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CJI RANJAN GOGOI ASKS SC WHY UNNAO RAPE VICTIM’S LETTER NEVER REACHED HIM?

‘The newspapers flashed it as if I have read the letter’ CJI to take up victim’s letter on threat

by MLA Kuldeep Sengar’ aides today

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday will take up the Unnao rape victim’s letter to Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi apprehending threat to her life. The court has also sought a report from its secretary-general as to why the letter was not placed before the CJI. The direction came when Senior Advocate V Giri who is assisting the court in POCSO cases sought urgent listing of the Unnao matter.

The victim, who is now battling for her life after an accident in Rae Bareli, had written to the CJI stating that she faced threats by the accused

New Delhi: A man cancelled his food delivery order from Zomato on Tuesday because his delivery executive was a “nonHindu”. His tweet was widely condemned, even by Zomato, and now politicians have also reacted to the controversy.

Union Minister Ramdas Athawale has reacted sharply to the incident and said this is a “threat to the unity of the country.”

“Ye samaj main phoot dalne wali ghatna hai (This incident is an attempt to create a rift

The bench asked UP govt to file status report & sought victim’s medical report

As many as 25 complainants were made by the woman and her family against the MLA, his family and his associates for threatening them since July last year. Enquiries were conducted on the complaints and the allegations were not found to be true

—Madhawa Prasad Verma, CJI had asked Supreme Court Secretary-General to prepare a report for him on the woman’s letter.

BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the rape case. “Unfortunately, the letter is yet to

Customer refuses food delivery by Muslim rider First India News

The direction came when Advocate V Giri sought urgent listing of the matter

Ye samaj main phoot dalne wali ghatna hai (This incident is an attempt to create a rift in society)

—Ramdas Athawale, Union Minister

in society),” Athawale said an investigation must be launched into the matter.

Amit Shukla, who is from Madhya Pradesh, in a series of tweets, shared screenshots of his conversation with Zomato’s customer care, saying he would take up the matter with his lawyers.

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see the light of the day and yet the newspapers flashed it as if I have read the letter,” Justice

Gogoi said today, news agency PTI reported.

Earlier, the CJI had asked the Supreme

Unnao SP

Court Secretary-General to prepare a report for him on the woman’s letter.

The bench has also asked the Uttar Pradesh government to file a status report in the case and also sought a medical report of the victim.

The victim’s letter to authorities, including the CJI, states that on July 7 some people allegedly associated with the rape accused MLA had threatened her family with dire consequences.

It also sought directions for registration of an FIR against those who had intimidated them.

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Student organisations burn effigy of main accused in Unnao rape case BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, in Kolkata on Wednesday.

CBI reaches accident spot, books BJP MLA New Delhi: The CBI has booked Uttar Pradesh MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar and nine others on murder charges in connection with the truck-car collision that left the woman who had accused the legislator of rape critically injured, officials said on Wednesday.

A special team formed by the agency to probe the case reached the accident site in the Gurubakshganj area of Uttar Pradesh’s Rae Bareli district.

A speeding truck hit the car in which the rape victim was travelling from her home in Unnao to Rae Bareli on Sunday, killing two relatives and leaving her and a lawyer critically injured.

“The CBI has constituted a team for speedy and smooth investigation of the case,” the agency’s spokesperson said here. The team inspected the crime scene, the truck which had hit the white Maruti Swift car.

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COFFEE DAY ENTERPRISES LTD FOUNDER VG SIDDHARTHA WAS FOUND ON THE BANKS OF THE NETRAVATI RIVER AT 4.30 AM ON WEDNESDAY Mangaluru: The body of Cafe Coffee Day founder V G Siddhartha, who had gone missing, was found on Wednesday in the Netravati river in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka after 36 hours of intense search, officials said.

The body had washed ashore near Ullal and was fished out by local fishermen.

Mangalore MLA U T Khader said friends and relatives have confirmed that the body is of Siddhartha.

Earlier, police had said the body, which appeared to be of Siddhartha, was yet to be identi-

RANGANATH AS INTERIM CHAIRMAN  Coffee Day Enterprises Ltd named SV Ranganath as interim chairman after founder VG Siddhartha was confirmed dead by the police on Wednesday  Ranganath is currently a non-executive independent director

Security guard at a Cafe Coffee Day outlet with the photo of its founder VG Siddhartha placed inside, in Bengaluru on Wednesday.

fied by his family.

“A body has been found, which appears to be of him. Final confirmation has to be done by

the family,” deputy commissioner of Dakshina Kannada district Sasikanth Senthil had told PTI earlier.

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 The company has also set up a committee that will be vested with the powers of the chief executive and explore opportunities to deleverage the Coffee Day Group ALSO SEE P2 & PERSPECTIVE

Prez worthy: Pranab to deliver Parl’s wisdom to MLAs in Assembly First India News Jaipur: The Speaker of Rajasthan Assembly Dr CP Joshi is currently working to impart training of parliamentary traditions to the MLAs. The objective is that the MLAs should understand the party system and work accordingly to that in the Assembly.

Former President Pranab Mukherjee will be addressing a seminar on August 1

in the assembly in which chief minister Ashok Gehlot, leader of opposition Gulabchand Kataria and other leaders will be present. There will be subjects during the seminar in which experts will deliver lecture.

The idea is to impart training to the MLAs and former president Mukherjee who has been chosen for Bharat Ratna will enlightened them.

This one-day semi-

Rajasthan Assembly Speaker CP Joshi welcoming ex-President Pranab Mukherjee at Jaipur airport.

nar is being organised by Rajasthan chapter of Commonwealth Parliamentary Union and Public Policy, CSDS. Inauguration will be done by former president Pranab Mukherjee.

The subject of the seminar is based on parliamentary democracy and India’s contribution in it.

The first technical session will be at 12 noon and deputy election commissioner

Umesh Sinha will preside over the session.

The speakers will include Dr Kailash from central university of Hyderabad, Professor Ashutosh Kumar from Punjab University, Chandigarh, and Professor Ashutosh Varshney from Brown university, USA. Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra will also be attending.

After 2:30 pm, Professor Sanjay Kumar from CSDS will speak in the

session on contemporary challenges in parliamentary democracy and changing party system in the country.

In the second session, retired professor Suhash Palshikar from Savitri Bai Phule University, Pune and vice chancellor of Jain University, Bengaluru Professor Sandeep Shastri will be the main speaker. In this session Deputy Leader of Opposition Rajendra Rathore will also be present. Turn to P4

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It is as poetic as tragic it is.

The river shares the same origins as VG Siddhartha, the coffee Czar and the empire he built way backin 1993, Karnataka’s lush Chikmagalur. With over 1.7 billion cups served annually across six countries, several customers turned nostalgic and took to social media to share their fond memories with the chain

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afe Coffee Day founder VG Siddhartha, who was missing for close to two days, has been found dead in the backwaters of the river Netravathi near the southern coastal town of Mangaluru. Speculation was rife that he had killed himself after being last seen on a bridge over the river on the evening of July 29.

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BIG PICTURE It’s not completely clear as to why Siddhartha took this extreme step, while in a letter purported to have been written by him recently, the entrepreneur said he had failed in building a profitable business model and that he could no longer face the stress of dealing with creditors. Coffee Day group, which has interests in coffee retail, real estate, logistics, hospitality and finance, faced several thousands of crores in debt.

Once described as “India’s Howard Schultz” (former CEO of Starbucks) by marketing guru Harish Bijoor, Siddhartha is best known for the large chain of quick-service restaurants he established, under the Café Coffee Day brand, which is by far the biggest such chain in India.

CAFFEINATED DREAMS OF VG SIDDHARTHA  The Amalgamated Bean Coffee Trading Company Ltd (ABCTCL) in 1993, a company focused on coffee exports. While his plantations produced 3,000 tonnes of coffee, ABCTCL would trade 20,000 tonnes.

In two years, the company became the second-largest exporter from India.  The coffee bug had bitten VG Siddhartha.  In 1996, the first CCD store opened on Bangalore’s crowded Brigade Road, where coffee and an hour of Internet surfing cost Rs 100.

The coffee chain’s first launch came at a time when Bangalore was on the cusp of a transformation from

India bowling all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin on Wednesday recalled a fond memory of having his first cup of coffee at CCD after the company’s founderowner VG Siddhartha’s body was found on the

METEORITE FALLS IN VILLAGE, CAUSES 20-FEET DEEP CRATER Bharatpur: In a bizarre incident, a meteorite has fallen in the Nangla Kasota village. The meteorite crashed in the fields and was responsible for creating a 20-feet deep crater in the field. Police have already reached the spot. Preliminary reports have indicated that a crater measuring 20-feet deep was created upon

a pensioners’ paradise to an IT and lifestyle haven.  In doing this, VG Siddhartha and his team went against the better judgement of his MBA friends. The cafe was a runaway success.  CCD has around 1,700 cafes, around 48,000 vending machines, 532 kiosks and 403 ground coffee selling outlets.  VG Siddhartha owns 12,000 acres (4047 ha) of coffee plantations. A 2015 Forbes list pegged his net worth at $1.2 billion (Rs 8200 crore).  CCD was eyeing a valuation of Rs 8,000 to Rs 10,000 crore from Coca-Cola for the stake sale.

impact with the ground.

Similar to this incident, a meteorite fell a few years ago near Jaipur in which the scientists found rare metal and carbon which is helping them to research the origin of life on earth.

Another resident from the village stated that he was ploughing on his farm when he saw a blue light in the sky.

banks of Netravati river near Hoige Bazaar in Mangaluru.

Ashwin in a tweet said, “My first memories of going out with friends and having a cup of coffee happened only with the inception

PASSENGER TRAIN ENGINE CATCHES FIRE; NONE HURT Jaipur: The engine of Hisar-Jaipur passenger train caught fire on Wednesday morning.

As the fire broke out, the authorities took a decision that the engine should not be used further and the train was stopped near Jagatpura station.

Another engine was called at the spot and after nearly an hour, the train went ahead.

Fire tenders were meanwhile pushed into service to douse the outbreak. Several passengers got down at Jagatpura station itself and left in taxis.

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Cafe Coffee Day is not just an ordinary coffee shop for the people of India now.

It is more of a trend of people which they tenderly make. A tranquil atmosphere combined with decent amenity, it is one of the most favourite hangout places for teenagers.

The first Cafe Coffee Day outlet was set up on July 11, 1996, at Bangalore.

The most formative years of most 90s kids were spent sipping hot coffee in a CCD. Back in the days, college students didn’t “get wasted” in pubs, they hung out at coffee shops guffawing away carefree evenings.

It’s a popular tag line, “A lot can happen over coffee”, was vindicated for many as the four walls of the café saw friendships and relationships bloom and blossom. It was not only the “it place” for everyday hangouts but a common place for college couples to spend time .

Faye DSouza @fayedsouza “I have failed” says the man who gave us all the memories in CCD. My favorite memory was taking my mom there when I could afford to buy her coffee with my first pay from my @airnewsalerts job

Nandita Iyer @ saffrontrail In 2010, I was traveling with my toddler son.

Had forgotten to carry milk. I asked CCD to fill a bottle for me, charge me for 2 coffees. They refused to bill it. RIP #VGSiddhartha, your brand will live long

Sumeet Gill @TheSumeetGill Fortis hospital Mohali.

I was on wheel chair and alone, as attendant to my wife who was undergoing surgery.

A CCD boy served me coffee right outside OT, going out of his way to make me comfortable

Subhaj Rao @subhajrao Yes, Mr #VGSiddhartha created a chain of coffee shops where people bonded and forged relationships. But what I’ll remember #CCD on the highways meant decent restrooms, a rarity till then

Bimba Rao @bimsbin My earliest is playing my then fav song in the jukebox which were in the Cafe Coffee days back then...2002 maybe? It was such an attraction for us...

