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CELEBRATORY KILLING!
17 KILLED AFTER TALIBAN FIRE
WEAPONS TO REJOICE ‘PANJSHIR FALL’
While Taliban said their fighters had seized
control of Panjshir, the last province in
Afghanistan holding out against the Islamist group
1 Leaders of opposition
to the Taliban have
denied the fallen claim
2
Kabul: At least 17 peo-
ple have been killed in
Kabul after Taliban
fighters fired weapons
into the air in celebra-
tion. Taliban fired guns
into the air Friday night
to celebrate gains on
the battlefield in Pan-
jshir province, which
still remains under the
control of anti-Taliban
fighters.
Sources in the Tali-
ban told news agency
Reuters Saturday its
fighters had taken Pan-
jshir Valley, the final
holdout in its quest to
seize Afghanistan.
However, resistance
leaders denied the
claim. “News of Pan-
jshir conquests is circu-
lating on Pakistani me-
dia. This is a lie,” said
Ahmad Massoud, who
is leading the rebels.
Meanwhile, former
president Hamid Kar-
zai in a statement has
asked to stop the fight-
ing and resolve their is-
sues through talks, Tolo
new agency reported.
Women gather to demand their rights under the Taliban rule during a protest in Kabul on Saturday. The Taliban have promised an
inclusive government and a more moderate form of Islamic rule than when they last ruled the country from 1996 to 2001. But many
Afghans, especially women, are deeply skeptical and fear a rollback of rights gained over the last two decades.
FRESH FIGHTING
IN PANJSHIR
Kabul: Fresh fighting
has been reported in
Afghanistan’s Panjshir
Valley, the final pocket of
territory which remains
out of the hands of
the Taliban. One of the
resistance leaders in the
valley, Amrullah Saleh
admitted conditions are
difficult, with the Taliban
closing phone, Internet
and electricity lines.
FIRST DOMESTIC
FLIGHT TAKES OFF
Kabul: The first domestic
flight from Kabul took
off on Saturday. The
airport had been closed
since the last evacua-
tion flight took off on
September 1. Al-Jazeera
earlier reported a Qatari
technical team was as-
sessing damage at the
Kabul airport.
NEW AF GOVT
BY NEXT WEEK
Peshawar: The Tali-
ban have postponed
the formation of a
new government for
next week, spokes-
man Zabiullah Muja-
hid said on Saturday,
as the insurgent
group struggles
to give shape to a
broad-based and in-
clusive administration
acceptable to interna-
tional community.
EC THROWS
IN A SURPRISE!
... Declares bypoll for
Mamata’s home
constituency, 3 other seats
New Delhi: While
the nation was anx-
iously waiting for
next year’s Assembly
polls announcements,
the Election Commis-
sion, amid covid
scare, made an unex-
pected announce-
ment on Saturday in
terms of bypoll for
the Bhabanipur con-
stituency — Chief
Minister Mamata Ba-
nerjee’s home turf —
in Kolkata. The bypoll
is set to be held on
September 30 while
the votes will be
counted on October 3.
The seat fell vacant
after veteran Trina-
mool Congress leader
and minister Shovan-
dev Chattopadhyay’s
post-poll resignation.
Apart from Bhaba-
nipur, elections in
West Bengal’s Sam-
shergunj and Jan-
gipur and Odisha’s
Pipli constituencies
will be held on the
same day
.
Covid protocols
will be main-
tained during
polls. In indoor cam-
paigns, not more than
30% of capacity and in
outdoor campaigns not
more than 50% of the
capacity will be allowed.
The number of star cam-
paigners has also been
restricted and regula-
tions will be there for
door-to-door campaigns
—Election Commission
Modi to visit US, meet
Biden later this month
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi is
expected to travel to
Washington DC and
New York in the last
week of September, ac-
cording to top govern-
ment sources. This will
be his first visit to the
United States since
President Joe Biden as-
sumed office early this
year.
If the schedule works
out as per ongoing dis-
cussions, the window of
opportunity that is be-
ing explored is Septem-
ber 22-27, said sources.
This will be Modi’s
first in-person meeting
with Biden.
The two have met vir-
tually on at least three
occasions — the Quad
summit in March,
the climate change
summit in April, and
the G-7 summit in June
this year.
Narwal, Bhagat
scoop gold at
paralympics
Manish Narwal Pramod Bhagat
Tokyo: Shooter Man-
ish Narwal smashed a
Games record while
shuttler Pramod Bha-
gat yet again asserted
his supremacy with his
gold-winning perfor-
mance as India’s tally
swelled to 17 after a
four-medal show on a
memorable penulti-
mate day at the Tokyo
Paralympics, here on
Saturday. Meanwhile,
shooter Singhraj Adha-
na won silver to make it
a sensational one-two
finish for the country
.
Union home and cooperative minister Amit Shah
handed over Union Home Minister’s Trophy and
a Scroll to Rajasthan Police Academy Director ADG
Rajiv Sharma at a national level event held at the
Bureau of Police Research and Development in New
Delhi on Saturday. The RPA has been selected as
the Best Police Academy for 2019-20 by the home
ministry. IGP CRPF Hemant Priyadarshy, who is
former Director RCA, was also gifted a disc and a
scroll on the occasion.
RAJASTHAN POLICE ACADEMY
CHOSEN BEST IN COUNTRY
Protection of individual liberty,freedom of
expression most crucial in democracy: Shah
New Delhi: Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah on Saturday said
the most important
thing in a democracy is
a citizen’s independ-
ence and freedom of
expression which is di-
rectly linked to good
policing, and this needs
to be continuously im-
proved.
He said ‘beat consta-
ble’ deployed at the low-
est level of the police
system makes the “big-
gest contribution” to-
wards making a democ-
racy successful by pro-
tecting the common
man.
Delivering the key-
note speech during the
51st foundation day
event of the Bureau of
Police Research and De-
velopment (BPR&D),
the minister said de-
mocracy cannot be suc-
cessful if law and order
is not good.
“Democracy is our
nature... this was our
character even before
independence and we
accepted this after gain-
ing freedom. The big-
gest thing in a democ-
racy is a person’s inde-
pendence and freedom
of expression,” he said.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah felicitates Olympics silver medal
winner boxer Mirabai Chanu during the 51st foundation day event
of the Bureau of Police Research and Development in New Delhi.
The home ministry
is doing a number
of things to bring
about radical changes
in the IPC, CrPC and
the Evidence Act
—Amit Shah,
Union Home Minister
CORONA CATASTROPHE
RAJASTHAN
INDIA
42,618
new cases
330
new fatalities
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Muzaffarnagar: Farmers protesting against the
three farm laws of the Centre will be organis-
ing a ‘Kisan Mahapanchayat’ in Muzaffarnagar
on Sunday. According to farmer leaders, dis-
cussions will be held on various farmer issues.
FARMERS’
MAHAPANCHAYAT
AGAINST AGRI
LAWS IN UP TODAY
Mumbai: NIA submitted chargesheet against
10, including dismissed Mumbai Police API
Sachin Waze and retired ACP Pradeep Sharma,
for planting gelatin sticks in an SUV near the
residence of industrialist Mukesh Ambani.
ANTILIA BOMB
SCARE CASE: NIA
INVOKES UAPA,
NAMES 10
Kolkata: West Bengal BJP MLA Soumen Roy on
Saturday became the fourth legislator from the
Saffron party to rejoin Trinamool Congress since
the April-May assembly polls. He in the presence
of party secretary-general Partha Chatterjee.
GHAR WAPSI:
ANOTHER
BENGAL BJP MLA
REJOINS TMC
Riding high on Gehlot’s charisma, Cong clinches 4 out of 6 dists
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: In the pan-
chayat body elections
held in six districts of
Rajasthan, the ruling
Congress, on Saturday,
won 670 panchayat
samiti seats while the
Opposition BJP trailed
behind with 551 seats.
Polling for electing
1,564 members of 78
panchayat samitis and
200 members of six
Zila Parishads was
held in three phases.
In the
counting of
votes on Sat-
urday, de-
spite re-
ports of factionalism,
the Congress obtained
a majority in the sami-
tis, while the Saffron
party was leading in
Zila Parishad polls by
winning 55 of the 115
seats, the results for
which were announced
till late Saturday even-
ing. The Congress won
52 parishad seats while
the Bahujan Samaj
Party three.
The Rash-
triya Lok-
tantrikParty
,
which was
anallyof theBJPinRa-
jasthan and had quit
NDA over the issue of
contentiousagriculture
laws last year, won 40
samiti seats. Independ-
ents emerged victori-
ousin290seatsandBSP
won 11 samiti seats.
Thiswinisbeingcon-
sidered as a big one for
CMAshokGehlotashas
not only managed to
score a convincing win
in all 6 districts but in
his home town Jodhpur
also where Congress
has got a majority in 13
out of 21 panchayat
samitis. The Congress
candidates obtained the
majority of samiti seats
in Jodhpur. Its candi-
dates Leela Maderna
and Munni Devi
Godara, claimants to
theZilaPramukh’spost,
won. The post of Zila
Pramukhisreservedfor
women in Jodhpur.
Resultisabigsetback
for BJP which scored a
good win in last year’s
panchayat Samiti and
Zila Parishad elections
of 21 dists. More on P2
Congress will see
district chiefs in
Jaipur, Jodhpur,
Sawai Madhopur
and Dausa
PANCHAYAT
POLLS
Ashok Gehlot
@ashokgehlot51
I express my gratitude to all
the voters for making the
Congress victorious in the
results of Panchayat Samiti
and Zilla Parishad elections
held in six districts. Many
many congratulations to all
the winning candidates and
Congress workers.
200 ZILA
PARISHAD
MEMBERS
CONGRESS
99
BJP
90
INDEPENDENT
08
BSP
03
CM Ashok Gehlot

RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2021
02
JODHPUR
DAUSA SIROHI
JAIPUR
SAWAI
MADHOPUR
BJP
08
BJP
24
BJP
08
Officials at Congress head office tracking poll results.
Police patrol JLN Marg as supporters converge.
Officials at BJP head office tracking poll results.
Supporters of candidates waiting for result at JLN Marg.
CONG POSTS MAJOR WIN
BJP
16
CON
21
CON
17
BJP
17
CON
04
CON
27
CON
16
BSP
02
IND
03
BSP
0
BHARATPUR
BJP
17
CON
14
BSP
02
IND
01
Supporters of a candidate erupt in celebrations at JLN Marg.
—PHOTOS BY SUMAN SARKAR
1,564
PANCHAYAT
SAMITI
MEMBERS
200 ZILA
PARISHAD
MEMBERS
CONGRESS
670
CONGRESS
99
BJP
551
BJP
90
BSP
11
OTHERS
0
IND
290
IND
08
RLP
40
BSP
03
IND
04
Hearty congratula-
tions to all the @
BJP4Rajasthan can-
didates who won the
Zila Parishad and
Panchayat Samiti
elections and thanks
to all the voters and
workers. Despite the
Congress’ misuse of
government machin-
ery, the results were
not disappointing for
the BJP.”
Vasundhara Raje, former CM
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Elated over
party’s performance in
Panchayat Samiti and
Zila Parishad polls,
PCC chief Govind S Do-
tasra on Saturday de-
scribed the results as
encouraging and vali-
dation of the works of
Congress govt led by
CM Ashok Gehlot.
