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Indian Air Force (IAF) Rafale fighter jet carries out a minimum radius turn within an area smaller than a hockey field forming a figure of eight.

(Inset) IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria inspects a guard of honour during the 88th Air Force Day celebrations at Hindon airbase in Ghaziabad on Thursday. —ANI PHOTO

AIR FORCE AWES INDIA

AHH! The excitement, the thrill, and of course the noise. That’s what the people of the country experienced during 88th anniversary celebrations at Hindon Airbase on Thursday. The occasion honours warriors and veterans of Indian Air Force ‘MOTIVATED’ MEDIA REPORTING ON TABLIGHI JAMAAT

Freedom of speech most abused:

SC trashes ‘brazen’ affidavit

 The grandeur and might of the various types of aircraft in the IAF were on full display on Thursday  The newly inducted Rafale fighter jet displayed its ability to carry out sharp turns during the flypast at the IAF base in Ghaziabad on the occasion. The Rafale flew in the ‘Vijay’ formation, flanked by two Jaguars and Mirage 2000 each  IAF chief Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria assured the nation that the Indian Air Force will evolve and be ever ready to safeguard India’s sovereignty and interests in all and any circumstances

TRP bombshell:

Mum cops bust scam involving Republic TV

Issue notification for civic polls in a week: SC to Raj govt The Supreme Court, while refusing to interfere with a plea to extend the dates for Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota municipal corporation elections, on Thursday directed the Rajasthan Election Commission to notify the election programme within one week. The state government’s had filed a plea challenging the Rajasthan HC’s decision to hold the elections to the newly created six municipal corporations of Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota by October 31. P7

The Secretary must tell us what he thinks of the incidents pointed out by the petitioner. We find it extremely evasive.

The affidavit does not make any response on the allegations made by the petitioners on some TV channels spreading hatred —Justice SA Bobde Chief Justice of India

WHAT CENTRE’S AFFIDAVIT SAYS...

The Centre had filed its affidavit on August 7, stating that the spread of Covid-19 among attendees of the Jamaat, attacks on health workers by some sections, etc, were all matters of fact and that “news reports based on facts… cannot be censored”.

The bench rapped Solicitor General Tushar Mehta after a junior official of Information and Broadcasting Ministry filed affidavit.

YOU CAN’T TREAT COURT LIKE THIS: CJI TO CENTRE “You cannot treat the Court how you are treating it. The affidavit is by some junior officer. The affidavit is evasive and says the petitioner shows no instance of bad reporting.

You may not agree, but how you can say there is no instance of bad reporting shown? Secretary of the department must file an affidavit and avoid any unnecessary and nonsensical averments as made now,” said CJI Bobde.

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Mohd Fahad New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up the Centre for its “evasive” and “brazen” affidavit in connection with pleas seeking action against alleged motivated media reporting on the Tablighi Jamaat.

A bench headed by CJI SA Bobde was hearing a clutch of petitions filed by Jamiat Ulama-iHind and others seeking action against media organisation allegedly giving communal colour to the Covid-19 outbreak at the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi’s Nizamuddin.

The bench rapped Solicitor General Tushar Mehta after a junior official at the Information and Broadcasting Ministry filed the affidavit which contained “unnecessary” and “nonsensical” averments with regard to media reporting on the issue.

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Mumbai: The Mumbai police on Thursday claimed to have busted a ‘major racket’ which was “fraudulently involved in manipulating Television Ratings Points (TRP)” of TV channels, including Republic TV. Four persons have been arrested in the case.

Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh said so far, three channels including Republic, Fakt Marathi, and Box Cinema were found to be indulging in such malpractices.

Singh said that barometers to measure TRP’s are kept at several undisclosed houses across the country, based on which the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) measures TRPs of channels.

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nion Minister for Food and Public Distribution and Lok Janshakti Party leader Ram Vilas Paswan passed away this evening. He was 74.

Paswan underwent heart surgery last week and was due to undergo another one in a few days, his son Chirag had told the media. The Union Minister was in a critical condition with multiple organ complications.

A Dalit leader from Bihar, Paswan served in many cabinets.

Narendra Modi @ narendramodi I am saddened beyond words. There is a void in our nation that will perhaps never be filled. Shri Ram Vilas Paswan Ji’s demise is a personal loss. I have lost a friend, valued colleague and someone who was extremely passionate to ensure every poor person leads a life of dignity.

Amit Shah @AmitShah The mind is extremely disturbed by the demise of Ram Vilas Paswan ji, who was always fighting for the welfare and rights of the poor and the deprived. In his political life, he always kept national interest and public welfare as paramount.

His death has created a void in Indian politics.

Nitish Kumar @NitishKumar I am personally saddened by the death of popular politician Ram Vilas Paswan ji. His death is an irreparable loss to Indian politics. May his soul rest in peace.

Ashok Gehlot @ashokgehlot51 My heartfelt condolences at the passing away of Union Minister & founder of Lok Janshakti Party, Ram Vilas Paswan ji.

May God give strength to his family members & supporters to bear this loss. May his soul rest in peace.

Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi The news of untimely demise of Ram Vilas Paswan ji is sad. The poor-downtrodden lost a strong political voice today. My condolences to his family.

Big industrial push: Govt policies creating favourable environment for investment in the state: CM Gehlot Naresh Sharma Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has said that the landscape of Rajasthan is changing as new policies and reforms brought by the state government have created an environment conducive to investment in the state, as well as creating confidence among investors. “Employment opportunities will be created by setting up new enterprises and new di-

mensions of development will be established,” Gehlot said while addressing the foundation stone laying of 17 industrial areas of RIICO and dedication to public of 6 industrial areas through VC from Chief Minister’s residence on Thursday.

“There is a possibility of investment of Rs 4 thousand 22 crore in the state due to the development of these areas,” Gehlot observed and

RAHUL UNCERTAIN TO VISIT RAJ! Aditi Nagar

CM Ashok Gehlot along with Parsadi Lal Meena, Sanyam Lodha and Kuldeep Ranka during the launch of RIICO brochure.

hoped that by simultaneously developing 23 industrial areas, investors would be attracted to invest in the desert state.

The Chief Minister

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New Delhi: According to latest input, on Rahul’s proposed Rajasthan visit to hold a farmers’ rally, now it looks like a remote possibility.

Earlier, on Gehlot’s invitation, Rahul had reportedly given his ‘in-principal’ consent but now looking to his other engagements in New Delhi, there is no certainty of his Rajasthan visit and therefore now Rahul will not be the chief guest at Congress’s Kissan Sammelan at Birla Auditorium on 10th October.

GLUCK WINS NOBEL FOR LITERATURE

The Nobel Prize for literature has been awarded to American poet Louise Glück “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal.” The prize was announced Thursday in Stockholm

by Mats Malm, the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy. CM Ashok Gehlot tweeted to congratulate her.

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Father of 2, held for raping minor

Accused Gangaram Bheel, 25-year resident of Jaisalmer, was labourer in farm belonging to victim’s family

After 25 days, victim reports a case of rape and blackmail

‘State govt should take action against accused’

Satish Poonia paid floral tributes to Jaswant Singh Jasol.

‘Instead of nabbing criminals, govt targeting media’

First India Bureau

Sangeeta Beniwal met the victim and her family in Barmer district hospital on Thursday.

Durgsingh Rajpurohit Barmer: The Barmer police arrested an accused of raping a 14-year-old girl in Shiv area of the district within 12-hour of the incident on Wednesday late night. The accused identified as Gangaram Bheel, 25-year-old resident of Jaisalmer district, was a labourer in the farm belonging to the victim’s family.

He has two children and lives in the vicinity with his family. The incident gained prominence in the backdrop of uproar over Hathras gang rape. The victim alleged that the accused

VICTIM CLAIMS

and his accomplice forcibly took her away when she was alone at home on Tuesday as her parents had gone to vote in panchayat elections.

Bheel is accused of raping her while his accomplice shot the video of the incident on his mobile phone. The victim is admitted at Barmer government hospi-

Mining dept team officials attacked in Kishangarh subdiv

Shubham Jain Ajmer: A team of the mining department was assaulted on Wednesday night when the officials went to take action against illegal mining in Kishangarh subdivision of Ajmer district. The team was surrounded and stones were pelted on them when the officials stopped a dumper carrying gravel.

All the team members including junior engineer were injured in stone pelting and

they had to run to save their lives. The drove away the dumper and fled from the spot. The police from Gandhinagar police station reached the spot on the information and the injured were taken to Yagyanarayana government hospital.

On the report of JEN, police registered a case against the attackers and started investigation. The mining department’s team became active after the media news about illegal mining in the area.

tal where Rajasthan State Commission for Protection of Child Rights chairperson Sangeeta Beniwal and BJP leaders visited her on Thursday.

According to the police, the medical report has ruled out any injuries to the victim and the swab samples have been sent to the forensic science laboratory for further testing.

SP Anand Sharma said that investigation so far has revealed that there was only one accused and victim’s statement under 164 of the CrPC would be recorded before a magistrate.

Shekhawat lauds Centre’s steps for the eco reforms First India Bureau Jodhpur: Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat met BJP workers at Circuit House during his stay in Jodhpur. Talking to reporters, he attacked the state government fiercely, and at the same time, appreciated the steps taken by the central government for economic reforms. Referring to various incidents, Shekhawat said that instead of catching the culprits, the state government is engaged in fulfilling its political ambitions.

Shekhawat appreciated the steps taken by the Central Government to provide financial relief to entrepreneurs, small entrepreneurs and people during the Corona period. He said that the decisions taken by central government have been adopted by governments of world.

Shekhawat claimed BJP’s board in both municipal corporations of Jodhpur.

Ajmer: A case of rape and blackmail has been reported in Kishangarh area of Ajmer district.

The victim has alleged that the accused rape her around 20-25 days ago and took objectionable photos for blackmailing her later.

The victim told the police that the accused called her again and when she refused, he sent a pornographic photo of the girl to her father on WhatsApp. The father and daughter duo filed a police complaint against the accused. Acting on the report, the Kishangarh police station team arrested the accused within a few hours. The police report mentioned that the accused identified as Rajendra lured victim to his house few days back. He raped victim in house.

Satish Poonia addressing media after meeting rape victim and her family in Barmer district hospital on Thursday.

First India Bureau Barmer: The Rajasthan State Commission for Protection of Child Rights chairperson Sangeeta Beniwal was perturbed over admission of the 14-year-old rape victim in the general ward of the Barmer district hospital among other patients.

Beniwal, who met the victim and her family on Thursday in Shiv area, said she would send a report to CMO in this regard and write against the careless officials. She also inquired about the case from the

police officials.

Beniwal met Principal Medical Officer Dr. BL Mansuria and assured the family of strict action against the accused. State revenue minister Harish Chaudhary said “Women do not tolerate atrocities”.

