The document provides updates on COVID-19 cases and deaths in various Indian states including Rajasthan, Gujarat and Karnataka. It also reports that the Enforcement Directorate conducted raids at properties belonging to Agrasen Gehlot, elder brother of Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, in connection with a fertilizer scam. Additionally, it mentions that Sachin Pilot has demanded a written apology and payment of Rs. 1 from a Congress MLA who alleged Pilot offered him money to switch to the BJP.

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UPDATE
RAJASTHAN
583
DEATHS
32,334
CONFIRMED CASES
GUJARAT
2,228 DEATHS 51,485 CASES
KARNATAKA
1,519 DEATHS 75,833 CASES
Rajiv Gaur
Jodhpur: The Enforce-
ment Directorate (ED)
on Wednesday conduct-
ed raids at the proper-
ties of Agrasen Gehlot,
the elder brother of Ra-
jasthan Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot, in con-
nection with the ferti-
lizer scam.
Agrasen Gehlot is the
owner of a company
named Anupam Krishi,
on which the Customs
department has levied a
penalty of Rs 7 crore for
alleged violations of
rules in exports. The ED
also conducted searches
at six places in Ra-
jasthan, four in Gujarat,
two in West Bengal, and
one in New Delhi in con-
nection with the scam,
sources said.
First India had al-
ready reported on
Wednesday about CM
camp’s apprehensions
regarding his kin be-
ing troubled through
raids.
According to ED
sources, the company
run by Agrasain had
sold the subsidised fer-
tiliser “muriate of pot-
ash” or MoP to compa-
nies, who then exported
it while it is banned for
exports. Indian Potash
Ltd is the authorised
importer of MoP and
the chemical is distrib-
uted to farmers at subsi-
dised rates.
Between 2007 and
2009, Agrasain’s firm
Anupam Krishi, which
was an authorised deal-
er of Indian Potash Ltd,
bought MoP at subsi-
dised rates and instead
of distributing it to
farmers, the company
allegedly sold it to a few
others who in turn ex-
ported it to Malaysia
and Singapore in the
guise of “industrial
salt”, investigators said.
The ED officers were as-
sisted by Central Re-
serve Police Force or
CRPF personnel, who
were seen standing
guard at the farmhouse
and home of the Gehlots
in Jodhpur. Meanwhile
in another develop-
met ED summons Ra-
tan Kant Sharma and
others over IT raids
issue. —PTI
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Wednesday congratu-
lated Indian nuclear
scientists for achieving
criticality of Kakrapar
Atomic Power Plant-3.
Taking to Twitter, the
Prime Minister said
that the indigenously
designed reactor is an
example of “Make in In-
dia”. “Congratulations
to our nuclear scientists
for achieving criticality
of Kakrapar Atomic
Power Plant-3! This in-
digenously designed 700
MWe KAPP-3 reactor is
a shining example of
Make in India. And a
trailblazer for many
such future achieve-
ments!” he tweeted.
Union Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah too laud-
ed the Indian scientists
as Kakrapar Atomic
Power Plant-3 achieved
criticality. He also said
that a new India is
marching ahead to real-
ise PM Modi’s vision of
Aatmanirbhar Bharat.
Taking to Twitter
Shah wrote, “Big Day in
India’s Nuclear history
Turn on P6
Aditi Nagar &
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Rajasthan
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot has written a
letter to Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi,
alleging attempts to
topple his govern-
ment and naming Un-
ion minister Gajen-
dra Singh Shekhawat.
In the letter written
Sunday, he accused
Shekhawat, other BJP
leaders and some over-
ambitious leaders of his
own party for being in-
volved in the alleged at-
tempt to bring down his
Congress government.
I am not aware to
what extent this is in
your knowledge or if
you are being misled,
Gehlot said in the let-
ter released to the me-
dia on Wednesday.
History will not for-
give those who par-
ticipate in this deed.
Gehlot is caught in a
power tussle with
Sachin Pilot, now
sacked from his post as
deputy chief minister.
He said the alleged at-
tempt to bring down the
Congress government
in the state insulted the
people’s mandate and
was an open violation
of constitutional val-
ues. He cited the exam-
ples of Karnataka and
Madhya Pradesh, the
two states where Con-
gress lost power over
the past year while al-
leging horse-trading of
MLAs by the BJP.
Gehlot said for
some time there have
been attempts to
bring down elected
governments, ignor-
ing the spirit of the
anti-defection law
brought in by the Ra-
jiv Gandhi govern-
ment and the amend-
ment introduced by
the Atal Bihari Vaj-
payee government.
He said protecting
lives is the only priority
during the COVID-19
pandemic and in such a
situation attempts are
being made to topple
the elected government
in Rajasthan.
Inthisact,Unionmin-
ister Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat, other BJP
leader and some over-
ambitiousleadersof our
party are involved, he
said. Turn on P6
Gehlot writes to PM about BJP’s ‘despicable attempts’ to topple govt
VIOLATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL VALUES: CM
‘Kakrapar N Plant a trailblazer
for many future achievements’
FACTFILE
 A nuclear reactor
reaches ‘criticality’,
when it is ready for on-
going nuclear reaction
or fission that gener-
ates energy.
 Kakrapar is part of
India’s pressurized
heavy water reactor
portfolio. Of India’s 22
commercial nuclear
power reactors with
an installed capacity
of 6,780MW, there are
14 units of 220MW
PHWRs each, making
it one of the largest
fleets of such reactors.
CM said Union
Minister
Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat was
among those
who are trying
to bribe rebel
Congress MLAs
in his state
CP: MOVING SC TO AVERT
‘CONSTITUTIONALIMPASSE’
l Assembly Speaker CP Joshi moves SC against HC order to defer
disqualification proceedings till Friday l SC to hear plea today
l Pilot files caveat in SC to ensure no orders are passed on CP’s plea
Nizam Kantaliya
Jaipur: The Supreme
Court would on Thurs-
day hear a plea of Ra-
jasthan Assembly
Speaker CP Joshi
against the high court
order restraining him
till July 24 from con-
ducting disqualification
proceedings against 19
dissident Congress
MLAs, including sacked
deputy chief minister
Sachin Pilot.
As per the list of
business uploaded on
the Supreme Court web-
site for July 23, a bench
of Justices Arun
Mishra, B R Gavai and
Krishna Murari would
hear the plea.
A bench headed by
Chief Justice S A Bobde
later told Congress lead-
er and senior advocate
Kapil Sibal, who was ap-
pearing in another mat-
ter, to raise the issue of
urgent listing before the
apex court’s registry.
All eyes on SC as it hears Joshi plea today
ED raid on properties of Gehlot’s
brother in fertilizer scam
#RAJASTHANPOLITICALCRISIS
Sachin Pilot on Wednesday filed a caveat in SC to ensure that no orders are passed
on Speaker CP Joshi’s petition against HC interim orders without hearing Pilot and his
supporting MLAs. Meanwhile, on Wednesday, the Pilot Group also filed an application
in the Rajasthan High Court requesting that Government of India be made a party in
the entire matter. Advocates S Hariharan and Divyesh Maheshwari on behalf of the
petitioner PR Meena and others have said in the application that the petition challenged
the constitutionality of 2.1.A of Schedule 10 of the Indian Constitution and so GoI is an
essential party. In such a situation, the Government of India should be made a party via
Secretary, Law and Justice Department.
ED on Wednesday conducted raids at properties of (R) Agrasen
Gehlot, elder brother of CM Ashok Gehlot.
Assembly Speaker CP Joshi speaking to media in Jaipur on Wednesday.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot held a
Corona review meeting
on Wednesday wherein
he reiterated that keep-
ing Corona infection
contained is the state
government’s biggest
challenge.
While CM assured
the officials that they
will not feel any finan-
cial pinch in the fight
against Corona, he also
motivated them saying
all they need to do was
to handle Corona and “I
will handle the politics
and save democracy
too,” he said. The man-
ner in which political
activities are going on,
none of you need to wor-
ry about it. You should
continue with your
work since we have to
save lives and livelihood
as well. We have to save
the people from Corona
and we have to save our
government as well.
Please do not worry
about the government,
it is my job to save it to
save the people and our
government. It is my
message to all the offi-
cials in districts that the
current situation is part
of democracy and will
continue, do not fret. We
have to keep democracy
alive and strengthen it,”
Gehlot stressed.
‘You handle Corona, I
will handle politics!’
India contributing through call
of Atmanirbhar Bharat: PM
New Delhi: India is
contributing towards a
prosperous and resil-
ient world through its
‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’
programme (self-reli-
ant India) and is keen
on participation by the
United States in the ini-
tiative, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi said on
Wednesday.
In his address at the
India Ideas Summit or-
ganised by US-India
Business Council
(USIBC), the Prime Min-
ister said there is global
optimism towards India
asitoffersaperfectcom-
bination of openness,
opportunities and op-
tions. “India is contrib-
uting towards a prosper-
ous and resilient world
through the clarion call
of an ‘Atmanirbhar
Bharat’. And, for that,
we await your partner-
ship,” he said.
“Today, there is glob-
al optimism towards
India. This is because
India offers a perfect
combination of open-
ness, opportunities and
options. Let me elabo-
rate. India celebrates
openness in people and
in governance,” he add-
ed. PM noted that the
approach to the future
must primarily be more
human-centric.
“We all agree that the
world is in need of a bet-
ter future. It is all of us
who have to collectively
give shape to the future.
Turn on P6
PM Narendra Modi & HM Amit Shah
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: Rajasthan As-
sembly Speaker Dr CP
Joshi moved the Su-
premeCourtonWednes-
day against the Ra-
jasthan High Court or-
der restraining him till
July 24 from conducting
disqualification pro-
ceedings against 19 dis-
sident Congress MLAs,
includingsackeddeputy
chief minister Sachin
Pilot, saying the “judici-
ary was never expected”
tointerveneinsuchmat-
ters resulting in “consti-
tutional impasse”.
Seeking an interim
stay on the High Court’s
July 21 order, the plea
said it was the duty of
the top court to ensure
that all constitutional
authorities exercise
their jurisdiction with-
in the boundaries and
respect their respective
lakshman rekha as en-
visaged by the Consti-
tution itself. Turn on P6
—PHOTOBYSUMANSARKAR
PILOT FILES CAVEAT IN SC
WORLD
6,22,492
DEATHS
1,52,20,439
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
12,38,464
CONFIRMED CASES
29,894
DEATHS
MAHARASHTRA
12,556 DEATHS 3,37,607 CASES
DELHI
3,719 DEATHS 1,26,323 CASES
TAMIL NADU
3,144 DEATHS 1,86,492 CASES

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ACB nabs six for taking bribe
in three separate incidents
Kota: Baran ACB
trapped JEN Liyaqat
Khan, along with bro-
ker Hashim, on
Wednesday while tak-
ing a bribe of Rs 7,000
in the Manoharthana
area. The action was
taken in the leadership
of Baran ACB CI Gyan-
chand. Complainant
Balram had reported
that a bribe of Rs 15,000
was sought for issuing
the muster roll and
evaluation of pond con-
struction in Haripura
village.
On Wednesday, Jhala-
war ACB also arrested
3 people, including a
bank manager, while
accepting a bribe of Rs
15,000. Bank Manager
Vishnu Prakash, Ad-
ministrator of village
service cooperative so-
ciety Pramod Kumar
and Administrator of
Nanor village service
cooperative society
Rambabu were caught
red-handed for taking
bribe in lieu of KCC de-
posit in the action led
by ACB ASP Bhawanis-
hankar Meena. It was
the second significant
action of the ACB in
the district.
In more action, ACB
arrested Patwari of Ka-
rora Gram Panchayat
Leelaram, who was de-
manding a bribe of Rs
3,000 for opening the
nomination.
