First India Newspaper 10th June 2023 Jaipur Edition

1ST EX-PRESIDENT IN US HISTORY TO FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES Donald Trump on Friday become 1st ex-US Prez in history to face federal criminal indictment, stunningly, on a range of espionage-related charges.

FRENCH OPEN 2023: DJOKOVIC BEATS ALCARAZ IN SEMI FINALS

Chasing history, Novak Djokovic has sealed a 6-3 5-7 6-1 6-1 win vs Carlos Alcaraz in the men’s singles semi-final of the French Open, in Paris on Friday.

CASH-STRAPPED PAKISTAN DRAWS $51 BILLION BUDGET

Pakistan’s cash-strapped govt unveiled a 14.5-trillion-rupee (around $50.5-billion) budget, with over half set aside to service `7.3 trillion of debt.

Education Summit organised by First India and Bharat24

Today educated people need to think about the country: Kalla

Bohra says, Dr Jagdeesh Chandra has left an indelible mark in every field Raj is the only State where Eng schools have been opened at this level: Rafeek

Bharat Dixit Jaipur

The Education Summit was organised by First India and Bharat24 at Hotel Crowne Plaza in Jaipur on Friday. Education Minister Dr BD Kalla, BJP MP Ramcharan Bohra, MLA Rafeek Khan and Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO and Editor-in-Chief, Bharat24-Vision of New India and First India, and CMD, First India News

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Dhanbad: 3 killed, several trapped as coal mine collapses

Dhanbad: At least 3 people are feared dead and several others trapped after an illegal coal mine collapsed near Jharkhand’s Dhanbad. The incident occurred at 10.30 am at BCCL.

HM Shah reviews preps for Amarnath Yatra

New Delhi: Union Home minister Amit Shah reviewed the preparations for the Amarnath Yatra at a high-level meeting in New Delhi on Friday, MHA said in a statement.

The yatra, as per the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board, will start on July 1. P5

Francisco-Mumbai

flight cancelled due to technical issues

Mumbai: Air India flight AI180 from San Francisco to Mumbai was cancelled on Thursday following a technical issue. This comes days after AI from Delhi to San Francisco, make an emergency landing at Russia’s Magadan airport due to a technical issue.

UKRAINE COUNTEROFFENSIVE HAS STARTED, SAYS PUTIN

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that a long-expected counter-offensive from Ukraine had begun but Kyiv had so far “failed” to reach its goals.

were present in the program. Educationists from large education institutes

participated in the program as well. During event, Edu

Tech Titans Unite!

Moni Sharma New Delhi

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman, whose company deals with artificial intelligence technologies and has created ChatGPT, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Friday and discussed various aspects of AI including the need for global regulation. Besides India, Altman is on a 6-nation tour this week, including Israel, Jordan, Qatar, the UAE, and South Korea.

“We welcome all collaborations that can accelerate our digital transformation for empowering our citizens,” PM Modi tweeted, describing the conversation with Altman as insight -

RAJEEV: INDIA WILL REGULATE THE AI

The Centre’s approach to any regulation of Artificial Intelligence will be through the prism of “user harm or derived user harm through any technology”, said Union IT minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday.

Thank you for the insightful conversation Sam Altman. The potential of AI in enhancing India’s tech ecosystem is indeed vast and that too among the youth in particular.

MODI, PRIME MINISTER

ful. Earlier, Altman said in a tweet, “Great conversation with @narendramodi discussing india’s incredible tech

ecosystem and how the country can benefit from ai. Really enjoyed all my meetings with people in the @PMOIndia.”

MEHANGAI RAHAT CAMP INSPECTION

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday slammed the centre over Enforcement Directorate’s raids in State and said that the central government is misusing the agencies and that ED’s raids were “anticipated” in the poll-bound state.

Gehlot said while addressing the public at a program under Mehangai Rahat Camp held at Khandela in Sikar district.

Ramesh Sharma Sikar

THE ED RAIDS IN RAJASTHAN “ANTICIPATED” AS ELECTIONS ARE APPROACHING, SAYS CHIEF MINISTER ASHOK GEHLOT

DIGITAL INDIA BILL TO BAN 11 CONTENT TYPES

Chandrasekhar shares plans for new legislation that will aim to strictly regulate internet and combat new cybercrimes. Consultations will begin this mth, new Digital Personal Data Protection Bill will be presented in Parl soon.

Minister BD Kalla said that every person wants to become something in life. “But without education all this is not possible. Today educated people need to think about country, education teaches us to love and not discrimination. MORE ON P8

CBI files 6 cases, forms SIT to probe Manipur violence

First India Bureau Imphal/New Delhi

The CBI has formed a 10-member SIT under a DIG-rank officer to probe six cases related to the Manipur violence referred to it by the state govt, officials said on Friday.

During his visit to NE, Home Minister Amit Shah announced a CBI probe into 6 FIRs — 5 on alleged criminal conspiracy and one on general

ED issues showcause notice to Xiaomi India, 3 banks

FEMA VIOLATION

`5,551 CRORE

WOMAN AMONG 3 DIE, 2 HURT IN FRESH RIOT

In a fresh incident of violence in restive Manipur, at least three people, including a woman, were killed and two other injured by the suspected militants in Manipur’s Khoken village on Friday, police said.

conspiracy behind violence in Manipur. CBI sent Jt Dir Ghanshyam Upadhyay, and upon his return, SIT was formed.

The ED on Friday said it has issued show-cause notices to Chinese mobile manufacturer Xiaomi, its CFO and director Sameer Rao, former MD Manu Jain and three foreign banks for alleged foreign exchange violation of more than `5,551 crore. The adjudicating authority under Foreign Exchange Management Act has issued show-cause notices to Xiaomi Technology India Private Limited, the two executives, CITI Bank, HSBC Bank and Deutsche Bank AG.

Rumours: Venu on Pilot floating his own party

First India Bureau New Delhi

“The constitution is being torn to shreds in the country. The ED along with other central agencies is working under pressure.

My experience says that wherever an election is scheduled, the agencies

CM Ashok Gehlot greets people during Mehangai Rahat Camp at Khandela, Sikar on Friday. Also seen here is Sukhjinder Randhawa.

are sent to the place along with lists. I appeal to the agencies not to work under pressure,” he said.

“Who is going to win an election is decided by public. Schemes we have started, for this to continue, we need your blessings”, said CM. P8

The State Government has increased the amount of the social security pension and I appeal to the Prime Minister to pass a bill regarding the social security act.

The Congress on Friday dismissed reports that its leader Sachin Pilot may announce a separate party on his father Rajesh Pilot’s death anniversary on June 11 as rumour. Congress general secretary (org) KC Venugopal said party is united, will contest upcoming Assembly polls in Rajasthan together, a day ahead of a programme planned to pay homage to Rajesh Pilot on his death anniversary.

“I don’t believe in rumours. The reality is that the Congress President

“Do not believe in these rumours. Be optimistic. Don’t worry, Rajasthan Congress will fight unitedly”

and Rahul Gandhi discussed with Gehlot and Pilot, after that we said that we will go together. That is the position of the Cong party,” he told. P8

CM Ashok Gehlot appeals to the public to decide who is going to be the Chief Minister

‘We welcome all collaborations for digital transformation,’ says PM Narendra Modi after meeting ChatGPT’s Sam Altman

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman calls on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on Friday. ANI

Dr BD Kalla speaking during the Education Summit on Friday. Rafeek Khan interacting during the event on Friday.

Dr BD Kalla with (Left) Rafeek Khan, Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, Ramcharan Bohra, Nirmal Gehlot, Prof Dr Amit Jain and Jinendra Singh Shekhawat during ‘The Education Summit’ organised by First India and Bharat24 at the Hotel Crowne Plaza in Jaipur on Friday. SUNIL SHARMA

Ramcharan Bohra addressing the audience at Crowne Plaza.

Dr Jagdeesh Chandra addresses gathering during Education Summit.

The suggestions of this summit will be sent to the education department, so that innovation can be done in the education department.

DR JAGDEESH CHANDRA

Raj cities face rising pollution crisis

Environment matters

Among main cities, Jodhpur tops, Kota is 2nd while Jaipur is 3rd, says a study by CSE NO2 pollution on rise in Jaipur, Jodhpur and Udaipur due to rapid motorisation

Rashpal Singh Jaipur

Several cities of Rajasthan are experiencing rising particulate pollution and are also witnessing a multi-pollutant crisis with levels of several gaseous pollutants such as nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and ozone increasing public health risk in the state. This has been found in a new analysis carried out by New Delhi-based think tank Centre for Science and Environment’s (CSE) Urban Lab.

“Air quality is worsening not only in non-attainment cities but also in smaller cities and towns of Rajasthan despite the clean air action underway.

Time-bound improvement in air quality requires state-wide action to improve systems and infrastructure in all the key sectors of pollution including industry, vehicles and transport,” said Anumita Roychowdhury, executive director, research and advocacy (CSE) on Friday. “It is necessary to scale up with speed the implementation of the multi-sector clean air action plan at the city and the state levels,” said Avikal Somvanshi, senior programme manager, Urban Lab, CSE.

Notably, with an annual PM2. 5 level of 92.7 g/m3, Bhiwadi is considered the most polluted city in the country.

Rathore corners Raj govt on smartphones scheme

KEY FINDINGS OF STUDY

z Jodhpur the most polluted among the five cities with PM2.5 of 71 microgramme per cubic metre (µg/m3) and for PM10 of 153 µg/m3.

z Kota the 2nd most polluted with PM2.5 of 55 µg/m3 and for PM10 of 105 µg/ m3.

z Jaipur is third with PM2.5 of 52 µg/m3 and for PM10 of 114 µg/m3.

z Udaipur and Alwar also exceed the standard with PM2.5 at 50 µg/m3 and 42 µg/m3, respectively.

z Analysis is of real-time data from monitoring stations in Rajasthan for the period January 1, 2019- May 31, 2023.

z Both PM2.5 and PM10 levels are wors-

Cong, BJP will not be able to form govt without third front, says Beniwal

First India Bureau Bikaner

POLLUTION HOTSPOTS IN DIFFERENT CITIES

z Jaipur: Mansarovar hotspot for PM10, PM2.5 worst in Police Commissionerate, NO2 prevalent in Adarsh Nagar.

z Jodhpur: Jhalamand hotspot for PM10, Collectorate for PM2.5, NO2 and CO in Samrat Ashok Udhyan.

z Kota: Dhanmandi hotspot for PM10 and NO2, Shrinath Puram for PM2.5, Nayapura for groundlevel ozone and CO.