Chaudhary said, that they were in constant touch with the authorities in this case. BJP state president Satish Poonia also met the rape victim, he said, “I urge the government to provide financial and judicial support to victim and take prompt action against accused”.

First India Bureau Bhilwara: PCC chief Govind Singh Dotasra said that the state government is serious on the issues of unemployed youths and therefore the preparations of recruitment on 31000 posts has been completed.

Dotasra, who is also the education minister, said that employment to 31000 candidates will be given through REET. Dotasra said that despite the recommendation of a committee for changing school uniforms, the state govern-

Govind S Dotasra alongwith Rampal Sharma, Mahesh Soni and Chetan Didwania expressed condolences to the late MLA Kailash Trivedi’s brother Rajendra Trivedi in his native village Raipur.

ment does not want to put burden on people.

Talking to reporters in circuit house of Bhilwara, the minister said that no culprit of the Barmer rape case

will be spared. He said that police took prompt action in the case which, he alleged, was being politicised by the opposition BJP. Dotasra was in

Call saves crores from a bank Ramesh Sikar: A regular phone call of the bank manager saved about Rs 1.5 crore cash and about 20 kg gold in a branch of Canara Bank in the Ricco area on SikarJaipur Road of the district and landed the accused in the police net.

An armed robber entered the bank branch and took the staff hos-

Canara Bank, Sikar

tage at gunpoint on Thursday. The accused identified as Kishore Kumar Saini, a resident of Maruti Nagar Cir-

cuit House, locked all the bank employees in a room and went to the manager’s room.

He asked the bank manager Suman to lie on the ground. According to the police, the manager was on a call with her relative who heard everything and informed the police at Udyog Nagar police station about suspicious activities in the bank.

Suryaveer Singh Tanwar Jaisalmer: As the nation hailed the air power on the 88th IAF Day on Thursday, a fighter plane from the 1971 war kept lying unattended in a corner of the local government museum in want of maintenance.

The Indian Air Force had destroyed 36 Pakistani tanks using the Hunter Marut fighter aircraft at Longewala during the 1971 Indo-Pak war. The air force had

Fighter aircraft Hunter Marut of Longewala fame placed in a corner of the Jaisalmer government museum.

around 15 years ago gifted the plane to the district administration that placed it at the famous

Hanuman Chauraha for public display but later shifted to a corner of the museum, where visitors

Bhilwara to pay tributes to Kailash Trivedi, who was Sahara MLA and passed away due to chest infection in a Gurgaon hospital recently.

When asked about

the FIR lodged against journalists in Jaipur, the minister said that the Gehlot government has always worked in the interests of journalists and no injustice will be done with any journalist in the state.

In respect of the civic body elections, he said that Congress is doing well while BJP is divided in fractions and their MLAs give contradictory statements.

Dotasra halted briefly at the Bhilwara Circuit House before departing to Trivedi’s native village Raipur to pay condolences.

CM and other Cong leaders pay homage to Pt Nawal Kishore

Mahesh Joshi, Ashk Ali Tak, Sushil Sharma, Giriraj Garg and others paid floral tributes to Former Chairman of PCC Nawal Kishore Sharma on his death anniversary at PCC Bhawan.

Indian Air Force warrior in a shambles even today 15 years ago, IAF gifted plane to administration it placed at ‘Hanuman Chauraha’, later shifted to a corner display, where visitors rarely reach

Jodhpur: State president Satish Poonia was on a day-long visit to Jodhpur on Thursday. He paid tribute to former Union Minister Jaswant Singh Jasol at his residence. He met Singh’s son and former MP Manvendra Singh and consoled him. BJP state vicepresident KK Bishnoi, Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, BJP city district president Devendra Joshi and local organization officials were present along with Poonia.

Satish Poonia told reporters, “More than 4 lakh 35,000 cases have been registered in the last 20 months, out of which 11,000 cases are related to the oppression of Dalits and women.” Instead of nabbing criminals, the government is targeting media personnel.

He accused the state government of adopting a repressive policy. The government was shying away from the truth which is why the BJP had to protest on the streets even during the transition period of Corona, he stated.

‘Prep for recruitment on 31k posts completed’

CELEBRATING 88TH IAF DAY

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rarely reach. Contribution of the fighter jet in the Longewala battle can be recalled through the scenes of Border movie, which was based on the battle. The fighter jet destroyed the Pakistani tanks with the break of dawn.

The condition of the war hero plane is getting poorer in the absence of proper maintenance and the possibility of its parts being stolen cannot be ruled out. Col (retd) Bhoj Raj Singh, district

sainik welfare officer, said the war piece and its surrounding area in shambles. “It should be maintained and cared for as a heritage piece. I shall apprise Sainik board chairman of this and ask for some way out to give it a heritage look,” Singh said.During the 1971 Indo-Pakistani war, Pakistani Army came with 59 tanks at night and was confronted by Lance Naik Bhairon Singh of BSF at the Longewala post.

Yogesh Sharma Jaipur: Congress leaders on Thursday paid homage to former union minister and former PCC president Pandit Nawal Kishore Sharma at the PCC office here.

Chief whip Mahesh Joshi, former MP Ashk Ali Tak and other leaders including Rupesh Kant Vyas, Satyendra Bhardwaj and others offered floral tributes to Sharma.

CM Ashok Gehlot,

Govind S Dotasra, Sachin Pilot, Raghu Sharma and other leaders remembered Sharma for his contribution to politics and social welfare and offered tributes on social media.

“My humble tributes to veteran Congress leader & former President #Rajasthan PCC Pt. Nawal Kishore Sharma ji on his death anniversary,” Gehlot tweeted. Pilot said, he held several posts including Gujarat Governor and others.

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15 more deaths, 2,138 new Corona cases in Raj First India Bureau

Jaipur: 15 deaths and 2,138 coronavirus cases were reported in Rajasthan on Thursday, taking the total number of deaths and positive cases to 1,605 and 1,52,605 respectively.

Two deaths were reported from Hanumangarh and Jaipur each; whereas, Ajmer, Bikaner, Jalore, Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Pali, Pratapgarh, Sawaimadhopur, Sikar, Sirhori and Udaipur reported one death each, according to an official report of the department of health.

Maximum of 423 fresh positive cases were reported from Jaipur, followed by

Jodhpur where 387 persons tested positive for COVID-19 infection.

Other cases were reported from Ajmer (94), Alwar (122), Banswara (12), Baran (15), Barmer

(10), Bharatpur (19), Bhilwara (125), Bikaner (279), Bundi (7), Chittorgarh (16), Churu (39), Dholpur (24), Dungarpur (25), Ganganagar (56), Hanumangarh (17),

Jaisalmer (8), Jalore (21), Jhalawar (17), Jhunjhunu (35), Kota (73), Nagaur (18), Sirohi (5), Tonk (16) and Udaipur (123).

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No, Mask No Entry’ @ In remembrance of former Collectorate Union Min Jaswant Singh First India Bureau Jaipur: People without a face mask, will not be given entry to Jaipur Collectorate, where the ‘No Mask No Entry’ campaign has started.Guards have been deployed at all the four gates of the Collectorate to stop people without masks from entering the premises.

Jaipur Collector, Antar Singh Nehra launched the campaign by placing a poster on all entrance gates. He said that breaking the chain of infection and keeping people safe from corona infection is the objective of the awareness campaign launched by the state government.

Sachin Pilot pays floral tributes to Union Minister Late Jaswant Singh at Jodhpur on Thursday.

CM Gehlot launches new Covid +ve Corona testing reports refrained from delivered via messages system for effective monitoring of Covid-19 boarding flight First India Bureau Jaipur: The Depart- tant Director Vigilance at Jodhpur Jaipur: The reports of ment of Local Bodies (DLB) has implemented a new system for effective monitoring of the mass movement launched by CM Ashok Gehlot against Corona.

In this campaign, 1 crore (10 million) face masks will be distributed across the state.

To make the movement successful and its efficient implementation, the DLB has entrusted division-wise responsibility to the officers of the Directorate.

Additional Director Praveen Kumar will handle Jaipur, Assis-

Raksha Pareek - Ajmer, Chief Engineer Bhupendra Mathur - Kota, Chief Engineer Electricity Mahendra Kumar Bairwa - Udaipur, Senior Joint Law Consultant Sanjay Mathur - Jodhpur, Project Director Suresh Chand Gupta - Bharatpur & Additional Chief Engineer water supply Lalit Karol will look after Bikaner division respectively. These officers will monitor the work in their respective divisions & submit reports to the Director of Local Bodies.

Jodhpur: A corona positive patient entered Jodhpur airport, but was stopped before boarding the Bengaluru bound flight.

The infected man entered the flight but, on information by district administration, he was traced by the airport administration before he could board the flight. A rapid response team of the medical department reached the airport with police and shifted him to a Covid Care Centre in Boranada in an ambulance.

Dungarpur violence: Properties worth ` 6.60 Crore damaged Puneet Chaturvedi Jaipur: Properties worth Rs. 6.60 crore were damaged in recent violence in Dungarpur, where the candidates of teachers’ recruitment 2018 blocked a highway and indulged in violence.

District administration has forwarded a survey report with estimated loss of Rs. 6.60 crore to properties during the violence.

After 18 days of sit in, the candidates turned violent on September 24 and blocked Udaipur-

Ahmedabad Highway and damaged several properties.

After the law and order situation in the area normalised, a team of PWD, transport and revenue departments conducted a survey of moveable and immovable properties and esti-

mated a loss of Rs 6.60 crore.

Damage to vehicles, properties were included in the survey. Vehicles worth Rs. 1.62 crore and properties worth Rs. 4.98 crore were damaged in the violence.

The protesters vandalised hotel Atithi palace, Neelgagan hotel, a liquor shop, hotel Reeti Riwaz, Vaishnavi petrol pump, hotel green land and a reliance petrol pump.

Hotel Atithi palace suffered maximum damage and loss of Rs. 2.37 crore.

corona testing are now being delivered through messages.

In the last 20 days, nearly 5.5 lakh people have been forwarded the report through messages in the state.

The centre had created RTPCR app for online monitoring of corona but the option for online report was not functional for long time.

After this, the state medical and health department launched Rajasthan COVID-19 portal and started its trial run from 16 September which has delivered en-

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat pays tributes to the former Union Minister, Jaswant Singh.

couraging results.

Now, people are getting reports through messages on their mobile phone through the online system and people need to go anywhere for their test reports.

Along with the RTPCR app, the data of patients is being uploaded on the Rajasthan COVID-19 portal and through the portal, a message of the report is sent to the concerned person automatically.

Kalraj Mishra@KalrajMishra Received the sad news of the sudden demise of Union Minister Shri Ram Vilas Paswan. He will always be remembered for his social and public welfare works. May his soul rest in peace and may God provide strength to the bereaved family to bear this loss. Om Shanti Vasundhara Raje@VasundharaBJP I am hurt by the demise of LJP leader and Union Minister Shri #RamVilasPaswan ji. In his political career spanning 32 years, he served the nation as a true public leader. His death is an irreparable loss to the country. May his soul rest in peace and may God provide strength to the bereaved family. Om Shanti!

