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INNOVATIVE FINANCE CAN HELP REBUILD UKRAINE
The power of God is with you at all times; through the activities of mind, senses, breathing, and emotions; and is constantly doing all the work using you as a mere instrument. Bhagavad Gita IN-DEPTH Rajnath @rajnathsinghSingh Had a heartwarming interaction with the Armed Forces personnel at Imphal in Manipur today. Lauded them for performing their duty with courage and conviction. It’s a matter of great pride to stand amongst the Indian Army and Assam Rifles troops.
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The writer is a Former Director of the International Finance Facility for Immunization and a Former Treasurer of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, structured Brady bonds when he worked for the World Bank in 1990-91
The biggest problem is that Ukraine will need the money as soon as the war is over. Because the country does not have sufficient reserves of its own, it will have to borrow. But its sovereign creditworthiness will be at rock bottom after the war, even though Fitch Ratings recently (restrictedUkraineupgradedfromRDdefault)toCC
stimates of Ukraine’s post war reconstruction costs vary widely. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmy hal recently put the likely bill at $750 billion, while Eu ropean Investment Bank President Werner Hoyer thinks the country may need $1.1 trillion. Every day that the war continues, the figure increases.Ukraine will need to re build power stations, elec tricity grids, and critical wa ter, sanitation, and transport infrastructure. Industry will require investments, and houses will need to be rebuilt and repaired before the win ter – although many cities, towns, and villages have been completely destroyed. But Ukraine will not be able to finance such a massive investment program on its own and should not count on reparations from Russia. Fi nancing must therefore also come from multilateral devel opment institutions such as the World Bank, the Europe an Investment Bank, and the European Bank for Recon struction and Development. Western governments will have to contribute as well, as will the European Union. The biggest problem is that Ukraine will need the money as soon as the war is over. Be cause the country does not have sufficient reserves of its own, it will have to borrow. But its sovereign creditwor thiness will be at rock bottom after the war, even though Fitch Ratings recently up graded Ukraine from RD (re stricted default) to CC. Furthermore, Western governments will not be able simply to transfer an initial $100 billion overnight to Ukraine. Their finances are still reeling from fiscal meas ures to counter the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the newfound realization that they need to spend more on defence. Germany alone intends to invest an addition al Euro 100 billion ($101 bil lion) in its military. But innovative financing mechanisms can help to bridge at least some of Ukraine’s massive funding gap. Policymakers should consider two recent prece dents in particular. One promising option is to set up an International Fi nance Facility for the Recon struction of Ukraine (IFFRU). This would be modelled on the International Finance Facili ty for Immunization (IFFIm), which was established in 2006 by several donor governments under the leadership of the United Kingdom to provide up-front money to vaccinate children in the world’s poorest countries.TheIFFIm received legally binding multiyear pledges totalling over $6 billion from highly rated governments, enabling it to obtain a AAA rating and start borrowing in international bond markets. The borrowed funds – the IFFIm’s first bond issue amounted to $1 billion – were sent to Gavi, the Vaccine Al liance to finance immediate large-scale immunizations. The tax-exempt IFFRU would be based outside Ukraine and function in ac cordance with best-practice operational and governance standards. And rather than diverting huge sums of mon ey out of their current budg ets, many Western govern ments will be able to make legally binding commit ments over 20 years. If cor rectly structured, the sums would be included in the re spective government budgets only in the year they are due. Depending on the donor countries’ credit ratings and the facility’s financial poli cies, the IFFRU could have a rating of AA or better. That would enable it to tap inter national bond markets and front-load financing for Ukraine, disbursing money as and when the country needs it. In this way, infra structure and desperately needed housing for Ukraine’s displaced population can quickly be rebuilt. A second possibility is for Ukraine to issue Brady bonds, following the example of some emerging markets –including several Latin American countries, Bulgar ia, Morocco, Nigeria, Poland, and the Philippines – when they defaulted on commer cial bank loans three decades ago. To resolve the crisis, the banks accepted a haircut, or certain loss, on the loans, and the remaining debt was con verted into tradable sover eign bonds, with principal repayments collateralized and thus secured by specially issued government securi ties. In the case of dollar-de nominated Brady bonds, the US Treasury issued special 30-year zero-coupon securi ties to provide such collater al, making the bonds attrac tive to investors.
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CBI RAIDS MAY CRIPPLE AAP BEFORE HIMACHALGUJARAT,POLLS igh flying Aam Aad mi Party is in the pro cess of being ground ed before the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh assembly elections with the CBI conducting searches at the premises of Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and several others on allegations of graft in its liquor policy. Siso dia, who transformed Delhi’s government schools to bring them almost at par with some good private schools, has been a prominent face of the party over the recent years. The CBI raids came on the day the New York Times carried a front page lauda tory article on Delhi govern ment’s education policy. Manish Sisodia is credited with over hauling Delhi’s education sys tem. That also made him a prom inent face of his party after Arvind Kejriwal. As in the case of another AAP minister Satyender Jain, the CBI is unlikely to stop with search operations. Sisodia’s ar rest cannot be ruled out. And that would effectively cripple AAP from campaigning in Guja rat where it was offering free education and jobs to voters. H
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At present India is a $ 2.9 trillion economy, nearly half of the target fixed by the Prime Minister. Despite being one of the world,economiesbiggestinthe India is way behind the US and China A
mong the five vows Prime Min ister Narendra Modi appealed to Indians to take for the country’s 100 years of in dependence included making India a developed country in the next 25 years. At present India is counted as a develop ing country and has been try ing to move out of that brack et. One of the important yardsticks followed by the World Bank is to classify a country as developed and de veloping is to measure its per capita gross national income (GNI) which, in India’s case, is US $ 2170. It is thus catego rised in the Lower Middle Income, below Bangladesh which has a GNI of $2620. But skewed distribution of wealth makes catching up with the developed nations difficult for India. Human Development In dex is another parameter on which India has made tre mendous improvements, be it health, mortality or educa tion but it still has a long dis tance to Reachingcover.the goal of mak ing India a $ 5 trillion economy is still a work in progress. Ac cording to Amitabh Kant, the CEO of Niti Aayog, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has to grow at a consistent rate of more than 8 percent to touch the $5 trillion mark. At present India is a $ 2.9 trillion economy, nearly half of the target fixed by the prime minister. Despite being one of the biggest econo mies in the world, India is way behind the US and China. The deadline for becoming a $5 trillion economy is 2024, and that should be the prior ity. Covid has gone but the Ukraine conflict could still come in the way.
Ukraine will not be able to finance its huge onreconstructionpostwarneedsitsownandshouldnotcountonreparationsfromRussia.
7 killed, several hurt as truck hits tractor in Pali Pilots fall asleep at 37,000 feet, miss landing
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi on Friday greeted the people on the auspicious occasion of festival.theinHeJanmashtami.postedatweetHinditogreetpeopleonthe
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The bench of justices Vijaya Tahilramani and Bhatkar had reserved the order after a day-today hearing on appeals since July 2016.
Police and people at the accident site, on Friday.
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YOUTH PLAYING A HUGE ROLE IN DEVELOPMENT OF RAJASTHAN: GEHLOT Naresh Sharma Jaipur: A big platform has been given in Jaipur for the youth of Rajasthan who want to make a mark in the field of startup and information technology. Rajasthan Digifest was started from Friday by the Department of Information Technology and Communications at Birla Auditorium, Jaipur. In this Digifest, renowned startup entrepreneurs of the country will guide the youth. On the very first day of Digifest, thousands of youths turned up to take part in it. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot also reached Digifest to encourage the youth and see the picture of digital Rajasthan. Gehlot said that the enthusiasm of the youth is playing an important role in the progress of the state and the next budget of the state will also be dedicated to the youth and students. He also appealed to the youth and students to give suggestions and said those suggestions will be included in the budget youthwillingsectormationwasthreejasthan,theJaipurBirla‘Digifest’Gehlotannouncements.addressedtheprogramatAuditoriuminandsaidthatinlastbudgetofRa-aprovisionofpercentbudgetmadefortheInfor-Technology(IT)andtheupcom-budgetofRajasthanbededicatedtoandstudents.
WANKHEDE GETS ONLINE THREAT Mumbai: IRS officer Sameer Wankhede on Friday lodged a complaint here after receiving threat from an unidentified Twitter user. Wankhede, former Mumbai zonal NCB director lodged the complaint with the Goregaon Police.
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit said, “It is surprising the CBI raids didn’t happen earlier. Be it liquor case, construction of rooms in schools, teachers recruitment, there should’ve been not one but 10 CBI raids.”
Excise policy: CBI raids Delhi Dy CM’s residence
OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, NEW DELHI & MUMBAI 2 RUSSIAN VILLAGES EVACUATED AFTER FIRE Kyiv: The residents of two villages in Russia’s Belgorod region on Ukraine’s northeastern border were evacuated after a fire at a munitions depot near the village of Timonovo. The fire is the latest in a series of destructive incidents on Russian-occupied territory in Ukraine or inside Russia itself. Nation remembers and pays tributes to former Prime Minister Late Rajeev Gandhi on his 78th Birth Anniversary FUGITIVEHOUSEMODI’SNIRAVHCLTOBEAUCTIONED Mumbai: The Debt Recovery Tribunal-I (DRT-I) has ordered the auction of a prime property belonging to fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi in one of the cases filed by PNB to recover a part of their whopping outstanding of over Rs 2,133-crore.
“It doesn’t take that much effort to form a government, but to form a country, hard work is essential,” PM Modi said while addressing the ‘Har Ghar Jal’ event. “We (BJP govt) have chosen the path of building the nation. Hence, we are continuously working towards addressing and solving the challenges of both - the present and the future,” he said. Taking a dig at the Opposition, he continued, “People who do not care about the nation don’t show any concern or interest towards these problems. They can make big promises for the provision of water, but will never work towards it with a vision.”
Tiruchirappalli: Tamil Nadu police on Friday searched the premises of the Special Camp here where foreign nationals facing criminal cases are housed. A revenue official said that many mobile phones were seized from the inmates.
New York: A statue of Mahatma Gandhi in New York City was destroyed by 6 men in a second attack on the memorial in two weeks. In latest incident, the Gandhi statue, standing outside the Tulsi Mandir in South Richmond Hill, was smashed to pieces using a sledgehammer. MAHATMA’S STATUE VANDALISED IN NY
io, Justice Bhatkar said, “I don’t understand why people are protesting against the judiciary. Rather, the judiciary has tried its best to protect the rights of the people. We feel bad when we are criticised and we cannot defend ourselves.”
HIGHLIGHTS Alleged excise scam: Manish Sisodia among 15 accused named in CBI FIR The FIR against Sisodia, 14 others alleges ‘diversion of funds to public servants’ The FIR says a liquor trader paid `1 cr to a firm managed by Sisodia’s associate In raid, confidential files about new excise policy were seized from a public servant
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New Delhi: Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Friday hit out at the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP and Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia over the alleged “liquor corruption” that the party indulged in under its revamped excise policy. Thakur’s comments came on the day CBI carried out searches at 21 locations in Delhi and NCR.
New Delhi: Amid ongoing turbulence around the CBI raids on the residence of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal termed his deputy the best education minister and said “the central investigative agency will find nothing.”
