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NEHRU BUILT TEMPLATE. RAJIV GAVE IT

PUSH. BOLSTERED PANCHAYATI RAJ: GEHLOT ‘Our democracy is strong because we have kept it like this over the years. Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister because of it’ Aditi Nagar

(From Left) Chief Secretary DB Gupta along with ministers Saleh Mohammad, Uday Lal Anjana, BD Kalla, Raghu Sharma, Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, Harish Chaudhary and Chief Whip Mahesh Joshi as Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot speaks during a two-day innovation vision programme to mark the birth anniversary of former PM Rajiv Gandhi, at Birla Auditorium on Monday.

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Back from Kashmir, Doval briefs Shah on Ground Zero New Delhi: Home minister Amit Shah met National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba on Monday to review the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, news agency PTI reported.

Doval had recently returned from J&K after the government decided to scrap Article 370 that gave special status to the state.

During his 10-day stay, he travelled across the valley to reach out to people and get a sense of the pain points that can be addressed. The intelligence boss also held coordination meetings with top army and paramilitary commanders.

Restrictions were eased in Kashmir on Monday and schools were opened.

PTI reported that teachers made it to the schools but not many students turned up. Private schools though remained shut for the 15th consecutive day.

J&K chief secretary BVR Subrahmanyam

Home Minister Amit Shah being felicitated during the foundation stone laying ceremony of Karbi & Dimasa Bhawan, at Dwarka in New Delhi on Monday. (Right) NSA Ajit Doval. —PHOTO BY PTI

had said on Friday that schools will be opened after weekend as the government did not want the study of children to suffer. The government has asked its employees to report to duty and arranged for transport.

Top officials said that if the opening of primary schools was successful, it will be followed by middle and higher secondary

schools. They have already made a list of schools to be opened.

Government spokesman and principal secretary (planning) Rohit Kansal said the government was planning to reopen over 190 primary schools in Srinagar.

“We hope to restore full functionality to government offices…You have to give us an opportunity to start the schools.

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Delhi-Jaipur flight forced to land after fire incident New Delhi: A Jaipurbound Alliance airplane with 59 people on board made an emergency landing at the Delhi airport on Monday after it was forced to turn back due to nose landing gear problem and caught fire.

The aircraft took off and landed back at the Delhi airport just a few minutes later. The aircraft caught fire at the time of emergency landing. The Alliance Air flight -9X 643 - made an emergency landing at the Delhi airport due to a problem in the nose landing gear and some material failure, a spokesman said.

All the 59 passengers are safe and have been evacuated. According to the reports, the aircraft had issues in its landing gear.

Air India, in a statement, said, “Due to the problem in nose landing gear Delhi-Jaipur alliance air flight (9X 643) has been declared emergency landing at Delhi airport.

Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday said it was wrong to say that development in the country took place only after Narendra Modi became prime minister in 2014. Saying that it did not take place in a day, the CM lauded the role of previous Congress governments in the development of the country and credited former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru with laying the foundation for the modern India.

Interestingly, Deputy CM and PCC chief Sachin Pilot was ambiguously absent in all the three key functions ie August 15 flag hoisting ceremony by the CM at SMS stadium, a Raj Bhawan “At Home” by Governor

and a massive Rajiv Gandhi’s 75th birth celebrations at Birla Auditorium where CM and almost his entire cabinet was present including top bureaucrats.

This time the bureaucracy led by CS DB Gupta also had a key role to play, specially Gehlot’s ‘new discovery’ Amit Dhaka, who is being seen as a ‘man to watch’ in CMR in the coming days.

The CM also praised the Congress for keeping the democracy strong and said it was only due to it that Narendra Modi could become the prime minister of the country.

“Jawaharlal Nehru laid the foundation for the country’s development. The Congress governments contributed a lot towards it.

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Manmohan elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha

SINGH IS KING IN RAJ

Returning Officer and Assembly Secretary Pramil Kumar Mathur made the announcement. Chief whip Mahesh Joshi received the election certificate on behalf of Manmohan Singh.

Jaipur: Former prime minister Manmohan Singh was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan on Monday.

He was declared elected unopposed as the deadline for the withdrawal of nominations for the bypoll ended at 3 pm.

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot congratulated Singh on his election to the Upper House of Parliament.

“Congratulate former PM Dr #ManmohanSingh ji on being elected unopposed as

a member of #RajyaSabha from #Rajasthan. Dr Singh’s election is a matter of pride for the entire state. His vast knowledge and rich experience would benefit the people of Rajasthan a lot,” he tweeted.

Returning Officer and Assembly Secretary Pramil Kumar Mathur made the announcement.

The government’s chief whip, Mahesh Joshi, received the election certificate on behalf of Singh.

The former PM was

nominated by the Congress while the BJP did not field any candidate for the bypoll, necessitated due to the death of Rajya Sabha MP Madan Lal Saini.

The former PM had filed the nomination papers on August 13.

Singh was a member of the Upper House of Parliament from Assam for almost three decades.

He was a Rajya Sabha member for five consecutive terms from 1991 to 2019 and the country’s prime minister for two consecutive terms between 2004 and 2014.

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BIG PICTURE SUMAN SARKAR Photo Editor

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started photography back in 1988 and today, it has been 27 years (took a break for 4 years) and till today, every day teaches me something new. I studied and started with a film camera and today I am working with a digital camera. The whole world is going digital and shifting from film to digital was a challenge in itself but I adapted with the pace of technology. Since I am a photojournalist, my job includes going to work even at the weirdest hours of the day. But its all a part of my job. I would describe my job as risky as even the most violent situations, my job demands me to be there covering the whole incident through my lens. Covering riots includes physical risks as the mob have always been so violent and they would not see who you are and why you are there they will just through whatever they have got at you and sometimes you end up getting injured yourself and even break your camera.

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f we talk about the photojournalism, in particular, I started in the year 2000, but before that, I worked almost 10 years with the camera. I started learning photography when I was in school. Unlike many photographers, I did not start with a camera. Initially, I used to work in the Dark Room developing negatives and making prints. First I learned the process to develop photos and later started capturing them. I worked as a freelance studio and wedding photographer for 10 years and am walking the path of a photojournalist from the past 19 years. I stared with a Hindi daily where the pay was so less and I used to spend all my salary on buying negatives and developing them. Later, I got associated with an English daily where I shot with film for almost 6 years and later shifted to digital. Digital has made this job easy. In film camera, one had to learn every aspect of it but with digital camera, everyone has become a photographer.

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am a page 3 photographer currently, but when I started in 1998, I used to cover several beats. I have worked with some big daily for more than 20 years.

I covered Jaipur Bomb Blasts in 2008. when everyone was running away from the area, I was moving towards it because ‘its a part of the job’. I stayed at the IOC blaze for the whole night to cover the major fire at the unit. I went to the Indo-Pak border to cover the opening of the train between India and Pakistan.

These are some of the highlights that I remember before I became a full-time page 3 photographer.

The challenge we face the most is that you can never know when a crowd can turn violent. In such a situation, you don’t know whom to save, yourself, your camera or your photograph. The biggest task is to keep your camera safe and secure even in the most adverse weather conditions. This job no less than an adventure. You get to see and witness something new and exciting every day.

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n the occasion like clicking photos, when I was young O of World PhotogI our parents used to do that with point and raphy shoot cameras, and for a long while we did it Day 2019, I would like to say that as humans, we are privileged to be able to capture the most important and beautiful memories of our lives in the form of pictures.

After coming up of smart phones, mobile photography witnessed a boom but there are both aspects for the same. No doubt, it has provided a platform to the amateur photographer but it lowered the quality of photos. People don’t know much about the technicality of clicking photos.

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too. When I got my phone the first thing I did was check the number pixels of my phone camera. It does not offer the wide range of settings as a DSLR but it is a good practice, I have to wait for certain natural conditions, which would have been easier with a professional camera. But this is more cost efficient more like non-existant.

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feel it it to be very unnecessary to buy a Iinterested professional camera, if one is not even in a career in photography. I like

taking photos and not just selfies but of anything I like, and the phone camera is perfect for that, it doesn’t a special bag or any need to know settings. It is always in your bag, you just have to click without shaking.

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obile camera is the best way to start if M you ever want to reach professional level of photography, it is cost efficient, helps you

learn the trade. Also if you venture into the settings that are feeded into the software of your phone camera, you can actually learn a lot. But even if you don’t you get amazing quality pictures without much fuss.

—Laveena Thakwani

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CM’S DAY OUT

Clockwise from left: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot walks on a platform made in shape of a musical instrument at Birla Auditorium; CM Gehlot puts on 7-D lenses to watch virtual reality show; CM Gehlot, checks out artificial hands while Chief Secretary DB Gupta, AICC secretary Vivek Bansal, PCC Vice-President Rajiv Arora and Transport Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas look on; CM Gehlot, Energy Minister BD Kalla, Health Minister Raghu Sharma, Transport Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas and AICC secretary Vivek Bansal during the event at Birla Auditorium where the CM inaugurated and viewed a special exhibition on the occasion of 75th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi.

—PHOTOS BY SUMAN SARKAR

CS DB Gupta addressing the crowd during Rajiv Gandhi’s 75th birth anniversary. Meanwhile, the top bureaucrat also held a high profile meeting with delegation of World Bank officials wherein secretary Naveen Mahajan and other senior officials from state bureaucracy were present. It was held to establish points ahead of complete delegation review of projects related to water conservation financed by the World Bank.

Application challenging DGP’s appointement rejected in HC First India News Jaipur: An application challenging the appointment of IPS Bhupendra Singh Yadav to the post of DGP of Rajasthan police was rejected, once again on Monday. The division bench headed

by Chief Justice S Ravindra Bhat rejected the application. The appointment had been challenged claiming that panel of probable has to be sent three months prior to appointment while a term of two years is mandatory according to Supreme Court guidelines. However, no such guideline was followed. Earlier a single bench of the High Court had rejected the application after which the matter was heard in division bench, which on Monday rejected the application.

HC stays Bar Association elections: Rajasthan High Court has ordered a stay on elec-

tions of the HC Bar Association. The stay has been ordered after an application was filed by advocate Sumer Singh Ola challenging the Bar Association election.

The applicant has sought through the application that the election be conducted under “One Bar, One Vote”. In this matter, notices have been issued to Bar Association, BCR and BCI. HC holds hearing on NEET Counselling: The Rajasthan High Court held a hearing on NEET Counselling which was held for two and a half hours. The HC has kept its stay on fresh mop up and given a date of August 22 for next hearing. The order was given by Justice Alok Sharma on an application filed by Pradyuman and others. Notably the court had, in its order of August 16, put a stay on the mop up. State government has written a letter to the MCI and

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sought an extention of the second round. MCI might hold a meeting on the matter on August 21.

