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Washington: The FBI raided Donald Trump’s private estate in Florida to probe into the handling of presidential documents, including classified materials, triggering an angry outburst from Trump who called it an attempt to block his 2024 White House bid.
Beijing: China has said it has started the process for the return of Indian students stuck back home due to COVID-19 visa restrictions here and the first batch may arrive soon, raising hopes for thousands of students waiting to re-join their colleges.
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Colombo: Sri Lanka’s newly-appointed tourism brand Ambassador and cricket legend Sanath Jayasuriya has said his country will concentrate on promoting the Ramayana trail to Indian tourists, as the crisis-hit island nation seeks to boost tourism for economic recovery.
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Different tales of 2 States
Amit Shah pitches for more reforms Nitish Kumar splits with ally BJP again, 20-member cabinet in in co-op societies Maha has no woman; stakes claim as Grand Alliance Govt CM Oppn, activists rap govt —PHOTO BY PTI
Patna (PTI): In a day of fast-moving political developments, Bihar’s mercurial leader Nitish Kumar twice met Governor Phagu Chauhan, first to hand in his resignation as NDA chief minister and then after being elected leader of the RJD-led ‘Mahagathbandhan’ to stake claim for the top job in the state once again. His move which was a reversal of what happened in 2017 when he left the Mahagathbandhan to rejoin the NDA, left ally BJP out in the cold for second time. After meeting Chauhan, Kumar went to the residence of ex-CM Rabri Devi to confabulate with RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav. Later, he called on the governor again to stake claim to form the govt after getting the support of Mahagathbandhan constituents.
Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari congratulates Sudhir Mungantiwar after he was sworn-in as a minister, in Mumbai, on Tuesday. CM Eknath Shinde and Dy CM Devendra Fadnavis also seen.
Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar with Rashtriya Janata Dal leaders Tejashwi Yadav and Tej Pratap (R), in Patna, on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
BJP ACCUSES NITISH KUMAR OF INSULTING PEOPLE’S MANDATE
NITISH’S OATH TODAY, TEJASHWI TO BE DY CM
New Delhi: The BJP on Tuesday accused Nitish Kumar of “insulting and betraying” people’s mandate while blaming his prime ministerial ambition for the JD(U)’s decision to walk out of the NDA and joining hands with the RJD-led Opposition. BJP leaders noted that he had snapped ties with RJD in 2017 over allegations of corruption against Tejashwi Yadav and asked how he will justify the alliance with RJD again. P5
Patna: Nitish Kumar will take oath as Chief Minister of Bihar on Wednesday at 2 pm, after he ditched the BJP on Tuesday and announced a new “Grand Alliance” which includes RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav and other Opposition parties.
Crucial Freebie culture bad READ TYAGI, NOIDA WOMAN ABUSER, ARRESTED
Quit India anniv: Sonia exhorts people to defend freedom
for country: Naidu
New Delhi: Shrikant Tyagi, absconding after an FIR was lodged against him for abusing and pushing a woman at the Grand Omaxe society in Noida, was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police on Tuesday, said senior officials. Tyagi was on the run since Friday, when the FIR against him.
9 KILLED IN WEST BENGAL ACCIDENT Kolkata: At least nine persons, including eight women farm labourers, died when an autorickshaw and a state transport bus collided on National Highway-60 in West Bengal’s Birbhum district on Tuesday afternoon, police said.
VP Venkaiah Naidu with VP-elect Jagdeep Dhankhar & LS Speaker Om Birla, at the latter’s residence in New Delhi, on Tuesday.
New Delhi (PTI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday cautioned against populist measures to garner votes by various political parties and said the “freebie culture” has led to deteriorating financial
health of many states. The government should definitely support the poor and needy, but at the same time should prioritise health, education and infrastructure development, Naidu said. More on P6
New Delhi (PTI): On the Quit India movement anniversary, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday exhorted countrymen to defend the country’s freedom with “all our might”, while the Opposition party also hit out at the RSS, alleging that it supported the British. In her message, Gandhi said that on this historic day, Aruna Asif Ali held aloft the National flag when lakhs and lakhs of Congress workers were beaten and jailed.
STATE LEVEL WORLD TRIBAL DAY CELEBRATION AT MANGARH DHAM
State government committed for all round upliftment of tribals: Gehlot CM inaugurates and lays foundation stone of works worth `399 crore for tribal area welfare
Announces capacity expansion of Bagidaura and Anandpuri hospitals
JDU-BJP ALLIANCE WAS NEFARIOUS: ASHOK GEHLOT
Yogesh Sharma Banswara: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, on Tuesday, inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of various works worth Rs 399 crore at Mangarh and Sangdungri in Banswara on the occasion of World Tribal Day. Congratulating the people on World Tribal Day, he said that this day provides us an opportunity to contemplate and contemplate to solve the difficulties and problems of the
Bridge to be built in Sangdungri at a cost of `42 crore
CM Ashok Gehlot paying tribute to Govind Guru at Mangarh Dham in Banswara on Tuesday. Ajay Maken, Govind Singh Dotasra and Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya accompanied him.
tribals. Keeping in mind its importance, the state government
has declared this day as a public holiday, he said. Turn to P8
Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday said the alliance between the JDU and the Bharatiya Janata Party in Bihar was “nefarious”, which was bound to break. Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar on Tuesday resigned from the post of the chief minister of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in Bihar. “This nefarious alliance formed to form the government in Bihar by strangling democracy was bound to break. Turn to P8
Mumbai (PTI): Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde on Tuesday expanded his two-member ministry 41 days after taking oath as the CM by inducting 18 ministers, nine each from his rebel Shiv Sena group and the BJP. The list doesn’t include women, a move being panned by politicians and women’s rights activists. With no representation for women in the Shinde cabinet, NCP leader Supriya Sule
Narendra Modi @narendramodi Congratulations to all those who took oath as Ministers in the Maharashtra Government today. This team is a great blend of administrative experience and the passion to deliver good governance. My best wishes to them for serving the people of the state.
said the decision shows that the ruling parties in Maharashtra do not respect women.
New Delhi (PTI): Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday pitched for reforms in cooperative societies, saying the same person cannot be elected year after year and the election process has to become more transparent. Shah was addressing an event here after the online launch of the onboarding of cooperatives on the government’s e-marketplace (GeM) platform. He stressed the need to expand and modernise the cooperative sector, which he said, has been a “neglected” sector. “There is a need to bring changes in the cooperative sector at a fast pace,” Shah said, adding, “We will have to change, else people will change us.” He emphasised bringing transparency in all spheres of the cooperative sector, particularly in three areas, including the election proces. More on P5
—PHOTO BY ANI
Amit Shah addresses at the onboarding programme of cooperative societies, in New Delhi on Tuesday.
AFTER SHAH VISIT, K’TAKA ABUZZ WITH CM CHANGE TALKS Bengaluru: There are speculations of change in chief ministership in Karnataka after Amit Shah’s recent visit. CM Basavaraj Bommai, who has come under severe criticism from within the BJP itself following the recent murder of a youth leader in Dakshina Kannada district, went into self-isolation after testing positive for Covid-19 for third time on Aug 6, ahead of a scheduled visit to Delhi.
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Dr Kirodi ends ERCP stir after Bus stuck in waterlogged Govt agrees to resolve issue Nandpuri underpass HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE IN STATE
State high-level team will meet Jal Shakti Ministry officials, assures Vishvendra Singh
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Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: A low-floor bus of the Jaipur City Transport Services Limited (JCTSL) got stuck at a waterlogged underpass in Jaipur on Tuesday. The bus submerged in water at Nandpuri underpass in Malviya Nagar that was flooded up to 4 feet in just 20 minutes of rain on Tuesday afternoon. While the bus driver and the operator were stranded atop the submerged bus, all the passengers were rescued on time. Meanwhile, heavy rains continued to lash parts of the State with Sindhari in Barmer recording the highest 13 cm rainfall. At the same time, Baitu and Pachpadra of Barmer also received 2-3 inches of rain. So far, Barmer has received 15 per cent more rain than normal. Similarly, Sirohi’s Ker also received 107mm (4 inches) of rain. It rained in many areas of Udaipur, Pali, Jodhpur, Jalore and Dungarpur districts.
Jaipur: BJP Rajya Sabha MP Kirodi Lal Meena on Tuesday ended the ‘Jal Kranti Yatra’ after talks with the State Government representatives. The MP demanded the state government to remove “technical flaws” in the Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP). Government’s representative Minister Vishvendra Singh, after talking to the Chief Minister, accepted that the a highlevel technical team of Rajasthan Government will meet the officials of the Central Water Commission and Ministry of Jal Shakti to discuss over the technical objections raised by the Commission and the Madhya Pradesh State Government on the implementation of ERCP scheme and efforts will be made to remove the technical objections raised. The committee will have two members each from the BJP and the Congress, who will be
Dr Kirodi along with Rajendra Rathore, Arun Chaturvedi, Golma Devi, Mahant Prakash Das, and others during the ERCP agitation.
nominated by their party. Meena on Tuesday began a vehicle rally with his supporters from Dausa to Jaipur, demanding that the state government remove “technical flaws” in the Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project. The rally started from Nangalpyarias in Dausa and stopped near Jat-
Huge crowd gathers to protest against State govt’s ERCP scheme in Dausa District on Tuesday.
The project will use less than 10 per cent of the water flowing from MP. In the past, Rajasthan also did not object to the projects constructed by Madhya Pradesh on the Chambal and tribu—Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister taries like this. wara in Jaipur District where State Tourism Minister Vishvendra
Singh and senior officials reached for talks. Meena said, “Chief
Minister Gehlot had earlier written to the Madhya Pradesh government for a non-objection certificate for the project, which was not given.” However, Gehlot on Tuesday said the consent of the MP Govt was not required for the project, citing a decision of an interstate board way back in 2005.
A city bus is seen submerged after heavy rain and waterlogging at Nandpuri underpass in Malviya Nagar, Jaipur on Tuesday.
TWO MINORS DROWN IN CITY, BODIES FOUND FLOATING IN WATER-FILLED PIT Jaipur: In a sensational case of drowning, the dead bodies of two children were found in the city on Tuesday morning. The dead bodies of two children were found in the pit of the vacant plot near the house. The deceased were identified as Ashu (12) and Chandan (12). The incident took place in Amar Vihar Colony. Both the children
were missing since 3 pm on Monday. A missing complaint was also lodged at the Kanota police station. Locals informed the police after seeing the dead bodies floating. After this, the families looking for their missing children reached the spot. Seeing the dead body floating in the water, there was chaos on the spot. es in Banswara, Baran and Bundi districts in the next 24 hours.
