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CENTRE DID NOTHING IN 7 YEARS
TO CONTROL INFLATION: GEHLOT
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot on Sun-
day blamed the Centre’s
policies for the rising
inflation in the country
and said the govern-
ment has taken no con-
crete step in the last
seven years to bring it
down. It has become dif-
ficult for the common
man to run his house-
hold due to the high in-
flation, he said.
According to the la-
bour ministry, the year-
on-year retail inflation
for industrial workers
stood at 5.24 per cent in
May as against 5.14 per
cent in April and 5.10
per cent in May last
year. Similarly, food in-
flation stood at 5.26 per
cent in May as against
4.78 per cent in April
and 5.88 per cent in May
last year, the ministry
had said.
“The central govern-
ment has failed miser-
ably in controlling in-
flation. It neither has
the right policy nor a
clear intention. Every-
thing from petrol, die-
sel, cooking gas to dai-
ly-use items has become
expensive,” Gehlot said.
Citing the govern-
ment data on inflation,
he said, Turn to P6
CRUCIAL READ
SIKH DELEGATION FROM VALLEY MEETS
SHAH, HAILS REPEAL OF ARTICLE 370
Amritsar: While hailing the repeal of
Article 370 and enactment of CAA in the
Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir,
a delegation of Sikhs from the valley
has extended an invitation to Sikhs and
Hindus from outside India to settle in the
valley. Expressing concern over the declining growth rate
of Sikhs in valley, the delegation urged Shah to declare
Sikhs of the Kashmir valley as a minority community.
RTI SEEKS INFO ON
SG-SUVENDU MEET
‘MAKE ALL EFFORTS TO
SAVE STAN SWAMY’
Kolkata: Saket Gokhale,
ex-journalist and activist,
has sought information
regarding the reported
meeting between the
Solicitor General Tushar
Mehta, with Bengal MLA
Suvendu Adhikari via RTI.
New Delhi: Every possible
effort must be made to
provide medical care to
Stan Swamy (84), tribal
rights activist jailed under
the stringent UAPA, NHRC
ordered the Maharashtra
government on Sunday. P6
UTTARAKHAND BJP RIFT WIDE OPEN ON DAY-1
DELHI REBUFFS DISSENT AS
DHAMI TAKES OATH IN DEHRADUN
All 11 MLAs previously members of the
Tirath Singh Rawat Cabinet also take oath
Mohd Fahad
Dehradun: Pushkar
SinghDhamiwassworn
in as the 11th chief min-
ister of Uttarakhand,
along with an 11-mem-
ber cabinet, here on
Sunday
.
The oath of office was
administered on Dhami
and his ministers by
Governor Baby Rani
Mauryaatasimplefunc-
tion held on the lawns of
the Raj Bhawan in the
presence of a host of
MPs and MLAs of the
ruling Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) and senior
government officials.
No new face has been
inducted into Dhami’s
cabinet, which remains
as it was under his pre-
decessor Tirath Singh
Rawat. The only differ-
ence is that this time,
all the ministers are of
cabinet rank.
The ministers sworn
in on Sunday are Satpal
Maharaj, Harak Singh
Rawat, Bansidhar Bha-
gat, Turn to P6
BJP’s Pushkar Singh Dhami sworn-in as Uttarakhand CM by
Governor Baby Rani Maurya during a ceremony in Dehradun.
MANY VETERAN BJP LEADERS
UPSET OVER BEING SIDE-LINED
REGIONAL ASPIRATIONS: BJP
MULLS DY CM FROM GARHWAL
Dehradun: With the elevation Dhami to CM, BJP had
hoped to end the political crisis in Uttarakhand on
Saturday. However, it didn’t seem to be the case as
hours before his swearing-in, reports of many party
senior leaders expressing their displeasure over the
move started making rounds in the state capital.
Dehradun: To adequately address the regional aspi-
rations of Garhwal and Kumaon, BJP is mulling
over appointing a deputy CM from the Garhwal
region. “Discussions were going on within party to
to give equal representation and maintain a balance
between to both Garhwal and Kumaon regions.
BJP DENIES
RIFT WITHIN
U’KHAND UNIT
CHIEF MINISTER
DHAMI IN MAP
CONTROVERSY
Dehradun: BJP on
Sunday denied re-
ports of rift within its
Uttarakhand unit over
the choice of Dhami
as the next Chief
Minister. State BJP
Chief Madan Kaushik,
while speaking to
ANI, said, “All is well
within the party as
everyone attended
the swearing-in.”
Dehradun: Dhami’s
2015 tweet became
talk of the town
showing a map, pur-
portedly as “Akhand
Bharat (undivided
India)”. The map
went unnoticed then,
but moments after
he hit the limelight
over his role as new
Uttarakhand CM, it
went viral.
Drones: Can’t
cope up with
threat?Banthem
Srinagar: A week after
the drone attack at an
Air Force base in Jam-
mu,theSrinagaradmin-
istration has imposed
restrictions on the use,
possession and sale of
drones. The order states
that “the decentralised
airspaceaccesshastobe
regulated in view of re-
cent episodes of misuse
of drones posing threat.
Turn to P6
Srinagar bans sale, purchase and
possession of drones; people who
own them told to deposit in police stations
Government departments using
drones asked to inform local
police station before using them
1
2
police station before using them
Why PM Modi not ready for
JPC probe?: Rahul on Rafale
Sidhu’s trick from Kejri’s hat: 24-hr
power, 300 free units achievable
Haryana govt extends
lockdown till July 12
Chandigarh: Haryana
government on Sunday
extended lockdown ––
‘Mahamari Alert-
Surakshit Haryana ––
for another week, till
July 12, along with
more relaxations.
According to the new
guidelines released by
the Haryana govern-
ment, Turn to P6
New Delhi: A day after
the Congress demanded
a Joint Parliamentary
Committee (JPC) probe
into the Rafale deal,
Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi on July 4 put
out an online survey
asking why the Modi
government was not
ready for it.
Among the choices
given by Gandhi to the
question were guilt con-
science, saving friends,
JPC does not want a Ra-
jya Sabha seat and all
the above.
“Why is the Modi gov-
ernment not ready for a
JPC probe? -- guilt con-
science, saving the
friends, JPC does not
want a Rajya Sabha seat
and all of these are
right,” he said in Hindi
on Twitter, while put-
ting out the survey
.
Gandhi has been al-
leging corruption in the
Rafale fighter jet deal
for long now and had
made this as a major
poll plank in the 2019
Lok Sabha elections,
which the Congress lost
badly
. Turn to P6
New Delhi: Toeing the
lineof promisesmadeby
Delhi Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal of pro-
viding limited free pow-
erduringpolls,Congress
MLA Navjot Singh Sid-
hu, harbouring greater
dreams in Punjab, on
Sunday reiterated the
state government stand
to streamline the power
supply by cancelling the
power purchase pact
that was executed dur-
ingtheSAD-BJPregime.
Hewrote:“Letusstart
with Congress High
Command’s Pro-People
18 Point Agenda and get
ridof thefaultyun-nego-
tiable Badal-signed Pow-
erPurchaseAgreements
through “New Legisla-
tion in Punjab Vidhan
Sabha” fixing rates as
per National Power Ex-
change with No fixed
charges!”
He added, “Money
spent on giving unrea-
sonable & exuberant
profits to Private Ther-
mal Plants should be uti-
lised for welfare of Peo-
plei.eGivingPowerSub-
sidy for Free Power for
Domestic use (Upto 300
Units),24hourssupply&
to invest in Education &
Healthcare !”
Keeping in
view the
security situation apart
from concerns of breach
of privacy, nuisance and
trespass, it is extremely
dangerous to let
unmanned aerial
vehicles to wander
around in the skies
within the territorial
jurisdiction of Srinagar
—The order reads
CORONA CATASTROPHE
INDIA
RAJASTHAN
43,071
new cases
955
new fatalities
71
new cases
04
new fatalities
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Youngest of the lot:
PUSHKAR DHAMI
Delhi stadiums, sport
complexes to reopen
without spectators
GEHLOT’S ‘RAFALE STRIKE’
With the tornado rising yet again in the Rafale deal, CM Ashok Gehlot, towing line drawn
by former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, has questioned the Union Government’s
resolve. on Sunday, Gehlot said, “Rahul Gandhi and the entire opposition has been rais-
ing the issues surrounding Rafale deal. The nation wants to know when Air Force needed
126 Rafle planes, then why merely 36 were purchased? How did the cost of one Rafale
plane increased from 526 crore rupees to 1600 crore rupees? On the demands raised
by people and the Opposition, a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) is formed, hence
when the Chief opposition party is demanding to constitute a JPC for investigation of
rafale deal, what then is the problem in forming JPC?
CM Ashok Gehlot
45 ARMYMEN KILLED IN MILITARY
AIRCRAFT CRASH IN PHILIPPINES
KALYAN SINGH SUFFERS
MINOR HEART ATTACK
Former Governor of Rajasthan Kalyan Singh
suffered a minor heart attack and was shifted to
a hospital in Lucknow. UP CM Yogi Adityanath
and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh among
other leaders visited Singh at the hospital.
Manila: At least 45 people were killed and dozens injured Sunday when a Philip-
pine military aircraft carrying troops crashed and burst into flames after missing
the runway in the country’s south, the armed forces said. Nearly 100 people,
most of them recent army graduates, were on the C-130 Hercules transport
plane which was trying to land on Jolo island in Sulu province around midday.
BHAGWAT SPEAKS
 RSS chief Mohan
Bhagwat on Sunday
urged muslims not to
get “trapped in the cycle
of fear” that Islam is in
danger in India.
 He also took on
those indulging in
lynching, saying, “They
are against Hindutava”.
Though at times, some
false cases of lynching
have been registered
against people, he said.

First India Bureau
Pali: Thepolicearrested
and suspended a consta-
ble posted in Industrial
police station area after
a woman alleged rape by
him. The woman who
reachedpoliceaftercom-
plaining about a dispute
withneighboursgother-
self caughtinthetrapof
accused constable. On
the pretext of help, the
constable allegedly
raped and assaulted her.
Pali Superintendent
of Police Kaluram Raw-
at suspended constable
Ajaypal Bhakal and in-
vestigation was handed
over to Deputy Superin-
tendent of Police (Ru-
ral) Shravan Das Sant.
Theconstableisaccused
of taking the complain-
ant outside Pali for 19
days in various hotels
where he raped and as-
saulted her repeatedly
.
Two missing
children found
dead in canal
Sri Ganganagar: Two
minor children were
drowned in a distribu-
tary canal in Sriganga-
nagar district of Ra-
jasthan. Suresh (8) and
his cousin sister Komal
(9) had gone to the dis-
tributary for taking
bath when they slipped
into deep water and
drowned. When they did
not return till late, their
family members started
looking for them. They
also called the police
and suspected that they
could have been
drowned. The search op-
eration was started and
the bodies were found
in the distributor near
Anupgarh.
Two killed, one
injured as car
collides with truck
Jaipur: Two men were
killed and one injured
when a car in which they
were travelling collided
with a truck on Jaipur-
Ajmer in Bagru area on
Sunday
. The incident oc-
curred at the Bagru cut
when the vehicles collid-
ed which left two dead
and one injured. The
bodies were shifted to a
mortuary and the in-
jured are being treated at
the SMS hospital. Efforts
are being made to ascer-
tain the identity of the
deceased.
1 killed as firing,
lathis used over
land dispute
Sri Ganganagar: A
man was killed during
fierce fighting that took
place between two sides
for about an hour due to
a land dispute in Raisin-
ghnagar’s village 55 NP
on Sunday
. Eight people
from both sides were se-
riously injured in this
incident. As a precau-
tion, the police force has
also been deployed in
the Govt Hospital, while
5 seriously injured have
been referred to Srigan-
ganagar. One of the in-
jured succumbed to inju-
ries. The police have reg-
istered a case and started
the investigation.
