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IN BRIEF
Court convicts Patkar
in defamation case
New Delhi: A Delhi court
on Friday convicted Nar-
mada Bachao
Andolan
(NBA) leader
Medha Patkar
in a defamation
case lodged against her by
Delhi Lieutenant Gover-
nor Vinai Kumar Saxena.
SP leader Azam Khan &
his family granted bail
Prayagraj: The Allahabad
High Court on Friday
granted bail to
Samajwadi Par-
ty leader Azam
Khan, his wife
Tazeen Fatima
and son Abdullah Azam
Khan in the fake birth cer-
tificate case
Bangladesh MP murder:
CID nabs Mumbai butcher
Kolkata: The WB CID
on Friday arrested a
Bangladeshi
national, who
was working as
a butcher in
Mumbai, in
connection with ‘murder’
of Bangladesh MP Md
Anwasrul Azim Anwar.
49°C
PHALODI
SHAHID AFRIDI NAMED T20
WORLD CUP AMBASSADOR
SIX MORE DIE OF HEAT
STROKE IN RAJASTHAN
The ICC on Friday announced
Pakistan’s iconic all-rounder Shahid
Afridi as latest name on star-studded
roster of Ambassadors for ICC Men’s
T20 World Cup 2024 in USA and
West Indies which begins on 1 June.
Day after 5 deaths, on Friday,
6 more individuals died due to
suspected heat stroke were re-
ported in Rajasthan, where the
mercury soared to 49 degrees
Celsius, officials said on Friday.
SEVERE HEATWAVE ALERT: NAUTAPA FROM TODAY!
Hot...Hotter
Hottest!
Amid scorching heat, a labourer drinks water to quench her
thirst during a hot summer day, in Nadia on Friday.
Rajasthan is worst-affected region
orth India is currently
experiencing intense
heat, with a red alert
issued by the Indian Meteoro-
logical Department (IMD) for
several states. The nine-day pe-
riod of extreme heat, known as
Nautapa, begins today, and will
continue until June 2. During
this time, temperatures are ex-
pected to soar, with some areas
potentially reaching close to
50°C. Scientifically, the in-
creased heat during Nautapa is
due to the Sun’s position. Be-
tween the last week of May and
the first week of June, the Sun
is directly over Central India,
minimising the distance be-
tween the Earth and the Sun.
Barmer was recorded country’s
hottest - 48°C on Thursday. P3
N
PRECAUTIONS DURING HEATWAVE
 Proper Hydration
 Light Meals, Diet
 Avoid Outdoor
Activities
 Protective Clothing
 Safe Drinking Water
 Dietary Caution
 Medical Attention
IPL FINAL MATCH ON SUNDAY
TIME: 7:30 PM ONWARDS
MA CHIDAMBARAM STADIUM, CHENNAI
KOLKATA
KNIGHT
RIDERS
SUNRISERS
HYDERABAD
VS
Polling officials leave for respective polling stations carrying
electronic voting machines (EVM) and other election materials
on the eve of the sixth phase of Lok Sabha election on Friday.
LOK SABHA ELECTIONS 2024 PHASE 6 POLLING TODAY
INDIAISREADYFOR
PENULTIMATEPHASE!
Moni Sharma
New Delhi
With the finish line of the
Lok Sabha polls in sight,
the sixth and penultimate
phase will see 58 seats
across 8 states and Union
Territories (UTs) vote on
Saturday. By the end of
this phase, a total of 486
of the 543 Lok Sabha
seats will have complet-
ed polling, with just 57
seats left for the seventh
phase. On Saturday, all
10 seats in Haryana, the
seven seats in Delhi and
the final of the five seats
in Jammu and Kashmir
(voting in Anantnag-Ra-
jouri was moved from the
third to the sixth phase)
will finish voting. Polling
will also take place in 14
seats in UP, 8 seats each
in Bihar and WB, 6 seats
in Odisha, 4 seats in
Jharkhand and 1 seat in
J&K. Polling in J&K’s
Anantnag-Rajouri, which
was adjourned in Phase
3, will also be held. Si-
multaneously, 42Assem-
bly constituencies will
also go to the polls today.
Bansuri Swaraj, daughter
of the late Union Minis-
ter Sushma Swaraj is
New Delhi Lok Sabha
candidate in this phase.
KEY CONTENDERS
DHARMENDRA
PRADHAN
KANHAIYA
KUMAR
MANOJ
TIWARI
ABHIJIT
GANGOPADHYAY
MANOHAR
LAL KHATTAR
MEHBOOBA
MUFTI
7TH AND LAST PHASE
VOTING ON JUNE 1
Campaigning has
intenisifed for 7th
and final phase of
Lok Sabha polls. Polling in
this phase will be held for
57 Parliamentary Constitu-
encies across seven states
and a Union Territory on
June 1. Results will be
announced on June 4.
PM MODI WRITES TO
PEOPLE OF VARANASI
A letter written by
PM Modi is reach-
ing around 2,000
eminent personalities in
Varanasi with an appeal
to vote on June 1. The PM
writes that come with your
family to vote, adding, he
finds connected to the pride
and spirituality of Kashi.
SUPREME COURT REFUSES TO PASS INTERIM
ORDER FOR EC TO PUBLISH ‘FORM 17C’ DATA
The Supreme Court Vacation Bench of Justices Di-
pankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma on Friday
refused an NGO’s plea to issue the ECI to upload
authenticated, scanned and legible copies of Form 17C
showing the account of votes recorded booth wise after
each phase of polling in Lok Sabha elections.
2ND LAST POLL PHASE
CANDIDATES
LOK SABHA SEATS
889
58
POLLING STATIONS
TOTAL VOTERS
1.14 lakh
11.13 crore
KANGANAREFLECTSVISION
OFEVERYDAUGHTER:MODI
First India Bureau
Mandi/Shimla
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi addressed vibrant
public meetings in Shim-
la and Mandi, Himachal
Pradesh, invoking nostal-
gia and a forward-look-
ing vision for HP on Fri-
day. The PM emphasized
his longstanding connec-
tion with the state and its
people, reiterating his
commitment to their de-
velopment and well-be-
ing. “When the country
didn’t even know Modi,
I was among you. Times
have changed, but Modi
has not changed. Modi’s
relationship with HP re-
mains the same,” PM
Modi remarked. “Our
daughters are flying
drones in farms and
fighter planes. Kangana
reflects the aspirations of
our nation’s daughters,
showing they can suc-
ceed in any new field
they enter,” PM said. P6
Bharatiya Janata
Party is getting
a tremendous
support in HP: Modi
‘PRIME’
FOCUS!
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
captures a scenic
view during his visit
to Himachal for public
meetings, on Friday.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Amid the ongoing severe
heat wave, CM Bhajan
Lal Sharma has put the
state government in full
action mode to provide
relief to the public. On
Friday, the CM spoke
with CS Sudhansh Pant,
instructing continuous
monitoring and proactive
efforts from the Medical
and Health Department,
Public Health Engineer-
ing Department, all DIS-
COMs, and the Animal
Husbandry and Cow Pro-
tection Departments.
CM Sharma empha-
sized the need for maxi-
mum utilization of avail-
able resources to provide
relief from the heat. He
directed that heatwave
management tasks be
completed on priority
and reviewed regularly to
ensure timely action. P8
First India Bureau
New Delhi
At least seven members
of the same family were
killed, including a
6-month-old child, and
over 20 others were in-
jured when a mini-bus
transporting pilgrims to
the Mata Vaishno Devi
shrine crashed on the
Ambala-Delhi-Jammu
National Highway in
Ambala district, Hary-
ana, on Friday morning.
As per reports, the pil-
grims were going to
the Vaishno Devi in
Jammu & Kashmir from
Bulandshahr in UP.
‘Concerned’ CM
instructs CS for
heatwave preps 7ofafamilydieon
VaishnoDevitour
PILGRIMAGE TURNS IN TRAGEDY
Helicopter carrying 7 people including pilgrims makes emergency
landing after developing a technical snag in Kedarnath on Friday.
COPTERWITHKEDARNATH
PILGRIMS LOSES CONTROL
4 KILLED IN ACCIDENT ON
WAY FROM GURDWARA
A helicopter carrying
seven people, including six
pilgrims and the pilot, made
an emergency landing early
on Friday after experienc-
ing a technical issue while
attempting to land at the
Kedarnath shrine helipad.
At least four people,
including two children were
killed and another child
was feared drowned after
a vehicle carrying a group
of pilgrims met with an ac-
cident in Punjab’s Ludhiana
district on Friday morning.
Voters of PCs in urban
centres like Delhi,
Gurugram and
Faridabad are
specially reminded
about their right and
duty to vote and
break the trend of
urban apathy.
RAJIV KUMAR, CEC OF INDIA
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CELEBRATING ‘CHUNAV KA PARV’!
IN SHORT
 In its latest action in the
Rs 263 crore Income Tax
Refund (ITR) fraud case,
the ED has arrested the
husband of a senior IPS
officer from Maharashtra.
 Pune Police has sus-
pended two of its officers
attached to Yerwada Po-
lice Station for dereliction
of duty in initial response
to Porsche crash case. P6
 In a significant revela-
tion EAMS Jaishankar has
disclosed that the MEA
received a request only on
May 21 to impound pass-
port of Prajwal Revanna.
 Passengers of an Air In-
dia flight from Mumbai to
San Francisco had to sit
inside flight for about 6
hours with poor condition-
ing on Friday afternoon.

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COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING
DGP releases IO handbook of new criminal laws
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur
irector General
of Police
(DGP) Utkal
Ranjan Sahoo released
the handbook & poster
of the research flow
chart for Investigation
Officers (IO) in the con-
text of new criminal
laws (New Criminal
Laws-2023) at Police
Headquarters. The IO
Handbook includes a
comparative description
of the police investiga-
tion process in the con-
text of old and new laws,
referenced provisions of
the Rajasthan Police Act
& Regulations, and ma-
terial useful in forensic
research, as well as logi-
cal flow charts & bro-
chures for reference and
discussion by investiga-
tion officers.
Sahoo said that the
training programmes go-
ing on in the state regard-
ing ‘New Criminal
Laws-2023’ should be
completed within the
stipulated timeline.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Jaipur police have ar-
rested four individuals,
including three awarded
criminals, for their in-
volvement in a series of
robberies. These culprits,
who posed as CBI & po-
lice officers, travelled a
journey of 300 km to ex-
ecute their crimes in
Jaipur. DCP (North)
Rashi Dogra Dudi dis-
closed, “The robbery sus-
pects, namely Sheikh
Mukhtar Umar alias
Mukhtar Hasan, Mohd
Ali alias Sabir Hasan,
and Zulfikar alias Javed,
residents of Iranian Basti
Aman Colony Nishad-
pura, Bhopal, along with
their taxi driver Jitendra
Kumar from Faridabad,
Haryana, were appre-
hended.” Each of the 5
culprits has been offered
a reward of Rs 25,000.
DGP Utkal Ranjan Sahoo released the Investigation Officers (IO) in the context of new criminal
laws (New Criminal Laws-2023) at Police Headquarters on Friday. Also seen are Dinesh M.N, Sachin
Mittal, Rahul Kotoki, Deepak Bhargava and Shantanu Kumar Singh.
Accused in police custody in Jaipur on Friday.
First India Photojournalist SANTOSH SHARMA captured a leopard taking a stroll in Jhalana Leopard Reserve in Jaipur on Friday.
So far, about 12,000
police officers and
employees in the
state have been
provided training and
by the end of June, the
training of all the
police officers will be
completed, said
Director General of
Police (DGP) Sahoo
D
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur
Only 10 leopards were
sighted in Jhalana and
Amagarh during the
livestock census con-
ducted by the forest de-
partment.
The census was con-
ducted for 24 hours
through the water hole
method.
