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JAIPUR l THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2022 l Pages 14 l 3.00 RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764 l Vol 4 l Issue No. 121
OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, NEW DELHI & MUMBAI
PAK ARMY CHIEF
BAJWA MEETS
US DEFENCE
SECY, NSA
PANIC IN SOUTH KOREAN CITY AS MISSILE CRASHES
Seoul: A failed ballistic missile launch sparked panic in
a usually quiet South Korean city after it crashed into
the ground and triggered a huge fire, the officials
said on Wednesday.
Washington: Pakistan’s Army chief Gen Bajwa called
on US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin, National
Security Adviser Jacob Sullivan and other top officials
and discussed matters of mutual interest, regional
security and bilateral cooperation in various fields.
G20 PARL
SPEAKERS’
SUMMIT IN
JAKARTA
Jakarta: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday
reached Jakarta to attend the 8th G20 Parliamentary
Speakers’ Summit. Birla is leading the Indian delegation
of the P-20 conference (organization of the parliaments
of G-20) to Jakarta.
3 JeM TERRORISTS
NEUTRALISED IN
J&K ENCOUNTER
Shopian: Security forces
neutralised three terrorists
linked with the terror outfit
Jaish-e-Mohammed in an
encounter in the Drach
area of Shopian, said the
police on Wednesday
morning. The encounter
between security forces
and terrorists had broken
out last evening. Another
encounter broke out early
morning in Moolu area of
Shopian, which according
to ADGP Kashmir Vijay
Kumar is in progress.
201 RAS OFFICERS
RE-SHUFFLED IN
RAJASTHAN
Jaipur: In a major
administrative reshuffle,
201 Rajasthan
Administrative Service
(RAS) officers were
transferred in Rajasthan on
Wednesday. As many as
20 officers of the Tehsildar
service became RAS as
the Personnel Department
issued promotion order.
About a third i.e. as many
as 67 SDOs have been
shuffled. P10
PILOT DIES IN ARMY
CHOPPER CRASH IN
ARUNACHAL
FIR FILED AGAINST
MALLYA IN CHEQUE
BOUNCE CASE
New Delhi: An Army pilot
died in a Cheetah helicopter
crash near Tawang area
of Arunachal Pradesh on
Wednesday morning. “The
Cheetah helicopter flying in
forward areas near Tawang
crashed at around 10:00 AM
during a routine sortie. Both
the pilots were evacuated
to the nearest Military
Hospital,” Army said.
New Delhi: A fresh FIR has
been filed against fugitive
offender Vijay Mallya by Delhi
Police for not appearing
before a special court in
connection with a cheque
bounce case. The hearing
was going on in Rouse
Avenue Court. The court
noted that the accused was
skipping the trial and was not
willing to appear before it.
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Crucial
Crucial
Rajeev Gaur & Sangeeta
Sharma
Jodhpur: Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot
reached Jodhpur on
Tuesday and was re-
ceived by the local pub-
lic representatives and a
huge crowd of Congress
leaders and workers.
The assembled crowd
greeted Gehlot at the
airport and wished him
on Vijayadashami. The
complainants from far
flung areas also brought
complaints to the CM.
Hearing the complaints
of each and every com-
plainant, Gehlot as-
sured of proper work.
Notably, among the
crowdweresomegroups
who had come to thank
theCM,astheworkthey
had sought was fulfilled.
Turn to P10
CM WINS HEARTS, LIVES THROUGH
PAST MEMORIES AT JODHPUR!
CM Ashok Gehlot and former MP Gaj Singh lighting a firecracker
to burn effigy of Ravan at Jodhpur on Wednesday.
AIIMS BILASPUR TO BE KNOWN
AS ‘GREEN HOSPITAL’: PM MODI
Shahrulesouttalks
withPak,sayswon’t
tolerateterrorism
Baramulla (ANI): Un-
ion Home Minister
Amit Shah on Wednes-
day ruled out any dia-
logue with Pakistan
and asserted that the
Narendra Modi govern-
ment will wipe out ter-
rorism from Jammu
and Kashmir and make
it the most peaceful
place in the country
.
At a rally here, Shah
asked whether terror-
ism has ever benefited
anyoneasithasclaimed
42,000 lives in J&K since
the 1990s.
He also blamed the
families of the Abdul-
lahs (National Confer-
ence), Muftis (PDP) and
Nehru-Gandhi (Con-
gress) for the alleged
underdevelopment of
Jammu and Kashmir as
they ruled the erstwhile
state most of the time
since Independence in
1947. More on P5
Bilaspur (ANI): Prime
MinisterNarendraModi
on Wednesday inaugu-
rated the All India Insti-
tute of Medical Sciences
here and said that the
hospital will be called
the ‘Green Hospital’.
“In last 8 years, we
have worked on ensur-
ing development bene-
fits reach the remotest
parts of the country
.
AIIMS Bilaspur will not
only increase access to
affordable healthcare in
Himachalbutisalsoeco-
friendly and will be
known as ‘Green
AIIMS’,” he said. Term-
ing the inauguration of
AIIMS a moment of
pride in Himachal, PM
Modi said that the state
has played a crucial role
in“RashtraRaksha”and
the hospital will now
play a “pivotal role in
Jeevan Raksha” adding
that Himachal is one of
the three states chosen
for establishing Bulk
Drugs Park that will en-
sure the access to afford-
able medicines in India.
PM GAVE VOICE TO
HIMACHALIS, SAYS
BJP CHIEF NADDA
MODI GETS WARM
WELCOME AS HE
ARRIVES IN KULLU
‘NEED TO EMPOWER WOMEN’, SAYS RSS
CHIEF IN HIS VIJAYADASHAMI ADDRESS
J&K POLLS AFTER
VOTERS’ LIST
COMPILATION: SHAH
Bilaspur: BJP chief JP
Nadda on Wednesday said
that PM Modi has given
a number of schemes to
Himachal Pradesh on the
occasion of Vijayadashmi.
“On the occasion of
Vijayadashmi today, PM
Modi is giving the state
not only one but a number
of schemes. I welcome
him on this day on behalf
of everyone here,” Nadda
said in his address here.
Kullu: PM Narendra
Modi received a warm
welcome as he arrived
for the International
Kullu Dussehra Festival
here. He participated in
the Dusshera festival
here for the first time
after becoming the PM.
The PM extended greet-
ings on Dussehra and
expressed his happiness
to be a part of the Kullu
Dussehra Festival.
Nagpur (Agencies): Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday strongly advocated
for women empowerment in the country, and said that
men and women are equal in every aspect and respect,
have equal potential and capabilities. In his speech on
the customary Vijayadashami celebration here at the
RSS headquarters, Bhagwat pointed out that women,
who are regarded as “jagat janani (mother of the uni-
verse)”, but at home they are treated as “slaves”.
Baramulla: In a major
announcement, Union
Home Minister Amit Shah
on Wednesday said that
the elections will be held in
Jammu and Kashmir will
“full transparency” as soon
as the work of compiling the
voters’ list is completed.
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
Many many
congratulations to all
the countrymen on
Vijayadashami, the
symbol of victory. I wish
that this auspicious
occasion brings
courage, restraint
and positive energy in
everyone’s life.
A historical photo of Narendra Modi (2nd R) with the then
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal (C) and
other leaders during Kullu Dussehra festival in 1998. Modi was the
BJP’s in-charge of Himachal Pradesh affairs.
PM Modi with JP Nadda,Anurag Thakur, Himachal Guv Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, CM Jairam Thakur
during the ceremony for foundation stone laying of multiple projects, in Bilaspur, on Wednesday.
Union HM Amit Shah along with J&K Lt Guv Manoj Sinha and MoS
Jitendra Singh releases a publication during inauguration of various
projects at a function at Raj Bhawan in Srinagar, on Wednesday.
India needs a population control
policy applicable to all: Bhagwat
Nagpur (Agencies):
RSS chief Mohan Bhag-
wat said on Wednesday
that India needs a policy
for population control
“equally applicable to
all”, and cited “religion-
based imbalance” and
“forced conversions” to
raise the spectre of the
country breaking apart.
He cited East Timor, Ko-
sovoandSouthSudanas
examples of “new coun-
tries that emerged be-
cause of religious com-
munity-based imbalanc-
es”. He said this at the
annual Dussehra rally
of the RSS. “Along with
population control, bal-
ance on religious basis
is also a matter of im-
portance which cannot
be ignored,” he stressed
in his speech, just weeks
after he met some Mus-
lim leaders in what was
seen as RSS’s outreach.
Mohan Bhagwat felicitates mountaineer Santosh Yadav during a
Vijayadashmi function, in Nagpur, on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Sonia offers Dussehra prayers in K’taka
Mysuru (PTI): Con-
gress president Sonia
Gandhi on Wednesday
offeredDussehraprayers
at the Bheemanakolli
temple in Begur village
of HD Kote Assembly
segment in Karnataka.
She prayed to the pre-
siding deity at the old
temple in the village
near Nagrahole forest
reserve in the morning.
She was accompa-
nied by village pan-
chayat members and
local MLA Anil Kumar
C. Gandhi is here to
take part in the ongoing
Bharat Jodo Yatra and
will walk with the other
yatris in Mandya dis-
trict, from where it will
commence on Thursday
after a two-day break
for Dussehra.
Congress leader Sonia Gandhi offers prayers at the Bheemanakolli
Temple on Dussehra, in Mysuru, on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Telangana’s KCR moves to national
stage with Bharat Rashtra Samithi
INDIA CAPITALS WIN THE
LEGENDS CRICKET TITLE
‘Fact-checker
duo from India
in race for Nobel
Peace Prize’
9 drown in 2
incidents in
Rajasthan
Ajmer/Chittorgarh:
Nine people drowned in
two separate incidents
in State on Wednesday.
In first incident six peo-
ple drowned in a min-
ing ditch filled with wa-
ter while immersing a
Goddess Durga idol in
Nandla village under
Nasirabad Sadar police
station in Ajmer dis-
trict, SP Ajmer Chuna
Ram Jat said. In second
incident, three youths
drowned at a water
body in Nimbahera
town in Chittorgarh.
They had gone for im-
mersion of an idol of
Goddess Durga.
New Delhi (Agencies):
Fact-checkers Moham-
med Zubair and Pratik
Sinha are among the
contenders to win the
2022 Nobel Peace Prize,
reported Time.
A Time report said
the co-founders of fact-
check site AltNews,
Sinha and Zubair are
among the contenders
to win the prize based
on nominations that
were made public.
Zubairwasarrestedin
June this year for a 2018
tweet that was “highly
provocative and more
than sufficient to incite
feelingsof hatred”asper
a Delhi Police First In-
formation Report (FIR).
TheDelhiPolicecharged
him for promoting en-
mity between different
groups on grounds of
religion and deliberate
acts to outrage religious
sentiments.
Hyderabad: Telangana
CM K Chandrashekar
Rao, aspiring for a na-
tional role ahead of the
2024 election, launched
the Bharat Rashtra
Samithi (BRS), a new
version of his party on
Wenesday
. The Telan-
gana Rashtra Samithi
(TRS) is now BRS, Rao
declared after a meeting
of his party. Workers
celebrated by bursting
crackers.
Jaipur: India Capitals has won the final match of the Legends
League Cricket. Batting first, India Capitals set a target of 211
runs before Bhilwara Kings in the final match played at SMS
Stadium in Jaipur. Chasing the massive total, the team of
Bhilwara Kings were bundled out for 107 runs in just 18.2 overs.
Full report P9 —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
OWAISI WELCOMES
BRS, BJP RAPS KCR
URBAN OLYMPICS
MAY BE LAUNCHED
ON INDIRA JAYANTI
Hyderabad: The AIMIM
chief Asaduddin Owaisi has
welcomed the decision of
Telangana Rashtra Samithi
(TRS) to enter the national
politics by changing its name
to Bharat Rashtra Samithi
(BRS) while the BJP has
termed it as misadventure by
Telangana Chief Minister K.
