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In the first place, the wave of public agitation over an unpopular govt decision is attracting many including apparently unaffiliated student and labour groups to join street agitations. Even transport operators are threatening shutdowns unless they are allowed to raise fares to manage high fuel prices impacting their cost of operations he recent wave of agitations over an unprecedented fuel price hike in Bangladesh is raising concerns in Delhi, adding to worries over a trou bled neighbourhood after un precedented economic crises hit Sri Lanka and Pakistan. The India-friendly Awami League government on Au gust 5 suddenly raised the prices of diesel and kero sene by 42.5% and petrol and octane by 51.1% and 51.7%, respectively. The fuel price increase led to a hike in public transport fares with an immediate cascad ing effect on food prices and those of other essential commodities.Dhaka’sDaily Star de scribed the energy price hike as “the highest ever in Bang ladesh history”. Coming as it does after huge power cuts to conserve costly fuel and han dle a sharp drop in domestic natural gas output, which is adversely impacting on in dustrial production especial ly in the export-driven ready made garments sector, the fuel price hike is causing much public angst.
he issue of freebies by political parties has reached an inter esting stage. After Prime Minister Nar endra Modi flagged the practice describing it as a drain on the economy and increasing taxpayers’ burden, the Supreme Court also took note of distribu tion of freebies by all political parties and, in the ongoing hear ing, observed that it is a “serious issue” as the economy is losing money. During arguments Solic itor-General Tushar Mehta, rep resenting the Central govern ment, said that the court can lay down a framework till the legis lature frames a law. The Su preme Court Bench of Chief Justice of India NV Ramana and Justice Krishna Murari refused to entertain the request as it “will go against the principles of Thedemocracy”.interesting part is that during the August 3 hearing the Supreme Court directed the Election Commission and two others to give suggestions to help the court pass an order on the formation of an expert panel on the issue. The EC refused to be a part of it.
PERSPECTIVE JAIPUR | FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 2022 02 www.firstindia.co.in I https://firstindia.co.in/epapers/jaipur I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia l Vol 4 l Issue No. 67 l RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764. Printed and published by Anita Hada Sangwan on behalf of First Express Publishers. Printed at Bhaskar Printing Press, D.B. Corp Limited, Shivdaspura, Tonk Road, Jaipur. Published at 304, 3rd Floor, City Mall, Bhagwan Das Road, C-Scheme, Jaipur-302001, Rajasthan. Phone 0141-4920504. Editor-In-Chief: Dr Jagdeesh Chandra Editor: Anita Hada Sangwan responsible for selection of news under the PRB Act Dharmendra@dpradhanbjpPradhan Attended the oath-taking ceremony of Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar ji. Congratulate Shri Dhankar on being sworn-in as India’s 14th Vice President. Wish him the best for a fruitful and rewarding tenure. @jdhankhar1@VPSecretariat Bhupender@byadavbjpYadav Congratulations and best wishes to ‘Kisan Putra’ Shri @JDhankhar1 ji on being sworn-in as the Vice President of India. SPIRITUAL SPEAK If you want to be Great, Think Great and Positive. Bhagavad Gita IN-DEPTH WHO WILL BELL THE CAT TO CULTUREECONOMYSAVEFROMOFDOLES?
WHY INDIA SHOULD BE WORRIED India has much cause for worry over the sudden turn of events in Bangladesh. In the first place, the wave of public agitation over an unpopular government deci sion is attracting many in cluding apparently unaffili ated student and labour groups to join street agita tions. Even transport opera tors are threatening shut downs unless they are allowed to raise fares to manage high fuel prices impacting their cost of operations. This gives the Islamist opposition a huge opportunity to step up their agitation to bring down the Hasina government. The leading Opposition par ty, the BNP, and its ally proPakistan Jamaat-e-Islami are clearly buoyed by this Godsend of an opportunity. No longer are they seeking parliament polls, due at end of 2023, under a caretaker government, as was the case a month ago. BNP leaders are now threatening a massive agitation to bring down the Hasina government. Any threat of forcible regime change in Dhaka should worry Delhi.
ANY THREAT OF FORCIBLE REGIME CHANGE IN DHAKA, LOSS OF CONNECTIVITY TO BANGLADESH PORTS, ATTACKS ON RELIGIOUS MINORITIES ARE ALL A CONCERN FOR INDIA
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Many feel the huge fuel price hike follows conditionalities possibly imposed by the IMF, from which Dhaka now ad mits to seeking a $4.5 billion support package. It is also seeking similar support from the World Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB) to the tune of another $1.5Bangladeshbillion. Finance Min ister AHM Mostafa Kamal initially denied seeking bail out packages from multilat eral lenders but now says they come without any condi tions. He insists the fuel price hike was necessary to stop bleeding losses of nearly $8 billion due to fuel subsidies in the last few months, since the Ukraine war led to a huge spurt in global energy prices. Bangladesh may not yet be in the same boat as Sri Lanka or Pakistan as it still has enough forex reserves to pay for four to five months of im ports, but rising fuel import costs and possible drop in ex port earnings due to power rationing and global reces sion may have prompted Dhaka to seek a safe cushion before it is too late. Regardless of why the gov ernment had to impose the drastic fuel price hike and seek support packages from IMF, World Bank or ADB within a month of high volt age publicity of having suc cessfully built the 6.15 km railroad bridge on River Pad ma without World Bank funding and with the coun try’s own resources, there is no doubt that these develop ments are raising uncomfort able questions over Bangla desh’s much-touted turna round success story and ex posing chinks in its armour.
TOP TWEETS T anata Dal-United leader Nitish Ku mar has ignited hope in the Oppo sition camp by snapping his alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party in Bihar. It is a setback with which the BJP is still trying to come to terms. Nitish, known for frequently chang ing political partners, has clearly out-manoeuvred the BJP which was alleged to be plotting a Maharashtra-like coup in Bihar. With BJP out of the JD-U’s equation Nitish is free to look beyond Bihar. His clean im age and stature, his call for opposition unity and the pro posed meeting with the Con gress President Sonia Gandhi in Delhi indicate that a UPAlike alliance could be in the making. His appeal for Oppo sition parties to come togeth er takes care of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Ba nerjee’s dodginess on the is sue. The Bengal leader facing rough weather from the En forcement Directorate is now said to be veering closer to the BJP. Her silence on Nit ish’s break-up with the BJP has not gone unnoticed. On the other hand, the Congress reached out to Nitish. These are early days to hazard any guess about turn of events in the coming two years, but going by the cheer in the Opposition camp, Nit ish’s is being compared to the late Jayaprakash Narayan as a galvanizing force at a time when the BJP was all set to run away with the 2024 elec tions. The party will now have to recalibrate its strat egy as the Opposition may have found its mojo. Interest ingly, if the BJP’s juggernaut is slowed down even slightly the credit will once again go to Bihar.
Nitish, known for frequently changing political partners, has clearly outmanoeuvred the BJP which was alleged to be plotting a Maharashtralike coup in Bihar J Promoted by Shree Cement Ltd. Bangladesh is not Sri Lanka yet, but price hikes, protests are worrisome
SOURCE: THE FEDERAL T DHAKA’S DAILY STAR DESCRIBED ENERGY PRICE HIKE AS “HIGHEST EVER IN BANGLADESHHISTORY”
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SUBIR BHAUMIK The writer is a former BBC correspondent and author
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Subedar Rajendra LakshmananRiflPrasademan D Rifleman Manoj RiflKumareman Nishant Malik A search operation is carried out by Army jawans after a militant attack on an army camp in the Darhal area, in Poonch on Thursday. —PHOTOS BY ANI PM Narendra Modi waves ‘tricolour’ with girls who tied ‘rakhi’ to him on the Raksha Bandhan festival, in New Delhi, on Thursday.
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CHINA BLOCKS BID TO BLACKLIST AZHAR’S BRO Beijing: China on Thursday sought to defend its move to block a US-India proposal at the UN to blacklist Pakistan-based JeM deputy chief Abdul Rauf Azhar, saying it needs more time to assess the application to designate him as a global terrorist. P6
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New Delhi (PTI): Jagdeep Dhankhar was on Thursday sworn in as the 14th Vice President of PresidentIndia. Droupadi Murmu administered the oath to Dhankhar (71) during a brief ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. “Bahut-bahut badhai (many congratulations),” Murmu said after Dhankhar signed the register of oath. Before the swearingin, the Election Commission’s certification of election issued to Dhankhar was read out. PM Narendra Modi, Dhankhar’s predecessor M Venkaiah Naidu, former president Ram Nath Kovind, former VP M Hamid Ansari, and Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman and Nitin Gadkari were among the dignitaries present on the occasion. Once a “reluctant politician”, liticalreemergenceDhankhar’sinthepo-scenein2019as WB governor surprised many, so has his rise to Vice President’s office. Dhankhar was declared elected as the Vice President on Saturday after he bagged 528 votes against his rival candidate Margaret Alva’s 182. A man of many interests, his legal career at Rajasthan High Court and Supreme Court and a brief stint as the parliamentary affairs minister at the Centre will come in handy as he presides over Rajya Sabha. P8 With Dhankhar’s election as Vice-Prez, the presiding officers of both Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha will be from Rajasthan President Droupadi Murmu greets newly sworn-in Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi, on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI ON ARMY CAMP IN RAJOURI
New Delhi: The Income Tax department has recovered an undisclosed wealth of more than Rs 300 crore during an eightday raid (between August 1 and 8) at a Jalnabased group, which deals in cloth, steel, and real estate businesses. The department found Rs 56 crore in cash, 32 kilograms of gold, pearls, diamonds, and property papers. The raid was conducted at 3 rolling mills in the new MIDC and financial transactions related to them.