Sachin Pilot@SachinPilot I am extremely saddened to learn about the demise of political stalwart Shri Ram Vilas Paswan ji. His contribution towards the upliftment of the downtrodden will always be remembered. May his soul find eternal peace.

My condolences to his family and followers.

Om Shanti

MSMEs need to be strengthened: Guv First India Bureau Bikaner: Bikaner Technical University’s “Self-reliant India Week” was inaugurated by the Governor, Kalraj Mishra. Highlighting the slogan for the local goods, he said that the country can be elevated as a super power only by strengthening the micro, small and medium scale industries and by making them selfsufficient. VK Jatley, CEO, DCM Shriram Industries and NK Jain Chairman Rajasthan Employers’ Association were also invited for the

inaugural function.

The topic related to making agriculture self-reliant was discussed in the second day of the programme.

During this, former Chief General Manag-

er of NABARD Arjunrathanu and Dr Ramesh Mital, Director of National Institute of Agri Business, joined as experts. The Vice- Chancellor of Bikaner Technological

University, Prof HD Charan told that the teachers and students will have to join the mission of self-reliance in India and work on solving the problems of the society around them so that both the students and the society become self-reliant.

Experts inspired the students to transform traditional knowledge and local intelligence with technology to contribute to a self-reliant India. Governor Kalraj Mishra on Thursday greeted the country on Air Force Day.

Polls for 14 posts held @ Pink City Press Club, results to be out today First India Bureau Jaipur: The elections on 14 various posts at Pink City Press Club, took place on Thursday and the result will be announced on Friday.

565 out of 913 mem-

bers voted for 14 posts from 8 am to 6 pm as per the corona guidelines, including wearing facemasks, maintaining social distancing etc.

The Counting of votes will begin at 8 am on Friday.

ONGC to discover oil in Bikaner, gets land from Petroleum Ministry Nirmal Tiwari Bikaner: ONGC will explore oil and natural gas in an area of 2,118.83 sq km in Bikaner district of Rajasthan for which the company has been allocated a block recently for three years.

Additional Chief Secretary, Mines and Petroleum, Subodh Agarwal informed that license has been issued on the recommendation of the Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. He informed that ONGC will invest about Rs 74 crores in phased

manner on the discovery of crude oil and natural gas in this area, which will provide direct employment to 150 to 200 people and indirect employment to 500 to 700 people.

The officer informed that the state will get revenue at the rate of 12.5 percent on the production of crude oil and 10 percent on the production of natural gas.

He said that ONGC is already exploring and mining in the Jaisalmer Basin.

Agarwal held a review meeting with

Govt to merge Tilam Sangh with RAJFED

AVINASH PANDE @avinashpandeinc Greetings to all the Air Warriors, Veterans & their families on the occasion of 88th #AirForceDay @IAF_MCC

Mukesh Meena has already been elected unopposed to the post of President While the result of polling on posts of vice- president, general secretary, treasurer and executive will be declared on Friday.

Jaipur: The Rajasthan government will start the process of merging ‘Tilam Sangh’ into the Rajasthan State Co-Operative Marketing Federation Ltd (RAJFED) to strengthen the cooperative structure in the state.

Cooperative Minister Udai Lal Anjana said that Tilam Sangh is currently in a loss of about Rs 167 crores and has liabilities of about Rs 151 crores and the step is being taken towards strengthening the cooperative structure, a re-

lease said.

Anjana said that before 1991, ‘Tilam Sangh’ was part of RAJFED , but on the terms of the World Bank, it was separated. He said that three production plants of the Tilam Sangh in Kota, Sriganganagar and Fatehnagar are closed and the machinery s is also outdated.

“The merger of Tilam Sangh into the RAJFED would also benefit the RAJFED and the vacant posts of officers and employees would also be filled.

ONGC officials at the Secretariat and discussed the matters related with exploration and production on Thursday.

ONGC Group General Manager Rajat Basu said that ONGC has been engaged in exploration work in Rajasthan for the last 65 years and working on 5 mining leases.

He said that ONGC has excavated 87 wells in Jaisalmer, of which 32 wells have gas. Currently, the production work is interrupted due to technical reasons.

Tripura girl to appear in HC on Nov 3 Jaipur: Rajasthan High Court has directed the state government to recover a girl of Tripura, who is fearing honour killing, in three weeks.

The court instructed the government to produce the girl on November 3.

The order was passed by the division bench of justice Prakash Gupta and justice Mahendra Goyal on petition by a Kota resident Rupesh Chetia.

The girl from Tripura has written a letter to the Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court fearing honor killing.

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RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH UNDER SC SCRUTINY

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entre’s undeclared protection to some of its favourite channels dishing out fake news and irresponsible reporting of some events has invited the Supreme Court’s annoyance. The manner in which some news channels spread hatred with their fake stories about Muslims being super spreaders of Covid-19 after the Tablighi Jamaat incident in Delhi and the Centre’s response has not gone down well with the apex court.

A bench comprising Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, Justice AS Bopanna and Justice V. Ramasubramanian upbraided the Centre for its affidavit denying any instance of “bad reporting” with regard to the communalization of Tablighi Jamaat which held a congregation at its Nizamuddin markaz in Delhi in March. The mosque had become a Covid hotspot and members of the Tabligh were hounded all over the country. Some news channels persistently telecast anti-Muslim propaganda which led to the detention of foreigners who had been allowed valid visas to participate in the congregation while the government winked at the channels’ fake content.

A similar stand was taken by the Centre when a pro-BJP channel began airing its malicious “UPSC Jihad” programme against Muslims qualifying the civil services. The programme was put on hold after the matter was brought to the Supreme Court’s attention.

In the Tablighi case, the Chief Justice warned the Centre against treating the court lightly for its “brazen and evasive” reply. “How can you say there is no instance of bad reporting in the petition,” the Bench asked as it pointed out that freedom of speech was “one of the most abused right”.

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BENGAL KEEPS UP ITS TRADITION OF VIOLENCE

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ith elections approaching, West Bengal is witnessing a return to its politics of agitation and violence. Earlier, the protests were by the CPI-M against the Congress, then Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Congress against the CPI-M and now it is the TMC which is bearing the brunt of agitation politics mainly by the BJP but also the CPI-M and the Congress. Mamata Banerjee drove out Tata’s small car project from Singur alleging an unfair deal to farmers whose land was acquired for the project.

On Thursday, the BJP planned a march to the state secretariat, more to demonstrate its strength than to protest against the deteriorating law and order, inept handling of the pandemic, and other issues. As more such protests are planned, the Mamata government has closed down the secretariat for two days for sanitization.

With the newly appointed BJP Yuva Morcha president Tejasvi Surya present at the protest venue along with senior party leaders Kailash Vijayvargiya and Mukul Roy, the protesters allegedly hurled bricks and bombs at the police who lobbed teargas shells and used water cannon to disperse the mob. The clash left several injured. The BJP is unlikely to release the pressure on the TMC government and more such protests are likely in the future. They have been protesting ever since losing out to Mamata in the assembly election. In 2017 also they had turned Kolkata into a war zone and the violence had leftover 70 injured.

The idea is to grab eyeballs and headlines for a sustained impact before West Bengal goes to the polls.

Masculinity norms can govern the way men seek help.

They can govern the kinds of disclosures men make when they are feeling distressed or they are exposed to stressful events.

– there are described as the rules of masculinity and may include specific ways men are told they should act – you know, be tough, stay in control, be a provider, etc

he societal expectations and traditional gender roles play a big part in why men do not talk about their mental health. This factor is a damaging stigma around mental health problems in men.

The notion of ‘manliness’ and the burden of toxic masculinity, where a man is supposed to be tough and in control, for that reason asking for help or reaching out when faced with emotional difficulties can mean it is seen as a weakness. If men feel pressure to appear strong, this can stop them from opening up about their mental health issues.

This can both cause and aggravate mental health problems.

Masculinity norms can govern the way men seek help. They can govern the kinds of disclosures men make when they are feeling distressed or they are exposed to stressful events. – there are described as the rules of masculinity and may include specific ways men are told they should act – you know, be tough, stay in control, be a provider, etc. When men adhere rigidly to the kinds of norms that encourage them to not share their emotions, to be sort of relentlessly selfreliant without seeking the help or support of others, they can have poorer mental health outcomes, particularly more depressive symptomatology because doing so cuts them off I think from the social networks and social supports that might help them get through a difficult time.

Hence, males who endorse more traditional norms (such as self-reliance i.e. prefer to solve problems themselves and not to ask others for help and the importance of emotional control) maybe less willing to discuss their health concerns. In relation to mental health, it may be the case that men with mental health problems experience considerable shame and stigma and thus feel like they are not able to openly discuss their

problems with mental health care professionals.

However, this does not mean that men are invulnerable to mental illnesses. Depression, anxiety, eating disorders, stress, and low selfesteem, as well as conditions such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, are all experienced by men too and are significantly more at risk of attempting suicide than women. Men and women can develop most of the same mental disorders and conditions but may experience different symptoms. Some symptoms include:

THE OFFENSIVE IMAGE OF A MAN BEING A “SISSY” OR “FEMININE” IF THEY ARE EMOTIONAL OR TALK ABOUT THEIR FEELINGS CAN BE SERIOUSLY DEVASTATING AND FURTHER DISCOURAGES MANY MEN FROM EXPRESSING THEMSELVES EMOTIONALLY DUE TO THEIR FEAR OF BEING JUDGED

z Anger, irritability, or

aggressiveness

z Visible changes in mood,

energy level, or appetite

z Increased or reduced sleep

patterns

z Issues with concentration or

feeling restless

z Increased levels of worry or

stress

z Misuse of alcohol and/or drugs z Prolonged periods of sadness

or hopelessness

z Suicidal thoughts z Engaging in high-risk activities z Aches, headaches, digestive

problems without a clear medical cause z Impairment in social, occupational, and other important areas of functioning.

The offensive image of a man being a “sissy” or “femi-

nine” if they are emotional or talk about their feelings can be seriously devastating and further discourages many men from expressing themselves emotionally due to their fear of being judged.

Suppressing emotions and masking distress, are often start early in life and have been linked to less willingness by boys and men to seek help which results in more risk-taking and aggression — possibly harming themselves and those with whom they interact.

The pressure of being overambitious for a man and dangerously affect their mental health to the point where stress leads to a number of mental issues such as anxiety and depression.

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ith the COVID-19 pandemic reinforcing concerns about economic inequality, left-behind communities, discrimination, and climate change, there is increasing pressure on corporations to do more than sell a good widget at an affordable price. Responding to the changing public mood, the US Business Roundtable declared last year that, “Each of our stakeholders is essential. We commit to deliver value to all of them, for the future success of our companies, our communities, and our country.”

