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tenders for the title.
group stage games to select the four teams who will ad vance to the knockout rounds (semis and final).
On October 16, Round 1 of the T20 World Cup began, comprising 8 teams aiming for a spot in the Super 12 qualifier round of the competition.
As the cricketing world gears up for the much awaited T20 World Cup this festive season, the eighth edition of the tour nament is set to keep the fans on the edge with 16 Interna tional teams competing for the glimmering trophy pres ently held by the hosts, Aus tralia who are all buckled up to defend the title at all costs. 45 matches are scheduled to be played over 7 venues; Ad elaide, Brisbane, Geelong, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth, and Sydney.
TEAMS Australia, India, England, Pa kistan, New Zealand, South Africa, Srilanka, WestIndies, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Ire land, UAE, Scotland, Nether land, Zimbabwe, and Namibia.
The Super 12s, where eight teams will wait for the four qualifiers, will come after
l GROUP A: Srilanka, UAE, Netherland, Namibia
l GROUP B: West Indies, Ireland, Zimbabwe, Scotland
In Groups A and B, the top two teams will move on to the Super 12 stage, where they will play the other 8 already qualified teams. The Super 12 phase, which starts on Octo ber 22, consists of two groups with a total of six teams each, four of whom have already qualified and two new teams from Round 1.
TOP 3 FAVOURITE TEAMS Australia: Being the defend ing champion, Australia is all ready to show the world again that they still rule the game as they once did back in early 2000’s. With the likes of Steve Smith, Glen Maxwell and Da vid Warner, the Aussies look
Over the years, the cricket fraternity has remained divided on the never-ending Kohli versus Babar debate. While veteran Indian batter Kohli has been the face of Team India for more than a decade in world cricket, Babar has stamped his authority as one of the best batters across formats in recent years, dubbed as the next big thing in Pakistani cricket. They both want to give their best on October 23rd. Virat kohli came back in form in Asia Cup after hit ting his 71st Century after a long gap, while Babar Azam struggled with his form in recent times.
rock solid with Mithchel Starc leading the bowling depart ment of the yellow jersey.
India: The name is enough to decode the hold this team has on the game. One of the most promising teams, India is all set to take over the championship with their bat ting order armed to the teeth!
A slight concern about the
So Liz Truss couldn’t outlast a lettuce and entered record books for the shortest tenure of 45 days as a serving prime minis ter in Britain’s parliamen tary history. Labour Party leader Sir Keir Rodney Starmer aptly described the 10 Downing Street as the “revolving door of cha os” and demanded fresh general elections instead of Conservative Party MPs electing a new prime min ister, the third in a few months’ time. The Tories are in no mood to agree to the demand for fear of elec toral defeat but that may not change their prospects in view of the economic
and financial mess they have landed Britain in.
Truss took over from Bo ris Johnson on September 6 this year and announced
The “mini budget” that Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng unveiled proved disastrous for markets and triggered a rout in sterling and gilts. Though she defended the tax cuts, she had to roll them back and chuck out Kwarteng destroying her political image. So much so that even after she had taken a U-turn the “fighter” was forced to become a “quitter”
KL Rahul and Mohammad Rizwan are both consistent batters for their teams. KL Rahul is back after injury and performing superbly in the practice match held against Australia, while Rizwan is also a key player for the Pakistan team. They both open the innings for their re spective teams and want to use the benefit of the powerplay in the clash between Ind vs Pak on the 23rd.
In the absence of Jasprit Bumrah, Shami will lead the Indian team's pace attack, whereas we all know what Shaheen did to Team India in the 2019 World Cup as he completely destroyed the Indian top order. Shami is also returning from injury and looking in good touch, but the only concern is that he is playing after one year in an international match.
bowling as Star Pacer Jasprit Bumrah is out from the squad and Jadeja, the best all-round er across the world facing the same fate. Still the young lads
namely Suryakumar Yadav, KL Rahul among others of Team India have given quite promising performances in recent months thus making the team one of the key con
England: England is all set up to be on the ground with their new captain in command. The team looks good on paper but the ab sence of two key players Jon ny Bairstow and Jofra Arch er would be felt as both the biggies are out due to inju ries. How effective the new captaincy and changes made still remain to be analysed as the English team is all set to go up in the arms against Pa kistan in their first match, who themselves are not be hind in terms of popularity and performance.
Team India, which is the no. 1 ranked side in the T20I ranking will be looking for a much better show compared to their group stage elimina tion in the 2021 T20I World Cup. The absence of Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja is a blow but India is confi dent as they have the depth to cover the absence of these star players. Mohammed Sha mi would replace Bumrah in the Indian camp to begin their campaign with a block buster against Pakistan on October 23, 2022.
a “bold plan” to revive the economy through tax cuts.
The “mini budget” that Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng unveiled proved
out Kwarteng destroying her political image. So much so that even after she had taken a U-turn the “fighter” was forced to be come a “quitter”.
disastrous for markets and triggered a rout in sterling and gilts. Though she de fended the tax cuts, she had to roll them back and chuck
The race has begun to find a new tenant and, surprise of surprises, Bo ris Johnson the disgraced former prime minister is expected to toss his hat in the ring. A parliamentary inquiry is still on against him for misleading parlia ment on violating Cov id-19 lockdown by hosting a party at his official resi dence. He was berated by Sir Starmer in the House of Commons for lying on the “partygate”. Call it twists and turns of de mocracy.
Radiate boundless love towards the entire world. BuddhaAnurag Thakur @ianuragthakur It has been ensured to organize “KashiTamil Sangamam” in Kashi, the city of Baba Bhole, between November 16 and December 16. Through this unique program, between Kashi and Tamil Nadu, our ancient culture, civilization and ideas will be put back on the world stage. Jagat Prakash Nadda @JPNadda Today, the historic victory of BJP’s Shri Rajendra Sharma and Shri Baldev Baloria in the Mayor and Deputy Mayor elections in Jammu is the result of the developing policies being implemented in the state under the leadership of respected Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi ji. Congratulations to State President @ ImRavinderRaina and BJP workers. TOP TWEETS
Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, on Friday, inaugurated the unique and luxurious city park developed by Rajasthan Housing Board (RHB) at Mansarovar in Jaipur.
Gehlot spent about an hour at the parl and during this time he gazed at the mesmerizing views of this wonderful park.
Impressed by the lush greenery of City Park, attractive sculptures, mesmerizing lighting and the state’s tallest 213 feet national flag, the Chief Minister said that this is the most
beautiful park in Jaipur and it is much more beautiful than what he had heard about it. Gehlot congratulated the Commissioner of Rajasthan Housing Board Pawan Arora for the construction of this park and said that in the short time he has developed the park by working day and night with his team, which is really commendable.
Gehlot first saw the grandeur of the huge domed steel structure of Madhya Marg Entrance Plaza, Turn to P10
The park has been prepared on the lines of Sundar Nursery of Delhi. This amazing view is like one is sitting in Singapore. During last govt, there was a situation of closing institutions like roadways and housing board, but the thinking of our govt is not to lock the institutions but to strengthen them again. Under the leadership of Housing Commissioner Pawan Arora, and due to the tireless hard work and efforts of the officers and employees of RHB, the Board has again stood on its feet. —Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister
‘ELATED’ GEHLOT PRAISES DHARIWAL, ARORA Jaipur: During the inauguration ceremony of City Park, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot praised RHB Commissioner Pawan Arora immensely and said, “Pawan Arora has done a wonderful job in the housing board. You deserve to be thanked for this. This same spirit will be yours in other works in the coming time. Dhariwal ji has found a wonderful man like Pawan Arora. Today this area looks like Singapore. I told them to visit Delhi’s park and today he also showed that sight in City Park. The park has been made beautifully. Pawan Arora has mastery in this work. Where at one point, the Board was to be shut down, today its turnover has crossed Rs 7500 crore. Even after Corona, you did not let the park work stop and plantation was done by involving people, Pawan Arora ji you deserve thanks for this. Park has been made beautifully and I congratulate Dhariwal ji and Pawan Arora ji.”
Dehradun: PM Narendra Modi offered prayers at the famous Kedarnath and Badrinath temples in Uttarakhand on Friday. He reached Kedarnath early in the morning and was received by Uttarakhand Governor Lt Gen Gurmeet Singh and CM Pushkar Singh Dhami. He performed the “puja” prayed for strength to PM to take the country forward. During his twoday tour of the state, Modi will inspect various ongoing development projects and lay the foundation stones for some new ones.
