PM Modi addresses Indian diaspora in Munich, highlights key achievements

RESULT ANNOUNCED PM MODI IN MUNICH AT G7 SUMMIT
BYPOLL OF 3 LOK SABHA
AND 7 ASSEMBLY SEATS
UTTAR PRADESH - AZAMGARH AND RAMPUR PUNJAB - SANGRUR
DELHI - RAJINDER NAGAR
ANDHRA PRADESH - ATMAKU
JHARKHAND - MANDAR
TRIPURA - Bordowali, Agartala, Surma, Jubarajnagar
BJP wrests
UP’s Rampur,
Azamgarh
seats from SP
AAP LOSES MANN’S
SEAT, ANOTHER MANN
SIMRANJIT WINS
AAP’S DURGESH PATHAK WINS
YSRCP’S MEKAPATI DEFEATS BJP
CONGRESS CANDIDATE SHILPI WINS
BJP WINS 3 OUT OF 4
SEATS, CONGRESS BAGS 1
Lucknow: In a setback
to the Akhilesh Yadav-
led SP, the BJP on Sun-
day emerged victorious
in both Azamgarh and
Rampur seats in the by-
elections to the UP Lok
Sabha constituencies.
BJP candidates Dinesh
Lal Yadav “Nirahua”
(Azamgarh) and Ghan-
shayam Singh Lodhi
(Rampur) defeated SP
nominees Dharmendra
Yadav and Asim Raja
resp by margin of 8,679
and 42,192 votes. While
Adityanath hailed 2 vic-
tories as reflection of
the 2024 general polls,
SP chief termed results
murder of democracy
.
Chandigarh: Dealing a severe blow
to the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
in Punjab, the Shiromani Akali Dal
(Amritsar) president, Simranjit Singh
Mann, emerged as the victor in the
Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency, the
bastion of Chief Minister Bhagwant
Mann, defeating AAP candidate Gur-
mail Singh in a neck-and-neck fight.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the Indian diaspora in Munich on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
AAP won Rajinder Nagar assembly by-
election by 11,555 votes, party MLA
Saurabh Bhardwaj said on Sunday.
After multiple rounds of counting,
AAP’s Durgesh Pathak secured 40,319
votes, BJP leader Rajesh Bhatia was in
second place with 28,581 votes.
The ruling YSR Congress Party’s Me-
kapati Vikram Reddy secured a big win
in Atmakur bypoll in AP, winning by a
margin of 82,888 votes. Reddy polled
1,02,241 votes while his closest rival
and BJP candidate G Bharat Kumar
Yadav secured only 19,353 votes.
Congress candidate Shilpi Neha Tirkey
won the by-election to Jharkhand’s
Mandar seat on Sunday, defeating her
nearest rival, BJP’s Gangotri Kujur, by a
margin of 23,517 votes, an official said.
Shilpi Neha, daughter of ex-legislator
Bandhu secured total of 95,062 votes.
BJP won 3 out of 4 in Tripura bypolls in 4 As-
sembly constituencies and Congress bagged
one. Chief Minister and BJP candidate Manik
Saha won in Town Bordowali, in Agartala con-
stituency, Sudip Roy Barman of the Congress
won, BJP’s Swapna Das won in Surma, and
BJP’s Malina Debnath won from Jubarajnagar.
Manik Saha, a RS MP, was appointed CM last
month after Biplab Deb’s sudden resignation.
He had to win this bypoll to continue as CM.
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
The by-poll wins in
Azamgarh and Rampur are historic.
It indicates wide-scale acceptance
and support for the double engine
Governments at the Centre and in
UP. Grateful to the people for their support. I appreciate
the efforts of our Party Karyakartas.
Yogi Adityanath
@myogiadityanath
The win on Azamgarh
and Rampur Lok Sabha seats
reaffirm common people’s faith
in people-friendly policies of the
BJP’s ‘double engine’ government
under prime minister Narendra Modi’s leadership.
Simranjit Singh Mann
Manik Saha Sudip Roy Barman
Durgesh Pathak
Mekapati V Reddy
Shilpi Neha Tirkey
Dinesh Lal Yadav Ghanshayam Singh Lodhi
Bhagwant Mann
Swapna Das Malina Debnath
India is impatient for
progress, says PM Modi
Munich (ANI): Ad-
dressing the Indian di-
aspora community pro-
gramme in Munich on
Sunday, PM Narendra
Modi lauded Indian de-
mocracy mentioning
“Emergency” declared
by Indira Gandhi govt
on 25 June 1975.
PM Modi described
how DNA of democracy
is inscribed in Indians.
“Today is June 26 which
is also known as the day
when India’s democra-
cy — that’s is in DNA of
Indian — was trampled
and suppressed 47 years
ago,” said PM. Gone are
days when attitude of
“Hota Hai, Chalta Hai,
Aisa hi chalega, now we
say Karna Hai, Karna
Hi Padega.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also highlights key
achievements of his government in the past 8 years
Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with a child on his
arrival during his visit to Munich, Germany on Sunday.
Bharat Mata ki Jai!
PM Modi received a grand
welcome from the Indian
diaspora in Munich where
he will be staying during
his trip. “Bharat Mata ki
Jai” slogan reverberated at
the hotel premises as peo-
ple from Indian diaspora
cheered and waved their
flags seeing the PM.
Besides par-
ticipating in @
G7 discussions
on climate, energy, food
security, health, gender
equality and more, PM
will also hold several
bilateral meetings on the
sidelines. —The MEA
CM Uddhav offered his post to Shinde in May:Aaditya
Aishwary Pradhan
Mumbai: Maha minis-
ter Aaditya Thackeray
said, “On May 20, CM
Uddhav Thackeray
called Shinde & asked
him to become CM, if
he wanted to become so,
but at that time, he did
drama & started weep-
ing. Just a month after,
he broke into rebellion.
But they (Shinde fac-
tion) aren’t capable of
doing so, this isn’t re-
bellion, this is separa-
tism. They took undue
advantage of CM Ud-
dhav’s ill-health to do
all of this. Rebel MLAs
‘who are traitors’ will
not be taken back into
Sena & the party’s doors
are open for those who
want to return.”
GUV WRITES TO CENTRE FOR
ADEQUATE SECURITY FORCES
PAWAR EXUDES HOPE ON
REVIVAL OF UDDHAV GOVT
Mumbai: Maharashtra Governor Bhagat
Singh Koshiyari has written to Union Home
Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla that whenever
the family members of
the MLAs who are in
Assam need should be
provided police protec-
tion if they need it. The
Union home ministry
has already accorded
Y+ security to rebel
MLAs. Governor Bha-
gat Singh Koshiyari,
who was discharged from the HL Reliance
Hospital on Sunday has become fully active
immediately. —Renni Abraham
Mumbai: NCP supremo Sharad Pawar on
Sunday said, “It will be clear that the govt
under Uddhav will continue,” he said,
adding that his party’s, as well as that of
Congress’ full support, is with Sena.
MVA POLITICAL CRISIS
HIGHLIGHTS
Media industry may generate `7.5
lakh crore annually by 2030: Thakur
Pune (PTI): The me-
dia and entertainment
ecosystem is a sunrise
sector, which is ex-
pected to generate Rs 4
lakh crore annually by
2025 and grow to Rs 7.5
lakh crore by 2030, Un-
ion minister Anurag
Singh Thakur said
here in Sunday. He
was delivering the
key-note address at
National Conference
on ‘Changing Land-
scape of Media and
Entertainment 2022’
organised by the Sym-
biosis Skill and Pro-
fessional University
in Pune.
He also said that the
rapidly expanding digi-
tal infrastructure in the
country and the ongo-
ing advancements tak-
ing place in the AVGC
(animation, visual ef-
fects, gaming and com-
ics) sector have the po-
tential to make India
the preferred post-pro-
duction hub of the me-
dia and entertainment
industry
.
Anurag Thakur addresses forum
at Symbiosis Skills, Professional
University in Pune on Sunday.
 Uddhav never
met those who lost
2019 polls, Shinde
supported them,
says rebel MLA
 Uddhav’s wife
steps into talks,
contacts wives of
rebels
 How long
will you hide in
Guwahati, you will
have to come to
chowpatty: Raut
 Congress leader
Abhishek Singhvi
to appear for Shiv
Sena’s Uddhav
Thackeray in SC
AGNIPATH:
CONGRESS TO
PROTEST IN RAJ
TODAY
Jaipur: Congress will
start protesting against
Agnipath scheme from
Monday. Demonstra-
tions will be held
in every Assembly
constituency for which
PCC has appointed
observers in 200 as-
sembly constituencies.
RS MP from Haryana
Deepender Singh Hooda
and Govind Dotasra
addressed a PC in this
regard on Sunday at
PCC HQ. Hooda called
Union govt a “Nakalchi
Bandar” or a copycat,
for exporting ideas from
foreign nations to draft
policies here. P3
Shinde challenges Sena’s move to disqualify
rebel MLAs in Supreme Court, hearing today
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TILL JULY 2
INDIA’S PREPS FOR RESCHEDULED 5TH TEST AGAINST
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JULY 1, HAVE BEEN HAMPERED BY DISCOVERY THAT
CAPTAIN ROHIT SHARMA TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID.
BCCI TOLD EARLY SUNDAY THAT ROHIT TESTED +VE.
AHMEDABAD CRIME BRANCH ON SUNDAY GRANTED
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PRODUCED BEFORE COURT ON SUNDAY ALLEGED THAT
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500-BED IPD TOWER TO BE BUILT AT JAIPUR’S
MAHILA CHIKITSALAYA, SANGANERI GATE
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has been
making key decisions
with commitment for
expansion and strength-
ening of medical facili-
ties in the state. He has
now approved a propos-
al to spend Rs. 117 crore
to expand the facilities
in Jaipur-based Mahila
Chikitsalaya at Sangan-
eri Gate.
With the approval of
the CM, a 500-bed IPD
(Indoor Patient Depart-
ment) tower will be con-
structed at the Mahila
Chikitsalaya at a cost of
Rs85.57crorealongwith
a new 100-room post-
graduate hostel at a cost
of Rs 21.43 crore. Medi-
cal equipment worth
about Rs 10 crore will
also be purchased here.
Aspertheproposal,a50-
bed ICU, 6 modular OTs
and underground park-
ing will also be con-
structed as part of the
IPD tower. Turn on P8
CM’S KEY DECISION TO STRENGTHEN MEDICAL FACILITIES
IPD tower, hostel
construction and
equipment
purchase at the
cost of `117 crore
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
CM GEHLOT TO VISIT DELHI TODAY
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot will fly to Delhi on
Monday at 10 am where he will take part in nomi-
nation of Yashwant Sinha as Opposition candidate
for Presidential polls. CM Gehlot will leave for Delhi
by special aircraft and return to Jaipur by 5 pm.
CRUCIAL READ
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: YASHWANT
SINHA TO FILE NOMINATION TODAY
New Delhi: Opposition presidential candi-
date Yashwant Sinha will file his nomina-
tion on Monday at 11:30 am. Meanwhile,
with mere weeks left for Presidential elec-
tions, Opposition leaders are set to hold
a meeting today in Delhi and discuss on
the poll scenario. NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, Congress
leaders, TRS leaders and others to attend the meeting.