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An elderly man takes selfie with Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot at Jodhpur Airport, on Thursday.
TRICOLOUR IS INDIA’S PRIDE: PM MODI EX-SSC ADVISOR & CHAIRMAN SENT TO CBI CUSTODY New Delhi: PM Modi has said the Indian national flag does not contain only three colours in itself but is a reflection of the pride of our past, our commitment to the present and our dreams of the future. Addressing a Tiranga Rally in Surat via video conferencing, PM recalled that in a few days’ time, India is completing 75 years of independence. He said that all of us are preparing for this historic Independence Day as the Tricolour is hoisted in every corner of India.
Jagdeep Dhankhar takes over as 14th Vice President of India
Shimla: A no-confidence motion moved by Congress and CPI-M against the Jai Ram Thakur govt in Himachal Pradesh was defeated by voice vote in the state Assembly on Thursday. The voting took place at 4.50 pm after the Opposition legislators walked out.
New Delhi (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated Raksha Bandhan with young girls at his residence, here on Thursday. This was a special Raksha Bandhan as these girls were the daughters of sweepers, peons, gardeners, drivers, etc working at the Prime Minister’s Office. The PMO shared a video on the occasion in which PM Modi was seen celebrating the festival with the young girls. The Prime Minister was seen interacting with them as they came forward one-by-one to tie Rakhi.
PM Modi celebrates Raksha Bandhan with staff’s daughters
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Sikar: In Khatu Shyamji stampede case, the police called the officials of the temple committee to Khatu Shyamji police station for questioning on Thursday. After 4 hours of questioning, the police released the office bearers by giving notice under Section 91 CrPC. P5 8 IPS OFFICERS GET ED SUMMONS 24 ADDL DOMESTIC FLIGHTS FROM 20 New Delhi: The ED summoned 8 IPS officers in the WB coal scam case asking them to join its probe here in the national capital. Among those who were issued summons are IPS officers Gyanwant Singh, Koteswara Rao, S Selvamurugan, Shyam Singh, Rajeev Mishra, Sukesh Kumar Jain etc. New Delhi: Air India on Thursday said it will operate 24 additional domestic flights from August 20 onwards. Air India’s narrowbody aircraft fleet stands at 70, of which 54 are currently serviceable. The remaining 16 aircraft will progressively return to service by early 2023. READ Crucial
New Delhi: Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has written a letter to the UN proposing to set up a three-member committee, made up of three world leaders, including PM Narendra Modi, to promote a world truce for a period of five years. & MUMBAI
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Kolkata: Former West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC) advisor Shanti Prasad Sinha and former SSC chairman Ashok Saha, who were arrested on Wednesday in connection with teacher recruitment scam, were sent to the CBI (CBI) custody.
Birbhum (ANI): The CBI on Thursday arrested TMC Birbhum district president Anubrata Mondal who is known to be a close aide of CM Mamata Banerjee, in connection with the cattle smuggling case. Mondal is now being taken for a medical examination. Earlier today, a team of CBI arrived at Mondal’s residence in Birbhum’s Bolpur. The CBI on August 5 had sent a notice to Mondal for interrogation in connection with a cattle smuggling case, sources said.
He said that now his people have gone there as in-charge. “They inform about what all is not happening there. A hype was created around Gujarat model as if God knows what Modi would do. Modi had a huge opportunity to change lives. Turn to P8
soldiers.theterrorist;fromrecoveredhanddeadBodyfrom(ClockwiseTop)ofamilitant;grenadekilledandmartyred RAJ: `150 CR BLACK INCOME FOUND New Delhi (PTI): Meanwhile, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said on Thursday that it has detected “unaccounted” income of more than `150 crore after it recently raided a Jaipurbased group. Jagdeep Dhankhar @jdhankhar1 Felt blessed, inspired and motivated to be ever in service of Bharat in serene sublimity of Raj Ghat while paying respects to pujya Bapu.
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said that promising and distributing freebies by political parties during elections is a “serious issue” and an amount has to be spent on infrastructure etc. The top court said the economy losing money and the welfare of people, both have to be balanced. It was hearing a plea seeking direction to seize election symbols and deregister political parties that promised freebies from public funds. First India Bureau Jaipur: Around one crore school students across Rajasthan will attempt to set a “world record” by singing patriotic songs on August 12 under the ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ campaign. With the aim of inculcating feelings of patriotism, all government and non-government schools of the state will organise an event on Friday in which students will sing patriotic songs, officials said. P4
KIM JONG UN ‘SERIOUSLY ILL’ IN N KOREA COVID SURGE Pyongyang: Kim Jong Un’s sister said the North Korean leader suffered from a “high fever” during recent Covid outbreak, as she vowed to “eradicate” South Korean authorities if they continued to tolerate propaganda leaflets the regime blames for spreading the virus.
In the morning, Dhankhar paid tributes at Raj Ghat, the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi.
AFTER OATH, VP INTERACTS WITH RAJYA SABHA OFFICIALS New Delhi: Soon after assuming charge as the Vice President, Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday visited his office as the Chairman of Rajya Sabha and interacted with officials. Dhankhar arrived at his Parliament House office in the afternoon and met Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh. He interacted with the officials and gathered details on his role as the Chairman of the Upper House of Parliament.
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Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot went to the residence of former PM Dr. Manmohan Singh and enquired about health.Singh’s
BJP, RSS never hoisted the Tricolour, now they are trying to make it their own, says CM Gehlot Aditi Nagar New Delhi: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot made a verbal attack on PM Narendra Modi and BJP on many issues and terming the free scheme as ‘distributing revdi’. Gehlot questioned the Gujarat model and called it a betrayal with the country. The CM said that RSS and BJP were not raising the tricolour flag for 50 years and now they are doing it and adopting Gandhi. Speaking to media on Thursday here, Gehlot said, “Modi created a hype in the name of Gujarat model. Find out what was the Gujarat model? The Gujarat model was a betrayal of the country. Today people are longing for jobs there. Employees are not getting full salary in Gujarat, lakhs of people are engaged temporarily. Roads are broken.”
Jammu (PTI): Two terrorists carried out a ‘fidayeen’ attack on an Army camp in Jammu’s Rajouri district early on Thursday, killing three soldiers. Both attackers were gunned down in the four-hour firefight that followed. Later, another soldier, who had got injured in the attack, succumbed to injuries. “In the early hours on Thursday, alert sentries of the Indian Army post at Parghal, in Rajouri district detected suspicious persons approaching their post taking advantage of the inclement weather and dense foliage,” PRO (defence) Jammu Lt Col Devender Anand said. He said the sentries challenged the two terrorists who lobbed grenades while attempting to gain entry. However, alert troops cordoned the area and engaged them in a firefight thereby pinning them, he said. Anand said in the ensuing gunfight, the two terrorists were neutralised. Six Army soldiers were injured and of them, three succumbed to injuries while repulsing the attack, he said. Fourth jawan died later. P5
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Jaipur : The National Lok Adalat scheduled to take place at Rajasthan HC, both at Jodhpur and Jaipur bench, on August 13 has been post poned. The Lok Adalat will now only be held at lower courts. The Ada lat was postponed after the Rajasthan Bar As sociation protested against the Lok Adalat.
1 cr school students to sing patriotic songs across State
Woman raped by man in conditioninebriatedincity First India Bureau Jaipur: A 23-year-old married woman was al legedly raped by a man in an inebriated state in Jaipur’s Bhankrota area, police said on Wednesday. Police said that the accused has been identified as a res ident of Katewa Nagar in Gurjar Ki Thadi. “The accused was known to the victim. On May 15, the accused called the victim to Dadi Ka Khatam and gave her a cold drink mixed with some intox icating substance,” po lice said.
Raksha Bandhan celebrated with fervour; student leaders seek votes
First India Bureau Jaipur: A 24-year-old girl was allegedly raped on the pretext of marriage in Jaipur’s Jhotwara area, police informed on Thursday. The accused has been identified as Nawid. “The girl came into contact with Nawid and later developed a friendship with him. The accused promised to marry the girl and made physical rela tionship with her. When the victim resist ed, the accused per formed a fake mar riage with the girl,” police“Later,said.when the vic tim came to know about this, she forced him to do a legal mar riage. However, the ac cused refused to marry her. She was repeatedly raped by the accused at different locations,” police added. An FIR has been registered and the matter is being investigated.
First India Bureau Jalore: A Patwari post ed in Sanchore town of Jalore was arrested on Thursday for allegedly keeping an illegal pistol and live cartridges. Po lice informed the ac cused had gone to kill a female Patwari, but the woman alerted the po lice. “Five live cartridg es and an illegal pistol were recovered from the possession of the ac cused. Five packs of gunpowder have also been recovered,” police said. “The woman saw the accused in the CCTV camera and alerted the police,” police added.
AFTER A GAP OF TWO YEARS, PEOPLE CELEBRATED RAKSHA BANDHAN WITH FULL JOY
Ram Niwas Saini brings electricity, roads to villages Patwari held with illegal pistol and live cartridges
RAKHI CELEBRATED IN JAILS Jaipur: The jail administra tion made special arrange ments for the Rakshaband han as entry to the relatives was allowed after two years. The festival of Rakhi was not being celebrated in the jails due to Corona for the last two years. In Jaipur Central Jail and other jails of the state, women tied rakhi on the wrists of their brothers and applied tilak to them. For security, special pickets were set up inside and outside the barricade and CCTVs were installed in the gallery. Special checks were done on the sweets and fruits coming from outside.
First India Bureau Udaipurwati: Ram Ni was Saini, who follows RSS ideology and con siders Ghanshyam Ti wari as his political guru, has brought elec tricity to the houses, which lacked it for the last 75 years. Saini, who became chairman of municipality on Con gress ticket, is celebrat ing the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav to its true sense by doing this.