Tricolour to be hoisted To curb Lumpy, 55 personnel Ranjeeta Koli meets Birla; at 50L houses: Diya deployed in worst-hit districts notice sent to CISF office
30-yr-old man found dead by roadside, cops suspect murder
—PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA
The MeT department has issued a warning of heavy rain at some plac-
MP Diya Kumari with MLA Ramlal Sharma.
Aishwary Pradhan Jaipur: BJP MP Diya Kumari has said that every citizen of the country is getting the privilege of putting the national flag at his house on ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’. She said that the tricolour programme at every house is not of any particular party, but of all citizens and from August 13 to 15, the tricolour will be hoisted at every house in the state. Diya Kumari also started the tricolor awareness march from the BJP office on Tuesday. “This programme is not of any particu-
DIYA REACTS
Jaipur (FIB): Animal Husbandry Department is all set to prevent the spread of lumpy skin disease. To control the spread of the disease, 55 personnel have been deployed in districts with high infection rate. Eight livestock assistants are engaged in Sirohi and a similar number in Jodhpur, while 10 livestock assistants have been deployed in Sriganganagar, eight in Barmer, 13
LUMPY SKIN DISEASE
Farmers treating a cow.
in Jalore and eight in Jaisalmer. The personnel belong to Dausa, Alwar, Dholpur, Karauli and Bharatpur districts. The animal husbandry personnel will get the status of Corona
Warriors, if the duty of animal husbandry personnel if imposed during corona infection. Here, in case the personnel dies due to corona infection, he/she will get Rs 50 lakh.
curity. Information about the names of the security personnel has been sought. The statement of the security personnel at the time of the incident is important, said ASP Raghuveer Singh Kaviya. Koli had on Monday claimed that the mining mafia tried to mow her down by a truck and left her vehicle damaged while she was returning from New Delhi to Bharatpur late on Sunday evening.
MINOR GANGRAPED BY SIX AT GUN-POINT lar party, it is the programme of every citizen. Tricolours will be hoisted in 50 lakh houses in Rajasthan and the central government has also made special arrangements regarding flags,” she said.
Bharatpur (FIB): A minor girl was allegedly abducted and gangraped in Bharatpur’s Kaman town, police said on Tuesday. Police informed the victim was gangraped at a gun-point by five to six men. “The matter relates to a rivalry between two groups. Both the groups were trying to kidnap the minor girl. When the victim’s elder sister tried to save her, she was
also abducted by the accused,” police said. “A delegation of villagers met senior police officials on Tuesday and demanded strict action
against the accused. The medical examination of the minor girl has been conducted and the matter is being investigated,” police added.
BJP TRAINING SESSION CONCLUDES
Will form govt with majority: Poonia Ashok Kumawat Sirohi: BJP national general secretary Arun Singh and state president Satish Poonia on Tuesday addressed the concluding session of a three-day training camp of the party workers in Sirohi district of Rajasthan. They motivated ‘Vistarak’ who came from all 200 assembly constituencies, to get activated and mobilise others in support of the party at
Bharatpur (FIB): BJP MP Ranjeeta Koli on Tuesday met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla regarding the attack on her by the illegal mining mafia. The meeting lasted for more than half an hour at his residence. The answer can be sought in 72 hours regarding the incident. The Investigating officer has sent a notice to CISF office seeking information about the security personnel deployed in MP Koli’s se-
Arun Singh, Satish Poonia inaugurate Cow vaccination camp. booth level in view of the assembly and Lok Sabha elections in coming years.
Poonia said that the party will form the state government with 3/4th majority in the assem-
Arun Singh during Tiranga rally.
bly elections due later next year and Narendra Modi will become the prime minister of India
for the third time in 2024, according to a release. The leaders talked about the strategy for the elections. They also visited a Nandgaon gaushala in Raniwara assembly constituency and inaugurated a vaccination camp for cows. Later, Satish Poonia participated in a Tiranga rally in Reodar in Sirohi and Arun Singh took part in the rally in Pali’s Sumerpur.
WOMAN ALLEGES ‘RAPE FOR 7 YRS’ BY FACEBOOK FRIEND
GIRL RAPED BY LANDLORD’S SON, HIS FOUR FRIENDS
Jaipur: A 32-year-old married woman was allegedly blackmailed and raped for seven years in Jaipur’s Bajaj Nagar area, police said on Tuesday. Police informed the woman came-in contact with the accused through Facebook, following which, she was repeatedly raped by the accused. “They became friends through Facebook in 2014. Later, the accused had a physical relationship with the victim. He also filmed and blackmailed her,” police said.
Jaipur: A tenant girl was allegedly gangraped by her landlord’s son and his 4 friends in Vidyadhar Nagar. The rape has been happening for the last 4 months and the accused threatened to kill her, after which the victim went to file a case at Vidyadhar Nagar police station. Meanwhile, a girl from Bikaner was raped in Jaipur and aborted after she became pregnant. The victim filed a case at Sodala police station and the police are investigating.
First India Bureau Jaipur: A dead body of a 30-year-old man was found lying on the road in Bhankrota area on Tuesday. Police informed the deceased is yet to be identified, but preliminary investigations reveal that the man was strangulated and later thrown on roadside after being murdered. “The dead body was found lying near Ring Road in Bhankrota on Tuesday morning. Passers-by alerted the police and an FSL team was immediately called-in to collect samples from the spot,” said police. Jaipur City FSL InCharge Abhay Pratap Singh added, “Prima facie, the man was allegedly strangulated and murdered. The deceased was murdered somewhere else, but his body was wrapped with a blanket and thrown near Ring Road under Bhankrota Police Station.”
Complete preparations for Rural Olympic Games: CS to officials Jaipur (FIB): Chief Secretary Usha Sharma on Tuesday directed officials to complete all the preparations related to Rajiv Gandhi Rural Olympic Games to be held in the State. She directed that the work of formation of teams at the gram panchayat level should be done at the earliest so that the players of the team could practise the game among themselves. The Chief Secretary
CS Usha Sharma, PK Goyal, Naveen Jain, and Naresh Thakral during the meeting in Jaipur on Tuesday.
was reviewing the preparations for the Games. The CS directed that adequate publicity should be given to this event at the local level.
She said that the state government is running many ambitious schemes for the promotion of sports and sportspersons.
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STAMPEDE AT KHATU SHYAM JI TEMPLE
SDM, REENGUS DSP SUSPENDED; GATES FOR VIP DARSHAN SEALED Ahead of CM’s review meeting today, An FIR has been lodged on temple action taken against SDM and DSP trustees by block Congress leader
Sikar Collector Avichal Chaturvedi, SP Kunwar Rastradeep and other officials of the district administration inspected sealing of all the VIP gates of the temple on Tuesday.
Ramesh Sharma Sikar: With the reports of CM Gehlot Ashok deciding to hold a meeting on Wednesday regarding the stampede at Khatu Shyam ji temple, the govt on Tuesday suspended SDM Dantaramgarh Rajesh K Meena-II and DSP Reengus Surendra Singh for dereliction of duty. A departmental inquiry has been initiated
Whether it is district admin, temple committee or police, the guilty must be punished. I demand from the state govt to increase financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh to atleast Rs —Sumedhanand Saraswati, Sikar MP 25 lakhs. against Meena. DGP ML Lather issued an order for suspension of the DSP. Meanwhile, an FIR under section 304A of IPC was also registered against members of Temple trust on Tuesday.
Asked to vacate home, angry tenant set car of his landlord on fire
Trust President Shambhu Singh, Minister Shyam Singh, Treasurer Kalu Singh, Pratap Singh, & Bhawani Singh have been named in FIR. The FIR was registered by Palsana Block Cong
President Ramdev Singh Khokhar. However, the district admin of Sikar on Tuesday closed all VIP gates of temple in compliance to the decisions taken on Monday. The VIP routes were covered through a tin shed and the gates were sealed by officials of district admin. Collector Avichal Chaturvedi, SP Kunwar Rastradeep and others were present.
One killed while getting his picture clicked at Akshay Patra Temple
BJP MLA RAMLAL SHARMA TAKES JIBE AT CONG MLA VIRENDRA Jaipur: BJP MLA Ramlal Sharma protested against Dantaramgarh MLA Virendra Singh and accused him of wrongly accusing the temple committee for the stampede. “Arrangement committee is not in the hands of administration. If there is something wrong, it should be checked. Cong MLA is opposing the temple committee due to personal hatred,” he said. Ramlal also questioned suspension of Khatu Shyam Ji SHO. In fact, temple committee officials are close to BJP, therefore BJP MLA Ramlal Sharma stood in support of committee.
It is unfair to suspend the SHO to suppress the main cause of the accident. First the matter should be investigated, then action should have been taken. —Ramlal Sharma, BJP MLA
Two ATMs loaded with `50k cash looted in one night at Sirsi Road First India Bureau Jaipur: Two automated teller machines (ATM) were uprooted and thousands of rupees were looted by unknown miscreants in Jaipur’s Sirsi Road area on Monday night. Police informed the miscreants looted two ATMs, which were located opposite to each other under the Bhankrota Police Station
Apeksha group accused held
CCTV grab of ATM loot that happened on Monday night.
area. “ATMs of Hitachi and Vakrangi were installed at Sirsi Road. Both the ATMs are opposite to each other.
CCTV grab of the car being burned by the tenant and his aide.
Fire tenders were called in to douse the burning car First India Bureau Jaipur: A tenant allegedly set his landlord’s car ablaze in Nahargarh area after the landlord asked him to vacate the rented premises. Police informed the incident took place on August 5, following which, an FIR has been lodged. “The complainant, Babulal Baral, has stated that Sanjay Goyal, Vishal Goyal and Pintu Gurjar allegedly dam-
aged his car after he asked Sanjay Goyal to vacate the rented accomodation,” police said. “Later, an FIR was filed against the accused in Nahargarh Police Station. The accused then set the landlord’s car ablaze on August 5. Fire tenders were called-in to douse the fire,” police added. “An FIR has been registered against Sanjay Goyal, Vishal Goyal, Jagdish Tailor, Ghanshyam Tailor, Kailash Soni and Pintu Gurjar for allegedly setting the car on fire,” police informed.
Photo of the deceased clicked a few moments before his death.