He also said that the
results are a setback for
Opposition BJP.
“The Congress has
won elections with an
overwhelming majority
.
Out of 1,562 wards of
Panchayat Samitis, 670
Congress candidates
were victorious. In
Bharatpur, 171 candi-
dates of Congress ideol-
ogy, who contested elec-
tion without symbol,
were winners,” he said.
In78panchayat sami-
tis, Congress members
would become Pradhan
in 60 panchayat sami-
tis. He said that BJP
could barely get a ma-
jority in only 14 pan-
chayat samitis.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Reacting to
Panchayat samiti and
Zila parishad poll re-
sults, BJP state presi-
dent Satish Poonia said
that usually ruling
party gets a clear ma-
jority but BJP workers
have managed to stop it
with their tireless
work. “The manner in
which Congress is pro-
jecting these results is
not a huge victory, nor
is it a defeat for the
BJP. The farmers and
youth have taught a les-
son to Gehlot govern-
ment, which has failed
to fulfill promises of
loan waiver and giving
employment,” he said.
Even before this, he
said, people had given
a crushing defeat to
Congress in polls in 21
districts in which the
Congress was able to
form the board in only
5 and BJP got the vic-
tory in 14 districts.
From results, it cannot
be said that people
have approved policies
of Congress govt he
said.
Results a validation of works
of Gehlot-led govt: Dotasra
Farmers, youth have taught
lesson to Gehlot govt: Poonia
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In the results
of 22 panchayat samitis
of Jaipur district, the
Congress has got a clear
majority in 10 panchay-
ats out of 22 panchay-
ats, while BJP has 8
panchayats. Both par-
ties have not got a clear
majority in 4 panchay-
ats, where independ-
ents and RLP are in the
role of kingmaker.
Cong to form boards
in Sanganer, Jamwara-
mgarh, Chaksu, Job-
ner, Kishangarh-Ren-
wal, Tunga, Bassi,
Sambhar Lake, Jhot-
wara & Biratnagar
while BJP in Dudu,
Phagi, Kotkhavda, Mo-
jamabad, Govindgarh,
Jalsu, Kotputli and
Madhorajpura.
There was a tie in
Amer, Pawta, and Aan-
dhi as both Congress
and BJP won an equal
number of wards.
Afterresults...claimsbyCong,BJP Cong gets clear
majority in 10
while BJP in 8
Jpr panchayats
Congress is going to
make its head in
about 55+ places
out of 78. This is a victory
of people’s faith in good gov-
ernance and the hard work
of Cong workers.
—Govind S Dotasra,
PCC Chief
Heartfelt gratitude
to people of Ra-
jasthan for express-
ing support to BJP. Thanks
to workers for their hard
work. Hearty congratula-
tions to those who won!
—Satish Poonia,
BJP State Prez
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Congress had
to suffer defeat in the
assembly constituen-
cies of three Independ-
ent MLAs supporting
chief minister Ashok
Gehlot’s government.
Congress lost in the
constituencies of Sany-
am Lodha from Sirohi,
Babulal Nagar from
Dudu, Ramkesh Meena
from Gangapur, and
Omprakash Hudla from
Mahwa.
Babulal Nagar could
only get his son’s daugh-
ter-in-law to win. Na-
gar’s son lost the elec-
tion. Congress lost in
three panchayat sami-
tis of his area.
In Bharatpur district,
Congress MLAs Vishv-
endra Singh, Wajib Ali,
Zahida Khan, Amar
Singh are there, but in-
dependents dominated.
However, Congress
MLAs say that most of
the independents will
go with the Congress.
Under the constitu-
ency of BJP state pres-
ident Satish Poonia,
BJP has not got a clear
majority.
The party also got
clear majority only in
one Samiti each under
Vedprakash Solanki
(Chaksu) and Indraj
Gurjar (Viratnagar)
while in the constitu-
ency of Gopal Meena
(Jamwaramgarh), the
party has got majority
.
Independent MLAs
Alok Beniwal (Shahpu-
ra) and Laxman Meena
(Bassi), Dausa MLA
Murarilal Meena and
Bandikui MLA GR Kha-
tana performed well.
In the constituency
of Congress MLA Indi-
ra Meena (Bamanwas),
Congress board has not
been formed. In the con-
stituency of MLA
Ashok Bairwa
(Khandar), Congress
won. In the constituen-
cy of Sawai Madhopur
MLA Danish Abrar, the
party has got a majority
.
MLAs bring mixed bag
EX-MLA JAGAT SINGH SCORES A WIN,
NOW EYES ZILA PRAMUKH POST
Former MLA Jagat Singh, the son of former Union
Minister Natwar Singh, won election by 5,185
votes. Singh is the most prominent contender for
the zila pramukh. By contesting the election on
BJP ticket, he won with huge votes. The counting
was stopped midway as there was some ruckus.
Singh had recently rejoined the BJP.
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: The credibility
of the six ministers in
the Gehlot government
was at stake in the pan-
chayat polls. Congress
has been able to save
credibility in the re-
sults of Panchayati Raj
elections, but some
ministers and MLAs
have not been able to
save political credibili-
ty
. Three ministers have
failed in the Panchayati
Raj elections while
three have managed to
score over rivals in
their areas. This time,
both Congress and BJP
gave tickets only on the
recommendation of lo-
cal MLAs. The burst of
fireworks outside the
PCC was an indication
that the ruling party
got more success than
expected.
The Congress has
got a majority
under the areas of
agriculture minister
Lalchand Kataria
at Jhotwara and
Jobner in Jaipur
district, industries
minister Parsadilal
Meena in Dausa, in
Sikrai a Panchayat
Samiti under in the
constituency of
Women and child
development minis-
ter Mamta Bhupesh,
while in Sikandra,
independents are in
deciding role.
The Congress has
not got a clear
majority in the pan-
chayat samitis of the
areas of ministers
Rajendra Yadav in
Kotputli, Bhajanlal
Jatav and Subhash
Garg. Independent
candidates are in
deciding role in the
areas of these three
ministers. Rajendra
Yadav could not get
majority in Kotputli.
Garg, Jatav come
from Bharatpur
district, where inde-
pendents will rule.
Congress workers celebrating at the PCC headoffice after victory. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
UPS DOWNS
Lalchand Kataria Subhash Garg
Parsadilal Meena Bhajanlal Jatav
Mamta Bhupesh Rajendra Yadav
The credibility of six ministers and 33 MLAs in the Gehlot government was at stake in the
panchayat polls. Three ministers performed well while the three struggled to save credibility

First India Bureau
Jaipur: In the murder
for Rajendra Kumar
Chawla, Advisor of the
Consultant Agency of
NHAI, the police have
arrested sharp shooter
Dharmender, 27, a res-
ident of Uralana Kalan,
Panipat and are looking
for another shooter. He
was held from Kuruk-
shetra, said police on
Saturday
. Meanwhile, 4
accused held on Friday
were on Saturday re-
manded to the police
custody until Septem-
ber 11. Vaishali Nagar
SHO Anil Jaiman pro-
duced the accused Sheo-
ran, Amit Nehra,
Naveen Bisla and Vikas
Singh in ACMM-A
court and sought a 10-
day remand. AK Jain,
advocateof theaccused,
protested saying that 4
have been arrested
without any evidence.
RAJASTHAN
03
First India Bureau
Bharaptur: A 16-year-
old girl, whose mother
was murdered over land
feud, got her father re-
leased on parole to per-
form last rites after a
daylong struggle, in
Paroa village under
Kaulari police limits in
Dholpur district on Sat-
urday. After her moth-
er’s death, Girija ap-
proached the Sewar jail
authorities to release
her father for some time
so that he could perform
last rites of his wife.
The jail authorities ad-
vised her to approach
the district administra-
tion. Hence, she came to
Collectorate on Satur-
day met Dist Collector
Rakesh Jaiswal ordered
authorities to let Vas-
anta go on parole.
On daughter’s request, parole
granted to man for wife’s funeral
Players of Rajasthan
are bringing
laurels to the state.
On Saturday, Badmin-
ton HH- 6 category
player Krishna Nagar
of Jaipur defeated
Kristen Coombs of
Great Britain to ensure
a silver medal for the
country at the Tokyo
Paralympics. Nagar
has become the fourth
player from Rajasthan
to win a medal. He
won the first game by
21-10 and the second
by 21-11. With this,
the country secured
its third medal in bad-
minton. He will now
compete with Hong
Kong’s Chu Man Kei
for gold in the final.
AHAT-TRICK!
DEVENDRA JHAJHARIA, THE PARALYMPIC JAVELIN THROWER MEDALIST, REACHED
JAIPUR ON SATURDAY AFTER WINNING SILVER IN THE TOKYO PARALYMPICS
Devendra Jhajharia presents his medal to mother,
seeks blessings as he reached Jaipur airport on
Saturday. (L) The javelin thrower medalist speaks
to First India and shares his medal winning
experience. —PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Devendra
Jhajharia, the Paralym-
pic javelin thrower me-
dalist, reached Jaipur
on Saturday after win-
ning the silver medal in
the Tokyo Paralympics.
Devendrawaswelcomed
by sports enthusiasts in
large numbers at the
Jaipur airport. With the
beatof drums,Devendra
left for his home. Deven-
dra said that after reach-
ing his family and in the
state, the happiness of
winning the medal has
doubled.
Devendra also said
that his parents sent
him to the ground even
though he was disabled.
As a result of that, to-
day he is able to bring
glory to the country by
winning medals.
HIS PAST MEDALS
Jhajharia is the first In-
dian player to have won
three medals in the
Olympics. Earlier, he
won gold in 2004 Athens
Olympics and gold med-
al in 2016 Rio Olympics.
I have made a hat-trick of
medals for the country.
Nothing could be more im-
portant to me than this.
My family and I have worked hard
for this medal. Without the family,
this medal would not have been pos-
sible. —Devendra Jhajharia, Javelin Thrower
Krishna in
race for gold
Dr Raghu unveils poster to
honour Covid-19 warriors
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Health minis-
ter Dr Raghu Sharma
released the poster of
the Tennis Premier
League competition
being organised in the
honour of Covid war-
riors at his official
residence on Saturday.
Organising secre-
tary of League Anil
Yadav said competi-
tion is being organised
by Medico Social &
Welfare Society
. “About
100 docs from different
dists are participating
in this competition.
The competition is be-
ing organised in
Jaipur Club from Sept
9 to 12 in which 8 teams
will participate.”
Health minister Dr Raghu Sharma releases poster of Tennis
Premier League in Jaipur on Saturday. Also seen here are,
Dr Sudhir Bhandari, Dr Jayant Sain, Dr Sudhanshu Sharma,
Dr Harish Bhardwaj, Dr CK Garg and other officials.
During the pandemic, the warriors
– be it from the medical depart-
ment, police or any other field --
have served the common man day
and night. We must express our gratitude to-
wards Covid 19 warriors. Adhering to the
pandemic guidelines is also a way of showing
respect to them. —Dr Raghu Sharma, Health Minister
6 BSF JAWANS
TEST POSITIVE IN
SRI GANGANAGAR
Sri Ganganagar: 6
jawans of the new
battalion of BSF jawans
found corona positive
in Raisinghnagar on
Saturday. They were
sent to district hospital
for treatment. 2 teams
are doing sampling
of 450 BSF jawans of
the new battalion who
reached Raisinghnagar
4 days ago.