At Kedarnath, he laid foundation for 9.7-km Gaurikund-Kedarnath ropeway project and Govindghat to Hemkund Sahib ropeway at cost of Rs 2,430 crore.
Using the ropeway, devotees will be able to reach temple from Gaurikund in 30 minutes.
Modi also visited Samadhi Sthal of Adi Guru Shankaracharya. At Badrinath, he reviewed progress of the works.
Islamabad: Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan has been disqualified from running for any political office for five years by the Pakistan Election Commission on Friday. Pak Tehreeke-Insaf chief has been disqualified for 5 years for submitting a false statement in toshakhana case, said sources.
Upper Siang: Hours after an Army chopper crashed in Arunachal Pradesh on Friday, 5, including 2 pilots, were onboard HAL Rudra, an Advanced Light Helicopter. The accident was reported in a highly remote area in Upper Siang on Friday morning. Two pilots Vikas Bhambhu, Zakiuddin Bohra and a technician
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KEDARNATH: PM lays foundation stone for 9.7-km GaurikundKedarnath ropeway project
BADRINATH: PM reviews the progress of the development projects along the riverfrontTERRORISM BIGGEST VIOLATOR OF HUMAN RIGHTS, SAYS SHAH Union Home Minister Amit Shah addresses the valedictory function of 90th Annual General Assembly of Interpol, in New Delhi on Friday. Shah said terrorism is the biggest violator of human rights as he urged Interpol and its member countries to join hands for cross-border cooperation so that cross-border terrorism can be defeated. Full Report on P6 PM DONS TRADITIONAL HIMACHALI CHOGA Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Kedarnath Temple on Friday. PM Narendra Modi, Lt Gen Gurmeet Singh and Pushkar Dhami at Badrinath Temple. PM Narendra Modi at the Badrinath Temple on Friday. Rohitash Kherwa from Rajasthan are among Martyrs in crash.
City Park is more amazing than I had heard: CM Gehlot The construction of RHB is commendable, Gehlot saidFirst India Correspondent Shivendra Parmar and Photojournalists Sunil Sharma and Mukesh Kiradoo bring you all about luxurious city park...
In the meeting, senior leader alleges lack of coordination among State BJP leaders
New Delhi: During the meeting of the BJP core group regarding Ra jasthan, a senior BJP leader raised the issue of ‘leaders dancing to their own tunes’ and said, “All the leaders are travelling on their own whims and likes.”
Perhaps this was an indication on the visit of some leaders. In such a situation, the veteran leader of the Centre gave the mantra saying, “Co ordination is necessary and it is the responsibil ity of the organisation secretary and State pres ident.” Notably, Amit Shah gave a message to
keep PM Narendra Modi in the lead.
The BJP State Core Committee meeting was held on Friday in New Delhi in which the strat egy for being aggressive against the Rajasthan State Government was forged. The Assembly wise responsibilities will be given to senior BJP leaders and the par
ty will show strength through outrage rallies.
The guidelines for BJP leaders were received from the high command.
The tribal factor on BJP’s Gujarat conquest strategy was also dis cussed in the meeting.
The proposed rally of PM Narendra Modi on November 1 at Mangarh in Rajasthan was also
Ajmer: The Ajmer Dairy’s general meet ing will be organised on November 23 at Jawahar Theater and many important deci sions will also be taken. The meeting will be chaired by Minister Ramlal Jat, said Ajmer Dairy President Ram chandra Choudhary.
While addressing a press conference held in the dairy premises on Friday, Choudhary said that many impor tant decisions have been taken even during the meeting held on Oc tober 10, under which
the most important de cision was that the milk collected for Ajmer Dairy should be transferred to the com mittee. About 10,000 milk producers will also walk with Rahul Gandhi for some dis tance under Bharat Jodo Yatra. Dairy will take disci
Jaipur: Two cars that were parked outside an automobile workshop in Sanganer Sadar area were torched by three unidentified miscreants on Thursday night.
Police informed that the incident occurred in Shri Nath Nagar under the Sanganer Sadar Po lice Station area.
“Ramji Lal Sharma (33) runs an automobile workshop in Shri Nath Nagar. At around 9 pm on Thursday, he closed the workshop and left for
home. After midnight, the miscreants came and torched two cars parked outside the workshop by pouring some combusti ble substance. The mis creants came on a motor cycle and fled from the spot within a minute,” police said.
plinary action on fac tual information given by secretaries to pri vate milk producers. After giving 15 days no tice, a fine of Rs 500 per 50 liters will be im posed against the secre taries who violate the rules and regulations of the dairy, which can also be Rs 10,000.
discussed. There has been an attempt to send a message to the tribals in Southern Rajasthan as well as the neighbour ing Gujarat.
The recent meeting of MP Kirodi Meena and Union Home Minister Amit Shah was also in this backdrop.
The special thing about Modi-Shah’s BJP is that the focus remains on the “quick implemen tation” of the plan.
BJP State President Satish Poonia and Union minster Arjun Meghwal were in Mangarh on Fri day. After the core group meeting, a meeting of senior leaders was held which was attended by
The meeting was at tended Home Minister Amit Shah, JP Nadda, BL Santosh, Satish Poonia, Vasund hara Raje, Om Mathur, Arjun Ram Meghwal, GS Shekhawat, GC Kataria, Chandrashek har, Rajendra Rathore, Kailash Choudhary, Arun Singh, Bhu pendra Yadav were present in the meeting.
BL Santosh, Arun Singh, Satish Poonia, and Chan drashekhar on imple mentation of the points of the meeting.
Udaipur: BJP state president Satish Poon ia, Union Minister Ar jun Ram Meghwal and Leader of Opposition Gulab Chand Kataria held a meeting in Udaipur regarding the historic programme of Prime Minister Naren dra Modi at Mangarh Dham on November 1.
State vice-president Hemraj Meena, State General Secretary Su shil Katara, MP Kanka mal Katara, ST Morcha State President Jiten dra Meena, Yuva Mor cha State President Himanshu Sharma etc.
were also present in the meeting. The vision of the Prime Minister is that there are places of not only religious and spiritual but also social consciousness and such places should also be developed.
Jaipur: The Anti-Cor ruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday arrested Vi mal Chand Mahawar, Chairman, Municipal Council, Sawai Mad hopur red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000 from the complainant.
DG, ABC, BL Soni said that the complaint was given by the com plainant that in lieu of payment of outstand ing bills amounting to about Rs 3.50 lakh for the electricity mainte nance works done by his firm, Mahawar sought as commission from the complainant.
The accused sought bribe of Rs 58,000. The complained was veri fied under supervision of DIG Sawai Singh
Jaipur: In a big move in the Medical and Health department, Rajasthan Public Ser vice Commission has released a notification of 200 posts of Food Safety Officers.
Recruitment will be done in accordance with the Chief Minis ter’s budget announce ment for 2022-23.
After the approval of Minister Parsadi Lal Meena, orders were issued for the promotion of 2,359 doc tors including 3 direc tors. Promotion orders in other departments were also given by the Minister.
Jodhpur: The Ra jasthan High Court on Friday dismissed a Pub lic Interest Litigation (PIL) calling for a ban on the entry of political leaders and candidates to religious places seek ing votes based on caste and religion.
The petitioners, Sant Vaidehi Vallabh Dev Acharya Maharaj and Krishna Das Ma haraj filed a PIL and stated that entry of po litical leaders and con testing candidates
should be banned at religious places after the model code of con duct comes into force as they seek votes on the basis of caste, reli gion and name.
The division bench of Chief Justice Pan kaj Mittal and Justice
Sandeep Mehta dis missed the plea and ordered that the Election Commission can issue directives in this regard, if possi ble. The High Court also observed that a similar petition was rejected in 2018.
We also talk about our constituencies.
It is not wrong to be angry with the work of an MLA and a Minister in the interest of the public
Bikaner: Minister Pratap Singh Khachari yawas during a press conference said that Congress MLA Divya Maderna is a vigilant watchdog and supported her. He said that she did not make a single state ment against Congress.
“She is a youth leader and has kept her word like a vigilant watch dog. She is a part of Congress,” he said.
