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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR & AHMEDABAD
Raj to ‘in principle’ follow Punjab in nullifying farm laws soon: CM
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: In order to neu-
tralize the three new
agricultural laws of the
Central government,
the Rajasthan govern-
ment will also pass
three new bills in the
Assembly on the lines
of Punjab government.
The state government
will call a special ses-
sion of the Assembly in
the first week of No-
vember for the purpose.
This decision was taken
in the meeting of the
Council of Ministers
held at the Chief Minis-
ter’s residence on Tues-
day night under the
chairmanship of Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot.
Congress President
Sonia Gandhi and party
leader Rahul Gandhi
had instructed the Con-
gress-ruled state gov-
ernments to call the As-
sembly session and
pass a resolution to by-
pass the laws of the
Centre in their respec-
tive states.
Rajasthan govern-
ment was awaiting Pun-
jab government’s move
in this matter. On Octo-
ber 12, there was a meet-
ing of Gehlot govern-
ment’s Council of Min-
isters on this matter,
but no decision could be
taken then.
However, the Punjab
government, on Tues-
day, passed a resolution
against the Centre’s
Laws in a special ses-
sion of the Assembly.
Also, three new bills
were passed by Punjab
Assembly. On receiving
this information, Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
immediately convened
a meeting of the Coun-
cil of Ministers and
asked to take a decision
for Rajasthan on the
lines of Punjab itself.
Punjab Chief Minis-
ter Captain Amarinder
Singh had moved the
resolution in the As-
sembly, under which the
government has passed
three new laws which
included different pro-
visions from the Centre.
During the meeting
on Tuesday, the Council
of Ministers empha-
sized on the need of pro-
curement of crops at
the minimum support
price. At the same time,
discussion was also
held on restoration of
the rights of the civil
court for settlement of
disputes between farm-
ers and traders related
to purchase of crops.
The Council of Min-
isters is of the view that
in such cases in Ra-
jasthan, the arrange-
ments for settlement of
the crops through
Turn to P6Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
Special session of Raj Assembly
to be called in November to bring
bills against Centre’s farm laws,
state second in nation to do so
ALL FOR FARMERS
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Tuesday said the coun-
trymen should not for-
get that the lockdown
may be over but the vi-
rus that causes the Cor-
onavirus disease is still
around as he addressed
the nation.
“It has been a long
journey from Janta
Curfew to now. Econom-
ic activities are also in-
creasing. Many people
have started going out
of their houses. The fes-
tival season is around
and markets too have
been full of buzz,” said
PM Modi.
The prime minister
then highlighted the
strides made by the
country in the battle
against Covid-19, but
said that the number of
cases are increasing in
other parts if the world.
He asked the people of
the country to be care-
ful. “Recent videos
show that people are
becoming very lax with
the precautions we
take. Videos show that
people are being irre-
sponsible and not tak-
ing the steps advised to
a very large extent.
This cannot happen,”
he said.
“We must not
think that things
are normal again.
You are putting
yourselves, your
families, children
and elders in your
home in grave dan-
ger by not taking the
proper precau-
tions,” PM
added.
Wishful PM preaches Corona
conduct in festive season
REMEMBER, COVID-19 IS STILL AROUND SAYS MODI TO NATION,
WHILE EMPHASISING IMPORTANCE OF WEARING MASKS
a very large extent.
This cannot happen,”
he said.
“We must not
think that things
are normal again.
You are putting
yourselves, your
families, children
and elders in your
home in grave dan-
ger by not taking the
proper precau-
tions,” PM
added.
MAJOR TAKEAWAYS
FROM PM’S ADDRESS
In this festive season,
markets are bright
again but we need to
remember that the
lockdown might have
ended but the virus
still persists.
With efforts of every
Indian over last 7-8
months, India is in
a stable situation,
we must not let it
deteriorate.
India recovery rate
in the country is
good. The fatality
rate is low.
In India, 5,500 peo-
ple out of every 10
Lakh population in
India are infected,
whereas in coun-
tries like the US &
Brazil this figure is
around 25,000.
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2
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Wayanad: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi on
Tuesday stepped up his
attack on Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi over
the military standoff
with China in eastern
Ladakh, telling him the
nation wants to know
when will the Chinese
troops be thrown out of
Indian territory.
“The prime minister
will not say one word
about China”, the Way-
anad MP, who is on a
three day visit to his
parliamentary constitu-
ency, told a news confer-
ence here.
Gandhi was respond-
ing to questions, includ-
ing one about Modi’s
announcement that he
will share a message
with the nation at 6 pm
on Tuesday.
“ I don’t think there’s
any other country in
the world today where a
foreign power can take
land from the country
and then no answer
from the leadership.
This is shocking to
me....So what I would
like is the prime minis-
ter to tell the nation
when the Chinese are
going to be thrown out
of Indian territory,”
Gandhi said.
The union govern-
menthadearliertermed
as “mischievous inter-
pretation” the Con-
gress’ claims that China
had occupied Indian
territory in the eastern
Ladakh region. “What’s
the date by which the
Chinese soldiers are go-
ing to be kicked out of
India? That’s what I
want to know. But I
guarantee you that the
prime minister won’t
have the guts to say
that”, he said when
asked about Modi’s ad-
dress to the Nation later
this evening. Gandhi
said it’s a lie that no-
body has taken any land
from this country, add-
ing, Turn to P6
Rahul to PM: When will
you throw Chinese out?
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addresses a press conference in
Wayanad on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Kamal Nath ji is from my party but
personally, I don’t like the type of lan-
guage that he used…I don’t appreciate
it... regardless of who he is. It is unfor-
tunate.” Rahul Gandhi, Congress leader (See P5)
Chandigarh: Follow-
ing a marathon five-
hour discussion, the
Punjab Legislative As-
sembly on Tuesday
unanimously passed
four Bills to negate the
Centre’s three conten-
tious farm laws. The
legislations were
backed by the Opposi-
tion parties, including
SAD, AAP and MLAs of
Lok Insaaf Party even
though BJP did not take
part in the proceedings.
The Bills seek to
amend the Farmers Pro-
duce Facilitation Act,
the Farmers Agreement
and Farm Services Act,
the Essential Commodi-
ties Act, and the Civil
Procedure Code.
The state govern-
ment’s legislative coun-
ter provides for impris-
onment of not less than
three years and fine for
sale or purchase of
wheat or paddy under a
farming agreement be-
low the minimum sup-
port price. The provi-
sions exempt farmers
from the attachment of
land up to 2.5 acres and
provide for the preven-
tion of hoarding and
black marketing of ag-
ricultural produce.
Speaking with re-
porters outside the As-
sembly, Turn to P6
Backing farmers! Punjab rejects
Centre’s Laws, passes own Bills
Assembly passed 4 Bills after an over 5-hour long
discussion, in which BJP MLAs did not take part
Ahtesham Siddiqi
Lucknow: The Central
Bureau of Investigation
(CBI) on Tuesday took
over the probe into al-
leged manipulation of
Television Rating
Points (TRP) after regis-
tering an FIR.
The cenral agency
took over the probe
from Lucknow police
on the recommendation
of Uttar Pradesh gov-
ernment. A case was
registeredinLucknow’s
Hazratganj police sta-
tion on the complaint of
a person named Kamal
Sharma, which was
transferred to the CBI.
The FIRhas been reg-
istered against uniden-
tified people. The charg-
es include manipulat-
ing the TRPs using
forged means. The al-
leged scam was brought
to light by Mumbai po-
lice earlier this month
which registered a case.
Republic TV is one of
the four channels being
investigated. Six people
havesofarbeenarrested
by the police in connec-
tion with the scam,
whichallegedlyinvolves
inducing homes which
form the sample set
whose TV viewing is
monitored Turn to P6
CBI to probe TRP
scam on UP govt’s
recommendation
Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh speaks during special
Assembly Session, in Chandigarh on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Naveen Sharma
Kota: Apart from be-
ing the first ‘big fish’
in ACB net after BL
Soni took over the
charge, in perhaps the
first of its kind action
in its history, the Ra-
jasthan Anti-Corrup-
tion Bureau (ACB)
team arrested the As-
sistant Director Gen-
eral of Unique Identi-
fication Authority of
India (UIDAI) Pankaj
Goyal accepting a
bribe of Rs 1 lakh at
UIDAI regional office
in New Delhi.
The daredevil ac-
tion was conducted by
KotaACBASPThakur
Chandrasheel Kumar
under the direct su-
pervision of ACB DG
BL Soni and ADG
Dinesh MN. The ac-
cused ADG of UIDAI
was incharge of the
Aadhar identity cards
for five states includ-
ing Rajasthan. Ironi-
cally, Goyal is a resi-
dent of Bhusawar in
Rajasthan.
ACBDGBLSonisaid
thatthearrestedUIDAI
senior officer Goyal
was demanding Rs1
lakh bribe for allotting
10 franchise kiosks to
the complainant, from
Kota, who had applied
for Aadhaar franchise.
ACB ADG Dinesh
MN directed Kota ASP
Thakur Turn to P6
Raj ACB arrests ADG UIDAI
for taking bribe in Delhi
BL Soni Dinesh MN Accused Pankaj Goyal
Turn to P6

First India Bureau
Jaipur: Cong leader
Sachin Pilot on Tuesday
exuded confidence that
Grand Alliance involv-
ing his party and RJD
will form govt in Bihar
following the upcoming
assembly elections.
“The election cam-
paign of the Congress
and RJD is going well
and a change will take
place in Bihar with
Cong-RJDallianceform-
ing govt,” he told report-
ers. Targeting the BJP-
led government at the
Centre over the issue of
farm laws, Pilot said
there is no minister at
CentralCabinetwhocan
raise voice for the cause
of farmers. About the
six civic bodies election
in Jaipur, Jodhpur, and
Kota, Pilot said Cong
will form boards in all
municipalcorporations.
On issue of AICC
panelwhichwasformed
to look into the issues
raised by him and other
MLAs in August, Pilot
that the committee
would soon come to a
conclusion.
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Suryaveer Singh
Jaisalmer: The district
police has made further
disclosures in the mur-
der of Kaushalaram in
Meghvalon ki Dhani in
Madhopur village of
the Sankda area.
The police had al-
ready detained the mi-
nor wife of the deceased
on the report by the fa-
ther of murdered
Kaushalaram. It has
now also detained the
mother of the minor
wife and her paramour.
SP Dr Ajay Singh said
that the accused during
questioning accepted her
crime and also disclosed
thehelpshereceivedfrom
hermotherandparamour
in murdering her hus-
band. Dr Ajay Singh said
that the accused had an
affair with a man in her
village before the mar-
riage and she was mar-
ried to Kaushalaram, al-
legedly a drunkard, with-
out her consent only 3
months ago.
The accused revealed
that the sleeping pills
used to make the de-
ceased unconscious
were supplied by her
mother and her para-
mour helped her plan
the murder.
Woman arrested for killing husband
INTERROGATION BEGINS
CONG LEADER JOINS BJP,
REBELS IN FOCUS NOW
250candidatestowoo
21Lvotersincivicpolls
Mask becomes
a medium of
campaigning
Panther kills
4-year-old girl
near Udaipur
Cong-RJDtowinBiharpolls,will
gothereforcampaigning:Pilot
PILOTHOPEFULOFAFAVOURABLEAJAYMAKENREPORT
Sachin Pilot pays floral tributes to Laxmi Devi wife of Sitaram
Agarwal on Tuesday.
