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UNTOLD STORIES OF PM MODI - PART 8
‘MODI HAI TO MUMKIN HAI…’
NaMO
ETERNAL PM
ALWAYS “AS
GOOD AS YOU
SAW ME LAST!”
ema Malini highlights the affable
temperament
of PM Modi. Although
he is the Prime Minister of India,
yet if someone interacts with him at
a personal level he is bound to come
across as a friendly person. Convers-
ing with him is like talking to one’s
brother or a family member. “How
are you?” I ask Modiji when I meet
him and he always responds with a
smile “Just as you saw me last.”
This simplicity endears PM Modi
not just to me, but to everyone who
gets in touch with him.
Dharamji is a diehard fan of
Modiji. He always says that Modiji
is a fakir and has even composed
couplets on him. When he reads
them out to me, I tell Dharamji to
please share them with his real
muse, the PM, who has evoked such
deep feelings that have resulted in
such sweet verses. Once Dharamji
requested me to get him in touch
with the PM and when I did, he was
totally elated after a conversation
with Modiji. All I can say is that
there cannot be someone more gen-
tle and truly nice like him!
n 2022 if there is one thing the
professional world is struggling
with- it is time management.
At
the same time, the other vital
aspect of time management
is
time prioritization
. While peo-
ple have no choice but to take
time out for work, they often for-
get to take time out for people.
This incident is not just about
the love and passion of a kar-
yakarta for PM Modi, it is a glit-
tering example of how a man
known to be a workaholic, and
forever occupied with national
andinternational
matters,takes
time out for a karyakarta who
has walked more than a 1,000
kms to meet him! Prahald Singh
Patel recollects this touching
story about PM Modi.
Without telling anyone any-
thing, in great secrecy a kar-
yakartasetabouttofulfiladream
thatwasnothingshortof bizarre,
yet it could only be the fabrica-
tion of a mind that was brim-
ming with love and passion that
edged on the side of pure rever-
ence and worship! Setting out on
foot from Sagar, a city in MP
, the
karyakarta’s
ultimate destina-
tion was nothing less than South
Block, New Delhi, a distance of
1,100 kms. As he reached his des-
tination, we got word that a kar-
yakarta is waiting outside at the
gateandwishestomeetPMModi.
He also has stated clearly that if
his wish is not granted, he will
continuetowaitatthegatetillhis
dream is fulfilled.
This was indeed a unique
situation. I was absolutely con-
vinced that the PM would not
have time for all this. After all,
how can the prime minister
grant time to people who wish
to meet him according to their
whims? It would only set a
wrong precedent, for anyone
would think they could walk up
and ask for the prime minister’s
time and it would be granted!
Whatever, I was absolutely cer-
tain that this karyakarta would
have to go back disappointed,
though I could empathise with
his sadness once he got a no
from the PM. I asked the kar-
yakarta to be escorted to my
place and while the message
had been sent to PM’s office
about the peculiarity of the case
at hand, I tried to explain to the
karyakarta about protocols one
has to follow in order to get a
meeting scheduled with the PM.
I was in the middle of explain-
ingtohimthatitisnearlyimpos-
sibleforModijitomeethimwith-
outanypriornoticeandschedul-
ing, I got a call that left me
speechless.“Siriswillingtomeet
the karyakarta. He has been al-
lotted7minutestomeetthePM”,
I could hear the voice on the oth-
er side telling me. As I kept the
phone down, I almost had tears
in my eyes. I could not have im-
aginedinmywildestdreamsthat
a man’s passion could be recog-
nised by the PM Modi and more
than that it was a great lesson to
me in time-managem
ent. The
way Modiji values human emo-
tions, and the level at which he
manages time has no parallel.
The karyakarta of course
was overjoyed. He got those 7
minutes with the man he wor-
shiped and the message that
was sent out to the karyakarta
community and the people of
the country was truly inspira-
tional. Only a true leader and a
visionary can visualize, plan,
empathize and express his love
for his fellowmen in ways PM
Modi does. For me, the success
one achieves in one’s life boils
down to how well one manages
his time, and PM Modi is a time
manager par excellence!
TO BE CONTINUED…
H
I
7 MINS WITH PM MODI
A LESSON IN TIME MANAGEMENT
YOU READ PART-7 ON JUNE 2, 2022
‘A CALL THAT LEFT
ME SPEECHLESS’
I
got a call that left me
speechless. “Sir is willing
to meet the karyakarta. He
has been allotted 7 minutes
to meet the PM”, I could
hear the voice on the other
side telling me. As I kept the
phone down, I almost had
tears in my eyes. I could not
have imagined in my wildest
dreams that a man’s passion
could be recognised by the
PM Modi and more than that
it was a great lesson to me
in time-management. The
way Modiji values human
emotions, and the level at
which he manages time has
no parallel.
COMPILED AND EDITED BY
SHASHIKANT SHARMA
AND SHWETA SHARMA
AS SELFLESS
AS A FAKIR...
ASK DHARAM!
PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI
PERSPECTIVE
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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, LUCKNOW, NEW DELHI MUMBAI
AN INDIAN DELEGATION AND THE TALIBAN TODAY MET IN KABUL
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE AUGUST LAST YEAR, WHEN THE
TALIBAN TOOK CONTROL OF AFGHANISTAN, WHICH IS
STRUGGLING FOR BASIC NEEDS AFTER A 20-YEAR WAR IN THE
LARGELY MOUNTAINOUS REGION. P7
‘MISSION’ SAVE SOIL! GRAND WELCOME FOR SADHGURU IN JAIPUR.
TODAY, SADHGURU WILL ADDRESS A MASSIVE AUDIENCE AT THE
JAIPUR EXHIBITION AND CONVENTION CENTRE, IN THE PRESENCE OF
RAJASTHAN CM ASHOK GEHLOT BEFORE TRAVELLING ONWARDS TO
NEW DELHI. P14
COME JUNE 11, INDIA WILL SEE A WEDDING IT HAS NEVER WITNESSED
BEFORE AS 24-YEAR-OLD KSHAMA BINDU MARRIES HERSELF. THE
WOMAN FROM VADODARA IN GUJARAT WILL TIE KNOT WITH HERSELF
WEDDING WILL FEATURE EVERYTHING — FROM ‘PHERAS’ WEDDING
VOWS TO A GOA HONEYMOON, BUT WON’T HAVE A GROOM OR ‘BARAAT’.
P4
2ND TARGETED KILLING IN 72 HOURS
BANK MANAGER FROM RAJ
SHOT DEAD IN KULGAM
Vijay Kumar, manager of Elaqahi Dehati Bank, Areh
branch, was a resident of Hanumangarh in Rajasthan
Moni Sharma
Kulgam: A bank man-
ager was shot dead by
terrorists in the Kul-
gam district of Jammu
and Kashmir, police
said on Thursday
.
“Terroristsfiredupon
a bank manager at Ella-
qie Dehati Bank at Areh
Mohanpora in Kulgam
district. He received
grievous gunshot inju-
ries in this terror inci-
dent.Areacordonedoff,”
police said. Initial re-
ports suggested that the
victim, identified as Vi-
jay Kumar, was perform-
inghisdutiesinthebank
when gunmen opened
fire from a close range at
him. Police sources Ku-
mar joined his new post-
ing only a few days ago.
Police said area has
been cordoned off and
efforts are on to track
down terrorists behind
attack. The incident oc-
curred 13 km away from
Shopian where a bomb
blast injured 3 soldiers
on Thursday morning.
More on P9
SHIV SENA DOGRA FRONT SUPPORTERS PROTEST
CENTRE FAILED
TO RESTORE
PEACE IN JK:
RAJ CM GEHLOT
CONGRESS GEN SECY KC VENUGOPAL
TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19
DOVAL, RAW
CHIEF MEET
SHAH OVER THE
JK KILLINGS
Jammu: Shiv Sena
Dogra Front supporters
burn Pakistani flag
during a protest against
killing of a bank manager
on Thursday. Meanwhile,
over 4,000 Kashmir
Pandits employed in
Valley under a PM’s
rehabilitation package
have threatened mass
migration as they no
longer feel safe.
Jaipur: Rajasthan CM
Ashok Gehlot con-
demned the killing of a
bank manager, a resident
of Rajasthan, in Kulgam
on Thursday. Expressing
his grief on Twitter, CM
said, “I pray to god to
give peace to his soul
and courage to his fam-
ily.” CM went ahead to
criticize NDA govt for its
‘failure at restoring peace
in JK said centre
should ensure safety of
citizens, such killing will
not be tolerated.
Congress General Secretary and Rajya
Sabha MP KC Venugopal also tests
Covid positive on Thursday. It has been
told from the social media handle of the
Congress party that Venugopal’s Covid
test has come positive. After which he
is in isolation and is taking medicines
as per doctors. Raj CM Gehlot and other
leaders wished Venu speedy recovery.
New Delhi: Hours after
a Hindu bank employee
was killed in Kashmir on
Thursday, Home Minister
Amit Shah chaired a
meeting of top officials
including National Se-
curity Advisor Ajit Doval
and RAW chief Samnat
Goel. MoS, Dr Jitendra
Singh also joined meet-
ing. The deliberations
came a day ahead of to-
day’s meeting convened
by Shah to discuss the
security situation in JK.
A militant shoots at bank manager Vijay Kumar (inset), after entering
the Areh branch of Elaqahi Dehati Bank in Kulgam dist on Thursday.
Kumar was rushed to the hospital but succumbed to his injuries.
WillworkasModi’ssoldier
...says Hardik Patel as he joins BJP
Gandhinagar (PTI):
Patidar leader Hardik
Patel joined BJP on
Thursday, days after
quitting the Congress.
Themovecomesmonths
ahead of Gujarat As-
sembly polls, where BJP
seeks to retain power.
Polls to 182-member
House are due by the
end of this year.
Patel, once a vocal
critic of BJP Modi,
said he joined BJP with-
out any expectation of
getting a poll ticket and
that he would serve as a
“common worker” and
“soldier”. Patel said he
would launch campaign
to wean away Congress
leaders in Gujarat.
Today, I am going to start a new chapter
keeping in mind the interests of the nation,
region, society and community. I will work
as a small soldier in the development work of the na-
tion being carried out under the leadership of Prime
Minister Narendra Modi. —Hardik Patel, BJP leader
Hardik Patel joins BJP in presence of Gujarat party Chief CR Paatil
ahead of Gujarat Assembly elections on Thursday. State former
deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel is also seen.
‘Sonia Gandhi has
Covid, she will appear
before ED on June 8’
New Delhi (Agencies):
Congress interim Presi-
dent Sonia Gandhi test-
ed Covid positive just a
few days ahead of her
appearance before ED
for questioning in Na-
tional Herald case. She
has to appear before
probe agency on June 8.
Congress leader Ran-
deep Surjewala said
Sonia had been holding
a series of meetings
with leaders and activ-
ists in last week. On
Wednesday evening,
she tested Covid posi-
tive. Sonia is exhibit-
ing mild symptoms,
has isolated herself.