Chandrasekhar Rao.
CM Gehlot on Wednesday
said that after the successful
holding of Rajiv Gandhi Rural
Oly Games, now Rajiv Gandhi
Urban Olympics is going to
start in the state soon. “It
is our intention that sports
events should be started from
Indira Gandhi Jayanti. We
are confident that the same
enthusiasm will be seen in
the Urban Olympics,” he said.
Gehlot met old
friends, Jain
munis, and
listened to public
grievances
—PHOTO BY PTI

RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2022
02
Tripti Gautam
Jaipur: After a gap of
two years, the festival
of Vijaya Dashmi was
marked with the burn-
ing of mythological
King Ravana’s effigy on
a large scale in Jaipur
on Wednesday
.
The festival was cel-
ebrated with full tradi-
tional fervour here.
Public events were
held in Vidhyadhar
Nagar, Mansarover,
Adarsh Nagar,
Kalwar road and other
area of the city.
Dussehra ground in
Adarsh Nagar was lit
up in the colorful lights.
As soon as an arrow
was fired in the navel of
Ravana’s 105-feet-high
effigy, the flames of an-
ger erupted from Ra-
vana’s eyes.
Raj unemployed continue
Dandi March in Gujarat
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The protest of
unemployed youths
from Rajasthan contin-
ued for the fourth con-
secutive day in Gujarat.
The youths, associated
with Rajasthan
Berozgaar Ekikrat Ma-
hasangh, are holding a
dandi March from
Palanpur (Gujarat) to
Ahmedabad.
The protestors raised
slogans against the Con-
gress Government for
not fulfilling the prom-
ises made to employed
youths of Rajasthan.
Rajasthan Berozgaar
Ekikrat Mahasangh
chief Upen Yadav in-
formed they are raising
their 21 points demand
through the protest.
“The Congress gov-
ernment is not fulfilling
the promises made to
employed youths of Ra-
jasthan. A dandi march
has been organised for
the last four days in Gu-
jarat. However, the ad-
ministration has not
spoken to us so far. CM
Ashok Gehlot considers
himself a Gandhian
leader. But, even after
such a long time, the
government has not
paid any heed to the
problems of lakhs of
youth of Rajasthan,”
said Upen Yadav.
Ziauddin Khan
Jaipur: All the prepara-
tions have been com-
pleted for the Invest Ra-
jasthan Summit-2022 to
be held on 7-8 October at
JECCCampusinJaipur.
Senior officials of the
department visited the
venue on Wednesday
and took stock of the ar-
rangements.
Additional Chief Sec-
retary, Industries,
Veenu Gupta, Indus-
tries Commissioner
Mahendra Parakh,
Commissioner BIP Om
Kasera, Additional
Commissioner BIP
Manisha Arora, RIICO
Managing Director
Shivprasad Nakate and
other senior officers
conducted the visit.
They reviewed the
preparations in the
halls which have been
given the names of ‘Taal
Chhapar’, ‘Keoladeo’,
‘Mukundra’, etc.
Chief MinisterAshok
Gehlot will inaugurate
the summit on 7 Octo-
ber in the presence of
high profile delegates
and industrialists from
the country and abroad.
Earlier on Monday,
the State Government
signed 4,192 Memoran-
da of Understanding
(MoUs), and Letters of
Intent (LoIs) involving
investment commit-
ment worth Rs 10.44
lakh crore.
Officials review arrangements as Raj all set for Invest Summit
TWO-DAY SUMMIT IN JAIPUR
RAVAN CONSIGNED TO FLAMES
Dussehra, also known
as Vijayadashami,
marks victory of good
over evil. The festival
is celebrated to mark
the victory of Lord
Ram over Ravan
Jaipur: The resident doctors of SMS Hospital will boy-
cott work on Thursday owing to discrepancies in bond
policy made for resident
doctors and appointment
of residents against their
eligibility criteria. The res-
ident doctors, under the
banner of Jaipur Associa-
tion of Resident Doctors,
will symbolically boycott the work for two days by
wearing a black band on their arms. However, emer-
gency and ICU services will remain unaffected. They
have demanded to implement the agreement previously
decided between doctors and the Government.
Governor Kalraj Mishra offers prayers at Raj
Bhavan-situated Raj Rajeshwar Temple on the
occasion of Vijayadashami on Wednesday.
Maharao Ijyaraj Singh being welcomed as his
chariott passes through the crowd on the occa-
sion of Dussehra in Kota on Wednesday.
—PHOTO BY AKSHAY PAREEK
Shivam, son of Minister Rajendra Gudha, fires shot at
the effigy of Ravan on Dussehra in Udaipurwati.
Jaipur: Ved Bhushan Sethi
passed away at the age of 82. He
breathed his last at EHCC hos-
pital. Sethi was the uncrowned
king of the transport world. The
wheels of millions of trucks used
to stop at his one voice. The last
rites will be held in Adarsh Nagar
Moksha Dham on Thursday 9 am.
RESIDENT DOCTORS TO COMPLETELY
BOYCOTT WORK AT SMS FROM TODAY
GOVERNOR PRAYS AT RAJ BHAVAN
MAHARAO AT DUSSEHRA EVENT
BSF PERFORMS
SHASTRA PUJA
IN BIKANER
VED BHUSHAN SETHI, 82, DIES, LAST RITES
TODAY AT ADARSH NAGAR MOKSHA DHAM
Raj Berozgaar Ekikrat Mahasangh chief Upen Yadav along with
unemployed youth continues Dandi march for Day 4, in Gujarat.
Officials carry out mock drill ahead of Rajasthan Invest Summit, 2022, on Wednesday.
NEWS DIGEST Nagaur:To claim
insurance, wife
kills husband
First India Bureau
Nagaur: A man was al-
legedly murdered by his
wifeinMertaCityof Na-
gaur district to secure
insurance claim and set-
off loans of car and a
tractor. Police informed
that the accused has
been identified as Shar-
da,aresidentof Kurdaya
village, in Nagaur.
“Thevictimwasalleg-
edly strangulated to
death by her wife in or-
der to get insurance
claim and set-off loans.
The victim’s brothers
suspectedamurderafter
they spotted injury
marks on his body
. The
last rites of the victim
wereperformedonTues-
dayafternoontohidethe
murder,” police said.
Effigies of Ravana and his family members burn during Dussehra celebrations in Adarsh Nagar, Jaipur on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA
Speeding SUV rams
into bike, one killed
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A woman was
crushed to death while
one other sustained in-
jury after an SUV
rammed into a motorcy-
cle in Jaipur’s Harmada
area.Policeinformedthe
incident took place near
Harmada Ghati in the
weehoursof Wednesday
.
“The deceased has
been identified as Shalu
Devi, a resident of
Murlipura.Theincident
occurred when the vic-
tims were heading to-
wards Hanuman Ji
Temple in Samod. A
speeding Scorpio car
coming in the wrong di-
rection rammed into the
motorcycle. The woman
died on the spot, while
her nephew sustained
grievous injury
. He was
immediately rushed to
SMS hospital after the
incident,” police said.
“The SUV has been
seized and the accused
is being searched,” po-
lice added.
TEN ‘ON-STAGE RAVANAS’ COME
TOGETHER TO FIGHT SOCIAL EVILS
Kota: Ten actors who play the role of the 10-headed
demon Ravana on stage in the region have come
together to form an organisation to fight social evils.
Rajaram Jain (46) who has been playing the role of
Ravana in Ramlila held in Kota’s Dusshera ground
since 1994 on Tuesday announced the formation of
Karmyogi Ravan Sarkar in Ramdham Ashram. The
organisation is engaged in conducting the last rites of
abandoned bodies and also helping destitute families
with the cremation of their deceased loved ones in
Kota. The Sansthan claims to have carried out the last
rites of 6,317 abandoned bodies.
On the occasion of
Dussehra, officials
and jawans of Bor-
der Security Force
(BSF) on Wednes-
day performed
‘shastra puja’ near
the Indo-Pak border
in Jaisalmer.
RSS HOLDS PATH SANCHALAN
Kalicharan Saraf showers flowers and chants
Vande Mataram and Bharat Mata ki Jai
during the Path Sanchalan and Shastra Pujan
event of RSS at Triveni Nagar intersection.
Jaipur: Acting Mayor of Jaipur Municipal Corporation
(Greater) Sheel Dhabhai on Wednesday inspect-
ed various places of the city ahead of the Invest
Rajasthan Summit, 2022,
scheduled to take place on
October 7 and 8 at JECC,
Sitapura. During her in-
spection at the JLN Marg,
Tonk Road, MNIT and
other adjoining areas, she
found garbage lying unat-
tended in many places. She also gave strict directions
to the officials concerned to maintain cleanliness in
the city during the Invest Rajasthan Summit.
Jaipur: Several of the
noted industrialists from
the country and abroad
are coming to Jaipur to
attend Invest Rajasthan
summit on October 7
and 8. Nearly 4,000
delegates are expected
to attend the event,
including Adani Group
Chairman Gautam
Adani, LN Mittal- Chair-
man of ArcelorMittal.
SHEEL DHABHAI UNHAPPY WITH CITY’S
TRASH DISPOSAL, FLAYS OFFICIALS
NEARLY 4,000
DELEGATES TO
ATTEND EVENT

RAJASTHAN
03
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: CM Ashok Ge-
hlot will inaugurate the
second largest elevated
road of Jaipur city on
Thursday
. The constru-
tion work from Ambed-
kar Circle to Sodala Ti-
raha has been complet-
ed in six and a half
years. With the start of
this road, the drivers
passing through here
will not face traffic jam
at Bais Godam circle
and Hawa Sadak and it
will save 10 minutes
while traveling from
Ambedkar Circle to
Sodala Sabzi Mandi.
Along with the inau-
guration of this project
at 6 pm on Thursday
, the
CM will also lay the
foundation stone of 6
other projects. In this,
guest house to be built
at Rajasthan Interna-
tional Center at a cost
of Rs 41.84 crore, sewer-
age treatment plant of
43MLD to be built at a
cost of about Rs 73 crore
in JDA’s Sankalp Nagar
(Sanjharia), sewer lines
at Prithviraj Nagar
North at a cost of Rs 52
crore, drainage system
on Luniawas-Goner
road and main drainage
system from Vande Ma-
taram road to Muhana
road will be laid.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: 571 allottee fam-
ilies, angry due to non-
receipt of possession
letter for 13 years of
JDA’s Pink City Press
Enclave, Nayla Patrakar
Awas Yojna in 2010,
reached the planning
site on Wednesday and
buried their family’s
name plates on their
plots. They also an-
nounced to gherao JDA
and talks with the CM if
possession letter are not
issuedsoon.Duringthis,
the allottees also per-
formed havan in main
park of the scheme.
On the call of ‘Chalo
Nayala Group 571’, more
thantwothirdsof theal-
lottees along with their
families started gather-
ing at the planning site
at Nayla from 11 am on-
wards. First all the allot-
tees marked their plots
according to the plan
map present at the site
of JDA and after that
they themselves dug
with shovels and in-
stalled the iron name
platestheybroughtwith
them. The allottees said
that the scheme created
by CM Gehlot was stuck
bytheofficialsduetothe
bad intentions of the
previous govt.
Ramesh Sharma
Sikar: The Sikar Police
on Wednesday arrested
two people for abducting
anine-year-oldboywhile
he was on his way to
schoolonTuesday
.Police
informed the accused
has been identified as
Sunil and Anand Pal,
both residents of Guma-
na Ka Bas village in Si-
kar district. “
Anand Pal,
who was a former stu-
dent of the same school,
conspired to kidnap the
boy
. The accused were
planning to demand a
ransom of Rs 50 lakhs
from the victim’s family
members,”saidSikarSP
Kunwar Rastradeep.