Khachariyawas said,
“We also talk about our assembly constituency. It is not wrong to be angry with the work of an MLA and a Minister in the in
Godara and ASP Jaipur unit Lalit Kishore Sharma.
Earlier on Wednes day, the ACB team had arrested a Patwari in Jodhpur for taking Rs 25.21 lakh from a man.
Under the leadership of DG BL Soni and ADG Dinesh MN, all the ACB units of Ra jasthan have been asked to remain vigi lant during Diwali.
Jaipur: The Anti-Corrup tion Bureau (ACB) on Friday arrested Kamlesh Kumar Jat, Patwari of Fatehpura Khurd with Additional Charge of Pathredi Rajanata in Jaipur red-handed taking a bribe of Rs 35,000 from the complainant for open ing the nomination of his purchased land. The complaint was verified un der supervision of DIG Dr. Vishnukant and ASP Jaipur Rural Unit, Ahad Khan and a trap and the accused held with the money.
terest of the public.”
Khachariyawas said, “When Ashok Gehlot has released his report card, PM Narendra
Modi should also reveal his report card. BJP seeks votes by lying but Congress works. An at mosphere is being cre ated in the country, where votes are not be ing cast in the name of work. Inflation is in creasing and the public is upset. BJP brought in GST and also imposed tax on flour and salt.”
Khachariyawas also visited the Maa Karni Temple. He was wel comed by local Con gress leaders here.
Jaipur: A female do mestic maid employed at a house in Vaishali Nagar decamped with jewellery worth lakhs of rupees. Police informed the victim, Rajni Kant, has filed a police complaint in Vaishali Nagar Police Station stating that the domestic maid gave some intoxicat ing pills to the family members and stole the jewellery from the house.
Bikaner: Three miscre ants were detained in Bikaner on Friday for al legedly looting lakhs of rupees from a finance company employee in Khajuwala area of Bikaner. The victim, Deepa Ram, who works as a collection agent of the finance company, was beaten and then looted by the miscre ants, police informed. “The incident occurred at 8KYD in Khajuwala area of Bikaner.
It is settled law that successive writ petitions for the same cause of action are not maintainable and that filing of sec ond writ petition for the same pur pose is an abuse of the process of law.
Jaipur: The eminent culturist and social activist, Sundeep Bhutoria, released the school souvenir of the Jayshree Periwal International School (JPIS). The occasion was the school’s 10th annual function and prize distribution ceremo ny. Bhutoria is also a member of the Governing Body of the institute. On the occasion, Bhutoria urged the students to excel in not only academics, but also the co-curricular activities.
Jaipur: A team of jour nalists returning after the Ladakh visit through PIB met Gover nor Kalraj Mishra. PIB conducted the journal ists’ visit to inform them about the changes that came after Ladakh was made a Union Ter ritory. Listening to the experiences of the jour nalists involved in the Yatra, the Governor said the process of de velopment in Ladakh really started now. With
the development of edu cation and health, there has been an expansion of roads as well, which will rapidly bring Ladakh closer to other parts of the country.
Meanwhile, Gover nor Kalraj Mishra dis tributed sweets and gifts to officers and em ployees in an informal program at Raj Bhavan on Friday.
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Jaipur : At least five Army personnel are believed to have died including three from Rajasthan in a helicopter crash of the Indian Army near Migging village in Arunachal Pradesh’s Upper Siang district, about 25 km from Tuting town.
Officials said there were five people on board the twin-engine indigenously-developed helicopter belonging to the Army Aviation wing at the time of the accident.
Jaipur : Travel from Jaipur to Delhi will now get cheaper as the Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation (RSRTC) has reduced the fare of Volvo Bus service.
The fare for JaipurDelhi Super Luxury Volvo Bus from November 1 will be reduced to Rs 750 from Rs 900, an official said on Friday.
Sources said two pilots, identified as Major Vikas Bhambu, QFI, and Major Mustafa along
Jhunjhunu/Sikar/Udaipur: A pall of gloom descended on Pasona village in Jhunjhunu on Friday evening when the news of army personnel Rohitash Kherwa’s death reached his family members. The another deceased, Pilot Vikas Bhambhu also have Rajasthan connection, he is the son of Bhagirath Bhambhu, who was an employee in the Sikar Central Co-operative Bank. The information about his martyr-
with three technicians, were onboard the HAL Rudra that took off from Likabali town and
dom has also been received.
Pilot Mustafa Zakiuddin Bohra, a resident of Kheroda in Vallabhnagar, also died in the crash. There is a wave of mourning in Kheroda also.
crashed at a location not connected by any road, about 35 km from the border with China.
Bharatpur: A man was shot dead while one other was critically injured in Bharatpur’s Deeg town on Friday after two groups opened fire over an issue of teasing of girl.
Police informed the deceased has been identified as Sarwan Singh.
“The clash broke out on Friday morning in
other. The miscreants fired rounds of gunshots, during which, Sarwan Singh sustained bullet injuries and died on the spot.
Jaipur: Hearing on Dr. Somya’s petition challenging the action of disqualification from contesting elections for 6 years, including removal of former Mayor of JMCG, was postponed till November 2, by the single bench of Justice Mahendra Kumar Goel in the Rajasthan High Court.
In the petition,Dr Somya urged to quash the action of the state government disqualifying her from the post of mayor and barring her from contesting for 6 years. The government has already filed a caveat in this matter.
Alwar: In Alwar, a father raped his nineyear-old daughter in the Behror police station area. On October 20, a call was received on the child helpline number 1098 after which Coordinator Mukesh Kumar Poswal left for Behror immediately. Lokesh Kumar, Subesh Kumar and Poonam Devi of the child helpline team were reached the victim’s house.
The victim was with the neighbouring children at that time. Initially, she was shocked, but slowly she opened up and narrated her ordeal. However, some people opposed the inquiry by the team.
Later, the team left with the victim and her mother. The accused could not be found and search is on to nab him.
During interrogation it came to light that the
family of the accused and his brothers live in the same place. On the night of the incident, the mother sent the victim to sleep by her father’s side. The father raped her. When the mother came, she found her daughter bleeding.
The family members took the girl to a doctor and told that she fell while playing which caused the injury. The doctor put nine stitches on the private part.
When team asked the victim and her mother to register an FIR, the family members protested. Additional police were called from police station after which the family members allowed the mother and the victim to go.
Jatoli village of Deeg. The two groups became violent after exchanging heated arguments and opened fire on each
One other critically injured was immediately rushed to the hospital, police said. “Additional police forces were deployed to prevent any further mishappening,” police added.
Jaipur : Three Dubaibound passengers, including a woman, were apprehended at Jaipur Int’l Airport by customs officials on Thursday after they were found carrying foreign currency beyond the specified limit. Sources informed the passengers were about to board a Spice Jet flight for Dubai on
Friday evening when they were stopped and checked by the customs officials.
“Two men and one woman, all Indian Nationals, were held with an amount of 7,000 dollars, 22,500 Saudi Riyals and 900 Dirhams were seized from the possession. The passengers have been detained and are being interrogated,” informed the source.
a mark of protest.
First India BureauJaipur: In a case related to a road construction contract in Ajmer, an inquiry was conducted at the office of PWD Secretary at the Secretariat. The tender was in the name of owner Ashok Goyal's company but when company could not build the road, the govt confiscated security deposit.
Jaipur: Hundreds of women health workers on Friday gathered outside the residence of Health Min Prasadi Lal Meena in Gandhi Nagar and staged a demonstration demanding regularisation of their jobs among others.
The protesting ANMs even stopped the minister’s car and threw black handkerchiefs as
The protestors gheraoed the minister’s car for ten minutes and raised slogans against the government. The police later resorted to force to disperse the protesting crowd. The incident has once again raised security concerns of ministers.
The company took refuge in the commercial court in the matter. The court team reached office with Nazim. There is a scam of Rs 20.51 lakh and the Secretary's office can be sealed. The matter is from 2008. The road could not be built due to the laying of a sewer line. PWD had confiscated a security deposit assuming service defect.
Jhunjhunu: The last rites of Army soldier, Jai Singh, who died due to cardiac arrest during physical training in Bangalore, were performed with full state honours at Dudiya village in Jhunjhunu on Friday. Heart-touching scenes were witnessed at the cremation ground as the funeral pyre of the soldier was lit by his six-year-old daughter, Dolly.