8 leopards were seen
in Jhalana and only 2 in
Amagarh. However, it is
not the final figure.
The photos of the
teams engaged in count-
ing and camera traps
will be matched and the
authentic data will be
known only after this.
According to the
camera trap pictures so
far, there are about 30 to
35 leopards in Jhalana
and 12 to 15 leopards in
Amagarh.
Since water ponds at
the religious places
around the forest area
remain full, many times
the leopards do not
reach the water point
used for counting.
At the same time, due
to a weak prey base,
there is also a possibil-
ity of leopards migrat-
ing from Jhalana-
Amagarh to other forest
areas.
Leopards from both
these places were seen
many times in the forest
areas like Achrol, Jam-
waramgarh, and Sariska.
Wildlife census: Only 10 leopards sighted in Jhalana, Amagarh
Due to a weak prey base, there is also a
possibility of leopards migrating from Jhalana-
Amagarh to other forest areas. Leopards from
both these places were seen many times in
the forest areas like Achrol & others
300KM ROBBERY SPREE
4arrestedinJaipurforposing
asCBI,policeduringrobberies
CRIME
ROUNDUP
YOUTH TARGETED IN
RS 10L HONEYTRAP
IN JAIPUR, PROBE ON
DRUGS WORTH `34.97 CRORE SEIZED, 476
CRIMINALS HELD IN RAJ SINCE MAY 15: DGP
VILLAGERS SET BUS ABLAZE AFTER FATAL
ACCIDENT SPARKS OUTRAGE IN HANUMANGARH
COURT DENIES BAIL
FOR ACCUSED IN SI
PAPER LEAK CASE
Jaipur: A case of
honeytrap has
emerged once
again in Jaipur, this time
accompanied by black-
mail, in the area under
Kho Nagorian police
jurisdiction. The incident
came to light following
a complaint lodged by
the aggrieved youth at
the police station.The
complaint accuses a
young woman and sev-
eral men of blackmailing
and extorting 10 lakh
rupees. They threatened
to expose the victim and
demanded money in
exchange for silence.
Satyanarayan Sharma
Jaipur: In a special campaign being run since May
15 under the direction of the Police Headquarters
for control and eradication of drug addiction in the
state, action has been taken in all the
districts and a large number of drugs
have been seized and criminals have
been arrested. (DGP) Utkal Ranjan
Sahoo informed that under this special
campaign so far 476 persons have
been arrested in 445 cases across the state and drugs
worth Rs 34.97 crore have been seized.
Hanumangarh: The bus, traveling from Hanuman-
garh to Suratgarh, struck Singh, leading to immedi-
ate outrage among the local villagers.
Angered by the incident and the
delayed police response, the villagers
resorted to violence. They forcibly
evacuated the bus passengers, van-
dalized the vehicle, set it on fire.
Jaipur: The plea
to consider one
accused Hariom
Patidar innocent in the
SOG investigation of the SI
paper leak case has been
rejected by a court. Judge
Mandvi Rajvi refused to
release Patidar arrested
on April 14. Patidar’s crime
of succeeding by clearing
the exam through a dummy
candidate was not proved
in the FSL investigation.
The court said in the order
that apart from the FSL
investigation, there is other
evidence of crime in the
file. Chargesheet has also
been presented against
all the other 19 accused
arrested in the case.
CORRUPTION CRACKDOWN: VDO E-MITRA
OPERATOR CAUGHT IN `12K BRIBE IN BARMER
Barmer: ACB on Friday arrested a VDO and
an e-Mitra operator while taking a bribe of
Rs 12,000 in Barmer district. The action was
taken on the instructions of ACB Headquarters.
VDO Shankar Lal Meena
posted in Kundanpura
Panchayat of Sedwa
Panchayat Samiti DG
ACB Dr. Ravi Prakash
Mehrada said that the
complainant alleged that
the Village Development
Officer was harassing him by demanding a bribe of
Rs 12,000 in lieu of passing the labor amount by
marking the presence of workers in MNREGA works.
After verification of the complaint, a trap was laid and
Shankar Lal and e-mitra operator Subhan Khan were
arrested while taking the bribe. Ashok Shera
POLICE ARREST
WOMAN IN JHUNJHUNU
SEX EXTORTION CASE
GRAM VIKAS ADHIKARI
CAUGHT TAKING
`2,200 BRIBE IN SIROHI
In connection with
a sex extortion
case in Jhunjhunu,
the Kotwali police have
apprehended the accused
woman, Krishna, while her
two minor sons have been
placed under custody. The
incident stems from the
tragic suicide of 81-year-old
social worker and business-
man Sardar Singh on Janu-
ary 2, 2023. Singh took his
own life by jumping from the
building. Pradeep Gadwal
Sirohi: The (ACB)
has caught Gram
Vikas Adhikari taking
bribes in Reodar, Sirohi. The
officer, identi-
fied as Dikshit
Paramar, was
caught accept-
ing a bribe of
Rs 2200 in the
Dantarai sub-
division.The action was taken
under the direction of ACB
ASP Om Prakash Choudhary.
Raj contractors write to CM
over non-payment of bills
First India Bureau
Jaipur
In a matter related to the
progress of projects and
construction works of the
water supply department,
the Rajasthan Contrac-
tors Advisory and Wel-
fare Institute wrote a let-
ter to CM Bhajanlal
Sharma saying that a ban
has been imposed ver-
bally by higher officials
of the water supply de-
partment. The letter men-
tioned that instructions
were given to subordi-
nate engineers to halt the
payment of bills.
Institute President
Shaitan Singh Sankhala
in the letter said that no
instructions were given
in writing at higher level.
“There is confusion.
Construction work is in
progress and has to be
completed. It is the re-
sponsibility of the con-
tractors and the depart-
ment to take it to secure
it before the rains. There
is a demand to immedi-
ately lift the unofficial
halt on contractors’ pay-
ments and provide finan-
cial relief to the contrac-
tors,” he said.
Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma
Man hangs self
in police lockup,
kin allege torture
Jpr jewellers gear up
for Assoc elections
Dr Kirodi unveils
BJP’s vision for
clean governance
First India Bureau
Beawar
Hours after his arrest in a
kidnapping and gangrape
case, a 30-year-old man
allegedly hanged himself
inside a police lockup in
Beawar district, officials
said on Friday. The fam-
ily of the deceased, Rake-
sh Seervi, alleged that he
was tortured by the police
for five days in detention.
The police, however,
said Seervi was de-
tained on Thursday and
the arrest was made on
the same day. The inci-
dent took place at the
Jaitaran police station
on Thursday.
Vimal Kothari
Ziauddin Khan
Jaipur
Theleadingjewellersofthe
city have put in all their
strengthforthelastweekto
help the candidate of their
choice win the elections of
JewellersAssoc. Jaipur to-
day. With 15 candidates
eachfromUnitedJewellers
Group Voice of Jewel-
lers, this time the contest
has become interesting.
The temperature will also
haveanimpactonthepolls.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
In Jaipur, a private col-
lege student was found
dead by apparent suicide
in his hostel room on Fri-
day morning. Discovered
by his roommate, the po-
lice were informed im-
mediately. No suicide
note was found. The
deceased,a BSc first-year
student, was deeply af-
fected by his girlfriend’s
recent suicide.
Vinod Singh Chouhan
Jaipur
The Bhajanlal govt is try-
ing to provide drinking
and irrigation water to
the people of Rajasthan
so that the wastage of
crores of liters of water
flowing from the Cham-
bal river to other states
every day can be stopped.
For the proper utilization
of this water, a joint DPR
has to be prepared on the
PKC ERCP project so
that the work can gain
momentum.
Rajasthan and Madhya
Pradesh had received in-
structions to prepare their
respective DPRs. Ra-
jasthan has submitted its
DPR to the National Wa-
ter DevelopmentAgency
(NWDA), but Madhya
Pradesh has not prepared
its DPR yet.
The work of preparing
DPR was entrusted to
NWDA.
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur
Cabinet Minister Kirodi
Lal Meena recently dis-
closed his efforts in com-
bating alleged corruption
cases from the previous
Congress administration.
Meena emphasized that
his actions were not
merely opposition tactics
but rather a commitment
to addressing governance
issues.
Highlighting instances
of corruption, Meena
mentioned the sale of
valuable horticulture
lands at unusually low
prices during the previ-
ous regime, actions that
have since been reversed
by Chief Minister
Bhajanlal Sharma.
DrSomyainspectsHingonia
gaushala,funds `5lakhfornets
Bharat Dixit
Jaipur
Jaipur Greater Municipal
Corporation Mayor Dr
Somya conducted a sur-
prise inspection of Hin-
gonia gaushala on Friday
and took stock of the ar-
rangements.
In the inspection which
lasted for more than 3
hours, the Mayor went to
each cow shed. She in-
spected 62 enclosures
built for cows. Along
with this, she also fed
green fodder to the cows.
The Mayor said to give
an amount of Rs 5 lakh
for installing a green
shade net for the cows at
her own expense.
Along with this, she
instructed the cowshed
management to optimize
all the arrangements like
shade, water, fodder,
cleanliness, and proper
treatment of sick cows.
In view of the scorch-
ing heat, she gave in-
structions to sprinkle wa-
ter continuously for the
next 10 days.
Dr Somya conducted a surprise inspection of Hingonia gaushala
in Jaipur on Friday.
Raj has provided all
the documents
related to DPR, but
MP has not prepared
the DPR yet
Water crisis looms as Madhya
Pradesh delays PKC ERCP progress
Student dies by suicide
after girlfriend’s in Jaipur
B.ED STUDENT DIES BY
SUICIDE IN DHOLPUR
Dholpur: Man-
jeet Kushwah, a
25-year-old resident
of Kachpura, ended his
life while preparing for the
B.Ed exam. He resided
in a rented house near
Gayatri Temple in Badi,
Dholpur. In a suicide note,
he expressed his despair,
stating, “I studied hard but
couldn’t achieve success,
hence forced to take this
extreme step.”
Institute President
Shaitan Singh
Sankhala in the
letter said that no
instructions were
given in writing at
higher level

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DEVARSHI NARAD JAYANTI
Pankaj Soni, others to be felicitated today by VSK
First India Bureau
Jaipur
n the occasion
of Devarshi
Narad Jayanti, a
journalist felicitation cer-
emony will be organized
by the VSK Foundation
on Saturday, at 5:00 PM
in the Narad Auditorium
at Pathay Bhavan, Malvi-
ya Nagar, Jaipur.
The event aims to hon-
or journalists who have
submitted outstanding
stories in various catego-
ries including print me-
dia, electronic media,
news media (portals,
YouTube, all social me-
dia platforms), and re-
gional journalism.
Several entries have
been received from jour-
nalists across Jaipur,
Jaipur Rural, Tonk,
Dausa, Karauli, Sawai
Madhopur, Alwar,
Bharatpur, Dholpur,
Dudu, Kotputli, Bah-
rod, Deeg, Jhunjhunu,
Sikar, Churu, and Gan-
gapur City areas for the
Narad Samman Award.
The selection of hon-
ored journalists was
made during the meet-
ing of the selection
committee on Friday.
For the print media
category, Pakanj Soni
from First India, for the
new media category,
Umang Mathur from
Navtej TV, and for re-
gional journalism, Rad-
heshyam Tiwari and Ra-
jkumar Jain from Dainik
Bhaskar Alwar were
jointly selected for the
award. No award will be
given in the electronic
media category as there
were no entries for the
best story.
Soni is being awarded
for his contibution in “
Ram aayenge” series
published by First India
18 days before the conse-
cration ceremony of Lord
Ram statue in Ayodhya
The chief guest for the
program will be Hari-
vallabh Meghwal, the
State President of the
Journalists Association
of Rajasthan (JAR),
while the keynote speak-
er will be Nimbaram,
the skehtra pracharak of
of the Rashtriya Sway-
amsevak Sangh.