Who will be new org General Secretary in Rajasthan PCC?

SS Randhawa starts searching for new Org Gen Secretary in election year

Rajendra Rathore, Diya Kumari, Pankaj Joshi, Laxmikant Bharadwaj and other BJP leaders during press conference in Jaipur on Friday. Prahlad and Shakti Singh who helped police in ‘Kanhaiya Lal murder case’ were also present.

Aishwary Pradhan

LoP Rajendra Rathore on Friday targeted the Congress government over several issues including law and order and free smartphone scheme.He raised questions on the tendering process for the procurement of smart phones to be given to women while alleging corruption, and said the BJP will go to court after taking legal opinion.

Rathore along with Rajsamand MP Diya Kumari held a press conference in which two men from Rajsamand Shakti Singh and Prahlad who had helped the police in nabbing the two accused of Kanhaiya Lal murder case of Udaipur last year were also present. The BJP leader said that both were removed by their employ-

GODARA’s AIDE CONFESS TO THREATEN RATHORE

The miscreants who wanted to avenge the murder of gangster Raju Thehat from Rohit Godara had threatened 4 MLAs including LoP Rajendra Rathore. The accused also wanted to threaten Gadkari in the name of Rohit Godara. In the police interrogation, Sanjay and Pawan Godara have confessed to have called and threatened Karni Sena’s SS Gogamedi as well. Rajendra Rathore has written a letter to DGP Umesh Mishra.

er in Surat after the incident citing security reasons. “When the two had met the CM last year, the CM had assured them to provide security but it has not been given yet.” he added. Diya Kumari said that Shakti Singh and Prahlad should get justice.

Rashtriya Loktantrik Party convener and Nagaur MP Hanuman Beniwal on Friday said that Congress and BJP will not be able to form government in Rajasthan without third Front in assembly elections due later this year.

Speaking at Kisan Mahapanchayat at Shri Dungargarh in Bikaner district, Beniwal targeted the central government and said that first the central government harassed the farmers and after that it ditched youths by bringing Agniveer scheme.

He said that this time the Bharatiya Janata Party in Rajasthan is not even able to declare its Chief Minister face and in such a situation, the Party is in a bad situation in the state.

Beniwal also targeted the Congress got over paper leak cases.

DR KIRODI MEENA IN PROTEST MODE AGAIN

ening in Jaipur, Kota and Udaipur

z Pollution during winter season is a challenge in all five cities

z NO2 pollution, closely linked with traffic flow, on the rise in Jaipur, Jodhpur and Udaipur

z Smaller cities and towns are showing high PM and NO2 pollution as well

z Assessment of annual and seasonal trends in PM2.5, PM10, NO2, groundlevel ozone and CO concentration for the period January 1, 2019-May 31, 2023.

z Analysis covers 42 continuous ambient air quality monitoring stations spread across cities of Rajasthan.

Five med institutions to get NQA certification

First India Bureau Jaipur

Medical & Health Minister Parsadi Lal Meena and Additional Chief Secretary Medical and Health Shubhra Singh conveyed their best wishes to all officers concerned and employees of these medical institutions who have

MEASURES SUGGESTED

z Plan for massive clean energy transition in industry, transport, power plants, and households.

z State-wide action to scale up electrification of vehicles, promote usage of public transport, walking and cycling.

z Collect segregated waste, recover material from all streams of waste for recycling, eliminate burning of waste.

Yogesh Sharma

The Rajasthan PCC is looking for a skilled organizer who can be made General Secy of PCC as still PCC does not have full time General Secy of Organization who knows the name and face of Cong leaders coming from every corner of State. At the time of Sachin Pilot, Mahesh Sharma

took over the responsibility and Pukhraj Parashar was the general secy at the time of Dr. Chandrabhan while Anil Pareek was undeclared general secy at time of Dr. CP Joshi.

All these old general secretaries were experienced and efficient. Now the state Cong is looking for general secy for organization with such aura! State Congress in-charge SS Randhawa has started search as PCC needs skilled organization general secy in the election year.

Vaibhav Gehlot attacks Central Govt on misuse of ED, says ‘we had expected this’

Naveen Joshi

Bhilwara

made excellent achievements in health centre management and implementation of services.

“Suvana CHC, Dhikola PHC and Rupehel Khurd PHC in Bhilwara district, Gusainsar PHC in Bikaner district, Jaswantgarh PHC of Nagaur district received the NQA Certificate,” said Dr JK Soni, Mission Director, NHM.

RCA President Vaibhav Gehlot visited Bhilwara on Friday as the chief guest at the closing ceremony of the day night cricket competition organized by the social organization Jeeto. RCA President Gehlot was received by RCA Treasurer Rampal Sharma at the railway station. On this occasion, along with cricket expert Mahendra Nahar, Congress officials were also present. Vaibhav attacked the Central Government for

the misuse of ED. “We had expected that the BJP would do politics on similar matters in the election year,” he said.

On the question of BJP MP Kirodi Lal Meena going to ED office and holding a press conference, Vaibhav said, “All these

JDA action against illegal constructions in city

First India Bureau Jaipur

by violating the building by-laws was sealed. Similarly, a four-sto-

ried illegal commercial building was also sealed. Likewise, a warehouse

was being constructed on two bighas of agricultural land in the Kalwar area, where work was also stopped. Encroachments were removed from the land of a government school in Bindayaka. An illegal colony in gram Dehmi Kalan was also razed as it was being developed without obtaining necessary approval from the JDA,” said an official.

The action was taken on the directions of Chief Controller of Enforcement Raghuveer Saini.

matters were raised 12 years back also. A black paper was issued for this, but nothing has been done so far.” Vaibhav expected the work of the stadium being built in Jaipur to be completed in 2 to two and a half years and said that it will be our endeavor to provide an international level stadium to Rajasthan as soon as possible. On the question of Union Minister Gajendra Singh’s involvement in Sanjivani scam, he said, “Showing his big heart, he should come forward to help the people and return the money himself.”

RAS, RPS Assns meet Akhil Arora, submit demands

Jaipur (FIB): Representatives of RAS, RPS Association met ACS Akhil Arora demanding apex scale for both services.

RAS Assn prez Gaurav Bajad, ex-prez Shaheen Ali, Sunil Bhati, RPS Assn prez Raghuveer Saini and other s met Arora. Saini said that there is a fixed 8% quota of full strength in Higher Super Time Scale. He demanded that out of this, DPC and post should be determined by giving 3% in apex scale.

Kirodi reaches ED office, questions `100 cr of investment in Hotel Fairmont

Shivendra Parmar Jaipur

DEVNANI SPEAKS ON ED’S NOTICE TO RPSC CHAIRMAN

SARAN’s GF REACHES HC AGAINST HER REJECTION

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ajya Sabha MP Kirodi Lal Meena once again reached the ED office in Jaipur on Friday. During his meeting with ED officials on Friday, the MP handed over the complaint demanding action in the matter related to the investment of about Rs 100 cr by Mauritius shell company in Hotel Fairmount. After giving complaint to ED officials, MP Kirori Lal Meena said that he has given evidence to

Kirodi Meena protesting at ED

by a shell company from Mauritius. “This money belongs to Gehlot and his family members which was first delivered to Mauritius through hawaBJP MP

la. After that investment was made in Fairmont through a shell company,” Meena alleged. Dr Kirodi Meena said that Dr. Narendra Singh, Hitesh Biyani and Yuk Latin Kick invested money from Mauritius. He also demanded to get mater investigated by SOG.

Ajmer: Enforcement Directorate, Jaipur gave notice to RPSC chairman Sanjay Kumar Shrotriya in the paper leak case.

MLA Vasudev Devnani allegedly said an unbiased investigation cannot be expected from SOG. “The SOG has not interrogated the RPSC chairman yet. The ED has, however, given notice to further the investigation,” he said.

ED SUMMONS 23 PEOPLE IN PAPER LEAK CASE, PREPARES ‘QUESTION PAPER’ FOR ACCUSED

ED’s Headquarters has summoned 23 people including RPSC Chairman Sanjay Shrotriya and Member Babulal Katara for questioning at different times. For this, the ED has issued notices to them. ED team from Delhi has almost completed the probe of the seized documents so far. Sources said that Shotriya was served notice earlier but he will not go to record his statement. There is a possibility that the chairman will give a statement to the ED officials in the RPSC office itself. ED officials would place a paper in front of those who have been called to the ED headquarters for questioning. There are some questions written in the paper, which are related to the investigation of paper leak. The person coming for questioning will have to write the answers to these questions.

RPSC paper leak mastermind Bhupendra Saran’s girlfriend, Priyanka Vishnoi, has filed a petition in Rajasthan HC challenging cancellation of her selection in the PTI recruitment examination. The petitioner has filed petition against RSMSSB stating that there is no allegation of a paper leak on her. “Neither the paper of the PTI recruitment exam was leaked nor any FIR has been registered against her. It is completely unfair to cancel my selection based,” she stated.

office on Friday.

Jaipur

Jaipur

Five medical institutions of the state have been selected by the Union Health Ministry to provide Quality Assurance Certificate. Now a total of 106 quality assurance certificate winners have become state medical institutes.

The enforcement wing of Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) on Friday took action at six places in the city. The JDA officials sealed 2 buildings in Rani Sati Nagar of Zone – 5. “A five-storied building in Rani Sati Nagar where seven flats were being constructed

Vaibhav Gehlot, RCA president

Warehouse being razed by JDA in Kalwar area on Friday.

JDA’s enforcement wing takes action at 6 places in Jaipur

Hanuman Beniwal addressing in Bikaner on Friday.

Taxi-Cab apps can’t charge arbitary fare

Popular apps like Swiggy & Zomato will

also have to follow the rules

Shivendra Parmar Jaipur

The transport department of Rajasthan is going to make provisions in the Rajasthan Motor Vehicle Aggregator Rules 2023 to check irregularities done by cab aggregators. After this, the bike and cab aggregators will not be able to charge arbitrary fare. At the same time, fine will be charged on canceling a ride. Popular food dilevery-

Smuggled gold

worth `1.40 crore seized at Jaipur Rly Station

First India Bureau Jaipur

Around 2.2 kgs of smuggled gold, worth around Rs 1.40 crores, was seized by the officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) from two smugglers at Jaipur Railway Station. Police informed the gold was being smuggled from Kolkata to Jaipur and was recovered from the sole of the shoes of the two accused. “Based on specific information, the DRI team boarded the train and checked the two passengers. The smugglers were produced before a jail on Friday and were sent to jail,” police said.

apps like Swiggy and Zomato along with other cab/goods transportation companies will also have to follow the rules which are bein planned to rolled out in this month only.

