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CM’S TAKE ON OPPN UNITY
India will unite,
INDIA will win:
Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot
UNDER RAHUL GANDHI’S ‘BHARAT
JODO YATRA’ COUNTRYMEN CAME
TO FORE AND IT CREATED A NEW
ATMOSPHERE OF LOVE, HARMONY
AND BROTHERHOOD, SAYS CM
First India Bureau
Jaipur
n Wednesday,
CM Ashok Ge-
hlot tweeted on
Opposition grand alli-
ance ‘INDIA’ and said,
“India will unite, INDIA
will win. Under Rahul
Gandhi’s 3500 kilometer
‘Bharat Jodo Yatra, a
resolution of the country-
men came to the fore
which created a new at-
mosphere of love, har-
mony and brotherhood.
Rahul raised four issues
including inflation and
unemployment promi-
nently. Given the gap be-
tween the rich and the
poor, the increasing vio-
lence should be raised
prominently. Bharat Jodo
Yatra was supported by
all political parties. All
these issues spelt the
challenges before the
country. Now it is possi-
ble for the parties of the
opposition to come on a
single platform. This is a
good sign for the coun-
try’s interest. The aim is
to save democracy in
coming days and the coa-
lition has been formed
with the aim of strength-
ening the Constitution
and it will prove to be a
big step in the betterment
of the country’s future.”
O
Jaipur, Thursday | July 20, 2023
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helping it to stay ahead during global
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Actor-turned-politician
Pawan Kalyan meets
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah, in New Delhi,
on Wednesday. PTI
IN BRIEF
J&K: Security forces
foil infiltration bid, 2
killed in Kupwara
Srinagar: Security
forces foiled an infiltra-
tion bid and shot dead
two militants in a joint
operation carried out by
the Army, Kupwara Po-
lice, and BSF, in Jammu
and Kashmir’s Kupwara
district. The bid was
foiled in Machil sector
of Kupwara district.
Terror module busted
in Bengaluru; big cache
of firearms seized
Bengaluru: Five people
who were radicalised for
terror attacks have been
arrested by the Central
Crime Branch with fire-
arms and ammunition
and 12 mobile phones
confiscated from them,
Bengaluru Police Com-
missioner B Dayananda
said on Wednesday. P6
34 killed in accident
in Tamanrasset
province of Algeria
Algiers: A deadly road
accident on Wednesday
killed 34 people in Al-
geria’s southern prov-
ince of Tamanrasset,
with 12 others injured,
the local civil protec-
tion department said. A
passenger bus collided
with a pick-up, causing
an explosion and fire.
K’taka House ruckus:
10 BJP MLAs suspended
Bengaluru: Speaker UT
Khader on Wednesday
suspended 10 BJP
MLAs after the Assem-
bly plunged into chaos
with unruly scenes fol-
lowing BJP MLAs tore
copies of bills and threw
them at Deputy Speaker
Lamani’s face. P5
DAY OF TRAGEDIES
15DIEDUETOELECTROCUTIONIN
CHAMOLITRANSFORMERBLAST
First India Bureau
Chamoli
At least 15 people died
by electrocution and sev-
en injured after a power
transformer exploded at
Namami Gange project
site on the banks of the
Alaknanda river in in this
district on Wednesday.
A police sub-inspector
and three home guards
were among the 15 killed
in the accident that oc-
curredat11.35amnearthe
Chamolisewagetreatment
plant, police said adding
that electricity circulation
on a metal railing caused
the casualties, as per pre-
liminary information.
Two of the injured
were airlifted to AIIMS
Rishikesh, and the other
five were admitted to a
hospital in Gopeshwar.
CM Pushkar Singh
Dhamihasorderedamag-
isterial inquiry into the
incident. He said rescue
teams, including the dis-
trict administration and
State Disaster Response
Force, have already
reached the spot. P6
An injured being airlifted to AIIMS Rishikesh after an accident at a power transformer at a Namami
Gange project site on the banks of the Alaknanda river, in Chamoli district, on Wednesday. PTI
It proved to be a woeful Wednesday with several unnatural deaths from across the country
The ill-fated hut where four of a family
were butchered in Jodhpur’s Cheria
village; (inset) accused Pappu Ram.
HM AMIT SHAH SPEAKS TO UTTARAKHAND CM
DHAMI ON CHAMOLI ELECTROCUTION DEATHS
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on
Wednesday spoke with Uttarakhand CM Pushkar
Singh Dhami and enquired about over a dozen
deaths due to electrocution in the state’s Chamoli district.
In a telephonic conversation with Uttarakhand CM Dhami,
the Union Home Minister took detailed inputs about the
incident. “Death of people due to electrocution in Chamoli,
Uttarakhand is very sad. I talked to Chief Minister @push-
kardhami ji and inquired about the incident. The adminis-
tration is engaged in providing treatment to the injured. I
express my condolences to the bereaved families and wish
the injured a speedy recovery,” Shah tweeted.
J&K: LANDSLIDES,
FLOODS CLAIM 8
LIVES IN KATHUA
ARMY OFFICER DIES,
6 SOLDIERS HURT IN
SIACHEN TENT FIRE
Kathua: At least
eight people
were killed due
to floods and landslides
triggered by heavy rains
in the Kathua district of
J&K on Wednesday. As
per police reports five
people of a family were
buried alive when a
heavy landsliding fell on
a house at village Surjan
of Bani tehsil 250 km
from the Kathua district
headquarters.
Srinagar: An
officer was killed
and six soldiers
injured in a tent fire inci-
dent in Siachen Glacier
of Ladakh on Wednes-
day, army sources said.
They said the fire broke
out in a tent at 3.30 a.m.
on Wednesday. “Initial
cause behind the fire
was a short circuit. An
investigation is under-
way,” sources said.
Around 15 people
including a police
sub-inspector & five
home guards have
died. Investigation is
underway. Prima
Facie reveals that
there was current on
the railing and the
investigation will
reveal the further
details.
V MURUGESAN,
ADG OF POLICE,
UTTARAKHAND
Four members of
family hacked to
death, burnt in hut
Rajeev Gaur
Jodhpur
In a gruesome incident,
four members of a family
were on earlyWednesday
morning hacked with an
axe by a relative and the
bodies were set on fire at
Cheria village in Osian
town of Jodhpur, police
said. Among them, a six-
month girl child was al-
legedly hurled alive into
the fire. The police iden-
tified the assailant, iden-
tified as Pappu Ram (19),
a nephew of the head of
the victim’s family, and
caught him within 4
hours of the incident,
said DGPUmesh Mishra.
SP (Jodhpur Rural)
Dharmendra SinghYadav
said Pappu Ram entered
victims’ house on a farm
at around 4 am and killed
head of family Poonaram
(60), his wife Bhanwari
(55) and their daughter-
in-law Dhapu (23), and
her six-month-old daugh-
ter Manisha. Dhapu’s
husband was out for night
shift at a stone cutter at
the time of the incident.
“He killed three mem-
bers one by one in their
sleep by hitting them at
their throats with an axe.
He then gathered the
bodies near the kitchen
and set them ablaze,”Ya-
dav said. P3
PERSPECTIVE P4
First India Bureau
Jaipur
The State Assembly on
Wednesday the Rajasthan
Laws Repeal Bill-2023
through which 133 obso-
lete and unnecessary
Acts will be repealed.
The House also passed
the Rajasthan Coopera-
tive Society (Amend-
ment) Bill 2023, the Ra-
jasthan State Fair Au-
thority Bill 2023, and the
Rajasthan Appropriation
(No.3) Bill, 2023 with
which an amount of Rs
8,255 crore will be paid
and utilised. P2
PTI
New Delhi
The Supreme Court on
Wednesday granted regu-
lar bail to activist Teesta
Setalvad in a case of al-
leged fabrication of evi-
dence to frame innocent
people in the 2002 post-
Godhra riots cases.
Athree-judge bench of
Justices BR Gavai, AS
Bopanna and Dipankar
Datta set aside the order
of the Gujarat High Court
rejecting her plea for
regular bail.
The top court said a
charge sheet has been
filed in the case against
Setalvad and her custo-
dial interrogation is not
necessary.
Raj passes Bill
to repeal
obsolete laws
Post-Godhra
riots: Regular
bail for Teesta
India A defeat Pakistan A
in Emerging Asia Cup
Agencies
Colombo
Sai Sudharsan smashed
an unbeaten century
(104* off 110 balls) and
Nikin Jose hit 53 off 64
balls to help India A
chase down Pakistan A’s
206-run target in just
36.4 overs. India A’s
8-wicket victory which
helped them finish on top
of Group B in the Emerg-
ing TeamsAsia Cup, was
set up by Rajvardhan
Hangargekar, who picked
up 5/42 as IndiaAbowled
out Pakistan A team for
205 here. Hangargekar
started off with a double
wicket maiden and then
came back to finish off
the tail. Manav Suthar
picked up 3 Pak wickets.
INDIA TO TAKE ON PAK
ON SEP 2 IN ASIA CUP
The PCB announced
the fixtures of the
Asia Cup via a press
conference on Wednesday
with the India vs Pakistan
encounter scheduled for
Sep 2 in Kandy, Sri Lanka.
The arch rivals, who’ve slot-
ted in Group A alongside
Nepal may possibly face
each other three times in 15
days upon progression to
the Super 4 and the final.
1st transgender
birth certificate
issued in Rajasthan
Jaipur (FIB): The Jaipur
Municipal Corporation
(Greater) on Wednes-
day issued State’s
first transgender birth
certificate. Director of the
Economic and Statistics
Dept Bhanwarlal Bairwa
handed over the birth
certificate to Noor Shek-
hawat. “Till now, we used
to get the record of birth
of male and female kids
only. Now, the record of
third gender will also be
available on our portal,”
Bairwa said. “Everyone
forgets that there is a
third gender in the society
and they should be given
the same rights as other
people have,” said Noor.
Manipur situation, Delhi ordinance
set to dominate Houses’ proceedings
PTI
New Delhi
The situation in Manipur
and the Delhi services
ordinance are set to dom-
inate the Monsoon ses-
sion of Parliament begin-
ning on Thursday with
the Opposition parties
gearing up to raise these
issues to corner the NDA
government.
Thesessionbeginsclose
on the heels of 26 Opposi-
tion parties forming the
Indian National Develop-
mental Inclusive Alliance
(INDIA) to take on the
BJP-led National Demo-
cratic Alliance (NDA) in
the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
Union Ministers Pralhad Joshi and Arjun Ram Meghwal address
media after all-party meeting, in New Delhi, on Wednesday. PTI
JOSHI: GOVT WILLING TO
DISCUSS EVERY ISSUE
The govt said at an
all-party meeting on
Wednesday that it is
willing to discuss every issue
permitted under the rules
and approved by the Chair in
Parliament’s Monsoon Ses-
sion beginning on Thursday.
OPPN’S ALLIANCE TO
PLAN STRATEGY TODAY
The first meeting of
Opposition alliance
INDIA will be held on
Thursday to chalk out a joint
strategy for the monsoon
session. The meeting will be
held in Rajya Sabha LoP Mal-
likarjun Kharge’s chamber.
HOLD DISCUSSION
ON MANIPUR: CONG
Asserting that it
takes two hands
to clap, the Con-
gress on Wednesday
said if the government
wants Parliament to
function, it should give
space to Opposition’s
issues, and demanded
a discussion on Manipur
situation during Parlia-
ment’s Monsoon Ses-
sion. Congress’s leader
in Lok Sabha Adhir
Ranjan Chowdhury
made these remarks
after participating in the
all-party meeting ahead
of the session starting
Thursday.
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First India Bureau
Jaipur
The State Assembly
on Wednesday
passed by voice
vote the Ra-
jasthan Coop-
erative Society
(Amendment)
Bill – 2023 to fur-
ther strengthen the
cooperative movement in
the state. This will pro-
vide relief to the common
people and fraud in the
allotment of plots by
housing cooperative soci-
eties will be stopped, said
Cooperative Minister
Udailal Anjana while
replying to the discussion
on the Bill in the House
on Wednesday.
