self to make India a Perma nent, veto wielding member of the United Nations Securi ty Council. The brutal reality is that the Peoples Republic of China will always exercise its Veto to keep India out. If I am not mistaken, President Biden in one of his speeches said that India and Brazil should be Permanent members of the Security Council .
The reality is somewhat what more complicated. Any expansion of the Council must include a country from Sub-Saharan Africa and the Muslim world. Who from Af rica- Nigeria, Ethiopia or South Africa. From the Mus lim World the contenders will be Indonesia, Pakistan, Egypt.
India, in a few years will become the most populous country in the World. Yet, no one is seriously talking about it. No talks of birth control, none of population control. Yes, poverty has been vastly eradicated but the quality of life has not improved. Educational standards are low. The legal system needs to be made more efficient. Civil case go on for decades. We have some of the best doctors in the world but the hospitals are in need of drastic up gradation
K NATWAR SINGH
The author is Former Minister of External Affairs of India
What a week the Congress par ty has all but made a laugh ing stoke of itself. Ashok Ge hlot has landed himself in serious trouble. He is 71. A come back is unlikely.
He has been an active, reli able, astute leader, with a mass following. I have known him for over forty years and have great affection and re gard for him. I these four dec ades he did not put a foot wrong. The ‘neutral’ Sonia Gandhi obviously knows Dante Well, who wrote, nine hundred years ago, “The hot test places in Hell are reserved for those who in time of great moral crisis maintain their neutrality.” She shed her neu trality in no time. So long as she lives, she will have deity status. She is an expert at back seat driving. Can she revive the Congress? No.
Of the 2 contenders for Presi dentship of the Congress par ty, Mallikarjun Kharge and Shri Shashi Tharoor, I have never met the former. He is 80 years of age. The younger vot ers will certainly not opt for him. Shashi Tharoor , I have known him for several years.
He is fine orator and an out standing author. He deserves to win. But he will not. He does not have the blessings of Mother Superior. Besides, un like Kharge he is not rooted in the Congress. Oddly none of the G-23 are supporting him.
Digvijaya Singh has been deprived of the President ship by Shri Kharge, who did not play fair with the former CM of Madhya Pradesh. He would have, as President put some life in Congress. Sur prisingly, he made one seri ous mistake. As far as I know, he did not meet Shrimati So nia Gandhi. He paid the price.
The Lok Sabha elections are to be held in 2024. At present the Congress paty had fifty two members in the Lok Sab ha. That number is not likely to go up as of now. Not with Kharge at the helm. PM Nar endra Modi will remain Prime Minister till 2029. His interna tional standing is high. Within India he faces no challenge.
UMER AHMED
Shri Mohan Bhagwat, the head of RSS, made headlines when he met Imam Umer Ahmed Illyas a few days back. It was a courageous and wise move. It would have given mil lions of Muslims, much com fort. How many non-RSS non BJP Indians recall the fact that during the rule of the Bhartiya Janata Party, since 2014, not a single communal riot has occurred. This is an amazing achievement.
The ‘neutral’ Sonia Gandhi obviously knows Dante Well, who wrote, nine hundred years ago, “The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who in time of great moral crisis maintain their neutrality.” She shed her neutrality in no time. So long as she lives, she will have deity status. She is an expert at back seat driving. Can she revive the Congress? No
The External Affairs Minis ter, Jaishankar has done India proud at the United Nations and during his visit to Wash ington. He did not mince words, without flouting diplo macy. I would give him high marks for his stellar perfor mance. One caveat. He is over optimistic about the United States genuinely asserting it
The most alarming problem the World is facing, is climate change. One has only to look at the havoc rain and hurri canes are playing in Florida, Georgia and South Caroline. In Switzerland, glaciers are melting, in Italy rivers are drying up. For nature’s fury no easy answers are in sight.
The recent floods in Pakistan have been calamity. As often happens the poor have been worst hit. Pakistan is a near bankrupt country. Only the rich Islamic countries can provide funds to rebuild the infrastructure, colleges, schools, hospitals, indus tries. It’s a long haul.
POPULATION, A CONCERN IN INDIA
India, in a few years will be come the most populous coun try in the World. Yet, no one is seriously talking about it. No talks of birth control, none of population control. Yes, pov erty has been vastly eradicat ed but the quality of life has not improved. Educational standards are low. The legal system needs to be made more efficient. Civil case go on for decades. We have some of the best doctors in the world but the hospitals are in need of drastic up gradation.
The great Jawaharlal Nehru is to some extent re sponsible for India becoming an over populated country. Soon after taking over, he made the astounding pro nouncement that India was an under populated country. By the time of his death it was on the road leading to over population.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONALIndia moved to a higher trajectory in mobile connec tivity with the launch of 5G tech nology on Sunday. India may not be the first country to have the advanced technology, but one can take pride in the fact that we are not watching the technological advancements from the sidelines and cele brating the ultra high-speed internet which will unlock the potential future technologies.
It will also “unleash new eco nomic opportunities and soci etal benefits giving it the po tential for being a transforma tional force for Indian socie ty.” Its economic impact also cannot be underestimated.
The rapidity with which India has reached this mile stone speaks volumes about Prime Minister Narendra
The Prime Minister’s pitch for Aatmnirbhar Bharat ensured that the experience of 2G, 3G and 4G technologies was not repeated. While for technologies India was dependent on foreign support, 5G is home grown. An elated Prime Minister hailed the event as “historic” as “India is setting global standards for the first time”
Modi’s Digital India cam paign which focused on digi tal connectivity, affordability of devices and data and his focus on internet for all. Af fordability will help mobile penetrate the rural market.
The Prime Minister’s pitch for Aatmnirbhar Bharat en
sured that the experience of 2G, 3G and 4G technologies was not repeated. While for technologies India was de pendent on foreign support, 5G is home grown. An elated Prime Minister hailed the event as “historic” as “India is setting global standards for the first time”.
The push given to the tel ecom sector under the Aat manirbhar Bharat saw mo bile manufacturing units grow from two in 2014 to around 200 now. Indian hand sets are now competing with the best. In the process India has also become a major ex porter of mobile phones. The 5G launch is especially nota ble as it was not dogged by any controversy as had hap pened with 4G when the spec trum auction was mired in allegations of corruption.
Even as countries are reeling under eco nomic crisis, RussiaUkraine conflict ap pears to be expand ing. Cocking a snook at the US, Russian President Vladimir Putin annexed four regions of Ukraine and attracted more sanctions after referendums which were strongly contested by Kyiv. The retaliatory US sanc tions will be on 278 members of Russian parliament and 14 peo ple linked to its defence indus try. Simultaneously, the Euro pean Commission proposes to impose a ban on export of hitech goods and a ban on imports from Russia. Sanctions imposed so far have not deterred Russia from enlarging the conflict.
The annexations have led Ukraine to push its efforts for an early membership of NATO which, for some reason, has got delayed. Membership of NATO would mean that the western al liance will get automatically sucked into the conflict to defend a member. With Putin saying that his threat to use nuclear weapons should not be treated as a bluff, it must now be taken seriously in view of these developments.
Anurag Thakur @ianuragthakur
In this nationwide campaign till October 31, more than 100 lakh kg of plastic and other waste items will be collected and disposed of with public participation.
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New Delhi: October 1, 2022 will be remembered as a historic day for the 21st century India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said as he gifted the 5G service to over 130 crore Indians on Saturday at the 6th edition of India Mobile Congress.
He said the vision of his govt for ‘Digital India’ was founded on four pillars - the cost of devices, digital connectivity, data cost and digitalfirst approach. 5G will help in real-time monitoring of disasters, precision agriculture, and minimising the role of humans in dangerous industrial operations such as in deep mines, offshore activities, the govt has underlined.
Stating that the 5G technology will revolutionise the telecom sector, PM pointed out that India was dependent on other countries for 2G, 3G and 4G technologies. But with 5G, India has created a new history. “India is setting a glob-
PM Modi went around pavilions at the India Mobile Congress (IMC) in Delhi’s Pragati Maidan starting with Reliance Jio’s stalls, where he witnessed the ‘True 5G’ devices displayed and experienced the use case through Jio Glass. He remotely conducted a test drive of a car in Sweden in Europe from Ericsson stall. Modi also used newly launched 5G tech to drive car in another part of planet.
AIRTEL TO COVER IND BY MAR 2024: MITTAL Airtel CEO Sunil Mittal said that Delhi, Varanasi, Mumbai, Bangalore will get 5G from now & 5G will be in all homes by March 2024.
BIRLA: VODAFONE IDEA READY TO BE 5G PART Network of Vodafone Idea is compatible for conversion into 5G telecom tech, Kumar Mangalam Birla, Aditya Birla Group Chairman.
al standard in telecom technology for the first time”, he remarked. Industry leaders - Mukesh
5G is said to be 20 times faster than 4G speed once the pan India rollout is complete
India’s biggest ever auction of telecom spectrum received a record `1.5 trillion
Ambani’s Jio cornering nearly half of airwaves sold with an `88,078
Ambani, Sunil Mittal, Kumar Mangalam Birla, also expressed their views on this occasion.
RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani has confirmed that all cities and villages and every corner of the country will get access to Jio’s 5G services by December 2023. Jio will rollout its true 5G services in 4 cities by Diwali. These cities include Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai. As per the ministry, 13 cities will get 5G first (across operators). These cities include Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Gandhinagar, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Jamnagar, Lucknow, and Pune.
Satyanarayan Sharma
Jaipur: An unidentified bike-borne assailant carried out an acid attack in broad daylight on two women in different locations in Jaipur on Saturday. Both women have been hospitalised. In the CCTV footage accessed, a bike-borne assailant can be seen fleeing the spot after committing the crime.
The incident happened near Vatika Road area under the Sanganer Sadar police station area. The attack was
carried out by the unidentified culprit in two separate locations 1 km apart, said the police.
ACP Chaksu KK Awasthi said that both girls are out of danger.
“Both girls were discharged from the hospital. The investigation is underway to track down suspect,” he said. P5
New Delhi: Indore emerged as clean city of India for the 6th time in a row while Surat has scored a hattrick as the second cleanest city since 2020. Navi Mumbai is the third cleanest city while NDMC, which houses the county’s most powerful people, has slipped to 9th position in 2022 from being 5th cleanest city last year and 8th in 2020.
President Murmu released ranking of ULBs on cleanliness parameters for ’22 on Saturday.
5G technology will greatly benefit India. It is likely to benefit the Indian economy by `36.4 trillion ($455 billion) between 2023 and 2040, a recent report by a global industry body representing mobile network operators estimated. —Experts
Kanpur: Over 27 people, including 11 kids and 11 women, died as a tractor-trolley overturned on the road in UP’s Kanpur on Saturday. Over 30 others were injured who are being treated at a hospital. It met with an accident as the tractor-trolley overturned in Ghatampur area in Kanpur district.
President Droupadi Murmu, PM Modi, LS Speaker Om Birla, HM Amit Shah, Union Minister Rajnath Singh, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath expressed grief over the accident.
was there to stay.