First India Bureau Kota: Tejinder Singh, accused of selling land in connivance with Apeksha Group Company, was arrested by SIT team. The arrested accused along with Rimpi Sardar had sold land to Apeksha Group under the name of Bajaj Residency. The another accused Rimpi Sardar has been arrested earlier also. It is worth mentioning that 89 FIRs have been lodged against Apeksha chit fund company, although the main accused Murlimanohar Namdev is absconding.
Jaipur: After recovering from Corona, swine flu has gripped Transport Minister Brijendra Ola. He shared the information on his social media accounts. Ola is in isolation at home after having tested positive for the swine flu. CM Gehlot, friends and well wishers are wishing him speedy recovery. Meanwhile, The State on Tuesday recorded 580 new Covid cases with which the tally of total positive cases swell up to 12,98,394.
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Udaipur: Two persons were electrocuted while the condition of two more is critical when they came in touch with an electric wire at Rana Poonja Chowk of Salumber on Tuesday. All were referred to MB Hospital in Udaipur where two succumbed to injuries. A huge contingent of police and district admin was present on the spot. The people had come to see Tribal Day event.
BJP will hoist the tricolour flags worth Rs 20 crore in the State during Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. From August 13-15, the tricolour will be hoisted at homes, markets and office buildings across the State. BJP workers led by BJP MP Diya Kumari took out a tricolour rally from the state BJP headquarters to the Shaheed Smarak in Jaipur on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA
Police on alert for Independence Day First India Bureau Jaipur: An alert has been sounded ahead of the celebrations of the 75th Independence Day of India. Senior police officials have directed all SHO to be extra vigilant on this Independence Day.
First India Bureau Alwar: In a one-of-itskind case in Rajasthan, an elderly couple are now proud parents to a newborn in the district. The 70-year-old mother gave birth to a baby on Monday. The mother’s age is 70 years and father’s age is 75 years. After nearly 54 years of marriage, both now have their first child. The doctor claims that this is the only case in state where a woman
Gopichand and Chandravati with newborn and doctors.
of such an age has given birth to a baby. However, with IVF tech, many el-
In a relief, no death was reported on Tuesday and total of 251 patients recovered. The active cases stood at 4142, as per the health department bulletin. Of the new cases, 139 were in Jaipur, 112 in Alwar, 72 in Udaipur, and 55 in Dausa.
Two electrocuted while returning from Tribal event
In Jaipur, most of the high-rise buildings are in the Vidhyadhar Na-
70-year old woman delivers boy via IVF IVF (In Vitro Fertilization) Expert Dr Pankaj Gupta says, there are only a few cases of children being born at this age across the country
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On Monday night, six miscreants barged into the ATMs and tied the machine with a rope and uprooted them. Around Rs 50,000 loaded in the ATMs were looted by the accused,” said Sub-Inspector Chagan Lal. “No security guards were present when the incident took place. We are looking for CCTV footage to nab the accused,” added Chagan Lal.
Ola Swine Flu positive; 580 new corona cases
First India Bureau Jaipur: A 32-year-old man was killed when a pillar fell on his head while taking a selfie outside Akshay Patra Temple in Jagatpura area on Monday. Police informed the deceased has been identified as Devdutt Shukla, resident of Bandikui. “He had come to Jaipur to withdraw money from his PF account with his friend. On Monday, they visited Akshay Patra Temple, Jagatpura, Devdutt was taking a selfie while standing near the pillar outside the temple. The pillar suddenly fell on him and he died” police said.
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derly couples in the country and the world have become parents
even at the age of 70-80 years. Gopichand, the proud father, is a former soldier of the Nuhaniya village of Jhunjhunu. He was shot in the leg during the Bangladesh war. Gopichand says that he is unable to express happiness of their first child. Tears of happiness come out of Chandravati’s eyes time she sees the newborn. The weight of the child is about three and a half kilos and he is healthy.
gar area. Police have been keeping a close eye on suspects, while
search ops are going on in slum areas and residential buildings. Meanwhile, housing societies have been instructed to install CCTV and do proper verification of tenants. Policemen in civil dress will also be deployed at various places.
3 held for firing on civic body head; 1 more shot dead Kota: The police held two accused of firing on municipal chairman Devilal Saini at Ramganjmandi town on Monday night. The accused chased Saini on a bike but he drove towards police station where one accused was held while two Sonu and Akash were held on Tuesday. The firing happened for getting contract from municipality. Meanwhile, a man Bansi Lal was killed and Vishnu was injured when bikers fired on them while they were heading home.
COURTESY MEET!
CM’s Advisor Danish Abrar met Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar at the latter’s residence in Delhi on Tuesday. Abrar congratulated and invited him to visit Sawai Madhopur.
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RERUN OF MAHA EPISODE? KOI SHAQ? NITISH ‘DIVORCES’ BJP
JD (U) leader Nitish Kumar interacts with media after submitting his resignation to Bihar Governor Phagu Chauhan, outside Raj Bhavan in Patna on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
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The writer is Senior Journalist and former Managing Editor, First India
I In the whole episode, it seemed that Nitish Kumar reportedly feared that the BJP may have wanted to repeat the Maharashtra saga in Bihar. Time will only clear the air, however, for now, Nitish has made up his mind and it was perhaps Shah’s “perceived” grip on Bihar through the selection of ministers which Nitish saw as an apparent threat
n politics, there is nothing called permanent friends or foes. Strange bedfellows make the script of Indian politics the way actually voters want to see it. Around 1.20 pm Bihar CM, Nitish Kumar announced that the alliance with the BJP in Bihar has ended. Tension or reported “rift” between the two parties had hammered on a breakpoint over (Nitish) Kumar’s concerns that Union Minister Amit Shah was working overtime in order to create fissures in the Janata Dal (United). Nitish squarely blamed RCP Singh, a former leader from his own party, for serving as proxy to Shah. RCP had quit the JDU on the weekend after his party accused him of corruption. The RJD, which is the state’s single-largest party, also met on Tuesday to discuss the political crisis brewing in the state. The party is currently headed by Tejashwi Yadav. According to political grapevine RJD is set to join Nitish in order to revive an earlier alliance they once had… at least till this article was written. Hope floats and hence one keeps planning likewise… probably. JD(U) hopes that if
NITISH DUMPS BJP, GOES BACK TO RJD
(such) an alliance performs well (in Bihar) in 2024, Nitish could easily be catapulted to the epicentre of the Opposition core. However, this alliance is also desperately looking for faces which have both political clout and credibility. However, the undercurrent of political ambitions among leaders in the Opposition camp is running high and Nitish’s rise is certain to “take on” Mamata’s hopes of taking along the Opposition parties all this while and Nitish’s rise in that sense might also hit a roadblock in the form of the Left parties. As a result, the fractured bonhomie would continue to exist. Whether Nitish’s magnum gameplan shuttles him to the national centre stage again (or not), Nitish’s political divorce at least for now will hugely affect the politics not just in the Hindi heartland but also have a ripple effect in the national scenario. While the BJP might be the second-largest party in Bihar in the 2020 Assembly elections, just 1 seat behind the RJD and far ahead of the JD(U), having Nitish by its side has always aided the party hugely. Nitish’s pro-development card might still be saleable among the voters and it may any day help dilute and smudge the taint of corruption charges against the RJD. It is important to note here that the RJD, despite the absence of Lalu has still managed to hold on to its old form and that was clearly evident
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olitics is always full of surprises. Not long ago Eknath Shinde upstaged Uddhav Thackeray with the help of Bharatiya Janata Party to grab power and the party in Maharashtra, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s announcement that “alliance with BJP is over” has left the coalition partner of Janata Dal-United “nervous”. It may not be the right word to capture the BJP’s response to the situation as the word may not be part of the party’s lexicon. Its leadership is capable of carrying out a surgical strike in Bihar on the lines of Maharashtra where the Thackerays and even Sharad Pawar have been pushed to the sidelines.
However, this alliance is also desperately looking for faces which have both political clout and credibility.If JD(U) sources are to be believed, Nitish was upset with the “overt political posturing” by the central BJP leadership during a two-day national meeting of all its frontal organisations held in Patna between July 30 and 31 in the last Assembly polls when it emerged as the single-largest party. Earlier, the Congress and Left parties handed over the lists of their legislators to Tejashwi Yadav. Mandan Mohan Singh, the state president of Congress said: “We will support Nitish Kumar if he leaves the BJP and forms a new government with the help of Mahagathbandhan. We have also given the list of all 19 MLAs of our party to RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav.” Mahboob Alam, the MLA of CPI (ML) said: “We have also given the list to Tejashwi Yadav. We will uproot the BJP from power. We are giving support to Nitish Kumar for the formation of a new government.” Currently, BJP holds 77 seats in the Bihar Assembly. JD(U) holds 45, the Congress 19, the Left led by CPIML(L) has 16 and the RJD 79.
Nitish Kumar is known for moving in and out of alliances. Before the just-ended alliance, the JD-U remained an ally of the BJP for 13 years. He parted ways with the saffron party after Narendra Modi became Prime Minister in 2014 One must wait for the BJP’s strategists to come up with a response to Nitish’s coup. Nitish Kumar is known for moving in and out of alliances. Before the just-ended alliance, the JD-U remained an ally of the BJP for 13 years. He
Nitish, it seemed, was unhappy for quite some time. It may be recalled that Nitish had skipped the NITI Aayog meeting held by Prime Minister. This is the fourth Central meeting since July 17 that he (Nitish) has kept himself away from amid strained relations with the BJP. On Sunday, one of its senior most leaders, R C P Singh, who had run into rough weather with Nitish over accepting a Cabinet berth at the Centre, had quit the JDU. It may also be mentioned that on July 22, Nitish chose to stay away from the farewell dinner hosted by outgoing President Ram Nath Kovind. On July 25, he also did not attend the swearing-in of NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu as the new President. If JD(U) sources are to be believed, Nitish was upset with the “overt political posturing” by the central BJP leadership during a two-day national meeting of all its frontal organisations held in Patna between July 30 and 31. Even though Shah talked about “contesting the 2024 Lok Sabha and 2025 Assembly polls in alliance with the JD(U)”, the Bihar CM reportedly took note of the fact that several second-rung leaders had spoken “too much about repeal of Article 370 and nationalism” which did not suit his agenda in politics in the given circumstances. Nitish, grapevine says, was also unhappy with the Assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Sinha’s “handling” of the concluding function of the Assembly’s centenary celebrations on July 12, which was attended by Modi and incidentally, Nitish’s name was missing from the invitation! It was an obvious sign that Nitish’s decision not to attend NITI Aayog meeting did not go well with the BJP central leadership. In the whole episode, it seemed that Nitish Kumar reportedly feared that the BJP may have wanted to repeat the Maharashtra saga in Bihar. Time will only clear the air, however, for now, Nitish has made up his mind and it was perhaps Shah’s “perceived” grip on Bihar through the selection of ministers which Nitish saw as an apparent threat. And the tripping point was what RCP had said hinting at Nitish while the former quit, “I’ll just say that there’s no cure to jealousy...Nitish Kumar will not become Prime Minister in any of his seven lives.”
