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ndia has es-
tablished it-
self as a sig-
nificantglob-
al player
based on the rate of its eco-
nomic growth. This is dem-
onstrated by the fact that it
is one of the top five econo-
mies in the world. It is also
true, though, that India re-
ceives criticism frequently
for its poor R&D spending.
This claim is based on the
fact that while R&D expen-
ditures as a percentage of
GDPinIndiaareonly0.7%,
theyaccountfor1.8%ofthe
global average. Companies
worldwide spend over two-
thirds of their yearly profits
toR&D,comparedtoslight-
ly over one-third for Indian
businesses. This continuous
debate on international fo-
rums has drawn attention to
the claim that only the Unit-
ed States, Japan, South Ko-
rea, and China are capable
of dominating the fight for
thetopspot.Thisdiscussion
also gives rise to the notion
thatitisthecompaniesfrom
the developed nations that
give greater importance to
innovation and Indian com-
panies lag behind in this as-
pect.This alsoraisesaques-
tion about the capability of
Indian companies to take
risks in the end.
Aretheretrulynoinnova-
tions valued by Indian com-
panies? This perception of
India is completely un-
foundedonthisissue.Coun-
tries like Japan, the United
States, South Korea, etc.,
invest significantly more in
research and development
throughcapitalbecausethey
are less populated nations.
Their per capita expenditure
on technology is higher than
the overall labor cost in pro-
duction.Incontrast,thesitu-
ation in India is entirely op-
posite. India is a highly
populated country, and its
social efficiency, productiv-
ity of various products, and
profitability depend on how
effectively labor is divided
and utilized at the work-
place.Indians have been
thinking since ancient times
thatbringingmorelaborinto
use can expand the pace of
anywork.Forinstance,ifthe
construction of a road needs
to be completed quickly, us-
ing more laborers is a better
option than relying on the
latest machinery. The main
basis behind this mindset
undoubtedly stems from the
limited availability of eco-
nomic resources in society.
Research and develop-
ment (R&D) advocates ar-
gue that greater investment
in this area is essential for
India to achieve economic
independence. India has
beenmakinggreatstridesin
this area in recent years,
demonstrating that the na-
tion is spending more mon-
ey on R&D to improve the
workforce’s skill set. Given
that customers may now re-
ceive their selected prod-
ucts within ten minutes of
placing an order, it is clear
thatbusinesseslikeSwiggy,
Zomato, Infomart, Blinkist,
etc., are making wise finan-
cial decisions to invest in
their employees’ research
anddevelopment.Inbigcit-
ies, when a taxi reaches the
customer’s destination
within five to ten minutes
through a mobile applica-
tion, it not only saves them
from the struggles of public
transportbutalsoeliminates
the risk of navigating un-
known routes. This innova-
tion, mostly carried out by
servicesectorcompanies,is
remarkable. Isn’t it a
groundbreaking innovation
to provide technology-driv-
en solutions to delivery
workers or drivers in
crowded areas, guiding
them with minimal voice
commands and ensuring
timely delivery to custom-
ers? Shouldn’t this be in-
cluded under innovation?
A novel concept has
emerged in big cities,where
customers can select their
favorite vegetables through
avirtualcard,andtheseveg-
etables are delivered by a
delivery boy to the custom-
er’s doorstep without caus-
ing any inconvenience.
Startups are investing in re-
search and development to
facilitate their workers in
residential colonies of large
cities. These workers are
granted access based on no-
tificationsandOTPreceived
through a mobile applica-
tion, which ultimately pro-
vides excellent convenience
to the customers. Further-
more, in large cities extend-
ingupto30to40kilometers,
courier services are now
available on the same day.
Alongside these develop-
ments, it is worth mention-
ing the successful Mumbai
tiffin system that has been
operating for the past three
tofourdecades.Thissystem
serves as an excellent exam-
pleofinvestmentinresearch
and development for work-
ers in Indian society.
The effectiveness of call
centres in India, however,
must be increased in order
to address client concerns
in the service industry. It’s
common to see startups and
different financial services
organisations giving cus-
tomers a portion of their
costs that isn’t transparent
during transactions. It is
also crucial to make clear
that many well-known
businesses in industrialised
nations continually spend
in R&D to gain a competi-
tive edge, setting off a trend
of strong demand for their
goods. In addition, the
product life cycle (PLC) of
different things has been
steadily getting shorter
over the past two to three
decades. Typically, busi-
nesses may charge a high
selling price up front for a
product before dropping it
to half a year or two later.
The main reason behind
this is that these companies
easily understand that they
need to sell their products
to affluent people in society
during the initial stage and
establish their product as a
brand. It is a reality that the
selling price obtained from
these affluent people is
twice the production cost
and that profit is invested in
research and development
to quickly introduce new
products for these same af-
fluent individuals. Addi-
tionally, under the current
situation, things that are
available should be offered
to middle-class people for
half the price during the
initial term. Economic ine-
quality in society has sig-
nificantly increased as a
result of these businesses’
huge earnings.
It is also legitimate to
claim that India’s auto and
pharmaceutical industries
have consistently increased
their spending in R&D,
which has improved their
quality and reputation on a
global scale. India created
its own vaccine during the
COVID-19 pandemic and
made a big contribution to
shielding 1.4 billion people
from the disease’s negative
consequences. Increased
R&D with investments in
the labour force to improve
worker skills is a balanced
strategy for India. New em-
ployment opportunities
will result from this, but
new labour regulations will
also be necessary to make
this happen.
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ECONOMIC
INEQUALITY
Additionally, under the
current situation, things
that are available should
be offered to middle-class
people for half the price
during the initial term. Eco-
nomic inequality in society
has significantly increased
as a result of these busi-
nesses’ huge earnings.
It is also legitimate to claim
that India’s auto and phar-
maceutical industrieshave
consistently increased
their spending in RD,
which has improved their
quality and reputation on a
global scale. India created
its own vaccine during the
COVID-19 pandemic and
made a big contribution to
shielding 1.4 billion people
from the disease’s
negative consequences.
Increased RD with invest-
ments in the labour force to
improve worker skills is a
balanced strategy for India.
New employment opportu-
nities will result from this,
but new labour regulations
will also be necessary
to make this happen.
RDINANEWWAYFOR
INDIANSTARTUPS
India has established itself as a significant global
player based on the rate of its economic growth.This
is demonstrated by the fact that it is one of the top
five economies in the world. It is also true, though,
that India receives criticism frequently for its poor
RD spending. This claim is based on the fact that
while RD expenditures as a percentage of GDP in
India are only 0.7%, they account for 1.8% of the
global average.Companies worldwide spend over
two-thirds of their yearly profits to RD, compared
to slightly over one-third for Indian businesses
IN-DEPTH
MUSK CROSSES OUT
THE BLUE BIRD OF
TWITTER LOGO
A BIZARRE ADVICE ON
PRICES OF TOMATOES
he little blue bird on the micro-blogging site
Twitter has been “crossed” out as Elon
Musk, the owner, set out to rebrand the site.
The Twitter.com site now has an “X” written with
blue lines. Besides its website the new logo was dis-
played on the company’s office in San Francisco. It
may eventually be brought in sync with Musk-owned
SpaceX, which makes launch vehicles and spacecraft
and Twitter’s company name.
Before introducing the new logo, which is not even
half as eye-catching as the blue bird, Musk said,
“Soon we shall bid adieu to the twitter brand and,
gradually, all the birds.”
Musk’s stint as Twitter’s owner has been a turbu-
lent one starting with the sacking of Parag Agarwal
from the post of CEO. He then changed the compa-
ny’s name to X Corp.The billionaire has a fascination
for “X”. Besides SpaceX and X Corp, he also found-
ed a startup named X.com, an online financial ser-
vices company now called PayPal.
T
ratibha Shukla, UP’s Minister of State for
Women Development and Child Nutrition
has a set of advice for people complaining
about the high prices of tomatoes: Don’t eat toma-
toes, eat lemon instead or start growing the fruit to
avoid feeling the pinch. There are some problems
with the honourable minister’s suggestions. First,
prices of several commodities are touching the sky
so should one stop consuming all those things or
start growing them at home? Also, where’s the
space for growing any crop in apartments. Is that
practically possible? And substituting one product
with another is
also not possible
as a law of eco-
nomics tells us
that rise in de-
mand can lead to
price hike.
The saving
grace was that the
minister did not
sound like
France’s Queen
Marie-Antoinette
to whom the quote
“if people can’t
afford bread they
should eat cake”
is attributed as
other than substi-
tuting tomato with
lemon she gave a
few other options
as well. However,
replacing toma-
toes with lemon
would have made sense decades ago when only one
tomato crop was sown in a year. Now tomatoes are
grown in different regions at different times.
It would have been sensible for the minister to
suggest security and better return to farmers for
their produce. In these times of severe shortage of
tomatoes, if the looting of crops from fields and
trucks could have been prevented, farmers could
have earned some profit. Had there been enough
food processing industries, tomatoes could have
been stored at homes in the form of puree. Interests
of farmers and consumers need to be protected.
P
Pratibha Shukla, UP’s
Minister of State for
Women Development
and Child Nutrition has
a set of advice for
people complaining
about the high prices of
tomatoes: Don’t eat
tomatoes, eat lemon
instead or start
growing the fruit to
avoid feeling the pinch.
There are some
problems with the
honourable minister’s
suggestions
Dr PS
Vohra
The author is Writer,
Columnist and
Financial Expert
I
Agriculture Infrastructure
Fund (#AIF) provides an
opportunity to connect
farmers with convenient and better
infrastructure with Indian agricultural
development. This increases the
productivity in agriculture and the
income of the farmers.
Narendra Singh Tomar
@nstomar
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Logjam persists in Parliament over Manipur
AMIDSTNOISYSCENES,SHAH
CALLSFORHONESTDISCOURSE
Yogesh Sharma, Naresh
Sharma Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur
Sacked Rajasthan minis-
ter Rajendra Gudha and
BJP MLA Madan Dila-
war were on Monday sus-
pended from State As-
sembly for this session
for “unruly behaviour”
after ugly scenes were
witnessed in House when
Gudha raised the issue of
a red diary, claiming it
held details of irregular
fin transactions of Cong
leaders. When Gudha en-
tered House, he reached
near chair of Speaker Dr
CP Joshi and waved red
diary, demanding that he
should be allowed to
speak. Speaker strongly
objected to Gudha’s be-
haviour and asked him to
meet him in chamber. P5
Moni Sharma
New Delhi
BothHousesofParliament
witnessed noisy scenes on
Monday, 3rd day of mon-
soon session, over Ma-
nipur violence before be-
ing adjourned for the day
with hardly any business
getting transacted.
Home Minister Amit
Shah on Monday said he
was willing to hold dis-
cussion in Lok Sabha on
situation in Manipur and
wondered why Opposi-
tion was not ready for it.
Speaking briefly in LS, he
requested Oppn leaders to
allow debate, saying it
was important for truth to
come out before the coun-
try on Manipur issue.
Amit Shah said leaders
from ruling as well as
Oppn parties had been
wanting to hold discus-
sion on Manipur issue. P6
RSS IDEOLOGUE
MADAN DAS DEVI
PASSES AWAY
Bengaluru Veteran RSS
leader Madan Das Devi
who had served as the
joint secretary of the
outfit, passed away here
on Monday morning.
Hailing from Maharash-
tra, 81-year old Hindutva
ideologue died at Rash-
trotthan Hospital after
a prolonged illness. His
body was flown to Pune
for last rites today. PM
Modi, HM Shah, JP Na-
dda others expressed
grief over demise of Das.