RS MPs
TAKE
OATHCongress’ Neeraj Dangi,
KC Venugopal, and BJP’s
Rajendra Gehlot were
administered oath of
office by Rajya Sabha
chairperson M Venkaiah
Naidu on Wednesday in
New Delhi. Owing to the
Covid-19 pandemic, the
ceremony was held inside
Rajya Sabha chambers
during inter-session for
the first time.
KC Venugopal Neeraj Dangi Rajendra Gehlot
`1 & apology! Pilot demands
from MLA who alleged bribe
Nizam Kantaliya
Jaipur: Sachin Pilot
has demanded one ru-
pee and a written apol-
ogy from the Congress
MLA who alleged that
he was offered crores to
switch to the BJP, a
charge the dissident
leader has described as
a bunch of lies.
Bari MLA Giriraj
Singh Malinga had re-
cently claimed he was
made that offer at Pi-
lot’s home, by the now
sacked deputy chief
minister himself.
Pilot, who is involved
in a power tussle with
CM Ashok Gehlot, has
served a notice to the
MLA, giving him seven
days to act on it.
We on behalf of our
client call upon you to
paytoourclientasumof
Rs 1 and to tender a writ-
ten apology before the
press for issuing a false
and frivolous allegation,
within seven days of the
receiptof thisnotice,his
advocate wrote.
The notice said legal
proceedings will begin
against the MLA if he
fails to do so.
You have alleged that
my client had offered
you monies to switch to
the BJP in the month of
December 2019. It is sur-
prising that you had re-
mained silent for a peri-
od of over seven months
and suddenly raked up
the bunch of lies solely
withapurposetomalign
the impeccable reputa-
tion of my client, the
notice said. The MLA
told reporters on Mon-
day that he had alerted
Gehlot about the con-
spiracy to topple the
Congressgovernmentin
thestateafterPilotalleg-
edly made the offer.
Malinga,whoisholed
up at a hotel along with
other MLAs in the Ge-
hlot camp, said he has
not received any notice
so far. I will not com-
ment anything on the
matter, he said.
Malinga was one of
sixBahujanSamajParty
MLAs who joined the
Congressasagroupafter
the 2018 assembly polls.
Sachin Pilot
2 held for ‘objectionable’
post against Chandana
First India Bureau
Bundi: Nainawa police
have taken into custo-
dy Nathda village resi-
dent father-son duo
under charges of dis-
turbing peace.
CI Ramlal Meena
said that PA of Sports
minister Ashok Chan-
dana had given a com-
plaint against the duo
Bansi Lal Gurjar and
his son Rakesh for post-
ing undignified com-
ments on social media
to malign the image of
the minister.
Acting swiftly, the po-
lice presented both the
accused in court after
registering a case un-
der proper sections.
The court released
the father on bail while
sending the son to judi-
cial custody.
‘CENTRE USING ED, CBI TO
TARGET CONG GOVT IN RAJ’First India Bureau
Jaipur: Transport Min-
ister Pratap Singh
Khachariyawas on
Wednesday accused the
BJP-led government of
using Enforcement Di-
rectorate (ED) and Cen-
tral Bureau of Investi-
gation (CBI) to target
Congress government
in Rajasthan.
Khachariyawas said
at a press conference
that the BJP-led govern-
ment has “shown its
true colours” and “did
not care for democra-
cy”. “They are using
their power and author-
ity against Ashok Ge-
hlot and his acquaint-
ances. We can see how
earlier in Madhya
Pradesh and now in Ra-
jasthan, BJP has used
ED, Income Tax (IT),
and CBI,” he said.
He alleged that the
government was not
concerned about the
impact of COVID-19 on
the poor and unem-
ployed and surging
rates of petrol or diesel.
“Their complete fo-
cus is on the Rajasthan
government and how
not to let Ashok Gehlot
prove majority in the
Assembly. We will not
let BJP succeed in its
plans,” he said.
The ED conducted
raids at the properties
of Agrasen Gehlot, the
elder brother of Ra-
jasthan Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot, in con-
nection with a fertilizer
scam on Wednesday.
The agency conduct-
ed searches at six places
in Rajasthan, four in
Gujarat, two in West
Bengal, and one in New
Delhi the scam, sources
said.
Rajasthan govern-
ment is facing a politi-
cal crisis with differ-
ences between Sachin
Pilot and Gehlot com-
ing out in the open.
The BJP-led
government
has “shown
its true colours” and
“did not care for
democracy”.
PS KHACHARIYAWAS,
Transport minister
CONG WORKERS BURN PM MODI’S EFFIGY
Jaipur: According to the
instructions of Transport
Minister Khachariyawas
and led by Congress
General Secretary and
Spokesperson Manoj
Mudgal, hundreds of
Congress workers of
Jaipur burnt the effigy of
PM Modi at Collectorate
Circle in protest against
the oppression and in-
justice of ED, IT, and CBI
on Wednesday. Mudgal
said that the ED raided
the place of CM Ashok
Gehlot’s brother with po-
litical malfeasance. The
plausibility of the raid
can be understood from
the fact that instead of
taking the local police
along, CRPF personnel
were taken.
Congress workers burning the effigy of PM Modi on Wednesday.
Kashiram Chaudhary
Jaipur: Due to the co-
rona pandemic, there
has been an economic
slowdown all over the
world and international
flights have not been op-
erating for the last 4
months in India. Do-
mestic air travel had
started from May 25, but
international flights are
not being operated yet
due to the high impact
of Covid-19 abroad.
Flights are being run
only to bring overseas
Indians stranded in oth-
er countries.
Due to this, the num-
ber of passport makers
has also come down
drastically.Ascompared
to last year, 16,466 fewer
passport applications
have been received by
the Jaipur Commission-
erate for verification
fromthePassportOffice.
Data on applications
sent from the Passport
Office to the Police Com-
missionerateshowsthat
fewer people are getting
passports due to the ban
on foreign travel.
In March this year,
only 3,232 passport ap-
plications were re-
ceived. In fact, interna-
tionaltravelwasbanned
from March 22, but the
effect of coronavirus
was visible even before
that and the people
started avoiding inter-
national travel. This is
the reason why the de-
crease in the number of
passport applications
started in March. Only
23 applications were re-
ceived in April, while
the number further
dropped to 21 in May.
Passport applications
were received less due to
the lockdown in April
and May, while there has
notbeenmuchgrowthin
Juneaswell.Actually,the
situation is still unclear
about the start of inter-
national travel. In such a
situation, people are not
showing interest in get-
ting passports. It is being
estimated that the re-
sumptionof internation-
altravelwillalsoincrease
the number of people
making passports.
Passport processing waiting for int’l travel vaccine!
STEEP DECLINE IN CORONA TIMES
PASSPORT APPLICATIONS RECEIVED
MONTH 2019 2020
MARCH 5,038 3,232
APRIL 5,327 23
MAY 6,022 21
JUNE 5,275 1,920
Vasundhara Raje
@VasundharaBJP
To improve the educa-
tion system in Rajasthan,
our BJP government had
developed around 6 thou-
sand model schools. The
good results of which are
still coming to the public
in the form of board
exam results. It may be
known that this scheme
had moved Rajasthan
from 26th to second
place in education.
Congratulate our nuclear
scientists & engineers on
achieving criticality of
Kakrapar Atomic Power
Plant-3. This 700 MWe
KAPP-3 reactor is indig-
enously designed and a
symbol of #NewIndia’s pro-
gress towards becoming
an #AatmaNirbharBharat!
‘Cong had tried to topple Babosa’s govt’
Aishwarya Pradhan
Jaipur: Former BJP
cabinet minister Dr Ro-
hitashwa Sharma has
talked about politics
based on high ideals
amid the charges of
horse-trading flying
high in state. Dr Shar-
ma, who served under
Former Raje govern-
ment as a cabinet minis-
ter, on Wednesday re-
called how late Bhairon
Singh Shekhawat had
thwarted conspiracy by
Congress to topple his
government through
horse-trading. Congress
had camped the inde-
pendent MLAs support-
ing the Shekhawat gov-
ernment in Delhi. Some
independent MLAs had
given pro-Congress
statements to the media
as well. Rohitashwa re-
called that when he
along with other BJP
MLAs reached Shekha-
wat’s residence and
someMLAsadvisedhim
to buy back the MLAs.
Late Shekhawat lost
his cool on hearing this
and said if my govern-
ment is to fall tomorrow,
let it fall today itself but
he will have nothing to
do with horse-trading.
Shekhawat then called
his secretary IAS Sunil
Arora and asked him to
get requisite papers to
resign as CM. Dr Shar-
ma recalls that within a
few days after that all
MLAs returned to our
fold without any entice-
mentandtheShekhawat
government was saved.
Dr Rohitashwa Sharma

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Aishwarya Pradhan
Jaipur: State BJP chief
Satish Poonia said that
due to devotion of
crores of Hindus, the
much awaited Ram tem-
ple will start taking for-
mal shape on August 5.
He said he had been a
witness to both instanc-
es of Kar Seva for the
Ram temple in Ayod-
hya. He expressed hap-
piness that PM Modi
will be laying the foun-
dation stone of the Ram
temple in front of mil-
lions. Poonia said it was
a matter of extreme
pride and honour that
the soil from Rajasthan
will be part of the foun-
dation of the Ram tem-
ple in Ayodhya.
The soil from Govind
Dev temple, Moti Dun-
gri temple and many
other prestigious places
of obeisance from the
state will be sent to Ayo-
dhya. Satish Poonia con-
gratulated the followers
of Lord Ram for the pro-
posed Ram temple.
Apart from the two
prestigious temples of
Jaipur the soil from
KhatuShyam,RaniSati,
Salsar Balaji, Diggi
Kalyan and many other
temples from Rajasthan
will become part of the
foundation of the pro-
posed Ram temple.
The organization sec-
retary of VHP Rajaram
said that the VHP work-
ers were dedicatedly
working in Jaipur,
Jodhpur and Udaipur
zones of the state. They
will collect soil from Go-
vid Devji, Moti Dungari
Ganesh, Galta teerth,
Khatu Shyam, Rani
Sati, Bhratrihari, Sala-
sar Balaji and Diggi
Kalyan temples and
gather it in one place in
Jaipur. The soils from
all these temples will be
sent to Ayodhya in the
coming two days.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Last 24 hours
added an alarming 961
new corona positive
cases in the state taking
the toll to 32334 along
with reporting 6 deaths
taking the death toll so
far to 620. Three deaths
each were reported
from Alwar & Bikaner.
Maximum 212 new
cases were reported
from Jodhpur followed
by 180 from Alwar, 85
from Jaipur, 59 from Bi-
kaner, 48 from Ajmer, 39
from Pali, 38 from
Bharatpur, 37 from Ja-
lore, 36 from Barmer, 34
from Udaipur, 32 from
Dholpur, 23 from Na-
gaur, 21 from Kota, 14
each from Jhalawar &
Sirohi,13 from Jaisalm-
er, 11 from Sikar, 10
from Hanumangarh, 8
each from Bhilwara,
Churu & Jhunjhunu, 7
each from Dausa & Ra-
jsamand, 6 from Karau-
li, 3 from Sri Gangana-
gar, 2 each from Ban-
swara, Bundi & Dun-
garpur and1 each from
Baran & Chittorgarh.
The cumulative dis-
trict wise tally is as fol-
lows – Ajmer 1308, Al-
war 2094, Banswara 117,
Baran 81, Barmer 1077,
Bharatpur 2245,
Bhilwara 416, Bikaner
1566, Bundi 40, Chittor-
garh 224, Churu 535,
Dausa 270, Dholpur
1077, Dungarpur 531,
Ganganagar 115, Hanu-
mangarh 177, Jaipur
4531, Jaisalmer 157, Ja-
lore 990, Jhalawar 431,
Jhunjhunu 511, Jodh-
pur 5155, Karauli 245,
Kota 1120, Nagaur 1184,
Pali 2150, Pratapgarh
162, Rajsamand 492,
Sawai Madhopur 162,
Sikar 791, Sirohi 786,
Tonk 245 and Udaipur
1045 along with 182 from
other states & countries.
