First India-Jaipur Edition-10th October 2022

ASHOK GEHLOT Country’s new investment Hero!

There was a time when Rajasthan was one of the BIMARU states.

With a dilapidated economy, marginalised businesses and lack of resources at its disposal, the state struggled to meet the criteria set to be labelled a developing region. But over time things changed and development happened in Rajasthan. However, no amount of effort has had as much impact, as the one ‘commitment’, ‘delivered’ by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, who has single handedly enforced his ‘midas touch’ on the state and created ‘history’ by bringing in a whopping Rs 11 lakh crore investment, even before the investment summit was organised!

But it has not been ‘all words and no action’. Gehlot has ensured that under his watch, the ‘political optics’ will have to take a back seat and work on ground will have priority, a contrasting approach to the earlier government. As a result of this, over 40 percent of MoUs signed have already been realised on the ground and work on another 37 percent MoUs is ongoing, totaling 77 percent, which, if truth be told, is the most any government, in the past two decades, has been able to achieve!

So, who will be directly benefited with these investments worth Rs 11 lakh crore? While earlier

governments did not take into consideration the people of the state, Gehlot has made sure that the investment creates direct employment in Rajasthan. As a result, a whopping 10 lakh jobs will be created and new avenues will be opened in Rajasthan for earning a living.

Till a few years back, there was a feeling in investors that what Rajasthan had to offer, has reached fruition, but Gehlot has found new avenues specially in power sector with even Adani promising to invest Rs 60,000 crore in the state. Close in line are investment promises by Tata, Reliance and a host of other major corporations. Only Gehlot can manage this ‘Karishma’!

One thing that can be said with confidence for Gehlot’s ‘fiscal

management and economic push’ is that with him at helm, Rajasthan’s economy is sure to increase by leaps and bounds. Another part of the story is that inspite of an ongoing political uncertainty in the state, Gehlot has been able to give a clear message to Gandhis that a person who brings a record investment of Rs 11 Lakh crore in a single go, can’t be ignored or sidelined.

CM Ashok Gehlot addressing the Invest Rajasthan Summit-2022.

Aditi Nagar

CM Ashok Gehlot experiencing a tech gadget while IAS Veenu Gupta looks on at the Invest Rajasthan Summit-2022 at JECC Sitapura, Jaipur.

THAT CAN MAKE EDUCATION IN INDIA MORE INCLUSIVE

The potential of digital in terventions in the field of education in India is im mense: the market for on line education has grown four times since 2019 to $3 billion. A KPMG assess ment showed that India is the second largest market for online education after the US. With conducive policies and initiatives of the Government of India, such as the National Edu cation Policy (NEP) 2020 and over 5000 EdTech startups , the current education environment is potent for digital transformation.

Alongside this, learning outcomes among school children show significant scope for improvement.

The global Corona pandemic has not only made digital learning central to teaching worldwide, but it has also widened the digital divide, leaving those without devices and internet connections further behind.

According to the Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE) 2020-2021 survey, only around 41.3% of schools have access to computers, and 24.5% had access to the internet in 2020-2021.

The National Achieve ment Survey (NAS) of 2021 reported an average learn ing level of 59% in grade 3, 49% in grade 5, 42% in grade 8 and 36% in grade 10. This indicates a decline in learning levels with an increase in grade level and has far-reaching implica tions for young Indians’ readiness for the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Furthermore, the COV ID-19 pandemic has high lighted the digital divide caused by disparate access and affordability of tech and devices varying across demographics.

ENHANCING LEARNING AND REDUCING INEQUITIES

While recognizing the huge potential of technol ogy for enhancing learn ing, as well as the need to reduce inequities in edu cational access for all girls and boys, the Education 4.0 India initiative utilizes digital and other technolo gies to address learning gaps and make education accessible to all.

A joint effort between the World Economic Fo rum, UNICEF and Yu Waah (Generation Unlim ited in India) proposes so lutions that align with, and augment and amplify, India’s NEP 2020 and the National Digital Educa tion Architecture of 2021. India’s NEP 2020 aims to improve the delivery of quality education for all learners, including through digital means. From revamping the edu cational structure to creat ing a robust digital learn ing system, the NEP 2020 is aligned with the goals of 21st-century education.

KEYS AREAS THAT REQUIRE INTERVENTION

The report identifies four focus areas for interven tions: foundational litera cy and numeracy (FLN), teachers’ capacity build ing, school-to-work transi tion and connecting the unconnected. The inter ventions are categorised under five building blocks, namely: curriculum, con tent, capacity, community

If we recognize the huge potential of technology for enhancing learning, as well as the need to reduce inequities in educational access for all girls and boys, the Education 4.0 India initiative will utilize the digital and other technologies to address learning gaps. India’s NEP 2020 aims to improve the delivery of quality education for all learners, including through digital means. From revamping the educational structure to creating a robust digital learning system, the NEP 2020 is aligned with the goals of 21st-century education. It emphasizes the development of the creative potential of each child. The most important part of the plan is managing shortcomings.

and digital.

1. Foundational literacy and numeracy

In FLN, a major gap identi fied is the lack of “bytesized” content in early learning that can ignite a child’s interest, as well as engage parents who may not be educated. Storytell ing, read-aloud and inter active content, flip books, and the use of digital tools can address these chal lenges. FLN solutions are centred around the capa bility of the solution to engage the home environ ment and the relevant fac

tors viz parents, caregiv ers and community.

2. Teachers’ capacity building

Enhancing teachers’ ca pacity to deliver education in newer formats is essen tial, as is their buy-in and involvement in creating and providing tech-ena bled curricula. To this end, the report suggests ways to strengthen teach ers’ capacity building – for instance, by improving the quality of teachers’ train ing, linking training with career progression, and involving teachers in de

AFGHAN COMMUNITY RALLIES TO PROTEST

Carrying signs saying ‘Stop Hazara Geno cide’ and ‘Let us live,’ more than a hundred protesters gathered on Parliament Hill Saturday to demand action after several attacks on the ethnic Hazara mi nority group in Afghani stan. The protest was or ganized after a recent sui cide bombing at a Shia ed ucational centre in a Haz ara neighbourhood in the capital city of Kabul on Sept 30. The United Na tions said at least 100 peo ple were wounded and more than 50 people, most ly teenage girls, were killed. The Hazara people are an ethnic minority in

Afghanistan who are pre dominantly Shia Muslims.

They have been a frequent target of violence.

“We want to raise our voice to make people aware that a crime is going on in Afghanistan,” said Ahmad

Seyar Lalee, one of the or ganizers of Saturday’s pro test. Lalee said similar pro tests are also taking place in the United States, the United Kingdom and across Canada in Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary.

Suicide bombing in Hazara neighbourhood killed more than 50. The protest was organized with placards saying ‘Stop Hazara Genocide’ and ‘Let us live,’ more than a hundred protesters gathered on Parliament Hill to demand action after the attacks on the ethnic minority

The protests are also a way to urge officials with the Canadian government to recognize a “Hazara geno cide,” Lalee said, and take preventative steps.

“We are asking them, as Afghan-Canadian citizens,

to stand with us and stand for justice in Afghanistan and support us,” he added.

‘IT’S UNACCEPTABLE’

Goli Akbari, a member of the Hazara community, said she was heartbroken to hear of the suicide bombing. “It’s so hard as a mother to see somebody’s young kids go to school and get killed. It’s unaccep table,” she said.

Akbari said she’s proud to be both Afghan-Canadi an and Hazara. By attend ing the protest, she hoped to spread awareness about the situation in Afghani stan. “Please stop this,” she urged. “Stop killing our future generation.”

signing a holistic teach ers’ capacity building pro gramme.

3. School-to-work transition

The third priority area, school-to-work transition, focuses on making stu dents job-ready in a rapid ly evolving employment landscape. Nearly 85% of Indian schools have yet to implement vocational courses as part of their curriculum. This report suggests interventions us ing digital and hybrid models to upskill students to find a good fit with avail able and emerging jobs.

4. Connecting the unconnected

The global pandemic has not only made digital learning central to teach ing worldwide, but it has also widened the digital divide, leaving those with out devices and internet connections further be hind. According to the Unified District Informa tion System for Education (UDISE) 2020-2021 survey, only around 41.3% of

schools have access to computers, and 24.5% had access to the internet in 2020-2021. For the fourth focus area, connecting the unconnected, this report categorizes schools based on their access to digital infrastructure.

TRANSFORMING THE EDUCATION SECTOR

The Education 4.0 India initiative builds on efforts by the central and state governments and leverag es their interventions. The interventions recom mended by the initiative can create tremendous im pact – from making educa tion more accessible and inclusive to reducing drop out rates and improving learning outcomes by us ing more adaptive learn ing systems and commu nity engagement.

The report presents a roadmap to enhance In dia’s school education eco system and gives out a call to action to all stakehold ers in the edtech space to come together to trans form the sector.

SOURCE: WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

Jagat Prakash Nadda @JPNadda

There was a time, when the existence itself of the State of Assam was in danger. And we, the BJP leaders and Karyakartas resisted the situation with a slogan - ‘Delhi Ho ya Guwahati, Apna Desh Apni Maati’.

Happiness will only come to those who appreciate the little things in life. Finding the root of the problem and being satisfied with what you have, will take you to the path of happiness. Buddha

SPIRITUAL SPEAK

Narendra Modi @narendramodi

Big day for Modhera as it takes a giant leap towards harnessing solar power. Modhera, which is associated with the Sun Temple will also be known for its strides in solar energy.

TOP TWEETS

GUJARAT CONG MLA ATTACKED BY BJP WORKER; FIR FILED

Navsari: Congress MLA

READ Crucial ‘GUJ BLESSED WITHOUT LOOKING AT MY CASTE’

Anant Patel was hurt after he was attacked by a local BJP functionary and his supporters in Navsari, police said on Sunday. The incident took place on Saturday evening and FIR was registered at Khergam police station in the wee hours of Sunday in which Patel accused BJP leader Babu Ahir and his supporters of attacking him

SIX DIE DUE TO ELECTROCUTION IN UP’S BAHRAICH

Bahraich: Six people, including five minors, were killed and four sustained burn injuries after they came in contact with a high-tension wire here on Sunday. The incident occurred around 4 am in Masupur village in the Nanpara area when the villagers were taking out a procession.