Party withradws name in Gurjar quota issue: In a major development related to Gurjar Reservation issue, even before the hearing in the matter could commence, one party to the issue has withdrawn their name from the case. Advocate Rajnish Gurjar withdrew his application before the hearing. Notably, Rajnish Gurjar had become a party in the case after special permission in the High Court nearly three months back, while claiming to be a representative of the Gurjar community. The applicant had also given his nod to make Rajnish Gurjar a party to the case and now he has withdrawn his name citing personal reasons.

Notably, the hearing in the matter will be held through video confer-

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ith the coming of Dheeraj Srivastav on the post of Chairman of the Rajasthan Foundation, Gehlot camp has received a shot in the arm. On Monday, Srivastav’s formal “re-entry” in Gehlot camp happened when he reached Birla Auditorium before CM Gehlot and held a long talk with senior congress leader and minister BD Kalla. Several ministers and officers also walked up to Srivastav and held talks with him.

encing in the High Court on Tuesday.

PIL on air connectivity to Jodhpur heard: A hearing on a PIL filed by Libra India in relation to increasing the air connectivity of Jodhpur city was heard in the division bench of Justice Sangeet Kumar Lodha and Justice Vinit Kumar Mathur. During the hearing two companies—Spice Jet and Indigo—expressed their desire to operate in Jodhpur whereas Air India proposed to increase the flights to Jodhpur city. Upon this the court ordered to present a detailed proposal before the court. Meanwhile, the state government has also proposed a project before the division bench of the High Court to increase the air connectivity wherein it is said that if any company parks its three aircraft, then the company will be provided fuel at a reduced VAT rate.

Irregularities reported in journalist quota of Teerth Yatra Yojana in state First India News Jaipur: Irregularities are being noticed in the lottery process of the Teerth Yatra Yojana which is the scheme of the Devsthan department for the senior citizens of the state.

The irregularities have been seen in reference to the journalist quota. People selected under this quota are not even remotely re-

HOME MAKERS IN WRONG QUOTA

lated to journalism. In Udaipur, out of selected 191 senior citizens for air travel category, 9 are from journalist quota.

But out of them none is

related to the field rather are common housewives and pensioners.

The same is the case with 8 people who were selected in 173 people

for railway travel.

The whole irregularity is the result of non enthusiastic and negligent attitude of the responsible officials.

In Directorate of Devsthan dept,the officials responsible were not present to give tan explanation, but according to sources, they will seek documents from the selected applicants and will make final selection.

Dhariwal inaugurates Kin blame senior Rajasthan Law Portal official for death of education dept staff Law Minister Shanti Dhariwal inaugurated Rajasthan Laws Portal on Monday which has been made by Law and Legal Services Department. Portal would provide information about government departments, rules and sub-

MP’S ‘TALK’ ON I-DAY PUZZLES BABUS

hy did MP Sumedhanand W Saraswati get annoyed? Why did he get serious on Independence

Day’s function at district stadium?

The political and bureaucratic circles are abuzz with speculations over the MP’s comments. The MP, while addressing the gathering on 15th August, had “cautioned” the Collector and said, why is the bureaucracy trying to swallow a live fly. The MP further asked the Collector to handle the bureaucrats or else the “situation” can go “south”. When the MP could have called the officer in his chambers and give his piece of mind, why did he chose such a time and place, is what is keeping the district bureaucracy guessing.

rules. With the launch of one of its kind portal, people will not have to go through various websites of different departments to apprise them of the laws of the state.

On the occasion, Dhariwal said portal will be updated regularly.

SHARMA LOOKING FOR NEW PCC HQ

n initiative taken by former A PCC Chief Dr. Chandrabhan has received yet another push. The PCC Head quarters is located near the walled city area where traffic congestion and lack pf parking has always been an issue. Now, minister Dr. Raghu Sharma has started being on the lookout for a new PCC Headquarters in the state capital for which he has spoken with current PCC Chief Sachin Pilot. Sources reveal that 2-3 bungalows at hospital road are being looked into as options so that a bigger office with ample parking space is available. A few bungalows in Gandhi Nagar area are also being looked into.

First India News Sriganganagar: The matter of the death of an assistant administrative officer Jagadish Dewarth, who came under investigation in the state’s biggest scam in the education department, due to a heart attack has taken a new turn. The relatives of the deceased have put serious blame of Dewarth’s death on the Joint Director of Education Department Devalata. Actually, PTI Omprakash was under investigation for a Rs. 38 crore scam in the CBEO office. Dewarth was also brought under the scanner and was being interrogated.

The son of the deceased said that his father had no charge of the accounts branch but still his father was repeatedly harassed by

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the Devalata in the name of investigation.

Dewarth was under severe mental stress which caused the heart attack. The family of the deceased also alleged that the names of the officials involved in the scam are not coming anywhere. Not only this, but Dewarth was also transferred and the orders were made viral on social media.

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RU tightens COC amid RUSU election

The ABVP will announce its panel on Tuesday and the NSUI on Wednesday for the RUSU elections

DGP Bhupendra Singh Yadav inspecting Guard of Honour on his arrival at Jodhpur on Monday.

Raj police focuses to curb cyber crime

Guards check the identity cards of students at the main gate of Rajasthan University on Monday. Under Election COC, election rally will not be allowed in the campus.

Mukesh Sharma Jaipur: With the release of the notification of Rajasthan University Students’ Union (RUSU) election, the university administration has started to tighten the implication of the election code of conduct. The university administration on Monday banned the entry of outside stu-

dents into university campus and its four constituent colleges. Entry was also granted after checking the ID card or admission receipt of university students. For the RUSU elections, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad(ABVP) will announce its panel on Tuesday and the National Students Organization of India(NSUI)

GEARING UP

on Wednesday.

Rajasthan University had issued notification for the students’ union election on Sunday. The

Model Code of Conduct came into force with the release of the notification. Under the Election Code of Conduct, elec-

Cops arrest six for kidnapping & murdering a youth in Chomu

Raj govt suspends SDM Rajesh Nayak

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Jaipur: A day after a youth was found near Barala hospital, in Chomu town, with severe injuries resulting in his death, Jaipur Police Commissionerate successfully cracked the case and arrested six men for murder of youth.

Deceased Ramdhan Yadav had registered a case against the accused a few days back, after they harassed Yadav’s live-in girlfriend. The two parties even met to resolve the issue and Yadav demanded Rs25 lakh to take the case back, however, when an amicable understanding

could not be reached, the other group kidnapped Yadav and beat him severely resulting in his death.

After a murder case was registered, the cops initiated a search for the accused whom Yadav named in his statement to cops prior to his death.

Jaipur: State government suspended Kolayat SDM Rajesh Nayak after a complaint related to irregularities related to land allotment. Investigation is being conducted against the RAS officer and thus government decided on suspending the man. Nayak will give his attendance in personnel department for the time period of his suspension.

RANGEELO RAJASTHAN

Tourists dressed in traditional Rajasthani attire posing opposite Jal Mahal.

—PHOTO BY NAIM KHAN

—PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA

tion rally and electoral assembly will not be allowed in university campus and college campus.

Also, only one vehicle of student leaders will be given entry into campus.

The university administration has completed all its preparations for the student union elections to be held on August 27. RU published voter lists on Monday.

Chief Procter HS Palsania said that with implementation of code of conduct, now election committees have been fully activated. The entry of outside students into campus has been banned. The student leaders will not be able to roam in the campus by forming factions and can campaign their election personally.

Jodhpur: Rajasthan DGP Bhupendra Singh Yadav on Monday said CCTV cameras will be installed in every police station in the state before the next budget and a restructured and strengthened state-level unit to control cyber crime will come up in Jaipur.

Interacting with journalists here, a day after he presided as the chief guest at the joint police passing out parade of the Rajasthan Police Training Centre and Police Training School, Yadav said, “the crime gets automatically controlled if the police works impartially.”

Despite best efforts,

Yadav said, “the crime gets automatically controlled if the police works impartially.” some times there are shortcomings in police’s work. On Sunday, while addressing the passing out parade, the DGP said a quality training plays a vital role in strengthening the police force and asked the recruits to discharge their duty with dedication.

Yadav underscored the police force was always short of woman folks and appealed to them to don the uniform.

—PTI

‘RaGa deserted sinking ship’ Chauhan came to Jaipur to review BJP membership drive Mukesh Sharma Jaipur: Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and national convenor of membership campaign of the BJP Shivraj Singh Chauhan said in Jaipur on Monday that by imposing Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, former Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru committed not only a historical mistake but a crime against the country. Our government rectified this historic mistake of 70 years in 48 hours.

Chauhan, who came to Jaipur on Monday to review the membership campaign of the party, also accused the Congress at a press conference and dubbed Rahul Gandhi “Ranchor Gandhi.”

“We have heard that if any ship sinks, the captain makes efforts to save it till the last breath. But the Congress captain took the first plunge,” Chouhan said, adding that there

Senior BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chauhan, former MLA Arun Chaturvedi and MLA Satish Poonia during BJP membership campaign organised at Totuka Bhavan.

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was no Congress president for several days.

“And the interim president is again Madam (Sonia Gandhi). It is like Ahmed’s cap on Mohammad’s head and Mohammad’s cap on Ahmed’s head. ‘Kabhi mai, kabhi

tum’,” he added. Chouhan also sought an apology from Rahul Gandhi for not replacing the chief ministers after they “failed” to waive crop loans within 10 days of coming to power.

“Now, eight months

After a thorough analysis and investigation, the police arrested Singh, a resident of Khour village, who is a history-sheeter and drug addict. The officer said the investigation in the case is going on and action will be taken against all those who actively participated in spreading the rumour.

“The arrested person is being questioned about his motive behind spreading the rumour,” he said, requesting people not to pay heed to any rumour and confirm the same with the police station or police post concerned before

passing the information to someone else.

He asked the people to behave responsibly and avoid spreading any information or news which is likely to crate panic in the society or disturb public order.

The SSP said the situation in the district remained peaceful with no untoward incident reported from anywhere during the day.

Low-speed Internet services in Jammu region, which were made operational on Saturday, were snapped again on Sunday after it was found that rumours were being circulated.

have passed. Crop loans of farmers have not been waived. The chief ministers were not removed but the Congress president himself resigned,” he said, calling the former Congress chief “Ranchhod Gandhi”.

“Till the Congress party remains slave to a family, it cannot blossom,” he said. Chouhan sought to know the Congress stand on the recent scrapping on the special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution.

FROM PG 1 Back from...

We promise we will do step by step and slowly but surely,” he had said.

PTI reported that markets in the Valley though remained shut on Monday while public transport remained off roads. The movement of private vehicles in the city increased after restrictions were eased.

On Saturday, the government restored services in 17 telephone exchanges in Kashmir and mobile internet in five districts on Jammu region.

