Naresh Sharma Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has made a scathing attack on RSS and BJP and stressed that the saffron party and its parent institution ‘play with people in the name of Gaumata, Hindus.’ “They get votes by instigating people and win elections. It has to be understood, if they sincerely want to do good for the country, talk about Hindu interest, then I believe that they should first start the campaign to eradicate untouchability. Go to the houses of the scheduled caste yourself, go to the Dalits and sit with them and eat food on their plate. Stop pretending,” CM Ashok Gehlot said while speaking at an In dependence Day pro gramme on Monday. CM Gehlot said, “I re member my childhood days. There were agita tions regarding HindiEnglish. We used to be against the English and people of Tamil Nadu and South were against Hindi. There were so many riots, they forget. Turn to P10
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CASTE SYSTEM IS ENEMY, SAYS MEIRA
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T his is second attack on non-migrant Pandits in Kashmir in less than 24 hours. On Independence day, a civilian, identified as Karan Kumar Singh was injured after terrorists threw a grenade at his house in J&K’s Budgam.
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BJP MISUSING PARAMILITARY & POLICE TO TRANSPORT MONEY, SAYS CM GEHLOT Jaipur: CM Ashok Gehlot has alleged that BJP misuses paramilitary and police forces to transport money to its offices to fill its coffers. Gehlot made remark on Monday while addressing a programme on Independence Day. The chief minister said, “They apprehend paramilitary forces or police where they have their govts.” “They bring boxes filled with money in trucks through backdoor at the BJP offices and these boxes are then taken out and deposited inside,” he said. Claiming that as these vehicles belong to police, Gehlot said that no one stops them. “People think that they have come for their help,” he said. CM also said that PM Modi demonetised `500 and `1,000 notes and brought `2,000 notes as they take less space in transportation. More on P10
z RJD - 16; JD(U) - 11 berths z Nitish kept Home Dept z Tejashwi got Health, Road Construction, UDH and Rural Development z Tej Pratap Yadav is Environment Minister z 2 Cong MLAs were inducted HIGHLIGHTS Nitish Kumar and Tejashwi Yadav during the swearing-in ceremony of the Bihar Cabinet Expansion of Grand Alliance govt in Patna on Tuesday. (R) Tej Pratap Yadav takes oath as Bihar Cabinet minister.
Godhra: The eleven men sentenced to the life imprisonment in 2002 Bilkis Bano gang rape case walked out of the Godhra sub-jail after the government of Gujarat approved their release under its remission policy on August 15. P6 Devp came hrs after Nabi was appointed as the Chairman BJP top brass meeting with party’s State core group P6 RATES UP: MOTHER DAIRY & AMUL MILK
New Delhi: An Air India-operated Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft returned to Bangkok in Thailand Tuesday, shortly after its take-off as the plane’s system sent out a “slats failure” warning, according to sources.
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Srinagar: Senior Cong leader Ghulam Nabi Azad has resigned as the chairman of HeTuesday.forcommitteecampaignCongresstheJ&Konhasalso resigned as a member of the party’s political affairs committee in J&K. Congress on Tuesday appointed Vikar Rasool Wani, considered close to former CM Ghulam Nabi Azad, as the party’s J&K chief.
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MAN THREATENED TO KILL MUKESH AMBANI SENT TO POLICE CUSTODY
P resident Droupadi Murmu, PM Narendra Modi, HM Amit Shah, Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Anurag Thakur, Piyush Goyal, Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar, Congress Leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee and many top leaders expressed their condolences to the martyred soldiers.
GEHLOT TO VISIT GUJARAT TODAY CM Gehlot’s three-day visit to Gujarat starting Tuesday was postponed due to bad weather con ditions, official sources said. He will now visit Gujarat on Wednesday and Thursday, official sources said. He will be going to Vadodara on Wednesday and hold meeting with leaders of the party from central and north Gujarat in Ahmedabad. Gehlot will leave for New Delhi from Ahmedabad on Thursday.
Srinagar: A Kashmiri Pandit was shot dead in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian Tuesday and another was injured, J&K Police tweeted, adding that the injured person is being treated at a local hospital. The dead man has been identified as Sunil Kumar Bhat and the injured man is his brother, Pintu Kumar. The two were shot at in an apple orchard, the policeAccordingsaid. to police, Sunil Kumar, who was shot at by terrorists died on the spot. Reports suggest that both the brothers were nonmigrants and were staying at their ancestral village when the terrorists opened fire at them. “Injured person has been shifted to hospital. Area cordoned off. Further details shall follow,” the police said on Tuesday afternoon. INJURED
New Delhi: Milk prices are set to increase with dairy brands Amul and Mother Dairy announcing a `2 raise in its prices due to a rise in procurement and input costs. The new prices for both brands will be effective from today.
New Delhi: The Centre on Tuesday sought urgent hearing in SC on All India Football Federation matter in wake of FIFA suspending India for “undue influence from 3rd parties” and stripping the country of the right to host Under-17 Women’s World Cup. Bench told Mehta that the matter is listed for Wednesday. READ Crucial
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Srinagar: Seven ITBP personnel died while 32 others returning from Amarnath Yatra duty faced grave injuries on Tuesday after a bus fell into a deep gorge at Zig Morh in Pahalgam area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. The bus was on its way from Chandanwari to the Police Control Room in Srinagar.Astatement released by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police read, “A civil bus carrying 39 personnel (37 from ITBP and two from J&K Police) fell down to a roadside river bed after its brakes reportedly failed. The troops were on their way from Chandanwari to Pahalgam. Casualties feared.”“Several others got injured, who are being airlifted to Army hospi tal, Srinagar for treat ment,” the police said. A wrecked remains of a bus after it fell into a roadside river bed resulting in the death of the ITBP personnel, at Pahalgam on Tuesday.
(Bottom) J&K LG Manoj Sinha meets with ITBP personnel who got injured in the Pahalgam bus accident, at Army Hospital, in Srinagar. ‘Tiranga Rallies’ at various places have frustrated terror outfits and prompted new warnings in the Shopian district. (Left) Pintu Kumar, a Kashmiri Pandit who was shot at by militants, being treated at a hospital, in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday. While Pintu’s brother, Sunil Kumar was shot at in an apple orchard.
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Deeply anguished by the bus accident near Chandanwari in which we have lost our brave ITBP personnel. My condolences to bereaved families & prayers for the speedy recovery of the injured. All possible assistance is being provided to the injured personnel. —Manoj Sinha, J&K Lieutenant Governor Ashok @ashokgehlot51Gehlot Deeply saddened to learn about the tragic bus accident in Pahalgam area, J&K in which we have lost our brave ITBP personnel. My heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families. May they remain strong in this difficult time. Prayers for speedy recovery of the injured jawans.
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New Delhi: Ex-LS Speaker Meira Kumar, in wake of murder of a Dalit boy in State, said that even after 75 years of Independence, caste system remains nation’s greatest enemy. She claimed that her father, ex-Dy PM Babu Jagjivan Ram, was beaten for a similar reason a hundred years ago. P3
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Mumbai: The 56-year-old accused arrested for making threat calls to Reliance group head Mukesh Ambani has been produced before 37th Magistrate court in Mumbai on Tuesday. He has been sent to police custody till August 20 by court.
CM Ashok Gehlot addresses the function on the occasion of 76th Independence Day on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA AFTER AKHAND BHARAT, WILL YOU LEAVE ASIDE PEOPLE IN BACKWARD STRATA, CM GEHLOT QUESTIONS RSS, BJP (T) President Droupadi Murmu, VP Jagdeep Dhankhar, PM Narendra Modi, former Prez Ram Nath Kovind, HM Amit Shah, BJP chief JP Nadda, Union edu minister Dharmendra Pradhan, MoS Dr Jitendra Singh and others at Sadaiv Atal on death anniversary of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, in New Delhi on Tuesday. (B) LS Speaker Om Birla pays tribute to Vajpayee. Amit Shah, JP Nadda, Rajnath Singh and Piyush Goyal are also seen.
UDH Minister Shanti Kumar Dhariwal hoists flag on Independence Day at Umaid Singh Stadium in Kota.
JDC Ravi Jain takes part in flag hoisting ceremony. MD Sushma Arora hoists the Tricolour at RCDF office.
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Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, PCC chief Govind Singh Dotasra and others take part in flag hoisting ceremony at PCC in Jaipur.
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First India Bureau Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday responded to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Rewadi' remark, saying that these are welfare schemes for the people and not freebies. He said that weekly payments are made to poor and elderly in developed countries and it is a responsibility of the government to implement public welfare schemes as everyone has the right to live. "Public welfare is on top priority of the state government. Weekly payment is made to the poor and elderly in developed countries. Everyone has the right to live. It is the responsibility of a government to implement public welfare schemes," Gehlot said while addressing a gathering at statelevel flag hoisting ceremony at Sawai Man Singh (SMS) stadium on the occasion of 75th Independence Day. He further said, "There has been talk about ‘rewadi’ (freebie) culture but I do not consider it as such. These are public welfare schemes. In Rajasthan, one crore people are being given
Speaker Dr CP Joshi hoists the Tricolour at State Assembly. Governor Kalraj Mishra hoists national flag at Raj Bhavan. Chief Justice MM Srivastava hoist flag at State High Court building.