Jaipur added 85 new
cases on Wednesday
with 8 from Mansaro-
var, 6 from Jhotwara, 5
from Sanganer, 4 each
from Sodala. Malviya
Nagar, Jagatpura &
Ajmer Road, 3 each
from Murlipura, Ram-
ganj, Sikar Road,
Vaishali Nagar, Dudu &
Amer, 2 each from ram-
garh Mod, Bapu Nagar,
Sirsi, SMS Hospital,
Jyoti Nagar, Shahstri
Nagar & Kotputli and
one each from Jawahar
Nagar, Gopalpura, Pha-
gi, Riddhi Siddhi Cho-
raha, Bassi, Durgapura,
Vidyadhar Nagar, Galta
Gate, Amba Bari, Civil
Lines, Chandpole, Tonk
Road, Shahpura, Brah-
mapuri, Sethi Colony,
Eidgaah and one Indian
from overseas.
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: After 4 months
of the lockdown coming
into effect, the capital’s
public transport ser-
vice will be back on
track. A total of 100
buses of JCTSL and
1,000 mini buses will
start operating from to-
day. While lakhs of pas-
sengers will be relieved
with the start of buses,
the rise in fares has
been bad news for them.
Fares of floor buses
have been increased in
view of reduced passen-
ger load and additional
expenses in the corona
period. The minimum
fare has been increased
from Rs. 7 to Rs 10. Min-
imum fare of AC buses
has been increased from
Rs 10 to Rs 20. Officials
argue that the fares of
low-floor buses have not
been increased after
2014. Seeing the hiked
fares of low-floor buses,
Mini Bus Association
has also announced a
fare hike.
JCTSL currently has
about 200 buses, but
only 100 buses will be
operated now. Moving
forward, the number of
buses will be increased.
A 5% cashback will also
be available on digital
payments in buses. The
buses will start operat-
ing at 6 am and will go
on till 11 am in the sec-
ond shift. The second
shift will be from 4 pm
to 8 pm.
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: CS Rajeeva
Swarup held the first
meeting of the empow-
ered committee after he
took over on Wednesday
in order to bring the
state economy back on
trackaftercoronacrisis.
CS directed all de-
partments to put for-
ward their concrete ac-
tion plans. Some de-
partments had executed
presentations in the
meeting but they were
asked to present their
revised plans again as
the existing plans were
plagued with some tech-
nical problems.
The meeting dis-
cussed the steps to be
taken in order to benefit
from the centre’s in-
creased credit limits.
All departments includ-
ing UDH have already
taken some steps in the
direction. Energy de-
partment is yet to take
the required reformist
steps to be eligible for
the increased credit.
Central govt had at-
tached the increased
credit limit of the states
with certain reforms &
conditions in its econo-
my revival package an-
nounced amid much
fanfare.
Former CS DB Gupta
had chaired an impor-
tant meeting due to
which most depart-
ments have taken re-
quired steps in the right
direction except the En-
ergy department. The
empowered committee
meeting was attended
byACS(Finance)Niran-
jan Arya, ACS (PWD)
Veenu Gupta, PS (Indus-
tries0 Nareshpal Gang-
war, PS (UDH) Bhaskar
Sawant along with other
senior officers.
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: Governor
Kalraj Mishra said that
in order to make India
self-reliant, youth
should be nurtured as
entrepreneurs. Accord-
ing to him, agriculture
has huge scope for in-
novations and young-
sters should stay in vil-
lages to introduce new
ways and techniques in
agriculture.
He was addressing
the audience while lay-
ing foundation stone on-
line for constitutional
park and girls’ hostel in
Shri Karna Narendra
Agriculture University,
Jobner on Wednesday.
The governor also
presented certificate of
excellence to Dr RC
Agarwal, deputy direc-
tor general of Indian
Council for Agriculture
Research.
He asked agriculture
universities to focus on
rain water harvesting
as the state because cli-
mate change has dis-
turbed rain cycle. Mon-
soon is not only plays
truant with arrival and
timing but distribution
too is uneven.
Webinar was also ad-
dressed by ICAR direc-
tor general Dr. Tri-
lochan Mohapatra,
deputy director general
Dr. Rakesh Chandra
Agarwal and vice chan-
cellor J S Sandhu.
Bhawar S Charan
Kota: In the inner city
of Kota, the cement wa-
ter line would be
changed. It is for the
firsttimethatthiswould
happen after Shanti
Dhariwal became UDH
minister. A 4 km long
1,000mmDIlineisbeing
laid from Akelgarh to
Dussehra ground worth
about Rs 12.68 crore.
Due to this, the water
supply department has
taken a shutdown of 2
days, which has caused
a drinking water short-
age for nearly 1 lakh
people.
As soon as UDH Min-
ister Shanti Dhariwal,
who is presently in
Jaipur’s Hotel Fair-
mount, got to know
about this, he instructed
municipal authority
Vasudev Malawat to
make an alternative ar-
rangementimmediately.
Soon, Congress-backed
organisation Hadauti
Vikas Morcha arranged
30 water tankers in coor-
dination with Munici-
pal Corporation and
Corporation CEO Mala-
wat flagged off the tank-
ers from the city’s Mul-
tipurpose School.
Congress leader Ra-
jendra Sankhla in-
formed First India that
30 tankers with drink-
ing water have been
parked at various loca-
tions of the city. Also,
arrangements have
been made for a regular
refill for another day.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Senior BJP
legislator and former
minister Kalicharan
Saraf accused CM
Ashok Gehlot of
working against pub-
lic interest.
Reacting to Gehlot
government’s latest
decision to provide
additional financial
help to poor families,
Saraf said that these
are desperate meas-
ures borne out of his
frustration from in-
ternal feud in govern-
ment from day one.
The matter has
reached court and CM
has failed to keep his
flock together there-
fore resorting to di-
vert public attention.
“The CM says that
deputy CM was con-
spiring to topple the
government since
March, which means
he has been busy in
saving his govern-
ment throughout the
lockdown period and
took anti people deci-
sions,” the senior BJP
leader alleged.
State government
increased VAT on pet-
rol and diesel thrice,
which was opposed by
transporters. Con-
gress had promised
no hike in power tar-
iff for five years but
instead of providing
relief, they increased
tariff by 12% in Feb-
ruary followed by re-
cord 28% increase in
surcharge,” he
claimed.
He also accused
congress leaders of
discrimination in dis-
tribution of relief ma-
terial even as millions
waited to receive help.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Senior and
much acclaimed urolo-
gist from the city, Dr
Sundar Tolani passed
away on Wednesday.
He was diagnosed of
being coronavirus posi-
tive a few days ago. The
virus infection had
damaged his lungs.
The 70 year old urolo-
gist is credited to have
successsfuly executed
the first kidney trans-
plant in the state of Ra-
jasthan in the private
medical sector.
Dr Tolani was CEO &
Chief of surgery and
urology & Kidney trans-
plant at Monilek Hospi-
tal & Research centre
since 1995. Dr Tolani
was a 1979 batch pass
out from Agra Univer-
sity and had also served
in Jaslok Hospital in
Mumbai for three years.
Temples of Raj to help build Ram Mandir
RAJ REPORTS 6 DEATHS,
961 CASES, TOLL AT 620
City buses to ply
with hiked fare!
CS chairs meet to bring economy back on track
Agriculture has huge scope
for youngsters: Governor
People left high & dry as
Kota changes water lines
People looking on for change in the cement water line.
‘CM’s fiscal aid desperate
move for public attention’
Renowned
urologist
Tolani dies
Maximum cases in last 24 hours were from Jodh with 212 patients
SOIL FROM STATE FOR FOUNDATION
On the
occasion of
Teej, the idol of
Lord Ganesha
at Moti Dungri
Ganesh
Temple in
Jaipur, was
adorned
with lehriya
clothes on
Wednesday by
Mahant Kailash
Sharma.
HAPPY
TEEJ!
We must have
startups that not
only provide em-
ployment to the
person who
launches startups
but also other per-
sons in village.
—Kalraj Mishra,
Governor
BUS FARES
NON-AC
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(in km) (in Rs.)
0-2 10
2-4 20
4-8 20
8-12 30
12-20 40
20-28 50
28-40 60
40-52 70
52-62 80
AC BUSES
Distance Fare
(in km) (in Rs.)
0-4 20
4-8 30
8-12 30
12-16 40
16-20 50
20-24 60
24-30 70
MIGRANTS IN CITY
1-yr-old kidnapped, cops search in city
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Two bike rid-
ers abducted a 1-year-
old girl off the hands
of a 5-year-old girl at
around 8 pm near
Narayana Hrudaya-
laya on Kumbha Marg
in the Pratap Nagar
area. The people pre-
sent at the spot tried
to chase the miscre-
ants but failed.
After getting the in-
formation, Pratap Na-
gar police reached the
spot and set up block-
ades in the nearby ar-
eas, but there were no
traces of the girl and
accused till late night.
ACP Poonamchand
Bishnoi informed
that Rajababu’s older
daughter was playing
with her sister Dami-
ni, that is when the
bikers came there and
took away the girl.
Soil from Govind Dev temple, Moti Dungri temple and many other
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IT’S LEGISLATURE
VS JUDICIARY
ONCE AGAIN
ith Rajasthan Assembly Speaker
CP Joshi deciding to move the
Supreme Court against the Ra-
jasthan High Court’s order ask-
ing him not to act on the disqual-
ification notices issued by him to former
Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot and 18
other dissident legislators until Friday,
another conflict between the legislature
and the judiciary is in the offing. Disap-
pointed with the court’s order the Speaker
contended that he has “the complete au-
thority to send a show-cause notice”. Sen-
ior advocate Mukul Rohatgi who is repre-
senting Pilot maintains that the Speaker’s
order was against the Tenth Schedule of
the Constitution and that it was within the
court’s jurisdiction to adjudicate on the
matter. Once the Apex Court takes up the
matter the point that will obviously be
scrutinized is the power of the Speaker.
With defections defining the country’s
politics, the Anti-Defection Law as pro-
vided under the Tenth Schedule is also
likely to get a close look.
Joshi argues that in 1992 the Supreme Court
ordered that the Speaker has the right to dis-
qualify members to stop the Aya Ram-Gaya
Ram culture of horse-trading. A more recent
judgment of the Supreme Court gives an in-
sight into the judiciary’s line of thinking on
Speaker’s powers which have seen many court
battles over the years. The case pertained to a
Congress MLA defecting to the Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party soon after the 2017 elections. Con-
gress sought his disqualification but the Ma-
nipur Speaker kept the matter hanging.
While giving their ruling in the case,
the court made an important suggestion
to Parliament that it was of a strong view
that the disqualification powers vested in
the Speaker should be removed and an in-
dependent tribunal should be formed to
take up these issues. A retired judge of
the Supreme Court or a former Chief Jus-
tice of a high court could head the tribu-
nal to function as a substitute for the
Speaker for swift and impartial resolution
of disputes. These suggestions would re-
quire constitutional amendment. The
moot question is will Parliament agree to
strip the Speaker of Lok Sabha and state
assemblies of power?
Behind this recommendation is the logic
that Speakers belong to the ruling party and
their actions are, therefore, biased. The court
also set a deadline of three months for Speak-
ers to decide on disqualification petitions
The judicial power to review a Speaker’s
decision vests in Article 212 of the Constitu-
tion which states that neither the validity
of any proceedings in the legislature, nor
an officer or member of the House shall be
subject to the jurisdiction of any court in
respect of the exercise by him of the powers
given to him under the Constitution.
