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Non-disclosure of criminal info of
candidates: SC fines 8 pol parties
Oppncreatesruckus,Bajwa
throwsfileatChairinRS
New Delhi: Opposition
MPs raised slogans de-
manding discussion on
the Pegasus snooping
row, farm laws, and oth-
er issues. Rajya Sabha
was first adjourned till
12 noon and when the
House met again some
opposition MPs trooped
into the well of the
House, began slogan-
eering and raised plac-
ards during the Ques-
tion Hour. The Deputy
Chairman Harivansh
adjourned the House
till 2 pm. There was
highdramainthehouse
as opposition MPs
again began sloganeer-
ing during a discussion
on the farm laws and
the House was ad-
journed again for 15
minutes.
AAP’s Sanjay Singh
was the first to climb
the table while Con-
gress’ Pratap Bajwa
also climbed the table,
shouted slogans and
then threw a file at the
Chair. —ANI
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court Tuesday
fined eight political par-
ties including the BJP
and the Congress for
failing to comply with
the court’s order to fur-
nish details of candi-
dates with criminal
backgrounds on their
official websites in the
Bihar Assembly Elec-
tions.
These political par-
ties were also directed
to disclose information
about such candidates
in newspapers as well
as on social media. Six
parties — BJP, Con-
gress, Rashtriya Janta
Dal (RJD), Janata Dal
United, CPI, and Lok
Jan Shakti Party —
were fined Rs 1 lakh for
partial non-compliance.
Meanwhile, the Com-
munist Party of India
(Marxist) and National-
ist Congress Party
(NCP) were fined Rs 5
lakh each for total non-
compliance of the top
court order. The court
passed orders on a con-
tempt plea which raised
the issue of criminali-
sation of politics claim-
ing that directions giv-
en by the apex court in
its September 2018 ver-
dict relating to disclo-
sure of criminal ante-
cedents by candidates
are not being followed
A bench headed by
Justice Rohinton Fali
Nariman said the rea-
sons for selecting candi-
dates with pending
criminal cases should
be justifiable with refer-
ence to qualification
and merit and
not merely on
winna-
bility
.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot on Tues-
day directed officials to
ensure online delivery
of all types of citizen
services in the state. He
also asked all depart-
ments to share informa-
tion of schemes and pro-
grammes on the public
information portal by
October 2 this year.
The chief minister
said that Rajasthan will
be the first state to take
such an initiative for
transparency and good
governance using IT.
Chairing a review
meeting, he said that
providing good govern-
ance and access to all
the services of govern-
ment departments with
the use of information
technology is the top
priority of state gov-
ernment.
In the virtual meet-
ing of the department
of Information Tech-
nology and Communi-
cations, Gehlot said
that incubation cen-
tres should be estab-
lished at the educa-
tional division level
and startup activities
should be encouraged
up to the school level
in order to promote en-
trepreneurship among
the youth and students
of rural areas.
Gehlot said state gov-
ernment is giving prior-
ity to startup activities,
but such programmes
are currently limited to
major cities. Turn to P6
ENSURE ONLINE DELIVERY OF
ALL CITIZEN SERVICES: GEHLOT
CRUCIAL READ
ECONOMY TO RETURN GROWTH BY MARCH
2022, BANKS NPAS TO REGAIN NORMALCY
The asset recovery Indian banks is set to get delayed as
the second wave has crippled economic activity, says
Moody’s Investor Services. “For India, Moody’s projects
the economy will return to growth in the fiscal year
ending March 2022,” the global rating company said in
a note. “But the severe second coronavirus outbreak will
delay improvements in asset quality.”
SENSEX SCALES FRESH LIFETIME HIGH
AS HDFC, BHARTI AIRTEL ADVANCE
Mumbai: Equity benchmark Sensex
rose by 152 points to close at its
fresh lifetime high on Tuesday amid
positive trends in the global markets.
The 30-share index closed 151.81
points or 0.28 per cent higher at its
lifetime peak of 54,554.66, while the
broader NSE Nifty advanced 21.85
points or 0.13 per cent to 16,280.10.
ONLY 2 FROM OUTSIDE J&K BOUGHT
PROPERTIES SINCE ARTICLE 370 MOVE
New Delhi: Only two people from outside Jammu
and Kashmir have bought properties in the union
territory since August 5, 2019, when the Centre had
scrapped Article 370. Minister of State for Home
Affairs Nityanand Rai said this on Tuesday to the
Lok Sabha in response to a question. “As per the
information provided by the government of Jammu
and Kashmir, two persons from outside J&K have
purchased two properties in the UT of J&K,” Rai said.
WE DEMAND RESTORATION OF FULL
STATEHOOD TO J&K: RAHUL GANDHI
Srinagar: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi
while addressing the
party workers in Srina-
gar on Tuesday, de-
manded the restoration
of full statehood for
J&K and revival of dem-
ocratic process of elec-
tions. I have a bit of
Kashmiriyat inside me
as well,” said Gandhi.
He said J&K’s strength
is brotherhood. P5
‘SIDHU’S BARBS DON’T AUGUR
WELL,’ CAPTAIN TELLS SONIA
New Delhi: Punjab
Chief Minister Ama-
rinderSinghonTuesday
complained to Sonia
Gandhi that Navjot Sid-
hu’scriticismof hisgov-
ernment “does not au-
gur well for smooth
functioning” as he met
with the Congress presi-
dent days after a fragile
truce with his in-house
rival.
Sonia reportedly
stressed that the Chief
Minister and Navjot
Sidhu, who was recent-
ly appointed Punjab
Congress chief as part
of a peace deal ahead of
the state polls, must
work together. She di-
rected that “both the
state government and
the Congress unit in
Punjab must work to-
gether and not on cross
purposes”, said Con-
gress’s Punjab in-
charge Harish Rawat
after the meeting.
Rawat said the two
discussed 18-point agen-
da that Punjab Pradesh
Congress Committee
president Navjot Singh
Sidhu had brought be-
fore him. “Some points
were made (by the Pun-
jab Congress). He listed
out some problems, the
challenges, Turn to P6
Alert! New
Covid mutants
can reach
anywhere
J&K: Terrorists hurl
grenade; journo held
Srinagar: In a major
threat to national secu-
rity just five days ahead
of Independence Day,
terrorists on Tuesday
launched grenade at se-
curity forces at Srina-
gar’s Hari Singh High
Street.“At around 2:40
pm, a miscreant target-
ed a bunker of SSB with
a grenade. There has
been no injury to any se-
curity force personnel,”
Kishore Prasad, DIG
CRPF in Srinagar, said.
Five civilians were re-
portedly injured in the
grenade attack on secu-
rity personnel today
.
“Terrorists lobbed a
grenade towards securi-
ty force personnel near
Amira Kadal bridge
which exploded by the
roadside,” officials in
the knowhow said. Dur-
ing the probe, a journal-
ist named Adil was ar-
rested with two gre-
nades in Srinagar. “Adil
was working for Jaish-e-
Mohammed. His associ-
ate Zahid Nazar, who
escaped from the site,
hadrecentlycomeoutof
jail,” J&K police said.
—Agencies
New Delhi: New COV-
ID-19 mutants can reach
anywhere at any time,
said the Central govern-
ment on Tuesday, add-
ing that it is monitoring
Alpha, Beta, Gamma,
Delta and Delta Plus
variants. NCDC Direc-
tor Dr SK Singh said,
“The variants of con-
cern that we monitor
are Alpha, Beta, Gam-
ma, Delta, and Delta
Plus. There are two
variants under investi-
gation - Kappa and
B1617.3.” “We were do-
ing two kinds of sur-
veillance - to monitor
variants of concern .
—ANI
New Delhi: India on Tuesday advised its nationals in Afghanistan to
make immediate travel arrangements to return home before com-
mercial air services are discontinued amid intense fighting between
security forces and the Taliban across the war-torn country.
Lucknow: Ram Nath Kovind will become the first Indian President to visit Ayo-
dhya when he reaches the temple town on a special train on August 29, reach-
ing Lucknow on August 26, to offers prayers at the makeshift temple at Ram
Janmabhoomi. He will be accorded a warm welcome by the seers’ community.
BJP, Congress, RJD, JDU, CPI, LJP fined `1L; CPIM and NCP fined `5L
CORONA
CATASTROPHE
RAJASTHAN
INDIA
36,309
new cases
468
new fatalities
11
new cases
00
new fatalities
IN A FIRST, FORTHCOMING
CENSUS TO GO DIGITAL: GOVT
NO DECISION YET ON
NATIONWIDE NRC: GOVT
New Delhi: Forthcoming census will be the first digital
census and there is a provision for self-enumeration
for it, the Centre told LS on Tuesday in response to a
question by Shashi Tharoor on whether there will be
any changes or any additional information required in
the 2021 Census as compared to previous editions. The
Centre said a mobile app for the collection of data and
a census portal for management and monitoring of vari-
ous census related activities have been developed.
New Delhi: The government has not taken any decision
on preparing a National Register of Indian Citizens
(NRIC) for the whole country, Union Minister Nityanand
Rai said in Parliament on August 10. He, however, said
the government has decided to update the National
Population Register (NPR) under the Citizenship Act,
1955, along with the first phase of Census 2021.
Pegasus row: SC tells
parties to avoid ‘parallel
debates’ on SM
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Tues-
day told petitioners
seeking a probe into the
Pegasus snooping row
that they should “have
faith in the system” and
refrain from participat-
ing in “parallel debates
on social media”.
A three-judge bench
headed by Chief Justice
of India N V Ramana
said: “Nobody should
cross the limit and all
will be given the oppor-
tunity in the case. We
are not against debates
but when the matter is
in court, it should be de-
liberated here.” It also
asked parties to answer
the queries through
proper debate in court
and not outside.
The bench said, “This
is what we are saying.
We ask questions from
parties. We take both
parties to task. The mat-
ter should be deliberat-
ed here.”
‘MOD ABSOLVED
ITSELF, WHAT
ABOUT OTHERS’
New Delhi: A day after
the defence ministry
denied any transaction
with the NSO group,
Congress leader P Chi-
dambaram on Tuesday
raised questions. “MoD
has ‘absolved’ itself of
any deal with the NSO
Group, Israel Assuming,
MoD is correct, that
takes out one Ministry/
Department. What about
the remaining half a
dozen usual suspects?
Only the PM can answer
on behalf of ALL minis-
tries/departments. Why
is he silent?” Chidam-
baram wrote on Twitter.
CAPTAIN ALSO MEETS SHAH ON ADMINISTRATIVE
ISSUES; MAY MEET PM NARENDRA MODI TODAY
SPECULATIONS
SILENCED!
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: The timing
of Captain’s meeting with
Union Home Minister
and senior BJP leader
Amit Shah created some
speculation in New Delhi
and Chandigarh circles
wondering whether
Captain has any ‘political
agenda’ or is the meet
only to discuss border
issues with Shah? Prior
to this development, there
was a talk of Captain tak-
ing a strong stand on the
Cabinet reshuffle of his
own choice or to resign
from his post but after his
meeting with Sonia Gan-
dhi before his meet with
Shah, and his subsequent
press release on his Shah
meeting agenda, ruled out
the political speculations.
Amit Shah and Amarinder Singh meet in Delhi on Tuesday.