YOGI’S CHOPPER
MAKES EMERGENCY
LANDING
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister Yogi Adity-
anath’s helicopter made
an emergency landing in
Varanasi after a bird hit the
chopper on Sunday. The
incident took place as the
helicopter left the Reserve
Police Lines Ground in
Varanasi for Lucknow.
TV9 REWARDS
HEMANT AS WTD,
BARUN AS MD
New Delhi: As TV9 chan-
nel ranked number 1 in
TRP, the management has
rewarded Hemant Sharma
and Barun Das who have
now become the Whole
Time Director and the MD
respectively. Promotion of
Senapati Sant Prasad, who
ensured the TRP is awaited!

RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | MONDAY, JUNE 27, 2022
02
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Conditions are
favorable for further ad-
vance of monsoon in
the coming days in Ra-
jasthan. Monsoon is
likely to enter parts of
East Rajasthan in the
next 3-4 days.
From June 28, there
is a possibility of an
increase in rain activi-
ties with alert of thun-
der in the districts of
Kota, Udaipur, Bharat-
pur, Jaipur, and Ajmer
divisions of East Ra-
jasthan, said met de-
partment officials.
There is a possibility
of heavy rain in the
South Eastern parts
from28to30June.There
is alert in the districts
of Bikaner and Jodhpur
divisions on June 29.
Rain activities are
likely to start at isolat-
ed places, said Meteor-
ological Centre Jaipur
Director Radheshyam
Sharma.
Meanwhile,heatwave
conditions continued in
many parts of the state.
Heavy rain likely in next couple of days
MONSOON IN EAST RAJ
JHOTWARA DEMOLITION
Residents raze their houses for the upcoming elevated road in Jhotwara on Sunday. The Govt has announced rehabilitation of
the displaced people. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
WOMAN JUMPS IN FRONT OF MOVING
TRAIN WITH 2 KIDS, DAUGHTER SURVIVES
MINORITY LEADER SAYS GOVT ‘FAILED’
TO IMPLEMENT WELFARE SCHEMES
Khairthal (Alwar): On Sunday afternoon at the
railway station of the town, a woman from nearby
village Tatarpur jumped in
front of a goods train going
from Delhi to Jaipur along
with her son and daughter. In
the accident, the mother-son
died on the spot, while the
daughter ran away by freeing
her hands. The reasons for the suicide are not
yet known. GRP SHO Mohan Singh said that the
incident took place at 1:20 pm.
NEWS DIGEST
‘Steps taken in last 8 yrs
have yielded +ve results’
Tripti Gautam
Jaipur: Union Minis-
ter of State for Women
and Child Development
Mahendra Munjapara
on Sunday said that
steps taken in the last
eight years in terms of
women safety, health
and nutrition have
yielded positive results.
He was addressing
the inaugural function
of a zonal meet on the
achievements of the de-
cision taken in the field
of women child devel-
opment since 2014 here.
Munjapara said that
due to the Beti Bachao
Beti Padhao campaign,
the sex ratio in the
country has improved.
He said that one stop
centers to prevent gen-
der-based violence are
helping women and
girls a great deal, add-
ing that working wom-
en’s hostels are also be-
ing built in the state.
“Continuous efforts
are being made to pro-
vide basic facilities in
Anganwadi centres,”
he said. He said that 68
per cent of the benefi-
ciaries of Mudra Yoja-
na are women.
Addressing the pro-
gramme, Women and
ChildDevelopmentMin-
ister of Rajasthan Mam-
taBhupeshsaidthat1.36
lakhdropoutgirlsinthe
state have been brought
back to school.
“Along with this, skill
training has been given
to 65,000 women,” she
added.
Bhupesh demanded
from the Centre to give
approval to open new
Anganwadi centers in
viewof thegeographical
location of the state.
Mahendra Munjapara and Mamta Bhupesh light the lamp at the zonal conference on the
achievements in the health and social welfare sectors since 2014, in Jaipur on Sunday.
‘Beti Bachao, Beti
Padhao’ inproved
country’s sex
ratio: Munjapara
12-yr-old playing in a park ‘molested’
by a bike-borne miscreant, say cops
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A 12-year-old
minor girl was allegedly
molested by an uniden-
tified man in Jaipur’s
Pratap Nagar area, po-
lice said on Sunday
.
Police informed the
girl had gone to a park
in Pratap Nagar Sec-
tor-8 when a biker
came and suddenly mo-
lested the girl.
“The incident oc-
curred on June 13 when
the girl was returning
from a nearby park.
Suddenly, a bike-borne
miscreant came and
molested the girl. The
accused fled from the
spot when the girl re-
sisted and shouted.
Later, she narrated the
incident to her moth-
er,” said Pratap Nagar
Police Station SHO
Bhajanlal.
“The family mem-
bers of the victim had
filed an FIR in the po-
lice station. CCTV foot-
age is being gathered to
nab the accused,” added
Bhajanlal.
WOMAN RAPED ON
PRETEXT OF JOB
Jaipur: A 26-year-old
woman was allegedly raped
in the Sindhi Camp area on
the pretext of providing a
job, police said on Sunday.
Police informed the victim
had come from Jhunjhunu
for an interview, but instead,
the accused took her to a
hotel and raped her. The
accused has been identi-
fied as Naresh Singh (45),
a resident of Pilani town in
Jhunjhunu. The victim runs a
parlour in the same area.
Foreign cyber fraudster arrested in
Delhi for duping people of crores
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Muhana
Thana Police have ar-
rested a foreign nation-
al in connection with a
cyber fraud case. The
accused was arrested
from Delhi on charges
of duping crores of ru-
pees from people.
“The accused have
been identified as Van
Ali Diyara, a West Afri-
can national. Van Ali
used to chat with people
posing as a girl and he
is a professional cyber
fraudster. He used to
make calls to victims
through fake sim cards
and lured them with
sending parcels from
foreign,” said police.
“The accused duped
several people of crores
of rupees on the pretext
of gifts. Two other ac-
cused in the matter
have already been ar-
rested,” added police.
Jhunjhunu MP
calls Gandhi
‘murderer’ of
Netaji Bose
2 minors flee
juvenile home,
2nd incident
in six months
Pradeep Gadhwal
Jhunjhunu: BJP’s
Jhunjhunu MP Naren-
dra Kumar once again
stoked a controversy
by calling Mahatma
Gandhi the murderer
of Subhash Chandra
Bose, a video of which
has gone viral.
The video surfaced a
day after the MP got
his tongue slipped and
called his own party as
the enemy of the Con-
stitution.
Sources said that the
video is of the pro-
gramme held in Bakra
village of Jhunjhunu
in which he was a
guest. He is purport-
edly seen telling in the
video, “You all know
who was to become the
Prime Minister after
independence. But
Gandhiji first persuad-
ed Subhash Chandra
Bose, then got him
killed. Gandhiji did all
this work.”
The MP has given
controversial state-
ments in the past also.
However, the party
does not take action
against him for such
absurd statements.
A week ago, the
Jhunjhunu MP was
seen having an argu-
ment with the mem-
bers of the SFI who
were protesting
against the Central
Government’s military
recruitment scheme
Agnipath. The stu-
dents were protesting
outside the MP office.
Manoj Jain
Karauli: Two juvenile
offenders escaped from
the Children’s Obser-
vation Home located at
the district headquar-
ters. This is the second
incident of absconding
child abusers in the
last 6 months.
This has exposed the
arrangements of the
child care home and
the negligence of the
officials.
One of the juveniles
is accused of raping
and murdering 3-year-
old girl. The second
one is accused of steal-
ing cash and theft. Kot-
wali police station of-
ficer Dinesh Meena
said that on Sunday
morning, he took stock
of the spot on the in-
formation.
The police officer
said that the guard was
on duty. On 26 January
also, two juveniles had
escaped by breaking
the lock of the obser-
vation home.
Post COVID,beer guzzlers trigger
spike in sales by 160 per cent
First India Bureau
Jaipur: With the abate-
ment of covid situation,
life is back to normal as
before and its impact is
also visible on the lov-
ers of alcohol as well.
Maximum alcohol is
consumed on the occa-
sion of New Year in Ra-
jasthan but this time
the figures for summer
days are surprising.
More than 14.75 lakh
beer bottles (worth
more than Rs 23 crores)
are being consumed in
the state at present.
There has been a tre-
mendous demand for
beer in the summer sea-
son this year and with-
in 81 days from April to
June 20, about 1 crore
cartons of beer have
been sold across the
state, according to the
report of Rajasthan
State Beverage Corpo-
ration Ltd (RSBCL).
The sale of beer is 160
percent more than the
sale in the last two
years.
Got ‘triple talaq’ for filing harassment plaint
against father-in-law, woman dies by suicide
First India Bureau
Alwar: A 20-year-old
married woman alleg-
edly committed suicide
by consuming poison
after the woman’s hus-
band divorced her by
pronouncingtripletalaq
for filing harassment
complaint against the
father-in-law,inBhiwadi
Town of Alwar district.
According to the po-
lice, the victim was al-
legedly harassed by the
husband and father-in-
law,followingwhich,she
committed suicide.
“The accused hus-
bandhasbeenidentified
as Imtiyaz (23), a resi-
dent of Sikrawa village
in Nuh district. The ac-
cused got married to
Manisha in March 2021.
Manisha was harassed
over dowry demands by
her husband and in-
laws,” police said.
“The victim was also
sexuallyharassedbyher
father-in-law. Imtiyaz
pronounced ‘Talaq’
three times and threw
her out of his house.
Even the father-in-law
kept a bad eye on the
woman,” police added.

❍ WOMEN SAFETY, HEALTH AND NUTRITION
The SDRF extricating the dead body of a 17-year-old youth identified as Murad Shaikh, a resident of
Gandhi Nagar, Bhilwara, from a mine on Sunday. The mine was flooded with water after heavy rain
and the victim had gone for bathing in it.
Nimbahera: There is anger among the minority
community due to the non-implementation of the
welfare schemes. The State Government will have
to bear the brunt in the upcoming assembly elec-
tions, said BJP Minority Morcha State president M
Sadiq Khan during the huge state level women’s
conference and talent award ceremony held by
Minority Morcha at a resort on Sunday. Khan said
that the state government has not implemented
any scheme for the upliftment of minorities in the
last three and a half years, while more than 30
seats are dominated by the minority community.
Along with this, the appointments of minority
classes in various departments were also banned,
for which a state-level agitation would be orga-
nized by the Morcha soon.

RAJASTHAN
03
Raipur(PTI): After bat-
tling the scorching heat
in summers while pro-
testing against the clear-
ances to coal mines pro-
jects in Hasdeo Arand
region since March this
year, villagers in Chhat-
tisgarh’s Surguja dis-
trict are now prepared
to get drenched in mon-
soon rains.
