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RAJASTHAN
602
DEATHS
34,178
CONFIRMED CASES
GUJARAT
2,282 DEATHS 53,631 CASES
KARNATAKA
1,726 DEATHS 85,870 CASES
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Hours after
meeting Rajasthan
Governor Kalraj
Mishra, Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot on
Friday said he hopes
that the Governor
will not come under
“any pressure” and
that an Assembly ses-
sion shall be called
soon.
Addressing the me-
dia, Gehlot said, “I am
sure that Governor will
not come under any
pressure and he will
make a decision on As-
sembly session soon.
We hope the session be-
gins soon and various
issues can be dis-
cussed.” Calling the
Governor a ‘constitu-
tional head’, he said: “I
do not hesitate to say
that he couldn’t have
stopped the decision of
calling (Assembly Ses-
sion) without some
pressure from the top. I
have requested if he
has any queries then it
could have been solved.
Why did he not decide
yesterday? We have re-
quested him again to
make a decision soon.
People are waiting.”
He further said that
along with party MLAs,
he is sitting here in pro-
test on the basis of Gan-
dhian principle. “After
he (Governor) gives us
a letter, we will decide
the further course of
action,” he added.
Earlier in the day,
Congress MLAs sup-
porting Rajasthan
Chief Minister raised
slogans at the Raj Bha-
wan after reports came
to the fore that Mishra
had denied convening
the state Assembly ses-
sion due to the COV-
ID-19 pandemic.
“If media reports are
true about Governor
saying that state As-
sembly session can’t be
conducted due to COV-
ID-19, then we are ready
to conduct COVID-19
tests of 200 MLAs,”
Raghu Sharma, Ra-
jasthan Minister and
Congress leader said.
‘Hope Guv won’t act under any pressure: GehlotBJP: Political drama
scripted by Gehlot
Aishwarya Pradhan
Jaipur: Reacting on the
volatile political situa-
tion in Rajasthan, the
state BJP leadership
criticised the language
used by CM Gehlot on
Friday calling it uncon-
stitutional.
State party chief Sat-
ish Poonia critically
called ‘The Great Ra-
jasthan Political Dra-
ma’ completely script-
ed, produced, directed
and enacted by CM Ge-
hlot. While LoP Gulab
Chand Kataria criti-
cized CM for instigating
people to surround the
Governor House. Ka-
taria asked the Gover-
nor to call in CRPF for
the security of Ran
Bhawan.
Deputy LoP Rajendra
Rathore pointed at the
zero communication
between CM and sacked
deputy CM for one and
half years and yet blam-
ing BJP for the feud.
FULL REPORT P2
WORLD
6,39,159
DEATHS
1,57,95,688
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
13,37,021
CONFIRMED CASES
31,405
DEATHS
MAHARASHTRA
13,132 DEATHS 3,57,117 CASES
DELHI
3,777 DEATHS 1,28,389 CASES
TAMIL NADU
3,320 DEATHS 1,99,749 CASES
CM Ashok Gehlot at the Raj Bhawan gates, on Friday.
Cong MLAs lay siege to Raj Bhawan for 5 hrs!
A NARROW ESCAPE
FROM PREZ RULE!
Aditi Nagar
Jaipur: An eleventh
hour ‘visionary’ call
from Congress high
commandtoRajasthan
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot to lift Congress
MLAs Raj Bhawan
dharnaonFridayeven-
ing virtually proved to
be a narrow escape
from a likely President
rule in Rajasthan.
According to sources,
a ‘soft spoken and pa-
tient’ Governor Kalraj
Mishra had gone so up-
set during the day with
Congress MLAs slogan
shouting at Raj Bhawan
in the presence of Chief
Minister Gehlot that at
one stage he had seri-
ously thought to request
the Union Home Minis-
try to send CRPF troops
for the safety and secu-
rity of Raj Bhawan be-
cause according to top
Rajasthan BJP leaders
also, the security of Raj
Bhawan could not have
been left to Rajasthan
Police, which is directly
controlled by the Chief
Minister, who also holds
charge of Home Depart-
ment. Turn on P8
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: Governor
Kalraj Mishra raised
serious questions on
the comments made by
CM Ashok Gehlot on
Friday evening while
claiming that he tried
to give a political color
to the constitutional re-
quest and the constitu-
tional decision to be
taken on that request.
“I am hurt and sad
because of it. If any let-
ter comes from your
side, I have to take a
constitutional decision
based on the investiga-
tion conducted based
on Constitutional pro-
visions and this author-
ity has been entrusted
in me by the Constitu-
tion of India,” a re-
lease read, adding
that the govern-
ment presented
the request to call the
assembly session on
23rd July 2020. The re-
lease further read, “Be-
fore I could speak with
experts, you made a
public statement that if
the Raj Bhawan is gher-
aoed, then it will not be
your responsibility. I
have a request to you, if
you or your Home De-
partment can not pro-
vide security to
the gover-
nor, then
what is
your opin-
ion on the
law and
order in
the state? In addition,
kindly inform which
agency to contact to
provide security to Gov-
ernor? In my long po-
litical career, I have
never heard such a
statement being made
by any Chief Minister
and is it not the begin-
ning of wrong practice
of pressure politics that
elected MLAs are stag-
ing a sit-in inside
Raj Bhawan?
Therefore it is
my request that
you clarify on
all these
points.”
Can’t your govt guard Guv:
Miffed Mishra asks CM
They came, they sat...
Did they ‘conquer’?
After 1993, History repeats
itself @ Raj Bhawan?
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: Congress
MLAs in the Ashok
Gehlot camp on Fri-
day staged a five-
hour dharna at the
Raj Bhawan. The CM
said that despite a
letter, the Governor
has not called the As-
sembly session and
alleged that he was
under “pressure
from the higher ups”.
“We want an as-
sembly session from
Monday. But the gov-
ernor is not calling it
under pressure,” he
told reporters out-
side the hotel where
the MLAs supporting
him are camping.
Gehlot said that af-
ter the recent Cabi-
net meeting, the gov-
ernor was requested
through a letter to
call an Assembly ses-
sion to discuss the
political situation,
review coronavirus
pandemic and its ef-
fects on the state’s
economic situation.
He also said that if
the public Turn on P6
Jaipur. Current tur-
bulent politics will
not let the present day
generation believe
that the foundation of
politics in the state
was cemented by poli-
tics of ethics, dignity
and principles.
There was a time
when Con-
gress had a
chance to
topple state
govt led by
BJP stalwart
Bhairon
S i n g h
Shek-
hawat but Ashok Ge-
hlot had then pre-
ferred the healthy
democratic princi-
ples and traditions
over power on offer.
Turn on P6
11th hour Cong High Command call saves the day!
AHMED PATEL @AHMEDPATEL
Very curious to know if the BJP President
goes incommunicado with 30 MP’s , is actively
collaborating with the Congress party & lodging
himself in a Congress ruled stated under police
protection - will it be mere dissent or defiance
that merits disqualification?
CM Ashok Gehlot, Avinash Pande and other Congress leaders
outside Raj Bhawan on Friday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
RAHUL GANDHI @RAHULGANDHI
The country is ruled by constitution
and law. Governments are formed
and run by the majority of the people.
The conspiracy to demolish the
Rajasthan government is clear. This is
an insult to the eight crore people of
Rajasthan. The Governor should call
a session of the Legislative Assembly so that the truth
comes before the country. #ArrogantBJP
—PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
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New Delhi: Union Min-
ister Arjun Ram Megh-
wal launched ‘Bhabhi
Ji’ crisps (papad) on
Wednesday while claim-
ing that the food item
will help drive away the
novel coronavirus. A
video of the launch that
surfaced on Friday has
gone viral on social
media.
Arjun Ram Meghwal
is the minister of state
for water resources, riv-
erdevelopment&Ganga
rejuvenation, and of
Parliamentary affairs.
In the video, Meghw-
al who is also a BJP MP
from Bikaner, Ra-
jasthan, can be seen
holding two packets of
‘Bhabhi Ji’ papad and
saying, “Under the At-
manirbhar India cam-
paign, a papad manu-
facturer has come up
with this product that
will help in the forma-
tion of antibodies to
fight the coronavirus.
We congratulate this
firm for coming up with
this initiative under the
Atmanirbhar India
campaign.”
Soon after the video
surfaced on social me-
dia, it went viral. The
company which has
manufactured the pa-
pad is from Bikaner and
claims that the product
has gilloy and other im-
munity boosting ingre-
dients. —Agencies
Meghwal launches ‘Bhabhi Ji Papad’ to fight corona
CLAIMS IT HAS ANTIBODIES
Under the
Atmanirbhar
India campaign,
a papad manufacturer
has come up with this
product that will help in
the formation of
antibodies to fight the
coronavirus. We
congratulate this firm
for coming up with
this initiative under
the campaign.
Arjun Ram Meghwal,
Minister of state for water resourcesArjun Ram Meghwal holding packets of the Papad.
ASI in ACB net for accepting
`6KbribeinSawaiMadhopur
First India Bureau
Sawai Madhopur: ACB
on Friday caught a po-
lice ASI red-handed ac-
cepting a bribe of Rs
6000. ASI Brijmohan Pal
is posted at Udaee mod
police station in Gan-
gapur City. Complain-
ant Ateesh Meena had
reported against his
neighbour for encroach-
ing on his plot. The
neighbour too had regis-
tered a cross-case
against Ateesh.
ASI Brijmohan pres-
surized the complain-
ant and got the matter
settled between the two
at Rs Two lakh while Rs
40,000 for himself.
The complainant
paid Rs 20,000 to the ASI
and reported the matter
to ACB. ACB asked the
complainant to pay Rs
4000 to ASI while its
trap was set.
ASI was caught ac-
cepting balance Rs 6000
of the settled amount
from the complainant.
ACB DSP Bhairulal
led the ACB operation
with the active assis-
tance of Sunil Kumar at
the ASP office in the
mini secretariat. ACB is
now further investigat-
ing the case.
Poonia calls Cong’s sit-in
low-level pressure tacticsAishwarya Pradhan
Jaipur: The BJP leader-
ship in the state jointly
addressed a press con-
ference on the volatile
political circumstances
at the party headquar-
ters and criticized the
language used by CM
Gehlot on Friday calling
it ‘unconstitutional’.
State chief Satish Poon-
ia critically called ‘The
Great Rajasthan Politi-
cal Drama’ completely
scripted, produced, di-
rected, and enacted by
CM Ashok Gehlot. Poo-
niablamedGehlotforall
the chaos and accused
the CM of trying to put
all the blame on PM
Modi and HM Shah for
everything that is going
wrong in the state. Poo-
nia said the language
usedbyCMwasnotonly
below the stature of a
CM but also unconstitu-
tional. While calling the
sit-in of Congress MLAs
aslow-levelpressuretac-
tics, he alleged that the
Congress delegation in-
cluding CM had sent all
thepandemicguidelines
for a toss.
He alleged CM of in-
stigatingpeoplewithhis
speech and making the
Governor house a politi-
cal battlefield. He said
his party will take all
necessary steps in pub-
lic interest in the future.
He alleged lawlessness
being promoted by the
government itself. LOP
Gulabchand Kataria
said that CM Gehlot is
getting trapped in his
own net. He called it be-
low dignity to sit-in at
the Governor House in
an attempt to infringe
on the jurisdiction of
the Governor. He also
criticized CM for insti-
gating people to sur-
round the Governor
House. Kataria asked
the Governor to call in
CRPF for the security of
the Governor House.
Deputy LOP Rajendra
Rathore pointed at the
zero communication be-
tween CM and sacked
deputy CM for one and
half years and yet blam-
ing BJP for the feud.
Rathore also expressed
concern on more than
33000 corona positives
and 600 deaths.
Rajendra Rathore, Satish Poonia, Gulabchand Kataria, and Arun Chaturvedi during the PC on Friday.