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LET THERE BE NO FUSS OVER ANDA IN CHILDREN’S MID-DAY MEALS
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id-day meals in schools have been a subject of discussion from the time the scheme was launched. From ideal calorie count to hygiene, fixing responsibility for cooking to deciding the menu has been discussed at regular intervals. Cooked meals containing 480 calories and 13 grams of protein per child per day for a minimum of 200 days per year are prescribed for government and government-aided schools. Schools have a meagre budget, which is also not regularly disbursed in some states, to provide the meals. The required amount of protein, essential for the growth and development of children, can’t be had from a bowl of lentils and some paneer (cottage cheese). Yet, there’s a controversy over including eggs as part of mid-day meals even for those who eat it. So far 13 states give eggs to children, while Karnataka, which is facing opposition, is also planning to introduce it. Such fuss over an egg should be avoided in the interest of children’s health.
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parted ways with the saffron party after Narendra Modi became Prime Minister in 2014 and formed a government with support from the RJD and the Congress. In 2017 he won the Bihar elections at the head of a Grand Alliance with the RJD and the Congress but the unity didn’t last. After two years Nitish broke the alliance over differences with Tejashvi Yadav, who faced allegations of money laundering, and formed a government with the BJP’s participation. Nitish is now returning to the old combine of JD-U, RJD and the Congress. Given his political fickleness, the JD-U leader must already be planning his future move while building his defences against a possible Operation Lotus.
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Oppn hails Nitish’s BJP rebuttal Developments in Bihar strong indictment of BJP’s ‘politics of intimidation’: Parties unite in glee New Delhi (PTI): Opposition parties on Tuesday said the JD(U) breaking ranks with the BJP is a “strong indictment” of the saffron party’s “politics of intimidation” and shows a change in Indian politics. Bihar CM Nitish Kumar met Governor Phagu Chauhan on Tuesday and tendered his resignation. This came after the decision to quit the BJP-led NDA was taken at a meeting of JD(U) MPs and MLAs. “#NitishKumar breaking alliance with BJP is a strong indictment of the politics of intimidation practiced by BJP. “BJP’s authoritarianism leaves no scope for cooperation. After Akalis & Shiv Sena, JD(U) is latest example. Cracks are visible in the relationship of BJP & AIADMK too,” Communist Party
CAG flags J-K govt on utilisation certificates Jammu (PTI): The Jammu and Kashmir government has failed to submit utilisation certificates for grants worth more than Rs 10,000 crores to the Centre till March 2021, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) said. Non-submission of the UCs means the authorities have not explained how funds were spent over the years in the Union territory, the apex auditing body said. The CAG released a fresh report on finances of J&K for the year ending March 2021. It recommended to hold into account those responsible for late submission of UCs. “As many as 3,215 number of Utilisation Certificates for grants paid up to 30 September 2019 amounting to Rs 10,076.58 crore were outstanding up to 31 March 2021,” the CAG report said.
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RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav speaks to the media as Nitish Kumar looks on, in Patna on Tuesday.
of India (CPI) general secretary D Raja said in a tweet. CPI MP Binoy Viswam said the events in Bihar indicate that a change is underway. “Bihar conveys the message of far reaching change in Indian politics,” said Viswam. TMC MP Derek O’Brien said it is one of the reasons behind the Parliament session being cut short by the government. —MORE ON P6
New Delhi: As he snapped ties with the BJP, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has once again been pitched as a PM candidate for the 2024 elections by some, but a majority of the Opposition still view the JD(U) leader with suspicion citing his numerous U-turns’. Kumar first became chief minister in 2005 on the back of a campaign against jungle raj’ of Lalu Prasad’s RJD in Bihar. Kumar dumped the BJP in 2013 after Narendra Modi was projected as the prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. Kumar then forged a grand alliance with RJD and Congress and returned as chief minister in 2015. He walked out of the grand alliance in 2017, accusing the RJD of corruption and choking governance in the state.
Nitish insulted people’s mandate, says BJP They also threw the jibe “Paltu Ram” and rejected claims that their party was undermining him. RCP Singh, once a close aide of Kumar, also accused the chief minister of betraying the mandate of the 2020 assembly polls in the favour of the BJP-led NDA.
Patna/New Delhi (PTI): The BJP on Tuesday accused Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of “insulting and betraying” people’s mandate while blaming his prime ministerial ambition for the JD(U)’s decision to walk out of the NDA and joining hands with the RJD-led opposition.
SHAH PITCHES FOR MORE REFORMS IN COOP SOCIETIES
Home Minister Amit Shah speaks at the event, as Minister Piyush Goyal and others look on, in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
India. On the launch programme, the cooperative societies have been onboarded and enabled as buyers on the GeM. Major cooperatives that have been onboard-
ed on Tuesday include IFFCO, KRIBHCO, NAFED, Amul and Saraswat Co-op Bank. It is expected that orders worth `25 crore will be placed on the day of the launch.
New Delhi: Amit Shah on Tuesday pitched for reforms in cooperative societies, saying the same person cannot be elected year after year and the election process has to become more transparent. Shah stressed the need to expand and modernise the cooperative sector, which he said, has been a “neglected” sector. “There is a need to bring changes in the cooperative sector at a fast pace,” he said. “We will have to change, else people will change us,” he told top officials of cooperatives present at the event. Shah also spoke about the need to bring transparency in purchases and for that there is no better medium than the Government e-marketplace (GeM). He said the ministry is coming up with a new cooperative policy, preparing a database, setting up a university for conducting training purposes and also establishing an export house to boost overseas shipments. Shah said the ministry will also bring changes to the Multi-State Co-operatives Act.
NEET PG counselling likely from Sept 1 New Delhi (Agencies): After the Supreme Court refused a plea to stay the counselling process of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Postgraduate (NEET PG) over alleged discrepancies in test scores, the NEET PG counselling will begin on September 1 as per official sources. NEET PG 2022 counselling is expected to be held by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) like in previous years. Going by past
trends, the NEET 2022 counselling will be held over several rounds and in every round, a seat allotment result will be released. Unlike NEET UG, where candidates can challenge the answer key, with no such provisions in NEET PG.
(httptlugcereso urces.in/)” with Common Service Centres (CSCs)/Special Purpose Vehicle (SpVl of MeitY) in rural India”. The portal will have 25 SWAYAM postgraduate non-engineering MOOCs courses. These courses will be in eight Indian languages, including Hindi, Bangla, Gujarati, and Tamil. The portal will also have e-PG Pathshala e-content developed in 67 PG subiects and 35 PG and 243 PG SWAYAM MOOCs courses in emerging areas.
TEACHING THE LEADERS
How are MPs who do not know how to vote! Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: It is a wonderful aspect that the honourable Parliamentarians of India, who are elected by millions of people by casting their votes, when it comes to their turn to vote, they make a mistake. The votes of 15 MPs have become invalid in the election of the Vice President. Think about these MPs! An MP is the representative of an average of 1.6 m people and what can be said
about him if he does not know how to perform a simple task like casting votes? There were only two candidates for the Vice-President’s elec-
tion and each MP had to write his order of preference next to the candidate. That is, if the MP was from BJP, he had to write 1 in front of
Dhankhar’s name and if he was from Congress, he had to write 1 in front of Margaret Alva. Despite this, vote of 15 MPs became invalid. In the presidential election held just 15 days ago also, the votes of 15 MPs were also invalid. In the presidential election, close to 4,800 MLAs cast their votes and 748 MPs voted. Vote of only 38 MLAs became invalid, while the vote of 15 MPs of 748 became invalid. There too only 1 was to be written in front of
NIA NABS TWO SUSPECTED JMB MEMBERS IN MP
MP TO RELEASE 356 PRISONERS ON I-DAY
Bhopal: The National Investigation Agency has arrested two alleged members of the banned Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Bhopal city, state Home Minister Narottam Mishra said on Tuesday. The suspects, Hamidullah aka Raju Gaji and Sahadat Hussain, had been on the radar after the arrest of active JMB members in March this year, Mishra said.
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh government on Tuesday said it will release 356 prisoners undergoing life imprisonment in various jails in the state on August 15 to commemorate 75 years of India’s independence. Home Minister Narottam Mishra said prisoners undergoing life term will be released as per guidelines of the Union Home Ministry and norms of state government.
the candidate of his choice. There were only 13 states in the country where no MLA cast invalid votes. Among them there are also states like Bihar and Chhattisgarh. But many MLAs from Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Maharashtra cast invaild votes. MPs and MLAs are trained properly, yet they make mistakes even in such a simple voting process. Certainly they should be traced and trained as well as warned.
MULLAPERIYAR SAFE, SAYS STALIN AS WATER LEVEL NEARS CAPACITY
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Tuesday informed his Kerala counterpart Pinarayi Vijayan that the Mullaperiyar Dam is safe in all aspects. Earlier on August 5, the Kerala Chief Minister wrote to Stalin seeking his intervention in regulating water discharge from Mullaperiyar dam, where the water level has gone beyond the permissible level of 136 ft.
AAP VOLUNTEERS TO ADOPT GOVT SCHOOLS IN GOA
ANOTHER SSLV FLIGHT SOON: KIRAN KUMAR
Panaji: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday volunteered to adopt government-run primary schools in Goa. AAP’s Goa unit president Amit Palekar said the government wants to merge or shut primary schools with just one teacher or less students. Palekar met director, education Shailesh Zingade and said AAP can adopt such schools.
New Delhi:The failure of India’s newest rocket to put small satellites in orbit was not a setback and ISRO will soon attempt another flight, Space Commission member AS Kiran Kumar said. “No, no, no. It is not a setback. We were only marginally short in the end,” Kumar, a former chairman of ISRO said on the sidelines ofan event here.