Subrat Saurabh @ChickenBiryanii “A lot can happen over coffee” Coffee has never been so bitter as it’s today. Unplugging an old pic while preparing the final version my first book!

CD has a C very special place in my

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lot has happened over A coffee and I meant it. I am sure every 90’s kid will

know this! Back then, if you wanted other than a kulhad ki chai, then CCD was an only option. RIP Siddhartha and thank you for the bond that your coffee created, and for all the memories we made and friends we met. I don’t think that the man who gave all these memories failed as an entrepreneur. —Shweta Singh, Engineer

heart. The ambience is very cool. Back then, having a cup of coffee in CCD was like wow. There were times when we waited for a weekend and finally decided to walk in through those fancy glass doors of CCD. But the fact that CCD is special to us Indians is that it is capable of making connections we cannot ignore the fancy tagline: “A lot can happen over coffee”, which is really awesome.

—Shagun Kakkar, Student

is a very tragic incident as the country has lost a visionary Tcafehisentrepreneur like VG Siddhartha. In fact, CCD was the only which introduced the idea of fancy coffee shops accessible to

middle-class Indians. The place also became the most convenient spot for friends to gather after school or college. All those lovely memories will be swinging in my mind. May the soul of India’s ‘Coffee King’ rest in peace.

—Nidhi Vashishtha, Business Analyst went with my friend.

Inever He had invited me. I take tea or cof-

fee. But this place was special and the coffee was good. The funny part was there was a heart shaped cream on the coffee and we thought it was only for couples but it was given to us. And both of us laughed it off and said - anything can happen over a cup of coffee. His journey has inspired and will continue to inspire many.

—Pranta Pratik Patnaik, Assistant Professor, Central University of Raj

R ASHWIN RECALLS FOND MEMORY OF HAVING FIRST CUP OF COFFEE AT CCD of cafe coffee day. Sad news.”

The 58-year-old businessman and son-in-law of former Karnataka Chief Minister SM

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Krishna, Siddhartha was missing since Monday evening from Mangaluru. He was spotted last Monday evening at the Netravati bridge

Jaipur: A remembrance ceremony was held in the PCC on Wednesday on the 103rd birth anniversary of former Congress Chief Minister Late Mohan Lal Sukhadiya. A similar remembrance was organised in the Rajasthan Assembly as well. Sukhadiya had the distinction of being the chief minister of Rajasthan for seventeen

it a part of Indian youth culture. CCD has always been a familiar place even if we have a little amount in our pocket. I can’t forget my first experience in its cool ambience. For some, not quite maybe but for a lot of people, a lot did happen over coffee. The person is gone but his legacy will be living in those bright colours with a red background at every corner of the country.

—Aakanksha Sharma, Ph.d Student

where he had gone for a stroll, Commissioner of Police, Mangalore, Sandeep Patil had said.

A massive search operation involving multiple teams of police forces along with the Coast Guard and NDRF

REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY OF FORMER CM LATE SUKHADIA years. Born in Jhalawar in 1916, Sukhadiya started his political journey from Mewar. After completing his electrical engineering, he started his career as an engineer from a small shop in Nathdwara, however, during his college days, he came in contact with leaders and statemen like Subhash Chandra Bose and Sardar Patel.

t’s nearly 2 decades ISiddhartha since the founder VG have made

was carried out since Tuesday to locate Siddhartha. Police had also deployed the dog squads and inflatable boats in the search operation and roped in local fishermen to search the river.

BOY DIES AFTER SLIPPING INTO OPEN TANK IN KOTA Kota: A youth from Bundi district drowned in a water tank when he was bathing before attending a family function. The man hit his head while bathing and drowned after losing consciousness.

When the man could not be found by the

family members, they initiated a search and later realised the body was floating in the water. The police were informed and the body was taken out of the tank. The youth has been identified as one Shayar Sen, a native of Aligarh in Tonk district.

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CM Gehlot plays perfect host to colleagues

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Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot hosted a dinner for all the MLAs of the state Assembly along with their spouses on Wednesday evening.

The dinner, was aimed to revive an old tradition, wherein the Chief Ministers of Rajasthan have been holding special dinners for all the MLAs and their family, after passing the Budget.

It took several days to arrange this dinner and CM Gehlot took keen interest in choosing the menu. During the din-

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ner, Gehlot, Assembly Speaker CP Joshi, deputy CM Sachin Pilot along with Leader of Opposition Gulab Chand Katariya and Deputy Lead-

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er of Opposition Rajendra Rathore were seated on a round table. CM himself welcomed all the MLAs and their family members while the police band played in background.

Interestingly, when BJP leader Narpat Singh Rajvi came alone, CM took a jibe asking him the reason behind it. A jovial mood was maintained as even families of BJP MLAs were found impressed by the meticulously planned arrangements.

Cops file another 400 page chargesheet against Jivanu First India News Jaipur: Days after a charge sheet was filed against Shastri Nagar rape case accused Sikandar alias Jivanu, the city police filed another chargesheet against the man. The 428 page long chargesheet has been filed in connection with sodomy of a boy on 23rd June. The city police, filing the charge sheet in special court on POCSO cases, wherein the Jaipur police has demanded a death penalty for the man. The cops have termed the man a serious danger for society and has even included sections of arms act in the chargesheet.

Previously the Jaipur police had filed a four

hundred page chargesheet against Jivanu in the in the POCSO Court in the Shastri Nagar rape case of seven year old girl. The police had also accused Jivanu of attempt to murder as he threw the girl on stones.

The police had filed the challan for Kidnapping (IPC section 363), Rape (IPC 376), voluntary causing hurt (IPC 323) and wrongful re-

straint (IPC 341). Notably, the police had filed the chargesheet for rape under IPC 376 AB, which has a provision for the accused to be hung to death.

26-year-old Jivanu has been behind bars for 5 crimes while 16 other cases are pending. The prosecution has produced a list of thirty eight witnesses in the matter.

Meanwhile, judge Arun Agarwal of the POCSO Court has taken cognizance on the chargesheet filed by the police and has given a date for hearing of the matter on 26th July.

Jaipur police has filed a chargesheet within three weeks and now the onus of speedy trial depends on the prosecution.

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LENDING AN EAR

The students of Rajasthan School of Art presenting a memorandum with various demands to Bhanwar Singh Bhati, State Higher Education Minister, Rajasthan at Shiksha Sankul on Wednesday.

(Inset) Students showcase their displeasure through art.

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DUTY TO SERVE VS FREEDOM TO EXPRESS

IMA’s bandh call supported but not feasible for Raj National medical commission bill allows 3.5 lakh untrained personnels to practice modern allopathy, which is unacceptable to the medical fraternity

First India News Jaipur: No effect of the bandh call given by Indian medical association was seen in the government hospital.

The Indian medical association is opposing the National medical commission bill which was passed recently in the lok Sabha and gave a call of a nationwide bandh. It was decided to keep the OPD services closed from 6 am on Wednesday till 6 AM on

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Members of AIMSA protest outside SMS Medical College.

Thursday making it a bandh of 24 hours.

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1. Speaker CP Joshi with wife Hemlata Joshi, 2. Deputy Leader of Opposition & BJP MLA Rajendra Rathore, 3. BJP MLAs Anita Badhel and Kiran Maheshwari presenting a bouquet to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, 4. Dausa MLA Harish Meena, 5. Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot greets CM Gehlot, 6. DG (Training) Rajiv Dasot, 7. Health Minister Raghu Sharma, 8. Leader of Opposition Gulabchand Kataria with CM Gehlot, 9. MLAs Kalpana Raje and Shafia Zubair, 10. Education Minister Govind Singh Dotasara arrive at 8 Civil Lines for the dinner hosted by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday night.

—PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA

IMA had extended its support to the call of the bandh. However the

medical services were running smoothly in govt hospitals like SMS hospital , Zanana hospital, J K Lone hospital , Mahila Chikitsalya , and more.

All Rajasthan in-service doctors association had supported the call but due to the ongoing Measles-Rubella vaccination campaign the medical services were running continuously.

Doctors associated with IMA claimed that the bill was undemo-

cratic and was an attempt to harm the health of the country.

They claim it to be a “black bill” quoting section 32 of this bill, 3.5 lakh untrained people will be given permission to practise modern allopathy. This wont be accepted by the medical fraternity , they said.

They also claimed that this bill will play with the future of medical students who study for 10 years in medical colleges.

Woman hangs self after photo goes viral First India News Bundi: A married woman named Mamta attempted suicide in Kachola village of Hindoli police station area in Bundi district after her photograph went viral on social media sites. Though her mother tried to help her deal with it she chose to hang herself.

Somehow, Mamta’s mother Shanti Bai was able to get her down from the noose and the family members took

her to the district hospital in critical condition.

Her treatment is underway in the ICU. Her mother said that her photo clicked from a mobile and uploaded on social media. She viewed it as insulting and tried to commit suicide. Shanti Bai said “I tried a lot to stop her from doing so but she hung herself. We got her down and took her to the district hospital, .

The police are looking for the culprit after registering the case.

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Beast attacked him when he had taken livestock to nearby forest area to graze ACB searches

FORESTER: Karauli man mauled to death by tiger First India News

Karauli: A man from a village of Karauli district was mauled and killed by a tiger late on Tuesday evening and the remains of the man were found after a nineteen-hour long search that ended on Wednesday afternoon. Forest officials, who visited the spot and studied the pugmarks, confirmed that a tiger was behind the attack. Meanwhile, the forest department has started a bid to locate and trap the tiger to shift it to a secluded part of the forest while the local administration announced a compensation of four lakh rupees for the next of kin.

According to the police the deceased has been identified as one Roop Singh Mali, a resident of ward number thirty-six of Karauli

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town. “On Tuesday, Roop Singh had taken his livestock in the nearby forest area to graze. The man as well as many others take their animals for grazing on a regular basis. The man had also thus taken the animals till Durgesh Ghata area for grazing, however, with dusk the animals came back to the barn, but Roop Singh did not come back. The family members then started a

search for the man while the local police was also informed, however since night had fallen the search had to be stopped.

The search was resumed on Wednesday morning and by afternoon Roop Singh’s dead body was found,” officials said.

On learning that the man had been killed in the forest, the forest officials were also informed.

“A team reached the site and

studied the ground. “It was then established that a tiger was behind the attack. The body was recovered and a post-mortem of the remains was conducted.

A compensation of Rs four lakh have been announced for the family.

We have initiated a bid to locate the tiger and tranquillize it so that the feline can be moved to a secluded part of the forest,” officials said.

houses of two senior officials First India News Udaipur: The ACB conducted a search operation at the houses and other places associated with two senior officials of the accounts department posted in Udaipur. More than half a dozen teams of ACB sleuths were part of the search operation after a direction in this regard was received by the ACB’s Udaipur unit from Jaipur Head Quarters.

The financial advisor of TAD department – identified as Bharti Raj – senior accounts official of Nagar Vikas Pranyas – identified as Ramesh Bawri – were under the radar of the ACB and thus the search operation was initiated against them.

According to ACB sleuths, complaints against these officials were reaching the bureau on a regular basis after which a surprise search operation was conducted.

Irate with tax hike, bus operators go on strike

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They claim that it’s impossible for them to pay much tax First India News Jaipur: The Private bus operators in the state were on strike in the state on a call given

by All Rajasthan Bus Operators Association.

As a result of this , the private buses did not plied across the state and passengers had to face trouble.

The Bus operators are opposing the increase in taxes which were announced in the state budget on July 10.