Anjana said that under
the new provisions, the
registrar will now be able
to search and acquire the
records and property of
the society without the
permission of the court.
This will save the extra
time spent in the court
and speedy justice will
be available to the com-
mon man. Sub-section 3
of Section-63 of the Act
will also be removed
through the intoduction
of this Bill.
RAJASTHAN
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CAG REPORT TABLED
Fiscal Deficit declines to 4.03 pc, higher than FRBM Act target
First India Bureau
Jaipur
iscal Deficit as
a percentage of
Gross State Do-
mestic Product (GSDP)
decreased from 5.86 per
cent in 2020-21 to 4.03
per cent in 2021-22,
which was higher than
the target of three per
cent as prescribed under
FRBM Act, 2005, as per
the CAG report tabled
in Rajasthan Assembly
on Wednesday.
However, the Revenue
Deficit of the State Gov-
ernment was Rs 25,870
crore during the year
2021-22.
As per the CAG report,
during 2021-22, there
was short transfer of Em-
ployee contribution to
New Pension Scheme
(NPS) by Rs 641.89
crore. Further, a deferred
liability of Rs 809.00
crore on the part of state
government due to short
transfer of employee
contribution by Rs
778.28 crore and legacy
amount of Rs 30.72 crore
was also found.
Budgetary assump-
tions of the State Govern-
ment were not realistic
during 2021-22 and de-
spite carrying out an
elaborate pre-budget ex-
ercise to bring out effi-
ciency and transparency
in budget formulation
and execution, budgetary
estimates were off the
mark to a considerable
extent, and control over
the execution and moni-
toring of budget was in-
adequate, the report said.
“Despite flagging
these issues every year
over the last several
years, the State Govern-
ment has failed to take
corrective measures in
this regard,” the report
mentioned. Various de-
partments did not submit
770 Utilisation Certifi-
cates aggregating to Rs
1,833.21 crore pertaining
to the period 2010-11 to
2020-21 to the office of
the auditor general as on
31 March 2022.
While evaluating the
financial performance of
state PSUs, the CAG re-
port said that the contri-
bution of PSUs to GSDP
of Rajasthan declined
from 8.29 per cent in
2019-20 to 7.44 per cent
in 2021-22.
Out of 42 Government
Companies and Statutory
Corporations, 27 PSUs
earned profit, 12 PSUs
reported losses and three
PSUs had neither profit
nor loss during the year
2021-22.As on 31 March
2022, 23 PSUs had accu-
mulated losses of Rs
1,07,318.60 crore.
As on 31 march 2022,
The total net worth of
these 15 PSUs was nega-
tive at Rs 62,749.66 crore
against the paid-up capi-
tal of Rs 34,596.22 crore,
as per the report.
Fiscal deficit is the
difference between
the total revenue and
total expenditure of a
government in a
financial year. Fiscal
deficit arises when
the expenditure of a
government is more
than the revenue
generated by the
government in a
given fiscal year.
The Law and
Parliamentary Affairs
Minister, Shanti
Kumar Dhariwal said
a committee was
formed and the
committee, in
consultation with all
the administrative
departments,
identified such basic
Acts and Amendment
Acts which are not
relevant, have
become redundant or
whose purpose has
been fulfilled which
can be repealed
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Rajasthan Laws Repealing Bill-2023 passed, unnecessary & redundant old laws would be scraped off with this bill
ASSEMBLY SESSION
133obsoletelawsnowsettoberepealed
QUESTION HOUR
?
Yogesh Sharma,
Naresh Sharma &
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur
The State Assembly on
Wednesday passed the
Rajasthan Laws Repeal
Bill-2023 by voice vote
after discussion. Law and
Parliamentary Affairs
Minister Shanti Kumar
Dhariwal said that the
state government is mak-
ing continuous efforts to
make the state’s legal
system more accessible
to the general public and
to improve it. For this
purpose the Rajasthan
Laws Repeal Bill-2023
has been brought,
through which 133 obso-
lete and unnecessary
Acts will be repealed.
Dhariwal was speaking
on the Bill in the Assem-
bly on Wednesday after
after discussion.
“There has been a
continuous pro-
cess of repeal-
ing obsolete
and unneces-
sary laws.
Even before
this, many laws
have been repealed
through a similar process
four times. The repealed
Acts do not affect the
spirit of the original Act,
as the purpose for which
these Acts or amend-
ments were brought have
been fulfilled,” he said.
Meanwhile, Rajasthan
Appropriation (No.3)
Bill, 2023 was also
passed on Wednesday.
Keeping the Bill in the
house, Shanti Dhariwal
said that this bill has been
brought to authorize the
payment and appropria-
tion of certain more
amounts from the con-
solidated fund of the
state for the services of
the financial year 2023-
24. With the passing of
the Bill,an amount of
Rs.8thousand 255 crore
67 lakh and 40 thousand
will be paid and utilized.
The State Assembly
on Wednesday
Bill – 2023 to fur-
“There has been a
continuous pro-
this, many laws
ASSEMBLY
SESSION
Shanti Dhariwal talking about Rajasthan Laws Repealing Bill-2023 in the House on Wednesday.
Shakuntala Rawat
RajCooperativeSociety(Amendment)Billpassed
BJP demands CBI probe into paper leaks, stages walkout
First India Bureau
Jaipur
The BJP MLAs created
ruckus in the House on
Wednesday in the matter
of paper leak and rigging
in the recruitment exami-
nations. In Zero Hour,
Leader of Opposition
Rajendra Rathore,
MLA Vasudev Devnani
and Ashok Lahoty raised
questions on recruitment
examinations. They al-
leged that Congress lead-
er Gopal Kesawat, who
was caught in the paper
leak and EO recruitment
exam, had links with
RPSC members. The BJP
created a ruckus demand-
ing the dissolution of the
RPSC and a CBI inquiry
into the RPSC recruit-
ments that have taken
place so far.
“Corruption is rampant
in RPSC. Don’t believe
us, but at least believe
Pilot Saheb (Sachin Pi-
lot). There should be a
CBI inquiry into all the
RPSC exams till now,”
Rathore said.
“During whose tenure 18
papers were leaked. 14
Exams should be can-
celled. In these, 1.30
crore candidates sat, paid
a fee of Rs 400 crore. The
hopes of those youths
were shattered by the pa-
per leak,” Rathore said.
Ashok Lahoty asked that
why the report of SOG in
REET Paper Leak was
not made public till date.
“RPSC chairman is the
same person, who was
protecting the head of
Rajasthan for three years.
After the arrest of Gopal
Kesawat, there is no
need to say anything,” he
said.
RAJASTHAN STATE
FAIR AUTHORITY BILL–
2023 PASSED IN THE
HOUSE UNANIMOUSLY
The Rajasthan
State Fair Author-
ity Bill – 2023 was
passed by a voice vote in the
state assembly on Wednes-
day. Devasthan Minister
Shakuntala Rawat tabled the
bill in the house for discus-
sion, following which, it was
passed unanimously in the
house. Devasthan Minister
Shakuntala Rawat informed
that the bill has been intro-
duced for safe organization
of fairs, systematic manage-
ment and providing basic
facilities in the state. “District
committees will be formed
in each district for safe
organisation of fairs and fes-
tivals. By means of this bill,
arrangements and facilities
for electricity, water, toilets,
parking, transport, stay and
others will be ensured for
the devotees coming to the
fairs,” Shakuntala Rawat
informed the house.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
In an interesting turn of
events, Vasundhara Raje
and Satish Poonia have
found themselves seated
side by side in the state
assembly. This develop-
ment, however, should
not be mistaken for a po-
litical shift but rather a
mere rearrangement of
seating positions. With
Rathore assuming the
role of leader of the op-
position, Poonia has tak-
en up the position of
Deputy Leader of the Op-
position. As a result,
Poonia now occupies the
seat right next to Raje,
sparking intrigue among
political observers.
Notably, recent reports
have highlighted meet-
ings and discussions be-
tween Raje and Poonia,
adding further interest to
this arrangement. This
seating arrangemeny has
certainly become a topic
of discussion among both
media and public alike.
Vasundhara Raje and Satish
Poonia get adjacent seats
Nocomplaintaboutliquor
hoardingsreceived:PLMeena
First India Bureau
Jaipur
BJP MLA from Phulera
Nirmal Kumawat raised
questions on the promo-
tion of liquor shops
through hoardings on the
highway and wrongly al-
lotting shops. Excise
Minister Parsadi Lal
Meenarespondedthatthe
shops are allotted as per
rules. “Ever since I have
handled the Excise De-
partment, not a single
MLA sent a complaint. If
there is a complaint, ac-
tion will be taken as per
the rules. We have not
seen any hoardings etc.
putupanywhere,”hesaid.
ParsadiLalMeena said
that according to the vi-
sion of the CM, the num-
ber of shops has also been
reduced. Liquor shops
will be 500m away from
the highway, 200 meters
away from public place.
Orders have been issued for the works of
Chambal Lift Project: Dr Mahesh Joshi
PHED Dr. Mahesh
Joshi informed the
Legislative Assembly on
Wednesday that orders
have been issued for the
works of Chambal Lift
Project based large
drinking water project to
benefit more than 200
villages of Dholpur district
through door-to-door water
relations under Jal Jeevan
Mission. It is proposed to
be completed in a period of
20 months. He said that
the tender for this is in the
process of approval. He explained that there was a
natural delay due to other policy processes, including the
Centre not allowing the BSR for the year 2022. He was
replying to the supplementary questions asked by the
members in this regard during the Question Hour.
8,000 nandghars to
be made: Jully
‘97% contribution
in Pension Scheme’
Social Justice
and Empower-
ment Minister Tikaram
Jully said that the state
has entered into an
MoU with Anil Agarwal
Foundation to develop
nandghar Anganwadi
centers. He said that, a
target has been set to
develop 8,000 nand-
ghars by including 13
districts on priority basis.
In first phase the work
of developing 976 nand-
ghars has been complet-
ed and the work of 509
is in prpriority basis. He
informed that guidelines
have been issued to the
foundation regarding the
delay in the work.
Tikaram Jully said
the Social Security
Pension Scheme is
about 97% funded by
the state government.
He said, now at least Rs
1000 will be given in
social security pension.
After this decision, the
contribution of the
Central Government will
remain only about 1%.
Assistance given to
gaushalas increased
Ration dealers to get
increased honorarium
Revenue Minister
Ramlal Jat said in
the Legislative Assembly
on Wednesday that the
state government is
working with a deter-
mined spirit for the
conservation and
promotion of the cow
dynasty in the state. He
said that on the
increasing rates of
fodder and the demand
of gaushalas, the
duration of assistance
being given to gaushalas
under the Cow Protec-
tion and Promotion Fund
Revised Rules-2021 has
been increased from 6
months (180 days) to 9
months from the
financial year 2022-23.
Food and Civil
Supplies Minister
Pratap Singh Khachari-
yawas said in the
Assembly on Wednes-
day that a letter has
been written to the state
and central government
to increase the hono-
rarium of ration dealers.
He said that a proposal
has also been sent to
the Finance Department
to conduct studies in
other states in this
regard. Minister Pratap
Singh Khachariyawas
said that at the present
time, the ration dealers
are provided with
honorarium as per the
rules of the Central
Government.

First India Bureau
Jaipur/Jodhpur
Congress MLA Divya
Maderna tried to raise the
matter of killing of four
people in Jodhpur as soon
as the proceedings of the
House began. Maderna
urged Speaker Dr CP
Joshi that she wanted to
say something and de-
mands answers from the
govt but citing the rules
and regulations of the
QuestionHour,theSpeak-
er did not allow Maderna
to speak. There was a
heated exchange between
Speaker&MLAMaderna
on this matter.
