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Yet another day of po-
litical speculation con-
cluded in Karnataka on
Sunday as Chief Minis-
ter B S Yediyurappa’s
wait for the highly an-
ticipated “communica-
tion” from the BJP High
Command went in vain.
Hours after stating that
he would take an “ap-
propriate decision” on
his political future
based on the inputs
from the national lead-
ership, Yediyurappa
said the decision was
pushed off to Monday
.
Incidentally
, the Yedi-
yurappa-led govern-
ment is also preparing
for its second anniver-
sary — after coming to
power Turn to P6
CRUCIAL READ
PREZ KOVIND REACHES SRINAGAR
TO MARK KARGIL VIJAY DIWAS
RAMDEV REMARKS
HEARING TODAY
SONIA APPOINTS
STATE CHIEF
New Delhi: Delhi HC
will hear on Monday a
plea by seven doctors’
associations against
Yoga guru Ramdev
for allegedly spread-
ing misinformation by
his statements against
allopathy amid the ongo-
ing COVID-19 pandemic.
New Delhi: Congress
President Sonia Gandhi
appointed Bhupen
Bora as chief of its
Assam unit and also
named three working
presidents -- Rana
Goswami, Kamalakhya
Dey Purkayastha and
Jakir Hussain Sikdar.
Srinagar: Completing four years in office on Sunday,
President Ram Nath Kovind arrived in Srinagar on Sunday
on a four-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.
During the July 25-28 trip, the President will visit Drass in
Ladakh to pay homage to the indomitable courage of the
Indian armed forces during the Kargil conflict. P6
Aditi Nagar, Yogesh Sharma
& Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: The political land-
scape of Rajasthan is ‘vi-
brating’ at an elevated level
as word of cabinet expan-
sion in the coming days, has
reached every ‘nook and
corner’ of the Congress
world. The ‘blitzkrieg’ ar-
rival of AICC General Sec-
retary (organization) KC
Venugopal along with state
in-charge Ajay Maken late
on Saturday night, followed
by a nearly three hour long
discussion with Chief Min-
ister Ashok Gehlot, and
Sunday’s announcement by
Maken of his return to the
state capital on July 28 with
all party legislators being
asked to reach Jaipur and
stay here through July 28-29
for Maken to interact with
them on a one-to-one basis
and to top it all KC Venugo-
pal’s comment, “things are
processing, will decide
soon”; all point to a fact
that the party has indeed in
a ‘high gear’ towards expan-
sion of Gehlot cabinet. In
fact, sources claim that
Congress senior leaders
have worked out the modal-
ities and the names of lead-
ers, who will be inducted
into Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot’s cabinet.
While Venugopal and
Maken returned to the na-
tional capital on Sunday to
apprise Congress matri-
arch Sonia Gandhi of the
situation in Rajasthan.
Prior to this, on Saturday
night, Gehlot-Venugopal-
Maken went into a huddle
for nearly three hours and
sources reveal that delib-
eration was held between
the trio on three main
points. After the thorough
discussion on cabinet ex-
pansion, Turn to P8
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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD & LUCKNOW
SHAHI DARSHAN
AMIT SHAH REACHES KAMAKHYA
TEMPLE AT GUWAHATI, OFFERS PRAYERS
Guwahati: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on
Sunday visited the Kamakhya temple in Guwa-
hati and prayed for the country’s progress and
prosperity. He was accompanied by Assam Chief
Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. “Worshipped
at Maa Kamakhya Devi Temple, Guwahati and
prayed to the mother for the progress and
prosperity of the country,” Shah tweeted. Sarma
also took to Twitter to share the visit. “Along
with Sri Shah, we paid our obeisance to Maa and
sought her divine grace to keep guiding us in our
pursuit of peace, prosperity and progress for all,”
he tweeted. The Home Minister is currently on
a two-day trip to northeast India. Earlier in the
day, he launched an Assam Rifles’ Green Sohra
Plantation Drive in Shillong.He was later received
by Sarma at the LGBI airport at Guwahati. Shah
also said the BJP is strengthening its base in
the North East region. The formation of the BJP
government in Assam for the second time means
that Assam has permanently rejected terrorism,
riots and is moving towards development, Shah
said. Shah also launched and laid the foundation
stone of various development projects of Assam
in Guwahati. —ANI
Who funded Pegasus
snooping? Raut questions
RAVAGING NATURE Yedi survives another
day,‘decision tomorrow’
CM Thackeray visits flood-affected
Chiplun, 113 dead, 100 missing in State
New Delhi: The num-
ber of deaths due to
flooding, landslides and
other rain-related inci-
dents in parts of Maha-
rashtra reached 113 on
Sunday with one more
casualty reported in the
last 24 hours, while 100
people were missing af-
ter the monsoon fury,
the state government
said. So far, 50 people
have also been injured
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Mumbai: Shiv Sena
MP Sanjay Raut on Sun-
day asked who funded
the alleged snooping of
politicians and journal-
ists by Pegasus and
compared it with the
Hiroshima bombing,
saying while the attack
on the Japanese city
had resulted in the
death of people, the spy-
ing by the Israeli soft-
ware led to
“death of
freedom”.
“ T h e
m o d e r n
technology
has taken
us back to slavery,”
Raut said in his weekly
column ‘Rokhthok’ in
the Sena mouthpiece
Saamana.
He said the Pegasus
case is “no different
from the atomic bomb
attack on Hiroshima”.
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PM’s ‘MANN KI BAAT’
‘NEED FOR INDIA TO UNITE,
WORK TOWARDS PROGRESS’
New Delhi: Stressing
that nation always
comes first, Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Sunday said
the need of the coun-
try is to unite and
work towards nation-
al progress.
Addressing the
79th edition of his
monthly radio pro-
gramme ‘Mann ki
Baat’, the Prime Min-
ister said: “There is a
need for India to unite
and work towards na-
tional progress. We
have to proceed with
the view that ‘Nation
First and Always
First’.” He pointed
out that “Mann ki
Baat” celebrates posi-
tivity and collectivity
.
The Prime Minister
further cited a recent
survey carried out by
the Centre which
showed that 75 per
cent of those who sent
their suggestions and
messages to the
monthly radio pro-
gramme are below 35
years.“Thismonthwe
reviewedalmost30,000
inputstogetasenseof
the age band which is
most regularly con-
tributing to the pro-
gramme,” he said.
Highlighting sever-
al innovations made
by engineers and ar-
chitects, Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi
said an attempt is be-
ing made in the coun-
try to ensure that
these projects work as
incubation centres.
Modi said, “Friends,
today an attempt is be-
ing made in the coun-
try to ensure that
these projects work as
incubation centres.
Through this, our
planners, architects,
engineers and stu-
dents will know of
new technology and
experimentwiththem
too.” The Prime Min-
ister spoke about a 3D
printed house made
by a startup estab-
lished by alumni of
IIT Madras. Turn to P6
PM MUST CLARIFY IN PARL WHETHER
SNOOPING WAS DONE: CHIDAMBARAM
SNOOPGATE CHARGES BASELESS;
CONG A RUDDERLESS BOAT: NADDA
CENTRAL WAR
ROOM ESTABLISHED
FOR COORDINATION
NADDA LAUDS
KARNATAKA CM’S
‘GOOD WORK’
HIMACHAL PRADESH: 9 KILLED,
3 INJURED IN KINNAUR LANDSLIDE
New Delhi: Senior Con-
gress leader P Chidam-
baram on Sunday said the
government should either
call for a joint parliamen-
tary committee probe into
the Pegasus snooping
allegations or request the
Supreme Court to appoint a sitting judge to investigate
the matter, and demanded that Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi make a statement in Parliament clarifying
whether there had been surveillance or not. —PTI
Panaji: BJP national
President J.P. Nadda on
Sunday termed the accusa-
tions of snoopgate against
the Central government
as baseless, and said that
they are being raised by
an issueless opposition.
Nadda also described the Congress under Rahul Gan-
dhi (without directly naming the Congress leader) as
a “rudderless boat” under a sailor who does not know
which way the wind is blowing.
Mumbai: Indian Army on
Sunday informed that it has
established a Central War
Room for coordination be-
tween the three services for
ongoing flood relief opera-
tions in Maharashtra.
Panaji: BJP President JP
Nadda on Sunday ruled out
any crisis in the party’s state
unit and said Chief Minister
BS Yediyurappa has done
a good job. “He has done
good work. He is running
Karnataka well. Yediyurappa
is handling things on his
own,” said Nadda on being
asked about Yediyurappa’s
leadership.
Kinnaur: At least nine tourists were killed and three others
were injured in multiple landslides that took place on Sun-
day in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur district. The tourists
were travelling in a vehicle on which heavy boulders fell
killing nine of 11 tourists, reports said. Prime Minister’s
office offered condolence over the deaths of the tourists in
the landslide. “An ex gratia of `2 lakh each from PMNRF
would be given to the next of kin of those who lost their
lives in an accident in Kinnaur, Turn to P6, More on P3
PEGASUS
ROW
MAHARASHTRAFLOODFURY
WE DON’T
WORK UNDER
PRESSURE: SONI
With one trap after
another, the Rajasthan
Anti Corruption Bureau
has carved a niche
for itself and also has
set a record of sorts
not only in number
of cases, but also in
innovations. From
revamping the helpline
to revising the bar of
traps and boosting
morale of the team,
DG, ACB, BL Soni in
an exclusive interview
with First India, shares
insights about the
recent traps, Bureau’s
innovative approach in
dealing with them and
much more... P8
Maken to reach Jaipur again
on July 28, to hold one-on-
one meets with party MLAs,
leaders and representatives
No contradiction among
Rajasthan Congress
leaders on cabinet
reshuffle: Maken
Things are processing, will
decide soon: Venugopal
..but still the most
favourite date is July 29!
GEHLOT CABINET EXPANSION
INDIA
24,814
new cases
173
new fatalities
RAJASTHAN
20
new cases
00
new fatalities
CORONA CATASTROPHE
Union Home Minister Amit Shah offers
prayers at Kamakhya Devi temple in
Guwahati. —PHOTO BY PTI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi

First India Bureau
Jaipur: Total 72.32 per-
cent voters exercised
their franchise in the
by-elections for the post
of sarpanch in 34 gram
panchayats of 19 dis-
tricts of Rajasthan on
Sunday
.
The highest voting
took place in a gram
Panchayat under Dhori-
mannaPanchayatSami-
ti in Barmer district
where 92.88 percent vot-
ers cast their votes.
The state election
commissioner PS Meh-
ra said that voting held
peacefully and all guide-
lines related to Covid-19
were followed properly
.
Chief Electoral Offic-
er and Secretary of the
commission Chitra
Gupta informed that out
of total 48 gram pan-
chayats of 22 districts,
no nomination papers
were filed in 8 gram pan-
chayats, while candi-
dates for 6 gram pan-
chayats were elected
unopposed.
Therefore, polling to
decide the fate of 130
candidates of 34 gram
panchayats of remain-
ing 19 dists was held.
RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | MONDAY, JULY 26, 2021
02
First India Bureau
Jhunjhunu: The fami-
ly members of martyrs
are running from pillar
to post to get govern-
ment jobs. After the
Kargil war, the state
government had an-
nounced government
jobs to their dependents
but later the govern-
ment said those who
got petrol pumps and
gas agencies will not
get jobs. When the mat-
ter reached the court,
the government again
agreed to give the jobs.
But the matter has
come to a standstill
again on grade pay.
Amit Nimar, a resi-
dent of Jhunjhunu’s
Pilani and younger son
of martyr Shishram
Nimar, said he had ap-
plied for a job in Sainik
Welfare Board in 2015
but the state govern-
ment rejected his ap-
plication saying that
the families who have
got gas agency or pet-
rol pump will not be
given jobs.
Amit later ap-
proached the Jodhpur
High Court following
which the government
also accepted that the
gas agency and petrol
pump allocation is a
facility given by the
Central government
and the compassionate
job of the state govern-
ment and agreed to
give jobs. But now the
matter is stuck on
grade pay.
Martyrs’ families waiting for govt jobs
KARGIL VIJAY DIWAS
Bhilwara: Within 48 hours of robbing Rs 14 lakh
from a jeweller’s
employees going to
deposit cash in a bank
in Bhilwara, the police
arrested 4 accused
and recovered the
looted amount. The
robbers had done this crime because of their deteri-
orating financial condition, SP Vikas Sharma said.
4 HELD FOR `14 LAKH LOOT AT GUN
POINT FROM JEWELLER’S STAFF
GIRL FROM WEST BENGAL ALLEGES
RAPE ON PRETEXT OF MARRIAGE
Jaipur: A young girl from West Bengal was
raped by the youth and his friends in Jaipur.
They also threatened to make her video viral and
continuously raped her on the pretext of mar-
riage. She was made to abort foetus five times.
When one of his sons was born, the accused
started beating her. The girl has filed a case of
assault, rape, abortion at Chitrakoot Nagar police
station in Jaipur.
NEWS DIGEST
Sikar: Four persons were injured in a group clash
that broke out over a land related dispute in Sikar on
Sunday. Two of the injured have received bullet inju-
ries, police said. The incident occurred in Chainpura
village under Dadiya police station where members of
two groups clashed with each. SP Kunwar Rastradeep
said that members armed with sticks clashed and also
pelted stones. Firing also took place during the clash.
FOUR PERSONS INJURED IN GROUP
CLASH OVER LAND DISPUTE IN SIKAR
PANCHAYATSPOLLS: OVER72%
SEALFATEOF130CANDIDATES
Udaipur rly station to
get world class facelift
Dhorimanna panchayat in Barmer recorded the highest 92.88% turnout
People voting for the post of sarpanch at Jaghina Gram Panchayat in Bharatpur on Sunday.
‘CongalonecanchallengeBJP’
Jaipur: Congress
leader Sachin Pilot
said on Sunday that
his party alone can po-
litically challenge the
BJP and provide an
alternative to people.
He also targeted the
Modi govt over alleged
shortage of coronavi-
rus vaccine He was
talking to reporters in
his Tonk assembly
constituency
.
Asked about his ex-
pectations from a like-
ly reshuffle of the Ra-
jasthan Cabinet and
organisational rejig,
Pilot said such issues
are discussed at the
right platform within
the party. “AICC gen-
eral secretary in
charge of Rajasthan
Ajay Maken has held
a meeting of PCC to-
day and has talked in
detail. Nothing is left
to say now,” he said.
Pilot held a meeting
with district adminis-
tration and police of-
ficials and discussed
various issues. —PTI
Sixkilledinseparateaccidentsinstate
First India Bureau
Udaipur: A bike was
rammed by an uncon-
trolled trailer late Satur-
day night on the Gogun-
da-Pindwara highway
of Udaipur in which two
out of three bike riders
died on the spot.
The Bakeriya police,
who reached on the in-
formation, chased about
10 km & caught the trail-
er. The trailer was going
from Gogunda to Pin-
dwara. The trailer went
outof controlduetolack
of brakes on the slope.
Two youths got crushed
under the rear wheel of
the trailer and dragged
for around 200 mtr
Sunderlal and Valar-
am Garasiya, residents
of Bakaria, died in the
accident. At the same
time, Govind Garasiya
was seriously injured
and was taken to the
hospital by the villag-
ers, where he was re-
ferred to Udaipur.
Speeding Bolero
kills 2 in Rajsamand
In Rajsamand, two
people were killed
when a speeding Bole-
ro hit them in Togi vil-
lage late on Saturday
night.They were
rushed to Bhim CHC
where doctors de-
clared them dead.
Speeding car kills
two in Bharatpur
In Bharatpur, a speed-
ing car hit people stand-
ing on the side of the
road on Sunday near
village Babula on
Bharatpur-Kumher
road. An elderly man
and a woman died in the
accident while a boy
was seriously injured.
Two youth got crushed under a trailer in Udaipur.
After reaching the
court, the state gov-
ernment decided to
give jobs again but
due to change in grade pay,
families still feel cheated. The
number of job grades to the de-
pendents should also increase.
—Amit Nirmar, a martyr’s son
PCPNDT:Three held for
sex determination test
Robert Vadra case to
be heard today in Jodh
Six gates of
Kalisindh opened
as water floods
First India Bureau
Bharatpur: The State
PCPNDT cell on Sunday
carried out a decoy op-
eration at Shakuntala
Hospital and Research
Center located in Bhu-
sawar, Bharatpur and
arrested three persons
including a middleman
for conducting sex de-
termination test.
Following a tip off
that a man Kuldeep
Gurjar is active in the
area for getting sex de-
termination tests done,
PCPNDT cell super-
vised by by Sudhir
Sharma conducted the
decoy operation and ar-
rested Kuldeep Gurjar
and two others namely
Ajit Singh and Ishwar
Singh.
After verification, in
which Kuldeep agreed
to get the test done for
Rs 55,000, the team sent
a pregnant woman for
testing to Kuldeep.
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: Rajasthan
High Court is scheduled
to conduct a hearing on
the petition of Enforce-
ment Directorate, seek-
ing permission to ar-
rest Congress president
Sonia Gandhi’s son-in
-law Robert Vadra in
land scam in Bikaner
on Monday
.
The hearing in the
case related to land
deals and money laun-
dering by Vadra has
been postponed for dif-
ferent reasons in the
past.
There is a stay on
the arrest of Vadra
and the ED has sought
permission to arrest
him for interrogation
in connection with the
land deals and money
laundering.
First India Bureau
Jhalawar/Jaipur: Six
gates of Kalisindh dam
of Jhalawar were
opened up to a height of
22 metres and 84,000
cusecs of water being
released from the dam.
More than 3 feet wa-
ter came into Ka-
lisindh river and there
are reports of more peo-
ple stuck in Gagron Dar-
gah. A warning has
been issued in Udaipur-
Kota and Jaipur-Bharat-
pur divisions of heavy
rain for two days.
First India Bureau
Udaipur: The Indian
Railway Station De-
velopment Corpora-
tion Limited (IRSDC)
has invited Request
for Qualification
(RFQ) for the redevel-
opment of Udaipur
City Railway Station
with the objective to
develop it into a mod-
ern station by equip-
ping it with state-of-
the-art facilities. Its
redevelopment is en-
visaged as an inte-
grated railway sta-
tion on the lines of
an international air-
port. The station will
be redeveloped on
the model of Design-
Build Finance Oper-
ate Transfer (DB-
FOT) following the
principles of TOD.
Udaipur railway sta-
tion is one of the 125
railway stations to be
redeveloped under
the primary agenda
of the Govt of India.
Udaipur city is a world-class tourist destination. The re-
development of this railway station aims to transform it
into a prestigious hub on the lines of an international
airport and enhance the travel experience. This redevelopment
will establish the station as a gateway to the city of Udaipur.
—SK Lohia, IRSDC MD and CEO
Sachin Pilot blesses a young
supporter in Tonk on Sunday.
FATE OF 43 CANDIDATES TO BE DECIDED TODAY
Jaipur: For 17 wards of 15 municipali-
ties in 8 districts of the state, voting
will be conducted today from 8 am
to 6 pm. Counting of votes will be
done on July 28 from 8 am. In this
by-election, 43 candidates are trying
their luck. CEO and Secretary Chi-
tra Gupta informed that safe voting
would be conducted in 17 wards of
15 municipalities in 8 districts with
compliance with all guidelines related
to COVID-19. She said that 60 candi-
dates had filed 67 nomination papers
in this by-election. After scrutiny and
withdrawal of nominations, the fate of
43 candidates will be decided today.
PILOT AS GUJ
INCHARGE?
According to
sources, along
with BK Harip-
rasad, Sachin
Pilot’s name is
also being actively
considered for the
post of Gen Sec In-
charge for Gujarat.
PANCHAYAT POLLS
22
TOTAL DISTRICTS
08
NUMBER OF
NOMINATION
06
UNOPPOSED
ELECTED
34
VOTING AT
130
TOTAL CANDIDATES
 Period of concession
will be 60 years.
 Concessionaire will
have the right to
collect revenue from
station users and com-
mercial development.
 Total area for compul-
sory development is
49,8115 sqm.
 Built-up area for devp
of station estate is up
to 1,0,1374 sqm.
 Pre-bid meeting will be
held on 6 August 2021.
 Last date for submis-
sion of bids is 31
August 2021.
THE PRCOESS FACILITIES
l Airport-like
concourse and
world-class facili-
ties for departing
passengers.
l Arrangement of
separate move-
ment of passengers
coming and going
at different levels in
the station building.
l Better road con-
nectivity between
the city & railway
station.
l Multi-modal access,
drop-off and parking
l 100 % accessible
station premises
for Divyang.

Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: The intrastate
regional air connectiv-
ity, stalled during the
Corona period, has got
another setback.
For the new route
from Jaipur to Srigan-
ganagar under regional
air connectivity, the
Centre has categorical-
ly refused to bear 80%
of the cost under Viabil-
ity Gap Funding. The
state will now have to
bear the expenses on its
own. At present, central
govt gives 80% of the
amount for operation
of flights in the state.
Centre denies funds
Under this scheme, 3
phases have been suc-
cessfully completed but
for 4th phase amount to
be given by the Centre
has been denied. VGF
scheme, however, will
continue in the flights
started in the earlier
phases in Rajasthan.
Centre is facing a fin
crisis, transfering bur-
den on the states.
RAJASTHAN
03
Rajiv Gaur
Jodhpur:UDHminister
Shanti Dhariwal re-
viewed the progress in
various development
projectsincludingHerit-
agePathinJodhpurdur-
ing his visit on Sunday
.
The officers briefed the
minister about the pro-
gress, loan sanction sta-
tus and other develop-
ments related to the pro-
jects. Discussions on the
drainage and sewerage
projects of the city were
also held. In the meet-
ing, Dhariwal sought
suggestions regarding
the works and asked the
officials to complete the
worksinstipulatedtime.
In the meeting, Advisor
to UDH GS Sandhu said
that the state govern-
ment is very serious
about the campaign in
which efforts will be
made to clear all pend-
ing cases.
Works in progress!
Development works of
Mandore Garden,
Umaid Garden, overall
development and reno-
vation of Janana Gar-
den and Town Hall,
Baiji ka Talab etc. were
discussed in detail in a
meeting which was at-
tended by Mayor Kundi
Deora, MLA Manisha
Panwar, former MLA
Kailash Bhansali, JDA
chairman Rajesh Shar-
ma, collector Inderjeet
Singh and other offic-
ers.
UDH Min lauds CM
The minister also
praised the Gehlot gov-
ernment for corona
management saying
that the chief minister
constantly worked for
12-13 hours and did ex-
cellent corona manage-
ment.He said that the
personnel of UDH and
LSG have been appreci-
ated abroad for their
works done during the
corona pandemic.
Dhariwal reviews progress of development work projects in Jodh
HERITAGE IN MIND!
Udaipur: CGST team
has arrested a scrap
dealer for evading GST
on the basis of fake
invoices. The accused
dealer Anil Kumar alias
Senti, originally from
Punjab, used to trans-
port iron scrap by mak-
ing fake invoices. Team
detected GST evasion
of Rs 7.97 crore on bills
of Rs 44 crore. The ac-
cused was heading this
business in Raj after ar-
rest of Pawan K Sharma
of Punjab in March.
He will be produced in
Jodhpur court soon.
Bhilwara: In Bhilwara
district, a 19-year-
old woman, who was
married two and a half
months ago, was not
only tortured by her
dowry greedy in-laws,
but they also gave
poison for not giving
dowry of Rs 6 lakh. The
whole story was told
by married woman in
her video during the
treatment in the hospital
before she died. The
father of this daughter
is working in Police, but
even after 2 days of her
death, probe on.
SCRAP DEALER HELD
BY CGST TEAM
HARASSED FOR
DOWRY, WOMAN DIES
NEWS DIGEST
Jaipur: While tightening the noose on illegal
mining in the state, a team of officers conducted
a surprise action near the forest area of Todarais-
ingh of Tonk district and caught 22,680 tonnes of
illegal mining and levied a fine of more than Rs 2
crore. The equipment confiscated in the action of
the Mines Department is estimated to be worth
more than Rs 50 lakh. Under the new strategy, Di-
rector Mines KB Pandya constituted three teams
of officers from different districts on July 23,
and instructed them to report to Jaipur. Without
any information the teams were then sent to the
location which was to be raided. ACS, Mines, Dr
Subodh Agarwal informed that in order to tighten
the grip against illegal mining, it was decided to
conduct raids by putting together officers of dif-
ferent districts into surprise inspection teams on
the lines of revenue departments.
MINING PANEL RECOVERS 22,680
QUARTZITE TONNES, ` 2 CRORE FINED
KINNAUR
LANDSLIDE
4 FROM RAJ
KILLED
The incident occurred after heavy boulders
fell on a tempo traveller carrying 11 people
Ashok Gehlot@ashokgehlot51
Saddened to know many lives
have been lost when a bridge col-
lapsed in Sangla valley of Kinnaur
in #HimachalPradesh. My heart-
felt condolences to the bereaved
families. May they remain strong in
this difficult time. Prayers for speedy
recovery of those injured.
Jaipur: Four of the nine people
who were killed in a landslide
in Kinnaur district of Himachal
Pradesh are from Rajasthan. Of
them, three people from the same
family of Sikar and one girl is from
Jaipur. All four were in a Tempo
Traveller when heavy boulders
fell on the vehicle near Basteri
in Kinnaur. The incident has left
Maya Devi Biyani, her son Anurag
Biyani, daughter Richa Biyani, all
from Sikar, and Deepa Sharma, a
resident of Mansarovar in Jaipur,
dead. Multiple landslides trig-
gered by recent rains occurred
near Basteri on Sangla-Chitkul
road at 1.25 pm, resulting in a
bridge collapse and damage to
some vehicles. A video of a bridge
collapse in Basteri has gone viral
on social media. In the video,
boulders could be seen rolling
downhill, causing the bridge to
collapse. Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot on Sunday expressed grief
over the landslide incident in
Himachal Pradesh which has left
nine tourists dead.
DEATH ROLLS DOWNHILL!
First India Bureau
Bharatpur: The
Bharatpur unit of
ACB on Sunday
caught red-handed
Prempal Singh, an SI
of UP police, taking a
bribe of Rs 30,000
from the complain-
ant. The accused is
posted at Magorra
police station in Ma-
thura, UP.
DG ACB BL Soni
said the complainant
had complained that
the accused was de-
manding Rs 1 lakh
bribe for not taking
action against him
and dropping names
of other accused in a
dowry case filed
against him at Ma-
gorra police station
in Uttar Pradesh.
UP police SI in Raj
ACB net for taking
`30,000 bribe
Two held for
stealing cop’s
car, firing at a
constable
Prempal Singh, UP sub-inspector in police custody.
Vaibhav, other leaders
condole demise of Dr
CP Joshi’s elder brother
36-year-old
teacher hangs
self, probe on
Centre’s no to funding for
intrastate flights a setback
First India Bureau
Udaipur: State Assem-
bly Speaker Dr CP Joshi
reached Udaipur on
Sunday as his elder
brother Om Prakash
Joshi passed away on
Saturday
.
Many senior Con-
gress leaders including
RCA President Vaibhav
Gehlot, Minister Lal-
chand Kataria, and
MLA Sanyam Lodha
also came with Dr CP
Joshi and consoled the
family members of his
elder brother.
Condolence meet
to be held today
The condolence meet-
ing will be held from 4
to 5 pm on Monday at
Vidya Bhavan Audito-
rium in Udaipur.
Vaibhav visits house
of ex-MP Parasaram,
offers condolences
Vaibhav Gehlot visit-
ed Jalore on Sunday,
where he reached resi-
dence of ex-MP Par-
asaram Meghwal with
Congress leaders and
condoled his demise.
Gehlot said that Par-
asaram contributed to
development of Ja-
lore-Sirohi as a true
public representative.
During this, many
Congress leaders in-
cluding Sirohi MLA
Sanyam Lodha, Con-
gress leader Badriram
Jakhar were also pre-
sent.
First India Bureau
Bikaner: The Bikaner
DST team has arrested
two youth who robbed a
car of inspector Naren-
dra Khichad of Jaipur
DST team and shot at
constable Munendra
Singh, injuring him at
Ranoli area of Sikar on
July 20 night. The ac-
cused Vikram of Pun-
jab and Somraj of Hary-
ana had fled towards
Jaisalmer via Bikaner.
The policemen were
having dinner when the
accused snatched the
car at gunpoint. When
constable Munendra re-
sisted, the accused shot
him & he was operated
upon at SMS in Jaipur.
The car was sighted
in a CCTV camera at
Lakhasar toll. Later,
from here the Bikaner
police started the
search for both. After
searching in every vil-
lage of Sridungargarh,
it was found that the ac-
cused people had
reached Nachna from
where they were held
on Sunday morning.
The car was also recov-
ered.
Vaibhav Gehlot consoles the family members of Om Prakash
Joshi, elder brother of Dr CP Joshi. Also seen here are Lal Chand
Kataria, Sanyam Lodha and other leaders in Udaipur on Sunday.
Shanti Dhariwal addressing a review meeting with officials during
his Jodhpur visit on Sunday.
BLOW TO TOURISM DUE TO CORONA
Under this, regional connectivity flights were
started from Jaipur to Jodhpur, Bikaner, Jais-
almer and Udaipur. Before Corona, they were oper-
ating well, but due to the blow to tourism and civil
aviation, this important scheme was also affected.
It is believed that under the dire situation created
after Corona, the central govt is also facing a finan-
cial crisis and to overcome this crisis, it has started
preparing to transfer its burden on the states.
BAD WEATHER: HYDERABAD-BHOPAL
INDIGO FLIGHT DIVERTED TO JAIPUR
ABhopal-bound flight was diverted to Jaipur
due to low visibility in Bhopal on Sunday.
The Hyderabad-Bhopal flight of Indigo (6E-
7121) was scheduled to land at Bhopal airport
at 8:45 am but it could not land due to low
visibility. After nearly 1 hour, flight diverted to
Jpr where it halted for over one & a half hrs.
First India Bureau
Kota: A 36-year-old
teacher dies by suicide
by hanging herself in
the Modak police sta-
tion area of the Ram-
ganjmandi subdiv of
district. Arpita took
suicidal step after her
husband went to work
in the morning. At pre-
sent, the reason for the
suicide has not been re-
vealed. The police are
investigating the mat-
ter. The body has been
handed over to the rela-
tives after post-mortem.
The landslides also triggered a bridge collapse at Batseri in
Sangla Valley. (B) 3 members of same family from Sikar killed.
Despite the provision, the lo-
cal bodies have not give leas-
es and it needs more clarity. The
success of the campaign will de-
pend on how the local bodies have
prepared for it. Officials to take
maximum use of IT application.
—GS Sandhu, UDH Advisor
Councillors should be given
the responsibility of distrib-
uting the leases and the chairmen
of local bodies should hold meet-
ings with the councillors about
this.
—KL Meena, Principal Secretary UDH
The state government
will start Prashasan
Shahron Ke Sang in Oc-
tober. The government’s target
was to issue 10 lakh leases but
the officials have told him that
20 lakh leases can be given if the
local bodies work with a spirit.
Those who have taken state grant
leases can surrender and obtain
new leases under section 69A of
the municipal act.
—Shanti Dhariwal, UDH Minister
B’day Greetings!
Rajasthan health
minister and MLA
from Kekri con-
stituency, Ajmer Dr.
Raghu Sharma turns
63-year-old today.
May God bless him
with a long life. We
wish him all
the very
best!
TRAP LAID
Under the lead-
ership of DSP,
Bharatpur ACB,
Parmeshwar Lal a
team verified the
complaint. Ra-
jveer’s wife Mith-
ilesh had filed
a dowry case
against him and
in-laws to settle
which bribe was
sought.
PROBE ON
Under the direction
of ADG ACB Dinesh
MN, the bureau
team is search-
ing the accused’s
residence and other
places. The bureau
will file a case
under PCA, said a
spokesperson.