The buses which take the passengers from Jaipur for different cities did not moved and the passengers looking for private buses to go to Churu, Jhunjhunu Sikar Nagaur and Jaipur rural from Doodh mandi Shastri nagar Jaipur did not get the buses. The buses which go from trans-

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port nagar bus stand for Dholpur, Bharatpur, Karauli, Dausa and Alwar also did not ply . about 20,000 state carriage buses move in the state and more than 10 lakh passengers had to suffer because of this strike.

The tax of Rs 11770 of 52 seats bus has been increased. Now the tax of a AC bus will have to pay Rs 300 per seat on 100 kms making it Rs

Possible assistance is given by the IT Dept for e-filing

campaigns like Income Tax Fortnight and eassistance are being running. The department also participated in a lot of social programs. There is no need to panic.

Laxman Raghav Jaipur: After income tax fortnight, the Income Tax Department is now focused on e-assistance. In fact, after extending the last date for submission of IT returns, the department wants to ensure that there is no problem in e-filing going forward.

In this direction, every possible assistance is being given by the IT Department. First India interacted with Bikaner Zone Joint Director Sanjeev Krishna Sharma.

Jaipur-Hisar Passenger train’s engine catches fire near Jagatpura Railway Station on Wednesday. No one was hurt in the incident. Fire tender were pressed into service to douse the flames.

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ACB arrests one for accepting `50K bribe Bhilwara: The ACB sleuths conducted a second trap for the day and nabbed the development officer (Secretary) of Kidimal Gram Panchayat Samiti in Bhilwara district while taking a bribe of fifty thousand rupees.

The development officer had demanded the bribe to pass due bills. Notably, the man had demanded 1.15 lakh rupees as bribe of which the complainant had already handed sixty five thousand rupees. “One Poonamchand Sargara had approached the bureau and complained that he had got seven works done under the Gram Panchayat of which bills worth Rs Twenty five lakh were due. The man had approached the officials for timely payment of his bill however the development officer– identified as one Dinesh Bambi–demanded a

ASI nabbed for taking bribe of `5000 by ACB Sikar: The ACB conducted two traps and one search operation on Wednesday at Sikar, Bhilwara and Udaipur. While the trap was conducted at Sikar and Bhilwara, a search operation was conducted at Udaipur.

In its first action of the day the ACB sleuths nabbed an ASI of Dabla police check post of Patan police station of Sikar district. “a complaint was registered in Patan police station regarding manhandling on July 18, on which a cross FIR was also registered by the other party. ASI Ashok Kumar Raigar was demanding five thousand rupees to remove the name of the complainant’s daughter from the case.

After verification a trap was laid and on Wednesday afternoon, the ASI was nabbed red handed,” officials said. bribe of five percent of the bill amount in order to issue the payment towards the outstanding bills. The man further said that he had already handed fifty thousand rupees to him in this regard and the officials was further demanding

15600. The bus operators were demanding that the minimum slab of state carriage buses should be 100 km and thereafter the rate should be at 50 km.

On the sub urban routes the tax was Rs 2370 which has been increased to Rs 16000. The operators claim that it is not possible for them to pay this much tax for the vehicles running on sub urban routes.

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another sixty five thousand rupees,” officials said.

Upon this, a bid to verify the complaint was started and during verification, the man took fifteen thousand rupees. Further action is being taken.

 There is talk about digital India in the country, but e-return

Bikaner Zone Joint Director Sanjeev Krishna Sharma.

filing is still not easy.

What is e-assistance?

It is true that there are still issues in e-filing and the IT Department has started e-assistance to address the same. The department has started a single window ‘ask me’ and is also doing an outreach program, where they will step into different sections of the society along

with going into different departments.  Just like Police, there is a panic among the public with the name of Income Tax Department?

Yes (while laughing), but it is unnecessary.

Such a thing occurs due to communication gap. To reduce this gap all over the country,

 What is your advice for income tax payers?

Do not become a part of any type of corruption and pay your income tax honestly. Move forward along with helping the country’s progress.  It seems like scams take place even after so much alertness?

See, in the Budget speech of 2017, Finance Minister had said that our indirect collection and consumption are not proportionate, which is the biggest issue.

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In the closing session, election commissioner Sushil Chandra, Director of JNU Delhi Professor Zoya Hasan will be the main speaker. On this occasion Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Speaker Dr CP Joshi and Leader of Opposition Gulabchand Kataria will be present.

Meanwhile, Pranab Mukherjee met with representative of the Muslim Council at Raj Bhavan and held discussions on various topics.

Mohammed Moinuddin, Yasin Faruqi and S Bhatnagar were part in the delegation. Mukherjee is expected to be the chief guest at the annual program of the Council.

‘The newspapers... orphans if something happens to her too. Two of the four cases relate to the alleged rape incident while the third relates to the death of her husband.

Unnao SP Madhawa Prasad Verma said, “As many as 25 complainants were made by the woman and her family since July last year. In

most complaints, allegations were made against the MLA, his family and his associates for threatening them. As per police station records, enquiries were conducted on the complaints and the allegations were not found to be true.”

CBI reaches...

The accident took place when the woman, who has accused the BJP MLA of raping her when she was a minor on the pretext of arranging a job for her, was returning after meeting her uncle Mahesh Singh lodged in the Rae Bareli prison.

The BJP claimed that it had suspended the MLA from the party after the allegations surfaced last year.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing the rape case as well, has already filed a charge sheet against the MLA and his kin.

The number plate of the truck, which was coming from the opposite direction on the wrong side, was

smeared with black paint, according to eyewitnesses. The CBI team also spoke to police officers who were the first respondents after the accident was reported. The team will also record statements of the police officers in the security cover of the woman and will seek their responses why they did not accompany the victim on Sunday when the accident took place, agency sources said.

According to normal procedure, the CBI has taken over the investigation into the case from the Uttar Pradesh Police by re-registering its FIR.

Customer refuses...

The man’s tweet found a response from Zomato which was widely appreciated on Twitter.

“Food doesn’t have a religion. It is a religion,” Zomato responded.

Zomato’s founder Deepinder Goyal had a firm message on the incident and tweeted, “We are proud of the idea of

India - and the diversity of our esteemed customers and partners. We aren’t sorry to lose any business that comes in the way of our values.”

Former Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi tweeted: “Salute Deepinder Goyal!

You are the real face of India! Proud of you.”

Goyal had in an internal message to his team at Zomato applauded the customer team for “upholding our values and not discriminate on basis of caste or religion for sake of growth (or customer satisfaction)”.

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah also tweeted about the incident and said he respected “loved” the Zomato app.

Cafe Crisis...

Mangalore Commissioner of Police Sandeep Patil said, “A body has been found after intense search with the help of NDRF, local coast guard police and fishermen. Further investigations are on.

We have informed the

family. The body has been sent to Wenlock Hospital for further formalities.”

Congress MLA and Siddhartha’s friend T D Rajegowda said the mortal remains will be handed over to the family. The MLA said Siddhartha’s body will be taken to his native place in Chikkamagaluru where the businessman, the founder of India’s largest coffee chain, went missing mysteriously on Monday night en route to the coastal city of Mangaluru.

Political leaders condoled the death of the coffee tycoon, who was also the son-in-law of former Karnataka chief minister and BJP leader S M Krishna.

“I am deeply shocked and hurt by the demise of former chief minister S M Krishna’s sonin-law and Cafe Coffee Day founder Siddhartha. May God give strength to his family and may his soul rest in piece. Om shanti,” Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa said.

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afe Coffee Day (CCD) owner VG Siddhartha, whose body was found on the banks of Netravati River early morning on Wednesday near Hoige Bazaar in Mangaluru, was allegedly upset about “income tax torture”, claimed his close associate and Sringeri MLA TD Rajegowda.

“He was a close family friend of mine, for the last 40 years we have been close associates. Fourfive days back he was upset about the Income Tax torture.

Had he not been troubled, he would have survived,” said Mr Rajegowda.

“He worked for the economy of the country as well as Karnataka. He gave jobs to 30-50 thousand people who are from villages and also to the poor. He also wanted to sell some of his properties to settle the debts and had more assets than liabilities,” he added.

Days before he went missing, Mr Siddhartha, 60, had reportedly written a letter to board members and employees of Cafe Coffee Day. The letter - accessed by news agency ANI - alleges harassment by an income tax officer and expresses regret for not being able to create “the right profitable business”.

He also said that he was under “tremendous pressure” from one of “the private equity partners”.

Following a massive search operation involving multiple agencies, the body of missing CCD founder-owner VG Siddhartha was on the banks of Netravati River near Hoige Bazaar in Mangaluru.

The 60-year-old businessman was the son-in-law of former Karnataka Chief Minister SM Krishna and had been missing since Monday.

Siddhartha was last seen on Monday evening at the Netravati Bridge where he had gone for a

Siddhartha decided to open his own chain of cafes in a country that had no formative cultural grounding in cappuccinos

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est Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday described the death of CCD owner V G Siddhartha as “very unfortunate”.

She said that the coffee baron was depressed due of “harassment from different agencies”, failed to run his business.

She likened the incident to businessmen contemplating to leave the country in the face of huge pressure at a time when oppositon political parties were afraid of horse trading.

“From what he has expressed (in his letter), it appears that he was greatly depressed due to harassment and pressure from different agencies for which he could not run his business in a peaceful manner,” Banerjee wrote on her Facebook wall Wednesday.

stroll, Commissioner of Police, Mangalore, Sandeep Patil had said.

A massive search operation involving multiple teams of police forces along with the Coast Guard and NDRF was being carried out since Tuesday to locate Siddhartha. Police had also deployed the dog squads and inflatable boats in the search operation and roped in local fishermen to search the river.

In his letter, Siddhartha also surfaced also apologised to people who “put their trust” in him and said he failed to create the right profitable business model despite his best efforts. —ANI

ropolitan Police, a recent statement from the force said that no further action was necessary.

The lack of clarity about what constitutes hate speech is no more apparent than when we compare it to hate crime. The UK’s College of Policing defines hate crime as any criminal offence which is perceived by the victim or any other person as being motivated by hostility or prejudice.

With official data on hate crime having been published annually in the UK since 2012, five monitored strands are currently recognizable: disability, race, religion, sexual orientation and being transgender.

As regards hate speech, there is little in the way of comparison when it comes to official responses or data. With no agreed defi-

Vijay Mallya @TheVijayMallya I am indirectly related to VG Siddhartha. Excellent human and brilliant entrepreneur.

I am devastated with the contents of his letter. The Govt Agencies and Banks can drive anyone to despair.

See what they are doing to me despite offer of full repayment. Vicious and unrelenting.

Rajdeep Sardesai @sardesairajdeep If VG Siddhartha letter is genuine (yet to be verified), then it only confirms what bizmem have been saying for a while now: tax terrorism is taking us back to the past, retarding investment/growth.

And if this can happen to the son in law of SM Krishna, god help small bizmen.

Pritish Nandy @PritishNandy I have never met VG Siddhartha, never knew him.

But it pains me that someone who has built a business from scratch, provided jobs and joy to so many should have to end his life like this. I hope he is okay, wherever he is. I hope the company he built comes out this unscathed.

Harsha Bhogle @bhogleharsha Still can’t get over why a successful entrepreneur should commit suicide. I do hope we find the real answer and not one that is easy to give. #VGSiddhartha. I wish #CafeCoffeeDay well and I will remain a customer.

The man who built India’s largest coffee chain Siddhartha reportedly had been witnessing rising debts, especially in the last few years

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e wanted to be an investment banker and had little interest in his family’s coffee business. But a chat with the owners of German coffee chain, Tchibo, got V.G. Siddhartha to set up the Indian rival of Starbucks, before debt and tax woes allegedly led him to end his life.