Laxman RaghavBikaner: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, who reached Bikaner on Saturday to observe the ongoing Rural Olympic games addressed the media and reiterated that since he is from the state, he can not get away from it and that till his last
breath he will continue to serve Rajasthan. Even as his fate as the
CM of Rajasthan hangs in the balance, her asked the people to send
suggestions about the next budget directly to him, hinting that he
“I belong to Marwar, I belong to Jodhpur, I belong to Mahamandir. How can I go away from where I was born? Wherever I am, I will continue to serve Raj till my last breath. What I say has some meaning,” he said.
Gehlot made it clear that he is not going to leave Raj and head out anywhere. This statement of his is also being linked to tussle over post of the CM. Turn to P9
PMO announced compensation of Rs 2 lakh each to the kin of deceased, Rs 50,000 to the injured in the accident. Uttar Pradesh government also announced compensation of Rs 2 lakh each to the kin of deceased. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ban's tractor-trolley's to carry people, this decision comes after Kanpur accident and they will be used only for agricultural works and action will be taken for breaking the rules.
CM Gehlot on Saturday took a dig at PM Modi for kneeling down before the gathering in Sirohi, saying PM wanted to appear humbler than him. Gehlot said instead of displaying such antiques, Modi should give the message of brotherhood and love to the people of the country. Modi, who arrived in Abu Road of Sirohi district late on Friday, did not address a rally as he reached the venue late and said he had to obey the loudspeaker rules. He, however, knelt down
thrice before the gathering and apologised for not being able to address them. Gehlot said, “He (Modi) knows that in Rajasthan, Gehlot has the image of a very humble man...a simple man. This has been my image since childhood. How will Modi ji contest this? He wanted to appear humbler than me.” He said if Modi had appealed to the people to spread harmony, he would have called up PM and congratulated him. “Why only kneel down? Just to convey that I am also humble just like Ashok Gehlot?” he said.
CM Ashok Gehlot felicitates a player as Dr BD Kalla, Bhanwar Singh Bhati, Govind Meghwal & others look on during district level programme of Rajiv Gandhi Rural Olympic Games, in Bikaner on Saturday.
Ashok Gehlot hints at continuing as CM, asks public to send him suggestions on budget
New Delhi: Vehicle owners will not be provided fuel at petrol pumps in Delhi without showing a valid pollution under control certificate from October 25, Environment Minister Gopal Rai said at meeting of officials from environment, transport and traffic depts on Saturday.
United Nations: In a first, Mahatma Gandhi made a special appearance at the United Nations, sharing his message on education at the world organisation as it commemorated the International Day of Non-Violence on the occasion of the Indian leader’s birth anniversary.
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Islamabad: A magistrate in Islamabad issued an arrest warrant for Pakistan’s former PM Imran Khan on Saturday. Warrant was issued by Senior Civil Judge Rana Mujahid Rahim after Imran didn’t appear in court in a case filed against him for threatening a judge.
New Delhi: Air Marshal SP Dharkar on Saturday took charge as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of IAF’s Eastern Air Command. Senior IPS officers Sujoy Lal Thaosen and Anish Dayal Singh were appointed as new director generals of CRPF and ITBP respectively.
❍ SHOCKER IN STATE CAPITAL
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani, Union Ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw and Devusinh Chauhan, Bharti Enterprises Founder and Chairperson Sunil Bharti Mittal and Aditya Birla Group Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla during the launch of 5G services in India at the 6th India Mobile Congress, at Pragati Maidan, in New Delhi on Saturday.
PM Narendra Modi launches 5G services in India
Jio 5G services to rollout in four metro cities by Diwali
Airtel says that 8 cities will get 5G access from now
Top bizmen say India will get 6G by end of the decade
The revolution in the telecom sector is proof that if the intentions of the government are correct, it takes no time for citizens’ intentions to change. 2G ki niyat aur 5G ki niyat mein yehi farak hai.
—Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
5G services will be available in over 200 cities in the coming 6 months and attempts are being made to make 5G available in 80-90 per cent of the country in the next 2 years.
—Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Telecom Minister
5G unlocks the potential of other technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Robotics, Blockchain, and Metaverse. PM Modi’s leadership has raised India’s prestige & power globally like never before. —Mukesh Ambani, RIL Chairman
Poornima Mishra and Moni Sharma
Mukesh Ambani & Akash Ambani.
Ambani with Mahendra Nahata at HFCL stall at the IMC pavilion.
NEW CHARMING LOOK OF PM MODI!
PM Modi tries his hands on the 5G gadgets as Akash looks on.
Mother reacts as her innocent daughter consoles her after accident. A tractor-trolley fell into a pond near a village in Kanpur, UP on Saturday.
PM MODI, CM YOGI ANNOUNCE EX-GRATIA AID
Fatehpur (Sikar): A jeweller was grievously injured in Sikar’s Fatehpur town on Saturday after he was shot by armed miscreants outside his house. Police informed the victim has been identified as Babulal Jhalani (60), a resident of Devra Chowk in Fatehpur.
“The victim owns a jewellery shop in the main market of Fatehpur. At around 11am on Saturday, three bike-borne armed miscreants fired two gunshots on him. Babulal sustained bullet injuries below his chest and was rushed to a nearby government hospital in a bloodied condition.
The doctors later referred him to SMS Hospital, Jaipur for further treatment,” police said.
“The miscreants conducted a recce and waited at a nearby shop till the victim came out of his house. Senior police officials reached the
Jaipur: A domestic helper held for allegedly attempting to kill an elderly woman in Chitrakoot area. Police informed that accused has been identified as Ashok Rai (37), native of Bihar.
“The 87-year-old woman, Chanchal, was being looked after by two domestic servants and a nurse due to multiple ailments. A few days back, servant Ashok came into her room at around 10 pm in an inebriated state and pressed victim’s face with a pillow.
Chanchal resisted &
shouted, following which, other 2 servants rushed to her room,” police said.
“As soon as Ashok saw two servants coming, he immediately removed pillow from victim’s face. Accused was locked in servant quarter & victim’s son, was informed,” police said.
spot after the incident and barricading was done in the city. CCTV footage is being gathered to nab the accused,” police said.
Traders closed the market after the incident and there is anger among the traders.
DETERIORATING IN STATE: SARAF Fatehpur: Former Medical Minister, and BJP leader Kalicharan Saraf visited the Bindal Kuldevi temple in Fatehpur on the occasion of Shardiya Navratra and his birthday. Talking to reporters, Saraf said that the reputed businessman of Fatehpur city was shot by three attackers and fled. This reflects the fact that ever since the Gehlot government has formed, the law and order situation is deteriorating and the spirits of the criminals are high. He further said Rajasthan was a peace-loving state, now it ranks No.1 in crimes like Dalit oppression and rape, yet our Chief Minister says that the national figures are manipulated. Fatehpur was always a peaceful loving city, there were no incidents here in the last many years. However, trader Babulal Jhalani was shot. 2 years have passed being in five-star hotels in order to save their MLAs. If CM is a god-fearing person, he should try maintain law and order.
Jaipur: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Saturday arrested a head-constable while accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000. Police informed the head-constable was taking bribes on behalf of the Virat Nagar Police Station SHO.
However, the SHO fled from the spot during the ACB action.
Director General (ACB) BL Soni informed the head-constable, Naresh Kumar Sharma, is posted at Virat Nagar Police Station in Jaipur (Rural). He is also the reader of Virat Nagar SHO Kailash Chand Meena.
“Complainant filed a complaint with the ACB stating that the SHO is demanding a bribe of Rs. 20,000 for helping him in a case. The com-
Karauli: Jungle safari started for the first time in Kaila Devi Sanctuary. Panchayati Raj Minister Ramesh Meena inaugurated the safari by flagging off a gypsy. Along with this, Meena took a safari tour.
DFOs Ramanand Bhakar and Suresh Mishra were also present. On the occasion, Meena said that safari will increase tourism and employment but the villagers will not be disturbed because of displacement. He
Deeg: A tribute meeting was organised on occasion of birth anniversary of former cabinet minister Late Dr Digambar Singh at private farmhouse between Sait and Madhera villages on Saturday.
Late Dr Digambar Singh was a senior
BJP leader. Large number of BJP leaders including former Union Min Subhash, Ex Min & Deputy Leader of Opposition Rajendra Rathore paid tribute by garlanding portrait of Late Dr Digambar Singh & speakers spoke on his life character.
During this, for-
mer min Rathore, who was a close friend of late Dr Digambar Singh said he & Dr Singh were in cabinet together.
“I wished to see Dr Shailesh Singh in assembly, this will be a true tribute to Dr Digambar,” Rathore added it is because of him that Bharatpur got division status.
said that the villagers are facing the brunt of being in the rural sanctuary area and the government is not giving them adequate compensation for dis-
Cplaint was verified and a trap was laid. On Saturday morning, headconstable Naresh Kumar Sharma was caught red-handed while accepting a bribe
of Rs. 15,000. As soon as the SHO became aware of the ACB trap, he fled from the police station. The SHO is being searched at various locations,” said BL Soni.
placement. He said that he would make every effort at the Central and State government level to increase the displacement amount given to them.
New tourism season got off to a great start at Sariska Tiger Park and Ranthambore Tiger Park on Saturday. With the beginning of Wildlife Week, tourism activities in the core zone of Tiger Park have started once again after three months gap. Here tourists were welcomed with garlands. During this, all the officers and employees including Field Director Seduram Yadav, and Deputy Conservator of Forests Sangram Singh were present.
Jaipur: On occasion of Rajasthan Pradesh Cong Committee President Govind Singh Dotasra’s birthday, Rajasthan Pradesh Cong OBC chairman Harshay Yadav distributed medicines at Sanjharia Gaushala for treatment of lumpy skin diseases plaguing cattle in the
state. Besides, medicine was sprayed, green fodder was given to cows.
RAJASTHAN JAIPUR | SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2022 04 www.firstindia.co.in I https://firstindia.co.in/epapers/jaipur I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia A programme was also organised at Gaushala, where Bagru MLA Ganga Devi, OBC Chairman Harshay Yadav, AIC OBC Dept National Coordinator Rajendra Sain, PCC Secretary Lalit Toonwal, Jaswant Gurjar, & Deshraj Meena were present.
Alwar: CS Usha Sharma on Saturday conducted field visits in Bansur and inspected various works. During her one-day visit, Sharma inspected works of Indira Rasoi in Loyti gram panchayat, sub district hospital in Bansur, solar plant in Bhupseda and MGNREGA works in Hamirpur.
Jodhpur: An exciting match took place between India Capitals and Manipal Tigers at Barkatullah Khan Stadium on Saturday. Teams of former India cricket team players Gautam Gambhir and Harbhajan Singh played fierce fours and sixes. Gambhir is the captain of India Capitals & Harbhajan Singh is the captain of Manipal Tigers.
Manipal Tigers will face Bhilwara Kings in Jodhpur on Sunday. In the Legends League T20 match on Friday night, Bhilwara Kings
defeated Gujarat Giants by 5 wickets. A total of four matches are being held in Jodhpur including the qualifiers and eliminator
es related to this league were to be held in Jodhpur, but two days ago it was announced that Jodhpur has also been given hosting of the fourth match i.e. qualifying match. Along with this, the final of this league will be played in Jaipur.