IN THE COURTYARD HC DIRECTS TEHSILDAR TO REMOVE ENCROACHMENTS ON TEMPLE LAND
UGC TO LAUNCH E-RESOURCES PORTAL FOR RURAL STUDENTS New Delhi: The University Grant Commission (UGC) has recently joined hands with the Ministry Of Electronics And lnformation Technology (MeitY) to launch an e-resources portal. It will provide digital courses to millions of students in rural areas. In a recent notification, the UGC stated, “to mark 2 years of NEP-2020 and to facilitate last mile accessibility (ensuring that no learner is left behind), UGC has integrated its “UGC e-resources Portal
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NITISH AS OPPOSITION’S PM CANDIDATE IN 2024? MANY WARY OF HIS ‘U-TURNS’
Shah launches GeM portal, 300 co-ops onboard New Delhi (Agencies): Cooperation Minister Amit Shah today announced that over 300 cooperatives have been onboarded as buyers on the GeM portal to help them purchase goods and services at competitive prices. Amit Shah today virtually launched the process of onboarding cooperatives on the GeM portal. In the first phase, all eligible cooperatives, having a turnover/deposits of ₹ 100 crore, will be able to start placing orders on the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) portal. There are more than 8.5 lakh cooperatives in
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HC LAUDS STEPS BY INDIA TO FULFIL CLIMATE COMMITMENTS
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has appreciated steps taken to implement the climate change commitments made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the court was told the government has approved India’s updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement. The government also informed the court on August 4 the updated NDC will be communicated to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).NDC encompasses national plans and pledges made by a country to meet the goal of maintaining global temperature rise to well below 2 degrees Celsius above the preindustrial levels, while aiming for 1.5 degrees Celsius to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.
Chennai: The first bench of the Madras HC has directed the local tehsildar to inspect the properties belonging to Sri Venugopala Krishnaswamy temple at Mannadi here and submit a report to the state Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment department, which should take immediate action to retrieve the properties. The bench gave the direction, while disposing of a PIL from A Radhakrishnan of Kannankurichi in Salem.
PRADEEP RAMDANEE, POLICE GET 2-DAY MONEY LAUNDERING CUSTODY OF ISIS ACCUSED, GETS BAIL SUPPORTER New Delhi: A Delhi Court granted bail to accused Pradeep Ramdanee, (one caught in a trap collecting money from Aditi Singh) in a Rs-200 crore money laundering case involving conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar. Pradeep Ramdanee is admitted to bail after furnishing a personal bond in the sum of Rs 1,00,000 with one surety of like amount, to the satisfaction of this court.
Erode: Erode Principal District Judge granted two days’ police custody and permitted the police to enquire Asif Mohideen, a supporter of ISIS, who was arrested here. Last month, NIA, based on information, visited Manickampalayam Housing Unit here and secured two persons. On suspicion, cops arrested one of them - Asif Muzabdin (28) - an employee of a private tiles sales firm.
DELHI HC ALLOWS ULTRASOUND MACHINE IN ELDERLY PATIENT’S HOUSE New Delhi: Delhi HC has allowed a private hospital to transport an ultrasound machine to the house of a 70-yrold man who is under domiciliary hospitalisation. Under the law an individual is prevented from accessing a portable ultrasound machine. The man’s plea said he is suffering from Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, which attacks the nerve cells causing acute problems with balance, movement, vision and speech, and is receiving treatment at home ICU.
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OPPN CONG QUESTIONS GOVT’S RUSH TO END PROCEEDINGS
‘Monsoon session extremely disappointing’ QUIT INDIA ANNIV: SONIA EXHORTS PEOPLE TO DEFEND FREEDOM
Congress leader and party’s chief whip in Rajya Sabha Jairam Ramesh said against 32 bills listed, the government could pass only 7 bills in Lok Sabha and 5 in Rajya Sabha. —FILE PHOTO
Ramesh said at a press conference. He said the government had listed 32 bills at the start of the session but managed to pass only seven in the Lok Sabha and five in the Rajya Sabha. “It was also extraordinary that one-and-a-half days of proceedings were disrupted by treasury benches which kept insisting on an apology from Congress president Sonia Gandhi for remarks made by the leader of the party in Lok Sabha who had already apologised for his statement both verbally as well as in writing,”
Dividing people on caste, religion will weaken country: Yogi Lucknow (PTI): Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said India’s strength is its unity and the country will be weakened if citizens are divided on the basis of caste and religion. The CM was addressing a programme to mark the Kakori incident on August 9, 1925, in which freedom fighters stopped a train and decamped with money to buy weapons. “India’s strength is its unity. When 135 crore people speak together, India not only remains the largest democracy in the world but is also seen representing and guiding the world as the mother of democracy,” he said. “When we are divided on basis of caste, creed, religion, region and language, it only divides our strength, weakens India, hinders development and gives rise to anarchy that can create a crisis on the independence of the country,” the CM added.
New Delhi: On the Quit India movement anniversary, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi exhorted countrymen to defend the country’s freedom with “all our might”. Gandhi said on this historic day, Aruna Asif Ali held aloft the National flag when lakhs of Congress workers were beaten and jailed. Her act of courage became the symbol of our quest for freedom, Sonia Gandhi said. “As we commemorate the Quit India movement led by Mahatma Gandhi, let us not forget the price that millions of our countrymen and women paid for India’s freedom. Let us renew our resolve to defend it and protect it with all our might,” she said. “When the country under the Congress leadership was engaged in a decisive struggle against the British, the RSS not only boycotted the movement but also actively supported the British,” the Congress said on itsTwitter handle.
Yogi Gets Death Threat Over Emergency WhatsApp Helpline Lucknow: A WhatsApp message threatening to ‘kill’ Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was received on the Uttar Pradesh police’s text helpline following which a case was registered against a man, officials in Lucknow said today. The police said the message was sent allegedly by a person named Shahid on the WhatsApp number of Dial112 helpline. He threatened to “bomb” the Chief Minister, the police told news agency Press Trust of India. An FIR or police case was filed at Sushant Golf City PS here.
Ramesh said. He said the coming together of opposition parties to demand a review of the Supreme Court’s order on PMLA is a “huge step towards strengthening democracy”. “It is a matter of great satisfaction that all opposition parties, 16 opposition parties came together to raise serious concerns on the Supreme Court judgment on the PMLA amendments that were carried out between 2014 and 2018 and have called for a review of that judgment and that statement has already been circulated,” Ramesh noted.
9 blacklisted for ‘harassing’ officials through RTI Ahmedabad (PTI): In an unprecedented move, the Gujarat Information Commission has blacklisted nine persons for “harassing” officials by filing repeated RTI queries and ordered their applications should not be responded to henceforth. An NGO which analysed the orders of information commissioners over 2 years said this is the first occasion in Gujarat wherein people are “banned for a lifetime from seeking information”. The commission said these ersons were “repeatedly using the RTI Act”, “harassing officials by filing RTI applications”, filing queries with “malafide intentions” and it also found an applicant “cantankerous”.
If BJP allowed to become stronger, people may lose their voting right: Akhilesh
IYC RALLY TO DEMONSTRATE CONG ROLE IN INDEPENDENCE
Kannauj: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav here on Tuesday alleged that people may lose their right to vote if the BJP is allowed to become stronger as he accused the ruling party of undermining the country’s democratic institutions and the Constitution. He said there are some countries where “no voting takes place” and in sweeping remarks questioned the electoral system in China and Russia. “Is there any election in the neighbouring country of China. If you go beyond, are there any elections in Russia?
New Delhi: Indian Youth Congress launched ‘Aazadi ki Gaurav Yatra’ to demonstrate Congress’ role in freedom struggle and development of the country, officials said. IYC began the rally while celebrating its 62nd foundation day. It will culminate on August 15. “I feel proud that the service and dedication with which Youth Congress organisation was established, every worker of the party has been fulfilling those resolution with full devotion,” IYC president, Srinivas BV said.
opened the front for the most fight against the BJP and created the most ruckus for opposition unity, did not vote
during an event at Jhauva village on August Kranti Diwas. Yadav alleged that the BJP takes votes of backward castes and the Dalits but did not give them their due.
‘OPPOSITION IN COUNTRY ISN’T UP AGAINST JUST BJP BUT AUTHORITARIAN GOVT TOO’
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said opposition parties in the country were not up against just the BJP but an authoritarian government that is weaponising state institutions to ensure an opposition-free India.”The predicament Nitish Kumar & opposition parties find themselves in isn’t just because they are facing BJP. Instead, they are facing the might of an authoritarian government that’s weaponising every agency be it NIA, ED, CBI etc to ensure an opposition-free India,” Mehbooba tweeted. She said for Jammu and Kashmir, the damage is not restricted to only political parties. It is far worse as the state has been butchered and disempowered unconstitutionally.
US delegation meets Jitendra Self-styled godman Singh, talks on collaboration arrested for rape New Delhi: A US delegation of National Science Foundation, called on MoS Jitendra Singh and discussed bilateral collaboration between the countries. Kendra Sharp, Head, Office of Int’l Science and Engineering, National Science Foundation of USA, Brian Stone, Chief of Staff, NSF, Bridget Turaga Program Director, Office of International Science and Engineering, NSF, Drew Schufletows-
ki, Minister Counselor for Economic, Environment, Science & Technology Affairs, US Embassy in India, William Harford Chief of Environment, Science, and
Technology Unit, US Embassy and Sethuraman Panchanathan Director, NSF among others, were part of the delegation joined the meeting.
Gwalior (PTI): Selfstyled godman Swami Vairagyanand Giri was arrested for allegedly raping a woman devotee in Madhya Pradesh’s capital Bhopal, police said on Tuesday. Swami Vairagyanand Giri was arrested from Gwalior in connection with a case registered against him under section 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code, and is being brought to Bhopal, additional commissioner of police (ACP)
Richa Choubey said. According to a complaint lodged by the woman devotee on Monday, the accused godman had raped her in Bhopal on July 17, she said.
