First India-Jaipur Edition-24th September 2022

EX-OLYMPIAN DILIP TIRKEY IS HOCKEY INDIA PRESIDENT

REQUESTED RAHUL TO BECOME PRESIDENT, HE DENIED; NOW I WILL FILE NOMINATION: GEHLOT

Amit Mishra & Aditi Nagar

Kochi: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday confirmed his candidature for the upcoming Congress president election and said that Rahul Gandhi has made it clear that “no member of the Gandhi family” would become the next party chief.

Speaking to the media, Gehlot, who was in Kerala to take part in the Bharat Jodo Yatra, said, “I said earlier that I will request him (Rahul Gandhi) to accept this post when all the Congress Committees

Crucial

BOMBAY HC BOOST FOR UDDHAV FACTION

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Friday granted permission to the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena to hold its annual Dussehra rally at the Shivaji Park ground in Mumbai on October 5. The venue, where Sena had been holding its Dussehra rally year after year.

INDIA DEFEAT AUS IN 2ND MATCH

Nagpur: Rohit Sharma’s unbeaten 46 of 20 balls helped India chase a massive 91-run target to level the series 1-1 in the second T20I in Nagpur here at the Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) Stadium in Nagpur which was impacted by rain.

BJP LEADER’S SON HELD FOR MURDER

Haridwar: BJP leader Vinod Arya’s son, Pulkit Arya, has been arrested for the murder of a 19-year-old woman from Pauri Garhwal who worked at a resort he owns at Rishikesh. Along with Pulkit, his two staff members, who have been arrested too. P6

RAJ TO REPLY ON COVID EX-GRATIA

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday sought a response from the Rajasthan government to a plea alleging nonpayment of ex-gratia to the orphans and the family members of those persons who died of COVID-19.

are passing resolutions in this regard. He made it clear that no one from the Gandhi family will become the next chief. He said he has decided this due to some reasons, a non-Gandhi family member will become the party chief”.

When asked if it is because of the BJP’s allegations of nepotism, he said, “Rahul Gandhi said it in 2019 that he would work more without any post. He had said this in the working committee. He said that he still stands on his statement that he would work for the par-

INDIA’S FOCUS ON GREEN GROWTH, GREEN JOBS: PM

India’s net zero emissions target for the year 2070: Modi PM says need is to maintain equilibrium with the nature

New Delhi (ANI): Drawing attention to the net zero emissions target for the year 2070, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that India’s focus is on green growth and green jobs.

At the inauguration of National Conference of Environment Ministers in Ekta Nagar, Gujarat via video conferencing, Modi stressed on the need to maintain equilibrium with nature and said the role of environment ministries of the states in achieving these goals is of vital importance.“I urge all environment ministers to promote a circular economy as much as possible in states,” he said.

These steps will significantly strengthen the solid waste management campaign and will free us from the clutches of single-use plastic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said.

The Prime Minister also underlined the adoption of technology in protecting the environment.

India has set a target of net zero till the year 2070. Now the focus of the country is on growth, on green jobs. And to achieve all these goals, the role of the environment ministry of every state is enormous. —Narendra Modi, Prime Minister

ENTHUSIASM HAS RETURNED WITH CHEETAH: MODI

New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi on Friday said a new enthusiasm has returned to the country from the homecoming of Cheetah in Madhya Pradesh recently. He added that today India is also a rapidly developing economy, and is continuously strengthening its ecology. While inaugurating the National Conference of Environment Ministers in Narmada, Gujarat via video conferencing, PM Modi said, “A new enthusiasm has returned from the homecoming of Cheetah in Madhya Pradesh a few days ago.”

MEET POLITICAL LEADERS MORE OFTEN FROM ALL SIDES:

FORMER VICE PRSIDENT NAIDU TO PM NARENDRA MODI

New Delhi: Former vice president M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said PM Narendra Modi should more often meet political leadership from all sides which may help clear some “misunderstandings” Opposition parties might have about his methods. Naidu said this at the launch of a book titled “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas Sabka Vishwas – Prime Minister Narendra Modi Speaks (May 2019-May 2020)” on the PM’s speeches.

PFI’s Kerala bandh: Stone pelting at buses & vehicles

Thiruvananthapuram:

A day after Popular Front of India leaders were arrested in a massive country-wide raid, the outfit’s dawn-to dusk hartal began on Friday and incidents of stone pelting and attack on vehicles including KSRTC buses by protesters were reported from various places in the state.

The shutdown in Kerala was called by the PFI to protest the arrest of its members in nationwide raids by the NIA on Thursday.

PILOT ASKED TO BE IN JAIPUR TILL FINAL DECISION TAKEN

Amid hectic lobbying in the Congress on the issue of the Rajasthan leadership, the party top brass has asked Sachin Pilot to stay put in Jaipur and meet MLAs till a final decision is taken. Pilot flew to Jaipur on Friday after being in Bharat Jodo Yatra and is waiting for the decision. Pilot, the former Deputy CM, is a strong contender for the Chief Ministership while hectic lobbying is going on in the state with names of GS Dotasra and CP Joshi also doing the rounds. —Agencies

ty without a post, as the party says.”

Congress’ presidential post election will be held on October 17 and the election results would be declared on October 19.

“It’s decided that I’ll contest (for the post of Congress president). I’ll fix the date soon (to file nomination). It’s a need for the Opposition to be strong, looking at the current position of the country,” he said while adding that Congress General Secretary Ajay Maken Turn to P10

Nitish betrayed anti-Congress politics for PM ambitions: Shah

Purnea (PTI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday claimed that Bihar CM Nitish Kumar backstabbed the BJP to join hands with RJD and Congress, in order to fulfil his prime ministerial ambitions.

Shah alleged that Kumar does not have any ideology, so he gave up socialism in favour of caste-based politics.

“Nitish-ji, you did the same thing in 2014. In the 2024 LS polls, people of Bihar will rout this Mahagathbandhan. BJP will form a govt with full majority in 2025 assembly polls,” he said.

India’s advisory over Canada hate crimes

New Delhi: India on Friday warned its citizens in Canada and students flying to Canada about a “sharp increase in hate crimes, sectarian violence and anti-India activities”, and urged them to “remain vigilant”. The Foreign Ministry said it has taken up incidents of hate crimes, sectarian violence and anti-India activities with Canada and has asked for investigation and action. P5

EXPANSION OF UN SECURITY COUNCIL

Portugal, back

New Delhi (Agencies):

US President Joe Biden’s demand for the expansion of the United Nations Security Council by including emerging powers like India has received the backing of Portugal, Ukraine and Japan. Leaders of these three countries said the UN’s most powerful body must adapt to the changing geopolitics.

Govt may remove Dr Somya any time

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Jaipur Municipal Corporation Greater Mayor Dr Somya got a big setback from the Supreme Court on Friday. Considering judicial inquiry report presented by State govt, the court has left it up to the government to take action against the Mayor. However, the court has directed to take action only after 2 days i.e. af-

‘MODI CAN BE PEACE BROKER’

Pittsburgh: Mexico has proposed to the UN to set up a committee that would include India’s PM Narendra Modi, Pope Francis, and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to mediate permanent peace between Russia and Ukraine. Marcelo Luis Ebrard Casaubón, foreign minister of Mexico, said while participating in a UNSC debate in New York.

ter September 25. Now, it is likely that the government can sack Dr Somya any time after receiving the return copy of the court’s orders on September 26.

Mumbai: The Mumbai police’s Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) on Friday submitted a voluminous charge-sheet against eight persons in a special court in a case related to seizure of mephedrone worth around Rs 2,500 crore, an official said. The 4,818-page document was filed in the special court set up under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS Act), he said. The official said the charge-sheet was filed against eight accused persons.

New

UNION HOME MINISTER AMIT SHAH REACHES BIHAR FOR TWO-DAY VISIT

Patna: Union Home Minister Amit Shah reached Purnea in the afternoon on a two-day visit to Bihar beginning from Friday. This is his first visit to Bihar after CM Nitish Kumar-led JD (U) broke ties with BJP. On Saturday, Shah will visit the SSB camp and hold a review meeting with security officials at the BSF camp in Kishanganj.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah holds a mace during ‘Jana Bhavna Mahasabha’, in Purnia on Friday. Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Giriraj Singh and others.

`2,500-cr drug haul case: 8 charge-sheeted

Japanese PM Fumio Kishida, Ukrainian

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz

have backed Biden’s demand and inclusion of India in the UNSC.

United Nations Security Council on the United Nations Headquarters.

Police personnel patrol during bandh, in Kochi on Friday.

ED

New Delhi:

CM Ashok Gehlot being felicitated by Balasaheb Thorat during the joint birth anniversary celebrations of freedom fighter Bhausaheb

Thorat and pioneer of Green Revolution Dr. Annasaheb Shinde on Friday at Ahmednagar in Maharashtra. Govind Singh Dotasra, Chhagan Bhujbal, Dr. Sudhir Tambe and others are also seen.

MeT ISSUES YELLOW ALERT FOR 13 DISTS

l Heavy rains expected in 4 divisions in coming days l Heavy traffic jams plagued people in Jpr

Jaipur: Heavy rains lashed Jaipur and several other districts of Rajasthan on Friday.

While it brought smiles on many faces, farmers were worried as they were busy harvesting crops and feared that their crops would get spoiled due to the rain.

According to the Meteorological Department, Jaipur, a low pressure area formed in the Bay of Bengal, remains over Northeast Madhya Pradesh and adjoining areas. “It is very likely to move in a west-northwest direction in the next two days. Due to western disturbance, the monsoon will gain

Union housing secy reviews urban schemes

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Union Housing and Urban Affairs Secy Manoj Joshi reviewed the progress of the Central govt’s promoted schemes at the LSG Building. The progress of JMCG was also reviewed in the meeting.

RENOWNED CARDIOLOGISTS

TO GATHER FOR 2-DAY CONF TODAY

Jaipur: RAJ CSICON 2022 will begin on Saturday where Renowned cardiologists from across the country will be participating in a two-day conference at the RAJ CSICON event. The conference will be inaugurated by Health and Medical Minister Parsadi Lal Meena and Principal Secretary, Medical Education Department, Vaibhav Galaria . Dr SM Sharma, Senior Cardiologist, Principal of Medical College and Organizing Chairman , Dr Rajeev Bagarhatta said that the causes related to heart disease and their latest treatment will be discussed in the conference.

GANGRAPE WITH MARRIED WOMAN FOR OVER 4-YR; FIR LODGED

Jaipur: A case of gang rape of a married woman has been reported in the city, informed police. Three acquaintances blackmailed the married woman and raped her several times over a course of four years and blackmailed, threatened to kill her if matter is disclosed to her husband, police said. The victim has lodged a report against the three accused at Sanganer Sadar police station. In the complaint, a report of rape and SC/ST has been filed against 3 accused.

IPS SATYENDRA

KUMAR’s

DEPUTATION

EXTENDED New Delhi: 2007 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre IPS Satyendra Kumar’s Central deputation tenure has been extended by two years. Satyendra is director in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and on Friday, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the proposal of the Ministry.

momentum and there will be heavy rain in four divisions for the next four to five days,” Met officials said. The Met has issued a yellow alert in 13 districts to-

day with a possibility of heavy rain in Sikar and Jhunjhunu.

Jaipur (FIB): Around 400 pilgrims from Rajasthan are stuck in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district due to landslides No casualty has been reported so far and all the passengers are safe, a senior official said here. About 400 passengers from Rajasthan’s Bhilwara, Ajmer and other places were returning from Gangotri Dham when they got trapped due to a landslide near Gabnani in Uttarkashi, he said. State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) Commandant Rajkumar Gupta said pilgrims from Rajasthan were reported stranded on Thursday night. The senior official said after talking to the local administration there, passengers were taken to safer places and arrangements for food & lodging were made for them. India Bureau

As per MeT dept, during the last 24 hours, 12 cm rain was recorded in Kotkasim in Alwar, 9 cm

in Anta of Baran, 8 cm each in Govindgarh and Bansur in Alwar and Paota of Jaipur, 7 cm each in Ajmer’s Tatgarh, Bharatpur city, Pachpahar in Jhalawar.

PHED approves `69.58 cr to supply Bisalpur water to the Walled City

Naresh Sharma

Jaipur: The problem of drinking water supply in the walled city and tail-end areas of the city will be resolved soon. Bisalpur water will be supplied with sufficient pressure in Transport Nagar, Brahmapuri and New Filter House.