After this, Maderna
cameoutoftheHouseand
spoke in front of media.
She targeted the govt
saying that despite being
an MLA, she herself does
not not feel safe, so how
will the people of the state
be safe.
“The accused of the at-
tack on me are also roam-
ing freely and IG Jodhpur
transfers that case to Siro-
hi,” she said. Maderna
demanded the removal of
IGP Sher, alleging that he
would just sit in his cham-
berandtransferSHOs,but
would not meet visitors.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
People protested against
JMC, Greater, Mayor Dr
Somya, in Nangal-Jesa-
Bohra area. The local
people protested and
stopped the Mayor from
planting saplings on the
foundation stone laying
program of Fruit Park.
Due to the protest, the
foundation stone plaque
to be installed in pro-
gram was also brought
back without installing
it. There was a demand
from the people that a
playground should be
made for the children in-
stead of Fruit Park.
Locals started shout-
ing slogans when the
Mayor arrived at Chou-
han Baba Mandir Talai
At last, after planting a
single sapling, the May-
or returned after ad-
dressing the program.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
BJP leaders staged a sit-in
at Gandhi Circle here on
Wednesday in protest
against the lathicharge on
Yuva Morcha workers
during demonstration out-
sideRPSCofficeinAjmer.
District President Ra-
ghav Sharma, who led the
protest, accused the Con-
gressgovernmentofbeing
corrupt, anti-women and
anti-youth. He said that
such a government has
never been seen in Ra-
jasthan till date.
He said that the youths
raised the voice of democ-
racybuttheywerelathich-
arged at the best of the
Congress govt. “CM Ge-
hlot should understand
that the public will not tol-
erate all this now. BJP
workers will continue to
raise their voice against
the govt,” he said.
First India Bureau
Jaipur/New Delhi
BJP state president CP
Joshi flayed the Congress
govt in State on Wednes-
day, saying the murder of
four members of a family
in Jodhpur shows the
“collapse” of law and or-
der situation. The Con-
gress, in its 2018 election
manifesto, had said it will
bring the PublicAccount-
ability Act, but did not
workonitinfour-and-half
years, he said.
“Be it law and order,
rising corruption, crime
against women and SC/
STs, paper leaks or fulfill-
ing its promise of com-
pletefarmloanwaiverand
unemployment, the govt
has failed on its account-
ability,” Joshi said at a
press conference.
Union Min Arjun Ram
Meghwal and Alka Gur-
jar, addressedapresscon-
ference in New Delhi to
hit out at the Cong govt.
Citing the case of 4 per-
sons of a family, in Osian
of Gehlot’s home district,
Meghwal alleged that Ge-
hlot has shied away from
action due to his politics
of vote bank.
Meanwhile Gajendra S
Shekhawat said that the
incident is deeply sadden-
ing and in the last four and
a half years, the criminals
have become fearless in
the Rajasthan.
RAJASTHAN
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TO PROMOTE ORGAN DONATION...
Organ transplant panel in all hosps
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur
he Organ trans-
plant commit-
tees will be
formed in every govern-
ment medical college to
promote organ donation
and to carry out other im-
portantactivitiesincluding
setup related to organ
transplant in the state.
Voluntary organizations
working in the field of or-
gan donation will also be
included in these commit-
tees. ACS Medical and
Health Dept Shubhra Sin-
gh issued instructions in
this regard in review meet-
ing and said that after or-
gan donation done in govt
hospitals, all kinds of fol-
low-up tests would be
done free of cost for one
year. The expenditure on
these follow up tests will
be borne through the re-
spective RMRS. Singh
said that the State Organ
and Tissue Transplant Or-
ganization (SOTO) would
issueanannualcalendarto
providenecessarytraining
to the concerned doctors.
Along with this, she
also directed to take ac-
tion to restart a separate
department of Critical
Care, Anesthesia and Or-
gan Transplant in SMS
Hospital. The ACS di-
rected the Head of De-
partment of SMS Medical
College to start kerato-
plasty training in August
to promote eye donation.
ACS Shubhra Singh during the review meeting of medical dept in
Jaipur on Wednesday. Dr Ravi Prakash Mathur, Dr. Gaurav Saini, BL
Sharma, Kapil Garg, Lalit Kothari and others were also present.
T
Ajmer/ Udaipur: Two
children died due to
drowning while taking a
bath in a pond, in the
Meghato-ke-Badia vil-
lage of Kabra Gram
Panchayat. The 2 minors
had gone out to graze
their goats. The villagers
told that both the chil-
dren Rahul (14) and
Puran (14) had left the
house to graze goats.
In Udaipur, two youths
drowned in the Kathar
river of Gogunda town
on Tuesday. Police in-
formed the deceased has
been identified as Hitesh
Patel (25) and his friend
Sandeep Lohar (26).
The victims had gone
for a picnic in the area.
Two children drown in
Ajmer pond; 2 friends
drown in Udaipur
Jaipur: Harshdeep Sin-
gh Khachariyawas,
nephew of Food Minister
Pratap S Khachariyawas
vandalized the Country
Inn Hotel in Jaipur’s
Vaishali Nagar area.
Vaishali Nagar police
station on Wednesday
evening registered an
FIR against Harshdeep
Singh on the complaint
of hotel ownerAbhiman-
yu Singh’s father Bhava-
ni Singh. Notably, the
CCTV footage of the in-
cident also came forth.
MinKhachariyawas’s
nephewcreatesruckus
inhotelatVaishaliNgr
IN BRIEF
Sikar: Five residents of
Haryana have been ar-
rested in connection
with the firing on toll
workers at Ralavata toll
under Srimadhopur po-
lice station area of Sikar
district early Wednesday.
Accused had a dispute
with the toll personnel.
5 of Haryana held in
Sikar toll plaza firing
Landdispute,adeathledtomurders:Police
Deceased (L-R) Dhapu, Poonaram, Bhanwari Devi. Police consoling the grieved family members.
Police team investigating on the spot at Cherai village in Jodhpur on Wednesday.
Locals opposing Dr Somya during the inauguration of the Fruit
Park in city on Wednesday. MUKESH KIRADOO
Ramcharan Bohra during protest in Jaipur on Wednesday. Ashok
Parnami, Shyam Agrawal, Rajpal S Shekhawat, Narayan Meena,
Sadiq Khan and others were also present. MUKESH KIRADOO
CP Joshi addressing the media
in Jaipur on Wednesday.
ArjunRamMeghwalduringpress
conferenceinNewDelhi.
First India Bureau
Jodhpur/Jaipur
Following the incident of
4 of family burnt in Jodh-
pur, the investigation re-
vealed that there was a
land dispute between
Poonaram and Pappu
Ram’s father. Besides,
Pappu Ram’s brother had
died under suspicious cir-
cumstances in Surat, Gu-
jarat sometime back and
he suspected Poonaram
of being involved in his
death, Jodhpur rural SP
Dharmendra Yadav said.
“We began interrogat-
ing family members and
sons of Poonaram and
during this, suspicions
grew around Pappu
Ram,” he said.
Meanwhile, in assem-
bly, ParliamentaryAffairs
Minister Shanti Kumar
Dhariwal on Wednesday
said that the State govt is
serious about the incident
that took place in Jodh-
pur’s Osian. Giving a
statement in the House
regarding the incident, he
said that the police acted
promptly and arrested an
accused. He said that the
matter was under investi-
gation. “The half-burnt
bodies of Poonaram Jat
(55), his wife Bhanwari
(50), daughter-in-law
Dhapu (22) and Manisha
(6 months) were recov-
ered. Marks of sharp
weapons were also found
on their bodies,” he said.
MLADivyaMadernacorners
govt,IG;meetskinofdeceased
Minister Shanti Dhariwal said in the House that the police acted promptly, caught accused
MACABRE MURDERS
CP Joshi, Meghwal
corner Cong govt
over rising crime
DGP HAILS POLICE FOR
QUICK ACTION IN CASE
Taking prompt ac-
tion in the killing of
4 family members
in Jodhpur’s Osian, DGP
Umesh Mishra directed
ADG (Crime) Dinesh MN to
reach Osian and directed
other senior police of-
ficials of Jodhpur division
to immediately take action
in case. The police team
raided several places and
arrested the accused within
four hours of the incident.
“The accused, identified was
a relative of victims. Different
police teams inspected the
spot while the dog squad,
forensic team and other
reached there,” said DGP.
The DGP also congratulated
the Jodhpur Rural Police.
RHB GETS OWNERSHIP OF
`65CRLANDFROMCOURT
The RHB has gained
ownership of 6,350
square meters of
valuable land worth about
`65 crores by better arguing
the matter in the High Court
and won the case going on
for more than two decades.
RHB Commissioner Pawan
Arora said that in the year
2001, RHB's Property Al-
location Committee allotted
6350 square meters of land
to Mahatma Jyotibaphule
National Institute for the
construction of Community
Development Center in Sec-
tor-5 of Mansarovar Resi-
dential Scheme, Jaipur. The
institution had to deposit
an amount of Rs 50 lakh
60 thousand 633 in three
months to get the allotment
letter. The amount was not
deposited, due to which the
stay order was removedand
land was transferred to the
Board, Arora informed.
SHRCTAKESCOGNIZANCE,
SEEKSFACTUALREPORT
The State Human
Rights Commission
has taken a suo motu
cognizance in the mass kill-
ing of 4 members of a family
in Osian town. Taking cogni-
zance of matter, Chairman of
Human Rights Commission
Justice GK Vyas has sought
factual report from IG of
Jodhpur Range and Jodhpur
Rural SP. The commission
in its order noted that the act
comes under the category
of serious human rights
violations. The commission
in its order also inquired
if any complaint was filed
by the family members in
Police Station regarding their
security and what action was
taken, if any complaint filed.
Rly official in ACB
net with `40K;
Narco inspector
booked for graft
Navin Sharma
Jaipur/Kota
The chief health inspector
of railway was arrested by
anti-corruption bureau
while taking a bribe of Rs
40,000 from a sanitary
contractor to clear his
pending bill. The ACB
took action at the Jaipur
junction. The accused in-
spector Vikas Meena,
posted in Sikar, had come
toJaipuronlytocollectthe
bribe. After verification,
the accused
was trapped.
The ac-
cused had
demanded
bribe from
the contractor to clear his
bill pending since 2021.
The complainant had a
contract of sanitation and
water supply in Bandikui
in 2021. To clear the bills,
Meena demanded a bribe
of Rs 50,000. He was
caught red handed while
taking a bribe amount of
Rs 40,000.
Meanwhile, in Kota,
the ACB has booked an
officer of Central Narcot-
ics Control Bureau posted
in Chittorgarh in a case of
graft. The ACB had re-
covered an unaccounted
cash of Rs 2.16 lakh from
the vehicle of narcotics
inspector Arun Kumar
two months back. It is
suspected the cash was
collected from opium cul-
tivators illegally.
Jodhpur gangrape: NCPCR seeks
report from police in five days
First India Bureau
Jaipur
The National Commis-
sion for Protection of
Child Rights (NCPCR)
has taken cognizance in
the gang rape of a minor
dalit girl in Jodhpur. The
commission has issued a
notice to Jodhpur Police
Commissioner seeking
factual report of the case
in 5 days. The minor girl
was allegedly gang
raped in front of her
boyfriend in Jodhpur
early Sunday morning.
The teen and her boy-
friend allegedly eloped
from Ajmer on Saturday.
Wednesday fest shines
with 371 properties sold
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur
The popular “Wednesday
auction festival” scheme
of Rajasthan Housing
Board (RHB) is still shin-
ing bright. In the last two
weeks, a total of 371 resi-
dential and 3 commercial
propertiesweresoldunder
the Wednesday auction
festival scheme, earning
the Board a revenue of
about Rs 34.74 crore.