Siddhartha, the founder of India’s biggest coffee chain, Cafe Coffee Day (CCD), was confirmed dead on Wednesday, days after he went missing. A purported letter written by him indicated that pressure from banks, investor and tax authorities drove him to

I did not know him and have no knowledge of his financial circumstances. I only know that entrepreneurs must not allow business failure to destroy their selfesteem. That will bring about the death of entrepreneurship —Anand Mahindra, Chairman, Mahindra Group

end his life.

The letter purportedly written by Shri VG Siddhartha which is circulating is dated July 27th.

I received a call from him on the 28th asking if we could meet up.

It’s unbelievable that a courageous man like him would resort to this.

Coming from a family that has a 140-year history of growing coffee, Siddhartha, around 60, initially dabbled in stock trading

When free speech becomes hate speech A

s the recent furor surrounding British comedian Jo Brand’s comments on the BBC Radio 4 Heresy program attest, there is very little clarity about what does — and, importantly, what does not — constitute hate speech.

In what was clearly a joke, Brand asked why anyone would bother throwing a milkshake over radical right political figures when battery acid was readily available. Brand was widely admonished for her comments, with Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage — who was “milkshaked” while campaigning in the run-up to the recent European elections — tweeting: “This is incitement of violence and the police need to act.” Initially investigated by the Met-

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make it an offence to variously use threatening, abusive or insulting words or behavior that causes, or is likely to cause, another person harassment, alarm or distress; to incite racial or religious hatred; to incite hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation; and — somewhat bizarrely — use language that encourages terrorism.

The routine conflation of hate speech with mere offence, hate speech becomes extremely difficult to understand

nition, hate speech is loosely conceived as an expression of hatred toward another person or group of people using various means via speech, writing or other means of communication. There are no actual laws against hate speech either. Instead, legal protection is afforded in the UK under a number of different statutes that

A FINE BALANCE Further muddying the waters is the need to balance the protection of those targeted by hate speech with the need to protect free speech.

Whilst not as strong as First Amendment protections in the United States, under Article 10 of the UK’s Human Rights Act, the right to free expression is safeguarded and includes the freedom to

hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without state interference. While so, and contrary to the US case, the right to free expression is not absolute and can be limited when necessary to protect the rights of others, a key example here being when language is being used to incite violence against certain groups. All limitations, however, must be both necessary and proportionate, balancing the rights of the offender against the harms against the victim.

In the UK context, the issue of hate speech is further obscured by the issue of language that is deemed to offend — something that seems to crop up every now and again.

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and wanted to work as an investment banker in Mumbai after completing his Master’s degree in economics from Mangalore University.

In 1984, he launched his own investment and venture capital firm Sivan Securities in Bengaluru and began investing the profits from his start-up to buy coffee plantations in Karnataka’s Chikmagalur district.

Around this time, he also began taking interest in his family’s coffee business. In 1993, he set up a coffee trading company called Amalgamated Bean Company (ABC) with an annual turnover of over Rs 6 crore. —PTI

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Opposition up in arms over clearance of Triple Talaq bill in Upper House; says was not informed in advance

Govt cheated to pass bill in RS New Delhi: The Congress party on Wednesday alleged that the Central Government "cheated" to push the Triple Talaq Bill through Rajya Sabha.

At a press conference, Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said, "I called this cheating.

You cannot run parliament like this. We have also raised the issue in parliament. This is undemocratic." Azad then explained that the government first asked the Opposition to give a list of bills to be sent to the Select Committee. In the list, Triple Talaq bill was on top priority. The government did not tell the Opposition whether the bill was sent to the Select Committee or not."

"I accuse that on Monday night, the government had clandestinely sent the bill to be put up

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before Rajya Sabha for discussion. While the opposition MPs were informed about it on Tuesday morning. No opposition party got the chance to issue threeline whip," he said.

Azad further alleged

that the BJP leaders and its allies were present in the Rajya Sabha and this shows that they were informed by their party that the bill is coming up for discussion in the Upper House.

"I want to clarify here

that the decision to table the bill is taken by the Parliamentary Affairs Ministry and not

by Speaker or Chairman of the house. We are not accusing the Rajya Sabha Chairman," said the senior Congress leader.

"We Had put forward 23 bills and among them, six bills were in A category and two bills in the B category. The Triple talaq bill was on top priority amongst the six bills listed by the opposition and Unlawful Activities Prevention Amendment Bill was also on priority," he said.

Criticising the government, Azad said, This is the first time in decades for both Upper and Lower house that a bill was not sent to Standing Committee, Select Committee and Joint Committee. —ANI

IN THE COURTYARD CENTRE TO BRING BILL TO INCREASE SC JUDGES

CJI ALLOWS CBI TO FILE FIR AGAINST JUSTICE SHUKLA

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday decided to introduce a bill to increase the number of judges in the Supreme Court from 30 to 33, excluding the Chief Justice of India (CJI). The cabinet meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “When there are so many matters pending in the Supreme Court, there is a need for more judges. Hence, the cabinet has decided to increase the number of the Supreme Court judges from 30 to 33, a 10 per cent rise,” —ANI

Lucknow: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice Ranjan Gogoi has given permission to the CBI to lodge an FIR against Justice SN Shukla of Allahabad High Court, Lucknow bench, under the Prevention of Corruption Act (PCA). Former Chief Justice of India Deepak Misra had ordered a preliminary inquiry against Justice Shukla after receiving a complaint from UP Advocate General, Raghvendra Singh, who had accused the judge of serious judicial misconduct.

—ANI

CJI RANJAN GOGOI IS DUE TO RETIRE THIS NOVEMBER 17 New Delhi: Chief Justice of India (CJI), Ranjan Gogoi on Wednesday inaugurated ‘Happiness Education Conference-2019’ in New Delhi in order to introduce happiness curriculum in the schools of Delhi. CM Arvind Kejriwal along with Deputy CM Manish Sisodia attended the conference held in New Delhi. “We go to school in order to learn something, be it any subject, but what is the point behind gaining knowledge if we stay negative and unhappy?

—ANI

New Delhi: After the passing of Triple Talaq Bill in Parliament, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) will call its executive body meeting after August 15, sources said.

The board in its meeting will discuss the issue, said a source in the board and added that after detail discussion it can come to a conclusion.

When asked about challenging the Triple Talaq Bill in the apex court, the source said that it is an option, but the final decision will be taken by the body.

The meeting is

scheduled to take place after Independence Day, the source added. AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday termed the Bill as "unconstitutional". He also hoped that AIMPLB will challenge it in the Supreme Court.

"The law will demonise Muslim men and cause injustice to Muslim women. The BJP wants to give a message to its Hindutva voters that they have fixed Muslims through the measure, I hope the AIMPLB will challenge it in the Supreme Court" he said. —ANI

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Ambassador of the Russian Federation to India H. E. Nikolay Rishatovich Kudashev called on the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla in Parliament House on Wednesday.

DELHI HC ADJOURNS HEARING ON TIHAR JAIL’S PLEA IN AGUSTAWESTLAND CASE New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing on a petition moved by the Tihar jail authorities challenging the trial court’s order allowing Christian Michel, the alleged middleman in Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal, to

Muslim board to hold meeting on issue

talk on the cell phone for 15 minutes, as against 10 minutes allowed by the them.

Justice Mukta Gupta also issued a production warrant for Christian Michel’s presence in the court on August 21 in connection with the case.

—ANI

Uttar Pradesh: The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Wednesday questioned the need of setting up an RSS 'Army school' in Bulandshahar district, saying it will be a disregard of the Constitution.

In a statement, party chief Akhilesh Yadav said the RSS is planning to open such institutes for its political gains.

"RSS follows a divisive ideology. Its role in the freedom struggle was negative and even today, it has nothing to do with ideals of freedom struggle. RSS will open such institute for its political gains where ways of disrupting harmony and mob lynching will

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Central government to consider bringing a law to regulate app-based taxi service like Ola and Uber for the safety and security of the woman passengers. A bench headed by Justice SA Bobde was hearing a petition filed by Nipun Saxena. The apex court asked Saxena to make a representation before the Central government containing suggestion on the regulation of the app-based taxi services.

—ANI

SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav

be taught," he said.

"Rs 40 crore will be spent on the construction of the school. What is the need to have a separate Army school run by RSS in the state? This raises doubts. It now wants to conspire at the national level. It is a disregard of Constitution," Akhilesh added.

—ANI

New Delhi: Former Punjab minister and Congress lawmaker Navjot Singh Sidhu's name is among the probables for the position of Delhi unit Congress chief.

According to sources, there are suggestions to give Sidhu the responsibility of Delhi unit party president, which was earlier held by former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, who died on July 20. "It is likely to be decided after the national party president is final-

After Rasagola, Odisha wants GI for Chhena Poda The issue was raised in zerohour discussion by a member in the House.

Chenna Poda is a traditional delicacy and is used in all functions

Jammu and Kashmir: In a veiled attack against the National Conference (NC) and the People's Democratic Party (PDP) over the additional deployment of troops here, BJP's national general secretary Ram Madhav on Wednesday said local political leaders are creating an environment of fear for their "selfish motives".

Addressing media here, Madhav asserted that Assembly elections should be conducted soon in Jammu and Kashmir.

"Local political leaders are creating an environment of fear here (Jammu and Kashmir) for their selfish motives. Steps being taken by Centre are in accordance with the situation here. Security forces being deployed or taken back from Jammu and Kashmir, especially Kashmir, is a continuous process," Madhav said.

"Extra forces are deployed here during Amarnath Yatra, we also have to conduct blocklevel elections. But linking this to something else is only due to selfish motives. They are doing drama to protect themselves, now when action against corruption is being taken," he claimed.

Madhav's comments come after the NC and PDP opposed the Centre's move of deploying an additional 100 coys of CAPF to "strengthen the CI grid as well as for maintaining law and order situation in J&K."

Congress officials however, denied any confirmation

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‘Regional leaders creating fear for their own interest’

BJP National GS Ram Madhav

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Shortly after the Centre's decision on additional deployment of troops was announced, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti had tweeted that the government needs to rethink and overhaul its policy regarding her state, as the decision created "fear psychosis" amongst people.

"Centre's decision to deploy additional 10,000 troops to the valley has created fear psychosis amongst people. There is no dearth of security forces in Kashmir.”—ANI

‘RSS ‘Army School’ a Sidhu likely to take charge as Constitution apathy’ Delhi Congress unit chief

SC: CONSIDER MAKING LAW TO REGULATE APP-TAXI

Bhubaneswar: Buoyed by the Geographical Indication (GI) tag to its famous ‘Rasagola’, the Odisha government will now push for the GI tag for ‘Chhena Poda’ and ‘Arisa Pitha’ -- the two traditional delicacies of the state.

“The issue was raised in zero-hour discussion by a member in the House. We will do all the paperwork and other formalities required in this regard. Chenna Poda is a traditional delicacy and

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is used in all functions, including marriages and other celebrations. It is also associated with the Jagannath temple and is offered to the Lord Jagannath,” said Micro,

Small and Medium Enterprises Minister of State, Dibya Shankar Mishra. The topic was raised by BJD MLA Debi Prasad Mishra in Odisha Assembly on July 29.

Odisha received the official recognition for its ‘Odisha’s Rasagola’ from Geographical Indication (GI) of India on July 29.

“I would prefer GI tag for Chhena Poda and

Arisa. Chhena Poda has good nutritional value and is not an expensive sweet. It is easily affordable by local people and laymen,” said Balachandran, who hails from Kerala.

“The sweets of Odisha are lagging behind.

Chhena Poda and Arisa Pitha are used in Odisha in marriages, birthdays and other functions. It is offered to Lord Jagannath and is considered very auspicious.”