With this, the load at Ram Niwas Bagh Pumping Station will also be reduced. PHED has approved a tender of Rs 69.58 crore for the restructuring works of

the central transfer main pipeline of the Jaipur-Bisalpur Drinking Water Project.

The work orders for the scheme will be issued this month, while the work will be

completed in a year’s time. Apart from this, tenders for water supply schemes worth about Rs 28 crore have also been approved for various areas of Jaipur city.

CAG REPORT SHOWS REVENUE LOSSES OF `41L

Dr Rituraj Sharma

Jaipur: Huge revenue losses were incurred due to wrong assessment in 2020-21. The details were found in the CAG 2020-21 report. Taxable turnover was Rs 131.02 cr, whereas only Rs 90 crores was determined. A tax amount of 0.41 crore less was incurred. Irregular ITC of 0.44 crore was allowed on goods sold at concessional rates. Serious irregularities were found in settlement of GST claims.

Joshi said that the urban bodies in the state have a lot of work. “They have the capacity but lack revenue. Urban bodies get less income from tax. Therefore, there is a need for dialogue with the general public,” he said. Joshi sought detailed information about Intelligent Traffic Management System, RUDF Fund, Property Tax, Online Tender System, Jaipur City Bus, etc. He

stressed on the restoration of stepwells and ponds under the AMRUT 2.0 scheme.

Governor OKs UGC norms to be implemented in State colleges

First India Bureau

Jaipur : University Grants Commission (UGC) Regulations 2018 will be implemented in higher education departments and it will be applicable in Degree Colleges of Rajasthan.

Governor Kalraj Mishra has approved the proposal. This will give the benefit of Career Advancement Scheme in Government Colleges. Until now, it was available only in universities. Assistant

Premium rates reduced for land use of agri to non-agri

Professors and Associate Professors will get benefits and opportunities for promotion will increase for college teachers.

Supply of Lumpy meds to spruce up in State

First India Bureau

Jaipur : The Animal Husbandry Department is now making strenuous efforts to save the cows from the lumpy skin epidemic. The effort of the dept is to increase the reach of medicines at each district and village level.

The Animal Husbandry Dept has procured 17 major medicines, more than Rs 19 crore medicines are be-

ing purchased through Confed and about Rs 5 crore at the level of departmental officers.

Complaints were being received that there is a shortage of medicines. Suresh Chand Meena, Addl Director, Pharmaceutical Cell of Animal Husbandry Dept said that the Dept has increased the supply of medicines. medicines are being procured from the centralized system, he added.

Jaipur : The government has given a big relief in premium rates for non-agricultural use from agriculture so that more and more leases are issued under the Prashasan Shehron Ke Sang abhiyan not only for houses but also for other activities.

A target has been set to distribute 10 lakh pattas in this campaign and more than 4.5 lakh pattas have been distributed so far. The Urban Development Department and the Department of LSG have issued orders to reduce the premium rates from agriculture to non-agricultural use and to include other land uses in this concession.

For this purpose, the

mixed land use has also been included in the purview of the concession. If the lease of agricultural land is issued for non-agricultural use, then now a lower premium rate will have to be paid.

There was a lot of brainstorming in the meeting of officials under the chairmanship of UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal regarding the premium rates for issuance of plot leases.

2 NEW TOWN PLANNING SCHEMES

JDA intensifies work, to issue notifications

Abhishek Shrivastava

Jaipur: In a first, under the Land Pooling Act, the exercise of bringing two big town planning schemes has intensified in the capital. The Jaipur Development Authority will soon issue notification for these schemes.

The Land Pooling Act was implemented in the state on April 4, 2016. Although this law came into force during the previous BJP government, the rules

were not implemented.

After this, when the Congress government came, the rules were implemented under the law in May 2020. After



The proposed scheme is on 166 hectares of land includes the land of Shivdaspura, Chandlai and Barkheda villages.

 As per the land use shown in master paln, it will be a mix land use, residential open space and others.

 JDA has completed the survey work.

the passage of two years, on the instructions of the state govt, the JDA has identified two places in the capital for the town plan-



The proposed scheme on 170 hectares of land covers the land of Achrawala Tejawala and Abhaypura villages.

 The use of this land in the master plan is mostly residential. As mentioned in the master plan.



JDA has started the survey work.

ning scheme. In one of these places, the survey work has completed and in the second place, the survey has started. Under the Land Pooling

Law, there is a provision to take land with mutual consent from the account holders, who get up to 55% as compensation.

Police personnel attempt to stop Gau Rakshaks during a protest against State government at Shahid Smarak in Jaipur on Friday.

—PHOTO

BY SANTOSH SHARMA

ALL 400 RAJ PILGRIMS STRANDED IN UTTARKASHI ARE SAFE, SAYS SDRF

Commuters wade through waterlogged Trimurty Circle on Friday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA

SDRF’s rescue ops in Uttarkashi on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI

Sant Sudhanshu Maharaj, founder of Vishwa Jagriti Mission, meets Governor Kalraj Mishra at Raj Bhavan on Friday.

NEAR SHIVDASPURA, TONK ROAD RING ROAD JUNCTION, PHAGI ROAD

The approvals were given in a meeting chaired by ACS PHED, Dr Subodh Agrawal on Friday. Other officials are also seen.

JOGARAM INFORMS Manoj Joshi

Abhishek Shrivastava

REVISED RATES

Shanti Dhariwal

ASSEMBLY ADJOURNED SINE DIE

POST DEBATE OVER ‘HEALTH BILL ’

Bill sent to Select Committee for review; State is already running popular schemes like the Mukhyamantri Chiranjeevi Swasthya Bima Yojana and the RGHS

ASSEMBLY SESSION

Yogesh Sharma, Naresh Sharma, Aishwary Pradhan

Jaipur: The Right to Health Bill was discussed in the State Legislative Assembly on Friday but it was not passed in the House. It was decided to send it to the Select Committee.

After this, the proceedings of the Assembly were adjourned sine die.

Earlier, the ruling party and the Opposition came face to face in the Assembly over the Bill.

MLA Pukhraj Garg said that the utility of this Bill will depend on the district and the State-level committees in which MLA and MP should also be included

along with the doctor. Citing suicide by a lady doctor in Dausa, MLA Jitendra Singh said that the opinion of

Mines Minister Pramod Bhaya said on Friday that the State Government is committed to the upliftment of the tribals and the suggestions given by the members for tribal development in the new mining policy will be implemented soon. Bhaya said that 121 mining leases were issued by the department from 2019 to 2023 in this notified area, out of which 27 leases have been allotted to tribals.

Mines Minister Pramod Bhaya informed the assembly on collection of royalty through Amnesty Scheme that at present there are 19 such cases, which are adjourned, an amount of Rs 32 crore is expected from them. He said that there are a total 7 cases of royalty of Hindustan Zinc. Out of these, there is an adjournment of the court in 5 cases, in which recovery of Rs 1,426 crores is due. He said that two cases are under adjudication in the Central Government Tribunal, in which an amount of Rs 4.16 crore is there.

the doctors should be taken otherwise the they will be scared of treating serious patients.

Congress MLA Divya

Maderna surrounded the Government on the issue of arbitrariness of private hospitals in the Chiranjeevi scheme.

“Today we are talking about ‘Right to Health’, on the other hand the private hospitals are flouting norms of Chiranjeevi scheme. In the CM’s area, the Chiranjeevi scheme fell on its face due to the failure of the administration,” she said.

Question Hour

CONSTRUCTION OF AYUSH HOSPS: OPP TARGETS GARG OVER DELAY

A yurveda Minister Subhash Garg was seen surrounded by the Opposition in the Assembly on Friday regarding construction of AYUSH hospital building. The Opposition accused Garg of spending money for the proposed buildings in 19 cities in his home district Bharatpur. During the Question Hour, BJP MLA Pabbaram raised a question regarding the construction of Ayush Hospital building in Phalodi. Subhash Garg said that due to non-marked land at 19 places, buildings could not be built there, so he allocated the budget to Bharatpur on the demand of the public.

Medical Bodies protest against State Health Bill, seek review

Jaipur: The medical fraternity has started protesting against the Right to Health Bill in the State. Many doctors, under the banner of Indian Medical Association and Jaipur Medical Association, gathered at the Statue Circle on Friday regarding the Bill being introduced in the Assembly and protested against the Bill on many points.

They also said that if the government does not discuss with the medical organisations before finalising the Bill, then a big movement will be created. Dr Ish Munjal calls the Bill impractical.

Munjal is the former President of Rajasthan Pharmacy Council.

BJP MLA Ashok Lahoti targeted the Govt by raising the matter of unutilised tourism development fund. “Rs 268 crore is available but the Govt could spend a mere Rs 4.24 crore in four years,” he said. Responding to the query, Tourism Minister Murari Lal Meena said that the money could not be spent in two years due to the pandemic. “Approval has been issued for various works,” he said.

Breather for Joshi’s son as court refuses to cancel bail

First India Bureau Jaipur: The Special Court of NDPS Affairs at Tis Hazari Court in Delhi has dismissed the application filed by Delhi Police and refused to cancel the anticipatory bail granted to Rohit Joshi, son of Minister Mahesh Joshi, in the rape case. The court said in the order that the Delhi Police has not

produced any concrete evidence against Rohit Joshi to prove that he has misused the anticipatory bail.

In the application, the

Tonk DC summoned by HC for contempt

First India Bureau

Jaipur: The Rajasthan High Court on Friday issued a contempt notice to Tonk Collector Chinmayi Gopal and summoned him for his reply in the matter related to the non-removal of encroachment from pasture land despite the court order.

The division bench of Justice Pankaj Bhandari and Justice Sameer Jain gave this order while hearing a contempt petition filed by Chhitar Lal Sharma, a resident of Mal-

pura subdivision, through Advocate Laxmikant Sharma.

It has been told in the contempt petition that on January 3, 2022, the Division Bench directed the Tonk Collector and PLPC Chairman to take action on the representation of the villagers within two months.

The villagers submitted their representation to the DC along with the order of the division bench, but the revenue officials did not take immediate action to remove the encroachment from the pasture.

Delhi Police said that Rohit Joshi is influential and he is threatening the victim. He also has links with hardcore criminals. Therefore, keeping in view the safety of the victim, anticipatory bail should be cancelled. It was stated on behalf of Joshi that he was cooperating in the investigation and he had not misused the anticipatory bail.

Udaipur: Court extends custody of all accused

First India Bureau

Udaipur: The NIA has once again sought additional 90-day time from the Special Court of NIA cases to present the challan in the Kanhaiyalal murder case of Udaipur. NIA argued that that the investigation in the case is going on and the search is on for some more accused. Therefore, the completion of the research is likely to take time. Later, Special Judge Ravindra Kumar II extended the judicial custody of all the accused till Oct 21.

Colonisation Minister Shale Mohammad assured the Assembly on Friday that efforts would be made to maintain the records of the cultivators who are occupying the land of the colonised area for years and are doing agricultural work. Speaker, Dr CP Joshi directed the Minister to maintain the records of the tenants farmers, so that the tenants are able to take advantage of the schemes.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: In a good news for the unemployed people of the State, the Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has increased the maximum age limit in all types of services.

From now until December 31, 2024, the state has given relaxation in the upper age limit. Now, youths who are overage

will get the benefit. An order in this regard was issued by the Personnel Department on Friday.

Governor Kalraj Mishra accepted the pro-

posal of the state government for relaxation of two years in the application of government jobs and approved it.

Noteworthy, the State Govt on Tuesday informed the assembly that it has provided unemployment allowance to about 6.04 lakh youth under the Mukhyamantri Yuva Sambal Yojana.

Ban at Amer during Navratra

CM announces age for all jobs jumps to death

First India Bureau

Jaipur: A love story that started in the streets of the city met an unfortunate end in London.

Sumit (38) son of Rajkumar Ahuja, a resident of Malviya Nagar Sector-2, committed suicide by jumping off the sixth floor of an apartment on Charit Road in London.

He left behind a suicide note of 424 words.

After three minutes of forwarding the suicide

note on WhatsApp, he committed suicide by jumping off the balcony. A loud bang was heard when Sumit fell on the ground floor of the apartment. When the neighbours came out, Sumit was lying on the floor bleeding. The police took the body and sent it to the hospital with the help of an ambulance. As per the suicide note, the reason of his death was his wife’s affair.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Two fatalities and 81 fresh COVID-19 cases were reported in Rajasthan on Friday, officials said.

