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PM should withdraw his statement on China situation: Gehlot
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: On the lines
of all Congress Chief
Ministers addressing
press conference in
their states simulta-
neously on Sunday,
Rajasthan Chief Min-
ister Ashok Gehlot
asked Prime Minister
Narendra Modi to
withdraw his state-
ment given at an all-
party meeting, claim-
ing that he had given
a certificate to China
that it did not intrude
into Indian territory
or capture any post.
“The prime minister
should tell the people of
the country what hap-
pened on the border, Ge-
hlot told reporters at a
video conference while
referring to the
Ladakh’sGalwanValley
clash between soldiers
of both coun-
tries.”
The way the PM told
the opposition at the
meeting that China did
not intrude into our
land and capture any
post, he knowingly or
unknowingly gave a
certificate to China. He
should withdraw his
statement, the Congress
leader said.
Gehlot claimed that
the Chinese media wel-
comed the PM’s state-
ment. He is the only
PM whose statement is
being welcomed by
China, Gehlot alleged.
The Chief Minister also
sought a clarification
from PM Modi about
why neighbouring coun-
tries are against India
despitegoodinternation-
al relations.
“When coming to
power ion 2014, he had
called the heads of
states of neighbour-
ing nations which was
a good initiative. But
why is it now that in
such a small span of
time our relations
have soured and coun-
tries like Nepal, that
was called as Hindu
Rashtra, is encroach-
ing on our land and is
in complete control of
China,” Gehlot raised
a question.
On the ongoing tug of
war with China, the
senior politician said,
“there is a long history
of struggle against Chi-
na and then in our wars
against Pakistan, China
had been supporting it.
When Modi was CM he
went to China four
times and as PM he has
been there five times
and met the Chinese
premier eighteen times.
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l Amit Shah is worried on toppling
state governments and has no
coordination with PM on China issue
l Opposition is with government
and the PM without pre-conditions
but current situation “despite good
relations” is a matter of concern
l Indira Gandhi never feared
China and made Sikkim a part of
India, broke Pakistan into two,
maintained Gehlot
Ladakh, the scenic Himalayan desert has been at the centre of most fierce Indo-China
conflict in 53 years as the region witnessed violent face-off between the two neighbours.
China has been expanding its presence near Pangong Lake, the highest saltwater lake in the
world. The lake which is famous for changing its colours, seems to encourage India to blow
something out of the water, Literally! The location offers strategic advantage throughout the
Himalayan region and Sunday’s statements by both Prime Minister Modi and Home Minister
Shah shows India’s commitment to protect its borders and sovereignty at any cost.
MAYHEM @
HIMALAYAN DESERT
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi as-
serted on Sunday that
India has given a befit-
ting reply to those who
cast an evil eye on its
territory in Ladakh,
stating that while the
country honours the
spirit of friendship, it is
also capable of giving
anappropriateresponse
to any adversary.
Paying tributes to the
20 army men killed in
the violent stand off
with China earlier this
month, Modi also said
that India’s brave sol-
diers have shown that
they will not allow the
nation’spridetobehurt.
PM’s strong words on
his monthly ‘Mann ki
Baat’ broadcast came
amid a standoff be-
tween Indian and Chi-
nese armies in eastern
Ladakh, with the oppo-
sition Congress con-
stantly attacking the
central government
over the issue. “Those
who cast an evil eye on
Indian soil in Ladakh
have got a befitting re-
sponse. Turn on P6
India will win both battles under
PM Modi’s leadership: Shah
New Delhi: Home Min-
ister Amit Shah on Sun-
day exuded confidence
that the country would
overcome the two
“jung” (battle) under
the leadership of Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi. In an exclusive
interview to ANI, Amit
Shah said that he wants
to assure the Indians
that the country will
both the battles under
PM Modi’s leadership.
Shahcamedownheav-
ily on Congress leader
RahulGandhiof playing
into China and Paki-
stan’s hand by indulging
in “anti-India” propa-
ganda during a
crisis.Referring
to Rahul Gan-
dhi’s “Suren-
der Modi”
PM WARNS THOSE WHO
CAST EVIL EYE ON LADAKH Mumbai: Maharashtra
Chief Minister Uddhav
Thackeray Sunday said
the battle against coro-
navirus cannot be left
halfway and urged the
people of the state to fol-
low rules and ensure
the lockdown was not
re-imposed. However,
Thackeray made it clear
that the lockdown curbs
in the state would con-
tinue beyond June 30.
In an address to the
state, Thackeray said,
“Will lockdown be lifted
after June 30? The clear
answer is no. We can not
leave this war halfway
in this final phase. The
crisis is not over yet. I
am sure that you will
continue to co-operate
with the government to
ensure that the lock-
downisnotre-imposed.”
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Bihar cancels tender of bridge
project with Chinese firms
Patna: The Nitish Ku-
mar led Bihar govern-
ment on Sunday an-
nounced cancellation
of a tender awarded for
construction of a new
mega bridge parallel to
Patna’s iconic Mahat-
ma Gandhi Setu be-
cause two of the four
contractors selected for
the project had Chinese
partners, said state
minister for road con-
struction NK Yadav.
“Two of the four con-
tractors who were se-
lected for construction
of a new bridge, had
Chinese partners. We
asked them to change
their partners but they
didn’t, so we cancelled
their tender. We have
called for applications
again,” Yadav said.
China Harbour Engi-
neering Company and
Shaanxi Road Bridge
Group Turn on P6
China deployed
martial art
trainers during
border clash!
New Delhi: China had
earlier this month de-
ployed martial art train-
ers and members of a
mountain club in the
Tibet Autonomous Re-
gion (TAR), which bor-
ders India, state media
reports said Sunday.
No specific reason
was given in the reports
about the new deploy-
ment but it was done
during the ongoing bor-
der tension with India,
which began in early
May, and escalated into a
deadly brawl later.
Reports suggest Chi-
na had sent 20 martial
arts trainers to Tibetan
plateau to train army
personnel there. It is be-
lieved that they took the
decision after the face-
off with Indian troops
in the Galwan valley. Of-
ficial military newspa-
per China National De-
fense News reported
five new militia divi-
sions including former
members of a Mount
Everest Olympic torch
relay team and fighters
from mixed martial arts
club had arrived at Lha-
sa on June 15.
Curbs in Maha to continue past
June 30; 68 jail inmates test +ve
PM Modi addresses the nation through his monthly radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’, in New Delhi
on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
MANIPUR EXTENDS
LOCKDOWN TILL JULY 15
Imphal: Manipur CM N Biren Singh on Sunday an-
nounced the extension of lockdown in the state till July
15. Announcing the lockdown in the state Singh said,
“We have decided to extend the lockdown in Manipur
for another 15 days from 1st-15th July.” Earlier this
week, several other states including Jharkhand and
West Bengal government had also extended the lock-
down in their respective states.—ANI
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WORLD
5,02,859
DEATHS
1,01,76,204
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
5,48,869
CONFIRMED CASES
16,486
DEATHS
MAHARASHTRA
7,429 DEATHS 1,64,626 CASES
DELHI
TAMIL NADU

NEWSJAIPUR | MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2020
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First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan
High Court along with
all subordinate courts,
will re-open from Mon-
day for regular hearing
amid strict guidelines
laid by the High Court.
It is two weeks after the
lockdown has been lift-
ed, that the lawyers
will physically repre-
sent their clients in the
courts.
The High Court again
appealed all lawyers to
follow all the guidelines
issued by the govern-
ment while attending
the courts along with
re-issuing the guide-
lines.
Rajasthan High
Court will comprise two
division benches and 8
single benches hearing
the cases after a gap of
nearly 100 days. Chief
Justice of Rajasthan
High Court, Indrajit
Mahanty will hear cas-
es in Jaipur.
There is a provision
to conduct court hear-
ings on new cases
through video confer-
encing wherein, all the
lawyers can appear for
the same through the
facility of video confer-
encing.
Additional Solicitor
General (ASG), RD Ras-
togi along with 11 sen-
ior lawyers from Jaipur
and Jodhpur benches,
have written to Chief
Justice Mahanty object-
ing on the re-opening of
the regular courts cit-
ing the spike in number
of Coronavirus cases in
the state as the reason.
The Additional So-
licitor General has sug-
gested to conduct
court proceedings in-
cluding hearings
through video calling
from 10.30 am to 4 pm
every day. 60 other ad-
vocates from the HC
have written to the CJ
requesting to conduct
hearings via VC.
Raj courts to open today, lawyers object
CORONA CONCERN
SC:RAJCANHOLDREMAINING
CLASS10EXAMSTHISWEEKFirst India Bureau
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Sun-
day dismissed the plea
challenging the Ra-
jasthan HC decision
upholding the conduct
of two remaining State
Board Examinations
for Class 10 on June 29
and 30.
A three-judge bench
led by Justice AM
Khanwilkar dismissed
the plea. The apex
court stated that Ra-
jasthan HC order un-
der challenge was
passed a month back
i.e. on May 29 and since
then there has been no
COVID-19 positive cas-
es located in the exami-
nation centres. The top
court said that state
government is taking
precautions.The plea,
citing the ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic
situation, stated that
the decision of the
state board of conduct-
ing the Secondary ex-
amination of the re-
maining two papers of
Class 10 to be conduct-
ed on June 29 and 30 is
‘erroneous’ and de-
serves to be set aside.
The plea filed by the
parent of a Class 10
student, who had ap-
peared for four exams
conduct, stated that
the decision to conduct
remaining exams dur-
ing COVID-19 is in vio-
lation of Article 14 of
the Constitution.
“About 120 schools
which are designated
examination centres,
were used to quaran-
tine people & that con-
ducting exams is
wrong and discrimina-
tory for the reason that
it jeopardises the
health of students and
thus, amounting to vio-
lation of Article 21 and
14 of the Constitu-
tion,” stated the plea.
Students at the examination centre in city to take the exam.
Pilot initiates ‘Speak up on
petroleum prices’ campaign
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The PCC under
its chief, Sachin Pilot
initiated a ‘Speak up on
petroleum prices’ cam-
paign from Sunday on-
wards on social media
and staged a demon-
stration at all district
headquarters in the
state to protest against
unabated rise in fuel
prices.
The state level sit in
began at 10 am with Pi-
lot himself leading it at
Collectorate in Jaipur
and submitted a memo-
randum to the Presi-
dent of India. Sachin
Pilot said that the Modi
govt has not taken any
step to control the una-
bated rise in the fuel
price in the domestic
market despite the
crude oil prices at their
lowest in the Interna-
tional market. He said
that the Congress will
raise the resentment of
the common men on
streets through this agi-
tation. Online cam-
paign ‘Speak up on pe-
troleum prices’ will
also be launched which
will continue after the
demonstration on the
streets. The agitation
will be attended by
prominent Congress
leaders from the state.
Sachin Pilot
Remove Corona caller tune
from phone: Cong MLA to Min
First India Bureau
Kota: Sangod MLA,
Bharat Singh has writ-
ten a letter to the Union
Minister for Informa-
tion and Broadcasting,
Prakash Javadekar re-
questing him to remove
the Corona awareness
caller tune from the
phones.
He stated that every-
body is sick of listening
to the caller tune and it
has served its purpose
of generating aware-
ness as it has been op-
erational for a long time
now.
“The message has
reached the people
about the Coronavirus
pandemic. The purpose
with which the govern-
ment had started it, has
now been fulfilled. The
ears are fed up of hear-
ing this tune over the
phone, hence, the caller
tune should be re-
moved,” the Congress
MLA wrote in his letter
to Javadekar. Singh ear-
lier was in news for
writing to CM Ashok
Gehlot recommending
direct suspension of of-
ficers trapped by the
Anti-Corruption Bu-
reau and demanding
opening of liquor out-
lets during the COV-
ID-19 induced lockdown
in the entire state.