As Jai Singh’s mortal
remains reached Dudiya village from Gudha Gorji (Udaipurwati), several locals who had gathered to pay tributes
raised slogans like ‘’Jai Singh Amar Rahe’’. A guard of honour was also given to martyred army jawan.
Jaisalmer: In a tragic accident, an army jawan drowned while saving his 12-year-old sister from drowning. Jawan Renwat Singh saved his sister from drowning in water but could not save himself. Three days ago, jawan had come home on leave to celebrate Diwali. The soldier was given last farewell with military honours on Friday. The wave of mourning spread in the village as the funeral was held in ancestral village. Jawan was working in 2 Rajput Battalion Fatehgarh in Uttar Pradesh.
Enquiry at PWD Secy office over `20.51L scam
SOLDIER DROWNS WHILE SAVING SISTER; HAD COME ON DIWALI VACATIONS7 MORE FIRE VEHICLES IN JMCG JMCG Mayor Sheel Dhabhai and JMCG Commissioner Mahendra Soni along with other officials
Morena: Four persons, including a mother-daughter duo, were killed and six others injured after a house, where firecrackers were stored by a tenant, collapsed following a blast in Banmore town of Madhya Pradesh’s Morena district on Thursday, police said. The impact of the blast was so severe that the ground-plus-one-storey structure was reduced to rubble, while two nearby houses were also damaged. The tenant’s wife, their eight-year-old daughter and two more persons, including a seven-year-old boy, died in the incident that occurred around 11am, they said.
Badrinath (ANI): As part of the Vocal for Local initiative, PM Narendra Modi during his visit to Uttarakhand on Friday appealed to people, particularly tourists, to spend money on locally made products.
“I appeal to all tourists in the country to spend at least 5 per cent of their travel budget on buying local products,” PM said at a public event held at Badrinath’s Mana, the last village bordering China. Earlier too, he had appealed to fellow Indians on various occasions to purchase indigenous products to sustain the local economy.
Talking about villages situated near international borders and far-flung areas, he said every village located in the border areas will be now considered as the first village of India.
On the occasion, PM
Modi laid the foundation stone for road widening projects worth around Rs 1,000 crore.
According to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), the two road widening projects — from Mana to Mana
Srinagar: J&K Lt Guv Manoj Sinha on Friday said some people were trying to disturb the communal harmony by justifying the killings of innocent civilians in the Valley and warned them of strict action.“We will have to be alert as some elements are trying to disturb communal harmony. We will have to keep an eye on them and deal with them strictly,” he said.
New Delhi: A Delhi woman’s alleged gang-rape and torture in Ghaziabad has turned out to be a story “cooked up” to frame some men in a property feud, the police claim.
The woman allegedly also paid some associates to “publicise” the case.Three men were arrested by the UP police on Thursday. They allegedly helped the woman fake her kidnapping and assault.
New Delhi: The AIIMS Delhi director has withdrawn his letter that listed special arrangements for MPs and those recommended by them at the AIIMS. Doctors’ associations and activists had criticised the “VIP culture”, while the institute had said these were just the SOPs or Standing Operating Procedures for MPs. In a bid to counter the “VIP” charge, the AIIMS had also tweeted that it has “always had a 24×7 control room for co-ordination of medical care of patients from all walks of life”, adding that staff is deployed to “expedite treatment for poorest of the poor”.
New Delhi (ANI): Emphasizing on a collective fight against terrorism, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said a global definition for terrorism is important as narratives of good terrorism, bad terrorism, small terrorism and big terrorism cannot go together.
At valedictory ceremony of the 90th Annual General Assembly of Interpol, Shah said, “India is one of the oldest members of Interpol. Such an organisation is important for international cooperation. I appreciate efforts taken by Interpol across the world to maintain law and security.”
Crime has now become borderless .... Across-border cooperation is necessary to fight cross-border terrorism..... A global definition of terrorism is important.
Narratives of good terrorism, bad terrorism, small terrorism and big terrorism cannot go together.
–Amit Shah, Union HM
New Delhi: On the occasion of ‘Police Commemoration Day’, Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah paid tributes to martyred personnel of the Police and CAPFs at the National Police Memorial in New Delhi, on Friday.
Pass (NH07) and from Joshimath to Malari (NH107B) — shall be another step towards providing last-mile allweather road connectivity to our border areas. Apart from boosting connectivity, these
Guwahati (PTI): Four persons allegedly linked to the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) were arrested on Friday from Kamrup district of Assam, police said.
Special Director General of Assam Police (Law and Order) Gyanendra Pratap Singh said in a tweet that the “four members of the banned PFI” were apprehended from different parts of the district.
With the latest arrests, a total of 40 people from various parts of the state have so far been arrested for their alleged linked to the banned outfit.
Bengaluru: Five premises in Bengaluru were raided by the ED under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act on Oct 19 in connection with the Chinese loan app fraud case. The case is based on 18 FIRs registered by the Cyber Crime Police Station, Bengaluru City, against numerous entities and persons in connection with their involvement in the extortion.
New Delhi: Agni Prime new generation ballistic missile was successfully test fired off the coast of Odisha Friday. “During the test flight, missile travelled maximum range and all test objectives were successfully met. With this third consecutive successful flight test of the Agni Prime missile, the accuracy and reliability of the system has been established,” Defence officials said.
New Delhi (ANI): The production of India’s first indigenously developed quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus (HPV) “CERVAVAC” vaccine, for the prevention of cervical cancer, by the Serum Institute of India will start in the first quarter of 2023 which got delayed due to COVID-19 pandemic, said SII CEO Adar Poonawala on Friday.
Indigenously developed vaccine, “CERVAVAC” was announced for the prevention of cervical cancer. “The capacity got delayed by one year because we are
using a new building to this. We use the original HPV vaccine building for Covovax. So, we have to, at that time, had no choice during the pandemic and you know, there are many vaccines like dengue and so many other developments that were deferred by two years for this,” Poonawala said.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court, on Friday, slammed the ongoing row over hate speech and hate crimes and asked — “This is the 21st century. Where have we reached in the name of religion?” A bench said that - ‘Article 51 says we should have a scientific temper and in the name of religion, this is tragic’. The petition in SC sought urgent intervention from the Supreme Court to stop the allegedly ‘growing menace of targeting and terrorizing of
Muslim community in India’. The SC issued notice to Delhi, UP and Uttarakhand police and asked them to file a report on action taken against such offences within their jurisdiction. The court also ordered govts and police to take suo motu action in the hate speech cases.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear the plea of a women’s organisation seeking directions to revoke the remission granted to 11 convicts, who had gang-raped Bilkis Bano and murdered her family members during the 2002 Godhra riots. A bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and CT Ravikumar tagged the matter with the main petition pending before the apex court. The plea was filed by the National Federation of India, whose General Secretary is Annie Raja, challenged the remission of sentence and the release of convicts in the case.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday junked a plea seeking the opening of 22 rooms in the Taj Mahal to enquire into the monument’s history. A bench dismissed the plea saying it was a “publicity interest litigation”. Dismissing appeal filed against the Allahabad High Court order, the bench said, “The High Court was not in error in dismissing the petition, which is more of a publicity interest litigation. Dismissed.”
New Delhi (ANI): Former Union minister and Congress leader Shivraj Patil has stoked controversy with his claim that concept of ‘jihad’ finds mention not only in Quran but in Bhagavad Gita and in Christianity as well.
At a book launch event, Patil said that Lord Krishna also taught lessons of jihad to Arjun in a part of Gita. Patil’s remarks have drawn flak from the BJP which has hit out at the Congress for “Hindu hatred”.
ON THE EVE OF DEEPAVALI, PRIME MINISTER TO MARK VISIT TO AYODHYA New Delhi: On the eve of Deepavali, PM Narendra Modi will visit Ayodhya in UP on October 23. At around 5 PM, the PM will perform darshan and pooja of Bhagwan Shree Ramlala Virajman, followed by
projects will also prove beneficial from a strategic point of view as well. PM Modi reviewed the progress of development work of the riverfront in Badrinath.
In Kedarnath, he laid the foundation stone for
inspection of Shree Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra site. Later, he will perform the Rajyabhishek of symbolic Bhagwan Shree Ram. Around 6:30 PM, the PM will witness Aarti at New Ghat, Saryu river.
a ropeway project, which will be around 9.7 km long and will connect Gaurikund to Kedarnath, reducing the travel time between the two places from 6-7 hours at present to only about 30 minutes.