SISODIA THE BEST EDUCATION MINISTER, CBI WILL FIND NOTHING: ARVIND KEJRIWAL
DOLO MAKERS DENY FREEBIES CHARGES
EXTENSION FOR HOME SECY BHALLA New Delhi: Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla was on Friday given one-year extension in service till August 22, 2023, a Personnel Ministry order said. This is his third extension in the post.
Raids in 7 states; searches at 21 locations in Delhi-NCR, including premises of Manish Sisodia
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‘It was govt’s decision to release Bilkis Bano gang-rape convicts’
Addis Ababa (Agencies): Two Ethiopian Airlines pilots fell asleep while flying a flight from Sudan’s Khartoum to Ethiopia capital Addis Ababa and missed landing. The incident took place on Monday, as per Aviation Herald, which added that the Air Traffic Control (ATC) raised an alert when flight ET343 approached the airport but did not start the descent. While the pilots fell asleep, the Boeing 737’s autopilot system kept the plane cruising at 37,000 feet, the outlet furtherFortunately,said. no one was harmed and later the plane landed safely.
New Delhi (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday attacked the Opposition parties terming them “people who do not care about the country, and stay indifferent to nation’s Laudingproblems”.theefforts by the NDA govt in last eight years, he said that it is easy to form a government, but the BJP has “chosen the path of building the nation... which takes hard work.”
Turn to P9 Rajasthan will become front runner in IT and stratups in the country, CM said CM Ashok Gehlot interacts with a participant at Rajasthan Digifest on Friday at Birla Auditorium, in Jaipur. Chief Secy Usha Sharma also seen. ACT —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
P6PM Modi virtually addresses the ‘Har Ghar Jal Utsav’, in New Delhi, on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI CBI officials during a raid at the residence of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in connection with alleged irregularities in Delhi Excise Policy, in New Delhi on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI It’s easy to form govt, but BJP chose to build nation: PM’s jibe at Oppn Modi lauds the efforts by the NDA government in the last eight years
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COLLAPSESBUILDING4-STOREY IN MUMBAI Mumbai (PTI): A vacant and dilapidated five-storey building collapsed in Borivali here on Friday afternoon, but there was no report of any casualty so far. The fire brigade personnel are checking whether anyone was trapped under the debris, an official said. “Gitanjali Building near Saibaba temple in Saibaba Nagar in Borivali west collapsed around 12.30 pm. At least eight fire engines, two rescue vans and other vehicles of Mumbai fire brigade were rushed to the spot along with the police and civic ward staff,” he said.
Damage to Gandhi’s portrait: 4 Congmen held Thiruvananthapuram: In an embarrassment to the Congress, four of its workers were arrested on Friday for allegedly damaging a Mahatma Gandhi portrait kept at party MP Rahul Gandhi’s office in Kerala. The incident had occurred on June 24, when members of the CPM student wing SFI vandalised the Congress MP’s office in Wayanad. During the mayhem, Mahatma Gandhi’s portrait was found pulled down from the office wall.
Mumbai: Justice Mridula Bhatkar, who had upheld the conviction of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang-rape case, urged people not to blame the judiciary for the release of the convicts, saying it was the government’s decision. The judicial officers connected with this case at various stages have said that the decision to give remission to the accused was a decision taken by the government and judiciary cannot be blamed for it. Refraining to comment on current scenar-
Narendra @narendramodiModi Hearty greetings to all the countrymen on the auspicious occasion of Janmashtami. May this festival of devotion and gaiety bring happiness, prosperity and good fortune in everyone’s life. Jai Shri Krishna! (Translated from Hindi)
Bengaluru: A day after it was alleged that Bengalurubased Micro Labs was distributing Rs 1,000 crore worth freebies to doctors for prescribing Dolo-650 tablets during COVID, the company’s marketing VP reportedly told a media organization that the allegations were baseless. READ Crucial
MANISH SISODIA CRIES FOUL CONG BACKS RAIDS ON AAP LEADERSHIP “NOT THE FIRST CASE OF CORRUPTION AGAINST AAP LEADERSHIP,” SAYS THAKUR New Delhi: As the CBI action started on Friday, Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, cried foul. Sisodia tweeted about the raids saying he welcomes them but added it is unfortunate that people “doing honest work are being harassed.”
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New Delhi (ANI): The CBI officials on Friday arrived at the residence of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia as part of the investigative agency’s raids at 21 places in Delhi and NCR. The raids were conducted in seven states of country in connection with investigation into the alleged irregularities in formulation and execution of the Delhi Excise Policy brought in Nov 2021. Sisodia took to Twitter to post: “CBI has arrived. We are honest, building a future for lakhs of children. Unfortunate that in this country, whoever does good work is hassled just like this.”
Narayan Dabi Pali: In a tragic incident, seven pilgrims were killed and several injured when a tractor trolley in which they were going to Ramdevra from Gujarat collided with a truck in Pali district. Nearly 25 pilgrims— men and women and children— were on their way to Ramdevra in Jaisalmer from Ambaji in Gujarat when the accident occurred near Paldi Jod. The victims were admitted to hospitals in Shivganj and Sumerpur. Sumerpur MLA Joraram Kumawat, SDM and Dy SP reached the Condolingspot.the death of pilgrims, PM Narendra Modi tweeted “In this hour of grief, my thoughts are with the bereaved families. I pray for a speedy recovery of those injured.”
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Pali: Three die in separateroad accidents at same spot SIT to probe Jalore student death; AAP meets Guv, demands `1 crore for family Yogesh Sharma Jaipur: A special investigation team (SIT) has been set up to probe the death of Indra Meghwal, a nineyear-old boy who was allegedly beaten up by the teacher for touching a water pot in the school, in Jalore’s Surana village. The SIT was formed after the orders given by P Ramjee, IG, Jodhpur range. Sirohi ASP Devaram Choudhary will head the MishraandthedemandeddalitonGovernoroverjasthanAadmiMeanwhile,team.theAamParty’sRa-unithandedarepresentationtoKalrajMishrathedeathofaminorboyinJaloreandjusticeforvictim’sfamily.InchargeofthestateDelhiMLAVinaysaidthatthedemands of the family are justified and the state government should work on them. He demanded a compensation of Rs 1 crore for the “Atrocitiesfamily. against Dalits and tribals have increased in Rajasthan under the Congress rule. The family should be given a compensation of Rs 1 crore,” he said.
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Relatives console priest Girraj Sharma’s family members.
State Rights Body creates history with disposalmaximumofcases Kamal Kant Jaipur: State Human Rights Commission chairman Justice Gopalkrishna Vyas and his team have created history by disposing of 6,355 cases resolved in just 17 Withmonths.this,the joy RightsHumantheyeartheenteringof23rdofState Commission doubled. The State Human Rights Commission became functional in March 2000 with the appointment of Justice Kanta Kumari Bhatnagar, as the first Chairperson with RK Akodia, BL Joshi, and Prof Alamshah Khan as the members of the commission.
First India Bureau Jaipur: Hours after selfimmolation, Pandit Girraj Sharma succumbed to critical burn injuries at Sawai Mansingh Hospital on Thursday night. He had self-immolated in the morning hours of Wednesday and died during treatment. His family members and relatives initially refused to accept the body but after the state government assured to give a compensation of Rs 15 lakh and allotment of a dairy booth, the process to hand over the body was started. An amount of Rs 5 lakh will also be given under victim compensation scheme. Police have already arrested five people in connection with the matter. Meanwhile, a suicide note surfaced in which the priest has accused members of the development committee of the temple of harassing him. The deceased priest’s son Janu Sharma said that he recovered the suicide note behind the idol in the temple. In the suicide note, the pujari said that he was serving selflessly for 25 years but he was harassed and tortured. He also wrote the names of committee members Moolchand Mann, Shankar Joshi, Ashok Khandelwal, Samarmal Aggarwal, Ramprasad, Dinesh Dhariwal.
DEATH BLOT ON GOVT: KIRODI HARASSED BY MAFIA, SAINT THREATENS SELF-IMMOLATION
EXCLUSIVE Basis for cadre strength From 2010 to 2021, the state budget has increased by 315%, against which the IAS cadre has increased by only 23%. In 1979, the government employees were 3,19,950 and it has increased to 10,14,237 now. Rajasthan is the largest state of the country but there are 126 more IAS in Madhya Pradesh. IAS on basis of area There are 52 IAS officers per crore population in MP and 702 square kilometer area is covered per IAS officer. In Rajasthan, the IAS allocation per crore population is 39 and there is one IAS in every 1,093 square kilometer.
2 PILGRIMS DIE IN BHILWARA TEACHER BEATS STUDENT, BREAKS HIS TWO TEETH Bhilwara: Two people were killed in a road accident in Bhilwara’s Asind town on Friday when their motorcycle was hit by a speeding van. Police informed the deceased has been identified as Chotu Lal (25) and Ratan Lal (30). “The victims were heading towards Ramdevra on a motorcycle when the incident took place. They were hit by an eco van near Para Panchayat on Asind-Beawar Road. One of them died on the spot, while the other succumbed to injuries during treatment,” police said.
Rajendra Rathore and Chandrashekhar during their Delhi visit.
Kshatriya Mahasabha’s two-day nat’l executive meet from today
First India Bureau Pali: In a tragic incident, three people were killed in two separate road accidents in Pali’s Sumerpur area on Friday.The first incident occurred at the National Highway in Sumerpur when two trailers collided head-on which led to the death of a driver. Police informed that a trailer heading towards Gujarat from Sojat lost its balance after its front tyre“Thebusted.trailer jumped the divider and collided head-on with a trailer coming from the opposite direction,” police said. The incident led to traffic diversion which led to a second incident. “A diesel tanker collided with a milk tanker while it was trying to overtake a car. The diesel tanker lost its balance and overturned. The driver and helper died on the spot. All the three deceased are yet to be identified. Their bodies are kept in the mortuary of a nearby hospital,” police added. The mangled trailer after the accident.
First India Bureau Jaipur: Police have arrested seven accused including a woman after a woman teacher, who sustained critical burn injuries, died during treatment at SMS hospital in Jaipur. Police have found in the investigation that the woman had self-immolated after being harassed by the relatives. The incident took place on August 10 in Raisar police station area in Jamwaramgarh. She was admitted to critical burn injuries and she died on Wednesday. 35-year old Anita Raigar was a private school teacher. She had lent money to her relatives who refused to return the money and were harassing her.
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Recovered suicide note mentions harassment by temple development committee members
—Aishwary Pradhan Sawai Madhopur: A saint in Sawai Madhopur has threatened to committ suicide by immolating himself after being harassed by land mafias. Saint Hanuman Das has alleged that former sarpanch Sitaram Meena along with his other men are trying to grab the land of Ganesh Dham Ashram, located in Sawai Madhopur. Saint Hanuman Das alleged that despite a number of complaints, police and district administration has not taken any action against the accused. On Wednesday, Das met PHED Minister Mahesh Joshi during the public hearing in PCC. On hearing this, Joshi called DGP ML Lather and asked him to provide security to the saint and remove miscreants from ashram land. —Abhinav Agarwal
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Aishwary Pradhan Jaipur: The BJP has got a new plan to strengthen the OBC vote bank across the country through Rajasthan where assembly elections are due later next year. The party is going to hold a meeting of the OBC national working committee in the state in the coming days. This meeting is likely to be held in Jodhpur or Ajmer ganisation)generalSatishArunBJP’sdivision.stateinchargeSingh,statechiefPooniaandstatesecretary(or-Chandrashekhar have held discussion regarding this in a meeting in Delhi. The party’s national president JP Nadda and other central leaders are likely to come to the meeting for a special address. Poonia and Chandrashekhar are visiting Delhi in order to meet the party high command and hold discussion about the plan. Meanwhile, Rajendra Rathore will be on a tenday visit to Australia. During his visit, discussion on topics like parliamentary procedures, water, renewable energy, agriculture and education will take place.