“The accused have
been involved in various
cases related to theft pre-
viously
. The bolero jeep
used in kidnapping the
child was stolen on Sept
29 from the Nechwa PS
area.Areccewasdonefor
two days before kidnap-
ping,” added Sikar SP
.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
Urja Vikas Nigam Lim-
ited (RUVNL) has en-
tered into a long-term
power purchase con-
tract to deal with the
power crisis in Ra-
jasthan ahead of the
festive season of Diwa-
li. RUVNL has signed
this big agreement to
buy power from solar
power plants of 1785
MW capacity of 6 com-
panies.
Electricity will be
procured from these
companies only for the
next 20 years at a cheap-
er rate of Rs 2.17 and Rs
2.18 per unit. 7 paise per
unit will be given sepa-
rately to SEBI as trad-
ing charge.
A petition has also
been filed in the Raj
Electricity Regulatory
Commission for final-
izing the tariff in which
bidding has been cited
as per the rules of Solar
Energy Corporation of
India. Mukesh Bansal,
Chief Engineer of
RVUNL, said that from
1 MW power about 1000
units of electricity is
available in 1 hour and
24,000 units in 24 hours.
But a solar power plant
can generate electricity
only till the sunrise and
the sunset. Therefore,
its calculation is done
on the basis of getting
30% power supply
.
CM Gehlot to throw open Sodala
Elevated Road for public today
Six-year-long wait of Jaipurites will
end today with this inauguration
DIWALI POWER
BONANAZA
CM Gehlot will also lay foundation
stones for six other major projects
The half an hour traffic studded drive from Sodala Sabzi Mandi to Ambedkar Circle will be reduced
to merely 10 minutes after the inauguration. —PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA
Education to go digital with
750 smart TVs in Bikaner
Allottees acquire land
possession; perform
havanaatNaylascheme
Power crisis to reduce with
long term power purchase
2 held in Sikar boy kidnapping,
wereplanningfor`50Lransom
Laxman Raghav
Bikaner: Looking at the
lack of teachers in govt
schoolsinBikaner,smart
TVs have been arranged
toteachchildreninthese
schools. Education Min-
ister B D Kalla distribut-
ed these TVs to school
teachers. For this 43 do-
nors have purchased 750
TVs at a cost of Rs 1.25
crore and made them
available to the educa-
tion department.
This is the first time
that such a large num-
ber of smart TVs are be-
ing distributed by the
state govt with the help
of donors. All 750 Smart
TVs are being provided
to the govt schools hav-
ing a single teacher. Un-
der the ‘Digital Initia-
tive for Quality Educa-
tion-Shiksha Ke Badhte
Kadam Ki’ campaign,
the donors of Bikaner
were motivated by BD
Kalla and Disaster Re-
lief Minister Govin-
dram Meghwal.
Kalla said that during
the corona pandemic, of-
fline classes were dis-
rupted and online class-
es proved to be benefi-
cial. The state govt has
created history by pro-
viding online education.
BD Kalla & GR Meghwal at TV distribution programme on Wednesday.
Neeraj K Pawan, Bhagwati Prasad Kalal and others are also seen.
SINDOOR KHELA!
Devotees playing ‘Sindoor Khela’ at Durga Bari,
Jaipur on Wednesday. After ‘ghat visarjan’ on
Vijaya Dashami, women apply sindoor on the
idol and then playfully smear it on each other’s
faces for good luck.
—PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA/SUNIL SHARMA
RUVNL will be able to get only
about 540 MW of electricity per
hour from 6 power companies.
On an average about 1.30
crore units of electricity will be
procured in 24 hours. On this
basis, about Rs 2.80 crore will
be purchased daily and as soon
as solar electricity is purchased,
the daily cut of arounf 4 hours
in the name of Diwali mainte-
nancewill be stopped in state.
Rajsamand: The CBI raid in the cyber fraud case at
Rajsamand district headquarters ended after about
17 hours. After the completion of the action, the CBI
team from Jodhpur
took with them about
Rs 1.5 crore cash,
1.5 kg gold and other
property documents
and electronic
evidences recovered
in the raid. The team
left after finishing its
action at 11:00 pm on Tuesday. According to the in-
formation, after getting inputs from foreign agency
Interpol and FBI, the CBI had raided about 105
locations across the country. A team also raided the
house of Kamal Singh Deora located in the Housing
Board area at Rajsamand district headquarters,
the special CBI team raided the house on Tuesday
morning and started the search operations.
Shahpura (Jaipur): The Anti Corruption Bureau
(ACB) on Wednesday arrested one Head consta-
ble Naresh Sharma who is posted in Viratnagar
police station while tak-
ing a bribe of Rs 15,000.
The accused Head con-
stable had sought bribe
in lieu of helping the
complainant in a rape
case booked under sec-
tion 376, said a bureau
official. The trap action
was carried out by a team led by Circle Inspector
of ACB Neeraj Bhardwaj. The bureau booked the
accused under Prevention of Corruption Act and
searches at his residence and other places were
also carried out.
4-HOUR MAINTENANCE
CUT WILL BE STOPPED
CBI RAID CONCLUDES AT RAJSAMAND;
CASH, GOLD & PROPERTIES SEIZED
ACB NABS HEAD CONSTABLE FOR
TAKING BRIBE OF `15K IN SHAHPURA
Built at a cost of Rs 250
crore from Tonk Road
to Ajmer Road
Length from Ambedkar
Circle to Ajmer Elevated
Road is 2.8 km
A 1.8 km corridor will be
available from Sodala to
Ambedkar Circle
Vehicles will be allowed
to cross Tilak Marg,
Bais Godam Circle, Civil
Lines Circle
There will also be a
reduction in pressure of
vehicles at Civil Lines
Circle, Railway Crossing
and Bais Godam Circle
SODALA ELEVATED
ROAD AT A GLANCE
NEWS DIGEST
OTHER PROJECTS TO BE INAUGURATED TODAY
 Guest house to be built at Rajasthan International Center
at cost of `41.84 cr.
 Sewerage treatment plant of 43MLD to be built at a cost
of about `73 cr in JDA’s Sankalp Nagar (Sanjharia).
 Sewer lines in PRN North at a cost of `52 cr and drainage
system on Luniawas-Goner road and the Muhana area.
Allotees performing yagya at
planning site on Wednesday.
Accused in police custody.

PERSPECTIVE
04
l Vol 4 l Issue No. 121
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Editor-In-Chief: Dr Jagdeesh Chandra
Editor: Anita Hada Sangwan
responsible for selection of news
under the PRB Act
Amit Shah
@AmitShah
Chaired a meeting to review the
security situation of J&K in Srinagar.
People of J&K is witnessing a
new era of peace, progress and
prosperity under the leadership of
PM @narendramodi Ji. I applaud the
relentless & coordinated efforts of our
security forces to curb terrorism.
Rajnath Singh
@rajnathsingh
Celebrated Vijaya Dashmi with the
Indian Army and ITBP personnel at Auli
Military Station in Uttarakhand today.
Lauded their contribution in providing
a secure environment in the country
which enables growth and prosperity.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Always speak if you
are right and don’t
blame others.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
TELANGANA CM’S
AMBITIOUS MOVE
TO TAKE POLITICAL
CENTRE-STAGE
TOP TWEETS
hat K. Chandrashek-
har Rao (KCR) of the
Telangana Rashtra
Samithi is nurturing
national ambitions
wasneverindoubt.Overthepast
several months he was busy
meeting several opposition lead-
ers across the political spectrum
for consensus on a political alter-
native to the ruling alliance led
by the BJP
. His national alterna-
tive plan has the backing of Ja-
nata Dal-Secular leader HD Ku-
maraswamy, the former chief
minister of Karnataka. The Con-
gress does not figure in KCR’s
anti-BJP plans as he did not find
the grand old party strong
enoughtoleadanallianceagainst
the ruling dispensation.
To realise his political ambi-
tion KCR announced the forma-
tion of a new national party---
the Bharat Rashtra Samithi
(BRS) --- on Wednesday
. It needs
the approval of the Election
Commission to be formally reg-
istered as a national party
.
It is a major announcement
that should, over the next few
months, give a clearer picture of
opposition unity. The Congress
and Trinamool Congress could
be the main stumbling blocks.
T
entre and opposi-
tion-ruled States
are headed to-
wards a conflict
over freebies or
revadis as described by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi.
The opposition has flagged
the issue as a threat to feder-
alism and interference in
their domain. After the gov-
ernment drummed up the is-
sue in view of deteriorating
economies of some states, the
matter reached the Supreme
Court. On August 3, the Su-
preme Court asked the Cen-
tre, Niti Aayog, the Finance
Commission and the Reserve
Bank of India to come up
with “constructive sugges-
tions” on the “serious” issue.
On August 10 the apex
court suggested that it will
form a committee to tackle
the issue. The Election Com-
mission welcomed the sug-
gestion but said that it will
not be a part of the committee
as it was a “constitutional au-
thority”. In a sudden U-turn
the Election Commission has
asked political parties about
how they will finance their
poll promises, how much ex-
penditure will be incurred
and who will be the benefi-
ciary
.Unionfinancesecretary
or the state chief secretary’s
information on budget esti-
mates. To incorporate the de-
tailed information the EC
proposes to change the Model
Code of Conduct to get rid of
hollow poll promises.
The DMK, Shiv Sena and
Congress have challenged
the EC move saying that the
EC was overstepping its au-
thority to end democracy in
the country
. The DMK called
it an assault on the directive
principles of state policies
and argued that the EC’s role
was limited to conducting
free and fair elections.
The EC move will cripple a
political party’s freedom to
make promises and leave
them hugely disadvantaged.
FREEBIES: EC
CHANGES MIND
The EC welcomed the
suggestion but said that it will
not be a part of the committee
as it was a “constitutional
authority”. In a sudden U-turn
the Election Commission has
asked political parties about
how they will finance their poll
promises, how much
expenditure will be incurred and
who will be the beneficiary
C
INDIA WINS SERIES WITH PROTEAS
BUT BOWLING WORRIES DEEPEN
ndia ended their prepara-
tions for the upcoming T20
World Cup by winning the
series against South Africa
2-1. But the loss in the final
match has left more ques-
tions unanswered than Team
India would have liked. The
balance of the squad is a huge
problem still and despite nu-
merous changes and combi-
nations, Indian bowling re-
mains a major worry. India
had clinched the series with
an emphatic victory in the
second match but their hopes
of ending on a high and scor-
ingacleansweepweredashed
as the Proteas won by 49 runs
in the last game.
Before the Asia Cup, it was
felt that Indian bowling was
more or less settled and the
batters needed to get back in
form. The aggressive batting
approach adopted after the
loss in the last year’s World
Cup turned around fortunes
of some of the struggling
batsmen in the team. But it’s
the flop show by the bowlers
that has been instrumental
in some of the recent losses.
The shock exit from the Asia
Cup where India lost to Paki-
stan and Sri Lanka in crunch
games, was also the result of
poor bowling which failed to
defend substantial totals.
It was felt that Bumrah and
Harshal Patel’s inclusion in
the playing 11 after the Asia
Cup would infuse a much-
needed boost to the bowling
department, but that has not
materialized as the series
against the Aussies and the
Proteas have shown. The two
games that Bumrah did play,
he returned with figures of 23
for 1 and 50 for none. Thereaf-
ter his back injury flared up
again, forcing him to bow out
of the World Cup team.
It was another pathetic
show by the bowlers in the
final game against the Pro-
teas as India was set a stiff
target of 228. Barring Ash-
win, none of the bowlers
could restrict the African
batters and all pacers had an
economy rate of over 11.
