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Patna court has ordering registration of FIR against six people, including RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav for allegedly accepting Rs 5 cr for a Lok Sabha ticket during 2019 polls. The complaint also mentions Bihar Congress state chief Madan Mohan, Congress spokesperson R Rathore, S Mukesh and Misa Bharti.

Union minister L Murugan is likely to be elected unopposed in the Ra-jya Sabha bypoll from Madhya Pradesh next month, as the main opposi-tion Congress has decided not to field its candidate. The BJP announced Murugan’s name for the bypoll, which will be held on October 4.

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Hope Amarinder Singh won't hurt Cong interests, says Ashok Gehlot Jaipur: Amid political turmoil in Punjab, Chief Minister of Ra-jasthan Ashok Gehlot on Sunday said that he hopes that Captain Amarinder Singh would not take any step which would hurt the party’s interests. Taking to Twitter, Ge-hlot tweeted, “I hope that Captain Ama-rinder Singh Ji will not take any such step

which will harm the Congress party. Cap-tain Sahib himself said that the party had kept him as Chief Minister for nine and a half years. He has served the people of Punjab by working to the best of his ability.” The direc-tion in which our coun-try is going due to fas-cist forces, is a matter of grave concern. Therefore, at such a

time, the responsibili-ty of all Congressmen is to rise above our-selves and think in the interest of the party and the country,” the Chief Minister added.

“I also personally be-lieve that the High Com-mand chooses the chief minister after facing the displeasure of many leaders who are in the race to become the CM. But while changing the

same chief minister, they get upset with the decision of the high command. During such times, one has to listen to their conscience,” he added.

He stated that Ama-rinder Singh was a re-spected leader of the party. “I hope that he will continue to work keeping the interests of the party ahead,” Gehlot added. —ANI

STANDING WITH HIGH COMMAND, KEEPING PERSONAL EQUATION AT BAY

A steadfast Gandhi family loyalist, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot once again is seen standing with

the high command, keeping his personal equation with Punjab CM and senior Congress leader Captain Amarinder Singh at bay. Gehlot has also given a fearless statement wherein he has advised Captain to stay the disciplined soldier of the Congress that he is. Interestingly, even before this, Gehlot had also taken a similar stand against the G-23 leaders and advised his long time friend Anand Sharma to be in tune with the party line and upon Gehlot's advice, several G-23 leaders returned to party line.CM Ashok Gehlot

FOREIGN TOURISTSMAY BE ALLOWEDIN INDIA SOON

Top Union Home Ministry officials are deliberating with all stakeholders on the expected date and modalities

for opening up of the country for foreign tourists. A formal announcement allowing foreign tourists to visit India may come within the next 10 days. The decision is being taken in view of declining number of COVID-19 cases in the country.

Naga’s new ‘Oppn-less’ govt to be called UDAKohima: A month af-ter the Opposition joined hands with the government in Naga-land, the state’s legisla-tors have decided to call the new formation the United Democratic Alli-ance (UDA).

“The nomenclature of United Democratic Alli-ance (UDA) for the Oppo-sition-less government in Nagaland has been unanimously approved by the legislators and party leaders of NDPP, BJP, NPF and Independ-ent MLAs,” chief minis-ter Neiphiu Rio tweeted on Saturday evening.

On July 19, the Opposi-tion party, Naga People’s Front (NPF), submitted

a letter to chief minister Rio requesting for an all-party government to help reach an early set-tlement of the Naga po-litical problem. In Au-gust, the Rio-led People’s Democratic Alliance (PDA) — which compris-es the National Demo-cratic Progressive Party (NDPP), with the sup-port of the BJP and two Independents — passed a joint five-point resolu-tion with the NPF.

UNIQUE POLITICS Taliban to female Kabul city workers: Stay homeKabul: The interim mayor of Afghanistan’s capital says many fe-male city employees have been ordered to stay home by the coun-try’s new Taliban rulers.