It is to be noted that users frequently com -

STATE ROADWAYS WINS APPEAL, NOW WILL NOT HAVE TO PAY `100 CR

plain about the services provided by such apps, and several ‘consumerrelated issues’ as well as criminal complaints have been registered against employees (riders) of many such dilevery/cab service providers.

Cong City Prez injured in firing dies during treatment in Baran

First India Bureau Baran

Congress City President of Baran, Gaurav Sharma, who was allegedly injured in a firing incident a few days back, died during treatment in a hospital on Thursday late night. Police informed that Gaurav Sharma was grievously injured in a firing incident due to a property dispute situated on Talwara Road.

“The post-mortem of the deceased was performed on Friday and the body was then handed over to his family members. The victim exchanged heated arguments with Rajendra

ED attaches properties in NDPS case

Deceased drug dealer’s assets worth `4.49 cr

ANI New Delhi

Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has attached three immovable properties worth over Rs 4 crore belonging to (Late) Subhash Dudani and his family members, in connection with a money laundering investigation related to manufacture and sale of methaqualone tablets, a prohibited psychotropic substance as per NDPS Act, 1985, officials said on Thursday.

ACB seals suspended Divya’s Mittal house in Jhunjhunu

ACB found that Mittal’s assets are 123.53% more than her actual income

Vedandt Tiwari Jhunjhunu

The Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation (RSRTC) has won an appeal against a transport company of Ahmedabad. With this, the Roadways will not have to make payment of Rs 100 cr. An award was passed in favor of the transport company in March 2018 and the Roadways was ordered to pay Rs 83.89 lakh with 12 per cent interest and penalty. As per the order, a process of attachment of property was started last year against which the management filed an appeal.

NCPCR meets rape victims in Dungarpur

First India Bureau Dungarpur

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday sealed the house of suspended IPS officer Divya Mittal located in Chirawa town of Jhunjhunu district. The ACB sleuths reached Divya’s house on Pilani Road and sealed the main entrance of the house by putting a lock on the gate.

ACB nabs head constable while taking bribe

Navin Sharma and Sanjay

Jain Pratapgarh

SEARCHES CARRIED OUT AT SUSPENDED DIVYA MITTAL’S AND HER CLOSE AIDE’S PREMISES

ED initiated investigation on the basis of the Prosecution Complaint filed by Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Jaipur against Subhash Dudani and his associates under sections of the NDPS Act, 1985.

Politics still has a say in transfers?

Prakash posted as Addl CP, Traffic

What is the political connection of police transfer? Let us reveal the inside story of the cancellation of the transfer of Rahul Prakash! Two ministers and two MLAs of the Bharatpur rangeVishvendra Singh, Bhajan Lal Jatav, Rohit Bohra, and Lakhan Meena - were not in favor. Vishvendra Singh and Rohit Bohra spoke to CM Gehlot. Although two legislators from Dholpur wanted Rahul Prakash’s posting. In such a situation, the hesitation continued for the last few days.

Meanwhile, Rahul Prakash got the message not to join Bharatpur and late night Rahul Prakash was transferred to the post of Additional Commissioner Traffic. Now Rupinder will be the Range IG of Bharatpur in place of Rahul Prakash. Naresh Sharma

Meena and Ramkumar Meena, following which, Rajendra Meena fired a gunshot at Gaurav Sharma from point-blank range,” police said.

“Following his death, sections of murder were added to the FIR. The two accused, including a Cong leader, have been arrested by the police and the matter is being investigated,” police added.

Anu Chowdhary, registrar of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) met the families of the rape victims in Dungarpur on Friday. She went along with the team of the District Child Welfare Committee and talked to the minor girls who suffered at the hands of the headmaster. Taking feedback of the incident from the school staff, doctor, collector, and SP, she gave instructions for action. She interacted with all eight rape victims in a closed room in a house. The victims told about the misdeeds of headmaster Rameshchandra Katara.

Officials informed that following an order of the ACB court, the police team reached Divya’s house to carry out a search operation. “However, nobody was found and the house was locked. In such a situation, a notice has been pasted and seizure action has been taken and the main entrance has been locked,” police said.

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday carried out searches at the premises of suspended SOG ASP Divya Mittal and her close aide Sumit. The ACB team raided the premises of the accused located in Jaipur, Jhunjhunu, and Udaipur. Officials informed that a team from Ajmer conducted searches at a flat located in Heera Nagar on the 200-feet bypass. Similarly, a team led by Deputy SP Shabbir raided Divya’s house in Jhunjhunu’s Chirawa. Likewise, DSP Umesh Ojha and Parasmal raided the premises of Divya Mittal and Sumit in Udaipur. Notably, the ACB has found that Divya Mittal’s assets are 123.53 per cent more than her actual income while Sumit has secured assets 523.34 per cent more than this actual income.

CCTV footage: Crouching Tiger spotted at Chetan Enclave in Alwar

First India Bureau Alwar Tiger movement is increasing in the colonies adjacent to Alwar’s Sariska forest. On Friday, a tiger was seen in the Chetan Enclave area of the city. There are around 600 houses here and people are in panic. On getting information, the Forest Dept team reached the

Man demands matrimonial match in Mehngai Rahat Camp

Arif Mansoori Jhalawar

A 28-year-old unmarried man from Thikariya village of Jhalawar district approached the authorities at the inflation relief camp with a written application demanding a suitable, fair complexion bride aged around 24 to 26 for himself. Surprisingly, this is the second incident where a man had demanded a bribe of himself in the Menghai Rahat Camp.

Officials informed

Dotasra’s

PCC chief Govind Singh Dotasra has given a big political message in the Rajasthani language. On Friday, he said, “People do not accept those who change party to party every minute. Jumping up walls does not work, living among the public does.” Now this

that Chotu Lal Gurjar submitted an application and stated that due to not being getting married, he has to do all the household works and being lonely, he is not

spot. CCTV camera footage of a tiger in the area was seen. Sakshi, who lives in Chetan Enclave,

said that it was around 6 in the morning when her pet started barking continuously. When she went near the railing of the terrace, she saw some movement in the bushes. A tiger was walking on the wall of the canal behind a house. Tiger was there for about four minutes but when people started making noise.

While taking action at Suhagpura police station in Pratapgarh, the team of Anti-Corruption Bureau Chittorgarh arrested a head constable red-handed while taking a bribe of Rs 4500 on Friday. The head constable sought a bribe to act in favour of the complainant in the plot dispute.

Kailash Singh Sandu, Additional Superintendent of Police, ACB, Chittorgarh, said that Babulal Nath from Pratapgarh district had lodged a complaint on May 23 regarding a plot dispute. Head constable Yashwant Singh demanded Rs 10,000 for taking action in his favour. Later, he agreed for Rs 7000. A trap was laid and Singh was arrested.

3 of family die in road mishap in Jodhpur

Jodhpur: Three members of a family, including two women, were killed in Jodhpur on Friday after their motorcycle was hit by a speeding car, police said. Police informed the deceased have been identified as Prema Ram (34), Luni Devi (45) and Barju Devi (44), all residents of Guda Vishnoi village under the Vivek Vihar Police Station area.

remark of Govind Singh Dotasra’s has initiated a talk in political spheres in the state and speculations are being made as to whose side was Govind Dotasra’s gesture. By the way, there is more discussion going on in the Congress itself to change the party and the sides.

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even able to look after his parents properly.

“Chotu Lal Gurjar has given an application for marriage in the inflation relief camp,” said Sarpanch Lad Bai Meena.

Mock drill sparks fears at Railway Station

First India Bureau Jaipur

A mock drill at Durgapura Railway Station sparked fears on Friday that they were tackling a live bomb at the railway station, with the result that police control rooms were flooded with panic calls. A team of ATS, QRT, Bomb Disposal Squad, and police administration reached the spot to save people from any casualty.

message in Rajasthani sparks talk in political spheres in the State

Chotu Lal Gurjar at inflation relief camp in Jhalawar on Friday.

Suspended Divya Mittal’s house located on Pilani Road of Chidawa in Jhunjhunu is seized.

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Can Team India bounce back after a listless performance in the first innings of the WTC final?

REALITY CHECK

Barely a fortnight back Indian fans were celebrating the grand success of our beloved IPL and the sound health of Indian cricket with superb performances by Indian stars. But now, it’s a reality check once again as India wilts against Australia in the WTC Final

Barely a fortnight back Indian fans were celebrating the grand success of our beloved IPL and the sound health of Indian cricket with superb performances by Indian stars. But now, it’s a reality check once again as India wilts against Australia in the World Test Championship (WTC) Final. At the time of writing this, India managed just 296 in their first innings, conceding a 173-run lead, and well on the way to a possible defeat - if that happens, it will be their second consecutive loss in a WTC final. Team India had lost to New Zealand in the 2021 final and barring a miracle in the second innings of the ongoing game, it will now be a full decade since India won an ICC title!

The Indian team management could have ensured a little more preparation time for their marquee players as it was important to enter the final on an equal footing with Australia. Given the glorious uncertainties of cricket, the WTC final may still turn on its head and provide Indian fans a relief. But as the wise say, miracles happen to those who prepare the best and sadly Indian players present a contrasting picture from the fresh and hungry Australian cricket team!

dul Thakur who scored a gritty 51. Ashwin’s presence as a batsman would have cushioned India’s batting order as well. In fact, Rahane’s century partnership with Thakur was instrumental in saving India from a follow-on, giving them a sliver of a chance to save the match.

Rohit Sharma and the brains trust of the team made it far tougher for themselves by dropping Ashwin, the off-spinner who is the No.1 bowler in the ICC Test rankings

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Playing the WTC final right after the IPL was always going to be a huge challenge for Team India. But Rohit Sharma and the brains trust of the team made it far tougher for themselves by dropping Ashwin, the off-spinner who is the No.1 bowler in the ICC Test rankings. His omission has been slammed by most experts from Gavaskar and Ganguly to Ponting and Hayden. They point out that India just picked a team for the first innings of the match. The pitch at Oval, England is a little up and down and has turned even on day two for Aussie offie, Nathan Lyon. As such, India should have played to their strength by picking both Ravindra Jadeja and Ravi Ashwin in the playing 11.