PICTURE PERFECT
Water supply
to suffer a hit
for 2 days due
to repair work
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Jaipur city will
not get water supply for
the next two days. Simi-
larly, Dudu, Sambhar,
Phulera, Phagi, Narena,
Chaksu, and Bassi,
while Niwai, Todarais-
ingh,andMalpuracities
and rural areas in Tonk
district will not get wa-
ter supply, due to some
maintenance work in
Surajpura pump house.
Check nuts and rod of
two 700 mm sluice valve
will be replaced. All 30
sluice valves and butter-
fly valves will be re-
paired. It will take 7 to 8
hours to clear the pipe-
line to carry out the re-
pairing work. The new
pump will be installed
in Ramniwas garden
station besides 4 sluice
valves will be replaced
and all valves will be re-
paired an Amanishah
pumping house.
Mishap causes ammonia leak
from tanker, spreads panic
Satyanarayan Sharma
Jaipur: An incident
took place due to the gas
leakage from a tanker
under the Prahladpura
underpassonTonkRoad
inShivdaspuraof Jaipur
near Chaksu. While the
gas tanker was passing
from the underpass, the
cap of the tanker broke
by colliding.
After the incident, of-
ficials of civil defense,
Shivdaspura police, and
fire brigade teams
reached the spot and
started sprinkling wa-
ter to bring the situa-
tion under control.
The tanker is being
told to be filled with am-
monia gas. As of now,
there is no news of any
public injuries.
Civil defence officials spraying water on the tanker on Friday.
Moderate to
heavy rains lash
parts of Rajasthan
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Moderate to
heavy rainfall lashed
parts of Rajasthan on
Friday with many areas
in Ajmer reporting inci-
dents of water-logging.
Traffic was affected on
several areas due to
water-logging. The tem-
perature in the capital
dropped to some degree
Celsius as a result of
the moderate downpour
here. IMD had predict-
ed the same in morning.
30 Raj workers stuck in
UAE due to pending fines
Jaipur: Thirty Indian
workers are stranded
here in the UAE as they
were stopped from
boarding a repatriation
flight after they failed
to pay the fine for stay-
ing in the country with
expired visas, accord-
ing to a media report on
Friday.
Forty Rajasthani con-
struction workers were
to board a charter flight
repatriating Indians to
Jaipur on July 17, the
Gulf News reported.
Of them, only 10
could clear the immi-
gration check as the
rest had fine dues, the
report said.
Some of us are on
visit visas while some
others’ residence visas
have already expired.
We didn’t know we
would have to pay fines.
Some have fines of
about 10,000 dirham (Rs
2,03,700) to 11,000 dir-
ham (Rs 2,24,000) while
others have smaller
amounts of fines, one
of the workers told the
newspaper. —PTI
CMs‘SHOW OF SUPPORT’
Divya Maderna flashing victory sign to the media outside Raj Bhawan in Jaipur on Friday.
Rajendra Gudha walks out of the Raj Bhawan in Jaipur on Friday amid the sensitive political situation in Rajasthan. —PHOTOS BY SUMAN SARKAR & SANTOSH SHARMA
Police officials guarding the gate of Raj Bhawan in Jaipur on Friday.
Congress MLAs showing their support to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
by raising slogans at Raj Bhawan on Friday.
CONFIDENT
WE’RE WITH YOU
GUARDING TOUGH
LONG WALK TO POWER
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Barmer: Cricketer
Virendra Sehwag has a
huge following on so-
cial media. His tweets
have in the past attract-
ed a lot of attention and
he has done it again.
The ‘Nawab of Najaf-
garh’ in a tweet ex-
pressed his interest to
help Harish. Sehwag
was impressed by dedi-
cation of Harish to-
wards studies.Veeru
has shared a picture
and information about
Harish from Barmer.
“This young boy goes
up a hill to get internet
connection to attend on-
line class and comes
back in the afternoon. I
admire him for his ded-
ication and wants to
help him,” Sehwag said.
In the picture, Harish
is sitting on a chair
with books in front of
him on the table and a
phone in his hand with
scenic hills as the back-
drop.
First India News was
the first to air the story
of Harish and his daily
struggle to attend on-
line classes. Getting un-
interrupted mobile sig-
nal is a challenge in
rural areas of Barmer.
This posed a challenge
for Harish who lives in
Bhilon ki Basti. So, he
walks upto two kilome-
ters to climb the nearest
hill in the morning. He
stays there in the sear-
ing heat with 45 degree
temperature till 2pm.
“I don’t have internet
at home but because of
that I don’t want to miss
my studies,” said the
student of Jawahar Na-
vodaya Vidyalaya.
Sehwag who offered
help to him already
runs a residential
school in Jhajjar in
Haryana where he pro-
vides free education to
children of martyrs.
Veeru offers help to Barmer’s studious lad Harish
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Getting mobile
signal is a
challenge in
rural areas, so
the young
student climbs a
hill every
morning and
stays there in
the searing heat
CoronablastforceslockdowninAlwarfor2days
First India Bureau
Alwar: The district ad-
ministration has decid-
ed to lockdown the Al-
war district for two
days considering the
alarming rise in the
coronavirus positive
cases recently.
With the latest figure
of positives touching
1,200, the administra-
tion is in a tizzy. A meet-
ing chaired by collector
Anandi and attended by
the trader community
resulted in the decision
to observe complete
lockdown in the city on
July 25 & 26.
The markets will ob-
serve limited opening
timing, that is from 7
am to 7 pm even after
July 26, but the markets
would not open on Mon-
days and Tuesdays as a
caution. Adjacent Tija-
ra will also observe a
lockdown on Tuesday.
Collector Anandi has
increased the monitor-
ing in wake of more
than 200 corona posi-
tives surfacing every
day in the district. She
has also alerted various
departments on the sit-
uation. The 218 patients
diagnosed positive in-
cluded the DSO and
City SHO as well.
Alwar stands at third
position in terms of to-
tal coronavirus posi-
tives in the state. There
have been 39,000 sam-
ples collected so far out
of which the report of
10000 is pending. The
number of positives so
far is 2,300 while 1,127
patients have recovered
including a 97 year old
woman. 26,000 reports
so far have reported
negative. The proximi-
ty of Alwar with UP and
Haryana with active so-
cial and business rela-
tions with both the
states makes it more
exposed to the virus in-
fection. There are
many in Alwar city
who commute daily to
Delhi for their business
and jobs which be-
comes an added reason
for importing the Cov-
id-19 virus from NCR.
Satyanarayan Sharma
Jaipur: The state po-
lice have successfully
solved the abduction
case of two 3-year-old
girls from Jaipur and
Hanumangarh. Both
the girls were kid-
napped by the people
who did not have chil-
dren and wanted to
have one.
In Jaipur, a couple
wanted a child, so the
husband and his friends
kidnapped two children
one by one in the city on
their motorcycle. At
first, a girl from Ramna-
gariya was abducted,
but later she was
dropped back due to her
age. After that, a 3-year-
old girl playing with her
8-year-old sister was
picked from Pratap Na-
gar on July 22.
Officers from more
than half a dozen police
stations in Jaipur East
district carried out 48
hours of continuous
search operation and
got the victim back
from the possession of
the accused. At the
same time, the accused,
Neeraj Kumar, Jitendra
Gurjar, Raja Mohan and
Rahul Singh Bairwa,
were also arrested.
DCP Rahul Jain in-
formed that the first
child was found within
an hour of kidnap on
July 20, but another girl
was abducted on July
22. The police caught
the accused with the
help of CCTV footage.
On the other hand, in
Hanumangarh, the
3-year-old girl Khushbu
kidnapped from the
town area was found by
the police within 24
hours from Hisar in
Haryana on Friday
morning. The accused
Renu (30) was also ar-
rested from Hansi.
It was revealed in the
police investigation
that Renu used to visit
the house of the victim
regularly to meet a
woman living in the
same house as Khushbu
and her family. The ac-
cused also said that she
has no child and
thought of keeping the
girl as her child.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: UDH has taken
strict action and has re-
moved several execu-
tive officers from vari-
ous municipal bodies
across state. According
to the departmental or-
ders issued, the EO of
Jaitaran Municipality
Shravan Ram was
turned APO. He has
been asked to report to
the DLB headquarters.
EO of Ladnu Munici-
pality Meghraj Dudi has
also been turned APO
and his charge has been
given to Ladnu Tahsil-
dar Kartikey Meena
whileDudiwillreportto
DLB directorate.
In another order, 4 lo-
cal body personnel have
been turned APO, in-
cluding Dinesh Kumar
from Sri Ganganagar,
Vishwash Godara from
Padampur Municipali-
ty, Sahib Ram of Kesris-
inghpur Municipality
and Gopal Krishna
from Gajsinghpur Mu-
nicipality. The orders
were issued by DLB Di-
rector Deepak Nandi.
Gangapur City Rural
Child Development Pro-
ject Officer Jagdish
Prasad Meena has been
turned APO. With the
orders issued by the Di-
rector Integrated Child
Development Services.
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: Health Minis-
ter Dr Raghu Sharma
said that efforts have
been started to set up
State’s first Plasma
Bank at the Sawai
Man Singh Hospital to
fight better with COV-
ID-19. Dr Sharma on
Friday releasing a
poster of Plasma Bank
has appealed to ‘Coro-
na Survivors’ to do-
nate more and more
plasma.
Dr Sharma said that
in the present scenar-
io the Rajasthan Gov-
ernment is very sensi-
tive towards the health
of the general public.
State government is
making all possible ef-
forts to increase the
recovery rate and to
reduce the fatality
rate. He said looking
at the unprecedented
and encouraging re-
sults of plasma thera-
py at the Sawai Man
Singh Hospital, gov-
ernment is setting up
State’s first Plasma
Bank there.
Dr Sharma has ap-
pealed to all the ‘Co-
rona Survivors’ to do-
nate their plasma. In
his message, he said
that there will be no
weakness in donating
plasma and it is very
important for corona
patients.
On this occasion,
Medical Education
Secretary Shri Vaib-
hav Galriya, Sawai
Man Singh Medical
College principal Dr
Sudhir Bhandari, Dr
Ajeet Singh and Dr
Suneet Bundus and
other officers were
present.
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: Senior IAS
officer and incharge of
Jodhpur, Navin Ma-
hajan held a joint meet-
ing of medical & health
department and police
officials to discuss co-
rona situation. Ma-
hajan has took charge
after divisional com-
missioner and district
collector tested posi-
tive. He also took feed-
back from medical col-
lege administration
and superintendents of
all three big govern-
ment hospitals in city.
8 deaths, 958 new cases; toll crosses 600 mark
State’s first plasma bank to be set up in
Sawai Man Singh Hospital: Health Min
Desire for kids reason
for recent kidnappings
UDH removes 7 officials in state
Jodh: Mahajan
takes charge,
holds meet
The 218 patients diagnosed coronavirus positive in the
district included the DSO and City SHO as well
Health workers carry body of a person who died due to coronavirus infection for cremation in
Ajmer. —PHOTO BY HIMANSHU SHARMA
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Last 24 hours
added staggering 958
new corona positive cas-
es in the state taking the
toll to 34,178 along with
reporting 8 deaths tak-
ingthedeathtollsofarto
602. Five deaths each
were reported from
Jodhpur. 2 from Barmer
and one from Nagaur.
