,
low-cost houses which
will be model for others
to emulate. The Minis-
ter said that the indus-
try should partner in
such welfare-oriented
initiatives of the gov-
ernment, as the Aatam-
Nirbhar Bharat seeks
to provide dignity and
self-respect to every
citizen of the country.
Mammoth projects
being undertaken by
ministries of Housing
& Urban Affairs & Civil
Aviation & their future
plans should be music
to the ears of steel in-
dustry, Pradhan said.
Dharmendra Pradhan
Transparency writ large on
PM Cares Fund, says Prasad
New Delhi: After SC
rejected a plea seeking
transfer of all contribu-
tions made to the PM
Cares Fund to the Na-
tional Disaster Re-
sponse Fund, Union
Law Minister Ravi
Shankar Prasad said
that transparency is
writ large on the PM
Cares Fund.
“Transparency is
writ large on the PM
Cares Fund both in
terms of legal require-
ment and transparent
management of funds,
which were received on
a voluntary basis. Our
govt has not faced even
a single accusation of
corruption.”
“It is not like the fam-
ily-run Rajiv Gandhi
Foundation which re-
ceived money from Chi-
na and also Prime Min-
ister’s National Relief
Fund,” he added. —ANI
Ravi Shankar Prasad
Pralhad Joshi @JoshiPralhad
Another blow to the nefarious designs of the
Gandhi family with the Supreme Court upholding
the validity of the PM CARES Fund. Will the Gandhi
scion apologise to the nation for misleading people?
Truth shines despite
Cong’s ill-intent: Nadda
New Delhi: BJP Presi-
dent JP Nadda de-
scribed SC decision on
PM CARES Fund as a
‘resounding blow to the
nefarious designs’ of
Rahul Gandhi and his
‘band of rent a cause’
activists. The apex
court has refused to di-
rect the Centre to trans-
fer the contributions
made to PM CARES
Fund for battling COV-
ID-19 pandemic to Na-
tional Disaster Re-
sponse Fund (NDRF).
“The verdict by Su-
preme Court on PM
CARES is a resounding
blow to the nefarious
designs of Rahul Gan-
dhi & his band of rent a
cause’ activists. It
shows that the truth
shines despite the ill in-
tent & malicious efforts
of the Congress party
and its associates,” Na-
dda tweeted. —ANI
JP Nadda
IN THE COURTYARD
VERDICT ON PLEAS OPPOSING
UGC CIRCULAR RESERVED
New Delhi: The SC reserved its order on a batch of
pleas challenging a circular of the UGC mandating
to conduct the final term exams in all affiliated
universities by the end of September.
A bench of Justice Ashok Bhushan reserved
the judgement and said it will also decide whether
the states will have power under the Disaster
Management Act to defer final examination till the
COVID-19 situation normalises. During the hear-
ing, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for
the UGC, told the court that there was a political
somersault by the Maharashtra government in
this matter.
He said that on May 6, Maharashtra had constituted
a state-level committee by the Minister of Higher and
Technical Education. Their own committee recom-
mended that the exams can be conducted, Mehta said.
“One thing I must emphasise is that the deadline
was given for the benefit of the students. It’s not a
diktat. All universities have to start admissions of
postgraduate courses The country is working. These
students are 20/21 years old. Do you really think they
are not stepping out?” Mehta contended. —ANI
6 advocates to be
elevated as judges
of Delhi High Court
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court collegium has ap-
proved a proposal for ele-
vation of six advocates as
judges of the Delhi High
Court. The apex court
collegium, in its meet-
ing held on August 17,
recommended advocates
Jasmeet Singh, Amit Ban-
sal, Tara Vitasta Ganju,
Anish Dayal, Amit Sharma
and Mini Pushkarna, as
judges of the High Court.
The collegium headed by
Chief Justice of India S A
Bobde also approved the
proposal for elevation of
advocate Rajesh Kumar
Bhardwaj as Judge of
the Punjab and Haryana
High Court . —PTI

INDIAJAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2020
Shivraj gets...
The then Kamal Nath-
ledgovernment had also
announced to reserve 70
percentof jobsinindus-
trial units for locals. Re-
acting to the announce-
ment made by the CM,
Nath, who heads the
state Congress unit,
said, “students and
youths of the state
should not be cheated
again as had happened
during the earlier 15-
year stints of the BJP”.
SC dismisses...
‘Centre for Public Inter-
est Litigation’, seeking a
direction that all the
money collected under
the PM CARES Fund for
the COVID-19 pandemic
should be transferred to
the NDRF.
Rohit Sharma...
Thenamesweredecided
aftertheNationalSports
Awards selection com-
mittee met on Tuesday
for deciding the Rajiv
Gandhi Khel Ratna, Ar-
juna and other national
sports awards.
IPL 2020...
Vivo and the BCCI sus-
pended a Rs 440 crore
per year deal for this
season owing to the bor-
der stand-off between
India and China. The
IPL starts on Septem-
ber 19 in the UAE,
moved out of India due
to the COVID-19 pan-
demic this year.
In late night...
These officers include
Atul Prakash, Abhishek
Surana, Deshal Dan,
Shilpa Singh, Ram
Prakash, Muhammand
Junaid PP, Mayank
Manish, Nithya K,
Abhishek Khanna, Ut-
sah Chaudhary and
Aparna Gupta.
The government also
gave additional charge
of a few departments to
other IAS officers.
Principal Secretary
Energy department Aji-
tabh Sharma will now
hold the additional
charge of IT and com-
munication depart-
ment, Siddharth Maha-
jan, secretary and com-
missioner of Panchaya-
ti Raj department, will
have the additional
charge of Secretary of
Planning, Planning
(manpower and gazet-
teers) and statistics de-
partments till further
orders.