PATWARIHELDFOR
TAKINGBRIBE
Woman held
for looting man
Aanjana accuses Centre
of being anti-farmer
‘Manage rebels,ensure victory’
Amber’s Cong Prez Shahzad Khan joined BJP ahead of municipal polls
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: The Congress
got a shocker on Tues-
day when its leader
from the Amber area
party prez Shahzad
Khan joined the BJP
ahead of the municipal
corporation elections.
The development is con-
sidered a setback to the
Congress and is likely to
benefit BJP in the mi-
nority-dominated areas.
Khan, who joined the
saffron party in the
presence of state BJP
president and MLA
from Amer Satish Poo-
nia, said he resigned
from the Cong in view
of the anti-Muslim poli-
cies of Congress in tick-
et distribution. “I will
now work for the BJP
under the leadership of
Satish Poonia,” he said.
Khan also applauded
PM Narendra Modi’s
‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vi-
kas, Sabka Vishwas’ slo-
gan. He said he would
work to connect the mi-
nority communities
with the BJP.
The ruling Congress
has started the manage-
ment of rebels most of
which have shown their
anger after ticket distri-
bution. Chief whip and
Hawa Mahal MLA Ma-
hesh Joshi started per-
suading the rebels.
“The workers who have
filled the nomination
after getting angry for
not getting tickets are
being approached for
discussion. We will re-
quest them to withdraw
the nomination. The
party will honour the
workers in every possi-
ble way but it is not pos-
sible to give tickets to
all,” said Joshi.
Urban development
and housing minister
and Jaipur’s in-charge
minister Shanti Dhari-
wal is also learned to
have called several re-
bel party workers. The
party leaders are hop-
ing for a comeback of
the rebels in a day or
two as those who have
filed nominations as in-
dependents are likely to
withdraw their names
after consultation with
senior leaders.
Shivendra Pramar
Jaipur: More than 21
lakh voters have a
chance to use their fran-
chise to select the local
government in six mu-
nicipal corporations.
Though a large number
of new voters have been
added, the major influ-
ence in the Jaipur mu-
nicipal corporation
elections will be of vot-
ers aged between 26 to
59 who form the largest
chunk of the franchise.
Of these, the voters
aged between 36 and 59
form more than 45 per-
cent of total voters in
both JMC Heritage and
Greater. This means the
fate of 250 candidates is
in the hands of these
mature voters, rather
than the youth.
According to the dis-
trict election office sta-
tistics, there are a total
of 21 lakh, 61 thousand
901 voters, in both mu-
nicipal corpora-
tions. Of these a total of
12 lakh 29 thousand 60
votersareinJMCGreat-
er while in JMC Herit-
age more than nine
lakh voters are regis-
tered. A total of 28
transgenders are also
registered in both cor-
porations.
This time the candi-
dates have got very lit-
tle time for canvassing.
There is also a chal-
lenge before the elec-
tion officials as the
number of wards have
been increased from 91
to 250 by bifurcating the
JMC into two. The elec-
tion department offi-
cials are, however, con-
fident of holding free
and fair elections as re-
cord polling was report-
ed in recently held pan-
chayat elections despite
the corona scare.
In JMC Greater, the
BJP and the Congress
have fielded 22 and 24
candidates respectively
less than 30 years. In
JMC Heritage, 50 candi-
dates are between 31
and 45 years of age. The
youngest candidate is
21-year-old.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The mask has
been in the focus and the
most sought-after item
ever since corona pan-
demic struck the world.
It has now also become a
medium of campaign-
ing in the municipal cor-
poration elections in the
state where the politi-
cal parties are using the
masksfortheirpublicity.
A number of inde-
pendent candidates are
also likely to adopt this
strategy once they are
allotted symbols. But
the ruling Congress par-
ty has taken the lead
by getting a ‘Hand’ sym-
bolprintedonthemasks
anddistributingthemto
the workers.
The masks were dis-
played along with other
publicity material at the
PCC headquarters on
Tuesday. There is a
craze among the lead-
ers and the workers re-
garding publicity mate-
rial based on Cov-
id theme, said Mumtaz
Masih, former vice
president of PCC.
First India Bureau
Udaipur: A panther at-
tacked and killed
a four-year-old girl on
Monday evening in
Peepar village of
Gogunda area in
Udaipur district, said a
police official. The
predator caught the
victim from the neck
and dragged her inside
the forest area near the
farms where she was
sitting. After the inci-
dent, the forest staff
has been searching for
a predator and have in-
stalled cages to catch it.
The incident oc-
curred a few days af-
ter a woman, who had
gone to collect grass
from a forest area
near Udaipur-Ban-
swara highway, on Oc-
tober 15, was mauled
by a panther. The
woman was about 300
meters inside the for-
est areas and badly
mauled. The post mor-
tem took place on
Tuesday morning.
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: A Patwari
was arrested for alleg-
edly taking a bribe of
Rs 3,500 for mutation
work in Jodhpur dis-
trict. The accused Pat-
wari Pavan Kumar,
posted in Sanvreez un-
der Phalodi tehsil, had
demanded the bribe
from one Pappu Ram
for the mutation work.
After verification of
the complaint, a trap
was laid by the anti-cor-
ruption bureau and the
accused was held while
accepting the bribe
amount in his house lo-
cated in Sanjay Nagar
near Rai ka bagh in Pha-
lodi. He had put the
bribe amount in the
drawer of a table. ACB
team led by Additional
SP Durg Singh Rajpuro-
hit checked the drawer
and found unaccounted
cash of Rs. 31000 along
with Rs 3500.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Police has ar-
rested a woman
Parveen alias Shilpi
along with her two ac-
complices for looting
Rs 2.95 lakh from the
Jhotwara resident
Ravindra Kumar Nir-
van. Ravindra had
lodged a complaint that
he met a Delhi resident
couple on the Sindhi
camp bus stand during
the lockdown. Later the
woman called her and
offered her a lucrative
deal in exchange for
American dollars.
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: The online reg-
istration for the govt
purchase of green and
black gram along with
soybean started in the
state as scheduled but
with NAFED refusing to
buy the groundnut crop
at MSP a section of
farmers is visibly upset.
Cooperative minister
Uday Lal Aanjana got
furious about the atti-
tude of the central govt
and is accusing it of be-
ing anti-farmer.
Aanjana said that he
along with the depart-
ment officers has been
in regular touch with
the officers of the cen-
tralgovtandhehaseven
written to the Central
Agriculture Minister
Narendra Tomar on the
issue but so far there
has been no response.
Aanjana accused the
central govt of double-
speak on the issue of
MSP as NAFED is refus-
ing to purchase the
groundnut crop at MSP
because it already has
the required stocks of
the same.
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: The Bharatiya
Janata Party has tasked
its candidates in Jaipur
on Tuesday to reach out
to the rebels in their re-
spective wards, placate
them, and ensure vic-
tory in the elections.
In a meeting of the
candidates from both
JMC Heritage and
Greater, the party lead-
ers gave a quick mes-
sage that the party had
given them a chance af-
ter consultations and
discussions as such
they should not leave
any stone unturned to
emerge victoriously.
“You are lucky that
you have been selected
after opinion sharing
and mutual discussions
at the organisation lev-
el. There are other eli-
gible candidates also
and it is not that only
those given tickets are
eligible. But the organi-
sation gives responsi-
bility after mutual con-
sultation and discus-
sion and it is now your
responsibility to fulfill
their wishes,” said
state BJP president Sat-
ish Poonia.
The candidates were
directed to reach out to
the rebels who have
filed nomination as in-
dependents and to per-
suade them to support
the party candidates.
“You should visit their
houses and talk to them
for the solidarity of the
party in a cordial at-
mosphere,” said a sen-
ior party leader.
It was also conveyed
to the candidates that in
the organisation all
were workers and no
one was above or below
anyone. All BJP work-
ers should work togeth-
er to win with solidari-
ty, leaving all the resent-
ment and mutual rival-
ries aside, Poonia said.
Satish Poonia with Congress leader from Amber area Shahzad Khan who joined the BJP on Tuesday.
Election campaign material of various political parties being
prepared during the local bodies elections, in Jaipur on Tuesday.
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ELECTION DATA
32-YEAR-OLD MAN KILLS MOTHER
4 killedinbike-truckaccidentinChuruLawyersprotest,demand
physical hearing in HC
Sanjay Prajapat
Churu: Four motorcy-
cle-borne men were
killed on the spot when
their two-wheeler col-
lided with a truck laden
with stubble on Balia
stand on Sardarshahar
road from Taranagar on
Monday late night, the
police said.
ThedeceasedVikram
Kaswan, Mangilal Kas-
wan, Golu Kaswan,
Suresh Kaswan,
all aged between 20 to
22 years, were residents
of Dhana Kas-
wan. They were trave-
ling from their village
to Taranagar when the
accident happened.
The police said that
the overloaded truck
was going from Tarana-
gar towards Sardarsha-
har. In a head-on colli-
sion, the deceased was
seriously injured and
died on the spot. The
truck driver absconded
from the spot.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A section of
advocates continued
their demonstration on
the second consecutive
day on Tuesday de-
manding a physical
hearing in the high
court. The advocates
are demanding physi-
cal hearing in court-
rooms along with the
hearing through video
conference.
The agitating lawyers
held a demonstration
but they were stopped
by policemen from go-
ing beyond Satyamev
entry gate.
Advocates Poonam
Chand Bhandari, Su-
san Mathew, Sunita
Tiwari, RA Verma,
Raj Sharma said that
the chief justice
should understand the
problems and situa-
tion of advocates and
should start physical
hearing.
Two-wheeler collided with a truck.
Man sentenced
for minor’s rape
First India Bureau
Dungarpur: The
POCSO special
court sentenced
Behna resident
Prakash Damor to 10
years of rigorous
imprisonment along
with Rs 18,000 fine in
a case of rape of a
minor in 2018. Spe-
cial Public Prosecu-
tor Yogesh Joshi
said that the accused
Prakash Damor had
kidnapped the mi-
nor girl on Septem-
ber 5, 2018.
—PHOTOBYSUMANSARKAR

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2020
COVID-19: Rajasthan records
14 deaths, 1,897 new casesMAXIMUM 353 CORONA DEATHS HAVE BEEN REPORTED
FROM JAIPUR, FOLLOWED BY 169 IN JODHPUR
Corona blast
@ Railways
as 10 officials
test +ve
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Confederation
of Indian industry (CII)
organised a Virtual
Conference on Food
Processing Industry –
Advantage Rajasthan
as part of CII India In-
ternational Food & Agri
Week 2020.
The Conference
aimed to understand
the importance of Food
Processing Industries
and advantages & scope
available in Rajasthan
in totality. “Livestock &
Animal Husbandry
gives income for whole
year & works as insur-
ance to farmers and fi-
nancial security” said
Dr Rajesh Sharma, Sec-
retary, Animal Hus-
bandry, Government of
Rajasthan. Rajasthan
has highest number of
livestock in India & has
huge potential in camel
dairy, camel milk has
medicinalvalueandpri-
vate investor can start
the processing industry
as new business avenue,
he added.