BRIEF
in
Constable held for raping
woman on pretext of help
CRIME AGAINST WOMEN ON RISE!
Bride runs away
with cash and
jewellery in Jpr
MINOR GIRL BLACKMAILED
First India Bureau
Ajmer: A case of black-
mailinga16-year-oldhas
come to light in Ajmer.
The girl’s friendship
with the accused hap-
pened on social media.
Later, the accused edited
photos of the minor and
blackmailed her. In the
last10months,theyouth
took away Rs 9.5 lakh
from her. Tired of the
continuous blackmail-
ing, the victim filed a
case at the Alwar Gate
police station. Police
have started the search
for the accused.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: After the death
of his first wife, an ex-
army man married for
a second time so that
his children could get
the love of a mother. He
paid Rs 3 lakh for the
marriage but on the
third day of marriage,
the bride turned out to
be a robber. She brutal-
ly beat her 14-year-old
stepdaughter and
11-year-old stepson in
the absence of her hus-
band. After this, she ran
away with all the cash
and jewellry kept in the
house. The husband
lodged a case at Har-
mada police station in
Jaipur on Saturday
.
Green corridors to be built
in JMC Heritage areas: PSK
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Green corridor
roads will be construct-
ed in Jaipur Heritage
Municipal Corporation
area in Jaipur.
There will be dense
greenery on both sides
of these roads. The ini-
tiative is being started
from the Civil Lines
zone. Transport Minis-
ter Pratap Singh
Khachariyawas and
Mayor Munesh Gurjar
laid the foundation
stone of Green Corridor
road construction work
in Ward 35 on Sunday
.
The road will be built
from Pital factory to Pa-
nipech via Kanwatia
circle with a cost of Rs
2.71 crore. Ward coun-
cilor Manoj Mudgal
said that 5 to 10 feet
high trees will be plant-
ed on both sides of the
road. At the same time,
green corridor roads
will also be constructed
in the Adarsh Nagar
zone of the Municipal
Corporation.
Pratap Singh Khachariyawas and Munesh Gurjar laid the
foundation stone of Green Corridor road construction work.
Kataria targets CM over deteriorating
law and order situation in state
First India Bureau
Chittorgarh: Leader
of the Opposition Gu-
lab Chand Kataria vis-
ited Chittorgarh on
Sunday. While inter-
acting with journal-
ists, he said that the
law and order situa-
tion in the state has
deteriorated and
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot is responsible
for this.
Kataria also said
that the action taken
by the ACB is com-
mendable. “I have also
praised the officers.
At least the state has
got the distinction
that ACB is working
so well,” he said. He
praised party workers
for various works.
MAN HELD FROM
AJMER FOR
RAPING MINOR
32-YEAR-OLD WOMAN RAPED, ROBBED OF
`20,000 BY ACQUAINTANCE IN KOTA
Accused Ajaypal Bhakal
Accused Rekha
Jaipur: A seven-year-old
girl was raped by a man
living in her neighbour-
hood in the Brahmpuri
police station area of
Jaipur. The accused was
arrested from Ajmer.
SHO Bharat Singh said
that her parents had
gone for labour work
and she was alone with
her sister. The accused
came to her house
and allegedly raped.
The girl narrated the
incident to her mother
following which she
had a quarrel with
the 19-year old ac-
cused Suraj Baira.
The accused left the
rented accommoda-
tion and went to Hy-
derabad and reached
Ajmer in a train.
Kota: A 32-year-old woman was allegedly raped
by an acquaintance who also thrashed her and
robbed her of Rs 20,000, police said on Sunday.
The victim went to Itawa police station with her
husband on Saturday night and a case was lodged
under Sections 376 (rape), 379 (theft) and 323
(voluntarily causing hurt) of the Indian Penal Code
regarding the incident that took place on Friday,
they said. The accused, Guddu, who hails from
Sheopur in Madhya Pradesh, has absconded and
efforts are on to nab him, DSP and Circle Officer
(CO) Vijay Shankar Sharma said. According to the
complaint, the woman returned from Kota, where
her husband works, and was received by Guddu at
Itawa’’s bus stand, the DSP said. —PTI
RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | MONDAY, JULY 5, 2021
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Rainfall bought relief from heat but it led to heavy waterlogging in several parts
of the Walled city in Jaipur on Sunday afternoon. —PHOTO BY NAIM KHAN
First India Bureau
Rains accompanied
by gusty winds
brought some respite to
several parts of the
state on Sunday. The
speed of Southwest
Monsoon has remained
stable in the state for
the last 15 days. The Me-
teorological Depart-
ment forecast says that
there will be a change
in the winds on July 7
and 8 in parts of East
Rajasthan, after which
it will start raining
heavily
.
The rain inundating
the low-lying areas that
impacted roads in the
Walled city on Sunday
.
Light to moderate
rain was received in
Bharatpur, Sri Ganga-
nagar, Hanumangarh,
Churu, Jhunjhunu, and
Sikar. The highest tem-
peratureinthestatewas
recorded at Pilani at 43.0
degrees Celsius and in
Churu at 43.6 degrees
Celsius on Saturday
.
Commuters had tough time commuting on city roads on
Sunday afternoon. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
People pushing a bus through a waterlogged road after heavy
rainfall, in Jaipur on Sunday. —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO
SLIGHT DIP IN MERCURY
District Max.
Pilani 41.3
Churu 42.1
Sikar 38.3
Alwar 38.4
Karauli 42.1
District Max.
Dholpur 39.2
Bikaner 39.9
Bundi 38.6
Jaisalmer 39.9
Jaipur 39.3
RAIN FLOODS CITY ROADS
First India Bureau
Chitrakoot: Union Jal
Shakti Minister Gajen-
dra Singh Shekhawat
on Sunday planted sap-
lings in Ram Van to be
prepared in Chitra-
koot, Uttar Pradesh. He
was accompanied by
UP Jal Shakti minister
Dr. Mahendra Singh.
Shekhawat said that
humans do not have a
monopoly on water, for-
est, land and air as eve-
ry living being has a
right over natural
things. “By preserving
them, we have to give
better life to our com-
ing generation. Only
then everyone’s life
will be safe.
Shekhawat said that
25 crore saplings are
being planted in a day
for the Green Revolu-
tion in Uttar Pradesh.
Every living being has right
over natural things: Shekhawat
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat planted saplings in Ram Van at
Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh on Sunday.
Gulab Chand Kataria addressing party office bearers and
workers in Chittorgarh on Sunday.
Temperature °C

First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Raj Bhavan
on Sunday denied any
roleinmarketingGover-
nor Kalraj Mishra’s Cof-
fee Table Book, titled
‘Nimmit Matr Hun
Main’ (I am just a medi-
um), after reports sur-
faced about Vice-Chan-
cellors of 27 state uni-
versities, who attended
the book launch, were
given 19 copies of the
book and a bill of Rs
68,383 along with a free
copy
.
“Some news has been
circulating regarding
the marketing of the
book ‘Kalraj Mishra –
Nimmit Matr Hun
Main’, which was re-
leased by Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla and
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot at Raj Bhavan in
Jaipur on July 1. This is
primarily personal in-
formation between the
publisher IIME, the re-
search institute and the
buyer,” Raj Bhavan said
in a series of tweets.
However, the publish-
er claimed that the
books were provided to
theVCswhohadordered
them.Thepublisherhad
published the book and
sought permission to
release it in the Raj
Bhavan, which was giv-
en to him.
ButRajBhavanhasno
role, any affiliation in
thebusinessactivitiesof
marketing the book, the
Raj Bhavan clarified. On
the controversy sur-
roundingtheGovernor’s
book,Chief WhipDrMa-
hesh Joshi said the Gov-
ernor is a constitutional
post, it is a position of
honour whose dignity
shouldbemaintained.“I
amnotawareof themat-
ter, but if there is any
controversy about him,
so Governor will clarify
everything,Ibelieve,”he
said. —With PTI inputs
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Whip Dr
Mahesh Joshi on Sun-
day said that Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi should sack Un-
ion Minister Gajendra
Singh Shekhawat and
make BJP MP from
Jaipur a minister in the
Centre.
He said that out of
last 11 LS elections, BJP
won from Jaipur in 9 LS
elections, Congress won
only 2. Chief Whip was
referring to Shekha-
wat’s naming in an au-
dio aimed at toppling
state government. Joshi
said the BJP is trying to
justify allegations
against an RSS func-
tionary and said if a
mistake happens, then
action should be taken.
First India Bureau
Udaipur: Senior BJP
leader & RS MP Jyotira-
ditya Scindia on Sun-
day accused Congress
govt in state of ignoring
the plight of people and
stalling development.
He said that whatever
devpt has taken place in
Raj, it was because of
former BJP govts & BJP
will come to power in
2023 elections. He also
also targeted state govt
over vaccine wastage.
First India Bureau
Bikaner: The Sangeet
Natak Akademi of Bi-
kaner will soon start an
award in the name of
Bharat Vyas, art and
culture minister BD
Kalla announced on
Sunday. Bikaner Mayor
Sushila Rajpurohit also
said that big projects of
the city will be named
after him.
Kalla said that Bharat
Vyas resides in the
hearts of people and the
Akademy will soon
start an award in his
name. He also said that
if the Municipal Corpo-
ration wants to name
any locality or road af-
ter him, then such a pro-
posal will be approved
by govt.
He said that Bharat
Vyas has done a lot of
work for Rajasthani lan-
guage. Mayor said she
had been humming
song ‘Ae Malik Tere
Bande Hum’ since child-
hood & now she has
learned that song was
composed by Bharat.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajsamand
MLA Deepti Mahesh-
wari courted controver-
sy by calling son of MP
Diya Kumari, Pad-
manabh Singh as ‘Ma-
haraja’ on Twitter while
wishing him on his
birthday
. Ex-MLA Amra
Ram suggested her to
read article 18 of Con-
stitution. Maheshwari
said that it was not done
with intention of speak-
ing against democracy.
He also took note of
tweet of MLA Mukesh
Bhakar on birthday of
Aniruddh, son of ex-
min Vishvendra Singh,
in which he had called
him Bharatpur Yuvraj.
Amra Ram said that PM
also calls himself Prad-
han Sevak.
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: The ‘Rohitash
Sharma fiasco’ for the
Rajasthan BJP could
soon swell into a major
situation for the state
unit as sources reveal
that in the coming days,
the state organization
can take a major deci-
sion against Rohitash
Sharma.
On the other hand,
the notice of BJP or-
ganization to former
minister Rohitash
Sharma is expiring on
July 9. While a reply to
the notice was sought
from Rohitash in 15
days, the former minis-
ter has not yet replied to
the notice. Earlier, Roh-
itash had said that he
would talk to the organ-
ization general secre-
tary Chandrashekhar,
however, now he has
changed his decision.
However, an irked Roh-
itash has stressed that
in next 2 or 3 days, a ‘be-
fitting reply’ will be
given to organization
with all factual inputs.
If matter is referred
to the disciplinary com-
mittee for further ac-
tion, it will be presumed
that organization will
take a strict stance
against those making
statements.
RAJASTHAN
03
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Amit Alha, a
2010 batch Rajasthan
Police Service officer,
lost his life to Corona on
Sunday morning.
He was admitted to a
private hospital on Si-
kar Road for the last
several days. About a
month and a half ago,
Amit came under the
grip of a corona infec-
tion.
On examination, in-
fection was found in his
lungs. He also started
having trouble taking
oxygen. He came from
Delhi to Jaipur & was
admitted in private hos-
pitals. But the condi-
tion did not improve.
Hearing the news of his
death, there was a wave
of mourning among the
officers and colleagues
of the Rajasthan Police
Service.
Covid-19 takes away young RPS officer
YET ANOTHER LOSS!