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04
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Nirmala Sitharaman
@nsitharaman
National Handloom Day is on 7 August
each year. Service to the nation can
be a part of our daily life. Handloom
has a historical significance played
a symbolic role in our Independence
movement. Rural livelihoods are
dependent on it. #Vocal4Local
#MyHandloomMyPride #MannKiBaat
Jagat Prakash Nadda
@JPNadda
Attended Hon. PM Shri @
NarendraModi Ji’s #MannKiBaat
with party workers at Booth no. 21,
Sai Mandir, Panaji Goa.The Hon. PM
spoke about how ‘Kargil Vijay Diwas’
being observed tomorrow reminds
the world of the courage and valour of
Indian soldiers
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
The quieter you become,
the more you can hear.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
o one takes Asadud-
din Owaisi-headed
AIMIM as a serious
contender in these
parts of the country.
The party came a cropper in
West Bengal and Assam. Only in
Bihar it won five seats and
seemed to have got a foothold. Its
forays in Uttar Pradesh as a pro-
tector of Muslims have had no
impact so far. He is here once
again to try his luck despite the
perception that his party is
BJP’s Team-B and all that he
does is to weaken the Samajwadi
Party and Bahujan Samaj Party
who enjoy huge support among
Muslims. By contesting from UP
,
his party will cut into the SP and
BSP’s vote bank.
He indirectly revealed his
ploy by offering to jointly con-
test the 2022 Assembly elections
with the Samajwadi Party if
Akhilesh Yadav agrees to ap-
point a Muslim as his deputy.
The offer will not put Akhilesh
Yadav in a Catch-22 situation as
the AIMIM has no presence in
the State. Yadav would rather go
alone.
TOP TWEET
N
orruption is deep-
ly rooted in our
society and per-
vades all sections.
Politicians are
the worst of the lot. They are
happy to be corrupted by cor-
porate houses and contrac-
tors and are equally happy
about enticing people to mon-
etary and other forms of al-
lurements, especially at the
time of elections. That makes
elections and the entire dem-
ocratic process sometimes
look farcical. Once elected
they together with bureau-
crats get busy diverting
funds. One may recall how in
the run-up to the 2008 Assem-
bly elections in Karnataka
currency notes were thrown
into the residences of slum
dwellers. While suitcases full
of cash for support at the
time of trial strengths has
been a common practice, the
biggest scam involved former
Prime Minister PV Narasim-
ha Rao who was accused of
bribing MPs from JMM for
parliamentary support.
The infamous JMM brib-
ery case in which Shibu Sor-
en was jailed for taking mon-
ey to save the Rao govern-
ment in 1993 has not deterred
political parties from bribing
people, MPs and MLAs. In
the most recent case that
should be a lesson for politi-
cians Kavitha Maloth, the
Telangana Rashtra Samithi
(TRS) MP from Mahbubabad
Lok Sabha constituency has
been convicted by a special
court for bribing voters be-
fore the general elections.
She has been sentenced to six
months’ imprisonment and a
fine of Rs 10,000. Her associ-
ate Shaukat Ali was caught
red-handed distributing Rs
500 to buy votes for Maloth.
TheSupremeCourtandthe
Election Commission are
aware of the extent of the ma-
laise and have taken steps to
cleanse the system, but politi-
cal parties are not too keen.
The infamous JMM
bribery case in which
Shibu Soren was jailed
for taking money to save
the Rao government in
1993 has not deterred
political parties from
bribing people, MPs
and MLAs
C
Taiwan, an Emerging Hot Spots
between China and the US
he Communist Party of Chi-
na (CPC) has celebrated the
100 years of its successful po-
litical journey in the signifi-
cant historical and political
place, Tiananmen Square, on
1 st July 2021, the place where
Mao Zedung announced the
creation of the strong, pow-
erful and unified, the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China 1949.
Now after decades of jour-
ney, president Xi Jinping has
advocated for similar objec-
tives from the same place.
While addressing the nation
on this occasion, Xi Jinping
made a powerful statement
that the era of intimidation
or suppression of China is
over. If anyone dares to do so,
their head will be beheaded
and put on the Great Wall of
China which has been built
by 1.5 billion Chinese. The
statement implicitly indi-
cates towards the nations
and peoples which are in-
volved in challenging China
both internally as well as ex-
ternally
.
While demonstrating mili-
tary capabilities in front of a
giant portrait of Mao Zedong
on Tiananmen Square Xi Jin-
pingrestatedChina’scommit-
ment towards increasing its
military might, taking Tai-
wan, Hong Kong and Macau
back to its fold. Pointing to
Taiwan and Ladakh, XI said
that China is capable of both
destruction of the old world
and construction of a new
one. For him there exists one
China in the world and con-
nectingTaiwanwiththesame
is the historical goal of the
ruling party
. Those contem-
plating or plotting to liberate
Taiwan will not end well. In
fact, many questions arise
from the hard-line speech de-
livered by Xi Jinping on this
very historical moment.
Questions such as what is the
reason behind his venomous
speech? Which are the refer-
ent objects of the security
challenges for him. Ironically
,
he made the threatening re-
marks at the time when lots
of voices were raised around
the globe concerning the hu-
man rights abuses and ac-
tions being taken against Ui-
ghur Muslims in Hong Kong
and Xinjiang. It also indicates
insecurity felt by him in the
party due to declining legiti-
macy within the party and
outside and he wished to send
a message for the strong con-
sequences to anti-establish-
ment forces.
Similarly, another ques-
tion is also being raised: why
is China becoming so vocal
about Taiwan? Historically,
China claims Taiwan as an
integral part of the United
Republic of China. Notably,
China is very upset about
Western Countries’ engage-
ment with Taiwan. It is fur-
ther infuriated after discus-
sion on Taiwan at the recent
meeting of the G-7 Group of
countries. The leaders of the
G-7 group issued a statement
calling for a peaceful settle-
ment of the Taiwan Straits.
Earlier, Xi Jinping has also
expressed his objection to the
visit of US Senators to Tai-
wan. The US Senators flew to
Taiwan on a military plane to
announce the donation of the
Covia-19 vaccine. China took
the action as a serious viola-
tion of the one China princi-
ple. China lodged a protest
with the US diplomat and
asked the US to follow its one-
Chinapolicy
.Similarly
,XiJin-
ping has also raised concerns
on growing economic ties be-
tween the US and Taiwan
while stating that it would
havenegativeimplicationson
China- US relationship.
The truth is that the island
(Taiwan), with a population
of 2.4 million, considers it-
self as an independent and
sovereign nation since 1950.
Whereas China considers
Taiwan as part of the ‘ One
China Policy’. To maintain
its dominance over Taiwan,
it has been continuously
sending fighter jets to the
same level for the last one
year. On the other hand, the
US also seeks to enhance the
vital interests regarding Tai-
wan. The US understands
that China’s control on Tai-
wan Would end the ‘ First Is-
land Chins Defense’ policy
and Beijing will become stra-
tegically unbridled.
Although, the US has no
formal diplomatic relations
with Taiwan. However, to
keep China strategically
bound in the Straits of Ma-
lacca. The US expanded its
influence on Taiwan. This is
why Washington continues to
provide financial and mili-
tary aid to Taiwan. In view of
China’s increasing interfer-
enceinTaiwananditsaggres-
sive attitude, the US started
promoting Taiwan as an inde-
pendent entity in Indo-Pacific
region. Additionally, the in-
creasing US vigilance to-
wards China has also an-
noyed Beijing. China is also
unhappy with the way the US
and its supporting countries
are engaged in besieging Chi-
na and its expansionist poli-
cies through meetings of
Quad, G-7 and NATO coun-
tries. With all the reasons, if
Xi Jinping makes Taiwan a
part of the Republic of China
by force in accordance with
his resolution, the US will
come to Taiwan’s aid in ac-
cordance with the commit-
ment of Taiwan Relations Act
(TRA), 1979. In such a situa-
tion, it would not be wrong to
say that in the near future,
Taiwan may become such a
hot spot in the world, where
the conditions of disastrous
war between the US and Chi-
na can be experienced.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
T
DR NK SOMANI
The writer is Assistant Professor Political
Science, MJJ Girl’s College
Earlier, Xi Jinping has also
expressed his objection to
the visit of US Senators to
Taiwan. The US Senators
flew to Taiwan on a
military plane to announce
the donation of the Covia-19
vaccine. China took the
action as a serious violation
of the one China principle.
China lodged a protest with
the US diplomat and asked
the US to follow its one-
China policy
If Xi Jinping makes
Taiwan a part of the
Republic of China by
force in accordance with
his resolution, the US
will come to Taiwan’s
aid in accordance with
the commitment of
Taiwan Relations Act
(TRA), 1979
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INDIA
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Shillong: On his two-
day trip to the north-
east region, Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah on Sunday
launched Assam Rifles’
Green Sohra Plantation
Drive in Shillong on
Sunday and said that
the goal in the next 3
years is to plant over 1
million trees in the area
and to develop a forest
of 1000 hectares.
“In the next 3 years,
we plan to plant 1 mil-
lion plants in this area
and to develop a forest
of 1,000 hectares at an
estimated cost of Rs 500
crore,” he said.
Lauding the role of
the armed forces in
keeping the country
safe by sacrificing their
own lives, the Union
Minister said, “Along
with the immense role
that the armed forces
play at securing the in-
ternational borders and
the CRPF’s role at en-
suring security within
the country, for the last
two years, they have
also been taking care of
the environment.”
Expressing concern
over the declining rain-
fall in Cherrapunji,
Shah said, “In just 25-30
years, Cherrapunji has
lost its green status. Its
main reason is the ram-
pant felling of trees for
development. We have
taken a resolution to
make Cherrapunji
green again.” “The
name of the state
Meghalaya itself means
a region enveloped in
clouds, and it is an issue
of grave concern if the
rains here decrease.
The Central govern-
ment, along with As-
sam Rifles, other armed
forces, and Meghalaya
govt have pledged to
come together to make
Cherrapunji green
again,” he added. —ANI
Plan to plant 1 mn trees in Shillong in 3 yrs: Shah
GREEN DRIVE
Santhosh may replace Yedi
to be next Karnataka CM
New Delhi: With
the countdown for
the change of guard
nearing, the BJP
top brass is contem-
plating recommend-
ing the incumbent
National General
Secretary (Organi-
sation) of the party,
B.L. Santhosh as
the successor of
Karnataka Chief
Minister B.S. Yedi-
yurappa.
The speculation
about a change of
guard gained unprec-
edented momentum
in the state after the
78-year-old Lingayat
strongman and the
BJP’s aging mascot
in Karnataka said on
July 23 that he would
abide by the party
high-command’s de-
cision whether to re-
main as Chief Minis-
ter or to quit. —ANI
Lucknow: The Bahu-
jan Samaj Party's (BSP)
efforts to win over
Brahmins and play the
Hindutva card with
visits to Ayodhya and
the Ram temple, may
end up backfiring on
its strategy for a come-
back in the Uttar
Pradesh Assembly elec-
tions next year.
BSP MP Satish Chan-
dra Mishra, who began
the Brahmin conclaves
from Ayodhya over the
weekend, has appar-
ently struck discordant
notes with the Muslims.
When Mishra came
on stage in Ayodhya,
chants of 'Jai Shri Ram'
filled the air. The BSP
began his campaign
with visits to the Ram
Janambhoomi and Ha-
numan Garhi temples
and went on to say that
the former would be
built when the BSP
comes to power.
The BSP has shown
us that it is no different
from the BJP. The party
agenda was out in the
open in Ayodhya when
cries of 'Jai Shri Ram'
were chanted from the
dais. and Satish Chan-
dra Mishra did not stop
them...Is this the 2022
agenda of the BSP?
asked a BSP leader.—ANI
BSP’s Ram temple
outing irks Muslims
in Uttar Pradesh
New Delhi: After ap-
pointment of Navjot
Singh Sidhu as the Pun-
jab Congress president,
reshuffle in the state
cabinet is likely
.
Raj Kumar Verka and
Rana KP are two proba-
bles whose names are
circulating in the Con-
gress circles for the in-
duction in the Cabinet.
Verka, a Dalit leader, is
said to be close to Sidhu
and Rana is the Assem-
bly Speaker, besides be-
ing an OBC leader.
Sources also said that
Chief Minister Capt-
tain Amarinder Singh
might drop a few minis-
ters in the cabinet rejig.
Gurpreet Kangar and
Charanjit Channi are
the names being men-
tioned in this regard.
More changes in the
state party organisa-
tion may follow the
ministerial reshuffle.
Sidhu was appointed
Punjab Congress presi-
dent, along with four
working presidents --
Kuljit Singh Nagra,
Sangat Singh Gilzian,
Sukhwinder Singh
Danny and Pawan Goel
-- on July 18 by the Con-
gress interim president,
Sonia Gandhi. Al-
though the chief minis-
ter had initially op-
posed Sidhu's elevation,
he seems to have made
peace with his rival in
the party -- at least pub-
licly
. On Friday, July 23,
the two leaders shared
the stage. —ANI
State cabinet reshuffle likely in Punjab
Newly-appointed Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu
with other Congress members.
BSP has been seen making efforts to win over Brahmins in UP.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah inspects during the launch of Sohra
Water Supply Scheme, in Shillong on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Mumbai: The Mumbai
Police has said they
were investigating
whether businessman
Raj Kundra has links to
three to four other apps
that streamed porno-
graphic content.
Kundra was arrested
last week in connection
with a porn racket case.
He is accused of run-
ning the pornographic
app ‘Hotshots’ through
his company, Viaan In-
dustries. An officer
said, “After Hotshots
was removed from Ap-
ple and Google Play
stores, we believe he set
up a few other apps. We
are now probing it.”
Kundra’s links to 3-4
porn apps under lens
New Delhi: Highlight-
ing the importance of
water conservation,
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi on Sunday
said protection of na-
ture and the environ-
ment is embedded in
our traditions and san-
skar.
Addressing the
Mann Ki Baat radio
programme, PM Modi
pointed out that he
faced water scarcity
during his childhood,
and said, We used to
yearn for rainfall and
therefore to save every
single drop of water
has been part of our
traditions, our san-
skar. Friends, the
protection of nature
and environment is
embedded in our cul-
ture, in our daily lives.
At the same time, rains
and the monsoon have
always shaped our
thoughts, our philoso-
phy and our civiliza-
tion, added Prime
Minister.
PM Modi extended
his best wishes for
forthcoming festivals
while urged people to
adhere to COVID ap-
propriate behaviour.
My very best wishes
to all of you for forth-
coming festivals. At the
time of festivals and
celebrations, you must
remember that Corona
has not yet gone from
amongst us. You must
not forget protocols re-
lated to Corona, stated
Prime Minister. The
PM addressed the 79th
episode of his monthly
radio programme
'Mann Ki Baat'. —ANI
SAVING NATURE EMBEDDED IN OUR ‘SANSKAR’: PM
EmphasisingonwaterconservationduringMannKiBaatprogramme,Modisayssavingeverysingledropofwaterpartofourtradition
New Delhi: Address-
ing the issue of COV-
ID-19 vaccine hesi-
tancy among people
in his monthly radio
programme 'Mann Ki
Baat', Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on
Sunday underlined
that both he and his
nonagenarian moth-
er Heeraben Modi
were fully vaccinated
against the virus and
urged people to trust
science as avoiding
inoculation can prove
to be 'dangerous'.
During the month-
ly programme, the
PM gave an example
of himself and his
mother and pointed
out that they both
have been fully vac-
cinated against COV-
ID-19. I have myself
been vaccinated with
both doses. And my
mother is close to a
hundred years of
age... she too has tak-
en both doses... Not
getting vaccinated
can prove danger-
ous, he said.
New Delhi: Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Sunday
urged countrymen to
buy Khadi products
and contribute to-
wards a 'Bharat Jodo
Andolan'.
Addressing the
Mann Ki Baat radio
programme, PM
Modi said, National
Handloom Day is
coming up. Let us do
everything possible
to further popularise
handlooms in our
lives. The successes
of Khadi over the last
few years is widely
known. You must
have noticed that
year 2014 onwards,
we often touch upon
Khadi in Mann ki
Baat. It is only on ac-
count of your efforts
that today, the sale of
Khadi has risen man-
ifold. He said Na-
tional Handloom Day
is historic as on this
very day in 1905, the
Swadeshi An-
dolan had
begun.
‘Avoiding vaccine can
prove to be dangerous’
Modi urges people to
buy ‘Khadi’ products
ON COVID VACCINATION BHARAT JODO MOVEMENT
PM URGES COUNTRYMEN TO
SALUTE HEROES OF KARGIL WAR
New Delhi: Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
on Sunday urged the
countrymen to salute
the brave hearts of
Kargil on July 26, when
the nation will mark
Kargil Vijay Diwas. Hail-
ing the Indian armed
forces, the Prime
Minister said that the
Kargil war is a symbol
of valour and discipline
of our security forces
which the entire world
has witnessed. He said
that India will celebrate
this day as ‘Amrut
Mahotsav’. “Tomorrow
is Kargil Vijay Diwas.
Kargil war is a symbol
of valour and discipline
of our armed forces
which the entire world
has witnessed. I would
like you to read the
thrilling story of Kargil
on Kargil Vijay Diwas.
Let us all salute the
brave hearts of Kargil,”
said the PM during
the monthly radio
programme ‘Mann ki
Baat. “The day will be
celebrated as Amrut
Mahotsav. That’s why
it becomes even more
special,” he added.
HAILS WAR HEROES
WATER ISSUE
B.S. Yediyurappa:
Time to go?
CENTRAL GOVT OWES `147 CR TO
NEWSPAPERS FOR AD CAMPAIGNS
New Delhi: The Centre owes more than `147
crore to various print media outlets as payment for
government advertisements, according to a recent
response to a Right to Information (RTI) query
made by law student Aniket Gaurav. In fact, there are
more than 76,000 outstanding bills for print media
campaigns pending with the Directorate of Advertis-
ing and Visual Publicity (DAVP), the oldest of which
dates as far back as 2004.
ELDERLYHAVERIGHTTOPROPERTY;SON,
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW ARE LICENSEES: HC
Kolkata: The Calcutta high
court on Friday upheld the
right of a senior citizen
from Taherpur in Bengal’s
Nadia district to reside
in his house and said his
son and daughter can be
evicted as they are “at
best licensees” living in the property. The right of
a senior citizen to exclusively reside in his own
house must be viewed from the prism of Article
21 of the Constitution of India, the court said.
RAMAPPA TEMPLE INSCRIBED ON
UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE LIST
Paris: The World Herit-
age Committee has
inscribed Telangana’s
Kakatiya Rudreshwara
(Ramappa) Temple on
UNESCO’s World Herit-
age List during its 44th
session held online and
chaired from Fuzhou
(China), it announced on Sunday.
‘IDENTIFY KIDS ELIGIBLE FOR PM
CARES FOR CHILDREN SCHEME’
New Delhi: The Ministry of
WCD has written to states
and UTs, urging them to
direct district magistrates
to identify children who
were orphaned due to
Covid, and hence are
eligible to receive support
under PM CARES for Children scheme. ”I would re-
quest you to direct dist magistrates in your states to
identify children eligible for support. This task may
be completed within next 15 days,” Indevar Pandey,
secretary, WCD Ministry, wrote in his letter.
RAHUL GANDHI SLAMS GOVT FOR
PACE OF COVID-19 VACCINATIONS
New Delhi: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi on
Sunday questioned the
pace of COVID-19 vac-
cination, and said had
the country’s “Mann ki
Baat” been understood,
such would not have been
the state. His remarks came just ahead of Prime
Minister Narendra Modi’s “Mann ki Baat” address to
the people of the country. “Had you understood the
country’s ‘Mann ki Baat’, such would not have been
the state of vaccinations,” Gandhi said in a tweet.
CRUCIAL READ
The BSP has shown
us that it is no dif-
ferent from the BJP.
The party agenda
was out in the open
in Ayodhya when
cries of ‘Jai Shri
Ram’ were chanted
from the dais
—Mohd Qais,
BSP leader
PM Narendra Modi
EMPLOYEES TURN
WITNESSES
Mumbai: Four employees
of businessman Raj
Kundra have turned
witnesses against him in
the pornography racket
case, informed Mumbai
Police sources. They further
added that these employees
have furnished the entire
information about the
racket. —ANI