Dr Om Prakash,
Commissioner, Agricul-
ture, Government of
Rajasthan said that af-
ter COVID Pandemic
spread few industrial-
ists wants to do agricul-
tural activities because
of the importance of
the sector arises. Ra-
jasthan is the largest
producer of Agricul-
ture Raw Material but
getting processed in
other States.
He also informed that
future is very bright for
nutri-cereals such as
millets & maize because
of their nutrient value.
Rajasthan has best Food
Processing policy in In-
dia and industries must
invest in the food pro-
cessing sector.
‘Future for nutri-cereals such as
Millets & Maize is very bright’
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The state re-
ported a rather low fig-
ure of 1,897 new cases
of Corona on Tuesday
continuing with the
new trend on the third
consecutive day.
According to the health
bulletin, 1,55,095 people
have been discharged
after treatment.
So far, the maximum
COVID-19 deaths have
been reported from
Jaipur (353), followed
Jodhpur (169), Bikaner
(131), Ajmer (129), Kota
(113) among others.
Maximum 386 new cas-
es of Covid-19 were re-
ported from Jaipur, as
usual, followed by 233
from Jodhpur.
155 cases were from
Alwar, 148 from Bikan-
er, 121 from Ajmer, 102
from Udaipur, 101 from
Sikar, 99 from Gangana-
gar, 90 from Nagaur, 74
from Kota, 70 from
Bharatpur, 66 from
Jhunjhunu, 43 from
Jaolre, 37 from Pali, 28
from Barmer, 23 from
Churu, 18 from Hanu-
mangarh, 17 each from
Bhilwara & Dausa, 12
from Sawai Madhopur,
10 from Jaisalmer, 8
from Rajsamand, 6 each
from Banswara & Chit-
torgarh, 5 each from
Bundi, Dholpur & Tonk,
4 each from Jhalawar &
Pratapgarh and one
from Karauli.
The tally for the total
infected so far has
reached 1,77,123. Tues-
day also reported 14
deaths from across the
state with 2 deaths re-
ported from Jodhpur
and one each from
Ajmer, Alwar, Bharat-
pur, Bikaner, Chittor-
gah, Ganaganagar,
jaipur, Kota, Rajsa-
mand, Sikar, Sirohi and
Tonk. The total deaths
has reached 1,774 as of
Tuesday evening as per
the official report.
The state now has
20,254 active cases of
the deadly infection;
while 2,522 patients re-
covered in the past 24
hours.
Kashiram Chaudhary
Jaipur: The life is limp-
ing back to normal with
simultaneous fight with
Coronavirus on and
this clearly reflects in
the increasing number
of passengers in modes
of public transport. But
it seems that Covid-19
has changed some trav-
el basics, which people
have been used to until
now.
The difference between
the rail and air fare has
reduced so much that
the airfare for certain
destinations from Jaiur
is almost similar to
train fare. The train
from jaipur to Pune
takes 23 hours and
charges Rs 4,240 for Ist
AC, Rs 2,675 for II AC,
Rs 1,945 for III AC and
Rs 765 for sleeper class
while the airfare cover-
ing the distance from
Jaipur to Pune in only
1.30 hrs is between Rs
3,800-4,000. The passen-
gers are also finding dif-
ferent fares for the same
destination by Railways
to be strange.
In pre- Covid times, it
was the ‘price war’ be-
tween the airlines but
post Covid, the passen-
ger hungry airlines
have targeted railway
tracks too. The strategy
of this ‘price war’ can
be understood from the
train connectivity to
Chennai, which is zero
as of now and therefore,
the air fare is as high as
Rs7-8000, but on all the
train routes with good
connectivity, the air-
lines are charging a pre-
mium of 15-30%.
First India Bureau
Ajmer: Ajmer police
have solved the murder
case of Bhagchand Cho-
tia within 48 hours by
arresting three accused
involved in the case.
Chotia, who was a
key witness in Bhan-
war Sinodiya murder
case, was shot dead in
broad day light in Kis-
hangarh after which
SP Ajmer, Kunwar
Rastradeep camped in
Kishangarh and the
police team caught
three accused.
The murder of Cho-
tia was planned by Bal-
wa Ram Jat, who is the
main accused in Bhan-
war Sinodiya murder
case and presently
lodged at Dholpur jail.
Heeralal, Ramdayal
and Devaram, who were
involved in Chotia mur-
der case, were arrested
while another accused
Hanuman Ram is ab-
sconding and search is
on to trace him.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan
High Court on Tuesday,
induced hearing in the
matter of notices for
disqualification issued
by Assembly Speaker
to rebel Congress
MLAs during which an
application was moved
for rejecting all peti-
tions.
The application was
moved by Mohanlal
Nama through his
counsel which was op-
posed by the Advocate
General, who argued
that the division bench
has kept two legal
points in the matter
under consideration
and no decision on the
petitions should be
taken till the legal
points are not decided.
In the application, it
was prayed that it was
a political matter and
both the factions are
now united and there-
fore, all petitions in-
cluding one filed by
Prithviraj Meena
should be rejected with
heavy penalty.
During the hearing,
justice Sabina made a
verbal remark whether
there is anything left in
the petitions.
After the hearing,
the High Court posted
the matter for next
hearing on December 2
this year.
Nizam Kantaliya
Jaipur: Rajasthan HC,
sought reply from state
government within
three days over the
burning of a priest in
Karauli district.
A division bench of
Justice Sabina and Jus-
tice CK Songara took
cognisance of a letter
sent by a SC lawyer, Pa-
van Prakash Pathak &
accepted the letter as a
PIL. State government
will have to file a reply
by October 23.
Babulal Vaishnav, 50,
was allegedly set on
fire after a dispute over
temple land.
He later succumbed to
burn injuries at SMS
hospital in Jaipur on
October 8. His family
had refused to perform
cremation demanding
Rs 50 lakh compensa-
tion, government job
for a family member,
removal of police and
revenue staff, and ar-
rest of all accused. The
police had arrested two
accused. State govern-
ment had given over Rs
10 lakh compensation
& promised a contrac-
tual job to a kin.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A division
bench of Chief Jus-
tice, Indrajit Mahanty
will conduct hearing
in the matter related to
private schools fees on
October 23.
The hearing over
the significant issue
was scheduled to be
held on Tuesday, but
on an appeal by the
state government and
advocate Sunil Sam-
dadiya, the hearing
was postponed.
The ban on recov-
ery of school fees will
continue till the next
hearing on the mat-
ter, which will take
place on October 23,
2020.
It is noteworthy to
mention that the state
government had filed
an affidavit on Mon-
day and had also in-
formed the High Court
that a committee has
been constituted for
fixing the fees of pri-
vate schools.
The State govern-
ment had also sought
seven-days’ time to file
its reply in the matter
in the High Court.
Laxman Raghav
Bikaner: Two firing in-
cidents took place in
Bikaner in the last 24
hours; while some mis-
creants created ruckus
at the residence of for-
mer Leader of Opposi-
tion, Rameshwar Dudi.
A motorcycle-borne
miscreant opened fire
at the car of Jugal
Rathi, the President of
trade and industry as-
sociation whereas, a car
was set ablaze at the
residential premises of
Narendra Surana, the
nephew of BJP leader
Mohan Surana on
Wednesday night.
A man named, Hariom
Ramawat had been de-
manding extortion
money of Rs 5 lakh
from Narendra Surana
and it is suspected that
the incident (of burn-
ing car) is linked to the
extortion.
On the other hand,
some miscreants
reached the residence
of Congress leader
Rameshwar Dudi and
had a verbal spat with
his security guards.
SP Prahlad Krishnia
and other officers
reached the residence
of Dudi and said that
the accused will be ar-
rested soon.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Congress lead-
ers including former
PCC President, Chief
Whip Mahesh Joshi,
former MP Ashk Ali
Tank and others paid
floral tributes to former
MP Nathuram Mirdha
on his birth anniversa-
ry. The leaders offered
flowers on his portrait
and remembered him.
Mumtaz Masih, Ruke-
shkant Vyas, Girriraj
Garg, Rajesh Chaud-
hary, Prashant Sharma,
Suresh Mishra, Jas-
want Gurjar, Ayub
Khan, Randeep
Dhankar, Lalit Loon-
wal, Pratap Poonia, Go-
pal Kesawat, Akhilesh
Atri, Sharif Khan, Bri-
jkishore Pathak, La-
duram Bairwa,
Shrawan Chaubey, Ma-
hendra Singh Khedi,
Sadik Chauhan, Raju
Khan, Sitaram Bairwa,
Rajesh Oande, Dhan
Singh Naruka, Om-
prakash Zaidiya and
Satyendra Singh Jadon
and other leaders paid
respects to Mirdha at
the party office.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: About10 Rail-
way personnel includ-
ing HOD Senior Divi-
sional Commercial
Manager, Mukesh
Saini along with Assis-
tant Commercial Man-
ager, Rajesh Singh have
tested positive for Coro-
navirus.
They have gradually
added to the number of
Corona Cases in the
city.
The strange part is that
despite the instruc-
tions from the Railway
Board to only call 50%
of staff on any working
day, the DRM is calling
the entire staff to the
office every day.
Several Corona cases
have been reported
from various depart-
ments and wings of
North Western Railway
HQs earlier.
AVINASH PANDE
@avinashpandeinc
Happy to have ina-
gurated the unique,
all-pervasive mobile
campaign Van in Nag-
pur on 18th October
2020, designed by
Senior Orthopedic
Surgeon Dr. Sanjeev
& his wife Vaishali
Chaudhary, for osteo-
porosis awareness in
rural areas.
Travel during Corona: Life
limping back to normal
Ajmer cops arrest three in
Bhagchand Chotiya murder
Miscreants create ruckus at Dudi’s home
Cong leaders remember
Mirdha on birth anniv
Air Asia has started a
new flight, I5-921, to
Kolkata from Jaipur
which will fly from
Jaipur at 2.30 pm on
every Tuesday, Thurs-
day, Saturday and Sun-
day. It is noteworthy
that the flight by Air
Asia will be the sixth
option for passengers
with Indigo, GO Air and
Spicejet already having
3,1 and 1 flights on the
same route already.
AIR ASIA’S NEW
JPR TO KOLKATA
FLIGHT
Jaipur-Mumbai Central `2,415–20 hrs
Jaipur-Bandra Terminus `2,100–17 hrs
Jaipur-Kolkata (Siyaldah) `2,885–25 hrs
Jaipur-Kolkata `2,465–23 hrs
Jaipur-Pune `4,240–`2,675 – 23 hrs
Mumbai-Jaipur `3,481 – 1.25 hrs
Bengluru-Jaipur `5,100 – 2.10 hrs
Kolkata-Jaipur `4,551 – 1.50 hrs
Hyderabad-Jaipur `4,197 – 1.45 hrs
Pune-Jaipur `3,811 – 1.35 hrs
Ahmedabad-Jaipur `3,755 – 50 mins
TRAIN FARE FROM JPR & TIME TAKEN
AIR FARES & DESTINATION
(Above) Raghu Raj Singh and CR Chaudhary (Below)
called upon Governor Kalraj Mishra at Raj Bhawan on
Tuesday. According to the sources at Raj Bhawan, it
was an informal visit to Governor’s residence.