Satish Poonia, Chandrashekhar, Ghanshyam Tiwari, Ramcharan Bohra, Bhajanlal Sharma, Mukesh Dadhich, Sardar Ajay Pal Singh and others take part in flag hoisting ceremony at BJP office.
Jaipur Police Commissioner Anand Srivastava takes part in flag hoisting ceremony in the Police Commissionerate. Chief Secretary Usha Sharma hoists national flag during the 76th Independence Day at her residence.
‘AT HOME’ FUNCTION AT RAJ BHAWAN Raj Bhawan's glory of the recent past seems to have 'returned' once again as during the 'At Home' function on August 15, a huge gathering of politicians and officers was seen. CM Gehlot, Dr. CP Joshi, mahesh Joshi and several others were present. Observing the crowd of officers, a political observer commented, "Have the distances of Raj Bhavan and 8, Civil Lines really decreased'? or is it a sign of tomorrow?" Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot hoists flag at the state level function at SMS stadium in Jaipur. Former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje takes part in flag hoisting ceremony at her Dholpur office. CM Ashok Gehlot inspects the parade during the 76th Independence Day celebrations.
CM Ashok Gehlot along with GS Dotasra, Amin Kagzi, Rafiq Khan, Dr Archana Sharma, Vaibhav Gehlot, Khanukhan Budhwali, Mahesh Sharma, Lokesh Sharma, Jyoti Khandelwal, Brij Kishore Sharma, Manoj Mudggal and others hoists the Tricolour at Badi Chaupar in Jaipur. —PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA, MUKESH KIRADOO & SUNIL SHARMA Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot hoist flag at the residence of freedom fighter and former MLA Daulat Mal Bhandari.
PHED Minister Dr Mahesh Joshi inspects the parade at Police Line Parade Ground in Sikar.
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GEHLOT DEFENDS STATE WELFARE SCHEMES
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot pays tributes to martyrs by laying a wreath at the Amar Jawan Jyoti in Jaipur.
‘Public welfare is the top priority of the State Government. Weekly payment is made to the poor and elderly in developed countries. Everyone has the right to live. “It is the responsibility of a government to implement public welfare schemes’
Jaipur: A massive fire broke out at a wooden furniture factory on Monday late at night in the city. The police reached the incident spot and controlled the fire with the help of the fire brigade team. As many as 20 fire brigade vehicles brought the fire under control by making more than 60 rounds. The fire in the factory is said to have caused a loss of around Rs 1.5 crore. The timely dousing avoided the further spread of the fire.
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On his way to Jalore, Sachin Pilot met party workers. Justice Gopal Krishna Vyas & Shailendra Vyas took another car.
He said that an action plan for resolving prob lems like electricity, plumber or cleanliness, and housekeeping has been made. Rathore said that very good sug gestions have come about improving the system in RTDC hotels and CM has also given a good budget for hotels. “Luxury train ‘Pal ace on Wheels’ will also be running on track very soon,” he added.
Dharmendra Rathore inspecting hotel Gangaur and hotel Teej. CS Usha Sharma, DGP, ML Lather, Kanhaiyalal Swamy, and others at the review meeting on the safety of devotees at Secretariat.
ily. She said MP Kirodi Lal Meena was stopped by police. “That’s why I have come here,” she gave MP’s month salary amounting to Rs 1 lakh.
First India Bureau Jalore: Human Rights Commission Chairman Justice Gopal Krishna Vyas and Registrar Shailendra Vyas were on their way to Surana village on Tuesday. Meanwhile, their car collided with the escort car ahead near Sayla, about 27 km before Surana. The visit to Surana village was in connection with the death of a Dalit child. However, fortunately, Justice Vyas as well as Registrar Shailendra Vyas and his driver are safe. Front part of the car was badly damaged in the accident. Justice Gopal Krishna Vyas has asked Jalore Collector to submit report.
Wajib Ali, Lakhan Meena and Khiladi Lal Bairwa have supported the de mand that the victim’s family should get com pensation of 50 lakhs.
Financial assistance of `20L from Cong & govt job to a family member
On way to Surana village, Justice GK Vyas’ car met with an accident Golma Devi in Surana, handed over Kirodi’s 1 month salary to family
Jaipur: CS Usha Sharma said that the ‘Rajasthan Heritage Museum’ to be built in the old Vidhan Sabha building, SMS Town Hall, Jaleb Chowk, Jaipur, should be of inter national presentingstandard,theart & culture of the state. She was presiding over a meeting or ganised by the Dept of Art, Literature, Culture and Archaeology in Govt Secretariat on Tuesday.Sharma said, “Museum should be equipped with latest techniques but should also contain characteristics of each region of the state,” she said.
Rajeev Gaur & Lunaram Darji Jalore: Surana village, where a minor Dalit boy was beaten by his teach er and later died during treatment, turned into a hotbed of politicians on Tuesday with ministers, legislators and leaders rushing to the village one after another to meet the family and ex press their condolence.
Kamal Kant Jaipur: RTDC Chair man Dharmendra Rathore conducted a surprise inspection of hotel Gangaur and ho tel Teej. He held a meet ing with the officers and directed them to rectify the problems be ing faced in the hotels immediately.Rathoresaid that short-term & long-term plans have been made to strengthen the system.
Golma Devi, Ruparam Dhandev and others at victim’s home.
Jaipur: An FIR has been filed against unidentified miscreants in Chaksu Police Station for allegedly posing as Chaksu MLA Ved Prakash Solanki and demand ing money from people. Police informed miscreants created a fake Facebook account of MLA and demanded money.
Udaipur: 2 brothers drowned in a river in Gogunda town on Tuesday while they were playing near the river, police said. Deceased have been identified as Jaiveer Singh (12), his cousin brother Dash Singh (13). “Bodies were handed over to family,” police added.
CS Usha Sharma, Gayatri Rathore and Dr Mahendra Khadgawat at the meeting. TRIBUTE
Dr Satish Poonia paid floral tribute to former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his death anniversary at BJP office. A SPEEDY TRIAL WILL BE HELD: DOTASRA CM Ashok Gehlot Dr Satish Poonia
First India Bureau Jaipur: Politics has heated up over the death of Indra Meghw al, 9-year-old Dalit stu dent, after he was beat en up by school teacher, with BJP State Presi dent Satish Poonia call ing Ashok Gehlot a Hitting back at the BJP, Gehlot said mitted suicide in Jalore because a BJP MLA dug a ditch in front of his house and his body kept hanging from gress MLA did not “A person commits a crime when he has no fear of the rule of the govt. Countless incidents like this under the pre sent govt of Rajasthan are proof that CM is helpless,” Poonia said. “The dead body of the saint was brought down by former MLA Ramlal Meghwal in the evening on the second day. A BJP MLA is accused in the case. But now the incident of a school child has happened. The teacher Chhail Sin gh was immediately arrested and com pensation was given. What can be done after this? But BJP people will do politics in that too,” he said.
Aishwary Pradhan Jaipur: Jogeshwar Garg, a Dalit MLA from Jalore SC seat of BJP, has raised ques tions on the death of a 9-year-old boy, Indra Meghwal, after being assaulted by a school teacher, saying that the case is being politi cised. Garg said there are two partners in the private school where the incident hap pened. He said, “There is a Rajput and a cobbler. More than half the teachers are from SCST category. Besides, there are Meghwals, Cobblers and Bhils. Almost half of the children there are from SC-ST category.”
Jaipur: The model code of conduct for the upcoming student union elections in Rajasthan University will come into effect from Wednesday. As soon as the code of conduct comes into effect, students’ leaders will not be able to organize rallies or campaigns.
First India Bureau Jalore: Former minis ter Golma Devi reached Surana & paid tributes to deceased & urged the govt to provide justice to family & maximum financial demandedtancefrompaidparamJaisalmerassistance.MLARuDhandevalsotributes.ApartfinancialassisofRs50lakh,shejobforfam
Jaipur: Retired IAS officer Madhukar Gupta on Tuesday took charge as Com missioner of State Election Commission. His appointment is for a period of five years or 65 years, whichever is earlier. Madhukar Gupta will remain on the post till September 17, 2025.
CS urges officials to tighten security for upcoming fairs
VERBAL SPAT BETWEEN CM GEHLOT & POONIA DALIT STUDENT’S DEATH CASE
Rathore inspects RTDC hotels, gives rectification directions
“Our party president Sonia Gandhi and leader Rahul Gandhi have directed the leaders and MLAs to visit the family and do whatever can be done to assist the family,” said Dotasra. He said that the matter will be investigated and a speedy trial will be held. He said that the education department has already served a notice to the private school, where the incident oc curred, asking why should not the affiliation of the school be terminated. He also said if the family wishes to get the case investigated by any particular office, it will also be done.