Throughout the test championship, Ashwin has been phenomenal and picked up 61 wickets, making him the thirdhighest wicket-taker in the WTC 2021-23 cycle - just behind Lyon (83) and Kagiso Rabada from South Africa (67). Also, Ashwin has a terrific record against left-handers - of his 474 Test wickets, over 230 are left-handers. With five lefties in Australia’s line-up, Ashwin ought to have been a sure-shot starter.

An interesting fact that many pointed out on social media is that while India has gone in with 4 seamers and Jadeja - the bowling attack put together has less wickets than what Ashwin alone has got! What bewilders the fans more is that Ashwin had tormented Australia earlier in the year during the BorderGavaskar trophy as he picked up 25 wickets and shared the

Player of The Series award with Ravindra Jadeja.

Indian legend and ex- Captain, Sunil Gavaskar has pointed out that 2 of the 4 seamers –Umesh Yadav and Shardul Thakur were undercooked coming into the contest due to their limited bowling time in the recently-concluded IPL. As such, one of them should have been kept out to bring in Ashwin. Moreover, Ashwin’s handy batting is also being badly missed. With Team India suffering a major collapse of the top order, Ashwin’s plucky and spirited batting would have been most useful.

India’s lower middle order has been to the rescue many times in this Championship cycle. Even in this test, after a flop show by the top 4 batsmen, Rahane stood tall with a fabulous 89 and was ably supported by Jadeja who made 48 and Shar-

The poor first innings show by India also raised questions on their preparations owing to the IPL finishing less than 10 days before the WTC final. Former Aussie cricketer, Brad Hogg talked about how the Australians were much better prepared for the final. In contrast, many Indian players, especially bowlers, looked listless on the first day as Steve Smith and Travis Head made a feast scoring runs and eventually hitting hundreds each. Hogg also questioned the scheduling of the final straight after the IPL, stating that it would have been better to play the match immediately following the India vs. Australia Test series in March.

The Indian team management could have ensured a little more preparation time for their marquee players as it was important to enter the final on an equal footing with Australia. Given the glorious uncertainties of cricket, the WTC final may still turn on its head and provide Indian fans a relief. But as the wise say, miracles happen to those who prepare the best and sadly Indian players present a contrasting picture from the fresh and hungry Australian cricket team!

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Modi’s visit will set new benchmarks for bilateral ties: Pentagon

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the United States this month will set new benchmarks for bilateral ties and some “really big, historic and exciting” announcements are likely to be made on defence cooperation and boosting India's indigenous military industrial base, the Pentagon has said.

I think it (the visit) will be looked back upon similar to how the Japan two plus two earlier this year was a pivotal moment in the relationship. People will be looking back on this visit by Prime Minister Modi as a real springboard for the US-India relationship.

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Prime Minister Modi will embark on his first state visit to the US at the invitation of President Joe Biden and First Lady

Jill Biden this month. During his four-day visit starting on June 21, the US president and the First Lady will host Modi for a

HM Shah chairs high-level meet on preparedness for Amarnath Yatra

The Amarnath Yatra will commence on July 1 and culminate on August 31

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Union Home Minister

Amit Shah on Friday chaired a high-level meeting over preparedness for the 62-day-long Amarnath Yatra, which will commence on July 1 and culminate on August 31.

The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, Intelligence Bureau chief Tapan Deka, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GoCin-C) of the Northern Command, Upendra Dwivedi, and CRPF's Director General SL Thaosen, among other officers, attended the meeting.

After the successful conduct of the G20 tourism working group meeting in Srinagar, the Jammu and Kashmir administration shifted its focus on the arrangements for the

upcoming Amarnath Yatra amid intelligence inputs of possible attempts by Pakistan-based terror outfits to disrupt the pilgrimage.

The annual pilgrimage to the holy cave shrine of Amarnath, located at a height of 3,880 metres in the Himalayan ranges of south Kashmir, will begin on July 1 and continue till August 31.

IN THE COURTYARD

Exchange of `2,000 notes: SC refuses urgent hearing on plea challenging RBI decision

The Supreme Court on Friday refused urgent hearing on a plea challenging the notifications enabling exchange of Rs 2,000 currency notes without any requisition slip and ID proof. A bench said there is no urgency in the matter.

Gangster's funeral held peacefully: UP

Govt tells Top Court

The Supreme Court on Friday declined the urgent listing of the plea filed by the wife of gangster Sanjiv Maheshwari Jeeva, an aide of Mukhtar Ansari, who was shot dead on June 7 in a Lucknow court.

AMIT SHAH ON 2-DAY VISIT TO GUJARAT, MAHA, TAMIL NADU AND ANDHRA PRADESH FROM TODAY

As part of BJP's reach out to people to mark nine years of government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will travel to four states to talk about the achievements of the Centre. Shah will be on a two-day visit to Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh from June 10. He will visit Gujarat and Maharashtra on June 10 and travel to Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh on June 11. Sources said he will hold a public meeting in Patan in Gujarat on Saturday morning. He will visit Sachkhand Gurudwara in Maharashtra's Nanded and address a public meeting.

USE OF TECH BY MODI GOVT MADE

BIZ EASIER: SHAH

PM Narendra Modi has fostered progress through technology that resulted in exponential surge in digital transactions, made business easier and Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) took government services to every home, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday. The home minister highlighted through tweets the Modi government's thrust on use of technology for the benefit of people with the hashtag #9YearsOfTechForGrowth. “PM @narendramodi Ji fostered progress through technology in #9YearsOfTechForGrowth.

“5 days not enough for nominations for WB panchayat polls”

The Calcutta HC on Friday observed that just six days time, from June 9 to June, is not enough to file nominations for 75,000 seats during the panchayat polls in West Bengal scheduled on July 8.

BJP’S TIRADE AGAINST CONG

Assam Guv Kataria chairs meet with varsity officials

First India Bureau Dibrugarh

Assam Governor Gulab Chand Kataria on Friday chaired a meeting with the officials of Sri Sri Aniruddha Deva Sports University and visited the Multi Disciplinary Sports Complex at Khan-

ikar. “To boost the sports environment in the State, I chaired a meeting in Dibrugarh with the DC, VC of Sri Sri Aniruddha Deva Sports University, & key officials from the Sports & Youth Welfare Dept of the State,” Kataria took to twitter to give the details.

state dinner on June 22.

“When Prime Minister Modi comes here to Washington for a State Visit later in the month, I think it will be a historic visit setting new benchmarks for the relationship,” Assistant Secretary of Defense for IndoPacific Security Affairs Ely Ratner said during a panel discussion at the Center for New American Security on Thursday (local time).

MODI'S VISIT A POWERFUL SIGNAL OF UNITY OF US-INDIA, SAYS USIBC PRESIDENT

The State Visit of PM Narendra Modi at the invitation of President Joe Biden is a “big deal” and a powerful signal that the future of the two countries is together, US-India Business Council (USIBC) president Atul Keshap has said. “The old saying goes, trade follows the flag. The two flags indicate the relevance of one to the other. A State Visit is a big deal. It is only the third in the entire history of diplomatic relations between the United States and India. It is the highest level of protocol area and diplomatic gesture that the United States can offer,” Keshap said.

Nadda lauds PM Modi for changing culture of politics

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New Delhi

BJP National President JP

Nadda on Friday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has changed the culture of politics in the country which at one point used to just revolve around vote bank politics.

During an event to lay foundation stone for a new office building of the party’s Delhi unit at DDU Marg in New Delhi on Friday, he said, “PM Modi

has not just changed the govt but also the culture of politics… from ‘Parivaarvad’, PM Modi brought in a culture where a person from a humble background can become PM, party chief, state chief and CM. From vote bank politics we have come to report card politics…”.

Calling out other parties for deviating from their ideologies, Nadda said BJP has stood the test of time and is firm on its ideology.

Kharge, Rahul to attend Oppn meeting in Patna on June 23

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Even as the first meeting of the Opposition parties scheduled for June 12 got cancelled, Congress on Friday said its president Mallikarjun Kharge and senior leader Rahul Gandhi will attend the meeting on June 23 in Patna.

Speaking to the media here, Congress general secretary KC Venugopal said, “Khargeji and former party chief Rahul Gandhi will attend the opposition meeting in Patna on June 23.”

NEW BJP OFFICE IN NATIONAL CAPITAL

Nadda laid foundation stone for a new office building of the party’s Delhi unit at DDU Marg in New Delhi. Leaders, including organisation general secretary BL Santhosh and Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva performed an elaborate Bhumi Pujan ceremony.

PM Modi pays tribute to Birsa Munda on his death anniv

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He said, “We have already informed them that both the leaders will attend the meeting.”

On several BJP leaders reacting to the first opposition party meeting in Patna on June 23, Venugopal said that “they are

frustrated as they know that real fight is coming against them”.

The Rajya Sabha MP also said that it is high time to have unity in the Opposition to fight against these forces (BJP) who are ruining the country.

“Cong looks at history with prism of Nehru-Gandhi family”

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New Delhi

nion Minister Rajeev Chandrashekar on Friday hit out at the Congress government in Karnataka over reports about it removing a lesson on RSS founder Keshav Baliram Hedgewar from school textbooks, saying the party’s views on history are limited to the Nehru-Gandhi family.

The senior BJP leader termed the reported move as Congress antics to

grab attention, and alleged that it has a long history of rewriting the country’s history to remove those who are not

part of a “dynasty”. On Thursday, Karnataka Primary and Secondary Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa

Its (move to remove a lesson) absolutely wrong. It is in their DNA and intent to take out from history whosoever is not part of dynasty. Their “prism” of looking at history is limited to the Nehru-Gandhi family.

RAJEEV CHANDRASHEKAR UNION MINISTER

had said revision of school textbooks will be done this year itself in the interest of students. Bangarappa, while

talking to reporters in Bengaluru, had also indicated that the proposal on the textbook revision will be placed before the Cabinet probably when it meets next.

At a press conference here, Chandrashekar also described the reported move of the Karnataka government to remove a lesson on Hedgewar as “crime against the youth of India” and said people will respond to the Congress for depriving students from the truth about India.

BJP, CONG LOCK HORNS OVER KARNATAKA GOVT’S PROPOSED CHANGES TO TEXTBOOKS

New Delhi: A war of words has erupted between the Congress and the BJP over the Karnataka government’s proposal to undo all changes made to school textbooks when the BJP was in power. The proposal includes removing a chapter on Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) founder Keshav Baliram Hedgewar.

