First India-Jaipur Edition-09th October 2022

BINNY LIKELY TO REPLACE GANGULY AS BCCI PRESIDENT

Be it Adani, Ambani or Jay Shah, we welcome all: CM Gehlot

Naresh Sharma & Ziauddin Khan

Jaipur: Criticising the BJP for mocking the Congress after he praised industrialist Gautam Adani during the Invest Rajasthan summit, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday said it was not a private programme and 3,000 delegates attended it.

Be it Adani or Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s son Jay Shah, Rajasthan will welcome all because it wants in-

vestment and employment, Gehlot said.

“It is not a private event, it is an investors’ summit. Are 3,000 delegates (who attended the

summit) of the Congress?” Gehlot asked, asserting their ideologies could be that of the Congress or the BJP.

“In such a situation,

RAJ GOVT HASN’T GIVEN PREFERENTIAL

TREATMENT TO ADANI: RAHUL GANDHI

Turuvekere: A day after Gautam Adani pledged huge investments in Rajasthan, Rahul Gandhi said on Saturday the Congress government in the state has not given any preferential treatment to the industrialist and asserted that he is not against corporates but monopolies. Addressing a press conference here, Gandhi also said if the Rajasthan government gives business to Adani wrongly, he will oppose that. The BJP mocked the Congress on Friday after CM Ashok Gehlot lavished praise on Adani.

why do they want to create a hurdle? I condemn these people. They talked about Gautam Adani yesterday (Friday). Be it Gautam Ada-

ni or any Adani, or Ambani or Amit Shah’s son Jay Shah, we will welcome all of them here.

We want employment, we want investment,”

Jairam Ramesh @Jairam_Ramesh

Much hype is being created over Gehlot's meet with Adani. Adani wants to invest `60,000 cr in Rajasthan. No CM will say don't invest. There are NO special rules or policies for Adani by RJ Govt. Gehlot is very much against cronyism of the Modi variety.

the chief minister said. It was not clear why Gehlot clubbed Jay Shah’s name with those of industrialists Ambani and Adani as the

Union home minister’s son is not known to have any major business interest.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi often highlights Adani to allege that Prime Minister Narendra Modi only helps big business people.

Adani, the chairman of the Adani Group and the richest man in Asia, was seated next to Gehlot during the inaugural ceremony of Invest Rajasthan, organised by the Congress-run state government to attract investment. Turn to P8

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BJP FIELDS KULDEEP BISHNOI’S SON IN HARYANA BYPOLL

Crucial Will remove AFSPA only after installing peace: Shah in Assam

Chandigarh: The BJP on Saturday announced party leader Kuldeep Bishnoi’s son Bhavya as its candidate for the next month’s assembly bypoll from Adampur, considered a family pocket borough.

The bypoll was necessitated after Kuldeep Bishnoi resigned as a Congress MLA in August and quit the party along with his son.

OVER 600 EXOTIC ANIMALS SEIZED AT MUMBAI AIRPORT

Mumbai: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has seized 665 animals of exotic species at the Mumbai airport, an official said on Saturday. The animals, smuggled into the country concealed in an imported consignment of live fish, included rare lizards, pythons and iguanas, he said.

NO ONE ASKED INDIA TO STOP BUYING OIL

FROM RUSSIA: PURI

Washington: India, world’s third biggest oil importer, will continue to buy oil from any country that it has to, Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said adding that no country has told New Delhi to stop buying oil from Russia. India, which has not publicly condemned Moscow for its military action in Ukraine, has become Russia’s No.2 oil buyer. P6

‘MAN-EATER’ TIGER

THAT CLAIMED 10 LIVES SHOT DEAD

Patna: A 3-year-old tiger, that claimed 10 lives in and around Valmiki Tiger Reserve in the West Champaran region since September, was on Saturday shot dead by forest officials, Live Hindustan reported.

Tiger’s latest victim was a woman and her kid in the Balua village.

INDIAN MISSION IN UK PROBES ILLEGAL VISA HANDLERS

London: The Indian High Commission here is investigating reports of unauthorised agents illegally charging fees to get visas processed for travellers to India, amid reports of a severe visa crunch faced by British tourists to the country. The Indian mission on Friday had alerted travellers to scams.

Coordinated efforts between central and state agencies a must to make country drug free: HM ‘Not drug seizure alone, enforcement agencies must aim at destroying channels of trafficking’

Guwahati (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that the BJP-led government would remove Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) only after installing peace in northeast India.

“Rahul Gandhi gave Congress an agenda to remove AFSPA from the northeast if they came to power (in 2019), for the sake of appeasement. When it was asked of me, I said we will first bring peace in the northeast and then only will remove AFSPA, which would not happen just for appeasement,” Amit Shah said at a public gathering at the inauguration of the newly built BJP office — Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bhawan in Guwahati, party’s biggest office in the northeastern region with all modern amenities.

The Ministry of Home Affairs recently extended the AFSPA, an act that empowers the

GOVERNMENT WILL MAKE ASSAM FLOOD-FREE IN 5 YEARS, AMIT SHAH ASSURES PEOPLE

Guwahati: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday assured the people of Assam that the government would make the state ‘flood-free’ in the next five years. “Earlier, during Assembly elections, I said that we made Assam free from terrorism and strikes. Now give us five years we will make Assam free from floods. The Assam government has made yojana which will make floods a thing of the past in Assam within 5 years,” Shah said at a Karyakarta Sammelan at Guwahati’s Khanapara.

armed forces to maintain public order in “disturbed areas,” in some parts of the northeast for another six months.

BCI comes in Justice Chandrachud’s defence

Sumit Kumar

New Delhi: With Justice DY Chandrachud set to take oath of office as the next Chief Justice of India, the Bar Council of India has come out strongly in favour of Justice Chandrachud and deprecated the modus of some people with vested interests for their unsuccessful attempt to tarnish the image of our Supreme court and/or its Judges.

The BCI has observed that “such growing tendency is really a matter of serious concern for the country and it has to be checked anyhow.”

It further said on Saturday, “One R. K. Pathan,

claiming to be the President of some so called “Supreme Court and High Court Litigant Association” is stated to have lodged a complaint against the Senior-most Judge of Supreme CourtJustice D. Y. Chandrachud. Such post and letter of R. K. Pathan is being made viral by a few people deliberately on the eve of Turn to P8

In an order on October 1, the AFSPA was extended in certain regions of Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh.

11 die, 20 hurt as bus catches fire in Nashik

Nashik (ANI): At least 11 persons, including a child, died and over 20 people were injured after a Mumbai- bound bus caught fire after a collision with a trailer truck in Maharashtra’s Nashik this morning, said the city police adding that the injured people have been taken to hospital, as per the police.

President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and CM Eknath Shinde condoled the loss of lives in the accident.

PM Modi and Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde also announced ex gratia for the kin of the deceased.

However, the act was extended in Assam for six months on February 28, 2022 and on December 1, 2021 in Manipur.

This is the home minister’s first visit to the region after the extension of the act.

Amit Shah asserted that the party’s consecutive rule in the northeastern region has ensured an “all-round development”.

BJP ONLY IDEOLOGY BASED PARTY, CONG LACKS IDEOLOGY, SAYS JP NADDA

We’ll fight against hate-mongering, says Rahul Gandhi

Tumakuru (ANI):

Guwahati: The Congress does not have any particular ideology and the BJP is the only ideology-based and national party in India, said BJP chief JP Nadda at the inauguration of the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bhawan in Guwahati, the newly built BJP office.

At a public meeting in Guwahati, Nadda said that BJP is the only ideology-based and national party. He was speaking at the inauguration of the newly-built State BJP office. He further said that BJP proposed to set up 512 offices across the country out of which 236 offices have been constructed and 154 offices are under construction.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi held an interaction with the masses as the Bharat Jodo Yatra resumed from Mayasandra, Tumakuru in Karnataka on Saturday. He said the Congress believes in fighting against those who spread hatred. “My view is that it doesn’t matter who the person spreading hatred is, it doesn’t matter which community they come from, spreading hatred and violence is an antinational act and we’ll fight against such people,” said Gandhi.

Stressing on the integ-

rity and unity in the country he said,” Our constitution states: Bharat is a union of states. It means all our languages, states and traditions have an equally important space. That is the nature of our country.” This was his third press interaction during the march.

FOUR DEAD, SEVEN

4 KILLED, 16 INJURED IN JODHPUR CYLINDER

CM GEHLOT EXPRESSES GRIEF

boat is being further investigated

Union Home Minister Amit Shah with Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and others during a public meeting at Khanapara ground in Guwahati, on Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI

CM Ashok Gehlot with Gautam Adani at the summit. —FILE PHOTO

CM Ashok Gehlot addressing at the summit on Saturday.

Pakistani boat held in Gujarat; `350 crore heroin seized Kutch: The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on Saturday informed that they have seized heroin worth

crore from a Pakistani boat off the state coast. The

and ATS, in a

operation, also apprehended

crew members from the boat in Indian waters close to the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) in the Arabian Sea.

Rahul Gandhi with Siddaramaiah during the party’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, in Tumakuru district, on Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI

CONG PREZ POLL: RaGa TO VOTE AT CAMPSITE Turuvekere: Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and 40 other leaders will vote in the party president’s election at a Bharat Jodo Yatra campsite in Karnataka’s Bellary on October 17.