Bharat Singh has
been a Cabinet Minister
in the Gehlot cabinet
during the CM’s last
tenure and this time, he
hasn’t been able to
make it to the ministry
despite repeatedly win-
ning his MLA seat.
Bharat Singh
Abrar writes to CM Gehlot
over Ranthambore Project
First India Bureau
Sawai Madhopur:
MLA Danish Abrar has
written a letter to CM
Ashok Gehlot demand-
ing a detailed inquiry
into construction
works taking place at
Ranthambore Tiger
Project area. Construc-
tion works worth Rs 80
crore have been car-
ried out in the area in
last 5 years, which are
shady and need to be
checked, he wrote in
the letter. Abrar cited
an example of Heera-
man Dongari wall
construction, where-
in, all norms were
flouted while carry-
ing out the works. He
said that due to poor
quality of the con-
struction, the bound-
ary wall is already
about to collapse.
Bharatpur:
ACB team
interrogates CI
in bribery case
Cops beat up
youth, video
goes viral
Debt-ridden
youth kills
self in Udpr
Mines dept to
issue licences
via e-auction
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In order to in-
crease the government
revenue during the Co-
rona pandemic, the De-
partment of Mines has
decided to allocate 70
quarry licenses of sand-
stone in the state
through e-auction from
July 7 to 14. All these
quarry licenses will be
allotted in government
grazing land, Bila Nam
land, government land
and government Bila
Naam land.
First India Bureau
Baran: In a shocking in-
cident, police personnel
beat up a youth with
sticks in Nehru Nagar
area of Chhabra town in
Baran. The video of the
torture went viral on so-
cial media.
The incident took
place on Saturday night,
wherein, about 4-5 cops,
including an ASI, were
brutally thrashing a
youth & the victim’s
family member, a wom-
an is trying to save him.
However, in the video,
cops are seen pushing
thewoman,whowastry-
ing to rescue the victim.
First India Bureau
Udaipur: A debt-ridden
youth, identified as Pn-
nalal, consumed poison
in Thoriya Bhilwara vil-
lage of Chhali Panchay-
at in Gogunda police
station area of Udaipur
district. He died during
treatment at MB Hospi-
tal in Udaipur on Sun-
day.
Gogunda SHO, Gopal
Lal Sharma informed
thatthedeceasedusedto
run a grocery shop and
was upset over debt and
consumedpoisononSat-
urday. The body was
handed over to the fam-
ily after postmortem.
First India Bureau
Bharatpur: The ACB
team in Bharatpur,
questioned the com-
plainant, Circle Inspec-
tor, CP Chodhary for
several hours and re-
corded his statement in
the ‘Bribe on behalf of
DIG’ case.
During the interroga-
tion,Chodharyrevealed
that he had borrowed
Rs 5 lakh from his
friend in return of two
post- dated cheques.
Meanwhile, the offi-
cials of the Anti-Cor-
ruption Bureau team
have also questioned a
friend of the Station
House Officer, who
landed him the money.
The team under the
guidance of ASP, Prith-
viraj Meena, checked
the log book of the vehi-
cle delegated to DIG
Laxman Gaur along
with the guard duty reg-
ister at his official resi-
dence apart from check-
ing the other official
files disposed off from
the DIG office. The ACB
team has returned to
Jaipur as of now and
will go back to Bharat-
pur later for further in-
vestigation.
Monsoon hit the desert state on Wednesday, a day prior to its usual date of arrival. This is for the first time in past 10 years when the monsoon has covered the entire Rajasthan in June. Mild to
moderate showers are likely to occur at Jaipur by Monday and on Tuesday, there is going to be widespread rainfall activity,” said an officer with the Met office. However,Jaipurites woke upto a hot
and humid sunny day on Sunday, the scattered clouds at the famous Johari Bazaar market area in walled city of Jaipur, dotting city’s skyline, invigorated hope that Jaipurites would soon get a sigh
of relief from scorching heat as the Rain Gods would bless them with a good spell of downpour... —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
CLOUDS OF HOPE DOT
CITY’S SKYLINE
Corona isn’t over yet, we
need to be alert: Garg
First India Bureau
Bharatpur: MoS for
Medical & Health, Dr
Subhash Garg during
his day-long visit to
Bharatpur, visited the
Sevar Panchayat Samiti
to take stock of corona
awareness campaign.
Dr Garg cautioned
people of the coronavi-
rus threat and said it
wasn’t over yet and the
people need to be alert
and aware for which the
state govt is running an
awareness campaign.
He also said that lo-
custs entering the state
from Pakistan, have be-
come a cause of concern
and state govt was try-
ing to tackle the menace
with help from Centre.
He asked locusts to be
declared as national ca-
lamity as they have
reached Delhi too. Dis-
trict Collector Nathmal
Didel, ADM Rajesh Goy-
al, SDM Sanjay Goyal,
UIT Secretary Ummedi
Lal Meena, ASP Mool
Singh Rana along with
other senior officers ac-
companied Garg.
Dr Subhash Garg
Danish Abrar

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2020
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: The data re-
leased in the wildlife
census has crushed the
hopes of getting Ram-
garh Vishdhari of Bun-
di declared as the state’s
fourth Tiger Reserve.
The latest data
doesn’t mention any re-
cord of tigers in the
area despite forest de-
partment claiming
movement of three ti-
gers in this area. Fur-
ther the absence of any
health bulletin for the
cubs is also raising eye-
brows. Despite bad ex-
perience the wild life
lovers pray that the ti-
gers along with the cubs
are safe. The forest de-
partment has been re-
porting movement of
tigers T62, T110 and
T115 in the Ramgarh
area of Bundi. Now the
question is that if not
trapped by the cameras
where have the three
tigers vanished? Al-
ready 26 tigers alleged-
ly missing from Ranth-
ambore is a cause of
worry, which is only
increased by the news
of T42 Fateh and T47
Mohan also missing
since last four months.
Over all 28 tigers are
reportedly missing
which raises serious
questions on the whole
tiger conservation pro-
ject in the state special-
ly after tiger Yuvraj fell
prey to hunters. There
is an urgent need to de-
clare a new tiger re-
serve which can really
and truly contribute to
tiger conservation.
Absence of tigers in Bundi raises eyebrows
PAINFUL ABSENCE
20 IN SARISKA
8 DEATHS, 327 CASES FOUND;
TOLL REACHES 399, TALLY 17K
BJP forms
team to probe
Alwar rape &
murder case
Rathore distributes relief materials
Poonia reports relief
work done by BJP
state unit to Nadda
Cops lathi charge NSUI workers
protesting against fuel price hike
Girl accuses
mother of
trying to sell
her, one held
Jaipur reported one death and diagnosed 38 new corona patients in last 24 hours
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The state re-
ported 8 deaths in pre-
ceding 24 hours taking
the death toll to 399 so
far. Sunday saw maxi-
mum 2 deaths from
Bharatpur, 1 each from
Ajmer, Alwar, Jaipur &
Jhunjhunu while
two were from other
state. In last 24 hours
327 new cases of corona
surfaced taking the
state toll to 17271 cross-
ing the 17K mark.
Maximum 44 cases
were reported from Bi-
kaner followed by 40
from Alwar, 39 from
Jodhpur, 38 from Jaipur,
23 from Jhunjhunu, 18
each from Bharatpur &
Dholpur, 15 from Sirohi,
11 each from Ajmer &
Barmer, 10 from Kota, 8
from Jalore, 7 fom Pali,
5 each from Banswara,
Bhilwara, Karauli & Ra-
jsamand, 4 from
Udaipur, 3 each from
Dausa, Hanumangarh
& Sikar, 2 each from
Chittorgarh & Churu
and one each from Jais-
almer, Pratapgarh &
Sawai Madhopur along
with 3 from other states.
The cumulative dis-
trict wise tally of the
corona positives on
Sunday is as follows –
Ajmer 500, Alwar 503,
Banswara 99, Baran 65,
Barmer 288, Bharat-
pur 1540, Bhilwara 250,
Bikaner 289, Bundi 14,
Chittorgarh 210, Churu
303, Dausa 134, Dholpur
605, Dungarpur 431,
Ganganagar 53, Hanu-
mangarh 63,
Jaipur 3261, Jaisalmer
108, Jalore 282, Jhala-
war 375, Jhunjhunu
356, Jodhpur 2684, Ka-
rauli 96, Kota 640, Na-
gaur 618, Pali 1081,
Pratapgarh 16, Rajsa-
mand 234, Sawai Mad-
hopur 95, Sikar 512,
Sirohi 460, Tonk 200
and Udaipur 685.
First India Bureau
Alwar: A specially con-
stituted team by Bhar-
tiya Janata Party state
president Satish Poonia
has reached Ramgarh
to investigate the inci-
dents of rape of a mi-
nor and murder of her
father later.
The team consists of
Jaipur Member of Par-
liament Ramcharan
Bohra, Dausa MP
Jaskaur Meena and
Member of Legislative
Assembly Nirmala Ku-
mawat accompanied by
Alwar MP Balaknath,
Alwar MLA Sanjay
Sharma, ex MLA
Gyandev Ahuja and
district president San-
jay Naruka.
The team met the
family members of the
victims at their resi-
dence which has been
barricaded by police
force from four police
stations. The team will
also meet the senior po-
lice officers in regards
to the case. Earlier
the rape victim had
tried to commit suicide
after the rape amd her
faher was found hang-
ing from a tree after al-
leged murder.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Former Union
Minister and Jaipur Ru-
ral MP Colonel Rajya-
vardhan Singh Rathore
is constantly distribut-
ing relief materials at
various places so that
no needy remains hun-
gry in his Lok Sabha
constituency.
Recently, relief mate-
rial was distributed to
many families
in various are-
as of Jhot-
wara, Amer,
Jamwa Ram-
garh, Kotputli
and Bansur as-
sembly constit-
uencies. This practice
was started when lock-
down started. Rathore
also provided masks,
s a n i t i s e r s ,
gloves etc. to
all the BCM-
HOs in the
area to ensure
that there is no
shortage of
protective ma-
terial for corona warri-
or in the constituency.
He has also ordered BJP
workers to ensure that
no one sleeps hungry in
their area.
On the appeal of Ra-
jyavardhan, many Bha-
mashahs came forward
to help and are provid-
ing ration materials to
the needy and masks
and sanitisers to the co-
rona warriors.
Aishwarya Pradhan
Jaipur: BJP state pres-
ident Dr Satish Poonia
has submitted a de-
tailed report on the re-
lief work done by the
party across the state
from March 28 to May
31 during the Corona
infused lockdown to
BJP national president.
In his report Dr Poo-
nia has also alleged that
the state govt remained
politically biased and
slapped 25 false cases on
BJP leaders and work-
ers. According to the
report submitted to JP
Nadda the party distrib-
uted 1.90 crore food
packets, 57.33 lakh dry
ration packets and 91.75
lakh face covers were
distributed during
March 28 to May 31.
More than 2,65,000
party workers contrib-
uted Rs 50 crore to the
PM Cares Fund. Party
workers got 83.85 lakh
Arogya Setu apps down-
loaded on mobiles in
the state. The party hel-
pline received around
30 thousand calls out of
which workers resolved
more than 26 thousand
calls within the state
and around 10,000 mi-
grant calls were also
resolved. Similarly
1,150 persons were
helped through What-
sApp helpline.
BJP state unit had a
dialoguewithmorethan
61 thousand party work-
ers through 85 audio
conferences and 25000
workers through 60 vid-
eo calls. The party estab-
lisheddialoguewithsec-
tions of society like bar-
bers, tailors, ex service-
men, doctors, players,
lawyers and other intel-
ligentsia of the society.
The party collected 5536
units of blood. More
than 3 lakh water pots
were put up for birds.