A SCHOOL STUDENT TESTS
COVID POSITIVE NEAR SIKAR
Sikar: A 16- year-old girl from Jas-
supura village was tested positive
for coronavirus
during a random
test conducted
by the medical
department team.
The girl has been
kept in home
isolation. Samples
of school staff and
other students have also been taken.
Deputy CMHO Dr CP Ola said sam-
ples were collected on September 1.
DR MALHOTRA GIVEN NEW
ROLE AT SMS HOSPITAL
Jaipur: The government has made a
big change in the Sawai Man Singh
hospital. Dr Vinay
Malhotra has
been given addi-
tional responsibil-
ity in place of Dr
Rajesh Sharma,
the current
Superintendent.
Malhotra was
made the superintendent of the new
unit of SMS, Super Specialty Centre
sometime back.
VACCINATION GOAL!
With an aim to get the Hawa Mahal assembly constituency
100 per cent vaccinated, the vaccination camp started
again here on Saturday. Chief Whip and Hawa Mahal MLA Dr
Mahesh Joshi inaugurated two vaccination camps.
NHAI OFFICER’S MURDER
Shooter held, 4 sent to police remand
Jaipur: Governor Kalraj Mishra, chief minister
Ashok Gehlot have congratulated and extended best
wishes to all the teachers
on Teacher’s Day today.
Remembering former
President Dr Sarvepalli
Radhakrishnan, Mishra
said along with qualita-
tive spread of education
through edu institutions, he also called for imparting
edu in values of Indian culture and morals etc. CM
Ashok Gehlot said teachers are guides of the society.
Jaipur: HC Bench of Justice Narendra Singh Chad-
dha Saturday granted bail to Omkar Sapre, Project
Head of BVG Company who was ar-
rested on June 29 in connection with
demanding a bribe of Rs 20 crore to
clear pending bills of mun corp of Rs
276 crore. Sapre’s bail application
was earlier rejected by a special court
of ACB. Asharam Gurjar, who was
arrested with Sapre, is yet to move ACB court.
Baran: A 26-year-old dance teacher has been ar-
rested in Baran on charges of raping his 13-year-
old student. Preliminary investigation revealed
that she is 2 months pregnant. On this, the family
members questioned her when she revealed the
excesses of dance teacher. On complaint of family,
police started an investigation under POCSO Act.
It was noticed later that, accused has been run-
ning dance classes in Baran & stopped her after
class, raped, threatened to kill if she told anyone.
HAPPY TEACHERS DAY! GUV MISHRA, CM
WISH ENTIRE TEACHING FRATERNITY
HC GRANTS BAIL TO OMKAR SAPRE
PROJECT HEAD OF BVG COMPANY
DANCE TEACHER HELD FOR RAPING,
IMPREGNATING MINOR IN BARAN
NEWS DIGEST
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The JDA de-
molished illegally con-
structed portions of a
four-storey commer-
cial building on Mu-
hana Road for viola-
tions of building by-
laws. Attempts were
foiled to dev an illegal
residential colony on
Ajmer Road.
ANOTHER ACTION
JDA demolished unau-
thorised construction
on a private land be-
hind Omaxe City on
Ajmer Road.
JDA razes four-storey
illegal building in city
Jaipur: The RPSC has
got record number of
applications for vari-
ous examinations it
conducts. It received
9.5 lakh applications,
the highest so far, for
exams for recruitment
of 859 posts of SIs and
platoon commanders
to be held on Sept 13-15.
RSMSSB BRINGS 250
COMPUTER POSTS
The recruitment of 250
sanganak (Computing)
posts was released. E-
applications can be
made from Sept 8 to Oct
7. The exam is in Dec.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Trying his
luck to get a foothold in
UP & Rajasthan,
AIMIM president Asa-
duddin Owaisi landed
in Jaipur on Saturday
.
The news of his secret
tour, however, spread
like wildfire and heat-
ed up the political at-
mosphere in the state.
RPSC gets
record entries
for diff exams
Owaisi in city on
a secret mission
Asaduddin Owaisi at Jpr airport.
The four-sto-
rey commer-
cial building
is under construction
on a 250 square metre
plot of land in Pars-
vnath Narayan City
on Muhana Road
without permission.
There are violations of
the building bylaws. A
notice was earlier is-
sued to owners to stop
illegal construction
and demolish the un-
authorised parts.
—Raghuveer Saini, Chief
Controller (Enforcement)
GIRIJA SHARES HER ORDEAL!
According to the girl Girija, some peo-
ple a month ago had set her mother
Guddu on fire after pouring petrol on
her due to a long-running dispute over
a piece of land. A badly burnt Guddu,
who was undergoing treatment in a
Gwalior hospital, died on Friday.
Vasanta, villagers and police
attend the funeral of Guddu in
Bharatpur on Saturday.

PERSPECTIVE
04
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Editor-In-Chief: Jagdeesh Chandra.
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IN-DEPTH
Dr. S. Jaishankar
@DrSJaishankar
Fruitful talks with Croatia’s Foreign
Minister @grlicradman Detailed
exchanges on full range of bilateral
cooperation, regional and global
issues. Committed to work with him to
take our ties to a higher level.
Smriti Z Irani
@smritiirani
India strikes one more medal
at #Tokyo2020 #Paralympics.
Congratulations to Manish Narwal
for his incredible performance and
resultant victory. His achievement will
inspire India’s young sporting talent.
More power to Manish! #Praise4Para
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
There are only two
mistakes one can make
along the road to truth;
not going all the way, and
not starting.
—Buddha
TOP TWEETS
SC RIGHTLY PUTS
INTERIM STAY ON
KERALA EXAMS
hen most schools in
the country did away
with physical exami-
nations to protect
children from Cov-
id-19, Kerala government’s deci-
sion to hold Class 11 examina-
tion was beyond comprehen-
sion. Especially when Kerala is
still reeling under the pandemic
the idea of exposing children to
virus is difficult to support. Of
all the Covid cases in the coun-
try, 70% are from the southern
state. Therefore, the Supreme
Court ordering interim stay on
class 11 school exams in Kerala
is in interest of students.
The Kerala govt allowed only
muted celebration of Onam but
violations of the order led to
Covid-19 upsurge. No lesson was
learnt from that experience.
In the same vein it is impor-
tant to recall BJP’s recent insist-
ence on celebrating Janmashta-
mi in Maharashtra with full
fervour to use religion for politi-
cal gains. Such political theat-
rics ought to be condemned and
eschewed during a pandemic.
Also recall how UP govt had to
be cajoled into banning Kaan-
war Yatra, a religious journey
.
W
aliban have as-
serted their right
to stand by Mus-
lims anywhere,
including in Kash-
mir. The assertion was made
by Taliban spokesperson Su-
hail Shaheen who was asked
by an interviewer, “We have
this right, being Muslims, to
raise our voice for Muslims,
in Kashmir, India, and any
other country
.” He further
said, “We will raise our voice
and say that Muslims are
your own people, your own
citizens. They are entitled to
equal rights under your
laws.” The statement comes a
few days after the group had
described Kashmir as “a bi-
lateral and internal matter”.
The new remark which is
soft and sensible on the face
of it has set off alarm bells.
The government, however, is
more concerned about ensur-
ing that Afghanistan’s terri-
tory is not used for terrorist
activity in India. This was
also conveyed to Taliban
leader Sher Mohammad Ab-
bas Stanekzai by the Indian
Ambassador to Qatar when
he met him in Doha recently
.
With the change in stance
there is apprehension that as
the Taliban government gets
going, the new rulers in Ka-
bul will have a closer look at
the global and regional situ-
ation. Former US envoy to
the United Nations Nikki Ha-
ley warned, “We need to
watch China because I think
you are going to see China
make a move for Bagram Air
Force base.”
The Taliban cannot be the
conscience keepers for the
Muslims of the World and
the government should be
alert to the fact that the ex-
cuse of lumpen elements
which go around harassing
Muslims in the name of reli-
gion, do not become an ex-
cuse for the likes of Taliban.
Of course, these elements
need to be strictly restrained
even courts have driven
home the point repeatedly by
indicting police for biased
investigations.
TALIBAN MUSLIM
REMARK SETS OFF
ALARM BELLS
The new remark which is
soft and sensible on
the face of it has set
off alarm bells. The
government, however, is
more concerned about
ensuring that Afghanistan’s
territory is not used for
terrorist activity in India
T
Promoted by First India
News International Pvt. Ltd.
he evacuation of foreign citi-
zens and Afghan allies from
Kabul has been done under a
tight deadline and the risk of
terrorist attacks. Since Au-
gust 14, 2021, about 120,000
peoplehavebeenevacuatedby
countries around the world.
But thousands remain,
mostly local Afghan staff,
journalists, and human right
activists.
The situation still poses
serious challenges. The for-
eign nationals returning to
their countries will have to
deal with the trauma that
surrounded the evacuations,
those who could not get out
in time need alternative exit
plans, and Afghans who are
being hosted in countries
like Qatar will have to be per-
manently resettled.
Nevertheless, it would be a
mistake to allow the relative
success of the evacuation to
distract attention from the
far greater demands of dis-
placed and mobile Afghans.
INTERNALLY
DISPLACED PERSONS
One group is internally dis-
placed persons (IDPs). These
are people displaced within
their own country. It is esti-
mated that about 250,000 Af-
ghans have fled their homes
since the beginning of May,
bringing the total number of
IDPs in the country to about
3.5 million - the third-highest
worldwide.
In addition to seeking com-
mitmentsthatthenewAfghan
leaderswillnotprovidehaven
tointernationalterrorists,the
internationalcommunitywill
need to work with the Taliban
to manage the IDP crisis.
REFUGEES
If the initial promises of the
Taliban to respect women’s
rights and allow political plu-
ralism and dissent are to be
believed, we are unlikely to
witness a mass exodus of Af-
ghan refugees.
This may also be the case
because many Afghans who
would be at particular risk of
persecution by the Taliban -
especially the Hazara minor-
ity - had already fled in the
1990s, during the Taliban’s
previous regime.
DURABLE SOLUTIONS
Neighbouring Iran and Paki-
stan have adopted a hard line
against hosting Afghan refu-
gees because they already
host 3.5 million and 1.5 mil-
lion Afghans respectively.
Many of the refugees were
fleeing the Soviet invasion of
1979 and then the first Tali-
ban regime in the 1990s.
Because durable solutions
likeintegration,resettlement,
andrepatriationhavenotbeen
deployed effectively
, some of
themhavebeenhostedasrefu-
geesinbothIranandPakistan
for over 40 years. With new
refugees arriving, there is
need to rethink approaches to
displaced populations.
ASYLUM SEEKERS
The Afghans who are in the
most precarious position are
asylum seekers who have not
yet been granted refugee sta-
tus, rejected asylum seekers
who have been denied refugee
status, and undocumented
migrants who are not just in
neighbouring countries, but
also in Turkey and Europe.
As recently as August 2021,
six European countries
signed a letter encouraging
fleeing Afghans to return
home, despite the Taliban
gaining ground and pleas
from the Afghan government
to halt returns because of
growing insecurity
.
ROLE FOR THE
AFGHAN DIASPORA?