Hamdullah Namony told reporters Sunday that only women who could not be replaced by men have been permit-ted to report to work. He says this includes skilled workers in the design and engineering depart-ments as well as female attendants of public toi-lets for women.

Namony’s comments were another sign that the Taliban are enforc-ing their harsh inter-pretation of Islam, in-cluding restrictions on women in public life,

despite their initial promises of tolerance and inclusion. In their previous rule in the 1990s, the Taliban had barred girls and women from schools and jobs.

The mayor says a fi-nal decision about fe-male employees in Ka-bul municipal depart-ments is still pending, and that they would draw their salaries in the meantime.

A NEW FACE IN PUNJAB, CHHATTISGARH CHIEF MINISTER ON HIS WAY OUT!

A ‘helpless’ Sonia...gives Rahul his way to establish his ‘authority’!

Aditi Nagar

New Delhi: Finally, Congress’ godmother for 21 years - Sonia Gandhi - has now re-luctantly handed over the complete com-mand and control of the grand-old party to her son Rahul Gandhi, without waiting for a formal CWC resolu-tion to name Rahul as her successor. Accord-ing to sources, after a two year long ‘inter-family struggle’, Ra-hul has finally suc-ceeded in giving a clear message in the party that he is the real BOSS now. The way Rahul got re-placed an old Punjab guard and a popular leader Captain Ama-rinder Singh is also a clear hint to Chhattis-garh CM to hand over his charge to a waiting Rival - TS Singdeo - who is currently

health minister in the government.

Now, Rajasthan may be Rahul’s next agen-da, where he is to find an ‘amicable’ solution to an ongoing feud be-tween Ashok Gehlot and Pilot camps. So-nia’s helplessness or compulsions in this entire process was clearly visible while responding to an elev-enth hour Captain Amarinder Singh’s ‘distress call’ on Satur-day, she said only one line “I am sorry Ama-rinder”.

This was a virtual acceptance of a devel-oping situation, where, in future, So-nia either willingly or unwillingly, would not like to interfere in Ra-hul’s decisions. How-ever, there is a curios-ity to know the exact role of Priyanka Gan-dhi to know about her future role in Rahul rule or if she will be asked to confine her-self to Uttar Pradesh, where she is working very hard to bring the party back to power.

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CHANNI NEXT PUNJAB CAPTAINCHANNI, THE CHAMKAUR SAHIB MLA AND MINISTER, IS THE FIRST DALIT LEADER TO BE SELECTED AS CHIEF MINISTER OF THE STATE1

KEEP PUNJAB SAFE FROM ACROSS BORDER THREAT: AMARINDER TO NEW CM2

Punjab CM Designate Charanjit Singh Channi along with Navjot Singh Sidhu and other Congress leaders after the former was announced as the next CM of Punjab outside Governor’s residence in Chandigarh on Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI

Mohd Fahad

Chandigarh: Punjab on Sunday got its first Dalit Chief Minister with Technical Educa-tion Minister Charanjit Singh Channi nominat-ed as Congress Legisla-tive Party (CLP) leader on Sunday.

Channi (51) replaces Amarinder Singh, who had stepped down as CM on Saturday. A legis-lator from Chamkaur Sahib, Channi has been a CLP member and Leader of Opposition in the previous SAD-BJP government in the state.

Channi had been vo-cal in raising the Dalit issues in the state and had recently rebelled against Amarinder.

He is considered close to AICC leader Rahul Gandhi and became the choice of the Congress high command for the post after two Jat Sikhs Sukhjinder Singh Rand-hawa and PPCC chief Navjot Singh Sidhu op-posed the party’s move to appoint a Hindu leader Sunil Jakhar. His name was announced amid the fight for power among the Jat Sikh leaders.

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2 DEPUTY CMs; CABINET REJIG SOON: RAWAT

Congress is mulling to appoint two Deputy

CM’s under Channi and a possible rejig in the state cabinet. However, only Charanjit Singh will take oath on Monday and the decision on revamping the cabinet will be taken later, said Harish Rawat. He also said that Charan-jit’s appointment was a unanimous decision.