224 new cases were re-
ported from Alwar fol-
lowed by 158 from Jodh-
pur, 91 from Pali, 84 from
Jaipur, 63 from Ajmer, 62
from Bikaner, 39 from
Jalore, 22 each from Bar-
mer, Churu & Kota, 21
each from Bharatpur &
Udaipur, 18 from Na-
gaur,16 from Dolpur, 13
from Karauli, 12 from
Sikar, 11 each from
Baran & Jhunjhunu, 8
each from Bhilwara &
Dungarpur, 7 from Sri
Ganganagar,5eachfrom
Rajsamand & Tonk, 4
each from Dausa &
Pratapgarh, 3 from Jhal-
awar, 2 from Sawai Mad-
hopur,1eachfromBundi
& Chittorgarh
The cumulative dis-
trict wise tally of the co-
rona positives on Mon-
day is as follows – Ajmer
1414, Alwar 2451, Ban-
swara 122, Baran 102,
Barmer 1111, Bharatpur
2302, Bhilwara 439, Bi-
kaner 1609, Bundi 50,
Chittorgarh 226, Churu
563, Dausa 277, Dholpur
1093, Dungarpur 556,
Ganganagar 137, Hanu-
mangarh 183, Jaipur
4710, Jaisalmer 159, Ja-
lore 1029, Jhalawar 436,
Jhunjhunu523,Jodhpur
5556, Karauli 263, Kota
1183, Nagaur 1230, Pali
2295, Pratapgarh 166, Ra-
jsamand497,SawaiMad-
hopur 167, Sikar 845,
Sirohi 791, Tonk 252 and
Udaipur 1077 along with
182 from other states &
countries.
The virus infection in
Jaipur is now clearly
spread around the city
with patients emerging
from all part of the dis-
trictandcity.Expertssay
situationinJaipurisun-
der control considering
the inter district travel-
lers that come to the city.
MP, IAS OFFICIAL TEST POSITIVE
14 trucks of illegal
sand seized in city
Ministerial staff of
Pilot team turn APO
Over 233 kgs of
opium seized in Raj
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Harmara po-
lice in Jaipur has seized
14 trucks of illegal sand
on Friday. SHO Ramesh
Saini had ordered ac-
tion against the sand
mafia. The police action
created chaos among
sand mafia and they
tried to use their con-
nections to contain the
police action.
Meanwhile, the
trucks have been kept at
the police station and
mining department has
been informed about
them. According to
sources, while illegal
mining had been going
on for quite some time
in Loha Mandi area, the
police have taken action
after a longtime. SHO
Saini said that the ac-
tion was taken after rise
in criminal activities.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: As a result of
the suspension of three
ministers from the state
cabinet, some officers
posted in as the ministe-
rial staff to the sus-
pended ministers were
turned APO on Friday.
Akash Tomar, special
assistant to Sachin Pi-
lot has been turned
APO along with
Praveen Kumar (sec-
ond), private secretary
to Vishwendra Singh.
Earlier on July 22, pri-
vate secretary of Vish-
wendra Singh, Raghv-
endra Shekhawat and
SO Mahavir Prasad
Soni were also turned
APO. On the same day
SO Dinesh Sharma, SO
Rajendra Shekhawat
and SO Surendra Shar-
ma were turned APO.
New Delhi: Narcotics
Control Bureau (NCB)
seized nearly 234 kgs of
opium from state, the
“largest” seizure this
year yet, and arrested
two people on charges
of drug trafficking. The
seizure was made on
July 19 from Shadi vil-
lage in Chittorgarh.
“A team from the
Jodhpur zonal unit
raided the residential
premises of a person, R
Lal, and seized 233.97
kgs of opium. Another
person M K Dhakad of
Bhilwara district has
also been arrested,”
NCB Deputy Director
(Operations) K P S Mal-
hotra said in Delhi. The
agency also seized a
SUV as part of the op-
eration, he said. —PTI
LAST RITES
The mother of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s sah sar karyawahak Dr Krishna Gopal
passed away on Friday morning. Krishna Gopal along with the members of the Sangh
Parivar were present during the last rites at Garhmukteshwar Ghat in Noida.
Photo of Harish shared by Virendra Sehwag.
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re women more
sexually liberat-
ed than ever be-
fore?Sosuggests
the burgeoning
sexual marketplace. From
vibrators and erotica to
bondage and beyond, the
marketplace has trans-
formedtransgressivesexual
practices into everyday
householdaffairs.Butisthis
sexualfreedomtrulyliberat-
ing, or does it transform
women from sexual objects
of maledesiretosexualsub-
jects in their own right?
These were the ques-
tions we sought to explore
in our study investigating
young women’s sexual and
intimate lives through a
series of in-depth inter-
views. In the course of
these interviews, which
took place in a southern
state in the United States,
we were struck by how the
women’s sexual and inti-
mate relationships reflect
current trends in pornog-
raphy, particularly in rela-
tion to themes of domi-
nance and submission.
THE “PORNIFICATION”
OF CULTURE
Recent decades have wit-
nessed the emergence of
the female-oriented erotic
industry, including bou-
tiques and designer sex
toys, a rise in sex practices
once generally considered
taboo, and sex manuals,
blogs, and podcasts.
By 2024 the global sexual
wellness market (including
sex toys and related prod-
ucts, lingerie, etc.) is pro-
jected to grow to 39 billion
dollars. The online pornog-
raphy industry alone is
currently worth an esti-
mated 15 billion dollars.
Together, these trends
reflect a “pornification” of
culture, by which porn
tropes and narratives be-
come embedded in popular
texts, highlighting and
normalizing particular
kinds of sexuality.
At the forefront of this
trend was the 1972 porno-
graphic film Deep Throat
that earned both main-
stream attention and back-
lash. Banned in 23 states,
the film still managed to
break box-office records
and launched the “porno-
chic” trend. During the
same period, works writ-
ten by and for women –
Anne Desclos’ Story of O
(published in English in
1965), Nancy Friday’s My
Secret Garden (1973), and
Erica Jong’s Fear of Flying
(1973) – helped define mod-
ern conceptions of female
sexuality premised on par-
adoxical notions of domi-
nance and submission.
Contemporary examples
of pornification can be
traced to the premiere of
HBO’s series Sex and the
City (1998-2004) which nor-
malized casual sex and
popularized sex toys such
as vibrators for an entire
generation of women. This
marked one of the first in-
stances of sex being re-
imagined on-screen as lib-
erating – something wom-
en do to please themselves
rather than their male
counterparts.
Subsequent marketiza-
tion, from erotic-dancing
classes to online dating
platforms, has since recast
sexuality in ways that os-
tensibly celebrate women’s
autonomy, femininity, and
sexual power. In 2011, the
first of the Fifty Shades of
Grey erotic trilogy, which
popularized BDSM prac-
tices (an abbreviation for
bondage and discipline,
dominance and submis-
sion, and sadism and maso-
chism), became the best-
selling book of the decade.
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Supreme Court is the last
hope to save constitutional
democracy. India is watching
whether constitutional bench
judgements and supreme court
settled laws on floor tests will
be honoured or not?
owadays, sometimes there is
a certain disdain with which
people look at women who
are not employed out of their
houses. Even when we have
young children, this attitude
persists. What should one do?
Sadhguru: Generally, peo-
ple work for financial needs. If
you are working out of a pas-
sion for what you are doing,
that is different, but most peo-
ple work for financial gain. So,
if there is a financial require-
ment in a family, women going
to work or pitching in by work-
ing from home is perfectly fine.
The question is not about
whether you should work or
not. The question is whether
there is such a need or not.
If the need has become so-
cial rather than financial, I
don’t see a need that every
woman must work. The idea
of creating so much technol-
ogy in the world is because
someday, we want to create
a world where neither man
nor woman needs to work.
We can live on vacation. But
many people work because
they are in a mode of com-
pulsive action. They don’t
know what else to do with
themselves. That is an un-
fortunate way to be.
Coming to women, in par-
ticular, this idea that every
woman should work has gained
great momentum in the last 40
to 50 years. It has come because
of a certain element of exploi-
tation that has happened to
women because of their finan-
cial dependence on the man. As
a reaction to that, women
thought the only way is to go to
work. But I think it is only in
some families that such exploi-
tation happens. It is not true
with many families.
The idea that you are a
real woman only if you earn
money, has been borrowed
from the man’s mind. In the
name of women’s liberation,
women have taken on men’s
values. This is true slavery.
If she wants to become free,
a woman should not take on
man’s values. She should see
how to enhance the feminine
into a flower-like, fragrant
existence on the planet. And
this is something only she
can do.
In terms of my personal ex-
perience, my mother never
went to work outside. And my
fatherwouldhaveneverthought
that she should work, but was
she a useless person? Absolute-
ly not. Without her, what would
we be? Her dedication, the way
she gave herself to her children
and husband, is what has made
us who we are. A deep sense of
concern, care, and looking at
life beyond your own personal
wellbeing was something that
was instilled in us simply by
looking at her. There was no
way you could miss it because
her life was never about herself.
With great joy, day or night, she
served her family. This was not
slavery, this was done out of ab-
solute love. If you told her that
she was being exploited, she
would have been immensely of-
fended because, for her, it was
such an experience of love to
expend herself in doing what
she was doing.
The world becomes beauti-
ful not because you earn
money. Whether it is an indi-
vidual’s life or a family, com-
munity, or the world, it be-
comes beautiful because
there are a few people there
existing out of their love,
truly wanting to reach out
and do something beyond
their personal wellbeing.
That is what makes the world
beautiful. A family is the
smallest unit of community
in the world, and if this does
not happen in a family, it will
not happen anywhere in the
world. If a child is not ex-
posed to this sense of love
and dedication right from
childhood, it will not happen.
This does not mean a woman
cannot do this if she goes to
work. If there is a need to work,
she has to do something about
it. Once again, to take my
mother as an example, she did
not go to work, but she made
sure that whatever could be
done at home was done so that
it need not be bought in the
shop. Throughout my child-
hood, until I moved out of my
family situation, I never slept
on a pillow without a little bit
of embroidery. She always
made sure there would be at
least some embroidery – maybe
a little parrot or a little flower.
Without this, my life wouldn’t
be the same. She could have
bought it in the shop. My father
could afford it, but she made
sure that she did that little
thing. That was her way of
pitching in. Whether you make
money or you save money, it
still contributes to the family.
So, how a particular wom-
an function is an individual
aspect according to the re-
quirement of that family.
But no one needs to develop
a philosophy that all women
should work or all women
should not work.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
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SADHGURU, ISHA FOUNDATION
Ranked amongst the fifty most influential
people in India, Sadhguru is a yogi, mystic,
visionary and a New York Times bestselling
author Sadhguru has been conferred the Padma
Vibhushan by the Government of India in 2017,
the highest annual civilian award, accorded for
exceptional and distinguished service
SHOULD WOMEN
PURSUE CAREERS?
Coming to
women, in
particular,this
idea that every
woman should
work has gained
great momentum
inthe last 40 to
50 years. It has
come because of a
certain element
ofexploitation
that has
happened to
women because
of their financial
dependence on
the man
The idea that you are
a realwoman only if
you earn money, has
been borrowed from
the man’smind. In the
name of women’s
liberation, women
have taken on
men’svalues
IN-DEPTH
GEHLOT DISPLAYS
HIS STRENGTH
t’s been a fortnight but the constitutional
crisis in Rajasthan is far from resolution.
What began as Chief Minister Ashok Ge-
hlot versus Deputy Chief Minister
Sachin Pilot has now turned into a show-
down between Gehlot and Governor Kalraj Mishra.
After the Rajasthan High Court ordered for
maintaining status quo in the disqualification case
and also granted Sachin Pilot’s request to make the
Centre a party to the case as the constitutional va-
lidity of the Tenth Schedule was under challenge,
the scene shifted to Raj Bhavan where more than
100 legislators loyal to the chief minister raised
pro-Gehlot and anti-Kalraj Mishra slogans in a
show of strength. By parading his MLAs Gehlot
proved that he still has a majority in the 200-mem-
ber House. The scene was reminiscent of 1993 when
BJP leader Bhairon Singh Shekhawat had reached
Raj Bhavan with his MLAs and the governor was
forced to invite him for forming a government.
The current crisis may not have the same Shek-
hawat-like happy ending for Gehlot. Or so it seems.