Quinton De Kock and Rilee
Rossouw carted the Indian
bowlers all over the park. Ri-
lee, especially, was magnifi-
cent as he hit a century in
just 48 balls. It wasn’t just
them but David Miller too
joined in the fun as he hit 3
sixes of Deepak Chahar in
the final over to end the in-
nings with an imposing total.
India had rested Rahul and
Kohli for the game which
meant the batting was slight-
ly thin and there was a long-
ish tail. Dinesh Karthik was
promoted to number 4 ahead
of Suyakumar Yadav after
India were down 2 wickets
early in the powerplay
. While
India did maintain a steady
run rate, they lost too many
wickets too quickly. Eventu-
ally Karthik was the highest
scorer with 46 runs which
included 4 fours and 4 sixes.
India was down to 120 for 8
but some lower order resist-
ance saw them reach 178.
Eventually, they were bun-
dled out with 9 balls remain-
ing, losing by 49 runs.
Suryakumar was awarded
the Man of the Series for his 2
brilliant fifties. Currently
, In-
dian batting is firing all guns
blazingandwithKohlibackin
form, it is a formidable line-up
in Australian conditions
which suit the batsmen more.
Even in the second game in
thisseries,Indiagotawaywith
a win only due to the fact that
they posted a massive total of
237.Whileitwasexpectedtobe
an easy win, bowlers were so
tardy at the backend of the in-
nings that South Africa, cour-
tesy David Miller’s outstand-
ing century
, fell short by only
16runs.Atonepointtheywere
70 for 3 in the first ten overs.
Indianbowlersleaked151runs
in the last ten overs without
picking a single wicket!
In the post-match inter-
view, Rohit Sharma men-
tioned the worry he has
about the bowling unit. Team
India leaves early for the
World Cup as they will get
time to prepare for the condi-
tions better. While Jadeja’s
absence has been well-filled
by Axar Patel, India would
hope that the same happens
quickly with the vacant spot
left by Bumrah. The mis-
match between the batting
and bowling departments
has meant that every single
time India bats, they have to
score heavily as a cushion for
their bowlers, which is near-
ly impossible.
Significantly, Team India
has played most of its T20
games this year without
Bumrah who is so special
that nobody even comes close
to him. In the absence of
‘Boom Boom’, one hopes the
World Cup will inspire other
bowlers to step up and per-
form with greater purpose
and responsibility. Despite
recent losses, India do have
the players to win the T20
World Cup but for that to hap-
pen the bowlers will need to
fire at their very best!
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
I
It was another pathetic show
by the bowlers in the final
game against the Proteas as
India was set a stiff target of
228. Barring Ashwin, none
of the bowlers could restrict
the African batters and all
pacers had an economy rate
of over 11. Quinton De Kock
and Rilee Rossouw carted the
Indian bowlers all over the
park. Rilee was magnificent
Significantly, Team India
has played most of its T20
games this year without
Bumrah who is so
special that nobody
even comes close to
him. In the absence of
‘Boom Boom’, one hopes
the World Cup will inspire
other bowlers to step up
& perform with greater
purpose & responsibility
SIDDHAARTH MAHAN
The writer is a specialist on Sports
and Cinema who works as an actor
in the Hindi film industry

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INDIA
05
ELECTIONS TO BE HELD IN J-K AFTER
VOTERS’ LIST COMPILATION: SHAH
J&K (ANI): In a major
announcement, Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah on Wednesday
said that elections will
be held in J&K will “full
transparency” as soon
as work of compiling
the voters’ list is com-
pleted. Shah said that
manner in which delim-
itation has been done in
region, representatives
of the people’s choice
will be elected.
Assembly polls to
elect the govt in the UT
are due since the abro-
gation of Articles 370
and 35A on August 5,
2019. The Centre while
abrogating the special
status of the region, had
said that the status of
state will be given to
J&K at the appropriate
time and the elections
will be held after delim-
itation. The orders of
the Delimitation Com-
mission were effective
from May 20 with the
Centre choosing the day
for the move using pow-
ers of the J &KReorgani-
sation Act, 2019.
As per the final De-
limitation Order, out of
the 90 (ACs) in J&K, 43
will be part of the Jam-
mu region & 47 for the
Kashmir region keep-
ing in view provisions
of Section 9(1)(a) of the
Delimitation Act, 2002
and Section 60(2)(b) of
J&K Reorganization
Act, 2019.
Amit Shah addresses a public rally, in Baramulla district on
Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
GUPKAR LAID OUT
‘RED CARPET’ FOR
PAK TERRORISTS
DON’T TOUCH INNOCENTS, DON’T SPARE
THE GUILTY: SHAH TO JK SECURITY
SHAH PAUSES SPEECH AFTER HEARING
‘AZAAN’ FROM NEARBY MOSQUE
THREE FAMILIES MADE JK ‘TERRORIST
SPOT’ WE MADE IT ‘TOURIST SPOT’: SHAH
NO TALKS WITH
PAK: SHAH IN
KASHMIR
JAMMU AND KASHMIR VISIT: SHAH CHAIRS
HIGH-LEVEL MEETING IN SRINAGAR
Launching an unsparing
attack on former Jammu
and Kashmir Chief Minis-
ters Farooq Abdullah and
Mehbooba Mufti, Union
Home Minister Amit Shah
on Wednesday accused
the ‘Gupkar alliance’ of
“laying a red carpet” for
Pakistani terrorists into
the country. His remarks
came while address-
ing a public meeting in
Baramulla.
Amit Shah chaired a high-level security meeting on
Wednesday in Jammu and Kashmir. Lt. Governor Manoj
Sinha was also at the meeting, which was attended by
senior police, paramilitary and intelligence officers of the
union territory and the Centre. Shah took a review of anti-
militancy operations in the UT and directed the security
agencies to show zero tolerance towards terrorism while
ensuring that innocent people are protected.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday
briefly stopped his speech during a rally in Baramulla
district of Jammu and Kashmir as ‘Azaan’ or Muslim
call to prayer was going on from a nearby mosque.
After a brief moment, he said the call for prayer has
now stopped and asked if he would continue his
speech.“Should I start or not? Say it loudly, should I
start,” he asked and then went on with his speech.
Amit Shah said assembly
polls will be held with “full
transparency” in Jammu
and Kashmir after the
EC publishes the revised
electoral rolls and asserted
that the Modi govt will
wipe out terrorism from
the Union territory. Ad-
dressing a public rally in
Baramulla district of north
Kashmir, Shah lashed
out at those advocating
dialogue with Pakistan.
Jammu and Kashmir (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah,
in a security review meeting here, on Wednesday directed to
strengthen the security grid to ensure zero fear of terrorists
and separatists. The Minister also reviewed the working of
the security grid and progress made on various items of the
security agenda in previous meetings to reduce the incidents
of terrorism and the stranglehold of the separatist networks
over the system. Shah’s direction came during the security
review meeting earlier in the day.
As soon as the work of compiling the voters’
list is completed, elections will be held in JK
with full transparency. Earlier the delimitation
was done in such a way that only the representatives
from the three families would be elected, no matter
what you do. The delimitation that Election Commis-
sion has done, your own representatives will win the
elections and rule. —Amit Shah, Union Home Minister
History made in Amit Shah’s
rally in Rajouri during J-K visit
Jammu and Kashmir)
(ANI): History was
made on Tuesday when
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah addressed a
huge public rally in
JK’s Rajouri, the first
byanyhomeministeron
such a large scale since
1991 in the Pir Panjal re-
gion.Shah is on a three-
day visit to Jammu and
Kashmir, where he had
an eventful day on Tues-
day. According to a re-
port, nearly 60,000 peo-
ple from the border dis-
tricts of Poonch and
Rajouri districts partici-
pated in the public meet-
ing, which was the
Shah’s first visit to the
Pir Panjal region as a
Home Minister.
“So far, no public rally
has been held in this re-
gion on such a large
scale. In 1991, the then
Union Home Minister
Shankar Rao Chauhan
held a rally in Mendhar
in which thirty thou-
sand people, mostly hill
tribes, participated,”
said the report.
History was made
when Shah announced
that the Pahari tribes,
who have been strug-
gling for more than five
decades, will be given
Schedule Tribe status.
Amit Shah along with Manoj Sinha greets the people gathered for a public rally, in Baramulla district
on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday
that Mufti Co and Abdullah Sons had made Kash-
mir a ‘terrorist spot’ while Modiji has made it a ‘tourist
hotspot’. Shah addressed a large public rally in Baram-
ulla town, his first public meeting in Kashmir after the
abrogation of Article 370. He started his speech with a
glowing tribute to the son of soil, Maqbool Sherwani
who was martyred fighting the tribal invaders in 1947.

INDIA
06
Uttarkashi (ANI): A
dayafterfourmountain-
eers lost their lives in
the avalanche in Ut-
tarkashi with several
still missing, the survi-
vors narrated their hor-
rific experiences on
Wednesday
.
Meanwhile, Uttara-
khand Chief Minister
Pushkar Singh Dhami
conducted an aerial in-
spection of the rescue
and relief operation be-
ing carried out to find
the mountaineering
traineeswhowerehit by
an avalanche. In a tragic
accident on Tuesday,
four mountaineers lost
their lives in the ava-
lanche at Draupadi’s
Danda-II mountain
peak. 14 have been res-
cued so far.
The mountaineers,
who were rescued
reached Matli where
they are being provided
with first aid treat-
ment. These people
were evacuated via
chopper to the 12th Bat-
talion ITBP in Matli,
Uttarkashi. “Deep Sin-
gh (Guj), Rohit Bhatt),
Suraj Singh (UK), Sunil
Lalwani (Mumbai),
Anil Kumar (Raj), Man-
ish Agarwal (Delhi),
Kanchan Singh (Cha-
moli) and Ankit Singh
were amongst who
have been rescued,” Po-
lice said.
SOLDIERS ARE “REAL PRIDE OF INDIA”
Def min performs
Shastra Puja in Auli
Chamoli (Uttara-
khand) (ANI): Un-
ion Defence Minis-
ter Rajnath Singh
on Wednesday ex-
pressed confidence
in the armed forces
of the country and
said that they are
the “pride of the na-
tion”.
“We are confident
that our country is
safe in the hands of
our armed forces.
The jawans of our
armed forces and
paramilitary forces
are the pride of our
country,” Rajnath
Singh said after
performing ‘Shas-
tra Puja’ in the
presence of Army
Chief General
Manoj Pande at the
Auli Military Sta-
tion in Uttara-
khand. He further
said that India is
the only country
where “Shaastra”
as well as “Shastra”
are worshipped.
Singh’s remarks
came while he was
interacting with the
Army jawans de-
ployed at the for-
ward post located
on the China border
in Uttarakhand. He
was also seen with
the latest weapons
and machines used
by the Army in the
forward areas.
Defence Minister Rajnath addressing media Uttarakhand’s Auli
district on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Badrinath (ANI):
Union Defence Minis-
ter Rajnath Singh on
Wednesday offered
prayers at Badrinath
Dham in Uttarakhand
on the occasion of
Dussehra. Singh is
on a two-day visit
to Uttarakhand from
Tuesday to cel-
ebrate the festival of
Vijayadashmi with the
Jawans of the Indian
Army. On the occa-
sion of the victory of
good over evil, Singh
performed ‘Shastra
Puja’ at the Auli Mili-
tary Station in Uttara-
khand in the presence
of Army Chief General
Manoj Pande. He was
also seen with the
latest weapons and
machines used by the
Army in the forward
areas. He expressed
confidence in the
armed forces of the
country and said that
they are the “pride
of the nation”. “We
are confident that our
country is safe in the
hands of our armed
forces. The jawans of
our armed forces and
paramilitary forces
are the pride of our
country. India is the
only country where
‘shaastra’ (ethology)
as well as ‘shastra’
(weapon) both are
worshipped,” he
said. Singh’s remarks
came while he was
interacting with the
Army jawans de-
ployed at the forward
post located on the
China border in Ut-
tarakhand.