There are an estimated
150,000 Afghan Americans,
85,000 Afghan Canadians, and
50,000 Afghan Australians
who need to exert pressure on
their governments to protect
IDPs and refugees, respect
international law, and unlock
durable solutions.
If the international com-
munity is as serious about
the wider consequences of
recent developments in Af-
ghanistan as it has been
about evacuating citizens
and allies, then the hard
work really begins now.
SOURCE: WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
T
This may also be the case
because many Afghans who
would be at particular risk
of persecution by the
Taliban - especially the
Hazara minority - had
already fled in the 1990s,
during the Taliban’s
previous regime.
AFGHAN
REFUGEE
CRISIS
WHAT THE
WORLD CAN DO
TO SOLVE THE

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INDIA
06
Kavita Pant
Gandhinagar: The
Congress party has
been stalling the deci-
sion of Gujarat for two
years and its state com-
mittee has not been
formed since the past 24
months.
After the Congress’s
poor performance in
the local body elections
in March, both state
president Amit Chavda
and legislature party
leader Paresh Dhanani
sent their resignations
to the high command,
but the decision on
their future has not
been taken for the last
five months. So, as a re-
sult, the entire Gujarat
Pradesh Congress Com-
mittee is in reality an
ad hoc committee.
The party organisa-
tion officially has only
three leaders with
Chavda as the state
president, Hardik Patel
as the working presi-
dent and Dhanani as
the leader of the legisla-
ture party
.
Chavda was made the
state president, but he
could not make the com-
mittee of the state, and
by that time his resigna-
tion too came. Remem-
ber, Gujarat is the first
experiment of Rahul
Gandhi, where he
formed a team of new
leaders at the cost of old
leaders. However, that
experiment seems to be
failing miserably and
still no effort is being
made to fix the organi-
sation there. In Gujarat,
Congress has senior
leaders like Bharat Sin-
gh Solanki, Shakti Sin-
gh Gohil, Arjun Modva-
dia, Tusharbhai Chaud-
hary, but the Congress
is stuck. Meanwhile,
there is news that
Bharat Singh Solanki
met election strategist
Prashant Kishor and
there is a discussion in
the Congress that
Kishor will be active
and will start working
for the Congress before
the Gujarat Assembly
elections that are to be
held at the end of next
year. However, it is cer-
tain that he will not
work as an election
strategist. It is possible
that he will do this work
as a Congress leader!
Gujarat Congress is stuck for past two years!
lll
Bharat Singh
Solanki met
Prashant Kishor
and there are
talks within
Congress that
Kishor will be
active start
working for
party ahead of
Assembly polls
New Delhi: A 20-day
mega event Seva and
Samarpan Abhiyan
will begin from PM Nar-
endra Modi’s 71st birth-
day on September 17 to
mark his “20 years in
public service”, the rul-
ing BJP has said. The
party plans to hold mas-
sive cleanliness and
blood donation cam-
paigns and multiple
events as part of the 20-
day celebrations - BJP
chief JP Nadda has is-
sued instructions to all
the state units for this.
Five crore postcards
will be sent from the
BJP booths across India
to the PM to congratu-
late him for his efforts
as party members com-
mit themselves to pub-
lic service. Hoardings,
thanking PM Modi “for
free food grains and
vaccination for poor”,
will also be set up as
part of the campaign.
—ANI
Anita Hada
New Delhi: Every-
one knows that
West Bengal
Chief Minister
Mamata Baner-
jee dreams of be-
coming the Prime
Minister. But has
someone shown her
the ‘grand picture’ of
becoming the Prime
Minister or is it that
after winning the elec-
tions in West Bengal,
thrice, she herself has
started thinking that
she can become the
Prime Minister?
To tell the truth,
both things are possi-
ble. It could be that
her election strategist
Prashant Kishor has
built this ‘castle in the
air’. But the trouble is
that after the political
instability of the 90s,
it has become an unde-
clared rule in India
that the leader of the
single largest party in
the Lok Sabha will be-
come the Prime Minis-
ter, no matter how
hung the Lok Sabha is.
So Mamata’s path is
not going to be easy.
Moreover, she
should also learn from
similar ambitions of
old satraps. Once upon
a time, many leaders
were shown such
‘dreams’ by their advi-
sors. Even Lalu Pras-
ad Yadav thought that
he would become the
Prime Minister and
Mulayam Singh Yadav
also had a similar as-
piration. Both these
leaders are now mar-
ginalised but Sharad
Pawar is still holding
out hope. He has been
dreaming of it since
1991. He tried it even
while being in Con-
gress and tried it even
after coming out of
Congress. Chandraba-
bu Naidu also dreamt
of becoming the
Prime Minister at
some point of time
and now Arvind
Kejriwal is also
engaged in
these ef-
forts. All
these are
examples
of contem-
p o r a r y
leaders. If we
talk about old
leaders, then
this list will be-
come very long.
New Delhi: Law has of-
ten been seen as a rich
man’s profession but
the situation is slowly
changing, Chief Justice
of India (CJI) NV Ra-
mana said on Saturday,
pointing out that there
is a “huge vacancy” of
judges and that the
country’s courts lack
proper infrastructure.
Chief Justice Rama-
na while speaking at an
event organised by the
Bar Council of India to
felicitate him, said “An
issue is that nobody can
guarantee stability in
the profession.” He said
he will present a report
on the infrastructure in
courts to Union Law
Minister Kiren Rijiju.
He also highlighted
lack of enough women
in judiciary and legal
fraternity. “I must ad-
mit that with great dif-
ficulty, we have
achieved a meagre 11
per cent women repre-
sentation in Supreme
Court,” he said. —ANI
I have known the Chief Justice of India not
just as judge but also as a human
being... He is good at being both.
CJI Ramana is not a god-fearing person
but a god-loving person. He is also le-
gally brilliant and impartial. He is the
‘karta’, or ‘one who acts’, of our lawyer
family. —Tushar Mehta, SG
New Delhi: Union Min-
ister for Power and
New and Renewable
Energy RK Singh on
Friday held an exten-
sive review meeting
with representatives
from the Ministry of
Power, Ministry of
Coal, Central Electrici-
ty Authority (CEA),
Railways, and the pow-
er PSUs.
Taking a detailed and
comprehensive review
of the coal stock posi-
tion at individual ther-
mal power plants
(TPPs), he directed the
officials to work in a co-
ordinated manner to
streamline the stock
and supply of coal, in
anticipation of the ris-
ing energy demand, a
release by the Ministry
of Power informed. Sin-
gh reviewed the day-
wise status of power
requirement and with-
drawal from the grid
state wise, the coal
stocks’ status, and the
Hydro Power genera-
tion.
He went into reasons
for shortfalls in power
generation, across pow-
er generation units.
The minister also
asked the power secre-
tary to look at the pos-
sibility of reducing the
benchmark of 14 days
of coal stocks to a
benchmark of ten days
of coal stocks for identi-
fication of plants to di-
vert coal to plants with
extremely depleted
stocks. —ANI
New Delhi: RSS-associ-
ated weekly magazine
Panchjanya has blasted
Infosys in its latest edi-
tion over the glitches
surrounding GST and
Income Tax portals.
Panchjanya has carried
a four-page cover story
on the Bengaluru-based
IT services company,
with Infosys founder
Narayana Murthy’s pic-
ture on it and text which
reads ‘Saakh Aur
Aghaat’ (Reputation
and Damage).
Article criticising In-
fosys’ handling of the
project wonders wheth-
er any “anti-national
power is trying to hurt
India’s economic inter-
ests through it”. Panch-
janya noted the regular
glitches have “brought
down the trust of tax-
payers in the Indian
economy”. —ANI
New Delhi: As the Con-
gress on Saturday de-
manded a Supreme
Court-monitored probe
into the alleged JEE
Main scam, Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi
tweeted that the nation
owes a fair exam to the
students who prepare
very hard for such com-
petitive exams, “bat-
tling difficulties of vari-
ous kinds”. Centre is
better at providing cov-
er-ups, Gandhi said.
The CBI has regis-
tered a case against Af-
finity Education Pvt Ltd
and its directors on
charges of several ir-
regularities including
arranging proxy candi-
dates in exchange for
hefty money to guaran-
tee rank in the exam.
Seven persons includ-
ing two directors of pri-
vate institution have
been arrested in con-
nection with the case.
Directors Siddharth
KrishnaandVishambar
Mani Tripathi and an
employee of the institu-
tion have been sent to
CBI custody till Sept 9.
New Delhi: Sachin
Bansal, co-founder of e-
commerce giant Flip-
kart, has mounted a
court challenge against
ED, which has accused
him and others, court
records showed.
ED had in July issued
a so-called show cause
notice to Flipkart, its
founders, asking them
to explain why they
should not face a pen-
alty of $1.35 billion for
violation of laws be-
tween 2009 2015. On
Saturday Sachin urged
a court in TN to
quashagency’s notice.
—ANI
CRUCIAL READ
TEACHERS SHOULD ENSURE THAT KIDS
IMBIBE NOBLE SPIRITUAL IDEALS: NAIDU
Hyderabad: Ahead of Teachers’ Day celebrations, Vice
President M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday said that
teachers should ensure that
their students imbibe noble
spiritual ideals of ancient Indian
wisdom and take pride in the
country’s culture. Addressing
the students and teachers of Sri
Aurobindo International School
here, VP said, “Sri Aurobindo not only kindled a strong
desire for complete independence but also focused on
spiritual regeneration of the nation through his teachings
of Integral Yoga.”
FIR REGISTERED OVER DRAPING OF SYED
ALI SHAH GEELANI’S BODY IN PAK FLAG
Srinagar: Police has registered an FIR against the
draping of the body of hardline separatist leader Syed
Ali Shah Geelani in a Pakistani
flag after his death Wednesday,
officials said. A general FIR has
been registered by the Budgam
police but no arrest made so
far, they said Saturday. The
body of the separatist leader,
who died Wednesday night at
his Hyderpora residence after
prolonged illness, was draped in a flag of the neighbour-
ing country before it was buried at a graveyard in a
nearby mosque.
Captain: You’re
root cause of farm
law problem
Union Minister
Athawale bats for
one-child norm
Chandigarh: SAD,
under family of senior
leader Parkash Singh
Badal and his politician
children, is the root
cause of the festering
farmers’ problem in the
state and the country,
Punjab CM Amarinder
Singh said on Saturday
while attacking them for
“thrusting” controver-
sial farm laws.
Ahmedabad: Union
social justice minister
Ramdas Athawale on
Saturday said his party
supports one-child
policy as the population
growth in the country
needs to be controlled
for ensuring develop-
ment. To a question he
remarked there was
no possibility of Hindu
population dwindling.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO
MAMATA’S DREAMS?
Mamata Baneerjee
Lalu Prasad Yadav
Mulayam Singh Yadav
Sharad Pawar
Chandrababu Naidu
Arvind Kejriwal
THOSE ASPIRING
FOR HIGH CHAIR!
CJI Ramana rues lack of
women in judiciary
5 Cr postcards, hoardings to
thank PM on his B’Day
AmidpowercrisisUnionMin
reviewsthermalpowerplants
‘We owe them fair exam’:
Rahul on JEE (Main) scam
Flipkart co
founder,Bansal
moves court
Glitches in IT
portals: RSS
attacks Infosys
New Delhi: In yet
another quick deci-
sion, the Supreme
Court’s Collegium
headed by CJ Rama-
na recommended 68
names in one go for
elevation as Judges
of various state High
Courts to Centre.