7 held in connection with woman teacher’s death
AAP state incharge Vinay Mishra, MLA Kuldeep Kumar and others meet Governor over Jalore incident.
Jaipur: BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Kirodi Lal Meena on Friday said that the death of Pandit Girraj Prasad Sharma on Janmashtami is very sad and it is a blot on the Gehlot government. “Not only the Brahmin society but the entire Hindu community is shocked at the incident. The government is blind and deaf. The Government should give a compensation of Rs 50 lakh and government jobs so that the bereaved family can get strength,” he said.
Proposal sent to Centre to increase number of IAS officers Dr Rituraj Sharma & Shivendra Parmar Jaipur: The IAS cadres is facing injustice in cadre allocation despite meeting all the criteria of Rajasthan cadreAccordingreview. to the bureaucratic requirements, on an average, there is a shortage of 60 IAS in the state. Due to this, a proposal has been sent to the Centre once again to add 52 more IAS officers in the existing number of 313 in the state so that there is cadre of 365 IASTheofficers.cadre review of IAS takes place every 5 years. In the cadre review conducted on December 18, 1982, about 255 IAS cadres were raised with a total increase of 4.08 per cent. On October 5, 1987, the cadre was increased to 263. On 16 August 1991, it was increased to 266. Rajasthan is the first state in the country where cadre reduction was done instead of increase in the 20 years from 1991 to 2010. The cadre of 266 in 1991 was reduced to 260 on June 27, 1997. On 11 August 2004, this number was kept as it was and finally it was increased by to 296 on 26 May 2010.
Udaipur: An FIR has been filed against a teacher for allegedly beating a 14-year-old student studying in a private school in Udaipur. Police said, “Samyak, an eighth class student of Mount Litera Zee School in Kaladwas, Udaipur was allegedly thrashed by his teacher when he answered a question that was asked from some other student.” The teacher forcefully pushed the student head towards the bench. His two teeth broke down and sustained injuries on face,” police added.
BJP’s OBC panel meet likely in Raj
Mahasabha senior nat’l vice president Karishma Hada and others.
HAR GHAR JAL Union Jal Shakti Min Gajendra Singh Shekhawat interacts with local people in Goa after it became the first state to get certified under ‘Har Ghar Jal’ with 100 per cent coverage.
First India Bureau Jaipur: The two-day national executive meeting of Akhil Bhartiya Kshatriya Mahasabha will be held in Jaipur from August 20. The meeting will witness the presence of Governor Kalraj Mishra, Former CM Vasundhara Raje among other senior leaders. “Issues related to the future of the Rajput community, eradication of social evils and reservation for Kshatriya community will be discussed during the meeting, Senior Hadahasabha,Vice-PresidentNationalofMa-Karishmasaid.
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FATHER HELD FOR THROWING 11-MONTH-OLD TODDLER IN CANAL; BODY
Jaipur: The state govern ment has banned the registration of new credit and multi-state coopera tive societies in Rajasthan. Following the directions of the CMO, the cooperative department has decided to ban the registration of new credit and multi-state cooperative societies in the state. Sources informed that detailed investigations are taking place against various credit cooperative societies. FIR will also be filed against societies for working against the rules and their properties will also be attached. The cooperative department is working in coordination with the central registrar.
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CM GEHLOT TO ATTEND YATRA, PERFORM AARTI IN JPR TODAY
Former Dy CM Sachin Pilot visited the Govind Dev Ji temple on Friday.
Minister Vishvendra Singh and Subhash Garg in Bihari ji’s temple Bharatpur on Janmashtami. Rituals of Janmashtami being performed at the Akshar Patra temple Jagatpura, Jaipur on Friday.
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Tripti Gautam Jaipur : Birth celebra tions of Lord Krisha were held in three tem ples in Jaipur on Friday.
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Celebrations mark Shri Krishna Janmashtami
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Janmashtami being celebrated at Radha Damodar JI temple on Friday. This 500-year-old temple has a tradition of celebrating Janmashtami in the noon.
Former int’l cricketer Gagan Khoda was honoured with the Rajiv Gandhi Life Time Achievement Award on Friday. PHED Minister Mahesh Joshi gave him the award in the event held in RCA. A case was registered against ABVP’s Narendra Yadav for defacing public property. Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot will perform aarti of ‘Govind’ during Janmastmi procession on Saturday. The CM will attend the yatra and will perform the aarti of lord Krishan at Badi Chaupar. Jalore: In a shocking incident, a man threw his 11-monthold child in a canal in Jalore. The child’s body was recovered after 24 hours in the Narmada canal in Tetarol. Sanchore police have arrested the accused. According to police, the accused lied to his wife that he was going to leave the child with the grandparents but threw the child into the canal on the way. Desperate over being unemployed, the accused took the extreme step. Jaipur: Clashes broke out between the police and ABVP workers outside Rajasthan University on Friday. Police used mild force to disperse the youths against which ABVP workers started protesting outside the varsity main gate. ABVP organisa tion secretary Arjun Tiwari said, “We are being harassed unnecessarily by the police but we will not be afraid.”
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First India Bureau Jhunjhunu : Minister Rajendra Singh Gudha participated in a saffron rally by Hindu organisa tions in Ked village in Jhunjhunu’s Udaipur wati area on Friday. He raised slogans of Jai Shri Ram, made a horse dance and rode it. The rally was taken out on Janmashtami by Ba jrang Dal, VHP, Hindu Yuva Vahini, Durga Va hini, Shyam Seva Sami ti. It was led by Arjun Das Maharaj Bagad, Ra manand Pathak, BJP District President Pawan Mawandia, for mer MLA Choudhary.Shubhakaran Jaipur (FIB): After ABVP and NSUI an nounced their presiden tial candidates on Thursday, ABVP candi date Narendra Yadav found himself in trou ble and a case was reg istered against him by the Jaipur Municipal Corporation Greater for defacing public proper ty by pasting posters. Mukesh Kumar Mund, deputy commis sioner of Malviya Na gar zone of Jaipur Mu nicipal Corporation Greater, has filed a case under Section 297 of the Municipal Act 2009 against seven students, including Yadav at the Bajaj Nagar police sta tion. Yadav’s posters were put on the pots placed on the divider of Gaurav Tower culvert. A person booked for this offence will be fined up to Rs 10,000 with oneyear imprisonment.
Jodhpur : A 26-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped by two men in Jodhpur, police said on Friday. Police informed the accused have been identified as Budharam and Goparam. “The victim came in contact with the bus operator, Budharam, on July 25 while she had to go to Bengaluru. Bhud haram and the woman became friends and the victim was even offered a job at the accused office. The victim was given some intoxicating substance and then raped at a hotel. The accused even filmed obscene videos of the victim and blackmailed her,” police said. “An FIR has been registered. BY TWO MEN
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Pithoragarh: Mild tremors were felt in the Pithoragarh area of Uttarakhand which was hit by an earthquake of 3.6 magnitude on the Richter Scale on Friday, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said. The earthquake occurred at 12:55 IST. “Earthquake of Magnitude:3.6, Occurred on 19-08-2022, 12:55:55 IST, Lat: 29.96 & Long: 80.12, Depth: 5 Km, Location: 43km NNW of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand,” the NCS tweeted. Earlier in the day, another earthquake of magnitude 3.1 on the Richter Scale hit South-Southwest of Jammu and Kashmir’s Hanley village, the NCS said.
AFGHAN GIRL’S APPEAL TO PM Kabul: Afghan girl Fatima, a college student, ap pealed PM Narendra Modi regarding the unavail ability of visa to study in India. “I, college girl Fatima from Afghanistan, appeal to the Prime Min ister of India to give me a scholarship for studies in India. We love India it is like our family,” she said. About 5000 students in different cities of Afghani stan studying in India are stuck in Afghanistan for the last year and are unable to do their studies due to the non-availability of visa. After the Taliban entered Afghanistan, Af ghan students enrolled in Indian institutes are still awaiting visas to continue their education.
New Delhi: Attacking the Centre on ‘the rise of Arvind Kejriwal ‘, former Union Law Minister Kapil Sibal said it is time for Bharatiya Janata Party to destabilise. Terming the Central Bureau of Investiga tion and Enforcement Directorate the “long est arms of govern ment” Sibal tweeted, “Now that Kejriwal is on the rise, Time for BJP to destabilise”. He further mentioned in his tweet that earlier ‘the target was Satyender Jain , now it is Sisodia.’
Chandigarh: Punjab Police rescued an engineering student honey trapped and kidnapped for a ransom of Rs 50 lakh, officials said. The case was cracked in less than 48 hours after the arrest of 3 people who had honey trapped him, DIG, Ropar, GS Bhullar said. Mohali SSP VS Soni said the woman, Rakhi, had made fake social media profiles and after befriending the target, lured him into meeting her.
IN THE COURTYARD TWO BANGLADESHI INFILTRATORS SENTENCED TO 5 YEARS IN JAIL HC DISMISSES SWAPNA’S PLEA SEEKING TO QUASH FIRS IN CONSPIRACY CASES
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New Delhi: The Su preme Court has termed as “utterly incompre hensible” an order of Madhya Pradesh HC discharging an accused of rape essentially on the ground of delay in FIR. SC said the facts of this litigation was quite “heart-breaking” and set aside the HC order.
New Delhi (ANI): The Centre has planned to collaborate with Arunachal Pradesh government to develop a “district good govern ance portal” for moni toring the performance of each district of the state on a monthly basis and help in benchmark ingTheperformance.planisto help the state in upgrading the e-office version 5.6 to e-office version 7.0 in a phased Departmentmanner.of Ad ministrative Reforms and Public Grievances will develop the good governance portal.
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Kakinada: A fire broke out in a sugar factory here, killing two people and injuring six others in the incident. The injured were rushed to the hospital for immediate treatment. Soon after the incident, the fire atheAccordinginspectedandelectricaldepartment,departmentpoliceofficialsthearea.toanofficial,firebrokeoutduetoshortcircuit.
New Delhi: A Parlia mentary Delegation led by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and consisting of Anurag Sharma, MP (Lok Sabha) & CPA Ex ecutive Committee Member; MPs Sunita Duggal, Neeraj Shekhar, Santosh Kumar, Anub hav Mohanty, Kani mozhi NVN Somu and UK Singh, Secretary General, Lok Sabha will attend the 65th Com monwealth Parliamen tary Conference sched uled to be held in Hali fax, Canada from 20 to 26 August, 2022.