O
First India Bureau
Jaipur
On the basis of results
which were declared for
Rajasthanstateandsubor-
dinate services examina-
tion 2021, DoP has given
appointment to 76 RAS
officers. These include
VikrantSharma,PriyaBa-
jaj, Kiran Pal, Vishwajeet
Singh and Bharti Gupta.
The date for reporting
has also been given and
their probation period will
be of 2 years. CM Bhajan
Lal Sharma conveying
good wishes in a social
media post, wrote “Today
(Friday), the selected can-
didates in Rajasthan State
and Subordinate Services
(Combined Competitive)
Examination 2021 have
been appointed after veri-
fyingtheireligibility.With
the hope that all you tal-
ented youth will contrib-
ute to departmental activi-
ties with full dedication,
heartfelt congratulations
for a bright future.”
First India Bureau
New Delhi
Senior Congress leader
Sachin Pilot has thrown
all weight in campaign-
ing for Congress candi-
date from North West
Delhi Lok Sabha seat.
Pilot, former deputy CM
of Rajasthan, has engaged
more than 50 leaders in-
cluding4MLAs,2former
ministers,3formerMLAs
in North East Delhi.
MLA Mukesh Bhakar
is in Timarpur assembly
constituency, Ramniwas
Gavadiya is in Karawal
Nagar,Ameen Kagzi is in
Mustafabad,Vinod Goth-
wal in Rohtas Nagar, for-
mer MLA Panachand
Meghwal is in Gokalpur,
Ved Prakash Solanki is in
Seemapuri, former minis-
ter Mahesh Sharma is in
Ghonda, PCC Gen Secy
Girish Parikh in Burari.
Abid Kaggi, chairman of
PCC minority depart-
ment, and Imran Qureshi,
executive chairman of
PCC minority dept, have
been given responsibili-
ties in Seelampur.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Six employees at Sindhi
Camp Bus Stand have
beensuspended,including
chief manager Radhika.
The action was taken after
a thorough investigation
by Rajasthan Roadways.
Thesuspensionofthese
sixemployeescomesafter
the recent visit of CS Sud-
hansh Pant to the Sindhi
Camp Bus Stand. During
hisvisit,Pantobservedse-
vere cleanliness issues. In
response to findings, the
Roadways management
formed an inquiry panel,
which revealed irregu-
larities, including favor-
itism in various tenders.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
The Supreme Court has
stayed NGT’s Jan 2024
order that halted process
of desilting and dredging,
considering it as mining,
to increase the capacity
cleanlinessoftheBisalpur
Dam. This decision came
in response to an appeal
filedbyNGGadiya,entity
working on this project.
ThisSupremeCourtor-
der has also brought relief
toJaipur,Ajmer,andTonk
districts,asthecapacityof
the Bisalpur Dam is ex-
pected to increase due to
this project. The next
hearing for the case is
scheduled for July 16.
First India Bureau
Dholpur
Under direction of Food
Safety Commissioner Ik-
bal Khan, a targeted op-
eration against adultera-
tion resulted in seizure of
11,824 kilograms of adul-
terated ghee on Friday.
Additional Commis-
sioner Pankaj Ojha dis-
closed that in Dholpur, as
partoftheoperation,three
samples of Paliwal Brand
ghee from Paliwal sons
dairy Private Limited in
Dholpur Industrial Area
were seized under the
Food Safety and Stand-
ards Act, 2006. Addition-
ally, 9,898 kilograms of
gheewereseizedbasedon
suspicions. Food Safety
Officer Padam Singh was
also part of the enforce-
ment action, and samples
have been sent to labora-
toryfortesting.Necessary
action will be taken upon
receipt of the test report.
Similarly, in Gangapur
City, 324 liters of ghee
from Marwar ki shan
saras firm Bajaj Enter-
prises were seized, and 3
samples were collected.
76RASgetappointment,
CMwishesgoodluck
Amid shortage of water whenever tanker arrives, crowd of people gathers to collect water in Kunda Basti located in Jhalana of Jaipur.
View taken on Friday when localites gather around big-tank to take water. SUNIL SHARMA
Raj Cong leaders assigned
by Pilot campaign in Delhi
Six suspended in
roadways after CS’
visit to Sindhi Camp
SC gives relief in
Bisalpur Dam
desilting project
More than 11,824 litres of
adulterated ghee seized
Sachin Pilot during the rally in
support of Vijay Inder Singla
in Rupnagar district on Friday.
Pankaj Soni
Official with the seized ‘Paliwal
Ghee’ in Dholpur on Friday.
RAJREELSUNDERSWELTERINGHEATWAVE
First India BUreau
Jaipur
The state of Rajasthan is
currently in the grip of an
intense summer heat-
wave, with temperatures
soaring to unprecedented
levels in many areas. The
scorching heat has caused
discomfort and distress
among residents as mer-
cury continues to rise.
On Friday, once again,
the heavens offered no
respite as the sun relent-
lessly beat down on the
parched earth below.
Phalodi recorded the
highest temperature of
the season so far, with
mercury touching a blis-
tering 49 degrees Celsi-
us. The oppressive heat-
wave extended to Sri
Ganganagar at 46.6 de-
grees Celsius and Bikan-
er at 45.8 degrees Celsi-
us. Churu recorded a
temperature of 44.8 de-
grees Celsius, while the
state capital, Jaipur, ex-
perienced a slightly low-
er but still scorching tem-
perature of 43 degrees
Celsius. The extreme
heat has prompted au-
thorities to issue adviso-
ries urging residents to
stay indoors, stay hydrat-
ed, and take precautions
to avoid heat-related ill-
nesses and the situation
remains challenging.
Rajasthan in grip of an intense heatwave with temperatures soaring to record high this year
Scorching Summer Heat
FI TOON
Umbrella-man
and fan-man are
more needed
than gunman!
ACSDIRECTSOFFICIALSTOENSUREARRANGEMENTSTOTACKLEHEATWAVE
ACS of Medical
Health Department
Shubhra Singh,
during a review meeting
on seasonal diseases
and heatwave manage-
ment through video
conference at Swasthya
Bhawan on Friday, said
that Rajasthan is in the
red alert category and the
Meteorological Depart-
ment has also warned of
extreme heatwave in the
coming time. She said
that the medical manage-
ment of the state should
ensure arrangements for
prevention and treatment
of heatwave. Singh said
that coolers, fans, ACs,
water coolers, etc. should
be functional in hospitals.
“All arrangements should
be in place in three days,
otherwise strict action will
be taken against negli-
gent officers and person-
nel. ingh said that there
should be no shortage in
medical institutions. She
directed the Joint Director
Zone to appoint nodal
officers for monitoring
arrangements related to
seasonal diseases and
heatwaves. Vikas Sharma
GEHLOT APPEALS TO CM BHAJAN LAL SHARMA
FOR EMERGENCY MEETING OF RAJ HOSPITALS
State capital Jaipur,
experienced a
slightly lower but
still scorching 43°C;
Authorities issue
health advisories
POWERCUTSCONTINUETOTORTUREJAIPURITES
ASSUPPLYDISRUPTIONSCAUSEDISCOMFORT
DISTCOLLECTORSVIGILON
POWER WATERSUPPLY
BLACK MARKETING OF
WATER IN JAIPUR
ENSURE CLEAN WATER
IN GAUSHALAS: BHALE
IASTINAGIVENPOSTING
AFTEREIGHTMONTHS
‘PEOPLE ARE ADVISED
TO STAY INDOORS’
Former CM Ashok Gehlot has called upon current
CM Bhajan Lal Sharma to convene an emergency
meeting regarding the conditions in Rajasthan’s
hospitals amidst the ongoing heatwave.
Gehlot highlighted dual challenges faced by
state’s healthcare facilities, citing deficien-
cies not only in medical services but also
in basic amenities. “Govt hospitals are
grappling with a lack of essential cooling
equipment,” he stated. “In this extreme heat,
there aren’t enough fans, coolers, or ACs.”
Stressing urgency of situation, Gehlot urged to allocate
special funds to improve conditions in hospitals. “An emer-
gency meeting should be called,” he said. Naresh Sharma
Residents of several areas in Jaipur South, in-
cluding Jagatpura, Pratap Nagar, and Sanganer,
are experiencing severe discomfort as power
supply disruptions continue amidst the blistering summer
heat. The situation has left many sweating it out, strug-
gling to cope without electricity. The root of the problem
lies with the overloaded feeders originating from the
33 kV Mahal Road Grid Substation (GSS). The power
transformers, unable to handle the excessive load, have
led to power cuts as officials attempt to balance the load.
This has resulted in significant areas, including blocks A,
B, C, and D in Mahal Road, as well as critical locations
like Jeevan Rekha Hospital, Artech Mall, Viva City Mall,
and Gyan Vihar University, being without power.
Jaipur District
Collector Prakash
Rajpurohit held
a meeting of subdivision
level officers at Chomu to
discuss electricity water
problems here. Instructions
were given to PHED of-
ficials for proper arrange-
ment. In Jaisalmer, district
collector Pratap Singh
Nathawat held a surprise
inspection of Jaisalmer’s
electricity dept. In Dungar-
pur, district collector Ankit
Kumar Singh held a meet-
ing to review the situation
of water, electricity and
seasonal diseases.
Brahmupuri area is
embroiled in a sig-
nificant water supply
scandal, with daily unauthor-
ized filling of 10-12 tankers
from govt sources The clan-
destine activities have raised
eyebrows, with tankers
being loaded under pretext
of belonging to another
administrative division, while
the pilfered water finds its
way onto Ramgarh Road’s
bustling black market. The
nefarious operation is fa-
cilitated by large capacity of
each tanker. Consequently,
illicit trade amounts to nearly
4 lakh liters of water being
siphoned off and sold daily.
Keeping in mind se-
vere heat conditions,
the state government
has instructed the Animal
Husbandry and Cowshed
Dept to ensure adequate
availability of clean drinking
water for cattle in the cow
shelters and that no cattle
should die due to heat-relat-
ed diseases. Principal Secre-
tary, Animal Husbandry and
Cowshed Vikas Sitaram
Bhale said that there will be
no shortage of drinking water
in the gaushalas in districts.
Instructions have been given
to the Collectors to ensure
uninterrupted supply of clean
drinking water for the cattle.
IAS Tina Dabi has
been given posting
after being on leave
for 8 months. 2016 IAS of-
ficer Tina Dabi was on child
care leave since Sept 15.
DoP has now posted her as
Commissioner, EGS. She
may be given a significant
posting after end of MCC.
As temperatures
soar across several
cities, the govt has
swung into action to com-
bat heatwave. Disaster
Mgmt Min
Dr Kirodi
Lal Meena
highlighted
the severity
of situation
and steps
being taken
to mitigate its impact. He
outlined the guidelines is-
sued to help people protect
themselves from the heat.
“People are advised to
stay indoors,”, he said.
SHEKHAR
Pankaj Soni to be felicitated for
First India’s ‘Ram Ayenge’ series
Phalodi
49
Barmer
48.2
Kota
46.7
Jaisalmer
48.3
Jodhpur
47.6
Ganganagar
46.5
MERCURY TOUCHES
49°
C IN PHALODI
OTHER DISTS ALSO
BAKING IN HEAT
Other areas in
Rajasthan have
also been baking
under the relentless
sun. The mercury in
Jaisalmer recorded a
scorching 48.3 de-
grees Celsius, followed
closely by Barmer at
48.2 degrees Celsius.
Jodhpur sweltered at
47.6 degrees Celsius,
while Kota experienced
temperatures as high as
46.7 degrees Celsius.
ACS of Medical Health Department Shubhra Singh and
other officials during the meeting in Jaipur on Friday.