First India Bureau Jaipur: CS Usha Shar ma, while addressing the review meeting of the scheme for the safe ty of devotees at the Govt Secretariat here, on Tuesday, said that in upcoming fairs, ar rangements should be made for the safety of devotees and monitor ing should be done to preventCheckingaccidents.should be done on important routes. CS said that pri vate, government hospi tals & trauma centres near important roads should be identified and be operational 24x7. DGP, ML Lather said night patrolling should also be done.
Apex child rights body NCPCR seeks strict action by Rajasthan govt against those responsible for allegedly beating to death nine-year-old MLA Pana Chand Meghwal resigns Cong MLAs upset over Jalore incident, support `50L & job It is not right to disturb social harmony: MLA Jogeshwar GargFirst India Bureau Jaipur: Congress MLA Pana Chand Meghwal on Monday sent his res ignation to CM Gehlot, saying he does not have the right to stay as MLA if he cannot protect rights of his communi ty. Meanwhile, RSHRC has taken suo moto cog nizance & issued notice to Jalore district collec tor & SP to submit re port on August 26. RSHRC Chairman Jus tice G K Vyas will visit Jalore on Tuesday. First India Bureau Jaipur: There is grow ing resentment in the Congress over the Ja lore incident. Now the MLAs of G-6 group have expressed their dis pleasure over the inci dent. Word is that 3 more Congress MLAs (BSP turncoats) - Wajib Ali, Sandeep Yadav and Lakhan Meena - will go to Surana village of Ja lore and meet the vic tim’sMeanwhile,family.
4 Bhim Army leaders climb on water tank CS WANTS ‘RAJASTHAN HERITAGE MUSEUM’ TO BE OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARD
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‘Zero tolerance for atrocities against Dalits’ Jaipur (FIB): To ex press their anger to wards the govt’s re sponse against rising atrocities against Dalits in state & govt’s igno rant attitude towards demands of family members of Indra Ku mar Meghwal of Jalore dist, 4 Dalit leaders from Bhim Army climbed up a govt water tank locat ed on Shakar Marg here on Tuesday. Dalit lead ers are also LalLaxmikant,tified4terstankMeghwal.familylakhscompensationdemandingofRs50&govtjobsfor2membersofThewaterislocated500mefromVidhanSabha.leadershavebeenidenBagchandBerad,BanwariandRaviKumar.
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PCC Chief Govind Singh Dotasra along with Dalit mins in Ashok Gehlot cabinetMamta Bhupesh, Bhajan Lal Jatav and Govind Ram Meghwaland a few MLAs met the family & announced fi nancial assistance of Rs 20 lakh from party & as sured that one member would be given job. CM Ashok Gehlot has already announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh from CM Relief Fund. PCC’s amount of Rs 20 lakh will be in ad dition to it, he said.
First India Bureau Jodhpur/Jalore: Cor nering the govt of his party in state led by Ashok Gehlot, Cong leader and former dep uty CM Sachin Pilot on Tuesday said the death of a minor dalit boy af ter being beaten up by teacher was very unfor tunate & govt should work on shortcoming to change the system. He met the family members of the nineyear old boy in Surana village of Jalore on Tuesday and consoled them. He said a confi dence will have to be built up among dalits. “Such discrimina tion is taking place in our system even after 75 year of independence. This is a matter of selfintrospection for all of us,” he told reporters. Pilot was accompa nied by forest minister Hemaram Choudhary, MLA Ramniwas Gaw riya and other local leaders of party.
FIRE IN LOSSFURNITUREWOODENFACTORY,OF `1.5 CRORE NEWS DIGEST Govind Singh Dotasra, Mamta Bhupesh, Bhajan Lal Jatav, Govind Ram Meghwal, Ruparam Dhandev and others at victim’s home.
Popularly known as “Kestoda”, Mondal is among the most trusted associates of Chief Minister CM Mamata Banerjee. He used to enjoy more clout, power and visibility in West Bengal even than ministers and many MLAs. He used to be considered as the “betaaj badshah” of Birbhum!
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It may be noted that in both these elections, the Election Commission had kept him under hawkeye surveillance after the poll panel received complaints that he could re portedly influence voters in a majorWithway.his arrest, the CBI is probing a bigger conspiracy (possibly) the “role” of other politicians in the case. Mon dal’s arrest came soon after former state minister Partha Chatterjee was arrested by the ED in the SSC scam. Both are TMC heavyweights and it’s not tough to guess how the arrests could have been major setbacks for the party. Agencies like the ED and CBI had earlier stepped up investigations into Ponzi schemes in Bengal ahead of the 2013 panchayat polls, the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elec tions and the 2016 Assembly elections and made several arrests too. And now with the Lok Sab ha polls barely two years away in 2024, the cattle smug gling investigation may accel erate, feel political analysts. It may be noted that West Bengal has 42 Lok Sabha seats and the BJP in the 2019 parliamentary elections man aged to clinch 18 of them. It goes without saying that for the TMC, given its national ambition, each of these seats will be important as the bat tle will go down to the wire. Investigators so far have found evidence of illegal cross-border selling of cattle and use of ill-gotten money. According to the CBI, Mon dal “procured huge number of cattle” from the Ilambazar Pashuhat and allegedly en sured safe passage of the same to the border along Bangladesh.
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CBI’S TAKE IN THE CASE? According to the CBI, Mon dal is directly involved in the case and was in touch with the main accused, Enamul Haque, through his aide Sai gal Hossain. The CBI also al leged that Saigal had collect ed money which was part of the proceeds from this illegal trade “in the name” of the strongman.
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Buddha IN-DEPTH Amit @AmitShahShah On Parsi New Year, I extend warm greetings to our sisters and brothers of the Parsi community. May the coming year be filled with joy, peace and good health. Navroz Mubarak.
T Mondal’s clout can be gauged from the fact that in February 2022, he was included in the TMC’s national working committee. He was the only district-level leader who managed to make it to the top TMC organisation. Both Partha and Anubrata were heavyweights, but Partha was never a mass leader, but Anubrata was crucial to the party’s organisation in western and central districts
Narendra @narendramodiModi Thank you President Azali Assoumani for your warm Independence Day wishes. India will continue to partner with Comoros on its development journey. @Beit_Salam
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WHAT MAMATA SAID? West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said she will stand with the strongman and announced to “start a movement” against alleged excesses of the CBI and the ED. She told at a gathering, “What has Kesto done? Even as he was locked in his house, we won the Assembly elec tions last year. The ED and CBI ransacked his house at midnight. If you arrest one Kesto, we will create thou sands of them. We will hit the streets from August 16 on the ‘Khela Hobe Divas’. There will be ‘Khela hobe’, again (Let the game start, again).”
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MC heavy weight and the party’s Birbhum district president Anubrata Mondal, who had evaded at least eight CBI summons in the cattle smuggling case, was taken into custody on Thursday, re portedly for “not cooperat ing” with the agency. Popularly known as “Kes toda”, Mondal is among the most trusted associates of Chief Minister CM Mamata Banerjee. He used to enjoy more clout, power and visi bility in West Bengal even than ministers and many MLAs. He used to be consid ered as the “betaaj badshah” of Mondal,Birbhum!who has never contested any election in his career so far, has always managed party affairs from behind the scenes. In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, TMC won both Bolpur and Birbhum. TMC repeated the act in the 2021 Assembly polls as it managed a clean sweep in the district, winning 10 out of 11 seats – and the victory was entirely credited to the booth management skills of the po litical heavyweight Mondal!
