First India-Jaipur Edition-1st October 2022

J&K: TWO JeM TERRORISTS KILLED IN ENCOUNTER

Cong Chief’s surprise move as Kharge files nomination

Mallikarjun Kharge’s entry was a lastminute twist after Gehlot dropped out. The message was delivered to him by Venugopal, a trusted leader of Gandhis

New Delhi: As Mallikarjun Kharge formally joined the Congress president election by filing his nomination papers on Friday, he was flanked by 30 leaders, including Raj CM Ashok Gehlot, previously the front-runner.

Kharge’s entry was a last-minute twist after Ashok Gehlot dropped out. The message was delivered to him by KC Venugopal, a trusted leader of the Gandhis.

Though the Gandhis said they would be neutral, Mallikarjun Kharge’s nomination at

the Congress office made it clear that he has the blessings of the leadership. His papers were signed by a galaxy of leaders. Digvijaya Singh, who was all set to file his nomination until Mr Kharge came into the picture, was also one of his proposers.

The others include AK Antony, Ambika Soni, Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Deepender S Hooda, Salman Khurshid, V Narayanasamy, Tariq Anwar and Rajiv Shukla. Kharge also received support from leaders of the “G-23” or group of 23 dissenters who wrote to Sonia Gandhi in 2020

calling for big reforms in the party, including elections for top posts. Mukul Wasnik, Anand Sharma,

Bhupinder Hooda and Manish Tewari, the most prominent of dissenters, who were discussing put-

Gehlot to stay as CM!

CONG PREZ POLLS: THAROOR, TRIPATHI FILE NOMINATION TOO

The filing of nominations of Congress presidential poll was held from September 24 to September 30. As the nomination filing has come to an end, only three leaders are in the fray — Shashi Tharoor, Mallikarjun Kharge, and K N Tripathi. The leaders have claimed that the election is not a battle.

OVER 25 DEAD AFTER SUICIDE BOMB BLAST AT KABUL INSTITUTE

ting up a candidate, have all come out in support of the Gandhis-backed candidate. More on P6

READ Crucial ‘CONNECTIVITY IS PROGRESS, PROSPERITY’

Kabul: A suicide bomb attack on an education center in Kabul has killed at least 25 people, most of whom are believed to be young women, in the latest sign of the deteriorating security situation in Afghan capital. The explosion took place on Friday morning.

NATURAL GAS RATE HIKED BY 40%; CNG, PNG TO COST MORE

New Delhi: Prices of natural gas, which is used to generate electricity, make fertiliser and is converted into CNG to run automobiles, were on Friday hiked by a steep 40% to record levels, in step with global firming up of energy rates. This will be the third increase in rates of the natural gas since April 2019.

IMAM GRANTED BAIL IN SEDITION CASE, IN JAIL OVER DEL RIOTS

India will become developed nation in 25 years, says Modi

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Ahmedabad: PM Narendra Modi on Friday said cities will shape the destiny of India and they will ensure that it becomes a developed nation in the next 25 years. He said that new cities are being built in country as per the global business demand.

Addressing gathering after inaugurating Gandhinagar-Mumbai Vande Bharat Express train and inaugurating phase-1 of the Ahmedabad metro rail project, he also made a pitch for modernising cities as per the changing times and called for the creation of twin cities.

People will prefer Vande Bharat train over flights: PM Modi

Under FAME scheme, over 7,000 electric buses approved in India

Jaipur: There is a new twist in an ongoing Rajasthan Congress ‘drama’, where now, according to higly placed sources in the grand-old party, Ashok Gehlot will remain the Chief Minister for the time being.

On Friday, Gehlot held a long consultation with Mallikarjun Kharge and after this, Gehlot also had a long consultation with Anand Sharma and the leaders of G-23 and agreed to make Kharge the official candidate instead of Digvijaya. Turn to P8

DIGVIJAYA DROPS OUT OF CONGRESS PRESIDENTIAL RACE

In yet another twist in the tale of the Congress president polls, Digvijaya Singh on Friday said he was dropping out of the race for the top post and announced his support for Mallikarjun Kharge, who is likely to be in the fray. Singh had said on Thursday that he would file his nominations on Friday.

RBI hikes repo rate by 50 bps to 5.90%; impact on car loans

New Delhi: Reserve Bank of India has increased the repo rate or prime lending rate by 50 basis points to 5.90 per cent, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said while announcing the decisions of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). The central bank had hiked repo rate four times since May to the recent 5.90 per cent. The recent revision in repo rate has been made to keep inflation level within target.

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Anil Chauhan is the new CDS

The world has witnessed two major shocks –Cóvid-19 pandemic and the Ukraine conflict. Now, we are in the midst of a third major shock arising from monetary tightening and aggressive communications from advanced countries’ central banks. —Shaktikanta Das, RBI Governor

Will defend our land by using all means: Putin

New Delhi: Delhi court Friday granted bail to ex-JNU student Sharjeel Imam in a sedition case in which he was accused of instigating Jamia riots, taking into account SC’s order effectively keeping in the abeyance colonial era sedition law.

RAJ HIGH COURT EXTENDS STAY ON RCA ELECTION

Jaipur: Rajasthan HC on Friday extended the stay on holding fresh election to the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) till further orders. The RCA election in which CM Ashok Gehlot’s son Vaibhav was in the fray for the post of president was scheduled to be held on Friday. The matter has now been placed for hearing on October 11. P3

PM Modi flagged off the updated version of the Vande Bharat Express train from Gandhinagar-Mumbai and took a ride on the high-speed train to Kalupur station in Ahmedabad, he said that once people experience Vande Bharat trains they would prefer it over flights.

Further, he said, “today is a big day for India in the 21st century, for urban connectivity and for India to become selfreliant.” Under FAME scheme, electric buses will be manufactured for poor, middle-class comrades in cities to get rid of smoky buses.

Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Bhopal, Indore, Jaipur — these cities will shape the destiny of India in the next 25 years. These investments are not limited to connectivity alone, but smart facilities are being put in place in dozens of cities; basic facilities are being improved and suburbs are being developed. —Narendra Modi, Prime Minister

ABOUT VANDE BHARAT TRAINS

PM Modi addresses public without

after 10 pm

PM Modi reached Manpur

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday announced the annexation of four regions in Ukraine after holding ‘referendums’ last week. Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia have been formally incorporated into Russia in a Kremlin ceremony. “We will defend our land by all means. This is the liberation mission of the Russian people,” Putin said on addressing media on Friday.

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Srinagar: Two local terrorists linked to proscribed JeM were killed in encounter which broke out in J&K’s Baramulla district on Friday. “2 terrorists killed, both local terrorists linked with proscribed terror outfit JeM,” ADGP, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar said.

CARD TOKENISATION TO APPLY FROM TODAY APRIL-AUGUST FISCAL DEFICIT AT $66.56 BN

JUSTICE MITHAL WILL BE NEW CJ OF RAJ HC

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or 32.6% of annual estimates, govt data showed.

Jaipur: CJ of J&K and Ladakh HC Pankaj Mithal, a native of Allahabad, will be next Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court as the Supreme Court Collegium has recommended his transfer. The post of Chief Justice of Rajasthan HC is lying vacant after CJ SS Shinde retired on July 31.

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(Top) PM Narendra Modi bows to the public at Abu Road on late Friday. PM Narendra Modi at the inauguration of the Ahmedabad Metro Rail project, flagging off Vande Bharat train, in Ahmedabad on Friday. Also seen here are (From Left) Ashwini Vaishnaw, Acharya Devvrat, Bhupendra Patel and Hardeep Singh Puri.

ASHA PAREKH RECEIVES DADA SAHEB PHALKE AWARD BY PREZ

New Delhi: A The 68th National Film Awards were presented by President Droupadi Murmu on Friday where Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur was also present. Veteran actress Asha Parekh was conferred with the 52nd Dada Saheb Phalke Award in Delhi.

Amit Mishra

Venugopal’s announcement of holding CLP meeting is postponed for time being Meanwhile, Gehlot takes up Bikaner, Sri Ganganagar, Hanumangarh tour as usual

Aditi Nagar

Mallikarjun Kharge files his nomination papers for the post of party President, at the AICC HQ in Delhi on Friday. Congress leaders Digvijaya Singh, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Ashok Gehlot & others are also seen.

Kharge made the right decision. Position is not important for me, rather I want to give my everything to strengthen the Congress. If it was under my control, I would not take any position. —Ashok Gehlot, Rajasthan CM

VISTARA ARRIVES!

WILDLIFE WEEK: 10K STUDENTS TO GET FREE TOUR OF NATIONAL PARKS

Week to begin from Oct 2 to 8

Workshops, seminars to be organised during Wildlife week

Nirmal Tiwari

Jaipur: Like every year, Wildlife Week will be celebrated from October 2 to October 8 in the State. During this, 10,000 students will get free tours to different wild life areas, including Zoo and Biological Parks.

Principal Chief Con servator of Forests (HoFF) Dr DN Pandey said that during the

ADMIN HALTS JEEP BOOKING AT R’BORE

Jaipur: The State Government has taken a major decision regarding tiger safaris in Ranthambore National Park.

The current booking of jeeps has been closed and now only online bookings can be done.

Principal Secretary of Forest and Environment Shikhar Agarwal ordered that routine safaris will take place from October 1. Earlier, the jeeps were booked on a half-day and full-day basis and tourists have to pay a hefty amount for them, but now safaris will take place on a full-day basis.

Wildlife Week, the stu dents will visit various protected areas, zoos, biological, zoological parks, wetlands to know the importance of wild

RHB chief inaugurates Shopping Carnival 2022

life, trees and plants in the local environment and the ecological bal ance and increase inter est in them.

“10,000 students will

TIGER SAFARI BEGINS AT SARISKA RESERVE

Alwar: Tiger safari will once again commence from Saturday in Sariska Tiger Reserve. Officials informed the safari will begin at four core routes and one buffer route in the tiger reserve. Deputy Conservator of Forest Devendra Singh Jagawat informed that tiger safari will start at five routes, including a buffer route, from Saturday. The tiger safari will be held at Sariska Gate, Kala Kuan, Gaghedi, Ghanka Tiraha, Udaynath, Tarunda, Brahmath and Kali Ghati Route.

get free tours to Machia, Sajjangarh, Nahargarh and Abhe da Biological Park as well as Keoladeo Na tional Park, Rantham

bore, Sariska, Jhalana and Amagad, Mukun dra Hills, Ramgarh Vishdhari, Talchapar and other national tiger reserves,” He said.

CS interviews docs for post of Principal at two Med colleges

Vikas Sharma

JDA OK’s budget to repair roads in JMC

Jaipur: Rajganga Me dia Group has brought Shopping Carnival 2022 during the festive season at Mansarovar in Jaipur.

Rajasthan Housing Board Commissioner Pawan Arora on Friday inaugurated the carni val at the VT Ground of RHB in Mansarovar. Giving his best wish

es, Pawan Arora said that such shopping car nivals are being organ ised for the people in Jaipur during the fes tive season.

“Media houses are carrying forward this tradition, it is a good thing. This fair of mass shopping, food and en tertainment can be said to be a better start for the people,” Arora said.

Jaipur: The search for a new Principal of Bi kaner and Jodhpur Medical College has once again gained mo mentum in the State. The interviews for the coveted post were held in the secretariat on Fri day. Chief Secretary Usha Sharma chaired the meeting of the selec tion committee and in terviewed the doctors.

A total of 14 doctors were called for inter views, of which, 10 ap peared before the selec tion committee. The se lection committee com prised RUHS Vice-Chan

cellor Dr Sudhir Bhandari, Principal Secretary (Medical Edu cation) Vaibhav Galaria and other senior offi cials of the state govern ment. Sources informed the recommendation of the selection committee will be sent to the Health Minister for fi nalisation of the names

of the head of both the medical colleges.