This could be seen
as a record number
of recommendations
by SC Collegium in
recent past to Centre
for appointment of
judges. Collegium
considered names of
112 candidates-82
from Bar and 31
from the Judicial
Service. —ANI
SC COLLEGIUM
RECOMMENDS
68 NAMES
New Delhi: Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP)
national president Ja-
gat Prakash Nadda on
Saturday thanked the
people of the country
for their support and
blessing to the party
workers during Jan
Ashirwad Yatra.
He said that dur-
ing the 24,000 km
journey, more than
5,000 programs
received the affection
and blessings of the
countrymen “Grati-
tude to the people of
the country for giving
immense support
and blessings to the
members of PM Nar-
endra Modi’s cabinet
during Jan Ashirwad
Yatra.
Jan Ashirwad
Yatras: Nadda
thanks people
NV Ramana
PM Narendra Modi
Mamata Banerjee

First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Mines and
Petroleum Department
has earned a record rev-
enue of Rs 1,960 crore
till the end of August
this year. ACS mines Dr
Subodh Agrawal said
that this amount is Rs
530 crore more than last
year (2020-21), which
shows an increase of 37
percent in revenue. He
said that this is also Rs
339 crore (21 percent)
more than the year 2019-
20 (which was a com-
plete normal year).
Meanwhile, continu-
ing its action against
illegal mining and min-
eral transportation, the
Mines department has,
during its night drives
in the last two days,
seized as many as 48 ve-
hicles engaged in trans-
porting minerals mined
illegally at many places
in Sikar, Jhunjhunu
and Pali.
In coordination with
the Forest and Police
departments,700tonnes
of iron ore was seized
in Bagoli forest area of
Udaipurvati and a pen-
alty of Rs 27 lakh im-
posed on the miners.
Mines Director Kunj
Bihari Pandya is carry-
ing out the operations
on orders of Agrawal.
First India Bureau
Nagaur: A constable
was thrashed by a mob
in Nagaur when he
asked people dancing
on the street to remove
the DJ aside. A young
man dancing there
came and grabbed the
constable’s collar and
took him aside. Mean-
while, some people sud-
denly started beating
the constable. The con-
stable somehow es-
caped from there. The
matter is three days old,
but Parbatsar police
has started investiga-
tion by registering a
case against 10 people.
On September 1, four
policemen were taking
two accused to court
from Peelwa PS. When
the police reached Pip-
lad village, people were
dancing with the DJ on
the road as pedestrians
had left for Ramdevra
from the village.
NEWS
07
First India Bureau
Bhilwara: Married at
the age of just seven
years, 19-year-old girl
child bride Mansi of
Bhilwara district final-
ly got freedom from the
exile of child marriage
after 12 years with the
support of Dr Kriti
Bharti, Managing Trus-
tee and Rehabilitation
Psychologist of Sarathi
Trust of Jodhpur. Man-
si, with the help of Sar-
athi Trust, knocked in
the family court of
Bhilwara and pleaded
for annulment of child
marriage. On which the
Judge of the Family
Court, Harivallabh
Khatri, cancelled Man-
si’s child marriage.
Bharti, who has got 43
child marriages can-
celled so far, said Mansi
was married in 2009.
CHILD MARRIAGE ANNULLED
AFTER 12 YEARS IN BHILWARA
INSUFFICIENT RAINFALL
IN RAJ, DAMS RUN DRY
First India Bureau
Jaipur: About a dozen
districts in Rajasthan
are facing deficit rain-
fall even as South West
Monsoon is about to
enter in its weak phase.
This monsoon year,
the average rainfall of
the state is still 8.8%
less compared to what
it was received till Sep-
tember 2, 2020. As per
the MeT department,
about a dozen districts
are still in rainfall defi-
cit category. These in-
clude Banswara, Bar-
mer, Bhilwara, Bikan-
er, Dungarpur, Srigan-
ganagar, Jalore, Jhun-
jhunu, Jodhpur, Pali,
Rajsamand and
Udaipur. The water
lifeline Jawai Dam of
Pali district is left with
about 10 feet water,
prompting and admin-
istration is consider-
ing option of running
‘water train’ to meet
the demand for water.
Jawai Dam supplies
water to Pali city, in-
cluding Sumerpur,
Rani, Falna, Bali Jaita-
ran, Sojat, Takhatgarh,
Marwar Junction.
 In 2019, water
had to be supplied
through train in
Pali when monsoon
activity in the area
was below average.
 District collectors
in the affected
districts have also
been told to make
a contingency plan
for the drought or
drought like situ-
ation.
 As monsoon is in
the last spell it is
very difficult to
expect it is going
to cover this deficit
in these districts, a
MeT official said.
 In the year 2020 the
average rainfall till
September 2 was
449.50 mm but this
year so far it has
been 409.83 mm.
 Sriganganagar has
received a rainfall
of 74 mm so far in
this season which
is very low.
The effect of the
low pressure area
formed in the Bay of
Bengal will be visible
in Rajasthan from Sep-
tember 7 and on the
very first day, a warning
of heavy rain has been
issued in some areas
of the state. A yellow
alert has been issued
for heavy rain on Sept
7 in Jaipur, Rajsamand,
Sirohi, Udaipur, Baran
and Jhalawar.
On September 8 also,
heavy rains will con-
tinue in some areas of
the state. The Mete-
orological Department
has already said that
the rainy season may
continue till Sept 16.
No warning has been
issued from 4 to 6
Septtember.
HEAVY RAINS ON SEPT 7 AND 8
YELLOW ALERT
MONSOON IN
LAST SPELL
A dozen districts record less
rainfall and face water crisis
This monsoon, average rainfall
in state is still 8.8% less
Mukesh Mathrani
Barmer: Three girls
who went missing from
Barmer four days back
were recovered from
Jaipur on Saturday.
Child helpline mem-
bers in Jaipur saw them
while roaming on the
roads in the state capi-
tal, after which they
sent them to the chil-
dren’s home. Later, Bar-
mer police was in-
formed about the miss-
ing girls.
It may be mentioned
here that three girls, all
cousins of Baniyawas
villager under Mandali
police station area in
Barmer, escaped from
their home on Tuesday
.
Following a missing
complaint, police
launched a hunt to trace
them but failed. In the
meantime, child hel-
pline members found
them in Jaipur while
roaming on the roads.
Following which they
managed to send them
to a children’s home in
Jaipur and informed
the Mandali police.
CRUCIAL READ
ARMED ROBBERY BID AT MUTHOOT
OFFICE WAS AVERTED BY PANTRY BOY
LACK OF FACILITY: PAKISTANI MIGRANTS
MAY RETURN TO THEIR HOME
Alwar: The armed robbery bid at the Muthoot Fi-
nance Company, located on the station road near the
power house intersection
of Alwar city on Friday
morning, was averted
not by a staffer but by a
pantry boy, the police said
on Saturday. Earlier on
Friday, it was reported that
a company staffer blew
the siren but later it was revealed that the staffer was
stopped from blowing siren by the accused.
Jodhpur: Several Pak migrants who came to India
after suffering in their country are now looking to re-
turn to Pakistan due to lack of facilities here. One bus
full of Pak migrants is learnt to have left for Amritsar
while two more buses may leave in a couple of days.
Hindu Singh Sodha, who works for Pak migrants,
said that there is information about a bus leaving
from here. He said that his volunteers are talking
about the matter with the migrants. He said that the
police have not yet disclosed the matter yet.
OCCULT PRACTICES: WOMAN BEATEN
TO DEATH WITH TONGS, IRON RODS
Sri Ganganagar: A case of murder has been
lodged against a woman practising occult for
killing a woman with tongs and iron rods. The
deceased, Roopa Bai, mother of three, from Aryan
village had gone to visit occultist Sarjit Kaur in the
hope of having a son. Kesari Singhpur SHO Gopal
Singh Nathawat said they have rounded up Kaur
and her accomplices.
Dacoit Jagan Gurjar
arrested in Dholpur
Mines department earns record `1,960 cr revenue
Cop thrashed by people dancing on
DJ’s tune on a busy road in Nagaur
First India Bureau
Dholpur: In a prize
catch, the Badi Sadar
police apprehended no-
torious dacoit Jagan
Gurjar from the jungles
adjacent to his native
village Bhavutipura to-
day
. Gurjar, who carries
a reward of Rs 1 lakh on
his head, has surren-
dered four times in the
past but every time
comes out on bail to
commit more crimes.
This time, he came
out of jail on bail on
July 7. But he was
booked again when he
went absconding after
being booked for having
a fracas with some rela-
tives over a family dis-
pute and firing in the
air. In view of gravity
of the matter, SP Kes-
har Singh Shekhawat
ordered immediate ar-
rest of the fugitive.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Former Chief
MinisterandBJPnation-
alvice-presidentVasund-
hara Raje has said that
the “black tax” imposed
by the state government
in the name of trade li-
cence is no less than a
punishment for small
traders and shopkeepers
who earn daily wages.
Raje sought that the law
should be scrapped as it
istroubling1.5lakhtrad-
ers of Jaipur. BJP Na-
tional Vice President,
Rajesaidthatthetraders
were already going
throughaneconomiccri-
sis due to the pandemic.
Now that their business-
es are gradually coming
back on track, a decision
was taken to impose a
trade licence fee on a
yearly basis.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A fraud case
has been registered
against a organic food
company in Jaipur. Ac-
cording to police Sai
Prakash Company took
crores of rupees from
people in the name of
investment but locked
the office and fled away
.
In this connection, po-
lice have registered
case against 15 people,
including company’s
CMD in Jaipur. The
company first lured
people into the trap of
investing in organic
foods, a cooperative so-
ciety and giving them
hefty profits. The com-
pany has opened offices
in many areas includ-
ing Noida, Jaipur,
Bharatpur, Jhunjhunu.
A victim Murlidhar
said the office was
opened on Sansar
ChandraRoadinJaipur
in the name of Sai
Prakash Properties De-
velopment.
Raje seeks scrapping
of trade licence in Raj
15 booked in Jaipur
for investment fraud
COURTESY CALL
Rajya Sabha MP Dr Kirodi Lal Meena called on MP Om Mathur in Jaipur. State BJP
Organising secretary Chandrashekhar also met Om Mathur at his residence in the
evening. The meeting is being termed as a courtesy call but sources said important issues
related to the party were discussed by the two leaders.
Three Barmer
missing girls
found in Jaipur
I have got
freedom from
the exile of
child marriage with
the help of Dr Kriti. I
am studying in second
year BA, now I want
to study further and
become a teacher.
—Mansi
Dr. Kriti Bharti (right) with Mansi
Policeman trying to stop the DJ’s vehicle in Nagaur.
A team carrying out drive against illegal mining.
Jagan Gurjar with special team of Dholpur police.
A view of parched Bandh talab in
Amer on Jaipur-Delhi road.
—PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
1 2
After Sep-
tember
20, 50-60
million litre per
day (MLD) of wa-
ter will be sup-
plied daily from
the dead storage of
the dam.
—Jagdish Prasad
Sharma, PHED
Superintendent Engineer
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Greetings on Teacher’s Day. Once
we are open to learning, anyone
can be our teacher without the
boundary of age, class or position.
