First India-Jaipur Edition-28th August 2022 by firstindia

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Anurag @ianuragthakurThakur Neeraj is one of those athletes who sweats it out when no one is watching, prepares and plans - the battle is already won on game day.

SPIRITUAL SPEAK Silence the angry man with love. Silence the illnatured man with kindness. Silence the miser with generosity. Silence the liar with truth. Buddha Amit @AmitShahShah Wishing everyone a very Happy Pola Lok festival. This folk festival to express gratitude towards livestock is a symbol of India’s agricultural culture.

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More women than men now vote for the BJP. By building toilets, providing homes with piped water, delivering gas cylinders that replace firewood for cooking, and focusing on menstrual health, the BJP has won the trust and support of female voters

ne gets an idea of how religious places of worship prolifer ate in a city or state from the verdict of Kerala High Court which re fused to allow a commercial building to be converted into a mosque as in an area of 5 km there are already 36 mosques lo cated in the building’s vicinity. The situation in Kerala must indeed be exasperating for this is what the judge said that the state has 10 times more reli gious structures than villages and 3.5 times more than hospi tals. The court described the situation thus, “Kerala is ex hausted with religious institu tions and prayer halls…If every devotee of Hindu, Christian, Muslim, Jews, Parsis etc. start to construct religious places and prayer halls near their resi dence, the state will face serious consequence including commu nal disharmony.” The judge said that the holy Quran does not prescribe a mosque in every nook and cranny. The judgment should be fol lowed in other states where reli gious structures keep sprouting.

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As independent India celebrates its 75th birthday, western journalists and Americans should recognize India is a robust democracy. Honest assessments are fair and to be lauded, and no one should uncritically accept any narrative, but the recent stories in Associated Press, The Washington Post or The New York Times seem facile at best and dismissive at worst. Women from disadvantaged groups in India’s society are rising to better lives, greater hopes, and hundreds of millions have reason to believe a healthier, brighter future awaits them

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he Indian National Congress is im ploding and there can’t be a bigger proof than the high-profile exit of Ghulam Nabi Azad. Senior Supreme Court lawyer Kapil Sibal and Ashwini Kumar had quit the party earlier. Given that both the leaders are members of the G-23. Nearly all G-23 members have taken a stand against the present leadership of the par ty, particularly Rahul Gandhi whom Azad has described as “immature”, and were de manding fair and transparent elections to the top party posts. The resignation comes just be fore Congress’ scheduled “Bharat Jodo Yatra”. The party which can’t hold its own leaders together is talking of unifying the coun try! And with the prevailing state of affairs it also wants to lead an opposition front against the BJP in the 2024 elections even when no other opposition party is willing to give it the pole position. So is it time to write an epi taph for the Indian National Congress? Maybe not, but if the trend continues the end could be well nigh near. Much of what is being witnessed is the result of factionalism. The G23 faction does not want Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot to be given the importance he is getting from the Gandhi family. There’s also the talk of Gehlot contest ing the party’s organisational elections. Gehlot has denied any such move. Perhaps mak ing someone from the dissi dent group the party presi dent could help but that would be the end of the Gandhis. What about Azad himself? A gubernatorial assignment or contesting elections in Kashmir as BJP’s proxy can didate can’t be ruled out. Nearly all G-23 members have taken a stand against the present leadership of the party, particularly Rahul Gandhi whom Azad has described as “immature”, and were demanding fair and transparent elections to the top party posts

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z ACCORDING TO A SURVEY DONE BY INDIA TODAY-AXIS MY INDIA z 46% WOMEN VOTED FOR THE BJP AND ITS ALLIES z 27% VOTED FOR THE CONGRESS AND ITS ALLIES z 27% VOTED FOR OTHER PARTIES z 44% MEN VOTED FOR THE BJP AND ITS ALLIES THE RECENT SURVEY REPORTS STATE...

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Newly independent India’s so cialist state proved adept at highfalutin rhetoric but poor at the delivery of public ser vices. Since Modi came to pow er in 2014, these fundamental services have been prioritized with effective outcomes. Some schemes are noteworthy to un derstand what is going on. The narrative of a fashion able, barrel-chested Modi may have an element of al lure. It may even appeal to some voters. However, this narrative is woefully incom plete. Under Modi, the polls give a sense that the BJP has successfully delivered on is sues that matter to women. Cannily, Modi is cultivating his female voter base. Earlier this year, the prime minister declared: “Women…have blessed us – we have won splendidly in areas where women voters have dominat ed.” He went on to say, “It is our good fortune that BJP has got so much love, so many blessings from mothers-sis ters-daughters.” The narra tive of a fashionable, barrelchested Modi may have an ele ment of allure. It may even appeal to some voters. How ever, this narrative is woefully incomplete. Under Modi, the polls give a sense that the BJP has successfully delivered on issues that matter to women. Cannily, Modi is cultivating his female voter base. Earlier this year, the prime minister declared: “Women…have blessed us – we have won splendidly in areas where women voters have dominat ed.” He went on to say, “It is our good fortune that BJP has got so much love, so many blessings from mothers-sis ters-daughters.” Women seem to have blessed the BJP, and a fair review of the data might reveal this fortune is no mere accident, nor the result of “toxic men” telling women how to vote, but because the Modi government has been successful in improving the domestic lives of women.

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The BJP is facing a common refrain: India is a misogynis tic country that disempowers women, and women vote du tifully for the BJP because they are instructed to do so by their men. If that is true, how do we explain women voting for the BJP in greater numbers than men? In 2020, Modi broke a long standing taboo by addressing the issue of menstrual health in his August 15 Independ ence Day speech. He declared “Through 6,000 Jan Ausha dhi centers, about 50 million women have got sanitary pads at [Rupee] 1 . We have worked for women’s empow erment. Navy and Air Force are taking women in combat roles…women are now lead ers.” Note that one rupee is a little over one cent. This means that women can get sanitary napkins at the cheapest rate in the world. Modi’s claim of putting women in positions of power is no empty boast. In Gujarat, he was succeeded as chief minis ter by Anandiben Patel, who is now the governor of UP. This year, Modi’s BJP has elected Draupadi Murmu as president. She is the second woman to hold that office. More impor tantly, she is the first woman who comes from India’s longoppressed scheduled tribes to becomeModi’spresident.outreach to women is part of a longstanding BJP tradition. From the very be ginning, the party created Mahila Morcha, its extreme ly active women’s wing. It had strong female leaders such as Vijaya Raje Scindia and Sushma Swaraj, both of whom died after decades of public service. With Murmu as the head of state, the BJP is sending the signal to wom en from canbackgroundsunderprivilegedthattheytoorisetothetop.

Promoted by Shree Cement Ltd. n the leadup to the 75th anni versary of Indian independ ence, a variety of articles ap peared in the US press writing the epitaph for its democracy. The future of India’s democ racy “looks increasingly bleak,” according to the Associ ated Press, and we learn in The Washington Post that India’s democracy “dies in prime time.” These articles attributed many of India’s woes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Yet few of these articles asked why Modi and his party continue to win elections. One answer might be his success in attracting female voters. Few in the US or the UK realize that Modi’s party has been increasingly successful with women voters. This year key Indian states went to the polls. The BJP did bet ter among women than among men. In India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh (UP), 48% of women voted for the BJP in compari son to 44% of the men. De spite the BJP’s UP success, the BBC dryly asked “Are women really thriving in UP as PM Modi claims?” The ar ticle concludes with the quote “Women here have very little freedom. They are told who to vote for and they often vote along with the rest of the family.”

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New Delhi (ANI): Jus tice Uday Umesh Lalit took oath as the 49th Chief Justice of India on Saturday. President of India Droupadi Mur mu administered oath of office at a ceremo nyin Delhi. VP Jagdeep Dhankhar, PM Naren dra Modi and Union ministers were present at the ceremony. Justice Lalit’s predecessor, Jus tice NV Ramana, was also present at the oathtaking ceremony.

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—Narendra Modi, Prime Minister Bhagwat hails dharma, inaugurates Kali temple Agartala (ANI): RSS chief Dr Mohan Bhag wat on Saturday said that unlike aggressive int’l policies of coun tries like America, Rus sia and China, India teaches the world sana tan way of life through manifestation of “em pathy” and “affinity”.

Naresh Sharma Jaipur: Several impor tant decisions like for mation of Rajasthan So cial and Performance Audit Authority, issuing new appointment rules for the dependents of the martyrs, issuing the Ra jasthan Handicrafts Pol icy-2022, operating the Palace on Wheels train under Operation & Main tenance model were tak en in a cabinet meeting held on Saturday. The cabinet also cleared a proposal to add 4 new rules in pro vision of age relaxation in the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) in order to give relief to EWS candidates. In the cabinet meeting chaired by chief minis ter Ashok Gehlot, a pro posal to set up ‘Rajasthan Social and Performance Audit Authority’ was cleared. Turn to P10 Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot takes stock of the rain-affected areas of Karauli district with Ramesh Meena on Saturday.

Newly elected candidates of RU, Nirmal Choudhary, Amisha Meena, Arvind Jajra, Dhara Kumawat & Ramswaroop Ola with Prof Rajeev Jain and others after results.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates a new office building of Gujarat Rajya Khadi Gramodyog Board in Ahmedabad on Saturday. Bhupendra Patel and CR Patil are also seen here during the event.

Modi bats for Khadi as ‘fashion symbol’

Bharat Dixit Jaipur: An Independ ent candidate has yet again emerged victori ous in RU student union elections. This time, Nirmal Choudhary has been elected president. He won by a huge mar gin and defeated anoth er independent candi date Niharika Jorwal –daughter of MoS Mu rali Lal Meena. Nirmal received 4043 votes, while Niharika re ceived 2578 votes. P4

z Assistance amount for damage to be given after survey, says CM Gehlot z Memo of damage caused by floods in the state will be sent to Centre today

CM’s aerial survey of Karauli dist Manoj Jain Karauli: Chief Minis ter Ashok Gehlot visit ed Mandrayal town of Karauli district and metHepeople.assured the flood victims and the general public of the area to al ways stand by them in trouble and provide all possible help. Gehlot said that the problem of flood always persists in the area. For this, he said, the process of allotment of land is being done at other plac es for the people affect ed by the floods. Along with this, help will be given by conduct ing a damage survey. He said that Eastern Rajasthan Canal Pro ject (ERCP) will solve the problem of flood and drought, Turn to P10

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New Delhi: After a nineyear-long legal battle, the Supertech twin towers of Noida will be reduced to rubble today. Noida-Greater Noida Expressway will remain shut between 2.15 pm and 2.45 pm for the demolition drive that is scheduled at 2.30 pm. ON 2-DAY VISIT TO GUJARAT

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Nirmal is new RU prez, NSUI fails to put its mark in varsities

Cabinet okays Rajasthan Social and Performance Audit Authority

President Droupadi Murmu administers the oath of office to Justice Uday Umesh Lalit at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on Saturday. I believed that role of top court is to lay down law with clarity to have larger benches as early as possible so that the issues get clarified immedi ately. Will strive hard to say that yes, we will always have at least 1 constitution bench functioning all through year. —Justice Uday Umesh Lalit www.firstindia.co.in I https://firstindia.co.in/epapers/jaipur I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindiaJAIPUR, NEW DELHI & MUMBAI JAIPUR l AUGUST 28, l 3.00 NO. RAJENG/2019/77764

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PM Narendra Modi spins charkha at the ‘Khadi Utsav’ event, in Ahmedabad on Saturday. Also seen here is CM Bhupendra Patel. PM MODI TO DEDICATE SMRITIVAN TODAY Modi is set to dedicate Smritivan, a museum built as a tribute to those who lost their lives in earthquake on Jan 26, 200, in Kutch on Sunday. He had resolved to build a museum when he was Gujarat CM.