NCPCR TO SEEK NIA PROBE INTO DUMKA GIRL’S KILLING

Ranchi: Apex child rights body NCPCR will recommend an investigation by the NIA into the murder of the class 12 girl in Jharkhand’s Dumka who was set ablaze as she spurned advances by accused, its chairperson Priyank Kanoongo said. Kanoongo said that social media campaigns funded by Bangladesh organisations were on to prove that the girl was not a minor.

STALIN ELECTED UNOPPOSED AS DMK CHIEF

Chennai: DMK stalwart and Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin was elected as party president at the party’s general council meeting here on Sunday.

In the newly constituted general council, which held its meeting here, the DMK declared Stalin as elected unopposed to the top party post.

‘INDIA COULD GET A CHUNK OF EU’S EURO 300 BN FUND’

New Delhi: India could get a chunk of the Euro 300 billion fund announced by the European Union under its Global Gateway scheme aimed at expanding connectivity including in the Indo-Pacific region, French Ambassador Emmanuel Lenain said. The investment plan for connectivity projects is seen as a counter to China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative.

Modhera (Agencies):

In the run-up to the Assembly elections in his home state Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the people of the state have blessed him for the last two decades and voted for him irrespective of his caste.

Addressing a rally here, Modi said, “People of Gujarat have blessed me for the last two decades without looking at my caste, without looking at my political background.”

Before becoming the prime minister, Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat between 2001 and 2014.

Assembly elections in Gujarat are slated to be held soon. The elections are crucial for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which aims to retain power in PM Modi’s home state, while the Congress hopes for a win after remaining out of power for 27 years in the state.

PM DECLARES MODHERA AS INDIA’S FIRST 24X7 SOLAR-POWERED VILLAGE

Modhera (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday declared Modhera in Gujarat’s Mehsana district as India’s first 24x7 solarpowered village. Addressing a rally here after that, Modi said Modhera was known for the Sun temple, now it will also be known as solar-powered village. Making Modhera the country’s first round-the-clock solar-powered village involved developing a ground-mounted solar power plant and more than 1,300 rooftop solar systems on residential and government buildings, a government release said. Assembly elections in the Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled Gujarat are scheduled to be held by the end of this year.

PM GREETS THE NATION ON VALMIKI JAYANTI

New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi on Sunday greeted the nation on Valmiki Jayanti. The Prime Minister also shared a video of his thoughts on Maharshi Valmiki.

PM MODI GREETS PEOPLE ON MILAD-UN-NABI

On Milad-un-Nabi, PM tweeted: “Best wishes on Milad-un-Nabi. May this occasion further the spirit of peace, togetherness and compassion in our society. Eid Mubarak.”

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in Kanpur for Sangh’s music camp

Kanpur (PTI): RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat reached Kanpur to attend the first ‘Swar Sangam Ghosh’ camp of north India being held here. Bhagwat came here on Saturday on a two-day visit. The RSS chief addressed the people of Valmiki Samaj at Nanarao Park. The five-day ‘Swar Sangam Ghosh’ camp (the annual musical band camp of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) had began on Thursday at Deendayal Upadhyaya Sanatan Dharma Vidyalaya and VSSD College, here.

MUSLIMS USE CONDOMS THE MOST, POPULATION ON DECLINE: OWAISI ON RSS CHIEF’S REMARKS

Hyderabad: The Muslim community uses family planning tool,

NO DISCORD IN RAJASTHAN, BJP FANNING SUCH

We will repeat the government together, says CM Ashok Gehlot

Jaipur: CM Ashok Gehlot on Sunday blamed the Opposition BJP for fanning fake news of discord in the Congress cadres. He said there is no fight in Rajasthan and they will together form the government.

“Media is supporting BJP. Articles are being

NEED FOR GROWTH IN TRADE WITH INDIA:

Uddhav-led Sena gives 3 choices for poll symbol

Mumbai (PTI): The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction has submitted to the Election Commission three options of a trident, rising sun or mashaal (burning torch) for its poll symbol, sources said on Sunday.

The poll panel had on Saturday barred the Shiv Sena factions led by former CM Thackeray and present Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde from using the party name and its election symbol ‘bow & arrow’ in the Andheri East Assembly bypoll on November 3.

In an interim order

over claims by the rival factions for control of the organisation, the ECI asked them to suggest by Monday three different name choices and also as many free symbols for allocation to their respective groups.

‘SHINDE CAMP WILL SUCCEED WHEN ECI TAKES FINAL DECISION’

Mulayam Singh Yadav quite critical

Gurugram (ANI): Former Uttar Pradesh CM and Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Mulayam Singh Yadav is quite critical today and is on life-saving drugs, informed Gurugram hospital on Sunday.

Dr Sanjeev Gupta, Medical Director at the Medanta Hospital in Gurugram said that the founder of the Samajwadi Party is being treated in the intensive care unit (ICU) of the hospital by a comprehensive team of specialists.

Rahul resumes Karnataka leg of Bharat Jodo Yatra from Tiptpur

Tiptur (ANI): Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Sunday resumed the Karnataka leg of ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ from Tiptur in Tumkur district which marked the 32nd day of the Yatra.

The march started at 6:45 am, informed Congress leader Jairam Ramesh. “Day 32 of #BharatJodoYatra started at 6.45 am. The entire day will be spent in the Tumkuru district which contributes more than 1/3rd of total coconut production in Karnataka. An interaction with coconut farmers is planned in the afternoon”, Ramesh tweeted.

Srinagar: Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday said his contest with Shashi Tharoor for the post of party president was aimed at putting forth their viewpoints for the betterment of the country and the party.

BJP LOSING SHEEN IN THE COUNTRY: GEHLOT

CM Gehlot said that the BJP is losing sheen in the country. “Only two people are ruling the country.

The people of BJP have also become unhappy with Modi and Amit Shah but they are not able to speak. This is not the BJP used to be earlier,” he said.

written to increase quarrels in the Congress. BJP is getting benefit from this. The media is under pressure. There is no fight in Rajasthan. Together

we will form the government. This is our resolve,” he said while addressing the conference organised by All India Raigar Mahasabha at Vidyadhar Nagar

CONG MLA BHANWAR LAL SHARMA PASSES AWAY AT 77

Turuvukere: Rahul Gandhi has become a symbol of “Bharat jodo” (unite India) and will be seen in a new avatar post the Congress’ pan-India march, senior party leader Digvijaya Singh on Sunday said.

To steal anklets, thieves chop off woman’s feet

Satyanarayan Sharma

Jaipur: Unidentified miscreants chopped off the feet of a woman, said to be more than 100 years old, to steal the silver anklets she was wearing here on Sunday, police said.

The incident took place in the Galta Gate area in the morning.

Stadium in Jaipur on Sunday. Gehlot said that Godi media has been kept engaged only in writing articles to increase the quarrel in the Congress.

MLA from Sardarshahar, Bhanwar

passed away

The victim, Jamuna Devi, a resident of Meena Colony, lives with her daughter and granddaughter. The woman, who is 108 years of age according to her family

members, was dragged out of her house by the miscreants, who chopped her feet off with a sharp weapon, stole the silver anklets she was wearing and fled the spot, Galta Gate SHO Mukesh Kumar Khardia said.

Sunday. City council Secretary Anatoliy

least

Earlier, we were unable to make even cycles in Gujarat; now we are making cars and days are not far when we will make aircraft in the state, says PM Narendra Modi

PM Narendra Modi lays the foundation stone & dedicates development works at Modhera village in Mehsana, on Sunday. Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel and Gujarat BJP President CR Patil are also seen.

‘CONTEST IS FOR CONG’S BETTERMENT’ ‘RaGa WILL BE IN NEW AVATAR POST YATRA’

Dinesh Tiwari

CM Ashok Gehlot addressing Raigar Mahasabha at Vidyadhar Nagar.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with party leaders during the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ in Tumakuru, Karnataka, on Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI

Victim being taken to hospital

Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said the Shiv Sena faction led by CM Eknath Shinde will “succeed” when the Election Commission of India (ECI) takes a final decision on proprietary over the party name and election symbol. Fadnavis said he was not surprised at the ECI’s interim decision on Saturday barring the Shiv Sena factions led by Thackeray and Shinde from using the party name and its election symbol ‘bow and arrow’ in the to Andheri East Assembly bypoll.

TUSSLE OVER ‘REAL’ SHIV SENA

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat being felicitated during a programme on Valmiki Jayanti, in Kanpur, on Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI

Union Home Minister Amit Shah with Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma (R) and Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla (L) offers prayers during a visit to the Kamkhya temple, in Guwahati, on Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI

SHAH AT KAMKHYA TEMPLE!

—PHOTO BY PTI

Uddhav Thackeray

RAIN LASHES STATE FOR

DAY, CROPS DAMAGED BIZZARE! MAN FALLS INTO RAINWATER-FILLED PIT, DIES

20 feet wide and 30 feet long pit was dug up for construction work

First India Bureau

Jaipur: A dead body of a 40-year-old man was recovered from a 15 feet deep pit near Triton Mall in Jhotwara on Sunday morning.

Police informed the deceased has been identified as Madan Das , a resident of Jamuna Puri in Murlipura area.

“The victim used to work at a sugar mill located near Triton Mall.

On Saturday night, he fell into a 15 feet deep pit filled with rain water while he was returning home. The 20 feet wide and 30 feet-long pit was dug up for construction of a pillar for elevated road,” police said. “The family members filed a missing person report when Madan did not reach home till

JP Nadda on two-day visit to Kota on Oct 20 & 21

First India Bureau

Jaipur: BJP National President JP Nadda will address a BJP booth convention in Kota division during his two day visit on October 20 and 21. Along with the booth convention, Nadda will be present in 3 major programs in Kota division. Another program will be of interaction with intellectuals. Top BJP leaders will also remain present during Nadda’s visit to Kota.

JP NADDA’S SON VISITED ALWAR FOR A PRIVATE PROGRAM

Alwar: Son of BJP’s National President JP Nadda, Harish Nadda, was here on Sunday to take part in a private program. Harish was welcomed by BJP workers.