SC halts ASI survey till 5pm tomorrow
First India Bureau
New Delhi
The SC bench of CJI DY
Chandrachud, Justices
JB Pardiwala Manoj
Misra on Monday halted
a “detailed scientific sur-
vey” of ASI to determine
if Gyanvapi mosque lo-
cated next to the Kashi
Vishwanath temple in
Varanasi was built upon a
temple till 5 pm on tomor-
row and asked Allahabad
HC to hear an appeal filed
by the mosque committee
before the expiry of order.
YOU ARE CHALLENGING
CHAIR: VP WARNS BRIEN
The Rajya Sabha
proceedings were
adjourned for almost
an hour on Monday fol-
lowing heated exchanges
between Chairman Jagdeep
Dhankhar and TMC’s Derek
O’Brien over chair not
mentioning party affiliations
of opposition members
seeking a discussion on
the Manipur issue.
OPPOSITION DEMANDS PM MODI’S
STATEMENT ON MANIPUR ISSUE
AAP MP SANJAY SINGH SUSPENDED
FROM THE RS FOR ENTIRE SESSION
AAP MP San-
jay Singh was
suspended for
the remaining duration of
the Monsoon session of
Parliament for his “unruly
behaviour”, on Monday.
Leader of the House
Piyush Goyal moved the
motion to suspend him,
which was adopted by the
House by voice vote.
The Opposition
demanded that the
discussion must
start with PM Narendra
Modi making statements
in both Houses. However,
Lok Sabha Speaker Om
Birla clarified that the dis-
cussion can start after the
question hour and that a
new practice cannot be
allowed to start.
GYANVAPI MOSQUE CASE
CJI bench asks High
Court to hear plea
by mosque panel
OTHER COURT NEWS OF THE DAY
 The Supreme Court
on Monday agreed to
examine the constitutional
validity of Section 8A of the
Representation of the Peo-
ple Act, 1950, empowering
the EC to undertake delimi-
tation of constituencies.
 The SC on Monday
rejected the WB govt plea
as it refused to interfere
with Cal HC order direct-
ing a probe by NIA into
incidents of violence that
during Ram Navami.
 The cybercrime police
in Bengaluru filed case
after an employee of
Karnataka HC received a
message where sender
threatened to kill 4 current
2 former judges of court.
SackedminRajendraGudha
suspendedfromAssembly
Union Home Minister Amit Shah speaks in Lok Sabha during the Monsoon Session of Parliament, in
New Delhi on Monday. Also seen here is Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai. PTI
RAF stand guard as ASI begins survey of Gyanvapi Mosque on Monday.
Manipur Students’ Union members protest in Imphal on Monday.
Ready to discuss
Manipur issue in
Parl and truth must
come out before
country: Amit Shah
Meanwhile,Monday
BluesinManipur...
 A woman’s rally outside
the Imphal residence of
Union minister R K Ranjan
Singh turned violent when
the protesters started throw-
ing stones at it.
 A section of students
of Manipur University
organised a rally in Imphal
demanding restoration of
peace in northeastern state.
 One woman was injured,
10 abandoned houses and
one school burnt in fierce
gunfight between group of
suspected militants and the
Manipur security forces.
 Manipur police identify 14
more people in viral video
case, arrested 6 earlier.
 Nearly two months
after railway services were
suspended in violence-hit
Manipur, the first goods
train chugged into the state
from Guwahati.
DAY’S BUSINESS IN LOK SABHA
WE ARE FULLY
READY FOR THE
DISCUSSION ON THE
ISSUE OF MANIPUR.
BUT OPPOSITION
PARTIES ARE NOT
SERIOUS ABOUT THE
DISCUSSION THAT
SHOULD BE HELD
ON THE INCIDENT
IN MANIPUR.
RAJNATH SINGH,
UNION DEFENCE MINISTER
BILL FOR WITHDRAWL
BILLS FOR INTRODUCTION
BILLS FOR CONSIDERATION, PASSING
 DNA Technology Bill Withdrawn From Lok Sabha
 The National Nursing and Midwifery Commission Bill
 The National Dental Commission Bill
 The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order Bill
 The Multi-State Cooperative Societies Bill, 2023
 The Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, 2023
APPROVALS BY CM GEHLOT
RISF to be formed
to provide security
to industrial units
THREE BATTALIONS WILL BE
FORMED IN THE RAJASTHAN
INDUSTRIAL SECURITY FORCE
CREATION OF 3,072 POSTS AND
FINANCIAL APPROVAL OF `21 CR
SANCTIONED BY CM GEHLOT
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur
ajasthan Indus-
trial Security
Force will be
formed to provide secu-
rity to the industrial units
of the state. Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot has ap-
proved the proposal to
this effect. Three battal-
ions will be formed in the
Rajasthan Industrial Se-
curity Force. The head-
quarters of these battal-
ions will be at Bhiwadi,
Chittorgarh and Balotra.
They will be formed
on the lines of the Central
Industrial Security Force.
Gehlot has approved cre-
ation of a total of 3072
new posts for all the three
battalions. CM has ap-
proved a financial pro-
posal of about Rs 21
crore for providing vari-
ous vehicles, furniture
etc. and other facilities to
the battalions. With this,
a comfortable and safe
environment will be
made available to indus-
trial units of State. This
will speed up industrial
development of the State.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
R GEHLOT TO DISTRIBUTE
SUBSIDY TODAY
CM Ashok Gehlot
will transfer the grant
amount through DBT
as a two-month subsidy of
37 lakh beneficiaries today.
State level program will be
organised at CMR and district
level beneficiary festival will
be organised through VC.
GUDHA TRIED TO
MANHANDLE ME, SAYS
MIN SHANTI DHARIWAL
Gudha downed mic
of Parliament Affairs
Minister Shanti Dhari-
wal after which MLA Rafeek
Khan intervened and Gudha
was pushed and shoved by
Congress MLAs. Dhariwal
moved a proposal to suspend
Gudha and Dilawar and it
was passed by the House.
Dhariwal, in the proposal, said
Gudha tried to manhandle
him and a “big incident” could
have happened had the mar-
shals not come for his rescue.
RAJ STATE AVANTI BAI
LODHI BOARD FORMED
Gehlot govt in
Rajasthan is con-
tinuously working for
the upliftment of backward
classes in State. CM Gehlot
has approved a proposal to
constitute Rajasthan State
Avanti Bai Lodhi Board. P8
I will marry Anju: Pak
friendNasrullahclaims
Ashvini Yadav
Alwar
Anju (33), a resident of
Terra Elegance Society,
reached Pakistan to meet
Nasrullah, whom she had
befriended on social me-
dia. Nasrullah has told
media that he will marry
Anju, who will go back
to India a few days after
the engagement and then
come back to Pakistan.
Police and CID teams are
probing case.
SP Vikas Sharma said
that no FIR or written
complaint has been
lodged by the woman’s
husband or anyone else.
On Sunday, Anju called
her husband during the
day and informed him
that she was with her
friend in Lahore and
would return in three to
four days. There is also
info that Anju made SM
post about meeting him.
BJP MLA Madan Dilawar suspended
from the State Assembly for this
session for his “unruly behaviour”
Gudha says he will go among the
people today and will reveal the
“secrets” contained in the diary
Rajendra Gudha reaches near Speaker Dr CP Joshi’s chair with a
‘red diary’ during State Assembly session, in Jaipur on Monday.
TURBULENCE IN ASSEMBLY OVER GUDHA’S RED DIARY
ISRAELI PARLIAMENT PASSES
LAW TO LIMIT JUDICIAL POWER
Israel passed a law that limits SC’s
ability to overturn decisions made by
govt mins, completing the first stage
of effort to curb influence of judiciary.
IT’S OFFICIAL: RIP TWITTER, LONG LIVE X
Putting an end to speculations, Elon Musk has
revamped the logo of Twitter, leading to the end of
the Twitter era as we knew it. No, Twitter isn’t exactly
dead but its rebranding as X is now complete.
MOB SURROUNDS MEGHALAYA
CM’S OFFICE, 5 HURT IN ATTACK
At least 5 cops were injured when an
agitated crowd attacked CM’s secre-
tariat in western Meghalaya’s Tura
on Monday. Sangma is unharmed.
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FORECAST
No cabinet
reshuffle for
the time being!
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi
Sofinally,thecuriosityand
confusion over the expan-
sion of the Union Cabinet
isnowover.Formanydays
many ministers were wait-
ing for reshuffle and work
in many ministries was af-
fected. Now probably the
high command has taken a
policydecision.Atpresent,
it has been decided not to
reshufflethecabinet.How-
ever, everything will de-
pend on the mood of the
PM and hence, if someday
suddenly an oath taking
ceremony is organised in
Rashtrapati Bhavan, then
political observers should
not be surprised.
The Congress also
ordered removal
of Gudha from the
party on Monday
for indiscipline and
anti-party activities
FULL REPORT ON PAGE 7

RAJASTHAN
04
CREATIVE EXCELLENCE
Rajasthan Sahitya Academy awards declared
First India Bureau
Jaipur
ajasthan Sahi-
tya Academy
on Monday an-
nounced the outstanding
awards for the years
2019-20, 2020-21 and
2021-22. These awards
have been announced af-
ter the approval in the
meeting of the Academy
Board held on Monday
under the chairmanship
ofAcademy President Dr
Dularam Saharan.
Academy Secretary Dr
Basant Singh Solanki
said Jaipur resident Go-
vind Mathur’s poem
‘Mud Kar Dekhte Hai
Jeevan’has got the Meera
Award for 2019-20 while
Sudhindra Award for po-
etry will be given to
Bhanu Bharvi, a resident
of Jaipur for his poetic
work called ‘Rang Ab
Woh Rang Nahi’.
The Rangeya Raghav
Award for prose will be
given to the short story
‘Kokilashastra’ by Sand-
eep Meel of Sikar and the
Devraj Upadhyay Award
for criticism will be
awarded to Sadashiv
Shrotriya of Udaipur for
his critical work ‘Kavita
Ka Parshwa’.
Kanhaiyalal Sahal
award for the variety gen-
re has been declared for
Om Nagar’s diary ‘Nib ke
chire se’. the prestegious
Devilal Samar award for
drama genre will be given
to Jaipur-based play-
wright Ashok Rahi’s
‘Vishnugupta Chanakya
... aur Ravana Mil Gaya’.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
In Jaipur Commissioner-
ate, now the challans will
be issued on the lines of
Singapore Police. With
the help of Automatic
Number Plate Recogni-
tion (ANPR), police will
send the challan and vid-
eo with location and time
at home. Traffic Police is
soon going to install
more than 400 cameras
on the roads for this.
Additional Police
Commissioner Traffic
Rahul Prakash said, “A
letter is going to be sent
to DOIT soon from
Jaipur Commissionerate.
Cameras of good range
and lens are required for
this. With this, ANPR
will be able to challan the
vehicles by detecting the
number plates remotely.”
Prakash said that the
driver will get the challan
on his mobile phone. So
far, Singapore is the only
one country where in-
voices are done with
ANPR technology. The
complete feedback of
this challan will reach the
Abhay Command Cen-
tre, wherein the officers
will work on it and speed
up the process of challan.
First India Bureau
Jodhpur
The division bench of
justice Vijay Bishnoi and
Yogendra kumar of Ra-
jasthan High court Jodh-
pur dismissed appeal
filed by contractor
against vacation of Ex-
party stay by single judge
and affirmed the order
dated 2nd June vacating
the stay granted over
Prestegious “vande
bharat” Train Project
from Jodhpur to
Delhi,Which was de-
layed by 2 years and 6
months and Railways ter-
minated the contract
M/s Nelakudru Infrara
projects was sanctioned
the work of Construction
of 18 bridges by Rail-
ways between Degana to
Phulera for doubling of
Railway track for prest-
egious Vande Bharat
Train from Jodhpur to
Delhi for approx Rs
2000 crores.