There have no incidents of large-scale vio-

lence in the Valley but a number protests have rocked Srinagar, leaving at least seven people injured. The government had imposed many restrictions and enforced a communication blackout by suspending mobile internet services hours before revoking Jammu and Kashmir’s special status and splitting it into two union territories — J&K and Ladakh.

The matter had reached the Supreme Court with Congress activist Tehseen Poonawala’s challenging the Centre’s decision to impose restrictions. The top

court refused to interfere and said it was too early for it to intervene and said it was against playing the role of a dayto-day administrator.

Man arrested for spreading rumours in Jammu: A 40-year-old man was arrested on Monday for allegedly spreading rumours that created panic among people here, a senior police officer said.

Yashbir Singh alias “Badshah” alias “Don”, a resident of Khour, was arrested on the basis of investigation into the widespread rumours in the city on Sunday which led to “panic buy-

File photo of Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik with NSA Ajit Doval during a function on the occasion of 73rd Independence Day, in Srinagar.

ing and heavy rush outside fuel stations”, Senior Superintendent of Police of Jammu Tejinder Singh told reporters here.

He said the investigation into the rumours

revealed that it had started from the rural area of Jammu and accordingly, an FIR was registered at Akhnoor police station on the outskirts of the city on the basis of investigation.

Landline and mobile phone services and Internet were suspended in the early hours of August 5 before the Centre announced its move to abrogate provisions of Article 370.

SINGH IS...

His tenure in the Rajya Sabha ended on June 14 this year and he could not be renominated as the Congress party did not have the strength to send him to the Upper House from Assam again and there was no other vacancy left.

Rajasthan has 10 Rajya Sabha seats, nine seats are with the BJP.

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‘Nat’l prez of BJP to be elected by Dec 31’

Around 60 prominent leaders of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) along with thousands of party workers joined the Bharatiya Janata Party Hyderabad: BJP will elect its national president before December 31, said the party's Working President JP Nadda while addressing a public meeting.

"In September, elections will be held on 8 lakh booths. In October, Mandal elections will be held, and in November Zila elections will be held. By December 15 elections in all states will be over. Before December 31, the elections for national president of BJP will be completed," said Nadda. He said the BJP is the only party that conducts internal elections in a democratic way. Remembering India's first Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on this occasion, he said, "Sardar Patel shattered the nefarious intentions of Nizam. Today, when we

JP Nadda hits out at Cong for not supporting scrapping of Art 370

The nation will progress under the leadership of PM Modi while BJP as party will grow under the leadership of Amit Shah, Nadda said.

are remembering Sardar Patel, how much peace his soul must be feeling that Modi ji and Amit Shah ji have abrogated Article 370."

"The nation will progress under the

leadership of PM Modi while BJP as the party will grow under the leadership of Amit Shah," he added.

Around 60 prominent national, state and district level lead-

ers of the Telugu Desam Party along with thousands of party workers joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday in Hyderabad in the presence of BJP workwing

president JP Nadda.

"It is a very, very good sign as far as the Telangana unit is concerned," said Lanka Dinakar, who himself shifted from TDP to BJP in June this year.

—ANI

Will leave politics, if asked

Former Bihar CM Jagannath says Congress’ Hooda Mishra passes away aged 82 Patna: Former Bihar Chief Minister Jagannath Mishra passed away on Monday morning in New Delhi after a prolonged illness. The 82-year-old started out his career as a professor & went on to become CM of Bihar three times from Congress.

Mishra also served as a Union minister. Currently, he was a member of Bhartiya Jan Congress (Rashtriya).

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar expressed condolences on the demise of the veteran leader and declared three-day state mourning.

"Jagannath Mishra

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Former Bihar Chief Minister Jagannath Mishra. —FILE

made an invaluable contribution to the politics of Bihar and India. His death is an irreparable loss in the field of politics," Kumar said in He will be cremated with full state honours. —ANI

Kathmandu: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is scheduled to visit Nepal this week to participate in the fifth meeting of the NepalIndia Joint Commission to review the overall state of bilateral relations. The meeting is taking place in Kathmandu from August 21 to 22, a statement issued by the Ministry of

Foreign Affairs in Nepal has said. Jaishankar will co-chair the meeting along with his Nepalese counterpart Pradeep Kumar Gyawali. The joint meeting will review "the overall state of bilateral relations & various areas of cooperation such as connectivity and economic partnership, trade and transit & power.

BJP Working President J P Nadda hands over a slip to a newly-joined party member during a membership drive at Hyderabad.

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REMEMBERING THE LEADER...

Bhupinder Singh Hooda

day or two. "I will do what the committee will ask of me. If it asks me to leave politics, I can do that too." Hooda said.The former CM added that now the state of Haryana is number one in crime.

—ANI

President Ram Nath Kovind pays tribute to Dr Shanker Dayal Sharma, former President of India on his birth anniversary, at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.

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IN THE COURTYARD

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JAISHANKAR TO PARTICIPATE IN NEPAL-INDIA JOINT COMMISSION

Chandigarh: Former Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who lashed out at the Congress high command on the issue of Art 370, said a committee of his wellwishers to be formed soon will decide the future course of action he would take ahead of the coming Assembly elections in the state.

He told that meeting of the committee, which will have 13 Congress MLAs supporting him, will be called by a convener after the committee is formed within a

Hyderabad: BJP Working President J P Nadda has hit out at the Congress for not supporting abrogation of Article 370 in J&K, alleging the party always indulged in vote bank politics though they knew the Article was not in the national interest.

“Modi ji has realised one nation, one legislation, one “nishan” (symbol)...But why does the Congress oppose it?

The party says it (Article 370) was temporary.

If 370 was so good, why you did not make it permanent? You had more than 400 MPs at one time, why did you not make it permanent?” he asked.

—PTI

P CHIDAMBARAM SUMMONED FOR PROBE INTO AIR INDIA DEAL

GOA COURT TO RESUME TRIAL AGAINST TARUN TEJPAL FROM SEPTEMBER 23

New Delhi: Former Union minister P Chidambaram has been summoned for questioning by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the purchase of 111 aircraft for Air India during the Congress-led UPA government, sources said. The deal, made more than a decade ago, saddled the struggling national carrier with mounting losses, investigative agencies said.

The questioning has been slated for August 23, based on then aviation minister Praful Patel's claim that the purchase order was cleared by an Empowered Group of Ministers headed by Chidambaram. The NCP leader said: "All decisions were multi-tiered and collective. The aircraft purchase order was cleared by an EGOM headed by P Chidambaram and the merger was cleared by an EGOM (group of ministers) headed by Pranab Mukherjee. Both decisions were ratified by the cabinet." The case involves the purchase of 48 aircraft from Airbus and 68 from Boeing for around 70,000 crore in 2007.

Panaji: North Goa district judge Vijaya Pol fixed September 23 as the next date of hearing after the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed Tejpal’s plea seeking quashing of charges framed against him. A SC bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra asked the lower court to complete the trial preferably within

six months. Tejpal is alleged to have sexually assaulted the complainant inside an elevator of a five-star hotel in Goa in 2013. He has denied the allegations.He has been out on bail since May 2014. The trial court in Goa earlier framed charges against Tejpal under various sections of the Indian Penal Code.

—PTI

CBI GETS 2 MORE WEEKS TO PROBE UNNAO ACCIDENT CASE

NO HEARING IN AYODHYA CASE DUE TOJUDGE’S UNAVAILABILITY

New Delhi: The SC has granted the CBI two extra weeks to complete its probe into last month’s accident involving the Unnao rape survivor, in which the car she, her family and her lawyer were travelling in was rammed off the road by a speeding truck with blackened number plates.

New Delhi: The hearing in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case could not take place in the SC on Monday due to unavailability of one of the five judges of the Constitution bench.

The Constitution bench headed by CJ Ranjan Gogoi was scheduled to hear arguments of senior lawyer C S Vaidyanathan. Lawyers on both sides were told that Justice S A Bobde was unavailable.

‘MODI-LED GOVT TO BE IN POWER FOR NEXT 25 YEARS’ Goa: Goa CM Pramod Sawant has claimed that the Modi-led government will continue to rule the country "for another 25 years."

In the coming days, the BJP-led central government will take "many decisions" which are in the pipeline and

after that, "no one will be able to replace" the government led by PM Modi, Sawant said addressing a convention of BJP workers. Senior BJP leader & former MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was present on the occasion.

PM MODI TO EMBARK ON 3-DAY VISIT TO UAE, BAHRAIN FROM AUG 23 New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay a three-day visit to United Arab Emirates and Bahrain beginning August 23 and hold extensive talks with top leaders of the two countries on bilateral, regional and global issues of mutual interest.

The PM will first travel to United Arab Emirates where he would receive

the ‘’Order of Zayed’’, the highest civil decoration of the country. From UAE, PM Modi will leave for Bahrain on August 24 on a two-day visit, which will be the first ever prime ministerial visit from India to the Gulf nation, the ministry said. In Bahrain, Modi will hold talks with Prince Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa.

EXTEND DATELINE FOR FILING TAX RETURNS: CHAVAN Mumbai: Former CM Ashok Chavan wrote to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, requesting to extend the deadline by a period of three months for filing Income Tax and GST Returns in the wake of floods in the state. In the letter,

Chavan wrote, “We are presenting before your good selves the difficulties and hardship faced by the trade, consultants and companies at large due to the heavy rains and flooding position in entire Southern Maharashtra & Konkan.

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TRUMP’S ONE-WAY ECONOMY

POST-CLOSED DOOR MEET @ UNSC ON AUG 16..WHAT NOW? China is feeling the heat of India’s diplomatic victory at UNSC, electoral victory of Modi 2.0

Political logic of Trump’s domestic strategy, however, is harder to explain

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owadays, when people ask me how I am, I answer, jokingly, that I’m doing great, so long as I ignore Donald Trump’s presidency in the United States, Brexit, the crisis of the United Kingdom’s major political parties, and the performance of Manchester United. But recently, the litany of unfortunate circumstances has gotten so long that the joke is hard to pull off. One now must also list the political crisis in Hong Kong, a burgeoning diplomatic and economic dispute between Japan and South Korea, the Indian government’s revocation of Jammu and Kashmir’s autonomy – and India-Pakistan tensions more generally – and growing turmoil within South Africa’s ruling African National Congress.

Making matters worse, this has been a particularly rough summer in terms of the weather: heat waves across Europe and the US have served as a forceful reminder of the growing effects of climate change on our everyday lives. Add to all this other persistent sources of global uncertainty – from the Middle East and Russia under President Vladimir Putin to social-media disruptions and antimicrobial resistance – and you have a recipe for despair.

