The document discusses the political situation in Rajasthan, highlighting the ongoing conflict between Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and dissident leader Sachin Pilot, as well as potential Income Tax raids on Gehlot's associates. It also mentions the cancellation of the Amarnath Yatra due to COVID-19 and the decision for the Indian Premier League (IPL) to be held in the UAE. Additional segments cover various incidents related to political tensions, including court hearings and accusations among political parties, amidst the backdrop of rising COVID-19 cases.

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Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Days since
the Income Tax depart-
ment raided the estab-
lishments of various Ge-
hlot camp Congress
leaders and business-
men at Jaipur, Mumbai
and other cities, even as
Rajasthan simmered in
the political tussle be-
tween Gehlot and Pilot
camps, the Gehlot camp
now believes that the I-T
sleuths will again be put
to action in Rajasthan,
however this time
around their ‘sting’
could hurt more as word
has it that now relatives
and people close to Ge-
hlot camp at Jodhpur
will be targeted.
Knowledgeable sources
claim that the I-T sleuths
are searching their records
and may even take up 10-15
year old I-T matters of the
Gehlot loyalists and family
members into their pur-
view. Sources say I-T is
burning midnight oil to
search for matters related
to businessmen and politi-
cians close to Gehlot. More-
over, there is ample indica-
tion to these individuals
that the I-T could ‘act’ on
them on Wednesday.
Notably, so far the In-
come Tax sleuths had raid-
ed the offices and enterpris-
es of leaders close to Ge-
hlot, namely Rajeev Arora,
Dharmendra Rathore, Ra-
tankant Sharma, Om Ko-
thari and others.
Gehlot camp expects IT raids, now on kin in Jodh
#RAJASTHANPOLITICALCRISIS
Srinagar: The annual
Amarnnath yatra has
beencancelledduetothe
continuous rise in Covid
19 cases across Jammu
and Kashmir. Shri Am-
arnathji Shrine Board
on Tuesday said the vir-
tual darshan of one of
the holiest Hindu pil-
grimagesdevotedtolord
Shiva will continue to be
telecast live during the
morning and evening
prayers, which will con-
tinue at the shrine, lo-
catedataheightof 13,000
feet from the sea level.
“Based upon the pre-
vailing circumstances,
the Board decided with
heavy heart that it is not
advisable to hold and
conduct this year’s Shri
Amarnathji Yatra and
expressed its regret to
announce the cancella-
tion of Yatra 2020,” an
officialspokesmanof the
board said. Turn on P6
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The action by
Assembly speaker Dr
CP Joshi in pursuance
of the notices served to
Sachin Pilot and 18 oth-
er dissident Congress
MLAs is still under con-
sideration.
Joshi, after the HC
hearing on Tuesday,
keepingwiththejudicial
dignity decided to defer
anyactiononthenotices
servedtilltheeveningof
July 24. He took the deci-
sion keeping in view the
request made by HC in
the matter. This is the
second time in the last
four days that Joshi has
acted to uphold the dig-
nity of two constitution-
al bodies.
Joshi reached his of-
fice at the Vidhan Sab-
ha at 5 pm on Turn on P6
Jaipur: Lashing out
again at dissident Con-
gress leader Sachin Pi-
lot, Rajasthan Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
here on Tuesday said
those betraying the par-
ty will not be able to
face the public.
Gehlot also reiterated
that a conspiracy to top-
ple his government was
being hatched but said
he was confident that
they will complete their
tenure.
“This is intolerable
and condemnable.
Those betraying the
party will not be able to
show their faces in pub-
lic,” Gehlot said ad-
dressing a Congress
Legislature Party meet-
ing at a hotel here.
According to a state-
mentissuedbyCongress
chief whip Mahesh
Joshi, Gehlot said ef-
forts are being made to
weaken democracy in
the country but Con-
gress legislators are
fightingfirmlytosaveit.
The fight will contin-
ue till the victory of
truth, he claimed, add-
ing that his government
is strong and stable and
will continue to serve
people of the state for
five years. Turn on P6
Kartikey Dev Singh
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
High Court on Tuesday
requested Assembly
Speaker CP Joshi to de-
fer action on disqualifi-
cation notices till Friday
as it will pass appropri-
ate orders on the writ
petition filed by Sachin
Pilotand18dissidentleg-
islators on that day, the
Speaker’s counsel said.
The Pilot camp is re-
portedly elated after the
Joshi decided to keep
his decision on the re-
moval of rebel leaders
from the Assembly, safe
till July 24. The camp is
thus considering it as
their moral victory as
they have received re-
lief till Friday.
The also court al-
lowed the application
of two other parties to
be included as respond-
ents as heard them on
Tuesday.
“It will become clear
on July 24 whether
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A MORAL VICTORY!
CLAIMS PILOT CAMP AFTER HC BREATHER
Defer disqualification notices till July 24, HC to Speaker
‘Those betraying
party won’t be able
to face public’
Will not act against
rebels till verdict: CP
Corona ‘cancels’ Amarnath YatraVIRTUAL DARSHAN WILL BE TELECAST LIVE DURING MORNING & EVENING PRAYERS
Rajiv assasin
Nalini attempts
suicide in
Vellore prison
Vellore: Nalini Sri-
haran, a convict in the
Rajiv Gandhi assassina-
tion case, allegedly at-
tempted to commit sui-
cide inside the Vellore
Women’s prison on
Monday night, her law-
yer said on Tuesday.
“Yesterday night, we
received information
that Nalini attempted to
commit suicide in pris-
on. Immediately, we en-
quired from police offi-
cials and prison offi-
cials. They said that the
information is correct,”
Advocate P Pugalenthi
told ANI.
Pugalenthi alleged
torture by jail officials
and urged the authori-
ties and Tamil Nadu
chief minister to trans-
fer Nalini to another
prison anticipating a
threat to her life.
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IPL 2020 SHIFTS
FROM INDIA TO UAE
New Delhi: The 13th edition of the Indian
Premier League (IPL) will be played in the
UAE, the IPL governing council chairman
Brijesh Patel confirmed on Tuesday.
The IPL 2020 edition was slated to com-
mence from March 29 this year but the tourna-
ment was postponed indefinitely due to the
coronavirus pandemic. “IPL 2020 which was
postponed due to coronavirus will now be held
in UAE,” Patel told ANI.
He also said that the Board of Cricket in
Control for India (BCCI) has applied for gov-
ernment permission and further course of
action will be discussed in IPL governing
council meeting. Turn on P6
PILOT SERVES LEGAL
NOTICE TO MLA MALINGA
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Former deputy CM and PCC chief Sachin
Pilot has served a legal notice to MLA Giriraj
Malinga for false and malicious statement
made by him to the press on Monday. It may be
recalled that Congress MLA from Bari, Malinga,
had alleged on Monday that rebel leader Sachin
Pilot had offered him Rs 35 crore to switch to
the BJP but he had refused to comply. After this,
Pilot had said in a statement on Monday that an
attempt was being made to defame him and he
would take strict legal action against the MLA.
Meanwhile Pilot will hold a press confrence on
Wednesday at 9 am.
CP Joshi in Assembly; Avinash Pande & Randeep Surjewala arrive
at the Vidhan Sabha in Jaipur on Tuesday.
CM Ashok Gehlot addressing the MLAs during CLP meeting at
Hotel Fairmont on Tuesday.
—PHOTOBYSANTOSHSHARMA
‘Much-awaited’ phone
tapping report sent to Centre
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: Three days af-
ter the union Home
Ministry asked the
Chief Secretary to fur-
nish a report on the
phone tapping issue, the
Home department for-
warded a report on
Tuesday night on the
points asked by the Min-
istry. The Home Minis-
try had sought a report
seeking if the phones of
any political leader
were tapped and sur-
prisingly, the Home de-
partment has answered
in the negative. Highly
placed sources in the
Home Department
maintained that no tap-
ping of phones of politi-
cal leaders have been
conducted. Surprising-
ly, by contradicting its
own public claim that
union minister Gajen-
dra Singh Turn on P6
RAJASTHAN
577
DEATHS
31,373
CONFIRMED CASES
GUJARAT
2,200 DEATHS 50,465 CASES
KARNATAKA
1,469 DEATHS 71,069 CASES
WORLD
6,15,880
DEATHS
1,49,70,372
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
11,92,405
CONFIRMED CASES
28,770
DEATHS
MAHARASHTRA
12,276 DEATHS 3,27,031 CASES
DELHI
3,690 DEATHS 1,25,096 CASES
TAMIL NADU
2,626 DEATHS 1,80,643 CASES
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TITTLE-TATTLE Raghu Sharma, Arun Kumawat, Gopal Meena and Mahendra Chaudhary discussing Rajasthan
political situation over a cup of tea at Hotel Fairmont in Jaipur on Tuesday. WHAT A SHOT Sudarshan and Prashant Bairwa during a friendly Badminton game at Hotel Fairmont in Jaipur on Tuesday.
FROM THE PAGES OF FAIRMONT DIARY!
Kota: Man beaten to death
for harassing woman; 8 held
Kota: A 30-year-old
man died allegedly af-
ter eight-nine family
members of a woman
attacked him with
sticks, iron rods and
stones at a village in Ra-
jasthan’s Jhalawar dis-
trict for harassing her,
police said on Tuesday.
Nine people, includ-
ing the woman, have
been booked and eight
of them arrested in con-
nection with the kill-
ing, they said.
The incident took
place on Monday noon
at Sumer village under
the Khanpur police sta-
tion limits.
The deceased man
was identified as Toki-
ya alias Raju Bagri (30),
a resident of Sumer vil-
lage. He was a notorious
goon in the village and
was involved in several
crimes and unlawful ac-
tivities including har-
assing and troubling
women in the village,
Khanpur Station House
Officer (SHO) Kamal-
chand Meena said.
Bagri had allegedly
harassed the 22-year-
old married woman of
the village on Monday
last week, following
which she lodged a
case against him un-
der section 354 (assault
or criminal force to
woman with intent to
outrage her modesty)
of IPC. —PTI
BJP in ‘wait and watch’ mode till FridayAishwarya Pradhan
Jaipur: The BJP will
remain in ‘wait and
watch’ mode till the
High Court pronounce
its judgment on the
Sachin Pilot group’s pe-
tition against disquali-
fication notice by
speaker Dr CP Joshi on
Friday. BJP believes
that it gives more edge
to its attack on Ashok
Gehlot government
while it remains locked
in a luxury hotel.
State BJP president
Dr Satish Poonia reiter-
ated that for how long
the government would
remain in the hotel.
While reacting to the
court case related to re-
bel the congress MLAs
disqualification he ex-
pressed faith in the ju-
diciary.
“We hope that good
judgment would come
on July 24,” Dr Poonia
said. The BJP hopes
that the court would
dismiss the speaker’s
notice to rebel Congress
MLAs.
Meanwhile, Dr Poon-
ia said that CBI action
in Rajgarh SHO’s sui-
cide case should not be
linked with ongoing po-
litical development in
state. SHO Dutt’s sui-
cide case was handed
over to the CBI much
before this political cri-
sis; the two should not
be linked. Though, he
said that if SOG and
ACB can become active
then why not CBI.
Deputy leader Rajen-
dra Rathore said that
everyone is awaiting
the high court’s judg-
ment. The MLAs are
desperate to come out
of the hotel therefore,
how long can the gov-
ernment keep them
locked.
Rathore said that
monsoon is playing tru-
ant because of which 31
out of 33 districts have
been facing drought.
Number of corona posi-
tives has crossed 30000
but the government has
been enjoying at the
luxury hotel. It doesn’t
care about people.
The BJP is likely to
call meeting of legisla-
tors and senior leaders
after the high court pro-
nounces its judgment
on July 24.
State BJP president Dr Satish Poonia
DIFFERENT CASES
TO CONSIDER!
Sambit Patra is generator of lies: Khachariyawas
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Transport Min-
ister Pratap Singh
Khachariyawas has
said that BJP spokes-
person Sambit Patra is
the generator of lies. It
is clear from the kind of
language he is using by
becoming the spokes-
person of the Congress
rebels that the BJP gov-
ernment at the centre is
fully involved in the
conspiracy to topple the
government.
Khachariyawas said
that the BJP leaders are
running the camp of re-
bels and independent
MLAs. Many union
ministers visit the
camp. The camp of the
independent candidates
is also being governed
by BJP, that is why each
Congress rebel speaks
with the permission
given by the BJP lead-
ers, according to the
script written by them.