On the other hand,
RAS officers Anil Ku-
mar, Trilok Chand Mee-
na, Manisha Tiwari,
Sunil Sharma-I, Ratan
Lal Yogi, Jabbar Singh,
HimmatSingh,Shailesh
Surana and Chiman Lal
Meena were put under
awaiting posting orders
(APO) status.
‘Motivate farmers...
farmers can get a loan
of up to Rs 1 crore for
setting up agro-process-
ing industries, on which
a grant of up to 50 per
cent is given by the state
government,” Gehlot
said during the meeting.
The Chief Minister
said that complaints re-
lated to cheating by sev-
eral multi-state co-oper-
ative societies in the
name of investment and
looting their hard
earned money are a
matter of concern. He
instructed the officials
to prepare a mechanism
sothatinfuture,nosuch
co-operative society in
the state could take ad-
vantage of the people.
Gehlot also gave in-
structions to approve Rs
250 crore from the
Farmers Welfare Fund
for early payment of in-
surance claims for the
Rabi crop of year 2019-
20. With this decision of
Gehlot, about 2.50 lakh
farmers will be able to
pay insurance claims of
about Rs 750 crore at the
earliest. He directed for
early payment of Rs
95.87 crore from Farm-
ers Welfare Fund on the
construction of 3,723
diggis in various dis-
tricts.
“The process of re-
cruitment of 1,000
posts in various coop-
erative institutions
should be started
soon,” Gehlot instruct-
ed officials. Notably,
the Chief Minister also
decided to set up a State
Level Monitoring Com-
mittee under the chair-
manship of the Chief
Secretary to provide
maximum benefit of
the agricultural infra-
structure fund started
by the Government of
India to the farmers
through the purchase
and sale cooperatives
of the state. Moreover,
Gehlot has also decided
to allot plots for the op-
eration of public facili-
ties in the premises of
the State Agricultural
Produce Market Com-
mittees.
The Chief Minister
also directed to bring
uniformity in CONFED
and cooperative con-
sumerstoresandensure
transparent and time-
bound availability of
medicines through
them. “For the conve-
nience of 4.15 lakh pen-
sioners in the state,
medical sales centres of
all cooperative stores
will be made online and
it will also be connected
to the Treasury and Pen-
sion Department of the
state government,” Ge-
hlot said.
FROM PG 1
‘Take all precautions to keep
vector-borne diseases at bay’Govt is closely monitoring the situation & ensuring care to those affected, the PM said
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
urged citizens on Tues-
day, to take precautions
during the ongoing
monsoon season, not-
ing that this is the time
when tropical and vec-
tor-borne diseases
spread.
The government is
also closely monitoring
the situation and ensur-
ing care to those affect-
ed, he said.
“This is the season of
tropical and vector-
borne diseases. I urge
you all to take the right
precautions. The gov-
ernment is also closely
monitoring the situa-
tion and ensuring care
to those affected. Stay
safe, be happy,” he
tweeted.
He also tagged a DD
News report on precau-
tions to prevent vector-
borne diseases. —PTI
New Delhi: P M Modi
will announce results
of the fifth edition of
nationwide annual
cleanliness survey,
‘Swachh Survekshan
2020’, on Thursday, Un-
ion Housing and Urban
Affairs Ministry said.
Ministry spokesper-
son Rajeev Jain said
that 1.87 crore citizens
participated in the sur-
vey of 4,242 cities, 62
cantonment boards and
92 towns along the Gan-
ga river. Jain said that a
total of 129 awards will
be handed over to the
top performing cities
and states at the
“Swachh Mahotsav”
event. The Union Hous-
ing and Urban Affairs
Ministry, which is or-
ganising the event, said
that the prime minister
will also interact with
select beneficiaries of
the Swachh Bharat Mis-
sion-Urban - ‘swachha-
grahis’ & ‘safaikarmis’
(sanitation workers) --
from different parts of
the country through
video conference. —PTI
‘Swachh Survekshan 2020’ results on Thursday
PM Modi chairs a meet to review the preparations of National master plan via VC in New Delhi.
IAF deploys indigenous
LCA Tejas along Pak border
India’s COVID-19 tally crosses
27 lakh mark: Health Ministry
New Delhi: Amid bor-
der tensions with Chi-
na, the Indian Air (IAF)
Force has deployed the
indigenous LCA Tejas
fighter aircraft on the
western front along the
Pakistan border.
“The LCA Tejas was
deployed by the Indian
Air Force on the Paki-
stan border to thwart
any possible misadven-
ture,” government said
sources. LCA is India’s
first indigenous fighter
aircraft. After the in-
duction of the first two
squadrons, Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
recently said the deal
for the 83 Mark1A LCAs
will be finalised soon.
The deal, expected to
be worth over Rs 40,000
crore, will likely be the
largest-ever deal for an
indigenous equipment
in the country.
There were differ-
ences between the Air
Force and the produc-
tion agencies over spec-
ifications issued by IAF
but the then Defence
Minister, Manohar Par-
rikar, ensured that both
sides reached a middle
path and clearance for
83 additional planes
was given in 2016 by the
Defence Ministry.
In view of the Chi-
nese aggression on bor-
ders, the IAF had de-
ployed its assets along
the borders with both
China and Pakistan.
The forward airbases of
the force have been
equipped to take care of
situations along the
western and northern
fronts and have seen ex-
tensive flying opera-
tions in the recent past.