The report alleges ap-
peasement by the govt
towards Muslims in dis-
tributing ration, masks
and sanitizers.
Subham Jain
Ajmer: Protests are tak-
ing place in the country
over the rising prices of
petrol and diesel. NSUI
workers also protested
against the central gov-
ernment at the Govern-
ment College Cross-
roads in Ajmer on Sun-
day. But the police used
force on the students for
not following the guide-
lines and violating Sec-
tion 144.
After the sudden
lathi charge, a ruckus
arose on the spot. After
the incident, angry stu-
dents shouted slogans
and protested. NSUI
protested in a unique
manner using a petrol-
powered scooty at GCA
Chauraha by laying it
on the cart. They also
termed Prime Minister
Narendra Modi as Ra-
vana and crushed
Modi’s effigy with feet.
During the protest, the
Clock Tower police
reached the spot and
tried to calm the stu-
dents down. But when
they did not cooperate,
the police were forced
to do lathi charge.
First India Bureau
Sriganganagar: In
ward no. 18 of Sad-
ulshahar in Sriganga-
nagar, a minor girl ac-
cused her mother of
trying to sell her.
The locals gathered
on the spot and in-
formed the police about
the incident. The police
took both the mother
and daughter to the po-
lice station and sent
them home after agree-
ment. According to the
information, the par-
ents of the girl have
been residing in ward
18 for some months.
Her mother went to
Sriganganagar for a
few days. On Sunday,
she returned and asked
her daughter to accom-
pany her to Srigangana-
gar. She refused and
started shouting.
The girl suspected
her mother of selling or
marrying her off,
though the mother de-
nied all the allegations.
Police have arrested a
person in the matter.
Govind Devji
temple won’t
open for
Janmashtami
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Govind
Devji Temple will not
open on Janmashtami
this year as the Temple
administration has de-
cided to keep the temple
closed until August 15,
due to the Coronavirus
pandemic.
Janmashtami and
Nandotsav are on Au-
gust 12 and 13 and on
these days many pro-
grammes are held in
the temple. The devo-
tees won’t be allowed to
visit the temple.
Girls look at a sand sculpture made to raise awareness about the Corona, depicting that it can be treated with proper precautions,
during Covid-19 awareness week in Ajmer on Sunday. —PHOTO BY NADEEM KHAN
ACCUSED TEST +VE, COPS QUARANTINED
144RASofficerstransferred
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Late on Sunday
night, the state govern-
ment shuffled 144 RAS
officers of which 89 are
of the 2019 batch whose
training was about to
complete in two
months’ time. Among
the important postings,
SDM Dholpur Ashish
Kumar has been shifted
to post of protocol of-
ficer at GAD.
Meanwhile, Praveen
Kumar Agarwal, serv-
ing as assistant collec-
tor Jaipur (city) has
been moved to the posi-
tion of deputy Commis-
sioner, JDA, while Su-
shila Verma, posted as
Assistant Land man-
agement Officer has
been appointed Assis-
tant Collector BIkaner.
SDM Jhunjhunu Suren-
dra Yadav has been
shifted to Registrar, Ra-
jasthan Sanskrit Uni-
versity. SDM Kotputli
Nannu Ram Saini, SDM
Deeg Suman Devi and
SDM Peeplu Dr. Laxmi
Narayan Bunkar have
been appointed as Au-
thorised Officer at JDA.
Furthermore, Jyoti
Meena, currently serv-
ing as Land Acquisition
Officer at BIDA has
been appointed regis-
trar at Matsya Univer-
sity at Alwar while un-
der training as assis-
tant collector Sriganga-
n a g a r — R a s h m i
Shakrawal—has been
appointed as Land Ac-
quisition Officer at
RVPNL in Jaipur.
SDM Choti Sadri
Gauri Shankar has
been shifted to the posi-
tion of SDM Phagi.
Meanwhile, Jaipur
North has received a
new SDM in Manish
Kumar who will be
transferred from his po-
sition as SDM Sabla in
Dungarpur.
Bhilwara cops take out
corona awareness rally
First India Bureau
Bhilwara: The
Bhilwara police admin-
istration took out a ve-
hicle rally on Sunday, as
part of the public
awareness campaign
towards coronavirus
being run by Chief Min-
ister Ashok Gehlot from
June 21 to 30. The rally
was flagged off by ASP
Gajendra Jodha.
The rally started from
the Police Control Room
and reached the control
room again via Bhim-
ganj Sanganeri Gate,
Subhash Nagar,
Khadeshwar Mahadev,
Azad Nagar and Rail-
way Gate. The police-
men made the people
aware of the social dis-
tancing and wearing
masks through the rally.
Jodha said that we
are constantly running
such campaigns. If the
people do not follow the
rules, then action will
be taken against them.
Bhilwara police administration took out a vehicle rally on Sunday as part of the public awareness
campaign towards coronavirus which was launched under Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.
Satish Poonia
Cops lathi charge on NSUI workers for not following corona guidelines.

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llow me to begin with a caveat.
The author, BK Agarwal is a
batchmate and a good friend –
and all of us in the 85 batch of
the IAS are familiar with the
painstaking work and effort he
has put into this magisterial
work by taking leave of ab-
sence from his official duties.
What fascinated all of us was
that he chose to work on some-
thing so fundamental and in-
trinsic to revenue and registra-
tion laws –areas which can be
described as the ‘core compe-
tence’ of the IAS. For unlike
other endeavours or interven-
tions where we have to work in
conjunction /collaboration
with colleagues from other ser-
vices or sectors, this is our core
work. And we had ignored it for
long- not by design, but by de-
fault because many other is-
sues became a top priority and
this basic housekeeping task
was ignored for several rea-
sons. Thus, school enrollment,
mid-day meal, PDS, MGNRE-
GA, ODF, Kisan cards, and in-
stitutional deliveries drew our
attention – for these were mon-
itored at various review meet-
ings, but updating land records
and reducing litigation was
not. Additionally, as land reve-
nue ceased to play an impor-
tant role as a source for the
government budget, the updat-
ing of land records for purpos-
es of revenue collection also
lost its salience.
However, as land is a ‘finite
resource’, and the ‘essential
ground’ for most human activi-
ty -fromagriculturetoindustry
to infrastructure, and the in-
creasing pressure of urbanisa-
tion, the management of land
has again become centre stage.
Whether it is the ease of doing
business, or acquiring land for
the much-needed infra projects,
or even ensuring that lands are
not left fallow for want of clear
titles and/or the reluctance in
creating tenancy rights - the
contest on the transactions over
landhavegrownmanifoldasthe
economic value has suddenly
shot up. BK tells us that over
one-third of the cases in the
lower courts involve disputes
over the property- and India
cannot move on a high growth
trajectory unless we find a
method to resolve these issues.
All over the world, there are
two basic systems for registra-
tion of land: The Deed registra-
tion system followed by US,
France, Netherlands, and India
or the Title Registration sys-
tem ( also called the Torrens
system after its founding father
) followed by Australia, New
Zealand, Germany and Eng-
land, but it is not that the sys-
tems don’t have points which
overlap. One must bear in mind
that all across the globe; the
land registration systems have
evolved, and have been a re-
sponse to the needs and re-
quirements of the time. In sev-
eral cases, what pans out is a
hybrid model – incorporating
elements from both.
Let’s start with the deed reg-
istration system – the simplest
form of registration as all it
requires is formal inquiries by
the competent authority such
as identification of parties, sig-
natures, witnesses, deed for-
mat, requisite stamp duty. How-
ever the onus of authenticity of
documents rests with the indi-
viduals, and not with the regis-
tering authority, and to those
extent chances of litigation and
disputes over property are
higher, as it overlooks the legal
validity of the transactions.
To overcome these disputes,
many countries, starting with
Australia opted for the Title
Registration wherein the pub-
lic authority – the state or the
municipality as the case may
be – guarantees the validity of
the title and is liable to pay
compensation in case of an er-
ror in the title. The three prin-
ciples involved in this system
are Mirror, Curtain, and Insur-
ance. The Mirror principle
means that the register accu-
rately reflects all the material
facts relating to the title, the
Curtain implies that for ascer-
taining the title, no investiga-
tion beyond the register is re-
quired, and the Insurance prin-
ciples require the state to guar-
antee the correctness of the
register and to compensate the
bona fide claimant suffering a
loss due to an incorrect entry
in the register. However, in
practice, there are rights on the
ground that may not be mir-
rored in the register, many
chinks in the curtain, and state
indemnity has its limitations,
and in most cases, Insurance is
a private transaction that has
to be paid for.
Although land records and
land management are state sub-
jects, the Government of India
has been trying to evolve a con-
sensus on this issue. His recom-
mendations are quite practical
and incremental: these include
compulsory registration of all
transactions, wills, and de-
crees, a record of all properties
under litigation, prompt dis-
posal disputes by revenue offic-
ers, reducing the gap between
public agencies involved with
registration, record manage-
ment, and land acquisition and
the universal application of
Transfer of Property Act to all
land transactions.
The LBS National Academy
has a Centre for Rural studies
where these issues have been
discussed at some length, but
more from land tenures and
socio-economic changes in the
rural and agrarian economy.
This book draws our attention
to the fact that land registra-
tion and management is the
basic building block of the na-
tional economy – not just for
rural, but also for urban India.
A MAGISTERIAL WORK
ON LAND MANAGEMENT
A
All over the
world, there are
two basic
systems for
registration of
land: The Deed
registration
system followed
by US, France,
Netherlands,
and India or
the Title
Registration
system (also
called the
Torrens system
after its
founding
father) followed
by Australia,
New Zealand,
Germany and
England, but it
is not that the
systems don’t
have points
which overlap
ocieties of the
past were often
better at deal-
ing with prob-
lems than those
of the present. It’s a sign of
our complacency that early
warning systems were not
in place before COVID-19
struck. This was despite
the fact that the past cen-
tury witnessed four major
respiratory pandemics –
the 1918-19 Spanish flu,
1957-58 Asian flu, 1967
Hong Kong flu and the 2009
H1N1 outbreak – each of
which infected many tens
of millions of people
around the world and
killed in large numbers.
Centuries ago, states un-
derstood the risks of infec-
tious disease and had con-
tainment measures in
place to make sure cases
were quickly identified
and prevented from spread-
ing. Milan, for example,
which had been badly hit
by plague in the 1360s, put
in place extensive net-
works of agents tasked
with paying particular at-
tention to reports of out-
breaks of disease and mon-
itoring trade routes and
mountain passes for signs
of infections.
The aftermath of COV-
ID-19 will presumably see a
return to such levels of
alertness. However, it is the
long-terms effects of the
disease that may have the
greater impact on the
world we live in.
INCREASED
DISADVANTAGE
New research on the health,
educational and productiv-
ityof Brazilintheearly20th
century has revealed that
despite directly killing few
peoplethere,theSpanishflu
led to a marked increase of
still births and infant mor-
tality in the country into
1920. There were sharp
changes,too,insexratiosof
new-born children, with a
spike in the number of
births of girls relative to
boys,largelybecausefemale
foetuses are less vulnerable
than male foetuses to dis-
ease in general.
Over the next two dec-
ades, there was also a no-
ticeable improvement in
male literacy levels in Bra-
zil, alongside a deteriora-
tion in female literacy lev-
els in districts with greater
influenza exposure. This
was presumably because
greater efforts went in to
educating young boys, at
the expense of girls. Such
gendered educational im-
balance is often seen in dis-
tressed communities, such
as in Indonesia following
the tsunami of 2004.
Devising ways to com-
pensate for such long-term
disadvantages is crucial
because pandemics corre-
late closely with violence,
intolerance and racism.
This is something shown
most strikingly in the case
of cities in Germany a cen-
tury ago. Cities and areas
that suffered the most
deaths during the Spanish
flu spent on average less
per person on their inhab-
itants in the decade that
followed than those cities
with lower mortality rates,
especially on areas affect-
ing young people – most
notably school funding.