Khachariyawas add-
ed that there is still
time for the Congress
MLAs who have left the
party to return and be
in a position to respond
to the people of their
area, otherwise the pub-
lic will not allow them
to enter their respective
assembly constituen-
cies. If someone betrays
the party from which
he/she has won, then it
is cheating with the vot-
ers as well.
The minister claimed
that the phones of all
the MLAs of our camp
are on, while all the
phones of rebels, have
been switched off. He
also said that the Speak-
er of the Legislative As-
sembly has all the
rights and the rebel
MLAs of Congress are
fighting in court unnec-
essarily. If they are
truthful, then they
should reply to the no-
tice issued by the
Speaker. But their be-
haviour clearly depicts
that they do not want to
follow the party whip,
which is punishable.
Pratap Singh Khachariyawas
He also said that
the rebel MLAs of
Cong are fighting in
court unnecessarily
People suffering
due to CM and
Pilot rift: Diya
Jaipur: Rajsamand MP,
Diya Kumari, said that
the people of State are
suffering in the rift be-
tween CM Gehlot and
Pilot. CM has vented his
anger not only on Pilot
but also on public. Diya
said that the people
should not hope for any
relief as Government
itself is helpless. The
Government, which is
giving a shock to con-
sumers in electricity
bill amounts, should
understand that the
same shock will return
to them later.
MP JAUNPURIYA ASSURES
GURJAR SUPPORT TO PILOT
Tonk-Sawai Mad-
hopur MP Sukhbir
Singh Jaunpuriya has
played the caste card
to the hilt by invok-
ing Sachin Pilot to
take the ultimate step
in the name of Lord
Devnarayan. BJP MP
said that had Sachin
taken a decisive step
immediately after
the assembly elec-
tions when the Gurjar
community had given
him wholehearted
support then he would
have been the CM of
Rajasthan with such
support from peo-
ple which even Late
Rajesh Pilot had never
received. Jaunpuriya
said that Congress,
which badly needed
outside support then is
passing comments on
Pilot now. BJP Gurjar
leader reminded Pilot
that he had kept quiet
at the critical time and
now he says that he
is sad. Jaunpuriya
assured him of support
from the Gurjars but
the final decision will
have to be taken by
Pilot himself.
Sukhbir Singh Jaunpuriya
Kashiram Chaudhary
Jaipur: The movement
of chartered aircrafts
from Jaipur Interna-
tional Airport has been
steadily increasing. In
the last 55 days, 85 char-
tered planes have been
operated from Jaipur
Airport. Mainly, people
from businesses use
chartered flights, but
during the last one
month, the political
movement at the air-
port is also being done
by chartered planes.
During the Rajya
Sabha elections last
month, the Congress
and BJP MLAs were
gathered at a place.
During this time, Con-
gress had also given the
responsibility of the
observer to two leaders.
All the movements of
these leaders were done
through chartered
planes. Now, after for-
mer Deputy Chief Min-
ister Sachin Pilot is not
supporting the govern-
ment, the political cri-
sis has arisen and the
movement of Congress
leaders is being done
continuously through
chartered planes.
The cost of renting a
charter plane is around
Rs 2.5-3 lakh per hour.
Political parties usually
rent aircrafts from avia-
tion companies provid-
ing planes in Delhi. Po-
litical leaders used 10
chartered aircrafts in
the last one month.
Chartered flights soar high at Jaipur airport
WITH POLITICAL MOVEMENT ON TOP
LEADER FROM TO DATE
RS Surjewala Chandigarh Jaipur June 10
TS Singh Dev Jaipur Raipur June 10
TS Singh Dev Raipur Jaipur June 13
RS Surjewala Jaipur Chandigarh June 13
RS Surjewala Chandigarh Jaipur June 16
TS Singh Dev Jaipur Bhopal June 19
KC Venugopal Jaipur Delhi June 19
Ajay Makan Delhi Chandigarh July 12
Ajay Makan Chandigarh Jaipur July 12
KC Venugopal Trivandrum Jaipur July 13
MOVEMENT OF POLITICIANS THROUGH CHARTERED PLANES
HC DISMISSES BAIL PLEA
OF BHARAT MALANI
In the matter con-
nected to conspiring
for toppling the govern-
ment, District and
Sessions Judge, Jaipur
Metropolitan II, Kaushal
Singh has dismissed
the bail plea filed on
behalf of Bharat Kumar
Malani, while terming it
a heinous crime. Bharat
had also denied provid-
ing voice samples.
Previously, on July 18,
bail plea of Ashok Singh
was also dismissed.
APP Mohanlal Gurjar
opposed the appeal in
court. After the argu-
ment, the court found
that there are charges
of treason and criminal
conspiracy against the
accused. Moreover,
as per the transcrip-
tion of talks held over
the phone by Bharat
submitted by SOG, it is
evident that the accused
has tried to topple the
government. The court
also said that the bail
application of the other
accused was rejected
and Bharat’s crime is
not different from him.
Bharat Malani
“WE HOPE THAT GOOD JUDGMENT WOULD COME ON JULY 24,” DR SATISH POONIA SAID. THE BJP HOPES
THAT THE HIGH COURT WOULD DISMISS THE SPEAKER’S NOTICE ON REBEL CONGRESS MLAS

3. First India Bureau
Jodhpur: Four people
died on the spot in a
road accident near
Lunawas village on
Tuesday. The deceased
were travelling in a SUV
towards Bhandu on
Jodhpur Balotra road
when it rammed into an
empty bus, coming from
the opposite direction.
The bus driver fled after
the incident.
Meanwhile, in Jhala-
war two cars collided in
Aklera on NH-52, in
which 3 people died and
10 were injured. The 2
severely injured were
referred to Kota for
treatment, while the re-
maining 8 are getting
treatment in SRG Hos-
pital. Former Chief
Minister Vasundhara
Raje has also taken
information about
the accident by talk-
ing to the District Col-
lector over the phone.
MP Dushyant Singh
also inquired about
the injured and de-
ceased, along with
paying condolences to
their family.
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First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan
Board for Secondary
Education (RBSE) Dr D
P Jaroli released senior
secondary arts result on
Tuesday. Total 90.70%
students cleared the
exam this year.
According to Dr Jaro-
li 5,90,868 students took
the exams, out of which
5,26,726 passed includ-
ing 2,64,892 boys and
2,61,834 girls. He said
that this year 15,000
more students passed
the exam compared to
last year.
Once again girls have
outshined boys as
93.10% girls passed com-
pared to 88.45% boys. Dr
Jaroli said that remain-
ing results will also be
declared soon.
Regular students
have a pass percentage
of 91.17 and private
students have a pass
percentage of 29.17%.
93.10 per cent girls
have passed while
88.45 percent boys
have passed. As many
as 21,681 students
would have to appear
for supplementary ex-
ams this year.
Students have per-
formed the best in Ra-
jasthaniSahityaSubject
this time where out of
1553 students who had
taken the exam 1542
passed making the total
pass per cent of 99.29%.
RBSE Arts Results: 90.70% students clear exam
EYE ON A BETTER FUTURE
Tuesday breaks records: 983
new cases in 24 hrs; 9 deaths
Court convicts 11 cops for
killing ex-royal 35 yrs ago
Govt moves HC to defer local body polls St Xavier’s College
gets new principal
7 die in different accidents across state
Govt to ensure
manpower,
meds stock
‘Send Haj pilgrims
of 2020 next year’
Land mafia & allies
attack cop in Ajmer
State’s tally now stands at 31,373 cases while the toll reaches 577
Judge will pronounce quantum of punishment today
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Last 24 hours
added 983 new cases,
breaking its previous
record, taking tally to
31,373 along with report-
ing 9 deaths taking toll
to 577. 5 deaths were re-
ported from Pali, 2 from
Udaipurwhileonedeath
each was reported from
Dholpur & Kota.
111 new cases were
reported from Jodhpur
followed by 106 from Al-
war, 74 from Bikaner,
Jalore 69, Ajmer 67, Na-
gaur 56, Pali 54, Kota 53,
Bhilwara 51, Barmer 46,
Sikar 44, Sirohi 32,
Jaipur 41, Bharatpur 26,
Dholpur 23, Dausa 22,
Tonk 19, Rajsamand 14,
Karauli 11, 10 each from
Dungarpur & Hanu-
mangarh, Sri Gangana-
gar 7, Jhalawar 6, Churu
5, 4 each from Chittor-
garh&SawaiMadhopur,
3 each from Jhunjhunu
& Pratapgarh,1 each
from Baran, Bundi &
Banswara along with 2
from another state.
The cumulative dis-
trict wise tally is as fol-
lows – Ajmer 1260, Al-
war 1914, Banswara 115,
Baran 80, Barmer 1041,
Bharatpur 2207,
Bhilwara 408, Bikaner
1507, Bundi 38, Chittor-
garh 223, Churu 527,
Dausa 263, Dholpur
1045, Dungarpur 529,
Ganganagar 112, Hanu-
mangarh 167, Jaipur
4446, Jaisalmer 144, Ja-
lore 953, Jhalawar 417,
Jhunjhunu 503, Jodh-
pur 4943, Karauli 239,
Kota 1099, Nagaur 1161,
Pali 2111, Pratapgarh
162, Rajsamand 485,
Sawai Madhopur 162,
Sikar 780, Sirohi 772,
Tonk 245 and Udaipur
1011 along with 182 from
other states & countries.
First India Bureau
Bharatpur: District
and session court in
Mathura has convict-
ed 11 policemen for
murder of Raja Man
Singh independent
MLA and member of
erstwhile royal family
of Bharatpur.
Judge Sadhna Rani
Thakur found circle
officer of Deeg Kan
Singh Bhati and SHO
Virendra Singh along
with nine other po-
licemen guilty of the
murder while three
accused were exoner-
ated and three other
died during course of
the trial. The judge
will pronounce quan-
tum of punishment to
the guilty on Wednes-
day.
RajaManSinghwas
independent MLA for
seven times and
younger brother of
last ruler of Bharat-
pur, Maharaja Brijen-
dra Singh. He was un-
cle of former tourism
minister Vishvendra
Singh. Raja Man Sin-
gh’s daughter Krish-
nendra Kaur Deepa is
BJP MLA and former
tourism minister ad-
dressed a press confer-
ence, “I am satisfied
with the judgment and
now look forward to
strongest punishment
to the guilty,” she said.
The police had shot
down Raja Man and
two other persons on
February 21, 1985. A
day before his killing
there was a dispute
over hoisting flag on
Lakha Burj of Deeg
Fort on February 20,
1985. Next day Raja
Man Singh damaged
stage for then Chief
Minister Shiv Charan
Mathur’s public meet-
ing and his helicopter.
Later, he got killed in
police action, which
created huge political
uproar forcing Ma-
thur to quit from the
post of CM.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The state gov-
ernment has moved an
application in the
High Court to post-
pone the municipal
election in the six
newly constituted cor-
porations in Jaipur,
Jodhpur and Kota.
With court’s approv-
al the municipal elec-
tions could be post-
poned by 5 months.
The state govternmen
has moved the applica-
tion for postponement
giving consideration
to the coronavirus sit-
uation in the state.
Meanwhile the state
election commission
has released the final
version of the voters
list of 129 local bodies
of the state to be used
in the upcoming mu-
nicipal elections pro-
posed in August.
Chief Election Of-
ficer and Secretary of
State Election Com-
mission Shyam Singh
Rajpurohit informed
that the voting lists are
for 15 city councils, 113
municipalities and one
municipal corporation
due for August elec-
tions.
Rajpurohit said that
the total number of
voters stands at 41 lakh
14 thousand and 36 out
of which 21 lakh 31
thousand 10 are male
voters while 20 lakh 9
thousand 945 are fe-
male voters with 84
transgender voters.
The final list has
98,405 more voters
than the previous list
in 4450 wards. The
CEO said that there
will be one booth for
every 700 voters in-
stead of earlier provi-
sion of 1400 voters per
booth. The number of
booths now is 7400 in-
stead of earlier 4294
booths.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: St. Xavier’s Col-
lege,Jaipurwelcomedto
itsnewPrincipal,RevDr
A Rex Angelo, SJ as Dr.
Sheila Rai finished her
term as the Principal.
A great Gandhian
scholar, Dr Sheila Rai
guided the College to
prepare for NAAC ac-
creditation and attained
its 2(f) and 12(B) of UGC
Act,1956.Sinceitsincep-
tion in 2010, the College
has been taken forward
visionary leadership of
itsManagementwiththe
Principal at the helm.