In Eliminator match to be held on October 3. There are 4 teams playing in the League, which has many legendary players.
under Palanhar scheme. Sarpanh Manisha Amar Singh Chaudhary & others were also present on the occasion. Later, she visited the SDM office where she was welcomed by scouts and guides volunteers. She talked to the local people, students and got their feedback about the schemes and programmes of the state government.
matches of this tournament. Bhilwara Kings have qualified for the playoffs of Legends League Cricket.
Earlier, three match-
Bhilwara Kings are captained by Irfan Pathan, Gujarat Giants’ Sehwag, India Capitals’ Gautam Gambhir and Manipal Tigers’ Harbhajan Singh.
Sangeeta Sharma
Vaibhav Gehlot doing the toss ahead of match between Indian Capitals and Manipal Tigers. Also seen Kashwini Gehlot.
286 I-T DIRECTORS, COMMISSIONERS, 141 DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS TRANSFERRED Jaipur: 286 IRS-IT officers posted at various places in the grade of Commissioner/Director of Income Tax have been transferred to the commissioner level. At the same time, 141 IRS-IT officers were transferred at the level of Deputy Commissioner. They were at present posted in the grade of Deputy Commissioner/Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax.
Jaipur: Dr Pawan Kumar Sharma, working as Scientist (Fisheries) at Krishi Vigyan Kendra Madhopur has won the Young Extension Scientist Award in the award competition organized by Journal of Fisheries and Life Sciences Mangalore Karnataka. Dr Sharma is a native of village Chandsen in Lalsot tehsil of Dausa district. The awards competition was advertised by the Journal of Fisheries and Life Sciences Mangalore Karnataka.
DR PAWAN KUMAR SHARMA GETS YOUNG EXTENSION SCIENTIST AWARD
Navin Sharma
SHO Kailash Chand Meena Naresh Kumar Sharma
SHO DEMANDED A BRIBE OF `20,000
Accused servant Ashok Rai.
She also visited Rajiv Gandhi Seva Kendra in Loyti and took feedback
about the implementation of govt schemes. She spoke to benefi-
ciaries of schemes and handed over cheques to Reena Devi & Tara Devi
CS Usha Sharma visited Shri Kishan Lal Shastri Dharamarth Gaushala and fed medicinal ladoos to cows.
Crowd gathered as the seriously injured victim Babulal Jhalani being taken to hospital.
Minister Ramesh Meena flagging off gypsy for safari at Kaila Devi Sanctuary on Saturday.
Govind Singh Dotasra with his mother at home in Sikar. Harshay Yadav giving fodder to cows at Sanjharia Gaushala.
Jaipur: Two girls suffered burn injuries when a bike-borne miscreant threw acid on them in Jaipur’s Sanganer Sadar area on Saturday. Reacting to the incident, the old market was forced to close down by some youths. Later, the police reached the spot after getting information about the closure.
Police informed both the victims are residents of Chaksu and are teaching at a coaching institute in Vatika area under the Sanganer Sadar Police Station.
“The incident took place when the victims were returning home from the coaching institute. The miscreant threw acid on the victims at two different places. One of the girls sustained burn inju-
ries on the back, while the other girl had injuries on her hand. Both the incidents took place within ten minutes in a radius of three km,” police said.
“CCTV footage is being gathered and cops have launched a manhunt to nab the miscreant,” police added.
Chaksu ACP KK Awasthi said that the girls do not know each other and neither do they know the accused. Both the girls are residents of Chaksu and living in Sanganer Sadar area, they study and teach in coaching centres.
Kota (PTI): A 65-yearold woman was beaten to death by three women of her neighbourhood on Friday night, police said.
Dhapubai Khateek (65), the wife of Prabhulal Khateek, was a resident of DCM area in Udhyog Nagar police station limits.
Three women, identified as Manbharbai Khateek, wife of Mohanlal, and their two
daughters -- Simeran and Rekha -- barged into Khateek’s home around 8 pm on Friday and thrashed the sexagenarian and her daughter-in-law, Udhyog Nagar police station SHO Manoj Singh Sikarwal said.
Khateek suffered critical internal injuries and collapsed unconscious, he said. She was taken to a private hospital where doctors
declared her brought dead.
He daughterin-law was also injured in the attack, he added.
Initial investigations revealed that the neighbouring women had a tiff for some time.
Jaipur: A 25-year-old man was arrested for allegedly trying to rape a 13-yearold minor girl in Jaipur’s Shastri Nagar area, police said on Saturday. Police informed that the accused has been identified as Nitesh Mandal (25), a native of Darbhanga in Bihar. “The accused works as a labourer in Shastri Nagar. On Friday, the girl was playing outside her house when the accused came and took her to a secluded place near
Jaipur: MP Diya Kumari while addressing a press conference said that ever since the Congress government came to power, atrocities against women are increasing in Rajasthan. She said that incidents of rape have increased.
Diya Kumari said, “Even on Saturday, acid was thrown at girls at two places in Sanganer. The condition here is such that women fear to venture out of their houses.”
Taking a dig at Priyan-
ka Gandhi, Diya Kumari said that the leader of the party says ‘Beti hoon, lad sakti hoon’. “The situation in Rajasthan is getting worse. In many cases the leaders and their family members are involved and the government is not taking any action.”
Jaipur: A woman labourer was allegedly beaten and raped at an under-construction site in Jaipur’s Murlipura area, police said on Saturday. Police informed the accused, who works as a painter, was also working on the construction site along with the victim. “The victim was beaten and then raped by the accused. Based on a police complaint, the matter is being investigated,” police said.
Pali: A local BJP leader in Pali has been booked for allegedly raping and threatening a woman, police said on Saturday.
“Mohan Lal is a local BJP leader in Pali. On Thursday night, the accused reached the victim’s house and raped her. A video has
also surfaced wherein the accused is seen beaten by the woman, while he is joining hands and seeking an apology,” police said.
“The accused has claimed that he is being implicated in a honeytrap case. Mohan Lal has been arrested under Section 151 of CrPC, while the rape case is being investigated separately,” police said.
First India Bureau A bike rider captured in the CCTV footage. Diya Kumari and Alka Mundra. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA Ambabari Nullah. Nitesh Mandal molested her and tried to rape her,” police said. “When the victim resisted and shouted, the accused fled from the spot. The girl reached home and narrated the incident to her family members, following which, an FIR was registered under provisions of POCSO Act against the accused,” police added. The accused has been arrested and the matter is being investigated. First India Bureau BJP leader from Pali is seen crying in a video grab.PM's brand value shoots up by `86 crore in comparison with 2020 evaluation
New Delhi: Check Brand has released data analyzing the online sentiments for top politi cians in India and evalu ated more than 100 mil lion online impressions for the report. One of the most impactful and new trendsetters on various digital platforms, such as Twitter, Facebook,
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Gundlupet (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday re sumed the Bharat Jodo Yatra from Tondavadi Gate in the Gundlupet region of Karnataka's Chamarajanagar.
The Yatra led by Ra hul Gandhi resumed along with a large num ber of people on Satur day, after it was delayed by rains in the morning.
Saturday marked the Yatra's 24th day, which began at 6.30 am and will reach its first break point at Kalale Gate near Servo Motors at 10 am. After resuming from Kalale Gate at 4.30 pm, the Congress leader walk to Chikkayana Chatra Thandavapura in Mysore by 7 pm.
The participants of the 3,500-km march from Kanyakumari to Kashmir were sched uled to stay opposite the Maharaja Institute of Technology (MIT) in Thandavapura of Mysore at night.
The march was aimed to cover as many as 12 states in five months. It recently reached Kar nataka on Friday (Sep tember 30) and will be here for the next 21 days before moving north.
The Padyatra (march) will cover a distance of 25 km every day.
New Delhi: Soon after filing his nomination for the Congress President poll to be held on October 17, Mallikarjun Kharge resigned as the Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha. He told the grand old party’s working President Sonia Gandhi that he is quitting from the post in the upper house, in line with the Congress’s “one person, one post” rule announced at the Udaipur Chintan Shivir. He sent a letter to Sonia Gandhi last night. Sonia Gandhi, the chairperson of the Congress parliamentary party, will now appoint a new leader and convey the decision to the Rajya Sabha Chairman.
As the Congress picks its first non-Gandhi president in 25 years, Kharge, 80, is the candidate backed by the Gandhis and is almost certain to be elected. After the resigation of Mallikarjun Kharge as Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, senior leaders P Chidam baram and Digvijaya Singh are learnt to be the front-runners to take on the mantle of Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha.
New Delhi: Congress Central Election Authority chair man Madhusudan Mistry has announced that the final contest for the post of Congress president will be between Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor. Former Jharkhand minister K N Tripathi’s nomination for the
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New Delhi: Vice Presi dent Jagdeep Dhankhar has greeted people on the eve of Gandhi Jayanti.
The V-P’s message read: “I extend my heartiest greetings and good wishes on the occa sion of Gandhi Jayanti, the birth anniversary of our Father of Nation.
One of the most influ ential personalities of modern India, Mahat ma Gandhi remains the moral anchor and bea con of hope for the en
world. Every genera tion must rediscover Mahatma Gandhi in its own way. The many dangers facing the world today — from poverty to climate change to wars – can be successfully tackled by appropriately utilizing the principles enunci ated by Gandhi Ji.
Gundlupet (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi led ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ on Saturday was delayed due to rains in Karnataka. The march on its second day in the state was affected by the torrential rains in Gundlupet. According to the Congress party sources, the Yatra was supposed to start at 6.30 am on Thondavadi in Chamara janagar district today. Indian National Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh tweeted, “The 24th day of #BharatJodoYatra that was to start from Begur at 6:30am has been delayed due to rains. The rains ar rived after a gap of 15 days and will benefit farmers.
Bengaluru: Senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Saturday joined issue with Shashi Tharoor, who has said his electoral competitor in the AICC presidential poll, M Mallikarjun Kharge was a “candidate of continuity” and of “status quo”, while those wanting change in party should vote for him. Khurshid, who is among the leaders who have backed Kharge, also indicated that if consensus emerges on the poll, it will be good; if not and election does take place on October 17, there will be no regrets.
“Shashi says this (Kharge) has elements of continuity, his (Tharoor’s) has elements of change. But continuity and change are subjective terms, relative terms”, Khurshid said. “I think that the very fact that we are having this elec tion is reemphasis of continuity with change because it’s not the first time that we are having elections. And that elections in the past have had certain features; this has its own fea tures. So, for us this is all welcome”, he said.
Congress presidential poll was rejected on Saturday by Mistry. The three had filed nominations on Friday, the last day of the process. Mad husudan Mistry, while ad dressing a press conference at the Congress headquarters in Delhi, said, “a total of 20 forms were received during
Mumbai (PTI): More than 96 per cent of seats of the Vande Bharat Ex press were booked dur ing its first commercial run between Mumbai and Gandhinagar sta tions on Saturday, West ern Railway said.
The train was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Gandhinagar on Friday morning. He also trav elled on it from Gandhi nagar to Kalupur sta tion in Ahmedabad.
The booking for the new train had opened only on Thursday.