Saturday night. Based on his mobile location, a police team launched a search near the underconstruction elevated road. Later, his body was recovered from pit filled with rainwater. It is suspected that the victim slipped into the water and thereafter drowned,” police added.

“An FSL team collected samples from the spot,” police informed.

Modi to inaugurate medical colleges on October 14

First India Bureau

Jaipur: PM Narendra Modi will virtually inaugurate medical colleges in Sriganganagar, Chittorgarh, Sirohi and Dholpur on October 14. Earlier, this programme was scheduled on Oct 13. CM Ashok Gehlot, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will also attend the programme. LOP has already been received for these colleges.

111 doctors awaiting posting to take charge

First India Bureau

Jaipur: The strike of resident doctors in Jaipur continued on the 5th consecutive day on Sunday, which partially affected routine work at the hospital. Senior faculty took care of the arrangements from OPD to IPD in SMS hospital & other hospitals attached to medical college. The timing of OPD was from 9 am to 11 am on Sunday.

At the same time, residents have split into

two groups.

In-service residents want reservation in the posts of senior residents for themselves whereas Jaipur Residents Association is against any kind of reservation in SRship.

On the other hand, 111 doctors who are currently under APO (awaiting posting orders) status in the Medical Department will provide services from Monday till the end of the strike, in view of the problems.

INFORM INSURANCE COMPANIES WITHIN 72 HRS

Kashiram Choudhary

Jaipur: Farmers will get compensation under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana for the damage caused to standing crops and those lying in the field after harvesting. To claim the amount, the affected farmers will have to inform the insurance company working in district concerned within 72 hrs. Agriculture Minister Lal Chand Kataria said information can also be given through the toll free number of the insurance company or through the Crop Insurance App.

Officials survey crop loss, Dr Poonia meets farmers

First India Bureau

Bundi: After incessant rains in Hadoti region, Agriculture Department, PS, Dinesh Kumar & Commissioner Kanaram met farmers and agriculture officer on Sunday and talked to them about providing relief to farmers soon.

The revenue officers concerned, including District Collector Ravindra Goswami, inspected damage caused to the crops due to rain.

BJP State President Satish Poonia visited Keshoraipatan area of Bundi. Talking to farmers, he said he would demand adequate compensation for the farmers from state Govt.

Poonia visited the Gudli village to take stock of the situation of crop failure. He also met the aggrieved farmers and said that every BJP worker is with them. He said, “In the past two years, farmers

have suffered losses due to continuous rain. But till now, compensation has not been given nor do insurance companies give proper compensation to farmers.”

He said that one per-

son from our delegation will meet Divisional Commissioner in Kota & seek proper compensation immediately. He said farmers in area have suffered a loss of around Rs 1000 crore.

EID MILAD UN-NABI

AAP family grows in State as many people join party

—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA

Minister’s son is involved in sand loot, says MLA Prajapat

Mukesh Mathrani

Barmer: Amid the heated allegations over the sand issue, Cong MLA from Pachpadra constituency here had countered Union Minister’s allegations. Cong MLA Madan Prajapat alleged that before making false allegations, Min should introspect himself. He alleged that minister’s son himself is involved

CULTURAL EXTRAVAGANZA

in sand mafia nexus. It mentioned here that a day earlier local MP and union minister in

Marwar festival ends with fervour & gaiety

2-day Marwar festival concluded with various events in Osian and Jodhpur on Sunday.

Rajasthani folk artists regaled people

Rajeev Gaur & Bajrang Chandak

Jodhpur: Rajasthani folk artists regaled people with their excellent performance & foreign tourists also enjoyed the event.

The festival culminated in Osian with various exciting competitions. It was organized by the Rajasthan Tourism Department and Jodhpur District Administration.

Dr Sarita Fidoda, As-

sistant Director, Tourism Dept, said that under Marwar festival, a glimpse of culture was

clearly visible in the procession in Osian.

Village sports events, kite display, kite flying,

camel safari and food & craft exhibition were also organized.

Additional Commissioner of Municipal Corporation Rakesh Kumar, Sub-Divisional Officer Apoorva Parwal, Officers of BSF, Registrar of Agricultural University Priyanka Vishnoi, Deputy Director of Tourism Department Bhanupratap and Assistant Director Sarita Fidoda and others appreciated the artists.

Modi cabinet Kailash Chaudhary had cornered the State Government over sand issues.

Jaipur : People from different walks of life like business, education, employed, social service took membership of AAP on Sunday. People reached AAP’s state office in Jaipur to become its member. Some of them are Vinay Mishra, party’s state incharge, GST Joint Commissioner, Meenakshi Sethi Zaidi, an educationist contributing to the education of girls and Dr Sanjay Biyani, the founder of Biyani Group of Colleges, the pioneer of Nahargarh

Biological Park and environmentalist, RTI activist Rajendra Tiwari, social worker Kushal Tiwari, general secretary of Dungar College, Bikaner, Kushal Panwar, NSUI district president and former general secretary of Youth Cong, Avtar Singh, former president of Bansur, Jalore Block Congress Committee president Jalam Singh, president of Rajasthan Adivasi Meena Sevak Sangh Girraj Meena.

Vinay Mishra, election in-charge of AAP, Rajasthan targeted Investment summit.

Shekhawat meets gas cylinder explosion survivors & families

Shiv Prakash Purohit

Jodhpur: Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Sunday met the victims of the gas cylinder explosion which took place in Kirti Nagar on Saturday. He met the family members. 4 people died & 16 were injured when a gas cylinder exploded in Kirti nagar on Saturday.

Shekhawat met injured people & victims’ families members.

While talking to me-

dia, Shekhawat described incident as a sad accident.

He said that BJP stands with victims’ families. He added that State Govt will do what-

ever it wants to help, but BJP will also provide financial assistance. He also also expressed grief over incident of drowning of 3 people in Surpura dam.

15 feet deep pit near Triton Mall in Jhotwara (inset) dead body of Madan Das floating in the pit.

Satish Poonia talking to farmers of Gudli village, while taking stock of the crops in the field on Sunday.

Several parts of Jaipur witnessed moderate to heavy rainfall on Sunday. Bharatpur received the highest amount of 227mm rainfall on Sunday. —PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA

Vinay Mishra with Dr Sanjay Biyani during a press conference at Biyani Group of Colleges on Sunday.

Vikas Sharma

Festival of Eid Milad-unNabi was celebrated with great fanfare amid special religious programs and processions on Sunday. A procession of Mohammadi was taken out from the Ghat Gate area and it reached Karbala Dargah through different areas. Police arrangements were made during processions.

Leela Devi performing Terah Tali dance on Sunday.

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat interacting with affected families.

KAILASH CHOUDHARY WRITES LETTER TO CM

Vasundhara Raje @VasundharaBJP

Due to the worsening situation because of floods last month, the farmer of the State was already going through an economic recession, who is now hoping for help from the government. In such a situation, I demand from the State Government that keeping the sweat of the farmer, a helping hand should be extended to them as soon as possible.

To

Tourism will bloom in Raj, says Gehlot at Kishanbagh

Rainfall leads to spike in viral diseases

Surpura dam: Three friends on picnic drown in Mandore

CM Ashok Gehlot

condoled death of the three victimsBJP should reply to Rahul’s stand

Adani: CM

Naresh Sharma

Jaipur: Chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday said that Rahul Gandhi has given the reply in Gautam Adani matter that Modi government is favouring just a few people.

He said that the Modi government should reply to this. He also said that the media also wants to oblige the PM.

Gehlot said that industries are welcomed in Rajasthan to invest but the BJP has made it an issue, which will cost dearer to it.

The chief minister, while talking to report-

ers after visiting Kishanbagh, said that the state govt has given the tourism sector the status of industry that will help the sector to grow. In the Kishanbagh sand dune park, Gehlot inquired about various desert flora, ancient rocks, sand dunes. He

visited different areas of the park.

During this, the Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot also appreciated the indigenous vegetation grown in the sandy area of the park, hill and rocks, fossils brought from different districts of the state.

CM Gehlot to attend Bhanwar Lal Sharma’s last rites in Churu

First India Bureau

Jaipur/Churu : The seven-time MLA, and senior congress leader who was in the Pilot camp during the political crisis in 2020, Bhanwar Lal Sharma passed away on Sunday. He was undergoing treatment at SMS Hospital owing to multiple infections. Funeral will take place at his farm house in Tara Nagar, Churu on Monday.

“My deepest condolences on the passing away of Shri Bhanwarlal Sharma, Congress MLA from Sardarshahr (Churu). He was unwell for a long time, I was in touch with his family regarding his health, reached SMS last night, took information from the doctors,” CM Gehlot tweeted on Sunday.

 With his demise, the number of Cong MLA has come down to 107 & the house of 200 now has 199.

 Sharma was born on April 17, 1945 in Jaitsisar of Sardarshahr and entered politics at the age of 17.

 He had held posts from Sarpanch to Minister in the state govt. Became MLA for first time in 1985.

 He won five consecutive terms from Sardarshahr from 8th to 12th Assembly. He had been in Janata Party too.

On visiting the park, tourists come to know that the land of Rajasthan is not barren but has different types of shrubs, grasses and biodiversity. It is a wonderful place.

—Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister

Jaipur : The incessant rains and a steep decline of temperature in Rajasthan has led to a spike in seasonal diseases in the state. Cases of common cough and cold are being reported in large numbers from almost every part of the state from the last two to three days. Doctors informed that children and elderly people are most-affected by sudden change of climate in Rajasthan.

Meanwhile, big private hospitals of Jaipur are filled up to capacity and most of them are refusing to admit new patients due to nonavailability of beds. Similarly, patients are unable to get beds in smaller hospitals too. Doctors have advised people to stay away from the rain.

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Jodhpur: Three youths of a family drowned at Surpura Dam in Jodhpur on Sunday while they had gone for a picnic. Police informed six boys, all residents of Pratap Nagar in Jodhpur, had gone for a picnic to Surpura Dam located under Mandore Police Station area.

“Two of the boys incidentally fell into the dam, following which, the remaining four youths jumped into the dam to save them.