Panaji (Goa): On the
second day of his Goa
visit, BJP president JP
Nadda on Sunday of-
fered prayers at Tapob-
humi Math. CM Pramod
Sawant was also present
with the BJP chief. Na-
dda and Sawant planted
saplings at Tapobhumi
Math.
Earlier, the BJP chief
offered prayer at Man-
gesh Temple in Goa.
Eyeing the 2022 Assem-
bly elections, JP Nadda
commenced a two-day
visit to Goa on Saturday
.
Since his arrival, Nadda
has been holding series
of meetings with state
ministers, party MLAs
and other core commit-
tee members. Nadda is
also scheduled to meet
chiefs of different wings
of the party
. Goa Assem-
bly elections are sched-
uled for 2022. —ANI
New Delhi: President
Ram Nath Kovind on
Sunday completed four
years in office, the Rash-
trapati Bhavan said,
highlighting that he
gave assent to 63 Bills of
the Union and state gov-
ernments, besides laud-
ing frontline Covid war-
riors for saving coun-
tess lives across the
country among others
initiatives.
Kovind, aged 76, was
sworn in as the 14th
President of India on 25
July, 2017. “President
Ram Nath Kovind com-
pletes four years in of-
fice today,” the Rashtra-
pati Bhavan said in a
tweet and shared an e-
book highlighting ac-
tivities during his
fourth year of presiden-
cy. As “Everyone’s
President”, Kovind vis-
ited 13 states and two
union territories and
met 780 people during
these visits, according
to the e-book. He cele-
brated Raksha Band-
han with nurses of the
Trained Nurses’ Asso-
ciation of India, Mili-
tary Nursing Service
and the President’s Es-
tate Clinic, it said.
INDIA
06
INCREASE VAX: EXPERT TELLS GOVT
TO CURTAIL POSSIBLE THIRD WAVE
As per experts, COVID 3rd wave may hit the country by September
‘Need for...
“Prime Minister Modi
lauded the philan-
thropic efforts of San-
jay Rana who runs a
‘chhole bhature’ stall
in Chandigarh. “In Sec-
tor 29 of Chandigarh,
Sanjay Rana ji runs a
food stall and sells
chhole-bhature on his
cycle. One day his
daughter Riddhima
and niece Riya came to
him with an idea. Both
requested him to feed
chhole-bhature for free
to those who had got
the COVID vaccine. He
happily agreed to the
suggestion and imme-
diately started this
good and noble effort,”
PM Modi said.
Himachal Pradesh...
Himachal Pradesh. Rs.
50,000 would be given to
the injured,” the PMO
said. Himachal Pradesh
chief minister Jairam
Thakur expressed grief
over the incident and
said the relief work has
already started. “I
spoke to Kinnaur dis-
trict administration
and enquired about the
incident and gave them
proper guidelines. The
administration has
started reief work. The
affected are being at-
tended to immediately,”
the CM wrote. Terrify-
ing footage of boulders
coming down from the
top of the mountain
emerged on social me-
dia. As the boulders
came down Batseri
bridge in the Sangla
valley of Kinnaur col-
lapsed, the video shows.
Maharashtra Flood...
in these incidents, the
government said in a
statement. On Sunday,
Chief Minister Uddhav
Thackeray visited Chip-
lun, the site of severe
flooding in Ratnagiri
district of the Konkan
region.Agroupof locals
stoppedtheCM’sconvoy
and informed him about
the problems they were
facingfollowingtherain
havoc in the area.
The chief minister
interacted with resi-
dents, businessmen,
and shopkeepers, and
promised them all help
from the state govern-
ment to restore normal-
cy in the area.
Thackeray said they
will require “central as-
sistance for long-term
mitigation measures”,
and added that he will
tour western Maha-
rashtra on Monday and
a comprehensive data
of the extent of dam-
ages will be prepared.
Union MSME Minis-
ter Narayan Rane visit-
ed Taliye village, the
site of a massive land-
slide on Thursday, and
said PM Modi has asked
him to submit a report
on the damage caused
by the rains.
Yedi survives...
when the H D Kumaras-
wamy-led JD(S)-Con-
gress coalition col-
lapsed — in a function
scheduled to be held on
July 26. However, on his
return to Bengaluru
from Belagavi where he
assessed damages at
some of the flood-hit
villages, Yediyurappa
said a decision on him
continuing to be in of-
fice would be known
“by tomorrow (Mon-
day)” adding that he
would “continue to
work for the BJP for the
next 10-15 years.”
Who funded...
“People died in Hiro-
shima, while in the
Pegasus case, it led to
the death of freedom,”
he claimed. He said pol-
iticians, industrialists
and social activists fear
they are being spied
upon, and even the judi-
ciary and media are un-
der the same pressure.
“The atmosphere of
freedom in the national
capital ended a few
years ago,” said Raut,
who is the executive
editor of Saamana.
He also sought to
know who paid for the
alleged snooping by the
Israeli spyware.
Quoting a media re-
port, he said the Israeli
company NSO charged
Rs 60 crore annually as
a license (fee) for the
Pegasus software.
By way of one li-
cense, 50 phones can be
hacked. Hence, to tap
300 phones, six to seven
licenses are required,
the Rajya Sabha mem-
ber said.
“Was so much money
spent? Who paid for it?
The NSO says it sells its
software only to govern-
ments. If it is so, which
government in India
purchased the soft-
ware? Rs 300 crore were
spent for spying on 300
people in India. Does
our country have the
capacity to spend so
much money on spy-
ing?” Raut asked. —PTI
FROM PG 1
Srinagar: The Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
dropped using a drone along the Indo-Pak border
on July 23 was
meant for triggering
at a crowded market
in the Jammu
region, and it shows
that Pakistan is
maintaining its
supply lines to vari-
ous terror groups
despite the February
ceasefire agreement, Jammu and Kashmir Police
chief Dilbag Singh said on Sunday.
PAK SUPPLYING LINES TO TERROR
GROUPS USING DRONES: POLICE CHIEF
Mumbai: The Unique Identification Authority of
India (UIDAI) has raised objections to certain dia-
logues of the Hindi
movie “Aadhaar” and
has suggested “28
cuts”, the director
of the film Suman
Ghosh said on
Sunday. A mail sent
to the (UIDAI) Unique
Identification Authority of India on the matter did
not elicit a response. The film, starring “Mukka-
baaz” actor Vineet Kumar Singh, has been co-pro-
duced by Jio Studios and Drishyam Films.
‘UIDAI HAS SUGGESTED 28 CUTS FOR
‘AADHAAR’, FILM CLEARED BY CBFC’
Kargil: Ahead of Kargil Vijay Diwas, Chief of
Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat on Sunday
visited the Dras
sector in Kargil
district to review
the prevailing
security situation
and operational
preparedness
of forces in the
Union Territory. CDS also interacted with troops
and complimented them for their high morale
exhorted them to remain resolute and steadfast.
#IndianArmy”, tweeted Additional Directorate
General of Public Information of Indian Army.
GEN RAWAT VISITS DRAS SECTOR
TO REVIEW SECURITY SITUATION
CRUCIAL READ
New Delhi: In a bid to
curtail a possible
third wave of COV-
ID-19 as speculated by
many health experts
and COVID manage-
ment bodies which
might hit the country
by September, an ex-
pert panel has recom-
mended the govern-
ment to increase the
vaccination and stick
to non-pharmacologi-
cal interventions.
Speaking to ANI, one
of the experts in the
government-author-
ised panel suggested it
has “recommended
government to in-
crease vaccination and
stick to non-pharmaco-
logical interventions
such as COVID-19 ap-
propriate behaviour,
wearing mask, social
distancing and con-
tainment zone.”
As per the panel’s
recommendations, the
key is to strengthen
health infrastructure
and prepare adequate-
ly so that up to 4 lakh
cases every day can be
handled. In addition,
routine services are
also to be maintained,
they said.
“This will need 2
lakh additional ICU
beds with 1 lakh venti-
lator beds. This will be
in addition to vaccina-
tions and Covid appro-
priate behaviour,”
sources told ANI.
In order to tackle the
COVID-19 situation
and improve the health
infrastructure of the
country, the govern-
ment has announced a
Rs 23,000-crore COVID
management package.
States have already
been directed to send
their plans for building
health infrastructure
to the Union Health
Ministry. Money will
be given to the state im-
mediately as per its
plan.
A healthcare worker administers Covid-19 vaccine. —FILE PHOTO
President Kovind at the airport for 4-day visit, in Srinagar on Sunday.
BJP National President JP Nadda offers prayer during his visit
at Sai Mandir, in Panaji on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
New Delhi: More
than 45.37 crore
COVID-19 vaccine
doses have been
provided to States
and Union territo-
ries so far.
While as many
as 45,37,70,580
vaccine doses
have been given
to states and UTs
through all
sources, a further
11,79,010 doses
are in the pipeline,
said the Union
Health Ministry
in a release on
Sunday.
Of this, the
total consumption
including wastages
is 42,08,32,021
doses as per data
available at 8 am
on Sunday.
45.37 CR
VAX DOSES
PROVIDED
TO STATES,
UTS SO FAR New Delhi: India grap-
pler Priya Malik
clinched gold at the
World Cadet Wrestling
Championships on Sun-
day. Malik defeated
Kseniya Patapovich 5-0
in the summit clash and
as a result, she won a
gold medal at the World
Cadet Championships
in Hungary
.
Priya wins
gold at Cadet
Wrestling
Nadda offers prayer, plants
sapling at Tapobhumi Math
President Ram Nath
Kovind completes
four years in office
BJP national presi-
dent J.P. Nadda
on Sunday sought
to make a distinction
between the notion of
‘family raj’ and actual
allotment of electoral
tickets. Nadda said that
the two should not be
viewed as interlinked.
“There is a differ-
ence between ‘family
raj’ and allotment of
tickets. The latter
cannot be linked to
family raj. Family raj is
when you do not allow
anyone else to rise in
the party and an entire
party goes gaga about
one family. That is
family raj,” Nadda told
a press conference in
Panaji on Sunday.
CANNOT LINK ‘FAMILY RAJ’ TO
TICKET ALLOTMENT: NADDA
‘SAWANT MAY BE BJP’S FACE FOR 2022 POLLS’
Chief Minister Pramod
Sawant and not
Union Minister of state
for Tourism and Ports
Shripad Naik — an MP
from Goa — may be
the face of the party for
the 2022 state Assem-
bly polls, BJP national
president J.P. Nadda
hinted on Sunday. Na-
dda, however, said that
the final decision on the
selection of the party’s
leader for the polls
would be taken by the
Bharatiya Janata Party’s
national parliamen-
tary board, the political
outfit’s highest decision-
making body. “Pramod
Sawant has done a good
job. There has been
all round development
under Pramod Sawant’s
leadership.
JP Nadda with party members.
PREZ ON 4-DAY
VISIT TO JK
Om Birla@ombirlakota
Congratulations to Priya
Malik on having won Gold
Medal at the World Cadet
Wrestling Championship
in Budapest, Hungry.
After Mirabai Chanu’s
success at the ongoing
Olympics games, it is
another elating moment
which has thrilled all of
us. Hope, we shall receive
more such news in times
to come.
New Delhi: Asserting that there can be no de-
mocracy without freedom of press, Rajya Sabha
member Vivek
Tankha of the
Congress on Sunday
said the income tax
searches against
Dainik Bhaskar and
Bharat Samachar
smack of mala fides.
The strong public
perception is that
these draconian actions have been initiated against
these two media companies selectively to punish
them for public-spirited reporting on the COVID-19
pandemic, he said in a letter to Finance Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman.
‘SMACK OF MALA FIDES’: TANKHA ON
TAX RAIDS AGAINST DAINIK BHASKAR
New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Ministry
of Home Affairs, Ajay Mishra on Sunday claimed
that the Bharatiya
Janata Party will
win more than 350
seats in the 2022
Uttar Pradesh
Assembly elec-
tions. Speaking
to ANI, Mishra
said, “Keeping in view of the current political
situation, the Bharatiya Janata Party will return
to power by winning more than 350 seats in
the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections that are
scheduled to be held next year.”
UNION MIN MISHRA CLAIMS BJP WILL
WIN 350+ SEATS IN 2022 UP POLLS
New Delhi: As the con-
struction work for the
Central Vista project is
underway, Congress
leader Manish Tewari
on Sunday claimed that
there is a proposal to
increase the strength
of Lok Sabha to 1000 or
more and sought public
consultation before its
implementation.
In a tweet, Manish
Tewari wrote, “I am re-
liably informed by Par-
liamentary colleagues
in BJP that there is a
proposal to increase the
strength of Lok Sabha
to 1000 or more before
2024. New Parliament
Chamber being con-
structed as a 1000 seat-
er. Before this is done
there should be a seri-
ous public consulta-
tion.”
“Job of an MP is to
make laws for the coun-
try. The role was emas-
culated by 10th sched-
ule of the Indian Con-
stitution. To take care
of development imper-
atives we have 73rd 74th
Constitutional Amend-
ment topped by legisla-
tive assemblies. If the
proposal to increase LS
to 1000 is true, it will
have implications”,
tweeted Tewari.
‘There is a
proposal to
increase LS
strength’