Justice DY Chandrachud

CM seeks compensation for crop damage to farmers in two days

This spell of rain in east Raj is likely to continue for the next two-three days

Jaipur/Baran/Bun

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Due to the heavy rains in the last 2 days, crops have been damaged in many districts. CM Ashok Ge hlot directed the dis trict collectors of the rain-affected districts to provide compensa tion to the affected farmers by doing the girdawari in the next two days.

After rain damaged crops in Baran, a mem orandum was submit ted to the collector un der the leadership of BJP District President Jagdish Meena. He de manded that a survey of crop damage should be conducted and farm ers should be given ad equate compensation.

Collector Narendra Gupta assured BJP pub lic representatives that the survey would be conducted soon. BJP

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NAWAL KISHORE ANNIV AT PCC

Worried about the rain in the state, CM Ashok Gehlot said, “Due to the heavy rains in the last 2 days, crops have been damaged in many districts. Directed the district collectors of the

leaders Hargovind Jain, Rakesh Jain, former district chief Sarika Singh and Prashant Vi

rain-affected districts to provide compensation to the affected farmers by doing the girdawari in the next two days. Be as careful as possible in bad weather and do not leave the house unnecessarily”.

jayvargiya were pre sent while submitting the memorandum.

Former BJP MLA

CANAL BREAKS IN BIKANER

BIkaner: The Ranjeet pura canal in Bajju of Bikaner broke leading to waterlogging in fields. The groundnut and the guar crop standing on the farm was totally damaged. Irrigation water diggi and tubewells also drowned in water in the field.

3 INJURED, 1 DEAD IN BARAN

Baran: A house col lapsed due to rain in Baran injuring four people. A woman who was injured died late on Friday. Intermit tent rains have been continuing in Baran for the last three days. It has caused damage to crops as well.

Dalit woman gangraped by priest and others in Ajmer

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Ajmer: A 25-year-old Dalit woman was alleg edly abducted and gangraped in Ajmer, police said on Saturday. Police informed a priest who is the prime accused in the case. “The incident took place nearly a year ago when the priest had come to the victim’s house while her hus band was away. When the priest found the woman alone at her home, he allegedly raped her at a knife point. The accused even filmed obscene videos of the victim and black mailed her,” police said.

“The priest called the victim in a jungle and abducted her. She was later gangraped by a group of men. The ac cused even took her jew ellery, mobile phone and Rs. 12k,” police added.

Businessman's mom kidnapped, accused seeks `50K ransom

First India Bureau

Jaipur: A 75-year-old elderly woman was al legedly kidnapped from Jaipur’s Murlipura area, police said on Sat urday. Police informed the victim has been identified as Santra Devi Gupta, a resident of Maharaja Colony in Murlipura area. “San tra Devi left home at around 6:30pm on Sep tember 28 to offer prayers at Dher Ke Balaji Tem ple. When the victim did not return home, a miss ing person report was filed by her son in Murli pura Police Station,” po lice said.

VICTIM’S SON RECEIVED CALL FOR RANSOM

DATES OF ONGOING RURAL GAMES REVISED FROM OCT 16-19

Jaipur: The dates of ongoing Rajiv Gandhi Rural Olympic Games have been revised once again. Now the state level matches will be held from 16 to 19 October at Sawai Man Singh stadium in Jaipur. Ra jasthan sports council chairperson Krishna Poonia said that the dates have been revised due to exams of students. She said that matches in the first three phases have been held successfully at Gram panchayat, block and district lev els. In the state level competitions in six sports, 3696 players from 33 districts, 330 team coaches and 66 teams in charge will take part.

Rampal Meghwal met farmers whose crops got damaged due to rain in Atru region. In a let

ter to CM Ashok Gehlot, Meghwal demanded service done at the ear liest from the Collector.

Speaker Dr Joshi to attend various programs in Nathdwara constituency

First India Bureau

Rajsamand: Assembly Speaker Dr CP Joshi reached his assembly constituency Nath dwara on a three-day tour on Saturday. Joshi was welcomed by Con gress leaders and work ers. Late Saturday evening, Dr Joshi reached Shri Krishna Vyyamshala located in Lal Bagh of Nathdwara, where he participated as the chief guest in the

great Rajasthan Kesari Dangal programme.

Then Dr. Joshi par ticipated in the Garba

Truck driver tries to run over RTO’s car in Pokhran

First India Bureau

Jaisalmer: A Regional Transport Officer (RTO) had a narrow es cape in Pokhran on Saturday after a truck driver tried to run over his car near Kali Ma gri area on PokhranJodhpur highway. Sources informed the speeding truck was driven rashly by the truck driver, following which, he was sig nalled to stop. “RTO Manish Kumar and his staff chased the truck for around 6kms at Pokhran-Jodhpur

Road and stopped it. The truck driver, Surja Ram, allegedly tried to run over the RTO’s car when he was signalled to stop. However, they had a narrow escape,” said a source.

Festival organised at Shri Nath Vatika locat ed on Tehsil Road from here. Dr CP Joshi is

scheduled to attend var ious programs in Nath dwara Rajsamand area on Sunday. On Monday, Dr. CP Joshi will be pre sent as the chief guest in the honor ceremony of the presidents of the Village Service Co-op erative Society at Nath dwara Auditorium and will also inaugurate the newly constructed building of Govardhan Government Higher Secondary School Eng lish medium.

“A case has been filed under various sections of IPC and the matter is being investigated,” po lice informed.

“The victim’s son, Kundan Lal Gupta, re ceived a WhatsApp call on Oct 4 from the ac cused. The accused de manded Rs 50,000 for her safe release. However, the accused later claimed that Santra Devi met with an accident and he is demanding money that he spent on her treatment,” police add

“The victim’s son, Kundan Lal Gupta, received a call on Oct 4 from the accused. He demanded Rs 50k for her safe release. However, the accused later claimed that Santra Devi met with an accident and he is demanding money that he spent on her treat ment,” police added.

ed. “Kundan Lal Gupta, who is a businessman, even transferred Rs. 10,000 to the accused. A police complaint has been filed and the matter is being investigated,” police informed.

Doctors discuss serious stomach diseases in children at national meet

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Renowned pae diatric and gastroenter ologists gathered in the capital for the 32nd Na tional Conference of Indian Society of Paedi atric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutri tion. Principal Medical Education Secretary Vaibhav Galriya started the conference. Organizing President and JK Lone Hospital Superintendent, Dr RK Gupta gave information

First India Bureau

Udaipur: Some antisocial elements re moved the statue of In dira Gandhi and in stalled a statue of god dess at Rakhiawal vil lage of Mavli tehsil of Udaipur district. Angry Congress workers pro tested fiercely over the incident. Police started acting after some pho tos of the incident went viral on social media. The cops came and started searching for the accused. SP Vikas Sharma made it clear

BIZARRE PROTEST

that the status quo will be maintained on the spot and the accused who have done the act will soon be in police

custody. The teams from Ghasa police sta tion are engaged in the investigation of the whole matter.

Man climbs tower demanding arrest of daughter

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Elderly man on a high-tension power supply line tower demanding arrest of his daughter and her

Saturday.

Jodhpur: An elderly man climbed on a high-tension power supply line tower in Jodhpur on Saturday demanding arrest of his daughter and her lover, who had mar ried against his wish es. Police informed the victim climbed the power supply tower lo cated opposite to Mata Ka Than Police Sta

MAN CLIMBS TOWER IN PHAGI AGAINST IN-LAWS

Jaipur: 45-year-old Sitaram Meena, resident of Phagi climbed a tower after which the police and the administration teams reached the spot. There was a dispute with his in-laws side. SHO Bhanwar Lal was successful in making the man agree and brought him down safely from the tower.

tion. “The elderly man climbed the tower and demanded to arrest his daughter.

The victim’s daugh

Jodhpur

ter cannot be arrested as she has already tak en police protection through a court order. However, the lover was

earlier arrested after the girl became preg nant before the mar riage,” police said.

“It took around three hours to console the man and bring him down safely. The victim’s daughter had fled with her lover on an earlier occasion.

However, as soon as she attained the age of marriage, she married her lover,” police added.

about the conference which started with five pre-conference work shops. The rapidly growing belly in chil dren and liver related

diseases were discussed in detail. Organizing Secretary Dr Lalit Bha ria said that three work shops were about paedi atric endoscopy.

Soyabean crop damaged due to unseasonal rain in Kota on Saturday.

CM DIRECTS DIST COLLECTORS TO PROVIDE COMPENSATION

Dr CP Joshi participating as the Chief Guest in Kesari Dangal programme in Nathdwara on Saturday.

Govind Singh Dotasra & other leaders paid floral tribute to Late Naval Kishore Sharma on his death anniversary at PCC.

Vaibhav Galriya addressing the three-day conference in Jaipur. —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO

Santra Devi

Idol of a deity was placed. Indira Gandhi’s vandalised statue.

Indira’s statue removed by anti-social elements in Udr

The truck and RTO’s vehicle stationed at a police station after the incidentin Pokhran.

13 held for illegal refilling following Jodhpur tragedy

RERA registration not required for projects with unbooked flats

First India Bureau

Jaipur : In what could be termed as a major development in the real estate sector of the state, registration with Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) will not be necessary now for the projects in which the builder has not pre-booked the flat, nor has marketing be ing done to sell the flat in that project and without this the pro ject is completed and the concerned body has issued the comple tion certificate.