But this way of framing the issue is unhelpful. A corporation’s stated objectives should help guide its choices. If all stakeholders are essential, then none are. In an attempt to please everyone,

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the Business Roundtable will probably end up pleasing no one. Recent evidence even suggests that the corporations that signed on to the group’s “stakeholder capitalism” statement have been more likely to lay off workers in response to the pandemic, and less likely to donate to relief efforts.

Nevertheless, is the shareholder-centric view propounded by Nobel laureate economist Milton Friedman wrong? Friedman’s rationale was that because managers are employed by shareholders, their duty is to maximize profits – and thus the share price – over time.

While this approach was widely embraced by corporate executives in the United States and the United Kingdom over the past 50 years, its basic logic was misunderstood.

To many observers, the idea that businesses should favor millionaire investors at the expense of long-term workers is appalling.2 Yet there is a deeper argument for Friedman’s view, based on the recognition that managers will not necessarily squeeze everyone else to favor shareholders.

Because shareholders get whatev-

er is left over after debt holders are paid their interest and workers their wages, management can maximize shareholders’ “residual claim” only if it expands the size of the corporate pie relative to these prior fixed claims on it. To the extent that management must satisfy everyone else before looking to shareholder interests, it already does maxi-

mize value for all those who contribute to the firm.

True, some would counter that the imperative to boost quarterly profits leads to cost cutting in areas like worker training.

But if companies want to maximize their shares’ value over the long term, they will train workers where needed, encourage sustainable practices from their suppliers when it reduces costs, and foster lasting relationships with customers instead of ripping them off. Put another way, even if CEOs do focus primarily on share prices, that doesn’t mean the stock market only rewards actions that boost this quarter’s earnings. Amazon showed little profit for years, but is thriving now precisely because it invested so much in its business.1

Moreover, when quarterly results do affect share prices, it is often because the short term has been interpreted as a credible reflection of the long term. By the same token, instead of trying to boost short-term profits by sacrificing the long term, corporate managers would do better to explain their strategy and encourage investor patience.

And if market analysts do not buy their argument, perhaps they have a point, and new management may be in order. It is up to good corporate boards to decide, without being swayed by meaningless short-term results. They can certainly encourage managers to take a longerterm view. Vacuous statements about serving all stakeholders need never be issued.

The stereotypes that men should struggle for ultimate financial victory and work around-theclock to get it is completely brutal for their well-being and regrettably, high rates of mental health issues come from middleaged working men, who have been overworked for most of their lives.

There are a number of solutions to challenge and shatter the beliefs of toxic masculinity factor in to break mental health stigmas for men.

Firstly, the obstacle that is created for venting emotional needs to be smashed straightaway. The best way to do this is to become the change-maker by expressing yourself and how you feel in your friend groups and circles. Crying should never be assigned to a gender, that is an outstandingly false notion. We must also bring vulnerability, as a basic principle of emotional strength, into the structure of masculinity. In fact, it is progressive for men to see each other’s resilience, as it will sanction them to relieve stress and negative feelings, rather than accumulating them up. It is also crucial to motivate them to share their feelings and emotions with you, and when they do, provide the moral support that they need instead of patronizing them.

THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL

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TWEET Jagat Prakash Nadda @JPNadda BJP’s struggle to save the rich glory of Bengal will continue. We stand with the people of Bengal despite the brazen misuse of state power

by Mamata didi. Our brave @BJYM karyakartas compelled her to close the Secretariat. This is an admission that she has lost public confidence.

KC Venugopal @kcvenugopalmp The real conspirators in the Hathras horror are none other than Yogi & the BJP. From hiding & twisting the facts of the case & lying under oath to the Supreme Court to now imposing UAPA on media personnel, they have gone to great lengths to shield the culprits & strangle justice.

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Like someone pointing to treasure is the wise person who sees your faults and points them out. Associate with such a sage. —Buddha

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accused AMIT SHAH SHARES PM MODI’S 3 Hathras allege they were ‘MANTRAS’ FOR COVID CAUTION framed, urge probe New Delhi: As Covid-19 tally went past the 68 lakh-mark in the country, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday shared Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s three ‘mantras’ for precaution and safety.

Taking to Twitter to share his thoughts, the Minister urged people to “wear a mask, keep two yards distance and wash hands frequently” as advised by the Prime Minister earlier in the day.

Terming Modi’s call as a safety ‘mantra’, Shah stressed the need to follow the Covid message delivered by him at a time when India’s Covid-19 tally has reached 68,35,655 and 1,05,526 fatalities have occurred on Thursday with a fresh spike of 78,524 cases in the last 24 hours.

“Only three mantras for safety against Corona: wear a mask, keep a two-yard distance and wash hands frequently. My appeal to all is to consider this call of @narendramodi

22 states/UTs report positivity rate less than national average: Ministry

Amit Shah

Let us Unite to fight Corona! Let us always remember: Wear a mask, wash hands, follow social distancing, practice ‘Do Gaj Ki Doori’. Together, we will succeed and together, we will win against COVID-19.

—Narendra Modi, Prime Minister ji as a safety mantra to not only protect yourself but also your family, friends and colleagues,” Shah tweeted in Hindi.

Earlier in the day, the Prime Minister emphasised on people driven to fight against Covid-19, and appealed to people to unite to

HC to hear left plea on FIR against Thakur & Mishra New Delhi : The Delhi High Court will on November 2 hear a petition filed by CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat challenging a trial court order which had dismissed her plea seeking registration of FIR against BJP leaders Anurag Thakur and Kapil Mishra over their alleged hate speech during the riots that broke out in the national capital earlier this year. The plea, filed through advocates Tara Narula, Adit S Pujari and Aparajita Sinha, was listed before a single judge bench of Justice Yogesh Khanna who asked both parties to file the set of judgments they would rely on and posted the matters for further hearing

on November 2.

“The Complainant is effectively being asked to step into the shoes of the investigating agency and make a case for prosecution before the Sanctioning Agency.

Furthermore, any Application for Sanction by the complainant at this stage would be without the benefit of materials and evidence obtained during investigation,” the plea said further.

fight the disease. “Let us Unite to fight Corona! Let us always remember: Wear a mask, wash hands, follow social distancing, practice ‘Do Gaj Ki Doori’. Together, we will succeed and together, we will win against COVID-19,” Modi tweeted. —Agencies

RaGa flays PM over VVIP plane New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi again attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday over the acquisition of VVIP aircraft and wondered how many things could have been bought for the soldiers stationed in Siachen-Ladakh border in the amount spent.

During his campaign in Punjab against the farm reform laws, the Congress leader on Tuesday had accused the prime minister of “wasting” thousands of crores of rupees on the aircraft.

New Delhi: At least 22 states including union territories (UTs) have a Covid-19 positivity rate less than the national average which is at 8.19 per cent, informed the Union Health Ministry on Thursday.

These states include-Bihar (2.61), Gujarat (3.30), Jharkhand (3.82), Uttar Pradesh (3.92), Himachal Pradesh (4.93), Rajasthan (5.11), Madhya Pradesh (5.98), Punjab (5.99), Haryana (6.65), Odisha (6.71), Uttarakhand (7.13), Jammu and Kashmir (7.24), Telangana (7.38) and West Bengal (8.15).

While India is fulfilling the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) advise of 140 tests per day per million population, the country is testing more than 15 lakh Covid-19 samples every day, said the health ministry.

Nearly 12 lakh tests were conducted in the last 24 hours in the

country. With 11,94,321 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, the cumulative tests have crossed 8.34 crores (8,34,65,975), it said.

In another row of achievements, 35 states/UTs have exceeded the advised number of tests. The national average of tests per day per million population stands at 865.

About 83,011 single day Covid-19 recoveries were registered in last 24 hours as against 78,524 new confirmed cases. The total recovered cases stand at 58,27,704. The gap between the total number

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of recoveries and active cases has crossed 49 lakh (49,25,279).

and make the way for investment easier. “In this, entrepreneurs do not need any approval for 3 years and this has made it easier to start an enterprise. In the new industrial policy, many types of discounts have been given to entrepreneurs so that investment can be increased in the state.

Along with improvement in One Stop Shop Scheme, Single Window Act, other steps and policies taken by the state government will make the road of investment easy in the state, the economy will gain momentum and at the same time youth will get employment, he said.

Meanwhile, Industries Minister Parsadi Lal Meena said that the development of 23 new industrial areas is

a major achievement of the state government. He said that in 2019-20, a revenue of Rs 1400 crore has been earned by RIICO from the sale of more than 1200 plots. “Entrepreneurs are showing interest in buying plots of RIICO industrial areas even in this phase of Corona pandemic. e-auction system implemented by the present government has brought transparency and has made the entrepreneurs quite comfortable.,” he said.

Chairman of RIICO, Kuldeep Ranka said that a policy framework has been prepared to provide a conducive investment climate to small and medium entrepreneurs in the state. “At present, there are 349 industrial areas, with the addi-

Creating a narrative that defames a woman’s character and holding her somehow responsible for crimes committed against her is revolting and regressive. A heinous crime has been committed at Hathras. SHE DESERVES JUSTICE NOT SLANDER. #BesharmBJP. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Congress leader

she received serious injuries,” the letter read.

NIA arrests two ‘Induction of Rafale, Apache, from TN, Karnataka Chinook will transform IAF’ Bengaluru: The National Investigation Agency has arrested two suspected members of the city-based ISIS module, which was allegedly involved in radicalisation of youth and funding their trip to Syria to join the terror outfit.

Ahamed Abdul Cader (40), hailing from Ramanathapuram district in Tamil Nadu and Irfan Nasir (33) from Frazer Town here were arrested by the NIA sleuths on Wednesday.

The NIA action comes weeks after the agency busted the terror module with the arrest of a doctor here.

In continuing with the investigation, the sleuths conducted searches on the premises of Cader and Nasir in Gurappana Palya

and Frazer Town and recovered incriminating material and electronic devices from their possession.

While Cader is a business analyst in a bank in Chennai, Nasir is a rice merchant here, the NIA said in a statement.

The duo was produced before Special NIA Court here, which granted 10 days custody to the agency for interrogation.

New Delhi: On the occasion of 88th Air Force Day, President Ram Nath Kovind honoured air warriors, veterans and the families of IAF, saying that the nation remains indebted to the contribution of the IAF in securing the skies.

“On Air Force Day, we proudly honour our air warriors, veterans, and families of the Indian Air Force. The nation remains indebted to the contribution of the IAF in securing our skies and assisting civil authorities in Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief,” President Kovind tweeted.

“The ongoing process of modernisation with induction of Rafale, Apache and Chinook will transform the IAF into an even more formidable strategic force.

expression.

“Freedom of speech and expression is the most abused right in recent times,” the bench, also comprising Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian, said.

“They are free to make any averment in their affidavit, like you are free to make any argument you want,” it added.

