First India Newspaper 03 August 2019

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CONUNDRUM Srinagar: Amarnath Yatra pilgrims and tourists have been advised by the Jammu and Kashmir government to cut short their stay in the Kashmir Valley “immediately” and go back, in an unprecedented note issued against the backdrop of intel inputs of terror threats.

“Keeping in view the latest intelligence inputs of terror threats, with specific targeting of the Amarnath Yatra, and given the prevailing security situation in the Kashmir Valley, in the interest of safety and security of the tourists and Amarnath Yatris, it is advised that they may curtail their stay in the valley immediately and take necessary meas-

ures to return as soon as possible,” the state government said in a statement (See Below Far Right: Notice Pic).

The advisory came shortly after the army and the state police, in a joint press conference, said there were “confirmed intelligence reports” that terrorists backed by the Pakistan army were trying to disrupt the Amarnath Yatra.

“In the last three-four days, there were confirmed intelligence reports that terrorists backed by Pakistan and its army is trying to disrupt Amarnath Yatra and based on that a thorough search was conducted. We had major successes in these searches,” said Chinar Turn to P4

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 Amarnath Yatra suspended citing terror threats  Govt asks tourists, yatris to leave Kashmir  Intelligence inputs of terror threats as reason  Heavy troop deployment in the Valley

PAK ARMY MINE FOUND ON YATRA ROUTE

 Indian Army said that Pakistan terrorists are plotting to carry out an attack on the ongoing Amarnath Yatra and that the security forces even recovered a Pakistan Ordnance factory anti-personnel mine from a terror cache  “A Pakistan Army landmine has also been recovered from one of the caches of terrorists,” said Lt General KJS Dhillon

INPUTS OF PAK TERRORISTS’ BID TO DISRUPT YATRA: ARMY The Indian Army on Friday said that they got confirmed intelligence inputs that terrorists from Pakistan were planning to disrupt the Amarnath Yatra by carrying out attacks. “In the last three to four days, we got confirmed intel reports that terrorists are trying to disrupt the Amarnath Yatra.

A thorough search was carried out on the routes by a combined team of Army, CRPF and J&K Police,” Chinar Corps Commander Lt General KJS Dhillon said in a joint press conference along with DGP of Jammu and Kashmir Dilbag Singh and other officials.

An M-24 American sniper rifle with a telescope and an anti-personal mine from Pakistan recovered from the Amarnath Yatra.

—PHOTOS BY ANI

Mehbooba Mufti @MehboobaMufti Complete chaos on the streets of Srinagar. People rushing to ATMs, petrol pumps & stocking up on essential supplies. Is GOI only concerned about the safety of yatris while Kashmiris have been left to their own devices?

Major action in Valley on the cards?

Aditi Nagar New Delhi: A decisive and major force deployment in Kashmir by the Union Home Ministry only indicates some major political or operational action in the valley by the union Home Minister Amit Shah, under an overall consultation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Knowledgeable people associated with the working of the home ministry for the last 20 years also agree that the country has never seen before such a decisive, well thought and a clear minded home minister. Shah, during the last couple of days, Turn to P4

Daily hearing from August 6 after UAPA bill gets Rajya Sabha nod, will Ayodhya mediation fails as always sharpen anti-terrorism law’s teeth New Delhi: The mediation panel on the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute has failed to achieve any final settlement in the matter, the Supreme Court on Friday said and decided to hold dayto-day hearing in the case from August 6.

Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi, who was heading a Constitution bench, said, “We have received the mediation

Mahant Dharam Das addresses the media after Supreme Court hearing on Ayodhya land dispute case, in New Delhi.

report. The mediation panel has not been able to achieve any final settlement. The hearing of the case will be on a day-to-day basis, and will begin from August 6.” A senior lawyer appearing for one of the Muslim parties, Rajeev Dhavan, submitted to the Supreme Court that he will take 20 days to argue his case. To which, the CJI said, “We will see about it.”

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New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha on Friday approved the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2019 that empowers the central government to designate individuals as terrorists if the person commits or participates in acts of terrorism.

With the Bill being put to vote, 147 members voted for the legislation while 42 members dissented. Earlier, a motion to send the Bill

to the Select Committee was negated after division of votes.

The Congress and several other opposition parties opposed the provision of designating an individual as a terrorist and urged the government to refer the Bill to the Select Committee for further scrutiny.

Earlier, responding to the debate, Home Minister Amit Shah justified the amendments Turn to P4

Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrives at the Parliament.

HOUSE THAT: CM Gehlot brings ‘home’ Udaipur …And DB also gets ‘functional credit’ to sign MoU First India News New Delhi: After a prolonged battle that lasted for 72 long years, finally, Rajasthan government is all set to acquire the palatial 11,950 square metre Udaipur House.

The win is the result of the initiative taken

by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot during his second tenure as CM during 2008-2013 when a case was filed in the Supreme Court.

The property that is situated in Delhi’s Civil Lines area values at around Rs 150 crore.

The fact that nothing much happened in the case during former CM Vasundhara Raje’s last tenure, this historic victory, coming under the rule of CM Gehlot, carries huge sentimental importance for the people of Rajasthan.

On Friday, DB Gupta became the lucky Chief Secretary when

he signed the MoU with his Delhi counterpart Vijay Kumar Dev for the handing over of the authority of the House to Rajasthan. However, the MoU will now be presented before the Supreme Court on August 5 for approval.

Notably, the Supreme Court had asked both the parties to settle the dispute outside the court.

According to sources, CS Gupta also

A major vicotry for Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot as CS DB Gupta sealed the deal under his guidance.

made a courtesy call to Delhi’s Lt. Governor Anil Baijal regarding the matter.

After his approval, the draft of transfer of property will be made.

Apart from CS Gupta, ACS-PWD Veenu Gupta was also present in the meeting.

In the entire process, Additional Resident Commissioners Pratibha Singh and Vimal Sharma also played an important role.

The property was constructed during 1940s by

Mewar or Udaipur principality in Civil Lines near today’s Tees Hazari Court in Delhi.

It was constructed when the British rulers were busy giving Delhi a new face. The British officials had asked the Udaipur royal family to construct a mansion like that of royals.

After country got freedom and principalities merged with the Union of India, the royal families had given their properties to the governments. Turn to P10

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From Left: Sawai Jai Singh, Director, Jagguka Educational Institute, Lalit Sharma, Sanjay Biyani Director, Biyani Group of Colleges at the Education Summit, Hotel Clarks Amer on Friday.

In order to reform the education sector in Raj, an Education Summit was organised by the First India Group at Hotel Clarks Amer on Friday.

Jagdeesh Chandra, MoS Technical Education Dr Subhash Garg, MoS Primary & Secondary Education Govind Singh Dotasara and various educationists discussed issues related to the education in the state Mukesh Sharma/Vipul Jeph

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inister of State for Sanskrit and Technical Education Dr Subhash Garg and educationists motivated the students in the Education Summit-2019 organised by First India on Friday and gave the students a formula for success. At the same time, they spoke about reforming the education policy. Minister of School Education, Education Minister Govind Singh Dotasara informed about the plans of the state government to strengthen the basic education for the state.

Giving thanks to First India, Dr Garg said that the state government is the first to initiate a technical education policy in the state. The state government will get important suggestions through the Education Summit.

This Education Summit will help in giving a new dimension to the new policy, he said. “To achieve success, the focus will be on the three”Ds”, Determination, Devolution, Dedication.

If you have these three “Ds”, then no one can stop you in this world.

Whether you go for coaching or not”, said Dr Garg, while motivating the students.

“You should be optimistic. If there are failures then too keep yourself engaged in achieving the goal. Failure is the road to upcoming success. Learn from ev-

ery mistake, don’t repeat it”, said Technical Education Minister.

State Education Minister, Govind Singh Dotasara said that the state government is committed to provide value-based, quality and employment-oriented education to children. “People’s beliefs about government schools changed completely. We made efforts to make people believe in government schools again. We started work on school’s infrastructure and quality education. For this the government took several important steps in the last few months,” said Dotasara.

“To strengthen the infrastructure of the schools, work on developing classrooms, library, laboratory, drinking water, toilets and other facilities have started. We have started to organise Balsabha of every state-run school across state to connect children and their parents to education and government schools.

Jagdeesh Chandra, in his welcome address said, that the education sector is facing a lot of challenges at present.

Like the real estate sector, there is slowdown in education sector. In the expansion and dissemination of education in state, private sector is the largest contributor.

But this sector is currently facing challenges. This is our small effort so that the private sector educational institute can talk about their problems.

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irmal Panwar thanked First India group for organising the education summit to breach the barrier between institutions and students. The education in South India is considered better than here and there is a need to follow the same track to reform our curriculum to make the education system better here. He highlighted that there is no institution which is running without affiliation. “Govt should work as a guardian of private institutions and govt institutions, govt institutions solely cannot work for the benefit of the nation.”

—Nirmal Panwar, Chairperson Mahatma Jyoti Rao Phule University

From Left: Moderator Naveen Agarwal with KR Bagaria, Founder, Vivekanand Global University, Pankaj Garg, Founder, and advisor, Jyoti Vidyapeeth Women’s University, Nirmal Panwar, Chairperson Mahatma Jyoti Rao Phule University, Arvind Agarwal, President, Arya Group of Colleges & Sanjay Biyani, Director, Biyani Group of Colleges.

TECH-ING STOCK OF RAJ’S 3D DIMENSIONAL EDUCATION

From Left: Pankaj Garg, Founder, and advisor, Jyoti Vidyapeeth Women’s University, Sanjay Biyani, Director, Biyani Group of Colleges, Nirmal Panwar, Chairperson Mahatma Jyoti Rao Phule University, Dr Subhash Garg, State Minister Technical Education and Jagdeesh Chandra lightening the lamp at the Education Summit, Hotel Clarks Amer on Friday.

From Left: Nirmal Panwar, Chairperson Mahatma Jyoti Rao Phule University and Pankaj Garg, Founder, and advisor, Jyoti Vidyapeeth Women’s University.

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ankaj Garg said that there is a need for innovation in education and research projects by which students can learn and work for the growth of themselves as well as for the nation. A road map is missing in the education industry which has to be made and had to be followed so that better results can be achieved in the next five years. Garg also stated that private and government institutions need to respect other institutions and their curriculum.

He also stated the need for changes in the industry-oriented curriculum of every institution.

—Pankaj Garg, Founder, and advisor, Jyoti Vidyapeeth Women’s University

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EXPERT VIEW

R Bagaria compared education in private and government institutions and stated that private institutions are far better in producing good results in the state.

The selffinancing institutions are doing a good job in terms of technological advancement but at the same time, they need the Government’s support and motivation. Self-financing institutions work far better in all the sectors, whether they are Medical colleges engineering college or any other college.

—KR Bagaria, Founder, Vivekanand Global University

Dr Subhash Garg, State Minister Technical Education and Jagdeesh Chandra at the Education Summit, Hotel Clarks Amer on Friday.

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rvind Agarwal talked about the importance of youth education and projection. The technological advancement is weak and there is a need to develop it. “As we know there is a shortage of skilled labour in Europe, Japan and India is capable enough to provide skilled labour to other countries.

They only need the right education, motivation, and support from the institution and government. He also mentioned about financing the schools by which the base of students could be strengthened.

There is a need for futuristic approach and reforms in government policies.

—Arvind Agarwal, President, Arya Group of Colleges

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hile addressing the house, Sanjay Biyani commented on the emerging stress in youth and the need for stress management in them. The reform in education policies is also necessary for the overall development of students and the organisation. In the world, full of competition, there is no need for materialistic approach in the education system but the need of the hour is to make students ready for the industry.

The problem of society is they criticise and demotivate other institutions and their education pattern. They should respect every institution and its education pattern.

—Sanjay Biyani, Director, Biyani Group of Colleges

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CONGRESS AND BJP MLAS TRADE CHARGES OVER COW SMUGGLING; SITTING & FORMER BSP MLAS DENY PARTY TOOK MONEY FOR TICKET

Ruckus in House over cows First India News

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she was interrupted pasture land should be many times by BJP done. Rathore demandmembers. On this, she ed that the fund collectsaid that while in Oppo- ed from cess should be sition, the party had given for cow welfare asked questions about and arrangement of registration on cows during last 5 Y SE stamp of Rs100 years from the L B for gaushalas then BJP govshould be ernment but made. Hownot even ever, the isone was resue got plied to. flared up Speaking on the same when Rathore called Rawat as resolution Deputy Leader of Opposition “sadhvi” and also reRajendra Rathore, said ferred about the statethat animals were the ment made by Parliabackbone of the econo- mentary Affairs Minismy of farmers and that ter in which he had the demarcation of the called cow as an animal.

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Jaipur: The proposal of getting the land registration meant for cow shelters (Gaushalas) at tehsil level got caught in politics in the Assembly and sparked political statements on cows.

The leaders traded barbs at each other while speaking on this issue and the resolution was later left for further discussion.

The issue of cow and cow shelter got raised while having discussion over the proposal. Congress MLA Shankuntala Rawat presented the resolution of land registration for gaushalas at tehsil level. While it was welcomed by both the Treasury and Opposition benches, however, statements were exchanged between both the sides over issues like cow smuggling and politics over cow.

When Rawat was speaking on this issue,

Transport Minister Khachariawas too got into debate when the name of parliamentary affairs minister was taken and he said that it had happened when Dhariwal had read out from the book of Sawarkar.

There was uproar in the house over this and BJP MLAs stormed into the Well of the House.

Meanwhile UDH Minister Dhariwal got up and said that he can say what he said that day quoting from the book on Sawarkar.

He said that if he had spoken wrong he was ready to apologise and recording can be seen.

Indpendent MLA Sanyam Lodha while speaking on the resolution alleged that that it was during the 5 year tenure of Union government that cow meat was sold the maximum. He said that country was number 1 in selling cow meat.