COURTESY MEET
IN THE COURTYARD
Application to cancel PILs in MLA issue
Karauli priest murder: HC
seeks govt’s reply in 3 days
Private school fee: Raj HC CJ
to hear matter on October 23
Doctors wearing PPE kit, stand outside a locality in Pushkar for Corona testing. —FILE PHOTO
Ajmer cops with the arrested accused in the murder case.
Dr Om Prakash
Rameshwar Dudi

One moment can change a
day, one day can change a
life, and one life can change
the world. —Buddha
Spiritual
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HEED PM’S ADVICE
ON PANDEMIC
TO AVOID
RECURRENCE
estival season is here. And the end
of the lockdown has given the fes-
tive spirit the buoyancy it de-
serves. Lest the people lower their
guard to enjoy the festive mo-
ments, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his
short address reminded them that while the
lockdown may have ended but the novel coro-
navirus has not gone. He warned them
against throwing caution to the wind as they
celebrate Durga puja, Dussehra, Diwali,
Chhath Puja, and Eid Milad un Nabi and ad-
vised them to follow the necessary pandemic
protocols of wearing masks and maintaining
a safe distance with one another.
The prime minister said that corona cases
in India were on the decline, the recovery rate
was high and the fatality rate was low. He com-
pared the situation in India with that in Bra-
zil, the US, Spain, and Britain where the fatal-
ityratewas600outof every10lakhpopulation
against India’s 83. The PM emphasized that
despite the recovery rate being high, compla-
cency could ruin the success story.
“In this festive season markets are bright
again but we need to remember that the lock-
down might have ended but coronavirus still
persists. With the efforts of every Indian over
the last seven-eight months, India is in a sta-
ble situation, we must not let it deteriorate,”
the PM said.
The “bright markets” have brought with
them the fervent hope of an economic re-
vival and a boost in consumer demand dur-
ing the festival season will help the green
shoots visible in the economy take firm
roots. Indicators show that there is an in-
crease in electricity and fuel consumption,
inter and intra-state movement of goods, and
retail financial transactions. Driving the up-
swing is the agriculture sector which expects
a bumper Kharif harvest.
Allthisadvantagewillcometonaughtif the
peopledonotheedtheprimeminister’sadvice.
And the people have really stopped fearing the
virus probably because of the high recovery
rate and low fatalities. That the people just
don’t seem to care can be seen in markets that
are bustling with crowds without masks and
social distancing. It was also demonstrated at
the Banke Bihari temple in Vrindavan. With
more than 25,000 devotees turning up to offer
prayers after the temple was opened, it had to
be shut indefinitely just after two days.
Puja pandals in West Bengal and elsewhere
could turn into hotspots if the Banke Bihari
temple incident gets repeated there. The Kol-
kata High Court has decreed that the pandals
will remain out of bounds for visitors but
puja organizers have sought a review of the
order. Thankfully, Ramlilas have either gone
digital or are being performed sans crowds
without any fuss.
In Europe, America and Britain Covid-19
has made a comeback leading to fresh lock-
downs. It is up to us to ensure that we do not
face another phase of confinement.
IN-DEPTH
F
n his latest at-
tack on demo-
cratic values
and principles,
US President
Donald Trump issued exec-
utive orders purging criti-
cal race theory (CRT) from
diversitytraining inUS fed-
eral agencies. According to
the first order issued on
September 4, “The divisive,
false,anddemeaningpropa-
ganda of the critical race
theory movement is con-
trary to all we stand for as
Americansandshouldhave
no place in the Federal gov-
ernment.” The order refers
to diversity training that
involves discussions of
white privilege and the sys-
temic forms of racism that
are embedded within US
history and institutions.
Accordingtothepresident’s
most recent Executive Or-
der on Combating Race and
Sex Stereotyping issued on
September 22, the so-called
“destructive ideology” of
white privilege is “ground-
edinmisrepresentationsof
our country’s history and
its role in the world.”
It is significantthatthese
directives follow months of
nationwide protests
against racism in policing
and the criminal justice
system. The interdiscipli-
nary field of critical race
theory occupies an impor-
tant position in the ideo-
logical basis of the Black
Lives Matter movement.
Activistsprotestingagainst
systemic racism have made
a point of acknowledging
the many important criti-
cal race theorists and phi-
losophers of the past and
present who have advanced
struggles for racial justice.
The radical right has taken
note of the relationship be-
tween CRT and Black Lives
Matter. Breitbart News, for
example, defines CRT as
“the leftist, racist doctrine
that forms the intellectual
underpinnings of Black
Lives Matter, Antifa, and
other radical organizations
currently engaged in un-
rest on America’s streets.”
CONTEXT AND
REACTION
The Trump administra-
tion’s censorship of CRT is
an effort to counter the
scholarly and intellectual
critique that has been inte-
gral within advocacy and
policy change to advance
racial, sex and gender jus-
tice. It is the ability of CRT
to name and challenge sys-
temic racism that makes it
confrontational to the abil-
ity of white and male priv-
ilege and power to remain
unmarked, unnamed, and
unchallenged. In their re-
sponse to Trump’s direc-
tive, the deans of all five
California’s law schools
stated that “CRT invites us
to confront with unflinch-
ing honesty how race has
operated in our history
and our present, and to rec-
ognize the deep and ongo-
ing operation of ‘structur-
al racism,’ through which
racial inequality is repro-
duced within our econom-
ic, political, and education-
al systems even without
individual racist intent.”
Critical race theory has
been put into practice
through diversity educa-
tion and training, showing
how racism and sexism are
not merely beliefs held and
perpetuated by individu-
als, but that these and oth-
er forms of discrimination
and exclusion are institu-
tional and systemic. To
eliminate CRT is to censor
words and concepts like in-
tersectionality, implicit
bias, stereotyping, stigma,
whiteness, white privilege,
and systemic and institu-
tional racism, which effec-
tively closes down process-
es of naming and unlearn-
ing unearned privileges
associated with one’s race
and gender.
CRT and cognate forms
of diversity training have
become important means
of advancing the equal rec-
ognition and rights of
those who have been his-
torically excluded and vic-
timized on the basis of
their race, gender, disabili-
ty or sexual orientation not
only in the United States
but in many parts of the
world. In South Africa (the
main context in which this
author conducts research
and teaching), CRT has
been integral within ef-
forts to name and challenge
the persistence of white
supremacy and white priv-
ilege in public and private
sectors. Critical diversity
studies has also emerged as
arecognizedacademicfield
and area of professional
development and training
in South Africa.
SOURCE: FAIR OBSERVER
The Trump administration targets critical race theory
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average life expectancy of a
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Undeniably, management
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corporate community with a
strong sense of identity. They
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consumer communities. They
are prudent and conservative
in financial matters.
TheFortune500wasfirstpub-
lishedin1955wasledbyGeneral
Motors, a company that held the
top position for more than 30
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economy. In 2009 it went bank-
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set Relief Program, the US
Treasury invested a total of $51
billion into the GM bankruptcy.
Today, capital is abundant.
The skills, capabilities, and
knowledgeof peoplearescarce.
Learning is tomorrow’s capi-
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To survive and flourish -busi-
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The essence of wealth crea-
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deployment of creative capabil-
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need high learning and innova-
tion. Corporations have to turn
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look beyond being limited lia-
bility companies, a legal frame
dating back to the 19th-century
industrial enterprises. They
have to see themselves as living
systems composed of other liv-
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worked for them and their allies
and partners. A company’s suc-
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ment capital. Success depends
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duce profits.
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companies which consistently
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Microsoft, Google, Netflix, —
have relatively few capital as-
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represents a valuation of the
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corporations –Unilever, Nestle,
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people from the outside, which
they rarely did before. They
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capital only has a secondary
role to play, and where people
shouldn’t pay more for capital
than its market value.
Conventional business must
recognize that the new busi-
ness reality is about people.
They must see that their criti-
cal competitive success factor
is producing more talented out-
put than their competitors.
They can only accomplish this
by getting people to learn and
to work together better.
We all must pay heed to the
human side of the enterprise
and ensure that companies
must be fundamentally hu-
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Companies are
legal entities,
but they are
also mortal. The
average life
expectancy of a
multinational
corporation —
Fortune 500 or
its equivalent is
40 years. This
has been studied
by many
management
thinkers –Jim
Collins, Arie de
Geus, Peter
Drucker, Tom
Peters, Richard
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amongst others
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have to turn into networks.
They have to look beyond
being limited liability
companies, a legal frame
dating back to the 19th-
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and political commentator. He writes
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INDIAJAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2020
Patna: Mahagathband-
han’s chief ministerial
candidate Tejashwi Ya-
dav on Tuesday hit back
at Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) saying that
if he is inexperienced
as a leader then why is
the world’s largest par-
ty using its full force
against him.
“If I am inexperi-
enced then why are you
(BJP) deploying full
force against me? This
proves that they are
desperate. Is Nitish Ku-
mar’s face not working?
BJP is the largest party
in the world but they
don’t have any CM can-
didate,” said Yadav
while speaking to the
reporters. “They have
used full force against
me and I am alone. They
call me inexperienced
but I have been an MLA,
Leader of Opposition
and also held deputy
CM’s post. My five years
of experience is equiva-
lent to 50 years of expe-
rience,” he added.
The RJD leader also
said the Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath’s presence
in Bihar on Tuesday
will not be a challenge
for him.
“He is not a chal-
lenge. They are so des-
perate and in despair,
they have understood
that they will not form
the government again,”
he added.
Yadav scion also
mocked BJP saying that
the world’s largest par-
ty does not have a chief
ministerial candidate
and people have lost
faith in Bihar Chief
Minister Nitish Kumar.
Bihar will go to polls
in three phases: Octo-
ber 28, November 3 and
November 7 for its 243
Assembly seats. The re-
sults will be declared on
November 10. —ANI
PNB SCAM: FRESH CASE AGAINST
RETD OFFICIAL GOKULNATH SHETTY
New Delhi: The CBI has
booked retired deputy
manager Gokulnath
Shetty, the main accused
in the Rs13,000-cr Punjab
National Bank fraud alleg-
edly perpetrated by Mehul
Choksi and Nirav Modi, in
a fresh case of receiving
a bribe of Rs 1.08 cr from
Rishika Financials that
arranged bank guarantees
for Gitanjali Gems, offi-
cials said.It is alleged that
owner of Rishika Finan-
cials, Debajyoti Dutta, was
in business of arranging
quotes of LoUs from for-
eign funding banks, they
said on Monday. Officials
said that after getting
confirmation from Dutta,
Shetty used to issue LoUs
using the international
banking messaging ser-
vice, SWIFT.
CONQUER THE UNCONQUERED:
TEJASVI SURYA ON NEW ROLE
New Delhi: BJP MP Tejasvi Surya assumed
charge as the new president of party’s youth
wing in the national capital and said that “we will
work towards building political workers for 21st
century India”. Surya has succeeded Lok Sabha
Mumbai MP Poonam Mahajan after completion
of her tenure. “Today, I officially took charge as
President of BJYM with blessings from Poonam
Mahajan Ji. BJYM will strive to conquer the
unconquered; will work towards building political
workers for 21st century India; Surya tweeted.