New Delhi: A spike of
55,079 cases took India’s
COVID-19 tally past 27
lakh on Tuesday just a
day after it crossed the
26-lakh mark, while
19.77 lakh people have
so far recuperated from
the disease pushing the
recovery rate to 73.18
per cent, according to
the Union Health Min-
istry data.
The COVID-19 case-
load stood at 27,02,742,
while the death toll
climbed to 51,797 with
876 people succumbing
to the disease in a span
of 24 hours, the data up-
dated at 8 am showed.
Case fatality rate
stands at 1.92 per cent.
There are 6,73,166 ac-
tive cases of coronavi-
rus infection in the
country which is 24.91
per cent of the total
caseload, while the
number of recoveries
has risen to 19,77,779.
India’s COVID-19
tally had crossed the
20-lakh mark on Au-
gust 7.
According to the In-
dian Council of Medi-
cal Research (ICMR), a
cumulative total of
3,09,41,264 samples
have been tested up to
August 17 with 8,99,864
samples being tested
on Monday. —PTI
New Delhi: India has
recorded the highest
number of COVID-19
tests in the last 24 hours
while the number of
people recovered has
now gone up to about
two million, Union
Health Ministry said.
Addressing a press
conference here, Union
Health Secretary
Rajesh Bhushan said
that case fatality rate is
below two per cent and
recovered patients are
2.93 per cent of active
cases. He said nearly 9
lakh tests were conduct-
ed in the last 24 hours.
“A total of 8,99,864
tests have been conduct-
ed in the last 24 hours.
Recovered patients are
morethan19.70lakhand
25 per cent of cases are
active cases,” he said.
Bhushan said that aver-
age recovery per day is
55,000whileweeklyposi-
tivity rate has come
down to 7.72 per cent.
“The average recov-
ery per day is 55,000.
More than three crore
people have been tested
so far. The weekly posi-
tivity rate has come
down from 10 per cent to
7.72 per cent. Keeping
two yards distance,
wearing mask and hand
cleaning is necessary,”
Bhushan said. —ANI
Nearly 9L tests done in the last
24 hours, highest so far: Govt
Medical team with new kits for COVID-19 testing in Lahaul Spiti. —PHOTO BY ANI
ABOUT THE AIRCRAFT
SC verdict on Rhea’s plea to transfer
case from Patna to Mumbai today
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court will pro-
nounce judgment on
Wednesday on actress
Rhea Chakraborty’s
petition for transfer of
FIR filed against her
alleging abetment of
actor Sushant Singh
Rajput’s death to
Mumbai.Chakraborty,
in her petition to the
apex court, had sought
the transfer of case
from Patna to Mumbai
jurisdiction. The
judgement will be
given by a bench of
Justice Hrishikesh
Roy at 11 am.
Accusing Rhea of
abetting his son’s sui-
cide, KKSingh, Ra-
jput’s father, filed an
FIR in Patna on June
25 against her, her par-
ents, Showik, Rajput’s
manager Samuel Mi-
randa and Shruti
Modi and unknown
persons accusing
them of cheating and
abetting his son’s
death. Singh has also
alleged financial ir-
regularities and si-
phoning off Rs 15
crore in his son’s bank
account in one year to
an unknown person’s
account, who is not
known to late actor.
New Delhi: The ED-
has recorded the state-
ment of KK Singh, fa-
ther of actor Sushant
Singh Rajput, in con-
nection with a money
laundering case probe
linked to his son’s
death, officials said.
They said K K Singh ,
was questioned and
his statement was re-
corded by the central
probe agency on Mon-
day here.Singh, a resi-
dent of Patna, had last
month filed a criminal
FIR with Bihar Police
againstRajput’sfriend
and actor Rhea
Chakraborty, her fam-
ily and few others al-
leging they abetted his
son’s suicide. Rajput,
was found hanging at
his Bandra (Mumbai)
home on June 14. Of-
ficials said Singh was
asked about the infor-
mation he has about
Rajput’s income, in-
vestments, profession-
al assignments and
relationship with
Rhea Chakraborty
and others. —PTI
ED records
statement of
Sushant’s father
Stand together to demand CBI
probe, says Sushant’s sister
‘Witnesses in Sushant Singh
Rajput’s case might get killed’
Patna: Sushant
Singh Rajput’s sis-
ter Shweta Singh
Kirti urged the peo-
ple to “stand togeth-
er” to demand a CBI
enquiry in the late
actor’s death case
in order to get jus-
tice. “We stand to-
gether as a nation
for CBI Enquiry!
Demanding an un-
biased investiga-
tion is our right and
we expect nothing
but the truth to
come out,” she
tweeted also tag-
ging PM Modi.
Patna: Niraj Singh
Babloo, BJP MLA
and a relative of
late Bollywood ac-
tor Sushant Singh
Rajput, on Tues-
daysaid, “Witness-
es are being threat-
ened, and Mumbai
Police is not even
providing protec-
tion to them. The
way things are un-
folding, the wit-
nesses might get
killed. We demand
that witnesses
should be given po-
lice protection,” he
said. —ANI
Late actor Sushant Singh Rajput Actress Rhea Chakraborty
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
This is the season of
tropical and vec-
tor-borne diseases.
I urge you all to take
the right precautions.
The Government is
also closely moni-
toring the situation
and ensuring care to
those affected. Stay
safe, be happy!

NEWSJAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2020
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: A new muse-
um may soon come up
in Jaipur where some
of the antiques and ar-
tefacts would be shifted
from Albert hall Muse-
um, where rainwater
on Friday entered into
the basement and dam-
aged documents and
other items.