Bill makes ex-ministers occupying govt bungalows to pay `10K a day Jaipur: Rajasthan Assembly on Friday passed a Bill to make exministers shell out Rs10,000 a day if they continue to occupy government bungalows beyond two months after the end of their terms.

The Rajasthan Ministers’ Salaries (Amendment) Bill, 2019, introduced by the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress gov-

ernment on July 22 was passed by a voice vote, amid opposition from the BJP. Ex-ministers now pay Rs 5,000 a month after the two-month period.

When the Bill becomes law, they will pay Rs 3 lakh if they overstay beyond this. The Bill also includes provisions for forcible vacation of government accommoda-

tion. Parliamentary Affairs minister Shanti Dhariwal said the Bill was brought to ensure that new ministers get official residences in time.

It is seen that ex-ministers do not vacate the official residences allotted to them even after the prescribed period is over. This causes difficulty in the allotment of

suitable residences to the newly appointed ministers, a statement on the objectives of the Bill said.

During the debate, Leader of Opposition Gulab Chand Kataria said former ministers should vacate their official residences but the government should reconsider the time being allowed to do so.

—PTI

BSP MLAs refute Gudha’s ticket for money claim

First India News Jaipur: Chinks are once again being felt in the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in the state.

After the comments of BSP MLA Rajendra Singh Gudha there is political bustling going on in the party. Gudha had made clear comment that tickets are secured in the party by paying money. BSP leader Lakhan Singh denied the allegation and said that those who make allegations must give proof too. Other BSP MLAs Joginder Singh Awana and Wazib Ali Shah also denied paying any money for ticket. It is being believed that party may take disciplinary action against Gudha.

During the previous tenure of Gehlot government, BSP legislative party had merged with Congress and all the 6 MLAs had joined the Congress and had helped formed the Gehlot government. Rajendra Singh Gudha was made a minister in the Gehlot government that time.

This time once again Gudha has sown troubles for his party and has commented that party tickets are given after taking money. In a way, he has made alle-

Jaipur: Ten districts of Rajasthan recorded ‘excess’ rainfall this monsoon season, while 14 districts witnessed ‘normal’ and seven ‘deficit’ rainfall, the state water resources department said.

No district in the state saw ‘scanty’ rainfall so far, it said.

The normal rainfall (19 per cent to -19 per cent) for the period of June 1 to August 1 in the state is 254.98 mm.

Against this, the state recorded 287.21 mm rains during the same period this year.

Jhunjhunu and Sikar recorded ‘abnormal’ (60 per cent or more) rain, while Ajmer, Bhilwara, Bundi, Churu, Jaipur, Kota, Nagaur, Pratapgarh, Rajsamand and Sawaimadhopur received excess (20 per cent to 59 per cent) rainfall, the department said.

Districts with normal rainfall are Banswara, Baran, Barmer, Bharatpur, Chittorgarh, Dausa, Dholpur, Dungarpur, Jhalawar, Jodhpur, Karauli, Pali,

MeT predicts heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places with extremely heavy rainfall at some places in east Rajasthan

Tonk and Udaipur.

Alwar, Bikaner, Ganganagar, Hanumangarh, Jaisalmer, Jalore and Sirohi recorded deficit rainfall (-20 to -59 per cent), it said.

Of the total 810 dams in the state, 31 are fully filled, 398 partially filled and 381 are empty.

Meanwhile, Ajmer recorded a maximum of 114.2 mm rain till Friday morning.

Mount Abu, Bikaner, Ganganagar and Dabok recorded 80 mm, 65.3 mm, 31.7 mm and 37.6 mm rains, respectively during this period. Several other areas also received below 30 mm rains, according to the MeT department.

—PTI

ACB nabs Assistant Commissioner of Commercial Tax dept for taking bribe First India News

Girls pose after applying ‘Heena’ on their hands on the occasion of Sinjhara in Jaipur on Friday. The festival of Teej is being celebrated today across Jaipur.

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BUGGED? Or is it the grapevine... . First India begins a column that brings to you gossips or tete-e-tete from the corridors of power

‘10 dists record excess, 14 normal, 7 ‘deficit’ rainfall’

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gations on the working of BSP Supremo Mayawati.

Joginder Singh Awana responding on this allegation said that the comment made by Gudha was his personal view while Wazib Ali said that party gives ticket to candidate who is honest and had clean image.

BJP MLA Abhinesh Mehrishi also claimed that nobody had asked money from him for giving him party ticket when he had fought the election in BSP ticket from Churu Lok Sabha constituency.

He said that BSP officials had come to meet him and had offered him ticket but they did not ask for money. BJP MLA Satish Poonia said Gudha had raised the issue in front of election commissioner and the body should work to prevent the use of money power.

Ajmer recorded a maximum of 114.2 mm rain till Friday morning —File Photo

Jaipur: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) conducted a trap in Jaipur city on Friday and nabbed the Assistant Commissioner of Commercial Tax department while taking a bribe of Rs1.15 lakh.

The official has been identified as Anusuya Kumari. Moreover, the team also nabbed a retired personnel of the department in the matter who has been identified as Ravi Pareek.

Bribe had been demand-

ed in connection with releasing the GST refund of the complainant and 20% amount was demanded while after negotiation, a deal was struck for 15%. The complainant had said in the complaint that he had deposited his tax online but the commercial tax department kept it pending citing some irregularities and thus around Rs7.79 lakh GST had to be refunded.

Ravi Pareek was demanding 20% of the amount as bribe for the assistant commissioner.

Dholpur SDM in ACB net Conducting its second trap, ACB nabbed SDM of Dholpur identified as Bhanwarlal Kasotiya while taking a bribe of Rs10,000. “Recently one Bhagat Singh, approached ACB and registered a complaint wherein he said that he met the SDM in a land dispute case to give decision in his favour for which the SDM demanded Rs50,000 and the complainant gave Rs10,000 then to which the SDM said that he

will keep the decision reserved till two more days by which time the complainant had to bring the remaining amount. When the man could not provide the remaining amount on time, the SDM cancelled the decision and asked the complainant to take back his money. The man complained of the same to the ACB and on Friday the SDM was nabbed while handing back Rs10,000. Further action in the matter is being taken,” officials said.

Ministers’ bungalows yet to get facelift despite sanction

When Rathore sang for Pilot at SMS Stadium

How Dhariwal’s shirt became talk of the town

Law makers praise MLA Santosh Bawri’s dedication

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izarre truth about expenses incurred on ministers’ bungalows is that a total of Rs1.49 cr had been approved for maintenance and other works for bungalows of six ministers. The amount was approved in February, however, till June 15, not even a single rupee had been spent. The issue pertains to bungalows allotted to Shanti Dhariwal, BD Kalla, Mamta Bhupesh, Govind Dotasara, Udaylal Anjana and Bhajan Lal Jatav. Notably, an amount of Rs19.55 lakh had been approved for Gehlot’s bungalow of which only Rs7.38 lakh were spent.

n interesting episode occurred during recently held match between MLAs and Assembly staff when deputy leader of opposition Rajendra Rathore was seen at his verbal best. When Rathore reached stadium he met Pilot and said, “I have come from far to see your game.” Pilot immediately replied, “It is nice to hear that.” However, at that moment, Rathore broke into a song singing the lines, “Badi door se aaye hain, pyaar ka tohfa laye hain.” Sachin, who did not expect this reply was taken by surprise and gave a smirk to Rathore as he walked away.

ssembly Speaker CP Joshi is not known to mince words and only recently an example of his quick wit came to light when he made a jibe at minister Lalchand Katariya’s shirt. “Dhariwalji also wears similar shirts, do you all bring from the same stock.” However the minister was quick to react, “Me and Dhariwalji buy from the same shop and owner told me that Dhariwalji took a lot of cloth today, when are you coming to buy.” Notably, CP Joshi had liked Dhariwal’s shirt after which the entire conversation occurred.

he integrity of MLA Santosh Bawri is the topic of debate among the legislators and politicians of Rajasthan alike.

The MLA, who recently has been blessed with a baby boy, came to the state Assembly to attend the seminar a few hours before she went into labour. Even while she was expecting, the MLA would regularly come to the state Assembly during the ongoing Budget session and even raised the issues concerning her constituency Anoopgarh. Due to her constant appearance most MLAs are seen appreciating Bawri’s integrity.

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Relief for JDA as Supreme Court rejects petition

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After decades, JDA finally gets ownership of the Lalkothi land

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On Profitability through Energy Conservation First India News Jaipur: The 2nd Edition of the Conference on Profitability through Energy Conservation & Efficiency was organized today by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) – Rajasthan along with Department of Energy, Government of Rajasthan at a city hotel. The conference focused on optimal utilization of energy resources through the use of technology, management tools and policy interventions. Dr BD Kalla, Hon’ble Minister for Energy, Government of Rajasthan was the chief guest of the

Dr BD Kalla, Hon’ble Minister for Energy and PHED, Raj Govt

occasion. According to him, solar energy can be said to be a good energy because it provides enough electricity without damaging the environment. Talking about MSMEs he shared that state govt is doing all possible measures to help entrepreneurs like finishing the licensing system and providing adequate electricity for smooth running of their business etc.

FIR filed against MLA Bhanwar Lal Sharma

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Jaisalmer: General Officer Commanding, Konark Corps Military Station, Lieutenant General VS Srinivas inaugurated the 6 MW capacity solar power plant on Friday. The solar plant has been installed under the go green initiative and detailed plan of the Indian Army to develop Jaisalmer Army Station as a modern smart armed force station.

This solar power plant is among the most high-powered solar technology established by the Indian Army in the border area of Rajasthan. This initiative is a step towards achieving the goal of accelerating the development of ad-

First India News Jaipur: An FIR was filed against MLA from Sardarshahar Bhanwar Lal Sharma in Bhanipura police station. Case has been filed in connection with an alleged fraud of making a lease of a government land and handing it to his favoured people. 2.5 bigha land’s deed was made for Rs172.25, when the now MLA was a Sarpanch in 1974. The case has been filed by Hetram, a resident of MLA’s village.

IITJ-Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur.

vanced clean energy technologies to address the global challenges of energy security, climate change and sustainable development.

The solar plant was inaugurated under the aegis of Battle X Division, in the presence of General Officer Commanding, Battle X Division, Major General TK Aich and other senior officers of the Indian

CSIR DG Shekhar C Mande, who was the chief guest of the ceremony, underlined the role of technology in social development and stressed the need

for consistent work in identification and resolution of social problems in order to make the life of the people comfortable. The institution has now been focusing on more flexible academic mechanism, wherein the focus will be accorded to churning out students who are not job seeker but job provider by focusing on exploration, imagination, creation and innovation. On the occasion, IIT-J Innovation Complex was inaugurated.

15-year-old rape victim dies Post-mortem was conducted and reports are awaited Jaipur: A 15-year-old girl who was allegedly raped earlier this week in Dausa district died at a hospital, police said on Friday.

The girl died at SMS Hospital and the cause of her death has not been confirmed yet, as per superintendent of police Dausa, Prahlad Singh.

According to a complaint filed by the minor’s father, the girl was raped on July 28. Police

From the side of the Samiti, senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi argued in the court while from the side of JDA, additional solicitor general Manish Singhvi made the arguments. After hearing

Suryaveer Singh Tanwar

IIT-J signs MoU with CSIR for technology development

technology development and translation, exchange of academia information and material, human resource development and infrastructure sharing.

ing in the appeal filed by JDA has vacated the stay on the auction of land and Vidhayak Nagar Vikas Samiti had filed a special leave petition challenging the order of the High Court in the supreme court.

both the sides, the bench of Justice R Bhanumati rejected the petition of the Samiti. JDA will now be able to continue with the auction process and it’s expected that the auction process will fetch crores of rupees for JDA. The housing society applied in the office of ADM for land conversion giving the name of Vidhayank Nagar Extension Scheme. ADM rejected the application of the society in the year 1984 and after that, Vidhayak Nagar Vikas Samiti went to the HC.

Raj Roadways to buy electric buses

New MoU to focus on technology Jodhpur: The Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur signed an MoU with the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) on Friday for the development of technology and scientific research.

The memorandum of understanding (MoU), which was signed during the decennial foundation ceremony of IIT Jodhpur, will focus on

48-YR-OLD CASE

6 MW capacity solar power plant set up at Jaisalmer military station

ACCUSED STILL AT LARGE

registered a case against an unidentified person on the same day, he said.

Later, the girl’s family took her to Mehandipur Balaji temple and stayed there for a few days. Her condition deteriorated there & she fell unconscious,

A GIANT STEP

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‘Govt is willing to help in every way’

Jaipur: JDA has got a major relief when Supreme court on Friday finally gave the ownership of about 5 bigha 6 biswa of prime land at Lalkothi. The SC refused to stop the auction of 5.6 bighas land near assembly in Lalkothi Scheme and has rejected the special leave petition which was filed by Vidhayak Nagar Vikas Samiti.

The order was given by double member bench of Justice R Bhanumati. Earlier Rajasthan Highcourt while making the hear-

Singh said.

The minor’s family admitted her to a local hospital and the doctors there referred her to the Hospital, he said.

A post-mortem was conducted on Friday and the reports are awaited, he said. —PTI

Army. On the occasion, Maj Gen Aich also appreciated the military engineering staff for completing the project in record time.

The solar plant is spread across 30 acres of area and is operated by 19712 solar panels of 320 peak each along with two supervisory controls, data acquisition and six grid inverters.

With this commission,

Jaisalmer Military Station will not only be selfreliant in the context of the current power requirement but will also fulfill future expansions in SN. The solar power plant complex is integrated with a 132 KV grid substation which has been commissioned and the project has been kept under the technology development fund scheme.

Jaipur: Rajasthan Roadways is going to become the first state to use electric buses in the country to reduce the usage of diesel and reduce environmental pollution.

The Roadways administration is planning to hire 50 electric buses on contractual basis from a private company. A big advantage of using electric buses will be that the buses which were not allowed to enter Delhi will now be able to go up till Bikaner House.