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Laxman Raghav
Bikaner: Highlighting
the importance of the
Non-Resident Rajastha-
ni (NRR) community’s
role in development of
the state, Rajasthan
Foundation Commis-
sioner Dhiraj Srivasta-
va said that special at-
tention should be given
towards providing them
a conducive atmos-
phere for investment in
the state.
Speaking at a meet-
ing organised in the Col-
lectorate auditorium on
Saturday, Srivastava
further said, “We have
to encourage them to
invest in the state by
giving recognition to
their achievements and
contributions by hon-
ouring them.”
Lauding their work
during the pandemic,
the Rajasthan Founda-
tion’s Commissioner
said that the charitable
work taken up by the
Non-Resident Rajastha-
ni community should
be publicised widely
.
He also asked to set
up an NRR cell in the
Collectorate as the Bi-
kaner district has as
many as 50,600 of them.
Kumar also physical-
ly verified the 63 oxygen
concentrators donated
by the foundation dur-
ing the pandemic.
District Collector of
Bikaner, Namit Mehta,
Additional Collector
( A d m i n i s t r a t i o n )
Baldev Ram Dhojak
Additional Collector
(City) Arun Prakash
Sharma were among
other prominent offic-
ers, who attended the
meeting.
Provide NRRs conducive atmosphere
for investment, says Dhiraj Srivastava
RSS IS LOOKING
FOR LIBERAL IMAGE!
The Rashtriya Sway-
amsevak Sangh is
looking for an image
makeover and it is evi-
dent from a recent
meeting that it now
wants a liberal image.
A two-day coordina-
tion meeting of the
Sangh was held on Fri-
day and Saturday in the
Smriti Mandir campus
of Nagpur, which was
attended by the secre-
taries of all the affili-
ated organisations. On
behalf of the BJP, the
general secretary (or-
ganisation) BL Santosh
also participated in the
meeting.
Though the key agen-
da of the meeting was a
review of the central
government’s work, dis-
cussions about the im-
age makeover were also
held prominently
.
Even though the RSS
has described the meet-
ing as informal, there
were formal
d i s c u s -
sions on
many se-
rious is-
sues in it.
Taking a
big decision in this con-
templation meeting, it
has also been made clear
that now RSS will be in a
changed and new avatar.
For this, a new mantra
andmissionhasbeende-
cided by the RSS that it
willnowputforthits‘lib-
eralimage’andwillwork
tochangethemind-setof
Muslims towards the
Sangh.Intheensuingas-
sembly elections in five
states- Uttar Pradesh,
Uttarakhand, Punjab,
Goa and Manipur, the
changed thinking of the
Sangh will begin to be
visible. RSS chief Mo-
han Bhagwat will begin
his new narrative by
keeping communal har-
mony at the ‘center.’
WHY AAP
COULDN’T HAVE AN
ALLIANCE WITH
SP?
Why did the AAP
,
which is trying to
find an alternative land
for politics, finally dis-
tancing itself from the
SP in UP? AAP and SP’s
electoralalliancewasbe-
ingheardforalongtime,
as its architect, UP in-
charge and RS MP San-
jay Singh had appeared
on a changed political
platform. Sources said
that Sanjay Singh had
severalmeetingswithSP
supremo regarding the
seat sharing. It was also
being heard that the
number of seats Akhile-
sh Yadav wanted to leave
forAAPraisedthevoices
of rebellion in AAP’s UP
unit. The news about SP
offering a seat to a prom-
inent Brahmin leader
Anoop Pandey
, the presi-
dent of the Purvanchal
cellof AAPandtheco-in-
chargeof UP
,onSPticket
surprised many
. SP was
offering him the desired
seat on the symbol of cy-
cle. AAP also took cogni-
sance of these reports
andthiscausedasetback
to the exercise of alli-
ance between the two
parties. Young voters
may also turn to AAP
,
which may affect SP’s
prospects on many ur-
ban and semi-urban
seats. If the people of UP
are attracted to the ‘Ke-
jriwal model’, then the
party can have a good
start in its first innings
in UP also.
WHY DOES NITISH
WANT TO GET RID
OF SAFFRON?
Is Nitish Kumar
the biggest
champion of opportun-
istic politics? That is
why his Hanuman, Lal-
lan Singh, calls him a
leader equal to JP while
to give edge to his lead-
er’s complacency, RCP
Singh calls Nitish a big-
ger leader than JP. KC
Tyagi, who emerged
from the socialist move-
ment, also calls Nitish,
a PM candidate.
In such a situation, it
seemsnaturalforNitish
to take steps to become
the face of the opposi-
tion unity
. Especially at
a time when a universi-
ty in Nitish’s home state
has removed the chap-
ters on JP and Lohia
from its syllabus and
replaced them with the
chapters on Pandit
Deendayal Upadhyay
and Syama Prasad
Mukherjee.Nitish’spar-
ty does not have a huge
supportbaseinBihar,so
from time to
time; he
has been
r i d i n g
on the
shoul-
ders of
Lalu Yadav or BJP. The
BJP, this time, has cut
Nitish down to size and
he is angry with this.
Therefore Nitish is in-
creasing friendship
with Lalu and Tejashwi.
On September 25, a big
rally has been called in
Jind, Haryana on the
birth anniversary of
Tau Devi Lal. In this
rally, many opposition
leaders and farmers
leaders will participate.
Nitish also has very
good relations with Ra-
hul Gandhi and a good
repo with Mamata Ba-
nerjee and Arvind Kejri-
wal too. The Congress
leadership seems deter-
mined that even if Rahul
has to step back from the
candidature of PM to
oustanddefeattheBJPin
2024 LS elections, it can
bet on faces like Mamata
orNitish.AcleverNitish
has understood this, so
he is slowly trying to get
rid of the BJP
.
WHAT WILL
HAPPEN TO ‘ABCD’?
Is Congress in-charge
of Bihar, Aadarniya
Bhakta Charan Das
(ABCD) going to leave?
After all, why is Rahul
Gandhi so angry with
him that for some time
now, Das has been ask-
ing for an appointment
with Rahul, but every
time he is getting ‘no’
fromRaGa’soffice.Actu-
ally
, Rahul wants that
Bihar Congress should
be revived, but the prob-
lem of Congress is that
neither it has any strong
organisation left in the
state, nor any strong
mass base. The party
also lacks a big face
there. Rahul wants to
give a new face to Bihar
Congress, for which he
needs a pro-active State
President there. Al-
though, Bihar has a sig-
nificantnumberof Dalit
voters,whoarenolonger
a part of the traditional
vote bank of Congress.
WILL DIGVIJAY GET
BIHAR’S CHARGE ?
As rebellion and agi-
tation boils in Dig-
vijay Singh’s veins, Ra-
hul Gandhi is probably
well aware of this, so he
has made Digvijay the
chairman of the newly
formed movement com-
mittee of Congress. Dig-
vijay is anyway in
search of a new role for
himself in the party,
there is a buzz that he
may be made the new in-
charge of Bihar in place
of ‘ABCD’ i.e. ‘Aadarni-
ya Bhakta Charan Das’.
Digvijay himself indi-
cated this during his re-
cent visit to Bihar. In the
Bihar Yatra, the party
had arranged for Digvi-
jay’s night stay in a hotel
in Patna. Digvijay told
hisspecialloyalistChan-
dan Bagchi that now he
would continue to visit
Patna,sohewouldprefer
to stay at Sadaqat Ash-
ram in Patna instead of
a hotel. Particularly
, the
party in-charge prefers
to stay in these rooms so
that party workers and
leaders can interact eas-
ily
. Digvijay Singh has
very old links with Lalu
YadavandNitishKumar
and the Congress top
leadership is confident
thatSingh’soldrelations
with both the leaders
will prove to be helpful
in re-establishing Con-
gress in Bihar.
KARNATAKA
FARMERS COME
FORWARD FOR
TALKS
The ‘State-Policy and
Planning Board’ of
Karnataka has done a
wonderful job. Due to
the efforts of a board
member, BV Anand,
several progressive
farmer leaders and or-
ganisations agreed to
hold talks with Karna-
taka Planning Commis-
sion on Wednesday. In
the meeting, the board
assured them to fulfill
the promises made to
them. Incidentally, the
very next day, Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah was in Davangere,
where he was to inaugu-
rate three development
projects. Shah also
heaped praises on CM
Basavaraj Bommai say-
ing that he has taken
small but effective steps
in a short time.
...AND FINALLY
CM Yogi Adityanath
wants to expand his
cabinet prior to polls. If
sources are to be be-
lieved, he has also sent
the list of candidates to
be inducted in Cabinet
to PM for approval. The
PMO answered saying
that the PM is surprised
that with only a few
months are left for the
polls now, what’s the
need for Cabinet expan-
sion? Yogi generally
dislikes answering such
questions, he does what
he likes.
FIRST INDIA SUNDAY SPECIAL
BY TRIDIB
RAMAN
The author is a journalist
and political commentator
and views expressed are
his personal
Mohan Bhagwat Nitish Kumar
Digvijay Singh
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Aam Aadmi
Party in-charge Khem
Chand Jagirdar, during
a press conference in
Jaipur on Saturday, tar-
geted the Central gov-
ernment for not paying
heed to the demands of
the agitating farmers.
Jagirdar alleged the
excesses of the Con-
gress government in
Rajasthan over unrea-
sonable power rates are
not ending. He said the
burden of corruption
prevailing in the power
companies is being
passed on to the com-
mon man in the name
of standing fees and
surcharge. To provide
relief to the people in
the state from this arbi-
trariness, the AAP is
running a campaign.
The AAP party leader
talked about its future
programmes and tar-
geted both the BJP and
Congress. Popular em-
ployee union leader
Giriraj Kishore Sharma
joined the AAP along
with his supporters.
AAP attacks BJP over
turning a deaf ear to
farmers’ demands
DYNAMIC BMC
COMMISSIONER
PWD rest house to be auctioned
CM urges all to register
for Chiranjeevi Yojana
2.34L people have acquired free treatment under the scheme, he said
First India Bureau
Mumbai: BMC Com-
missioner Iqbal Singh
Chahal’s war against
Corona took one more
leap on Saturday when
Mumbaidid1.3Lakhvac-
cinations in one day , on
Saturday
. The good news
is that 80% of eligible
citizens of MCGM has
takenatleastonedoseof
vaccination. Mumbai is
now No.1 in percentage
termsamongstmajorcit-
ies of India and 30% of
eligible citizens are dou-
ble vaccinated now.
Chahal said that only
vaccination with mask
up, can save us from 3rd
wave. Mumbai became
the first district in the
country to reach the
milestone of adminis-
tering over one crore
Covid vaccine doses, ac-
cording to BMC.
First India Bureau
Sri Ganganagar: A lo-
cal court asked admin-
istration to confiscate
PWD Rest House, put it
on auction use the
proceedings in paying
money the department
owes to complainant,
Prem Kumar. Accord-
ing to prosecution, de-
partment had acquired
a piece of land owned
by Kumar for expand-
ing Lalgarh airstrip,
but didn’t pay compen-
sation of Rs 11,17,402
heapproachedthecourt
in this regard.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has asked
people to register them-
selves in Chiranjeevi
health insurance
scheme to get benefit of
the scheme.
He also said that his
angioplasty was done
free because he was reg-
istered under the Ra-
jasthan Government
Health Scheme.
