First india jaipur edition-28 october 2020

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BY CALLING ME JAMURA, THEY ARE
INSULTING THE PM,SAYS CHIRAG PASWAN
INDIA IS PROUD OF ITS INFANTRY, SAYS
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JAIPUR l WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2020 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764 l Vol 2 l Issue No. 143
OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR & AHMEDABAD
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot said on
Tuesday that to save
time, money and re-
sources, IT based and
paperless governance is
the need of the hour.
“All departments
should innovate and fol-
low the direction of the
paperless system. With
this, not only will the
determination of sensi-
tive, transparent and
accountable govern-
ance be realized, but
also the public will get
better service delivery,”
Gehlot said while ad-
dressing a virtual inau-
guration program of e-
pension and e-account-
ing system prepared by
the Finance Depart-
ment in collaboration
with NIC.
The Chief Minister
appreciated the e-pen-
sion and e-accounting
system designed for
simplification of pen-
sion Turn to P6
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, CS Rajeeva Swarup and ACS (Finance) Niranjan Arya releasing the user
manual for the e-pension and e-account systems.
All departments should adopt paperless
system for good governance - Chief Minister
INAUGURATION OF E-PENSION AND E-ACCOUNTING SYSTEM Bullish Kotak
rallies sensex
377 points
US stands with India
against China
Mumbai: Equity
benchmark Sensex ral-
lied 377 points on Tues-
day, tracking massive
buying in Kotak Mahin-
dra Bank after the lend-
er posted strong quar-
terly earnings. The
30-share BSE index
ended 376.60 points or
0.94 per cent higher at
40,522.10. Similarly, the
broader NSE Nifty
surged 121.65 points or
1.03 per cent to 11,889.40.
Shares of Kotak Mahin-
dra Bank soared around
12 per cent after the
lender reported a 22 per
cent growth Turn to P6
New Delhi: India and the US signed the landmark
defence pact, BECA, that will allow sharing of
high-end military technology, geospatial maps and
classified satellite data between their militaries as
the two countries held a high-level dialogue on
Tuesday, and vowed to ramp up their security ties
and boost strategic cooperation in the Indo-Pacific
amidst China’s growing economic and military
clout in the region. Turn to P6
Aditi Nagar
The Ministry of Home
Affairs (MHA) has noti-
fied the Union Territo-
ry (UT) of Jammu and
Kashmir Reorganisa-
tion (Adaptation of
Central Laws) Third
Order, 2020. The Centre
has repealed or substi-
tuted 26 state laws.
Inthethirdorder,Min-
istry of Home Affairs
hasrepealed12statelaws
asawholeandothersout
of 26adaptedwithchang-
es or substitutes. Laws
which are repealed as a
whole include The Jam-
muandKashmirAliena-
tionof LandAct,Jammu
andKashmirBigLanded
Estates Abolition Act,
Jammu and Kashmir
Common Lands (Regula-
tion) Act 1956, Jammu
and Kashmir Consolida-
tion of Holdings Act
1962, Jammu and Kash-
mir Right of Prior Pur-
chase Act, Jammu and
Kashmir Utilization of
Lands Act.
In the Order, MHA
stated, in exercise of
the powers conferred by
section 96 of the Jam-
mu and Kashmir Reor-
ganisation Act, 2019 (34
of 2019), Turn to P6
Bihar Assembly polls: Time to write
new future in Bihar, says Sonia Gandhi
A day ahead of the first
phase of polling in Bi-
har, the Congress Pres-
ident Sonia Gandhi on
Tuesday issued a video
message appealing the
people to vote for a
change in the state.
She said, “Today, the
ruling party is in the
arrogance of power
and has deflected from
its path.
“Their actions and
statements are not
good, and labourers,
farmers and youth are
hopeless. The economy
is in a bad shape, people
are facing acute hard-
ship,” she said.
“Everyone is unhap-
py, and people of Bihar
are with the grand alli-
ance,” Sonia said.
Turn to P6
A ‘FEARFUL’ TUESDAY FOR CORRUPT ‘DESTINATIONS’!
Naveen Sharma
Jaipur: Unabated with
an ongoing Local self
elections scenario, a
‘fearless’ ACB headed
by a powerful team of
DG BL Soni and ADG
Dinesh MN on Tuesday
targeted six major cor-
rupt destinations, ar-
resting seven officials
and recovering 10.76
lakh rupees cash in the
process. According to
sources, CM Ashok Ge-
hlot is upbeat with an
exceptional success of
his ACB team, which he
has chosen very care-
fully, mainly compris-
ing of BL Soni and
Dinesh MN. After Dr
Alok Tripathi’s depar-
ture, Soni has also
proved to be a right
choice for this top slot
in such a short span of
his ACB tenure. In the
slew of half a dozen
major actions that cre-
ated ripples across the
state’s ‘corrupt and
mischievous’, the big-
gest trap of the day was
fruitfully carried out in
Jaipur when a team of
Jodhpur ACB nabbed
red handed, a police
constable of Jawahar
Nagar police station of
SriGanganagardistrict
while accepting a bribe
of Rs 10 lakh in Hotel
Radisson Blu in Jaipur.
ACB DG BL Soni and
ADG Dinesh MN per-
sonally supervised the
arrestof the‘high-flyer’
policeconstableNaresh
Meena who used 6 in-
ternet dongles and
more than 10 mobile
phones to dodge the
probable surveillance
of his own department!
Even as the constable
was nabbed, his supe-
rior - station house of-
fice Rajesh Siyag - went
absconding since the
bureau learnt that part
of the bribe was to be
handed to him.
Turn to P8
Now,‘Corona Jihad’ new tool for IS: NIA
New Delhi: Corona Ji-
had, carrying out lone-
wolf attacks, targetted
killing of persons re-
lated to the RSS to hurt
religious sentiments
which may lead to ri-
ots, and target-
ting important
leaders by us-
ing anaesthe-
sia injection
were among
the plans in
the discussion
of alleged Islamic
State members, said the
National Investigation
Agency (NIA).
The NIA made the
submissions in a
chargesheetfiledagainst
fiveallegedoperativesof
the Islamic State Kho-
rasan Province (ISKP)
accusing them of using
the protests against the
CitizenshipAmendment
Act(CAA)toinstigate
Muslims against
the Indian gov-
ernment.
“The inves-
tigation es-
tablished that
the accused
Sadiya and one
Doctor Ishfaq had
also discussed about
‘Corona Jihad’ and de-
sired that Corona pan-
demic should be used to
destroy country, which
shows her Turn to P6
Hizb chief, IM
Bros terrorists:
MHA
The Ministry of Home
Affairs (MHA) on Tues-
day designated 18 more
individuals, all Pakistan
based, as “terrorists” un-
der the amended anti-
terror law that was
passedbyParliamentlast
year. The list includes
seven Indians who are
now in Pakistan. Those
designated as terrorists
include Hizb-ul-Mujahi-
deen commander Syed
Salahudeen, founders of
IndianMujahideenRiyaz
and Iqbal Bhatkal and
gangster Dawood Ibra-
him’s close aide Chota
Shakeel. Turn to P6
IN A SINGLE DAY, RAJ
ACB NETS 6 BIG FISHES
Absconding SHO Rajesh Siyag Constable Naresh Meena
Congress President Sonia Gandhi
Mark T Esper, Mike Pompeo, Rajnath Singh and S Jaishankar.
TEJASHWI’S ‘YAKSHA PRASHNA’
FOR MODI AHEAD OF BIHAR VISIT
Patna: RJD leader and Mahagatbandhan’s chief
ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav has posed 11
questions to Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of
his visit to Bihar on October 28. Prime Minister will
hold rallies in Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur and Patna
on Wednesday ahead of the Bihar As-
sembly polls. In a press statement,
Tejashwi Yadav stated, “Tomorrow
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
is coming to Bihar. I want to ask
these questions from the
double engine govern-
ment of Delhi and
Patna.” Turn to P6
RAMDAS ATHAWALE TESTS
POSITIVE FOR COVID-19
DG BL Soni
ADG Dinesh MN
ACB’S #FIGHTAGAINSTCORRUPTION CAMPAIGN
z Simultaneous traps/
raids by ACB sleuths at 6
spots across Rajasthan
arresting 7 men strikes
fear among the corrupt.
z 10.75 lakh rupees
recovered, of which
a whopping 10 lakh
recovered from consta-
ble Naresh Meena of
Jawahar nagar police
station of SriGangana-
gar district
z Of the 7 arrested,
4 are cops, while two
others are patwaris and
one civilian
OMAR ABDULLAH @OMARABDULLAH
Unacceptable amendments to the land
ownership laws of J&K.
Even the tokenism of domicile
has been done away with when
purchasing non-agricultural land
& transfer of agricultural land has
been made easier. J&K is now
up for sale & the poorer small
land holding owners will suffer.
tomorrow. at 4 PM tomorrow.
Any Indian
citizen can now
buy a land, in
municipal areas
of Jammu and
Kashmir and
Ladakh without
being a domicile
FIRDOUS-NASHIN
Your own little place
in ‘Heaven’, courtesy
Union Government
Union minister Ramdas
Athawale on Tuesday
tested positive for
Covid-19 and was admit-
ted to Bombay hospital,
his party informed on
Tuesday. According to
Mayur Borkar, the PRO of
Republican Party of India
(Athawale) (RPI-A), his
results were released on
Tuesday morning. “Athawale has tested positive
and is now admitted in Bombay Hospital,” he said.
Incidentally, Athawale had held a press conference
on Monday where he had inducted actor Payal
Ghosh in the RPI-A. Though Athawale wore a
mask, it did not cover his nose.

Bhanwar S Charan
Kota: The stage is all
set for municipal corpo-
ration elections in Kota
where privatisation of
power supply through a
private company KEDL
has emerged as a key
poll issue apart from
other issues like roads,
electricity, water, etc.
While opposition BJP
is cornering the ruling
Congress with its black
paper highlighting the
failure of the govern-
ment in law and order
situation, the Congress
party is hoping to win
elections in both the
Kota north and Kota
south municipal corpo-
rations on the basis of
developmental works
which are being carried
out in Kota at large
scale.
After the bifurcation
of Kota municipal cor-
poration in Kota North
and Kota South munici-
pal corporations, UDH
minister Shanti Dhari-
wal played his trump
card under which the
government is about to
conduct developmental
works worth 3-10 crore
in every ward.
Apart from this, his-
toric development
works that are going on
in Kota with a cost of
nearly Rs 2000 crore is a
major ground for the
Congress candidates in
seeking votes.
Every Congress can-
didate is highlighting
the works saying a new
face of Kota will emerge
after the works are com-
pleted.
Since it is the first
election after bifurca-
tion of municipal cor-
porations, a section of
people believes that de-
velopmental works will
speed up due to small
wards while some think
that there was no neces-
sity of two municipal
corporations in a small
city like Kota.