These urban centres in
Germany that experienced
the most deaths and the
lowest investment subse-
quently were also signifi-
cantly more likely to vote
for extremist parties dur-
ing the federal elections of
1932 and 1933 that ultimate-
ly propelled Hitler to pow-
er. This is the case even af-
ter controlling the data for
factors such as demograph-
ics, war-related change and
unemployment. This ech-
oes research that suggests
that places badly affected
by the authorities’ respons-
es to disease require higher
levels of trust-building to
compensate and to re-cali-
brate how citizens respond
togovernmentadviceinthe
future.
As history can show us
if we ask the right ques-
tions, the impact of COV-
ID-19 will have conse-
quences that stretch dec-
ades, perhaps centuries,
into the future. But to look
to tomorrow, it’s important
to understand the past –
and to apply the valuable
lessons it can teach.
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unshaken by the wind, so
are the wise unshaken by
praise or blame. —Buddha
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India should not unilaterally,
persuade China of giving back
the land of us occupied by them,
but create atmosphere to compel
China having talk bilaterally, we
can not beg land from them rather
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One must bear in mind that all across the globe; the
land registration systems have evolved, and have
been a response to the needs and requirements of
the time. In several cases, what pans out is a
hybrid model – incorporating elements from both
IN-DEPTH
PM HITS A CHORD
IN MANN KI BAAT
n his monthly address to the na-
tion, Prime Minister Narendra
Modi echoed the sentiment of a
vast majority of people when he
said, “Half the year is over. On
Mann ki Baat, we have been discussing a wide
range of topics. These days, people are com-
monly talking about one thing---when will 2020
end. They feel this has been a year of many
challenges. There could be any number of
challenges but our history shows that we have
always overcome them. We have emerged
stronger after challenges.”
Indeed, people desperately want 2020 to end
and with it novel corona virus. White collar,
blue collar they all want their jobs back. They
don’t want that working on 70 per cent or 50
per cent of their original salary to be the new
normal. They don’t want job loss and depriva-
tion to be the new normal. People want this
year of darkness to end so that they can see
light at the end of the tunnel. Right now nei-
ther financial packages, nor assurances have
dispelled gloom. Hope PM’s Mann ki Baat will
reassure the dejected lot and make them men-
tally stronger.
Modi spoke on China too. Paying tributes to
martyrs the prime minister said, “Those who
cast an evil eye on Ladakh have got a befitting
response. India honours the spirit of friend-
ship…she is also capable of giving an appropri-
ate response to the adversary…”
I
SHAH IS “PAINED”
AT OCHHI RAJNEETI
n a day when the prime minister
was talking of overcoming chal-
lenges, Union Home Minister Amit
Shah was doing much the same. In
an interview he expressed confi-
dence that under Modi’s leadership the country
would win its battles against Covid-19 as well
as China. He told a news agency that India had
fought well against the pandemic. “Our figures
are much better compared to the world,” he
said. He also dismissed suggestions of commu-
nity spread of the virus saying, “There is no
such situation in Delhi today. There is no com-
munity transmission.”
On China he took a swipe at former Congress
president Rahul Gandhi who attacked the
prime minister after his claim that there was
no intrusion along the Line of Actual Control.
“Yes we are fully capable of handling anti-India
propaganda but it does pain when a former
president of such a big political party does
ochhi raajneeti at a time of problems,” Shah
said without mentioning Rahul by name.
Shah said he was ready for a parliament de-
bate on the border issue. “Parliament honi hai,
charcha karni hai to aaiye, karenge. 1962 se aaj
tak do-do haath ho jaayein (let us discuss from
1962 war till now, ready for robust debate).
With only Rahul criticising the government
for its failure in dealing with China, Shah’s ri-
poste was on expected lines. After Sharad Pa-
war also spoke for the government, will the
Congress leader keep up the pressure?
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‘China’s BRI
projects
adversely
affected’
Beijing: Majority of
the projects under Chi-
na's ambitious multi-
billion-dollar Belt and
Road Initiative (BRI)
are either adversely or
partially affected by
the coronavirus pan-
demic, according to a
Chinese official.
About a fifth of the
projects under the BRI,
which aims to boost
trade and investment
across Asia, Africa and
Europe to further Chi-
na's global influence,
had been “seriously af-
fected” by the pandem-
ic, according to Wang
Xiaolong, director-gen-
eral of the foreign min-
istry's international
economic affairs de-
partment. About 40 per
cent of the projects
were “adversely affect-
ed”, and a further 30-40
per cent were “some-
what affected”, Hong
Kong-based Wang was
quoted as saying. —PTI
INDIAJAIPUR | MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2020
New Delhi: India's
COVID-19 tally crossed
the five lakh mark on
Saturday and it stands
at 5,08,953, with the
death toll at 15,685 ac-
cording to Union Health
Ministry. On the other
hand, Delhi has 28,329
active cases with total
count reaching 80,188
and 2,558 deaths. Medi-
cal experts said that the
rise in cases in India is
still not high as com-
pared to other countries
but said that people
should follow COVID-19
guidelines such as
wearing face masks.
Dr Suresh Kumar,
Medical Director, Lok
Nayak Jai Prakash
(LNJP) Hospital said
that urban mobility is a
likely cause in the spike
in cases.
“I think as the num-
bers are rising, protec-
tion is must and we
must follow the guide-
lines by the government
wholeheartedly. There
is a lot of urban mobil-
ity, especially in Delhi
and Mumbai which
may be a cause for the
spike. The population
density increases the
chances of spreading
the infection further.
However, our recovery
rate is also steadily ris-
ing which is encourag-
ing,” Dr Kumar said.
Dr SP Byotra, Chair-
man, Dept of Medicine,
Sir Ganga Ram Hospi-
tal said, “We are yet to
reach optimum number
of cases. However, there
has been flouting of
rules by people. We
have been continuously
insisting that wearing
masks isof foremostim-
portance. We should be
more responsible as a
nation until there is spe-
cific treatment/vaccina-
tion available.” —ANI
‘PEOPLESHOULDSTRICTLYFOLLOWGUIDELINES’
Mumbai: Chief Minis-
ter Uddhav Thackeray
said that the state gov-
ernment will be inau-
gurate a centre for
plasma therapy on
Monday following
which Maharashtra is
likely to become the
biggest state to con-
duct plasma therapy
on a large scale.
“Today we will be in-
augurating a centre for
plasma therapy after
this it is likely that we
will be the biggest state
to conduct plasma ther-
apy at this level. Those
who got cured shall
come forward and do-
nate plasma to fight this
pandemic. With plasma
therapy nearly 90 per
cent patients are get-
ting cured,” said Thack-
eray. “Day after tomor-
row we will be observ-
ing National Doctors'
Day. They are fighting
for us, I offer my grati-
tude to them. COVID-19
is not over yet, we will
tackle this issue togeth-
er,” he added.
Further. he said that
the process to waive off
farm loans has been de-
layed due to the model
code of conduct during
local body elections and
COVID-19 pandemic in
Maharashtra. —ANI
Maha biggest state to conduct plasma therapy
Guwahati: All ongoing
works to douse a blaze
at a damaged gas well in
Assam’s Baghjan have
been suspended with
floodwaters inundating
the site and submerging
the pumps installed to
put out the fire, PSU
major Oil India Limited
(OIL) said.
The well number 5 at
Baghjan in Tinsukia
district has been spew-
ing gas uncontrollably
for the last 32 days fol-
lowing a blowout on
May 27 and it caught fire
on June 9, killing two of
OIL’s firefighters.
The company said all
the rivers in and around
Baghjan are rising rap-
idly, while the Dangori
river is overflowing and
has submerged the
pumps installed for ex-
tinguishing the fire at
the mouth of the well.
All connecting roads
to the site are sub-
merged in floodwater.
“Working conditions
at the site have been
considered unsafe and
all operations have
been called off for the
day. PWD and OIL engi-
neers are jointly in-
specting the roads,” the
company said in a
statement. —ANI
OpsatBaghjanGaswell
fire site, suspended
AI TO START 170 FLIGHTS FROM 17
COUNTRIES BETWEEN JULY 3-15
New Delhi: Air India will
be conducting 170 flights
to and from 17 countries
between July 3 and 15
under the fourth phase
of the Vande Bharat
Mission, according to
an official document.
The government started
the mission on May 6
to help stranded people
reach their destinations
using special repatriation
flights. Under the fourth
phase of the mission, Air
India will be conducting
170 flights connecting In-
dia with Canada, the US,
the UK, Kenya, Sri Lanka,
Philippines, Kyrgyzstan,
Saudi Arabia, Bangla-
desh, Thailand, South
Africa, Russia, Australia,
Myanmar, Japan, Ukraine
and Vietnam, as per a few
reliable sources.
MASSIVE FIRE AT CHEMICAL
FACTORY IN GHAZIABAD
Ghaziabad: A massive fire broke out at a
chemical factory in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad
on Sunday afternoon. Over 10 fire trucks were
rushed to the spot to control the fire, informed
a few sources. Videos and photos shared on
social media displayed thick smoke billowing
out from the factory located in the city's Pan-
dav Nagar area. The fire trucks were called at
around 1.50pm to the spot.It is not clear how
the fire started or if there were any casualties.
More details are awaited.
CM ADITYANATH VISITS
AYODHYA TO INSPECT WORK
Ayodhya: Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath
visited the Ram Janmabhoomi site in Ayodhya on
Sunday and inspected the ongoing temple con-
struction work, officials said. The CM also inspect
ed the progress of development works underway
in various parts of Ayodhya, they said. “The
CM visited Ayodhya on Sunday afternoon. He
inspected the non-COVID hospitals, along with
construction works on development schemes at
various places of Ayodhya,” District Magistrate
Anuj Kumar Jha told PTI.
UP REPORTS 606 NEW COVID-19
CASES IN LAST 24 HOURS
Lucknow: In the last 24
hours, 606 new COVID-19
positive cases have been
reported in UP, currently
there are 6,679 active
cases, said Uttar Pradesh
Principal Secretary
(Health) Amit Mohan
Prasad. “14,808 patients
have been discharged
so far and 660 patients
have succumbed to the
infection,” said Prasad.
“So far, a total of 68,4296
samples have been tested
in the state. The pool
test is in continuous
use. 1,723 pools of 5-5
samples and 176 pools of
10-10 samples have been
installed. 176 out of 1,723
pools of 5-5 samples got
positivity and 32 out of
176 pools of 10 samples
got positivity,” said Amit
Mohan Prasad.
FLORAL TRIBUTES
TRS President & Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao along with party leaders paying
tributes to former PM PV Narasimha Rao on his 100th Birthday Celebrations, at PV Ghat
in Hyderabad on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
INDIA'S COVID-19 COUNT CROSSES 5L MARK Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan stated that the COVID-19 recovery rate has surged over 58 pc in India
New Delhi: With 19,906 new cases,
highest single-day spike so far, India’s
COVID-19 count touched 5,28,859
including 2,03,051 active cases,
3,09,713 cured/discharged, according
to Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.
410 deaths were reported in the last
24 hours and the cumulative toll
reached 16,095 deaths. Coronavirus
cases in Maharashtra have climbed to
1,59,133 while Delhi’s tally stands at
80,188. 2,31,095 samples were tested
on Saturday and the total number
of samples tested up to 27 June is
82,27,802, said ICMR.—ANI
New Delhi: Even though there are
more than 13 experimental vaccines
in clinical trials among the 140 be-
ing developed to combat Covid-19,
WHO has identified the candidates
developed by Oxford University-
AstraZeneca and Moderna Inc as the
front-runners. “Certainly in terms
of how advanced they are, the stage
at which they are, they are I think
probably the leading candidate,” WHO
chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan
said.Moderna’s vaccine is also going
to go into phase three clinical trials,
probably from the middle of July.
