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SUCCESSFUL SOJOURN
Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla
signs-off 3-day
Mongolia visit
THIS VISIT WAS HELD ON THE
INVITATION OF THE SPEAKER OF
THE STATE OF GREAT KHURAL
(PARLIAMENT) OF MONGOLIA,
FROM JULY 6 TO 8
First India Bureau
Ulaanbaatar
okSabhaSpeak-
er Om Birla,
who led an In-
dian Parliamentary Dele-
gation (IPD) to Mongolia
ona3-dayvisit,concluded
his visit on late Saturday.
This visit was held
from July 6 to 8.
On the concluding day
of the visit, Speaker Om
Birla posted on Twitter:
“Concluded my three day
visit to Mongolia. I am
hopeful that this visit will
not only strengthen the ex-
isting bond between India
& Mongolia but will also
open new chapters of
friendshipbetweenourtwo
Parliaments & people.”
“I express my gratitude
to H.E. Mr. G Zandansha-
tar, Speaker of the Parlia-
ment of Mongolia for the
excellent hospitality ex-
tended to me and the Del-
egation. I could see un-
limited goodwill for In-
dia. Will deeply cherish
the friendship of the Par-
liament & people of
Mongolia,” Birla said in
another tweet.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla with the horse “Vikrant”, gifted to
him by his Mongolian counterpart G Zandanshatar on Saturday.
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INDIAN WOMEN’S TEAM BEATS
BANGLADESH IN 1st T20 MATCH
Skipper Harmanpreet hit a half-century
as the Indian women’s team won by
7-wicket against Bangladesh in the
first T20 International on Sunday. P7
SUDAN ON THE BRINK OF
‘FULL-SCALE CIVIL WAR’
UN Sec-Gen Antonio Guterres has
said Sudan was on the brink of a
“full-scale civil war” as fierce clashes
between rival generals continues.
An FIR has been lodged against Congress leader
Digvijaya Singh for allegedly sharing a controversial
post on former RSS chief MS Golwalkar. P5
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RAIN WREAKS
HAVOC
Delhidownpourhighestin40yrs
A partially submerged Panchayakhatra Temple on the banks of Beas river in Mandi.
(Clockwise from top) A waterlogged road in Delhi; people try to rescue occupants of a car on a
waterlogged Delhi road & waterlogged Johri Bazar road in Jaipur on Sunday. PTI & SUNIL SHARMA
Swollen Beas River as monsoon rain continues, in Kullu, on Sunday. PTI
l Several die as
heavy rains lash
north India, rivers
in spate
l IMD further
predicts heavy
rainfall in north
Indian states
First India Bureau
New Delhi
At least 19 human lives
were lost due to torrential
rains and rain-related inci-
dents in several parts of
north India on Sunday.
Due to torrential rains,
most rivers, including the
Yamuna in Delhi, were in
spate.Flashfloodswashed
away roads in hilly areas,
leaving people marooned,
while authorities asked
tourists to plan their visit
aftertheweatherimproves.
Heavydownpourwarn-
ings have been issued for
certain areas of Jammu
and Kashmir, Ladakh and
Himachal Pradesh, while
in Delhi, which recorded
its highest rainfall in a sin-
gledayinJulysince1982,
authoritieshavecautioned
over rising water level of
the Yamuna. MORE ON P6
Satyanarayan Sharma
Jaipur
A man facing dowry har-
assment case allegedly
announced triple talaq to
his wife in the presence
of policemen in a Jaipur
police station. The ac-
cused husband had come
to the Women’s Police
Station (North) to give
his statement. During
talks with the police, he
said that he got married
to another girl of his
choice and announced
triple talaq to his wife in
the police station and
went away. P3
Agencies
Toronto
The pro-Khalistan rally
in Toronto turned out to
be a damp squib on Sat-
urday (local time) with
several members from
the Indian community
also gathering at the ven-
ue with the national flag.
A handful of pro-Khal-
istan supporters gathered
outside the Indian consu-
late in Toronto, but they
were severely outnum-
bered by members of the
Indian community.
PTI
Patna
Former Lok Janshakti
Party chief Chirag Pas-
wan on Sunday dropped
hints of joining the BJP-
led NDA for which he
had campaigned in the
recent by-polls in Bihar.
At a meeting of LJP
(Ram Vilas), a splinter
group of the LJP floated
by his late father Ram
Vilas Paswan, Chirag
was “authorised” to take
a decision with regard to
the party joining “any al-
liance”. The meeting
took place on a day sen-
ior BJP leader and Union
Minister Nityanand Rai
called on Chirag Paswan
at the latter’s residence.
Man gives triple
talaq to wife at
Jaipur thana
Khalistan rally
in Canada a
damp squib
Chirag Paswan drops
hints of joining NDA
IN BRIEF
BJP chief JP Nadda being
welcomed by Union
Minister G Kishan Reddy
at Begumpet Airport, in
Hyderabad on Sunday. P5
100 skeletons found
during excavation
for new UK hotel
Dublin: In a shocking
incident, a 1000-year-
old burial site was found
during excavations for a
new hotel and around
100 skeletal remains
were unearthed where a
12th-century St Mary’s
Abbey once stood.
GST council to discuss
taxation under ONDC
during meet next week
New Delhi: The GST
council, on July 11, is
likely to give clarity on
whether tax collected at
source (TCS) should be
deducted by buyer or e-
commerce platform,
from whom the product
has been purchased.
Former Punjab Dy CM
OP Soni held in DA case
Chandigarh: The Punjab
Vigilance Bureau on Sun-
day arrested former Depu-
ty Chief Minister OP Soni
for amassing assets dispro-
portionately to his known
sources of income during
the period of 2016 to 2022.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
RED ALERT ISSUED
l Delhi govt issues
flood warning after Hary-
ana discharges over 1
lakh cusecs of water
into Yamuna river from
Hathnikund barrage.
l In three sperate
incidents of landslides in
Himachal Pradesh five
people were killed.
l Three of a family were
killed in a house col-
lapse after a landslide in
Shimla’s Kotgarh area,
while one death each
was reported from Kullu
and Chamba districts.
l 14 major landslides
and 13 flash floods
reported in Himachal
in past 36 hours over
700 roads were closed.
l In Uttarakhand, three
pilgrims drowned in the
Ganga after their jeep
fell into the river amid a
landslide on Rishikesh-
Badrinath Nat’l Highway.
l In the Kashipur area
of Uttarakhand, two
houses collapsed killing
a couple and injuring
their granddaughter.
l Two persons were
also killed in JK after a
landslide hit a passen-
ger bus in Doda district.
l Bodies of 2 soldiers,
who were swept away
by flash floods were
recovered in Poonch.
SHAH SPEAKS TO LGs OF DELHI, JK,
TAKES STOCK OF RAIN SITUATION
New Delhi: Union Home Minister
Amit Shah on Sunday spoke to the Lt
governors of Delhi and JK and en-
quired about the situation in the Union Ter-
ritories in wake of the incessant rains. Shah
also took an update from the JK LG Manoj
Sinha about the Amarnath pilgrimage which
was suspended due to the heavy rains.
AMARNATH YATRA RESUMES FROM
PANJTARNI, SHESHNAG BASE CAMPS
Srinagar: The Amarnath yatra
resumed on Sunday from Panjtarni
and Sheshnag base camps after
remaining suspended for three days due to
inclement weather in Kashmir. As soon as
the skies cleared, authorities opened the
gates and allowed the stranded devotees to
offer prayers at the holy cave shrine.
7 districts of Himachal
Pradesh, JK’s Kathua
and Samba dists along with
lower catchment areas
RAINFALL
322.2 mm
CHANDIGARH
153 mm
DELHI
224.1 mm
AMBALA
120 mm
UDAIPURWATI
Kota gets its own Chaupati
WB: Toll in panchayat
poll violence rises to 15
PTI
Kolkata
The toll in the violence
during panchayat polls in
West Bengal rose to 15
after a person was found
dead in South 24 Parga-
nas, and two others suc-
cumbed to their injuries,
officials said on Sunday.
A person, Abu Salem
Khan, was found dead
near a polling booth in
West Gabtala in Kultali
police station area. He
had injuries on his head.
He was known to be a
TMC worker in the area,
locals said. Police said
they are investigating the
cause of the death.
BJP BLAMES RULING
TMC FOR VIOLENCE
The Opposition BJP
on Sunday alleged
that the Central
forces were not deployed
“deliberately” during the
panchayat polls, inviting a
sharp retort from the ruling
TMC. BJP national vice
president Dilip Ghosh said if
the central forces were de-
ployed in sensitive places,
there would not have been
so much violence in the
panchayat elections.
Union Minister Nityanand Rai
with Chirag Paswan, in Patna.
UDH minister Shanti
Dhariwal and RHB
commissioner Pawan
Arora inaugurating Kota
Chaupati at Kunhari
Housing Scheme in Kota on
Sunday in the presence of
Pratibha Singh, OP Bunkar,
Amit Dhariwal, Alpa
Chaudhary and others. P8

Satyanarayan Sharma
Kamal Kant
Jaipur
There has been a tremen-
dous increase in the cases
of dowry harassment in
the State capital. Dowry
cases are increasing in all
four women police sta-
tions after Corona since
January. The cases have
crossed 700 and this is
when the police first
counsels husband and
wife. The women are ac-
cusing husband, father-
in-law and all in-laws of
demanding dowry.
There are 5 families
court in Jaipur in which
more than 10,000 cases
are pending. There are
about 150 to 175 divorc-
es in a month and more
than 500 new cases are
registered, saidAdvocate
DS Shekhawat.Advocate
AK Jain said that there
has to be mutual under-
standing between work-
ing couples for the mar-
riage to work.
PTI
Hanumangarh
A man was injured after
a group of people alleg-
edly created a ruckus at a
religious event in Hanu-
mangarh district, alleg-
ing Hindus and Sikhs
were being converted to
Christianity there, police
said on Sunday.
They said the incident
happened when several
local Hindus, accusing
the organisers converting
people, entered the ven-
ue, a marriage garden in
Pilibanga. They flung
chairs and created a ruck-
us in which one person
Samuel Masih, was in-
jured, police said, adding
he has been admitted to a
local government hospi-
tal. The two sides have
filed counter FIRs.
Pramod Mawar has al-
leged in his complaint
that Hindus and Sikhs
were being converted
there, police said. Addi-
tional force has been de-
ployed in the area.
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INDIA’S OLDEST FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT
Major support for 132nd
Durand Cup Trophies Tour in Jaipur
First India Bureau
Jaipur
t was a wonder-
ful and unfor-
gettable mo-
ment for the sports lovers
of Jaipur when Major
General Rai Singh
Godara, GOC of 61 Sub
Area of Indian Army and
other dignitaries flagged
off the “Trophy Tour” of
the 132nd edition of Du-
rand Cup, India’s oldest
football tournament. Ma-
jor General Rai Singh
Godara, General K K
Repswal, SM, VSM
Retd; Brigadier Kuldeep
Gulia, and Colonel
Navneet Singh Thiara,
Nodal Officer of Durand
Cup Committee were the
special guests.
The Durand Cup Foot-
ball Tournament Society
has CDS President and
three service chiefs as
Vice Presidents. This
tournament will be held
in Kolkata from 03 Au-
gust to 03 September
2023. RTDC Chairman
Dharmendra Rathore
said that state govern-
ment had organised rural
olympics, which con-
nected young and old
generation. Matches of
the tournament, this year
are being held at Guwa-
hati, Shillong, Kokrajhar
and Kolkata.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Widespread rainfall con-
tinued to lash parts of the
state as Udaipurwati in
Jhunjhunu recorded a
maximum of 12 cm of
rains till Sunday morn-
ing, said officials of the
MeT department.