Surjewala also said
that Congress President
Sonia Gandhi will ap-
pear before the ED on
June 8, as informed by
us earlier.
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
Wishing Congress
President Smt. Sonia
Gandhi Ji a speedy recovery
from COVID-19.
Ashok Gehlot
@ashokgehlot51
Concerned about the health
of Congress President Smt.
Sonia Gandhi ji as she has
been tested #COVID19
positive. May she get well
soon. My best wishes for
her good health.
Shah reviews floods, monsoon preps;
seeks Centre-states coordination
New Delhi (ANI):Home
Minister Amit Shah on
Thursday reviewed the
overall preparedness to
deal with floods mon-
soon sought strength-
ening of coordination
between central state
govts for proper predic-
tion of deluge and water
levelrise.Chairingmeet-
ing, he took stock of
preps made by NDRF
and NDMA in the flood-
affected areas. Shah also
reviewed long-term
measures to formulate a
comprehensive policy to
mitigate flood-related
problems of country
.
Huge explosion, fire at
chemical factory in Guj
Vadodara: A huge ex-
plosion and fire has
been reported at the at a
chemical company in
Gujarat’sVadodara.The
explosion and fire oc-
curred at a Deepak
Nitire factore in Guja-
rat’s Vadodara. Seven
workers have been hos-
pitalised after inhaling
smoke, while some 700
people living in the vi-
cinity of the factory
have been shifted to saf-
er places, officials said.
Several fire engines
have been rushed to the
spot. Smoke was visible
from a long distance.
MONSOON ENTERS NORTH-EAST, HEAVY
RAINS LIKELY IN ASSAM, MEGHALAYA
After a brief lull, Bay of Bengal arm of south-west monsoon
has stirred into action entered north-eastern parts of country
and is set to bring heavy rains over Assam and Meghalaya over
next 2 days, IMD said on Thursday. The weather office has
forecast fairly widespread rainfall over coastal south Interior
K’taka, Kerala, Maha and Lakshadweep and over next 5 days.
Our own leaders disinterested in membership drive: Gehlot laments
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: On Thursday
,
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot hit out at leaders
of his own party and
stresed that there are
several leaders who are
not ready or interested
in geeting people to join
Congress or extend
membership. “Our lead-
ers are not taking inter-
est in getting member-
ship. There is no atmos-
phereinthepublicitself.
The worker is demoral-
ized. Earlier leaders
used to work in the dis-
tricts, go to the districts
and organize meetings
for membership. When
the workers used to
speakinthosemeetings,
then the shortcomings
used to come to the fore.
That would give an op-
portunity for improve-
ment. Therefore, we
have to consider what
are the shortcomings,”
Gehlot said.
“Connection with the
public has ended, this
wordof RahulGandhiis
an eye-opener. There
was defeat even during
Indira Gandhi, but at
that time Indira Gandhi
wasthere.Aftertwoand
ahalf years,IndiraGan-
dhi came back to power.
There have been many
ups and downs. If you
think about it, there is a
big difference between
the condition of today
and that time. Today we
need to work 100 times
harder. Chandrabhanji
was just saying that the
organization is weak.
He was saying in the na-
tional context, you are
aware of the condition
of Congress every-
where. Everyone wants
tobeaparticipantinvic-
tory
, but no one wants to
be a participant in de-
feat,” the chief minister
said. Regarding the
questions arising on the
bureaucracy
, CM said
thatif theofficersdonot
work, it will take a min-
ute to change.
Turn to P10
Raids by IT, ED and CBI in
poll-bound states have become
a common thing, CM said
CM Ashok Gehlot addressing a two-day state-level workshop organised by Rajasthan PCC at Hotel Clarks Amer, Jaipur on Thursday.
ED notice was sent to Sonia Gandhi.
Amid the Rajya Sabha election, there is
news about notices to two MLAs - ED
notice to Wajib Ali and reopening of some CBI
case related to Hudla. These people have created
so much terror. —Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister
Amit Shah with Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Nityanand Rai at
a floods, monsoon related review meeting in Delhi on Thursday.
CRUCIAL READ
ONE LABOURER
KILLED, ANOTHER
HURT IN BUDGAM
NGT IMPOSES `52
CRORE PENALTY
ON ADANI POWER
Pb TO RESTORE
SECURITY LEVELS
OF 424 VVIPs
Srinagar: One migrant
labourer, identified as
Dilkhush from Bihar,
was killed and another
injured after terrorists
shot at them in Jammu
and Kashmir’s Budgam
on Thursday night. The
non-local labourers were
employed at a brick kiln
in Chadoora village in
Budgam district.
New Delhi: MoEFCC
also directed to get fresh
studies on carrying
capacity and environ im-
pact done before permit-
ting further expansion.
NGT imposed penalty
of 52 crore on UPCL,
part of Adani Power, for
violating environmental
laws at Nandikur near
Padubidri in Karnataka.
Chandigarh: Secu-
rity cover for over 420
VVIPs will be restored
from June 7, Punjab
govt said on Thursday,
five days after singer
Sidhu Moose Wala -
whose security cover
was curtailed - was shot
dead. AAP govt told
this to the Punjab and
Haryana High Court.
SBI assures financial support to family of Vijay Kumar

First India Bureau
Jaipur: Former Chief
Minister and National
Vice President of BJP
Vasundhara Raje has
said that the way power
is being misused in the
Rajya Sabha elections is
shocking. “One police
vehicle was put behind
every MLA and they are
being chased. This is a
complete abuse of pow-
er, which has never hap-
pened before. In spite of
this, our BJP candidate
Ghanshyam Tiwari and
Subhash Chandra, who
are also my family
friends, will win. The
MLAs will definitely
make both our candi-
dates victorious by ris-
ing above the party
line,” Raje said.
On the allegation of im-
position of police at the
residence of independ-
ent MLAs for the Rajya
Sabha elections, Con-
gressleaderRameshwar
Dudi said on Thursday,
“This culture is not of
Congress. Independent
MLAs from the begin-
ning are with the gov-
ernment. All independ-
entMLAshavecomplete
trust and their demands
and suggestions were
included in the budget.”
RAJASTHAN
02
CMGEHLOTANNOUNCESPANAORAMAFORPRATAP
Various works have been done by the govt under
Mewar Complex Phase-1 and Phase-2: Gehlot
First India Bureau
Jaipur: On the occa-
sion of Maharana
Pratap’s birth anniver-
sary, on Thursday,
Gehlot announced to
make Maharana
Pratap Panorama at
his tomb at Chavand at
a cost of about Rs 5
crore.
“Various works
have been done by
the State govern-
ment from time
to time under
Mewar Com-
plex Phase-1
and
Phase-2 at all the
places con-
nected
with the
birthplace of Mahara-
na Pratap, his work
land and tomb. In this
panorama, the life
struggle of Maharana
Pratap and the
civilization and cul-
ture of the then Me-
war re-
gion
will be
depict-
e d
and nearby places
will be developed so
that people can
come here and take in-
spiration from his
life,” Ge-
hlot said.
Moosewala’s family writes
to Centre: Shekhawat
Mansa (PTI): Union
minister Gajendra Sin-
gh Shekhawat on
Thursday said slain
Punjabi singer Sidhu
Moosewala’s family has
written to the Centre
seeking a probe by cen-
tral agencies into his
brutal murder.
Shekhawat along
with other BJP leaders
visited Moosewala’s
house on Thursday to
express his condolences
over the singer’s death.
He was accompanied
by state BJP chief
Ashwani Sharma and
party leader Sunil
Jakhar.
Talking to reporters
later, Shekhawat said
the singer’s family has
demanded a probe into
the murder by central
agencies. Shekhawat
said the family has
written to Union Home
Minister Amit Shah in
this regard.
On May 29, Moosewa-
la was shot dead by uni-
dentified assailants in
Punjab’s Mansa district,
a day after the state gov-
ernment pruned his se-
curity cover. His cousin
and a friend, who were
travelling in a jeep with
him, were also injured
in the attack.
COPS PUT BEHIND OUR MLAs: RAJE
Entrepreneur
duped of Rs
24 lakhs in
chopper deal
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A city entre-
preneur has been alleg-
edly duped of Rs 24
lakhs on the pretext of
selling a helicopter to
him. A case has been
filed against Tamil
Nadu resident Rajesh
Shokand, director of
Indra Air Private Ltd.,
at Vidhyadhar Nagar
police station. “The
victim has been identi-
fied as Mukesh Singh
Shaktawat, owner of
Royal Skytech Aviation
Private Limited. Muke-
sh Singh had contacted
the accused regarding
the purchase of a
chopper,” police in-
formed. “After negoti-
ation, the helicopter
deal was fixed for Rs
3.25 crore. The victim
had deposited Rs. 27
lakhs in the seller’s
bank account as an ad-
vance and promised to
pay the remaining
amount on delivery.
‘ED’s notice to Sonia RaGa an
attempt to suppress voice of Oppn’
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Former Ra-
jasthan deputy chief
minister Sachin Pilot
on Thursday said the
Enforcement Directo-
rate notices to Con-
gress president Sonia
Gandhi and Rahul
Gandhi in a case shut
long ago is an attempt
to suppress the voice of
opposition leaders.
The Enforcement Di-
rectorate on Wednes-
day summoned Con-
gress president Sonia
Gandhi and her MP
son Rahul Gandhi for
questioning in a mon-
ey laundering case
linked to the National
Herald newspaper.
“The ED has served
notices on Sonia Gan-
dhi and Rahul Gandhi
in a case which was
shut long back. This
is a politics done to
suppress the voice of
the leaders,” Pilot
told reporters.
Pilot said people have
also understood that
such notices are sent to
political opponents to
weaken them.
Pratap will be immortal for self-respect: Poonia
Gopal Lodha
Udaipur: A mega
event was organized
on Maharana Pratap
Jayanti in Gogunda
town of the district on
Thursday. BJP State
President Satish Poo-
nia and Leader of Op-
position Gulab Chand
Kataria addressed the
gathering.
BJP State President
Satish Poonia said that
Maharana Pratap’s
status is for self-re-
spect, dedication and
loyalty. The way he
fought for the soil of
Mewar in the Hal-
dighati war is an epic
example for the whole
world and country
.
Leader of Opposi-
tion Gulab Chand Ka-
taria remembered Ma-
harana Pratap’s val-
our and sacrifice. He
also laid the founda-
tion stone of develop-
ment works under
Rurban Mission.
Dr CP Joshi, Diya Kumari lauds
efforts of Maharana Pratap
Ashish Choudhary
Rajsamand: A huge
public meeting and ve-
hicle rally was held in
Kumbhalgarh town of
Rajsamand district on
Thursday on the occa-
sion of 482nd birth an-
niversary of Maharana
Pratap of Mewar. This
was the first time that a
grand event was held in
Kumbhalgarh, the birth
place of Pratap, under
the banner of Mahara-
na Pratap Birth Jayanti
Samaroh Samiti.