During the interview, the officials not only in quired about their ad ministrative efficiency, but they also queried as to how they would work to increase the medical services as well as aca demic activities in the medical college.

First batch of 1,000 pilgrims leaves for yatra

Jaipur: Under the Var ishtha Teerth Yatra scheme, the first batch of 1,000 pilgrims left from Durgapura rail way station in Jaipur on Friday. Their rela tives bid them farewell at the railway station by playing drums, shehnais and shower ing flowers.

Devasthan Depart ment Minister Shakun tala Rawat and a little girl flagged off the train. All the passen

gers will reach Rameshwaram (Ma durai) on October 2 and will return to Jaipur from the same train after the darshan.

Rawat said that this is the first time post Cov id, when this free pil grimage is being organ ised by the government for the senior citizens.

He said, “It is every per son’s dream that after fulfilling all his respon sibilities, he should go on a pilgrimage. But due to poor financial conditions, it remains

only a dream of many people. Today, the Ge hlot government has fulfilled this dream of such people. There will be no greater virtuous work for us than this.”

Rawat said that in the first batch, 1181 pas sengers were selected through lottery, who had to leave on Friday, but only 991 passengers gave their consent for the pilgrimage. He said that the train will now pick up pilgrims from Sawai Madhopur and Baran districts also.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: The Jaipur De velopment Authority (JDA) will soon repair major roads falling within the municipal limits of the city.

In the PWC meeting of JDA held on Friday, the committee approved Rs. 11.61 crores for the repair of roads in the

city. The renovation work will take place in areas like Pratap Nagar, Tonk Road, OTS circle, and Jhalana Doongri among others.

A budget of Rs. 4.12 crore has been ap proved for footpath work, while the 40 feet road near Jawahar Cir cle will also be widened to 60 feet.

Shekhawat, Kataria blame Gehlot for Congress fiasco

First India Bureau

Udaipur: Amid the on going political scenario in the State, the BJP is leaving no chance to criticise the Congress government. In a relat ed development, Union Minister Gajendra Sin gh Shekhawat, who reached Udaipur on Fri day, described the ongo ing power struggle in the Congress as disap pointing for the people of the State.

Shekhawat also made a direct attack on Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said that in the past, when Sachin Pilot had rebelled in Manesar, the writer of that script

Ensure max participation on Oct 2: CS

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Chief Secre tary Usha Sharma on Friday gave direc tions to all district collectors of the state to ensure maxi mum participation of people in pro grammes organised on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti on October 2.

The Chief Secre tary was reviewing the preparations for the ‘Sarva Dharma Sambhav Prarthana Sabha and Gandhi Sadbhavna’ pro grammes.

“Efforts should also be made to en sure participation of NGOs, school and college students, An ganwadi workers, members of Rajivi ka, public represent atives and the gener al public in the pro gramme. Activities like fancy dress com petitions will also take place on the occa sion,” said Chief Sec retary Usha Sharma.

was also the Chief Min ister and recently the incident when MLAs did not go before the ob servers of the party and rebelled, even in this the CM is responsible.

Meanwhile, Leader of Opposition Gulab Chand Kataria, who is also in Udaipur, slammed the State Govt and said that the Con

gress government in the state is in minority and it has no right to continue in power.

Kataria also took a dig at Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and said that he has been boast ing of being a disci plined soldier of the high command for a long time, but his soldiers re versed the situation.

15th International Sufi Rang Festival begins today

First India Bureau

Jaipur (Agencies): The 15th International Sufi Rang Festival 2022 will begin from October 1 to 7 this year in Ajmer.

The presence of 40 art ists from different states of India and digital print canvas works of equal number of artists from different countries shall

be the highlights for this year, said Yusuf Hussain Gori, who is the curator of the Art Festival.

“The Festival is a cel ebration of divine love with sacred arts, calli graphic inscriptions, spiritual music, poetry, peace and harmony mes sage from Ajmer Sharif to the world,” Yusuf Hus sain Gori stated.

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Gulab Chand Kataria

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Pawan Arora during the opening ceremony of Shopping Carnival.

Dr Anita Pareek, Dr Babu Lal Khajotia, Dr Balkishan Gupta, Dr Dilip Kachhwa, Dr Gulab Kanwar, Dr Gunjan Soni, Dr Mohammad Salim, Dr Pramendra Sirohi, Dr Surendra Kumar and Dr Suren dra Prakash staked their claim for the posts of principal.

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VARISHTHA TEERTH YATRA SCHEME

Pilgrims at Durgapur Railway Station as they leave for Rameshwaram through a special train as part of the Varishtha Teerth Yatra scheme.

—PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO

Vistara on Friday launched commercial service from Jaipur International Airport between Jaipur and Mumbai, which will operate twice a day. The first flight landed at Jaipur Airport was given a water cannon salute. Earlier, Vistara Counters were inaugurated inside Terminal 2 building by Chief Airport officer Vishnu Mohan Jha. The airline’s CEO Vinod Kannan said cities like Bengaluru and Hyderabad will be connected soon. The airline will operate flights through Airbus 320 Neo aircraft.

CM Gehlot assures fix as OBC

Sangharsh Samiti stages sit-in

Satyanarayan Sharma

Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday directed officials to resolve “anomalies” in reservations due to which youths belonging to the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) were facing difficulties in landing government jobs.

His assurance comes after the OBC Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti staged a sit-in led at the Shaheed Smarak here on Friday, demanding the removal of all anomalies in reservations.

The protesters also held discussions with officials in the Chief Minister’s Office. Punjab Congress in-charge

the protesters.

Congress state president Govind Singh Dotasra, who attended the meeting, tweeted, “The youths are agitating over discrepancies in OBC reservations.”

A positive discussion is being held on this subject with the representatives of the agitators during a meeting organised at the Chief Minister’s Office today. I am sure the government will take a just decision soon.

High security number plates to be installed on 50 lakh vehicles

Jaipur: Hammer thrower Nitesh Poonia opened the account for Rajasthan by winning silver medal in the 36th National Games Gujarat-2022 on Friday. Poonia won the silver medal with a throw of 67.27m hammer. Chhagan Meena won bronze in 87 KG Greco-Roman. Kanchan Chaudhary ranked 4th in shot put.

Jodhpur: The world-famous breed of the Marwari horses, have been exported to Bangladesh from Jodhpur. Former royal family member Gaj Singh has exported six horses from his Marwar Stud Farm, Umaid Bhawan Palace. Gaj Singh was reportedly trying to get export permission for the last two decades. The official price of these horses are yet to be known.

Harish Chaudhary and Jat Sabha president Raja Ram Meel participated in the dharna on behalf of

The OBC Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti is demanding that the government amend the circular issued in 2018 regarding the reservation to ex-servicemen. The Samiti said in several recruitments, general OBC candidates did not get the reservation benefits because the OBC quota was occupied by ex-servicemen.

Rajasthan political crisis to impact wave of investment

Jaipur : The effect of the political crisis in the Rajasthan Congress might affect the Investment Summit 2022 to be held in Jaipur on October 7 and 8. If the summit gets cancelled, investments worth Rs ten thousand crores can get cancelled. Besides, the risk of losing 26,000 jobs will also increase.

The Rajasthan government should set up more industries in the state, make investment in external entrepreneurial Rajasthan so that unemployment is reduced in the state and industrial areas are developed. For this, the Ministry of Industry interacted with the industrialists of other states and abroad.

If the summit happens, about ten thousand crore would be in-

vested in the state and close to nine lakh people would get employment. Industries De-

Harish Chaudhary @Barmer_Harish Our colleagues of OBC class from all over the state are strengthening the fight for rights by reaching Shaheed Smarak Jaipur, this rally is a proof that now OBC family has woken up for their rights and justice.

Jaipur:The transport dept will soon install high security number plates (HSRP) on 50 lakhs vehicles of the state. The department will soon float a tender for the same and around 100 centers will be opened to install HSRP. Sources informed that vehicles registered before April 2012 will also

100 new centers will be opened to install High Security Registration Plate (HSRP)

have to install high security number plates.

While vehicles purchased after April 2012

THE COURTYARD

Hearing of RCA’s future on Oct 11 as Raj HC extends stay

Naresh Sharma and Kamal Kant

Jaipur: Rajasthan High Court on Friday extended the stay on holding fresh election to the RCA till further orders and the matter has now been placed for hearing on October 11. The RCA election in which CM Gehlot’s son Vaibhav was in the fray for the post of prez was scheduled to be held on Friday.

HOLIDAYS FROM OCT 1 TO OCT 9

Offices in Raj HC will open on Oct 1,6 and 7

Dussehra holidays from Oct 3 to Oct 5. October 8 will be second Saturday.

Diwali Holidays from Oct 22 to Oct 30

CONTEMPT NOTICE TO DLB DIRECTOR ON SANITATION WORKERS RECRUITMENT ROW

will have high security number plates. The tender process will be completed in two months.

Raj HC notice to govt over setting up of police complaints body

Jodhpur (PTI): The High Court has issued notices to the Rajasthan chief secretary and the home secretary asking why a police complaints authority has not been established in the state despite the directions of the Supreme Court in 2006.

partment, Rajasthan had signed 4192 MoULoIs with different companies for the summit.

However, on Friday, RCA filed an appeal against the ban on conducting elections passed by the single bench. Now, the division bench will hear the matter on Oct 10. The single bench had stayed the election till Oct 11 and this was challenged in appeal.

Earlier RCA sought time from the court for

‘...I wanted to study but they destroyed my life’

CASE FILED!

Alwar: As if the gangrape was not enough, the accused made the video of the incident public that went viral.

The Class 8 student, gangrape victim, is not left with no choice but to curse her fate and sob in the corner of her house while praying for capital punishment to the perpetrators.

“I wanted to be able to read and write but the devils spoiled my

life. They should be given capital punishment,” the victim told the First India while crying out loud. The victim’s family in Kis-

money from the family and when they were not able to pay Rs 2.5 lakh, as sought by the accused, they made the video of the incident viral.

“I have lost my studies and all my dreams are shattered now,” she cried out loud. Eight people are accused and named in the gangrape case. The Accused blackmailed her for 9 months and then made the video viral. Kishangarhbas DSP Atul Agre said that 2 teams have been constituted under the leadership of Kishangarhbas SHO Amit Kumar Chaudhary to trace the accused after police filed a case under POCSO Act and IT Act.

Jaipur: In the matter of recruitment of sanitation workers, Rajasthan HC has issued contempt notice to the Director of LSG Directorate and Commissioner of Municipal Council Alwar. The Raj HC, in its May 29, 2019 order, asked advocate Hitesh Bagdi, on behalf of the petitioner, that a committee should be formed to dispose of all the petitions in the matter of recruitment of sanitation workers in an honest way. In compliance with these orders, the LSG Department constituted a committee to settle the cases. But the committee formed has not yet resolved all the cases even after three years. The aggrieved applicant Saroj finally filed a contempt petition.

reply and the Association was given time till October 11 to file reply, till when a stay was ordered on election. The

order was given on petition of Dausa and other DCAs. The RCA elections were proposed for Friday.

Hearing a petition by Sirohi MLA Sanyam Lodha, a Division Bench of Justices Sandeep Mehta and Kuldeep Mathur issued the notices. Lodha had demanded the setting up of the authority to make the functioning of the force accountable and transparent. Citing the order of the Supreme Court in 2006, he said the directions were given to the Centre and state govts.

Cow Care: JMC Mayors take stock of arrangements at Hingonia

Jaipur : The Hingonia Gaushala comes under the jurisdiction of both the Municipal Corporations of Jaipur. Due to this, both the municipal mayors visit here frequently.