According to a spokesperson of the health department, one patient each died in Jaipur and Karauli due to the infection.

So far, 9,639 people have died due to the deadly disease in the desert state.

Vaibhav to be elected RCA chief unopposed

Nominations will be filed on September 26 and there will be a scrutiny on September 27. The final list will be released by September 29

Jaipur: Voting for the new executive committee of Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) will be held on September 30.

On Friday, there was a hearing in the Supreme Court on issues like Lokpal, including objections to Nagaur, Sri Ganganagar and Alwar district associations in which the decision has been given to include all the three

district associations in the election process.

It is believed that no candidate will contest for the post of the Pres-

ions were asked by the opposition faction to contest for the post of president but they refused. However, candidates can enter the electoral fray for other posts of the executive.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Elephant ride has been temporarily banned in the Amer Mahal area due to Navratra.

Elephant rides will be banned from 25 September to 6 October in Amer Mahal due to Shardiya Navratri.

Archaeological and Museum Department and Palace superintendent Pankaj Dharendra have put a ban on ele-

phant ride sighting the fair in Shilamata temple in Navratri.

Superintendent Pankaj Dharendra said that keeping in view the arrangements of Shardiya Navratri fair at Shilamata Temple, Jaleb Chowk, Amer, and the crowd of visitors and safety of tourists, the operation of elephants in Amer Mahal will be completely closed from September 25 to October 6.

ident. In such a situation, Vaibhav Gehlot will win. On the other hand, the office bearers of some district un-

The badebandi of DCA officials also started. More than 20 DCA officials, supporting Vaibhav, reached a resort on Delhi Road. There will be a hearing on Saturday on the objections of 8 district associations.

Satyanarayan Sharma

Jaipur: The Kardhani police on Thursday night arrested six miscreants who entered the house by posing as a policeman and committing robbery. The search is on for the two masterminds of the robbery.

The police seized the bike and car used in the incident from the possession of the gang. During interrogation, it

has come to the fore that a plan was made to rob the property businessman’s house while sitting in jail. Reiki was also done under solid

planning, however, due to the courage of the woman in the house and the pet dog’s attack, they could not succeed in the robbery.

Vikas Sharma

First India Bureau

MINING POLICY TO BE UPDATED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRIBALS: BHAYA

BJP MLA TARGETS TOURISM MIN OVER UNSPENT FUNDS, MEENA CITES ‘COVID’

BHAYA REPLIES ON ‘COLLECTION OF ROYALTY THROUGH AMNESTY SCHEME’

SPEAKER CP JOSHI DIRECTS MIN TO KEEP RECORD OF TENANT FARMERS

Health Minister Parsadi Lal Meena during the tabling of Right to Health Bill in Assembly on Friday.

Six of fake police gang arrested; search on for two masterminds

Two deaths, 81 new covid cases reported in State

Brijesh with

WHAT WERE MODI AND PUTIN REALLY TALKING ABOUT?

HATE CRIMES ARE MAKING CANADA UNSAFE FOR THE INDIAN DIASPORA

There are nevertheless three compelling reasons to suppose that a Ukrainian victory is less imminent than adepts of turning points are inclined to believe. The first is obvious fact that even after change of fortune & exceptional pressure on their own resources, Russia is still a stronger force than Ukraine

After the apparent success of a Ukrainian counter-offensive, politicians and the media have taken to evoking what they see as a “turning-point.”

Doughty warriors such as General David Petraeus, for example, have expressed in the media their counter-intu itive belief that Ukraine can win the war. Earlier this year, in May, Patraeus had already asserted that “Ukraine has won,” so no one should be surprised to learn that he now believes the Ukrainians can win. Turning points are always good for believers. There are nevertheless three compelling reasons to suppose that a Ukrainian vic tory is less imminent than the adepts of turning points are inclined to believe. The first is the obvious fact that even after the change of for tune and exceptional pres sure on their own resources, Russia still represents a stronger force than Ukraine. That would point to a stale mate rather than a victory for either side. The second is that

TWO VIEWS ON HIJAB: WEAR IT; BURN IT

the decision-makers in the White House, the Pentagon and Congress appear to favor a lasting standoff to a deci sive victory. The third is that the apparent triumphs of September may be eclipsed by the imminent bad news developing in Europe, as the cost of electricity and heat ing begins to skyrocket at the approach of winter.

Without the kind of highlevel political solidarity that European governments have demonstrated throughout the spring and summer, a Ukrainian victory is unim aginable. Many European governments will soon find themselves under serious pressure coming from their populations that were not consulted on a commitment to war, especially a prolonged war. The people are less like ly than ever over the past seven decades to identify with the idea of following the dictates of Washington and London. They now find them selves trapped in apparently uncontrollable inflation cou pled with an ever more likely recession. After the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghan istan last year, Europeans are less inclined to believe that the US can be trusted as their ally and protector.

The problem is becoming more severe in the rest of the

The headline of an article by Mary Ilyushina in The Washington Post stated, “Modi rebukes Putin over his war in Ukraine.” In the meeting Modi famously said: “Today’s era is not an era of war, and I have spoken to you on the phone about this”

world. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has bravely resisted all the blandish ments and subtle pressure of the US to align with the West against Russia. But the West has never given up hope that that might change. Last week, Modi met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Samarkand, Uzbekistan and made headlines in the West, who applauded Modi for chal lenging the Russian leader. The headline of an article by Mary Ilyushina in The Wash ington Post stated, “Modi re bukes Putin over his war in Ukraine.” In the meeting Modi famously said: “Today’s era is not an era of war, and I have spoken to you on the phone about this.”

ERA OF WAR

Any moment in history, even those epochs in which people believe that peace is the norm made inevitable by their pro claimed belief in the ideals of democratic harmony, the rule of law and a prosperous glo balized economy from which everyone is expected to gain an advantage.

CONTEXTUAL NOTE

Should this be called a re buke? Only Western media, desperately seeking to inter pret any remark that isn’t praise as condemnation could consider this a repri mand, reproach or rebuke. Business Insider avoids us ing the word rebuke and in stead, more accurately, calls it a “remark.” But using in the same sentence the now obligatory epithet “unpro voked war,” the author con veys a similar meaning and even suggests that it is part of a global trend. “The Russian president’s remarks to his In dian counterpart echoed comments on Russia’s unpro voked war in Ukraine that he made to Chinese leader Xi Jinping the day prior. ‘We highly value the balanced po sition of our Chinese friends when it comes to the Ukraine crisis,” Putin said to Xi at the summit in Uzbekistan.’”

SOURCE: FAIROBSERVER

There are conflict ing arguments for and against hijab. The argument put forth by Muslim students of Karnataka, who were barred from entering schools wearing hijab, is that the head scarf protects their privacy and it is an essential part of clothing as per Islam ic faith. The girls’ lawyer ar gued in the Supreme Court that not allowing hijab has led to increased dropout of Muslim students from schools. Senior advocates Yu suf H. Muchhala and Salman Khurshid, representing the pro-hijab petitioners in the Supreme Court, argued that the court was ill-equipped to interpret the Quran due to its insufficient proficiency in Arabic. Hijab, they argued, is

The pro-hijab groups can argue that the Shia Islam is different from that of Sunnis so comparisons should be avoided. The hijab should be viewed as apparel that restricts women’s freedom but one will have to wait for the SC’s verdict

a Muslim woman’s “choice of cloth to feel empowered as well as protect her dignity”.

Far away in Iran women are having an issue for an en tirely different reason. As suming that they have better proficiency in Arabic and, therefore, they can interpret

the Quran, their protest “Woman, life, freedom” is against hijab and Iran’s mo rality police. The worst wave of protests to rock Iran in recent years was triggered by the death in custody of Kurd ish woman Mahsa Amini. The morality police accused her of not wearing her hijab properly and allegedly as saulted her leading to Ami ni’s death. In protest Iranian women are not only burning their head scarves on roads but also cutting their hair.

The pro-hijab groups can argue that the Shia Islam is different from that of Sunnis so comparisons should be avoided. The hijab should be viewed as apparel that re stricts women’s freedom but one will have to wait for the Supreme Court’s verdict.

India is watching hate crimes rising against Indians in Canada’s Ontario province and has accordingly cau tioned students going there. Ac cording to Statistics Canada there was a 72 percent increase in hate crime rate between 2019 and 2021. Partly, it was said to be due to the pandemic “which exacer bated safety and discrimination issues”. In the recent past hate crimes against Indians have in creased with two Indian students being shot early this month.

This and a rise in anti-India activities have forced the Minis try of External Affairs to issue an advisory for Indians living in Canada asking them to be vigi lant.

Canada is a sanctuary for proKhalistan activists and, regret tably, the Canadian government has done little to check the Khal istanis or act against those in volved in hate crime. As Paki stan is ever ready to fish in such troubled waters and keeps incit ing the anti-India elements.

The once immigrant-friendly country, Canada is becoming relatively unsafe. It, however, remains a preferred destination for Indians.

l RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764.

Printed and published by Anita Hada Sangwan on behalf of First Express Publishers. Printed at Bhaskar Printing Press, D.B. Corp Limited, Shivdaspura, Tonk Road, Jaipur. Published at 304, 3rd Floor, City Mall, Bhagwan Das Road, C-Scheme, Jaipur-302001, Rajasthan. Phone 0141-4920504.

Editor-In-Chief: Dr Jagdeesh Chandra

Editor: Anita Hada Sangwan responsible for selection of news under the PRB Act

SPIRITUAL SPEAK

This one’s for all those times you made an excuse for not accomplishing your goals.

Bhagavad Gita

Piyush Goyal @PiyushGoyal

India will take over G20 Presidency from Indonesia in December this year. In my meeting with H.E @ZUL_Hasan, the Chair of the Trade, Investment & Industry Ministerial Meeting at #G20Indonesia, extended India’s full support leading up to the Summit in Bali later this year.

Dharmendra Pradhan @dpradhanbjp

Sought blessings of Maa Kali at the Dakshineswar Kali Temple in Kolkata. Situated on the banks of Hooghly, the divine temple was founded by Rani Rashmoni in 1855. A Hindu navratna temple and a Shakti-Peetha, it is one of the holiest and most revered temples in our country.

TOP TWEETS

PETER ISACKSON

The writer is Fair Observer’s Chief Strategy Sfficer

Can Cong give message by holding polls?

Mahesh Sharma

New Delhi: There is every possibility of elections for the new president of the Congress party this time. If elections are held and there is a contest between leaders outside the Nehru-Gandhi family, then the country’s oldest party Congress can give a message of internal democracy through it. It is nonsense that if elections are held, the party will break or Shashi Tharoor is being contested under some conspiracy.

If the party has to break, it will break anyway. In the states, the party is breaking down.

If big leaders are leaving, then it is not right to not hold elections in this concern or talk about consensus for the post of president. It seems that Sonia Gandhi has made up her mind to get rid of the charges of dynasty to some extent by holding elections this time.

That is when it is being said that she gave the green signal to Shashi Tharoor to contest the elections. It is also possible that Shashi Tharoor has been asked to fight on behalf of the party high command.

Making a leader of Sonia’s own choice as party president who is loyal to the family, without

DIGVIJAY SINGH NOT TO CONTEST

CONGRESS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Madhya Pradesh(ANI): Clearing the air of speculation over his nomination for the All India Congress Committee (AICC) presidential election Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Friday said that he was not in the race for the party chief.

Addressing a press conference in Jabalpur, the veteran leader

conducting an election, does not give the message which will be given by the election between two leaders. Everyone knows that if Ashok Gehlot contests elections and gets support from Gandhi family, he will win with a big margin.

Despite this, having an election would create his legitimacy and im-

said that he would not contest the Cong Presidential election, but he would follow the instruction given to him by the higher authority in the party.

pose his moral authority. So, if Tharoor is fighting on the behest of anti-family leaders in the party, then it is also good and if he is contesting on the signal of the Congress’ ‘first family’, then too it is good.

It is always a better option to hold elections than to impose a president.

Nadda holds meeting with BJP’s TN SC, OBC morcha

Tamil Nadu (ANI): The BJP president JP Nadda holds a meeting with Schedule Caste (SC) and OBC morcha of Tamil Nadu’s Shivaganga.