Rajsamand MP Diya
Kumari said that the
message of self-respect,
sacrifice and patriotism
given by Maharana
Pratap in his life is be-
ing assimilated by the
whole world today. The
tourism department
and governments
should work promi-
nently to make Maha-
rana Pratap’s biogra-
phy accessible to the
general public.
Ashok Gehlot @ashokgehlot51
Best wishes on Maharana Pratap Jayanti.
Veer Shiromani Maharana Pratap lived his
life in the hills of Aravalli and inaccessible
forests, sacrificing pleasures for self-respect
and protecting the motherland. He did not give up
even in the most difficult circumstances and
made a model of devotion to the motherland.
Maharana inspired everyone by be-
coming a general, leaders in the de-
mocracy should unite and take every-
one together, embracing the qualities
of Maharana. —Dr CP Joshi, Assembly speaker
Ashok Gehlot @ashokgehlot51
Best wishes on Maharana Pratap Jayanti.
Veer Shiromani Maharana Pratap lived his
life in the hills of Aravalli and inaccessible
made a model of devotion to the motherland.
Dr CP Joshi and Diya Kumar participated in the programme
organized on the birth anniversary of Pratap in Kumbhalgarh.
Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar Sadguru Jaggi Vasudev paid
tributes to Maharana Pratap.
Satish Poonia Gulab Chand Kataria at Gogunda town in Udaipur.
Udaipur: The birth
anniversary of Veer
Shiromani Mahara-
na Pratap was cele-
brated with a lot of
fanfare. On this oc-
casion, Lakshyaraj
Singh Mewar, a
member of the for-
mer royal family of
Mewar, paid floral
tributes to the statue
of Maharana Pratap
at Moti Magri in the
morning. Sadguru
Jaggi Vasudev, the
founder of Isha
Foundation, also
paid floral tributes
to Maharana Pratap.
Birth anniv of Pratap
celebrated with fanfare
MAHARANA PRATAP’S BIRTH ANNIVERSARY
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat along with other BJP leaders visited Moosewala’s house on Thursday.
SLAMS AAP GOVT
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: The process of
govt houses allotment
has been done online
but still the houses are
not being allotted. Re-
moving the difficulties
in this regard, the Gen-
eral Administration De-
partment has given 15
days to the pending 6000
applicants of year 2012
to apply afresh and clar-
ify their position. Along
with this, the portal of
online housing allot-
ment will also be linked
to the portal of DoP, so
that after the officer re-
tires, 2 months time can
be allotted to the other
needy applicant.
There has been a sys-
tem of out-of-turn allo-
cation in the allocation
of government accom-
modation for officers
and employees for a
long time. If an IAS, IPS
or other officer has
been posted in Jaipur,
then out of turn, the
govt accommodation is
allotted. The CM and
the ministers also make
allocations at their level
as per the need.
It has also been hap-
pening that the dept
made the allotment but
the allotment letter was
not received by the con-
cerned employee and by
the time it was received,
the period of 15 days for
taking possession of
the house was over, due
to which the personnel
had to suffer and the de-
partment has to do the
allotment process again.
GAD gives 15 days to pending 6000 applicants
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DIFFICULTIES IN HOUSES ALLOTMENT
BSP does not believe in
deals: Bhagwan Singh
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BSP state
president Bhagwan
Singh Baba on Thurs-
day refuted that he had
given any statement
about offer or deal.
He said that BSP does
not believe in deals.
“In the press note
yesterday, I demanded
from the governor to
stop the six MLAs
from voting in the Ra-
jya Sabha elections.
The matter is subju-
dice in the supreme
court. BSP runs on the
principles of Baba Sa-
heb and does not be-
lieve in horse trad-
ing,” he said.
Bhagwan Singh Baba
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The written
exam for constable re-
cruitment, which was
held in the second shift
on May 14, will be held
again on June 22. An or-
der in this regard was
issued by the Police
Headquarters on Thurs-
day. The exam was
conducted from May 13
to 16 for 4,388 posts of
constable but the second
shift paper of May 14
was cancelled.
Constable re-
examination
on June 22
Vasundhara Raje
Sachin Pilot

RAJASTHAN
03
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Night market
will start here from this
month at Chaura Rasta
from 7 pm to 1 am where
150 shops will be set up
and residents will be
able to shop till late
night. There will also be
a foot court also. The
JMC Heritage will
spend about Rs 8 crore
on this in collaboration
with the Smart City
.
Tenders have been
floated for this and will
be opened by June 16.
The night market will
be held in Chaura Rasta
from Tripolia Gate to
New Gate every Satur-
day and Sunday
.
During night market,
traffic will remain
closed near Chaura ras-
ta. The heritage and at-
tractive lights will be
illuminated. Food court
between 150 shops.
Jaipur to get night market soon
SMART CITY
‘Clean Bowled’: 107 gangsters
arrested from over 200 places
More than 3,000 police officers and policemen of Commissionerate simultaneously raided
Satyanarayan Sharma
Jaipur: In order to
crack down on increas-
ing crime and organ-
ized crime which is
openly challenging the
police, the Jaipur Police
Commissionerate has
made preparations for
strictness. The Com-
missionerate on Thurs-
day launched ‘Opera-
tion Gangster Clean
Bowled’ and raided the
hideouts of accused
across city. However,
during action, police ar-
rested 107 accused in 8
different cases.
More than 3,000 po-
lice officers and police-
men of Commissioner-
ate simultaneously
raided more than 200
places in city. At
around 5 in morning,
people started making
different types of spec-
ulations after seeing
police patrol in many
colonies. As part of op-
eration, the police ar-
rested 107 miscreants.
Under ‘Operation
Gangster Clean
Bowled’, which was
run by targeting mafia
and organized crimes,
various teams of police
raided many places,
then the police also got
information about the
absconding miscreants
in many cases. Property
documents and several
suspicious items have
also been recovered
during the operation.
During this action,
the police arrested 8
miscreants under ille-
gal arms, excise act
and gambling betting
in various police sta-
tions of the city. Dur-
ing the operation, the
police also recovered
several vehicles.
One of the gangsters in police custody. Car and number plate
recovered in mega raid on Thursday.
RAID ACTION
Kota fire: 7 fire brigade,
40 personnel douse fire
First India Bureau
Kota: A four-storey
building caught fire on
Thursday morning in
the busy Gumanpura
area of the city
.
The fire was so fierce
that in no time it
reached from ground
floor to fourth floor. On
information, team of
SDRF and Fire Brigade
reached spot to extin-
guish the fire.
Incidenthappenedat9
am. There was a bakery
at bottom of four-storey
building, and the fire
broke out due to a short
circuit. The building at
the top was covered with
glass.Insuchasituation,
efforts were made to
douse the fire by break-
ing the glass, which took
a lot of time. As per the
sources, the fire started
from the back side of the
bakery
. As many as 7 fire
brigadevehiclesreached
spot to douse fire.
At the same time, CI
of 6-7 police stations in-
cluding assistant cor-
poration officers of Mu-
nicipal Corporation
Kota North and South,
and team of SDRF were
present at location.
Apart from this, 25 con-
stables about 40 fire
personnel of corpora-
tion were engaged.
Fire fighters attempt to douse flames in an oil factory in Ajmer.
Fire brigade engaged in dousing fire at 4 storey building in Kota.
30,000 to 40,000 students to come to
Kota post Covid to join the new batches
First India Bureau
Kota: Known as Kashi
of education, coaching
city Kota is ready to
host the students once
again after the Covid
has subsided. The
streets are starting to
look full of students.
With the completion of
examinations of vari-
ous states, now lakhs of
students from all over
the country have start-
ed coming to Kota to
make a career in com-
merce along with engi-
neering and medical.
In the month of June,
new batches are going
to start in Kota coach-
ing centres. In such a
situation, it is believed
that in the month of
June, about 30,000 to
40,000 students will
come here. Not only
this, at present about 1
lakh students are living
in Kota. Students par-
ents are finding envi-
ronment comfortable
due to beautification.
Students at coaching centre in Kota.
Liquor worth
`90 lakh
seized in Alwar
CM Gehlot to
flag off ‘Run for
envrironment’
First India Bureau
Alwar: Illegal liquor
worth Rs 90 lakh
brought from Haryana
has been seized by the
Alwar Excise Police at
Rath Nagar T-Point of
the city on Thursday.
The detained driver dis-
closed that the liquor
was to be transported to
Jaipur. According to the
Excise Police, liquor
smugglers were about
to take illegal English
liquor to Gujarat. Ex-
cise officer Ajay Yadav
said at 10 in the morn-
ing, 760 cartons of Eng-
lish liquor confiscated.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: CM Ashok Ge-
hlot will flag off ‘Run
for Environment’ on
World Environment
Day on June 5. Run will
be flagged off at 6 am at
Albert hall. It will con-
clude at Albert hall af-
ter covering Trimurti
Circle, JDA Circle and
Gandhi Circle. Forest
Min Hemaram Choud-
hary, pollution control
board chairman Sud-
hansh Pant, principal
secretary- forest and
environment Shikhar
Agrawal and others will
also be present.
Poacher with gun
trapped in trap
camera in Sariska
Girl blackmailed
and raped by uncle
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A 18-year-old
girl was allegedly
raped by his uncle in
Subhash Chowk area,
police said on Friday.
Police informed the
accused has been
identified as Pradeep
Rajwani (35), a resi-
dent of Jai Singhpura
Khor, who allegedly
filmed obscene videos
of victim and black-
mailed her.
“Victims’ mother
and the accused were
business partners
for 6 years. Pradeep
used to often visit
girl’s home,” said
Subash Chowk Po-
lice Station SHO Jai
Prakash Punia.
“Accused took vic-
tim from her home to
take her around. Lat-
er, filmed obscene
videos and raped
her,” the SHO added.
Victim was repeat-
edly raped.
First India Bureau
Alwar: A poacher
with a gun has been
captured in a trap
camera installed in
Sariska forest. Two
days ago, a Forest
team in Sariska found
remains of 2 sambars,
4 to 5 pigs, two pea-
cocks around Chu-
hadsidh area. Forest
officials are still de-
fending that a tiger
hunted animals. The
investigation of the
matter has been start-
ed. But so far have
only job of saving
poachers done. DFO
Sariska Sudarshan
Sharma said that
where the remains of
sambar, boar and pea-
cock were found, the
poacher has been cap-
tured in camera in
area only
. Alwar divi-
sion officials said.
ELEVATED ROAD
SOON IN SARISKA
Alwar: The vehicles
may soon pass over
Sariska Tiger Reserve
Forest on an elevated
road due to which
risk of accident and
disturbance to the
wildlife will almost
end. The work on the
23 km elevated road
from Sariska to Natni
Ka Baran may start
soon. After the sug-
gestion of the Union
Ministry of Forests,
NHAI has issued a
tender for preparation
of Detailed Project
Report. Elevated road
to be made at a cost
of Rs 1500 crore. The
tender for DPR has
been issued. About Rs
2.5 crore will be spent
on the DPR. After
making the DPR, there
will be a tender for the
construction of the
road. —Nirmal Tiwari
21-yr-old murders 35-yr-
old lover on suspicion
Ravi Sharma
Udaipur: A man alleg-
edly murdered his lover
on suspicion of having
relations with other
men here. The accused
Logarlal Meena (21) in-
jured the woman Durga
Meena (35), a widow,
with a stone and had
physical relation before
she died on Wednesday
.