RHB Commissioner
Pawan Arora said that the
Wednesday auction festi-
val scheme was started to
sell about 20 thousand un-
sold surplus houses of the
Housing Board, in which
the scheme “Give 10%
enter the house” was also
included.“Underthis,bid/
auction proposal can be
submitted online every
Monday from 10 am to 4
pm by visiting the help
desk of all the offices of
RHB, sitting at home or
through e-mitra. 216 resi-
dential properties were
sold last week and 155 in
this week in the e-bid sub-
mission held on Wednes-
day. The faith of the com-
mon people towards the
Housing Board is getting
stronger day by day. This
is the reason that a total of
371 houses were sold in
two weeks,” Arora said.
He added that the EMD
amount of the unsuccess-
ful applicants will be re-
turned without any appli-
cation in just 72 hours.
MayorDrSomya
facesprotest
BJPsatgessitin,
cornersRajgovt
Fruit Park inauguration Protest against lathicharge
Divya Maderna at Cherai village
in Jodhpur on Wednesday.
3 BOOKED FOR RAPE OF 17-YEAR-OLD DALIT
WOMAN MOLESTED IN COTTAGE WARD OF SMS
Churu: Three employees of a child observation home
were booked on Wednesday for their alleged involve-
ment in the rape of a 17-year-old Dalit girl in Churu
district, police said. Mahila Police Station has registered a
case under various sections of the IPC, POCSO Act and
sections of SC/ST Act against the accused, they said. Police
said that an investigation into the complaint lodged by the
victim has been initiated and further action will be taken after
taking the accused in custody for interrogation and after
recording the teenager’s statement.
Jaipur: A woman was allegedly molested by an
admitted patient in SMS Hospital, police said. Police
informed the accused, Sunil, was admitted to the
cottage ward of SMS Hospital for treatment of obesity. “The
accused belonged to Alwar. The accused telephoned a
home care service and called a female staff to look after
her sister. As soon as the woman reached the hospital and
entered the cottage ward, the accused closed the door and
molested the victim,” police said. Vikas Sharma

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‘MODI HAI TO MUMKIN HAI…’ UNTOLD STORIES OF PM MODI — PART 48
PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI
odiji was a regular visi-
tor to my home. He is
simple, easy going and
his visits were not
work-related all the
time. He would come
to my place just to meet us or for a chit-
chat. And he used to address my mother
as “Vahini” which is the marathi for
“bhabhi”, i.e. sister-in-law. And when-
ever he felt that he had to visit Shanta-
ben, he would not think twice before
coming home. When Modiji got elected
for the first time, the first place he visited
wasJagannathMandirinAhmedabadfor
darshan.And his next stop was my place
because he used to treat my mother like
his own. My mother welcomed him with
great love and pride and the first thing
my wife and mother did was to do his
aarti which is a Hindu ritual to bless
someone. We offered him sweets to cel-
ebrate his well-deserved success. We
have a jhoola in our house and he went
and took his seat there, just like he al-
ways used to do when he visited as
Sangh Pracharak. I could see no change
in him and he was completely calm and
easy, just as we always knew him.
It was my son’s marriage in 2005 and
my mother, my wife I, we reached CM
bungalow to invite him for the wedding.
He offered us ‘Pooranpoli,’ a famous
sweetthatislovedbyMaharashtrians.He
also assured us that he would attend my
son’s wedding saying “I will be there
100%!” Well, he honoured his word and
I want to share with my readers, that
when he arrived, his cavalcade of secu-
ritypersonnelremainedoutsideandthere
was no fanfare. He came to the event like
an ordinary person and met all our guests
and just became one with the crowd. His
greatness lies in simplicity and he met
everyonewithloveandhumilityandtook
a chair amongst all the guests. When it
was time for dinner, as a mark of rever-
ence, we offered to bring his plate to the
chairwherehewasseated.Buthowcould
that be possible when it is CM Modi?
He got up and took his plate and had
dinnerwitheveryoneandafterthat,heleft
the gathering winning everyone’s heart!
When my mother left for her heav-
enly abode, he was with us in this hour
of grief. He was filled with emotion
because my mother loved him like her
own son; in fact, she had a soft corner
for him and probably loved him more
than she loved me. He took three rounds
around the place where her body was
kept and paid homage to her. He stood
in silence for an hour close to her and
later left to meet other commitments.
Even after attaining such heights, he
would remember us and inquired about
me and the well-being of my brother.
Once I got COVID and he found this
out from someone. When I got dis-
charged from the hospital, I received a
call from him and he said “Vinod dada,
how are you? Hope all is well and
you’re feeling better.” It was a short call
but was enough to lift my spirits. He
keeps in touch with people he cares
about. It is the hallmark of a great lead-
er who does not forget his friends who
were there with him in earlier days.
A Swayamsevak recalls
his experiences working
with Modi in Vadodara
MODI CONSIDERS
KARYAKARTAS’
FAMILIES AS HIS OWN!
nce he had come home
and my son, who lives in
America, had come
hometomeetus.SoNar-
endra bhai’s discussion
wasallabouttechnology,
development inAmerica etc. When I tried
to interrupt and asked him to interact with
us as well, he said “No, I wish to talk to
your son first.” So since his earlier days,
he has been development oriented and has
kept himself abreast of latest technologi-
cal innovations in the world.
Another time he came home and re-
marked “What have you changed in this
house?” I said “Narendra bhai, there
have been no changes. Why do you feel
so? It is just the same.” But he insisted
that there had been changes.
Just then, my wife entered the room and
she responded to Narendra bhai confirm-
ing that indeed the last time when he vis-
ited, the house looked different as some
renovationhadbeendonerecently.Sowhat
I am trying to say is that Narendra bhai’s
observation is extremely sharp and he does
not forget once he’s seen something. His
eye for detail is almost supernatural.
Once I went to meet him when he was
the Chief Minister. Well, I must tell my
readers that I did not have a prior appoint-
ment that day. I was visiting Gandhinagar
for some personal work and I felt inclined
to go and meet him. I went to his home
just to meet him as an acquaintance. But
when I reached his house, the security per-
sonnel said to me “Today saheb is not
meeting anyone. He has not given an ap-
pointment to anybody.” So I respected that
and I turned to go back when the security
personnel announced over the mic that a
gentleman called Mukund Shah from Va-
dodara would like to meet the CM.
So he told his security staff to let me
in. When I went in to meet Narendra
bhai, he met me with great love and af-
fection. I could not but admire his down-
to-earth demeanour. Someone as busy as
him, the CM of a state a thorough pro-
fessional, it is not easy for such a person
to take time out for people. But for him,
personal relationships matter and he
makes time for them. See I had not taken
an appointment and that he met me that
day, is just his greatness. It is something
that only Narendra bhai can do. Not just
this, I did not feel that he was in any
hurry to send me off. He met me as if he
had all the time in the world for me. In
fact, I myself took his leave as I felt that
I should not be taking up much of CM’s
time. So, this incident showed how much
Narendra bhai values his personal rela-
tionships, irrespective of his position and
of the work that he has to complete in his
professional day-to-day life.
O
Mukund Shah
Gujarat
Vinod Gadkar
Gujarat
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MODIJI’S GREATNESS LIES IN
HIS SIMPLICITY HUMILITY
It was my son’s mar-
riage in 2005 my
mother, my wife and I
reached the CM’s bungalow to
invite him for the wedding. He
offered us puran poli because
we are Marathi and he knew that
Maharashtrians love this sweet.
He also assured us saying “I
will be there 100%!” Well, he did
come and attended the event just
like an ordinary person would.
His greatness lies in simplicity.
NaMo’SHEART
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05
WORLD BANK PRESIDENT ON GLOBAL SLOWDOWN
India will be shielded from risks, says Ajay Banga
PTI
New Delhi
midst risk of a
global slow-
down in the
early part of next year, In-
dia is expected to remain
shielded from its effects
due to robust domestic
consumption,WorldBank
PresidentAjayBangasaid
on Wednesday.
“The outlook for the
world economy is better
than expectations, but
there is more risk on the
downside in terms of a
slowdown in the early
part of next year. Since
India gets a lot of its gross
domestic product from
domestic consumption,
even if the world were to
slow down for a few
months, India has a natu-
ral cushion against (it),”
Banga, who is on his first
visit to India, told the me-
dia following his meeting
with Finance Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman.
Besides, there were dis-
cussions between the fi-
nanceministertheglob-
al lending head regarding
India’s sectoral priorities
like municipal financing,
logistics, recycling of wa-
ter, and renewable energy
grids, for seeking assis-
tance from the WB Group
in leveraging private in-
vestments and how the
IndiaWorldBankcould
cooperate to further the
Group of 20 agenda, as
India is one of the largest
marketsforWorldBankin
terms of its portfolio.
World Bank President Ajay Banga PTI
A
ANI
New Delhi
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on Wednesday
thanked the US govern-
ment for returning 105
trafficked antiquities.
“This will make every
Indian happy. Grateful to
USA for this. These pre-
cious artefacts hold im-
mense cultural and reli-
gious significance. Their
homecoming is a testa-
ment to our commitment
to preserving our heritage
and rich history,” PM
Modi said in a tweet on
Wednesday. Earlier on
Monday, the Indian con-
sulate in NewYork held a
repatriation ceremony for
105 trafficked antiquities
handed over by the US.
The antiquities will
soon be transported to In-
dia, according to a release
issued by the Consulate
General of India in New
York. The development
comes after PM Narendra
Modi’s state visit to the
US in June 2023.
During PM Modi’s
state visit, India, the US,
agreed to work on a Cul-
tural Property Agree-
ment that would help
prevent the illegal traf-
ficking of cultural arte-
facts. Such an under-
standing will add further
value to the dynamic bi-
lateral collaboration be-
tween Homeland Secu-
rity and law enforcement
agencies of the two
countries. The 105 arte-
facts represent a wide
geographical spread in
terms of their origin in
India, with 47 from East-
ern India, 27 from South-
ern India, 22 from Cen-
tral India, 6 from North-
ern India and three from
Western India.
The artefacts which
span from 2nd-3rd centu-
ry CE to 18th-19th cen-
tury CE, are made of ter-
racotta, stone, metal and
wood.Around50artefacts
relate to religious subjects
[Hinduism, Jainism Is-
lam] the rest are of cul-
tural significance.
The Indian govern-
ment has been making
serious efforts to bring
back stolen Indian antiq-
uities, the living symbols
of rich Indian heritage
and culture, from abroad.
PM Modi thanks US for return of trafficked antiquities
PM Narendra Modi expressed gratitude to the United States for returning more than 100 priceless Indian artefacts on Wednesday.
CONGRESS AND 25 OTHER PARTIES UNVEILED THEIR ALLIANCE - INDIA
11partieswith91MPsonfence
asBJPOppnformalliances
PTI
New Delhi
While 65 parties have
joined either the BJP or
the Congress-led coali-
tion, there are at least 11
more with a total of 91
members in Parliament
who have chosen to stay
neutral for now in the
high-stakes general elec-
tions next year.
Three of the fence-sit-
ters rule fairly large states
- Andhra Pradesh, Telan-
gana and Odisha that to-
gether send 63 members
to Lok Sabha -- where the
Congress or other opposi-
tion parties have been
pushed to the margins.
Congress and 25 other
opposition parties on
Wednesday unveiled the
Indian National Develop-
mental Inclusive Alliance
(INDIA) to take on the
BJP-ledNDA,whichnow
has 39 parties. The parties
that are part of neither
grouping are: YSR Con-
gressParty(YSRCP)Biju
Janata Dal (BJD), Bharat
Rashtra Samithi (BRS),
Bahujan Samaj Party, All
India Majlis-E-Ittehadul
Muslimeen (AIMIM),
Telugu Desam Party
(TDP), Shiromani Akali
Dal (SAD), All India
United Democratic Front
(AIUDF), Janata Dal
(Secular), Rashtriya Lok-
tantrik Party (RLP) and
SAD (Mann). YSR Con-
gress Party (YSRCP),
which swept the elections
in AP in 2019, and Biju
Janata Dal (BJD), which
has been ruling Odisha
since 2000, have largely
votedinfavouroftheBJP-
led govt in the Parliament.