4. TOP
TWEETS
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Enter through the narrow gate.
For wide is the gate and broad is
the road that leads to destruction,
and many enter through it.
BIBLE
A proud moment, particularly for our
Kendriya Vidyalaya family.
Congratulate Preetismita on her
achievement at the IWF World Youth
Championships and wish her the best. May she
keep shining and bringing more glory
to Odisha and India.
Dharmendra Pradhan
(मोोदीी काा परि�वाार) @ dpradhanbjp
The news of the road accident in
Ambala, Haryana is extremely
sad. I express my deepest
condolences to those who lost their loved
ones in this accident. I pray to God for
the peace of the departed souls and
speedy recovery of the injured.
Piyush Goyal (मोोदीी काा परि�वाार)
@PiyushGoyal
hotter world is
likely to be a
sicker world.
Earth’s grow-
ing fever has obvious re-
percussions for human
health, like heatwaves that
are hotter than our physi-
ology can tolerate. Hu-
manity’s departure from
the stable climate it inher-
ited will yield surprises,
too, though. Some of
those may be existing dis-
eases appearing in new
places or spreading with
greater ferocity. And
some, experts fear, may be
new diseases entirely.
The mosquito-borne in-
fection malaria killed more
than half a million people
each year during the last
decade. Most of these vic-
tims were children and al-
mostall(95%in2022)were
in Africa. As a source of
disease, infectious mosqui-
toes are at least predictable
in their need for three
things: warm temperatures,
humid air and puddles to
breedin.Sowhatdifference
will global heating make?
PARASITES ARE
ON THE MARCH
“The relationship between
climate and malaria trans-
mission is complex and
has been the subject of in-
tense study for some three
decades,” say water and
health experts Mark Smith
(University of Leeds) and
Chris Thomas (University
of Lincoln). Much of this
research has focused on
sub-Saharan Africa, the
global epicentre of malaria
cases and deaths. Smith
and Thomas combined
temperature and water
movement projections to
produce a continent-wide
analysis of malaria risk.
Their results showed
that the conditions for ma-
laria transmission will be-
come less suitable overall,
especially in west Africa.
But where temperature and
humidity are likely to suit
infectious mosquitoes in
future also happens to be
where lots more people are
expected to live, near riv-
ers like the Nile in Egypt.
“This means the number of
people living in potentially
malaria endemic areas
(suitable for transmission
more than nine months a
year) will increase by 2100
to over a billion,” they say.
Elsewhere, tropical dis-
eases will slip their bonds
as the insects carrying
them survive further from
the equator. This is already
happening in France,
where dengue fever cases
spiked during the hot sum-
mer of 2022. “It seems that
the lowlands of Veneto [in
Italy] are emerging as an
ideal habitat for the Culex
mosquitoes, which can
host and transmit West
Nile virus,” adds Michael
Head, a senior research
fellow in global health at
the University of South-
ampton.
Research suggests that
the global transmission of
mosquito-borne diseases
likemalariaanddenguewill
change, says Mark Booth, a
senior lecturer in parasite
epidemiology at Newcastle
University. That’s as clear a
picture as Booth could con-
jure from modelling more
than 20 tropical diseases in
awarmingworld.“Formost
otherparasites,therewaslit-
tle or no evidence. We sim-
ply don’t know what to ex-
pect,” he says.
Some diseases will bring
fresh torment for the spe-
cies humans farm. Blue-
tongue, a virus transmitted
by midges, is expected to
infect sheep further afield
– in centralAfrica, western
Russia and the US – than
subtropicalAsia andAfrica
where it evolved, Booth
says.And the prognoses for
some diseases afflicting
humans will worsen. UCL
academics Sanjay Sisodi-
ya, a neuroscientist and
Mark Maslin, an earth sys-
tem scientist, found that
climate change is exacer-
bating the symptoms of
certain brain conditions.
“Each of the billions of
neurons in our brain is like
a learning, adapting com-
puter, with many electri-
cally active components,”
they say. “Many of these
components work at a dif-
ferent rate depending on
the ambient temperature,
and are designed to work
together within a narrow
range of temperatures.”
Aspecies that evolved in
Africa, humans are com-
fortable between 20˚C and
26˚C and within 20% and
80% humidity, Sisodiya
and Maslin say. Our brain
is already working close to
the limit of its preferred
temperature range in most
cases, so even small in-
creases matter.
“When those environ-
mental conditions move
rapidly into unaccustomed
ranges, as is happening
with extreme temperatures
and humidity related to cli-
mate change, our brain
struggles to regulate our
temperature and begins to
malfunction.”
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
ONE PLANET
ONE HEALTH
Clearly, staying healthy
isn’t as simple as regulat-
ing what you eat or how
often you exercise. There
is a lot that is beyond
your immediate control.
“Within less than 3 years,
the WHO has declared 2
public health emergencies
of international concern:
COVID-19 in February
2020 and monkeypox in
July 2022,” says Arindam
Basu, an associate profes-
sor of epidemiology and
environmental health at the
University of Canterbury.
“At the same time, extreme
weather events are being
reported continuously
across the world and are
expected to become more
frequent and intense.
These are not separate
issues.” Basu highlights the
danger of new diseases
emerging, particularly from
pathogens that could jump
between humans and
animals as habitats change
amid global heating.
IFEARTHGETSSICK,
SODOYOU
Research suggests that the global
transmission of mosquito-borne diseases
like malaria and dengue will change, says
Mark Booth, a senior lecturer in parasite
epidemiology at Newcastle University. That’s
as clear a picture as Booth could conjure
from modelling more than 20 tropical
diseases in a warming world
IN-DEPTH
TECHNOLOGY VS
PERSONALITY
RIGHTS OF STARS
Get rich and spoil
the child: Two cases
penAI’s latest version, GPT-4o, has sparked
controversy by allegedly mimicking Scarlett
Johansson’s voice without her consent. This
incident raises critical questions about the infringe-
ment of celebrities’ personality rights in the digital
age. Johansson, known for her distinctive voice, rep-
resents many public figures whose likeness and vocal
characteristics are integral to their brand and liveli-
hood. Unauthorized use of such personal attributes
byAI technologies can lead to significant ethical and
legal challenges. In India, Amitabh Bachchan and
Anil Kapoor won legal cases against infringement of
their celebrity traits.
The crux of the issue lies in the balance between
technological innovation and the protection of indi-
vidual rights. While AI advancements like GPT-4o
offer incredible potential, they must be developed
and deployed with stringent safeguards to prevent
misuse. The controversy underscores the urgent need
for comprehensive regulations that address the nu-
ances of AI’s impact on personal rights. Protecting
celebrities from unauthorized exploitation by AI is
essential to maintaining their control over their pub-
lic personas.
O
ome people possess great wealth but lack
control over their children, who believe
their father’s riches and influential connec-
tions will shield them from harm and the reach of
the law. This is best illustrated by two teenagers -
one in Pune and the other in Kanpur. In Pune’s
high-profile Porsche crash, it is alleged that al-
though the boy was seen drinking at a bar, his blood
test was delayed. Initially, the juvenile justice
board (JJB) handed down the absurd punishment
of writing a 300-word essay despite being asked by
the police to treat the 17-year-old as an adult. It was
forced to reverse its
decision under pub-
lic pressure.
However, in Pune
the boy was immedi-
ately arrested. Po-
lice complicity led
to the closure of a
case in which the
teenager son of a
leading Kanpur doc-
tor ran over two near
the Ganga barrage in
October 2023. After
no action was taken
and his parents al-
legedly remaining
unconcerned, the minor chose to be at the wheel
again in March 2024 and rammed into two more
persons. This time the accident occurred in the
Barra area of Kanpur. There was no public outrage
or media coverage over the October accident which
made it convenient for the police to close the case.
After the outcry over the Pune accident, the Kan-
pur police woke up and reopened the October ac-
cident case and the minor was sent to juvenile home
only on Wednesday. Parental indulgence and police
complicity only create spoilt brats.
S
This is best
illustrated by two
teenagers - one in
Pune and the other
in Kanpur. This is
best illustrated by 2
teenagers - one in
Pune and the other
in Kanpur
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7. INDIA’S GROWTH PROJECTIONS
In next 10 years we’ll be be US$ 10tn economy: Doval
ANI
New Delhi
ational Security
Advisor (NSA)
Ajit Doval on
Friday emphasised the
necessity of strong bor-
der security in light of
India’s projected growth
to a USD 10 trillion
economy and becoming
the world’s third-largest
economy within the next
decade, with a particular
focus on technological
advancements.
With projections plac-
ing India’s economic
growth in the next decade
as the world’s top third
economy, Doval high-
lighted the essential role
of technological ad-
vancements in bolstering
national security.
“In the next 10 years,
we will be a USD 10 tril-
lion economy, a major
achievement. We will
achieve the position of
the world’s third-largest
economy. It will also
have the world’s largest
workforce...It will also
be a major global surpris-
ing hub...,” Doval said
while speaking at the
21st BSF Investiture Cer-
emony and delivering
Rustamji Memorial Lec-
ture in Delhi.
Doval emphasized that
a robust border infra-
structure is vital for sus-
taining and protecting
India’s expanding eco-
nomic interests.
He pointed out that as
India scales new eco-
nomic heights, the inte-
gration of cutting-edge
technology in security
frameworks will be criti-
cal to mitigate emerging
threats and challenges.
Doval said we are liv-
ing in a changing time
and India is changing
very fast.
The NSA said that In-
dia’s economic progress
would be much faster if
we had a more secure
border.
Enforcing the future,
Doval said the responsi-
bility is on the border se-
curity force.
NSA Ajit Doval, DG of the BSF Nitin Agarwal and Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla during the BSF
Investiture Ceremony and Rustamji Memorial Lecture, at Vigyan Bhawan, in New Delhi, on Friday.
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I.N.D.I.A.blocisopportunist,
communalselfish:PMModi
First India Bureau
Nahan/Shimla
PM Narendra Modi on
Friday attacked Opposi-
tion’sI.N.D.I.A.blocashe
made final pitches for the
June 1 Lok Sabha polls in
Himachal Pradesh’s four
constituencies.
Terming Himachal as
his second home during
the Vijay Sankalp rally at
Chaugan in Nahan, the
PM said that only BJP
can accelerate India’s de-
velopment.
Seeking blessings of
Maa Shaluni and all the
gods and goddesses,
Modi told the crowd that
he was in Himachal dur-
ing his early years and
though times have
changed, Modi remains
same. He even mentioned
some old colleagues in his
speech to prove his point.
Making a strong pitch
for his past ties with
Himachal, the PM said he
was seeking the blessings
of voters for a third term.
“Modi will risk his life
for you, but will never let
you face any trouble,” the
PM told the crowd amid
rousing response as he re-
minded them of the Con-
gressera,“whenthereused
tobeaweakgovernment...
Pakistan used to dance on
our heads”, he said.
I BOW IN RESPECT
BEFORE PM MODI:
KANGANA RANAUT
NO ONE WANTS TO
VOTE FOR CONGRESS,
I.N.D.I.A. BLOC: MODI
Mandi: Ahead of
PM’s visit, BJP
candidate Kangana
Ranaut addressed a rally
where she expressed her
gratitude for opportunity
to work under PM Modi’s
leadership. She applauded
him for his developmental
work. She said, “When
Bollywood considered me
an outsider and mocked
my English. Then, world’s
biggest party, BJP, and the
world’s biggest leader, PM
Modi, chose me to serve
the people of Mandi.”
Jalandhar: Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi continued
his sharp attack on the
I.N.D.I.A. bloc against
Friday, saying the “balloon”
of the Opposition alliance
has burst and no one
wants to give their vote to
it. Addressing a Lok Sabha
poll rally in Jalandhar, his
third in Punjab this election
season, Modi pointed
out that five phases of
polling have been held in
the country and the sixth
phase is scheduled to be
held on Saturday, for which
campaigning has ended.