On Friday, JMC Heritage’s Mayor Munesh Gurjar and Greater’s Mayor Sheel Dhabhai inspected the gaushala. As it was the birthday of Munesh Gurjar hence she reached Hingonia Gaushala on bare

feet and fed the cows. She also donated her two months’ salary for the treatment of the cows. On the other hand, Sheel Dhabhai inspected the shed of

DURGA PUJA STARTS!

A Puja Pandal being decorated ahead of Durga Puja commencing from today at Durga Bari in Bani Park on Friday.

—PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA

Ziauddin Khan

WINNERS OF INVEST RAJASTHAN QUIZ ANNOUNCED; SMART TVs DISTRIBUTED

Jaipur: Minister of Industries and Commerce Shakuntala Rawat announced the winners of the Invest Rajasthan Quiz on Friday at Udyog Bhawan. Announcing the winners through an AI tool, the Minister congratulated the first winner of the quiz Pramila Choudhary of Nagaur, over phone. Pramila Chaudhary will be given a 55-inch Smart TV. Questions related to solar energy, agriculture sector were also included in the quiz. This quiz also spread publicity about the Invest Summit among the investors. The Quiz was conducted in 3 levels with 10 questions in each level. Rawat also announced the names of the top 214 winners of the quiz. The next 3 winners of the quiz won tablets. Similarly, the names of another 10 winners who won Smart Speakers and 200 winners for Bluetooth Earbuds were also announced.

Shakuntala Rawat during the prize distribution. Veenu Gupta, Mahendra Parakh, Om Kasera were also present.

Bharat Dixit

cows suffering from lumpy disease and fed them fodder along with medicinal ayurvedic laddus. “The condition of the cows has improved a lot,” she said.

(L) JMCH Mayor Munesh Gurjar and (R) JMCG Mayor Sheel Dhabhai at Hingonia Gaushala on Friday. —PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO

Ashvini Yadav & Hemsingh Parmar

hangarhbas area of Alwar sews clothes for living and is too poor to face such ordeal.

The accused took away the hard earned

GANGRAPE VICTIM’s ORDEAL

OBC fronts stage demo at Shaheed Smarak against ‘anomalies’ in reservation process

Protestors staging their demo led by Cong MLA Harish Chaudhary at Shaheed Smarak in Jaipur on Friday.—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA

Ashok Gehlot @ashokgehlot51

Directed the officers to positively resolve the anomalies regarding the OBC reservations. This issue will be resolved at the earliest by taking departmental and legal opinion so that recruitments do not get stuck in judicial process.

Govind Singh Dotasra @GovindDotasra

Govind S Dotasra, Harish Choudhary, Kuldeep Ranka and others meeting to resolve the issue on Friday.

NAT’L GAMES: RAJ WINS SILVER IN HAMMER THROW

SIX MARWARI HORSES EXPORTED TO BANGLADESH

Shivendra Parmar

ADOPT A NEW DIRECTION TO SUCCESS

FOURTH RAISE IN RATES TO FIGHT INFLATION, MORE HIKE MAY COME

Be it Steve jobs or Harish Hande, either if it’s a company or an 0rganization one thing was common in such personalities; they created their own path. A known path is easy to tread upon but there are very few people who make their own path. Risk-takers have such intentions and so should you to adopt a new way of thinking for making your own path

Every unique way of thinking starts with keeping in mind the inclusion of all factors. Only When we start observing things from everyone’s per spective; new and innovative imagination start forming in our minds. Inclusion here means taking into considera tion the feelings of people whom we hate or ignore some times. The only way to change their perspective or respect towards is generally through our innovative work. Let’s take an example of Nissan.

Nissan wanted to design a car for the European market. So in order to do so, the company sent its auto designer to Eu rope and he took different cars on rent and travelled thou sands of miles to experience what European motorists Ex perience while Driving. They drove various areas like Alps of France, the whole of Italy, Autobahn of German in those cars. Then on arriv ing back, he designed a car that was perfect for the Euro

A PROGRESSIVE VERDICT BY SC

pean market. So innovative thinking means considering the end-users needs. Innova tive thinking has always had risks. We feel unsatisfied if our child won’t study in high paying fields like engineering and medicine, and also if he is not superior to his cousins and neighbors. But if we al low our child to follow his/ her then there are high pos sibilities of the child turning out to be an Innovator. How ever, all of it is about taking a risk. As Steve jobs once said in a very apt manner, we don’t allow our children to do experiments; we don’t allow them to fail in his subject of interest. In India, there is no respect of a person who failed once, well in case of Silicon Valley such person assumed more valued.

If we take the ex ample of Harish Hande, Har ish Hande experienced the importance of innovative thinking while he was pursu ing doctorate at Boston Uni versity in the USA. He got a chance to visit the Domini can Republic once. It was there when he understood the relationship between poverty and darkness for the first time. After that, his heart belonged there and he decided to contribute his en

Every unique way of thinking starts with keeping in mind the inclusion of all factors. Only when we start observing things from everyone’s perspective; new and innovative imagination start forming in our minds. Inclusion here means taking into consideration the feelings of people whom we hate or ignore sometimes

tire life in producing afford able energy sources for poor and needy people.

After that he started spend ing sometime in the villages of Sri Lanka to understand the needs and struggles of such people. There was no body who knew English over there. He invented the solar devices, not keeping in mind how it would benefit the city but from the perspective of the village area. People of the village of Sri Lanka told Mr

Harish that scarcity of heat or solar light is not our prob lem. But the problem was of the cluster of elephants that comes in the night and they destroy crops and harts and also kill people many times.

Harish made solar operat ed fencing to protect the lives and wealth of people. Then he came to India to establish SELCO. The main aim of tak ing this risk of Four Million Dollars was only to identify new uses of energy and im prove the lives of villages as well as cities by that continu ous innovation.

Harish had the ability to take a high paying job any where in the world. But he took social responsibility for people who were at the bot tom of the economic pyra mid by ignoring the strug gles. Be it Steve jobs or Har ish Hande, either if it’s a company or an 0rganization one thing was common in such personalities; they cre ated their own path. A known path is easy to tread upon but there are very few people who make their own path. Risk-takers have such inten tions and so should you to adopt a new way of thinking for making your own path.

THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL

The difference be tween a developed and a developing nation lies in how much freedom women are allowed over their bodies. In a widely criticised and regressive judgment the US Supreme Court overturned an over 40-year-old judgment to ban abortion in the country.

The 1973 Roe vs Wade order which made abortion a consti tutional right cast aside that verdict on June 24 with a sixthree majority to turn the clock back on women. The In dian Supreme Court in a his toric judgment did the exact opposite of the US court’s rul ing and allowed abortion un der the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act.

The ruling, which should

The progressive judgment has been cheered by women across the country. In contrast the US Supreme Court’s verdict was condemned not only by women but also by President Joe Biden as a near-total ban came into effect across half of America

serve as template for the US Supreme Court, allows a woman who is in a live-in re lationship and also a married woman to terminate a preg nancy from 20-24 weeks. To ensure autonomy to a wom an, the court said that no third party interference will be required. The other first

in the judgment is that it rec ognises marital rape, which has been much debated.

The progressive judgment has been cheered by women across the country. In con trast the US Supreme Court’s verdict was condemned not only by women but also by President Joe Biden as a near-total ban came into ef fect across half of America.

The so-called developed Europe still has an abortion ban in The Vatican and Po land, besides a couple of other countries. Once Geor gia Meloni takes over as prime minister the whole of Italy could see a ban on med ical termination of pregnan cies due to her Catholic be liefs to take control of a woman’s body.

After last week’s inter est rate hike, the third in a row, by the US Federal Reserve by 75 basis points the Bank of England also raised its key in terest rate from 1.75 percent to 2.25 percent to combat inflation, it was a matter of time for the Re serve Bank of India to follow suit. On Friday the Monetary Policy Committee raised the interest rate by 50 bps points since May to fight inflationary pressures. This is the fourth rate hike by the RBI as the inflation continues to be beyond its comfort level. The “ag gressive” monetary policies be ing pursued by central banks of developed countries facing the threat of recession in view of Russia-Ukraine conflict.

The Russian invasion has led to prices of food, especially cere als, to go beyond the common man’s reach. With August infla tion at 7 percent, economists predicted that a rate hike was inevitable. More such hikes can not be ruled out if inflation re mains beyond control.

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Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. Buddha

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Bhupender Yadav @byadavbjp

Participated in a plantation and cleanliness drive at Swami Vivekananda College organised by BJP Mahila Morcha in Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar. Great to see our women karyakartas so filled with energy and enthusiasm to work in the service of the Nation.

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PM Modi lays foundation stone of multiple projects in Ambaji

Banaskantha (ANI):

Prime Minister Naren dra Modi on Friday laid the foundation stone and dedicated various projects worth over Rs 7,200 crore in Ambaji.

Thousands of people cheered as PM Modi dig itally pressed the launch.

The programmes in Am baji include laying the foundation stone of over 45,000 houses built under the PM Awas Yojana.

Prime Minister Modi also laid the foundation stone of Taranga Hill — Ambaji — Abu Road New Broad Gauge Line and development of pil grimage facilities at Am baji temple under the PRASAD scheme.

The new rail line is

expected to benefit lakhs of devotees visit ing Ambaji, one of the 51 Shakti Peethas and will enrich the worship experience of the devo tees at all these pilgrim age places. Other pro jects whose foundation stone will be laid in clude the construction of the runway and as sociated infrastructure at Air Force Station, Deesa; Ambaji Bypass Road among others.

Earlier, zeal and fer vour echoed in the streets of Ambaji in Gu jarat when Prime Minis ter Narendra Modi held a roadshow on Friday.

Thousands of people thronged the area as they raised slogans.

IN THE COURTYARD

JUDGMENT OR DECREE OBTAINED BY FRAUD IS TO BE TREATED AS A NULLITY, SAYS SC

New Delhi: The Supreme Court observed that a decree obtained by fraud is to be treated as a nullity. Non-disclosure of the relevant and material documents with a view to obtain an undue advantage would amount to fraud, it said. In this case, the Allahabad High Court had set aside the order passed by the Deputy Collector, Rasoolabad cancelling the fair price shop licence of petitioner. It was found that the cancellation was done without following the inquiry process.

BAIL TO OWAISI’S ATTACKERS: SC

SEEKS UP’S REPLY

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has sought the response of UP govt on a plea by AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi challenging the bail to two persons who are accused of firing at his vehicle in February this year. A bench issued notices to the UP government and the two accused — Sachin Sharma, Shubham Gurjar — on the limited issue.

SUPREME COURT DISMISSES PLEA OVER EVMS

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea which claimed EVMs were “controlled” by some companies and not the Election Commission, saying the court is not a place where everybody walks in just to get “some publicity”. It said the election process under is monitored by the Election Commission and EVMs are being used in polls for decades now.

Chennai: The Madras High Court on Friday directed the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to hold its ‘route marches’ and public meetings in 51 places in Tamil Nadu on November 6, instead of the originally proposed October 2. Justice GK Ilanthiraiyan, who gave the direction to this effect, while entertaining a contempt application from the RSS, also directed the state government and the police to give the permission and inform the court on the same by October 31. If no decision is taken or permission is not given, the court will take up the contempt application and proceed to pass orders, the judge warned.

STUDENTS SHOULD KNOW HOW METRO IS CONSTRUCTED: NARENDRA MODI

Gandhinagar: PM Modi said the students should know about the cost of the metro. “I want students of classes 9-12 and engineering to ask how metro work has been done, the cost incurred, ... it will make them accountable; they will not participate in any protest to destroy public property. They will feel pain as if their own property is being damaged,” said Modi while flagging off the Vande Bharat Express train here.

