Rajasthan to help neighbouring states in Covid testing

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RAJASTHAN
286
DEATHS
12,532
CONFIRMED CASES
GUJARAT
1,478 DEATHS 23,590 CASES
Rajasthan to help neighbouring states in Covid war: Gehlot
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Realising that
while Rajasthan is faring
well in combating Coro-
na, its neighbouring
states are in dire need of
additional help, Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
on Sunday announced to
allow Uttar Pradesh, Del-
hi, Madhya Pradesh,
Punjab, Haryana and
Gujarat to get their sam-
ples tested in Rajasthan.
These states could get
upto five thousand tests
done in a day in the state.
“Saving lives amid Co-
rona pandemic is the
utmost priority of Ra-
jasthan government. At
the beginning of Coro-
na pandemic our testing
ability was zero which
has substantially in-
creased to fifteen thou-
sand tests per day. In
this hour of crisis, we
are eager to support
neighbouring states in
getting their tests done
in Rajasthan,” Gehlot
said while holding a
high level review meet-
ing on Corona infection.
The chief minister ob-
served that Rajasthan has
remainedvigilantsincethe
beginningandthesituation
in the desert state is under
control due to regular test-
ing, monitoring of high
risk individuals and regu-
lar screening in homes.
“It has come to light
after Unlock-1 that peo-
ple are not following
the health protocol
properly. Along with
saving lives, economy is
also important hence
the lockdown has been
lifted. Turn on P6
 5000 samples from
Uttar Pradesh, Delhi,
Madhya Pradesh, Punjab,
Haryana and Gujarat to
be tested in state, CM
directs officials
 He also directed
Collectors to let
MGNREGA workers to
return home before 11 AM
if their day task finishes
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot unveiled the mural of Jain Shwetambar
Terapanth Acharya Mahapragya made by craftsman Rajesh Bhandari.
INDIA
3,32,739
CONFIRMED CASES
9,514
DEATHS
MAHARASHTRA
3,950 DEATHS 1,07,958 CASES
TAMIL NADU
435 DEATHS 44,661 CASES
UTTAR PRADESH
399 DEATHS 13,615 CASES
DELHI
1,327 DEATHS 41,182 CASES
WORLD
4,33,904
DEATHS
79,39,941
CONFIRMED CASES
New Delhi: The peak
stage of COVID-19 pan-
demic in India has been
delayed by the eight-
week lockdown along
withstrengthenedpublic
health measures and it
may now arrive around
mid-November during
which there could be a
paucity of isolation and
ICU beds, and ventila-
tors,accordingtoastudy.
The study conducted
by researchers from an
Operations Research
Group constituted by
ICMR said the lock-
down shifted the peak
of the pandemic by an
estimated 34 to 76 days
and helped bring down
the number of infec-
tions by 69 to 97 per cent
thereby allowing time
for the healthcare sys-
tem to shore up resourc-
es and infrastructure.
In the scenario of in-
tensified public health
measures with 60 per
cent effectiveness after
lockdown, the demand
can be met until the first
week of November. Af-
ter that, isolation beds
could be inadequate for
5.4 months, ICU beds for
4.6 and ventilators for
3.9 months, projections
by the health research-
ers showed.
However, this short-
fall is estimated to be 83
per cent less than what
it could have been with-
out the lockdown and
public health measures.
With sustained gov-
ernmentstepsatincreas-
ing the infrastructure
anddifferentpaceof epi-
demic in different re-
gions, the impact of un-
metneedcanbereduced.
If the coverage of public
health measures can be
increased to 80 per cent,
theepidemiccanbemiti-
gated, the researchers
stated. Turn on P6
New Delhi: Amid ris-
ing concern over the
rapid growth of the
novel coronavirus cas-
es, Union Home Min-
ister Amit Shah on
Sunday held a meeting
with Delhi LG Anil Bai-
jal, CM Arvind Kejri-
wal, Union Health Min-
ister Harsh Vardhan
and others to discuss
the situation in Delhi.
Shah said Centre and
Delhi government
would have to work in
tandem to make the
country as well as the
national capital healthy
and coronavirus
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Notoveryet!
Corona peak in India may arrive mid-Nov,
paucity of ICU beds, ventilators likely: Study
India won’t compromise
on national pride: Singh
New Delhi: Amid a
standoff with China on
Ladakh border, Defence
Minister Rajnath Sin-
gh said on Sunday that
Indiawillnevercompro-
mise on its ‘national
pride,’ asserting that its
security capability has
risen and it is no longer
a “weak” country.
Speaking at a virtual
‘Jan Samvad’ rally for
J&K, Singh also assured
the Opposition that Cen-
tralgovernmentwillnot
keep Parliament or any-
one in dark about devel-
opments on border. “I
want to assure that we
will not compromise
with national pride un-
der any circumstance.
India has become strong
in its national security.
Indiaisnolongeraweak
India. Our strength has
risen. But this strength
is not meant to frighten
anyone. If we are in-
creasing our strength
wearedoingsotosecure
ourcountry,”Singhsaid.
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A doctor in PPE suit collects swab sample for COVID-19 testing at
PHC, in Gurugram. —PHOTO BY ANI
‘Centre, state will have to work
jointly to tackle Corona in Delhi’
Union HM Amit Shah on Sunday ordered immediate
transfer of four IAS officers to Delhi govt and attachment
of another two from the Centre to help the national capi-
tal fight the coronavirus pandemic. These are Awanish
Kumar & Monica Priyadarshini, Gaurav Singh Rajawat &
Vikram Singh Mallik. Two other senior IAS officers are
SCL Das and SS Yadav from the central government.
SHAH TRANSFERS 4 IAS TO DELHI
EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.5 STRIKES NEAR
BHUJ IN GUJARAT & KATRA IN JAMMU & KASHMIR
Ahmedabad: An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck near Bhuj in
Kutch district in Gujarat on Sunday evening. The National Center
for Seismology said the epicentre of the earthquake was 118
km north-northwest (NNW) of Rajkot at 8:13 pm. No injuries or
damage to properties have been reported so far. Minutes later,
a 2.9 magnitude tremor was recorded 90 km east of Katra in
Jammu and Kashmir, according to the NCS.
SPITTING IN PUBLIC PLACES INCREASES RISK OF
COVID-19 SPREAD: HEALTH MINISTRY
New Delhi: In order to spread awareness regarding COVID-19,
Union Ministry of Health on Sunday asked people not to spit in
public places as it increases the risk of spread of the fatal virus.
“Spitting in public is dangerous to health as it can amplify the
risk of COVID-19. Do not spit in public places,” the Ministry
tweeted. Earlier, some of the states had made spitting
prohibited while imposing fines.
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Television-turned-Bollywood
actor, Sushant Singh Rajput’s
sudden and untimely death
came as a shock on Sunday.
The actor was found dead at
his Mumbai residence. Con-
firming suicide, the police said
no suicide note was found.
The actor was 34. According
to reports, it is believed he
was suffering from depres-
sion and was consulting a
psychiatrist for the last six
months. His death shows the
importance of mental health
and why it needs to be taken
more seriously. Bollywood
and sports fraternity, politi-
cians and fans from across
the country mourned the
demise of the versatile actor,
who graced the silver screen
with a variety of commend-
able performances. PM Modi,
HM Amit Shah, CM Ashok
Gehlot and other politicians
condoled Sushant’s demise.
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AN OFFICIAL AT CMO TESTS +VE
The private secretary of an official posted at the Chief
Minister’s Office, tested COVID-19 positive on Sunday,
CMHO,Jaipur, Narottam Sharma conformed the news.
Samples of about 14 people who came in contact with
the patient, have also been taken.

A SILVER
LINING...
The Jaipurites woke up
to a cloudy morning on
Sunday, with partly-dark
clouds hovering over the
city’s skyline playing hide
and seek with the Sun all
through the afternoon.
As people wait for some
rain relief, the IMD has
forecast strong winds
along with thunderstorm
in Jaipur, Jhunjhunu,
Sikar, Alwar, Ajmer,
Banswara, Bundi, Baran,
Chittorgarh, Dungarpur,
Jhalawar, Kota, Tonk, and
Udaipur during the next
24 hours.
—PHOTO BY
SANTOSH SHARMA
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Vishal
Jaipur: Today Ra-
jasthan has set an ex-
ample for other states
on how to fight the Cov-
id-19 crisis. The neigh-
bouring states must
learn from the meas-
ures taken by Rajasthan
government.
The entire govern-
ment machinery, under
the able leadership of
CM Ashok Gehlot, has
been working round
the clock for the past
two- and-a-half
months. A major part
of the daily battle has
not just been prepared-
ness but also creating
awareness, among the
people regarding pre-
cautions, symptoms,
dangers etc for the
state to win this battle.
The onus for this ma-
jor task was on the
shoulders of Principal
Secretary (IT) Abhay
Kumar and he under-
took the responsibility
of ensuring the man-
date of the Chief Minis-
ter with aplomb. The
Rajasthan IT & Commu-
nication department
has taken and continues
to take many steps to
meetthechallengehead-
on. The department has
been working on a four-
pronged strategy. Part A
was the establishment
of Single Point of Con-
tact (SPoC) for quick dis-
semination of informa-
tion and complaint re-
dressal. Part B was, the
provision of video con-
ferencing for face-to-face
discussions for quick
solutions. The smooth
functioning of websites
& Apps dedicated to Cov-
id-19 and CM Relief
Fund was part ‘C’ of this
critical work plan while
the arrangement for
various Apps, social me-
dia coverage and Direct
Benefit Transfer (DBT)
for the residents/mi-
grants during the crisis
coming a close part ‘D’.
Allfourheldequalprior-
ity for Abhay Kumar.
Covid-19 War Room
The decision to set up a
state-level War Room
was taken on March 20
by the Chief Minister
and it started function-
ing in all alacrity under
overall supervision of
Kumar from March 25
onwards on a 24x7 basis.
In order to be SPoC (Sin-
glePointof Contact)dur-
ing the Covid-19 crisis
theWarRoomhasadedi-
cated team to coordinate
between different de-
partments and agencies
of the state and Centre.
Two RAS and RPS of-
ficers man the war room
at all times.
Rajasthan Sampark
181-Helpline
Rajasthan Sampark
(181 Helpline) was set
up by the IT & Commu-
nications department
in 2013 as Integrated
Call Centre and was in-
augurated by CM
Ashok Gehlot. The Hel-
pline since then has
been the single window
for the people of Ra-
jasthan to contact/
complain about vari-
ous departments/agen-
cies in the state. During
the current crisis this
helpline has been suc-
cessfully working as
the dedicated helpline
for Covid-19.
Due to the restric-
tions on personal inter-
action/travel during
the Coronavirus-in-
duced lockdown, Video
Conferencing (VC) was
the most convenient
mode of face to face
communication. The IT
& Communications de-
partment has expanded
this facilities right up
to the Gram Panchayat
level to facilitate face-
to-face communication
with Panchayat level
personnel and public
representatives. Apart
from existing VC nodes,
new VC nodes at State
War Room, SMS Hospi-
tal, State Institute of
Health & Family Wel-
fare (SIHFW) etc were
set up apart from the
VC hardware needed
for communication. So
far during the Covid-19
crisis CM has used the
VC facility to commu-
nicate with the Prime
Minister, other states
and district level offic-
ers 65 times.