Time period got over
inAugust 2020 but still it
was not completed and
Railways gave several
notices to the party and 7
extensions of time were
given which also expired
on 28th Feb 2023 but
work was not completed.
On 24th Feb 2023 con-
tract was cancelled after
due notice which was
challenged by petitioner.
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur
Following instructions of
the central government to
import six percent coal,
the Rajasthan Vidyut Ut-
padan Nigam ltd has fi-
nalized a tender of 3.38
lakh metric ton of coal in
next seven months.
The supply of coal will
begin from August.
Sources said that foreign
coal will come at rate of
Rs 12,780 per quintal and
total expenditure will be
Rs 430 cr compared to Rs
250 cr for domestic coal.
This amount will be ad-
justed in the electricity
bills in the form of sur-
charge, which would be
around 35 to 40 paise per
unit. Consumers with up
to 200 units will not have
to give the surcharge.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
The state government
has expressed its disa-
greement on giving sti-
pend to young lawyers
and informed the High
court through its reply in
a case related to the de-
mand. It was informed to
the court that the finance
department has said that
there is no provision to
give stipend to the law-
yers in Madhya Pradesh,
Uttar Pradesh and Guja-
rat that is why lawyers
cannot be given stipend
even in the state.
Taking the reply on re-
cord, the division bench
of Chief Justice AG
Masih and Justice Sa-
meer Jain has fixed the
next hearing onAugust 1.
The Court was informed
that the government in its
budget announcement
has made a provision of
Rs 5 crore every year for
welfare of the lawyers.
The petitioner said that
the state government is
giving stipends to law-
yers in AP, Jharkhand,
Chhattisgarh and Kerala
that is why it should be
given in Rajasthan also.
First India Bureau
Jodhpur
In village Dabdi of Osian
sub-division area in
Jodhpur, a couple com-
mitted suicide by jump-
ing into a water body on
Monday. According to
information, Lalita from
a Bhil family and Mato-
da, who belonged to Jogi
caste were in love. Lali-
ta’s mother said that on
Sunday night, all slept
after dinner, but Lalita
was not in the bed around
4 am. They got to know
that Lalita had commit-
ted suicide.
On receiving informa-
tion, police reached the
spot and got the bodies
pulled out.
First India Bureau
New Delhi/Jaipur
On Monday, MP Diya
Kumari met Railway Min
Ashwini Vaishnaw and
held talks on railway re-
lated topics of her parlia-
mentaryconstituency.She
also requested for early
approval of Ras to Bilara
and Merta to Pushkar rail-
way lines. Additionally,
she also demanded for
stoppage of some major
trains at Degana, Ren,
MertaRoad,Beawar,Sen-
dra and Gotan stations. In
response, the Union Min-
ister assured to take quick
decision.
Notably, the MP also
requested to start a new
rail service to connect ar-
eas like Merta, Degana
etc. to Khatushyamji.
Harish Sharma
Lohawat
A case of a man raping
his minor daughter for
two years has been re-
ported at Lohawat police
station late on Sunday.
The matter came to light
when the victim’s broth-
er saw his father in a
compromising position
with her sister. After
this, the father assaulted
the brother and attempt-
ed to murder him. Later,
she narrated her ordeal
to her brother and family
members.
Victim, and her broth-
er, reached the police sta-
tion and filed a complaint.
She informed police that
her father has been raping
her for two years and has
threatened to kill her if
she told anyone.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Head constable Ganpat
Lal Yadav of Jyoti Nagar
police station died after a
car hit him on a deserted
road near Kumharon Ka
Mohalla near Gajsingh-
pura late on Sunday. Ya-
dav fainted after accident
and driver fled the spot.
Locals admittedYadav to
a hospital near Badarwas,
where he was declared
dead. A case was regis-
tered against unknown
car driver.
ASI Hari Narayan said
that Yadav was going
home after finishing duty
from Jyoti Nagar police
station around 10.30 pm,
when a car hit his bike
from behind. No CCTV
camera footage has been
found in the area so far.
The Sumnesh Joshi
Award for first work
will be given to
Madhav Rathore for
‘Marks Mein Manu
Dhundhuti’ and the
Shambhu Dayal
Saxena Award for
children’s literature
will be awarded to
writer Pankaj
Veerwal Kishore
R
Bhilwara : 22/7/2023
Every chief person general person informed that Plot No.05 measuring
20x35' Situated in Sirki Mohalla, Bhopal Ganj, Bhilwara, had possession
taken bay Shri Kanhiyalal Nand Kishor S/o Shobha Lal Khandelwal R/o
Bhilwara through Regd Releasedeed dated 30/3/2023.
And Said Shri Khandalwal Shri Nand Kishor is to be taken Loan from
LIC HFL Bhilwara on the Said plot property.
In this case there is nothing. L.R. is no more than except said Regd release
deed dated 30/3/ 2023 of the said Late smt. Vinod Devi Khandelwal.
Therefore any objection is invited by any selected person for the said
loan, within in 15 days from the dated said aam suchna.
Any objection will be not entertained after expired of the said 15 days.
R.P. Chaturvedi
Advocate
Bhilwara-311001 (Raj.)
Mob. : 8764358355
AAM SuChANA
Jaipur: A pair of lion
and lioness will be
brought to Nahargarh
Biological Park in Jai-
pur from Shakarbagh in
Gujarat. The Central
Zoo Authority has given
approval to the proposal.
Shakarbagh manage-
ment is ready to give a
pair of Asiatic Lions
while the Nahargarh Bi-
ological Park will give a
pair of Indian Wolf in
return. The pair of Asi-
atic Lions will be
brought next month.
Bharatpur: The police
have arrested Rahul, an
accused involved in the
Kuldeep Jaghina murder
case at Amoli toll in
Bharatpur. Rahul had a
reward of Rs 25,000 on
his head and was arrest-
ed from Dholpur, where
he was hiding in the dis-
guise of a woman. On
the direction of Bharat-
pur SP Mridul Kachha-
wa, the DST team ar-
rested the accused.
IN BRIEF
3500 nurses to be
recruited on Urgent
Temporary Basis
Jaipur: Around 3500
nurses will be recruited
on Urgent Temporary
Basis (UTB) in Rajast-
han. Suresh Naval, Di-
rector (Non-Gazetted)
of the Medical and
Health department,
wrote a letter to all the
collectors in state re-
garding the same. Ap-
proval has been given
for the recruitment of
Nursing Officers on
2000 posts and ANM
on 1500 posts. The
newly recruited person-
nel will remain in ser-
vice till March 31, 2024
or till regular personnel
are available.
One more held in
Kuldeep Jaghina
murder case
Nahargarh Biological
Park to get a pair of
Asiatic Lions soon
Now,copstosendtraffic
challansonyourphone!
Singapore police uses a similar system
ROADS AND TRAFFIC
MORE THAN 3,000
CHALLANS BEING
ISSUED EVERYDAY
At present,
more than
3,000 chal-
lans are being issued
daily in Jaipur. 1000
challans are made on
the spot. The rest are
sent to magistrate, who
decides the amount of
challan. Jaipur traffic
police challans 1000
vehicles and charges
a maximum of Rs
500. Cameras will be
installed on Ring Road,
Jaipur Commissioner-
ate, within a KM of
entry into city on bor-
ders of Jaipur Rural.
Head constable dies after
being hit by car, driver flees
FIVE PEOPLE LOSE LIVES IN SEPARATE ACCIDENTS
IN BHILWARA AND BIKANER, THREE INJURED
Bhilwara/Bikaner: Two youths on a bike died after
being hit by a trailer in Badnore area of Bhilwara late
on Sunday. They were returning home after work.
After getting information of the accident, villagers gathered
on spot. Soon, Badnore police also reached and got the
bodies kept in the mortuary. Badnore police station in-
charge Ramkishan said that the deceased, Suraj and Man-
ish were returning home on a bike. Postmortem of both the
bodies were done on Monday and then handed over to the
relatives. In another incident in Bikaner, three people died in
a collision between a car and a bus, while three others were
injured. Bus was going from Bajju to Gujarat and the car
was coming from Bikampur when the accident happened.
Appeal dismissed in Jodhpur-
Delhi Vande Bharat Train case
Coal from Indonesia for power to
put extra burden on consumers
CS Sharma
meets Raj HC
CJ AG Masih
Muhana thana
suicide: SHO,
staff sent to lines
ACB files case against Indore
cop for demanding `2L bribe
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Chief Secretary Usha
Sharma on Monday
met the Chief Justice
of Rajasthan High
Court AG Masih and
held discussion on
various issues related
to infrastructure of the
High Court. It was dis-
cussed that there
should be adequate
security arrangements
during the production
of prisoners through
video conferencing.
DGP Umesh Mishra
was also present in the
meeting.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Muhana SHO Dilip Sin-
gh and one constable
have been shunted to po-
lice lines after suicide of
a history sheeter in police
station. Lalit Bairwa
committed suicide in po-
lice station on Sunday.
The state human rights
commission took note of
the matter and issued a
notice to Jaipur Police
Commissioner seeking
factual report of the case.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
The Anti Corruption Bu-
reau (ACB) has filed a
case against a policeman
belonging to Indore of
Madhya Pradesh.
The case has been filed
against ASI Suresh Chand
Bunkar of Vijay Nagar po-
lice station for seeking a
bribe of Rs 2 lakh by
threatening the complain-
ant to not let him get bail
in a case. The ACB has
launched an investigation
into the matter.
No stipend for young
lawyers in State, govt
informs High Court
Couple dies by jumping
into a water body in
Dabdi village of Osian
MP Diya Kumari meets
railway min Vaishnaw
Minor daughter raped
by father for two years
COUPLE ATTEMPTS
SUICIDE, WOMAN
DIES, MAN SAVED
Barmer: A
19-year-old
man and
30-year-old woman,
who were allegedly in
love, had attempted
suicide by hanging on
a tree. The woman
died on the spot while
the man was saved
after the noose broke
down. Incident has
been reported from
the Chohtan police
area in Barmer. The
family members of the
woman have alleged
that woman’s lover had
kidnapped and later
killed her after raping
her. Mukesh Mathrani
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FirstIndiaBureau
Jaipur
The BJP released a cover
of the Red Diary outside
theVidhanSabhaonMon-
dayevening,onwhichwas
written ‘Bhrashtaachaar
krit lal kitaab’. Several
leaders, including Leader
of Opposition Rajendra
Rathore,DeputyLeaderof
Opposition Satish Poonia
and Whip of Opposition
Jogeshwar Garg released
the cover.
Rathoresaidthatifthere
is even an iota of truth in
the diary, it will become
themostcorruptRedDiary
inthehistoryofRajasthan.
He said that the diary
might become a collection
of corruption and other se-
crets of the Congress.
Poonia questioned the
govt for getting worried
about the diary. “Why is
CMAshokGehlotsonerv-
ous? People of Rajasthan
want to know the secret of
the diary. When the mem-
bers of the Congress govt
raisequestionsonthegovt,
then the govt has lost its
public opinion,” he said.
MLAVasudev Devnani
said that the Congress is
horrified by the diary.
MLARajendraGudhawas
beaten up in the House so
that the truth does not
come out. “The incident
has proved that Congress
does not belong to any-
one,” he said.
Union Minister Arjun
RamMeghwalalsotweet-
ed, “Today, Rajasthan has
been shamed all over the
country because of the
Red Diary. What is there
in that diary? Public want
to know.”