The College looks for-
ward to more laurels
with Dr Angelo. Dr. An-
gelo hails from Andhra
Pradesh and was a Pro-
fessor of English at
Andhra Loyola College,
(Autonomous), Vi-
jayawada where he was
the Vice Principal (PG
Section), Director of
ELT Research Centre
and Director of the
Alumni Association to
name only a few prestig-
ious posts.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: PS (Health)
Akhil Arora held a vir-
tual meeting on Tues-
day to take
stock of
availability
of medi-
cines and
man power
needed to
contain the Corona vi-
rus in state. Instructing
the district collectors
Arora told them to en-
sure proper stocks of
the required medicines.
He not only stressed on
proper manpower avail-
ability but also training
them for every eventual-
ity. VC was also attended
by NHM Director Nar-
esh Kumar Thakral and
SMS Medical College
Principal Dr Sudhir
Bhandari along with
senior officers from
health department.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The minister
for minority affairs in
state Saleh Mohd wrote
to central minority af-
fairs minister Mukhtar
Abbas Naqvi request-
ing to make arrange-
ments for the Haj pil-
grims who couldn’t go
this year due to corona,
to be sent next year.
Saleh Mohd was reso-
nating with the feeling
of the Haj pilgrims
shortlisted for Haj 2020
which reached him
along with requests
from many institutions
who help the Haj pil-
grims.
Mohd demanded a re-
serve category for these
pilgrims next year and
requested that should
not be put through the
formalities again.
First India Bureau
Ajmer: Men associated
to land mafia attacked a
police constable in his
own house. The inci-
dent took place in the
Pratap Nagar area of
the Civil Line police sta-
tion. When Ishwar Sin-
gh, posted at Ganj po-
lice station, was home,
Vikram Singh and his
friends, armed with
weapons, attacked the
constable with an axe
on the head and es-
caped.
The injured police-
man was rushed to
JLN Hospital in time.
According to ru-
mours, Vikram is Ish-
war paternal cousin
and was attacked for
grabbing land.
Painters painting a graffiti on a wall for spreading awareness of COVID-19 in Bikaner on Tuesday.
There was heavy security outside the CBI
court in Mathura as it pronounced the
verdict. (Inset) Raja Man Singh.
The dismantled remains of the vehicles after collision.
ElectionCommissionreleasedfinal
versionofvoterslistof129localbodies
ED attaches `13cr
assets of ex Jodh Nat’l
Varsity chairman
New Delhi: The En-
forcement Directo-
rate (ED) has at-
tached about Rs 13
crore worth proper-
ties of Kamal Mehta,
former chairman of
the Jodhpur national
university, in connec-
tion with a money
laundering probe
linked to alleged is-
suance of fake de-
grees. “The attached
assets includes 12
flats, 3 plots, a build-
ing and 31 bighas ag-
ricultural land locat-
ed in Jaipur, Jodhpur
and Delhi and some
amount lying in bank
accounts,” ED said.
The case relates to
issuance of fake de-
grees and mark
sheets. A provision-
al order in this con-
text has been issued
under the Prevention
of Money Launder-
ing Act (PMLA) by
the Jaipur office of
the central probe
agency and the assets
are worth Rs 12.98
crore. The agency, in
2017, had attached
properties worth Rs
8.53 of Mehta and his
trust that ran the pri-
vate university.
The agency initi-
ated probe in the case
after taking cogni-
sance of an FIR and
charge sheets filed by
the Jaipur special op-
erations group (SOG)
of the state police
against Mehta and
his associates. “Ac-
cused Mehta is a
Managing Trustee of
Kushal Education
Trust and had estab-
lished Jodhpur Na-
tional University at
Jodhpur in 2008,” the
ED said. “While
working as the chair-
man of university, he
actively indulged in
running a syndicate
for issuing and sell-
ing fake degrees and
mark sheets to stu-
dents for money,” the
ED alleged.
He appointed four
national coordina-
tors of the university
by issuing fake au-
thorisation letters in
the name of Regis-
trar for the purpose
of collection of fees,
forms and conduct of
examination. —PTI
IAS OFFICER +VE
VASUNDHARA RAJE
@VasundharaBJP
Hearty congratulations
to all students who
passed RBSE 12th
Arts exam. Wish you a
bright future. Dear chil-
dren! Work hard, make
the country & state in
same way and touch
heights of success
ASHOK GEHLOT
@ashokgehlot51
Congratulations to
all the students, who
have excelled in the
#RajasthanBoard
class 12th Arts ex-
ams. My best wishes
to all for a bright
future. #Rajasthan-
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he COVID-19
pandemic is
likely to trans-
form our behav-
iors, attitudes,
and policies in many areas.
For the sake of overcoming
the public-health crisis and
enabling economic recov-
ery, one must hope that wa-
terandwastewatermanage-
ment will be among them.
Delivering clean water
and ensuring proper waste-
water management has
been a global concern since
the late 1970s. Significant
progress toward this objec-
tive was made during the
1980s, which the United Na-
tions declared the Interna-
tional Drinking Water Sup-
ply and Sanitation Decade.
But the ultimate goal – to
ensure that every human
on the planet had access to
clean water and sanitation
by 1990 – was not achieved.
The world tried again in
2000, with the less ambi-
tious Millennium Develop-
ment Goal (MDG) target of
halving the share of the
population without sus-
tainable access to clean wa-
ter and sanitation by 2015.
This time, the UN declared
victory, but included any-
one with access to water at
all – clean or not.
The Sustainable Devel-
opment Goals (SDGs),
adopted by the UN’s mem-
bers in 2015, were supposed
to pick up where the MDGs
left off. Again, the target is
clean water and proper
sanitation for all. The dead-
line this time is 2030. But,
as in the past, the barriers
to success are formidable.
When the SDGs were in-
troduced, the UN estimat-
ed that 785 million people
worldwide lacked access to
“even a basic drinking wa-
ter service.” The true num-
ber is probably far larger.
According to UNICEF and
the World Health Organiza-
tion, some 2.2 billion peo-
ple do not have safely man-
aged drinking water ser-
vices, and 4.2 billion do not
have safely managed sani-
tation services.
Contaminated water and
poor sanitation are linked
to transmission of diseas-
es – such as cholera, diar-
rhea, dysentery, hepatitis
A, typhoid, and polio – that
affect hundreds of millions
of people every year. Mak-
ing matters worse, nearly
25% of health-care facili-
ties worldwide lack even
basic water services.
Not surprisingly, such
incidents have eroded trust
in water utilities. Today, at
least 3.5 billion people
worldwide – in both devel-
oped and developing coun-
tries – lack confidence in
the quality of the water
they receive. In South Asia,
with over 1.7 billion people,
there is not a single town
or city where people trust
their water utilities. Those
who can often rely on bot-
tled water or point-of-use
water-treatment systems.
The COVID-19 crisis
could be a turning point.
Yes, universal access to
clean water and sanitation
has been on the world’s ra-
dar since the late 1970s. But
the current pandemic has
made it a universal inter-
est. While frequent hand
washing is widely regarded
as one of the most effective
ways to prevent the trans-
mission of COVID-19, the
UNICEF/WHO estimate
implies that three billion
people worldwide lack the
facilities to do so. And with
the pandemic underscor-
ing the link between clean
water and public health,
the bar for what qualifies
as “clean” has been raised.
The COVID-19 crisis is also
changing how people think
about wastewater – a re-
source that has been gross-
ly undervalued in the past.
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A person’s wisdom yields
patience; it is to one’s glory
to overlook an offense.
—Proverbs 19:11
Spiritual
SPEAK
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TWEET
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
In the last few months, we
have established protocols and
practices with significant success
to fight against the Covid_19
pandemic. We must continue to
follow all recommendations by
experts, ensure social distancing,
wear masks, wash our hands to
contain the spread of infection.
Mallikarjun Kharge
@kharge
If Govt & @JPNadda ji showed
the same zeal & aggression
fighting #Corona & the Chinese,
we would not have lost our land
nor would we have been world
#3 in #CoronaCrisis. Lack of
achievements by your Govt pushes
you to be frivolous like this.
n 1948, in one of the last moves
he made before his assassina-
tion, Mahatma Gandhi pro-
posed the dissolution of the
Congress as a political party
and recommended its transfor-
mation into a social service
organisation –the Lok Seva
Sangh which would be devoted
to the task of social regenera-
tion and economic uplift
through voluntary rural pro-
grammes. He wanted Congress-
men to leave electoral politics,
government and administra-
tion. Those interested in politi-
cal power could leave the Lok
Seva Sangh and join political
parties or form them.
Gandhi Ji wrote in his di-
ary of May 21, 1947 (quoted
by H.V.Kamath in Parlia-
ment on May 7, 1962: Lok
Sabha Debates, Third Series,
Vol II, cc 2931-32) as follows:
“The Congress has gained
the trust of the people on account
of its many sacrifices and pen-
ances. But, if at this moment it
were to let the people down by
becoming their overlord instead
of their servant and arrogate to
itself a position of master, I ven-
ture to prophecy on the strength
of my experience of long years
that though I may be alive or
not, a revolution will sweep over
the country and that the people
will pick out the white-capped
ones individually and finish
them and that a third power
will stand to gain by this”
The Congress not only stayed
on in politics for the pursuit of
power, but it also defined
it.Amongstotherthings,itsmo-
dus operandi included brilliant
management of power arithme-
tic through defections ever
since the watershed election of
1967. If today its political oppo-
nents are beating it at the same
game,theCongresscannotcom-
plain since its name is indelibly
associated with the institution-
alising of this practice. The
phrase “Aya Ram, Gaya Ram”
is the stuff of legend.
The politics of defection is a
game of thrones. The Indian
constitution doesn’t even rec-
ognize political parties. Yet, we
have one of the most stringent
anti-defection laws in force
whereas it is interesting that
none of the democracies in the
West legally bar defections.
Defection amounts to the
transfer of loyalty. However, it
is pertinent to note that the
words defection and dissent
have distinct meanings and
one may not use them synony-
mously.
Political ‘Bossing’ can only
survive with the support of
vested interests and ‘status
quo-ists’. The larger issue is
not caste or group factional-
ism, polarisation or the lure of
office. The underlying basic is-
sue is the lack of ideological
commitment.
TheeconomistJ.K.Galbraith
once wrote, “Faced with a
choice between changing one’s
mind and proving there is no
need to do so, almost everyone
gets busy with the proof.”
Moreover, truth and accuracy
are not the only things that
matter to the human mind. Hu-
mans also seem to have a deep
desire to belong. This is true
both for those who leave a for-
mation and those who stay on.
The Harvard psychologist
Steven Pinker has explained
how the need for affiliation af-
fects beliefs, “People are em-
bracedorcondemnedaccording
to their beliefs, so one function
of the mind may be to hold be-
liefs that bring the belief-holder
the greatest number of allies,
protectors, or disciples, rather
than beliefs that are most likely
to be true.” Changing beliefs to
feel secure in belongingness is
understandable. False beliefs
can be useful in a social sense,
the facts be damned!
In a representative democ-
racy, the primary loyalty of a
representative is to the elector-
ate. The very idea of incorpo-
rating provisions to enable de-
fections implies recognition of
such a thing as free will and
action. However, principled de-
fections, as acts of conscience,
are as rare as the sightings of
the Yeti. Power is almost al-
ways seen to be the sought after
prize. It is seen by the elector-
ate as an immoral, opportunis-
tic breach of faith. It negates
the electoral outcome. The
Constitution’s 52nd Amend-
ment Act, 1985 and the 91st
Amendment Act, 2003 - often
referred to as the Anti-Defec-
tion Laws(s) - recognized that
managing floor arithmetic is
intrinsic to democracy.
But, the anti-defection pesti-
cidehasfailedtopreventtherot.
It has merely changed the rules
and increased the stakes. The
continuing contempt for the
electorate shows us that the
numbers game in representa-
tiveinstitutionsisonlyforgrab-
bing and holding on to power.
The politics of defection sub-
verts the soul of constitutional-
ism. Yet, it is a reality.
Asademocracy,wemustdeal
withthevirusandnotleaveitto
the constitutional doctors to at-
tend only to the patients.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
POLITICS OF DEFECTION
IS A GAME OF THRONES
I
The politics of
defection is a
game of thrones.
The Indian
constitution
doesn’t even
recognize
political parties.