Robbery at ex-judge’s house by men posing as ACB sleuths

Satyanarayan Sharma

Jaipur : Robbery at a retired judge’s house on Friday in the Mansaro var area of Jaipur has once again exposed the deteriorating law and order situation in the state. The miscreants entered the house with a country-made pistol, held the family hostage and fled with cash, jew ellery and laptop. The SHO said that the

behind Dhanwantri Hospital, hostage. They decamped with 10,500 cash and Gold, Silver jewellery from the lock er of cupboard. Mansa rovar police station has collected evidence from the spot with help of FSL team. The dog squad was also called.

four armed miscreants took retired magistrate Rajesh Narayan (61) and his son, who lived

RESIDENTS’ AGITATION

The miscreants said that they were from ACB and held the fami ly hostage at gunpoint, police added.

Rajeev Gaur & Shivprakash Purohit

Jodhpur : Jodhpur po lice arrested 13 persons and recovered 88 do mestic cylinders, 12 mo tor pipes, 12 electronic weighing machines and two auto rickshaws in a special campaign against illegal gas refill ing in the city, following an cylinder blast inci dent that took life of 4 in city on Saturday.

The campaign was launched on direction by police commissioner Ravidutt Gaur. District special teams of Jodh pur east and west took joint action under the supervision of ACP Na zim Ali Khan and ACP west Harphool Singh.

ACP east Deravar Singh and ACP Prem Dhandev were also pre sent during the action. The police arrested 13 persons including three

CM takes stock of MLA Bhanwarlal’s health

women. Those who were arrested include Shahrukh, Sanju, Bida mi, Vidya, Abdul, Sabir, Sohel, Narpat Gujar and others.

CM Ashok Gehlot ex pressed condolence on the incident that left 4 persons dead and 16 in jured. Minister incharge Subhash Garg also expressed condo lences and directed of ficials for better treat ment of the injured.

Narco of Pak man ‘wanting to kill’ Nupur

It is very sad to know that 4 people died and 16 people got injured due to gas cylinder explosion in Kirti Nagar in Jodhpur. Given instructions for proper treatment of the injured. My deepest sympathies are with the bereaved family in this difficult time.

On Saturday, RERA Chairman NC Goyal is sued orders in this re gard, but experts say as to “After all, how many promoters will be able to take advan tage of this order? There is hardly any promoter in the state who has completed his residential or commer cial project and com pleted without prebooking or marketing, because to complete the project, the amount given by the clients is considered necessary.”

Protest continues, work boycotted for 4th day

Vikas Sharma

Jaipur: Resident doc tors continued to boy cott work for the fourth day at the SMS Hospi tal. The effect of this was visible in all affili ated hospitals. Howev er, senior faculty took care of arrangements at OPD & IPD.

But due to the pres sure of patients in OPD, there was a shortage of doctors. Senior doctors are only admitting seri

ous patients. The agitat ing doctors are expect ing talks with the state govt. Residents across the state are boycotting work demanding to im plement the agreement done nine months ago.

Upen Yadav and others held and released in Gujarat

Lunaram Darji

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Satur day visited SMS Hospi tal and inquired about well being of MLA Bhanwarlal Sharma who is admitted to the ICU there. The CM also met the family mem

bers and got informa tion about treatment from Sharma’s son Anil Sharma. Gehlot in structed the medical of ficers to provide proper treatment to Sharma. Meanwhile, the hospi tal administration has constituted a medical board for MLA Sharma.

Ajmer: Narco test of a Pakistani man who infiltrated into India with an intention to kill BJP leader Nu pur Shar ma for his controver sial com ment on prophet Muhammad will be done.

The accused, Ri zwan , is currently lodged in the high security jail of Ajmer. The test will be conducted on di rection issued by a local court of Srigan ganagar. —Kaushal Jain

Marwar festival kicks off after two years of pause

Jodhpur: The two-day Marwar festival started on Saturday morning with sun worship by the Rajasthan Tourism Department and Jodh pur district administra tion. It was not organ ized for the last two times due to Corona, but this time , tremen dous enthusiasm is be ing seen among people.

Marwar festival started with sun wor ship at Jaipol parking lot in Mehrangarh Fort. After this, the Clock Tower via Juni Paddy Mandi Heritage Walk was taken out from Jaipol. At the same time, a festive proces sion was taken out from clock tower, which reached the Umaid Sta dium. Dr Sarita Fidoda, Assistant Director of Tourism Department said that the Camel Tat too Show and Military Weapons Exhibition were organized by the Border Security Force

INT’L SUFI RANG FEST CULMINATES

Ajmer: The closing ceremony of the International Sufi Rang Festival 2022 was held on Friday. The festival brought together not just Sufi artists, calligraphers but also writers, senior journalists and well-known filmmakers and musicians. In the closing ceremo ny, a crowd of shrine visitors turned up at the festival which welcomed and felicitated the famous filmmaker Imtiyaz Ali and prominent singer Mohit Chauhan. “Cinema is one of the most important and influential art forms today”, Ali said.

Singer Mohit Chauhan known for his soulful Sufi songs, sang the famous spiritual lyrics “O Nadaan Parindey”.

(BSF) and the Camel Tattoo Show was the main attraction. Camel fest was performed by 50 BSF Camels. After this, various folk com

Jaipur: The unemployed youth of Rajasthan were detained by the Gujarat Police in front of the Cong HQs in Ahmedabad. Hundreds of students,

under the aegis of Upen Yadav, president of Ra jasthan Unemployment Unified Federation, had reached the Cong HQs while taking out the Dan di Yatra. The students were detained by Gujarat

Police and taken to some unknown place and later they were released. Ya dav warned that now this fight has become do or die for us and we will stop Bharat Jodo Yatra in Rajasthan.

PM Modi to inaugurate 4 med colleges of Raj on Oct 13

Jaipur : PM Modi will virtually inau gurate medical col leges in Srigangana gar, Chittor, Sirohi & Dholpur on Oct 13. Chief Minister Gehlot, union health minister Mansukh Mandaviyawill also attend the pro gramme. LOP has already been re ceived for these col leges and academic session will start from this year. Dur ing the programme, foundation stone of medical colleges in Bundi, Sawai Mad hopur, Karauli, Baran & Jhunjhunu will also be laid.

petitions were also held at Stadium itself. Kite flying, Mustache and Safa making competi tion and matka race were also held.

Jodhpur police launches special ops after a cylinder blast in Kirti Nagar

(1) Team inspecting the residues of the blast. (2) Rescue operation underway with help of locals outside the house where the blast took place. (3) The SDRF team seen in action.

Ashok Gehlot @ashokgehlot51

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CCTV footage showing the two miscreants doing recce.

Doctors agitation in Kota.

Rajeev Gaur & Sangeeta Sharma

Marwar Shree and Safa making competitions were held on first day of the festival.

Upen Yadav

CM Ashok Gehlot talking to Anil Sharma and instructing the health officials in SMS Hospital on Saturday.

OF LITERARY RENDEZVOUS & MORE...

One of her novels, “Getting Lost”, published in 2001, is about her intense affair with a Soviet Diplomat.

Annie Ernaux is 82 years old. The citation was read out by Mats Malm, the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy which selects the winner. Part of it lauds the ‘courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and col lective restraints of personal memory’.

The one who wrote, “Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;

PAST KARMAS NOT LETTING LALU & FAMILY LIVE IN PEACE

This year’s prize for Literature has been awarded to the French author, Annie Ernaux. She is the first French woman to get the award. In all, seventeen female writers have received the Nobel for Literature

Where knowledge is free; Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls; Where words come out from the depth of truth; Where tireless striving stretch es its arms towards perfec tion; Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit; Where the mind is led forward by thee into everwidening thought and actionInto that heaven of Freedom, my Father, let my country awake.

This is stanza 35 from Ra bindranath Tagore’s “Gitan jali” for which he was award ed the Nobel Prize for Litera ture in 1913. No other Indian has got the Literature Prize since then.

Ihave met twenty one Nobel Laureates. Pearl Buck, U.S.A, Kawabata Yasunari, Japan, Pablo Neruda, Chile, Nelson Mandela, South Africa, Rob ert Manchu, Guatemala, Des mond Tutu, South Africa, Lech Walesa, Poland, Shiman Peres, Israel, Yaseer Arafat, Palestine Liberation Organi sation, Kofi Annan, Ghana, Wangari Maathai, Kenya, Mu hammad Yunus, Bangladesh, Amartya Sen, India, V.S. Nai paul, Trinidad, Nadine Gordi mer, South Africa, Octavio Paz, Mexico, Wole Soyinka, Nigeria, Gunter Grass, Ger many, Hennery Kissinger, U.S.A, Eisaku Sato, Japan, Martin Luther King Jr., U.S.A. and Garcia Marques.

R.K. Narayan would have got the Nobel Prize for Literature sooner rather than later. I often spoke to R.K. Narayan about missing out on the prize. His answer was that of man who had Malgudi written all over him. “I am glad I did not get the Prize. It would have disrupted my life, peace and tranquillity completely.” He meant it

Had Dag Hammarskjold, Secretary General of the United Nations, not died in plane crash in September 1961, R.K. Narayan would have got the Nobel Prize for Literature sooner rather than later. I often spoke to R.K. Narayan about missing out on the prize. His answer was that of man who had Malgudi written all over him. “I am glad I did not get the Prize. It would have disrupted my life,

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peace and tranquillity com pletely”. He meant it.