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New appointment rules for dependents of mar tyrs, Rajasthan Handicrafts Policy-2022 issued z Cabinet cleared a proposal to add 4 new rules in provision of age relaxation in the EWS z CM will take a review meeting today at 11:30 am for the prevention of lumpy skin disease

PM Narendra Modi did an impromptu visit of the Atal Bridge on the Sa barmati riverfront foot over the bridge connecting the east and west sides of the riverfront, in Ahmedabad after its inauguration. We’ve seen that khadi became the force of the freedom movement and broke the chains of slavery. The same Khadi can become an inspi ration to make India developed and self-reliant. Khadi was made the symbol of the country’s self-respect by (Mahatma) Gandhiji during the freedom movement.

Jharkhand: Amid deepening political crisis in Jharkhand due to uncertainty over CM Hemant Soren’s, the CM and MLAs have returned to Ranchi from Latratu Dam in buses. Jharkhand Congress affairs in-charge Avinash Pande held meeting of party MLAs in Morabadi.

PM Modi inaugurates ‘Atal Bridge’ at Sabarmati Riverfront, attends ‘Khadi Utsav’ Moni Sharma Ahmedabad: PM Nar endra Modi embarked on his two-day visit to Gujarat on Saturday. On the first day of his visit, PM addressed a gather ing at the ‘Khadi Utsav’ programme held on Sa barmati Riverfront in evening on Saturday. PM Modi appealed to countrymen to gift only products made in Khadi village industries in the coming festivals. He said, "We have seen that Khadi became the force of the freedom move ment and broke the chains of slavery. The same Khadi can become an inspiration to make India develop and selfreliant. On the occasion of 75 years of independ ence, 7,500 sisters and daughters created his tory by spinning yarn on Charkha. Spinning Charkha took me back to my childhood days."

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India will lock horns against arch-rivals Pakistan in the 2nd match of the Asia Cup 2022 today at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai. Since 1984, India and Pakistan have faced each other 14 times in the Asia Cup. One match ended in no result in the year 1997. In the rest 13 matches, India has won 8 times while Pakistan has secured victory in 5 matches. ON DUBAI AS INDIA, PAKISTAN GEAR UP TODAY CLASH BETWEEN INDIA-PAKISTAN IN ASIA CUP EARLIER 14 MATCH 8 WININDIA 5 WINPAKISTAN 1 RESULTNO

‘AZAD TO LAUNCH OWN PARTY IN 14 DAYS, J&K UNIT 1ST’ Jammu: Ex-Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad is all set to launch his own party and its first unit would come up in J&K within a fortnight, his close confidant GM Saroori said on Saturday. He asserted that the restoration of pre-August 5, 2019 position of J&K will be part of manifesto.

The pedestrian-only ‘Atal Bridge’ is a foot-over bridge (FOB) on the Sabarmati river z This iconic bridge is nearly 300 meters long and 14 meters wide in the middle z The bridge has been built using 2,600 metric tonnes of steel pipes z The roof is made up of colourful fabric and railing has been built with glass and steel z The FOB connects the flower garden on the western-end of the riverfront z Cyclists can also use this bridge to cross the river while avoiding traffic

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New Delhi: Disney Star Wins ICC Media Rights For Indian Market For 2024-27. ICC on Saturday confirmed Disney Star will be the home of all ICC cricket in India for the next four years having won TV and digital rights to both men’s and women’s global events till 2027.

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“When America grew up as a strong nation, it wanted to throw its weight around. Same is case with Russia and China. But, we as a na tion, want to build this country in such a way that we can teach the whole world the basics of ‘Dharma’— the phi losophy of helping the helpless and feeding the hungry.” Mohan Bhagwat at Shanti Kali Temple, in Amarpur on Saturday.

Justice UU Lalit sworn in as 49th Chief Justice of India

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RBI Guv & Deputy Guv visit Brahma Temple Lokesh Vaishnav Pushkar: RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das and Deputy Governor Mahesh Kumar Jain offered prayers at Brahma temple in Pushkar town on Saturday. They were accompanied by their families during the visit to sionalbyTheyPushkar.werereceivedPushkarSub-Divi-Magistrate

Temple management committee presenting Brahma photo to RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das.

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Jaipur: BJP state president Dr Satish Poonia has issued a statement on the student union election results. Congratulating all the winning candidates of ABVP, he extended his best wishes for their bright future and said that election results have proved that youth have expressed their outrage against ruling Congress govt. Unemployment, pending recruitment, paper leak, women’s safety, along with other long pending painful issues like deteriorating law and order, farmer loan waiver, etc.

and Temple Management Committee Secretary Sukharam Pindel. Meanwhile, the district administration had an uphill task to manage the security arrangement as the temple was overcrowded with personalmediadidandThedevotees.RBIGovernorDeputyGovernornotspeaktotheandtermeditatrip.

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Gajendra S @gssjodhpurShekhawat The results of the student union elections held in the universities of Rajasthan show that NSUI is on the path of Congress. This condition is not called a bad defeat but a clean sweep. Chief Minister had employed many friends including his son but happened what will happen after a year.

RUCKUS IN BASSI GOVT COLLEGE AFTER RESULT Bassi: Unruly scenes were witnessed in Bassi Govt College during the student union elections on Saturday. Following the results of student union polls, the student leaders associated with ABVP and NSUI created a ruckus and vandalized college alleging discrepancies in polling and counting. Independent candidate Mahaveer Joshi was declared winner of president’s post, following which, ABVP and NSUI objected. Later, police resorted to lathi-charge.

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A YEAR BEFORE THE ELECTION, ALARMING SIGNAL BY YOUTH VOTERS TO THE CONGRESS PARTY TOTAL 14 ABVP 05 NSUI 0O SFI 02 OTHER 07

First India Bureau Jaipur: Counting of votes began in the Maharani College Students’ Union elections on Friday. Mansi won the post of president, Kapisha vice-president and Jyoti Rathore won the general secretary post. Shahnaz Bano has been elected unopposed as there was only one nomination here for the post of Joint Secretary.

First India Bureau Jaipur: Results of RUSU polls have brought some glaring facts to fore. The presidential candidate of ABVP, Narendra Yadav, stood at 4th place despite ABVP’s stronghold. The voting in favour of ABVP has always started above 900 votes, however, this time ABVP candidate Narendra Yadav secured very less number of votes. Independent candidate Nirmal Chaudhary, Niharika Jorwal & NSUI candidates Ritu Barala secured more votes than Narendra Yadav & Yadav stood at fourth place. Independent candidate Nirmal Chaudhary was elected as the president, Independent candidate Amisha Meena was elected as the vice-president, ABVP’s Arvind Jajara as the general secretary, NSUI nominee Dhara Kumawat as joint secry. Nirmal Chaudhary while speaking to First India said, “We will change the face of RU. The library of the university will soon be started and the condition of the hostel will also be improved. There is a need to improve the quality of food provided in the hostel mess,” said Chaudhary.

A BVP won the student union elections in Maharaja Ganga Singh University (MGSU) while NSUI has won in the division’s biggest Dungar College and Maharani Sudarshan Girls College. In MGSU, Lokendra secured 275 votes, Bhawani Singh 259 and Bhairaram Jakhra got 51 votes, while ﬁve were NOTA. Deepika Sharma won the vice-president’s post by securing 332 votes. V ijender Singh Dhaka has become the ﬁrst president of student union from SFI in Shekhawati University of Sikar. Dhaka comes from a farming family and has been active in the organization for 8 years. When he came out of the college after winning by 25 votes, his supporters raised slogans and took him on their shoulders. The entire panel of SFI has won in the university.

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Nirmal Chaudhary, Dhara Kumawat, Amisha Meena, Arvind Jajar interacting with students after the poll result. Policemen at Rajasthan University controlling ruckus after the results of RU polls were out on Saturday.

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JODHPUR AJMER ALWARAJAY PARETA WINS FROM KOTA UNIV ABVP & NSUI, MIXED BAG FOR BIKANER SHEKHAWATI UNIV GETS 1ST SFI PREZ ABVP WINS IMP POSTS IN SUKHADIA UNIV I ndependent Ajay Pareta has won from Kota University. He defeated Anthima Nagar of ABVP. But the entire ABVP panel has won in JDB Arts College. Here, NSUI did not ﬁeld any candidate. There was a contest between ABVP’s Shivani Dubey and independent Nisha Meena. Shivani won by 136 votes. She got 569 votes while independent Nisha Meena got 433 votes.

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Vasundhara @VasundharaBJPRaje Seven presidents of ABVP have been elected in the student union elections of Rajasthan universities. Whereas NSUI has not got a single president post. The student power has expressed the anger of the people who are suffering from the misrule of the Congress in the state.

CHEAP PUBLICITY IN NAME OF PROTEST: ANJANA Pratapgarh: Following student union elections in Nimbahera and Chhoti Sadri, ABVP’s ofﬁce was attacked by some unidentiﬁed in Chhoti Sadri town on Saturday, Cooperative Minister Udaylal Anjana targeted the BJP for getting cheap publicity in the name of protest. Anjana said, “All posts were secured by NSUI in colleges located in Nimbahera & Chhoti Sadri. ABVP now feels frustrated & Former Min Chand Kriplani along with BJP leaders is staging protest.”

YOUTH EXPRESSED THEIR OUTRAGE AGAINST RULING CONG GOVT: POONIA ‘NIHARIKA GAVE ME `10L MANAGETOPOLLS’ OF SACHIN PILOT CAMP DEFEAT EACH OTHER IN RU POLLS

Naresh Meena, a student leader of RU, has claimed that Rs 10 L was given by Niharika Jorwal to manage election. According to the guidelines, candidates cannot spend more than Rs 5k in election.

KOTA BIKANER SIKAR UDAIPUR ARVIND OF SFI, PREZ JAI NARAYAN VYAS UNI HAT-TRICK FOR ABVP IN AJMER, PREZ MAHIPAL INDEPENDENT, ABVP, NSUI, A MIXED BAG I n a thrilling contest between NSUI’s Harendra Choudhary and SFI’s Arvind Singh, Harendra Choudhary was defeated by a margin of 905 votes for the post of President of Jai Narayan Vyas rounds,InStudents’UniversityUnion.theinitialfourtherewas a nail-biting contest, but in the ﬁ nal round, Arvind Singh secured his victory by taking the lead in a one-sided fashion. Arvind Singh got 5,142, Harendra Chaudhary seized 4,237 votes, and Rajveer Singh Banta got 608 votes. While 44 votes went to NOTA and 236 votes were rejected. I t was a hat-trick for ABVP which won the post of President in Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati University. ABVP candidate Mahipal Godara has won. He defeated Basti Ram Raiko of NSUI by 248 votes. The entire panel is won by ABVP. Lokesh Godara of ABVP won in 2018 and Rameshwar Chhaba in 2019. Similarly, in Dayanand College, he has become an independent President, Law College and NSUI President in Government Girls College. NSUI panel won in Rajkiya Acharya Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya. In Government Girls College, two posts were won by NSUI and two by ABVP.