Yogesh Sharma,
Naresh Sharma,
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur
The State LegislativeAs-
sembly passed the Kota
Development Authority
Bill–2023 on Monday
with a voice vote. Urban
Development and Hous-
ing Minister Shanti Ku-
mar Dhariwal said that
the Bill will ensure prop-
er and systematic devel-
opment in Kota region.
Kota city, Kaithoon of
district Kota, Taleda and
Keshavraipatan of Dis-
trict Bundi, and 292 vil-
lages have been included
in this region.
Dhariwal was replying
to the discussion on the
Bill in the House on Mon-
day. Highlighting the ob-
jectives and reasons of the
bill, the Minister said that
the Kota region has been
defined in the Bill includ-
ing the surrounding vil-
lages and towns.This will
helpinmakingandimple-
menting plans and pro-
jects related to the devel-
opment of Kota region.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
The LegislativeAssembly
on Monday passed the
Udaipur Development
Authority Bill–2023 by
voice vote. UDH Shanti
Kumar Dhariwal present-
ed the Bill for considera-
tion in the House, after
which the House passed
the Bill with a voice vote.
The Assembly also
passed the Rajasthan Plat-
form Based Gig Workers
(RegistrationandWelfare)
Bill-2023 by voice vote.
Minister of State for La-
bour Sukhram Vishnoi
presented the Bill for con-
sideration in the House,
after which the House
passed the Bill with a
voice vote.
The Assembly
also passed Gan-
dhi Vatika Trust,
Jaipur Bill-
2023 by voice
vote. Education
Minister Dr. BD
Kallapresentedthe
Bill for consideration
in the House, after which
House passed it.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Leader of the Opposition
Rajendra Rathore did not
attend the meeting of the
Business Advisory Com-
mittee on Monday. Four
bills will be placed in the
House on August 2. The
Bills include Rajasthan
State Farmers Debt
Relief Commis-
sion Bill 2023,
Mahatma Gan-
dhi Divyang
U n i v e r s i t y
Jodhpur Bill
2023, Rajasthan
Electricity Duty Bill
2023, and Nathdwara
Temple Amendment Bill
2023.All four bills will be
passed after discussion.
Rajendra Rathore also
said that the govt brought
resolutions as a supple-
mentary agenda to hide
its weakness. He said
that resolutions can be
brought but there are cer-
tain conditions for this.
He said that debate on
resolutions take place but
bringing the resolution
under supplementary
agenda in the running
house was a violation of
parliamentary traditions.
Rathore said that the
govt was talking about
Manipur to hide its weak-
ness. He demanded de-
bate on law and order
situation in State.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Governor Kalraj Mishra
on Monday approved the
amendment proposals of
various service rules re-
lated to salary, pension
etc. of the personnel and
officers of the state.
He gave approval of
amendment in Rajasthan
Civil Services (Pension)
Rules 1996. Under this,
the benefit of full pension
will be given on complet-
ing the qualifying service
of 25 years in place of 28
years. 10% additional
pension allowance will be
given to pensioner of 75
years or his family pen-
sioner.Someotheramend-
ment proposals were also
approved.
Similarly, the Governor
has approved the notifica-
tion amendment related to
amendment in Schedule 5
ofRajasthanCivilServices
(RevisedPay)Rules2017.
He also approved Ra-
jasthanCivilServices(Re-
vised Pay) Rules gave
sanction of pay scale to
work charged personnel.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Rajasthan assembly on
Monday urged the central
govt by passing a resolu-
tion to take steps to con-
tain violence and restore
peace in Manipur.
The assembly also re-
quested the centre to
make public the data of
the Socio-Economic
Caste Census conducted
between the year 2011 to
2015 and to conduct caste
census in the country.
A total of four resolu-
tions were passed in the
assembly amid uproar by
the opposition in the well
of the house.
The other two resolu-
tions requested the central
govt to grant national pro-
ject status to Eastern Ra-
jasthan Canal Project
(ERCP) and to bring a
scheme to waive farmers’
loanstakenfromnational-
izedcommercialbanks.
ShantiDhariwalmoved
the proposal related to
Manipur violence. Water
Resources minister Ma-
hendrajeet singh Malvia
moved the ERCP resolu-
tion. Disaster Manage-
ment Min GR Meghwal
moved fourth resolution
regarding caste census.
RAJASTHAN
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05
Gudha’sbehaviourwasvery
unparliamentary:Dhariwal
Yogesh Sharma,
Naresh Sharma,
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur
Parliamentary Affairs
Minister Shanti Dhariwal
said that Rajendra Gudha
had the intention to hit
him in the house but
Congress MLA Rafeek
Khan intervened timely.
He said that a conspiracy
was being hatched
against CM Gehlot in
connivance with BJP.
“BJPis scared of Chief
Minister Gehlot’s plans
and programmes and a
conspiracy is being
hatched against Chief
Minister Gehlot,” he told
reporters.
Dhariwal said Rajen-
dra Gudha had been
speaking against the govt
for the last one and a half
year and he was asked in
the past not to do this. He
said that action on Rajen-
dra Gudha was taken due
to indiscipline.
On the issue of Red di-
ary, Dhariwal said that
the story of red diary was
a conspiracy of BJP and
Gudha. He alleged that
Gudha was playing in the
hands of BJP.
Congress MLA Ra-
feek Khan said that to-
day’s incident was unfor-
tunate and a major inci-
dent was averted. He
said that an attempt was
made to attack a senior
leader of the party.
First India Bureau
New Delhi
In a show of dissent, BJP
MPs protested in front of
Mahatma Gandhi’s statue
at the Parliament House
againsttheincreasingcase
of violence and atrocities
against women in Ra-
jasthan and West Bengal.
The MPs expressed their
anger by holding placards
with strong messages
against the two state gov-
ernments.
Rajsamand MP Diya
KumarisaidthattheCong
govt of Rajasthan has
completely failed to stop
the increasing atrocities
against women. None of
the Gandhi family mem-
bersiscomingforwardfor
the women. There is rage
among people across the
country due to the horrific
incidents occurring in Ra-
jasthan and West Bengal.
It’ll become the most corrupt Red Diary, says Rathore
It is for the first time that the ruling
party got the party MLA suspended
BJP releases Red Diary’s cover, hits at
Congress-led Raj govt on corruption
Rajendra Rathore, Satish Poonia, Jogehswar Garg, and other
BJP leaders with a cut-out of indicative ‘red-dairy’ outside the
Assembly in Jaipur on Monday. SANTOSH SHARMA
Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya
Rajendra Gudha addressing the media after he was moved out
of Assembly on Monday. SANTOSH SHARMA
Diya Kumari during the protest.
BJP MPs CP Joshi, Ramcharan Bohra, Balaknath, Jaskaur Meena,
and others during the protest in New Delhi on Monday.
Shanti Dhariwal interacts with
media in Jaipur on Monday.-
WANTEDTOPRESENTREDDIARYBUTWASHECKLED,
ALLEGESGUDHAWHILEACCUSINGDHARIWAL
Jaipur: Former Raj
minister Rajendra
Singh Gudha claimed
that the Congress leaders
dragged him out of the State
Assembly on Monday as he
wanted to present his red
diary. After coming out of
the House, Gudha told the
media, “Around 50 people
attacked me, punched me,
kicked me Cong leaders
dragged me out of the As-
sembly. I wanted to present
my red diary to the Chairman
of the Assembly but he did
not even allow me to speak.
There were allegations
against me that I am with
BJP. I want to know, what is
my fault.” “Shanti Dhariwal
pushed me and other Cong
leaders started fighting with
me and took away some
pages of diary. I was getting
calls to not attend session
and that I will be sent to jail,”
he alleged. Gudha said that
he would not issue an apol-
ogy. “Why will I apologise,
what was my fault. I did not
say anything wrong, atrocities
against women are rising,” he
said. Pooja Dubey
What happened in the
assembly cannot be
called democratic at
all. Don’t even the
elected MLAs of the
public have the right
to speak in a
democracy? It seems
that the diary is red
but the deeds of the
government are black
in it. Otherwise why
would the government
be so angry with the
two MLAs?
VASUNDHARA RAJE,
FORMER CM
People of Rajasthan
want to know what
is this ‘Red Dairy’
and which secrets
does it contain and
why has it got CM
advisors worried?
SATISH POONIA, DY LOP
If there’s nothing in
the red diary then
the Congleaders
should ask Rajendra
Gudha to submit that
diary to the
competent authority.
RAJENDRA RATHORE, LOP
I want to
ask Ashok
Gehlot what
is that red diary. And
why is there so much
nervousness in the
govt regarding that
red diary? The politi-
cal existence of many
leaders will be under
threat if the contents
of the diary high-
lighted by Gudha are
spilt out.
Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat
@gssjodhpur
RED
DIARY
DRAMA
BJPMPsprotestagainst
Raj,WBgovtinDelhi
RISE IN WOMEN ATROCITIES
DISCUSSIONS SHOULD
BE ON BENGAL, RAJ
ALSO: ARJUN MEGHWAL
New Delhi: Amid
opposition’s demands
for a discussion on
Manipur in Parliament, Union
Minister Arjun Meghwal on
Monday said
that discus-
sions should
also be held on
whatever is hap-
pening in West
Bengal and
Rajasthan. Meghwal said that
discussions should be held
in “totality” including Manipur,
wherever atrocities against
women are taking place.
“Opposition wanted a discus-
sion on Manipur and the govt
agreed to it. But it (discus-
sion) should be on Bengal,
Rajasthan also.” he added.
Jaipur: Rajasthan
State Commission
for Women has
written a letter to President
Droupadi Murmu demand-
ing stern
punishment
to culprits
of Manipur
incidents. The
commission
chairperson
Rehana Rayaz wrote the
letter and mentioned about
the atrocities on women in
Manipur. She demanded for
strict action against inhuman
treatment of women in Mani-
pur. She also wrote letters to
all women’s commissions of
country to raise a collective
demand. Kamal Kant
REHANA RAYAZ WRITES
TO PREZ MURMU OVER
MANIPUR INCIDENT
Kota Development Authority Bill-2023
passed for systematic development
Rathore skips
BAC meeting;
corners Raj govt
on resolutions
QUESTION HOUR
‘Civilworkdoneat74CHCsfortraumacentres’
ComplainsofPDSatAsindtoberesovled:PSK
Health Min Parsadi Lal Meena said
that in 2020-21 and 2021-22, it was
announced to set up trauma centers in
40 CHCs in the state from the dedicated
road safety fund. Out of which civil work
has been completed on 74 CHCs and
PHCs. He assured that for setting up
Primary Trauma Centre in CHCs between Mavli and
Udaipur, approval will be given as per requirement
after first checking and testing.
Food and Civil Supplies Minister
Pratap Singh Khachariyawas
assured in the Assembly on Monday
that the problem would be resolved
immediately by sending an officer along
with the member to investigate the
complaint of distribution of ration by the
ration seller from another place instead of the
authorized shop in Govindpura municipality of Asind.
No electropathy clinic
recognised in Raj: Garg
‘78/302tubewellsdugin
NeemKaThanaaredry’
Govt serious on giving
land to RIICO: Rawat
Writ filed in SC over
water from Haryana
MoS for Ayurveda
Dr. Subhash Garg
said that electropathy is
not recognized anywhere
in the country. He also
made it clear that no
recognized electropathy
clinic or institute is
functioning in the state.
He was replying to the
supplementary questions.
PHED Min Mahesh
Joshi said that out of
302 tube wells dug under
the Jal Jeevan Mission in
Neem Ka Thana Tehsil,
tube wells have been found
dry at 78 places. He
assured that tube wells
would be dug at these
places under the Minimum
Needs Program (MNP).