PM RIDES TRAIN THAT OFFERS FLIGHT-LIKE EXPERIENCE

AUTO DRIVER WHO HOSTED KEJRI SAYS HE IS MODI FAN

Ahmedabad: He may have invited Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal to his house in Ahmedabad for a much-publicised dinner 2 weeks ago, but auto driver Vikram Dan tani says he is a big fan of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a staunch supporter of his party BJP. On Friday, Dantani was spotted at a public rally of Modi, who is on a two-day Gujarat visit, in the Thaltej area of the city, donning saffron scarf and cap, the BJP trademark attire.

Many PFI members went to ISIS to join jihad: Govt

New Delhi (PTI): The PFI members, who joined the dreaded ter ror organisation ISIS, always took a long cir cuitous route to avoid the security dragnet be fore arriving in conflict theatres like Syria to take part in jihad, gov ernment officials said.

The PFI was banned on Tuesday for five years for allegedly hav ing “links” with global terror organisations like the ISIS and trying to spread communal ha tred in the country.

According to docu ments prepared by NIA, there were a few cases of youths getting killed or arrested at foreign soil and later being de ported back to India.

In 2017, Kerala Police received information that some Muslims had migrated to Syria and some were planning to join hands with ISIS in its jihad and most of the accused in the case were PFI members.

JP Nadda kickstarts Odisha visit with prayers in Puri

Puri (ANI): BJP na tional president JP Na dda kickstarted his twoday visit to Odisha’s Puri by offering prayers at Shree Jagannatha Temple on Friday morning.

He was accompanied by Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Nadda arrived in Puri late Thursday evening where he was welcomed by the party workers.

This is Nadda’s first visit to the state after taking over the party’s topmost post in 2019.

The BJP chief had programmes lined up in the day.

He paid homage to late party leader Bish nu Sethi at Tihidi Kali padia.

Sethi passed away at 61 on September 19 this year due to kidney fail ure at AIIMS hospital in Bhubaneswar.

Later, Nadda will par ticipate in an event at

Swami Vivekanand Na tional Institute of Reha bilitation Training and Research (SVNIRTAR) in Cuttack.

Nadda is visiting vari ous states of the country and holding meetings with the party’s state units and reviewing the poll preparedness of the BJP for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Before his visit to the state, BJP in-charge Sunil Bansal took stock of the preparedness in

Bhubaneswar. He had held meetings with the party workers and as signed tasks. He had also taken part in the training camp on Sep tember 13 and 15.

According to the sources, Nadda will ad dress nearly 30,000 workers during his visit to the state. The party believes that an address by the national presi dent would fill them with new energy for the upcoming polls.

ARRESTED PFI LEADERS IN KERALA SENT TO JUDICIAL CUSTODY TILL OCTOBER 20

Kochi (PTI): A special court here on Friday sent 11 Popular Front of India (PFI) activists, who were arrested by the Na tional Investigation Agency (NIA) recently, to judicial custody till October 20. The accused were produced before the court as their NIA custody period ended on Friday. The court has asked the NIA to produce the accused on October 20.

Meanwhile, the NIA has sought seven day custody of the third accused, Abdul Sathar (in pic), who was recently arrested.

Kozhikode (ANI): The National Investigation Agency on Friday sealed the state headquarters of the Popular Front of India (PFI) in Kozhikode in Kerala, days after the government banned the radical outfit for having “terror links”. The NIA sealed the office in Meenchanda area and pasted a notice on its wall in presence of local police officials.

OF DAMOCLES?

PM MODI’S CONVOY STOPS TO ALLOW AN AMBULANCE TO PASS

Some allergic to India’s growth story: Dhankhar

New Delhi (PTI): Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday said there are “some” people who are “allergic” to sharing India’s achieve ments, and asserted there was a need to re buff and challenge them.

“India’s pursuit for self-reliance is different from other countries’. It is not about being selfcentred but seeing the whole world as one vil lage,” the vice president said at an event of PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry here.

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The Vice President said India today is a na tion not bound by what others say. “This situa tion was never witnessed ever before since 1947.”

Afer praise of RSS chief, head of Imams’ body gets threats

Sharat K Verma

New Delhi: In West Bengal, the sword of Enforcement Directo rate (ED) hangs over more than two dozen MLAs and ministers of Mamata Banerjee gov ernment. Apart from this, Leader of Opposi tion in the Assembly Shubhendu Adhikari has said that he is going to give a list of 99 such MLAs to the ED, who have assets dispropor tionate to their known sources of income. These 25 people are also included in those 99 people. The sword hangs on the current list of 25 legislators be cause of the Kolkata High Court where a PIL to probe the alleged un accounted assets of these leaders is pending since 2017. This petition

has been filed by Biplab Dev Choudhary. Recent ly, state government minister Partha Chat terjee’s establishments were raided, cash was found and he was ar rested, then Biplab Chaudhary again reached the High Court.

While hearing this

case, the High Court has also made the ED a party in it. Against this decision of the High Court, three min isters of the state gov ernment — Firhad Hakim, Jyotipriya Ma lik and Arup Roy — have reached the court. They have contested

that the ED should not be involved in this case as the Election Com mission and Income Tax Department have not got any unaccount ed property from them. However, from the stand of the court, it seems that the ED will be a party in this and the court will give its investigation to the ED. Those whose as sets are to be investi gated include Firhad Hakim, Jyotipriya Ma lik, Malay Ghatak, Bratyavrata Basu etc and the name of BJP MP Arjun Singh is also included in this. He has recently returned to the Trinamool Con gress. The names of big leaders like Gau tam Deb, Amit Mitra, Abdur Razak Mollah, Madan Mitra are also included in this.

New Delhi (ANI): All India Imam Organisa tion chief Umer Ahmed Ilyasi received repeated threats after he termed RSS chief Mohan Bhag wat a ‘rashtra pita’ (fa ther of the nation).

Earlier on Thursday, All India Imam Organi sation chief Umer Ahmed Ilyasi, on Thurs day termed Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat a ‘rashtra pita’ and added that Bhagwat had visited Madarsa Ta jweedul Quran in north Delhi at his invitation.

A complaint has been filed at Tilak Marg po lice station.

HOLD ROUTE MARCH ON NOVEMBER 6: MADRAS HIGH COURT DIRECTS RSS

PM Narendra Modi waves to crowd as he reaches Banaskantha where he laid the foundation stone of various projects worth over Rs 7200 crore, in Ambaji on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI

NIA SEALS PFI HQ IN KOZHIKODE

Gandhinagar: After flagging off the semi-high speed Vande Bharat 2.0 from Gandhinagar on Friday, PM Narendra Modi also took a half an hour ride on the train between Gandhinagar and Kalupur railway station in Ahmedabad. Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw shared the video of the PM taking a ride on the train.

Ahmedabad: PM Modi’s convoy stopped for a brief time to give way to an ambulance while travelling to Gandhinagar on Friday. A video shared by the Gujarat BJP’s media cell shows two SUVs, which were part of the PM’s convoy, slowly moving to give way to the ambulance.

Security personnel patrol during Friday prayers, days after the ban on the Popular Front of India (PFI), in Kanpur, on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI

V-P Jagdeep Dhankhar addresses the 117th Annual Session of PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in New Delhi on Friday. His wife Sudesh Dhankhar and other dignitaries are also present.

Thousands throng the event and cheer as the PM dedicates projects worth over `7,200 cr in Gujarat town

JP Nadda being felicitated by party supporters at the ‘Sanyukt Morcha Sammelan’ in Bhubaneswar, on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI

RaGa’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ enters poll-bound K’taka

YATRA ONLY WAY OF EXPRESSION, SAYS RAHUL

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Congress leaders hoped that the Karna taka leg of the yatra which commenced here in Chamarajanagar dis trict would enthuse the party cadres in pollbound state. The yatra, which entered from Gu dalur in Tamil Nadu, will traverse across seven districts covering a distance of about 500 km in Karnataka, where Assembly polls are just six months away.

It will pass through Chamarajanagar, Mysu ru, Mandya, Tumakuru, Chitradurga, Ballari and Raichur districts. The yatra will cover seven Lok Sabha segments and 22 Assembly constituen cies in Karnataka.

According to sources in the Congress, there will be three major pub lic meetings in Gundlu pet, Mysuru and Ballari in Karnataka.

KHARGE TO BE 2nd PREZ FROM K’TAKA Bengaluru (PTI): Popu larly known as “Solillada Saradara” in his home-State of Karnataka Mapanna Mallikarjun Kharge, who on Friday filed nomination for the Congress’ presidential polls, is a hardcore loyalist of the Gandhi family. If elected, he will be the second AICC president from Karnataka after S Nijalingappa, and also a Dalit leader to hold the post.

CRUCIAL READ

BIHAR GOVERNMENT CONDEMNS IAS OFFICER HARJOT KAUR’s BEHAVIOUR

Patna: The Bihar government on Friday issued a statement condemning the indiscretion of senior IAS of ficer Harjot Kaur Bamhrah during an interaction with girl students here earlier this week which has led to an outcry. The Information and Public Relations Department said in the state ment that “cognizance has been taken and high-level review done” of the utterances of Bamhrah who has also been slapped with a notice by the National Commission for Women. The statement asserted that the conduct of Bamhrah, who heads the state’s Women and Child Devel opment Corporation, was “not appropriate in the view of the state government”.

—PTI

CONG ATTACK ON MINISTER FAUJA SINGH SARARI ROCKS PUNJAB ASSEMBLY AGAIN

Chandigarh: The Punjab Assembly witnessed noisy scenes for a second straight day Friday as Congress MLAs again sought the dismissal and arrest of Cabinet minister Fauja Singh Sarari over an audio clip in which he was purportedly discussing ways to “trap” some contractors to “extort” money from them. They also sought a reply from CM, but VS Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan pulled the Congress legislators up as they entered the Well of the House and raised slogans against the AAP government. Amid the uproar, three bills the Punjab State Vigilance Commission Bill, the Punjab Village Common Lands Amendment Bill, and the Punjab Goods and Services Tax Bill, were passed in the House.

—PTI

CONGRESS SHOULD STAND FOR CHANGE, NOT SURPRISED BACKING KHARGE, SAYS THAROOR

New Delhi (PTI): Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said that he has a vision to strengthen the party which should be a vehicle for “change” as he filed his nomination for the party president poll. The former Union minister called his rival Mallikarjun Kharge, who is also contesting and is being seen as the favourite to win, ‘Bhishma Pitamah’ of the Congress.

Gundlupet (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday claimed that the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ was the only option left with the party to reach out to the masses as all other fora for expression are shut. His ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ entered Karnataka here in Chamarajanagar district from Gudalur in Tamil Nadu. “There are various institutions in democracy. There’s media and Parliament too but all these have been shut for the oppo sition and media doesn’t listen to us. There’s total government control. Our mics are muted in Parliament, Assemblies are not allowed to func tion and opposition is harassed. In this situa tion, the only option left with us is ‘Bharat Jodo Yata,” Gandhi said at a public meeting here. Gandhi said no force in the country can stop this yatra because this is ‘India’s March’.

BJP takes potshots at Kharge’s candidature

New Delhi (PTI): The BJP on Friday took a swipe at the Congress after senior leader Mall ikarjun Kharge emerged as the favourite to win the poll for party presi dent, suggesting that he will be a “proxy” and “remote-controlled”.

“Mallikarjun Kharge at 80 is an inspiring choice for the Congress. He is young, energetic and just what the Con gress needed to ensure its revival. He should just pick Dr Manmohan Singh’s manual on ‘Liv ing by the Remote Control’ and it is all sorted,” BJP IT depart ment head Amit Malvi ya said in a tweet. Shashi Tharoor contin ues to hang in, he add ed, referring to the Con gress MP, who has also

filed his nomination for the Congress presi dent post.