Accusing the governor of being “under pressure
from the top”, Gehlot said that he had requested for
the assembly session to be convened from Monday
but to no avail. The government had sent a file re-
garding the session to Raj Bhawan after which the
chief minister even met the governor. But Raj Bha-
wan did not return the file. Nor was there any in-
dication if Kalraj Mishra will convene the session.
With this round going to Sachin Pilot, the Con-
gress is once again preparing to move the Supreme
Court for justice.
I
UK’s LESSON IN
‘FALSE’ HISTORY
nterested in British citizenship? Read
its history first. Not any history but the
one sanitized by the government to hide
its colonial past.
A “Life in UK” test covering, among
other things, British history, culture, sport, and
music taken for foreign nationals seeking immi-
gration has led to an outcry from 180 academics
and historians. The test is mandatory for those ap-
plying for “indefinite leave to remain” or citizen-
ship. The outrage is particularly over questions
about British history which some historians, in-
cluding best-selling author William Dalrymple,
want the government to revisit as it glosses over
Britain’s colonial past. They have called the citi-
zenship test “fundamentally misleading” on slav-
ery and the colonial Empire.
In an open letter “written in protest”, the “his-
torians of Britain and the British Empire” pointed
to the “on-going misrepresentation of slavery and
Empire” in the citizenship test. The official hand-
book published by the Home Office is “demonstra-
bly false”, the letter said. The letter also found
“misleading” the view that Empire “ended peace-
fully” because the British so decided.
The historians joined the issue with the claim
that “while slavery was illegal within Britain it-
self, by the 18th century it was a fully established
overseas industry”. The historians wrote, “In fact,
whether slavery was legal or illegal within Britain
was a matter of debate in the 18th century, and
many people were held as slaves.”
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FINANCE MIN HOLDS REVIEW MEET
FOR STRESSED HOUSING PROJECTS
New Delhi: Union
Minister for Finance and
Corporate Affairs Nirmala
Sitharaman on Thursday
held a meeting to review
the performance of the
special window for af-
fordable and mid-income
housing (SWAMIH). The
meeting was conducted
with the secretaries of
the ministries of Finance
and senior management
team of the State Bank of
India, SBI capital markets
limited and SBICAPS
ventures limited (SVL).
The fund has so far
approved 81 projects with
an investment of Rs 8767
crore, said the release.
The SWAMIH Investment
Fund has progressed
from a policy announce-
ment to an operational
initiative on the ground.
BABRI DEMOLITION: LK ADVANI
DEPOSES BEFORE CBI COURT
New Delhi: BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani
recorded his statement in the Babri mosque
demolition case. The veteran leader recorded the
case before the special CBI court in Lucknow
throughVC. On Thursday, the court recorded the
statement of another BJP veteran Murli Manohar
Joshi in the case. Joshi had told the special CBI
court that he was innocent and implicated in the
case by the then Congress government at the
Centre. The 86-year-old leader had also called the
prosecution witnesses in the case as “liars”.
CHAR DHAM YATRA OPENS FOR
PILGRIMS FROM OTHER STATES
Dehradun: Days after opening the Char Dham
Yatra for the local residents of Uttarakhand, the
Char Dham Devsthanam Board on Friday allowed
people from rest of the country to visit the
holy places. The pilgrims will, however, have to
produce the negative report of the COVID-19 test
done at least 72 hours ago, Ravinath Raman, the
CEO of the Devsthanam Board said. According to
the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) issued
by the board, pilgrims have to register them-
selves with the Devsthanam Board on its website.
‘ORGANISE EVENTS ON ONE YEAR
OF ARTICLE 370 ABROGATION’
New Delhi: BJP has
written to presidents and
in-charges of its state
units to organise events
on completion of one year
of abrogation of Article
370 and the Triple Talaq
Bill becoming an Act. In
August last year, the Cen-
tre revoked Article 370,
which gave special status
to the erstwhile state
of Jammu and Kashmir
and bifurcated the region
into two UTs- J&K, and
Ladakh. On the first anni-
versary of the abrogation
of Article 370, from July
28 to August 3, BJP state
units have been asked to
hold a rally and connect
to people in their regional
language. A press confer-
ence in capital of all states
is also planned on August
3 in this regard.
New Delhi: Congress
President Sonia Gandhi
and her son Rahul Gan-
dhi have written con-
gratulatory letters to
the Telangana unit of
the party for organising
a year-long celebration
on the birth centenary
of former Prime Minis-
ter PV Narasimha Rao.
“The birth centenary
of Narasimha Rao is an
occasion for us to recall
and pay tribute to the
scholarly and erudite
personality,” Sonia
Gandhi’s message said.
“After a long career in
state and national poli-
tics, he became Prime
Minister of India at a
time of grave economic
crisis. Through his bold
leadership, our country
was able to overcome
many challenges suc-
cessfully. The Union
Budget of July 24, 1991,
paved the way for the
economic transforma-
tion of our country,” it
added.
“I congratulate the
Telangana Pradesh
Congress Committee
for having organised
these year-long celebra-
tions. PV Narasimha
Rao was a very respect-
ed national and interna-
tional figure. The Con-
gress party takes pride
in his many accom-
plishments and contri-
butions,” she added.
Rahul too congratu-
lated the Telangana
unit for organising the
year-long celebrations
to commemorate Rao’s
many achievements.
Sonia, Rahul remember
Ex-PM PV Narsimharao
TPCC President N Uttam Kumar Reddy pays floral tribute to
former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao during his birth
centenary celebration in Hyderabad on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
auded the Mahindra
Group for setting up an
autonomous university
in Hyderabad.
In a letter, which was
shared by Mahindra
Group Chairman
Anand Mahindra on his
Twitter handle, PM
Modi termed the setting
up of Mahindra Univer-
sity (MU) an admirable
initiative.
“Education and
knowledge are the cor-
nerstone of growth and
progress of any nation
or society. A university
does not merely impart
education but lays the
foundation of character
building and nation
building among the fu-
ture citizens of the
country,” Modi said in
the letter.
It expands the think-
ing horizons of the stu-
dents and enables them
to make a meaningful
contribution to the soci-
ety and the nation, he
added. “Today, technol-
ogy and innovation
have become the driv-
ing force in every field
of activity,” Modi said.
The leveraging of
technology to take edu-
cation to people will
lead to true empower-
ment of people, particu-
larly the underprivi-
leged sections, PM not-
ed. “This noble gesture
of Mahindra Group will
surely go a long way in
providing quality &
value based education
to students & also equip
them for the larger bat-
tles in life,” Modi said.
‘Mahindravarsity,anadmirableinitiative’
Prayagraj: The Alla-
habad High Court has
dismissed a petition
seeking a stay on the
Bhoomi Pujan ceremo-
ny for the proposed
Ram temple, scheduled
to be held on August 5
in Ayodhya.
The bench, compris-
ing Chief Justice Go-
vind Mathur and Jus-
tice Saumitra Dayal
Singh, said that the
petition is based on as-
sumptions and there is
no ground for appre-
hending that the
norms of social and
physical distancing
would be violated dur-
ing the event.
The petitioner, Saket
Gokhale, had claimed
that more than 300 peo-
ple were being invited
for the event.
Court said that it ex-
pected the government
to follow all COVID-19
protocols & didn’t find
any reason to interfere
in the matter. —ANI
Allahabad HC dismisses petition
seeking stay on ‘Bhoomi Pujan’
New Delhi: SC adjourned to August 4
hearing on a 2009 contempt petition
against senior
lawyer Prashant
Bhushan for
allegedly accus-
ing past CJIs of
involvement in
corruption. A
three-judge bench headed by Justice
Arun Mishra adjourned the hearing in
2009 contempt petition matter after all
parties sought adjournment. Senior
lawyer Dr Rajeev Dhavan, appearing
for Bhushan, said that the last hearing
in the matter was held in 2013. —ANI
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on
Friday adjourned to October 9 hearing
on a petition
seeking trans-
fer of the case
against Tablighi
Jamaat chief
Maulana Saad in
connection with
the Nizamuddin congregation to the
National Investigation Agency (NIA).
A division bench of Justice Siddharth
Mridul and Justice Talwant Singh
adjourned the matter to October 9
in view of a similar matter pending
before the Supreme Court. —ANI
SC ADJOURNS TO AUG
4 HEARING ON PLEA
AGAINST BHUSHAN
HEARING ON SHIFTING
OFJAMAAT CHIEF CASE
TO NIA ADJOURNED
New Delhi: The SC ex-
tended by six months
the time given to the
three-membercommis-
sion to complete its in-
quiry into the Decem-
ber 2019 Hyderabad
encounter case.
A bench headed by
CJ SA Bobde heard the
submissions of the
lawyer appearing for
the panel and granted
it six-month extension,
as was sought. The
commission was sup-
posed to submit its re-
port by August 2020.
The commission
headed by former SC
judge, Justice VS Sir-
purkar, was set up by
apex court to investi-
gate the police encoun-
ter of four men accused
in the gruesome gang
rape and murder of a
veterinary doctor.
The commission had
sought more time to
complete probe, citing
COVID-19 pandemic
‘hindered’ the sittings
of thecommission. —ANI
Probe panel gets six more months
IN THE COURTYARD
New Delhi: Moves to
dilute a new bankrupt-
cy law caused disagree-
ments between PM
Modi’s government and
the central bank, ac-
cording to former Re-
serve Bank of India
Governor Urjit Patel.
The rift centered
around a February 2018
circular issued by the
RBI, which forced
banks to immediately
classify borrowers as
defaulters when they
delayed repayments,
barred defaulting com-
pany founders from try-
ing to buy back their
firms during insolven-
cy auctions, & push
them into bankruptcy
if a resolution timeline
wasn’t met. In a book
released Friday, Patel —
who headed RBI be-
tween Sept 2016 and his
unexpected resignation
in December 2018, said
the government seemed
to lose enthusiasm for
legislation in the mid-
dle of the year he left
the central bank.
“Instead of buttress-
ing & future-proofing
the gains thus far, an
atmosphere to go easy
on the pedal ensued,”
Patel wrote. “Until
then, for most part, the
finance minister and I
were on the same page,
with frequent conversa-
tions on enhancing the
landmark legislation’s
operational efficiency.”
‘Rift with Centre due
to Insolvency law’
Kanpur: Five people, in-
cluding a woman, have
been arrested in connec-
tion with the alleged kid-
napping case of Sanjeet
Yadav. However, the vic-
tim has allegedly been
killed by kidnappers, the
Kanpur Police informed
on Friday.
This comes after a po-
lice team allegedly failed
to stop the kidnappers
from escaping with the
ransom. Sanjeet’s rela-
tives are claiming that
they have given the ran-
som amount of Rs 30
lakh to the kidnappers.
However, the police
claimed that the accused
did not receive the mon-
ey and Sanjeet’s body
has not been recovered
yet. Yadav worked as a
technician at a private
lab in Kanpur and was
kidnapped on June 22.
Revealing details
about the case at a press
conference, Mohit Agar-
wal, IG Kanpur Range
said that two out of the
five accused- Gyanendra
Yadav, Kuldeep, Nilu,
Ramji and Preeti- were
friends and former col-
leagues of Sanjeet.
“On June 22, a man
named Sanjeet Yadav
was kidnapped. The po-
lice teams were search-
ing for him since then.
On Thursday, five ac-
cused have been arrest-
ed. After the kidnapping,
Sanjeet was kept in a
house rented by the ac-
cused, adding that the
man was killed after he
made a failed bid to es-
cape. On June 23, Sanjeet
Yadav’s family filed his
missing complaint with
police followed by which
a case was registered on
June 26. —ANI
5 held for killing abducted
Kanpur lab technician
HYDERABAD
ENCOUNTER
Police officials at the spot to recover the body of lab technician
Sanjeet Yadav from Pandu River in Kanpur. — PHOTO BY PTI
Urjit Patel
Education and knowledge are the
cornerstone of growth and progress
of any nation or society. A univer-
sity does not merely impart education but
lays the foundation of character building
and nation building among the future citi-
zens of the country. —Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
New Delhi: India and
China on Friday re-
viewed the situation in
the India-China border
areas at the 17th meet-
ing of the Working
Mechanism for Consul-
tation and Coordina-
tion (WMCC) and
agreed that early and
complete disengage-
ment of the troops
along the Line of Actu-
al Control (LAC), de-es-
calation from India-
China border areas and
full restoration of peace
and tranquillity was es-
sential for smooth over-
all development of bi-
lateral relations.