SDRF team recovers body of a 15-year-old boy in Udaipur.
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Owner of the property Shubhash Legha was brutally attacked with iron rods in Bikaner and has been undergoing treatment.
First India Bureau Bharatpur: Rejecting allegations of police that she was not coop erating in investiga tion in the matter of attack on her vehicle, Bharatpur MP Ranjee ta Koli hit out at the SP Bharatpur saying he has failed in maintain ing law and order in the district. She said that by leveling allega tions against her, the SP wants to escape from his role and re wasstatement,”amtacksclosedandless.againstsponsibility.“TheallegationsmearebaseIamthevictimIwantittobediswhyrepeatedatarehappening.IreadytorecordmyKoli,whoattacked,said.
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First India Bureau Sirohi: BJP’s 3-member committee reached the ashram in connection with the suicide by saint Ravinath. The commit tee comprising of Un ion Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, MLA Jogesh war Garg, and former MLA Jogaram Patel reached the ashram near Sundha Mata foot hills in Jaswantpura area of Jalore to meet the people there and in quire about the incident and submit a report to State party president SatishMeghwalPoonia.said that the CID-CB is investi gating the matter and it will be known that un der what circumstances this incident happened. BJP’s Bhinmal MLA Pooraram Choudhary is an accused in the mat ter and a case has been filed against him.
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Ranjeeta Koli tied rakhis to her security staff on Thursday.
Women queue up at Sindhi camp bus stand on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan on Thursday.
Dr Rituraj Sharma Jaipur: On the occa sion of 75th Independ ence Day, Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav is be ing celebrated across the country. In Ra jasthan, preparations are being made to set a world record under which 1 crore school students across the state will sing patriot ic songs at 10:15 am on Friday. The main pro gramme is at SMS Sta dium where CM Ashok Gehlot, Educa tion Minister BD Kalla and UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal will also be present along with 26,000 students. ACS Education Pawan Kumar Goyal said that 67,000 govt and 50,000 private schools from class IX to XII will sing 6 patriotic songs. About 44 lakh tricol ours have been pre pared through the Central govt and about 25 lakh through volun tary groups and NGOs. Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, Dharmendra Rathore and NSUI members participating in Tiranga yatra on Thursday.
MeT forecasts heavy rainfall in Raj, 12 gates of Kalisindh dam opened
Sadhu’s suicide: BJP panel visits ashram
First India Bureau Jaipur: The case is of a resort located on Jaipur Road in Bikaner where the owner of the prop erty was attacked bru tally when he denied a few visitors of consum ing liquor on the prem ises and in the swim ming pool of the resort. As per victim Sub hash Legha, on the even ing of May 4, Kuldeep Bishnoi, Kailash Bish noi and three others with him had come to the resort following which, Subhash did not allow them to have alco hol inside the premises, so they decided to leave. Kuldeep is associated with the student wing of a political party. As they were leaving, their car collided with the board of the restau rant which created a ruckus. After seeing the crowd gathering, the ac cused left for the police station and Shubhash was called there. The ac cused wasn’t there, but his accomplices in large numbers were present at the spot. In front of the policemen, Shub hash was threatened with a brutal attack if he files a case but when Shubhash filed a com plaint at 7 pm, the ac cused tracked Subhash and his other victim friends Jainul Khan and Rishiraj Singh at their resort and at tacked severely with iron rods and sticks. “Nearly 18-20 people at tacked us with rods and we were helpless. We have given the CCTV of the incident to the cops as well and it is well available now in the public domain too. For months, the case file is floating from officer to officer and now finally, the file has reached a new of ficial who has started to investigate and is expected to present a report in their domain within a week,” said Subhash Legha, owner of a prime resort in Bi kaner.The police have not been able to investigate the case even after three months. The reg istered complaint of this case has gone out of the hands of the then sub-inspector of the police station to three other officers.
First India Bureau Jaipur: Student lead ers of Rajasthan Uni versity on Thursday gathered support for their candidature for the upcoming student union election on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan . Student lead ers reached Maharani College and tied Rakhi from college girls. Stu dents even offered choc olates and gifts on the occasion to Rakhi in a bid to garner votes. “We have not just come here to seek votes, but we have come to Maharani College to protect our sisters and assure them of safety. The girls residing in side the campus should not feel alone while they are away from their family,” said a stu dentSimilarly,leader. student leaders associated with ABVP and NSUI were seen campaigning at Rajasthan University and its constituent col leges. Notably, the uni versity polls will take place on August 26. A rush of students was also seen at hostels lo cated inside college and university premises.
First India Bureau Jaipur: The meteoro logical department has forecast heavy rains in most parts of Rajasthan for the next five days. It has issued a ‘yel low alert’ for heavy rain accompanied by thunder and lightning in several parts of Jodhpur, Bikaner, Jaipur, Bharatpur and Ajmer divisions. Ac cording to the MeT de partment, some places in Banswara and Pratapgarh districts saw very heavy rains while heavy rains were recorded in Dungarpur, Jhalawar, Udaipur and SirohiMeanwhile,districts.12 gates of Kalisindh dam were opened to release 1.44 lakh cusecs of water in Jhalawar.
Women at Jaipur Central Jail —PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA Suhasini, daughter of Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, tied rakhis to the security staff at Delhi residence. Usha Kanwar, sister of martyr Dharamvir Shekhawat, comes to Sikar from Ahmedabad for to tie rakhi to his statue.
Arjun Ram Meghwal with BJP workers inspiring them for tiranga drive in Sirohi. Meghwal also visited the ashram.
Man kills wife over suspicion of illicit affair Dungarpur (FIB): On the pious day of Raksha Bandhan, a wife was killed in the Dungarpur district. On Wednesday night, her husband killed her by hitting with a khurpi in Thana Reda Phala village of Kot wali police station area. He doubted her character. After the murder, the accused reached police station and confessed his crime by informing the police about the incident. DSP Rakesh Sharma said that Ji tendra Baranda, doubted his wife, Ani ta Baranda, 30, of hav ing an extramarital affair.
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Jaipur: DIG Rahul Prakash is being lauded for his response to a Bhim Army leader on the issue of casteism. The leader Kanishk Singh tweeted regarding the issue of caste of athlete Hima Das. He wrote on Twitter, “Hima Das broke the record of great sprinter Milkha Singh ji, she is a source of inspiration for all of us. What will be her caste we never thought of. She is an Indian and the whole nation is proud of her.”
17-yr-old ST-2 tigress critical, chances of survival are bleak Jhunjhunu Subedar martyred in J&K Pradeep Gadhwal Jhunjhunu: Two ter rorists carried out a ‘fi dayeen’ attack on an army camp in Jammu’s Rajouri dist in early hours of Thursday, kill ing 4 soldiers. Both at tackers were gunned down in four-hour fire fight that followed. The army personnel killed include Subedar Rajendra Prasad Bhambhu resident of Maligaon of Alipur Pan chayat here. Three oth ers are rifleman Laksh manan D of TN & rifle man Manoj Kumar of Shahjahanpur village in Faridabad and rifleman NishantRajendraMalik.was posted in 11 Rashtriya Rifles in Pargal, Rajouri of J& K. He is survived by wife, 2 daughters and a son. His mortal remain is likely to reach on Friday.
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M oS Rajendra Gudda also reached town and said that no innocent per son would be allowed to be implicated in the case. Meanwhile, the Tehsildar Union has registered its protest and called a bandh on August 17 against the suspen sion of officials. They alleged that the accident happened due to the negligence of the temple committee. A tehsildar, an SDM, a DSP and an SHO have been suspended in the matter so far. Danta ramgarh MLA Virendra Singh will lead a group of about 500 Cong workers to the Circuit House on Friday and demand the dissolution of the temple committee and take temple under Devsthan Dept. A huge crowd of devotees waiting for darshan at Khatu Shyamji temple. (Inset) Five temple committee members beign questioned at Khatu Shyamji police station on Thursday.
Abhisehk Shrivastava Jaipur: A lot of chal lenges are standing in the way of Jhotwara elevated road, which is planned to make move ment smooth for about 5 lakh people. It is im portant to overcome these challenges quick ly so as to complete the project by June 2023. The project is a victim of a delay of 2.5 years. The challenges are that there are three doz en houses from the rail way line to Lata Circle and beyond. There are 4 temples between the railway line and the Lata circle and all these constructions have to be removed as the work of pile foundation has stopped.However, JDA has got success in taking pos session of 2880 square meter industrial land. But the project work is stuck due to 3 dozen houses and 4 temples. The work of Jhot wara elevated road pro ject was started during the previous BJP gov ernment. The deadline for completion of the project is June next year. Earlier, this pro ject was to be completed in December 2020 but was delayed by 1 year due to Undercorona.this project, the existing railway over bridge will be ex panded. Three lanes of the new bridge will be added to the 3 lanes of the existing bridge. In this way total 6 lanes will be available for ve hicular traffic. Vehicles coming from Niwaru Road and Khatipura will also get direct con nectivity.
First India Bureau Jaipur: A woman from Sanganer area of the city set herself ablaze after pouring sanitizer on herself. As a result of this, the woman sus tained eighty percent burns and succumbed to the injuries on Wednesday.Although her chil dren tried to save her, after hearing her wails, but by then the woman had sustained major burns. After conduct ing a post-mortem, the Muhana police station handed over the body to relatives. Police have registered a case and started an investiga tion. Head suicide,”husbandAfterdaughterhusband“MamtagarresidentfiedceasedformedSatyanarayanaconstableinthatthedehasbeenidentiasMamta(33),aofLaxmiNaIIofSanganer.livedwithher&couplehadaandtwosons.afeudwithhershecommittedofficialssaid.