IT’S PERFORM OR PERISH MOMENT FOR NITISH KUMAR & LALU’S SONS ith the Rashtriya Ja nata Dal (RJD) get ting the lion’s share in Tuesday’s cabinet expansion the fear of lawlessness returning to Bihar has been revived. Of the 31 in ducted, 16 of RJD have got min isterial berths. Law and order was at its nadir under Lalu Pras ad Yadav with kidnappings, ex tortions and murders, not to speak of corruption, haunting the people. The present coalition has Lalu’s son Tejashwi Yadav as Deputy Chief Minister. Tejashwi’s brother Tej Pratap Yadav is the new Environment Minister, a ministry which is regarded as a gold mine. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar holds the Home portfolio. The second coming of the RJD-Janata Dal - United (JDU) alliance will have two-year ten ure before it faces its first test in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Nitish Kumar is aspiring for a national role in 2024 and his po litical future will depend on the performance of the present gov ernment. In that respect, Lalu’s two sons also face a perform or perish situation. W egislators belong ing to the Eknath Shinde camp have started showing their true charac ter just over a month after the Sena-BJP government in Maharashtra was sworn-in. Amid differences between the Shinde and Uddhav Thackeray camps over which faction is the real Sena, Prakash Surve an MLA from Magathane constituency, ex horted his supporters to “break their leg, I will come the next day to bail you out”, apparently referring to Thackeray camp’s leaders. The other legislator, San tosh Bangar went and slapped a private catering company’s manager for pre paring sub-standard food. The food, Bangar claimed, was to be distributed to la bourers as a mid-day meal and did not buy the manag er’s argument that it was go ing to be disposed of. These incidents are re minders of how Shiv Sainiks can subvert the rule of law now that their faction is in power with BJP’s support. Surve’s exhortation to break the legs of rivals is enough encouragement for his fol lowers. There’s a turf war between the Shinde and Thackeray camps and it is crucial for both the sides. Bal Thackeray’s legacy is at stake and so is the survival of Uddhav Thackeray. He is facing the risk of being mar ginalised the way he earlier got his cousin Raj Thackeray, leader of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, sidelined to wrest control of Shiv Sena. Shiv Sainiks were probably on their best behaviour during the rule of Maha Vikas Agha di, a three-party coalition of Shiv Sena, Nationalist Con gress Party and the Congress. With Shinde pulling the rug from under Uddhav’s feet, will they still remain disciplined as before is difficult to say.
Several TMC leaders, in cluding political analysts had initially thought that Mama ta would not stand by Anu brata as she did when anoth er TMC heavyweight Partha Chatterjee was arrested. Chatterjee was removed from the cabinet and was also sus pended from the party. Blasting the BJP, CPI(M) and the Congress, the CM said, “They all are comrades in arms. They have no place in this state. They do not have a place in the country either.” In a veiled attack against the BJP, she also claimed that the West Bengal Police had saved the Jharkhand govern ment following the arrest of three Congress MLAs with a huge cash haul. “They (BJP) would have toppled the Jharkhand government. Now they called our officers to Delhi out of revenge. Why is the central government har assing our officers” she asked.
The 62-year-old “Kestoda” who hails from a farmer’s family, has been with the TMC since the party was launched in 1998. He is well known for the Khela Hobe slogan. He first hit the head lines during the 2013 pan chayat election. It may be noted that Mon dal has been named in a num ber of cases, including for threatening people, murder and those related to stone and cattle-smuggling, sand but has never been tried. Mondal’s clout can be gauged from the fact that in February 2022, he was includ ed in the TMC’s national working committee. He was the only district-level leader who managed to make it to the top TMC organisation. Both Partha and Anubrata were heavyweights, but Par tha was never a mass leader, but Anubrata was crucial to the party’s organisation in western and central districts. Even as party leaders feel that the top leaders’ silence and maintaining a distance from every arrested leader could have a backlash from the workers on the ground, the TMC is apparently planning a protest against the alleged ex cesses of the central agencies.
ABOUT THE CASE A case was registered by the CBI on September 21 way back in 2020 against four ac cused, including Satish Ku mar, who was the Comman dant of the BSF’s 36 Battalion in Malda during the time span between December 19, 2015 to April 22, 2017. The FIR also alleges that during Ku mar’s tenure, the BSF seized more than 20,000 heads of cattle before they could be transported across the bor der, but the vehicles ferrying the same were not confiscat ed and also persons involved were not even apprehended.
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Hapur: A history-sheeter from Haryana was shot dead here outside the district and sessions court, where he was brought for a hearing in a case registered against him, a senior police official said on Tuesday. The firing took place 25 to 30 metres outside the gate of the district and sessions court,” Circle Officer (City) S N Vaibhav Pandey said. Lakhan, alias Yashpal (35), was killed in the incident. The officer said Lakhan is a history-sheeter from Haryana and had a number of cases registered against him. Lakhan was brought from Haryana’s Faridabad jail in connection with a case registered against him at the Dhaulana police station in Hapur, the circle officer said. Pandey said the shooters will be identified soon and the CCTV footage of the incident is being examined.
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Ahmedabad: A day after he and ten others were released from jail in the case related to the gangrape of Bilkis Bano and murder of her family members during the 2002 Gujarat riots, convict Shailesh Bhatt claimed that they were “victims of politics.” Bhatt, 63, who said he was a local functionary of the ruling BJP when he was arrested, and others including his brother and co-convict Mitesh left for their village Singor in Gujarat’s Dahod district after walking out of the Godhra jail. Bilkis Bano with her husband Yakub Rasul. —FILE PHOTO
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Bilkis’ family surprised on release of 11 convicts Ahmedabad (PTI): The husband of Bilkis Bano on Tuesday said they were surprised after coming to know from the media about the release of all 11 convicts sentenced to life imprisonment for her gang rape and murder of seven members of her family during the 2002 GujaratBilkisriots.Bano’s husband Yakub Rasul told PTI that he does not intend to comment on the latest development in the case on Monday. Rasul said he, his wife and five sons, the eldest now aged 20, continue to live without a fixed address, more than 20 years after the incident.The11 convicts on Monday walked out of the Godhra sub-jail after the Gujarat government allowed their release under its remission policy. A special CBI court in Mumbai on January 21, 2008, sentenced the 11 accused to life imprisonment on the charge of gang rape and murder of seven members of Bilkis Bano’s family. Their conviction was later upheld by the Bombay High Court.
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New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday described Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech from the Red Fort on Independence Day as marvellous and said that it inspires every Indian to contribute in the making of a “Golden India”.
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Tuesday sent Mohsin Ahmad, an alleged active member of ISIS to judicial custody for one month. Mohsin was arrested by NIA on August 6 from Delhi for alleged involvement in the collection of funds for the terrorist outfit from sympathisers in India as well as abroad and sending it to Syria and other places in form of cryptocurrency. The NIA arrested Mohsin during a search operation at his current residence at Japani Gali, Jogabai Extn, Batla House, New Delhi.
In a series of tweets, Shah said, “PM Modi gave a wonderful speech from the Red Fort. It inspires every Indian to contribute towards the making of a Golden India. Modiji called on citizens to work with determination for the prosperity of the country and unitedly face challenges that hinder development.”TheUnion Home Minister said, “Speaking from the Red Fort, Prime Minister called on countrymen to make five pledges during the period of Azadi Ka Amrit Kal - a developed India, freedom from every trace of slavery, pride in our heritage, unity and solidarity and fulfilling duties as citizens. Let us all contribute in making India of freedom fighters’ dreams for the next 25 years.”
As Nitish-led JDU govt deserts NDA, BJP and allies gear up for new Opposition role
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to list next week for hearing a plea of the Unnao rape survivor seeking transfer of a criminal case filed by the father of one of the accused in her sexual assault case from a trial court in Uttar Pradesh to Delhi. A bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices J K Maheshwari and Hima Kohli took note of the submissions of lawyer Vrinda Grover on urgent hearing of the fresh plea of the rape survivor.
10 LAKH JOBS, 20 LAKH EMPLOYMENT: NITISH’S BIG BIHAR ANNOUNCEMENT Patna: Backing his deputy’s promise of providing 10 lakh jobs to the youth of Bihar, CM Nitish Kumar went a step further and indicated that total employment opportunities created could eventually be double the number. Kumar said the RJD and JD (U) alliance government has a “concept” to provide at least 10 lakh jobs in government and additional 10 lakh towilladdingtowesectors.opportunities”“employmentinvarious“...ifwesucceed,wanttotakethefigure20lakhs,”theCMsaid,thegovernmentworkhardeverywhereensurethis.
BJP President JP Nadda and Home Minister Amit Shah at he Bihar BJP core committee meeting, at party headquarters, in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Min’s ‘somehow managing’ remark embarrasses govt Bengaluru (PTI): With a Karnataka Minister’s alleged remarks that the “government is not functioning, we are somehow managing”, causing an embarrassment to his administration, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday tried to do damage control by stating that the comments were made in a “different context”.The CM also said that he will talk to other ministers, who are upset about the remarks made by Law Minister JC Madhuswamy, and have expressed their displeasure against him. Among others, Horticulture Minister Munirathna even advised Madhuswamy to quit the Ministry.
Core Committee Meet: Shah, Nadda discuss Bihar strategy Patna (Agencies): Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national president JP Nadda held a meeting of the party’s core committee in Delhi to Tuesday to discuss the political developments in Bihar and take a call on the party’s next course of action. In a quick turn of events, Nitish Kumar’s JD-U swapped ties with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance and rejoined the Mahagathbandhan.Withthis, the BJP became the main Opposition in the eastern state from being a ruling ally in a span of a few hours. According to reports, discussions were being held on the BJP’s role as the Opposition party in the state and issues to be raised, selection of a new Bihar BJP chief, besides naming the leader of Opposition in the Assembly and Legislative Council.Theparty leadership also deliberated upon the BJP’s future course of action and the strategy for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Among others present were Union Ministers Ashwini Choubey, Giriraj Singh and Nityanand Rai, and senior leaders Ravi Shankar Prasad and Sushil Modi.