TheRajasthancaseisturningintoaminefield.
The Manipur case was decided by a three-judge
Bench. This may require a five-judge Bench.
IN-DEPTH
W
ntheIndiansub-
continent, Eid
al-Adha is
known as
baqreed. It is a
time of feasting, rejoicing
and piety. Unfortunately,
for some, it has become a
festival in which people
compete with each other to
sacrifice fine cattle. Not
onlyisbaqreednowanocca-
sion to show off wealth, but
it is also a time of much ani-
mal cruelty. With 600 mil-
lion Muslims out of nearly 2
billion on the planet living
in South Asia, this festival
assumesglobalimportance.
This year, Eid al-Adha
comes at a poignant time.
Around the world, millions
have sacrificed much dur-
ing the lockdowns caused
by the coronavirus out-
break. The pandemic has
taken and continues to
take a heavy toll on life,
health and the economy.
In South Asia, the term
Muslims use for sacrifice is
qurbani — or udhiya in
Arabic — a word whose tri-
lateral root, q-r-b, is related
primarily to nearness, indi-
cating that “sacrifice” is
understood primarily as a
means of drawing closer to
God. Religions have had a
history of sacrifice. Minoan
andAztectraditionsinclud-
ed human sacrifice. Over
time, religions such as
Christianity and Hinduism
took to animal sacrifice. If
qurbani were to be read as
ametaphor,theevolutionof
religion from the rite of hu-
mansacrificetoanimalsac-
rifice is clearly noticeable.
Thestoryalsodemonstrates
thatsacrificeisanactofiba-
dah (worship), which is the
core of Islam, denoting de-
votion and piety.
WHAT IS SACRIFICE
ALL ABOUT?
Sacrifice is not about the
destruction of property or
taking of lives, but about
giving something personal
and precious for the larger
social good. In a society
where people did not have
enough to eat, slaughter-
ing cattle was a way to feed
the hungry and the desti-
tute. It was not only an act
of devotion but also of
charity.
The Quran makes this
principle clear in one of its
verses: “It is not their meat
nor their blood, that reach-
es Allah: it is your piety
that reaches Him: He has
thus made them subject to
you, that ye may glorify Al-
lah for His Guidance to you
and proclaim the good
news to all who do right
(Quran, 22:37).
Few realize that the rite
of cattle sacrifice is not es-
sential to Islam. What is es-
sential is the ethic of sacri-
fice. There is hardly a verse
in the Quran where the
word for prayer, salah, is
not conjoined with zakah
(alms) or infaq (spending
on the needy). This striking
frequencywithwhichthese
two words are mentioned
has an important implica-
tion. If Muslims were to
heed the call for zakah and
infaq in a practical sense,
the redistribution of wealth
would be continuous and
there would be no poverty
in society.
The idea of sacrifice
rests on the notion that hu-
man beings should be capa-
ble of parting with some-
thing deeply precious to
them. Abraham was will-
ing to part with his son.
When Islam came into be-
ing, cattle were almost like
family. Historically, no-
madic cultures from Mon-
golia to Tanzania relied
completely on animals who
formed the very basis of
life. In these cultures, ani-
mals often shared the same
homesteads with families.
When people were sacrific-
ing cattle, they were almost
parting with a part of one’s
own self.
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s beauty lies in the eyes of
the beholder, so humor de-
pends on the mind of the
spectator. Humor, as a balm,
can soothe the nerves during
these stressful times. A
hearty laugh reduces muscle
tension and helps the body
get rid of greater amounts of
accumulated carbon dioxide.
Laughter helps trigger the
release of powerful hormones
that energize a person’s im-
mune system. One group of
hormones called cytokines that
promote the activity of white
blood cells, are needed to ward
off viral and bacterial infec-
tions. So, we can call laughter
‘a recipe for a long life.’
Mirth and laughter affect
most physical systems of the
body. It is a good workout for
the heart, circulation im-
proves, and the oxygen level
is raised. Neck, face, scalp
and eye muscles also get a
workout. The muscle activi-
ty involved in laughing is
the same as in exercising.
Laughing can aptly be called
‘internal jogging’ that is
beneficial even when faked.
Laughter normalizes imbal-
ances in the endocrine and
nervous system and sharpens
the mental processes. It’s like
an effective drug with no side
effects. To help put ourselves in
the right mood, we must smile
and laugh at ourselves.
Genuine smiles are conta-
gious. A simple smile is the
best way to win friends. The
first thing most people no-
tice about someone is his or
her smile. We may not like
to work with anyone who
looks unfriendly and gloomy.
Although a smile lasts only a
moment, the memory may stay
with us all our life. Its value is
immense. Nobody is so poor
that he cannot share it or be so
rich that he does not need it.
Smiling has a positive ef-
fect on others. A sincere
smile communicates our
feelings without the need for
words. Receiving a warm
smile can help us feel more
relaxed. It helps us to cope
with frustration and chal-
lenges. When we smile, more
blood reaches our brain, and
this improves our mood.
Recall when someone’s smile
brought you a sense of relief or
when the absence of a smile
made you feel rejected. So, a
smile makes a difference. It af-
fects both, the one who is smil-
ing and the one smiled at.
The key to genuine smile
lies in our thoughts and
emotions. Thinking on the
finer qualities of others will
make it easier for us to smile
at them, and they will know
that we really mean it.
The ability to laugh is a God-
given trait. There is humor all
around us, it can be observed in
pets at home in their antics.
Not all people laugh at the
same things. It depends on
one’s culture, personality
and mood and other factors.
Mostly all laugh at a funny
story, a pleasant surprise, a
joke or a play on words.
Humor is a means of better
relating to others. Laughter
can be called ‘the shortest dis-
tance between two people.’ Hu-
mor is indicative of many
things - our values, interests,
preoccupations, intelligence,
imagination and needs.
Properly used humor has
much value. It can also miti-
gate anger, by turning trou-
blesome words into those that
are reasonable and consider-
ate. Humor makes us more
creative, less rigid and more
willing to embrace new ideas.
A good sense of humor and a
positive disposition can help us
cope with health problems.
However in today’s stressful
world, it seems that humor is
hoarded. We live in the age of
technology where digital bytes
and computer monitors seem to
be supplanting the language of
laughter, gestures and smiles.
A good sense of humor
can help us to have more
positive thoughts, emotions
and behaviour. It lessens
anxiety, relaxes emotional
tension and facilitates good
communication. It is effec-
tive as a healer, as being
cheerful allows us to handle
situations in a positive way,
even in the face of unfavour-
able circumstances.
Good humor can be learned
just like reading and writing. A
change in thinking is needed.
One should stop focusing on
problems and start to look at
the positive side that every mo-
ment gives us.
Even with a full schedule,
many enjoy their social con-
tacts. They value little
things as a chat, a coffee
break, or a few minutes of
good music. By including
laughter in our daily lives,
we maintain our energy lev-
el and alleviate fatigue.
Humor should be used with
discretion, so as not to harm
emotionally. Like a welcome
summer rain, humor may sud-
denly cleanse and cool the
earth, the air and us. So, put
humor into your life. Discover
it, nurture it and cultivate it. It
is bound to do wonders for you
and those around you.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
INTERNAL JOGGING
THERAPY FOR MIND AND BODY
A
Laughter
normalizes
imbalances in
the endocrine
and nervous
system
andsharpens
the mental
processes. It’s
like an effective
drug with
noside effects
Smiling has a positive
effect on others. A
sincere smile
communicates
ourfeelings without
the need for words.
Receiving a warm
smile can helpus feel
more relaxed
REKHA
KUMAR
The writer is a personal development
trainer working with corporate sector
and government departments

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New Delhi: Rajya Sab-
ha Chairman M Ven-
kaiah Naidu urged 45
newly-elected members
of the House who took
oath on Wednesday to
uphold rules and proce-
dures while discharg-
ing their duties as law-
makers and not fall
prey to disruptions.
The 45 members, in-
cluding 36 first-timers,
took the oath of office in
Rajya Sabha chamber
while following physical
distancing norms.
In total, 61 member
have been elected to the
house of which 43 are
first-timers.
Twelve sitting Rajya
Sabha members who
have been re-elected, in-
cluding Sharad Pawar,
Harivansh, Ramdas
Athawale, Digvijay Sin-
gh, Bhubaneswar Kali-
ta, Prem Chand Gupta
and Biswajit Daimary,
also took oath.
BJP leader Jyotiradi-
tya Scindia and Con-
gress’ Mallikarjun
Kharge are among the
first-time members of
House who took oath.
Scindia, who has
been elected to the Ra-
jya Sabha from Madhya
Pradesh, greeted his
arch-rival Digvijay Sin-
gh, and Kharge before
his oath-taking.
Scindia and Singh
had huge differences
and this was one of the
reasons of Scindia quit-
ting the Congress. Scin-
dia also greeted Leader
of Opposition in Rajya
Sabha Ghulam Nabi
Azad.
Those members who
could not take oath on
Wednesday will do so
during the ensuing
Monsoon Session.
New Delhi: India has
registered highest ever
recoveries in a single
day standing at 28,472.
This is also the highest
number of COVID-19
patients cured or dis-
charged in 24 hours,
said the Union Ministry
of Health and Family
Welfare.
According to a press
release by the Ministry,
with this, the number
of patients that have re-
covered stands at
7,53,049. This has
strongly boosted the re-
covery rate among
COVID-19 patients to
63.13 per cent, the Min-
istry added.
The constantly in-
creasing number of re-
covered patients has
further widened the dif-
ference between active
cases that stand at
4,11,133 today. The dif-
ference now stands at
3,41,916. This difference
is showing a progres-
sively growing upward
trend.
While the national
recovery rate has im-
proved, 19 States and
Union Territories are
posting a recovery rate
higher than the nation-
al average, the ministry
stated.
With a spike of 37,724
cases and 648 deaths re-
ported in the last 24
hours, the total number
of COVID-19 cases in
Indiastandsat11,92,915,
according to the Union
Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare.
The total number of
cases includes 4,11,133
active cases, 7,53,050
cured/discharged/mi-
grated and 28,732
deaths, the Health Min-
istry informed. —ANI
New Delhi: The Indian
Air Force (IAF) sent a
strong message to the
adversaries through
rapid deployment of its
assets at forward loca-
tions in response to the
situation in eastern
Ladakh, Defence Minis-
ter Rajnath Singh said.
“Defence Minister
stated that the profes-
sional manner in which
IAF conducted the air-
strikes in Balakot, as
well as rapid deploy-
ment of IAF assets at
the forward locations in
response to the prevail-
ing situation in Eastern
Ladakh, has sent a
strong message to the
adversaries,” said GOI.
SIX DIE IN LANDSLIDE AT
PITHORAGARH’S TANGA VILLAGE
Pithoragarh: Six died in
the landslide incident in
Tanga village of Pithor-
agarh district here on
Wednesday. Six dead
bodies were recovered
while the State Disaster
Response Force (SDRF)
continues the search op-
eration in which 11 people
are missing, said the Dep-
uty Collector of Dharch-
ula. National Disaster
Response Force (NDRF),
SDRF and district admin-
istration are present at the
spot. “We are also taking
the help of Indo Tibetan
Border Police, Sub District
Officer of Dharchula and
Revenue Team,” he added.
According to the SDRF,
the dog squad team is also
sent for the search. Till late
evening, four bodies were
taken out.