Most senior Congress leaders, however, rally around Kharge, who is seen to have the back ing of the Gandhis even though they have con veyed that they will re main neutral in the election.

JAIRAM RAMESH HIGHLIGHTS PARTY CONSENSUS

Chamarajanagar (ANI): With the Congress president polls just weeks away, senior party leader Jairam Ramesh on Friday highlighted the party’s “consensus” and said that his party was the only one to have a system for the party supremo’s post. “Congress is the only party which has a system for electing a president. Congress’ greatest contribution to Indian politics has been consensus.

Cong’s Siddaramaiah warns ruling BJP Gundlupet (Agencies): A senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah has warned the BJP not to obstruct the ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra led by party MP Rahul Gandhi as it entered Karna taka on Friday. The former Karnataka chief minister also warned the state police officials saying those colluding with the ruling party would be taught a befitting lesson.

Primary aim should be to serve nation: Prez

CONGRESS’ YURI ALEMAO NEW LOP IN GOA ASSEMBLY

Panaji: Yuri Alemao became the new leader of opposition in the Goa As sembly on Friday after Congress MLAs elected him as head of the legislative party and Speaker Ramesh Tawad kar recognised the move.

Michael Lobo, who was the previous LoP, had switched over along with seven other Congress MLAs to the rul ing Bharatiya Janata Party recently. “The Speaker has recognized Yuri Alemao as the Leader of Opposi tion in the Goa Legislative Assembly with effect from September 30,” State Leg islature Secretary Namrata Ulman said in an order issued during the day.

Alemao represents Cun colim Assembly seat and is one of the three Congress MLAs in the House. —PTI

ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE FREEZES

CRYPTO CURRENCY WORTH `47.64 LAKH New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has freezed crypto currencies and Tether, an Ethereum token that is pegged to the value of a US dollar, equivalent to Rs 47.64 lakh under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). This has come following an investigation conducted by the ED against a person named Aamir Khan and others relating to the Mobile gam ing application, E-nuggets, According to an Enforcement Directorate (ED) statement.

—PTI

Prez urges Indian DESO to utilize technology to the maximum possible extent for effective administration

New Delhi (PTI) : Pres ident Droupadi Mur mu on Friday said that primary aim of public servants should be to serve the nation and its people with utmost sin cerity. She was speaking to the officers/officer trainees of Indian De fence Estates Service, Indian Skill Develop ment Service, Indian Trade Service and Indi an Telecom Service, who had called on the

president at Rashtrapa ti Bhavan in Delhi. Addressing the offic ers, Murmu said that after becoming part of the respective services, their primary aim should be to serve the nation and its people with utmost sincerity. In their journey as pub lic servants, they will get opportunities to bring about changes which can transform the lives of people, the

‘Probe illegal diversion of Central funds by WB govt’

Kolkata (ANI): West Bengal Leader of Oppo sition and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Friday requested Fi nance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to probe the alleged irregularities and illegal diversion of central government funds from the Wage and Means head of the consolidated funds and PFMS to the SERF ac count by the West Ben gal government.

“I am writing this let ter to you in order to ap

KEEPING FINGERS CROSSED

prise you about the mal practices the West Ben gal Government has been engaged in, and the unethical and illegal di version of funds provid ed by the Central Gov ernment,” said Adhika ri in the letter.

president said. She was confident that if young offices pursue the path of serving the people, they will earn a great

deal of job satisfaction.

The president was happy to note that the Directorate General of Defence Estates has adopted technologies like satellite imagery, geo-spatial techniques and artificial intelli gence for management of defence estates. She urged Indian Defence Estates Service Officers to utilize technology to the maximum possible extent for effective ad

ministration of the can tonments. The presi dent said that technolo gy has even more cen tral role to play in the career of Indian Tele com Service officers. India has undergone a telecom revolution dur ing the last two decades, she said. Launch of mo bile telephony and fast er internet networks in India have enabled the country to tap its vast digital potential.

Huge cache of ammunition seized in J&K’s Gurez Sector

Srinagar (Agencies): In a major blow to the intentions of terrorist groups perating from across Line of Control, Indian Army and JKP foiled their design to de liver huge cache of weapons, ammunition, grenades and other war like stores to cause ter ror activities and unrest in the Valley.

On September 27, based on intelligence from police and human sources of the Indian

Will the decision regarding giving symbol to Shiv Sena be different from ECI’s decision on LJP?

Mahesh Sharma

New Delhi: It is a mil lion dollar question whether the Election Commission will take the same decision on Shiv Sena as it has done in the case of Lok Jan shakti Party or will its decision on Shiv Sena be entirely different? This question has been aris ing ever since the Su preme Court ordered that the Election Com mission should decide about Shiv Sena. At the same time, it is also be ing said that the deci sion of the Supreme

Court is a major victory for the Eknath Shinde faction and a huge blow to the Uddhav Thacker ay faction. It is also sur prising as to why is there a perception that the decision of the Elec tion Commission in the Shiv Sena case will go against the Uddhav Thackeray faction?

The model of Lok Janshakti Party is in front of the Election Commission. After the death of Ram Vilas Pas wan, there was a split in the Lok Janshakti Party and five out of the six MPs of the party came

together and claimed themselves to be the rep resentatives of ‘real’ LJP. The Speaker also gave them recognition in the Lok Sabha. The leader of that faction,

Pashupati Paras, is a minister in the central government. Later, when the real party’s claim reached the Elec tion Commission, the commission gave a bal

ancing decision. The commission confiscated the Lok Janshakti Party name and election sym bol. So, the name of the party of Pashupati Pa ras faction is Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party and the name of the party of Chirag Paswan faction is Lok Janshakti Party Ramvilas. So, the commission has a previous prece dent to take a similar decision in the case of Shiv Sena. Shiv Sena’s name and its ‘arrowbow’ election symbol should be confiscated and separate names and

symbols should be allot ted to both the groups. But if it has to happen then how will it be a ma jor victory for the Shin de faction? A big victory for the Shinde faction will happen when it gets the name and election symbol of Shiv Sena. Only then will it have any advantage in the municipal elections to be held in the next few days. Like LJP, in Shiv Sena too, most of the MPs and MLAs are with the Eknath Shinde fac tion but the party organ ization is still with Ud dhav Thackeray.

A huge amount of weapons, ammunition and grenades recovered by Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday.

Army under aegis of 109 Infantry Brigade launched a search oper ation along Naushera Nard till the Line of Control in Gurez Sector

of Bandipura District. After three days of search, a hideout was found along the Nala on September 29, very close to the Line of Control.

Dhami meets victim’s parents, assures action

Pauri (Uttarakhand) (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami met An kita Bhandari’s parents on Friday. The state chief also assured her parents of strict action against the culprits.

“Today, after reach ing Dobh Srikot village of Pauri district, ex

pressed condolences while meeting the fam ily members of daugh ter Ankita. I assured them that by taking the strictest action against the cul prits of this heinous crime, we will get the matter heard in the fasttrack court,” tweeted CM Dhami.

Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) Chief Chirah Paswan addresses a press conference, in Patna. —FILE PHOTO

BHANDARI MURDER CASE

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami meeting parents of Ankita Bhandari on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI

The Yatra entered from Gudalur, will traverse across seven districts covering a distance of about 500 km in K’taka, where Assembly polls are just six months away Gundlupet (PTI): Ra hul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ entered Karnataka on Friday.

GANDHI’S EXPIRED DRUGS, SAYS SARMA New Delhi (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has taken a swipe at Congress over its dwindling fortunes in the electoral polls under the leadership of Gandhis over the last eight years and said “Gandhi family are expired drugs”.

CONGRESS PREZ POLL

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with AICC General Secretary & Karnataka in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala, KPCC President DK Shivakumar, Opposition leader in Assembly Siddaramaiah and other leaders during the party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, at Gunlupet in Chamarajanagar district on Friday.

DHARIWAL LAUNCHES 7 PREDEVELOPED UIT SCHEMES

UIT will allot 2,188 commercial-cum-residential use plots through lottery

Bhanwar S Charan

Kota: UDH Min Shanti Kumar Dhariwal has once again given impetus to the work of the ministry after a notice from the high command. Dhariwal on Friday, launched seven different residential-commercial schemes of Kota UIT.

Dhariwal virtually connected with the VC room of the Kota Collectorate and launched various pre-developed UIT schemes from his residence in Jaipur. During this, administrative and trust officials from Kota, including District Collector OP Bunkar were also

present in the VC room.

UIT will allot 2,188 commercial-cum-residential use plots through lottery at fixed sale rate. Application process will start from October 3 to October 31.

The residents of the city would get the benefit of the schemes prepared by the trust. All the facilities in the scheme have already been developed. UIT will allot 2,188 commercial-cum-residential use plots through lottery at fixed sale rate. —Shanti Dhariwal, UDH Minister

746 FIRs, 456 held in 2 months in illegal mining

Nirmal Tiwari

Jaipur: Additional CS Mines & Petroleum Dr Subodh Agrawal while directing to continue strict action against the mining mafia said that govt is working on the policy of zero tolerance against illegal mining. For last 2 months, joint action of Mines & Police Administration against illegal mining activities in entire state has yielded positive results.

He said that in 2 months, 746 FIRs were filed and 456 arrests were made along with recovery of a fine of Rs 11.50 cr along with seizure of 71 big machines & 2136 vehicles. He also underlined achievements of Ajmer Circle & urged officers to work in same manner.

Uproar at public hearing of Mundwa limestone mines

Jodhpur: Lieutenant General Jai Singh Nain, General Officer-Commanding-in-Chief of Southern Command of the Indian Army, was on a visit to Jodhpur on Friday. While addressing army officers of Desert Core in Jodhpur, Lt. General Jai Singh Nain said that the army should be prepared to deal with any situation in future by making themselves technically sound. “We should be updated with latest technologies for future wars so that we can deal with any challenge,” said Lt. General Jai Singh Nain. During his visit, he also reviewed the military preparedness of the Desert core and interacted with army personnel on various issues.

PHED OK’S MEGA WATER PROJECTS FOR PRATAPGARH AND BANSWARA

Jaipur: PHED has approved a mega project of Rs1062.77 crore to provide drinking water facility to 524 villages of Pratapgarh district. The mega project was approved in a meeting chaired by Additional Chief Secretary of Public Health Engineering and Ground Water Dr Subodh Agrawal. Under the project, the drinking water problem of 136 villages of Pratapgarh Panchayat Samiti, 106 villages of Dhamottar, 83 villages of Arnod, 103 villages of Dalot & 96 villages of Suhagpura Panchayat Samiti will be resolved through Jakham dam. Under the Jal Jeevan Mission, 82,525 water connections will be given to every household from this project. Similarly, Mahi Dam to 399 villages of Banswara dist.

Jaipur: Finally, IAS Ravi Shankar Srivastava has retired from the post of DG of Panchayati Raj Institute. Interestingly, Srivastava has retired from this post even after being transferred to the post of Commissioner, Departmental Inquiry in May 2022. However, according to riles, transfers should not happen 6 months before retirement. Hence, since then he was working as DG in Indira Gandhi Panchayati Raj Institute and has now retired from this post. Meanwhile, Aparna Arora, Senior IAS of Panchayati Raj Department, has been given additional charge of this post.

Nagaur: Uproar was witnessed in the public hearing for environmental approval for Mundwa limestone mine of Ambuja Cement in dist on Friday.

Incident happened during a public hearing program on behalf of Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board regarding expansion in limestone production.