On Friday, several officials of Rajasthan Roadways, including Managing Director Shuchi Sharma, EDA

MP Meena, EDT UD Khan, FA Veena Gupta and ED Engineering Lalit Sharma, took the electric bus trial. The bus was taken from Roadways headquarters to Bagru Toll Plaza.

While taking the trial, Shuchi Sharma also understood its features.

These buses will cover a distance of 300 km in a single charge and can attain the highest speed of 90 kmph.

FROM PG 1 Kashmir Conundrum...

Corps Commander Lt General KJS Dhillon.

Among the army’s finds were a landmine with Pakistan ordnance factory markings and an M-24 American sniper rifle with a telescope, the officer said. The yatra route was being “sanitized for three days”, he disclosed.

Lt General Dhillon said “direct involvement of the Pakistan Army including mines and ammunition had been recovered.”

According to the officer, there was a “massive threat of IEDs or crude bombs” and bombs had been found in searches along the Amarnath Yatra route.

“The searches are still going on. The Pakistan Army is desperate to disrupt peace. This will not be allowed to happen. No one can be allowed to disrupt the peace,” said Lt General Dhillon. Over the past few days, the movement of troops to the state, where central paramilitary personnel are being airdropped in sorties, has fueled speculation about security threats.

Some 10,000 personnel of central forces were ordered for the state about a week ago and

they were in the process of reaching their posts.

The reports of a surge in troop deployment coincided with inputs that the centre is on high alert for August 15 Independence Day celebrations, when terror groups planning attacks in India are active.

Major action... in his informal interactions, has clearly expressed his mind to not to continue with the ‘special status’ of Jammu and Kashmir, specially with reference with 370 and 35a.

His mind is very clear that Kashmir should also join the mainstream of the country.

As far as the sensitivity of 35a is concerned, the powerful union home minister is not at all bothered about any likely political repercussion of this move as he is absolutely confident that he can handle any situation arising out of it.

Heavy deployment of forces in the valley has also triggered off some curiosity on social media where there was speculation during the day saying that that the Centre is going to declare Kashmir and Ladakh as a union territories and Jammu as a separate state. There is

also a grapevine that the prime minister may make these major announcements during his August 15 Red Fort speech, but there was no ‘official word’ till Friday late evening on ‘YES or NO’ of any such possibility. But the entire nation is curiously watching the next step of Narendra Modi and Amit Shah in the valley in the next couple of days.

Enthusiastic with his exceptionally successful two-day long Srinagar visit that started on June 26, now Shah is likely to carry a few more trips to Srinagar in the coming days to further assess the ground situation in the valley.

Daily hearing...

A Constitution bench, headed by Justice Gogoi, had on July 18 asked the three-member committee, headed by retired apex court judge FMI Kalifulla, to continue with the mediation process and submit a report on the progress made till July 31.

The bench also comprising S A Bobde, D Y Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S Abdul Nazeer, took up a batch of petitions seeking an end to the mediation process and the start of

hearing in the Ayodhya title suit.

The petitions have submitted that no progress has been made in the mediation ordered by the apex court to explore an amicable settlement to the land dispute.

UAPA bill... and rejected opposition’s contentions that the Bill would be misused.

“I have only brought an amendment, I did not bring the law. We can only be one step ahead of the terrorists if we keep bringing in reforms. All the previous amendments had been brought in by the Congress. The moment they went to the other side, they change their perspective. Why is that?” he asked.

Countering the arguments of the opposition about the requirement of the Bill, Shah said, “My contention is the same. If we ban one organisation, another one comes up by the same individuals. Till when will we keep banning organisations? Till we blacklist an individual as terrorist, it is impossible to rein in their work.” The Bill seeks to further amend the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. —ANI

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UNNAO CASE: All five cases registered in connection with the incident will be transferred from a court in UP to a court in Delhi

‘Court’s order proves Jungle Raj in UP’ New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said today that the Supreme Court's ruling in the Unnao rape case is a "stamp" on the prevailing "jungle raj" in Uttar Pradesh and the state government's failure.

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a slew of instructions in the case, including directing the transfer of all five cases registered in connection with the Unnao rape incident from a court in Uttar Pradesh to a court in the national capital.

"The Supreme Court's decision is a stamp on the prevailing jungle raj in Uttar Pradesh and the state government's failure," Priyanka Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi.

"The BJP has finally acknowledged that it had given protection to a criminal and by expel-

The Supreme Court’s decision is a stamp on the prevailing jungle raj in Uttar Pradesh and the state government’s failure.

—PriyankaGandhi

Congress General Secretary

ling him it has taken at least one step to correct its mistake," she said.

The Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI has booked BJP legislator Kuldeep Singh Sen-

gar and 10 others on the charge of murder in the accident case of the Unnao rape survivor.

The teen has accused the legislator of raping her at his residence in 2017, when she was a minor. The rape case against Kuldeep Sengar was filed after the woman tried to immolate herself outside UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's residence in Lucknow in April last year. On Sunday, her car was hit by a truck when she was going to meet her relative in Rae Bareli. Two of her aunt's were killed in the accident, while the rape survivor and her lawyer are undergoing treatment at a Lucknow hospital, where their condition is stated to be critical. The woman's family has alleged that the road accident was a result of a conspiracy.

—ANI

‘Suspension of arms licence is a judicial matter’

Unnao: District Magistrate Devender Kumar Pandey said that the arms license of Unnao rape accused Kuldeep Singh Sengar has not been suspended because it is a judicial matter.

“Suspension of arms license is a judicial action. There is a procedure that needs to be followed. We have already filed a report on the suspension of Kuldeep Singh Sengar’s arms license. A decision will be taken after hearing in the court,” Pandey said.

According to information, Sengar has three arm licenses in his name,he added. —ANI

IN THE COURTYARD AKBARUDDIN OWAISI ACCUSED OF MAKING ‘HATE SPEECH’

ORDER ON ANTICIPATORY BAIL PLEA OF RATUL PURI RESERVED

Hyderabad: Two complaints were filed against AIMIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi in courts in Hyderabad and Karimnagar, accusing him of making ‘hate’ speech last month.

Advocate Kashimshetty Karunasagar on Thursday filed a private complaint before the 14th Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court here, accusing Owaisi of making a hate speech at Karimnagar last month and sought the registration of a case against him.

Advocate B Mahender Reddy had filed a com-

New Delhi : A special court here on Friday reserved its order on anticipatory bail plea of businessman Ratul Puri in connection with the AgustaWestland money laundering case.

The court will pass the order on August 6.

Puri’s interim protection has also been extended till August 6 (Tuesday). While the case was being heard, a witness, namely Mahipal Singh, in the Agusta Westland case interrupted the ongoing bail argument and mentioned that

COMPULSORY VOTING PIL DISMISSED New Delhi: The Supreme Court declined to entertain a public interest litigation seeking a direction for compulsory voting in general elections. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi dismissed the plea after Attorney General KK Venugopal told the court that the petitioner can approach the Election Commission of India (ECI) with his request. The PIL sought compulsory voting by every eligible citizen. —ANI

plaint in a Karimnagar court against Owaisi, alleging that the AIMIM MLA’s comments provoked enmity between two communities. Mahendra Reddy said the court had directed the police to investigate into the matter, senior police officials denied any sort of directions from the court.

—ANI

HC ADJOURNS HEARING ON COL PUROHIT’S APPLICATION

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court adjourned the hearing for two weeks on an application filed by Lt Col Prasad Purohit seeking non- truncated copies of the statements of the witnesses from the National Investigation Agency.A division bench of Justices Indrajit Mohanty & AM Badar deferred the matter after the NIA sought two weeks’ time to classify the statements sought by the petitioner. The investigation agency submitted that the application can be allowed by the court and sought time to do proper application before the court. —ANI

MATHURA REGISTERS CASE UNDER NEW TRIPLE TALAQ LAW Mathura: Under the newly enacted law that prohibits instant pronouncement of "triple talaq", a case has been registered in UP's Mathura, where a man allegedly divorced his wife in the middle of a road for refusing to arrange a dowry amount of Rs. 1 lakh, police said. A case has been registered under section 4 of the Muslim

Women Act, 2019, on the basis of a complaint by the victim's mother. According to the complaint Jumirat, who hails from Kosi, was married to Ikram, who is from Nuh in Mewat. Their families have been locked in a dispute over the dowry amount for sometime now.

The dispute was already being heard in the women police station in here.

the Enforcement Directorate has forced a witness to give a statement and he is scared. Mahipal Singh said he was an employee at Ratul Puri’s company (Moser Baer). Alleged ED witness Mahipal Singh has sought a court-monitored investigation.

—ANI

VOICE SAMPLES BE GIVEN TO PROBE AGENCY New Delhi: The SC held that judicial magistrates are empowered to direct accused in criminal cases to give voice samples to agencies during investigation. In a major judgment, a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) does not have provisions that allow judicial magistrates to direct the accused to cooperate with probe agencies by providing voice samples in pending investigations.

—ANI

COPS ASK AZAM KHAN TO TRAVEL WITH BODYGUARDS Rampur: Police has sent a notice to SP MP Azam Khan requesting him to stop moving around without the bodyguards allotted to him by the administration. "MP Azam Khan is provided Y category security under which he gets one security

guard at his house and two bodyguards are always there with him.

Recently he has started to move around without his bodyguards which could prove to be an issue in his security," Superintendent of Police Ajay Pal Sharma informed.

Unnao teen, critical, won’t be airlifted to Delhi: SC

New Delhi: The Supreme Court was hearing whether to airlift the rape survivor from a hospital in Lucknow to AIIMS in Delhi for treatment when her mother said it is not needed for now. The court then said the family is free to take a call on shifting her to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). “So far as the movement of the victim is concerned since the family wants treatment at Lucknow, we will wait... immediate concern is the health of the victim,” the Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi said. The Su-

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preme Court also told news organisations not to reveal the identity of the rape survivor, after it was pointed out that the media was running old interviews of her. The Su-

preme Court had put on hold the transfer of the accident case from Lucknow to Delhi for 15 days as the CBI may have to get the trial court’s permission for probe. —ANI

CBI reaches accident site in Raebareli

Raebareli: A team from the Central Bureau of Investigation arrived at the site where the Unnao rape survivor, her lawyer and two aunts met with an accident last month.The sleuths launched an investigation into the incident. On July 28, a truck rammed into the vehicle in which the victim was travelling.

While her two aunts died at the spot, she and her counsel suffered major injuries and are undergoing medical treatment at the King’s George Medical University in Lucknow.

The Supreme Court had on Thursday asked the CBI to investigate within seven days the mysterious case of the accident.

—ANI

BUILDING CONNECT...

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh & Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis along with state ministers during the launch of ‘Maha Janadesh Yatra’ in Amravati.

—PHOTO BY ANI

‘Economy has come to a halt under Modi Govt’ New Delhi: CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury attacked the BJP-led government at the Centre, saying indicators show that the economy has ‘ground to a halt.’

He also said an economy cannot be "delinked" from society, politics and governance, and alleged that the ruling party "actively" promotes social disharmo-

ny. Reacting to news reports claiming a slump in the economy, Yechury said the government's "bluffing and PR" cannot come to its aid now.

"All indicators point to the fact that the economy has ground to a halt, No amount of bluffing and PR can now help cover the misery unleashed on the people," he said on Twitter.

—ANI

JAISHANKAR TO VISIT BEIJING TO PREPARE FOR MODI-XI TALKS New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will visit Beijing this month to prepare grounds for the second round of informal talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Wuhan in India later this year. In April last year, Modi and Xi had met in Wuhan for an informal summit in

order to deepen bilateral cooperation. That meeting came following the 73day standoff in Bhutan’s Doklam plateau in 2017, which strained ties between them. In April this year, India and China said they are in touch for the second informal summit between Modi and Xi Jinping scheduled to be held in India later this year.

Cong’s meet to discuss Rajiv Gandhi b’day prep New Delhi: Congress has called for a meeting of its all frontal organisations to discuss the preparations regarding the commemoration of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi’s 75th birth anniversary, which falls on August 20. The meeting

will take place on August 3 at 12 pm at the AICC headquarters in Delhi. A letter issued by the All India Congress Committee, undersigned by its general secretary KC Venugopal.The party has planned to celebrate on a larger scale.

—ANI

JD(S) APPOINTS RAMESH BABU AS ITS NATIONAL GEN SECY Bengaluru: Janata Dal (Secular) leader Ramesh Babu has been appointed as the party’s National General Secretary and national spokesperson on Friday. Requesting Ramesh Babu to participate proactively in the organisation, JDS

National President HD Deve Gowda, while issuing the appointment letter, had written, “I anticipate that your role will be instrumental in portraying a very good and respectable image of our Party, JD (S) in the Public domain.”

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KENYA ON HOW TO BOOST BREASTFEEDING

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WHY PEACEKEEPING FAILS

World Health Organisation recommends that babies be breastfed after they’re born ELIZABETH KIMANI-MURAGE

UN missions employ 100k soldiers & civilians at an annual cost of $6.5 billion

The author is a Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center

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he United Nations was not even three years old when it launched its first peacekeeping mission in 1948. For the last 70 years, it has been continuously involved in such operations, often with mixed results.

Over this time, peacekeeping and the wars to which it has been applied have changed.

The challenges peacekeepers face have evolved from ones that were relatively straightforward to assignments that were becoming highly complex. More recently, peacekeepers are facing challenges that are impossible to overcome.

There are currently 14 UN peacekeeping missions employing nearly 100,000 soldiers, police and civilians at an annual cost of $6.5 billion. These missions reflect the three stages of peacekeeping’s evolution. The oldest among them were launched in response to wars between countries over territory.

The second stage involved multidimensional operations, in which peacekeepers undertake a wide variety of tasks to help countries recover from civil wars. The most recently launched operations represent the third stage, the protection and stabilization missions. These mandate peacekeepers to protect civilians and aid governments that are threatened by violent extremism — a task where the peacekeepers will not have success.