WHAT AMARINDER WROTE TO SONIA

Hours before he formally submitted his resignation to the Governor on Saturday, Captain Amarinder Singh had written to Congress president Sonia

Gandhi apprising her of his decision while expressing anguish at the political events of the last five months which, he said, were clearly “not based on full under-standing of the national imperatives of Punjab and its key concerns.” “Notwithstanding my personal anguish, I hope this will not cause any damage to the hard-earned peace and development in the State, and that the efforts I have been focusing during the last few years, would continue unabated, ensuring justice to one and all.”

SIDHU ON NEW CM: HISTORIC DECISION

Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh

Sidhu lauded Congress’s move to replace Ama-rinder Singh with Charan-jit Singh Channi as Punjab CM. Sidhu tweeted, “His-toric !! Punjab’s first Dalit CM-Designate … Will be written with Golden letters in History. A tribute to the spirit of the Constitution and the Congress !!”

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Only a person afraid of losing power would give such an advice: PooniaBJP state Prez, Rathore, Choudhary target Gehlot for his tweet on ex-Punjab CMAishwary Pradhan

Jaipur: BJP state pres-ident Satish Poonia has again targeted CM Ashok Gehlot for his tweet on former Pun-jab CM Amarinder Singh and said only a person afraid of losing power would give such an advice.

Mentioning “fascist forces” in CM’s tweet, Poonia said he might have referred to Sonia Gandhi. Sonia’s moth-er-in-law imposed a fas-cist rule in the country through emergency. He blamed Congress for its fascist and dynastic ap-proach and said there is no democracy in the family and the party.

Poonia during an in-teraction with media said Congress govt was only in a few states. Now, after resignation of Amarinder Singh, it seems that even senior leaders of Congress are

getting disillusioned. “It seems that the Con-gress party is counting its last breath,” he said.

On question of Cabi-net expansion in the state, Poonia said this question was similar to Amitabh Bachchan’s Kaun Banega Crorepati for which an apt answer was being searched. “It seems that reorganisa-tion of Cabinet is a big-ger task at hand than any other problem in Rajasthan,” he said.

Earlier, Deputy LoP

Rajendra Rathore on Sunday dubbed CM Ge-hlot’s comment about ‘listening to conscience’ as ridiculous, saying Ge-hlot is giving sugges-tions to Singh but he himself is adamant in Rajasthan and not let-ting Cabinet reshuffle happen.

Union minister of state for agriculture Kailash Chaudhary on Sunday also attacked the Congress and said that the party promoted anti-national policies. “There

is uncertainty in govern-ment and midterm as-sembly elections can be held in Rajasthan any-time,” Chaudhary, who was on a visit to his par-liamentary constituency, said.

On the question of Congress high command calling assembly Speak-er CP Joshi to Delhi, he said that there is a tre-mendous confrontation in the Rajasthan unit of the Cong. As per the sources, CP Joshi is in Jaipur only.

Rama Devi takes charge as Jaipur Zila Pramukh

Satish Poonia welcoming Rama Devi as the district chief in Jaipur on Sunday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Jaipur district chief Rama Devi took over as the district chief on Sunday. BJP state president Satish Poonia inaugurated the office and took charge during a programme organized in the dis-trict council.

During the pro-gramme organized at the district council, Chomu MLA Ramlal Sharma, district coun-cil members, president of panchayat samitis and BJP officials and workers were present.

After assuming of-fice, district chief Rama Devi said that development work will be done in all 51 wards of Jaipur. “We will take everyone together, will form a team in every area and wherever peo-ple face problems, our team members will be there to help them,” Devi said.

Wishing Rama Devi good luck, Poonia said that Rama Devi would face many challenges during the tenure but we will have to over-come these challenges and work.

We believe in building people: BhagwatFirst India Bureau

Udaipur: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat while describing organisa-tion’s purpose, thought and methodology dur-ing a seminar at Vidya Niketan in Udaipur on Sunday said Sangh’s goal was towards build-ing a person.