—ANI

There is no such discussion in my knowledge. No meeting of PCC has taken place so far to decide on the Delhi Congress chief’s post.

—PC Chacko, Navjot Singh Sidhu

ised. There is a potential possibility that Sidhu is given the Delhi PCC responsibility," sources said.

The cricketerturned-politician had earlier submitted his resignation letter to Congress president Rahul Gandhi instead of Captain Singh.

Congress Delhi in-charge

Captain Singh and Navjot Singh Sidhu had been at loggerheads since his controversial visit to Pakistan for the swearingin ceremony of Imran Khan last year where he had hugged the Pak Army Chief leading to a huge controversy back home.

—ANI

Soon bill in LS to set up inter-state ‘water wars’ New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Wednesday took up for consideration a bill that proposes to set up an Inter-State River Water Disputes Tribunal to resolve water disputes in a timebound manner.

Moving the InterState River Water Disputes (Amendment) Bill, 2019 for consideration and passage in the Lok Sabha, Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said that 99 per cent of the area of 24 identified basins was

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inter-state and there were water disputes between states during British rule also.

“The present bill incorporates suggestions of the standing committee,” he said.

—ANI

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BRIEF iSpace to launch private rockets Beijing: Beijing-based startup iSpace is planning up to eight commercial rocket launches next year, after last week becoming China’s first privately funded firm to put a satellite into orbit, its executives told Reuters. iSpace’s success has turned up the heat on the country’s other 15-plus startups to develop vehicles capable of delivering satellites into orbit.

Since late last year, two other firms have attempted but failed.

34 killed as bus hits bomb Herat: At least 34 people were killed in western Afghanistan when the bus they were travelling in hit a roadside bomb, officials said, a day after the UN warned civilians were dying at “shocking” levels in the wartorn country. The blast ripped through a passenger bus on a main highway in Farah province, at around 6:00 am (0130 GMT), authorities said, killing mainly women and children.”

Beijing takes steps to ‘sinicize’ Islam Beijing: Authorities in the Chinese capital have ordered halal restaurants and food stalls to remove Arabic script and symbols associated with Islam from their signs, part of an expanding national effort to “Sinicize” its Muslim population. Employees at 11 restaurants and shops in Beijing selling halal products and visited by Reuters in recent days said officials had told them to remove images associated with Islam, such as the crescent moon and the word “halal” written in Arabic, from signs.

Australia’s visa scheme to recruit labours from India Melbourne: Australia plans to expand the ‘Working Holiday Maker’ visa programme to over a dozen countries, including India, to recruit workers to regional areas to solve the labour shortages particularly on farms, Immigration Minister David Coleman said on Wednesday.

The Australian government is in discussions to extend the scheme to include backpackers from 13 countries to find workers wanted by regional businesses to work on farms.

The Australian Government’s ‘Working Holiday Maker Programme’, which includes the ‘Working Holiday visa and the Work and Holiday visa’, is a cultural exchange programme which enables young travellers to have an extended holiday and earn money through shortterm employment.

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5 dead, 38 injured in blast targeting police vehicle Apart from India, other nations which were being targeted by Australia to expand the work and holiday visa were from Brazil, Mexico, the Philippines, Switzerland, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Andorra, Monaco and Mongolia.

Coleman said the government was working on expanding work and holiday visa conditions in an effort to recruit

SL gives free visa to boost tourism sector

Dubai Princess seeks protection London: Princess Haya bint al-Hussein on asked for a non-molestation order and a forced marriage protection order in a London court.

The 45-year-old Jordanian wife of Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum also applied for wardship of their two children. Princess Haya, reportedly fled Dubai earlier this year.

Dhaka: Sri Lanka announced on Wednesday it will give one-month free visa on arrival to visitors from nearly 50 countries in its latest effort to revive the island nation’s lucrative tourism industry that was badly hit by the Easter bomb attacks

that killed 263 people.

Tourism Minister John Amaratunga said tourists or those visiting for business purposes could get their free visa on arrival or applying online. The measure will be effective for six months, starting from Thursday. —PTI

workers to regional areas, according to a report by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Under the current programme that allowed backpackers to work while they stay was witnessing a decline thus creating workers shortage issue in regional parts of the country.

About 150,000 people were in Australia on a working holiday visa in March, but the pro-

gramme has actually shrunk over the past five years. Coleman said the changes were designed to resolve labour shortages in regional areas, particularly on farms.

“We know that working holiday-makers travel further into regional areas than most other international visitors.

They also spend substantial amounts, helping to boost regional economies.”—PTI

Karachi: A powerful blast targeting a police vehicle in Balochistan has killed five people, including two Pakistani security personnel, and injured 38 others, a top police official said today.

The blast happened close to a police vehicle at the Bacha Khan Chowk in the remit of the City Police Station, Quetta’s Deputy I n s p e c t o r- G e n e r a l

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(DIG) of police Abdul Razzaq Cheema said.

The target of the blast appeared to be the Station House Officer (SHO) of the

Tensions high as Hong Kong protesters face court for rioting Hong Kong: Dozens of Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters appeared in court after being charged with rioting, setting the stage for further unrest in a weeks-long crisis that has rocked the global financial hub. The announcement that 44 people had been charged with rioting immediately triggered another round of clashes between police and protesters.

Supporters continued to voice their outrage as they stood for hours on Wednesday outside court, braving heavy winds and rain, as the accused rioters

Protesters hit a drum as they stage a protest outside Kwai Chung police station in Hong Kong.

appeared before a judge.

“Release the righteous... no rioters, only tyranny... reclaim Hong Kong, the revolution of

our times,” the supporters chanted at various times throughout the day. The protesters were generally calm as they

took turns to appear in front of the judge, who formally read the charges and granted them bail. —PTI

Wonder Cement announces new production unit First India News Jaipur: Wonder Cement, one of the country’s leading cement manufacturing companies, announced the launch of their newest facility, a third production line in Nimbahera, Chittorgarh District, Rajasthan. With this, company’s production capacity stands at an impressive 11 MT/annum, built under a decade.

The company em-

MEN ACCUSED OF DOZENS OF VEHICLE THEFT HELD IN NOIDA Noida: Two alleged autolifters were arrested and nearly a dozen stolen two-wheelers recovered from their possession, police said. They were held near Behlolpur village during an inspection by the Phase 3 Police Station team for riding a motorcycle with tampered number plate and carrying country-made pistols,

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a senior official said. The accused have been identified as Sumit Khanna, a native of Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh, and Rajendra Singh, a local, Noida Superintendent of Police Vineet Jaiswal said. Overall 11 stolen motorcycles were recovered from them and two country-made pistols with some ammunition.

Wonder Cement Senior Management at the Launch of their Third Line of Production.

barked upon building the new unit in the wake of burgeoning domestic demand. Started in 2010

DELHI POWER REGULATOR ANNOUNCES NEW TARIFFS New Delhi: Delhi’s power regulator announced new electricity tariff for 2019-20, bringing down fixed charges while raising energy charges. Delhi Electricity Regularity Commission (DERC) chairman Justice (retired) S S Chauhan

said the new rates would be applicable from August 1. As per the new rates, the fixed charges up to 2 kilowatts is reduced from Rs 125 to Rs 20, while the charges above 2 kW but less than 5 kW has been slashed from Rs 140 to Rs 50.

as a part of the RK Group, a leading manufacturer of marble and granite for over 30 years,

Wonder Cement has rapidly expanded their capacity and has embarked on a national

ALERT CRPF DOG SAVES MAN TRAPPED UNDER DEBRIS IN J-K Jammu: A man trapped under the debris of a landslide was rescued after a CRPF dog accompanying a bomb disposal squad alerted the force along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban district of J&K on Wednesday . The bomb disposal squad of 72nd battalion CRPF was conducting checks

at the highway when the well-trained canine, Ajaxi, started giving alerting signals on reaching mile stone 147, which falls in Ramban district, CRPF PRO Ashish Kumar Jha said. Following the cue, the troops began searching and found the man trapped in the debris of the landslide which had occurred previous night.

branding campaign to establish itself as a superior cement brand across geographies.

The new production line is the company’s third in the country.

Their first unit was set up in Nimbahera in 2012, providing an output of 3 MT/year, before adding a capacity of another 4 MT/year in 2015. The new additional facility in Nimbaherahasbeen built to meet increasing domestic demand.

area who received some injuries and has been shifted to a hospital, the DIG added.

“The bomb went off as soon as SHO Shaffat got down from his vehicle,” he said.

Cheema said it was too early to confirm whether it was a suicide attack or the blast caused by a remotely triggered device. Three people died on the spot.

Former Audi boss Stadler charged with fraud Frankfurt: German prosecutors charged former A u d i chief executive Ruper t Stadler with fraud over the Volkswagen subsidiary’s role in the “dieselgate” emissions cheating scandal.

“Professor Rupert Stadler and three other defendants... are accused of fraud, falsifying certifications and illegal advertising,” the prosecutors in Munich said. The charges are linked to over 430,000 VW, Audi and Porsche cars fitted with “defeat devices” to fool regulators’ emissions tests.

Such software, applied to diesel-fuelled cars, allows the vehicles to detect when they are being tested in the lab and reduce harmful emissions far below actual levels released on the road. Stadler found out “at the latest in September 2015”, when Volkswagen admitted to selling 11 million cheating vehicles worldwide after an investigation.

But from that time on, Stadler knowingly continued selling affected vehicles from Audi especially in Europe and the US, prosecutors say. —PTI

NETHERLANDS ROYALS TO VISIT KERALA IN OCTOBER Thiruvananthapuram: Netherlands king Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima will arrive in Kerala on a two-day visit in October. A technical and financial delegation from the Netherlands would also accompany the royal couple during

their visit to Kochi, the state’s commercial hub, on October 17 and 18, state Chief Minister Pinarayi VIjayan said. He announced the Dutch royals’ visit after his meeting with Marten van den Berg, the ambassador of Netherlands to India.

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BRIEF Ashes Jersey nos. confirmed New Delhi: Jersey numbers to be worn by England men’s cricket team in the Ashes Test series has been confirmed by its national governing body on —ANI Wednesday.

Archer out from Ashes Test squad New Delhi: James Anderson found a spot while Jofra Archer failed to make a cut in England’s first Ashes Test squad, skipper Joe Root confirmed on —ANI Wednesday.

Viktor withdraws from world c’ships

MOODY BLUES FOR SHASTRI? Robin Singh, Mahela Jayawardene, Tom Moody, and Lalchand Rajput are all in contention with Ravi Shastri for Head Coach New Delhi: India’s hunt for a new coach has attracted top international names, such as Australian Tom Moody, Mahela Jayawardene despite skipper Virat Kohli backing Ravi Shastri to get a new deal, reports said on Wednesday.

The deadline for applications ended Tuesday as the Indian side set off for a tour of the West Indies with pressure mounting on Shastri af-

New Delhi: Denmark’s badminton player, World number five, Viktor Axelsen on Wednesday pulled out of the BWF World Championships 2019 due to a back —ANI injury.

‘Captaincy is a big responsibility’ New Delhi: Indian drag-flicker Harmanpreet Singh who made a foray into the hockey team in 2015, will be leading the side in the upcoming Olympic Test event and said the role of captaincy will be a big responsibility. —ANI

Elizabeth wins gold in shooting New Delhi: Kerala’s Elizabeth Susan Koshy won the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions gold on day three of the XII Sardar Sajjan Singh Sethi Memorial Masters shooting competition at Dr Karni Singh range —PTI on Wednesday.

Gaurav, Pinki enter quarters New Delhi: Commonwealth Games medal winners Gaurav Solanki (56kg) and Pinki Jangra (51kg) claimed comfortable victories to enter the quarterfinals of the Magomed Salam Umakhanov Memorial International Boxing —PTI Tournament.