However, none of the youths could swim and save each other,” police said. “Of the six youths, three drowned on the spot, while three others were rescued

after a team of police and civil defence immediately reached the spot and dived into the water. Those rescued in the mishap were later admitted to Mahatma Gandhi Hospital for treatment, while the deceased bodies were handed-over to family members,” police added.

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The death of 3 people is tragic due to drowning in Surpura dam of Mandore area in Jodhpur. I express my deepest condolences to the bereaved family, may God give them strength to bear this loss and may the soul of the departed rest in peace.

Minor ends life after being blackmailed, raped in Hanumangarh; accused threatened to make video viral

Hanumangarh: A 17-year-old minor allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison in after she was blackmailed and raped, police said on Sunday. “The victim was blackmailed on the basis of her obscene videos. The accused is yet to be identified. Victim’s father has complained that the accused blackmailed the girl by threatening her to circulate obscene videos on social media, following which, she committed suicide by consuming poison on Sept 10,” police said. “The victim’s family members were in a shock from last month, due to which they did not file an FIR that time. Now, the matter is being probed,” police added.

Sikar: A newly-married woman, hailing from Sikar district, was allegedly gang-raped by four men in Haryana. Police informed the accused even fired a gunshot on the victim and injured her feet. “The victim had married a year ago and used to work as a maid. On Thursday, the

accused called victim to his village for some work and later gangraped her,” police said. “As soon as the victim reached the

BLACKMAILED AND RAPED FOR FIVE YEARS IN SANGANER

Jaipur: A 25-year-old woman was allegedly blackmailed and raped for five years in Jaipur’s Sanganer area, police said. Police informed the accused filmed obscene videos of the victim and blackmailed her. “The accused, identified as Shankar, was known to the victim and used to regularly visit her house. In May 2017, the accused raped the victim and later shared her obscene videos on social media, following which, she filed an FIR,” police said.

accused home, the four started molesting her. The woman was beaten when she resisted, while one of the accused even fired a gunshot on her. The victim sustained injuries on her leg and was rushed to PGI Hospital,” police added. An FIR has been filed and the matter is being investigated.

ACQUAINTANCE RAPES MINOR AND SENDS PHOTOS TO HER BROTHER

Jaipur: A minor girl was raped by an acquaintance in Jaipur and was later blackmailed with her obscene photos. Two of his friends also began to molest her by telling her that they too had her obscene pictures. The accused sent those pictures to the brother of the victim. After the matter came to light, the minor’s father lodged a report at the Transport Nagar police station. Police have started an investigation on Sunday.

More flights added in winter schedule

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Jaipur: In the new winter schedule starting October 30, around six new flights will start from Jaipur Airport. Cities like Jaisalmer and Amritsar will be reconnected. Air connectivity will increase for Mumbai, New Delhi. These days an average of 47 flights operate

daily from Jaipur Airport. 58 flights are expected to operate in winter schedule. Along with domestic flights, the number of international flights will also increase.

However, flights for Kolkata will decrease but those for Mumbai will increase. There will be only two flights for Kolkata in winters.

Jaipur: Despite completion of five years of deputation to Bihar govt, 2005-batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre Punam is still settled in Bihar. She has got stay on return to the home cadre from CAT and the centre has challenged the stay but in this entire episode, Raj is suffering due to shortage of officers. In such a situation, it is not fair to let her stay. Punam, whose family lives in Patna, went on deputation to Bihar in Aug2016.

The five year period of deputation ended in Nov 2021 but she has not yet returned to home cadre.

Jodhpur: A man was arrested for trying to disturb communal harmony by raising ‘Sar Tan Se Juda’ slogans to scare Hindus during the Barawafat procession in Jodhpur’s Pipad town.

Taking prompt action, the police arrested Roshal Ali Sindhi and 10-12 other accused who had raised the slogans along with him are absconding and being searched. Sindhi has been accused in a similar case of inciting riots in the past and was arrested by police after a man lodged a complaint on attempts to disturb communal harmony.

New Delhi (ANI): BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla took a dig at Rajasthan’s Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government on Sunday after the incident of an old woman’s legs chopped off took centre stage in the state.

Three car-borne men molest woman in Jaipur

Jaipur (PTI): A 22-yearold woman was allegedly molested here by three men who also tried to force her into their car, police said on Sunday. The woman was injured in the incident, which occurred in the Kanota area on Saturday night, they said.

Four to five people have been taken into custody in connection with the incident, the police said. ACP (Kanota) Megh Chand Meena said a case has been registered against three people in the matter. Four-five suspects have been taken into custody and are being questioned, he said.

He had further said that the law and order situation has collapsed in the state. He had also flayed the state government over the incident of molestation of a girl student in Jaipur, terming it as the complete failure of the state government.

BIG ‘CAT’ MATTERS

2 tigers of RTR to be shifted to Mukundra, Sariska

Jaipur (PTI): Translocation of two tigers from Rajasthan’s Ranthambore Tiger Reserve to the Mukundra and the Sariska reserves has been cleared by the technical committee of the National Tiger Conservation Authority, an official said here.

The state forest department official said the big cats will be shifted after one more sanction from the Centre.

“NTCA’s technical committee has cleared a

After

two

proposal of the state forest department to translocate one tiger to Sa-

riska and another to Mukundra,” Seduram Yadav, Field Director of

Ranthambore Tiger Reserve, told PTI.

He said in the next phase, two tigresses will be shifted, and a proposal for the same has already been sent.

Field Director of Mukundra Tiger Reserve SP Singh said preparations for translocation of a male tiger from Ranthambore are in place, and after another sanction is received, the translocation will be done within a few days.

TIGER RESERVES HAVE SEEN GROWTH IN RECENT YEARS, RTR NEEDS MORE SPACE

I n the last few years, the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve has seen a growth in its big cat population and the space for tigers is shrinking. At the same time, the number of tigers in other tiger reserves has to be increased. Apart from Ranthambore, Rajasthan has three more tiger reserves in Sariska, Mukundra and newly notified Ramgarh Vishdhari. In the Sariska Tiger Reserve in Alwar, the number of tigers is 27 nine male, 11 female and seven cubs. The Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve (Kota) has one tigress, and the Ramgarh Vishdhari (Bundi) has one tiger and one tigress. Shrinking areas increase the possibility of territorial fights as well as human-animal conflicts. “The population of tigers is rising in Ranthambore and they need space. This is one of the reasons behind relocation of big cats from there,” another official of the forest department said.

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Vikas Sharma

SDRF team rescued three of the six friends while three drowned in Surpura dam in Jodhpur district on Sunday.

CM Ashok Gehlot inspecting the Kishanbagh Sand Dune Park in Jaipur on Sunday and checking various desert flora, ancient rocks, desert dunes and scaffolds made of Rajasthani system.

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot consoles Anil Sharma, son of Bhanwar Lal Sharma, at Parshuram Bhawan, Vidyadhar Nagar, in Jaipur on Sunday.

Palace on Wheels ‘Fame Tour’ reached Udaipur on Sunday. Dharmendra Rathore, Murari L Meena, Randeep Dhankar, Gayatri Rathore and others went on to explore the Lake City.

‘Leg chopping shows poor law & order in Raj’

IAS PUNAM DOESN’T WANT TO RETURN

RAJ CADRE!

SIKAR WOMAN GANG-RAPED BY FOUR MEN IN HARYANA

199 MLAs IN ‘JINXED’ VIDHAN SABHA YET AGAIN!

More girls should be enrolled in technical educational institutions: Prez

New Delhi (Agencies): President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday said the number of girl students should be increased in technical educational institutions to give more impetus to the progress of the country.

Speaking at the 52nd convocation and closing ceremony of centenary year celebrations of Punjab Engineering College (PEC) in Chan-

digarh, she said Kalpana Chawla, alumna of PEC's Aeronautical Engineering Department, became the first woman astronaut of Indian origin who created an inspiring history of selfsacrifice for science.

She was happy to note that the Kalpana Chawla Chair of Geospatial Technology is established in PEC.

The President said she was happy to note

that PEC has provided many luminaries to the country in the fields of technology, industry, civil services, education and research, which include former Chairman of ISRO and father of experimental fluid dynamics research in India, Prof Satish Dhawan; eminent educationist and founder-Director of IIT, Delhi, Prof R.N. Dogra; an expert in Missiles

Technology and Strategic Systems, Dr Satish Kumar. Address-

possibilities, she has no doubt that they are capable of converting

OWAISI REACTS TO RSS CHIEF SAYS

MUSLIM FERTILITY RATE IS DIPING

Owaisi asked Bhagwat to “not fret” as the Muslim population was “rather declining”

Hyderabad (ANI):

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has asked RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat to "not fret" as the Muslim population was "rather declining" in the country, asserting that Indian Muslims were the ones using contraceptives the most.

His remarks came days after Bhagwat had called for a comprehensive population policy to ensure that the rising population do not become a burden but can be used as a resource.

"Don't fret. The Muslim population is not increasing. It's rather falling... Who's using con-

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi addressing a press over Muslim fertility rate is diping, in Hyderabad on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI

doms the most? We are. Mohan Bhagwat won't speak on this," Owaisi said. Addressing the annual RSS Vijayadashmi festival, Bhagwat called for a "comprehensive policy on population"

and said that it should be applied equally to all.

"Population control and religion-based population balance is an important subject that can no longer be ignored," he had said.

Shahnawaz slams Owaisi over his population remark

Patna (ANI): BJP leader Syed Shahnawaz Hussain on Sunday slammed the AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi over the latter's remarks on population and said that the Telangana leader wanted to create a controversy.

"Asaduddin Owaisi has become 'Bayan Purush', he wants to create a controversy. A low population is beneficial for society," said Hus-

N-E’s financial discipline vital for India economy: Amit Shah

New Delhi (PTI): BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad hit out at Nitish Kumar on Sunday for defending his new ally, RJD chief Lalu Prasad, after the CBI filed a chargesheet against them, saying it is “shameful” and “unfortunate” how the Bihar chief minister has turned a blind eye to the issue of corruption.