WR chief Public Re lations Officer (PRO) Sumit Thakur said of the total of 1,123 seats on the Vande Bharat train, 1,086 seats were booked between Mum bai and Gandhinagar stations, which means 96.70 per cent of seats were booked.
tire humanity in these troubled times. His Satyagraha and non-vi olent struggle against injustice has inspired millions across the
On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, let’s pray for a peaceful world that is free of vio lence, extremism, ter rorism and all form of discrimination.”
Prayagraj: In a relief to SP leader Azam Khan, the Allahabad High Court has put his arrest on hold.
The court also sought a reply from the UP govt. A person named Baqur Khan brought the case to the fore. The matter pertains to the disappearance of machines used for construction in 2017 for which a case was registered on September 19, this year.
INDIA JAIPUR | SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2022 06 www.firstindia.co.in I https://firstindia.co.in/epapers/jaipur I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia the nomination process and four of them were rejected”. While Kharge submitted 14 forms, Tharoor submitted five and Tripathi one. Mistry said Tripathi’s form was rejected as the signature of one of his proposers did not match and another propos er’s signature was repeated.
RSS DEFAMATION: HEARING AGAINST RaGa ON DEC 3 Thane: A court at Bhiwandi in Thane district on Saturday adjourned till December 3 this year hearing in the defamation case filed against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi by an activist of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. On the next date, the court will also hear Gandhi’s plea for permanent exemption from appearance in the case.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear on October 10 the ED's plea seeking transfer of gold smuggling case from Kerala to Karnataka court. The ED has moved a plea earlier in the Supreme Court seeking to transfer of trial in the case pending, before the Special Court for PMLA Cases, Ernakulam to a Special Court for hearing PMLA cases in Karnataka. The ED sought transfer of the trial on the ground that the concerned respondents are being intimidated through threats and false cases by senior officials of Kerala Police and state govt at the behest of the other respondent, in order to thwart and derail the trial.
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New Delhi: Does any oner remember SM Krishna? It was recent ly covered in papers that he was ill and ad mitted to Manipal Hos pital. Do you recall how he left the Congress and joined the BJP at the age of 85. Think, what can be said if a person after being in one party till the age of 85, leaves it and goes to another party? Con gress made him the Chief Minister, made
him a minister at the Center and also made him the Governor. But in 2017 at the age of 85,
that did not happen. It was also said that the son-in-law had gone to the BJP with the inten tion of saving the fam ily from central agen cies but that too did not happen. There was an income tax raid on the son-in-law and one day the son-in-law, fed up with the investigation, committed suicide.
he joined the BJP. When he went to BJP, it was said that he would be sent to Rajya Sabha but
The way 85-year-old SM Krishna went to BJP in old age, in the same way Captain Ama rinder Singh has also joined BJP at the age of
80. He also engaged in anti-BJP politics throughout his life and was in Congress almost the entire time. In his old age, it seems that he wants to secure his son’s political career in BJP and himself be come governor. His wife Preneet Kaur is an MP from Patiala and she is 77 years old. So, BJP will not give them a ticket in 2024, but their son can be contested. Till then Captain will sit quietly, waiting to get something.
Capt Amarinder Singh meets PM Narendra Modi. —FILE PHOTO
PM Narendra Modi called on former President Ram Nath Kovind and greeted him on his birthday, in New Delhi on Saturday. Also seen here are Savita Kovind and Swati Kovind.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
—FILE PHOTO
SATYENDAR JAIN’S PLEA AGAINST TRANSFER OF MONEY LAUNDERING CASE DISMISSED
SC TO HEAR ED’S PLEA SEEKING TRANSFER OF GOLD SMUGGLING CASE ON OCTOBER 10
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Saturday dismissed a plea by minister Satyendar Jain challenging lower court’s order to transfer money laundering case against him to another court. The court said all facts were duly considered by Principal District and Sessions Judge while transferring the case and it cannot be held that the decision suffered from any illegality or needed interference. The court said in view of circumstances, the ED had an apprehension that justice may not be done and was of the opnion that such an apprehension was to be seen from party's point of view and not that of the judge.
‘Mumbai-G’nagar Vande Bharat train's maiden run big success’Vice Prez Jagdeep Dhankhar. KHARGE QUITS RS POST; CHIDAMBARAM, DIGVIJAYA SINGH LIKELY TO BE RS LOP “CONTINUITY WITH CHANGE,” SALMAN KHURSHID JOINS ISSUE WITH THAROOR Rahul Gandhi with supporters during party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, in Chamarajanagar on Saturday. People greet Rahul Gandhi in Chamarajanagar, on Saturday. WISHES! IT’S KHARGE VS THAROOR AS TRIPATHI’S NOMINATION REJECTED
New Delhi (ANI): More than 2.5 lakh people have voluntarily donat ed blood under the Rak tdaan Amrit Mahotsav, said Union Health Min ister Mansukh Man daviya on Saturday add ing that it has strength ened the noble cause of humanity which will help immensely in sav ing many precious lives.
While addressing the celebration of the Na tional Voluntary Blood Donation Day held at AIIMS, New Delhi, Mandaviya said, “The success of Raktdaan Amrit Mahotsav has strengthened the noble cause of humanity which will help im mensely in saving many precious lives. Blood do nation is a noble cause and given our rich cul ture and tradition of Seva and Sahyog, on the National Voluntary Blood Donation Day, let us all pledge to be al
ways there for someone else and donate blood regularly.” Accentuat ing the importance of blood donation, the Health Minister said Blood donation is Seva and, it is our responsi bility to help each other.
“India’s COVID-19 re sponse was inspired by the rich tradition of lok bhagidari and have
Jammu: An alleged drug peddler was detained from Doda district of J&K. Ghat
Doda resident Vijay Kumar alias “Pandit”, a habitual drug peddler, was booked under provisions of illicit trafficking in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT NDPS) Act, a police spokesperson said. He has been lodged in Bhaderwah district jail on the orders of the Jammu divisional commissioner.
Raipur: The Anti-Corruption Bureau has arrested an official of Chhattisgarh horticulture department in Raipur for demanding a bribe from a farmer for releasing the subsidy amount, an official said on Saturday. The anti-graft agency arrested Paramjeet Singh Gurudatt on Friday for allegedly demanding 50 per cent of the subsidy amount received by the farmer under a government scheme, he said.
Raigarh: A 60-year-old woman, her daughter and a man were killed after being struck by lightning in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh, police said on Saturday. The incident took place at Kesla village under Lailunga police station limits late Friday evening. The deceased were identified as Khulaso Sarthi (60), her daughter Kamla (30) and Sukhiram Banjara (34), all residents of Lailunga, he said.
Srinagar: The local police has arrested a “journalist” from Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district after a woman accused him of raping her. According to the complaint, accused journalist Nadeem Ahmed Ganie lured the victim through his WhatsApp group made for people seeking help and forced her into a sexual relationship after sedating her fraudulently.
New Delhi: The Centre has accorded a Y category security cover to five RSS leaders in Kerala in view of possible threats to them, official sources said on Saturday. The names of the RSS leaders are understood to have been found on the radar of the PFI after central probe agencies recovered documents in this connection during the recent crackdown on the Islamic organisation.
showed the way to man age the pandemic and in turn led to world's largest COVID vaccination exer cise,” he said.
He said that Raktdaan Amrit Mahotsav was aimed to blood dona tion, blood distribution and blood management.
The Union Health Minister also felicitated voluntary blood donors
and States/UTs that have done exemplary work, rare blood group donors, regular Single Donor Platelets (SDP) donors, women blood donors, regular volun tary blood donors.
The mega voluntary blood donation drive, Raktdaan Amrit Mahot sav was started by Man daviya on September 17.
New Delhi (ANI): The Parliamentary panel for Privileges has sum moned Lok Sabha mem ber of Parliament Sisir Adhikari to appear be fore it on October 12 in reference to the plea filed by TMC demand ing his disqualification as a Lok Sabha MP.
In June this year, TMC parliamentary party leader Sudip Ban dyopadhyay had writ ten to the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla de manding Adhikari's disqualification citing certain anti-party ac tivities. The Speaker
has further sent it to the parliamentary panel for its examination. Most recently, Sisir Adhikari defied the whip of TMC and went ahead to cast vote during the Vice President of India elec tion which was held on August 6. TMC had an nounced that they would abstain from vot ing during this election.
New Delhi (PTI): Over 2.5 lakh people donated blood during the 'Raktdaan Amrit Mahotsav' which began on September 17 and concluded on National Voluntary Blood Dona tion Day on Saturday. The mega voluntary blood donation drive, Raktdaan Amrit Mahot sav was kickstarted by Mandaviya on Septem ber 17. A new world record was achieved on the first day of the camp with over 87 thousand donations. While ad dressing the celebration of the National Volun tary Blood Donation Day held at AIIMS here on Saturday, Union Health Minister Man sukh Mandaviya said that Raktdaan Amrit Mahotsav was aimed to blood donation, blood distribution and blood management.
Chennai (ANI): The Tamil Nadu Police on Saturday commenced sealing the offices of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) in the state after Chief Secretary V Irai Anbu issued a notification terming the PFI and its associates as unlawful associations.
PFI Tamil Nadu Head Office doors has been broken in front of Chen nai Corporation Offi cials and Police Offi cials. Officials are checking the docu ments and the bills in side the PFI Headquar ters. The officials were seen sealing the PFI
headquarters in Purasi vakkam, Chennai
On Friday, Vadodara Police and Gujarat An ti-Terror Squad sealed a madrasa linked to the Popular Front of India.
The madrasa was linked with the All In dia Imams Council (AIIC) is associated with PFI and was banned on Wednesday by the Centre.
The Central govern ment banned the PFI, its associates, and affili ates as an unlawful as sociation with immedi ate effect for a period of five years under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
Goa: Goa CM Pramod Sawant on Saturday said the auctioning of eligible iron ore mining leases in the state will get over by November 2022, but it would take one year after that to begin the extraction of fresh ore. Sawant said this one-year period is required to complete all the formalities.
The mining in Goa had come to a standstill in March 2018 after the apex court quashed the second renewal of iron ore mining leases given to 88 companies in Goa in 2015, and prohibited the extraction of fresh ore.
The state has now put up four iron ore mining leases for auction. This is for the first time in Goa’s mining history that leas es are being awarded through auctioning.
Patna: Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav has asserted that he was not in a hurry to oc cupy the highest seat of power in the state and advised leaders of his RJD to refrain from speaking on the issue. He was re acting to RJD state pres ident Jagadanand Sin gh’s recent statement that the young leader will become the CM by next year, which con sternated some leaders in the JD(U).
Punajb (PTI): Activ ists of some Sikh bodies held a protest march here on Saturday de manding the arrest of those behind the dese cration of Sikh reli gious book ‘Gutka Sa hib’ in August. They also demanded that a Special Investigation Team (SIT) be consti tuted to probe the case.
Pages of ‘Gutka Sa hib’ were found scat tered under a tree near the old civil hospital building here on August 31. Police had registered a case under relevant sections, including 295-
A (deliberate and mali cious acts, intended to outrage religious feel ings of any class by in sulting its religion or religious beliefs), of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against unidentified
Ahmedabad (PTI): Delhi CM and Aam Aad mi Party (AAP) nation al convener Arvind Ke jriwal on Saturday said his party would build government-run schools in each village and get Narmada water to every corner of Kutch district if it came to power after the Gujarat Assembly polls likely to be held in December.