A BVP has registered a major victory in Mohanlal Sukhadia University. Kuldeep Singh of ABVP defeated Dev Soni of NSUI contesting for the post of president. Besides, ABVP registered a tremendous victory in Udaipur and Meera Girls College, the biggest girls’ college of the state. Here ABVP has won all the four posts. Kiran Vaishnav of ABVP won by 146 votes. ABVP has been winning here continuously since 2013 and since 2015, it has retained all the apex posts.

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MANSI WINS PRESIDENT POST AT MAHARANI COLLEGE

It is believed that Nirmal Chaudhary comes from Cong leader Sachin Pilot’s camp & MLA Mukesh Bhakar was behind his victory. Similarly, independent candidate Niharika Jorwal, comes from Pilot’s camp. Sources informed that with the announcement of student union elections, Chaudhary was being considered the strongest contender from NSUI. However, he was denied a ticket from NSUI and later decided to ﬁght as independent. Similarly, Niharika Jorwal was strong candidate, but she was denied a ticket from NSUI. The number of votes secured by both Nirmal and Niharika has made it clear that NSUI gave the ticket to the wrong candidate.

I ndependent candidate Subhash Chand Gurjar has won the post of President in Matsya University, Alwar. He defeated independent candidates Saurabh Paliwal, Ajit and AmitOnbyARTSwonMeena.SajidRohitashKhanfromthebiggestinthedistrictahugemargin.theotherhand,KumarBairwa from RR College defeated the ABVP candidate by a huge margin. ABVP’s Jaya Saini won from GD College. Kazai Hussain of NSUI won from Commerce College, Dhara Singh Gurjar has become the President from Law College and Devendra Yadav of NSUI has won from Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya.

Nirmal Tiwari Jaipur: In a big move towards increasing the prey base in Nahargarh Sanctuary, the Forest Department has released 10 chitals (spotted deer or axis deer) from Ashok Vihar in Nahargarh Sanctuary. On the instructions of PCCF and CWLW Arindam Tomar, the chitals were shifted to Sanctuary under the supervision of Deputy Conservator of Forests, Kapil Chandrawal and IFS P Bala Murugan. Earlier on August 17, 19 chitals and on August 22, 14 chital deers were released. The release of the chitals was done in the Beed Papad area. During this, ACF Raghuveer Meena, Dr Ashok Tanwar, Ranger Rajendra Singh Jakhar, Forester Gaurav Rathi, Rajaram Meena, Rajkishore Yogi, Rajendra Singh were present. There are more than 15 Leopard variances in Sanctuary.hargarhNa-

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Guv Kalraj Mishra, Vijay Kaushal Maharaj & Kiran Soni Gupta during the exhibition on Saturday.

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Jaipur: In a major relief to liquor contractors, the Raj govt has decided to withdraw the recovery notices against them. Advocate General MS Singhvi gave this info to High Court. After this, Justice Mahendra Goyal dismissed dozens of petitions by more than 250 liquor contractors. The dept had imposed a penalty for not taking the prescribed quantity of liquor. Contractor said that due to Covid-19 and other reasons, liquor stock could not be lifted due to guidelines.

First India Bureau Tonk: With the increasing inflow of water in Bisalpur dam, the dam management opened two more gates on Saturday morning. Now water is being drained from Bisalpur Dam through four gates. At present, a total of 15,025 cusecs of water per second is being released from these four gates.

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AEN Brahmanand Bairwa of Bisalpur Dam Project said that on Friday morning at 7 am, Bisalpur Dam was filled with 315.50 RL meters. After this, gate number 9 and 10 were opened half meters in presence of officials. From these two gates, 6,010 cusecs of water per second were being released into the Banas River. On Saturday morning at 7 am, two more gates have been opened due to the increase of water in the dam. Among the two, one of the gates is opened by one meter. At present, every sec 15,025 cusecs of water are being drained from these four gates into Banas river, after which the inflow of water in Banas River has increased.

Lord Ram should be our role model, we can learn so much from him: Guv Kashiram Choudhary Jaipur: A five-day Ram Katha began at Raj Bhavan in Jaipur on Saturday. Several dignitaries turned up to listen to the recital of Ram Katha by Vijay Kaushal Maharaj in the lawn outside Raj Bhavan’s guest house. The Ram Katha is being organised by Guv Kalraj Mishra. MPs Ghanshyam Tiwari and Ramcharan Bohra attended the Ram Katha. On the first day, Vijay Kaushal Maharaj narrated life incidents of Lord Shri Ram. He said, we can get salvation by just listening and reading Ram Katha. He said that the character and nature of Lord Shri Ram is Governorpure. Kalraj Mishra felicitated Vijay Kaushal Maharaj. Mishra said people come from far away to hear Ram Katha recited by Vijay Kaushal Maharaj.

RAJASTHAN JAIPUR | SUNDAY, AUGUST 28, 2022 05 www.firstindia.co.in I https://firstindia.co.in/epapers/jaipur I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia Ashwini Yadav Alwar: Behror MLA Baljeet Yadav on Saturday levied allegations against Congress leaders for not declaring Behor or Neemrana as districts. While addressing a presser, Yadav said that he has raised this issue a number of times before CM Gehlot, but neither Behor nor Neemrana has been declared as districts.

RAJ GOVT TO WITHDRAW EXCISE DEPT NOTICE; LIQUOR CONTRACTORS GET RELIEF Kota: Former parliamentary secretary Bhawani Singh Rajawat was granted bail by ACJM court number 3 in a matter of blocking highway in December 2019. RK Puram police station had registered an FIR against Rajawat and 200 others for blocking the state highway with a dead body of a man who died during anti-encroachment drive in Aanvli Rojhdi area. Following which a case was lodged against him.

4-gates of Bisalpur dam open to drain excess water inflow

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First India Bureau Kota: The Vande Bharat Train breached the 180 kmph speed limit during a test run between Kota and Nagda on Friday. The trial started at a speed of 120 kmph, after which the speed was gradually taken to 180 kmph. The rakes of Vande Bharat Express were made load-free at some rail sections between Bhawani Mandi to Kota and Kota to Ghat kaTheBarana.speed trial is being done in the presence of RDSO and a team from Lucknow. During the trial the train seen passing through dense greenery of Kota region. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw called it the speed of ‘Atmanirbhar Bahrat’. Speedometer reads 180 kmph.

FIVE DAY LONG RAM KATHA BEGINS AT RAJ BHAWAN

Governor Kalraj Mishra addressing the gathering on Day 1 of Ram Katha being held at Raj Bhawan on Saturday. Vijay Kaushal Maharaj also seen. The Ram Katha will continue till August 31.

Jaipur: Governor Kalraj Mishra along with Saint Vijay Kaushal Maharaj inaugurated an art exhibition in Raj Bhawan on Saturday. The art exhibition, based on devotional paintings, is being organized by WZCC. While visiting the exhibition, Guv Mishra said that the spirit of devotion in art gives birth to a unique creation. Director of WZCC, Kiran Soni Gupta informed that the exhibition will continue for the next ﬁve days.

Vande Bharat runs at 180 kmph in trials at Kota

Visuals of water splashing out of the four gates from Bisalpur dam, that opened on Saturday.

“Two Cong ministers and one MLA want to make a district somewhere else. Prominent people from the area should raise this demand. Local leaders should now come out of phobia of asking for tickets,” said MLA Baljeet Yadav. MLA Baljeet Yadav demands district status for Behror and Neemrana

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Baljeet Yadav

GUV MISHRA INAUGURATES DEVOTIONAL ART EXHIBITION

The Congress had announced in October last year that the election of the new party president will be held between August 21 and September 20 this year. The CWC had decided that elections for block committees and one member each of state Congress units will be held from April 16 to May 31, district committee chiefs will be elected between June 1 and July 20, state chiefs and AICC members between July 21 and August 20, and AICC president between August 21 and September 20.

New Delhi (PTI): The Congress Working Committee (CWC) will meet on Sunday to approve the schedule of dates for the election of next party president. This comes in the backdrop of party veteran Ghulam Nabi Azad’s Gandhi.niashipfidencecouldcision-makingthememberspollsgivingSourcesresignation.saidbesidesapprovaltotheschedule,theoftheCWC,party’shighestde-body,alsoexpresscon-intheleader-providedbySo-GandhiandRahulThiswouldbesig- nificant in the context of Azad’s resignation and criticism of the leadership.TheCongress, dealing with the fallout of a series of high profile exits, including that of Kapil Sibal and Ashwani Kumar, attempted to deflect the latest blow by alleging that Azad’s DNA had been “Modi-fied” and linking his resignation to the end of his Rajya SabhaAheadtenure.ofthe CWC meeting, to be held virtually at 3:30 PM with Sonia Gandhi presiding over it, party sources had said the process of the election of the president will be delayed by a few weeks, not more than that, and the party should have a full-time president in October.

NIA to have branches in all states by 2024, says Amit Shah Raipur (PTI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the Narendra Modi government took all efforts to strengthen probe agencies such as the NIA and anti-terror laws in line with its policy of zero tolerance towards terrorism. The National Investigation Agency will have branches in all the states by May 2024, he said.He was speaking at the inauguration of the office building of the NIA’s Raipur branch here.The Modi govt has adopted zero tolerance policy against Left Wing Extremism, terrorism and other related crimes including fake currency and narcotics, and therefore we left no stone unturned to strengthen the NIA, heThesaid.BJP-led Union govt also anti-terrorintivegovernmentsedsharedanti-terrorstrengthenedlaws,terrorism-relat-inputswithstateirrespec-ofthepartyrulingastate,strengthenedinvestigation agencies and increased conviction rate in such crimes, Shah added.“In line with this (policy), our government worked towards strengthening the NIA. I am happy that in the cases handled by NIA, the conviction rate has reached 94% from 75% in 2014,” he said. Peace is being witnessed in Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 and today our agencies have succeeded in checking terror activities there. It became possible because the NIA took stringent action against those involved in terror funding in 2018, 2019 and 2020. A total of 105 cases (of terror funding) were registered and 876 persons were arrested and in 94 cases charge sheets have been filed, he added.

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Arvind Kejriwal with Satyendar Jain. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra with party leader Harish Rawat and others at CWC meet.

Jammu: Ghulam Nabi Azad is all set to launch his own party and its ﬁrst unit would come up in Jammu and Kashmir within a fortnight, his close conﬁdant GM Saroori said on Saturday. He said that the restoration of the pre-August 5, 2019 position of Jammu and Kashmir will be part of the party’s manifesto. write to CJI over Bilkis Bano case

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Amit Shah, Union Home MinisterUnion HM Amit Shah inaugurates the Ofﬁce Building of NIA Raipur branch in presence of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, in Raipur on Saturday.

New Delhi (PTI): Over 130 former civil servants on Saturday wrote an open letter to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) against the premature release of 11 men who were jailed in the gangrape case of Bilkis Bano and requested him to rectify this “horrendously wrong decision”. They asked the CJI to rescind the order of remission passed by the Gujarat govt and send the 11 persons convicted of gangrape and murder back to jail to serve out their life sentence.

HM says Modi govt strengthened agencies as zero tolerance policy on terrorism

The Modi government has adopted zero tolerance policy against Left Wing Extremism, terrorism and other related crimes including fake currency and narcotics, and therefore we left no stone unturned to strengthen the NIA.

Jammu: In the wake of a spate of resignations by its leaders in support of Ghulam Nabi Azad, working president of the J&K Cong Raman Bhalla said only those who were hibernating for eight years have deserted it and they will meet the same fate as that of former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh. Gwalior: Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said his former Cong colleague Azad has ﬁnally “freed” himself, a day after Azad ended his nearly becameend,yearshassituationparty.association5-decade-oldwiththe“TheinternalofCongressbeenclearformanynow.ButintheGhulamNabijifree,”hesaid.