Monsoon is likely to
remain active in the dis-
tricts of Jaipur, Bharat-
pur, Udaipur, Ajmer and
Kota divisions of eastern
Rajasthan for the next
two-three days, during
which light to moderate
rains are expected in
most parts. Orange alert
issued in Jaipur, Dausa,
Tonk, Bhilwara, Barmer,
Jalore Sirohi districts.
Satyanarayan Sharma
Jaipur
BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP
Kirodi Lal Meena has de-
manded a ban on the in-
terview of RAS Recruit-
ment 2021 starting from
Monday. Meena on Sun-
day alleged rigging and
irregularities in the entire
examination. “It is a vio-
lation of RPSC rules to
get the copies of the re-
cruitment examination
done by inexperienced
teachers of private col-
leges,” he alleged in a
press conference at the
BJP headquarters here.
He alleged that the
RPSC had appointed RK
Choubisa, as the head co-
ordinator for questions
on public administration
who instead of giving the
responsibility of check-
ing the questions of pub-
lic administration to uni-
versity professors, gave it
to inexperienced private
college teachers Rita Ma-
thur, Manisha Mathur,
Indu Sharma, Archana
Mishra, Rupali Bhadoria,
Pawan Sharma and Preeti
Agarwal.
Regarding this, Meena
also raised questions on
the role of RPSC Presi-
dent Sanjay Shrotriya.
Rai Singh Godara, Kuldeep Gulia, Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya
Dharmendra Rathore, Lal Chand kataria and other guests during
the program in Jaipur on Sunday.
Kamal Kumar Repswal, Kuldeep Gulia, Rai Singh Godara,
Dharmendra Rathore, Lal Chand Kataria with other guests
flagging off the Trophies tour in Jaipur on Sunday.
(Top) Heavy rains lash Jaipur, visuals from Johri Bazar on Sunday. (Left) Waterloging and traffic jams at Trimurti circle after a bout of
light showers. (Right) Streets waterlogged with knee deep rain water in Subhash Nagar of Jaipur on Sunday. SUNIL SHARMA FSL team and dog squad examining the crime scene on Sunday.
Kirodi Lal Meena adressing the media in Jaipur on Sunday.
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IN BRIEF
CM’s OSD Lokesh and
others safely leave
Panchtarni via air
Sikar: Two youths were
killed and four were in-
jured in Sikar on Sunday
after a Bolero jeep lost its
balance and rammed into
a tree, police said. Police
informed the deceased
has been identified as
Ramswaroop Jangid (35)
and Kailash Nagar (30).
“The collision was so
strong that the jeep was
damaged completely. All
of them were rushed to
government hospital in
Losal where Ramswaroop
and Kailash were de-
clared dead. The remain-
ing 4 injured were re-
ferred to Sikar for further
treatment,” police added.
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot’s OSD
Lokesh Sharma, who had
gone for Amarnath Yatra
and got stuck in
Panchtarni while return-
ing with other devotees
due to heavy snowfall,
successfully left
Panchtarni today through
a rescue helicopter.
Lokesh Sharma and his
group, who were stuck
there for two days are
safe now. Sharma con-
veyed safe return of his
group through a tweet on
Sunday. The yatra was
suspended for 2 days.
Two men killed as
Bolero loses control,
smashes into a tree
MeT issues orange
alert in 7 districts,
yellow alert in 21
districts of state
It is right that unlike
other sports such as
Cricket, people in
the state are less
aware about
football. It is our
effort that all sports
are promoted
whether it is Kho-
Kho, Kabaddi or
football.
DHARMENDRA RATHORE,
CHAIRMAN, RTDC
Durand Cup will fill
the gaps that came
in the popularity of
football which
decreased due to
craze over cricket. I
believe that when
chance are given,
young generation
takes inspiration
and follow it.
LAL CHAND KATARIA,
AGRICULTURE MINISTER
TWO BROTHERS DROWN
AT A FARM POND
PROTEST OVER STUDENT DROWNING; MARKETS REMAIN CLOSED IN SIKAR
Two brothers
drowned in a farm
pond in Kotkhawada
of Jaipur on Sunday. The
victims have been identified
as Sachin (18) and Vikas
Gurjar(13). They were graz-
ing cattle near a farm pond
when Vikas slipped into
water. Meanwhile, Sachin
Gurjar too jumped into the
pond to save Vikas.
A day after a 17-year old coaching
student drowned after falling into a
pit filled with rainwater, markets in
Sikar remained closed as a mark of pro-
test and the family members and relatives
held a dharna demanding compensation,
action against guilty officials and govern-
ment job to one family member. They
were later pacified by the district admin-
istration officials. Meanwhile, State BJP
President CP Joshi on Sunday attacked
state government over the incident saying
that the public has to face the brunt of
infighting in Congress. RameshSharma
Ban the interview of RAS
Recruitment 2021: Kirodi
50-yr-old man
attempts rape on
5-month-old kid
Parking now free
at Tadkeshwar
Mahadev Temple
First India Bureau
Pali
A 50-year-old man tried
to rape a 5-month-old girl
related to him. The fam-
ily had left the girl under
care of the accused when
he attempted to rape her,
the police said on Sun-
day. When they returned
after some time, there
was blood on the private
part of the girl. When
they inquired from the
accused, he ran away.
Police registered a
case on the report of fam-
ily members and started
searching for the accused
and took the child to So-
jat Hospital for medical
examination. The inci-
dent took place on July 2
in a village under Shivpu-
ra police station area.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
The devotees coming to
offer prayers at the Tad-
keshwarTemple in Chau-
ra Rasta will now not
have to pay parking
charges. The Jaipur Mu-
nicipal Corporation
(Heritage) has issued an
order to contractors not
to levy parking charges.
“I have given orders not
to charge parking fees
from visitors in the
month of Shrawan. Rev-
enue officer has been ap-
pointed to monitor park-
ing arrangements,” said
Mayor Munesh Gurjar.
Pradeep Garhwal
Jhunjhunu
An elderly couple was
found murdered with
their hands and legs tied
in their house in Jhunj-
hunu district on Sunday.
Darshan Singh (75), a
retired mining engineer
and his wife Mahendra
Kaur (72), living in an
accommodation of Hin-
dustan Copper Limited
Company, were strangled
to death by unidentified
assailants on Saturday
night, Deputy Superin-
tendent of Police Haz-
arilal Khatana said.
Citing their prelimi-
nary investigation, the
officer said it was sus-
pected that the two were
murdered over some
money transaction. Ma-
hendra Kaur used to lend
money on interest.
More than 700 dowry cases
registered this year so far
Family dispute cases on rise
There are 5 family courts in Jpr, where over 10K cases are pending. People sitting in protest outside Pilibanga police station on Sunday.
Ex-mining engineer,
wifefoundmurdered
Man injured in ruckus at an
event over alleged conversion
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EXPANDING FAMILY OF BIG CATS
ST-19 sighted with two cubs in Sariska
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur
wonderful news
has come out
from Sariska ti-
ger reserve where tigress
ST-19 has been sighted
with two cubs. It is result
of intensive monitoring,
developmentofgrasslands
and vigorous work being
done in direction of tiger
conservation that there is
continuous rise in number
of tigers in Sariska.
The tigress was caught
in a camera trap with her
two cubs. With this, the
tigerpopulationinSariska
has increased to 30. CM
Ashok Gehlot tweeted the
news along with a photo.
Forest Environment
Min Hemaram Choud-
hary expressed happiness
after hearing the news and
congratulated the top of-
ficials of the Forest De-
partment, especially ACS
Shikhar Agarwal, PCCF
Hoff Munish Garg, Chief
WildlifeWardenArindam
Tomar and all the officers
ofTeamSariskaincluding
the trekkers.
DFO Devendra Singh
Jagawat has given special
instructionstoforestoffic-
ers for more vigilance and
surveillance in this area.
ST-19 captured with cubs in camera trap on July 6.
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‘NO. OF TIGERS RISES
TO30INSARISKA’
Chief Conserva-
tor of Forests
and Director of
Sariska Tiger Reserve
area, RN Meena told
that in the forest area
of Range Alwar buffer,
tigress ST 19 has given
birth to two cubs. The
photo of these two cubs
was captured in camera
trap on 6th July. The
probable father of these
two cubs is male tiger
ST 18. He told that now
the number of tigers in
Sariska incresed to 30.
New life in the
forest. The good
news of the birth of
2 cubs was received from
Sariska Tiger Reserve. Now
the number of tigers in
Sariska has increased to
30. The govt is committed to
the conservation of tigers
which are important for the
environment.
Ashok Gehlot
@ashokgehlot51
BJPtakes‘VijaySankalp’from
SawaiMadhopuraheadofpolls
Neither the women nor the future of youth is safe in the State, says CP Joshi
Aishwary Pradhan, Sandeep
Goyal, Gajanand Sharma
Sawai Madhopur
In view of the upcoming
Assembly elections, the
Bharatiya Janata Party’s
Vijay Sankalp meeting
began at Nahargarh Re-
sort in Ranthambore of
Sawai Madhopur district
on Sunday. Veteran BJP
leaders gathered to take a
pledge of victory.
CP Joshi said that a
pledge of victory will be
taken at every booth in
Rajasthan. “At present,
neither the women nor the
future of the youth is safe
in the state. In the upcom-
ing elections, the BJPwill
win with a thumping ma-
jority,” he said.
Gajendra Singh Shek-
hawat said that the way
the sun is sure to rise
from the east, similarly
the BJP’s victory in the
coming elections is cer-
tain. “The state govern-
ment is only doing poli-
tics in the matter of ERCP
while no steps have been
taken to provide water to
even a single household.
The central government
wants to work on this
scheme under the project
of inter-linking of rivers
so that the people of the
state can get water with-
out any burden,” he said.
Kailash Choudhary
said that Prime Minister
Narendra Modi has in-
creased the country’s
prestige and has given
public welfare schemes
to the country. In such a
situation the promises
of state government’s
relief and development
schemes will prove to
be hollow and BJP will
get victory in the up-
coming elections.
Leaders including
State in-chargeArun Sin-
gh, State Prez CP Joshi,
National Vice President
Vasundhara Raje, Union
Min Gajendra S Shekha-
wat, Arjun Ram Megh-
wal, Kailash Choudhary,
MP Diya Kumari, Dr
Kirodi Lal Meena, LoP
Rajendra Rathore, Dr
Satish Poonia, Arun
Chaturvedi, Ashok Par-
nami, Rajyavardhan
Singh Rathore, Ghan-
shyam Tiwari, Chan-
drashekhar,Vijaya Rahat-
kar, DrAlka Gurjar, Prab-
hu Lal Saini attended the
meeting. National Gen
Secy BL Santhosh will
also reach S Madhopur on
Monday morning.
CP Joshi lighting the lamp
during the ‘Vijay Sankalp
Baithak’ at Nahargarh
Resort in Sawai Madhopur
on Sunday. Vasundhara
Raje, Arun Singh, Gajendra
Singh Shekhawat, Kailash
Choudhary, and Rajendra
Rathore are also seen here.
CP Joshi, Vasundhara Raje, Arun Singh, Chandrashekhar, and
Rajendra Rathore in Sawai Madhopur on Sunday.
Saying he married another girl...