They also agreed that
another meeting of sen-
ior commanders may
be held soon so as to
work out further steps
to ensure expeditiously
complete disengage-
ment and de-escalation.
The Indian delegation
was led by Joint Secre-
tary (East Asia) in Ex-
ternal Affairs Ministry
and Director General
of Boundary and Oce-
anic Dept of Chinese
Ministry of Foreign Af-
fairs led the Chinese
delegation.
A External Affairs
Ministry release said
that the two sides re-
viewed the situation in
the India-China border
areas and the ongoing
disengagement process
along the Line of Actu-
al Control (LAC )in the
Western Sector.
“They agreed that
early and complete dis-
engagement of the
troops along the Line of
Actual Control (LAC)
and de-escalation from
India-China border ar-
eas in accordance with
bilateral agreement
and protocols and full
restoration of peace
and tranquillity was es-
sential for smooth over-
all development of bi-
lateral relations,” the
release said.
The two sides noted
that this was in accord-
ance with the agree-
ment reached between
the two Special Repre-
sentatives (SRs) during
their telephonic con-
versation on July 5,
2020. —ANI
Border row: India China focus
on ‘full’ disengagement at LAC
Another meeting of senior commanders may be held soon to chalk out further steps
Army trucks moving towards Ladakh. —FILE PHOTO
PLA’s MOVE
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They came...
surrounds the Raj Bha-
wan, then it will not be
the government’s re-
sponsibility.
Gehlot, along with
the MLAs, went to the
Raj Bhawan in the af-
ternoon, complaining
that the governor was
sitting on letter that
the Cabinet had sent
seeking an assembly
session on Monday.
The chief minister
held discussions with
the governor sepa-
rately while the
MLAs began a dharna
in the lawn and as-
serted that it will be
called off only when
the date for beginning
the session is an-
nounced.
After nearly five
hours, the dharna
ended and the MLAs
returned to the hotel.
Outside the Raj Bha-
wan, AICC spokesper-
son Randeep Surjew-
ala said the governor
has given a note to
CM seeking clarifica-
tions and these points
will be taken care of
at a Cabinet meeting
Gehlot is calling at
Friday 9.30 pm.
Meanwhile, late in
the night a Cabinet
meeting was held at
CMR where siscussion
was held on the 6 points
demanded by the Gov-
ernor. Letter will be
sent to the Governor
tonight itself.
In another develop-
ment, a caveat was
filed in the Supreme
Court on behalf of
Sachin Pilot Camp,
which said that if the
Speaker appeals, the
Pilot camp should
also be heard.
Meanwhile in an-
other development,
Congress leader Ra-
hul Gandhi on Friday
accused the BJP of a
conspiracy to bring
down party govern-
ment in Rajasthan
and said the state
Governor should call
an assembly session
so that the truth
comes out before peo-
ple.
Gandhi’s remarks
have come amid a fac-
tional fight in the
state Congress be-
tween camps led by
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot and former
Deputy Chief Minis-
ter Sachin Pilot.
“There is a rule of
Constitution and law in
the country. The govern-
ments are formed and
run on the basis of ma-
jority given by the mass-
es. BJP’s conspiracy of
toppling the Rajasthan
government is clear. It is
an insult to the eight
crore people of Rajas-
than. The Governor
shouldconveneasession
of the state assembly so
that the truth can come
out before people,” he
said. Rajasthan plunged
into a political crisis af-
ter differences between
Pilot and Gehlot came
out in the open.
Rajasthan Assem-
bly Speaker CP Joshi
has sent disqualifica-
tion notices to Pilot
and 18 MLAs. Pilot
and MLAs supporting
him have approached
the Rajasthan High
Court against the no-
tices.
After 1993...
The moment of reck-
oning came in the ear-
ly 90s when then CM
Shekhawat had gone
to US for his heart
treatment. MLA
Bhanwar Lal Sharma
approached Ashok
Gehlot with an offer
to topple Shekhawat
govt through horse
trading. An unflinch-
ing Gehlot tried to
make power hungry
Bhanwar Lal Sahrma
understand that to
topple the govt of an
ailing Shekhawat
govt would defy both
the healthy democrat-
ic traditions and prin-
ciples of ethical poli-
tics. Gehlot went out
of the way and met
then Governor Bali-
ram Bhagat and PM
Narsimha Rao to con-
vey that the Congress
will not be a party to
conspire using horse
trading as means.
Later an MLA con-
firmed Shekhawat
that he actually was
given Rs 5 lakh for
switching sides.
When Shekhawat re-
turned from the US and
Governor told him of
the role played by
Ashok Gehlot, Shekha-
wat got emotional. It is
hard to believe that
principles and ethics
could ever weigh so
heavy on the heaven
that power offers.
FROM PG 1
WILL K D TRIPATHI BE CAG?
In the corridors of power, new name of KD Tripa-
thi has cropped up for the post of CAG. Tripathi,
1980 batch IAS officer, is presently Secretary
to the President of India. Will he move from the
Rashtrapati Bhawan ? Though certain quarters
rule out this possibility, PMO may give surprise.
13 IPS OFFICERS RETIRING IN JULY 2020
As many as 13 IPS officers of various cadres and
batches are retiring in July 2020. They are: Sunil
Garg of UT; Sunil Kumar of Bihar; Anil Kumar of
Haryana; VH Rao Deshmukh and Vipul Shukla
of Jharkhand; NS Megharikh and TR Suresh of
Karnataka; Akhilesh Jha of Madhya Pradesh; M
Nageswar Rao of Odisha; K Narsimha Rao of
Rajasthan; C Sridhar of Tamil Nadu; Uttam Kumar
Majumdar of Tripura and Mrs Kamleshwari Chan-
dra of Uttar Pradesh.
ASHISH JOSHI TO GET ONE
MONTH’S EXTENSION?
CEO of the Lok Sabha TV, Ashish Joshi is expected
to get one month’s extension beginning August 1.
His term is coming to an end on July 31.
DR SHRIKAR KESHAV PARDESHI
LIKELY TO RETURN TO PARENT
CADRE ON AUG 10
Dr Shrikar Keshav Pardeshi, working as Joint
Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office, is
expected to return to parent cadre on August 10,
2020 after completion of five-year tenure at the
Centre. He is a 2001 batch IAS officer of Maha-
rashtra cadre.
RAJESH BHUSHAN OFFICIALLY
APPOINTED AS SECRETARY, HEALTH
Rajesh Bhushan, who is serving as OSD, Health
and Family Welfare, has officially been appointed
as Secretary in the same Department. He is a
1987 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.
AJAY TIRKEY APPOINTED AS
SECRETARY, LAND RESOURCES
Ajay Tirkey has been appointed as Secretary, De-
partment of Land Resources. He is a 1987 batch
IAS officer of MP cadre.
RAM MOHAN MISHRA APPOINTED
AS SECRETARY, WOMEN & CHILD
DEVELOPMENT
Ram Mohan Mishra has been appointed as
Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child De-
velopment. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of
Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
ANIL KUMAR JAIN IS ALSO
SECRETARY, MINES
Anil Kumar Jain, Secretary Coal, has been as-
signed an additional charge of Secretary, Mines.
He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.
ASHWANI LOHANI JOINS GMR
The capabilities of Ashwani Lohani who has
repeatedly proven himself in the public sector,
would now be utilised by the private sector. This
honest to the core officer, who is recognised
as one of the country’s finest always delivers
excellence.
VIVEK RAM CHAUDHARY IS
WESTERN AIR COMMAND CHIEF
Air Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhary has been ap-
pointed as the new Western Air Command Chief.
TERM OF DESH DEEPAK VERMA
AS SECRETARY-GENERAL, RAJYA
SABHA EXTENDED
The term of Desh Deepak Verma as Secre-
tary-General, Rajya Sabha has been extended for
a period of one year with effect from September
1, 2020. He is a retired IAS officer.
POWERGallery
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whispersinthecorridors.com
According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the cumulative death toll
in the country has reached 30,601 with the addition of 740 deaths in the last 24 hours
INDIA’S TALLY STANDS AT 12,87,945
New Delhi: India re-
ported the highest sin-
gle-day spike of 49,310
coronavirus cases on
Friday, according to
the Union Ministry of
Health and Family
Welfare.
The total COVID-19
positive cases stand at
12,87,945 including
4,40,135 active cases,
8,17,209 cured/dis-
charged/mig rated.
With 740 deaths in the
last 24 hours, the cumu-
lative toll reached
30,601.
Maharashtra has re-
ported 3,47,502 corona-
virus cases, the highest
among states and Union
Territories in the coun-
try. A total of 1,92,964
cases have been report-
ed from Tamil Nadu till
now, while Delhi has
recorded 1,27,364 coro-
navirus cases.
According to to
ICMR, 3,52,801 samples
were tested for corona-
virus on Thursday
and overall 1,54,28,170
samples have been test-
ed so far. —ANI
A man stands near barricades inside the sealed residential area during the lockdown in all containment zones in Kolkata.
New Delhi: Union
Health Minister Dr
Harsha Vardhan on
Friday said India un-
dertook the COVID-19
challenge with the
highest level of politi-
cal commitment with
PM Narendra Modi
personally monitoring
the situation and en-
suring a pre-emptive,
pro-active and graded
response.
Speaking at the
Shanghai Cooperation
Organisation (SCO)
Health Ministers’
meeting, Dr Har-
shaVardhanexpressed
his deepest condolenc-
es at the loss of lives
across the world due
to COVID 19. He also
expressed his “sincere
gratitude” for the ef-
forts of those who are
in the frontline.
“The world is faced
with an unprecedent-
ed disaster, which
has so far affected of
the entire planet
leading to close to 15
million cases and 0.6
million deaths glob-
ally,” said the
Minister. —ANI
New Delhi: A 14-year-
old girl admitted to a
10,000-bed Covid Care
Centre in Chhatarpur,
was raped last week
inside the facility by a
19-year-old man who
was housed there, the
police said on Thurs-
day. The man and his
friend, who stood
guard and allegedly
recorded the crime at
the Sardar Patel Covid
Care Centre, have
been arrested in the
first such known case
in the national capital,
officials said. Both of
them are coronavirus
disease patients. “The
girl was immediately
shifted to a govern-
ment hospital, where
she continues to re-
ceive treatment for
Covid-19. The sus-
pects, too, are yet to
recover and have been
moved to another hos-
pital while they re-
main in judicial cus-
tody,” said Parvinder
Singh, additional dep-
uty commissioner of
police (south).
A case has been regis-
tered under the POC-
SO Act.
COVID-19
UPDATE
The Ministry of
Home Affairs issued
an advisory for the In-
dependence Day cele-
brations on August 15
amid Corona.
It has asked all the
government offices,
states, Governors etc to
avoid congregation of
public and urged the
use of technology for
conducting the celebra-
tion proceedings.
In view of the spread
of Covid-19 pandemic,
while organizing vari-
ous programmes or ac-
tivities for the Inde-
pendence Day celebra-
tions, it is imperative
to follow certain pre-
ventive measures such
as maintaining social
distancing, wearing of
masks, proper saniti-
zation, avoiding large
congregations, pro-
tecting vulnerable per-
sons and follow all
guidelines related to
Covid-19 issued by the
MHA.