NEWS
07
NEWS DIGEST
FARMERS ATTACK BJP LEADER ON
HARYANA BORDER, SUV DAMAGED
Alwar: Farmers agitating on Rajasthan-Haryana
border allegedly attacked BJP leader and former
chairman of Soldier Welfare Board Prem Singh
Bajore in Shahjahanpur on
Sunday.Two windowpanes
and the bonnet of his
Fortuner SUV got damaged
in the attack. The farmers
manhandled Bajore and
tore his clothes. Sources
said he was going to Delhi during which some of
the farmers identified him and stopped the vehicle
in protest against the farm laws.
Jhalawar: The Police has arrested a youth
for spreading rumours on social media. The
accused Suraj Singh
resident of Piplai police
station Gangdhar made
a video of himself and
uploaded it on various
WhatsApp groups on July
19 in which rumours of
firing were spread that
led to communal tension
in the area. The video went viral and it led to
the villagers reaching outside the police station.
There were incidents of stone pelting and arson.
MAN HELD FOR POSTING FALSE VIDEO
LEADING TO TENSION IN JHALAWAR
Om Mathur visits largest
Gaushala in Sanchore
First India Bureau
Jalore: Senior BJP
leader and Rajya Sab-
ha MP Om Mathur vis-
ited Jalore on Sunday
as part of a one-day
tour. During the visit,
Om Mathur was given
a grand welcome by
the BJP workers wher-
ever he went across the
district.
BJP workers led by
MLA Chhagan Singh
Rajpurohit, MLA
Jogeshwar Garg, MLA
Puraram Choudhary
and MLA Narayan Sin-
gh Dewal welcomed
him at Ahor, Jalore,
Bhinmal and Raniwa-
da Shaheed.
He visited the
world’s largest Gaush-
ala at Sanchore, God-
ham Pathmeda and
worshiped and com-
pleted the circumam-
bulation of the Gaush-
ala. He is constructing
a fodder building with
a budget of Rs 25 lakhs
from his Rajya Sabha
MP fund.
He inaugurated the
building. In an exclu-
sive interview with
First India, he said
that the people at God-
ham Pathmeda are an
inspiration and they
truly serve the cow and
he was overwhelmed
coming here.
Om Mathur caressing a cow at Pathmeda Gaushala in Sanchore on Sunday.
SAPLINGS PLANTED FOR
DEVP OF COMMUNITY PARK
JCB machine
owner shot
dead by driver
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: The owner of
a JCB machine was shot
deadbyitsdriverduring
the ongoing work on
Bharat Mala project in
Champasar area of
Jodhpur on Sunday
. The
slain man Jeevanram
Mali allegedly had an il-
licit relationship with
the wife of the driver
MukeshGurjarforsome
time. When Mukesh
came to know about
this, he raised objectios
and had a quarrel with
his wife. In a fit of rage
today, Mukesh opened
fire at Mali.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: RameshSankh-
la along with Council-
lor Jay Vashisht under-
took a plantation drive
under the aegis of Gay-
atri Nagar ‘B’ and SMS
Colony Resident
Welfare Society in the
public park near Dra-
vyati riverfront in Ma-
harani Farm , also pre-
sent were special guests
Pritam Singh joint com-
missioner GST. Dheeraj
Jain. Diwakar Rawal ,
BK Varshney and Vinod
Kumar Chaudhary.
They planted more than
hundred saplings on 24
July from morning 8
AM till 2 PM. The entire
executive body of Gay-
atri Nagar B and the
SMS colony were also
present during the plan-
tation drive. The resi-
dents adopted one sap-
ling each and the wom-
en of the colony special-
ly thanked them as the
park will now be devel-
oped properly, it was
unfortunately be com-
ing a place for unsocial
elements.
Chittorgarh Collector’s ‘will’ trumps
‘red-tapeism’ to save Kirti-Vijay Stambh!
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: Collectors
sometimes carry out ex-
emplary tasks in dis-
tricts as was seen dur-
ing the Covid crisis,
when they took several
intiatives at their level
and provided relief to
people.Inasimilarman-
ner, the Chittorgarh Col-
lectorTarachandMeena
is a living example of
work ethics and prag-
matic thinking.
Recently, lightning
strike at Chittor Fort’s
historic Kirti Stambh
left the tower damaged
and the entire nation
learnt about the same,
which put the ASI in
docks since the file re-
lated to protection of
Kirti Stambh and Vijay
Stambh from such er-
ratic occurence, has not
seen the light of day
.
In 2012, the lightning
conductor systems in-
stalled at these historic
monuments were stolen
andsincethen,red-tapei-
smhasmarredtheeffort
to install the new con-
ductor systems. Even
though an expenditure
of Rs 75 lakh was in-
curredonsecurityof not
just the two towers, but
also of all the monu-
mentsandbuildingspre-
sent within the fort.
When Collector Mee-
na realised that ASI
would still work at a
snail’s pace, he actively
swung into action, spoke
to officials of Hindustan
Zinc Limited, and con-
vincedthemtoinstallthe
lightning conductors
here. The installation
work was immediately
initiated in presence of
senior ASI officials, and
since it was a risky task,
ahigh-techliftwascalled
for.Tobringthishugelift
in the fort premises, was
a daunting task.
Anyhow, after two
days’work,thelightning
conductors were in-
stalledatboththetowers
at a cost of Rs 15 lakh
and it was Tarachand
Meena, who stayed at
helm of affairs to get the
job done to safeguard
state’s heritage.
Tarachand Meena
Ramesh Sankhla and Jai Vashisht alongwith others.
SUPPORT ATHLETES: PM
New Delhi: Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Sunday said
the entire nation got
behind the Indian con-
tingent after seeing
them during the open-
ing ceremony of the
Tokyo Olympic Games.
He urged the nation to
come forward and sup-
port the athletes who
are participating in the
Tokyo Olympics.
“The incredible im-
ages and moments of
two days before is still
in front of my eyes.
That’s why I will start
Mann Ki Baat with
those moments. Seeing
athletes carrying the
Tiranga, not only I but
the whole nation got
excited. It was like the
entire nation got to-
gether and said ‘Vijayi
Bhava’ to all the play-
ers,” said PM during
his radio programme
“Mann Ki Baat”.
He also urged the na-
tion to come forward
and support all the ath-
letes who are participat-
ing in the Olympics
through the ‘Victory
Punch’ campaign on so-
cial media. “When these
athletes went to Tokyo,
I talked with them and
got the opportunity to
know them. —ANI
PM Narendra Modi urges entire nation to come forward and support athletes participating in Tokyo Olympics
Tokyo: India might not have
put up a stellar show on Sun-
day but ace boxer Mary Kom
and star table tennis player
Manika Batra ensured that
fans at least have something
to celebrate in the ongoing
Tokyo Olympics. While Mary
Kom (51kg) stormed into
the Round of 16 of women’s
flyweight (48-51 kg) category
event, paddler Manika Batra
staged a stunning comeback.
TOKYO OLYMPICS, DAY 2:
MARY KOM, MANIKA BATRA
HEADLINE INDIA’S SHOW
The Indian Rower
duo of Arjun Lal
Jat and Arvind Singh
qualified for the rep-
echage semi-final A/B
in lightweight Men’s
Double Sculls here at
Sea Forest Waterway
on Sunday. Competing
in round 2, the Indian
duo finished third with
a timing of 6:51.36.
Arjun was the bower
while Arvind had the re-
sponsibility of stroking.
Poland topped the heat
by 6:43.44 while Spain
came second. The
last three teams in the
six-team field qualified
for Final C. The Indian
pair gradually took the
pace and moved ahead
of Uzbekistan after the
1000m mark and main-
tained the lead till the fin-
ish. Earlier on Saturday,
Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind
Singh failed to qualify for
the semi-final A/B after
finishing fifth. —ANI
INDIAN ROWERS ARJUN LAL, ARVIND
SINGH QUALIFY FOR SEMI FINAL
PV SINDHU
WINS HER
OPENING
MATCH
MANU, DESWAL
FAIL TO QUALIFY
FOR MEDAL ROUND
India boxer Manish Kaushik
(63kg) on Sunday bowed out
of the men’s lightweight (57-63
kg) category event after losing
to Great Britain’s Luke McCor-
mack in the round of 32 here at
the Kokugikan Arena. McCor-
mack defeated Kaushik 4-1 in
the round of 32 match. —ANI
Indian table tennis player G
Sathiyan suffered an upset
defeat at the hands of lower-
ranked Siu Hang Lam to make
an early exit from the men’s
singles competition at the Tokyo
Games. Sathiyan had a com-
manding 3-1 lead but lost four
games in a row to lose 3-4. —ANI
Indian women’s doubles pair of
Sania Mirza and Ankita Raina
lost to Ukranian sisters Nadiia and
Liudmyla Kichenok on Sunday. The
match went down the wire with the
Ukranian’s winning 0-6, 7-6, (10-8
)in the tie-breaker. The Indians got
off to a bright start, winning the
first set without conceding a game.
India men’s hockey team was
not able to carry their winning
momentum as the Manpreet
Singh-led side stumbled to a
defeat at the hands of Australia
in their second Group A game
in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics.
Australia defeated India 7-1 at the
Oi Hockey Stadium North Pitch.
MANISH CRASHES OUT AFTER
LOSING TO MCCORMACK
SATHIYAN LOSES IN ROUND
2 AFTER A THRILLING MATCH
SANIA MIRZA, RAINA SUFFER
SHOCK IN FIRST ROUND LOSS
AUSTRALIA THRASH INDIA
7-1 IN MEN’S HOCKEY
India’s ace shooters Deepak Kumar and Divyansh
Singh Panwar failed to qualify for the medal round
in the men’s 10m Air Rifle Qualification after finish-
ing 26th and 32nd respectively, here at the Asaka
Shooting Range on Sunday. Deepak Kumar accu-
mulated 624.7 points at an average of 10.412 after
shooting 60 shots on target while Divyansh Singh
Panwar gathered 622.8 points in the qualifications.
DEEPAK, DIVYANSH PANWAR
FAIL TO QUALIFY FOR FINAL
Indian shooting contin-
gent’s woes contin-
ued on Day 2 of the
Tokyo 2020 Olympics
as both Manu Bhaker
and Yashaswini Singh
Deswal failed to qualify
for the medal round
after finishing 12th and
13th respectively in the
Women’s 10m Air Pistol
Qualification, here at the
Asaka Shooting Range
on Sunday. —ANI
Shuttler PV Sindhu
started her Tokyo
Olympics campaign on
a good note on Sunday
as she won her opening
Group J match here at
the Musashino Forest
Plaza Court 2. Sindhu
defeated Israel’s Ksenia
Polikarpova 21-7, 21-10
in the Group J match.
The entire match lasted
for just 28 minutes. The
26-year-old brought out
her A-game in the first
game and she gave no
chance to her opponent
to take a breather and
create any momentum.
Sindhu wrapped up
the first game, and she
was looking set to win
the match in straight
games. —ANI