Addressing a press conference, the former Union minister said Kumar is “compromising the core of his life’s savings” by defending Lalu Prasad in the corruption case. The Bihar CM on Saturday voiced his disapproval of the CBI chargesheet against Lalu Prasad in a case pertaining to RJD chief’s tenure as the railway minister.

HM asks the chief ministers to ensure financial discipline of their states

Guwahati (PTI): Financial discipline of Northeastern states is essential to make the Indian economy the second largest in the world, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday.

Addressing the 70th plenary session of the North Eastern Council (NEC) here, Amit Shah said insurgency, lack of connectivity and failure of previous governments to focus on Northeast hampered the region’s development for decades.

“Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government tried to understand the core problems and evolved ways to permanently solve the issues to take the region to the path of development,” he said.

During the last eight years of the PM Modi government, many efforts have been made to

bring peace to the region, enhance connectivity and give priority to development, he added.

NEW DAWN BLOOMS

sain. His remarks came after AIMIM chief Owaisi asked RSS chief to "not fret" as the Muslim population was "rather declining" in the country, asserting that Indian Muslims were the ones using contraceptives the most. The BJP leader also cleared his take on the population and said, "The more the population grows the bigger the problem it creates. That should be kept in mind."

whatever they choose to become in their life.

She said they are the builders of India of tomorrow. It is expected from them that they will use the knowledge acquired in this prestigious institution in the service of humanity too. She urged them to keep Mahatma Gandhi's message of 'Sarvodaya' in their individual priorities. She said it is the moral

duty of every citizen, especially the youth, to put into practice the values of the a Father of the Nation'. President inaugurated the newly constructed building of UT Chandigarh Secretariat. The President said established in Lahore in 1921, PEC has emerged as a leading institute for research and contributed to the global technological change.

It is a premier institute of the country as well as a harbinger of technical education in this region. The National Education Policy -- 2020 states that a good educational institution is one in which every student is welcomed and cared for and where an inspiring environment with good infrastructure and appropriate resources exists.

Nitish has turned delusional: Kishor

New Delhi (ANI): Congress' Pawan Khera on Sunday reacted to the alleged attack on the party's tribal leader Anant Patel and said that anyone who does not get manipulated by the Bharatiya Janata Party gets attacked.

"Yesterday our MLA was attacked as he brought the Central and State government to its knees. Anyone who is not influenced by this government gets attacked," said Congress leader Pawan Khera.

Congress MLA and Tribal leader Anant Patel was allegedly thrashed by goons.

West Champaran, Bihar (ANI): Hitting back at Nitish Kumar, political strategist

Prashant Kishor today said that the Bihar chief minister has become "delusional" and "politically isolated" and speaks things other than what he actually means.

He also said that Kumar's age is affecting him and it reflects in his "nervousness". Kishor was responding to the chief minister's comment that the political strategist, who has recently launched a state-

wide 'padayatra' to bring 'Jan Suraj' in Bihar, was "working for the BJP" after he claimed that Mr Kumar had asked him to join his Janata Dal (United) party.

"He (Kumar) said I am working on BJP's agenda and asked him to merge with Congress. How is it even possible? If I were supporting

BJP, why would I ask him to strengthen Congress? If the second claim is correct, the first one gets wrong," Kishor told ANI. Prashant Kishor

‘BJP has come to change HP’s destiny’

Kangra (HP) (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president JP Nadda on Sunday said they have come to the state to change the image and destiny of Himachal Pradesh.

"Elected representatives are sitting here... We have not come here to sit on our seats, we have come to change the

image and destiny of Himachal Pradesh," said BJP chief JP Nadda

3 top officials arrested in UKSSSC recruitment case

Dehradun (ANI): In a major breakthrough in the UKSSSC scam, three senior government officials were arrested by the Uttarakhand STF in connection with the case, said the officials on Saturday.

The arrested accused have been identified as RBS Rawat (former chairman), secretary Manohar Kanyal, former controller of examination RS Pokharia were arrested on Satur-

at the conference of representatives of Panchayat Raj institutions.

He further said that the "chair" (power) is essential but not their goal, it is necessary for development. Terming the BJP as the world's largest political party, Nadda said, "Political parties are unable to conduct meeting with

the number as we have in our conference.

Earlier, Nadda was on a tour to Assam with Amit Shah and while addressing the inaugural function of BJP's biggest party headquarters

Atal Buhari Vajpayee Bhawan in Guwahati he said that BJP is the only ideology-based and national party in India.

IN THE COURTYARD

day in the investigation of rigging in the VPDO recruitment examination conducted by Uttarakhand Subordinate Service Selection Commission in 2016.

KCR’s bets on national aspiration to win state assembly elections!

New Delhi: Telangana

Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has announced to change the name of his party Telangana Rashtra Samithi to Bharat Rashtra Samithi.

He had fixed an auspicious time for this and on October 5, on the day of Dussehra, at 1.19 o’clock, he announced to change the name of TRS to BRS.

Earlier, he met leaders of Tamil Nadu’s party VCK

and Karnataka’s JDS.

Before that, he has been meeting leaders of opposition parties across the country. Now he has announced that he will do national level politics by forming Bharat Rashtra Samiti and will try to make Bharat Rashtra Samiti a national party. However, the reality is that his party is one of the few renowned regional parties who have no influence outside Telangana.

All parties like NCP, Trinamool, Shiv Sena, JDU, RJD, AAP have organizations in more than

outside Telangana.

one state. DMK is also in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. But TRS does not have any organization

So how will the change from regional to national party become a possibility? That’s why it seems that he has done this work to create a message of Telangana pride for the party workers and the people of the state before the assembly elections to be held next year. He wants to send the message that he can be the face at the all India level and can also be the prime minis-

terial candidate from the opposition side.

Through this, he will appeal to the people of the state to win them the assembly elections and then he will take the Telugu identity to the whole country in the Lok Sabha elections. In fact, all his worries are about winning the next year’s election. For this, elections were held before time last time and this time the narrative is of national politics.

New Delhi (ANI): The All India Muslim Personal Law Board filed an application for impleadment in the matter dealing with the Places of Worship Act 1991 and defended it saying that the object of the Places of Worship Act, 1991 is to prevent such disturbance of public order and to maintain peace and strengthen basic feature of secularism. AIMPLB has filed an application for impleadment in the matter dealing with the places of worship act and urged the Supreme Court to allow it to be impleaded as the party in the matter. AIMPLB said that the object of the Places of Worship Act, of 1991 is to prevent such disturbance of public order and maintain public peace and strengthen basic features of secularism.

Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka High Court has said that non-matching DNA samples would not absolve a crime accused since it is only corroborative evidence. The court rejected the petition of a 43-year-old bus conductor who is accused of raping and impregnating a 12-year-old relative.

He rushed to the High Court, seeking quashing of the case after a DNA test showed that his blood sample and that of the foetus did not match.

The accused is a resident of Mysuru. He has been charged under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and Indian Penal Code (IPC). The complaint was filed by the mother of the victim on February 19, 2021. The bus conductor is alleged to have sexually abused the girl due to which she became pregnant. The police filed a charge-sheet in the case while the report of the DNA test was still pending.

DNA MISMATCH WON'T ABSOLVE

ACCUSED: KARNATAKA HC

Mahesh Sharma

Khera reacts to attack on Cong tribal leader Anant Patel

‘Shameful’: Prasad on Nitish's disapproval of CBI chargesheet

Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurates the newly-built Convention Centre at Assam Police Training College, in Golaghat on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao with JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy as they announce that JDS and BRS parties to work together.

Accused in STF custody.

SHAH OFFERS PRAYERS AT KAMAKHYA TEMPLE

AIMPLB FILES APPLICATION FOR IMPLEADMENT IN SUPREME COURT

JP Nadda

President Droupadi Murmu

2nd highest rainfall since 2007 in Delhi

Incessant rains for the second consecutive day in the national capital improved the air quality on Sunday to “satisfactory” level

New Delhi: The nation al capital received the second highest rainfall since 2007 in the last 24 hours till 8.30 am, ac cording to the India Me teorological data on Sunday.

The city weathered near ceaseless rains –measuring 74mm till 8.30 am Sunday – that brought the maximum temperature on Satur day down by 10 notches, closing in the day-night temperature gap to a re cord low.

Incessant rains for the second consecutive day in the national capi tal improved the air quality on Sunday to “satisfactory” level. The air quality index record ed at 9 am was 54 which falls in the “good” cate gory, according to the Central Pollution Con trol Board data.

The minimum tem perature in the national capital settled at 23.4 de grees Celsius, a notch below the season’s aver age, a weather official said. The difference be tween minimum tem perature (20.8 degrees Celsius) on Friday and maximum temperature (23.4 degrees Celsius) on Saturday was 2.6 de grees Celsius -- the low est since 1969, the offi cial said.

Earlier, the lowest such margin was re

corded on October 19, 1998 at 3.1 degree Celsi us, the IMD added. Rela tive humidity recorded at 8.30 was 100 per cent, he said.

The Safdarjung obser vatory, the city’s prima ry weather station, re ceived 74.3 mm rainfall in the last 24 hours. The Palam observatory re corded 64.9 mm rainfall. The Lodhi Road, Ridge, and Ayanagar weather stations received 87.2 mm, 60.1 mm, and 85.2 mm rainfall respective ly, the IMD said.

Shri Hemkunt Sahib Trust VC Narendra Jeet Bindra on Sept 7 had informed that portals of Gurudwara will be closed at 1 pm on Oct 10

U’khand: Pilgrimage to Hemkunt Sahib halts due to heavy snowfall in Chamoli

Uttarakhand (ANI):

The pilgrimage to the Hemkunt Sahib in Utta rakhand’s Chamoli has stopped just a day be fore the closing of its doors due to heavy snowfall here.