NADDA ACCUSES CONGRESS OF
PRAISING PAK, QUOTES RAGA
Buxar: BJP president
JP Nadda has accused
the Congress of praising
Pakistan, citing examples
of Rahul Gandhi and
Shashi Tharoor. Speaking
at a public rally, Nadda
said, “See what they say
whenever elections come.
Mani Shankar Aiyar had
gone to Pakistan and
said save us from Modi
and remove Modi. This
is the patriotism of the
Congress party. Shashi
Tharoor from the platform
of Pakistan abused India
and praised Pakistan.”
“Rahul Gandhi speaks the
language of Pakistan. On
the other hand, Pakistan
in UNGA, to raise the
issue of Kashmir and Arti-
cle 370 took the argument
of Rahul Gandhi, the BJP
president said.
139 STRANDED INDIANS RETURN
VIA ATTARI-WAGAH BORDER
Attari: A total of 139 Indian nationals returned
from Pakistan via the Attari-Wagah border
on Monday as travel restrictions were im-
posed earlier due to the coronavirus-induced
lockdowns.”It is because of the coronavirus-in-
duced lockdown that we were not able to come
back to our country. You know how it feels to
come back home after so long. We are happy
to come back to our motherland,” said Qamruz
Zamane. Gunshafa a Delhi-based resident said
that she is grateful that she has returned home.
BIHAR POLLS
IF I AM INEXPERIENCED, WHY IS BJP USING
FULL FORCE AGAINST ME? TEJASHWI
The Yadav scion, Tejashwi, also mocked BJP saying that the world’s largest party does not have a
chief ministerial candidate & people have lost faith in Bihar CM Nitish Kumar. —FILE PHOTO
The RJD leader also said UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s presence in Bihar on Tuesday will not be a challenge for him
Wayanad: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi
condemned former
Madhya Pradesh chief
minister’s remark
against a woman lead-
er and said he person-
ally doesn’t appreciate
the language Kamal
Nath used.
“Kamal Nath ji is
from my party but per-
sonally, I don’t like the
type of language that he
used...I don’t appreciate
it, regardless of who he
is. It is unfortunate,”
said Gandhi on the for-
mer MP CM’s “item”
remark, while address-
ing a press briefing in
Wayanad. Former CM
Kamal Nath referred to
Imarti Devi as an
“item” at an election
meeting in the Dabra
assembly constituency
in Gwalior district,
sparking a controversy.
“Suresh Raje ji
hamare ummeedvar
hai..yeh uske jaise nah
hai...kya hai uska naam
... main kya uska naam
lun? ...apko toh mujhe
pehle savdhan karna
chahiye tha; yeh kya
item hai, Kamal Nath
said in Hindi. —ANI
Don’t appreciate Kamal
Nath’s remarks on
woman leader: RaGa
FACILITATING INDIGENOUS DEFENCE INDUSTRY
Rajnath’s nod to DRDO procurement manual
Ramgarh: UP CM and
one of the BJP’s star
campaigners Adity-
anath began his cam-
paign for Bihar polls
heaping praise on his
counterpart Nitish Ku-
mar for ushering in pro-
gress and prosperity in
the state. His comments
came at an election ral-
ly in Ramgarh constitu-
ency which is also
known as ‘mini Chittor-
garh’ for the prominent
presence of Rajput
community. “Bihar is
writing the history of
progress and prosperity
under the leadership of
Nitish Kumar,” he said.
He began his speech
by invoking Lord Ram
and went on to attack
the Congress and the
RJD for playing caste
politics. —ANI
‘Bihar is writing history of
progress under Nitish Kumar’
Birbhum: ‘No Entry’
boards were placed out-
side Puja pandals in the
Police Line area of Birb-
hum after Calcutta HC
declared pandals ‘no-
entry zones’ for visitors
in West Bengal in view
of ongoing pandemic.
According to the
court’s order, only or-
ganisers can enter the
Puja pandals in the
state. The court had also
ordered that people
would not be allowed
within a five-metre dis-
tance for small pandals
and 10 metre for big pan-
dals. The HC also asked
each puja committee to
submit a blueprint on
crowd management.
Last week, Chief
Minister Mamata Ba-
nerjee had urged Durga
Puja committees not to
allow people without
masks in pandal during
Puja celebrations.
This year, Durga Puja
will be celebrated from
October 23 to October
26. —ANI
‘No Entry’ boards put outside
Bengal pandals after HC orderRajouri: The labourers
from the far-flung hilly
areas of Kalakote block,
65 kilometres from Ra-
jouri, are relieved after
getting employment un-
der the Mahatma Gan-
dhi National Rural Em-
ployment Guarantee
Act (MGNREGA).
The residents of Bar-
manadal panchayat in
Rajouri had been job-
less since the COVID-19
lockdown. “A lot of
these labourers work-
ing in cities were left
unemployed during the
COVID-19-induced lock-
down. So, the Rural De-
velopment Department
decided to provide them
with an alternate
source of income near
their home,” Khalil
Choudhary, Kalakote
Block Development Of-
ficer, told ANI.
“We’re also working
to provide these labour-
ers with pucca homes
under the Pradhan
Mantri Awaas Yojana
by 2022,” he added.
“Poor people are
thanking government
for providing them with
employment under
MGNREGA. They’re
hopeful of earning live-
lihood through this,
said a Sarpanch. —ANI
Rajouri: People get
jobs under MGNREGA
HC seeks
ECI reply on
party’s plea
New Delhi: Delhi HC
sought response of the
ECI on a plea by the
newly formed political
outfit, Plurals Party,
seeking to use a com-
mon symbol of ‘Chess
Board’ during the Bihar
Assembly polls, sched-
uled to commence from
October 28.
Justice Jayant Nath
issued notice to the ECI
and asked it to file its
reply within four weeks
and listed the matter for
further hearing on De-
cember 21.
The party, represent-
ed through advocate Ja-
tan Singh, has sought to
direct commission to
allow use of a common
election symbol of
‘Chess Board’ or any
other free symbol.—PTI
Now, Pakistan supported terrorists
cannot enter Kashmir and attack
jawans because if they do Indian
jawans will enter Pakistan and kill terrorists.
They will not do it,” Adityanath said at a public
rally here in Karakat assembly constituency of
Bihar. “’Bharat tere tukde honge’ slogan cannot
be raised in JNU now. The only slogan being
raised in the country is ‘Ek Bharat Shrestha
Bharat’ under the leadership of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi. —Yogi Adityanath, UP CM
Rahul Gandhi
KAMAL NATH REFUSES
TO APOLOGISE
Bhopal: Soon after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi
condemned former Madhya Pradesh chief minister
Kamal Nath’s remark on the woman leader, the
latter refused to apologise saying he has already
clarified the context in which he made that state-
ment. “It is Rahul Gandhi’s opinion. I have already
clarified the context in which I made that state-
ment... Why should I apologise when I did not
intend to insult anyone? If anyone felt insulted, I
have already expressed regret,” said Nath. Earlier
today, Rahul Gandhi while addressing a press brief-
ing in Wayanad condemned Nath’s remarks saying
that he did not like the kind of language the former
Chief Minister used. —ANI
New Delhi: Defence
Minister Rajnath Singh
on Tuesday approved a
new procurement man-
ual for Defence Re-
search and Develop-
ment Organisation
(DRDO) to encourage
the participation of the
Indian industries in re-
search and develop-
ment activity to facili-
tate the indigenous De-
fence Industry.
Rajnath Singh said
that the new manual
will help towards realis-
ing PM Modi’s dream of
Atma Nirbhar Bharat.
“The new DRDO Pro-
curement Manual will
facilitate the indige-
nous Defence Industry
by simplifying the pro-
cesses and ensuring
their participation in
design and develop-
ment activities. PM-
2020 will help towards
realising PM Modi’s
dream of Atma Nirbhar
Bharat.” —ANIRajnath Singh with Secretary DRDO Dr G Satheesh Reddy during release of PM-2020.
Acc to HC, only organisers can enter the Puja pandals in state.

INDIAJAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2020
Raj to...
the Mandi Committee
or Civil Court should
remain intact.
The Council of Min-
isters recognized that
with the removal of the
maximum limit of
stock of various agri-
cultural commodities
under normal circum-
stances under the Es-
sential Commodities
Act after the implemen-
tation of the new agri-
cultural laws, instances
of black marketing and
unauthorized storage
resulting in increase in
prices cannot be ruled
out. It was also dis-
cussed in the meeting
that the provision of
MSP in the Contract
Farming Act will be in
the interest of the farm-
ers of the state.
On Tuesday evening
Gehlot tweeted and said
“INC under the leader-
ship of Sonia Gandhi ji
and Rahul Gandhi
stands resolutely with
out annadatas and will
continue to oppose the
anti farmer laws passed
by NDA government.
Today Congress govern-
ment in Punjab has
passed Bills against
these laws and Ra-
jasthan will follow
soon.”
Earlier, Chief Minis-
ter Gehlot talked to
Punjab Minister Man-
preet Singh Badal on
the phone and asked for
a copy of the new Pun-
jab law. Meanwhile, the
Council of Ministers,
during the meeting, ap-
proved to make changes
in the law of the state.
Now, on the lines of
Punjab, the Department
of Agriculture and Law
Department of Ra-
jasthan will prepare the
draft in the next two-
three days.
Meanwhile, the coun-
cil also discussed the
corona infection in the
state and the manage-
ment being done by the
state government to
deal with it. The Coun-
cil of Ministers ex-
pressed satisfaction
that the Corona man-
agement in the state
was excellent while also
deciding that the ‘Jan
Aandolan’ against Co-
rona should be extended
for a month from Octo-
ber 31 to November 30.
Wishful PM...
“If you are negligent,
you are putting the lives
of others at risk,” PM
Modi said.
India, he said, is
working on two or three
possible vaccines and
“we are trying our best
to get a vaccine, as is
the rest of the world”. “I
want to let you know
that once we get a vac-
cine, everyone will get
it in a planned, phased
and fast manner,” he
added. This is PM’s sev-
enth address to the na-
tion since the coronavi-
rus pandemic hit the
country. —ANI
Rahul to...
The Army believes oth-
erwise, the Defence
ministry believes other-
wise. But the PM is not
able to face the reality.
Rahul also accused
Modi of weakening the
country’s basic struc-
ture, and said it was im-
portant citizens should
understand this. —ANI
Punjab rejects...
Punjab Chief Minister
Amarinder Singh said
that the copies of the
resolution have also
been handed to the Gov-
ernor for approval. Sin-
gh said his govern-
ment’s four Bills were
aimed at preventing the
damage that the central
laws would cause to the
state and its agricul-
ture, while allying the
fears of farmers and
consumers. “The Bills
(Farm Bills) have be-
come an Act at the Par-
liament but Vidhan
Sabha unanimously re-
jected those Acts. We’ve
adopted a resolution
and have come here to-
gether. We gave copies
of the resolution to the
Governor and request-
ed him to approve it,”
Captain Amarinder
said. —Agencies
Raj ACB...
along with his team to
go to the UIDAI Delhi
regional office and ver-
ify the complaint. The
final action was taken
on Tuesday, in Delhi,
after the two top cops of
ACB, Soni and Dinesh,
gave green signal to
their team led by
Thakur while keeping a
watch on the accused
for 30 hours.