The protesters said
nothing can dampen
their morale as they are
fighting for their land
where they have been
living for generations
and they will not give up
until their demands are
met. Though the state
govt has halted all the
proceedings regarding
three upcoming coal
mine projects allotted to
the Rajasthan Rajya
Vidyut Utpadan Nigam
Limited (RRVUNL) in
the area, the protesters
are adamant to their de-
mand of cancellation.
The state govt had
granted permission for
non-forestry use of
841.538 hectares of for-
est land for the Parsa
mine(SurgujaandSura-
jpur districts) and
1,136.328 hectares for
PEKKB phase-II mine
(Surguja) after Raj CM
Gehlot met his C’garh
counterpart Bhupesh
Baghel in March seek-
ing to clear hurdles in
the development of the
coal blocks allotted to
the former’s state.
‘Won’t budge till all coal mine projects withdrawn’
HURDLE IN COAL FOR RAJ?

The protest
against three
coal mine
projects at
Hariharpur,
region from
where Rajasthan
will also get coal,
entered 111th
day on Sunday
Centralgovtactinglikea copycat,
mustwithdrawAgnipath:DHooda
The Rajya Sabha MP said that for farm laws they cited example of America, for ‘Agnipath’ of Israel
Ziauddin Khan
Jaipur: Congress par-
ty’s Rajya Sabha MP
from Haryana Deepend-
er Singh Hooda on Sun-
day attacked the Union
govt over Agnipath
scheme, and called it a
Nakalchi Bandar, or a
copycat, for exporting
ideas from foreign na-
tions to draft policies.
The govt has taken
the attitude of a ‘Na-
kalchi Bandar’, But this
is Hindustan. Some-
times it gives the exam-
ple of America in the
context of agriculture
laws and at other times
talks about Israel in ref-
erence to military ser-
vice, he said at a press
conference at PCC head-
quarters here.
He said that when ag-
riculture laws were be-
ing opposed in the coun-
try, the govt had cited
the example of Ameri-
ca, saying corporates
there are engaged in
agriculture sector in
one way or another.
Now the example of
Israel is being given
with an argument that
there is compulsory mil-
itary service. But this is
Hindustan. Situations
in Israel and India are
different,whiledemand-
ing from the centre to
withdraw the scheme,
he said that it will weak-
en the defence forces.
Deepender Singh Hooda and Govind Singh Dotasra on Sunday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
DEEPENDER S HOODA
@DeependerSHooda
Every year about
7000 youths from
Rajasthan, 5000 from
Haryana were recruit-
ed in the army. But
now with ‘Agnipath’
only 2604 from
Rajasthan, 963 Ag-
niveers from Haryana
will get employed,
that too for just 4
years. Post that 75%
will be pushed back
into the quagmire of
unemployment. The
scheme is playing
with youth of the
whole country.
SACHIN PILOT TO JOIN PROTEST IN TONK TODAY
CONG DEMO FROM TODAY Bhiwadi the most
polluted city in the
World: IQ-AIR report
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: Alwar’s Bhi-
wadi has been ranked
as the worst polluted
city in global air qual-
ity report-2021 of air
pollution monitoring
organisation IQ-AIR.
In such a situation,
the September 30 dead-
line was given to the
areas with PANG avail-
ability and the dead-
line is till December 31
for non-PNG areas.
The industries will
have to convert to
clean fuel in the dead-
line period. On viola-
tion of norms, the Pol-
lution Board may take
action on some indus-
trial units of Bhiwadi.
The board chairman
Sudhansh Pant also ac-
knowledged the situa-
tion as serious.
He recently held a
meeting with repre-
sentatives of con-
cerned units in this
regard.
The industries in Bhiwadi have been asked to shift to clean fuel in
the deadline period till December 31.
BHIWADI TOPS
75k posts in 14 govt departments
for matriculate to graduate
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The youth pre-
paring for govt jobs will
get a chance to appear
intherecruitmentexam
for more than 75,000
posts in 14 departments
of central and state gov-
ernment in the next 7
months. Candidates
from 10th pass to gradu-
ate will be able to apply
for this exam.
These posts include
338 in the Indian Navy,
226 in IDBI Bank, 155 in
the Army, 5546 in PTI,
400 in Airport Authori-
ty of India, 110 in BSF,
189 in the Agriculture
Department, 9703 in
Railways, 1033 in An-
ganwadi, 174 in Indian
Army
, and 8106 in IBPS,
including more than
60,000 posts by Ra-
jasthan Staff Selection
Board. Moreover, the
Indian Army has also
announced the recruit-
ment in various catego-
ry for 310 posts.
Indian Army has also announced recruitment in various categories for 310 posts
The syllabus for LRE has not been released so far, exams are
scheduled in September.
FOR SYLLABUS,
LRE CANDIDATES
PLEADS TO RSSB
Thousands of Librarian
Recruitment Examina-
tion (LRE) candidate
who will appear for
exam in September
have started protest-
ing, as the syllabus for
the exam has not been
released yet. How-
ever, the officials of the
RSSB said that there
is some amendment in
the syllabus, post that
it will be uploaded.
NWR abolishes
317 posts; 300
more to go soon
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: The North
Western Railway has
abolished 317 posts and
nearly 300 more would
also be abolished.
The Railway Board
sent a letter to NWR GM
on June 7 for surrender-
ing the posts.
The NWR was given a
target to surrender 600
posts in the last finan-
cial year but only 317
posts were surrendered
and nearly 300 posts are
remaining.
Asperthework-study
report, the surrender of
997 posts is pending.
There is pressure to
abolish almost 1600
posts including the tar-
get of the current fiscal
year.
The exercise is being
opposed by the employ-
ees. On the other hand,
ex-servicemen will be
given appointments as
gatemen on a contrac-
tual basis in place of
permanent employees.
At present, nearly
15000 posts are lying va-
cant in the NWR.
SackedSISeemaJakharheld for
taking `10L to let smuggler go
First India Bureau
Sirohi: Sacked sub-in-
spector Seema Jakhar
has been arrested on
charges of letting off
smugglers in lieu of
money
. The action was
taken by a special team
formed by SP Dharmen-
dra Singh. She was ar-
rested from Jodhpur
under NDPS Act and
brought to Swaroopganj
police station. Other ac-
cused involved in case
will be arrested soon.
SP Dharmendra Sin-
gh had in November last
year suspended Barlut
SHO Seema Jakhar
along with constables
Omprakash, Suresh and
Hanuman on charges of
colluding in escape of a
poppy husk smuggler.
They are accused of
letting the smuggler es-
cape in lieu of Rs 10
lakh. Later, they were
terminated from the job.
Seema Jakhar was arrested
from Jodhpur on Sunday.
PALI CONSTABLE
HELD FOR
EXTORTION
Constable Jagdish Jat,
who was involved in
taking a ransom of
`20 lakh by threaten-
ing 3 Jaipur stock
brokers at pistol point,
was arrested by Pipad
City Police Station.
According to officials,
Jaipur’s stock broker
P Gupta reported that,
they met by constable
Jagdish who hatched
a conspiracy due to
the intention of not
paying the outstand-
ing `13.50 lakh.
213th Urs of Hazrat
Maulana Ziauddin
Sahib concluded
at his Dargah
at Chardarwaja,
Jaipur on Sunday. A
number of devotees
participated and did
‘Ziyarat’.
—PHOTO BY
NAEEM KHAN
These tribal villagers are walking 300 kms to save ‘Lungs Of
Chhattisgarh’ from coal mining.
COVID UPDATE: 100+ CASES PER DAY IN
LAST SIX DAYS IN STATE; ACTIVE CASES 858
Jaipur: The number of corona cases is increasing
continuously. The state recorded 161 new cases
on Sunday. This is the highest so far this month.
More than 100 new cases are being received daily
since last 6 days. According to the report, max-
imum 66 new cases have been found in Jaipur
district. In other districts, 24 in Jodhpur, 22 in
Bikaner, 12 in Alwar, 10 in Ajmer, 7 in Nagaur, 7 in
Bhilwara. At present there are 858 active cases.
Ajmer: A railway officer in Ajmer has filed a case against
his cousin for allegedly molesting his three daughters.
Police informed the victim had even complained that
his cousin had an affair with his wife. “The victim has
filed an FIR against his cousin brother stating that the
accused molested his 3 daughters used to make
obscene remarks on them. The daughters had even
informed the father that her mother had an illicit affair
with the accused,” police said. “The three daughters are
living with the father, while her mother is living separate-
ly due to a matrimonial dispute,” police added.
RAILWAY OFFICER FILES FIR AGAINST
COUSIN FOR MOLESTING DAUGHTERS
Jaipur: Raj High Court’s benches in Jodhpur and
Jaipur will be again see activity. The Rajasthan High
Court will reopen from today after the summer
break. The court was closed till June 26 due to the
summer vacation even though vacation benches
were functioning. Earlier, the hearing was being
held in the High Court from 8 am to 1 pm, but now
hearings will happen from 10:30 am to 4:30 pm wit
hnew roster. Under the new roster, 12 single bench-
es including two benches have been constituted.
Chief Justice SS Shinde will also start hearing from
Monday in the High Court, Jodhpur.
RAJ HIGH COURT REOPENS FROM TODAY,
NEW CJ SS SHINDE TO ALSO HEAR CASES
NEWS DIGEST
Pukhraj Parashar
checks Sanchore
water project
Jalore: Public Griev-
ances Redressal Com-
mittee Chairman
Pukhraj Parashar was
on a visit to Sanchore on
Sunday
. He inspected
the drinking water pro-
ject in Paldi and took
stockof theERdrinking
water project.
MoS Sukhram Vish-
noi, former Dy Chief
Whip Ratan Dewasi
were also with him. He
instructed the officials
to complete the project
on time. 100 MLD of wa-
ter will be available per
day from the ER project.
The ER drinking water
project is of Rs 372 cr
and the budget of Rs 833
cr for the cluster. —FIB
Boy loses palm in mobile battery blast
First India Bureau
Pali: A 10-year-old boy
was seriously injured in
Pali’sRaipurareaaftera
mobile battery exploded
while he was playing
withthebattery
.Sources
informedtheboylostfin-
gers of his right hand,
following which, his
palm had to be amputat-
ed to save his life.
Theboyhasbeeniden-
tified as Sahil. “The inci-
dentoccurredonSunday
morningwhenSahilwas
playing with an old mo-
bile battery
. The explo-
sion was so strong that
itwas heard even 200 me-
ters away from the
house,” source said.
In an another shocker
from Pali, a man set fire
to his father’s private
parts by pouring diesel.
The duo have been iden-
tified as Hanuman Ram
Chowkidar Dayalra
Chokidar. of Butelao vil-
lage in Sojat area. The
father, Hanuman Ram
Chowkidar was taken to
Sojat Hospital, from
where Doctors referred
him to Higher centre.
Sahil admitted in hospital.
Jaipur: Congress leader
and Former Dy CM
Sachin Pilot said in a
tweet that he will be
joining the Congress’
protest over ‘Agnipath’
scheme in Tonk, his
constituency. “The
scheme is introduced
by Centre with the aim
of darkening the youth’s
future. I will raise the
voice of the youth in
the Satyagraha at my
constituency Tonk
on 27th June against
the Agnipath,” Pilot
tweeted.