Art and culture min-
ister BD Kalla visited
the museum on Tues-
day and took stock of
the situation. He spoke
with museum officials
about the efforts being
made to recover the ar-
ticles of historic value
from losses.
He also instructed of-
ficials to make sure
that no article, docu-
ment or record is dam-
aged next time if it
rains heavily.
The minister gave di-
rections to prepare an
action plan and also
asked them to keep the
digital record of the
museum.
Kalla said that the
work for setting up an-
other museum in the
city will be started and
the historic articles
which at present are
kept in the Albert
Hall’s store will be
shifted.
“Instructions have
been issued to officials
in this regard,” he said.
The minister visited
the store room, record
room, galleries and
other sections in the
basement where rain-
water had accumulated
after heavy downpour.
The minister was
briefed by Prakash
Chand Sharma, Direc-
tor of the Department
of Archaeology and
Museums, on the ef-
forts being made to re-
store the situation.
Directions were also
given for a proper sani-
tization and fumiga-
tion in the museum.
LESSONS LEARNT?
Kalla visits Albert Hall,
announces brand new
museum in Pink City
VISUAL TREAT WITH MONSOON AT ITS PEAK
BABUJI ‘DHEERE
CHALNA’!
Do you know what bizarre
‘incident’ is the most
discussed topic these days among
Congressmen from across the
state? Well, let us give you a
hint. It revolves around the ‘rebel’
camp and is somewhat similar to
‘steeplechase’, however the result
was totally different from what the
sport of steeplechase would have
you think. Confused? Okay, let us
spill the beans then. This happened
when the rebel leaders were safely
camped at Manesar hotel while
pressure was mounting on them in
Rajasthan as one after the other the
state government’s ‘watchdogs’ -
SOG and ACB - were inching closer
towards them. Perhaps under this,
one of the rebel group MLA thought
it befitting to ‘rebel’ against the
rebels! Word is that this ‘rebel’
tried to flee the camp at Manesar
and went to the extent of climbing
the huge outer periphery wall of the
hotel. However, the plan backfired
primarily because the man is not
that young now and as he fell with
a loud thud, he sustained a minor
fracture too! Interestingly, the
man is touted to be a ministerial
candidate from Pilot camp!
—First India Bureau
DREAM OFFICE!
The new PCC Chief seems to be
one of those who likes to be
swift and stern while sending a
clear message to the party workers
too. Take this incident for example.
Usually, when a PCC Chief is to
reach the state HQ, their arrival
is told in advance. However,
the newly appointed PCC Chief
Govind Singh Dotasara apparently
believes to surprise everyone so
as to know the facts. Well, in this
connection, recently Dotasara
conducted a surprise inspection
of the entire PCC as he reached
the PCC all by himself, devoid of
the usual fanfare associated with
the arrival of PCC Chiefs. None
of the office-bearers knew the
Chief would be coming and thus
none were around, barring a few
staff members. Taking advantage,
Dotasara inspected all the offices
in the PCC along with every nook
and corner and instructed officials
to remove the damaged items.
He even cleaned various files as
the dust had settled on them and
instructed staff to clean the entire
office belongings. Word is that
Dotasara has decided to make the
Rajasthan PCC, a model ‘dream’
PCC for the party.
—First India Bureau
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur. As incessant
rains wreaked havoc in
Jaipur last Friday, the
volunteers of Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh
(RSS) sprung into ac-
tion providing humani-
tarian assistance and
relief work in several
affected areas of the
city.
The residential areas
like Ganeshpuri near
Galta Gate, where soil
brought by heavy cur-
rent of water from hills
accumulated up to the
level of five-six feet.
The affected resi-
dents having no clothes
to change and no ar-
rangement of food were
relentlessly clearing
the soil and mud from
inside their houses.
RSS volunteers took
up the responsibility to
arrange food and
clothes and contributed
in the efforts to clear
the soil from houses
and other areas. Dozens
of vehicles have buried
under the soil. Since the
houses are filled with
mud and soil, people
have no place to live.
They were wearing
the same clothes from
Friday and looking at
the situation of women
and children, a team of
the RSS arranged
clothes for them.
Food was also pre-
pared and distributed
among the needy.
“The humanitarian
assistance and relief
was started by the RSS
volunteers and tireless-
ly contributed in restor-
ing the situation with
the locals. We never saw
such kind of scene ex-
cept in movies. We
shared their pain and
the work is continu-
ing,” RSS volunteer
Rakesh Khandelwal
said.
“Sangh always con-
tributes to the society
and stands by people in
the time of need. The
volunteers have done
this work selflessly and
with passion,” he added.
RSS volunteers come
to rain victims’ rescue,
distribute clothes, food
A peacock displays its colourful plumage by spreading its feathers as pigeons surround in Ajmer. —PHOTO BY PTI
THE PEDDLERS
z Ajay Sansi was ar-
rested from Sansi basti in
Chomu along with mari-
juana. Machda resident
women drug peddler Hira
Devi was arrested along
with Tarachand Sansi
from Harmada area with
180 gms of marijuana
z Rampura dabri resi-
dent drug peddler Babu
Lal was arrested from
Shashtri Nagar with mari-
juana and cash Rs 7,500.
Ashok Sharma running
a puncture repair shop
in VKI was arrested with
100 gms of marijuana
z One of the teams raiding Mansarovar area arrested
drug peddler Zahid Hussain and Vikram Meruth. On
questioning the peddlers revealed that they get the
smack from Kota at Rs 3,000 per gm and sell it at Rs
4,000 per gm in various areas around Jaipur. They also
revealed that in order to keep police at bay they change
their houses every two months
l So far the police
have registered 335
cases and arrested
453 persons under
operation clean sweep.