State office bearers and district presidents of the morcha were present in the meeting.

Nadda is on a two-day visit to Tamil Nadu from Thursday to chalk out a strategy for the party in an effort to increase the voter base in southern states ahead of the 2024 LS elections.

Post this meeting, Nadda will also take a meeting of state office bearers, district presidents and prabhari’s at the same venue, as per the BJP sources.

Nadda also offered prayers at Pillayarpatti

Vinayagar temple and had breakfast at the residence of the BJP Mandal President in Sivaganga today ahead of his meeting.

HOODA MEETS SONIA GANDHI AHEAD OF CONGRESS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

New Delhi (ANI): Haryana Cong leader Bhupinder Hooda met Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi in Delhi on Friday. This comes ahead of the Cong presidential election. “In our meeting today, we spoke about the party and how to strengthen it. She said that she has a neutral stand regarding the Congress president election” Hooda said. Cong General Secy Madhusudan Mistry, via an official notification, on Thursday, announced the schedule for the upcoming election for the post of Cong President.

‘REFRAIN FROM COMMENTING ON CANDIDATES’ CONG PREZ ELECTION IS SHAM: BJP

New Delhi (ANI): According to the sources, Congress General Secretary incharge of Communication department Jairam Ramesh has urged all the department’s stakeholders to refrain from unnecessary comments on the subject in the message sent to spokespersons and media panellists.

New Delhi: The BJP on Friday took potshots at the Cong & said the presidential poll is nothing but an eyewash as the next party chief would be remotely controlled by the Gandhis. BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla slammed CM Gehlot & the Cong saying that Gehlot’s statement had let the cat out of the bag about Congress’ socalled elections.

CONGRESS’S STERN MESSAGE AFTER PARTY LEADER TAUNTS THAROOR

New Delhi: A day after Congress leader Gourav Vallabh slammed Shashi Tharoor over his probable AICC president poll bid, the party today urged all its spokespersons and communication department office bearers to refrain from commenting on any colleague contesting the elections. Vallabh yesterday had hit out at Tharoor over his probable AICC president poll bid, saying his “only major contribution” to the party was to send letters to Sonia Gandhi when she was hospitalised.

LCA Tejas is very capable aircraft: IAF

New Delhi (ANI): Commanding Officer of 45 squadrons of Indian Air Force also called Flying daggers, Group captain Syamantak Roy on Thursday said Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas is very capable aircraft and is equipped with world-class missiles.

“The Sular Air Force base lies in the center of the southern peninsula, which ensures that we have reached not only overland towards the north and towards the east, but also over the seas to the east, west and to the south. That makes us a very capable aircraft in terms of projecting our combat force all over the country,” Roy told ANI here.

SC STAYS FRESH PROCEEDINGS AGAINST BS YEDIYURAPPA

New Delhi: The SC on Friday stayed proceedings against former Karnataka CM and senior BJP leader B S Yediyurappa in an alleged corruption case. A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and Hima Kohli issued notice to the private complainant on a plea challenging the Karnataka High Court order restoring the complaint against Yediyurappa and others. “There shall be a stay of proceedings so far as the petitioner is concerned,” the bench said. The Karnataka HC on Sept 7 had restored a private complaint against Yediyurappa and his family members.

Govt issues advisory for students in Canada IN HATE CRIMES

Advisory comes amid a diplomatic row between India & Canada over the recent holding of a so-called referendum by “pro-Khalistan”

New Delhi (PTI): India on Friday advised its nationals in Canada and those travelling to that country to exercise due caution and remain vigilant in view of the “sharp increase in incidents of hate crimes, sectarian violence and anti-India activities” there.

In an advisory, the MEA also said the High Commission/Consulates General in Canada have taken up these incidents with the Canadian

With Cong Prez being ‘elected’, perhaps party wouldn’t mind to elect its WC too!

Sharat K Verma

New Delhi: Since the ‘election’ of the Congress President will be conducted soon, similarly, following the same lines, if even half of the working committee members are elected, it will be even better for the party. The members of the Working Committee have not been elected in Congress for a long time. According to the Congress constitution, out of 23 members of the Working Committee, 12 members will be nominated by the Congress President and 11 members will be elected. Madhusudan Mistry,

Sonia, Priyanka to participate in

‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’

Bengaluru (PTI): Cong President Sonia Gandhi & Priyanka Gandhi Vadra would participate in the K’taka leg of the “Bharat Jodo Yatra” led by Rahul Gandhi that will be entering the state on Sept 30, state party chief D K Shivakumar said on Friday. “In K’taka, Cong President Sonia Gandhi may attend the Bharat Jodo Yatra some day, and Priyanka Gandhi will also be joining separately,” Venugopal said.

the head of the Congress’s election authority, has also announced this. If there are more than 11 nominations for the remaining 11 members in addition to the 12 nominated members, then voting will be held.

After Sonia Gandhi became the Congress President, for the first time in 24 years, the members of the Working

Committee may be elected. Although the delegates who elect the working committee will be of the choice of the Cong President, therefore the leader of the President’s choice will be elected, despite this, it will be a good thing to have an election.

Before this, the last time the members of CWC were elected was in 1997 in the Calcutta session. From Pranab Mukherjee to Sharad Pawar and Ahmed Patel to Arjun Singh, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Madhav Rao Scindia, Jitendra Prasad and Tariq Anwar, everyone was elected president.

Kerala HC expresses displeasure over boards and flags on highways

Kerala (ANI): The Kerala HC on Thursday expressed displeasure over boards & flags on the highways as part of the Congress ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’. “Illegal Instillations have been made by a particular political party on every side of NH from Trivandrum to Thrissur and even beyond; and that even though the Police Authorities and other statutory authorities are fully aware of this, they have chosen to turn a build eye to it,” the court

IN THE COURTYARD

DELHI HC DIRECTS FLIPKART TO DEPOSIT `1 LAKH FINE IMPOSED BY CCPA

New Delhi: The Delhi HC passed an order on Friday in the Flipkart vs CCPA (Central Consumer Protection Authority) case, directing Flipkart to notify the buyers of the pressure cookers, that pressure cookers on their site do not conform to the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) standard.

observed. Single Bench of Justice Devan Ramachandran observed this while considering the matter of illegal banners and boards on roads.

authorities and requested them to investigate these crimes and take appropriate action. The perpetrators of these crimes have not been

above, Indian nationals and students from India in Canada and those proceeding to Canada for travel or education are advised to exercise due caution and remain vigilant”, the advisory said.

brought to justice so far in Canada, the MEA said.

“In view of the increasing incidents of crimes as described

Indian nationals and students from India in Canada may also register with the High Commission of India in Ottawa or the Consulates General of India in Toronto and Vancouver through their respective websites.

It further directed the company to deposit the sum of Rs 1 lakh as the penalty amount before the Registrar General of the Court.

SC AGREES TO LIST PLEA AGAINST ARTICLE 370 AFTER DUSSEHRA BREAKS

New Delhi: The SC on Friday said that it will list the matter-- challenging the abrogation of Article 370 and the bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories-for hearing after the Dussehra break.“We will certainly list it,”

said a bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) UU Lalit. The Dussehra break will remain from October 3 to October 9. The counsel mentioning the matter for urgent listing told the bench that this matter has been pending for a year.

New Delhi: The Centre on Friday told the SC that they are working on the suggestions given by the court to assist medical students who have returned to India from Ukraine in view of the war with Russia. The apex court had on Sept 16 suggested that the Centre assist these medical students by creating a web portal giving details of the foreign universities, where they could complete their courses as per the govt’s academic mobility programme. The counsel appearing for the Centre told the top court that they have written to the secretaries of the ministries of external affairs as well as health on the issue.

Atmanirbhar Bharat will boost our defence capability: IAF official

Tamil Nadu (ANI): Eulogising the advantage of Atmanirbhar Bharat in IAF, Sulur Air officer

Commanding Air commodore Rahul Gupta has said the initiative would not only boost India’s indigenisation production but also enhance defence capability.

“Indigenisation is definitely the way forward and if you do not indigenize and remain dependent on foreign vendors then you will forever be dependent on them. Indigenisation is

the only way forward ahead. I feel ALH and LCA are definitely stepping in the right direction. This will not only boost our own indigenisation production but also our defence capabil-

ity,” Gupta told ANI. He said that the Sulur Air Force base is strategically located in the peninsular part of the country to address threats from both the land and maritime domain.

‘It is nonsense that if elections are held, the party will break or Shashi Tharoor is being contested under some conspiracy’

Shashi Tharoor Sonia Gandhi

Sonia Gandhi & Rahul Gandhi

‘WORKING TO ASSIST UKRAINE RETURNED STUDENTS’

JP Nadda being felicitated during a meeting of State Office Bearers and District Presidents of OBC and SC Morcha at PLP Palace, Karaikudi, in Sivaganga on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI

More showers predicted in Delhi

Yellow alert issued after Delhi and adjacent areas witnessed torrential rainfall for second consecutive day

New Delhi (ANI): The India Meteorological Department on Friday issued a yellow alert for rainfall in the national capital and cautioned the citizens about the same.

The yellow alert is issued after Delhi and its adjacent areas witnessed torrential rainfall for a second consecutive day on Thursday alerting the citizens to be prepared for the next two-three days. This heavy downpour resulted in waterlogging at very places in Delhi and the National Capital Region.

The water logging and heavy rainfall had further brought the transport life in the city to a halt and resulted in massive traffic jams across several places in the region. Meanwhile, senior scientist of IMD, RK Jenamani also informed about an orange alert for very heavy rainfall in Uttarakhand for the upcoming two days.

“Orange alert for very heavy rainfall issued for Uttarakhand from 23rd to 25th Sept.

Rain is expected to increase over western UP tomorrow,” said RK Jenamani, senior scientist, IMD. The weather forecasting agency in its All India Weather Summary and Forecast Bulleting by the IMD this morning said, “a western disturbance as a trough in mid-tropospheric westerlies run roughly, under whose influence, the current spell of rainfall is likely to continue over northwest India for next few days followed by a reduction thereafter.”

Delhi witnesses huge surge in dengue cases: Experts

New Delhi (ANI): Amidst continued rainfall in the capital and NCR, dengue cases are once again on the rise and the experts are suggesting early prevention of the vector borne disease.

“Prevention of Dengue is very important, as this disease is very dangerous and even fatal if not treated early,” said Dr Y Suvarna Senior Consultant, Pediat-

ric and Neonatology in Rosewalk Hospital.

“Dengue is a mosquitoborne disease caused by the virus. It presents in mild, severe, haemorrhagic forms,” Dr Suvarna said adding that it is important to understand the course of the disease.

Dr Suvarna further explained the prevention by taking precautions to save one from mosquito exposure.

‘NIA raids against PFI conspiracy to finish Muslims’

New Delhi (ANI):

Slamming the Centre over the National Investigation Agency’s nationwide crackdown against the Popular Front of India, Muslim cleric Maulana Sajid Rashidi on Friday dubbed it a “conspiracy to finish Muslims”.

He claimed that attempts are being made to “ban” PFI. His remarks came a day after the NIA and ED conducted raids against PFI on various locations in 15 states of the country, arresting 106 of its members.

Kedarnath (ANI): An avalanche occurred in the catchment of Chorabari Glacier at Kedarnath Dham on Thursday, said the Rudraprayag administration. The incident took place on Thursday evening. No damage has been registered due to this, the official said adding that they are keeping an eye on the area and monitoring it. Chorabari Glacier is situated at a distance of about 5 km behind Kedarnath temple. It is raining heavily in the state for the last few days. National Highway (NH)109 at Rudraprayag was blocked, with long queues of vehicles after a sudden landslide led to the roll down of debris from the hill near Tarsali village in Rudraprayag.

ADVISE STAFF TO WORK FROM HOME, GURUGRAM AUTHORITIES ASK OFFICES

Gurugram (ANI): In view of the heavy rainfall alert on Friday, the Gurugram Disaster Management Authority has advised all corporate offices and private institutions in the district to guide employees to work from home to avoid traffic congestion and to ensure repair work of roads and drains are carried out smoothly. The authority also advised to close all schools and colleges. “In view of heavy rainfall prediction for the district Gurugram on Thursday, there are chances of waterlogging and traffic congestion,” the advisory reads.