As the Chamoli dis trict has received fresh snowfall today, Superin tendent of Police (SP) Shweta Choubey in formed that the region has received snow cov erage of more than 2 ft. “More than two feet of snowfall has covered the area so far, due to which the pilgrimage at Govindghat and Ghangariya has stopped,” said SP Shwe

10 MORE AVALANCHE VICTIMS BROUGHT TO UTTARKASHI

Uttarkashi (PTI): Ten more bodies of mountaineering trainees were brought to Uttarkashi on Sunday as search and rescue opera tions continued for the sixth consecutive day at the avalanche site near Drau padi Ka Danda-II peak. A total of 27 bodies have been retrieved so far out of which 21 have been brought to Uttarkashi to be handed over to their families, the Nehru Institute of Moun taineering (NIM) said. Four bodies were brought to Ut tarkashi on Friday, seven on

DM Varanasi Kaushal Raj becomes new Divisional Commissioner

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh govt has ap pointed Varanasi DM Kaushal Raj Sharma as the new commissioner of Varanasi. Moreover, till the time a suitable officer is found, Sharma will also hold the addi tional charge of DM of Banaras.

Being the parliamen tary constituency of Prime Minister Naren dra Modi, the search for a qualified District Mag istrate has intensified in Varanasi. On January 1, 2022, Sharma was pro moted to the rank of Secretary, but even after this, he had been carry ing out the responsibil

ity of Varanasi DM. After relieving Vara nasi Commissioner IAS Deepak Agrawal, who has gone on central dep utation, the government has made Varanasi DM the new commissioner of Banaras. With the transfer of IAS Kaushal Raj Sharma, IAS Shambhu Kumar 2010

batch Special Secretary Secondary Education has been made the new MD of Purvanchal Vid yut Vitran Nigam, whereas IAS Rupesh Ku mar serving as Special Secretary, Sugar and Sugarcane has been made Special Secretary, Secondary Education.

2006 batch IAS officer Kaushal Raj Sharma has made a new record of serving as DM for the longest time as he re mained DM even after being promoted to secre tary rank. Kaushal Raj Sharma, a resident of Bhiwani in Haryana, has been serving as DM since 2008.

Saturday and 10 more on Sunday, it said. According to the NIM, a group of 29 mountaineers including 27 trainees and two instruc tors who were part of an

Iran state TV hacked by digital activists amid protests

Paris: Digital activ ists supporting Iran’s wave of wom en-led protests have hacked a state televi sion live news broad cast, superimposing crosshairs and flames on the face of supreme leader Aya tollah Ali Khame nei.

“The blood of our youths is on your hands,” read a mes sage on screen in the broadcast that start ed 9pm local time Saturday, as protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, again rocked Tehran and other cities.

EAM flags problems faced by students trying to return to New Zealand

Wellington (PTI): Ex ternal Affairs Minister

S Jaishankar on Sun day said that he has urged New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Foreign Minister Nanaia Ma huta to take a sympa thetic view on the diffi culties faced by Indian students, who were im pacted during the COV ID-19.Jaishankar, who is on his first visit to New Zealand as the Ex ternal Affairs Minister, said this while interact ing with the Indian community during the inauguration of the

HEAVY SNOWFALL IN PITHORAGARH

Uttarakhand (ANI):

Heavy snowfall lashed several areas in Dhar chula town in Pithora garh district, leaving up to two feet of snow in the upper areas and blocking key roads near the Nepal border on Sunday, officials said.

new Indian High Com mission Chancery in Wellington.

In respect of Indian students here, he said that they have had tough times during

COVID.

“None of us had an easy time during COV ID. But students per haps took a bigger hit than most of us. So, I urged the Prime Minis

ter and the Foreign Minister to take a sym pathetic view and un derstanding of students who enter and I was glad to be assured that they would approach the issue sympatheti cally. He hopes to see some progress on this issue,” Jaishankar said. India is the second largest source of inter national students in New Zealand pursuing higher education in various disciplines such as information technology, hospitality, science, engineering and architecture.

advanced training course at the institute went missing when the avalanche struck at a height of 17,000 feet on October 4 while they were returning from the summit.

ta Choubey said. Shri Hemkunt Sahib Trust Vice President Naren dra Jeet Bindra on Sep tember 7 had informed that the portals of Gu rudwara will be closed at 1 pm on October 10. Situated at an alti

tude of 15,225 feet, the Gurudwara has been thronged with over 2 lakh devotees, ever since its doors were opened on May 22. Hem kund Sahib is consid ered to be the fifth Dham of Uttarakhand.

AMARAVATI: IMD RELEASES WEATHER

WARNING FOR NEXT FIVE DAYS

Amravati (ANI): If you plan to go outside for shopping ahead of Di wali this week, then this week’s downpour sched ule may ruin them away. The IMD, Amaravati re leased weather warnings on Sunday. IMD Metro logical Centre, Amaravati has forecasted light to moderate-intensity rain in the region for the next five days. According to IMD, heavy rain is likely at isolated places in the Rayalaseema region and

thunderstorms accom panied by lightning are likely at isolated places in NCAP & Yanam, SCAP and Rayalaseema for the next three days. On days 4-5, October 12-13, IMD

Metrological Centre fore casted heavy downpours at isolated places in SCAP and Rayalaseema.

“Thunderstorm accom panied with lightning likely at isolated places in NCAP & Yanam, SCAP and Rayalaseema”, IMD statement read.

Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) officials said that some roads have been blocked following the continuous snowfall because of which locals and security person nel have been facing problems. Pithoragarh District Magistrate Ash ish Chauhan said they are continuously moni toring the situation.

NO RAIN IN DELHI FROM TODAY: IMD

New Delhi (ANI): Senior Scientist at the IMD RK Jenamani on Sunday said that there would be no rain in the national capital and its surrounding areas from tomorrow onwards.

“Highest rainfall was recorded at our station in Mayur Vihar on Sat urday. From tomorrow onwards there will be no rain in Delhi-NCR,” said RK Jenamani, Senior Scientist, IMD. According to IMD, the national capital recorded heavy rain on Saturday and Sunday (October 8 and 9).

A view of the Snow-Covered Hemkunt Sahib, the holy pilgrimage of Sikhs, after fresh snowfall, in Chamoli on Sunday.

—PHOTO BY ANI

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S Jaishankar speaks during inauguration of the new Indian High Commission Chancery, in Wellington, Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI

Confident’ Gehlot embarks on ‘mission repeat Govt’ in 2023!

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Aditi Nagar

Jaipur: Giving a clear cut message that he is going to stay in Ra jasthan and make ef forts to repeat the Gov ernment in 2023, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has advised the heads of all corporations and boards to visit fields and resolve the issues of the public.

In a review meeting held here on Saturday, the CM gave this advise and now an important question is being asked in the political circles as to what was the agenda of the meeting apart from the progress

review. Now, the in formed sources have disclosed that the agen da was the preparation of the 2023 assembly elections. The clear cut agenda was to bring back the Congress gov ernment in Rajasthan.

Gehlot gave a direct

advice to every corpo ration chairman and board president to in crease contact with the public by going to their respective areas.

The CM also directed to prepare and give a list in two-three days of areas where an MLA

has influence outside his constituency where they can work. The CM’s ‘advice’ has a spe cial message in the cur rent political situation that Gehlot is confident about forming his gov ernment in the next election as well.

Speaker Birla lauds Jat community, associates it with white & green revolt

Bhanwar S Charan

Kota: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla at tended local pro grammes during his stay in his hometown, Kota. After attending the millennium cele brations of Khatra gachh community at UIT Auditorium, Birla attended the Jat com munity programme or ganised at Tejamandir in Talwandi. State BJP’s president Satish Poonia was also pre

sent in the event. The swearing-in of the newly formed exec

Pilot’s show of strength in Kota, Jhalawar today

Bureau

Jaipur: Former Deputy CM Sachin Pilot , who seems to be com pletely calm amid the internal po litical develop ments in the Con gress, seems to be active once again.

He will now be on a tour of Kota and Jhal awar from Monday.

He will reach Kota Railway Station on Monday at 1:00 pm and

from there leave for Jhalawar by road. He will take part in the Pratibha Samman cer emony of the Ya dav society at a resort on Durg pura Road. Be fore that there will be a show of strength on KotaJhalawar road. The programme is being organised by All India Yadav Mahasabha Yuva’s national presi dent Shailendra Yadav.

utive of Teja Mandir Trust Jat Samaj took place and talents were

honoured.

Birla talked in detail on the personality and work of Tejaji Maha raj, revered by the Jat society and said that Tejaji’s message of truthfulness and jus tice are still relevant in the society.

He said that the peo ple of the Jat Samaj are leaders of white and green revolution and are also protecting our Motherland by taking care of the border areas of the country.

BY SANTOSH SHARMA

z CM Ashok Gehlot stopped his convoy to give way for an am bulance on Sunday. A policeman accidentally stopped the ambulance to let the CM’s convoy pass but Gehlot stopped his convoy and let the ambulance pass.

z The Chief Minister also reprimanded the traffic policeman and asked him not to stop emergency vehicles like ambulance, fire brigade in future.

Even today the people of the coun try believe in Sonia, Priyanka, and Rahul Gandhi in Congress. Wherever they go in the country, lakhs of people will gather.

—Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister, Rajasthan

CM worried about his chair, not people: Raje

First India Bureau

Jhunjhunu: In yet an other statement in fa vour of former deputy CM Sachin Pilot, Sol dier Welfare Minister Rajendra Singh Gudha that only Pilot deserves to be the Chief Minister.

He said that Pilot is capable and deserves to be the chief minister.

“I will stand like a rock with Sachin Pilot,” Gudha said while speaking at a pro gramme in Udaipurwa ti Assembly.

Laxman Raghav

Bikaner: Former CM and national vice-pres ident of BJP Vasund hara Raje on Sunday attacked Chief Minis ter Ashok Gehlot, say ing he is only bothered about his chair and not the people of the State.

“The public knows the four years of mis governance. People chose CM Ashok Ge hlot but he betrayed them. He is worried only about his chair and not the people. But now, the time has come and together we will make a new Ra jasthan and strength en our Prime Minis ter Narendra Modi,” she said.

Raje was visiting Karni Mata temple in Deshnok, Guru Jamb heshwar Bhagwan of Vishnoi sect at Mu kam and Garh Ganesh ji in Bikaner. She also saw a white mouse, considered auspi cious, at the Karni Mata temple.

Talking about loan waiver of farmers, Raje said that Gehlot

is an expert in mak ing false promises.