Jaipur (PTI): The Di rectorate of Revenue Intelligence seized 218 kg of ganja from a truck in Nagpur on a tip-off by Raj Police, an official said here on Thursday. The seized narcotics valued about Rs 40 lakh in the market, he said. The consignment was being taken to Ra jasthan from Vi sakhapatnam, ADGP (Crime) Ravi Prakash Mehra said. He said they received intelli gence inputs about the smuggling of ganja.
First India Bureau Jaipur: CM Ashok Ge hlot said on Thursday that the State Govt is trying to get timely con trol over the lumpy skin disease spreading in animals.Hesaid that he met Union Animal Hus bandry Minister Par shottam Rupala at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi & discussed the spread of lumpy skin disease in animals. Rupala assured that Central Govt would ex tend full cooperation to State Govt in dealing withGehlotLumpi.reached Jodh pur airport on Thurs day where he addressed media and said that Minister Rupala had also held a meeting a few days back in Jaipur regarding lumpy skin disease. “Infection of lumpy skin disease has spread rapidly among the ani mals, and state govt is not allowing shortage of funds for other needs including medicines, doctors and ambulanc es. CS is ofvationalsoalltinuoustionmonitoringcontinuouslythesituaandroundofconmeetingswithdistrictCollectorsisgoingon.Conserandpromotionbovinesistheprior ity. The period of grant for gaushalas has been increased to 9 months. Work is being done for the promotion of bo vines,” he Meanwhilesaid.with over 12,800 cattle deaths due to a skin infection caused by Lumpy virus, the state govt has banned holding of ani mal fairs. Considering the spread of the dis ease, the govt has banned organising ani mal fairs in Rajasthan, an official said.
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Ramesh Sharma Sikar: In the case of a stampede at the Khatu Shyamji temple here, the police called the of ficials of temple com mittee to police station for questioning on Thursday.Inprotest, local trad ers closed the town and protested outside the police station. After 4 hours of questioning, police released the of fice bearers by giving notice under Section 91 CrPC. Congress leader Ramdev Khokhar had filed a case of culpable homi cide against 5 office bearers of custody.hanBhawaniurerSinghSinghhan,ShimbhuCommitteetemple.chairmanSinghChousecretaryShyamChouhan,PratapChouhan,treasKaluSingh,andSinghChouweretakeninto Naresh Sharma Jaipur: The delegation saw the process of en ergy production from theDrplant.Mahesh Joshi said that the Aarhus river water project is a great example of water man agement system. In a program organ ised by the Embassy of India to welcome Joshi and the officers in Den mark, Joshi said that the production of water is the only way to save wa ter, “That is why we have to make people aware of waterJoshiconservation.”saidhecame to know about techniques being adopted in drink ing water management & wastewater treatment.
Jaipur: MLA Joginder Singh Awana met with an accident late on Thursday evening however the politico did not suffer any major injuries. The incident occurred on Jaipur-Agra highway near Dubbi village when the tyre of a car escorting Awana burst. The car became uncon trollable and crashed into Awana’s car. However no major injuries were reported in the incident. RAHUL PRAKASH REPLIES TO BHIM ARMY CHIEF ON HIMA DAS’ CASTE FOR MAKING MORE THAN 1,000 FAKE
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Nirmal Tiwari Jaipur: Sariska’s ‘Raj mata’ or the queen, ST2, is struggling with old age & injuries. A Forest Dept team received information about ST-2 being in an unconscious state on August 9 following which field director Roop Narayan Meena and DCF Devendra Jag awat reached the spot & took stock of situation. They consulted Dr Arvind Mathur and other veterinarians. Af ter consultation, ST-2 was tranquilized and brought to enclosure. Her condition is stable but she has wounds in frontThelegs.tigress is aged over 17 years and is left with less strength in hind legs. In such a situation, the Forest Department team is trying to feed her in enclosure itself. ST-2, born in 2005, is the offspring of Ranth ambore’s famous ti gress Fish and was brought to Sariska in 2008. ST-2 remained mostly in Akbarpur and Tahala ranges of Sariska. There are a 16 members in the ST-2 family. There are a total 24 big cats in Sariska out of which ST-2 alone has 16 family members.
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Jaipur: The police at Jaisinghpura Khor police sta tion has arrested 6 miscreants of a gang making fake leases. More than 1,000 fake allotment letters, receipts and site plans & about 45 fake stamps were recovered from the possession of accused. DCP North Parish Deshmukh said police reached miscre ants after conducting decoy operation & then they were held. Dinesh, Mahendra, Ravi, Abdul, Nasee muddin, Nasruddin were held.
First India Bureau Jaipur: The dispute be tween JMCG Mayor Dr Somya & Congress govt seems to be unending. After the report of judi cial inquiry in which she was held guilty was handed over to the state govt, she had no other option but to file a writ against the investiga tion in the HC or the SC. On the other hand, if govt issues a gazette no tification to remove her from the post of Mayor in the next few days, then she will not be able to contest any election for the next 6 years. According to advocate Vishnu Dayal Sharma, after being found guilty in judicial inquiry, there is a provision in section 39 (4) of the Raj Munici pality Act that govt has the right to remove a public representative from office. Under these provisions, state govt can issue a gazette noti fication to remove Dr Somya.However, in this mat ter, govt will take fur ther action only after consulting legal experts because govt faced em barrassment when the SC stayed govt’s suspen sion order in February. One of the parties, govt or Yagya Mitra Singh Deo, is yet to pre sent report of the judi cial inquiry before SC. There is a possibility that this matter may once again go to court. MaheshDr Mahesh Joshi, Dr Subodh Agarwal, Minister Ashok Gehlot Union Min
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Beijing (PTI): China on Thursday sought to defend its move to block a proposal by the US and India at the UN to blacklist Pakistanbased Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) deputy chief Abdul Rauf Azhar, saying it needs more time to assess the application to designate him as a global terrorist. China on Wednesday put a hold on a proposal by India and the US to designate Azhar, the brother of JeM chief Masood Azhar, as a global terrorist and subject him to assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo. We need more time to assess the relevant application, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a media briefing while replying to a question. Wang said the 1267 Committee of the UNSC has clear guidelines regarding the designation of terrorist organisations and individuals and related procedures. China always takes part in the work of the committee in a constructive and responsible manner in strict accordance with these rules and procedures. We hope other members will do the same, Wang said in response to questions on Beijing putting hold of the US and India proposal at the United Nations to blacklist Abdul Rauf Azhar.Abdul Rauf Azhar, born in 1974 in Pakistan, was sanctioned by the US in December 2010. This is the second time in less than two months that China has put a hold on a listing by the US and India to blacklist a Pakistanbased terrorist under the sanctions committee of the UN Security Council.InJune this year, China had put a hold, at the last moment, on a joint proposal by India and the US to list Pakistan-based terrorist Abdul Rehman Makki under the 1267 Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee of the UN Security Council. When pointed out China also put a hold on the request to sanction a Rehman Makki under the 1267 Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee of the UNSC seeking time and how much time Beijing needs, Wang said. We need more time to assess the relevant application. We hope media outlets will not be led by rumours and make speculations,unwarrantedhesaid.
New Delhi: The Centre has notified the establishment of campuses of National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) in Goa and Tripura. The Women Safety Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs issued a notification mentioning the move of the Central government as part of plans to set up 10 NFSU campuses in different states and five abroad over next five years.
COAL SCAM CASE: ED SUMMONS 8 IPS OFFICERS IN DELHI New Delhi: Enforcement Directorate (ED) has (IPS)PoliceeightsummonsissuedtoIndianServiceofficers in the West Bengal coal scam case asking them to join its probe here in the national capital, officials said on Thursday. Among those issued summons are IPS officers Gyanwant Singh, Koteswara Rao, S Selvamurugan, Shyam Singh, Rajeev Mishra, Sukesh Jain, and Tathagata Basu.
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This is second time in less than 2 months that China has put a hold on a listing by US & India to blacklist a Pak-based terrorist.
Bommai says govt is stable, will remain so Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai has said his government is stable and will continue to remain so and he will work much harder for the state and the BJP. There has been buzz in state BJP in recent times, regarding some kind of an overhaul including at the top level, especially after the recent visit of Amit Shah.
Anubrata Mandal gets inside the car after being arrested by CBI at Bolpur on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
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AnthemNational to be acrossplayedLko Lucknow (PTI): The Lucknow administration will play the national anthem from loudspeakers across the city simultaneously on Independence Day after the flag hoisting is done by Chief Minister (CM) Yogi Adityanath at the Vidhan Bhawan on Monday.Theentire bustling city will come to a complete standstill for those 52 seconds -- the duration of the national anthem.Lucknow District Magistrate (DM) Suryapal Gangwar said the national anthem will be played simultaneously across the state capital after the flag joisting by the chief minister at 9 am. He said public address systems and LED screens will be installed across the city for the purpose.Gangwar further said a rehearsal for the programme would be done on August 13 at 9 in the morning.Allroad traffic will come to a halt and traffic signals will be red while the national anthem will be played.
AI TO OPERATE 24 ADDL DOM FLIGHTS FROM AUGUST 20 New Delhi: Air India will operate 24 additional domestic flights from August 20. “The additional 24 flights include two new frequencies from Delhi to Mumbai, B’luru and Ahmedabad, and from Mumbai to Chennai and Hyderabad, as well as one new frequency on the Mumbai-Bengaluru and Ahmedabad-Pune route,” the airline said. Air India’s narrowbody aircraft fleet today stands at 70, of which 54 are currently serviceable.