213TH
URS
CONCLUDES
TALKS IN C’GARH

tarting with the UNHDR of 1948,
the 1966 International Covenant
on Economic, Social and Cul-
tural Rights, the Vancouver
Summit of 1976, which laid the
foundations of the United Na-
tions Human Settlements Pro-
gram or UN-Habitat, and the Is-
tanbul Declaration on Human
Settlements in June 1996 which
‘endorsed the universal goals of
ensuring adequate shelter for all
and making human settlements
safer, healthier and more livea-
ble, equitable, sustainable and
productive’, India has affirmed
its commitment to ‘adequate
shelter and services as a basic
human right and has been in the
forefront of global dialogues on
shelter and housing. This was
followed up with a firm commit-
ment in 2015 to comply with the
SDGs by 2030. The eleventh Sus-
tainable Development Goal gives
a call ‘for building sustainable
cities and communities — a key
part of which is high-quality af-
fordable housing’.
Fortuitously, the eleventh
SDG coincided with the Prad-
han Mantri Awas Yojana
(PMAY) announced in the same
year, which set itself a very am-
bitious target of Housing for All
by 2022. Even though the gap
between expectations and per-
formance is substantial, and we
are nowhere close to the target,
it is, without doubt, the most ef-
fective affordable housing inter-
vention in the country
. It is also
imperative that we place the
PMAY in perspective as this was
the twenty-first attempt on ad-
dressing this issue – and has
tried to learn from the multiple
failures and (some) successes of
the previous interventions.
THE TWENTY-ONE
INTERVENTIONS IN
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
In the immediate aftermath of
Partition, land parcels were al-
lotted to migrants in several
towns of Punjab (which then
included Haryana) and Delhi as
well as in the suburbs of Kolka-
ta. The focus was on individual
ownership with basic common
infrastructure provisioned by
the local authorities. Under the
first five-year Plan, subsidised
housing for industrial workers
in new townships was taken up,
followed by schemes for LIG,
MIG, plantation workers, Rent-
al Housing for state govern-
ment employees, slum clear-
ance, sites and services, Indira
Awas, JNURM, homeless work-
ers in rural areas, night shel-
ters for pavement dwellers (il-
lustrative list). In fact, the Plan-
ning Commission and the Un-
ion government offered a new
version of the extant schemes
every passing year, but the core
issue - the mismatch between
the demand for affordable hous-
ing for new migrants to urban
centres which were the magnets
of growth, and the supply which
was restricted to government
interventions – was not ad-
dressed because the political
economy continued to be in the
‘license permit mode’. Moreo-
ver, the slum dweller and the
informal settler were treated
either as encroachers to be re-
moved from public lands or as
beneficiaries to whom patron-
age was to be extended in lim-
ited doses. Therefore, there was
a big gap between our policy
statements in international fo-
rums and action on the ground.
Urbanization was never really
recognized as a Growth Driver,
and employment generation
and infrastructure programs
were funded in the rural areas
to ‘arrest’ migration to the cit-
ies. True, development authori-
ties like the DDA in Delhi start-
ed offering Self Financing
schemes from the seventies, but
one had to be a regular employ-
ee of a government department,
or an Income Tax paying profes-
sional to avail of these, and the
slums /informal colonies con-
tinued to grow.
SLUMS AND
INFORMAL COLONIES
It is important to make a distinc-
tion between slums and infor-
mal colonies. Slums are occu-
pied by the poorest of the poor-
maids, drivers, plumbers, wash-
ermen, cobblers and other self-
employed professionals at the
Bottom of the Pyramid, and
usually on public lands – wheth-
er of Railways, Port authorities,
or areas earmarked for parks by
municipal authorities, or on em-
bankments, whereas informal
colonies are ‘unauthorised colo-
nies on private agricultural
lands’ or erstwhile industrial
estates in which the land use
pattern has not been changed.
However, there is an element of
ownership and a property right,
and ‘these informal settlements’
are generally occupied by the
lower or middle classes who
have the resources to make ‘puc-
ca buildings’.
Another distinction that
needs to be made is between
housing needs for the rural and
urban poor. While in rural are-
as, land is (still) not a major is-
sue, and funds are required only
for the building material, with
labour component coming in
from the MGNREGA, the main
issue in urban areas is that of
land. Thus, in rural areas, the
panchayat can offer community
land, and the state can provide
the resources: in the urban are-
as, the land costs are so high,
that there is no option but to
grow vertical, and this calls for
a partnership between the state,
the market, financial institu-
tions, civil society and the stake-
holders themselves.
THE BIG PICTURE
Before we proceed further, let us
also spend some time on under-
standing the Big picture and the
complexities of this sector. As
per the last census (2011) the
country had 246.74 million
households of which 78.86 mil-
lion were categorised urban. At
least twenty percent of this pop-
ulation were living in Malin
Bastis (MBs) or Jhuggi Jhompri
(JJ) clusters – and the figure for
Mumbai was as high as 40%.
While is true that after the
launch of PMAY in 2015, there
would have been some relief,
this is quite close to the picture
on the ground. At the same time,
there were over one million un-
occupied flats in urban areas.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
S
SANJEEV CHOPRA
The writer is Distinguished Fellow,
USI Delhi and Historian Policy
Analyst. Also former Director,
Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy
of Administration, Mussoorie
PERSPECTIVE
04
Obviously, there is a major
disconnect – both in rental
market, as well as in ability
of those at BoP to buy flats
that have already been
constructed. This also
means that between Rs
50,000 to Rs 70,000 crore
of investment is not being
put to productive use. Can
this be addressed by Model
Tenancy Act or by leasing
them to state and
Municipal authorities for
social housing or by
offering deep discounts and
concessions to those willing
to convert these into
affordable rental units
under PMAY? For this and
an appraisal of PMAY
please stay tuned for the
next edition of this column.
THE INTERNATIONAL
COVENANTS ON HOUSING
RAJ DHARMA 12
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haratiya Jana-
ta Party snatch-
ing the Rampur
Lok Sabha seat
from the Sama-
jwadi Party is the most sig-
nificant outcome of the
by-elections, the results of
which were declared on
Sunday. The result was
surprising as Rampur is a
Muslim majority constitu-
ency. Muslims in Rampur,
according to the 2011 cen-
sus, comprised 50.57 per-
cent, while Hindus were
45.97 percent in a popula-
tion of 2,335, 819. The 41.39
percent voter turnout in
Rampur was decidedly low
compared to 63.19 percent
in 2019. Asim Raza polled
3.25 lakh and Lodhi 3.67
lakh. Ghanshyam Lodhi
who won the Rampur seat
underplayed the commu-
nal factor when he said
that the district symbolis-
es religious harmony. The
SP claimed that its voters
were prevented from cast-
ing their votes, hence the
low turnout.
The BJP also registered
a historic victory in an-
other SP stronghold ----
Azamgarh. The seat was
held by SP president Akh-
ilesh Yadav who vacated it
after his victory in the as-
sembly elections from the
Karhal constituency. The
blame for Azamgarh loss
can easily be placed on the
Bahujan Samaj Party
whose candidate Guddu
Jamali cut into SP votes.
What is mystifying is
Akhilesh’s reluctance to
campaign for his cousin
Dharmendra in Azam-
garh. Nor did he visit Ram-
pur even once for the
campaigning.
SP’s DISMAL SHOW
IN UP LS BYPOLLS
The result was surprising as Rampur is a Muslim
majority constituency. Muslims in Rampur, according
to the 2011 census, comprised 50.57%, while Hindus
were 45.97% in a population of 2,335, 819. The 41.39%
voter turnout in Rampur was decidedly low compared to 63.19%
in 2019. Asim Raza polled 3.25 lakh and Lodhi 3.67 lakh
B
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Resolutely train yourself to attain peace.
—Buddha
Dr. S. Jaishankar @DrSJaishankar
Congratulate FM @RichardJRand
and the Government and people of
Madagascar on their National Day.
Will continue working together
to further our SAGAR vision for
a secure and prosperous Indian
Ocean Region.
Piyush Goyal @PiyushGoyal
Textile industry is worth about 10
lakh Cr and has the potential to
grow to 20 lakh Cr in the next 5
years with exports of 10 lakh Cr.
Govt. wants to replicate Tiruppur’s
success across India and create 75
such hubs.
TOP TWEETS
YOU READ RAJ DHARMA 11 ON JUNE 13, 2022
ABOUT THE RAJ DHARMA COLUMN
Raj Dharma, a fortnightly column, exclusive to this paper addresses
issues salient to governance of country. After a discussion on eco-
system of training of civil servants, it is now asking critical questions
about capacity of state to match expectations of citizens with regard
to their fundamental needs like housing and shelter. This week Raj
Dharma has discussed link between urbanization, migration and acute
acute housing shortage. Next week, it will take up a critical appraisal
of PM’s Awas Yojana which had set for itself an ambitious target of
Housing for All by 2022. The author superannuated as the Director
of LBS National Academy of Administration, India’s apex training
institution, and curates Valley of Words: an annual Literature and Arts
festival at Dehradun, where he currently resides.

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INDIA
05
First India Bureau
Lisbon: Union Minister
of State (independent
charge) Science Tech-
nology;Ministerof State
(independent charge)
Earth Sciences; MoS
PMO, Personnel, Public
Grievances, Pensions,
Atomic Energy and
Space Dr Jitendra Singh
left for Portugal today to
represent India at the
“2022 UN Ocean Confer-
ence” at Lisbon from
June 27 to July 1, 2022.
Over130countriesof the
worldaregoingtoberep-
resented at this high-
profile Conference by
their respective Minis-
ters and high-level func-
tionaries. Dr Jitendra
will deliver the keynote
address on behalf of In-
diaattheUNConference
onthetheme“Scalingup
Ocean Action based on
science and innovation
for the implementation
of Goal 14: Stocktaking,
Partnerships and Solu-
tions.” The Minister
added that this will re-
quire major structural
transformations and
common shared solu-
tions that are anchored
in SDGs dev goals.
Dr Jitendra Singh leaves for Portugal
to represent India at UN Conference
MAKING PROUD
India can’t lag behind as youth
is ready to touch the sky: PM
PM mentioned about two start-ups - Agnikul and Skyroot from Chennai and Hyderabad
New Delhi (ANI):
Highlighting the strides
made by Indian startups
in the space sector, PM
Narendra Modi in his
monthly radio broad-
cast ‘Mann Ki Baat’ on
Sunday said the country
cannot lag behind as
youth is ready to touch
the sky
. In the 90th epi-
sode of his monthly ra-
dio programme ‘Mann
Ki Baat’, Modi said,
“During one’s child-
hood, stories of the
moon and stars in the
sky attract everyone.
For the youth, touch-
ing the sky is synony-
mous with making
dreams come true. To-
day, when our India is
touching the sky of suc-
cess in so many fields,
how can the skies, or
space, remain un-
touched by it! In the past
few years, many big
feats related to the space
sector have been accom-
plished in our country
.”
“One of these achieve-
ments of the country
has been the creation of
an agency named In-
Space,of India,”hesaid.