Therefore, all pro-
grammes should be or-
ganised in a way that a
large congregation of
people is avoided and
technologyisusedinthe
bestpossiblemannerfor
celebration befitting the
occasion. —ANI
I- Day gala: No public
gathering, use tech,
says MHA advisory
‘IndiacommittedtofaceCovidchallenge’Delhi: 14-yr-old raped in Corona facility
Death toll in Assam floods reaches 93
Dibrugarh: Four more
people lost their lives in
flood-related incidents
in Assam on Thursday,
taking death toll to 93,
State Disaster Manage-
ment Authority said.
So far, 28,32,410 people
have been affected due
to floods in 26 districts
of the state. People in
Dadhiya village are fac-
ing hardship as several
houses are submerged
in water due to flood in
the area. They are using
boats to ferry them-
selves to safer places.
Pallav Gopal Jha,
District Commissioner
said, “This year, our dis-
trict has faced four
waves of flood. Seven
deaths have been re-
ported and around 300
cattle have died in flood-
related incidents.”
Meanwhile, Parimal
Suklabaidya, Assam’s
Minister of Environ-
ment and Forest, said
that this year’s casualty
of wildlife is less. —ANI
An elderly woman rows a makeshift raft to cross a flood-affected area of Mayong village in Assam.
Several villages inundated in
Bihar deluge; 2000 rescued
Bettiah: The turbu-
lent Gandak river
breached the em-
bankment at a vil-
lage in Sangrampur
block of East Cham-
paran district of Bi-
har on Thursday
night, leaving sever-
al villages inundat-
ed. Officials said
that, following heavy
pressure and high
water current in the
river, about 25 feet
stretch of main em-
bankment was
breached, which falls
under Areraj sub-di-
vision. “There is no
loss of life reported
from any part though
six to seven villages
have been affected
after the breach of
the embankment.
Teams of the NDRF
rescued over 2,000
people from the af-
fected villages in an
operation which be-
gan at midnight,”
said Dhirendra Ku-
mar Mishra, sub-di-
visional magistrate
(SDM), Areraj.
Rahul Gandhi
@RahulGandhi
I kept warning them
on Covid19 and
the economy. They
rubbished it. Disaster
followed. I keep warn-
ing them on China.
They’re rubbishing it.
HUMAN TRIAL
PM Modi to
inaugurate
labs of ICMR
New Delhi: Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi will inaugurate
three new high-
throughput labs of the
Indian Council of
Medical Research
(ICMR) in Noida, Kol-
kata, and Mumbai
through video confer-
ence on July 27.
Uttar Pradesh Chief
Ministers Yogi Adity-
anath, West Bengal
Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee and Maha-
rashtra Chief Minister
Uddhav Thackeray are
expected to take part in
the virtual event. —ANI
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BHOOKHE PETT
BHAJAN NA HOYE!
Heard of the saying “Bhookhe
pett bhajan na hoye” (One can’t
sing praise on an empty stomach)?
Well, Friday afternoon was the
perfect example of how the Raj
Bhawan effectively managed the
demonstration held by the Congress
MLAs in the lawns. But how did the
Raj Bhawan manage to subdue the
‘anger’ in the legislators? The simple
answer to this is by distributing cold
water and Parle-G biscuits to MLAs!
Sounds weird? Well, truth be told,
when the legislators were appealing to
the Governor to accept their request
on holding the assembly session,
the heat and humidity, after the
rains, made them perspire too much.
Keeping this in mind the water and
biscuits were made available which
not only diverted the MLAs’ attention
from the matter for a little bit but also
ensured that when Governor appealed
to them to stop their sloganeering,
they adhered to it. Once having
consumed the biscuits, the MLAs
sat and staged a sit-in. Few days
back CM Ashok Gehlot was also seen
having chai and the samebrand of
biscuits with MLAs in the hotel while
remebering his Youth Congress days.
—Kashiram Choudhary
GRASSROOTS WORKERS,
PEOPLE PUZZLED
The general public in the desert
state have been wondering if
the MLAs and minister would start
functioning like they used to in
normal days. In many photos and
videos doing the rounds on social
media, some of the legislators were
seen doing yoga in the hotel lawn,
crowding around a chef cooking
food, watching movies, playing
carrom and celebrating the birthday
of an MLA. In a video, mostly women
legislators including minister Mamta
Bhupesh and Olympian Krishna
Poonia are seen among others
crowding around a chef. Congress
MLAs learning Italian dishes went
viral it was not well accepted by
the general public. Yet another
picture of MLA Vinod Lilawali went
viral recently wherein the leader
was shown enjoying delicacies.
Interestingly, at the same time BJP
leader Ramlal Sharma’s pic, enjoying
desi dishes at Veer Hanuman near
Samode went viral which was
well appreciated by the locals.
Interestingly, in both Congress and
BJP, the grassroots workers have
been questioning the ongoing ‘show’
of high profile hotels.
—Yogesh Sharma
Mining Minister
Pramod Jain Bhaya
has been facing flak in
the matter for the past
sometime as he had to put
a stay on his own order.
The issue pertains to strip-
ping the Mining Director
off financial powers which
was issued on June 3
and now the ‘mantriji’ had
to issue a new order on
July 23 asking that his
earlier order be ‘kept in
abeyance’. The ‘develop-
ment’ has left the minister
red-faced in political and
administrative circles. Due
to his tussle with the then
Mining Director Gaurav
Goyal, the minister had
stripped the Director off
the financial powers and
entrusted these powers
with him. But the then
Principal secretary- Mines,
Kunji Lal Meena had
termed the entire action to
the wrong and illegal and
forwarded the matter to
Law Department. When
the Law Department
opined that the minister’s
actions were wrong, the
matter reached CMO.
Although the CMO did not
give any direction but the
Gaurav Goyal and Kunji
Lal Meena were removed
from the department.
However, now the minister
had to fall back on the
‘right path’ and after fifty
days, he had to roll back
his controversial order. In
comparison with former
Secretaries, Subodh Agar-
wal is a senior officer of
ACS level and is a claimant
for the position of Chief
Secretary. Thus minister
Bhaya will have to work
in tandem with Agarwal.
Newly appointed Director
KB Pandya, although sits
at Jaipur and not Udaipur,
is also not going to work
on the minister’s behest
since he has a good con-
nect in the CMO. Thus,
the minister and the new
officers will have to follow
the rules and protocol.
—Rajendra Chhabra
RECORD
Off the
‘RED-FACED’ MINISTER BHAYA
PUTS HIS OWN ORDER ON HOLD
Cops come close
to solving murder
of history-sheeter
Shubham Jain
Ajmer: Police said to
have found some clues
on which basis it sus-
pected involvement of
Akash Soni and Varun
Choudhary in murder
of history-sheeter
Vikram Sharma on
Wednesday night.
The assailants indis-
criminately fired at
Vikram Sharma out-
side his home. He died
at the spot. Police had
seized 14 empty car-
tridges and two vehicles
from the spot.
The police sources
said that one of the cars
belonged to Akash Soni,
a resident of Foy Sagar,
which allegedly con-
nects him to this inci-
dent. The police also
suspected Varun
Choudhary’s link with
this murder on the ba-
sis of a photo on social
media.
In his photo, Varun
Choudhary and Akash
Soni are seen together
in a hotel. The police
though working on eve-
ry angle believed that
both of them may have
a hand in this murder.
31roadprojectscleared:
Diya thanks PM, Gadkari
for Rajsamand’s growth
First India Bureau
Rajsamand: On the rec-
ommendation of MP
Diya Kumari, 31 roads
have been approved in
the third phase of Prad-
han Mantri Gram Sadak
Yojana in all the eight as-
semblyconstituenciesof
Rajsamand Lok Sabha.
An amount of Rs.
215.59 crore has been
sanctioned for 343.7 km
of road construction.
While thanking Prime
MinisterNarendraModi
and Union Rural Pan-
chayati Raj Minister
Narendra Singh Tomar,
Diya Kumari said that it
wouldbemeaningless to
discussthedevelopment
and providing basic
amenities to the public
without laying a net-
work of roads in the
area. The central gov-
ernment is making eve-
ry effort to provide ba-
sic amenities to the pub-
lic. Efforts will also be
made to get financial
approval of the scheme
as soon as possible.
After the recommen-
dation of MP Diya Ku-
mari, 31 roads have
been approved includ-
ing Beawar Ajmer
Jawaja Beawar to Kot-
da Kabra Road, Jaita-
ran Pali Raipur Balada-
Beawar Road, Jaitaran
Pali Raipur Biratiya
Kalan to Jhali ki Chow-
ki, Jaitaran Pali Raipur
Bar Giri Babra Road,
Jaitaran Pali Jaitaran
Hanuman Bawri to
Jhanjanwas, Jaitaran
Pali Jaitaran Chandlia-
Deoria Road, Jaitaran
Pali Jaitaran Agewa-
Nimaz-Bodibawri Road
via Sangawas, Jaitaran
Pali Jaitaran Balunda
to Phalka Road and
Merta Nagaur Merta
Ren-Panchrolia via
Dattani-Kheduli-Soga-
was-Dangawas Road
among others.
All for the Ram temple: Soil
from 55 sacred spots collected
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: Soil from 55
temples, shrines, mon-
asteries and religious
places has been collect-
ed from across the state
to be sent to Ayodhya
for the foundation stone
ceremony to be held on
August 5.
VHP office-bearers
along with saints, sages
and religious chiefs cer-
emoniouslyworshipped
the collected soil and of-
fered it flowers as a to-
ken of reverence.
A seminar was also
held on the occasion in
which the speakers re-
membered the days of
struggle to get the Ram
temple constructed.
The August 5 event
will be attended by five
VHP office bearers.
Soil from almost two
dozen temples will
be sent to Ayodhya on
Saturday using postal
services.
Soil packets will be sent to
Ayodhya for the foundation
stone ceremony to be held on
August 5 in Ayodhya.
Pramod Jain Bhaya
Diya Kumari
Nirmal Tiwari
midst politi-
cal disputes
in Ra-
jasthan, the
road devel-
opment projects of the
state are also being af-
fected.
Even after giving a
week’s time by the then
Chief Secretary last
month, the road pro-
jects of NHAI are still
waiting for the approval
of the Forest Depart-
ment.
Even after a month,
no specific action has
been taken on these
pending cases.
On June 18, after the
border dispute with
China, the progress of
five projects, including
the emergency landing
project of strategic im-
portance involving
NHAI, was reviewed by
the Chief Secretary DB
Gupta. During this
time, the matter of stop-
ping the files of two pro-
jects by Forest Minister
Sukhram Bishnoi came
to light, along with a
case of pending impor-
tant projects due to
some officials of the
Forest Department.
Under the Bharat Mala
project, a proposal to
develop a touchdown
facility in Phalodi at
Jaisalmer National
Highway in the state
has been pending in
government offices for
the last two years.
FORESTDEPTMANTRA:MYWAYORNOHIGHWAYFORESTDEPTMANTRA:MYWAYORNOHIGHWAY
Even after giving a week’s time last month, several
road projects of NHAI are still in a limbo waiting
approval from the Forest DepartmentA
‘FILES STUCK FOR FOUR MONTHS’
NHAI General Manager Pradeep Mudgal
informed that three files of Delhi-Baroda
Expressway and Amritsar Jamnagar Ex-
pressway have been stuck at the end of Forest
Minister Sukhram Bishnoi for 4 months.
Bishnoi has repeatedly stuck these files in
the name of land compensation to the farm-
ers, whereas the files of these projects have
nothing to do with the land dispute.
In the matter, DB Gupta has instructed to
refer the matter to the Chief Minister. Mud-
gal added that the minister repeatedly raises
objections and sends the file back, mention-
ing various reasons like the incorrect under-
pass position and other issues.
On Thursday, PWD Department’s Addi-
tional Chief Secretary Veenu Gupta also
held a meeting in this regard and gave di-
rections to the officials so that the impor-
tant road development projects can be com-
pleted on time.