SINGH OFFERS PRAYERS AT
BADRINATH DHAM IN U’KHAND
UTTARKASHI AVALANCHE
CM DHAMI CONDUCTS AERIAL
SURVEY OF RESCUE OPERATIONS
8 OF 29 TRAINEE
MOUNTAINEERS
RESCUED BY ITBP
New Delhi (ANI):
Eight of the 29 train-
ee mountaineers,
who were trapped in
the Uttarkhand ava-
lanche on Tuesday,
have been rescued
and taken to the
Indo-Tibetan Border
Police Hospital
for treatment, the
ITBP said. “Eight
mountaineers were
immediately res-
cued by the team.
However, there
has been no clarity
on deaths,” Vivek
Pandey, ITBP’s PRO
told ANI, adding
that the group was
on a mission to
reach Draupadi’s
Danda-2 mountain
peak, located at
18,000 feet when an
avalanche at around
8 am. The ITBP,
National Disaster
Response Force,
State Disaster Re-
sponse Force along
with local police
started the rescue
operation as soon
as they received the
information about
the incident.
CM reaches Simdi village
with MoS Def Ajay Bhatt
Pauri Garhwal (Utta-
rakhand) (ANI): Utta-
rakhand Chief Minis-
ter Pushkar Singh Dha-
mi on Wednesday
reached Simdi village
in Birokhal of the Dhu-
makot area of Pauri,
where as many as 25
people were killed and
21 others were injured
in a tragic bus accident.
Ministry of Defence
Ajay Bhatt was also pre-
sent with CM Dhami.
Police and SDRF had
rescued these 21 people
overnight and admitted
the injured persons to
nearby hospitals, Depu-
ty General of Police
Ashok Kumar in-
formed. The Uttara-
khand Police on Tues-
day informed about the
bus carrying a wedding
procession of 45 to 50
people fell into a gorge
near Simdi village in
Pauri Garhwal. “Twen-
ty five people were
found dead in the Pauri
Garwhal bus accident
that took place last
night in the Birokhal
area of Dhumakot. Po-
lice and SDRF rescued
21 people overnight; the
injured have been ad-
mitted to nearby hospi-
tals,” DGP Ashok Ku-
mar said.
Pauri Garhwal:
Twenty Five people
were killed in the
Pauri Garhwal bus
accident that took
place on Tues-
day night in the
Birokhal area of
Dhumakot in Utta-
rakhand, informed
Deputy General
of Police Ashok
Kumar.Police and
SDRF rescued 21
people overnight
and the injured
have been admitted
to nearby hospitals,
he added.
25 PEOPLE
DEAD IN BUS
ACCIDENT
Jakarta (ANI): Lok
SabhaSpeakerOmBirla
on Wednesday reached
Jakarta to attend the 8th
G20 Parliamentary
Speakers’ Summit.
Birla is leading the
Indian delegation of the
P-20 conference (organi-
zation of the parlia-
ments of G-20) to Jakar-
ta comprising Rajya
Sabha Deputy Chair-
man Harivansh, Secre-
tary-General of Rajya
Sabha PC Mody, and
other officials. He was
welcomed by the Indian
Ambassador to Indone-
sia, Manoj Bharti.
Speaker Birla and Indi-
an parliamentary party
welcomed the P-20 sum-
mit being held in Indo-
nesia.
The organization of
the parliaments of G-20
countries is P-20. It rep-
resents 80 per cent of
the world’s GDP and 75
per cent of trade. It also
represents two-thirds of
the world’s population.
Birla reaches Jakarta to attend 8th Summit
G20 PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKERS’ SUMMIT
Om Birla worshipping at an Indonesian temple on the occassion
of Vijayadashmi.
SC ASKS 11 STATES TO RESPOND ON
IMPLEMENTATION OF RERA RULES
GRANTING COMPATE EMPL IS TO ENABLE
FAMILY TO TIDE OVER SUDDEN CRISIS: SC
New Delhi: The SC has asked West Bengal, UP and several
other states to file responses on issues relating to the
implementation of Real Estate (Regulation and Development)
Act within four weeks or their principal secretaries in charge
of housing departments would have to make personal
appearances before it. A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud
and Hima Kohli said that if the state governments failed to
file their responses their principal secretaries have to appear
before the court and explain as to why they should not be
proceeded with under the coercive arm of the law.
New Delhi: The SC has said that granting compassionate
employment is intended to enable the family to tide over
the sudden crisis by providing a source of livelihood and
should not be considered as a right. The apex court’s remark
came while setting aside a Bombay HC order which directed
to appoint the respondent woman, who was married and
youngest daughter of the deceased, on compassionate
ground in the Water Resources Department in Maha. The top
court observed that the respondent woman cannot be said to
be dependent on the deceased employee, i.e., her mother.
IN THE COURTYARD
Congress eyes revival in Uttar
Pradesh through BSP votebank
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: The Con-
gress party is eyeing the
votebankof theBahujan
Samaj Party in Uttar
Pradesh. In fact, it is tra-
ditionally the vote of the
Congress, which has
gone to the BSP and is
now splitting away from
the BSP because BSP
chief Mayawati is not
veryactiveinpoliticsand
is working as a reluctant
politician. In the last as-
sembly elections, there
was no feeling that the
party was contesting. As
a result, a big party like
BSP could win one seat
outof 403assemblyseats.
Justthink,apartywhich
has 10 MPs in the LS won
one assembly seat.
However, the vote that
brought power to the
BSP was the vote of Dal-
its, Brahmins and Mus-
lims which has tradi-
tionally been a Congress
vote. But due to the
weakening of the BSP,
some part of the Dalit
vote has gone to the BJP
,
the Muslims are now al-
most completely with
the Samajwadi Party
and the Brahmins com-
pletely with the BJP.
Congresshastogetthese
three ‘votes’ back. The
party has created such
an equation through the
new state president and
six provincial presi-
dents, which will help in
getting this vote.
TheConghasmadean
aggressive Dalit leader
Brijlal Khabri, who was
intheBSP
,thestatepres-
ident of the party
. Along
withhim,Muslimleader
Nasimuddin Siddiqui,
who was in the BSP
, has
been made the provin-
cial president of the
Western Zone. Former
minister Nakul Dubey,
who was one of the
Brahmin faces of BSP,
has been made the presi-
dent of Awadh zone.
OM BIRLA VISITED GARUDA WISNU
KENCANA CULTURAL PARK (GWK) IN BALI
Om Birla visited the Garuda Vishnu Kencana
Cultural Park (GWK) in Bali. The colossal Garuda
Vishnu Kencana statue located in the Garuda
Vishnu Kencana Cultural Park is a splendid exam-
ple of architecture and engineering. This statue is
based on Indian mythology. He also briefed about
the concept of the statue.
Demand for
smaller allies
amid alleged
rift in Bihar
Priyanka to
start Cong poll
campaign in
Himachal
‘EC itself needs
a model code
of conduct’
Bihar: Smallerconstitu-
ents of the ruling ‘Maha-
gathbandhan’ or grand
alliance in Bihar sought
to step up the demand for
the early formation of a
coordination committee
amid a perceived rift be-
tween the JD(U) and the
RJD, two largest parties
of the coalition. None-
theless, smaller allies,
especially the Left par-
ties, feel that it was high
timethata“coordination
committee” was put in
place, an absence of
whichisoftenblamedfor
the disintegration of the
NDA in the state.
New Delhi: Congress
General Secretary Pri-
yanka Gandhi Vadra
will start the election
campaign from Solan in
Himachal Pradesh from
October 10 and will ad-
dress a rally in the state.
Priyanka is likely to
hold the fort of the Cong
in the state since Rahul
Gandhi is leading the
Bharat Jodo Yatra. The
Congress is eyeing a
comeback in the hill
state and this will be the
first election in the state
which will be without
Virbhadra Singh.
New Delhi: Rajya Sab-
ha MP Kapil Sibal took
a dig at the EC propos-
ing a change in the mod-
el code to
ask politi-
cal parties
to provide
authentic
i n f o r m a -
tion to voters on the fi-
nancial viability of
their poll promises, say-
ing maybe the poll
watchdog itself needs a
model code of conduct.
The EC has asked par-
ties to submit their
views on the proposals
by Oct 19.
Tharoorwinshearts,butKhargetotakethevotes
Thiruvananthapuram:
Shashi Tharoor seems
to have won the hearts
many, but those do not
find a place in the voters
list and that’s where Ma-
likarjuna Kharge, who
has now got the tag of
the being the ‘official’
candidate will help him.
The moment Tharoor’s
name surfaced as a like-
ly candidate, those who
are aligned to the Gan-
dhi family smelt a rat
and then things took a
different turn. The high-
light is that two
Keralites are doing their
very best to see that an-
other Keralite does not
walk away with the hon-
ours, when votes are
counted after the Octo-
ber 17 polling day
.
Sources said that calls
are now going to all to
see that there should be
no doubt whom they
should vote for.
SOME ASKED RAHUL GANDHI TO REQUEST
ME TO BACK OUT, SAYS SHASHI THAROOR
Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was asked by
some party leaders to seek withdrawal of Shashi Tha-
roor’s candidature, the Thiruvananthapuram MP, who
has made an aggressive bid to its
top post, claimed here on Tuesday.
Tharoor, who is in Kerala as part of
the poll campaign, told reporters
here that Gandhi said he will not ask
the former to withdraw as a contest
would benefit the grand old party.
“He reminded me that he has been
saying so for the past 10 years that
there should be a contest for the party chief’s post.
“He also told me that some persons have asked him to
request me to withdraw my candidature,” he said.

business
BRIEFS
New Delhi: Valuation of
IPO-bound OYO in the
private market has dipped
to around $6.5 billion fol-
lowing reports of a mark-
down of valuation of the
hospitality and travel-tech
firm by SoftBank in its
private books. Nearly 12.3
lakh shares of the compa-
ny were sold in the pri-
vate market as compared
to over 1.6 lakh shares
sold in previous week.
The sell-off followed re-
ports that its largest in-
vestor SoftBank has cut
the valuation of hospitali-
ty platform by 20%. —PTI
OYO VALUATION DIPS
IN PVT MKT AFTER
REPORTEDMARKDOWN
New Delhi: The finance
ministry has modified the
Emergency Credit Line
Guarantee Scheme
(ECLGS) by raising loan
limit under the scheme to
`1,500 crore from `400
crore to help the COVID-
hit industry tide over li-
quidity stress. Recognis-
ing that an efficient and
strong civil aviation sec-
tor is vital for the eco-
nomic development of the
country, the Department
of Financial Services has
modified the ECLGS on
Tuesday to enhance the
maximum loan amount
eligibility for airlines, an
official statement issued
on Wednesday said. —PTI
FINMIN MODIFIES
ECLGS TO HELP
AVIATION SECTOR
New Delhi: Global rating
agency Fitch assigned a
stable outlook to public
sector lenders State Bank
of India (SBI) and Bank of
Baroda (BoB) while af-
firming their ‘BBB-’ rat-
ing. The probability of ex-
traordinary state support
is the highest for SBI
among Indian banks due
to its high systemic im-
portance as the largest
Indian bank, the state’s
56.9% controlling owner-
ship, and its broader poli-
cy role than peers, Fitch
said in a statement. —PTI
FITCH AFFIRMS ‘BBB-’
TO BANK OF BARODA,
STATE BANK OF INDIA
New Delhi: The govern-
ment plans to auction 22
mineral blocks in Maha-
rashtra, UP and Goa in
November and December.