JP Nadda with other party leaders lend ear on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Mann Ki Baat event in Gurugram on Sunday.
Dr Jitendra Singh holding a pre-conference meeting with Indian
delegates and Embassy officials, at Lisbon,Portugal on Sunday.
GOLD WORTH RS
59.26 L SEIZED,
WOMAN ARRESTED
ADDITIONAL CHIEF SECRETARY AWANISH
K AWASTHI TO GET AN EXTENSION
LEFT OPPOSE
ARREST OF TEESTA
SETELVAD
Chennai: Over 1 kg of
gold worth Rs 59.26
lakh was seized from
passengers who arrived
at Chennai airport from
Sri Lanka and a woman
has been arrested in this
connection, the Cus-
toms department said
on Sunday. The seized
gold was weighing 1.27
kg worth Rs 59.26 lakh
and a woman passenger
was arrested.
Lucknow: Additional Chief Secretary Awanish K
Awasthi is retiring on August 31 this year. Awasthi
is the powerful ACS of Uttar
Pradesh. According to sourc-
es, Awanish is set to get an
extension. Similarly, Navneet
Sehgal also discussed getting
extension after retirement. And
the team of SP Goyal - Awanish
Awasthi - Navneet Sehgal will
continue to work as before. This
team will continue to implement Yogi’s UP agenda.
New Delhi(PTI):
The Left parties have
strongly opposed the
arrest of Mumbai-based
activist Teesta Setelvad
by the Guj Police, with
the CPI(M) alleging that
the move is “abhorrent”
to democratic rights of
citizens. The ATS, who
had detained Setalvad
in Mumbai on Saturday,
handed her over to the
Amd crime branch.
Khunti (PTI): Jharkhand Health Minister Banna Gupta
on Sunday boycotted a one-day mega health camp
organised by the Union Tribal Af-
fairs Ministry in Khunti district as
CM Hemant Soren was not invited
to the programme. Gupta went to
the venue at Birsa College Ground
in Khunti town after receiving an
invitation from the deputy com-
missioner but did not go up to the dais and returned
without attending the programme upon finding that
Soren’s name was not on the list of invitees.
Punjab: Sidhu Moosewala’s latest song SYL, the first
to be released after his death, has been removed from
YouTube. The song highlights
various issues such as undi-
vided Punjab, 1984 Sikh Riots,
farmer laws, Sikh flag hoisting
at the Red Fort during the farm-
er agitation and Sikh militants.
YL not only became an instant hit but also found itself
in controversies like most of Sidhu’s song. The song
was set to be released before the Operation Blue Star
anniversary but the late singer was killed on May 29. It
is among the few recorded songs of Moosewala, whose
videos he was yet to shoot.
J’KHAND MIN BOYCOTTS HEALTH CAMP
ORGANISED BY CENTRE AS CM NOT INVITED
SIDHU MOOSE WALA’S LAST SONG ‘SYL’
REMOVED FROM YOUTUBE
New Delhi: In the 90th edition of his monthly
‘Mann ki Baat’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on
Sunday remembered the dark chapter in India’s
history- the Emergency, which was imposed in
1975 and said that it was our democratic mind-
set that eventually prevailed. He also applauded
all those who resisted that period and said that
even after the Emergency people did not lose
faith in democracy. On the midnight of June
25, 1975, an Emergency was declared due to
the prevailing “internal disturbance”. The Prime
Minister further said that during the Emergency
the citizens were deprived of all rights, including
the Right to Life and Personal Liberty given by
Article 21 of the Constitution.
New Delhi: PM Modi
praised Olympic
gold medalist Neeraj
Chopra for his recent
performances in the
javelin throw.While
addressing the na-
tion PM said, “Our
Olympic Gold Medalist
Neeraj Chopra won
Silver at Paavo Nurmi
Games in Finland. He
also broke his own
Javelin Throw record.
New Delhi: Modi on
Sunday said India is
close to administering
200 crore COVID-19
vaccine doses, adding
that the precautionary
dose is being rap-
idly administered in the
country. “We have to
take precautions against
Corona. However, it is
a matter of satisfaction
that the country has
protective shield of vac.
PM MODI INVOKES 1975
EMERGENCY IN MANN KI BAAT
PM MODI LAUDS
OLYMPIC MEDALIST
NEERAJ CHOPRA
‘CLOSE TO 200
CRORE COVID VAX
ADMINISTERED’
New Delhi (PTI): Un-
ion Home Minister
Amit Shah on Sunday
said the Central gov-
ernmentisworkingon
a massive scale for the
complete eradication
of drug trafficking.
“Under the leader-
ship of Prime Minis-
terNarendraModi,we
have coordinated and
institutionalised the
fight against drugs.
For this, ‘Narco Coor-
dination Mechanism’
has been established
under the aegis of the
‘Narcotics Control Bu-
reau’ (NCB) of the
Ministry of Home Af-
fairs (MHA), whose
purpose is to establish
coordination between
all agencies, so that we
can get complete suc-
cess in curbing drugs
smuggling,”
Shah said in his
message on the occa-
sion of ‘International
Day against Drug
Abuse and Illegal
Trafficking’. He said
that NCB is playing
an active role in the
war against drugs at
the national level,
which is bringing
successful results.
The Home Minis-
ter further said his
Ministry has adopted
a ‘zero’ tolerance pol-
icy against narcotics.
“Drug abuse not
only makes society
hollow, and money
earned from drugs
smuggling is also a
big threat to national
security. I am sure
that the collective ef-
forts of NCB and all
the stakeholders will
lead to the desired
success,” he said.
Let us all contrib-
ute our bit in the ful-
fillment of Modi’s
resolve of ‘Drugs
Free India’, he ap-
pealed.
Centreworkingoneradication
of drug trafficking, says Shah
INTL DAY AGAINST DRUG ABUSE ILLICIT
New Delhi(ANI): The
CBI has started an in-
vestigation against
three Income Tax de-
partment officials for
allegedly facilitating
fictitious refunds of
TDS deducted for sev-
eral assessee by misus-
ing system access of
senior officers, officials
said on Sunday
.
The probe agency
filed the FIR based on a
complaint from Joint
Commissioner of In-
come Tax, Muzaffarna-
gar against three group
C officials of the In-
come Tax department
who allegedly managed
to dupe the department
by allegedly misusing
RSA tokens of assess-
ing officers to work out
and generate fictitious
refunds of Tax Deduct-
ed at Source (TDS).
RSA tokens are
unique and time-syn-
chronous solutions that
automatically change a
user's password every 60
seconds. Following the
FIR, the agency had car-
ried out searches at mul-
tiplelocations,theysaid.
The Central Bureau
of Investigation (CBI)
has named three I-T of-
ficials -- Abhay Kant,
Saurabh Singh and Ro-
hit Kumar -- in connec-
tion with the case along
with nine beneficiaries
of the refunds.
CBI books 3 I-T
officials for alleged
TDS refunds fraud
New Delhi: PM Modi,
Home Minister Amit
Shah, Lok Sabha Speak-
er Om Birla, and sever-
al other BJP leaders
wished Union Educa-
tion Minister Dhar-
mendra Pradhan on
his birthday on Sun-
day. Taking to Twitter,
PM Modi said, “Birth-
day greetings to Minis-
ter Shri Dharmendra
Pradhan Ji, who is
making outstanding ef-
forts to strength our
education sector.
May he be blessed
with a long and healthy
life in service of the
people. @dpradhanb-
jp”.Shah conveyed his
wishes and tweeted in
Hindi, “Birthday greet-
ings to BJP senior lead-
er and my Ministerial
colleague Dharmendra
Pradhan. Your dedica-
tions in strengthening
education system
and facilitating
bright future My
prayers for your good
health and long life.”
Panaji (PTI): Chief
Minister Pramod
Sawant on Sunday said
that so far the govt lands
were encroached and
slums mushroomed
there, but now such
land can be brought un-
der utilisation to make
Goa educational hub
and innovation center
under PPP
.
Sawant said that if
such lands are used un-
der Public Private Part-
nership mode, then it
would help the state.
“So far govt lands were
encroached and slums
were seen mushroom-
ing there. But the govt is
very serious. If such
lands are brought under
utilisation of PPP mode
then Goa will definitely
become educational
hub and innovation cen-
tre,” Sawant said. The
Goa govt is probing land
grabbing and encroach-
ment on government
and private lands. Four
persons, including two
government employees,
were arrested in the
land grabbing case.
Modi, leaders greet
Pradhan on his b’day
‘PPP MODELTO MAKE GOA EDU HUB’
UNVEILING BOOK OF AWADHESHANANDJI
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Sunday participates in the release program of a book written
on the life of Swami Awadheshanandji Maharaj in Haridwar, Uttarakhand. Lok Chief Minister of
Uttarakhand Pushkar Singh Dhami, Former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal
Nishank, BJP State President Madan Kaushik and other also present during the occasion.
Kochi: The Congress-
led UDF opposition and
the BJP slammed the
LDF government over
the 6.6 per cent hike in
power tariffs, as an-
nounced by the Kerala
State Electricity Regu-
latory Commission a
day ago, saying that it
was a huge financial
blow to the public
which was already fac-
ing rising fuel and com-
modity prices.
Leader of Opposition
(LoP) in the state as-
sembly V D Satheesan,
speaking to reporters in
Kochi, said the power
tariff hike comes a
month after the state
government had in-
creased bus, auto and
taxi fares.He said the
debts incurred by the
Kerala State Electricity
Board were allegedly
due to corruption in its
various projects as well
as its mismanagement
and this financial bur-
den was now being
transferred on to the
shoulders of the gen-
eral public.
Congress-led
UDF, BJP slam
LDF govt over
power tariff
hike in Kerala
CRUCIAL READ
Dharmendra Pradhan
SHAH: COMMITTED TO ACHIEVE 90%
CONVICTION RATE IN CRIME CASES
AMIT SHAH

INDIA
06
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: The opposi-
tion parties have made
Yashwant Sinha their
‘common’ candidate for
the post of President.
He hails from
Jharkhand and has
been a MP from Hazari-
bagh seat. In such a situ-
ation, it was expected
that if the opposition
would make him a can-
didate for the post of
President, then he
would get the support of
the parties along with
MPs and MLAs of
Jharkhand. But after
the BJP fielded Drau-
padi Murmu as its can-
didate, the hope of that
support is now over.
Draupadi Murmu is a
Santhal tribal and has
been the governor of
Jharkhand. She is going
to be the first tribal
president of the coun-
try. Therefore, she will
get full support of
Jharkhand. Apart from
Jharkhand Mukti Mor-
cha, it will not be a sur-
prise if she gets the sup-
port of other MLAs and
MPs. Keep in mind Shi-
bu Soren is also a San-
thal tribal and has
fought for the interests
of tribals and protec-
tion of ‘Jal-Jangal-Ja-
meen’ throughout his
life.
Draupadi Murmu
hails from Odisha and
state Chief Minister
Naveen Patnaik has al-
ready said that it is a
matter of pride for Odi-
sha that she is the Pres-
idential candidate. He
told that Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi had
spoken to him about
this. So, BJP will get
complete support of
Biju Janata Dal. How-
ever, the big question is
about Chhattisgarh.