In the election cam-
paigning, electricity
company KEDL is one
of the prominent issues
in Kota where BJP and
Congress are trading
charges on each other.
While BJP is remind-
ing the Congress of its
promise made in assem-
bly elections that priva-
tisation of electricity
supply will be ended,
Congress is blaming
the former BJP govern-
ment saying the gov-
ernment had put cer-
tain conditions due to
which there are hurdles
in ending the contract
with the company.
During the former
Vasundhara Raje gov-
ernment, the responsi-
bility of power supply
to Kota was given to the
private company Kota
Electricity Distribution
Limited (KEDL), a sub-
sidiary of the Calcutta
Electricity Supply Cor-
poration (CESC), in
September 2016.
It is alleged that
KEDL collected high
electricity bills from
consumers.
Dhariwal said that
the state government is
committed to get the
city rid of the company
and has also filed a po-
lice case on the compa-
ny. Apart from this, sev-
eral other issues like
the closure of factories,
resuming coaching
classes which were
closed due to lockdown
are among other poll is-
sues in Kota.
The opposition BJP
has targeted Congress
over the law and order
situation and has re-
leased a black paper.
Deputy leader of op-
position Rajendra
Rathore released the
black paper and made
deteriorating law and
order and deaths of sev-
eral infants in Kota hos-
pital main issues to tar-
get the ruling Congress.
Polling in Kota north,
where there are 70
wards, will take place
on October 29 while
Kota south, having 80
wards, will go to polls
on 1 November.
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First India Bureau
Jaipur: UPSC will hold
a meeting on Wednes-
day to discuss the
names in the panel of
three IPS officers for
the post of DGP Ra-
jasthan which will be
attended by chief secre-
tary Rajeev Swarup.
It is believed that the
names of three senior
IPS officers Rajeev Da-
sot, ML Lather, and A K
Mishra would be there
in the panel on the basis
of seniority.
After discussion, the
UPSC will forward with
three names to the state
government following
which the state govern-
ment will decide one
name and the officer
will be appointed as the
new DGP of Rajasthan.
UPSCtorecommendthreenames
for Rajasthan DGP post
DECISION AWAITED
‘Congressgovtchangedthepictureofcities’
Privatisation of power supply, a poll issue
DOUBLE-ENGINE LOCAL GOVT: Electricity company KEDL is one of the prominent issues in Kota Shanti Dhariwal’s
successful mega
roadshow in Kota
SANDEEP VERMA COMPLETES
FRAMING OF NEW PPP POLICY
Rajpal Singh
slams Cong govt
over law & order
Campaigning for Municipal
Elections ended at 5:30 pm
Kailash Mahawar
joins Congress
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: Giving a jolt to
BJP ahead of the mu-
nicipal corporation
elections, the saffron
party’s former coun-
cilor Kailash Mahawar
along with his 100 sup-
porters joined Con-
gress on the last day of
election campaigning.
Mahawar joined
Congress in the pres-
ence of Chief Whip
Mahesh Joshi, former
RTDC chairman Ran-
deep Dhankar, observ-
er for the municipal
corporation elections
Lalit Toolwal, Seva Dal
state president Hem
Singh and the party
leader Mumtaz Masih.
Joshi said that Maha-
war joined the Con-
gress party with his
supporters because his
party betrayed him by
not giving him a ticket
despite a promise.
Targeting the BJP,
the chief whip said
that BJP believes in
horse-trading and it is
now on the party’s
agenda.
Mahawar, who is
from the Dalit commu-
nity, also termed the
BJP as an anti-Dalit
party.
First India Bureau
Kota: UDH Minister
Shanti Dhariwal fin-
ished his 360-degree
election campaigning in
his hometown by carry-
ing out another mega
roadshow covering the
North Kota Municipal
Corporation areas.
The roadshow started
from Kethunipole and
passed through Patan-
pole, Subzi Mandi, and
Ghanta Ghar before it
ended after passing
through dozens of mu-
nicipal wards in the
walled city area. Speak-
ing to First India exclu-
sively Dhariwal said
that Cong will develop
Kota in such a manner
that people from far off
places would come to
visit the city.
He claimed that BJP
was nowhere in the con-
test and would be deci-
mated in the coming
elections. Dhariwal
praised the ticket distri-
bution,electionmanage-
ment, and unity of Con-
gress while pointing out
thegroupisminthelocal
BJP. Cong leader Rajen-
dra Sankhla and City
Congress President
Ravindra Tyagi were
also present.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: HCM RIPA DG
Sandeep Verma com-
pleted his task of fram-
ing the new PPP policy
draft which he submit-
ted to the state govern-
ment on Tuesday. Ver-
ma submitted the policy
draft to CS Rajeewa
Swarup. DG Sandeep
Verma was assigned the
task of framing the new
PPP policy draft on Sep-
tember 24th and had
been asked to finish the
task in 6 weeks’ time
but he completed his job
in one month and sub-
mitted the draft to the
CS. Sandeep Verma
drafted the policy on 3
important documents
viz. Rajasthan PPP
Policy 2008 draft, Na-
tional PPP Policy 2011
of GOI and the Re-vis-
iting and Revitalizing
PPP model of infra-
structure policy of GOI.
The new PPP policy
wishes to achieve aims
like PPP projects be-
come a reality and the
decision for them is
taken quickly, value for
money principle could
be executed for the PPP
projects, to develop re-
al-time guidance and
monitoring of the PPP
projects, to easily settle
the pre and post dis-
putes in all PPP projects
and the use of the prop-
erties created by a PPP
project in case it fails or
is closed down.
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: Former UDH
minister Rajpal Singh
Shekhawat on Tuesday
attacked the state govt
on law & order issue. He
accused CM Gehlot of
neglecting the law & or-
der of the state by being
busy spying on his par-
ty people and implicat-
ing them in cases of se-
dition by misusing SOG
and ACB. Jaipur MP
Ramcharan Bohra was
also present during the
press conference.
Shekhawat cornered
the state govt on its ze-
ro-setback policy also.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: State Election
Commissioner (SEC)
PS Mehra said that the
campaigning for the
Municipal Elections
2020 for Jaipur Herit-
age, Jodhpur North,
and Kota North munici-
pal corporations sched-
uled to go to polls for the
first phase on October
29 has ended at 5:30 pm
on Tuesday.
Mehra advised all
the candidates to
strictly follow the Cov-
id-19 guidelines while
going for the door to
door campaigning. He
cautioned the candi-
dates not to take more
than 5 people along
with them while their
door to door campaign-
ing. SEC appealed to
all the candidates to
maintain social dis-
tancing and avoid ac-
tivities like touching
feet, shaking hands, or
hugging people during
their campaigning. PS
Mehra appealed to eve-
rybody to follow social
distancing and corona-
virus protocol until
the last vote was cast
on 29 October.
Shanti Dhariwal finished his 360-degree election campaigning by
covering the North Kota Municipal Corporation areas.
COURTESY CALL
State Chief Information Commissioner Ashutosh Sharma met Governor Kalraj Mishra
at Raj Bhavan. Sharma’s term is ending on November 5. He met Governor before
completion of his term.
Diya to garner votes
in favour of BJP
First India Bureau
Jaipur: For the ‘Nagar
Nigam Elections 2020’,
Rajsamand MP and BJP
State General Secretary,
Diya Kumari participat-
ed in public relations
campaign to garner
votes in favour of BJP
candidates. She cam-
paigned for Jaipur Her-
itage Ward No. 72 candi-
date, Lalita Jaiswal and
Ward No. 71, Beena Me-
thi. She went door-to-
door with the workers to
seek votes.
Diya Kumari participated in public relations campaign to organise
votes in favour of BJP Candidates of Nagar Nigam Jaipur.
ML Lather
Both Cong & BJP are
promising ‘patta’ of
houses, fixing sewerage
problems, proper drainage
system and CC roads to voters
in Slum areas across the river
area in Kota.Most of the areas across the riv-
er is slum which still lacks development.
—Rajendra Sumant, Social activist
There have been devel-
opmental activities in
Rampura but still there
are a lot of things which
are required to be done. There is
a need to connect Rampura
market with Kunadi through a flyover which
will help in reviving the market.
—Durga Shankar, State vice president Indian Medical Association
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: With the cam-
paigning coming to a
halt on Tuesday even-
ing for the local body
election, Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot has
said that the state gov-
ernment is continuous-
ly taking major steps
for the development of
the village, poor and
farmers as well as ur-
ban area. “During the
previous and present
tenure of our govern-
ment, unprecedented
work was done in the
area of urban develop-
ment in Jaipur, Jodh-
pur, and Kota and the
picture of these cities
changed. Our govt has
taken forward the de-
velopmental work by
strengthening the local
bodies. In view of the
increasing scope of the
three cities, two munic-
ipal corporations have
been formed for system-
atic development. The
sequence of develop-
ment should continue
in the same way, and for
this, in the three mu-
nicipal corporations in
the three cities, vote in
favor of the Congress
candidates,” Gehlot ap-
pealed to the citizens.
At the same time, aware
of the threat posed by
Corona, Chief Minister
has appealed to the can-
didates of all parties to
follow all precautions
during the election and
continue to play strong
participation in the
massmovementagainst
Corona even after the
election.
“Cleanliness system
has been strengthened
in all cities in order to
keep our cities clean.
As a result of this, in
the recent cleanliness
survey, Jaipur has been
ranked 28th nationally
and Jodhpur stood at
29th spot. Our main
goal is to develop all
modern amenities in-
cluding sewerage in
cities, development of
pet-free roads, develop-
ment of parking spac-
es, strengthening of
fire fighting systems,
development of beauti-
ful parks so that our
cities can join the best
cities of the world,”
Gehlot stressed.
He said that recently
Indira Rasoi Yojana has
been started in 213 ur-
ban bodies of the state
in which people are be-
ing provided pure, deli-
cious, and nutritious
food for only eight ru-
pees keeping in tune
with our commitment
of no one sleeps hungry.
“We are committed to
fulfill the important
promises made by the
Congress in the Public
Proclamation with a
view to making the local
bodies effective and de-
centralizing power. In
this direction, the notifi-
cation of minimum edu-
cational qualification in
the election of the peo-
ple's representative has
been removed by issu-
ing a notification on 22
February 2019. Simi-
larly, the right of re-
structuring and sub-di-
vision of plots up to 15
square feet has also
been given to the urban
bodies,” the CM said.
It is believed that the
names of three senior
IPS officers Rajeev
Dasot, ML Lather, and
A K Mishra would be
there in the panel on
the basis of seniority
DG Sandeep
Verma submitted
the policy draft to
CS Rajeev Swarup
—Image for representational purpose only.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2020
Suryaveer Singh
Jaisalmer: The desert
state of Jaisalmer is all
set to emerge as the hub
of solar energy in the
country, where an exer-
cise to set up solar en-
ergy projects with
10,000 MW capacity
with an investment
of Rs. 12000 crore has
started.