CRIMINAL CASES AGAINST MPs,
MLAs CAN’T BE WITHDRAWN
WITHOUT HC’s ORDER: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Tuesday said
that no criminal cases
against sitting and former
MPs and MLAs can be
withdrawn by state gov-
ernments, without prior
orders from the state High
Courts. The CJI Ramana
also slammed the CBI
for not filing the status
report in the case. The
Apex Court was hearing
the petition filed by lawyer
and Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) leader, Ashwini
Kumar Upadhyay, seek-
ing a direction to debar
convicted MLAs and MPs
from contesting elections
for life and setting up of
special courts and speedy
disposal of cases against
them. “Why the report
has not been filed? When
this matter started, we are
assured that the Govern-
ment is very serious about
this issue and wanted
to do something. But
nothing has happened. No
progress so far. When you
(CBI) are reluctant to even
file the status reports,
what can you expect us
to say?” the CJI observed
this, after expressing its
displeasure over the way
the CBI failed to file its sta-
tus report today. The CJI
also said that the Registrar
General of all High Courts
are required to submit a
chart of judges, pending
cases, disposed off cases
etc before this court. The
Top Court also said that
the judges hearing such
cases, in CBI courts,
special courts hearing, will
continue till further orders,
and listed the matter for
further hearing to August
25, 2021. —ANI
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION & TECHNOLOGY REVIEW MEETING
l CM asks all depts to share info of govt
schemes on public info portal by Oct 2
l Raj to be first state to use IT for
transparency & good governance

First India Bureau
Kota: Former chief
minister Vasundhara
Raje visited Jain tem-
ple in Chandkhedi
area of Jhalawar’s
Khanpur on Tuesday.
She took stock of the
problem of water log-
ging in the temple. She
also took the blessings
of Jain Muni Sudhasa-
gar Maharaj.
Jhalawar MP Dushy-
ant Singh, MLA Naren-
dra Nagar and Pratap
Singh Singhvi also ac-
companied Raje.
During the visit, the
Jain monk also en-
quired about the
health of Dushyant
Singh’s wife Niharika
who is admitted in ICU.
Raje said that she
had to be admitted to
the ICU 4 times in five
months.
The Jain monk sug-
gested that she should
get a ‘Shanti Path’ per-
formed.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The enforce-
ment wing of Jaipur De-
velopment Authority on
Tuesday sealed a base-
ment and a commercial
three-storey complex on
a complaint of the As-
sembly Secretariat. Ac-
cording to the com-
plaint, a guest house,
restaurant, library, a
cafe and other commer-
cial activities were be-
ing illegally run from
the building situated on
the road behind the As-
sembly Secretariat. No-
tices were issued to the
owners of these illegal
businesses citing a
threat to the security of
the assembly building.
JDA chief controller,
enforcement, Raghu-
veer Saini and other of-
ficials of the enforce-
ment wing inspected the
area on Tuesday and
sealed one big commer-
cial complex.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Reacting
sharply to comments of
PCC chief Govind Sin-
gh Dotasra regarding
Veer Savarkar, former
minister and BJP MLA
Vasudev Devnani on
Tuesday said that half-
baked knowledge is al-
ways harmful.
He said that Veer Sa-
varkar’s Hindu Rashtra
was for all. “He was not
a jihadi like Pakistan
and Wahhabi like Saudi
Arabia. His Hindutva
meant that philosophy
of life, spread across
the continent, which
has also been validated
by the apex court of the
country,” he said.
“He worked to break
the caste system among
Hindus, established the
first Patit Pavan temple
in Ratnagiri, where a
scavenger offered floral
tributes to Ganesha
with the recitation of
the Gayatri Mantra,” he
said.
He said that former
PM Indira Gandhi her-
self had issued a post-
age stamp in the hon-
our of Savarkar.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Miscreants
struck at Canara Bank
ATM in Jaipur’s Ram-
ganj area and tried to
break it open using an
axe. The incident hap-
pened around 3 pm on
Monday night.
However, the e-rick-
shaw drivers present
around saw the miscre-
ants and informed the
police. Soon the Ram-
ganj police, patrolling
nearby, arrived but the
miscreants fled. Ram-
ganj station officer Ban-
warilal Meena said the
police chased miscre-
ants for about two hours
but could not arrest
them. There was about
35 thousand rupees in
the ATM. The Jaipur
police is searching for
the miscreants.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The state’s
mines department has
cracked a whip on ille-
gal mining across the
state. Additional chief
secretary in charge of
mines department, Dr.
Subodh Agrawal, re-
viewed the status of il-
legal mining and trans-
portation of gravel in
Jaipur and Bharatpur
at the Secretariat on
Tuesday.
Agarwal said that in
compliance with the or-
ders of the state gov-
ernment, the officers
concerned have set up
vigilance squads and
check posts to curb the
menace. A total of five
vehicles have been
seized in Jaipur be-
tween Monday evening
and Tuesday morning.
Another 15 vehicles in
the vicinity of Jaipur
and 14 vehicles in
Sawai Madhopur have
been seized.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In view of the
upcoming polls to lo-
cal bodies, including
panchayats and dis-
trict councils, SEC PS
Mehra has instructed
officials to adhere to
Covid-19 guidelines.
In a meeting with
district election offic-
ers and police officers
of the six districts go-
ing to polls, through
video conferencing,
Mehra said cases of
Covid-19 are very less
in the state. Polling
will be held in three
phases on August 26,
August 29 and Septem-
ber 1 in Bharatpur,
Dausa, Jaipur, Jodh-
pur, Sawai Madhopur
& Sirohi districts.
RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2021
02
First India Bureau
Kota: A minor girl has
accused a youth, also a
minor and with whom
she had befriended on
social media sometime
ago, of raping her on
knife point. Enraged
over the incident, peo-
ple led by the local
councillor laid a siege
to Dadabadi police sta-
tion and demanded ear-
ly action.
According to reports,
the girl is a 10th class
student and simultane-
ously works in a private
hospital here. She has
alleged that she was re-
turning after duty as
usual on Sunday when
the boy accosted her
midway, forcibly took
her to Chachet and
raped her there on knife
point. The culprit also
threatened to kill her
father and brother if
she revealed it to any-
body, she added.
When she did not
reach home on time,
family members
searched for her.
Minor raped at knife point, locals lay siege to police station
First India Bureau
Jhalawar: Former
Chief Minister Vasund-
hara Raje on Tuesday
said that the state gov-
ernment should pay at-
tention to the situation
of Kota region where
excessive rains have
created trouble for the
people.
She said that minis-
ters are admitting that
80-90 percent of crops
have been damaged but
the officers are defying
them and saying that
the damage is only 30
percent.
She said that the state
government should
look into this and
should ensure relief to
farmers.
Raje along with Jhal-
awar MP Dushyant Sin-
gh conducted an aerial
survey of the flood-hit
areas of Jhalawar.
“Whatever the offic-
ers may say
, the crops of
soybean, urad, rice
have been completely
destroyed in the Hadoti
region,” Raje said.
SUBMERGED IN RAIN WATERS
RAJE VASUNDHARA…
REVIEWS
Issue compensation
to farmers: Poonia
Raje said that 50 kg
additional food
grains should be
arranged for the
affected families
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BJP state
president Satish
Poonia on Tuesday
demanded from the
state govt to get the
assessment of loss-
es, caused by exces-
sive rainfall in Kota
division, done at the
earliest. He demand-
ed from Congress to
issue compensation
to farmers and those
whose houses col-
lapsed in the rain-
fall. Poonia also
formed a three mem-
ber committee of the
party.
“Several people
died and many oth-
ers suffered huge
losses due to exces-
sive rainfall in the
districts like Kota,
Baran, Jhalawar and
Bundi. More than
12,000 houses were
damaged and crops
were destroyed in an
area of about 4 lakh
hectares,” he said.
Kota/Dausa: Two brothers aged 13 years
and nine years drowned on Tuesday after
one of them slipped into a water-filled illegal
mine and the other tried to save him in Astoli
village of neighbouring Bundi. Five children
drowned in Dausa in three separate incidents
on Tuesday. Of these, two are real brothers
and one is a child of the same family, who
was originally from Gadhora village. A young
boy was caught into deep waters in the
Getolav area in Dausa. A teenager died after
he slipped into rainwater in Dhaud village of
Lalsot. After 20 hours of rescue the divers
took out the body of Naresh from Bhomada
dam in Rajsamand.
Barmer: A 23-year-old woman was allegedly
gang raped in front of her husband by three
persons on Barmer-Sindhari road under
Sindhary police station area in Barmer,
police said. Incident took place on Tuesday
afternoon. Police, however, arrested all the
three accused while one has been on run.
Barmer Superintendent of Police Anand
Sharma said that the victim is native of UP
and is residing in a locality of Barmer city
along with a man. Sharma said that the
victim is living in a live-in-relationship but
in the FIR she mentioned the man as her
husband.
Dungarpur: A POCSO
court here has
sentenced a man to
20 years of imprison-
ment for abducting a
minor girl and raping
her in captivity for two
months. The convict
has also been fined
Rs 1,10,000. After
investigation, police
rescued the girl from
Ahmedabad and ar-
rested the culprit.
Jain muni asks about Raje’s daughter-in-law’s health
8 kids drown in three
separate incidents
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WOMAN GANG RAPED BY THREE
IN FRONT OF ‘LIVE-IN PARTNER’
20-YEAR JAIL FOR
KIDNAPPING,
RAPING MINOR
JDA seals 3-storey commercial
complex citing security threat
Devnani: Savarkar’s
Hindu Rashtra was for all
Miscreants try to break
open ATM using axe
Mines dept
cracks whip on
illegal mining
SEC cautions officials against
lowering COVID-19 guard
BJP leaders conducting field visits in rains-hit Kota division.
Sudha Sagar Ji Maharaj enquiring about the health of Dushyant
Singh’s wife Niharika from Vasundhara Raje.
Vasundhara Raje conducted an aerial survey of flood
affected areas of Jhalawar for second day on Tuesday.
BAJAJ ELECTRICALS LTD LAUNCHES
‘ANANT BAJAJ LIMITLESS IDEAS HUB’
Jaipur: Founded with the vision of fostering ‘first to
India’ tech- entrepreneurs, Bajaj Electricals and CIIE.
CO IIM Ahmadabad announce the official launch
of India’s newest
incubation centre
– ‘Anant Bajaj Limit-
less Ideas Hub’. The
incubation centre
is spread across a
whopping 15,500
sq.ft boasting of
world-class facilities. The hub will offer 360-degree
interventions including mentoring, seed funding
and other incubation needs of start-ups.
Jaipur: Kaldera police has arrested two members of a
gang for cheating people in the name of selling owls.
SHO Harvendra Singh said complainant Jagdish Raigar
had registered a case
of cheating after he
was duped of Rs 5
lakh by swindlers
who claimed to
have dealt in owls
on Monday.The
accused, Shayar
Bawaria and Bhanwar Bawaria, have been arrested and
a probe is on. Shayar Bawaria took Jagdish into confi-
dence by promising to buy him an owl at cheap prices
and later sell it for Rs 90 lakh.
POLICE ARRESTS CONMEN WHO USED
OWLS TO DUPE PEOPLE IN CHOMU
NEWS DIGEST
Apart from financial assistance, the dependents of
those who have lost their lives should also be given
employment. Those whose houses have collapsed
should be given Rs. 1.5 lakh for house construction.
— Vasundhara Raje, Former Chief Minister
Vasudev Devnani

RAJASTHAN
03
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In a drive
against eve-teasing and
harassment of working
women, students and
other women commut-
ing in public transports,
Jaipur police has begun
to catch such anti-social
elements in the act and
send them to jail.