There is a Congress
government in this
tribal-dominated state
and the Congress has
supported Yashwant
Sinha’s candidature.
But considering the im-
portance of the tribal
votes of Chhattisgarh,
the party will have to
take a decision.
Murmu is the first
tribal in the country to
reach the highest posi-
tion. In such a situa-
tion, Congress as a
party will have to re-
consider its decision.
Keep in mind that Con-
gress has once already
supported NDA’s presi-
dential candidate APJ
Abdul Kalam. Prior to
that, the candidature
of KR Narayanan was
also supported by both
Congress and BJP to-
gether. Therefore, if
Congress supports
Draupadi Murmu too,
then it will not be a big
deal. However, the dif-
ference this time as
compared to earlier is
that the harmony be-
tween BJP and Con-
gress is very disturbed,
whereas in the past, the
relations were good de-
spite the parties being
at opposite ends ideo-
logically
.
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CONG ON BJP CHARGE OF
SONIA BEHIND SETALVAD
SC dismissed a petition challenging the clean chit given by the SIT to PM
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): The Congress on
Sunday termed “base-
less” the BJP’s allega-
tions that AICC presi-
dent Sonia Gandhi was
behind activist Teesta
Setalvad’s campaign
against then Gujarat
chief minister Modi
over the 2002 riots in
the state, and said the
chargeswere“indirect
contempt of” the SC
ruling.
The opposition par-
ty’s reaction came a
day after BJP spokes-
person Sambit Patra
alleged at a press con-
ference that the Con-
gress-led UPA govt, es-
pecially its education
ministry
, had given Rs
1.4 crore to an NGO
run by Setalvad, and
this money was used to
run a campaign
against Modi and also
to “defame” India.
“She (Setalvad) was
not alone. Who was the
driving force? Sonia
Gandhi and the Cong
party
,” he had said. Re-
acting to the remarks,
Cong spokesperson
Abhishek Singhvi
said on Twitter, “The
charge by BJP spokes-
persons that Teesta Se-
talvad acted at the be-
hest of Cong President
SoniaGandhiiswholly
bogus and baseless.”
BOGUS AND BASELESS
Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi —FILE PHOTO
CONG TO HOLD
PROTEST
AGAINST
AGNIPATH TODAY
New Delhi:The
Congress leaders
will address press
conferences at 20
different places
across the country
a day before the
nationwide protest
against the Central
govt’s Agnipath
scheme. The press
conferences will be
held at Shimla by
Alok Sharma; Deh-
radun – Manvendra
Singh; Chandigarh –
Ranjeet Ranjan, MP;
New Delhi- Shaktis-
inh Gohil, calling it
“Agnipath Ki Baat,
Yuvaon Se Vish-
wasghat (Talk on
Agnipath, Betrayal
of Youth)”.
The Congress party condemns
these allegations most forcefully.
These allegations are in direct
contempt of the Supreme Court’s judg-
ment. Abhishek Manu Singhvi,
Congress spokesperson
WILL FADNAVIS TAKE HIS THIRD OATH THROUGH PAWAR’S SUPPORT?
Mahesh Sharma
Mumbai: NCP supre-
mo Sharad Pawar has
put up his hands over
the trouble brewing in
Maharashtra politics
and said that this is
an internal crisis of
Shiv Sena and it
should be resolved by
Sena leaders.
But at the same time
he also said that there
is no problem in Maha-
vikas Aghadi. Now,
several meanings are
being drawn from this.
One is that he doesn’t
care whether the Shiv
Sena breaks down or
the government falls.
The second meaning is
that he is confident
that the government
will not fall.
But informed lead-
ers say that Sharad Pa-
war’s neutrality is not
accidental. He already
knew about the crisis
and had also warned
Uddhav Thackeray, but
the question is, when
the crisis was getting
serious, why did he not
try to control it? No
matter who is the lead-
er of any party in Ma-
harashtra, Sharad Pa-
war cannot be ignored.
Eknath Shinde was in-
volved in the Maha Vi-
kas Aghadi govern-
ment, whose work was
being coordinated by
Sharad Pawar.
Therefore, despite
knowing about the cri-
sis, his silence raises
questions. Even after
the crisis has arisen,
he is not doing any-
thing to solve it.
Even the leaders of
Shiv Sena and Con-
gress are surprised as
to how can he get away
with calling the crisis
on the government as
internal crisis of Shiv
Sena? Keep in mind
that Devendra Fad-
navis was sworn in as
the first Chief Minis-
ter of BJP in Maha-
rashtra with the sup-
port of Sharad Pawar’s
party
.
After that, Fad-
navis’s second oath
was taken with the
support of Sharad Pa-
war’s nephew Ajit Pa-
war. So therefore the
million dollar question
is if the third oath be
taken with the indirect
support of the Pawar
family?
Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar with Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari.
Draupadi Murmu
Administration yet to reach all
affected people of Silchar: CM
Shivendra Singh Parmar
Guwahati: After all,
after the criticism, the
CM of Assam, who
came out in the field to
see the flood relief
work, is on the target of
the Opposition these
days.
Assam CM Himanta
Biswa Sarma took stock
of the flood relief work
in some more districts
including Silchar, along
with the team of offi-
cials, reached Ground
Zero to meet the people
trapped in the flood.
Biswa assured all pos-
sible help to the people
of the flood-affected ar-
eas. He said instruc-
tions have been issued
to agencies involved in
the relief and rescue op-
erations to maximise
their reach and ensure
help for all affected pop-
ulation at the earliest.
Sarma waded through
the flood waters on foot
at places and sailed in a
NDRF rubber boat in
some other areas, as he
interacted with the lo-
cal populace to get a
first-hand understand-
ing of their situation.
Cabinet Min Parimal
Suklabaidya, Silchar
MP Rajdeep Roy, sever-
al MLAs and officials of
local civil and police
administration accom-
panied the CM during
the visit.
BETTER CONDITION
MP end long wait to win Ranji;
beat Mumbai by 6 wickets
Bhopal (PTI): Madhya
Pradesh scripted histo-
ry by getting their
hands on the trophy for
the first time. They won
against the 41-time
champions Mumbai.
MP made it to the final
of the tournament for
the second time after a
long wait since the 1998-
1999 season.
The team had lost the
final against Karnataka
back then. The journey
to the Ranji title victory
however wasn’t easy
.
The Aditya Shrivastava-
led MP had to cross sev-
eral hurdles to register
their much-awaited
win. Madhya Pradesh
Chief Minister Shivraj
SinghChouhancongrat-
ulated the captain-coach
duo of Chandrakant
Pandit and Aditya Sriv-
astava, adding that the
entire team and staff, on
their return to the state
capital, Bhopal, would
receiveagrandwelcome
and be felicitated in a
public ceremony
.
There is no
dharma sankat:
Sinha says on
his son
New Delhi(PTI): For-
mer Union minister
Yashwant Sinha, the
joint opposition’s con-
sensus candidate in
presidential elections,
on Sunday said there
was no ‘dharma sankat’
in not getting the sup-
port from his son Jayant
Sinha, a parliamentari-
an from the ruling BJP.
Sinha will file his nomi-
nation papers today
.
A host of Opposition
leaders, including Ra-
hul Gandhi, Mallikar-
jun Kharge, Sitaram
Yechury, Sharad Pawar
and Mamata, are ex-
pected to accompany
him. ”I am not in any
‘dharma sankat’ over
not getting the support
of my son and BJP MP
Jayant Sinha. “...He fol-
lows his ‘Raj Dharma’
and I will follow my
‘Rashtra Dharma’.”
VEHICLE FALLS INTO
STREAM IN K’TAKA
KILLING 9 WORKERS
Belagavi (PTI): Nine
labourers were killed on
the spot and eight others
critically injured after
the goods vehicle they
were travelling in fell into
a stream early Sunday
morning in a village here,
police said. Karnataka
Chief Minister Basavaraj
Bommai, who was in
Belagavi on Sunday, an-
nounced a compensation
of Rs 5 lakh from the state
government and Rs 2 lakh
from the Belagavi deputy
commissioner to the next
of kin of each deceased
person.
NEWS DIGEST
AT LEAST 20 DEAD IN SOUTH
AFRICAN CLUB
Johannesburg (PTI): South African police are
investigating the deaths of at least 20 people
at a nightclub in
the coastal town of
East London early
Sunday morning. It
is unclear what led
to the deaths of the
young people, who
were reportedly attending a party to celebrate
the end of winter school exams. Local newspa-
per reported that bodies were strewn across
tables and chairs without any visible signs
of injuries. “At this point we cannot confirm
the cause of death,” said health department
spokesperson Siyanda Manana.We are going
to conduct autopsies as soon as possible to
establish the probable cause of death.
Progress in deliberations
for Tri-Services: IAF chief
New Delhi (PTI): Defi-
nite progress has been
made in ongoing delib-
erations for the theat-
erisation plan and the
Indian Air Force (IAF)
remains fully commit-
ted to the tri-services
integration for enhanc-
ing comprehensive na-
tional combat power,
Air Chief Marshal VR
Chaudhari said on Sun-
day
. In an interview, the
Chief of Air Staff said
the IAF is hopeful that
the final structures, as
and when they come
out, would be potent,
robust and capable of
tackling the existent
and future threats.
“The process of
theaterisation of the
Indian Armed forces is
at a deliberation stage.
There are a few issues
which are being dis-
cussed and definite
progress has been
made in this aspect,”
he said.
Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari
IKEA in Bengaluru
witnessesmassive
weekend rush
Bengaluru (PTI): A
massive crowd was wit-
nessed at IKEA outlet in
Bengaluru on Saturday
when the Swedish fur-
niture conglomerate
opened its first outlet at
Nagasandra in Bengal-
uru on June 22. People
in the que had to wait
for nearly three hours
at the Nagasandra store
and it became difficult
for the security guards
to manage the crowd. It
took nearly three hours
for several customers to
enter the store.
MP players pose with the trophy after winning their final Ranji
Trophy cricket match against Mumbai, at M Chinnaswamy
Stadium in Bengaluru on Sunday.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma inspects the
flood-affected areas of Silchar, in Cachar on Sunday.

NEWS
07
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Pali (PTI): No DJs, no
fireworks and no riding
horseback for the
groom. These are some
of the guidelines that
leaders in two commu-
nities in Rajasthan’s
Pali district have issued
to make weddings a less
expensive affair. And
grooms should be clean-
shaven--beards don’t go
with the ceremony--the
elders feel. Leaders of
both Kumawat and Jat
communities have also
agreed to put a cap on
gifts relatives can give
to a couple, which in-
cludes jewellery
, clothes
and cash.The rules dis-
courage customary of-
fering of opium too.
The Kumawats, a
community of potters,
at a meeting of its mem-
bers from 19 villages on
June 16 came up with
the rules.Terming the
marriage a divine af-
fair, they said the groom
is considered a king and
bizarre beard styles
make the ceremony a
“non-serious and fash-
ion-ridden practice”.