z How is proactive
approach different
from earlier ap-
proach and how has
it helped?
We create presence of
Bureau staff around
the most corrupt offi-
cials after receiving in-
formation from sourc-
es. We try to approach
victims of corruption
and then trap the cor-
rupt and even those,
who give bribe. The
team is motivated with
appreciation, our pros-
ecutors are good, we
have support from the
government, the Bu-
reau has new staff, and
the courts have provid-
ed good support as the
cases are evidence-
based. This not only in-
creased number of cas-
es, but also widened our
reach in terms of area
across the state and
more number of depart-
ments. The Bureau has
even trapped 27 officers
of the Government of
India. The bar of traps
has also been raised as
IAS, IPS, RAS and RPS
officials have been
caught. Earlier, focus
was only on cash trans-
actions, but now focus
is also on other favours.
For instance, an RPS
(Kailash Bohra) was
caught for seeking sex-
ual favours. There has
been action on organ-
ised corruption like
transaction of commis-
sion, cuts, and syndi-
cates. In Disproportion-
ate Assets (DA) cases
also, we have achieved
good success. We even
call all our complain-
ants for a ‘Tea interac-
tion’ once a year.

z What is status of
pendency rate?
Therewashugependen-
cy and we have focused
on disposal and clearing
off the pending cases. In
the last six months this
year, we have disposed
off 250 more cases as
compared to 2020. Even
as courts were closed
due to Covid, the Bu-
reau disposed off 55
more cases in these 6
months as compared to
thelastyear.Wehaveset
time limit of 2 months
for disposing off trap
cases and in 80% of the
cases, the accused are
still in the jail.

z Does the Prosecu-
tion Sanction remain
an issue?
For this, we are pursu-
ing Prosecution Sanc-
tion at the senior level
now. Earlier, it was han-
dled by Investigating
Officer and there were
delays. But now, it is be-
ing looked after at my
level (DG), the ADG and
the IG level. We have
ensured transparency
and time bound action
in disposal of cases.

z What is situation
of conviction rate?
The courts appreciate
evidence produced by
us. In important cases,
like a Collector (IAS In-
dra Rao) and others, the
courts have taken cog-
nizance of evidence
produced by the Bureau
and the accused are not
gettingbails.Thecourts
could not resume regu-
lar trials during the
Covid period and only
emergency work was
being undertaken so,
big decisions weren’t
taken. But I am sure
that the way we are pro-
ducing evidence, there
will be improvement in
conviction rate too.

z Is manpower suffi-
cient?
Manpower is less. We
got some staff and pro-
cess is going on for re-
cruiting more staff.
There were restrictions
during Covid, but we
kept minimum 3 teams
at Jaipur and 1 each at
District Headquarters
always ready
. Our ADG
Dinesh MN is doing a
wonderful job. All staff
is motivated as they
even work during holi-
days. The entire credit
goes to the team and the
people, who have re-
posed faith in us.

z Do the complain-
ants sometimes feel
harassed after the
trap?
There was a State Gov-
ernment circular is-
sued in December 2019
that the genuine works
of people, who com-
plain against corrup-
tion, should be done on
priority. A committee
headed by Home Secre-
tary monitors such mat-
ters every two months.
So far, about Rs 10 crore
of complainants have
been released from var-
ious departments.