We had been intimate friends for forty years. I still re-read some of his novels, specially, ‘Swami and Friends, ‘The Bachelor of Arts’, ‘The Guide’ and his en chanting autobiography, ‘My Days’, in which I appear. The year, 1965, New York. R.K. Narayan was in serious trou ble. Harvey Breit, at one time literary editor of The New York Times was an old friend of R.K. They fell out over Har vey’s stage version of “The Guide”. “His version was so different from mine that I withheld my permission to present it on the stage.”

R.K’s lawyer warned him that he should leave the coun try immediately, because, Har vey was taking him to court. A summon would be issued and R.K would not be allowed to leave New York for six months….”Thanks to my friend Natwar Singh of our foreign service, I secured asy lum in the Indian Consulate..” I put him on the Air India flight at 8 P.M.

This year’s prize for Litera ture has been awarded to the French author, Annie Er naux. She is the first French woman to get the award. In all, seventeen female writers have received the Nobel for Literature.

On October 6th a half de mented 34 year old Thai drug addict and dismissed police of ficer committed a horrific crime in a children’s school in the northern eastern rural town, Nangbua Lamphu. He entered the child care facility, armed with a pistol, shotgun and knife. He killed thirty eight people, including twenty four children, taking their af ternoon nap. Not one was more than four years old. Each was stabbed or shot in the head. Their eight month pregnant teacher met the same fate.

The killer then walked home, shot his wife, son and himself. Thailand is a Bud dhist country. At 5:1, weapons per 100 people, gun ownership rate in Thailand is among the highest in Asia.

The Chief of RSS, Shri Bhagwat is, it seems has be come an enlightened Hindu reformist. Do away with the concepts of Jati and Varna, he said four days back. I have lit tle doubt that some of his con servative followers must be feeling uneasy. Let them.

Rashtriya Janata Dal president Lalu Pras ad Yadav cannot run away from his kar ma as chief minis ter of Bihar and as the Union railway minister. He has al ready served a fairly long term in jail for the infamous fodder scam and now the CBI has charge sheeted Lalu, his wife Rabri Devi who is also a former chief minister of Bihar, their daughters Misa Bharti, Hema Yadav and 16 others in the land for job scam in which land was acquired at rates lower than the market rate. The CBI’s case is that 12 persons from Patna were hired for Group D jobs in the railways and in return La lu’s family got seven plots of land. Lalu and his kin are al leged to have acquired 1 lakh square feet of land for mere Rs 26 lakh against the market rate of Rs 4.39 crore.

After the fodder scam Ya dav’s charge of witch hunt by the Central agency will be hard to believe.

SPIRITUAL SPEAK

Caste and religious politics are close ly linked in India.

In reality politics feeds on caste and religion as it keeps voters divided to its advantage.

Hindu scriptures divide the society into four Varnas--Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and Shudras--based on which the evil of the caste system has evolved and become all-pervasive. It is reflected in the discrimi nation of and frequent cases of assault on Dalits. So fix ated are some upper caste Hindus on castes that they even want to practice it even in distant America. It is, therefore, heartening to hear Mohan Bhagwat, the Sarsanghchalak, talk of dis carding the caste system

The latest suggestion will also have an impact on reservations for both Dalits & Backward Classes. Neither section will let go of that right and with general elections due in 2024 netas will start making a beeline for Dalits’ homes

(Varna and Jaati) as it has become outdated. They are things of the past and forgot ten, he said. Unfortunately, they are not being allowed to fade from public memory.

Given the hold that caste politics has on Indian’s mind scape that doing away with it will be like stirring a hornet’s

nest. Although attempts are being made to assimilate low er castes into the main stream, high caste Hindus will oppose any such move tooth and nail. Just as Bhag wat’s 2019 call for a “conver sation in harmonious atmos phere between those in fa vour of quota and those against it”. The call was in terpreted as anti-Dalit-Back ward face of the RSS and BJP.

The RSS had to clarify that an unnecessary controversy was being created.

The latest suggestion will also have an impact on reser vations for both Dalits and Backward Classes. Neither section will let go of that right and with the general elections due in 2024 netas will start making a beeline for Dalits’ homes.

Amit

state and contributing in the development of Assam and welfare of its people.

Piyush Goyal @PiyushGoyal

Touch The Sky With Glory! On 90th #AirForceDay, we salute the valour and service of our Air Warriors and our veterans. The @IAF_MCC with its tradition of gallantry is transforming for the future as an Aatmanirbhar force.

The spirit is beyond destruction. No one can bring an end to spirit which is everlasting. Bhagavad Gita

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K Natwar Singh, Rajiv Gandhi and Nelson Mandela, 1991.

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INDIAN AIR FORCE DAY

IAF CHIEF ANNOUNCES CREATION OF NEW WEAPON SYSTEM BRANCH

Chandigarh (ANI):

Pride and valour ech oed in the celebrations of the Indian Airforce which marked the com pletion of 90 years of its foundation on Satur day. IAF chief Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari lauded the forces and informed that the Indian govern ment approved the cre ation of a weapon sys tem branch for the of ficers in IAF.

This year’s anniver sary celebrations theme was “IAF: Transform ing for the Future”. This aptly highlights the Indian Air Force’s needs to redefine, reim agine and recalibrate to transform into a con temporary and futureready force. “It is my privilege to announce that the government has approved the crea tion of a Weapon Sys tem Branch for Officers in the IAF. This is the first time since the inde pendence that a new op erational branch has been created,” said Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari.

The move will essen tially be for manning four specialised streams of Surface-to-Surface missiles, Surface-to-Air Missiles, Remotely Pi

PRESIDENT MURMU, RAJNATH WITNESS IAF PROWESS ON FIRST AIR FORCE DAY CELEBRATIONS OUTSIDE DELHI-NCR

Chandigarh (PTI): A dazzling show by a fleet of military aircraft over the Sukhna Lake here enthralled the gather ing, including President Droupadi Murmu, who clapped during their breathtaking maneu vers as the Indian Air Force marked its 90th anniversary celebra tions on Saturday. It is the IAF’s first annual

loted Aircraft and Weapon System Opera tors in twin and multicrew aircraft. He also informed that the crea tion of this branch would result in savings

CRUCIAL READ

Guwahati (Agencies): Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday washed the feet of senior BJP functionaries and shared the video on his Twitter handle. The chief minister said showing re spect to the seniors is a cornerstone of the BJP’s tradition and he is honoured to have washed the feet of the senior functionaries.

WOMAN KILLS HUBY BY CHOPPING OFF HIS GENITAL

Air Force Day parade and fly-past outside the Delhi-National Capital Region, which also saw the participation De fence Minister Rajnath Singh. Governors of Punjab and Haryana Banwarilal Purohit and Bandaru Dattatreya, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khat tar and Chandigarh MP Kirron Kher were

of over Rs 3,400 crore due to reduced expendi ture on flying training.

He also stressed the induction of air warri ors into IAF through the Agnipath scheme and

Nath seeks reply from 2 MLAs of molesting woman

present too. Prior to the spectacular aerial display, a ceremonial parade was held at the air force station here in the morning in the presence of Air Chief Marshal V R Chaudhari. Murmu was accorded the guard of honour upon her arrival here. This is her first visit to Chandigarh as the President of India.

called it an opportunity to harness the potential of youth. “We have changed our operation al training methodology to ensure each Agniveer is equipped with the

PM GREETS INDIAN AIR

FORCE ON THE DAY

The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has greeted the members of Indian Air Force and their families on the oc casion of Air Force Day.

Arvind Kejriwal banners torn by BJP supporters

Vadodara (Agencies):

Protesting against al leged "anti-Hindu" statements by an Aam Aadmi Party minister in Delhi, supporters of the ruling BJP in Guja rat's Vadodara on Satur day tore the AAP's ban ners ahead of a sched uled rally by party boss Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.

DAHOD RALLY

Jajpur (PTI): A 33-yearold woman allegedly chopped off the genitals of her husband before stabbing him to death in Odisha’s Jajpur district, police said on Saturday.

The incident took place at Pubola Mundasahi village on Friday night.

The deceased has been identified as Raju Cham pia (39) of the village, police said. The accused woman, identified as Kuni Champia, allegedly murdered her husband with a sharp weapon late on Friday night.

CHANDRAYAAN-2 MAPS SODIUM ON MOON: ISRO

Bhopal (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Congress pres ident Kamal Nath has sought a reply from Satna MLA Siddharth Kushwaha and Kotma MLA Su neel Saraf who have been ac cused by a woman of molesting her onboard a train.

Narendra Modi @narendramodi

On Air Force Day, my greetings to the cou rageous air warriors and their families. In line with the motto of the Indian Air Force has shown exceptional dexterity for decades. They have secured the nation and also shown remarkable human spirit during disasters.

right skills and knowl edge to start their career in the Air Force. In De cember we would be in ducting 3,000 Agniveer Vayu for their initial training,” he added.

Confident India will navigate through OPEC + production cut: Puri

At the 'Tiranga Rally' that began nearly three hours after the sched uled 4pm on a rainy day, Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal took to Hindu mythological references to allege that the BJP "insults Gods". He raised slogans of "Jai Sri Ram" and "Jai Sri Krishna" while calling himself a steadfast devotee. "Our enemies are all demons like Kansa. We have a duty to annihilate them," he said.