39-year-old,
Amit Alha came
from New Delhi
to Jaipur and
was admitted to
a private
hospital in city
due to lungs
infection for the
last several days
SAYS RAJ BHAVAN
NO ROLE IN MARKETING,
IN CONTROVERSY: Governor Kalraj Mishra’s biography launch
Amit Alha
Dr Mahesh Joshi, his son Rohit Joshi felicitate people who played
role of Corona Warriors in Jan Rasoi. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
—Pic For Representational Purpose
Coaching hub of India,
Kota suffers due to Covid
 Over 1.50 lakh students
from all over the country
register themselves here
 Now,thetownwearsa
desolatelookashardly10-
15%studentsstayedback
Kota: The educational
hub of India, Kota,
with an estimated
worth of Rs 1,200 crore
before the Covid-19
pandemic, has now
been reduced to one-
fourth of its value, due
to the new variant
which has forced stu-
dents to leave the city
and resort to online
studies. Thousands of
caterers, hostel and PG
owners have been left
in the lurch, looking
for alternate liveli-
hoods. Four decades
back, Kota was an in-
dustrial city of Ra-
jasthan. Later, it trans-
formed into a premier
coaching centre of
country as aspiring
students dreaming of
making it big in medi-
cal & technical streams
came here. —Agencies
Thousands of
people have be-
come unem-
ployed and have gone
back to their native plac-
es. 80% of the mess own-
ers have downed shutters.
Running a mess for 4-5
students is difficult so
most of them have
downed their shutters.
—Jashmesh Singh,
President, Kota Mess Association
It is like a nightmare for us
when thousands of students
have left Kota in fear and
haste. The city’s economy has crum-
bled. Only 10% of hostels & PGs
have students. Around 80% of em-
ployees working in these hostels
have lost their jobs. Also, we are fac-
ing tremendous challenges in re-
paying our loans.
—Naveen Mittal,
President, Kota Hostel Association
THE FACT FILE
 Over 1 lakh people
engaged directly or
indirectly with the
coaching hub have
lost their livelihood
 Kota’s 70 per cent
economy is depend-
ent on the students
spending over Rs 2
lakh to Rs 2.50 lakh
each per annum
 Around 3,000
hostels, 25,000 PGs,
1,800 mess, tiffin
centres, eateries,
food stalls in city
 Many residents
here converted their
homes into hostels
and PGs for livelihood
 Over 90 per cent
students had left Kota
during the first wave
of Covid pandemic
SackShekhawat,makeBJPJaipur
MPaminister:JoshisuggestsPM
Rohitash to submit
‘befitting reply’ soon
Scindia accuses
Cong of stalling
dev in Rajasthan
Bikaneracademytostart
BharatVyasawardsoon!
Comrade Amra Ram counters
royal titles for erstwhile royals
NO ONE SHOULD SLEEP HUNGRY! JAN
RASOI FOR NEEDY ENDS AFTER 63 DAYS
Joining the campaign on CM Ashok Gehlot’s thinking ‘No
one should sleep hungry’, the Jan Rasoi running through
lockdown in Corona epidemic ended after 63 on Sunday.
Under the leadership of Chief Whip Dr Mahesh Joshi,
former NSUI President Deepak Dandoria and his team fed
thousands of people daily for 63 days. The Jan Rasoi was
operated at last intersection of Nahargarh Road in Hawa
Mahal assembly constituency, from where regular food was
delivered to needy. Dr Mahesh Joshi & his son Rohit Joshi
honoured those who played role of Corona Warriors in Jan
Rasoi. Dandoria said that food was also delivered at hosps.
The campaign also served animals and birds.
NEWBORN GIRL FOUND IN BUSHES,
HANDED OVER TO UMAID HOSPITAL
Anewborn girl, about two days old, was found cry-
ing in the bushes of Canal Road in the Chopasni
Housing Board area in Jodhpur on Sunday. As dogs
gathered around her, a passerby noticed the two days
old newborn girl and rescued from the bushes and later
informed the police officials. Due to the sharp bushes,
the body of the newborn had been scratched. The girl
was wrapped in a blue cloth. Police handed over the girl
to the Child Care Unit of Umaid Hospital.
POLICE FRATERNITY MOURNS DEATH
OF 2010 BATCH OFFICER AMIT ALHA
Amit Alha, 39, was originally from Bagad town in
Jhunjhunu district and his family members lives
in Mansarovar, Jaipur. Prior to this, he was DSP in
many districts including Jaipur Rural & Sawai Mad-
hopur. Amit Alha was a 2010 batch RPS officer. His
wife is an IRS officer and is posted in Delhi. He was
transferred to RAC Battalion in Delhi in July 2018.
His wife is an IRS officer and is posted in Delhi.
There was a wave of mourning among the officers
and colleagues.
Amra Ram
@comredamraram
Which king? Read
Article 18 of Constitu-
tion. Raja, Maharaja,
Maharani, Sultan, Raj
Bahadur; titles denote
dictatorship, discrimina-
tion of high & low. After
independence, country
became democratic in
which everyone is equal.
COVID-19 UPDATE
9,52,734
71 Cases in a day
TOTAL CASES
8,31,386
VACCINATED IN ALL
CATEGORIES
5,13,778
GET THE 1ST DOSE
3,17,608
GET THE 2ND DOSE
4,43,958
GET THE 1ST DOSE
18,170
GET THE 2ND DOSE
8,938
4 Deaths in a day
TOTAL DEATHS
9,42,616
147 Recovered in a day
TOTAL RECOVERED
1,180
337 Cases in Alwar
ACTIVE CASES
SINGLE-DAY JUMP OF DOSES FOR 2ND TIME
DRIVE FOR 18+
 Active patients in
9 districts below
the double figure
 Jalore and Jhala-
war became free
from coronavirus
 Shortage of vac-
cine doses in Kota
RAJ BHAVAN LEFT RED-FACED
The bill contains name of five books: Kalraj Mishra:
Nimmit Matr Hun Main, Jaipur: Gem of India, The
Marwari Heritage, The Heritage of Indian Tea & Pune:
A City of Many Shades and Colours. The publisher said
that the bill of Rs. 68,383 was for all the five books
mentioned in the bill while one of VC claimed that
no book other than biography was there in package.
Invoice mentions rate, number of copies & total amount
for only the biography and no rate or number of copies
or amount was mentioned for other books.
Rohitash Sharma

PERSPECTIVE
04
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Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
Warm felicitations and greetings to @
POTUS @JoeBiden and the people of
the USA on their 245th Independence
Day. As vibrant democracies, India
and USA share values of freedom and
liberty. Our strategic partnership has a
truly global significance.
Subramanian Swamy
@Swamy39
The rise of anti Jews violence in
Europe is shocking. Jews are the most
educated most well to do most hard
working. Why would they be targets
except due an irrational jealousy? We
Hindus never had any animosity to
Jews who came and settled in India.
Our welcome is unconditional
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Many waters cannot quench
love, neither can the floods
drown it; if a man would
give all the substance of his
house for love, it would
utterly be condemned.
—Song of Solomon 8:7 (KJV)
IN-DEPTH
CONGRESS
SHOWS HASTE
IN SEEKING
PROBE BY JPC
afale is back in the
news and the devel-
opment may not be to
the liking of the
Bharatiya Janata
Party government. A media re-
port from Paris said that a judge
has been appointed for a judicial
investigation into the “highly
sensitive” Rafale deal. Media-
part, which filed a series of re-
ports alleging corruption, influ-
ence peddling, money launder-
ing, favouritism and undue tax
waiver in the sale of 36 Rafale
fighters to India, also claimed
that the French financial pros-
ecutor first refused to investi-
gate the deal.
The development has come as
a shot in the arm for the Con-
gress which has been accusing
the Central government of cor-
ruption in the purchase of fight-
er jets. Although the Supreme
Court and the Comptroller and
Auditor General gave the gov-
ernment a clean chit, Rahul
Gandhi has renewed his demand
for a probe by a joint parliamen-
tary committee. The Congress
leader should rather wait for the
findings of the French investi-
gation as a clean chit there will
deflate his balloon.
TOP TWEET
R
ttarakhand got its
third chief minis-
ter in four months
leaving one won-
dering why
, in the
first place, the Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party chose Tirath Sin-
gh Rawat for the post. Among
those who supported the pro-
posal to elect Udham Singh
Dhami, a two-time MLA from
Khatima as the legislature
party leader was Trivendra
Singh Rawat who was re-
moved in March to make way
for Tirath. The reason being
talked about for Tirath Singh
Rawat’s abrupt axing was
that being a Lok Sabha MP he
was required to get elected as
an MLA in a bye-election be-
fore September 10 and his
chances of winning were said
to have been slim. He was also
not considered strong enough
to lead the party to victory in
the Assembly elections which
are due about eight months
from now.
The BJP in Uttarakhand
is faction-ridden, though
may be not as much as it is
in Karnataka but the situa-
tion is bad enough for the
party to strategize for a win-
ning formula in the assem-
bly elections. Like in Karna-
taka the 14 Congress defec-
tors who were elected on
BJP tickets in the hill State
remain disgruntled. There
are differences between
Trivendra and Tirath as the
latter reversed some of his
predecessor’s decisions like
the Char Dham Devasthan-
am Board which was meant
to bring Badrinath, Kedar-
nath and Yamunotri under
its purview. Tirath also re-
versed the decision to set up
a commission on making
Gairsain the new capital of
the State.
Unlike the two Rawats,
Chief Minister Yogi Adity-
anath of Uttar Pradesh suc-
ceededinthwartingallalleged
machinations to oust him.
A NEW CM IN DOON,
BUT FACTIONS REMAIN
The BJP in
Uttarakhand is
faction-ridden, though
may be not as much as it
is in Karnataka but the
situation is bad enough
for the party to
strategize for a
winning formula in the
assembly elections
U
MISSION PUNJAB A TOUGH
TASK FOR CONGRESS
he crisis in the Punjab unit of
the Congress follows a famil-
iarpatterndoggingmoststate
wings of the party
. Inner-par-
ty factionalism proved to be
the bane of the Congress in
the recent Kerala Assembly
election and is all set to affect
the party’s prospects in Kar-
nataka where polls are due in
2023. In Punjab, where elec-
tions are slated for early next
year, the issue has assumed
urgency and the infighting
has to be stemmed immedi-
ately if the Congress hopes to
retain the state.
The considerable majority
that the party has in the pre-
sent Assembly should have
ensured a cakewalk in 2022
but with a resurgent Aam
Aadmi Party and a reinvigor-
ated Akali Dal snapping at
the heels, the Congress has
its task cut out. At this junc-
ture the all-out war between
Captain Amarinder Singh
and Navjyot Singh Sidhu
which is being played out so
openly in the media has done
immense damage. The party
high command’s dithering
has not helped either with
the mixed signals being sent
to the opposing camps only
complicating the issue. The
Gandhis did not meet the
chief minister during his vis-
its to the Capital and Rahul
Gandhi rubbished media re-
ports of a possible meeting
with Sidhu. But a day later,
the cricketer-turned-politi-
cian tweeted pictures of his
meetings with Priyanka and
Rahul. Though some damage
control was attempted with
reports circulating that Pri-
yanka persuaded her brother
to meet Sidhu, there is in-
tense speculation about Am-
arinder Singh’s position and
his equation with the first
family of the Congress.