The petitions will be taken up after two weeks.

The Jamiat Ulemae-Hind had moved the apex court on April 6 seeking directions to prevent what it claimed was the communalisation of the Nizamuddin Markaz issue by certain sections of the print and electronic media.

The Centre had filed its affidavit in

the matter on August 7, stating that the spread of Covid-19 among attendees of the Jamaat, attacks on health workers by some sections, etc, were all matters of fact and that “news reports based on facts… cannot be censored”.

It also said that the plea raised grievances against “certain section of media” without naming any and “certain news reports” without producing these reports.

Instead, it “merely relied upon ‘certain fact check news reports’ to contend that entire media is perpetrating communal disharmony and hatred towards Muslims, and is therefore required to be censured/gagged”, the government said.

FROM PG 1 Big industrial push:.. for investment. He also stressed on the development of facilities in backward areas. “Possibilities of developing a separate industrial area for the migrant Rajasthanis should be explored so that the migrants whose industries are affected during this period of Corona pandemic, can be relieved. Migrant Rajasthanis have an unbreakable relationship with the state. In such a situation, it is the responsibility of the state government to understand their problems and try to overcome them,” Gehlot stressed.

The Chief Minister said that a new MSME Act has been introduced in the state to facilitate entrepreneurs

Hathras: The accused in the Hathras incident have written to the Superintendent of Police alleging they have been framed in the case and have urged for an investigation for justice to be delivered in the matter.

The letter, written on October 7, in Hindi, states that the four accused had been framed on the basis of “false claims” of indulging in sexual acts and then manhandling the girl, leading to her death.

Sandeep, an accused, further stated that he was friends with the victim, and the two also used to talk with the girl over the phone. “On the day of the incident I met her in the fields, she was accompanied by her mother and brother.

Upon her telling me I returned to my house and started giving water to the animals along with my father. Later on, I got to know from the villagers that her mother and brother have beaten her up due to her friendship with me, due to which

tion of 23 new industrial areas, their number will now become 372. New industrial clusters are being developed according to DMIC and Gas Grid,” he said.

MPs, MLAs and other people’s representatives were also present during the foundation stone laying ceremony, through VC.

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The court also sought affidavit from a secretary-level officer with details of steps taken in past to stop motivated media reporting in such cases.

Senior advocate Dushyant Dave, appearing for the Jamaat, told the court that the Centre in its affidavit has stated petitioners were trying to muzzle freedom of speech and

NARENDRA MODI @narendramodi Many congratulations to all the brave warriors of the Indian Air Force on Air Force Day. You not only keep the skies of the country safe but also play a leading role in the service of humanity in times of disaster. Your courage, valour and dedication to protect Maa Bharti inspire everyone.”

Confident that in the years to come, the Indian Air Force will continue to maintain its high standards of commitment and competence,” he said in another tweet.

Meanwhile, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Union Home Minister Amit Shah also extended their greetings to the IAF on the occasion.

“My felicitations and

best wishes to the air warriors and their families on the occasion of Air Force Day-2020.

Eighty-eight years of dedication, sacrifice and excellence mark the journey of the IAF which is today a lethal and formidable force to reckon with,” Singh tweeted. The IAF was established on October 8, 1932, in undivided India which was under colonial rule.

Kulbhushan case: India slams Pak New Delhi: India on Thursday once again hit out at Pakistan for failing to provide unimpeded, unconditional access to Kulbhushan Jadhav saying that Pakistan has failed to address the core issues in the case.

Earlier, Pakistan rejected India’s demand that an Indian lawyer or a Queen’s counsel be appointed for Jadhav to ensure a free and fair trial, whereas the International Court of Justice (ICJ) had in July 2019 ruled that Pakistan must undertake an “effective review and reconsideration” in the Jadhav case and also grant consular access to India Ministry of External Affairs spokes-

person Anurag Shrivastava in his weekly media briefing today said “Pakistan has failed to respond on the core issues pertaining to the (Kulbhushan Jadhav) case. The core issues are the provision of all documents related to this case and providing unimpeded, unconditional and unhindered counselor access to Kulbhushan Jadhav” Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson further added “These issues have to be addressed if we have to have an effective review & reconsideration, as ordered by the International Court of Justice.

Pakistan must show its intention to deliver on these issues”. —ANI

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JAIPUR, JODHPUR, KOTA MUNICIPAL POLLS BY OCT 31

SC ASKS GOVT TO ISSUE NOTIFICATIONS IN A WEEK When Assembly elections can be held in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, why not Corporation elections in Rajasthan, asks Supreme Court TAREEKH PE TAREEKH!

Nizam Kantaliya New Delhi/Jaipur: The Supreme Court, while refusing to interfere with a plea to extend the dates for Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota municipal corporation elections, on Thursday directed the Rajasthan Election Commission to notify the election programme within one week.

The state government’s plea (SLP) challenging the Rajasthan High Court’s decision to hold the elections to the newly created six municipal corporations of Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota by 31 October, was heard in the Supreme Court on

Rajasthan High Court has extended the time of Corporation elections thrice till now. HC had issued an order on March 18 and postponed the polls for the next six weeks from April 17. After that on April 28 this period was once again extended to 31 August. The High Court had once again extended the date of elections on July 31 for the third time on the application of the state government till October 31. The civil polls in the three municipal corporations were due in November 2019, but were first postponed for delimitation of wards, and then again due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Thursday.

The Supreme Court while refusing to stay the High Court verdict also refused to postpone the election dates.

A bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar asked the Rajasthan government to file an application for extending the date of municipal polls.

The state government had moved the apex court challenging the Rajasthan High Court order dismissing its application for extending the poll dates from October 31, 2020, to March 20, 2021, for Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota municipal corporations.

During the hearing,

the bench observed that it will not interfere with the High Court order but asked the government to approach the High Court and convince it.

“No further indulgence is required from this court. Go and convince the High Court to give you further time.

First, notify the elec-

tion and then go to the High Court. Explain to the High Court why the election in October is not possible,” the bench noted.

The top court also took into the submission of the State Election Commission that it is already in the process of conducting the Panchayat elections.

Recently, the High Court while rejecting the application moved by the state government had directed that the elections should be completed by October 31.

The civil polls in the three municipal corporations were due in November 2019 but were first postponed for delimitation of wards, following the government decision to bifurcate the corporations in the three and then again due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The government had then assured the court that the elections would be held within six months.

—With inputs from ANI

Joshi: Ready for polls, will act after seeing order

First India Bureau Jaipur: After Supreme Court refused to give relief to the state government on municipal elections, Chief Whip Mahesh Joshi said that the government and party are prepared for the elections and appropriate action will be taken after examining the order. He said that we were expecting apex court will give relief to the state government. He said that when a candidate contests municipal elections, his team plays an important role. Talking to reporters

at PCC, Joshi said ensuring social distancing in urban areas will be a challenge during the elections. Three cities— Jaipur, Kota and Jodhpur—where the local bodies elections are to be held have high number of corona positive cases and government is concerned about the spread.

ODD ONE OUT! IAS OFFICER ARTIKA SHUKLA FAILS TO GET A CONFIRMATION

30 sportsperson to get out of turn appointment soon: Chandna

Rajendra Chhabra

Jaipur: Sports minister Ashok Chandna said that the state government will give appointment to 30 sportspersons under ‘out of turn’ policy under ‘A’ and ‘B’ category in coming days. In a review meeting of the Sports Council, the minister said chief secretary has been asked to conduct a meeting of the committee chaired by him.

In category ‘A’, there are eight kind of posts including that of Deputy SP while in category ‘B’, there are 14 different posts like Police sub inspector and others.

Jaipur: It is first of its kind matter in state’s IAS history when a new IAS has not been given confirmation in service.

The current matter pertains to 2016 batch officer Artika Shukla and even though the Union Government has issued confirmation for all remaining 109 IAS officials of 2016 batch, only Shukla has been left out which means 8 out of 9 IAS candidates from Rajasthan have been confirmed.

The remaining eight individuals are—Tina

Artika Shukla

Jyotsana Ranga

Dabi, A Shafi Khan, JS Sandhu, Pratap Singh, Amit Yadav, Dr Manju, Ravindra Goswami and Rohitashva Singh.

Meanwhile Artika Shukla is serving currently as additional commissioner Commercial Taxes.

Knowledgeable

sources claim that a police investigation is ongoing against Artika in a criminal FIR after a woman doctor from Ajmer—Jyotsana Ranga—registered FIR claiming that Shukla beat her up and misbehaved with her while causing disruption in

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state work.

The incident allegedly occurred on April 22 when Artika was serving as SDM Ajmer. Government doctor Jyotsana was taking samples from an area of the city along with her team and the duo entered in a dispute over sampling.

The dispute turned into a brawl and later the doctor, through an istagasa in CJM Court, registered FIR against Artika.

Jyotsana was supported by all the doctors in Ajmer but on Artika’s appeal, the ADJ Court put a stay on the

FIR. However, Jyotsana then approached the High Court which stayed the ADJ court’s orders and directed the police to register FIR. Now on the HC’s order, an investigation has been initiated against Artika and although she has been transferred from Ajmer to Jaipur, she will not be given the benefit of promotion till the time she is accorded the confirmation. Artika is an IAS of AGMUT cadre and after her marriage she has come to Rajasthan on inter-cadre deputation.

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Politicians throng Birla’s home to offer condolences Gul Mohammed

Rashid Khan of SRH celebrates a dismissal during the match 22 of IPL 2020 at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on Thursday.

—Photo By ANI

Kota: Condolences continue to pour in for Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla, whose father Shrikrishna Birla passed away recently.

On Thursday as well politicians and people from all walks of life reached Birla’s Dada Bari residence in Kota and offered tributes to late Birla. Gadhwal MP Tirath Singh, RS member Prabhat Jha, BJP National Secretary Vi-

Ashok Parnami paying tributes to Late Shrikrishna Birla

nod Sonkar, former BJP ministers Kiran Maheshwari & Anita Bhadel, Rajkumari Gurjar, Pabbaram Vishnoi, Pratap Singh Singhvi, Ashok Parnami,

Rajpal Singh Shekhawat, Home Guard DG Rajiv Dasaut were among some prominent people who reached LS Speaker’s residence to offer their condolences.

Ashok Chandna releasing souvenir of State Games 2020 in presence of Bhaskar A Sawant, Mahendra Meena, Jayveer Singh and Prahlad Yadav.

The minister said that scrutiny of applicants under category ‘C’ is being conducted.

Before the meeting, he also released a souvenir of the State Games 2020, organized for the first time on lines of National Games.

Chandna, also reviewed the progress of construction works of

various stadiums and other sports grounds and took updates about various sports projects from engineers and officials of RSRDC. Principal SecretaryYouth Affairs and Sports and chairman Rajasthan State Sports Council Bhaskar A. Sawant and others were present in the meeting.