Man gives triple
talaq on spot in
police station
Satyanarayan Sharma
Jaipur
A man facing dowry har-
assment case allegedly
announced triple talaq to
his wife in the presence of
policemen in a Jaipur po-
lice station. The accused
husband had come to the
Women’s Police Station
(North) to give his state-
ment. During talks with
the police, he said that he
got married to another girl
of his choice and an-
nounced triple talaq to his
wife in the police station
and went away.
The victim filed a case
of triple talaq against her
husbandatManakChowk
police station. ASI Raish
Mohammad is investigat-
ing the case.
Police said that 27-yr-
old woman lodged the re-
port.InSept2018,shewas
married to a 33-year-old
man from Bundi. The in-
laws started torturing her
for dowry sought `5L.
The Investigating Of-
ficer called the couple to
Mahila Thana (N). While
coming out of IO’s room,
the husband pronounced
thrice,“Talaq,talaq,talaq.”
PawanAroraawarded‘JanSamparkShri’
First India Bureau
Jaipur
The Public Relations So-
ciety on Sunday hon-
oured Rajasthan Housing
Commissioner Pawan
Arora with the ‘Jan Sam-
park Shri’ award. In the
function, 24 personalities
who did exemplary work
in various services in-
cluding public relations
were honoured. BL Swa-
mi received the award on
behalf of Arora.
Society’s General Sec-
retary Arun Joshi said
Pawan Arora was award-
ed Jan Sampark Shri,
OSD to CM Farooq Af-
ridi with Life Time
Achievement and well-
known ghazal singers
Padma Shri Ahmed Hus-
sain and Mohammad
Hussain were given spe-
cial decorations.
The chief guest of the
function was RajivArora,
President of RAJSICO
and it was presided over
by Prof Sudhi Rajeev,
Vice Chancellor of
Haridev Joshi University.
Former IAS Manoj Ku-
mar Sharma, keynote
speaker in the event, fe-
licitated 24 personalities
with shawls, citations,
shrifal and mementos.
On this occasion,
Udaipur Divisional Com-
missioner Rajendra
Bhatt, Tilak Palawat, rep-
resentative of Late Go-
vardhan Lal Parashar,
representative of Late
Kamalnayan Sharma, Dr.
Narottam Sharma, Digvi-
jay Dabariya, Umaid Raj
Jain, Dr Kriti Bharti,Ash-
ish Jain PRO, Shweta
Pachauri,Akanksha Pala-
wat PRO, Vinayak Shar-
ma, Tarun Tak, Mahesh
Kacholia, Shailendra
Sharma, Ashish, Aman,
Himanshu Patni, Rekha
Chatterjee, Manoj Bhard-
waj, Seema Raj, Chan-
drashekhar, Snigdha
Sharma and Lipi Singhal
were also honoured.
Electrocution: 2
kanwariyas die in
Alwar; two youth
in Sayla of Jalore
First India Bureau
Alwar/Jalore
Two Kanwarias died of
electrocution after the ve-
hicle they were travelling
in came in contact with a
high-tension power line
in Neemrana town of Al-
war district on Sunday.
Police informed both the
victims are residents of
Chaubara village of Al-
war district.
Meanwhile, in Jalore
district two youths died
of electrocution in Sayla
town on Sunday, police
said. Police informed the
youths were fencing their
farmland when they came
in contact with live wires
and got electrocuted.
Both of them died on the
spot. The deceased bod-
ies will be handed over to
family members after the
post-mortem.
13-year-old boy mauled to
death by stray dogs in Bundi
2 tourists hurt as gypsy
hits tree in Jhalana
Wanted Kailash
Manju carrying
reward of `1L
held by NIA
First India Bureau
Bundi
A 13-year-old boy was
mauled to death by a
pack of stray dogs in
Tikha Barda village of
Bundi district on Sunday.
Sources informed the
victim, Mangi Lal Gur-
jar, was on his way to
farmland when he was
attacked by dogs.
“The incident occurred
at 7 am on Sunday in
Tikha Barda village un-
der the Sadar Police Sta-
tion area. Mangli Lal
was going to nearby
farmland where his fa-
ther was working. Sud-
denly, three stray dogs
attacked and brutally in-
jured him ,” said a source.
“As victim screamed,
a local villager arrived
and rescued him. He was
immediately rushed to
Bundi district hospital
where he succumbed to
injuries. A post-mortem
was conducted and the
deceased body was then
handed over to his family
members,” source added.
There is chaos in the
family after the accident
of dog biting. There is an
atmosphere of fear
among the villagers
about the dogs.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Two tourists were injured
duringasafariinJhalawar
Leopard Reserve on Sun-
day. Forest officials in-
formed that the incident
occurred when the tourist
gypsy collided with a tree
while taking the jeep
backwards.
“At around 7 am on
Sunday, the 2 tourists
from Chandigarh boarded
Gypsy and left for safari
on track no. 2. Inciden-
tally, the gypsy collided
with a tree stump while
reversing and the tourists
were injured by an iron
pipe fitted into the gypsy.
They were taken to Apex
Hospital for first-aid and
later discharged from the
hospital,” said Jhalana
Leopard Reserve ranger
Janeshwar Choudhary.
Meanwhile, the DCF
has sought a report from
the staff of Jhalana Leop-
ard Reserve in this regard.
Rajeev Gaur
Jodhpur
The Jodhpur police was
on alert mode after the re-
ports of arrest of gangster
Kailash Manju by NIA.
Manju is wanted by Jodh-
pur police.
NIA will interrogate
Kailash Manju regarding
various cases after which
he would be handed over
to Jodhpur police. Manju
carries a cash reward of
Rs 1,00,000 on head.
It is noteworthy that on
February 21, the NIA
raided Manju’s hideouts
in Jodhpur including a flat
in Veetrag city. However,
nothing significant was
recovered in this raid.The
flat which NIAhad raided
was in the name of
Kailash Manju’s wife.
The NIA also investi-
gated how this flat in an
expensive society was
taken by his wife. In the
same Veetarag city, the
nephew of Kailash Manju
was shot at on February 1.
Jodhpur police recently
arrested history-sheeters
Vikram Nandia Dinesh
Bambani in connection
with firing incident.
PawanArora,RHBCommissioner
Mankilledinencounterwas
wantedcriminal:RajPolice
Rajeev Gaur
Jodhpur
The Jodhpur Police on
Sunday clarified it’s
stand over the encounter
of wanted criminal Om
Prakash. Jodhpur Rural
SP Dharmendra Sagar
while speaking to media
persons said that accused
Om Prakash was a re-
warded criminal and
even wanted by the
Mumbai Police.
“One more accused,
Kosla Ram, was injured
during the police firing.
Five country made pis-
tols were recovered from
the possession of the ac-
cused. A reward of Rs
50,000 was on Koslaram
while a reward of Rs.
25,000 was on Om-
prakash. Allegations are
being made on investiga-
tion in the encounter
case. But, a high-level
investigation is already
going on. A ministerial
inquiry is being done by
SDM Baytu and all
standard operating pro-
cedures are being fol-
lowed,” said SP Dhar-
mendra Sagar.
Givefacilitiesorstoptolls:AdSPtoNHAI
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Following regular com-
plaints of traffic jams at
the Jaipur-Ajmer Nation-
al Highway these days,
Addl Superintendent of
Police (AdSP) Jaipur Ru-
ral, Dinesh Kumar Shar-
ma, has written a letter to
the National Highway
Authority of India
(NHAI) asking them to
either give facilities to
commuters or to stop col-
lecting toll tax.
“NHAI is constructing
six flyovers on Jaipur-
Ajmer Highway in the
last six months. The situ-
ation has led to the
crawling of vehicles at a
stretch of 15 km.Around
1 lakh vehicles pass
through this highway
every day and it is a
heavy traffic corridor.
Toll tax is collected at
Thikaria and Kishangarh
toll plazas on this high-
way. It is the responsi-
bility of toll-collecting
companies to give easy
and safe movement ve-
hicles on this route.
The NHAI should ei-
ther ensure facilities to
commuters or it should
stop the collection of
toll tax from the peo-
ple,” said ASP Dinesh
Kumar Sharma.
Traffic snarls are witnessed at DCM on Ajmer road in Jaipur regularly. FILE
Marks made on police bolero
due to firing of miscreants.
You read it in First India on
JULY 08, 2023

ndian Prime
M i n i s t e r
N a r e n d r a
Modi is rid-
ing high. His
triumphant visit to Wash-
ington, which featured a
state dinner at the White
Houseandararesecondad-
dress to a joint session of
Congress, appears to mark
a new chapter in the rela-
tionshipbetweentheUnited
StatesandIndiafollowinga
quarter-century of ups and
downs.
Modi’s visit was preced-
ed by several major break-
throughs, including the re-
cent US-India initiative on
Critical and Emerging
Technology, which seeks to
foster bilateral collabora-
tionontechnologiessuchas
artificial intelligence, bio-
technology, quantum com-
puting, 5G, and cybersecu-
rity. US semiconductor
manufacturer MicronTech-
nology recently announced
that it plans to invest $825
million in a new chip as-
sembly and testing facility
in India.
The US and India have
also unveiled several de-
fenseagreements,including
a deal for India to acquire
30 MQ-9B Predator armed
drones from the US and a
separate plan to produce
F414 fighter jet engines for
the Indian Air Force jointly
with General Electric.
Thesedeals,whichhavenot
beenpreviouslyextendedto
a country that is not formal-
ly an ally, highlight the in-
tensifying bilateral defense
partnership.
The transformation is
striking. Throughout the
Cold War, the world’s old-
est democracy and its larg-
est remained essentially
estranged.America’s initial
indifference toward India
was evident in President
Harry Truman’s reaction
whenChesterBowlesasked
to be the US ambassador. “I
thought India was pretty
jammed with poor people
andcowswanderingaround
the streets, witch doctors,
and people sitting on hot
coals and bathing in the
Ganges,”Trumansaid,“but
I did not realize that any-
body thought it was impor-
tant.”
America’s preference for
alliances with anti-commu-
nist regimes led the US to
establish relationships with
a series of increasingly Is-
lamistdictatorshipsinPaki-
stan. Meanwhile, India’s
non-aligned democracy
gravitated toward the secu-
lar Soviet Union. Non-
alignment was not well-re-
ceived in the US, where
President Dwight Eisen-
hower’s Secretary of State,
JohnFosterDulles,famous-
ly declared that “neutrality
between good and evil is
itself evil.”
The end of the Cold War,
together with the reorienta-
tion of India’s foreign poli-
cy and its integration into
the global economy, led to
improvement in US-India
relations, but India’s deto-
nationofanucleardevicein
1998 triggered US-led eco-
nomic sanctions. President
Bill Clinton’s visit to India
in 2000, his final year in of-
fice, marked a major turn-
ing point, and George W.
Bush’s administration built
on the momentum by sign-
ing a defense agreement
with India in 2005 and a
landmark accord on civil
nuclear cooperation in
2008. The positive trend
persistedunderbothBarack
Obama and Donald Trump
and now appears to have
reachedazenithunderPres-
ident Joe Biden.
Today, the US seems
much more willing to ac-
commodate India’s post-
colonial obsession with
strategic autonomy.Where-
as the Hindu nationalist
Modi stands in stark con-
trasttohissecularpredeces-
sor, Manmohan Singh,
there has been remarkable
bipartisan support for deep-
eningtiesbyfivesuccessive
US presidents and three In-
dian prime ministers.