The dissidence against
Captain, which was always
simmering under the surface,
cametotheforeaftertheHigh
Court quashed the Special In-
vestigation Team’s report on
the cases of firing over sacri-
lege incidents, prompting
PCC chief Sunil Jakhar to of-
fer to resign. Sidhu has con-
stantly been accusing the
chief minister of going soft
on the Badals and his point of
view began to gain traction in
Punjab Congress circles. Sev-
eral other complaints against
Captain,especiallyof bureau-
crats running the show in the
state leaving elected repre-
sentatives in the cold, started
being aired. Congress presi-
dent Sonia Gandhi finally set
up a committee headed by
leader of the Opposition in
the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun
Kharge to look into the prob-
lems plaguing the Punjab
unit of the Congress. This
committee heard the views of
MLAs, ministers, MPs, lead-
ers of frontal organisations
in the state and Amarinder
Singh himself. The CM is re-
ported to have responded to
all the issues raised. The com-
mittee has submitted its re-
port to the AICC and is learnt
to have recommended a role
for Sidhu. The high command
is yet to act on the report but
meanwhile Amarinder Singh
has stepped into action mode
meeting several party mem-
bers to dispel the notion that
he is inaccessible. After a
meeting with Congress lead-
ers the CM said he had a fruit-
ful discussion with senior
party colleagues from urban
areas of the state and their
feedback would strengthen
the party at the grassroots
level. According to reports,
the overwhelming view at the
meeting was that a Hindu
should be appointed PCC
chief. Any bid to pacify Sidhu
by making him state Con-
gress chief will meet with
stiff resistance. Amarinder
has made it clear that Sidhu
being made deputy chief min-
ister or PCC chief would not
meet with his approval. The
high command’s headache is
how to accommodate Sidhu
andensurethatthepartyputs
up a united front ahead of the
polls. Rubbing Amarinder
Singh the wrong way will cer-
tainly spell doom for Con-
gress prospects as has been
proved in the past. Never has
the leadership vacuum in the
Grand Old Party been more
felt than now as regional sa-
traps, the few that there are,
assert themselves in the Con-
gress. The party leadership
canaffordtoignorethemonly
at its own peril.
Meanwhile, AAP leader
Arvind Kejriwal has made
his intentions clear by an-
nouncing free electricity if
his party comes to power in
Punjab. He has the Delhi
model to boast of where con-
sumers have enjoyed the ben-
efits of massive reduction in
power bills. In the last elec-
tions, too, the AAP was a
strong contender and many
pre-poll surveys had predict-
ed a win for the party. This
time they will redouble their
efforts. The Akali-BSP tie-up
may also cause a dent in the
Congress votes. Therefore,
the party has to gear up to
beat two rivals and overcome
the burden of incumbency
after five years of rule. The
Congress is in power in only
two states and is a coalition
partner in a couple of others.
Retaining Punjab, therefore,
is imperative.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
T
USHA MAHADEVAN
The writer is a senior journalist based in Delhi
The considerable majority
that the party has in the
present Assembly should
have ensured a cakewalk in
2022 but with a resurgent
Aam Aadmi Party and a
reinvigorated Akali Dal
snapping at the heels, the
Congress has its task cut
out. At this juncture the all-
out war between Captain
Amarinder Singh and
Navjyot Singh Sidhu which
is being played out so
openly in the media has
done immense damage
Never has the
leadership vacuum in
the Grand Old Party
been more felt than
now as regional satraps,
the few that there are,
assert themselves in the
Congress. The party
leadership can afford to
ignore them only at its
own peril
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INDIA
05
New Delhi: Heatwaves
have claimed more
than 17,000 lives in 50
years in India, accord-
ing to a paper recently
published by the coun-
try's top meteorolo-
gists. The paper said
there were 706 heat-
wave incidents in the
country from 1971-2019.
The research paper
was authored by M. Ra-
jeevan, Secretary of
Ministry of Earth Sci-
ence, along with scien-
tists Kamaljit Ray, S.S.
Ray, R.K. Giri and A.P.
Dimri, earlier this year.
Kamaljit Ray is the lead
author of the paper.
Heatwave is one of the
extreme weather events
(EWE). In 50 years
(1971-2019) EWE killed
1,41,308 people. Of this,
17,362 people were
killed due to heatwave
— a little over 12 per-
cent of the total deaths
recorded, study said.
The maximum heat-
wave deaths were in
Andhra Pradesh, Telan-
gana and Odisha, it
added.
Core Heatwave Zone
(CHZ) is the most prone
area for heatwave (HW)
and severe heatwave
(SHW) with the highest
frequency of occur-
rence during the
month of May.
The CHZ covers
states of Punjab,
Himachal Pradesh,
Uttarakhand, Delhi,
Haryana, Rajasthan,
Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat,
Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra, Chhattis-
garh,Bihar,Jharkhand,
West Bengal, Odisha,
Andhra Pradesh and
Telangana.
In India, the north
Indian plains and the
hills also experienced
heatwave. In the plains,
temperatures rose
above 40 degrees Celsi-
us in many parts earli-
er this week. The paper
also noted that there is
an increase in mortali-
ty due to heatwaves, an
extreme weather event,
and lightning for
vulnerable states.
Heatwave over a sta-
tion is declared only
when the actual temp
of the station is 40 de-
grees Celsius for the
plains and 30 degrees
Celsius for hilly re-
gions. —ANI
HEATWAVECLAIMS17KLIVESIN50YRS
The paper said there were 706 heatwave incidents from 1971-2019
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: The sus-
pense around the sale
and purchase of fighter
aircraft Rafale refuses
to die down and once
again there are allega-
tions of corruption.
However, this time the
allegations have been
levelled in France after
a french judge opened a
corruption investiga-
tion into the matter.
France’s Public Prose-
cution Service had
earlier declined to hear
and investigate.
But this time on the
appeal of an NGO, the
Public Prosecution Ser-
vice has given permis-
sion for the investiga-
tion. The investigation
of the deal between the
French company Das-
sault Aviation and the
Govt of India will be
done from the aspect of
corruption as well as fa-
voritism. However, the
investigation, it is being
claimed, will reveal sev-
eral things and the
French judge will even
question former Presi-
dent Francois Hollande
sincethedealwasstruck
duringhistime.Macron,
whowasthefinancemin-
ister in his govt, will also
bequestioned.Macronis
currently the President
of France. Apart from
this, the current Foreign
Minister of the Macron
gov, Jean-Louis Dran,
will also be questioned.
Since the judge has al-
lowed criminal investi-
gation, its scope is wide
anditsimpactwillbefar-
reaching.
NEW INQUIRY INTO RAFALE
DEAL COULD SPELL TROUBLE?
New Delhi: Days after
demanding a high pro-
tein diet, Olympic me-
dalist Sushil Kumar,
prime accused in the
Sagar Dhankar murder
case, has asked for a tel-
evision set to get up-
dates on wrestling, said
Tihar Jail officials on
Sunday
.
In a letter to jail au-
thorities, wrestler Su-
shil Kumar has asked
for a television set. He
expressed that if he
gets a TV
, he will get up-
dates on wrestling,
said the Tihar Jail offi-
cials. However, on June
9, Delhi's Rohini Court
had dismissed the wres-
tler's plea saying the al-
leged special foods and
supplements appear to
be only the desires and
wishes of the accused.
New Delhi: A group of
around 200 farmers will
protest against the Cen-
tre’s three farm laws in
front of Parliament
every day during the
monsoon session, the
Samyukt Kisan Morcha
(SKM) announced on
Sunday
.
The umbrella body of
over 40 farmer unions
said at a press confer-
ence that two days be-
fore the session begins,
a “chetavani patra” will
be given to all the oppo-
sition MPs to protest
inside the House.
“We will also ask the
opposition MPs on July
17 to raise the issue eve-
ry day inside the House
while we will sit outside
in protest. We will tell
them to not to benefit
the Centre by walking
out of a session. Don’t
let the session run till
the government ad-
dresses the issue,”
farmer leader Charuni
said. —PTI
New Delhi: Former
Maharashtra home
minister Anil Desh-
mukh on Sunday
moved the Supreme
Court seeking protec-
tion from any coer-
cive action in a mon-
ey laundering case.
The Enforcement Di-
rectorate had, on Sat-
urday, issued fresh
summons to the NCP
leader seeking his ap-
pearance on July 5 in
the case.
The ED has, so far,
issued three notices
to Deshmukh, who
has been asked to re-
cord his statement at
the central agency’s
office in south Mum-
bai on Monday
.
Deshmukh, 72, has
moved the top court
seeking protection
from any coercive ac-
tion, advocate Inder-
pal B Singh said.
After special diet,Sushil
Kumar demands TV set
Will protest every day
outside Parliament: SKM
Anil Deshmukh moves
SC for protection
CRUCIAL READ
ARMY CHIEF LEAVES FOR VISIT TO
UNITED KINGDOM AND ITALY
New Delhi: Army Chief Gen
MM Naravane on Sunday
left on a four-day visit to the
UK and Italy with an aim to
enhance bilateral ties. The
Army said Gen Naravane will be
meeting his counterparts and
senior military leaders of the
two countries to explore ways
to boost military cooperation.
In the first leg, the Chief of Army Staff will hold talks
with the UK’s Secretary of State for Defence.
A PIL FILED IN CALCUTTA HIGH COURT
FOR SYAMA PRASAD MOOKERJEE
New Delhi: A monk turned law-
yer’s PIL in Calcutta High Court
to seek reasons behind the
mysterious death of Dr Syama
Prasad Mookerjee has stirred
a hornet’s nest in the Bharatiya
Janata Party. The BJP, which
calls the former barrister and
academician its father figure,
has done little to probe his
death except talking about India’s first industries
minister at big events.
PURI AIRPORT LIKELY TO BE
OPERATIONAL FROM 2022-23
Bhubaneshwar: Odisha
Transport Minister Padmanabh
Behera on July 4 said that air
services from Puri are most
likely to commence by 2022-23
as work to establish an Interna-
tional Airport has begun. “The
process for the establishment
of a new airport at Puri has
already started including the
process for identification of land,” Behera said.
‘C’ IN CONG STANDS FOR
‘CUNNING’, BSP CHIEF MAYAWATI
Lucknow: BSP chief
Mayawati on Sunday hit
out at the Congress for
accusing her party of hav-
ing a tacit understanding
with the BJP, saying the
‘C’ in its name stands for
“cunning”. Reacting to
her remarks, UP Congress
spokesperson Ashok
Singh said BSP is the spokesperson of the BJP
and Mayawati should “accept this truth”.
PREMATURE, UNFOUNDED’: CONG
ON LEADERSHIP CHANGE IN LS
New Delhi: Terming reports of change in the
party’s leadership in Lok Sabha “premature and
unfounded”, Con-
gress sources
on Sunday said
no such decision
has been taken
at the top level
so far. “The news
of a change of leadership of the party in the Lok
Sabha are premature and unfounded,” quoted a
senior Congress leader as saying.
People cover their head to save themselves from the heat wave.
The study assumes
significance in the
backdrop of recent
heat waves in differ-
ent parts of northern
hemisphere. Earlier
this week, an intense
heatwave swept
through parts of
Canada and the U.S. in
north America claim-
ing lives of scores of
people. Vancouver
recorded a record-
breaking temperature
of more than 49
degrees Celsius.
HEAT WAVES IN
NORTHERN
HEMISPHERE
IN 2017
30 instances of heat-
wave: Andhra Pradesh
(1), Jharkhand (2),
Maharashtra (6), Odisha
(8), Telangana (12),
West Bengal (1).
IN 2018
12 instances of heat-
wave: Uttar Pradesh
(2), Maharashtra (5),
Jharkhand (1), Kerala
(3), Chattisgarh (1).
IN 2019
26 incidents: Maha-
rashtra (15), Kerala (6),
Bihar (4), Rajasthan (1).
DECKED-UP FOR YATRA
An artist gives a finishing touch of Jagannath idols for the upcoming ‘Rath Yatra’ on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
New Delhi: Several dis-
tricts in the border are-
as of north Bihar are
facing flood threat due
to heavy rainfall in the
catchment areas of Ne-
pal. The movement of
trains too has been af-
fected.