If these were normal times, recent global developments would be showing up as sharply rising risk premia, especially given that global growth has slowed substantially over the course of 2019. But these are not normal times, owing primarily to the current state of monetary policymaking. Here, one must wonder if Trump has been escalating his threats of additional tariffs against China as a way to pressure the US Federal Reserve to reduce interest rates. After all, his recent Twitter tantrum on this issue came shortly after the Fed’s decision to cut its policy rate by 25 basis points. In Trump’s view – and in the view of the markets – that cut apparently wasn’t large enough.

I sometimes wonder if Trump isn’t like a James Bond villain, pursuing a secret, unnecessarily convoluted master plan for world domination. There certainly isn’t any evident logic behind most of what he does. To be sure, when it comes to foreign policy, his populist posturing may be intended to goad other leaders around the world into similar behavior.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s moves in Kashmir, as well as the Japanese and South Korean governments’ tactics toward each other, seem to come straight from the Trump playbook. Politicians around the world are no doubt telling themselves that if such behavior is acceptable for the US leader, it is appropriate for them, too.

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Pakistan will try all possible methods to make Kashmir a religious issue to garner the support of the 57 member IOC (organisation of Islamic cooperation) for all kinds of support from diplomatic to financial to the military

ur army is battle-hardened fighting a nearly 20-year war against terrorism. Our people are ready to defend our freedoms. We are observing where the events go from here. Pakistan is fully ready; our army, our people are on one page. We have decided we will not tolerate any violation and are fully ready to counter it,” said Imran Khan on Aug 14, 2019.

Bharat, however, has made it clear to Pakistan more than once to stay out of its internal matters, adding that the decision with regards to scrapping Article 370 was taken within the boundaries of the Indian Constitution.

The rare closed-door consultations on August 16 2019 on J&K by the UN Security Council ended without any outcome or statement from the 15-nation UN organ, dealing a huge snub to Pakistan and China to internationalise the issue, with an overwhelming majority stressed that J&K is a bilateral matter between New Delhi and Islamabad which they need to address themselves .

The informal consultations, requested for by China, lasted over an hour.

Failing to muster minimum 9 votes in favour from 15 UNO member nations, China a permanent member with a veto, had requested for a closed-door meeting in the UNSC. As per UNSC procedures, Council members can ask to bring up any issue for discussion.

The closed-door meeting ended with no minutes recorded, no votes or show of hands, no resolution, no statement, and no outcome either. It’s important to bring out that baring China not one among the 14 other UNSC members came out to speak on the matter and even Chinas statement segued into applying for bilateral talks which India was happy to undertake if Pakistan fulfilled its commitment to roll up its terrorist apparatus in Pakistan.

Post close door meeting, Members of the United Nations Security Council refrained from calling for an emergency session. Instead, they urged India and Pakistan to resolve the matter bilaterally.

India reemphasised that there can be no bilateral talks with Pakistan until Islamabad eradicates terrorism justifying their Kashmir move by saying that it’s an internal matter of Bharat Pakistan is likely to continue the Kashmir strategy like before to bleed India till death by supporting and fermenting trouble in Kashmir valley as per “ OP TOPAC “ conceived by Gen Ziaul Haq in 1987. In the present scenario of post August 5 2019 protests of demanding aazadi in Baluchistan, Gilgit, Muzaffarabad, and Kotli not likely to subside. Every moment worsening economic condition of Pakistan and international cold shoulder may lead to dismemberment soon.

Pakistan, as said by Prime Minister will make all efforts to consolidate Jihadi elements in Pakistan, facilitate their infiltration into J&K and make all efforts to create disturbance in J&K. This may see increased efforts to infiltrate across LOC and terror activities in JK and other parts of India. For which the Indian security forces are prepared and are in place to

Pakistan, as said by Prime Minister will make all efforts to consolidate Jihadi elements in Pakistan, facilitate their infiltration into J&K

neutralise any such threat by Pakistan.

Pakistan will try all possible methods to make Kashmir a religious issue to garner the support of the 57 member IOC (organisation of Islamic cooperation) for all kinds of support from diplomatic to financial to the military.

USA and Bharat likely alliance as strategic security partner makes it more sensible for the US to side and partner with India of post 5 or 2019 to counter China, who has a legitimate right over strategic Girgit-Baltistan. As also the USA is almost clear about its future role in Afganistan wherein it would like to move out earliest of the

The long-term costs of the China-US trade war

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ark times loom for the US economy in the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s latest threat on August 1 to levy 10% tariffs on some $300 billion of imports from China. In response, China allowed the yuan to weaken against the dollar and thereby cushion the impact for Chinese exporters. In a tweet, Trump accused China of “currency manipulation” and called upon on the Federal Reserve to respond.

The yuan-dollar rate of 7-to-1 was at its lowest since 2008. “[The] trade war has now become a currency war, which raises the potential economic harm to another level,” The Wall Street Journal noted in an editorial. On August 5, the Dow Jones and the S&P indices fell 3% and stock

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markets and currencies in emerging markets weakened, and an economic downturn seemed closer than before. The spread between the 3-month and 10year Treasury yields — an indicator of recessions — inverted to its widest level since 2007.

On August 1, Trump said the US would impose 10% tariffs on $300 billion worth of imports from China effective September 1, amid signs that talks between the two countries over the past year or so were yielding little progress. That tariff move would be in addition to the higher tariffs already in place for $250 billion worth of imports from China, thereby covering all US imports from that country. Trump reportedly overruled resistance from within his administration in announc-

Escalating trade war with China will lead to dire results for the US, according to longterm analysis by the Penn Wharton Budget Model

ing the latest tariff move.

Worries are over the larger and longer-term implications of China allowing the renminbi (RMB) to drop below “the psychological barrier” of 7 to a dollar, said Marshall W. Meyer, Wharton emeritus professor of management.

“People are wondering whether China will repeat what it did in 1993-1994

when it devalued the RMB sharply to turn around a recession, and the knockon effect perhaps was the Asian financial crisis.”

Back then, China devalued the yuan by 33% overnight to 8.7 to the dollar as it unified its dual exchange rates, hoping it would help its state-owned enterprises embrace a market-based economy.

The Penn Wharton Budget Model (PWBM), which analyzes the longerterm implications of policy moves, has identified two primary effects of the trade war with China. One is lower output for the US economy, and the other is a shift toward households in the financing of US debt, said Efraim Berkovich, director of computational dynamics at PWBM. As the escalation in the trade war reduces foreign

capital inflows into the US, it would provide a shortterm boost to GDP as domestic households would pick up the slack and provide more labor, but GDP will fall the long-run, Berkovich said in an article with Zheli He, an economist at PWBM. US companies will also see their global competitiveness eroding with the tariff war. “The rest of the world will continue to enjoy lower-priced inputs, and our companies are going to have to compete with them,” said Mary E. Lovely, professor of economics at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs; she is also a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Affairs.

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conflict zone.

The fact that China is feeling the heat of India’s diplomatic victory at UNSC, the electoral victory of Modi 2.0 and the political resolve in parliament by none other than Home Minister Amit Shah to reclaim the territory of POJK and Siachen.

China is scared of its china Pakistan Economic corridor (CPEC) where it’s the dream of reaching to Arabian sea through Gilgit & Baltistan and Baluchistan is under the serious risk and all will depend as to by when do people of POJK and Indian army roll down to reclaims POJK. It would be prudent that china in its own national interest starts exploring its option to build and enhance confidencebuilding measures with India for any kind of new contingency to partner CPEC. Bharat must continue it’s diplomatic efforts to isolate Pakistan on the issue of terrorism maintaining the international opinion in Bharat’s favour and at the same time leave no stone unturned to ensure that all our actions should focus on unfinished agenda of J&K and Ladakh. As per 22 Feb 1994 unanimous resolution passed by Bharat parliament under Narasimha Rao premiership to regain our every inch of JK and Leh under the occupation of china or Pakistan as the case may be.

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RAIN WREAKS HAVOC IN HIMACHAL, 24 DEAD In Uttarakhand, three people were killed and 22 are reported missing following a cloudburst Delhi: Rain fury is unfolding in the northern states of India after hundreds were killed and lakhs were forced out of their homes in the southern and western parts of the country earlier this month.

In Himachal Pradesh, which received record rainfall, at least 24 people have died so far. A flood alert was issued in parts of Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh as the Yamuna and other rivers neared the danger mark. National Highway-3 between Manali and Kullu has been damaged due to heavy rainfall.

In Uttarakhand, three people were killed and 22 are reported missing following a cloudburst.

The highest rainfall in Rajasthan - 14 and 8 inches - was recorded on Saturday in Nagaur and Parbatsar, respectively. Out of the 810 dams in the state, over 210 are overflowing due to heavy rain.

—PTI

A view of a damaged bridge over the swollen Beas river following heavy monsoon rain in Kullu district.

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Ganga crosses danger mark in Haridwar Uttarakhand: Heavy rain in Uttarakhand over the recent days have flooded rivers in the state with the Ganga crossing the danger mark in Haridwar and flowing close to it in Rishikesh, according to news agency PTI. At least 12 people were killed in rail-related in-

cidents in the state.The Ganga is flowing above the danger mark at 294.450 metres in Haridwar, Vikrant Saini, subdivisional Officer of the irrigation department in neighbouring UP said. Authorities have alerted people in 30 villages and patrolling has been intensified. —PTI

8,28,000 CUSEC WATER RELEASED

IAF ON RESCUE

The Indian Air Force conducted a daring rescue operation to save the lives of two men who were left stranded on a barrage wall by the rising floodwaters of the Tawi River in J& K. In a dramatic video of the rescue effort, the men, believed to be fishermen, can be seen squatting on the wall while the muddy waters of the Tawi swirl dangerously all around.

CMs’ SPEAK PUNJAB

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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said water level (of Yamuna river) is expected to cross the danger mark, urging people in low-lying areas to move to temporary shelters set up by the administration.

The govt is ready to deal with any sort of situation, he said.

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh announced Rs 100 crore for emergency relief measures in flood-hit areas. He also announced that as soon as the water level recedes, a special ‘’girdawari’’(crop loss assessment) would be conducted.

HARYANA

Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar took stock of the situation after a dozen villages in Yamunanagar district were flooded by the excess water released from the Hathnikund barrage.

Authorities have started to evacuate people living in the Yamuna catchment area.

Blue glow spotted RaGa tweets montage in birthday tribute to father Rajiv at Chennai beach New Delhi: The Infor mation Technology revolution was one of the many "incredible achievements" of for mer Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said as he remembered his father a day before his 75th birth anniversary.

Congress will hold memorial events across the country this

Videos of waves turning blue swarmed the Internet.

Chennai: Though thousands of people were elated over bioluminescent waves being spotted along the Chennai coast, scientists and environmentalists say it may be a warning that all is not well in the ocean. Photos and videos of waves turning blue swarmed the Internet, especially the micro-blogging site Twitter, with several of them elated over the sea sparkle and wonderful pictures that the “event” generated. The blue rays were noticed by people along the coast from Kovalam to Thiruvanmiyur.