Justice Mohammad Rafiq can be made CJ of MP HC Jaipur: Odisha High Court Chief Justice, Justice Mohammad Rafiq might be the new Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court if the whispers in the power corridors are to be believed.

Justice Rafiq hails from Sujangarh in Churu district of Rajasthan.

He was administered the oath of office of the Chief Justice of Orissa High Court on April 27 this year after his transfer from the Meghalaya High Court. He was the

Justice Mohammad Rafiq

Chief Justice of Meghalaya HC from November 13, 2019 to April 26, 2020.

Prior to that, he served as a Judge of Rajasthan High Court where he was elevated as Judge on May 15, 2006.

Pilot’s Jodhpur pomp during condolence draws ire from Congmen!

Aditi Nagar New Delhi: They say politics is the art of sending subtle message or hints to your opponent without it ever being made obvious to the people while keeping it too ‘crisp’ so that the opponent realises the actual meaning of the ‘hints’. It is believed that a good politician is one who keeps an open eye for these messages so that he knows the minute details of what the opponent is thinking and planning. By that standard, Sachin Pilot’s

‘visit’ to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s home town has sent an array of mixed messages for ‘relevant’ political circles in state.

The manner in which Pilot reached Jodhpur on Thursday was nothing short of ‘victory parade’ since the former deputy CM reached at the head of not one or two vehicles, or a dozen vehicles rather a hundred vehicles and almost thrice the number of individuals as that of the vehicles!

Pilot had gone to Jodhpur to express his

Sachin Pilot being welcomed by his supporters on way to Jodhpur on Thursday.

condolences to the family of BJP stalwart late Jaswant Singh Jasol.

And in fact Pilot wasn’t ‘alone’ too as senior and renowned leaders from the state’s polity, like

Rameshwar Dudi, Deependra Singh Shekhawat, Ved Prakash Solanki, Mukesh Bhakar and others too accompanied him and the entire entourage was accorded

grand welcomes all along the way especially at Dudu, Kishangarh, Ajmer, Beawar and other spots.

Upon reaching ‘Jasol House’, Pilot supporters

started raising slogans in favor of their leader and at one point it appeared as if the ‘leader’ had come to address a public rally leading to election! While Pilot and his ‘entourage’ expressed their condolences over passing away of Jaswant Singh, a few senior Congress leaders from Jodhpur and in fact those from across state, upon knowing of the ‘developments’ in Jodhpur, expressed their displeasure over the entire episode observing that it was not right to ‘showcase’ pow-

er at a time when he has gone to express grief on the passing of a national leader. This is not the tradition of Marwar to make any pomp & show or garland the leader at the time of condolences.

“It wasn’t an election meeting, rather a prayer meet for Singh, what then as the use and purpose of this extravagant show of strength?” party members questioned.

Interestingly, another curious aspect was that even BJP leaders like Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Satish Poonia, also travelled to Jodh-

pur the very same day as Pilot and this situation, is also being seen with much interest by political observers.

But it wasn’t that Pilot made his ‘presence’ felt for just one purpose, however, he made sure that he sends a positive message to his supporters too and therefore he made a beeline for a supporter’s home where he had lunch and later pushed off to Delhi by flight from Jodhpur airport, where once again the entourage followed him to see off the ‘beloved’ leader!

Adverse circumstances help us to know ourselves, our strengths and our ability to overcome . It also helps us to differentiate between friends and acquaintances.

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Restart social forestry project for forest expansion: CM FOREST DEPARTMENT REVIEW MEETING : Form ‘Rajasthan State Forest Development Corporation within 3 months, Gehlot instructs Naresh Sharma Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has said that conservation of wildlife and expansion of forests is very important for the balance of environment. “The social forestry scheme launched during the time of former PM Indira Gandhi, to expand the forest area in the state, should be revived, as the plantation campaign can be made successful only with maximum public participa-

tion. Moreover, a new forest policy should also be formed within three months time,” Gehlot directed while holding a review meeting of Forest Department at the Chief Minister’s residence on Thursday.

“If the general public understands importance of forests and their participation in plantation will be ensured, then we will be able to achieve the goal of expansion of forests.

For this, the Forest Department officials

Maken’s health improves, Congmen hopeful of new developments Aditi Nagar New Delhi: There is a good news for Congress men in Rajasthan.

Newly appointed state incharge Ajay Maken’s health has improved over the past few days after he went into self quarantine, effectively putting on hold several important issues that needed to be addressed.

As Maken went into quarantine, he put on hold his meeting with leaders and legislators. Moreover, neither did he take part in the AICC meetings, nor did he tour Rajasthan and in fact had to cancel his visits.

Party workers from Rajasthan are eagerly awaiting Maken’s ‘return’ since after Rajya Sabha election and political turmoil, minister incharge of districts have been assuring workers that appointments would be done soon. But with each passing day, the discontent in party’s work force is increasing. Such is the situation that even eighteen MLAs

Ajay Maken

are also awaiting Maken’s ‘revival’ in the hope that they will also be accorded some position in political appointments of cabinet reshuffle.

Maken is the member of the three member committee on Rajasthan issues and although he has been continuously in touch with leaders in Rajasthan through calls, the work has not gathered momentum. In fact CM Ashok Gehlot was scheduled to travel to New Delhi on 26th September where he would have met the three member committee and held discussions on various issues, however with Ahmed Patel also falling ill, Gehlot changes his plan.

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot during review meeting of Forest Department at CMR on Thursday.

should coordinate with the district administration to create an environment to plant and take care of maximum number of trees up to village-dhani. For the

purpose the cooperation of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Department, Education Department and NGOs etc. can be taken,” Gehlot said.

The Chief Minister said that special emphasis should be given on nursery development to make plantation program effective. He said that people should be

encouraged to prepare nurseries at local level.

“This will allow plants to be available as per requirement for plantation. Also, employment opportunities will be available to people.

Plants with medicinal properties should be planted in coordination with Ayurveda department. This will also provide additional income to department,” he said.

Moreover, Gehlot directed that the work of planting local species of plants should be sped

employees of agency Hansa Research Group- contracted by BARC to carry out the research. They in turn were paying certain households selected as barometers for calculating TRPs to keep certain channels like Republic switched on to show higher TRPs,” Singh said.

Republic TV soon put out a statement denying the allegations, saying it will file criminal defamation case against the

Mumbai Police Commissioner. “Republic will fight back, Republic will continue its investigation into the Sushant Singh Rajput case, the Palghar case and any other case,” the statement read.

Republic TV also aired another FIR with the portion of the statement of the employee (Relationship Manager) of the Hansa Research Group, where he says that he used to instigate and offer money to panel homes, with Bar-o-Meter, in order

should constitute this corporation within three months. He said that the department should also ensure remunerative price of small forest produce.

Reviewing Ranthambore, Sariska and Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve, he said that state government is very serious about conservation of tigers.

Forest department should not observe any lacunae in conservation of wildlife including tigers.

PR, Laxmi Vilas Palace Hotel case: Guha, Suri, Sachin’s journo matter Karamsey furnish bonds in CBI court to be closed?

Rajeev Gaur

Udaipur: Three accused of a scam involving the sale of the five star Laxmi Vilas Palace hotel, Udaipur appeared in CBI court to furnish bonds as directed by high court.

Ashish Guha, MD of Lazard India Limited, Jyotsna Suri, MD of Bharat Hotels Limited, and Kantilal Karamsey appeared before the court and furnished the bonds.

The high court had on 22 September stayed their arrest issued by the CBI court and asked them to appear before the CBI court to furnish the bonds.

Raghu’s cousin passes away

Ashish Guha

Jyotsna Suri

Kantilal Karamsey

Another accused and former union minister Arun Shourie has the time to furnish bond till October 15, whereas the Supreme Court has given a relief to Pradeep Baijal, on the ground of health and stayed the high court order to appear before

the CBI court to furnish bond.

The case pertains to the sale of public sector Indian Tourism Development Corporation’s Laxmi Vilas Palace Hotel to a private firm around two decades ago.

The property was

sold to Bharat Hotels Ltd for Rs 7.52 crore when Shourie was the minister in charge of divestment in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre.

During a preliminary investigation by

NO MASK-NO ENTRY

Shubham Jain Ajmer: Rajasthan Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma’s cousin Rameshwar Prasad passed away after a heart attack.

He was cremated in his ancestral village, Savar. The funeral ceremony was performed in the presence of a limited number of people following the Covid guidelines.

AHMED PATEL @ahmedpatel

RHB Commissioner Pawan Arora on Thursday released the poster of “No Mask - No Entry” prepared by Lions Club Malviya Nagar. RHB and Lions Club will post ten thousand posters at all major places in city to make people aware. On the occasion, members of Lions Club Arvind Khurana, Gaurav Dhamani, Mahesh Arora and Bharat Gupta were present.

Chirag, shocked to hear about the demise of your father ! Ram Vilas Paswan ji was a champion of the downtrodden and had immense faith in India’s pluralism & diversity. It’s a big loss for the nation. My condolences to you, your family and all his supporters

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up by removing the Juliflora and for this, “a plan should be prepared by meeting with the Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj,” he said.

The CM said that in order to increase productivity of forests, increase in production of timber, bamboo and small forest produce, it was announced to constitute the ‘Rajasthan State Forest Development Corporation’ in this year’s budget. The Forest Department

to increase the TRP of India Today and other channels.

Meanwhile, Singh further said some households were being paid as much as Rs 500 per day to keep particular channels on.

“In some cases, peo-

ple who did not understand English were keeping English channels like Republic on through the day. We have recorded their statements,” the Commissioner said.

As per police, it was Hansa and BARC that

first spotted “unusual trends” in TRPs following which they approached the police.

The crime branch then registered an FIR at Kandivali police station on charges of cheating and criminal breach of trust, following which they arrested a former employee of Hansa and his associate.

The Commissioner said that by manipulating TRPs, the accused caused losses to advertisers and other news channels who would suffer from lower TRPs

as compared to these channels. “The TV advertisement industry is worth Rs 30,000 – 40,000 crores,” he said.

BARC, that functions under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), has installed approximately 30,000 barometers in various parts of the country based on which it awards ratings to various TV channels.

Based on these ratings, advertisers pay for their advertisement.

the CBI, the property was valued at Rs 252 crore, suggesting a loss of Rs 244 crore to the exchequer.

A special CBI court ordered the registration of an FIR against former Union disinvestment minister Arun Shourie, the department’s former secretary Pradip Baijal, Lazard India Ltd managing director Ashish Guha, valuer Kantilal Karamsey and Bharat Hotels director Jyotsana Suri over the sale.

The accused approached the high court after arrest warrants were issued against them by the lower court last month.