Yet, we have one
of the most
stringent anti –
defection laws in
force whereas it
is interesting
that none of the
democracies in
the West legally
bar defections
SHUBHRANSHU
SINGH
The writer is a corporate professional,
marketing leader, columnist and a social
and political commentator. He writes
on brand building, marketing, history,
politics, technology and business
DEFECTION AMOUNTS TO TRANSFER OF
LOYALTY. HOWEVER, IT IS PERTINENT TO NOTE
THAT THE WORDS DEFECTION AND DISSENT
HAVE DISTINCT MEANINGS AND ONE MAY NOT
USE THEM SYNONYMOUSLY
IN-DEPTH
FIGHTING COVID-19 ON
A WING AND A PRAYER
midst galloping Covid-19 cases comes
the grim news that 60 percent of the
Indian population in nine big states is
at high risk of catching the virus.
Many districts in Bihar, Madhya
Pradesh, Telangana, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh,
Maharashtra, West Bengal, Odisha, and Gujarat
“were found to have high vulnerability” because
of widespread poverty, lack of health facilities,
hygiene, and social distancing, says a study
in The Lancet. The study is based on an assess-
ment of the ability of these districts to handle
coronavirus cases. The highest number of these
districts, eight, is located in Bihar, six in Uttar
Pradesh and four in Madhya Pradesh. Compared
to these states, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, and
Sikkim are least vulnerable.
Rajib Acharya, the lead author, has identified
poor health infrastructure as a big challenge in the
containment of the pandemic. With 80 percent of
the confirmed cases in the country asymptomatic,
the population is vulnerable to community trans-
mission, the study says. The government insists
that the country is not yet in the stage of commu-
nity spread. Health experts and scientists disa-
gree. As the number of Covid-19 cases stands at
over 12 lakh experts feel that denying community
spread is unbelievable.
With menacing dark clouds of Covid-19 hover-
ing over the country, the recovery rate is the only
silver lining in India’s pandemic story. The rap-
idly increasing cases still remain a major concern
for the government, though. Karnataka, Tamil
Nadu, West Bengal, Maharashtra, and Gujarat
continue to be worrisome. With a ramshackle
health infrastructure, we are fighting the pandem-
ic on a wing and a prayer.
A
LIVING WITH THE
FLOODS IN ASSAM
ssam and floods are intertwined. Ac-
cording to the National Commission on
Floods, 39.58 percent of the state’s total
area of 78.52 lakh hectares in a flood-
prone area. Its vast network of rivers
make it more vulnerable to annual and occasion-
ally some flash floods.
Not long ago Assam had faced the fury of cyclone
Amphan. Now, 28 of Assam’s 33 districts are reeling
under the deluge, the state’s worst since 1988. With
the Central Water Commission forecasting that the
Brahmaputra was expected to rise 32 cm by Tues-
day. The Met department has also predicted more
rain predicted. Any further rise in the water level
is only going to add to the misery of the people who
have lost their homes and hearths to the raging wa-
ters. An estimated 35 lakh people have been affected
due to the submergence of large areas. The death
toll in floods and landslides has risen to 102. Over
one lakh people are in 689 relief camps where the
Army is carrying out large-scale relief operations.
Equally sad is the story of wild animals in the
Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve where
scores of animals, including ten Rhinos, have per-
ished, remains inundated. For the Kaziranga Park,
being a riverine ecosystem, floods are a necessary
evil. Kaziranga’s water bodies get their refill from
the deluge and the forest too gets rejuvenated.
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Corona cancels...
“The Board is aware of
and respects the senti-
mentsof millionsof dev-
otees and to keep the re-
ligious sentiments alive,
the Board shall continue
the live telecast/ virtual
darshan of the morning
and evening Aarti,” the
spokesman added.
The decision was tak-
en at the 39th board
meeting of SASB, at-
tended by the lieutenant
governor Girish Chan-
dra Murmu as its chair-
man and other board
members. —Agencies
IPL 2020...
“In IPL GC will discuss
the further course of
action,” said Patel.
Earlier on Monday,
the International Crick-
et Council (ICC) had an-
nounced the postpone-
ment of the T20 World
Cup 2020 due to the
coronavirus pandemic.
The T20 World Cup
was slated to be played
in October-November in
Australia this year. —ANI
‘Those betraying...
The truth will prevail
and the state govern-
ment will emerge victo-
riousinallcircumstanc-
es, he said.
The state govern-
ment is fighting with
coronavirus crisis and
at the same time, a lead-
er who was a state Con-
gress president and a
few other MLAs in col-
lusion with the BJP
were hatching a con-
spiracy to topple it, he
alleged without taking
the name of Pilot or any
other party leader.
The CM also said
those playing hide-and-
seek can never be with
the truth. Gehlot also
thanked the Bhartiya
Tribal Party (BTP) and
Rashtriya Lok Dal legis-
lator for supporting the
Congress.
MLAs in the meeting
expressed faith in the
leadership of Gehlot,
sayingtheywilltogether
win the battle of truth.
Senior party leaders,
including AICC general
secretary in-charge for
the Rajasthan Congress
Avinash Pande; K C
Venugopal; Ajay Mak-
en; Randeep Surjewala;
Vivek Bansal and Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
attended the meeting.
—With ANI Inputs
A moral...
thecourtpronouncesthe
final order or interim or-
der,” the counsel said.
Earlier, counsels had
told reporters that the
orderhasbeenreserved.
The notices to MLAs
were served after the
party complained to the
Speaker that the legisla-
tors had defied a whip to
attend two Congress
Legislature Party meet-
ings, on Monday and
Tuesday last week.
Will not...
Tuesdayandhelddiscus-
sions with officers of
Vidhan Sabha secretari-
at on various legal as-
pects of HC order. The
lawyers representing
petitioners,AICCGener-
al Secretary and Rajas-
than Incharge Avinash
Pande, Congress spokes-
person Randeep Surjew-
ala and Congress Chief
whip Mahesh Joshi too
met the Speaker.
Meanwhile the re-
ports of a soon to be
convened Assembly
session did rounds
throughout the day. Ac-
cording to these reports
a special Assembly Ses-
sion could be convened
in the coming days. The
Assembly secretariat is
all set for a session and
all it awaits is an order
from the Governor.
Rajiv assasin...
“Officials said that a
convict had given an
oral complaint against
Nalini. At 8:30 pm, the
jailer went to Nalini’s
cell and enquired about
the complaint. During
the inquiry, a quarrel
took place between the
jailer and Nalini. She
got upset and attempted
to commit suicide,” Pu-
galenthi said.
“This is the view of
the authorities. Howev-
er, we don’t believe this.
Shehasservedthelast30
years in prison and nev-
erattemptedtotakesuch
steps. This is not believ-
able. I think the jail offi-
cials had tortured her.”
“We are going to take
action to seek the trans-
fer of Nalini from Vel-
lore prison. Because of
this incident, I believe
her safety is at stake. I
request the jail authori-
ties and the chief minis-
ter to transfer her to
Chennai Puzhal pris-
on,” he said.
Nalini and six other
people were sentenced
to life imprisonment in
the Rajiv Gandhi assas-
sination case. In May
1991, Rajiv Gandhi was
assassinated by a Lib-
eration Tigers of Tamil
Eelam (LTTE) suicide
bomber during an elec-
tion rally in Sriperum-
budur in Tamil Nadu.
The attack also left 14
other people dead.
‘Much-awaited’...
was involved in horset-
rading, after an audio
clip claimed to be be-
tween the union minis-
ter and former Rajas-
than Tourism Minister
Vishvendra Singh went
viral on social media,
the Home Department’s
report raises serious
questions on the report-
age and claims it has
made in the report for-
warded to the Union
Home Ministry.
FROM PG 1
WHO WILL BE NEW SECRETARY
GENERAL OF RAJYA SABHA ?
Who will succeed Desh Deepak Verma as Sec-
retary General of Rajya Sabha ? Names of half a
dozen retired bureaucrats are already doing the
rounds. A couple of them have already met the
Vice- President Venkaiah Naidu.
VARSHA JOSHI APPOINTED JOINT
SECRETARY, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
Varsha Joshi has been appointed as Joint
Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry
& Dairying. She is a 1995 batch IAS officer of
AGMUT cadre.
ANUPAM MISHRA APPOINTED JOINT
SECRETARY, CONSUMER AFFAIRS
Anupam Mishra has been appointed as Joint
Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs. He
is a 1995 batch IES officer.
RAKESH MITTAL APPOINTED
JOINT SECRETARY, DEFENCE
Rakesh Mittal has been appointed as Joint
Secretary, Department of Defence. He is a 1995
batch IDES officer.
PALLAVI AGARWAL APPOINTED
JOINT SECRETARY, WOMEN
& CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Pallavi Agarwal has been appointed as Joint
Secretary, Ministry of Women & Child Devel-
opment. She is a 1991 batch IRS-IT officer.
APARNA SHARMA APPOINTED
JOINT SECRETARY, FERTILIZERS
Aparna S Sharma has been appointed as Joint
Secretary, Department of Fertilizers. She is a
CSS officer.
AMIT MEHTA APPOINTED JOINT
SECRETARY, HEAVY INDUSTRY
Amit Mehta has been appointed as Joint Secre-
tary, Department of Heavy Industry. He is a 1987
batch IOFS officer.
PARAMA SEN APPOINTED
JOINT SECRETARY, INVESTMENT
& PUBLIC ASSET
Parama Sen has been appointed as Joint Secre-
tary, Department of Investment & Public Asset
Management. She is a 1994 batch IA &AS officer.
SUDHIR KUMAR APPOINTED
ADDITIONAL SECRETARY, CVC
Sudhir Kumar has been appointed as Additional
Secretary, Central Vigilance Commission (CVC).
He is a 1999 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.
AMUDHA APPOINTED JOINT
SECRETARY, PMO
P Amudha has been appointed as Joint Secretary,
Prime Minister’s Office. She is a 1994 batch IAS
officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
NIDHI PANDEY APPOINTED
COMMISSIONER KENDRIYA
VIDYAYALA SANGATHAN
Nidhi Pandey has been appointed as Commission-
er, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan. She is a 1991
batch IIS officer.
VINAYAK GARG APPOINTED
COMMISSIONER, NAVODAYA
VIDYALAYA SAMITI
Vinayak Garg has been appointed as Commis-
sioner, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti. He is a 1995
batch IRSEE officer.
NITISHWAR KUMAR APPOINTED
MEMBER SECRETARY NCTE
Nitishwar Kumar has been appointed as Member
Secretary, National Council For Teacher Education.
He is a 1996 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.
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New Delhi: With a
spike of 37,148 cases
and 587 deaths reported
in India in the last 24
hours, the total number
of COVID-19 cases
stands at 11,55,191, ac-
cording to the Union
Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare.
The total number of
cases include 4,02,529
active cases, 7,24,578
cured/discharged/mi-
grated and 28,084
deaths, the officials
from the Health Minis-
try informed while sah-
ring the available data
on the same.
Maharashtra re-
mains the worst affect-
ed state with 3,18,695
cases and 12,030 deaths.
The second worst-hit
state, Tamil Nadu has
reported 1,75,678
COVID-19 cases so far
while Delhi has report-
ed 1,23,747 cases, ac-
cording to the Health
Ministry.
Meanwhile, as per
the information provid-
ed by the Indian Coun-
cil of Medical Research
(ICMR), 1,43,81,303 sam-
ples have been tested
for COVID-19 up to July
20. Of these 3,33,395
were tested on Monday,
the officials added. —ANI
New Delhi: The gov-
ernment on Tuesday,
said that it has started
discussions on the avail-
ability of COVID-19 vac-
cines to all those
who need it, Dr VK
Paul, Member (Health),
NITI Aayog confirmed.
On being asked about
multiple vaccines that
are being developed
across the world and In-
dia’s strategy on choos-
ing those vaccines,
Dr Paul said. —ANI
Niti Ayog talks
on vaccine’s
availability
New Delhi: India’s
COVID-19 recovery rate
is increasing day by day
and today it is 62.72 per
cent, Rajesh Bhushan,
Officer on Special Duty
(OSD), Health Ministry
said on Tuesday.
“There are currently
4,02,529 active cases in
India and 7,24,577 peo-
ple have recovered. The
recovery rate in India is
increasing. Today it is
62.72 per cent.” “The
case facility rate in In-
dia is 2.43 per cent. A
very important role in
this is that of doctors
and paramedical staff.
AIIMS also has an im-
portant role. Case inten-
sity rate is below the
national average in
many states,” Bhushan
said during a press con-
ference.