The accused went to
labour work in morn-
ing on Thursday but
later surrendered be-
fore police on feeling
guilty. He has been ar-
rested for murder by
Jawar mines police.
Meena was in a love
relationship with her
for 2-3 years. He recent-
ly got to know that she
was having relation-
ship with some other
men. He called her to
meet on Wednesday and
murdered her.
Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav: Yoga camp
at Albert Hall by two units of CISF
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A special cam-
paign of yoga practice
is being run under the
Azadi Ka Amrit Mahot-
sav programme by the
CISF at all the histori-
cal places. In this se-
ries, a yoga camp was
organized at the Albert
Hall in the city by 2
units of CISF on
Thursday.
The camp was also a
part of the prepara-
tions for International
Yoga Day on June 21 by
the 8th
Reserve Battal-
ion of CISF at Amer
and security personnel
working at Jaipur Air-
port. The camp was in-
augurated by Comman-
dant Ashish Kumar and
Deputy Commandant
Sugnaram of the force.
YOGA TEACHER
CISF units performing yoga at Albert Hall on Thursday.
WOMAN GANG-RAPED BY TWO
MEN ON PRETEXT OF WORK
GIRL RAPED FOR
MORE THAN 2 YRS
Jaipur: A 35-year-old woman was allegedly
gang-raped by two men in Ramnagariya area on
Wednesday. Victim, who works as labourer was
allegedly gang-raped in inebriated condition,
police informed. “Victim was looking for labour
work in Pratap Nagar when contractor Rajesh
came took her to Ravi’s room on pretext
of providing work. She was gang-raped in an
inebriated state,” SHO Bhajan Lal.
Jaipur: A 20-year-old
girl was allegedly raped
for more than two years
on the pretext of mar-
riage. A case has been
filed against the ac-
cused at the Bani Park
Police Station. “Ac-
cused has been identi-
fied as Rahul. Victim
and accused became
friends through Face-
book a few years back.
Rahul called victim for a
picnic and raped her in
an inebriated state,” po-
lice informed. “Accused
also made obscene
videos and blackmailed
her. Victim was then
repeatedly raped for
nearly two-and-half
years,” police added.
COACHING CLASS
Night market
will start from
next month.
Tenders have been
floated to be open by
June 16. About Rs 8
crore will be spent on
this. market will be
started on PPP mode.
Awadhesh Meena,
JMC Heritage Commissioner
—PHOTO BY HIMANSHU SHARMA
—PHOTOS
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA
—FILE PHOTO

UNTOLD STORIES OF PM MODI - PART 8
‘MODI HAI TO MUMKIN HAI…’
NaMO
ETERNAL PM
ALWAYS “AS
GOOD AS YOU
SAW ME LAST!”
ema Malini highlights the affable
temperament of PM Modi. Although
he is the Prime Minister of India,
yet if someone interacts with him at
a personal level he is bound to come
across as a friendly person. Convers-
ing with him is like talking to one’s
brother or a family member. “How
are you?” I ask Modiji when I meet
him and he always responds with a
smile “Just as you saw me last.”
This simplicity endears PM Modi
not just to me, but to everyone who
gets in touch with him.
Dharamji is a diehard fan of
Modiji. He always says that Modiji
is a fakir and has even composed
couplets on him. When he reads
them out to me, I tell Dharamji to
please share them with his real
muse, the PM, who has evoked such
deep feelings that have resulted in
such sweet verses. Once Dharamji
requested me to get him in touch
with the PM and when I did, he was
totally elated after a conversation
with Modiji. All I can say is that
there cannot be someone more gen-
tle and truly nice like him!
n 2022 if there is one thing the
professional world is struggling
with- it is time management. At
the same time, the other vital
aspect of time management is
time prioritization. While peo-
ple have no choice but to take
time out for work, they often for-
get to take time out for people.
This incident is not just about
the love and passion of a kar-
yakarta for PM Modi, it is a glit-
tering example of how a man
known to be a workaholic, and
forever occupied with national
andinternationalmatters,takes
time out for a karyakarta who
has walked more than a 1,000
kms to meet him! Prahald Singh
Patel recollects this touching
story about PM Modi.
Without telling anyone any-
thing, in great secrecy a kar-
yakartasetabouttofulfiladream
thatwasnothingshortof bizarre,
yet it could only be the fabrica-
tion of a mind that was brim-
ming with love and passion that
edged on the side of pure rever-
ence and worship! Setting out on
foot from Sagar, a city in MP
, the
karyakarta’s ultimate destina-
tion was nothing less than South
Block, New Delhi, a distance of
1,100 kms. As he reached his des-
tination, we got word that a kar-
yakarta is waiting outside at the
gateandwishestomeetPMModi.
He also has stated clearly that if
his wish is not granted, he will
continuetowaitatthegatetillhis
dream is fulfilled.
This was indeed a unique
situation. I was absolutely con-
vinced that the PM would not
have time for all this. After all,
how can the prime minister
grant time to people who wish
to meet him according to their
whims? It would only set a
wrong precedent, for anyone
would think they could walk up
and ask for the prime minister’s
time and it would be granted!
Whatever, I was absolutely cer-
tain that this karyakarta would
have to go back disappointed,
though I could empathise with
his sadness once he got a no
from the PM. I asked the kar-
yakarta to be escorted to my
place and while the message
had been sent to PM’s office
about the peculiarity of the case
at hand, I tried to explain to the
karyakarta about protocols one
has to follow in order to get a
meeting scheduled with the PM.
I was in the middle of explain-
ingtohimthatitisnearlyimpos-
sibleforModijitomeethimwith-
outanypriornoticeandschedul-
ing, I got a call that left me
speechless.“Siriswillingtomeet
the karyakarta. He has been al-
lotted7minutestomeetthePM”,
I could hear the voice on the oth-
er side telling me. As I kept the
phone down, I almost had tears
in my eyes. I could not have im-
aginedinmywildestdreamsthat
a man’s passion could be recog-
nised by the PM Modi and more
than that it was a great lesson to
me in time-management. The
way Modiji values human emo-
tions, and the level at which he
manages time has no parallel.
The karyakarta of course
was overjoyed. He got those 7
minutes with the man he wor-
shiped and the message that
was sent out to the karyakarta
community and the people of
the country was truly inspira-
tional. Only a true leader and a
visionary can visualize, plan,
empathize and express his love
for his fellowmen in ways PM
Modi does. For me, the success
one achieves in one’s life boils
down to how well one manages
his time, and PM Modi is a time
manager par excellence!
TO BE CONTINUED…
H
I
7 MINS WITH PM MODI
A LESSON IN TIME MANAGEMENT
YOU READ PART-7 ON JUNE 2, 2022
‘A CALL THAT LEFT
ME SPEECHLESS’
I
got a call that left me
speechless. “Sir is willing
to meet the karyakarta. He
has been allotted 7 minutes
to meet the PM”, I could
hear the voice on the other
side telling me. As I kept the
phone down, I almost had
tears in my eyes. I could not
have imagined in my wildest
dreams that a man’s passion
could be recognised by the
PM Modi and more than that
it was a great lesson to me
in time-management. The
way Modiji values human
emotions, and the level at
which he manages time has
no parallel.
COMPILED AND EDITED BY
SHASHIKANT SHARMA
AND SHWETA SHARMA
AS SELFLESS
AS A FAKIR...
ASK DHARAM!
PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI
PERSPECTIVE
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INDIA
06
ED not allowing me
to go abroad for
treatment: Abhishek
Kolkata (Agencies):
Trinamool Congress
national general secre-
tary Abhishek Banerjee
on Thursday ap-
proached the Calcutta
High Court alleging
that the Enforcement
Directorate (ED) has de-
nied him permission to
go abroad for treatment.
The court will take
up the matter later in
the day. The ED has al-
ready questioned Ba-
nerjee in connection
with the coal smuggling
scam in West Bengal.
In his appeal, the
Lok Sabha from Dia-
mond Harbour has
stated that he had re-
quested the central
agency to spare him
from questioning for
some time as he would
have to go abroad for
his ophthalmological
treatment. However,
the ED officials have
raised objections to his
proposal.
It is learnt that in his
letter to the ED, Ab-
hishek Banerjee want-
ed to be spared from
June 3 to 10.
Incidentally, the Tri-
namool leader recently
made headlines after he
described a couple of
judges as biased and op-
erating at the behest of
some forces.
Abhishek Banerjee
Delhi Dy CM
Sisodia gets
portfolios
held by Jain
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi
Deputy Chief Minister
ManishSisodiahasbeen
allocated additional
charge of portfolios of
Health, Home, Power,
Water and Industries,
whichwereheldbySaty-
endar Jain.
Jain was arrested by
the ED in a money laun-
dering case on Monday
and sent to the ED cus-
todytillJune9byacourt
on Tuesday
.
A notification issued
on Wednesday by the
GeneralAdministration
department of the Delhi
governmentsaid,“Inex-
ercise of powers con-
ferred under Rule 3 of
GNCTD (Allocation of
Business) Rules 193, Lt
Governor in consulta-
tion with the Chief Min-
ister is pleased to allo-
cateportfoliosof Health,
Industries, Power,
Home, Urban Develop-
ment, Irrigation and
FloodControlandWater
to Manish Sisodia.”
Union Minister Jitendra Sing speaks at the Startup India – 2022
Expo and Conclave on Thursday.
Startups will
determine future
economy: Jitendra
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): The startups of
the country will deter-
mine not only the fu-
ture economy of the
country but will also
act as a key pillar for
the world economy, Un-
ion Minister of State
for Science and Tech-
nology Jitendra Singh
said on Thursday.
Singh said that the
number of startups in
the country have grown
to about 70,000 from 300-
400 in 2014, and credited
the government’s ‘Start-
up India, Stand Up In-
dia’ initiative for it.
He was speaking at
the Startup India – 2022
Expo and Conclave.
The minister said that
the Modi-led govern-
ment has been nurtur-
ing the startup ecosys-
tem since 2016.
“Today, we have ris-
en to be the third-larg-
est startup ecosystem
in the world in just
five-six years which is
not a very big time,” he
said. Speaking about
India’s 100 unicorns,
he said that the coun-
try’s unicorns have a
higher average growth
rate than the likes of
the US, UK, Germany
and others.
He asked the corpo-
rates to become a part
of the startup move-
ment and become equal
stakeholders in the
startup ecosystem.
Singh also urged en-
trepreneurs to focus on
the unexplored farm
and dairy sectors of
the country.
At the same event,
Union Minister of State
for Commerce and In-
dustry Anupriya Patel
said that the Indian
startups are creating
history and have sur-
prised the entire world
in a short span of time.