Indian women to play in COTIF Cup New Delhi: The Indian women’s football team will face Equatorial Guinea to kick off its campaign in the 2019 COTIF Cup in Spain, on —PTI Thursday.

India U-19 lose to Bangladesh Billericay: The India U-19 team suffered its second consecutive defeat in the Tri Nation 50-over tournament, losing to Bangladesh by 2 —PTI wickets.

Scaloni as coach for WC qualifying Buenos Aires: Lionel Scaloni has signed a contract extension with Argentina to run until the end of the qualifying period for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the Argentine Football Association (AFA) said on —PTI its website.

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New Delhi: Former India coach and member of BCCI’s Cricket Advisory Committee Anshuman Gaekwad has said the CAC will approach the new head coach selection process with an open mind. Gaekwad added that the 3-member committee headed

by Kapil Dev won’t be bothered by Virat kohli’s comments.

Anshuman Gaekwad’s comments come after Virat Kohli said that the team would be happy if Ravi Shastri continues as

ter the team were upset by New Zealand in the World Cup semi-final.

According to media reports, Moody, former New Zealand coach Mike Hesson, Sri Lanka stalwart Mahela Jayawardene, ex-India player Robin Singh and former India manager and current Zimbabwe coach Lalchand Rajput are all in contention with Shastri.

It was also widely reported that former Test player Pravin Amre applied for a batting coach post, while South Africa’s Jonty Rhodes is eyeing the fielding position.

While Shastri remains favourite and has an automatic entry in the process, Singh told The Hindu newspaper that after losing in the semifinals in two straight World Cups and the world T20 championship “a change could be good for the side”.

Shastri’s contract ended

WILL BOARD DUMP SHASTRI DESPITE KOHLI’S BACKING

head coach.

Stressing that the CAC is waiting for guidelines

MI Trade Markande for Rutherford with DC New Delhi: Defending Indian Premier League champions Mumbai Indians have gone in for a transfer deal with Delhi Capitals wherein they have released leg-spinner spinner Mayank Markande and brought in West Indies batsman Sherfane Rutherford on their roster.

MI has been known to groom youngsters over the years and the 20-year-old will be another addition to this list. The likes of Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah have been groomed by MI before they became matchwinners for India.

Commenting on the move, Mumbai Indians owner Akash Ambani said: “We wish Mayank

with the World Cup but he and his support staff have been given a 45-day extension for the West Indies tour that starts Saturday.

The post will be picked by the national board’s Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC), comprising World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev, former head coach Anshuman Gaekwad and ex-women’s team captain Shantha Rangaswamy.

Kohli had made his choice clear before leaving for the West Indies, saying the team has a “great camaraderie” with the former India allrounder and will be “happy” if he continues.

The 57-year-old Shastri will be in the WI when interviews are conducted and he will speak with the advisory committee by video call.

Mayank Markande

the very best for his future. Mayank is a brilliant talent and we were fortunate to have spotted and nurtured him early. It is a difficult decision for us, but we are releasing Mayank for better cricketing prospects and know that Mayank is on the cusp of emerging as yet another shining star of Indian cricket. He will always be a part of the Mumbai Indians family.

—PTI

from the BCCI, Gaekwad said the captain’s comments are for BCCI to

Janette Brittin gets honour at The Oval London: The Oval Cricket ground on Wednesday named a room in member’s pavilion after Janette Brittin, a woman cricketer from England.

It is the first time an English ground has named a facility after a woman cricketer to honour her contribution to both Surrey and England cricket.

A veteran of 27 Test matches and 63 ODIs Brittin is Surrey’s all-time leading female batsman and played a vital role in developing women’s cricket in the county.

—ANI

take note of and they will have no impact on the committee’s approach to

Hiring process for new head coach may get delayed The new Cricket Advisory Committee is led by former captain Kapil Dev

Tom Moody

the selection process.

“The captain can say anything. It doesn’t bother us. We are a committee”, Gaekwad said “Basically, what is important is...I have been a coach. Kapil has been a coach. What is important is man management, planning, and technical expertise,” he added.

“These three things are most important for a coach to succeed. The Indian team is doing well. But to get them to do better, these are the main three things”, he said.

Bangkok: Star Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal returned to the court in style, registering a straight-game win over local hope Phittayaporn Chaiwan, to sail into the women’s singles second round of the Thailand Open.

Returning to action after nearly two months, Saina, who made lastminute withdrawals from Indonesia Open and last week’s Japan Open because of injuries, got past Chaiwan 21-17 21-19 in her opening round contest.

The seventh-seeded Indian will next play the winner of another first-round match between Japan’s Sayaka

Athletes were reportedly binding limbs and faking limps in order to compete against less-abled rivals as per former Australian para-swimmer

how they’d been instructed by someone higher up to ‘throw on a limp’ during testing.

“Others bound their

limbs to restrict flexibility, strength and fine motor skills or pushed themselves to physical exhaustion just before

Tendulkar and Laxman had resigned from CAC while there was no information from Ganguly. So, a new committee was to be formed for the appointment of head coach filing an application for the position of head coach was July 30.

“This CAC will have three members and they will also see that there is no conflict of interest.

Whether this CAC team can be appointed or not is also a major concern as the CAC can only be formed in Annual General Meeting (AGM), but we will see what will happen,” a senior BCCI official had told the media.

The earlier CAC comprised of Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, and VVS Laxman.

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Kidambi Srikanth

the test in order to reduce stamina and power. There were also athletes who had previously competed as ablebodied who borrowed a disability for classification.”

The website said cerebral palsy was the most commonly abused condition.

“Some coaches allegedly train their athletes to move in a way that mimics the symptoms of the condition, for example by clenching a

Takahashi and Ruseli Hartawan of Indonesia.

In the men’s singles, Kidambi Srikanth, H S Prannoy, Parupalli Kashyap and Shubhanker Dey all progressed to the next round.

Fifth seed Srikanth was made to toil hard for one hour and seven minutes by Chinese qualifier Ren Peng Bo before the Indian came out victorious 21-13 17-21 21-19.

—PTI

Saina Nehwal

Aussie swimmers accused of faking cerebral palsy Sydney: Former paraswimmer Ashleigh Cockburn says the deceit is widespread in swimming.

“I witnessed intentional misrepresentation become not only accepted but expected,” according to a website.

“Throughout my career, I heard athletes casually mention how they had been thrown in the snow prior to classification so their muscles and joints were far stiffer than usual or

The hiring procedure for the new coach of Indian cricket team may get delayed as the newly formed Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) has not yet given the undertaking of conflict of interest, a top source within the Committee of Administrators has said.

“As of now, newly formed CAC has not given any undertaking of conflict of interest. So the hiring process of the coach may get delayed. But we are expecting the undertaking soon.

All are former cricketers and they are doing something or the other.

Some are commentators, coach or running an academy. As of now, there is no alternative. We are expecting the undertaking soon from them,” the source told media.

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fist while swimming or kicking with a single leg,” she wrote.

Cockburn cited three un-named para-swimmers as backing her claims.

The Australian Paralympic Committee (APC) has been contacted for comment.

The APC said in a statement included in Cockburn’s article that there was “no substantive evidence has been uncovered” of the deceit.

—Agencies

Jaipur to host Asian youth Handball Championship Naresh Sharma Jaipur: The Pink City will host the 8th Asian Youth Women Handball Championship from August 21 to 30.

It is the first time that the prestigious tour nament would be played in Jaipur. For this tournament, camps of 32 probables of Indian team will be organised in Jaipur. Four girls from Rajasthan, Varsha, Rukmini, Pooja Kanwar and Aarti have been selected

and these girls are also the players of Handball Academy operated by Rajasthan Sports Council, Sawai Man Singh Stadium, Jaipur.

Manisha Rathore was appointed as handball coach of Rajasthan State Sports Council who also the former international player.

Rajasthan Police Service Officer Rajiv Dutta has been appointed as the Executive Chairman of Rajasthan State Handball Association.

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CHASING A TARGET OF 134, MLA TEAM MANAGED 110 RUNS AND LOST BY 23 RUNS; WOMEN MLA TEAM WON BY 1 RUN

Women MLAs win thriller, men battered

Sports Minister Ashok Chandana hits a six during the match at SMS Stadium.

L-R: Mamta Bhupesh, Mahesh Joshi, Gulab Chand Kataria, CP Joshi, Sachin Pilot, Pratap Singh Khachariyawas after the match.

—PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA

First India News Jaipur: The leaders and ministers of Rajasthan were seen in a different avatar during a cricket match held at Cricket Academy situated in SMS Stadium on Wednesday. Many leaders including Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot, Health Minister Raghu Sharma, Transport Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, Sports Minister Ashok Chandana, UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal, Women and Child Welfare Minister Mamta Bhupesh and Deputy Leader of the Opposition Rajendra Rathore were seen on the ground.

A cricket tournament is being held during the

Raghu Sharma bowled every one with his commentary; L-R: Sachin Pilot, Rajendra Rathore, Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, Mahesh Joshi and Suryakanta Vyas.

Assembly session. It was great to see both BJP and Congress leaders complimenting each other during the match.

On Wednesday, the match was played between MLAs and As-

sembly officers-employees teams, which was won by the Assembly Team. Batting first, the Assembly officers made 133 runs at the loss of 3 wickets in 15 overs. Pilot proved to be an econom-

ical bowler, and gave just 13 runs in 2 overs, whereas Khachariyawas got hit for 27 runs in an over.

Chasing the target of 134, the MLA team could manage only 110 runs

and lost the match by 23 runs. Pilot could not do much with the bat and got out for a golden duck. However, Sports Minister Chandana scored the most 45 runs in 39 balls, hitting 1 four

BJP appoints Khanna Javadekar launches e-projects incharge of J&K polls of Publications Division of I&B Srinagar (J&K): BJP vice president Avinash Rai Khanna on Wednesday appointed as the incharge for the upcoming Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.

BJP national general secretary, Arun Singh informed that the decision was taken by national president Amit Shah. “BJP president Amit Shah ji has decided that Avinash Rai

Khanna will be the incharge for the upcoming Assembly Elections in Jammu and Kashmir,” Singh said.

However, the dates for state Assembly elections have not been announced yet. The term of President’s rule in Jammu and Kashmir was expired on July 2, however, it was extended for a further period of six months.

—ANI

New Delhi: Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday launched several e-projects of the ministry’s Publication Division including its revamped website at the Book Gallery of Soochna Bhawan here.

The look of the website (www.publicationsdivision.nic.in) has been revamped with a

Prakash Javdekar

dynamic look for easy access to the customers along with an integrated payment gateway.

“The website looks good and customers can access it easily without much complexity. Unlike earlier, website has been updated which is also a very positive indication,” he said.

Reading application ‘Digital DPD’ was also launched, which is synced with the Digital Rights Management System to keep a check on piracy.

—ANI

and 5 sixes.

In another match between Women MLAs and Women Doctors, MLAs won the match by 1 run. Doctors could manage 69 runs while chasing a target of 71.

Raghu Sharma and Rajendra Rathore giving away the trophy to winning Women MLA Team members Kiran Maheshwari, Mamta Bhupesh, Anita Badhel and others on Wednesday.

Sanjiv Arora retires from IFS after 35 yrs First India News Jaipur: Sanjiv Arora retired from Indian Foreign Service after 35 years of glorious service on Wednesday.

His last posting was as Ambassador of India to Lebanon. Arora joined IFS in 1984 and has served in various capacities. He also served as Additional Secretary in MEA, Am-

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bassador to Qatar among others.

Sanjiv Arora is the younger brother of Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora.