After wind energy,
the district is moving
forward to become the
leading hub of solar en-
ergy. In the near future,
Jaisalmer will become
the leading district in
energy production.
There are already
many projects of wind
energy and electricity
is being generated
through gas in the gas
based Ramgarh power
plant. In present, sev-
eral solar power plants
are being set up in Jais-
almer with a total ca-
pacity of 10,000 MW.
A government com-
pany RRECL is setting
up a 925 MW solar pro-
ject here. Apart from it,
other companies in-
cluding Adani group
and SBE are also in-
vesting in solar plants
in Jaisalmer.
Adani group is set-
ting up projects with a
capacity of 8000 MW
and a 765 KV GSS.
The group was allotted
12,000 bigha land
in 2002. The huge in-
vestment would gener-
ate job opportunities.
for the youth and would
accelarate growth.
Nirmal Tiwari
Kota: Kota’s Chambal
river will be rejuvenat-
ed like Ganga under
Namami Gange project
for which the centre
has accepted the de-
mand of the state gov-
ernment. With this, the
exercise for the conser-
vation of rare Ganga
dolphins, alligators, ot-
ter and other species
that have reached the
verge of extinction.
It will be the first ma-
rine wildlife conserva-
tion scheme of the state
desert state for which
all the proposals have
been finalised at the
level of the forest de-
partment.
Under the scheme,
the basic work of giv-
ing life back to the
Chambal river on the
lines of the Ganges will
be done. The govern-
ment has prepared an
action plan with the
help of Union Jal Shak-
ti ministry and Wildlife
Institute of India to
save Chambal, which
flows throughout in Ra-
jasthan.
It is the ecosystem
which is first saved to
conserve any river and
here, the wildlife insti-
tute of India and the
state forest department
will jointly save the
Ganga dolphins, alliga-
tors and otters in
Chambal.
They have been ex-
tinct for a long time,
there is some hope of
their return.
Solar projects worth` 12,000 Cr to
come up at golden city of Jaisalmer
Kota’s lifeline, Chambal river to get a
makeover under Namami Gange Project
TOWARDS A BETTER TOMORROW
COVID-19 SCARE: RAJASTHAN REPORTS 14 MORE
FATALITIES, WITH 329 FRESH CASES IN JAIPUR
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan re-
corded 14 more fatali-
ties due to the novel
coronavirus on Tues-
day, bringing the death
toll from the disease to
1,867 in the state, ac-
cording to a health de-
partment bulletin.
The state also report-
ed 1,796 fresh cases,
pushing the infection
count to 1,89,844. The
number of active COV-
ID-19 cases in Rajasthan
stands at 15,949.
According to the bul-
letin, 1,72,028 people
have been discharged so
far after treatment.
The death toll from
the coronavirus is 367
in Jaipur, followed by
180 in Jodhpur; 137 each
in Bikaner and Ajmer;
116 in Kota; 92 in
Bharatpur; 74 in Pali; 68
in Udaipur; 56 in Na-
gaur; 54 each in Alwar
and Sikar; 34 in Bar-
mer; 29 in Dholpur; 28
in Rajsamand; 27 in
Jhunjhunu and 26 each
inBanswaraandBaran.
Of the fresh COVID-19
cases, Jaipur recorded
329, Bikaner 320, Jodh-
pur 159, Alwar 125,
Ajmer 120, Hanuman-
garh 100 while Kota and
Nagaur registered 94
new cases each. There
were novel coronavirus
cases reported in other
districts of the state as
well, according to the
bulletin.
State government in a
bid to fight against the
Coronavirus pandemic,
has launched a massive
campaign, ‘ Corona Jan
Aandolan,’ on the occa-
sion of Gandhi Jayanti
on October 2, 2020 to
create mass awareness,
which would continue
till October 31, 2020.
Deepak Lavania
Bharatpur. In a big ac-
tion taken, in pursu-
ance of the ongoing
‘Shuddh Ke liye Yuddh’
campaign, a team led by
SDM Sanjay Goyal raid-
ed Kansal Dairy in the
Atalbandh Mandi of
the city.
The team found ap-
proximately 1000 kg of
mawa stored at the
dairy. When inquired
about the large quanti-
ty of mawa stored with
him, the dairy owner
said that it was manu-
factured at his own fac-
tory.
SDM Goyal along
with other officers, took
the dairy owner to his
factory, where they
found 40-50 plastic
drums filled with the
ingredients used to
make the mawa.
The team found
sweets being made us-
ing the ingredient at the
venue.
The officers of the
team told that the mate-
rial filled in all the
drums was hard like
stone and when checked
was found to be nega-
tive.
The Sub-Divisional
Magistrate, Sanjay Goy-
al got all the material
destroyed right on the
spot.
Satya Narayan Sharma
Jaipur: The mega
mask awareness cam-
paign by Jaipur Police
Commissionerate on its
third day, took religious
and spiritual leaders
along to the walled city
area of the Pink city.
The religious leaders
along with the police of-
ficers, distributed
masks to people in Ram-
ganj, Tripolia and Hawa
Mahal areas of the
walled city. During the
campaign the religious
leaders themselves
made people wear
masks whenever they
found anybody not
wearing one.
The police awareness
squad consisted of Po-
lice Commissioner,
Anand Srivastava, Ad-
ditional Police Commis-
sioners, Rahul Prakash
and Ajay Pal Lamba
along with other offic-
ers of the Commission-
erate; while the reli-
gious awareness squad
consisted of Moti Dun-
gri Ganesh temple’s
Mahant Kailash, Galta
Peethadhishvar Avd-
hesh Maharaj, Govind
Dev Ji Mahant Manas
Goswami, Kale Hanu-
man temple’s Mahant
Yogesh, BM Sharma of
Khole ke Hanuman Ji
and Mufti Amjad Sahab
of the Jama Masjid.
It was a really inspir-
ing sight to see the reli-
gious leaders walking
along with the police to
make people aware of
the necessity of masks
during the pandemic
until some vaccine for it
is available. All the reli-
gious leaders praised
the police initiative.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: CM Ashok Ge-
hlot called up SMS
Medical College Prin-
cipal Dr Sudhir
Bhandari to know
about his well-being. It
is noteworthy that co-
rona frontline warrior,
Dr Bhandari was diag-
nosed corona positive a
few days ago and has
been under treatment
since then at his resi-
dence. Dr Sudhir
Bhandari has been one
of the principal advi-
sors to the state gov-
ernment in its war
against corona ever
since the pandemic
broke out in this state
in March and had been
working without any
break ever since.
Former CM Vasund-
hara Raje also called Dr
Bhandari to get an up-
date on his health.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Energy min-
ister BD Kalla has
once again tested
positive for corona
even in his second
test report.
It is noteworthy
that Kalla along with
some of his members
was diagnosed coro-
na positive some
time ago and had
been under treat-
ment in home isola-
tion since then.
After the comple-
tion of the manda-
tory quarantine pe-
riod, the samples
were again collect-
ed on Monday in
which all the family
members along
with the staff have
their reports nega-
tive, but only Minis-
ter Kalla’s report
came positive. Al-
though the minister
BD Kalla has his
health parameters
perfect.
First India Bureau
Dausa: District Collec-
tor Piyush Samaria, on
the second consecutive
day, monitored the
ShudhkeliyeYudhcam-
paign in the district.
A team of health in-
spectors led by Dr Hit-
endra Meena reached a
private milk dairy on
Ganipur road in the
Sikray township and
took samples of milk
and milk products at
the dairy.
OnMondaythehealth
department teams had
taken samples from a
spice manufacturing
unit and of edible
groundnut oil from an
oil speller in Bapi indus-
trial area. All the col-
lected samples have
been sent to the labora-
tory for testing.
First India Bureau
Sawai Madhopur: The
‘Shuddh ke liye Yuddh’
campaign is being led
by Collector Nannu Mal
Paharia in the district.
A team led by Deputy
Collector, Kapil Sharma
raided Mohan Masala
Udyog in the Kherda
RIICO industrial area
of the district HQ. The
team found that the fac-
tory owner Yogesh
Sahu was manufactur-
ing low quality spices
in his factory and then
selling them from his
Bajariya situated shop.
The team seized around
450 kg of red chilli pow-
der along with 750 kg of
coriander powder
which was not only an
year old but also of very
low quality. The team
also took samples of
other spices being man-
ufactured at the factory.
Jpr cops distribute masks
under awareness drive
Jaipur Police Commissioner Anand Srivastava distributes masks in walled city area on Tuesday.
The sample of milk products at the dairy at Sikray township were sent for laboratory testing.
CM,Raje enquire about
Dr Bhandari’s health
Death toll from the disease has reached to 1,867 in
the state, according to the health dept bulletin
BD Kalla tests +ve
in second report
Dausa: Team of health inspectors
visit private dairy, collect samples
Team led by Deputy Collector,raids
Spice factory at Sawai Madhopur
Raid @ dairy under ‘Shuddh ke liye Yuddh’ drive
Kashiram Chaudhary
Jaipur: A six-day
vigilance awareness
week ‘Satark Bharat-
Samarth Bharat’
was launched at
Jaipur airport on
Tuesday in which
the Airport Director,
Jaideep Singh Bal-
hara administered
oath to the staffers.
He administered e-
pledge to the staffers
on terminal-2 and
asked them to stay
vigilant and focused
on work.
During the ‘Vigi-
lant India, Prosper-
ous India’ week from
October 27 to Novem-
ber 2, various aware-
ness programmes
will be held.
‘Satark Bharat,
Samarth Bharat’
week @Jpr airport
Workers at a dairy in Dausa involved in producing cottage Cheese.

When pride comes, then comes
disgrace, but with the humble
is wisdom. —Proverbs 11:2
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ater is more
abundant on
the Moon than
we might have
suspected, ac-
cording to two papers
published today in Na-
ture Astronomy that
confirm the presence of
ice on and near the lunar
surface.
It’s a boost for the pros-
pect of extracting water
from the Moon, which can
help support humans, or be
converted to rocket fuel,
although the situation is
far from simple.
The first paper, led by
Casey Honniball of the
University of Hawai’i,
offers confirmation of
the suspected discovery
of water on the Moon. In
previous studies, re-
searchers had examined
frequencies of absorbed
radiation and identified
the presence of chemi-
cals called hydroxyl ions
on the Moon.
Hydroxyl ions (OH-) are
part of the water molecule
H2O, meaning water ice
was a likely, but not defi-
nite, source of the hydrox-
yls detected. But as hydrox-
yl ions are found in many
other compounds too, it
was impossible to be sure.
The new research used
a new technique and has
shown that a significant
proportion of those hy-
droxyls are indeed found
within water ice mole-
cules, possibly bound or
suspended in the Moon’s
surface rocks. More re-
search is needed to de-
duce the precise details,
but the presence of mo-
lecular water is big news.