Earlier in the day,
Bhushan said that num-
ber of COVID-19 deaths
per million population
in India continues to be
among the lowest in the
world. —ANI
India’s recovery rate at
62.72 pc: Health Ministry
RaGa takes dig at Centre,
lists its ‘achievements’
New Delhi:Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi
launched yet another
attack on Centre over
its ‘achievements’
in past few months.
“Achievements of
the Government dur-
ing Corona period: February-Namaste
Trump, March-brought down the
government in MP, April-made people
light candles, May-sixth anniversary
of the govt, June-virtual rally in Bihar,
July-attempt to topple the government
in Rajasthan. That is why the coun-
try is ‘Aatmanirbhar’ in the battle of
COVID-19,” Gandhi tweeted. —ANI
New Delhi: In a
swipe at Rahul Gan-
dhi over his regular
tweets attacking
the Centre, Union
Minister Prakash Ja-
vadekar said “Rahul
Gandhi is tweeting
on a daily basis. It seems the Congress
will become a party of tweets as they
are doing no work among the people
and losing one leader after another. A
frustrated & depressed party is trying
to launch all sorts of attacks on the
government,” he told reporters. “Peo-
ple are standing with Modi. Congress
has become helpless,” he said. —PTI
11,55,191cases in India, 28,084 deaths
Maharashtra remains the worst affected state with 3, 18, 695 cases
‘Cong losing leaders, will
become party of tweets’
Prakash Javadekar
@PrakashJavdekar
@RahulGand-
hi note your
achievements in
the last 6 months
- February:
Shaheen Bagh
and Riots; March:
Losing Jyotira-
ditya and MP
April: Instigating
migrant labourers
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
Shri Lalji Tandon will
be remembered for his
untiring efforts to serve
society. He played a key
role in strengthening
BJP in UP. He made a
mark as an effective ad-
ministrator. Anguished
by his passing away
Lucknow: Madhya
Pradesh Governor Lalji
Tandon passed away in
the early hours of Tues-
day at the age of 85. His
son, Ashutosh Tandon,
announced his death on
Twitter with the mes-
sage “babuji nahi rahe
(my father has passed
away)”.
The body was taken
to Gulala Ghat Chowk
at 4 pm, where the last
rites were performed,
Ashutosh informed.
MP Governor Lalji
Tandon dies at 85
Rajnath Singh pays last respects to Lal Ji Tandon in Lucknow.
New Delhi: PM Modi
will on Wednesday de-
liver the
keynote ad-
dress at the
India Ideas
Summit, an
event which
will see discussions on
India-US cooperation &
their relationship in a
post-pandemic world.
The virtual summit is
beinghostedbyUS-India
Business Council. —PTI
Mumbai: A PMLA
court rejected the bail
plea of Yes Bank found-
er Rana Kapoor, arrest-
ed by Enforcement Di-
rectorate in connection
with an alleged multi-
crore fraud at the bank.
Kapoor had sought
bail on merits of the
case. His lawyers sub-
mitted that probe was
completed, hence there
was no reason to keep
keep him in jail. Also,
most of the evidence
were documentary in
nature & cannot be tam-
pered by the accused,
they added. —PTI
IN THE COURTYARD
Yes Bank case: Bail plea of Rana Kapoor rejected
SC asks Centre to file
affidavit on funds for
children’s shelter
homes
New Delhi: The SC on
Tuesday, directed the
Centre to file a detailed
affidavit on funds being
provided by the govern-
ment for children’s
shelter homes across
the country amid the
covid-19 pandemic.
Justice L Nagesh-
wara Rao, who was
heading three-judge
bench, directed advo-
cate Gaurav Agarwal,
the amicus curia in the
case, to file an affidavit
compiling all the “good
practices” being fol-
lowed by states and sug-
gestions on improving
the management of
shelter homes. —ANI
Meghalaya floods: Amit Shah
assures all possible help to Govt
New Delhi: Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah condoled the loss
of lives due to floods in
West Garo Hills, Megha-
laya and assured all
possible help to the
state government.
“Loss of lives due to
the floods in West Garo
Hills, Meghalaya is very
disturbing. I have spo-
ken to Chief Minister
Sangma Conrad and as-
sured him all possible
help from the Centre,”
Shah said. “Nation
stands resolutely with
the people of Megha-
laya in these trying
times,” he added. —ANI
PM to address
India Ideas
Summit today
People walk past in the backdrop of a mural encouraging use of face mask in Mumbai. —PHOTO BY PTI
Amit Shah
@AmitShah
I am deeply saddened
by the demise of Shri
Lalji Tandon, the senior
BJP leader. Tandon’s
entire life was devoted
to public service, he
played a very important
role in the expansion of
the organization in UP

8. WHEN HEART SUDDENLY
SKIPPED A BEAT!
It is said that even the most
harshest of humans have
a soft inner self, and in the
current scheme of things,
one incident appears to be a
reflection of the saying. In the
current state assembly, there
are many young leaders who
are known for their aggressive
style of politics. Over the
past one year, they have even
carved an image to this extent,
but little does anyone know
that they have a ‘soft-mushy’
side as well! This happened
recently at the hotel where the
Congress’s Gehlot camp MLAs
have been ‘housed’ these days.
A young MLA, known to be
coming from the well ‘forested’
Rajasthani hinterland, turned
‘red-faced’ when a female
legislator quipped at him. Well,
the ‘youngster’ was looking
at few pictures on his mobile
phone and was standing in one
corner, devoid of the presence
of any of his peers. When the
female MLA saw this young
chap, she observed that he was
too engrossed in the mobile
and was scrolling the pictures.
The renowned female MLA,
who was at some distance
from the young blood, shouted
and asked, “What are you so
busy in looking in the mobile
phones? Are you looking at your
girlfriend’s pictures?” The young
MLA who was engrossed in his
own world was brought back
to the ‘earthly reality’ by the
female leader’s comments and
was baffled by her comments.
However, as if like the ‘cat
caught his tongue’, the MLA
merely smiled, ear to ear, and
red-faced, the man left from the
spot! —Naresh Sharma
POLITICAL WISDOM
COMING AT EARLY AGE!
They say all great men start early.
If that saying is anything to
go by, it appears that the political
future of the ‘Khachariyawas family’
is well secured! Why? Well, the
answer is simple. That’s because
the next generation is getting first-
hand training in political thought
and strategy, right from the hotel
where Gehlot camp MLAs are holed
up. Let us throw a little light on
this. This development pertains to
Transport Minister Pratap Singh
Khachariyawas and his son, Kanha.
The minister’s son, still a minor, is
in the hotel along with his father
where his favourite activity seems to
be politics. Every morning, as soon
as he wakes up, the first question
the minister’s scion without fail
asks his father if they have the
required majority of MLAs or
not. Young Khachariyawas interest
and inclination towards hardcore
politics, at such a young age, in the
politics and political process has
raised the interest of other stalwarts
in the kid who feel content that the
party’s future is secured.
—Yogesh Sharma
NEWSJAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 2020
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First India Bureau
Jaipur: PHED will
keep the Bisalpur
Jaipur drinking water
system shut for 2
hours on Friday. This
is being done for the
annual maintenance
of the system.
Theshutdownwillim-
pact the water supply in
Jaipur city, Dudu, Samb-
har,Phulera,Phagi,Nar-
ena, Chaksu, Bassi
(Jaipur district) and Ni-
wai, Todaraisingh and
Malpura (Tonkdistrict).
Additional Chief En-
gineer (PHED) II Devraj
Solanki said that the
shutdownwillbeginon9
am on Saturday 24 July
and remain till 9 am on
Sunday 25 July. He in-
formed that Jaipur city
willreceivewatersupply
till 10 am on 24 July.
The evening supply
for 24 July will remain
suspended which will
continue till Saturday
morning.Thewatersup-
ply through tankers in
all areas except Kho Na-
goriyan will also remain
suspended for the same
duration.
PHED informed that
during the shutdown pe-
riod the electrical main-
tenance will be done so
that there is no break-
down during the rains.
Apart from this techni-
calmaintenanceatSura-
jpura Pump House will
be taken up which re-
quiresemptyingthesup-
ply pipelines completely
for 7-8 hours.
The water from the
pipelines will be stored
in Surajpura water res-
ervoirsforthatduration.
The pump at Ramniwas
garden under Amrit
scheme will be replaced
with a new one along
with new valves along
withfullelectricalmain-
tenance. Similarly the
valvesattheAmanishah
pumping house will also
be overhauled.
The valves of the
western feeder at the
Balawala pump house
andairvalvesattheSan-
ganer railway station
will be overhauled dur-
ingtheshutdownperiod.
PHED has constituted
many teams to work si-
multaneously at various
pumpinghouses,inclose
coordination with each
other, to complete the
maintenance work with-
in the stipulated time.
PHEDhasappealedtoall
consumers to cooperate
and store water for nec-
essary use for 24 hours
for its annual mainte-
nance work.
Bisalpur maintenance to
hamper supply on Friday
First India Bureau
Jaipur: JDA has
come up with 1,448
flats for economi-
cally weaker sec-
tions (EWS) of the
society under Chief
Minister Jan Awas
Scheme.
It has proposed two
housing schemes on
Ajmer road, two on
Vatika road and one
on Goner road. JDA
will receive the appli-
cations for the
schemes till August 4.
All the schemes by
JDAhavereceivedtre-
mendous response for
its housing schemes
and have already re-
ceivedmorethan1,130
applicationsinashort
span of time.JDA Sec-
retary Alok Ranjan
said that the proposed
flatswillbebuilton3G
pattern.
Every flat will have
two rooms, a kitchen,
bathroom, and toilet
with two wheeler
parking provision for
eachflat.Theschemes
willhavefacilitieslike
parks, street lights,
sewerage treatment
plant,communitycen-
tre, commercial com-
plex for the residents,
water connection
along with gated com-
munity experience.
The schemes com-
ing up on JDA lands
will have flats priced
at Rs 7.5 lakh approxi-
mately.
The applicants of
these schemes will
benefitfromasubsidy
of Rs 1.5 lakh per flat
under PMAY (urban)
scheme.
JDA has also ar-
ranged for an easy
loan facility for suc-
cessful applicants
from banks where the
successful applicants
will receive a signed
agreement letter from
JDAforeasytripartite
loan agreement.
JDA has appointed
Nila Infrastructure as
the authorized devel-
oper for the schemes.
JDA to build ‘Ashiyana’
for weaker sections
under CM Jan Awas
ROHTAGI QUESTIONS LESS TIME
GIVEN TO CONG MLAs FOR REPLY
DO SOMETHING THAT CAN WORK
WITH HONOUR: KHURSHID TO CONGNew Delhi: Advocate
Mukul Rohtagi, who is
representing Sachin Pi-
lot at Rajasthan High
Court, over the disqual-
ificationnoticetoMLAs
by the Assembly Speak-
er said “less time given
for reply than as stated
in rules.”
“Disqualification no-
tice by Assembly Speak-
er was issued to Sachin
Pilotandother MLAs on
the same day of com-
plaint.Lesstimeisgiven
for reply than as stated
in rules. No reasons re-
corded for issuing no-
tice,” he said while
speaking to media. Pilot
and the 18 MLAs from
his camp approached
the Rajasthan High
Court over disqualifica-
tion notice, seeking the
quashing and setting
aside of the show cause
notice issued to them on
July14bytheSpeakerof
the Rajasthan Legisla-
tive Assembly.
Notably, Rajasthan
Assembly Speaker CP
Joshi had sent notices
to Pilot and 18 MLAs
under the Tenth Sched-
ule of the Constitution,
popularly known as the
anti-defection law after
chief’s whip applica-
tion for their disqualifi-
cation. MLAs were ear-
lier asked to present
before Assembly Speak-
er on July 17.
According to the no-
tice, if these MLAs fail
to respond to the notice
then the Speaker can
proceed ex parte and
disqualify them from
the Assembly.
The Congress com-
plaint and the Speaker’s
notice came after Pilot
and the lawmakers sup-
porting him skipped
Congress Legislature
Party (CLP) meetings
on July 13 and 14.
Rajasthan Congress
continues to remain in
turmoil after simmer-
ing differences between
Pilot and Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot came
out in the open. Pilot
was, on July 14, also
sacked from the posts
of Rajasthan Deputy
Chief Minister and
state PCC president.
Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has
blamed the BJP for at-
tempting to destabilise
the state government by
poaching MLAs.