The ACB has regis-
tered a case under Pre-
vention of Corruption
Act 1988 and are ques-
tioning Goyal. ACB has
also coordinated with
CBI in Delhi to conduct
a search of the resi-
dence of the accused in
Delhi. The house of the
accused in Jaipur,
where his parents re-
side, is also being
searched. ACB is said to
have discovered papers
of a land in the name of
Goyal’s wife. It is note-
worthy that the ACB
took action on the 1999
batch officer within 48
hours of the complaint.
CBI to...
to ensure that certain
channels get higher rat-
ings. Meanwhile, Re-
public Media Network’s
Editor-in-Chief Arnab
Goswami on Tuesday
wrote a letter to Presi-
dent Ram Nath Kovind,
on safeguarding the
fundamental rights of
media. In another de-
velopment, former ACP
Iqbal Shaikh has ap-
proached Mumbai civil
court seeking a re-
straining order against
Republic TV and Gos-
wami from airing any
material related to TRP
scam.
FROM PG 1
BRIG. RANJIT SINGH APPOINTED AS
IG, ASSAM RIFLES
Brig. Ranjit Singh, VSM, Madras (Inf), has been
appointed as Inspector General (East) in the Assam
Rifles on deputation basis for a period of 18 months.
DALJIT SINGH CHAUDHARY
PROMOTED AS ADG IN ITBP
Daljit Singh Chaudhary, IG, ITBP has been promoted
and posted as ADG ITBP. He is a 1990 batch UP
cadre IPS officer
RESHUFFLE OF IAS OFFICERS IN
HARYANA
The Government of Haryana has issued orders for
the fresh posting of six IAS officers. Accordingly,
Jaibir Singh Arya has been appointed as Deputy
Commissioner, Bhiwani, while Ram Kumar Singh is
Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Panchkula.
Similarly, Ajay Kumar was posted as Deputy Com-
missioner, Mahendragarh; Vikram as Commissioner,
Municipal Corporation, Karnal; Mahavir Singh as
Secretary, RTA, Panchkula and Mohammad Ikram
Raza will be joining as Additional Deputy Commis-
sioner, Panchkula. Besides, eight officers have been
relieved from the charges of Secretary, RTA of the
respective districts they are currently posted in. The
officers are: Anish Yadav, Manoj Kumar, Ms. Preeti,
Uttam Singh, Rahul Hooda, Prashant Panwar, Rahul
Nanrual and Abhishek Meena.
PHALNIKAR APPOINTED ADG, CISF
P S Phalnikar, IG, NSG, has been appointed as Addi-
tional Director General in Central Industrial Security
Force (CISF). He is a 1989 batch IPS officer of MP
cadre.
ANANT KUMAR SINGH APPOINTED
AS IG, BSF
Anant Kumar Singh has been appointed as Inspector
General in Border Security Force (BSF) on depu-
tation basis. He is a 1994 batch IPS officer of MP
cadre.
SUNITA SINGH IS DEPUTY
DIRECTOR, OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
The Ministry of Home Affairs, Department of Official
Language, has appointed Sunita Singh as Deputy
Director (Official Language), Department of Posts.
RESHUFFLE OF IAS OFFICERS IN
HIMACHAL PRADESH
As many as 20 IAS officers have been transferred
and posted to different places in Himachal Pradesh.
GERA TO SUCCEED BALAKRISHNAN
AS DIRECTOR (IS&P), BHEL ON DEC 1
Mrs. Renuka Gera, Executive Director of BHEL, will
be taking over the charge as Director (Industrial
System & Products), Bharat Heavy Electricals
Limited (BHEL) on December 1, 2020. She will
succeed present incumbent S Balakrishnan retiring
in November, 2020.
ABHAY CHOUDHARY TO JOIN AS
DIRECTOR (PROJ), POWER GRID ON
NOV 1
Abhay Choudhary, ED, Powergrid, will be taking
over the charge as Director (Projects), Power Grid
Corporation of India Limited on November 1, 2020.
ADDITIONAL CHARGE FOR THREE
IFS OFFICERS IN MOEF & CC
Three IFS officers of the Ministry of Environment,
Forest and Climate Change (MoEF & CC) have been
handed over additional charge. Accordingly, Pankaj
Asthana, IGF (NAEB), was given additional charge
of CEO, National Authority, CAMPA, while Ms Bharti,
IGF (SU/IFS), will hold additional charge of IGF (FC)
and MS VL Roul Kullai, DIGF (FP) of DIGF (RT).
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India has largest number of recoveriesCOVID-19 UPDATE : The country is second in most
number of tests done globally; death rate amongst lowest
New Delhi: India has
the largest number of
COVID-19 recovered
cases in the world and it
stands second in terms
of the number of tests
conducted in any coun-
try, Union health secre-
tary, Rajesh Bhushan
said on Tuesday.
“We have the largest
number of COVID-19
recovered cases in the
world and we stand sec-
ond in terms of the
number of tests con-
ducted in any country.
The COVID-19 recover-
ies have crossed 67
lakhs in India. We have
conducted more than
9.6 crore COVID-19 tests
in the country,” Bhush-
an said during a press
conference on COV-
ID-19 situation in the
country. While many
countries have reported
a surge, India has re-
corded 310 cases per
million in the last 7
days, which is amongst
the lowest globally,
Bhushan said.
“Similarly, India has
recorded 83 deaths per
million in the same pe-
riod, which is also
amongst the lowest
globally. The recovery
rate, at present being
88.63 per cent and con-
tinues to improve. Si-
multaneously, active
cases are now below 7.5
lakhs and continue to
decline,” he added. —ANI
78% of new recovered COVID-19
cases emerge from 10 states/UTs
New Delhi: Union Min-
istry of Health on Tues-
day said 78 per cent of
the new recovered coro-
navirus cases are ob-
served to be concentrat-
ed in 10 states/Union
Territories (UT) and 75
per cent of the new con-
firmed cases are from
10 states and UTs.
Maharashtra, Karna-
taka and Kerala con-
tribute more than 5,000
to the new confirmed
cases, according to the
ministry. India has
leaped across several
significant milestones
in its fight against COV-
ID-19. The new con-
firmed cases in the last
24 hours have fallen be-
low 50,000 (46,790) for
the first time in nearly
three months. The new
cases were 47,703 on
July 28. With a high
number of COVID-19
patients recovering eve-
ry day and the sus-
tained fall in the mor-
tality rate, India’s
steady trend of dipping
active cases continues.
The percentage of ac-
tive cases has fallen be-
low 10 per cent. The to-
tal positive cases of the
country are less than
7.5 lakh (7,48,538) and
comprise merely 9.85
per cent of the total
cases.
The ministry said,
this achievement is the
result of collaborative,
focussed and effective
action by states/UTs un-
dertheCentre’sstrategy
of comprehensive and
high countrywide test-
ing, prompt and effec-
tive surveillance and
tracking, quick hospi-
talisation and effective
adherence of the Stand-
ard Treatment Protocol
issued by the Union
Government. —ANI
‘6 prisoners infected with COVID-19 in Delhi jails’
New Delhi: The jail
authorities submitted
before the Delhi High
Court on Tuesday that
six prisoners, who are
lodged in several jails
in the national capital,
are currently infected
with COVID-19. The
jail authorities sub-
mitted that there are
2,318 prisoners in-
volved in heinous
crimes who have been
granted interim bail
by the High Court and
trial courts. The re-
port said another 2,907
prisoners involved in
minor crimes have
also been granted in-
terim bails.
Senior Standing
Counsel(Criminal)Ra-
hul Mehra also in-
formed that 6,711 in-
mates are presently on
interim bail or parole
granted in view of the
pandemic and added
that while as per the af-
fidavitonlysixpersons
were suffering from
corona, at present the
said number has come
down to three. —ANI
Telangana floods: Delhi Govt
announces`15cr donation
New Delhi: Delhi Chief
Minister Arvind Kejri-
wal on Tuesday said
that the people of Delhi
stand with the people of
flood-hit Hyderabad. He
also announced the de-
cision to donate Rs 15
crore to the Telangana
government.
“Floods have caused
havoc in Hyderabad.
People of Delhi stand
by our brother and sis-
ters in Hyderabad in
this hour of crisis,” the
Chief Minister tweeted.
In another tweet, he
said, “Delhi govern-
ment will donate Rs 15
crore to the Govt of Tel-
angana for its relief ef-
forts.” Earlier in the
day, K Chandrashekar
Rao spoke to Kejriwal
over the phone and
thanked him on be-
half of the people of
Telangana.
“DelhiChief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal has an-
nounced Rs 15 crore fi-
nancial assistance to
Telangana state for the
relief andrehabilitation
works following heavy
rains and flash floods
that the State experi-
enced. Arvind Kejriwal
said the Delhi state
would stand by the Tel-
angana state in this
hour of natural calami-
ty. Telangana State
Chief Minister K Chan-
drashekhar Rao
thanked Arvind Kejri-
wal on behalf of people
in Telangana for an-
nouncing Rs 15 Crore
financial assistance. On
Tuesday, KCR spoke to
Kejriwaloverphoneand
thanked him for the gen-
erous help,” the Telan-
gana CMO said in a mes-
sage. Over 37,000 people
have been rescued from
flood-affected areas of
Hyderabad, while 33
people died due to the
inundation caused by
incessant rain over
past week. —ANI
Gadkari lays foundation
stone of India’s 1st
multi
modal logistic park
New Delhi: Union Min-
ister for Road Trans-
port and Highways Ni-
tin Gadkari virtually
laid the foundation
stone for the first-ever
multi-modal logistic
park at Jogighopa, in
Bongaigaon district of
Assam on Tuesday.
Gadkari informed
about the same in a se-
ries of tweets and said
the Central govern-
ment is committed to
the economic and so-
cial development of
northeastern part of
the country. “Laid the
foundation stone of
country’s first multi-
modal logistics park in
Assam in the presence
of Chief Minister Sar-
bananda Sonowal, MoS
Gen (Retd) Dr V K Sin-
gh, MoS Dr Jitendra
Singh, MoS Ramesh-
war Teli, MPs, MLAs
and senior officials,” he
tweeted.
“Under the leader-
ship of Hon’ble Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi, we are committed
to the economic and so-
cial development of
North East,” he added.
He hashtagged his
tweets as “PragatiKa-
Higway” or highway of
progress.
In another tweet,
Gatkari informed the
Rs 693.97 crore park
will reduce logistic cost
and bring global oppor-
tunities. “Being built
with an investment of
Rs 693.97 crore, the mul-
ti-modal logistics park
will become a mile-
stone in the develop-
ment of North East.
The project will reduce
logistic cost and bring
global opportunities to
the region. It is being
developed under
Bharatmala Pariyoja-
na,” he tweeted.
Assam CM Sonowal
who presided over the
e-foundation stone lay-
ing ceremony thanked
PM Modi and Union
Minister Gadkari. —ANI
One more
terrorist killed
in Pulwama
encounter
Pulwama: Jammu and
Kashmir police and se-
curity forces killed one
more unidentified ter-
rorist in an encounter
in Hakripora area of
Pulwama district on
Tuesday, taking the to-
tal count of terrorists
killed to three.