There have been 796
VCs so far between
various state level of-
ficers and the district
level officers.
Operation of Cov-
id-19 website www.cov-
idifo.rajasthan.gov.in
has been the unified
platform for viewing
all the orders/direc-
tions/press releases by
all the departments
during the crisis.
Website & App for
CM Relief Fund
In order to manage all
the requirements re-
garding food, medicine,
shelter etc, a dedicated
website www.cmrf.ra-
jasthan.gov.in and an
App is there to coordi-
nate with Bhamashah/
Capable Individuals/
Institutions to contrib-
ute to the cause.
Apart from all this
the IT department is
conducting important
surveys through Raj-
connect App. The E-
pass App for mandis for
farmers to move
around to sell their pro-
duce and the mobility
pass through RajCop
Citizen App helped the
common man to com-
plete essential work
during the lockdown.
The Web portal www.
corona.rajasthan.gov.
in and RajCovidInfo
App are available to all
stakeholders to form
their own strategies.
E-Bazaar App
was specifically de-
signed to connect con-
sumers and retailers
during current crisis.
Abhay Kumar under-
stood the importance
of social media in this
battle and the depart-
ment used various so-
cial media platforms
effectively to dissemi-
nate information about
various govt orders/
guidelines to combat
corona spread among
common people using
graphics, info graphics
and videos.
Some innovations
like Facebook Chatbot
making links easily ac-
cessible and Raj-
conenct Jio Chat chan-
nel made the entire
project more interac-
tive and beneficial for
all.
Department also
stepped in to ensure
that DPT through Jan
Aadhaar platform was
done smoothly.
The ABCD of thwarting Corona challenges by IT & Communications
TACKLING CRISIS ONLINE
I
t is almost certain
that whenever the
long pending admin-
istrative overhaul takes
place, at least a dozen
andhalf DistrictCollec-
tors will then be trans-
ferred. The overdue
transferlistwillinclude
the names of those Col-
lectors, who are either
stationed at the same
posting for a long dura-
tion or are involved in
any controversy and
those who are due to be
promoted as Secretary
in a 6 months’ time.
The first list by the
present Gehlot govern-
ment had 15 young IAS
officers posted as Dis-
trict Collectors, who
are still deputed on the
same posts. It is almost
certain that the most
of these officers deput-
ed in the December 25,
2018 transfer list, will
be relocated.
The District Collec-
tors, who have been
postedatthesameplace
for 18 months are –
Dinesh Kumar Yadav –
Nagaur; Anandi –
Udaipur; Inder Singh
Rao – Baran; Rajendra
Bhatt - Bhilwara; Zakir
Hussain – Hanuman-
garh; Kumar Pal Gau-
tam–Bikaner;Prakash
Rajpurohit – Jodhpur;
Inderjeet–Alwar;Vish-
wamohan Sharma –
Ajmer; Shiv Prasad
Madan Nakate – Sri
Ganganagar; Sandesh
Nayak – Churu; Sid-
darthSihag–Jhalawar;
NamitMehta–Jaisalm-
er; Avichal Chaturvedi
– Dausa and Arvind
Poswal – Rajsamand.
Some of them might
be removed from the
districts and given ad-
ministrative jobs, while
some might be shifted
to new districts. There
are half a dozen HOD
posts lying vacant in
Jaipur waiting to be
taken over. Dinesh Ku-
mar Yadav, Anandi, Ku-
mar Pal Gautam, Indra-
jeet, Vishwamohan
Sharma and Arvind
Poswal can look for-
ward to an elevation.
Churu Collector Sand-
esh Nayak is certain to
be transferred after the
Rajgarhincident.There
are 15 districts includ-
ing Jaipur, where the
Collectors are yet to fin-
ish a year in office and
they certainly need
more time to effectively
handle the affairs in
their districts so the
chances of their trans-
fer are minimal. These
districts can be identi-
fied as Jaipur, Sawai
Madhopur, Kota, Ban-
swara, Sikar , Dholpur,
Karauli, Chittorgarh,
Jhunjhunu,Bundi,Bar-
mer, Sirohi, Bharatpur,
Dungarpur and Pali.
But the District Collec-
tors, who might be
transferredduetoother
reasons include that of
Kota, Bharatpur, Jhunj-
hunu and Banswara.
3-4 collectors have
been posted at Bharat-
pur,Kota&Barmerdur-
ing the current govt.
Collector Bharatpur
has been shunted 4
times due to Minister
Vishwendra Singh. His
confrontation with
Arushi Malik made the
media headlines. Muk-
tanand Agrawal was
transferred from Kota
in 9 months due to zero
wavelength with Minis-
ter Shanti Dhariwal.
Minister Harish Chod-
hary had collector An-
shdeep removed within
6 months of posting.
Nowthenewsisthatthe
Minister isn’t happy
with existing collector
VishramMeenaaswell.
The 2005 batch IAS
officers, Jogaram and
Dinesh Kumar Yadav
are posted as Collectors
currentlyandaredueto
be promoted as Secre-
tary in 2021, so they
might find a change in
the upcoming list.
This boils down to
the fact that now IAS of-
ficers from 2006 batch
onwards, can be deput-
ed as Collectors. Only
twooutof 14, 2006batch
IASofficersareexisting
Collectors, while only 6
out of 21 IAS officers of
the2007batch,havethis
privilege. The 2014
batch IAS are still due
tobedeputedasDistrict
Collectors&BhartiDix-
it & Ashish Modi are
firm contenders from
this batch. The impor-
tant task is to search for
thoseefficient IASfrom
2006 – 2014 batches, who
can effectively handle
the districts in the
changedscenariointhe
post Covid-19 phase.
This certainly isn’t the
time for political post-
ings. One very crucial
fact is that in current
times, the young IAS
don’t relish the post of
Collector for more than
3-4districts.Either,they
themselves get fatigued
orthegovernmentstops
deputing them in the
field. Will anybody in
this era believe that for-
mer IAS Srimant Pande
was District Collector
of ninedistrictsandHe-
mant Gera handled
seven districts during
his luminous career.
Gearingupforanewroleinadmnreshuffle!
OFF THE
RECORD
Rajendra Chhabra
D.El.Ed canditates
can apply online
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Due to the ef-
forts of Education Min-
ister Govind Singh Do-
tasara, candidates will
from Monday onwards,
be able to apply online
for the competitive ex-
aminationstobeheldfor
admission in the two-
year long teacher educa-
tion course (Diploma in
Elementary Education).
Dotasara informed that
it will enable a large
number of youth in the
statetobecometeachers.
TheD.El.Ed.examina-
tion will be held across
the state on August 30.
Officersatvariouslevels
have been instructed to
make arrangements for
the same.
Dotasara said that
two-year long Teacher
Education Diploma is
mandatory for the re-
cruitment of Teacher
Level I in the Elemen-
tary Education De-
partment.
The exam is con-
ducted under the High-
er Education Depart-
ment. It was success-
fully conducted in 2019
under the guidance of
Dotasara.
The Education Min-
ister extended his best
wishes to the students
for the examination.
Dotasara has also in-
structed the authori-
ties to execute various
arrangements related
to conducting the ex-
amination, in addition
to preparing for receiv-
ing online application
for the same.
CM Ashok Gehlot Abhay Kumar

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2020
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The tourist at-
tractions like historical
monuments, museums,
tiger parks and national
parks were closed from
March 18 due to Cov-
id-19 epidemic.
After a 74 day lock-
down the monuments
and museums were
opened on June 1 and
the tiger & national
parks on June 8. The
initial response sug-
gested that the lock-
down could not kill the
spirit of tourism as
more than 5,400 tourists
visited the monuments
& museums in 8 days.
The entry to these spots
is currently free and
June 15 onwards, 50%
of entry fees will be col-
lected from visitors. Up-
till now they opened for
only 4 days a week but
now it will be open for 7
days.
During the last two
weeks the Jaipur tour-
ist spots attracted 3,106
tourists. Apart from
Jaipur total 2339 tour-
ists reached 19 tourist
spots across the state.
While Alwar hosted 617
tourists, 500 reached
Chittorgarh. After reo-
pening of tiger parks
Ranthambore attracted
50 tourists and Sariska
had a footfall of more
than 60 guests. The res-
taurants and hotels yet
await the guests. The
ongoing heat wave and
the off season had their
own contribution to the
numbers but overall the
tourism activities are
slowly coming back on
track. The tourist sec-
tor has prepared well
with all social distanc-
ing and other guide-
lines issued by the govt.
Tiger parks at Ranth-
ambore and Sariska
will be closed during
monsoon for the mating
season so basically the
tiger parks will be
closed from July 1 to
September 30.
The state has attract-
ed 5,444 tourists in last
8 days after reopening
which is a positive sign
that things are getting
back to normal after
lockdown. This gives a
firm hope that with
winters and the tourist
season the number of
tourists will rise and
raise the tourist trade
in the state.
State hopeful of rise in tourism trade in winters
SILVER LINING
State reports 10 deaths,
293 new cases on SundayFirst India Bureau
Jaipur: State reported
293 new cases of corona
on Sunday taking the
total tally to 12,694.
10 deaths were reported
in last 24 hours, 6 deaths
in Jaipur, 2 in Bharat-
pur while 1 each in Pali
& Sri Ganganagar, the
toll to 292.
61 new cases were re-
ported from Bharatpur
followed by 44 from
Dholpur, 30 from Jodh-
pur, 27 from Jaipur, 19
from Sirohi, 14 each
from Nagaur & Pali , 12
each Alwar & Sikar, 11
from Barmer, 9 each
from Ajmer & Bikaner,
4 each from Dausa &
Jhunjhunu, 3 each from
Bhilwara, Karauli,
Sawai Madhopur &
Udaipur, 2 each from
Chittorgarh, Churu &
Hanumangarh and 1
from Kota, 4 cases were
from other states.
The cumulative dis-
trictwisetallyonThurs-
day is as follows – Ajmer
424, Alwar 262, Ban-
swara 90, Baran 62, Bar-
mer 133, Bharatpur 998,
Bhilwara 190, Bikan-
er 130, Bundi 9, Chittor-
garh 201, Churu 189,
Dausa 87, Dholpur 154,
Dungarpur 388, Ganga-
nagar20,Hanumangarh
36, Jaipur 2532, Jaisalm-
er 81, Jalore 193, Jhala-
war 342, Jhunjhunu 218,
Jodhpur 2181, Karauli
42, Kota 545, Nagaur 552,
Pali 763, Pratapgarh 14,
Rajsamand 166, Sawai
Madhopur 58, Sikar 376,
Sirohi 298, Tonk 180 and
Udaipur 603.
In Jaipur, 4 cases
were from Jawahar Na-
gar, 3 each from Ban-
ipark and Pano Ka Dar-
iba, 2 each from Shash-
tri Nagar & Sanganer
and one each from
Benad Road, Chand-
pole, Kotputli, Sodala.
Bas Badanpura, Jhamo-
ta, ahmapuri, Tripoliya
Bazar, Ghatgate, Tonk
Phatak, Ramganj Mod,
Tulsi Das Marg and
Shivaji Nagar.