This is the first time that bioluminescent waves are being sighted on an Indian beach though it is quite com-

THE REASON

mon in several countries like the US. Bioluminescence is caused by Noctiluca scintillans, a type of phytoplankton that convert their chemical energy into light energy when washed ashore.

—Agencies

MAJ GEN PS SEHRAWAT TAKES OVER AS GOC 71 SUB AREA Udhampur: Major Gen Paramvir Singh Sehrawat assumed the command of GOC 71 Sub Area at Udhampur. According to an official statement, 71 Sub Area is responsible for providing logistic support to formations in northern command as also for the security of the Udhampur military station. Sub Area has also

been contributing actively towards ex-serviceman welfare and aid to civil authority in Udhampur district. Sehrawat has served in varied terrain and has vast experience spanning over 32 years.

He has commanded a Rashtriya Rifles battalion in counter-insurgency operations and an infantry brigade in Western sector.

Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) Rajiv Gandhi, the youngest prime minister of India, “ensured that India was future-ready”, the clip further underlines. “He completely digitized telephone lines and brought the railway lines on digital tracks,” it further explains. “India missed the Industrial Revolution; it cannot afford to miss the computer revolution,” Rajiv Gandhi once said.

week to mark the birth anniversary of the former PM Rahul tweeted.

He also said he will

tweet one "incredible achievement" of Rajiv Gandhi every day this week to "honour" his

Former MPs asked to vacate govt bungalows in 7 days New Delhi: All former MPs have been asked to vacate their government accommodations -- mostly the heritage bungalows in the posh Lutyen's zone, the government said Tuesday. With overstaying being the norm, the government has now taken a hard line. The MPs have been given a deadline of seven days, but at the end of three days, officials have been asked to stop power and water supply to these accommodations, CR Patil, chairman of the Housing Committee said.

More than 200 former MPs are yet to vacate their official bungalows

birth anniversary with memorial events across India.”

Rajiv Gandhi be-

JAI HIND!

PMO India@PMOIndia According to rules, MPs have to vacate their bungalows within a month of dissolution of the Lok Sabha. The 16th Lok Sabha was dissolved on May 25 and all the bungalows should have been vacated by June 25. in Lutyens' Delhi, over two months after the dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha. In a series of tweets, PM Modi underscored the problem.

"When a new session of Parliament begins, newer MPs face lot of

OFFICIAL'S HUSBAND CAUGHT DRAGGING A WOMAN Chhatisgarh: A hostel superintendent was suspended in Chhattisgarh after her husband was seen dragging a woman cleaner out of a room in a video which has gone viral on social media. The woman had taken shelter at the Barwani Kanya Ashram

father.

"This week we will celebrate my father, Rajiv Gandhi Ji's 75th

came the youngest PM of the country when he was sworn in at the age of 40 after his mother's assassination in 1984. He was busy campaigning for the national elections as party president when he was assassinated in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, in May, 1991. His death anniversary is also observed as Anti-Terrorism day.

in Janakpur block of Korea district with her three-month-old baby. In the video, hostel superintendent Sumila Singh's husband Ranglal Singh can be seen pulling the woman by her hand after he asked to leave the hostel.

trouble as far as finding accommodation is concerned. I am glad efforts have been made to overcome this problem. Being MP means people from the constituency come too," his tweet read.

—Agencies

Actor Hina Khan participates in the World’s largest India Day Parade held at the Madison Avenue in New York. The annual cultural extravaganza was organised by The Federation of Indian Associations (FIA) NY-NJ-CT.

HARYANA POLICE ARRESTS FOUR MEN FOR POSSESSING DRUGS Chandigarh: Haryana Police in separate cases have arrested three drug peddlers and seized 500 gram of opium, 4.4 kg of poppy husk and 800 prohibited pharma pills from their possession in Fatehabad district. Police said that in the first case, a team of Crime Investigation Agency arrested Dalbir for possessing

500 gram of opium. The second arrest was made

by Thana Sadar Police where they arrested a motorcyclist identified as Balwinder along with 4.4 kg gram of poppy husk.

In the third incident, the Special Staff team has nabbed Chand Singh after it recovered 800 prohibited pharma pills from the accused.

3 PERSONS ARRESTED, 60 GOLD BISCUITS SEIZED: DRI Siliguri: Three persons were arrested and 60 gold biscuits worth around Rs 3.8 crore seized by the Siliguri unit of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI). The arrested persons were identified by the DRI as Zomuankima,

H Ruansanpuia & Lalneihlaia, who were residents of Mizoram.

The gold biscuits, weighing around 10 kg, were to be sent to Kolkata. The accused were produced before a Siliguri court, which sent them to judicial custody for 14 days.

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Reckless, irresponsible: Afghanistan snubs Pakistan’s comment on Kashmir Washington: Afghanistan has rebutted Pakistan’s claims that Kashmir issue could potentially impact the ongoing Afghan peace process.

The Afghan government’s reactions came in response to the statement of Pakistan’s ambassador to the US, Asad Majeed Khan, who said that his country might redeploy troops from the Afghanistan border to the Kashmir frontier amidst Indo-Pak tension and it could complicate American peace talks with the Taliban.

In a statement, the Afghan Embassy in the US on Sunday said, “Any such statement that links the evolving situation in Kashmir to the Afghan peace process is reckless, unwarranted and irresponsible.” —ANI

‘RBI will ensure financial stability’

‘Ties with Pak improved after cutting back $1.3 bn’

Pak extends army chief Bajwa's tenure Islamabad: Pakistan extended its military chief's tenure ensuring stability in what is arguably the country's most powerful position as tensions soar with India and Washington is expected to announce a withdrawal deal in Af-

ghanistan.

"General Qamar Javed Bajwa is appointed as chief of army staff for another term of three years," read a statement from PM Imran Khan's office. "Decision has been taken in view of regional secu-

rity environment."

Pakistani military has long played an outsized role in national life, offering muscular reassurance against nuclear arch-rival India that many Pakistanis see as vital to their identity. —Agencies

Washington: President Donald Trump has said the US’ ties with Pakistan have improved after he cut USD 1.3 billion in security assistance to Islamabad for not doing enough to rein in terror groups operating in the country.

President Trump announced last year that the USD 1.3 billion aid to Pakistan would remain suspended till the country did not act against safe havens for terrorists inside its territory.

In his first tweet of the year last year, Trump said US had “foolishly” given Pa-

kistan more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 years, and got “nothing but lies and deceit” in return. In September, the Trump administration cancelled USD 300 million in military aid to Islamabad for not doing enough against terror groups active on its soil.

“I cut back USD 1.3 billion a year to Pakistan. When I cut it back, I have a better relationship with - as you know, we have a great relationship.

Prime Minister came in,” Trump told reporters at Bedminster in New Jersey on Sunday. —PTI

RBI Governer Shaktikanta Das.

—File photo

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is closely monitoring inter-linkages of nonbanking finance companies (NBFCs) with the banking sector, capital market and other financial entities to ensure stability, Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Monday.

“It is our endeavour to have an optimal level of regulation and supervision so that the NBFC sector is financially resilient and robust,” he said. “We will not hesitate to take whatever

steps are required to maintain financial stability in the short, medium and the longterm,” he said at the annual global banking conference organised by Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).

NBFCs with a size of more than Rs 5,000 crore have been advised to appoint a functionally independent chief risk officer with clearly specified role and responsibilities. —ANI

A sigh of relief for HK as Kabul vows to eliminate IS protest ends with peace

havens after deadly attack

Hong Kong: Protests in the special administrative region here were observed with peace on Sunday.

The region for several weekends now has been witnessing aggressive protests. Groups of protesters, however, dipped into their standard toolkit to hurl insults and hard objects at police and shine laser beams at the force’s headquarters in Wan Chai, South China Morning Post reported.

Nonetheless, Hong Kong recorded three straight days of demonstrations that ended with no physical clashes between protesters and police, in a break from the troubling pattern of the past few weeks, which had prompted condemnation from the

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central and local governments. Organisers from the Civil Human Rights Front estimated millions people were at the core of the march.

“There were large numbers of people from Causeway Bay to Central that we were unable to take into account, so I believe the actual turnout is much larger than the recorded 1.7 million,” the front’s convener, Jimmy Sham Tsz-kit, said.

“Today has been peaceful, which is ex-

US ATTEMPT TO SEIZE OIL TANKER WILL HAVE CONSEQUENCES: IRAN Tehran: Iran on Monday said that attempts by the United States to seize recently freed Iranian oil tanker will have “grave consequences”. “If it [the United States] makes such a step, this will jeopardize the security of navigation in international waters. Iran has warned the US authorities, using official channels, specifi-

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cally the Swiss Embassy in Tehran, that this will have grave consequences,” Iranian Foreign Ministry’s spokesman said. This comes after the United States demanded Gibraltor authorities to detain Adrian Darya, formerly known as Grace 1, which was released last week following the court ruling.

actly what [Hong Kong leader] Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor asked for ... Lam must respond to the five demands in order to show Hongkongers’ peaceful and rational expression can be heard, accepted and met,” Sham added.

He was referring to the list of calls from protesters, including those for a complete withdrawal of the nowabandoned extradition bill and an independent probe into the polices’ use of force. —ANI

Kabul: Afghanistan’s president on Monday vowed to “eliminate” all safe havens of the Islamic State group as the country marked a subdued 100th Independence Day after a horrific wedding attack claimed by the local IS affiliate.

President Ashraf Ghani’s comments came as Afghanistan mourns at least 63 people, including children, killed in the Kabul bombing at a wedding hall late Saturday night. Close to 200 others were wounded.

Many outraged Afghans ask whether an approaching deal between the United States and the Taliban to end nearly 18 years of fighting America’s longest war will bring peace to long-suffering civilians. The bomber detonated his explosives in the middle of a dancing crowd, and the IS affiliate later said he had targeted a gathering of minority Shiites, whom it views as apostates deserving of death.

Both bride and groom survived, and in an emotional interview the distraught groom, Mirwais Alani, said their lives were devastated within seconds. —PTI

OVER 20 KILLED IN OIL TANKER EXPLOSION IN WEST UGANDA Kampala: Over 20 people were killed after a fuel tanker caught fire in western Uganda on Sunday. Quoting police, media reported that the fuel tanker caught fire in western Ruburizi district of Uganda when it was on its way from Kenya to Congo. The

accident happened after its driver lost control of the vehicle and collided with a stationary vehicle. “Apart from burning shops, stalls, and a market the fire also burnt two vehicles,” said Martial Tumusiime, police spokesman in the area.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani inspects the honor guard during Independence Day celebrations at Defense Ministry in Kabul on Monday.