PM Narendra Modi, BJP President J P Nadda, Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Shiv Sena (Shinde) chief Eknath Shinde
Edappadi K Palaniswami and other NDA leaders during the meeting of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), in New Delhi. PTI
NITISH REJECTS SPECULATION HE
IS UNHAPPY WITH ALLIANCE ‘INDIA’
Rajgir (Bihar): Bihar Chief Minis-
ter Nitish Kumar on Wednesday
denied reports that he was dissatis-
fied with the opposition conclave held in
Bengaluru for not being made the conve-
nor of the newly formed alliance. Kumar
claimed that the BJP will be wiped out in
the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. “The meeting
was very fruitful and we all are very happy
with the outcome. I could not attend the
press conference after the conclave as I
had to come back to Patna. My effort is to
unite all opposition parties ahead of the
2024 Lok Sabha polls… and now things
are taking shape,” the JD(U) leader said.
10BJPMLAsSUSPENDEDFROM
ASSEMBLYFOR‘INDECENT’CONDUCT
Bengaluru: Ten BJP MLAs were
suspended from the Karnataka
Legislative Assembly for the re-
mainder of the session by Speaker U T
Khader for their “indecent and disrespect-
ful conduct” in the House on Wednesday.
The 10 MLAs who were suspended for
their “indecent and disrespectful conduct”
are Dr C N Ashwath Narayan, V Sunil
Kumar, R Ashoka, Araga Jnanendra (all
former ministers), D Vedavyasa Kamath,
Yashpal Suvarna, Dheeraj Muniraj, A Um-
anath Kotian, Arvind Bellad and Y Bharath
Shetty. The assembly session began on
July 3 and is slated to end on July 21.
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on
Wednesday said that a
three-judge bench will
hear a batch of petitions
pertaining to criminali-
sation of marital rape
after constitution bench-
es conclude hearing
some listed pleas. “We
have to resolve the mat-
ters concerning marital
rape,” a bench compris-
ing Chief Justice D Y
Chandrachud and justic-
es P S Narasimha and
Manoj Misra said when
senior advocate Indira
Jaising mentioned the
matter for hearing.
Bench to hear pleas
over criminalisation
of marital rape: SC
IN BRIEF
Mumbai: The Bombay
High Court has ordered
the release of a 30-year-
old man sentenced to
around 83 years in jail in
41 cases, observing that
any sentences imposed
by courts must maintain
a proper balance be-
tween deterrent and re-
formative objectives,
and that it cannot permit
“miscarriage of justice”.
The convict –Aslam
Shaikh – has been in jail
since Dec 2014 and con-
victed for offences per-
taining to theft.All his
sentences were to run
consecutively as the trial
courts had not specified
that the sentences would
run concurrently with
the previous convictions
and sentences.
Can’t allow
‘miscarriage of
justice’, says HC
‘DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION PROVIDE NATURAL
CUSHION TO INDIA AGAINST GLOBAL SLOWDOWN’
New Delhi: Domestic consumption provides natural
cushion to the Indian economy against the global
slowdown as bulk of the country’s GDP depends on
local demand, said World Bank President Ajay Banga here
on Wednesday. Talking to reporters, Banga said he dis-
cussed issues related to G20 and cooperation between the
World Bank and India. “We talked about everything we did
at G20 and how the meeting went. We talked about what
the world bank and India can do further as well as G20 part
of it. India is the largest market for the World Bank in terms
of our portfolio here. There is a lot of interest here,” he said.
On world economy outlook, the World Bank President said
there is more risk on the downside in terms of a slowdown
in the early part of next year. However, he said, “India gets
a lot of its GDP from domestic consumption. So even if the
world would slowdown for a few months, India has a natural
cushion by the fact that it is more domestic consumption
oriented.” India-born Banga is here to attend the meetings
of the G20 being held under India’s presidency.
No-confidence notice
against Karnataka
Assembly Speaker
PTI
Bengaluru
OppositionBJPandJD(S)
MLAs gave a no-confi-
dence notice against Kar-
natakaAssembly Speaker
UTKhader to theAssem-
bly Secretary on Wednes-
day. It has been jointly
signed by BJP and JD(S)
MLAs, including former
ChiefMinistersBasavaraj
Bommai and H D Kumar-
aswamy.
“As the Speaker who
has been elected by all the
members of Karnataka
Assembly, has lost the
trust of the House, to re-
move him from the post,
werequestforanopportu-
nitytomovethemotionas
per rule 169 of the Rules
ofProcedureandConduct
of Business in the Karna-
taka Legislative Assem-
bly,” the notice read.
New Delhi: The Con-
gress on Wednesday
said that it will be
launching the party’s Griha
Lakshmi scheme, which
was announced in the run-
up to the assembly elections
earlier this year, to transfer
`2,000 each to 1.11 crore
women heads of fami-
lies. Karnataka Congress
in-charge Randeep Singh
Surjewala said, “Today we
are happy to announce that
one of the guarantees that
we promised in the run-up
to assembly elections will be
fulfilled, which is very dear
to CPP chief Sonia Gandhi.”
KARNATAKA GOVT
TO LAUNCH GRUHA
LAKSHMI SCHEME
Karnataka Assembly FILE
G20meetinIndoretobezerowasteevent
PTI
Indore
The three-day meeting of
the G20 Employment
Working Group which
began in Indore city of
Madhya Pradesh on
Wednesday is going to be
a `zero waste’event, with
plastic bottles not al-
lowed and writing pads
of reusable paper being
used. Indore, notably, has
been ranked as India’s
cleanest city in the na-
tional cleanliness surveys
conducted by the Union
government for the last
six years. The G20 meet-
ing is aimed at finding
solutions to the current
global challenges in the
areas of labour, employ-
ment and social security
to workers.
Mizoram's main Oppn party
ZPM announces candidates
‘Keys in your hands, do good’: Uddhav to Ajit Pawar
PTI
Mumbai
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief
Uddhav Thackeray on
Wednesday met his for-
mer ally and Maharashtra
Deputy CM Ajit Pawar
for the first time after the
NCP leader joined the
Eknath Shinde govern-
ment. Uddhav Thacker-
ay, a member of the state
legislative council, at-
tended the house pro-
ceedings for a brief peri-
od. It was also his first
visit to the legislature
after deputy chairperson
Neelam Gorhe, his one-
time party colleague,
joined the Shinde-led ri-
val Shiv Sena. “I asked
him to do good work for
the state and people,”
Uddhav Thackeray said
after meeting Ajit Pawar,
who is also the finance
minister, at his office.
PTI
Aizawl
The Zoram People’s
Movement (ZPM) on
Wednesday became the
first political party of Mi-
zoram to announce the
names of candidates for
the assembly polls. The
elections to the 40-mem-
ber assembly are due
later this year. ZPM chief
ministerial candidate La-
lduhoma said the opposi-
tion party has finalised
candidates for 39 con-
stituencies, leaving only
the Chakma majority
Chawngte seat.
Draftdelimitation:EC
holdspublichearing
Agencies
Guwahati
The full bench of the
Election Commission of
India (ECI) reached here
on Wednesday to hold a
series of public hearings
on draft delimitation pro-
posals for Assembly and
Parliament constituen-
cies of Assam.
Chief Election Com-
missioner Rajiv Kumar
and Election Commis-
sioners Anup Chandra
Pandey and Arun Goel
along with senior offi-
cials of the ECI reached
Guwahati this morning
and started the three-day
hearing at Srimanta
Sankardeva Kalakshetra
complex here.
An official of the elec-
tion department told PTI
that simultaneous hear-
ings are taking place in
three different halls. Mr
Kumar, Mr Pandey and
Mr Goel are present in
one hall each to hear the
public suggestions.
This will make
every Indian happy.
Grateful to the
USA for
this. These
precious ar-
tefacts hold
immense
cultural and
religious
significance.
Their homecoming is a tes-
tament to our commitment
to preserving our heritage
and rich history.
PM Narendra Modi
@narendramodi

INDIA
06
2026 COMMONWEALTH GAMES
Our focus is 2036 Olympics: Gujarat govt
PTI
Ahmedabad
he Gujarat gov-
ernment offi-
cials on
Wednesday clarified that
no decision has been tak-
en by the state so far to
host the 2026 Common-
wealth Games in
Ahmedabad, and said
that acquiring the hosting
rights for the 2036 Olym-
pics is its focus.
The officials denied
reports published in a
section of media which
suggested that the state
authorities may bid to
host the 2026 Common-
wealth Games at
Ahmedabad after Aus-
tralia suddenly pulled out
from hosting the games
due to cost concerns.
Asked if the state gov-
ernment is mulling to bag
the hosting rights for the
2026 Commonwealth
Games, a senior govern-
ment official, on the con-
dition of anonymity, said
he was “not aware of any
such move so far”.
Deputy Secretary
(Sports) in the state
Sports, Youth and Cul-
tural Activities Depart-
ment, U A Patel, also
denied such news re-
ports saying the focus
of the department is
2036 Olympics.
“Our focus right now
is to acquire hosting
rights for the 2036 Olym-
pics. As of now, no deci-
sion has been taken from
our side to bid for 2026
Commonwealth Games,”
Patel told PTI.
T
New Delhi: The govt
has reduced prices of
subsidised tomatoes to
Rs 70 per kilogramme
from Thursday from Rs
80 per kg now to pro-
vide relief to common
man from high retail
prices. From Friday last
week, the central gov-
ernment is selling toma-
toes at a subsidised
rates. Cooperatives
Nafed and NCCF are
selling on behalf of the
govt. “The reduction to
Rs 70/kg will further
benefit the consumers,”
the statement said.
Government cuts
price of subsidised
tomato to Rs 70/kg
Kolkata: West Bengal
Governor Dr C V Anan-
da Bose has sanctioned
prosecution of former
state minister Partha
Chatterjee in irregulari-
ties in the recruitment
for school jobs, a Raj
Bhavan official said on
Wednesday. Bose ac-
corded his sanction on
Tuesday, the official
said. According to rules,
the Guv speaker’s
permissions are required
to initiate any inquiry
against a state minister.
“Bose approved the
prosecution on Tues-
day,” the official told.
Bengal Guv sanctions
prosecution of Partha
in school jobs scam
IN BRIEF
Chandigarh: The Fund
Management Commit-
tee under the Haryana
Road Safety Fund
Rules, held a meeting
presided over by Chief
Secy Sanjeev Kaushal,
and approved over Rs
25 crore for road safety
measures in the state.
Haryana allocates Rs
25 cr for road safety
LossoflivesinU’khandaccident
extremelysaddening:PrezMurmu
Fifteen people were electrocuted and several injured in the accident
A commuter rides through a pothole-ridden road at Juinagar after monsoon rainfall, in Navi Mumbai, Wednesday. PTI
IMAGE FOR REPRESENTATIONAL PURPOSE
Over 6 lakh bullets
still with warring
comm: Officials
PTI
Imphal
Over six lakh bullets and
around 3,000 weapons
are still with the warring
communities in strife-
torn Manipur with offi-
cials and experts warning
of a resurgence of banned
terror groups in the state.
Quoting data collected
from various sources, of-
ficials closely monitor-
ing the situation here
said that .303 rifles, Me-
dium Machine Guns
(MMG) and AK assault
rifles, carbines, Insas
Light Machine Guns
(LMG), Insas rifles,
M-16 and MP5 rifles
were reported to be miss-
ing from the armouries
of the police in May.
Besides these, around 6
lakh bullets have been
found missing during the
waves of attacks carried
out on police and other se-
curityofficialsfromMay3.