Industries Minister
Shukantala Rawat
said that the state govt is
serious about fulfilling the
budget announcement of
developing RIICO industrial
area in Rupwas sub-divi-
sion of Bayana. She said
that there has been a delay
in setting up this area due
to non-availability of land.
Water Resources
Min MS Malviya said
in Assembly on Monday
that a writ has been filed
in Supreme Court by the
State Govt regarding not
getting full water of its
entitlement from the
Bhakra Main Line, a
common canal of
Rajasthan and Haryana.
?
Resolutionson Manipurrow,ERCP,
farmer’sloan,castecensuspassed
Udpr to have devp authority; Gig
workers, Gandhi Vatika Bills passed
Amendments in various service
rules proposals okayed by Guv
Parl Affairs Minister Shanti Dhariwal during House prooceedings
in Assembly on Monday. Education Minister BD Kalla is also seen.
The Assembly
also passed Gan-
Kallapresentedthe
State Farmers Debt
Relief Commis-
Jodhpur Bill
2023, Rajasthan
ASSEMBLY
SESSION

INDIA
06
SETBACK TO OPPN UNITY
Several Cong, SP, RLD BSP leaders join BJP in UP
First India Bureau
Lucknow
n a major set-
back to Opposi-
tion’s unity
move,severalleadersfrom
Congress, SP, RLD and
BSP joined ruling BJP in
Uttar Pradesh on Monday.
The BJP inducted sev-
eral prominent leaders of
Oppositionparties,includ-
ing former ministers, for-
mer MPs and former
MLAs,intothepartyalong
with their supporters.
BJP’s Uttar Pradesh
state president Bhupen-
dra Singh Chaudhary and
two deputy chief minis-
ters of the UP govern-
ment, Keshav Prasad
Maurya and Brajesh
Pathak inducted several
prominent leaders into
the party at the party’s
state headquarters. Par-
ty’s state media in-charge
Manish Dikshit informed
the media on Monday.
The leaders who joined
BJP include former Rash-
triya Lok Dal (RLD) MP
Rajpal Saini (Muzaffarna-
gar), former minister Sa-
hab Singh Saini (Saharan-
pur), former MP Anshul
Verma(Hardoi),formerSP
MLASushma Patel (Jaun-
pur), former SP candidate
Shalini Yadav from Vara-
nasi, former minister Jag-
dish Sonkar (Jaunpur),
former MLA Gulab Saroj
(Jaunpur), former Con-
gress media chairman Ra-
jivBakshi(Lucknow)For-
mer BSP chairman Gan-
gadhar Kushwaha from
Agra, former SP zila pan-
chayat president Jitendra
Mishra from Hamirpur,
former SP zila panchayat
president Satyapal Yadav
fromHapur,andformerSP
zila panchayat president
Sunita Yadav from Hapur.
Most leaders joining
the BJPon Monday come
from the OBC commu-
nity. Recently, prominent
OBC leaders joined the
BJP-led alliance.
Suheldev Bharatiya Sa-
maj Party (SBSP) chief
and former minister Om
Prakash Rajbhar joined
the National Democratic
Alliance and former min-
ister and SP MLA Dara
Singh Chauhan (Ghosi-
Mau) joined the BJP.
Many other OBC leaders
joining the BJP on Mon-
day is considered a major
setback from the ruling
party to the Opposition.
Former UP minister
Dara Singh Chauhan,
who had previously re-
signed from the BJP and
joined the SP ahead of
the state assembly polls
in 2022, made headlines
again as he resigned from
the assembly on July 15
and joined BJP.
Newly-joined leaders with UP Dy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya.
I
BothHousesadjournedagain
Agencies
New Delhi
It was Union Minister Pi-
yush Goyal, leader of the
House in Rajya Sabha,
who moved a motion
seeking suspension of
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
MP Sanjay Singh, calling
the opposition leader’s
huge protest in the House
over the Manipur issue in
violation of rules.
“This kind of behaviour
....anddisturbingtheHouse
is completely against the
ethics and rules of the
House. The government
wants to move a motion to
suspend Sanjay Singh,”
MinisterPiyushGoyalsaid,
urging the Chair to take ac-
tionagainsttheAAPleader.
Minister Piyush Goyal’s
cameo in Rajya Sabha
chairman vs AAP MP
RSChairmanJagdeepDhankharinanargumentwithAAPMPSanjay
SinghduringtheMonsoonSession,inNewDelhionMonday. ANI
Agencies
New Delhi
Rajya Sabha MP Kapil
Sibal on Monday took a
dig at Vice President’s
comment. Sibal’s re-
marks came
a day after
J a g d e e p
Dha nkha r
said disrup-
tion and dis-
turbance have been
weaponised as strategic
means to taint the tem-
ples of democracy.
In a tweet, Sibal said,
“Vice President: ‘...dis-
turbance and disruption
are being weaponised…
to taint temples of de-
mocracy…’ A temple
where the Prime Minister
refuses to make a state-
ment on Manipur; refus-
es to answer questions?
That is when the temple
of democracy is “dis-
turbed and disrupted!”
Kapil Sibal’s dig
at Vice President
over Manipur
Told banks to “sensitively” deal
with loan collections: Sitharaman
ANI
New Delhi
Union Finance Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman on
Monday said the govern-
ment has instructed both
public and private banks
thatharshstepsshouldnot
be taken when it comes to
the process of loan repay-
ment and that they should
handle such cases with
humanity and sensitivity.
She said this during the
Question Hour in the Lok
Sabha on a question relat-
ed to repayment of loans
taken by small borrowers.
“I have heard about
how mercilessly loan re-
payments have been fol-
lowed up by some banks.
The govt has instructed all
banks that harsh steps
should not be taken when
it comes to the process of
loan repayment, and they
should approach the mat-
terwithhumanityandsen-
sitivity in mind,” she said.
Govt ratifies 8.15% interest
rate on EP Fund for 2022-23
Agencies
New Delhi
Soon, 8.15% interest on
deposits into your Provi-
dent Fund account for FY
2022-23 will be credited.
The Central Government
has ratified 8.15% interest
rateonEPFdepositsforFY
2022-23. This rate is mar-
ginally higher than what
was credited into the PF
accounts of depositors by
the EPFO for FY2021-22.
On March 28, 2023,
the Employees Provident
Fund Organisation
(EPFO) announced a
margin increase in the
EPF interest rate to 8.15
per cent for FY 2022-23.
The 8.15% interest will
apply to deposits made by
over six crore EPF sub-
scribers in FY 2022-23.
On Monday, the EPFO
asked its field offices for
crediting the interest at
8.15% on EPF for 2022-
23 in members’accounts.
“The Ministry of La-
bour and Employment
has conveyed approval of
Central Govt under para
60 (1) of Employees’
Provident Fund Scheme,
1952 to credit interest @
for the year 2022-23 to
the account of each mem-
ber of the EPF Scheme as
per the provisions under
Para 60 of EPF Scheme
1952,” EPFO said.
ANI
New Delhi
Ahead of the upcoming
Telangana assembly
elections this year, For-
mer BJPTelangana Chief
Sanjay Bandi met Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah in New Delhi.
After meeting Shah,
Bandi told ANI, “Amit
Shah asked me to do bet-
ter work with full enthu-
asism in Telangana. We
discussed several issues
realated telangana. Amit
Shah told me that the
party has to win in Telen-
gana in the upcoming
polls”. Home minister
Amit Shah took twitter to
inform about the meeting.
He tweeted, “Met Shri
@bandisanjay_bjp Ji and
discussed various issues
related to Telangana”.
This meeting comes
after changes were made
in Telangana by the BJP
top brass.
Earlier Union Tourism
and Culture Minister G
Kishan Reddy was ap-
pointed as the President
of the Telangana BJP re-
placing Bandi Sanjay.
The other significant
change was Etela Ra-
jender, the MLA from
Huzurabad, who has
been made the Chairman
of the Election Manage-
ment Committee.
This is the fourth time
the party has handed
over the responsibility of
the state BJP unit to Kis-
han Reddy.
Telangana ex-BJP chief Bandi meets Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah meets Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar, in New Delhi on Monday. ANI
Every citizen has right to hold passport, can’t
be refused on apprehension of misuse: Delhi HC
New Delhi: Every citizen has a legal
right to hold a passport and authorities
cannot refuse to renew it on an apprehen-
sion that earlier passports might have been
misused, the Delhi High Court has said. The
court said denial of the travel document seri-
ously impedes the rights of a citizen.
Bombay HC: Notify
Mhadei Sanctuary as
a Tiger Reserve
Panaji: The Goa
bench of Bombay
High Court on Monday
directed the Goa govt to
notify Mhadei Wildlife
Sanctuary and surround-
ing areas as a tiger
reserve and issue a notifi-
cation in three months.
Relieffordisqualified
MPAnsari,Allahabad
HCgrantshimbail
New Delhi: Afzal
Ansari — disquali-
fied as a Lok Sabha MP
on Monday after he was
convicted and sentenced
for 4 years in a kidnap-
ping-and-murder case
— has received relief from
the Allahabad High Court.
IN THE COURTYARD
Union Home Minister
and senior BJP leader
Amit Shah will visit
Tamil Nadu’s
Rameswaram and
Telangana from July
28-29, will meet the
Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) leaders to
discuss plans to
strengthen party
organisation in these
states, sources said
on Monday
Government and Opposition parties trade charges as Parliament remains disrupted
Opposition MPs raise slogans in the Lok Sabha during the Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New
Delhi on Monday. ANI
Proceedings of the Rajya Sabha underway during the Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New
Delhi on Monday. ANI
FinMin Nirmala Sitharaman in
Lok Sabha on Monday.
Monsoon Session of Parliament
First India Bureau
New Delhi
Both Lok Sabha and Ra-
jya Sabha were adjourned
for the day on Monday, 24
July, even as Opposition
MPs protested against the
suspension of Aam Aad-
mi Party MP Sanjay Sin-
gh for the remainder of
the Monsoon Session.
TheOppositionalsode-
manded the presence of
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi in Parliament to dis-
cusstheunrestinManipur.
“We are ready for dis-
cussion in Parliament,”
said Union Minister Ra-
jnath Singh in the Lok
Sabha amid the ruckus.
Leader of Opposition
in Rajya Sabha Mallikar-
jun Kharge has accused
the government of being
insensitive. “Our demand
is that the PM should
come to the House and
make a statement. We are
ready to discuss that
statement.You are speak-
ing outside but not in-
side, this is an insult to
Parliament. It is a serious
matter,” he said.
Union Minister Prahl-
ad Singh Patel said, “The
Opposition should not
make excuses. The PM
has already made a state-
ment on Manipur with
sensitivity and firmness
ahead of the (Monsoon)
session. It is wrong that
we didn’t start the discus-
sion (on the Manipur is-
sue in Parliament) at all
by making an excuse in
the name of the PM.”
The session had com-
menced a day after a
video clip purportedly
shot on May 4 and show-
ing two women being
paraded naked by a mob.
Brainstorming meet
Vice-Prez and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar
interacts with the LoP (Rajya Sabha) Mallikarjun Kharge in
his chamber at Parliament in New Delhi on Monday.
ANI
TEJASVI HITS OUT
AT RaGa OVER
REMARKS ON HAL
“DON’TJUMPGUN”:
SCINDIATARGETS
CONGRESS,OPPN
New Delhi: BJP
MP Tejasvi
Surya on Mon-
day hit out at Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi
for “at-
tack-
ing” the
Hindustan
Aeronaut-
ics Lim-
ited and
said the public sector
major’s stock prices
have shot up five times
and it has increased
its global footprint. In
a tweet, the Bengaluru
South Lok Sabha MP
said, “While Rahul
Gandhi has been at-
tacking HAL and the
Centre, the reality is
HAL stock prices have
risen about five times
over the last five years
and has 80,000 crore+
strong order book.”