Rajendra Chhabra

Jaipur: While the Jaipur police has registered FIR against Sachin Pilot’s PR manager and a senior journalist from Rajasthan, the statements of the duo could not be registered on Thursday, as perhaps the Jaipur police deemed it fit to first issue notices to both the individuals under section 41(a), after which the formal legal proceedings will be carried out. Meanwhile, sources in Pilot camp have hinted that in the next 3-4 days, a FR or closure report in the matter will be filed. However, there was no official confirmation on the same.

62 ITOs transferred in state, to join new posts by Oct 20 Vimal Jain Jaipur: In a major reshuffle in income tax department, 62 Income tax officers (ITOs) including 27 ITO in Jaipur were transferred. 19 ITOs were transferred to other cities.

However, despite being under the criteria for transfer, 12 ITOs were exempted from transfer due to different reasons.

Those who have been transferred will have to be relieved from their current posting

by October 16 and join at new posting by October 20.

Sumant Sinha, PCCIT- Jaipur, issued the transfer orders.

Amrit Lal Meena was transferred from Jaipur to Sirohi while Anupam Malhotra was transferred from Alwar to Jaipur while Ashok Verma transferred to Jaipur from Kishangarh. Gajnedra Singh Parihar,

Nihar Singh Poonia, Satya Pakash Bavta and Laxman Singh were transferred from Jaipur to Jodhpur. Balbir Singh Tanwar, Dhanna Lal Bairwa, Umesh Chandra Kachhawa, all from Jaipur, were transferred to Kishangarh, Bikaner and Nokha respectively, while Ashok Verma (Sawaimadhopur), Duli Chand Bairwa (Alwar), Manohar Lal Gupta (Sawaimadhopur), Ram Kishan Bairwa (Sikar), Ram Kishan Maurya (Sirohi), Satyanarayan Sharma (Alwar), Seema Khatri (Nokha), Shiv Dayal Bairwa (Behror), Vijay Dambla (Beawar) were transferred to Jaipur.

Besides, seats of Om Prakash Saini, Radhehsyam Verma, Sanjay Chhabra, Shailesh Katiyal, Vivek Singh, Praveen Sethiya and Kailash Chand Meena were changed in Jaipur.

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BLACK AND WHITE City First explains the beauty of ‘Black and White Photography’ and why it is the most elegant and referred way of capturing emotions, rather than colour photography!

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he elegance and charm that black and white photography brings to a photograph, coloured photographs cannot really deliver the same thing. If you ever notice, most of the intense photographs will be in a black and white format- this helps in capturing and conveying the emotions to-the-point, and a colourful photo distracts the eye to focus on everything else, except the message that the photo is trying to convey.

Portraits, landscapes and any abstract photo can be a great idea for black and white conversions. For all the budding photographers out there, there are a few tips and tricks to attain that best shot, if you are opting for black and white photography.

Texture, shape and contrast: Keep looking for these three things everywhere you go, since they would be the point of focus in this type of photography. Since the colours are not involved, the contrast, shape and texture of the image is what going to make it look unique.

Always shoot in RAW + JPEG: This is something that helps in getting out the right tone of the image. The best thing is, it can be adjusted according to your wish, so you can set the mood according to what you want.

Capture uniqueness: If you want to be an expert in what you do, you have to think out of the box; in this case, click out of the box. Open the creative eye of your mind and start searching for angles and shots which others cannot think of easily.

Now that we are already talking about black and white photos, do you remember the ‘Black and White Challenge’ that went

viral on social media during the lockdown period?

Yes, we’re talking about the one that went extremely viral. Women all across the glove posted monochrome pictures of themselves on their social media handles to promote women empowerment, accompanied by the hashtags- #ChallengeAccepted and #WomenSupportingWomen. The main purpose of this challenge was to show solidarity and support to other women across the world. Why black and white? Well, because the emotions cannot be expressed as well in other formats, as they can be portrayed in black and white!

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Captain Sanjay Misra of Indigo, who has served as the Wing Commander at the Air Force Station, Hakimpet, explains his experience of a lifetime that he witnessed on Wednesday on flight 6E 122Delhi to Bangalore that he was in command of!

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is watching her carefully.

A little later North of Bhopal, came to know that she has started bleeding followed by the shattering news that she has suffered an abortion.

Forward galley and the Lav were swiftly and efficiently converted into a makeshift ward/ labour room taking all precautions by an excellent team of cabin crew who rose to the requirements of the occasion.

They were very brilliantly supported by several Captains and Crew travelling ACM and Dead Head. I was waiting for one final update from the doctors to decide on my next course of action.

As I was mulling over this disheartening piece of news, heard and no-

FA CE OF TH ED AY

t was a surreal experience to witness a miracle in the air on Wednesday. Went through a full range of emotions as the situation kept unfolding rapidly. It started with the lead informing me that the lady on seat 1C, is an expectant mother feeling a little restless and that she had not eaten anything since morning.

She was comforted and was given fluids and something to eat. A while later her anxiety and restlessness increased. She also started complaining of stomach pain. As the situation was developing, I asked the lead to a page for a doctor.

By sheer Providence and divine destiny of this would be newborn, there were two very accomplished doctors on board.

One of them Dr Nagaraj is a plastic surgeon who works in King Fahd hospital in Riyadh and the other Dr Shailaja a Gynaecologist and an Obstetrics surgeon, heading the fetal medicine department in Cloud Nine hospital.

We were near Jaipur, cruising at FL 390.

She was initially diagnosed with Gastric pain or just Constipation and the doctors felt that she would be fine. However, her discomfort and restlessness kept getting worse. Both doctors were in constant attendance. I spoke to the lady doctor who assured me that she

ticed a sudden increase in the activity levels in the cabin- screaming, shouting, clapping, and a faint cry of what sounded like a newborn- it was a baby boy!

From a feeling of deep sadness, it turned to a feeling of intense joy- never witnessed fortunes turning so swiftly and so miraculously!

Don’t think there was a single soul on board who didn’t have goosebumps on him or her at this moment. So the youngster was born on Cloud Nine with the help of a doctor from Cloud Nine! The baby was premature and there was not much clarity on how many months pregnant she was- could have been anything- she had earlier mentioned 5

YOUR DAY Horoscope by Saurabbh Sachdeva

months?

My decision-making skills were getting tested with rapidly unfolding situations! Although the doctors confirmed to me that the mother and child are doing well, things could again worsen any moment!

Nagpur was 500m in TS, .Indore had a closure, Hyderabad was the best option to divert in case of any new contingency. At the bottom of my heart, I was hoping and praying that the youngster holds on for another hour and a bit, he did well, much better than expected at his ripe old age of 5 mins!

I didn’t want her to land up in Hyderabad in this COVID times and with a premature babyshe was travelling alone.

gloom surrounding us, people were looking for a reason to celebrate and they got one.

There were banners, chocolates, gifts- and the brave mother was given a rousing reception!

Met 007! Had a look at

his face, of course, he was unaffected by all the commotion around him, by now he was an hour and a half old.

As for me, I couldn’t have asked for a happier Air Force Day eve! cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

ARIES

TAURUS

GEMINI

CANCER

No matter how difficult the situation is outside but life don’t stop, today your childhood memories will come live as you may finally decide to step out of home and spend quality time with your close relative or bes friend whom you have not seen in a long time.

Not always you like intervention of your elders in your life, sometimes you like to handle your problems on your own. Being a supporting hand for your spouse will bring lot of happiness to them and they will feel grateful. You can expect a financial boost in salary.

You must sit and write your dreams and goal and in every once in a while when your spirit goes down, you should open your diary and remind yourself of the vision you have. Don’t mind those who are insensitive to you because they don’t deserve your attention.

Live life everyday like you have no tomorrow only then you will make the most of the present ( which is the most precious moment).

You must set a goal and then work hard in the direction of achieving it.

Carefully read your work documents and decide before signatures.

MAR 21 - APR 20

APR 21 - MAY 20

MAY 21 - JUNE 21

JUNE 22 - JULY 23

LEO

VIRGO

LIBRA

SCORPIO

You are going to get in touch with someone you ignite fire inside you to follow your passion and to chase your dreams. To move mountains in your career all you need is dedication and lots of hard work and it all start with the willingness to do something in life.

Money isn’t everything for everyone, some people value emotions, love and family beyond anything else and you are one of them. Help yourself get adjusted if you need to, when accomplishing your target is your priority. Do not leave any stone unturned when it comes to studies.

In business it’s very important to choose the right people to work with, study people thoroughly before getting into deals with them.

Your paternal family is going to help you big time as far as your career is concerned right now. Keep smiling as everything will just turn fine.

What you need right now is someone holding your tight and telling you that everything will be alright.

All your stress will disappear if you indulge yourself in yoga. You can expect a big break in your career. You will attract money in bulk. You are quite satisfied with your life.

JULY 24 - AUGUST 23

AUG 24 - SEP 23

SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22

OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22

SAGITTARIUS

CAPRICORN

AQUARIUS

PISCES

To take guidance from someone will not make you week or any less intelligent rather it will reflect as in how mature you are. Dedication is what you need to take your career on the next level. You may find yourself being tempted to buy a lot of stuff but resist the fancy desires for a while.

You are very desperate to start your own business and all you need is some funding. You are a brave soul and you say what you have to on people’s faces and never say a word behind their back. You need to personally supervise your business to make sure there is no loophole.

You have accepted with ease that not everyone will like you and that it shouldn’t even matter. Shun all the negative thoughts today and embrace life open heartedly. You will be in the saving mode and therefore you will spend each penny judiciously. You will realise your true potential.

You are giving one thousand percent to your office work and your karma will pay back at the right time. You are very active these days and nothing can slow down your spirit. You must have faith in some people in life because not everyone can deceive the way others do.

NOV 23 - DEC 22

MEGHA PHOPHALIA, Lifestyle Influencer

In my address to the passengers, I informed them that, “We have an extra passenger on board.”

POB was also revised. plenty of congratulatory calls on air on Nagpur, Chennai and Bangalore frequencies. Nagpur gave me direct BL552 for Bangalore 27L from just south of Bhopal- enjoyed the uninterrupted high-speed run.

Post landing Birth on Board form was filled, don’t think it has ever been filled in a domestic flight in India ever- and it is most appropriately titled FFS 007.

On the ground amidst all the frenzy, I could sense a genuine sense of happiness and joy amongst all present, KIAL staff, Aster Clinic staff, in all the

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JAN 21 - FEB 19

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BACK TO WORK! A

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s shootings for entertainment programs are back on the track after the coronavirus induced hiatus, actor Katrina Kaif on Thursday resumed work.

The ‘Bang Bang’ actor took to Instagram to share a polaroid picture of herself from the sets. The picture sees her seated in a black coloured T-shirt along with a yellow coloured shorts.

Two PPE-clad people from her team are also seen standing behind her in the picture.

Without revealing much about her project, Kaif chose to only put a smiley and an alien emoji in the caption.

The 37-year-old actor will be seen in ‘Phone Booth,’ with Ishaan Khatter and Siddhant Chaturvedi.