Nagaur ADM Mohan Lal, SDM Sunil Panwar, Pollution Control Board Regional Officer Sanvita, PCC member and former Deputy Zilla Pramukh Dr Sahdev Choudhary, MLA

Narayan Beniwal and residents of Kherwad, Rupasar and Didiya Kanla, Inana Mundwa were present in the public hearing.

Due to the strong opposition of Dr Choudhary and the villagers,

Trouble at municipal council Barmer

Mukesh Mathrani

Barmer: Amid uncertainty looming large over Cong ruled state govt; a similar situation is surfacing here at Cong ruled municipal council. Here, cong councillors are opposing own party chairman.

Dissidents met Barmer Cong MLA Mevaram Jain & complained against council chairperson Deepak Mali. However, in efforts to pacify issues, Barmer MLA Mevaram Jain had assured MLA dissidents councillors that

he will talk to chairperson & explain him.

Sources close to devep said dissident councillors are not happy with working of Chairperson. They are alleging he is ignoring party councillors.

the Ambuja officials could not give the presentation correctly regarding the expansion in the chosen stone production capacity from 0.5 million ton per annum to 2.0 million ton per annum.

Gehlot gives farmers another means of increasing income

Farmers will be able to set up solar power plants on unused land

First India Bureau

Jaipur: CM Ashok Gehlot has approved Saur Krishi Aajeevika Yojana to help farmers to set up solar power plants on their unutilized or barren land. Scheme will facilitate farmers to earn their livelihood by giving their unutilized land for setting up solar power plants at remunerative lease rate to improve their living standard.

An online portal has been developed under the scheme where farmers/land owners can get their land registered for lease for setting up so-

Wlar power plants. Land developers can see the land details entered by the said farmers on the portal and can set up solar power plants.

With the Saur Krishi Aajeevika Yojana, the developers will also be

Tribals reach Jaipur covering 500 kms

First India Bureau

Jaipur: A foot march titled ‘Swaraj Sandesh - Samwad Padyatra’ led by the indigenous communities of Rajasthan reached Jaipur after covering 500 KM on Friday. People of indigenous communities traveled from Banswara covering 4 regions and 7 districts (Pratapgarh, Chittorgarh, Bhilwara, Ajmer and Tonk).

The objective of the march is to disseminate the significance of Swaraj ideology among the communities, offering indigenous solutions to the tribal livelihood and culture, and collective efforts to save

Jayesh Joshi with community members marching towards Jpr.

vital natural resources – water, forests, land, livestock, and seeds.

The march is led by Jayesh Joshi, secretary Vaagdhara. “This march is to identify, and discuss issues of communities of different dists & increase understanding among stakeholders,” said Joshi.

1 killed, 1 injured in collision between ambulance & auto

First India Bureau

Niwai: An ambulance and auto collided on Friday near village Jagsara killing one on the spot and leaving the other seriously injured. According to the police, after the accident near Jagsara, a seriously injured person was taken by ambulance to CHC, Chaksu, while the dead was taken to Niwai Hospital. As per the sources, on Friday, a private ambulance and an autorickshaw coming from the Lalsot side collided near the Jagsara area.

LEGENDS LEAGUE TOURNAMENT

In the accident, Mohammad Imtiaz (40), a resident of Alampur, Bihar, who was in the auto died on the spot. Whereas, Sanjay Sansi (25) resident Dhoradas, Jhunjhunu, got seri-

Bhilwara Kings defeat Gujarat Giants by 5 wickets

After a long wait, a new chapter of cricket finally started at Barkatullah Khan Stadium on Friday evening. It will host 4 matches

Jodhpur: For the first time after 2002, Jodhpur witnessed stars of international cricket.

RCA President Vaibhav Gehlot was present in the stadium along with the office bearers.

Legends League Tournament organizer Raheja said league match started with Bhilwara Kings & Gujarat Giants match on Friday at Barkatullah Khan Stadium.

Today also matches will be played. The qualifiers will then be played

able to easily get central grant (30 percent of the cost) under PM Kusum Yojana. The state govt will enter into a tripartite agreement between the land owner/farmer, developer & concerned discom or company.

SUPERSTITION

NCPCR: Got complaints on conversion of children

on Sunday in which the top two teams of the league stage will com-

pete for a place in the final. In the Eliminator match to be held on Octo-

ber 3, there will be a match between third place team & team that loses in qualifiers. Final match of Legends League T20 tournament will be played on October 5 at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.

On Friday players of Manipal Tiger & India Capitals reached Jodhpur. Many players including Irfan Patel, Yusuf Khan reached . This will be last league match for Gujarat Giants & Bhilwara Kings.

ously injured.

After this, the police brought the dead bodies to CHC Niwai where post-mortems of both was conducted and then the bodies were handed over to their relatives.

New Delhi (ANI): The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) Chairman Priyank Kanoongo on Thursday tweeted that there have been complaints about priests spreading superstition in name of treatment of children and misleading them for conversion. “Some complaints have been received from Punjab & Rajasthan about priests spreading superstition in the name of treatment of children and misleading them for conversion, action is being taken”, he tweeted.

He also urged the people to email the complaints and videos to ‘cp.ncpcr@ nic.in’ and further requested not to circulate the video on social media to maintain children’s privacy.

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Dr Sahdev Choudhary at public hearing program on behalf of Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board on Saturday.

IAS RAVI SHANKAR SRIVASTAVA RETIRES AS DG OF PANCHAYATI RAJ INSTITUTE

LT GENERAL JS NAIN INTERACTS WITH ARMY PERSONNEL IN JODHPUR

Shanti Dhariwal virtually connected with the VC room of the Kota Collectorate and launches various pre-developed UIT schemes from his residence on Friday.

Dissident councillors met Barmer MLA Mevaram Jain.

Sangeeta Sharma

Team Bhilwara Kings celebrating victory.

Gujarat Giants player at the Barkatullah Khan Stadium.

Vaibhav Gehlot, Shaitan Singh Sankhla, Naresh Joshi, Lalit Surana, GS Sandhu and others of RCA watching the match.

Sawai Madhopur: A speeding dumper crushed a woman and two children on foot on the under construction road at Sawai Madhopur-Bonli on Friday noon. The relatives and villagers created a ruckus and refused to take away the dead bodies. The police are searching for the dumper driver.

DUMPER CRUSHES WOMAN & 2 KIDS

Priyank Kanoongo

POLLUTION WILL BE REDUCED IN STATE

PM MODI’S GUJ TRIP TO IMPACT NEIGHBOURING RAJ AREAS TOO

The message is also a beginning for Raj politics, which is bound to heat up before it goes to polls next year

Jaipur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a tour of poll-bound Gu jarat. However, his visit would have an impact on over half a dozen dis tricts of neighbouring Rajasthan too. Besides, Modi will cover a dis tance of 18-km inside Rajasthan to reach Abu Road airstrip before fly ing to New Delhi. BJP welcomed PM Modi at Abu Road in Sirohi dis trict bordering Gujarat around 7pm on Friday.

Sirohi’s adjoining districts, including Udaipur, Banswara, Dungarpur and Jalore, have a strong Gujarat connection. The main reason for this is that a large population of these districts fre quents or lives in Guja

rat for education or em ployment. Moreover, Abu Road where PM Modi will reach this evening has a sizable tribal population. The message of PM’s Guja rat trip is sure to perco

Pilot’s supporters raise slogans outside AICC office as Gehlot arrives

New Delhi (ANI):

Amid a protracted crisis in the Con gress, the supporters of Sachin Pilot gath ered at the AICC of fice in the national capital on Friday and demanded that he be elected as the party president or be made the chief minister of Rajasthan.

As soon as Ra jasthan Chief Minis ter Ashok Gehlot ar rived at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) office, the sup porters began raising slogans in favour of Pilot.

“We want to see Sachin Pilot as the chief minister of Ra jasthan or as the na tional president of Congress,” said a sup porter of Pilot.

“Rahul Gandhi is also young; the future of India is in the hands of the youth. Till the youth is not given a top post, Con gress will not get power. Pilot knows about problems at the

ground level and what the party work ers go through. We demand he be made the party president,” he added. Gehlot Thursday announced he was pulling out of the Congress presi dential polls follow ing the political tur moil in Rajasthan.

Pilot’s supporters wanted to see him as the next Rajasthan CM in the event Ge hlot shifted to Delhi. The young leader met interim party presi dent Sonia Gandhi in Delhi Thursday. After the meeting, he said the decision of the Congress chief will be final on who will be at the helm of af fairs in Rajasthan.

late to parts of Ra jasthan too.

The subtle message is also a beginning for Ra jasthan politics which is bound to heat up be fore it goes to polls next year. This assumes sig

nificance in the light of the recent dramatic de velopment within the Rajasthan Congress. BJP would surely want to avenge its defeat in the state and win with a huge majority.

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Modi addresses… During this, Modi bowed his head to the people who attended the program and prom ised that the ‘debt of this love will be re turned with interest’. Along with this, Modi also promised to visit Abu Road again. Inter estingly, as Modi reached the main stage, the crowd pre sent greeted him by lighting the mobile lights. During this, many senior BJP lead ers and MLAs includ ing former Chief Min ister Vasundhara Raje, BJP State President Satish Poonia, Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Gulabchand Kataria, Union Minis ter Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Kailash Chaudhary, MP PP Chaudhary and Jalore MP Devji Bhai Patel were also present.

Justice MN Bhandari takes over as 15th SAFEMA chairman

First India Bureau

New Delhi: Another feather has been added to the cap of Rajasthan as Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari took over as the 15th Chair man of SAFEMA Tri bunal Office in Delhi on Wednesday.

Justice Bhandari’s tenure as the chairman of SAFEMA (Smug glers and Foreign Ex change Manipulators Act) for a period of four years years or till at taining the age of 70

years. His tenure as chairman will be till September 27, 2026. The tribunal was con stituted with regard to smuggling and foreign exchange manipula tion. The confiscation

of property is done un der the Act 1976. The tribunal has the right to hear appeals in smug gling and NDPS cases.

As Chairman, Jus tice Bhandari will han dle three appellate courts. He has many responsibilities includ ing the formation of benches of tribunals, preparation of roster, hearing of important cases, and formation of circuit benches. Justice Bhandari retired as CJ of Madras HC on Sep tember 12, 2022.

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My work is to strengthen the Congress party: Gehlot

If it was under my control, I wouldn’t take any position. Party is in trouble, don’t want to run from situation: CM

Aditi Nagar

New Delhi: Chief Minister Ashok Ge hlot, who has camped in Delhi over the un certainty regarding Congress president election said on Fri day, that he has no de sire for any post. “My job is to strengthen the Congress party,” Gehlot said to the me dia before Mallikar jun Kharge filed nom ination for the post of Congress President. He said that what ever responsibility he gets from the party, he will fulfill it and has assured the High Command of this. Re garding the election of Congress Presi dent, Gehlot said, “Gandhi family has always been neutral in this and my work is only to strengthen the Congress. Today the country needs Con gress to be strong. I welcome Kharge’s nomination. He is a very senior leader.”

Gehlot, who denied contesting the presi dency election, termed Kharge’s deci sion to contest as a ‘right decision’. “All seniors took the deci sion to contest Kharge. President election is a friendly match. I have become a proposer of Mall ikarjun Kharge’s election nomination.

I have been a Con

Raje: Received many blessings as a bonus

Banswara: Former CM Vasundhara Raje met Ishwaranand Maharaj Uttam Swami of Agni Akhara at Rabindra Dhyan Ashram in Ban swara & took his bless ings. The two had a ‘closed- door’ meeting for about an hour, after which Ghatol MLA and Garhi MLA also joined them. BJP officials, in cluding ex- ministers Bhavani Joshi, DS Raw at were also present.

I got the bless ings of Maa Tripura Sund ari, then the blessings of Ishwaranand Maharaj and the devotees and af ter that in the evening will get blessings from Prime Minister Naren dra Modi.