After initial interrogation, the intruder was identified as 45-year-old Mohammad Shabad a resident of Pakistan’s Sialkot. Further details are being obtained from the apprehended person. Earlier on August 25, the BSF shot a Pakistani intruder who attempted to smuggle narcotics across the International Border in the Samba area of Jammu.

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BSF arrests Pakistani intruder from int’l border along J&K

BSF persnnel on vigil at the Indo-Pak border. BSF PERSONNEL HELD IN RAPE CASE ‘WILL FORCE RaGa TO BECOME PREZ’ CRACK BETWEEN CONG: TEWARI CONG RESIGNATIONSDOWNPLAYS ‘FINALLY, AZAD FREED HIMSELF’ AIDE: GNA’S OWN PARTY IN 14 DAYS Bengaluru: Rahul Gandhi will be pursued to assume the position of party president, said M Mallikarjun Kharge, who claimed that no other party leader has the same level of “pan-India appeal” that Gandhi does. He said anyone seeking to lead the party should be throughout“well-recognised”thenation.

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CWC meet today over Cong prez election

Arina (ANI): A Pakistani infiltrator was apprehended by Border Security Force (BSF) personnel along the international border in Jammu’s Arina sector during the early hours of Saturday, the officialsThissaid.is the third attempt of intrusion within a week. On the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, BSF personnel noticed movement near the International Border in the RS Pura area of the Arina sector. As soon as the intruder crossed over to the Indian side and started moving toward the fence, the BSF troops challenged the intruder but when he continued to walk ignoring their warnings, they fired upon him. The intruder hid behind a gate and was soon apprehended by the BSF personnel.

New Delhi: As Congress reels under resignations of leaders, party MP Manish Tewari has said that spection”“self-intro-isneeded and that a “crack” seems to have appeared between India and Congress. Tewari was among 23 Cong leaders who wrote to Sonia Gandhi two years ago, seeking organisational changes.

“Like the overwhelming majority of people in our country, we are aghast at what happened in Gujarat a few days ago, on the 75th anniversary of India’s Independence,” it said. Former Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Najeeb Jung, former Cabinet Secretary KM Chandrasekhar, former foreign secretaries Shivshankar Menon and Sujatha Singh and former Home Secretary GK Pillai were among the 134 signatories to the letter, written under the aegis of the Constitutional Conduct Group. Justice Uday Umesh Lalit was sworn in as the 49th Chief Justice of India on Saturday. On August 25, the Supreme Court issued notice to the Centre and the Gujarat government on a plea challenging the release of the 11 convicts and posted the matter for hearing after two weeks.

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Hoax bomb threat delays Chennai-Dubai flight Chennai (Agencies): An IndiGo aircraft (6E 65) from Chennai was delayed by six hours on Saturday after a drunk man who wanted to stop his family from leaving the country made a false bomb threat to the Dubaibound private carrier. The Indigo flight was scheduled to depart at 7.20am on Saturday, but after the control room received an anonymous phone about a bomb threat, the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) were called in. The aircraft was transported to a secluded bay as per policy, and security services conducted a thorough inspection to see whether any explosive materials were planted in the flight. But, nothing was found on the aircraft. The Indigo flight which was supposed to depart with 180 passengers and crew members from Anna International Airport in Meenambakkam was rescheduled to 12 noon for departure to the destination.

In letter to PM, govtaccuseschools13,000K’takaofgraft Bengaluru: Two associations representing at least 13,000 schools in Karnataka have written to PM Narendra Modi, accusing the read.place,”corruptionschoolsaidedappliedpliancenatoryrational,tions.cationalcertificatestocationedarelegedModihavementSchoolsaidedTheondaryPrimaryManagementsruption.governmentBommai-ledBasavarajBJPofcor-TheAssociatedOfAndSec-SchoolsandRegisteredUn-PrivateManage-AssociationurgedPMtolookintoal-bribesthatbeingdemand-bythestateedu-departmentissuerecognitiontoedu-institu-“Unscientific,ir-discrimi-andnoncom-normsaretoonlyun-privateandhugeisintheletter

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Full support to probe into Phogat death case: Goa CM Sawant Def Secy at inaugural Nat’l Martime SAREX

Thiruvananthapuram: National Testing Agen cy (NTA) has decided to allow a group of female students from Kerala to write the National beraminationpearcalthatmonth.nationinnerwearmadeagainTest-2022gibility-cum-EntranceEli(NEET)examaftertheyweretoremovetheiratanexamicentrelastTheNTAsaidtheaffectedmediaspirantscanre-apfortheNEETexonSeptem4iftheydesire.

Full support from day one in the investigation. Those who have to be punished will be punished by Goa Police one hundred present. At present, they (accused) are in custody and an investigation is going on.

Rajnath Singh at inauguration and foundation stone laying ceremony of various projects, in Lucknow on Saturday.

The Twitter officials, however, refuted the whistleblower’s allegations and denied there was any data security breach in India

New Delhi (PTI): A par liamentary panel ques tioned top Twitter offi cials over a whistle-blow er’s revelations on its In dia operations, and gave them a dressing-down as their replies on issues of data security and priva cy were “not satisfacto ry”, sources said. The officials from the company, however, re futed the whistle-blow er’s allegations and de nied there was any data security breach in In dia, sources told PTI. Top Twitter execu tives, including Senior Director (Public Policy) Samiran Gupta and Di rector (Public Policy) Shagufta Kamran, de posed before the Parlia mentary Standing Com mittee on Information and Technology chaired by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor. The panel questioned them about the reports on former head of Twit ter (security) Peiter Zat ko’s allegations the mi croblogging site know ingly allowed the Indian government to place its “agents” on the company payroll where they had “direct unsupervised ac cess to the company’s systems and user data”. The Twitter officials denied any such thing having happened, sources in the panel told Press Trust of India. The members also questioned the social media giant’s officials if their data security policies is in sync with local policies and with the single global priva cyTheypolicy.asked how does the micro-blogging site handles conflicts in na tional privacy policies of different countries, with the sources saying the executives didn’t give satisfactory re plies.They also evaded questions about data safety and privacy, a member said, following which they were repri manded by the MPs. Zatko’s allegations were reported by inter national media houses. Twitter has already stated it was a “false narrative” and the alle gations and “opportun istic” timing appear designed to capture at tention and inflict harm on the company, its cus tomers and its share holders.

The source, however, admitted that the cur rent political tirade launched against the Delhi CM was a result of the AAP’s strong politi cal focus to upset the BJP applecart in Gujarat where Kejriwal has an nounced his plans to launch an all-out election campaign to dislodge the BJP from Anotherpower.source said, “In the previous edition of the state assemblies in Gujarat the BJP had been on the backfoot due to the Congress party’s election strate gies combined with the dominant Patel commu nity also rabble rousing its demands for politi cal reservations in the state. Although the BJP retained power in Guja rat, the number of seats it held fell below the 100 MLAs mark.”

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Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren along with Congress MLAs Anoop Singh, Dipika Pandey Singh and Amba Prasad enjoying boat ride at Lathathu dam, on Saturday.

Bengaluru (PTI): Vet eran BJP leader B S Yediyurappa on Satur day said Prime Minis ter Narendra Modi has agreed to his request of visiting Karnataka, where the party is aim ing to come back to power, at least once a month, in the run-up to the 2023 Assembly polls. The former Chief Minister who was in New Delhi on Friday to meet the party’s central leadership said, no force can stop the BJP from coming back to power in Karnataka. “I had a detailed dis cussion with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party national President J P Nadda. They tried to know about the political situ ation in Karnataka. I have requested the Prime Minister to fre quently visit the state and have assured him that the BJP will win more than 140 seats (out of the total 224) and come back to power,” Yediyurappa said.

Renni Abraham Mumbai: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal sans a single cabinet portfolio is under fire from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) even as he has sounded the bugle for his party, AAP’s no holds barred political battle in the forthcom ing Gujarat state assem blyAelections.source familiar with the development said, “The Lt Gover nor’s office has pulled up the Delhi CM for his unusual practice of sending across impor tant files for opinions and clearance without the duly attested signa ture of Arvind Kejri wal. Another aspect that is distinctly notice able in his political style of operations is that he is a CM without any portfolio. The com bined effect of this po litical strategy seems to be to absolve him of any personal responsibility if his government deci sions, like the recently withdrawn excise poli cy, fall foul of the law.”

Panaji (ANI): Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Saturday stated that his govern ment will provide full support to state police investigations into the demise of Haryana BJP leader and actor Sonali Phogat.Phogat, 42, was de clared dead at the St An thony Hospital at An juna in North Goa on August 23. A post-mor tem report revealed blunt force injury on her body, following which the Goa Police registered a murder case.The Goa Forward Party MLA Vijai Sard esai had on Thursday took a swipe at the BJPled state government over the probe into the case. Sawant had earli er said that preliminary reports suggested Sona li Phogat died of cardi ac“Yesterdayarrest. they said she died of heart attack. Today, a post-mortem revealed several blunt force injuries. It proves Chief Minister likes to give clean chit, jump the gun. This is giving Goa a bad name. This shows the state of af fairs here,” Sardesai had said on Thursday.

Two MeghalayanationalsBangladeshiheldin‘Remove inner wear to get NEET exam chance’

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BJP’s offensive against Kejriwal over his functioning sans cabinet portfolios and not attesting signatures upon files from CMO

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“All MLAs and minis ters have only gathered to discuss the political activities that have went down in past few days. We’re here to dis cuss the matter and reach some conclusion on it,” said Avinash Pande.

Cong-JMM MLAs hold back-to-back meetings as CM’s fate hangs in balance

A mid a looming political crisis in Jharkhand, CM Hemant Soren has taken all UPA MLAs and ministers to a guest house near Latratu dam in the Khunti district. The decision to move the legislators from Ranchi was taken after a UPA meeting. CM SOREN, RULING MLAs REACH KHUNTI

84 UP Finance Dept officers promoted

Lucknow: The offic ers of Finance and Accounts Services Group Grade-1 of the UP Government have been promoted from Grade Pay 6600 Level 11 to Grade Pay 7600 Level 12. The commit tee headed by ACS Finance IAS Prashant Trivedi has issued its mandate. In UP, the DPC of 84 finance of ficers will benefit the officers and the Chief Treasury Officer (CFO) will be sent to the districts soon. Among the officers who have been pro moted, SFAO Rajini kanth Verma is also there. He has now become the CFO of the UP partment.taryfromgettingpartmentCheckSalaryDeputyofficers,slipssibleKori,otherdepartment.informationOnthehand,SadhnawhoisresponforthesalaryofIASandPCShasbecomeSecretary,SlipIrlaFinanceDeUPafterpromotionUnderSecreinFinanceDeKori’shus band, IPS Sanjay Ku mar Kori, is DIG ITBP Tripathidrma,ha,toshVimleshraChaudhary,Jaiswalvedi,han,Sonkar,AkhileshAnilKripanandDurgeshKumarKhare,mendra,motedwhonancethecometrolpostedCFOLucknow.RenuVermainAIDSConSocietyhasbeJointDirector.Alongwiththis,officersoftheFiDepartmenthavebeenproareRamDharVarunGyanendraPandey,Tripathi,Shukla,KumarMishra,KumarJanviMoMonikaChaturShyamLalRamkaranYogendPratapSingh,Yadav,SanKumarKushwaAkhilesh,ChanManojKumarandothers.