Srinagar(ANI): In a joint operation between Delhi Police and Jam mu and Kashmir Police in assistance with Cen tral agencies, a Hawala operator has been ar rested, said officials on Friday.The accused was al legedly involved in the funding of Lashkar-eTaiba (LeT) and AlBadr terror outfits. Accused Mohd Ya seen was arrested from Jammu bus stand along with the terror funding amount of Rs 10 lakh. “Working as an agent in Hawala transactions related to the funding of terror outfits LeT and Al Badr Mohd Ya seen has been appre hended. On 17th Aug 2022, Mohd Yasin gave around Rs 10 lakh to a terror operative Abdul Hamid Mir of Jammu and Kashmir for fur ther use in terrorist ac tivities in the state,” a statement said. Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal addressing on Friday. —Twitter LoP, Karnataka Assembly Siddaramaiah.
New Delhi (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister and national conven or of AAP Arvind Ke jriwal on Friday urged people to join the ‘Make India num ber 1’ campaign and issued a missed call number for the gen eral masses. “I am issuing a number today, missed call number — 9510001000. Those who want to join this mission, those who want to see India as the number 1 nation in the world, the most powerful nation, the best nation, should join this,” he said. His remarks came after the Central Bu reau of morning.tweetteridence,ManishMinistertheconductedInvestigationraidsonDeputyChiefofDelhiSisodia’sreswhichthelatconfirmedviaaonFriday
Siddaramaiah calls protests against him‘state sponsored’ Chikkamagaluru (PTI) : A day after eggs were hurled at his car and black flags were waved during his visit to Koda gu, Leader of Opposi tion in the Karnataka Assembly Siddaramai ah on Friday termed it a “state sponsored” pro test.Alleging that those who pelted eggs at his car were from “an or ganisation to which Ma hatma Gandhi’s killer Nathuram Godse be longed,” the senior Con gress leader and former Chief Minister won dered whether such people will spare him, as he was speaking against“Yesterdaythem.at Titima ti there were about 10 youths shouting slo gans; after that at four places they had gath ered, Couldn’t the po lice have stopped it? If the Chief Minister comes, will they let peo ple protest with black flags? Won’t they carry out preventive arrests? What was wrong with the Superintendent of Police (SP)?” Siddara maiah said. Aizawl: Hundreds of people from Myanmar crossed over to India over the last few days after violence rocked the country’s Chin state, a local leader said. Zokhawthar village council president Lal muanpuia said hun dreds from Myanmar entered Mizoram since Sunday. The latest crisis was triggered by the My anmar army torching Haimual village in Chin state and “abducting” five people, he said. Myanmar nationals crossover to India after fresh violence Hyd Rape: ‘Loopholes helped accused get bail’ 1 held for involvement in J&K terror funding Hyderabad (PTI): Loopholes in the Juve nile Justice Act, the In dian Penal Code (IPC) and the Code of Crimi nal Procedure (CrPC) have resulted in the al leged rapists getting bail in the Jubilee Hills minor girl gangrape case, Telangana Minis ter for IT and Industries KT Rama Rao said on Friday. “Loopholes in Juvenile Justice Act, IPC & CrPC have result ed in the rapists getting out on bail in the rape case. That’s why I am demanding that these Acts be amended so no rapist gets bail and when convicted re mains in jail till death,” he said in his post on the social Slammingmedia.therelease of the 11 men in the Bilkis Bano case, the Minister had earlier in a tweet asked PM Nar endra Modi to inter vene and rescind the Gujarat government’s decision to grant remis sion to the convicts.
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi said over 10 cr rural households had been connected to clean water through pipes, with 7 cr rural families get ting connected in last 3 years. He said Goa had become the first state in India to become ‘Har Ghar Jal’ certified. “The country and especial ly Goa has achieved a milestone today. Today Goa has become the first state in the country, which has been Har Ghar Jal certified. Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu have also become Har Ghar Jal certified,” PM Modi said.
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the name of India. He talked about Delhi and the people of Delhi in a nominal way, his entire focus was on the people of the country. It was as if he was giving a speech from the Red Fort and thus it seems that he used this speech as a means of fulfilling his national ambition. Kejriwal also men tioned this ambition in his speech. He said that the way he has fixed the system of Delhi, in the same way he will also fix the system of the country in five years. In this way he asked for the country for five years so that the system could be fixed. For this, he explained in detail the shortcomings of the existing system. He gave a speech like the main opposition leader of the country, and comparing it with countries like Japan, Germany etc. said that these countries were ruined in the second world war but today they are developed countries then why In dia could not become a developed country. He said that the people of India are the best peo ple in the world, yet In dia is backward be cause the system here is bad.
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New Delhi: The SC quashed rape charges by a woman against a man, saying she had a consensual relationship with him that continued prior to her marriage with another man.
Goa CM Pramod Sawant along with (L) Union Jal Shakti Minister GS Shekhawat on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI PM MODI PRAISES GOA’S ACHIEVEMENT
South Salmara Mankachar: The District and Sessions court of South Salmara Mankachar district con victed two Bangladeshi nationals and sentenced them five years imprison ment for entering India illegally. The court also im posed a fine of Rs.10,000 each. The failure in the payment of fine will lead to imprisonment of another six months for both. The two convicted accused are Abdul Hai and Niranjan Ghosh.
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Water security is one of the biggest issues being faced globally: PM Modi ‘70M PIPED WATER CONNECTION IN 3 YRS, MILESTONE ACHIEVED’
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SC SETS ASIDE MP HIGH COURT ORDER TOP COURT QUASHES RAPE CHARGES Dehradun: A nonbailable warrant was issued by a local court
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New Delhi: Prime Min ister Narendra Modi on Friday said his govern ment provided piped water connection to seven crore rural fami lies in the last three years under the Jal Jee van Mission, which helped the country achieve the milestone of 10 crore such connec tions in villages so far. Describing water se curity as one of the big gest issues being faced globally, he said it could prove to be a major cha lenge for the country in its march towards ‘Vik sit Bharat’ (developed India).Apparently targeting the Congress, Modi said those who were not bothered about the pre sent and future of the country only talked about water conserva tion, but never took any steps to address the is sue. He was addressing via video link a pro gramme organised by the Goa government to mark 100 per cent piped water supply coverage in rural households of the state. Union Minis ter of Jal Shakti Gajen dra Singh Shekhawat and Goa CM Pramod Sawant were present for the function in Panaji.
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Kochi: In a setback to key accused in the diplomatic gold smuggling case Swapna Suresh, the Kerala HC rejected her pleas to quash cases by the state police against her alleging conspiracy in Thiruvananthapuram and Palakkad. HC observed that probe was in a prelimi nary stage but the complainant can approach the court after the chargesheets are filed in the cases.
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New Delhi: Calling it the “most corrupt” govern ment, BJP leader Harsh Vardhan accused AAP of looting people in the name of liquor in Delhi. “The corrupt, dishonest and liar Kejriwal gov ernment has no right to stay in governance,” he said. “Kejriwal...has pushed women and youth to intoxication for selfish deeds,” he added.
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Chennai: Over 8 kg gan ja and other illegal drugs were seized in the past one week here as part of the drive against drugs and 12 men were arrest ed in this connection, police said. Following tip-off and stampsAcidtablets,amine,gramsmatelysurveillance,continuingapproxi8.5kgganja,15Methamphet1,200analgesic200LysergicDiethylamide(LSD)wereseized.
Bengaluru (ANI): A day after an “egg at tack” against Opposi tion leader and Con gress leader Siddara maiah in Kodagu, for mer Karnataka CM and Congress leader Veer appa Moily on Friday said the rise of caste and communalism in Karnataka has stolen the peace of the people of the country. “In recent days, the rise of caste and com munalism in Karnata ka has stolen the peace of the people of the country. Former CM and Leader of Opposi tion Siddaramaiah was attacked by BJP in Kodagu. The activist rush is a symbol of hate politics at its lowest level. Perhaps, this mis hap has never happened in Karnataka politics,” Veerappa Moily said.
Will he, will he not: Cong’s Rahul Gandhi dilemma
Patna (PTI): Political strate gist turned activist Prashant Kishor on Friday sought a feedback from Twitterati on the latest term in office of Bihar CM Nitish Kumar with whom he has had a long col laboration. Kishor launched an online poll on his official Twitter handle, asking users to vote yes or no, to his query, in Hindi.“This is the sixth experiment by Nitish in 10 years. Do you think, this time, the people of Bihar stand to benefit?”, asked Kishor. The founder of IPAC, a political consultancy group, has been skeptical of the new formation that has come into being with Kumar dumping the BJP and form ing Mahagathbandhan.
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New Delhi (PTI): Will he, will he not? That is the question on every Congress leader’s mind as Ra hul Gandhi has still not indicated whether he is ready to take on the mantle of party president.Congress’ Central Election Authority chairman Madhusu dan Mistry said the Congress Working Committee, the par ty’s highest decisionmaking body, will de cide the date of the election of president and the exact sched ule. “The list of dele gates (who will vote) is ready. From our side, we are ready, it is the CWC that has to decide the date,” he toldMostPTI.party leaders, including those known to be close to Gandhi, are unable to say with confidence whether he would give into the demands of workers and con test the party presi dential poll or not. Sources said his stand of not taking on the mantle of party president was un changed till a few days ago. A party lead er said most people in the party want Rahul to become president again but there have been no indications from him that he has changed his stance on theAissue.school of thought is also emerging with in the party that in case Rahul does not agree to become presi dent, Sonia should continue at the helm. In that case she could be assisted by a couple of senior leaders who may be given an offi cial role like that of workingpresident, a senior leader said.
New Delhi (ANI): A day after BJP’s Kailash Vijayvargiya gave a bi zarre take on the sud den termination of the alliance with Nitish Ku mar, Janata Dal (Unit ed) on Friday slammed the BJP leader by call ing him an “insensitive person” who always stays on a “foreign tour” instead of focus ing on his work. “It is useless to make any comment on Vijay vargiya ji. A few days ago. the unemployed youth of the country felt agitated over the ‘Agniveer’ scheme. Re acting to this, the BJP leader said that if youths under ‘Agniveer scheme’ become unem ployed after four years, they will be given a job of a security guard in the BJP office,” JDU President Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh said to “WhatANI.answer can be given to the person whose statement to wards the youth of the country, towards unem ployment in the coun try can be so light and insensitive? He is not a serious person. He stays on foreign tours mostly. He was also the incharge of West Bengal during the Assembly polls. We all know what happened in West Ben gal during that time (election campaign ing),” he said. JDU President fur ther told ANI that the BJP leader Kailash Vi jayvargiya should also become in-charge of Bihar. He will then real ise the ground reality about BJP’s prospects for 2024 General elec tions and 2025 Bihar As sembly elections, JD(U) leader said Chandigarh (PTI): Punjab’s Minister for Social Security, Women and Child Development Dr Baljit Kaur will ex amine the eyes of pa tients at a medical camp being held on Saturday at the ‘Aam Aadmi Clin ic’ in Muktsar district’s Bhagsar village. The minister, a atgetallbeciety”.EducationalsupportgovernmentingsonAnfortreatmentagnosinghasantor-turned-politician,dociseyespecialistandbeenoperating,diandofferingtoresidentsthepastmanyyears.officialspokespersaidthecampisbeorganizedbythewiththeof“SankalpWelfareSoMedicineswillgivenfreeofcosttopatientswhocometotheireyescheckedthecamp.