This shift has been partly
driven by China’s geopo-
litical assertiveness under
President Xi Jinping, which
represents a radical depar-
ture from his predecessors’
adherence to the doctrine of
China’s“peacefulrise.”The
US clearly views China as
its primary adversary and
has been actively pursuing
regionalalliancestocounter
its growing influence.
India has traditionally
been reluctant to pick sides,
but China’s repeated en-
croachments on its territory
across thedisputedHimala-
yanborder,anditskillingof
20 Indian soldiers in June
2020, have rendered neu-
trality untenable. While In-
dia maintains its independ-
ent posture, the recent G7
summit in Hiroshima nota-
bly included the second-
ever in-person Quad sum-
mit between Biden, Modi,
Japanese Prime Minister
Fumio Kishida, and Aus-
tralian Prime Minister An-
thonyAlbanese. During the
gathering, the four leaders
reaffirmed their commit-
ment to a free, open, and
inclusive Indo-Pacific.
The message to China is
clear.WhileIndiamaintains
that it is not a US ally but a
partner, it has increasingly
aligned itself with the dem-
ocraticWestinitsescalating
rivalry with communist
China.
But it would be a mistake
to view India-US relations
solely through a Chinese
lens. America and India
have far more in common
than is generally acknowl-
edged: democracy, a com-
mon language, and dedica-
tion to fostering innovation
and entrepreneurship. As
Henry Kissinger once ob-
served, the two countries
have “no conflict of interest
in the traditional and funda-
mental sense.”
The most important fac-
tor contributing to the deep-
ening ties between the US
and India is the growing
number of Indian-Ameri-
cans, which exceeds four
million. Indian-Americans
aredisproportionatelyafflu-
ent,withthehighestmedian
income of any US ethnic
group, including whites.
They are also becoming an
increasingly influential vot-
ing bloc, and their promi-
nent roles in political fund-
raising, on Congressional
staffs, and in government
offices have given rise to a
so-called Samosa Caucus.
In the past, it was often said
that Pakistan was a US ally
but not a friend, while India
was a friend but not an ally.
With the US out ofAfghan-
istan, Pakistan has become
a less significant ally. But,
while India still isn’t one,
owing to its insistence on
strategic autonomy, even
USskepticswhosaythetwo
countries’interestsaremore
aligned than their values
concede that those interests
warrant closer cooperation.
Modi’s visit was one more
indication of how close that
cooperation has become.”
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DEEPENING
TIES
But it would be a mistake
to view India-US relations
solely through a Chinese
lens. America and India
have far more in common
than is generally acknowl-
edged: democracy, a
common language, and
dedication to fostering
innovation and entre-
preneurship. As Henry
Kissinger once observed,
the two countries have
“no conflict of interest in
the traditional and funda-
mental sense.”The most
important factor contribut-
ing to the deepening ties
between the US and India
is the growing number of
Indian-Americans, which
exceeds four million.
TheUSandIndia’s
Non-AlignedAlliance
Today, the US seems much more willing to
accommodate India’s post-colonial obsession with
strategic autonomy. Whereas the Hindu nationalist
Modi stands in stark contrast to his secular
predecessor, Manmohan Singh, there has been
remarkable bipartisan support for deepening ties
by five successive US presidents and three Indian
Prime Ministers
IN-DEPTH
Arming Kyiv with
cluster bombs,
against convention
IT’S DÉJÀ VU IN
WEST BENGAL
oe Biden’s administration has announced a
$800 million arms package for Ukraine
which will include cluster bombs which re-
lease bomblets over a vast area to potentially kill or
maim civilians and is largely banned by some Euro-
pean countries. Cluster bombs, Ukraine says, will be
used against Russian forces and in civilian areas but
collateral damage to civilians cannot be ruled out.
About 100 countries have banned the use of clus-
ter bombs. Leading the opposition to cluster-bomb
sale, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said that the
UK will not follow the Biden administration as his
country is signatory to a convention which prohibits
production or use of cluster bombs. Spain and the
United Nations are also opposed to the move. Even
Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena said that “the
country as a part of the Convention on Cluster Muni-
tions opposes Washington’s decision”.
Washington’s announcement is understandable as
it has not signed the convention on cluster bombs.
Nor has Moscow, which is critical of the decision.
J
est Bengal has been a perennial trouble spot
during elections and will continue to be giv-
en the culture of violence so assiduously
sheltered and promoted in the state during the long
rule of Communist Party of India (Marxist). It is,
therefore, not surprising to learn about widespread
violence during this year’s rural elections. With 16
deaths on July 8, this year’s toll is much higher than
in previous elections. The death toll in 2013 and 2018
was 13 and 14 respectively. The violence is happen-
ing despite the massive deployment of central forces.
Political parties obviously maintain a holier-than-
thou approach. The
opposition parties
blame Trinamool
Congress (TMC) and
the latter has accused
BJP and the Con-
gress for all the trou-
ble.
The State Election
Commission and the
local police are under
the control of the
state government and
are prone to playing
a partisan role. What
political parties fail
to realise is that a
partisan state or cen-
tral machinery erodes
people’s trust in the
democratic process.
This is clearly reflected in the drastic fall in voting
percentage from 82.13 in 2018 to 68.26 this year. It
could also mean less rigging in this year’s polls.
Ousting Mamata Banerjee from power is BJP’s
innate desire. Power in Bengal would give the BJP
complete sway over eastern states, barring Orissa,
and the North-East. In an improved performance in
the 2021Assembly elections, which was also marred
by violence, the BJP pole-vaulted from three seats to
77. It is natural for BJP leaders’ ambitions to be
fuelled for a clinching victory in 2026. For now, all
eyes on rural poll results.
W
The SEC the local
police are under the
control of the state
govt and are prone
to playing a partisan
role. What political
parties fail to realise
is that a partisan
state or central
machinery erodes
people’s trust in the
democratic process
Shashi
Tharoor
The writer is a former UN
under-secretary-general
and former Indian Minister
of State for External Affairs
and Minister of State for
Human Resource
Development, is an MP for
the Indian National
Congress
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TO INDIA’S INFRASTRUCTURE STORY
Adani Group brings more investment partners
PTI
New Delhi
heAdani Group
has raised
`11,330 crore
through stake sale in
three group companies,
taking the total capital
raised over four years to
$9 billion as the con-
glomerate draws interest
from a cross-section of
investors.
In a statement, the
ports-to-energy con-
glomerate said it “is
committed to raising
capital to fulfil its 10-
year roadmap of the
transformative capital
management program,
which was formulated in
2016 to execute the plans
for various portfolio
companies.”
“In the most recent in-
stance, Adani family has
raised $1.38 billion (Rs
11,330 crore) through
stake sale in the three
portfolio companies -
Adani Enterprises Ltd,
Adani Green Energy Ltd
and Adani Transmission
Ltd,” it said.
“This ensures higher
capital availability at the
group level, for growth
as well as near-term
commitments of both
debt and equity for the
portfolio companies over
the next 12-18 months.”
In addition, the three
portfolio companies
have also received board
approval for primary is-
suances through a share
sale to investors.
Adani raises $1.4 billion from stake sale in
3 companies; $9 billion raised in 4 years
T
Agencies
Hyderabad
BJP president J P Nadda
onSundaychaireda high-
level strategy meeting of
senior party leaders of the
south and some other
states here to discuss the
party's preparations for
the 2024 Lok Sabha elec-
tions and others.
This significant devel-
opment comes a day after
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi visited poll-bound
Telangana.
The regional consulta-
tive meeting held at the
BJP Telangana head-
quarters in Hyderabad
was attended by party
General Secretary B L
Santhosh and other sen-
ior leaders as well as
party MPs and MLAs
and state unit presidents,
among others.
Union Minister and
newly-appointed presi-
dent of BJP in Telangana
G Kishan Reddy, who
received Nadda on his ar-
rival at Begumpet airport
here, tweeted: “Shri J P
Nadda ji will address the
meeting of BJP presi-
dents from 12 states to-
day in Hyderabad”.
Reddy recently put to-
gether an action plan to
strengthen the party in
the southern states, which
would be discussed in the
day-long meeting.
The meeting would
also focus on the Assem-
bly polls scheduled to be
held later this year in Tel-
angana, he had said.
PTI
Indore
Union Labour and Em-
ployment Minister Bhu-
pender Yadav on Sunday
reviewed the prepara-
tions for a three-day
meeting of the G20,
which is slated to begin
from July 19 in Madhya
Pradesh’s Indore.
The fourth employ-
ment working group
meeting will be held in
the first two days, while
a meeting of the labour
and employment minis-
ters of G20 countries will
be held on the third day,
officials said.
Yadav instructed offi-
cials to showcase the his-
torical, cultural heritage
and wildlife of Madhya
Pradesh to delegates dur-
ing the G20 meeting
here, they said.
After the meeting, the
minister also reached the
city’s famous 56 shops, a
centre with eateries, and
a hotel and took stock of
the arrangements being
made for G20 delegates.
District Collector Ila-
yaraja T said representa-
tives of 29 countries will
participate in the upcom-
ing G20 meeting in the
city and preparations are
underway on a large
scale for the event.
ANI
Bhopal
An FIR has been lodged
against Congress leader
Digvijay Singh in In-
dore's Tukoganj Police
Station over his alleged
remark on Guru Gol-
walkar, former chief of
Rashtriya Swayamsevak
Sangh (RSS).
Digvijay Singh has
been booked under sec-
tions 153A, 469, 500 and
505 of the Indian Penal
Code (IPC), an official
said on Sunday.
Former Madhya
Pradesh Chief Minister
Digvijay Singh, on Satur-
day, tweeted a poster,
which he captioned, Do
know what Guru Gol-
walkar ji's thoughts were
for the Dalits, backwards
and Muslims and on the
right on national water,
forest and land.
In the tweet, Gol-
walkar was quoted say-
ing that he would rather
live under British rule
than have equal rights
given to Dalits, back-
wards and Muslims.
PTI
New Delhi
Assam Chief Minister
Himanta Biswa Sarma on
Sunday said Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi’s
sudden desire and “des-
peration” to get real is
“laughable”.
Sarma was referring to
Gandhi’s impromptu
stop on Saturday at Ma-
dina village in Haryana’s
Sonipat district, where he
interacted with people
and spent time with farm-
ers working in agricul-
tural lands.
Congress leader Ra-
hul Gandhi took part in
paddy sowing, drove a
tractor and ate food
brought by women la-
bourers working in the
fields, said party leaders
in Haryana.
PTI
Bhopal
Union minister Smriti
Irani on Sunday said the
Childline will be handed
over to states so that the
distress call gets con-
nected to local police sta-
tions and the issue is re-
solved quickly.
Childline 1098 is a
24-hour-a-day emergen-
cy phone service for chil-
dren in need of aid and
assistance. The nearly
26-year-old Childline is
partnered with civil soci-
ety and the government.
Childline India Foun-
dation (CIF) is the nodal
agency of the Union
Ministry of Women and
Child Development for
setting up, managing and
monitoring the Childline
1098 service all over the
country.
“The child in distress
has the right to get first
connected to the police
when he or she dials for
help,” she said at region-
al symposium on child
protection in Bhopal.
PTI
Amravati
Congress on Sunday
slammedtheBJP-ledCen-
tre over the military re-
cruitment scheme Ag-
nipath, alleging that it has
shatteredthedreamsofthe
youth to serve the country
and created various appre-
hensions in their minds.
Congress general secre-
tary Jairam Ramesh’s
attack on the government
came over a report which
claimed that many youths
who joined the Indian
Armyas‘Agniveers’were
leaving training midway.