Stern Nirbhaya Squad
Named ‘Operation Saf-
er Wheels’, the drive
has been a success
with more than 150
people behind the bars
in just a fortnight. A
brigade of women
cops, called Nirbhaya
Squad, is helping to
trap the suspects.
150NABBEDIN15DAYSFOR‘EVE-TEASING’
OPERATION SAFER WHEELS DRIVE BY CITY POLICE
Jaipur: A fashion designer has registered a case
against her fiance and his family members for
allegedly demanding a dowry of Rs 65 lakh before
marriage to set up business. The 24-year old girl said
that she was engaged to Abhimanyu, a resident of
Kota but he and his family members started demand-
ing dowry of Rs 65 lakh before marriage so that he
can set up a business in Kota. The demand troubled
her father and he fell sick, family decided to take
legal action against them. The girl filed an Istaga in
court; an FIR was registered with Pratap Nagar police
station against Abhimanyu, Vijay, Anirudh and others.
FASHION DESIGNER ASKED FOR `65 LAKH IN
DOWRY, CASE FILED AGAINST FIANCE, HIS KIN
GOVERNOR IN NEW DELHI ON 4-DAY VISIT,
TO MEET PREZ, VP, PM, SHAH AND OTHERS
Jaipur: Governor Kalraj Mishra on Tuesday left from
Jaipur for a four-day visit to Delhi. He is scheduled
to meet Prez on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, Mishra is
also proposed to meet PM.
Mishra left for New Delhi
by special aircraft at 10 am
on Tuesday. He will also
meet Venkaiah Naidu, Amit Shah Rajnath Singh.
He is accompanied by wife, sons, daughter-in-law
granddaughters. Union Min of State for Home Ajay
Kumar Mishra met Guv Kalraj Mishra on Tuesday.
Ajmer: Ajmer police and Military Intelligence on Tues-
day busted a gang that duped people on the pretext
of getting them jobs in Indian Army. A broker and two
Army Men were arrested. Ajmer SP Jagdish Chandra
Sharma said that Bhupendra, a resident of Nagaur,
submitted a complaint at the Gandhinagar police
station alleging how his cousin was duped in the
name of Army recruitment. Acting on his complaint, a
trap was laid and decoys were used to arrest conman
Manohar Tanwar and Krishna Kumar Sharma, a naik
in the Army. After interrogation, Subedar Jitendra
Singh, who was questioned and later arrested.
INDIAN ARMY JOB RACKET BUSTED: AJMER
COPS ARREST CONMAN AND 2 ARMY MEN
NEWS DIGEST
Sunita Meena, Richa Tomar pasted pamphlets on autorickshaws.
5 teams of 2 women each have been
stationed within city limits 10
teams of 2 women
each on major roads
and bus stands and
autorickshaw stands.
These women cops are
dressed in civvies, act like vulnera-
ble women. —Rahul Prakash, ACP
During ‘Operation Safer Wheels’ campaign, women cops
pasted pamphlets in public transport vehicles, especially
city buses, tempos, e-rickshaws and autorickshaws at vari-
ous places in the city. —Sunita Meena, ADCP
So far about 12,000 men wom-
en have been made aware of pro-
cedures for women’s
safety. Apart from
this, about 800 driv-
ers transport oper-
ators have been ad-
ministered oaths in interest of
women’s safety. —Richa Tomar, DCP
7 officers including Joshi,
Pareek of IPR promoted
Plaint against RaGa in
rape victim’s identity row
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The state gov-
ernmentonTuesdaypro-
moted 7 officers of the
Information and Public
Relations Department.
Arun Kumar Joshi and
Govind Narayan Pareek
have been promoted to
the post of Additional
Director, Mahesh Shar-
ma as Joint Director,
LokeshSharmaasDepu-
ty Director and Kavita
Joshi, Saurabh Singaria
and Sharad Kewalia as
Assistant Directors.
Arun Kumar Joshi has
taken over the charge of
News Branch at Head-
quarters and Govind
Narayan Pareek is Ad-
ditional Director of Po-
lice Department. Ma-
hesh C Sharma, Lokesh
C Sharma, Kavita Joshi,
Saurabh Singharia,
Sharad Kewalia were
also transferred.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BJP has filed a
complaint against Con-
gress leader Rahul Gan-
dhi in Jaipur court for
allegedly disclosing the
identity of a rape vic-
tim’s family
.
The party leader Ji-
tendra Gothwal filed
the Istgasa in ACMM
Court-11 against Gan-
dhi alleging that he met
mother of the rape vic-
tim girl in Delhi and
tweeted a photo of
meeting thus revealing
identity of family
. Alle-
gations have been made
against Rahul Gandhi
Twitter under relevant
sections of POCSO, IPC
IT act. The court will
take up complaint to-
day. Senior Congress
leader Radheshyam S
Tanwar said that Rahul
is only leader who is
continuously becoming
voice of poor down-
trodden class, due to
which BJP is disturbed.
COURT ORDERS POLICE CHIEF TO TAKE
ACTION AGAINST BAJAJ NAGAR SHO
IN THE COURTYARD
Final splitsville after 9 months: Court
nod to Tina Dabi-Athar Amir divorce
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The much-pub-
licised love story of IAS
toppers Tina Dabi and
Athar Amir formally
comes to an end on Tues-
day after the family
court here hearing the
divorce case put its seal
of approval. Both of
them were present in the
court in person when
the verdict was pro-
nounced. The judgement
came 9 months after
they filed the case in mu-
tual consent while the
marriage lasted for 3
years and 4 months.
Dabi originally belongs
to Bhopal in MP, her
family has been staying
in Jaipur since a long
time whereas Amir is a
Kashmiri Muslim. How-
ever, love blossomed be-
tween the two during
their training in Mus-
soorie. Dabi is a Joint
Secy with the Finance
dept while Amir is post-
ed in JK on deputation.
‘Awake’ brain
tumour surgery
successfully
done in Jaipur
Power sector staff
strike may affect
supply today
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A com-
plex brain surgery
,
awake craniotomy
or awake brain
surgery in which
patient remains
conscious, was
successfully done
at Narayana Mul-
tispecialty Hospi-
tal. Doctors re-
moved a tumour
from 57- yr-old re-
tired Army Havil-
dar Ridhamal
Ram’s brain in
surgery. Prior to
surgery by Dr KK
Bansal, the patient
had repeated epi-
leptic seizures, be-
cause of which he
would intermit-
tently lose his
voice. There was
also a risk of pa-
tient losing his
speech.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Power supply
in Rajasthan is likely
to get disrupted on
Wednesday as techni-
cal employees of ener-
gy department will
hold a protest with 8
demands pertaining to
grade pay transfer
policy. Whereas, the
electricity workers did
not get permission to
collect at Vidyut Bha-
wan. The association
claimed that over
10,000 staffers will at-
tend demonstration.
Govt noticetoMehandipurtempleovermismgmt
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Acting on the
news of First India, the
stategovernmentissued
a public notice regard-
ing the Mehandipur
Balaji Trust case. The
notice states that infor-
mation about misman-
agement of the temple
was received. It called
for suggestions and in-
formation from stake-
holders by August 17.
Earlier, orders for spe-
cial audit were also giv-
en one and a half years
ago but till date nothing
has been provided by
the temple trust man-
agement, the notice
stated. Akash Ranjan,
Assistant Commission-
er of Devasthan Depart-
ment, issued this notice.
Due to no response from
the temple manage-
ment, the state govern-
menthasdecidedtotake
actionundertheSection
53 of the Rajasthan Pub-
licTrustAct1959.Under
this Act, a management
committee will be
formed for ensuring ad-
equate facilities to the
local and foreign devo-
tees, development of the
Mehandipur Balaji tem-
ple and surrounding
area. For the same, the
notice invites sugges-
tions from the stake-
holdersof thetemplefor
better management un-
der the Rajasthan Pub-
lic Trust Act 1959.
Tina Dabi and Athar Amir during happier times. —FILE PHOTO
SURNAME FROM
SURNAME FROM
SURNAME FROM
KHAN TO DABI...
KHAN TO DABI...
KHAN TO DABI...
First India Bureau
Jaipur: With the ar-
rival of Sawan, the
season of Teej festi-
val also starts. Dur-
ing the festival
times, sweets, snacks
and other food items
will be sold in large
quantities in the
market. The Health
Department will
also start a cam-
paign against those
selling adulterated
food items across the
state, but how posi-
tive the results of
these campaigns are,
it is based on the ac-
tion taken so far in
the cases caught in
the year 2020.
PROBE ON...
It is being said that till now
in 1,000 of these cases,
challans have not been
presented in the court.
At the same time,
investigation is still
going on in more than
1,100 cases. The maxi-
mum number of cases
were registered by the team
of Chief Medical and Health
Department, Jaipur. This team
registered a case against 214
out of 746 samples.
AWAITING STRONG,
DECISIVE ACTION
The reports received from the Medi-
cal and Health Department, from
December 2019 to January 2021,
show that out of all the cases that
have been caught in the entire state,
the department has not taken action
even in 50 percent of the cases. At the
same time, shops are running haphaz-
ardly. According to the data received
from the Medical and Health Depart-
ment, action could not be taken in these
cases even in 50 percent of the cases.
REPORT
CARD FROM
DEC 2019
TO JAN 2021
FOOD
FRAUD!
8,097
SAMPLES COLLECTED
FROM DIFFERENT
DISTRICTS ACROSS
THE STATE
2,153
SAMPLES
FOUND TO BE
ADULTERATED
603
CASES TURNED
OUT TO BE
MISBRANDED
308 REPORT OF
SAMPLES DID NOT
TURN TO BE SAFE
1,242
CASES TURNED
OUT TO BE SUB
STANDARD
FRAUD!
FRAUD!
FRAUD!
FRAUD!
FRAUD!
FRAUD!
WITH FESTIVITIES, HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO START
CAMPAIGN AGAINST ADULTERATED FOOD ITEMS
People in large numbers thronged market to purchase
sweets at Gopalji ka rasta in Jaipur on Tuesday.
—PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
Arun Joshi Govind Pareek
IMPACT
DR JOSHI VISITS MEHANDIPUR, PAYS
TRIBUTE TO MAHANT KISHORE PURI
Dr Mahesh Joshi with Naresh Puri
Maharaj at Mehandipur Balaji.

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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
If with a pure mind a
person speaks or acts
happiness follows him like
his never-departing shadow.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
Ashwini Vaishnaw
@AshwiniVaishnaw
Blue Flame Revolution reaches 1 crore
more poor families with the launch of
#PMUjjwala2 by PM @narendramodi Ji.
Free LPG connection and access to clean
fuel will further add to ease of living.
Shashi Tharoor
@ShashiTharoor
After @udfkerala MPs protested
before Gandhiji’s statue inParliament,
a number of us signed a fresh letter to
HealthMinister @mansukhMandviya
asking urgently for more vaccines for
Kerala. (My own request a week ago
attached). GOI should put lives ahead
of politics send vaccines!
TOP TWEET
UJJAWALA 2.0
IS PM’S TRUMP
CARD BEFORE
UP POLLS
rime Minister Nar-
endra Modi’s Ujjwala
scheme under which
free LPG cylinders
were provided to
poor households worked won-
ders for the BJP in the 2017 UP
assembly elections. In the first
year of its launch on May 1, 2016,
2.2 crore cylinders were distrib-
uted against a target of 1.5 crore.