AAP SUPREMO PROMISES FREE AYODHYA RAM TEMPLE VISIT FOR GUJ RESIDENTS

Vadodara (Agencies): On a day anti-Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) posters featuring Arvind Kejriwal with reference to the conversion row came up in Gujarat, the AAP national convenor, addressing a tribal gathering in Dahod, prom ised “free visit to Ayodhya Ram temple” to “people from Gujarat”, should the AAP form the government in the western state. Urging people to ensure that “not a single vote goes to the Congress”, Kejriwal claimed that both the BJP and the Congress were having secret midnight meetings. Accompanied by Punjab Chief Minister Bhag want Mann, Kejriwal, who arrived a couple of hours late at the Dahod event Saturday, said, “They (BJP) always claimed that the roads in Gujarat are good… But look at the pathetic condition of roads everywhere.”

EX-CONG CHIEF JAKHAR NOW AT CENTRE OF BJP’S PUNJAB PLAN

Chandigarh (Agen cies): Former Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar is emerging as a prominent face of the state BJP since he joined the party this May, after being asso ciated with the Con gress for over three

‘Missing links in WHO’s claims should be probed’

decades.

Last month, the BJP high command chose him to be part of a

5-member committee constituted to conduct an inquiry into the vi olence during the par ty’s Nabanna march in Kolkata. This was the first assignment for Jakhar, the only party leader from Punjab in the committee.

Bengaluru (PTI): The X-ray spectrometer ‘CLASS’ on the Chan drayaan-2 Orbiter has mapped an abun dance of sodium on the moon for the first time, according to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Fluorescence Spectrom eter (C1XS) detected sodium from its char acteristic line in X-rays which opened up the possibility of mapping the amount of sodium on the Moon, it said.

CROCODILE CLAIMS LIFE IN BHITARKANIKA, FIVE DEATHS IN LAST FOUR MONTHS

Kendrapara (PTI): A 17-year-old girl was appar ently killed in an attack by a saltwater crocodile at a riverside village in Odisha’s Kendrapara district, officials said on Saturday. Sheela Dalei was grazing goats near a creek in Rangani vil lage when the crocodile pounced on her Friday afternoon. Her mutilated body was later fished out by fire brigade personnel on Saturday, officials said.

Kamal Nath has also constituted a committee to look into the matter. Both MLAs were alleg edly accused by a wom an of molesting her on board a train, said the police. The Railway po lice received the infor mation of molestation and a team of officials was sent to the train.

Washington (ANI): Union Minister for Pe troleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday (local time) said that India will navigate through the Organisation of Pe troleum Exporting Countries Plus (OPEC+) decision to cut oil production from November by a steeper than expected two mil lion barrels per day (bpd).

“How will this im pact India? We are very confident of being able to navigate through the situation,” Puri said while speaking to re porters in Washington.

Puri highlighted In

dia is one of the largest oil importers and the demand is expected to rise driven by an in crease in India’s per capita consumption of energy which current ly stands at one-third of the global average. Puri further stressed that the fuel demand is expected to keep rising as the country’s econo my grows.

New Delhi (ANI): A health expert from the Standing National Com mittee on Saturday as serted that there are several “missing links” that need to be probed in the World Health Or ganisa tion’s (WHO) claim of over 66 deaths due to cold and cough syrup produced by the Maiden Pharma ceuticals Ltd. “The first death was reported in July but WHO informed the regulator in India on September 29. The Indi an government has not received a complete cau sality assessment,” Dr YK Gupta said.

J-K developments PM Modi's biggest achievement: Singh

New Delhi (ANI): Un ion Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday called the development in Jammu and Kashmir as the biggest achieve ment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led gov ernment and further claimed that each sec tor of the Union Terri tory has got a common allocation.

"It is the biggest achievement of PM Modi that in 70 years, each division of J-K has a common allocation for the proposed devel opment projects," Un ion Minister Jitendra Singh said while react ing to Jammu and Kash mir National Confer

ence (JKNC) chief Fa rooq Abdullah's re sponse to the challenge of Union Home Minis ter Amit Shah. Shah, during his public ad dress in J-K's Baramul lah on Wednesday, took a dig at the Gupkar alli ance and openly chal lenged the JKNC to pre sent a 'report card' re garding the develop ment projects in the Un ion Territory, during its tenure of governance.

Patna (ANI): After Prashant Kishor claimed that Nitish Ku mar offered him to join his party, Bihar Chief Minister said that a po litical strategist who helps political parties to win the elections and influence people is now making baseless claims, adding that a few years back Kishor had ad vised him to merge his party Janata Dal (Unit ed) with Congress.

Kumar took a swipe at Kishore, saying, “it appears that Kishor is working for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).”

The Bihar Chief Minis

ter categorically denied offering Prashant Kishor a post in his par ty. Asked about PK’s claim, Kumar told re porters, “It is false. Let him speak whatever he wants. We have nothing to do with it. 4-5 years back he had told me to merge with Congress.

He has gone to BJP nowadays and is acting as per them. What he has to do with politics?”

New Delhi: The cur rent Bihar government has the support of seven parties. Although only four parties are involved in the government, a to tal of seven parties are in the coalition govern ment. Three communist parties—CPI, CPM and CPIML—have support ed the government from outside, while JD(U), RJD, Congress and Hin dustan Awam Morcha form part of the govern ment. Running an alli ance of seven parties is not easy in a politically volatile state like Bihar. But since the number of these two parties, JD(U)

and RJD, also exceeds the majority, neither party is in a position to exert pressure.

Nevertheless, for the last few days, there is a discussion that a coordi nation committee should be formed, which will help in the opera tion of the coalition and

the government. This demand is especially from the three commu nist parties, which are not part of the govern ment. They feel that through the coordina tion committee, they will be able to keep an eye on the work of the government and take

some decisions accord ing to their agenda. For mer Chief Minister Ji tan Ram Manjhi’s party Hum and some Con gress leaders have also pointed out the need for a coordination commit tee. In fact, the message among the leaders of these five small parties is that the government is of JDU and RJD. All the work is being done according to these two big parties, which is true to an extent. There fore, it will be interest ing to see whether Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Deputy Chief Min ister Tejashwi Yadav are ready to form a coordi nation committee.

HIMANTA SARMA WASHES FEET OF SENIOR BJP LEADERS; SAYS, ‘INDIAN CULTURE’

President Droupadi Murmu graces the 90th anniversary celebrations of the Indian Air Force (IAF), at Sukhna Lake, in Chandigarh on Saturday. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit, Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari and his wife Neeta Chaudhari are also present. —PHOTO BY ANI

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal —FILE PHOTO

Mahesh Sharma

Will Nitish and Tejashwi agree to form a 7 party coordination committee?

Tejashwi Prasad Yadav along with Nitish Kumar

It’s good, Prashant Kishor helping BJP, says Nitish Kumar

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The author is a journalist and political

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WILL UDDHAV COME BACK TO THE ‘OLD HOUSE’?

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ne thing that can be said with certainty about politics is that neither are there ‘allweather’ friends nor enemies. Perhaps this was the reason why in his Dussehra rally at Shivaji Park, where Uddhav Thackeray was cursing BJP in his fervent address on Oct 5, sources reveal that on occasion of Navratri, Uddhav’s wife Rashmi Thackeray and Maharashtra’s Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis have held a meeting at a well known Mumbai based businessman’s residence. If sources are to be believed, Fadnavis is constantly try-

ing to make a deal between Uddhav’s Shiv Sena once again. It is said that this Navratri party was organized by businessman’s wife, since Uddhav’s wife Rashmi Thackeray is one of her integral friends, so an invitation had already been sent to her. Inviting Fadnavis to the event, business family had told him ‘Rashmi is also going to come.’ And this meeting of Rashmi Thackeray & Fadnavis lasted for one and a half hours. According to sources, Fadnavis told Rashmi ‘if your Shiv Sena gives up its claim for post of CM, then we can come together. You can also get the benefit of this in BMC elections.” Fadnavis further said that ‘Aditya Thackeray will be given full respect in this alliance, but we should avoid personal attacks on each other’. It is said that Rashmi asked Fadnavis if his plans had support of the central leadership & if it happens, what will you do with Eknath

Shinde? To this Fadnavis said, “Shinde is our problem. Leave him to us. He has MLAs which you don’t have.” Rashmi has promised Fadnavis that she will speak to Uddhav.

GEHLOT AGREED, BUT WAS MAKEN’S HANDLING OF RAJ ‘CRISIS’ IMMATURE?

What really transpired during the meeting between Sonia Gandhi and Ashok Gehlot when the political whirlwind hit Rajasthan Cong a few days back. Highly placed sources in grand old party have revealed that KC Venugopal had accompanied Ashok

and, according to sources, an emotional Sonia asked Gehlot an important question, “I always trusted 2 people blindly, one was Ahmed Patel and other is you. But I was disappointed by the developments in Rajasthan.” Gehlot also presented his explanation on Sonia’s question and said, “Madam, your people have made a mistake. Ajay Maken was in a hurry. I was ready to leave the post of CM even before contesting for the post of President, but your people had already started pressurizing the MLAs’ that they have to choose their new leader now or at least convey ments to mand. I tried to en and make him understand but he did not

even consider it necessary to meet me. Whereas Ajay Maken spoke to Sachin Pilot at least ten times that day. So shouldnt I even defend myself, mam?” On this, Sonia replied to Gehlot and said, “Cong will have to do ‘face saving’ and ‘damage control’ in Raj.” In such a situation, it was decided between the two leaders that after the election of Cong President, Central Observers will be sent from Delhi to Rajasthan who will talk to the MLAs in a group of 5 legislators each. Any decision on the new leadership will be taken only when they explore their mind.