WITH NEW 19,906 CASES,
INDIA’s TALLY @ 5,28,859
OXFORD VACCINE MOST
ADVANCED, SAYS WHO
“Lockdown
will not be
lifted after
June 30 as the risk
of infection is not
over yet. We are ex-
tending relaxations
step by step
—Uddhav Thackeray,
Chief Minister, Mumbai
New Delhi: The gap between recoveries &
active cases of COVID-19 has crossed
1,00,000, Union Health Ministry said as
coronavirus cases in India mounted to
5,28,859 and the death count rose to 16,095.
The recovered cases have exceeded the ac-
tive cases by 1,06,661 as on Saturday. A total
of 3,09,712 patients have been cured of
COVID-19 so far with 13,832 patients hav-
ing recovered in the last 24 hours, it said.
“The recovery rate is 58.56% amongst
COVID-19 patients,” the Ministry said.
‘Recoveries exceed
active cases by over 1 L’
EXPERT SPEAK
A policeman stands guard on a deserted road at Besant Nagar beach after a 12-day total lockdown was induced in Chennai. Health workers wearing PPE kits, interact with a patient outside the LNJP Hospital in New Delhi on Sunday. —PHOTOS BY PTI/ANI
New Delhi: The Con-
gress on Friday alleged
that BJP President JP
Nadda “has lost his po-
litical balance in his
flailing attempts at dis-
traction and diversion
from the issues of na-
tional security and ter-
ritorial integrity”.
“BJP President, Shri
JP Nadda has lost his
political balance in his
flailing attempts at dis-
traction and diversion
from the issues of na-
tional security and ter-
ritorial integrity. All
this is being done so
that the Indian Nation-
al Congress and our fel-
low countrymen stop
questioning the Modi
Government on the Chi-
nese transgressions on
our motherland,” Con-
gress spokesperson
Randeep Surjewala
said in a statement.
The Congress spokes-
person further urged
the ruling party to “de-
clare the name of do-
nors from whom it has
received thousands of
crores in donations
through electoral
bonds.” —ANI
BJP Prez Nadda has lost his
political balance: Congress
Every day, a new conspiracy is crafted
by the delusional leadership so as to
spread disinformation, hyste- ria,
and commotion to bury the appar-
ent incompetence and complete
failure of the Modi Government in
defending our borders.
—Randeep Surjewala, Congress spokesperson

INDIAJAIPUR | MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2020
PM should...
He was showing him
around in Ahmedabad
when there was border
tensions with China
still, that time he should
have understood what
their intention was,”
Gehlot said.
He said it is the
right of the people of
the country to know
the actual status on
the Line of Actual
Control (LAC). “Isn’t
it a moral responsi-
bility of the PM to
take the people of the
country in trust and
clarify the status on
the LAC,” he asked,
further adding, “PM’s
statement is being
welcomed by China
because what it want-
ed our PM has given
that certificate to
them knowingly or
unknowingly.”
The Chief Minister
said that Opposition is
with the government
and the PM without any
pre-conditions but the
situation that developed
“despite good relations”
is a matter of concern.
“Why the PM is hesitat-
ing in telling the exact
status that where they
(China) will do the con-
struction in Galwan Val-
ley. Why are they not
telling it, Gehlot asked.
He stressed that to-
day the situation is not
like 1962 when we did
not have proper arms.
“in 1967 war with China
we killed their 400
troops and they fled the
scene, never to fight
again. The NDA govern-
ment cant comprehend
what feelings people
have within them for
the armed forces across
the nation. I was 12
years old when Major
Shaitan Singh’s dead
body was brought to
Jodhpur and the senti-
ment people had cant be
explained,” he said.
Gehlot said that
Modi keeps on ques-
tioning what has Con-
gress done in these
seventy years but for-
gets the modern Indi-
an military is given
by Congress. “in 1974
Indira ji conducted
atomic explosions,
Pakistan was divided
into two and Bangla-
desh was formed, Ti-
bet’s Dalai Lama was
given refuge here,
Sikkim was made a
part of India. But why
is the PM now shying
from sharing the actual
situation. Our economy
is in a bad state and Chi-
na has played its card
keeping the economic
situation in mind. This
should be analyzed in
PMO and External
Affairs Ministry.
It cant be understood
as to why BJP’s top
leaders have good re-
lations with China
and yet something on
this scale happens.
China has such a huge
market in India and yet
such a situation arises,”
he said.
Notably, not just
PM, Gehlot also
rapped Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah saying
that when ever Rahul
Gandhi says anything,
Amit Shah has to
come out and give a
counter statement.
“You know what he
works on. He is always
worried as to which
state government he
should bring in minori-
ty and how, so he is al-
ways thinking on those
points. It could be that
there is lack of coordi-
nation between the PM,
Home Minister and De-
fence Minister,” he said.
Bihar cancels...
Company (JV) were
among the bidders for
the project, which was
cleared by the Union
government’s cabinet
committee on economic
affairs, chaired by the
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi in December
last year. Bihar govern-
ment’s decision comes
in the wake of outrage
against Chinese aggres-
sion in eastern Ladakh
that resulted in the
deaths of 20 Indian
Army soldiers on June
15. This has led to calls
for boycott of Chinese
products and business
entities. —Agencies
Curbs in...
Meanwhile, sixty-eight
inmates in the Akola
jail have tested positive
for COVID-19 out of
which many are asymp-
tomatic, said Sanjay
Khadse, Deputy Collec-
tor, Akola.
India will...
tweet, Amit Shah said,
“We’re capable of han-
dling anti-India propa-
ganda but it’s painful
when the former presi-
dent of a big party [Ra-
hul Gandhi] does ‘ochhi
rajneeti’duringacrisis.”
“It’s a matter of in-
trospection for him
and his party that
their hashtag is being
encouraged by Paki-
stan and China,” Amit
Shah said.
“If you want to dis-
cuss, we will. Let all be
discussed from 1962 to
today. No one is afraid
of discussion. But
when the soldiers of
the country are mak-
ing efforts, the govern-
ment is taking solid
steps after taking a
stand. At that time,
making statements
that please Pakistan
and China, this should
not be done,” he said.
Gandhi’s “Surender”
dig was a response to
the Prime Minister’s
comment at an all-party
meet that China has not
captured any Indian
territory or crossed the
border. “Neither is any-
one inside our territory
nor is any of our post
captured... While we
have given a free hand
to our armed forces,
diplomatically too we
have made our stand
clear to China. India
wants peace and friend-
ship but protecting its
sovereignty is su-
preme,” the Prime Min-
ister had said.
PM warns...
India honours the spirit
of friendship. It is also
capable of giving an ap-
propriate response to
any adversary, without
shying away,” he said in
his address without
naming China.
PM also made a vigor-
ous push for the use of
locally made products,
saying being “vocal for
local” is also a way to
strengthen the country
and to serve it.
Modi said India’s aim
is to become self-reli-
ant. Its tradition is trust
and friendship and its
spirit is brotherhood.
“We will keep moving
ahead abiding by these
principles,” he said.
FROM PG 1
New Delhi: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi
asked PM Narendra
Modi when he would
address India’s securi-
ty issues. “When will
there be talk of na-
tion’s security?” Gan-
dhi tweeted after the
Prime Minister in his
Mann Ki Baat praised
Indian soldiers for giv-
ing “a befitting reply to
those coveting our ter-
ritories”.
Referring to the vio-
lent face-off between
Indian and Chinese
troops in eastern
Ladakh’s Galwan Val-
ley on the night of June
15 that left 20 Indian sol-
diers the commanding
officer of the Bihar
Regiment dead, Modi
said, “Our brave sol-
diers have shown that
they will not let any
harm be done to Mother
India’s pride.”
The Congress has
been hammering away
at the PM and the gov-
ernment for inconsist-
ent stands on the actual
situation along the Line
of Actual Control (LAC)
in Ladakh amid the
standoff with the Chi-
nese.On Saturday, Con-
gress leader Kapil Sibal
claimed that the Chi-
nese have intruded 18
km across the LAC at
once location and asked
PM Modi to “condemn
the brazen Chinese oc-
cupation in Ladakh”.
Sibal had targeted
the PM for his state-
ment at an all-party
meeting that “no one
intruded into Indian
territory” that was in
stark contrast to the
statement of the Indian
ambassador in Beijing
who said China should
de-escalate and disen-
gage by “moving back
to its side of LAC”. He
showed photographs to
claim that the Chinese
have intruded into sev-
eral places in Indian
territory. —Agencies
Whenwillwetalkofnation’ssecurity?Congress has been hammering away at PM Modi for inconsistent stands on actual situation along LAC in Ladakh
New Delhi: “At a time
when coronavirus cases
are rising across the
country, UP govern-
ment’s decision to start
classes for MBBS stu-
dents can jeopardize
their safety,” the Con-
gress general secretary
said in a tweet in Hindi.
The UP government
should take matter of
students’ safety seri-
ously and take a deci-
sion after due consid-
eration, she said.
Online classes are al-
ready under way, there-
fore, it is necessary to
listen to take steps for
their safety and a take a
decision after under-
standing their con-
cerns, she said.
Priyanka slams UP
govt on student safety
New Delhi: The Con-
gress will hold a nation-
wide agitation today
against the rising pric-
es of petrol and diesel
and its MPs, MLAs and
leaders will submit
memorandums to Presi-
dent Ram Nath Kovind
demanding a withdraw-
al of the hikes.
AICC General Secre-
tary, In-charge for Or-
ganisation, KC Venugo-
pal said through the
protest programmes,
the party aims to un-
derline the govern-
ment’s “extortionist
looting” of the common
man during the COV-
ID-19 crisis.
In the following
week, between June 30-
July 4, the party will
also conduct massive
protests at the Taluk,
Teshil and block levels,
Venugopal said.
For the last twenty
one consecutive days,
the government has
been increasing the
price of petrol and die-
sel, in the process put-
ting undue extra bur-
den on the shoulders of
the common people, he
said in a statement.
Congress to hold protests against
petrol, diesel price hikes today
New Delhi: Two earth-
quakes were reported
in the country on Sun-
day, the National Centre
for Seismology (NCS)
reported.
The first earthquake
struck near Diglipur, in
Andaman and Nicobar
islands at 8:56 am at a
depth of 45 kilometre,
the NCS said. It was a
4.1 magnitude quake, it
further reported.
The second earth-
quake - with magnitude
4 - was reported near
Ukhrul in Manipur at
11:24 am at a depth of 60
kilometre.
Two quakes were re-
ported from Rohtak in
Haryana and Hanle in
Jammu and Kashmir
on Saturday. These are
the series of quakes
the country has been
experiencing in the
last few months.Na-
tional capital Delhi
has recorded more
than 16 earthquakes in
two months. Most of
these, however, were
very mild. —Agencies
4 magnitude
earthquakes
hit Andaman,
Manipur
Srinagar: Vijay Ku-
mar, Kashmir IGP said
that J&K Police does
not target the families
of the terrorists with-
out evidence.
Police said that it has
taken cognisance of so-
cial media posts that
have been generated,
shared, and have twist-
ed the facts of the mat-
ter in order to cause
disturbance of peace
and tranquillity. The
Jammu and Kashmir
Police said that Nasee-
ma Banoo, mother of
2018 killed terrorist
Tausif and sister of ac-
tive terrorist Abbash
Sheikh, was arrested
on June 20 in a criminal
case of 2018 registered
under sections 13B, 17,
18, 18B, 19, 39 of UAPA.
The arrest was done
in compliance with pro-
visions of law and she
has been under legally
sanctioned custody in
Anantnag women po-
lice station ever since
her arrest, police said.
“The arrested per-
son is involved in a se-
rious criminal case.