Imphal (ANI): De fence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday inter acted with jawans of Assam Rifles and 57 Mountain Division at Mantripukhari Army Station in Imphal and lauded their services and said that the Indian borders are protected and safe due to the sac rifice of the Indian Army and its troops. “Whenever I meet the jawans and officers of our armed forces, I feel happy, proud, and at peace. Everyone is serv ing the nation be it teachers, doctors and others but what our sol diers are doing is more than just profession and more than service,” Singh said. “No matter which government is there, the role of India’s security forces plays the main role in securing the bor ders which is more im portant than anything else,” he added.
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Patna: Tej Pratap Yadav, the new environment and forest minister of Bihar, landed into controversy after Shailesh Kumar, the brother-in-law, attended an official meeting on Thursday evening. Follow ing the meeting, a pho tograph was circulated in the social media on Friday and BJP leaders targetted Nitish Kumar government for taking the dynastic politics forward in Bihar. Shailesh Kumar is the husband of Lalu Prasad Yadav’s eldest daughter and Rajya Sabha MP Misa Bharti. He was sitting alongside Tej Pratap Yadav and other officials of environment and forest department. “RJD is basi cally a family based politi cal party. Its leaders used to do all kinds of political drama by pointing out castes and religions only to save and promote the family. Tej Pratap Yadav takes his brother-in-law Shailesh Ji in an official meeting. I appreciated the efforts of Tej Pratap Yadav for including Shailesh Ji in the meeting.
Srinagar: Senior separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq is not under house arrest, J & K Lt Governor, Manoj Sinha said on Friday. “We have neither arrested him nor is he under the house arrest, “ Sinha said. Noting that the father of the Mirwaiz was killed in an unfortunate incident, he said that police was placed around the separatist leader’s house for his protection.Mangaluru: Civic au thorities have removed a banner put up by a local Hindu organisation leader at Surathkal, carrying pictures of Mahatma Gan dhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse and Hindutva icon V D Savarkar, following a complaint. The banner was installed by Hindu Mahasabha leader Rajesh Pavitran, extending Sri Krishna sourcescelebrationsSriinsecurityCitymissioneroncomplaintimmediatelyremovedsaid.greetings,JanmashtamipolicesourcesTheauthoritiesthebannerfollowingaonThursday,theordersoftheComofMangaluruCorporation.PolicewasbeefedupSurathkalinviewofKrishnaJanmashtamionFriday,theadded.
RELIGIOUS FERVOUR Devotees celebrating Janmashtami festival, at Sri Krishna Janambhoomi temple in Mathura. Devotees of Lord Krishna’s were seen dancing to the tunes of Bhajans at various temples to celebrate the day that marks the birth of Lord Krishna. —PHOTO BY ANI Rajnath meets Assam Rifles men in Manipur Punjab Min to examine patients at eye camp
Mahesh Sharma New Delhi: How was it decided that Ambika Soni would hoist the flag on the occasion of Independence Day at Congress Headquar ters? Was it decided af ter Prime Minister Nar endra Modi’s speech from Red Fort that Am bika Soni will hoist the flag or was it already decided?Keepin mind that the PM had made a big at tack on dynasty in his speech from the Red Fort. He appealed to the people to end dynastic rule. Apart from this, he had talked about giving women power and giv ing them opportunities. That’s why many people are saying that after his speech it was decided that neither Rahul nor Priyanka Gandhi will hoist the flag and some woman should be given this opportunity. That is why Ambika Soni’s name was decided. But this is not the re ality. In fact, Congress President Sonia Gandhi had already decided that Ambika Soni would hoist the flag. Sonia her self is infected with the corona virus. Rahul is also infected and Pri yanka got infected a few days ago. Leader of Op position in Rajya Sabha and senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge is also battling corona and is in Karna taka. So it was decided a day before that some other senior leader would unfurl the flag. Usually this work is done by AK Antony, but after announcing his re tirement from politics, he has gone to Kerala. There was a specula tion that either Ghulam Nabi Azad or Mukul Wasnik or Pawan Bansal would hoist the flag. But considering the loyalty of the family, Ambika Soni was se lected. Surprisingly, both Rahul and Priyan ka Gandhi attended the flag hoisting ceremony. Rahul being the former president, he could have hoisted the flag but he has given many mes sages at once by giving a chance to Ambika Soni. He has also given a message not to become the president again, then he has also given a message to bring wom en forward.
Slamming BJP leader, JDU chief says he always stays on foreign tour ‘Vijayvargiya should be in-charge of Bihar so that he can realise the reality’
MURMU PAYS HOMAGE TO FORMER PRESIDENT SHANKAR DAYAL SHARMA CRUCIAL READ Srinagar: Inclusion of non-local voters in the electoral rolls in Jammu and Kash mir has heightened the fears of demographic change in the Union ter ritory, Peoples Confer ence chairman Sajad Lone said on Friday. He also appealed to the gov ernment to allay the ap prehensions of people. “The recent state ment by officials of the EC pertaining to allow ing non-locals to vote in the elections in J & K has created a new set of apprehensions amongst the people that the gov ernment of India must come out with unvar nished truth to allay their fears,” Lone said in a “Westatement.knowthe set of laws but what matters here is not the applica tion of law, but the in tentions of those imple menting law,” he said.
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Mumbai: The Debt Recov ery Tribunal-I (DRT-I) has ordered the auction of a prime property belonging to absconder diamantaire Nirav D. Modi in one of the cases filed by PNB to recover a part of their whopping dues of more than Rs 2,133-crore. As per the Mumbai DRTI’s order, HCL House in Marol shall be put up for e-auction on September 23, with a reserve price of Rs 52 crore, against the massive amounts out standing since nearly five years to the PNB and 15 more banks. “Proclama tion of sale read with the Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act, 1993,” said the August 11 order by Recovery Officer Ajeet Tripathi.
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slamseggSiddaramaiah’sattack:MoilyK’takagovt Defence Minister Rajnath Singh with Assam Rifles Jawans. JDU President Rajiv Ranjan Singh speaking at an event. Rahul Gandhi New Delhi: On the 104th birth anniversary of former President Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma, President Droupadi Murmu paid him the floral tributes at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma, the ninth president of India was Born on August 19, 1918. Dr Sharma was a lawyer and a politician who served between 1992 to 1997. He pursued his higher education at Agra and Lucknow universities. After earning a doctorate in law at the University of Cam bridge, he attended Lincoln’s Inn in London and Harvard University. In 1940, Shankar began his legal practice in Lucknow. He was also involved in the struggle for Indian independence from British colonial rule and joined the Indian National Congress and remained loyal for the rest of his life.
Pratap’s bro-in-law attends meeting, BJP slams govtGaya/Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s heli copter made an emergency landing in Gaya on Friday because of bad weather conditions, a senior police officer said. Mr Kumar was on a scheduled aerial survey of drought-hit areas in Aurangabad, Jehanabad and Gaya districts. “While returning to Patna, the pilot of the helicopter executed an emergency landing at Gaya International airport due to bad weather conditions,” Vinay Kumar, Inspector Gen eral (IG) of Police, Magadh range, told reporters in Gaya. As the weather conditions did not improve, the Chief Minster took the road route to reach Patna, he said.
New Delhi: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) been filed at the Patna High Court, challenging Nitish Kumar’s reap pointment as the Chief Minister of the state for the eighth time. A Patna-based social ac tivist Dharmsheela Devi and Supreme Court lawyer Varun Sinha filed the PIL claiming that his reappointment is “against the parliamen tary democracy,” media reported. “The act of Nitish Kumar is against the withinwhichhan’oftimeoathheadsNitishstatethegiventheAccordingdidn’tKumarreappointmenthavegovernorarticlecollegiums.mentandtheofresignedopined.thetiontution.principledemocracyparliamentaryandbasicoftheConstiItisalsoaviolaofbasicfeaturesofConstitution,”Devi“NitishKumarfromthepostchiefminister,leftmajoritycollegiumsformedthegovernwithminorityUnderthe163and164,theofBiharmayobjectedtotheofNitishagainbuthedoso,”shesaid.tothePIL,BJPandJD(U)werethemandatebypeopletorulethe2025,sheadded.KumarwhotheJD(U)tookforarecordeighthlastweek,asheadthe‘Mahagathband(grandalliance)ithaddumped2015,tojoinhandstheBJP. PIL OFREAPPOINTMENTCHALLENGESNITISHASCM
Vijayvargiya vs Nitish: JD (U) terms BJP as “insensitive”
WOMEN POWER
Exit test must for students to pass D-pharma; exams in November Vikas Sharma Jaipur: Students will now have to appear for an exit test for D-Pharma across the country. The first D-Pharma exit test will be held in Nov 2022. The Pharmacy Council of India sent a letter to all institutions that students will have to pass exit test and only then the registration of candidates will be done. Naveen Sanghi, Registrar of Raj Pharmacy Council has said that it will improve the quality of education. Now those doing “diploma” at home will not be able to become a pharmacist. After getting a diploma in pharmacy the exit exam will be mandatory to become a registered pharmacist.
specialities.Itmaybe noted that JDA has already started work on B-2 Bypass intersection, Laxmi Mandir Tiraha and Jawahar Circle with the aim of making these places traffic signals free and OTS intersection on Jawaharlal Nehru Marg is next where the work would start. Tender has been issued and the last date for submission of tender for the project costing about Rs 150 crore is 12th September. Not only a bridge will be constructed, but the entire intersection will have a glimpse of the history of Jaipur in a beautiful manner. Work on the project is expected to start by October and complete in one year. The intersection witnesses heavy rush of vehicles and after the bridge is commissioned, vehicles will not have to stop anywhere. Vehicles going from Gandhi Circle to Jawahar Circle will be able to go directly through the bridge.
RANKS OF DISTS
The area has become mining free after the cancellation of all 46 leases
All the circuit houses of Rajasthan have got the certificate.
ACS Mines Subodh Agarwal with officials on Friday.
RAJ’S FIRST STEEL SUSPENDED CABLE BRIDGE
MLA Awana targets PWD Minister Bhajan Lal Jatav
GEHLOT TO INAUGURATE R-CAT TODAY CM Ashok Gehlot
S STEEL BRIDGE WITH SUSPENDED CABLE 3-D render of steel cable bridge to be built at OTS circle. Eat Right certificates to 35 Circuit Houses of Rajasthan
Nirmal Tiwari Jaipur: The state government has issued separate orders of premature termination of all the 46 mining leases in Kankanchal and Adibadri mountain areas. ACS Mines Subodh Agarwal said that the department issued orders for cancellation of mining leases after giving an opportunity of hearing to all 46 mining lease holders as per tohadminingthisordersWithrules.thecancellationofallleases,nowareahasbecomefree.CMGehlotgiveninstructionsconvertthisareainto forest land last month. ACS Agarwal said that due to the religious and archaeological importance of Adibadri and Kankanchal areas of Bharatpur district, 757.40 hectares of land was declared as forest land by the State Government. After this, District Collector Bharatpur Alok Ranjan issued an order on July 21 and this land was transferred to the Forest Department. He said that 45 mining leases of masonry stone and one mining lease of silica sand were approved in 147.36 hectares around Adibadri and Kankanchal mountain area.