Naidu, Birla discuss nat’l Bihar’s political chess game issues with Dhankhar matches BJP’s Maha gambit New Delhi (PTI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday hosted outgoing Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and his successor Jagdeep Dhankhar at his residence. Naidu and Birla shared insights and experiences on issues of national interest and parliamentary affairs with Vice Presidentelect Dhankhar, the Lok
Sharat K Verma New Delhi: After the presidential election, the unity of the Opposition parties has now been exposed even in the election of the Vice Presidential post. When two parties that did not vote for a common Opposition candidate in the presidential election returned to the Opposition camp this time, two major Opposition parties were thrown out. Mamata Banerjee, who
In Pakistan, the Army rules the roost and install in power whoever they want to. Are there any elections in Myanmar and its surrounding countries? So, be careful,” Yadav said
Bengaluru: Calling RSS an “association of upper castes”, senior Karnataka Congress leader Siddaramaiah called the government’s ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign a “drama”, and PM Modi a “great dramatist”. The former CM questioned BJP’s and RSS’ contribution to India’s freedom struggle and alleged they had opposed the national flag, anthem and the Constitution. “How can they be patriots?” he asked. “I have been opposing RSS from the beginning as it is just an association of upper castes, that’s the reason they believe in ‘Chaturvarna’ system. Chaturvarna system believes in the supremacy of upper castes; if that continues, there will be inequality which may in turn lead to exploitation,” he said.
Sabha Secretariat said in a statement. Naidu’s term ends on August 10 and Dhankhar will take oath the next day. The vice president is also chairperson of Rajya Sabha. When Dhankhar assumes charge, presiding officers of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha will be from Rajasthan. Birla represents Kota.
Is ‘United Opposition’ a mere farce? JMM, a party with 3 MPs, voted for the Oppn candidate. This was also decided keeping in mind the large Christian population of Jharkhand
SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav felicitates the relatives of freedom fighters at an event, at Tirwa, in Kannauj on Tuesday.
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New Delhi (PTI): The Congress on Tuesday termed the Monsoon session of Parliament as “highly disappointing” and claimed the government did not have an appetite to run proceedings even though the Opposition was willing to sit till the very end to debate and pass bills. The Monsoon session ended on Monday, four days ahead of schedule, after continued disruptions during the last three weeks over issues like price rise, suspension of 27 MPs, the controversial “Rashtrapatni” remark and the ED’s action. The principal opposition party questioned the decision to curtail the session and alleged that after the prime minister, his ministers too were “ignoring” Parliament. The Opposition was ready to sit on August 10 and 12 to discuss and pass bills but the government was in a rush to curtail the session, AICC general secretary, communication, and party’s chief whip in Rajya Sabha Jairam
for the opposition candidate. She had asked her 36 MPs to abstain from voting, out of which two voted for the BJP candi-
date. Margaret Alva’s votes would have been over two hundred if her 34 MPs had voted. Similarly, 7 Shiv Sena MPs also did not take part in the voting. These MPs belong to the Uddhav Thackeray camp. MPs of Eknath Shinde camp voted for BJP’s Jagdeep Dhankhar. Last time under pressure, Uddhav asked his MPs to vote for the NDA candidate. But this time he remained silent. So, his MPs remained absent.
Rennie Abraham Mumbai: Bihar’s political power game mirrors the identical reversal of the political scenario in Maharashtra. Nitish Kumar (43 MLAs) has claimed majority in alliance with RJD (79 MLAs) and Congress (17 MLAs) and intends to form a government that will last the rest of the tenure till 2025 when assembly polls are due. The Eknath Shinde led government in alliance with BJP similarly intends to continue for another two years, till polls though Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray has dared them to face voters right now. In one situation the BJP cannot pull down the new dispensation in Bihar till 2025, while in Maharashtra it won’t be pulled down till 2024 (other political dynamics things remain constant (U) MLAs for some time. Two days ago, when Singh held a function, 30 MLAs from JD(U) attended it, prompting Nitish to take it on and follow it
Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde, (R) Bihar CM Nitish Kumar
up with suitable political action, to retain power. The BJP, for its part, maintained that it wanted Nitish to leave the alliance as it had committed to Kumar leading the state as CM till 2025. Now BJP is smarting from the wily CM’s political moves that has put it out of power and will bide its time to return better MLA numbers at the next polls. The same thing was done to the BJP in Maharashtra after the 2019 assembly elections when the Shiv Sena led MVA government (in alliance with NCP and Congress) came to power. This political favour was returned with interest by BJP that broke off 400 Shiv Sena MLAs
led by Shinde with 10 independents in tow to form government in Maharashtra now. Now the BJP seeks to return Kumar’s political favour by encouraging a vertical split within the JD(U) and the Congress in Bihar as it did in Maharashtra by spiriting away enough MLAs from the soon to be formed government that excludes them. In Maharashtra Sena hopes for the SC to overturn the rebel Sena CM Eknath Shinde led government’s applecart soon enough. Maharashtra and Bihar are definitely a study on political fortunes making a to and fro movement, almost like a musical chairs gamesmanship of power.
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Tajiya processions taken out amid tight security
Muslim community throng Badi Chaupar while taking out Tajiya possession on Tuesday.
First India Bureau Jaipur: Tajiya possession was taken out on Tuesday in walled-city. The entire Karbala area was decorated with the National Flag. The ellaborate decoration at Karbala was praised by everyone.The ritual of handing over the Tajiya was done in Karbala by the fraternity. Departing from Subhash Chowk area, they reached Karbala
2,412 historysheeters held in 6 months Shivendra Parmar Jaipur: Taking on organized crime, Raj police have opened history-sheet of 1487 criminals and arrested 2412 history-sheeters in various cases under investigation from January 2019 to June 2022. At the same time, 784 history-sheeters were caught and placed under arrest. Emphasis of Raj police is on curbing organised crime and therefore the campaign is being run in monitoring of DGP M L Lather. Success of campaign reflects in the fact that 2412 history sheeters were arrested during investigation of cases & 784 were arrested under warrant whereas 1487 new history-sheets were opened in various districts from Jan 2019 to June 2022. Of the total 10998 history-sheeters in the state, max of 662 are in Udaipur, followed by 568 in Ajmer, 443 in Bikaner, 442 in Nagaur, 435 in Barmer, 354 in Jaipur.
through walled-city. During this, Hazrat Hussain was remembered by mourning. Hundreds of people of the community took part in the procession. The story of Karbala was narrated in front of Karbala Dargah. Meanwhile, Section 144 is imposed in Jodhpur and Kota in view of festivals ahead. Vineet Kumar Bansal, DCP (Jodhpur) issued the prohibitory orders.
Muslim mourners flagellate themselves in Ajmer.
Muslims mourn to mark Muharram in Ajmer on Tuesday.
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First India Bureau Bikaner: Four policemen were suspended in Bikaner district for illegally extorting money from truck drivers on the highway, a police official said Tuesday. Traffic police subinspector Qasim Ali, constable Lal Singh, Sunil Kumar, Gopaldan, posted in in-
Jalore sadhu suicide: BJP committee to visit today for report
New Delhi (PTI): It is not permissible to interfere with the finding of acquittal unless it is found that view taken by the court is perverse, the Supreme Court has said while upholding the acquittal of a man who was accused of killing his wife and setting her on fire. The Apex Court dismissed the appeal filed by Rajasthan against Sept 2009 judgement of the HC which had acquitted the accused while reversing the trial court order convicting him in the case.
Jaipur (FIB): BJP State President Dr Satish Poonia has formed an inquiry committee in the Jalore’s Sant Raghunath Maharaj suicide case. The high-level committee constituted for the factual inquiry will be investigating the suicide case of the priest. The inquiry committee will visit the incident spot today. After the inquiry, the factual report will be submitted to Dr Satish Poonia. Arjun Ram Meghwal, Jogeshwar Garg, and Jogaram Patel will be committee members.
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Dr Sahdev Chaudhary & Sangeeta Beniwal in Nagaur.
DR SAHDEV LEADS IN NAGAUR Nagaur: Gaurav Yatra in Nagaur started from Ferozepur, this will cover a distance of 75 km in three days. On the first day, under the leadership of former MLA and Cong Dist President Zakir Hussain Gesawat, journey kicked off. In this sequence, Cong workers from Kuchera of Khinwsar assembly & Lunsara and Bhawna of Jayal assembly started foot march to create awareness about the freedom
struggle among the rural populace. On this occasion, the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights Sangeeta Beniwal said Cong’s ‘Bharat Jodo’ campaign is an answer to the BJP’s ‘Divide India’ lobby. Present in the march were Dr Sahdev Chaudhary, Chetan Dudi, Habibur Rehman, Gajendra Singh Sankhla, Omprakash Sain, Hanuman Bangda, and Congress officials. —Yunus Gesawat
Flag march by Congress workers in Gangapur City.
Cong workers taking out march holding flags in Jodhpur.
When will pay anomalies be redressed?
Three youths killed as speedy bike hits them
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REPEATED EXTENSION OF COMMITTEES
Jaipur: The Ashok Gehlot led Cong Govt may be in a “feel good” mood by reviving old pension scheme (OPS) for government employees, but a different kind of disappointment is building among govt employees due to repeated extension of tenure of committees formed for the removal of anomalies in pay. The State Govt has extended the tenure of Khemraj Committee for
the third time. Former CM Vasundhara Raje led BJP govt had formed the Pay Anomaly Redressal Committee on Nov 3, 2017. The committee was chaired by former CS DC Samant.
Tenure of Samant Committee was extended four times on May 8, 2018, August 8, 2018, December 31, 2018 and July 4, 2019. The committee gave its report on August 5, 2019. However, report
was not made public. After Samant, another committee headed by IAS officer Khemraj was constituted on August 5, 2021. Its tenure was extended for 3 months on Nov 1, 2021. Then on Feb 3, 2022, it was extended for 6 months and now on August 5 the tenure extended till Dec 31, 2022. Repeated extension of tenure before election is creating impression that state govt is lingering on the issue.
Churu: Two youths sitting on their bike were talking to a young man standing on the side of the road. At the same time, a speedy, uncontrolled bike hit the three of them. People present on spot took all 3 to hospital, where doctors declared them brought dead. At the same time, 2 bike-ridden youths on speedy bike were injured. The accident took place on
terceptor service near Kasturisar in Lunkaransar have been suspended, Bikaner SP Yogesh Yadav said.
He said on the complaint of Lunkaransar MLA, Additional SP (Rural) was sent to the spot. He added that during the suspension, four policemen have been sent to police lines. It is noteworthy that on Monday, Lunkaransar MLA Sumit Godara and other people caught the policemen extorting money.
SC upholds acquittal of accused of 2009 murder
Cong launches ‘Gaurav Yatra’ foot march in all dists to celebrate 75th year of Independence
Dr Krishna Poonia along with workers in Sadulpur constituency.