Kejriwal, who along with Punjab CM Bhag want Mann is on a twoday visit to the state,
was addressing a rally in Gandhidham town in Kutch district.
“In Delhi, students of govt-run schools be longing to poor families are securing admis sions in medical and engineering courses. But in Gujarat, I have learnt the ruling BJP is shutting down govern ment schools in Kutch,” Kejriwal claimed.
Hyderabad: BJP lead er K Lakshman on Sat urday, attacked Telan gana CM K Chan drashekhar Rao and said that he is starting a national party just to divert public attention from the unfulfilled promises of TRS govt.
“The promises he made to the people of Telangana are unful filled. All groups of peo ple are angry with him.
people in the matter. The protesters took out a march from the Singh Sabha Gurdwara, Sabzi Mandi to the site near the old civil hospi tal building where the pages were found.
So to divert the public attention, the TRS par ty is trying to showcase itself as a National Par ty. It is a corrupt party ruled by a family,” Lak shman said.
Lucknow: Nine IAS of ficers have been trans ferred once again in the bureaucracy of Uttar Pradesh. According to the new transfer orders, Meerut commissioner
IAS Surendra Singh has been replaced by Ba reilly commissioner
IAS Selva Kumar J as Surendra Singh has been appointed as Sec retary to New Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor.
Meanwhile, IAS Sarika Mohan has been posted as the Bareilly commis
sioner. Moreover, ACEO of Noida Authority IAS Praveen Mishra has been appointed as Sec retary of Namami Gange project while in his place, 2017 batch
IAS Prabhas Kumar, who was serving as CDO Rai Bareily, has been appointed as ACEO Noida Authority.
CDO in Rae Bareli IAS Pooja Yadav has been
made Joint Magistrate Chitrakoot, whereas 2019 batch IAS Sumit Ya dav has been appointed new CDO of Muradabad.
Moreover, Mu radabad CDO IAS Anand Vardhan has been made ACEO Great er Noida Authority.
Along with this, Noi da Authority CEO Ritu Maheshwari has been given additional charge of Greater Noida Au thority CEO, while Sec retary ICDS Anamika Singh has been given additional charge of Di rector ICDS.
I n Uttar Pradesh’s bureaucra cy, 2 senior officers retired on Friday evening i.e. 30th September. The retired IAS are Alok Tandon of 1986 batch, who was posted on Central deputation as Secretary, Mines and Dimple Verma, posted as ACS Youth Welfare. Notably, Dimple Verma is wife of ADG Law & Order, IPS Prashant Kumar Meanwhile, PCS Ram Shankar SDM Ayodhya, IPS Om Prakash Singh and IPS Radhe Mohan Bhardwaj have also retired.
S ometimes some decisions are made in the bureaucracy of Uttar Pradesh which no one can even notice, especially the transfers of officers are also kept confidential. Sanyuk ta Samaddar, a 1999 batch woman IAS officer posted at the center, has been removed from the post of NCR commissioner. According to the informed sources of the bureaucracy, this decision has been taken under some compul sion, because the Election Commissioner has sent a notice to Sanyukta asking her as to why did she not attend the Election Oberver Training. She has been made in the observ ers for elections to be held in Gujarat, and its training the IAS officer was called to Delhi by the Election Commission.
Jamshedpur: To inculcate confi dence among women revellers during Durga Puja festival, the East Singhbhum district police has deployed ‘Shakti Squad’ women mobile police force to keep vigil on eve teasers and miscreants in the steel city of Jam shedpur, an offic er said.
Senior Superin tendent of Police, Prabhat Kumar, Additional Dis trict Magistrate (L&O), Nandk ishore Lal flagged off the “Shakti Squad” on Friday, who will patrol around the city on 25 pink scoot ies during the fes tival.
The objective was to ensure safety of women, who could move around puja pan dals without fear, the SSP said.
Union Health Minister said blood donation has strengthened humanity’s causeUnion Minister Mansukh Mandaviya lighting the lamp at the National Voluntary Blood Donation Day, as part of countrywide Raktdaan Amrit Mahotsav, in New Delhi on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI Police outside the sealed PFI office in Chennai. —PHOTO BY ANI Members of Sikh bodies holding protest in Phagwara on Saturday. Arvind Kejriwal
‘Auctioning of mining leases in Goa to get over by Nov’
Spl squad for women’s safety during Durga puja
Not in a hurry to become CM of Bihar: TejashwiAhtesham Siddiqui IAS Surendra Singh IAS Selva Kumar J
Gujarat: Kejriwal promises schools in each village, Narmada water in Kutch
Dungarpur: A POCSO court in Dungarpur on Saturday awarded a death sentence to a 30-year-old man for abducting, raping and murdering a ten-yearold minor girl nearly two months ago. The court also imposed a penalty of Rs 5 lakh on the convict.
Special Public Prosecutor Yogesh Kumar Joshi informed the incident took place on the night of June 29, 2022, when the victim was fast asleep at her home.
“The accused, Jitendra, grandson of a former village Sarpanch, abducted her and took her to a secluded place. The victim was then raped and strangulated to death. Her body was later dumped under a
Rajsamand: The Rajsamand POCSO court has sentenced two men guilty of raping a minor girl to 20 years of Rigorous Imprisonment. A fine of Rs 20,000 each was also slapped on both the accused. Special Public Prosecutor Rahul Sanadya informed that the victim’s family members had filed an FIR in July 2019 at Kunwariya Police Station stating that the minor girl was raped by two men. “The convict has been identified as Dinesh and Lokesh Mali. During the trial, fifteen witnesses recorded their statements, while seventeen records were presented before the court. The court found Dinesh and Lokesh guilty and sentenced them to 20 years of RI,” Sanadaya said.
bridge in a naked condition,” said Yogesh Kumar Joshi.
“Following an FIR was filed in Sadar Police Station, the FSL team collected samples from the spot. CCTV
footage was also gathered during the investigation. A DNA test of the accused was also conducted to confirm rape and murder of the victim,” added Special Public Prosecutor Yo-
MAN GETS 20 YEARS’ JAIL FOR RAPING MINOR Bundi: The Bundi POCSO court has sentenced a man guilty of raping a minor girl to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment. The court has also imposed a penalty of Rs. 50,000. Public Prosecutor said that the accused, Rakesh, was found guilty of raping a minor girl. A total of 12 witnesses and 21 records were produced before the court during the trial.
gesh Joshi.
The Sadar Thana Police had submitted the chargesheet within twenty days of the arrest of the accused, while the trial was completed within 70 days.
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Jaipur: On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, five eminent Gandhians will be honoured with Gandhi Sadbhavna Puraskar by the State Government at a state-level event organised at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Saturday.
Jaipur: A New Zealand resident was denied entry to India at Jaipur International Airport on Friday night. The immigration officials immediately stopped the passenger from entering the country after they found his visa expired. The passenger had reached Jaipur from Bangkok on an Air Asia flight. “The visa of the New Zealand national had expired three days ago and hence he was not allowed to enter India. He will now be sent back to Bangkok on Sunday,” an official said.
OIL COMPANIES SLASH COMMERCIAL LPG CYLINDER PRICES BY `32.50 IN RAJ
Jaipur: The oil marketing companies (OMCs) on Saturday slashed the prices of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders for commercial use. OMCs reduced the commercial price of the 19-kg LPG cylinder for commercial use by Rs 32.50 effective from October 1.
General Secretary of LPG Distributors Federation of Rajasthan Kartikey Gaur informed that oil and gas companies — IOCL, HPCL and BPCL — have reduced the prices of commercial gas cylinders by Rs 32.50. After this reduction, a 19 kg commercial gas cylinder will now be available in the market for Rs 1,878 instead of Rs. 1,910.50. However, there was no change in the prices of domestic 14.2 kg of LPG cylinders.
Jhunjhunu: A youth was tied to a tree and mercilessly beaten up by a group of men in Jhunjhunu’s Singnaur village on Saturday. Police informed the victim has been identified as Narendra Jat, a resident of Parasrampura village in Jhunjhunu. “The victim was kidnapped and taken to Nawalgarh on Thursday. He was then forcibly made to drink alcohol. Narendra Jat was tied to a Khejri tree and then beaten with rods and belts for five hours. The victim was rescued when the police reached the spot,” police said.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has started this with the idea of taking the guiding principles of the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi to the people and honouring people who have made incom-
parable contributions. The honour for the year 2022 will be given to the country’s eminent Gandhian Dr SN Subbarao (Bangalore) (Posthumous), Nemichand Jain Bhavya (Posthumous) of Jodhpur, Amarnath Bhaiji of Varanasi, Kumar Prashant from New Delhi and Dr DR Mehta of Jaipur. A citation and an amount of Rs five lakh will be given as an honour to the selected people.
Sarva Dharma Prarthana Sabha will also be organised at 9 am in the function.
Kota (PTI): A court here on Saturday sentenced a 34-year-old man to life imprisonment for abducting and raping the 16-year-old daughter of his landlord two years ago. Judge Deepak Dubey convicted Nepu alias Sajid (34) under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for the crime that occurred in August 2020, Public Prosecutor Lalit Kumar Sharma said. The POCSO court also imposed a fine of Rs 85,000 on the convict, he said. The culprit’s wife had died and he along with his four-yearold son lived in rented accommodation.
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Jaipur: There will be no change in the school timings in the State from October 1.
The schools will continue to function at their usual timings.
According to the Shivira Panchang of the Education Department, the time was to be revised according to the winter session from October 1.
However, as per new orders issued by the Education Department, the change in timings of schools in the state has been postponed till October 15.
Whereas, according to the earlier fixed timetable, the time change was to be done from October 1 onwards sighting winter season. But Director Secondary Education Rajasthan Gaurav Agarwal has issued new orders to all the schools.
Kota (PTI): At least 30 girl students were taken ill after eating the food served at their hostel here with one of them claiming she had noticed a lizard in the curry, with officials saying a probe had been ordered.
The incident, which occurred in Jawahar Nagar police station limits, came to light when around 30 students complained about vomiting and dizziness after eating the food on Thursday night. One of the girls claimed that she had noticed a lizard in the curry, which was then removed from the kitchen.
The students were rushed to a nearby private hospital where one girl was admitted while the others were provided primary treatment.
The incident occurred around 8 pm and
Jaipur: New advanced RVR equipment has been installed at the Jaipur airport. The RVR installation will provide accurate visibility up to 50 metres for the aircraft. Any skilled pilot will be able to land the flight in such low visibility.
If the pilot is not proficient enough, it will be put on hold till the visibility improves.
The RVR equipment is a must to assure accurate assessment of
situations. Two RVR devices were installed at Jaipur airport, one device was installed at runway end 9 and the other at runway end 27.
The first device was installed in December last year, while the second was fitted three days ago. With the device on both ends, it will help flight movement from both sides.
runway visibility. It will help in fog in winter and rainy season
Cat 3B lighting system is already installed at Jaipur airport.