Ranchi: Amidst the po litical pandemonium in Jharkhand, all UPA leg islators have now reached the residence of Chief Minister He mant Soren. A meeting of the Congress Legisla ture Party was also held on Saturday evening to chalk out a strategy for further action to save the coalition govern ment.AICC’s Jharkhand incharge Avinash Pande, state president Rajesh Thakur, CLP Alamgir Alam held meeting with Congress MLAs in Ranchi after they re turned from Latratu Dam in Khunti.

Lucknow (ANI): Con sidering ongoing devel opment driven by the “double engine” gov ernment in Uttar Pradesh, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday announced that Uttar Pradesh state would soon be ahead of all states in terms of new generation infra structure.Speaking at an event at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Convention Centre here, Singh mentioned how Uttar Pradesh is moving step by step on the path of develop ment under a “double engine” government run by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Centre, and Chief Min ister Yogi Adityanath in the state.

UP to be soon ahead of all states in new generation infra: Rajnath

Besides Tha roor, Congress MP Karti Chidambaram, TMC MP Mahua Moitra, TRS MP Ranjith Reddy, BJP’s Rajyavardhan Rathore attended the meeting.

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Cremation of the deceased on a street, near a Saturday.Prayagraj,season,monsoontheriverofonaffectedflood-areathebanksGangaduringongoinginon —PHOTO BY PTI Shillong (PTI): Two Bangladeshi nationals have been arrested from near the Indo-Bangla desh border in Megha laya’s East Jaintia Hills district. A joint team of police and BSF appre hended the duo identi fied as Misba Uddin (31) and Badrul Alom (30) while the others man aged to flee back to Bangladesh, police said. Both the arrested per sons from Darponagar village in Bangladesh, the police said.

Chennai (ANI): De fence Secretary Ajay Kumar attended the inaugural ses sion of the 10th National Mari time Search and Rescue Exercise (SAREX) 2022. He talked about the importance of the Indian Coast Guard. “Indian Coast Guard was able to rescue 32 fishermen, who were stuck 40 miles away from the Bangla desh coast. It has helped in saving more than 11,000 thousand lives. In the last 3 months, it has saved around 60 lives, in volving 10 has5,000itagerichnationalities,”different“Indiahasamaritimehergoingbackyearsandbeenblessed with a pivotal position in the geostrategy. 40 per cent of container ized tankers in the world transited close to the Indian coast. The importance of our mar itime domain for secu rity, stability and eco nomic wellbeing.”

The DPC of 84 officers will benefit the officers and the Chief Treasury Officer (CFO) will be sent to dists.

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The Shashi Tharoor-led panel has been holding meetings with various stakeholders including tech companies, social media firms, ministries and other regulators on the issue of citizens’ data security and privacy. The panel is also working on a comprehensive report on data privacy and security.

New Delhi: The commerce and industry ministry on Friday reviewed 40 infrastructure projects, including BharatNet statementarecio-economicprojectspartmentsbetweenseamlessLalnaltionDepartmenttion.onSystem,RegionalDelhi-Ghaziabad-MeerutandRapidTransitandemphasisedtheirtimelycomple-SpecialSecretary,forPromo-ofIndustryandInter-Trade(DPIIT)AmritMeenaalsoaskedforcoordinationthevariousde-toensurethathavinghighso-importancenotdelayed,anofﬁcialsaid.

New Delhi: The railways’ catering and ticketing arm IRCTC has withdrawn a controversial tender for hiring a consultant to monetise its passenger and freight customer data following concerns over privacy, ofﬁcials said on Friday. IRCTC informed the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology chaired by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday that it was no longer pursuing the tender. “IRCTC has withdrawn the tender in light of the non-approval of the Data Protection Bill,” an IRCTC ofﬁcial informed the panel.

Digital payments a public good: FM NO PLANS TO LEVY CHARGES New Delhi (Agencies): Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman reiterated government’s stand to keep the digital payments ecosystem completely free without levying any charges to aid its Speakinggrowth.atanevent in Mumbai, Sitharaman said that the government sees digital payments as a public good and that people should be able to access these facilities freely. “We see digital payments as a public good. People should be able to access these facilities freely, so that the digitisation of the Indian economy becomes attractive to them. We intend to achieve a higher level of transparency through digitisation. Therefore, we do think it’s not yet time for charging for UPI services,” she said. The comments from the finance minister come just a few days after the finance ministry clarified that there are no plans to levy any charges on UPI. The UPI has a zero charge framework from January 1, 2020. The ministry had said that the cost borne by providers will have to be recovered through other means. Last week a discussion paper put out by the Reserve Bank of India sought suggestions on whether charges should be levied on transactions through UPI and other payment systems and interchange fees on cards. The Centre will continue to provide support to the digital ecosystem this year also to encourage further adoption of the digital economy, the finance ministry said, setting clear the government’s thinking on the issue.

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WHAT’S THE PLAN AHEAD  Tata Motors plans to bring in new products, expand existing model lineups as it aims to retain dominant position in SUV segment  The auto major, which currently sells models like Punch, Nexon, Harrier and Safari, also plans to bring in additional trims and variants with feature enhancements

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PTI FHRAI ASKS FM FOR INCREASE IN ECLGS LOAN TENURE Mumbai: The country’s foreign exchange reserves fell $6.687 billion to $564.053 billion in the week ended August 19, according to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data. In the previous week ended August 12, the reserves declined $2.238 billion to $570.74 billion. The drop in the reserves during the week ended August 19 was due to a fall in the Foreign Currency Assets (FCA) and the gold reserves, as per the Weekly Statistical Supplement released by RBI on Friday.

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Majority of states plan to meet FY23 fiscal deficit targets: BoB New Delhi (Agencies): Many Indian states have committed to meet the FY 23 fiscal deficit target of 3.61%, a report by the economists of Bank of Baroda said. In FY23BE, the 21 states analysed have budgeted to meet the fiscal deficit target, down from 3.71% in FY22RE. Revenue deficit is likely to come down to 0.6% from 1% in FY22RE, while primary deficit could remain broadly steady at 1.38% versus 1.44% in FY22RE, the report furtherStatessaid.like Bihar, Assam, Goa, and Punjab have projected maximum consolidation. According to the report, Bihar, Assam, and Goa have done so by aiming for cuts in overall expenditure and jump in their own tax revenues. Punjab expects consolidation despite increased spending targets. Meanwhile, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Telangana, and Chhattisgarh are likely to turnaround revenue deficit into surplus in FY23.

 PLI scheme in telecom sector was launched in 2021. A total of 31 companies are existing beneﬁciary New Delhi (PTI): With Maruti Suzuki proving to be a successful Indo-Japan collaboration, company Chairman RC Bhargava feels if the two countries work with full partnership and trust in the manufacturing sector, they would be the best in the world. Also, the growing partnership between India and Japan is going to be a huge positive factor for the growth of Indian manufacturing. “I believe that India Japan partnership, which we have seen in Maruti Suzuki and some other areas, is becoming stronger, and more and more Japanese companies are getting interested in investing in India, partnering with Indian companies,” Bhargava said. He cited the example of Escorts Kubota, where the latter has become a promoter in the Indian farm equipment.

Linked Incentive scheme in telecom sector was launched in 2021. A total of 31 companies are existing beneficiary for manufacturing of various telecom equipment under the said scheme. Moreover, in order to promote the entire valuechain in telecom manufacturing, design-led PLI was launched in June 2022. It provided additional incentive of 1% over and above the existing incentives for products that are designed in India.

PTI LIFESTYLE FASHIONS LOSS NARROWS TO RUPEES 136 CRORE DPIIT REVIEWS 40 CRITICAL PROJECTS IN INFRASTRUCTURE New Delhi: The Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Associations of India has submitted a representation to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman seeking an increase in the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme loan tenure and simpliﬁed process for availing of loans by the hospitality sector. The request comes on the back of the ﬁnance ministry’s recent decision to increase the ECLGS corpus from `4.5 lakh crore to `5 lakh crore.

Tata Motors plans for SUV dominance with new models & trims

New Delhi (PTI): As many as 32 companies have submitted applications for Design-led Incentive Scheme (DLI) and Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme of telecom, according to an official release on Saturday. The Design-led Incentive scheme has received an “enthusiastic response” from telecom equipment manufacturers, it said. “A total of 32 companies...Have submitted applications. 17 of these 32 companies have applied as Design-led manufacturers and remaining as Production linked manufacturers,” the statement said but did not give the names of Productionapplicants.

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—PTI CENTRAL PSUs SHOULD HOLD REGULAR MEETS WITH MSMEs: OFFICIAL Bhubaneswar: Central public sector undertakings should conduct meetings regularly for the MSMEs to make plerprocessprocurementthesim-forlocal enterprises, an official said. The PLAC meetings will enable the enterprises to understand specific requirements of big industrial houses, MSME Development and Facilitation Office Director said. The traders can prepare products that are suitable to the big firms and it would increase chances for getting orders, Gupta said. WITHDRAWS TENDER FOR HIRING CONSULTANT TO MONETISE DATA

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HOUSING.COM TO INVEST `40 CR ON TV, DIGITAL ADVERTISING New Delhi: Realty portal Housing.Com will invest `40 crore in one year on a TV and baseincreaseascampaign,advertisingdigitalitseekstouseratitsplatform and simplify buy-sale and renting journey of consumers. Housing.Com seeks to provide consumers maximum options so that they don’t have to settle for anything less than perfect. The company would invest about `40 crore on this campaign over the next 12 months. The ad campaign will be run on TV, digital and OTT platforms.

New Delhi (PTI): Tata Motors plans to bring in new products, expand existing model lineups as it aims to retain dominant position in the SUV segment amid increasing competition from competing brands, according to a senior official. The auto major, which currently sells models like Punch, Nexon, Harrier and Safari, also plans to bring in additional trims and variants with feature enhancements in order to cater to the evolving customer “Werequirements.plantofurther expand the SUV space by adding new nameplates/ variants at regular intervals and expanding our consumer base. We plan on retaining the leading SUV brand position in India,” Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Vice President (Sales, Marketing and Customer Care) Rajan AmbaCurrently,said. the company has a strong presence in the SUV space with Punch, Nexon, Harrier and the new flagship Safari doing well in their respective segments, he noted. The company aims to further strengthen its product portfolio in terms of competitiveness, and a comprehensive set of powertrain and technology options, Amba said. Besides, the company plans to continue to differentiate on design, safety and driving pleasure, keeping the customer excited in its products, he added. With these interventions, the automaker plans to sell more SUVs this fiscal as compared with 2.22 lakh units it dispatched in FY21, he noted. The overall SUV product contribution to Tata Motors’ sales in April-June quarter this fiscal stood at 67%, higher than the industry penetration of 40%, Amba said. In order to further bolster its presence in the SUV segment, the company has introduced Jet Edition encompassing Nexon, Harrier and Safari, priced between ` 12.13 lakh and `22.75 lakh respectively.

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MAJOR TALKING POINTS  Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that the government sees digital payments as a public good and that people should be able to access these facilities freely

‘Need to power,agriculturediversifytowardsenergysectors’ Mumbai (PTI): With India being energy deficient, there is a need for the country to diversify agriculture into energy and power sectors, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said on Saturday. “We already have energy shortage. We are making an expenditure of `15 lakh crore every year for importing petrol, diesel and other petroleum products. So, this is the time we can diversify agriculture towards the energy and power sector,” Gadkari said. He urged the industry to focus on alternative fuels with the help of futuristic technologies.“While65-70% of our population depends on agriculture, our agricultural growth rate is only 12-13%. And the next move should be cogeneration to increase revenue from sugar. The industry should produce less sugar and more byproducts, embracing the vision for futuristic technologies and using the power of leadership to convert knowledge into wealth. This will enable the farmers to become not only food growers but energy producers as well,” he added. The minister further said that the country’s requirement for sugar was 280 lakh tonnes this year, while the production was more than 360 lakh tonnes. Nitin Gadkari told the industry that the government has decided to launch flex fuel engines in the country.