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Multiple blasts injure 66 in Jalalabad’s I-day celebration Jalalabad: At least 66 civilians sustained injuries in multiple blasts in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province on Monday, state media reported.

The incident took place on Monday morning in Jalalabad city on the 100th Independence A man carries a wounded person to the hospital after a blast in Jalalabad on Monday.

ISIS RECRUIT JACK LETTS STRIPPED OF BRITISH CITIZENSHIP London: Jack Letts, a British-Canadian national who converted to Islam and fled his home to join the Islamic State five years ago, has been stripped of his British citizenship while being held in a Syrian prison.

The case of “Jihadi Jack” gained renewed attention in June this year after his parents John Letts, 58,

and Sally Lane, 57 were convicted at London’s Old Bailey on charges of terror financing. But the move to revoke Letts’ citizenship has sparked a diplomatic row between Britain and Canada as nations are not permitted under international law to deprive individuals of citizenship, especially regarding this case.

Day of Afghanistan, reported Pajhwok Afghan News agency.

Details regarding the nature of the blast are yet to be ascertained.

The incident comes two days after the wedding hall suicide blast in Kabul that claimed the lives of 63 people and injured 180 others.

The ISIS had claimed the responsibility for carrying out the heinous blast. —ANI

US condemns ‘barbaric’ terror attack at wed Washington: United States on Sunday condemned the terrorist attack on a wedding hall in the Afghan capital which killed at least 63 people and injured over 180. “We condemn in the strongest terms ISIS’ barbaric #kabulblast on the wedding party in Kabul that left nearly 63 dead and hundreds injured. The US stands with the Afghan government and people,” US National Security Advisor, John Bolton, tweeted. An explosion hit a wedding reception in the west of Kabul on Saturday evening. An explosive device was detonated by a suicide attacker.

Horiffic: UN chief condemns attack in Kabul Washington: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday condemned the “horrific” bomb attack that targeted a wedding procession.

“The Secretary-General strongly condemns horrific 17 August terrorist attack on a wedding ceremony in Kabul, claiming the lives of 63 people and injuring over 180,” Guterres’ spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.

The UN chief expressed “his deepest sympathies to the families of the victims and the Government and people of Afghanistan.” He wished “a swift recovery to those injured.”

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BRIEF Rajiv Gandhi tournament begins today Jaipur: State government has organised several programmes to commemorate the 75th birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi, keeping up with it, former Secretary of Jaipur District Association Mohammed Iqbal organised the 29th cricket tournament in honour of the former Prime Minister. The tournament would start from today at RCA academy.

Chief Whip Dr Mahesh Joshi would inaugurate the tournament at 9 am.

Iqbal informed that about 20 teams from the area would participate in this event. Few modifications have also been made to the tournament such as the Rajiv Gandhi award which would be given to the candidate with applaudable service to the sport of cricket.

Kohli at top in ICC Test Rankings Dubai: Australian batsman Steve Smith pipped New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson to second spot with only nine points separating him and the top-ranked Virat Kohli in the latest list for ICC Test Rankings released on Monday. The Indian captain, with 922 points, is on top of the list while Smith, after his twin Ashes hundreds in Birmingham and 92 at Lord’s, is on 913 points. The other Indian in the top-10 is Cheteshwar Pujara, who stayed put at his fourth position. —PTI

Support Staff for India to be listed New Delhi: The selectors led by MSK Prasad will appoint the support staff who will join Shastri to form the coaching staff of the Indian cricket team. Process started on Monday, and will be completed only on Thursday with the announcement. —ANI

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Ashes has kept Test cricket alive: Ganguly New Delhi: Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly has lauded the standard of matches in the ongoing Ashes between England and Australia, saying the series has “kept Test cricket alive”.

He also asked the rest of the world to raise their standards. “The “Ashes” series have kept test cricket alive .... up to rest of the world to raise their standards,” he tweeted.

The ongoing Ashes has produced riveting cricketing action in the first two Tests of the five-match series.

The second Test at Lord’s Cricket Ground on Sunday ended in a draw. Day four of the Test match had given cricket fans a spectacle as there was a fierce battle between the bat and ball.

England’s Jofra Archer and Australia’s Steve Smith battled it out on the field.

Smith had to deal with two blows on day four of the match. First, he was struck on the elbow by Jofra Archer and soon after he got a hit on the neck by a bouncer from the pacer.

Physios from both

The “Ashes” series have kept test cricket alive .... up to rest of the world to raise their standards, Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly tweeted as he lauded the standard of matches in the ongoing Ashes between England and Australia England and Australia attended Smith, but the batsman had to leave the park to undergo a concussion test. A while later, the batsman made his way back to the crease, but a section of England crowd was seen booing the player.

On the final day of the Test match, Cricket

Australia released a statement that Smith had suffered a delayed concussion and as a result, he was ruled out of day five of the second Test.

Marcus Labuschagne was named as the concussion substitute.

On the final day, Ben Stokes starred for the hosts as he scored a

century to put the team in the driving seat. The team set a target of 267, and they were able to scalp six Aussie wickets, but in the end, Travis Head and Pat Cummins ensured Australia does not lose.

Smith is in remarkable form in the Ashes as he scored 378 runs in the series so far.

In the first Test, he became the fifth Australian to register centuries in both innings in an Ashes Test. He also surpassed Indian skipper Kohli to become the second-fastest batsman to register

25 Test centuries.

Nathan Lyon scalped six wickets in the second innings of the first Test, which enabled the team to register a 251-run victory.

England and Australia will face each other again in the third Test at Headingley from August 22.

Australia is leading 1-0 in the series. —ANI

Team India keeps Navdeep as Pooja, Navjot in World C’ship cover for Test series against WI squad in absence of opponents New Delhi: Impressed with his skill-set, the Indian team management has decided to keep speedster Navdeep Saini as a net bowler for the two-Test series against the West Indies, aiming to groom him for future red-ball assignments.

Saini, who plays domestic cricket for Delhi, made his T20 International debut against the West Indies in Florida and won the man of the match award in his maiden appearance.

He has earlier been the Indian team’s net bowler and a cover for Bhuvneshwar Kumar during the ICC World Cup in England as well.

“Yes, Navdeep Saini has been asked to stay back by the team management for the Test

Sai Praneeth

series. He will stay back primarily as a net bowler, they want to groom him for the Test format keeping an eye on the future,” a senior BCCI official said.

Saini, in fact, bowled six overs during the West Indies A first innings in the ongoing

practice match to give relief to Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah and Umesh Yadav. Mohammed Shami and Bhuvneshwar Kumar didn’t bowl in the first innings.

Saini has been a performer in red-ball cricket for the past few years.

Sai Praneeth, Prannoy make winning start at World C’ships

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Basel: India’s Sai Praneeth and H S Prannoy made convincing starts at the BWF World Championships to advance to the second round here on Monday.

Praneeth, ranked 19th, defeated 66thranked Jason Anthony Ho-Shue of Canada 2117, 21-16 in a first round clash lasting 39 minutes.

In another men’s singles first round match, world number 30 Prannoy fought back to beat 93rd-ranked Eetu Heino of Finland 17-21, 21-10, 21-11.

India got a favourable

Jaipur: A total of four teams including seventime world champion South Korea reached Jaipur on Monday, to take part in the 8th Asian Women Youth Handball Championship to be held in the Pink City for the first time from August 21 to 30. The remaining five teams, Bangladesh, Nepal, China, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan will reach the city today.

President of the Organising Committee, Vice President of Handball Association of India and MLA from Jais-

HS Prannoy

Sai Praneeth

result in the women’s doubles also with Meghana Jakkampudi and S Poorvisha Ram getting past the Guatemala pairing of Diana Corleto Soto and Nikte Alejandra Sotomayor

21-10, 21-18 to enter the second round.

The other Indians in fray, seventh seed Kidambi Srikanth and 10th seed Sameer Verma, play their first round later on Monday. —PTI

New Delhi: Wrestlers Pooja Dhanda and Navjot Kaur, who failed to book berths in the Olympic categories, made it to India’s World Championships squad without entering the mat as there were no opponents to challenge them in the trails in Lucknow.

Monday’s trails were held in four non-Olympic categories, and Pooja will compete in the 59kg, while Navjot will be India’s entry in the 65kg.

There were no entries in their categories as the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) had barred 25 wrestlers, including seven in trials categories, from participating on grounds of indiscipline.

Women Handball tournament to be held in Jaipur for first time almer Ruparam Dhande said that All the four teams practiced vigorously in the evening session at the indoor hall of SMS Stadium.

Secretary of Rajasthan Handball Association Yashpratap Singh informed that Chief Conservator of Competition Organising Committee and Rajasthan Govt Revenue Minister Harish Chaudhary reviewed preparations. Priyanka Thakur will lead the Indian team. Varsha Jakhar, Rukmani Bittu and Pooja Kanwar have been selected in the national team from Raj.

INDIA’S WOMEN SQUAD Seema Bisla (50kg), Vinesh Phogat (53kg), Lalita (55kg), Sarita Mor (57kg), Pooja Dhanda (59kg), Sakshi Malik (62kg), Navjot Kaur (65kg), Divya Kakran (68kg), Komal (72kg), Kiran (76kg).

From 45 wrestlers, who are part of the National camp at SAI Centre in Lucknow, 25 left without informing the

federation.

Pooja had lost the 57kg trials to Sarita Mor and though she will not be able to book an Olym-

pic berth in that category at the Worlds, she has a chance to add medal to the bronze she won last year. —PTI

WELCOME BACK

MS Dhoni returned home after finishing his 15-day stint with his Territorial Army unit, and posted a video with his daughter Ziva on Instagram with the caption ‘Use your power’.

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Akhtar slammed Archer for not checking on Smith after the Aussie batsman fell after getting hit by his nasty bouncer during the second Ashes Test

New Delhi: Former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh on Monday reminded Shoaib Akhtar how he would warn batsmen while checking on them after nasty bouncers following the ex-Pakistan pacer’s criticism of Jofra Archer’s conduct in the Ashes.

Akhtar on Sunday slammed Archer for not showing the basic courtesy of checking on Smith after the Australian batsman was felled on the ground by his

nasty bouncer during the second Ashes Test in London.

“Bouncers are a part & parcel of the game but whenever a bowler

hits a batsman on the head and he falls, courtesy requires that the bowler must go & check on him. It was not nice of Archer to just walk

away while Smith was in pain. I was always the first one to run to the batsman,” Akhtar tweeted.

In response, Yuvraj

wrote, “Yes you did! But your actual words were hope you’re alright mate because there are a few more coming.”

During his fiery spell

on the fourth day of the second Ashes Test at Lord’s, Archer struck Smith twice — first on his forearm and then on the unprotected back of his neck by a bouncer that clocked 92.4 miles per hour.