Earlier in the day, the prime
minister addressed a rally
in Gurdaspur district. His
first Lok Sabha poll rally in
Punjab was in Patiala on
Thursday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a public meeting for Lok Sabha elections, in Sirmaur district,
on Friday. Himachal Pradesh BJP President Rajeev Bindal is also seen. PTI
PM Modi has already
got 310 seats: Amit Shah
First India Bureau
Patna
Claiming that the BJP
has already got 310 seats
after the completion of
polling in the five phases
of the seven-phase Lok
Sabha elections, Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah on Friday assured
to scrap the Muslim res-
ervation and allocate the
quota to the backward
class in the country after
coming back to power.
Addressing an election
rally in Veer Kunwar
Singh Stadium of Arrah
Parliamentary constitu-
ency in favour of Union
Minister and outgoing
MP RK Singh, Shah ap-
pealed to the people to
bless the NDAwith more
than 400 seats.
The Union Home Min-
ister assured that the
NDA government after
being voted back to pow-
er with more than 400
seats would scrap the
Muslim reservation and
provide the quota to the
backward classes.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah during a public meeting in favour of Union Minister and BJP
candidate RK Singh for Lok Sabha polls, in Arrah, on Friday. PTI
FORCONG,JHARKHANDISATMOFCORRUPTION:SHAH
Jamtara: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday
launched a scathing attack on Congress, alleging
that the grand old party sees Jharkhand as an “ATM
of corruption”. He also alleged that Congress and Hemant
Soren’s JMM are competing with each other on corruption in
the state, he said. “For Congress, Jharkhand is its vote bank,
property, land bank and ATM of corruption…corrupt JMM
leaders, including Hemant Soren, are sitting on Congress
lap,” Shah said addressing a rally here. “For Congress,
Jharkhand is its vote bank, property, land bank and ATM of
corruption…corrupt JMM leaders, including Hemant Soren,
are sitting on Congress lap,” Shah said at a rally here.
“I.N.D.I.A. bloc trying
to give quota of SCs,
STs, OBCs to Muslims”
PTI
Kushinagar/Ballia
Hitting out at the
I.N.D.I.A. bloc, BJP
president JP Nadda on
Friday alleged that the
“ghamandia” (arrogant)
alliance is against the
Dalits, tribals and back-
wards because it wants to
rob the reservation of
these sections and ap-
pease Muslims.
The BJP chief also al-
leged that the “arrogant
alliance” is “anti-Sana-
tan” and “anti-national”.
He was addressing a
rally in Kushinagar in
support of the BJP candi-
date MP Vijay Dubey.
Nadda appealed to the
people to vote in favour
of the BJP and claimed
that if Narendra Modi be-
comes the prime minister
for the third time, India
will become the third
largest economy.
Taking a jibe at the
I.N.D.I.A. bloc, Nadda
alleged that the I.N.D.I.A.
bloc is against the SCs,
STs, OBCs and extremely
backward classes because
they want to appease
Muslims by robbing the
reservation of these sec-
tions of the society.
Later, he also ad-
dressed a rally in Ballia.
BJP chief JP Nadda being felicitated by UP CM Yogi Adityanath at
a rally for the Lok Sabha polls in Kushinagar, on Friday. PTI
Kejriwal’s aide Bibhav sent to 4-day judicial custody
Agencies
New Delhi
A Delhi court on Friday
sent Delhi chief minister
Arvind Kejriwal’s aide
Bibhav Kumar to four
days judicial custody in
the alleged Swati Mali-
wal assault case. He will
now be produced before
the court on May 28.
Bibhav’s counsels
have moved an applica-
tion seeking to procure
and preserve the CCTV
footages and the DVRs.
“These CCTVs prove
my case, they have
searched various times
and have taken CCTV
footages, how many foot-
ages they have we don’t
know. We are seeking for
the footages to be pre-
served,” Kumar’s coun-
sel’s argued in the court.
The additional public
prosecutorargued,”Under
what provision this appli-
cation has been moved?
These prayers are not ap-
plicable at this stage as
the matter is under
investigation.”
KEJRIWAL MAKING EFFORTS TO SAVE BIBHAV: BJP
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Gaurav
Bhatia accused the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Ke-
jriwal of destroying the evidence in a case related to
the alleged assault of Swati Maliwal and said the AAP Rajya
Sabha MP was assaulted at the “beck and call” of the Aam
Admi Party national convenor. He also alleged that Chief
Minister Arvind Kejriwal is making all the efforts to save his
aide Bibhav Kumar.
Naveen Patnaik responds to
BJP’s claims on his health
ANI
Mayurbhanj
Launching a blistering
attack on the Bhartiya Ja-
nata Party (BJP), Odisha
Chief Minister Naveen
Patnaik said on Friday
that the saffron party has
been spreading lies about
his health, adding that he
is perfectly well and has
been campaigning for his
party for around a month
across the state.
Patnaik’s remark came
while he was speaking to
ANI in Mayurbhanj on
Friday. “There is a limit
to the lies that the
Bharatiya Janata Party
can tell. As you can see,
I am in very good health,
and I have been cam-
paigning for around a
month all over the state,”
the Odisha Chief Minis-
ter told ANI.
Adding to the criticism
of the BJP, BJD leader
and key campaign strate-
gist VK Pandian called
the attacks substandard.
Step-father gets death term for
murder of Laila Khan, 5 others
Agencies
Mumbai
Laila Khan, who started
her career with the Kan-
nada film ‘Makeup’ in
2002, has finally got jus-
tice. The accused of mur-
der of Laila Khan, who
became an overnight sen-
sation due to her bold
scene with Rajesh Khan-
na, has been sentenced to
death. After 13 years, the
court has pronounced its
verdict in the murder
case. The culprit Parvez
Tak is the step father of
deceased Laila Khan. In
February 2011, Laila and
five other members of
her family were brutally
murdered at their farm-
house in Igatpuri and
their bodies were burred
there. Mumbai Sessions
Court said that this case
is the rarest of the rare
cases on Friday.
The incident happened
in February 2011, when
the culprit murdered
Laila, her mother and
four brothers and sisters.
After an investigation by
the police, it became
clear that Tak had com-
mitted the murder. Ac-
cording to the Mumbai
police, Laila along with
her family had gone to
the Igatpuri farmhouse
for a holiday.
Laila Khan case
UP man cuts open
wife’s stomach to
check baby’s gender
Badaun: A man
was sentenced to
life in prison after he
used a sickle to cut open
his pregnant wife’s
stomach to check if she
was going to give birth to
a boy or a girl. Panna
Lal, of Badaun’s Civil
Lines, had attacked his
wife Anita in September
2020. The couple were
married for 22 years and
had five daughters.
However, they used to
fight regularly as Panna
Lal wanted her to give
birth to a boy.
Pune case: Teen’s
dad, 5 others sent
in judicial custody
Pune: A court on
Friday remanded
Vishal Agarwal, father
of a 17-year-old boy
involved in a car crash
that killed two persons
in Kalyani Nagar, and
5 other accused in the
judicial custody till
June 7. The prosecu-
tion had demanded
extension of their
police custody for
further investigation.
Meanwhile, two cops
have been suspended
for mishandling case
in the beginning.
CRUCIAL READ
NP Singh to continue as SPNI
MD CEO till successor is found
First India Bureau
New Delhi
NP Singh, Managing Di-
rector and CEO of Sony
Pictures Networks India
(SPNI) has announced
his decision to move on
from his current role after
an illustrious 25-year
tenure at the company.
Singh, who has been with
the industry for nearly 44
years, will transition to
an advisory position, fo-
cusing on social change
and strategic guidance.
In his statement, Singh
emphasised his strong
commitment to SPNI,
highlighting the numer-
ous industry benchmarks,
expandedreach,andnota-
ble accomplishments
achieved during his lead-
ership. He assured that his
dedication to the compa-
ny’s success remains un-
wavering and expressed
confidence in the legacy
of excellence continuing
under new leadership.
While I cannot tolerate Mother India’s insult, the
Congress does not desist even from insulting Mother
India. Congress has a problem with saying Bharat
Mata ki Jai, Congress has a problem with saying
Vande Mataram. Such Congress can never do any
good to Himachal.
NARENDRA MODI, PRIME MINISTER

8. Rajasthan Royals bowler Trent Boult celebrates with teammates
after taking a wicket of SRH, in Chennai on Friday. PTI
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TOP INDIAN OFFICIAL TO HANDLE UN’S BODY
Kishore begins term as head of UNDRR
Agencies
Geneva
top Indian offi-
cial, Kamal
Kishore started
his term as UN Secre-
tary-General Antonio
Guterres’s special repre-
sentative for disaster risk
reduction.
On May 20, the Unit-
ed Nations Office for
Disaster Risk Reduction
(UNDRR) welcomed
the arrival of Mr
Kishore, who started his
term as the Special Rep-
resentative of the UN
S e c r e t a r y - G e n e r a l
(SRSG) for Disaster
Risk Reduction and the
head of UNDRR.
“The UN Office for
Disaster Risk Reduc-
tion (UNDRR) wel-
comed on 20 May the
arrival of Mr. Kamal
Kishore, who started
his term as the Special
Representative of the
UN Secretary-General
(SRSG) for Disaster
Risk Reduction and the
Head of UNDRR,” the
UNDRR announced in a
statement.
Kamal Kishore suc-
ceeds Mami Mizutori of
Japan, according to the
UNDRR statement.
Kamal Kishore
UNDRR welcomes
Kamal Kishore, who
starts this week as
SRSG. He looks
forward to building
on UNDRR’s progress
in drawing together
global efforts to
reduce global
disaster risks
A
London: An 18-year-old
rickshaw driver from a
village in Bahraich dis-
trict, Uttar Pradesh, has
captured global attention
after receiving the es-
teemedAmal Clooney
Women’s Empowerment
Award in London.Arti, a
trailblazer in her com-
munity, was recognised
for her exceptional work.
Pink e-rickshaw driver
from UP wins UK's
Royal award: Report
Hyderabad: A man
from Telangana was
found dead under suspi-
cious circumstances in
Australia. The body of
Arati Arvind Yadav (30),
a native of Shadnagar
town in Rangareddy dis-
trict, was recovered from
the sea in Sydney, as per
information reaching his
family on Friday.
Telangana BJP
leader’s son found
dead in Sydney
Singapore: An Indian
woman in Singapore
was charged with stab-
bing a six-year-old boy
with a pen at a childcare
centre in 2022, leaving
marks on his face and
scalp. The 43-year-old
was handed one count
of ill-treating a child un-
der her care under the
Children and Young
Persons Act. The court
issued a wide-ranging
gag order that forbids
publication of the vic-
tim’s identity, the ac-
cused’s identity as well
as the location of the in-
cident, according to a
Channel News report.
Indian woman charged
with stabbing 6-year-
old boy in Singapore
IN BRIEF
Beijing: A man killed 8
people and wounded
one more with a knife
in central China, state
media said on Friday.
The stabbing took place
on Thursday morning in
the city of Xiaogan in
Hubei province, state
broadcaster CCTV said.
Man kills 8, injures 1 in
Knife attack in China
Over100killed,homes
destroyed,saysreport
SRHsealfinalspotwith36-run
winoverRoyalsinQualifier2
Rajasthan Royals pacers restrict Sunrisers Hyderabad to 175/9
Agencies
Melbourne, Australia
More than 100 people
are believed to have
been killed Friday in a
landslide that buried a
village in a remote,
mountainous part of
Papua New Guinea, and
an emergency response
is underway, the South
Pacific island nation’s
leader said.
Residents said that es-
timates of the death toll
were above 100, although
authorities haven’t con-
firmed that figure.