Three files of Delhi-Baroda
Expressway and Amritsar
Jamnagar Expressway have
been stuck at the end of Forest
Minister Sukhram Bishnoi for 4
months. Bishnoi has repeatedly stuck
these files in the name of land
compensation to the farmers, whereas
the files of these projects have nothing to
do with the land dispute
—Pradeep Mudgal, General Manager, NHAI
‘NO APPROVAL DUE TO THE GODAVAN PROJECT’
When a border dis-
pute came up with
China, the government
once again remembered
this project.
On June 18, Gupta, the
then head of the state
bureaucracy, reviewed
the project related to
NHAI, in which the NOC
of the Forest Depart-
ment was not available.
The file of the Jais-
almer Emergency Land-
ing project is also pend-
ing with the District
Forest Officer of Jodh-
pur.
The officer argues
that approval is not be-
ing given due to the Go-
davan project, but
NHAI’s CGM MK Jain is
claiming that the loca-
tion of the project has
been changed with the
permission of the De-
fense Ministry, follow-
ing the objection of the
Forest Department.
Despite this, the For-
est Department is not
providing NOC.
MAROONED IN AJMER!
People drive through a flooded road during heavy monsoon shower in Ajmer on Friday.
—PHOTO BY HIMANSHU SHARMA
9. If you can understand the
difference between what to hold
on to and what to let go - you will
be a happier person.
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First India Bureau
Jaipur: Members of
the Sachin Pilot camp
on Friday, rebutted CM
Ashok Gehlot’s accusa-
tions regarding the
MLAs being held hos-
tage by the BJP and
said that they were
camped in Delhi to hold
talks with the Congress
High Command and
narrate their woes.
M L A s — S u r e s h
Modi, Murari Lal Mee-
na, and Vedprakash
Solanki—all stated
that the accusations
being levied on them
by Gehlot were ‘out of
line.’ “Gehlotji has
been CM three times
but his accusations
have hurt us. Neither
have we left Congress
nor approached BJP,
we were saddened by
him sidelining us
and our neglect dur-
ing the one and a
half year of his gov-
ernment. The MLAs
came to Delhi to meet
the High Command
of the party and nar-
rate their woes,”
Meena said.
Suresh Modi added
that they had been
dissatisfied with Ge-
hlot’s style of func-
tioning as a result of
which work in their
constituencies were
“hampered” in the
tenure.
Solanki further reit-
erated that the MLAs
still support Pilot and
will continue to do so in
the future.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: There is a po-
litical conspiracy, said Un-
ion Minister Gajendra Sin-
gh Shekhawat on Friday af-
teraRajasthancourt’sorder
to investigate him and his
associates in alleged ‘Sanji-
vani Credit Cooperative So-
ciety’ scam.
“There is a political
conspiracy. It will become
clear in the coming days
that how, when and who is
behind it,” Shekhawat
said on the Rajasthan
court’s order to investi-
gate against him and his
associates in alleged ‘San-
jivani Credit Cooperative
Society’ scam. A Jaipur
court has directed Ra-
jasthan’s Special Opera-
tions Group (SOG) to in-
vestigate the role of Shek-
hawat in connection with
the alleged Rs 884 crore
scam.
The court was hearing a
petition, filed by Barmer
district residents Ladu Sin-
gh and Guman Singh,
claiming they invested Rs
54 lakh and Rs 14 lakh re-
spectively due to Gajendra
Singh Shekhawat which
were never returned
and they were
cheated.
Earlier, Ra-
jasthan po-
lice served a notice to
Shekhawat for the probe
in connection with FIR in
the matter related to an
alleged plot to topple the
Rajasthan state govern-
ment, registered by the
Special Operations Group
(SOG).
“This statement does
not suit those who
used to talk about de-
mocracy. Opposition
Leader in Rajasthan As-
sembly Gulab Singh has
said that we don’t believe
on Rajasthan Police and
CRPF should be deployed
for the security of Raj
Bhavan,” he said.
Gehlot reportedly made
the remark when he said
that Rajasthan Governor
Kalraj Mishra is not calling
the state Assembly session
due to “pressures from the
top”. Speaking on the po-
litical crisis in Rajasthan,
the Union Minister said:
“Sometimes the Chief
Minister talks about
sending the audio to the
US for investigation as he
does not believe CBI. This
is their internal matter.”
Taking to Twitter, the
Central Minister attacked
Gehlot and said Rajasthan
is watching his politics of
“deceit” and “fraud”.
“Gehlot ji, Rajasthan is
watching and understand-
ing your politics of deceit,
fraud and threats in greed
of power!! #RajasthanPo-
liticalCrisis,” Shekhawat
tweeted.
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: RHB Commis-
sioner Pawan Arora
said on Friday that in all
the old outstanding cas-
es from before May 28,
2020, the outstanding
lease amount can now
be deposited according
to new revised rates,
however, this benefit
will be given on one
lump sum payment of
the outstanding lease
amount till 31 December
2020. As per the order is-
sued on May 28, the
rates of lease amount
were revised by the
Board. According to the
revised rates, now the
lease amount will have
to be paid at the rate of
2.5 percent in residen-
tial and institutional al-
locations and 5 percent
in cases of commercial
allocations. The lease
amount will be calcu-
lated at the residential
reserve rate. He said
that along with this, the
cases of allottees who
have deposited the lease
amount as per the rates
fixed earlier, will not be
reopened.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A BJP MLA on
Friday filed a petition in
the Rajasthan HC for
quashing the merger of
six BSP MLAs with the
Congress, a move
months back which
helped the ruling party
to retain majority in the
assembly.
The petition by
Madan Dilawar also
challenges the inac-
tion of the Speaker in
not deciding on his
plea seeking the dis-
qualification of the
BSP MLAs from the
assembly.
The petition will be
heard by a single-judge
bench of the high court
on Monday.
Sandeep Yadav, Wa-
jib Ali, Deepchand
Kheria, Lakhan Mee-
na, Jogendra Awana
and Rajendra Gudha
won the 2018 assem-
bly elections on BSP
tickets. They applied
for merger as a group
with the Cong on Sep-
tember 16 last year. The
Speaker passed an order
two days later declaring
that the six MLAs will
be treated as an integral
part of the Congress.
The BJP MLA had
then filed a petition to
Speaker CP Joshi
against the merger be-
ing not treated as defec-
tion, which would have
led to the six MLAs’
disqualification from
the assembly.
Dilawar has now
contrasted the treat-
ment of his own peti-
tion with the action
taken by the Speaker
on a plea by Congress
chief whip Mahesh
Joshi, seeking the dis-
qualification of 19
dissident MLAs led by
Sachin Pilot. He said
while the Speaker is-
sued disqualification
notices to the 19 MLAs
thesamedayhereceived
the complaint from the
Congress, no action has
been taken in his case
even after four months.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Kathumar
MLA Babulal Bairwa,
one of the Congress
MLAs who are staying
at Fairmont Hotel, has
been admitted to Sawai
Man Singh Hospital in
Jaipur after he com-
plained of difficulty in
breathing. Congress
MLAs have been staying
at the hotel for nearly
two weeks after the state
plunged into a political
crisis as the differences
between Sachin Pilot
andCMGehlotcameout
in the open.
‘There is a political conspiracy, will become clear soon’
SANJIVANI COOPERATIVE SOCIETY SCAM Union Min attacks CM Gehlot saying Rajasthan is watching his politics of ‘deceit’ and ‘fraud’
In Delhi to
meet high
command:
Rebel MLAs
Governor assures Cong
delegation of Justice!
RHB gives relief to allottees
The lease amount will be calculated at residential reserve rate; benefit of revised
rates on lump-sum lease deposit till 31 Dec 2020 in the old outstanding cases
MLA Babulal
admitted to
hospital
Dilawar moves court over BSP
MLAs’ merger with Congress
A Jaipur court has directed Rajasthan’s SOG to investigate the role
of Shekhawat in connection with the alleged Rs 884 crore scam
‘AATISHI’ INNINGS
Dr Anita
New Delhi: With the
State’s corona tally
touching 20,000 in the
first 23 days of July
and Thursday’s 1,078
new cases being the
20th peak this month,
a concerned Congress
Rajya Sabha member
Ahmed Patel has
blamed the State Gov-
ernment for Gujarat
reporting the coun-
try’s highest mortali-
ty rate of 4.4%.
In a message on his
Twitter handle, Patel
mourned, “At 4.4%, Gu-
jarat’s Covid-19 mortal-
ity rate is very high.”
“Why?” he asked,
and pointed out that,
“First, it is because
Gujarat is not testing
enough & testing
late. As a result there
is a delay in identify-
ing positive patients.
Assam, Kerala, Tamil
Nadu, Delhi - which
have similar or less
population than Gu-
jarat are conducting
far more tests.”
Ahmed Patel, who
hails from Gujarat, as-
serted that, “The State
Government needs to
be open & transpar-
ent,” since things had
slipped out of control.
The Congress lead-
er said the situation
was more alarming
since the virus is
spreading across the
State. “The infection
has spread to rural
areas where ade-
quate medical facili-
ties are absent. Peo-
ple have to travel to
other districts for
help and are doing so
at later stages of the
infection.”
As on July 24, the
State had 53,631 posi-
tive cases with 2,283
deaths.
Patel says Guj Govt needs to be transparent on Covid surge
WORRYING SCENARIO!
In a Twitter message, he expressed
concern that the State’s “Covid-19
mortality rate of 4.4% is very high”
Ahmed Patel — FILE PHOTO
Madan Dilawar
From P1
The ‘panic situation’ at
Raj Bhawan further
worsened, when a Gan-
dhian CM Gehlot had
got so upset and agitated
with Governor’s failure
to accord his sanction to
convene the special ses-
sion of assembly, that
he had publicly warned
Raj Bhawan that if peo-
ple of Rajasthan will
come tomorrow to
Jaipur to gherao or
demonstrate outside
Raj Bhawan, then he
will not be responsible
(for a likely breach of
law and order).
According to highly
placed sources, only
this statement of Gehlot
was ‘sufficient’ to pre-
pare for a valid ground
for the centre to put the
state under President
rule. Thereafter, New
Delhi got immediately
‘active’ and the video
tape of Gehlot’s alleg-
edly ‘irresponsible’ (ac-
cording to relevant
quarters in New Delhi)
speech was called for, to
study and to decide the
further course of ac-
tion. Infact, the top BJP
leadership in New Delhi
and Jaipur was sur-
prised with such a state-
ment of a sitting CM
and specially Gehlot,
who enjoys the reputa-
tion and goodwill of a
very mature and sea-
soned chief minister
and also has never spo-
ken such a ‘language’.
However, subsequent-
ly, by guessing the seri-
ousness of the situa-
tion, Gehlot, apparently
under sensible advice
from congress high
command and may be
also from Avinash Pan-
de, himself came for-
ward and immediately
lifted the dharna of
Congress MLAs from
Raj Bhawan, which
could have otherwise
been an indefinite sce-
nario, where a few thou-
sand people and special-
ly the Congress workers
would have thronged to
or gheraoed the Raj
Bhawan the next day,
further escalating the
situation to a point of
no return.
Subsequently, by
speaking to media, a
concerned CM clarified
that sometimes such
statements are the ‘po-
litical requirement’ of
the situation and no one
is required to get wor-
ried or panicky. But ac-
cording to sources, Raj
Bhawan and New Delhi
did not ‘accept’ Gehlot’s
clarification on the face
value.
In this way, an un-
pleasant situation of
suddenly putting the
state under President
rule was averted and by
taking a separate ap-
pointmentwiththeGov-
ernor Kalraj Mishra,
senior Congress leaders
camping at Raj Bhawan,
Avinash Pande, Ajay
Maken and Randeep
Surjewala, met Mishra
for about half an hour
and effectively ex-
pressed their view
point.