By October 2017, a total of 3
crore cylinders were distribut-
ed, a bulk of which went to wom-
en belonging to Scheduled
Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
The scheme launched from Bal-
lia came as a boon to below pov-
erty line families and made
cooking smoke-free for them.
On Tuesday
, the Prime Minis-
ter launched Ujjwala 2.0, about
seven months ahead of 2022 elec-
tions. The eye is obviously on
Bundelkhand as the scheme was
launched from Mahoba. It is ex-
pected to have an equally posi-
tive impact on BJP’s prospects in
UP as it targets women voters by
making life easy for them. Other
political parties will find it diffi-
cult to counter this poll-winning
move by the Prime Minister.
P
olitical parties
have a penchant
to keep candi-
dates with clean
image out of poli-
tics, preferring those with
criminal antecedents in-
stead. Efforts were being
made for the last several
years to discourage all the
political parties from field-
ing criminals in elections.
While the results have been
encouraging, the practice
has not completely stopped.
The Supreme Court has now
cracked the whip to ensure
that the polity remained
clean.
On Tuesday a Supreme
Court Bench headed by Chief
Justice NV Ramana said that
state governments cannot
withdraw criminal cases
against sitting MPs and
MLAs without prior sanc-
tions from their respective
high courts. The statement
was based on a report sub-
mitted by amicus curiae Vi-
jay Hansaria. The report said
that there has been a 17 per
cent jump in criminal cases
pending against sitting and
former MPs and MLAs in
less than two years.
Governments in most
states, including Uttar
Pradesh, have no qualms
about withdrawing criminal
cases against their MPs and
MLAs. The amicus curiae’s
report said that UP seeks to
withdraw 76 cases against
BJP MLAs, including those
accused in Muzaffarnagar
riots. Karnataka wants to ex-
onerate 61 legislators. Such
legislators are an asset for a
party in election season.
In another attempt to de-
criminalize politics, a Bench
of Justices Rohinton Fali Na-
riman and BR Gavai imposed
a fine of Rs 1 lakh and Rs 5
lakhs on nine political par-
ties, including the Congress,
BJP and CPM, for “not mak-
ing public criminal records
of their candidates”.
The apex court and Elec-
tion Commission alone can’t
cleanse the system. We, the
voters, should join this clean-
liness drive.
RIDDING POLITICS OF
CRIMINAL ELEMENTS
Governments in most
states, including Uttar
Pradesh, have no qualms
about withdrawing
criminal cases against
their MPs and MLAs
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nable to prevent the USA
from using its air space for
bombing the aggressive Tali-
ban forces, Pakistan army
under its chief Qamar Javed
Bajwa takes a calculated de-
cision to facilitate the rebels
with surface to air missiles
(SAM) being obtained from
China. Taliban is being given
intensive training for using
the high-tech system.
Bajwa is confident that
since almost 60 percent of the
army soldiers have already
been Talibanized, he could go
ahead with his plans to sup-
port the Afghan rebels. It
wouldalsoenablehimtocrush
his peers in the armed forces
as well as to muzzle the saner
advice of the knowledgeable
sections of the society com-
prising former diplomats, po-
litical analysts and others.
During his recent visit to
PeshawarwiththePrimeMin-
ister,ImranKhan,theTaliban
were reportedly assured that
as soon as they occupy major
cities, Pakistan would accord
recognition to the Afghan Tal-
iban as the legitimate rulers
of Afghanistan.
China would soon follow
its ally
. Earlier, Pakistan had
recognized the Taliban gov-
ernment during 1996-2001
and had allowed its embassy
in Islamabad. It had also ac-
cepted them as the legitimate
rulers of the Islamic Emirate
of Afghanistan.
Earlier, American intelli-
gence agencies have been
able to trace the existence of
as many as 100 stingers with
the rebel forces; but follow-
ing the high-level visit of the
Taliban delegation to China,
more high-tech SAM are be-
ing inducted to augment its
capacity to challenge US
bombers. In 2020, as many as
two jests were downed by the
rebel forces, though Ameri-
can confirmed that only one
of its planes had crashed in
eastern Afghanistan near
Ghazni. The American offic-
er, Col Sonny Leggett stated:
“While the cause of the crash
is under investigation, there
are no indications the crash
wascausedbyenemyfire.”He
also denied the Taliban’s
claim that an additional air-
craft too had crashed. The
Americans had also rejected
the widely reported news of
the downing of the aircraft in
the social media about a
Bombardier E-11A - the type
of jet used by the US Air
Force for electronic surveil-
lance over Afghanistan.The
Afghan authorities in Kabul
had initially said the crashed
plane belonged to state-
owned airline Ariana, but the
company quickly issued a
rebuttal that s all its planes
were accounted for.
NO DEARTH OF
WEAPONS
It is estimated that the Chi-
nese authorities have decid-
ed to dump their surplus
weapons in Pakistan and Af-
ghanistan. Since China has
already embarked upon a
massive modernization plan
for the next two decades to
overtake its military might
the US-led western forces. Its
present weapons and ammu-
nition need to be dumped;
and thus Pakistan and Af-
ghanistan become the desti-
nation for its dated military
equipment.
In a document available in
the public domain, the Chi-
nese Communist Party has
not defined what it means by
its ambition to have a “world-
class” military; but it ap-
pears that China’s national
strategy is to develop a mili-
tary by mid-century that is
equal to—or in some cases
superior to—the US military,
or that of any other great
power that China views as a
threat to its sovereignty, se-
curity, and development in-
terests.
The Chinese duplicity is
quite known to India. There-
fore, India is not surprised by
these developments, though
a high-level Russian diplo-
mat in New Delhi, roman Ba-
bushkin, recently stated, “We
have got some real experi-
ence in Afghanistan..”
Vijay Gokhle, a former for-
eign secretary
, in his recently
published book, “How Chi-
nese Negotiate Game with
India”, reveals the game plan
Chinese play in the region.
However, it was not surpris-
ing when he said, “China
used its “close connections”
with Left parties in India to
“build domestic opposition”
to the Indo-US nuclear deal
between 2007 and 2008. Gokh-
le, however, did not share the
information about how Chi-
na had funded and trained
Naga and Mizo insurgents
during the sixties and seven-
ties. He also exposes how
China used the Russians to
stall the listing of the Jaish-
e-Mohammed chief, Masood
Azhar. The Chinese had
claimed that Pakistan had
reliably assured them that
the “JeM was defunct” and
that “Masood Azhar had ‘re-
tired’”. India obviously did
not buy that line. It may be
recalled that Gokhale was
one of the lead negotiators
for the Indian government
when Azhar was designated
global terrorist at the UNSC
in May 2019.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
U
Bajwa is confident that
since almost 60 percent of
the army soldiers have
already been Talibanized,
he could go ahead with his
plans to support the
Afghan rebels. It would
also enable him to crush
his peers in the armed
forces as well as to muzzle
the saner advice of the
knowledgeable sections of
the society comprising
former diplomats, political
analysts and others
It is estimated that the
Chinese authorities have
decided to dump their
surplus weapons in
Pakistan and
Afghanistan. Since
China has already
embarked upon a massive
modernization plan for the
next two decades to
overtake its military might
the US-led western forces
GOPAL MISRA
The writer is accredited as a Journalist
of Long and distinguished service with the
Press Information Bureau of the Information
and Broadcasting Ministry
SAMMISSILES
REACH REBELS
UNDETERRED OF AMERICAN BOMBING, AFGHAN
TALIBAN LAUNCH MASSIVE ATTACKS ON CITIES

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INDIA
05
For Didi, road to Delhi routes through Assam, Tripura and Meghalaya!
Kartikey Dev Singh
New Delhi: The thump-
ing third time victory in
the West Bengal Assem-
bly election and its cor-
respondoing political
momentum with the
Trinamool Congress
(TMC) has given wings
to its supremo Mamata
Banerjee’s political
aims. Excited by the vic-
tory in one state and the
defeat of the BJP after a
hotly contested elec-
tion, Didi’s hopes of
‘handling’ the nation
from the hallowed
Prime Minister’s Office
have gained momentum
and she knows that she
needs more states under
her to even come close
to achieving her dream.
Furthermore,shealso
has to ‘contest’ within
other Opposition party
for her ‘supremacy’ in
the Opposition alliance
and for this too, she
needsmorestategovern-
ments under her to en-
force herself on the alli-
ance. As they say
, might
is right in politics.
Therefore, Banerjee
has now set her eyes on
the Eastern states of As-
sam,TripuraandMegha-
laya. To the uninitiated,
thesefarflungstatesmay
seem to be of little im-
portance, but every one
knows,evenasmallstate
is nevertheless, a state.
And this is why Mamata
is looking to form gov-
ernments here.
But dreaming and
hoping for something is
quite different than the
ground reality. So lets
talk numbers.
TMC’s relevance in
Tripura is based on the
fact that the BJP ruled
state has 2/3 Bengali
speaking population,
which TMC can appeal
to, politically
. About 1/4
populationarelocaltrib-
al. Furthermore, Tripu-
ra and West Bengal have
had almost similar po-
litical history as the Left
(CPM) has ruled both
states in the past.
But the positives
don’t end there. In fact,
the current health min-
ister of Tripura Sudeep
Roy Burman has his
‘Godfather’ in TMC’s
senior leader Mukul
Roy, who had defected to
BJP and got Roy Bur-
man to join BJP. Now,
the health minister has
initiated a campaign
against BJP’s Tripura
CM Biplab Dev with
other BJP legislators
joining forces to remove
the Chief Minister.
Therefore, Mukul Roy,
who rejoined Mamata
post WB election re-
sults, could now play a
crucial role in turning
the tide towards TMC.
In Meghalaya, the
NPP, a party formed by
formerLokSabhaspeak-
er PA Sangma, is cur-
rently ‘managed’ by his
son Konrad Sangma,
who has formed the gov-
ernmentinalliancewith
the BJP
. Mamata Baner-
jeeandherpoliticalman-
agers feel that she can
bring Sangma with her
if she emerges on politi-
cal horizon of the coun-
try
.Afterall,Mamatahas
been actively involved in
politics with PA Sangma
for a long time.
In Assam, Didi wants
to bring firebrand lead-
er Akhil Gogoi with her.
It is being said that Go-
goi can also merge his
party Raijor Dal with
Mamata’s party. It
should be noted that
Akhil Gogoi has won
the Assembly elections
while in jail and con-
tested the elections in
association with the
Asom Jatiyata Pari-
shad, a party of the All
Assam Students Union.
He can even bring this
party along to further
strengthen Mamata.
This will give Didi a
strong base to start with
in Assam.
Therefore, along with
Bengal, if Mamata’s
strategy is successful in
these three states of
Northeast, then it will
strengthen her plan to
becomeanationalleader.
Mamata Banerjee
Growth should have been
made decades ago: Modi
Launched Ujjwala 2.0 for providing free LPG connections
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Tuesday highlighted
the work done by his
government during the
last seven and a half
years tenure and said
the growth that the
country is witnessing
should have been made
several decades ago.
The Prime Minister
also said that the coun-
try is moving towards
fulfilling the dream of a
better life for people as
basic amenities are now
available to them.
While launching the
Ujjwala 2.0, PM Modi
said, “The changes
brought by the Ujjwala
schemes in the lives of
people are unprecedent-
ed. This scheme was
started in 2016 from Ut-
tar Pradesh’s Ballia
which is the land of
Mangal Pandey. Today
the second edition of
Ujjwala is also starting
from ‘Mahoba ki Veerb-
hoomi’ in UP.”