“The promise of loan waiver of farmers in 10 days has not been fulfilled to date. Now, people are repenting. English medium schools were opened but Hindi medium teachers taught there.

The progress of our state has stopped in the last four years,” she said.

Raje said that an at mosphere of crime, injustice and terror has been created in Rajasthan.

DEVI SINGH BHATI LIKELY TO JOIN BJP

Bikaner: Rajput leader Devi Singh Bhati is likely to return to the BJP fold in coming days. Former Minister Bhati showed his strength on Sunday during the visit of former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje.

“Former CM Raje had come to my assembly constituency, it was my duty. I am not ungrateful, nor is my nature like this,” he said. However, on being asked about his induction in the BJP, Bhati said it is for the BJP to decide.

“I have always stayed away from the hands of Congress,” he added.

DUSHYANT DISTANCES SELF FROM DAIS, SITS WITH CROWD

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ushyant Singh, son of former CM and four-time MP from Jhalawar-Baran con stituency, became a topic of discussion when he was seen sitting on the ground with the audience in the Dev Darshan Yatra. He stayed far away from the stage and did not even sit with Vasundhara Raje in the helicopter. When Raje called out his name along with other MPs in his address, he was not seen. Then someone told Raje that he was listening to her speech while sitting with the crowd. Even in Deshnok, he was not seen on the stage.

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Go all out against food adulterators: CM

First India Bureau

Jaipur: With the festive season around the cor ner, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday directed the officials to run a special campaign against adul teration. Chairing a review meeting, he said that a proposal for necessary amend ments has been sent to the Central Govern ment for strict action

said that during the campaign, priority should be given to test ing of milk, mawa, pa neer, sweets, other milk products, flour, gram flour, edible oil and ghee, dry fruits, spices, other food items and weights and measures.

people by adulterating food items,” he said.

The Chief Minister said that any person can report adulteration to the helpline num ber-181 and to the dis trict collector. He said that the identity of the informer will be kept confidential.

against the adulterers.

The CM said that full transparency will be maintained in the cam paign.

The Chief Minister

“Strict action should be ensured on the spot against the producers, wholesalers and big re tailers who are playing with the health of the

The Chief Minister also directed to effec tively use the mobile lab started on the spot to check adulteration.

No discord... Gehlot said that the BJP has problems from Gan dhi family that is why they keep shouting dy nasty-dynasty over and over again. “Sonia Gan dhi and Rahul Gandhi refused to become Con gress President. Sonia Gandhi refused to be come PM and made Manmohan Singh the PM,” he said. He tar geted PM Modi for mak ing fun of the poor by calling the scheme of social security as Revdi.

Meanwhile, Gehlot

on Sunday said that Ra jasthan has become a model state in sectors like health, electricity, water, social security and education due to the policies of the State Government.

He said that the Cen tral Government should implement the Ra jasthan model across the country.

The Chief Minister was addressing the 7th National Regar Ma hasammelan organized by All India Regar Ma hasabha on Sunday.

Why does one side of the ‘coin’ carry more weightage in Rajasthan administration?

Rajendra Chhabra

Jaipur: The officers of IAS & RAS cadres have their respective Associ ations. The nature of work, existence, activi ties, and motivation is completely different. Moreover, while one is super-active, the other is 'inactive'!

Let us first focus on the RAS Association.

With a cadre strength of 900 members, this Asso ciation is extremely ac tive and vigilant and is always ready to fight for the rights of its mem

bers. If the members face any injustice or atrocity, the Association raises the issue promi nently and when the time demands, it does not shy away from cul tural and social activi ties as well.

A recent example of the 'fight for the right' came to light this week when on the post of Dep uty Commissioner of Jodhpur Development Authority, the State Gov ernment appointed an official from another service whereas this post is reserved for RAS.

Similarly, on yet another post reserved for RAS, in the Zila Parishad, a Junior Development Of ficer was posted. The Association thus, raised its voice against these appointments and call ing an emergency meet ing, registered its dis content and objection to the move.

When, in the current government, a Princi pal Secretary behaved wrongly with the Depu ty Secretary (RAS cadre officer), the Association objected before the Chief Secretary. The

matter could end only after CS's involvement.

In Nagaur, an ADM (RAS officer) came at loggerheads with the PA of the District Collector and on the Collector's complaint, the DoP sus pended the ADM. How ever, the Association

fought for the member and got the ADM rein stated. Similarly, when an RAS officer was called by ACB for inter rogation, the Associa tion objected to this and created a huge hue and cry. The matter reached the CMO and finally,

ACB had to relent.

In fact, in the issue regarding promotion to RAS from other servic es, the Association fought a legal battle.

Pawan Arora, currently serving as RHB Com missioner, was Presi dent of the Association for a long time and even got a building erected for the Association.

And, on the other end of the 'spectrum' is the IAS Association. Such is the situation that the Association does not even raise the issues pertaining to IAS, let

alone fight for its mem bers. The Association is even unable to organise a farewell function for its members. The gloomy situation came to light when a major farewell for officials who retired in 2021 and 2022, was shifted to Sep tember 22 and then can celled on September 30 owing to the political situation in the state.

The IAS officers, who return to home cadre from their deputation in Delhi, stay on APO for days on end. Secretarylevel IAS officers are

shuffled 5-6 times, with out any reason. Moreo ver, immense lobbying and whimsical deci sions are being made for giving additional charg es. Owing to political will, juniors are being posted in senior posi tions. Even IAS are be ing posted on posts re served for RAS.

But the IAS Associa tion is not concerned with all this and the As sociation has become a mere bystander. The As sociation has confined itself to tree plantations and book launching.

CM Gehlot addresses an event organised by All India Raigar Mahasabha at Vidyadhar Nagar Stadium in Jaipur on Sunday. Lalchand Kataria, Rafiq Khan, and Mahendra Choudhary were also present.

CONVOY HALTS!Advises heads of corporations and boards to hit the field and gel with public

1) Vasundhara Raje visits Bishnoi community-run Chital and Nilgai Rescue Centre in Mukam village. 2) Vasundhara Raje addresses huge gathering in Bikaner on Sunday.

Vasundhara Raje also visited Karni Mata Temple in Bikaner’s Deshnok

Om Birla, Satish Poonia and others attend the swearing-in of the executive committee of Shri Teja Mandir Trust, Jat Samaj in Kota.

Will stand by him like a rock, Gudha on Pilot

CM Ashok Gehlot

POWER OF PINK!

The colour pink is a statement. Anything is possible with sunshine and a little pink. City First brings to you the meaning and significance of the colour pink in the fashion world!

SHUBHANSHI PATHAK cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

Pink is a colour that attracts people, particularly girls. Pink is actually the new black, too. Pink is a soft red colour that is frequently linked to romance and love. The colour pink is regarded to be relaxing. The connotations and meanings of a particular pink colour might vary. While hot pink may be perceived as strong, adventurous and terrifying, light pink is frequently associated with softness, healing, and calm. It is a colour that can inspire sentiments of happiness and joy or inspire creativity and the arts. It is a tender, thoughtful love that is focused on the closeness of the other. Fashion in pink displays tenderness, friendliness, understanding and sensitivity. It is intuitive and perceptive. Pink is a symbol of hope according to colour psychology. It is a cheerful colour that evokes sentiments of warmth and comfort and confidence that everything will work out. The colour pink awakens people’s most loving side, including their desire for both receiving and giving love, care and attention. In terms of fashion, pink is a non-

threatening colour that aims to win admiration, respect and appreciation.

In its most powerful forms, pink denotes wealth, power, glamour, and stunning beauty. It has an energising quality and is playful and bold but familiar at the same time. Unlike other colourful shades, it is not intimidating or difficult to wear. Pink has a wide range, which adds to its beauty and it will surely keep playing a part in fashion. Because of its ability to defy expectations, it serves as a hyper-saturated reminder of the thrill of fashion. Anybody can wear the colour, as long as the fabric and cut complement their body type and skin tone. Pink represents softness and disruption and has the quality of being strong without consciously choosing to be such.

FIRST INDIA QUEEN

UNVEILING THE BEAUTIES!

FIRST INDIA AND BHARAT24-VISION OF NEW INDIA PRESENT FIRST INDIA QUEEN HAS ANNOUNCED THE MUCH-AWAITED 30 GORGEOUS FINALISTS. THE MONTHS OF SHORTLISTING AND THE AUDITION PROCESS

THE 30 NATIONAL FINALISTS FROM THOUSANDS OF

irst India Queen, where beauties from pan India will compete for the privileged titles and crowns, at Hotel Sahara Star in Mumbai on October 21, revealed its top 30 finalists on Sunday! City

First brings to you stunning faces and the partners behind the magnificent beauty pageant!

Global standards of beauty have undergone a sea of change over the years, and beauty pageants are no exception.

The criteria to win is not just looks, but a fit body, an all-round personality, spoken skills and inner depth. Right from when they are shortlisted during the auditions, con-

testants are encouraged to eat healthy, exercise, and adopt healthy habits.

More than a hundred talented and ravishing women from across the country walked the ramp and showcased their talent during various auditions rounds held across multiple cities. The event focuses on improving the overall personality and confidence of the participants. Grooming and training sessions were held where contestants prepared in various aspects to enhance selfconfidence while walk-

INDIA!

ing the ramp, personality enhancement, nutrition, fitness and other areas of development that are needed to become a professional model.

First India Queen is curated by Blanckanvas Media and the finale will be choreographed by Parimal Mehhta. Apart from cash incentives, and gorgeous crowns by SVAR Fine Jewellery, the winners will also win Brand endorsements and SM influencer contracts, calendar shoots and more.