HINDU OUTFIT FOR BAN ON ‘LAAL SINGH CHADDHA’ IN UP Varanasi: Members of a Hindu outfit staged a bandemandingChaddha”,fiKhan-starreragainstprotestAamirlm“LaalSinghaonitinUP as they accused the actor of making fun of deities. Members of Sanatan Rakshak Sena raised slogans and protested in front of Vijaya Mall. State president of the Sena’s youth wing, CP Singh, and vice-president Arun Pandey alleged Khan made fun of Hindu deities in his films and he is against Sanatan Dharma.
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J’KHAND MLAS TO APPEAR BEFORE SPL COURT Kolkata: The Calcutta HC directed the West Bengal CID to produce three Congress MLAs from Jharkhand, who were arrested in Howrah district after recovery of nearly Rs 49 lakh in cash from their vehicle, before a special court under the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act.
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Day after key changes in UP, Yogi meets Nadda New Delhi (PTI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath met BJP president JP Nadda here on Thursday, a day after the party effected some key changes in its organisational affairs in the politically crucialUnderstate.Nadda’s guidance, the state government has been working relentlessly for everyone’s welfare with a sense of service, Adityanath tweeted after the meeting.OnWednesday, the Uttar Pradesh chief minister had met President Droupadi Murmu and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar. Sunil Bansal, who was one of the BJP’s key election managers and the party’s Uttar Pradesh general secretary (organisation), was on Wednesday appointed as its national general secretary and also made in-charge of three Opposition-ruled states -- West Bengal, Odisha and Telangana -- in runup to the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. According to sources, Adityanath and Bansal have had their share of differences over some organisational issues, and the former RSS functionary’s departure from the state has been linked to this rift.
Ashok Saha, arrested on Wednesday in connection with the teacher recruitment scam, were sent to Central Bureau of Investigation custody. Both the arrested were produced before the Alipore Court on Thursday following which the CBI was granted custody till 17 August.
Party’s organisational affairs in the state saw a rejig on Wednesday Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath calls on BJP President JP Nadda in New Delhi on Thursday.
NADDA TO VISIT TRIPURA FOR 2023 POLL STRATEGY New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) strategy27fromvisitonNaddaPresidentNationalJPwillbeatwo-daytoTripuraAugusttomakeaforthe 2023 assembly elections. Nadda will reach Agartala on August 27. As per the sources, Nadda will hold a meeting with the party officials to decide the strategy regarding assembly elections, which are scheduled to be held next year and will discuss the election strategy.
Three key suspects involved in BJYM leader murder arrested Mangaluru (PTI): Three key accused in Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha leader Praveen Nettar’s murder case have been arrested, a senior police officer said on haveofBellarepartthreepolice“DakshinaThursday.KannadahavesecuredpersonswhowereofthehitsquadincaseinmurderPraveenNettar....wearrestedthem from Talapady on the Karnataka-Kerala border,” ADG Alok Kumar said. Those arrested are: Shiabuddin, Bashir and Riyaz Anthadka.
WOMAN ARRESTED FOR KILLING FOUR MEMBERS OF FAMILY, HUSBAND ON RUN
VARANASI BJP LEADER’S ‘ILLEGAL’ OFFICE BULLDOZED Varanasi: An allegedly illegal construction at a housing society belonging to a local BJP leader administra-thebulldozedwasbydistrict tion here on Thursday. Satya Prakash Singh alias Akhand Singh, BJP’s district unit vice president, was accused of encroaching the society’s land by some residents. Akhand Singh had secretly got an illegal construction done in the Varuna Enclave Society of Sikraul.
FORMER WB SSC ADVISOR, CHAIRMAN IN CBI CUSTODY New Delhi: Former West Bengal SchoolchairmanandSP(SSC)CommissionServiceadvisorSinhaex-SSC
New Delhi: The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has moved an appeal in the Division Bench of Delhi HC challenging the court’s decision to stay recent guidelines issued by the government, restraining the levy of service charge on food bills by restaurants and hotels. The appeal moved by CCPA is scheduled to come before the bench headed by Chief Justice of Delhi on August 16. Last month the HC while issuing notice on the petition challenging the guidelines, had also stayed the operation of guidelines issued by Central Consumer Protection Authority restraining levying of service charge by restaurants and hotels.
CBI arrests TMC district chief Anubrata Mondal
Howrah: A woman and her husband allegedly killed four members of their family in West Bengal’s Howrah district over property, police said on Thursday. The incident happened in MC Ghosh Lane in Howrah police station area around 11 pm on Wednesday, they said. The accused, Pallavi Ghosh, has been arrested while her husband Debraj Ghosh is on the run, police said.
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Congress rallies against Centre from August 17 New Delhi (Agencies): The Congress has planned to organise Chaupals around the nation as part of its stepped-up campaign against the Centre on issues of price increases, GST on some packaged foods, and unemployment in the nation. Starting August 17 and running through August 23, the party will stage a series of protests in different parts of the nation, including agricultural, mandi, and retail markets. According to a statement by Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh, the party’s statewide protest against the administration’s what it called “anti-people” policies on August 5 had a significant impact on the populace.
Kochi: The Kerala High Court asked senior CPI(M) leader Thomas Isaac why the Enforcement Directorate (ED) cannot question someone if it has any doubts and at the same time it told the agency that privacy of an individual cannot be violated. The observations came during the hearing of Isaac’s plea seeking quashing of ED summons in connection with its probe into violations in the financial dealings of Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board. New Delhi: Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana on Thursday advised lawyers to wear masks in courtrooms, saying staffers and judges were contracting COVID-19 infection. “Please wear a mask. The majority of our staff and colleagues are getting it (COVID-19). Judges are also getting it,” the CJI told the lawyers at the start of court proceedings. While hearing a PIL on freebies, the bench, which also comprised Justice Krishna Murari, asked the lawyers to wear masks.
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WHY CAN’T ED QUESTION SOMEONE IF IT HAS DOUBTS: KERALA HC TO ISAAC CJI NV RAMANA ASKS LAWYERS TO WEAR MASKS IN COURTROOMS HC NO TO WITHFORMATION,ACBCASESLOKAYUKTA Bengaluru: The HC of Karnataka quashed the March 14, 2016 order of the then State government forming the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and shifted the cases pending before the ACB to the Lokayukta. The staff and personnel of ACB would be absorbed in the Lokayukta.
STOP DEMEANING DIGNITY OF PM POST WITH TALK ABOUT ‘BLACK MAGIC’, RAHUL HITS BACK AT MODI New Delhi: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Thursday lashed out at PM Modi over his “black magic” jibe saying that he must “stop demeaning the dignity” of the PM’s post by talking about such superstitious things. Gandhi’s retort came a day after Modi referring to the August 5 protests which the Congress had led against inflation, price rise and other issues by donning black clothes, said those who resort to “kaala jaadu” (black magic) will never be able to win the trust of the people again. Gandhi further said the government “will have to answer on the issues of the people”.
during the investigation of the case, sources added. “We have arrested him for non-cooperation in the investigation into the cattle smuggling scam,” an official said.
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Bihar CM Nitish Kumar WHAT A JOKE! NITISH ON SUSHIL’S ‘TOTALLY BOGUS’ VP CLAIMS
LOCOMOTIVE HITS STATIONARY TRAIN, FOUR WAGONS DERAIL
Renni Abraham Mumbai: Three mur ders in Bihar, including a temple priest and a contractor, since the newly installed Nitish Kumar led alliance gov ernment with the RJD and Congress has a smarting BJP ready to launch into a political campaign against Ku mar and Tejashwi Ya dav come Monday. “The BJP did not re act to provocations dur ing our alliance govern ment with Kumar even when our BJP offices were attacked in the state and when the Agn eepath armed forces re cruitment scheme saw state sponsored violence and arson. We simply asked Chief Minister Kumar then to ensure the security of his alli ance partners (red BJP offices) in the state and stopped all train traffic inbound to Bihar,” a BJP leader said. He added that with the Home department being headed by RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, the three murders will be used to pin down the party that is already un der the active probe by the CBI for the land for railway jobs scam. “The whole Yadav family has been found to be connected in the scam being probed by the CBI including two sisters of the newly in stalled deputy Chief Minister.
BJP’s Tarkishore alleged Kumar “went quiet” on corruption after joining grand alliance
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL DAMAGES SHOPS Uttarkashi: Excessive rainfall in thewaysheAccordingclosedNaugaontheShaliniThursday.accordinginplaceATMeightUttarkashiUttarakhand’shasdamagedshopsincludinganmachine,thattookduetoanincreasewaterinKumolaKhad,toanofficialonSDMBarkot,Negihasleftforspot,however,thePurolaroadisatmanyplaces.totheSDM,isalsostuckontheduetotheclosureofroad.
Patna: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Thursday rejected claims by BJP MP and former deputy CM Sushil Modi that JD(U) had split with NDA as the CM was not made the VP. Dismissing it as a totally bogus claim Nitish told reporters: “You heard a man (Sushil Modi) say I wanted to be VP. What a joke! I have no such desire. Did they forget how much our party supported their President and VP candidate?”
Taxpayers barred from enrolling in Atal Pension Yojana from October 1
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New Delhi (PTI): Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Thurs day said no democracy can ever be meaningful and aspirational unless it is inclusive for all citi zens, accessible without fear or favour and par ticipative despite differ ential social, political, and economic vulnera bilities.Kumar also asserted that the framework for assessment and “socalled ranking” of de mocracies by global evaluating agencies should be objective and contextual, factoring in the magnitude, sociocultural and geograph icalHecontext.said India has witnessed a 235.72 per cent increase in female electors since 1971. He was addressing the vir tual meet of Asian Re gional Forum on Mak ing our Elections Inclu sive, Accessible and Participative. No democracy meaningful unless inclusive for all: CEC
HEAVY WARNINGRAININ ODISHA Bhubaneswar: Odisha may bear the brunt of another low-pressurepossibleareaover the weekend, the Met office said on Thursday, even as the state continues to reel from pouring rain over the past few days due to depression. Torrential rain has battered several districts due to the inten sified weather system, which crossed the state on Tuesday and has now weakened over Madhya Pradesh.