The mines to be auc-
tioned include six iron ore
blocks, three blocks each
of limestone and gold,
two blocks of bauxite, one
block each of copper,
phosphorite and glauco-
nite. The notice inviting
tenders for the blocks
were floated in Septem-
ber. While the mines in
Maharashtra will be auc-
tioned next month, those
in UP and Goa will be put
on sale in Dec. —PTI
GOVERNMENT PLANS
TO AUCTION 22
MINERAL BLOCKS
08
Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 52,250.00 430.00 0.82 (Per 10g)
SILVER 62,000.00 200.00 0.32 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 81.52 0.35 0.43
GBPINR 92.64 1.03 1.13
CURRENCIES
*Rates till the edition went to print.
RUPAY CREDIT CARD
USE ON UPI FREE FOR
SOME PAYMENTS
New Delhi: There will be no
charge for RuPay credit card use
on Unified Payments Interface
(UPI) for
transactions
up to `2,000
in line with the
RBI Direction,
a recent NPCI circular said.
“During credit card on-boarding
on the apps, the device binding
and UPI PIN setting process
shall include and be construed
as customer consent for credit
card enablement for all types of
transactions,” the circular dated
October 4 said. —PTI
24 STATES, UTs ROLL
OUT NEW BH-SERIES FOR
VEHICLE REGISTRATION
New Delhi: To ensure seamless
movement of personal vehicles
across India, 24 states and UTs
have rolled
out the new
Bharat Series
(BH-series)
for vehicle
registration, according to the
minutes of the annual meeting
of the Transport Development
Council. “Since policy incep-
tion, more than 20,000 vehicles
have been registered in 24
different States and UTs,” the
minutes of the meeting said on
Wednesday. —PTI
OTHER STORIES
COMMERCE MINISTRY SAYS NO EXPORT BAN ON
RICE AND TRADERS CAN SHIP THE COMMODITY
New Delhi: The commerce ministry clarified that there is no export
ban on rice and traders can ship the commodity after paying 20 per
cent duty. On September 8, the government banned exports of broken
rice. In a trade notice, the directorate gen-
eral of foreign trade said it has received
representations regarding rice (5% and
25% broken) where irrevocable letter of
credit has been issued before September
8 is also being stopped at the ports. “It is
clarified in respect of normal rice that rice
(5% and 25%) is already exempted as it is not broken rice but normal
rice with permissible limits of broken rice as per standards. However,
it will carry 20% duty,” it said. —PTI
WTOseesslowdown
in global trade in 2023
Geneva (Agencies): The
World Trade Organisation
is predicting global trade
volumes will grow a lack-
luster 1% next year as cri-
ses and challenges weigh
on markets, including high
energy prices, rising inter-
est rates and uncertainties
about Chinese manufactur-
ing output amid the linger-
ing COVID-19 pandemic.
The Geneva-based trade
body said Wednesday that
the amount of goods
shipped between countries
are expected to rise 3.5%
this year, up from the 3%
that WTO anticipated in its
first forecast for the year in
April. In 2023, the predic-
tion is for such trade vol-
umes to grow just 1%,
down from the 3.4% expect-
ed previously. “The risks
are certainly to the down-
side” next year, WTO Di-
rector-General Ngozi
Okonjo-Iweala told report-
ers at its headquarters.
This year, the higher pre-
dicted increase in trade
volumes stems from better
data that arrived in the
middle of the year, contrib-
uting to a clearer forecast,
and a boom in trade vol-
umes from oil- and gas-pro-
ducing countries in the
Middle East as supplies
from Russia were shunned
and consuming countries
sought alternative sources,
WTO economists say
.
The WTO laid out sev-
eral factors weighing on
trade, including higher en-
ergy prices resulting from
Russia’s war in Ukraine,
which prompted a number
of countries — including
European Union members
that are big consumers of
Russian oil and gas — to
slap economic sanctions
on Moscow.
“Today, the global econo-
my faces a multipronged
crisis,” Okonjo-Iweala said.
“Monetary tightening is
weighing on growth across
much of the world, includ-
ing in the United States. In
Europe, high energy prices
are squeezing households
and businesses. And in
China,COVID-19outbreaks
continue to disrupt produc-
tion and ordinary econom-
ic life.” “Low-income devel-
oping countries in particu-
lar face serious risks from
food insecurity and debt
distress,” she added.
TOP TALKING
POINTS
 The Geneva-based trade
body said that the amount
of goods shipped between
countries are expected to rise
3.5% this year, up from the 3%
that WTO anticipated in its first
forecast for the year in April
 The WTO laid out several
factors weighing on trade,
including higher energy prices
resulting from Russia’s war in
Ukraine
 In 2023, the prediction is
for such trade volumes to grow
just 1%, down from the 3.4%
expected previously
Sugar exports up
57% to record
109.8 lakh tonnes
in 2021-22
New Delhi (PTI): India’s
sugar exports rose 57% to
109.8 lakh tonnes during
2021-22 marketing year end-
ed September, resulting in
foreign currency inflow
worth about Rs 40,000 crore
into the country, the gov-
ernment on Wednesday
said.
Sugarcane arrears to
farmers stood at only Rs
6,000 crore at the end of
2021-22 marketing year (Oc-
tober-September) as mills
have already paid Rs 1.12
lakh crore to farmers out to
total payable amount of Rs
1.18 lakh crore.
In 2021-22 marketing
year, the food ministry said
that “India has emerged as
the world’s largest produc-
er and consumer of sugar
as well as the world’s 2nd
largest exporter of sugar”.
A record of more than
5,000 lakh tonnes sugar-
cane was produced in the
country during 2021-22, out
of which about 3,574 lakh
tonnes were crushed by
sugar mills to produce
about 394 lakh tones of
sugar (sucrose).
FTA with India won’t
be ‘free-for-all deal’,
says UK minister
London (PTI): The free
trade agreement (FTA) be-
ing negotiated with India
won’t be a “free for all deal”
but something that is good
for both countries and not
a particular sector, the UK
government cautioned as a
Diwali deadline set at the
prime ministerial level for
the pact approaches.
UK Secretary of State for
International Trade Kemi
Badenoch was addressing
concerns around access for
the country’s services sec-
tor into the Indian market.
The senior Cabinet min-
ister also indicated that the
Diwali timeline set by for-
mer Prime Minister Boris
Johnson was not “arbi-
trary” and could be met
with further aspects cov-
ered beyond that deadline.
“We want something
comprehensive, but it has
to be right for both coun-
tries,” said Badenoch.
“The Prime Minister has
a deadline, which the previ-
ous Prime Minister had.
That was quite a long dead-
line, so it’s not arbitrary, it
wasn’t set last week. But
doing a trade deal is not a
simple and easy thing. So,
what we want to do is some-
thing that lifts both coun-
tries. It may not be every-
thing the services sector
wants, we may not get eve-
rything, we are not doing a
unilateral, free-for-all
deal,” she said.
DIWALI 2022
TIMELINE
 The senior Cabinet minister
also indicated that the Diwali
timeline set by former Prime
Minister Boris Johnson was
not “arbitrary” and could
be met with further aspects
covered beyond
that deadline
India Inc’s foreign
commercial
borrowings rise
by 4.6% in Aug
Mumbai (PTI): India Inc’s
foreign commercial bor-
rowings in August this
year rose by nearly 4.6% to
$2.98 billion, according to
the RBI data.
In August 2021, the Indi-
an businesses borrowed
$2.85 billion in the form of
external commercial bor-
rowings.
Of the total borrowings
in August this year, over
$2.47 billion was through
the automatic route of rais-
ing funds from foreign
sources. While more than
$502.79 million was raised
by way of issuing rupee de-
nominated bonds (RDBs)
or masala bonds.
Among the major bor-
rowers include mortgage
lender HDFC Ltd $1.1 bil-
lion for the purpose of sub-
lending; FS India Solar
Ventures $500 million for a
new project.
City gas volume
growth to more
than halve to
8-10 percent
Mumbai (PTI): With the
cost of natural gas increas-
ing by a steep 40% from
this month on top of a
steeper 110% hike during
April-September, volume
growth is seen more than
halving to 8-10% this fiscal
from the earlier forecast of
around 25%, says a report.
Rating agency Crisil sees
industrial consumers
switching to other cheaper
fuels leading to a demand
compression of 10-12% this
fiscal, while piped cooking
gas demand may fall to
8-10% from an earlier pro-
jection of 20-25% as prices
since the beginning of this
fiscal skyrocketed by 150%.
30% growth in e-commerce platforms sales
New Delhi (PTI): E-com-
merce platforms during the
first week of festive season
are estimated to have regis-
tered 30% growth year-on-
year, inventory and ware-
house management tech
firm EasyEcom said on
Wednesday
.
EasyEcom said that e-
commerce volume will
grow more in Tier-2 and
Tier-3 towns compared to
Tier-1 cities, with non-met-
ros driving nearly 80% of
the total e-commerce sales
along with Tier-2 towns
adding about 60% to the fig-
ure. “The first week of the
festive sales across e-com-
merce platforms in India
will exceed the gross mer-
chandise value on non-sale
days by five times, project-
ing a figure which will be
around 1.3 times up from
last year,” EasyECom said
on Wednesday
.
The company said that
its analysis is based on data
captured by its software-as-
a-service platform which
focuses on omnichannel
inventory warehouse
management and reconcili-
ations. The company has
seen a 14% growth in prod-
uct lines on e-commerce.
IN 1st WEEK OF FESTIVE SEASON
VOL GROWTH IN
TIER-2 3 TOWNS
 EasyEcom said e-comm
volume will grow more in
Tier-2 and Tier-3 towns
compared to Tier-1 cities,
with non-metros driving
nearly 80% of the total
e-commerce sales along
with Tier-2 towns adding
about 60% to the figure
IPOs worth more than `1
lakh cr set to hit D-Street
New Delhi (FIB): After 14
IPOs in the first half of
2022 financial year, 71 new
IPOs are ready to hit Dalal
Street soon. Emcure Phar-
maceuticals, Navi Technol-
ogies, Bikaji Food, and Mo-
bikwik are among the
prominent names set to hit
the primary market.
Presently, 71 companies
proposing to raise `1,05,000
crore have Sebi approval.
Another 43 companies
looking to raise about
`70,000 crore are awaiting
approval from the market
regulator. Out of these 114
companies, 10 are NATCs,
looking to raise roughly
`35,000 crore. Pranav Hal-
dea, Managing Director,
Prime Database Group,
said IPO activity would be
impacted by the volatility
in the secondary market,
mainly because of reces-
sionary fears and rising
interest rates.
Mid-course changes in
gas pricing to delay
investments: Reliance
New Delhi (PTI): Billion-
aire Mukesh Ambani’s Re-
liance Industries has told a
government-appointed
panel reviewing gas pric-
ing that any ‘retrograde’
move to artificially cap
rates will add to fiscal poli-
cy instability
, delays invest-
ment and dent India’s at-
tempt to become Atmanirb-
har in fuel production.
In a submission to the
committee headed by Kirit
Parikh, which has been
asked by the Oil Ministry
to look at setting a ‘fair
price to consumers’, the
firm detailed how the eco-
nomics of its about-to-start
field in the KG-D6 block,
where billions of dollars
have been spent to recover
reserves lying several kilo-
metres below the seabed,
will be impacted under dif-
ferent prices.
The mid-course changes
through price caps not just
go against pricing and mar-
keting freedom contracts
and government policy
promises to companies but
also add to uncertainty to a
fiscal regime which would
impact investments.