Sources in the Water
Resources Department
said 11 districts are fac-
ing threat as the water
level in Bagmati, Ka-
mala Balan, Kosi, Gan-
dak, Burhi Gandak and
Adhwara group of riv-
ers along with local riv-
ers are in spate. Birpur
in Supaul district re-
ceived 140 mm rain on
Saturday and Chanpa-
tia in West Champaran
district 190 mm leading
to inundation of several
villages disrupting traf-
fic and forcing people to
take shelter on high-
ways etc.
Deputy Chief Minis-
ter Renu Devi, who hails
from flood-prone West
Champaran district, on
Saturday reviewed the
situation and the steps
taken for transfer of
gratuitous relief of
6,000 to the likely flood-
affected people.
The Dy CM also
asked officials to make
arrangements for
COVID-19 vaccination
facility at the relief
camps and also take
special care of preg-
nant women, and sen-
ior citizens. —PTI
NorthBihardistrictsfacefloodthreat
SERVICES DISRUPTED
—FILE
PHOTO
—FILE
PHOTO

INDIA
06
CRUCIAL READ
PM MODI TO SHARE THOUGHTS AT
COWIN GLOBAL CONCLAVE TODAY
SENA BJP NOT ENEMIES; RIGHT
DECISION WILL BE TAKEN: FADNAVIS
NHRC NOTICE TO MAHA GOVT OVER
HEALTH CONDITION OF STAN SWAMY
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will share
his thoughts at the CoWIN Global Conclave on
Monday as India offers CoWIN as a digital platform
to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, the National
Health Authority (NHA) informed on Sunday. The
virtual meet will start at 3 pm tomorrow and will see
participation from health and technology experts
representing countries across the globe.
Mumbai: Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Sun-
day said his party and former ally Shiv Sena are “not
enemies” though there are differences of opinions on
certain issues between them and added there are no “ifs
and buts” in politics. Responding to a query on whether
there is a possibility of the two former allies coming
together again, Fadnavis said “appropriate decision” will
be taken dependent on the situation.
New Delhi: NHRC on Sunday issued a notice to the
Maharashtra government in the wake of a complaint
alleging serious health condition of imprisoned
84-year-old Father Stan Swamy. In the notice, the
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has
called upon him to ensure that every possible efforts
are made in providing Swamy proper medical care
and treatment as part of life-saving measure and
protection of his basic human rights.
‘3RD WAVE MAY SPREAD FASTER IF
NEW VIRULENT VARIANT EMERGES’
New Delhi: The third
wave of could hit the
peak between October-
November if Covid ap-
propriate behaviour is
not followed, but may
see half the daily cases
recorded during the sec-
ond surge, according to
a scientist of a govern-
ment panel tasked with
modelling of COVID-19
cases. He also said the
third wave could spread
faster if any new viru-
lent variant emerges.
Manindra Agarwal,
involved in the “Sutra
Model” or the mathe-
matical projection of
trajectory of COVID-19,
also said the model has
3 scenarios--optimistic,
intermediate and pessi-
mistic--for the predic-
tion of the third wave.
Department of Science
Tech had formed pan-
el to forecast surge of
coronavirus cases using
mathematical models.
Centre did...
“It shows how fast the
prices of goods have in-
creased in the market.”
The chief minister said
the high inflation
clubbed with reduced
income due to the coro-
navirus pandemic is
making it difficult for
the common man to run
his household. Increas-
ing the price of mus-
tard oil to Rs 180-190 per
litre is like snatching
food from the common
man, he said. Gehlot
claimed the Modi gov-
ernment has increased
the price of LPG cylin-
ders by Rs 255 in the last
14 months. “Gas subsi-
dy has also been com-
pletely stopped now,” he
claimed.
Delhi rebuffs...
Yashpal Arya, Bishan
Singh Chufal, Subodh
Uniyal, Arvind Pandey,
Ganesh Joshi, Dhan
Singh Rawat, Rekha
Arya and Yatish-
waranand.
Rekha Arya, Dhan
Singh Rawat and Yat-
ishwaranand, who were
ministers of state in Ti-
rath Rawat’s cabinet,
have been elevated to
cabinet rank.
Earlier in the day,
Dhami met Satpal Ma-
haraj at his residence
with a bouquet of flow-
ers amid reports that
the senior leader and a
few other MLAs of the
saffron party were sulk-
ing since Saturday as
they were not happy
with his election as the
new leader of the BJP
legislature party in Ut-
tarakhand.
Dhami later said
there was no resent-
ment anywhere. All
those said to have been
unhappy with the party
high-command over its
choice of new chief
minister were present
at the swearing-in cere-
mony and were sworn
in as ministers.
At 45, Dhami takes
over as the youngest
chief minister of Utta-
rakhand. A two-time
MLA from Khatima in
Udham Singh Nagar
district, Dhami replac-
es Tirath Singh Rawat,
who resigned on Friday
.
Dhami is considered
to be close to Maharash-
tra Governor and for-
mer Uttarakhand chief
minister Bhagat Singh
Koshyari, who is his po-
litical mentor.
Dhami takes over the
reins of power at a time
when Uttarakhand has
a few months to go for
the Assembly polls,
which are due early
next year.
Dhami is a promising
young Thakur leader
from the Kumaon re-
gion who began his po-
litical career with the
Akhil Bharatiya Vid-
yarthi Parishad
(ABVP), the student
wing of the Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh
(RSS), in 1990.
Drones: Can’t...
The order adds that
“with a view to secure
the aerial space near
the vital installations
and highly populated
areas, it is imperative to
discontinue the use of
drones in all social and
cultural gatherings to
eliminate any risk of
injury to the life and
damage of property”.
Besides concerns of
breach of privacy and
trespass, it is “extreme-
ly dangerous to let un-
manned aerial vehicles
wander around in the
skies” within Srinagar,
the order states.
Government depart-
ments using drones for
survey and surveillance
activities in agricultur-
al, environmental con-
servation and disaster
mitigation sectors have
been asked to inform
the local police station
before using them.
Haryana govt...
all shops will be allowed
to open from 9 am to 8
pm while malls will re-
main open from 10 am
to 08 pm. Restaurants
and bars (including in
hotels and in malls) can
operate from 10 am to 10
pm with 50% seating ca-
pacity and requisite so-
cial distancing norms,
regular sanitisation
and Covid-19 appropri-
ate behavioural norms.
The Delhi govern-
ment has allowed the
reopening of stadium
and sports complexes
without spectators from
Monday, an order is-
sued by the DDMA said
on Sunday. There will
be strict adherence to
standard operating pro-
cedure and other guide-
lines of the govern-
ment, and compliance
of Covid appropriate
behaviour while open-
ing the stadia and
sports complexes, the
Delhi Disaster Manage-
ment Authority
(DDMA) said.
Why PM...
A French judge has
been appointed to lead a
“highly sensitive” judi-
cial probe into suspect-
ed “corruption” and
“favouritism” in the Rs
59,000 crore Rafale
fighter jet deal with In-
dia, French investiga-
tive website Mediapart
has reported.
The Congress has de-
manded a JPC probe
into the Rafale deal.
FROM PG 1
New Delhi: A com-
plaint has been filed be-
fore Delhi Police Cyber
Cell against Twitter In-
dia’s Managing Direc-
tor, Manish Mahesh-
wari and a non-profit
organisation for alleg-
edly spreading commu-
nal hatred.
The complaint filed
by advocate Aditya Sin-
gh Deshwal and ad-
dressed to DCP Cyber
Cell of the Delhi Police
sought registration of
an FIR against Twitter
Communications India
Prviate Ltd, Manish
Maheshwari, MD, Twit-
ter India, Shagufta
Kamran, Public Policy
manager of Twitter In-
dia as well as Armin
Navabi and Susanna
Macintrye, the founder
and CEO respectively
of Republic Atheist.
The advocate cited a
picture of Goddess Kali
shared by the handle
Atheist Republic and
said that content posted
by the Twitter users
was not only abusive
but has been posted for
the purpose of causing
annoyance, inconven-
ience, danger, obstruc-
tion, insult, injury,
criminal intimidation,
enmity, hatred and ill
will in society
.
Complaint filed against Twitter
India Head for spreading hatred
Maheshwari accused of not taking down controversial posts
Scientist of a government panel said the model has 3 scenarios for the prediction of the 3rd wave
VAX ADULTS IS KEY TO PREVENT
INFECTION IN SCHOOLS: STUDY
DON’T PANIC BUT KEEP A WATCH
ON POST-COVID SYMPTOMS: STUDY
Astudy has said that people living with more
adults in their households are at increased
risk of contracting the Covid-19. The Scottish
study said that living with children was not a risk
factor. Accinating adults, parents and school staff
will thus be key to prevent coronavirus infections
in children and schools, PTI reported. There has
been research earlier which said that Covid-19 is
less severe in children and adolescents and most
have mild infections or are asymptomatic.
Since post-COVID-19 symptoms tend to subside
over a few weeks, a local physician who will
treat them adequately should be contacted instead
of panicking, revealed a Post Covid-19 study. As
per Dr Naveet Wig from AIIMS, “The implications
of this study for the patients recovering from Covid
are that the symptoms during recovery though
common, tend to subside over few weeks. They
need not panic, avoid over-investigation and should
consult their local physician treat them adequately.”
New Delhi: The Delhi
CM Arvind Kejriwal on
Sunday wrote a letter
to PM Narendra Modi,
seeking the country’’s
highest civilian award
Bharat Ratna be given
this year to all doctors,
nurses and paramedics
who served the people
amid the COVID-19
pandemic. It will be a
true homage to doctors
who lost their lives, he
said.
In the letter to the
prime minister, Kejri-
wal said this year’’s
Bharat Ratna should be
conferred upon doc-
tors, nurses and para-
medical staff.
“Many doctors and
nurses sacrificed their
lives fighting Corona.
If we honour them with
Bharat Ratna, then it
will be a true tribute to
them. Lakhs of doctors
and nurses served peo-
ple selflessly without
worrying about their
lives and families.
There can be no other
better way (than hon-
ouring them with
Bharat Ratna) to thank
and honour them,” he
wrote in the letter in
Hindi.
KejriwalwritestoPM,seeks
BharatRatnaforhealthofficials
Kavaratti: Lakshad-
weep Administration
has rejected the appli-
cation of Congress law-
makers Hibi Eden and
TN Prathapan for entry
permit to Lakshad-
weep, stating that their
visit “for political ac-
tivities” will “disturb”
the peaceful atmos-
phere.
Denying them entry
permission, the admin-
istration on Saturday
termed the visit as a
part of a planned effort
to “disturb peaceful at-
mosphere” prevailing
in Lakshadweep and
said it can cause a pos-
sible “surge in COV-
ID-19 cases”. The ad-
ministration further
added that the purpose
of the visit of the MPs
— “to understand prob-
lems faced by islanders
due to new policies of
administration” — ap-
pears to be a “political
action”.
Mumbai: The DRI
has seized around 300
kg of heroin worth
Rs 879 crore allegedly
smuggled from Af-
ghanistan and arrest-
ed one person in this
connection at the
Jawaharlal Nehru
Port Trust (JNPT) in
neighbouring Raigad
district, officials said
on Sunday. The con-
traband, seized on
Thursday, is one of
the major narcotic
seizures in the recent
times, they said.
The consignment,
allegedly smuggled
from Afghanistan
via Iran, was de-
clared as gypsum
stone and talcum
powder, an official
from the Directorate
of Revenue Intelli-
gence (DRI) said. The
import export code
was in the name of
Prabhjot Singh and
the consignment was
supposed to be sent
to Punjab, he said.
Singh was arrested
after the seizure of
the contraband, the
official said, adding
that the accused was
importing gypsum
stone and talcum
powder via the JNPT
for the last one year.