The officials said
around 4,537 arms and
6.32 lakh rounds of am-
munition were missing
mainly from Manipur
Police Training Centre
(MTPC) at Pangei in
East Imphal, 7th India
Reserve battalion and
8th Manipur Rifles, both
located at Khabeisoi in
Imphal city.
WFI elections to
be held on Aug 7
PTI
New Delhi
The much-awaited Wres-
tling Federation of India
elections will be held on
August 7 following a se-
ries of postponements,
according to sources in
the parent body.The WFI
elections were earlier
scheduled to be conduct-
ed on July 11.
PTI
New Delhi
A 10-year-old girl work-
ing as a domestic help at
a couple’s house in
southwest Delhi’s Dwar-
ka was allegedly beaten
up by them on Wednes-
day, following which a
group of agitated people
manhandled the duo.
The accused — Kau-
shik Bagchi (36) and
Poornima Bagchi (33) —
have been arrested, they
said. Police said the
woman works as a pilot
with a private airline
while her husband is de-
ployed with the ground
staff in another private
airline. After the inci-
dent came to light, the
couple was confronted
by the victim’s relatives
and others who also man-
handled them.
Forestdepartmentemployeeinjured
interroristattackinJKdies
PTI
Srinagar
Aforest guard, injured in
a terrorist attack in Pul-
wama district of Jammu
and Kashmir, died at a
hospital here on Wednes-
day, officials said.
Terrorists had fired
upon a team of forest de-
partment employees who
had set up a checkpoint
to apprehend timber
smugglers near the Ban-
gender Bridge in the
south Kashmir district on
Tuesday night, they said.
In the incident, two
employees were injured.
The injured -- Imran
Yousaf Wani and Jahan-
gir Ahmed Chechi --
were taken to a hospital,
wherefrom ImranYousaf
Wani, who had received
a bullet injury on his
thigh, was shifted to
SMHS Hospital here.
ANI
Haryana
Woman wrestler Antim
Panghal has raised ques-
tions over the exemption
giventowrestlersBajrang
Punia Vinesh Phogat
for direct entry into the
Asian Games 2023 by the
WFI ad-hoc panel and
said “a fair trial should be
conducted”. Reigning
Under-20 World Cham-
pion Panghal released a
video where she high-
lighted her achievements
in the past year. “Vinesh
(Phogat) is being sent di-
rectly, she doesn’t have
any achievements in the
last year but despite that,
she is being sent directly.
Even in the Common-
wealth Games trial, I had
a 3-3 bout with her. Then
too, I was cheated...Afair
trial should be conduct-
ed,” Panghal said.
Rio Olympics bronze
medalist Sakshi Malik
didn’t receive an exemp-
tion because she is not a
TOPS athlete and has to
appear for trials.
‘I was cheated, fair trial
should be conducted’
PTI
Bengaluru
Sleuths from Central
Crime Branch in Ben-
galuru have arrested five
men on terrorism charges
and recovered seven
country-made pistols and
45 rounds of live bullets
from them.
Police said they ar-
rested the accused on
Tuesday night and took
them to 15 days of police
custody for questioning.
The accused wanted to
carry out the explosion
and other terrorism
charges in the city, they
said. The five accused
were brainwashed by
LeT operative T Nasir,
arrested for his alleged
role in 2008 serial bomb
blast case in
Bengaluru and sta-
tioned in the judicial cus-
tody of Bengaluru central
prison. The five accused
— who had been arrested
in 2017 in connection
with a murder case — had
met Nasir in judicial cus-
tody, where the latter radi-
calised them, police said.
5 terror suspects
radicalised by LeT
operative arrested
From left to right: Syed Suhel Khan, Mohammed Umar, Jahid
Tabrez, Syed Mudaseer Pasha, and Mohammed Fizal Rabbani.
No state honours for Chandy: Family
PTI
Thiruvananthapuram
Former Kerala Chief
Minister Oommen
Chandy who died on
Tuesday had expressed a
wish for a common
man’s burial, and ac-
cordingly his mortal re-
mains will be laid to rest
without the state hon-
ours usually accorded to
former CMs.
Chandy’s body will be
buried in a special tomb
built at his parish church
in Puthuppally in Kot-
tayam tomorrow, ac-
cording to Christian ritu-
als — without the state
honours that include a
gun salute, among other
ceremonial customs Sen-
ior Cong leader Ramesh
Chennithala said.
RAINS IN MUMBAI: CM
ORDERS EARLY CLOSURE
OF GOVT OFFICES
HEAVY RAINS IN THANE AND PALGHAR; SEVERAL
PEOPLE FROM LOW-LYING AREAS EVACUATED
UTTARAKHAND RAINS:
TEMPORARY IRON
BRIDGE WASHED AWAY
Mumbai: As heavy
rains affected the
local train services
and road traffic, Maharash-
tra Chief Minister Eknath
Shinde on Wednesday
afternoon ordered that gov-
ernment offices in Mumbai
and the neighbouring region
should be closed early so
that employees get more
time to reach home.
The downpour affected the
vehicular movement as well
as the local train services
— mainly on central and
harbour lines.
Heavy rains pounded Maharashtra’s Thane and Pal-
ghar districts on Wednesday, causing water-logging
in many localities following which more than 250
families from low-lying areas in Thane were shifted to safer
places, officials said. Schools
and colleges were closed in
many parts of Palghar district in
view of the heavy downpour. A
number of rivers including the
Ulhas (Thane), Amba, Savitri
and Patalganga (in neighbour-
ing Raigad) were in spate, they
said. Some bridges on the Ul-
has, Kalu and Murbadi rivers in
Thane were inundated, the officials said. As many as 200
families from Sonivali and Hendrepada in Badlapur town of
Thane have been shifted to safer places following heavy
downpour and flooding in those areas, District Information
Officer Nandkumar Waghmare said.
Pithoragarh: A
temporary iron
bridge was washed
away in a cloudburst in
the Kalapani area near the
India-China border here,
amid heavy rains in the
early hours of Wednesday,
officials said. The Bailey
bridge built by the Border
Roads Organisation (BRO)
was washed away in the
incident, Pithoragarh District
Magistrate Reena Joshi
said. There have been no
reports of any casualty in
the incident, she said.
NAMAMI GANGE PROJECT
Telangana:
Rains continued
to lash Telan-
gana for the second
consecutive day on
Wednesday bringing
much needed relief
to farmers following
scanty rainfall so far
this season. The gov-
ernment has geared
up to deal with the
situation in view of the
forecast of heavy rains
during the next few
days. The Met Centre
of IMD here said the
Southwest Monsoon
has been vigorous
over Telangana. Heavy
to very heavy rainfall
occurred at isolated
places in Bhadradri-
Kothagudem district,
it said in its Daily
Weather Report of
Telangana (at 8.30 AM
on Wednesday). Heavy
rainfall occurred at a
few places in Adilabad
and Mulugu districts
and at isolated places
in Kamareddy, Nirmal,
Nizamabad, Warangal
and other districts in
the state, it said. In its
weather forecast and
farmers’ weather bulle-
tin, the Met Centre said
light to moderate rain
or thunder showers are
very likely to occur at
most places over Telan-
gana on Wednesday
Thursday. In its weather
warnings, it said heavy
rain is very likely to oc-
cur at isolated places
in Adilabad, Komaram
Bheem Asifabad,
Mancherial, Rajanna
Sirsilla and other dis-
tricts on July 20.
RAINS LASH
TELANGANA FOR
SECOND DAY
Crowd gather as the mortal remains of former Kerala CM
Oommen Chandy being taken to Kottayam on Wednesday.
BANNED GROUPS HAVE
REACHED IMPHAL
According to the of-
ficials, out of the sto-
len weapons, 2,900
fell in the lethal category
whereas others comprised
teargas and mini flare
guns. Besides this, the
officials said that reports
of another six to seven top
cadres of other banned
groups have reached
Imphal valley and were
extending support to the
ethnic groups based there.
PTI
New Delhi
President Droupadi Mur-
mu on Wednesday ex-
pressed her condolences
over the loss of lives due
to electrocution in Utta-
rakhand's Chamoli and
prayed for the speedy re-
covery of the injured.
Fifteen people were
electrocuted and several
injured in an accident at
a power transformer at a
Namami Gange project
site on the banks of the
Alaknanda river in Cha-
moli district, an official
said. The dead included
three home guards and
one policeman, he said.
The news of the loss
of lives in an unfortunate
accident in Chamoli dis-
trict is extremely sadden-
ing. My deepest condo-
lences to the bereaved
families. I wish for the
speedy recovery of the
injured, Murmu tweeted
in Hindi.
President Droupadi Murmu
IMAGE FOR REPRESENTATIONAL PURPOSE
Pilot, husband
beaten up by mob
for thrashing minor
domestic help

NEWS
07
Akhil Arora: Raj govt’s ‘trouble shooter’!
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur
enior IAS Akh-
il Arora has
once again
donned the role of
‘trouble shooter’ for the
State government as
this time around, he is
solving the problems of
Mines Department. Few
months back, he had
played an important
role in ending the doc-
tors’ agitation, which
was related to the Med-
ical Department.
The new problem re-
lated to Mines has been
erected by MP Hanuman
Beniwal, who has
opened a front against
the State government to
lower the river sand (Ba-
jri) rate, illegal mining
of river sand and effec-
tive action on illegal
mining. On Tuesday
evening, he started from
Tonk for Jaipur with
three MLAs at the head
of a large gathering and
when the gathering was
stopped at Shivdaspura
toll, it resulted in a law
and order problem. A
major traffic jam oc-
curred on Tonk road.
It was then that the
State government called
Beniwal and his support-
ers for talks to Jaipur and
the responsibility for this
discussion was handed
to ACS (Finance) Akhil
Arora. The talks went on
till late night in the Sec-
retariat and after an hour
of talk, Beniwal called
off the agitation owing
to Akhil Arora’s assur-
ance of effective action.
Notably, CM Gehlot
handed the responsibility
to handle Beniwal’s pro-
test as he has complete
faith and trust in Akhil
Arora’s abilities.
He has already seen
Akhil Arora’s abilities
when he got the doctors’
strike to end.And hence,
CM handed the respon-
sibility to handle this is-
sue too, to Akhil Arora
and this time too, Arora
proved his mettle. There-
fore, the entire bureau-
cracy is abuzz with the
closeness and trust CM
has on Akhil Arora.
Akhil Arora
S
Courtesy Meet
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra and CP Joshi, BJP State President had a courtesy meeting on Wednesday morning, where Dr
Chandra presented the latter with a copy of the ‘One Nation One Leader- A compilation of First India jackets on PM
Narendra Modi’, which was appreciated by Joshi as an inspirational document.
SANTOSH SHARMA
RSRTCre-tendersbuying
of590newbusesfordept
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur
The Rajasthan State
Road Transport Corpora-
tion (RSRTC) will soon
add 590 new buses to its
fleet. Following the ten-
der for procuring new
buses was cancelled by
the roadways administra-
tion recently, a re-tender
has been floated by the
Corporation for purchas-
ing the buses. Officials
informed that these 590
buses include 340 blue-
line buses, 150 non-ac
star line buses and 100
non-ac sleeper buses.
“The pre-bid meeting
will be held on July 26.
After 30 days of the issue
of tender, the tender will
be opened inAugust. It is
expected that the work
order for new buses will
be given in the month of
August itself,” said an of-
ficial. Notably, even be-
fore the tender for elec-
tric buses was cancelled.
Now, when assembly
elections are scheduled
later this year, the offi-
cials are working hard to
complete the tender pro-
cess and purchase the
buses.
Shiv Prakash Purohit
Jodhpur
Under the ‘Nahi Sahega
Rajasthan’ campaign
started by the BJP state
organisation, a sit-in
demonstration was or-
ganised at the Mahatma
Gandhi Circle on
Wednesday by the Jodh-
pur BJP. All prominent
BJP leaders including
Union Jal Shakti Minis-
ter Gajendra Singh Shek-
hawat, and RS MP Ra-
jendra Gehlot participat-
ed in the dharna. During
this, GS Shekhawat
fiercely attacked the state
govt and called it a fail-
ure on every front.