“So far, 2.34 lakh peo-
ple have got free treat-
ment of Rs 303 crore
under the Chiranjeevi
scheme started for free
treatment of the com-
mon man. Every per-
son of the state can
take advantage of free
treatment, so get your-
self registered in Chi-
ranjeevi Yojana and
RGHS as soon as pos-
sible,” he tweeted.
“Our government
has started Rajasthan
Government Health
Scheme (RGHS) for free
treatment of govern-
ment employees, re-
tired government em-
ployees, MLAs and for-
mer MLAs, in which
free treatment is given
for life. Being regis-
tered with RGHS, my
angioplasty has been
done free of cost.”
Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot had ear-
lier announced the
scheme in this year’s
budget.
Under this initiative,
free treatment of up to
Rs 5 lakh per year will
be given to government
and allied private hospi-
tals in the state.
As part of the health
insurance cover, 1,576
packages and proce-
dures for treatment of
various diseases have
been included.
REVERING LORD RAM IN AYODHYA...
MP Diya Kumari prayed for
peace, prosperity and harmony
in the country while offering
prayers to Lord Ram at the Shri
Ram Janmabhoomi complex
in Ayodhya on Saturday.It
is an immensely divine and
unique feeling to pay homage
to Lord Ram here. It is owing
to the efforts of the Shri Ram
Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra,
PM Narendra Modi, UP CM,Yogi
Adityanath as well as every
devotee, who is contributing to
the construction of the temple
that we all will get to see the
grand structure of the temple in
2023, she said. MP Diya Kumari
herself is also a descendant of
Lord Ram.
KISAN NYAY
SABHA ON
SEPT 26
The AAP announced
organising Kisan
Nyay Sabha in Sri
Ganganagar district
on September 26.
Farmers and party
leaders of the state,
including Rajasthan
in-charge MP Sanjay
Singh will address the
Kisan Nyay Sabha.
Yogi Adityanath
Sanjay Singh
Dhiraj Srivastava
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot

eachers are the core
of our life who teach
us not just the ‘cur-
riculum’ but also life
skills, they are our
guides and mentors,
and in school and
college life, also the topic
of endless discussion. We
have all had a ‘crush’ on a
teacher and have aped
some of them who were
fashion icons. We asked
some of our readers to
share which ‘on-screen’
teacher was their idol.
My hopeless romantic
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. “The one
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For a 20-year-old, Ei-
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for a change. I fell in love
with her deep, smoky
eyes and pink cheeks in
the movie. I think I also
appreciated the role be-
cause she is quite close to
the teachers we have in
real life. Well, if only
Saif weren’t
there...” Yes Ei-
shaan, Saif ’s
the only rea-
son you
aren’t with Karee-
na Kapoor Khan
yet!
Swiftly moving
on, Manasi Jaiswal
went all out with
her fantasies and
added a pinch of
spice to the list.
“Dude, you need to watch
Bad Teacher right now!
Elizabeth Hasley is the
coolest teacher ever. She’s
my soul sister, really.
She smokes pot in the
parking lot and has a
sugar daddy. What
even? Her classroom
gets a movie sesh
every time her class is
on. I’m telling you, she
is the ultimate uber-
cool professor.”
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JAIPUR, SUNDAY
SEPTEMBER 5, 2021
ON TEACHER’S DAY, CITY FIRST REACHED
OUT TO ITS READERS AND ASKED THEM
THAT WHO WAS THEIR DREAM TEACHER
WITH REFERENCE TO ON-SCREEN
TEACHERS DEPICTED IN VARIOUS MOVIES
FROM BOLLYWOOD AND HOLLYWOOD
KAASH,
MERI TEACHER
AISI HOTI!
POORVI SINGHAL
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T

railblazing shooter Avani
Lekhara on Friday became
the first Indian woman to
win two Paralympic med-
als by claiming the 50m Ri-
fle 3 Position SH1 bronze to
add to an unprecedented
gold she had secured earlier in
the ongoing Games here. Chief
minister Ashok Gehlot an-
nounced cash rewards for the
three state players who won
medals at the Tokyo event. Le-
khara will be given `3 crores
for winning gold in shooting.
Avani has been appointed as
the brand ambassador for the
Rajasthan government’s ‘Beti
Bachao and Beti Padhao’ pro-
ject under the Department.
In a letter sent to Avani by the
Minister of Women and Child
Development, Mamta Bhupesh,
it’s mentioned that Avani’s suc-
cess shall inspire the daughters
of the state. “Congratulations on
your incredible victory
. You have
earned recognition and pride for
the state by winning name and
fame. Rajasthan’s daughters will
learn to study hard and move
ahead like you,” Bhupesh said in
the letter.
When Avani was barely 11
years old, she was confined to a
wheelchair after an accident in
2012. After she laid hands on Ab-
hinav Bindra’s autobiography,
she was inclined to take up
shooting. In 2015 summer vaca-
tion, when her father took her to
a range, she decided to pursue
shooting as nothing more than a
hobby. But one thing led to an-
other and the rifle became Ava-
ni’s zeal for gold. In 2021, she
matched Bindra’s iconic Beijing
2008 moment when she won In-
dia’s first-ever medal in shoot-
ing at the Paralympics.
She is the daughter of Praveen
Lekhra, RAS Officer, MREC,
1994 Batch and Shweta Lekhara,
state government tax officer. Dr
Subir Debnath, MNIT Sports Of-
ficer Avani Lekhara’s coach who
has trained Avani said that the
19-year-old para-athlete’s suc-
cess at the Tokyo Paralym-
pics is due to her positive
attitude, intelligence
and extraordinary
talent.
Earlier, Le-
khara became
the first Indian
woman to win
a Paralympic
gold medal
after she
e q u a l l e d
the world
r e c o r d
with a
score of
249.6 in
the wom-
en’s 10m
air rifle
standing finals
(SH 1). Avani quali-
fied for the final fin-
ishing seventh
in the quali-
fication round with a total score
of 621.7. In the finals, she showed
her mettle, scoring 10 and above
with all but four shots. “I can’t
describe this feeling, I’m feeling
like I’m on top of the world. It’s
unexplainable,” Lekhara said
after winning gold.
I can’t express how I feel right
now. She has truly made our
dream come true. The bronze
medal that she won, I was
pretty sure she will bag
another award. She is a
strong contender. I
have been training her
for 6 years now. I have
been selflessly working
for this. I spent everything
from my own pocket for
providing training. I have
b e e n giving fitness and mental
training to these students. I used to take
different types of sports psychology tests.
It’s the victory of the entire country.
—DR SUBIR DEBNATH, COACH
Avani has brought laurels to the
country and made every faculty of
law at the University of Rajasthan
proud of her. Since the beginning
of her college, she has been very
sincere and passionate about her academ-
ics. Avani aspires to crack the Rajasthan
Judicial Service (RJS) examination
and I’m sure like her zeal towards
shooting, she will be able to work
hard towards her other goals
as well. The college was very
supportive. Even when she had
gone for tournaments, Avani
didn’t skip her exams and gave
her viva over a video call.
—DR SANJULA THANVI,
DIRECTOR, RU
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AVANI LEKHARA: LEGEND @ 19
Promoted by Angrish
I can’t express how happy and proud I am of my daughter right now. Parents
need to be supportive of their children and have faith in them. I always knew
Avani was meant for great things and that the accident wouldn’t stop her. This
is a victory that is dedicated to the entire nation. As a father what makes me
proud of her is how she has set an example for so many girls out there. Young
girls look up to her as an inspiration. She has already won so many hearts. Avani has
always been very dedicated and passionate about her work, be it sports or academics. I
am sure she has a long way to go. I always tell her to stay grounded to her values and be
grateful and I’m glad to see her come this far with her ethics and lovely nature.
—PRAVEEN LEKHARA, FATHER
Avani Lekhara won bronze in the
women’s 50m rifle 3 positions SH1
event with a score of 445.9 to
become the first Indian woman to
win two medals at the
Paralympics! City First
brings to you a few
people who have
played a major
role in her success
so far!
MITALI DUSAD
T
 Gold medal in 10m air rifle standing
at Tokyo 2020 Paralympics
 Bronze medal in 50m air rifle stand-
ing at Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.
 World Rank 5 in R2 and 6 in R8
 Silver medal in R2 at the WSPS
World Cup Al Ain in 2021
 Silver medal in R2 at the WSPS
World Cup in Osijek in 2019
 Gold medals in the 10m Rifle,
Prone and 3P events at the World
Shooting Para Sport World Cup,
Dubai in 2018
 3 Gold medals and a Bronze medal
in the 63rd National Shooting
Championships, Bhopal in 2019
 3 Gold medals and one Silver medal
in the XIX Kumar Surendra Singh
Memorial Shooting Championship,
New Delhi in 2019
ACHIEVEMENTS AT A GLANCE
—PHOTOS
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO
Avani Lekhara with her parents Praveen and Shweta
Avani Lekhara after winning the Gold Medal in
10m air rifle standing at Tokyo 2020 Paralympics
Mamta Bhupesh’s Letter to Avani

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BEYOND CHALK AND DUSTER
I have always been in
love with teaching. As
a kid, I would often
imagine myself beside
the blackboard, check-
ing student’s copies, it
was all so beautiful back
in my mind, although,
the real task had been a
nightmare. But, being a
teacher reminds me that
I am going to be a part
of their growth and I can
help the kids become a
better version of them-
selves. I hope that I get to
meet my students soon.
—ANJU
My students are my life.
I care for them hoping
for nothing in return. I
feel responsible about
their growth. It gives me
immense pleasure when
I see them grow from a
young age and finally see
them graduate, take on to
the next challenge of life.
Sometimes my students
get back to me, some-
times they don’t. But, I
sleep peacefully, remem-
bering that I did what
I could, that I always a
pillar of support for them.
—ARCHANAVYAS
For me, teaching is the
noblest and the most
rewarding among all
the professions. The
best thing about being a
teacher is that you get an
opportunity to make a dif-
ference in the lives of the
children you’re working
with. I ensure that I do my
best to leave a positive
influence on my students.
Although due to Covid,
efficiency in imparting
knowledge and learning
has been a challenge.
—NORMAEKKA
I perceive teaching as
a holistic profession.
I strongly believe that
knowledge is a two-way
process. A teacher also
learns something new
from his/ her students,
since learning is a
dynamic process. For
me, teaching is to inspire
students to make them
better humans, confident
citizens and dedicated
people. I always promote
among them: spirit of
enquiry and self-reform.
—DRSAADULLAHKHAN
I enjoy not just teach-
ing but educating
young minds of the
future. I get to listen
to brilliant ideas all the
time. Due to online
teaching, the shy/
introvert students have
started answering
since no one sees them
and the barrier of being
laughed at has disap-
peared completely. But,
inefficiency has grown
as students have a lot
less activity now.
—SIBIAAUGUSTINE
My teacher who has
been and always
will be a source of
inspiration for me is
Happy Sir, we are still
in touch, I learnt from
him the art of rising
above your past mis-
takes. I imagine myself
changing my students’
lives just as he has
changed mine, become
a source of motivation
for them, especially
during such unexpect-
ed time. —TAMALIKA
CHAKRABORTY
I am probably new to
teaching than most
of my companions, I
never realized that I
always had it in me. It
gives me a chance to
be innovative at each
step. Every day is full
of surprises. When I
am in a room full of
dynamic students, I
hear these amazing
ideas and I am always
keen about learning
new things from my
students.