WARS OVER TERRITORY The six classical peacekeeping operations have logged a combined total of more than three centuries of peacekeeping efforts. Yet none of the six is going to end in the foreseeable future, mainly because that doesn’t serve the interests of some of the permanent members of the UN Security Council: Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States.

The operation in the Western Sahara that began in 1991 is supposed to hold a referendum on independence for the region. Morocco, which claims the territory, will not permit a referendum that would result in independence. The Polisario Front, which represents the freedom movement of the Sahrawi people, will not agree to a referendum that does not grant independence. Because France protects Morocco’s interests, the mission will not end.

In Cyprus, the UN mission began in 1964 and is tasked with getting the Greek and Turkish Cypriots to live together in peace.

Britain has military bases on Cyprus, so Britain’s interest is in preserving the status quo. There is little chance for change because the Turkish Cypriot leaders have no desire to be a minority in a united country.

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Mothers developed confidence and knowledge about breastfeeding and felt supported by the community health workers.

These health workers are volunteers motivated by goodwill and recognition for the work they do

enya has, over the past two decades, made tremendous achievements in promoting breastfeeding. The number of babies who were exclusively breastfed for the first six months of their lives rose from just 13% in 2003 to about 61% in 2014.

This was achieved largely because of two programmes led by the Ministry of Health: the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative and the Baby Friendly Community Initiative. The hospital initiative promotes breastfeeding in hospitals at the time of delivery, while the community initiative promotes breastfeeding at home.

Breastfeeding is important.

It lowers incidences of child illness and death and has also been linked to better outcomes at school. The World Health Organisation recommends that babies be breastfed immediately after they’re born, followed by exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of their lives.

For over ten years scientists at the African Population Health Research Centre (APHRC), myself among them, have tried to tackle the challenges that still stand in the way of Kenya achieving its national target of getting 80% of women to breastfeed.

To do this, we focused our research on the Baby Friendly Community Initiative. Over the past five years, it’s been rolled out in several counties.

The initiative recognises that many women deliver at home and need continued support after delivery.

Our studies, carried out in rural and urban settings, looked into how well homebased counselling worked. The aim was to see where improvements could be made. We also carried out an exercise across Kenya to understand community perceptions on how best to implement the initiative.

We found that the project

was a success. Mothers developed confidence and knowledge about breastfeeding and felt supported by the community health workers. These health workers are volunteers motivated by goodwill and recognition for the work they do.

But more needs to be done.

It is important to include fathers and others – such as grandmothers and traditional birth attendants – in implementing the project. Also, incentives should be given to community health volunteers to ensure they stay engaged.

Our hope is that the study will inform guidelines being developed by the Ministry of Health for scaling up the initiative.

HOME-BASED COUNSELLING To test the initiative, we designed a project that involved regular home visits by community health workers during a woman’s pregnancy and until the baby was a year old. It was implemented in two low-income settlements in Nairobi for almost two years.

The health workers taught mothers about nutrition, the immediate initiation of breastfeeding after birth, breast positioning and attachment and the

Breastfeeding is important. It lowers incidences of child illness and death and has also been linked to better outcomes at school

importance of exclusive breastfeeding. Workers also explained how long and often they should breast feed for, how to express breast milk and how to store it.It was hugely successful. Exclusive breastfeeding rates for the baby’s first six months rose from 2% to 55%.

The intervention also worked in rural areas. We implemented the study in Koibatek – a rural area in the Rift Valley area. Over 87% of the mothers who received counselling breastfed exclusively for

The rise (and end) of the blond bombshells

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e have in our midst two political leaders who possess remarkably similar characteristics. This is not just in their demeanor, but also in how they share a political perspective on the world, and what it means for global politics as populism remains on the rise and division and discord are sewn as the norm.

Donald Trump and Boris Johnson are two of the most powerful political leaders on the planet, but they are also two people who could not be more alike, sharing not just personality profiles but also how they are so apart from the needs and wants from the rest of the societies they seek to represent.

Both are mendacious, hypocritical and have a terrible record in delivering

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any meaningful results.

JOHNSON VS TRUMP Let us start with the physical and psychological.

Both are fake blonds, have an inflated ego and sense of ability that is rarely if ever proven. Their prolific womanizing suggests a sense of prowess from which they draw their appeal among fellow members of the alpha male species who regard such behavior as perfectly normal. Such men occupy a narrow band of organizations and institutions, but they do so expectantly and in anticipation of “some richly-deserved prize” for their “natural abilities.” They regard such activities as “sport.”

It suggests a degree of empty-headedness served by narcissism.

This perspective on ex-

Both men have a history of erecting huge architectural edifices , signaling their greatness in failed experiments

clusivism of a particular kind elides directly into racism, with comments from Johnson referring to “watermelon smiles on piccaninnies” to Trump’s glowing to the chants of “send her back.” Both men have a history of erecting huge architectural edifices, signaling their greatness in failed experiments that only

leave the smell of overambition in the air, with the public footing the bill in the case of Johnson as mayor of London.

Concerning the economy, there are other parallels to draw upon. Both are protectionist, isolationist and inward-looking in relation to trade and investment. This line of thinking is meant to appease a voting base that has increasingly been disenfranchised by the political and economic realities of the last few decades. Chiefly since the further advance of neoliberal globalization, which accelerated after the end of the Cold War but precipitated the emergence of polarized economies and societies.

Populism acts to misdirect the fury of the populous away from the fail-

ures of centrally-determined policy and toward “the other” at home and abroad. In both settings, there is no sense of history — or rather deeply selective readings of history. It is the complete antithesis of what the world needs.

Leadership within two of the most influential countries in the world just went rogue. In Johnson and Trump, the world sees two peas from the same pod — populist, replete with bluster, narcissism and nepotism, and while vain they are vacuous too.

Neither inspires any degree of confidence, only despair and dissent.

They are both the symptoms of course as they reflect all that is wrong with the two-party system.

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six months, compared to 43.8% at control sites. In addition to these two studies, in partnership with Kenya’s Ministry of Health, we conducted an exercise across the country to get insights into what communities thought was the best way to implement the Baby Friendly Community Initiative and what the role of different stakeholders – like fathers, grandmothers, community leaders, traditional birth attendants and community health volunteers – should be.

The key lesson was that consistently supporting mothers to breastfeed through homebased personalised care worked. This was partly because the health workers came from their community and so the women trusted them more.

The health workers were also more accessible than other health care providers, like hospital nurses.

When it came to the role of the different stakeholders, the community suggested that fathers and other key influencers of infant feeding – like grandmothers, traditional birth attendants, and community leaders – should be involved in implementing the initiative.

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TWEET Subramanian Swamy @Swamy39 Why is the Tetra Trucks corruption matter in which CBI had registered a case but after BJP came to power filed closure? Trial Court has not agreed and wants Defence Ministry file an affidavit. The main accused now dead seems to have patrons in high place as neighbour!

Dharmendra Pradhan @dpradhanbjp #ModiGovt is committed towards clean energy, which extends beyond electricity. #PMUY has transformed the lives of more than 7.5 crore poor households by ensuring access to clean cooking fuel. This has resulted in increasing the LPG penetration to 95% as against 56% in May 2014.

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‘Passing UAPA Amendment Bill will be a monumental error’

Govt’s move to pass the Bill does not raise the esteem of Parliament, Chidu said New Delhi: Former Home Minister P Chidambaram termed "unconstitutional" the amendment brought in the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act to designate a person as a terrorist and said it will be struck down in the court of law as it violates an individual's liberty.

Participating in a debate on the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2019 in Rajya Sabha, the senior Congress leader urged the government to refer the Bill to the Select Committee for further scrutiny and take suggestions from eminent legal experts for its constitutionality before being passed by the House. He said

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Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram speaks at Rajya Sabha in New Delhi on Friday.

it will be a "monumental error" if the Bill is passed as it would not stop here, indicating that the issue will be taken up in the Supreme Court.

"Let me caution you ...this will be struck

down. Instead of listening to us here and making the necessary correction, you are forcing us to go about a kilometre away to another building and present it to another set of eminent gentlemen to

strike it down," he said. He said the government's move to pass the Bill does not raise the esteem of Parliament as it was doing something which is "hopelessly unconstitutional".

"You know that...I know that...it is unconstitutional.

We don't have the courage to admit our error and say this is unconstitutional. Let us not go forward. At least stop here.

—PTI

‘We lost Indira, but never compromised on terror’

Cong Prez no more a Jallianwala Bagh trustee: Amendment Bill

New Delhi: Asserting that Congress never compromised on terrorism, senior party leader Digvijaya Singh attacked the BJP for faltering with national security by releasing JeM chief Masood Azhar in 1999 in Afghanistan.

While discussing the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2019 in the Parliament, Singh said, “We doubt their (BJP) intent. Congress never compromised on terrorism that is why we had brought this law. “We

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha passed a Bill which seeks to do away with the automatic nomination of Congress President as trustee of the Jallianwala Bagh Memorial trust as the party staged a walkout in protest.

The Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial (Amendment) Bill, 2019 was moved

by Culture Minister Prahlad Singh Patel, who said there should not be politicisation of institutions but their nationalisation.

In this country, the level of trust has gone down. You are creating differences among Hindu and Muslims. We do not believe you at all.

—Digvijaya Singh, Senior Congress leader

lost Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and Beant Singh. But, we never compromised on terrorism,” he said. —ANI

Relief for NGOs that failed to file tax returns New Delhi: The government gave a onetime exemption to NGOs, whose Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act registrations were cancelled for not filing annual returns, to apply for registration within three months, a move which may benefit hundreds of organisations.It has been further decided that for uploading missing annual returns on the FCRA Portal, no penalty will be imposed, according to a Home Ministry order.

The exemption is a one-time measure and available only to those associations whose certificates have been cancelled only because of non-filing of annual returns, the order said.

Earlier, many associations had applied afresh for registration.

—PTI

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Tobacco products banned inside Jagannath temple

The ban has been imposed to ensure cleanliness in the temple.

Bhubaneswar: The ban on betel leaves and tobacco products, including gutkha, inside the Jagannath temple in Puri came into effect recently.

As per the new rule, a devotee found with any of these prohibited items inside the premises of the 12th-century shrine in Odisha will have to shell out 500 as a penalty, Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) chief administrator P K Mohapatra said.

According to an official, the ban came into

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force after a decision was taken during an SJTA meeting. This has been done to ensure cleanliness in the temple.The ban is being strictly enforced and proper arrangements have been made to ensure the same.

—PTI

INVOKING LORD SHIVA...

The Bill was moved by Culture Minister Prahlad Singh Patel.

While Congress member Gurjeet Singh Aujla accused the BJP and organisations linked to it of not having had a role in the freedom struggle, Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur

Badal hit back at the Congress and raked up the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Opposing the Bill, Ahuja said, “Why are we wasting useful parliament time in rewriting history? Let’s proceed.”

—ANI

Devotees make Shiv Linga with Rudraksh (prayer beads) at Kantheriya Hanuman Temple in Surat on Friday.

—PHOTO BY ANI

‘Ravish’ing journo wins 2019 Magsaysay Award Four state boards to curb pollution NATIONAL MISSION FOR CLEAN GANGA

Manila: Indian journalist Ravish Kumar was awarded this year’s Ramon Magsaysay Award, regarded as the Asian version of the Nobel Prize.

Kumar, 44, who is NDTV India’s senior executive editor is one of India’s most influential TV journalists, the award citation said. He is among five individuals who were declared winners of the award.

Kumar’s “Prime Time” programme “deals with real-life, under-reported problems of ordinary people,” it added. “If

you have become the voice of the people, you are a journalist,” the citation added.

Established in 1957, the Ramon Magsaysay Award is Asia’s highest honour. It celebrates the memory and leadership example of the

SARAVANA BHAVAN TO PAY `1.10 LAKH TO SC LAWYER Chennai: A consumer disputes forum has directed popular south Indian chain of restaurants Saravana Bhavan to pay Rs. 1.10 lakh to a SC advocate as compensation for alleged deficiency in serving food to him.The recent order issued by the Tamil Nadu State Consumer Disputes Reddressal Commission

directed the hotel to pay Rs one lakh as "compensation for mental agony" suffered by the complainant SK Saamy, SK Saamy prayed for a total compensation of Rs. 90 lakh "for ill-health, severe mental agony faced from "food poisoning" in October 2014, after he consumed food at hotel’s Anna Salai outlet.

third Philippine president after whom the award is named, and is given every year to individuals or organisations in Asia who manifest selfless service that ruled the life of the late and beloved Filipino leader.

—PTI

New Delhi: Taking strict note of effluent and industrial waste being discharged into the Ganga river, the CPCB has directed four state pollution control boards to take action on units, including closing them, if they don't comply with environmental norms.

In separate letters to the chairmen of the Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Bihar pollution control boards, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has directed them to process reports of inspections within 15 days. It said action, in-

LIFE IN VADODARA LIMPS BACK TO NORMALCY AFTER RAIN Vadodara: Life in Vadodara was seen limping back to normalcy after torrential rains had caused a flood-like situation in the city.

NDRF teams were seen carrying out rescue operations in various localities. NDRF Inspector Suryakant Kumar,

said, “ We rescued over 350 people from different localities.” CM Vijay Rupani had called a high-level meeting in Gandhinagar to review the situation in Vadodara city. He had announced deployment of five more NDRF teams in the city.

GRAVE ISSUE

Over 400 grossly polluted industries have been inspected till now.

cluding closure of industries violating norms, will be taken within 15 days of submission of the inspection reports.

These inspections were carried out by technical institutions or under joint initiatives between them and

DOCTORS PROTEST AGAINST FACULTY ASSOCIATION OF AIIMS New Delhi: Resident doctors protested against the Faculty Association of All India Institutes of Medical Sciences alleging that they are not taking a stand on National Medical Commission Bill 2019.