“So, we decided that
no groom of the com-
munity will grow any
sort of beard and re-
main clean-shaven,”
said Kumawat commu-
nity leader Laxmi
Narayan Tak. He said a
huge amount is spent
on decorations, music
and other customs un-
necessarily
.
In Pali, 2 communities shun lavish weddings
SELF-IMPOSED REFORM
Raj govt issues LoI for
uranium mining in Sikar
About3000peopletogetdirectandindirectemployment:DrSubodh
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: Rajasthan has
entered the field of ura-
nium mining with the
issuance of an LoI for
uranium mining, a rare
mineral in the state. Ad-
ditional Chief Secre-
tary Mines, Petroleum
Dr Subodh Agrawal in-
formed that the State
Government has issued
a Letter of Intent (LoI)
of mining lease to Ura-
nium Corporation of
India for mining of ura-
nium ore at Rohil in
Khandela tehsil near
Sikar. After Jharkhand
and Andhra Pradesh,
huge deposits of urani-
um have been found in
Rajasthan. Uranium is
considered one of the
rarest minerals in the
world. Uranium is a
valuable mineral for
nuclear power. With the
progress in the urani-
um mining sector, the
state has uplifted itself
on the world stage
alongside opened
doors for new opportu-
nities for investment,
revenue and employ-
ment, he added. Mines
and Agriculture Min-
ister Pramod Jain
Bhaya expressed hap-
piness over the release
of the LOI for the ex-
ploration of uranium
ore. About 3000 people
will get direct and indi-
rect employment.
Deposits of uranium have been found in 1086.46-hectare area in
Rohil of Khandela tehsil of Sikar district. —FILE PHOTO
Raj has emerged
prominently on the
world map. The de-
cision to the explo-
ration of uranium
is a big achieve-
ment in this sector.
—Pramod Jain Bhaya,
Mines Minister
So, we decided that
no groom of the
community will
grow any sort of
beard and remain
clean-shaven.
—Laxmi Narayan Tak,
Kumawat community leader
Peacemarchheldagainstinsult
to Hindu deities in Ajmer
Members of the Sakal Hindu Samaj taking a peace march on Sunday in Ajmer.
Kaushal Jain
Ajmer: Apeacemarch
was taken out on Sun-
day by Sakal Hindu
Samaj in protest
against the disrespect
of Hindu Sanatan cul-
ture and insult to the
deities. The peace
march left from Ajan-
ta Pulia and reached
the Collectorate via
various routes. The
people of the organi-
zations involved in the
march walked with
the tricolour in their
hands. Many BJP lead-
ers, workers and
saints also participat-
ed in the peace march.
After the peace march
reached the Collector-
ate, a memorandum
was handed over to the
District Collector in
the name of the Presi-
dent. During this,
tight security arrange-
ments were also made
by the police and ad-
ministration.
The peace march
started from Par-
ashuram Temple.
Agitating farmers gherao Suratgarh
thermal plant for irrigation water
Sunil Sihag
Sri Ganganagar:
Thousands of farmers
surrounded the Surat-
garh Thermal Power
Plant on the demand for
water in Sriganganagar.
They gathered around
the plant in hundreds of
tractors. The farmers of
the area have been de-
manding irrigation wa-
ter for a long time. Due
to this, the thermal
plant was surrounded
on Saturday
.
Farmers from the
surrounding villages
reached the thermal
gate by tractor trolleys
and carts. After the an-
nouncement of the
thermal plant gherao of
the farmers, the police
and the local adminis-
tration were fully pre-
pared for any outburst.
Executive Magistrate
Suratgarh Tehsildar
Habulal Meena and Su-
ratgarh DSP Shivratan
Godara, and DSP Vicky
Nagpal were monitor-
ing the situation.
First India Bureau
Bikaner : Power Minis-
ter Bhanwar Singh
Bhati laid the founda-
tion stone of a new sub-
health centre in the vil-
lage panchayat Kolasar
of Kolayat assembly
constituency. The
health centre will be
constructed at a cost of
Rs 30 lakh. Villagers in-
cluding Pradhan Pan-
chayat Samiti Bikaner
Lalchand Asopa were
present on this occa-
sion. Bhati said that
medical services have
expanded in the Kolayat
assembly constituency
in the last three years
and resources to medi-
cal institutions have
been provided. The con-
struction work of the
trauma centre is going
on at Kolayat headquar-
ters.
During this, the Pow-
er Minister said that
the expansion of medi-
cal facilities in rural
areas is the priority of
the state government.
Ayoung leader is ea-
gerly waiting for July
30 deadline, which is a
hot topic in political cir-
cle these days. Sources
said that high command
had made promise to the
leader with this deadline.
However, it is only
known to either the
leader or the high
command that what the
promise was.
Now what is the prom-
ise, does it know to the
high command or to Ne-
taji! Looking at this, the
month of July is going
to be very special. At
the same time, the other
team is also ready for
damage control. In view
of past experiences,
trouble shooters have
been deployed on the
front. It is being said in
the Congress circle that
after Maharashtra, now
eyes are on Rajasthan.
—First India Bureau
AFTER MAHARASHTRA, NOW
EYES ON RAJASTHAN!
3 ARRESTED
FOR TORTURING
PARA TEACHER
IN JAISALMER
Jaisalmer: Three
persons, including a
history-sheeter, were
arrested for torturing
a para teacher for al-
leged extra-marital tie
with a woman of their
village in Jaisalmer
district. Police have
launched a search
operation to nab
other accused in the
incident. The accused
stripped the teacher,
cut his hair and also
damaged a car he
was driving. Two ac-
cused climbed on the
car and jumped on it
in order to damage it.
They damaged wind-
screens and turned it
over. Teacher, who is
married and father of
two children.
Dungaprur: A grand ancient Panchmukhi Shivling
has been discovered during an excavation in the river
flowing near the Neelkanth Mahadev
temple in Nilapani Padardi in Dun-
garpur. The construction of a road
is being done on behalf of the Gram
Panchayat in the river. A kuccha road
was being made for the movement
of tractors and other vehicles in the
dry river to carry the material. The gravel deposited
over the river was being removed.
Lathi (Jaisalmer): An open auction of Tharparkar animals
was organized under the supervision of the committee
constituted by the university at Tharparkar Livestock
Research Center. Dr Vishnu Kumar
informed that a total of 29 cattle
farmers from Punjab and Chhattis-
garh, including Jaisalmer, Jodhpur,
Barmer, Nagaur, Sikar and Ganga-
nagar participated in the auction. A
total of 17 Tharparkar cows were
sold through auction. In which 8 calves, 6 calves and 3
cows were sold. Cow No. 722 acquired the highest bid in
the auction. It was bought by Bhagwan Singh, a resident of
Sikar at Rs 1.51 lakh. —Vikram Darji
PANCHMUKHI SHIVLING FOUND DURING
EXCAVATION IN DUNGAPRUR RIVER
THARPARKAR COW SOLD FOR `1.51 LAKH
IN AN OPEN AUCTION IN JAISALMER
NEWS DIGEST
Minister Bhati lays foundation of
health centre, lists achievements
FIRE ENGULFS 4 FACTORIES
IN RIICO INDUSTRIAL AREA
First India Bureau
Sardarshahar (Chu-
ru): A fire broke out at
a handicrafts manufac-
turing factory in Sard-
arshahar in Churu dis-
trict on Sunday which
soon engulfed two oth-
er factories nearby, po-
lice said.
The fire was caused
by an electrical short
circuit, they said.
Eight fire tenders
from the seven cities
were pressed into ser-
vice to control the
fire. Estimated loss of
10 crores was reported
in the fire.
By the time the fire
brigade reached the
spot, the fire had en-
gulfed 2 more nearby
factories, due to which
the rising smoke
spread in entire Sard-
arshahr RIICO Indus-
trial Area.
Fire breaks out in Coop
Bank,documents of
`26 crore fraud gutted
3 die as two speeding
bikes collide head-on
on Tonk Highway
First India Bureau
Bharatpur: A fire
broke out in The
Bharatpur Central Co-
operative Bank at the
powerhouse intersec-
tion of the city on Sat-
urday afternoon. The
fire brigade brought the
fire under control. How-
ever, the reason for the
fire is still not known.
But the surprising
thing is that there was a
scam of Rs 26 crores in
this bank, which was
under investigation.
Important documents
have been destroyed in
the bank fire. In such a
situation, it becomes
suspicious as to wheth-
er the fire incident oc-
curred on its own or
was orchestrated.
The bank was closed
on Saturday due to the
holiday
, while Sunday is
a usual off. In such a
situation, the smell of
conspiracy seems to
arouse from the fire in-
cident. When the fire
broke out on Sunday,
people informed the
bank employees about
it. Bank employees and
officials reached the
spot. Three fire tenders
doused the fire.
First India Bureau
Tonk: Three people
died in a road accident
when a bike collided
head-on with another
motorcycle near Prata-
pura on Jaipur-
Bhilwara Mega High-
way in Tonk on Satur-
day night. The de-
ceased have been iden-
tified as Kamal (30), a
resident of More,
Pradhan (26), a resi-
dent of Dechwas and
Bhanwar Lal (42), a
resident of Ma-
hadevpura village.
“The two speeding
bikes lost their bal-
ance and collided
head-on. The collision
was so strong that both
the vehicles were se-
verely damaged in the
mishap,” said Diggi
Police Station In-
Charge Satyanarayan
Chaudhary.
“Kamal and Pradhan
died on the spot, while
Bhanwar Lal Jat suc-
cumbed to injuries dur-
ing treatment. The mor-
tal remains of the de-
ceased were handed
over to the family mem-
bers after the post-mor-
tem was conducted,”
added police.
Farmers staging a demonstration outside the plant on Sunday. Bhanwar Singh Bhati lays foundation stone of sub-health centre.
Nude videos of
girls go viral:
Police lodge FIR
against 2
Nagaur: Acomputer
center owner in Na-
gaur has filed a case
against two miscre-
ants for allegedly de-
faming his institute
by circulating ob-
scene videos of girls
studying in the com-
puter center. Police
informed that
around17videoscon-
taining nude content
were shared on so-
cial media.
In the purported
video, the computer
center owner is seen
with the girls. The
obscene videos cre-
ated a sensation in
the area. The com-
puter center is lo-
cated in Tausar vil-
lage of Nagaur. —FIB
The burnt documents. Kamal Pradhan
—PHOTO
BY
ANAND
SHARMA
—PHOTO
BY
HIMANSHU
SHARMA
Estimated loss of Rs 10 crore
is reported due to fire.

Bhanwar S Charan
Kota: Supporting CM
Ashok Gehlot’s state-
ment that Union Minis-
ter Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat and former
Dy CM Sachin Pilot
were hand in glove for
conspiring to topple the
state government in
2020, UDH Minister
Shanti Dhariwal said
that whatever Gehlot
has said was correct.
“Whatever he said
was right. What was
wrong in that?” he said
when asked about the
CM’s statement. He
said that the CM has
said both were involved
in the conspiracy, and
he also believes this.