UP FLOOD: CM YOGI ADITYANATH CONDUCTS AERIAL SURVEY

Rashidi said, “The way Congress had banned SIMI, in the same way, attempts are being made to ban PFI.

The way Congress had banned SIMI, in the same way, attempts are being made to ban PFI. There should be action against the organisation which works against the country.

PM’s midnight call surprises Foreign Minister

New Delhi (Agencies): Prime Minister Narendra Modi dialled past midnight after an Indian consulate in an Afghan city came under attack some years ago, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar shared at an event in New York on Thursday. “Jaage ho (are you awake)?,” was his first question, Mr Jaishankar said as he praised PM Modi’s leadership.

The minister was sharing anecdotes from

2016, when an Indian consulate at Mazar-iSharif in war-torn Afghanistan was attacked. He was then the Foreign Secretary.

CRUCIAL READ

BJP LEADER ALLEGEDLY STABBED BY “TMC-BACKED” GOONS IN MALDA

Malda (West Bengal) (ANI): Mousumi Das, district Vice President of Mahila Morcha Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) was allegedly attacked by “Trinamool Congress-backed” goons at her residence in the Malatipur area of Malda. Following that, she was taken to the nearby hospital for treatment. Mousumi’s husband, Pintu Mandal said, “She was sleeping in her room at our house when two unidentified persons entered and started beating her and also stabbed her”.

ASSETS WORTH CRORES FOUND WITH GOVT STAFFER Cuttack (Agencies): RAIDED were arrested on Thursday in raids by multi-agency teams led by NIA across several states for alleged support to terror activities in the country. NIA, Enforcement Directorate and the state police forces jointly carried out coordinated searches at the houses and offices of the PFI leaders and members across India on Thursday.

INDIA NOT A CONSTITUTIONAL BUT A CIVILISATIONAL DEMOCRACY: ASSAM CM

Guwahati (PTI): India is not a “constitutional democracy” but “civilisation democracy”, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said. Sarma asserted the sense of Indian identity is not a “19th-century phenomenon” when the country had begun to imagine itself as a nation-state, but that of a “civilizational continuity” of the past several millennia. Addressing an event Sarma said, “Bharatvarsha is not just a nation-state that came into being in the 19th century, but a living entity.”

“It was past midnight and our consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif in Afghanistan was under attack. We were trying to figure out what hap-

Rampur (UP) (Agencies): Senior BJP leader and former Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Friday said that the CBI and the ED were no more a “caged parrot” but have now become a “jewels of law” which are performing their duties fairly without any bias.

Speaking to reporters in Moradabad and Rampur, Mr Naqvi slammed

pened and my phone rang. It took me a bit by surprise. When the Prime Minister calls you don’t get a caller ID but still someone con-

Lucknow (PTI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday conducted an aerial survey of the flood-hit districts in the state. A spokesperson of the state government said the Chief Minister conducted an aerial survey of Gorakhpur, Sant Kabir Nagar, Basti, Ayodhya, Gonda and Barabanki which are affected by the flooding of Saryu river. While directing officials to conduct relief work, Adityanath said the distribution of assistance should be done expeditiously to the families affected by the loss of lives and cattle due to floods. Along with this, distribution of packets of flood relief material should also be done at the earliest, he said.

There should be action against the organisation which works against the country, but if you take action against the organisation only because it is working for the upliftment of Muslims, and you are trying to declare it a terror organisation, it is against the law and Constitution.

These are the same people who dub the ones studying in a madrassa

as terrorists. This is a conspiracy to finish Muslims.” He claimed that PFI’s work for Muslims in Kerala is “commendable”. He also hit out at All India Imam Organisation’s Umer Ahmed Ilyasi for calling Mohan Bhagwat “father of the nation”.

U’khand BJP leader’s son arrested for woman employee’s murder at his resort

nects you. But this time it was the prime minister,” he said at an event to discuss the book ‘Modi@20: Dreams Meet Delivery’.

“The prime minister asked if I’m awake,” Mr Jaishankar said. “It’s 12:30 (am), what else will I be doing rather than being awake? Because in his life that’s probably natural,” he remarked. “Are you watching TV, he asked. Yes sir, I said. On being apprised that help was on its way.”

Haridwar (Agencies): Senior BJP leader Vinod Arya’s son, Pulkit Arya, has been arrested for the murder of a 19-year-old woman from Pauri Garhwal who worked at a resort he owns at Yamkeshwar, Rishikesh, in Haridwar district.

He had reported her missing on Monday, as did her family, but it later turned out he’d killed her with help from two staff members, who have been ar-

‘Probe agencies no more caged parrots’

MISSING

by water channel — and police are probing the motive.

the opposition parties for accusing the government of misusing the probe agencies to target them.He said those rais-

ing such questions are themselves in dock for committing “wrong deeds.” These “champions of corruption” are in trouble today that is why they are levelling baseless and unsubstantiated statements against the agencies, Mr Naqvi said.

He also parried criticism of the Uttar Pradesh government over its decision to sur-

vey madrassas and waqf properties, saying its critics are raising a “bogey of fear and fallacy” only for emotional exploitation of people.

“Everyone’s constitutional rights are absolutely safe and secure.

“Some organisations like PFI are involved in a criminal and communal conspiracy to harm the fabric of harmony in the country,” he said.

rested too, police said.

The body is yet to be found — search was on in Cheela Canal, a near-

State police chief Ashok Kumar explained, “The initial FIR was registered by the resort owner (Pulkit Arya) and the woman’s family. In Uttarakhand, we have a system of the patwari (land revenue official) registering FIRs. That’s where it was registered as the area (where the woman lived) doesn’t fall under regular police stations.”

NGT imposes compensation of over `2,000cr on Punjab

New Delhi (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed an environmental compensation of over Rs 2,000 crore on the state of Punjab for failure to ensure proper treatment of solid and liquid wastes causing harm to the environment.

The tribunal said the award of compensation has become necessary

AVALANCHE IN CATCHMENT OF CHORABARI GLACIER OF KEDARNATH DHAM APPOINTMENTS IN VS SECRETARIAT

under section 15 of the NGT Act to remedy the continuing damage to the environment and to comply with directions of the Supreme Court requiring it to monitor the norms for waste management. Moreover, without fixing quantified liability necessary for restoration, the mere passing of orders has not shown any results.

Dehradun (PTI): The Uttarakhand government and the state assembly are united in the fight against corruption, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said on Friday, welcoming Speaker Ritu Khanduri’s decision to revoke 228 ad hoc appointments in the assembly made in violation of norms.

Khanduri on Friday revoked the 228 ad hoc appointments in the state assembly 150 were

mendation of CM following charges of favouritism in the appointments on the discretion of Speakers. welcomes Speaker ASSEMBLY UNITED AGAINST CORRUPTION

made till 2016, six in 2020 and 72 in 2021 on the recommendation of an expert committee. Constituted by her on

Dehradun (PTI): Uttarakhand Assembly Speaker Ritu Khanduri on Friday revoked 228 ad-hoc appointments made in the Vidhan Sabha secretariat in violation of norms. The revoked ad-hoc appointments include 150 that were made in 2016, six in 2020 and 72 in 2021, Khanduri said at a press conference. She also placed Vidhan Sabha Secretary Mukesh Singhal under immediate suspension. The decision to revoke the appointments were taken in light of recommendations made by a three-member expert committee, which detected violation of norms in these appointments, Khanduri said.

September 3, the expert panel headed by retired IAS officer DK Kotia completed the probe within 20 days, 10 days

ahead of the one-month deadline, and submitted its final report to the speaker. The panel was set up on the recom-



The panel was set up on the recommendation of CM following charges of favouritism in the appointments on the discretion of successive Speakers

The waterlogged road at Aurobindo marg, during heavy rainfall on New Delhi on Friday.

Maulana Sajid Rashidi, Popular Front of India muslim cleric

Uttarakhand

Speaker Ritu Khanduri and CM Pushkar Singh Dhami.

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

Foreign Minister S Jaishankar with PM Narendra Modi.

PHONE CALL

—PHOTO BY PTI

RELIANCE ACQUIRES

20 PER CENT STAKE IN CAELUX FOR $12 MN

New telecom bill in 6-10 months: Min

New Delhi (PTI): The new telecom bill, which will re place the 137-year-old Indi an Telegraph Act, is expect ed to be in place in 6-10 months but the government is not in a hurry, communi cations minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Friday.

Vaishnaw said when asked about a timeline for imple mentation of the final bill.

The minister gave over 36 minutes of detailed pres entation on the draft bill.

New Delhi: Reliance In dustries Ltd on Friday said it has acquired a 20% stake in Californiabased solar tech firm Caelux for $12 million as it strengthens its new en ergy manufacturing capa bilities. Reliance New En ergy Ltd, signed defini tive agreements to invest in Caelux Corporation, a engaged in the develop ment of perovskite-based solar technology. The partnership is expected to help Reliance produce higher efficiency and lowcost solar modules at its gigafactory in Jamnagar, Gujarat, where an inte grated photovoltaic plant is being set up.

The bill also seeks to re place the Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1933 and the Telegraph Wires (Un lawful Possession) Act, 1950. “Based on the consul tation process, we will cre ate the final draft. That draft will then go through committee processes of Parliament. Then it has to go (to) Parliament. I see a timeline of 6-10 months but we are not in a hurry,”

If the bill gets approved then over-the-top players like Whatsapp, Zoom and Google Duo which provide calling and messaging ser vices may require licences to operate in the country.

While the government has sought reference from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on li censing framework for in ternet and calling messag es, the bill clearly shows the government intent to bring the OTT apps under the licensing regime.

“OTT already comes un der regulation by interpre tation of what is a tele graph. The consultation process for its regulation has already started. The focus of this bill is that we

Govt making efforts to keep inflation under 4%, says FM

have to make a light touch regulatory environment. Wherever required there should be strict effective regulation and in rest of the places there will be light touch regulation,” the

RBI may raise rates again by up to 50 bps

WHAT THE BILL WILL CHANGE

z The new telecom bill will replace the 137-year-old Indian Telegraph Act and the Telegraph Wires (Unlawful Possession) Act, 1950

z If the bill gets approved then over-the-top players like Whatsapp, Zoom and Google Duo which provide calling and messaging services may require licences

minister said.

The bill proposes all in ternet calling and messag ing apps to comply with the Know Your Customers (KYC) provision when they come under telecom

OTHER

TATA GROUP TO MERGE 7 METAL COMPANIES INTO TATA STEEL

licence ambit.

The minister said the first fundamental thought in the bill is about protec tion of users and every consumer has the right to know who is making the call. “If calls can take place from different platforms then every platform needs to come under the same kind of regulation. This is not only in India, this is the thought process across the world. Technology has brought so many changes that the distinction be tween voice call and data call has disappeared,” Vaishnaw said.

He said that KYC norms will also help in curbing cyber frauds.

NON-LIFE INSURERS SEE 12% RISE IN PREMIUM INCOME

New Delhi: Global food & beverage conglomerate Nestle SA plans to invest `5,000 crore in India in the next three-and-a-half years by 2025, its CEO Mark Schneider said on Friday. The move will help the company to ac celerate its core business in the country and lever age new opportunities for growth. The investment would be on capex (capi tal expenditure), setting up new plants, acquisi tions and expansion of the product portfolio of the company.

—PTI

TVS MOTOR ROLLS OUT CELEBRATORY EDITION OF JUPITER

Pune (PTI): Union Fi nance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said the government was making efforts to keep in flation under 4% and steps were being taken to ensure people get essential goods at fair price and on time. She said steps were be ing taken to

WHAT NIRMALA SITHARAMAN SAID

z As far as inflation is concerned, I have been answering questions (on the issue). Steps were being taken to keep inflation at one level, for example, duty on imported edible oil is being removed so that affordable oil comes into the country

certain level. Replying to a question on rising prices, the minister said, “As far as inflation is con cerned, I have been an swering questions (on the issue) in Parliament every time they have been raised. Steps were being taken to keep inflation at one level, for ex ample, duty on imported edi

ble oil is being removed so that affordable oil comes into the country.”

She said the issue of in flation should be under stood in global context.

“America is experiencing the kind of high inflation which was not witnessed in the last 40 years. Germany is facing high inflation which was not experienced in the last 38 years. We are taking efforts to keep infla tion under 4% and efforts were being taken to ensure that people get all goods at fair price and on time,” Si tharaman added.