Patna (ANI): Former Bihar Deputy CM and BJP leader Tarkishore Prasad on Thursday al leged that Nitish Ku mar’s “dreams of becom ing the PM” made him “betray the mandate of the people” and joins hands with the RJD. The BJP leader al leged that Kumar “went quiet” on the issue of corruption after joining the grand alliance, of which Lalu Prasad Ya dav’s RJD is a part. “Whenever he dreams of becoming the PM, he says things like this be cause his desire inspires him to betray the man date of people,” the BJP leader said. There has been speculation that Nitish is gearing up a larger role at the nation al level. However, the CM rejected any such speculations.
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Dehradun: The Uttara khand Police has registered a case against Instagram influencer Bobby Kataria after one of the videos showing him consuming liquor on a busy Dehradun road went viral. The video, posted by Kataria on his Instagram handle on July 28, triggered widespread anger among Twitter users. He had said in the caption, “It’s time to enjoy on the roads.”
WE WILL DELIVER ON THE PROMISE OF JOB CREATION, SAYS TEJASHWI YADAV Patna: Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Thursday asserted that his newly formed government will deliver on the promise of providing 10 lakh jobs that he had made while spearheading the RJD’s campaign during the assembly elections in 2020. Yadav claimed that his boss Nitish Kumar has issued instructions to the officials concerned to accord top priority to job creation. There are so many vacant posts in government departments.
BJP to target Nitish Kumar, Tejashwi come Monday
Things are going to heat up in Bihar where we were dumped despite following the principle of coalition Dharma. Now Karma will take over and the JD(U) CM and RJD party will pay for their sins,” the lead er Alreadyadded. the Con gress party that is part of the new alliance gov ernment has indicated that it will not be taken for granted especially, over the allocation of cabinet portfolios where it will demand its pound of flesh from CM Nitish Kuma. “The plan to launch an aggressive cam paign and prosecution action beginning Mon day was firmed up in the wake of comments made by RJD leaders like Misa Yadav who had the audacity to say her party had replaced the BJP in the govern ment for having asked people of India to re place their social me dia display picture (DP) image with the Tiranga (Indian flag), which was unbecoming,” he added.
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Raju Srivastava on ventilator, critical New Delhi (PTI): Popu lar comedian-actor Raju Srivastava is “critical and on ventilator” in the ICU of the AIIMS, said hospital sources on Thursday. Following a heart attack on Wednes day, the 58-year-old standup comic was admitted to the hospital where he underwent angioplasty. “He is critical and on ventilator in the ICU,” the source said. His cousin Ashok Srivasta va had on Wednesday said the comic suffered a heart attack while exer cising.
Dispur: Assam CM Himanta Biswa on Wednesday took a jibe at Nitish Kumar who switched sides to join hands with Mahagath bandhan & said he is a “Margdarshak” for those who want to “change parties in every six months”. New Delhi: A day af ter Nitish Kumar said the NDA government needs to “worry” about the next LS polls, Union Minister Giriraj Singh tweeted a video showing a dog trying to fight two lions and captioned it “Challenge 2024”.
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Video of bodybuilder smoking in flight surfaces online; Scindia orders probe New Delhi (PTI): Avia tion Minister Jyotiradi tya Scindia on Thursday ordered an investiga tion after a video show ing bodybuilder Bobby Kataria smoking on a SpiceJet flight surfaced on social media. The video shows Ka taria -- who has 6.3 lakh followers on Instagram -- lighting a cigarette on one of the back rows of a SpiceJet Passengersplane.are not al lowed to take lighter in the plane. SpiceJet said that the smoking inci dent took place in its Dubai-Delhi flight on January 20 when pas sengers were boarding the plane and the cabin crew members were busy with completing the on-boarding proce dure.When the video of this incident was posted on Twitter on Thursday, Scindia responded: “In vestigating it. There will be no tolerance towards such hazardous behav iour.” In a statement, SpiceJet said: “This is with reference to a video on social media. The matter had been investi gated thoroughly in January 2022 when the video was brought to our notice and a com plaint had been filed by the airline in Guru gram.”
‘Dreams of becoming PM made Nitish betray people’s mandate’
AT LEAST 4 DROWN, SEVERAL MISSING AFTER BOAT CAPSIZES IN YAMUNA
WOMAN KILLS HUSBAND, BURIES BODY IN HOUSE, SAY POLICE
Banda: At least four people drowned and several others went missing on Thursday when a boat capsized in the Yamuna in Banda district’s Marka area. The incident took place when the boat was going from Marka to Jarauli Ghat in Fatehpur, they said. SP Abhinandan said the boat was carrying 30-35 people. Help of divers is being taken to trace the missing, he said.ASP Lakshmi Niwas Mishra said seven to eight people swimmed to safety and many are feared drowned.
A vehicle stuck in debris following a cloudburst, triggered by incessant monsoon rains, in Chamba district.
CRUCIAL READ Shahjahanpur: A woman allegedly killed her husband and buried him in their house following a quarrel, police said on Thursday. However, the woman told the police that her husband died by suicide. According to the FIR in the case, Govind, a resident of Khamaria village under the Gadiya Rangan police station, had a fight with his wife Shilpi on August 7 after which she killed him, dug a pit in the house and buried him there. The matter came to light only after a foul smell started emanating from the house.
Raipur: Four wagons and the engine of a stationary freight train got derailed after it was hit by a moving locomotive near Raigarh railway station in Chhattisgarh on Friday.“No casualties were reported & movement of trains on the route remained unaffected,” they said. The incident took place at 11:40 am at a railway siding on outskirts of Raigarh railway station on Mumbai-Howrah route, said Saket Ranjan, Chief PRO of South East Central Railway.
New Delhi (PTI): Income taxpayers will not be allowed to enrol in the government’s social security scheme Atal Pension Yojana (APY) from October 1, accord ing to a notification. The government in troduced APY on June 1, 2015, to provide social security to workers mainly in the unorgan ised sector. Subscribers of the scheme get a min imum guaranteed pen sion of Rs 1,000 to Rs 5,000 per month after at taining 60 years of age depending on their con tributions.“...from 1st Octo ber,2022, any citizen who is or has been an income tax payer, shall not be eligible to join APY,” the finance ministry said in the notification. The ministry has modified its earlier notification on APY.The new notification, issued on Wednesday, will not apply to sub scribers who have joined or joins the scheme be fore October 1, 2022. ‘Govt can’t go in hiding after such assaults, has to answer’
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar with Tejashwi Yadav. FILE PHOTO
Rain havoc: Two dead, vehicles washed away Shimla (PTI): Heavy rains wreaked havoc in parts of Himachal Pradesh on Thursday with two women being buried alive under de bris following a land slide in Kullu, while shops & vehicles were washed away and highways blocked by flash floods. In Kullu, Chavelu Devi (55) and Kritika (17) died when their house at Khadel vil lage in Sheel gram panchayat of Anni tehsil was hit by debris following the landslide around 9 am, Director of state disaster man agement department Sudesh Mokhta said. In another incident, 10 shops and three ve hicles were washed away following a cloud burst at the Deuthi gram panchayat in Anni tehsil around 7.30 am, he added.
New Delhi (PTI): Sen ior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday hit out at the Centre over the terror ist attack on an army camp in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kash mir, saying the govern ment can’t go in hiding after such assaults and will have to answer. Two terrorists car ried out a ‘fidayeen’ at tack on an Army camp in Rajouri district in the early hours of Thursday, killing three soldiers. Both attack ers were gunned down in the four-hour fire fight that followed. “Saddened to learn about another dastard ly terrorist attack in Rajouri, claiming the lives of our soldiers,” Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Kharge said. “My humble trib utes to the martyrs who gave up their life. The GOI can’t go in hiding after such assaults on our people. They have to answer!” he said on Twitter.
The video shows Kataria lighting a cigarette on one of the back rows of a SpiceJet plane.
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CM Ashok Gehlot affectionately blesses his grand daughter Kashwini as she offers sweets to her father, Vaibhav Gehlot to mark the auspicious occasion of Rakshabandhan at the CMR in Jaipur on Thursday. Also seen here are Sunita Gehlot, Himanshi and Sonia.