A controversy had
broken out in Rajasthan
after Special Operation
Group (SOG) sent a no-
tice to Pilot to record his
statement in the case
registered in the alleged
poaching of Congress
MLAs in the state. —ANI
Bengaluru: Senior
Congress leader Sal-
man Khurshid on Tues-
day favoured working
out an honourable for-
mula to deal with the
political crisis in Ra-
jasthan and appeared to
back a rapprochement
with Sachin Pilot, who
has raised a banner of
revolt against Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot.
As a party man and
as someone who knew
the son of his very dear
friend late Congress
leader Rajesh Pilot,
since his childhood, the
former union minister
said he is very sad at the
turn of events in the
state.
Efforts should be
made to bring into the
party fold anyone from
any state who is willing
to come, Khurshid said
when asked if the party
shouldreachouttoPilot.
But he also added, “I
thinktheCongressmust
not dissipate, must not
scatter. There is a limit
to which any leadership
can accommodate diver-
sity, ambition etc but its
a two-way thing, right?
If people consider them-
selves I think we should
try to keep the party to-
gether. Anyone who
feels an urge to leave, if
we can persuade them
not to; that may be a sen-
sible thing but then
there are no formulas
for this; its only on a
case-to-case basis, that
you can do something,”
the senior leader told
PTI in an interview.
“I dont know the im-
mediate circumstances
of Rajasthan crisis, if
something can work
with honour, why would
anyone be against it,
Khurshid said.
Pilot, who was last
week sacked as Deputy
Chief Minister and
Pradesh Congress Pres-
ident, along with 18
other dissident MLAs
have been slapped with
show-cause notices by
the Assembly Speaker
on petitions by the rul-
ing Congress seeking
their disqualification.
The matter has now
gone to court.
Kurshid also said
holding elections to the
Congress Working
Committee was not as
important as contribut-
ing to perpetuate the
party’s ideology.
Khurshid wondered
why questions dont
arise on elections to
leadership positions in
other parties, saying he
was “not quite sure” if
the BJP has an elected
leadership. —PTI
Disqualifica-
tion notice by
Speaker was
issued to Sachin Pilot
and other MLAs on
the same day of com-
plaint. Less time is
given for reply than
stated in rules. Also,
no reasons recorded
for notice.
—Mukul Rohtagi
Advocate
I think Con-
gress must
not scatter.
There is a limit to
which any leadership
can accommodate di-
versity, ambition.
Anyone who feels an
urge to leave, if we
can persuade them be
a sensible thing.
—Salman Khurshid
Senior Congress leader
RAJASTHAN CRISIS
Jaipur: Indian Premier
League teams are
known to have vocifer-
ous fans and in an effort
to compete with the die-
hards from Chennai or
Mumbai among others,
Rajasthan Royals is
looking to build the
largest fan army, digital
and on-ground, among
all IPL teams.
In that effort, the Roy-
als from over 6 million
fans around the world
have zeroed in on a se-
lect group of 20 individ-
uals who have been Ra-
jasthan Royals support-
ers all through. These
fans will stand by RR,
whether they win or
lose.
This has seen RR tag
them as Super Royals.
The franchise also has
special benefits for the
Super Royals and some
of them are: All Super
Royals will receive Roy-
als merchandise.
The leaders will have
regular access to some
members of the Royals
management.
RR have a recogni-
tion-cum-reward plan
as well. —IANS
Rajasthan Royals plans to introduce
the world to its vociferous fanbase
Guv, CM Gehlot pay tribute
to MP Governor Lalji Tandon
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Governor
Kalraj Mishra and
Chief Minister Ashok
GehlotonTuesdaycon-
doledthedeathof Mad-
hya Pradesh governor
Lalji Tandon. Tandon,
85, died at a Lucknow
hospital this morning
where he was admitted
last month. Mishra
said that he had deep
affection for Tandon
and he was one of his
close friends. In a con-
dolence message, the
Rajasthan governor
said that Tandon can-
not be forgotten. Chief
minister Gehlot ex-
pressedhiscondolence.
“My heartfelt condo-
lences at the passing
away of Madhya
Pradesh Governor La-
lji Tandon. May God
give strength to his
family to bear this loss.
May his soul rest in
peace,” he tweeted.

9. The monsoon season brings a
message to let the cleansing water
take away the dust of your woes
and stress, learn from the rains and rejoice!
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India
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Jaipur: The Central
Bureau of Investiga-
tion (CBI) on Tuesday
questioned a Officer of
Special Duty (OSD) to
Rajasthan Chief Min-
ister Ashok Gehlot, in
connection with the al-
leged suicide of a po-
liceman in Churu.
The OSD appeared be-
fore a team of CBI in
Jaipur on Tuesday for
questioning in the case
related to the suicide of
Rajgarh Station House
Officer (SHO) Vish-
nudutt Vishnoi in Chu-
ru district on May 23.
Vishnoi’s body was
found hanging from the
ceiling of his residence
on May 23 and two sui-
cide notes were recov-
ered – one addressed to
his family and the other
to the Superintendent
of Police. The Rajasthan
governmenthadhanded
over the investigation in
the case to the CBI. —ANI
CBI quizzes
CM’s OSD in
Rajgarh SHO
suicide case
Rajasthaniswatching:
ShekhawattoCongMLAs
He took swipe at activities of Cong MLAs sequestered at a resort
First India Bureau
New Delhi:Evenasthe
state government cur-
tailed any action by the
CBI in the phone tap-
ping matter by issuing
a notification to this ef-
fect, Union Jal Shakti
Minister Gajendra
Singh Shekhawat,
who has denied alle-
gations of conspiring
with Sachin Pilot’s
rebel squad to bring
down the Ashok Ge-
hlot government in
Rajasthan, took a
swipe at the activities
of Congress MLAsse-
questered at a luxury
resort in Jaipur on
Tuesday.
“Amid this pan-
demic, you play
antakshari, cook
Italian food. Ra-
jasthan is watching,”
Shekhawat tweeted.
Gajendra Shekha-
wat, one of BJP’s most
prominent faces in Ra-
jasthan, has been ac-
cused by the Congress
of a role in bribing
MLAs to turn against
theGehlotgovernment.
He was also named in
one of two FIRs filed
based on an audio tape
that emerged online
last week.
The Congress has al-
leged that Shekhawat
is heard on the audio
discussing bribes with
a rebel Congress MLA,
Bhanwar Lal Sharma.
Although Shhekha-
wat denies it is his
voice, he has rejected
Rajasthan police
summons to give his
statement and voice
recording saying the
audio tape must be
verified first.
His dig at team Ge-
hlot follows a deluge of
reportsandphotosover
the weekend from Fair-
mont, where the Con-
gress MLAs have been
staying. The MLAs
have been enjoying
movie shows, lessons
inpizzaandpasta-mak-
ing, singalongs and
board games. The state
government believes it
has an ace up its sleeve
in the audio tapes and
as the SOG has served
notices to the men al-
leged to be in the audio
demanding that they
appear for recording
their statements.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The timing of
CBI questioning a Ge-
hlot loyalist and tower-
ing lady politician,
MLA Krishna Poonia in
the CI Vishnu Dutt
Vishnoi suicide case
may raise many eye-
brows while same may
exclaim ‘we told you so’,
but in reality, Poonia
has been cordially pro-
viding the CBI team
with all the details and
statements sought by it.
On Tuesday, the
CBI team reached the
Sirsi road residence
of Sadulpur MLA
Poonia and is report-
ed to have questioned
her on second consec-
utive day regarding
the Rajgarh CI suicide
case. The CBI ques-
tioning on Tuesday
lasted for two hours
while the investiga-
tion agency had ques-
tioned her for three
hours on Monday as
well, and Poonia,
since day one, has
been effectively aid-
ing the CBI in its in-
vestigation.
Rajgarh is a part of
Sadulpur constituency
from where Krishna
Poonia won the assem-
bly elections on Con-
gress ticket. It is worth
reminding that CM Ge-
hlot had referred the
Vishnu Dutt suicide
case to CBI on the re-
quest of late Vish-
noi’s family members
and Vishnoi commu-
nity leaders.
Jaipur: A total of 35
lakh needy families
in Rajasthan, those
affected due to coro-
navirus-induced lock-
down, would be given
Rs 1,000 each as fi-
nancial assistance
and an amount equal
to Rs 351 crore would
be spent on it, accord-
ing to an official re-
lease on Tuesday.
As per the official re-
lease, the Rajasthan
Cabinet took the deci-
sion in a meeting. “The
Rajasthan government
will give financial as-
sistance of Rs 1,000
each to 35 lakh needy
families of the state, af-
fected due to coronavi-
rus-induced lockdown.
A total of Rs 351 crore
will be spent on it,” the
release said.
Health Minister Dr
Raghu Sharma, after
the Cabinet meeting,
said that medical
teams will be sent to
eight districts that
have many COVID-19
cases. “The situation
caused by COVID-19
was discussed in the
Cabinet meeting today.
It was decided that
medical teams will be
sent to eight districts
that have many COV-
ID-19 cases. Today, we
are conducting 27,000
tests per day. The COV-
ID-19 death rate in the
state is 1.87 per cent,
which is lower than the
national average,” Dr
Sharma said.
The Rajasthan Cab-
inet held the meeting
at the chief minister’s
residence on Tuesday
evening. —ANI
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Advocate
Poonam Chand
Bhandari and Dr TN
Sharma appearing
for Public Against
Corruption (PAC) in
the High Court said
that it is the provi-
sions in the schedule
10 of the constitution
which keep the elect-
ed MLAs bound to
their parties. If these
provisions are diluted
or done away, then the
MLAs winning on tick-
ets of any political par-
ty would jump to any
other political party at
the word go which
would contribute to the
increasing corruption
in the country.
PAC stressed on
keeping the provi-
sions of anti defec-
tion law intact. It is
noteworthy that PAC
became a party to the
high profile high Court
case filed by the dissi-
dent Congress MLAs
against the notices
served to them by
speaker of the Ra-
jasthan Assembly.
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: In an ongo-
ing Gehlot-Pilot war,
and in an ongoing in-
creasing face off sce-
nario between Gehlot
government and Cen-
tre, the first powerful
statement comes from
Union I&B Minister
Prakash Javadekar
who claims that Gehlot
government is just on
the verge of ‘collapse’.
He has gone even to the
extent of saying that
the Rajasthan Govern-
ment may fall even dur-
ing the current month
of July, following for-
mer deputy Chief Min-
ister Sachin Pilot’s re-
bellion.
Javadekar, who was
BJP’s election cam-
paign incharge of Ra-
jasthan during assem-
bly and Lok Sabha
polls, enjoys the good-
will and reputation of
a very seasoned and
credible person and
therefore such a state-
ment directly coming
from horse’s mouth has
created a ripple in Con-
gress circles in Jaipur
and New Delhi.
According to sourc-
es, Javadekar enjoys
the trust and confi-
dence of both the
Prime Minister and the
Home Minister and has
always played the role
of an ‘advisor’ to the
Modi government, at
every occassion when
some sensitive or im-
portant decision is be-
ing taken about Ra-
jasthan by the top BJP
leadership. Therefore,
Javadekar’s statement
is being seriously
viewed by the Chief
Minister as well as by
the Congress high com-
mand. During this en-
tire one month old cri-
sis, BJP has smartly
and tactfully main-
tained a ‘reasonable
distance’ from an ongo-
ing Gehlot-Pilot con-
flict, as perhaps for the
first time a senior BJP
leader has predicted
the fall of Gehlot gov-
ernment in the near
future.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The BJP is
likely to pursue legal
case in BSP legisla-
tive party’s merger
into Congress in its
bid to intensify politi-
cal war against the
ruling party.
Senior BJP MLA
Madan Dilawar had
filed his appeal to
speaker Dr CP Joshi
on March 13. However,
even after four months,
the speaker has not de-
cided in this matter.
Dilawar said that He
has consulted with state
president Dr Satish
Poonia and will ap-
proach the court soon.
The BJP has raised
this matter after the
speaker gave disqualifi-
cation notices to rebel
congress MLAs. The
BJP questioned that
why didn’t the speak-
er act upon Dilawar’s
petition regarding
merger of six BSP
MLAs in the Congress
as he did in case of is-
suing disqualification
notices to 19 rebel
congress MLAs.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Unable to get
hold of the rebel Con-
gress MLAs, Rajasthan
police have sought help
of Haryana police in in-
vestigation regarding
alleged conspiracy to
topple Gehlot led Con-
gress government.
DGP Bhupendra Ya-
dav has written to his
Haryana counterpart
and the Commissioner
of Delhi Police, seek-
ing cooperation as Spe-
cial Operation Group
(SOG) team once again
returned empty-hand-
ed from a resort in
Haryana where the
Sachin Pilot camp is re-
portedly camping.