HARYANA GOVT AMENDS RULES
FOR CIVIL SERVICES EXAM
Chandigarh: Haryana Civil Services (Executive
Branch) Rules, 2008 has been amended, the
state government confirmed on Wednesday.“The
new rules will be called Haryana Civil Services
(Executive Branch) Amendment Rules, 2020,” the
Haryana government said in a release. From here-
on, there will be two papers of 100 marks each
(objective type) in the preliminary examination for
recruitment to the state civil services.The changed
pattern is similar to the pattern of Civil Services
preliminary examination conducted by UPSC.
RAWAT INVITES SUNDAR PICHAI
TO EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES
Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra
Singh Rawat in a letter to Sundar Pichai invited
Google to explore opportunity in the state, adding
that the government would ensure “complete
support” to “make it happen”. “Dear Sundar
Pichai I invite Google to explore opportunities,
our state of Uttarakhand offers, especially for set-
ting up of data-centers etc. We promise complete
support of our government to help make it hap-
pen,” tweeted Rawat. He also shared a snapshot
of the letter he wrote to the Google CEO as well.
SOUTH CENTRAL RLY ANNOUNCES
INDIA’S FIRST ‘CARGO EXPRESS’
Hyderabad: South Cen-
tral Railway announced
commencement of first
‘Cargo Express’, a timeta-
bled goods train between
Hyderabad and New Delhi
which will even transport
non-bulk commodities.
As part of the initiative
to increase the market
share of railways, South
Central has come with
a unique concept of start-
ing a ‘Cargo Express’. A
timetabled freight train
is being started from
Sanath Nagar in Hyder-
abad to Adarsh Nagar in
New Delhi starting from
August 5, said PRO. SCR
has taken this as a pilot
project for a period of
six months and would
be running the “Cargo
Express” once a week
every Wednesday.
45 newly-elected Rajya Sabha members take oath
BJP’s Scindia and Congress’ Kharge are among the first-time members of the House who took oath
BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia greets Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Digvijaya Singh
before taking oath as Rajya Sabha member, in New Delhi on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh pose for the photograph during the inaugural session of the Air
Force Commander’s conference in New Delhi on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
A medic collects a sample from a woman for COVID-19 test on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Mallikarjun Kharge Priyanka Chaturvedi
India’s highest recovery rate
Over 28k discharged 24 hours
India’s tally
reaches
11,92,915
New Delhi: With a
spike of 37,724 cases
and 648 deaths re-
ported in last 24
hours, the total
number of COV-
ID-19 cases in India
stands at 11,92,915,
according to Union
Ministry of Health
and Family Wel-
fare. The total num-
ber of cases in-
cludes 4,11,133 ac-
tive cases, 7,53,050
cured/discharged/
migrated and 28,732
deaths.
Maharashtra re-
mains the worst af-
fected state with
3,27,031 cases and
12,276 deaths, fol-
lowed by Tamil
Nadu with 1,80,643
COVID-cases so far.
‘Deployment of IAF assets at
Ladakh sent strong message’
Rajnath addresses Air
Force Commander talks
New Delhi: Defence
Minister Rajnath Sin-
gh on Wednesday ad-
dressed the inaugu-
ral session of Air
Force Commander’s
Conference, where he
said that IAF’s role in
some of the most
challenging circum-
stances is well re-
garded by the nation.
“Addressed inau-
gural session of Air
Force Commander’s
Conference today.
IAF’s role in some of
the most challenging
circumstances is well
regarded by the na-
tion,” the Defence
Minister said. He
said that IAF’s contri-
bution during the na-
tion’s response to
COVID-19 pandemic
has been highly
praiseworthy.
In wake of corona,
IAF has transported
medical supplies to
states and supporting
agencies to combat
the pandemic. —ANI
STRONG RESPONSE
‘Allow NRIs to donate
for Ayodhya temple’
New York: A promi-
nent Indian-American
activist in the US has
appealed to PM Naren-
dra Modi to allow mem-
bers of Indian diaspora
to contribute to the de-
velopment of the Ram
temple in Ayodhya.
Prem Bhandari, a
community activist and
also head of Jaipur
Foot USA, said that
there are nearly 32 mil-
lion Non-Resident Indi-
ans and Persons of In-
dian Origin around the
world and many of
them would like to con-
tribute to the develop-
ment of the temple.
Bhandari appealed to
PMModitoensureasys-
tem that enables the in-
terested to contribute
any amount they deem
fit. He added that all the
money collected should
go directly to the Shri
Ram Janmabhoomi
Teertha Kshetra Trust.
“I am a Bhakt of Ram
Lalla and I too wish to
contribute to the grand
temple that will be con-
structed. There are
many others who may
not be living in India
but would like to donate
to the temple. There
must be provisions in
place to ensure inter-
ested NRIs too are able
to contribute,” he said.
New Delhi: The Cen-
tral government on
Wednesday submitted
before the Delhi High
Court that the declara-
tion of the country of
origin on pre-packaged
commodities used for
e-commerce transac-
tions is required in
case of imported prod-
ucts.
The Centre made the
submission in an affi-
davit filed on a public
interest litigation
(PIL) seeking direc-
tions to mandate dis-
playing the name of
the manufacturing
country on the prod-
ucts at e-commerce
websites. “The declara-
tion of country of ori-
gin on the pre-pack-
aged commodity or on
the digital and elec-
tronic network used
for e-commerce trans-
actions is required in
case of an imported
product and if the
product is manufac-
tured indigenously,
country of origin may
not be mentioned on
the product,” the affi-
davit said.
The Department of
Consumer affairs,
while opposing the
PIL, said that direc-
tions have already
been issued to all e-
commerce entities to
ensure the compliance
of the provisions of
the concerned rules
and acts. —ANI
‘E-commerce entities must display
country of origin on products’
Hearing on
BCCI case
after 2 weeks
New Delhi: SC said it
would hear after two
weeks the applications
which have raised is-
sues relating to BCCI.
The matter came up
for hearing before a
bench comprising
Chief Justice S A Bobde
and Justice L Nag-
eswara Rao. The advo-
cates appearing for
cricket associations of
Tamil Nadu and
Himachal Pradesh told
the bench that they
have filed applications
in the matter and they
should be listed for
hearing. —ANI
IN THE COURTYARD
SC NOD FOR 3-MEMBER JUDICIAL
PANEL TO PROBE DUBEY ENCOUNTER
SC SEEKS RESPONSE FROM LAWYER
ON CONTEMPT CASE ON HIS TWEETS
New Delhi: Supreme
Court on Wednesday
accepted the appoint-
ment of a three-mem-
ber inquiry commis-
sion headed by former
SC judge Justice BS
Chauhan into encoun-
ter of gangster Vikas
Dubey, and asked it to
submit report within
two months to court
and UP government.
A bench headed by
CJI SA Bobde told UP
police not to resort to
encounters to eliminate
dreaded gangsters.
Other two members of
commission are -- retd
judge of Allahabad HC
Justice Shashi Kant
Agarwal and former
DGP KL Gupta.
New Delhi: SC issued a notice to senior lawyer
Prashant Bhushan asking him to file a detailed
response on a suo moto criminal contempt mat-
ter against him over his alleged tweets. A three-
judge bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra also
asked Twitter India to file its response in the case
and fixed further hearing on August 5.

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Gehlot writes...
He also named dissident
Congress leader Bhan-
warlal Sharma who he
said had tried to bring
down Bhairon Singh
Shekhawat’s BJP gov-
ernment in Rajasthan.
Gehlot said he had at
that time protested
against the move.
The Congress has sus-
pended Bhanwarlal
Sharma and another
MLA,VishvendraSingh,
from the primary mem-
bership of the party for
their alleged involve-
ment in the conspiracy.
Gehlot said he is sad-
dened that a ruling par-
ty at the Centre could
ignore its priority of
managing the coronavi-
rus pandemic and is in-
stead play the main role
in bringing down a Con-
gress government.
He said similar alle-
gations were levelled in
connection with Mad-
hya Pradesh and your
party was defamed
across the country. The
chief minister said he
firmly believed that
healthy democratic and
constitutional values
will finally win and his
government will com-
plete its tenure while
delivering good gover-
nance. —Agencies
‘Kakrapar N Plant...
as indigenously de-
signed 700 MWe Ka-
krapar Atomic Power
Plant-3 in Gujarat
achieved criticality. Na-
tion salutes our scien-
tists on this stellar
achievement. New In-
dia is marching ahead
to realise PM Narendra
Modi’s vision of Aat-
manirbhar Bharat.”
Meanwhile, taking
to Twitter, I&B Minis-
ter Prakash Javadekar
tweeted “Big Day in
India’s Nuclear histo-
ry as Kakrapar Atomic
Power Plant-3 achieves
criticality. Many Con-
gratulations to our nu-
clear scientists!! Nu-
clear is a zero-emis-
sion clean energy
source. The 700MWe
plant is another shin-
ing success of
#MakeInIndia.” —ANI
India contributing...
I firmly believe that our
approach to the future
must primarily be a
more human-centric
one,” he said. —ANI
CP: Moving...
Joshi has challenged
the HC’s July 21 order
which said the verdict
on the petition filed by
the 19 MLAs, challeng-
ing the disqualification
notices, will be pro-
nounced on July 24 and
asked him to defer the
disqualification pro-
ceedings till then.
The proceedings un-
der the Tenth Schedule
(which deals with dis-
qualification of law-
makers) before the
Speaker are proceed-
ings of the Legislature
and as such cannot in-
terfered with as repeat-
edly held by this Court
as envisaged under Ar-
ticle 212 read with para
6(2) of the Tenth Sched-
ule, the plea said.
The impugned order
(of HC) is ex-facie is il-
legal, perverse, and in
derogation of the pow-
ers of the Speaker un-
der the Constitution
and hence deserve to be
set aside, it added.
The petition, which
has been settled by se-
nior advocates Kapil
SibalandVivekTankha,
said that the Speaker
was the designated con-
stitutional person to
deal with the disqualifi-
cation plea against 19
MLAs and the high
court should not have
intervened.
This court as the sen-
tinel on the qui vive (on
the alert) has a duty to
ensure that the all the
authorities under the
Constitution exercise
their jurisdiction with-
in the boundaries and
respective Lakshman
Rekha’ envisaged by the
Constitution itself.
Judiciary was never
expected under the
Tenth Schedule to inter-
fere in the manner it
has done in the instant
case resulting in this
constitutional impasse
warranting the instant
SLP which is being filed
with an urgent request
to take up the matter at
theearliestconvenience
of this court, the plea
filed through lawyer Fe-
ranndes said.
The plea referred to
various judgements of
the top court and said
the High Court’s order
was in effect a stay on
the powers of the
Speaker under the
Tenth Schedule to adju-
dicate on a disqualifica-
tion petition.
Moreover, it is to be
pointed out that the
Speaker is the persona
designata under the
Constitution, who has
exclusive, non-transfer-
able, and non-delegable
powers and authority to
adjudicate on the issues
of disqualification.
There was a ques-
tion of law whether a
court can interfere in
pending disqualifica-
tion proceedings be-
fore the Speaker in
view of the clear bar
under Article 212 and
the Tenth Schedule of
the Constitution, the
plea said.
FROM PG 1
WILL RAMACHARYULU BE
ELEVATED IN RS?
There are reports that Secretary in the Rajya
Sabha, Dr PPK Ramacharyulu may succeed Desh
Deepak Verma as Secretary General.
2006 BATCH IAS OFFICER FROM
BIHAR, SHOBHENDRA KUMAR
CHOUDHARY QUITS IAS
A 2006 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre, Shob-
hendra Kumar Choudhary has resigned from the
IAS with effect from July 18, 2020.
ASHOK LAVASA YET TO RESIGN
AS ELECTION COMMISSIONER
Ashok Lavasa, 1980 Batch retired IAS officer who
has been appointed V-P of Asian Development
Bank (ADB) is yet to resign. He has to succeed
Diwakar Gupta, whose term ends on August 31.