Security guard outside a mall in Jaipur screening visitors. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
Irani, Poonia hail PM for his
contribution in corona war
Aishwarya Pradhan
Jaipur: Central Minis-
ter for Textile Smriti
Irani while addressing
the Rajasthan Jan Sam-
vad rally through digi-
tal platforms, credited
the Modi govt with tak-
ing firm decisions on
pending issues like arti-
cle 370, Ram Mandir,
triple talaq etc. She said
that schemes like Ujjwa-
la, Kisan Samman Ni-
dhi, Jan Dhan accounts
have paved the way for
the development of the
country. Irani said that
Modi govt has given pri-
ority to nation instead
of politics.
Irani accused the
state govt of trying to
divert the attention of
people from its ineffi-
ciencies and internal
conflicts by blaming
BJP in RS polls.
She praised PM Modi
for a package for the
poor at the beginning of
the lockdown where ra-
tion to 80 crore families
was distributed.
She tried to corner
Rahul Gandhi over his
international webinars
criticizing the country
while praising state
chief Satish Poonia for
holding conversation
with party workers.
Poonia said that India
heads the WHO just be-
cause PM Modi kept 135
crore Indians safe dur-
ing corona pandemic.
He aso accused CM of
theatrics rather than
providing relief to peo-
ple. He claimed that
Modi will again be PM
with three times more
majority and whole
Kashmir will come back
to India.
Central Ministers
Gajendra Singh Shek-
hawat, Arjun Ram
Meghwal and LOP Gu-
labchand Kataria also
addressed the virtual
rally while Deputy LOP
Rajendra Rathore gave
the vote of thanks.
26 shops found overcharging
in Excise dept’s decoy ops
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: Amid continu-
ous complaints of over-
charging and not fol-
lowing specified tim-
ings, Excise depart-
ment conducted decoy
operations in Jaipur
zone on the instruc-
tions of Excise Com-
missioner BC Mallick.
Additional Excise
Commissioner Jagjit
Singh Monga conducted
decopy operations in
Jhotwara,JaipurNorth,
Mahuwa, Kotputli,
Shahpura, Neem Ka
Thana,Khetri,Chirawa,
Behror and Bhiwadi in
Jaipur zone. He checked
101 shops and found 26
guilty of overcharging.
One was found infring-
ing time limit while 10
didn’t display MRP list.
72 were found lacking in
billing and sanitization.
Excise Commission-
er has instructed con-
cerned excise inspec-
tors to issue notices to
these shops and regis-
ter cases against them.
5 cases of overcharging
in have been filed in
Jhotwara & Jaipur
North, 3 each in Mahua
& Kotputli, 4 in Shah-
pura, 2 in Neem Ka Tha-
na, 1 in Khetri, 6 in Chi-
rawa and one each in
Behror & Bhiwadi.
RTO catching up with work
stunted due to lockdown
Inter-religious couple
poison self,girl dies
Mom kills
child, self;
note blames
husband
Did Rahul meet Pilot in Delhi?
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Deputy
Chief Minister Sachin
Pilot, who is in Delhi
since Saturday, contin-
ued to remain the cen-
tre of all political curi-
osities even on Sunday.
The PCC Chief, accord-
ing to sources, was
slated to meet former
Congress President
Rahul Gandhi with
whom he had a ‘con-
firmed appointment’
for meeting on Sunday.
During the day, Pilot
left his Delhi residence
and returned after two
hours. However, his
whereabouts during the
twohoursremainamys-
tery.Itisbelievedthathe
met the Congress scion
however, there was no
confirmation.
Meanwhile, in
Jaipur, a few Gehlot
camp loyalist were
abuzz that Sonia Gan-
dhi had summoned
Pilot on Saturday to
convey her displeas-
ure on the ongoing
‘dissident scenario’ in
Rajasthan but it at the
end of the day it only
remained a specula-
tion because till late
Sunday night Pilot
did not meet Sonia
nor his name was in
the list of people who
were scheduled to
meet Sonia on Sunday.
Now Pilot is likely
to come back to Jaipur
on Monday morning.
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: Jaipur RTO
has settled the pending
driving licenses in the
lockdown and has
made 7,520 driving li-
censes in the last one
week. After the start of
lockdown in March,
more than 9,000 driving
licenses were found
pending.
When unlock 1.0
started, it was a chal-
lenge to meet the old
demand as well as
make licenses of new
applicants. But under
RTO Rajendra Verma,it
was made possible.
RTO continued work-
ing on Sunday as well,
as per the directions of
Transport headquar-
ters and made more li-
censes on Sunday than
other days by deploy-
ing additional staff.
It was feared that a
long time would be tak-
en to clear the pending
driving licenses and
the new applicants
would have to wait for
a long time to get the
license. But the scenar-
io was quite different.
First India Bureau
Jaisalmer: A minor
girl and a boy attempted
suicide by consuming
poison. Both were
brought to hospital. The
minor girl died during
treatment while the boy
is struggling for life and
has been referred to Bi-
kaner.
Apparently, they
were in a inter-religious
relationship. The fami-
ly of the girl has regis-
tered a case of gang
rape and poisoning
against 8-9 persons.
The boy Birbal be-
longs to Bhil communi-
ty and was supposed to
get married on June 29,
while the girl belonged
to Muslim community.
SP Kiran Kung has
said that the police have
registered a case and
were investigating it.
First India Bureau
Jhalawar: A woman
poisoned her one and a
half year old son and
committed suicide in
Girdharpura Hemda
village of Jhalarapa-
tan. She left a suicide
note accusing her hus-
band Jagdish. The lady
was living with her par-
ents for two months af-
ter a discord with her
husband.
The police reached
the crime spot and took
the dead body for post-
mortem. The body
will be handed over to
the family after the co-
rona test results are re-
ceived.
The women police
station SHO has regis-
tered a case against the
deceased’s husband
Jagdish under section
306 IPC on the basis of
the suicide note. Jhala-
war DSP is further in-
vestigating the case.
Smriti Irani addresses Rajasthan Jan Samvad rally virtually,
where Gajendra Shekhawat, Satish Poonia, Gulabchand Kataria &
Rajendra Rathore were present. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Electric shock
kills panther
and peacock
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A panther and
a peacock died after get-
ting electrocuted. They
were stuck to the trans-
former near Khetanka
ki Dhani in Sanakoda
on Saturday night in
the Ajabgarh range of
the Wildlife Sanctuary
area of Jamwa Ram-
garh subdivision. Van-
pal Rajesh Gurjar on
receiving information,
reached the spot and
brought down the dead
bodies.
z Congress’s ‘Young
brigade’ - Indraj Gur-
jar, Prashant Bairwa
and Vijaypal Mirdha -
were seen together in
the hotel at breakfast
on Sunday. While the
trio were included in
their talks, Nawal-
garh MLA Rajkumar
Sharma joined them
and was surprised to
learn that the MLAs
were discussing his
pic with CM Gehlot
blessing Sharma. The
MLA smiled but did
not say anything.
z It was after a
long time that the
‘team’ of Shanti
Dhariwal and harish
meena was seen
sitting on one table.
There was a time,
when Dhariwal was
Home Minister and
Meena was DGP and
they could be seen
working together and
during breakfast, it
was a scene straight
out of the past, albeit
Meena has now be-
come a MLA.
z PHED minister BD
Kalla’s Yoga class
was hot topic of
discussion among
the Congress leaders.
Kalla woke up at 5
AM and indulged in
meditation in the gar-
dens of the hotel fol-
lowed by Yogasanas.
He even instructed
the MLAs on various
yoga poses and told
them of their beneﬁt.
Moreover, Kalla even
informed them of
the correct way to do
‘Surya Namaskar’.
z The Congress
camp has presence
of not one or two but
ﬁve former student
union leaders. Dr
Raghu Sharma,
Mahesh Joshi, Pratap
Singh Khachari-
yawas, Mahendra
Choudhary and Dr
Rajkumar Sharma
have been active in
politics right from
their College days.
On Sunday the two
‘stars’ of Congress
party - Raghu - Ma-
hesh - being the eld-
est of the lot, shared
their experiences and
tactics.
z Baseri MLA Kh-
iladi Lal Bairwa made
everyone laugh at the
breakfast with his one
liners and political
satire on the current
situation. His take
on the BJP leaders
running helter-skelter
after complaint to
SOG was the most
appreciated by the
MLAs who thronged
to his table to listen
to his quips.
BRIEF
in
DRIVING LICENSE FIGURES FROM JUNE 5 TO 12
z License made - 7520
z Learning license -
1377
z Permanent license -
3691
z Renewal - 2452
z ARTO Jagatpura - 2474
permanent license
z DTO Vidhyadhar Nagar
- 1271 permanent and
687 learning license
z RTO Jhalana - 690
learning license
—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA

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hat if you never
had to return to
work? Never
had to return to
work at the of-
fice, that is.
You’d be able to juggle
kids on school holidays.
You wouldn’t need to navi-
gate traffic jams. Your em-
ployer might gain in-
creased productivity, lower
turnover and lower lease
costs. But there are less ob-
vious downsides.
It seems like a grand
idea…
Studies find working
from home cuts commuting
times and associated fa-
tigue, transport congestion,
andenvironmentalimpacts.
Worldwide, an increasing
numberof employersareal-
lowing it in order to attract
and retain staff.
Employees value it as a
way to maintain a work-life
balance, in particular mil-
lennials.
And the office has be-
come a nightmare for some.
A tide of research finds
many employees working
in modern open-plan offic-
es are so distracted by noise
and interruptions they
can’t concentrate.
In my research on the
workplace, employees fre-
quently tell me they have to
work from home to get
work done.
Other research supports
these findings. A two-year
study using randomly as-
signed groups found a 13%
productivity increase. It
also found turnover de-
creased by 50% among
those working at home and
that they took shorter
breaks and fewer sick days.
And the company saved
around US$2,000 (A$2,784)
peremployeeonleasecosts.
It’s enough to make em-
ployers allow working
from home for everyone
who can. But a key finding
from the same study
sounds a cautionary note.
More than half the vol-
unteers that worked from
home felt so isolated they
changed their minds about
wanting to do it all the time.
…until you try it
It’s not just isolation and
loneliness.
Research shows working
from home is far worse for
team cohesion and innova-
tion than working in the
office.
In 2013 Yahoo chief ex-
ecutive Marissa Meyer
banned working from
home, saying that in order
“to become the absolute
best place to work, commu-
nication and collaboration
will be important, so we
need to be working side-by-
side. That is why it is criti-
cal that we are all present
in our offices.”
Since then, other large
corporates including Bank
of America and IBM have
followed suit.
Contrary to what we
might think, research
shows that as the availabil-
ity of laptops and other
remote work devices in-
creases, proximity has be-
coming more important.
One study showed that
engineers who shared a
physical office were 20%
more likely to stay in touch
digitally than those who
worked remotely. Employ-
ees who were in the same
office emailed four times
as often to collaborate on
shared projects than staff
who weren’t in the office.
The result, for these sorts
of projects, was 32% faster
project completion times.
Other research finds
face to face interaction is
essential for identifying
opportunities for collabo-
ration, innovation and de-
veloping relationships and
networks.
Another study of home
workers from 15 countries
found 42% of remote work-
ers had trouble sleeping,
waking up repeatedly in
the night, compared to
only 29% who always
worked in the office.