Patna (ANI): Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Friday refused to respond to the claims made by political strategist Prashant Kishor and said he is resorting to a publicity stunt.
He was responding to Kishor’s claim that his channels with BJP are not yet closed even as he left the NDA in August to rejoin hands with RJD. “Kindly don’t ask me about him. He speaks for his own publicity and can speak whatever he wants, we don’t care,” he said.
“It is difficult to understand if he (Nitish) has come out of the alliance, why one of his MPs is still holding an important position in Rajya Sabha. So as far as I know,
Nitish Kumar has not closed his channels with BJP,” Kishor had said.
“As far as I know, Nitish is surely with Mahagathbandhan but hasn’t closed his channels with BJP, biggest proof is that Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh, who is a JD-U MP, neither resigned from his post nor the party asked him to do so or action has been taken against him,” he added.
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday said the remarks made by party leader Shivraj Patil on the Bhagavad Gita were unacceptable and asserted the scripture was a key foundational pillar of Indian civilisation. Patil has claimed the concept of jihad was not just in Islam but also in the Bhagavad Gita and in Christianity.
Kurnool: With conclusion of Bharat Jodo Yatra’s Andhra leg, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday thanked the people for their overwhelming support and promised to fulfil the commitments made by him to the people of the State.
Prayagraj: A private hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj has been sealed for allegedly transfusing fruit juice instead of blood platelets into a dengue patient who died later, an official said. A probe was ordered after the incident came to light in which, according to Additional Chief Medical Officer, Dr AK Tiwari, “some irregularities” were found. “CMO ordered a probe after the patient died. In the probe, some irregularities were found. It has been sealed till the probe is completed,” the additional CMO said. “It is a matter of probe. The probe will take action. The complainant has filed an FIR.”
Varanasi: A court on Friday fixed November 2 for the hearing of a plea by the Hindu side for survey of 2 underground places in Gyanvapi Mosque complex.The Varanasi district court also imposed a penalty on the mosque committee for not filing an objection to this prayer in time. The court had given time to the mosque side to file an objection regarding this.
New Delhi (Agencies): After final week’s check of a nuclear-succesful ballistic missile from nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant, India’s underwater fight arm is about to get one other main increase early next year with the induction of one other nuclear and two diesel-electrical typical submarines.
INS Sindhuratna, which had a significant accident in February 2014 that killed two officers, is slated to return to Mumbai after present process a protracted “medium refit-cum-life extension” improve at Severodvinsk in Russia in February. INS Sindhuratna is the second of
the 4 outdated Russian Kilo-class submarines earmarked to endure the modernisation improve, every costing round Rs 1,400 crore, to stem the depletion within the typical fleet.
The Navy may also fee the fifth of the six new French-origin Kalvari-class Scorpene submarines being constructed at Mazagon Docks below the over Rs 23,000 crore ‘Project-75’.
CHINESE LOAN APP FRAUD: RAIDS AT 5 B’LURU PREMISES
INDIA SUCCESSFULLY TESTS ‘AGNI PRIME’ BALLISTIC MISSILE
‘Cervical cancer HPV vax production to start in 2023’
India’s submarine fleet to get booster dose to next yr
IN THE COURTYARD
“WHERE HAVE WE REACHED IN NAME OF RELIGION?”, SAYS SUPREME COURT OVER HATE SPEECHESShivraj Patil
New Delhi: India’s forex reserves dropped by $4.50 billion to $528.37 billion for the week ended October 14, the RBI said on Friday.
New Delhi: Reliance Jio Infocomm on Friday posted a 28% year-on-year rise in its net profit for the September quarter at `4,518 crore. Its net profit stood at `3528 crore in the same period previous fiscal, the telco said in a regulatory filing. The revenue from operations jumped 20.2% to `22,521 crore for the just ended quarter, from `18,735 crore in the year-ago period. The Q2 scorecard comes amid large-scale network deployments across the country for 5G services.
The overall reserves had increased by $204 million to $532 billion in the previous reporting week, which was the first weekly increase in the kitty since August this year.
In October 2021, the country’s forex kitty had reached an all-time high of $645 billion.
The reserves have been declining as the central bank deploys the kitty to
defend the rupee amid pressures caused majorly by global developments.
Foreign Currency Assets (FCA), a major component of the overall reserves, saw a drop of $2.828 billion to
New Delhi (PTI): Scheduled airlines will operate 21,941 flights on domestic routes every week in the winter schedule starting from October 30.
New Delhi: FMCG major Hindustan Unilever Ltd on Friday reported a 22.19% rise in its consolidated net profit to Rupees 2,670 crore for the second quarter ended September 30, mainly helped by volume growth. The company had posted a net profit of `2,185 crore in the July-September quarter of the previous fiscal. Its total income increased 16.44% during the quarter under review to `15,253 crore. It was `13,099 crore in the yearago period, Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) said in a regulatory filing.
The number of weekly flights will be 1.55% lower than 22,287 flights operated in the previous winter schedule.
The winter schedule will be effective from October 30, 2022 till March 25, 2023.
“In the upcoming Winter Schedule 2022, 21,941 departures per week have been approved from 105 airports.
New Delhi: Indian aviation regulator DGCA on Friday removed the 50% cap restrictions on SpiceJet flights. A senior DGCA official said that SpiceJet can operate at full capacity from October 30 onwards. During the ‘Enhanced surveillance’ period, SpiceJet has shown improvement in their operations, he said.
“Out of these 105 airports Deoghar, Shimla and Rourkela are the new airports proposed by the scheduled airlines,” aviation regulator DGCA said in a release on Friday.
$468.668 billion during the week to October 14, according to the Weekly Statistical Supplement released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday.
Expressed in dollar
India’s forex reserves dropped by $4.50 billion to $528.37 billion for the week ended October 14
The overall reserves had increased by $204 million to $532 billion in the previous reporting week
terms, the FCAs include the effect of appreciation or depreciation of non-US units like the euro, pound and yen held in the foreign exchange reserves.
Gold reserves, whose
value had risen by $1.35 billion in the previous reporting week, saw a decline of $1.502 billion in the value to $37.453 billion, it said.
The Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) were down by $149 million to $17.433 billion, the apex bank said.
The country’s reserve position with the IMF were down by $23 million to $ 4.813 billion in the reporting week, the apex bank data showed.
On October 14, the rupee ended at 82.3500 per US dollar, compared with 82.3450 in the previous session and down less than 0.1% from 82.3200 in the prior week.
New Delhi (Agencies): Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday said India’s talks with the UK on the proposed free trade agreement (FTA) are well on track, but India will have to “wait and watch” the ongoing political developments in Britain.
Goyal’s statement came after the resignation of Liz Truss as British PM on her 45th day in the job. “We will have to wait and see...what happens, whether they have a quick change of
Mumbai (PTI): Equity benchmark indices managed to end in the positive territory after facing volatility in the latter part of the trade on Friday amid gains in Axis Bank and ICICI Bank.
New Delhi: Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd on Friday reported a flattish net profit for the September quarter after a newly introduced windfall profit tax dented mainstay oil earnings. The oil-to-retailto-telecom conglomerate’s consolidated profit of `13,656 crore during July-September - the second quarter of the 202223 fiscal year - compared to `13,680 crore in the year-ago period, it said in a stock exchange filing. The profit fell 24 per cent quarter-on-quarter.
Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) turning net buyers in the market on Thursday after many sessions also added to the momentum.
The 30-share BSE Sensex ended 104.25 points or 0.18% higher at 59,307.15, logging its sixth day of gains.
The broader NSE Nifty ended marginally higher by 12.35 points or 0.07% at 17,576.30.
From the Sensex packICICI Bank, Hindustan Unilever, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Nestle, Titan and UltraTech Cement were the major winners.
EVs & BATTERIESNew Delhi (PTI): Shares
on Friday after the
jump in consolidated net
for the Sept
ter. The stock jumped 8.96% to settle at `900.25 apiece on the BSE. During the day, it advanced 9.53 to its 52-week high of `905. On the NSE, it rallied 9.46% to end at `904 apiece. Its mcap also jumped `22,757.86 crore to ` 2,76,592.86 crore.