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Yogesh Sharma Jaipur: After 12 years, Rajasthan has once again given another Vice President to the country. Senior leader Jagdeep Dhankhar took oath as the Vice- Presi dent. Before this, Bhai ron Singh Shekhawat became the 11th VicePresident of India on August 12, 2002. It is also a happy coinci dence that the com mand of both Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha will be in the hands of Rajasthanis, and thus, Rajasthan will domi nate the Parliament. “Son of the soil” Jagdeep Dhankhar took oath as the Vice- Presi dent. Dhankhar is the second Rajasthani after Bhairon Singh Shekha wat, who has reached the position. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat of Ra jasthan had reached the pinnacle of glory as the Vice- President. Late Shekhawat, who is called ‘Ajatshatru’ in politics, had a tenure as the Vice- President from August 19, 2002 to July 21, 2007. During this, he worked to en hance the dignity of the Upper House of Parlia ment.Now, Jagdeep Dhankhar has got the distinction of reaching the post of Vice- Presi dent. Dhankhar has proved his mettle in both law and politics, he has also been a Minister of State during the ten ure of former Prime Minister Chandrashek har and Governor dur ing PM Modi’s tenure. In the Vice- Presiden tial election as NDA candidate, he unilater ally defeated the opposi tion candidate Marga ret Alva. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat held the post of Vice -President and Chairman of Rajya Sabha when Atal Bihari Vajpayee was Prime Minister.Theacceptance of Bhairon Singh Shekha wat, who was one of the founding members of BJP, was with all par ties. Shekhawat was above party politics, hence, called ‘Ajatashat ru’ and had defeated Dalit leader Sushil Ku mar Shinde in the VicePresidential election. Against him, the op position made Shinde a candidate so that it could break into the Dalit votes of NDA. But when the results were out, the Opposition’s bet turned upside down, as cross voting took place in Shekhawat’s favour.TheVice- President is also the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha and Shekhawat’s style of running the Upper House was purely ‘khanty’, i.e. the focus was on having more sit tings of the House. He had a different style of scolding the members who created the ruckus. Later, he used to call in the chamber and listen to the grievances. The biggest feature of Shek hawat was to run the house like a fair person. After becoming the Vice- President, the per son doesn’t belong to any party, this dignity was fulfilled by Shekha wat.Jagdeep Dhankhar’s style of working is also somewhat similar to that of Shekhawat. This is the reason that despite not having good relations with Mamata Banerjee while serving as West Bengal Gover nor, Banerjee did not vote against him in the election of Vice- Presi dent. Dhankhar was of the Congress ideology in his young life but later he switched ideol ogy to Janata Dal and later to BJP. But he had his own ideology, due to which he had friends in all parties and enjoyed most cordial relations. Obviously, Jagdeep Dhankhar can be seen doing the work of car rying forward the Shekhawat traditions in the post of VicePresident and as Chair man of Rajya Sabha. However, it will also be a happy coincidence for Rajasthan that Ra jya Sabha is being run by Jagdeep Dhankhar & the lower house is already run by Om Bir la of Rajasthan.
CM Ashok Gehlot’s daughter Sonia ties a Rakhi on her brother Vaibhav’s wrist on the occasion of Rakshabandhan at the CMR in Jaipur on Thursday. Also seen here are CM Ashok Gehlot, along with wife Sunita, daughter in-law Himanshi and grand daughter Kashwini.
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Rajeev Gaur Jodhpur: Chief Minis ter Ashok Gehlot reached Jodhpur direct ly from New Delhi to celebrate the festival of Rakshabandhan with his elder sister Vimala Devi, with whom he is deeply attached to. The CM was extended a warm welcome by pub lic representatives and police officials at the Airport. While talking to the media at the Air port, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot expressed concern over the lumpy disease spreading in cows and said that the government is trying its best to curb it. “There is currently no vaccine available for the disease. Although, a vaccine is being devel oped. The State Govern ment is making all nec essary efforts to curb the disease,” he added. Gehlot on Thursday, appealed to people to vote for his party in the next state Assembly polls, saying his govern ment’s ouster will stall ongoing development projects.Theelections in the state will be held next year. Stressing his point, Gehlot said the Barmer refinery project was de layed as the Congress government was ousted from power in the 2014 Assembly polls.“Its cost has risen from Rs 40,000 to Rs 70000,” said Ge hlot, holding the previ ous BJP
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Rajendra Chhabra Jaipur: The 2009 batch ‘young IAS’ Kumar Pal Gautam has taken the reins of the Excise De partment at a time, when the department is going through its worst phase. In the three and a half years of the cur rent government, 8 Ex ise Commissioners have been changed, i.e. Prith vi Raj, Somnath Mishra, Bishnu Charan Malik, Jogaram, Chetan Ram Deora, Prakash Ra jpurohit, Ravi Kumar Surpur and now Kumar PalWhereas,Gautam. in the nine years preceding this government, three Com missioners played long innings. These were OP Yadav (4 years), Ajitabh Sharma (3 years) and Dinesh Kumar (2.5 years), who took the de partment to newer heights. At that time, the work of monitoring of 133 Excise Inspectors, posted in 133 circles of the State, was done me ticulously from the Headquarters based in Udaipur. The Preventive Force of the department had immense terror and such was the situation that the department would always give more revenue than the finan cial target it set for it self.Those were the ‘Gold en Days’ of the depart ment, but now situation has changed completely. When the chief of the department is not stay ing on the crease, then who would make the ‘runs’ for the depart ment? Interestingly, dur ing these three and a half years, there came two Commissioners, who did not even go to Udaipur.Theother reason why the department is in shambles, is the RSBCL being un-reined. In the beginning, Principal Secretary, Finance used to serve as Chairman of this company and the Excise Commissioner used to be its MD. But later Secretary, Finance became its Chairman and MD and this is where the situation be gan to tumble. RSBCL is the backbone of this de partment and when Ex cise Commissioner ddn’t have a control over this department, so the Commissioner became ‘teethless.’ Then, the re sponsibility of ED of RSBCL was handed to a RAS officer instead of IAS. As on today, this RAS has the reins of at least half of the depart ment.Moreover, the new Ex cise Policy, released this year, also did not do any wonders for the depart ment and actually flopped. The financial target for the current financial year (2022-23) isRs 15,000 crore and the department, over the past 4 months, has been unable to sell out all of its IMFL shops. After the policy was released, the department gave an opportunity to get the licenses of 7,665 liquor shops to be renewed, but merely 800 licenses were renewed.Forthe remaining shops, at least half a dozen times auction has been done, but 91 shops still await a licencee. This has happened at a time, when there has been major changes to the policy along with a 60 per cent rebate in
CM Ashok Gehlot receives a warm welcome by the people as well as the public representatives upon his arrival at Jodhpur Airport on Thursday. Various women present at the Airport to get a glimpse of the CM, also tied ‘Rakhis’ to him to mark the auspicious festival of Rakshabandhan.
CM Ashok Gehlot fulfilled his responsibility as a brother during his Jodhpur visit on Thursday as after reaching Jodhpur from Delhi, he visited his sister’s house in Lal Sagar area, wherein, his elder sister, Vimla Devi, tied a ‘Rakhi’ to Gehlot. The senior leader took her blessings by touching her feet. Whether its festival of Rakshabandhan or BhaiDooj, he doesn’t forget visiting her.
MLA Dr Krishna Poonia celebrated the festival of Rakshabandhan in a unique way by tying a Rakhi to fellow MLAs Joginder Awana on Thursday. She also tied Rakhi to Minister Tikaram Jully. It is noteworthy that mostly, not many politicians share an amicable bond with each other, however, Dr Poonia’s respectful gesture made the festival all the more memorable for all three of them.
Kumar Pal Gautam We will talk to priests and religious heads about their expectations and problems to see what arrangements can be made at all temples of Ra jasthan so that untoward incidents like stam pede could be averted. —Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister From Pg 1... Had Modi quoted achievements of 75 years & told the deci sions from the time of Nehru to Manmohan Singh, it would have been good but by not do ing so, he missed the op portunity,” Gehlot said. He added, “These are not revadis. The PM has insulted crores of peo ple. I want to ask him that when Vasundhara Raje was the CM, you had done big events in Jaipur & Ajmer. The beneficiaries were brought by buses & ar rangements were made for them. At least we aren’t showing favours like this,” he said. “I challenge you to do research and analysis of our 4 budgets and im plement our scheme at Centre & in BJP ruled states. Then you will know what is the spe cialty of our plans? We don’t engage in market ing like BJP. Modi him self is a master in mar keting,” he orruptionsaid.has in creased 10 times more than the UPA regime.
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Jagdeep Dhankhar’s style of working is also somewhat similar to that of Shekhawat. This is the reason that despite not having good relations with Mamata Banerjee while serving as West Bengal Governor, Banerjee didn’t vote against him in V-P polls
DHANKHAR TO CARRY FORWARD SHEKHAWAT’S TRADITIONS!
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fter a long wait, Raksha Bandhan was finally released in the theatres on Thursday. It was one of the most anticipated films of the year, and it clashes with Aamir Khan’s Laal Singh Chaddha. Starring Akshay Kumar and Bhumi Pednekar, Raksha Bandhan’s special screening were held last night, August 10. It was attended by the entire cast of the movie and several television and Bollywood actors. The mass hysteria created by the massive movie promotions across the country has made Raksha Bandhan one of the most eagerly awaited films on the festive occasion.
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E ven though Kangana Ranaut is unwell and has been diagnosed with dengue, the actress did not stop working on her upcoming film ‘Emergency’. The production team hails the actress for working despite dengue. The team of Manikarnika films mentioned in their story with a picture of Kangana: “When you are down with dengue, alarmingly low white blood cell count and high fever and yet you land at work, it’s not passion it’s madness...our chief @kanganaranaut is such an inspiration.” Kangana replied: “Thank you team @manikarnikafilms body gets ill not the spirit..thanks for the kind words.”
A S ara Ali Khan is one of the most promising actresses in the industry. She has proved her acting mettle in movies such as Love Aaj Kal, Atrangi Re, Simmba, and others. In addition to this, she is a travel junkie too. As she enjoys a massive fan following on social media, the actress also gives glimpses of her vacation pictures and videos on it and gives major travel goals to her followers. Sara Ali Khan is currently in New York and has filled social media with some drool-worthy vacay pictures. During her trip, the actress visited Columbia University where she studied and became nostalgic. While sharing the photo in the stories section of Instagram, she wrote, “Looking back with so much gratitude, fondness and nostalgia”.