First India Bureau Jaipur: Congress MLA and chairman of Devnarayan Board Joginder Awana has once again targeted PWD minister Bhajan Lal Jatav over the use of andworkingnadbai,inconstructionmaterialsubstandardintheofahostelhisconstituencyna-Bharatpur.MLAJoginderAwa-saidthatPWDisnotasperrulesusingsubstandard construction material in his assembly constituency. He wrote a letter to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and demanded not to make PWD an executive agency for theJoginderproject. Awana is the MLA from Nadbai in Bharatpur while the minister Bhajan Lal Jatav is also fromThereBharatpur.hasbeen a dispute between Bhajan Lal Jatav and Joginder Awana in the past too.
TOP THREE ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES
Dr Rituraj Sharma Jaipur: Rajasthan has topped the country in linking Aadhaar cards with voter IDs. So far, more than 1.50 crore voter IDs have been linked with Aadhaar cards in the state, which is the highest among all states of the country. As per the directions of the Election Commission of India, monitoring of linking the Aadhaar Card with voter IDs was done through form 6B. Under the campaign ‘CEO to BLO’, Raj has been able to achieve the target of 1.50 crore voters linking their Aadhaar Cards with voter IDs. According to the officials, till August 18, a total of 1,63,76,655 Aadhaar Cards have been linked with voter IDs. From every their81,884constituency,assemblynearlyvoterslinkedAadharCards.
Similarly, Dholpur assembly VoterAadharpositionremainedconstituencyatthefirstinlinkingCardswithIDs.
Only Rahul can become party president, says Gehlot
First India Bureau Jaipur: After demands being raised from various quarters of the Congress party regarding appointment of Rahul Gandhi as party’s national president and comments and suggestions shared to this extent, now senior Congress leader and CM Gehlot has shared his thought on the issue. On the question of appointment of party’s National President, Gehlot said on Friday, “This situation has been prevailing in Congress for a long time. Now the time is near that some decision has to be taken and I think a lot has been said to Rahul ji. Just when the agitation took place, our members asked him to become the president. Perhaps there is something on his mind as to why he doesn’t want to become party president, but we all have an opinion that he should be the president.”Stressing that his elevation to the post of party president is a hypothetical question, Gehlot further said, “It’s just a hypothetical question. The question of me becoming the President does not arise. There is no point in me becoming the party chief. Rahul Gandhi should be convinced keeping everyone’s feelings in mind.”
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First India Bureau Jaipur: Three major telecom companies of the country have shown interest in the Chief Minister Digital Seva Yojana of the Rajasthan government under which 1.35 crore women in the state are to be given smartphones, officials said Friday. A senior official said a high-level committee will take a decision on the bidders this month after nextthebesoprocesswantsTheevaluation.governmenttocompletethisattheearliestthattheschemecanimplementedbeforeassemblyelectionsyear.Thetotalcostofthe project is Rs 12,000 crore. The technical bids for the government project were opened here on Chhatrapalpear,”thecompanyVodafone,opened“TechnicalWednesday.bidswereonWednesday.aprivatethatofferedtender,didnotap-Projectin-chargeSinghtold.
Vikas Sharma Jaipur: 35 campuses including all the circuit houses of Rajasthan have got the Eat Right Campus certificate. For meeting the food safety standards, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has been given a five star rating certificate with excellent category. Apart from the Circuit House of 33 districts, the Circuit House of Mount Abu and Transit Hostel in Jaipur has been given this certificate, Health Secretary Dr. Prithvi said. For this, the Food paignductedCommissionerateSafetycon-aspecialcam-totrainthepersonnel of these campuses. Their audit was also done.He said that training was imparted on maintaining the food items as per the beforeworthotherservingwhilemaintainingstandards,hygienepreparingandthefoodandonaspects.Itismentioningthatthis,37residen-
He said that now a high level committee will assess the tenders and decide further. Officials are hopeful that the process will be sorted out at the earliest and the first batch of the smartphones may be received by the government before the festive season starts.
S NO MORE MINING Raj ranks top in linking Aadhaar with voter IDs
Hanging Bridge at OTS crossing to make traffic smooth
First India Bureau Alwar: The Bharatiya Janata Party is constantly attacking the state government after vendor Chiranjilal was lynched on August 14 in Rambas village of Govindgarh in Alwar. Former BJP MLA from Ramgarh, Gyandev Ahuja, during his visit to Govindgarh on Friday, said that Mewat Development Board Chairman Zubair Khan spoke about handfive.killed.timeingtualjob“Whichjobs.governmentisit,isitacontrac-one,”hesaid,add-thatthisisthefirstthattheyhaveWehavekilledIhavegivenafreetopeopleand workers. They can hit and get hewasmittedranjilalsmuggling.werelierstatement.notthatsaid.guiltyceasedtofinancialOurworking“Theyfromthatstatement,Reactingacquitted.toAhuja’sKhansaidthisisexpectedBJPleaders.areneithergo-tohelpanyone,norfordevelopment.goalistoprovidehelpandjobsthefamilyofthede-andgetthepunished,”heLater,Ahujasaidthemediashouldmisinterprethis“Thosewhodiedear-inmoblynchingaccusedofcowButChi-hadnotcom-anycrimebutbeatentodeath,”said.
JDA has already started working on B-2 intersectionBypassandLaxmiMandirTirahawiththeaimofmakingtheseplacestrafficsignalsfree 46 mining leases terminated in Adibadri & Kankanchal
The total cost of the project is Rs 12,000 crore.
tial schools of the state have got the certificate of ‘Eat Right Campus’, Jaipur Railway Station as ‘Eat Right Station’, Masala Chowk and Mansarovar Chaupati as ‘Clean Street Food Hub’ and Moti Doongri Ganesh Mandir got the certificate in ‘Blissful Hygienic Offering to God’ category.
First India Bureau Jaipur: The Meteorological Department here has predicted a fresh round of heavy rains for several areas of Rajasthan from this weekend due to a new pressure system formed along the coast of Bay of Bengal and Bangladesh.However, the rain activities in the state have slowed down in the last 24 hours, a MeT Department spokesperson said.
Raj govt set to provide smart phones to 1.35 crore women Ahuja ignites row in Alwar lynching Fresh spell of rains in State this weekend
JOGESHWAR GARG IS TELLING THE TRUTH: CM GEHLOT Jalore: Reacting over the Jalore incident, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday said that BJP MLAs are giving reverse statements. “Jogeshwar Garg is telling the truth, then what shall we tell them? This is politics, and my congratulations to them. Prompt action on the incident, as much as is done in Rajasthan, doesn’t happen in any other state, I can say this with confidence,” he said. —FIB
First India Bureau Jaipur: Opposition BJP will protest against the deteriorating law and order situation in Rajasthan by taking out a rally in Jaipur onTheSaturday.demonstration will take place at Shaheed Smarak in which thousands of BJP leaders and workers from Jaipur and its surrounding districts will participate. From there, they will proceed towards Civil Lines in the form of a rally. “Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s goal is to save the only chair, due to which he is constantly doing the politics of appeasement. Criminals have become fearless in Rajasthan but the government is not bothered,” BJP state president Satish Poonia said.
Power Ministry declares 27 companies as defaulters
Classical music is a way to connect with God: Speaker Birla First India Bureau Kota: On the occasion of Shri Krishna Janmashtami, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday participated in the Shri Vallabham Kathak ceremony organised by Mukhiya Madanlal Joshi Smriti Sansthan at Career Point Auditorium in Kota. While addressing the gathering, Om Birla said that each incarnation of Lord Shri Krishna gives a new lesson to human beings to live life.“A unique glimpse of our culture is visible in Kathak. The Kathak artists have given such a wonderful performance as if we are having direct interaction with Lord Krishna. Classical music lets us connect with God,” said Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.“Mukhiya Madanlal Joshi Smriti Sansthan has played a very important role in saving Indian heritage through the folk-culture of the classical dance form,” added Om Birla. During the program, various artists were also honoured by the Lok Sabha speaker.
Birla participated in Shri Vallabham Kathak ceremony at Career Point Auditorium in Kota on Friday.
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Lalchand Kataria, Rajendra Yadav, Udayalal Anjana & others met Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar in New Delhi on Friday.Om
Vikas Sharma Jaipur: Ministry of Power has declared 27 power companies of 13 states including Rajasthan as defaulters in case of negligence in payment of dues. The Ministry’s undertaking POSOCO has directed all the three power exchanges- Indian Energy Exchange (IEX), Power Exchange of India (PXIL) and Hindustan Power Exchange (HPX)- to ban power trade with the defaulter power companies with immediate effect. Apart from Rajasthan, power companies of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand are included in the POSOCO,list. which manages the integrated operation of the power system in the country, had recently asked all the states to not delay payment by more than two and a half crores.duesitypowertooktheOnmonths.non-payment,MinistryofPowermajoractiononcompanies.Rajasthan’selectric-companieshaveofabout280TheofficialsofRa-
Jeevan Mission implementation
—REPRESENTATIONAL PIC FROM PG 1 Youth playing.. This fest will also be a big platform for employment, because many companies will work on the ideas found here and will also give an opportunity to the youth to join it. The fest will also see the founders of 12 unicorn startups share their success stories with everyone. Many sessions, workshops, exhibitions are being organized in the fest. The youth of Rajasthan working on startup will put forward the business model through startup and some selected youth will also get funding.Gehlot was to attend the concluding session on Saturday, but seeing the enthusiasm of the younger generation, he could not stop himself and suddenly reached the Digifest on the first day itself on Friday. During this, Gehlot saw various models kept for showcase in Digifest and inquired about them. While addressing the youth on this occasion, he said that youth can bring change in any field. The state government is also taking important decisions for the bright future and encouragement of the youth. Gehlot said that our vision is of ‘Technology for All’ and stressed that the state government is making every effort for this. “Rajeev Gandhi had become the PM of the country at the age of just 40 years. It was through him that the computer revolution was brought for the first time for the bright future of the country. Today, the effect of the same is being seen in the enthusiasm of the youth, dedication towards work and innovations. So far 1.30 lakh govt jobs have been given by the state govt. Recruitment to around 1 lakh posts are under process,” Gehlot said.
Naresh Sharma Jaipur: Rajasthan is at number 31 in the list of 33 states and union territories in the implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission. The state is lagging behind due to the slow pace of the officers of the water supply department. So far, only 26.51 percent work has been done in Rajasthan. Earlier, the state was at 26th position. According to the Ministry of Jal Shakti report, there are six states and union territories, including Goa, ana,hand,tions.withhavepercentPuducherry,Telangana,where100householdsbeenprovidedtapwaterconnec-OntheotherstateslikeHary-Bihar,Gujaratand
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Punjab have also achieved 70 to 99 percent progress, but only 26.40 percent work has been done in Rajasthan. Against the target of providing one crore connections, so far only 28 lakh tap connections have been provided. Only 1526 villages have 100% water connections here. Whereas in the neighbouring states of Rajasthan, the number of villages with 100% water connection has crossed 15,000. There are 16218 villages in Gujarat, 11933 in Punjab, 6803 in Haryana, 5521 in Madhya Pradesh, 5010 in Uttar Pradesh with 100% waterPHEDconnection.and Ground Water Minister Mahesh Joshi and officials say that at the time of the launch of the mission, only 11 percent of rural households in Rajasthan had water connections. At that time 71 pc in Gujarat, 75 percent in Goa, 81 in Puducherry, 57 in Haryana, 49 in Punjab, 44 in Himachal, 46 in Andaman and Nicobar and about 34 percent in Maharashtra already had tap connections, which was much higher than Raj’s 11 pc. In this financial year, more than three lakh water connections have been given. The guidelines of the mission were released by the central government in December 2019. Before that, the number of households in the state having water connection at every household was 11 lakh 74 thousand 131. That is, before the mission, connections were very less in Rajasthan.
jasthan DISCOMs had already received the indications of getting declared defaulter on arrears of more than 75 days but no one was aware of such strong action.On directions by Principal Energy- Secretary Bhaskar A Sawant, the office was opened today on holiday.From Chief Engineer to the entire staff, work on files of power purchase arrears was done so that payment can be released.