Asked about the rupee hitting a record low against the US dollar, Sitharaman said the government looks at every aspect of the econ omy. “Be it inflation, ex change rate...We are look ing at everything,” the minister said.

Mumbai (PTI): Econo mists are unanimous in forecasting that the central bank has no other option but to deliver a 50 bps rate hike next week and take the terminal rate to 6.25% by December.

Soumya Kanti Ghosh, the group chief economist at the nation’s largest lend er SBI, in a detailed note on Monday said, a half-per centage point hike in the repo rate looks imminent in an aggressive response to external shocks.

“We expect the peak repo rate in the cycle at 6.25%. A final rate hike of 35 bps is expected in December policy,” he said.

Sensex falls for 3rd day, ends 1,021 points down

Chennai: Two- and threewheeler major TVS Motor has rolled out a celebrato ry edition of its scooter TVS Jupiter Classic, com memorating the ‘fastest five million vehicles on road’ milestone, the com pany said on Friday. The TVS Jupiter Classic has been introduced at a price of `85,866 (ex-showroom in national captial). The scooter gets a premium rendition with black theme across its mirror, fender garnish, tinted visor and a 3D black premium logo.

Mumbai (PTI): The Sensex tumbled 1,020 points while the Nifty crashed below the 17,350-mark on Friday as a flurry of rate hikes by glob al central banks spooked investors and sparked a global sell-off.

Sliding for the the third straight session, the 30-share BSE Sensex tanked 1,020.80 points or 1.73% to close at 58,098.92.

Similarly, the NSE Nifty plummeted 302.45 points or 1.72% to end at 17,327.35.

PowerGrid led the Sensex losers’ chart with a

drop of 7.93%, followed by M&M, SBI, Bajaj Finserv, Bajaj Finance, NTPC, HDFC and IndusInd Bank.

Only three counters managed to close in the green — Sun Pharma, Tata Steel and ITC, spurting up to 1.53%.

ESIC scheme adds 15.72

lakh new members in July

New Delhi: Gold price in the national capital fell by `139 to `50,326 per 10 grams on Friday amid a fall in international pre cious metal prices, ac cording to HDFC Securi ties. In the previous trade, the yellow metal had fin ished at `50,465 per 10 grams. Silver also fell sharply by `363 to `58,366/kg from `58,729/kg in the previ ous trade. In the interna tional market, gold was quoting lower at $1,665 per ounce.

—PTI

New Delhi (PTI): Around 15.72 lakh new members joined the ESIC-run social security scheme in July 2022, according to official data released on Friday.

The latest data is part of a report — Payroll Report ing in India: An Employ ment Perspective - July 2022 — released by the National Statistical Office (NSO).

It showed that the gross new enrolments with Em ployees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) rose to 1.49 crore in 2021-22, from 1.15 crore in 2020-21. It was 1.51 crore in 2019-20 and 1.49 crore in 2018-19.

From September 2017 to March 2018, around 83.35 lakh new subscribers joined the ESIC scheme.

The report said gross new enrolments with ESIC from September 2017 to July 2022 were 7.08 crore.

EQUITY INVESTORS

POORER BY `4.90 LAKH CRORE

New Delhi (PTI): Investors’ wealth eroded by over `4.90 lakh crore on Friday amid a sharp fall in equities. The market capi talisation of the BSE-listed firms plummeted by `4,90,162.55 crore to `2,76,64,566.79 crore on Friday. This is the third day of decline for the equity market and the BSE benchmark has fallen by 1,620.82 points or 2.71% during this time. In three days, investors wealth has eroded by `6,77,646.74 crore. In the broader market, the BSE midcap gauge declined 2.28%.

` FALLS 19 PAISE TO CLOSE AT LIFETIME LOW OF 80.98/$

Mumbai (PTI): The rupee slumped 19 paise to close at a fresh lifetime low of 80.98 against the US dollar on Friday, weighed down by the strong American currency overseas and risk-off sentiment among inves tors. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the local cur rency breached the 81-mark for the first time ever and slumped o 81.23 against the American cur rency. It finally ended at 80.98, down 19 paise over its previous close. On Thursday, the rupee plunged by 83 paise.

AS KHARIF SOWING NEARS TO END

New Delhi: Tata Group will merge seven of its metal com panies into Tata Steel to drive efficiencies and reduce costs. The amalgamation will be through a share swap, Tata Steel said in a statement. The board of Tata Steel approved the amalgamation of subsidiaries -- Tata Steel Long Products, Tata Metaliks, The Tinplate Company of India, TRF Ltd, Indian Steel & Wire Products, Tata Steel Mining and S&T Mining into itself.

—PTI

New Delhi: Non-life insur ers registered a 12% yearly growth in their gross direct premium income dur ing August this fiscal at `24,471.95 crore, data from insurance sector regulator Irdai showed. According to the data pro vided by the Irdai, a total of 24 general insurers witnessed a 9.3% growth in their collective gross direct premium income in August at `17,101.75 crore as against `15,648.63 crore in the year-ago period.

—PTI

FOREX RESERVES DOWN 5.2 BILLION US DOLLARS TO 545.65 BILLION US DOLLARS AS OF SEPT 16 Mumbai: The country’s forex kitty continued its southward journey, with the overall reserves declining by $5.219 billion to $545.652 billion for the week ended September 16, the RBI said on Friday.

The reserves, which have been dipping as the central bank deploys the kitty to defend the rupee amid a pressure caused majorly by global developments, had declined by $2.23 billion to $550.87 billion in the previous week. The fall in the reserves for the week ended September 16 was on the account of a dip in the Foreign Currency Assets (FCA), a major component of the overall reserves.

M&M AND BII COMMIT

$500 MILLION FOR ELECTRIC SUV SPACE

New Delhi: Mahindra Group and British International Investment (BII) have com mitted $500 million capital for the electric sports utility vehicle space, according to a spokesperson. Impact inves tor BII has already announced an investment of $250 million in the company’s electric ve hicle venture ‘EV Co’. As per an agreement between the two partners, the new electric vehicle company is envisaged to have a total capital infusion of around $1 billion between FY24 and FY27 for planned product portfolio.

—PTI

—PTI

CIL TO INK PACTS FOR 4 COAL GASIFICATION PROJECTS IN INDIA

New Delhi: State-owned CIL will sign agreements with three public sector enterprises — BHEL, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd and GAIL —in order to set up four surface gasification projects. Through gasification process, coal is converted into syngas — a fuel gas — which can be used in downstream production of value added chemicals. The government aims to achieve 100 million tonnes of coal gasification in the next eight years in order to reduce the import of crude oil which is otherwise used to produce syngas.

—PTI

Paddy acreage down by 5.51% from last yr

New Delhi (PTI): As sow ing of kharif (summer) crops almost comes to an end, paddy planting con tinued to lag behind as sown area under this crop fell 5.51% from last year to 401.56 lakh hectare so far, according to the agricul ture ministry.

Besides paddy, there is marginal lag in sowing of pulses, oilseeds and jute/ mesta. Consequently, the total sown area under kha rif crops declined 1.24% to 1,097.57 lakh hectares so far this kharif season, as against 1,111.36 lakh hec tares in the year-ago period,

it said. Sowing of kharif crops had begun with the onset of southwest mon soon from June. Harvesting of some kharif crops has started and will be in full swing from October. Releasing the latest sow

ing update, the agriculture ministry said area planted to paddy remained lower by 5.51% at 401.56 lakh hec tares (ha) so far this kharif season of the 2022-23 crop year, as against 425 lakh hectares in yr-ago period.

RICE OUTPUT MAY FALL 13% TO 96.7 MILLION TONNES IN KHARIF THIS YEAR

New Delhi(PTI): Rice production may fall by 13% to 96.7 million tonnes in kharif season this year due to fall in paddy acreage, according to Origo Commodities’ initial estimates. In a statement, it said that rice production in kharif season for 2022-23 “is seen lower by 13% y-o-y at 96.7 million tonnes against 111.17 million tonnes in 2021-22”.

“Paddy acreage has declined by around 9% compared to last year while yield is projected 5% lower from the last year. The crop yield had adversely impacted due to deficient rain in UP, West Bengal and Bihar.

NESTLE PLANS TO INVEST `5,000 CRORE IN INDIA BY 2025

GOLD FALLS `139; SILVER PRICE ALSO DECLINES BY `363

Bureau nabs Sarpanch in Sikar with `2.10L, ASI held with `10K in Bhilwara

Navin Sharma & Naveen Joshi

Sikar/Bhilwara: The ACB Jaipur Rural team on Friday arrested Shravan Kumar, Sarpanch

Gram Panchayat Jaitusar in Sikar red handed while taking bribe of Rs 2.10 lakh in lieu of paying the outstanding bills of the construction works done by the firm of the complainant and to return the earnest money.

Consumers can now sell surplus power to discoms

Vikas Sharma

Jaipur: Domestic consumers, who want to install solar plants on their rooftops, they will now be able to earn some extra money by selling the surplus power generated to discoms. Under the net metering in the state, thousands of consumers are willing to install rooftop solar power plants but the huge cost of setting up the plants often dissuades them.

Rooftop solar installation.

The accused had sought 20 percent commission from the complainant, said a bureau official.

Police nabs Ex-inspector of Punjab in Jhalawar

In another trap in Bhilwara, ACB Chittorgarh unit on Friday arrested red handed Assistant SI Vijay Singh posted at Subhash Na-

A team led by DIG ACB, Jaipur, Dr Vishnukant and ASP Jaipur Rural Ahad Khan verified complaint and arrested the sarpanch.

gar police station herewhile he was taking a bribe of Rs 10,000. The bribe was sought in lieu of not taking any action in case against the complainant and getting the matter settled. The accused had demanded Rs 22,000.

LS Speaker Om Birla on three-day visit to Kota

First India Bureau

First India Bureau

Jhalawar: The Raipur Police here has arrested wanted dismissed PI Parminder Singh Bajwa of Punjab Police. Police nabbed him with an accomplice in a car. SP Richa Tomar said Punjab Police’s dismissed Inspector Bajwa was posted in Prime Narcotics Cell Ferozepur Cantt in July 2022. He along with ASI Angrej Singh & Head Constable Joginder Singh made a fake case of 1 kg heroin & drug money of Rs 5 lakh against a person from whom Rs 96L was recovered.

Kota: LS Speaker Om Birla will be on a threeday visit to parliamentary constituency from Saturday. On the first day of his tour, he will hold a public hearing in the camp office and will attend a meeting of Pvt School Association at Maheshwari Bhawan, then will participate in upgradation program of Hadoti Regional

Tonk: ACB on Friday arrested red handed Laxminarayan, Senior Assistant (Reader) at Court of Revenue Appeal Offi cer in Tonk while taking a bribe of Rs 12,000 from the complainant in lieu of helping the complainant in ongoing litigation related to his ancestral property. The accused had sought a bribe of Rs 15,000. The complaint was verifi ed under the supervision of DIG ACB, Jaipur, Sawai Singh Godara and ASP ACB Tonk, Rajesh Arya. —Manoj Sharma

Under the direction of NS Nirvana, MD of Ajmer Discom, Additional Chief Engineer Project Mukesh Baldi has finalized the tender for 55 MW rooftop solar project. According to Nirvana, a total of 25

Meghwal, Poonia corner Gehlot govt as being unstable & a failure

Laxman Raghav & Aishwary Pradhan

Grand Shravak Conference. He will also go to annual session of Kota Employees Cooperative Society Limited 108R at UIT Auditorium and then leave for Delhi.

Bikaner/Jaipur: Union Min Arjun Meghwal inaugurated a blood donation camp under Seva Pakhwada at MP Seva Kendra. In a conversation with First India News, Meghwal targeted Cong, “Ashok Gehlot’s govt has been unstable. Everyone knows what his own Sachin Pilot was doing.

1st remote evidence recording facility

Dr Rituraj Sharma

Jaipur: Due to joint efforts by CS office, housing (planning) & Depts of law, personnel, information technology & telecommunication, and after permission by HC, a remote point for recording evidence through VC was set up on administrative sec-

retariat premises. Under the remote point, for the first

time, Chief Secretary Usha Sharma got the evidence recorded from the Secretariat premises in an ongoing case in the court located in Ajmer. Through this facility, all the officers posted in the Secretariat, through the video-conference, can be present for evidence in all the courts of law across the state.