“We will be celebrat-
ing the 75th Independ-
ence Day soon. If we
look back to the works
done in the last 7.5
years, the developmen-
tal work done in this
period could have been
done decades ago. It is
said that many people
in the country had to
wait for the basic neces-
sities like home, elec-
tricity
, water, toilet, gas,
road, hospital and
school for decades,” PM
Modi said adding that
in last seven years the
govt had worked in a
‘mission mode’ to find
solutions for people’s
basic problems. —ANI
MODI HANDS
OVER LPG
CONNECTIONS
New Delhi: PM
Modi on Tues-
day launched
the Ujjwala 2.0
LPG connections
scheme, as part
of the Pradhan
Mantri Ujjwala
Yojana-PMUY, at
Mahoba district
in Uttar Pradesh
via video confer-
encing. Ujjwala
Yojana 2021 aims
to benefit lakhs of
families from eco-
nomically weaker
backgrounds with
clean cooking fuel
or LPG gas con-
nections, especially
in rural areas. The
Ujjwala 2.0 will
take into consid-
eration the families
who were left out
in the first phase of
the Ujjwala.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing at the launch of the
Ujjwala 2.0 in Uttar Pradesh, through video conferencing.
IN THE COURTYARD
Twitter has ‘prima facie’
complied with new IT
Rules, Centre tells HC
New Delhi: The Cen-
tral government on
Tuesday, informed the
Delhi High Court that
Twitter had “prima fa-
cie” complied with the
new Information Tech-
nology Rules, 2021, by
appointing permanent-
ly a Chief Compliance
Officer (COO), a Resi-
dent Grievance Officer
(RGO) and a Nodal Con-
tact Person (NCP).
Following this, the
court directed the Cen-
tre to submit an affida-
vit highlighting the
new development with-
in two weeks. It posted
the case for October 5.
During the brief hear-
ing, senior advocate Sa-
jan Poovayya, repre-
senting Twitter, submit-
ted that the microblog-
ging site had in compli-
ance with the new IT
Rules made the appoint-
ments. —PTI
SC GRANTS BAIL TO
AZAM KHAN, SON IN
FORGERY CASE
New Delhi: SC on Tuesday
granted bail to SP leader,
Azam Khan and his son Ab-
dullah in a forgery case. Court
directed that father and son
should be released on bail af-
ter trial court concerned in UP
recorded Azam’s statement in
case within four weeks. Azam
and his son are accused of
forging latter’s age on his
educational certificates.
SUKESH ARRESTED,
RUNNING EXTORTION
RACKET FROM JAIL
New Delhi: Sukesh Chan-
drasekhar, an accused
in 21 cases including EC
bribery case, has been
arrested for allegedly ex-
torting Rs 50 crore from a
businessman here and the
fresh case will be inves-
tigated by the Economic
Offences Wing.
Throwing love
chit at married
lady is outraging
modesty: HC
Nagpur: The bench here
of the Bombay High Court
has observed that throw-
ing a chit professing love
for a married woman
amounts to outraging her
modesty and imposed a
fine of Rs 50,000 on the ac-
cused while directing it to
be paid to the victim as
compensation.Hearingthe
matter, Justice Rohit Deo
said this act is “sufficient
to outrage her modesty”.
CRUCIAL READ
WFI SUSPENDS
VINESH PHOGAT FOR
INDISCIPLINE,
NOTICE TO SONAM
New Delhi: The Wres-
tling Federation of India
(WFI) on Tuesday “tem-
porarily suspended”
star grappler Vinesh
Phogat for indiscipline
during her forgettable
Tokyo Olympics cam-
paign and also issued
notice to young Sonam
Malik for misconduct.
It has been learnt that
Vinesh, who crashed
out of the Tokyo Games
in the quarterfinals after
a crushing defeat by
‘fall’, has been given
time till August 16 to
reply to the notice that
mentioned indiscipline
on three counts.
KARNATAKA
MINISTER ATTACKS
CONGRESS LEADERS,
APOLOGISES LATER
Bengaluru: Karnataka
Minister K S Eshwarap-
pa on Tuesday courted
controversy by making
some objectionable re-
marks against Congress
leader. Moments later
he apologised for his
utterance. At a press
conference, he attacked
the Congress and used
an objectionable term.
“...Why I am using this
term is because they
don’t have any idea
what to utter and what
to omit,” Eshwarappa,
who holds the Rural
Development Pan-
chayat Raj portfolio.

INDIA
06
Kartikey Dev Singh
New Delhi: Apart
from various compli-
cations and issues sur-
rounding the Con-
gress party, one major
resentment among the
grand old party’s ‘old
faithfuls’ is the issue
of high command giv-
ing preference to ‘out-
siders’ i.e. leaders who
have not originally
been with Congress,
and ignoring old, loyal
leaders. After the ap-
pointment of Navjot
Singh Sidhu as the
President of Punjab
Congress, there has
been an outrage
among the leaders.
Sidhu had joined
the Congress four
years ago, just before
the Punjab Assembly
elections. Before that
he was in BJP and
used to abuse Con-
gress fiercely. He had
made major attacks on
Sonia and Rahul as
well as late Rajiv Gan-
dhi. But within four
years, he has managed
to climb the ranks
from being a member
of party to a minister
to now becoming the
state president.
Not only Captain
Amarinder Singh is
angry with this, but
MPs like Manish
Tewari are also angry
and there is resent-
ment in other states
as well.
Similarly, Congress
appointed Revanth
Reddy, state president
in Telangana. He too
left the Telugu Desam
Party and joined the
Congress four years
ago in 2017. Within
four years, he reached
the chair of the state
president. On the oth-
er hand, in Maharash-
tra too, Nana Patole,
who left the BJP three
years ago and joined
the Congress, has be-
come state president.
In these three years,
he contested Lok Sab-
ha by-election once on
a Congress ticket from
his traditional
B h a n d a r a - G o n d i a
seat. Then in 2019 he
contested the Nagpur
seat against Nitin
Gadkari and contested
the Assembly elec-
tions in 2019, became
the Assembly speaker
and now he has be-
come state president.
It is true that he has
been in the Congress
earlier, but despite
this, there is resent-
ment among the party
leaders for being pro-
moted so quickly. The
Congress had similar-
ly made Dr Ajay Ku-
mar the state presi-
dent, after he left the
Jharkhand Vikas Mor-
cha and joined the
party nearly two years
back.
But it is not just
Congress that is wit-
nessing an influx of
defectors, the Bharati-
ya Janata Party is also
treading the same line
as Congress. Earlier,
to go to any higher
post in BJP, it was nec-
essary that the leader
should be associated
with Rashtriya Sway-
amsevak Sangh. But
now this measure has
been abolished. Now
if a big leader of a
party comes to BJP,
who fits into BJP in
terms of electoral pol-
itics or social balance,
then he is being given
a higher post immedi-
ately.
In the last three
months, three instanc-
es of this have been
seen. The BJP first
made former Con-
gressman Himanta
Biswa Sarma the chief
minister of Assam. He
left the Congress and
joined the BJP six
years back.
In West Bengal,
Shubhendu Adhikari,
who left the Trina-
mool Congress and
joined the BJP six
months ago, was made
the leader of the legis-
lative party. Now he is
the leader of 75 BJP
MLAs and as such is
also the Leader of the
Opposition.
After Assam and
Bengal, the party
made Basavaraj Bom-
mai the chief minister
of Karnataka after
Bommai left the Janta
Dal fold and joined the
Saffron party.
OUTSIDERS: THE NEW FLAVOUR FOR CONG-BJP?
Navjot Singh Sidhu Revanth Reddy Nana Patole
FLORAL TRIBUTES
President Ram Nath Kovind paying floral tributes to ex-Prez of
India VV Giri, on his birth anniversary on Tuesday. —ANI
20.32 L TESTS, 7.08 L HOSPITAL
ADMISSIONS RELATED TO COVID
GRAFT CASE AGAINST VELUMANI;
PARTY DUBS IT “VENDETTA”
New Delhi: As of July 25, 20.32 L tests and 7.08
L hospital admissions related to COVID-19 were
authorised under the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan
Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, the government in-
formed Parliament on Tuesday. Public health be-
ing a state subject, the response to the COVID-19
pandemic is primarily directed by the state
governments, Minister of State for Health Bharati
Pravin Pawar said in a written reply to a question
in the Rajya Sabha. The National Health Authority
(NHA) has been providing support to the states
and Union territories for free testing.
Coimbatore: The Directorate of Vigilance and
Anti-Corruption on Tuesday registered a case
against former Minister S P Velumani for alleged-
ly abusing his position and allotting tenders. He is
the second AIADMK leader to face action after the
DMK assumed office in May. While the anti-graft
agency conducted searches in 52 premises
across Tamil Nadu and questioned Velumani, a
AIADMK strongman, the opp condemned action.
New Delhi: Delhi reported 52 fresh coronavirus
cases and one new fatality on Tuesday, with the pos-
itivity rate at 0.08 per cent, ac-
cording to data shared by the
Health Department. Forty-five
patients recovered from the
infection in the last 24 hours,
taking the total number of re-
coveries in the city to 14,11,280. Delhi had reported
39 Covid cases and one fatality on Monday.
New Delhi: As many as 3,05,938 vax doses have
been administered to pregnant women till August 4,
out of which 3,05,482 lk ben-
eficiaries have received first
dose and 456 have received
both doses, the RS Sabha said
on Tuesday. In a reply to a
question, Minister of State for
Health Bharat Pravin Pawar said about 91,104 doses
have been administered to transgenders.
Jammu: Police on Tuesday said one of the two
terrorists killed in an encounter in Jammu and Kash-
mir’s Rajouri district last week had travelled to Pa-
kistan on a valid Indian passport in February 2018.
Two terrorists belonging to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)
were killed in a gunbattle with security forces in
Rajouri district on Friday. “One of the killed terrorists
has been identified as Ramees Ahmad Tantray son of
Mohd Yusuf Tantray,” Rajouri SP Qasba. —PTI
DELHI RECORDS 52 FRESH CASES, 1
DEATH; POSITIVITY RATE 0.08 PC
OVER 3L PREGNANT WOMEN GIVEN
FIRST DOSE OF COVID-VACCINE: GOVT
TERRORIST KILLED IN RAJOURI WENT
TO PAK ON INDIAN PASSPORT
Bill to restore states’ rights
onOBClist:Oppnvoicesupport
Ensure online...
He asked officials to
start Rural I-Start pro-
gramme on the lines of
I-Start and connect the
students of English
medium schools
opened by the state
government, women
self-help groups in ru-
ral areas, innovators,
rural entrepreneurs
etc.
Chief Secretary
Niranjan Arya said use
of information tech-
nology is becoming im-
portant for taking good
governance to the
grassroots level. Prin-
cipal Secretary, Infor-
mation Technology De-
partment, Alok Gupta,
Principal Secretary,
Finance, Akhil Arora
and other officers were
present in the meeting.
‘Sidhu’s Barbs...
and also listed the ones
where actions that
have been initiated al-
ready,” Rawat said.
The meeting pre-
cedes an anticipated
cabinet reshuffle in
Punjab and comes in
the midst of strong in-
dications that the feud
between the Congress’s
top two in the state is
far from over.
Meanwhile, after
meeting Sonia, Ama-
rinder went to meet
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah, a develop-
ment that garnered in-
terest of the political
class. However, citing
social, economic, and
security implications
of the prolonged farm-
ers’ agitation, the Pun-
jab Chief Minister
asked Amit Shah for
the immediate repeal
of the Farm Laws,
which had caused
great resentment
amongst farmers from
Punjab and other
states.