—SUNITACHOUDHARY
Teaching is my voca-
tion. I feel God has
chosen and called me
to spread his light of
love and knowledge. I
find joy in helping the
students realise their
uniqueness. Being
a teacher is being a
mother, mentor, guide
and friend to my
students. Post-Covid
teaching has been
quite challenging but
also a learning experi-
ence.
—SRVINITA,MSA
This is probably a grim
situation, first of all,
there’s no Teacher’s
Day without students.
All of us have suffered
mentally, psycho-
logically and physically,
because of Covid but
we have also coped up
with online teaching.
I definitely miss those
days when Teacher’s
Day was about spend-
ing time with students
and so much more than
just speaking virtually.
—SANDRA LEE
Oh how I miss being
surrounded by my
students today. Me
and my wife who is
also in the same field
very often discuss and
miss the environment
of a classroom when
sometimes the students
would argue with us and
sometimes agree. We
feel like magicians who
take over the stage and
begin our show. It’s not
always the best show,
but, it’s worth it!
—DRPANKAJSHARMA
Teaching has been more
than kind to me, it has
been an absolute boon. I
get to interpret the Arts,
engage with sharp, in-
quisitive minds. When we
teach Media studies and
literature. Both my stu-
dents and I, consciously
and often subconsciously,
interpret the Arts in the
context of history, culture,
society and theory. This
shift in perspective, when
you move from mere
entertainment to analysis,
is life altering.
—DRRITUSEN
Teaching is electrify-
ing. The class is such a
charged up place. Though
I have prepared for my
lectures always in spite of
having taught for two dec-
ades I feel nervous walk-
ing into every class every
day. However, once in the
classroom the students
have taken me places.
Their questions and their
interpretation has always
added to my perspective.
I live vicariously through
my students.
—DRSHREYACHATTERJI
Online teaching has been hard and I
miss my students especially on the
occasion, but I always encourage
my students to utilize this time as
much as they can. Use this time to
interrogate themselves as they have
received an ample opportunity to
introspect and grow.
—NEHAPAREEK
remember back in standard
fourth, I was asked to read out
a passage in front of the
school assembly
, shy and tim-
id as I was and a part of me
still is. Well, I froze in front of
everyone, couldn’t utter a
word, even though I prepared myself,
got every punctuation right, remem-
bered each word, but, I had failed,
terribly in fact. From that moment
onwards, I became a backbencher,
avoided as many students as I could.
Shobha Gupta, a teacher back then,
saw this change in my behaviour, she
knew she couldn’t touch my nerves
because that would remind me what
happened during the assembly
. But,
slowly and steadily she found out
ways to lift my spirits, making every-
one read a passage from books and
what was rather more important was
that she believed in me. She isn’t the
only teacher who has taught me great
lessons about failing and well, about
life. And, today especially
, I am full
of gratitude for teachers who have
taken an extra step in changing some-
body’s life with their smallest of ac-
tions. A big shout to all the teachers/
professors out there! Happy Teach-
er’s Day! Let’s hear what they have
to share today on the occasion.
TODAY, CITY FIRST REMEMBERS THE MEN AND WOMEN WHOM WE AS INDIVIDUALS HAVE HATED, LOVED, ADMIRED AND MOST OF ALL
LEARNT SOMETHING FROM. TO OUR GUIDES WHO HAVE HELPED US BECOME THE BEST VERSION OF OURSELVES, HAPPY TEACHER’S DAY!
SUSHMITA AIND
sushmita.aind@firstindia.co.in
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Dr Shreya with her students

12
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BEAUTY PAGEANT, FIRST MISS
TEEN INDIA’21 (AGE CATEGORY:
13 TO 17YEARS) AND FIRST MISS
INDIA’21 (AGE CATEGORY: 18 TO
23YEARS) AN INITIATIVE BY
FIRST INDIA WILL BE HELD TODAY
AT HOTEL HILTON, NEW DELHI.
THE AUDITIONS SHALL BEGIN AT
10 AM. AN EMINENT JURY TEAM
AND MODELS WILL BE THERE TO
ASSESS AND MENTOR.
CITY FIRST
aipur Foot USA
and Gracious
Givers founda-
tion welcomed
Meenakashi Le-
khi, Minister of
State for Exter-
nal Affairs and Culture at
theJanAashirwadAbhar
event organised in New
York City
. Randhir Jaisw-
al, Consul General, New
York, was also present at
the event. Alok Kumar,
former FIA president
commenced the pro-
gramme with an in-
troduction. Prem
Bhandari, Jaipur Foot
USAChairmanandsocial
activist, spoke at the
event. He spoke about the
difficulties the Indian di-
aspora faced due to lock-
down and travel restric-
tions that came into place
during COVID and the
excellent support re-
ceived from MEA and sec-
retaries from Home, Ex-
ternal Affairs, and Civil
Aviation. He also briefed
about the partnership of
BMVSS, the parent or-
ganisation of Jaipur Foot
USA and MEA under the
‘India for Humanity’ ban-
nertoconductprosthetics
fitment camps to help
differently-abled people
around the world and re-
inforce India’s soft power.
He also thanked Prime
Minister Narendra Modi,
the guiding force and
blessed this partnership.
The host countries re-
ceived these 13 camps
very well and BMVSS
helpedover6000different-
ly-abled people. The Gov-
ernment of India provid-
ed funding for all these 13
camps and the Ministry
of ExternalAffairsoffices
coordinated and facilitat-
ed these prosthetics fit-
ment camps. Prem
Bhandari also extended
his heartfelt thanks to
Harsh Vardhan Shringla,
Foreign Secretary of In-
dia for extending the part-
nership to organise an-
other 12 prosthetic fit-
ment camps on a histori-
cal day, august 5, 2020.
Under this partnership,
BMVSS already conduct-
ed the first prosthetics fit-
ment camp last December
in Uganda. Bhandari reit-
erated the words of Pad-
ma Bhushan, DR Mehta,
Founder Chief Patron
of BMVSS, about the
bravery of our leg-warri-
ors, who conducted this
Uganda camp in the mid-
dleof theCOVIDpandem-
ic.
Bhandari also men-
tioned that he was relat-
ed to 6 million-plus OCI
cardholders who suf-
fered tremendously since
2019 due to cumbersome
renewal regulations and
administrative issues
when one is travelling
with OCI. These regula-
tions are eased, made
simple and frequent OCI
renewal is not required.
Meenakshi Lekhi, Minis-
ter of State for External
Affairs and Culture also
spoke on the occasion.
She highlighted that the
Indian diaspora acts as
goodwill ambassadorsfor
the country, and their
achievements in the pro-
fessional, business and
education fields add val-
ue to the country’s good-
will. She also appreciat-
ed the contributions of
the powerful Indian com-
munity in helping the
countrywheneverinneed.
She also highlighted the
COVID pandemic impacts
in India and the capacity
to deal with such grave
situations and coming to-
gether to dealing with
these. The contributions
of the Indian community
,
including doctors nurs-
es, oxygen help during
COVIDwascommendable.
A HELPING HAND
J
Kashwini, the
granddaughter of Sunita
and CM Ashok Gehlot and
daughter of Himanshi
and Vaibhav Gehlot,
celebrated her 12th
birthday on Saturday.
Kashwini spent the day
with her grandparents,
the heartwarming gesture
by Dadima Sunita Gehlot
of tying a ‘Raksha Sootra’
and putting a Tilak on her
forehead was her most
precious moment.
SPECIAL GREETINGS!
THE WAIT IS OVER...
CONDOLENCE!
Jagdeesh Chandra
paid a condolence
visit to Kavita
Chauhan of the
First India family
on Saturday.
Thakur Kishan
Singh Chauhan
(Sri Sela), one
of the pioneers
of tourism in
Rajasthan left for
his heavenly abode
on August 28.
CITY FIRST
S
tate Bank of In-
dia is celebrat-
ing the 75th
year of In-
dia’s independence
as “Azadi Ka Amrit
Mahotsav”. In this
connection, the birth-
day of former Presi-
dent of India Dr
Sarvepalli Rad-
hakrishnan was cele-
brated in a dignified
ceremony as Teacher’s
Day by the Jaipur Cir-
cle. On the eve of
‘Teacher’s Day’, Chief
General Manager of
Jaipur Circle, Rajesh
Kumar Mishra
honoured teach-
ers completed 75
years of age, Pro-
fessor Jawahar Lal
Bansal, Dr Vijay Shin-
de, Pandit Hari Dutt
Kalla, Dr R. B. L. Gup-
ta, Saroj Chauhan, and
Dr Padam Chand Jain
by presenting bou-
quets and shawls.
Mishra told that the
role of the teacher is
very important in eve-
ryone’s life. Teacher
plays a special role in
building society and
nation by awakening
the light of education.
Even though parents
may give birth to a
child, but a teacher
makes them better peo-
ple with their hard
work and dedication.
Special Ceremony by SBI
CITY FIRST
T
he Opulent
and Spectacu-
lar Jewellery
Exhibition in
Jaipur has been host-
ed by Akansha Bak-
shi and Dr Preeti
Bakshi on Saturday.
Renu Oberoi’s collec-
tion included some
of the most exclusive
diamond and pre-
cious stone jewellery
showcasing some of
the most luxurious
designs to some of
the big names from
Jaipur. The exhi-
bition would con-
tinue on Septem-
ber 5, 2021, Sun-
day as well.
The event was attended by
a few of the most sought after
names of Jaipur. Renu Ober-
oi’s showcase of Fine Jewel-
lery had all new designs dis-
played at Mariott, Jaipur. All
measures for safe shopping
were arranged. This expo is
a niche event exhibiting only
exclusive and high-end
branded gold and diamond
jewellery products, hosted by
Akansha Bakshi and Dr
Preeti Bakshi.
OPULENT JEWELLERY
EXHIBITION
Webinar @ SKIT
CITY FIRST
S
wami Keshvanand In-
stitute of Technology,
Management and Gra-
mothan(SKIT),Jaipur
organised a one-day webinar
on the Advanced Knowledge
and Rural Technology Imple-
m e n t a t i o n
(AKRUTI) tech-
nologies devel-
oped by BARC,
M u m b a i
through its Incu-
bation Cell on
September 4,
2021. The wel-
come speech of
the program was
delivered by Prof. Satyan Vi-
jayvargiya. Chairman SKIT,
Surjaram Meel was glad that
the webinar highlights both
rural cities and technology
which is the base of India. He
also conveyed his best wishes
for the webinar.
Baani Chitkara
Kriti Garg, Brand Ambassador First Miss India 2021
Riya Sain, Brand Ambassador First Miss India Teen 2021
Manya Pathak
KK Mehta, Chandra Mehta,
Meenakshi Lekhi and Randhir Jaiswal
Prem Bhandari presenting Jaipur Foot USA Souvenir
to MOS Meenakshi Lekhi and Randhir Jaiswal,
Consul General of India NY
During the ceremony
Akansha Bakshi and Dr Preeti Bakshi
During the session
CM Ashok Gehlot and Sunita Gehlot with
the birthday girl Kashwini and her proud
parents Himanshi and Vaibhav Gehlot

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