RATIONALISATION EXERCISE HAS MUTILATED NCERT BOOKS: CHIEF ADVISORS

New Delhi: Embarrassed by their names being mentioned as 'Chief Advisors' in NCERT textbooks amid rationalisation exercises, academic and political scientist Suhas Palshikar urged the organisation to remove his and activist Yogendra Yadav's mention as 'chief advisors' from the book.

Paying tributes to Birsa Munda on his death anniversary, PM Narendra Modi on Friday said that the nation will never forget his dedication and service for the upliftment of the tribal community.

The PM said Birsa Munda sacrificed everything in the struggle against foreign rule. “Lots of respect and salute to Bhagwan Birsa Munda ji on his death anniversary. He sacrificed his everything in the struggle against foreign rule. The grateful nation will always remember his dedication and service to uplift the tribal community”, PM Modi said in a tweet.

The legendary freedom fighter and social reformer, Birsa Munda, who belonged to the Munda tribe, was born on November 15 in 1875 and sacrificed his life during the fight for the nation on June 9, 1900.

Rajeev Chandrashekar speaks to media in New Delhi on Friday.

Union HM Amit Shah chairsa high-level meeting on preparedness Amarnath Yatra in New Delhi on Friday. J&K Lt Guv Manoj Sinha (L) and Union Home Secretary, Ajay Kumar Bhalla (R) also seen. ANI

JP Nadda interacts with Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva at the foundation stone laying ceremony of the new State BJP office, in New Delhi on Friday. ANI

Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge. FILE

Gulab Chand Kataria chairs university officials’ meet on Friday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with US President Joe Biden. FILE

IN BRIEF

Police rescue 250 tourists stuck in Kashmir's Affarwat

Srinagar: The J&K Police have rescued at least 250 tourists, who were stuck in Affarwat mountains after Gulmarg Gondola car operations in Kashmir’s Baramulla dist developed a technical fault, officials said on Friday.

“Baramulla Police rescues nearly 250 tourists from Gondola Phase II Affarwat Gulmarg who went for Gondola ride & while on return due to technical glitches in cable car operations they got stuck.” The 2phase Gondola ride is a favourite for tourists in Gulmarg.

BSF intercepts Pak drone, foils smuggling attempt

Amritsar: BSF recovered a Pak drone along Int’l Border near Rai village in Amritsar in intervening night of Thursday & Friday.“Depth deployed troops of @BSF_ Punjab heard sound of #Pakistani drone & dropping by it. On searching 1 big packet with 5.260 kg heroin has been recovered near Village Rai, Dist- #Amritsar,” it tweeted.

Punjab Excise dept recovers 320 litres of illicit liquor

Chandigarh: Punjab govt recovered 17,000 kg of ‘lahan’, used in making illicit liquor, during searches carried out in the last two days in Dasuya area of Hoshiarpur district, an official remark said. The Excise Dept also seized 320 litres of illicit liquor and equipment used in distillation of moonshine, it said. Quoting an official spokesperson of dept, said teams of excise enforcement, excise officers, & policemen were deputed to conduct checking of illicit distillation in Dasuya.

Man cheated 50 women on matrimonial app over 20 yrs, held

Gurugram: A 55-yearold man has been arrested for allegedly cheating 50 women of lakhs of rupees after marrying them through different matrimonial websites over a period of 20 years, police said here on Friday. Tapesh, a native of Jamshedpur, was arrested by the Gurugram police on Thursday from Odisha, the cops infomed.

Punjab to have high security 'digital jail' near Ludhiana: Mann

Sangrur: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday said a “digital jail” is going to be built over 50 acres of land to hear cases involving dreaded criminals within the jail complex. Addressing a gathering after handing over appointment letters to the newly recruited jail warders at Ladda Kothi here, the Chief Minister said the Centre has approved Rs 100 crore to set up the digital jail near Ludhiana. According to an official statement, Mann said jail will have separate cabins for judges.

Firing Salvos at Congress

Union Minister on Rahul Gandhi’s remarks in US

Asking other nations to intervene in India's issues problematic: Jaishankar

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External Affairs Minister

S Jaishankar hit out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's recent criticism of the Narendra Modi-led government during his US visit, saying that inviting the world to intervene in India's issues would mean bringing in larger problems for the country.

"Every country has issues and diversity... people can have views, they can have opinions, but if you say that in India, there are big problems and the world should do something about it, then you are inviting bigger problems," Jaishankar said while addressing a gathering of students at Delhi University's Aryabhatta College.

The Union Minister has been critical of Rahul’s comments and has said that it is his “habit” to criticise the country in foreign land. "The entire narrative has been formed within the country, and when that narrative did not work or

SUPPOSED TO BE EDUCATED’: CONGRESS RIPS JAISHANKAR

Congress launched a blistering attack on EAM S Jaishankar for targeting Rahul Gandhi over his remarks criticising Modi govt abroad. Congress media & publicity dept head Pawan Khera said, “I hope Mr Jaishankar was able to block transmission of Hathras, Lakhimpur, farmers’ protests, wrestlers’ protests, news on Kathua, Unnao, Ankita Bhandari, Manipur, etc across the world.”

worked less, then they take it outside. I don't think that taking the politics of the country abroad is in the interest of the country. And I also don't

‘IN THE NEXT 5 TO 10 YEARS, INDIA WILL GAIN FROM THE G20’

The G-20 summit is about “getting India ready for world & the world ready for India,” External Affairs Minister and BJP leader S Jaishankar said claiming international event will spur tourism growth of nation. He said benefits of hosting summit will accrue to country in next 5-10 years.

“This India which we are getting ready for the world is very important for all of you because this India is your India.”

think that he will gain credibility because of it,” he had said on Thursday. This comes days after Rahul Gandhi, who was recently on a six-day,

Mira Road Murder

Accused Sane claims victim died by suicide

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Manoj Sane, accused of killing his live-in partner and dismembering her body in Mumbai’s Mira Road area, has claimed that she had committed suicide, police said on Friday. During the interrogation, the accused also claimed that he tried to dispose of the body fearing that he might be held responsible for her death, police said in a statement.The accused was arrested on Wednesday for killing 32-yearold Saraswati Vaidya. Police also said that the accused is not cooperating in probe, and he had no regrets for what he had done. Police are verifying accused’s claim of suicide of the deceased.

WAS HELPING HER WIRH STUDIES: SANE

Manoj Sane, told police that he was helping her with her Class 10 studies, a police officer told. “She was planning to appear for Class 10 exams & Sane was teaching her maths. This claim seemed genuine as we found a teaching board on one of the walls.”

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‘SANE & SARASWATI WERE MARRIED’

The three sisters of Saraswati Vaidya who was allegedly killed by her live-in partner Manoj Sane told the police on Friday that Saraswati and Manoj were not live-in partners but husband and wife. The marriage was possibly kept a secret because of their age gap.

three-city tour of the US, criticised the RSS and the BJP for controlling all the instruments of politics in India. Taking a dig at Prime Minister Naren-

Cyclone ‘Biparjoy’

Fishermen claim fishing restrain add to their woes

As someone who has spent the last few years working very closely with Modiji, I have never met anyone who has as much faith in the future of the country as in its youth... We have a leader with a vision — somebody with a strong sense of commitment for the country.

S JAISHANKAR, EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER

dra Modi, Rahul said, “I think if you sat Modi ji down next to god, Modi ji would start explaining to god how the universe works. And god would get confused that what have I created.” He praised PM Narendra Modi, claiming that he has changed the perception about India, PM Modi has changed the system in India in a way that the country has become ready to respond to global problems, Jaishankar said, adding, “When more people will come to India, foreign investment will rise.”

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Fishermen here claimed that the recent restrictions on fishing off the coast of Kerala on account of the very severe cyclonic storm Biparjoy approaching India’s coast have added to their woes.

The IMD had also advised fishermen not to venture into the Arabian Sea. Those who were out at sea were advised to return to the coast, it had said earlier. “The government is not considering us as human beings. They only come asking for vote,” said one of the fishermen in Valiathura coastal village.

CYCLONE TO INTENSIFY IN NEXT 36 HOURS:

IMD

New Delhi: The IMD said the Cyclone will intensify in next 36 hours. “Very severe cyclonic storm Biparjoy over eastcentral Arabian Sea at 2330 hours IST of 08th June, 2023 over about 840 km westsouthwest of Goa, 870 km west-southwest of Mumbai. To intensify further gradually during next 36 hours and move nearly northnorthwestwards in next 2 days,” it tweeted.

Delhi Police takes wrestler Sangeeta to WFI chief Brij Bhushan's residence

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New Delhi

Delhi Police on Friday took wrestler Sangeeta Phogat to outgoing WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh's official residence here to recreate the sequence of events that led to the sexual harassment of which he has been accused. Phogat was accompanied by women constables. "At 1.30 pm women officers took Sangeeta Phogat to Brij Bhushan's official residence in Delhi. They were there for half an hour. They asked her to recreate scene and recall places where she faced harassment," sources said. The Delhi Police's SIT probing sexual harassment allegations against is likely to submit in court its probe report by next week.

‘WAS ANGRY BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER LOST’

BJP MP and WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh arrives amid the controversy of sexual harassment allegations levelled by the medal-winning wrestlers, in New Delhi on Friday. PTI

HAVE SEEN BRIJ BHUSHAN’S INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR, SAYS INT’L REFEREE JAGBIR

International referee Jagbir Singh claimed that he has been a witness to Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh’s inappropriate behaviour towards female grapplers on several occasions since 2013. Jagbir, who has been a coach-cum-international referee since 2007, said he witnessed Brij Bhushan’s misbehaviour with his own eyes on numerous occasions. “In 2022, I witnessed something. Whenever the president used to travel inside the country for national tournaments, two to three girls were always with him but we could never protest. We have seen that with our eyes.” Jagbir, in fact, has corroborated the protesting wrestler’s allegations in his testimony to Delhi Police.

The father of a minor wrestler said that he deliberately filed a false police plaint of sexual harassment against WFI chief because he wanted to get back at official for a perceived injustice against girl. The startling admission by father substantially weakens case against Brij Bhushan who has faced relentless protests for past six months by top Indian wrestlers over allegations of sexual harassment of women competitors. The complaint by minor wrestler has also led to investigation under POCSO Act.

‘Municipal Bonds, a good way to strengthen municipal bodies’

IFirst India Bureau Jaipur AS Of Rajasthan origin and Gujarat cadre, Shalini Agrawal’ s Book “All About Municipal Bonds’ getting huge response as American Treasury Department and World Bank will promote it as a ‘toolkit.’