Milk powder supply in schools from Oct 2

Dimple Sharma

Jaipur: Under CM Bal

Gopal Yojana, work of supplying milk powder is about to commence soon in the state. A few days ago, Education Dept talked about its implementation in month of October.

15 grams of milk powder will be given to children from Class 1 to 5, and 20 grams of milk

powder to children from Class 6 to 8. From given quantity of milk powder, 150 & 200 ml of milk can be prepared. The distribution will

pur districts apart from Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, and Rajsamand.

The situation in Rajasthan is bad,” he said. About the tour of

Vasundhara Raje in Bikaner, Meghwal said he has no information.

BJP State President Satish Poonia added that the change of face on post of CM will not affect the BJP. On the question related to the change of face on the post of CM, “In the last 4 years, issues of loan waiver, unemployment, corruption against Cong have dominated the public’s mind.”

ALS 50 hits ground accurately during test in Pokhran Field Range

MW solar plants will be installed under jurisdiction of Jaipur discom and 15 MW each under jurisdiction of Ajmer-Jodhpur Discom. Vendors have also been fixed for this.

Ajmer discom administration has finalized the tender for 55 MW rooftop solar project and fixed the vendor and the maximum price. Rs 43500 in Jaipur between 1-3 KW.

NEWS DIGEST

THREE DEAD, FIVE INJURED IN COLLISION BETWEEN TRAILER-BOLERO |N BHILWARA

probably be started across state from Oct 2.

Bhilwara Dairy will supply milk powder to Udaipur, Pratapgarh, Banswara, and Dungar-

Under this scheme, 20,010 kg of milk powder will be supplied in Bhilwara, 46,160 kg in Pratapgarh, 98,370 kg in Banswara and 76,695 kg in Dungarpur. Dairy has supplied 20,010 kg of milk powder in three blocks of dist. Milk will be made available on Tuesday and Friday.

Jaisalmer: ALS 50 drone system was tested by Tata Advanced Systems Limited at Pokhran Field Firing Range here. ALS 50 hit the ground accurately during test and proved to be a milestone by successfully demonstrating its capability. It has been developed by Tata Advanced Systems Limited with indigenous technology. In addi-

METRO, MANDIR AND MGMT

tion, it is capable of travelling a long distance, finding and destroying enemies. It can be easily used in confined places like narrow valleys.

According to sources, this system has also been designed for Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) and it will be inducted in armed forces soon. It can also be upgraded as per the requirements of the Armed Forces.

Bhilwara: 3 people died, while 5 were seriously injured in a horrific road accident here. The accident was so severe that roof of Bolero flew off and the people in the vehicle toppled out. The incident happened on Thursday night. Police said that eight people were aboard Bolero and were returning from Sawai Madhopur. On the way, the trailer coming from the front collided head-on at Bhilwara intersection. It is being told that accident happened due to a lack of divider and over-speed of trailer. Police reached the spot and got the injured admitted to Bhilwara Hospital. Trailer driver fled from the spot.

THIRD INCIDENT OF PETROL PUMP ROBBERY IN 13 DAYS IN BHARATPUR

Bharatpur: In a matter of 13 days, third incident of petrol pump robbery has taken place in Bharatpur. On Friday evening at 6.30 pm, two armed miscreants robbed Rs 1 lakh at the Essar petrol pump on Nagar-Deeg road. The accused had come on a bike. They first got petrol worth Rs 1000 filled and later, when the salesman asked for money, a miscreant put a pistol on his forehead. The incident was caught on CCTV. The miscreant told the salesman Satish that do not make a fuss or else they will shoot at him.

LABOURER DIES IN CEMENT PLANT, WORKERS SET 2 FACTORY CABINS & CAR ON FIRE

Pali: There was an uproar after the death of a worker, who was injured while working in a cement factory. Fellow workers halted work and started protesting. When the guard fired in the air, the workers got furious. After this, they set two factory cabins and a luxury car on fire. Seeing the situation getting out of hand, the force from six police stations has been deployed at the factory. The body of the worker is kept in the hospital. Families and workers are adamant about the demand for compensation. Case is of Anandpur Kalu area, about 110 km from Pali. —Subhash Trivedi

Is Raj bureaucracy plagued with show of pomp and power?

First India Bureau

Jaipur: A case of extravagant spending and non-cognizance of the same in the government has come to the fore. In the year 2012, when the work of Metro Rail was started, it became necessary to remove about a dozen small and big Temples from the main markets of Jaipur, because the underground line was to be dug from beneath the markets and temples.

However, then some Hindu organizations started objecting against the removal of temples and such was the situation that agitations and violent protests became the order of the day. In fact, the then CMD of Metro, Nihal Chand Goyal, could not even venture out in the field to inspect the work and the State Government had to accord him security i.e. an armed constable, who would accompany him

everyday and everywhere. For two and a half years, till the time Goyal was CMD Metro, the constable remained in his security.

During this time, the work of Metro also got completed to a large extent and the temples that were removed, were re-constructed by the State Government. Since the Metro has been plying, the issue of temples has been long dead and there is no threat to the security

security to the CMD.

After Nihal Chand Goyal, in the past ten years, 9 CMDs and MDs have come to the helm. Among these Rohit Kumar Singh, Subir Kumar, Ashwani Bhagat, Samit Sharma and Ajitabh Sharma stayed full-time on the post.

of CMD, but even though ten years have passed, the armed police constable is still functioning to provide

But Mukesh Kumar Sharma, PK Goyal, Bhaskar Sawant and Kunji Lal Meena held additional charge of the post and perhaps none of them had any

security threat. But perhaps a more laughable and interesting aspect of all these appointments is that while serving as Principal Secretary UDH and executing the additional charge of CMD Metro, the armed constable would sit outside the office of the said officer in the Secretariat which was a bizarre image, even for those working within the Secretariat. One Principal secretary used to make

the gunman sit on the front seat of his car, as a mark of his power. It can not be understood that when there is no threat to the life of Metro CMD now, when then is the gunman continuing in security of the officer. Why isn’t the gunman removed from service? Moreover, another important question is why doesn’t anyone in the Home Department or the PHQ take any initiative in the matter?

Mother-son duo killed while sleeping

Sanjay Jain

Pratapgarh: A sensational case of murder of mother & son with sharp weapons has come to light here on Friday. Both mother, son were sleeping at time murder. According to Salamgarh police, Shivlal Meena, a resident of Akodara village was out of town at Mandsaur in MP to meet his ill mother. Apprehension of murder with intention of robbery has been expressed.

Accused sought bribe in lieu of paying outstanding bills and for not taking action

SENIOR ASSISTANT (READER) HELD WITH BRIBE OF `12,000 IN TONK

Sarpanch Shravan Kumar. Subhash Nagar police station.

Minister Arjun Meghwal talking to a blood donor in Bikaner.

SUBSIDY

Nihal Chand Goyal

CS Usha Sharma during first VC.

Om Birla

Suryaveer S Tanwar

ALS 50 drone system.

GEHLOT: WOULD LIKE TO SERVE THE STATE FOR MY LIFETIME

First India Bureau

Shirdi: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, who has announced that he would fight the Con gress presidential polls, on Friday said the debate on ‘one manone post’ was unneces sary and that he would like to serve the people of his home state all his life. Talking to re porters here, he also said that his state ments on wanting to serve the people of Ra jasthan were being in terpreted in different ways. Speaking on the party’s ‘one man-one post’ principle, Gehlot said there was a buzz in the media that he did not want to relin quish the post of Ra jasthan CM.

“This debate is un necessary. I have re mained silent. If the media is to be believed, I do not want to relin

quish the post of chief minister,” Gehlot said after visiting the fa mous Saibaba temple here. “But I have said this for sure, I say this even today and will

maintain this even af ter I fill the form (for the Congress president polls), I belong to Ra jasthan and I would like to serve the state for my lifetime. What is

Pilot’s sudden meet with Dr CP Joshi grabs eyeballs

It is believed that two leaders consulted about the future CM of Raj

Yogesh Sharma & Naresh Sharma

Jaipur: After the an nouncement of CM Ashok Gehlot leaving CM’s post, the stir about the new face of CM in Raj has intensified. For mer Deputy CM Sachin Pilot suddenly reached the Assembly on Friday & met Assembly Speak er Dr CP Joshi in his chamber. This meeting of both the leaders is be ing considered impor tant, considering the current political situa tion as both these lead ers are at the forefront of the CM race.

Although the conver sation between the two leaders hasn’t been dis closed, but it is believed that there has been a round of consultation between the two leaders regarding the future CM

of Rajasthan. When Pi lot reached the Assem bly, he was accompanied by MLAs Indraj Gurjar, VP Solanki, Rakesh Pa reek, Girraj Malinga & Harish Meena. Pilot also met several MLAs in the Assembly. including those who are consid ered to be his staunch opponents. Notably, Pi lot didn’t interact with media. It is believed that Congress High Com mand will soon an nounce the new Raj CM. Before that, a meeting CLP will be called for opinion of legslators.

wrong in saying this? People take a different meaning out of this.

Media interprets it,” he said. Incidentally, senior leader Rahul Gandhi had, on Thurs

This debate is unnecessary. I have remained silent. If the media is to be believed, I do not want to relinquish the post of chief minister.

—Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister

day, batted for the ‘oneman, one-post’ concept in line with the Chin tan Shivir reforms and had also indicated he may not run for Party President’s post.

Earlier during the day, while speaking to reporters at Kochi, CM Ashok Gehlot made it clear that he will fight for party’s president post, and added that any call on his succes sor to head the Ra jasthan government will be taken by the party Interim Presi dent Sonia Gandhi Congress’ Rajasthan in-charge, Ajay Maken.

Gehlot’s move to contest draws mixed reactions from leaders

First India Bureau

Jaipur: While Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is contesting for the post of Congress President, there is a lot of specula tion about who will be the next Chief Minister in Rajasthan. Now, LoP Gulab chand Kataria has taunted CM Gehlot say ing, “Now CM Ashok Gehlot is going from here. Wait and watch on whose head is this cap placed?” On the ques tion if the responsibility on the new face be called ‘Topi or Sehra’, Kataria said that we will only call it a cap. Now no one can save this Congress government from going, he claimed.

Minister Rajendra Gudha claimed that Sachin Pilot will soon become the next Chief Minister. Rajendra Gudha claimed that all MLAs support Sachin Pilot. Rajendra Gudha also claimed that Independent MLAs, who were in favour of Ashok Gehlot will sup port Sachin Pilot. A day before, minister Rajendra Gudha, one of the six BSP turned Congress MLAs, had said they would not oppose if Sachin Pilot is made the CM in case Ashok Gehlot becomes the Party President and quits the CM post. Ziauddin Khan

‘When the wind changes, the tone chang es’. It seems that these lines fit perfectly on Babulal Nagar, who is currently advisor to CM Ashok Gehlot and a sen ior MLA. Till now, Na gar, who had only raised slogans of Gehlot Zindabad, made a re mark outside the As sembly, which shows how he might be trying to ‘change his colours’. Nagar said, “I was a sup porter of Rajesh Pilot. I have been a good worker of his.” This remark of his being claimed to have several political connotations.

Prominent leaders call upon CM Gehlot

Yogesh Sharma

Jaipur: As Gehlot reached CMR, promi nent leaders, ministers and MLAs made a bee line to meet the Chief Ministers. Prominent faces like Minister BD Kalla, Dr Mahesh Joshi, Ramlal Jat, Pramod Jain Bhaya, Govind Meghwal, Mamta Bhu pesh, Arjun Bamania, Deputy Chief Whip Ma hendra Chaudhary, RTDC Chairman Dhar mendra Rathore, MLA Danish Abrar, Rohit Bohra, Chetan Dudi, MLA Nirmala Sahariya, Pana Chand Meghwal, Sandeep Chaudhary met Gehlot. According to sources, Gehlot indi cated that if CM is changed, MLAs’ opinion will be taken. “Legisla tors’ opinion will be given priority,” he said.

Will Gehlot be Congress’ face for 2024?

Jinendra S Shekhawat

Jaipur: Will Ashok Ge hlot be the face of Con gress in 2024? Will it be the ‘magician’ who waves his wand on the voters in the next gen eral elections? Notably, Gehlot will be the 14th non-Gandhi president of Congress after inde pendence. In the last 71 years after independ ence, for 41 years in to tal, a member of the Nehru-Gandhi family has been the party

president.