Anchal Yadav, Delhi

Yoshita Arora, Jaipur

Apoorva Sharma, Gwalior

Victoria Fernandes, Mumbai

Bhanushree HK, Banglore

Sowmya Kharatmal, Bangalore

Divya Mamnani, Jaipur

Sanya Hissaria, Jaipur

Kajol Saraswat, Agra

Kulsum Khatoon, Kolkata

Anisha Bhati, Delhi Khushboo Kungwani, Jaipur

Avani Kakekochhi, Banglore

Vaishnavi TN, Bangalore

Chahat Singh, Mumbai

Suhani Chauhan, Noida

Garima Ahuja, Kanpur

Samruddi Shetty, Bangalore

Kalpana Yadav, Gurugram

Marishca Rodrigues, Mumbai

Anshika Choudhary, Jaipur

Khushi Vijayvargiya, Jaipur

Bhakti Jani, Mumbai

Swati Yadav, Delhi

Dr. Chandana Ambati, Hyderabad

Svara Mandlik, Mumbai

Jasmine Mahindroo, Gurugram

Rukaiya Kalyanwala, Mumbai

Kanupriya Brella, New Delhi

Neha Varma, Mumbai

POLO IN THE PINK CITY

KAVITA CHAUHAN

The finals of the Leela Sawai Man Singh Polo Cup was organised with great fanfare at the Ra jasthan Polo ground on Sunday. The match was played between The Leela Polo Team and Chandna Carysil. Ow ing to unexpected rain, only two chukkers could be played and the match was a draw with the teams scoring two goals each. For the Lee la Polo Team, the goals were scored by Pad manabh Singh and Ab himanyu Pathak. For Carysil Chandna, both goals were scored by Ashok Chandna. The match began with a

THE GRAND OPENING

grand procession in which the COO of the Leela Palace Hotels Re sorts, Anuraag Bhatna gar accompanied Nar endra Singh on the horse carriage. In the vintage car were seated Chief Brand Officer,

Anjali Mehra and Gen eral Manager, the Leela Palace, Jaipur, Chan drashekhar Joshi. Jagdeesh Chandra graced the occasion with his presence and motivated the players with his encouraging

words. Present on the occasion were eminent writer, Shobhaa De and film personalities like Eli Avrram, Kajal Ag garwal, fashion design er, Pria Kataaria Puri and Gauravi Kumari, among others.

SIGNIFICANCE OF SHARAD PURNIMA!

CITY FIRST

CITY FIRST

The momentous opening of Gu labchand’s new outlet was organ ised in the heart of Jaipur, Tonk Road, Golden Leaf, Gandhina gar Railway on Sunday.

Dr BD Kalla, Cabinet Minister for the depart

ment of Education graced the occasion as the Chief Guest and in augurated the store with the ribbon cutting ceremony. Gulabchand is the famous name that stands for Hand Block Prints in Jaipur and is unflinchingly commit ted to preserving the Indian textile heritage

and native craftman ship birthed in the his toric lap of India’s dy namic cultural milieu.

During the occasion, Suresh Tak, Rajendra Tak, Vishnu Tak, Mohit Tak, Manish Tak, Har shit, Gaurav, Anmol and Akshy among oth ers were also present on the occasion.

BY SUNIL SHARMA

On the occasion of Sharad Purni ma, Rotary Club Jaipur South and Jaipur Intellect Group, under the guid ance of Meditation Guru Dr Nirmala Se wani, organised a chant ing meditation pro gram: Antas Jagriti Shri Or, at Talai Bagh Palace in Amer on Sat urday. The objective was to receive positive ener gy from the pure moon light rays of full moon rise and the wide energy of the universe for its enrichment and nour ishment by Shri Samri dhi Prakriti.

During the program, Dr Nirmala Sewani shared that Sharad full moonrise is a night dif ferent from other full moons because it is the birth anniversary of the moon. Lord Vishnu churning the ocean on this day gave 14 gifts in cluding Lakshmi and Moon to the universe. On this day, the Moon is clos

est to the Earth and showers nectar with its pure rays. When we store the Shrimayi energy of the Moon and the uni verse, we can get many benefits like health, intellectual etc. Dur ing the occasion, Dr Rita Mathur hon oured Dr Nirmala Se wani. The special guests of the program were IN IFD Chairperson Kamala Poddar, Ratnesh Kashy

ap, Rajesh Khatri, Harsh Chaudhary, Ashok Rahi, Jaideep Singh Bika, Ranu Srivastava and Ashwani Chaubisa. The trustees of Raghusinha

Mala Sinha Trust, Sudhir Mathur, Vid ya Jain, Anshu Harsh, Tina Swaha ni, Alka Batra and Rat nesh Kashyap were also present. The show was directed by Ritu Khatri and Payal Choudhary.

NO GAIN WITHOUT PAIN

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Mr India Open Body Building Championship 2022 was or ganised under the aegis of Nirmala Auditorium Body Tech Classic Foun dation at Rawat Public School, Pratap Nagar on Sunday. On this occa sion, Monu Verma said that on the first day of the two-day competition, a lifting program was or ganised by the founda

CITY FIRST

With the rise in cases of child development issues like Au tism, ADHD, Cerebral Palsy, learning disabili ties, speech and communi cation disorders, as well as other congenital disa bilities and syndromes, Rehab Buddy Child Devel opment Center & Autism Research Institute is now introducing their multi disciplinary services ad dressing these issues in

Jaipur. With specialised services in paediatric oc cupational therapy,

tion in which about 197 people participated in the competition. He further added that the exhibition of body tech equipment was organised by Bari

Tech Foundation. The winners were honoured with checks and cer tificates. On this oc casion, Praveen Chauhan said that the contestants from

BY MUKESH KIRADOO

The grand finale of Mr, Miss and Mrs, Jaipur Model India, a National pageant that encourages professional modelling, powered by First India and Bharat 24- Vision of New India, took place at Mahal Rajwada Resort, Jaipur on Sunday. Jagdeesh Chandra graced the occasion as the Chief Guest and appreciated the performances showcased by the stunning beauties. Various who's who of the city were also present on the occasion.

WHAT’S HAPPENING

speech therapy, and physi otherapy, Rehab Buddy Child Development Cent

ser

cases,

as the ability of this par ticular medical services segment is a major need for such cases and at the same time, not much is available in Ra jasthan and other states of India as well. The RBCDC is advancing with treatment regi mens that are based on the newest technologies and research, focusing on specialized Pediatrics oc

many states participat ed. In the same episode, a cultural program was also presented. JD Ma heshwari, Purushottam and Pawan Goel were also present.

cupational therapy with a goal to promote children’s independence in all areas of life. An occupational therapist helps children with developmental diffi culties to overcome their issues and advance socially and emo tionally.

The RBCDC is a unit of Rehab Buddy Pvt Ltd, which is India’s first multidisciplinary tele-rehabilitation plat form, recognised by Gov of India as a Startup.

The unveiling of Team India Uniform for International Liberty Cup took place on Saturday. The Team India T-Shirt was unveiled by Minister of State for External Affairs of India V Muraleedharan Minister and Consul General of India Randhir Jaiswal, in the presence of Deputy Consul General of India Varun Jeph, Team India Captain Raj Mohabe, player of Team India Gaurav Jayaswal, Chairman FIA Ankur Vaidya, President FIA Kenny Desai, BR foundation chairman Alok Kumar President, AIA Harish Thakkar and Grand Sponsor & Chairman of Jaipur foot, USA Prem Bhandari. International Liberty Cup will be played between the Consulate of India & Consulate of Australia on October 22 in Bronx, NY, USA.

The five day foundation festival of Balaji of 'Do Jaantis' located in Fatehpur, Shekhawati was concluded on Saturday. During the occasion, melodious sunderkand recitations by Mahavir Mandal made the environment devotional.

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Leader of Opposition, Rajendra Rathore also visited the temple and sought blessings from Balaji. The artists of the Mandal shed a stream of hymns.

—PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO

MUKESH KIRADOO

The election of Shringa Vichar Samiti took place recently, in which Advocate Umesh Shringi was elected as the President of Shringa Vichar Samiti on Sunday.

The grand launch of Matrix Neo, an education programme was organised by Jai Ho Academy (P) Ltd in association with Kritin Infotech Pvt Limited and MIT Square, London at The Royal Orchid hotel, Jaipur on Sunday, to make students future innovators and financial freedom fighters. The Programme was led by R. Premanand, Adarsh Mittal, Saurabh Sharma, Mohit Tiwari and Dr Mary.

Doctor's Cultural Festival 2022, powered by Rudra Group was organised with much pomp and show at Sushrat Sabhagar, SMS Medical College Auditorium, Jaipur on Saturday. Various fun-based activities including Dance, Singing, Fashion Show and many more were organised in the cultural event. Around 10 events participated in the event for various titles.

Little Affair Sariska Hotel organised a free Medical Camp at Government Upper Primary School, Ghewar (Tehla) on Sunday. The aim of the camp was to provide free health check-ups to the locals by prominent doctors including Dr PK Mathur, Dr Rakesh Pratap Khuteta, Dr Sushila Kuteta and Dr Laxmikant Goyal. The camp was organised by the owner of Hotel Little Affair, Sariska, Nimit Mathur. Approx. 300 plus villagers benefited from this medical help. Nimit Mathur said that as a hotel operator it is his social duty and responsibility to do something substantial and beneficial for the villagers, hence this time this medical camp was organised.

—PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA

Jagdeesh Chandra with Mohan Singh Tada, Narendra Singh, Digvijay Singh, Adhiraj Singh, Padmanabh Singh, Anurag Bhatnagar, Chandra Shekhar Joshi, Evan Power and Abhimanyu Pathak

Dr BD Kalla, Vishnu Tak and Rinku Singh

Dr Nirmala Sewani lighting the lamp. Also seen are (R-L) Ratnesh Kashyap, Kamala Poddar, Ranu Nathani, Rajesh Khatri, Ashwini Chobisa, Jaideep and Nidheshwar Singh Bika

(L-R) Alka Batra, Ratnesh Kashyap, Ashok Rahi, Jaideep Singh Bika, Rita Mathur, Kamala Poddar, Ranu Nathani, Dr Nirmala Sewani, Harsh Chaudhary, Rajesh Khatri and Ashwani Chobi

Saurabh Sharma, Premanand, Aadrash and Mohit Tiwari

JD Maheshwari, Purushottam and Pawan Goel with participants Deep, Monu, Shakid, Vishal, Naveen, Praveen, Prem, Chandra Prakash, Sanjeev and Shree

Jagdeesh Chandra with Shweta Modi

(L-R) Aastha, Jagdish verma, BD Kalla, Suresh Tak and Mohit Tak

—PHOTOS BY SUNIL SHARMA