The doctors on Thursday had staged a strike in

AIIMS, against the NMC Bill. Resident Doctors Association also observed a oneday strike across the nation against provisions of NMC Bill. RDA has stated that this proposed Bill will increase corruption and decrease autonomy in medicine.

the state boards.

The CPCB said till now, over 400 grossly polluted industries (GPIs) have been in-

spected, but "very few" reports were submitted to the state boards by institutions such as the IITs, Jamia Milia Islamia, Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology and 12 others.

"Industries like chemical, distillery, sugar, pulp and paper, textile, slaughter house, bleaching, food and dairy located in states of Uttarakhand, UP, WB & Bihar have been discharging effluent directly or indirectly into the Ganga through drains or tributaries which cause adverse effect on the water quality of the river.

—Agencies

RASOOLAN BIBI, WIDOW OF 1965 WAR HERO ABDUL HAMID, DIES Ghazipur: Rasoolan Bibi, widow of 1965 Indo-Pak war hero and Param Vir Chakra awardee Abdul Hamid, passed away in her native Dhamupur village on Friday afternoon. Company Quartermaster Havaldar Abdul Hamid

was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India’s highest military honour, for displaying exemplary courage during the 1965 Indo-Pak war.

Family sources said 90-year-old Rasoolan Bibi had been unwell for some time.

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BRIEF US withdraws from INF treaty Washington: The United States on Friday officially withdrew from the landmark arms control treaty with Russia.

Russia has also confirmed the termination of Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force Treaty.

“On 2 August 2019 the Treaty between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States of America on the elimination of their medium-range and short-range missiles, signed in Washington on 8 December 1987, was terminated at the initiative of the American side”, Russian Foreign Ministry said in a —ANI statement.

Pak inflation hits double digit mark Islamabad: Inflation in Pakistan entered the double-digit mark in July, the biggest surge in nearly six years. Inflation, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose to 10.34 per cent in July from 8.9 per cent the previous month, Dawn reported quoting the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. In July last year, inflation stood at 5.84 per cent.

The hike in prices of petroleum products over the past few months, followed by an increase in electricity and gas tariffs fuelled the total inflation. —ANI

Quake hits Sumatra coast Jakarta: Indonesian authorities issued a tsunami warning after a strong earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale rattled off the coast of Sumatra and Java on late Friday evening. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the epicentre of the quake, which occurred at around 12:03 (UTC), was registered at a depth of 42.8 kilometres, south-west of Tugu Hilir, in the province of Banten, on the island of Java. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. —ANI

Guinea supports India’s membership at UNSC Conakry: Guinea on Friday expressed its support for India’s candidacy as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for the term 2021-2022.

The decision was expressed during the delegation-level talks held between India and Guinea during President Ram Nath Kovind’s first visit to the West African nation.

India also extended a new Line of Credit amounting to USD 170 million for a water supply project in Conakry during the talks. Apart from this, the two sides also signed three Memoranda of Understanding (MoU).

“India and Guinea sign three MoUs -- cooperation in the field of the traditional system of medicine and homoeopathy; renewable energy; and for participation in the e-VidyaBharati and e-AarogyaBharat (e-VBAB) Network Project,” the President of India tweeted.

Both sides also reaffirmed their commitment to reformed multilateralism and for com-

President Ram Nath Kovind shakes hands with his Guinean counterpart Alpha Condé during a delegation level meeting in Conakry on Friday.

—PHOTO BY PTI

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prehensive reforms of the UN Security Council during the bilateral.

“India and Guinea expressed their support for the implementation of the Paris Agreement

(COP21) and reaffirmed their commitment to promote renewable energy through the International Solar Alliance (ISA) and the African Renewable Energy Initi-

Washington: Al Qaeda’s Hamza bin Laden was very threatening to the US, President Donald Trump said as he refrained from making any comment on news reports about the death of Osama bin Laden’s son.

“I can’t comment about that. But he was very threatening to our country. He was saying very bad things about our country,” Donald Trump told reporters at the White House when asked if US had any role in the death of Hamza bin Laden.

The US media on Wednesday, quoting unnamed officials, reported that Hamza bin Laden was killed during the first two years of the Trump administration.

There has been no official confirmation of it from the United States.

“If confirmed, his death represents another blow to Al Qaeda, whose ranks were hollowed out by relentless American attacks and by the rise of ISIS,” said local media, which was the first US publication to report about it. —PTI

Indian-origin doc crowned

Miss England  23-year-old Indianorigin doctor Bhasha Mukherjee has been crowned Miss England after fending off competition from dozens of other models

 As winner of Miss England, she will be entered into the Miss World contest and will also bag a holiday to Mauritius

 Mukherjee was born in India. Her family relocated to the UK when she was nine. She holds two different medical degrees, has an IQ of 146, making her officially a ‘genius’ and is fluent in five languages  She was due to start her new job as a junior doctor in a hospital in Boston, Lincolnshire, just hours after the Miss England final ended on Thursday evening  She went onto complete two bachelor degrees in medical sciences and medicine and surgery from the University of Nottingham

EAM Jaishankar holds series of bilateral meetings at ASEAN

Saudi Arabia allows women to travel without male approval Riyadh: Saudi Arabia will allow women to obtain passports and travel abroad without approval from a male “guardian”, the government said ending a longstanding restriction that drew heavy international criticism.

“A passport will be granted to any Saudi national who submits an application,” said a government ruling published in the official gazette Umm Al Qura.

The regulation will be applicable to women over the age of 21. Women in the kingdom have long required permission from their male

US TO IMPOSE ADDN 10% TARIFF ON CHINESE GOODS: TRUMP Washington: US will impose an additional 10 per cent tariff on the remaining USD 300 billion worth of Chinese goods, effective from September 1, President Donald Trump announced. Trump noted that new tariffs would be in addition to 25 per cent tariff that has already been imposed by US on USD 250 billion of

ative,” President added.

“Both the leaders expressed the hope that the opening of India’s diplomatic mission in Conakry will further enhance and strengthen the bilateral cooperation. They also agreed to the holding of the first session of the IndiaGuinea Joint Commission, at Ministerial level, at an early date,” the Ministry of External Affairs stated in an official release.

—ANI

‘Hamza bin Laden was a threat to US’

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imports. “Trade talks are continuing, and during the talks the U.S. will start, on September 1st, putting a small additional Tariff of 10% on the remaining 300 Billion Dollars of goods and products coming from China into our Country. This does not include the 250 Billion Dollars already Tariffed at 25%,” he added.

LEGAL MINORS

“guardians” -- husband, father and other male relatives -- to marry, renew their passports or exit the country.

Women’s rights activists have campaigned for decades against the guardianship system, which renders women

as legal minors for their entire lives.

The decision comes amid a wide-ranging liberalisation drive spearheaded by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that is aimed at transforming the conservative petro-state, long criticised for its treatment of women.

His reforms include the much-celebrated decision overturning the world’s only ban on female motorists in June last year, allowing women to attend soccer games and take on jobs that once fell outside the narrow confines of traditional gender roles.

—PTI

JAPAN DROPS SOUTH KOREA FROM ‘WHITE LIST’ Tokyo: A Japan on Friday dropped South Korea as its preferred trading partner amid escalating trade tensions between the two neighbouring countries. The decision to remove South Korea from its “white list” of trusted trading

partners would mean that Japanese exports to South Korea now require additional screening to make sure they are not used for making weapons and military applications. The new restriction will go into effect from August 28.

Bangkok: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday held a series of bilateral meetings here with his counterparts from Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Mongolia, Timor Leste and Bangladesh during which he discussed a host of key issues, including the fight against terrorism.

“Good start to second day; strong traditional friendship stands reaffirmed #VietNam @ FMPhamBinhMinh,” Jaishankar tweeted.

The foreign minister held talks with his Mongolian counterpart Damdin Tsogtbaatar and discussed a range of issues of mutual interest. “Working on advancing our comprehensive engagement with ‘third neighbour’ & Strategic Partner #Mongolia @TsogtbaatarD,” he tweeted.

He also had a meeting with his Bangladeshi counterpart Dr AK Abdul Momen and highlighted India’s “neighbourhood first” policy.

—PTI

TWEET S Jaishankar @DrSJaishankar Good start to second day; strong traditional friendship stands reaffirmed #VietNam @FMPhamBinhMinh

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar meets Foreign Minister of Timor Leste, HE Dionisio Babo Soares in Bangkok on Friday.

Multiple explosions rattle Thailand capital during summit, wounding four Bangkok: Several small bombs exploded across Bangkok on Friday, rattling the Thai capital as it hosted a regional summit and leaving four people wounded but not disrupting the diplomatic event.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha blamed the bombs on “ill-intended people inciting violence” to “destroy peace and the country’s im-

IBM FIRED OLDER STAFF TO LOOK COOL & TENDY, CLAIMS LAWSUIT San Francisco: In a startling revelation, a senior IBM employee has deposed in an on-going age discrimination lawsuit that the company has fired as many as 100,000 employees in the last few years in an effort to look cool and trendy for millennials like Amazon and Google. According to The Registrar, in the lawsuit

An important neighbour, a valuable friend.

Warm meeting with FM @MFA_SriLanka Tilak Marapana. Reiterated our strong support in the fight against terrorism

hearing in case filed by lawyers on behalf of exIBM salesman Jonathan Langley, a one-time HR vice president Alan Wild reportedly testified “that 50,000 to 100,000 Big Blue staff have been axed in the past five years”.

Young people replaced axed staff at IBM to look young, as is the case with several tech giants.

Thai investigators cordon-off an area in which an explosion injured people in Bangkok on Friday.

age”, while top ASEAN diplomats and their US

and Chinese counterparts are in town. —PTI

YEMEN: DEATH TOLL IN TWIN ATTACKS RISES TO 49 Aden: The death toll in the twin attacks targetting Yemeni military forces in country’s southern province of Aden on Thursday has risen to 49, Interior Ministry said. 36 newly recruited army soldiers were killed in the missile attack

carried out by Houthi rebels on a military camp in the Buraiga district. The attack had also claimed the life of the commander of the support forces, Brigadier Munir Al Yafi.

13 security soldiers died in a suicide car bombing.

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BRIEF ‘Should sweaters have numbers’ New Delhi: The introduction of names and numbers on Test jerseys received a mixed response - some in favour while others against it. Another reaction popped up when India bowling all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin asked netizens whether the sweaters have numbers on them —ANI as well.

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BLUE ARMY READY TO ATTACK Rohit leads the run-scorer’s list in T20Is with 2331 runs

Virat Kohli is 2nd on the list behind NZ’s Martin Guptill

India take on Windies in the 1st T20I of a 3-match series

Wolves thrash Winnipeg Hawks New Delhi: Brampton Wolves defeated Winnipeg Hawks by seven wickets in the ongoing Global T20 Canada on Thursday. Wolves have now moved to the top spot in the tournament standings whereas Hawks are placed at the —ANI third position.

Florida: After their heartbreaking defeat in the World Cup 2019 semi-finals against New Zealand, India will begin their preparations for the T20 showpiece event with a threematch series against the West Indies beginning on Saturday.

As captain Virat Kohli pointed out before leaving for the Caribbean tour, the main objective of the T20s and the subsequent ODI series against the West Indies is to try out the fringe players who are on selectors’ mind.

Kohli was expected to be rested for the limited-overs leg of the tour but a full strength squad has been picked barring the absence of star pacer Jasprit Bumrah who will join the side ahead of the Test series beginning August 22. All-rounder Hardik Pandya has been rested for the entire tour. It will be a crucial couple of weeks for Shreyas Iyer and Manish Pandey, who are back in the mix after being sidelined from India’s 50-over World Cup plans.

—PTI

Neeraj stuns world champion New Delhi: Reigning India Open gold medallist Neeraj stunned 2016 World Champion Alessia Mesiano to enter the final of the Magomed Salam Umakhanov Memorial International Boxing Tournament in Kaspiysk, Russia on —PTI Friday.

Fahad defeats top seed Ranjeet Chennai: Mohammed Fahad defeated top-seed V M Ranjeet 6-3, 6-3 to reach the singles final of the eNoah-iSolution AITA men’s tennis tournament organised by MPTA on Thursday. In the final, he will meet Gujarat lad Megh Bharghav K Patel, whogot the better of qualifier Rishabh Dev Raman 2-6, 6-2, 6-1. —PTI

Adarsh wins 2 golds in shooting New Delhi: Young Adarsh Singh outclassed his rivals in the Sardar Sajjan Singh Sethi Memorial Masters shooting competition, winning the gold medal in both the men and junior 25m rapid fire —PTI pistol event.

Gaurav, Govind enter semis New Delhi: Commonwealth Games gold medallist Gaurav Solanki and 2019 India Open silver medallist Govind Sahani assured two more medals for India by entering the semi-finals of the Magomed Salam Umakhanov Memorial International Boxing Tournament in —PTI Russia.

India wins bronze after 7 yrs in race New Delhi: Seven years after India missed a podium place at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup in Russia, the country was on Friday handed a bronze medal upgrade following disqualification of a member of the secondplaced Ukrainian team for dope violation. —PTI

Virat Kohli captioned the photo ‘SQUAD’ on Twitter and fans questioned why Rohit Sharma was not a part of it when Kohli himself had rubbished the rumours of rift.

T20I SERIES SCHEDULE Ist, August 3 (Today) Fort Lauderhill, Florida, 10:30 AM local

ODI SERIES SCHEDULE

2nd, August 4 (Sunday) Fort Lauderhill, Florida, 10:30 AM local

3rd, August 6 (Monday) Providence Stadium, Guyana, 10:30 AM local

SQUAD FOR 3 T20IS India: Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma (VC), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant (WK), Krunal Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Rahul Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini.

West Indies: John Campbell, Evin Lewis, Shimron Hetmyer, Nicolas Pooran, Kieron Pollard, Rovman Powell, Carlos Brathwaite (c), Keemo Paul, Sunil Narine, Sheldon Cottrell, Oshane Thomas, Anthony Bramble, Andre Russell, Khary Pierre.