` 879 crore worth
heroin seized from
JNPT; 1 arrested
New Delhi: Customs officials at Delhi’s Indira
Gandhi International Airport have seized
heroin worth Rs seven and a half crore that
weighed 18 kg and was being smuggled in a
parcel containing bangles. The consignment
seized on Thursday was being sent from
Africa to an address in Delhi, said officials.
Last week, customs officials at Delhi airport
intercepted two South African nationals and
seized heroin worth Rs 126 crore.
HEROIN ` 7.5 CRORE SMUGGLED IN
BANGLES, SEIZED AT DELHI AIRPORT
Heroin was recovered in a
concealed package
Lakshadweep
denies entry to
Congress MPs
Gangotri of ques rise for BJP as Devbhumi heads for next election!
Anita Hada
New Delhi: BJP’s Ut-
tarkhand conundrum
is nothing short of a
political crisis, around
which the party is try-
ing to mold a rhetoric
on constitutional cri-
sis. However, political
observers refuse to
gulp down the claim as
no politician worth
his/her salt would not
know that Tirath Singh
Rawat would have to
fight a bypoll within
six months time since
he wasnt a legislator
rather a MP. While
even minutely aware
citizens know about
this rule, yet another
rule, which seasoned
politician those who
know the Constitution
arewellawareof,states
that no bypoll can be
held for an assembly
whose term of less
than a year is left. BJP
leaders are not novices
who do not know the
various rules and regu-
lations which they are
now terming as Consti-
tutional crisis. The
party could have had
said that since Corona
crisis is not over yet,
hence it is not prudent
to hold bypolls as yet.
Notably, even before
the BJP could an-
nounce its rehtoric, the
Election Commission
had already stated that
bypolls on 7 seats in UP
and 2 in Uttarakhand
will not be held.
But with the ‘belief’
that ECI treads the
path created by the
Central Government,
word doing rounds is
that the BJP high com-
mand wanted to re-
move Tirath Singh and
hence certain situa-
tions were created else
had the Union Govern-
ment wanted, the ECI
would have gone ahead
with elections, what
ever be the situation.
So the question now
is...Why does the BJP
high command want to
do away with Tirath?
The answer is sim-
ple: Future. BJP high
command has realised
that it is impossible to
win the assembly elec-
tions under Tirath’s
leadership hence he
needed to be removed.
While his comments
upset many sections,
even the saints and
seersof the‘Devbhumi’
were not to happy
.
Due to constitutional crisis, Rawat
submitted his resignation to Guv
TIRATH SINGH RAWAT RESIGNATION
Tirath Singh Rawat
Arvind Kejriwal also highlighted the Delhi government’’s
efforts to honour doctors and medical fraternity.
—FILE PHOTO

NEWS
07
T
he National
Green Tribunal
has directed
Jindal Saw Ltd to de-
posit Rs 4 crore as com-
pensation because “il-
legal blasting” by it
had caused damage to
a number of houses at
Pur village in
Bhilwara. A bench
headed by tribunal
chairperson Justice
Adarsh Kumar Goel
also ordered consider-
ation of remedial ac-
tion against illegal
blasting and mining.
The bench ordered to
deposit the amount
with Bhilwara district
magistrate within one
month. The tribunal
was hearing a plea by
a resident Balkrishan
Vyas who said that
houses developed
cracks on the walls
and leakage of water
is taking place. —PTI
PAY`40,000,000...
...NGT DIRECTS JINDAL SAW LTD AS COMPENSATION
FOR DAMAGING HOUSES BY ILLEGAL BLASTING
—FILE PHOTOS
` 1 LAKH TO
EACH OF 375
PERSONS
As a rough estimate,
the compensation will
be Rs 1 lakh for each
of the 375 affected
persons mentioned in
the report of the state
Pollution Control
Board on August 19,
2019. The bench
ordered the amount
may be to affected
persons within three
months after making
an action plan.
STOP MINING IF
ORDER IS NOT
FOLLOWED
Bhilwara district mag-
istrate will be at lib-
erty to take coercive
measures of stopping
mining activities if
order is not complied.
The panel also asked
Rajasthan State Legal
Service Authority to
provide assistance to
ensure that payments
are made to genuine
victims.
New Delhi: To reduce
land desertification and
provide livelihood, Kha-
di and Village Indus-
tries Commission
(KVIC) initiated a pro-
ject on Sunday by plant-
ing 5,000 saplings of
special bamboo species
in Rajasthan.
The KVIC in a state-
ment said the project
named ‘’Bamboo Oasis
on Lands in Drought’’
(BOLD) was launched
on Sunday from the
tribal village Nichla
Mandwa in Udaipur,
Rajasthan, by KVIC
Chairman Vinai Kumar
Saxena in presence of
local MP Arjun Lal
Meena and over 2000 lo-
cal villagers.
Project BOLD is
aligned with PM Modi’s
call for reducing land
degradation and pre-
venting desertification
in the country. Under
the project, 5,000 sap-
lings of special bamboo
species – Bambusa Tul-
da and Bambusa Poly-
morpha have been
planted over 25 bigha of
vacant arid Gram Pan-
chayat land. —PTI
DSP PIPLU PUT ON APO FOR ROLE IN
ILLEGAL SAND TRANSPORTATION
Tonk: Piplu DSP Tarachand was put on awaiting
posting orders (APO) status on suspicion of his
involvement in the illegal sand
transportation in Tonk. Senior
police officials took the deci-
sion before the activities of the
police officer could embar-
rass the department. Police
sources said that SP Tonk
Omprakash had written to the police headquarters
thrice about the suspicious activities of the DSP.
NEWS DIGEST
ARMY EXPERTS DEFUSE BOMB
FOUND IN FIELD NEAR BIKANER
Bikaner: A bomb found in the Nal police station
area two days ago was destroyed on Sunday
with the help of the army. For this, one kilometer
area was completely
evacuated and even the
animals were removed.
When there was a strong
explosion on Sunday
morning at Nal village,
about 8 km from Bikaner,
due to which people were
shocked. This bomb was found in Kaluram’s field on
Gebna Pir Road recently. The labourers were digging
for sowing in the field when suddenly there was a
sound of hitting a piece of iron.
HC STAYS ARREST OF 7 PERSONS IN A
SUBSEQUENT FIR ON SAME FACTS
Jodhpur: The High Court, Jodhpur bench comprising
of Justice PS Bhati issued a notice and restrained
arrest of 7 petitioners in the Vasim Mohammed and
Ors. and State of Rajasthan. Interestingly, husband,
mother-in-law
along with 5 other
distant relatives
were named in
a false case by
complainant
Yasmin Banu in an
FIR lodged at PS
Marwar Junction,
Pali. The complainant had concealed fact that in
2013 an FIR on same facts was filed at PS Gandhid-
ham, Gujarat in which husband and mother-in-law
were acquitted. The matter was argued by Advocate
Aditya Jain and Advocate Neha Gyamlani.
Mukesh Mathrani
Barmer: Hundreds of
locals in Barmer on
Sunday launched 'Halla
Bol' against oil compa-
ny Cairn Vedanta and
protested against the
company’s policies.
Protestors have
launched indefinite agi-
tation till their de-
mands are not met.
Protestors said that
they belong to the villag-
es from where the com-
pany is getting its 70 per-
cent production. They
said that they have given
their land in national in-
terest for oil exploration
and production.
They claimed that at
the time of acquisition
the company had made
tall claims and prom-
ised them that the com-
pany would ensure pri-
ority in jobs, contract
works.
Nagaur: A 17-year-old
girl was allegedly
stabbed to death by a
jilted lover in Nagaur
district of Rajasthan,
police said on Sunday
.
“After the attack, the
accused posted a video
on social media saying
he wanted to immortal-
ise his love story there-
fore he stabbed the
girl,” they added.
The incident oc-
curred on Saturday
night in Gudha Bhag-
wan Das village where
both the accused Vinod
and the girl reside.
While Vinod was also
injured during the inci-
dent, he managed to es-
caped from the spot, po-
lice said, adding that he
was detained on Sunday
.
The girl was rushed
to the district hospital
where she was declared
dead while the accused
is undergoing treat-
ment at the hospital,
police said. —PTI
First India Bureau
Jaipur/Bikaner: The
Rajasthan government
has issued guidelines to
conduct examination of
universities for the 2020-
21 academic session as
per the UGC guidelines,
supreme court decision
and the suggestions of
the departmental com-
mittee.
Higher education
minister Bhanwar Sin-
gh Bhati said that ac-
cording to these guide-
lines, the examinations
of third or final year
and final or terminal se-
mesters of universities
and colleges will be con-
ducted offline from the
last week of July or first
week of August.
Hesaidthattheresults
will be released by Sep-
tember 30 and the stu-
dents of 1st year gradua-
tion will be promoted on
the basis of average of
marks obtained in 10th
and 12th. Second year
studentswillbeadmitted
tothenextclassonatem-
porary basis and online
teaching will be started
from July 10.
“When covid situa-
tion normalises, results
of the 2nd year will be
issued by December 31
by conducting the ex-
aminations on objective
or descriptive pattern
as per the convenience,”
Bhati said.
Sarpanch’s son, 1 more
held with `4,000 bribe
First India Bureau
Barmer: ACB team
on Sunday caught a
sarpanch’s son while
accepting a bribe of
Rs 4,000. Bribe was
demanded against
release of labour
payment in the job
guarantee scheme.
Additional super-
intendent of ACB
Ramniwas said that
complainant Mo-
hammad Hanif, a
resident of Salariya
village in Barmer ap-
proached them alleg-
ing that Ramjan
Khan, son of Salari-
ya sarpanch, is de-
manding bribe from
him to release labour
payment of job guar-
antee scheme. He
said that 6 members
of his family got the
job in NREGA and
each earned Rs 2,616.
Halla Bol against Cairn
for ‘unfulfilled promises’
Locals protesting against the Cairn Vedanta in Barmer on Sunday.
The jilted lover in Nagaur
police custody on Sunday.
Bhanwar Singh Bhati
Accused in ACB custody
Vinai Kumar Saxena and MP Arjun Lal
Meena during the event on Sunday.
Jilted lover stabs minor girl,held
Offline exams for final year
from July end or Aug start
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‘Bamboo Oasis’ project for tribal in Raj
‘COMPANY NOT FULFILLING PROMISES’
Locals alleged that it is unfortunate that the
company is not fulfilling its promises. They
alleged that instead of utilizing the CSR budget
in their area, it is spending it in outside areas.
Locals claimed that they have repeatedly request-
ed the company officials but ignored them after
which they were forced to protest and launched
‘Halla Bol’ against Cairn Vedanta.
1 PLANT, 1 SELFIE DRIVE IN
‘MISSION GREEN NAWA’ STARTS
Nagaur: Veer Teja Sahayata Group has
started ‘One plant, One selfie’ initiative
under which people are inspired to plant
trees and post
selfie on social
media. 11,000
tree saplings will
be distributed in
Nawa City under
Mission Green
Nawa in Nagaur.
The saplings will be of shady, fruitful,
flowering trees and planted in all religious
places, government offices. The programme
was launched by Dr. Saurabh Jain and
cleaning inspector Pradeep Gautam.
IN MEMORY OF...
Tripat Kaur, in the fond memory
of her husband Sardar Ratan Pal
Singh (Lal ji), who left for heavenly
abode on February 8, organised the
work of boring, tree plantation and
lighting at Chandrashekhar Park in
Raja Park on Sunday with support
of Rotary Club Jaipur North. Friends
and family joined in the event.
Rajinder Singh Sethi, Ajay Pal Singh, Jagdeesh Chandra,
Dr Archana Sharma, Tripat Kaur, and Swati Parnami in the event.
Ramesh Bansal, Ajay Pal Singh, Tripat Kaur, Jagdeesh Chandra, Dr Archana Sharma,
Swati Parnami, Somendra Sharma, and Kuldeep Dhillon share the dais.