New Delhi (ANI):
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi on Thursday
met visiting Defence
Minister of Israel Ben-
jamin Gantz and dis-
cussed ways to enhance
cooperation between
the two countries and
contribute to global
stability.
This visit comes as
2022 marks the 30th an-
niversary of the forma-
tion of the official dip-
lomatic ties between
India and Israel.
Defense Minister
Benny Gantz to Prime
Minister Modi: “We
have a great opportuni-
ty to deepen defense co-
operation between our
countries and to build
on our shared values in
order to contribute to
global stability
.”
During his meeting
with Prime Minister
Modi, Minister Gantz
emphasized the oppor-
tunity to invest further
in defense cooperation
between the two coun-
tries, while building on
shared values in order
to contribute to global
stability
.
“India is an industri-
al superpower and Is-
rael is a technological
superpower - coopera-
tion between our coun-
tries will expand the
capabilities of both
countries to contend
with developing chal-
lenges,” said Gantz.
Earlier on Thursday,
Minister Gantz met
with Minister of De-
fense Rajnath Singh,
and National Security
Advisor Ajit Doval.
A wide range of is-
sues concerning bilat-
eral, regional and de-
fence industrial coop-
eration were discussed
during the meeting.
Rajnath Singh and
Gantz reviewed the ex-
isting military-to-mili-
tary activities which
have increased despite
the challenges due to
COVID-19 pandemic.
They discussed ways to
increase cooperation in
all domains with a focus
on Research Develop-
ment in future technol-
ogies and defence co-
production.
Both the Ministers
acknowledged mutual
security challenges and
their convergences on a
number of strategic
and defence issues.
They expressed com-
mitment to work to-
gether to enhance coop-
eration in all forums.

❍ LETTER OF INTENT EXCHANGED
Israeli Def Min Benjamin discusses
defence cooperation with PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Defence Minister of Israel
Benny Gantz during a meeting, in New Delhi on Thursday.
87 registered unrecognised parties struck off EC’s list
New Delhi (PTI): The
Election Commission
of India (ECI) has
struck off 87 entities
from its list of Regis-
tered Unrecognised
Political Parties
(RUPP) after they were
found non-existent
during physical verifi-
cation, officials said
on Thursday.
The action followed a
statement by the poll
panel a few days back
announcing action
against more than 2,100
registered unrecog-
nised political parties
for flouting rules and
election law, including
those related to filing of
monetary contribu-
tions, failing to update
their address and
names of office bearers.
It had said some of
these parties were in-
dulging in “serious” fi-
nancial impropriety
.
The poll panel had
noted that 87 RUPPs
had failed to update
their address of com-
munication as mandat-
ed by law.
These parties were
found to be non-existent
after physical verifica-
tion carried out by the
chief electoral officers
of the respective states,
sources said.
On Thursday, the EC
shared a list of the
RUPPs whose names
have been deleted.
The Commission had
carried out such exer-
cises in the past, too,
sources said.
BRIEF
in
in
TO INAUGURATE
PROJECTS, PM TO
VISIT UP TODAY
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi will
visit Uttar Pradesh on
Friday to attend ‘ground
breaking ceremony’ of
1,406 projects worth
more than Rs 80,000
crore in Lucknow. In a
statement, the Prime
Minister’s Office said,
“At around 11 am,
Prime Minister will reach
Indira Gandhi Pratish-
than, Lucknow where he
will attend the Ground
Breaking Ceremony @3.0
of the UP Investors Sum-
mit.” “At around 1:45
p.m., the Prime Minister
will reach Paraunkh
village, Kanpur, where he
will accompany Presi-
dent Ram Nath Kovind to
visit Pathri Mata Mandir,”
the statement said.
KK DEATH: BJP MP
SEEKS CENTRAL
AGENCY PROBE
Kolkata: BJP Lok Sabha
member from Bankura,
Saumitra Khan, on Thurs-
day, wrote to Union Home
Minister Amit Shah, de-
manding a central agency
probe in the sudden de-
mise of popular playback
singer KK. He died on late
Tuesday evening after his
performance at Nazrul
Manch in South Kolkata.
Hinting at some kind of
conspiracy to hush up the
actual reason behind KK’s
demise, Khan in his letter
to Shah, has specially
referred to the presence
of senior TMC leaders in
the premises of state-run
SSKM Medical College
Hospital, on Wednesday
afternoon, while the post-
mortem of KK’s body
was going on.
VIOLENCE: TMC
LEADER APPEARS
BEFORE CBI
Kolkata: Gauging that
the noose is gradu-
ally tightening around
him in the post-poll
violence case, Trinamool
Congress leader and the
party’s Birbhum district
president Anubrata Man-
dal on Thursday reached
the CBI office here.
Mandal was at the CBI
office located in the Cen-
tral Government Office
(CGO) Complex office,
Salt Lake in the north-
ern outskirts of Kolkata.
Mandal had undergone
around two hours of
grilling till the time the
report was filed. The
CBI sources said that
the grilling might con-
tinue for a long period
on Thursday.
RAJYA SABHA POLLS: AMID POACHING FEARS
Haryana Congress MLAs flown
to Raipur, three remain absent
Chandigarh (PTI): The
Indian National Con-
gress, which had sum-
moned all the 31 MLAs
of Haryana to New Del-
hi, eventually took most
of them to a private re-
sort in Raipur, Chhattis-
garh, on a chartered
flight.Of the31,28MLAs
had reached Delhi.
Those who remained
absent were Adampur
MLA Kuldeep Bishnoi,
Tosham MLA Kiran
Choudhry Rewari Chi-
ranjeev Rao. “Kiran
Choudhry is unwell but
shall be joining the oth-
er MLAs soon. Chiran-
jeev Rao is celebrating
his birthday with his
family and he too shall
join the other MLAs
and so will Kuldeep
Bishnoi,” party affairs
in-charge Vivek Bansal
said.
Party insiders said
Bishnoi is not too keen
to support any directive
issued by the party high
command and contin-
ues to maintain his dis-
tance from all party
events ever since he
was not considered for
the post of Haryana
Pradesh Congress Com-
mittee (HPCC) presi-
dent and not even for
Rajya Sabha.
Congress is in a state
of panic in Haryana af-
ter its expelled leader
VenodSharma’ssonand
media baron Kartikeya
Sharma filed his nomi-
nation papers as an In-
dependent candidate for
a Rajya Sabha seat from
Haryana. There are two
seats for Rajya Sabha
from Haryana. BJP has
nominated its former
transportministeranda
five-time MLA Krishan
Panwar and Congress,
whichisthesecondlarg-
estpartyinthestate,has
nominated AICC gener-
al secretary Ajay Mak-
en. The Rajya Sabha
pollsareslatedtobeheld
on June 10.
Haryana Congress MLAs being shifted from the residence of party MP Deepender Hooda’s (L), where
they had gathered ahead of voting for Rajya Sabha polls, in New Delhi on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI
CBI files chargesheet against
Anil Deshmuk in graft case
New Delhi: The Cen-
tral Bureau of Investi-
gation (CBI) on Thurs-
day filed a charge-sheet
running into over 49
pages in connection
with a Rs 100 crore ex-
tortion case involving
former Maharashtra
Home Minister Anil
Deshmukh, ex-Mumbai
top cop Param Bir Sin-
gh and others.
TheCBIhadinMarch
got permission from a
special Mumbai court
to record the statement
of Deshmukh. The CBI
sleuths subsequently
visited the Arthur Road
Jail and recorded Desh-
mukh’s statement on
March 3, 4 and 5.
The CBI also record-
ed the statements of
seven other persons in
connection with the
case, who were report-
edly deployed in the se-
curity of Deshmukh.
Singh had accused
Deshmukh of forcing
him to collect Rs 100
crore every month from
bars and restaurants in
Mumbai. He levelled
these allegations after
he was removed from
the police commission-
er’spost.Deshmukhhad
denied all allegations
levelled against him.
Anil Deshmukh
Hyderabad (Agencies):
Telangana Chief Minis-
ter K Chandrasekhar
RaoonThursdayalleged
that the NDA govern-
ment at the Centre is
conspiring to weaken
thestatesfinanciallyand
also discriminated
against Telangana.
Addressing the Telan-
gana State Formation
Day celebrations here,
he also attacked the Cen-
tre, among others, over
politics of hate allegedly
prevailing in the coun-
try
. All the governments
that have been in power
at the Centre so far have
eroded the spirit of the
Constitution and eroded
the autonomy of the
states, he said.
“The government
currently in power at
the Centre is based on
the frivolous doctrine
of “strong Centre -
weak states”.
That is why the viola-
tion of the rights of the
states culminated in the
reign of this govern-
ment,” Rao said.
Alleging that the Cen-
tral government is con-
spiring to weaken the
statesfinancially
,hesaid
the Centre is shifting
taxes in the form of cess
to evade the constitu-
tionally due share of the
states from the taxes lev-
ied by the Centre.
‘Centre conspiring to weaken states financially’
KCR ON TELANGANA FORMATION DAY
Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao during the State Emergence
Day celebrations, at Pragati Bhavan in Hyderabad.
TELANGANA
FORMATION DAY
After low-key celebra-
tions for the last two
years due to Covid-19
pandemic, Telangana on
Thursday celebrated the
states Formation Day
in a grand manner. The
Chief Minister hoisted
the national flag at his
official residence Pragati
Bhavan and later at Pub-
lic Gardens.

INDIA
07
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): As VC money
disappears amid eco-
nomic slowdown, tech
startups have laid off
over 20,000 employees
the world over since
April, while more than
8,000 employees have
lost jobs at the Indian
startups led by edtech
platforms.
According to layoff
aggregator Layoffs.fyi,
at least 20,514 people
have lost their jobs at
tech startups globally
since April globally
and the US is leading
the race.
The number doubled
over the past two
weeks, indicating that
the labour market for
the sector has taken a
turn for the worse, re-
ports Nikkei Asia.
Ironically, this figure
does not take contrac-
tual workers into ac-
counts which have lost
their jobs in the start-
up funding winter.
The job loss has
reached two-year high
among the startup eco-
system that once
churned out unicorns
after unicorns.
More than 15,000
people working in the
technology sector lost
their job in the month
of May alone, as global
macro-economic fac-
tors hit companies, es-
pecially startups.
According to layoff
aggregator layoffs.fyi,
more than 15,000 tech
workers have lost their
jobs this month, re-
ports TechCrunch.
Since March 2020
when the Covid-19 pan-
demic started, more
than 1.3 lakh employ-
ees have been laid off
by around 718 startups
globally.
Over 20K startup workers lose jobs globally
INDIA AND US TOP LIST
ALLEGING GOVT’S NEW RULES ‘LIMIT INTERNET FREEDOM’
EXPRESSVPNREMOVES
VPN SERVERS IN INDIA
First major virtual private network (VPN) provider to quit India
While slamming the
April 29 directions of
the Indian Computer
Emergency Response
Team (CERT-In), virtu-
al private network
(VPN) service provider
ExpressVPN an-
nounced that it has re-
moved its Indian-based
VPN servers.