Ist ODI, August 8 (Thursday) Providence Stadium, Guyana, 7 PM IST (09:30 AM local) 2nd ODI, August 11 (Sunday) Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad, 7 PM IST (09:30 AM local) 3rd ODI, August 14 (Wednesday) Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad, 09:30 AM local

Satwiksairaj, Chirag reach men’s doubles semi-final Bangkok: India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty qualified for the men’s doubles semifinals after registering a hardfought win over qualifiers Choi Solgyu and Seo Seung Jae of Korea at the Thaliand Open here on Friday.

The unseeded Indian combination fought valiantly for exactly an hour to get the better of their Korean rivals 2117 17-21 21-19 in a quarterfinal duel.

The win was Rankireddy and Shetty’s maiden win over the Korean pair.

The 16th-ranked Indians will play against another Korean pair of Ko Sung Hyun and Shin

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty.

Baek Cheol in the semifinals on Saturday.

Later in the day, B Sai Praneeth will be up against seventh seed Kanta Tsuneyama of Japan in the men’s singles quarterfinals,

while Rankireddy will combine with Ashwini Ponnappa to play against third seed Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino of Japan in the last-eight round of the mixed doubles.

—PTI

Squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma (VC), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kedar Jadhav, Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Navdeep Saini

TEST SERIES SCHEDULE Ist, August 22-26 (Thu-Mon) Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua, 09:30 AM local 2nd, August 30September 03 (Fri-Tue) Sabina Park, Jamaica, 09:30 AM local Squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), Ajinkya Rahane (VC), Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul, C Pujara, Hanuma Vihari, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant (WK) Wriddhiman Saha (WK), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav

Former captain Sourav Ganguly said he aspires to be India’s cricket coach some time in future but has no plan in the highprofile position as of now

Udaipur: Under the aegis of Rajasthan Badminton Association, a tournament will be held at Luv-Kush Badminton Stadium in Udaipur from August 6 to 11.

About 600 applications have been received, out of which, 300 men and 120 women will take part in qualifying matches. The qualifiers will begin on August 6, followed by main draw on August 8. The tournament matches will feature in various categories - Men’s Singles & Doubles, Women’s Singles & Doubles, & mixed doubles, along with singles, doubles & mixed doubles of boys & girls in 19 years age group.

Edgbaston: England pacer Stuart Broad reached the milestone of 100 Test wickets against Australia on Thursday and achieved the feat on day 1 of Ashes Test at Edgbaston.

The 33-year-old pacer scalped five wickets against Australia. He dismissed David Warner, Cameron Bancroft, Steven Smith, Tim Paine and James Pattinson. Broad ended up with the bowling figures of 5-86 and by dismissing Smith, he brought up the milestone of 100 wickets. He is the 19th bowler to reach the landmark.

The England speedster Stuart Broad picks his all-time Ashes XI.

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mer captain said.

The 47-year-old is the CAB president, besides being associated with Delhi Capitals as the

team Advisor.

“I will definitely put my hat at some stage.

Provided I get selected.

But definitely I’m inter-

As India and WI gear up to take on each other in the T20I series, Rohit Sharma would be looking to become the batsman with the most sixes in the shortest format of the game. Sharma currently has 102 sixes to his credit & needs 4 more to dethrone Windies batsman Chris Gayle from the top spot. Rohit is currently the highest run-scorer in T20Is and holds the record for the most number of centuries in the T20I format.

Naresh Sharma

‘Definitely, one day I want to become India coach’ Kolkata: The hunt is on for the new India coach with incumbent Ravi Shastri’s tenure coming to an end with the conclusion of the tour of the West Indies.

Ganguly said he’s definitely interested in the India coach’s job but not at the moment as his plate is full.

“Definitely, I’m interested but not at this point of time. Let one more phase go then I will throw my name into the fray,” the for-

Rohit just 4 sixes away from breaking Chris Gayle’s record

Broad reaches milestone of 100 wickets against Aus

Badminton tournament from August 6 to 11

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Team India during the practise session ahead of their first match against West Indies in Central Broward Regional Park Florida.

ested. Not now but in the future,” he said .

One of the most successful Indian cricket captains, Ganguly was

the chairman of the previous Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC), which picked Shastri as the India coach last time.

“Ultimately I don’t know what the panel will decide. They have been around for a while.

We will see how long the term the coach will give. Not many names have applied for.”

The former left-hander however refused to comment on Shastri’s tenure.

—PTI

Stuart Broad picked 5 wickets and got rid of Smith for 144.

Smith smashed 24th Test hundred Australian batsman Steven Smith became the second-fastest batsman to register 24 centuries in the Test format. He achieved the

feat during the first innings of the first Ashes Test match against England. He recorded his 24th century in 118th innings & went past Kohli who had achieved the feat in 123 innings.

ATP Washington Open: Top seed Tsitsipas in QF Washington: World number six Stefanos Tsitsipas struggled late but advanced to the ATP Washington Open quarter-finals by defeating Australia’s Jordan Thompson 6-3, 7-6 (7/4).

The 20-year-old Greek top seed took the only break of the match to claim the first set and after some tense moments won the tiebreaker when Thompson netted a forehand after 99 minutes at the US Open hardcourt tune-up event.

In the quarter-finals, Tsitsipas will meet French 10th seed Benoit Paire, who ousted US fifth seed John Isner 7-6 (7/3), 6-3. Stefanos Tsitsipas seeks his fourth career ATP title after crowns last October in Stockholm.

—Agencies

Congratulations to Parbati Sethi for her stellar performances at the European Masters Game 2019. Clinching a Silver in Discus Throw and a Bronze in Shot Put, this daughter of Odisha has made the entire nation proud. —Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister

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US PRESIDENT AGAIN BLOWS KASHMIR TRUMPET, SAYS READY TO MEDIATE India: Only bilateral discussion on issue

Trump is ready if both countries wanted him to solve the matter Washington: US President Donald Trump on Thursday has reiterated his offer to mediate between India and Pakistan on the Kashmir issue but said this time that it is up to New Delhi and Islamabad to decide on mediation and that he is ready to assist if both the neighbouring countries wanted him to solve the matter.

Trump’s remarks comes days after his comment on Kashmir caused a stir in New Delhi. He claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had asked him to act as a mediator between India and Pakistan to resolve the Kashmir Issue. However, India categorically denied that such a request was ever made by Modi and clarified that Kashmir is a bilateral issue between New Del-

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Sentimental victory for people of Raj Then Delhi government was given the Udaipur House for the purpose of its works.

After Rajasthan was formed, its ownership was given to government of Rajasthan. Since then, the dispute was going on regarding this property.

After the Memorandum of Understanding clears all hurdles, the General Administration Department (GAD) will take control of the said property in New Delhi and later it could possibly be developed on the lines of Bikaner House.

WAITING FOR THE GREEN SIGNAL! US President Donald Trump.

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hi and Islamabad.

“It is really up to PM Modi. And I met with Prime Minister [Imran] Khan; I got along great.

I think they are fantastic people, Khan and Modi. I mean I would imagine they can get along very well,”

Trump said while responding to a question on India not accepting his offer of mediation on Kashmir.

“If I can -- if they wanted me to, I would certainly intervene. If they wanted somebody to intervene (on Kashmir issue) or to help them... and I spoke with Pakistan about that, and I spoke, frankly, to India about it. But that’s been going on, that battle, for a long time,” he added. —ANI

Bangkok: Rejecting any mediation by US President Donald Trump on Kashmir, India on Friday made it clear to America that any discussion on the issue, if at all warranted, will only be with Pakistan and only bilaterally.

Jaishankar who met US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Bangkok on the sidelines of the 9th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers meeting conveyed India’s stand that any discussion on the Kashmir

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar talks with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo before the East Asia Summit meeting.

BJP-RSS to hold meeting in Pushkar

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From left: Higher Education Minister Bhanwar Singh Bhati, UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal, Jagdeesh Chandra, PHED Minister BD Kalla and Senior Editor First India News Sayad Umer at Jal Shakti Abhiyan, a knowledge conference on water conservation organised by First India group at Hotel Clarks Amer. The conference aimed to discuss water shortage and its conservation in the state. An interactive panel discussion was held with experts at the venue along with a presentation on water conservation and its correct utilisation.

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India seeks unimpeded consular access This came shortly after Pakistan had announced to grant consular access to Jadhav who is on death row in the country

New Delhi: India has asked Pakistan for “unimpeded” consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav, an Indian national on death row in a jail there on alleged spying charges.

“Pakistan has been asked yesterday to provide unimpeded consular access to Shri Kulbhushan Jadhav, in an environment free from the fear of intimidation and reprisal, in the light of the orders of

the ICJ. Their response is now awaited,” sources said. India had said that the proposal sent by Pakistan to grant consular access to the Indian national was being evaluated as per the guidelines provided by the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

“We have received a propos-

al from Pakistan. We are evaluating the proposal in the light of ICJ judgment. We will maintain communication with Pakistan in this matter through diplomatic channels,” Ministry of External Affairs s p o ke s p e rson Raveesh Kumar had said in the weekly

TWEETS Ashok Gehlot @ashokgehlot51 India has slipped to 7th place in the global GDP rankings in 2018, according to World Bank. Govt fails to even acknowledge there is any problem.

One more bad news under NDA, Indian railways planning massive lay offs.. three lakh employees will be hived off.

Govt failed to generate employment in its first term, now it is going to cut jobs too...

Only reports that are coming of state of economy are of scale down, redundancies, drop in sales.... now car sales are going down as consumer spending has shrunk. Worsening scenario ahead, but the govt is busy humming, good days are here, tune.

India’s core infrastructure sector growth is at its slowest pace in four years.

Core industries are growing at a negligible 0.2%, which would lead to a further slowdown, yet there is no urgency on part of govt to rectify the situation.

HC seeks advice on eco task force for sanctuaries

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issue would be between India and Pakistan only.

“Held wide ranging discussions with @SecPompeo on regional issues,” Jaishankar tweeted after his meeting with his American counterpart.

“Have conveyed to American counterpart @SecPompeo this morning in clear terms that any discussion on Kashmir, if at all warranted, will only be with Pakistan and only bilaterally,” he said in another tweet. —PTI

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briefing.

This came shortly after Pakistan had announced to grant consular access to Jadhav, who is on death row in the country and is at present lodged in a jail there.

“The proposal sent by Pakistan is being evaluated by us as per guidelines given by ICJ. Whatever response is to be sent will be given by us timely through diplomatic channels,” spokesperson added. —ANI

Ajmer: After BJP’s historic victory in the Lok Sabha elections and Narendra Modi’s second term as Prime Minister, the important coordination meeting between the RSS and the BJP will be held at Maheshwari Dharamshala in Pushkar from September 7 to 9.

More than 350 people are expected to be present during 3-day meet in Ajmer. RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat, Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP Working President JP Nadda and BJP National General Secretary (organisation) BL Santosh will be present at the meeting.

First India News Jaipur: In the Sariska, Ranthambore and Munkudra habitats of the state, eco task force can be formed for protection and conservation of wildlife. Rajasthan High Court has sought written suggestion in this case from all the parties, including State Government, NTCA and Nyay Mitra. Besides this, Rajasthan HC has reserved decision after hearing of all the parties on a PIL filed after taking suomoto cognizance.

The division bench of Justice Mohammad Rafiq and Justice Narendra Singh Dhadda has shown seriousness in the issue pertaining to poaching of wild animals. Providing its reply on report filed by Nyay Maitra Pradeep Choudhary, appointed by the HC, State Government informed Court that a total of 1024 posts of forest guard are lying vacant.

3 OUT OF 25 VILLAGES SHIFT The state government said that there are 25 villages in all habitat areas, whose shifting work is being done. At present, government has already shifted three villages, the same process is being undertaken for six others.

5 GPS IDS INSTALLED ON TIGERS On behalf of NTCA, Additional Solicitor General RD Rastogi told the court that Tiger project is being operated in the state since 1973. Instead of the heavy radio collars being used till now, the NTCA has started use of lighter android based GPS collars.

ECO TASK FORCE LIKE STF Discussions regarding formation of Eco Task Force were made on the lines of STF. Justice Pradip Chaudhary suggested the Central Government to set up this task force separately.

Anuj Agarwal gets added charge of Interim Chief AAI First India News Jaipur: Anuj Agarwal, Member, (HR) Airport Authority of India (AAI) has been given additional charge of Interim Chairman Airport Authority of India.

He will hold the charge for a period of three months or till the next orders are issued.

Anuj Agarwal was the Director of Jaipur Airport from 2006 to 2010.

He has also served as Airport Di-

Anuj Agarwal

rector of Goa Airport and Ahmedabad Airport. He is an Engineering Graduate from BITS Pilani. He is credited with more than 30 years of rich experience in the

field of Airport Engineering, Operations Management and HR. Agarwal has also been instrumental in development of select airports through PPP under direct supervision of Ministry of Civil Aviation.

After taking over, Anuj Agarwal said, “We are committed to develop the airport infrastructure at fast pace and provide the better passenger experience at all our airports.”

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BIG B’S ‘SECOND BIRTHDAY’ It’s been over three decades since megastar Amitabh Bachchan suffered a near-fatal accident while shooting for the 1982 film ‘Coolie’. His fans and family alike still cannot forget the day when Big B regained consciousness after days in hospital.

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City First in a candid conversation with Nitesh Tiwari for his upcoming film ‘Chhichhore’ —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO

Latched to Jaipur —PHOTO BY NAIM KHAN

KIRTI CHAUHAN

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Nitesh Tiwari

NEHAL NAYAR

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ollywood’s renowned film d i r e c t o r, screenwriter, and lyricist, Nitesh Tiwari, who is known for his amazing work in movies like ‘Chillar Party’, ‘Bhootnath Returns’, ‘Kill Dill’, ‘Nil Battey Sannata’, ‘Dangal’, and ‘Bareilly Ki Barfi’, was in the Pink City on Friday for his upcoming movie ‘Chhichhore’ starring Sushant Singh Rajput, Shraddha Kapoor, Varun Sharma, Prateik Babbar, and various others. In an exclusive and candid in-

terview with City First, he spoke about his upcoming film and how it is connected to his College life.