New Delhi:
Union Civil
Aviation Minis-
ter Jyotiraditya Scindia
on Monday advised the
Opposi-
tion to
seek an
expla-
nation
instead of
“jumping
the gun” after ceilings
at the recently inaugu-
rated terminal of Veer
Savarkar International
Airport was loosened.
PM Narendra Modi had
last week unveiled the
new terminal of the
airport. Scindia said
the structure which has
loosened was outside
the terminal building
and added a part of
the false ceiling was
deliberately loosened
for CCTV-related work
“The structure is out-
side the terminal build-
ing,” Scindia tweeted.
MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS
z Unruly passengers:
Parliamentary panel recom-
mends special airline wing
z Over 123 lakh domestic
passengers travelled on
UDAN flights since incep-
tion: Govt in Parliament
z Parliamentary panel
recommends special-
ized security agency for
airports
z Army short of over 6,000
officers of Major, Captain
ranks: MoS Ajay Bhatt

INDIA
07
OPPENHEIMER CONTROVERSY
Thakur demands explanation from CBFC
ANI
New Delhi
ristopher No-
lan’s directorial
‘Oppenheimer’
starring Cillian Murphy
has been constantly un-
der the scanner ever since
its release.
From critics to review-
ers, several people from
across the country have
expresseddisappointment
over the intimate scene in
the film featuring a copy
of the Bhagavad Gita,
considered a holy scrip-
ture by the Hindus, which
has triggered online fury
in India. The scene has
angered the audience in
India, many of whom
vented their fury online,
calling out Nolan for hurt-
ing religious sentiments.
According to sources,
Information and Broad-
casting Minister Anurag
Thakur has taken a stern
view of the controversial
scene. He has demanded
absolute accountability
from the Central Board
of Film Certification
(CBFC) in response to
the objectionable scene.
He has directed the
filmmakers to promptly
remove the controversial
scene from the film.
Moreover, he has warned
that stringent action will
be taken against all
CBFC members in-
volved in approving the
screening of the movie,
as per sources.
He expressed his dis-
pleasure over the CB-
FC’s failure to safe-
guard the interests of
the public, emphasizing
that such negligence
cannot be overlooked.
He asserted that the
board members would
be held responsible for
their actions, signalling
a clear message of ac-
countability.
Thakur expressed his
displeasure over the
CBFC’s failure to
safeguard the interests
of the public,
emphasizing that such a
thing cannot be
overlooked. He also
made it clear that the
board members will be
held accountable for this
h
ANI
Shimla
The Indian Meteorologi-
cal Department on Mon-
day issued an orange
alert for Himachal
Pradesh and predicted
heavy rainfall in the state
for three days from July
26 to 28.
Although Himachal is
witnessing rainfall in var-
ious districts for the last
few days, the state will get
some respite from rain
during the next two days.
The rains will continue
for at least one week. The
intensity of rain will re-
duce on July 24 and 25
but there will be heavy
rainfall on July 26, 27 and
28. We have issued an or-
ange alert, Surender
Paul, Head IMD HP said.
The alert will be for
Shimla, Sirmaur, Solan,
Mandi, Kullu, Kangra
and Chamba. These dis-
tricts will be receiving
heavy rainfall. The rain
will continue but there
will not be much rain dur-
ing the next 48 hours. We
have been issuing alerts
through disaster manage-
ment authority, Paul
added further.
The IMD is also ex-
pecting that old records of
rain may break during the
present monsoon. The
IMD has issued flash
flood, fog and landslide
advisory.
We will assess the
rain data of 100 years but
the 24-hour rain data has
broken the old records of
rain. By the end of the
month, we shall assess
the total data. There are
possibilities of land-
slides, flash floods and
fog especially in the dis-
tricts of Shimla and Man-
di region on the National
Highway, he added.
Earlier in the day, amid
the rain warning issued
by the Indian Meteoro-
logical Department for
the Chamba district, the
District Disaster Man-
agement Authority is-
sued an advisory for the
citizens.
Agencies
Hyderabad
The Hyderabad Police
has unearthed a mega
fraud ring involving Chi-
nese handlers in which at
least 15,000 Indians were
duped of over `700 crore
in less than a year. Police
said the money was rout-
ed to China via Dubai and
some of it was also sent to
an account operated by
the Lebanon-based terror
group Hezbollah.
We are alerting Cen-
tral agencies regarding
this and the cyber crime
unit of the Union home
ministry has been given
the details. It is quite
shocking and surprising
that even highly paid soft-
ware professionals have
lost as much as `82 lakh,
Hyderabad Police Com-
missioner CVAnand told.
Anand said the police
suspect that a part of the
money was converted
into cryptocurrency and
deposited into a wallet
operated by Hezbollah.
Nine people have been ar-
rested - four from Hy-
derabad, three from
Mumbai and two from
Ahmedabad - and the po-
lice are on the lookout for
at least six more.
Teacher held for
clicking obscene
videos of student
Dhanbad: A 28-year-
old teacher was
arrested in Jharkhand’s
Dhanbad on Monday for
clicking obscene videos of
a class 9 student and
sharing those on social
media, police said. The
student alleged that he
used to ask her for staying
back at his coaching
centre after classes, and
did “objectionable
activities” with her. He
also made videos of those
and used to blackmail her
by threatening to make
them public, she alleged.
Man stabbed to
death by three
snatchers in Delhi
New Delhi: A man
was stabbed to
death by 3 snatchers in
north Delhi’s Sarai Rohilla
area, a police official said
on Monday.According to
police, a police control
room call was received at
around 11 a.m. regarding
a person with stab injury
following which a police
team rushed to the spot.
“The injured was shifted
to Hindu Rao hospital by
the PCR staff, however,
he was declared brought
dead,” said a senior
police official.
2 eunuchs held for
attacking, injuring
cops in Navi Mumbai
Thane: Two
eunuchs have been
arrested for allegedly
attacking and injuring
on-duty policemen in
Navi Mumbai, police said
on Monday. The incident
took place in Vashi area
late on Saturday night, an
official said. A havildar
and his associate spotted
the two accused roaming
on the road and inter-
cepted them. The duo
got annoyed and started
beating up the patrolling
team with bamboo
sticks, he said.
AP: 6 killed after
bus collides with
lorry in Kadapa
Kadapa: Six people
were killed more
than 20 passengers were
injured after Road
Transport Corporation bus
going towards Chennai
collided with a lorry in
Kadapa district on
Saturday. Police said that
four people traveling in the
RTC bus died on the spot
and two others suc-
cumbed to their injuries on
their way to the hospital.
The accident took place
when the RTC bus,
coming from Tirupati
headed towards Kadapa.
Radio collars of 6 Cheetahs removed for
medical examination in Kuno National Park
Bhopal: The radio collars of six cheetahs at the Kuno
national park in Madhya Pradesh have been removed.
Out of the six cheetahs, the two were detected with a
‘severe infection’ after their radio collars were removed.
The two cheetahs are among six free-ranging cheetahs
that have been brought back to their enclosures as part of
a prevention plan following the death of two cheetahs on
July 11 and 14. Earlier, the wildlife experts had suggested
that the devices be removed, saying they suspect these
were causing infection among the cheetahs.
CRUCIAL READ
Even a techie lost `82 lakh: Cops
bust `700 crore cyber fraud ring
Agencies
Mathura
The Uttar Pradesh
Police'sATS has ar-
rested 40 Rohingya
Muslims in Mathu-
ra, officials said on
Monday.
All of them were
living with their
families in a colony
and also had taken
a farm on rent. The
action comes ahead
of Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath’s
proposed visit to
Mathura on July 26.
The arrested per-
sons have been tak-
en to Jaint police
station, where they
are being interro-
gated. During inter-
rogation, these peo-
ple could not show
any valid document.
They revealed that
they were used to
buy garbage from
hotels and sell it.
According to
ATS sources, they
had received infor-
mation that Roh-
ingya Muslims
have been living in
Alhepur village for
a long time.
On the instruc-
tions of SSP
Shailesh Kumar
Pandey, SP City
Martand Pratap
Singh reached the
spot with the police
force. The entire
operation was kept
confidential.
UP ATS
arrests 40
Rohingyas in
Mathura
Orange alert for 7 Himachal districts from July 26 to 28
Police personnel at the spot after a portion of the Badrinath national highway washed away due
to heavy monsoon rains, near Kameda in Chamoli district, Monday. PTI
IMD is expecting that
old records of rain
may break during the
present monsoon.
The IMD has issued
flash flood, fog and
landslide advisory
RAIN CLAIMS 3 MORE LIVES IN COASTAL K’TAKA,
WATER LEVELS IN RIVERS NEARING DANGER LEVEL
New Delhi: With western ghats receiving copious
rainfall in the last 24 hours, the water levels in
Dakshina Kannada rivers are nearing danger level
posing danger to people living on the riverbanks. The levels
of Nethravathi River at Bantwal was at 8meters, one metre
shy of the danger level and that at Uppinangady was at
29.5 meters, with the danger level being 31.5 meters,
resulting in streams and rivulets flowing full. Three drow
ing deaths have been reported in Udupi. Rachana, 12 of
Shedimane Village, Hebri taluk, drowned after she slipped
and fell into a river near her house Sunday.
WOMAN INJURED, SCHOOL ABANDONED
HOUSES SET ON FIRE IN GUNFIGHT IN MANIPUR
A fierce gunfight took place between suspected
militants and security forces in Manipur’s Chura-
chandpur district for the past 48 hours during which
one woman was injured and at least 10 abandoned houses
and one school were burnt. The shootout that started late
Saturday continued till today earning morning, sources
said. Several rounds and locally made bombs were thrown
at the security personnel during the attack on Saturday
evening, the police said. Churachandpur has been witness-
ing massive protest rallies following a disturbing video that
captured the public humiliation and abuse of two tribal
women amid the state’s ethnic clashes.
UNIDENTIFIED PEOPLE
BOOKED FOR FB POST
An FIR has been
registered by Mani-
pur Police against
unidentified people for al-
legedly circulating a picture
of an RSS functionary and
his son and claiming that
they were directly involved
in parading two women
naked on May 4. The pic-
ture was posted by some
people on social media.
IROM URGES PEOPLE OF
MANIPUR TO REFRAIN
FROM ‘BARBARISM’
IN MANIPUR, A FRESH
CHALLENGE FOR POLICE:
SCORES OF ZERO FIRs
Days after a video
of the incident in
which two women
were paraded naked in
Manipur surfaced, civil
rights activist Irom Sharmila
Chanu has appealed to the
Central govt PM Naren-
dra Modi to intervene in
the strife-torn state with
a right approach. I want
to appeal that we all are
human beings. What is the
need for all such hatred? As
humans, we own nothing
while living and can't take
anything from this world
when we die...We depend
on each other as we are
social animals so let us be
humans first, the 51-year-
old Chanu said.
Hundreds of zero
FIRs registered
in police stations
across Manipur and the
stalled investigations in
these cases are among
key challenges the state
police is facing, senior of-
ficers have told The Indian
Express. A zero FIR can be
filed at any police station by
a complainant, regardless
of their place of residence
or location of occurrence of
the crime. Afterwards, it is
transferred to the relevant
police station for investi-
gation. The objective is
to aid victims in getting a
complaint registered without
running from pillar to post.