Under the new direc-
tions, service providers
will have to store users’
names, IP addresses as-
signed to them, usage
patterns and other data.
ExpressVPN said that
the directions are “in-
compatiblewiththepur-
pose of VPNs, which are
designed to keep users’
online activity private”.
However, the reason
behind the removal of
the India-based servers
is not just a policy-based
decision for Express-
VPN. The VPN service
said that their servers
arespecificallydesigned
to not store logs. “Data
centers are unlikely to
be able to accommodate
this policy and our serv-
er architecture under
this new regulation, and
thus we will move for-
ward without physical
servers in India,” the
VPN service provider
said in a blogpost.
This decision by Ex-
pressVPN comes after
several (VPN) service
providers criticised
CERT-In’s recent di-
rections.
INDIAN USERS WILL STILL HAVE ACCESS
The British Virgin Island-based VPN clarified that removing its India-based
servers will not mean that Indian users will not be able to access its services.
“Rest assured, our users will still be able to connect to VPN servers that will
give them Indian IP addresses and allow them to access the internet as if they
were located in India. These “virtual” India servers will instead be physically
located in Singapore and the UK,” ExpressVPN said in a blog. ExpressVPN also
clarified that users will experience ‘minimal difference’ because of this change.
“In terms of the user experience, there is minimal difference. For anyone want-
ing to connect to an Indian server, simply select the VPN server location “India
(via Singapore)” or “India (via UK),” ExpressVPN said.
Indian officials meet Taliban in
Kabul in first visit since US exit
An Indian delegation
and the Taliban today
met in Kabul for the
first time since August
last year, when the Tali-
ban took control of Af-
ghanistan, which is
struggling for basic
needs after a 20-year
war in the largely
mountainous region.
All Indian mission
staff had returned from
Afghanistan in August
last year when the Tali-
ban took control of the
country, following the
exit of US forces.
“Post August 15 last
year, in the light of dete-
riorating security situa-
tion in Afghanistan, it
was decided to bring
back all India-based of-
ficials. However, the lo-
cal staff continued to
function and ensure
proper maintenance
andupkeepof ourprem-
ises there,” Foreign
Ministry spokesperson
Arindam Bagchi told re-
porters on Thursday
.
The template behind
India’s engagement
with the Taliban is
based on India’s histor-
ic ties with Afghani-
stan, he said.
LPG subsidy only for Ujjwala
beneficiaries: Petroleum Secy
government has limited
subsidy on cooking gas
LPG for only 9 crore
poor women and other
beneficiaries who got
free connections under
the Ujjwala scheme and
the remaining users in-
cluding households will
paythemarketprice.Oil
SecretaryPankajJainat
a news briefing said no
subsidy is paid on cook-
ing gas since June 2020
and the only subsidy
that is provided is the
one that Finance Minis-
terNirmalaSitharaman
announced on March 21.
“There was no sub-
sidy for LPG users
since the early days of
Covid. Since then the
only subsidy is one
which had been intro-
duced now for Ujjwala
beneficiaries,” he said.
Sitharaman had stat-
ed that Ujjwala scheme
beneficiaries will get Rs
200 per cylinder subsidy
for 12 bottles in a year to
help ease some of the
burden arising from
cooking gas rates rising
to record levels.
3 jawans hurt
in suspected
IED blast in
JK’s Shopian
After ban, Government
allows small quantity
of wheat for export
SC order on Puri temple
construction today
New Delhi: India has
allowed wheat ship-
ments of 469,202 tonnes
since banning most ex-
ports last month, but at
least 1.7 million tonnes
is lying at ports and
could be damaged by
loomingmonsoonrains,
government and indus-
try officials told media.
Shipments that have
been allowed moved
mainly to Bangladesh,
the Philippines, Tanza-
nia and Malaysia, said a
senior government of-
ficial, who also stated
the total quantity
.
The ban pulled Indi-
an wheat exports down
to 1.13 million tonnes in
May from a record 1.46
million tonnes in April,
the official said, declin-
ing to be named.
India, the world’s sec-
ond-biggest wheat pro-
ducer, imposed a gen-
eral ban on exports on
May 14 as a scorching
heat wave curtailed out-
put and pushed domes-
tic prices to record
highs.
Exceptions were al-
lowed for shipments
backed by letters of
credit that had already
been issued and those to
countries that request-
ed supplies to meet
their food security
needs.
But even after the de-
parture of some wheat,
at least 1.7 million
tonnes remained piled
up at various ports,
three dealers with
global trading firms
told media.
Supreme Court re-
served till Friday its
order on a plea alleging
illegal excavation and
construction work by
the Odisha government
at the famed Shree Jag-
annath temple in Puri.
A vacation bench of
Justices B R Gavai and
Hima Kohli said it
would pronounce its
order after the counsel
for the parties complet-
ed their arguments.
At the outset, senior
advocate Mahalaksh-
mi Pavani, appearing
for the petitioner, said
there’s a clear embar-
go there can be no con-
struction in the pro-
hibited area. “They
(state government) did
not even take permis-
sion to construct in the
regulated area,” she
submitted.
The state, she said,
got a no objection cer-
tificate from the Na-
tional Monuments Au-
thority (NMA) and
went ahead.
Srinagar (PTI): Three
soldiers,onthewaytoan
anti-terrorist operation,
were injured in a blast
on Thursday in south
Kashmir’s Shopian dis-
trict, officials said add-
ing that police are inves-
tigating whether it was
caused by sabotage or
was an accident.
The explosion took
place inside a private ve-
hicle hired by the forces
at Sedow in Shopian.
PRO (Defence) Srinagar,
Emron Musavi said that
they launched an opera-
tiontostartacordonand
search at Patitohalan at
around 3am following
specific intelligence.
“While moving to the
target area, approxi-
mately1kmfromSedow,
an explosion took place
inthecivilhiredvehicle,
being used by the team,
resulting in injuries to
three Indian Army sol-
diers,” Musavi said.
“The blast is very
likely to be from either
an IED or a grenade or a
battery malfunctioning
in the vehicle. Details
are being ascertained.
The injured personnel
were immediately shift-
ed at District Hospital
and thereafter evacuat-
ed to 92 Base Hospital in
Srinagar,” he said.
6 suspended, 12 sent back for
wearing hijab in K’taka dist
Why look for Shivling in every
mosque: Bhagwat on Gyanvapi
Bengaluru (Agencies):
Authorities in the Dak-
shina Kannada district
of Karnataka on Thurs-
daysuspended6students
forwearinghijabinspite
of a series of warnings.
In another instance, 12
students were sent back
for wearing hijab while
attending classes.
Six students of the
Uppinangadi Govern-
mentPreUniversityCol-
lege have been suspend-
ed for repeatedly violat-
inghijabguidelines.The
principal of the college
took the decision to sus-
pend the students after
holding a meeting with
college lecturers.
The 6 girl students
were informed about
the government order
and the decision of the
High Court prohibiting
the wearing of hijab in
classrooms.
Though the authori-
ties of Mangaluru Uni-
versity College near
Hampanakatte have
been sending back stu-
dents wearing hijab, 16
girl students who came
wearing hijab on Thurs-
day demanded that they
should be allowed to at-
tend classes.
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): Rashtriya Sway-
amsevak Sangh chief
Mohan Bhagwat on
Thursday called for a
“path through mutual
agreement” on the con-
troversy over the film-
ing of Gyanvapi
mosque in Uttar
Pradesh’s Varanasi.
HinduandMuslimpe-
titioners are fighting a
legal battle over a court-
ordered filming of the
mosque complex to
check whether there are
idols of Hindu Gods and
Goddesses, and whether
a “Shivling” has been
found, as claimed by the
Hindu petitioners.
“We had special devo-
tion towards some plac-
es and we spoke about
them but we shouldn’t
bring out a new matter
daily
. Why should we es-
calate the dispute? We
have devotion towards
Gyanvapi and doing
something as per that,
it’salright.Butwhylook
for a Shivling in every
masjid?” said the chief
of the RSS, the BJP’s
ideological mentor.
The RSS chief’s state-
ment defuses weeks of
comments by rightwing
groups and leaders that
indicated the matter
could turn into street
mobilisation, making
some to draw parallels
with Babri demolition.
KARNATAKA JAMIA MASJID DISPUTE
Sec 144 in Mandya from June 3-5 over VHP’s call for protest
Bengaluru (Agencies):
The Vishva Hindu Pari-
shad (VHP) has called
for a protest march
dubbed, “Sri Rangapat-
na Chalo,” on June 4,
against the disputed Ja-
mia Masjid in Karnata-
ka’s Mandya district.
Ahead of this, Mandya
Police decided to impose
Section 144 and restrict
any kind of public gath-
ering, procession, pro-
test or “Rath Yatra.”
The restrictions un-
der Section 144 of the
CRPC will be effective
from 3 pm on June 3 to
12 noon on June 5.
Meanwhile, respond-
ing to Mandya Deputy
Commissioner’s (DC)
letter on conducting vid-
eography in the disput-
ed Jamia Masjid, the
Superintendent Archae-
ologisthaswrittentothe
Directorof Archaeologi-
calSurveyof India(ASI)
requesting videography
of the east entrance.
The superinten-
dent’s letter states that
Jamia Masjid is a liv-
ing monument and,
currently, a “madrassa
is being run inside the
protected area”.
The VHP and Ba-
jrang Dal, on May 20,
submitted a memoran-
dum to the DC demand-
ing that a survey on the
lines of Gyanvapi Mas-
jid be conducted at Ja-
mia Masjid to uncover
the truth.
Indian delegation led by MEA Joint Secretary (PAI) JP Singh
during their visit to see Indian developmental projects, in Kabul.
Hijab-wearing students arrive to attend classes. —FILE PHOTO

BIZ BUZZ
08
Few transactions
to be cut from
crypto tax
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): The finance
ministry is expected
to issue a notification
in June regarding
exclusion of some
transactions from
the crypto tax. The
ministry has been in
talks about whether
or not to exempt rep-
resentations received
for exemptions. The
exemptions might in-
clude hospitals using
block chain technolo-
gy, reward points on
banks’ digital cards
and flight miles.
The government has
clearly rejected the
demands to eliminate
1% TDS on crypto
transactions.
NMDC iron ore
output grows to
3.2 MT in May
New Delhi (PTI):
State-owned NMDC
has registered over
14% growth in its
iron ore production
at 3.2 MT in May.
NMDC had produced
2.8 MT of iron ore
in May 2021. “Our
consistent growth in
production has not
only made NMDC the
fastest growing iron
ore mining company
in India but also the
most consistent sup-
plier to the domestic
steel sector. “We
have strengthened
our core by welcom-
ing a fleet of new
age tech digital
interventions to our
biz,” its CMD said.