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More than half
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world’s greatest misery; in
compassion lies the world’s
true strength —Buddha
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Visited the Baghjan blowout site to
review the situation on the ground. I
was accompanied by Hon’ble Chief
Minister, Assam, @sarbanandsonwal
ji and Shri @cmpatowary ji during
the visit. We also took stock of the
ongoing operation to control the ﬁre
and cap the well.
he current political scenario
prevailing in the State is fo-
cused on numbers available
to Congress for RS voting.
The voter list includes six
MLAs elected on BSP tickets
but being shown as Congress
MLAs. Six BSP MLAs if sub-
jected to disqualification un-
der Schedule X, could not be
lawfully shown as members
of INC in the list which may
render the list as illegal and
also disturb the number
game to a great extent.
Schedule-X of the Consti-
tution prescribed that MLA
belonging to any political
party shall be disqualified
for being a member of the
House if he has voluntarily
given up his membership of
such political party. The BSP
MLAs have voluntarily given
up their membership in BSP.
The para 4 of the schedule X
provides that where the
original political party
merges with another po-
litical party and MLA
claims that he and any
other members of his orig-
inal political party have
become members of such
other political party, A
member of a House shall
not be disqualified. The
schedule further provides
that “original political par-
ty”, in relation to a member
of a House, means the politi-
cal party to which he belongs
and merger of the original
political party of a mem-
ber of a House shall be
deemed to have taken place
if, and only if, not less than
two-thirds of the members
of the legislature party
concerned have agreed to
such merger. On a previous
occasion also, to come out of
the clutches of the disquali-
fication, the subterfuge of
the merger of the entire BSP
legislative party into Con-
gress was created.
The constitutional man-
date thus declares that Until
the original political party
(Parent party) merges itself in
the other political party and
until not less than two-thirds
of the members of the legisla-
ture party concerned have
agreed to such a merger, there
is no legally acceptable merg-
er. The Constitution has re-
spected the popular man-
date so much that even the
merger of the parent party
is inconsequential if not
supported with the consent
of not less than two-thirds
of the party’s MLAs in the
State. The party affiliations
of winning BSP MLAs were
duly notified in the Gazette
on 12.12.2018. However, all
BSP MLAs reportedly joined
Indian National Congress in
September 2019/ January
2020 without their original
political party BSP getting
merged in the INC. Hence,
the disqualification incurred
by voluntarily giving up the
membership of BSP is well
proven and attracted disqual-
ification. Hon’ble Speaker ac-
cepted such abrupt snapping
of affiliations of six BSP
MLAs with their party, and
freshly described as INC
MLAs was placed on records
of Vidhan Sabha. Thus, the
popular mandate of concern-
ing constituencies was sub-
jected to a calculated change,
though under a pretense of
legality. However, many of
the self-appointed crusaders
for preserving the democracy
and moral values in public
life preferred to keep silent
on this violence with the Con-
stitution, that was smoothly
executed and the illegality
exists as on date also.
The catch further lies in
the provisions of schedule X
whereby if any question aris-
es as to whether a member of
a House has become subject
to disqualification under this
Schedule, the question shall
be referred for the decision of
the Speaker of such House
and his decision shall be fi-
nal. Again, Hon’ble Speaker
would feel “constrained” to
drag the decision on a peti-
tion seeking disqualification
till the last day of the govern-
ment in power and the Courts
would be keeping their hands
off because first, the judg-
ment has to come from the
Speaker. In this vicious jug-
gernaut, the Constitution of-
ten addressed as the supreme
Lex, slips into oblivion. In
Mayawati v Markandeya
Chand and Others Supreme
Court expressed that every
Speaker must fix a schedule
in the relevant rules for dis-
posal of the proceedings for
disqualification of MLAs or
MPs and all such proceedings
shall be concluded and orders
shouldbepassedwithinthree
weeks from the date on which
the petitions are taken on the
file. Another grey area is that
the vigilant members of the
public, who may challenge
the illegality by preferring
disqualification petitions are
shown the gate on the ground
that the petition ought to be
submitted by a member of
the House.
The glaring question,
therefore, proposes whether
the popular mandate of a
particular constituency
could be allowed to be
changed overnight by the de-
fecting legislative party or
MLAs by an “enacted merg-
er”? As a necessary corollary,
the legality of the exercise of
power to directly overturn
the notified result of the elec-
tion by way of an administra-
tive order of the Speaker is
also to be examined as it is
not traceable to any statutory
or another source of power.
The writing of a well-defined
act of violating the constitu-
tional mandate is though
clearly visible on the wall,
and Speakers and Courts
may approve it based on any
reasons bearing a semblance
of justice having been done,
but does such a situation
pass the litmus test of moral-
ity in public life? Is there no
legal respite or remedy for
the hapless ordinary voter,
who is left high and dry due
to a sudden change of elec-
tion results at the hands of a
party which was voted out by
them in the election that was
held in that constituency?
There may not be a more ex-
plicit example of practising
such a “clear fraud upon the
constitution, democracy and
the public” and committing
violence with morality in
public life, which inciden-
tally also suggests, though
sadly enough, the silent ac-
ceptance by all concerned
including Constitutional
courts. It will be only appro-
priate to say that the voice of
popular mandate gets muz-
zled and the Speakers of As-
semblies, all over the coun-
try, irrespective of the party
they belong to, have largely
disowned the pious expecta-
tions of being fair and judi-
cious as laid upon their
shoulders by Schedule X.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
THE ‘X’ FACTOR
CONUNDRUM IN RS POLL
T
Schedule-X of
the Constitution
prescribed that
MLA belonging
to any political
party shall be
disqualified for
being a member
of the House if he
has voluntarily
given up his
membership of
such political
party. The BSP
MLAs have
voluntarily
given up their
membership in
BSP. The para 4
of the schedule X
provides that
where the
original political
party merges
with another
political party
and MLA
claims that he
and any other
members of his
original political
party have
become members
of such other
political party
THE GLARING QUESTION, THEREFORE, PROPOSES
WHETHER THE POPULAR MANDATE OF A
PARTICULAR CONSTITUENCY COULD BE ALLOWED
TO BE CHANGED OVERNIGHT BY THE DEFECTING
LEGISLATIVE PARTY OR MLAS BY AN “ENACTED
MERGER”? AS A NECESSARY COROLLARY, THE
LEGALITY OF THE EXERCISE OF POWER TO
DIRECTLY OVERTURN THE NOTIFIED RESULT OF
THE ELECTION BY WAY OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE
ORDER OF THE SPEAKER IS ALSO TO BE
EXAMINED AS IT IS NOT TRACEABLE TO ANY
“STATUTORY OR ANY OTHER SOURCE OF POWER”
HEMANT
NAHTA
Advocate, Rajasthan
High Court

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New Delhi: Accusa-
tions against police
over its probe into the
northeast Delhi vio-
lence could be ‘motivat-
ed’ and are also direct-
ed at the court of law,
the chief of the force,
SN Shrivastava, has
said.
In February, the
northeastern parts of
Delhi were rocked by
violence that claimed at
least 53 lives and in-
jured many people.
The police have been
criticised for their han-
dling of the investiga-
tion in various quar-
ters, including by stu-
dent activists, filmmak-
ers and civil society
groups, who have ac-
cused the force of car-
rying out a “witchhunt”
at a time when the coun-
try is battling the coro-
navirus pandemic.
“You can also expect
many such accusations
to be motivated & com-
ing from people who
may have reasons to
make false accusa-
tions.” Probe has been
carried responsibly, he
said. —PTI
INDIAJAIPUR | MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2020
5 DEAD, 3 MISSING AS LANDSLIDE
SWEEPS HOUSES IN WEST NEPAL
Kathmandu: Five bodies
have been recovered
from debris after a
landslide swept at least
three houses in Kushma
Municipality-3 of Parbat
district in Western Nepal.
However, three people are
missing since the land-
slide which was triggered
by incessant rainfall since
Saturday, a local official
confirmed. “Five bodies
have been recovered from
the debris, they are from
the same family. However,
three others are still miss-
ing since the landslide
which swept the houses
at around 9 pm yesterday.
The District Administra-
tion Office has sent more
forces and equipment to
aid search and rescue op-
eration in the area, Chief
District Officer confirmed.
2 MEN, BJP LEADER, HELD FOR
SUPPLYING TRACTOR TO NAXALS
Dantewada: Two people, including local BJP lead-
er Jagat Pujari, have been arrested for allegedly
supplying tractor to Naxals, the police said. “We
got to know through informers that Jagat Pujari
was active in this and meets the Naxals. A few
days ago, we got to know from informers that
these people were buying a tractor with the help of
Jagat. He has been supplying things to Naxals for
the past 10 years,” said Superintendent of Police
Abhishek Pallav. Pallav informed that investigation
is underway & more suppliers will be nabbed soon.
SOCIAL DISTANCING NORMS
FLOUTED DURING BJP EVENT
Sagar: Amid COVID-19 pandemic, social distanc-
ing norms were allegedly flouted during a party
joining programme of the Bharatiya Janata Party
in Sagar district on Saturday, informed a few
sources from the Saffron party. State Minister
Govind Singh Rajput was also present at the
event. According to the data released by Union
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, there are
10,641 COVID-19 cases in Madhya Pradesh, out
of which 2,817 are active, 7,377 have been cured/
discharged/migrated and 447 have died.
8 MIGRANT WORKERS INJURED IN
ACCIDENT IN UP’S SAMBHAL
Sambhal: Eight per-
sons were injured after
a car carrying migrant
workers rammed into a
truck in Gunnaur town
of Sambhal district on
Sunday, officials from the
Department of Police said
while informing about the
incident. A team of Police
officers reached the spot
where the mishap took
place. The injured people
have been admitted to a
hospital, said a few reli-
able sources from the De-
partment of Police.“Eight
people were injured in the
accident. In which five
people have been dis-
charged and three people
have sustained serious
injuries and are undergo-
ing treatment,” said Circle
Officer (CO), Gunnaur
district, Dr KK Saroj.
New Delhi: The fate
and picture of Jammu
and Kashmir will
change in the years to
come under PM Modi’s
leadership, defence
minister Rajnath Singh
said while addressing
the ‘Jammu Jan Sam-
vad rally’ via video con-
ferencing on Sunday.
The minister said
that, under PM Modi’s
leadership, Jammu and
Kashmir will touch
great heights and “peo-
ple from the Pakistan
occupied Kashmir
(PoK) will wish they
were part of India”.
“Just wait, soon peo-
ple of PoK will demand
that they want to be
with India and not un-
der the rule of Paki-
stan, and the day this
happens, a goal of our
Parliament will also be
accomplished,” he said.
The minister said
that earlier in Kashmir,
protests demanding
‘Kashmir azaadi’ were
held and flags of Paki-
stan and ISIS were seen.
“Now only Indian flag is
seen there,” he said.
“Many landmark de-
cisions were taken un-
der PM Modi’s leader-
ship and the abrogation
of Article 370 was one
of them,” Singh said.
The Defence Minister
talked in detail about
the abrogation of Arti-
cle 370 and described
the move in tune with
the development and
progress of Jammu and
Kashmir. He said that
the development of the
region is among the top
priorities of the Modi
government.