The body-blow forced Smith to retire hurt while batting on 80. After a concussion test, Smith, however, returned in less than an hour to take the crease even as a section of English crowd booed

the batsman.

The former skipper was eventually dismissed when he shouldered arms to a straight ball from Chris Woakes, just eight runs short of a century.

The blow ruled Smith out of the match as Marnus Labuschagne became the first concussion substitute in Test history.

There are doubts over Smith’s availability for the Leeds Test beginning on Thursday. —PTI

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Mukesh Sharma Jaipur: Bisalpur dam, the main drinking water source of four districts, brimmed with enough water on Monday. Two gates of the dam were opened in the evening to maintain the total fill capacity of the dam at 315.50 RL metres. About six thousand cusecs of water is

being drained from the two gates of the dam.

This water is being released into the Banas river.

The dam overflowed for the fifth time in 23 years. The dam first overflowed in 2004, eight years after it was built. Then two gates of the dam had to be opened. Now, the drinking water can be sup-

plied to Jaipur, Ajmer, Tonk and Dosa for two years. The water level of the dam had reached 315.42 RL metre at 11 am on Monday. Before the gates were opened, a warning was issued by the siren. The siren can be heard up to five kilometres so that the farmers and animals in the nearby areas of the Banas river can be shifted

2 gates of dam were opened when it overflowed for 5th time in 23 years

to a safer place. On Sunday, an alert was issued in 54 villages located in the flow area of Banas river in five tehsils of Sawai Madhopur district. With the possibility of the overflow of Bisalpur dam, an alert was issued in the downstream flow area of Banas river.

With the opening of gates, Banas River has

started flowing in the downstream of dam after almost three years.

In such a situation, directions have been issued to the families and farmers settled around the river’s downstream.

A safety check was also done on the bridges on Banas river to avoid any accident. In this regard, the Executive Engineer of PHED,

Comp era began because of Rajiv, says CM Gehlot From Page 1 Our democracy is strong because we have kept it like this over the years.

Narendra Modi became the prime minister because of it,” he said during a two-day innovation vision programme held to mark the birth anniversary of former PM Rajiv Gandhi.

“I was in council of ministers of Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and Narasimha Rao. I got a chance to work with Rajiv Gandhi. Indira Gandhi did not let the formation of Khalistan happen and Rajiv Gandhi fell to terrorism. Earlier panchayat and municipal corporation elections would not happen for 25 years, but Rajiv Gandhi changed that and even got women in politics. I was PCC Chief in 1987-88 when

a major famine had gripped Rajasthan and I toured with Rajiv Gandhi in nine districts,” Gehlot said while sharing his moments with former PM Rajiv Gandhi.

Gehlot praised Rajiv Gandhi for bringing

the IT revolution and strengthening the panchayti raj institutions.

Recalling 1970s and 1980s, CM said it used to be a tough task to connect through telephone lines and there were very few colour televisions.

Things changed, tech-

Modi calls up Trump amid Pak tension

Composer Khayyam passes away

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday spoke with US President Donald Trump on phone and conveyed that “extreme rhetoric and incitement to antiIndia violence by certain leaders in the region was not conducive to peace”, in an obvious reference to Pakistani leadership spewing anti-India venom over J&K issue.

Days after UNSC backed India in its efforts to bring in development in Kashmir after revoking its special sta-

New Delhi: After struggling in the ICU at Sujoy Hospital in Juhu, Mumbai since July 28, legendary music composer Mohammed Zahur Khayyam Hashmi, better known as Khayyam, breathed his last at 9.30 pm on Monday.

The hospital declared cardiac arrest as the cause of his death. The Padma Bhushan recipient was admitted because of infection in lungs and was in critical condition ever since admission.

tus, Modi held a 30-minute call with Trump on Monday. The two leaders covered bilateral and regional matters.

The phone call was marked by the warmth and cordiality. —IANS

nological developments took place and the computer era started due to the vision of Rajiv Gandhi, the CM said.

“Today you book train, bus or flight tickets on mobile. You need not to stand in queues like people in the past. You can see what is happening around the world and can contact anyone in a short time. This did not happen in just one day,” Gehlot stressed.

CM also exhorted the new generation to take inspiration from visionary leaders like Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi.

Praising Mahatma Gandhi for preaching non-violence and getting the country freed from the British rule, the CM said it was unfortunate that violence was taking place in the country

where the message of non-violence emerged.

He praised the armed forms for surgical strikes against the enemies while maintaining that winning or losing elections was part of a democracy.

In the two-day programme in the memory of Rajiv Gandhi, various IT projects and innovations will be on display. During the program the CM also interacted with beneficiaries of government schemes through video conferencing.

Meanwhile, a group of farmers headed by Himmat Singh Gurjar also met the CM on Monday evening wherein minister Parsadi Lal Meena was also present. Moreover, CM Gehlot might head to Delhi on Tuesday for party work.

Sawaimadhopur wrote to the District Collector.

The dam’s gates were opened at 6 pm on Monday. The puja was performed with Vedic chanting at the Dam intake control room before the gates were opened. After the puja, the gate numbers 9 and 10 of the dam were opened up to 10 cm. After the sounf of siren,

hundreds of people from nearby towns and villages reached the Bisalpur Dam. People started waiting for the opening of the gates of the dam. People were happy after the dam’s gate opened.

Notably, The Bisalpur dam is the main drinking water source of Jaipur, Ajmer, Tonk and Dausa cities.

way GDP in India is calculated as he referred to research by Modi government’s former chief economist Arvind Subramanian about overes-

Sikar: Two teenagers drowned in a pond in Dantaramgarh of Rajasthan's Sikar district, police said on Monday.

They had taken cattle for grazing and then went to take a bath in the nearby pond. While bathing, they slipped and drowned, Dantaramgarh police station incharge Sriram Kaswan said. The deceased were identified as Shambhudayal Meena (17) and Ramavatar Gurjar (17).

The police officer said the bodies were brought out of the pond with the help of villagers. They were declared brought dead at the hospital. Bodies were handed over to relatives after a post-mortem. —PTI

OVER THE BRIM

COURTESY MEETING

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot met Governor Kalyan Singh at Raj Bhawan on Monday. After the meeting, there was a speculation in political circles about a likely Cabinet reshuffle in the coming days.

Economic slowdown worrisome, new reforms needed, says Rajan New Delhi: Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has called slowdown in the economy “very worrisome”. The government needs to fix the immediate problems in power and non-bank financial sectors and come out with a new set of reforms to energise private sector to invest.

Rajan, who was Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 2013 to 2016 but was denied a second term, also called for a fresh look at the

Two teens slip, drown in Sikar

timation of growth rate.

“There are a variety of growth projections from the private sector analysts, many of which are perhaps significant-

ly below government projections and I think certainly the slowdown in the economy is something that is very worrisome,” said Rajan.

In ominous signs that slowdown may be deep, auto sector is facing worst crisis in two decades with reports suggesting thousands of job losses, real estate sector has huge unsold inventory, while FMCG companies have reported a decline in volume growth. —PTI

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Dhankar to meet PM

West Bengal Governer Jagdeep Dhankar will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg in New Delhi at 10.30 am.

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Salman Khan and Sonakshi Sinha were spotted shooting at ‘Panna Meena ka Kund’ for a song to be featured in ‘Dabangg 3’.

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Bollywood Actress Kangana Ranaut who is currently in the Pink City, is enjoying the pleasant stay at The Rambagh Palace. According to the sources, she is in the city for a personal visit.

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JUST LAUNCHED

Book launch of ‘Race Course Road’ authored by Seema Goswami was held on Monday evening, where she was in a conversation with Anita Hada. Also present was the renowned Television Journalist and her husband, Vir Sanghvi. (Left) Dr Anita Hada with Seema Goswami; (Right) Apra Kuchhal, Vir Sanghvi, Seema Goswami, Dr Anita Hada and Sudhir Mathur. Read the complete coverage in City First on August 21.

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inger Joe Jonas marked his 30th birthday with a ‘James Bond’ themed birthday party.

Photographs from Joe’s birthday celebrations, which took place on August 15, have taken over social media and suggest that the wardrobe choices were restricted to classic black and white in sync with everything 007.

Indian actress Priyanka Chopra and her husband Nick Jonas were spotted walking hand-in-hand as she attended the party’s venue. The “Isn’t It Romantic” actress rocked a classic black feathery flirty dress by Ralph and

Russo, while Nick chose a super-sharp tuxedo piece. Priyanka’s stylist Mimi Cuttrell shared a photograph of the couple and captioned it: “The gorgeous Priyanka Chopra.”

‘Game Of Thrones’ star Sophie Turner, who married Joe in June, wrote a message for her husband: “Happy Batday, Birthman.”

For the party, Turner opted for a cut-out black ensemble with a plunging neckline while Joe was in a white suit.

Others who attended Joe’s ‘James Bond’ themed party were actor Emilio Vitolo and ‘Stranger Things’ actor Michael Park.

—IANS

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To spread awareness about running and physiotherapy, they planned to organize a marathon that will bring all the physiotherapists under one roof.

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nce Upon A Time star Margot Robbie has admitted she took lessons to sound less Australian as she starred on soap Neighbours. The 29-year-old Aussie actress, who plays Sharon Tate in Quentin Tarantino’s ninth film, relocated from Queensland to Victoria for the plum role of Donna Freedman, but admitted she sounded ‘too Australian’.

She shot into the limelight in 2008 when she landed the role, based in Melbourne, but admitted producers weren’t too impressed with her accent.

“I am a Queenslander, and my accent was so Australian that Neighbours hired a dialect coach to make me sound less Australian,” she told Quentin in an interview. “So that was all part of the process of moving to America. Before that the idea of being in Hollywood, I did think you had to be born into it or had to know someone in the industry.”

It wasn’t long before Margot set her sights on Hollywood, explaining once she saw other Neighbours stars making the move she was keen to try her luck.

—Agency

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When: August 21-22 Where: Holiday Inn Jaipur City Centre

JAIPUR | TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2019

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PRIYANKA SHARMA, Influencer

YOUR DAY

Horoscope by Saurabbh Sachdeva

IF IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAY

The year ahead along with transitions of planets in the coming months promises great achievements through hard work. Travelling will be your focus to relax and to keep cool.

ARIES

TAURUS

On professional front, there is no looking back and life will only get better. You are very good in saving and your sincere habit will help you in future.

Your initiative will be appreciated by your teachers. If you love someone, then now is the time to open up about it.

Some of you are really working hard when it comes to fitness. Your spouse may understand things even before you say anything.

On may travel abroad because of business related work. Your mother is a big supporting factor in your life.

MAR 21 - APR 20

APR 21 - MAY 20

GEMINI

CANCER

You will be working on an assignment that will boost your resume and will pay you well. Someone you used to like in the past may enter your life once again. You are a good host and people expect you to throw parties more often. You are all set to move to your new house.