Even NITI Aayog sent this book to all State governments and UT’s and had written that municipal bond is a good way to strengthen the municipal bodies.In an exclusive interview with our Senior Special Reporter Dr Rituraj Sharma, Shalini

speaks about the idea behind the book...

z First of all, congratulations Madam. What is the municipal bonds and how this idea comes to your mind ?

Actually PM Modi asked the all Municipal corporations to issue municipal bond for their economic sustainability. So, Baroda Municipality takes initiative to issue Rs 100 crore bond which get 1,007 crore subscription and it was one of the highest over subscribed bond and has lowest coupon rate 7.15%( rate in which corporations taken money from market). This was

mainly due to Baroda’s credit rating of AA plus. Due to this, Baroda able to complete the water supply project, which was inaugurated by PM Modi. In this project, US Treasury Dept was technical advisor and it suggested for documentation and

PM has also appreciated this project and then NITI Aayog had written a letter to state government and UT’S that municipal bonds is good way to strengthen the municipal bodies

then I went for it. Then my book was launched in US Embassy in Delhi in November 2022. US Treasury Department declared it as a ‘toolkit.’

z How NITI Aayog recognized this work ? I sent this book to NITI

Aayog and after its launching, I was invited in various national conferences as speaker. PM also given appreciation to this project and then NITI Aayog had written a letter to State government and UT’S that municipal bonds is good way to strengthen the municipal bodies.

z How could Municipal Corporation improve its working style to implement the municipal bonds ? When we are closing the bond, we have to follow the strict guidelines of SEBI. When we issue the bond, we borrowing the money from market. So, Municipal Corporation

should ensure that credit worthiness of the bond should be highly reasonable. Because Baroda model is successful because of its AA plus rating which is one of the highest ratings. When corporation issues bond, it automatically improves the governance, administrative process and transparency of corporations.

z Do you think the idea will impacted the growing economy like India ? According to increasing urbanisation, municipal corporations has to maintain sufficient funds. So corporations may take one option of municipal bond

other than Central,State govt and taxes & user charge. Bond also Important for small cities also because it involves credit rating & administrative and governance process. After issuing bond, Baroda’s all citizen- centric service is online and it improves E- governance.

z How it could impacted the World economy, especially after COVID ?

Population increasing and in this situation municipal bond is innovative way of financing. It also ensures the reforms of financial process and in today’s world reform and innovation is must.

Shalini Agarwal

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar during 'Dialogue with Students' event at the Aryabhatta College of Delhi University, in New Delhi on Friday. PTI

Manoj Sane, accused in case being escorted by the police outside the Mira Road Police Station, in Thane on Friday. PTI

Water will keep rising for more than a week

8 die in floods triggered by Ukraine dam collapse

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Moscow

Russian-installed authorities in southern Ukraine on Friday reported more casualties from the flood triggered by the destruction of a key dam, and said the water could keep rising for more than a week.

“Unfortunately, there are casualties... Their number has grown to eight people,” the Moscow-installed head of the Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, said on Telegram.

The water, which flooded 22,273 homes in 17 settlements, could “keep rising for up to ten days.”

Unfortunately, there are casualties... Their number has grown to eight people. 5,800 people, including 243 children, have been evacuated since the flood was unleashed on Tuesday.

VLADIMIR SALDO, HEAD OF KHERSON

More than 5,800 people were evacuated since the flood was unleashed on Tuesday, Saldo said, including 243 children.

Women’s Junior Asia Cup

India to face hosts Japan in semi-final

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The Indian Junior Women's Hockey Team confirmed their place in the semi-final of Women's Junior Asia Cup 2023 after a resounding 11-0 victory over Chinese Taipei on Thursday in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.

The impressive victory meant that India finished the tournament's group stage unbeaten and are on top of Pool A. India will face Japan in the semifinals on Saturday with the winner advancing to the tournament's final and also confirming a berth in the upcoming

FIH Junior Women's World Cup 2023. The top three teams in the Women's Junior Asia Cup 2023 will earn automatic qualification to the FIH Junior Women's World Cup, which will be held in Santiago, Chile, from November 29 to December 10.

WORLD TEST CHAMPIONSHIP

3 injured in drone strike at Russian border city

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Kyiv

Trump indicted in documents case, charged with 7 counts

Washington

Donald Trump has been indicted on seven counts in the special counsel’s classified documents probe, a stunning development that marks the first time a former president has faced federal charges.

BEFORE-AND-AFTER SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW PROFOUND TOLL OF DAM COLLAPSE

Before-and-after images of the area downstream from a dam that collapsed Tuesday vividly show the extent of the devastation of a large, flooded swathe of southern Ukraine. Before the Kakhovka dam on the Dnieper River broke, farm fields appear green and crossed by peaceful streets and farm roads and dotted with trees.

Saldo accused Ukrainian forces of shelling the region, which “complicates the work of rescuers.”

Russia and Ukraine have been blaming each other for the destruction of the Russian-held dam on the Dnipro river.

He is facing a charge under the Espionage Act, his attorney Jim Trusty said on Thursday (local time), as well as charges of obstruction of justice, destruction or falsification of records, conspiracy and false statements.

Investigation is on in Trump’s handling of classified documents that were brought to his Mara-Lago Florida resort after he left the White House in 2021, as well as possible obstruction of the investigation and govt efforts to retrieve the material.

Trump wrote on Truth Social that he had been informed by the Justice Department he was indicted and that he was “summoned to appear at the Federal Courthouse in Miami on Tuesday, at 3 PM.”

French Open: Karolina in 1st Grand Slam final

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Unseeded Karolina

Muchova clinched her first spot in a Grand Slam final as she stunned World No.2 Aryna Sabalenka 7-6(5), 6-7(5), 7-5 at the ongoing French Open 2023. Muchova saved a match point while be hind 2-5 in the third set, then won five games in a row. It took three hours and 13 minutes for Mu chova to script a come back victory 7-6(5), 6-7(5), 7-5 against World No.2 Sabalenka.

Czech Muchova will face World No.1

Iga Swiatek.

Muchova failed to convert a set point at 5-4 in the opening set, but she rallied and held firm during the tiebreak, converting her second set point with a backhand winner down the line.

NOVAK DJOKOVIC ENTERS FINAL

Novak Djokovic reached his seventh French Open final in dramatic and controversial circumstances on Friday when world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz suffered cramping which torpedoed his challenge. Djokovic triumphed to reach championship match where he will be bidding for a third Roland Garros title and record-setting 23rd Grand Slam crown.

Three people were lightly wounded after a drone crashed into a residential building in Voronezh, a city in southwestern Russia near the border with Ukraine, regional governor Alexander Gusev said. The latest drone attack to target Russian cities in recent weeks comes as Ukraine has been intensifying its efforts to expel Russian forces.

Julian Assange loses US extradition challenge

Smoke from Canadian wildfire blankets US cities

Agencies Washington

Ajinkya Rahane completes 5000 Test runs

Agencies

London

ndia batter Ajinkya Rahane announced his comeback to Test cricket by completing 5000 runs on Friday, June 9. The 35-year-old achieved the feat on Day 3 of the WTC Final against Australia at The Oval.

Rahane raced to his milestone by scoring 69 runs in his 83rd Test match. Along the way, he also completed his 26th half-century. Ra-

AJINKYA RAHANE 13th INDIAN BATTER TO SURPASS THE 5000-RUN MARK IN TESTS

Ajinkya Rahane became the 13th Indian to surpass the 5000-run mark in the list of top Indian run getters. Rahane joined the likes of Kapil Dev (5248), Gundappa Viswanath (6080), Mohammad Azharuddin (6215), Dilip Vengsarkar (6868), Cheteshwar Pujara (7168*), Sourav Ganguly (7212), Virat Kohli (8430*), Virender Sehwag (8503), VVS Laxman (8781), Sunil Gavaskar (10122), Rahul Dravid (13265) and Sachin Tendulkar (15921).

hane was dropped from India’s Test side after an away series against South Africa in January 2022, missing the fol-

lowing home series against Sri Lanka, the Birmingham Test against England and the BorderGavaskar Trophy 2023.

Rahane stood tall amidst ruins as he achieved the feat on Day 3 of the WTC final. Rahane, who needed 69

runs, raced to the milestone in his 83rd Test match. He became the 13th Indian to surpass the 5000-run mark in Tests.

Agencies London WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange has lost his latest attempt to fight extradition from Britain to the United States where he is wanted on criminal charges, though he will renew his appeal next week.

Assange, 51, is wanted by US authorities on 18 charges relating to WikiLeaks’ release of vast troves of confiden-

tial US military records and diplomatic cables.

Britain has given the go-ahead for his extradition and a judge at London’s High Court ruled this week that Assange had no legal grounds to challenge the decision, according to a court order published on Friday.

However, his wife Stella Assange said there will be a hearing next week at which Assange will again appeal against the decision to extradite him.

Smoke from the Canadian wildfire has led to a major surge in air pollution across the United States. After New York, reports are coming of a similar situation developing in Washington as smoke is pushed further down the Atlantic Seaboard. Traffic was light and trains less crowded than usual as many companies in the city told employees to work from home. Some non-essential municipal services were suspended. It was the worst case of wildfire smoke blanketing the US Northeast in more than 20 years, according to private forecasting service AccuWeather.

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Ajinkya Rahane in action at The Oval on Friday. ANI

Local resident Tetiana holds her pets as she stands inside her house that was flooded after the Kakhovka dam blew up overnight, in Kherson, Ukraine. PTI

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Regional governor Gusev said in a Telegram post three residents were hurt by shards of glass from broken windows.

Julian Assange is facing several criminal charges in the US.

Indian team in action during a group match.

Women can buy mobiles, money will be sent to their accounts: CM

Khandela won’t be included in Neem Ka Than. If the public says, I will make Khandela a district too: Chief Minister

Ramesh Sharma, Pradeep Garwhal and Satyanarayan Sharma

Jhunjhunu/ Sikar/ Kotputli

CM Ashok Gehlot was on tour of Babai village in Khetri wherein, he inaugurated & laid the foundation stone of development works.

Addressing the gathering, Gehlot said that the Rajasthan government has taken several steps to provide relief to the public from inflation. “We do not make false promises like BJP. We are moving forward for industry in Khetri.,” he said.

Addressing a public meet after inspecting inflation relief camp at Hod village in Sikar, CM said that in a democracy, the aim of the govt elected by the people is to serve the people. lief camp in Hod village of Khandela tehsil of Sikar on Friday.