Expressing concern
over the fear of “inimi-
cal powers from across
the border trying to ex-
ploit the resentment
and disgruntlement
against the govern-
ment”, Amarinder Sin-
gh sought an enduring
and expeditious solu-
tion to the farmers’
concerns.
“While these pro-
tests have so far been
largely peaceful, one
can sense rising tem-
pers, especially as the
State moves towards
elections in early 2022,”
he warned.
The prolonged agita-
tion is not only impact-
ing economic activities
in Punjab but also has
the potential to affect
its social fabric, espe-
cially when political
parties and groups
take strong positions,
he added.
He also asked Shah
to increase the securi-
ty apparatus like
drones to BSF in view
of increasing extrem-
ist activities in the
state.
FROM PG 1
New Delhi: Lok Sabha
on Tuesday witnessed a
thaw in the logjam over
row as members cutting
across party lines
voiced support for a
constitutional amend-
ment bill to restore the
states’ power to make
their own OBC lists.
During the debate on
‘The Constitution
(127th Amendment)
Bill, 2021’, several Op-
position parties, includ-
ing the Congress, de-
manded a removal of
the 50 per cent cap on
reservations, while the
government underlined
its commitment to so-
cial justice.
For the first time
since the Monsoon ses-
sion of Parliament be-
gan on July 19, Lok
Sabha witnessed a de-
bate in an orderly man-
ner as the Opposition
put their protests de-
manding a debate over
allegations on hold for
the bill.
During the debate,
many leaders such as
BJP ally JD(U)’s Lalan
Singh, Samajwadi Par-
ty’s Akhilesh Yadav,
BSP’s Ritesh Pandey
and DMK’s T R Baalu
demanded a caste cen-
sus be conducted
throughout the country
.
Moving the bill for
consideration and pas-
sage, Social Justice and
Empowerment Minis-
ter Virendra Kumar de-
scribed ‘The Constitu-
tion Bill, 2021’ as a his-
toric legislation as 671
castes in the country
would benefit from it.
—PTI
CONG DIDN’T GIVE
RESERVATION TO OBCS
FOR 40 YRS: GOVT
New Delhi: The Congress did not give
reservation to the OBCs for almost 40
years and it was finally granted by a
government supported by the BJP, Un-
ion minister Bhupender Yadav said in
Parliament on Tuesday. Speaking in the
Lok Sabha on the Constitution (127th
Amendment) Bill, he said the Kaka
Kalelkar Commission had suggested
reservation for the OBCs in the 1950s,
but the Congress did not implement it
for almost four decades. Not only this,
the Congress also did not implement
the recommendations of the Mandal
Commission for six years, which was
eventually done by a government
supported by the BJP, Yadav said. It
was the Narendra Modi government
that gave constitutional status to the
National Commission for Backward
Classes, which the Congress did not
do, he added. —ANI
MODI SEEKS NAMES
OF MEMBERS ABSENT
DURING VOTING IN RS
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra
Modi took BJP MPs to task over
the absence of some of them in the
Rajya Sabha on Monday when the
Tribunals Reforms (Rationalisation
and Conditions of Service) Bill, 2021
was being passed. He made his
remarks during the last parliamen-
tary party meeting of the BJP in this
monsoon session of Parliament, and
asked Parliamentary Affairs Minister
Pralhad Joshi to make a list of ab-
sent MPs, according to sources. The
censure was due to the fact that the
Opposition had moved a statutory
resolution asking that the Bill be sent
to a Select Committee first, while the
resolution was defeated and the Bill
was passed by voice vote, the thin
attendance of the treasury benches,
with “at least 20 MPs missing” ac-
cording to govt sources. —ANI
SCs, STs TO BE ENUMERATED IN 2021: GOVT
New Delhi: The government has decided as a matter of policy not to
enumerate caste-wise population other than SCs and STs in census, the
Lok Sabha was informed on July 20. Union Minister of State for Home
Nityanand Rai also said that according to the provisions of the Constitu-
tion, the seats are reserved for SCs and STs in LS and in the assemblies
in proportion, as nearly as may be, to their population. Rai said in census,
the castes and tribes specifically notified as SC and ST are enumerated.
IAF focused
on boosting
capabilities:
IAF chief
New Delhi: India’s air
power capabilities in
terms of hitting targets
with precision, defend-
ing assets and use of
new technologies have
gone up significantly
after the Balakot air
strikes and rapid devel-
opments in eastern
Ladakh following the
Galwan Valley clashes,
Chief of Air Staff Air
Chief Marshal RKS
Bhadauria said.
In an address at a
leading think-tank, the
IAF Chief said India
now has an “edge” in its
ability on both the West-
ern and Northern
fronts to “react fast, re-
spond fast and hit fast”,
noting that induction
of Rafale jets has helped
in bringing the “next
level” of operational
transformation.
About the drone
strike on the Jammu
airbase, he said the IAF
is taking a series of ini-
tiatives including pro-
curing next-generation
jammers to deal with
such challenges and
added that the attack
would not have been
possible if it was at-
tempted two-three
months later.
Air Chief Marshal
Bhadauria said the
“edge” that the IAF has
today came from its
weapons, and training.
—PTI
‘RSS strong supporter of reservation’
New Delhi: Asserting
that RSS is a “strong
supporter” of reserva-
tion, the organisa-
tion’s general secre-
tary Dattatreya Hosa-
bale said it is a tool for
affirmative action and
should continue as
long as a particular
section of the society
experiences “inequal-
ity.”
Underlining that the
history of India would
be “incomplete” with-
out the history of Dal-
its, Hosabale said they
have been at the fore-
front of social change
He was speaking at
an event organised by
the India Foundation
for the launch of a
book, titled “Makers
Of Modern Dalit His-
tory”.
“History of India is
not different from His-
tory from Dalits. With-
out their history, In-
dia’s history is
incomplete.”
‘Work in progress to translate tech,
pharma edu into official language’
New Delhi: While stat-
ing that PM Narendra
Modi has given respect
to the country’s official
language by speaking
in Hindi at various
events and on interna-
tional platforms, Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah on Tuesday an-
nounced at 36th meet-
ing of Panel of Parl on
Official Langauge that
work has begun to
translate curriculum of
technical education and
pharmaceutical edu
into official language.
Jantar Mantar
slogans: BJP leader,
5 others held
New Delhi: Six people
including SC lawyer
and BJP leader Ashwi-
ni Upadhyay were ar-
rested by Delhi Police
on Tuesday in connec-
tion with alleged in-
flammatory sloganeer-
ing near Jantar Mantar.
Besides Upadhyay
other arrested persons
include Vinod Sharma,
Deepak Singh, Vinit
Kranti, Preet Singh,
and Deepak. They were
detained and ques-
tioned by cops. —ANI
CRUCIAL READ

First India Bureau
Hanumangarh: Prin-
cipal of the private
BSTC College, Sher-
garh, Hanumangarh,
Dr Pritam Kaur was
arrested by the Anti
Corruption Bureau
while accepting a bribe
of Rs 10,000 for releas-
ing internship certifi-
cate to two students.
Two students had
lodged complaint
against the principal to
the ACB On 6 August.
They complained that
even after depositing
the fees Rs 8,000 they
are being forced to pay
Rs 10,000 each.
Anti Corruption Bu-
reau sent students to
the college to verify the
complaint with a team
led by ASP Tejpal.
The accused princi-
pal Dr Pritam demand-
ed Rs 10000 for signing
the internship certifi-
cates.
Taking the money
from the student, the
principal put it in the
drawer of the table
when the ACB team
took action. After
washing both the
hands of the accused,
pink colour was visi-
ble.
NEWS
07
First India Bureau
Jaipur/Bikaner: Wa-
ter Resources Minister
Dr BD Kalla on Tuesday
approved the proposals
for giving 7,70,395 ‘Har
GharNalConnection’in
4163 villages under 62
scheme at a cost of more
than Rs 5,056 crore. Dr
Kallawaspresidingover
the meeting through VC
from Bikaner, under Jal
JeevanMission(JJM)in
the state.
Under major water
projects, 21 projects of
Rs 4,718 crore were sanc-
tioned under which
710,169 connections
would be given in 2,518
villages.
Under the chairman-
ship of Dr Kalla, the
205th meeting of the
Policy Making Commit-
tee (PPC) of Rajasthan
Water Supply and Sew-
erage Management
Board (RWSSMB) under
the Public Health Engi-
neering Department
was held on Tuesday
through video confer-
encing.
The minister also ap-
proved Harmada-Bha-
darna Jaipur urban wa-
ter supply plan of Rs
43.48 crore to add Bisal-
pur project and Rs 38.85
crore scheme for Bari in
Dholpur. Apart from
this, a proposal of an
amountof Rs67.81crore
was approved under the
Water Quality Monitor-
ing and Surveillance
Plan in the year 2021-
2022. Rs 265.96 crore for
transmissionmainpipe-
line for drinking water
supply in 539 villages
fromSurajpuratoSamb-
har in Bisalpur project
were also approved.
7.70L taps in 4,163 villages approved
JAL JEEVAN MISSION
LADY PRINCIPAL
ACB NET
Accused principal Dr Pritam Kaur in ACB custody in Hanumangarh on Tuesday.
Principal demanded money for issuing internship certificates to college students
Sikar: The ACB ar-
rested ASI Bhanwarlal
posted at Neemkathana
Kotwali for taking bribe
of Rs 15,000 in lieu of
removing name of an
accused from a case
of assault in which the
ASI is investigating
officer.
The complainant
lodged the complaint
with the ACB, which
verified it and laid a
trap on Tuesday. ACB
DSP Zakir Akhtar
said that Manish
alias Jitendra Singh, a
resident of Mawanda
Khurd had complained
to ACB a day earlier.
In the verification,
the complainant had
pleaded him to reduce
the money, but ASI
Bhanwarlal did not
agree and told him to
come with full money
on Tuesday. ACB laid
a trap and caught the
ASI while he was ac-
cepting the bribe.
ASI arrested for taking
`15,000 bribe in Sikar
ROW OVER NO ARREST OF BRIBE ACCUSED DOCTOR
Jaipur: DG ACB BL Soni
on Tuesday summoned
CO and CI of Bharatpur
ACB to headquarters after
a controversy erupted for
not arresting Dr Anil Gupta
of RBM hospital despite a
trap taking bribe of Rs 2,000 on
August 7. He was not arrested
and allowed to go after 12 hours.
Advocate Goverdhan Singh wrote
a letter to ACB DG BL Soni and
ADG Dinesh MN accused the
bureau officers of releas-
ing Dr. Gupta saying he
is relative of a minister.
He sought filing of an FIR
against the ACB officers
who released Dr. Gupta,
who cited heart complica-
tions for getting relief. Leader of
Opposition Gulab Chand Kataria
also wrote to Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot seeking action
against officials who released the
accused doctor.
ASI Bhanwarlal
Jodhpur: A year after
11 members of a family
of Pakistani Hindu mi-
grants were found dead
atafarminRajasthan’’s
Jodhpur district, mem-
bers of the community
on Monday accused the
state government of re-
neging on its promise
of giving them justice.
After offering tribute
on the first anniversary
of their death, the com-
munity members
pledged to continue
their fight for justice.
Hindu Singh Sodha,
the president of See-
mant Lok Sangthan, an
organisation working
for the cause of this
community, said these
migrants require the
compassion and atten-
tion of the state and
central governments
for the resolution of
their grievances.