z There has been ACB
action in big institu-
tions like RPSC,
Board of Revenue etc.
Did the Bureau face
any difficulties there?
These cases indicate
institutional corrup-
tion like in RPSC,
Board of Revenue,
HPCL, JMC etc. These
cases started with indi-
viduals, but during in-
vestigation, we got
more leads and clues
and by inter-connect-
ing them we are trying
to take them to some
logical end. The trap of
an IRS (Shashank Ya-
dav) is also institution-
al corruption and our
teams waited for long
to take action.

z A number of traps
are laid regularly,
but there is no de-
crease in corruption.
What are the reasons
and how can it be
checked?
Actually, the supervi-
sory machinery in all
departments, as we see
in all cases, is very
sketchy and remote. If
senior officials regu-
larly monitor the staff
functioning and files, it
can be checked. There
has to be internal vigi-
lance at the level of the
HoDs and vigilance of-
ficers can be appoint-
ed. Wherever there is
scope for corruption,
the process should be
simplified and eye
should be kept on the
process.

z Any other innova-
tion in the Bureau?
We are focusing on
concept of ‘Lessons
Learnt’ so that sugges-
tions can be sent to the
government to curb
institutional corrup-
tion. Every IO is asked
to share experiences
in the case so some
measures can be sug-
gested to check graft
based on various
learnings. We have
suggested to simplify
process of NoC, where
most of the corrup-
tion happens. Despite
digitisation, land re-
cords have a lot of dis-
crepancies and there
is always scope for
corruption. Further,
we swap teams at in-
ter-district level as
sometimes, the com-
plainants feel hesitant
to approach the local
teams.

z What is your mes-
sage to the masses?
I would only like to say
that please do not pay
your hard-earned mon-
ey to corrupt people.
ACB is always there to
serve you. Please come
to us. Anyone can re-
port at helpline 1064 or
WhatsApp number
9413502834.
part from the political buzz and coro-
na crisis, what is keeping the desert
stateinthelimelight,evenduringthe
Covid period, is the Rajasthan Anti
Corruption Bureau. With one trap af-
ter another, the Bureau has set a re-
cord of the sorts not only in number of cases,
butalsoininnovations.OneIAS,oneIPS,7RAS,
4 RPS, and a number of other officials have
fallen in the inescapable net of the Bureau.
Fromrevampingthehelplinetorevisingthebar
of traps and boosting morale of the team, the
Bureau is witnessing an image makeover also
so that complainants can fearlessly approach it
to report the corruption in the system.
A
Do political state-
ments create psychic
pressure on the
Bureau team?
It is the duty of
the team lead-
er to keep the
team moti-
vated and
keep insu-
lated from
such things.
So, I am doing my
best on that side.
We also have the
highest regard for
all kinds of organi-
sations and we have
no agenda of malign-
ing anyone. Whatever
evidence is there, its
there. The team is
further inves-
t i g a t i n g
the case
(BVG).
We have the highest regard for all
organisations and there is no agenda of
maligning anyone, says DG, ACB, BL Soni,
who assumed office in October 2020. He also
opens his heart out about the innovations,
recent big traps and pressure entailing
thereof, in a candid conversation with
RashpalSingh,Editor(News), FirstIndia.
Travelling alone is a lesson and
an experience as one traverses
through different locales,
learning about them and oneself.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21
The show was
dominated by
Gehlot camp
MLAs
From Page 1
ehlot left the
final call on
the matter on
High Com-
mand. Fur-
thermore, dis-
cussion on appoint-
ments in boards and
corporations was also
held and sources reveal
that CM has assured of
fast paced appoint-
ments with every one’s
consent. Moreover, a
decision on visit of
chairman of the mani-
festo committee -Tam-
radhwaj Sahu - was also
taken and soon Sahu
will visit Jaipur to re-
view fulfilment of man-
ifesto promises.
However, the point
where the trio could not
reach a consensus was
the inclusion of Pilot
camp rebels in cabinet
since Gehlot also has to
think about the 102
MLAs who stood with
the government and did
not let it fall during Pi-
lot’s rebellion. There-
fore, KC and Maken sug-
gested Gehlot to take
recommendation of
each MLA on the topic
and constitute the Cabi-
net accordingly. With
Gehlot a heavyweight
of the ‘number game’,
how then will the Pilot
camp’s inclusion be
conducted now?
Meanwhile, on Sun-
day, after chairing a
meeting with PCC of-
fice bearers and party
leaders, Maken said,
“We are discussing the
Cabinet expansion, the
appointment of the dis-
trict and block-level
chiefs of Congress, and
appointments in boards
and corporations with
our leaders. Everyone
has said they would ac-
cept what the leader-
ship decides.”
Speaking to media
persons at PCC on Sun-
day, Maken informed
that he will visit the
state again on July 28-29
and a decision about the
Cabinet expansion will
be announced soon.
A senior leader said
party leadership is also
trying to look after oth-
er neutral camps in the
state. While another
source said that a one-
to- one meeting of
AICC incharge Ajay
Maken with MLAs is
expected to be the last
major exercise to give a
final shape to the Cabi-
net expansion “We will
announce our decision
(regarding the state
Cabinet expansion)
soon. I will visit Ra-
jasthan again on July
28 - 29 to meet Congress
MLAs separately to
take their opinions on
the appointment of dis-
trict and block-level
Congress teams,” he
said.
Highly placed sourc-
es in the grand-old par-
ty said, “Ajay Maken
will also discuss with
the MLAs regarding
the appointment of
Boards Chairman and
District Congress
heads. An initial re-
port for the recommen-
dation of names for
district presidents has
been submitted to the
Pradesh Congress
Committee (PCC) and
AICC incharge Ajay
Maken by the PCC ob-
servers.”
Meanwhile, Maken
on Sunday, stressed
that there is no contra-
diction among the par-
ty’s leaders in Ra-
jasthan on the issue of
cabinet reshuffle and
that they have ex-
pressed confidence in
the high command for
the decision. After
meeting ministers,
MLAs and office bear-
ers at the party office,
Maken said all of them
have unanimously left
the decision of the cab-
inet reshuffle on the
party High Command.
However, Maken did
not disclose a date for
the Cabinet expansion.
Maken, together with
AICC General Secre-
tary (organisation) K C
Venugopal, arrived at
the party office in
Jaipur for the meeting.
He said issues like in-
flation and the Pegasus
matter were discussed.
“People of the country
are suffering from high
inflation, many have
lost jobs during the
pandemic, and instead
of spending money and
resources for people,
the central government
misused the resources
for snooping and spy-
ing on leaders, journal-
ists and judiciary. This
is highly condemna-
ble,” he said.
To a question on the
BJP’s allegations
against PCC chief and
Education Minister Go-
vind Singh Dotasra of
influencing the inter-
view process of the Ra-
jasthan Administrative
Services 2018 examina-
tion in favour of two
relatives, Maken said
Dotasra is being cor-
nered as he had target-
ed RSS leader Nimbar-
am and the BJP.
In anticipation: Leaders make a beeline for PCC!
In the BVG corruption matter, many big names cropped
up. The opposition leaders cautioned that the ACB offi-
cials should stay cautious as time will change and also
alleged that the Bureau acted at the behest of the govern-
ment. Do such things create adverse impact on the Bureau?
Actually, whenever we act against corruption, individ-
uals or groups have money power and they make their
efforts (to scuttle the probe). But our actions are pure-
ly law and evidence based. Like in the BVG action, nei-
ther we made the video, nor did we conduct surveil-
lance or tapped phones of anyone. On a news channel,
a video was broadcast in full public view wherein, there
were talks of money being demanded at the higher
level. We got the video clip, got it examined from ex-
perts who said it was an unedited video. There was is-
sue of payment of a public service in which a close
relative of a public servant (Rajaram Gurjar husband
of suspended JMC Greater Mayor Dr Somya) demanded
money. The public service provider (BVG company) of-
fered money and active presence of another person
(RSS pracharak Nimbaram) was there. Initially, we did
not have idea who the third person was. So, on the law
point, we are 100% true. Leaders can give any remark
and we do not have anything to comment on that. What-
ever we do, we are answerable to the court. The court
asked us questions and was satisfied with our answers.
The case is totally evidence and merit based and it is
not a proactive case by the ACB. The video appeared in
the public space and it is lawfully necessary to take
cognizance of crime that comes in the public domain.
OUR CASES ARE100% LAW EVIDENCE BASED,
WE DON'T WORK UNDER PRESSURE: BL SONI

z ACB has been active in Rajasthan
but of late, the number of traps have
recorded a sharp rise, even during the
corona crisis. What has happened?
Has corruption increased or there is
change in Bureau’s approach?
WehaveattemptedtochangetheBureau’s
approach from ‘reactive’ to ‘proactive.’
Earlier,therewasactionwheneveracom-
plaint was received or the complainant
came. Now, we have attempted to widen
the spectrum. We have started proactive
efforts to make people aware of ACB and
to increase the reach. We have asked all
units to approach organisations and as-
sociations to make them aware of the ex-
istence of the Bureau and not to give
hard- earned money to corrupt people.
There was a helpline (1064) which was
earlierhandledbyjuniorrankofficersso,
complainants hesitated to approach. We
gave responsibility of the helpline to an
ASP and an inspector rank officer, made
it 24X7, and publicised it. Based on a pub-
lic idea, a WhatsApp helpline 9413502834
was also launched in June 2020 and infor-
mation flow increased. Later, we started
‘
ACB Apke Dwar’ under which complain-
ant is not called to the Bureau office in-
stead, officials visit the complainant so
thatsecrecyismaintainedandconfidence
of complainant is built. Further, we
trained the staff wherein we also took
help of the CBI officials.
Year Traps Misuse DA Total
of office
2019 134 29 8 171
2020 85 17 2 104
2021 211 14 11 236
BL Soni
G
Ajay Maken addresses the media after chairing a meeting of Congress party workers at PCC Office in Jaipur
on Sunday.Also seen here are KC Venugopal, GS Dotasra, Mamta Bhupesh Mahendra Chaudhary.
—PHOTO
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA

JAIPUR, MONDAY
JULY 26, 2021
t’s been a long haul for the
office goers who got con-
fined to the four walls of
the home blurring the line
between office and home.
What comes as a surprise is
how comfortable we got to
the prospect of living in sweatpants
and baggy t-shirts.
But this has become a thing of
the past as workplaces reopen al-
most after a year. However, living at
home for a year has made us forget
the art of dressing up for work.
Don’t worry, we’ve got some ideas
for you.
City First brings to its readers
the ultimate guide to styling your
existing wardrobe for a new season
at the office.
LACED LINENS
As the summer heat has made its
way into our lives, it’s time to get
those linen pants and shirts out of
the closet and into the dressing
room. Try wide-leg pants in the
shades of brown and beige with a
solid colour shirt to ace the first
day at the office. If you’re feeling
adventurous, try a solid dark col-
oured shirt to pair with neutral
bottoms.
POWERFUL PANTSUITS
What is the one office style that
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Whether you’re a corporate worker
or a design associate or just a fa-
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ferent cuts to make it more office-
appropriate. This is the outfit that
makes heads turn.
CLASSY CASUALS
Since we all got out of comfort
clothing at WFH, it’s time to
start facing the office in
semi-casual outfits.
Starting from a
cotton dress in
light shade
paired with
dainty jewel-
lery and glad-
iators. It can
then move on
to the classic
white shirt and high
waist jeans (not ripped).
CREATIVE COLOURS
For some of us, who belong in
the creative field of jobs like
fashion and design, dressing
the part is always important.
So start layering tank tops
and shirts over a high waist
paper bag pant, but all
should be in shades of one
colour to get a more cohe-
sive look. Or you can
dress in monotones.
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