—Vasundhara Raje, Former CM

Raje offered prayers at Ravindra Dhyan Ash ram. Ishwaranand Ma haraj blessed her to serve Raj again as CM.

State to get new Information Commissioner soon!

Jaipur: The search for new Commissioner for the Rajasthan State In formation Commission has been initiated as the current Commis sioner - 65 year old Narain Bareth - retired on Friday, September 30. He was appointed to the position in Decem ber 2020 and at present one Chief Commission er and 4 Commissioner are posted in the Com missioner.

At present, former

Chief Secretary of Ra jasthan - DB Gupta - is serving as Chief Secre tary. Along with him, a total strength of five Commissioners is

working here, includ ing Bareth, but with his retirement, one post has fallen vacant. The state government has already sought applica

tions for the vacant post and August 26 was the last date for applica tion. Sources reveal that more than a dozen applications have been received, among which are four retired IAS and 2 journalists. Accord ing to the Act, the new appointment is done by Governor and the term is either for five year or 65 years of age.

The previous BJP government had ap pointed journalist Ashutosh Sharma as Commissioner and con

tinuing this tradition, the present Congress government appointed journalist Narain Ba reth as Commissioner. Hence the journalists who have applied for the position, are keeping their fingers crossed.

Meanwhile, the file regarding starting pen sion of retired CIC and Commissioners is also doing the rounds in the government. According to sources, the file has reached up to the Chief Ministerial level for ap proval.

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Gehlot to… G-23 leaders also agreed after talks with Gehlot and all these people became propos ers for Mallikarjun Kharge. As a result, now G-23 has not field ed any candidate and thus now Kharge is al most certain to become the Congress Presi dent. Notably, Kharge is Gehlot’s old ‘ally’. Meanwhile, as far as the question of legisla ture party meeting to elect a new chief min ister is concerned, now that issue has also got

Always some or the other responsibility has been given by the organization to me. One gets tired even in a political ca reer of 50 years. I have also apologised to Con gress President Sonia Gandhi for the develop ments that took place in Jaipur on Sunday. What happened is unfortunate.

—Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister

gress loyalist for 50 years and whatever happened is com pletely against my nature. Position is not important for me, rather I want to give my everything to strengthen the Con gress. If it was under my control, I would not take any position.

Right now the party is in trouble and I don’t know to run in trou ble. It is very impor tant to have a strong opposition in the country. Rahul Gan dhi has set out to strengthen Congress.

I am with Rahul Gan dhi in the campaign to strengthen Con gress. For me, the de cision of the high command is every thing,” he said.

Gehlot also said that the Congress never kept him empty handed. “Always

some or the other re sponsibility has been given by the organiza tion to me. One gets tired even in a politi cal career of 50 years.

I have also apologised to Congress Presi dent Sonia Gandhi for the developments that took place in Jaipur on Sunday. What happened is un fortunate,” Gehlot said and expressed full confidence in Congress President Sonia Gandhi and said that whatever de cision the Gandhi family takes, it will be accepted.

Meanwhile, during the day Gehlot met Mallikarjun Kharge at his residence. Ge hlot also met senior Congress leader Am bika Soni at Jodhpur House. Later in the evening, Gehlot flew back to Jaipur.

CM TO VISIT BIKANER, SGNR & HANUMANGARH TODAY

First India Bureau

Bikaner: Amidst the political turmoil in Raj, CM Ashok Gehlot will visit Bikaner today. Po litical specula tions have also started from his sudden visit and the programme to visit Sri Ganganagar & Hanu mangarh. However, there are also reports that CM can visit Bi kaner with family.

cording to sources, Ge hlot will reach Nal Civil Airport by special air craft at 11 am. He will visit the Kar ni Singh Stadium & observe the on going district level matches of Rural Olympics. After this, he will fly from Bi kaner to Hanumangarh & further to Sri Ganga nagar by helicopter. He will leave for Jaipur from Suratgarh by spe cial aircraft.

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stuck because no CLP meeting is taking place for the next few days. Thus the work of choosing the new Chief Minister has also been postponed.

Meanwhile, a source related to Delhi gave indication that if Ge hlot continues to be the CM, then Pilot could be made PCC Chief a new post, that of Organiza tion General Secretary for the States of North ern India, may be cre ated. But the million dollar question is: Whether Pilot will

agree to this new ‘of fer’, which has already been rejected by him, more than once. The Gehlot camp has adopt ed the strategy of ‘Wait and Watch’ as Gehlot returned to Jaipur on Friday evening after a three-day stay in Delhi following which sever al ministers and MLAs rushed to CMR to meet Gehlot. Gehlot, focus sing back on Rajasthan, has resumed his tours to observe Rural Olym pics & will tour Bikan er, Sri Ganganagar Ha numangarh today.

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Aishwary Pradhan

PM’s brief trip to Rajasthan will send a political message to all the prominent leaders of Raj BJP

PM Narendra Modi being extended a warm welcome by Dr Satish Poonia by presenting the PM with a ‘Rajasthani Safa’ during a programme at Abu Road on Friday. Also seen here are Vasundhara Raje, GC Kataria, Rajendra Rathore & others.

CM Ashok Gehlot with Ambika Soni, Pawan Bansal, Anand Sharma, Bhupendra Singh Hooda, Mukul Wasnik, Prithviraj Chavan, Avinash Pande, Manish Tiwari, Rajeev Shukla , Raghuveer Meena & others at AICC HQs in New Delhi.

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Vasundhara Raje offers prayers at the famous ShaktipeethMaa TripuraSundari Temple in Banswara on Friday.

Munishwar Nath Bhandari

SHOULDERS TAKE THE WEIGHT OFF YOUR

There is a reason why off-theshoulder clothing is fashionable today. They’ve been popular for a very long time and are going out of style anytime soon. People are still rocking them with formal attire, casual attire, and even at parties.

Off shoulders can be worn in a variety of ways depending on your comfort level and what looks best on you. They provide an incredibly elegant and feminine appearance with complete comfort, which explains why they are very in style.

Off-shoulders actually help you increase your style quotient. The best thing about them is their adaptability. Even in casual office attire, they are deserving enough to set standards at formal evening meetings or parties. This fashion makes you look incredibly astonishing and conventional at the same time. It’s a perfect costume for any formal occasion, and it has a touch of sophistication and elegance.

It can be accessorised with some classy picks such as pointed heels and a basic watch to complete the look. An off-shoulder is definitely appropriate for a casual outing. An offshoulder is always comfortable and simple to wear for the ideal summer appearance, whether it’s for a luncheon or a day of shopping. It’s incredible how this straightforward design can be dressed up to seem utterly edgy. The nicest aspect is that they are so versatile because they are made of so many different materials and patterns. Without experimentation, one cannot improve their style, but if that has failed, blacks appear to be the best option.

Keep in mind that you can wear practically any colour if you are confident.

Remember to always experiment to see what matches your personality the best.

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Off shoulders are chic and make you look super elegant effortlessly. City First brings to you the significance of off-shoulder fashion and how you can style them to complete your look.

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How do we Increase Weight in Kids?

Weight gain in kids can be difficult because they do not eat everything that is put on their plate.

With a little planning and the addition of energy-dense healthy foods to their diet, weight gain is achievable. Parents need to first find out the child’s weight status category:

Less than the 5th percentile: underweight 5th percentile to less than 85th percentile: normal or healthy weight

85th to less than 95th percentile: overweight

Above 95th percentile: obese

With the help of this “Height and Weight Calculator for Children”, parents can easily calculate the ideal height and weight of the children according to their gender and age.

What Is the Need for Introducing Healthy Foods in Kids’ Diet?

The best time to establish healthy eating patterns is early childhood because these habits and patterns will impact how kids eat as adults. A nutritionally-balanced and wholesome diet is required for optimal growth and development.

Being underweight or malnourished increases the risk of acquiring infectious diseases. Therefore, it is important to introduce healthy foods one at a time and speak to your little one about their amazing benefits for the body.

TOP 10 HEALTHY WEIGHT GAIN FOODS FOR KIDS

BREAST MILK

The unique composition of breast milk makes it a perfect source of nutrition for the infant. Six months of exclusive breastfeeding in the first year of life is recommended. Breast milk contains long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids that help in the normal growth and development of the baby. These fatty acids also help the immature brain to develop. Breast milk increases the concentration of growth factors in the body, which cause weight gain in underweight infants.

EGGS

Eggs are power-packed with high-quality proteins and healthy fats. One egg contains approximately 6 grams of protein. Daily consumption of eggs enhances muscle gain and weight gain in underweight children. Whole eggs also contain vitamin A and vitamin B12, which are required for the growth and development of a child. It further promotes the healthy development of the brain and the central nervous system.

BANANAS

Bananas are a great source of energy and one banana has around 100 calories. Bananas contain less moisture content and more carbohydrate content that help in healthy weight gain. You can give this energy-dense nutritious fruit to your child in different forms, like:

Mashed banana

Banana milkshake or smoothies

Banana topped with peanut butter

Or plain banana

DAIRY PRODUCTS

Dairy products like milk, curd and cheese are packed with the goodness of proteins and calcium and other vital nutrients as well. Calcium supports the healthy growth and development of bones in children. Make sure you give your little one two glasses of milk per day. If your kid does not like plain milk, give milk in the form of milkshakes.

CHICKEN

Chicken is an amazing source of protein, iron, zinc, vitamin B6, B12, copper, phosphorus and selenium. This power-packed lean meat helps in building muscles, which is the best way to make your child put on weight. Muscle gain does not make your little one

look flabby.Chicken is easy to cook and a versatile ingredient. It can be used to prepare curries, pulao, sandwiches, soups or chicken can be simply grilled or baked.

NUTS AND DRY FRUITS

Dry fruits are a dense source of calories and nutrients. They are a healthy snack option, which can give your little one a much-needed energy boost. They are rich in dietary fibre and other nutrients, which strengthen the immune system and keep infections at bay. Besides this, nuts contain healthy fat that promotes weight gain as well as the healthy development of the brain and the central nervous system.

OATS

People think oatmeal is diet food, but when combined with whole milk and topped with healthy nuts and dry fruits, oatmeal porridge can be a perfect recipe to boost weight gain. This nutritious food ingredient is loaded with dietary fibre that aids healthy bowel movements and prevents constipation. If the bowel movements are healthy, your child will feel hungry and eat properly from time to time. A proper eating timetable can help your little one gain a healthy weight.

AVOCADOS

Avocado is a fruit with high amounts of healthy fat. Unlike other whole fruits, its sugar content is low, whereas its fat content is on the higher side. Loaded with vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, avocado has a creamy and rich texture. Such a composition of avocado makes it calorie dense and promotes weight gain. You can make the avocado dip, milkshake or simply bake avocado slices for your toddler.

PURE GHEE WHEN

Added to the diet of underweight kids, helps in weight gain and boosts immunity too. It strengthens the bones and improves hair and the skin. Though it is one of the foods known to help gain weight, initially start with a half teaspoon and never give more than a teaspoon because it can render the digestive system sluggish. Replace other cooking oils with pure ghee once in a while to boost weight gain.

POTATOES

M ashed potatoes or baked ones can be a good snack option for kids who are underweight. Potatoes are a rich source of carbohydrates, which can help in putting on weight. Children who are underweight tend to get tired soon. Starchy foods like potatoes increase the muscle glycogen stores, which is the main source of energy for most activities. How to Get Your Kids to Eat Healthy? Make your child eat small, frequent and nutrient-dense meals. Eating just deep-fried foods and sugar-laden foods can cause unhealthy weight gain. Give your little one food containing protein and healthy fats to promote healthy weight gain. Introduce new foods slowly and one at a time. If kids are not eating plain vegetables or fruits, pair them with hummus, avocado dip or nut butter. Often kids do not enjoy plain milk. Add some fruits or dark chocolate to the milk to enhance its taste. Parents can replace water and add milk to soups or use milk to knead the dough.