The Additional Police
Commissioner Ajay
Pal Lamba (left in pic)
claimed that operation
sweep will continue
until the Pink City
is made drug free.
Post raids, the gossip
around the city raised
questions on meager
44 gms of smack being
conﬁscated during
forty teams raiding at
several places
KEEPING POLICE AT BAY
DRIVE TO CONTINUE
SELLING TO STUDENTS
IN MUHANA, WASIM WAS ARRESTED WITH
SMACK. THE BAGRU RAID GOT MALI WITH 33 GMS
OF MARIJUANA. MALI WAS INVOLVED IN SELLING
DRUGS TO NEARBY UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
IN A COORDINATED ACTION
CARRIED OUT BY JAIPUR
POLICE, 13 DRUG PEDDLERS
WERE HELD AND 44 GRAMS
SMACK, 1.5 KG MARIJUANA, 1.95
LAKH CASH AND 3 VEHICLES
WERE SEIZED, SATYA NARAYAN
SHARMA REPORTS...
z Under Operation Clean
Sweep against narcotic drugs
40 special police teams from
15 police stations raided 40
locations simultaneously
around Chomun, Harmada,
Vishwakarma, Muhana, Bag-
ru, Shashtri Nagar, Kanota,
Shipra Path, Jhotwara, Karni
Vihar, Transport Nagar and
Malpura Gate areas
z Police arrested 13 peddlers
including three women
z Nine persons who were
gambling also were also
nabbed during the operation
z The police also arrested
some liquor smugglers dur-
ing the raids. ACP Ajaypal
Lamba told that the teams
were led by DCP Yogesh
Yadav, Additional DCP Sulesh
Chodhary, Inspector Lakhan
Kahtana and Surendra Yadav
z The operation was carried
out on the basis of tip received
from the informers
Ghar-Ghar ki baat hai!Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: There are
clearly defined rules in
bureaucracy and one
such rule says that if
both husband and wife
are serving then a
house will be allotted
in husband’s name.
However, the situa-
tion around former
Chief Secretary DB
Gupta and his wife
Veenu Gupta is unique
and interesting.
In the years of ser-
vice, the government
bungalows have been
allotted in DB’s name
and after he became
the Chief Secretary, he
was accorded the plush
bungalow reserved for
CS at Ram Singh road.
Veenu Gupta used to
stay with DB in this
house during this time.
But when in July, DB
Gupta was shifted from
the position of Chief
Secretary, he had to let
go of the bungalow ear-
marked for the CS.
Now since he has
only two more months
of time left in his ser-
vice while Veenu Gup-
ta has three more
years, the new govern-
ment bungalow has
beenallottedinVeenu’s
name.
But an interesting
rule in this matter has
come to light.
GADrulessaythatif
either of the husband
or wife, have their own
personal home in
Jaipur, then they can
not be allotted a gov-
ernment bungalow, but
in this ‘special matter’,
theGADhasrelaxedits
rules for Veenu Gupta
and allotted a plush A-
category bungalow
in Gandhi Nagar.
The Guptas have got
a minor renovation
also done of the bunga-
low. Interestingly, there
is a minor issue here.
The neighbour, a
minister, has got a
double-storey con-
structed on his bunga-
low which apparently
hampers the privacy of
Guptas.
However, there
may be a few other
senior IAS and IPS
officers who, like DB
Gupta and Veenu
Gupta, are an excep-
tion to this DOP rule
and therefore, Gupta
couple’s case may not
be the one off inci-
dent.
DB Gupta along with wife Veenu Gupta.
Art and Culture minister BD Kalla visited the Albert Hall Museum
and took stock of the situation on Tuesday.
File photo of a worker clearing an uprooted tree that fell on a
road due to heavy rains, at Gangauri Bazar in Jaipur on Friday.
OPERATION CLEAN SWEEP TO
MAKE PINK CITY DRUG-FREE

Do not be hasty to confront
people, confront your
troubles promptly though.
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Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: After hav-
ing an excellent initial
take off in New Delhi
and Jaipur on his new
assignment as AICC
General Secretary In-
charge for Rajasthan, a
Congress stalwart and a
Sonia-Rahul favourite,
Ajay Maken is a man to
watch in a ‘complicated’
Rajasthan Congress
politics. After the shift-
ing of a 3-year-long Ra-
jasthan performer Avi-
nash Pande, Maken had
emerged as a consensus
choice for the post
among Sonia, Rahul,
Priyanka, Ahmed Patel,
KC Venugopal and
Ashok Gehlot himself.
The most difficult
challenge before Mak-
en is to take along two
still warring Con-
gress camps i.e. 102
MLAs Gehlot camp
and a 19 MLAs Pilot
Camp, though many of
Pilot camp rebels had
come back to Gehlot
even before a August 14
trust vote in the assem-
bly. At one stage, Ge-
hlot, under a mount-
ing pressure of his
supporting 102 MLAs,
had virtually made up
his mind to not to take
back the rebels but
apparently after a de-
cisive Priyanka Gan-
dhi intervention via a
trusted Ahmed Patel,
Gehlot had reconciled
with the situation and
agreed for the come-
back move. Subse-
quently, a three member
high powered commit-
teeconsisting of Ahmed
Patel- KC Venugopal-
Ajay Maken was consti-
tuted by the Congress
President Sonia Gandhi
to look into Pilot camp’s
grievances and to en-
sure a total political
peace in Rajasthan.