GROUP’S FLAGSHIP
FIRM PLANS TO RAISE
`12,500 CRORE
Adani Enterprises
Ltd, the group’s
flagship firm, plans to
raise `12,500 crore through
share sale to investors while
electricity transmission
company Adani Transmis-
sion another `8,500 crore.
Its renewable energy firm
plans to raise `12,300 crore.
Promoters in two tranches
have sold shares since May
to leading US-based global
equity investment boutique
GQG Partners. The latest
was earlier this month where
$1.38 billion was raised.
AMID TALKS OF CABINET RESHUFFLE
BJPchiefNaddachairsregional
consultativemeetinginHYD
BJPwantstoidentify
gaps ahead of the
upcoming polls and
prepare action plan
Party leaders and others during Regional Consultative Meeting chaired by BJP National President JP Nadda at the state party
office, in Hyderabad, on Sunday. The saffron brigade is currently dealing with an internal conflict in the state leadership.
BJP held a high-level strategy meeting in Telangana’s Hyderabad on Sunday as the party
prepares for the crucial assembly elections this year and the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
Congress leader Digvijay Singh
BJP SETS UP MANIFESTO
PANEL FOR YEAR-END
CHHATTISGARH POLLS
Raipur: BJP on
Sunday constituted
a 31-member panel
to draft the manifesto of
the opposition party for the
year-end Assembly polls in
Chhattisgarh, where it was
in power for 15 years before
being trounced by Congress
in 2018. The panel consti-
tuted by Chhattisgarh BJP
chief Arun Sao will be head-
ed by LS MP Vijay Baghel
and will have MLA Shivratan
Sharma, former MP Ramvi-
char Netam and former state
minister Amar Agrawal as
co-conveners, a party leader
said. “MLAs Krishnamurti
Bandhi and Ranjana Sahu,
Chandrashekhar Sahu and
IAS-turned-politician OP
Chaudhary are among the
remaining 27 members,”
he said.
3-day G20 meet to begin
in Indore from July 19
I hope that the upcoming meeting of the G20
will see the same enthusiasm of people of the
city as witnessed in the previous events of the
Pravasi Bharatiya Sammelan and the
agriculture working group of the G20.
BHUPENDER YADAV, UNION LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT MINISTER
The child in distress has the right to get first
connected to the police when he or she dials for
help. Many of you have suggested that if the
call goes to a non-governmental organisation
(NGO), in such a crucial situation, it is hard to
make a call where a FIR should be lodged.
SMRITI IRANI, UNION MINISTER
PTI
Rajpipla
AAP leader from Guja-
rat who fought unsuc-
cessfully from a Sched-
uled Tribe reserved As-
sembly seat in the 2022
polls resigned from the
party on Sunday oppos-
ing its “in principle”
support to the Uniform
Civil Code.
In his resignation let-
ter addressed to AAP
national convener and
Delhi CMArvind Kejri-
wal,PrafulVasavasaid
the UCC was an attack
on the Constitution.
Vasava,wholostfrom
Nandod (ST) seat in
Narmada district in the
2022 Assembly polls,
saidtheAAPcannottalk
about safeguarding trib-
al rights at the same
time express support to
the UCC, which he
claimed takes away spe-
cial rights given to trib-
als. Vasava accused the
Centre over the killing
of “tribals” in Manipur
and urged the AAP to
oppose fundamentalism
and hate politics.
Guj Tribal leader resigns from AAP
over party’s support to Civil Code
Uphaar fire case: Delhi court seeks response
on plea seeking de-sealing of cinema hall
New Delhi: A Delhi court has
sought response from the Associa-
tion of Victims of Uphaar Tragedy
(AVUT) on an application moved by real
estate tycoon Sushil Ansal, convicted in
the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire case, to
de-seal the cinema premises.
Delhi riots: Court
frames charges of
murder, dacoity
New Delhi: A court
here has framed
charges against 6 people
for allegedly brutally
assaulting a man and
burning him alive during
the 2020 northeast Delhi
riots. Additional Sessions
Judge was hearing a case
against Aman, Vikram,
Rahul, Ravi, Dinesh and
Ranjeet Rana, accused of
being a part of a riotous
mob that burnt Shahbaz
alive on the Main Khajuri
Pusta Road here.
Ordinance on control
of services: SC likely
to hear plea today
New Delhi: The SC
is scheduled to hear
on Monday a plea filed by
the Delhi government
challenging the constitu-
tionality of the ordinance
on control of services.
A bench comprising Chief
Justice D Y Chandrachud
and Justices P S
Narasimha is likely to
hear the matter. Senior
advocate Abhishek
Singhvi had mentioned
the matter seeking urgent
hearing on July 6.
IN THE COURTYARD
FIR against Digvijay Singh
for remarks on RSS leader
Childline will ensure quick
help to kids in distress: Irani
Union Minister Smriti Irani greets a couple who adopted a child
by NCPCR, at Ravindra Bhawan in Bhopal on Sunday. PTI
‘RaGa’ssudden desire
togetreal islaughable’
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi
helps farmers in Sonipat.
MECHANICS NEED TO
BE EMPOWERED: RaGa
New Delhi: The
mechanics in India
need to be empow-
ered in order to strengthen
the country’s automobile
industry, Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi said on Sun-
day as he shared a video
of his recent interaction
with motorcycle mechanics
at Delhi’s Karol Bagh. “To
strengthen the automobile
industry of India, there is a
need to empower the me-
chanics of India,” the former
Congress chief said.
Cong: Agnipath
has shattered
dreams of youth
NATIONAL-LEVEL LEADERS ATTEND MEETING
Besides Nadda, Reddy, and Bandi, the
Sunday meeting in Hyderabad was reportedly
attended by BJP General Secretary BL San-
thosh and National Vice-President DK Aruna. Senior
BJP leader and former MP D Purandeswari, who
was recently appointed the party’s Andhra Pradesh
chief, also attended the meeting.

INDIA
06
TOMATO TROUBLE
UP vegetable vendor hires bouncers
PTI
Varanasi
he rising prices
of tomatoes are
not only burn-
ing holes in consumers’
pockets but are also gen-
erating employment for
bouncers as vendors ap-
prehend trouble from
irate customers.
Varanasi vegetable
vendor Ajay Fauji has
hired bouncers for his se-
curity because, he claims,
that some customers be-
come violent while buy-
ing tomatoes.
“The tomato prices are
too high and people be-
come violent at times.
They start arguing and
even use bad language.
Since we do not want any
trouble of disturbance at
the shop, I have hired
bouncers,” he said.
“People are indulging
in violence and even
looting tomatoes. Since
we have tomatoes in the
shop, we don’t want any
arguments, so we have
bouncers here,” Ajay
Fauji said.
T
Indore: Police have ar-
rested three men in
Madhya Pradesh’s In-
dore district for alleged-
ly holding a tribal man
and his minor brother
captive and thrashing
them following an al-
tercation on a road, an
official said. After a
video of the incident
went viral on social
media, the police ar-
rested Sumit Chowd-
hary, Jaipal Singh
Baghel and Prem Singh
Parmar on Saturday.
2 tribal brothers held
captive for hours
beaten up; 3 arrested
Palghar: The body of a
newborn baby was found
in a garbage bin of a hos-
pital in Maha’s Palghar
district on Sunday, police
said. The body of a male
infant was found in the
garbage bin of a private
hospital in Virar this
morning, an official said.
An offence under section
318 (concealment of
birth by secret disposal
of dead body) of the IPC
has been registered
against unidentified per-
sons, he said.
Maha: Newborn found
dead in hospital’s
garbage bin in Palghar
Tirupati: Six persons,
all from the same fami-
ly, returning from a vis-
it to Tirumala died in a
road accident on Sun-
day afternoon at Mitta-
kandriga village in
Tirupati district, police
said. The accident took
place between Tirupati-
Sri Kalahasti on the na-
tional highway.
Six Tirumala devotees
die in road accident in
Andhra Pradesh
Ujjain: A group of Dalit
boys teased some upper
caste girls at a village in
MP’s Ujjain, leading to
tension in the area and
prompting the police to
deploy additional secu-
rity forces, an official
said. Security would be
withdrawn from the area
after the tension fully
subsides, he said.
Dalit boys beaten for
‘teasing’ upper-caste
girls in MP village
IN BRIEF
Baghpat (UP): Two
men who allegedly held
a couple hostage and
raped the woman were
on Sunday arrested af-
ter an encounter here,
police said. On July 3,
the accused — Rashid
and Aabid — held a
couple captive here on
the Baghpat-Meerut
highway and then raped
the woman, a police of-
ficial said.
2heldforholdingcouple
captive,rapingwoman
Agencies
New Delhi
Several parts of north-
west India witnessed a
heavy spell of rain on
Saturday and Sunday,
with Delhi breaking a
40-year-old record. Delhi
recorded 153 mm of rain
in 24 hours ending at
8:30 am on Sunday, the
highest in a single day in
July since 1982, the IMD
said. At least 15 people
have been killed in land-
slides in hill states as
heavy rains and strong
winds pounded several
parts of north India, news
agency PTI reported.
Northwest India has
seen incessant rainfall
over the last two days,
withmanyareasinUttara-
khand,HimachalPradesh,
Haryana, Uttar Pradesh,
Rajasthan and Punjab re-
cording “heavy to very
heavy” precipitation.
Data from the IMD
show that bountiful rains
in many parts of India in
the first eight days of
July have bridged the
rainfall deficit for the
entire country. The cu-
mulative rainfall has
reached 243.2 mm,
which is 2 per cent above
the normal of 239.1 mm,
the data stated.
Heavyrainsclaimseveralhumanlives
Red alert of extremely heavy rains has been issued for 7 distrcits in Himachal Pradsh
Citing killings in WB polls,
Irani targets Gandhi family
PTI
Bhopal
Union Minister Smriti
Irani on Sunday at-
tacked the Congress for
planning to align as part
of Opposition unity with
the Trinamool Congress,
which she claimed had
indulged in violence in
the panchayat polls in
West Bengal.
At least 15 people
were killed during poll-
ing in the eastern state
on Saturday, with both
the ruling TMC and the
opposition Bharatiya
Janata Party accusing
each of other of indulg-
ing in violence.
“People are seeing the
way democracy was mur-
dered in the panchayat
polls inWB where people
who went to cast their
votes were killed. With
that TMC party, the Gan-
dhi family (Congress)
wants to enter into an al-
liance,” she said.
PTI
Manipur
Technology has become
both a boon and a bane in
the restive Manipur state.
While Army and Assam
Rifles are deploying
drones to rescue and save
people, clashing ethnic
groupsareusingquadcop-
ters to target each other.
It has been noticed by
security agencies that
quadcopters have been
put to use by warring fac-
tions - Meiteis, mostly
concentrated in Imphal
valley, and Kukis, mainly
on the hillside - to know
each other’s positions,
officials said.
There have been plac-
es like Phougakchao,
Kangvai Bazar, and Tor-
bung Bazar in the south-
west part of Manipur
where the quadcopters
have been put to exten-
sive use by the two com-
munities where their vil-
lages face each other.
Warring groups use
quadcopters to target
each other in Manipur
PTI
Itanagar
The Arunachal Pradesh
unit of the National Peo-
ple’s Party (NPP) has
decided to oppose the
immediate implementa-
tion of the Uniform
Civil Code (UCC) in the
northeastern state. The
decision was taken at
the state executive meet-
ing of the party here on
Saturday, NPP state
general secretary Pakn-
ga Bage said. NPP state
working president Likha
Saaya told reporters,
“Though NPP is in alli-
ance with the BJP on de-
velopmental issues, but
the regional party fol-
lows its own ideology”.