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TOP TALKING POINTS With India being energy deﬁcient, there is a need for the country to diversify agriculture into energy and power sectors, says Gadkari  He said that the country’s requirement for sugar was 280 lakh tonnes this year  He urged the industry to focus on alternative fuels

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PTI New Delhi: Future Lifestyle Fashions Ltd on Saturday said its consolidated net loss narrowed to `135.96 crore in the April-June quarter of FY23. It had posted a net loss of `348.08 crore in the corresponding quarter a year ago, said FLFL, the fashion and apparel retailer arm of the Future group. Its revenue from operations was down 8.42% to `272.88 crore during the period under review as against `297.99 crore in the corresponding period last ﬁscal, the company said.

CS Usha visits Tonk, meets children and reviews RGRO

First India Bureau Jodhpur: Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat honoured various talents in the VSSS festival of Sindhi society. In the field of social service, Chandani Foundation of Ahmedabad, Rajesh Bherwani, Usha Chelani in the field of education, Anuradha Advani, Leela Kriplani and Harish Devnani were honoured in the field of art and literature. Senior journalist KD Israni was honoured in the field of journalism. Former Education Minister Vasudev Devnani also attended the award-giving ceremony. ‘Bharat Conclave

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Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel congratulating Dr Jagdeesh Chandra for launching ‘Bharat 24’. Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, Ajay Kumar, Manoj Jagyasi, Devesh Tiwari, Priyanka Kaushal welcoming Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel.

First India Bureau Sikar: After the death of three women devotees during a stampede at Khatushyamji temple on August 8, investigating officer from Jaipur reached there for the first time on Friday. Divisional Commissioner Vikas Sitaram Bhale questioned the Collector, SP and the officials of the temple committee in the matter. He also talked to six office bearers of the committee, 20 people, shopkeepers and twoTheofficers.officer said that the investigation would go on for two months. “If anyone has any complaint, they can come to the office and register it by September 20,” he said. District Collector Avichal Chaturvedi and SP Kunwar Rashtradeep informed Bhale about the incident site and other important details. Trader Pawan Pujari said that the temple committee makes proper arrangements for lakhs of devotees but this incident was unfortunate. Ashok Kumawat, an eyewitness, also informed the officer about the incident.

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First India Bureau Jaipur: In the Ashok Nagar Police Station FIR has been lodged by a female who is the wife of the owner of a Hotel located in the C-Scheme, wherein it was alleged that Nitesh Sharma along with Himanshu Negi and others tried to outrage the modesty of the 34 year old female and snatched the gold chain from her husband’s neck and threatened. Nitesh Sharma lives in Mohan Apartments, Prem Nagar-I, Gurjar ki Thadi Jaipur, and committed this heinous act on an innocent woman. The Ashok Nagar Police Station incharge Vikram Singh Rathore has ordered the registration of FIR and the investigation was handed over to Smt. Kavita Sub-Inspector.

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Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, Ajay Kumar and Manoj Jagyasi talking to the reporters.

Guests and Correspondents of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assemblies areas present at the “Bharat 24” Correspondents’ Conclave organised at Hotel Babylon Capital, Raipur. Ajay Kumar interviewing Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel during “Bharat 24” Correspondents’ Conclave at Hotel Babylon Capital, Raipur. Manoj Jagyasi addressing the programme.

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First India Bureau Jaipur: Chief Secretary Usha Sharma on Saturday visited Tonk and inspected a government school in the Niwai subdivision. She inspected the Govt Upper Primary Girls School in Modia Gram Panchayat of Niwai sub-division and saw the facilities provided to the students. During her inspection in the school, she interacted with Class seventh student Divya Meena and inspired all the children to study hard and achieve heights in life. She also took feedback from District Collector Chinmayi Gopal about the preparations for the Rajiv Gandhi Rural Olympics in the district. Later, the Chief Secretary also inspected the model pond of Modia seatingontopanchayat.Shewasoverwhelmedseetheplatformsbuiltthemodelpond,thearrangementof the people and the lotus flowers blooming in the pond.She also appreciated the innovation mission ‘Prerna’ done by the District Collector and the innovation of setting up libraries at all the block headquarters.

A stampede occurred at the Khatu Shyam Ji temple, in Sikar district of Rajasthan, on Aug 8.

Three killed, six injured as tractor overturns in Dholpur

First India Bureau Dholpur: Three people were killed and six others were injured in Dholpur’s Badi town on Saturday when a tractor they were travelling in lost its control and overturned. Police informed the deceased have been identified as Guddi, 45, her daughter Rasima, 15, and Mohit , 5. “Nearly three dozen people were heading towards Babu Maharaj temple from Nizampur village when the tractor trolley they were travelling in lost its and overturned. The passengers were buried under the tractor due to which, three people were killed on the spot. Six injured were immediately rushed to a local hospital for treatment,” police said. A tractor lost its control and overturned in Dholpur.

MINI BUS RUNS OVER 3 IN SANGANER, 8-YEAR-OLD CRUSHED TO DEATH Jaipur: An 8-year-old boy was crushed to death and two others sustained injuries when an uncontrolled mini bus ran over them in Jaipur’s Sanganer area on Saturday. Police informed the deceased has been identiﬁed as Akshit (8), a resident of Raghunathpur in Sanganer area. “Akshat was playing with Anushka (8) outside his house when a mini bus came and ran over them. The speeding and uncontrolled bus also injured a lady street vendor in the mishap,” police said. Rs 5000 incentive on two-wheelers. Rs 2000 incentive on changing petrol vehicles. Rs 4-10 thousand will be given on 3-wheeler electric vehicles & Rs 30-50 thousand on 4-wheeler’s purchase. Rs 1-5 lakh on purchase of electric buses. In Haryana, a discount of 15 pc or Rs 6 lakh will be given on an electric car which costs between Rs 15 to 40L. There is a 15 pc discount or Rs 3 lakh on hybrid electric cars which cost between Rs 15 to 40 lakh.

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First India Bureau Jaipur: The Transport Department has finalised the Electric Vehicle Policy and gave discounts on purchase of private cars and public transport vehicles. Buyer of electric bus will get an incentive amount up to Rs 5 lakh and SGST will not be levied. Besides, there will be a rebate of Rs 30 to 50 thousand and SGST on the purchase of electric cars. Dumping yards will also be set up for disposing of the battery. Under the policy, a target of 15 pc registration of electric vehicles has been set every year. Of this, a target of 30 percent of the total number of three-wheeler electric vehicles and 50 pc fourwheelers has been set. The dept targets to register 35 lakh electric vehicles in five years. At present, electric vehicles are tax free and an exemption of 2.50% is on SGST. An incentive amount of Rs 5-10 thousand is being given on the purchase of twowheelers and Rs 10-20 thousand on threewheelers. A person buying an electric car costing between Rs 40 to 70 lakh will get a discount of 15 percent or Rs 10 lakh. There is 100% exemption in motor vehicle tax on purchase of electric two-wheelers and three-wheelers.

The traders apprised the villagers about the problems faced by the villagers and traders due to the administrative system. Bhale also talked to the trustee of the committee, Pratap Singh Chauhan.

Usha Sharma interacting with students at government school in Tonk on Saturday.

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A new beginning is being initiated in the state in the form of Rajiv Gandhi Rural Olympic Games. I appeal to all the public representatives including all MPs, MLAs, District Heads, Zila Parishad members, Pradhans, Panchayat Samiti members, Sarpanch, Panchs to make this event a success by rising above political differences.

CM to embark on three-day tour to Jodh from Aug 29 Palace on Wheels to be run on ‘O&M’ Model

RUCKUS BETWEEN RAO’S SON AND DAUGHTER T RS chief Chandrashekhar Rao’s daughter Kavitha Rao seems to be extremely angry with her brother KTR these days, especially when links to the Delhi liquor scam are said to be related to companies owned by her. Talking to some of her close journalist friends, Kavitha recently revealed how she made a complete strategy to bring his father to power. But today, Kavitha said, she has become a victim of internal squabble in family and her brother KTR doesn’t want her to remain in politics. Kavitha suspects that her brother may have a role in getting all documents against her company out and might be behind her defeat in the last L S polls.

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AZAD INTIMATEDALREADYHAD PLANS WHILE MEETING SONIA N early two weeks before saying goodbye to Congress, Ghulam Nabi had met Sonia Gandhi and while expressing his anguish in front of her, he had also disclosed his future strategy. According to Ghulam Nabi- ‘The acceptance of Rahul Gandhi is less in the country and even less among the workers. I have turned 74 years old, I do not wish for anything else. Ghulam Nabi, while sharing his pain with Sonia, further said that he has worked with Indira Gandhi and Rahul is of his son’s age. “The last time I met him along with Anand Sharma and Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Rahul said to his assistant – ‘Get Ghulam Nabi a cup of tea’ Madam, we are people of old culture, we are not used to hearing that. You also address me as Azad Saheb,” heAsaid.reliable source said that after listening to Gulab Nabi, Sonia said- “Rahul is turning 50 and he has given his entire ‘youth’ to the party, he is toiling hard day and night. Removing him at this time may put a ‘Nakara’ tag on him forever, I will not allow this to happen.” It is said that on hearing this, Ghulam Nabi bid farewell to Sonia saying- “Madam, you are thinking only for your son, not for the country and the party.”

TURMOILSITARAM’S C PI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury has been repeatedly accused by his party men that he is more concerned about Congress & the Gandhi family than his own party. At the party meeting held recently, Yechury claimed that now his only goal will be how to create a third front in the 2024 elections. Kerala CM P Vijayan Interrupted and said, “You never get tired of worrying about the Gandhi family and the Congress, but don’t forget that in Kerala, we isparty.withcompetingarethesameTheBJPnowherepetition.Yet

Thakur ji. Mamata, toherexpressingwhilepainSwamy, said, “People think that I am an atheist, but my Thakur ji is my world.” Happy with Mamata’s hospitality, Swamy has returned to Delhi. He has also praised Mamata on Twitter, but isn’t able to decide whether to join TMC or not, because next year, Didi is going to get 3 RS seats.

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J airam Ramesh says that the DNA of GNA (Ghulam Nabi Azad) has become ‘Modimay’. If sources are to be believed, when Ghulam Nabi was in the RS and the LoP, his deep connect with Arun Jaitley, was due to ‘Jammu connection’ of Jaitley’s wife, Dolly. It was Jaitley, who got Azad to meet Modi directly, & that meeting turned into friendship. Modi occasionally invited Azad to meet him, and an intimacy grew between them. This is the reason that when Ghulam Nabi was retiring from the RS, Modi had said in his farewell speech –“We won’t let you sit idle.” The BJP is giving so much importance to Azad only because of the assembly elections slated to take place in Jammu and Kashmir. In the new delimitation, the scope of Jammu has increased and that of Kashmir has decreased. BJP is trying that Ghulam Nabi’s newemergespartyasamajor player in the J& K elections so that it can simultaneously hit Congress, National Conference and Mehbooba’s PDP and this would benefit the BJP indirectly.