The minister was in
Kota on Sunday.
Dhariwal also target-
ed former MLA and
BJP leader Prahlad
Gunjal, saying that the
game of hooliganism
and capturing people’s
plots in Kota has now
been destroyed. “We
will eradicate this hoo-
liganism completely.
Instead of putting a
hurdle in developmen-
tal works through ob-
scene language, politics
should be carried out in
a proper and positive
manner,” he stressed.
In response to the
question related to Gun-
jal’s allegations on Dha-
riwal over latter’s an-
cestral property Dhari-
wal said that those mak-
ing baseless and petty
allegations should
know that the papers of
all these properties of
mine have been scruti-
nised even by Bhairon
Singh Shekhawat and
anyone is free to get any
information from any
municipal records re-
garding my plot that I
bought and leased. “But
the accused should
show the documents of
their house made on the
master plan road,” Dha-
riwal challenged.
Reacting to L S Speak-
er Om Birla’s remark
regarding water crisis
in Kota due to financial
mismanagement, Dha-
riwal said that officers
might have given wrong
feedback to Birla.
The Minister an-
nounced that an
amount of Rs 330 crore
will be spent for second
phase of AMRUT yojna
for the construction of
30 to 40 high-level wa-
ter reservoirs. Along
with this, the amount
will be spent on water
distribution.
Speaking over ongo-
ing projects, Dhariwal
claimed that oxyzone
park being built at a
cost of Rs 100 crore on
Jhalawar road in Kota
will be a unique park in
the world it will be
ready by December this
year. The park will have
an artificial canal, mod-
ern heritage statues,
grass fields, an open
banquet hall etc.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: CM Ashok
Gehlot will lay the
foundation stone of
Rajiv Gandhi Youth
Excellence Centre to
be built in the youth
Hostel premises in
Jaipur on Tuesday.
The project will cost
about Rs 4.28 crore.
The main aim to set
up this Centre is to
organise various
training and guidance
programmes for
youth development.
Sports Minister
Ashok Chandna and
Rajasthan Youth
Board President Sita-
ram Lamba took
stock of the prepara-
tions for the pro-
gramme on Sunday
.
During this, Sitar-
am Lamba, while giv-
ing information
about the Excellence
Centre, said that vari-
ous training pro-
grams, innovation,
research, career guid-
ance, entrepreneur-
ship startup, stress
free life, personal de-
velopment, adventure
programmes for
youth will be con-
ducted at the Rajiv
Gandhi Youth Excel-
lence Centre.
Mentorship pro-
gramme, youth advi-
sory cell, skill develop-
ment training, call
centre, single window
foryouthproblems,ca-
reerrelatedcentrewill
be set up at the Centre.
A Training hall, store,
office, reception room
on ground floor, wait-
ing room, conference
hall, lobby, office,
kitchen with dining
hall and first floor dor-
mitory and rooms will
be built in the base-
ment of Excellence
Centrefortheyouthof
the state.
The basic idea to make democracy work
is simply that the people’s representatives
and people have to work on it.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
CMAPPROVES`545CRFORMAHIPROJECT
The work will increase efficiency of irrigation
water of about 80,000 hectares of land
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has given
financial approval of Rs
545 crore for carrying
out various works of
restoration and
strengthening of canal
system/distributaries
of Mahi project in Ban-
swara district.
This work will in-
crease the efficiency of
irrigation water of
about 80,000 hectares of
land, through which
farmers located in the
command area of the
project located in Ban-
swara, Ghatol, Garhi,
Anandpuri, Bagidaura,
Talwara, Arthuna
tehsils of Banswara dis-
trict will be benefitted
as they will be ensured
of the water required
for irrigation.
With the approval of
CM Gehlot, a total 7 ca-
nal systems including
left and right main ca-
nal, which will be
strengthened and reno-
vated. In this, the right
main canal and its ca-
nal system from RD 0 to
71.62 km Karanpur dis-
tributary and its distri-
bution system, Geno-
ra, Loharika, Asoda
and Khogan distribu-
taries and its distribu-
tion system, Narvali
distributary, Kan-
dav minor, Jag-
pura canal, Ha-
ron canal and
the work of re-
pair of its distri-
bution system
will be done.
Additionally, the
repair and restora-
tion work of Left
main canal 0 to 15 km
and Bhungra canal
distribution network,
15 km to 36.12 km,
Chincha distrib-
utary
, Bagidau-
ra minor and
its distribu-
tion system,
Arthuna distributary
RD 2.5 km to 41 km (
Tail) and Parasolia Dis-
tributary and its canal
system, Bhikhabhai
Sagwara Rd. 0 to 8 km
and its canal system,
Nithua Distributary
and its canal system,
Bhikhabhai Sagwara
Rd. 75 to 78.88 km. will
be done.
It is worth mention-
ing that CM Gehlot had
made an announce-
ment in this regard in
the budget of the year
2022-23.
Gehlot to lay foundation stone of
Youth Excellence Centre on Tuesday
CM Ashok Gehlot will lay the foundation of the Rajiv Gandhi
Youth Excellence Centre on Tuesday. Ashok Chandna takes
stock of preparations at the venue on Sunday. Also seen here
are Sitaram Lamba, Sushil Pareek and Satveer.
CM Ashok Gehlot
CM’s remark that
Pilot, Shekhawat,
conspired to topple
govt is right: Dhariwal
Ataleoftussleamong2ministers
aninfluentialleaderoverababu!
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: Two ministers
and one influential lead-
er have come at logger-
heads over a junior of-
ficer in an important
department in state.
When this ‘leader’ was
himself a minister, he
had got this favourite of-
ficer of his posted on an
important position in
his department.
Howeveraseniormin-
ister from the district
from which this official
hails, shares past enmi-
ty with this official
thus this ‘disgruntled
minister’ wants to get
this officer removed
from the important post.
The leader, for as long as
he was a minister, never
heard a word about his
favourite officer from
thedisgruntledminister.
But now instead of
the influential leader, a
new minister has come
athelmof department
hence the disgruntled
minister is pressurising
new minister to remove
the officer. The ‘dis-
gruntled minister’ also
raised this issue during
the Chintan Shivir at
Udaipur, but such is the
hold of this leader that
the new minister has
n’t been able to gather
courage to take on the
influential leader’s dis-
content by removing
the officer.
So, the new minister
is getting squeezed be-
tween the influential
leader the disgrun-
tled leader. Interesting-
ly, he has even shared
his dilemma with CM.
Dept officers claim
that officer has a superb
grip over work no
plaint has cropped up
aginst him over the past
two and a half years.
Shanti Dhariwal inspected the City Park Project, which is under
construction during his visit to Kota on Sunday. Also seen
here are Anoop Bartaria, RD Meena, Rajesh Joshi, Harimohan
Meena others.
A WARM WELCOME!
Former CM Vasundhara Raje was extended a warm welcome by BJP office-bearers, workers
and youth of Yuva Morcha at various places in Alwar including Bypass, Circuit House,
Malakheda Toll Tax area during her visit to the city, which is also known as the ‘Gateway to
Rajasthan’ late on Saturday.
The UDH Minister
was very angry
with the complaints
of traffic policemen
cutting challans on the
streets of Kota city. The
minister's displeasure
overshadowed the traffic
policemen. On the com-
plaint of the minister,
the SP replaced two
traffic police personnel,
including the CI, and
sent one policeman to
reserve lines. On the
issue, Dhariwal spoke
to the DGP and SP and
directed that traffic CI
Rajendra Kaviya be
removed from the traffic
police department. After
this, the SP issued the
orders to this effect.
TRAFFIC
COPS FACE
MIN’s IRE
500-bed...
Regarding additional
budget provision, Ge-
hlot has given approval
to the Medical Educa-
tion Department to uti-
lise the amount sanc-
tioned under Emergen-
cy Covid Response Pack-
age (ECRP)-2 of the Na-
tional Health Mission.
In the budget 2022-23,
Gehlot had announced
to carry out various de-
velopment works at the
Mahila Chikitsalaya at
Sanganeri Gate.
It is worth noting that
a 116-metre high world-
classIPDtowerandother
medical facilities are
under construction in
Sawai Mansingh Hospi-
tal premises. The total
project cost would be
around Rs 588 crore.
With its construction,
facility of 1,200 beds will
beaddedsimultaneously
.
Health security of
every family is being
ensured by CM Gehlot
by providing free treat-
ment up to Rs.10 lakh to
the people through
Mukhyamantri Chi-
ranjeevi Swasthya
Bima Yojana. Along
with this, accident in-
surance of up to Rs.5
lakh is also being given
to the families regis-
tered in the scheme.
OPD and IPD facili-
ties are being pro-
vided free of cost
in all government
hospitals of the
state from April 1.
FROM PG 1
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Has the Gehlot
governmentcomeunder
some sort of a dilemma
over the issue of ap-
pointment of new Direc-
tor General of Police
(DGP)? According to the
bureaucratic blabber-
ing,itseemsthatthegov-
ernmentisconfusedand
perplexed over the ap-
pointmentof anewDGP
.
The current DGP- ML
Lather, willretireonNo-
vember 30, 2022 and on
the other hand, the gov-
ernment intends to
make DG-ACB, BL Soni
as the new head of the
state’s ‘Khaki.’ However,
sourcesrevealthatitwill
be possible only if Lath-
erresignsbeforeJune30,
and Soni ascends to the
position in PHQ since
only then can Soni can
get 2 years’ tenure.
This ‘tradition’ has
been in the Rajasthan
Police earlier as well as
after Bhupendra Yadav,
Lather was also appoint-
ed on the same formula.
Showing the spirit of
mutualbrotherhood,Ya-
dav had also resigned at
that time. However, now
maybe Lather is not in a
mood to resign prema-
turelyandinsuchasitu-
ation, it is becoming dif-
ficult for BL Soni to be-
come DGP
.
To solve this dilemma,
the Chief Minister’s
camphascomeupwitha
formulaandaccordingto
sources, the responsibil-
ity of persuading Lather
wasentrustedtoGehlot’s
Principal Secretary Kul-
deepRanka.Wordisthat
Rankaproposedtheoffer
to Lather and informed
him about the intention
of the government to
make Lather an advisor
to the Chief Minister.
But it is said that
maybe Lather was not
ready for this. However,
there is another grape-
vine around Lather, ac-
cording to which, he
has reportedly intended
that if the Chief Minis-
ter himself says so,
then Lather can resign.
Now the Gehlot gov-
ernment is confused
about this proposal.
Meanwhile, a politi-
cal observer has com-
mented on all this devel-
opment and said, “After
all what is the helpless-
ness or compulsion of
the government in this
matter? Is the Jat factor
of 2023 elections also a
reason for this?”
However, sources
close to the top echelons
of the government
claim that despite all
this, Gehlot can take
any major decision be-
fore June 30.
LATHER OR SONI... WILL THE GOVT END ITS DILEMMA?
APPOINTMENT OF NEW DGP
CM Ashok Gehlot ML Lather BL Soni
CM Ashok
Gehlot will be on
a tour of Jodhpur
from June 28-30
during which he
will take part in
various
programmes

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