AKHILESH’S ‘NO’ TO NITISH’S ‘ROAD MAP’ OF KURMI POLITICS

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar is taking the 2024 general election a little too seriously and it is likely that in the 2024

general elections, Nitish’s JDU will contest from 17 LS seats in Bihar while 17 seats will be given to RJD and the remaining 6 seats for Cong and Left. So, Sanjay Jha, a very close friend of Nitish, has advised him that ‘JDU should contest more elections on 15 Kurmi dominated seats outside Bihar. JDU is also going to field candidates in MP, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha and Gujarat. If sources are to be believed, Sanjay Jha reached Lucknow as Nitish’s special envoy & urged SP supremo Akhilesh Yadav to ‘organize meetings for Nitish in Kurmi-dominated districts like Basti,

Jha and said, “Give time to think, I will respond.” When Akhilesh’s call did not come for a long time, then Tejashwi called Akhilesh at Nitish’s behest and asked him his opinion about this. He said that “when my party is not entering Bihar, why do you want to come to UP?” Tejashwi sensed what Akhilesh said.

Mamata Banerjee also had similar views about this. Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren said after much hesitation that ‘he can give up one of his seats for Nitish as per agreement.’ MP’s Rewa is also a Kurmi dominated seat from where Buddsen Patel came for the first time by winning the election in 1996. But UP is slipping out of Nitish’s hands, where after Bihar, there is a 9 percent Kurmi population. Sanjay Jha also hopes that he will convince Akhilesh for this soon.

TENSION IN KCR

FAMILY, BLAME ON PK Even though the political ambitions of Telangana CM Chandrashekhar Rao are to rise to national stage, all is not well in his house. The differences between his son KTR & daughter Kavita are

now visible in public. Recently, when KCR changed name of his regional party ‘TRS’ to ‘BRS’ and made his intentions clear that now his eyes are on national politics, his daughter Kavita was absent. She has not found a place in the team of 87 leaders in charge of campaigning & management for by-election to be held in Monogode assembly seat of Telangana. KTR himself is blaming election strategist Prashant Kishor and claims that PK had come to Hyderabad to meet Kavita and his cousin Harish Rao. KTR suspects that PK has put various ideas in kavita & his brother’s minds that they are being sidelined in party. Since then, the rebellion of Kavita has started taking shape. Anyway, when a BJP MP dragged Kavita’s name in Delhi’s liquor scam, party did not come to her rescue. KTR has also ex-

‘Harassed’ J&K girl dies by suicide in Mewar university

PK Agarwal

Chittorgarh: A 21-yearold girl, hailing from J&K, allegedly died by suicide on Friday by hanging herself to a ceiling fan in hostel of Mewar University here.

Police informed the deceased has been identified as Afrina Firdosh, a student of BRIT third year. “The incident took place in the Gangrar

Govt employee arrested for spying for Pak intel agencies

First India Bureau

Jaipur: 31-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly spying for Pakistani intelligence agencies, an official said on Saturday. Ravi Prakash Meena , a resident of Rajasthan, who was posted as a class-4 employee at the Sena Bhawan in Delhi, was honeytrapped by a Pakistani woman agent.

He was sharing confidential and strategic information about the Indian Army with her, DGP (Intelligence), Rajasthan, Umesh Mishra, said. He was providing information to the agent through social media in exchange for money which was deposited in his bank account, official said.

area of Chittorgarh. The victim allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a fan inside the hostel of

the varsity on Saturday.

The victim was being harassed by a boy, following which, she took extreme step,” police said. “Victim’s roommate alerted the university administration after she could not find her after searching for hours. Later, Afrina was found hanging in a room located on fourth floor of the hostel building,” police added.

Cops hurt after accused lets loose dog on them

First India Bureau

Jhunjhunu: An accused released a Pitbull dog on police team that had come to arrest him in Pilai village here on Friday. Sources informed a police team had gone to house of businessman Bharat Balapota. “Accused, Vikram Gurjar wanted in 2 cases related to possession of an illegal weapon was hiding in house of Balapota. As soon as head-constable Sunil Kumar, constable

Rajkumar, Suresh Kumar and Manglaram reached Bharat’s house, accused Vikram Gurjar set off his Pitbull breed dog on the police team and injured them. Dog attacked 3 of policemen and grievously injured them,” police added.

Couple found dead under mysterious condition

First India Bureau

Bharatpur: 22-yearold boy and a girl were found dead under mysterious circumstances in Didvali village here on Saturday morning.

Police informed the deceased has been identified as Gajendra and Diya. “Gajendra left home at around 4pm on Friday and did not return back. On Saturday morning, Diya’s family members reached Gajendra’s home and informed that Diya had gone somewhere along with Gajendra,” police said. “Later, a farmer spotted their dead bodies lying in farmland and alerted police. The reason behind their death is yet to be ascertained and the matter is being investigated. An FSL team reached the spot and collected samples from the spot,” police said.

The incident took place under Kumher Police Station area.

Martyr Sumer Singh Bagadia cremated with full state honours Manoj Tank & Manoj Khedar

Jhunjhunu: Gudha Bawani martyr Naib Subedar Sumer Singh Bagadia was cremated with full state honours in his native village on Saturday. Minister Rajendra Singh Gudha, District Collector Laxman Singh Kudi, SP Mridul Kachhawa, former MLA Shubhakaran Choudhary, BJP

atives and administrative officials paid floral tributes to the martyr. Bagadia was given a guard of honour by Army contingent and police personnel. The martyr’s 8-year-old son, Krish, lit the pyre.

In the funeral procession, a tricolour rally was also organized by the youth and villagers in the honour of the martyr. School children offered flowers.

70 BOXES OF ILLICIT LIQUOR CAUGHT, SMUGGLER ARRESTED

First India Bureau

Jaipur: CID caught 70 boxes of illicit liquor filled in a Tata Magic &

arrested a smuggler Sanjay Kumar in Kardhani police station area. Accused was bringing liquor from Jhunjhunu

to Jaipur. ADG Crime Dr Ravi Prakash said, on information received from the informer, Constable Krishna

Gopal, under supervision of DSP Crime Branch Pushpendra Singh Rathore a team was dispatched.

Yuva Morcha District President Jaisingh Manth, Youth Cong District President Sudheendra Mund and other public represent-

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Nitish Kumar

MSME’S PROSPECTS BRIGHT IN STATE, GOVT COMMITTED TO INVESTORS: CM

State Govern ment has taken a positive ap proach for MSME sector.

With strong MSME sec tor, we will have greater employment, & develop ment of State. With con tinuous efforts in devel oping education, infra, medical, policies and in centives, Rajasthan has become an emerging hub for MSME industry.

These MSME entrepre neurs will become big in dustrialists of tomorrow.

—Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister

State climbs up the ladder in per capita income and Happiness Index

Naresh Sharma & Ziauddin Khan

Jaipur: Chief Minis ter Ashok Gehlot said that the stronger the MSME sector, the fast er the economic pro gress will be in the State. “Today, MSMEs contribute 30 percent to the country’s GDP.

There are over 6 lakh MSME industries in Rajasthan and over 1.35 lakh exporters.

This sector provides for maximum employ ment opportunities.

Keeping this in mind, the State Government has taken several poli cy decisions to pro mote MSMEs,” he said

adding that the future of MSMEs in the State is bright.

Gehlot was address ing the MSME Con clave and closing cere mony under Invest Rajasthan Sum mit-2022 organised at JECC, Sitapura on Sat urday.

The Chief Minister said in the ‘Thinking Big, Thinking Smart’

The role of MSME in coun try’s GDP is 31% and 48% in ex ports. This con clave on MSME and the insights shared by the re spected dignitaries today is very es sential.

—Rajiv Arora, Chairman RAJSICO

PACHPADRA PETROLEUM ZONE WILL BECOME A MAJOR INVESTMENT CENTRE, SAYS CM

The CM said that 20 percent of the country’s oil is produced in Rajasthan. There is possibility of gas exploration too. A petrochemical complex is being developed in an area of 383 sq km near the refinery at Pachpadra. “We have also sent a proposal to the Central Government. More than 150 MSMEs and other industries will be established here and youth will get employment opportunities. In such a situation, Pachpadra will become a major centre of investment,” the CM said.

session of the MSME Conclave that the Sum mit has created a new

MSME sector is a very vibrant sector of the Indian economy and plays a very impor tant role in socio-economic development. Out of the total existing industries in the State, most of the industries like textiles, crafts, mining, agricul ture, food processing metals, footwear fall in this category. —Shakuntla Rawat, Minister for Industries & Commerce

It would have been better, if CM Gehlot had looked at himself before criticising the BJP. He has made Raj, a HQs of crime. During the earlier tenure of Gehlot, investment events were organised in Rajasthan, but how many of those MoUs came on the ground? —Rajendra Rathore, Dy LoP

that the State Govern ment is committed to turn every MoU and project into reality. He assured the investors that every officer and employee of the State Government will en sure timely fulfilment of the needs of the in vestors.

only where there is a good atmosphere.