WADEKAR TO HEAD PROBE PANEL
ON GANDHI FAMILY TRUSTS
Vivek R. Wadekar will reportedly head the probe
panel against the three trusts of Gandhi family. He is
an IRS-IT officer and posted as Special Director ED.
TIWARI TO BE JS (JK&L)
Manish Tiwari will be the first Joint Secretary of
newly created cell-(J&K&L).
MATAM VENKATA RAO APPOINTED
MD & CEO, CENTRAL BANK OF INDIA
Matam Venkata Rao, ED, Canara Bank has been
appointed Managing Director & CEO in Central
Bank of India.
TWO IRS-IT OFFICERS GET NEW POSTINGS
Anup Singh has been appointed as Additional
CIT(OSD) in the office of Pr CCIT, Jaipur, Rajasthan
Region, while Vivek Sharma was made Additional
CIT(OSD) in the office of Pr CCIT, Delhi Region.
REINSTATE RAMESH KUMAR AS
STATE ELECTION COMMISSIONER,
GOVERNOR ASKS AP GOVT
AP Guv Biswabhusan Harichandan has directed
state government to reinstate N Ramesh Kumar
as the State EC in accordance with the HC order.
He is a retired IAS officer. The AP HC had on May
29 struck down an Ordinance promulgated by YS
Jagan Mohan Reddy govt on April 10 curtailing the
tenure of the State Election Commissioner from five
to three years. The HC also quashed a Government
order appointing retired judge V Kanagaraj as the
new SEC. The state govt lost the battle in SC also.
12 IIS OFFICERS TRANSFERRED
12 officers of Indian Information Service (IIS) have
been given new assignments. Accordingly, Shruti
Patil has been transferred from PIB Delhi to PIB,
Hyderabad as Director with additional charge of
ROB, Hyderabad, while H P Kunnappa Reddy will
join as PRO(Defence), Hyderabad and Gargi Malik
was posted as Dy Director(News) at DDK, Luc-
know; Similarly, Shantanu Pratap Singh has been
posted as PRO Defence), Lucknow; G C Das as Dy
Director(News), AIR, Bhubneshwar; Keshav Murthy
as Deputy Director News, DDK, Bangalore; Shahu
Patole as Deputy Director(News), DDK, Mumbai;
Abdul Hamid Dy Director PIB, Ranchi; Ms Punntha
S to join as Dy Director,at PIB, Bangalore; Pritam
Singh will be new Dy DIrector(News), DDK, Shimla;
Tariq Ahmad Rater is being sent to PIB, Shimla, as
Dy DIrector and Sanjay Pratap Singh is going from
Itanagar to DD(News), Delhi as Asstt Director.
B SATHEESH BALAN APPOINTED
AS DIG, CBI
B Satheesh Balan has been appointed as Deputy
Inspector General in CBI.
ASHWIN SHENVI APPOINTED AS SP, CBI
Ashwin Shenvi has been appointed as Superin-
tendent of Police in CBI.
POWERGallery
Ghaziabad: Journalist
Vikram Joshi, who was
shot at by unknown
miscreants near his
residence in Vijay Na-
gar, Ghaziabad on June
20, passed away on
Wednesday. The doctor
of a private hospital
monitoring Joshi said
that the veins in the
journalist's head had
got badly damaged due
to the bullet injury.
"Yes, he (Vikram
Joshi) is no more. He
passed away at around
4 am during treatment
at the hospital," a fami-
ly member told. The
scribe had suffered a
bullet injury on his
head after assailants
opened fire at him near
his residence in Vijay
Nagar.
The attack is believed
to be the fallout of a
complaint that Joshi
had lodged at Vijay Na-
gar police station on
July 16 stating that
some people were har-
assing his niece.
Locals claimed that
Vikram Joshi was rid-
ing a motorcycle with
his two daughters when
a group of men assault-
ed him and opened fire
at him. Nine people
were arrested in con-
nection with the shoot-
ing incident. —Agencies
Scribe Vikram Joshi who was shot
in Ghaziabad succumbs to injuriesUP CM Yogi Adityanath announced `10 lakh Ex-Gratia; cops arrest nine people in connection
New Delhi: Vice Presi-
dent M Venkaiah Naidu
unveiled a statue of Dr
BR Ambedkar at the
CAG office in New Delhi
onWednesday."TheVice
President, Shri M Ven-
kaiah Naidu unveiling
the statue of Bharat Rat-
na, Dr B R Ambedkar at
CAGoffice,inNewDelhi
today," the Vice Presi-
dent of India tweeted.
"Babasaheb Dr B R
Ambedkar was a multi-
faceted genius and
builder of modern In-
dia. The nation will be
ever grateful to him for
his stellar contribution
in drafting the Constitu-
tion and for guiding the
nation at a critical junc-
ture," he added. —ANI
New Delhi: Union in-
formation and technol-
ogy minister Ravi
Shankar Prasad has
called for digital plat-
forms to be responsive,
accountable and sensi-
tive to the concerns of
sovereign nations as far
as safety, defence and
privacy is concerned.
Prasad raised the issue
on Wednesday during
the G20 Digital Minis-
ter’s Meet hosted by
Saudi Arabia.
Prasad’s comments
come in the backdrop of
India’s ban on 59 Chi-
nese web and mobile ap-
plications including
TikTok and UC browser
due to security con-
cerns.
“In view of these con-
cerns, the digital plat-
forms having presence
in many countries must
become trustworthy,
safe and secure. It is
time to acknowledge
that digital platforms
anywhere in the world
have to be responsive
and accountable to-
wards the sovereign
concerns of countries
including defence, pri-
vacy and security of
citizens,” Prasad said.
China’s digital minis-
ter Miao Wei was also in
attendance at the virtu-
al meeting. Prasad also
raised some other very
important issues being
debated globally related
to data security and said
that data, too, must be-
long to the sovereign na-
tion concerned.
“Digital economy
must go hand in hand
with the Data economy.
We need to acknowl-
edge the sovereignty
over data. Data must
belong to the sovereign
nation concerned, to
protect also the privacy
concern of its people,”
Prasad added. —Agencies
CAG is an enabler of
Babasaheb’s vision:
V-P Venkaiah Naidu
‘Digital platforms need to be
accountable and sensitive’
M Venkaiah Naidu unveiled a statue of Dr BR Ambedkar at the
CAG office on Wednesday.
Ravi Shankar Prasad addressing the G20 Digital Minister’s Meet.
Inputs from : http://whispersinthecorridors.com
Vikram Joshi, who was shot at by unknown miscreants, passed
away on Wednesday.
Kolkata: West Bengal
Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee on
Wednesday expressed
condolences to the
family of journalist
Vikram Joshi who
passed away today
and said that voices
are being muzzled and
even media is not be-
ing spared.
“My heartfelt con-
dolences to the family
of Vikram Joshi, a
fearless journalist
who passed away to-
day. He was shot in UP
for filing an FIR to
book his niece’s mo-
lesters. An atmos-
phere of fear has been
created in the country.
Voices being muzzled.
Media not spared.
Shocking,” the West
Bengal Chief Minis-
ter tweeted.
Journalist Vikram
Joshi, who was shot at
by unknown miscre-
ants near his resi-
dence in Vijay Nagar,
Ghaziabad on July 20,
breathed his last at a
hospital on Wednes-
day. —ANI
Even media is not spared: Didi
New Delhi: Following
the attack on and sub-
sequent death of jour-
nalist Vikram Joshi,
Congress General Sec-
retary Priyanka Gan-
dhiVadrasaidthatlike
its predecessor, BJP
government too has
failed to ensure law
and order in the state.
"After raising his
voice against sexual
harassment,journalist
Vikram Joshi Ji was
shot in front of his
daughter. Today, he
succumbed to his inju-
ries. Jungle Raj in UP
hasincreasedtoapoint
where the common
people fear the goons
after making com-
plaints against them.
The BJP government,
like its predecessors,
hasfailedtoensurelaw
and order in the state"
she tweeted. —ANI
‘BJP failed to ensure law & order’
New Delhi: Priyanka
Gandhi Vadra is
set to vacate the
government bunga-
low in Lodhi Estate
before the end of
this month and shift
to a house in DLF
Aralia, Sector 42,
Gurugram, Haryana.
Sources close to
Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra have stated
that she will stay in
Gurugram for the
next few months.
PRIYANKA ALL
SET TO MOVE
Mumbai: Shiv Sena leader
Sanjay Raut expressed
concern at the
death of jour-
nalist Vikram
Joshi in Gha-
ziabad, saying
that if such
crimes are
committed when victims
protest against harass-
ment, what will they do?
The RS MP hoped that
the UP government would
look into the incident.
SANJAY RAUT
EXPRESSES
CONCERN
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi
termed BJP-led UP
government as 'goonda
raj' hours after Ghaziabad-
based
journalist
Vikram Joshi
succumbed
to injury he
received
from a group
of men. "Journalist Vikram
Jashi was killed after he
protested against the
harassment against his
niece. My condolence to
the family. They promised
Ram Raj, but gave Goonda
raj," Gandhi tweeted.
‘UP PROMISED
RAM RAJ, NOT
GOONDA RAJ’
`10 L EX-GRATIA
ANNOUNCED
Balasore: Trials of
Helicopter-launched
Nag Missile anti-
tank guided missile
(HELINA), now
named 'Dhruvastra',
were conducted on
July15andJuly16at
ITR in Balasore.
Trailswereconduct-
edwithoutahelicop-
ter in direct and top
attack mode. These
come in backdrop of
ongoing disengage-
ment process be-
tween India-China
at the friction points
between two armies
in Ladakh. —ANI
Trials of anti-
tank guided
missile
conducted

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Man accuses
father-in-law
of extortion
Shubham Sharma
Ajmer: In a rather un-
usual incident a son-in-
law has charged his
father-in-law of trying
to extort money from
him citing frivolous
reasons and threaten-
ing him with life if he
fails to pay.
Rakesh Kumar regis-
tered a complaint at
AdarshNagarpolicesta-
tion and apprised SP
Kunwar Rashtradeep of
his father in law Rajen-
dra Goyal and his family
threatening him with
life if he doesn’t bow to
his extortion demands
of worth Rs 7 crore.
Rakesh alleged that
and his family have reg-
istered baseless cases
against him earlier in-
cluding one by his wife
under section 377.
Now his father in law
RajendraGoyal,whoisa
local Congress leader,
has demanded money to
becometheChairmanof
Ajmer Development Au-
thority.
Rakeshhasstatedthat
he has already paid up
Rs 2 crore 10 lakh to save
himself of cases slapped
on him earlier and his in
laws are still demanding
another one crore.
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: The Centre
has created a ‘raid
raj’ but the Congress
won’t be scared, the
party’s chief spokes-
person Randeep Sur-
jewala said on
Wednesday after the
Enforcement Directo-
rate conducted
searches at the home
of Rajasthan Chief
Minister Ashok Ge-
hlot’s brother.
The Congress leader
also reacted to the kill-
ing of a journalist in
Ghaziabad in Uttar
Pradesh and said there
was ‘gunda raj’ and
‘jungle raj’ in the state.
“It is clear there is no
law and order in Uttar
Pradesh. Becoming a
journalist in Uttar
Pradesh has become a
sin,” he said.
Responding to the
raids against Agras-
en Gehlot in Jodhpur,
Surjewala told re-
porters, “Prime Min-
ister Modi has creat-
ed ‘raid raj’ in the
country but we are
not going be scared.”
When the Centre’s
gimmicks failed to
topple the Congress
government in Ra-
jasthan, ED raids
started at the prem-
ises of Gehlot’s elder
brother, the spokes-
person said.