The party unanimous-
ly adopted a resolution
at the meeting opposing
the UCC, citing the
state’s diverse multi-
ethnic and multi-tribal
composition, as well as
its strong customary and
traditional identity,
Bage said. Elaborating
the reason as to why
NPP is opposing UCC,
Bage said since
Arunachal Pradesh has
its own unique laws, the
NPP has unanimously
adopted a resolution
to go with the customary
laws with certain modi-
fications.
BJP’s ally to oppose UCC in Arunachal Pradesh
One held for assaulting,
forcing Dalit in UP: Police
PTI
Sonbhadra (UP)
A contractual employee
of the electricity depart-
ment has been arrested in
this Uttar Pradesh district
for allegedly beating up a
Dalit man and forcing
him to lick his slippers,
police said on Sunday.
Avideo purportedly of
the incident had gone vi-
ral on social media, they
said. In his complaint
submitted to police on
July 8, Rajendra Chamar,
the Dalit man, said he be-
longs to the Scheduled
Castes (SC) category.
“On July 6, he had
gone to his maternal un-
cle’s place, where the
electricity supply was
disrupted. He was trying
to locate the fault when
the contractual employee
of the power department,
Tejbali Singh Patel, start-
ed hurling abuses at him.
Agencies
New Delhi
The 28th rake of Indian-
built semi-high-speed
Vande Bharat Express
will be ‘saffron’in colour,
railway officials said.
The new saffron Vande
Bharat Express is how-
ever not yet operational
and is currently stationed
at the Integral Coach
Factory (ICF) in Chen-
nai, where Vande Bharat
trains are manufactured.
While Union Railway
Minister Ashwini
Vaishnaw had said that
the new colour of the
28th rake of the indige-
nous train is “inspired by
Indian Tricolour”.
He said that 25 im-
provements have done in
the Vande Bharat trains.
Having said so, the im-
ages of the new, currently
stationed at the ICF,
rakes only seem to sport
the saffron and white col-
our, evidently missing
the green and blue from
the Indian Flag.
Vande Bharat’s new look
inspired by Tricolour
FREE TOMATOES WITH SMARTPHONES IN MP,
BOUNCERS PREVENT LOOT IN UTTAR PRADESH
Amid sky-touching prices of tomatoes, vegeta-
ble sellers are trying unusual approaches, like
hiring bouncers to manage customers and giv-
ing away tomatoes for free with smartphone purchas-
es. In Ashok Nagar, Madhya Pradesh, a smartphone
shop owner has come up with an interesting offer:
customers who purchase mobile phones from his store
will receive 2 kg complimentary tomatoes. Abhishek
Agarwal, the shop owner, explained, “Since toma-
toes have become expensive and we wanted to offer
something to customers due to increased competition
in the market, we decided to offer tomatoes with smart-
phones.” He further claimed that there is an increase
of shoppers in his store after he started the offer.
According to the Dept of Consumer Affairs, tomatoes’
average price is Rs 100. The rates across different cit-
ies quoted are Rs127 in Delhi, Rs147 in Lucknow, Rs
105 in Chennai, and Rs 115 in Dibrugarh.
Monsoon fury in North India
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
z Train operations in
Shimla-Kalka route sus-
pended amid heavy rainfall,
landslides: Officials
z Hundreds of vehicles
stranded in Udhampur as
Jammu-Srinagar NH closed
due to inclement weather
z River Jhelum swells as
rains lash J-K, IMD issues
red alert
z Overflowing Chenab
River washes away shed
used as community kitchen
for Amarnath pilgrims,
none hurt
Beas River is in spate as the water level increases due to heavy rainfall in Mandi on Sunday. ANI
A car washes away in flash
floods in the Kasol area.
Boats anchored on the banks of swollen Jhelum river following
heavy rainfall, in Srinagar on Sunday.
A car got damaged after a tree uprooted and fell on it due to
heavy rain, in Dharamshala on Sunday. ANI
Vehicles wade through a flooded road after heavy rainfall, at Medicity Road in Gurugram. ANI
Manipur policemen from Meitei community stand guard as a
volunteer in Imphal.
NPP state general secretary Paknga Bage addressing the media.
A portion of Manali-Chandigarh
Highway washes away.
NPPadopteda
resolutionatthe
meetingopposingthe
UCC,citingstate’s
diversemulti-ethnic
andmulti-tribal
composition,aswellas
itsstrongcustomary
traditionalidentity

NEWS
07
Chess: Humpy, Harika to lead India’s challenge in Asian Games
PTI
New Delhi
India will send a strong
10-member chess contin-
gent, including double
gold medallist Koneru
Humpy and bronze med-
allist Dronavalli Hari-
ka, for the Asian Games
scheduled to commence
in Hangzhou on Septem-
ber 23.
Vidit Gujrathi and
young Arjun Erigaisi in
men’s and Humpy and
Harika in women’s sec-
tion will compete in the
individual categories.
In the women’s sec-
tion, Humpy, Harika, R
Vaishali, Vantika Aggar-
wal and Savitha Shri will
participate in the team
event.
The team announce-
ment was made on Sun-
day during the General
Body meeting of the All
India Chess Federation
(AICF) in Kanpur, which
was chaired by its presi-
dent Sanjay Kapoor.
Russiashootsdown
missilesoverCrimea
Agencies
Moscow
Russian air defence sys-
tems shot down two mis-
siles on Sunday, Russian
officials said, one over
the annexed Crimean
peninsula and another
over Russia’s southern
Rostov region that also
borders Ukraine.
A cruise missile was
shot down near the city
of Kerch on the Crimean
peninsula, without in-
flicting any damage or
casualties, Russia-in-
stalled Governor Sergei
Aksyonov wrote on the
Telegram messaging app.
He did not specify
where the missile had
been launched from.
There were no casualties.
Crimea was annexed
by Russia from Ukraine
in 2014, but is interna-
tionally recognised as
part of Ukraine.
CRUCIAL READ
New York gunman
kills 1, wounds 3 in
random shooting
Amid school closures
under Taliban, girls
turn to tailoring
Netanyahu signals
impatience with
protests in Israel
New York: A gunman
riding a scooter killed
one 87-year-old man and
wounded three others in a
random shooting, according
to the New York City Police
Department (NYPD).
According to acting NYPD
Commissioner Edward Ca-
ban, the 25-year-old shooter
rode an illegal scooter while
shooting at the four people
in Brooklyn and Queens
boroughs of New York City.
Kabul: After schools
and universities
closed, many students in
war-torn Afghanistan turned
to training in tailoring, and
have called on the Taliban
to reopen schools. Some of
these girl students demand-
ed that the de-facto authori-
ties reopen the colleges
and universities that were
closed to female students
in grades above 6. In order
to become self-sufficient,
these female students are
busy learning how to sew in
tailoring shops.
Jerusalem: Israeli
Prime Minister Ben-
jamin Netanyahu signalled
impatience on Sunday with
disruptions caused by resur-
gent demonstrations against
his judicial overhaul plans,
summoning his attorney-gen-
eral for a cabinet discussion
of police counter-measures.
On Monday, Netanyahu’s
religious-nationalist coalition
is due to bring for first par-
liamentary reading a bill that
would limit “reasonableness”
as a standard of judicial
review - and which critics
argue would open the door
for abuses of power.
‘ALMOST 500 CHILDREN
KILLED IN UKRAINE’
A total of 494
children have been
killed in Ukraine as a
result of “armed aggression”
by Russia, Ukraine’s pros-
ecutor general’s office has
said. As of Sunday morning,
more than 1,051 children
have been injured in vari-
ous degrees of severity as
a result of the conflict, the
prosecutor general’s office
wrote on Telegram.
The highest number of chil-
dren wounded in Ukraine
is in the Donetsk region,
with 472 injured, and then
in the Kharkiv region, with
129 wounded, according to
prosecutors.
A Russian heavy flamethrower rocket launcher fires towards the
Russian positions on the frontline near Kreminna on Sunday.
Rylan Clark
England women’s team with the trophy after T20 series win.
NATO Summit: Biden
begins 3-nation tour
Agencies
Delaware
US President Joe Biden
departed on Sunday on a
three-nation trip that will
be dominated by a NATO
summit in Lithuania
aimed at showing solidar-
ity with Ukraine in its
fight against Russia while
not yet accepting Kyiv as
a member of the alliance.
Biden’s first stop will
be in London, where he
will meet British Prime
Minister Rishi Sunak at
10 Downing Street on
Monday and then travel
to Windsor Castle for a
visit with King Charles.
The talks with the
king, expected to include
climate initiatives, will
give Biden a greater
sense of the man who
succeeded his mother,
Queen Elizabeth, who
died last September.
Biden will travel on to
Vilnius, Lithuania, on
Monday night and hold
talks with NATO leaders
there on Tuesday and
Wednesday.
YELLEN SEES ‘PROGRESS’
IN ROCKY US-CHINA TIES
Beijing: U.S. Trea-
sury Secretary Janet
Yellen said 10 hours
of bilateral meetings with
senior Chinese officials in re-
cent days were “direct” and
“productive”, helping stabi-
lise the often rocky relation-
ship as her four-day Beijing
trip ended. Before departing
China on Sunday, Yellen
said the United States and
China remained at odds
on a number of issues but
expressed confidence that
her visit had advanced ef-
forts to put the relationship
on “surer footing”. “The U.S.
and China have significant
disagreements,” Yellen told
a press conference at the
U.S. embassy in Beijing.
BBC presenter
suspended amid
claims he paid
teenager for
sexual images
Agencies
New Delhi
Atop BBC presenter Ry-
lan Clark has been sus-
pended amid allegations
he paid a teenager tens of
thousands of pounds for
explicit images. The cor-
poration announced the
suspension in a statement
on Sunday afternoon UK
time, but did not name
the individual at the heart
of the allegations.
The BBC is also in
dialogue with the Metro-
politan Police about the
issue. Deadline under-
stands that the BBC was
in touch with police be-
fore The Sun published
allegations about the un-
named star on Friday.
The British tabloid
newspaper reported that
the high-profile presenter
paid a teenager more than
£35,000 ($45,000) in re-
turn for explicit pictures.
The exchanges alleg-
edly date back to 2020
when the teenager was
aged 17. The individual
has reportedly used the
cash to fund a crack co-
caine habit.
Five killed, 10 injured in LPG
cylinder blast in Pak's building
Agencies
Islamabad
At least five people were
killed and around 10 oth-
ers injured on Sunday in
an LPG cylinder blast in
a three-storied building
on the Grand Trunk Road
in Jhelum in Pakistan’s
Punjab province.
Five bodies had been
recovered and injured
have been rushed to the
Jhelum District Head-
quarters (DHQ) Hospital,
Additional Deputy Com-
missioner (Revenue)
Hassan Tariq was quoted
as saying by Dawn.
Four to five people
were believed to be under
the rubble and rescue ef-
forts were under way to
save them, he added
The explosion took
place at around 9:45
a.m., after which the res-
cue teams launched res-
cue operation.
India to support SL in overcoming its crisis
PTI
Colombo
India has reiterated its
willingness to play “a
constructive role” in sup-
porting Sri Lanka’s ef-
forts for recovery from
the worst economic crisis.
Addressing the inau-
guration ceremony of
the Construction, Power
and Energy Expo 2023
in Colombo, India’s
Deputy High Commis-
sioner Vinod K Jacob
said that recent develop-
ments in India-Sri Lanka
ties have strengthened
the friendship and all-
around cooperation be-
tween the two countries.