Chief Medical Health Officer (CMHO) Jagdish Soni was immediately informed. However, he saw the WhatsApp message at 10.30 pm.
Jaipur: Excise Commissioner Kumar Pal Gautam has issued orders to extend the amnesty scheme. The plan period ended on September 30 but has been extended until December 31.
The licencee will now be able to deposit the arrears until the year-end. The amount can be deposited after calculation of exemption in
principal arrears.
The announcement was made in the budget of the current financial year. According to this, the scheme was implemented from April 1 to resolve old cases of revenue arrears.
Jaipur: Chief Electoral Officer Praveen Gupta, while addressing the ceremony to honour voters of 100 years of age on the occasion of International Day of Older Persons at Government Maharani Girls Senior Secondary School, Banipark on Saturday, said that voters above 100 years have played an important part in strengthening democracy of our country by casting their vote and this will inspire the future generations too.
Talking about the in-
novations brought by the Election Commission, Gupta said that online programmes like Voter Helpline App and Election Literacy are
being run by the Commission so that maximum number of people can have access to these programmes. Gupta said that from October
9, a special revision programme will be conducted by the Commission through which voters of the 17 plus age group can also get
themselves registered. Gupta said that the voting process has become completely online.
He said that it is the result of various innova-
tions that Rajasthan is on the first place in the country with 96 per cent online registration. He said, “There was a delay in getting the right to vote for women in foreign countries but when the voting process started in India, women were given the right to vote immediately.”
Gupta said that the Commission has made a provision for home voting for the citizens of 80 plus age group. “Under this, the 12D form is filled within five days of the issuance of the notification of the election.
An official of the State Election Commission honours elderly voters on International Day of Older Persons on Saturday. Chief Secretary Usha Sharma along with Alwar Collector Jitendra Soni felicitates a 100-year-old voter in Alwar on Saturday. Kashiram Chaudhary Puneet ChaturvediTrial of the case concluded within 70 days after filing of the chargesheetRAJASTHAN SHINES Rajasthan ranked second in terms of collecting maximum blood in the country during the National Voluntary Blood Donation Fortnight from September 17 to October. Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Mansukh Mandaviya gave the award during a function held at AIIMS, Delhi on Saturday. The equipment to provide accurate visibility up to 50 metres. A priest offers prayers to Goddess as Durga Puja begins at Jai Club in Jaipur on Saturday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Laxman Raghav, Kapil Sharma, Ashvini Yadav, Tripti Gautam, Sunil Sihag Bikaner/Hanumangarh/Sri Ganganagar: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday said the Congress government will complete its five years and that the next budget will be dedicated to students and the youth.
He also said the Congress will not let the BJP succeed in its plan to topple the government.
“We will complete five years and I have said the next budget will be presented for students and the youth,” Gehlot told reporters while replying to a question whether he will present the fifth budget of the incumbent government in the state. Gehlot is on a tour of Bikaner division to attend various events related to rural youth olympics.
Attacking the BJP, he said, “They keep making efforts to ensure that our government does not complete five years. Earlier, too, the BJP tried horse trading but our MLAs were united and they did not budge.”
Gehlot appealed to the youth, students and the public in general to send
their suggestions directly to him so the government can come up with better schemes.
Responding to the allegation that the Congress was not able to deliver a strong Opposition in the country, Gehlot said Rahul Gan-
dhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ had left the BJP government shocked. Further, he said the election to choose the Congress president was sending across a message to the people of the country.
“When Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah and Nadda
became the BJP presidents, no one knew. The Congress, election is being conducted in a democratic manner. This election has given a message to the people of the country that the Congress is still in the position of giving a strong Opposition,” Gehlot said.
During the function in Sri Ganganagar, the Chief Minister laid the foundation stone of Gautam Buddha Nagar Residential Scheme Phase I, Govt Nursing College and Hostel, Government College Hindumalkot, Water Supply Scheme Ganeshgarh, 33 KV Sub Station Rangmahal, Minority Boys Hostel Sri Ganganagar and Luv Kush Vatika.
C M Ashok Gehlot said that there is an atmosphere of tremendous enthusiasm in the rural areas of the state regarding the Rajiv Gandhi Rural Olympic Games. People of all age groups and political backgrounds are actively participating in these games. He said that more than 30 lakh sportspersons, including 10 lakh women players, have participated in the Games being organised with a budget of Rs 40 cr. More than 2 lakh teams have been formed, the CM added.
N otably, former Leader of Opposition Rameshwar Dudi was not present in this program in Bikaner, although he had accompanied Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar recently from Delhi during the former’s visit. While Laxman Kadvasara, who was once a staunch supporter of Dudi and Mahendra Gehlot was present. Both of them have been accorded the status of Minister of State.
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Gehlot avoided the question of punishing the people who went to Manesar.
Gehlot made an emotional appeal to the public and said, “They change the government again and again. I do good deeds. Even then you get carried away. Once the employees turned against me. We could not get in touch with the staff and they were angry. We accepted the mistake. Had we held talks, this situation would not have arisen that we would have lost the election. Then the atmosphere of Modi was created in the country. In Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh we were winning but lost, and in Rajasthan too. I am requesting the public that you give us one more chance. I am fighting for ERCP.”
CONTRACTUAL JOBS FOR RURAL OLYMPIC WINNERS, ANNOUNCES CM Gehlot spent a lot of time among the players in the Rajiv Gandhi Rural Olympic Games and saw the final match of Kabaddi. Gehlot said, “Efforts are being made to keep those who win in Rajiv Gandhi Rural Olympic Games, on contractual govt jobs. We will try to give priority in giving employment to such players from villages and towns.”
First India Bureau
Jaipur: MLA Divya Maderna has targeted Shanti Dhariwal, Mahesh Joshi and Dharmendra Rathore and said that Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot lost the kingship of New Delhi because of the gross negligence of his three loyalists. Maderna’s comments come in the backdrop of Gehlot losing the race for Congress President.
Maderna said, “Gehlot himself had said that every mistake comes at a price. The entire Rajasthan and Jodhpur will pay the price for the indifference of his three loyals.
I am deeply saddened by this. Jodhpur and Rajasthan will pay the price. We would have been proud if a person from an ordinary family would have become the Congress President.”
Maderna took to Twitter and wrote, “Because of their mistake, today Jodhpur and the whole of Raj is deprived of this pride moment.”
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Governor Kalraj Mishra has approved the proposal of the State Cabinet for the formation of ‘Peace and Non-Violence Department’ in the state.
CM Ashok Gehlot had announced the formation of the department during his budget speech. Gehlot had said that this dept would be formed to take the thoughts of Mahatma
Gandhi to the people.
“Through this directorate, the philosophy, thoughts and principles of Mahatma Gandhi can be made accessible to the people,’’ the Chief Minister had said. After its formation, the Department of Peace and Non-Violence will get several powers. Along with this, an increase of staff and other facilities will also be available for the functioning of the department.
‘PEOPLE ARE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT RURAL OLYMPIC GAMES’Divya Maderna
l Cong will not let the BJP succeed in its plan to topple the govt, reiterates Gehlot l CM says he has written to Punjab CM to resolve issue of contaminated water from Buddha NullahCM Ashok Gehlot interacting with players participating in the competition organised under the district level Rajiv Gandhi Rural Olympic Games at Dr. Karni Singh Stadium in Bikaner on Saturday. CM Ashok Gehlot releasing books ‘Role of Newspapers in Freedom Struggle’ and ‘Geet of Freedom’ and inaugurated an exhibition on the same topic at Rajasthan State Archives in Bikaner on Saturday. Dr. BD Kalla, Lal Chand Kataria, Govind Ram Meghwal, Bhanwar Singh Bhati, Laxman Kadwasra, Mahendra Gehlot, Virendra Beniwal and others are also seen.
P olitics is indeed a bundle of coincidences. Mallikarjun Kharge had tried earlier also that the Gandhi family should hand over the presidential responsibility to him, but then only one name was running in the minds of Sonia and Rahul. Ashok Gehlot’s devotion to the Gandhi family is known as an example in Congress.
Those who wanted Mukul Wasnik, were then lobbying in Sonia’s court that making a Dalit President would send a positive mes-
Kharge a bad candidate?’ Apart from this, Kharge also has very good relations with the leaders of G-23, so the presence of Anand Sharma to Manish Tiwari was recorded at the time of his nomination. Kharge also has very good relations with leaders of other opposition parties, such as Sharad Pawar and Sitaram Yechury. They are included in the list of his integral friends. He is also popular in the Rajya Sabha as the Leader of the Opposition party. He resigned from the post of LoP in the Rajya Sabha on Saturday, in keeping with the sentiments of
Recently, when Nitish was in Delhi and he was to have a one-to-one meeting with Rahul Gandhi, he also took his Minister Ashok Choudhary along with him in this meeting. Remember that Choudhary used to be the State President of Bihar Congress. Later, he left Congress and joined JDU, and became a Minister in the Nitish government. At that time, this move annoyed Rahul. But Choudhary had
to meet Rahul, the expression on Rahul’s face changed. Sensing the gravity of the matter, Nitish dismissed Choudhary from this meeting and he talked one-to-one with Rahul. If sources are to be believed, after the meeting concluded, Rahul also refused to appear in photographs with Choudhary to be captured as a courtesy. So, Choudhary later tweeted, sharing a photo of this courtesy meeting with Rahul. When people searched the reality of this photo, it came to light that it was an old picture of him with Rahul, in which both are seen donning the winter at-
anish Tewari, the leader of the G-23 rebel
Jalore/Kishangarh:
Former CM & BJP National Vice-President Vasundhara Raje offered prayers at the famous Sundha Mata temple in Jalore. Raje reached Sundha Mata Taleti from Abu Road by helicopter. She then reached Sundha Mata temple by ropeway.
Raje prayed for the prosperity of the state by performing ritualistic worship for about two hours. Raje was made to perform special prayers by Pandit Dinesh Dave Karlu. She also performed aarti and ‘Jalabhishek’ of Bhureshwar Mahadev located in the temple.
The former CM was welcomed by Shri Cha-
munda Mata Trust. Later, she told reporters that she wished for
The State has given me a lot, which I cannot forget. Opponents accuse me that I trust God. I also gladly accept that yes whatever I am today, is because of the Almighty and I trust him the most. I believe that clean politics isn’t possible without trusting God.
group of Congress, has been wandering alone in the political entanglement since the sudden demise of his ‘Godfather,’ Ahmed Patel. At one point in time, the discussion was in full swing that Tiwari has joined hands with AAP and at present, he is in close contact with AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal. But according to his habit and strategy, Kejriwal put the warm relationship between himself and Manish on the ‘back- burner.’ Because, it is a wellthought-out strategy of Kejriwal that he does not want to include any famous or big leaders in
Jaipur: The Home Department transferred 9 Additional SPs. Pushpendra Singh, was shifted to Dholpur.