‘Startups will
determine India’s
future economy’
New Delhi (PTI):
Underscoring the
importance of start-
ups in India, Union
Minister Jitendra
Singh on Thursday
said startups will
determine India’s
future economy as
well as that of the
world. The Minister
of State for Science
and Technology said
one of the major
achievements of the
government has been
the boost provided by
the startup move-
ment. Calling Indian
startups the future of
the economy, he said
“startups are going to
determine India’s fu-
ture economy which
in turn is going to
determine the world’s
future economy”.
New Delhi (PTI): In-
dia will require an ad-
ditional 1.3 billion
square feet of health-
care space by 2030 to
reach the global hospi-
tal beds-to-population
average, according to
CBRE.
In its report, CBRE
mentioned that the to-
tal number of beds
available in India was
1.9 million in 2019,
while the total area of
healthcare space was
0.9 billion square feet.
The consultant has
projected that 2.9 mil-
lion beds will be re-
quired by 2030 to reach
the global average.
The total additional
area required to reach
the global bed-to-popu-
lation average would be
1.3 billion square feet
by 2030.
“India has one of the
lowest bed-to-popula-
tion ratios in the world,
which is indicative of
the infrastructure gap
as well as the vast
growth potential of
this segment,” CBRE
South Asia said in a
statement.
Anshuman Maga-
zine, Chairman CEO
- India, South-East
Asia, Middle East Af-
rica, CBRE, said:
“Healthcare in India is
being driven by rising
income levels, growing
health awareness, bet-
ter access to medical
insurance amidst in-
creasing government
spending on health-
care, an ageing popula-
tion and the changing
nature of epidemiolo-
gy
.”
The COVID-19 pan-
demic underlined the
importance of this seg-
ment, thereby amplify-
ing investor interest,
he added.
Additional 1.3 bn sq ft healthcare space required by 2030
REQUIREMENT
SBI revises up FY23 eco
growth forecast to 7.5%
Mumbai (PTI): SBI Re-
search has projected
the Indian economy to
grow at 7.5% in 2022-23,
an upward revision of
20 basis points from its
earlier estimate.
As per official data,
the economy grew by
8.7% in FY22, net add-
ing `11.8 lakh crore in
the year to `147 lakh
crore, the report said,
adding this was howev-
er only 1.5% higher
than the pre-pandemic
year of FY20.
“Given the high infla-
tion and the subsequent
upcoming rate hikes,
we believe that real
GDP will incrementally
increase by Rs 11.1 lakh
crore in FY23. This still
translates into a real
GDP growth of 7.5% for
FY23, up by 20 basis
points over our previ-
ous forecast,” SBI chief
economist Soumyakan-
ti Ghosh said in a note
on Thursday
.
Nominal GDP ex-
panded by `38.6 lakh
crore to `237 lakh crore,
or 19.5% annualised. In
FY23 also, as inflation
remains elevated in the
first half, nominal GDP
will grow 16.1% to `275
lakh crore, he said.
The report basis its
optimism on the rising
corporate revenue and
profit and the growing
bank credit coupled
with ample liquidity in
the system.
On rising corporate
growth, the report notes
that in FY22, around
2,000 listed companies
reported 29% top line
growth and 52% jump
in net profit over the
previous year.
Construction sectors
including cement, steel,
etc reported impressive
growth in both revenue
as well as net income
with 45% and 53%, rise
respectively in revenue.
Interestingly, the or-
der book position re-
mains strong, with con-
struction major LT
reporting 9% growth in
order book position at
`3.6 lakh crore as of
March, supported by
10% growth in order in-
flow of `1.9 lakh crore
in FY22 and `1.7 lakh
crore in FY21.
SBI Chief
economist says
real GDP will
incrementally
increase by
`11.1 lakh
crore in FY23
Given the high inflation and the subse-
quent upcoming rate hikes, we believe
that real GDP will incrementally increase
by `11.1 lakh crore in FY23. This still translates
into a real GDP growth of 7.5% for FY23, up by
20 basis points over our previous forecast.
—Soumyakanti Ghosh, SBI chief economist
Axis Bank
expects repo
rate to rise
to 5.75%
New Delhi (PTI): With
inflation remaining at
elevated levels, RBI may
gradually increase the
benchmark lending
rate to about 5.75% by
the end of this fiscal,
Axis Bank chief econo-
mist Saugata Bhat-
tacharya said on Thurs-
day
.
He also said RBI may
undertake front loading
of interest rate hikes to
tame inflation which
have been over the cen-
tral bank’s tolerance
level for the past 4
months.
RBI Governor has al-
ready said the possibil-
ity of another hike at
the June review is a
“no-brainer”.
The next meeting of
the MPC is scheduled
for June 6-8.
Policy tightening to hit fiscal numbers: Report
Mumbai (PTI): As the
country’s fiscal policy
is moving in sync with
the monetary policy
amid the runaway infla-
tion, the tightening
measures along with
rising subsidies imply
that the consolidated
fiscal deficit may re-
main elevated at 10.2%
of GDP in FY23, down
20 bps from FY22, ac-
cording to a report.
As per the report, the
central deficit is expect-
ed to be at 6.7% and
states’ at 3.5% in the
current fiscal.
The government has
pegged the combined
fiscal shortfall at 9.8%
of which the central
deficit is seen at 6.4%
(down from 6.7% in
FY22) and states’ at
3.4% for FY23.
While these meas-
ures may help soften
inflationary pressures
by about 50 bps over the
coming months, that
will not be enough to
bring inflation within
the RBI comfort zone of
4 (+/-2) % unless global
commodity prices mod-
erate significantly, UBS
Securities warned in a
note on Thursday
.
The brokerage also
maintained that CPI av-
eraging 6.5-7% in FY23
will force the RBI-MPC
to gradually hike the
repo rate to 5.5% by
FY23-end and to 6% by
FY24-end to help con-
tain the second-round
impact of higher input
prices on the real econ-
omy, Tanvee Gupta
Jain, UBS Securities
chief India economist
said.
She also noted that
these steps imply that
the consolidated fiscal
deficit will be at an ele-
vated 10.2% of GDP of
which the Central defi-
cit may be at 6.7 per cent
and the states’ at 3.5%
in FY23 from 10.4% in
FY22.
MAJOR KEY
KiaEV6launched
at ` 59.95 lakh
New Delhi (PTI):
Kia India on Thurs-
day forayed into the
electric vehicle seg-
ment in the country
with the launch of
EV6, priced at
`59.95 lakh (ex-
showroom).
Built on a dedi-
cated EV platform
-- the electric-global
modular platform
(E-GMP), the EV6
marks the begin-
ning of Kia’s EV
journey in the
country
.
The model would
be available in two
trims -- priced at
`59.95 lakh and `
64.95 lakh respec-
tively
.
Speaking at the
launch, Kia India
Managing Director
and CEO Tae-Jin
Park said the com-
pany will invest in
scaling up its pres-
enceintheEVsector.
The company’s
parent, Kia Corpo-
ration has already
announced invest-
ment of around
$22.22 billion in its
business operations
over the next five
years. A part of this
investment will be
made in developing
products that will
be sold in India and
in setting up infra-
structure.
“We are fully ca-
pable of manufac-
turing EVs for In-
dia. The company is
evaluating various
battery electric ve-
hicles (BEVs) for
the market,” Park
said.
The company
plans to bring an In-
dia centric EV by
2025, he noted.
As part of its EV
journey in the coun-
try, the company
plans to introduce
various body styles
to cater to both
mass market and
premium segments.
BANK CREDIT TO NBFCS
RISES 10% TO ` 10.5 L CR
Mumbai (PTI): Bank
credit to NBFCs grew
in double digit in FY22
with outstanding bank
credit to them rising
by 10.4% to `10.5 lakh
crore on the back of
improvement in over-
all economic activities
and banks’ renewed
focus on the NBFC sec-
tor following improve-
ment in their balance
sheets, says a report.
In absolute terms,
according to an analy-
sis by Care Ratings,
bank credit to non-
banking financial com-
panies (NBFCs) ex-
panded by `99,000 crore
in FY22, from FY21.
The number does
not include liquidity
given by banks to them
through securitization
route (direct assign-
ment and pass-through
certificates) and also
banks’ investments in
NBFCs’ debt instru-
ments.
Meanwhile, mutual
funds’ debt exposure
through commercial
papers (CPs) and cor-
porate bonds, to NBF-
Cs rose 14.3% to `1.7
lakh crore in FY22 as
NBFCs issued more
CPs to fund IPOs and
as they shifted from
long-term to short-
term investments on
expectation of hike in
interest rates.
Sensex jumps 437 pts after 2-day decline
Mumbai (PTI): Bench-
marks bounced back on
Thursday after a two-
day fall, with the Sensex
jumping 437 points
amid heavy buying in
index heavyweight Reli-
ance Industries and
positive trends from Eu-
ropean markets.
The 30-share BSE
Sensex jumped 436.94
points or 0.79% to settle
at 55,818.11. During the
day, it gained 510.75
points or 0.92% to
55,891.92.
The broader NSE Nif-
ty climbed 105.25 points
or 0.64% to finish at
16,628.
MG MOTOR, CASTROL AND
JIO-BP IN PACT FOR EVs
New Delhi (PTI): MG Motor India and lubricant
brad Castrol India are set to collaborate with Jio-bp
to explore mobility solutions for electric cars, the
automaker said in a statement on Thursday. Under the
partnership, Jio-bp, MG Motor and Castrol will explore
setting up four-wheeler EV charging infrastructure and
expand Castrol’s existing auto service network to cater
to EV customers, it note. The partnership is in line
with Jio-bp and MG Motor’s commitment to provide
vast and reliable charging infrastructure to electric car
customers and accelerating EV adoption in India, the
statement added.
` SLIPS 10 PAISE TO CLOSE AT 77.60 AGAINST US $
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee depreciated by 10 paise to close at
77.60 (provisional) against the US dollar on Thursday, even
as oil prices eased and domestic equities settled on a positive
note. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee con-
solidated in a narrow range. It opened lower at 77.61 against
the greenback and finally settled at 77.60, down 10 paise over
its previous close. During the session, the rupee touched an
intra-day low of 77.63 and a high of 77.54.
GOLD JUMPS `434;
SILVER RALLIES BY
`918 PER KG
New Delhi (PTI): Gold
in the national capital on
Thursday jumped `434
to `50,887 per 10 grams,
supported by rally in the
yellow metal prices in
the international markets
along with rupee depre-
ciation. Silver also rallied
by `918 to `61,776 per
kg from `60,858 per kg
in the previous trade. In
the international market,
gold was trading higher
at $1,852 per ounce
and silver also traded
marginally up at $22 per
ounce.
Sonalika Tractors sees 42%
growth in total sales in May
Mumbai (PTI): Sona-
lika Tractors on Thurs-
day reported a 42.1%
growth in its total trac-
tor sales at 12,615 units
in May over the same
month of last year.
The Hoshiarpur-
based tractor maker
had sold 8,878 tractors
in May 2021.
The company said it
has expanded its re-
gion-centric, custom-
ised tractor range in the
just concluded month
by introducing two new
tractors.