New Delhi: Delhi High Court Tuesday reserved its order on a PIL seeking to declare AAP leader Satyendar Jain, arrested in a money laundering case, as a “person with unsound mind” and thus disqualify him from being MLA here and a minister. “We will pass appropriate orders,” said a bench of CJ Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad.
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tion, the high command is considering some other name. Word within the party’s relevant circle is that the name of Mallikarjun Kharge was thought about in the past and according to sources, Kharge is at the forefront of the race and consensus can be formed in the party in the name of Kharge.However, a senior leader close to Rahul Gandhi did not agree on this. It has been contested that if consent is made in the name of Kharge, then there will be another challenge before the party, i.e. Organization General Secretary KC Venugopal and National President will both be from South. Now many big leaders of the party are waiting for Rahul Gandhi’s approval. Meanwhile, Rahul Gandhi is going to start India Jodo Yatra from 7th September.Insucha situation, this big issue is still hanging in the party amid movements.nationwide
Home Minister Amit Shah virtually inaugurating the Cancer and Heart Institute in Surat on Tuesday.
CONG ASKS IF PM MODI BELIEVES IN HIS OWN WORDS WE WERE VICTIMS OF POLITICS, SAYS CONVICT New Delhi: The Congress hit out at PM Modi over the release of 11 people convicted for rape and murder in the Bilkis Bano case of the 2002 Gujarat riots within hours of his praise for “Nari Shakti” in his I-Day speech and alleged the decision reflects BJP’s mindset. Party spokesman Pawan Khera asked if the PM’s statements had any meaning and said Modi should tell the country if he himself believed in his words when he spoke about the safety, respect and empowerment of women.
Agra: Passengers were asked to get off the Delhi-bound Taj Express at Mathura and the train was searched for two hours after a false bomb scare on I-Day, officials said. The train was coming from Jhansi. Rajeev Kumar SI, Agra Cantt GRP Police Station said, a man made a hoax call to a passenger regarding a bomb saying it will explode when the train will reach Delhi.
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DEL HC ASKS WHY CONSUMERS TO PAY SERVICE CHARGE? New Delhi: Delhi HC questioned why restaurants should recover service charges from consumers as an additional and separate levy.” It said a common man perceives service charge as a government levy and restaurants can increase their food prices to absorb this charge instead of recovering it in the form of an additional charge over and above the total bill.
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N. Lakhimpur: A group of miscreants allegedly attacked a Village Defence Party in Assam’s Lakhimpur district injuring six persons in the area bordering Arunachal Pradesh, police said on Tuesday.The incident has sparked tension with local units of the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) staging a blockade on the road leading to Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday morning. “The VDP let the youths go after some questioning. However, they returned with around 40 miscreants, who attacked the VDP personnel,” he added.
New Delhi: BJP national spokesperson SZ Islam suggested on Tuesday that Bollywood stars should reduce their fee to allow producers to focus on good cinema. The film industry should realise that OTT platforms are a better and cost-effective option to people now, he tweeted.
Shahjahanpur: A factory manufacturing fake black pepper was busted and four people were arrested here on Tuesday, police said. SP (City) Sanjay Kumar said eight quintals of fake black pepper and 25 quintals of ingredients were found in the factory. ‘BOLLYWOOD STARS SHOULD REASONABLECHARGEFEE’
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would consider a joint request for mediation of SpiceJet and media baron Kalanithi Maran and his Kal Airways for amicably settling pending disputes between them. Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for SpiceJet said there were 3 pending issues between the low-cost airline and Maran and of these, one has been settled.
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New Delhi: Supreme Court said the practice of divorce in Muslims through ‘Talaq-eHasan’ is not akin to triple talaq and women also have option of ‘khula’. In Islam, a man can take “talaq”, while a woman can part ways with him through “khula”. SC said if husband and wife cannot live together, it can also grant divorce on the ground of 142breakdownirretrievableunderArtofConstitution.
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Prime Minister Modi sets Panch Pran target to make India a developed nation in next 25 years New Delhi (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the time has come to cleanse the country of corruption and nepotism and asked people to have ‘nafrat’ (hatred) for these twin evils that go beyond politics, as he set a ‘Panch Pran’ (five resolves) target to make India a developed nation in 25 years.
CRUCIAL READ ‘BUREAUCRATIC NEGLIGENCE LED TO ROTTING OF 241 TONNES OF PULSES’ Panaji (PTI): Goa minister Govind Gaude has claimed that bureaucratic negligence led to the rotting of 241 tonnes of tur dal, a key kitchen staple, in the state during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Gaude was the state civil supplies minister in the then Pramod Sawant-led cabinet when the tur dal was procured.He is now sports minister in the present Sawant government. Gaude said he had asked bureaucrats to take care of the excess food grains kept in godowns. I will not term it as a scam, but it is certainly negligence on part of the bureaucracy due to which the tur dal was left to rot, he said.
(PTI):Thiruvananthapuram, Emphasising the significance of its forthcoming “Bharat Jodo Yatra’, the Congress on Tuesday said the country “badly needed” such a programme as destructive forces were very active now-a-days and were “patronised” by the BJP-led government. Tariq Anwar, the AICC general secretary said it had been decided during the recent Udaypur ‘Chintan Shivir’ that the party should organise a programme to connect with the people.
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar said” “I convey my heartiest greetings and good wishes to the people of our country on the auspicious occasion of ‘Navroz’. Celebrated with traditional fervour and gaiety, Navroz reflects the spirit of fraternity and compassion.” Wishing people on the occasion Union Minister Smriti Irani tweeted: “Navroz Mubarak. May the Parsi New Year bring hope, happiness and health to all.” The Parsi New Year which is also known as Navroz is celebrated to mark the beginning of the new Persian calendar.
JOE BIDEN WRITES LETTERS TO PM MODI, PRESIDENT MURMU IIT ORDERS PROBE INTO PLAYING OF ‘VULGAR’ SONGS AFTER FLAG HOISTING Washington: US President Joe Biden has written separate letters to PM Modi and President Droupadi Murmu on Independence Day. The letters were hand delivered to India’s Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu by Brian P McKeon, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources. Varanasi: The IIT- BHU has set up a probe team to inquire into the playing of vulgar Bhojpuri songs allegedly after the national flag was hoisted on I-Day.The incident, the video of which went viral, drew criticism, prompting the IIT administration to constitute a committee to inquire into the matter.
UP CABINET OKAYS SETTING UP OF TOURISM BOARD Lucknow(PTI): The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet on Tuesday gave its approval for setting up an eco-tourism development board to fully utilise the tourism potential of the state. The board will be headed by the state chief minister with ministers of 10 departments as its members, Tourism Minister Jaiveer Singh told newspersons here. The need for the board was being felt for long and a decision to set it up was taken at the meeting presided over by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, he said.The minister said the board will help the state attract domestic and international tourists.
4 KILLED AS TRUCK RAMS INTO HOUSE IN UP’S MAINPURI Mainpuri (PTI): Four people died and six others were injured after a truck carrying iron bars rammed into a house here, police said on Tuesday. The accident took place in Khiria Peepar village under the Kuraoli police station area on Monday. The truck was on its way to Dadri from Chhibramau, they said. The truck rammed into the house of retired sub-inspector Vishram Singh (61) around 9.30 pm on Monday when he and his family members were asleep, the police said. “The house owners, truck driver and cleaner died on the spot. Six people travelling in the truck were seriously injured.
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MSP: SKM rejects Aug 22 committee meet, says no hopes from it New Delhi (PTI): Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) leaders on Tuesday opposed the upcoming meeting of the committee on Minimum Support Price (MSP) next week, calling the panel a farce and said nothing conclusive will come out of the talks. The committee on MSP is scheduled to hold its first meeting on August 22 to discuss future strategies, according to official sources. The meeting will be held at 10.30 am at the National Agriculture Science Complex in Delhi. In the first meeting, sources said the committee will introduce members, deliberate on “future strategies” and discuss setting up subpanels to cover the wide issues mentioned in the terms of reference. Meanwhile, the government is persuading SKM to take part in the proceedings of the committee. It needs to be seen if it will change its mind and nominate three representatives, as is required under the deal.
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‘75% work of bridges on rly link over’ India Jodoneeded’‘badlyBharatYatra:Cong Jammu (PTI): More than 75 per cent of the total 37 bridges and 97.6 per cent tunnelling work on the vital Katra-Banihal railway link stands completed, officials of the northern railways said, expressing hope that Kashmir will be connected to rest of the country.Thestretch is part of the prestigious sincehugeeralwhichlapur-Srinagar-Baramul-Udham-RailLinkProjecthasmissedsev-deadlinesamidcostescalations1997.
PM Narendra Modi addressing the nation from Red Fort in New Delhi on Independence Day.