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Momal, the love story of the desert princess. Chundawat also translated the biography of Lenin into the Rajasthani language. For translations of Russian stories in the Rajasthani language and compiling them in book form, titled the Hindu Kush ke us paar, Chundawat received the coveted Soviet Land Nehru Award in 1965. Impressed with Chundawat's writing acumen, French writer Frances Taft wrote a book on her by the name From Purdah to the People. She was conferred with Rajasthan Ratna Award in the yearConferred2012. with numerous awards like Sahitya Mahamahopadhyay, Rajasthan Ratna in 2012, Tessitory Gold Award, Maharana Kumbha Award, and the Soviet Land Nehru Award in 1965, Chundawat was born in 1916 and raised in Bhim, Deogarh, a premier thikaana or estate of the then Mewar ChundawatState.till the age of 13 used to wear a turban and pant shirt like a tomboy. Adorably, her father called her Laxman Singh. Her father Vijay Singh, the Rawat of Deogarh, nurtured Chundawat in a moderate liberal environment but also imbibed her with moral values. During that era, girls were restricted from going out and studying. Hence, eminent tutors were appointed to teach her. She was also taught horse riding along with her brother. She learned to type on a typewriter and managed to type her stories and poems effortlessly. She was a football and mentencourage-Rawatsar.camestate,thenchiefsoneofgh,Rawatwasshooter.playerbadmintonandaChundawatmarriedtoTejSin-theChiefRawatsar,ofthefouroftheBikanerandbe-RaniofWithfromherhusbandandparents, Chundawat entered active politics in 1962. She discarded the surname of her husband ‘Rathore’ and used the clan name of her parents, women.andguagetomentherofthewill2014,Writers'RajasthanasChundawatFrominsationUnitederskent’sparticipatedcagojasthan’sreadanChundawatroshima,Peacepoliticsandanyshedawatingwithever,ginedscenariotoRawatsar.workdawatjoiningmandwhichternallegislatorChundawattheGayatrigetherteredmataChundawat‘Chundawat’.andRaj-GayatriDevien-publiclifeto-in1962.WhileDevifoundedSwatantraParty,becameafromherma-placeDeogarh,isnowinRajsa-District.Afterpolitics,Chun-didtremendousforBhimandIn1980,shereturnedthestatepoliticalandwaselect-asMLAwithamar-of3,366votes.How-disappointedthereducedvot-margin,Chun-declaredthatwouldnotcontestmoreelectionseventuallysheleftin1985.VisitedtheWorldConferenceinHi-Japanin1958,asanIndi-representativeandapaperonRa-cultureatChi-University.SheinTash-AfroAsianWrit-ConferencewithaNationsOrgani-Conferenceheld1978inNewyork.1976to2014,alsoworkedthePresidentoftheProgressiveAssociation.Chundawatdiedinaged98,butshealwaysremaininheartsofthepeopleRajasthanowingtoincredibleinvolve-withanddevotiontheRajasthanilan-andliteratureasavoiceofrural
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The Dusad family during the occasionFrom left Anubhav, Prakhar, Kamakshi, Gokul and Bhavya Nidhi Natani rejoices with her family. Seen here are Nikita, Nitin Modi, Vigya, Arun Modi, Shalu and Gaurav Modi
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CITY FIRST ith mass vaccination, confidence has returned amongst consumers to step outside their homes and resume their life of the pre-pandemic times. Raksha Bandhan, which heralds the beginning of the festive season is traditionally a family affair to celebrate the bond between brothers and sisters. While some enjoyed the hustle of meeting relatives and loved ones, some long distance siblings connected over video calls. City First brings to you glimpses shared by our dear readers from the celebrations across Jaipur, New Delhi and Mumbai.
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Samridhi with her nephew Krishiv Shrey and PrishaNidhi, Sanjeev, Gaurav, Arun, Amit and Priya
Pushpa, Geeta, Priyal, Mahak, Surbhi, Pramod, Pawan, Ashish, Raghav, Akshit and Parth during the occasion Himanshu, Shubanshi and Prakhar Mayank and Suhani Tiana ties the band as Aarudra Modi curiously looks upon his wrist Ritika Tambi with Shailesh and Anita Tambi
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Jagdeesh Chandra was greeted by Mukesh Khurana at Sastra Ghat Prashadi, held at Ram Mandir, Jaipur on Monday, August 9. Ankit Khurana, Shama Khurana, Mukesh Khurana, Naresh Bhargava, Ranjana Bhargava and Shruti Khurana were also present on the occasion
CITY OFIRST n the festival of Rakhi, the social worker of the city, Gokul Ma heshwari, the newly elected president of Ma heshwari Samaj Kedar Bhala and the temple of Kale Hanuman ji, Ma hant Gopal Das Maha raj distributed Young Bhaskar Magazine, books and penset as a gift to the children of Praveen Lata Sansthan at Kale Hanumanji temple on Thursday. These magazines will be dis tributed to 500 children for the next few months to the children of differ ent NGOs and special schools.Gokul Maheshwari from Sonal trust.thevidedtimefestivalsMaheshwariShloniCharitableTrustsaidthatonallmajorandfromtotime,helpisproinmanywaysforchildrenbythe cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
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During the Buskers Dance Fest Mahaveer Bharti and Nirmala Kulhari Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R) Ankit Khurana, Shama Khurana, Mukesh Khurana, Naresh Bhargava, Ranjana Bhargava and Shruti Khurana Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R) Ramakant Verma, Mamta Mehta, Bimla Lodha, Vagmi Jain, Dr Sunil Saxena and Mrs Saxena, as the former reached their residence to celebrate the Rakhi festival Mamta Mehta ties rakhi to Jagdeesh Chandra
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CITY FIRST ’Fest Season 6’ Senior Western Round was held at Nirma la Auditorium of Rawat Pub lic School in the city on Wednesday. First India is the media partner of the event. Brijesh Saxena, director at Buskers Dance Insti tute, Hemendra Singh Ghazawat and Kishan Singh Ghazawat were the judges in the event. They also gave informa tion about the next round. Around 230 par ticipants from 21 schools participated in it. Scin tillating performanc es were given by schools in the west ern freestyle cate gory. The purpose of Buskers D’Fest is to pro vide a platform for all the dancers.Around 42 dance mentors at schools were honoured with mementoes and citations during the event. The partici pants who did not quali fy in the next round were given certificates to encourage them. Around 20 teams have been selected so far for the finale to be held at Birla Auditorium.
The annual meeting of India’s oldest association, the Travel Agents Association of India Raj Chapter, was held at Gangaur Hotel in the city recently. During this, the executive committee was also elected unopposed for the term of 2022 to 2024. During this, Manoj Sogani Jain was declared the President of the Rajasthan Chapter. Dashrath Singh as Honorary Secretary and Arvind Pareek as Honorary Treasurer. INIFD Jaipur organised the “Taaga” Fashion Show with the theme ‘Khadi. Fashion Students worked diligently to make the Collections that enlighten the importance and need for Khadi which has been referred to as the “Fabric of Indian Independence” and had a key role to play in the freedom struggle. The Director of Kamla Poddar Group, Abhishek Poddar and Roma Poddar expressed their joy and motivated the students and appreciated them for making collections on such a patriotic theme. During the event, Chairperson, Kamla Poddar Group, Kamla Poddar blessed all students for their hard work.
gram. Amit Jain, presi dent of Jaipur Heritage Round Table-185, said that 90 lakh poor chil dren of the country have benefited so far at Rs 400 crore for all so cial causes. The organi sation also does the work of giving jobs to the children after their 12th pass in their work andHecompany.alsopresented a new road map for the development works of the organisation in the coming time. All the members resolved to take this campaign forward at an even greater speed! In this program, Vice President Kapil Sin ghal, Secretary Nihar Gupta, and Treasurer Abhimanyu Vijay were also present.
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RAKHI CELEBRATION!
On Pushkarna Day, Education Minister BD Kalla, his wife Shiv Kumari Kalla and son Pawan Kalla and along with the members of Pushkarna committee offered prayers at Mandleshwar Mahadev on Wednesday. Under the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign, Malviya Nagar MLA Kalicharan Saraf hoisted the tricolour flag along with BJP workers by visiting the house of people of Malviya Nagar assembly constituency on Wednesday. Under Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, MP Ramcharan Bohra started the Tiranga campaign from the residence of Vipin Kumar Jain, founder of the Bird Freedom Day family, located at Muhana Road on Wednesday.
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Jagdeesh Chandra’s rakhi sister, Mamta Mehta tied the sacred thread ‘Rakhi’ on the auspicious occasion of Rakshabandhan on Thursday. Bimla Lodha, mother of senior journalist Anil Lodha also blessed Jagdeesh Chandra. Present on the occasion were Ramakant Verma, Vagmi Jain, Dr Sunil Saxena and Mrs Saxena.
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Shrimad Bhagwat Katha was organised at Hanuman temple complex, Balapura on Wednesday. Worshippers were seen chanting hymns and receiving blessings on the pious occasion.
grand Ashtad hatu statue of Veer Durga das Rathore, a symbol of patriot ism, Swami Bhak ti and bravery, is going to be in stalled in his na tive village Salwa Ka lan, Jodhpur district. Near the Tomb of his grandfather Neem karan, father Askaran and elder brother Jaskaran remains. Here was the corona tion of Maharaja Ajit Singh of Jodhpur. The statue will be unveiled by India’s De fense Minister Ra jnath Singh on his birth anniversary on August 13. The statue has been built by Jaipur’s sculptors Nirmala Kulhari and Mahavir Bharti. It has been prepared in 4 months, whose height is 12 feet and weight is more than 1500 kg and is completely made in Ashtadhatu.
he 17th Annual General Meeting of the Jaipur Chapter, Jaipur Heritage-185 of Round Table India was held at Ranthambore on Satur day. This Round Table has taken the lead in fulfilling the unful filled dreams of poor children by building more than 8000 classrooms in about 750 chiefwasHimanshuschools!Medirtapresentastheguestofthepro
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