“PulwamaEncoun-
terUpdate: 01 more uni-
dentified #terrorist
killed (total 03). Search
going on. Further de-
tails shall follow,” the
Kashmir zone police
tweeted. Earlier, the
Kashmir zone police in-
formed two terrorists
were killed in the ongo-
ing encounter.
“PulwamaEncounter
Update: 01 more uni-
dentified terrorist
killed (total 02). Search
going on. Further de-
tails shall follow,” the
Kashmir zone police in-
formed on social media
platform Twitter.
Before that, the po-
lice tweeted about the
start of the encounter
and informed that po-
lice and security are
jointly conducting the
operation. —ANI
RESCUE OPERATIONS UNDERWAY!
CM Arvind Kejriwal
Nitin Gadkari

NEWSJAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2020
Coronavirus Curse
AMBER FORT
ICONIC FALLCORONAVIRUS HAS FORCED TO PUT THE `315 CR
PROJECT ON THE BACK BURNER. AFTER THE
CENTRE SELECTED THE AMBER FORT FOR ITS
ICONIC TOURIST DESTINATION PROJECT, A TEAM
HAD VISITED FORT ON APRIL 22 AND 23, 2018,
WRITES NIRMAL TIWARI
WAH TAJ, WAH AMBER!
THE ICONIC TOURIST DESTINATION PLAN
HAD COVIDnot
changed the course of
action then the dream of
making Amber Fort an
iconic tourist destination,
like Taj Mahal in Agra,
could be a reality by 2021.
PANDEMIC
THREATENS
LIVELIHOOD
In Rajasthan, all the
tourist destinations
were closed for
months during the
lock down and even
when they eopened
the minuscule tourist
ﬂow did not support
the livelihood of the
stakeholders like
hotels, taxi operators,
folk artists, tourist
guides and makers of
handicrafts artists.
First India Bureau
Jaipur. The campaign
to curb illegal sand min-
ing in the state is wit-
nessing positive results
in the first week. Strict
action has been taken in
variousdistrictsleading
to FIRs being registered
andpeoplebeingbooked
under the law. not just
tonnes of sand have
been seized, several ve-
hicles engaged in dig-
ging and transportation
have also be confiscated.
As many as 60 FIRs
have been registered in
connection with illegal
sand mining, transpor-
tation in 8 districts of
Rajasthan under a spe-
cial campaign.
In the campaign
which was started from
October 15, two more
districts of Pali and
Udaipur too have been
included.Withtwomore
districts, the campaign
is now being run in 10
districts, additional
chief secretary (mines)
Subodh Agarwal said.
Of the total 119 mat-
ters of illegal mining,
transportation and stor-
age, 36 are in Bhilwara,
25 in Jaipur, 15 in Tonk,
6 in Chittorgarh, 12 in
Rajsamand, 14 in Sawai
Madhopur, 1 in Dholpur
and 10 in Jodhpur.
Agarwal informed
that 36 FIRs were regis-
tered in Bhilwara, 1 in
Jaipur, 13 in Tonk, 4 in
Chittorgarh, 2 in Rajsa-
mand, 3 in Jodhpur and
1 in Sawai Madhopur.
A total penalty
amount of Rs 7,79,383
including Rs 6.26 lakh in
Jodhpur and Rs 1.52
lakh in Rajsamand, was
recovered.
81 vehicles and ma-
chinery have also been
seizedduringcampaign.
Abhishek Srivastava
Jaipur: Land use con-
version rules in Ra-
jasthanaregoingtoseea
major shift in the times
tocome.asUDHminister
Shanti Dhariwal has
given the approval for
the same.
Dhariwal has for-
warded the proposal to
the legal depart-
ment. The positive
things is that going by
the proposed guidelines,
several activities will be
permitted and any alter-
cations to the master
planwillnotberequired.
The permissible ac-
tivitiesinchnageddraft
will include day-care
centre, nursery, school,
dispensary, old age
home, inns, hostel, con-
venient or informal
shops, restaurants, lab-
oratory, library, club,
household or service
industry, MSME indus-
tries and petrol pumps
under residential land
use.
In commercial land
use, hotels, marriage
gardens, banks, work-
shops, gas booking and
distribution centers,
cinemas, multiplexes,
hospitals, truck and bus
terminals, etc. can be
operated whereas agro
based industries, gas go-
downs and all essential
activities will be per-
missible under the in-
stitutional land use.
Local committees will
be authorised to allow
certain activities in the
PermissibleActivitycat-
egory while state level
committee will be au-
thorised for giving per-
missionforcertainother
activities.
Rajasthan all set
for new land use
conversion rules
Massive crackdown on sand mining
across state under special campaign
Kashiram Chaudhary
Jaipur: Nearly 7,500
complaints are pending
for investigation and re-
ports of 800 cases could
not be forwarded to the
state government as the
post of Lokayukta is ly-
ing vacant for the past
one year and seven
months in Rajasthan.
The term of former
Lokayukta Sajjan Singh
Kothari was abruptly
endedinMarchlastyear
after the Congress gov-
ernment amended the
Lokayukta act to reduce
the tenure of Lokayukta
from eight years to five
yearsandsincethen,the
pendency is continuing.
When there was Lok-
ayukta, an average of 20-
25 complaints was being
registered but now, nei-
ther investigation nor
final decision on the
complaintistakingplace
because the decision
can be taken by only Lo-
kayukta.
7,500 plaints bite dust in Lokayukta office
Shanti Dhariwal
29,134 TONNES ILLEGAL SAND SEIZED
Jaipur. Ongoing Cov-
id-19 pandemic has
dropped the ambitious
plan of making Amber
an iconic tourist desti-
nation into cold storage.
Then PS (Tourism)
Shreya Guha had
chaired a meeting on
April 4, 2019 with all the
departments related to
the project.
The project was to be
started in April this
year but even before
the first brick
could be laid, Cov-
id-19 pandemic
shut the tour-
ism not only
in the coun-
try but across
the globe.
The coro-
navirus cri-
sis has cre-
ated so much strain on
the economic resources
that now the project has
been put on the back
burner.
Covid-19 pandemic
has affected the whole
world but tourism is
one of those sectors
which has been most af-
fected by the pandemic.
In Rajasthan, all the
tourist destinations
were closed for months
during the lock down
and even when they eo-
pened the minuscule
tourist flow did not sup-
port the livelihood of
the stakeholders like
hotels, taxi operators,
folk artists, tourist
guides and makers of
handicrafts artists
along with small hawk-
ers and vendors.
DHAWAN TON IN VAIN
Delhi Capitals (164/5) opener Shikhar Dhawan’s ton
(106 of 61) went in vain as Kings XI Punjab (167/5) won by 5
wickets in IPL in Dubai on Tuesday. For KXI Nicholas Pooran
top scored with 53 of 28 deliveries. —PHOTO BY PTI
 To fill the Mawtha
and install a musical
fountain in it. Arrange-
ments for photography
point and sitting points
on the embankments
of Mowtha. Necessary
permissions from the
forest department were
to be processed.
 To beautify the look
of the walls of Amber
fort by illuminating
them from a distance
of 7,500 metres along
with installing a theft
security system at 10
meters distance.
 Cable pod car pro-
ject for Amber fort and
nearby forest areas.
Permission from the
forest department was
to be processed.
 Ropeway project
for Amber, some part
of which would pass
through forest area.
Permission for it from
the forest department
was to be processed.
 Zero pollution
20-seater electric
buses and 8-10 seater
electric Buggies in
public-private partner-
ship.
 To work for the
dampness problem in
the Amber fort along
with the renovation and
conservation of the
walls of the fort.
 To promote night
tourism by starting a
laser show at Mansin-
gh Mahal and Garden
pol.
 To develop the area
around fort into an
attractive township to
provide better facilities
to the tourists.
Industries department holds stakeholders meet to discuss logistics
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The state in-
dustries department
has initiated efforts to
address the logistic is-
sues of local business-
es in post COVID sce-
nario. The department
has invited sugges-
tions and grievances
from various stake-
holders and is extend-
ing raising them ahead
of concerned state and
central government
authorities. As a first
step in the direction, a
webinar was held on
Tuesday involving ex-
porters and senior of-
ficials from CONCOR,
AAI, Customs, sales
tax, transport, Agri-
culture Marketing
Board, RSIC and other
concern departments.
“Increasing exports
is a focus area of state
and central govern-
ment. The process has
been impacted by COV-
ID and the state indus-
tries department is
making efforts to fa-
cilitate restoring the
disrupted trade. The
webinar is an effort in
the direction provid-
ing platform to the ex-
porters and we look
forward to more such
interactions in fu-
ture,” said Industries
Commissioner, Archa-
na Singh.
Logistics cost is esti-
mated to be around 14
percent on goods in In-
dia, government vi-
sions to reduce it to 8
-10 percent. This webi-
nar hosted by indus-
tries department is an
initiative in the direc-
tion. The state govern-
ment under Chief Min-
ister Ashok Gehlot has
laid out new invest-
ment scheme and in-
dustrial policy. The
government has re-
laxed norms for new
startups and has been
working to strengthen
the logistic network.
The webinar drew
concern towards the
shortage of containers
being experienced in
several depots. It was
informed that a de-
cline in imports due to
COVID has disrupted
the balance of contain-
er availability. On the
issue Chief General
Manager of CONCOR,
Sunil Gupta gave in-
sights of the present
situation and efforts
being made to restore
balance of demand and
supply. This year the
CONCOR depot at
Jaipur has received
nearly 8 thousand less
containers due to de-
cline in imports, how-
ever, the situation has
shown some improve-
ment since second half
of September.
Speaking at the we-
binar, Director of
Jaipur International
Airport JS Balhara
also suggested of im-
provement in Air Car-
go transportation fa-
cility. He informed that
the development of air
cargo terminal is in
full swing and domes-
tic cargo transporta-
tion facilities from ter-
minal are expected to
commence from De-
cember this year. The
international cargo
facilities are expected
to commence by Feb-
March from new ter-
minal. The air freight
from Jaipur airport
has increased by four
folds from between
2014-20. Though there
is a considerable im-
pact of COVID this
year, the situation has
been gradually im-
proving.
The meetings regis-
tered valuable insights
from several key bu-
reaucrats such as MD
Rajasthan Small In-
dustries Corporation,
Dr Samit Sharma. The
industries department
further asked the ex-
porters and importers
to submit their logistic
related grievances
with the department.
Joint Director of In-
dustries department
PR Sharma, while
moderating the webi-
nar assured the par-
ticipating exporters
that improving logis-
tics in Rajasthan is a
priority of the depart-
ment and efforts will
be made on continuous
basis.

A single log is the key to lighting a
bonfire and till all logs do not burn it
will not provide the warmth! It is the
same with teamwork, individuality is
important to kick start the success of the team.
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2NDFRONTPOSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot has
written a letter to
Prime Minister Shri
Narendra Modi said
that the amendments
made in the provi-
sions of the Banking
Regulation (BR) Act
will adversely affect
the basic spirit of the
Cooperative Banks
and the Cooperative
movement in the
states. He requested
the PM to reconsider
the said amendments
and restore the ear-
lier system.