CROPS SOWN IN 53,000 HECTARES DESTROYED
IN RECENT FLOODS IN HARIDWAR: OFFICIALS
Dehradun: Crops sown in over 53,000 hectares in
Laksar, Khanpur and Manglaur in Haridwar district
of Uttarakhand have been destroyed in the recent
floods, the state agriculture minister has said. Uttara-
khand’s Agriculture Minister Ganesh Joshi, who visited
more than 35 flood-hit villages of the district on Sunday,
said the damage is pegged at around Rs 38 crore as per
preliminary estimates. Damaged crops include sugarcane,
paddy and vegetables, Joshi said, adding that the affected
areas will be declared disaster-hit.
PTI
Imphal
A women’s rally outside
the Imphal residence of
Union minister RK Ran-
jan Singh turned ugly
when the protestors threw
stonesatitdemandingthat
he speak in Parliament
about the situation in the
ethnicstrife-affectedstate.
This is the second time
in two months that the
house of the junior minis-
ter for external affairs
came under attack.
Students of Manipur
University too took out a
rally during the day de-
manding restoration of
peace in the state. The po-
lice fired tear gas shells to
dispersethemastheyouths
crossedanareauptowhich
permission was given to
them to hold the rally.
The incidents occurred
days after a video show-
ing two women being pa-
raded naked and molested
byagroupofmenonMay
4 in Kangpokpi district
surfaced on July 19, at-
tracting condemnation
countrywide.
However, nobody was
present at the house at the
time of the attack and not
much harm was done to it.
Security personnel
posted at the house in
Kongba locality in Im-
phal town dispersed the
protesters who also
sought restoration of in-
ternet services.
Manipur viral video case
Union Min RK Ranjan Singh’s
Imphal house attacked again
N. Biren Singh receives the first goods train
loaded with essential commodities, at the
Khongsang Railway Station in Noney on Monday.
Members of the Manipur Students’ Union stage
a peace rally in an effort to bring about calm
and normalcy in Imphal on Monday.
representational purpose

First India Bureau
Jaipur
The World Police and
Fire Games 2023 will be
held from July 28 to Au-
gust 8 in Winnipeg, Can-
ada. In this, 11 players of
Rajasthan Police will
take part and display
their talent. CM Ashok
Gehlot has given permis-
sion to them to go abroad
to participate in the com-
petition.
Gehlot has also boost-
ed the morale of players
by sanctioning Rs 43
lakh for air travel and
travel allowance. This
amount will be given to
the Police Dept. This will
be borne from the Police
Sports Fund. It is note-
worthy that 11 players of
Rajasthan Police have
been selected in various
teams ofAll India Police.
Workers must become Bhagirath drive away this govt, says Raje
Irfan Khan Pathan
Pratapgarh
ormer CM
Va s u n d h a r a
Raje reached
Lasadiya to participate
in the unveiling ceremo-
ny of the statue of former
Dhariyavad MLA late
Gautam Lal Meena . She
was welcomed by Kan-
haiyalal Meena, son of
late Gautam Meena and
party officials. She also
addressed the public
meeting. BJP state presi-
dent CP Joshi addressed
the event virtually. “He
was always smiling.
Gautam and I shared a
brother-sister relation-
ship,” she said.
Raje said that now sit-
ting with folded hands
will not work. “To defeat
Congress, we have to
fight through achieve-
ments of Modi ji. The
work of our previous
BJP govt, the tireless
work of workers and our
solidarity is our real
weapon. Only then we
will get victory, won’t
get Ganga while sitting
at home. Many times the
rabbit remains asleep
tortoise goes ahead, so
all workers become Bha-
girath involve in driv-
ing away this govt.”
F
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Choose to be happy
and more impor-
tantly choose to give
happiness to others, because
in the second lie the seeds of
the first.
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
RajStateAvantiBaiLodhiBoardconstituted
11 players from Raj Police to
display their sports prowess
246 govt schools to be converted
into MG English Medium Schools
Purpose of forming this board is to propose various schemes for welfare of Lodhi society
CM approvals
First India Bureau
Jaipur
Raj State Avanti Bai Lo-
dhi Board has been-
formed to survey the
condition of Lodhi com-
munity, provide basic
facilities and give sug-
gestions to remove back-
wardness. CM Ashok
Gehlot has approved a
proposal to this effect.
The Board will have a
Chairman, V-C 3 non-
official members. The
Commissioner, Director,
Secy or their representa-
tives of Industries Dept,
School Edu Sanskrit
Education Dept, Rural
Devp Panchayati Raj
Dept, Labor Dept, Social
Justice Empowerment
Dept will be official
members. Dy Director
level officer of Social
Justice Empowerment
Dept will be Board Secy.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
In the matter of disquali-
fication notice contro-
versy regarding the MLA
of ex- Dy CM Sachin
Pilot faction, the bench
of Justice MM Srivastava
and Praveer Bhatnagar,
while expressing surprise
that Centre hasn’t pre-
sented answer even in 3
years, has askedASG RD
Rastogi of Centre to pre-
sent answer within three
weeks. Court has fixed
matter for final hearing
on August 24. While
hearing application of
Mohan Lal Nama in PIL
of MLA PR Meena
others, HC said that mat-
ter is related to constitu-
tional provisions, so
Centre’s response is nec-
essary. It was submitted
on behalf of Nama that
notification for upcom-
ing assembly polls would
come into force in Oct
2023 present petitioner
MLA would become for-
mer in Dec 2023, so mat-
ter be heard at earliest.
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur
Transfer of officers is a
routine process in the
government and under
this, senior administra-
tors get transferred in
districts. But sometimes
it so happens that an of-
ficer becomes so famous
and loved by the public,
owing to the work done,
that the locals are per-
turbed with the transfer
of the officer and start
protesting to cancel the
transfer.
In this matter, the ex-
ample of IAS Samit
Sharma has become a
historic fact. In 2009, he
was serving as Collector
of Chittorgarh and in
2011, he served as Col-
lector of Nagaur district
and both the times when
he was transferred, the
locals from the districts
carried out protests for
several days and even or-
ganised ‘bandh’ to pres-
surise the government.
Now, after 12 years, a
similar kind of incident
has been repeated.
Through the transfer list
of July 13, DoP trans-
ferred Divisional Com-
missioner of Bikaner,
Neeraj K Pawan to
Jaipur. In his one and a
half year long tenure,
Pawan engaged in re-
moval of encroach-
ments, bettering the traf-
fic situation as well as
the beautification and
betterment of the ba-
zaars in the city due to
which he became a ‘fa-
vourite’ of the people.
So it did not go down
well with the people
when Pawan was trans-
ferred and erecting a
tent, people started pro-
testing against the trans-
fer. Interestingly, former
minister Devi Singh
Bhati also participated in
the protest.
But neither did the
State government cancel
the transfer of Samit
Sharma at that time, nor
did it do so in Neeraj K
Pawan’s case. When af-
ter five days Neeraj
joined in Jaipur, the agi-
tation in Bikaner also
ended.
Administrative ex-
perts believe that the
manner employed to get
the transfer cancelled
was wrong and cannot
be accepted. In fact, this
hurts the officer. Some-
time back, Udaipur Col-
lector Tarachand Meena
was honoured by the
tribals living in the dis-
trict and two ministers of
the government also
took part in the pro-
gramme. But this did not
go down well with some
seniors in Jaipur. Word is
that it is due to this that
Meena was transferred
out of the Udaipur Col-
lectorate.
Name Post Game
z Sher Singh Sub Inspector Athletics
z Brijesh Yadav Sub Inspector Boxing
z Meenu Sub Inspector Athletics
z Kiran Balian Sub Inspector Athletics
z Deshraj Sub Inspector Wrestling Greco Roman
z Rajat Chauhan DSP Archery
z Praveen Kumar Constable Athletics
z Chatru Constable Athletics
z Bunty Nilgar Constable Body Building
z Sanju Kumari Constable Body Building
z Ajay Singh Constable Swimming
PLAYERS OF RAJASTHAN POLICE
WORLD POLICE AND
FIRE GAMES 2023
HQs OF AdSP, ADF
DHOLPUR AT BARI NOW
Ad SP Bandit Eradi-
cation Force (ADF)
Dholpur will now be
headquartered at Bari. CM
Gehlot has approved the
proposal to this effect. This
will reduce the distance
between both the Circle Of-
fices (Circle Office Bari and
Circle Office Sarmathura)
and concerned police sta-
tions. Along with this, due
to bandit-affected areas,
there will be ease in curbing
bandits and taking effective
action against mining mafia.
`21.34CRFOR86ROADS
IN 3 MUNICIPALITIES
CM Gehlot has ap-
proved Rs 21.34 cr
for 86 construction
works of roads in 3 munici-
palities. In this, 32 roads of
length 9,105 metres will
be constructed in Lalsot
Municipality at a cost of
Rs 6 cr, 25 roads of length
10, 110 metres at a cost
of Rs 7.78 cr in Mandavari
Municipality and 29 roads
of length 10, 950 metres in
Ramgarh Pachwara Munici-
pality at a cost of Rs 7.56
crore. In this way, 86 roads
will be constructed at a cost
of about Rs 21.34 crore.
RAKHI GAUTAM OF KOTA APPOINTED AS THE
STATE PRESIDENT OF MAHILA CONGRESS
AICC has appointed Rakhi
Gautam of Kota as the
President of Rajasthan
Mahila Congress by Party President
Mallikarjun Kharge. Rakhi Gautam
is currently working as General
Secretary in GS Dotasra’s team.
Congratulating Gautam, Chief Min-
ister Ashok Gehlot took to Twitter
saying, “Hearty congratulations to Rakhi Gautam, the newly
appointed President of Rajasthan Mahila Congress by the
Honourable Congress President. We believe that you will
play an important role in empowering the daughters, sisters
and mothers of Rajasthan by discharging this new respon-
sibility with complete dedication.”
`33.03 CR FOR DEVP OF ANICUT CANALS
CM Gehlot has approved a financial proposal of
Rs 33.03 cr for construction devp works of anicut
canals. Anicuts will be constructed at Olvada in
Sawai Madhopur, Kosolav Jahaj Nala in Karauli and Bara
Nala (Bhanpura, Madhorajpura) Achalpura (Kotkhavda)
in Jaipur. Chauriya anicut repair in Chaksu canal devp
works will be done in Sarmathura in Dholpur. Sufficient wa-
ter will be available for drinking and irrigation in the areas.
ADDL FACULTIES IN 47 GOVT SCHOOLS SOON
CM Gehlot has approved proposal to start addi-
tional faculties in 47 govt schools. Of these, Science
faculty will be opened in 39 schools, Commerce
faculty in 3 and Arts faculty in 5. Of these, 5 new faculties
will be opened in Jhunjhunu, 4 each in Bikaner, Dausa
Jaipur, 3 each in Barmer, Alwar, Sikar Jodhpur, 2 each
in Bharatpur, Hanumangarh, Jaisalmer, Udaipur Jodhpur
1 each in Ajmer, Bhilwara, Churu, Dungarpur, Jalore,
Karauli, Nagaur Rajsamand. New posts will be created.
3 SUB-DIVISIONS, 7
TEHSILS 20 SUB-TEHSILS
CM has approved
formation of 3
subdivision, 7 tehsil
20 sub-tehsil offices.
New subdivision offices
will be opened at Bapini in
Jodh, Kishangarh-Renwal
in Jaipur Rampura Dabri.
36 posts will be created.