WHAT RIL SAID
TO GOVT PANEL
 RIL has informed govt panel
that any ‘retrograde’ move
to artificially cap rates will
add to fiscal policy instability,
delays investment

NEWS
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Rajeev Gaur
Jodhpur: The 13th edi-
tion of the Rajasthan
International Folk Fes-
tival (RIFF) will begin
on Thursday at Meh-
rangarh Fort in Jodh-
pur. The folk festival,
scheduled to take place
from October 6 to 10,
will witness enthralling
performances by as
many as 250 artists
from 9 countries. The
festival will also be or-
ganised at Jaswant Tha-
da along with Mehran-
garh Fort. Director of
RIFF, Divya Bhatia in-
formed that the festival
will be organized after a
gap of two years due to
the Corona pandemic.
“Khasi musicians
will be the main attrac-
tion of the morning
concert, while
musicians like Bawri
Basanti and Harpreet
Singh will give their
mesmerizing perfor-
mances,” said
Divya Bhatia.
General Manager Ja-
gat Singh Rathore said
the festival has been
kept free of cost for the
general public. The
event opens with morn-
ing of music, dance
and storytelling.
13th
RIFF begins today at Mehrangarh Fort
MUSIC FESTIVAL

250 artists from
9 countries will
perform at the
13th edition of
the Rajasthan
International
Folk Festival
(RIFF) from
October 6 to
10 in Jodhpur
A group of folk artists performing at the last edition of Rajasthan
International Folk Festival held at Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur.
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: India Capi-
tals has won the final
match of Legends
Cricket League. Bat-
ting first, India Capi-
tals set a target of 211
runs before Bhilwara
Kings in final match
played at SMS Stadi-
um here. Chasing the
massive total, team
of Bhilwara Kings
were bundled out for
107 runs in just 18.2
overs. The Capitals
bowlers showed
stamina after Ross
Taylor’s brilliant in-
nings in final match.
Capitals bowlers
Pankaj Singh,
Praveen Tambe and
Pawan Suyal took 2
wickets each.
Earlier, chasing
211 runs, team of
Bhilwara Kings had
a poor opening and
lost 3 wickets in the
first 6 overs. By 12
overs, 3 more wickets
were gone after
which the team’s
score reached 9 for
104 after 17 overs.
Ross Taylor played a
stormy innings as In-
dia Capitals.
E-vehicle sales increase,
pre-booking for Diwali on
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: The speed
with which the price
of Petrol-Diesel is in-
creasing, the craze for
electric cars and bikes
is increasing in the
market. Electric vehi-
cles are not only eco-
nomical compared to
petrol and diesel vehi-
cles, but the mainte-
nance cost is also neg-
ligible in them. Total
sell till October 4, 49206
electric vehicles have
been sold in just 4 days.
This year the sales of
electric vehicles are in-
creasing every month
in the state, electric
cars and bikes are prov-
ing to be a relief for the
people in this inflation.
State govt too is en-
couraging sale of elec-
tric vehicles. Transport
Department has issued
the Electric Vehicle
Policy last month, un-
der which a grant is
also being given by the
govt for buying electric
vehicles in the state.
It is seen that a good
number of people have
made advance booking
to buy electric vehicles
around Diwali. Trans-
port Min Brijendra Ola
is trying electric vehi-
cles should increase.
State’s aircraft purchase plan in limbo
Roadways buses in
bad shape, no hope
in sight for new slot
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: The condition
of Rajasthan Roadways
is deteriorating. Routes
on which four to five
buses used to run earli-
er, now there is only one
bus. People are also
finding it difficult to get
buses for several towns
People are forced to
travel in private buses,
which is very expen-
sive. Biggest reason for
the shortage of buses in
roadways is new buses
were not procured. If
the roadways do not
have contract buses,
then the situation will
be even worse. The situ-
ation now is such that
about 10 percent of the
total fleet of buses are
scrap. The condition of
the buses of Rajasthan
Roadways is worrying.
Incidents like brake
failure and buses stop-
ping in the middle of
the road have become
common now.
Even the luxury buses
are in bad shape. The
situation has become
such that roadways bus-
es are on the roads. Ra-
jasthan Roadways, cur-
rently
, has a fleet of 3000
buses of which 300 bus-
es are scrap. The fleet of
roadways is continu-
ously decreasing.
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: Amid the need
for frequent visits in
election year, State Govt
plans to purchase new
Govt aircraft and heli-
copters is going on hold.
After presentation of
companies regarding
this, due to the time
taken in the entire pro-
cess, this plan is not ex-
pected to be realised.
In such a situation,
govt may have to
operate only on rented
aircraft during elec-
tion tours.
The Civil Aviation
Dept made a plan to buy
a Government helicop-
ter and an aircraft in
view of extravagant
government programs
and visits in election
year by other ministers
including CM Gehlot.
Especially while go-
ing on any tour of Guv,
12-seater aircraft have
been demanded as per
requirement of staff.
The need for a 10-seater
helicopter is being felt
since last elections.
Surprise ‘Pen down
strike’ in bureaucracy
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In a surprise
development, the State
bureaucracy has con-
ducted an ‘unan-
nounced’ pen down
strike’ in Rajasthan as
Collector and SP sitting
‘hand-over-hand’ in
Jaipur and other dis-
tricts and everyone has
the same question in
mind? Will there be any
big political change in
Rajasthan? And in view
of these possibilities,
everyone is deciding
their ‘Line Of Action’!
Govt teacher, 1 more held with 19
kgs of opium milk; `11.98L seized
First India Bureau
Jalore: Two people, in-
cluding a government
teacher, were arrested
in Jalore with 19 kgs of
opium milk. Police also
recovered Rs 11.98 lakh
cash car from their
possession. In the joint
action taken by District
Special Team Chital-
wana Police in Jalore,
smugglers were caught
on Tuesday night near
Charnim village on Na-
tional Highway
.
“The accused has
been identified as Shra-
van Kumar Vishnoi (38)
and Kailash Chandra
Bishnoi (34). Based on
specific information, a
Creta car was stopped
and the accused were
inquired about their
whereabouts. On suspi-
cion, when the car was
searched, 18.955 kgs of
opium milk, 11.98 lakh
cash, received from the
sale of illegal narcotic
drugs, was recovered
from their possession.
The accused, Kailash
Chandra Bishnoi is a
government teacher in
a nearby school. A case
under NDPS Act has
been registered
against the accused
and they are being in-
terrogated,” said Ja-
lore SP Harshvardhan
Agarwal.
Union government hikes
DAP Urea quota for Raj
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: On the demand
of State Govt, the Union
Govt has increased the
allocation quota of DAP
and urea for the farm-
ers of Rajasthan. Now,
farmers will not have to
face a shortage of ferti-
lizers during rabi crop
season. Earlier, 3 lakh
metric tonnes of DPA
were being provided to
Raj. Now, Central Govt
has raised allocation
quota to 4.5 lakh metric
tonnes. “Of the 4.5 lakh
metric tonnes quota,
2.05 lakh metric tonnes
DPA will be provided
this month. Similarly,
quota of urea has been
increased to 14.5 lakh
metric tonnes from 13
lakh metric tonnes,” in-
formed an official.
COSTOFVVIP10/12SEATERJETAIRCRAFT
AICC General Secy Jitendra
unveils statues of his parents
Ashvini Yadav
Alwar: Ex-Union Min
AICC General Secre-
tary Jitendra Singh was
here on occasion of
Dussehra. During his
visit, he unveiled stat-
ues of his mother, for-
mer MP Yuvrani Mahi-
ndra Kumari and father
Pratap Singh at the Ra-
jput Hostel in Alwar. He
also honoured talented
students of the Rajput
hostel during the pro-
gram. While speaking
to the media, Jitendra
Singh said that govt is
stable and nothing is go-
ing to change. “The
state govt will complete
its tenure of five years.
The government has
started many schemes
for the welfare of the
public and people are
getting benefits of it,”
said Jitendra Singh.
2 police officers
suspended for
misbehaving with
Ex-Zila Pramukh
First India Bureau
Tonk: Police head-
quarters on Wednesday
suspended 2 police of-
ficers of Tonk for mis-
behaving with former
Tonk Zila Pramukh
Ram Vilas Chaudhary.
On direction from CM’s
office, Deputy SP (Ni-
wai) Rudra Pratap
Sharma SHO Sadar
Niwai Anshu Singh
Gurjar were suspend-
ed.IG Intelligence
Umesh Mishra said IG
Ajmer Rupinder Singh
was handed over fur-
ther inquiry.
Jitendra Singh unveils statues of his mother former MP Yuvrani
Mahindra Kumari and father Pratap Singh on Wednesday in Alwar.
BUSES SHORTAGE
INDIA CAPITALS RULE LEGENDS
LEAGUE CRICKET IN PINK CITY
India Capitals celebrate wicket of Bhilwara Kings. —PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Supporters of India Capitals and Bhilwara kings chearing for their
favourite team during the final match at SMS stadium.
Anil Kumble with another
official at the SMS stadium.
Players of India Capitals in a
cheerful mood.
Ram Vilas Chaudhary being
taken away by the police.
One held, Six
minors in
Police custody
GANG-RAPE CASE
First India Bureau
Alwar: The Alwar
Police on Wednes-
day arrested a man
in connection with
the gang-rape of a
school girl in Kis-
hangarhbas area of
Alwar. Police in-
formed six of the ac-
cused, who are mi-
norshavebeentaken
into custody
. “The
16-year-old minor
girl was threatened
and gang-raped by
eight men in Kis-
hangarhbas area of
Alwar. Six of the ac-
cused are minors in
the case and they
have detained. One
of the accused has
been arrested and
the eighth accused
has will be arrested
soon,” police said.
“The accused filmed
obscene videos of
thevictimandblack-
mailed her. The mat-
ter is being investi-
gated,”policeadded.
MONTH-WISE SALES

All the technology to stay
connected cannot bridge a
difference between hearts, if
we do not take the first step.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
10
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Athar Aamir Ul
Shafi Khan, the Ra-
jasthan cadre IAS, who
is known for his mar-
riage and subsequent
divorce with IAS Tina
Dabi, has once again
garnered the interest of
social media. The rea-
son:Khanhasmarrieda
Kashmiri girl - Mehreen
Qazi - at Srinagar on Oc-
tober 1.
Mehreen, who hails
from the Lal bazaar re-
gion of Srinagar, is a
doctor by profession,
having completed her
studies from UK and
Germany and is cur-
rently serving at the Ra-
jeev Gandhi Cancer In-
stitute in Delhi. She has
done some modelling as
well. The wedding pic-
tures of Athar and
Mehreen have gone vi-
ral on social media, in
much the similar way
how his first marriage
with Tina Dabi made
headlines and subse-
quently, after the di-
vorce, Tina’s marriage
with IAS Pradeep Ga-
wande made headlines
and the pictures went
viral on social media.
Notably, after his di-
vorce, Athar left for in-
ter-state deputation to
Kashmir in February
2021 and is currently
serving as Commission-
er of Srinagar Munici-
pal Corporation. Born
in Anantnag in Kash-
mir, Athar is educated
in Srinagar and in 2016,
he secured an all-India
second rank with 50.27
percent marks.
His first posting was
as Assistant Collector
and Executive Magis-
trate in Jaipur and
thereafter, he served as
CEO of Zila Parishad.
Now he will return to
the parent cadre only
once his deputation
ends in February 2026.
Notably, the newly-
weds are fans of social
media and have been
sharing their wedding
pictures on Facebook
and Instagram with
lakhs of followers.
Raj cadre IAS Athar Aamir Khan remarries!
Jaipur (PTI): Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
on Wednesday, said the
problems of the people
of the State have been
reduced by half as they
are being effectively re-
solved at the grassroots
level.
He was addressing a
review meeting.
He further added that
the concept of good gov-
ernance can be consid-
ered a reality only when
important works of
commonpeoplearedone
on time and their prob-
lems can be solved
promptly and appropri-
ately
, a release said.