The CM interacted with beneficiaries at MRC. He distributed Scooties to speciallyabled. Gehlot visited the Rajeevika & Gandhi Darshan exhibition.

State govt may transfer money to bank accounts of women for purchase of smartphones, says CM during his visit to MRC in Kotputli.

CM Ashok Gehlot during the Mehangai Rahat Camp held at Hod village in Khandela Tehsil of Sikar district on Friday. Also seen are Sukhjinder Randhawa, Shakuntala Rawat, GS Dotasra, Mahendra Gehlot, Sitaram Lamba, Rajendra Pareek, Virendra Singh, Qazi Nizamuddin, Amrrita Dhawan and others.

The truly enlightened carry the torch/ light within and carry on the daily life as ever before.

Dr JagDeesh ChanDra, CEO & Editor-in-Chief, First India

Will Raj in-charges of Congress & BJP be changed soon?

CM Ashok Gehlot addresses during the Mehangai Rahat Camp and foundation laying ceremony of various development works at Babai village of Khetri Tehsil in Jhunjhunu dist on Friday. Also seen are Mamta Bhupesh, Brijendra Ola, SS Randhawa, GS Dotasra, MD Chopdar, Dr Jitendra Singh, Dr Rajkumar Sharma, Rita Chaudhary, JP Chandeliya and others.

In a democracy, the aim of the government elected by people is to serve the masses. The State government is determined to benefit every section of the society. State government aims at making Rajasthan the leading state of the country in all spheres of development. Everyone’s cooperation is needed to fulfill this objective.

ASHOK GEHLOT, CHIEF MINISTER

IN CONTROVERSY

CM Ashok Gehlot addresses during the Mehangai Rahat Camp and foundation laying ceremony of various development works in Kotputli on Friday. Also seen are Lalchand Kataria, Rajendra Yadav, SS Randhawa, GS Dotasra, Sitaram Lamba, Gopal Meena, Indraj Gurjar, Sandeep Yadav and others.

The State government has given a big gift to the people of the region by making Sikar a division and Neem Ka Thana a district.

GOVIND S DOTASRA, PCC CHIEF

The State government has benefited every section of society by implementing schemes like Mukhyamantri Chiranjeevi Swasthya Bima Yojna, Mukhyamantri Kanyadan Yojna, and OPS. Women self-help groups have been made self-reliant by providin g loans through Rajeevika.

SHAKUNTALA RAWAT, INDUSTRIES MINISTER

Internal squabble puts brakes on govt’s flagship food packet scheme!

Rajendra Chhabra

Jaipur

ehlot government’s flagship scheme - Annapurna Food Packethas got embroiled in a controversy and that is why an immense delay is being caused in its enforcement. Two months have already passed and owing to the difficulties that have arisen, it is expected that two more months will pass before the scheme is implemented.

Under this scheme, free food packets will be distributed to 1.06 crore families covered under the National Food Security Act. Supplying food packets to beneficiaries at cost of Rs 370 per packet could result in a monthly expenditure of about Rs 392 crore i.e. Rs 4,700 crore per annum.

In the beginning, the CM had made Food and Civil Supply department, under minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, the nodal department for this scheme. But later, the finance department made changes and handed the responsibility to Cooperative department. Reportedly, minister Khachari-

Aditi Nagar

Pilot is not forming new party: Venugopal

New Delhi

Rahul Gandhi will return to Delhi from foreign tour on June 19. Meanwhile, an important meeting took place in Delhi on Thursday wherein, Sachin Pilot met with KC Venugopal. During the meeting, the two discussed various issues. Meanwhile, on Friday, KC Venugopal issued a remark regarding the meeting and said, “Sachin Pilot will not leave the Congress party. Don’t worry about it, we will fight (election) together.”

Congress General Secy

KC Venugopal has termed discussions of Sachin Pilot forming a new party as

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yawas is not too happy with this change and he has asserted a ‘constitutional objection’ to it. He claims that when in the state budget in the assembly, this scheme has been passed under the Food department, then how can the Finance department, without the approval of the assembly, bring about such changes at its own level? This controversy has not been solved yet.

On the other hand, the Cooperative Department has handed the purchase responsibility of food packets to its own institution - CONFED. Registrar, CooperativesMeghraj Singh Ratnu - is its Chairman. Meanwhile, another controversy is going on between CONFED and Finance Department. The tender document for food packets that CONFED prepared, having spent days in its preparation, was returned by the Finance Department with a two page long objection

The Tender document for food packets that CONFED prepared, was returned by the Finance Department with a two page long objection note

note. Now an entirely new tender document has been prepared and this has caused the delay of two months.

Third controversy is between Cooperative Minister Udaya Lal Anjana and Principal Secretary Cooperatives Sreya Guha. According to the process, what ever action CONFED takes and decides, it will be okayed by Sreya Guha, as the Principal Secretary of Cooperative department (parent department).

The problem is that CONFED Chairman and Registrar Cooperatives is the same personMeghraj Ratnu. This means that as Chairman, the file that Meghraj Ratnu prepares, that will be examined at the level of government by Ratnu himself in his capacity at Registrar and it will be him who approves of it.

This is not right according to the administrative point of view since there

is conflict of interest. Word is that CONFED is working under the guidance of the minister in the matter related to food packets. The FA and GM there are also being guided by the ‘higher ups’.

Perhaps Sreya Guha felt that this 4700 crore rupees worth scheme’s transparency and unbiasness could be brought under suspicion due to conflict of interest and therefore, through a signed order, Sreya Guha directed FA Vachaspati Tripathi of RAJFED, whose Guha is Chairman, to assist the Registrar and examine the files.

Minister Udaylal Anjana has not sought answer from Sreya Guha asking her how did she issue the order without the minister’s approval?

How can the FA of RAJFED interfere in the department’s work? Word is that the minister is reportedly unsatisfied with Sreya Guha’s explanation and he has taken the matter to CM.

But amid all these controversies, the food packet scheme is facing the brunt and now the model code of conduct is also round the corner.

mere rumours. “The talk of forming a party is just a rumour. Sachin Pilot is in constant contact even after meeting held at the President’s house. Even after that meeting, Talk with Pilot has been held three to four times. There is no such activity in Rajasthan.

All the leaders in Rajasthan are united, the talk of forming a party is nothing more than a rumour. There is no point in replying to rumours. There is no such atmosphere in Rajasthan,” he said.

On the question of contact with Pilot after reconciliation meet held at the Congress President’s house, Venugopal said that talks are on continuously. Both the leaders are united, he claimed.

We

want children from abroad to come here for studies: MP Bohra

Bharat Dixit Jaipur

The Education Summit was organised by First India and Bharat24 at Hotel Crowne Plaza in Jaipur on Friday. Education Min BD Kalla said, “Your decision should be such that it will benefit everyone. The new education policy is good, but till now the states have not benefited. Now there is a need for quality education.”

Meanwhile, MP Ramcharan Bohra said that Jagdeesh Chandra has left an indelible mark in every field. “The kind of churning that is going on in this and different things have been said by everyone on different subjects. We want children from abroad to come here for studies. Today medical colleges have been opened in every district,” he said.

Speaking at the Education Summit, First India News CMD Jagdeesh Chandra said that in today’s era, various organizations organize such

Dr BD Kalla, Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, Nirmal Gehlot and Ramcharan Bohra during ‘The Education Summit’ organised by First India & Bharat24 at Hotel Crowne Plaza in Jaipur.

events, but most of the events remain mere formalities. “People’s involvement is only where there is some good thing. Today’s education summit is organised very well. Many children’s issues were discussed in this summit.”

Speaking in the program, MLA Rafeek Khan, giving the date of the model school opened in the present government, said that Rajasthan is the only state in which English schools have been opened at this level.

mit, educationists discussed about the education policy including the current education system, as well as various educationists kept their views on how to carry their culture and values in the education of the present day. Jaipur, Saturday | June 10, 2023

Arun Singh. Word is that the new in-charge can be appointed anytime in place of both. But the question remains, will the change really happen at the time of polls?

Aditi Nagar

First India Bureau Jaipur Party High Command has given Vasundhara Raje responsibility of 4 LS seats in Jharkhand. Raje on Friday, once again surrounded Gehlot government. “Everyone is stunned, the govt is silent. In such a situation, question arises that when office bearers of ruling party in Raj aren’t safe, then who will take responsibility of protecting common man? After all, for how long will this govt go around wearing the mask of its false claims on State’s jungle raj? If govt is alive, it should make one feel so.”

Raje once agian targets Gehlot government

Dr Jagdeesh Chandra addresses the guests during ‘The Education Summit’ organised by First India & Bharat24 at Hotel Crowne Plaza in Jaipur on Friday. Also seen are Dr BD Kalla, Rafeek Khan, Ramcharan Bohra, Nirmal Gehlot , Prof Dr Amit Jain & Jinendra S Shekhawat. SUNIL SHARMA

Vishal Mathur felicitates V-C of Amity University, Prof Dr Amit Jain during the event.

Thanking CM Gehlot...

CM Ashok Gehlot being presented with his portrait as the delegation of Rajasthan Pharmacy Council calls upon Chief Minister’s Residence in Jaipur on Friday. The delegation of Rajasthan Pharmacy Council met the Chief Minister and thanked him for public welfare schemes They also thanked him for nominating Naveen Sanghi, Registrar, President of Rajasthan Pharmacy Council Mahavir Saugani, V-P Ajay Agarwal and Registrar Naveen Sanghi along with others were present.

FUSION OF STYLE & TALENT!

ity First brings to you some more glimpses from the splendid fashion show titled, ‘The Trunk Treasure’. P11

City first brings to you glimpses from mesmerizing fashion show ‘The Trunk Treasure’, which took place at Diablo, Jaipur on Thursday!

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uttkarsha.shekhar @firstindia.co.in

Twas organised in the heart of Jaipur, CScheme at Diablo on Thursday, the show was a spectacular display of elegance and brilliance. Presented by Diablo and First India, the show brought together a fu sion of style, talent, and creative brilliance, making it the T-20 of Jagdeesh Chandra graced the occasion with his presence and praised Gaurav Gaur for curating an awe-inspir ing fashion show. He also said that Gaurav Gaur has the best collection of talent in the entire city. Dr Chandra also extend ed his congratulations to Ravi Parekh, the owner of Diablo, for a successful start to

As the night progressed, the audience was enthralled by the extraordi nary designs presented by 15 beautiful models.