Shekhawat said that
the entire state is troubled
by the Congress govern-
ment and in the coming
elections, the people of
the state will uproot the
Congress from the state
forever.
First India Bureau
New Delhi
Chhattisgarh BJP elec-
tion in-charge Om Ma-
thur met the BJP Nation-
al President JP Nadda on
Wednesday. The meeting
lasted for about an hour
at Nadda’s residence.
There was discussion
on the election strategy
of Rajasthan and Chhat-
tisgarh between the two
senior leaders. Notably,
the party has spruced up
its campaign for upcom-
ing Assembly elections
in the election bound
states including Ra-
jasthan.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
In the matter of appoint-
ment of new Chairman in
RERA, Justice Mahendra
Mohan Srivastava will be
the Chairman of the Se-
lection Committee of 3
members.
The High Court has
nominated Justice Ma-
hendra Mohan Srivasta-
va to head the Committee
for which ACS Veenu
Gupta and former IAS
Pawan Goyal are also ap-
plicants. Now, the inter-
ested parties are waiting
for the date of the Com-
mittee meeting.
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur
The Rajasthan govern-
ment has issued a list of
44 notified wetlands in
19 districts of the desert
state of Rajasthan.
According to the list,
Baran will have the max-
imum number of wet-
lands in the State.
Shikhar Agrawal,
ACS Forest, Environ-
ment and Climate
Change said that taking
a historic step in conser-
vation and integrated
management of wet-
lands, a list of total 44
notified wetlands has
been issued in 19 dis-
tricts of the state.
He said that 44 wet-
lands will improve the
ecological system and a
better food chain will be
available for wildlife.
50 NEW VEHICLES FOR
FLYING SUQADS IN RTOS
RAJ HAS BECOME EPICENTRE OF CRIME: RATHORE
Transport Dept
is struggling with
lack of resources.
The condition is so bad
that dept’s flying squads
have old and dilapidated
vehicles. But now with
Transport Commissioner
KL Swamy’s efforts, new
vehicles will arrive in
the department for flying
squads. On special request
of Transport Commissioner,
now the Finance Dept has
approved direct purchase
of 50 new vehicles to Trans-
port Dept. KL Swamy said
that enforcement related
work will now speed up.
BJP National Spokesperson and
Jaipur Rural MP Rajyavardhan
Singh Rathore at a press confer-
ence held under ‘Nahi Sahega Rajast-
han’ drive, attacked state govt saying
that Rajasthan has become an epicentre
of crime. Rathore said that in the last
five years, 11 lakh cases have been
registered. “This has happened for the
first time in Rajasthan which was called the land of heroes.
Rajasthan has become a haven for criminals. Criminals
from other states are taking shelter here, while the crime
graph in BJP-ruled states has dropped rapidly. Crime in UP
has been eliminated,” Rathore added.
‘People will uproot Cong govt
from Raj in upcoming polls’
`54.83 cr for sewerage work to
be carried out in Bhinmal
Om Mathur meets
Nadda in Delhi,
discusses plan for
assembly polls
RERA: Justice
MM Srivastava is
Chairman of
selection panel
List of 44 notified
wetlands in 19
districts issued
GS Shekhawat during the sit-in stir under ‘Nahi Sahega Rajasthan’
drive at Mahatma Gandhi Circle in Jodhpur on Wednesday.
JP Nadda
FILE
Om Mathur
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Sewerage related works
for better waste manage-
ment will be done at
Bhinmal in Jalore district
at a cost of Rs 54.83
crore. CM Gehlot has
given financial approval
for sewerage work of
first phase. With this, fa-
cilities related to waste
management will be de-
veloped. Out of Rs 54.83
cr, Rs 13.44 cr will be
spent from convergence
under the Swachh Bharat
Mission (Urban).
NTT TEACHERS IN RAJ WILL GET PROMOTION
2 COMMUNITY BLDGS TO BE BUILT IN DUNGARPUR
Promotion opportunities will be given to pre-primary
education teachers (NTT) by the state government.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has approved the
proposal to this effect.According to the proposal, to create
opportunities for promotion in the cadre of pre-primary
education teachers, three new designations respectively
Pre-Primary Education Teacher Grade-II (L-8), Pre-Primary
Education Teacher Grade-I (L-10) and Pre-Primary Senior
Teacher (L-11) will be created. Also, 5 years experience
will be prescribed for promotion.
Community buildings will be constructed at Sala-
reshwar Mandir Peeth in Dungarpur and Bansia,
the birthplace of Govind Guruji. For this, CM Ashok
Gehlot has approved a financial proposal of Rs 1 crore.
According to the proposal, Rs 50 lakh each will be spent on
the construction of Salareshwar Temple Peeth and Bansia
(Seemalwada) building in Dungarpur. It is noteworthy that
the announcement was made by the Chief Minister for
Salareshwar Temple Peeth and Bansia Community Build-
ing during his visit to Dungarpur on May 23, 2023.
CM APPROVALS
Ramesh Sharma
Sikar
State BJP President CP
Joshi, Union MoS for
Agriculture Kailash
Choudhary and BJPState
General Secretary BL
Sharma on Wednesday
reached Sikar and took
stock of preparations
ahead of the visit of
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on July 27. The PM
is scheduled to take part
in Kisan Samman Nidhi
Programme and later ad-
dress a public rally. “PM
Modi’s meeting in Sikar
on July 27 should be his-
toric. Workers of Sikar
Jhunjhunu should unite
to make the PM’s pro-
gramme a success. If we
compare the 9-year rule
of BJP govt to that of 60
years, then the country
has embarked on the path
of development in these
nine years only,” he said.
First India Bureau
Bharatpur
The family members of
gangster Kuldeep Jag-
heena have threatened to
go on an indefinite strike
from Thursday over their
demand for the arrest of
the prime accused in-
volved in the killing of
Jagheena.
The family members
said that Kuldeep Jag-
heena was shot dead in
police custody on July
12, but even after seven
days, the prime accused
is still not arrested. “The
family members have de-
manded that Kripal’s
brother Constable Ravin-
dra and his aide Pushkar
should be arrested.
An indefinite strike
will be held at the SP of-
fice from today onwards
for the arrest of the main
accused,” the sources in-
formed.
Reward money on ac-
cused Lokendra, Pankaj,
Robin, Devendra has
been increased from
25,000 to 50,000.
PM’smeetinginSikar
shouldbehistoric:Joshi
KuldeepJagheena’s
familydemandsarrest
ofprimeaccused
SCquashesRajHCorderstorelease
vehiclesusedinillegaltransportation
Reward increased
from 25,000 to
50,000 on rest of
the accused
CP Joshi on Wednesday, takes stock of preparations in Sikar ahead
of PM Modi’s visit on July 27. Kailash Choudhary, BL Sharma,
Sumedhanand Saraswati, CR Choudhary, Subhash Maharia,
Mukesh Choudhary, Indira Choudhary others are seen.
Mother and sister of deceased
Kuldeep Jagheena.
PTI
New Delhi
In a relief to the Ra-
jasthan government, the
Supreme Court has set
aside several orders of
the state high court di-
recting the release of ve-
hicles seized for alleg-
edly being used in the
transportation of illegal-
ly-mined minerals and
stone chips.
A bench comprising
Justices Vikram Nath and
Ahsanuddin Amanullah
took note of the submis-
sions made by senior ad-
vocate Manish Singhvi,
who appeared in the
court on behalf of the
state government, that
the seized vehicles were
ordered to be released
mechanically by the
High Court, as done in
other ordinary cases un-
der the Code of Criminal
Procedure (CrPC).
Singhvi said according
to the Rajasthan Minor
Mineral Concession
(RMMC) Rules, 2017
and the directions of the
National Green Tribunal
(NGT), the owners of the
vehicles involved in il-
legal transportation of
minerals are required to
pay heavier fine amounts
compared to other vehi-
cles impounded in other
cases.
The counsel said
the RMMC Rules
and NGT orders
had led to rising
fine amounts as
they are meant
to curb the il-
legal extraction of min-
erals in the state.
“We set aside the
order(s) of the High
Court and provide that
the vehicles would be re-
leased as and when the
vehicle owners make the
required deposit..., if the
complaint is under the
Rules (2017)...,” the
Apex Court ordered.
The Rajasthan High
Court had directed the
release of the vehicles on
furnishing a personal se-
curity for an amount of
Rs 1 lakh each and
imposed certain
other conditions
to be followed
by the vehicle
owners.
SS Randhawa: Congress will
fight assembly polls unitedly
Ziauddin Khan
Jaipur
On Wednesday, Ra-
jasthan Congress in-
charge Sukhjinder Singh
Randhawa reached
Jaipur by Indigo flight.
PCC Chief Govind
Singh Dotasra, MLA
Amin Kagzi, Captain
Arvind, Pukhraj Par-
ashar and other leaders
received Randhawa at
the airport. Interacting
with media, Randhawa
said, “There are no goods
in BJP’s shop. We have a
lot with which we will go
to the polls. Congress
party will fight elections
unitedly and ticket will
be given to the winning
candidate. Responsibili-
ty will be given to the
new executive of the
state for which prepara-
tions have been complet-
ed and responsibilities
will be distributed to
everyone in just a couple
of days.”
CM Gehlot handed
the responsibility to
handle Beniwal’s
protest as he has complete
faith and trust in Akhil Arora’s
abilities. And this time too,
Arora proved his mettle.
Therefore, the entire bu-
reaucracy is abuzz with the
closeness and trust CM has
on Akhil Arora.
CM’S CONFIDANTE
There are no goods
in BJP’s shop. We have
a lot with which
we will go to polls.
Responsibility will
be given to new
executive of state,
says Randhawa

Postal Reg No. JPC/004/2022-24
08
Do not be discour-
aged by others, they
are in their own way
trying to protect you from dis-
appointment; listen to them,
ignore them and go forth.
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
zHow successful was
Prime Minister Modi’s
visit to France? Do you
see any difference be-
tween the foreign visits
of the Prime Ministers of
India before 2014 and
after 2014?
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra:
It was a completely suc-
cessful trip in terms of
defence deals and de-
fence partnership, trans-
fer of technology, blue
economy, ocean govern-
ance and so on. In fact
both the countries are
celebrating the twenty
fifth anniversary of their
strategic relationship.As
to the question about the
difference of visits of
former PMs, the basic
difference is that Naren-
dra Modi is a Prime Min-
ister who dominates or
dictates the deals. Earlier
our situation used to be
of one who would be
asking for something,
but now we are in the po-
sition akin to a boss.
Australian PM called
PM Modi a boss, US
President Biden sought
Modi’s autograph and
PM of Papua New-Guin-
ea touched Modi’s feet.
So basically, the entire
scenario has changed.
The other important as-
pect in foreign affairs is
that there is always a re-
lationship of seller and
buyer and till now we
have always been the
buyers. Now, we have
forged the relations of
seller too and we have
come into a partnership,
are engaging in joint
businesses and commu-
nications. So overall the
scenario has totally
changed from a beggar to
a partner.
zAfter all, why is PM
Modi becoming popular
abroad one foreign trip
after another?
Curiosity to see and
listen to Narendra Modi!
This is the main reason.
Apart from the glamour
of Narendra Modi, the
fact that he is a global
leader and aVishwa Guru
and attracting the people
of the other nations are
some of the reasons.
Apart from this, there are
economic reasons as well
with India being one of
the most attractive in-
vestment destinations,
India being one of the
largest consumer mar-
kets, Indians being a ma-
jor vote-bank in foreign
nations who can make or
break any candidate’s
fortunes in foreign lands
also. So over all this has
resulted in Modi’s popu-
larity.
zWhy is PM Modi’s
craze increasing among
Indians living abroad?