COURTESY MEET!
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First India Bureau Jaipur: On the occasion of Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s birth anniversary on Saturday, a seminar will be organised at PCC Headquarters at 11 am. A series of programs will be held at District and Block level across the state to pay homage to Rajiv Gandhi. Floral tributes will also be given at PCC. CM Ashok Gehlot, PCC Chief Govind Singh Dotasara and other senior Congress leaders will be present on the occasion.AICC General Secretary KC Venugopal will visit Jaipur on August 22 and hold an important meeting with CM.
z And Pradhan Man tri Awas Yojana? I want you to recall what Modiji had said in 201415 that when we cele brate the 75th year of Independence, if we talk even about the PMAY (Urban) we had prom ised 1 crore houses and till now, we have already completed work of 1 crore houses and by the year end, we will cross the figure and complete 22 lakh additional homes. This means, we will build 20 percent more homes. Even the target for the rural area under PMAY has been achieved. This goes on to show that Modiji does not merely do lip ser vice, rather his good governance, his ability to take decision and en force it, has truly em powered the nation.
MODI IS THE FIRST POPULAR PM, WHO COMMANDS NATION’S SENTIMENTS, LOVE AND AFFECTION!
z You did not lose any election? I did not due to God’s will and the love of the people, coupled with the support of the party workers.
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The human spirit is the most amazing thing, it can plummet the darkest depths and rise to the shiniest stars in the breadth of a second. Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief,
z What is your take on the InsuranceHealthScheme? It is a huge scheme. ‘Ayushman Bharat’ is such a scheme under which, we are giving treatment worth up to Rs 5 lakh free of cost to 60 crore people, i.e. even if we add the population of North and South Americas, ours’ would still be a larger popula tion cover. Poor do not have to look at anyone to acquire treatment.
z How do you see the Direct Benefit Trans fer Scheme under which people are get ting money right at their homes? You have picked up an important point that money has reached to people while seated at their homes. There was a time, when Rajiv ji used to say that when I send Rs 100, only Rs 15 reach till the last end. This means, that the system of offi cials, employees and poli ticians used to gulp the poor peoples’ money dur ing the Congress’ regime. But Modiji opened 45 crore bank accounts and 28 crore people were giv en the facility of debit card. Not only this, he brought forward the best digital payment system -UPI BHIM- wherein, while other countries are signing cheques for the masses, Modiji just press es a button and the mon ey automatically gets transferred directly to the account of crores of people within seconds. This is the power of ‘Dig ital India.’
z When was the first time you met Modiji, or he set eyes on you? It was in 1995, when he was the in-charge of Himachal Pradesh and then, he went on to be come the National Gen eral Secretary.
z When did you con test your first elec tion? Anurag Thakur: I con tested the election for 14th Lok Sabha and thereafter, contested for 15th, 16th and 17th and now serving as 4th time MP from Hamirpur Lok Sabha constituency. For this, I thank the constit uents of Hamirpur, who have, time and again, expressed their trust & faith in me and handed over this responsibility to me.
z AAP was trying to project itself as con tender in Himachal. But later, all its lead ers came and sat with BJP. How did this miracle happen? We made some efforts. There were people, who felt that Arvind Kejri wal is a ‘Bag of lies.’ They felt that he is less of a Chief Minister and more of a ‘Jhooth-Man tri’. Spreading fake propaganda, spreading lies, throwing muck on other leaders, have be come Kejriwal’s identi ty. Look at their prom ise of free electricity in Punjab. When they came to power, instead of fulfilling their prom ise, he ran towards the Centre to seek help and papers even quoted that he wanted Rs 1 lakh crore from the Centre. We have helped Punjab in the past, are doing it in the present and will keep doing so in future as well. It is an extreme ly important part of our nation, but this some where shows the Kejri’s thought process of that he makes huge promis es to win polls, distrib utes ‘revadis,’ but after coming to power, he fails to fulfil them.
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra in conversation with Anurag Thakur during The New JC Show. During the show #JCwithAnuragThakur trended toponAll-IndiaTwitter
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z So how do you rate Narendra Modi as a PM? He is the leader of my party, he is the leader of the nation and I would say that I am thankful to the people of India that they have given this country a Prime Minis ter like Modiji, not once but twice and owing to this fact, Indians all across the world, hold their heads high. z How do you per ceive PM Modi as a global leader? See, when one addresses global issues like global warming. We all say that glaciers are melting, sea level is rising, rains are erratic now and seasons have changed. This will result in deaths of mil lions of people, when ever the cataclysm oc curs. And we have start ed observing its impact. But the nations of the world aren’t bringing any change in their life style. No one wants to take major steps. In fact, they are not ready to fol low the Kyoto Protocol. But Modiji, displaying leadership, brought France together during COP-21 and formed the International Solar Alli ance. Its Headquarters is based in India and we fulfilled our target be fore time. And when COP-26 happened in England this time, Modi ji again gave direction and leadership to the world leaders. During the disaster, we followed our principal of Vasudhaiva Kutumb kam,’which means that the world is one family and provided vaccines and medicines to 150 na tions, when other na tions of the world were restricted to themselves.
z What is your thought behind this ‘revadi culture’ espe cially in context to what Supreme Court has said recently? Will you go further for appeal so that a law is made? Jagdeesh ji, I feel that senior individuals like you should hold debates and deliberations on TV as to what is the reason behind the Sri Lankan crisis. Why are such situ ations coming up in na tions across the world? Why has the debt in Bangladesh risen? If we look at the states of In dia, which till yesterday were cash rich, are now under debt, they are cash strapped. What are these policies that are causing this problem? It is impor tant to know this, re search and learn about them and take preven tive or corrective meas ures in this regard is ex tremely important. If we do not discuss about these issues, then vari ous parts of the nation will witness tension. That is why, I say that we should act when there is still time.
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z Assembly elections will take place in Himachal Pradesh. Don’t you feel like contesting? I feel like making people contest. When elections come, I feel like going amidst people and in form them about the achievements of the State as well as the Cen tral Governments & help form the BJP gov ernment in Himachal. z Perhaps that is why party workers want you to contest election and become face of the election? In PM Narendra Modi, BJP has got a face, which no one can match. He is the most popular leader of not just our na tion, but of the world. He considers Himachal his second home and when Modiji comes, the people will vote for BJP in unison. And as BJP workers, we will work to take party’s message to each and every individ ual and form the BJP government once again.
z How would you like to explain Narendra Modi’s idea of ‘New India’ ? We can explain Modiji’s ‘New India’ in whichev er manner we may want and in as many words as we can. I keep on asking the youth of the nation as to what do they think the ‘New India’ should be like? So someone says SwachhBharat,SundarBharat,SashaktBharatorShantBharat.SowhenModijitalksabout‘NewIndia,’thereisanewrespecttowardsthenationandtheTricolour.Today,whenwearecelebrating‘AzadiKaAmritMahotsav,’andpeoplearewalkingwithTricolouronroadsandhaveunfurleditattheirrespectivehomes,thepeoplethroughtheiract,arerememberingthosemenandwomen,whogaveuptheirlivesforthefreedomofthenation.Theygavetheir‘Balidaan,’todaywemerelyaskpeoplefortheir‘Yogdaan.’
z How did the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ cam paign reach such a level? Did you ever fathom that it would be so grand? I think there is a huge change that has taken place after several dec ades, that when one per son in the nation says something and the en tire nation listens to that person and does what is requested. See, during first wave of Covid-19, when Modiji called up the people to stand with the frontline workers, so people clapped for them and did all that was asked, then people supported the vaccination drive and also used the Aaro gyaSetu App and CoW IN App when asked to. People of India and of the world trust Modiji blindly . z PM Modi’s single statement has that ‘magical effect’ on people. What’s your taken on this... When people stand be sides you, then there are expectations too. I want you to recall any mo ment from our history when an Indian PM has visited another nation, and the fanfare he has been accorded a wel come with and compare that with the warm wel come and support and strength that has been accorded to Modiji. Has that happened ever in the past? Even the NRIs get strength from the fact that a leader from their nation has gained such a massive support and strength. See a new world order is now com ing into existence and now India and its people have to make up their minds as to where do want to take the nation to? And if any nation wants to go to a better place, then it needs a new idea, a new thought, a decisive leader and then the nation needs to walk with the leader without thinking about other aspects. What has not happened in the past six decades, has hap pened in the past 8 years. ‘Saath se behtar Aath.’ And that is why, I say that people have put all their trust in Narendra Modiji’s actions. z I keep visiting Sri Nagar. There was a time, when the youth of the valley used to have stones in their hands at Lal Chowk and Modiji had un furled the Tricolour at Lal Chowk in the past, putting his life at stake. But now, the Tricolour was un furled at Lal Chowk. Is this the magic of 370? You are talking about the era of 90s, when Modiji went there. I will narrate you an incident of 2011. I undertook a Rashtriya Ekta Yatra from Kolkata to Kash mir, which was basical ly a ‘Tiranga Yatra.’ During that time, stones were pelted at soldiers and more than 2,000 sol diers sustained inju ries. The UPA Govern ment was changing the AFSPA and were talk ing about giving a great er autonomy to Kash mir and this would have been extremely danger ous. As the National President of BJYM, I travelled from the birth place of Dr Syama Pras ad Mukherjee to his Balidan-sthali and con nected crores of youth of the nation and reached Lal Chowk to unfurl the Tricolour. But I was arrested on January 25, 2011 and was jailed in Kathua, so that I could not reach Kashmir. Fencing was done on the border of Jammu & Kashmir so as to curtail my move ment. Arun Jaitley ji and Sushma Swaraj ji, who were Leaders of the Opposition, came to support my ‘Yatra,’ but they too were arrested and were put behind the bars. Hoisting or unfurl ing Tricolour used to be considered a crime in our own nation. But BJYM workers reached the Lal Chowk and hoisted the Tricolour. But this changed on Au gust 5, 2019. Dr Mukher jee carried out his ‘Yatra,’ followed by Murli Manohar Joshi and Narendra Modi and then myself. But noth ing changed. Change came into existence, only when the people of the nation gave a com plete majority and Modiji provided free dom to Jammu and Kashmir from Article 270 and 35 (A). Today Kashmir is peaceful, no stone pelting occurs there, Tricolour is re spected and the state is on development path. CEO & Editor-in-Chief of First India & Bharat24, Dr Jagdeesh Chandra during The New JC Show, speaks to Union Information & Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur about his political journey, the changing dynamics of politics, the coming of a new world order & most importantly, how India under PM Modi’s leadership is surging ahead of other nations & taking everyone along following the age old philosophy of Kutumbkam;’‘VasudhaivaHowModi’s vision of a ‘New India’ has wide acceptance of public & hence his word carries weightage & charisma to propel the nation forward & much more... (Part—I) Kejriwal, a ‘jhooth-mantri’: Thakur
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Aayo Nathkhat n the auspicious occasion of Krishan 2022day,Ramada,withBigorganisedPratiyogita‘Balmomentousmashtmi,Jana-aGopal2022wasbyStudioBossinassociationFirstIndiaatHotelJaipuronThurs-BalGopalPratiyogitaisoneofthemostanticipatedBalGopalcompetitionsofthePinkcity.JagdeeshChandragracedtheoccasionastheChiefGuestandmotivatedtheyoungKrishnasandalsocongratu-latedtheirparents.DrMaheshJoshi,CabinetMinisterwasalsopre-sentasthespecialguest.Duringtheoccasion,MinisterJoshisaid,“Iamverygratefultobeapartofthisenchantingcompetition,asthiscompetitionisatreas-uredandpreciousoppor-tunitytoputourchildrenintheshoesofNandLala.”Forthepast14years,onKrishnaJan-mashtami,StudioBig Boss would give a chance to mothers, children and families to woo Lord Krishna by dolling up as the lord himself and hundreds of kids in more than 5 categories would take part. The celebrations were an exquisite blend of faith, innocence and love. Ashok Singh, the founder, of Studio Big Boss, informed everyone that we are organising this competition for the last 25 years and try to bring back to life the special blissful memories of our most jubilant Janmashtami Celebrations. It is exciting to see the craze of youngsters and especially their creative and imaginative parents who meticulously arranged all the beautiful and colourful fancy dresses, ornate accessories, and special make-up. Kavya Joshi, granddaughter of Dr Mahesh Joshi, Cabinet Minister and Daksh Choudhary won the hearts of everyone with their charm and astonishing look and attire when they walked the stage as little Radha and Krishna.