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‘BHARAT JODO’ CAMPAIGN
Jaipur: Congress started a foot march ‘Gaurav Yatra’ in every dists on 75th year of Independence from Tuesday for which PCC has appointed dist coordinators and in charge. Govind Meghwal made coordinator for Jodhpur while Pukhraj Parashar, Dharmendra Rathore in- charge for Jaipur. Surendra (Bhilwara), Rehana Rayaz (Sri Ganganagar), Brijkishore Sharma (Dungarpur), Mahendra Gehlot (Hanumangarh), Ram Singh Rao (Barmer), Laxman Kadwasra (Jaisalmer), Mahesh Sharma (Tonk), Mumtaz Masih (Ajmer), Shankar Yadav (Pratapgarh), Archana Sharma (Dausa), Sandeep Chaudhary (Udaipur), Rajiv Arora (Kota), Khanu Khan (Sikar), Sangeeta Beniwal (Nagaur), Sitaram Lamba (Rajsamand) among others.
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Binasar-Ratang arh road in Churu Sadar police station area. According to police, Dharampal Nayak (25) and Vikram (20), residents of Binasar, were talking to Vikas Balmiki (19), when this accident happened.
“The scope of interference in an appeal against acquittal is very limited. Unless it is found that the view taken by the court is impossible or perverse, it is not permissible to interfere with the finding of acquittal,” a bench of Justices B R Gavai and P S Narasimha said in its recent judgement.
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Govt is striving hard for CM GEHLOT: MP GOVT’S CONSENT State all round devp of tribals: CM NOT NEEDED FOR ERCP PROJECT From P1…
n Gehlot says he spoke to MP CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan over the phone, after which his counterpart agreed to meet him to build a consensus over the issue n The State Government has kept Rs 9,600 cr for the project in this year’s budget Jaipur (PTI): CM Ashok Gehlot said the Madhya Pradesh government’s consent is n’t required for executing the Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project, citing a decision of an interstate board way back in 2005. Gehlot said he talked to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan over the phone after which his counterpart agreed to meet him to build a consensus over the issue. “Therefore, as per a decision taken in 2005, the consent of Madhya Pradesh is not required for such projects,” he tweeted. “In the past, Rajasthan also didn’t object to projects constructed by MP on the Chambal and tributaries like this,” he said. “Similarly, MP’s cooperation is expected on the ERCP,” Gehlot added.
RaGa to address Cong’s ‘Sangam’ in Tijara today First India Bureau Alwar: Rahul Gandhi will visit Tijara on Wednesday to attend the ongoing ‘Sangam’ programme, a training programme being organised by Congress. Rahul will attend the culmination session of the camp. Notably, CM Ashok Gehlot had also addressed a session on Sunday.
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CM Ashok Gehlot shows an affectionate gesture towards the little boy, Jaiveer Malviya, who greeted CM at Mangarh on Tuesday. Jaiveer, who is the grandson of Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya, decked up in Tribal attire, met CM Gehlot with his grandmother, Resham.
z The project aims at harvesting surplus water available during the rainy season in the Chambal and its tributaries Kunnu, Parvati and Kalisindh, and use it in 13 districts where there is a scarcity of water for drinking and irrigation purposes. z Jhalawar, Baran, Kota, Bundi, Sawai Madhopur, Ajmer, Tonk, Jaipur, Karauli, Alwar, Bharatpur, Dausa and Dholpur are the districts that will benefit from the project.
Addressing the function organised at Mangarh Dham, the historical pilgrimage of tribals, Gehlot said that the State government is making continuous efforts for the all-round upliftment of the tribals. The CM paid floral tributes at the Mangarh Martyrs’ Memorial. The CM laid the foundation stone of various works worth Rs.291.77 crore in Mangarh. “The government is working continuously for development of Mangarh Dham.” In the function, Congress state-incharge Ajay Maken said that tribals have played
CM Ashok Gehlot, Ajay Maken, GS Dotasra, Rajendra Yadav and Sandeep Chaudhary board a flight to Jaipur from Udaipur on Tuesday.
an important role in the independence of the country. Rajasthan government is doing unprecedented work for the upliftment of tribals, he said. PCC Chief Govind Singh Dotasra said that state government has always been committed for the development of the poor
and needy. Tribal Area Development Minister Arjun Singh Bamnia expressed his gratitude to CM for celebrating World Tribal Day at Mangarh Dham and called upon the tribals to take advantage of the schemes being run by the government.
CM TALKS TO GADKARI ABOUT ELEVATED ROAD IN JODHPUR First India Bureau Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday talked to Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari about an elevated road to be built in Jodhpur. He said the work on the road has been handed over to the
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THE PROPOSED ELEVATED ROAD
The proposed elevated road will be 9.6 km long. Its cost will be around Rs 1,700 crore. This will be the second longest elevated road in the country, which will be built on a single pillar. The number of single pillars will be 220, although experts say that the number of pillars can vary according to the load bearing capacity of the ground.
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). I am happy that accepting my request, the
work of this elevated road has been taken up by NHAI. The State Government had an-
nounced its DPR in the Budget 2019-20, in which the Public Works Department, Government of Rajasthan had sent the necessary proposals to NHAI, he tweeted. The GoI has recently appointed Project Management Consultant via whom DPR will be prepared soon.
CM’S TOUR OF BHINDER
There will be no shortage of development in education sector, stresses CM Gehlot CM lays foundation stone for four development works worth ` 22.23 cr Ravi Sharma Udaipur: CM Ashok Gehlot while addressing foundation stone laying ceremony of GS Shaktawat Govt Girls College, Bhinder, Govt College Kurabad & hostel at Vallabhnagar in Udaipur’s Bhinder,
CM Gehlot interacts with the sons of Kanhaiyalal, who called upon CM at Circuit House in Udaipur & expressed gratitude for govt job.
said, “Today he who has knowledge, is progressing. That is why State Govt is expanding edu sector via innovations. New govt colleges, girls’
colleges, English Medium schools & institutes of professional courses are being opened in state. Education has been govt’s top priority.
So, separate hostels for boys & girls will be set up in English Medium school of Vallabhnagar, Udaipur. 2 Colleges will also be opened soon. State Govt won’t leave any stone unturned in expanding the education sector,” CM said. In the function, AICC General Secretary & Rajasthan in-charge Ajay Maken said that the promises made by the CM in interest of the state are being fulfilled.
Tribal artistes in attractive costumes welcome CM Ashok Gehlot at Helipad in Bhinder by performing Gair dance with vocals of traditional instruments. Along with the folk artists swaying with ‘dandies’ on the beats of tribal instruments like dhol, kundi and thali, the CM also encouraged the artists by tapping the Dandiya and playing the Dhol. PCC Chief Govind S Dotasra also danced with the artists.
JDU-BJP ALLIANCE... From P1… So, it broke,” Gehlot told reporters in Udaipur. He indirectly targeted BJP, saying, “The autocratic tendencies of them have killed democracy in Goa, Manipur, Karnataka, MP & now in Maharashtra. They are killing democracy, they are murderers of democracy. The nation won’t forgive them.” Congress has started a drive against inflation & unemployment so these people have become defensive. “We have started this movement at block, district, state & national-level. A nationwide rally is being held at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi on Aug 28,” the Chief Minister added.
CM GEHLOT HAS DONE A LOT FOR MANGARH’S DEVELOPMENT, ASSERTS MINISTER MALVIYA
huge public meeting was held at Mangarh, Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya made the programme a success as he A also displayed his strength in the region. Malviya oganised a
successful meeting of CM Gehlot, Ajay Maken & GS Dotasra. Before his speech, Malviya sang a song in Vagadi language. In a special conversation with First India, Malviya said, “CM Ashok Gehlot did many things for the development of Mangarh. Today the entire India knows about Mangarh. The tribal class has been with the Congress party.”
TRIBALS SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTED IN INDIA’S FREEDOM MOVEMENT: GEHLOT
Jaipur (PTI): Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot greeted people on World Tribal Day and said the tribal community has a significant contribution in the Indian freedom movement. He said his government is working with dedication for the welfare of the tribals in the state. The tribal society has its own special identity as nature worshipers, which is manifested through their songs & dance. The glimpse of tribals’ attachment to nature is clearly visible in their folk songs, Gehlot tweeted in Hindi. State Govt is dedicated to tribal welfare, he added.
team orientation workshop of the Bharat24 Editorial team was held on Tuesday, August 9 at Radisson Blu, Kaushambi Noida. Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO and Editor-in-Chief, graced the occasion and addressed the bureau chiefs, reporters and other editorial staff who had come from across India for the orientation workshop. Ajay Kumar (Managing Editor), Manoj Jagyasi (Chief Business Officer) and Syed Umar (Senior Editor) also spoke at length with the staff members explaining the various facets of editorial policy, workflow and expectations. After the HR, Input, Output and technical & other sessions, the bureau chiefs were invited to come up and share their views and experiences. Many of the staff members had already worked in the past with Jagdeesh Chandra and very soon anecdotes and incidents were being shared among laughter and high emotional moments. Mimansa Malik also put forth her views. The team orientation was indeed like a family get-together with each and everyone committing themselves to making the to-be-launched on August 15, national Hindi news channel Bharat24 a huge success! MORE ON PG 12
Jagdeesh Chandra with Purnima Mishra, Sonal Dahiya, Gitanjali, Kavita Singh, Sachin Arora, Mimansa Malik, Ajay Kumar, Naina Yadav, Anita Hada, Manoj Jagyasi, Syed Umar and Monica Jaiswal.
Jagdeesh Chandra addressing the staff members.
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COLOURS! A distinctive fashion presentation called “Gaba Arch Fashion Show” was put on by Arch College of Design and Business on Thursday at Hotel Diggi Palace as part of the Global Educator’s Fest 2022.