See, this is not craze,
instead it is madness.
Look how enthused and
upbeat people were when
PM went to America and
they assembled in thou-
sands. It is amazing to
see the craze Indians liv-
ing abroad have for PM.
And I feel that the Indian
diaspora all over the
world must be waiting
for Modi to come to their
country! Such is the
craze and this craze can
not be defined. PM him-
self accepted that people
travelled for almost
twelve hours to reach the
venue to listen to him in
France. They could have
seen him on TV or heard
him on radio, but they
chose to reach the venue.
So this is a different kind
of popularity and his con-
tribution towards India,
and the manner in which
he has become a hero of
Indians, people have
started connecting with
India for the first time,
else we had become for-
eigners, in a way. Today
Indians abroad know
about everything hap-
pening in the nation.
zDespite the riots in
France, why didn’t Modi
postpone his plan to visit
France?
His personality is such
and his character is of
courage and conviction.
And as such he has said
“One who would fear
can’t be Modi.” Earlier
he had said that he is one
of those who challenge
the challenges. That is his
conviction and courage.
And it so happened that
when he reached France,
the rioting stopped. Peo-
ple said that Modi’s foot
on the French soil
brought peace.
zFrance awarded the
country’s highest civilian
honor to PM Modi and
then opened museum for
the first time after 66
years? How do you see
this development?
This also means
that people are in
awe of Modi. It
is true that for
the first time
such an hon-
our has been
given to an In-
dian Prime Min-
ister and after 66
years, the museum
has been opened
which is an honour
for Indians and In-
dia.
zWhat has Narendra
Modi brought from Par-
is for Indian youth?
Several things. I have
heard that for post-grad-
uate students the visa has
been extended to five
years. About 25,000 stu-
dents will come to India
from France. Overall,
opportunities for young
Indians to go to France
will open up and vice-
versa in academics and
business. So it is a ‘win-
win’ situation for the
youth of both the nations.
zWhy is Modi’s ‘Gift
Diplomacy’ becoming
popular these days?
It is interesting to
watch that although PM
is a guest in other na-
tions, but he somehow
plays the host! Like I
have said earlier, Naren-
dra Modi can do any-
thing. He plays the role
of host and the guest
with equal finesse. He
gifts rare items from In-
dia to other world lead-
ers which they accept
with open arms. So
Modi has created a
‘Gift Diplomacy’
which is a new
method of en-
gagement be-
tween two na-
tions.
zWhat was the signifi-
cance of the Prime Min-
ister’s visit to France
from the point of view of
international diplomacy
and India-China rela-
tions in particular?
Itwasextremelyimpor-
tant. It was what basically
what we call Indo-French
Pacific Roadmap, which
was forged there to coun-
ter and balance China.
China is playing the bully
and right from USAto Ja-
pan, everyone is fed up.
ChinaistroublingIndiaon
LAC already and is now
taking to the oceans as
well.Itdoesnotletanyone
come into the South-Chi-
na sea and claims sole
right over it. China’s ex-
pansionist attitude is
somethingtheentireworld
is trying to counter, Indo-
French friendship and
strategic alliance is an im-
portant development
which is being welcomed
by everyone.
zHow do you view the
Rs 96,000 crore defence
deal that In-
dia has
signed
with
France?
Later,
the men-
tion of the
deal for three Scorpene
submarines was removed
from the joint statement
issued by both the coun-
tries. Do you know why
this happened?
Yes, overall it is a good
deal which includes 26
Rafale Marine fighter
jets. Rafales have been
proved to be one of the
best platforms. The stra-
tegic defence relation-
ship between the two
countries will be
strengthened through it
and India will get good
weapons to face Pakistan
or China. Secondly,
about the mention of
scorpene submarines be-
ing removed from the
joint state, I heard about
it. They have said that
defence deals are not an-
nounced in joint state-
ment, rather it is said that
the two countries are go-
ing to increase their de-
fence cooperation etc.
This statement perhaps
had a mention of the
deal, so it was removed.
Nothing significant in it.
zDespite the controver-
sy in the agreement
signed with France last
time for the purchase of
Rafale fighter jets, why
did the Prime Minister
engage in the Rafale
deal again this time?
Moral courage and
transparency! The cour-
age of honesty and to say
without actually saying
that he is right. The point
of this second deal was
to prove that he was
right then too and he is
correcttodayalso.We
all know that even
the Supreme Court
cleared that deal. So
his conviction and
stand that he will not
work under any pres-
sure, be it from the
media or any propa-
ganda or of the oppo-
sition that people will
lay allegations against
him and he is ready to
evenhandleandchallenge
those allegations. So his
courage, will and confi-
dence that everything is
fine and nothing is wrong
in it. He is convinced that
it is a better deal.
zDo you feel that
France is now replacing
Russia as a trusted
friend in India’s foreign
policy?
Yes, to some extent. If
we look at the friendship,
it is 40 years old. Naren-
dra Modi knows about
French culture and people
since the time he was CM
of Gujarat when a French
Cultural Centre was
opened in that state. The
friendship between India
and France is strong and
Modi’s visit has further
strengthened this bond. If
we go down the memory
lane, you will find that
when Pokhran blasts hap-
pened, US put sanctions
on India and at that time,
Russia not only defied the
sanctions but also sup-
ported India. Then in
1982, we did not have
Uranium for our nuclear
power plant. America re-
fused to provide and Rus-
sia too denied perhaps
due to pressure. At that
time,Francestoodwithus
and gave us Uranium. So,
it is an old friendship and
a strong one at that.
zWhat is your assess-
ment of the deal between
the two countries regard-
ing Rupee and Dirham
during Prime Minister’s
visit to UAE?
That deal is encourag-
ing. If you look at it close-
ly, this is the second step
taken by Narendra Modi
towards making Rupee a
global currency. First was
when the crude oil deal
with Russia was agreed
upon to be paid in Indian
rupee and today eighteen
nations have agreed to
deal in Indian rupee. Sec-
ondly, the UPI payment
systemwasalsopromoted
and he said that you can
pay in Indian rupees at
Burj Khalifa or Eiffel
Tower, so this is a major
revolution. If we club this
withdigitalpayment,Nar-
endra Modi has brought
this revolution which is
world’s largest payment
system. Corona certifi-
cates were given digitally
andIndiaistheonlycoun-
try where it has happened.
This hasn’t happened in
America also. I once told
aboutanincidentthathap-
pened with former CAG
Rajiv Mehrishi wherein,
he paid Rs 12 to a vendor
for buttermilk through
digital platform. This is a
miracle and it should be
welcomed.
zHow do you like the
Tricolor with Modi’s pic-
ture on Burj Khalifa, the
world’s most attractive
building during the
Prime Minister’s visit to
UAE?
It was wonderful and
was watched by thou-
sands. About 30 crore
people live there and eve-
ryone liked the idea of
displaying PM Modi’s
picture on Burj Khalifa
along with the Indian Tri-
color. The government
there expressed its
warmth through this ges-
ture.Along with this, few
days back, French Day
was celebrated at Jaipur’s
Albert Hall and that too
was beautiful. So, this is
what is connecting peo-
ple and it is a good initia-
tive as friendship devel-
ops and becomes strong
through such initiatives.
TO BE CONTINUED…
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO and Editor-in-Chief, Bharat24-Vision of New India and First India
CMD, First India News, gives insightful details about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit
to France and how he strengthened the decades old bond between India and France. Dr Chandra
also stresses that Modi has once again proven himself to be right when it came to the purchase
of Rafale fighters, this time for Indian Navy, how his efforts will bear opportunities for India’s
youth and become the harbinger of globalisation of Indian Rupee. Excerpts… (Part-I)
AfterQueenElizabethIIin1957,Modiisthefirst
globalleader,whogetsstatebanquethonourat
world’slargestmuseuminParis:DrChandra
During the show
#JConPMModi
FranceVisit
trended top All-India
on Twitter
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra in conversation with Palak Sharma, Pooja Yadav, Aditi Nagar and Poornima Mishra during The JC Show.
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra during The JC Show.

JAIPUR, THURSDAY | JULY 20, 2023
Glamour | Fashion | Bollywood | Hollywood | Lifestyle
FILM PROMOTION IN FULL SWING!
lia adorned a mesmerizing ombré saree
designed by the iconic Indian fashion
designer, Manish Malhotra, for the promotions
of her upcoming movie, Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem
Kahaani featuring Ranveer Singh, in New Delhi. P11
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firstindia.co.in
firstindia.co.in/epapers/jaipur thefirstindia thefirstindia thefirstindia
ajendra Ku-
mar gave a
spate of hits in
his lustrous
career in Bol-
lywood and
it’s not easy per se to select his
best which is why I decided to
go with my favourite movies.
Kumar became a household
name with his string of hits and
his melodramatic sentimental
roles, the audience wept with
him, for him and after him.
Sacrifice was a byword with
Rajendra Kumar and his audi-
ence empathised with him
strongly. So, we traverse a
journey of Rajendra Kumar in
Sangam, Mere Mehboob, Aar-
zoo, Dil ek Mandir and Suraj.
Yeh mera prem patra pad-
hkar … Sangam is my all-time
favourite with Vijayanthimala
who was breathtakingly beauti-
ful in this heart-breaking ro-
mance where all the lead char-
acters are superbly flawed.
Rajendra Kumar was suave,
understated and sophisticat-
ed, the perfect foil to Raj
Kapoor’s loud character.
Rajendra Kumar won the
hearts of the audience in
Sangam and you either are in
tears over his heartbreak or
want to throttle him for giving
up the love of his life for his
insensitive friend.
Mere Mehboob tujhe meri
mohabbat ki kasam … Mere
Mehboob is like a river of Luc-
knowi culture meandering with
amazing songs, cherish-able
dialogues in perfect Urdu, a
heart-stopping beautiful Sad-
hana in Lucknowi attire and
much much more; the young
Kumar immortalised the role of
Anwar Hussain, the young
shayar and was held his own in
the many scenes with senior ac-
tor Ashok Kumar.
Bedardi balma tujhko mera
mann yaad karta hai.... Aarzoo
holds its place in my list pos-
sibly more due to Sadhana than
Rajendra Kumar. Naturally
melodramatic, as Rajendra Ku-
mar loses his leg in an accident
and so decides to forgo his love
but fortunately Sadhana has
more sense and I liked the
strong positive message of the
movie that a physical deformity
cannot change love.
Baharon phool barsao …
Suraj makes it to the list purely
on two counts. One, of course,
this song which I really like and
secondly is that finally we have
Rajendra Kumar in a role which
has a lighter side and he actu-
ally plays a swashbuckling
hero with a sword and an out-
landish costume who marries
the heroine. Phew!
Yaad na jaaye, beetein dinon
ki… Dil Ek Mandir makes it to
the list because I adore all the
songs of this movie with no ex-
ceptions and though very
heavy on melodrama, the
movie with Meena Ku-
mari and Raj Kumar is
a must watch though
as usual Rajendra
Kumar does not get
the heroine in the
end.
This Throwback Thursday, we
celebrate the birth anniversary
of Rajendra Kumar and I
take you on a journey of my
favourite five movies of the
‘Jubilee Kumar’!
Anita Hada
anita.hada@firstindianews.com
R
Rajendra Kumar with Sadhana Shivdasani
from ‘Mere Mehboob’
Rajendra Kumar with Vijayanthimala in Sangam
Rajendra Kumar with Nimmi in ‘Mere Mehboob
Rajendra Kumar with Vijayanthimala in ‘Zindagi’
Late Rajendra Kumar
Rajendra Kumar with Vijayanthimala in song
‘Baharon Phool Barsao’, from Suraj
Rajendra Kumar with Sadhana in ‘Aarzoo’
Rajendra Kumar in ‘Aarzoo’

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