The Chief Minister
conducted a review of
the resolution of the
cases received through
the Jan Sampark portal,
helpline181,publichear-
ings and other means.
He said the officers
should redress the prob-
lems with full sensitivi-
ty and strong will.
It was informed in the
meeting that around 73
lakh cases have been
registered on helpline
181 since January 1,
2019.
Out of these, about
71.60 lakh (more than 98
per cent) cases have
been disposed of.
The Chairman of
Public Grievances Re-
dressal Committee
Pukhraj Parashar and
seniorofficialswerepre-
sent in the meeting.
PROBLEMS OF RAJASTHANIS
HAVE REDUCED BY HALF: CM
CM Ashok Gehlot chairs a review meeting of public grievance and redressal at the Chief Minister’s Office in Jaipur on Wednesday. Also
seen here are Aarti Dogra, Kuldeep Ranka and others.
CM Ashok Gehlot interacts and seeks blessings of his elder
sister Vimla Devi on the occasion of Dussehra during his visit to
Jodhpur on Wednesday.
Gehlot: The
officers should
redress the
problems with full
sensitivity and
strong will
Out of 73 lakh
cases registered
on helpline 181
since Jan 1, 2019,
71.60L have been
disposed of
With one day left for reply, leaders
still awaiting the formal notice
Some secrets are better kept, says Khachariyawas
Who will be next Raj
DGP, is still a suspense!
‘Uncertainty’
should end in
Raj: Congmen
FROM P1…
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The time for
filing an official reply
to the show cause no-
tice issued to Minister
Shanti Dhariwal, Dr
Mahesh Joshi and
Dharmendra Rathore
will end today.
However, the trio
have still claimed that
they have not received
the formal notice.
They have maintained
that when ever they get
the notice, they will
furnish their reply ac-
cordingly.
Notably, the show
cause notice was is-
sued to the three Con-
gress leaders over
calling a separate leg-
islator’s meeting on
September 25, even
though a formal CLP
meeting had been
called the same day
which, none of these
MLAs attended.
AICC General Sec-
retary In-charge for
Rajasthan Ajay Maken
had termed the meet-
ing called separately
from CLP as an act of
indiscipline. “Yes, this
is indiscipline, when
one official meeting
has been called and
parallel to it another
meeting is called, then
it is termed as indisci-
pline, Maken had said.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: An important
question is being raised
in the State’s polity and
Khaki these days. Lead-
ers and officials alike
are trying to ascertain
as to who will be the
new DGP of Rajasthan?
The Current DGP
ML Lather is retiring
after 27 days, so by No-
vember 2, Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot will
have to decide about
whom he picks for the
position.
At present, the
names of Bhupendra
Dak and Umesh Mishra
are included in the
race.
Umesh Mishra has
been Gehlot’s old loyal-
ist and played an im-
portant role as DG, In-
telligence during the
‘Badabandi’ of MLAs
in the year 2020.
On the other hand,
Bhupendra Dak is
above Umesh Mishra in
seniority, although
both are the IPS offic-
ers of the 1989 batch.
Now all eyes are ea-
gerly awaiting the day,
when one of the duo’s
luck, ‘shines’!
Jaipur (PTI): Six days
after AICC Gen Secy
KC Venugopal said Con-
gress president Sonia
Gandhi will decide on
Raj CM’s post, uncer-
tainty prevails among
party workers in the
State. “The state of con-
fusion and uncertainty
eventually harms the
party. The assembly
polls are approaching,
but when there is confu-
sion regarding the CM,
it becomes difficult for
party workers,” said
Muzaffar Bharti, a Con-
gress leader from
Ajmer. Senior Congress
leader Ashok Gehlot
through his routine
functioning, has tried
to indicate that he is go-
ing to stay as CM. How-
ever, dilemma persists
among Congress with
certain factions still be-
lieving there may be a
change of guard in Raj.
Party high-command
should clear confusion
prevailinginRajasthan,
said the party workers.
CM wins...
Gehlot reached the Ma-
hamandir area of Jodh-
pur and was accorded a
warm welcome by lo-
cals, who also raised
slogans, “Hamara
Mukhyamantri Kaisa
Ho, Ashok Gehlot jaisa
ho.” Gehlot paid tribute
to Suraj Singh Tak, a
social worker living in
the locality. After that
set out on foot in the old
area of the city and met
his old friends.
CM also took bless-
ings from Jain monks -
Acharya Hiramuni and
Mahendra Muni - at the
Jain school in the local-
ity. Gehlot visited his
nephew Ranveer Singh
and Jaswant Singh’s
residence and met the
family members there.
After taking blessings
from his elder sister
Vimla Devi Gehlot, he
attended the Ravana
Dahan programme and
reached the residence
of his old friend Late
Jawahar Surana and
met the family
.
Before leaving for
Jaipur, CM reached the
residence of Congress
District President Nar-
esh Joshi, where he also
spent some time with
the family
.
Shanti Dhariwal Dr Mahesh Joshi
Umesh Mishra
Dharmendra Rathore
Bhupendra Dak
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The meeting of
former Deputy CM
Sachin Pilot Food
Civil Supplies Minister
Pratap Singh Khachari-
yawas remains a topic
of discussion in Con-
gress circles. Khachari-
yawas on Wednesday
told the media that the
atmosphere of politics
in Rajasthan is hot.
“What should I tell
now” Are all things to
be told? Everything is
never told. Now I am
starting to understand.
Some things should re-
main inside,” he said
after the ‘Shastra Pu-
jan’ on the occasion of
Dussehra at his official
residence here.
“I cannot keep the
full details of the con-
versation in front of the
media, there is some
secrecy, so it should re-
main a secret,” he add-
ed. He said that Sachin
Pilot is the youth leader
of Congress.
Khachariyawas said
that Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi has said
that there should be 10
leaders in a state. “Be-
cause Rahul Gandhi
wants Congress to have
10 and 20 leaders each
in every state of the
country. All the faces
came together with
huge votes and Con-
gress won. The larger
the army of leaders, the
greater the benefit,” he
said.
“How the Congress
will repeat the govern-
ment in 2023, for this
the entire family needs
to sit together decide.
We will decide that and
not give any place to
BJP in 2023,” he said.
Responding to BJP’s
remark about mid-term
polls, Khachariyawas
said, “BJP has a mis-
conception. There is no
threat to the Congress
government,”
Pratap Singh Khachariyawas along with his wife conducts the
‘Shastra Pujan’ on Dussehra at his residence on Wednesday.
Athar Aamir Ul Shafi Khan and
Mehreen Qazi.
ALL FOR THE LOVE OF SPORTS
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra greets Rajasthan Cricket Association President Vaibhav Gehlot,
Rajasthan Sports Council Chairman Dr Krishna Poonia during the final match of Legends
League Cricket at the SMS Stadium in Jaipur on Wednesday.
Current DGP ML
Lather is retiring
after 27 days, so by
Nov 2, CM will have
to decide about it
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: In a major
administrative re-
shuffle,201Rajasthan
Administrative Ser-
vice (RAS) officers
were transferred in
Rajasthan on
Wednesday. The de-
partment of person-
nel issued the trans-
fer list which includ-
ed several Sub Divi-
sional Officers.
20 officers of
Tehsildar service be-
came RAS as the Per-
sonnel department
issued promotion or-
der. About a third i.e.
67 SDOs have been
shuffled. The Special
brief revision pro-
gram has been decid-
ed from 9 November
2022 to 5 January 2023
and during this, oth-
er officers engaged in
election work includ-
ing SDO will not be
transferred. In such a
situation, through
this list, the officers
were put on some va-
cant posts. The SDOs
who have just start-
ed, will handle the
work before the short
revision program.
Interestingly, the
opinion of public
representatives has
also been basis of
transfers as vacant
postshavebeenfilled,
specially in UITs and
local bodies. 5 assis-
tant collectors were
also changed in the
transfer list. Notably
,
most of the officers
engaged on prime
posting were not
transferred. In fact,
the 1997 batch RAS
officers appear to be
in a ‘power spot’ as
they have been post-
ed on ‘important po-
sitions’.
Moreover, special
assistants of some
ministers have also
been changed, but
still the administra-
tive experts do not
believe it to be the
‘electoral list’ and
claim that one more
list will be released
again by December-
January
.
In the shuffle, La-
laram Gugarwal,
member of board of
revenue Ajmer, was
made special assis-
tant to industry min-
ister while Rajendra
Kumar Verma, regis-
trar of Rajasthan
civil services appel-
late authority, was
made additional di-
rector of social jus-
tice and empower-
ment department.
Bal Mukund
Asawa, secretary
UIT Udaipur, was
made the additional
commissioner (ad-
ministration) in ex-
cise department
Udaipur. Priyanka
Jodhawat has been
made Additional Di-
rector General,
Jawahar Kala Kend-
ra, Jaipur while Dr.
Anil Kumar Paliwal
has been appointed
as the Additional
State Project Direc-
tor, SMSA, Jaipur
and Rachna Bhatia
as Registrar, Bikaner
Technical University
,
Bikaner.
In a major reshuffle,
State Govt transfers
201 RAS officers
The Department of Personnel issued
the transfer list, which included
several Sub- Divisional Officers

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JAIPUR, THURSDAY,
OCTOBER 6, 2022
limpses of beauty
and classiness
were witnessed in
the fashion festi-
val of Rajasthan
‘Udaipur Couture
Show 2022’ pre-
sented by First India and
Bharat 24 was held at Ra-
mee Royal Resort in the
beautiful lake city of Ra-
jasthan on Monday
. The
showwasembellishedwith
nine fashion sequences in
which designers from
Udaipur as well as Jaipur,
Surat, Rajkot, Mumbai and
Delhi presented their gar-
ments on the exhibition
stage. The fourth se-
quence flaunted
western costumes
by Twinkle Batra
having Super-
model Aditi Hun-
dia, Elite Miss
Rajasthan 1st
Runner up 2016,
Femina Miss
India Ra-
jasthan 2017,
Liva Miss Diva 2nd Runner
up 2018 and Miss Suprana-
tional India 2018, as the
showstopper of the se-
quence. The costumes
showcased ‘Exclusive IAM,
which glorifies the extrava-
gance collection at afford-
able prices. The designer
wants to bring the latest
fusion of ethnic attires
with the touch of western
fashion, from the streets of
Italy
. She aims to bring
modernization to royal eth-
nic women’s outfits and
furnishes them with the
best styles that glorify their
personality and foster their
confidence. When asked
about the designs the de-
signers said “My soul aim
was to bring the modern
fashion from the streets of
Italy to our pink city, so I
decided to revise the fash-
ion statement and tried cre-
ating the amalgamation of
Jaipuri ethnic with Italian
fashion and that’s how ‘Ex-
clusive IAM’ was born.”
While sharing her vision
the designer further said
“Via my creation, we strive
to curate the most delin-
quent fashion trends,
which are intricately de-
signed in traditional and
contemporary styles, keep-
ing sustainability in mind.
My collection includes
elaborate Anarkalis, Sa-
rees, Suits, Sharara and a
mix of traditional and con-
temporary Gowns.” De-
signers from different cor-
ners of the country show-
cased their collections dur-
ing the fashion event.
Gaurav Gaur, the direc-
tor of the Show said he was
overjoyed with the aston-
ishing designs showcased
in Couture Show.
The glorious royal fashion show titled, Udaipur Couture Show 2022 presented by
First India and Bharat 24 took place at Ramee Royal Resort, Udaipur on Monday,
September 5. City First brings to you glimpses of pure fashion from the mega show!
G
KAVITA CHAUHAN
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in UDAIPUR
COUTURE
SHOW 2022
Aditi Hundia, Mona Gautam, Sahkshi, Daisy,
Khushbu Dahiya and Astha Khandelwal
—PHOTOS BY SUNIL SHARMA

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