The SOG team had
gone to the resort but
there was heavy deploy-
ment of Haryana police
who did not allow SOG
team to enter the hotel
fornearly40minutes.By
the time, SOG team was
allowed to get in, the
MLAs had reportedly
sneaked out of the hotel.
Congress has accused
Haryana CM Manohar
Lal Khattar of shielding
the MLAs. Therefore, if
Haryana police will al-
low after DGP’s letter, is
a big question.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan po-
lice’s special opera-
tions group (SOG)
which is probing the
alleged horse-trading
attemptstobringdown
Ashok Gehlot govern-
ment has claimed to
have recovered Rs 1.25
crores from the posses-
sion of three people,
who are being ques-
tioned,reportedofficials
quoted by a news agency.
“In an operation by the
special operations group
(SOG)inUdaipur,Rs1.25
crore was recovered
from the possession of
three people in two cars.
They are being ques-
tioned regarding the
money,” agencies posted
astatementattributingit
tothe SOG and the ATS
(anti terror squad) of
Rajasthan police, both
involved in investigat-
ingthecasessurround-
ing the alleged plot to
overthrow the state
government primarily
using lure of money.
The SOG had earlier
arrested three persons
including one Sanjay
Jain, who it alleged, has
been enticing Congress
MLAs and independent
legislators by offering
them money to ditch the
Congress-ruled govern-
ment in the statement.
The unit claims that
the other two arrested
in the case -- Ashok
Singh and Bharat Ma-
lani – are all suspect-
ed middlemen.
CM Ashok Gehlot
tells Cong MLAs back-
ing him to ‘stand firm
like a rock’.
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat —File photo
Krishna Poonia —File photo
CBI grills Poonia for 2 hrs
on 2nd consecutive day
Cabinet approves `351 cr
for corona affected families
‘Provisions keep elected
MLAs bound to parties’
Prakash Javadekar predicts fall of
Gehlot government in Rajasthan!
Will approach
court in BSP
MLAs’ merger
case: Dilawar
Allow probe: DGP
to Hry, Delhi cops
Raj SOG recovers `1.25 crore from three
AVINASH PANDE
@avinashpandeinc
In the Congress
Legislature Party
meeting today, after
discussing with the
MLAs and Ministers,
their intention was
known and agreed on
the strategy ahead.
Our unity is our
greatest strength. The
people of Rajasthan
will not be affected
by the government
elected by Janardhan.
Satyameva Jayate.
I extend warm birth-
day greetings to Sh.
@kharge ji. Wishing
him good health and
happiness always.
Whispers
in the
corridors
Poonam Chand Bhandari
outside Rajasthan High Court.
—PHOTO BY
SANTOSH SHARMA
CAG Rajiv Mehri-
shi will vacate his
sprawling official
Kushak Road bun-
galow on August
7 - the day he
demits his office.
He is shifting to
his private house
in the Common
Wealth Village. A
rare example for the
powergame players
in Delhi.
MLA HORSE TRADING
Prakash Javadekar Ashok Gehlot
—File photo—File photo

10. JAIPUR, WEDNESDAY
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THE COLOUR BLUE NEVER FAILS TO
GIVE A SOOTHING FEELING AND WE
TELL YOU WHY THAT HAPPENS!
eing the colour of
faith, spirituality,
loyalty, peace, calm,
trust, confidence and
security among vari-
ous other feelings,
Blue is the colour that
loved by almost everyone.
After black, blue is the col-
our that is favoured by the
majority across the globe, as
it gives them a sense of sat-
isfaction.
According to the colour
psychology, the colour blue
is considered to be a non-
threatening colour and
attracts the feeling of seren-
ity. If you notice, most of the
business logo has the colour
blue in it- this is to project a
sense of security to the cus-
tomers. In fact, people tend
to be more productive if
they are working in a blue
room.
Being one of the most
popular colour out of the lot,
this colour is comparatively
less appetizing. If you no-
tice, most of the nutritionist
would suggest you to eat off
a blue plate- so you tend to
eat lesser than usual.
This colour also helps in
calming the body, lowering
the pulse rate and bringing
the body temperature
back to normal. Can
you imagine the text
‘Cool’ being written in
any other colour than
blue? We can’t either!
There are a few facts
about the colour Blue
thatyoumightnotknow:
I The phrase ‘Feeling
Blue’ means to feel
sad or unhappy
I Blue is the best-selling
colour is women’s
sweaters because they
think men like it
I Weight-lifters are
able to lift heavier
weights in blue gyms
I The blue colour sym-
bolizes heavenly grace
I Blue birds can’t see
the colour blue
I 8% of the world’ pop-
ulation have blue
eyes
I Blue is the least com-
mon colour in the
food we eat
I The colour blue en-
courages problem
solving
I Blue was once seen
as a low-class colour
I Sick children prefer
to be taken care of by
people wearing blue.
B
FEELING
BLUE?
NEHAL NAYAR
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LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Terminate someone from
their job at this time won’t
be the right decision,
considering karma in mind.
You will have to gather strength to
face you inner weaknesses and turn
them into your strengths. Its never
too late to begin again if things got
spoiled in any kind of relationship.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Gracious saying no for
something that you don’t
believe in, is the best style
you have got. Relaxing and
sipping a coffee of coffee while
watching television is all you wish to
do today. You may get the chance to
talk to someone with who are trying
to connect for a long time.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
A dwelling is all that you
have on your mind as you
want to have one
desperately to prove that
you have grown and that you are
stable now. You may also buy
something expensive for your house.
Newlyweds may feel disappointed
due to current circumstances.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Prejudice against people
from different background,
different places or different
kind is not something you
must pursue. Respect people as they
are. Embrace them as they are, then
see the word will be a beautiful place
for you. You may have to make a strict
choice when it comes to career.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
You are loved by your
family selflessly and
unconditionally. You have
everything that many can
only dream of. Life is tough
sometimes but that should not affect
us. You are desperate to eat
something nice but your determina-
tion on health front won’t let you.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Sedulous and dedicating
attitude towards your
professional will take you
someday to next level. You
should not do things just to please
some people, do whats makes you
really happy. require a lot of attention
and immediate action. Lover will give
you a million dollar advice about goals.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Magic exists in the
universe if you are willing
to open eyes and see it , it
all depends on the way you
look at things. You will save a lot on
tax because of your investments in
the past. On professional front you
may have to take a tough decision
about someone’s career.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Adoring those you need it
and how you are so
special. You hug people if
you feel they are lonely or
going through something, you prove
to the world everyday that goo
people also exists. You are getting
better with your methods are
working just fine in office.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Captivating persona will
get you many offer for
marriage but choose wisely
as it is a matter of whole
life. You love to talk about universe
and its hidden secrets. Some of you
may also be interested in astrophys-
ics or astrology. Good returns are on
the cards from the stocks.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Absconding from
responsibilities without
intimating anyone is not an
act of brave. You have a
bank balance and it will be put to
some good use today. You will have
to closely monitor the project that
you are working on as there is no
scope of any mistakes.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Sentimentality should be
controlled in certain matter
as sometime you have to
take decisions using your
brain rather than your heart. You like
to surround yourself with likeminded
people. You are not someone who
ever gets fascinated by someone’s
wealth, you make true friends.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
You are God’s sent child
and you are purely very
nice person. Sometimes
you get influenced by
those around you even if your heart
is saying otherwise. Control your
thoughts and -direct your energy in
one direction. Don’t get involved in
short term relationships.
YOUR
DAYHoroscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
Ramcharitmanas
a m c h a r i t m a -
nas considered as
one of the greatest
works of Hindi lit-
erature is an epic
poem, composed
by the bhakti poet
Goswami Tulsidas during
1631-1633 in the Awadhi lan-
guage. The word Ram-
charitmanas means “Lake
of the deeds of Lord Ram “.
Goswami Tulsidas was a
great scholar of Sanskrit.
However, he wanted the
story of Lord Ram to be
accessible to the general
public. At that time
few people could
understand San-
skrit. To make
the story of
Rama as acces-
sible to the lay-
man as to the
scholar, Tulsidas
chose to write in
Awadhi which
was the lan-
guage of gen-
eral parlance
in large parts
of north India
at the time. It is
said that Tul-
sidas had to
face a lot of
c r i t i c i s m
from the San-
skrit scholars of Varanasi
for being a bhasha (vernac-
ular) poet. However, Tulsi-
das remained steadfast in
his resolve to simplify the
knowledge contained in the
Vedas, the Upanishads and
the Puranas to the common
people. Subsequently, his
work was accepted by all.
The core of the work is
considered by some to be a
poetic retelling of the
events of the Sanskrit
epic Ramayana by Valmiki.
The Valmiki Ramayana is
centred on the narrative of
Rama, the scion of the fam-
ily tree of king Raghu of
the Sun Dynasty. Rama was
the crown prince of Ayod-
hya and is considered in
Hindu tradition as the sev-
enth Avatar of Vishnu.
The work has vari-
ously been acclaimed as
“the living sum of Indian
culture”, “the tallest tree
in the magic garden
of medieval Indi-
an poetry”, “the
greatest book of
all devotional lit-
erature” and “the
best and most trust-
worthy guide to the
popular living faith
of the Indian peo-
ple”.
R a m ch a r i t m a -
nas consists of sev-
en K nds (literally
“books” or “epi-
sodes). Tulsidas
compared the sev-
en K nds of the
epic to seven steps
leading into the
holy waters of
Lake Manasaro-
var “which puri-
fies the body and
the soul at once.
These are -
I Bal Kand (Childhood
Episode) 361 Dohas
I Ayodhya Kand (Ayodhya
Episode), 326 Dohas
I Aranya Kand (Forest
Episode), 46 Dohas
I Kiskindha Kand
(Kishkindha Episode),
30 Dohas
I Sundar Kand (Pleasant
Episode), 60 Dohas
I Lanka Kand (Lanka Epi-
sode), 121 Dohas and
I Uttar Kand (Later Epi-
sode). 130 Dohas
The whole work was com-
pleted in 2 years 7 months
and 26 days. It is primarily
composed in the Chaupai
(four-line quatrains ), sepa-
rated by the Doha (two-line
couplets), with occasion-
al Soratha and vari-
ous Chhands. Ramcharit-
manas comprises about
10000 lines, narrating 84
acts (prasangs).
Ramcharitmanas, made
available the story of Rama
to the common man to sing,
meditate and perform on.
The writing of Ramcharit-
manas also heralded a sig-
nificant cultural tradition
of Ramlila, the dramatic
enactment of the text. Ram-
charitmanas is considered
by many as a work belong-
ing to the Saguna school of
the Bhakti movement in
Hindi literature.
INVOCATIONS AT
BEGINNING OF
EACH EPISODE
Every chapter of the Ram-
charitmanas begins with
an invocation or
Mangal chara. It is custom-
ary of the Indian tradition
of writing that the author
begins a new book with an
invocation to the Gods to
ensure that the Sankalpa is
finished unhindered. The
first three or four verses of
each K nd are typically in
the form of invocations in
Sanskrit.
The seventh and final
chapter of Ramacharitama-
nas talks of events occur-
ring after the battle of Lan-
ka. Major events are the
end of Rama’s exile and his
return to Ayodhya, the
crowning of Ram as king of
Ayodhya and the descrip-
tion of his exemplary gov-
ernance (Ramarajya). This
is followed by details of the
departure of the incarna-
tion of Lord Rama, the dia-
logue between Garuda and
Kakbhushundi wherein
Tulsidas narrated the All
Manas Rog, their causes
and the way to overcome
these. At the end of every
Chapter or Kand, in the
closing invocation, the poet
has emphasized the signifi-
cance of devotion to Lord
Ram as a way to Liberation
in this Kaliyug.
Ramayan serial has been
and is still a craze through-
out Bharat. I have been a
regular spectator of Serial
Ramayan by Ramanand Sa-
gar since my college days.
The epic Ramayan has had
a deep impact on my mind.
Last year after visiting the
Mahakumbh, I visited Var-
anasi and Ayodhya. Every
particle of the city Ayodhya
seems to be reverberating
with Lord Ram. I bought a
copy of Ramcharitmanas
in Ayodhya and was trying
to read it in Avadhi since
then.
It was my birthday on
25th March when first Lock-
down began as a measure to
contain Pandemic Corona.
On this day, I took a resolve
to read Ramcharitmanas in
Masparayan Form. Mas-
parayan is the easiest way
to read Ramcharitmanas.