Villagers said that the
number of people killed
could be much higher.
Local media reported
higher tolls, without cit-
ing sources, and more
villages destroyed.
Prime Minister James
Marape said authorities
were responding and he
would release informa-
tion about the destruction
and loss of life when it
was available.
First India Bureau
New Delhi
Sunrisers Hyderabad
qualified for the IPLfinal
with a 36-run win over
Rajasthan Royals in
Qualifier 2 here on Fri-
day. SRH will face Kol-
kata Knight Riders in the
final here on Sunday.
Sent in to bat, SRH
posted 175 for nine, rid-
ing on Heinrich Klaas-
en’s 34-ball 50 and con-
tributions from Travis
Head (34) and Rahul Tri-
pathi (37). In reply, RR
could manage just 139
for 7 in 20 overs with Ya-
shasvi Jaiswal (42) and
Dhruv Jurel (56 not out)
doing bulk of the scoring.
Earlier, pace duo of
Trent Boult (3/45) and
Avesh Khan (3/27)
snapped 3 wickets each,
while Sandeep Sharma
(2/25) claimed two
wickets after RR won
the toss and elected to
bowl. For SRH, Shahbaz
Ahmed (3/23) Ab-
hishek Sharma (2/24)
shared 5 wickets.
In Papua New Guinea as per Australian media
Apartment building
fire in Hanoi kills 14
Agencies
Hanoi, Vietnam
A fire ripped through an
apartment complex in
central Hanoi early Fri-
day, killing 14 people
and injuring three others,
police said.
Smoke and toxic gases
billowed out of the build-
ing in Cau Giay district, a
densely populated district
ofVietnam’scapitalthatis
home to several universi-
ties, after a fire broke out.
Rescuers forced their
way inside, breaking the
lock of an external gate
and smashing a window
to rescue seven people
trapped inside.
Neighbours reported
hearing explosions “like
firecrackers” and
screams from people in-
side and those living
close by.
Ready for serious expansion with
India: Russian Nuclear Agency chief
Agencies
Moscow
Department of Atomic
Energy secretaryAjit Ku-
mar Mohanty on Thurs-
day met with Alexey
Likhachev, the Director
General of Rosatom State
Atomic Energy Corpora-
tion of Russia, and dis-
cussed ways to further
bolster the nuclear energy
cooperation between the
two countries.
A statement by Ro-
satom said officials of
the two sides visited the
site of the Pilot Demon-
stration Energy Com-
plex being built in Sev-
ersk, Tomsk region.
Afull-scale discussion
took place on the pro-
spective areas of the Rus-
sian-Indian cooperation
in the nuclear field, the
statement added.
“We are ready for seri-
ous expansion of the co-
operation with India in
the field of using nuclear
energy for peaceful pur-
poses,” said Likhachev.
Heavy fighting in Gaza, Israeli tanks advance
Agencies
Cairo
Israeli forces stepped up
military strikes on Gaza
on Friday, residents and
medics said, with heavy
fighting reported in Jaba-
lia in the north and tanks
pushing further into Ra-
fah in the south.
Medics said at least
five Palestinians were
killed when houses were
hit in Jabalia and more
were believed to be
trapped under rubble, but
that the area could not be
reached due to the inten-
sity of the bombardment.
In the southern city of
Rafah bordering Egypt,
residents reported explo-
sions and smoke rising in
the distance as tanks ad-
vanced further into the
eastern district of Jneina.
Sony faces USD 90 mn
lawsuit from ZEEL
Agencies
New Delhi
Zee Entertainment Enter-
prises has sought a termi-
nation fee of USD 90
million (around Rs 748.7
crore) from the Sony
Group for calling off the
USD 10 billion merger
deal in January this year.
It has sought termina-
tion fees from two Sony
Group entities -- Sony
Pictures Networks India
(SPNI), now known as
Culver Max Entertain-
ment, and Bangla Enter-
tainment (BEPL), ac-
cording to a regulatory
filing from Zee Enter-
tainment Enterprises Ltd
(ZEEL) on Thursday.
ZEEL has, on account
of Culver Max’s and BE-
PL’s breaches under the
Merger Cooperation
agreement, terminated
the MCAby issuing a let-
ter dated May 23, 2024.
None of us will have a job, says Elon
Musk calls AI his “Biggest Fear”
Agencies
New Delhi
Elon Musk, CEO of Te-
sla, stated that artificial
intelligence (AI) will
eventually eliminate all
jobs, but he believes this
is not necessarily a bad
development, reported
CNN. Speaking at a start-
up and tech event in Paris,
he said, “Probably none
of us will have a job,”.
Musk was speaking via
webcam at the Viva Tech
event where he predicted
a future where jobs would
be “optional.” He said,
“If you want to do a job
that’s kinda like a hobby,
you can do a job.” Musk
added, “But otherwise,
AI and the robots will
provide any goods and
services that you want.”
Musk highlighted that for
this scenario to succeed,
there would need to be a
“universal high income,”
which should not be con-
fused with universal ba-
sic income, however, he
did not elaborate much on
this concept.
Indian-American raises
$1 mn for US Cong race
Agencies
Washington
Indian-American Con-
gressional candidate from
Virginia Krystle Kaul has
raised USD1 million for
her race, a landmark
which only a few first
timers are able to reach.
“I have consistently
broken barriers through-
out my career, from the
CIA to the US Central
Command and the Penta-
gon, driven by a dedica-
tion to excellence. I be-
came one of the youngest
ever directors at the De-
partment of Defense,”
Kaul said after her cam-
paign announced that she
has reached USD 1-mil-
lion mark in fundraising.
Krystle Kaul
The landslide hit Kaokalam village in Enga province, about 600 kilometers (370 miles) northwest
of the capital, Port Moresby, at roughly 3 a.m., Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported.
Rescuers forced their way inside,
breaking the lock of the gate to
rescue 7 people trapped inside.
Foreign journalists report from an observation point while smoke
rises after a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday PTI
Elon Musk
Smoke rises during an Israeli air strike, amid the ongoing
conflict, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday.
MAJORWARHIGHLIGHTS
 The top UN court
ordered Israel on Friday to
immediately halt its military
operations in the southern
Gaza city of Rafah — but
stopped short of ordering a
full cease-fire.
 The Israel Forces recov-
ered bodies of 3 hostages
held by Hamas.
 Trucks halted since Is-
rael stepped up offensive
in Rafah. Some supplies
stuck for more than two
months.
YUZVENDRA CHAHAL
CONCEDES MOST SIXES
IN IPL HISTORY: REPORT
New Delhi: Yuzven-
dra Chahal, who is
the highest wicket-
taker in IPL history, etched
his name in the competi-
tion’s record books for an
unwanted record. The ace
right-arm wrist-spinner has
conceded the most sixes
in IPL history. Rajasthan
spinner Chahal made this
record during the Qualifier 2
against Sunrisers Hyder-
abad in the IPL 2024 sea-
son on Friday. As per ES-
PNcricinfo, Chahal has now
been smashed for 224 sixes
in the cash-rich league. He
went past Piyush Chawla’s
tally of 222 sixes. Ravindra
Jadeja (206) and Ravichan-
dran Ashwin (203) are the
other two bowlers to have
conceded 200-plus sixes.
IPL Match 73
SRH bowler Shahbaz Ahmed celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Rajasthan Royals
batter Ravichandran Ashwin during the IPL Qualifier 2 cricket match at MA Chidambaram Stadium,
in Chennai on Friday. PTI

9. Pankaj Soni
Jaipur
The officers and doc-
tors involved in the
Nirogi Rajasthan Dawa
Yojana cannot explain
where the Rajasthan
Medical Service Cor-
poration got such a
whopping demand for
32,86,712 special sur-
gical gloves. These
gloves, being bought at
10 times the normal
rate i.e., 323 per pair,
are being returned by
medical colleges.
The tender of 160
crores was issued in
January 2024, and its
technical bid has been
approved. The commit-
tee formed for this bid
included Dr. Anchal
Sharma, Dr. Jagdish
Modi, and Jeevan
Kankaria of Sawai
Mansingh Hospital as
experts. Additionally,
officials of the Ra-
jasthan Medical Ser-
vice Corporation were
also included in the bid
committee. The ap-
proval of the tender
without the need for
such surgical gloves
raises questions about
the process.
OnThursday,FirstIn-
dia had disclosed anom-
alies in the purchase of
the gloves in collusion
withtheprocurementof-
ficers of RMSC. The
gloves are being pur-
chased from Molnlycke
Health Care India Pri-
vate Limited of Gur-
gaon, Haryana. Gener-
ally, surgical gloves cost
somewhere between Rs
8 to Rs 20 per pair.
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A profound lesson of the Bhagavad Gita, which we
should always remember is that we are defined not
just by what we do, but also by what we do not do.
Dr JAGDEESH CHANDRA, CMD Editor-in-Chief
THOUGHT OF THE DAY
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Implement the Atal Bhujal Yojana in Rajasthan
effectively: CS Sudhansh Pant directs officials
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur
n c o u r a g i n g
c o m m u n i t y
participation,
Chief Secretary Sud-
hansh Pant has directed
the effective implemen-
tation of the Atal Bhujal
Yojana in Rajasthan.
Stressing the need to
make water conservation
a people’s movement, he
emphasised the signifi-
cant role this scheme
could play in groundwa-
ter management.
Pant chaired the fifth
meeting of the State In-
terdepartmental Steering
Committee (SISC) for
the Atal Bhujal Yojana at
the Secretariat on Friday.
During the meeting, he
gathered information
from nodal departments
and the program imple-
mentation agency, the
Department of Water Re-
sources, and other stake-
holders regarding the
scheme’s progress.
He instructed officials
to ensure better coordina-
tion among all depart-
ments involved in the
Atal Bhujal Yojana’s
implementation in the
state and expedite the
completion of pending
projects with mutual co-
operation. Pant also di-
rected officials to review
the scheme’s progress
weekly and ensure the
regular conduct of train-
ing programs.
The meeting was at-
tended by ACS of Water
Resources Dept, Abhay
Kumar, ACS of Energy
Dept, Alok, Principal
Secretary of Agriculture,
Vaibhav Galriya, Secre-
tary of PHED Dept,
Samit Sharma, and other
senior officials.
CS Sudhansh Pant chairs the 5th meeting of SISC at Secretariat
on Friday. Abhay Kumar, Alok, Vaibhav Galriya, Samit Sharma
others were present.
E
CMannounces`2lakhaidtocouple
injuredinKashmirterrorattack
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur
Chief Minister Bhajan-
lal Sharma has sanc-
tioned financial assis-
tance of Rs 2 lakh for
the Jaipur couple in-
jured in the terror attack
in Jammu and Kashmir.
Financial assistance of
Rs 2 lakh has been ap-
proved from the Chief
Minister's Relief Fund.
Sunny Khan and his
wife Farah Khan will
receive interim finan-
cial assistance of Rs 1
lakh each.
They were injured in
firing by terrorists in
Pahalgam, where they
had gone for a trip with
others. Sunny is admit-
ted to a hospital in
Chennai for treatment
of his eye, and the CM
stated that all necessary
help for his treatment
will be provided.
“All possible help
and necessary facilities
are being provided to
the injured couple.
There will be no negli-
gence in providing bet-
ter treatment to them,”
Sharma said.
The Chief Minister
spoke on the telephone
with Sunny Khan and
inquired about his well-
being. Sharma assured
him that all arrange-
ments were ensured for
his treatment and that he
would be provided with
as much assistance as
possible until he recov-
ers completely.