‘NEP CAN SHOW WAY TO GET RID OF SLAVISH MENTALITY’ New Delhi: If we are to free ourselves from a slavish mentality, PM Narendra Modi said in his speech, the new National Education Policy with its focus on regional languages can show the way. The PM asked, “How long will we live on the certificates of the world? Can a country of 130 crore not make an effort to exceed its standards?”
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INDIA JAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 2022 08 www.firstindia.co.in I https://firstindia.co.in/epapers/jaipur I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia New Delhi (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended greetings to the people on the occasion of Parsi New Year-Navroz. He wished for joy, prosperity and good health for all. Taking to Twitter, PM Modi said, “Greetings on Parsi New Year. May the coming year be filled with joy, prosperity, and good health. Navroz Mubarak”Earlier, on the eve of Navroz, President Droupadi Murmu greeted the citizens. In a message, the President said, “On the auspicious occasion of Parsi New Year, I extend my warm greetings and best wishes to all my fellow citizens, especially our Parsi brothers and sisters. The Parsi community has getherallcultureneurship.dedication,throughopmentcontributedsignificantlytothedevel-ofournationtheirhardwork,andentrepre-TheinclusiveofIndiainspiresthecitizenstoliveto-inharmony.”
Washington (PTI): India and the US have done more than any other nation in the fight global against COVID-19, the White House’s top health official has said, as he highlighted the massive efforts by the two countries to vaccinate their people.DrAshish Jha, the White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator, said he had a lot of time in the last two years thinking about and working on the pandemic. “I can’t think of two nations that have done more to vaccinate and protect their own populations, and to donate and support and vaccinate and protect the world,” Jha said.
Edu minister urges people to participate in NCF survey
New Delhi (PTI): Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday appealed the public to participate in a citizen survey being conducted by NCERT for development of a new National Curriculum Framework (NCF) for school education. The NCF serves as a guideline for designing syllabus and textbooks and for teaching practices in the country. There are total 10 questions with each of them having five options. The minister said “development of a vibrant, dynamic, inclusive and futuristic National forFrameworkCurriculumisessentialintegratingculturalrootedness along with global outlook, freeing education from colonial hangover and instilling a deeper sense of pride in our next generations”. “I appeal to all citizens to participate in the Citizen Survey for NCF for Bharat,”themajortheFrameworkNationalCurriculum.#NayeBharatKadevelopingNaya-AdynamicCurriculuminlinewithNEP2020willplayaroleinachievinggoalofViksitPradhansaid.
New Delhi: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya appealed to states and Union territories on Tuesday for timely utilisation of central funds to strengthen the healthcare infrastructure and expedite the implementation of people-centric health services at the grassroots.Healsourged states and Union territories to accelerate the coverage of precaution dose of COVID-19 vaccines by organising camps at public places under the Vaccination Amrit Mahotsav, the Health Ministry said. Mandaviya also advised them to widely publicise the availability of heterologous precaution dose of Corbevax vaccine ‘India, US did more in fight against Covid-19’
Kejriwal promises free education if AAP elected to power in Guj Bhuj (PTI): In another pre-poll guarantee for Gujarat, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday announced free and quality education to the people of the pollbound state and auditing of private schools if the AAP was elected to power in the year-end Assembly elections. He also promised to improve infrastructure of the existing government schools and open new ones in large numbers across the state. “All those born in Gujarat will get free and quality education. We will not force anybody. If parents have money, they can send their kids to private schools. But if they do not have money, we will not let the lack of money come in the way of good education for their kids,” he said at a town hall meeting .
‘PM’S SPEECH LAYS VISION FOR PARAM VAIBHAV BHARAT’ New Delhi: BJP leaders on Monday termed PM Modi’s I-Day speech as “invigorating”. The leaders said that the PM’s speech has set the vision for a “Param Vaibhav Bharat”. Hailing PM’s address, senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah said it inspires every Indian to contribute towards making the country prosperous.
“The nation should now only be setting big goals. That big goal is a developed India and nothing less,” Modi asserted in his ninth consecutive address from the ramparts of Red Fort on the country’s 76th Independence Day. He spelt out the the five pledges as a resolve for a developed India; removing any trace of the colonial mindset; taking pride in our legacy; our strength of unity; and fulfilling the duties of citizens, which include prime minister and chief ministers as well.“We have to move forward with these five resolves in mind and take up the responsibility to fulfil the dreams of our freedom fighters in the next 25 years when we attain 100 years of independence.”Indiahas entered a decisive era in its battle against corruption which is “eating the country like termites”, he said, adding corruption and nepotism are the two main challenges for the nation. Modi said it is a time to move forward with a new resolve and he also spoke strongly for cooperative federalism, celebrating the country’s diversity, unity among citizens, gender equality and research and innovation.
OVER 6 CR SELFIES WITH FLAG UPLOADED ON ‘HAR GHAR TIRANGA’ WEBSITE New Delhi: More than five crore Tiranga selfies have been uploaded on the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign website so far, the Ministry of Culture informed on Monday and termed it a “stupendous achievement”. PM had given a call on July 22, to join the Har Ghar Tiranga’ movement by hoisting or displaying the national flag at homes. “In a stupendous achievement, more than five crore ‘Tiranga’ selfies have been uploaded on ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ website,” the ministry said. As India embarks on its 76th year of MinistryKanodalgovernmentTiranga’15countdownwrappingIndependence,upthe75-weektoAugustwasthe‘HarGharinitiativeofthedrivenbytheministryfor‘AzadiAmritMahotsav‘theofCulture.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya Dharmendra Pradhan EDUCATION FIRST Navroz is celebrated to mark beginning of new Persian calendar. The committee on MSP will hold its first meeting next week.
First India Bureau Jaipur: The matter came up for hearing in Division Bench of Jus tices MM Srivastava & Vinod Kumar Bhar wani. Advocate Pan kaj Gupta who ap peared for AU Bank argued on the im pleadment application for making AU Bank as a necessary party in the PIL. Advocate SK Singh, Petitioner in person, along with Ad vocate Rekha Dixit, Saurabh Chatterjee and Keerti Harsha ap peared for Petitioner. Singh didn’t disposaltionsplication.SKspondents.replyFurther,aaskedtionimpleadmentThetionimpleadmentobjectedapplicafiledbyAUBank.CourtacceptedapplicaofAUBank&petitionertofileamendedcausetitle.timetofilewasgiventoreAdvocateSinghhasfiledapAllapplicawillbelistedforafter2weeks.
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Ramesh Sharma Sikar: One of the seven ITBP jawans who died after a bus in which they were returning from Amarnath Yatra duty fell into a deep gorge in the Pahalgam area of Jammu and Kashmir was from Si karConstabledistrict.
Vikas Sharma Jaipur: A detailed guideline for the posting of CMHOs was issued by the health department under which the tenure of CMHOs has been fixed for a period of 3 years in oneAsdistrict.perthe norms, an officer will be posted as CMHO in a district for only once and the tenure won’t be more than 3 years. If the doc tor is transferred out of the district or retired or resigns, then he will auto matically be consid ered relieved from the post. The guide line was issued on Health Minister Parsadi Lal Mee na’s directions. Re cently, the Minister had caught a seri ous lapse in posting of CMHOs during a review meet as a junior doctor was made CMHO de spite the presence of a senior doctorin a district.After this, CMHOs in more than two dozen dis tricts were changed.
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Subhash Chandra was the resi dent of Shahpur Dhod of Sikar. 29-year-old Subhash joined ITBP in 2012. He was the eldest among three siblings. The martyr was mar ried in 2018 to Sarla, a resident of Fatehpur, who is 8 months preg nant. The jawan had returned to duty on May 25 after leaves. The bus was carry ing 37 Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel and two po licemen and it was on its way to the police control room from Chandanwari.WhiletwoITBP per sonnel died on the spot, five others succumbed to their injuries later.
Ashish Choudhary Rajsamand: Rajsa mand MP Diya Ku mari on Tuesday took part in a public hear ing organized in Zila Parishad Auditorium in Rajsamand and heard the grievances of the public. Local MLA Dipti Mahesh wari, Kumbhalgarh MLA Surendra Singh Rathore, Jila Pra mukh Ratni Devi Jat and other public rep resentatives were also present during the Duringmeeting. the public hearing, Diya Kumari took feedback on is sues like water, elec tricity and roads. The BJP MP also expressed displeasure as a num ber of complaints were not addressed by government officials. She directed officials to resolve public griev ances at the earliest. “Public work is not be ing done on time. We don’t know under what pressure govern ment officials are working. There are funds for the develop ment of the district, but development does not seem to be the pri ority of the state gov ernment,” said MP Diya Kumari. Notably, she was on a three-day visit to her Lok Sabha constituency, which ended on Tuesday. Diya Kumari addresses people’s concern during a public hearing held at Zila Parishad Auditorium in Rajsamand. Diya Kumari holds public hearing in Rajsamand
Sikar Jawan killed in ITBP bus mishap
Stale food: Ruckus at State Sectt Dr Rituraj Sharma Jaipur: Employees at State Secretariat creat ed a ruckus on Tuesday after insects were found in food items of the Sec retariat canteen. The matter came to light when a section officer, assistant section officer and a clerk of Tourism Dept spotted pebbles in Samosas that came from the canteen. The officials then reached the canteen and found other food items con taminated. The employ ees gathered outside the canteen and created a ruckus. They even locked canteen gates. General Secy of Raj Employees’ Union Ka pil Verma accepted that complaints of contami nated food in the can teen are being received in past several days .The contaminated food items found at the canteen of the State Secretariat on Tuesday.