Dr Archana Sharma,
Somendra Sharma,
Ajay Pal Singh,
Harjyot Malik,
Ramandeep Singh,
Joney Makker,
Haneet Singh, and
Shakuntala Meena during
plantation of a sapling.
Haneet Singh greets Somendra Sharma

First India Bureau
Jaipur: The salary or
remuneration for the
period of statewide
lockdown implemented
in April 2021 will be
paid to the contractual
employees working in
various departments,
employees appointed
through contingency
sources, state undertak-
ings etc. Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has taken
this sensitive decision
to provide financial
support to the contrac-
tual workers in view of
the adverse circum-
stances arising out of
the Corona pandemic
and the lockdown.
Gehlot has approved
proposal of Finance De-
partment in this regard.
According to the pro-
posal, due to large num-
ber of contractual
workers being unable to
attend workplaces due
to lockdown other re-
strictions, their salary
or remuneration etc.
were not paid. Now the
CM has given consent to
pay the salary to the
said personnel.
If you want things to end well,
you must pay attention to
beginning them well too!
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: It is the second
time, when result- ori-
ented senior IPS offic-
er, Bhupendra Dak has
been handed over the
reins of the Jail De-
partment in Rajasthan.
A trusted officer of
CM Ashok Gehlot, Dak
is the only officer, who
has held the post of Po-
lice Commissioner in
Jaipur and Jodhpur.
He was the ADG-
Prisons for 15 months
from January 2014 to
June 2015 and has been
IG in two ranges and
SP in 8 districts. Dak
was at the number two
position in the Police
Headquarters and he
discharged his duty
and looked after sensi-
tive works of the PHQs
without any dispute.
During this, two
DGPs were his boss
and they had confi-
dence in him. A socia-
ble officer, Dak is
known for fast decision
making skills.
As DG Prisons, Dak
will have to face sever-
al challenges during
his second innings in
the department. Use of
prohibited items like
mobile phones and nar-
cotics substances are
the major causes of
concern for him. Jail
administration had
faced embarrassment
in February 2019, when
a notorious Pakistani
prisoner, Shakarullah
was murdered at the
Jaipur Central Jail
over the issue of TV
volume.
Recently, two inci-
dents of jail break in
Phalodi in Jodhpur
and Nokha in Bikaner
also raised questions
on the security of jails.
16 prisoners had
escaped from Phalodi,
while five jail inmates
escaped from Nokha
jail.
Safety of jails is the
main challenge for
Dak. There are nearly
22,000 jail inmates in
145 jails across the
state. Apart from it, the
jail staff expect the of-
ficer to address their
long pending demand
related to pay and ser-
vice conditions. They
want their salary to be
at par with the police
personnel.
Dak has three years
left for retirement and
chances of his appoint-
ment as DGP-Ra-
jasthan are bright.
CM Gehlot’s confidante cop, Dak takes over the reins of Jail Dept again!
HARD WORK PAYS OFF
lll
As DG Prisons,
Dak will have to
face several
challenges
during his
second innings
in the
department
Mukesh Mathrani
Barmer: Uncertainty
still looms large on the
fate of veteran leader
Hemaram Choudhary's
resignation. As the As-
sembly Speaker Dr CP
Joshi has still not ac-
cepted his resignation,
the disgruntled leader
is adamant on it.
The episode got a new
twist on Sunday, when
Choudhary announced
that he is adamant on
his resignation and will
not withdraw it. Talk-
ing to First India,
Choudhary said, It
looks that Dr CP Joshi is
not in a mood to accept
my resignation and I am
not in a mood to back-
track. He further said
that he had given his
resignation and till the
time it won't be accept-
ed, he will continue
working as an MLA as it
is his moral duty
.
Speaker Dr CP Joshi
constituted19Assembly
committees and Choud-
hary
, who resigned from
his assembly post on
May 18 citing works not
getting done, has also
been appointed as head
of committee on Public
Undertakings. Choud-
hary said that he was
not contacted before his
inclusion in the Com-
mittee. Itis noteworthy
to mention here that the
opposition BJP had at-
tacked the government
alleging that Choud-
hary was appointed
without his consent.
However, veteran
leader maintained that
during the budget ses-
sion, the Assembly
Speaker was authorised
to take decisions on it.
In such a situation, it
wasn't necessary to take
his consent. Sixth time
MLA, Choudhary said
that post his resigna-
tion, he was called by
Assembly Speaker to
meet in person. I stayed
there for over seven
days, but didn't get time
for a meeting after
which I returned to my
area, '' he said.
Hemaram Choudhary
Bhupendra Dak
First India Bureau
Kota: UDH Minister
Shanti Dhariwal on
Sunday, inspected the
construction works of
the Chambal River
Front, Vivekananda
Circle and several oth-
er development pro-
jects and instructed
officials to speed up
the works to complete
the projects in stipu-
lated time.
The Minister on
Sunday again ex-
pressed displeasure
over slow progress of
work in Barrage gar-
den and asked the offi-
cials to increase the
number of labourers.
He expressed his dis-
content on Saturday as
well over lack of
enough seriousness to-
wards the work and
asked the officials to
take action against the
engineers.
While inspecting
the Vivekanand circle
on Sunday, Dhariwal
said that the life inci-
dents of Swami Vive-
kananda should be
highlighted at the cir-
cle so that the young
generation can take
inspiration from him.
He along with a team
of officials visited var-
ious ghats of the Cham-
bal River Front. He
directed the officials to
continue the construc-
tion work round the
clock in different shifts
to complete the project
in time.
Dhariwal said that
to give a historic look
to the riverfront ghats,
the work should be
done according to the
design and quality
shouldn’t be compro-
mised. He then visited
Barrage Garden, vehi-
cle parking towards
Kota Barrage and re-
viewed the work pro-
gress.
Mayor of Kota South
Municipal Corpora-
tion Rajiv Agrawal,
UIT’s former chairper-
son Ravindra Tyagi,
District collector Uj-
jawal Rathore and oth-
er officials accompa-
nied Dhariwal.
Work 24x7 in shifts to complete projects
on time: Dhariwal instructs officials
UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal inspected Vivekanand Circle
during his visit to Kota on Sunday. Kota Collector Ujjawal Rathore,
Special Officer of UIT RD Meena, Architect Anoop Bartaria and
other officials were also present on the occasion.
‘HUMANE FACE’ OF CHIEF MINISTER
CONTRACTWORKERSWILLGET
SALARYFORLOCKDOWNPERIOD
Jaipur: The ‘Prashasan Shehron ke Sang’ Campaign
will be initiated across the state from October 2
onwards to mark the birth anniversary of Mahatma
Gandhi. Owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, the entire
work related to the campaign would be carried out
on social media, wherein, all the information about
the drive would be ade available. According to
departmental sources, a YouTube Channel will also
be created by LSG and UDH Departments, wherein,
videos related to the campaign will be uploaded in
local language, so that the people can be informed
about the documents required to acquire ‘Pattas’
during the campaign.The applicants would be able
to register their complaints online. Besides, UDH
Minister Shanti Dhariwal and Advisor to the UDH
Department, Dr GS Sandhu ave invited suggestions
from local bodies regarding the drive during the
recently held review meet and workshop via VC.
‘PRASHASAN SHEHRON KE
SANG’ CAMPAIGN TO GO DIGITAL
Ashok Gehlot
@ashokgehlot51
My deepest condo-
lences on sad demise
of Shri Mangilal
Meghwal, former MLA
from Keshoraipatan
(Bundi). I pray to God
to provide strength to
the bereaved family
to bear this huge loss
and may the departed
soul rest in peace.
Salute the martyrdom
of Trilokpura (Sikar)
#Rajasthan's brave-
heart Sh. Pappuram
Samota, who made
the supreme sacrifice
in the line of duty near
Galwan Valley. My
heartfelt condolences
to bereaved family, we
stand with them
in this most difficult
time and pray they
remain strong.
Tributes to Yug
Purush Swami
Vivekananda on his
death anniversary.
His message, 'Arise,
Awake and stop
not till the goal is
achieved' holds rele-
vance even in today's
times. Swamiji made
India proud during
that era and left his
indelible mark. Let
us all resolve to im-
bibe his message
in our lives.
Gehlot
says
RAJ 1ST
STATE TO APPOINT DIVYANGS AS
NOMINATED COUNCILLORS IN LOCAL BODIES
GEHLOT RELAXES PURCHASE NORMS
OF MEDICINES FOR FORMER MLAS
Jaipur: When the Ashok Gehlot government came
to power, it was decided that the State Government
will fulfill its social responsibility and moving forward
in the same direction, it was decided that the spe-
cially- abled individuals would get representation and
participation in power. As a result, so far, 33 Divyangs
have been made ‘Nominated Councillors’ in Municipal
Bodies. Rajasthan is the first state in the country that
provided participation in power to the specially -abled,
who had been demanding a fair representation for
the past ten years. All the municipal corporations,
municipal councils, municipalities of Rajasthan
reserved seats for the ‘Divyangs’ in the nominated
councillor quota. The sensitive Chief Minister of
the state, Ashok Gehlot, with the notification of the
Rajasthan Municipal Act, 2021, established the
participation of the ‘Divyang’ in power. With
this decision of the government, 300
persons with disabilities will get an
opportunity to become nominated
members in all local bodies of
the state. Also, the ‘Nishaktjan
Aayog’ is yet to be constituted.
Jaipur: CM Ashok Gehlot, while relaxing the provi-
sions of Rule 11(3) of the Rajasthan Legislative
Assembly and the Family Pensioners (Medical
Facilities) Rules, 2010, approved the proposal to
allow the former members of the Legislative As-
sembly to purchase medicines from private medical
stores for the period from April 29 to July 31, 2021
without non-availability proof Letter (NAC).
It is noteworthy that under the orders
of the Finance Department issued on
April 29, in view of the Covid-19
pandemic, while giving relaxation
in para 8(3)(2) of the Rajasthan
State Pensioners Medical Conces-
sion Scheme 2014, permission was
given to buy medicines from private
shops without NAC for the period up
to 31st July 2021. Orders were issued
by the Finance Department on 27 May
2021 for relaxation in the Rajasthan
Civil Services (Medical Attendance)
Rules, 2013, in which relaxation was
given to the state employees.
Jaipur: CM Ashok Ge-
hlot has given approval
to spend Rs 6.67 crore
to set up Indira Mahila
Shakti Kendras in all
district headquarters
of the state. A proposal
in this regard was
sent by the Depart-
ment of Women and
Child Development to
the Finance Depart-
ment. It is noteworthy
that in the budget of
the year 2021-22, the
Chief Minister had
announced to open
Indira Mahila Shakti
Kendra in all the
districts of the state.
These centres will play
the role of a ‘guiding
companion’ for the
girls and women of
rural and urban areas
in the entire district.
Girls and women of all
age groups will have
to share their physical,
mental, economic and
social problems with
law experts, wherein,
free consultation and
assistance will be
provided by these
experts and informa-
tion about programmes
and schemes related to
women and girls will
also be given. Apart
from this, women will
be provided training in
personality develop-
ment and self-defence.
GEHLOT WORKS TO EMPOWER WOMEN VIA INDIRA KENDRA
Suspense continues:
Hemaram adamant
on his resignation
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: Can a depart-
ment, that has the task
of maintaining forest
cover and keeping the
forests intact, forget
about its land for dec-
ades altogether, so
much so that it has
paved way for major
real estate develop-
ments? While it may
seem to be naught, but
the fact is more bizzare
than fiction here. But
what is even more biz-
zare is the fact that this
land lies on the out-
skirts of Jaipur city!
The year was 1961
when the Rajasthan
government denoted
around 30,000 acres of
land of Amber, Kukasm
Achrol, Nahargarh,
Beed Papad and sur-
rounding areas as forest
land, however, till date,
the said land has not
been recorded as forest
in revenue records.