The Chief Minister
also spoke to Arif Pa-
than, a relative of the
injured couple, and gave
assurance of providing
all kinds of support. Ad-
ditionally, he con-
demned the attack on
them, stating that the
morale of terrorists has
been completely shat-
tered under Prime Min-
ister Modi's rule. He at-
tributed the attacks in
Shopian and Pahalgam
to the panic among ter-
rorists and expressed
confidence that the po-
lice and security forces
will soon teach a stern
lesson to the culprits of
the incident.
Order placed for 32 lakh special
surgical gloves, demand unknown
Officers are unable to explain the allocation of `100 cr
for gloves out of the total budget of `160 crore
Arbitrary purchase scam in Nirogi Rajasthan drug scheme
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur
With the conclusion of
parliamentary elections
nationwide and the sub-
sequent removal of the
Model Code of Conduct,
Rajasthan is poised to
witness an uptick in IPS
positions due to the es-
tablishment of new dis-
tricts, potentially exac-
erbating the existing
shortage of IPS officers
in the state.
Last December, the
then Director-General
of Police and Chief
Secretary delivered a
presentation to the Cen-
tral Home Secretary
regarding this matter. It
is understood that at
that time, the Union
Home Secretary pro-
vided positive assur-
ances on this issue.
Vinod Singh Chouhan
Jaipur
If successful, the water-
way project in Rajasthan
will accommodate cargo
ships with a capacity of
10,000 tonnes, alongside
promoting tourism
through small cruises. A
meeting convened in Noi-
daonFridayaddressedthe
proposed waterway in Ra-
jasthan. Rajasthan Water
Resources officials pre-
sented a pre-feasibility
reportpreparedbyWebcas
in 2017, which was subse-
quently rejected. The Ra-
jasthan team was instruct-
edtoprepareastrongDPR
to initiate the project.
Furthermore, it was
emphasised during the
meetingthatthewaterway
originating from Ra-
jasthan would pass
through Gujarat, and if it
traversesnearthePakistan
border, approval from the
Army would be crucial.
Waterway planned
from Rann of Kutch to
Luni. Raj officials and
Inland WaterwayAuthor-
ity discuss at their HQs.
Environmental Concerns
Deputy Chief Minister Diya Kumari ties ‘Parindas’ for birds and other small animals at the Ganesh
Temple located in Ward Number 40 in Vidyadhar Nagar in Jaipur on Friday. She also filled the
Parindas with water. “ Due to climate change, temperatures are increasing every year during
summers. In such a situation, it is our responsibility to arrange for drinking water for silent birds
and animals,” she said. Diya appealed to the residents to provide water to birds and gain blessings.
She also addressed people’s concerns and asked the officials to resolve them at the earliest.
Meet and Greet!
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra greeted Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra
during a courtesy meet at Raj Bhavan, Jaipur on Friday.
Expected increase
in IPS positions in
Raj post elections
Ravikanth reviews Municipal Bodies’ progress
PANT SEEKS MONTHLY
UPDATES ON COMPULSORY
RETIREMENT
Under a direc-
tive from CS
Sudhansh Pant,
govt employees can face
compulsory retirement
for inefficiency, integrity
issues, or incompetence
after 15 years of service
or at age 50. The process
demands a 3-month notice
or equivalent payment.
Pant mandates timely
completion of proceedings
and monthly point-wise
updates from depts. DoP
currently lacks proper info
on these proceedings at
the departmental level.
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur
Principal Secretary of the
Urban Development and
Housing (UDH) Depart-
ment, Ravikanth, chaired
areviewmeetingtoassess
the progress of municipal
bodies' work. Concerns
were raised regarding in-
efficiencies in e-filing
procedures and low reve-
nue generation, drawing
public dissatisfaction.
Expressing deep dis-
may, Ravikanth issued
directives aimed at
promptly resolving the
issues. He instructed that
pending e-filing tasks
must be completed with-
in the next 15 days, with
delayed matters to be re-
solved within 7 days.
During the meeting, he
affirmed, A re-evalua-
tion of pending matters
will be conducted after 7
days. Negligent officials
will not be spared.
Significant negligence
in tasks related to public
affairs was noted, lead-
ing to notices being is-
sued to the Secretaries of
UIT in Bikaner and Kota
Development Authority,
seeking explanations for
the delays.
Similarly, notices will
be served for slow pro-
gress in e-filing, demand-
ing explanations for the
delays, with Secretaries
of Kota Development
Authority, Abu, Barmer,
Bikaner, Bhilwara, Chit-
torgarh, Pali, and Sikar
UITs being notified.
Notices will also be is-
sued for very low revenue
collection, with secretar-
ies of UITs in Barmer and
Pali receiving notices.
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur
Former CM Ashok Ge-
hlot experienced a mo-
ment of fulfillment while
passing through JLN
Marg on Thursday even-
ing as he noticed the con-
struction site near Gan-
dhi Circle. The building
under construction is
none other than the Ma-
hatma Gandhi School of
Governance and Social
Sciences, modeled after
the Tata Institute of So-
cial Sciences in Pune and
the MIT School of Gov-
ernment. Capturing the
moment on his mobile
camera, Gehlot stated,
“Observing these aca-
demic institutions fills
me with immense con-
tentment.” Reflecting on
his tenure, Gehlot re-
marked, “During our ten-
ure, Raja has seen the
establishment of excel-
lent infrastructure insti-
tutes. These institutions
are integral to my vision
of making Rajasthan
number one.” “I urge the
govt to expedite the for-
mal inauguration so that
our youth can avail them-
selves of the opportunity
to study here,” he said.
The CM condemned the attack on them,
stating that the morale of terrorists has been
completely shattered under PM Modi’s rule
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Raj Waterway to accommodate 10k ton cargo ships
‘Pending matters to be re-evaluated in 7
days, negligent officials won't be spared’
T. Ravikanth
Gehlot’ shared on X, video of
MG School of Governance that
he captured on his mobile.
Notable negligence in
public affairs tasks
led to notices being
issued to Secretaries
of UIT in Bikaner and
Kota Development
Authority, seeking
explanations for
the delays
'Ifeelcontentobserving
theseacademicinstitutes'
Inviting CM to Ayodhya Courtesy Meet
CM Bhajan Lal Sharma being extended an invitation to Ayodhya by Swami Mahendra Das,
the disciple of Nritya Gopal Das, the President of Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi Trust of Ram
Janmabhoomi Trust for Gurudev’s birthday celebrations to be held in June, during his visit
to CMR in Jaipur on Friday. Shantanu Shukla LN Malviya were present.
The CEO and Managing Editor of First India News,
Pawan Arora presents a booklet titled, ‘Ram Aayenge,’
a compilation of series on Ram Temple in Ayodhya, to
Swami Mahendra Das, the disciple of the President of Shri
Krishna Janmabhoomi Trust and of Ram Janmabhoomi
Trust, Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, at the office of First India
News located at Sahkar Marg in Jaipur on Friday. Pawan
Arora also felicitated Swami Mahendra Das by presenting
him with a stole and a bouquet.

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City Firsts sheds light on the inspiring journeys of
emerging models Suhana Tomar and Sudipta Das,
showcasing their determination, mutual support
and significant strides in the fashion industry!
n the dynamic realm of
fashion, Suhana Tomar
and Sudipta Das shine
as rising stars, each
carving her own path
while inspiring one an-
other to reach greater heights. Sudipta
Das, hailing originally from Siliguri,
West Bengal and later relocating to
Jaipur, has always been enchanted by the
world of fashion and modeling. Her jour-
ney from a young girl fascinated by the
allure of the runway to an emerging tal-
ent in the industry is marked by creativ-
ity and determination. Currently pursu-
ing an MBAin Finance atAmity Univer-
sity, Noida, Sudipta deftly balances her
academic aspirations with her modeling
career. Her perspective on fashion as a
means of self-expression and visual sto-
rytelling drives her relentless passion.
Living with her mother, Sudipta credits
her unwavering support as a cornerstone
of her success. Her friendships, particu-
larly with fellow models like Suhana, are
another vital source of motivation and
constructive feedback, fostering a com-
petitive yet nurturing environment.
On the other hand, Suhana Tomar, a
spirited young model from Jaipur, has
been making significant strides in the
industry. Despite her schooling commit-
ments at Sanskar School Jaipur, Suhana’s
dedication to modeling remains unwa-
vering. Her mantra, “ask yourself, be-
lieve in yourself,” underscores her jour-
ney, which began at the tender age of
five. Overcoming initial resistance from
her conservative family, Suhana’s pas-
sion and determination eventually won
their support. At 15, she began her seri-
ous pursuit of modeling, facing auditions
and the industry’s challenges head-on.
Her big break came with her selection as
a finalist in Elite Miss Rajasthan, under
the mentorship of Founder Director,
Gaurav Gaur, a milestone that reinforced
her belief in the power of hard work and
determination.
Together, Suhana and Sudipta form a
dynamic duo, constantly pushing each
other to excel. Their friendship is built
on mutual trust, goal-setting, and con-
structive criticism, ensuring they stay
focused and motivated. As they navigate
their careers, they are not only building
their individual brands but also contrib-
uting to the growth and diversity of the
fashion industry. Looking ahead, both
Suhana and Sudipta envision multifac-
eted careers, with Suhana aspiring to
make a mark in both modeling and act-
ing, and Sudipta aiming to blend her
fashion prowess with a potential future
in marketing or entrepreneurship. Their
shared journey of ambition, support, and
friendship promises to leave a lasting
impact on the fashion world, demonstrat-
ing that true success is often a collabo-
rative effort.
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n a remarkable
feat, a 1-year-7-
month-old girl
Arohi Magan
Bissa, became
the youngest
person ever to reach the Everest
Base Camp (EBC) on 23 May
2024. Incidentally, the date con-
curred exactly 40 years ago, when
Bachendri Pal became the first
Indian woman to reach the sum-
mit of Mount Everest.
Today both baby Arohi, brav-
ing the weather and low oxygen
levels, and Padma Bhushan,
Bachendri Pal are in the moun-
tains together. Arohi’s family
paying an apt tribute to her grand-
father the late mountaineer
Magan Bissa, and Bachendri Pal
celebrating her birthday and 40
years of Everest summit!
Indisputably, you can say ad-
venture runs in Arohi Magan
Bissa’s genes. What she inherited
in her lineage was the spirit of her
late granddad, a highly decorated
mountaineer, Bissa who was part
of the 1984 expedition in
which Bachendri Pal be-
came the first Indian
woman to scale
Mount Ever-
est and the
wings
of her grand-mother Dr Sushma,
an expert parasailer and the only
parasailing controller in the world
who holds the record for conduct-
ing 16,000 launches in 11 days in
Nagapattinam.
Arohi trekked for 17 days
straight from Jhiri (Shivalay) to
EBC, covering approximately
135 km, piggybacked on her
59-year-old grandmother, Dr. Su-
shma Bissa enjoying the entire
experience.
“Arohi’s remarkable achieve-
ment at such a young age high-
lights the spirit of adventure and
exploration that runs in the fam-
ily. Her journey not only cele-
brates the legacy of her grandfa-
ther but also inspires others to
push their boundaries,” said Ro-
hitashwa Bissa, her father. Aro-
hi’s father spent most of his life
in Mountains for different inter-
national expedition and rescue
operation, so they decided to
leave his last remains and Ever-
est Base Camp.
The successful trek to the Ev-
erest base camp is a testament to
the dedication and resilience of
the entire team, who braved the
challenging terrain and weather
conditions to ensure Arohi’s
safety and well-being
throughout the jour-
ney, he said.
When asked
just how
difficult
was it to acclimatize a child at the
EBC, Rohitashwa said, “I was
born in a family that loves adven-
ture. Arohi responded very well
to the acclimatization. We regu-
larly monitored Arohi’s body
temperature, heart rate, and blood
oxygen saturation, along with a
strict diet with lots of fluid intake
(to keep the blood thin). For
clothing, we opted for Goose
Down feather jackets and pants
with multiple layers to keep her
warm.”