Being the General
Secretary Incharge,
now Maken has to co-
ordinate the working
of the committee, un-
der a close supervision
of Ahmed Bhai and
KC. In the first phase,
Maken has met Patel,
KC, rebel leader Pilot
and even an outgoing
Pande, to have the first
‘feel’of thesituation. In-
cidentally, Maken en-
joys an equal ‘trust
and understanding’
with Gehlot and Pilot.
TheCommitteeislike-
ly to finalise the ‘modali-
ties’ of the truce, where
both Gehlot and Pilot
camps are claiming five
cabinet berths for each
group against an availa-
ble vacancy of eight
seats. Pilot has also gone
to the extent for one post
of DeputyCM.Similarly,
an enthusiastic Pilot
camp is also asking for
it’s ‘share’ in the likely
PCC reshuffle. So, the
real job before Maken
is to work out a work-
able agreement which
suits both the sides
and more to a towering
CM Gehlot. In fact,
Maken’s entire ‘inde-
pendence and credibili-
ty’ will be at stake be-
cause in spite of his best
‘efforts’, his predecessor
AvinashPandecouldnot
create a sense of trust
and acceptability in the
Pilotcamp.Now, Maken
has to prove a better
performer than Pande
! So, let’s keep our fin-
gers crossed !
Ajay Maken: The man to watch in Rajasthan!
RHB receives design proposals for coaching hub, to finalise soon
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: Noted archi-
tects from various parts
of the country gave
presentations on the de-
sign of the state’s first
proposed coaching hub
to be set up at Pratap Na-
gar, Jaipur by Rajasthan
Housing Board (RHB).
RHB commissioner
Pawan Arora said that
the architects gave their
presentations about the
design of the coaching
hub and the designing
part will be finalised
soon. The primary
structure of the hub has
already been approved
by MNIT and after final-
ising the design, the
work will start, he said.
Arora informed that
the construction will be
completedintwophases.
Encroachment on the
landfortheconstruction
of 21 commercial show-
roomshasbeenremoved
and work for boundary
construction is going on
andtendershavealready
been issued for the con-
struction of various
blocks in the hub.
He said, as per the
budget announcement
made by Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot, the hub
has been proposed on
67,000 sq meter area in
Pratap Nagar’s sector
16. It can accommodate
nearly 70,000 students.
The construction will
be done on 30 per cent
area and the rest 70 per
cent will be open.
In the first phase of
construction,fivetowers
will be constructed and
three towers will come
up in the second phase.
In every institutional
building, 5000 sq feet to
14,000 sq feet of the car-
pet area will be saleable
to coaching institutes in
everyinstitutionalbuild-
ing. In each tower, a sev-
en-storeybuildingwith1
lakhsqfeetunderground
parking area will be con-
structed. The ambitious
projectwillbereadyin42
months. The first phase
is scheduled to be com-
pletedbySeptember2022
and the next phase will
be ready by December
2023.
The coaching hub will
have facilities like audi-
torium, jogging track,
cycling track, open air
theatre, indoor and out-
door gym, basketball/
tennis court, yoga and
meditation centre, food
court, two wheeler and
four wheeler parking,
hostel and guest house.
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: After the
deaths of two big cats,
another bad news has
arrived yet again from
Mukundara Hills Tiger
Reserve where a male
cub of tigress MT-2 has
died. MT-2 was found
dead on August 3 after a
fight with another big
cat. Her five-month-
old cub was under
treatment since then
and has now died.
This is the third
death in the tiger re-
serve since July 23
and two cubs are still
missing. Now a tiger
MT-1 and tigress MT-4
are left alone in the re-
serve. The cub was un-
der treatment in ICU. A
teamof threeveterinary
doctors, Dr Rajiv Garg,
Tejendra Singh Riyad
and Akhilesh Pandey,
were looking after him.
The cub was suffer-
ing from protein defi-
ciency and low haemo-
globin and was given
treatment. The cub
was not able to feed
self and a food supple-
ment was being ad-
ministered. The staff-
ers also tried to feed
him pieces of meat.
Samples have been
sent to the laboratory
for testing so that exact
cause of the death could
be determined.
Forest minister Sukh-
ram Vishnoi expressed
grief over the death of
the cub. He said that the
state government is se-
rious for the reserve and
will form a solid action
plan. Rajsamand MP
Diya Kumari urged
state and Central gov-
ernmenttoformstricter
policies to conserve ti-
gers and said, “A cub of
tigress MT-2, who was
found dead on August 3
in Mukundara Sanctu-
ary - Kota, has been
missing for 17 days and
the news of the death of
another cub is sad.”
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: Saddened by
the tragic death of
two persons in a road
accident on Sikar
road on Sunday, for-
mer Chief Minister
Vasuandhara Raje has
appealed to people to
be cautious and be-
come responsible citi-
zens. Raje’s reaction
came after the CCTV
footage of the shocking
incident went viral.
“Saw the video of
the accident that hap-
pened at Sikar Road
Khaitan intersection
in Jaipur. Minor negli-
gence of the drivers
took the lives of those
who were not at fault.
Appeal - Please main-
tain restraint on the
road and save yourself
and others’ lives. Be
called responsible citi-
zens,” Raje tweeted.
In an unfortunate ac-
cident in Murlipura,
Sikar road on Sunday
morning, a milkman
and a pedestrian were
killed and after a poul-
try van overturned af-
ter hitting a car. The
van driver managed to
escape after the mishap.