“We were the first credi-
tor nation in January this
year to convey the financ-
ing assurances needed to
kick start the IMF pro-
cess. India will continue
to play a constructive role
as a Co-Chair of the
Creditors Committee
along with Japan and the
Paris Club,” he said.
India this year became
the first country to hand
over its letter of support
for financing and debt re-
structuring of Sri Lanka
to the International Mon-
etary Fund (IMF).
Harmanpreet,spinnersshine
inIndia’swinoverBangladesh
Agencies
New Delhi
Skipper Harmanpreet
Kaur fired a brisk unbeat-
en 35-ball 54 after spin-
ners produced an all-
round show as India
women cruised to a sev-
en-wicket win over Bang-
ladesh in the first T20I in
Mirpur on Sunday.
Spinners used the con-
ditions to perfection re-
stricting Bangladesh to a
below-par 114 for 5.
In reply, Harmanpreet
smashed her first fifty of
the season while her dep-
uty Smriti Mandhana hit
38 off 34 balls as the duo
added 70 runs for the third
wicket to chase down the
target in 16.2 overs.
The skipper hit 6
boundaries and two sixes
and made best use of the
two reprieves that she got
off left-arm spinner Na-
hida Akter’s bowling.
MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS
z India women defeated
Bangladesh women
by 7 wickets in the first
T20I
z Harmanpreet Kaur
scored an unbeaten
54 to help India beat
Bangladesh
z Harmanpreet Kaur was
named Player of the
Match for her match-
winning knock.
z Bangladesh managed
a total of 114/5 in their
20 overs which India
chased down
z Sobhana Mostary also
made a valuable contri-
bution with 23 runs off
33 balls, hitting 2 fours.
z Shorna Akter played
a crucial knock of 28
runs off 28 deliveries,
smashing 2 sixes.
India Women vs Bangladesh Women - First T20I
NationalMotorcycle
RacingC'ship:Chavan
notchesmajorwin
Women’s Ashes:
England beat Aus by
5 wickets in 3rd T20
Agencies
London
England beatAustralia by
five wickets via the DLS
method in a rain-affected
third and final T20I to
win the series 2-1 at
Lord’s and keep their
slim hopes of winning the
multi-format Women’s
Ashes 2023 alive, here on
late Saturday night.
TeenagerAlice Capsey
(46 off 24) combined
with vice-captain Natalie
Sciver-Brunt (25 off 25)
to steer England to a re-
vised target of 119 off 14
overs with four balls to
spare and with 5 wickets
in hand. Late wickets
helped Australia push
England’s chase into the
final over; with just two
runs to defend, Jess Jo-
nassen trapped Heather
Knight lbw first ball, but
Dani Gibson iced victory
next delivery with a re-
serve sweep for four.
Agencies
Chennai
TVS Racing’s Sarthak
Chavan, the 16-year-old
from Pune, emerged tri-
umphant at the Madras
International Circuit here
on Sunday as he scored
the biggest win of his
blossoming racing career
by trumping the Pro-
Stock 165cc Open field
in the second round of
the MMSC fmsci Indian
National Motorcycle
Racing Championship
2023 on Sunday.
Sarthak’s landmark
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Bikaner : Raj Police,
under the leader-
ship of DGP Umesh
Mishra, is actively engaged
in assertive policing. In an
exclusive interview with First
India News in Bikaner on
Sunday, Mishra stated that
whether it’s Raju Thehat
gang or any other, we have
broken the backbone of
gangsters will continue to
do so. Mishra emphasised
that if anyone disrupts com-
munal harmony, action will
be taken against them. “It
is necessary to encourage
those who are doing good
work its not our policy to
neglect them,” Mishra said.
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Preserve the past and be
inspired by it but always
focus on the future, that
is where you and the coming
generations are going to live.
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Inauguration of Kota Chaupati built by RHB at Kunhari Housing Scheme
‘Chaupatiwillreducestress
oflocalscoachingstudents’
l Shanti Dhariwal ‘Yug Purush’ for development works in Kota, says RHB
Commissioner Pawan Arora l Visitors will be able to relish a variety of Indian,
Italian and Continental cuisines at 14 shops and 4 kiosks set up at Kota Chaupati
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota
UDH Minister Shanti
Dhariwal on Sunday, in-
augurated Kota Chaupati
built by the Rajasthan
Housing Board in Kun-
hari Housing Scheme of
the city. During this, ad-
ministrative officers of
the district including
RBH Commissioner
Pawan Arora were pre-
sent.
Addressing the cere-
mony, Dhariwal said that
the Chaupati will prove to
be effective in relieving
stress and providing tasty
and nutritious food to the
students coming from all
over the country to get
coaching here apart from
being a benefit to the local
residents of the Coaching
Hub, Kota.
“Here the students will
be able to enjoy delicious
cuisine with security and
complete freedom. RHB
has constructed this
Chaupati maintaining ex-
cellence in construction
works on the lines of the
Chaupati that has been
built in Jaipur. The Chau-
pati will also be the Cen-
tre of attraction for do-
mestic as well as the for-
eign tourists,” he said.
Dhariwal also tasted
many dishes while visit-
ing the various stalls.
On this occasion, Divi-
sional Commissioner Dr.
Pratibha Singh, Mayor
Kota North Manju Meh-
ra, District Collector OP
Bunkar, Rajasthan Hous-
ing Board Secretary Alpa
Choudhary and other of-
ficials, Councillors and
general public were also
present.
Shanti Dhariwal is
‘Yug Purush’ for
development works
being undertaken in
Kota. The revival of
RHB was possible due
to political will. The
Board’s turnover of Rs
118 cr has crossed Rs
10,000 cr mark till
date. RHB has created
6 world records and
won 22 awards in this
time. RHB earned a
revenue of Rs 3,000 cr
by identifying about
2,500 properties
which were lying
dumped for long.
PAWAN ARORA,
RHB COMMISSIONER
In 2014, there was a
time when RHB’s
closure was the only
alternative left. When it
came into our hands,
we thought of reviving
it and made Pawan
Arora the RHB
Commissioner. Today
RHB has a bank
balance of Rs 7,000
crore. RHB built only
houses during the
years 1970 to 2018. But
now, the Board has
constructed a
magnificent Jaipur
Chaupatis and City Park
in Jaipur. The projects
of building MLA
residences and the
Constitution Club being
developed by RHB are
under progress.
SHANTI DHARIWAL,
UDH MINISTER
A huge number of residents throng the newly inaugurated Kota Chaupati on Sunday.
HRA FOR NON-SERVICE SENIOR RESIDENTS
CM Ashok Gehlot has
approved the proposal
to give HRA to non-
service senior residents and
to increase stipend of non-
service residents. Now senior
residents who aren’t in govt
service who have not been allotted hostels will be given
House Rent Allowance of Rs 6,000 per month. If a resident
voluntarily declines for hostel allotment, he/she will not be
eligible for House Rent Allowance. Similarly, the proposal
to increase the additional stipend to non-service residents
to Rs 5,000 has been approved. Stipend will be given only
to those who haven’t been allotted a hostel.
`75 CR TO UPGRADE WASTE TREATMENT PLANTS
CM Gehlot has ap-
proved the proposal
to increase limit of
assistance payable by state
govt from Rs 50 cr to Rs 75
cr for setting up upgrad-
ing general waste treatment
plants in Raj. This will encourage setting up of new waste
treatment plants, while better maintenance of the currently
operated plants will be done. The waste generated from
various industries will be treated, which will aid in environ-
mental conservation prevent adverse effects on public’s
health. Amount of assistance will be made available from
corpus fund formed in collaboration with RIICO RSPCB.
CM APPROVES 11 NEW
POSTS IN LOKAYUKTA
CM Ashok Gehlot
has approved
the proposal for
creation of 11 new posts
in Lokayukta Secretariat.
In the proposed posts,
one Section Officer, 2 Asst
Secretaries, 4 Asst Section
Officers and 4 Clerical posts
are included. Along with
this, Gehlot has approved
a proposal to redefine the
cadre strength of various
posts of ministerial cadre in
Lokayukta Secretariat. With
this, relief can be provided
in Lokayukta Secretariat by
redressingplaints related
to corruption, misconduct
and misuse of office against
public servants. Personnel
of various cadres of ministe-
rial service will get better
opportunities for promotion.
2000 VET INSTITUTES
TO BE ELECTRIFIED
A total of 2,000 un-
electrified veterinary
institutions will be
electrified in the State. This
would cost Rs 6.50 cr for
which CM Ashok Gehlot
has approved the proposal.
With this, treatment of ani-
mals in the institutions will
become easier. Cold Chain
facilities will be developed
in hospitals, so that different
types of animal vaccines
can be kept for a long time.
The CM had made an an-
nouncement in this regard
in the budget.
z Proper Seating
z R.O. Drinking Water
z Modern Washroom
z CCTV Cameras
z LED Sound System
z Selfie Point
z Wi-Fi, Greenery, Video Call
z Automatic Sanitisation
Machine
z Fire Fighting System
z Two-wheeler parking
MAJOR ATTRACTIONS 5000 PEOPLE VISIT ON
THE INAUGURAL DAY
District Collectors, SPs need to work in
unison to maintain law order in dists: CS
Laxman Raghav
Bikaner
hief Secretary
Usha Sharma
reviewed the
law and order situation in
the assembly level meet-
ing held at Collectorate
Auditorium, Bikaner on
Sunday. Sharma said that
the District Collector and
SPs should work with
better coordination to
maintain law and order in
the districts. She said that
in view of the assembly
elections, the next six
months are very impor-
tant for the state and
monitoring is important.
After any incident, action
should be taken soon.
DGP Umesh Mishra was
also present. CS said that
conducting fair fear-
free polls is priority of
administration. “For this,
100% compliance of in-
structions of ECI should
be ensured. Harmony
should be ensured and
strict action should be
taken against those trying
to disrupt it . Extra vigi-
lance should be exercised
in border areas,” she said.
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota
UDH Minister Shanti
Dhariwal dedicated the
city’s 10th major project
Borkheda flyover to
public on Sunday.
Dhariwal said that all
the projects started for
smooth traffic and basic
facilities in Kota have
been completed on time
with quality. He said that
roads, flyovers, under-
passes, drinking water
projects, tourism devel-
opment works were tak-
en up for citizens’benefit
in all areas, which have
been completed with
quality in 3 years.
He informed that the
construction of 1,124
meter long two- lane fly-
over has costed Rs 111
crore. Fylover developed
on 28 spans, will benefit
lakhs of people residing
on Baran Road and will
ease traffic congestion on
the road.
C
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot has approved the
proposal for reconstitu-
tion of State Environ-
ment Impact Assessment
Authority (SEIAA) and
State Expert Appraisal
Committee (SEAC).
Along with this, the crea-
tion of 63 new posts has
also been approved for
the formation and opera-
tion of two additional
SEACs.
The decision will fa-
cilitate speedy disposal
of various applications
for environmental clear-
ances. The CM had made
an announcement in this
regard during the budget.
Gehlot’s Nod for reconstitution
of SEIAA SEAC, create 63 posts
Arif Mansoori
Jhalawar
First India News hon-
oured 32 people as
‘Jhalawar Ke Ratna’ for
their commendable
works in various fields.
The event was held on
Saturday at Hotel White
House in Jhalawar.
Those who performed
their responsibilities and
displayed social concern
and gave new direction
to the state and country
were honoured.