So far 5 people from Nehru-Gandhi family have taken over the chair of the President i.e. Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi held the command of the president but never in all these years the con dition of Congress was like today.

In such a situation, a crown full of thorns is going to be tied on Ge hlot’s head because to

day only in two states in the whole country, the Congress govern ment is completely in command i.e. Ra jasthan and Chhattis garh. In such a situa

tion, once again there is a challenge before Gehlot to strengthen the Congress and to bring back the lost glo ry of the party and Gandhis. Now probably on September 27, Ge hlot will file nomina tion for the post of president and in the event of winning unop posed, on September 30 or if the election is con tested, then on October 19, the charge of the president will be hand ed to him.

From P1… and party interim President Sonia Gandhi will de cide the further proceedings (which inclue the CM face for Ra jasthan) “if he be comes the party president”.

Laxman Raghav Bikaner: Former CM Vasundhara Raje will visit Bikaner on October 9 and will spend the night there. On Friday, BJP leaders of Bikaner met Raje and discussed with her about the tour. Raje will visit Deshnok Tem ple during her tour and will also vist the resi dences of MLA Siddhi Kumari and former MLA Late Gopal Joshi.

Dhiraj Srivastava gets additional charge of Principal Residential Commissioner

Aditi Nagar

New Delhi: Dhiraj Srivastava, Commis sioner of Rajasthan Foundation, has been given the additional charge of the post of newly created Residen tial Commissioner in the Office of the Prin cipal Residential Com missioner, Bikaner House, New Delhi.

Srivastava has done commendable work in reconnecting the mi grant Rajasthanis of the country and abroad with the soil of Ra jasthan with his tire less efforts.

Due to the efforts of Srivastava, the State government through Rajasthan Foundation is bringing Non-Resi dent Rajasthani Policy (NRR Policy) to pro vide all kinds of facili ties to the migrant Ra jasthanis. In the past, in col laboration with PRC,

even during the Covid and Ukraine crisis, Dhiraj did remarkable work for the residents and students of Ra jasthan. There is a wave of joy in the RC office with his appoint ment.

Chief Residential Commissioner Shubhra Singh welcomed Dhiraj Srivastava with a bou quet of flowers. He will take charge on Monday on the occasion of the Navratri festival.

MEET AND GREET

Earlier on Thursday, Rahul Gandhi empha sised the “one per son, one post” norm and said he believes the com mitment to the party’s Udaipur declaration would be maintained in the election for the party’s topmost post.

Describing the post of Congress president as an “ideological post,” Rahul Gandhi said the position “rep resents a set of ideas and belief system and vision of India.”

His work has been exemplary in reconnecting migrant Rajasthanis

Sachin Pilot meets MLAs including Girraj Malinga, Sandeep Yadav, Deependra Singh, Rajendra Gudha and others during his visit to the Legislative Assembly in Jaipur on Friday.

Dhiraj Srivastava being extended a floral welcome by the Chief Residential Commissioner Shubhra Singh in New Delhi.

Any call on his successor to head the Raj government will be taken by Party’s Interim President Sonia Gandhi & Congress’ Rajasthan in-charge, Ajay Maken, says Gehlot

CM Ashok Gehlot prays for state’s prosperity during his visit to the Sai Baba Temple in Shirdi on Friday. He was accompanied by GS Dotasra & Balasaheb Thorat. (Inset) CM being felicitated by members of temple. Also seen here is GS Dotasra.

PILOT WILL SOON BECOME CM: GUDHA

When asked about the new Raj CM, Min Pratap S Khachariawas said, “This is a hasty question now. Right now preparations are going on for the National President.” “Whoever the High Command wants will be the CM. People in Congress want the party to be strong. We will fight step by step with Rahul Gandhi. If Gehlot becomes the President, his experience will come in handy,” he said.

‘HIGH COMMAND WILL DECIDE ABOUT NEW CM’ to visit Bikaner on October 9

Vasundhara Raje and Ashok Parnami launch the poster of upcoming events that will be organised in Jaipur by BJP workers, who called upon the former CM at her residence in Jaipur.

Dr Jagdeesh Chandra with Pradeep Baheti, Jagdish Sharma, Anand Srivastava, LP Pant and Jugal Derewala during the get together, ‘Gala Night Dinner’ organised by the Dainik Bhaskar Group at Hotel Lalit in Jaipur on Friday.

—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA

CM Ashok Gehlot

BAGS: THE FIRST AFFAIR

bag is a common tool in the form of a non-rigid container. The use of bags predates recorded history, with the earliest bags being no more than lengths of animal skin, cotton or woven plant fibres, folded up at the edges and secured in that shape with strings of the same material. In the modern world, bags are ubiquitous, with many people routinely

ety of them in the form of cloth or leather briefcases, packs. Bags made ble materials such as paper or plastic are being used for shopping

ry home groceries.

en prefer these bags due

to their high-end idiosyncrasy. These bags are differentiated on the basis of their inherited craftsmanship. The goodwill of these brands across the globe is another factor that influences the purchase of these handbags.

Distinctive designs and styles are an added factor that positively influences the behaviour of the customer towards the purchase of luxury handbags.

The impact of celebrities endorsing these luxury handbags has increased since 2001. Women aged between 17-30 years are majorly influenced by celebrities endorsing luxury handbags. Besides, women aged 54 years and above are hardly influenced by these endorsements. The research was conducted to identify the various factors influencing the inclination of women customers towards luxury handbags. As per the recent trends, it was noted that the demand for luxury handbags has increased because of their highend idiosyncrasy. The demand has also increased because the goodwill of these brands across the globe is another factor that influences the purchase of these handbags.

A woman’s purse defines her existence and personality. What she carries, the style of the bag, the brand of the bag and the contents inside define the owner. One look into a purse can reveal whether or not the woman is organised, prepared, structured and a non-conformist and can MISHRA cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

Amba staged @JKK

CITY FIRST

G andharv Thea tre, VK Poddar Foundation and Poddar Group presented a spectacular perfor mance of the play Amba at Jawahar Kala Kendra on Fri day. Saurabh Srivas tava depicted the story of a childless woman living in rural India, whose desire to be loved by her husband and her passion for a child is the cen tral theme of the play. VK Poddar Foundation aims to encourage arts and culture and expand livelihood training programmes for per sons with disabilities in Rajasthan.

IPS Dinesh MN, Ashok Rahi, Kamla Poddar, Abhishek Poddar and Sudhir Mathur graced the oc with their pres ence. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

AN HONOURING CEREMONY

CITY FIRST

The Samagam program was organised by Lions Club Malviya Nagar Jaipur under District 3233E1. Jagdeesh Chandra graced the occasion as the chief guest. The star cast of the film ‘Modi Ki Beti’ actress Avani Modi and actor Vikram Koch har also graced the occa sion as the celebrity guests. During the event, several renowned personalities who did remarkable work in the medical and education fields were honoured.

Jagdeesh Chandra said, “The initiative taken by the Lions Club is com mendable as they decid ed to honour personali ties who work to inspire society.”

Program Coordinator and Region Chair Per son NJF Lion Tapesh Kumar Jain told that several doctors and edu cationists including Dr Vinay Singh, Dr Ranu Yadav, Dr Preeti Dixit, Dr Seema Sharma, Dr Vinay Raj Joshi, Dr GP Singh, Dr Anuradha Me hta, Dr Vivek Bhargava, Dr Anudeep Saxena, Rakesh Sharma, Suren

dra Sharma, Vipin Ku mar Jain and Laxmikant Sharma were hon oured with certifi cates and memen tos. On the occasion.

High Court Employ ees Union President Rit uraj Sharma among other members were also present on the occa sion. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

POSTER LAUNCH!

WHAT’S HAPPENING!

Jagdeesh Chandra launched the poster of the National Kickboxing Championship-2022 at his residence on Friday. The National Kickboxing Championship-2022 will be organised at SMS Indoor Stadium Jaipur from September 26 to September 29. Anil Kalyan, President WAKO India Kickboxing Federation and Manmohan Singh Bagga were also present on the occasion.

A gala night dinner was organised by Danik Bhaskar on Friday at Hotel Lalit, Jaipur. Jagdeesh Chandra along with Pawan Arora, Housing Board Commissioner, IAS Ajitabh Sharma, Jaipur Police Commissioner Anand Srivastava, MLA Rajendra Rathore, MLA Ashok Lahoti, Congress leader Jyoti Khandelwal, Dainik Bhaskar National Editor Laxmi Prasad Pant, Managing Editor Jagdish Sharma, State Editor Mukesh Mathur, Chief Operating Officer Varish Tiwari were also present on the occasion.

On the occasion of Panchtatva Utsav, the Rajasthani drama Hariya Ko Hariyalo is being staged by the Department of Art and Culture and Orion Greens Jaipur under the direction of KK Kohli today, September 24.

Young Indians (YI)- Yuva, Jaipur Chapter organised a session on ‘Building Your Career with LinkedIn’ at Poornima University (PU). In this, career and leadership coach Nidhi Mehta gave tips on how to build a strong profile on LinkedIn and build a better career through it. In the beginning, Gaurav Bansal, Chair, YI-Yuva Jaipur Chapter introduced YI-Yuva.Talking about the strength of LinkedIn, she said that it is the largest professional network in the world as a digital platform. There are 58 million companies on it and 49 million people search jobs here every week. On this, 77 job applications are submitted every second and through this six people are hired every minute.

Tusshar Kapoor and actress Mahima Chaudhary were spotted at Jaipur International Airport on Friday.

A five-day art exhibition ‘Akhand Ek Rasa’ commenced on Friday at ICA Gallery. All the paintings are a part of the private collection of the Late Radha Mohan Bansal, who was considered a great art collector of his time. The art exhibition was inaugurated by the director of the Wax Museum, Anoop Srivastava, along with Viren Bannu, a well-known artist of the miniature.

Former Indain skipper papped at the Jaipur Airport on Friday. The ‘captain cool’ greeted fans before he left the spot in SUV.

The grand launch of ‘Kara’s first festive edit Bougainvillea’ an unique exbhition’ by Kara official India at Rosé Amer recently. Shiksha Jain, a fashion designer turned curator is the mind behind this unique pop up event. Various whos who of the city were also present on the occasion.

Vishaal Mathur celebrated his 51st birthday at Notion Lounge on Friday. Jagdeesh Chandra reached to wish and bless Mathur on the occasion. The who’s who of the city attended the event. Vishaal Mathur has been instrumental in promoting POLO matches by organising the annual Polo cup in memory of his late grandfather Mathuradas Mathur. is a matter of great pleas ure that ASSOCHAM has organised an inter active session with Hamriyah Free Zone in Jaipur.”

—PHOTOS BY SUNIL SHARMA

IPS Dinesh MN

Ashok Rahi, Kamla Poddar and Sudhir Mathur

Abhishek Poddar, Kamla Poddar and Saurabh Shrivastava

Deepti Narang, Shellendra Khandelwal, Lalit Sharma, Ashish Jain, Dr Avrivnder Singh, Eddy Singh, Dr Alok Chhabra, Tapesh Tain, Avni Modi, Vikram Kochchar, Pitobash and Rohit Jolly

Jagdeesh Chandra with Ashish Jain, Dr Arvinder Singh and Tapesh Jain

Jagdeesh Chandra addresses the audience. Also seen are Shellendra Khandelwal, Ashish Jain, Dr Arvinder, Tapesh Jain, Dr Alok Chhabra and Rohit Jolly

Jagdeesh Chandra greets Vishaal Mathur

Sudhir Kasliwal and Vishaal Mathur

Jagdeesh Chandra with Anil Kalyan and Manmohan Singh Bagga

AR Tushar Sogani, Muhamed Bhasheer, NK Jain, Rajiv Arora, Ali Al Shamsi, Himmat Singh, Omar Alleem and Arun Agarwal

Rajiv Arora with others during the event

Jagdeesh Chandra with Yogesh Mishra, Nimisha Mishra, Kumkum, Mansi, Gaurvanvi, Kiran, Sapna, Bhavlin, Pratiyogita, Riya and others

Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R) Narendra Rawat, BS Rawat, Sharad Khandelwal, Suresh Mishra and Jyoti Khandelwal

Pawan Arora in conversation with Commissioner Anand Srivastava and IAS Ajitabh Sharma

Glimpse from the play