The photo of arrested
woman in which she is
toting an automatic
weapon & posing next
to her son who was an
active terrorist,” police
added. —ANI
‘J&K Police doesn’t
target terrorists’
families without proof’
New Delhi: Amid an
outrage over the
death of a father-son
duo in Tuticorin al-
legedly due to police
torture on June 23,
the Tamil Nadu gov-
ernment on Sunday
decided to transfer
the probe into the
case to the CBI.
“Tamil Nadu gov-
ernment has decided
to transfer to CBI
probe into death of
father-son duo in Tu-
ticorin following al-
leged police torture,”
CM Edappadi K
Palaniswami said.
“After getting ap-
proval from Madras
HC the case will be
transferred to CBI,”
he said. The two men,
Jayaraj and his son
Fennix, who were ar-
rested for allegedly
violating lockdown
norms by keeping
their mobile phone
shop open beyond the
approved business
hours, died at a hos-
pital in Kovilpatti on
June 23. Relatives al-
leged that they were
severely beaten at
Sathankulam police
station by policemen.
Following a furore,
TN govt suspended 4
policemen. Tamil su-
perstar Rajinikanth
spoke to Jayaraj’s
widow over phone
and conveyed his
heartfelt condolenc-
es, sources said. —PTI
Transfercaseto
CBIafterMadras
HCnod:TNCM
TUTICORIN CUSTODIAL DEATHS
Edappadi K Palaniswami.
RAGA’s TRIBUTES
New Delhi: Northeast
India is likely to re-
ceive widespread rain-
fall with isolated heavy
to very heavy rains
over the region in next
four to five days as the
eastern end of mon-
soon trough continues
to run along the foot-
hills of Himalayas
with the convergence
of strong southerly/
south-westerly winds
from Bay of Bengal
over the northeast and
adjoining east India,
said India Meteorologi-
cal Department (IMD).
“Eastern end of
monsoon trough con-
tinues to run along the
foothills of Himalayas
with convergence of
strong southerly/
south-westerly winds
from Bay of Bengal
over the northeast and
adjoining east India. It
is most likely to cause
widespread rainfall
with isolated heavy to
very heavy rainfall
over northeast India
during the next four to
five days. Extremely
heavy falls also most
likely over Assam and
Meghalayaduringnext
24 hours,” said IMD
Fairly widespread
to widespread rainfall
activity over East Ut-
tar Pradesh, Bihar
and Sub-Himalayan
West Bengal and Sik-
kim during next five
days. Isolated heavy to
very heavy falls also
very likely over the
above areas during
the next two days and
heavy falls subsequent
three days along the
west coast, according
to IMD. —Agencies
LIGHT TO MODERATE
RAINFALL IN UP
‘88% EXCESS RAINFALL
IN MP THIS MONTH’
Lucknow: Light to moderate rainfall
occurred in several parts of Uttar
Pradesh on Sunday, the Meteorolog-
ical department said. It said heavy
showers occurred over isolated
places in the eastern UP, while the
western region of the state experi-
enced moderate rainfall and thun-
dershowers. The MeT department
has predicted rain or thundershower
at many places in eastern UP and at
a few places over western part of the
state from Monday to Wednesday.
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh has
received 88% excess rainfall in June
so far as compared to the normal
average due to the early onset of
monsoon and conducive atmo-
spheric systems, an IMD ofﬁcial
said on Sunday. The monsoon ar-
rived in MP on June 14 and became
active in the entire state in next 10
days, G D Mishra, senior meteo-
rologist of India at Meteorological
Department’s (IMD) Bhopal ofﬁce
said while informing further.
‘Northeast India to receive
widespread rain in 4-5 days’

TALKING POINTJAIPUR | MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2020
6 WAYS INNOVATIONS ARE
HELPING IN THE PANDEMIC
While the pandemic has brought many challenges, restrictions like social distancing rules and staff shortages are
driving considerable innovation. Some are brilliantly simple - like a mask with a transparent mouth-guard to help deaf
people lip read. Many innovations are in the field of robotics, from restaurant deliveries to cleaning
Masks are man-
datory - and
essential - in many
settings, especially on
public transport and
in shops. However,
for those who are
deaf, they can cause
a real problem: they
cover lips, making
it impossible to lip-
read.
This was the experi-
ence of a deaf tailor
from Indonesia who
faced a daily struggle
with new regulations
mandating mask
wearing in public
places.
Her solution is bril-
liantly simple: she has
created masks with a
clear plastic window
over the mouth -
making it possible to
lip-read once again.
Another commu-
nication innovation
takes the form of a
robot. ‘Pepper’ is a
humanoid robot who
can be found at a
Tokyo hotel. But it is
no ordinary hotel: its
patients are those who
have mild coronavirus
symptoms.
Pepper’s job is to
greet patients as they
arrive - making them
feel welcome, but also
protecting - and free-
ing up - staff.
COMMUNICATING
DINING OUT
SOCIAL DISTANCING SHOPPING
Some of the most
creative solu-
tions have come
from the world of
robotics.
Refugees at the
Za’atari refugee
camp in Jordan
have developed a
LEGO robot that
automatically
dispenses hand
sanitizer - reducing
the risk of infec-
tion.
Elsewhere,
robots are cleaning
all kinds of surfac-
es. Meet “Ugo”, the
remote-controlled
robot developed by
Japanese start-up
Mira Robotics. It
uses ultraviolet
light to kill viruses,
and can patrol
buildings and clean
on its own.
At the height of the
lockdown, retail
analysts, Kantar, studied
social media for clues
about what people were
most looking forward to
doing when lockdowns
were eased. The top
three desires included
eating out and going to a
bar with friends.
But with social
distancing measures in
place for such business-
es, attention has turned
to how to keep custom-
ers safe and inspire trust.
French designer
Christophe Gernigon
has created oversized
transparent lampshades,
allowing diners to eat in
a personal bubble. The
‘PLEX’EAT’ prototypes
are made from perspex.
In the Netherlands,
Amsterdam’s ETEN
restaurant has also been
making dining safer.
On the banks of a canal
it has installed glass
houses to protect dining
companions, and help
with social distancing.
Meanwhile in South
Korea, popular watering
holes are devising more
hi-tech ways to protect
patrons: robot bartend-
ers.
One - named ‘Cabo’
can carve a perfect
spherical ice ball for
whisky ‘on the rocks’.
Another can measure out
cocktail liquor from 25
bottles hanging from the
ceiling.
Around the world,
robots are being
enlisted to help with
deliveries of food.
U.S. start-up Star-
ship Technologies is
rolling out its food de-
livery boxes on wheels
to a range of urban
areas, from Milton
Keynes, England to
Fairfax, Virginia, U.S.
Colombian start-
up Rappi is another
company whose
boxy wheeled robots
have moved onto the
pavements in greater
numbers during the
pandemic.
At the heart of most
nations’ public
health strategies to
ﬁght COVID-19 is effec-
tive social distancing.
But sometimes people
need to be reminded.
Singapore has chosen a
robot for this task.
Made by US com-
pany Boston Dynamics,
‘Spot’ patrols the park
and reminds visitors
to maintain social
distancing: “Let’s keep
Singapore healthy. For
your own safety, and
for those around you,
please stand at least
one metre apart. Thank
you.”
Grocery shopping
boomed during the
pandemic, with much of
the growth coming from
online - a service relied
on by many of those
shielding from the virus.
But many of those
most at risk from
COVID-19 are still wary
of coming into stores,
in part because of the
possibility of the virus
living on surfaces which
are frequently touched
- like the handle on a
fridge door.
A Finnish supermarket
created an innovative so-
lution - long, curved han-
dles that allow customers
to open chiller cabinets
with their clothed arms
instead of hands.
I
t’s more than five
months since Wu-
han, the city where
the coronavirus
outbreak began, went
into lockdown marking
the beginning of COV-
ID-19 restrictions.
In that time, there
have been many innova-
tive ideas to help us live
with the virus and re-
turn to work and leisure
safely.
The World Economic
Forum’s crowdsourcing
platform UpLink is
looking for the best solu-
tions around the world
to tackle today’s most
pressing issues.
Here are six areas of
everyday life where in-
ventions are easing the
challenges posed by the
pandemic.
CLEANING
HOME DELIVERIES
SOURCE: WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
CONCEPT: DIVYA HEMNANI DESIGN: ABHISHEK GUPTA

The end of a month or anything
for that matter is a time to look
back and see what are our
learnings. Also, to plan afresh for a new
beginning.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India
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Minor religious sites in rural
areas to open from July 1
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot has
given permission to
open such religious
places in the rural ar-
eas, which have a lim-
ited number of devo-
tees, from July 1. At
these places, it will
be mandatory to fol-
low all protective
measures to prevent
corona, including so-
cial distancing. The
Chief Minister has
also directed to re-
move the mandatory
14-day home quaran-
tine for people com-
ing to Rajasthan
from different parts
of the country.
Gehlot gave these in-
structions at the Chief
Minister’s residence on
Sunday in a review
meeting on corona in-
fection. “Based on the
suggestions of commit-
tees constituted under
the chairmanship of
District Collectors to
open religious places
closed due to lockdown,
major religious sites in
cities and rural areas
should not be opened at
present. The security of
life is paramount for
the state government.
Therefore it is neces-
sary to do this in the
public interest,” he
said.
The Chief Minister
said that only those
religious places will
be allowed to open in
rural areas where 50
or fewer people visit
every day on normal
days. “At these places,
a limited number of
people will be able to
be present for prayers
and other religious
works at one time.
During this period,
social distancing,
sanitization and
wearing of masks,
etc., along with other
health protocols need
to be followed,” Ge-
hlot instructed offi-
cials.
Meanwhile, the man-
datory 14-day home
quarantine period for
people coming from
other states to Ra-
jasthan has been re-
moved. “However,
such individuals
should voluntarily
keep their movements
limited and adopt all
the protective meas-
ures to prevent infec-
tion and in case of
symptoms, get a med-
ical examination
done immediately
and seek medical ad-
vice,” he asked offi-
cials to ensure.
Moreover, the Coro-
na awareness campaign
started by the state gov-
ernment has been ex-
tended till July 7. “In
view of the impor-
tance of awareness in
the prevention of co-
rona infection and
the success of this
campaign, it should
be extended till July
7. People are coming
forward and joining
this campaign, which
is a good sign. Due to
similar efforts, we
are able to control
the corona in the
state. All social me-
dia platforms should
be better utilized in
awareness cam-
paigns,” he said.
Centre approves Raj’s
annual action plan
New Delhi: The Min-
istry of Jal Shakti
has approved the ac-
tion plan of Ra-
jasthan for the im-
plementation of Jal
Jeevan Mission
(JJM). To take the
programme further,
Rajasthan presented
the Annual Action
Plan on the JJM. The
Ministry of Jal Shakti
has been working
with the states in pre-
paring a roadmap to
implement the Cen-
tre’s flagship pro-
gramme Jal Jeevan
Mission, which aims
to provide 55 litres of
potable water per per-
son per day to every
rural household of
the country by 2024,
according to an offi-
cial release.
Union Minister of
Jal Shakti, Gajen-
dra Singh Shekha-
wat, has earlier
written to Chief
Minister Ashok Ge-
hlot expressing his
concerns over the
slow progress of
JJM in the state.
The central gov-
ernment has ap-
proved funds of Rs
2,522.03 crore for
implementation of
JJM in Rajasthan in
2020-21, which is a
considerable in-
crease from Rs 1,051
crore in 2019-20.