The second paper, led by
Paul Hayne of the Univer-
sity of Colorado, notes
there are likely to be more
“cold traps” containing
water ice than previously
estimated.
A “cold trap” is a place
in permanent shadow,
where ice can survive be-
cause it never receives
direct sunlight, and
where the temperature
stays sufficiently low.
Elsewhere, sunlight
warms the ice, causing it
to “sublime”: the Moon’s
low atmospheric pres-
sure means solid ice di-
rectly transforms into
water vapour, which may
refreeze somewhere else.
The study showed that at
high latitudes, there were
potentially very high num-
bers of these cold traps
(possibly billions), some as
small as 1cm across.
How much water is on
the Moon? Current esti-
mates, based on the pre-
vious detection of hy-
droxyls, range from 100
million tonnes to the
more recent 2.9 billion
tonnes. According to the
new estimate, up to 30%
of some areas of the lu-
nar surface could be ice
in cold traps.
Even using the conserva-
tive price for water offered
by launch company ELA of
$US3,000 per kg for delivery
tolowEarthorbit,thewater
on the Moon could be worth
billions of dollars a year,
because water can be split
into hydrogen and oxygen
and used as rocket fuel.
Someof ourresearchshows
how a business case can be
made at low Earth orbit.
The importance of the
new findings is there is
now far more certainty
that the water is there,
and there are more wide-
spread opportunities to
find it.
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New studies confirm Moon has icy poles
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So, what is critical think-
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Learning to master the skill
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It is significant because busi-
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As part of business acu-
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The need of the hour is to
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Given that Critical Thinking is
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When observed holisti-
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porate world in over a decade
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at the best answers, but to a so-
lution that most people will em-
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nating the skill to the remain-
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Learning to
master the skill of
critical thinking
can have a
profoundly
positive impact on
nearly every aspect
of one’s career and
business. The
question arises,
why is critical
thinking so very
important in
business? It is
significant because
business leaders
have to take major
decisions every
day, from hiring
and firing to
handling public
relation crises and
to assess market
forces & the
interest of all
stakeholders
AS PART OF BUSINESS
ACUMEN, MANY GURUS
HAVE OFTEN
CATEGORIZED CT TO BE
A PART OF ONE’S
DESIRABLE CORPORATE
BEHAVIOR AND AN
ESSENTIAL SOFT SKILL
WHICH CAN BE
LEARNED, PRACTICED,
AND MASTERED
RETD. COL
ANUPAM JAITLY
Defence expert, Motivational
speaker & Corporate Trainer
IN-DEPTH
RSS FOR DEBATE ON
UNIFORM CIVIL LAW
he Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh’s
joint general-secretary, Dattatreya Hosa-
bale has set the cat among the pigeons by
suggesting a nation-wide debate on uni-
form civil code (UCC) to make people
aware of it’s all about. Hosabale said that in the
Constitution the UCC is defined under the Direc-
tive Principles of State Policy in Article 44 but
without any time frame for its implementation. He
left it to the government to decide on the time to
introduce a Bill on UCC, which refers to a single
law applicable to all citizens like the Portuguese
Civil Code of 1867 is applicable in the whole of Goa.
Along with Ram temple in Ayodhya, triple talaq,
and Article 370, the UCC has been on the agenda
of RSS and the BJP, which included it in its 2019
poll manifesto. With the first three objectives hav-
ing been realised, the UCC is now being pushed by
the Sangh.
Interestingly, the idea of UCC was junked by Jus-
tice BS Chauhan, Chairman of the 21st Law Com-
mission, who said that “UCC is not possible and not
even an option”. “Personal Laws can never be done
away with as they have constitutional protection,”
said Justice Chauhan who recommended religion-
wise amendments in family laws. Contrary to Ho-
sabale’sassertion,thelawpanelchief saidthatUCC
“could disturb the essence of the Constitution”.
Muslims are the strongest opponents of the UCC
as they perceive it to be an infringement on their
personal laws as enshrined in the Shariah. Any
attempt to introduce the UCC is bound to stir the
hornet’s nest.
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FB’S CONTROVERSIAL
OFFICIAL RESIGNS
nkhi Das, Facebook’s director, public
policy in India, South and Central Asia,
who was at the centre of a controversy
because of her pro-Bharatiya Janata
Party bias in blocking hate content on
the social media site, has resigned. Facebook’s
statement that “Ankhi has decided to step down to
pursue her interest in public service…” is obvi-
ously not the entire truth. To look for the reason
why one of FB’s “earliest employees” chose to step
down one has to refer to the Wall Street Journal’s
August report on how Ankhi was promoting the
BJP’s agenda. The WSJ report said that for busi-
ness reasons Ankhi did not apply “hate speech
rules” on some individuals and groups close to the
BJP for their anti-Muslim posts. The WSJ also re-
ported that Das told her staff members at FB that
“punishing violations” by BJP “would damage the
company’s business prospects in the country, Face-
book’s biggest global market by number of users.”
The FB has over 400 million customers in India.
Because of Ankhi’s blatant bias for BJP’s hate-
mongers, Facebook’s India head Ajit Mohan had to
appear before a Parliamentary Standing Committee
headed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor. The Con-
gress had earlier accused the social media giant of
“anunholynexuswiththerulingparty.Ontheother
hand, the Union IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad
wrote a strongly worded letter to Facebook Mark
Zuckerberg accusing the site of censoring the con-
tent of those supportive of right-of-centre ideology.
One must remember that FB’s “algorithms ex-
ploit the human brain’s attraction to divisiveness”
and be forewarned.
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New Delhi: Chief of
Defence Staff General
Bipin Rawat took the
integrity pledge and
swore to follow the rule
of law and perform
tasks in an honest and
transparent manner to
mark the beginning of
the Vigilance Aware-
ness Week on Tuesday.
General Rawat, dur-
inghispledge,reiterated
toleadbyexampleexhib-
itingintegrityinperson-
al behaviour and always
actinthepublicinterest.
These attributes are im-
bibed in every soldier
and officer of the Indian
Armed Forces from the
startof theirservicelife.
Healsosworetoperform
tasks in an honest and
transparent manner,
which are the qualities
synonymous with the
morals and tradition of
the Indian Armed Forc-
es.TheCentralVigilance
Commission(CVC),inits
efforts to ensure a policy
of 'Zero Tolerance to-
wards Corruption', has
decided that Vigilance
Awareness Week will be
observedfromOctober27
to November 2.
New Delhi: A day after
he was awarded three
years in jail by a Special
CBICourtinacoalscam
case, the Delhi High
Court Tuesday suspend-
ed the sentence of for-
mer Union minister
Dilip Ray.
Ray’s application for
suspension of sentence
came up for hearing be-
fore the single-judge
bench of Justice Suresh
Kumar Kait. “The sen-
tence has been suspend-
ed and the case has been
fixed for hearing on No-
vember 23,” said advo-
cate Chandra Prakash,
who represents Ray in
the case.
The case in which Ray
wasconvictedonOctober
6 and sentenced on Mon-
daypertainstothealloca-
tion of 105.153 hectares
of a coal mining area in
Jharkhand’s Giridh dis-
tricttoCastronTechnolo-
giesLimited(CTL)bythe
Union ministry of coal’s
Screening Committee in
1999.While sentencing
Ray,thespecialCBIcourt
had observed that he
“abused his official posi-
tion” as his decision of
“relaxation of policy
without any logical or le-
gal basis amounts to
gross abuse of his pow-
ers…”. Ray was convict-
ed along with five oth-
ers: CTL; its director
Mahendra Kumar Agar-
walla; two senior Coal
ministryofficialsPradip
Kumar Banerjee (then
additional secretary)
andNityaNandGautam
(then advisor, projects);
andCastronMiningLtd.
INDIAJAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2020
Patna: Reacting to min-
ister Sanjay Kumar
Jha's 'jamura' comment,
Lok Janshakti Party
(LJP) leader Chirag
Paswan on Tuesday
said JD(U) leader is ac-
tually insulting Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi by calling him a
'Madaari'.
Speaking at a press
conference here, Pas-
wan said, "If I am a ja-
mura, who is the
madaari? Do they know
who they are mocking?
They say that I am act-
ing on the orders of the
Prime minister. By call-
ing me jamura, they are
insulting the Prime
Minister and calling
him a madaari. The
continuous insult of
the prime minister is
beyond me. By being
against just one person,
you are speaking
against the PM as well,"
he said. JD(U) leader
Sanjay Jha slammed
Paswan for criticising
Nitish Kumar and said,
"The statement made by
Chirag about Nitish Ji
is part of 'Jamura' role,
he is playing nowadays.
Now, you can interpret
to your own under-
standing who is Chi-
raag's 'Madaari'. Some-
one is making Chirag
dance to their tunes, so
he's dancing."
"Everyone knows
that alcohol is readily
available in Bihar. Who
is protecting the smug-
glers and who is profit-
ing from this smuggling
of alcohol? Where is the
revenue going, CM ji,?
Is it going into your
pocket?" he questioned
Chief Minister on the
liquor smuggling.
"The 'Saat Nischay' is
one of the biggest
scams. Some are saying
that people were mak-
ing 40 per cent commis-
sions from this. When I
went for my yatra, I saw
the condition of 'nali
gali' they are always
talking about. If this is
the condition, why
shouldn't there be an
investigation? Why is
the CM so afraid if he is
innocent?" he added.
On Sanjay Jha's state-
ment that he is a flop in
Bollywood so he will also
fail in politics, Chirag
Paswan accused CM Nit-
ish Kumar of turning the
word 'Bihari' into abuse
and said that he returned
just to take care of his
father. "Had I stayed in
industry for longer I
would have made a name
for myself. All actors
struggleinthebeginning.
I came back due to my fa-
ther's ill health. I saw the
reality of how they were
treating our people and
using the word Bihari
was like an abuse. Nitish
Kumar ji turned the word
'Bihari' into an abuse. I
constantly addressed my-
self as a Bihari. —ANI
BY CALLING ME ‘JAMURA’, THEY
ARE INSULTING PM MODI: CHIRAG
Patna: RJD leader
Tejashwi Yadav on
Tuesday said that by
commenting on my
family, Chief Minister
Nitish Kumar is target-
ing Prime Minister
Modi and moreover he
can only indulge in
abusing me but he
won't speak on the real
issues like inflation
and corruption that af-
fects people.
"By commenting on
my family, Nitish Ku-
mar is targeting PM
Modi as he also has 6
siblings. Using such
language, Nitish Ku-
mar has insulted wom-
en and my mother's sen-
timents. They don't
speak on main issues
including inflation, cor-
ruption, unemploy-
ment etc, he can only
abuse us," said Yadav
reacting to Bihar Chief
Minister Nitish Ku-
mar's 'nine children'
jibe at RJD supremo
Lalu Prasad Yadav.