“Our promise as a
party back in the days
of Jan Sangha was ful-
filled right after we
formed the government
with a thumping major-
ity last year. Article 370
and 35A were removed
within 100 days of form-
ing government at the
Centre,” Singh stated.
Singh said that PM
Modi has bolstered In-
dia’s footing interna-
tionally. Global powers
respect & laud the coun-
try, he said. “Earlier, at
international plat-
forms, most countries
used to side with Paki-
stan over the matter of
Kashmir and Article
370, that isn’t the case
now,” he noted. —ANI
Mumbai: Admitting to
‘issues’ within the coa-
lition government in
Maharashtra, Congress
leader Ashok Chavan
blamed bureaucrats for
creating a rift among
Maha Vikas Aghadi
(MVA) and added that
his party will soon take
up the matter with Shiv
Sena chief and Maha-
rashtra CM Uddhav
Thackeray.
“Yes there are some
issues (between MVA
allies and Bureaucracy)
We are trying to meet
him and then we will
discuss all our issues
with him in detail. We
expect a meeting in the
next two days,” Chavan
said.
Earlier, state Con-
gress chief and minis-
ter Balasaheb Thorat
also commented on the
same and said, “We
have some issues which
willberesolvedthrough
dialogues among MVA
partners but we want to
say that Congress must
be given its due in the
decision-making pro-
cess of the govern-
ment.” RPI leader Ram-
das Athawale also ad-
vised Congress to re-
think about giving sup-
port to government.
“Congress is the party
on whose support this
government is function-
ing. If the party is not
valued in alliance then
they should rethink
about being ruling alli-
ance,” he had said. —ANI
New Delhi: An Army
personnel was killed
and two others were in-
jured after Pakistani
troops opened fire and
resorted to shelling
along the LoC in Poonch
district of J& K.
This is the third fatal-
ity this month due to
Pakistani firing and
shelling on forward
posts and villages in the
twin districts of Poonch
and Rajouri.
The firing, officials
said, took place in Shah-
pur-Kerni sector on Sat-
urday night, prompting
the Army to strongly
retaliate.Three Army
personnel were injured
and were immediately
evacuated to hospital,
where one of them suc-
cumbed to injuries, the
officials added.
The officials also said
that the casualties suf-
fered by the Pakistani
Army in the retaliatory
action were yet to be
clarified.
Three days ago, an
Army soldier was
killed and a civilian in-
jured in Mendhar sec-
tor after Pakistani
troops resorted to un-
provoked mortar shell-
ing and small arms fire
at various places in Ra-
jouri and Poonch dis-
tricts. Army PRO Lt
Colonel Devender
Anand said. —PTI
‘Fate of J&K will change’Development of the region is among the top priorities of Modi govt, said Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addresses the J&K Jan-Samvad virtual rally at BJP HQs on Sunday.
The violence broke out in Northeastern parts of Delhi in February
this year, which claimed 53 lives and injured many people.
Ashok Chavan
Just wait, soon people of PoK will
demand that they want to be with
India and not under the rule of Pa-
kistan, and the day this happens, a goal of
our Parliament will also be accomplished.
—Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister
BUREAUCRATS BEHIND RIFT
NORTHEAST DELHI VIOLENCE
PRASHANT KISHOR ATTACKS NITISH KUMAR
Congress leader
Chavan admits to
‘issues’ within MVA
Army jawan
killed, 2 injured
in Pak firing in
Poonch district
Charges against police over incident
probe can be‘motivated,’ says Top Cop
‘With over 6k cases, Bihar
discussing polls, not virus’
Patna/ New Delhi:
Election-strate gist
Prashant Kishor at-
tacked Bihar Chief
Minister Nitish Kumar
for launching poll cam-
paign in the state,
where assembly elec-
tions are due later this
year amid the country’s
battle against coronavi-
rus. Last week, Ku-
mar’s Janata Dal Unit-
ed and its ally, the BJP,
went into election mode
in the state, where polls
are due in October-No-
vember. Amit Shah had
held a virtual rally
while Kumar held a se-
ries of interactions
with his party’s district
chiefs.
“Despite the lowest
testing rate, 7-9 %posi-
tive case rate and more
than 6,000 cases, Bihar
is discussing elections
instead of coronavirus.
Nitish Kumar, who had
confined himself to his
home amid coronavirus
fears, thinks people
won’t be exposed (to
COVID-19) if they step
out of their homes to
participate in the elec-
tions,” Prashant Kishor
tweeted in Hindi.
The attack by Kishor
is the latest in a series
of tweets he posted
against Bihar’s re-
sponse to coronavirus.
Kumar, 69, has probably
been one of the few
chief ministers in the
country who did not
hold a vc for journalists
or people on the pan-
demic after lockdown
wasannouncedtocheck
the spread of Corona in
March. —Agencies
Brace for possible flood
challenge: Nitish to officials
Patna: Amid fore-
casts of monsoon
reaching Bihar in a
couple of days, CM
Nitish Kumar
stressed on the need
for dealing with
floods, which may
follow the downpour,
without neglecting
the measures in
place for containing
the spread of COV-
ID-19. At a high-level
meeting that he
chaired, Kumar di-
rected officials to
make arrangements
so that those dis-
placed by floods are
relocated at camps
without compromis-
ing on social distanc-
ing norms. “I wish
that floods do not rav-
age north Bihar this
year. But, we must
need to be prepared,”
he told the officials,
referring to the natu-
ral calamity which is
known to strike al-
most every year.
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar
Prashant Kishor
TAKING STOCK...
Visited the Baghjan
blowout site to
review the situation
on the ground. I
was accompanied
by Hon’ble Chief
Minister, Assam, @
sarbanandsonwal
ji and Shri @
cmpatowary ji during
the visit. We also took
stock of the ongoing
operation to control
the fire and cap the
well.
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp

New Delhi: The SC
granted interim protec-
tion from arrest till July
6 to journalist Vinod
Dua in a sedi-
tion case filed
against him
following a
complaint by a
local BJP lead-
er in Shimla
over his You-
Tube show.
In a special
hearing, a
benchcompris-
ing Justices U U Lalit, M
M Shantanagoudar and
Vineet Saran refused to
stay the investigation
but ordered the
Himachal Pradesh Po-
lice to give him 24 hours
time to join the probe.
The order came after
Dua filed a plea seeking
quashing of the sedition
case.Dua has been
charged under sections
124A (sedition), 268
(public nuisance), 501
(printing matter known
to be defamatory) and
505(statements
conducive to
public mis-
chief) on the
basis of a com-
plaint last
month by
BJP’s Mahasu
unit president
Ajay Shyam.
The BJP leader
claimed that
Dua made bizarre alle-
gations on his 15-minute
YouTubeshowonMarch
30. The complainant
has alleged that the
journalist accused P M
Narendra Modi of us-
ing “deaths and terror
attacks” to get votes.
Police in Shimla had
summoned Dua for
probe over a complaint
by a local BJP leader.
INDIAJAIPUR | MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2020
New Delhi: The na-
tional capital will soon
receive random testing
kits to enhance COV-
ID-19 testing. The Un-
ion Home Secretary
and senior officials
from the Central gov-
ernment, along with
Delhi government, will
decide the road map on
facilities to be im-
proved in the city to
deal with COVID-19 cri-
sis, sources said.
All agencies have
been directed to work
together along with the
local government and
civic bodies to deal
with coronavirus,
sources added.
The decisions were
taken at a COVID-19
review meeting
chaired by Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah along with Un-
ion Health and Family
Welfare Minister Dr
Harsh Vardhan, which
was also attended by
Delhi LG Anil Baijal
and Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal.
This was the first
round of meeting which
lasted for 75 minutes.
The meeting was also
attended by Union
Home Secretary Ajay
Bhalla, Health Secre-
tary Preeti Sudan, Di-
rector AIIMS Dr Ran-
deep Guleria and Mem-
bers of NITI Aayog
apart from other senior
officers. —ANI
RandomkitstoenhancetestingThenationalcapital,NewDelhiwillsoonreceivethesekitstoimprovisevarioushealthfacilities
An ambulance for COVID-19 patients stands parked at LNJP Hospital in New Delhi. —PHOTO BY PTI
New Delhi: In a re-
lease, the Health Minis-
try said that five of
these have also entered
into an agreement with
Gilead, a biopharma-
ceutical company,
which had applied to
CDSCO, for import and
marketing of Remdesi-
vir on May 29. After
due deliberations, per-
mission under Emer-
gency Use Authoriza-
tion was granted on
June 1 in the interest of
patient safety and ob-
taining further data.
“The applications of
these six companies are
being processed by the
CDSCO on priority and
in accordance with the
laid down procedures.
The companies are at
various intermediate
stages of inspection of
manufacturing facili-
ties, verification of
data, stability testing,
emergency laboratory
testing as per protocol.
Being an injectable for-
mulation, testing for as-
say, identity, impurities,
bacterial endotoxin test
and sterility become
very critical for patient
safety and this data
needs to be provided by
the companies,” the re-
lease read. —ANI
6 firms seek CDSCO’s permit to
manufacture Remdesivir drug
SC grants interim
relief from arrest
SEDITION CASE AGAINST DUA
New Delhi: Congress
leader Priyanka Gan-
dhi Vadra attacked the
Yogi Adityanath-led
government in
Uttar Pradesh
after cases of
people using
forged docu-
ments to se-
cure jobs were
reported from
the state and
said that the
gover nment
“tolerates cor-
rupt practices”.
“Is the education
minister not aware of
such big frauds that are
happening in the state?
Did the Chief Minis-
ter's office not even
know about it? Surpris-
ingly, those who talk
about zero tolerance are
tolerating corrupt prac-
tices,” she tweeted
(translated from Hindi).
This comes in the back-
drop after an FIR was
lodged against a teach-
er, Anamika Shukla,
who had alleg-
edly with-
drawn over Rs
1 crore in sala-
ry for over a
year from 25
d i f f e r e n t
schools. Shuk-
la was alleged-
ly working as a
teacher in 25
schools for 13
months and was with-
drawing salary from all
of these.
Earlier in the day, in
the Anamika Shukla
case, a woman identi-
fied as Anita Devi was
arrested from Main-
puri by the Ambedkar
Nagar police for using
forged documents to
secure a teaching job at
a school. —ANI
‘UP Govt tolerates
corrupt practices’
Mumbai: Union Minis-
ter Nitin Gadkari said
India is not interested
expansionism, in land
“either from Pakistan
or China”. The country
only wants “peace and
amity”, he said at the
BJP’s virtual ‘’Jan Sam-
vad’’ rally in Gujarat,
amid a face-off with
China over its trans-
gression in Ladakh.
Speaking of the work
by the Narendra Modi
government -- which
recently completed the
first year of its second
term -- Mr Gadkari
said its biggest achieve-
ment was bringing
peace by dealing with
matters of internal
and external security.
“Whether it is about
almost winning over the
Maoist problem or se-
curing the country from
Pakistan-sponsored ter-
rorism...Wewantpeace,
not violence,” he said
via video-conference
from Nagpur, adding
these are things that
can be established only
by the strength. —PTI
Indian wants peace & amity not
land of Pak or China: Gadkari
Chandigarh: The Pun-
jab Police on Saturday
said it has arrested the
third Lashkar-e-Toiba
(LeT) operative, after
two were arrested ear-
lier this week, for at-
tempting to smuggle
weapons into the Kash-
mir Valley for carrying
out terror attacks.