RUPEE SLIPS 9 PAISE TO CLOSE AT 82.88 AGAINST US DOLLAR Mumbai (PTI): The rupee slipped 9 paise to close at 82.88 against the US dollar on Friday amid a strong greenback overseas. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the local currency opened at 82.89 and witnessed a high of 82.59 and a low of 82.91.It finally settled at 82.88 against the American currency, registering a drop of 9 paise over its previous close.
New Delhi (Agencies): The world’s top automakers are planning to spend nearly $1.2 trillion through 2030 to develop and produce millions of electric vehicles, along with the batteries and raw materials to support that production, according to a Reuters analysis of public data and projections.
The EV investment figure, which has not previously been published, dwarfs previous investment esti-
mates by Reuters and is more than twice the most recent calculation published just a year ago.
To put the figure in context, Alphabet, the parent company of Google and Waymo,
has a market cap of $1.3 trillion.
Automakers have forecast plans to build 54 million battery electric vehicles in 2030, representing more than 50% of total vehicle production, accord-
World’s top automakers have forecast plans to build 54 million battery electric vehicles in 2030
ing to the analysis.
To support that unprecedented level of EVs, carmakers and their battery partners are planning to install 5.8 terawatt-hours of battery production capacity by 2030.
leadership, whether it goes to the whole process... So, let us see who comes into the government and what their views are. It is only after that we will be able to formulate a strategy vis-avia the UK,” Goyal said.
Highlighting that politicians and businesses across the board UK recognised that it is “very impor-
tant” for them to do an FTA with India, Goyal said, “So, my own sense is that whoever comes into the government will be wanting to engage with us.”
The minister said the trade pact should be fair, equitable and balanced. It has to be a win-win for both sides and there is no deal unless both are satisfied, he said.
New Delhi (PTI): The government has extended the deadline for filing GST returns for the month of September by a day to October 21, the CBIC said on Friday.
On Thursday, taxpayers faced a slow functioning of the GST portal, which was the last date for filing monthly GST returns for some taxpayers.
Following that, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) had said that an extension of the due date was being considered.
“The GST Implementation Committee of GST Council has approved extension of the due date of filing GSTR-3B return for the month of September 2022, for the monthly filers, from 20th October, 2022 to 21st October 2022,” the CBIC tweeted on Friday.
Monthly return and tax payment form GSTR-3B is filed in staggered manner between the 20th, 22nd, and 24th of each month by taxpayers in different states.
GSTN provides the technology backend for running GST.
Jaipur: Director Gen eral of Police ML Lath er paid floral tributes to the martyrs at the Po lice Martyrs Day func tion organized at Shaheed Memorial, Ra jasthan Police Acade my on Friday.
Lather remembered policemen of all states, union territories and paramilitary forces of the country who were martyred between Sep tember 1, 2021 to August 31, 2022 along with con stables Bintu Chaud hary, Ishaq Mohammad Kayamkhani and wom en constable Suman Bhadauria. The Guard of Honour was given by the Police Commission erate Jaipur and the contingent of RAC 4th and 5th Battalion.
Retired DGP SP Sriv astava, ADG Training Sachin Mittal, non-ga zetted police officer Raj kumar Vashisht, Joint Deputy Director of IB DK Sharma, NIA SP Ravi Chaudhary, RPA Director Rajiv Sharma and Jaipur Police Com missioner Anand Sriv astava laid wreaths at the memorial.
On the occasion, DGI Umesh Mishra, Direc tor General Jail Bhu pendra Dak, Director General ACB B L Soni,
Jaipur: Out of the exams held for 1512 posts of technical as sistants in the State Electricity Distribu tion Corporation, the examination at six centres will be held again. Earlier, the main examination was conducted on August 27 at 64 cen tres in different cit ies; however, the exam could not be completed success fully due to technical glitches at some cen tres. In the said ex amination by SOG/ ATS, some candi dates were also re ported to have at tempted to copy through remote ac cess.
According to the report of SOG, this gang could not suc ceed in getting the copy in the examina tion, but due to tech nical reasons, there was a disruption at some centres.
Ajit Kumar Saxena said that at the cen tres where there were problems due to technical reasons, the examination of the candidates would be conducted again on November 2. Sax ena said that the main examination of all these candidates would be re-conduct ed on November 2 at the centres located in Jaipur.
Additional Director General Sarvshree Sau rabh Srivastava, Govind Gupta, A Ponuchami, Sanjib Narjari, Dinesh MN, Sunil Dutt, Smita
We all have gath ered to pay homage to the brave sons who sacrificed their lives while on duty. 63 years ago today, on October 1959, in the inaccessible ter rain of Ladakh, In dian Police person nel had laid down their lives while protecting the motherland.
—ML Lather, DGP
Jaipur: Reliance Jio Info comm Limited will an nounce the launch of 5G services in Rajasthan from the famous Shri nathji temple in Nath dwara town of Rajsamand on Saturday, a company official said. Company chairman Akash Ambani will dedicate the services to Srinathji. “The launch of 5G services will trans form the lives of people. It will make them technolo gy savvy at par with global citizens,” the official add ed. “We welcome the launch of 5G services. It’s 5G for Sriji,” said Vishal Baba, mahant of the Nath dwara temple.
Nagaur: Nagaur was the first district where Panchayat Raj was es tablished in the country, but now the problems related to panchayats of this district have be come secondary, and the elected representatives of the panchayats are being ignored. In the meeting of the General Assembly of the Zila Parishad, former Depu ty District Chief and Zila Parishad member Dr Sahdev Choudhary, the members and the MLAs present in the meeting ignored the is sues raised by the mem
Sangeeta Sharma
Srivastava, Prashakha Mathur, Dr. Ravi prakash Mehrda, Police officers and police per sonnel including Binita Thakur, Malini Agarw
al were present. A blood donation camp was also organ ized in the hospital premises of Rajasthan Police Academy.
Jaipur: State Bank of India has celebrated Joy of Giving Week (Daan Utsav) from Oc tober 2-8. In this se quence, staff members of SBI, Local Head Of fice, Jaipur participat ed enthusiastically and donated wearable clothes under the lead ership of Chief Gener al Manager Rajesh Ku mar Mishra. 10 Cartons filled with clothes were donated by staff mem bers during Joy of Giv
ing week and one day’s ration to 500 people were handed over by the Bank to Kamla Bai Charitable Trust Jaipur by Rajesh Kumar for distribution to needy people.
On this occasion, Mishra said that the staff has always been in volved in social con cerns and said that there is a feeling of immense happiness in helping the needy people.
Jodhpur: The Indian Institute of Technolo gy (IIT Jodhpur) has tied up with the De fence Research and De velopment Organisa tion (DRDO) for estab lishing a DRDO-Indus try-Academia Centre of Excellence at IIT Jodhpur on October 20. The MoU was ex changed between Prof. Santanu Chaudhary, Director, IIT Jodhpur, and Secretary, DRDO, at Gandhinagar in presence of Rajnath Singh, Union Defence Minister.
Prof Shantanu Choudhary, Director, IIT Jodhpur said that, this MoU will create a strong relationship be
tween IIT Jodhpur and the industry, under which technology will be developed for a selfreliant India in the de fense sector. This will help in developing fu ture technologies not only for the present In dia but for the whole world which will be driven to meet the prac tical needs of the mod ern battlefield.”
bers and accused the govt officials for playing with the spirit of the Panchayat Raj by set ting up the agenda arbi trarily.
Dr Sahdev Choud hary and Sanjeev Choudhary expressed displeasure in the meet ing and said that for sometime, the Zila Pari
shad personnel were not implementing the sug gestions given by the members.
Dr Chaudhary also raised questions on the working style of the of ficers of the water sup ply department. He also expressed displeasure over the delayed digging of tubewell in Jaliyasar.
Naresh Sharma & Bhanwar S Charan
Jaipur: CM Ashok Gehlot said that due to the completion of decorative lights on the main roads of the city, heritage look of the intersections & completion of facade work on the entrance roads of the city, citizens coming to Kota during the night would see the new look of city.
Smooth traffic management by making entire city traffic signal free & not getting waterlogged in underpass despite heavy rains is a big achievement, he said.
“Rajasthan is becoming a model state in public welfare schemes.
Farmers and domestic electricity consumers have got relief in bills. OPS implemented for state employees & pension is being given to about 1 cr people under social security. This has given social & economic strength to all section,” Gehlot said and urged PM to implement such schemes of State in the entire country.