Minister of Mines and
Gopalan Pramod Jain
Bhaya was the chief
guest. Also present were
Editor of First India
Channel Jinendra Singh
Shekhawat, Bureau
Chief Nirmal Tiwari, VP
(Sales) of Bharat24,
Vishal Mathur and other
officials on behalf of
First India family.
Those honoured in-
cluded Shailendra Yadav
alias Kalu Bhaiya,
Tejkaran Khandelwal,
Mahesh Vaidya, Dr Shiv
Bhagwan, Padma Shri
Hukamchand Patidar,
Mustaq Babu, Madan
Singh Tanwar, Historian
Lalit, Mahesh Kashyap,
KuldeepArora, Mubarik
Mansoori, Jaigupta, Pi-
yush Yadav, Salman
Khan, Ayan Sheikh,
Kamlesh Gupta, Prerna
Mandoloi, Angat Jeet
Singh, Mandeep, Su-
man, Sitaram
C h o u d h a r y,
Madan Lal Ver-
ma, Durga
Shankar Yadav.
All Municipalities
Councils were also hon-
oured. Minister Pramod
Jain Bhaya pre-
sented shawl
memento to all.
First India also
felicitated the
Minister. ASP Chiran-
jilal Meena, K Kailash
Meena Virendra Sin-
gh were also felicitated
with a shawl memen-
to. FI divisional in-
charge Bhanwar Charan
and District Reporter
Arif Mansoori expressed
gratitude to all guests
during the programme.
First India News honours talents from all
walks of life for their exemplary works
Dhariwal: Basic facilities in Kota
have been completed on time
500 GOVT TEACHERS TO
BE TRAINED ABROAD
500 teachers of Govt
Colleges, Govern-
ment Polytechnic
Colleges Universities in
Raj will now be trained at
prestigious institutions of
the country and abroad.
These teachers will under-
stand the innovation and
technology being done in
teaching in these institu-
tions.CM Ashok Gehlot has
approved a proposal for
“Teacher Interface for Ex-
cellence” (TIE) programme
in this regard. Under the
programme, Rs 23.50 cr will
be spent on the same.
RHB DOING EXCELLENT WORK UNDER PAWAN ARORA’S LEADERSHIP: DHARIWAL
UDH Minister Shanti
Dhariwal appreciated
the design, construc-
tion quality of Chaupati as
excellent. Crediting RHB
Commissioner Pawan
Arora and his team, he said
that the Board is doing a
very good job under the
leadership of Arora. The
Board has also sold the
surplus houses and earned
record revenue along with
it. He said that Board will be
stronger in future and it will
expand. “We have revived
the Housing Board which
the previous government
wanted to close. During the
tenure of the last 4 years,
out of the unsold surplus
houses, along with the sale
of 17,000 houses, about
2,000 commercial properties
have also been sold. Dur-
ing this period, the Board
has also earned a revenue
of about Rs 4,637 crore,”
Dhariwal said. Pawan Arora
gave detailed information
about feats of Kota Chaupati
and RHB. “Kota Chaupati
is a unique example of the
work efficiency of the RHB.
Despite the outbreak of
the Corona pandemic, the
Board has presented an
example of its efficiency by
completing the construction
work of the project in a qual-
ity manner in the shortest
possible time,” Arora said.
CM APPROVALS
First India’s Jhalawar Ke Ratna
Pramod Jain Bhaya, Jinendra S Shekhawat, Nirmal Tiwari, Chiranjilal Meena, Vishal Mathur,
K Kailash Meena, Virendra S Gurjar, Imran Khan during the ‘Jhalawar Ke Ratna’ awards organised
by the First India News at Hotel White House in Jhalawar.
Shanti Dhariwal inaugurates Borkheda Flyover worth Rs 111
crore in Kota on Sunday. Amit Dhariwal, Manju Mehra, OP
Bunkar, RD Meena and others were also present.
The guests at Hotel White House during the award ceremony.
Pramod Jain Bhaya addresses
the gathering during the event.
Pramod Jain Bhaya being
felicitated during ‘Jhalawar
Ratna Awards’ held at Hotel
White House.in Jhalwar. Also
seen are Jinendra S Shekhawat,
Bhanwar S Charan, Nirmal
Tiwari Vishal Mathur.
First India Bureau
New Delhi
LS Speaker Om Birla
will visit Udaipur on
Tuesday. He will attend
the convocation ceremo-
ny of Gitanjali Universi-
ty honour talented stu-
dents. Birla will reach the
Mohanlal Sukhadia Uni-
versity campus at 2:30
pm to attend the Leader-
ship Conclave- 2023 or-
ganised by the Business
Administration Depart-
ment of the University.
Assembly Speaker Dr CP
Joshi will also accompa-
ny him. Birla will leave
for Kota on Tuesday.
Om Birla to visit
Udpr on July 11
CS Usha Sharma chairs a review meet of Law order at
Collectorate in Bikaner. Also seen are Umesh Mishra, RK Sharma,
Dinesh MN, Dr Neeraj K Pawan, Tejaswani Gautam Om Prakash.
The Kota Chaupati
was an immediate
hit with more than
5,000 people visiting on the
inaugural day itself onSun-
day. The live band added
to the festive atmosphere
people were seeing tapping
to melodious music. They
also appreciated the food.
GANGSTERS WON’T BE
SPARED: DGP MISHRA

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journalist known for his
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the 1950s till date.
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ism has covered some of
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of war coverage during
the 1965 and 1971 wars
against Pakistan, climb-
ing Haji Pir with the In-
dian Army and covering
the tank battle in the
Sialkot sector, conducted
by General Rajinder Sin-
gh ‘Sparrow’ himself.
From Lal Bahadur
Shastri’s fateful Tashkent
journey to the liberation
of Bangladesh; from
Jawaharlal Nehru’s de-
mise to Narendra Modi’s
rise, he’s witnessed it all.
I fondly address Prem
Prakash as “Dadaji “ with
love. Dadaji began his
career as a news photog-
rapher. In the early days
of his career, he chose to
work on photo features,
which gave him the op-
portunity to write while
he took photographs.
He reminisces his ca-
reer shaping up with The
Illustrated Weekly of In-
dia which was the coun-
try’s leading pictorial
magazine back then. It
was published in Bom-
bay and was extremely
popular. He started sub-
mitting his features to
them and was thrilled
when he carried his first
feature with three pages
of photographs. More
such features followed.
In a very short while, at a
young age, he was gain-
ing a reputation as a pho-
tojournalist.
At the same time, he
was taking whatever
news photos he could in
and around Delhi and
submitting them to the
local newspapers. Gradu-
ally, he started covering
for the Evening News,
the evening newspaper of
Hindustan Times.
Seeking international
exposure, he contacted
the London news photo
agency Planet News and
began submitting photo-
graphs and news features
to them. The Illustrated
London News, a prestig-
ious London magazine,
also carried his photos.
Meanwhile, he became
one of the prime contrib-
utors to the Illustrated
Weekly of India.
He once covered a
trade union meeting at
the Talkatora Gardens in
Delhi, addressed by a
British delegation. His
photograph of that meet-
ing was published by
Evening News. Soon af-
terwards, he got a tele-
phone call from an Eng-
lishman named Roger
Hicks, who had been at
the meeting. He had
seen the photograph
in the newspaper
and invited him
over for a cup of
tea. He was quite
excited because
it was his first
encounter with
a foreigner.
After that,
he worked
with for-
eign broad-
casters-like
Gaumont
Actualités in
F r a n c e ,
D e u t s c h e
Wochenschau
in Germany and Warn-
er-Pathé News in the US-
who were the pioneers of
their time. In 1957, he
was part of a group that
launched the news agen-
cy Visnews in London.
I had the
privilege to interview the
veteran on a one-to-one
meeting and asked him
what takes to make a
good journalist and he
humbly replied, “Agood
journalist is one who
studies hard. When
working on a sto-
ry, he goes direct-
ly if necessary
into the field,
gets all view-
points, and does
not give his opin-
ion editorially, but
reports facts.
Let the peo-
ple or his
E d i t o r
d e c i d e
on opin-
ion.”
Prem Prakash is an
eminent author as well.
In 2020, his first book
“Reporting India “ was
published. The book cel-
ebrates his seventy years
of fascinating journey as
a pioneer in the field of
Indian journalism and
also his personal life.
Over the course of his
long and illustrious ca-
reer as a photographer,
film cameraman and col-
umnist, dada ji covered
major events, both in In-
dia and abroad, bearing
witness to natural calam-
ities, wars, military
coups and insurgencies.
Prem Prakash’s
strength always was go-
ing to the location as
you can read through
his book REPORT-
ING INDIA, even at
grave risk to his life.
That is the only way
he could report and
show to the world the
exact situation whether
in Bangladesh or in Af-
ghanistan and during
Indo-Pak wars.
On asking him about
his weaknesses he said
he would like others to
judge any weakness in
him. That confidence
with humility makes him
incredible.
At the age of 92, the
author launched his sec-
ond book - Afghanistan:
The Quest for Peace, The
Path of Wars. It is a first-
person account of a coun-
try, once prosperous now
ravaged by war.
It is fascinating to
know that having spent
several years in Afghani-
stan, Prem Prakash beau-
tifully captures the jour-
ney of the landlocked
country of marvellous
beauty since time imme-
morial.
Going deep back into
history, the author offers
penetrating insights into
how Maharaja Ranjit
Singh of the erstwhile
Punjab empire subdued
Afghans and extended
the border of Punjab to
the plains of Afghanistan
by annexing the Pesha-
war valley, including Pe-
shawar city, Khyber Pass
and large Pashtun areas.
He enriches readers by
offering glimpses of a
liberal, free, stable and
secular Afghanistan, un-
known to many, under
the benign rule of King
Zahir Shah.
The author then dis-
cusses the long period of
instability following the
April 1978 revolution,
which brought commu-
nists into power with the
support of the Soviet
Union.
He critically analyses
the role of the US and
Pakistan in creating the
Taliban to defeat the So-
viet Union. Providing a
gripping account of the
twenty-year war the US
fought against the Tali-
ban establishing a demo-
cratic government in Af-
ghanistan, he paints the
tragic picture of US
withdrawal leaving Af-
ghans once again at the
mercy of the Taliban and
pushing them back into
poverty as well as the
stone age. The present
narrative, brief though it
is, is authoritative, capti-
vating and artfully con-
structed. It brings to the
imagination of readers a
country with a chequered
past still searching for
peace.
Prem Prakash has in-
teracted with every
prime minister of India
and interviewed many of
them on camera.
With curiosity in my
eyes, I asked Dadaji if
there are any famous
journalists that inspire
him and why are they in-
spirational to him. He
recalls with a smile on
his face that when he
started his career he was
fortunate to have the
blessings of a great Edi-
tor like Tony Whyte who
was born in India and
was the son of India’s
first speaker in the then
LegislativeAssemble Sir
Alan Whyte. In New
Delhi, he was fortunate
to have the blessings of
Frank Moraes, the then
Editor of Indian Express.
They were inspirational
because they had risen to
great heights and recog-
nition by the sheer dint of
their great study and hard
work.
I concluded the inter-
view by requesting
Dadaji to advise the
young and upcoming
journalists and me and
his wise reply was that
we should study hard on
topics like history and
economics and also keep
track of current affairs.
Research the subject
thoroughly before re-
porting. Go to the loca-
tion and give first-hand
and honest information.
So readers, what are
you waiting for? Go grab
the masterpieces “Re-
porting India” and “Af-
ghanistan” by the re-
markable Prem Prakash
and experience an ex-
traordinary and enriching
reading and understand
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