Pratap Singh Khachariyawas and Mamata Bhupesh brief the media persons about the cabinet decisions taken during the meet.

...AND FINALLY B JP MP from Delhi Gautam Gambhir has started looking for a new role for himself. He is roaming around his parliamentary constituency these days, asking people, ‘Who do you want to be the next Delhi CM?’ One can hear the crowd saying - ‘Gautam Gambhir.’ The party workers are shocked at this. They don’t even get an appointment to meet Gambhir and what is he asking from the public for himself?

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First India Bureau Karauli: CM Ashok Gehlot during his visit to flood-hit Karauli, said that govt will increase farmers’ income. “For this, everyone will have to pressurise PM,” he Praisingsaid.

Jaipur: Expressing gratitude to CM Ashok Gehlot, RTDC Chairman Dharmendra Rathore said that soon after the Cabinet’s decision to help the Palace on Wheels operate on the ‘O&M,’ model, the luxury train will be back on tracks with new facilities. Rathore further said that the decision will provide impetus to tourism business.

From P1... This decision will ensure transparency, public participation, satisfaction and quality along with accountability in public welfare schemes of the state government.“Theperformance of government departments and other agencies implementing schemes will also be assessed. The benefits of schemes will reach the beneficiaries more easily, conveniently and in a time bound manner,” according to a release. Doctors, engineers, architects, economists, professors, appointmentlieftouristsvideonningrecruitment-2013,LDCingotherofdoneWithcraftstheauthority.keptentertaxtechnologyinformationspecialists,specialistsandoth-expertsfromdiffer-domainswillbeasrequiredintheThecabinetapproved“RajasthanHandi-Policy-2022”.this,workwillbefortheupliftmentartisans.Severalproposalsregard-filling4,000postsofbyresumingLDCrun-palaceonwheelsO&Mmodeltopro-morefacilitiestotravelling,re-incompassionatetothede-

CM Ashok Gehlot conducts an aerial survey of the ﬂood-hit Mandayal village in Karauli district on Saturday. The CM was accompanied by Ministers Ramesh Chand Meena and Govindram Meghwal during his visit.

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First India Bureau Jaipur: CMAshok Gehlot will visit his hometown, Jodhpur, on August 29 and attend some programmes & inaugurate various development works. The district administration is busy preparing for CM’sUponvisit.arrival, the CMwill stay at the Circuit House. He will inaugurate the Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Olympic Games 2022 & will hold a meeting in Pal village. In the evening, he will attend a programme to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the Sumer School. The next day, he will participate in the state-level Van Mahotsav, will inaugurate development works at Umaid Stadium. He will then attend workers’ conference at Hotel Lake View. On August 31, CM Gehlot will conduct a public hearing at Circuit House a& will leave for Jaipur.

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Will act against illegal coaching centres: Dhariwal Mamata BanerjeeGhulam Nabi Azad Shanti Dhariwal REACHES OUT TO FLOOD VICTIMS IN KARAULI

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pendents of martyr by including his Navasa/ Navasi in dependent category were cleared. Also, if the martyr was unmarried, then his brother and sister or their sons and daughters will be considered for appointment

CM Gehlot during his tour to deluge-hit Mandrayal village in Karauli district on Saturday, interacts with ﬂood victims, listens to their concerns and assures them that a survey on damage caused by the natural calamity will soon be conducted in the area.

Abhishek Shrivastava Jaipur: Action will be taken against coaching institutes being run in violation of norms in the city. UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal has approved the proposal of RHB Commissioner Pawan Arora in this regard.Dhariwal directed Principal SecretaryUDH, JDA Commissioner & Secy of LSG Department to conduct the survey without any delay. JDA and both the Municipal Corporations will conduct surveys in the next 7 to 10 days, and will issue notices to such institutions which are causing trouble to people in residential areas and are being run against norms.Arora had apprised the Minister that due to coaching centres on Gopalpura Bypass, Lalkothi, & other areas, the people have to face the problem of parking and traffic. Arora said that two cases related to operation of coaching institutes against rules are under Raj HC’s consideration. He informed that for a permanent solution to this serious problem, RHB has developed the country’s first coaching hub project at Pratapnagar in Jaipur. “The aim is to provide a permanent solution to traffic & parking problem in residential areas. With building 3 blocks in 2nd phase, 100 more coaching complexes will be available,” he said.

RameshaccompaniedwasbyMeena & Govind Meghwal Cong has worked for equality; BJP creating divide in society, says Govind Meghwal

DHARIWAL PLANTS SAPLINGS

AZAD IS UNITING THE OLD LOYALISTSSANJAY G hulam Nabi Azad has sent a 5-page letter to Congress President Sonia Gandhi announcing his resignation from the primary membership. In this letter, he has directly blamed Rahul Gandhi for Congress’s current condition. Interestingly, in this letter, Sanjay Gandhi’s name is mentioned more than that of Rajiv Gandhi. Going by the text of the letter, it seems that old Sanjay loyalists may also find an important place in Ghulam Nabi’s new party. He said that he was influenced by the ideas of Gandhi, Nehru, Patel, Bose and Abul Kalam Azad from student life and took over the chairmanship of J& K Youth Congress in 1975-76 after Sanjay Gandhi asked him for this. Azad has questioned the Congress leadership at a time when the Congress is busy preparing for the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’. Does it indicate that the colour of strings of Azad’s lofty ambitions has turned Saffron?

RTDC CHIEF RATHORE THANKS CM GEHLOT CM Gehlot

Coaching institutes of Jaipur will be preferencegiven& if they don’t come forward, RHB will allot these coachingpropertiesinstitutionaltootherinstitutes outside Jaipur showing interest in project. —Pawan Arora, RHB Commissioner UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal planted saplings at the Central park on Saturday. A total of 300 saplings were planted in the plantation drive led by Dhariwal. 200 saplings planted by Srishti Foundation and 100 saplings were planted by India Development Council. Students of Sanskrit School Sanganer also participated in plantation drive. Mahesh Tiwari, senior horticulturist of JDA, said that Pilkhan saplings were planted during the drive adding that the birds like the fruits of these shady plants. AT CENTRAL PARK

Ramesh Meena, he said that the MLA is committed towards serving people of his constituency. In the public meeting organised at Government Senior Secondary school in Mandrayal, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Ramesh Meena demanded construction of NH from Mahuva to Chambal, PHC in Bhankri, Bharatoon, Bukna.Healso demanded from the CM to reduce the eco-sensitive area limit from 10 km to 1 km.Disaster Management Minister Govind Meghwal said that Congress has worked for equality while BJP is working to create a divide in society by spreading communalism. The minister said that Modi and Amit Shah have sold the establishments of the country and inflation is at itsThepeak.CM inquired about the situation from local people & returned to Jaipur with Govind Meghwal and Ramesh Meena.

The video of women practicing Kabaddi for Rajiv Gandhi Rural Olympic Games at Government Higher Secondary School, Toda, Bamanwas tehsil in Sawai Madhopur district is really enjoyable. The enthusiasm of all the people of the state including children, elderly and the women regarding these games is praiseworthy.

SWAMY MET DIDI’S THAKUR JI R ecently, when Subramanian Swamy reached Kolkata with the desire of RS in his mind, he had an hourlong meeting with Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee there. If sources are to be believed, Didi told Swamy that if he joins his party, the party will give him full respect in return. After this, toofferandsonalmyshowedMamataSwa-herper-templemadehimprayers

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Bohemian style is a fashion style strongly related to hippie fashion, in which natural fabrics, retro patterns, neutrals and warm shades merge with 70s style accents and a flair for statement accessories. City First brings to you some fashionable ideas that are trending in 2022! he Bohemian Style Type is the most casual and carefree of the style types. They mainly stick to earth tones, favouring pieces in deep burgundy and hunter green as well as browns, camel tones, and denim. Never one to shy away from a print, Bohemian fashionistas adore traditional paisley or animal print, particularly when it appears on a top or flowing dress. Long, sweeping shapes are a favourite of bohemian women. They must have plenty of floppy hats, fringe accents, and romantic silk maxi dresses in their closets, as well as willowy large blouses. Boho chic, hippie style, and aesthetic dress are some names for this loose, vibrant clothing trend. Bohemians stand out in a crowd as symbols of a vibrant subculture focused on creativity, poverty, and a disregard for social institutions and customs. They have long flowing hair and rich, albeit threadbare, clothing. Young individuals who wanted to separate themselves from the materialistic lifestyle of previous generations began to be identified with the bohemian look. Even more contemporary counterculture fashions were born from it. By integrating vintage western fashions like prairie skirts and fringed leather jackets, hippies added a nostalgic element to the mix. Although boho chic is frequently embraced in fashion life itself, the desire for personal autonomy, the rejection of contemporary materialistic ideas, the pursuit of utopian goals, and the creation of handcrafted goods continue to be potent countercultures. Boho fashion, or bohemian fashion to give it its full term, has a long history and was frequently used to define an ‘exotic’ sense of clothing worn by artists and writers. It has become a fashion trend that currently includes some of the top gowns and other important pieces for every wardrobe. The hippy movement of the 1960s and 1970s is reflected in boho fashion, which was heavily influenced by Woodstock and the flower power movement. Modern Boho is perfect for what to wear to a concert, combining printcolour,components,handmadeandforalookthatalwaysfeelscarefreeandre-laxed.

Laws: Not As Simple As You Might Think

DO BOYS NOT GET ABUSED? India had pledged to safeguard its children from all types of sexual exploitation and abuse when it ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1992. The first extensive ofTherelawssaid:cateingchildhalfassault.rienceIndianthatsionedaofandfanticide,cernsresultwasofatesearchment-sponsoredgovern-re-studytoevalu-thescopeandformchildabuseinIndiacommissionedasaofgrowingcon-aboutfemalein-childrapes,institutionalabusechildren.Shockingly,government-commis-surveyrevealedmorethan53%ofyoungstersexpe-sexualabuseorWithalmostofthevictimsofsexualabusebe-boys.In2012,Delhiadvo-VrindaGrover“Whyshouldrapebegenderneutral?arenoinstanceswomenrapingmen.”

fter the Nirbhaya Rape case in Delhi, a committee led by Justice Verma, a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, was established in December 2012 to make recommendations for amendments to the Criminal Law that would expedite the legal process and strengthen punishment for those found guilty of sexual assault against women. Justice Leila Seth, a former High Court judge, and Gopal Subramanium, a former Solicitor General of India, were the other members of the Committee.OnJanuary 23, 2013, the Committee submitted its report. It included suggestions for changes to the law pertaining to rape, sexual assault, trafficking, child sexual abuse, victim medical examinations, police, and electoral and educational reforms but the government rejected their recommendations and passed legislation making rape a crime against both sexes, making it genderWhatneutral.followed was a lot of backlash from feminist groups. It is important to note that gender neutrality was not the only reason why there was a backlash, but also because they did not take any of the recommendations from the Committee, including recognising marital rape and keeping the age of consent at 16. Marital rape is still, even in 2022, not recognised by our constitution.Prominent women’s rights advocate Flavia Agnes also voiced concern against the bill, “I oppose the proposal to make rape laws genderneutral.” She also added that women’s groups had also protested against gender-neutral Child Sexual Abuse laws.