Talking about the film,Nitesh said, “It is a movie which revolves around relationships, and a large chunk of it is around friendship- a friendship which is very real, where friends are unconditional love. A large part of it is the life I observed during my 4 years at IIT Bombay.

It was kind of an eyeopener for me, as I never expected it to be so much fun.” He also added, “A few

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NUSRAT ON VACAY!

ollywood’s most dashing villain Freddy Daruwala was in the Pink City to promote an event.

While talking to City First, Freddy shared several of his life’s experiences with us.

Freddy revealed that his career could have kick started from Jaipur in 2012 when he was shooting for his first movie ‘Sher’ with Sanjay Dutt. But unfortunately, the movie never got released.

While sharing his 50 days experience in Jaipur, he said, “I am a sucker for vintage things and I was mesmerized with the cultural and heritage beauty of Rajasthan. I am fond of Rajasthani food. My friends took me to Spice Court and I had the best Lal Maas here. I have never tasted such spicy food before in my life.”

However, Freddy clearly gives credit to the film ‘Holiday’ for getting an identity in Bollywood fraternity.

Although, he feels that he is being typecast as a villain in the industry. Talking about his roles, he said, “I am looking for the films and roles that can either stay me put or elevate me in the fraternity, but movies like

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Freddy Daruwala

I am a sucker for vintage things and I was mesmerized with the cultural and heritage beauty of Rajasthan. I am fond of Rajasthani food. My friends took me to Spice Court and I had the best Lal Maas here. I have never tasted such spicy food before in my life.

Commando or Race 3 didn’t give me much chance to showcase my talent on screen. After Holiday, I have done eight films, where I

have portrayed positively in four movies and negative character in the remaining four.

Right now, I am experimenting with myself

to see what kind of roles I can do.”

Freddy felt nostalgic while talking and remembered the boat fighting sequel of the movie ‘Holiday’, where he had to hit Akshay from the elbow and hurt his nose by mistake. “I thought he would be pissed at me because the nose is a very sensitive area, but he took it lightly saying ‘Tu naak tod dega meri’,” he added.

Not so many people know about it but actor Salman Khan calls him ‘Metro’. Sharing the reason behind it, he said, “My ‘Race 3’ character was metrosexual.

I had to shoot a fight sequel with Salman and my nail broke before that. So, I cut that off and was filing my nail. When he saw me, he shouted, ‘Ye kya metro sexual ban raha hai tu’.” He continued saying, “I don’t think so he would ever call me by my name.”

Freddy also shared two major fitness goals of this year, “I will build the best body I have ever built so far, not just internally but externally too and I want to throw a Cricket ball at more than 130/km per hour speed.”

He has already signed one web series, one Hindi and Gujarati film this year. kirti.chauhan@firstindia.co.in

After her inter-faith wedding and winning the Lok Sabha seat from the Basirhat constituency, Nusrat Jahan is currently on her honeymoon with husband Nikhil Jain at an undisclosed picturesque beach destination.

Being Royal KIDS GROOMED ROYALLY FOR A FASHION SHOW IN THE CITY —PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO

DOSTI YAARI

ACTOR FREDDY DARUWALA OPENS UP WITH CITY FIRST DURING HIS JAIPUR VISIT

Sonam Mehta with daughter Goonj posing at the event

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he two-day lifestyle exhibition and kids carnival organised by Little Explorers 2019 was culminated on Friday at Rajmahal palace. During the event, a fashion show, science workshop, clothing and accessory workshop and various gaming activities were held for kids.

A talk show was also taken by Siddharth Choudhary on diet, nutrition and lifestyle management.

Apart from that, Director Kunal V Singh interacted with the kids and took auditions of the kids for his upcoming project ‘Summer Camp Return’.

During the event, kids were seen enjoying showcasing their talent on the ramp, on the theme ‘Royal’, where they were seen dressed up in the look of royal family like Begum Hazrat Mahal, Rani Laxmi Bai, Maharani Gayatri Devi, Raja Maan Singh and more. The fashion show was judged by Director Kunal V Singh, Mrs. Asia International 2018 Anupama Soni, Dr SK Agarwal and Dr Anu Agarwal.

In the exhibition, exhibitors were seen selling handicraft items, Rakhi, Jewellery, clothing and various handmade art. kirti.chauhanfirstindia.co.in

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MILE SUR MERA TUMHARA from almost 18 states participated and precultural even- sented various cultural ing was organ- programmes. 4 IAS ofised by the par- ficers from Rajasthan are also doing inducticipants of tion training At midcareer phase 3 Mussoorie and induction namely Pawan training proArora Mahesh gramme at the Chand Sharma end of almost 4 Virender Singh weeks long Bankawat and training at Sham Lal GuLBSNAA jar , these ofMussoorie ficers from on first AuRajasthan gust. IAS also preofficers Sanjeev Arora CITY FIRST

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From Left- Pawan Arora, Mahesh Chandra Sharma, Virendra Singh Bankawat and Shyam Lal Gurjar

sented a famous Rajasthani song on the occasion and got huge

applaud. the song was related to A 12-year-old little girl Karma Bai

who was a devotee of Khatushyamji and she with her innocence and devotion pleased the Lord and made him compelled to come to the temple and eat the Bhog.

Officers from different states also presented various cultural programmes. the evening was full of colours of India the director of academy Siri Sanjeev Chopra and his wife Rashmi Chopra were the chief guest they

also participated in the evening with full enthusiasm The evening presented true Colours of India when participants of different states Sang Mile Sur Mera Tumhara song together. apart from this the family members of the officers also presented few dances and songs. everybody appreciated the spirit of Rajasthan officers, there attire and the presentation. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

Anupama Soni giving award to a participant

LISTING UPCOMING....

Refresh your friendship and celebrate the mesmerizing bundles of words in a different ways by being a part of Harf-e-bayaan 2.0.

When: August 4 Where: Squisito

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

When: August 10 Where: Fairmont Jaipur

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

When: August 15-18 Where: Birla Auditorium

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Lady Gaga

rammy-winning rapper Drake has unveiled an album, ‘Care Package’, which consists of unreleased tracks from his career.

‘Care Package’ is a collection of fan favourites from Drake’s career that were never given official release. This comes days before Drake’s

‘didn’t seem to care’

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ady Gaga’s outing in California on Tuesday made headlines as the award-winning singer was spotted on a brunch date with audio engineer Dan Horton. The two packed on the PDA as they sat at a restaurant and kissed each other quite a few times.

According to a report, scores of onlookers told the publication that Gaga and Horton seemed to be more than friends.

According to a report in Us Weekly, an eyewitness mentioned that Gaga ‘was smiling a lot and laughing’ with Horton. “She and her guy wanted to sit outside.

They didn’t seem to care that people could see them.

Everyone noticed her, but she wasn’t bothered. She looked beautiful. She was really nice,” the onlooker said.

Lady Gaga split from her fiancé Christian Carino earlier this year. And speculations were rife that she and her co-star Bradley Cooper may be romantically involved.

‘Care Package’ out now annual OVO Fest begins in his hometown of Toronto, Canada.

Drake posted about the release on Instagram, calling it “Some of our most important moments together available in one place. ‘Care Package’”.

The 17-track album is made up of songs like ‘Dreams money can buy’, ‘The motion’, ‘Trust issues’ and ‘I get lonely’.

—IANS

Drake

Ariana drops boyfriend

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Lady Gaga

THEATRE

inger Ariana Grande and singer-songwriter-producer duo Social House have dropped their new song ‘Boyfriend’.

Ariana tweeted, “#boyfriend song and video available now on all platforms #boyfriendoutnow.”

Social House, comprising Michael ‘Mikey’ Foster and Charles ‘Scootie’ Anderson, said, “We’ve always had so much fun working with Ariana, so we’re really excited for this song to finally be out in the world and for our fans to hear it! We hope everyone loves it as much as we do.”

Social House are set to release their debut EP ‘Everything Changed…’ on August 9.

—IANS

YOUR DAY

Horoscope by Saurabbh Sachdeva

IF IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAY

TAURUS

Your finances will be taken care of.

Be careful as any closeness with your friend can make your partner feel insecure which in turn can upset them. If someone has shown trust in you and has given you some responsibility, give your best because this could be the moment.

All of you who feel depressed with your current life must try hard to go ahead and make it a better one and as you want. Health wise you will see a great improvement. Keep up with your change in lifestyle. Don’t try to irritate someone.

CITY POLICE FIRE AMBULANCE DIAL 100 101 102/108

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ASSISTANCE, ON THE ROAD City Car Helpline...................... 5106046 Audi ........ 18001036800, 18002096800 BMW ............................... 18001032211 Mercedes .........................92143-62626 Ford ................................ 18001022020 Honda ............................. 18001033121 Hyundai........................... 18001024645 Maruti Suzuki ........................ 18004200 Tata Motors ..................... 18002097979 Volkswagen India ............ 18001020909 12:10, 2:45, 5:20, 7:55, 10:30 VAIBHAV: 9:45, 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 KOHINOOR CINEMA: 9:30, 12:15, 3:15, 6:15, 9:15 RAJ MANDIR CINEMA: 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30

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

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

BLOOD BANKS Mahila Chikitsalaya ................. 2610616 SDM ..............................2566251/52/53 SMS ........................................ 2560291 Swasthya Kalyan ..................... 2721771 Zanana Hospital ...... 2378721 extn 219 S K Soni Blood Bank ............... 2232410 DIAL-UP-A-DISH Dominos ................................. 6888688 Pizza Hut (MI Road) ...........4008628-30 Pizza Hut (Malviya Nagar) ..4034779-81 Pizza Republic (Raja Park) ...... 4040909 Subway ............................99281-36495 (Narain Singh Circle) Subway (Crystal Palm) ........... 5106767 Talk of the Town (MI Road) ..... 2363153 Nut Bolt (Malviya Nagar) ..98288-89999 Candles & Cuisines ..........91664-04000 Surya Mahal ...................... 9950568666 Niros Restaurant (MI Road) .... 2374493 EYE BANK Eye Bank Society 2604117, 98290-59005 EMAIL, MOBILE APP & SOFTWARE IBharat Sync Technologies 7340013507 MyXgen Technologies ....... 9828164490 HOSPITALS Apex Hospital .....................2751871-73 Bhagwan Mahaveer ................. 2700107

Bhandari Hospital.................... 2703851 Fortis Hospital ......................... 2547000 (Emergency) ........................... 2547009 Jaipuria Hospital ..... 2552034, 2551460 JK Lone ................................... 2619827 Sanjeevani Hospital ................. 2290060 Santokba Durlabhji (SDMH) .... 2566252 SMS Hospital .......................... 2560291 Soni Hospital........................... 2562028 Tongia Heart & ....................... 2370271 General Hospital Tagore Hospital ................ 6450553/554 S K Soni .................................. 2232409 HAVE FOREX, WILL TRAVEL Haldia Forex (MI Road). .......... 2372051 Thomas Cook India Ltd (Raja Park) .............................. 2360801 Pinky Forex ......................98285-19111 INTERNET SERVICES Data Infosys Limited ......... 9828015000 JAIPUR BY SIGHT Amber Fort .............................. 2530293 City Palace .............................. 4088888 Nahargarh Fort ........................ 5148044 Jaigarh Fort..............................2671848 Sisodia Garden ........................2680494 Rani Garden ............................ 2680494 Tourists, this is for you RTDC- Pink City by Night ........ 2375466 RTDC- Travel Section .............. 2200778 Tourist Information Centre ...... 5110598 Tourist Info Bureau ................. 2725708 (Airport) Tourist Info Bureau ................. 2206720 (Sindhi Camp) LPG Indane ..................................... 2771867 HP Gas .................................... 2740087 Bharat Petroleum .................... 2740688

MEDICINES 24X7 Apollo Pharmacy ............... .... 6001111 Vrindavan Medical Store ......... 5106568 (Station Road) Rungta Hospital ...................... 2522001 (Malviya Nagar) Guardian ............................4025763-65 (Durlabhji Hospital) ORDER A CAKE... & MORE Bake Hut (MI Road) .......... 9649930033 Brown Sugar ........................... 4016611 The Chocolatiere ..............93520-56222 Chocolika .........................99284-41888 Bake Home (Vaishali) .............. 2353475 Miss Bakers (C-scheme) ..98290-55688 Nibs Cafe (Lal Kothi) ........90012-89191 PAMPER THYSELF Ziva Spa (C-Scheme) .............. 4026173 Kiaora Spa (Trimurti Circle) ..... 2577588 Spandan Spa (Bapu Nagar) ..... 4002774 Kerala Ayurveda Kendra .......... 5106743 Chakrapani Ayurveda .............. 2620746 New Shine Spa .................. 7665190503 Maharshi Charak Ayurveda ..... 4017138 Style N Scissors ................9828391448 RING-A-ROSE Ferns n Petals (Tilak Nagar) .... 2622077 Bagiya (Raja Park) ..........98290-88413, Blossom (MI Road)................. 2362214 Diamond Florist (MI Road) 9314507198 Flora (Malviya Nagar) .............. 2520707 UTILITIES Call JVVNL at .......................... 2208999 JMC ........................................ 5110111 WHEELCHAIRS/OXYGEN/WALKERS...

Times Surgical ........................ 2373125 Shubra Trading........................ 2365688 Surgicare .........................98280-23232

CANCER

JUNE 22 - JULY 23

LEO

VIRGO

You will return the money that you have borrowed.

Delving into things that don’t concern you will be appreciated. Newly married couple will spend lot of time with each other.