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Dr Mahesh Joshi and Jagdeesh Chandra felicitating Kavya Joshi and Bhavya Johar, as they charmed everyone with their adorable avatars. Also seen are Sanya Hissariya, Bhagyashree Mundra and Gaurav Gaur Jagdeesh Chandra greets Dr Mahesh Joshi
O Bal Gopal 2022, by Studio Big Boss, is the celebration of Lord Krishna in his most precious form, that of an innocent and ‘natkhat’ child. Children dressed as little Krishnas and Radhas wooed and drew blessings from each one of the audience at Ramada on Thursday
Kavya Joshi with her mother Divya Joshi and Daksh Choudhary with his mother Pooja Choudhary and other family members during the competition
CAPRICORN DEC 23 - JAN 20 Don’t make friends for money and status rather make friends who will stick with you forever. You care about you lover but somehow hesitate in expressing that care. On social front, you may have to spend some extra money in buying gifts for someone for some specific occasion. VIRGO AUG 24 - SEP 23 Some family issues may need urgent resolution, so don’t neglect them. Some of you are likely to enjoy an excursion with friends.You will feel financially comfortable. Your personality will attract many eligible bachelors. Spend time talking with likeminded people.
CANCER JUNE 22 - JULY 23 You will enjoy good health by remaining regular in your workouts. It will be in your interest to guide a family youngster on the academic front. Scrumptious food is what you are craving for today. You may start a side business to earn extra money. You are a very grounded person.
“We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slipTheout.”ancient science of Tantra recognises the power of human thought. You can call this Chi, Dev Atama, Shakti, or Visualisation- which enables you to experience the unlimited power of your potential, This is how the ascended yogis crename a few. Visualization may be the most important part of your mental package as it uses explicit imagery and alters your neural pathways. This is ‘Achetan Kriya’- sitting in a relaxed meditative pose, with total focus on an image - keeping your goal in mind and visualising it to come true.
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Fortunes are set to rise for those in trade and business. You love to live close to your family. You are a child at heart and never let this child die. You have a big heart and you always help someone if you can. Expected payments are likely to get released soon.
ing different lives. Each is trapped in her personal prison of abuse, sickness, lack, poverty, jealousy etc. Based on dramatized, true-life incidents the book details how through simple transformational tools these women broke free. Modern science has done a lot of research and found that consciousness of gratitude enhances mental health, fosters meaningful relationships, helps in catharsis, and improves the happiness quotient. When you start counting your blessings, your whole life turns around.If‘SurvivaloftheFittest’ was the only maxim, all species would hurt and kill, till only the stronger few survived. The fact is that survival depends on mutual help because the “river that flows in you also flows in me”. This awareness of coexistence is 'Empathy'which is programmed within but needs to be awakened. You, yourself, as much as anybody else in the Universe, deserve your love and compassion. The first step towards ‘self-love' is forgiving yourself physically, mentally, and emotionally. One great way to express empathy is speech. It can inspire and change the world provided these words emanate from the vast stillness beyond. When we speak and theuplar‘mindfully’listensimi-neuronslightinthebrainofotherperson.
Pending concerningpaperworkaproperty will be completed. Your spouse may make you spend more than you expected. Admit your faults in relationship. Fantastic day for investing money in stock market as you can make fortune. You miss your parents a lot and somewhere fear to loose them.
You are very fortunate to have a great friend circle. Whatever you have in mind, you will manage to implement it at work. You are likely to feel much healthy and energetic today. Visit a doctor if you have any doubts about your health. You will have your own house.
PISCES FEB20 - MARCH 20 Family will be supportive of your ideas, but only to an extent. You give tough competition to people. Many people get inspired by you. You will get special treatment from your dear ones. Good health is assured through own efforts. Meet people you get along with well.
LIBRA SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
TAURUS APR 21 - MAY 20 You make sure to make things work your way. You are most wanted by your friends. You can have romantic affair in office and a serious one. You will invest money in clothes and accessories today. You are a God fearing person. Never demotivate someone.
Today is a favourable day for business.Listening to someone’s advice on the professional front will be in your interest. You are very generous by nature and also you are the backbone of your family. Be careful of the words that come out of your mouth.
AQUARIUS JAN 21 - FEB 19
GEMINI MAY 21 - JUNE 21
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ARIES MAR 21 - APR 20
SCORPIO OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22 You must create an environment of understanding at home. Your regular exercise routine promises to keep you fit and energetic. You will succeed in any sort of examination if you put your heart and soul to it. You need a break from day to day tensions.
This is the best time try something new with life give yourself a new purpose. You will feel amorous towards your wife. Work on your limitations, there can be no better time than this. You have more opposite sex friends than the same and you may be judged sometimes.
Tensions on the family front are likely to get sorted out. Your spouse is someone who can do anything for your happiness. You are happy spending whole day at home. Help your mothers at home today and give them a reason to smile. You will be successful one day.
YOUR DAY Horoscope by Saurabbh Sachdeva arneet Sachdev is an author.sultantagementspeaker,complishedac-man-con-andHehas studied at prominent global institutions like the University of Melbourne and Syracuse University among others. During his 30 years of research into aspects of mind science, brain wave analysis, spirituality, dream analysis, paranormal, positive livesbookalwithsonalknowledgewantscretsprisonbrokeofbutonlyly.himselfandmasteredforainAsbyments,plingintremesonaldevthere,kissedtheretobemoneyofandwork.forceiveddigarh.WestIncomeCommissionerPrincipalworkingdevjourney.theirthousandshemeditationpsychology,etc.,hashelpedoninnerSach-iscurrentlyastheChiefofTax,North-region,Chan-Hehasre-manyawardshisoutstandingHisinnovativeindigenouswaysunearthingblackhaveprovedtoofimmenseutilitytheITDeptt."Onceuponatimewasasun-land.IlivedIstilldo”.Sach-shareshisper-prisonsofex-socialanxietyadditiontocrip-physicalail-compoundedvariousallergies.therealisationsetthat"thereisneverplacedarkenoughdarkness”,hehisthoughtswasabletohealmiraculous-Itlaysbarenotthemagicinsidealsotheinfinitythehumansoul.Hefreefromthisusingthe‘Se-ofLife’andtosharethisandper-experienceshisreaders.'Prisons'isaspiritu-andphilosophicalthatweavestheoffivewomenliv-
Quoting Buddha “You are what you what you feel, you create what you imagine”. This is the ‘Pristine Duo’- your visualization followed by non-resistant action since “You will never plough a field by turning it over in your mind”. Perfect thought prepares the soil for creation and effort makes it a reality. “He who is not busy being born is busy dying”. "There are prisons in life as well asafterconfinementsdeath.Noth-ingisunbreaka-ble”.Thesoulisnotmeanttobeimprisoned,itsdestinyisfree-dom.Youmustdoityourselfsince“inlife,youaretooheavyaloadforanyoneelsetocarry".TheMasterkeytoTHEUL-TIMATEFREE-DOMisinyourownhands!!!Throughthisbook,Parneethassharedsimpleyetpowerfultechniquestotransformyourlife.Itisamust-read!
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The birth of Lord Krishna, also known as Janmashtami or Krishna Janmashtami, was commemorated throughout India with great fervour and enthusiasm on Friday, August 18. This celebration is only held in order to bring people together and build bonds of solidarity. Another significant component of this holiday, which is observed on the second day of Janmashtami, is Dahi Handi. Lord Krishna was known as “Makhanchor” or “the one who stole butter” when he was a child. He used to smuggle butter into every Gokul family. City First brings to you glimpses of the celebration from our readers across Jaipur, Delhi and Mumbai
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The festival of Janmashtami was celebrated in Prem Mandir Pratap Nagar, Jaipur with joy and music on Friday. On this occasion, the entire temple complex was decorated with garlands of flowers and attractive vandanbars. Bhogprasadi, Panjiri and Charanamrit were distributed to all the devotees. During the occasion, Prem Mandir Trust President Shivkumar Agrawal shared that the devotees of Pratap Nagar and Sanganer queued up outside the temples since morning.
JagdeeshBhalla Chandra with Ashok Raj Singh Jagat Rajeshwar and Raj Rajeshwar
To commemorate 76 years of independence, Vimal Daga, a technology expert, launched a campaign, Simplifying Education & System Design space which aimed at emphasising more on education and not complexities and complex methods while simplifying the entire process of education in technology on Monday. Vimal Daga said, “Innovation and future technologies are rooted in system design. But students are utterly confused.”
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CITY FIRST magnificent dinner was organised to celebrate the glorious victory of Femina Miss India 1st Runner Up, Rubal Shekhawat at Rambagh recently. Jagdeesh Chandra graced the occasion with his presence and congratulated Rubal Shekhawat for her tremendous win. He also shared that First India is working to promote local talent across national and international platforms. Gaurav Gaur, director of Elite Miss Rajasthan along with stunning supermodels including Akanksha Bhalla, Rutwi Tiwari, Aastha Khandelwal, Mona Gautam and Rubal’s family members, including Lucky and Deepti were also present.
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Jagdeesh Chandra launched the poster of the Hope Season 2, a charitable musical event by Shree Deepak Foundation, at his residence on Friday, August 19. During the event, Lucky Ali and Shabeer Kumar will perform live at Deep Smriti Auditorium, Mansarovar, Jaipur, on September 17. CMD Neelanjan Das Gupta and Soniya Dwivedi were present during the launch.
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