—ANI

Katrina Kaif

PARENTS-TO-BE

AIR FORCE DAY GREETINGS

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ongrats to Meghan Trainor and Daryl Sabara as they’re expecting a baby! “We’re pregnant!” the 26-year-old singer said during her appearance on the ‘Today Show’.

“I’m very good as you can tell — it’s all Christmas here,” the mom-to-be teased, adding, “But there’s other news that I’m dying to tell you and my heart’s pounding out of my chest.” As Trainor says, “Hit it, Daryl,” her husband proudly reveals, “We’re pregnant!”

—Agency

Kangana Ranaut’s post

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angana Ranaut, who is all set to essay the role of an air force pilot in her upcoming film ‘Tejas,’ extended greetings to the country on the occasion of the Indian Air Force Day. The ‘Queen’ actor took to Twitter to extend the greetings on behalf of the entire team of ‘Tejas’ and also shared a poster of the upcoming film. “Team #Tejas wishing everyone #IndianAirforceDay, our film is an ode to our Air Force’s greatness, bravery and sacrifice..... Jai Hind @RonnieScrewvala @sarveshmewara1,” Kangana tweeted.

—ANI

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TRAILER OUT TODAY Kristen Stewart

risten Stewart, who is currently in a relationship with Dylan Meyer, spoke candidly about the pressure of dating in the public eye during her interview.”The first time I ever dated a girl, I was immediately being asked if I was a lesbian. And it’s like, ‘God, I’m 21 years old,” Stewart revealed while adding she felt like maybe there were things that have hurt people she’s been with.

Kristen immediately clarified that it’s not because she felt ashamed of being “openly gay” but because she didn’t like giving herself to the public, in a way. For the 30-year-old actress, it felt like such “thievery” while she termed that particular period of time as being “sort of cagey.”

—Agency

PM MODI

Meghan Trainor & Daryl Sabara

Love is Love

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an Levy is calling out Comedy Central India. The 37-year-old Schitt’s Creek actor spoke out after the network’s social media account removed a scene that included two men kissing. “You showed the kiss between two women, you showed the kiss between a woman and a man, then removed the kiss between two men? This is a show about the power of inclusivity. The censorship of gay intimacy is making a harmful statement against that message #loveislove,” he wrote in response. In the clip, his character David plays spin the bottle alongside Dustin Milligan‘s Ted, as well as Emily Hampshire‘s Stevie, Annie Murphy‘s Alexis and Noah Reid‘s character Patrick. A kiss between Stevie and Alexis is shown, but when Ted’s spin lands on David, the actual kiss is cut from the clip.

—Agency Dan Levy

Blessings of Goddess Lakshmi

Poster of the film

D

ropping a short teaser of his upcoming flick ‘Laxmmi Bomb,’ actor Akshay Kumar on Thursday revealed that the trailer of the film will be released on Friday. The 53-year-old actor took to Instagram to share a short video that features a bomb that is about to explode. “Hassoge, darroge aur apne ghar valo ke sath milkar kal sab se bada dhamaka dekhoge,” he wrote in the caption. “Watch #LaxmmiBomb Trailer, coming out tomorrow! #YeDiwaliLaxmmiBombWali! #FoxStarStudios #DisneyPlusHotstarMultiplex,” he added.

Earlier, Akshay dropped a spooky glimpse from ‘Laxxmi Bomb’ and announced the release date of the film on social media.

—ANI

H

ollywood star Salma Hayek has shared a picture of Goddess Lakshmi on her social media handle. The actress has mentioned in her post that whenever she wants to connect with her inner beauty she seeks the blessings of Goddess Lakshmi.

Along with the picture of the goddess, Salma has also shared a small note explaining what Lakshmi means to her. She said that the image of Lakshmi makes her joyful and that she even medi t a t e s while focus-

ing on the goddess.

Her caption read as, “When I want to connect with my inner beauty, I start my meditation focusing on the goddess Lakshmi, who in Hinduism represents wealth, fortune, love, beauty, Maya (literally meaning ‘illu-

sion’ or ‘magic’), joy and prosperity. Somehow her image makes me feel joyful, and joy is the greatest door for your inner beauty.” —Agency

Salman Khan

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egastar Salman Khan on Thursday supported Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s campaign ‘Unite2FightCorona’ and urged countrymen to follow three mantras to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

Khan took to Twitter to support the campaign and asked his fans to maintain social distancing, wear masks to keep their hands sanitised.

“Bhaiyo, beheno aur mitron In difficult times mein, only do three things: 6ft ka distance, mask peheno & wash & sanitise ur hands,” tweeted Khan.

“Let’s implement PM Modi’s - Jan andolan against covid Come on buck up india! Jai hind!! @narendramodi @ pmoindia @MIB_india #UniteToFightCorona,” his tweet further read.

—ANI

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World Post Office Day 2020

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mid the pandemic, World Post Office Day is a great opportunity to pay tribute to the postal operators, postal workers and everyone else involved in delivering mails.

World Post Day is observed every year on 9 October. Before the digital communication came into our lives, sending letters by post was the only option and if it was an urgent message - it was the telegraph, which revolutionized long-distance communication. World Post Day was declared by the 1969 Universal Postal Congress in Tokyo to mark the anniversary of the Universal Postal Union’s (UPU) creation in 1874.

The day is being celebrated to bring awareness about the role of people engaged in postal services. Historically posts have a big contribution to the development of businesses and economic activities globally. Universal Postal Union (UPU) paved the way

for efficient postal services and it became an agency of the United Nations in 1948.

Director-General of the Universal Postal

Union, Bishar Hussein said that we all need to recognize the incredible sacrifices made by postal operators and

their staff during the global COVID-19 pandemic. Some workers tragically lost their lives; others confronted life-changing damage to their health. He also added, “since our earliest beginnings, we have overcome wars, natural disasters and pestilence. We have always delivered. The year 2020, however, was the year that the postal industry showed the world its resilience, its determination, and the invaluable role it plays in every society. We showed we are more than a mail.”

Chief Secretary Rajeeva Swarup’s 60th birthday was on Thursday, 8 October.

He did not celebrate it as such due to the Corona pandemic, though he did prioritize spending it with his beautiful wife Isha and his family. He attended office for a couple of hours eschewing any celebration before going home.

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Gulabgarh Resort and other beautiful locations located in Mansarovar in Jaipur. The song is directed by Lavish Rawat, Assistant Directors Shubham Gupta and Ashish Singh Chauhan, Singer Sagar Lal-

wani, and Himani Bairwa, Lyricist Jani, Editor Shubham Gupta, DOP Akshay Rajotia, and Supporting Artist Pinkesh Meena and will be released soon on their Youtube channel. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

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Sachin Pilot with (from left) Vishvendra Singh, Hormazd Sorabjee, Renuka Kriplani and Anirudh

COLLABORATIONS

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ormer Deputy Chief Minister, Sachin Pilot met with the Editor, Autocar India, Hormazd Sorabjee and Executive Editor, Autocar India, Renuka Kriplani in Jaipur on Wednesday evening. The meeting was held to discuss the shooting of a promotional film across various locations in the State and future collaborations to promote tourism in eastern Rajasthan. They were accompanied by the former Tourism Minister of Rajasthan, Vishvendra Singh and

his son, Anirudh Bharatpur. The collaboration was proposed by the former Tourism Minister during his tenure.

Autocar India is the country’s leading automobile publication known for providing its readers with the latest automotive news. It also provides all domestic and international automotive and motor-sport scoops, engaging stories and features, detailed and comprehensive reviews and video reviews. Over the years ‘Autocar India’ has expanded from being a car magazine to a car-expert brand. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

merging artist Yash Agarwal of Jaipur city will be seen in the upcoming cover song ‘Taaron Ka Shehar’. The first poster of the soonto-be-released upcoming cover song ‘Taaron Ka Shehar’ was launched online by Our Minute Productions in the capital Jaipur, where the song’s star cast and others participated virtually. Yash Agarwal and Nupur Sharma will be seen showcasing their acting skills in the lead artist of the song.

Yash Agarwal said,” we have completed this project by following all the shooting guidelines issued by the government along with limited resources due to Covid.”

The shooting of Song has been completed at

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Dr MA Chishti

COMPLEX SURGERY treated well

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36-year-old father of 2 young kids, was brought to Mahatma Gandhi Hospital Heart Centre, Jaipur on 8 October 2020, in critical condition to the trained eye Dr MA Chishti, Director Heart Surgery Department. On diagnose, it was apparent that he had Marfan’s Syndrome. It is a defect in connective tissue that holds the tissues of the body together like cement does a wall. Dr Chishti said that aorta is the biggest artery in the body that arises from the heart.

It is a rare and life-threatening disease. Surgery is challenging and complex. Aortic dissection occurs in 1-3 patients per lac population in a year.

The operation aimed to replace, repair and restore circulation to all parts of the body including the heart. The operation took about 8 hours to complete and was done bloodlessly.

The patient made a quick recovery. It cost the patient a quarter of what it would cost in Delhi NCR. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

Chevron Collection 2020

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he most elegant outfit is the one that lets you express yourself.

If you’ve been planning to upgrade your wardrobe with breezy Indian wear pieces, you’re in for a treat. Haneet Singh’s Grace Studio has dropped its Prêt Wear Collection, ‘Chevron Collection 2020’. A contemporary image of the modern silhouettes, this is the first line of prints by Haneet Singh.

The pieces come in a range of beautiful pastel colours like rose pink, mint green, aqua, champagne, whites and ivory. The line up features traditional and fusion outfits with modern aesthet-

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ics. The collection focuses on light comfort dressing, subtle details and prints.

Given that masks are an essential part of our lives, the collection whipped up beautiful masks in unexpected matching styles. Couples diversely combining their outfits have been in vogue for quite a while and that is the USP of this collection.

From colour coordinating to colour contrasting to matching prints and fabrics, this one outfit trend is to completely obsess over. Whether you’re looking to attend an intimate wedding affair or small functions, Haneet Singh’s latest drop makes for a stellar deal. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

DURING THE DAY!

UTTAR PRADESH: Congressmen, led by National Secretary, AICC, Vivek Bansal reached Khair grain market, Aligarh on Thursday, to talk to the farmers regarding their difficulties in selling the crops. The farmers expressed their pain and Vivek Bansal assured them that the Congress Party is aware of the problems of the farmers and will work together side by side to protect the interests of the farmers.

GUJARAT: Members of Blind People Association (BPA) distributed smart phones to specially-abled students, under Daan Utsav, in association with International Council for Education of Visually impaired (ICEVI), along with the support of Individual donors at Vastrapur area in Ahmedabad on Thursday.

—PHOTO BY HANIF SINDHI

GUJARAT: Prakash Kanaiyalal Soni showcased his 30 years of collection of different Indian Post tickets, a day before World post day celebration in Ahmedabad on Thursday.

—PHOTO BY HANIF SINDHI