The two LeT opera-
tives arrested earlier
from Pathankot, along
with weapons, have
beenidentifiedasAamir
Hussain Wani and
Wasim Hassan Wani.
The third accomplice
was arrested while at-
tempting to flee to Kash-
mir, according to the
Punjab police. —ANI
Pb police arrests
third accomplice
of LeT terrorists
ANAMIKA SHUKLA CASE : PRIYANKA SLAMS
New Delhi: In the wake
of COVID-19 pandemic,
the Centre has digitally
launched a web-based
solution for the health-
care supply chain por-
tal 'Aarogyapath', to
provide real-time avail-
ability of critical
healthcare supplies for
manufacturers, suppli-
ers and customers.
The Council of Scien-
tific and Industrial Re-
search (CSIR) launched
the portal on June 12.
According to the Min-
istry of Information &
Broadcasting, the inte-
grated public platform
can help customers in
tackling a number of
routinelyexperiencedis-
sues like dependence on
limited suppliers, time-
consuming processes to
identify good quality
products, limited access
to suppliers etc.
It will also help the
manufacturers and sup-
pliers to reach custom-
ers efficiently like near-
by pathological labora-
tories, medical stores,
hospitals, etc.
CSIR is expecting the
portal to fill a critical
gap in last-mile delivery
of patient care within
India through improved
availability of health-
care supplies.It will also
create opportunities for
business expansion due
to an expanded slate of
buyers. As per Health
Ministry, India has wit-
nessed its highest-ever
spikeof 11,458cases,tak-
ingthetallyto3,08,993in
the country so far. —PTI
‘Aarogyapath’
healthcare supply
chain portal launched
Rajasthan to
ThethreatposedbyCo-
rona hasn’t ended and
thus people should fol-
low Corona health pro-
tocol properly,” Gehlot
said while directing of-
ficials to ensure that
peoplewearmasksand
follow social distanc-
ing to the hilt.
The Chief Minister
also instructed officials
to continue the ‘Moksh
Kalash’ bus service
which hundreds of peo-
ple have availed for
travelling to Haridwar
and immerse the ashes
of their deceased rela-
tive in the Ganges.
Meanwhile, Gehlot
has also instructed Col-
lectors that workers un-
der MGNREGA should
be allowed to leave for
their homes if they fin-
ish their task before 11
AM. “Owing to the sum-
mer season and the
scorching heat, the
workers would have to
face various problems.
Collectors should en-
sure that those workers
who have completed
their task can be al-
lowed to return home
for the day. Also, there
should be ample provi-
sion of shade, water and
medicines for them,”
Gehlot instructed.
Not over...
According to the mod-
el-based analysis for
COVID-19 pandemic in
India, with the addi-
tional capacity which
has been built up for
testing, treating and
isolating patients
during the lockdown
period, the number of
cases at the peak
would come down by
70 per cent and the cu-
mulative cases may
come down by nearly
27 per cent.
In terms of COVID-19
mortality, approximate-
ly 60 per cent deaths
were prevented and
one-third of this mor-
tality prevention is at-
tributed to the reduc-
tion in unmet need for
critical care as a result
of the intervention, the
analysis showed.
The researchers said
the management of
COVID-19 will involve a
dynamic review of pol-
icies and significant
strengthening of the
healthcare system.
“While lockdowns
will delay the onset of
peak and will give the
much needed time for
the health system to
respond, strengthen-
ing the health system
response in terms of
testing, isolation of
cases, treatment and
contact tracing, as is
being done currently,
will have to be the
mainstay to reduce the
impact of the pandem-
ic in India until vac-
cine becomes avail-
able,” it said.
The overall economic
health system cost of
this pandemic is esti-
mated to be 6.2 per cent
of India’s gross domes-
tic product (GDP).
The ministry on June
9 said coronavirus re-
lated health infrastruc-
ture in the country has
been strengthened with
the availability of 958
dedicated COVID-19
hospitals with 1,67,883
isolation beds, 21,614
ICU and 73,469 oxygen
supported beds.
Also, 2,313 dedicated
COVID Health Centres
with 1,33,037 isolation
beds, 10,748 ICU beds
and 46,635 oxygen sup-
ported beds have also
been operationalised.
Moreover, 7,525 COVID
Care Centres with
7,10,642 beds are now
available to combat
COVID-19inthecountry.
‘Centre, state...
free under the leader-
ship of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi.
“To be able to do con-
tact mapping well in
Delhi’s containment
zones, a comprehensive
health survey of every
person will be done
from house to house.
The report will come in
one week. Aarogya Setu
app will be downloaded
in every person’s mo-
bile,” he tweeted.
The Centre, too on
Sunday announced a
slew of measures to
control the spread of
coronavirus in Delhi,
which included carry-
ing out a comprehen-
sive door-to-door health
survey in all contain-
ment zones, doubling of
tests in next two days
followed by a three-fold
increase within a
week’s time.
Unable to keep up
with the rising num-
ber of coronavirus
cases, the Delhi gov-
ernment had asked the
Indian Railways to al-
locate isolation coach-
es for Covid-19 patients
of the national capital.
At least, 500 railway
coaches with a capaci-
ty of 8,000 beds have
been allocated for Del-
hi. Private hospitals,
too, have been told to
earmark 60% of beds
for Covid-19 affected
patients at lesser rates.
The Centre has also
promised to provide the
Delhi government with
all necessary medical
resources like oxygen
cylinders, ventilators,
and all other equipment
to fight the Covid-19
pandemic. —ANI
FROM PG 1
AWAITING RAINS...
A man walks on a path as Monsoon clouds hover in the skies in Nadia district of West
Bengal on Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI
New Delhi: India's
COVID-19 recovery
rate crossed 50 per
cent today even as
the country logged
the biggest single-
day jump of 11,929
new infections in
the last 24 hours,
the government
data said.
The recovery
rate is 50.60% at
present, indicating
that of all the cases
of COVID-19,
half of them have
recovered.
Even though In-
dia recorded more
than 11,000 new in-
fections for the sec-
ond consecutive
day, recoveries con-
tinued to outnum-
ber the rise in ac-
tive cases. The ac-
tive number of
cases in the coun-
try at present is
1,49,348 while
1,62,378 patients
have been cured of
the highly conta-
gious disease with
8,049 recoveries in
a day, the health
ministry numbers
showed. —ANI
‘More than
half of India’s
patients have
recovered’
U'KHAND @ 1,816
THE USEFULNESS

TALKING POINTJAIPUR | MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2020
NETAS UNWIND
AHEAD OF POLLSFitness was the focus of MLAs lodged in a hotel in Jaipur
ahead of June 19 RS Polls. Yoga class, a friendly cricket
match, tackling the football and showing some smart moves
with racquet, kept the legislators busy on a Sunday. CM Ashok
Gehlot, Avinash Pande and others motivated the team.
Evening saw cultural performances!
Vijaypal Mirdha, Prashant Bairava, Indraj Gurjar, Dr Rajkumar Sharma & Sudarshan Rawat.
Mahendra Chaudhary, Gopal Meena and Indra Meena having breakfast.
Mamta Bhupesh in action.
Ashok Chandna and Dharmendra Rathore in action.
Meena Kanwar, Krishna Punia and Safia Zuber in deep conversation.
It is tea-time for Deepchand, Sandeep Yadav, Joginder Awana and Lakhan Meena.
Subhash Garg gets ready
to face the ball.
Rita Choudhary and Mahendra Choudhary cheer for MLAs
Indra Meena, Gangadevi, Shakuntala Rawat, Manju Devi, Manisha Panwar, Nirmala Sahariya,
Meena Kanwar and Safia Zubir bond over food.
BD Kalla, Mahendra Choudhary and Gopal Meena perform
Yoga as Shanti Dhariwal and Rafiq Khan look on.
Avinash Pande, Shanti Dhariwal, Bharat Singh Kundanpur, Mahendra Jeet Singh Malaviya, Supriya Srinet & Mamta Bhupesh in relaxed mood at JW Marriott.
Rajkumar Sharma, Mahesh Joshi, Pratap Singh Khachariwas, Jagdish
Jangid, Rajkumar Rota, Gopal Meena playing football.

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to troubles. There is no place we
can run away to, troubles have a
way of reaching there first and will wait
for us. Best to face and solve, now!.
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New Delhi: The Elec-
tion Commission un-
der the leadership of
CEC Sunil Arora is
all geared up to hold
the Bihar assembly
elections due in Octo-
ber-November as per
schedule and at pre-
sent has no plans to
defer them.
Sunil Arora, who
brings rich leader-
ship experience of
over 36 years head-
ing key departments
while driving gov-
ernance and policy
reform initiatives
both at Government
of India (GOI) and
State levels, is prob-
ably the best person
to lead the Election
Commission and en-
sure fair and free
polls in these pan-
demic times.
Arora said that the
use of digital and me-
dia platforms will be
increased and meas-
ures like limiting vot-
ers in polling booths
and allowing people
above 65 to cast votes
through postal ballot
are already in the pro-
cess of finalisation.
With Covid-19 pan-
demic situation, the
Commission has to bal-
ance the guidelines
and at the same time
ensure a free and fair
democratic process,
Arora in an interview
to The Economic
Times said, “We will
have to constantly
reassess the proce-
dures that we follow
at various stages. A
team of EC officials
is working on these
aspects. All electoral
processes will be
suitably modified to
ensure smooth func-
tioning during the
pandemic. We will
conduct elections as
per the orders, advi-
sories and guidelines
issued by the Nation-
al Disaster Manage-
ment Authority
(NDMA). The Election
Commission will make
appropriate arrange-
ments regarding social
distancing, sanitisa-
tion, disinfection and
use of masks, gloves,
etc. All officials on
election duty are being
duly sensitised about
Covid-19 and related
precautions.”
As for the Rajya
Sabha elections due
on June 19, the Com-
mission is confident
of holding them as
per the statutory re-
quirements of public
health authorities
like the MLC elec-
tions in Maharash-
tra in May. Nodal
Health officers will be
deputed to ensure pub-
lic health norms are
not breached and the
Chief Secretaries of
the concerned states
have already been in-
formed.
EC has no plans to defer Bihar Assembly polls: CEC Arora AVINASH PANDE
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to thank
volun-
tary, unpaid blood
donors for their
life-saving gift, ensur-
ing everyone has
access to affordable
and timely supplies
of safe and quality-
assured blood. On
this day, lets pledge
to donate blood and
raise awareness on
#BloodDonation.
Poll-patti: Independent, BSP
MLAs inform Gehlot of ‘issues’Naresh Sharma
Jaipur. The independ-
ent MLAs have given
their utmost support
to the Congress gov-
ernment without ask-
ing for anything in
return. However, the
problems they face in
the field have caused
concern among them
and on Sunday, the 13
independents met CM
Ashok Gehlot yet
again. The men had
met Gehlot and AICC
General secretary
and Rajasthan In-
charge Avinash Pan-
de on Saturday too,
however, they sought
another audience with
CM and Rajasthan In-
charge on Sunday.
During their meet
with Gehlot, the legisla-
tors objected to the Con-
gress party members
opposing them in their
constituencies. The
MLAs told CM in uni-
son, “We have given
our unconditional
support to the Con-
gress party without
asking anything in
return. However, the
Congress party mem-
bers in our constitu-
encies have colluded
with BJP members
and gone campaign-
ing against us.”