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Curbing spread of Lumpy Skin Disease is govt’s top priority: CM Infection & death rate has reduced due to admn’s prompt action, Gehlot said Taking advice from Ayurveda Dept, CS was directed to issue treatment norms We should work unitedly for the country and take it forward: CM CM Ashok Gehlot chaired a reviwe meeting on curbing the spread of Lumpy Skin Disease via VC at CMR on Monday. Also seen here are Dr CP Joshi and GS Dotasra. Conservation of cow progeny is the priority of the state government. The grant period for Gaushalas has been increased from 6 to 9 months by the government. Continuous work is being done for the conservation of cows by creating a Department of Gopalan. —Ashok Gehlot, CM PILOT SKIPS CM’s VC RELATED TO LSD Jaipur: On Monday, CM Ashok Gehlot held discussions with all the MPs, MLAs, District Heads, Pradhans, Sarpanchs, Ward Panches and public representatives of urban bodies through VC on Lumpy skin disease. Notably, former Deputy CM Sachin Pilot didn’t join the Open VC. CS Usha Sharma called out Pilot’s name during the VC , but got no response. After this, the CS requested the Chief Minister to speak. The Chief Minister also called Pilot’s name and asked if Sachin was connected in the VC, however, there was no response. Jaipur: CM Ashok Gehlot will visit Delhi on August 18. Congress will hold a nationwide protest against inflation on August 28 in New Delhi, CM will attend a meet to prepare for nationwide demonstration. All General Secys, MPs & senior leaders will attend it. First India Bureau Jaipur: After the death of 5 devotees in a road accident in Pali, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has directed officials to run a campaign
Om Birla felicitates meritorious students on the occasion of 7th Convocation ceremony of Central University of Rajasthan in Ajmer.
CULMINATION OF AZADI KI GAURAV YATRA ‘Cong remarkably contributed in freedom struggle’
CM Ashok Gehlot addressed the gathering during the state level programme organised to mark the 75th Independence Day organised by Raj Pradesh Congress Committee at Shaheed Smarak in Jaipur on Monday. Also seen here are GS Dotasra, Dharmendra Rathore, Archana Sharma, Lokesh Sharma & others.
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Govind Singh Dotasara said White & Green revolutions, Right to Vote for youth aged 18 yrs, RTI, schemes like MNREGA are the contribution of Congress.Onthis occasion, Dharmendra Rathore, in-charge of the Independence Day celebrations and RTDC Chairman, congratulated the countrymen and targeted the Modi government fiercely saying that in last 75 years, India has left an indelible mark on international arena based on hard work of talented Indians. “India established a free, fair & transparent poll system under the leadership of visionary leaders, while strengthening democracy & guage-religion-sect.”pluralistichasleadingmadeinstitutions.constitutionalIndiahasitsidentityasanation,whichalwaysliveduptotestoflan-
Youth should become harbingers of change: Birla FOR A BETTER TOMORROW
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From P1… Ask them, you talk about Hindu Rashtra and when Hindu Rashtra will be formed, then there are people from the backward strata also. Why don’t you talk about eradicating untouchability? Your 100 years old RSS is a cultural organisation, which was banned by Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel. They had given in writing that we will not do politics in future, what are those people doing today? What are you doing with BJP today?”Targeting the ruling party, he said, “BJP people, RSS people, eradicate untouchability, end discrimination among OBC-SC-STs, make all HindusGehlotequal.”alsohit back at RSS leader Indresh Kumar’s remark, accusing Gandhi of nation’s partition, saying that if he had elected Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Subhash Chandra Bose as ADC, India wouldn’t have been partitioned. ‘Those who are doing politics in name of Hindutva, talking of making a Hindu Rashtra, I would like to ask that Pakistan was created in the name of religion, it was ruined. Today it doesn’t stand anywhere on parameter-indicators as compared to our country.SoIwant to ask them that you talk of Hindu Rashtra, if you become a Hindu Rashtra, what will happen after that? What will Tamil Nadu do for you? In Tamil Nadu, when the then PM Pandit Nehru passed a law that Hindi-English will remain a local language for 15 years. After that Hindi will become the official language. When 15 years were completed, in 1965, the people of Tamil Nadu self-immolation.committed Gehlot says Ashok @ashokgehlot51Gehlot
A man makes such statements when he gets too distracted, the BJP State President says Jaipur (FIB): CM Gehlot has approved creation of 88 new posts (11 each) for newly created 8 Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) to ensure smooth functioning of the schools, & better opportunities for students. As per the proposal, the newly constructed 8 schools are EMRS Sarada, EMRS Koon & EMRS Jotana in Udaipur district, EMRS swaraEMRSEMRSgarh),Pipalkhunt(Dungarpur),DungarpurEMRS(Pratap-EMRSParkhela,AmbapuraandBanslainBan-district.
Shubham Jain Ajmer: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, during the seventh convocation of Rajasthan Central University Ajmer, said that the youths are the biggest heroes of country’s economic & social change. He congratulated the students for their gold medals and degrees. Birla said that it is very important for the society and the country to get the benefit of the character building by acquiring education. He said that the youth is working towards making India self-reliant. “Besides studying the challenges and problems of the country, efforts should also be made to solve them. Today, the youth is thinking differently and education is not limited to getting a job,” he said. Birla also asked the youth not to run away from politics. “India is the largest democratic country in the world and for an roopRawatBhadel,udevChaudhary,cludingofbychange.tosaid.Heyouthitparentgovernanceaccountableandtrans-administration,isnecessarythattheparticipate,”healsourgedthembetheharbingersofBirlawaswelcomedtheVice-ChancellortheUniversity,in-MPBhagirathMLAsVas-Devnani,AnitaSureshSinghandRamswa-Lamba.
New Delhi: With LS Speaker Om Birla’s efforts, a twoday Start-up Summit will soon be organised in Kota for the youth wherein, the country’s leading entrepreneurs, start-up and IT experts will interact with the youth. Discussions regarding this took place between Birla and Industries and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal at Parliament House on Tuesday. In the start-up summit, the country’s leading experts will interact directly with youth & give them detailed info related to start-ups. They will also give them knowledge of how to find new ideas under “Learn to Earn”, how to create startups & effective ways of taking the product or service to the masses.
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Jaipur: After CM Ashok Gehlot’s remark accusing the opposition party of misusing paramilitary and police forces, BJP launched an all-out attack on the matter. BJP State President Dr Satish Poonia said,“It is beyond my comprehension how a leader can comment in such irresponsible, absurd and baseless manner. He has insulted the paramilitary force in this manner and should apologize. The force whose people carry out the internal and external security of this country, and comments are being made on them. Will the people of Para Military Force be transporting the cars of notes in this manner to the office? This comment denotes their menial mentality. Man makes such statements when he gets too distracted. It is also understandable why he is distracted. Congress is slowly disappearing from the map of the country. It is feared that the same situation will occur in Rajasthan also, and he will not be able to stop it. It is rightly said that from such statements, it is estimated as to how tense the man is, how disturbed he is. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot should apologise.”Moreover, Dy LoP Rajendra Rathore also attacked Congress and said that the allegations of paramilitary forces escorting truck loads of money to BJP offices are baseless and without takepatrioticmoraliseForces.trustcreated“CMshyamwithdrawAshokhasdentmentmediatelyshouldtimes.surgicaltionquestionswhosamevosRathoreRajyavardhanproof.Singhalsofiredsal-andsaid,“ItistheCongressmankeepsraisingontheac-ofthearmyfromstrikesmanyCMGehlotapologizeim-forhisstate-onthearmy.”Formerstatepresi-ArunChaturvedisaidthatCMGehlotshouldhisremark.BJPRSMPGhan-Tiwarisaid,Gehlot’sremarkasenseofdis-inParaMilitaryInaway,tode-Armyisnotaact.CMmustbackhisremark.”