“CMAshok Gehlot
has last year attended a
condolence meet in
Jodhpur after the inci-
dent and said that if we
are dissatisfied with the
investigation, it could
be handed over to the
CBI. It is disappointing
that even after a year,
nothing has happened
yet,” he alleged. A
source in the police,
however, said they are
looking forward to the
CFSL helping them in
the probe after hitting a
roadblock as the local
forensic team could not
arrive at any conclu-
sion. — PTI
CM Ashok Gehlot pays tribute to the Pakistani Hindu refugees,
after 11 members of a family were found dead in their house on
Sunday, in Jodhpur.
11 Pak migrants found dead in Raj:A
year after, community still awaits justice
IN
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: Two weeks
after the Supreme
Court issued bail to
an accused Parasram
Bishnoi in the Bhan-
wari Devi abduction
and murder case, the
Rajasthan High
Court Tuesday grant-
ed the relief to 6
more accused.
The same order of
the apex court in the
case of Bishnoi be-
came the ground to
bail for these six ac-
cused also.
With this, eight of
the 17 accused in the
case are out on bail
including Reshmar-
am. A decision on the
bail application of
one of the main ac-
cused Mahipal Mad-
erna, however, could
not be taken on Tues-
day. He is currently
out on interim bail
for treatment. He also
had moved a bail plea
but the court will
take it up for hearing
on August 23.
The arguments in
the Supreme Court
by Parasram’s coun-
sel Mahesh Jethma-
lani formed the base
of all these bails.
It may be noted
that Jethmalani had
argued in the court
that the trial had
started after four
years of filing of the
case and Bishnoi had
been under judicial
custody since 2012.
He had further ar-
gued that the evi-
dence related to him
has already been
completed by the
court and nothing
has been left on his
part,whichcouldpre-
vent him from grant-
ing bail. On the same
ground,it wasargued
on behalf of the peti-
tioners that they have
served over 9 years in
judicial custody with
no clue about the con-
clusion of trial of the
case. Justice Dinesh
Mehta granted bail to
all the six accused
while listing the plea
by Maderna for hear-
ing on August 23.
First India Bureau
Udaipur: Director Gen-
eral of Prisons Bhupen-
dra Dak, who is on a
tour to the district, in-
spected the Central jail
here on Tuesday
. He ex-
pressed satisfaction
over the living condi-
tion and arrangements
of food and entertain-
ment for the prisoners
there.
Dak said that many
district jails in the state
are overcrowded.
Hence, there is a plan to
shift the excess number
prisoners from there to
the jails which have in-
mates less than their
capacity in the coming
days. He said that re-
view is done regularly
to check whether the
inmates are given facili-
ties as per rules so that
their human rights are
not violated. The DG
was given a guard of
honour on his arrival.
First India Bureau
Bharatpur. In an at-
tempt to overtake an-
other vehicle, a private
bus overturned near
Jhalatala under Halai-
na police station on
Jaipur-Agra highway
on Tuesday in which
one person died. More
than 40 passengers were
injured in the accident.
The deceased Dudhnath
was a resident of Alla-
habad, Uttar Pradesh.
The bus was going from
Lucknow to Jaipur via
Agra.
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: In a tragic in-
cident, a woman and
her 3-year-old son were
run over by a train
when it was passing
through the level-cross-
ing near Mandor agri-
cultural market here on
Tuesday. According to
reports, the deceased
Priyanka, wife of Jiten-
dra, was crossing the
railway gate along with
her son Sher Singh.
No bail to Maderna yet
in Bhanwari murder
NEWS DIGEST
Sri Ganganagar: The mother of three daughters
hanged herself in the house on Monday in village
66LNP of Ghamudwali police station area of the dis-
trict. The mother-in-law of the victim is old that she
cannot walk. Monica Pal, 27, was married to Vijay
Pal seven years ago and was mentally disturbed
since last few days. She has three daughters, two 6
and 4 years old and one 7 months old. There were
two daughters in the room when Monica hanged
herself. After seen hanging mother, both the daugh-
ter started crying.
Jaipur: The Rajasthan government has intro-
duced a scheme to provide interest-free loan up
to Rs 50,000 to street vendors, people in the
age group of 18-40 years working in the service
sector and unemployed of urban areas hit by
Covid-19-induced financial crisis. In compliance
with the budget announcement made by Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot, the finance department is-
sued a circular regarding the Indira Gandhi Urban
Credit Card Scheme- 2021 last week. The scheme
is aimed at financially supporting and encourag-
ing street vendors, youths providing services in
informal sector such as hairdressers, rickshaw
pullers, potters, carpenters, cobblers, masons,
tailors, painters, plumbers, electricians etc. for
self employment, according to the circular issued
on August 7. They will get interest free loan up to
Rs 50,000 without guarantee in one year.
Ajmer: A young man, accused of theft, was beaten
to death in Ajmer. He had entered a shop with the
intention of stealing and was caught by the shop
owner and his family. The whole family beat up the
man identified as Ishaad Ali, 20, a resident of Garib
Nawaz Colony. The mother of the accused pleaded
with folded hand not to kill her son and hand him
over to the police, but the angry people did not listen
him. They took him away and told the mother that
he was handed over to the police. When she reached
the police station, she could not find her son.
WOMAN HANGS SELF IN FRONT OF TWO
DAUGHTERS IN SRI GANGANAGAR
RAJ GOVT TO PROVIDE INTEREST-
FREE LOAN TO STREET VENDORS
AJMER MAN SUSPECTED OF THEFT
BEATEN TO DEATH BY ANGRY PEOPLE
1 dies as bus from Lko to Jpr overturns;
two killed as jeep hits bike in Udaipur
Woman, son run
over by train
The ill-fated bus
Water Resources Minister Dr BD Kalla and
RWSSMB secretary KD Gupta during the VC.
DG Prisons Dak visits Central
jail, discusses overcrowding
DG Prisons Bhupendra Dak at Central jail in Udaipur.
The goals of ‘Har
Ghar Nal Connection’
in rural areas will be
achieved. All engineers
should adhere to the pre-
scribed timeline of 2024.
—BD Kalla, PHED minister
CM Ashok
Gehlot has
last year at-
tended a condolence
meet in Jodhpur af-
ter the incident and
said that if we are
dissatisfied with
the investigation, it
could be handed
over to the CBI.
—Hindu Singh Sodha,
President of Seemant Lok
Sangthan
MAN, SON KILLED
AS JEEP HITS BIKE
ON NH IN UDAIPUR
In Udaipur, a man and his
son were killed by a jeep
on the National Highway
when they were return-
ing from their workplace
Monday night. The man
died on the spot while
his son breathed his last
while undergoing treat-
ment in a hospital.
Rajasthan High
Court granted
bail to six more
accused, now 8
of 17 accused are
out on bail.

A civilised society is one in which
women have equal say and
infuence as men (or even more) !
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: Finally
, after an
extended wait, the
charge of IT Commis-
sioner and CMD of Raj-
Comp has been handed
over to the ‘natural
claimant’-PrincipalSec-
retary IT, Alok Gupta.
After Virendra Singh
left for a ‘long leave’
nearlytwomonthsback,
the charge was handed
over to an ‘outsider’ and
2011 junior IAS, Ab-
himanyu Kumar.
In a story on June 19,
First India had raised
the issue that Alok Gup-
ta should be given the
additional charge,
stressing that it was not
right to hand over the
charge to an officer,
who was ‘imported’ to
the department, spe-
cially when Gupta was
already in a better posi-
tion and experinced to
handle the task. In the
bureaucratic circles of
the state, the DoP’s ac-
tion, that kept Alok
Gupta away from what
would have been his
‘natural claim’, was
considered to be as in-
justice with Gupta.
Meanwhile, Virendra
Singh is now preparing
to return to his ‘parent
cadre’ - Maharashtra
and to expedite the pro-
cess, he has extended
his leaves four times in
the past two months.
The state government
has given its NOC too
and only a formal order
from the Government
of India is awaited now.
Therefore, correcting
its old mistake, the DoP
has given the charge to
Alok Gupta.
It is notable that even
though the additional
charge lies with Ab-
himanyu Kumar, the
work in the department
is more or less stalled
and he is unable to ad-
dress the files.
Now, Alok Gupta has
taken the additional
chargeof boththewings
and he has become the
‘all in one’ of the IT de-
partment and it is being
hoped that under him
the IT department’s
stalled work will gain
momentum. It is being
expected from the 1996
batch official Alok Gup-
ta that with his experi-
ence and capabilities,
he will be able to cor-
rect the course of IT
department.
‘Natural claimant’ Alok finally gets his due!
Lawyers on relay sit-in,
seeking Protection Act
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Bar Asso-
ciation of Jaipur began
a relay sit-in demand-
ing enactment of Advo-
cates Protection Bill.
Bar President Anil
Chaudhury, General
Secy Satish Sharma
Library Secy Raman
Gupta as well as Dis-
trict Advocates’ Bar As-
sociation President
Sunil Sharma and Gen-
eral Secy Gajraj Singh
Rajawat participated in
the sit-in. Gupta said
that in view of regular
attacks on lawyers, the
Bars demand that the
long- pending Advo-
cates’ Protection Bill be
passed in the ongoing
monsoon session of the
Assembly. If the de-
mand is not met, the
agitation will be inten-
sified in coming days.
FINALLY WAIT IS OVER
First India Bureau
Jaipur: CM Ashok Ge-
hlot will lay the founda-
tion stone of Rajasthan
Housing Board’s ambi-
tious project of residen-
tial flats for MLAs on
Wednesday
. World class
multi-storey flats will be
constructed by RHB in
Jyoti Nagar and project
is scheduled to be com-
pleted by Nov 2023.
Earlier, JDA was
tasked with this project,
but looking at perfor-
mance of RHB, a Cabi-
net subcommittee as-
signed the responsibili-
ty of the ambitious pro-
ject to the Board. Gehlot
will lay foundation
stone of the scheme. At
the same time, he will
also lay foundation
stone of residential
scheme for officers of
All India Services in
PratapNagar,whichhas
received an overwhelm-
ing response from the
officers.
RHB Commissioner
Pawan Arora said all
modern facilities will be
provided in apartments
for MLAs, that included,
swimming pools, club
houses, meeting halls
and conference rooms
along with adequate
parking.
Since a large number
of people also come
fromAssemblyconstitu-
encies, luxurious wait-
ing rooms will also be
made. 8-storey building
will have 2-storey under-
ground parking with a
space for 1,200 vehicles.
160 4-BHK flats will be
constructed in the pro-
ject which is being built
on 21,460 square metres
of land in Vidhayak Na-
gar West. The built up
area of flat will be 3,200
sqft. In project for AIS
officers in Pratap Nagar,
180 multi-storey flats
will be constructed. The
built up area of a flat
will be 3,211 square feet.
Arora said that all 180
flats with 3 BHK will
also have the facility of
a servant room. The es-
timated price of a flat
will be Rs 91.58 lakh.
Alok Gupta
On June 19, First
India had raised
issue that Alok
Gupta should be
given addl charge
Dr Raghu writes to
Union Min Mandviya,
demands 2 cr vax
doses for Raj!
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The state
Health Minister Dr
Raghu Sharma has
written a letter to Un-
ion Health Minister
Mansukh Mandaviya
demanding that 2 crore
doses of Covid vaccine
be made available to the
state in the current
month to run the vacci-
nation drive, uninter-
ruptedly
.