He added that a CBI
team was sent to con-
duct a raid at a location
linked to legislator
Krishna Poonia after
the Centre’s tactics
failed to topple an elect-
ed government.
An Olympian who
brought laurels for the
nation is being threat-
ened, Surjewala said.
“The CBI also inter-
rogated CM’s OSD
and now ED raids are
being conducted at
CM’s elder brother
residence,” he said.
The ED raids against
the chief minister’s
brother are part of
countrywide raids in
connection with a
money laundering
case linked to a ferti-
liser scam, officials
said. Agrasen Gehlot
faces a Rs 7 crore cus-
toms penalty in this
alleged fertiliser
case, they said.
Bring it on, not scared
by ‘raid raj’: Surjewala
Court extends
SOG remand
of Sanjay Jain
by two days
First India Bureau
Jaipur: CJM Court on
Wednesday sent San-
jay Jain, who was ar-
rested in connection
with the purported
audio-tapes related
to the alleged horse-
trading in Rajasthan,
to two-day remand of
the Rajasthan Po-
lice’s Special Opera-
tions Group (SOG).
The court had on
Saturday last week
sent Jain to four-day
remand of the SOG.
According to the po-
lice, Jain was arrested
by a team of SOG un-
der Sections 124A (sedi-
tion) and 120B (crimi-
nal conspiracy) of the
Indian Penal Code
(IPC) last week.
On July 17, two
FIRs were registered
by the SOG based on
the complaint filed
by Congress chief
whip Mahesh Joshi
about audiotapes,
which Congress al-
leged, had conversa-
tions about an al-
leged conspiracy to
topple the Ashok Ge-
hlot-led government.
Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota
local bodies polls must
be held by Oct 31: HC
The state govt had requested postponement
till December 31 due to ongoing corona crisis
Nizam Kantaliya
Jaipur: Rajasthan
High Court has al-
lowed the state govt
to complete the elec-
tion process of the
Jaipur, Kota, and
Jodhpur municipal
corporations till Oc-
tober 31.
The state govt had
requested postpone-
ment till December
31 due to the ongo-
ing corona crisis.
AG MS Singhvi
had filed a plea on
Tuesday stating
that considering the
coronavirus infec-
tion in the state
along with guide-
lines issued by the
central govt and
WHO it wasn’t pos-
sible to hold the mu-
nicipal elections
due to fear of infec-
tion spread which
may happen due to
use of EVM and peo-
ple assembling to
cast their votes.
On these grounds,
AG had requested
postponement of the
elections till 31 De-
cember.
The counsel for the
State Election depart-
ment RB Mathur ob-
jected to the plea cit-
ing the Supreme
Court decision to
complete the Pan-
chayat elections by 15
October.
He contested that
the municipal elec-
tions should be held
with panchayat
elections in October.
Mathur said that
if the corona situa-
tion worsens the
state govt can al-
ways come back to
the court.
Divisional bench
of CJ Indrajit Mo-
hanty and Justice
Prakash Gupta af-
ter hearing both the
sides ordered the
elections to be held
by October 31.
It is noteworthy
that after carving out
two corporations out
of all three municipal
corporations viz
Jaipur, Jodhpur and
Kota, the state govt
had announced hold-
ing elections for them
but they are pending
since November 2019.
State govt had as-
sured the court of
holding the elections
in six months which
were due in April but
due to the Corona cri-
sis the govt had then
received an extension
for six weeks.
Dr. Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: To brush off al-
legations that ministers
and ruling party MLAs
enjoying themselves
while people have been
facing unprecedented
medical and financial
crisis, four ministers of
the Gehlot government
returned to attend office
in secretariat in order
to clear pending matters
and files on Wednesday.
TheBJPhasbeencrit-
icising the government
for camping in a luxury
hotel and leaving people
to fend for themselves
during the corona crisis.
Dr. BD Kalla, who
holds important portfo-
lios of PHED and En-
ergy said that situation
is under control and
water and power supply
is regular. “The BJP op-
pose for the sake of op-
position,” he alleged.
Minority affairs min-
ister Saleh Mohammad
said that the work will
keep accumulating if
not cleared regularly. He
said that yesterday his
department had taken a
crucial decision.
IndustryministerPar-
sadi Lal Meena he had
called meeting following
the CM’s instruction in
the cabinet meeting to
expedite execution of
budget announcements.
“I can clear files in hotel
as well, but it is not pos-
sible to hold meeting
with department offi-
cials,” he explained.
Minister of state for
technical education Dr.
Subhash Garg claimed
that people of Ra-
jasthan have been
watching who is right
and who is wrong. They
will give reply in future.
According to Dr. Garg,
the state government
was stable and not going
tofallinanyconditionno
matterhowhardthecen-
tral government tries.
“The central govern-
ment has one final
weapon of president’s
rule, which it can resort
to but we have faith in
the judiciary where jus-
tice may be delayed but
never denied,” he said.
4 ministers keep work date
amid leisurely allegations
Jaipur: After sacking Deputy CM Sachin Pilot, tourism
minister Vishvendra Singh and food & civil supply min-
ister, the state government has also removed their staff.
They have been put on APO. Department of personnel
has issued orders to this effect. All of them will give
attendance in the DoP.
REBELS’ MINISTERIAL STAFF PUT ON APO
Dr. BD Kalla
Saleh Mohammad
Dr. Subhash Garg
Parsadi Lal Meena
BROTHER GEHLOT SPEAKS OUT:
RAID WITH ILL-INTENT, NO EXPORT BIZ
ED hasn’t given any reason for conducting the raid, the family statement read
Rajeev Gaur
Jodhpur: With the En-
forcement Directorate
initiating a raid
against CM Ashok Ge-
hlot’s brother - Agra-
sen Gehlot - on
Wednesday, the family
termed the raid as
completely wrong and
stripping the law.
Late in the evening,
after consulting with
their lawyer, a release
was issued represent-
ing the family’s claims
in the matter.
Claiming that Agras-
en Gehlot has been in-
volved in wholesale of
manure, seeds and C&F,
the family contended
that Agrasen has never
been involved in the ex-
port of any kind neither
has he taken any export
licence.
“The matter per-
tains to 2007, 2008 and
2009 on which sections
2 and 3 or Prevention
of Money Laundering
Act do not apply since
sections were provid-
ed legal status in 2013
and action can not be
taken on backdate.
The entire action has
been taken with ill-in-
tent,” a release from
Agrasen Gehlot read.
It was further said
that in 2017, the
Ahmedabad Custom tri-
bunal ordered a stay on
application by Agrasen
Gehlot and under pro-
tect he has deposited
elevenlakhrupeesinthe
matterforthestay.More-
over, it has been contest-
ed that the custom law
under which the penalty
has been levied pertains
to section 114 and 114(a)
whereas under sections
2 and 3 of The Preven-
tion of Money launder-
ing Act, this develop-
ment does not fall under
the schedule of crime or
proceed of crime.
The release raised
question on the motive
of the ED’s raid also.
“It was their moral
duty to inform about
the reason for the raid
which the ED has not
provided till now. The
show-cause notice is
given first and this is
akin to abusin the con-
stitutional rights.
Agrasen Gehlot’s wife
has undergone angiog-
raphy and as such in-
vestigation without a
female officer is
wrong,” the release
read.
Claiming that there
was no theft of custom
tax since the matter
does not fall under sec-
tions 135 and 132 of the
customs act, the release
further said, “There is
no reason to believe in
the Prevention of
Money Laundering
Act 2002 and if there
is, the ED has not giv-
en it to the media nei-
ther has it clarified
anything. The matter
does not fall under ‘pro-
ceed to crime’ segment
neitherdoesitfallunder
the category of crime.
We have no connection
with the exporter nei-
ther are we related to
the said exporter. We
have never had a busi-
ness relations with the
person nor do we know
him. We have never met
him nor do we know any
agent or relative,” the
release said.
Enforcement Directorate raid underway at (right) Agrasen Gehlot’s residence in Jodhpur.
WILL HISTORY
REPEAT ITSELF?
What is the similarity between
former vice President and
three-time Chief Minister of
Rajasthan, Late Bhairon Singh
Shekhawat and Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot? Apart from the fact that the
duo had humble beginnings and
both have the unique achievement
of steering Rajasthan thrice, there
is one more similarity. Gehlot has
been oddly fond of the ‘Shekhawat
formula’ even though Shekhawat
was from the saffron party. But what
is this ‘Shekhawat formula’? well,
during his term as chief minister
between 1990-93, Shekhawat
had played the masterstroke by
surprising even his MLAs and
calling for a vote of confidence. At
a time when serious aspersions
were being raised on Shekhawat
government, the stalwart leader
first played his cards right to call
an assembly session and then
surprising everyone suddenly
called for a vote of confidence,
and his ‘risk’ paid dividends. His
distractors were taken by surprise
and he proved his majority in the
house at a time when it was least
expected, a move that cemented his
political image and propelled him
into national polity. Well, Gehlot
was also a prominent leader by
then and learnt from this ‘game’. It
was fifteen years later in 2009, that
Gehlot, who was in his second term
as Chief Minister, played the same
game as played by his ‘informal
mentor’ to prove his majority and
save the government. There is now
a strong word in political circles
that Gehlot would employ the same
tactics again, but in the world of
‘magicians’, you never do the same
tricks twice! —Yogesh Sharma
TRADITION AMID
STRIFE!
Even though the Gehlot
camp Congress MLAs
have been kept in the hotel
and while the political heat is
raging hard in Rajasthan, the
female legislators found time
out amid all the commotion
to apply mehndi on their
hands. The reason: Sinjara
celebration. The age-old
custom of Sinjara was being
observed on Wednesday
wherein Mamta Bhupesh,
Indira Meena, Ganga Devi,
and Krishna Poonia along
with other female MLAs were
seen enjoying the festivities.
—Aditi Nagar

9. Belief is critical to life and before
you believe in something, you
have to believe in your own self.
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Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: At a time when
even the most popular
movies and actors, who
have an array of market-
ing teams and their gim-
micksatworkoveralong
period of time with stra-
tegic leaks on movies to
build up sensation
amongthemasses,failto
reach the Rs 100 crore
club, an enterprise of
the government of Ra-
jasthan has ‘outlawed’
the marketing pundits
by generating nearly
Rs 100 crore revenue
injustoneday!The Ra-
jasthanHousingBoard
(RHB) achieved the
gargantuan feat on
Wednesday when it
sold off 253 properties
worth Rs 93.24 crore,
thereby creating a new
record for earning
maximumrevenueina
single day. Notably, till
now, no institute in the
statehasearnedsomuch
revenue from the sale of
propertiesinasingleday.
“This Wednesday has
been a ‘Super Bumper
Wednesday’ for the
Board. In all 231 hous-
es were sold, due to
which a revenue of Rs
48. 21 crore was gen-
erated. In addition to
this, Board also sold
22 other properties
which resulted in gen-
eration of another Rs
45.21 crore revenue,”
said Pawan Arora,
Commissioner RHB.
It is worth noting that
under the Wednesday
Auction Festival, the
Board has sold 2,026
properties through e-
bid submission so far,
under the Housing on
Instalment scheme of
the Board, resulting in
a revenue of Rs 331
crore in just 21 days.
“Under Wednesday
Auction Festival, peo-
ple are participating in
the housing scheme in
installments for all.
The enthusiasm of the
people is also seen in
the e-bid submission at
all the offices of the
Board,” he said.