The Chief Minister also said that the pre sent dispensation un derstands the impor tance of MSMEs in the State, their needs and their difficulties.

Builder flouts norms, will Shanti Dhariwal take cognizance?

First India Bureau

Kota: In what could be termed as a major development, allega tions of misappropri ation under the guise of Chief Minister Jan Awas Yojana have been levelled in Kota wherein, Mukundra Infra Project owners are accused of illegal construction without approval. Mukundra Prime Builder is ac cused of misappro priation of crores of rupees through ille gal construction in Kota’s Rajnagar (Khasra no. 362, 362/2, 367 in Tehsil Ladpu ra).

The directors of Mukundra Infra Pro ject - PC Jain and Animesh Jain - are accused of illegal ac tivity. It has been al leged that they took land at cheap rates from the government in the name of LIGMIG but instead, made more than 350 luxury flats on the land and are selling them at high prices.

Allegations have also been levelled of con structing commercial shops, showrooms, and basements, whereas, there is no provision for doing

commercial activity in Chief Minister Jan Awas Yojana. Moreo ver these commercial establishments, showrooms, and basements are alleg edly constructed against the rules and maps in the project.

Moreover, the builder is also ac cused of taking loans worth crores from banks in connivance and it is further al leged that RERA rules and deadlines are also not being fol lowed in the project.

It is alleged that the construction of 8 floors was done by ig noring the rules of height in the project and now, despite all this, the builder has started preparing to build one more floor.

Now the milliondollar question is: Will UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal take cognizance of this en tire episode?

ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THE BUILDER

investment climate in the State.

Gehlot further said

Adding further, Ge hlot also said that the entrepreneurs invest

“The new MSME policy aims at increasing the contribution of MS MEs in the State GDP and exports,” he said.

Matter of pride for State as Royal Train resumes operations: Gehlot

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Jaipur: Taking major action on Saturday, JDA’s Enforcement Squad got the JDA owned plot, of Rs 10 crore mar ket value, free from encroach ment. This major action was taken under JDA Commissioner Ravi Jain’s directions. The Squad took action in plot number 7 in Chan drakala Colony at Dur gapura were a 4-storey building was built ille gally having left no set back, after occupying the said plot.

On this 333 square yard plot, a hostel was being operated on first & second floors and the hall on 3rd floor, in the back portion, have been sealed. In the action taken under the leader ship of Chief Control ler Enforcement, Raghuveer Saini, en trance & stairs were sealed by brick wall & locking doors. Notably, the affected party had appealed to JDA Tribu

nal. After the appeal was rejected, JDA un dertook the action. Ear lier on March 16 this year, Enforcement Squad had sealed the building’s front part. A family is currently liv ing in the back side and JDA will take action in a day or two to clear this part too.

After this, JDA will start the process of auc tion of the plot & ex pects around Rs10 crore from the auction.

Enforcement Squad also freed half a bigha of land in downstream area of Nevata dam from encroachment.

n Royal Train went off the tracks since March 2020 due to Covid-19 n Train now resumes journey with an initiative of RTDC & Dept of Tourism

which has been run ning for the last 40 years, after a gap of 2 years is a good sign. This is a positive indi cation for tourism sec tor to emerge stronger in the coming days.

Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot flagged off the Palace on Wheels train at Gandhi nagar Railway Station on Saturday. The re sumption of this train,

Before the departure of the train, the CM took stock of the facili ties on board the Palace on Wheels. Wishing the passengers a happy journey, he said, “It is a matter of pride for us to resume the services of Palace on Wheels. Tour ists from all over the country and abroad are mesmerized by the her itage and cultural tradi tions of Rajasthan on

the royal train.” He said that the train has modern furnishings and all tourist ameni ties. It is being operated under joint venture of Railways and RTDC, The first royal train was started in 1982. Tourism Minister Vish vendra Singh, Indus tries Minister Shakun tala Rawat, RTDC Chairman Dharmendra Rathore, MoS for Tour ism Murari Lal Meena, Rajasthan State Minori ties Commission Chair man Rafeek Khan, MLA Baljit Yadav, RIICO Chairman Kuldeep Ranka, Principal Secy Tourism Gayatri

A 7-DAY ROYAL RETREAT

Apart from Delhi and Agra, the train will embark on a seven-day journey to the beautiful cities of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Chittorgarh, Jaisalmer and Bharatpur, which will at tract domestic and foreign tourists. The journey of this royal train, giving a glimpse of the glorious history of Rajasthan, delights the do mestic and foreign tourists.

Rathore, RTDC MD Vi jaypal Singh, Director Tourism Rashmi Shar ma, Senior DCM of In dian Railways Mukesh Saini & ADRM Manish Goyal were present with officials & masses.

Moreover, the builder is also accused of taking loans worth crores from banks in conniv ance and it is further alleged that RERA rules and deadlines are also not being followed in the project. It is alleged that the construction of 8 floors was done by ignoring the rules of height in the project and now, despite all this, the builder has started preparing to build one more floor.

Be it Adani,... The industrialist an nounced plans to in vest Rs 65,000 cr in Ra jasthan over the next 5-7 years, including setting up of a 10,000MW solar power facil ity, expansion of a ce ment plant, and upgra dation of the Jaipur International Airport. Gehlot addressed the business tycoon as “Gautam bhai” and congratulated him for becoming the world’s second richest person.

during the inaugural ceremony, saying it was a tight slap on the face of the Congress High Command.

BCI comes... Justice Chandrachud’s elevation as the Chief Justice of India. The Bar Council of India has thoroughly exam ined the contents of this 165 pages long let ter and it finds that it is nothing but a scur rilous and malicious attempt to interfere with the functioning of Judiciary and the administration of Jus tice.”

BJP

However, Rahul Gandhi levelled alle gations on Twitter. Without taking any names, he alleged that several crore rupees in loans of “capitalist friends” were waived off while others were living in debt.

Prez Satish Poonia, Dy LoP Rajendra Rathore, & MLA Vasudev Dev nani had targeted Con gress over CM’s praise for Adani.

“The CM, who con stantly attacks Centre by taking Adani’s name, isn’t tired of praising him in front of crores of citizens during the last days of his unstable gov ernment,” Devnani tweeted.

He also shared a pic ture of Adani & Ge hlot sitting together

Notably, a complaint was been filed before the President of India Droupadi Murmu, Central Vigilance Commission, and Prime Minister Naren dra Modi for “corrup tion and misuse of Su preme Court”.

The said complain ant has accused the Justice of misusing his office in granting favour to a company for which his son rep resented as an advo cate and granting ben efits of thousands of crores to vaccine and pharma companies by his order wherein he had suggested people take the Covid vac cine.

Shanti Dhariwal

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Dr Mahesh Joshi, Parsadi Lal Meena and Dr Subhash Garg during the Invest Rajasthan Summit at JECC, Sitapura in Jaipur.

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot addresses the MSME Conclave and concluding ceremony of the Invest Rajasthan Summit-2022 at JECC, Sitapura in Jaipur on Saturday. Also seen here are Kuldeep Ranka, Rajiv Arora, Veenu Gupta and others. —PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA

An elated CM Ashok Gehlot boards the Palace on Wheels Train after flagging it off from Gandhi Nagar Railway Station in Jaipur. Also seen here are Dharmendra Rathore, Baljeet Yadav and others.

CM Ashok Gehlot, Vishvendra Singh, Dharmendra Rathore, Murari Lal Meena and Baljeet Yadav seated in the newly inaugurated Palace on Wheels Train at Gandhi Nagar Railway Station in Jaipur.

Nothing expresses happiness like flowers. They have the remarkable capacity to make people smile and lift their spirits. That is why flowery motifs and patterns are always used by designers in their collections. If you’re anything like us, you prefer to have flowers around you in some manner, shape, or form, whether you have fresh blossoms on your nightstand or your favourite dress has flowers over it. In the textile business, there are several flower print and pattern varieties, such as antique floral patterns, tropical floral patterns abstract and stylised floral patterns which are the favourite of most women.

Florals may provide a splash of colour to Indian festival attires. It adds to the festive atmosphere, floral prints were prominent at numerous fashion events, including Couture Fashion Week SS21 in Paris. Chanel, Fendi, Dior, Viktor& Rolf and Giambattista Valli, all embraced the freshness of flowers in their designs. Florals have been popular in fashion for millennia. During special occasions, ancient Greek and Roman ladies wore fragrant head crowns and garlands composed of flowers, leaves, and herbs. Floral motifs are stitched with gold and silver threads onto the velvet dresses of Europe’s affluent throughout the Medieval Ages.

FLORALS IN THREE DIMENSIONS

3D floral designs are an incredible strategy to bring the charm of flowers to life. “Team 3D floral blouses with jeans, shorts, or even a smart pair of joggers for a casual style.” When paired and matched correctly, it may also be the ideal day appearance. They also look great for a sophisticated party dress.

FLOWERS ON FLOWERS

If implemented right, printover-print looks may be a lot of fun. “Flowery paired with floral look remarkably good.