10 SUPER HEALTHY WEIGHT GAIN FOODS FOR KIDS

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DAD DUTY B

Kiara Advani is one of the most loved actresses in Bollywood. A few days ago the actress had begun shooting for her next with Kartik Aaryan, SatyaPrem Ki Katha and now she is back on the sets of one of her projects as she gave us a glimpse of her flawless skin.

Taking to her Instagram stories, Kiara Advani shared a selfie of her looking stunning. This picture seems to have been taken in her makeup room. Kiara rests her face on one hand as

she leans on the table kept in front of her. Her hair is neatly done and with subtle makeup and a coffee mug kept in front of her. Sharing this picture, she wrote, “Goooood Morning!!! Let's roll.”

Charismatic look

riyanka Chopra is one of the most stylish actresses.

PeeCee is currently in Washington DC for work and she shared a small clip of her looking stunning as she steps out of her room. In the clip which she shared, Priyanka Chopra looked gorgeous in a lime

green slit dress. She left her tresses open and stunned in subtle makeup. Priyanka completed her look with stilettoes and lime coloured small purse. The clip which she shared begins with a closeup selfie of her with a text written ‘where to next?’ Then comes a mirror selfie of her giving us a glimpse of her entire look, followed by yet another selfie in the dark.

Gun Training

ollywood actress Parineeti Chopra is gearing up for the release of her upcoming film Code Name: Tiranga, in which she will star alongside Harrdy Sandhu. The actress has now given fans a glimpse of her training. In her caption, she wrote, “When you’re gun training but wanna use your skills on the action director himself, because he doesn't let you REST!”

WEDDING FESTIVITIES

ajal Aggarwal is slowly getting back in the groove post her delivery. The mother recently dropped a few glimpses from her latest photoshoot in a floral brown ethnic attire. Her look was tied up with statement jhumkas, and brown-toned makeup. Her latest post was captioned, "C O N T E (N T) M P L

A T I O N." Actress Raashii Khanna reacted to the post with, "Stunning!" After enjoying her maternity break, Kajal Aggarwal is all set to get back on the silver screen once again with Kamal Haasan starrer Indian 2. The diva is also learning new skills like martial arts and horse riding for her char-

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icha Chadha and Ali Fazal are very happy as they are finally getting married. On Friday the couple’s pre-wedding ceremonies started. Richa has been sharing updates from the functions. She shared two pictures of her and Ali Fazal looking dreamy in traditional wear.

Richa is seen wearing a pastel colour lehenga by Rahul Mishra that has shimmery embroidery and looks mesmerising. While Ali opted for a chikankari kurta paired with a churidar by Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla. Sharing the pictures,

Richa wrote, “Mohabbat Mubarak’. Yesterday, she shared a glimpse of her mehendi. It was looking very beautiful.

ipasha Basu is expecting her first child with hubby Karan Singh Grover. Just a while ago, the Bachna Ae Haseeno actress and Karan were seen at a hospital together in the city for reportedly a regular checkup. Taking to her Instagram handle, Bipasha shared a picture of Karan and said that he is on 'Dad duty.' She captioned the picture: "Hospital. Dad duty. Always has to carry my bag too. My cutie." In it, Karan is seen donning a black round-neck T-shirt and teamed it up with grey pair of denim jeans. He is also seen carrying Bipasha's orange colour tote bag around his neck as he posed for the picture.

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HONOURING TALENTS!

CITY FIRST

Agrand event of the International Achiever of the Year Award was organised at Hotel SouvenirPeppermint, built on Friday by Shakti Film Production, in which 51 talents from across the country were honoured with a colourful cultural program in the program to encourage the talents. Awarded with a trophy and certificate, the organiser of the program Ambalika Shastri, while giving information about the program, said that in this program such talents who have done outstanding

and remarkable and proud work in different fields of society have presented a new identity and example in the society.

Councilors Manoj Mudgal, Sudhir Mathur, Pawan Pareek, Alka Gaur, Ashish Gaur, Poonam Khangarot, Ruchi Sethi, Bhavya Sharma, Naeem Khan, Brijesh

POSTER LAUNCH!

Pathak were present as guests at the program.

The event was attended by Rinku Singh Gurjar of RSG Events as Event Partner, the event was managed by Trans Event Komal Chauhan, the stage was conducted by Anchor Preeti Saxena and the photography of the event was done by ND Studio and Ashwin Vyas.

Technorazz-2022: A hub of talent!

CITY FIRST

The Mahakumbh of Technorazz-2022 Talent, which is an ongoing bonanza from September 30 to October 1, started at JNU, in which about 6000 participants from more than 500 teams not only from Jaipur took part. On this occasion, students displayed technical, scientific and creative skills. The craze of Technoraj-2022 being organised at JNU is not only in Jaipur but also among the students of educational institutions in other states.

The function was inaugurated by lighting the lamp by the Chancellor of JNU, Dr Sandeep Bakshi.

On this occasion, Dr Bakshi while congratulating the students, said that today is a happy day for this university and students that we have successfully overcome Covid and are moving towards a new future.

‘Technorazz’ could not be organised during the last 2 years due to

Covid, but this time

‘Technorazz-2022’ is being organised in which students will once again get a chance to exhibit their innate talent to the world.

He further added that the objective of this type of event is certainly worth appreciating and such an event is organized to provide the participants with an invigorating exchange of innovative ideas and information, as well as, a much-needed exposure and platform to learn from each other.

Expression Show, Chef in the Making, Ad Mania, Robo Marathon, Game of Weller, Debate, Battle of Bands, Group Dance, and Fashion Show was the centre of attraction in today’s events where students displayed unprecedented talents. The different themes of fashion shows gave a scintillating performance, while on the other hand, the group dance, and the Battle of Dance enthralled the attendees, by mingling and enchanting with the beats of music.

WHAT’S HAPPENING!

To ensure a sense of unity and promote global citizenship; harmonious and peaceful cosmos, crossing the waters and bridging the gaps through their distinct, groovy and artistic ink, forty one iridescent star poets as representative of twenty seven countries took initiative and contributed to the poetry collection Across the Seas which is recently released and got published with White Falcon Publishing House. Dr Shalini Yadav, a creative soul, philanthropic and Professor of English compiled and edited the volume of verses full of sensibility for fulfillment and complacence of the objective.Across the Seas is an omnibus of lucid, picturesque and sensible poetic pieces and stimulates the hearts. The volume includes various themes including war, peace, harmony, brotherhood, nature, mystery, spirituality, humanity and right of equality beyond all borders.

JKK is geared up to host one of the biggest production of this for Dussehra which will have 133 artists playing various characters from Ramayana. In this, Dussehra Natya Utsav will be organised and ‘Ram Charit Natya’ will be staged at 7 pm on all five days. This program is going to be special in many ways. For the first time in the history of JKK, such an event is going to happen. Under the direction of senior theatrical director Ashok Rahi, the young actors have gone through vigorous rehearsals for splendid performances. These young artists were selected after auditions in July.

DURING

The 5-day event titled ‘A Touch of Class Shopping Celebration’ is being organised by Shakun Group in EP. The inauguration was done by Gopaldas Maharaj and Albeli Madhuri Sharan by lighting the lamp. Gokuldas Maheshwari and Akhil Maheshwari, directors of Shakun Group, informed that after 3 years. Shakun Group is going to organise this shopping celebration with full enthusiasm. Presented by TistaBene, ‘A Touch of Class’ is sponsored by Sona Sikka, Kedia Builders & Colonizers, Aadhar Prime and Utpal by Ashish Group. Photos by Mukesh Kiradoo

MP Diya Kumari was greeted by actor Ashish Sharma during a courtesy meeting on Friday. During the meeting, he gave insights about his upcoming blockbuster Hindutva. Congratulating the producers, directors and actors of the Hindutva film, MP Diya Kumari said that it is necessary to propagate Indian culture and Sanatan traditions widely. She further said that through this film, pride will be generated among the youth about our Sanatan culture and assured to give wide support in the screening of this film.

The prestigious beauty pageant Elite Miss Rajasthan 2022, which has been providing a platform to the talent of Rajasthan all over the world, is back with its 9th chapter. The search for new faces of this season is going on in full swing across the state. In this episode, auditions are being organised on October 2 at Maheshwari Resort in Kota. During this, girls can participate in this free audition by registering on the spot. The judges will judge the confidence, talent and style of the girls as well as give tips on how to hone the skills of the contestants.

It is worth mentioning that the finale of this year’s Elite Miss Rajasthan will be grandly held on October 16 in Jaipur.

The 60th annual General meeting of FAIASPDA was held in Jaipur on Friday. S Rajan Singh, Secretary of Rajasthan Automobile Dealers Association was elected as the new General Secretary of the Federation of All India Automobile Spare parts Dealers Association (FAIASPDA). Wishes poured in from friends and colleagues on the occasion. City First wishes him congratulations!

Jaipur Virasat Foundation (JVF) will be organising a special music concert by the 9-member group, ‘Tu Bhi Kabira’ on 1 October at TGH Café in JVF. The group will be performing a few original compositions as well as some much-loved Kabir Bhajans. Their performance will aim to make the audience relive one of the greatest eras of Indian cultural history.

Real Hero Award-2022 will be organised by Dream Word Production on October 6 at Gyan Vihar University. The poster of the event was released by former CM Vasundhara Raje, Chief Patron of the organisation Dr H.C. Ganeshia, President Girija Sharma, Working President Pooja Ranawat, Secretary Ved Khandelwal, Amita Kirad, Madhusudan Dadhich, Sudhanshu Pant, Gyan Vihar University, Dharmacharya and founder Acharya Vikas of Indian Messiah Samaj were present.

The FBS Fit Body and Soul Women forum organised a styling session for its members as part of the festive season. Founder Megha Gupta said that nowadays everyone likes to be trendy, not stylish, hence FBS planned exclusive draping and styling sessions for its members with experts Rachna Bhatoria, Sadhna & Manka Bhasin. In this, all the members were taught the use of different hacks and belts, not bags.

On World Heart Day, a cyclothon was organised by Tiger Riders Group and Eternal Hospital at Jawahar Circle on Friday in which hundreds of riders from Jaipur participated in the race, Vishnu Tak, President World Record Holder from Tiger Riders Group gave information about the program. Additional Director General of Police Govind Gupta and Deputy Commissioner of Police Prahlad Singh Krishnaiyat were present as Chief Guests. Manoj Soni, Sunil Gaur, Namit Soni of Cyclothon were also present.

Girish Agarwal of Sankalp International Jaipur and Hansraj Baheti of Thar Art Exports

Jodhpur were declared as the members of the Governing Body (CoA) of Export Promotion Council of Handicrafts (EPCH) for two seats in North West Region on Friday. A total of three candidates were in the fray for two seats, but after the third candidate, Suber Rampurawala of Indore supported Agarwal and Baheti, the victory of both of them was considered certain.

Under Anuvrat Address Week 2022, the fifth day of drug de-addiction day was organised at Adarsh Vidya Mandir School in the presence of Muni Jitendra Kumar on Saturday. During the event, CA Abhishek Bafna while presenting the topic said that drug has a great effect on the social environment around us.

A grand launch of Burman’s classics and musical nite organised by Shaping Future in collaboration with Music Nostalgia, an enviable music group of the town, took place at Birla Auditorium on Friday. Various eminent singers of the city were also present on the occasion.

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Members of International Achievers Award with winners during the felicitation ceremony

Seema Rathore

Ambalika Shastri

During the performance

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