Gehlot wrote that re-
cently the BR Act was
amended to make Sec-
tions 10 and 10A of the
Act operational for the
Cooperative banks by
passing a bill in the
Parliament. It has
been made compulso-
ry for 51% members of
the Board of Directors
of Cooperative Banks
to have professional
experience. This con-
dition is not practical,
he wrote.
The Chief Minister
further wrote that in
the new regime, allo-
cation of sharehold-
ing and the right to
issue shares and secu-
rities by the share-
holders of the Coop-
erative Banks would
be determined by the
Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) under Section
12 of the Act. This
provision of keeping
the Cooperative banks
at par with the com-
mercial banks, is con-
trary to the basic prin-
ciple of the Coopera-
tive that is ‘One Per-
son - One Vote’.
Gehlot stated that in
the situation of the of-
fice-bearers of the Co-
operative Society hav-
ing dereliction in duties
or maintenance of
standards, the Regis-
trar, Cooperative Socie-
ties vested the rights to
dissolve the Board of
Directors of the con-
cerned Cooperative
bank under various
provisions of the Ra-
jasthan Cooperative So-
cieties Act, 2001. Also,
on finding any financial
irregularity by a coop-
erative bank, there is a
provision for the Regis-
trar, Cooperative Socie-
ties to dissolve the
Board of Directors on
recommendation of the
RBI. But, through the
said amendments in the
BR Act, all such rights
have been vested with
the RBI. In the new sys-
tem, the Cooperatives
Department of the state
government will have
no effective control on
the Cooperative Banks.
The Chief Minister
wrote that such amend-
ments were against the
basic principles of the
very idea of coopera-
tives. He requested the
Prime Minister that
in view of rural back-
ground of the mem-
bers of Cooperative
Banks, the earlier sys-
tem of shareholding
and monitoring and
regulation of these
banks be restored.
Also, the mandatory
provision for profes-
sional experience of
the Cooperative mem-
bers and other such
amendments should
be reconsidered in
the interest of basic
spirit of Cooperative
Banking.
Shubham Jain
Ajmer: The newly ap-
pointed chairman of
the Rajasthan Public
Service Commission
(RPSC) Dr Bhupendra
Yadav chaired the meet-
ing of the full commis-
sion on Tuesday.
It was after 7 long
years that a meeting
with full quorum took
place at the RPSC office.
The meeting which last-
ed for around 2 hours
took up many impor-
tant pending issues of
the RPSC.
Chairman Dr Bhu-
pendra Yadav said
that the decision to
hold the pending ex-
ams as soon as possi-
ble was taken in the
meeting and the task
to timely prepare the
calendar for the com-
petitive exams was
also decided.
Dr Yadav assured
that all the pending
technical issues will
also be resolved soon.
Although the most crit-
ical issue of the inter-
view of the successful
RAS (Mains) candi-
dates could not be de-
cided in the meeting
but Dr Yadav assured
that a decision on the
RAS interviews will
also be taken very
soon. Chairman Dr Ya-
dav along with the sec-
retary of RPSC inspect-
ed a few sections of the
office and gave neces-
sary instructions.
Reconsider amendments in BR Act: CM to PM
After 7 yrs, RPSC’s
full quorum holds
meet under Yadav
Raje, Rathore extend Navratri
greetings to people via Twitter
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Former Chief
Minister Vasundhara
Raje and Deputy Leader
of Opposition Rajendra
Rathore greeted the peo-
ple on the occassion of
Navratri on Tuesday
through Twitter.
Raje tweeted, “Wor-
shiping Kushmanda
Devi, the fourth form of
the nine forms of Maa
Bhavani, eradicates all
the diseases and defects
of the devotees and in-
creases the age, fame,
strength and health. I
pray to Matarani that,
with her blessings, the
devotees always stay
happy and may get
wealth and wealth.”
While Rathore said,
“On the fourth day of
Navratri, the Kushman-
da form of Goddess
Shakti is worshiped.
Worshipping mother
Kushmanda,alldiseases
and mourning of the
devotees are eradicated
and there is an increase
in age, fame, strength
and health.”
Asking for previous system to be restored, Gehlot said that state govts’ cooperative department will not be able to control cooperative banks
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. —FILE PHOTO
Dr Bhupendra Yadav
‘SAVING’ COOPERATIVE BANKS
JAGDEESH CHANDRA’S VISIT TO HIMACHAL PRADESH
Governor of Himachal Pradesh Bandaru Dattatreya with Jagdeesh Chandra at Rajbhavan
at Shimla on Tuesday morning. The latter paid a courtesy visit to the Honourable Governor
during his two day visit to the hilly state.
Governor of Gujarat, Acharya Devvrat with Jagdeesh Chandra at an event in Solan on Monday,
October 19 where the Honourable Governor addressed a National level Natural farming Workshop
for young farmers. He also released a book by the late Vaidya Surat Singh, the founder of Pajhota
Andolan and called out to people to make each village a model of Natural farming.
Raj govt’s corona drive: Traffic
Police, JMC distribute masks
Satyanarayan Sharma
Jaipur: Traffic Po-
lice and municipal
corporations of
Jaipur distributed
face masks to people
under the state gov-
ernment’s mass
movement against
coronavirus.
Additional Com-
missioner of Police
Rahul Prakash said
that, mask is the only
vaccine in present
and people should
wear face masks and
maintain social dis-
tancing to prevent
infection.
Commissioner of
Jaipur greater mu-
nicipal corporation
Dinesh Yadav, com-
missioner of
Jaipur heritage
municipal corpora-
tion Lokb Bandhu
also appealed to
people to wear
masks whenever
they go out of their
places and wash
hands properly.
DCP Traffic
Adarsh Sidhu and
other officials were
present in the pro-
gramme during
which folk artists
also gave perfor-
mances to make peo-
ple aware of corona
and stickers of ‘No
Mask No Entry’
were pasted at dif-
ferent places.
Supporting the supporter! An MLA worth `30 crore debt!TETE
-A-TETE
Naresh Sharma
The local body elec-
tion has also
brought to the fore the
‘support’ Congress
leaders have extended
to their ‘supporters’.
Several ministers have
lobbied and ensured
that their ‘people’ also
rise on the political
spectrum, after all that
is how even their politi-
cal power would in-
crease. Take these cas-
esforexample.Agricul-
ture minister Lalchand
Kataria has provided
ticket to the wife of his
supporter Prahlad
Raghu, who is often see
with Kataria. Similarly,
Transport Minister
PratapSinghKhachari-
yawas has fielded
Manoj Mudgal, who is
the member of Khacha-
riyawas’s ‘kitchen cabi-
net’. another example
on this front is the tick-
et given to Afzal Me-
hboob, who is seen al-
most always in Mahesh
Joshi’s family func-
tions. On the other
hand, Adarsh Nagar
MLA Ameen Kagzi has
got one Ayuub, who can
be seen regularly at
Kagzi bungalow, ticket
for the JMC election.
Ziyauddin
There is an unspo-
ken ‘truth’ about
politicians that the big-
ger the leader, the more
‘cash rich’ he or she is
going to be. This spe-
cially stands true in
cases where a person
contests election while
claiming to have no
more than a few thou-
sand rupees in his
bank account but as
soon as he or she wins
the election, he can be
seen in the biggest of
SUV cars and at the
grandest of hotels.
While their financial
situation may or may
not improve after win-
ning an election, it is
an established fact that
several of the ‘upcom-
ing’ politicians do take
loans for the campaign-
ing and there have
been several instances
of this situation in Ra-
jasthan. Take for exam-
ple the case of this ‘ne-
taji’ from Tonk district
who took a loan during
election time to pay off
towards the campaign
expenses, however
nearly two years on,
the leader has been un-
able to pay back the
dues. Moreover, word
is that the honourable
legislator stays ex-
tremely tensed and
worried in how he will
pay back the loan since
he had thought he
would pay off the debt
after winning election,
but it is said that his
luck ran out right after
winning the election
and for the past two
years, the loan amount
has increased substan-
tially. Now the MLA is
remembering his past
days when his friends
and family members
were close to him to aid
and support him. Wan-
na know the loan on
netaji’s head? Well, it
thirty crore rupees
only! Would someone
come to his rescue,
who had ignored multi-
crore offers and pre-
ferred to stay with Ge-
hlot in the recent po-
litical crisis?
Vasundhara Raje Rajendra Rathore
Lalchand Kataria Pratap Singh Khachariyawas Mahesh Joshi
COVID-19
UPDATE
RAJASTHAN
1,774
DEATHS
1,77,123
CONFIRMED CASES
GUJARAT
3,654 DEATHS 1,61,848 CASES
DELHI
6,081 DEATHS 3,36,750 CASES
WORLD
11,26,527
DEATHS
4,08,88,114
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
76,48,248
CONFIRMED CASES
1,15,938
DEATHS
MAHARASHTRA
42,453 DEATHS 16,09,516 CASES
TAMIL NADU
10,741 DEATHS 6,94,030 CASES
KARNATAKA
10,608 DEATHS 7,76,901 CASES

aja aaja… main
hoon pyaar tera …”
beckons a twisting,
cavorting Shammi
Kapoor and a super
cute Asha Parekh
shrugs off her coat
to join him as they both jerk
and twist to some of the most
amazing music ever heard!
I watched Teesri Manzil
because it had my favourite
actor Shammi Kapoor but
fell in love with the entire
movie – its storyline-one of
the few suicide/murder
mysteries of the time, the
love story with a twist, the
simply amazing music, hum-
mable songs which are still
with me after decades, the
characters, dialogues and the
super chemistry between
Shammi and Asha.
The music was simply
awesome and no one but the
drop-dead handsome Sham-
mi Kapoor could have done
justice to it and boy… did he
do it! One of the best perfor-
mances by Shammi and in
fact why just him? All the ac-
tors be it Asha Parekh, Prem-
nath, Helen, Prem Chopra or
K N Singh in a character role,
gave performances of a life-
time. One of Vijay Anand’s
finest! But the soul of Teesri
Manzil is the young dashing
Kapoor who so reminded me
of Elvis Presley as he
rocked the floor as Rocky. His
sheer energy and histrionics
breathed life into the charac-
ter, just watch him and Asha
rock n roll to Aaja aaja!
Each number is a treat- O
Haseena Zulfonwali and O
Mere Sona Re Sona are still
on the playlist of parties!
And even today’s generation
will attempt the Shammi
head-bob and uninhibited
dancing style! Deewana Mu-
jhsa Nahin, Dekhiye Sahibon
Woh Koi Aur Thi and Tumne
Mujhe Dekha Hokar Mehar-
baan – each song is a classic.
It was actually an edge of
the seat murder mystery
with thrill and suspense
from the start till the end.
The intense love story of
Shammi and Asha is al-
ways in the background
of the suicide/murder
and a Asha’s search
for the killer, Rocky!
Shammi Kapoor was the
best of the Kapoor khandaan
for me, singing, dancing, ski-
ing, riding, flirting his way
intoourhearts.Hewassauve
sophisticated, bringing an
old world charm with a
youthful iconic look to his
films. He brought zest and
life to everything he did in
reel and real life.
JAIPUR, WEDNESDAY
OCTOBER 21, 2020
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City First pays aCity First pays a
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of his best movies-of his best movies-
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