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Abhinandan-inspired character features in IAF’s game lll

The game includes Rafale and Apache missions. These machines are going to be inducted in IAF soon

New Delhi: Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman who famously shot down a PAF F-16 fighter jet while piloting a vintage MiG-21 Bison during a dogfight in February this year features in the mobile gaming application launched by Indian Air Force (IAF).

The upgraded 3D air combat game titled “Indian Air Force: A Cut Above” was launched by the Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa at National

Bal Bhavan. A character with gunslinger moustache similar to Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman is seen standing before a MiG21 aircraft in the trailer of the game.

The trailer featuring these visuals was shown in tandem with texts which reads - I am an air-warrior...proud, dependable and fearless.

Even the home page of the game shows a character named Abhinandan by default. “The

mobile application would highlight various missions and air combat scenarios un-

dertaken by the IAF in an appealing manner, so as to help immerse the player in a game

with a “having been there” sensation,” an official statement said.

The game also includes Rafale and Apache missions. These machines are going to be inducted in IAF soon.

Wing Commander Abhinandan shot down the F-16 fighter jet of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) while piloting a MiG-21 Bison during a dogfight on February 27 earlier this year, a day after Indian Air Force (IAF) carried out air-

CS attends PM’s VC to review projects

strikes at Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) training camp located in Pakistan’s Balakot. The dogfight erupted after PAF tried to attack Indian Military installations in Jammu and Kashmir.

The attack was successfully thwarted by IAF. During the dogfight, the MiG-21 being piloted by Abhinandan got hit forcing him to eject. His parachute, landed in PoK and he was taken captive by the Pak Army.

—ANI

Jaipur: A video conferencing was held on Wednesday which was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to review various Central government projects like Jal Shakti, Housing For All & beneficial schemes for differently abled.

Central UDH Secretary Durga Shankar Mishra gave a briefing during the VC. Rajasthan Chief Secretary DB Gupta along with other senior officials of Rajasthan government took part in the VC. Modi, chaired his 30th interaction through PRAGATI, the ICT, based, multi-model platform for Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation.

This was also the first PRAGATI meeting in the new term of the Union Government. The 29 PRAGATI meetings in his previous term, saw a cumulative review of 257 projects with a total investment of over Rs12 lakh crore. 47 programmes/schemes were reviewed.

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The Jaipur auditions for Indian Idol season 11 took place on Wednesday at Maharishi Arvind University, where more than 900 locals participated and tried their luck in singing. The auditions were judged by the semi-finalist of Season 10, Renu Nagar, who belongs to the Alwar city of Rajasthan.

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WELCOMING ABOARD ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED AND RESPECTED NAMES IN THE INDIAN FASHION INDUSTRY, NEETA LULLA AT 'THE FASHION CONNECT SEASON 6'

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The exotic city of Jaipur has been an inspiration to many creative minds and to be able to amalgamate a collection and showcase it in these surroundings is Aspirational

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ajasthan's biggest fashion show, 'The Fashion Connect' presented by First India, is becoming bigger and better with every passing year. As the show is nearing its final date welcoming 'Season 6', the excitement among the people in and around Jaipur is going up. The one that has a huge fan base across the state is going to be held in the first week of September, with various renowned designers being a part of it.

But this is not it; there is a surprise for all the people who have been eagerly waiting for the

—NEETA LULLA

designers' showcase. Ace costume designer and fashion stylist, Neeta Lulla, will be the grand finale designer of 'The Fashion Connect' and would showcase the best of her work to the people in the Pink City.

Neeta Lulla is one of the most celebrated and respected names in the Indian fashion industry.

In a career span of about 30 years, she has dressed the biggest names in the film industry and has styled over 400 films including magnum opus projects

like Devdas, Jodhaa Akbar, and Manikarnika just to name a few, making her the only designer in the country to have won 4 National Awards. Her designs are a beautiful blend of rich Indian cultural heritage, paired up with contemporary influences, making her one of the favourite choices for to-be brides and Indian audiences globally.

Being a part of 'The Fashion Connect- Season 6', Neeta Lulla expressed, "It give me utmost pleasure to showcase my collection at the sixth Edition of The Fashion Connect Hosted by First India News, Curated by Rishi Miglani and choreographed by Lokesh Sharma.

The exotic city of Jaipur has been an inspiration to many creative minds and to be able to amalgamate a collection and showcase it in these surroundings is Aspirational."

Rishi Miglani, Brand Ambassador of 'The Fashion Connect' said, "I am absolutely honoured and privileged to have such a senior designer of the country be a part of 'The Fashion Connect'. I am super excited for this season, and we are definitely creating a benchmark with it.“ The sixth season of the biggest fashion show in Rajasthan will take place on September 7 at MOR Banquet and Resort in the city. nehal.nayar@firstindia.co.in

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Rajeev Arora and Leela Bordia

ink City is filled with artists and artistic things all around and Leela Bordia from Neerja Blue Pottery (Neerja International Inc.) happens to be a live example. She has been engaged in the innovation and manufacturing of Jaipur Blue Pottery since the last 40 years and has come up with one of a kind 40" plate, the first time in this craft. In the early times, the institute had already made 20" and 30" plates under her guidance.

Talking about how she thought about creating this art piece, she said, "I had visited Europe once and saw grand artworks and thought to myself, 'If they can do this, why not us?', and that is when I thought of getting this done. It took me around 4-5 years to get this plate made by the underprivileged children. My basic aim

Kamal Bordia, Jagdeep Singh, Hemant Ambwani, Arpa Kuchhal, Leela Bordia, Alka Batra and Nupur Bordia

40-inch plate

was to create one of the biggest design in the world and eventually provide employment, and also promote the national flower of the country- 'Lotus' so that the people can relate to it with a national touch."

Talking about the re-

sponse of blue pottery, she said, "The response has always been positive not just from the people of the city, but worldwide too. Some people create just the art, but the USP that we have is that these artistic items like beads, doorknobs, jewellery and tiles are utility products, that can be cherished for a longer time."

Rajiv Arora, Congress Leader said, "Jaipur blue pottery is famous across the globe and I

think these artists always keep in mind that this craft represents Jaipur in a very royal way. Recently, the Pink City has received the World Heritage Tag, and here the 'Heritage' does not only refer to the old buildings but also refers to the art, craft, and culture of the city that the generations have been taking forward. Taking the craft of blue pottery forward by Leela Bordia is a second gift to the city after

Leela Bordia with her work

the tag received from UNESCO." Adding another feather to the cap, a few years ago a Chinese Tea Museum contacted her to pay a tribute to originality, and eventual-

ly, a tea set made by Neerja International Inc was displayed at China National Tea Museum at Hangzhou, Zhejiang in China. nehal.nayar@firstindia.co.in

Tea set at China National Tea Museum

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Enjoy the sensational hits of Jass Manak, performing live at Jaipur; the voice behind the famous Punjabi hits- Suit Punjabi & Prada, who will be raising the energy with his voice.

When: August 10 Where: Fairmont Jaipur

Forhex Fair 2019 will be one of the biggest home and lifestyle products fair in India, including a big food and beverages area.

When: August 15-18 Where: Birla Auditorium

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UPCOMING....

An initiative by Sacred Lotus, to promote women who are working from home, will take place in the city, where 19 women will exhibit their ecofriendly products.

When: August 1 Where: La Palma

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MALIA & SASHA ‘Couldn’t be more different’

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ichelle and Barack Obama‘s daughters are growing up, and they ‘couldn’t be more different’, according to their mom. Now, don’t take that the wrong way; the former First Lady couldn’t be prouder of Sasha and Malia Obama, and the accomplished young women they’ve become.

Michelle explained in the September 2019 issue of British Vogue that despite their differences, Sasha, 18, and Malia, 21 have some things in common: their intelligence and independence!

“Malia and Sasha couldn’t be more different,” Michelle told the magazine, which was guest-edited by Duchess Meghan Markle.

“One speaks freely and often, one opens up on her own terms.

“One shares her in-

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YOUR DAY

Horoscope by Saurabbh Sachdeva

IF IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAY

You know that your inner conscience never let you walk on the wrong path so always listen to your heart. The planetary transitions this year will give you all the justice that you always wanted in your life.

ARIES

TAURUS

Your day will turn out excellent as far as monetary gains are concerned. On domestic front, you ideas for renovating house may not be welcomed at once. On social front, you will get the appreciation from everyone for your wonderful management skills.

You may find lot of people interrupting your work in office today but you must learn to cope up with all sort of distractions. You may spend a lot of time with your siblings today. Some distance relative or friend may prove to be beneficial to you in difficult times.

MAR 21 - APR 20

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olly-Mae Hague looked delighted to have the backing of ex ‘Love Island’ (reality show) stars after finishing the show as runner-up on Monday night.

Some viewers had accused Molly-Mae of faking her feelings for Tommy Fury and put this as the reason for her losing the £50k prize despite them being the only official couple.

But as she caught up with her pals -and former islanders- after

finally getting her mobile phone back, Molly-Mae found plenty of support. Elle Brown from last year’s series shared a clip of her Face-timing Molly-Mae to Instagram, gushing that she was ‘so proud’ of her pal.

While fellow 2018 bombshell Stephanie Lam, who was in on the call, also shared a shout out to Molly on her social media.

“There’s my baby!” She cried as she spoke to Molly for the first time since June.

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nermost feelings, the other is content to let you figure it out.

“Neither approach is better or worse, because they’ve both grown into smart, compassionate and independent young women, fully capable of paving their own paths,” she added. Michelle didn’t reveal which daughter was which, but we have a feeling that the more outspoken one is Malia. The Harvard sophomore is content with living her own life and speaking her truth while in college. Remember when she was photographed smoking, and wore a “smoking kills” t-shirt the next day? Legend. A big part of the former First Daughters’ becoming fiercely independent was Michelle’s realization that she had to “let go” as they got older.

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12:10, 2:45, 5:20, 7:55, 10:30 VAIBHAV: 9:45, 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 KOHINOOR CINEMA: 9:30, 12:15, 3:15, 6:15, 9:15 RAJ MANDIR CINEMA: 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30

ARJUN PATIALA FUNSTAR TIMES SQUARE: 10:00, 2:30 GALAXY RIICO: 9:45, 5:25 WORLD TRADE PARK: 9:30, 3:25, 5:50, 8:15 CINESTAR MULTIPLEX: 12:15, 5:15 ENTERTAINMENT PARADISE: 9:30, 2:30, 10:00 FIRST CINEMA: 1:45, 9:30 GOLCHA CINEMA: 12:14, 2:04, 4:01, 9:31 CITY PLAZA MALL: 12:45, 6:30 CRYSTAL PALM: 10:05, 2:40, 10:15 ELEMENTS MALL: 9:45, 2:50, 7:50 GT CENTRAL: 9:15, 2:20, 4:45, 10:35 SUNNY TRADE CENTER: 9:00, 12:25, 5:20, 10:25 VAIBHAV: 9:15, 2:05

THE LION KING WORLD TRADE PARK: 10:20 CRYSTAL PALM: 7:55 ELEMENTS MALL: 7:55 GT CENTRAL MALL: 7:15, 10:45 PINK SQUARE: 8:10

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GEMINI

APR 21 - MAY 20

CANCER

MAY 21 - JUNE 21

JUNE 22 - JULY 23

LEO

VIRGO

You will be at relief as your financial planning will give you results as you expected. You may meet your childhood friends today after a very long time. Your parents may take to on an exotic holiday, well planned in an advance.

Wedding bells on the cards, you have found the one for you and those who haven’t will soon meet their life partners. You may think of adopting a child even if you have one of your own. Those who are having hard time living in a joint family must decide to leave at once without delay.

Your parents will try their best to give you the education that you want and where you want. You may spend a very busy day in office today with deadlines in your hand.