Sharma said that due
to irregular supply of
the vaccine to, it is not
possible to administer
even 2 lakh doses per
day while the state has
the capacity to adminis-
ter 15 lakh doses per
day
.
“In August, 80 lakh
beneficiaries of the
state have to be given
the second dose, while
about 2.44 crore people
are proposed to get the
first dose,” he said.
Sharma said that so
far, more than 3.54 crore
people have been vacci-
nated in the state.
Ensure every child in remote areas
has access to online education: CS
After Raje, now Gehlot
supporters come up with
‘Ashok Gehlot Fans Club’
Congress brass seeks
report on Dotasra’s
remark on Savarkar
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Secre-
tary Niranjan Arya has
given instructions to en-
sure online education to
every child living in re-
mote areas of the state.
In a meeting to re-
view the progress of
weekly plans with the
Divisional Commis-
sioners and Collectors,
he directed that even in
remote areas where in-
ternet connectivity is a
challenge, the target of
providing education to
every child should be
fulfilled by taking alter-
native measures.
Arya also gave in-
structions for allotment
of land in different dis-
tricts for the establish-
ment of Sanskrit Col-
lege and Kasturba Gan-
dhi Balika Vidyalaya.
Along with this, in-
structions were given to
speed up work for the
establishment of com-
puter labs under ICT
scheme through public
participation.
The Chief Secretary
also directed the offi-
cials to provide relief to
needy street vendors by
providingquickloansin
cities under the Prime
Minister’s Vendors
Atma Nirbhar Nidhi.
He also directed to
complete the dairy
booth allotment process
as per the intention of
the Chief Minister and
to explore the possibili-
ty of providing loans to
the allottees, who lack
financial resources for
setting up booths.
Mukesh Mathrani
Barmer: After for-
mation of Vasund-
hara Raje Samarthak
Manch in Rajasthan,
similar trend has
surfaced in Con-
gress, wherein, some
people claiming
themselves as Ashok
Gehlot supporters
have formed ‘Ashok
Gehlot Fan Club’.
Motive behind the
formation of
Vasundhara Raje
Samarthak Manch is
that her supporters
want her to be the
state’s Chief Minis-
ter for the third time.
But the reason be-
hind formation of
‘Ashok Gehlot Fan
Club’ is yet unclear.
Those who formed
it, said that the pur-
pose of this front is
to ensure maximum
publicity of the
scheme run by
Ashok Gehlot.
Rishi Vyas, state
president of ‘Ashok
Gehlot Fan Club’
told First India that
it is not a new organ-
isation. He claimed
that he has been run-
ning this front at Bi-
kaner level for the
past ten years, but
recently, he has
planned to expand it
to Rajasthan.
“We just want to
ensure maximum
publicity of the
schemes run by
Ashok Gehlot. Be-
sides this, our aim is
to ensure benefit to
the people, who are
eligible for it, said
Vyas.”
Aditi Nagar
Jaipur: Taking cog-
nisance of remarks
of PCC Chief and
Education minister
Govind Singh Dotas-
ra eulogising Veer
Savarkar, Congress
high command has
asked national gen
secy in charge of Ra-
jasthan Ajay Maken
to submit a factual
report on it.
Party’s national
acting president So-
nia Gandhi seems to
have taken the matter
seriously
. Apart from
the report, state unit
may be asked to send
the full video contain-
ing Dotasra’s speech.
Speaking at a func-
tion to commemorate
August revolution on
Monday, Dotasra had
justified Savarkar’s
demand for Hindu
Rashtra as it was
done before Inde-
pendence. However,
the statement has cre-
ated a major storm in
the political circles
and a huge confusion
inpartyranksaswell.
While BJP is touting
it as recognition of
Savarkar’s sacrifices
by Congress party,
Congress is in an
awkward position
now. Congress has al-
ways taken an anti-
Savarkar stand. They
have been refusing to
recognise his role in
freedom struggle. Do-
tasra going against
party policies has put
Cong in a spot.
CS Niranjan Arya reviewed the progress of weekly plans in a meeting with Divisional
Commissioners and District Collectors through video conferencing at the Secretariat on Tuesday.
Also seen here is ACS PK Goyal.
CM to lay foundation stone of
luxurious MLA flats by RHB
Eduinstitutionslikely
tore-openafterAug15
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan
government may reo-
pen coaching insti-
tutes after August 15,
while the schools may
be re-opened after the
festival of Rakhi.
A ministerial com-
mittee headed by the
Health Minister held a
meeting to discuss re-
opening of the coach-
ing institutes and
schools.
Sources said that
schools may be reo-
pened initially for stu-
dents from class 9 to 12,
followed by classes 6 to
8.
Final decision about
the dates will be taken
by the Chief Minister
on the basis of the
committee’s report.
After the meeting
held in the Secretariat,
school education
Minister Govind Singh
Dotasra said that
the committee has
reached a consensus
on almost all the points
regarding the opening
of the school.
He said that report is
being submitted to CM
Ashok Gehlot, after
which the final deci-
sion has to be taken by
Gehlot. Dotasra indi-
cated that more em-
phasis has been laid
on opening schools for
the students of senior
classes.
CM Ashok Gehlot to finally decide on dates based on panel’s report
Ashok Gehlot
@ashokgehlot51
On World Lion Day, let
us resolve to protect
conserve the majestic
animal. We need to
save the natural hab-
itat of the lions too to
ensure their survival.
Wildlife conservation is
important for magnifi-
cent species like lions.
Govind S Dotasra
Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma chaired the meeting of Group of Ministers regarding opening of educational institutions at State
Secretariat on Tuesday, wherein, Govind Singh Dotasra, Bhanwar Singh Bhati and Dr Subhash Garg were present.
JDC sanctions
`81.26 cr for
Laxmi Mandir
Tiraha project
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Adminis-
trative and finan-
cial sanction of
Rs 81.26 crore was
given for Laxmi
Mandir Tiraha
project in a PWC
meeting chaired
by JDC Gaurav
Goyal. A two-lane
underpass will be
built from Sabzi
Mandi Road to
Tonk Road. Fi-
nancial approval
of Rs 4.34 crore
was also given for
works of electrifi-
cation in residen-
tial scheme Anu-
pam Vihar
(Phase-1). It was
also decided to
make land use of
plots located on
main Ajmer Road
in West-way
Heights.
He also directed to complete the dairy booth
allotment process as per the intention of the
Chief Minister and to explore the possibility of
providing loans to the allottees, who lack
financial resources for setting up booths.

JAIPUR, WEDNESDAY
AUGUST 11, 2021
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eej is traditionally cel-
ebrated across India in
different ways but
dressinguptothenines
in lehariya, with mehn-
di and all the ‘solha
shringar’ along with
dancing and singing is common
to all regions. Teej is rooted in
tradition and mythology and is
observed as a celebration of the
union of Goddess Parvati with
Lord Shiva. We not only cele-
brate to mark the happy occa-
sion but also seek the blessings
of Ma Parvati to ensure person-
al marital bliss. The first Teej of
a bride is a very special occa-
sion and women often fast on
this day and pray for a long and
happy married life.
In Rajasthan Teej like Gan-
gaur is a major festival and is
celebrated extensively in Uttar
Pradeshalso,itislookedforward
to by the women with the advent
of monsoon.
Turn to Pg10-11
MITALI DUSAD
mitalidusad01@gmail.com
T
—PHOTOS
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO
Top: Aarzoo and Sapna pose with a heritage cannon
Below: Akanksha clicks a selfie with Sumitra, Soni and Tanu
Clockwise: Flaunting it - Akanksha, Sapna and Tanu
At Rambagh Palace
Top Step: Sumitra and Juhi
Middle Step: Akshita, Tripti, Tanu and Sapna
Bottom Step: Akanksha, Yashvi, Aarzoo and Soni

10-11
ETC
Lehariya sarees and lehnga-
choli/ paushak are the dress of
the day as it mehndi on the
hands and decoration
around with marigold
flowers. Women open
their fasts in the evening
with prayer and feast in
traditional food and ‘ghevar’
the special sweet of the season.
During the fasting, women
dress up like brides wearing a
lot of jewellery. All the finery
they own. The outfits for the
festival are in combination
with green, red and yellow.
However, the colours of the sa-
rees differ from region to re-
gion.
The Shrinjhara package in-
cludes Ghewar (traditional
Teej sweet), traditional dress
(usually tie and dye), Mehendi
or henna and bangles. Women
use these items to get ready for
the festival. Teej is a festival
for women and a time for Teej
Shringar. This festival calls for
being one’s best at the festival
and women make the most out
of the occasion.
Decking up oneself is the
most colourful and vibrant
ritual of the Teej Festival is
called Teej Shringar. It is per-
formed with a lot of craze and
enthusiasm by the women.
They make proper schedules
for the festival well in advance.
Both married and unmarried
women and girls love to dress
up like newlywed brides. The
festival of Teej is dedicated to
women as they observe fast for
a healthy and long life of their
husbands. The women are free
to do as they please. They get
ready in the following manner:
CLOTHES
On Teej, unmarried and mar-
ried women dress up in bright
clothes, mostly wearing green
as it is considered auspicious
and symbolizes Haryali Teej or
the month of Sawan. Usually,
they wear sarees, suits and le-
hengas. Some women prefer
wearing expensive designer
wear while others love to wear
their wedding attire and feel
like a newlywed again.
JEWELLERY
After selecting their dress the
women choose their jewellery.
Married women usually prefer
heavy necklaces and bangles;
some lucky women also re-
ceive beautiful jewellery from
their husbands as gifts for
Teej. On Teej, shops get stocked
up with colourful glass and
metal bangles. Women visit
these shops to buy bangles to
match their perfect outfits.
When it comes to Teej
Shringar, women want eve-
rything to be perfect and in
sync.
MEHENDI OR HENNA
Teej Shringar is not
complete without the
application of intri-
cate Mehendi or
henna designs on
hands and feet.
Young girls and
women fondly ap-
ply Mehendi a
day in advance
and some even
get their husband’s
name written. In villages,
women apply Alta or red
paint to their feet and
hands.
TEEJ SHRINGAR
FROM PG 9 WE THANK
 Venue Courtesy: Rambagh
Palace, Jaipur
 Styling by: Akanksha
Bhalla
 Directors: Gaurav Gaur
and Dr Maulik Shah
 Hair and Make-up: Jassi
Chhabra, Shades
 Sarees By: Neelghar
sarees
A day of festivity joy
This Teej, City First colours the canvas of your life with the flowing colours of lehariya and also tell you how to ‘ace’ the Teej look this year!
(From left) Akshita, Arzoo, Yashvi, Sapna, Akanksha, Soni,
Sumitra, Tanu, Tripti and Juhi
Akanksha, Soni and Tripti flaunt some moves
Aarzoo poses with a peacock feather (L-R) Sapna, Akanksha and Soni captured in a candid moment
(L-R) Akanksha, Soni and Tripti captured while dancing
Tanu and Sumitra rejoicing
(L-R) Sumitra, Soni and Akshita slaying on the occasion
Juhi Tikkiwal flaunting her beautiful Mehendi
Aarzoo dancing on the beats as others groove too
(L-R) Sumitra, Tanu, Tripti and Juhi
Akshita, Aarzoo and Yashvi
Akanksha and Tanu
Tripti flaunts her bag and jewellery
Aarzoo in her gorgeous saree
Yashvi Soni gracefully shows off her saree as the pecaocks
at Rambagh Palace add more beauty
—PHOTOS
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO

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