However, in a match-
ing response Governor
also assured the delega-
tion that he will certain-
ly do ‘justice’ in this
entire matter.
If eyes could speak! CM Ashok Gehlot, Governor Kalraj Mishra, Sachin Pilot and Satish Poonia.
—File photo
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HEAR THE
HISSS...
hroughout history, hu-
mans have had an un-
easy relationship with
serpents. Snakes are
animals that fascinate
many people while
frightening others,
good or bad, most people have
strong feelings about snakes,
but few people remain neutral.
Unfortunately, most human-
snake interactions had lead to
the destruction of snakes to the
point that many species of
snakes have become extinct
and there is a long list which is
endangered.
Ophidiophilia is an attrac-
tion to snakes while ophidio-
phobia is the fear of snakes.
Snakes are mystical animals
that are a part of stories, tradi-
tion, culture, mythology, reli-
gion and folklore and yes, su-
perstitions. We have all heard
love stories of naag-naagin and
many of the devout will step
out today to feed’ milk ‘to the
snakes in this holy month of
Saawan, this naturally comes
from worshipping Lord Shiva,
the destroyer with snakes
coiled around his neck. The
fact is that reptiles cannot di-
gest dairy products and rarely
drink milk, holds no water with
belief ruling the roost.
Exotic photography with
snakes and keeping snakes as
pets, howsoever risky it may be
at times, hold an attraction es-
pecially for people who wish to
show a certain false bravado.
In the age of social media,
it makes for a huge
amount of Likes and
Comments on the page!
The whole aura
surrounding snakes
is so interesting and
beguiling that
most people do
not know basic
truths like if
you kill a snake
it’s partner
will come af-
ter you are
b l a t a n t l y
false. Snakes
do not have
any sort of
social bond,
nor the intel-
lect nor memo-
ry to recognise and re-
member an assailant. Bol-
lywood, which has spawned
quite a few movies and seri-
als based on this myth, can be
blamed for the common belief!
And, a snake’s head when cut
off it will stay alive till sun-
down and it captures the face of
its killer in its eyes is the stuff
of horror movies and simply
not believable by mature
adults.
T
Snakes are generally shy animals who want nothing to
do with humans. Humans, though have an ancient
relationship with snakes, of attraction and fear!
NEHAL NAYAR
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RADHIKA CHOWDHARY, Model
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
People at work always
praise you for your hard
work and professionalism
therefore you must keep
motivating others. You need a change
in your diet to make you feel more
energetic and healthy. Your kids will
bring immense joy in your life and
you will feel very grateful for that.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
No matter how you
manage but you have to
keep in touch with your
loved ones as relationships
are built with efforts.Money is
flowing into your life right now to
boost your financial stability, all you
need to do is it to invest and save it
in the beat way for future benefits.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
You will have lot of fun at
home with family today
and you all will feel very
fortunate for that.You have
lot of money in your account to keep
you going in future. Do not take your
health for granted specially during
these trial time. On academic front,
you are always well prepared.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
You can expect a very
relaxing, silent atmosphere
at home and you will love
this calmness.You are going
to make profits in everything today.
You have a budget and you never mess
with it and this quality is what made
you rich. You will get all the pampering
form you siblings today.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
People appreciate your
sincerity and talk good
about you even behind
your back. You have a
great health and this is not gifted
rather you have worked very hard to
get here. You desire to have a happy
family and luckily you have one. You
lover will surely meet you today.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
With God’s grace you will
start something new today
and you will get all the
support and blessings of
your parents .You may have to
showcase your skills in front of many
people even if digitally to succeed in
your endeavours. A younger child in
family will make you proud.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Your strategies on
business front will bring
good profits and no matter
how tough the time is, you
will only keep growing.You have a
good money in account to start
something new so without wasting
anytime just keep forging ahead. You
must work out for a fit body & mind.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Your seniors consider to
you to be very important
for the company and you
have to live up to the
image. You must not refrain from
bargaining as doing so can help you
to save a lot. Your seniors consider
to you to be very important for the
company ,live up to the image.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
You must start trusting
others and help them In
growing by giving them
responsibilities on work
front. Newly married couple will be in
demand among family and close
friends. You must do all you can to
conserve money for the future. You
will overcome any discomfort.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Some of you can expect
the promotion at work and
for the others work
security is guaranteed.
You have started following a
discipline routine and this will keep
you healthy. Business owner may
need some time but stay rest assured
you will get back on the track.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
On professional front, you
have a promising career
ahead of you. You are a
free bird and you do as you
please. You can expect a raise in
salary but having a job at these times
is also something you must be
grateful for. Leave no stone unturned
in making your lover feel special.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
You are someone who
loves to keep self
improving in your
respective field and grow
everyday. You are famous in your
social circle and it is because of the
nature of reaching out people. You
are someone who hold the hands for
both the good and the bad time.
YOUR
DAYHoroscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
eginning his nearly
decade-long associa-
tion with the Hin-
difilmindustry
as an assistant
director, Bolly-
wood star Vicky
Kaushal has won many
hearts and achieved great
success in a small amount of
time.Vickyisoneof themost
talented actors to have
stepped into Bollywood. He
has not only impressed the
audience through his act-
ing skills but also got ap-
plause from megastar
Amitabh Bachchan.
His roles are extremely
compelling and he totally
gets into the skin of the char-
acter, making the audience
get swayed by his charm and
excellent screen presence.
He is a promising Bolly-
wood actor, who managed to
woo critics and audience
alike with his debut film
‘Masaan’. His perfor-
mance left everyone with
nothing but praises for him.
He then went on to star in
‘Zubaan’ and later, surprised
everyone with his portrayal
of a negative character in
Anurag Kashyap’s ‘Raman
Raghav 2.0’ The earnestness
with which Kaushal plays
his characters has
earned him fans within the
industry as well as among
audiences. In 2018 Kaushal
rose to prominence with sup-
porting roles in Raazi as
Iqbal and as Kamli in Sanju,
two of the highest-gross-
ing Hindi films of the
year where he casted his
magic spell through his stu-
pendous performances for
which he also got Filmfare
Award for Best Supporting
Actor. The actor has also
triedhisluckintheOTTplat-
form and amazed the audi-
ence with his majestic and
outrageous performance
in NetflixOriginalfilm‘Love
PerSquareFoot’andwithhis
quirky comedy in ‘Lust Sto-
ries’.Laterin2018withVicky
Sandhu as Vicky Kaushal’s
alter ego brought out his
flamboyant side in the film
Manmarziyan.
VickyKaushalhadacareer
turnaround in 2019, where he
again wore the hat of an
Armyofficerandpaidtribute
to Indian Army in “Uri: The
Surgical Strike” This turned
out to be one of the biggest
hits of the year and the film
earned him his maiden Na-
tional Award. Later in 2020,
Kaushal made his entry into
the horror genre with Bhoot:
Part one - The Haunted Ship.
VICKY KAUSHAL:
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B
12. I
t seems actor Ryan Reynolds
isn’t looking to have a fourth
child with his wife Blake Live-
ly any time soon.
According to Fox News, the
43-year-old actor shared a brief
clip from his 2010 film ‘Buried’
on Instagram with the logo
for Aviation Gin -- his own
brand -- edited into the scene
in several places, including
a flask that Reynolds takes
a drink from. Reynolds
wrote in the caption, “Be-
fore Deadpool, I was an
actor, One of my favour-
ite projects was a film
called ‘Buried’ and
it’s now on @Hulu. 10
years later, it really
holds up!”
He joked, “Although I don’t re-
call the aggressive product place-
ment.” The 32-year-old actor Live-
ly left a funny comment on her
hubby’s post.
“I think this just got me preg-
nant,” she said, as captured by
Comments by Celebs. In typical
fashion, Reynolds offered a witty
response. The ‘Deadpool’ star
wrote in response, “I will be out
of the office starting July 22nd
through the middle of forever and
ever. If you need immediate assis-
tance during my absence, please
contact someone. Anyone. Other-
wise, I will respond to your mes-
sage as soon as possible upon my
unlikely return. Thank you.”
Reynolds and Lively already
share three daughters. —ANI
Joke about fourth pregnancy
T
he international singer left Swift-
ies screaming when she an-
nounced she was releasing a new
album. Taylor revealed her play-
list on Thursday with a heartwarming
note which had her pour her heart out.
Now that the album is out, we joined the
fans to stream one song at a time.
After we found ourselves re-
watching the music video of
Cardigan for the fifth time,
we decided to dive into the
other songs on the album.
“Before this year I prob-
ablywould’veoverthought
when to release this music
at the ‘perfect’ time, but the
times we’re living in keep
reminding me that nothing
is guaranteed. My gut is telling
me that if you make something
you love, you should just put it
out into the world. That’s the side
of uncertainty I can get on board
with. Love you guys so much,” she
said. —Agency
E
ver since Gully Boy hit the
screens in February 2019, the
film created massive waves
with its content and received
countless accolades under its belt.
The Zoya Akhtar directorial has
been a favourite at the Internation-
al circuit as well.
After winning the NETPAC
award for Best Asian Film at the
Bucheon International Fantastic
Film Festival (BIFAN) in South Ko-
rea last year the film has been in-
vited to the prestigious ‘Busan In-
ternational Film Festival’ under
the Request Cinema Screening cat-
egory on popular demand.
Gully Boy was also nominated as
India’s official entry for the 92 Os-
cars for 2019. —Agency
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B
humi Pednekar has
been trying to advo-
cate positive social
messages through her
movies as well as her nature
protection initiative ‘Climate
Warrior.’
The actor is also making
the best possible use of her
social media platforms to
“raise awareness at every
level possible” for as she says,
“climate change is real and
climate change is here.” As a
part of the initiative, the
‘Bala’ actor has been high-
lighting several personali-
ties, be it from entertainment
or from other grounds, who
are doing path-breaking work
to protect the environment.
Recently, the 31-year-old ac-
tor also collaborated with a
young ‘Climate Warrior’ of
India -- Licypriya Kangujam.
Pednekar, through her Ins-
tagram handle introduced
the eight-year-old girl from
Manipur, who is rallying the
youth of the country to be
more climate-conscious.
Sharing a video clip of the
young activist on Friday, the
actor wrote, “Though young,
her work towards climate ac-
tivism is beyond her years...
A receiver of prestigious ac-
colades such as a Dr APJ Ab-
dul Kalam Children Award, a
World Children Peace Prize
and an India Peace Prize, she
has created a symbolic device
called SUKIFU (Survival Kit
for the Future) to curb the air
pollution.” —ANI
RAISING AWARENESS
FUN TIMES!
eepika Padukone spent her
Wednesday evening playing a
series of ‘TPL- Taboo Premier
League’ with her star husband
Ranveer Singh and his family.
The ‘Tamasha’ actor took to
InstagramonThursdaytoshare
a picture from the game session with her
family and stated that the board game
went extremely competitive. “TPL-Ta-
boo Premiere League. With everyone
bringing their A-Game to the TaBoo Ta-
ble I must say it is getting extremely
competitive!” she wrote in the caption.
The ‘Chhapaak’ actor celebrated Ran-
veer Singh’s birthday at home earlier
this month and shared that she gorged
on the birthday cake for a week.
The celebrity couple has been staying
at home ever since the COVID-19-in-
duced lockdown was imposed in the
country. —ANI
D
L
ooks like quarantining together has
worked wonders for Demi Lovato and
Max Ehrich as the couple just revealed
the good news that they’re engaged.
For the unversed, Demi started dating the
Young and the Restless star in March and it
seems as though the two already want to
spend forever together. Both took to Insta-
gram to share some snaps from their roman-
tic proposal at a beach and we can’t help but
notice the gorgeous engagement ring that
looks perfect on Lovato’s finger. Brownie
points to Mr. Ehrich, for sure!
Demi, who has always
had a way with words
wrote a sweet note
to her now fiance
as she gushed
about how she
fell in love with
Max the moment
she met him.
—Agency
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