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distinctive fashion presentation called “Gaba Arch Fashion Show” was put on by Arch College of Design and Business on Thursday at Hotel Diggi Palace as part of the Global Educator’s Fest 2022. During the Global Educators Fest 2022 in which principals from reputed schools and educational institutions walked the ramp. Jagdeesh Chandra, Abdul Rashid Ahmed, Minister of State for Education, Maldives and Lakshya Raj Singh, Mewar of Udaipur and Trustee, Maharana of Mewar Foundation and Charitable Trust were present on the occasion. Under the Design Culture Initiative, ARCH partnered with Global Educators Fest 2022 and provided another platform for its students to showcase their design talent and creativity. Everyone’s mouth dropped in surprise when fashion designer Shachi Jain showcased her exclusive collection called ‘Memoir’ on the ramp. This collection is an ode to the beautiful motherhood journey and celebrating it through different phases of life. It is a journey of self-discovery. The black and white collection represents the yin & yang of this society and tries to depict the woman who brings the crucial balance to society with her love, vulnerability, farsightedness and strength to hold everyone together. Not just a mother but much, much, more than that The collection explores a curious student and an adoring daughter, a loving mother and a passionate professional woman. Retained with elegance and transparency, the silhouettes of this collection are comfortable Indo western fusion, with h a n d painted motifs and pear-cut embell i s h ments. The annual event is organized under the leadership of Ravi Santalani at the flagship of ScooNews. The show was conceptualized by Archana Surana, Founder & Director, of ARCH College. The Fashion Show was Choreographed by Abhimanyu Singh Tomar. Creative Hair and Makeup by Kunjal and Himanshi Rawal from Classic Make-up studio Jodhpur. Backstage is Managed by Arpita Parihar and Music by Tanmay Surana from Trinati. Style Skool Models Zara Sheikh, Kashish Rathore, Shubhangi Dadhich, Sushi, Archana Jangid and Anjali Khandal graced the ramp. Dipesh Verma was the official photographer of the show.
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BANDHAN! Hence, it is important to maintain a wonderful wardrobe plan amidst all the festivities. Here are some outfits that one can try this Raksha Bandhan:
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estivals are a respite from the hectic schedules of daily life where one can go traditional and get decked up for a change. Therefore, festivals are mandatory occasions to try stylish ethnic wear that one does not wear daily. They bring with them special moments as well as the re-establishment of social bonds.
ETHNIC WEAR IN PASTEL COLOURS
Ethnic wear offers a great variety of patterns, prints, designs and colours. Ethnic wear in the colour palette of gentle pastels such as pink, blush pinks and pastel yellow never gets outdated. Lehenga, Kurti, palazzo, etc in pastel tint suits all skin tones and can make one seem spectacular.
SILK OUTFITS
Silk is a rich fabric which is produced by the silkworm. It is
widely used to make clothing and accessories. A bright silk lehenga choli and salwar suit make a style statement among people.
CHIKANKARI ATTIRES
Chikankari offers the most tranquil attires for any celebration. It has a lot of options from dark to light colours in different designs and patterns. It provides a great mix of elegance and sass.
ANARKALI
It is the best style to represent festive cheer. It looks great on any body type given its Angrakha Kurti to kneelength suit. It has a combination of classic, modern, and fashionable looks.
It can be tedious to choose the right outfits when it comes to festivals! So, City First brings to you categories of clothes that perfectly radiate the festive vibes of Raksha Bandhan
FUSION OUTFITS
Fusion outfits have textures, designs and silhouettes that distinguish themselves from traditional clothes. They give a combined vibe of fashion and culture.
SHARARA
It is an elegant outfit with a modern twist which enhances style. The distinct nature given to its vivid colours makes it suitable for Raksha Bandhan.
ORGANZA OUTFITS Organza is a sturdy fabric that has a silky appearance. Organza has been a popular fabric for its subtlety and delicateness. It has become a trend among women.
FLORAL PRINTS
Floral patterns have garnered exponential popularity recently. They never fail to appear attractive. They are visually comforting and graceful to carry.
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onam Kapoor and Arjun Kapoor’s m u ch - aw a i t e d promo from Karan Johar’s chat show, Koffee With Karan season 7 is finally out! This marks Sonam’s first on-screen appearance after she announced her pregnancy with her husband Anand Ahuja earlier this year. Sharing the Arjun and Sonam’s pro-
mo video, Karan Johar captioned it: “This episode is all about the S and M: sidesplitting laughter and mind-boggling revelations. Watch the sixth episode of #HotstarSpecials #KoffeeWithKaranS7 streaming this Thursday from 12:00 am only on Disney+ Hotstar.” The promo begins with Karan introducing Sonam and Arjun and saying, “Oh my god, I have S-N-M on the couch.”
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he promotions of Vijay Deverakonda and Ananya Panday starrer Liger are going on in full swing. Every day, the co-stars are seen talking about their forthcoming sports drama in a new city and fans are in awe of this fresh pair. On Tueday the lead made a stop in Mumbai. While VD looked charming in a leopard print shirt with baggy black pants, Ananya Panday opted for a green cord set as her outfit of the day. After a successful promotional trip
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to Ahmedabad and Vadodara., Vijay Deverakonda and Ananya Panday returned to Mumbai last night. The Arjun Reddy star nailed the off-duty look in a baggy, beige linen shirt with a pair of black trousers. He completed the attire with slippers. Meanwhile, the leading lady went for a patterned co-ord set in hues of dark blue and white.
ashmika Mandanna is one of the most popular actresses, who has a pipeline of movies in South and Bollywood as well. Rumours of her dating life with rumoured boyfriend Vijay Deverakonda have always caught the limelight. In an interview with Hindustan Times, Rashmika Mandanna was quoted as saying, “Sometimes, I am like ‘Arrey yaar, I am doing five films a year but you are still coming and asking me, ‘Who are you dating? What is your personal life?” “You (people) can talk s**t about us, you can say negative things about it. Because in the end, we are public figures. We can’t choose just the good bits, thinking people just focus on work and not personal life. So, they are free to talk about anything, just don’t come to a conclusion. Till the time you hear from me, that is not true”.
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ara Sutaria is one of the most talented and promising actresses in Bollywood. The actress took to her Instagram stories and shared a cute video with her dog and he is clearly not in a mood to say hi. Sharing the video, Tara wrote, “Clearly does not want to say hi.” In the video, we can see Tara asking her cute puppy to say hi, but he seems in no mood to interact. The actress shared a
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lia Bhatt is currently enjoying the most amazing phase of their lives these days as she is all set to embrace parenthood with her husband and actor Ranbir Kapoor. Alia and Ranbir have taken time out for themselves and are currently vacationing in Italy. Now, the Student Of The Year 2 actress shared a selfie from her holiday with Ranbir and her pregnancy glow is unmissable in the photo. Taking to her Instagram handle, Alia also thanked her fans for showing love for her recently released film, Darlings. She captioned the picture: “Eternally grateful for this sunshine THANK YOU for all the love my lovesssss.” Reacting to the photo, Sonam Kapoor sent love to Alia and said: “I went there for my Babymoon too! It’s literally the best! Have fun!”
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The National Testing Agency has declared the results of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE Main 2022). The JEE Main 2022 has been conducted two times this year. The Joint Entrance examinations (Main) were held in 2 sessions. The first session was held on between June 23 to June 29, and the second session was held from July 21 to July 30. The ranks of the candidates have been released taking into consideration the best of the two NTA scores of the two sessions. Saumitra Garg has been declared AIR 1 by securing a perfect NTA score of 100.0000000 in JEE Main 2022. Parth Bhardwaj secured a perfect NTA score of 100.0000000 in JEE Main 2022.
MLA Kalicharan Saraf held a meeting of all the three divisions of Malviya Nagar Vidhan Sabha, Mahesh Nagar, Raja Park, and Malviya Nagar in Bhatia Bhavan regarding the Tiranga yatra. Saraf said that on the call of the PM Narendra Modi, under the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, the tricolour is to be installed in all the houses between August 13 and August 15. Saraf said that 21 thousand flags will be installed in the Malviya Nagar assembly constituency, which has been almost delivered from door to door in the Malviya Nagar assembly constituency, which will be installed between August 13 and August 15. And on August 12 and August 13, the tricolour yatra will be taken out in all three divisions of the Malviya Nagar assembly constituency by two-wheelers.
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overnor Kalraj Mishra inaugurated the ‘Shaurya Kala Exhibition’ at JKK on Tuesday. Governor Mishra said that the valour saga of freedom fighters has been displayed here in a very beautiful way through pictures. The young generation will get inspiration from these pictures to know about the great personalities who made an invaluable contribution to the independence of the country. In a series of programs under Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, this exhibition, which will run
till August 20, has been organised under the three-day Rang Swadhin Samaroh of West Zone Cultural Arts Center. The Governor also released the album of Mandana artefacts prepared by the Center and ‘Panchtantra Katha Manjari’ on the occasion. Art and Culture Minister B.D. Kalla, Gayatri Rathore, Principal Secretary, Tourism, Art and Culture Department, Kiran Soni Gupta, Director, West Zone Cultural Center Udaipur and other dignitaries were present on the occasion.
Governor Kalraj Mishra greeted by Ajit Kumar. Also seen are Dr BD Kalla and Kiran Soni Gupta
A Lehariya Utsav was organised at Woodland Park by Women members of the Park committee on Monday. Various activities including Dancing, Singing, Mehandi competition were also organised during the occasion.
Mahesh Nagar Police Station constable Bhim Singh administrated the kiddnapping case of 4 month old Divyansh recently. The Constable through his intelligence and bravery caught the culprit. To honour the brave soldier, State General Secretary of Rajasthan Nath Samaj Ranveer Yogi, social worker Gaurav Yogi, Rajendra Kumar Yogi, Divyansh’s grandfather Kaluram Yogi and his wife and other social activists felicated Bhim Singh by offering garlands and memento on Tuesday. During the felication ceremony, Social worker of Rajasthan Nath Samaj and Gaurav Yogi thanked Police Commissioner Anand Srivastava, DCP South Yogesh Goyal, ACP Bhopal Singh Bhati and Constable Bhim Singh for rescueing the baby and saving his life. It is notewothy the Divyansh was kidnapped by a man from Sawai Man Singh Hospital, Jaipur on Wednesday, August 3 and video of the kidnapping went viral on internet across the nation on all social media platforms.
JECRC started the Jaipur School of Economics and Jaipur School of Business where students will get an international level of education. Students till now looked towards the London School of Economics and Delhi School of Economics for higher and better education, now they will get international-level education in JECRC's Jaipur School of Economics and Jaipur School of Business. Vice Chancellor of JECRC University Prof. Victor Gambhir said that we are happy to start Jaipur School of Economics and Jaipur School of Business in JECRC, in the last few years the level of education in Jaipur has upgraded.
Vishnu Tak broke his record by running five full marathons in 5 days recently. He covered a total of 228.8 Kilometres in five days. He runs Mount Everest Base Camp Run, Easter Island Run, Mount Kilimanjaro Run, Athens Run & Tokyo Run.
The tableau of the bholenath was decorated by the ladies committee of Vidhyut Nagar at the Siddheshwar Mahadev Temple located in the Vidyut Nagar, old Chungi, on Monday.