With an opening
balance of Rs 605.87
crore under JJM and
Rs 389.2 crore under
National Water Qual-
ity Sub-Mission
(NWQSM) component
available for quality-
affected areas with
the state, and along
with this year’s cen-
tral allocation and
state’s matching
share, a total of Rs
7,059.85 crore will be
available for imple-
mentation of JJM in
Rajasthan, the central
government said.—ANI
CM Ashok Gehlot with Gajendra Singh Shekhawat —File photo
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot with (from left) Amit Dhaka, Kuldeep Ranka, Bhupendra Singh, DB
Gupta, Dr Raghu Sharma, Rajeeva Swarup, Rohit Kumar Singh and Niranjan Arya during the review
meeting on Corona infection on Sunday.
Raj: Over 1L travelled in
Roadways buses on Sat
Bharatpur man cons
former PM’s advisor
Locusts won’t have spread if
Raj had cooperated: Choudhary
Yogesh Sharma
S
ixty-two years ago
came a song that is
dear, to this day, to
lakhs of Indian movie
buffs. The popular lines of
the song from the movie
Kala Pani, “Nazar Laagi
Raja tore Bangle par…”,
were aimed at the female
singer recounting how the
beauty of a house had
made her want to be a part
of that house. But that
was the year 1958, when
bonds still held meaning
and at least the political
scenario wasn’t as vivid
as it is today, or shall we
say, in housing terms,
not as scrupulously
looking at ending the
bond between man and
his ‘bungalow’.
It is said that if you
live in one place for a
long duration of time,
you actually become the
place. That is to say that a
person develops deep root-
ed feelings for the place,
and even if that place is not
theirs, in legal terms, but
they come to be defined by
the place. Moreover, even
general public starts asso-
ciating the persons with
this one place. Take for ex-
ample, the house allotted to
former Vice-President Late
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
opposite the Raj Bhawan.
Shekhawat spent so many
years in this house that it
has now become a ‘symbol’
of Shekhawat’s ‘heritage’,
althoughlegallyitisowned
by the state.
But perhaps the most
interesting case is of
senior BJP politico, fire-
brand tribal leader and
currently Rajya Sabha
MP Dr Kirodi Lal Meena.
The leader who holds
sway on Dausa district, has
a long standing political
career and it was since the
days of him being a stu-
dent, that he has been po-
litically active. ‘Dr Sahab’
as he has come be called,
had shifted to Jaipur to
pursue his medical stud-
ies and found a roof on
his head in bungalow
number 2 at Hospital
road. Little did he know
that this would become
his ‘karmasthali’.
In those days, nearly 40
years back, the house was
allotted to Shivcharan
Dhabai where young
Meena was given
the vacant
servant quar-
ter to contin-
ue studying
without inter-
ruption. But
little did any-
one know
what the fu-
ture held for
Meena.
As he
g r e w
politi-
cally,
t h e
bungalow in whose serv-
ant quarter Meena used
to live, came to be allot-
ted in his name! From
then on, the next 17
years, Meena stayed in
the bungalow and the
house became synony-
mous with Meena. But if
you think it was because
of the political activities
that people came to asso-
ciate the house with
Meena, you would be
wrong. Sure,
the house
was al-
lotted
to him
for his
politi-
cal en-
deavours, but it was his
activities by profession
that brought him and the
bungalow much name.
Located within a stone’s
throw from SMS medical
hospital,andbeingaMBBS
doctor himself, Meena,
since the early days,
opened his doctoral prac-
tice at the bungalow. He
would offer his services as
a doctor to the attendants
who would come with pa-
tients to SMS and an
estimate says that
he has helped
over 53 thou-
sand attend-
ants while 1.98
lakh people
have been
helped financially as well.
He organised blood do-
nation camps as well
wherein over 28 thou-
sand unit blood was do-
nated. He even got finan-
cial help to the tune of
Rs 5 crore allotted to
various patients from
PM and CM relief funds
over these 17 years, and
given free of charge con-
sultation to 30 thousand
individuals, all from the
environs Bungalow
number 2 when people
approached him here.
But the bond of 17 years
has ended now as Meena
has packed his bags and
left the house since the
state government wants
the house for its use and
Meena, not being a legis-
lator now, has to vacate.
However, Meena will con-
tinue to give his free con-
sultations from the
place, with the slight
difference that now,
the man will operate
from a small booth outside
the bungalow.
Almost similar is the
case with BJP MLA Nar-
pat Singh Rajvi, who is
the son-in-law of late
Bhairon Singh Shekha-
wat. Rajvi stays with his
family in bungalow
number 14 at Civil Lines,
which was allotted to
late Shekhawat and for
the past 22 years, the
family has been residing
here even though they
have a house only hun-
dred meters from the
bungalow. But now the
bungalow has been allot-
ted to Chief Whip Ma-
hesh Joshi. Thus the
‘power circles’ are won-
dering as to when will
Rajvi vacate this build-
ing?
And that is why per-
haps the lines, “Nazar
laagi Raja Tore Bangle
par”, are more relevant
today, at least for these
two cases…
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NAZAR LAAGI RAJA TORE BANGLE PAR…
Jaipur: Over one lakh
people travelled on
Rajasthan Roadways
buses on Saturday,
the maximum in the
coronavirus period in
a single day, an offi-
cial said.
Confirming it, state
roadways chairman
Naveen Jain in a
statement said
around 11.70 lakh
people have rode their
buses in 24 days since
June 3, the day their
service restarted.
He said the passenger
load was 60 per cent of
the bus capacity and 35
per cent of them booked
tickets online.
He appealed to people
to give priority to Ra-
jasthan Roadways bus-
es for infection-free
travel and said five per
cent cashback will be
provided for online
booking of tickets.
The cashback can be
used later at the time of
the ticket booking.
Based on the demand
of people from Mon-
day, over 430 trips will
be made on over 200
routes by Rajasthan
Roadways throughout
the state, he said. —PTI
New Delhi: The Delhi
police have arrested a
man for allegedly
cheating media advi-
sor of former Prime
Minister Manmohan
Singh, Sanjay Baru,
on the pretext of sell-
ing liquor online.
According to the Po-
lice, Baru on June 2 had
ordered liquor through
an online platform
named ‘La Cave Wines
and Spirits’ where he
made a payment of Rs
24,000. After the pay-
ment, accused switched
off his phone. The ac-
cused has been identi-
fied as Akib Javed, a
resident of Bharatpur
district’s Kaman area
in Rajasthan. He was
working with an online
cabaggregatorandcame
in contact with cyber-
criminals and indulged
in cyber-crime. Police
havenotfoundanyprevi-
ous involvement in such
cases.
The police said that
during preliminary in-
vestigation, the team an-
alysed bank statements,
the flow of cheated mon-
ey and call details of the
alleged mobile numbers
which revealed that the
mobile numbers and the
bank accounts were ob-
tained on the basis of
fake KYC details to mis-
lead the investigation.
An FIR has been reg-
istered under section
420 of IPC in Hauz Khas
police station and fur-
ther efforts are on to
nab the remaining ac-
cused. —ANI
New Delhi: Union Min-
ister of State for Agri-
culture and Farmers
Welfare Kailash Choud-
hary has said that if the
Rajasthan government
had cooperated, the
problem posed by lo-
custs would not have
spilled beyond the state,
and rather would have
been contained there.
He said that effec-
tive control of locusts
can be done only in
the border areas and
with the Rajasthan
government’s coop-
eration, this work
could have been done
more effectively.
The Union Minister
said that despite the fi-
nancial support from
the central government
for locust control, the
Rajasthan government
also did not initiate any
action in this direction
due to which the locusts
in the border area could
not be effectively con-
trolled.
He said that the
central government
gave Rs 14 crore for
control of grasshop-
pers in Rajasthan,
but the state did not
cooperate in taking
necessary measures
in stopping the in-
sects from entering
Rajasthan from the
Pakistan areas.
Theministersaidthat
the state government
did not make any ar-
rangements for the ma-
chines and tractors and
other farm equipment
needed in the border ar-
eas of Barmer, Jaisalm-
er, Bikaner and Ganga-
nagar. Asked whether
the state governments
had failed to deal with
the swarms of locusts,
he said that efforts were
on to control them effec-
tively in states, includ-
ing Rajasthan. — IANS
AHMED PATEL
@ahmedpatel
Tribute
to former
Prime Min-
ister Shri PV
Narasimha
Rao on his
birth anniversary.
AVINASH PANDE
@avinashpandeinc
Chinese Intrusions
continue
even after
the Mar-
tyrdom of
20 of our
brave sol-
diers. China has not
halted but ramped up
military capacity in
Galwan Valley. Why
didn’t Modi govt take
any stringent meas-
ure or preparedness
to fight off with any
contingencies??
JAL JEEVAN MISSION
Naveen Jain
Narpat Singh Rajvi and Dr Kirodi Lal Meena
Kailash Choudhary
l 14 day home quarantine rule removed l Healthprotocolneedstobefolloweddiligently

HEART
& SOLE
neakers are
probably the
most popular
shoes nowadays
across gender
and genera-
tions, and have
developed from being
just sports shoes to par-
ty wear. Back in the 18th
century, people wore
‘Plimsolls’ invented by
Wait Webster which
were basically rubber-
soled shoes, that had no
‘left/right foot’; both ap-
peared to be the same.
Later in 1892, a more
comfortable pair of
sneakers were intro-
duced with canvas tops,
known as ‘Keds’ and
during the end of the
same year, Marquis Con-
verse, the founder of
the global brand called
‘Converse’ made shoes
for basketball named
‘Converse All-Stars’
and that’s where it all
started.
The sale of Sneak-
ers took off in the
year 1984, where the
American basketball
player Michael
Jordan signed a
contract with
Nike for ‘Air
Jordans’, that
happens to be
the most loved
sneaker of all
time. After
this, various
shoe companies
competed with
each other with
sneakers of var-
ious colours,
new looks and
what not!
Initially made
for sports,
sneakers
now
go with literally any-
thing and everything-
may it be casual wear,
party wear, or even
WEDDINGS! Yes, you
heard that right. There
was a trend sometime
back where the Brides
chose to wear sneakers
with their ‘Shaadi-ka-
Joda’ and not designer
heels. Well, comfort does
matter at the end of the
day and in fact, wearing
sneakers made the
Brides look even happi-
er in their photos!
Owning a pair of
sneakers is a must for
every person, as they cre-
ate a major style state-
ment. But to maintain
the charm of the foot-
wear, one needs to take
extra care of it, like- sav-
ing it from permanent
stains, cleaning it regu-
larly, keep the laces
clean, using the perfect
polish and keeping the
soles dirt-free, among
various other things.
If you don’t own a
pair of sneakers, go and
grab one right now; but
make sure you get them
online because stepping
out does not sound like
a good option at all!
FUN FACT: The most
expensive pair of sneak-
ers in the world, ‘Solid
Gold OVO x Air Jordan’
cost a total of $2,000,000.
Isn’t that crazy?
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n an exclusive inter-
view, Little Things
writer and actor Dhruv
Sehgalhadrevealedhis
sole ambition with the
third season of the Net-
flixIndiaOriginalshow
was the leading couple, Kavya
(Mithila Palkar) and Dhruv
(played by himself), get even
more real than they did in Sea-
son 2.
Season 3 proves Dhruv was
spot on with his assessment.
Dhruv and Kavya become even
more relatable, without compro-
mising on the originality of the
treatment, in season 3. The trail-
er showed a long-distance rela-
tionshipwouldserveasthebone
of contention in the third sea-
son. This is established in the
first scene of the new season.
Once it is out of the way, the
show actually focuses on not
only the ripple effects of a long-
distance relationship on both
the partners, but also the peren-
nially dangling sword above
theirrelationship,of animpend-
ing marriage.
Dhruv moves to Bangalore to
assist a professor at the Indian
Statistical Institute (ISI) in her
research,whileKavyacontinues
to work at the same company in
Mumbai. Through his writing,
Dhruv Sehgal and other writers
explore the concept of a ‘happy
place’, and how one can find it
when they decide to step out of
their comfort zone. For some, it
isanewcitythatgelsbetterwith
their sensibilities, and for the
others,itisthehometownwhich
was always an option some-
where at the back of their mind.