Meanwhile, several
party leaders including
former ministers Rajpal
SinghShekhawat,Yunus
Khan,formerdeputyAs-
sembly Speaker Rao Ra-
jendra Singh, former
MLA Lakshminarayan
Bairwa, Bharatpur MP
Ranjeeta Koli, newly ap-
pointed state Vice-Presi-
dent Ajaypal Singh, par-
ty’s former Jodhpur
PresidentJagatNarayan
Joshi, former Jhunj-
hunu President Rajveer
Singh, Pemaram Chaud-
hary of Pali called on
Raje at her residence.
Notably, Raje con-
gratulated Ajaypal
Singh for his appoint-
ment and leaders held
discussions on various
organisational issues.
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur:SeniorCongress
leader Avinash Pande,
who was replaced by
Ajay Maken as AICC
general secretary and
Rajasthan incharge,
shared his political ex-
perience pertaining to
Rajasthan with Maken
in New Delhi.
Pandewascampingin
Rajasthanduringthepo-
litical crisis after the re-
bellion of Sachin Pilot
andotherCongresslead-
ersandnowhemayleave
for his home in Nagpur.
Both Pande and Maken
held a meeting in Delhi
during which Pande
shared his experience
andalsoexpressedgrati-
tude to the partymen.
Pande said that his
tenure was satisfactory
and he had a very posi-
tive experience of work-
ing with CM Ashok Ge-
hlot, Sachin Pilot and
other leaders. “For
strength of Congress, all
workers worked with
full enthusiasm for
which I thank everyone.
I also thank the party
president Sonia Gandhi
and leader Rahul Gan-
dhi and I wish for the
brightfutureoftheparty
and people of the state,”
he said. On the other
hand, on Pande’s depar-
ture Congress spokes-
personSupriyaShrinate
said, “organisational
changeshappeninparty
and Avinash Pande has
done a good job in Ra-
jasthan affairs.”
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: Health Min-
ister Dr Raghu
Sharma said, after
villages, now selec-
tion of Swasthya
Mitras has started
in urban areas,
which was post-
poned due to coro-
na, adding that 80,000
SwasthyaMitrashave
been selected for med-
ical help. He said that
cases have increased
due to super spread-
ers, and to stop that,
whoever falls under
the category will be
checked effectively.
Number of beds
with oxygen will be
increased and entire
emphasis of govern-
ment is on reducing
the fatality rate, he
said, adding, patients
face more problems
due to less saturation
of oxygen at night, so
directions have been
given to deploy
trained nursing staff
in all hospitals.
Dr Sharma said
that the government
is trying to ensure
that there is no short-
age of doctors. For
this, the recruitment
process of 2000 doc-
torshasbeencomplet-
ed. He said that the
ratio of recovery rate
in the state is among
the best and fatality
rate is declining fast.
5-MONTH-OLD CUB OF TIGRESS
MT-2 DIES DURING TREATMENT
Be responsible: Raje appeals
after accident video goes viral
Pande shares Rajasthan
experience with Maken
BJP state leaders rapped,
Gajju Bana loses his ‘marks’
RHB Commissioner Pawan Arora taking presentation for
upcoming coaching hub.
‘Urban areas to have
Swasthya Mitras soon’
AVINASH PANDE
@avinashpandeinc
My humble tribute to
Netaji #SubashChandraB-
ose on his Death Anniver-
sary today. The struggle,
sacrifice and dedication of
Netaji is an inspiration for
all the Youth.Ajay Pal Lamba paid courtesy visit to Vasundhara Raje at her
residence on Tuesday.
Ajay Maken with Sonia Gandhi Ajay Maken with Rahul Gandhi
Avinash Pande with Ajay Maken
Dr Raghu Sharma
One of the cubs of tigress MT-2 (who died on July 23) was found dead in Mukundara Tiger Reserve.
From P1
was an act of imma-
turity, where without
doing any proper
homework on their
own, the party over-
trusted Pilot’s claim
that he enjoys the
support of at least 30
rebel Congress MLAs
and this disgruntled
lot may even cross the
magic figure of 37.
Now, with the failure
of Pilot camp, the
BJP leadership feels a
bit disappointed and
let down and not hap-
py with the young
leadership of Ra-
jasthan BJP, mainly
Satish Poonia and Ra-
jendra Rathore. Only
three days back, a
major ‘dressing
down’ was given to
them by the top
leadership. In this
entire process, ‘Ga-
jju Bana’ has also
lost his ‘marks’.
Therefore, now every-
one in Jaipur has
been asked to keep
mum and not to do
anything on this
front, till some emer-
gent situation arises.
JP Nadda, Vasund-
hara Raje and Bhu-
pendra Yadav are be-
lieved to have con-
vinced the BJP high
command that to con-
tinue to support Pilot
move will be counter
productive for the saf-
fron party itself.
BJP and even the
‘reconciled’ Pilot
camp believe that
once the Gehlot gov-
ernment’s cabinet
reshuffle and politi-
cal appointments are
over, there will be al-
most two dozen dis-
appointed MLAs who
can be a part of a
fresh Gehlot govern-
ment toppling plan
and in that situation
Pilot camp MLAs
may provide some
sort of a ‘moral sup-
port’ to the principal
opposition party. But
keeping in mind Ge-
hlot’s over riding
control and com-
mand on at least 102
MLAs, any fresh top-
pling plan looks a dis-
tant dream.

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LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Palmy days are back and
you will enjoy everything
that the time will enjoy.