Now question arises
that- Is RCA's newly ac-
quired land also falling
in the same 'disputed'
region? Few years back
in 2015, senior advocate
AK Jain had filed a PIL
in the High Court de-
manding that the state
government should
take possession of the
land and it was also in-
formed through the PIL
that colonies have been
settled on Forest land
and therefore, the state
government should up-
date its records and
take possession.
On the directions of
the High Court, the state
government formed a
committee in 2016 with
Tehsildar and 3 EX-ENs.
The committee identi-
fied few colonies along
with Shashtri Nagar
and in its primary re-
port, the committee said
it will identify other
colonies soon, and cited
needing time since the
matter pertained to sev-
eral decades before.
However,eventhough
five years have passed,
the committee, which is
more or less defunct as
of now, has not submit-
ted its report.
So now will UDH
Minister Shanti Dhari-
wal 'looked into' the en-
tire matter to ensure
that no legal hassle
erupts at the eleventh
hour to stall the RCA's
'dream project' by some
'vested interest' or land
mafias!
60 YEAR OLD ‘GHOST’
TO HAUNT UDH, RCA?
Pic for representational purpose only

JAIPUR, MONDAY
JULY 5, 2021
believe that the bikini cele-
brates not just the female
body form but more than
that a level of fitness and
commitment towards exer-
cise and good health. A bi-
kinibodycannotbeattained
overnight and requires a regimen
of a good nutritious diet and fo-
cused exercise over a long period.
I believe that aiming for a ‘bikini
body’ is not just a physical thing.
To wear a bikini one requires a
huge amount of confidence and
also in the Indian semi-urban and
urban scenario a ‘devil may care’
attitude which thumbs up to the
so-called middle-class values and
restrictions.
I remember the day we shot for
the First India Fashion Calen-
dar, I have done a lot of fash-
ion shoots and though I
knew the Elite girls and
their confidence, still I
was a little sceptical as
to how this ambitious shoot
would turn out.
The rest, as they say, is history!
These beautiful girls, coming from
simple homespun backgrounds
whowereshotbymewithanormal
Canon 1DX camera in the Marble
DumpingYardatKishangarh,gave
Jaipur and Rajasthan a calendar
which is still giving competition to
the best of faces and figures of the
glam capital Mumbai and is talked
about in power circles till date.
There was a magical wind blow-
ing that day as we all worked as a
unified team from dawn to night,
with Gaurav Gaur spearheading
the make-up by Bharti Agarwal
and look of the girls! The Bikinis
by Moon Vohra set the tone with
their vibrant colours in the muted
backdrop.
On World Bikini day
, I request all
the women to celebrate and respect
their bodies and themselves, be con-
fident and be fit! The world bows to
a strong woman and you all
have it in you to be per-
fectlybeautiful,strong
andconfidentof who
you are and remem-
ber, a woman is de-
finedbymuchmuch
more than looks!
SHAAN
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
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NOT JUST A
BIKINI!
SINCE JULY 5, 1946, WOMEN HAVE BEEN
HITTING THE BEACHES AND POOLSIDES IN
BIKINIS. ON THE OCCASION OF
INTERNATIONAL BIKINI DAY, WE REVISIT THE
ANNUAL FASHION CALENDAR OF FIRST INDIA!
Divija
Gambhir
Arpita
Singania
Riya Sain
Khushboo
Dahiya
Clockwise: Akshita Dutta, Soni Kumari
and Akanksha Bhalla From top: Tanu Chaudhary
and Deepika Chouhan

10
ETC
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E
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F
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H
E
D
A
Y
NITI BHAKAUL, Model
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Your big dreams
are likely to be
realised soon.
Focussing on
your career at
this point will
take you far.
Rethink if going
in for a heavy
investment. Recovering a loan from
someone won’t pose much issue. You will
manage to defuse tensions at home. A
work trip is on the cards for some.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
A long journey
can be tiring and
uncomfortable. A
major purchase
may be a dent
in your savings,
but will help in
keeping up with
the Joneses!
Speculation may not be profitable and
you can very well burn your fingers.
Some of you may get hard pressed to find
a good match for someone eligible.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
You remaining
on the saving
mode will help
strengthen your
financial front.
Those planning
to study abroad
are likely to get
a chance of a
lifetime. Your innovative ideas on the
professional front are likely to be well
received. Spirituality will have an allure
for you. You may expand your circle.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
A profitable day
for entrepreneurs
is envisaged.
You may be
played upon
for spending
on someone
else’s needs and
desires. Health
matters gain priority and will motivate for
achieving total fitness. Homemakers are
likely to enjoy the day in the company of
neighbors and friends.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
You succeed
in putting an
ambitious project
on the tracks
and making it a
success. Love
promises to give
immense joy
and fulfillment.
Your consistency in performance on
the academic front will be noticed.
Homemakers can exceed budget. A
budding interest is likely to get stronger.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Homemakers
will get a chance
to implement
their ideas. You
are likely to be
recognised for
your efforts on
the professional
front. Some
of you can be invited for guidance or
consultancy. Chance of a raise is possible
for some. Timely and correct decision will
help you in saving a lot of money.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
It is one of those
days when you
will feel satisfied
with whatever
you do today on
the social front!
Those seeking
love may not
get lucky, but
persistence will pay! Those in the rat race
may find it difficult to pip the rivals at
the post. A friend or relative can touch a
sensitive nerve and get you all upset.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
A positive outlook
will help throw
out the negativity
within. Job
prospects for
those freshly out
of professional
institutes are
set to brighten
up soon. You will manage to ignore
distractions and interruptions at work to
complete a pending task. Those not in a
stable job can expect permanency.
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
You will put in
extra efforts to
complete a task
entrusted to you.
Your academic
aspirations may
take some time
to get realised.
A contentious
property issue may not show any signs
of getting sorted out amicably, so have a
backup plan. Financial worries evaporate
as new avenues of earning open up.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Satisfaction is
foreseen for the
image conscious
people trying to
achieve perfect
figure and
physique. You
will succeed in
surmounting
the odds to get a stalled job back on the
tracks. Your efforts on the academic front
will keep you in contention. You are likely
to spend an enjoyable time.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Although money
is not a problem,
you will have to
curb wasteful
expenditure.
Sticking to
workout routine
may benefit you
on the health
front. New opportunities will be seized on
the professional front. Meeting relatives
at a marriage or party cannot be ruled
out.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Your energy and
dynamism will
get you what you
aim for today
on the academic
front. This is the
day to play your
winning card on
the professional
front. A lot of time may be wasted in
socialising, but you will love it.Your
upbeat mood and a happy demeanour will
brighten the domestic atmosphere.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
his piece is for ani-
mal haters and lov-
ers alike. If you hate
animals and those
that care for them,
read on. If you are
an animal lover and
feed animals and are har-
assed by their haters, stay
with me!
In a landmark order fol-
lowing a case filed by 2 resi-
dents where one was seeking
to restraint the other from
feeding in front of his prop-
erty, the Delhi High Court is-
sued guidelines that uphold
the dignity and rights of ani-
mals and their feeders. Such
order comes as a relief to
feeders in the nation’s capi-
tal. But I also hope that other
states will follow the direc-
tions. The Delhi dispute was
resolved with a consensus- a
designated place was fixed
for feeding the dogs.
Every day animal feeders
face harassment and even
physical abuse, and the dogs
get beaten and poisoned by
people who restrict feeders.
And we are well aware of
how supportive law enforce-
ment is in these matters.
How discouraging to have
them side with the perpetra-
tors! This is why the Delhi
HC order is pivotal as it gives
backing to animal lovers.
In the order, Justice J.R.
Midha said “Community
dogs (stray/street dogs) have
the right to food and citizens
have the right to feed commu-
nity dogs but in exercising
this right, care and caution
should be taken to ensure
that it does not impinge upon
the rights of others or cause
any harm, hindrance, har-
assment and nuisance to
other individuals or mem-
bers of the society.” This
keeping in mind that every
dog is a territorial being and
it has to be fed in places with-
in its territory
.
The court ordered the Ani-
mal Welfare Board of India
to create awareness about
compassion towards ani-
mals. In the verdict issued a
committee comprising the
Director of Animal Husband-
ry Department or his nomi-
nee, senior officers of all mu-
nicipal corporations, Delhi
Cantonment Board, and cer-
tain advocates was created to
implement the guidelines
and asked for the first meet-
ing to be held within the com-
ing weeks. Law Enforcement
too was mentioned in the or-
der. The authorities were
asked to ensure no harass-
ment or hindrance is caused
to the people feeding street
dogs at the designated spots.
Further RWAs or Municipal
Corporation were entrusted
with the responsibility of en-
suring that every community
dog in every area has access
to food and water in the ab-
sence of caregivers or com-
munity dog feeders. This is
indeed a good judgment!
The key lies in ensuring
that feeders know their
rights, aren’t intimidated,
are polite, consistent, and
clear up after feeding leaving
no room for complaints. If
you don’t give them a reason
to dispute, they won’t. At
least that is the hope. But I
know this is not the ground
reality
. I remember having to
respond to many disputes
amongst residents with re-
gards to feeding and tending
of the canines. In each case,
I first resorted to counselling
of both parties and when a
resolution could not be
reached I would involve law
enforcement who never paid
heed. Animals are not a sub-
ject of priority response. We
then would call Maneka Gan-
dhi to apply pressure on the
station head. Most times we
were fortunate, other times
not. But I realized the need
for government intervention
and support.
Since the pandemic, Jaipur
animallovershaveunitedand
organized themselves into
zones and areas. The network
brought together by Raksha
Foundation and supported by
Help in Suffering and other
major donors and organiza-
tions have done phenomenal
work ensuring that animals
do not go hungry during the
pandemic.Ithasnotbeeneasy
though. A lot of the feeders
reported harassment from
residents of a colony who also
have threatened to have the
dogs relocated. But the reloca-
tion of dogs is also illegal.
Andif theMunicipalcorpora-
tion engages in the relocation
of any canines they can be
held in contempt. So before
you dial that Nagar Nigam
helpline,beholdthattheycan-
not help you with relocating
dogs. You must learn to coex-
ist peacefully
.
Such an order at a time
when cruelty against ani-
mals is on a rise might be
signalling the coming of a
bright future for animal wel-
fare. I am keeping my fingers
crossed that it doesn’t end
here and that we will see a
sterner amendment to the
PCA act.
If you are a feeder and are
facing any issues, contact a
local activist. In Jaipur, you
may contact me. You are now
protected by law. And animal
haters, it is time you change
your views and begin to toler-
ate us feeders and lovers and
of course the furry four-leg-
ged creatures that share your
neighbourhood!
LET’S FEED!
MARIAM ABUHAIDERI
thepersianladki@gmail.com
T
“We are currently feeding
70 dogs and 20 cats. More in
fact because 20 dogs are fed
twice a day. We started
feeding dogs, cats, and
cows during lockdown last
year then changed our fo-
cus during the last puppy
season at the end of last
year to mother dogs and
their babies. At that time
we had around 15 mother
dogs and 60 puppies plus
and 15 other adult dogs.
Last year we encountered
a handful of people who
were indignant that we
were feeding the dogs in
front of or near their hous-
es. This seemed to occur
more during puppy season.
We would politely point out
that we had the right to do
this and that we needed to
feed close to where the
mothers and babies were
sleeping.
Occasionally we had
heated exchanges with
irate homeowners which
were unpleasant and after
these encounters, we were
always worried about retri-
bution. But now everyone
in Bani Park knows me.
The problems that feeders
face from some community
members are in the media
now so that’s a good thing.
It gives our role more cred-
ibility. Though I’d like to
see the communities tak-
ing more responsibility
collectively rather than
just a couple of people tak-
ing this on.”
CHARA LOVE, ANIMAL FEEDER

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