"Whatever CM Nitish
Kumar says, it is a bless-
ing for us but he is indi-
rectly trying to target
PM Modi indirectly by
attacking us," he added.
Yadav further stated
that RJD's only focus is
to provide jobs to the
youth, eradicate pov-
erty, construct open
factories and food pro-
cessing units.
"People of Bihar have
decided to vote for is-
sues related to state.”
"Even bad words used
by Nitishji against me
are like blessings to me.
Nitishji is mentally and
physically tired and
that is why he can speak
whatever he likes. I
treat his words like a
blessing. This time Bi-
har has decided to vote
on the issues of employ-
mentanddevelopment,"
Yadav said. —ANI
‘CM Nitish Kumar won’t speak
on real issues like inflation’
Faridabad:A 21-year-
old woman was mur-
dered in broad daylight
outside her college in
Ballabgarh in Hary-
ana’s Faridabad dis-
trict on Monday. The
incident took place
during a failed abduc-
tion attempt that was
recorded on camera.
The woman, identi-
fied as Nikita Tomar,
had come out of her
college after appearing
for an exam when the
incident took place,
ACP, Ballabgarh,
Jaiveer Singh Rathi
told news agency PTI.
The accused, who ar-
rived at the spot in a
vehicle, tried to pull
the woman inside, in a
possible bid to abduct
her, but she resisted af-
ter which one of the
accused shot her. The
brutal murder was
caught on camera. She
was taken to a hospital,
but succumbed to inju-
ries, the ACP said.
He said during pre-
liminary investigation,
it has emerged that one
of the accused was
known to her.
Both the men alleg-
edly involved in the
murder have been ar-
rested and the main ac-
cused has been identi-
fied as Tausif, police
confirmed. The other
accused has been iden-
tified as Rehan, a resi-
dent of Nuh in Hary-
ana.
The family of the
woman has linked the
killing of the 21-year-
old to so-called ‘love ji-
had’. The family
claimed that the wom-
an was attacked out-
side her college by a
man who was infatu-
ated with her while the
other accused is his as-
sociate.
A case has been reg-
istered and the matter
is being investigated.
Haryana Home Minis-
ter Anil Vij said, “An
SIT led by ACP Crime
Anil Kumar will en-
sure quick probe and
time-bound trial to en-
sure justice to the fam-
ily.” —PTI
21 yr old Haryana woman
shot dead, accused held
CDS Rawat’s integrity
pledge on Vigilance
Awareness week
Coal scam : Delhi HC
suspends jail term of
ex-minister Dilip Ray
New Delhi: Extending
the deadline for the
completion of the trial
in the sexual assault
case against journalist
Tarun Tejpal to March
31, 2021, the Supreme
Court on Tuesday said
that if he were to agree
to a trial through vide-
oconference, it would be
overwithintwomonths.
While the complain-
ant woman had sought
her cross examination
via videoconference
amid the COVID-19 pan-
demic, Tejpal had
strongly objected to it.
A bench headed by
Justice Ashok Bhushan
noted that the judge
conducting the trial had
citedreasonableground
for the extension of the
trial in the matter. The
bench said that 31 wit-
nesses were yet to be
examined in the matter.
Solicitor General
Tushar Mehta, repre-
senting the Goa govern-
ment, seconded the
court observations in
the matter.
Senior Advocate Ka-
pil Sibal insisted that
the trial should not be
extended.
The bench told Sibal:
"You are not agreeable
to a trial through vide-
oconference, otherwise
it will be over within
two months." —PTI
Complete trial
by March 31, SC
tells Goa Police
TARUN TEJPAL CASE
New Delhi: The SC on
directed that the Alla-
habad HC will monitor
the probe, being con-
ducted by the CBI, into
the case related to the
alleged gang-rape and
subsequent death of a
Dalit girl in Hathras.
A three-judge bench
headed by Chief Justice
of India SA Bobde,
which was hearing a
plea seeking to transfer
the trial in the case
from Uttar Pradesh to
Delhi, said that the
same will be decided at
a later stage. The bench
said that all aspects of
the Hathras case, in-
cluding security to the
victim's family and wit-
nesses will be looked
after by the Allahabad
High Court.
"So far as the transfer
of the Hathras case to
Delhi is concerned, it is
appropriate for the CBI
to conclude the investi-
gation and it will be de-
cided at the later stage,"
the bench said.
The court observed
that once the investiga-
tion is complete, the
transfer of the case can
be considered. "As of
now, CBI is dealing with
it and there is no cause
of apprehension," it
added. The bench also
asked the CBI to file its
status reports in Alla-
habad High Court.
A 19-year-old had suc-
cumbed to her injuries
at Delhi's Safdarjung
Hospital on September
29 after being assaulted
and allegedly gang-
raped on Sept 14. —PTI
AllahabadHCtomonitorCBI
probeintoHathrascase:HC
BIHAR POLLS: Paswan said that he wants that each and every resident of the state to feel proud of being a ‘Bihari’
‘Nitish using foul words
as he can sense loss’
Chirag Paswan addresses a press conference in Patna.
‘People have decided to vote for state related issues,’ said Tejashwi.
Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat along with chief of army
Staff and vice chief of army staff on the occasion of 74th Infantry
Day at National War Memorial, in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Family members of a 21-year-old woman who was allegedly shot
dead outside her college on Monday, stage a protest, at Ballabgarh.
Patna: Reacting to Bi-
har Chief Minister
Nitish Kumar’s ‘nine
children’ jibe at RJD
supremo Lalu Prasad
Yadav, Congress lead-
er Randeep Singh
Surjewala on Tues-
day said the former is
resorting to such “un-
pleasant language”
because he has real-
ized that he is losing
the elections.
“Nitish Babu is all
set to lose. Now he is
doing loose talks and
making personal at-
tacks. Nitish was
considered to be
cool-headed but he
gets aggressive,
threatens the youth
and pushes them out
of the rally. When an
arrogant leader’s
throne shakes and
they use unpleasant
language then it
shows that his loss is
visible,” Surjewala
told ANI here. The
Congress Leader
called the Jamoora
comment made by
Bihar Minister San-
jay Jha against LJP
chief Chirag Paswan
‘undignified and un-
acceptable’. —ANI
IN THE COURTYARD
Patna: Union Minis-
ter Anurag Thakur on
Tuesday said that no-
body trusts Lok Jan-
shakti Party (LJP)
chief Chirag Paswan
and the National
Democratic Alliance
has nothing to do with
his party. "Nobody
trusts Chirag Paswan
and his party is not in
alliance with us. NDA
has nothing to do with
LJP. NDA chief minis-
ter will be Nitish Ku-
mar. We will form the
government with full
majority," Thakur
told ANI here.
The Union Minister
also took a swipe at
Mahagathbandan's
chief ministerial can-
didate Tejashwi Ya-
dav and said the Lalu
scion cannot be trust-
ed and has sided with
the Tukde Tukde
gang.
"How can people be-
lieve RJD? Tejashwi,
who removed the pho-
tos of his parents
from the posters, can
do anything. The per-
son who is close to the
people who commits
genocide and is with
Tukde Tukde gang
and doing caste-based
politics and divisive
politics. Bihar people
have understood that
jungle raj can come
back. Bihar parents
will caution their kids
that if they vote for
him then jungle raj
can come," Thakur
said.
Meanwhile, Tejasvi
Surya praised Chirag
Paswan on Monday as
an "energetic" leader
and a "special friend".
Nobody trusts Chirag, NDA has
nothing to do with LJP: Thakur
Nobody trusts Chi-
rag Paswan and his
party is not in alli-
ance with us. NDA
has nothing to do
with LJP. NDA chief
minister will be Nit-
ish Kumar. We will
form the government
with full majority.
Anurag Thakur,
Union Minister
FB’s Ankhi
Das quits
after row
over content
Bengaluru:Ankhi
Das, Facebook’s
head of public poli-
cy who was in the
eye of storm over al-
leged bias in block-
ing of hate content
on the social media
platform, has quit
the company.“Ankhi
has decided to step
down from her role
in Facebook to pur-
sue her interest in
public service&
played an instru-
mental role in
growth of the com-
pany,” Ajit Mohan,
MD India FB said.
Dilip Ray

INDIAJAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2020
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governments are ‘bandi
sarkar -- notebandi, tal-
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shutdown government).
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upcoming generations
and new farm yields,
for building a new Bi-
har, the people of the
state are ready. There is
a wind of change.
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and new thoughts. Time
has come to start a new
chapter,” she said.
Tejashwi’s ‘Yaksha
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He posed 11 questions to
the Prime Minister and
asked, “Darbhanga
AIIMS was announced
in 2015 but why an-
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monitoring of develop-
ment projects, econo-
my, efficiency and time
in government work.
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department should
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sonnel who can make
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nical requirements of
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depend on any outside
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Rajeeva Swarup said
that e-accounting is a
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tion of paperless gov-
ernance. “With this,
transparency in func-
tioning will improve
the government pay-
ment system. Person-
nel retiring from e-pen-
sion will not have to fill
40-page complicated
form for their pension
approval,” he said.
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tional Chief Secretary
(Finance) Niranjan
Arya said that the Inte-
grated Financial Man-
agement System
(IFMS) was introduced
for better financial
management of the
State Government in
the last term of Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot.
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ment has been made
more efficient through
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utes for more than 25
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tem to fill their pension
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per. Both sides were
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FROM PG 1
10 IPS OFFICERS RETIRING IN
OCTOBER
As many as 10 IPS officers of various cadres and
batches are retiring in October, 2020. They are:
Vimal Anand Gupta of AGMUT cadre; Kamal Kumar
Ojha and K A Ninama of Gujarat; Ashit Mohan
Prasad and T Suneel Kumar of Karnataka; S P
Singh and Deepak Verma of Madhya Pradesh; P
V Deshpande of Maharashtra; Dr Alok Tripathi of
Rajasthan and V Naveen Chand of Telangana.
WHO WILL BE THE NEXT FINANCE
SECRETARY ?
Guessing game about the new Finance Secretary
has started in the corridors of power. Will the next
FS be appointed from the 1987 batch or some 1985
or 1986 batch IAS officer will be brought to the
post after the retirement of A B P Pandey in Feb-
ruary ? One thing is certain that the puzzle of this
ticklish question will be solved by the PM only.
THREE SECRETARIES BELONG TO
SAME BATCH
In the ministry of finance, three out of five Secre-
taries belong to the 1987 batch. T V Somanathan,
Expenditure, Tuhin Kant Pandey, DIPAM and
Debashish Panda, Financial Services are from the
1987 batch. Tarun Bajaj, Secretary, Economic Affair
is 1988 batch IAS officer. The senior most AB Pan-
dey is a 1984 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS officer
and scheduled to retire next year in February. He is
Finance Secretary also.
RAHUL NAVEEN TO BE SPECIAL
DIRECTOR ED ?
Rahul Naveen is likely to be appointed Special
Director ED.He is 1990 batch IRS(IT) officer.