Consider every option
possible before really making up your
mind for something. The key to
happiness is to forgive and move
forward because life is too short to
fight and put an end to relationships.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Ridiculing other people just
for the sake of your own
fun is a very mean thing to
do, if not you than don’t let
anyone do it too. Feeling burdened
and bored of studies is possible
today but thats just temporary. There
are high chances that your lover may
anyhow manage to meet you.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
It is your turn to make big
profits today and
somewhere inside you will
feel like celebrating.
Business plans will work out and
things will move in the direction of
your wish. You will introduce healthy
food options in your day to day meal
with a touch of innovation of recipes.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Putrid food is all that you
need to be careful about
today and the best way to do
so is to avoid eating outside
than home. To are passionate about
making money and having a bank
balance. You love your reputation and
you don’t let anything or anyone to
spoil it. You are living a good life.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Adventitious distortion of
traditions is not what you
plan to do so be careful as
in how your actions are
perceived. There is a chance that
someone ask you for a favour, on
professional front. You must think
before saying yes for a long term
commitment in a project.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Amorphous and leaderless
organisations are destined
to close down but your
abilities will revive one such
organisation and people will watch in
amaze. You are often tempted by
schemes that involves less risk even if
the profit is not that high as well. Your
family is all that you need right now.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
You need to adopt an
adroit way to solve the
problem. Financially you
can expect to achieve
stability if the present uncertain
times are bothering you. Giving up
on yourself is just not an option for
you. Finally you will do something
that you weren’t able to do.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Dumbfounded by
someone’s intelligence you
may simply hire him/her
and it will be your best
decision of the day. Keeping an eye
on someone notorious will be the
right thing to do as far as your
business is concerned Don’t take
your boss’s order lightly.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Overindulgence in wrong
food and beverages will
come with a cost so please
stay miles away and adopt
healthy food habits. You will make a
move in professional life that will
decide your future in the company.
Making efforts and working very hard
is all that you can do.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Airworthy trips must only
be taken for urgent or
important matters
otherwise please avoid. At
home you will set some rules and
will expect everyone to follow them.
Giving and taking tension for
unimportant matters is such a waste
of time and energy.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Etiquettes are of utmost
importance to you and you
just can’t stand the
company of people who
lack it. Waiting space and giving
space, you are good at both. You
may be full of energy today but those
around you may feel dull. Take full
benefit of counselling session.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Opine to other only that
your follow yourself as you
can be put to test. You will
be involved today in
promotional activities concerning
your business. You will make it big
so be prepared if you see some
jealous faces around. You will gift
someone something really expensive.
YOUR
DAYHoroscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
City First presents its reader the magical love story of Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khan. The story
will mesmerize you and bring you down to the magical moments of your love story!
ove stories aren’t al-
ways easy, but some
love stories are
meant to happen
and so, there is very
little that anyone
can do to change
what is destined to happen.
Some people believe in arranged
marriages, while some people
are there who win over someone
they love, with their love. Bolly-
wood bears testimony to so
many dramatic love stories,
those that one can never get
enough of, but at the same time,
there is so much that it also
makes us all believe in. And
when we talk about Bolly-
wood love stories, the King of
romance, Shah Rukh Khan is
the one who comes to our
mind. Despite the popularity, the
couple was successful in keeping
their relationship private.
Very few fans know that Shah
Rukh fell for Gauri when Shah
Rukh was 18 years old and Gauri
was just 14 years old. When Shah
Rukh got her number, he would
have called her pretending to be a
friend named ‘Shaheen’. Gauri
soon fell for Shah Rukh’s wit, con-
fidence and style, soon the two
started going out
The road from relationship to
marriage wasn’t easy for them to
settle down. They have faced hun-
dreds of hurdle during their
courtship. One fight even let
Gauri leave Delhi for Mumbai
without letting him know. Shah
Rukh followed her with just Rs
10,000 in his pocket to that city
which eventually became his
home. The couple was finally mar-
ried on October 25, 1991. But here
is a twist, they both got married,
not just once but thrice, and in dif-
ferent style. Shah Rukh and Gauri
first got married in court. Later,
the two wedded following the Hin-
du tradition on 25 August 1991 fol-
lowed by ‘Nikah’ on 26 August
1991.
After marriage, Khans move to
Mumbai as a way to escape the
feeling of loss left behind his
mother’s death. Six years after the
wedding, they welcomed their
first son, Aryan, on 13 November
1997. Since then, the celebrity
duo’s family has grown by two
more. Shah Rukh and Gauri’s
only daughter, Suhana, was born
on May 22, 2000, while their young-
est, Abram Khan came via surro-
gacy on May 27, 2013.
In all these years of the two be-
ing together, they have set out ma-
jor goals and raised the bar for
all things that people expect.
But well, now that they
have been together for al-
most 29 long years, fans
will love to get a lit-
tle insight into
how they have
been doing
during this
time of
the lock-
down.
POORVIKA AGRAWAL
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
Gauri leave Delhi for Mumbai
without letting him know. Shah
Rukh followed her with just Rs
10,000 in his pocket to that city
which eventually became his
home. The couple was finally mar-
ried on October 25, 1991. But here
is a twist, they both got married,
not just once but thrice, and in dif-
ferent style. Shah Rukh and Gauri
first got married in court. Later,
the two wedded following the Hin-
du tradition on 25 August 1991 fol-
lowed by ‘Nikah’ on 26 August
After marriage, Khans move to
Mumbai as a way to escape the
feeling of loss left behind his
mother’s death. Six years after the
wedding, they welcomed their
first son, Aryan, on 13 November
1997. Since then, the celebrity
duo’s family has grown by two
more. Shah Rukh and Gauri’s
only daughter, Suhana, was born
on May 22, 2000, while their young-
est, Abram Khan came via surro-
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