Nazim Ali was transferred from Jodhpur Police Commissionerate and was replaced by another officer, Nawab Khan. Another Additional SP Srimanlal Meena has been transferred from Tonk as Additional SP, Headquarters in Bharatpur.
the AAP. Those who join are sidelined. Since Captain Amarinder Singh, the political guru of Manish’s recent times, has caught up with the BJP, there are constant speculations that sooner or later Tiwari will also join the BJP. Manish wants to contest the Lok Sabha elections from Ludhiana this time, so he knows that without the help of the Captain, it is not possible for him to win the election from there.
joined the BJP. The Captain feels that he is not getting as much value in the BJP as he expected. But he has conveyed his feelings to the BJP top brass that he wants his son Raninder Singh to get a BJP ticket from the Patiala Lok Sabha seat in the coming 2024 elections. Patiala’s current MP Preneet Kaur is also disillusioned with Congress, she is Captain’s wife, but reportedly, the husband and wife haven’t been sharing a much cordial relationship for a long time. However, Captain is hopeful that his wife will leave the Patiala seat for their son despite all her differences with the husband. For BJP, all 24 Lok Sabha seats are carry significance. Anyway, they do not have any big Sikh face in Punjab, so it
...AND FINALLY F ormer NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant, who was once PM Modi’s ‘blue-eyed boy,’ is now looking for a new role for himself. Although the Modi government has made him the new Sherpa of the G20, Kant is not said to be happy with his new role. If sources are to be believed, Kant’s heartfelt wish was that Modi should give him a post, wherein, he at least gets the status of a Minister of State. Now, there are indications that Kant is in touch with several big corporate houses, where he wants some big responsibility for himself. If his intention is to convey this to the government, then he has succeeded in his attempt.
prosperity of the state by visiting Sundha Mata. While returning
to Dholpur, she halted at Kishangarh airport for refueling of helicopter, where the Chairman of RK Marbles Ashok Patni, MP Bhagirath Chaudhary, BP Saraswat & youth leader Vikas Chaudhary received her.
Other RPS officers, who have been transferred, are Dinesh Agrawal (ASP CID CB Range, Jaipur), Kamal Shekhawat (Additional DCP Police lines, Jaipur), Alok Singhal (ASP Anti-Cheating Cell, SOG Jaipur), Krishna Chand (ASP Modernisation and Welfare, PHQ Jaipur) and Chandraprakash Sharma (ASP HCMU, Jaipur).
Jaipur: Senior IAS T
Ravikanth could not go on a ten-day tour of Belgium, Netherlands, and Germany that was held from September 24 to October 2. He could not go as he did not get a visa since the State Government gave the permission later, while in Delhi, a proper followup of the process could not be conducted. However, this has not resulted in a ‘loss’ for
Ravikanth, but for the State Government as well. Ravikanth was going to learn about the new technique of ‘producing green hydrogen from solar energy.’ The State Government did not have to pay a single penny as the entire package including travel, lodging, study, site visits, was sponsored by the concerned agencies and the nations, the bureaucrat would have visited. Even a business class ticket was also
jasthan Renewable Energy Corporation (RREC) and has an interest in studying and gaining knowledge. Thus, he would have got a good opportunity to learn about this new technique and the State would have benefitted by it since ‘Green Hydrogen’ is an emerging and important sector for the State.
sent by the sponsors.
Ravikanth is a 1998 batch senior officer, who is currently serving as Chairman of Ra-
In fact, the DoP even issued orders to give the additional charge of Ravikanth’s post to anoth-
er IAS officer, during the period of his visit. Knowledgeable sources reveal that perhaps this is the first of its kind incident, where a senior officer could not go on a foreign visit since he could not secure a visa. The Chief Secretary should find out why was the delay caused in this matter and who is responsible for the delay. This is so, because the matter is not only a serious issue but laughable as well!
Jaipur: Rajasthan Government’s Chief Whip Dr Mahesh Joshi, who is facing show cause notice in the game of Congress politics of Rajasthan, was in New Delhi on Saturday and met Congress leaders. Joshi met Rajya Sabha MP Mukul Wasnik and it is believed that Joshi has given his explanation to Wasnik about the developments that took place in Jaipur last Sunday.
In the meanwhile, Dr Mahesh Joshi also tweeted in this regard saying that the Congressmen of the State are completely loyal to the High Command and
its orders. “The High Command’s orders and guidance are supreme for the Congressmen,” the leader tweeted.
It is worth mentioning that the State incharge Ajay Maken had sent his report to Sonia Gandhi in connection with the developments related to rebellion by Congress MLAs in Rajasthan, who held a
parallel Legislature Party Meeting. After this, the party’s Disciplinary Committee issued a show cause notice to Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shanti Dhariwal, Government’s Chief Whip Dr Mahesh Joshi and RTDC chairman Dharmendra Rathore and asked them to respond in 10 days.
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Kota: LS Speaker Om Birla, who was on a daylong visit to his parliamentary constituency, Kota reached the Bengali settlement at Dadabari late in the evening, where he performed the ‘Aarti’ of Goddess Durga. Speaker Birla also participated in the ‘Dandiya Mahotsav’ organised by various social organisations. Greeting the devotees on the auspicious festi-
val of Navratri, Birla said that the festival of Navratri brings new consciousness and energy. “Our festivals spread cultural consciousness and energy. These days are also the
day of worship of the Goddess with gaiety, zeal, austerity and penance,” he said. He also participated in the Jagran organised at Kunhadi area of city by various organisations.
RAMAN The author is a journalist and commentator and expressed are his personal Greetings on Gandhi Jayanti. Rahul GandhiMallikarjun Kharge Amarinder Singh Amitabh Kant Manish Tewari Om Birla addresses peoples’ concerns during a public meeting held at his Camp Office in Kota on Saturday.The former CM performed ritualistic worship for 2 hoursRaje stayed at Kishangarh airport for nearly 15 minutes
This is the beauty of our culture that we all celebrate festivals together, he addedVasundhara Raje offers prayers at the famous Sundha Mata Temple in Jalore on Saturday. T Ravikanth
—Vasundhara Raje, Former Chief MinisterCFirst India Bureau views Dr Mahesh Joshi Mukul Wasnik
Asha Parekh has always been one of my favourite stars, partly because she brought strength to her roles, something extra deep and definitely because of her classic and graceful style. I adored her for her panache as she carried off those tight-fitting kurtas, with matching jewellery, and puffed-up hair with flowers as she traipsed on hills with her male costars. The Jubilee Girl who has given the maximum number of hits from that era was the highest paid among her colleagues and was considered lucky was also a notable dancer. Asha was the first female Chairperson of the Censor Board. She is the founder of the Asha Parekh Hospital in Santacruz and was the Director and producer of hit TV shows like Kora Kagaz and Kangan.
On-screen and off-screen she has charted her own path beyond the stardom and refused to be boxed in by narrow definitions.
From her first film opposite Shammi Kapoor- Dil deke Dekho Asha was confident and created magic in the hands of Nasir Hussain, going on to star in hit movies like Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai, Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon, Teesri Manzil, Baharon Ke Sapne, Pyar Ka Mausam and Caravan. She was glamour personified, wooing the audience with her gorgeous eyes, sense of style, pouting lips and irresistible charm. But then in films like Badan, Chirag, Main Tulsi tere aangan ki, Pagla kahin ka and Kati Patang she showcased her talents as a consummate actress.
Asha was not just consid-
ered lucky but also shared great chemistry with all her heroes, holding her own among the male stars and male-dominated films. Asha could carry off any role with aplomb, she could be comic, defiant, tragic, romantic- everything that the screen demanded of her. She worked with all the stars and made many heroes into stars. She got along well with all her colleagues too remaining friends with Waheeda and Helen even today and Nanda till her last breath. Asha Parekh remains graceful, beautiful and charming and as one looks at her even today the Ziddi Asha peeps through from the sparkling eyes.
The Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2020 was conferred to veteran Bollywood actress Asha Parekh in New Delhi on September 30. It is the highest recognition in the field of Indian cinema. We celebrate the star of the yesteryears who is an icon in the true sense!ANITA HADA anita.hada@firstindianews.com President Droupadi Murmu felicitates Asha Parekh with Dada Saheb Phalke Award, also seen is Union Minister Anurag Thakur
The joint family system is said to be first associated with the settling down of the Aryans in different parts of the World and similar institutions were practically all over the World. When the pastoral stage was over and the people began to live a settled life by tilling the soil, constructing the house and maintaining the patrimony, the joint family system came into existence. Difficulties of communication and travel compelled all the members of the family to live together and carry on jointly the family occupation in agriculture or trade. In most other parts of the World, while the joint family system has disappeared, in India, it still continues and is considered essential for survival and progress.
While the individualistic outlook is growing among the people, the joint family is still seen as the traditional, perfect and beloved family in Indian society. An Indian family is considered a strong, stable, flexible and enduring social unit. However, this idea is gradually fading away leading to the disintegration of the joint family system and the emergence of the 'nuclear family' mainly in urban India, where the households are shrinking in size with just three to four members and hardly any senior citizens. The rapid growth of population led to an imbalance of man and land equation and rapid industrialisation led to the flow of rural population to the urban areas. People migrated to urban areas for jobs and a better standard of living breaking their relationships with the family leading to the disintegration of
the joint family system in India. It’s ironic that while modern industries triggered national growth, yet invaded the joint family system which was a symbol of socialism and the backbone of Indian society. The joint family system is compatible with our socio-economic system and supplemented by most religions.
Several factors have contributed to changing the joint family like the new judicial system, education, and changing attitudes of people have played a special role in disintegrating joint families. Today, the importance of the family as a means of social control is diminishing due to the influence of individualism, individual freedom, attachment to material pleasures, etc. Individual relationships are becoming more contractual. The use of law, police, and courts for social control is on the rise. Thus individual growth and freedom, desire for selfreliance espe-
cially children and women in the house have predominantly accelerated the disintegration of joint families.
The disintegration of joint families and the subsequent advent of the nuclear family system have contributed to various problems in society; neglect of parents by children, increase in incidents of crime, dis-
cultural heritage, neglect of social obligations and family responsibilities, cracks in the bondage and souring relationships of parents and siblings, lack interest and enthusiasm in the festivals and social cum family functions. The disappearance of the joint family system and nuclear families becoming the norm has further reduced the availability of alter-
tems. This breakdown in the family support system has got manifested, to an extent, in the rising number of suicides and fratricides.
The joint family system ensured the subsistence of each member of the family and is the perfect example of optimisation as every member in the family is given work according to his abilities. The consumption
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economy of resources. The system is like social insurance for the old, sick and incapacitated and fosters social virtues like a sacrifice, affection, cooperation, teamwork, the spirit of selflessness and broadmindedness. The joint family system is a true representation of socialism as everyone in the joint family works according to his capabilities but obtains according to his needs. It promotes a sense of unity and solidarity among the members and strengthens the family unit for its existence and survival.
There are not too many factors against the joint family system especially in the Indian environment as it’s been a time-tested system. However, the system does encourage idlers, hinders individual personality development and freedom and self-reliance of children and women.
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While the system is breaking down in cities, it still largely prevails in the villages, especially among agricultural families. The current socio-economic environment, law and order situation and need for the support system to run a household effectively and happily warrant bigger nuclear families if not larger joint families. The mid path lies in smaller joint families or enhanced patterns of nuclear families which would meet the aspirations of new generation children and women and the old also take care of the older generation who needs family support in their most crucial stage of life. A new social trend is emerging where the family is joint for all external dealings and economic ventures but retains the individuality of smaller households within for providing an opportunity to its younger members and respecting their freedom and self-reliance.