PANWALE QUITS INDIAN
STATISTICAL SERVICE
Saleemuddin Qamruddin Panwale has resigned
from the Indian Statistical Service (ISS).
CENTRAL DEPUTATION TENURE OF
DR ISHITA GANGULY TRIPATHI
EXTENDED
The central deputation tenure of Dr. Ishita Ganguly
Tripathi, working as Director in the Department of
Commerce, has been extended for a period of three
months beyond December 22, 2020. Dr Ishita is a
1999 batch IES officer.
LOKESH BAJPAI RETURNS TO
PARENT CADRE
Lokesh Bajpai, Director, Department of Public En-
terprises, has been given premature repatriation to
his parent cadre on personal grounds. He is a 1998
batch IoFS officer.
BHARAT SINGH LASPAL RETURNS
TO PARENT CADRE
Bharat Singh Laspal, Director, Central Vigilance
Commission, has been given premature repatriation
to his parent cadre on personal grounds. He is a
1994 batch IDSE officer.
C M SANE RETURNING TO PARENT
CADRE ON OCT 29
C M Sane presently Joint Secretary (Finance) in
the Department of Space will be returning to parent
cadre on October 29, 2020. He is a 1993 batch IA &
AS officer.
5 STATE FOREST SERVICE OFFICERS
PROMOTED AS IFS
Five officers of the State Forest Service of A&N Is-
lands segment have been promoted to the IFS and
allocated AGMUT cadre. The officers are: Thomas
Varghese of Select List 2014, S H K Murti, Ashok
Kumar Paul, Ayub Hassan and Joju P Alappatt, all
of Select List 2017.
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INDIA IS PROUD OF ITS INFANTRY : MODI
The Prime Minister extended greetings on the occasion of Infantry Day through Twitter
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Tuesday extended
greetings on the occa-
sion of Infantry Day
and stated that India is
proud of the role played
by infantry in protect-
ing our nation.
“Greetings to all
ranks of our coura-
geous infantry on the
special occasion of In-
fantry Day. India is
proud of the role played
by the infantry in pro-
tecting our nation.
Their bravery contin-
ues to motivate mil-
lions,” PM Modi tweet-
ed. The Indian Army
celebrates October 27
every year as the ‘Infan-
try Day’, as it was on
this day that the 1st Bat-
talion of the Sikh Regi-
ment landed at Srina-
gar airbase and dis-
played resoluteness and
extraordinary courage
to thwart the evil de-
signs of the Pakistan
Army, who had invaded
Kashmir with the help
of tribal raiders in 1947.
The Chinar Corps of
the Indian Army on
Tuesday celebrated the
74th Infantry Day at
Badami Bagh Canton-
mentinSrinagartohon-
our the sacrifice of the
gallant soldiers in fight-
ing the Pakistani invad-
ers in J&K in 1947. —ANI
New Delhi: The need of
the hour is to work with
a holistic approach
against corruption
through systemic
checks,auditsandtrain-
ing, said PM Narendra
Modi at the inaugura-
tion ceremony of the
three-day National Con-
ference on Vigilance
and Anti-Corruption.
“Be it corruption,
economic offences,
drugs network, money
laundering, terrorism
or terror funding, all
these are connected to
each other. So, we need
to work together with a
holistic approach
against corruption,
through systemic
checks, effective audits
and capacity building
and training,” he said.Prime Minister Narendra Modi. —PHOTO BY ANI
Need to work together
against corruption: PM
PM interacts
with SVANidhi
beneficiaries
from UP
New Delhi: Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi interacted
with SVANidhi ben-
eficiaries from Ut-
tar Pradesh via
video conferencing
on Tuesday and
said that the street
vendors are now be-
coming ‘Atmanirb-
har’ by the help of
this scheme.
UP CM Yogi Adi-
tyanath also partic-
ipated in the event
via video conferenc-
ing. “While inter-
acting with the ben-
eficiaries of the PM
SVANidhi scheme, I
realised that they
are happy but sur-
prised at the same
time.,” said Modi.
‘Such speed in scheme subscription a first’
New Delhi: The
Prime Minister SVA-
Nidhi Scheme was
launched on June 1
and the applications
for the same started
coming on online por-
tal from next month.
India is witnessing
such speed in scheme
subscription for the
first time, said PM.
“The PM SVANidhi
scheme was launched
on 1 June. On July 2,
applications for the
same started coming
on the online portal.
This is the first time,
the country is seeing
such speed in the
schemes for the first
time,” said Modi. He
stated that it was de-
cided to use technol-
ogy for this scheme
as well in order to
make the work paper-
less and without a
guarantor. —ANI
‘India has max recovered
Covid patients in world’
New Delhi: India on
Tuesday reported its
lowest single-day spikes
in total coronavirus in-
fection tally in over
three months. The daily
jump of 36,838 in total
count was the lowest
since July 18 even as the
tally soared to 7,946,429.
Death toll has mounted
to 119,535.
The Union Ministry
of Home Affairs (MHA)
on Tuesday issued an
order extending the
guidelines for ‘re-open-
ing’ the country, issued
last month, till Novem-
ber 30. The MHA ex-
tended the earlier
guidelines keeping in
mind the ongoing coro-
navirus phase. “There
shallbenorestrictionon
inter-state and intra-
state movement of per-
sons and goods. No sepa-
rate permission/
approval/e-permit will
be required for such
movements,” the guide-
lines read.
A weeklong lock-
down came into force in
Aizawl municipal area
on Tuesday after at
least 34 people, includ-
ing two infants, have
tested positive for the
disease in Mizoram
since Monday, 30 of
which were detected in
Aizawl.
The government, in
an order issued on
Monday night, said,
“in the light of the pre-
sent situation, it is
necessary to impose
fresh restrictions
within AizawI Munici-
pal area to curtail un-
necessary activities so
as to break the chain
of community trans-
mission without hin-
dering essential ser-
vices.”
Meanwhile, Delhi re-
corded 4,853 fresh COV-
ID-19 cases on Tuesday,
the highest single-day
spike here till date, as
the infection tally in the
city mounted to over
3.64 lakh. —Agencies
CM declares insurance
cover of `5L for jounos
Lucknow: After senior
IAS Dr Navneet Sehgal
took charge as ACS In-
formation in Uttar
Pradesh, the work in
the department has
geared up and he has
started fulfilling the
promises of chief min-
ister Yogi Adityanath.
The journalist fra-
ternity is also happy
with the appointment
of Sehgal.
The chief minister
had announced an in-
surance cover of Rs. 5
lakh to accredited
journalists and now
the department has
sent an order to dis-
tricts to execute the
chief minister’s an-
nouncement.
The order was is-
sued by an official of
the Information de-
partment, Ram Mano-
har Tripathi.
The department has
sought the list of ac-
credited journalists till
5 pm on 28 October.
Implement scheme for waiver
of interest on interest: RBI
New Delhi: The Re-
serve Bank of India
(RBI) has directed all
lending institutions to
implement provisions
of the scheme for grant
of ex-gratia payment of
the difference between
compound and simple
interest from March 1 to
August 31 to borrowers
in specified loan ac-
counts and take neces-
sary action within the
stipulated time.
The Ministry of Fi-
nance had earlier ap-
proved a scheme to pro-
vide relief in interest
compounding to bor-
rowersforthesix-month
loan moratorium period
extended in view of the
COVID-19 pandemic.
The relief will be ex-
tended through finan-
cial institutions like
banks, NBFCs, NCFC -
Micro Finance Institu-
tions, National Banks
for Agriculture and Ru-
ral Development, hous-
ing finance companies,
National Housing
Banks, etc. —ANI
Actor-turned-
politician
Naresh Kanodia
passes away
Ahmedabad: Actor-
turned-politician Nar-
esh Kanodia passed
away at UN Mehta Insti-
tute of Cardiology and
Research Centre in
Ahmedabad on Tues-
day morning. He was
hospitalised on October
20 with Covid-19 infec-
tion. Kanodia was 77.
Kanodia worked in
over 300 Gujarati films,
and won the Dadasaheb
Phalke Academy Award
in 2012 to mark the cen-
tenary of Indian cine-
ma. The Gujarati film
superstar died two days.
The Member (Health), NITI Aayog Dr Vinod K Paul along with
the Secretary, MoHFW, Rajesh Bhushan addressing a PC on on
COVID-19, Principal Director General (M&C), PIB, KS Dhatwalia,
the DG, ICMR, Dr Balram Bhargava, and Joint Secry, MoHFW, Lav
Agarwal are also seen. —PHOTO BY ANI
Seven day lockdown in Aizawl; Delhi reports
highest single-day spike of 4,853 cases
CM Yogi Adityanath

Bhupendra
Singh reviews
the dept works
Shubham Jain
Ajmer: Newly appoint-
ed RPSC chairman Bhu-
pendra Singh held dis-
cussions with the mem-
bers and officials relat-
ed to the functioning of
the commission.
All the members of
the commission were
also present in this pres-
entation which will con-
tinue for 3 days.
After taking over, Sin-
gh had said that he will
understand the func-
tioning of the commis-
sion properly and will
speed up the works. It is
now believed that the
pending recruitments
would now be acceler-
ated and notification of
recruitments would be
issued in coming days.
PIL to recover bypoll costs
from resigning MLAs in HC
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: A PIL
seeking recovery of
state by-election costs
from MLAs who re-
signed from their posi-
tions in the middle of
their terms has been
filed before the Gujarat
High Court. The peti-
tion also mentioned
that the ECI must re-
coup monetary expense
of the electoral process
imposed on voters from
the politicians.
Advocate KR Koshti,
who filed the petition,
stated that since the last
general elections con-
ducted till date, over 15
Congress MLAs have
resigned from their
posts and 10 have been
re-elected on a BJP tick-
et. “The manoeuvre
was executed with a
view to escape the pro-
visions of disqualifica-
tions. The aforesaid ac-
tion on the part of law-
makers reeks of cor-
ruption and rampant
horse-trading,” re-
marked the petitioner.
He added, “There-
fore, necessary direc-
tions are required to be
issued to the respond-
ents herein to frame
rules inserting the pro-
visions of recovering
the expenses incurred
by the EC to conduct
the polls from the
MLAs, who resigned
between July 2018 and
June 2020. Now, they
are seeking re-elections
as candidates of the
ruling party from their
respective seats in the
November 03 state as-
sembly bypolls.”
Petitioner has plead-
ed the court to direct
the EC to prevent such
malpractices.
The petition also
mentioned, “The ECI
should forfeit deposit
amounts from return-
ing candidates who
have been re-elected un-
der other banners.”
Tourism dept hope for a
better season in Jaisalmer
Suryaveer Singh
Jaisalmer: The foot-
fall of tourists has
slightly increased in
Jaisalmer which has
given a hope to the
tourism industry here.