‘Sikander RX 50 with
12F+3R transmission’
has been rolled out for
the farmers in Madhya
Pradesh, while ‘MM 18
Narrow Track’ has been
launched especially for
the farmers in Gujarat,
who are into orchards
and vineyards, it said.
ASHOK LEYLAND
UNVEILS 8-WHEEL
TRUCK AVTR 2620
Chennai (PTI): Ashok
Leyland has unveiled its
first eight-wheel truck
-AVTR 2620 -making
the company to be the
only player to have full
range of trucks based on
lift axle technology. The
new product would offer
excellent operational
flexibility to customers
to choose the option
based on their load, best
in class Total Cost of
Operation benefits.

Rohitashav
Hanumangarh: Ter-
rorists shot dead a bank
manager from Ra-
jasthan inside the bank
premises in Kashmir’s
Kulgam district on
Thursday. 22-year-old
bankmanagerVijayKu-
mar Beniwal, resident
of village Bhagwan was
married on February
10, 2022 to Manoj Ku-
mari, a resident of
Pirkamadia in Hanu-
mangarh district. His
wife was also living
with him in Jammu.
The news of his death
came through televi-
sion to his family
members here. After
this, mourning
griped the house and
the village.
His father Om
Prakash is a govern-
ment teacher. Beniwal
was the eldest of the two
brothers. It is said that
he joined banking ser-
vice four years ago and
was posted in JK re-
gion for the last 3 years.
Three days back, he
was appointed in El-
laqui Dehati Bank at
Areh Mohanpora
branch in the south
Kashmir district.
The family told that
they used to talk to Vi-
jay Kumar often.
This morning itself,
Vijay Kumar’s mother
had a talk with his wife
Manoj Kumari then she
had invited the parents
to come to Jammu for a
few days and also said
that in July they would
also come to the village
for few days.
Talking about his
plan, Vijay Kumar’s fa-
ther said he was prepar-
ing for examinations to
become a branch man-
ager and wanted to shift
to some other state.
NEWS
09
First India Bureau
Jaipur : Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot bless-
ed his son Vaibhav Ge-
hlot on his birthday on
Wednesday
.
Vaibhav Gehlot was
also blessed on his
birthday by his mother
Sunita Gehlot who ap-
plied tilak on his fore-
head and fed him
sweets.
Interestingly, Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
has extended heartfelt
congratulations, love
and blessings to Vaib-
hav on his birthday by
tweeting a photo.
Along with this, Con-
gress leaders and well-
wishers, including
Speaker of the Assem-
bly Dr. CP Joshi, PCC
Chief Govind Singh Do-
tasra, State Minister Dr.
Mahesh Joshi and sev-
eral others congratu-
lated Vaibhav Gehlot on
his birthday through
social media.
SIGNATURE DRIVE
ORGANISED IN
JODHPUR
In Jodhpur, though
many different pro-
grammes were organ-
ised on the birthday of
Congress leader Vaib-
hav Gehlot, the cam-
paign – collecting signa-
tures of 21,000 people
within 24 hours on a
121-metre long white
cloth wishing the young
leader – has awed every-
one.
The event has now
found a place in the
Golden Book of World
Records.
Alok Kumar of the
Records from Delhi ver-
ified it by staying pre-
sent during the unique
campaign.
It is perhaps for the
first time that such a
signature campaign
was organised on some-
one’s birthday and the
credit goes to former
student union presi-
dent Sunil Chaudhary.
“We will present this
121-metre long cloth to
Vaibhav Gehlot very
soon,” said Chaudhary
.
Vaibhav Gehlot’s birthday celebrated with gusto
CELEBRATIONS
Assassinated bank manager Vijay
Kumar got married 4 months ago
Vijay Kumar was preparing for examinations to
become branch manager in other state: Father
His father Om Prakash is a government teacher,
Beniwal joined banking service four years ago
PALL OF GLOOM DESCENDS ON VILLAGE
A pall of gloom descended on the village
as the news of the assassination of the
bank manager Vijay Kumar reached the
village. People of the area thronged village
to express their grief.
His father Om
Prakash is a govern-
ment teacher. Beniwal
was the eldest of the two
brothers. It is said that
3 die as car rams into stationary
trailer in Sikar, couple dies in Barmer
Tension grips Baran
aftercopslathicharge
agitating traders
Ramesh Sharma
Sikar: Three peo-
ple died on the spot,
while one was seriously
injured, when the car in
which they were travel-
ling collided
with a trailer parked on
the roadside. The acci-
dent happened on
Thursday near NH-52
Tanshree Hotel in
Ranoli PS area.
SHO Kailash Chan-
dra said that four peo-
ple Navneet, Ashish,
Manjeet and Raj Govind
were in the I-20 car. The
car driver could not
maintain his balance
due to which the
car rammed the trail-
er from behind.
Navneet from Pilani,
Ashish from Gur-
gaon, and Manjeet died
on the spot while Rajgo-
vind of Rewari was se-
riously injured.
Hanspal Yadav
Baran:Tensiongripped
the Baran city on Thurs-
day after the traders
community and BJP
workersobservedbandh
to protest against the as-
sault by youths on two
traders on Wednesday
night.
Traders and BJP
workers were protesting
against the increasing
criminal incidents in
BaranonThursday
.Dur-
ing the bandh call, they
stage dharna on the
road.Duringtheprotest,
some agitating people
tried to enter a market,
but police tried to stop
them, but they did not
relent and started re-
moving the barricades.
On this, the police
and the crowd came-
face-to face and the po-
lice lathi-charged them
to control the situation.
The situation became
tense after the lathi-
charge and extra force
was deployed.
SHO and ASI
suspend for
negligence in
scam case
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota: In the case of
Kota’s Apeksha Group
chit fund company
scam, Gumanpura po-
lice station CI Lakhan
Lal Meena and ASI Ri-
hanna have been sus-
pended due to the alle-
gations of negligence in
the matter and not ar-
resting the accused.
The CI and ASI are ac-
cused of colluding with
the directors of the
company and helping
them to sell the compa-
ny’s property. Not only
this, the four directors
who have been arrested
by the police so far have
been taken from police
custody to the registry
office and helped in sell-
ing the company’s prop-
erty to other people.
Kota City SP Kesar
Singh Shekhawat said
that a case is registered
against Apeksha Group
Company on charges of
duping more than 3500
people of the city and
cheated them of Rs 200
crore.Onthecomplaint,
an FIR was registered
on January 2 against 38
directors of Apeksha
Group Company
.
CS Usha Sharma directs officers to
hold camps to solve people’s problems
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Secre-
tary Usha Sharma on
Thursday said that the
public hearing camp is
the best way to solve
the problems of the
common people imme-
diately and provide
good governance.
Usha Sharma aid
that the concerned of-
ficers should make
such arrangements
that maximum num-
ber of people come to
the camps and the
problems could be re-
solved on the spot.
She was reviewing
public hearings and
disposal of grievances
at the Government Sec-
retariat. She said that
the concerned officers
should give maximum
publicity about the
camps and also moni-
tor and monitor the
camps continuous-
ly
. She also directed the
concerned public rep-
resentatives to provide
advance information
about the camps.
Sharma said that all
the public hearings to
be held in the month of
June would be seen vir-
tually at the level of
Chief Secretary’s Of-
fice and the Principal
Secretary
.
CS Usha Sharma reviewing progress of public hearings camps and disposal of grievances.
The ill-fated car
Bank manager Vijay Kumar with his wife Manoj Kumari, friends and family members when he
was getting married four months ago in his village. —FILE PHOTO
Sunita Gehlot, mother of Vabhav Gehlot applying Tilak to him on
Thursday. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot also seen in the picture.
A signature campaign was organised in Jodhpur to mark the
celebration of birthday of Vaibhav Gehlot on Thursday.
A blood donation camp was held to mark the celebration in
Jaipur. Vaibhav Gehlot is also seen in the picture.
Blood donation
camp organised
Jaipur: 105 unit blood
was collected in a
blood donation camp
held on Thursday to
mark the birthday of
RCA president Vaibhav
Gehlot. The camp was
organised jointly by
Pavta Panchayat Samiti
and nurses at JMA au-
ditorium in SMS hospi-
tal premises. Vaibhav
Gehlot, VC of RUHS Dr
Sudhir Bhandari and
others attended the
programme.
CONGRESSMEN CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY IN JODHPUR
Jodhpur: A number
of programmes were
organised on the
occasion of Congress
leader Vaibhav Gehlot’s
birthday on Thursday
in Jodhpur. Congress
leader Divya Gehlot,
Sandeep Vishnoi, Ram
Singh Budh, NSUI
leader Dilip Chaudhary,
social worker Sushila
Bohra, Cricket coach
Waseem Ahmed, Dr
Adam Sisodiya, Ashok
Sankhla, Rubina
Khan and other party
workers celebrated
the birthday of AICC
member Vaibhav
Gehlot by holding vari-
ous programme in the
city. Vaibhav Gehlot’s
birthday was also cel-
ebrated at Guru Kripa
Rehabilitation Centre,
which was virtually
attended by him. Simi-
larly, a tree plantation
drive was organised
by Congress leader
Sandeep Vishnoi,
while NSUI leader Dilip
Chaudhary organised
a free medical camp
to mark the occasion.
People from rural areas
too celebrated Vaibhav
Gehlot’s birthday by or-
ganising a cake cutting
ceremony. The birthday
celebration was organ-
ised in Jodhpur and
adjoining rural area with
great enthusiasm by the
people in which Vaibhav
Gehlot participated
virtually. —Rajeev Gaur
CM approves
reorganisation
of posts in
Panchayat dept
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot has
approved the reorganiza-
tion of the posts under the
ministerial cadre in Pan-
chayati Raj Department.
With this, 2268 personnel
will get opportunities for
promotion. The reorgani-
zation has been done in the
cadre of Zila Parishad and
Panchayat Samiti of the
department. The chief
minister has also given
permission for amend-
ment for the creation of
designations that are not
mentioned in the recruit-
ment rules. This will cre-
ate the posts of Establish-
ment Officer, Administra-
tive Officer, and Additional
Administrative Officer.
After the decision, 33
posts of Establishment Of-
ficer, 66 of Administrative
Officer, and 451 posts of
Additional Administrative
Officer have been created.
At the same time, the
posts of Assistant Admin-
istrative Officer have been
increasing from 220 to 843
and Senior Assistant from
331 to 1426 posts.
ASHOK GEHLOT
CONDEMNS
KILLING OF BANK
MANAGER IN J-K
Jaipur: Rajasthan
Gehlot condemned
the killing
of Kumar
saying
that the
NDA gov-
ernment
has failed to restore
peace in Kashmir.
“The killing of Vijay
Kumar, a resident
of Hanumangarh, is
highly condemnable.
I pray to God to give
peace to his soul and
courage to his family.
Such killing of our
citizens by terrorists
will not be tolerated,”
Gehlot tweeted.
Traders and BJP workers protesting in Baran on Thursday.
TIGHT SECURITY
2 DIE IN BARMER
CM Gehlot,
others extend
greetings

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