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Kriti Sanon has grabbed all the limelight after the teaser of her and Varun Dhawan starrer Bhediya has been released. On Saturday she shared a quirky video of her to celebrate World Coffee Day.
In the video which Kriti Sanon shared, we can see her on a shooting set right outside her vanity van. She looks lovely in a white spaghetti strap top which she paired with loose floral printed shorts. She holds a pink coffee mug in her hand and can be seen dancing and enjoying herself. A member of her steps out of her vanity van and interrupts her. Sharing this video, Kriti wrote, “To all Coffee Lovers! Happy World Coffee Day. Introducing debutant @aasifahmedofficial ! Wait for the bloopers.. coming up next!”
Rashmika Mandanna opened up about her relationship with ex-partners. The actress also stated that she is happy about maintaining a healthy relationship with her former boyfriends. When asked what would be her response if she runs into the current partners of her exes at a party, she replied with a ‘hi.’ She said in an interview with Mirchi Plus, “With my exes also, I am still friends. I sort of like meet their families, their present, current, future, past, everything.” While agreeing that this is not a very good trait, Rashmika added, “But I have a very good
Deepika Padukone is one of the most loved actresses in Bollywood. In a recent interview with Vogue Arabia, the star yet again opened up about her mental illness.
Deepika Padukone said that her experience with mental illness has brought her to this space today. She quipped that she prioritizes her mind and body over everything else. But she also said that sometimes one needs to go through these experiences. Talking about her mental health journey, the actor said, “You come into this world thinking that if you want to be a successful actor, you have to be all of these things. And then you discover along the way that you can also do it
Richa Chadha looked every bit like an elegant bride in her custom-made Kresha Bajaj saree. Ali Fazal complemented his bride with a regal sherwani by Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla. The couple hosted family and friends from across Delhi with about 300 guests in attendance. Richa donned jewellery that was custom-made for her by an ancestral Bikaneri jeweller family.
riyanka Chopra has been treating fans with numerous pictures from her trip to Washington DC.
The actress interacted with US Vice President Kamala Harris, at the Democratic National Committee Women’s Leadership Forum, and pictures from the event have surfaced on social media. The pictures show Priyanka looking beautiful in a yellow dress and matching heels, as she interviewed US Vice President Kamala Harris. During the interaction, Priyanka also shared that in her career of 22 years, she received equal pay as her male co-actor for the first time this year. Priyanka also took to her Instagram stories to share glimpses
aif Ali Khan and Hrithik Roshan starrer Vikram Vedha finally released in theatres yesterday, and it has created quite a buzz. Ahead of the movie’s release, a special screening of the film was held on 26 September, and it was attended by Kareena Kapoor Khan. Speaking about Vikram Vedha, Kareena Kapoor Khan said that everything about the movie is amazing- right from the storytelling to Hrithik and Saif’s performances. “It’s absolutely fantastic. The storytelling, the performances, just everything about the movie. Also, I love watching these commercial movies. I think Saif and Hrithik are just outstanding in the film. Everyone should watch it, and I’m sure everyone is going to watch it,” said Kareena.
Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal’s prewedding festivities kick-started and the couple has been sharing the most gorgeous pictures on Instagram. Richa and Ali have now shared pictures from their cocktail party, and they look nothing less than royalty in the latest pictures. Kriti Sanon Priyanka Chopra Her post... Her post... Kareena Kapoor Khan Deepika Padukone Richa Chadha Rashmika Mandanna Her post...CITY FIRST
The Kota audi tions of the fashion ex travaganza of Elite Miss Ra jasthan at the Maheshwari Resort, Kota on Sunday. A glance at beauty and glamour was wit nessed in the Kota au ditions of the fashion extravaganza of Elite Miss Rajasthan at the Maheshwari Resort, Kota on Sunday. During the auditions, girls from different parts of Rajasthan registered in the auditions. Along with this, in the talent round, participants showcased their tal ents including dancing, singing, public speak ing, beatboxing and much more on the stage. Around 125 girls registered themselves from Kota City.
Directors of Elite Miss Rajasthan Kota Ayush Vijay, Anupriya Vijay and Gaurav Gaur shared the prepara tions related to the show with the media during the press con ference held at Mor
gan- The Italian Piz zalia, in the city. On the occasion, supermodels Rutvi Tiwari, Navya Tiwari, Tanu Chaud
hary, Shrishti Khatri and Vanshika Bajaj were also present. Giving details of this year, director Ayush
Vijay said that eve ry year, Elite Miss Rajasthan
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On the second day of ‘Tech norazzz-2022’ going on at JNU, there was a pe riod of music and dance in which stu dents gave a pano ramic performance of the tunes of mu sic. Around 5000 students and 100+ teams par ticipated in the event. Along with this, the magic of fashion mesmerized the audience. While addressing the audi ence, Dr Bakshi said that it is certainly worth appreciating that such an event is organised to provide
the participants with an invigorating exchange of innova tive ideas and infor mation. We have pro vided a much-needed exposure and plat form to learn from each other. The par ticipants also dem onstrated their pres ence of mind and sharpness at the Crazy Contrac tions Mind Fest. For the first time, a ‘Smart Phone Movie’ mak ing competition was also included in ‘Technorazz-2022’, in which students competed to make and screen a memo rable short story film.
On August 21, 2022 morning at IST, Anurag Maloo successfully summited the extremely challenging Mt. Nun (7135m/ 23410 ft) in the Zanskar region of Ladakh and Kashmir. In Oct 2022, he will be heading to Nepal for his next expedition to climb one of the most challenging peaks, Mt. Ama Dablam (6812m). Maloo is a trained mountaineer from the Nehru Mountaineering Institute (NIM). In 2021, he successfully climbed two 6000M+ Himalayan mountain peaks - Mt. Kang Yatze II and Dzo Jongo, in Markha Valley, Leh-Ladakh as part of the Twin Peak Challenge Expedition.
has become a huge platform to present the talent of Rajasthan. In which the first runnerup of Elite Miss Ra jasthan 2018 has been crowned the first run ner-up of Femina Miss India 2022 in one of the major achievements recently. In this free beauty contest, girls from many parts of the state along with Kota have registered. Confi dence, walking and style will also be tested along with the talent of the girls in the audi tions which will run from 9 am to 4 pm. About 125 girls from Kota have been regis tered so far. All the selected girls in the show will get a chance to directly partici pate in the final round. Before Jaipur, auditions for Jodhpur, Kota and Jaipur divi sions have been conducted. The fi nale of the show will be grandly held on 16 October in Jaipur.
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Amidst the politi cal turmoil in Rajasthan, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s wife Su nita Gehlot has taken a unique initiative. She has created her YouTube channel and uploaded the Rajastha ni folk song “Yeh Shubh Ghadiyan” in her voice, which is being liked a lot on social me dia. Some people are calling it a hid den talent of the Chief Minister’s wife while some suggest she should sing songs like this to save the culture of Rajasthan.
She created the chan nel -”Singer Sunita Ge hlot” to make her folk songs accessible to the general public. She up
loaded her first song on the evening of 29 Sep tember which has been seen by more than 3500 people on YouTube so far.
At the same time, this song has become a topic of discussion on Face book, Instagram, What sApp and Twitter as well.
The song has been composed and sung by Sunita Gehlot. In the beginning, she wrote that her mother used to sing these songs with mel ody and enthusiasm on the occasion of mar riage.
Ashok Gehlot got married on 27 Novem ber 1977 to Sunita Ge hlot. They have two children Vaibhav Ge hlot and Sonia Gehlot. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
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Pearl Women Club organised the Dandiya festival in association with Rotary Club Men, Rotary Jaipur in Rotary Bhawan on Saturday. Ankita Maheshwari, Rajasthani dance coach trained the dandiya enthusiasts with much enthusiasm. Participants were awarded with many title, in which, Renu Singh got the first prize for her costume.
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A talk show was organised under the joint aegis of Lalit Kala Akademi and NGO Vasudha Jan Vikas Sansthan at the premises on Saturday. The theme of this program was “Har Mana Gandhi”. In which more than 100 artists from the city participated. There was a deep discussion on the subject of what kind of changes can be brought by art and artists following the principles of Gandhi. Artists from different fields said that there is no bigger artist in this world than Gandhi as he had the ability to connect crores of people with simplicity. During the event, Lakshman Vyas, President of Lalit Kala Akademi shared that the artists were given an open platform to talk.
Under the aegis of the International Vaishya Mahasammelan Women’s I.V.F. Cancer awareness and screening, the camp was organised by the Women’s Unit of Rajasthan on the hospital premises in association with Bhagwan Mahaveer Cancer Hospital on Saturday. Women’s Unit President Jyoti Khandelwal said that more than 200 women participated in this program, out of which 40 women were given free screening and mammography. Dr Nidhi Patni, the keynote speaker of the program, said that breast cancer is very common in women and its early detection prevents us from going into a serious condition.
A grand Rass Garba Dandiya was organised at MPS, Sanskrit, Bani Park by MPS Sanskriti Banipark Family on Saturday to celebrate Navratri with mother and child, dancing to the beat of Dandiya and Garba songs.
Dandiya vibrance Sophia, an amazing dandiya night was organised at St. Angela Sophia School, Ghat Gate, Jaipur on Monday, September 26. Rev Sr Roseline inaugurated the event by lighting the lamp. Dr Shivani Dhaka, Rakhi Hazela and Uttkarsha Shekhar were present as the Guest of Honour. Dr Raagini Eshwar, President- Ex-Angelite Association, Ruchi Joy, Secretory, Dr Susan Mark and Shruti Sharma, Founders members organised the event.
Film actor Ajay Devgan offered Chadar and flowers to the Dargah of Ajmer Khwaja Moinuddin Hasan Chisht on Saturday.
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In association with the Jaipur Virasat Foundation (JVF), the artists of ‘Tu Bhi Kabira’ performed in Jaipur on Saturday. During the occasion, the group captivated the audience by presenting some of their original compositions based on the couplets of Saint Kabir. The objective of this event was to spread the philosophy of Saint Kabir amongst today’s young generation through Folk Fusion. The evening comprised 23 songs out of which 5 are the band’s original works. These included - Tu Bhi Kabira, Na Ja Pardes, Maya Mari, and Guruvaani, Bairagi. They concluded with the performance of Saint Kabir’s well-known bhajans.
Maharashtra won the title of the 24th Kick Boxing Championship on Saturday at SMS Indoor Stadium, Jaipur. The event was organised under the aegis of Wako India KickBoxing Federation and Rajasthan KickBoxing Association. On the occasion. The competition was organised and designed by Rising Events Promotion Pvt ltd. The guests at the event congratulated the winners and encouraged them by praising their game.
Shaiviya Gautam, Rutwi Tiwari, Shrishti Khatri, Ayush Vijay, Anjoriya Vijay, Tanu Chaudhary, Deep Joshi and Vanshika Bajaj
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Rutwi Tiwari, Gaurav Gaur and Shrishti Khatri
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