Informing about the
properties, Arora point-
ed at an interesting de-
velopment. “In RHB’s
Mansarovar Yojana, the
minimum sale price of 4
shops of 13 square meter
in the commercial belt
was kept at Rs 75 thou-
sand per square meter,
while these shops sold
from Rs 2.45 lakh to Rs
2.91 lakh per square me-
ter!Now, the Board will
sell large commercial
and residential plots
through e-auction
from July 27 to July 29
in the Choppasni
schemes of Jodhpur,
and at Pratap Nagar
and Mansarovar in
Jaipur. The e-auction of
three large commercial
plotslocatedinMansaro-
varYojanaof Jaipurwill
be conducted from July
27 to July 29, 2020. Simi-
larly, e-auction of four
commercialplotslocated
in Pratap Nagar Yojana
of Jaipur and two resi-
dential plots in Chop-
pasni Yojana of Jodhpur
willbeconductedfrom29
to31July2020,”headded.
In a first, Board nears `100 cr club in one day!
RAJASTHAN ‘HIGH-YIELD’ BOARD
Will wait till Friday to decide a
strategy: Kataria at BJP meet
BJP claimed that the judiciary has power to intervene in legislative matters
First India Bureau
Jaipur: After speaker
Dr CP Joshi announced
that he would file SLP
in Supreme Court
against High Court’s
ruling to restrain him
from further decision
on the notice of disqual-
ification served to 19
rebel Congress MLAs,
the BJP, which is still
in wait and watch
mode, claimed that
the judiciary has the
power to intervene in
matters of legislative.
Meanwhile, the party
also got down to form
its strategy in wake of
pending outcome in the
court. A meeting was
held at the residence of
Leader of Opposition
Gulab Chand Kataria to
discuss the legal as-
pects of the case.
Deputy LoP Rajen-
dra Rathore, State
President Dr Satish
Poonia, former State
President and advo-
cate Dr Arun Chatur-
vedi, former deputy
Speaker Rao Rajendra
Singh, advocate Nahar
Singh and former po-
lice officer Rajendra
Singh Shekhawat were
present in the meeting.
During the meeting,
Kataria said, “We will
wait till Friday and ac-
cordingly a strategy
will be formed.”
“Speaker may have
been hurt and consid-
ered it infringement
of his special privilege
by words which sug-
gest that the court has
given him directions,
so he can approach to
SC,” Kataria added.
Chaturvedi said that
the speaker has every
right to file SLP, the
meeting was related to
organisational matters.
“It is for the SC to in-
terpret words. In my
view, the high court
has reserved its judg-
ment,” he said.
Dr Poonia said that Dr
Joshi has to perform his
duties. Judiciary can
givedirectionstoresolve
thematter.According to
Poonia, BJP can also
approach court re-
garding BSP MLAs’
merger since the
speaker has not taken
a decision on it.
Rajendra Rathore,
while talking about ac-
tions of ED and CBI,
said that Randeep Singh
Surjewala should look
into his collars. “Those
who live in glass house
shouldn’t throw stone at
others,” he said.
‘We must make decisions to avoid constitutional crisis’
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: After Assem-
bly Speaker Dr CP
Joshisaidthathewould
challenge the High
Court order, First India
got in touch with him to
know the next steps the
state government
might take amid the on-
going political crisis.
 Yogesh Sharma: It
is perhaps for the
first time in the his-
tory that the legisla-
ture had to move the
SC to get its issues
addressed. What
prompted your move?
Dr CP Joshi:TheChief
Whip submitted an ap-
plication to my office
and my office issued
simple show cause no-
ticestotheMLAs.Court
had ruled in 1992 that
the speaker has all the
rights to disqualify
MLAs and if some legal
aspect remains unan-
swered then Court can
review it. I was pained
as what prompted court
to take decision but still
I regarded it. Now when
one constitutional au-
thorityexceedsitsjuris-
diction area then it be-
comes my duty to at-
tract attention of coun-
try and also make SC
aware of it. This is the
time to make decisions,
otherwise there will be
constitutional crisis
where legislature de-
cides one thing and the
court decides the other.
 Is this why you
didn’t wait till July
24 and went to SC so
that Speaker’s powers
could be analysed?
Whentheconstitutional
bench has already said
that court can’t inter-
veneunlessspeakerdis-
qualifies an MLA. The
whole decision is in
speaker’s domain. I was
therefore surprised by
HC’s decision.
 While you consid-
ered it a show cause
notice, affected party
was contemplating
not replying to notice,
was this also a rea-
son? Did they go to
court without you
taking any decision?
Important aspect is that
affected party and their
lawyers are saying they
won’t approach my of-
fice and court is not de-
ciding.Asaheadof con-
stitutional body, should
I become a silent specta-
tor? Moving to court is
well within their rights
but I also have rights
and I feel I should go to
SC and get its opinion.
 What is the reason
for repeated instances
of confrontation be-
tween legislature and
judiciary despite well
laid out guidelines?
Both should act accord-
ing to the dignity of
their constitutional
status. We have re-
spected the HC and will
respect the SC also.
 Are the questions
raised by BJP on
merger of BSP with
Congress justified?
They should first check
the facts which they
haven’t.
 How do you see
challenges for parlia-
mentary democracy
with rampant cross
party switch over?
In democracy, majority
is decided on the basis
of mandate a party re-
ceives. So no political
partyshouldbeallowed
to insult the mandate.
It is a collective respon-
sibility of all stake-
holders. There is a need
to strengthen anti de-
fection law. In parlia-
mentary democracy
actions based on per-
sonal likes and dislikes
should be discouraged.
G MAANE...GEHLOT OR PARLE G?
The classic combination of warm tea and Parle-G biscuits, while holding conversations with
your near and dear ones, is the quintessential Indian way of spending time. It was thus a
surprise when while having tea on Tuesday at Hotel Fairmont, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
called for packets of his favourite biscuits, that have accompanied him to many a talks during
his colorful career as a politician. Interestingly, those who know Gehlot claim that the ‘tea-
biscuit’ has been his obsession since his days as a member of the NSUI.
GAJENDRA-VISHVENDRA GOT
CAUGHT IN SOG’S ‘CROSSFIRE’!
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Reportonphone
tapping conducted by
state government, was
forwardedtoMinistryof
HomeAffairs.Sourcesin
MHA reveal that state
government has claimed
that phones belonging to
politicians were not
tapped.Thishadraiseda
pertinent question that
if none of politicians
were being listened into,
howthendidaudioalleg-
edly between BJP union
ministerGajendraSingh
Shekhawat and ex-Tour-
ismMinisterVishvendra
Singh went viral. On
Wednesday, sources re-
vealed claiming that
SOG had only tapped
middlemanSanjayJain’s
phone. SOG sleuths had
been intently listening
into conversations and
during one such conver-
sation, Gajendra Singh
and Vishvendra Singh
conversation occurred
from Jain’s phone. It was
this development that
spreadrumourthatstate
government had tapped
into politicians’ phones.
Sources reveal, Jain’s
phone had been on sur-
veillance for past two
monthsandstategovern-
menthadsoughtpermis-
sionwhichwasprovided
to it prior to the RS polls
by Secretary NL Meena.
Mathura: All 11 for-
mer policemen con-
victed for killing Raja
Man Singh of the erst-
while Bharatpur royal
family and his two col-
leagues over 35 years
ago in Deeg area of
the state were award-
ed life sentence by a
court on Wednesday.
The convicts, who
were sentenced to life
term by Mathura Dis-
trict Judge Sadhna Rani
Thakur, include former
Deeg Dy SP Kan Singh
and local police station
in-charge, sub-Inspector
VirendraSingh,whohad
led a police team in kill-
ing Raja Man Singh and
his two colleagues Sum-
er Singh and Hari Singh
on February 21, 1985 in
an encounter. The other
policemen sentenced for
thecrimeareSukhRam,
JeevanRam,JagMohan,
Bhanwar Singh, Hari
Singh, Chhatar Singh,
Sher Singh, Daya Ram
and Ravi Shekhar.
Encounter had tak-
en place in Deeg grain
market a day after
Raja Man Singh, then
contesting the state
Vidhan Sabha election
as an independent can-
didate, had allegedly
banged his jeep into
former Rajasthan CM
Shiv Charan Mathur’s
helicopter. According
to the prosecution, he
was also accused of
damaging some publici-
ty material and a stage
set up for Mathur to ad-
dressanelectionrallyin
favour of the Congress
candidate Brajendra
Singh, a retired IAS of-
ficer, the prosecution
had told the court. —PTI
Bharatpurroyal
scion killing: 11
ex-cops get lifer
RHB became first institution in the
state to earn the highest revenue in a
single day through sale of property
AHMED PATEL @ahmedpatel
The shocking assassination of a
journalist in Uttar Pradesh is another
example of break-
down of law and
order in the state.
It is also a grim
reminder of how
media is being
systematically
intimidated since
last 6 years. Our
condolences to family of Mr Vikram
Joshi. We stand behind fearless
journalism.
AVINASH PANDE @avinashpandeinc
Many best wishes for your tenure
in Rajya Sabha. I am confident that
you will not only
become the voice
of Rajasthan, but
will do the best
work in the interest
of the country and
the countrymen.
My best wishes
to you on this new beginning. Your
tenure in Rajya Sabha will be suc-
cessful. @DeependerSHooda
(From left) Bhaskar A Sawant, Pawan Arora and UDH Minister
Shanti Dhariwal —FILE PHOTO
Police take away the convicted policemen after pronouncement
of the quantum of punishment in the 35-year old Raja Man Singh
murder case in Mathura on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
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PREM KI
LEHAR
eej is an age-old festi-
val of India which is
an example of a liv-
ing tradition that
garners the appreci-
ation of common
people. It refers to all
the monsoon festivals ob-
served particularly in the
western and northern states
of India. The festival rejoices
the bounty of nature and the
arrival of the monsoon in the
country. It symbolizes the
harmony of clouds and rain
along with greenery and
birds as well as the sand and
desert. This represents the
vibrant and multi-coloured
nature of this festival.
The festival is celebrated
grandly by married women
who worship Goddess Parvati
who is also known as ‘Teej
Mata’. It was on this day, she
reunited with her long-sepa-
rated husband, Lord Shiva.
Goddess Parvati declared this
moment an auspicious time
for girls and women in their
lives. It is believed that who-
ever offers their prayers to
Goddess Parvati on Teej will
be blessed with their heart’s
desire. Therefore, married
women worship her on this
day for long and happy mar-
ried lives as well as the health
and wellness of their hus-
bands.
Since Teej is about celebrat-
ing the institution of mar-
riage, women gather to dance,
sing, swing under the trees,
apply henna on hands and
feet, wear brightly coloured
‘Lehariya’ saaris, narrate sto-
ries and cook delicious festive
foods on ‘Hariyali Teej’. Par-
ents also send gifts to their
married daughters called
‘Sindhara’. It usually contains
new clothes, accessories, the
traditional sweet ‘Ghewar’,
‘Mehendi’, and more.
In Jaipur, a Teej procession
is organised jointly by the De-
partment of Tourism, District
Administration and City Pal-
ace. It is carried out over at
least two days in the old city
of Jaipur. The procession
starts from the City Palace,
winding its way through Trip-
olia Bazaar and Chhoti Chau-
par and ends at Talkotra. The
royal procession of ‘Goddess
Teej’ comprises of camels,
dancing folk artistes, royal
palanquins, chariots and bull-
ock carts,
In wake of the Coronavi-
rus pandemic, Teej celebra-
tions are set to take up vir-
tual platforms. Women
dressed in traditional at-
tireandfloralornaments
will be connecting with
their friends online to
host virtual ‘Teej par-
ties’. These parties
will involve food,
games, distribution
of gifts and musi-
cal performances.
Teej is the best
time to witness
the culture, rit-
uals, tradi-
tions, and cus-
toms of Ra-
jasthan.
T
City First wishes its readers a very HAPPY TEEJ and
also gives a little background as to why and how the
festival is celebrated in the country!
NEHAL NAYAR
nehal.nayar@firstindia.co.in