Your financial worries that you have been experiencing recently will vanish. You will get a good news from your kid.

You may invest your money in some business related to travelling. Don’t waste your time in discussing the past with your partner as it simply doesn’t matter now.

MAY 21 - JUNE 21

JUNE 22 - JULY 23

LEO

VIRGO

You may be too much interested in media, so youngsters can choose this as a career option. You must get on to completing all the pending work. Simply don’t form an opinion about people because you think they are wrong, you must try and hear them out.

On professional front, try to stay away from any controversial matters. Avoid excess of dieting or excess of exercises because when it comes to health nothing changed overnight so have patience. Your relationship with your lover is getting strong day by day.

JULY 24 - AUGUST 23

AUG 24 - SEP 23

LIBRA

SCORPIO

You will nail any job interview that you will give today or in coming times. Your current investments will pay you in double in the coming future. On home front, your spouse will expect you to lend a helping hand in domestic chores.

You will put your fantastic ideas into action and you will get all the support. On professional front, your boss may expect more, no matter how hard you are trying.

You have an analytical mind that prevents you from making big mistakes in a relationship.

SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22

OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22

SAGITTARIUS

CAPRICORN

Your spouse is your lucky charm, so take their advices when it comes to taking big decisions in life. You have to control your temperament otherwise you will break many close relationships.

Connect yourself to some form of spiritualism to keep yourself positive.

You may spend a huge amount of money to buy something for a dear one. You may just move to a bigger house. On academic front, kindly devote extra time to studies. Your parents may push you to get married to an extent that you will give in.

NOV 23 - DEC 22

DEC 23 - JAN 20

AQUARIUS

PISCES

You are currently enjoying the consistent flow of money. You must take it easy when it comes to things that you cannot help, overthinking about anything will only play with your mind. Your family is your priority and you may plan something special for them.

You will put your savings to some noble use. You may feel bored of your every day routine. On work front, you may find yourself too occupied to attend a gathering. On academic front, you may make some changes to your current methods.

JAN 21 - FEB 19

FEB20 - MARCH 20

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JAIPUR | TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2019

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TWO LEGENDS

on one screen!

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Richa Chadha

‘SECTION 375’ A CHALLENGE

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icha Chadha says it was a challenge for her to be able to bring alive her character in the upcoming film ‘Section 375’.

The film is based on Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code and Richa plays a public prosecutor fighting to get justice for her client, who claims she was raped by a filmmaker (played by Rahul Bhatt), who is defended by Akshaye Khanna’s character in court. “’Section 375’ is a courtroom drama about a clause in the Indian Constitution. It is a very interesting subject and I loved collaborating with key people in the film, like director Ajay Bahl. He really pushed me (to give a good per-

I loved collaborating with Akshaye Khanna. He is just such an excellent actor very sharp, very experienced, very generous as a co-star. He often gave me tips. He would guide me. There were some scenes I was struggling with I am not ashamed to say and he guided me.

formance). It was a challenge for me to be able to deliver anything on this character,” Richa said.

The 32-year-old actress says the film ‘was supposed to be made in a certain amount of sensitivity and nuance’.

Richa also said that she is a fan of her coactor Akshay Khanna’s work.

“I loved collaborating with Akshaye Khanna.

He is just such an excellent actor very sharp, very experienced, very generous as a co-star. He often gave me tips. He would guide me. There were some scenes I was struggling with I am not ashamed to say and he guided me. It was fantastic working with him and I am such a fan,” she added.

—IANS

n a notable collaboration, living legends from the two biggest film industries of India- Bollywood and the south film industry, Amitabh Bachchan and Chiranjeevi respectively, are coming together on screen for the first time in upcoming period drama ‘Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy’!

The recently released character posters from the film are looking magnetic as they have the most powerful superstars come together for the first time and form an enigmatic cast. Amitabh Bachchan looks magnetic and larger than life, whereas Chiranjeevi appears ruthless and fierce in their respective posters.

The period drama is based on the life of freedom fighter Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy who fought in what is known to be the first war of Independ-

ence against the British Rule in India.

The movie features an ensemble cast of Amitabh Bachchan, Chiranjeevi, Kichcha Sudeep, Vijay Sethu-

Chiranjeevi

pathi, Jagapathi Babu, Ravi Kishan, Nayanthara, Tamannaah and Niharika w h i c h makes the movie unmissable.

Produced by Ram Charan, Excel Entertainment and AA Films in association with Konidela Productions, The film is directed by Surender Reddy and is slated to release this year.

—Agency

Amitabh Bachchan

Diana Penty trolled by Bollywood

D

iana Penty is being trolled on social media- no, not by netizens but by the Bollywood frat! Celebs who have been trolling Diana include Aditi Rao Hydari, Dia Mirza, Sonu Sood and Punit Malhotra.

It so happened that Diana posted a picture of herself on Instagram, with the cap-

Diana Penty

tion: “Messy hair, don’t care!” In the picture, the ‘Happy Bhag Jayegi’ actress can be seen posing in a way as if she is trying to arrange her hair, which looks perfect already.

Bollywood celebs immediately started trolling the actress.

“D... this messy hair is #HairGoals,” wrote actress Aditi Rao Hydari, commenting on the post.

Dia Mirza commented: “Uhhhhh where’s the mess missy?”

Actor Sonu Sood wrote” “Messy... straight out of the parlour.”

Filmmaker Punit Malhotra asked, “This is messy?”

On the work front, Diana was last seen in the song ‘Sheher ki ladki’ alongside rapper Baadshah, for the film ‘Khandaani Shafakhana’. She will next be seen in Kunal Deshmukh’s romantic movie ‘Shiddat’, which also stars Sunny Kaushal, Radhika Madan and Mohit Raina.

—IANS

—PHOTOS BY SUNIL SHARMA

Nightlife in a

Jungle

Artists during their act

Apoorva Sharma with the artist

Artists sharing the bond of father and daughter in the act VANSHIKHA GOUR

A From Left: Shantanu Garg, Alpesh Rawat and Shreya Rawat

n event, ‘JBSE Experience’, hosted a dinner show, ‘The Legend Of Jungle’, inspired by the film: ‘The Lion King’, at Jaipur Bar Stock Exchange on Sun-

day where the characters of creatures of the jungle were wonderfully portrayed by Brazilian artists of Grand Ballon Performing Arts Company.

During a conversation, the owner of JBSE, Jai Sharma said, “Our purpose is to make JBSE

a very event-oriented space. When we entered the market, it was a very strict concept of nightlife and clubbing. But we wanted to do something innovative that our guests can enjoy. With that purpose, we are colliding two different

worlds; a world of broadway show with fine dining.”

The concept, ‘JBSE Experience’ is the first initiative ever taken that brings the world of theatre and the world of nightlife together. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

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DANCING AWAY VANSHIKHA GOUR

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Pandit Harish Gangani’s group performed ‘Tradition’ at ‘Nrityam’, a five-day series of Kathak performances at Jawahar Kala Kendra on Monday.

FI NESS with AN EVENT, ‘ZUMBA IN THE CLUB’ WAS HELD AT OUT LOUNGE ON SUNDAY

FUN

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—PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA

City First explores Jaipur’s glamorous landscape, the saloon avenues that meet your beauty needs and a must visit before every occasion

Singer Badshah at Sizzlin Scizzors —PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO

Zumba masterclass, ‘Zumba In The Club’ was hosted by Manisha Nowlakha at OUT Lounge on Saturday in which the Zumba lovers from across the state participated with energy and enthusiasm.

The special guest of the evening was Sucheta Pal who hails from Ranchi, shared her journey about how she became a Zumba instructor. Pal completed her engineering from her hometown after which she moved to America to accomplish her love for Zumba. She is also a brand ambassador of zumba in India.

During a conversation, Sucheta said, “I am on my pregnancy tour to spread awareness for fitness and an active lifestyle. Women feel that they should not move a lot during their pregnancy. This is my fifth month and I have not stopped any of my activities, be it zumba, yoga or gymming. It is necessary during this time to have an active schedule.

Even a walk works wonders. These things are necessary to have a healthy pregnancy.”

Manisha Nowlakha, who is a master trainer of Rajasthan, during a conversation said, “This is an initiative to spread awareness among the people about zumba. We all have gathered to show our love and dedication for it and to make the people realise how zumba is such a fun way to stay fit.”

The participants had come across Rajasthan from cities like Bikaner, Jaiselmer, Kota, Alwar, Jodhpur, Bharatpur, etc.

JAIPUR | TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2019

ONE-STOP REJUVENATING JUNCTION KIRTI CHAUHAN

S Zumba lovers dancing to the beats

Team of ‘Zumba In The Club’

Sucheta Pal

elf-care is all the rage these days, and why shouldn’t it be?

With the wish to pamper your self and give a break to the stressful life, City First introduces one of the highly equipped Salon ‘Sizzlin Scizzors’, that aims to rejuvenate and nourish the skin internally as well as externally.

Sizzlin Scizzors, established in 2015, manages three branches in the city at Raja Park (main branch), Malviya Nagar and Vaishali Nagar. With the vision to create a benchmark and professional standards in the salon industry in Rajasthan, MD Owner Deepali Chugh introduced her chain of salons after being into the profession for more than six years.

While sharing the USP of the salon, Deepali said, “We have high-

IN THE PINK CITY!

Play ‘Gaatha Bandini’ was organised at Ravindra Manch on Monday.

—PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO

Play ‘Power of Lord’ was held by Priyanka Events at Ravindra Manch on Monday evening.

—PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO

Actor Priya Banarjee

Erstwhile Royal Devraj Singh

tech tools and equipment like Wood’s Lamp for skin analysis and we have hydra moist to check the moisture level in the skin. We deliver the services according to the skin type and oxygen/hydration level of the skin to the clients. We have a Cidesco certified counsellor, Annie Thomas, who checks, analyze and treats the skin.”

The services of Sizzlin Scizzors are not limited to the external beautification, but they also focus on building the internal structure of the skin with their various techniques of remineralization, de-

toxification, rejuvenation and nourishment of the skin.

She further added, “We have a unique ‘Aromatherapy Associate’ that has 13 hand-selected oils like Deep Relax, De-Stress Frankincense, Revives Morning and Evening and more, which we use as per the need, mood and requirement of the client.” They also provide a Moroccan bath that includes services like exfoliation, massage, steam bath and Jacuzzi.

The salon is a onestop solution for promoters to host their events. More than 450 celebrities like Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor, Badshah, Sharmin Segal, Vidhya Balan, etc., have visited the salon, promoted their events and enjoyed services as well.

Sizzlin Scissors is soon going to make a national-international presence with its branches opening in Mumbai, Dubai, and South Africa, in coming six months. kirti.chauhan@firstindia.co.in