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gender-neutral rape laws. They believe that there should be separate laws, instead, where complaints can be filed against women when there is a clear power dynamic, such as hostel wardens, teachtims are likely to be statistically quite small. On the other hand, around 3 million women face sexual violence every year and 99% of those cases are never reported.Thisis the trolley problem. If rape laws are made gender neutral then it will give a course of justice to male rape victims, but will alsoharm female victims by giving more legal avenues to rapists. On the other hand, if the rape laws are gender specific, then they will deny justice to female on male rape victims. And as is the trolley problem, you run over the side with fewer bodies ...... right? Well however you may choose to answer this moral paradox, the in 2018 activists tried to make rape laws gender neutral once again, the centre said that rape laws cannot be gender neutral after ‘consultation with Women’s Groups.This topic is still a matter of debate amongst feminist groups; with the younger and justtheguesandlaws,vourgenerationinter-sectionalisebeinginfa-ofgender-neutralwhiletheolderexperiencedonear-againstit,holdingviewthatIndiaisnotready.

DO MEN NOT GET RAPED BY WOMEN? There is a misconception that men are more likely to be raped by other men. This misconception originates from rape statistics in the USA. In truth, the state’s definition of rape is flawed, it does not consider “made to penetrate” as rape. For male victims, the sex of the perpetrator varied by the type of sexual violenceTheexperienced.MajorityOf Male Rape Victims (93.3%) Reported Only Male Perpetrators.ForThree Of The Other Forms Of Sexual Violence, A Majority Of Male Victims Reported Only Female Perpetrators: Being Made To Penetrate (79.2%), Sexual Coercion (83.6%), And Unwanted Sexual Contact (53.1%). For Non-Contact Unwanted Sexual Experiences, Approximately Half Of Male Victims (49.0%) Reported Only Male Perpetrators And More Perpetrators.ed(37.7%)One-ThirdThanReport-OnlyFemale

5,451,000 men reported being ‘forced to penetrate in their lifetime while 1,581,000 men were ‘penetrated by someone else’, hence around four times more men are made to penetrate than that are penetrated by someone else in the US. If ‘made to penetrate’ is also considered rape, which it is, then the majority of readyisIndianingpremejusticesandsharedever,provedenceingcifictratorincomplaintstimsIntimidatingtocasetratorder-specific,ifthatder-neutralfeministstext.shouldoftremelycountriesandbasedonlysituationdia.victimsfordatahavenately,women.rapedtimsrapemalevic-arebyUnfortu-wenoatallmalerapeinIn-Hencethecanbeassessedonspeculationsanalogies.Theareinex-differentstagesgenderequality,butitgiveussomecon-Anotherreasonwhyopposedgen-rapelawsistheybelievedthatthelawsarenotgen-theperpe-canfileacounter-againstthevictimmisleadthecourt.thevic-intotakingtheirback.Instead,theyarguedfavouroftheperpe-beinggenderspe-andthevictimbe-genderneutral.Thereislittleevi-tosupportordis-thisclaim,how-thisisanopinionbymanylawyersjudges,includingfromtheSu-Court.Hold-theviewthatsocietynotyetfor

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ara Sutaria is one of the most talented and promising actresses in Bollywood. The actress has again turned heads again as she took to her social media handle to share her stunning picture. In the images, the Ek Villain Returns actress can be seen posing sensually in a blue satin dress. Tara blends the raunchy picture with her sultry expressions as she turns temperature in the gorgeous photo. Sharing the photo, the 26-year-old wrote, “Many moons ago but still one of my favourites.” While fans and followers came up with heart and heart-shaped-eye emojis, a social media user commented, “you are looking beautiful.” “Koi ithna khubsurat kaise ho skta,” wrote another fan.

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arhan Akhtar and Shibani Dandekar never fail to set couple goals. They often pose together for pictures which later gets all their fans gushing on them when it makes it to Instagram. Well, currently the couple is having a gala time attending a friend’s wedding in Australia. Every other day the two keep sharing pictures of them enjoying themselves in Australia. Today, Shibani is celebrating her birthday and on this special day, Farhan took to his Instagram handle to share a picture and a lovey-dovey post for his wife on her special day.

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Tara BLUEin I n the picture that Angad Bedi shares, we can see both Neha Dhupia and him looking gorgeous together. It is a monochrome picture wherein Neha seems to have worn a black dress and Angad is wearing a white shirt. He hugs his wife from behind and both of them have bright smiles on their faces. The best part about this picture is the background. We can see Abhishek Bachchan, Maniesh Paul and others dancing in the background. Sharing this picture Angad wrote, “Happy birthday my Juicy luicy...Time to put some loose in that luicy. Come back soon we need to spend your money !!! I love you @nehadhupia.” Neha Dhupia also commented and wrote, “Thank you my love @angadbedi also I must say this image has some epic photobombs.”

unal Rawal and Arpita Mehta are all set to tie the knot. As their wedding festivities have already begun, we saw Bollywood celebrities coming together to be a part of their special occasions. Last night was their pre-wedding bash and a lot of Bollywood celebrities like Malaika Arora, Arjun Kapoor and others graced the event. A lot of pictures and videos from the bash are doing the rounds on social media but the one video that has caught our attention was Janhvi Kapoor grooving to her film Dhadak’s song Zingaat.

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atrina Kaif is one of the most gorgeous actresses in Bollywood and there is no denying this fact. The actress took to her Instagram handle and shared a stunning picture of her making our Saturday even more beautiful. In the pictures, we can see Katrina Kaif sitting on a chair and looking her casual best. She is wearing a white tee and a denim dungaree and has shared a couple of pictures wearing this. With her hair open and minimal makeup, Katrina looks like a perfect beauty in these pictures. In the first picture, she looks away from the camera and is playing with her hair. In the next picture, she looks straight into the camera and in the last she has shut her eyes. Sharing these pictures, she wrote, “Musings”.

As a resource speaker at SSG Pareek PG College, while imbibing the spiritual yoga of Lord Shri Krishna, discussed the importance of the Bhagavad Gita in professional life with the faculty members of the college. Shashwat Vashistha (Assistant Professor, Mass Communication and Journalism, JCERC University and Staff Coordinator, Bhagvad Gita Indology was present as the keynote speaker. The birthday of IAS Dr Niraj Kumar thefriendsin27.Saturday,BikanerCommissionerDivisionalPawan,wasonAugustWishespouredbyfamilyandthroughoutday.

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Shubh Business Icons Awards 2022 will be organised to promote the Business, Tourism and Wedding industry in Rajasthan. In this context, a press conference and poster launch program was organised at Hotel Lord’s Inn located on JLN Marg on Saturday. During this event organiser Rajan Kayastha and Shubh Weddings Magazine director, Aarti Nirvana reviewed the preparations related to the show.

To promote folk culture, dance and music of Raj, Jaipur Ghoomar Mahotsav, one of the biggest and most historical cultural evenings of Pinkcity was organised at Mahaveer Public School Campus, C-Scheme, Jaipur on Saturday. In the evening, more than 3000 women performed various folk dances like Ghoomar, Gair, Kalbelia etc.

Inhale the future, exhale the past!

Rajsamand MP, Diya Kumari was honoured with the ‘Asia One Covid 19 Commitment Award’ by Asia One magazine at the 7th Edition of the Pride of the Nation Series Awards in New Delhi on Saturday. socialoutstandinggivenhasrecognitionThisbeenforthewelfare measures adopted by her in her constituency during the pandemic. The publication stated that despite the numerous challenges during the Covid-19 era leaders rose worked for nobel cause and Rajsamand MP Diya Kumari is one such leader. The ardour to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi on August 31, with echoes of ‘Ganpati Bappa Morya’ grumbling in Jaipur, beautiful Kathak Dance was performed to celebrate the auspicious festival at Moti Doongri, Jaipur on Saturday.

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CITY FIRST he last day of the final week of Mrs Ra jasthan 2022, witnessed a ray of speechesmotivationaland yoga sessions, organised by Fusion Group at Hotel Grand Safari on Satur day. During the seminar Motivational guru, Ar shad Hussain took a spe cial class on motivation and groomed the partici pants. In the same epi sode, Mrs Rajasthan-2021 Himadri Bhatnagar or ganised a yoga session. During the session, she gave a lesson to the top finalists to present them selves well on the stage with enthusiasm. Mrs Rajasthan-2020 Lov leen Dagar, Mrs andHimadrijasthan-2021RaBhatnagarFirstRunnerup-2021 Sapna Singh were pre sent at Crown Reveal Ceremony.Itisnoteworthy to mention that, the grand finale of the prestigious Mrs Ra jasthan-2022 from Fu sion Group will be held on Sunday at 6 pm at Arya Engineering Col lege Auditorium, Ajmer Road. Organisers Yogesh Mishra and Nimisha Mishra told that in this beauty contest, there will be an interesting tough competition among the top finalists for the crown. All the fi nalists will stun the judge’s panellists with their charming ramp walk, attitude and good looks. There will be three sequences during the programme. There will be the first traditional round, second one-piece western and third ball gown round. There will be a crown ceremony. During this, the city’s renowned designer Monica Advani’s Royal Rajwada and Kritika Soin’s gowns will be showcased at George’s Collections. More gown collections will be a spe cial attraction at the event. Organisers Yo gesh Mishra and Nimi sha Mishra further add ed that the judge’s panel lists will include Simran Sharma, Mitali Kaur, Mukesh Mishra, Pooja Agarwal, Arshad Hus sain, Pankaj Ojha and Ajay Singh Meena. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

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MNIT Jaipur Alumni Association celebrated its first Foundation Day on Saturday at Khandelwal Vaish Girls Institute of Technology (KVGIT), Jaipur. The Director of MNIT Dr N.P. Padhi graced the occasion as the Chief Guest of this event. In the closing ceremony of week-long activities held in MNIT, a cultural evening and felicitation programs were also organised. BY MUKESH KIRADOO BY SUNIL SHARMA

The delegation of Organic Farmer Producer Association of India submitted a memorandum to former CM Vasundhararaje Scindia demanding to declare Rajasthan as an organic state on Saturday. Union National President Dr Atul Gupta handed over the memorandum of Mission Organic Rajasthan to her and urged to include this issue in BJP’s election manifesto.

Governor Kalraj Mishra motivated the members of the Blood Donation Drive for their nobel work on Saturday. Hitesh Bhandia, nat’l convener of drive, said that nat’l sponsor of drive, Kailash Kothari, Bhupesh Kothari, North John in-charge Karan Nahata and Terapanth Yuva Parishad Jaipur president Surendra Nahata met Governor for the nobel cause. Along with India, the blood donation camps will also be organized across the globe on September 17.

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During the event

CITY AFIRSTpublic tionferencesentativerepreconfuncwasorgan ised at Jaipur National University and Medical Research on Saturday. The function started with the lighting of the lamp, on this occasion about 250 public repre sentatives from rural areas participated in thisOnfunction.thisoccasion, the Chief Guest, Chancel lor of Jaipur National University, Dr Sandeep Bakshi, while address ing the public repre sentatives said that hard work and faith are the basis of life and consider ing this as the basis, we should do public ser vice. Today, I would like to say to all the people associated with the medical field that how the patients served with true dedication, hard work and faith, regard less of their life, is an example in itself. Ad dressing the public rep resentatives present at the function, he fur ther said that today Jaipur the-artthroughinthefurtherthethetouchedUniversityNationalhasnewheightsinfieldofmedicineinlastsevenyears.Hesaidthattodaypatientsaretreatedpatientsaretreatedthestate-of-medicalfacili ties available at JNU Hospital, which has made it possible to treat any disease here. Dur ing the period when the hospitals were being shut down, it was the JNU hospital that gave treatment to the poor people from far-flung areas and gave them a new life by making them healthy, the public representatives appre ciated this work of JNU Hospital. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in HAPPENING!

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