TheMLAsgaveexam-
ple of the Covid-19 cri-
sis and claimed that at
several instances even
the administration also
does not help them. Ge-
hlot assured them that
he will look into the
matter. Meanwhile af-
ter the independent
MLAs left, five former
BSP MLAs - Rajendra
Gudha, Joginder Awa-
na, Sandeep Yadav,
Lakhan Meena and
Deepchand- held an
important discussion
with CM at the hotel.
It is believed the meet-
ing was on a legal
point. After the meet-
ing, CM left for CMR
where he chaired a
review meeting on Co-
rona.
First India Bureau
Jaipur. Hotel JW Mar-
riotisthemakeshiftstate
secretariat for the time
being with CM Ashok
Gehlot and his ministers
camping there with all
the MLAs. It seems the
state government will
function from the hotel
till the morning of June
19. In all probability, CM
Gehlot will issue impor-
tant orders and take pol-
icy decisions from the
Marriot campus. There
are reports of his inau-
gurating some schemes
as well. CMO has all its
eras grounded in the Ho-
tel as all important in-
structions are emerging
from there. Except Food
Supplies Minister
Ramesh Meena, whole
ministryispresentthere.
The ministers who deal
with public affairs di-
rectly have summoned
their staff to Marriott.
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: They say
sports give a message
of discipline and uni-
ty to the opposing
team.Truetotheword
the Congress, Inde-
pendents and BTP
MLAs also present-
ed a shining exam-
ple of unity and dis-
cipline on Sunday
evening when mak-
ing the most of the
relaxed atmosphere
at JW Marriott ho-
tel, the leaders in-
dulged in sporting
activity under AICC
General secretary
and Rajasthan In-
charge Avinash Pan-
de’s ‘captaincy’.
‘Pande’s Cricket
Therapy’, as it was
nicknamed by a few
MLAs, hit bulls eye in
bringing the ‘camp’ to-
gether and also gave
the members a wel-
come change from the
political ‘battle’
against the BJP. The
membersplayedCrick-
et, football and bad-
minton where Pande
bowled several MLAs.
However, Pande, who
has come out in a new
fitter avatar after the
lockdown, also played
footballwithothersen-
ior leaders, displaying
his endurance and
mental strength in the
process. As the game
progressed, Chief
Minister Ashok Ge-
hlot also reached the
hotel and met the
MLAs and party
members on the
cricket pitch where
they all clicked pic-
tures of their happy
times.
The ‘event’ was a
success as it
strengthened the
ties between the
Congress, independ-
ents and BTP MLAs.
Vaishali
New Delhi: Bhartiya
Janta Party’s ‘young
turk’ and Minister of
State for Finance, An-
urag Thakur has ap-
pealed to the party
workers in his home
state of Himachal
Pradesh to remain
vigilant against Coro-
na and spread word on
how the Central and
state governments are
battling the pandemic
in order to keep the
citizens safe. The four
time Parliamentarian
addressed a virtual rally
and said the Modi gov-
ernmentwas taking sev-
eralmeasurestoprovide
relief to the people of
the country from the
pandemic.
Former Himachal
Pradesh chief minis-
ter Prem Kumar Dhu-
mal, HP Panchayati
Raj Minister Viren-
dra Kanwar and BJP
district chief Baldev
Sharma also partici-
pated in the virtual
rally. “PM Narendra
Modi has given a relief
package to people and
all the BJP leaders and
workers were working
with complete planning
and proper implemen-
tation of these schemes
with full intentions,”
Thakur said.
He appealed to BJP
workers that they
should come forward
to take the benefits of
these schemes to the
masses so that they
could know who their
real benefactor was.
“The party workers
had to shoulder a big re-
sponsibility while fight-
ingwiththedeadlyvirus
and for that, they should
educate the people on
how to lead their lives
during this crisis,” he
said, and added that peo-
pleshouldworkonfarm-
related activities in the
fields and grow more
vegetables,especiallyoff-
seasonvegetables,fruits,
and crops for which the
stategovernmentusedto
give them hybrid seeds
andsubsidy.Dhumaltold
them to work towards
helping government in
itsdrivetoendCOVID-19
pandemicandhelpthose
whowereorhadsuffered
due to this disease.
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: After get-
ting worried from a
likely criminal action
by Rajasthan ACB or
SOG against a few ‘dis-
sident’ Rajasthan
MLAs and a few ha-
wala traders in Rajya
Sabha poll horse trad-
ing or poaching case, a
section of senior BJP
leaders, mostly in
Jaipur, have started
the process of ‘explor-
ing’ the possibilities
of bringing CBI into
picture in one or other
pretext. The main con-
tention of their theory
is that Rajya Sabha be-
ing a centre subject,
CBI has a concurrent
jurisdiction along
with state probing
agencies in this case.
A legal opinion is be-
ing taken to see whether
CBI can suo-moto take
the ‘cognizance’ on the
basis of media reports
and can straight away
ask Rajasthan ACB and
SOG to ‘transfer’ this
investigation to the cen-
tral agency. According
to sources, it is also be-
ing examined to first get
lodged the complaint to
election commission by
BJP with the request to
transfer this sensitive
case to CBI.
BJP’s complaint
may charge Congress
for luring independ-
ent and other MLAs
with money bags for
casting their vote to
Congress candidates.
According to normal
practice, such elec-
tion related com-
plaints or issues are
normally first raised
before the election
commission under
the Representation of
the People Act, 1951
and if commission
fails to act, then the
matter is generally
put up before the
High Court or Su-
preme Court asking
for a CBI enquiry into
the entire episode.
In this particular
case, if ‘worried’ BJP
leaders like Rajendra
Rathore and a few oth-
ers succeed to transfer
this investigation from
ACB/SOG to CBI, then
it will be a ‘breather’ for
them at least for the
time being. Prior to this
development, there was
a speculation in Jaipur
that SOG has already
identified four ‘players
or operators’ in this
case and the law of the
land can take its course
against them at any mo-
ment. However, SOG
sources ruled out any
such possibility but no
one in BJP camp is will-
ing to believe or buy
SOG’s informal version.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Bhartiya Trib-
al Party (BTP), which
emerged as a major
force in the tribal are-
as in last assembly
elections, has sounded
an alarm for both Con-
gress and the BJP.
Congress lost its tradi-
tional tribal voters
whereas all the work
done by RSS in the
tribal areas went in
vain when both Sag-
wara and Chaurasi
seats were won by BTP.
Now BTP has decided
to go with CM Ashok
Gehlot in the upcom-
ing Rajya Sabha elec-
tions despite overtures
by BJP and by all indi-
cations this alliance
might be there to stay.
Youngest MLA in the
existing house Rajku-
mar Rot from Sagwara
seems to be following
the footsteps of his ma-
ternal uncle Baleshwar
and making calculated
decisions by siding with
the Congress. BTP has
demanded a Maharash-
tra pattern in the TSP
areawithaTribalDevel-
opment Fund (TDF) for
effective development
of tribal areas. In 1999
there was a committee
constitutedunderGulab
Singh Shaktawat. Con-
gress will get two cru-
cial votes of BTP for its
RS candidates and then
the alliance may help it
regain the lost ground
in the tribal areas.
Local Congress
leaders had lost the
appeal among the trib-
al voters due to their
infighting in the past.
The interesting aspect
is that the BTP hasn’t
yet given up on its de-
mand of Bhil Pradesh
and both Congress
and BJP have so far
been reluctant to
openly support the de-
mand in any way. The
only feasible political
solution was to forge a
political alliance with
BTP which Congress
has been successful in
doing at the moment.
Pande’s cricket
‘polity’ scores a ton!
Remain vigilant, help those in
need:Thakur to party workers
Efforts on to shift ACB-
SOG investigation to CBI!
Despite overtures by
BJP,BTP to support
Congress in RS polls
Avinash Pande on treadmill
during Lockdown in Nagpur.
—Filephoto
Pande taking strike while playing cricket as Rajkumar
Sharma sets field at JW Marriott Hotel grounds on Sunday.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot gets ready to kick the football as Pratap Singh Khachariyawas adjusts
it and Dr Mahesh Joshi, Dr Raghu Sharma, Gopal Meena, Amin Kagzi, Narendra Budania, Mahendra
Choudhary among others look on.
Anurag Thakur
Sunil Arora
Raj Mins, MLAs
pitching work
from resort
CORONA CRISIS HORSE TRADING

#UNFAIR &
LOVELY!
rom Madhubala
to Aishwarya Rai
Bachchan, Bolly-
wood has had so
many beauties
who have dignify-
ing the Silver
Screen. Considering the
fact that there are so
many of them in the
B’Town, the ones with a
dusky skin always stand
out from the crowd. But at
the end, they turn out to
be one of the best, and
City First rounds up some
of the most-loved dusky
beauties who have made a
mark in the industry, and
are admired for their
beautiful complexion.
Priyanka Chopra Jo-
nas, Miss World 2000 has
conquered the modelling
world, and when she en-
tered in Bollywood, it did
not take long for her to
win the hearts of the au-
dience. Her dusky com-
plexion and unique voice
have established her sta-
tus as an adored actress.
Deepika Padukone has
one of the most speaking
pairs of eyes in Bolly-
wood, and a rich skin-tone
which gives her an au-
thentic Indian look. Her
chic fashion sense and
graceful mannerism add
up to her on-screen ele-
gance.
Shilpa Shetty Kundra,
one of the sexiest women
in Bollywood has beauti-
ful and expressive eyes, a
dazzling smile and the
perfect figure which
makes her stand out from
the crowd.
Talking about Chitran-
gada Singh, whether it’s
her acting skills or dance
moves, her desi charm is
incomparable. She has an
impeccable figure and
quirky dressing sense,
which sets her in the top
list of “the most fashion-
able dusky beauty.”
Sushmita Sen, who is
renowned for her beauty,
started her career with
modelling and won the ti-
tle of Miss Universe in
1994. Tall, charismatic
and talented, Sushmita
Sen has earned herself
the title as one of the most
successful Indian mod-
els. Her rich skin tone and
an enigmatic smile lights
up the screen.
Kajol dominated the sil-
ver screen for almost a
decade, and her uni-rows
adds on to the unique
beauty, which distinguish-
es her from others.
Bipasha Basu, the long-
legged beauty who has
the best bikini-body in
Bollywood, is also a mod-
el-turned-actress and is
known for her dusky
complexion and effortless
sultry appeal. She al-
ways sets the screen on
fire with her talent.
The natural beauty and
Desi charm of these dusky
beauties make them per-
fect for roles in the Hindi
Cinema. With their envia-
ble figures, effortless cha-
risma and star qualities,
these ladies are some of
the most desirable ac-
tresses in the industry.
F
ISHIKA DHABHAI
ishika.dhabhai@firstindia.co.in
JAIPUR, MONDAY
JUNE 15, 2020
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City First brings you the dusky beauties of B’Town,
who have been ruling the Silver Screen!