Approval for 20 new sub-
tehsils in Harsora, Savau
Padamsingh, Padru, Lilsar
Bhiyar, Chhoti Sarva,
Relawan, Damolai Mai Ra-
ner, Antali, Saroda, Kolari,
Pilwa, Sherpur, Khasarveer,
Gotan, Panchauri Mithadi,
Kheroda Kanbai.
BKN: SONIASAR SHC TO
BE UPGRADED TO PHC
In order to realise
the concept of
‘Nirogi Rajasthan,’
the State government is
strengthening medical
and health services. In
this sequence, Soniasar
Shivdan Singh Sub Health
Centre of Panchayat Samiti
Sridungargarh of Bikaner
district will be upgraded
to Primary Health Centre.
Providing relaxation in the
rules, CM Ashok Gehlot has
approved the proposal. This
will expand medical facilities
in the area.
`73.34CROREFORROB
IN BHARATPUR
Railway overbridge
will be constructed
on RIICO Road in
Bharatpur. This will give
relief to residents from
the problem of traffic jam.
CM Gehlot has approved
a financial proposal of Rs
73.34 crore for construction
of overbridge. Railway over-
bridge will save extra time
taken in traffic. It is notewor-
thy that Gehlot had an-
nounced in budget 2023-24
for the construction of road
and railway overbridges etc.
in various areas of State at
a cost of Rs 2,600 crore.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
CM Gehlot has approved
the proposal to convert
246 government schools
of the State into Mahat-
ma Gandhi Government
English Medium schools.
With this approval, 13
schools of Ajmer, 20 of
Alwar, 7 of Baran, 6 of
Barmer, 10 of Bharatpur,
8 of Bikaner, 3 of Chit-
torgarh, 12 of Dausa, 8 of
Dhaulpur, 5 of Dungar-
pur, 7 of Ganganagar, 11
of Hanumangarh, 32 of
Jaipur, 1 of Jalore, 12 of
Jhunjhunu, 20 of Jodh-
pur, 5 of Karauli, 18 of
Nagaur, 8 of Rajsamand,
13 of Sawai Madhopur, 8
of Sikar, 12 of Tonk and
7 schools of Udaipur will
be converted into English
Medium schools. These
schools include 57 pri-
mary, 125 Upper Primary
and 64 Higher Secondary
schools.
First India Bureau
Sikar/ Jaipur
Preparations for the pro-
posed public meeting of
PM Narendra Modi to be
held in front of the Med-
ical College on July 27
have intensified. The
work of construction of
helipad with dome is go-
ing on fast at the meeting
venue. To take stock of
preparations, MP Swami
Sumedhanand Saraswa-
ti, former Union Minis-
ter CR Chaudhary and
District President Indra
Chaudhary and other of-
ficials also reached Sikar
on Monday. State Gen
Secy Bhajanlal Sharma
took a meeting of the
workers fixed the re-
sponsibility.
New date for PM
Modi’s visit to Kharnal
(Nagaur) may be an-
nounced soon. Earlier
PM’s visit was sched-
uled for July 28, but was
postponed due to PM’s
busy schedule. Now he
can visit Kharnal during
Tejaji Fair, which is held
in September.
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur
On Monday, newly ap-
pointed Rajasthan
Pradesh Congress Com-
mittee’s Vice- Presi-
dents and General Sec-
retaries were attached at
State Headquarters and
responsibilities were
given to the State Vice
-Presidents.
Dr Jitendra Singh,
Giriraj Khatana, Hakim
Ali, Manju Meghwal,
Former Ministers Viren-
dra Beniwal, Hiralal,
Jagtar Singh Kang, Dr
Samarjeet Singh, Rafiq
Mandaliya, Rajkumar
Jaipal, Darshan Singh
was attached at the State
Headquarters.
While among the Gen-
eral Secretaries, Rakesh
Pareek, Rita Choudhary,
Swarnim Chaturvedi,
Pratishtha Yadav, Amit
Dhariwal, Suman Yadav
and Vijender Singh were
also attached with the
State Congress Head-
quarters.
BJP all set to welcome
PM in Sikar on July 27
New VPs, Gen Secys
attached to Cong
headquarters
Disqualification
notice to Pilot
faction: Hearing in
HC on Aug 24
Bhajan Lal Sharma on Monday, takes stock of preparations at
the venue in Sikar ahead of PM Modi’s visit to dist on July 27.
CS Usha Sharma
directs officers about
protocol, security
traffic arrangements
Does peoples’ support bear
negative effect on babus?
Vasundhara Raje after unveiling statue of ex-MLA Late Gautam
Lal Meena at Lasadiya village in Udaipur dist on Monday. Also
seen is Heera Devi Meena, wife of Late GL Meena and others.
Vasundhara Raje offered prayers at Neelkanth Mahadev Temple
located in Fatehsagar on Monday. Shiv Dal chief Manish Mehta
told that Raje was welcomed and honoured with a garland and
uparna. After that, the priests present in the sanctum sanctorum
of the temple made Raje do a ‘Laghu Rudrapath’.
Will BJP have a regional face in the upcom-
ing Rajasthan elections? Even though the
election of Rajasthan is being fought on the
face of the Prime Minister only. But now the discus-
sion on the possibility of regional face has started
afresh. If this really happens, then Vasundhara
Madam is at the forefront in the race of ‘Regional
Face.’ Madam is getting decisive lead in all party
surveys, but despite this, Narendra Modi and Amit
Shah will take the final decision and probably the fi-
nal decision will be taken as soon as the Monsoon
Session of the Parliament is over. Infact, a political
observer commented on this development and
said, “Every election is different, and the decision
would have been taken after thinking about it.”
Aditi Nagar
VASUNDHARA MA’AM IS STILL NOT
OUT OF REGIONAL FACE RACE!
Will the BJP have a regional face in Raj?

ummer and
m o n s o o n
season gives
a reason to
flaunt our-
selves more.
It also means, it’s time to start
dusting off your best swim-
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tioning from spring to summer
to monsoon isn’t the most dif-
ficultchallenge,buttheswitch-
up requires added thought. It’s
time for a reset. You want to
enter the season of fun
park and beach
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Whether it’s a great summer
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trends the perfect ones to pin
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Just remember to infuse them
all with your own personality.
Summer is about a lot of
things, but having fun is the
most important.
Like it or not, the ’90s are
coming back in a big way—
via tube tops and strapless
dresses. The silhouette has
been worn by stars such as
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office or a lunch date with
friends. Choose a dress in a
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make it pop.
Remember, the key to rock-
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and express yourself through
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iththerainy
season en-
veloping
theworldin
its refresh-
ing embrace, there is
somethingmagicalabout
the sounds and sensa-
tions it brings. The
splashing of water pud-
dles on the street, the
gentle pitter-patter on
rooftops,andthebuzzing
and chirping of insects
seem to come alive in
harmony with the rain-
drops. But what reso-
natesmostisthesoundof
children, with glistening
eyes and eager hearts,
asking their mothers if
theycangooutanddance
in the rain. And predict-
ably, the answer always
seems to range from
somewhat negative to a
hard ‘NO’.
Bathing in the rain has
often received a bad rep-
utation due to the occa-
sional common cold and
sickness that follows.
However, what many
may not know is that
rainwater is actually in-
credibly beneficial for
our health. The droplets
that descend from the
heavens are not just ordi-
nary water; they are lad-
en with microscopic or-
ganisms that produce vi-
taminB12asametabolic
byproduct of their activ-
ity.Thus,ameredancein
the rain can provide a
boost to our body’s vita-
min B12 levels, promot-
ing overall health and
well-being.
Apart from the physi-
cal health benefits, there
are numerous psycho-
logical advantages to be-
ing in the rain. As rain-
drops gently caress our
skin, they trigger the re-
lease of hormones like
endorphins and seroto-
nin, instantly uplifting
our mood and relieving
tension. This natural
therapy of sorts can be
likened to a rejuvenating
spa session, where the
soul finds solace in the
simplicity and purity of
the moment. In essence,
dancing in the rain be-
comes a form of medita-
tion, where one connects
with nature, leaving be-
hind the worries and dis-
tractions of daily life.
Rain is undoubtedly one
of the most enchanting
gifts of nature to human-
ity. As it showers down
from the heavens, it
cleanses the earth and
everything upon it, sym-
bolizing renewal and re-
generation. For those
who embrace the rain
and immerse themselves
in its beauty, it becomes
a source of inspiration
and wonder, reminding
them of the profound
connections between all
living beings and the
natural world. In today’s
fast-paced and increas-
ingly urbanized world,
many people find them-
selves detached from na-
ture, confined within
concrete jungles and cars
all day long. The pursuit
of material possessions
and success can often
lead them astray from
whattrulymattersinlife.
But amidst the chaos,
there are those who
recognize the pro-
found significance of
nature’s gifts and
seek solace in its
simplicity. They
are the ones who
dance in the
rain, rekindling
a primal con-
nection to the
Earth and re-
minding us
all of the
beauty that lies
beneath the con-
crete.
So, as the rains pour
down, let us not be de-
terred by societal norms
or fleeting discomforts.
Let us embrace the rain
with open arms and
danceinitssymphony,
for in doing so, we re-
discover our true es-
sence,ourplaceinthe
grand tapestry of life.
Be that someone who
sees beyond the sur-
face, who recognizes
the profound value of
the natural world, and
who finds joy in the
simplest moments.
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YOUR DAILY HOROSCOPE by Saurabbh Sachdeva
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Some clarification will need to be sought
on a financial issue, before you take the
next step. Efforts in the real estate market
may bear fruit. A project left halfway by
someone else may come on your shoulders,
but your efforts will be acknowledged.
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
You are likely to find the day most auspi-
cious. Your knowledge about your line of
work will be roundly appreciated and get
you the thumbs up from higher ups. Friends
and family may get together to give you a
surprise and make your day.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Problem about finances will be resolved.
Those on medication will find a distinct
improvement in their condition. Smooth
going is indicated for those on a long
journey. Stars on the property front appear
the brightest.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Your popularity is set to soar on both
personal and professional fronts. Some of
you will have to curb your splurging ways.
Family life will cruise along smoothly with
much love and bonhomie. Don’t speed up
on the road.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Your stars favour a bright beautiful day .A
family reunion is on the cards and you may
get invited to a social function. Tax advisor
will be a big help in saving taxes, so don’t
hesitate. It is difficult for the relationship of
friends turned lovers to fall apart, so relax.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Something you have implemented at work
is likely to profit the company and get
you noticed. You are likely to celebrate
the achievement of a family youngster in
a grand way. Shifting into your very own
house may soon become a reality.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Money put together on previous occasions
is likely to come in handy. A family young-
ster is keen to learn from you, so don’t
disappoint. Settling down in a new house
is indicated for some. You may have to
awaken partner’s interest in you once.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
A vacation you only dreamed about is
likely to become a reality soon. Healthy
eating will help prevent digestive ailments.
Money will be no constraint in buying what
you like. Driving down with lover to a hap-
pening place is indicated today.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Your financial situation is set to improve,
as earning opportunities come to you. Help
from co-workers in a time consuming task
will be forthcoming on the work front. Sup-
port of family will encourage you to take
up a challenge.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Changes made by you at workplace may
not be appreciated by all. Strict dietary con-
trol will keep you fit as a fiddle. A family
reunion is on the cards and will enable you
to meet everyone. You can be tasked to or-
ganise an outing for friends and relations.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Help extended to someone will help him
or her get ahead on the academic front.
People falling under this sign will have
very refreshing day. Visiting a mall or
watching a movie with family is likely to be
the highlight of the day for some.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Money coming from various streams will
keep you in an elated state of mind. A
new fitness regime that you have adopted
promises to keep you in the pink of health.
Your search for perfect partner may soon
be over.

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