You will have a ball of time and you will explore new places.

If you get lucky to catch someone’s attention then you can call it a huge achievement on romantic front. You may be lagging behind a bit as far as your academics are concerned therefore now is the time to move the mountains with hard work.

JULY 24 - AUGUST 23

CHILD HELPLINE HELP IN SUFFERING

APR 21 - MAY 20

MAY 21 - JUNE 21

You must always support those who stood by your side when you needed them. At home try to maintain your cool.

You may decide to go ahead with a divorce if your married life boat is at the verge of sinking and if it is abusive. You must strive the in a project.

Ariana Grande

A fantastic opportunity is waiting for you. You may spend some time sharing some goodness with the underprivileged. Your parents may buy you a vehicle as a surprise gift.

ARIES

GEMINI

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DIRECTOR: PRAKASH KOVELAMUDI CAST: RAJKUMMAR RAO, KANGANA RANAUT, JIMMY SHEIRGILL AND AMYRA DASTUR FUNSTAR TIMES SQUARE: 9:45, 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 GALAXY RIICO: 9:30, 12:15, 2:40, 5:00, 7:20, 10:00 TRITON MEGA MALL: 9:25, 12:00, 2:35, 5:10, 7:45, 8:30, 10:20 WORLD TRADE PARK: 9:10, 11:45, 2:20, 4:55, 7:30, 8:20, 10:05 CINESTAR MULTIPLEX: 9:40, 11:55, 2:30, 5:00, 7:15, 10:00 ENTERTAINMENT PARADISE: 10:00, 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:45 FIRST CINEMA: 9:00, 11:30, 2:10, 4:00, 7:00, 9:50 GOLCHA CINEMA: 10:00, 12:15, 3:15, 6:15, 9:15 CITY PLAZA: 9:30, 12:05, 2:40, 5:15, 7:50, 10:30 CRYSTAL PALM: 9:25, 12:00, 2:35, 5:10, 7:50, 10:30 ELEMENTS MALL: 9:10, 11:50, 2:25, 5:00, 7:40, 10:20 GT CENTRAL: 9:30, 12:25, 1:35, 3:00, 4:00, 5:35, 8:10, 9:45, 10:45 PINK SQUARE: 9:40, 12:15, 2:50, 5:25, 8:00, 10:35 SUNNY TRADE CENTER: 9:35, 11:20,

KAPILAKSHI MALHOTRA, ACTRESS

MAR 21 - APR 20

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JUDGEMENTALL HAI KYA

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LIBRA

You can be held accountable for the responsibility that was specially given to you so make sure to do things very attentively. You will see a regular income flowing into your life and be rest assured your finances will be all managed.

AUG 24 - SEP 23

SCORPIO

SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22

OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22

SAGITTARIUS

CAPRICORN

Homemakers will yet again win your heart by their impressive and creative ideas. Observe those who are successful and you must keep a close tab on how they manage work and life as imitating them in terms of hard work can benefit you.

Be attentive as your attempts to steer yourself to a position of advantage at work may be resisted by others but you must not loose hope.

Academically, your positive contribution in team work will be advantageous for you. Financial issue will be favourable for you.

Academically, things will turn out the way you expected after meeting your inspiration.

All the tensions related to property issues will end soon. You will feel immense joy in trying to rekindle your love life. You will meet new friends in the long journey.

NOV 23 - DEC 22

Homemakers may be tempted to buy an appliance or gadget that they don’t really need. You may good savings to work through tough times if they ever knock at your door. You may find it very difficult to give your family some of your quality time.

DEC 23 - JAN 20

AQUARIUS

PISCES

You can find yourself in a trap if you make a business deal without reading and checking all the proceedings so the best advice is to take someone reliable along . Be aware of all things that are trying to distract you in your class, a little hard work now will pay in long run.

Don’t let your mood get spoiled if things are not going as per your will. Your earning capacity will increase so you will face no problems as far as money is concerned. You may feel proud as you have been constantly supporting someone.

JAN 21 - FEB 19

FEB20 - MARCH 20

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BRAND NEW!

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Pre-launch party of the city’s finest fiesta destination, ‘HiLo- The Native Bar’, was held on Thursday with tons of laughter, foot-tapping music and delicious food.

Anushka Baid, Radhika Agarwal, Daksh Sharma and Ashlesha Ahluwalia

Kopal Batra, Rishi Miglani, Reena, Yash and Rahul Mantri

FROM PG 1

Raj Nathan, Manish, Jatin, Dheeraj Gujaran & Dheeraj Singh

BIG B CELEBRATES

‘Second Birthday’ DOSTI YAARI characters in this movie are from my personal lifethey were either my batchmates, seniors or juniors.”

Nitesh started his directorial career with ‘Chillar Party’, that fetched him 3 National Awards and the recognition and appreciation continued ever since.

On gaining so much recognition in such a short span of time, he stated, “I somewhere feel that somebody is watching over me- I feel very lucky; not everybody manages to be in this place.

I have a lot to thank for and all I can say is that I have too many well-wishers and I always try to add a lot of meaning in the work I do.”

‘Chhichhore’ is a very important film not only for the youngsters to understand the value of friendships and relationships, but is also very important for the parents to understand their children better. The trailer of the film releases on August 4, which also happens to be ‘World Friendship Day’. nehal.nayar@firstindia.co.in

—PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO

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t’s been over three decades s i n c e megastar Amitabh Bachchan suffered a near-fatal accident while shooting for the 1982 film ‘Coolie’. His fans and family alike still cannot forget the day when Big B regained consciousness after days in hospital.

Recalling that incident, Big B shared that it is the love of fans that helped him spring back in life.

“Many are they that remember this day with love and respect and with prayer.. I can only say I am blessed to have such gracious thoughts with me.. it is this love that carries me on each day.. it is a debt that I shall never be able to repay,” the veteran actor tweeted. Big B’s son and actor Abhishek

Nitesh Tiwari

—PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO

Amitabh Bachchan

Architects and their world VANSHIKHA GOUR

Anshuman Sharma, Geetanjali Kasliwal and Ayush Kasliwal

Bachchan also took to social media to celebrate his father’s “second birthday”.

“37 years ago in the Breach Candy hospital. My father was recovering from a near fatal accident on the sets of his film ‘Coolie’. Today - August 2, we celebrate his second birthday as he was miraculously revived by the doctors on this day. Happy Birthday Pa! Love you. #TrueLegendsAreBor nTwice,” Abhsishek wrote on Instagram, along with an old photograph of himself as a young boy, and his elder sister Shweta as a young girl, with his father right after his recovery.

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n Investiture Ceremony was organised by Institute of Indian Interior Designers (IIID), Jaipur Regional Chapter on Thursday night at Hotel The Lalit. The function focused on presentation on ‘Working Towards Timelessness’ by renowned Architect Hiren Patel. This was followed by the Installation Ceremony of the newly formed managing committee of IIID,

Jaipur Regional Chapter. Pratap Jadhav, National President, IIID was the Chief Guest for the event. Members of the managing committee of the Jaipur Regional Chapter of IIID who have been elected for the term 2019-21 took the oath in the presence of IIID President and other JRC Members and distinguished guests.

Architect Anshuman Sharma, the new chairperson of Jaipur Chapter of IIID, said, “The newly elected commit-

IIID JRC new managing committee

tee for the year 2019-21 has taken the charge tonight. We intend to do a lot of programs and our focus is going to be on education which is specifically about interior designing. We are also rated as the best chapter because we hosted a site which was the international symposium in interior design education in Jaipur.” cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

‘Archi’ WORLD

Nitesh Aggarwal, Rashmi Aggarwal and Anshul Modi

From Left- Aditya Singh, Ayush Jain, Devang Acharya and Mohit Bhojwani

From Left- Mahendra Sharma, Mohit Dangayach, Arihant Patawari, Tushar Jain and Saurabh Agarwal

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T Cultural event was organised by the alumni and staff members of University Maharani College, for their Platinum Jubilee Celebration.

—PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA

An orientation program, ‘Aagaz 2019’, was conducted by SKIT College to welcome the students of B.Tech first year.

—PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO

From Left- Rajniesh Duggal, Shafaq Naaz, Nazia Hussain, Pooja Bisht and Shahroz Ali Khan

—PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA

VADODRA-N talent @ JKK

A theatre workshop, ‘Chaar Deewari Aur Kahaani’ was conducted by Jairangam Theatre Lab in collaboration with Kalandar with a unique concept of ‘Theatre in a Drawing Room’.

BUZZ

A theatre workshop, ‘Chaar Deewari Aur Kahaani’ was conducted

by Jairangam Theatre Lab in collaboration with Kalandar with a unique concept of ‘Theatre in a Drawing Room’.

—PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO

From Left: Ashwini Kumar Sharma with son Abhinav Sharma, daughter in law Chhavi Sharma and wife Sunita Sharma celebrated the birth celebration of his grand daughter Alisha Sharma with family and friends at Khol ke Hanuman ji on Friday.

India’s renowned writer Nandita Om Puri and Bollywood actress Suzanne Bernert will be in the Pink City to attend the Poster Launch of the 5th edition of ‘First India-Women of The Future Awards’ on Saturday at Hotel Holiday Inn. Jagdeesh Chandra along with Mayor Vishnu Lata, ExMayor Jyoti Khandelwal, Chairperson of Rajasthan Women Commission Suman Sharma and PCC VP Archana Sharma would also be present at the event.

IN THE PINK CITY!

Gyan Vihar School organised Spic Macay in the school auditorium on Friday, where the Oddisi dancer Madhumitha Raut gave a mesmerizing performance. She was accompanied by Hari Narayan Dash (vocal), Prashant Maharana (Maradala) and Dhiraj Kumar Pandey (flute). During the event, Jayanti Raut performed on different mudras of Oddisi Dance like Chokum Stuti, Basant Pallavi under the guidance of Madhumitha Raut. Madhumitha acknowledged the students about the Indian dance and music which is an invaluable asset of our country’s rich tradition. School Principal felicitated.

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here, I make sure that I pack up at least 3 boxes with me.”

During a conversation, the producer, Shahroz Ali Khan said, “’Mushkil’ has a lot of visual and sound effects which are really ahead in terms of technology and we are looking forward to the release of this horror drama.”

Rajniesh Duggal will be next seen in ‘Khali Bali’ which again depicts a horror drama and also covers the comic genre. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

tion, Rajniesh and Pooja said, “We will not give you the spoilers but all we can say for now is that the movie is full of thriller which also involves a hint of romance between two couples.”

On asking how they feel about Jaipur, Pooja said, “I like Jaipur because this is the only city which promotes the traditional cultures of the country and it is beautiful.” To this, Rajniesh playfully added, “I love the milkcakes over here and whenever I come

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he star-cast, Rajniesh Duggal, Pooja Bisht, Nasia Hussain and Shafaq Naaz, along with the producer, Shahroz Ali Khan, of an upcoming horror film, ‘Mushkil’ which is all set to be released on August 9, were in Jaipur for an event held at Sizzlin Scissors on Friday.

The movie depicts a story of four girls who go on a vacation to Greece where they meet a man who owns a travelling agency, the character played by Kunal Roy Kapoor and then things around the ladies change upside down.

One of the girls, who is basically from Banaras, the character played by Pooja Bisht calls a pandit to Greece who helps them out with the situations, the character played by Rajniesh Duggal.

During a conversa-

music festival, ‘Sumiran’ was held at Jawahar Kala Kendra on Thursday where Pandit Bhagwati Prasad Gandharva from Vadodra showcased a performance of various ‘Raga’ such as ‘Suha’, ‘Sur Malhar’, ‘Saamat Sarang’, ‘Singura’, ‘Sughrai’, and other Raga which are on the vergeof getting extinct. The music lovers of the society were present to listen to the mesmerizing melodies on the ‘Pakhawaj’, ‘Sarangi’ and ‘Jhaanjh’.

During the program, Abhishek Gandharva on Jhanjh, Ankit Parikh on Pakhawaj, Ramesh Meel at Harmonium and Amiruddin gave an impressive accompaniment to Sarangi. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

Indian Circle of Moms organised Aarunya Rakhi and Lifestyle exhibition on Friday at Grand Utsav, Vaishali. The event was inaugurated by Rakhi Rathore, JD Maheshwari and Anand Poddar. In the two-day event, more than 80 exhibitors are exhibiting various clothing and handicraft collection. And to enjoy Teej festival, women walked the ramp in traditional outfits for Mrs Teej Contest.

Best foot forward: Indian envoy to US writes to Prem Bhandari

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arsh Vardhan Shringla, Ambassador of India to USA, has requested Jaipur foot, USA chapter Chairman Prem Bhandari to support in the organization of an event: ‘Jaipur Foot’.

“As a part of the 150th birth anniversary celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi, the Ministry of External Affairs had

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‘MUSHKIL KA DARR’

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launched the ‘India for Humanity’ initiative. It features a year-long series of artificial limb fitment camps in a number of countries, for which MEA is collaborating with the renowned philanthropic organization ‘Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti’, better known by its trademark limb ‘Jaipur Foot’.

It is praiseworthy that Jaipur Foot Inc. USA is highly instru-

Prem Bhandari

mental in raising resources and funds in the US for undertaking camps in different parts of the world. In this context, I was happy to

attend the exhibition and seminar on ‘India for Humanity: Role of Jaipur Foot’- held at the Consulate General of India, New York on April 4, 2019, in collaboration with Jaipur Food Inc. USA. As discussed at our meeting in New York on July 15, 2019, to commemorate the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the Embassy would be happy to organize an event

along with Jaipur Foot Inc. USA, in Washington D.C. at the Capitol Hill in the month of October 2019. We would be honored to invite Guruji Dr. H.R. Nagendra as a special guest for the event. Please let us know whether it is convenient for Guruji to attend. We will be extending a formal invitation once we finalize the dates. Looking forward to hearing from you.” cityfirst@firstindia.co.in