The impact of a long-distance
relationship usually revolves
around the partner moving to
newer pastures. But since they
were already greener for Dhruv
(since he confessed he felt more
productive in Bangalore), the
show smartly throws light on
the partner left behind. For
Kavya, everything is the same,
except she has to get through it
all in the constantly glaring ab-
senceof Dhruv.The‘littlethings’
she did with him back in the
days come back haunting, re-
minding her of his absence eve-
ry day.
The long-distance relation-
ship is not limited to the live-in
partners but also extends to
their respective families back
home, in Kanpur and Delhi re-
spectively. Two episodes strate-
gically showcase a day in the
life of Dhruv and Kavya, when
they return to Delhi and Kan-
pur respectively. They can be
seen trying to share with each
other aspects of their life
through video calling. The
ghar wapasi gives both a much-
needed reality check, and they
come across certain realisa-
tions; like their parents grow-
ing old, and people around
them still harbouring archaic
notions (Read: “Why don’t you
two get married?”)
CreditmustbegiventoDhruv
Sehgal and other writers for al-
lowing his character to have the
shorter end of the stick. Dhruv
Vats is flawed and temperamen-
tal, which probably explains his
disorientation at this stage of
his life when he has turned 30.
Kavya, on the other hand, is
moreunderstandingandcalmer.
(In the above interview, Dhruv
mentioned he was 50 percent
Dhruv Vats and 50 percent
Kavya. The third season demon-
strated how one half of him is
tactfully balancing the other.)
Director Ruchir Arun seems
to have secured a strong grasp
on the treatment, mood and tone
of the show, just like the actors.
Sumit Aroraa has also directed
four episodes, and succeeds in
maintaining the tricky tonality
of the show. Editor Saumya
Sharma lends ample breathing
space to the characters. Season 3
also employs VFX in two se-
quences across the show, proba-
blyassymbolsof thecharacters’
state of mind. These special ef-
fects do not belong to the real
world of Little Things. While
they also seem to add to the cen-
tral narrative, they end up dis-
tracting from the tonality of the
show. Dhruv and Kavya seem
like a couple who are willing to
iron out their differences for the
sake of long-term commitment.
In Season 3, they effectively get
promotedtoyetanotherstageof
a relationship. Whether they get
married or not should be ex-
plored, but the two contrasting
parts residing in Dhruv Sehgal
definitely seem to have married,
discord notwithstanding.
FACEOFTHEDAY
MONA GAUTAM, Model
YOUR
DAY
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Get physical. Regardless of
your current condition, it’s
a good idea to up your
game. Staying fit will
energize you in all aspects of life.
Become the driving force who sets
the standard in your family or circle.
Romance is favoured so go all out to
woo your partner.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Emotional matters will
surface if uncertainty
prevails. Consider what
you are up against, and
come up with a practical application.
Straightforward conversations will
eliminate false assumptions.
Personal gain and improvement are
encouraged.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Clear the air, stick to facts
and don’t overreact.Listn
before you speak up, it will
be better. Keeping the
peace will help resolve issues quickly
and encourage you to work in
conjunction with the people you deal
with virtually or otherwise on a
regular basis.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Putter around the house.
Take care of unfinished
projects. today is a day of
creativity, so go for it.
Concentrate on the projects that will
enhance your life. Physical
improvement will boost your ego, and
romance will enhance a meaningful
relationship.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Take hold of whatever
situation you
encounter,make it work to
your advantage.Elbow
grease & muscle, along with tenacity,
will help you get your way and get
things done.Personal rewards are
within reach. Your romantic life will
add charm to the day.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Don’t try to take on the
world, not today at least!
You’ll get the most back if
you stick to a basic plan that
is geared toward better emotional,
mental and physical health. A friendly
environment will encourage others to
compromise and pitch in and help and
reciprocate.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
You’ve got the right idea,
so don’t let anyone make
you feel incompetent. Your
ability to take hold of a
situation and idea and carry it
through to fruition will make a lasting
impression on someone influential.
Things are looking up, keet trying,
success is just around the corner.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Work to make your home a
happier environment. The
changes you conduct in
unison with others will
bring you closer together, be open to
suggestions. Use your energy wisely,
and you will avoid a mishap. Added
discipline will get you where you
want to go.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
An experience you
encounter will be
enlightening and prompt
you to make adjustments
to your life.Viewing alternative
lifestyles and practices will encour-
age you to moderate your spending,
eating and daily routine closely. An
unexpected change looks promising.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Expand your interests and
your mind. What you learn
and experience will help
you put together the pieces
that will lead to success. Don’t let an
emotional incident stand between
you and what you want to achieve.
Don’t run away from change, it is
positive for you.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
You’ll gain insight into
what others want. Listen
and respond with
suggestions that will help
you gain the support you need to put
your plans in motion. An opportunity
is heading your way, and a change
will spice up your life, be open to
what the universe is offering you.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Go on a learning excursion.
Open your mind to new
ideas and concepts that
can help you bring about
personal change. An optimistic
outlook coupled with a desire to try
something new will lead you in an
exciting direction. Romance is on the
cards.
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Dhruv Sehgal and Mithila
Palkar too relatable in
LITTLE THINGS

P
op singer Ariana Grande managed to
ring in her 27th birthday in style,
even in quarantine. Being at home did
not stop the singer from having a fun
and memorable birthday. Grande celebrated
her special day with a group of close
friends and her boyfriend Dalton Gomez.
Ariana also took this opportunity to
make her relationship with Dalton of-
ficial on Instagram. The adorable love
birds were seen showering each other
with kisses and love in the romantic
photo from the
party.
As for her birth-
day celebrations, Ar-
iana transformed
her home into an en-
chanted garden,
drawing inspiration
from the movie Mid-
sommar. “My friends
and I went with a
Midsommar theme
because help me,” she said on Instagram while
sharing pictures from the party. The 7 Rings
singer was so true to the theme that she even
incorporated it into her costume. She chan-
nelled Dani, Florence Pugh’s character, from
the movie for the party. —Agency
V
icky Kaushal, who was last
seen in Dharma Productions’
‘Bhoot Part One: The Haunt-
ed Ship’, is clearly on a roll
these days. After all, he has some ex-
citing projects in his kitty. But
among all his upcoming projects, a
biopic on the first Field Marshal of
India Sam Manekshaw has been
grabbing a lot of attention. After
all, the ‘Uri: The Surgical Strike’
star will be seen in a yet another
promising role. And while the fans
are eagerly waiting for the movie,
Vicky recently paid a tribute to the
braveheartsoldierof theIndiaArmy.
He remembered Sam Manek-
shaw on his death anniversary and
saluted his valour with a special post on
Instagram. The post featured a small
video with a throwback picture of Sam
Manekshaw making his way through a
group of soldiers. It was followed by
the actor’s new look as the brave
Field Marshal from his upcom-
ing biopic. While Vicky is ex-
cited to be a part of the movie,
he even called it a special jour-
ney. “Remembering one of In-
dia’s finest- Field Marshal #Sam-
Manekshaw. This journey is go-
ing to be very special,” he wrote.
—Agency
A
fter the humongous success of ‘Simmba’ at the time
of its arer will be re-released in Australia and Fiji.
The ‘Gunday’ star, on Sunday, put out two post-
ers of the film on Instagram and announced
the re-released of the flick. One of the posters read,
“Blockbuster returns in cinemas near you” while
the other said, “Australia bringing cheers back in
cinemas July 2nd.”
The 2018 cop-drama ‘Simmba’ was the actor’s
first project with filmmaker Rohit Shetty. Shetty
and Singh also collaborated for Shetty’s upcoming
film ‘Sooryavanshi,’ that was slated for release ear-
ly this year but had to be postponed due to the COV-
ID-19 pandemic. The film features Akshay Kumar
and Katrina Kaif in lead roles, along with Singh and
Ajay Devgn making guest appearances.
Meanwhile, the ‘Padmaavat’ star has been quite ac-
tive on social media with posts regarding day-to-day
activities during the lockdown. Singh will be next seen
in the sports drama ‘83’, a cinematic portrayal of India’s vic-
tory in the 1983 Cricket World Cup. —ANI
Koko’s birthday!hloé Kardashian was flooded with love on her
birthday by her friends and family and even her
ex-beau Tristan Thompson. Thompson took to
Instagram and posted a
picture of
Khloé and
their 2-year-
old daughter True
to wish the ‘Keep-
ing Up With The
Kardashian’ star
on her 36th birth-
day. He thanked
God for the “beauti-
ful and loving wom-
an” that Khloe is
“especially our
daughter True”
while adding that she
deserves the world.“I’m wise enough now to know,
you came into my life to show me just what it means
to be an incredible person,” the athlete said.
“I appreciate how I am able to learn from and grow
because of you. You deserve the world, Koko! True
and I love you, mama. Happy Birthday, @khloekar-
dashian.” Khloe had been quarantining with ex
Tristan Thompson and daughter True amid the coro-
navirus pandemic. “Being quarantined has made her
have a soft spot for him, and she knows he will always
be part of her life in some way because he is True’s
dad. Khloé has been open and receptive toward
Tristan,” the insider revealed. —Agency
K Instagram and posted a
ing Up With The
Kardashian’ star
on her 36th birth-
day. He thanked
God for the “beauti-
ful and loving wom-
an” that Khloe is
“especially our
daughter True”
while adding that she
deserves the world.“I’m wise enough now to know,“I’m wise enough now to know,
BRINGING
CHEERS BACK
P
riyanka Chopra Jonas has always been vo-
cal about everything that must be spoken
about when someone is in the power to
speak and hence, the actress ensures that
she uses her voice in the right direction and for a
cause. June is the Pride month and as it comes to an
end, PeeCee took to social media to share a
post about it and it had a quote about every-
thing that Love stands for while incorporat-
ing the Pride colours with the sentences.
Priyanka also went on to use the caption
that said ‘I stand for love. Happy #Pride”
along with some colourful hearts and well,
it sure has left the fans overwhelmed, to
say the least. The Pride Month occurs
in order to commemorate the Stone-
wall riots that happened back in
1969. During June, a lot of events
takeplaceinordertorecognise
the LGBT community and
celebrate love, to say the
least. —Agency
ETCwww.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia JAIPUR | MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2020
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Remebering
MARSHAL
end, PeeCee took to social media to share a
post about it and it had a quote about every-
thing that Love stands for while incorporat-
Priyanka also went on to use the caption
that said ‘I stand for love. Happy #Pride”
along with some colourful hearts and well,
it sure has left the fans overwhelmed, to
say the least. The Pride Month occurs
It’s official!
A
dele may be working on something but
she hasn’t got a new album for her fans
just yet. The 32-year-old British singer
sent some of her fans into a frenzy re-
cently after she shared a picture of herself
singing in a microphone. The singer flaunted
her massive weight loss yet again. But she got
fans curious when she simply captioned with
a mysterious smiley face emoji. The new post
left fans wondering if she was releasing a few
new songs.
A fan took to the comments section “Teaser?
Albumscomingouttoday???!!!!Tellmenow!!!!”.
However, Adele decided to shut down the pos-
sible rumour of a new song coming their way
with her comments. She said, asked the fan to
“be patient” “Of course it’s not,” she an-
nounced, clearing the air about her post. “Co-
rona ain’t over. I’m quarantining. Wear a mask
and be patient,” she said.
While Adele didn’t offer her fans a timetable,
they may have only a few more months to wait.
—Agency
Teasers’ out?
Khloe Kardashian
... her post
Adele
Sara Ali Khan and Ranveer Singh
Priyanka Chopra Jonas
... her post
Vicky Kaushal;
(inset) His post
Ariana Grande
... her post
‘I STAND
FOR LOVE’

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