(Top) Sushmita Sen;
(Above) Bipasha Basu
Deepika Padukone
Chitrangada Singh
Shilpa Shetty Kundra
Priyanka Chopra Jonas

OSSIP GIRL, based
on Cecily-von-
Ziegesar’s best-
selling book series
of the same name,
follows the exploits
of privileged
young people from Manhat-
tan’s wealthy Upper East
Side as they hook up, party,
and play out adult-sized
dramas. At the heart of the
action are best friends Ser-
ena van der Woodsen (Blake
Lively) and Blair Waldorf
(Leighton Meester). These
two beautiful, rich girls
rule the social scene,
though they sometimes end
of scheming against each
other. Serena and Blair’s
friends, largely drawn from
the elite private high school
they attended in the early
seasons of the show, in-
clude Dan (Penn Badgley)
and Jenny Humphrey (Tay-
lor Momsen), siblings with
a more middle-class back-
ground, the extremely
wealthy Chuck (Ed West-
wick) and Nate (Chace
Crawford), whose well-to-do
family has fallen on hard
times. The series is narrat-
ed by the titular Gossip
Girl, an anonymous blogger
who keeps track of all the
popular kids’ actions (se-
crets travel fast when deliv-
ered by mass text messag-
es).
This addictive adolescent
drama is filled with kids,
and grown-ups, gone bad.
The sophisticated, label-
savvy characters have no
problem getting served
martinis at fancy hotels or
smoking marijuana during
walks in the park. Their
parents are rarely good in-
fluences, either, since many
are self-centered and fo-
cused on their own prob-
lems. The mothers seem
particularly jealous of
their young daughters: One
even tells her teen that
she’ll never be as beautiful
or as thin as she is now, so
she should make the most
of this time.
It’s all very titillating and
addictive, but teens will
surely get confusing mes-
sages from the show. Back-
stabbing is portrayed as a
social sport; characters
spend money like crazy,
drinking, smoking, and do-
ing drugs in limos and
clubs, and generally having
a great time with few reper-
cussions. It’s not the real
world, but it sure looks al-
luring. It’s campy, soapy fun
that may not be prudent
viewing for tweens, and es-
capist schlock for teens.
Were it presented with a
wink and a laugh, it would
be far more interesting; as
it is, it takes itself a little
too seriously.
Parents need to know
that this over-the-top teen
soap, based on a best-selling
book series, focuses on a
group of extremely wealthy,
privileged, label-obsessed
young people who like to
drink, take drugs, have sex,
and treat each other badly.
While some characters
mean well, many are super-
ficial and emotionally cruel
or distant, and they often
take advantage of their so-
cial and financial position
to get what they want, often
at the expense of others.
Characters play dirty tricks
on each other and other-
wise try to undermine,
backstab, and hurt those
who are supposed to be
their friends. Suicide, eat-
ing disorders, rape, infidel-
ity, casual sex, and more are
all part of the story, but
they’re rarely addressed in
constructive or realistic
ways.
Source: https://www.commonsense-
media.org/tv-reviews/gossip-girl
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HEMLATA RAWAL, Model
YOUR
DAYHoroscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
You will get plenty of time
today to relax and take
make others around you to
chill a bit. Your
achievements speak for you and you
never fails to keep your promises. You
will taste the success today in your
new venture and remember you kids
are very lucky for you.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Overseas business is on
cards for some. You will
find some hidden treasure
or some sudden benefits
will come your way or you may also
get a property inheritance, something
that you never knew about. You have
a female luck supporting you today
as per your stars.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Your saving habit is
benefiting you each day in
term of financial prospects.
You will manage to save
the firm you work for from a big loss
and you shall be rewarded for the
same. You will fine that dream job for
which you have been waiting for a
long time.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
You will have an awesome
time in your educational
institution as learning will
finally become the fun for
you. You don’t trouble yourself with the
worries of tomorrow and you live for
the day. Today you will spend the day
working very hard not by force because
you are motivated.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
A family is where you feel
heaven and you exactly
have that one. Your team in
office will be a big support
to you in a very important official
project. You enjoy luxury no matter
how. Your spiritual self will
encourage to do something big for
good. Life will bring joyful moments.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
You will get some kind of
assistance from your sibling
even when you didn’t ask for
it. You will be whole day
involved in doing preparation for some
family party. You must refrain from
provoking you boss as he or she may
in some understandable mood. You will
work hard today.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
All the businessmen who
have been facing downfall
will see the sun rising now
as your business will pick
up. You are a fit person and people
get inspired from you because of
which you may consider fitness as
your career. You may be too busy
today to attend a social affair.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Don’t be impulse from it
come to investments as
you need to clearly see
your options and study
about them at first. Your dedication
in your business will make you a
successful business men/women one
day. You will sign a great deal today
though you may not see the profit.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
You will be appreciated for
some deeds and criticised
for others but don’t let that
effect your spirit. You like
to be lonely sometimes but make
sure its not a permanent feeling. You
spouse is always there for you
mentally in the time of distress. Your
kids adore you.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
You are great in budgeting
and this is one of your
strengths which will help
you both on professional
and personal front. You will spend
the whole day feeling light and happy.
You will see a rise in sale if you are in
buying-selling business. An elder in
family will feel very emotional.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
On professional front, a
sudden change of job is on
cards and for all the good
reasons. People may
sometimes call you miser as you
tend to hoard money but its alright to
sometimes open your heart and
spend a little on the happiness of
those who matters.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
You are a very smart
persona and you have a
great initiative power when
it come to judging people.
Your persuasive power will make
your spouse agree on things that
they have been rigid about. You may
not be in the mood to roam around a
lot so you will be at home.
G
XOXO, GOSSIP GIRL!

S
onam Kapoor Ahuja on Saturday shared
her glamorous picture and dazzled the In-
stagram with the major throwback snap.
The ‘Raanjhanaa’ star put out on Insta-
gram, capture from a past photoshoot
that the diva in a classy avatar as she
sports a black dress and acces-
sorised it with a long pearl bead-
ed necklace while sitting at the
driving seat and posing as she
looks into the camera. Along
with the picture she wrote,
“Going for a drive no
where...”
The post on the photo-
sharing platform gar-
nered more than 2 lakh
likes from fans and celeb-
rity followers including
Swara Bhasker.
Maheep Kapoor also
chimed in the comment
section and left a smiling
face with heart-eyes and a
fire emoji.
Meanwhile, Sonam has been sharing updates on
her activities on her social media handles by shar-
ing pictures and videos.
Earlier, the ‘Veere Di Wedding’ star shared a
childhood picture which shows that she was a
‘bookworm’ even then. —ANI
B
illie Eilish didn’t
think twice before
trolling the New
York Police Depart-
ment after its commission-
er claimed that they were
being shamed after George
Floyd’s death. Mocking the
police department, Billie
Eilish posted a mashup vid-
eo done by writer and civil
rights activist Shaun King,
on her Instagram story
showing incidences of po-
lice brutality that has oc-
curred over the past couple
of weeks, contrary to what
Commissioner Dermot
Shea was trying to explain.
“LMAOOO goo goo ga ga
cops feeling hurty,” Billie
Eilish wrote over the video.
The Grammy winner has
been very vocal about her
stance in the matter of
George Floyd’s death. Billie
Eilish has been joining the
protests for the Black Lives
Matter movement that
started after George Floyd’s
death in Minneapolis.
—Agency
BEING VOCAL!
S
inger Taylor
Swift is
‘’sick’’ of the
monuments
of racist historical
figures in Tennes-
see. “As a Tennesse-
an, it makes me sick
that there are monu-
ments standing in our state that cele-
brate racist historical figures who did
evil things. Edward Carmack and
Nathan Bedford Forrest were DES-
PICABLE figures in our state his-
tory and should be treated as
such,” she tweeted.
“Taking down statues isn’t go-
ing to fix centuries of systemic
oppression, We need to change
the status of people who per-
petuated patterns of racism to
‘villains’. And villains don’t
deserve statues.” —Agency
Talking out loud
J
ust like the rest of the world, Ange-
lina Jolie is on quarantine mode
due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The 45-year-old actress, who re-
cently celebrated her birthday on June
4,2020,isquarantiningwithhersixchil-
dren- Maddox Chivan, Pax Thien, Zaha-
ra Marley, Shiloh, twins Knox Léon and
Vivienne Marcheline. In a recent inter-
view, Angelina spoke about life amidst
COVID 19 as well as touched upon the
Black Lives Matter movement, which is cur-
rently rampant in the US. While talking
about racism in America, Angelina stated
how it’s intolerable that there’s a system that
might protect her but not protect her daughter,
Zahara, or any other man, woman or child based
on their skin colour. Jolie stressed on the fact that
they need to progress beyond sympathy and good
intentions and move on to laws and policies that
actually address structural racism and impunity.
On what advice she teaches her children regard-
ing race and racism issues, the ‘Maleficent: Mis-
tress of Evil’ star revealed, “To listen to those who
are being oppressed and never assume.” —Agency
THE HEART
WARMING NOTE
A
s actor-turned-politi-
cian Kirron Kher
rings in her 65th birth-
day today, her husband
Anupam Kher shared heart-
warming birthday wishes
along with throwback pic-
tures to make the day
special.
The ‘Hotel Mumbai’
actor put out an ador-
able post on Twitter
wherein he shared
throwback pictures
with the actor. The
post showcased a
picture of the cou-
ple Kirron and Anu-
pam Kher and also
featured an article
titled ‘to stardom
from Chandigarh
stage’ that summa-
rised the acting
journey of Kirron.
In one of the mon-
ochromatic pic-
tures shared in
the post, Kirron
is seen in her
younger days,
as she holds a
script in
her hand
as she
p o s -
e s
for the camera. The post also fea-
tured another family picture
which shows Kirron and, Anu-
pam Kher along with their son
Sikander Kher who is seen as a
kid.
Along with the post, the ‘Dil-
wale Dulhania Le Jayenge’ actor
wished for his wife’s long and
healthy life and noted, “Happy
birthday my dearest #Kirron!!
May God give you all the happi-
ness in the world. May you have
a long & healthy life. Sorry, you
are on your own in #Chandigarh
& both @sikandarkher& I are
not with you. But we miss you.
Love@KirronKherBJP.” Recent-
ly, the actor released his popular
autobiographical play ‘Kuch
Bhi Ho Sakta Hai’. —ANI
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Historical Racism
onakshi Sinha on
Saturday delighted
her fans with a
stunning side-view
mirror picture
from one of her old
photoshoots.
The ‘Dabangg’ girl took
to Instagram to post the
picture in which she is
seen sitting in a sky blue
coloured car and posing
beautifully while staring
into its side-view mirror.
In the picture, the
33-year-old actor is seen
wearing a yellow col-
oured full-sleeved top which she paired with a matching
elliptical eye glares.
“Mud Mud Ke Na Dekh, Mud Mud Ke...side view mir-
ror hai na,” Sinha wrote in the caption. The picture is
being appreciated by her fans all over and has also re-
ceived scores of comments. —ANI
Treating Fans
onakshi Sinha on
Saturday delighted
her fans with a
stunning side-view
mirror picture
from one of her old
The ‘Dabangg’ girl took
to Instagram to post the
picture in which she is
S
#THROWBACK WEEKEND
Angelina Jolie
Billie Eillish
... her post
Sonakshi Sinha
... her post
Sonam Kapoor Ahuja
Taylor Swift
Kirron Kher in
Anupam Kher’s post
... her post

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