The young adventurer was ac-
companied by her parents, Ana-
mika Vyas Bissa and Er. Roh-
itashwa Bissa, her uncle Ojasvi
Bissa, and India’s first lady to
reach the Everest Summit,
Bachendri Pal. The team was
commemorating the Indian Ever-
est Expedition of 1984, in which
Arohi’s late grandfather, leg-
endary Indian mountaineer
Magan Bissa from Bi-
kaner, Rajasthan,
was a member.
 Rohi’s late grandfather Magan was a highly decorated
mountaineer, who was part of the 1984 expedition in
which Bachendri Pal became the first Indian woman
to scale Mount Everest. Besides he was President of
Rajasthan Adventure Foundation and World-renowned
parasailing controller. During the 1984 expedition,
Magan Bissa daringly rescued two Bulgarian climbers
above South Col, at an altitude of over 8,000 meters on
Mount Everest. He was part of four expeditions to the
Himalayas but was hit by an avalanche during an expe-
dition to Mount Everest in 2009, which he survived.
 ROB (Rohitashwa Bissa) Arohi’s father started para-
sailing at age of just 12 months and started practicing
paragliding, at the age of just and started trekking at the
age of 4 (reached Tapovan).
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Singh
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LEGACY OF TRIUMPH
Aren’tnoMountainHighEnough!
Aren’tnoMountainHighEnough!
Celebrating 40 years of Everest Summit
Bachendri Pal lifting Arohi on her shoulders
Padma Bhushan Bachendri Pal, first woman on Everest, with Arohi
Dr Sushma piggybacking Arohi
Rohitash’s father Late Magan Bissa spent most of his life
in Mountains for different international expedition
and rescue operation, so the family decided to
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TAYLOR SWIFT’S GENRE-BENDING JOURNEY
SWIFTLY
SWIFTLY
Song Title Album Year Released
Love Story Fearless 2008
You Belong with Me Fearless 2008
We Are Never Ever
Getting Back Together Red 2012
Shake It Off 1989 2014
Blank Space 1989 2014
Look What You Made Me Do Reputation 2017
Cardigan Folklore 2020
Willow Evermore 2020
Anti-Hero Mid 2022
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ARLY LIFE AND
MUSICAL
BEGINNINGS
Taylor Alison
Swift was born on
December13, 1989, in Reading,
Pennsylvania. Raised on a
Christmas tree farm, she de-
veloped a love for music at a
young age, inspired by
country legends like Sha-
nia Twain and Dolly Par-
ton. By age 14, Swift
had moved to Nashville
to pursue a career in
country music, securing a
songwritingcontractwithSony/
ATV and later signing with Big
Machine Records. Her self-ti-
tled debut album in 2006 show-
cased hertalent forstorytelling,
with hits like Tim McGraw
capturing the hearts of country
music fans.
GENRE TRANSITIONS AND
ARTISTIC CONTROL
Swift’s musical journey is
marked by her seamless transi-
tion from country to pop. With
her 2014 album 1989, she
fully embraced pop music, de-
livering chart-toppers like
Shake It Off and Blank
Space. This shift not only
broadened herfan base but also
showcased her versatility as an
artist. Throughout her career,
Swift has fought for artistic
control, re-recording her earli-
er albums to regain ownership
of her masters—a move that
underscores her determination
to maintain creative autonomy.
'SWIFTONOMICS': SHAKING
UP ECONOMIES GLOBALLY
Swift’s economic influence ex-
tends beyond the US. The phe-
nomenon known as Swifto-
nomics highlights her impact
on global economies. In Singa-
pore, the GDP saw a year-on-
year growth of 2.7% in the first
quarter of 2023, attributed in
part to hertour. Fans, orSwift-
ies, flocked to concert venues,
boosting spending on accommo-
dations, dining, transportation,
and merchandise.
ECONOMIC INFLUENCE:
THE BILLION-DOLLAR BOOM
In 2023, Taylor Swift made
headlines by becoming the first
billionaire in the music
industry. Her record-
breaking “Eras Tour,”
which grossed `8654
crore (approximately
$1 billion), has had a
significant economic
impact. The tour,
which began in
March 2023, revi-
talized economies in
cities around the world. Ac-
cording to estimates by Nomu-
ra, the tour generated $5 bil-
lion in consumer spending in
the US alone within six months.
ACHIEVEMENTS AWARDS
Taylor Swift’s career is
adorned with numerous acco-
lades. She has won 14 Gram-
my Awards, including the
prestigiousAlbum of theYear
three times. Her ability to
connect with audiences
through her music has
earned her a place in the
hearts of millions. Swift’s
songwriting prowess and au-
thentic persona have
solidified her status as a
cultural icon.
to the top!
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TAYLOR SWIFT’S TOP SONGS

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JAIPUR’S NEW HOTSPOT!
Jaipur witnessed the grand opening of
Dio Restro Lounge Bar on Tonk Road,
marked by an elegant ribbon-cutting
ceremony, on Thursday evening. Dr
Jagdeesh Chandra graced the occasion
as the Chief Guest and officially launched
the Dio Club. Mahipal Shaktawat, the
proud owner of Dio, expressed his
excitement about the new venue,
highlighting its appeal to the city’s youth.
He emphasized that Dio Club offers
an ideal setting for socializing, with a
diverse menu featuring a wide range of
coffees, mocktails and both vegetarian
and non-vegetarian dishes. The venue
boasts both outdoor and indoor seating
arrangements, providing a versatile
atmosphere for patrons. Shaktawat
assured that Dio Restro Lounge Bar
would set a new standard in Jaipur’s
dining and nightlife scene, catering to all
preferences with its extensive offerings
and stylish ambience.
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra was greeted by Swami Mahendra Das Maharaj,
Chairman of Ram Mandir Trust and Ram Krishna International and his media
advisor Shantanu Shukla, during a courtesy visit at the former’s residence
on Friday. During their meeting, Dr Chandra and Swami discussed various
aspects of Ayodhya. Swami Das, a great disciple of Mahant Nritya Gopaldas
Maharaj, appreciated the warm reception and insightful dialogue on
matters of cultural and spiritual significance. SANTOSH SHARMA
GREETINGS!
Dr Jyoti Sharma and Ajay Sharma hosted a celebration for their parents,
Saroj Sharma and BM Sharma, on the occasion of their wedding
anniversary, on Thursday. The event took place at the ‘Mayanagari’
Banquet Hall, Jaipur. Dr Jagdeesh Chandra graced the occasion,
congratulating the family members and extending his best wishes for the
couple’s continued good health. The celebration brought together family
and friends to honour the Sharmas’ enduring bond and joyful milestone.
Dr Jagdeesh
Chandra was
greeted by
Ahtesham
Siddiqui, UP
Bureau Chief,
during a
courtesy visit
by the latter
at Rambagh
Palace, Jaipur
on Thursday.
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t just 18 years old,
Naina Rajput has al-
ready made a sig-
nificant mark in the
fashion industry
while pursuing her academic ambi-
tions. Born in the picturesque town
of Bharatpur, Naina is currently a
medical science student, working
towards a BSc degree. Her passion
for understanding the intricacies of
the human body and the natural
world around us drives her aca-
demic pursuits. “Biology is the best
and truest way to understand the
world,” she says, reflecting her
deep appreciation for the subject.
Naina’s modelling career, al-
though blossoming, doesn’t over-
shadow her dedication to educa-
tion. She seamlessly balances her
time between the runway and the
classroom, embodying the modern
ideal of beauty with brains. Her
unique perspective on fashion is
influenced by her scientific back-
ground, emphasizing the impor-
tance of practicality and comfort,
especially in the sweltering sum-
mer heat. With temperatures soar-
ing, Naina offers timely advice to
fashion enthusiasts, “We have to
take care in this hot weather. Light
fabrics are essential.”
She advocates for the
use of cotton and
light-coloured fabrics,
which not only keep the
body cool but also add a
touch of freshness to
one’s look. “Floral
prints are perfect for
summer,” she adds,
noting that they pro-
vide a refreshing and
vibrant aesthetic. Nai-
na’s approach to fash-
ion is both practical and
stylish, urging others to
prioritize comfort without
compromising on style.
A
Rajasthan Assembly Speaker Vasudev Devnani released
Rekha Sharma’s poetry collection ‘Vatul Man’ in the
Assembly, on Friday. Devnani signed the first copy,
extending his congratulations and best wishes to Sharma
for her creative effort. Rekha Sharma informed Vasudev
Devnani that the collection comprises 77 poems, capturing
the human mind’s reflections on various aspects of folk life,
culture and human sensitivities. The event celebrated the
richness of folk traditions through poetic expression.
TALES IN RHYME!
INNOVATION UNLEASHED
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workshop on
clinical research
was held at Jaipur
National Univer-
sity’s Institute for Medical
Science and Research Cen-
tre, Jaipur. The event fo-
cused on studying the effects
and symptoms of medicines
through clinical trials, aim-
ing to provide a platform for
knowledge exchange and
professional development.
Dr Sandeep Bakshi, Chan-
cellor of JNU, emphasised
the importance of clinical
trial design, implementa-
tion, and management in
advancing medical innova-
tions. He highlighted the
workshop’s role in uniting
experts, researchers, and
professionals to discuss the
latest trends, challenges, and
innovations in the field.
Prajakta Kale, Associate
Manager of Clinical Opera-
tions atAvacare Clinical Re-
search Care Network, shared
insights on “investigative
reporting site inspection
readiness.” The workshop,
underlined by expert super-
vision and government con-
trol, highlighted the critical
nature of this challenging
yet essential work. Dr SB
Mahajan, Medical Superin-
tendent, concluded the pro-
gram with a vote of thanks
to all authorities, guests and
student participants.
A
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he Southern
Command Chil-
dren Summer
Adventure Camp
2024, organised by the Bat-
tle Axe Division of the In-
dian Army, concluded suc-
cessfully at Mount Abu on
May 24, 2024. Beginning on
May 15, the camp aimed to
foster creative and intellec-
tual growth, adventure and
personality development
among the 91 enthusiastic
participants, comprising 46
girls and 45 boys.
Throughout the camp,
children engaged in various
outdoor and indoor activi-
ties, including rock climb-
ing, trekking, shooting, ar-
chery and sports competi-
tions. They explored nature,
developed diverse interests
and created cherished mem-
ories, learning to manage
themselves independently.
Participants also benefited
from activities such as yoga,
public speaking, navigation
and survival skills training.
Additionally, they visited in-
stitutions in Mount Abu, in-
cluding CRPF Camp, IAF
Station, ISRO and BARC,
enriching their experience.
SUMMERTIME
ESCAPADES
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The pre-screening of ‘Mr and Mrs
Mahi’ was held on Thursday at Miraj
Cinema, Jawahar Circle EP, Jaipur,
with enthusiastic participation from
Pink Womaniya club members. The
audience enjoyed spotting famous
Jaipur locations like Nahargarh, Jaigarh
and Hawa Mahal in the film. Actress
Janhvi Kapoor engaged with the audience, answering questions after the
screening. Attendees praised the film, highlighting the strong performances
by Rajkumar Rao and Janhvi Kapoor, deeming it a must-watch family movie.
CELEB SPECIAL!
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R) Dr Jyoti Sharma, Ajay Sharma,
Saroj Sharma, BM Sharma, Vilakshan and Vijay Agarwal
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra received a warm floral welcome. Seen here are Mahipal Shaktawat,
Vijendra Parewa, Anil Bagoriya, Kisan, Lalit Dadich, Sandeep Jain, Narayan Saini and others Dr Jagdeesh Chandra with Mahipal Shaktawat, Vijendra Parewa, Sandeep Jain, Lalit Dadich Sanjay Jain
Dr Sandeep Bakshi with research professionals during the conclave
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