The stakeholders of
the industry are expect-
ing further increase in
the arrival of tourists
from Gujarat, Maha-
rashtra and Delhi after
resumption of rail and
air connectivity.
Cancellationof flights
from Delhi and Mumbai
on the first day had dis-
appointed the tour oper-
ators but the second day
brought some relief as
the flight from Mumbai
landedinJaisalmerwith
passengers. Similarly,
flight from Ahmedabad
has also started.
A total of 89 passen-
gers came to Jaisalmer
in flights from Mumbai
and Ahmedabad and 60
returned.
9 booked, Rs 5.5 lakh recovered
for kidnap, extortion of bizman
P K Agarwal
Chittorgarh: The dis-
trict police has success-
fully resolved the kid-
napping and extortion
caseof Boodvillageresi-
dent plywood trader
Pramod Kothari by ar-
resting 9 out of 12 ac-
cused along with recov-
ering Rs 5.5 lakh out of
the 7 lakh ransom col-
lectedbythekidnappers.
It is noteworthy that
PramodKothariwaskid-
nappedfromnearschool
inKuratiyavillageinthe
Gangrar police station
area on the night of 21
October. SP Deepak
Bhargava said that the
kidnappers had called
Ladu Lal Kothari, father
of kidnapped Pramod
Kothari from the latter’s
mobile phone and de-
manded a ransom of Rs
7lakh.Ateamconsisting
of Gangrar SHO Shivraj
Gurjar, Special team in-
charge Shivlal Meena
and cyber cell investi-
gated the case using the
informer network in the
area. The police also
seized a white colour
Alto car used for the kid-
napping along with one
bike, one pistol and a
knife used during the
kidnapping. The police
arestillsearchingforthe
three absconding kid-
nappersinthecasewhile
have arrested Dinesh
(Eklingpura), Sajid
(Gangrar),Kanhaiya (
Boodh), Akram (Kalaji
ki Ghati), Samir (Gan-
grar), Vinod (Kuratiya),
Prakash (Boodh), and
Manish (Gangrar).
Search is on for Bhan-
war Lal (Lakhola,
Bhilwara), Ratan Lal
(Mal ka Kheda) and
Bhanwar Lal (Gangrar)
along with their Swift
car used during the kid-
napping to escort the
Alto car. SP Bhargva
said that lack of work
due to lockdown and
easy money for having
good time motivated the
dirty dozen for the crim-
inal act.
Chittor police arrests nine accused.
‘SENSITIZE AND MOTIVATE
PEOPLE ON CORONA’GEHLOT WRITES TO MLAS ON NEW INFORMATION GIVEN BY EXPERTS ABOUT CORONA,
URGES THEM TO TAKE CARE OF SOCIAL DISTANCING WHILE MEETING PUBLIC
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Over the curse
of several months, the
Rajasthan government
has done excellent
management during
the Corona pandemic
and as a result, the re-
covery rate of the state
has gone up to more
than 90 percent and the
death rate has come
down to 1 percent.
Realising the seri-
ousness of the situa-
tion, Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot worked
with all political par-
ties, social workers, re-
ligiousleaders,experts,
Bhamashahs and gen-
eral public and held
more than 150 review
meetingsonthecorona
infection. The Chief
Minister has also inter-
acted with different
sections of the society
through video confer-
encing.Takingforward
thelinkof thedialogue,
nowGehlothaswritten
a letter to all the MLAs
of the state about the
corona infection.
The Chief Minister,
in his letter, has shared
new information given
byexpertsaboutcorona
to MLAs of all parties.
Referring to the second
wave of Corona in Eu-
rope, the Chief Minis-
ter has appealed to all
legislators to be cau-
tious and bring aware-
ness among people
about the disease. Ge-
hlot has also urged all
theMLAstoparticipate
in the ‘Jan Aandolan
againstCorona’and‘No
Mask, No Entry’ cam-
paign being run by the
state government.
The Chief Minister
has appealed to all the
MLAs to participate in
these two non-political
campaigns and partici-
pate in ending the Co-
rona infection from the
state. Gehlot has urged
the MLAs to take full
care of social distanc-
ing while meeting the
public and workers
and motivate the peo-
ple to not to leave the
house unless there is
some necessary work.
28-year-old constable
killed in road accident
Bhawani Singh
Bundi: A police consta-
ble was killed in a road
accident in Bundi while
going to Dabi
police station.
The incident
occurred when
the constable
Devraj, aged 28
years and a res-
ident of Talera
area, was going
to the police
station to resume duty
after vacations.
Before he could
reach the police sta-
tion, he got injured in a
road accident. He was
rushed to a hospital
where doctors declared
him dead on arrival.
The body was
handed over to
his family mem-
bers after post-
mortem. A pall
of gloom de-
scended on his
village. Senior
police officials
reached Talera
and paid floral tributes
to the constable. The
funeral was conducted
with state honour.
Constable Devraj
Punjab police raid
drug spanning in city
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur. In an irony of
circumstances, the infa-
mous ‘Udtaa Punjab’
Police is giving valua-
ble lessons to the not so
‘pink’ in health, Drug
Controller department,
of Jaipur.
Punjab Police team
conducted its second
raid in a fortnight in the
Mayur Vihar of the
Kardhani area where it
unearthed illegal drug
trade in the basement
of a house. The 24 hour
search operation was
led by a Punjab Police
team consisting of
ADCP Jaskaran Singh,
ACP Jashndeep Singh,
SHO Sukhdev Singh
Brar along with 15 other
policemen who in their
raid seized 10.20 lakh
tablets of Alprazolam,
18,000 codeine cough
syrups and 16,000 Tram-
adol injections. Punjab
Police quoted the mar-
ket price of the seized
drugs to be around Rs 6
crore along with Rs 4
crore medicines seized
under Drug and Cos-
metic Control Act.
2nd raid by Punjab
Police within a fort-
night has raised serious
questions on Drug Con-
troller dept in Jaipur.
Punjab Police unearthed illegal drug trade in Mayur Vihar, Jaipur.
Cops quoted price
of seized drugs to
`6 crore, medicines
to `4 crore
Rashid Khan of Sunrisers Hyderabad celebrates the wicket of Ajinkya Rahane of Delhi Capitals during match 47 of IPL 2020 at
the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, in Dubai on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
SUNRISERS HYDERABAD WON BY 88 RUNS
GURJAR AGITATION:
NEERAJ IN ACTION!
The Rajasthan Government
is extremely sensitive to
agitations and specially on burning
issues such as reservation since
the past experience has not been
too good. Therefore, in light of the
Gurjar community again looking
to hold an agitation, IAS Neeraj
K Pawan has yet again made a
beeline for Hindaun city where he
held talks with Gurjar leaer Colonel
Kirori Singh Bainsla on Tuesday.
Pawan was accompanied by IPS
Biju George Joseph, Collector
Siddharth Sihag and Bharatpur
SP Amandeep Singh Kapoor. The
‘team’ met Bainsla at a house in
Vardhaman Nagar area where
a talks were held for several
hours behind closed doors. The
team extended invitation to the
Gurjar leaders to come to Jaipur
for further talks, however the
same was reportedly declined.
Apparently, the leaders have told
the team to bring their ‘offer’
in Hindaun itself. Notably, after
returning from Hindaun, Neeraj
has been admitted to RUHS
hospital after he complaint of
feeling weak. —First India Bureau
THE ‘JAI-VEERU’ OF
POLITICAL DRAMA!
It was a meeting of old friends at
the Gwalior airport on Tuesday,
who rallied together to see
their party triumph in countless
elections and who have shared
each other’s pain several times. But
this time around there was a slight
difference, for those who were
friends are now at opposite ends of
the political churning. The incident
revolves around Congress’s Sachin
Pilot and former Congress leader
Jyotiraditya Scindia who is now
in the BJP. The two ‘friends’ met
at Gwalior airport as Pilot landed
and Scindia was taking a ﬂight
for Bhopal. Meeting after a long
time, the duo interacted for a bit
and went their ways. However,
interestingly, during his speeches
at the various rallies, Pilot did not
take Scindia’s name even once.
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RHB’s Unique initiative towards
CM’s ‘Nirogi Rajasthan’ campaign
Gwalior: BJP MP Jyoti-
raditya Scindia on Tues-
day said he met his for-
mer colleague and sen-
ior Congress leader
Sachin Pilot in Gwalior
andthatheiswelcometo
the state to campaign for
November3by-elections.
Pilot arrived in Mad-
hya Pradesh for a two-
day visit on Tuesday
morningtocampaignfor
Congress candidates in
Gwalior, Shivpuri,
Bhind and Morena.
“I met him in Gwalior
and welcomed him,”
Scindia said.
Madhya Pradesh has
the tradition of welcom-
ing everyone on its soil,
therefore he (Pilot) is
also welcome here, said
Scindia, the scion of the
erstwhile Gwalior royal
family. Asked whether
Pilot’s presence will
make any difference in
the bypolls, Scindia said
inademocracyeveryone
has right to campaign.
By-elections to 28 As-
sembly seats in the state
arescheduledonNovem-
ber 3.
To a question on his
meeting with Pilot be-
forethepoliticalcrisisin
Rajasthan a few months
back, Scindia said he
does not want to com-
ment on internal affairs
of the Congress.—PTI
First India Bureau
Jodhpur:AICCmember
andRCApresidentVaib-
hav Gehlot on Tuesday
campaigned in support
of the party candidates
inJodhpur,andattended
a meeting against the
farmlawsenactedbythe
centre. The meeting was
held at the Congress dis-
trictoffice.TheCongress
has been continuously
opposing the enactment
of three agricultural
laws by the central gov-
ernment.
On the call of the
AICC, 5,000 protest let-
ters are being signed by
farmers in every assem-
bly constituency which
will be sent to the Con-
gress president Sonia
Gandhi and the party
leader Rahul Gandhi.
A meeting was held in
Jodhpur District Con-
gress Office to protest
against the farm laws.
AICC member Vaibhav
Gehlot, program in-
charge Hiralal Vishnoi,
district rural president
Hiraram Meghwal,
MLA Mahendra Vish-
noi and all the block
presidents were present
in the meeting.
Gehlot said that the
central government is
working against the in-
terests of the farmers
which the Congress par-
ty is opposing.
He said that the party
workers will go to farm-
ers and will get the let-
ters signed.
Ontheotherhand,Ge-
hlot campaigned in sup-
port of the party candi-
dates in the municipal
corporation elections.
During this, Prof
Ayub Khan, who con-
tested assembly elec-
tions on Soorsagar seat,
Jodhpur district Con-
gress president Sayeed
Ansari and former Zila
Pramukh Munni Devi
Godara and others were
present on the occasion.
First India Bureau
Vadodara: The Va-
dodara Railway Police is
looking for the station
master of Pilol railway
stationaftera19-year-old
sweeperfiledarapecom-
plaint against him. The
case has been registered
under various sections
of theIndianPenalCode
and the Atrocities Act.