Avoid giving any lift to strangers while travelling or communing.

JULY 24 - AUGUST 23

LIBRA

All the receivables that have been delayed till now will be cleared all at once.

Government officers can expect your promotion but it may come with a cost, may be a transfer. Help your sibling cope up with any difficult the are facing in personal life.

AUG 24 - SEP 23

SCORPIO

SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22

OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22

SAGITTARIUS

CAPRICORN

Those of you have managed to control wasteful expenditure can expect a bright future tomorrow. Your consistence efforts at work will help you to move up on success scale despite of stiff competition.

You may excel in some extra curricular activities in school or college.

You bank vault is brimming with the inflow of money and you feel very rich. On professional front, things may not be as bad as you assume so try and change your perspective. On academic front, a very important assignment will keep you occupied all day long.

There are no financial worries in your life at present. On professional front, avoid taking any leave today if there is no need. You must try hard to pay attention in the class while your teacher/professor is teaching something important.

NOV 23 - DEC 22

If you have been waiting for some kind of visa. You may buy house for your parents today.

Those in marketing job or business will have a day full of concrete results.

You listen to people with patience but remember you are much more intuitive than anyone else.

DEC 23 - JAN 20

AQUARIUS

PISCES

You may have a major contribution in some discovery and you will be rewarded for the same. Your kid may expect you to sponsor their dreams even if its beyond your capacity and the pressure could disturb you but instead you must talk out with them.

You will feel very strong and confident to conquer all that you want. Amidst of all kind of distractions, you will still remain focused on academic front. This may be the time to get out of a relationship that you have been dragging for a long time.

JAN 21 - FEB 19

FEB20 - MARCH 20

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Four More Shots Please!

A mazon Prime Video’s popular web series ‘Four More Shots Please!’, that starred Sayani Gupta, Kirti Kulhari, Bani J, Maanvi Gagroo, Prateik Babbar, Lisa Ray, Milind Soman and Neil Bhoopalam in the lead roles, is all set for the shoot of their second season. The team has been spotted in Udaipur and enjoying their pleasant stay at The Oberoi Udaivilas. Actor Lisa Ray, Sayani Gupta, Bani J, Maanvi Gagroo and Milind Soman took to instagram to share some fun moments while shooting for the series.

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SHOOTS @UDAIPUR Maanvi Gagroo

Lisa Ray’s kids Sufi and Soleil playing in the garden area

Milind Soman

WHAT’S HAPPENING!

Bani J

Lisa getting ready for the shoot with her kid Soleil

—PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO

Expertise your

communication Abhishek Arora motivates the students for better communication skills KIRTI CHAUHAN

Jaipur Foot USA Chairman Prem Bhandari at an interactive session on ‘Science of Yoga in Stress Management’ at Panjab University in Chandigarh, with Chandigarh DGP Sanjay Beniwal, SVYASA University Chancellor HR Nagendra, Punjab Governor VP Singh Badnore and Vice Chancellor Panjab University.

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lecture on ‘Communication Skills’ was organised by Prakrit Bharti Academy on Wednesday at their premises, where the motivational speaker Abhishek Arora shared his knowledge with more than 140 students of the city.

During the event, he shared his observation

Students attending the communication skills lecture

work and life. He also mentioned the essential attributes of impressive communications, they are- appropriateness to time and occasion, completeness, decency in lan-

Abhishek Arora

with the students that effective communication is the key to success and happiness in

guage, respect for the audience, active listening, empathy and logical presentation.

While sharing information, he cautioned against gossiping, unnecessary argumenta-

tion, being over-critical, arrogance and tendency to dominate. In the end, he emphasized on being empathetic and compassionate towards the people. kirti.chauhan@firstindia.co.in

On the occasion of Janmashtmi, ‘Kaun Banega Krishna Season 2’ is being organized under Credent and the Green Krishna Movement in Akshay Patra Campus on August 18.

From Left- Lalit, Tilak, Sunil, Moinuddin, Manish, Arjun, Gulabo, Ram Kishore, Shakir and Swarup.

—PHOTOS BY SUNIL SHARMA

Ek shaam, Rafi ke naam!

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A grand ‘Antakshri’ competition, ‘Swar Kokila’ was held at Hotel Grand Safari. Transport Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas graced the event by his presence as the Chief Guest. The Guest of Honor were Jyoti Khandelwal, JD Maheshwari and Banarasi Meghwal.

n the 39th death anniversary of Late Mohammad Rafi Sahab, Kalaneri Art Gallery organized a musical evening, ‘Tujhko Pukaare Mera Pyaar’, in which the songs of the legendary singers were showcased on July 30.

Mohammed Rafi was an Indian playback singer and widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent. Rafi was notable for his voice, versatility and range; his songs were varied from fast peppy numbers to patriotic songs, sad numbers to highly romantic songs, qawwalis to ghazals and bhajans to classical songs. He was known

Audience at ‘Tujhko Pukaare Mera Pyaar’

for his ability to mould his voice to the persona and style of an actor, lip-syncing the song on screen in the movie. He received six Filmfare Awards and one National Film Award. In 1967, he was honoured with the Padma Shri award by the Government of India. In 2001, Rafi was honoured with the ‘Best Singer of the Millennium title by Hero Honda and Stardust magazine.

He has recorded as many as 7405 songs in

Artists singing the melodies of Mohammad Rafi

many languages.

In the musical evening at Kalaneri Art Gallery, renowned singers from Jaipur like Munawar Ali, Nawab Khan, Sonal Bapna, Dr. Navneet Kothari, Priya Bothra, etc. performed some of the hits of Rafi Sahab such as ‘Dhal Gaya Din’, ‘Bekhudi Mein Sanam’, ‘Likhe Jo Khat Tuje’ and many more in the loving memory of the legend, Mohammad Rafi. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

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DOLLOPS OF

LATENT TALENT The youth of the city participated in huge numbers for the audition of Indian Idol Season 11

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Renu Nagar

he Jaipur auditions for Indian Idol season 11 took place on Wednesday at Maharishi Arvind University, where more than 900 locals participated and tried their luck in singing.

The audition were judged by the semifinalist of Season 10, Renu Nagar, who belongs to the Alwar city of Rajasthan.

Renu felt nostal-

gic while taking the audition for Indian Idol 11. She said, “As I entered in the audition hall, the flashback of the day when I appeared for the audition with a Harmonium in Jaipur city hit me, and then I felt so proud to get the opportunity of standing here as a mini judge. I felt so responsible when I sat on the chair to judge the talents in my own state.”

Renu is a classical singer and learning music since the age of 5. She got her ‘Sangeet Shiksha’ from her father whom she never called ‘Papa’.

While sharing the story of her Guru-Shishya relation-

Participants practicing and enjoying during the auditions

ship with his father, she said, “My father, Prakash Nagar, is my Guruji and I have seen my father as my Guru only. Even at home, I call him Guruji only.”

Learning the art of music from her father was not easy for her. She said, “I am more conscious when I sing in front of him as I am still afraid of making mistakes in front of him.

But, I always try to impersonate one of his

qualities of putting variations in a plain simple song.”

Renu also spoke to her family over a video call and shared her happiness of achieving this position in life. After appearing in Indian Idol, Renu’s life has been changed drastically. She is also doing various music concerts in India and abroad, through the company ‘Universal’. kirti.chauhan@firstindia.co.in

However, participants faced a lot of trouble during audition. One of the participants came in front to speak about it.

I think people in today’s world is more into showing up big and delivering it small.

With no offense, these auditions look so great when seen on the TV but very inconvenient while facing directly. Does giving auditions and spending the WHOLE DAY there means getting your health into trouble?

—Shruti Sharma

VASTU FOR

AWARD NIGHT T

HEALTHY LIFE…

VANSHIKHA GOUR

he 32nd award ceremony was held for two days, July 29 and 30 in the memory of Pandit Manmohan Bhatt, organized

by Sangeet Kala Niketan in association with the Grammy Award winner, Pandit Vishva Mohan Bhatt at Hotel Clarks Amer and Jawahar Kala Kendra respectively. On this occasion, 8 musicians were honored with lifetime achievement award and 16 musicians were awarded with Pt. Manmohan Bhatt memorial award. On both the days, four musicians showcased their mesmerizing performances on stage.

On July 29, Padma Bhushan Uma Sharma for Kathak performed and promoted various forms of classical music, dance and culture.

Gopal Chandra Das was given the Life Time Achievement Award for the promotion of Mohanveena instrumental music.

A few other artists such as flute player Ajay Prasanna from Delhi, classical singer, Pt. Suman Ghosh from America, Violin player, Pt. Atul Upadyaye from Pune, sitar player, Amita Dalal from Ahemdabad, singer and mentor, Veena Modani from Jaipur and cultural writer, Suman Doonga from Delhi were honored with Pt. Manmohan

Lifetime Achievement award winners and Memorial award winners at Jawahar Kala Kendra on Day 2

Bhatt Memorial Award at Hotel Clarks Amer on Monday. On the 2nd day of the event held on July 30 at Jawahar Kala Kendra, Dhrupad singer, Pt. Prem Kumar Malik, Ghazal singer, prem Bhandari, ‘Khartal’ player, Ghazi Khan and 92 years old Sanskritist, Gulab Singh Dhirawat were honored by Pt. Manmohan Singh Lifetime Achievement Award.

Pt. Produt Mukherjee, Gautam Kale, folk singer, Kutle Khan, Talab Khan, Thanu Khan, Roshan Khan, Daare Khan, Gauram Khan, Manisha Agarwal, and Nawal Dangi were honored by Pt. Manmahan Bhatt Memorial Award on Tuesday. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

—PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO

Nirmala Sewani, Astrologer

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he doctrine of Vaastu Shastra is concerned primarily with architecture – building houses, forts, temples and apartments. Vastu, takes the meaning of “The site or foundation of a house, site, ground, building or dwellingplace, habitation, homestead, house.”

This science, doctrine, teaching, art or knowledge is always applied according to the Era, Country, and the circumstances.

It will always develop according to the environment of that place.

Vastu means a dwelling or house with a corresponding plot of land.

These days the flats, apartments or buildings can either be completely north or completely south So it is very important for us to remember in such cases that if the building or the apartment lies completely in the north direction then it clearly states that there is no south cor-

Pt. Vishva Mohan Bhatt and Ajay Prasanna bowing in front of the painting of Pt. Manmohan Bhatt

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2 Lifetime Achievement award winners and Memorial award winners at Hotel Clarks Amer on Day 1

ner. In such cases u need to spread out things in such a way that it uplifts the southern corner.The elements of fire should be used more in such cases e.g. the energy generating colors should be used on walls, use of iron furniture to give a heavy look which compensates the southern corner.

In the shaping of ‘us’, the contribution of astrological combination holds 50%, 25% genetics, and 25% environment. And out of that 25% of the environment merely 15% contributes to our fate. It can only effect up to 15% either it can raise it by 15% or it can fall by 15%.

As we have already discussed Vaastu means Vaastu sthithi of the house. It is important that their balance should be maintained which will help us to keep ourselves in good health, maintain our mental peace and working conditions. It is advisable that we should keep only those things in the house that are soothing to our eyes.

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IN THE PINK CITY! —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO

The 7th plantation drive was organized on July 31 under the supervision of BD Kalla at Jawahar Circle.

An event was held at Cups and Bowls on July 31, organised by ‘Talent in the Hood’ where the poets showcased their pieces of poetry to pay a tribute to Munshi Premchand on his 139th birthday.

A photo taken by Arnav Chordia from the top of Nahargarh Fort won the best photograph in the photography competition held in Maharaja Sawai Man Singh Vidhyalaya for classes 9th to 12th on the topic- ‘Jaipur through my eyes’.