Infact, Gehlot praised UDH Min Shanti Dhariwal & said, “Whatever work is given to him, whether inside or out-
Making a friendly and light hearted remark, Chief Minister Gehlot, while inaugurating the various public works in Kota, ‘chanted’ ‘Om-Shanti, which was his nudge at two political heavy weights of Kota - Om Birla and Shanti Dhariwal. Gehlot, speaking in the matter of airport in Kota, said in a joking manner, “Now the ball is in Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla’s court. Even Minister Shanti Dhariwal is also fully engaged. There is a big saying of ‘Om-Shanti-Om’ in the assembly. When there is Om and there is also peace, then who is lacking?’ Dhariwal, who was sitting nearby, also smiled after hearing this from the CM.
side assembly, he does it with full devotion. The special thing is that in development done by
Dhariwal in Kota, all work has been done with funds of UIT. He did not give any trouble
to State Govt for the development works.”
In fact, in a jovial and friendly banter aimed at Dhariwal, Gehlot said, “It is Dhariwal’s magic that has earned and invested as well.”
In function, UDH Min Shanti Dhariwal said that today is a historic day for Kota. “Kota city has set up a model across country with various works,” he said.
Udaipur: Five BJP MLAs, including Leader of Opposition Gulabchand Kataria, sat on a dharna outside Dist Collector’s office in Udaipur on Friday.
Kota: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday morning reached Kota for Diwali celebrations. The speaker will be on a ten-day visit to Kota-Bundi Lok Sabha constituency and will take part in various programmes. On Friday, a public hearing was held at Lok Sabha Camp Office. While speaking to media persons, Speaker Om Birla said that people should take pledge on the occasion of Diwali to help the last man in the queue, adding that it would be an ideal and meaningful Diwali celebration.
Udaipur: Police here have arrested 2 miscreants in two-month-old case wherein 23 kgs of gold and Rs 10 lakh cash was looted from Manappuram Gold Loan Bank in Sundarwas area under Pratap Nagar Police Station area of Udaipur. Police informed two arrested have been identified as Prince Kumar and Fantush Kumar. “Of the five accused, two have been arrested. The prime accused and other men are still at large and are being searched. The police are trying to recover the looted jewellery and cash,” said Praful Kumar, IG, Udaipur Range.
of
Deluxe Cot-
Ward at Maharao Bhim Singh Hospital with modern facilities at a cost of Rs 68 crore is in progress.
City Mall Flyover at
cost of Rs 47 crore.
Indira Gandhi Flyover at a cost of 57 cr.
Anantapura Flyover at a cost of 65 crores.
Maharana Pratap Flyover at cost of 42 cr.
Renovation of road
Park
BJP’s Mavli MLA Dharmanarayan Joshi, Salumbar MLA Amritlal Meena, Udaipur Rural MLA Phool Singh Meena, Jhadol MLA Babulal Kharadi, Gogunda MLA Pratap Gameti sat on dharna for various demands including DMDT fund. Dist Collector Tara Chand Meena also reached spot on information of MLAs sitting on dharna & assured them to talk to the govt regarding their demands.
Jaipur: Forest staff gave a memorandum to the Chief Minister demanding the sacking of Danish Abrar from the post of Advisor. They also demanded a public apology from Danish Abrar and resignation from the Legislative Assembly.
The case is related to Danish calling IFS officer Pakodaram. Forest workers and Pathik Lok Sanstha staged a protest against Daanish Abrar in Ranthambore at the CCF office.
They will take out a rally till Collectorate
and give a memorandum in the name of the CM to the Collector. Although the MLA has already apologised publicly for the whole episode on Thursday.
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Jaipur: CM Ashok Ge hlot stopped at the fountains, watching the water droplets fall ing in the water body, & thoroughly enjoyed the view.
As he proceeded from there, he was mesmer ized to see the sculpture of a villager dressed in the emblem of Ra jasthani pride. With this sculpture, he also took a selfie and walked about 100 meters on the walking track to see the middle road plaza, oth er sculptures, special artefacts as well as the flower show area. In fact, it was this spot, which RHB Commis sioner Pawan Arora ap prised the Chief Minis ter that for about 3.5 kms. visitors will be able to enjoy light mu sic while walking on this track.
The CM saw the wa ter hut built on foreign lines and said that the concept on which the Board has tried to pro vide facilities for visi tors is amazing.
The Chief Minister inspected the entire park from here on a Golf Cart and reached the National Flag site where he was welcomed by the Army Band and the Cavalry. Gehlot ob served the tallest (213 ft) national flag. Seeing the rock fountain here and the captivating Lower Lake, full of natural shade spread over an area of 2,000 square me tres of land, he de scribed this as the main attraction of this unique park.
UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal said, “The fi nancial condition of the Board has been strengthened through transparent efforts to earn revenue including auction tax and recov ery of outstanding lease. As a result, today the Board is working
fast on out-of-the-box projects like Coaching Hub, Vidhayak Awas, Constitution Club,” Dhariwal said, further adding, “RHB Commis sioner Pawan Arora de serves congratulations for this. The Board has received more than a dozen awards for good deeds.” Meanwhile, MLA Ashok Lahoty also described the views of City Park as similar to Singapore.
Earlier, RHB Com missioner Pawan Arora apprised the Chief Min ister, Urban Develop ment and Housing Min ister and other guests that the Board has given importance to environ mental protection as well as water conserva tion in developing City Park. “RHB welcomes the guests on behalf of the Board family. For
the CM, it is believed that he is the ‘messiah’ of the poor needy, but there is also another as pect, CM’s vision in ur ban development is ex tremely brilliant. Cen tral Park was built only because of CM’s vision and now City Park is also made due to CM’s vision. We had a busi ness plan on City Park, but CM said that there is a need for a park, not a business plan. All the big projects of the city are the result of CM’s vision. Earlier people used to throw garbage here and today a beauti ful park is built here. There is no match with Chief Minister Gehlot ji’s vision.
He further added, “Keeping foresight to avoid the use of under ground water for irriga tion of plants and trees
RHB CREATES ANOTHER RECORD AS CM VISITS 9 PROGRAMMES IN CURRENT TENURE!
T he Rajasthan Housing Board made a yet another, but a unique record. With the inauguration of City Park, it is for the 9th time that CM Ashok Gehlot attended a RHB programme in the current tenure. RHB is the only government organization whose programmes have been attended so many times by the CM.
in the park, a 2 MLD sewerage treatment plant had already been prepared near the Dra vyavati river. For the last two months, the treated water of the plant is being used for irrigation in the park. In this way, this park shows the commitment of the Board towards environmental protec tion as well as water conservation,” Arora said.
The Housing Com missioner informed that Jaipur Phulwari
Show would be organ ised in winter from No vember to February in City Park.
Tallest national flag in Raj and Grand Entry Plaza are main attractions Commissioner Arora in formed that the first phase of the ambitious project of City Park has been completed. “The domed- steel structure of the grand entry plaza built on the middle road in the first phase, the at tractive fountain and the
tallest (213 feet) national flag in Rajasthan and the captivating Lower Lake spread in an area of about 2,000 square metres near it are the main features of this park. A long jogging track, 20 feet wide and 3.5 km long, has been made in the park, on which people will be able to enjoy attractive lighting and music while walking on it,” he said.
Unique world of artefacts in Park Arora said that in the first phase itself, 17 unique sculptures made of stone and metal, toi let block, 2 parking ar eas, oxy hub, rock foun tain, attractive benches for sitting and RO Wa ter drinking station works have been in stalled. A total of 34 work orders worth 61.31
crores were issued for the first phase of works, against which all these works have been com pleted with an amount of 54.99 crore.
Clean Air for All Arora said that this park, developed on 52 acres of land, would provide clean climate to lakhs of people living in Mansarovar and the ad joining colonies. The Housing Commissioner said that 25,000 flower ing and fruit plants of 32 different species and about 40,000 flowering shrubs have been plant ed here.