The woman told the
police that the station
master,RajendraVerma,
rapedherinastoreroom
at the station in March,
just before the first lock-
down was imposed.
Sheinformedherhus-
band about the incident,
who advised her not to
go back on duty.
The statement states:
“Last week, Verma tried
to force his way into our
quarters with a knife. I
pushed him out and
locked myself inside. I
immediately rang my
husband. He called Ver-
ma and threatened that
would involve the police
if he did not leave.”
Beforeleaving,Verma
tried to offer the couple
money to not file a com-
plaint against him.
Pilot is welcome in MP, says Scindia
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: Rajasthan
Housing Board (RHB)
Commissioner Pawan
Arora, on Tuesday, in-
augurated the Open
Gym in the premises of
the Head Office. While
inaugurating the 11
types of state-of-the-art
equipment installed in
the gym, Arora said
that with the establish-
ment of open gym at the
Head office, the health
of the employees will be
improved and their ef-
ficiency will also in-
crease.
“The Board has taken
a new initiative and has
arranged that if a per-
son wants to use the
gym to maintain his
health, then he will be
allowed 30 minutes time
for workout during of-
fice hours. Health ex-
perts believe that if peo-
ple remain healthy, they
will be able to give bet-
ter output to their insti-
tution,” Arora said.
Meanwhile, to fulfill
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot’s dream of
‘Nirogi Rajasthan’, Ra-
jasthan Housing Board
will now set up open
gyms across 50 parks in
21 cities of the state
wherein the Board will
spend an amount of Rs.
1.50 crore on equip-
ment. “These will be
opened in parks owned
by the Open Gym Cir-
cle. The opening of
these gyms will provide
a suitable place for peo-
ple living in Board’s
colonies to do workouts.
Gym Walkers, Leg
Press, Sit Up Board,
Rover, Surf Board, Air
Walker, Triple Hip
Twister, Chest Press
Cum Seated Pullar,
Multi Functional Train-
er, Shoulder Builder,
Bicycles and Instruc-
tion Boards etc will be
installed,” Arora said.
The RHB Commis-
sioner commissioner
further informed that
these 3 Open gyms will
be started in Bhiwadi, 2
in Alwar, 4 at Ajmer, 1 in
Sikar, 5 each in Pratap
Nagar, Mansarover and
Indira Gandhi Nagar at
Jaipur-5, 5 at KBS Jodh-
pur, 4 at Kota and
Udaipur, 2 at Beawar
and 1 each at Daus,
Bhilwara, Banswara,
Phalodi, Abu Road, Pin-
dwara in Sirohi, Parta-
pur in Dungarpur, Gu-
labpura in Bhilwara,
Chittorgarh and Badi
Sadri.
SIGHT FOR SORE EYES
Tigress ST-12 was spotted with her three cubs, drinking water at Sariska Tiger Reserve
in Alwar.
Bribe amount of 15 lakh
divided in three parts
Centre working against
farmers, slams Vaibhav
Rape case filed against
railway station master
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The number of
seats in MBBS course in
Rajasthan has been in-
creased by 230 after ap-
proval of a new medical
college and increase in
seatsinthreeothermed-
ical colleges.
The National Medical
Science Commission
has approved the com-
mencement of the Sri-
kalyan Government
Medical College, Sikar
in the session 2020-21
and also announced to
increase 50 MBBS seats
each in Ajmer and
Udaipur, and 30 seats in
Barmer medical college.
Health Minister
Raghu Sharma said that
the approvals have in-
creasedthetotalseatsof
MBBS in the state by 230
seats. Last year there
was an increase of 650
seats. Thus in the last
two years, 880 MBBS
seats have increased in
the state.
Health secretary Vai-
bhav Galriya said that
in the year 2018, there
were a total 1950 MBBS
seats in the state, which
has now increased to
2830. Congress State
President Govind Singh
Dotasara also expressed
happiness over the ap-
proval of the Medical
College in Sikar, which
is native district.
Dotasara tweeted,
“The much awaited Si-
kar Medical College has
received the approval of
the National Medical
Science Commission. It
is a result of the strong
will power of the Con-
gress government of the
state that the Sikar peo-
ple have got their right,
their medical college.”
MBBS seats in Raj increased to 2830
RHB commissioner inaugurated open Gym with secretary
Sanchita Vishnoi , CE K C Meena and team.
Board to set up
open gym in 50
parks in 21
cities of state
Sachin Pilot during the election campaigning in Gwalior.
UNIQUE OPEN GYM AT RHB HEAD OFFICE
From P1
According to DIG
Vishnu Kant, the
bribe was demanded
from a Kanpur based
Pharma trader Hard-
eep Singh in lieu of
diluting a case against
him under NDPS act.
“Constable Naresh
Meena had already
taken Rs 15 lakh from
the complainant at
Hotel Galaxy on Plaza
Mall Road in Kanpur
threatening the com-
plainant and his neph-
ew of an arrest by
Ganganagar police.
Meena had fearlessly
told the complainant
that his share out of
the Rs 15 lakh bribe
was only Rs 2.5 lakh
whereas 2.5 lakh were
to be paid to ASI So-
han Lal and the rest of
the amount of Rs 10
lakh would be given to
Jawahar Nagar SHO
Rajesh Siyag,” offi-
cials said.
Meena once again
visited the complain-
ant’s house in Kanpur
on 25 September and
demanded Rs 25 Lakh
more citing dissatis-
faction of his SHO on
the explanation pro-
videdbythecomplain-
ant for the seized med-
icines. Meena took Rs
1 lakh on the same day
and fixed 15 October
as the date for the re-
covery of the balance
amount. “When Mee-
na called Hardeep
Singh about the bal-
ance amount and Sin-
gh told him that he
was in Delhi, Meena
travelled from Kanpur
to Delhi by air on tick-
ets provided by the
complainant to recov-
er the pending bribe
amount. When the
complainant could
not pay Rs 25 lakh due
to corona infection fi-
nally a settlement was
reached for Rs10 lakh.
Meanwhile Hardeep
Singh registered a
complaint with ACB
Jodhpur on 26 Octo-
ber detailing the
whole extortion de-
spite his firm having
nothing to do with
anything illegal,
based on which the
bureau team nabbed
the constable,” offi-
cials said. Meanwhile,
ACB is now searching
the absconding SHO
of Jawahar Nagar po-
lice station of Sri
Ganganagar.
ASI held taking
bribe
Ajmer: An assistant
sub inspector (ASI) of
police posted in
Ajmer’s Ramganj po-
lice station was ar-
rested by the ACB
sleuths for allegedly
taking a bribe of Rs
15,000 on Tuesday. The
accused ASI, identi-
fied as Babulal, had
demanded a bribe of
Rs 1 lakh from one
Rishabh, who is ac-
cused in case of for-
gery, to help him in
the case. ACB arrest-
ed the ASI while tak-
ing the first install-
ment of Rs 15,000 at a
tea shop outside the
police station.
Absconding
Patwari
surrenders
Sriganganagar: An ab-
sconding Patwari -
Deepesh Kumar - sur-
rendered in anti-cor-
ruption bureau office
on Tuesday in a graft
case against him. The
accused Patwari had
demandedabribefrom
one Sandeep Poonia,
for transferring the
ownership of 17 bigha
land which was regis-
tered in his father’s
name.Afterthedemise
of his father, Poonia
wanted to get the land
transferred in 2019.
The accused Patwari
demanded Rs. 17,000
for the work and took
Rs. 5000 in advance.
Moments before the
trap, the Patwari came
to know about it and
absconded.
SHO, head
constable caught
Udaipur: The SHO of
Jhallara police station
Ramesh Chandra,
head constable Brij-
mohan Meena and a
private person were
arrested by anti-cor-
ruption bureau for
taking a bribe of Rs
35,000 in Udaipur. The
accusedSHOandhead
constable had de-
manded the bribe
from the complainant
to release a dumper
which was seized for
illegal sand transpor-
tation. They had taken
Rs 2,000 in advance
and were trapped by
the ACB while accept-
ing the remaining
amount on Tuesday.
The ACB also conduct-
ed searches at the resi-
dences of the accused
and a detailed study of
the recovered items
will be conducted.
Disproportionate
assets case filed
against transport
inspector
Jaipur: ACB has reg-
istered a case of dis-
proportionate assets
against the transport
inspector at Chomu,
Jagdish Narayan
Meena. The ACB also
conducted searches
in Bassi, Kanota and
Chomu’s DTO office
and seized some docu-
ments. ACB Director
General BL Soni said
that there were intel-
ligence inputs about
the corrupt activities
of the inspector
which were verified
and a case of dispro-
portionate assets was
registered against
him.
Nayasar Patwari
caught red handed
taking bribe
Jhunjhunu:Nayasar
Patwari, identified as
one Ranveer Jat was
arrested by the anti-
corruption bureau for
allegedly taking a
bribe of Rs 13,000 from
a man in Jhunjhunu
district. The accused
Patwari had demand-
ed the bribe from one
Bajranglal for an offi-
cial work. He initially
delayed his work and
later demanded the
bribe following which
hemadeacomplaintto
the ACB office.
Raghu Sharma
Vaibhav Gehlot
COVID-19
UPDATE
RAJASTHAN
1,867
DEATHS
1,89,844
CONFIRMED CASES
GUJARAT
3,698 DEATHS 1,69,073 CASES
DELHI
6,356 DEATHS 3,64,341 CASES
WORLD
11,68,562
DEATHS
4,40,71,979
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
79,87,731
CONFIRMED CASES
1,20,023
DEATHS
MAHARASHTRA
43,463 DEATHS 16,54,028 CASES
TAMIL NADU
10,983 DEATHS 7,14,235 CASES
KARNATAKA
10,991 DEATHS 8,09,638 CASES

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The Hindi music industry
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qawwalis and they have
reigned in a hallowed place. A
mystic tradition more than
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in Bollywood initially
through 1950s Muslim social
dramas and grew so much in
popularity that its influences
became mainstream–even
continuing to live on today.
Amir Khusrau, the re-
nowned poet is said to be the
founding father of this genre.
The word qawwali means
“words” worthy of remem-
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authentic Sufi spiritual song
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centuries, Sufi communities
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Bhar do jholi meri ya Moham-
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In many of the Bollywood
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duel to outwit the other and
made for amazing on-screen
chemistry! Humein to loot
liya from Al Hilal is one the
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Nigahen Milane ko from Dil
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The well-known social mes-
sage qawwali, one of the rar-
est of Mehngai maar gayi
from Roti Kapda aur
Makaan is eminently
hummable.
WORTHY of
Remembrance!City First asks you to put your hands
together for this totally wonderful music
genre in which even the totally unmusical
can participate as long as they can clap in
rhythm- and it is no mean feat– a short
joust with the qawwaali today for all of you!
ANITA HADA
anita.hada@firstindianews.com
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