In it, the Epic is split into 30
Chapters and one can com-
plete it in one month. I com-
pleted my first reading at
the end of the first lock-
down in 21 days. When
Lockdown was extended, I
decided to record Ram-
charitmanas in Masparay-
an form so that I keep my-
self connected to it regu-
larly. In the beginning, it
seemed to be a big task but
then I got so engrossed with
it, that it was on my mind
all the time. Most of the
time, the sound, ‘Sri Ram
Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram’ could
be heard in my house dur-
ing this period.
It took me 5 to 6 hours
every day to record, edit
and prepare episodes for
about 3 months. I enjoyed
doing it and now I can say
that this poetic Epic is un-
doubtedly a great work in
Hindi Literature. The
Chaupais in Ramcharitma-
nas is written by Goswami
Tulsidas with full devotion
to Lord Ram. It explains in
Uttarakhand why Bhakti is
the only way to reach Lib-
eration in Kaliyug. The
teachings in this Epic are so
significant for the society. It
depicts and narrates the
ideals of a son, a brother,
husband, wife and above all
a Ruler. Even today we im-
agine and revere Ramrajya
where everyone led a joyful
and happy life.
All the 30 Episodes of
Ramcharitmanas recorded
are available on the You-
tube channel “ smile Al-
ways MK”.
R
MAHENDRA K. PARAKH (RAS)
Member, Revenue Board Ajmer

12. T
he song ‘Khulke Jeene Ka’ starring
late actor Sushant Singh Rajput and
co-star Sanjana Sanghi has attracted
many fans since its release on Sun-
day. Adding more for her fans, Sanghi on Tues-
day has shared some “priceless moments” while
filming the video song.
The 23-year-old star shared on Instagram mul-
tiple pictures and videos that showed the co-stars
of the movie ‘Dil Bechara’ along with other crew
members enjoying their time in Paris in be-
tween the song shoot. The post also had selfies
of Sanghi with the ‘Kai Po Che’ actor. In the
captions, she mentioned that these pictures
and videos as “some of the most priceless
moments” she will “cherish for a lifetime”.
“Some of the most precious little mo-
ments that I will cherish for a lifetime
from a dreamy few days of filming in
Paris while creating #KhulKeJeeneKa
for you all,” the caption read.
—ANI
Precious Little
Moments
K
anye West left eve-
ryone worried
when he broke
down at his first
rally for the presidential
campaign. The rapper,
who announced his deci-
sion to run for the US
President’s post, was in
tears when he spoke at the
Exquis Event Centre in
North Charleston, South
Carolina a few days ago. The
musician confessed he and his
then-girlfriend Kim Kardashi-
an considered not having their
first child, North. “I almost
killed my daughter! I almost
killed my daughter!” an emo-
tional Kanye screamed. The
act raised eyebrows, leaving
fans concerned about his well-
being.
Now, reports claims Kim
wants Kanye to drop out of the
Presidential race otherwise
“she may drop him!” Kim lost
her cool when Kanye brought
North into the picture. Appar-
ently, Kanye told Kim that she
should be aware of the “game”
by now. But Kim was embar-
rassed by the incident for
she had “built up the im-
age of being so devoted
to her children.”
Apparently, the cou-
ple has been going
through a rocky
phase lately. The
family has also been
concerned. —Agency
11
hanneling her ‘Tuesday morn-
ing mood’, actor Bhumi Ped-
nekar treated her fans with a
picture in traditional attire.
“Namaste,” the ‘Pati Patni
Aur Woh’ actor simply cap-
tioned the picture on Insta-
gram. In the capture, the ‘Bala’ star is
seen clad in a color-coordinated saree,
as she channels her traditional avatar.
Bhumi looks gorgeous and is all
smiles while she strikes a pose stand-
ing in between the stairs. The snap
captures her sporting pastel-shaded
saree, as her luscious locks fell on her
pretty face.
Of late, the ‘Sonchiriya’ star has
been updating fans of her activities
by posting pictures and videos on the
photo-sharing platform.
Earlier, Bhumi shared her artwork
where she is seen in the avatar of the
famous ‘Game Of Thrones’ character
Daenerys and admitted that
she is a huge fan of the
show and quoted its di-
alogue. —ANI
Morning
MOOD
C
T
he newly released song from the upcoming bio-
graphical drama ‘Shakuntala Devi’, ‘Pass Nahi Toh
Fail Nahi’ starring actor Vidya Balan will show you
the fun side of learning mathematics.
The chirpy fun song, which released on Tues-
day, is crooned by singer Sunidhi Chauhan,
and the music is done by the musical duo,
Sachin-Jigar. The official music video,
which is shot in a classroom, sees Ba-
lan in the character of the real-life
genius Shakuntala Devi. She is
known as ‘human-computer’ and
‘mental calculator’ for her ability to
make incredibly swift calculations
on her fingertips.
The ‘Tumhari Sullu’ actor took
to Instagram to share the link to
the official music video, and
wrote, “Kya mere best friend
Maths se dosti karne ke liye tai-
yyar ho?! #PassNahiTohFailNahi
song out NOW! Meet #Shakunta-
laDeviOnPrime 31 July, on @Pri-
meVideoIn.” —ANI
‘PASS NAHI
TOH FAIL NAHI’
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Bhumi Pednekar
...her post
Sanjana Sanghi
Vidya Balan
Reunited
and how?
A
fter much antici-
pation, ‘The Par-
ent Trap’ cast fi-
nally reunited for
the first time since film-
ing the 1998 movie. Even
though the reunion was
planned in an effort to
raise funds for World Cen-
tral Kitchen, it came on
the anniversary of the
childhood-favourite mov-
ie’s 22nd anniversary. The
virtual reunion was at-
tended by director Nancy
Meyers, writer Charles
Shyer, and actors Dennis
Quaid, Lindsay Lohan,
Elaine Hendrix, Lisa Ann
Walter and Simon Kunz.
All the cast members
gathered to celebrate and
remember the family film
which officially gave Lo-
han her first-break.
In the film, Lohan plays
not one but two roles: Hal-
lie Parker and Annie
James, 11-year-old twin
sisters who were separat-
ed after birth. —Agency
Lindsay Lohan
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian
BLACKMAIL TO DROP OUT

13. onsoon brings vari-
ous festivals with it
and all of them
are celebrated
with zeal and
vigor. Today,
we celebrate
Sinjara, a festival cele-
brated a day before Teej. To
celebrate Sinjara, swings
are hung from trees and
women are dressed in
green clothes. They sing
songs in celebration of the
advent of the monsoon.
This festival is dedicated to
the Goddess Parvati, com-
memorating her union
with Lord Shiva. The day
before Haryali Teej is cele-
brated as Sinjara, wherein
women put Mehandi on
their hands.
City First got in touch
with a few of its readers
from Rajasthan and Guja-
rat to see how they are cel-
ebratingSinjaraduringthe
global pandemic and the
precautions they are tak-
ing for the same.
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WHAT’S HAPPENING!
FESTIVAL OF REUNION
POORVIKAAGRAWAL
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We celebrate Sinjara with great enthusiasm every year, but this year due to the COVID-19 epi-
demic, precautions are necessary. Instead of buying from outside, we will celebrate with the avail-
able material (jewellery, makeup accessories, mehndi, lac bangles, Lahariya, etc.) at home. We’ll
prepare Rajasthan’s famous dish, Kheer-Churma at home. We Nanad-Bhabhi will apply mehndi to
each-other. This time, we will avoid swing to follow social distancing. —PRIYANKA JANGIR
The series of festivals are start-
ing very soon including Sinjara.
Fortunately, Sinjara is not the festi-
val where we have to go to temples,
we can do that at home with friends
and family. In this festival, we do 16
shringar including applying henna. I
will prepare delicious food and will invite
a few friends keeping in mind the social
distancing. —SEEMA AGARWAL
Sinjara is a time when all married
friends have a get-together and
have a feast. It’s like a party, but
this year, the pandemic has asked
all of us for social distancing. So This
time also, we all have a get together on
zoom and we will celebrate the spirit of
Sinjara.
—MANISHA AGARWAL
Sinjara is a celebration in itself
and when you celebrate with
family than its a more beautiful and
colourful celebration. In this pan-
demic time, I’m not going to call any
girl to apply henna on my hands as a
precautionary measure. I will connect
with my friends on the video call. I will
stay at home, will prepare food and have
fun with my family. —NATASHA AGARWAL
HAPPY B’DAY!
IAS Rohitashva Singh
Tomar (top) and IPS Anil
Kumar celebrated their
birthdays on 21 July,
Tuesday. We wish them
all the best!
RAJASTHAN: Teamwork Arts,
producer of Jaipur Literature Festival
launched ‘JLF Brave New World’ in
April when everyone was locked in
the homes due to the pandemic. In
just a few months JLF Brave New
World has captured the attention of a
loyal tranche of followers. Teamwork
Arts announced that the series
has reached 2 million (20,00,000)
cumulative views and a reach of over
9 million (90,00,000).
RAJASTHAN: On
the occasion of
Hariyali Amavasya,
1001 saplings were
planted by the Shilp
Srajan Institution to
develop the under
construction garden
at the foot of the
mountain under
the supervision of
residents of Tila No.
4, Jawahar Nagar.
Not only adults but
children participated
enthusiastically to
accomplish the great
work.
Zoom Video Communication, Inc. on Tuesday announced that it will expand
its presence in India by opening a new technology centre in Bangalore
where it will hire key talent over the next few years. Zoom has an office in
Mumbai and 2 data centres in Mumbai and Hyderabad, respectively. Zoom
has seen a growth of 6700% in free user sign-ups in India from January to
April 2020.
Rajasthan: Water and Environment Jan Jagruti Chetna Sanstha and New
Human Welfare Society organised a plantation program in Jhotwara on
Tuesday, where President Kishori Lal Saini shared that the campaign aims
to grow plants in the surrounding area to get fresh air.ROYAL HAPPINESS
KAVITA CHAUHAN
R
ajasthan’s erstwhile Udaipur
royal family has a reason to
rejoice and celebrate as Laksh-
yaraj Singh Mewar and Nivritti
Kumari Mewar became proud parents to a baby boy.
On Tues-
day, Nivritti
K u m a r i
gave birth
at a Delhi
Hospital.
The cou-
ple got mar-
ried on Jan-
uary 21,
2014, and
has two
daughters,
Mohlakshi-
ka and
Praneshwari. The new baby is the grandson of
Arvind Singh Mewar and Kanak Vardhan Sin-
gh Deo, senior BJP leader from Orissa. A cere-
mony will be hosted soon at the Udaipur’s Palace to
officially welcome the baby boy. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
A virtual Faculty Development Program (FDP) was organised by JECRC University on ‘Essence:
A knowledge deck for Academicians’ on Tuesday, with the aim to prepare all the faculty of
JU as smart teachers of the future so that children get a quality education. The program was
graced with the presence of Director, IIM, Indore, Dr Himanshu Rai who delivered his views and
experiences on the ‘Leadership Development’.
RAJASTHAN: Srajan, The Spark a non-profitable
Organisation working in the field of Music organised ‘Ek
Shaam Rafi Sahab Ke Naam’, where renowned Singer
Gaurav Dr Sameer Sharma and Geetika Chaturvedi
mesmerized the audience with their performances. The
show Dinesh Kataria shared that the show was a big hit
with viewers from all over the world.
A proud moment
CITY FIRST
A
charya Ma-
hapragya has
published 1121
poems on an in-
ternational level to
commemorate the birth
centenary year (1920-
2020). Dharmaraj
Bharat has been award-
edby‘The BritishWorld
Record’ London. ‘Yug-
purush’ poem written
by Dharmaraj Bharat
was selected in the com-
pilation of 1121 poems,
which was based on the
life of Acharya Ma-
hapragya. The compila-
tion has been recorded
in 27 world records in-
cluding ‘The British
World Record’ London.
The birth centenary
year of Lok Maharishi
Mahapragya was cele-
brated as ‘Gyan
Chetna Year’ un-
der the auspices
of the Founder of
Ahimsa Yatra,
Acharya Mahashra-
man. For this honour,
Anubhavratsevi Prof.
Dr Lalitha B. expressed
gratitude, to which
Dharmaraj said that it
is a great pleasure for
me and my region to be
named in such a large
institute of the world,
as well as being a Kal-
amkar the responsibil-
ity has increased fur-
ther.
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
Dharmaraj Bharat
Lakshyaraj Singh and Nivritti Kumari
Mewar with their kids