2,967 houses built in 15 housing schemes were also inaugurated In the program, the Chief Minister inaugu rated 2967 houses con
z City Park is the second largest park in Jaipur after Central Park with a 3.5 km jogging track. Music systems have been installed along the entire walking track for the visitors.
z The domed steel structure of the grand entry plaza built on the Madhyam Marg in the first phase, the attractive fountain and the tallest (213 feet) National Flag of Rajasthan and the picturesque Lower Lake with an area of about 2,000 square metres nearby, are the main features of the City Park.
z In the second phase, Fountain Square, V.T. Road, Aravalli Marg and New Sanganer Road at Entry Plaza, Botani cal Garden, Exposition Ground, construction of food court on lines of Jaipur Chaupati and works of Upper Lake in 2,500 square metres of land are under con struction. An amount of 58.54 cr is likely to be spent on these.
z A children's play area has been built.
structed in 15 housing schemes of 11 different cities of the State. The possession letter of the houses will be given to the allottees of these schemes by the Board soon. According to the budget announcement 2021-22, the construc tion of these houses has been completed on time. These Awas Vatika and Mahla Awas Yojana (Jaipur) and Mahatma Gandhi Sambal Awas Yojana Phase I & II Bad li (Jodhpur) as well as the schemes of smaller cities like Nasirabad, Kishangarh, Niwai, Abu Road, Udaipur, Bhilwara, Shahpura, Bhinder & Banswara have been completed. Most of these houses belong to EWS and LIG category and with this, housing dream of needy would be realised.
Jaipur: Ahead of Di wali, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot met the children, who lost their parents in the Covid-19 pandemic at CMR on Friday. He interacted with more than 200 chil dren from all over the State to know their wellbeing and listened to their problems. He said that the State Govern ment is taking care of the orphaned children
with commitment. He inspired the children to study and work hard and said that the State Gov ernment is with them.
Gehlot said that chal lenges keep coming in life but one should move on and work tirelessly to achieve our goals. Af
ter this, he had food with the children and distributed gifts as well. During an interac tion with Gehlot, chil
dren shared their expe riences and expressed their gratitude for the help being provided by the State Government.
z Benefits of Ambedkar DBT Voucher Scheme for housing facil
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going students and priority in
allowance under Mukhyamantri Yuva Sambal Yojana.
1,500
pension to widowed women with immedi ate assistance of Rs 1 lakh.
z `1000 per month and Rs 2000 per annum payable to the widow’s children till the age of 18 years.
A dinner was hosted on behalf of PCC Chief Govind Singh Dotasra in the ‘Con gress War Room’ on Hospital Road in the Diwali Sneh Milan programme on Friday. CM Gehlot interacted with the journalists. CM Gehlot also inspected the ‘War Room.’
z CM Ashok Gehlot has given nod for regularisation of more than 30,000 contractual work ers, who will get Rs 18,500 salary on regular 9 years of service and Rs 32,000 on 18 years of service.
Walking amidst melodious music on 20 feet wide walking track, is unforgettable: CM Shivendra Parmar
Friday witnessed a magical evening full of glamour and elegance as people from all walks gathered for the Grand Finale of First India Queen at Jade Ballroom, Hotel Sahara Star, Mumbai. City First highlights a couple of magical moments from the grand show!
t was an eve of glitz and glamour, livewire performances and nerve-wracking decisions, as the winners of First India Queen were announced in a star-studded ceremony at Jade Ballroom, Hotel Sahara Star, Mumbai on Friday. With 30 finalists from across the country battling it out for the coveted title, the jury had a tough time choosing the top five.
Jagdeesh Chandra graced the occasion as the Chief Guest.
The scintillating evening in the mesmerising land of picturesque beaches and the City of Dreams began by welcoming Jagdeesh Chandra, the man who made it possible for every young girl to dream big with confidence
so that she may reach greater heights. While congratulating all the finalists, Jagdeesh Chandra welcomed the audience and said, “We strongly wish to open the gates of opportunity in the fashion and entertainment industry for many deserving girls. First India and youth are natural allies and we promote talent for one and all.”
Famous anchor Simran Ahuja set the mood swinging by introducing the finalists of the First India Queen.
Special Guest for the evening, Deepak Agarwal, MD, Bikaji Group, on the occasion said, “ The crown is an added privilege, I am sure the girls will take so much confidence from here. I am glad to be a part of the event.” He further congratulated Jagdeesh Chandra and the First India family for the wonderful event.
First India Queen is a platform of inspiration, learning and stardom for a common girl – coming from different parts of the country. The pageant celebrates inner beauty and talent as much as the physical appearance of
any contestant, and hence it is instrumental in setting standards for evaluating and expressing the inner beauty of an Indian woman.
Many celebrities and dignitaries graced the mega event.
Rajendra Jain (MD SVAR Group), Archana Kochhar (Fashion Designer), Parimal Mehhta (Founder- Blanckanvas Pvt Ltd), Dr Priti Shenai (Skinworks), Roopmati Manere (Dy. Commissioner State Tax (GST) Thane), Aditi Jaggi Rastogi (Celebrity Fashion Designer), Jayanthi Ballal (Designer and Founder Mysore Fashion Week), Poonam Pandey (Actress), Ishika Taneja (Supermodel and Miss India winner), Shibani Kashyap (Singer), Raayo S. Bakhirta (Actor), Madhuri Bhosle (Founder- IRA), Karishma Modi (supermodel and actress), Akanksha Bhalla (supermodel and actress) and Nitinn R Miranni (Actor) were present as the jury members on the occasion.
On the occasion, various celebrities namely Riya Soni (Emerging Star), Pratik Sehajpal (Best Actor),
Manish Raisinghan (Versatile Actor), Rajiv Adatia (Favourite Entertainer), Nikita Rawal (Glamorous Actress), Umar Riaz (Most popular Actor), Vishal Kotian (People’s Choice), Manit Joura (Charming Personality), Rehaa Khan (Style Icon), Sakshi Dwivedi (Sizzling Personality), Kenisha Awasthi (Fashion Influencer), Elli Avrram (Best Versatile Actress), Kriti Verma (Most Promising Actress), Sara Khan (Best TV Personality) and Mrunal Jain (Most Stylish Actor) were also felicitated by First India.
Parimal Mehhta, Founder of Blanckanvas Pvt Ltd while congratulating the participants also thanked Jagdeesh Chandra and the First India team for allowing them to showcase this extravagant event.
(The grand finale was still underway as we went to print. Watch this space more for winners.)
The 30 faces, 3 day long grooming sessions and all the hustle and bustle of Mumbai came together to mark an end to the second season of the mega show, First India Queen 2022. The final day of the show turned all the eyes to the main stage as the beauties flaunted elegant sarees by Parram Para. With this, all the well deserved participants begin a new journey into the glamorous era, exclusively presented to them by The First India and Bharat24-Vision of New Media.
A beautiful evening full of glamour and class was witnessed in the grand finale of First India Queen, at Hotel Sahara Star in Mumbai on Friday. City First brings to you glimpses of the training and grooming sessions conducted at Hotel T24, Mumbai!
—PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA
TCITY FIRST he momentous grand finale of First India Queen, where beauties from pan India competed for the privileged titles and crowns, took place at Hotel Sahara Star in Mumbai on Friday.
Jagdeesh Chandra graced the grand finale with his presence and wished the participants all the best.
First India Queen, a national-level beauty pageant supports the significance of teamwork and camaraderie in a quality & structured environment. The brand encourages women to be spontaneous, confident, unhindered and free as they live. The three-day grand show organised many training and grooming sessions for the participants by fashion and modelling experts conducted at Hotel T24, Mumbai.
The first day kicked off with a ceremony where all the finalists were welcomed with a sash and a gift hamper and as the evening rolled in, the talent round and question-answer round for First India Queen also started. The day witnessed
an interactive session with Dentokraftt by Dr Nida Khateeb followed by a session with Skinworks by Dr Priti Shenai.
While the second day caught an equally insightful session by Pooja Misra, the multi-talented ravishing model, a VJ and Big Boss fame, who enlightened the girls on various fashion and modelling topics, her session was followed by an entertaining talent round.
Thursday, another exciting day kicked off with a rejuvenating health and fitness session by
Fitness Coach Karan Hebbar from Kinesiis, followed by Parimal Mehhta’s session. The evening witnessed sessions by Kavita Kharayat and Sunny Kamble, supermodels of India, from the Manish Malhotra group.
The young beauties were fascinated with the mentoring sessions.
First India Queen is curated by Blanckanvas Media and the finale was choreographed by Parimal Mehhta.