First India Bureau Jaipur: CM Ashok Gehlot, while addressing the review meeting of Lumpy Skin Disease at CMR on Monday, said that Lumpy virus disease causing skin infection in animals, has spread in about 15 Raj districts and curbing its spread is govt’s top priority. Orders have been issued to all District Collectors to buy medicines without tender, if needed, the CM said. “State Government is working with utmost seriousness and sensitivity to control the spread of lumpy disease in animals,” he said. The Chief Minister said that all of us together will have to face this disease spread in animals. He also directed officials to run a public awareness drive to remove the misconceptions spreading among masses about theGehlotdisease.called upon the people to suggest preventive measures in writing or on 181 helplineAssemblynumber.Speaker Dr CP Joshi said that infection can be stopped by disposal of sick dead animals & people’s representatives have an important role in it.
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Make safe corridors for pedestrians visiting Ramdevra fair: Gehlot
For all the participatingpremiseseducationalundertakingsoffices,andinstitutionsofthestategovern-mentlocatedinJaipur,onthenextdayofJanmashtami(August20),Saturday,halfdayafternoon,hasbeendeclaredaholiday.Itisworthmentioningthatlikeeveryyear,thistimealsotheproces-sionofShriKrishnaJanmashtamifestivalwillstartfromShriGovindDevJiTempleat4.30pmonAugust20(Saturday)andwillreachShriGopinathJiTemple,passingthroughthemajormarketsofthecity.StateGovernmentofficialsandemployeeswillbeabletogetthebenefitofdarshanbyinthisholyprocession.MyhumbletributestoformerPrimeMin-isterShriAtalBihariVajpayeejionhisdeathanniversary.
WITH BIRLA’S EFFORTS, A TWO-DAY START-UP SUMMIT TO BE HELD IN KOTA Aishwary Pradhan Jaipur: CM Ashok Gehlot said that the Congress has made a remarkable contribution in the freedom struggle of the country and the country has acquired freedom due to the sacrifices of the freedom fighters.TheCM was formally interacting with Congress workers at the ShaheedSmarakon the concluding ceremony of the ‘Azadi Ki Gaurav Yatra’ taken out by the Raj PCC on the occasion of 75th anniversary of independence. He said that the purpose of this visit is to remember the countrymen and leaders who laid down their lives for nation’s freedom. We should work unitedly for the country and take it forward, he said.CM Ashok Gehlot, Congress State President GS Dotasra and other party leaders paid tributes to the martyrs by at Shaheed Smarak on Independence Day.
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JAHAN TAK BHARAT WAHAN TAK BHARAT24 e bring you some dinationallaunchtheglimpsesmoreofmegaoftheHin-newschannel Bharat24- Vision of New India, on Sunday by Anurag Thakur, Union Minister Information & Broadcasting and Sports & Youth Affairs. Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor-in-Chief thanked the Union Minister and also welcomed all the guests who had come to join in the occasion.The launch with traditional music, festivity, joyous togetherness and a feeling of hopeful achievement at the fulfilment of a dream made the evening beautiful and magical! A bevy of dignitaries reached to congratulate Jagdeesh Chandra on the occasion, Amit Malviya (Incharge BJP’s National Information & Technology Dept.), First India News Director Virendra Choudhary, Naveen Kapoor (National Bureau Chief, ANI), Sant Prasad Rai (Sr. Vice President, News & Production, ABP News), Amit Mishra (Consulting Editor, ANI), Tridip Raman (Editor, Parliamentarian magazine) and many others.
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Jagdeesh Chandra seats Ajay Kumar on the chair of the Managing Editor. Also seen are Syed Umar, Manoj Jagyasi, Shashikant Sharma and Sachin Arora Jagdeesh Chandra and Amit Malviya cut the inaugural ribbon also seen are Ajay Kumar, Virendra Chaudhary and Sant Prasad Rai
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BHARAT24- VISION OF NEW INDIA, IS AVAILABLE ON ALL MAJOR DTH & CABLE PLATFORMS, MARKING A PAN-INDIA PRESENCE WITH THE BEST POSSIBLE REACH. THE CHANNEL MAY BE THE LATEST ENTRANT IN THE NATIONAL NEWS ENVIRONMENT, BUT POLITICAL AND MEDIA PUNDITS PREDICT THAT IT SHALL SOON BE AMONG THE MOST WATCHED HINDI NEWS CHANNELS. THE CHANNEL OFFICE AT DISCOVERY TOWER, SECTOR 62 NOIDA IS STATE-OF-ART AND WITH ITS BEST AND LATEST EQUIPMENT, AESTHETIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND HEARTWARMING ETHOS, IT DREW APPRECIATION FROM ONE AND ALL WHO VISITEDALL Ajay Kumar explains about the state of art systems in the newsroom to Jagdeesh Chandra, seen here with the team Perfect hospitality: Anurag Thakur personally offers sweets as a congratulatory gesture to Jagdeesh Chandra and Bharat24 team
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Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani celebrated Independence Day with their grandson Prithvi Akash Ambani on Monday.
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A program titled Swaraj was organised at Albert Hall in Jaipur on Monday. Governor Kalraj Mishra and CM Ashok Gehlot felicitated Paramveers with the Bharat Amrit Alankaran award and presented them with Rs 5 lakh each. Krutika Rawat, daughter of Late CDS General Bipin Rawat, received the honour. Dr Satish Poonia, State President, MP Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Dr Somya and other dignitaries were present. Singer Kailash Kher performed at the event.
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ties that got approval from the Indian Coun cil of Agricultural Re search in the Jaipur district.During the occasion, JNU Chancellor, Dr Sandeep Bakshi said that there is a large scope for em ployment and busi ness in agriculture. Keeping in mind the possibilities of future development in farm ing and harvesting, we need to concentrate on research-based educa tion and training. He further said, “we have very good infrastruc ture, we have sufficient farming fields for crop production and trained faculty members who will be able to devel op more tingnewvancedparedshouldemployment.bethatofskillsexperimentaltechnicalinthefieldagriculturesostudentscanalsopreparedforself-Studentsalsobeprefordoingadfarmingwithtechnologies.Gettheaccreditation from ICAR is a big achievement for us.” The Indian Council of Agricultural Re search (ICAR) is an au tonomous body respon sible for liedhomehusbandry,agro-forestry,cationresearchcoordinateate,ICARTheandagriculturalcoordinatingeducationresearchinIndia.mainobjectiveofistoplan,initiassist,promoteandeducation,anditsappliinagriculture,animalfisheries,scienceandalsciences.
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Governor Kalraj Mishra and CM Ashok Gehlot felicitate the Paramveer Anuj Thapar with the Bharat Amrit Alankaran Award. Also seen are Satish Poonia, Devendra Jhajharia, Gopal Sharma and Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Kailash Kher during the performance During the occasion Vishaal Mathur Rituraj HighPresident,Sharma,RajasthanCourtStaffAssociation
Jagdeesh Chandra greeted Kishan Singh Walia, State Coordinator of India News Rajasthan, as he reached the former’s residence to seek blessings on the occasion of his birthday on Monday, August 15.
In the ongoing celebrations of the 75 Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, Tiranga Yatra by the Rajasthan Patrika group, Rajasthan Road Riders a cycling group from Jaipur extended their support to World Animal Protection to spread awareness of the plight of elephants used as attractions for tourism in Jaipur on the occasion of World Elephant Day. The Yatra was flagged off from Patrika Gate on Saturday rallying through to JLN Marg to Albert Hall culminating at Patrika Gate. The elephants in Amer Fort are part of the tourism attraction package that subjects these wild animals to live in unnatural conditions and bear a life of suffering.
NSPs, Government agencies, Disaster recovery, educational institutions, banks, defence, and Maritime Services. Rajesh Kumar Mishra, chief general manager of Jaipur Circle, hoisted the Indian National Flag on the occasion of 76th Independence Day at the Local Head office in the city. Seema Mishra, President, SBI Ladies Club, Jaipur, Prabhat Kumar Mishra, Hemant Karaulia and Chandra Bhushan Kumar Singh and senior officials of the bank were present at the function. Under the social welfare activity program cheques were handed over to Rajasthan Mahila Kalyan Mandal, Chachiawas (Ajmer) for financial assistance for the conveyance of specially-abled children studying in Meenu Manovikas Mandir Inclusive School. On behalf of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) Rajasthan, flag hoisting was done at Hotel Mandawa Haveli on Monday. The chief guest on the theSinghSinghviNChandela,Singh,Sharma,hoistedRandhirMandawaCouncilRajasthanCo-Chairman,occasion,FICCIStateandCMD,Hotels,VikramSinghtheflag.AtulSurendraKuldeepSinghKBGoyal,KJain,RajneeshandRanvijaywerepresentonoccasion.
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City First brings to you glimpses shared by our dear readers of their I-Day celebrations on Monday.
Members of Alien Cafe during the Independence Day celebrations
The swearing-in ceremony of the 14th Vice President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar took place on Thursday at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The Vice President was greeted by many dignitaries on Friday. His family members Sudesh Dhankhar, Sheetal Dhankhar and Sanora Dhankhar were also present on the occasion.
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