Snigdha Khanor, the designer behind the stun ning collection, left the spectators in awe with her masterful craftsman ship. Each ensemble was a work of art, seamlessly blending artistic creativ ity with the vibrant col ours of Rajasthan. Khanor’s collection truly resonated with the essence of the modern-day

The official partners of Elite Miss Rajasthan, namely NS Hoarding, The Headman Salon, Bazzaka advertisements, NFT.Social and Fasdes, Fashion Academy played a significant role

in supporting the event.

The show itself was beautifully designed by Gaurav Gaur and Shubham Chakraborty, ensuring a visually captivating experience for all attendees. The show was choreographed by Supermodel Akanksha Bhalla.

The 15 models, including Shweta Raje, Devshree Hada, Sheena

Parashar, Shrishti Khatri, Tanu Choudhary, Soni Kumari, Khushi Vijay, Varunavi Singh, Rishika, Juhi, Harshita, Soni, Kalpana and Navya walked the ramp with their elegance and stole the show. Their confident presence and impeccable runway skills added an extra layer of glamour to the event.

Jagdeesh Chandra addressing the audience. Also seen are (L-R) Shweta, Devshree, Akanksha, Shrishti, Varunavi, Navya, Khushi, Tanu, Harshita, Juhi, Rishika, Kalpana, Soni, Sheena, Gaurav Gaur and Ravi Parekh

Clockwise: Soni Yadav, Akanksha Bhalla, Rishika and Tanu Choudhary

Neelanjana Jangid and Rutvi Tiwari

MUKESH KIRADOO

FUSION OF STYLE & TALENT!

City First brings to you some more glimpses from the splendid fashion show titled, 'The Trunk Treasure,' organised at Diablo, Jaipur on Thursday. Presented by Diablo and First India, the show brought together a fusion of style, talent, and creative brilliance, making it the T-20 of fashion shows.

(L-R) Himakshi Choudhary, Neelanjana, Nakul Vijay, Akanksha Bhalla and Ragini Bhabhra

(L-R) Vinnie, Hina and Shubh

Designer Snigdha Khanor with (L-R) Devshree, Ritu, Shrishti, Varunavi, Khushi, Tanu, Harshita, Juhi, Rishika, Kalpana, Soni, and Sheena

(L-R) Soni Kumari, Khushi Vijay, Vinnie, Shweta Raje, Vicky Gaur, Devshree Hada, Navya, Rishika, Himakshi and Tanu Choudhary

Toshi Vijay and Gaurav Gaur

Rutvi and Jatin Bhalla

(L-R) Vanshika Poonia, Jasmeet, Divya Parth Fasdes, Shivangi and Ravi Akanksha Bhalla and Gaurav Gaur

Khushi Vijay

Ashish Sharma, Nakul Vijay, Vikas Goyal and PN Doody (L-R) Kiara, Gaurav Gaur and Ashish Sharma (L-R) Neeraj, Naveen, Shubham, Gaurav Gaur and Simran

City Buzz

Fever of Gadar

Superstar Sunny Deol, also known as Tara Singh, reached Raj Mandir, during a special promotional tour in Jaipur for the re-release of the all-time blockbuster film, Gadar: Ek Prem Katha on Friday.

To celebrate the timeless success and significance of this patriotic love story in Indian cinema history, the producers have decided to bring it back to the theatres. As part of the promotional campaign by Zee Studios, Sunny Deol visited Delhi and recently arrived in Jaipur, where he conducted a photo shoot on a truck at Rajmandir Cinema and unveiled a

WHAT’S HAPPENING!

South West Mining Limited (SWML) organised a program to plant 10,000 dense trees in the Jalipa lignite mine on the occasion of World Environment Day. Before the tree plantation, officers and employees of SWML, active rural workers, mining workers and hundreds of soldiers from the Border Security Force’s 83rd Battalion took part in a rally from the mining area to the highway, demonstrating their awareness towards the environment. The theme for World Environment Day 2023 was “Beat Plastic Pollution,” and a week-long program was conducted by SWML. Commander Madan Pal Singh graced the occasion with his presence.

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uttkarsha.shekhar @firstindia.co.in

gigantic poster of the film. Sunny Deol, known for his powerful screen presence and action-packed performances, was warmly welcomed by his fans, who couldn’t contain their excitement to see their

GREETINGS!

The poster for the upcoming Agarsen Cricket Premier League 2023 was unveiled by Mahant Anjan Kumar Goswami Maharaj at the Govind Dev Ji Temple on Friday. Rup Kishor Goyal, President of Ag Yuva Shakti, Jaipur, Vice President Uma Shankar Agrawal, Minister Kishan Agrawal, Treasurer Vikas Goyal and Deputy Coordinator Mahesh Bhootiya were present on the occasion. They all gathered to offer prayers and perform auspicious rituals before extending invitations for the upcoming league. The selection process for the Agarsen Cricket Premier League 2023, which comprises 16 teams, has already been concluded, with each team consisting of 15 players.

Rajasthan Fashion Fest

is being organised today, June 10 by Fusion Group led by Yogesh Mishra and Nimisha Mishra at Entertainment Paradise, Jawahar Circle. The event will commence with a grand inauguration and a ceremonial lighting of the lamp.

Furthermore, collections by Divya Ahuja, Mokshali and Deepika will also be showcased during the event.

favourite superstar. They gathered around him, showering him with immense love and support. Zee Studios also announced a special “Buy One Get One Free” offer on movie tickets, intensifying the eagerness of fans to witness the magical love story of Tara Singh and Sakina. The producers have made various technical changes to make the film more relevant and fresh for new generations. The film’s dialogues still resonate with audiences, and viewers are eager to revisit this epic tale of love, sacrifice, and patriotism. Directed by Anil Sharma, “Gadar: Ek Prem Katha” is set to re-release in theatres nationwide on June 9, Friday.

Jagdeesh Chandra was greeted by Alok Pareek, as he reached the former’s residence to seek blessings on being appointed as the State Secretary of the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee. During his visit, he presented Jagdeesh Chandra with Hanumanji’s Gada as a token of respect. Hakam Singh Rathore, Director of the National Handloom Development Corporation was also present during the occasion.

Road Safety Revolution From Tragedy to Triumph

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Bhagwan Mahaveer

Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS), has extended its services to assist individuals who became amputees in a recent rail accident in Odisha. DR Mehta, the founder and chairman of BMVSS, wrote a letter to Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav, expressing the organization’s willingness to provide artificial limbs free of charge to those in need. The BMVSS, through its parent body, Jaipur Foot, will offer fitting facilities for the artificial limbs at its centre in Khordha, near Bhubaneswar.

DR Mehta commended the personal rescue efforts made by the railway minister during the tragic rail accidents in Balasore, Odisha. He stated that

individuals who lost their limbs in the accident would be eligible for the fitment of artificial limbs three months after amputation, as it takes time for the wounds to heal. D.R. Mehta further explained that if the patients are located in other states where the BMVSS has permanent centres and mobile workshops, the 33 centres spread across the country would provide artificial limbs free of cost.

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In a bid to combat the increasing number of fatal accidents and injuries among students of educational institutes and youth, a crucial consultation meeting was organised by the Police Headquarters in association with the Muskaan Foundation for Road Safety on Friday. Chaired by the Director General of Police Rajasthan, Umesh Mishra, the meeting saw the participation of fortyone universities, colleges and medical institutes. Expressing deep concern over the loss of young lives in road accidents, Umesh Mishra inaugurated the meeting and assured full support from the Police in addressing this pressing issue. Joining the cause, Manoj Bhatt, Retired Director General of Police Rajasthan and Chairman of the Muskaan Foundation,

DURING THE DAY!

Malviya Nagar MLA Kalicharan Saraf inaugurated a newly constructed asphalt road in Lal Bahadur Nagar South’s Ward 125 on Friday. The inauguration ceremony was attended by local councillor Ramprasad Sharma, who highlighted the long-standing dilapidated condition of the roads in the area. MLA Saraf was welcomed with a floral garland, symbolizing the community’s gratitude for his efforts. The occasion also saw the presence of esteemed guests, including former chairperson of the Women’s Commission, Suman Sharma, along with Avanish Dixit, Rajnish Dixit, Harish Saini, Radha Dixit, Prem Lata, Jay Nayak, Mangilal, Bherulal, Kamal Sharma, Akshay Gurjar, Vikas Singh and Suresh Kumar Aroda.

Agrasen Cricket Premier League 2023 was first inaugurated by Pujya Vighnaharta Ganesh Nivantan on Wednesday. During the inauguration, the president of the organisation, Roop Kishore Goyal shared that the fourth edition of the ACPL-2023 league is to be held from Friday, June 23, by Aggarwal Shiksha Samiti and Agar Yuva Shakti, on June 7, 2023. Jaipur’s first revered Vighnaharta

extended the support of the NGO. He expressed hope that this collaborative initiative, under the patronage of Mishra, in association with the Traffic Police, would make a significant impact on the safety of young road users in educational institutes. One of the recommended measures was conducting a road safety audit within and around the campus, accompanied by random checks by Traffic Police. The participants also endorsed a Zero Tolerance Policy against the nonuse of helmets and seat

The International Iconic Award Season 9 took place on Thursday in Bandra, Mumbai, where Manmeet was honoured as the Best Singer and Live Performer. The prestigious event attracted renowned personalities from the film fraternity and television industry. The ceremony saw the presence of several notable figures from the entertainment world. Among them were Sai Vignesh, the talented singer from the Kantara movie, esteemed film director Sajid Khan, popular actors Karan Wahi, Shivangi Joshi, and Rupali Ganguly. His wife Vanya Chaudhary was also present during the occasion and offered her heartfelt felicitations.

belts, speeding, and drunk driving within the institutes. To promote road safety throughout the year, the establishment of Road Safety clubs was proposed, which would engage in various related activities. Additionally, the attendees supported the idea of conducting Road Safety Teachers Training Programs facilitated by the Muskaan Foundation. They also acknowledged the importance of Basic Life Support Training offered by SMS Trauma Skill Lab, RUHS and Mahatma Gandhi Hospital.

Ganesh Maharaj Moti Dungri, after worshipping Ganesha, launched the poster of league matches. General Secretary of the organisation, Kishan Agarwal, together with all the office bearers and assembly coordinators and ward coordinators, who reached Ganesh temple, requested Lord Ganesha to make the event successful.

Sunny Deol

Sunny Deol addressing the audience

Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R) Alok Pareek and Hakam Singh

Jagdeesh Chandra greeted by Alok Pareek

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Manoj Bhatt, Umesh Mishra and VK Singh

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