Floral designs stand out even more when paired with stripes and gingham. However, bear in mind that over-styling might ruin the effect.

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Florals are a sign of beauty and youthfulness, they are ageless and that much is certain! City First brings you some most romantic floral pieces to float around this season

JEWELLERY IDEAS TO EXPRESS YOUR ROMANCE!

From voicing love to cherishing the memories of love, Jewelry is the way you can make a person feel special and desired. A Fine piece of the gem is capable to bring the feeling of affection towards one another. The feeling of being trapped in the world of love is magical and what makes it more ravishing is exhibiting it in a most memorable way. If you are scheduling to make a moment special for your loved ones, a jewel that expresses your feelings would work as the cherry on top.

is a pendant, ring or bracelet the aesthetic design makes the most popular jewellery to gift these days. An open heart pendant that split open in between leaving a space to add a picture or symbols that you cherish the most.

GLIMMERING GEMSTONES

vigilant about how precious they are to you.

POSY RINGS

in expressing a soppy feeling of attachment towards each other.

Few jewellery specialists explore the universal set of jewellery that symbolizes love and eternity from ancient to the current world and how the innovation of this jewellery has improvised over the years that evokes the feeling of love and affection Certain jewellery innovations that occur between ancient to present times that could cheer up your love life and showcase your impregnable love for each other.

ROSE QUARTZ RINGS

Rose quartz is a stone that expresses love and compassion. Its pale pink colour exhibits emotions of undeniable love for your mate. it has translucent transparency and is in hexagonal crystal seems perfect for the girl you dream to spend the with rest of your life. only this but its warm tone promotes the feeling of self-love. In case you are on low self-esteem gifting a rose quartz ring or necklace can make you feel worthy and beautiful.

OPEN HEART PENDANT

Open hearts jewellery is one of the most trendy sets of jewellery between couples. It allies with the feeling of love, compassion, beauty and faith. Whether it

It may sound cheesy but just like a real Diamond never loses its shine, a true feeling of affection last forever. To outshine the crowd of people leaders and powerful figures wears diamond crowns to let people know about their superiority since a Diamond symbolizes power and strength. Presenting diamond jewellery to your loved ones can make them

A simple Gold plated ring with a secret poem or a message written outside or inside of the ring makes it special and unique. The term ‘posy’ is driven by the word poesie, it is a medieval time design popular in the 15th to 17th century in both England and France, it is gifted mostly as the feeling of love and friendship. The language in which the quotation was written was Norman French, French, Latin and English used in later times.

CUPID DESIGN JEWELS

Cupid jewels play a significant role

There are several designs with the Cupid concept but the most popular one is ‘The Power of Love,’ which features a playful take on romance in a ring that has cupid absconding with a flaming heart set with ruby from England circa designed in the year 1725 engraved with the English inscription ‘Stop Thief ‘ at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

DRIED RED TULIP PENDANT

Most people love flowers but what makes them questionable is their short lifespan. Each flower symbolizes a different meaning of love hence the Red tulip represents the declaration of love.

Spending cash on expensive bouquets is not worth knowing it will wilt within the days.

Instead of a pendant with dried flowers would be an amazing deal. Dried Flowers can symbolize the most treasured memories.

Dried flowers improvise the way of thinking about beauty, gifting dried flower jewellery can bring different meanings to your

INTERLINK PENDANT

A simple set of pendants with a huge meaning behind it. It consists of two interlocked geometrical symbols representing two people. It looks elegant and classy and can be worn on the daily basis will do all justice to the feeling of the person that has gifted you a specific kind of ornament keeping it close to your heart all the time.

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CHEERS TO ALL LADIES & GENTELMEN

A formal wear bash in the Western dress code, commonly known as Black Tie Party was organised at Notion, Sahkar Marg Jaipur, a newly opened Restaurant on Saturday. The British and European-inspired party was organised by Youth Icon Rishee Miglani and Priyambi Rajawat. The party enthusiasts were dressed up in dashing suits and pretty gowns, which made the aura mesmerizing. During the bash, Priyambi Rajawat said,

Tie Gala, is an amazing royal gala night inspired by the British Culture, for the first time in Jaipur, where we brought antiquity and culture with a very formal event, where people are envisioned to be elegant and they are predicted to see the culture and talk about food and good music as well as enjoy a little taste of UK and we are looking forward

is very exciting and I did a party like this for the first time, the party had warm vibes with the coolest people

the occasion, Rishee said,

the town, all were wearing formal and were enjoying the night in the most happening way. It was indeed a night Jaipur can not forget.”

seeing everyone.”

Priyambi, Meghna, Rishee and Tanay Vriti, Wrickie, Rishee and Priyambi

Ratika and Kavita

Mandakini taking a selfie

Priyambi and Meghna Deepti and Atin

Sujata, Rishee, Hiyavi , Ashna and Karan

Devraj, Nisha and Anju

Deviya and Shaina

Shiksha and Abhishek

Inder and Rishee

Rishi, Ashima and Priyambi

Neha

Suvrat and TanyaAnjula, Mohit and Jassi

Ankit, Payal and Rohit

Kirti Rathore

Dhruv, Khushi, Divisha and Vaibhav Richa and Jitendra

Raj Choudhary, Deepti Saini, Karan Vig, Dr Poonam

Madan and Farha Ansari

Radhika and Ayesha

JOURNEY OF CONFIDENCE & FORTITUDE!

Astrong woman is a woman deter mined to do some thing others are determined not be done.’ Disha Nar eda, a Jaipurbased model proved that she is the superwoman of her times. When asked about her journey the diva said, “It all started in December 2020 when I came into the field of modelling and pag

eantry, though I weighed 86 kgs but a confident girl. It was when I actually started giving auditions, I was told to lose weight, and was even laughed off at the stage for the way I looked, the inci dence confidence shattered the confidence of that young 19-year-old into many pieces and she started hat ing my body.”

She further said, “Fast for ward to the end of 2021, one thing I realised was that confidence comes from within and you will shine bright like a diamond the day you accept yourself and love yourself for who you are. I started working pa tiently towards my dreams, by staying true to myself and I lost weight the people who laughed at me are now

MAIN BHI BAL SARPANCH!

CITY FIRST

In the “Main Bhi Bal Sarpanch” cam paign being organ ized by UNICEF and Digital Bal Mela, a Bal Panchayat was organ ised in Rajawas village on Saturday. In this Bal Panchayat, besides giv ing information about the Panchayati Raj sys tem to the children, information was also given about the func tions, rights, functions of Gram Panchayat etc. Rajawas Sarpanch Meenakshi Meena and Ram Singh Meena were present as chief guests in this program organised at Panchayat Bhawan.

More than 400 chil dren from 5 schools were present in Bal Panchayat, which set a new record of Bal Pan

their claim for the post of child sarpanch. Af ter this other children present in the pan chayat also did live vote for them. The claimants of the sar panch told the children that if they become sarpanch then what will they change in their village? Describ ing the organisation of Bal Panchayat as im portant for the politi cal awareness of the children, Sarpanch Meenakshi Meena promised to address the local problems raised by the children.

chayat. Not only this but a “Bal Sarpanch” competition was also organized for these children. In this, 36 children submitted

This program, Prin cipal of Government School Rajawas Shakti Singh, along with Prin cipals Rampal Sharma and Chandra Prakash attended the program as a guest.

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As I go back home with a heavy heart, I’m filled with pride and I can hear my younger self thanking me for not giving up when things got hard.

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A 10-line poem or 10 poems of one line each?

Dogs barked at the calendar, on it was a bird.

The cat pranced over to the rosebush and ran away. The wind shook the tree’s branches and one quickly fell. A Leaf slowly fell from the tree and into rivers.

Mr. Frizt had lost his best hat to the wind. A street with the number nine that is my home.

The Library’s books are the thickest I have ever seen .

A jar of jam is on the table, now not.

In the doorway bells are ringing, a beautiful, wonder ful Sound.

I throw a water melon out the win dow, I hate it.

Bollywood

IRIKA MAURYA

Actor, producer, UNEP Goodwill Ambassador and SDG Advocate, Dia Mirza has become the brand ambassador of Jaipur girls’ startup, ‘Greendigo recently. Barkha Bhatnagar Das and Meghna Kishore have co-founded ‘Greendigo’, the three-year-old femalefounded and female-led company that is a sustainability-driven brand of organic baby clothing. The brand is an online store that specializes in soft, safe and thoughtfully designed organic cotton baby clothing and nursery essentials. It is to be noted that both founders hail from Jaipur and have done their schooling at MGD School. They are the daughters of a well-known former cricketer, Jaipur-based Jitendra Bhatnagar who played for Rajasthan in the Ranji Trophy from 1963-1969.

Miss and Mrs Alluring Beauty of Rajasthan, an astonishing beauty pageant was organised to promote the local talent of Rajasthan at Hotel, The Lalit on Saturday. Famous Bollywood actor Govinda Ahuja graced the occasion as the celebrity Guest and enlightened everyone with his motivating words. Prominent famous of the city including Gaurav Gaur, Director Miss Elite Rajasthan, JD Maheshwari, Fashion Designer Kirti Rathore, Saurabh Prajapat, Monu Sharma and Anil Agarwal also present on the occasion. The actor also offered prayers and sought blessings at Kale Hanuman Ji ka Mandir, located at Chandi ki Taksal, Jaipur.

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