Bhagwat said found-er of RSS, Dr Keshavrao Baliram Hedgewar, sac-rificed his personal in-terest to work for the country.

Building people was intrinsic to society’s and country’s building. He said the Sangh fol-

lows the spirit of uni-versal brotherhood and has been working in this direction.

Rejecting that Sangh wanted to earn a name, Bhagwat said that the

Sangh worked in ad-verse situations in the 80s when the word ‘Hin-du’ was not used pub-licly.

“The Sangh is one of the largest organisa-

tions in the world today. It is an organisation of credible and trustwor-thy people who do not differ in their words and deeds,” the RSS chief added.

BIDDING FAREWELL

A man takes part in immersion of idol of Lord Ganesha on the occasion of Anant Chaturdeshi in Jaipur on Sunday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA

Kalla & Kaku spat in public over corrupt official

22-yr-old woman kidnapped, gangraped by youth near GonerFirst India Bureau

Jaipur: A 22-yr-old married woman was allegedly kidnapped and gangraped in Jaipur. She was going towards Goner on Sat-urday evening for some work when the accused, who came in a car, took her away, gangraped and left her at a secluded place. Victim lodged a report at Shivdaspura police station on Sat-urday night.

She said the car stopped near her and a young man offered her lift which she re-

fused. They dragged her in car and took her to a secluded place and gangraped her.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Heated ar-guments broke out publicly between water resources minister BD Kalla and Congress lead-er Pankaj Kaku at the former’s official residence.

In the presence of around 20 people at Kalla’s bungalow, Kaku openly ac-cused him of pro-tecting a corrupt Chief Engineer C h a n d r a m o h a n Chauhan. The duo first talked in a room then they came out arguing with each other and reached the lawns where Kalla asked Kaku whether he was threatening him.

Kaku said he con-siders & respects Kalla like a father but opposes him as a minister because he stands with cor-rupt. He said he will stage a dharna in front of minister’s house.

Development stalled due to Cong in state: DiyaNaveen Joshi

Bhilwara: Rajsamand MP and BJP state gen-eral secretary Diya Ku-mari on Sunday at-tacked the Congress and said that due to in-fighting in the party, the development of the state in the Congress ruled state has been af-fected.

Due to the instability in the Congress, the de-velopment has been stalled in Rajasthan, she said in Bhilwara

where she arrived on a one-day visit.

She met Mahashra-man Ji Maharaj and took his blessings. She also addressed the ‘Jai Jawan Jai Kisan’ pro-gram organized at the BJP district office where 171 ex-service-men and persons were honored.

BJP district presi-dent Ladu Lal Teli, MLA Gopal Khandelw-al and other leaders were also present on the occasion.

Have pen in my hand, get as many works done: Dotasra in SikarRamesh Sharma

Sikar: PCC chief Go-vind Dotasra on Mon-day said that he had pen in his hand so get as many works done as possible. He said this while referring to land conversion issue during his tour of Sikar where he inspected the ongo-ing development works at Harsh ki Pahadi, a religious & tourist place.

He had a detailed dis-cussion with adminis-trative officers of the district regarding vari-

ous works. Dotasra also offered prayers at fa-mous Shiva temple and Bhairav Nath temple.

The villagers of

Harsh ki Pahadi de-manded opening of a PHC in the area at which Dotasra said he would talk to health minister.

Singh: Situation in Raj different from PbAshvini Yadav

Alwar: AICC general secretary and chair-man of Congress Screening Committee for UP elections Jiten-dra Singh has accused Yogi Adityanath of committing murders by executing encoun-ters. He said that such encounters are delib-erate murders.

He also commented on the political devel-opments in Punjab saying there was re-sentment among leg-islators. However, he said that the situation in Raj is different from Punjab and there are no major changes in the state.

Expressing grati-tude to the party pres-

ident Sonia Gandhi for making him the chairman of the screening committee for UP assembly elec-tions, he said that he will work with utmost sincerity.

GS Dotasra inspecting works during his Sikar tour where District Collector Avichal Chaturvedi and others were present.

Diya Kumari at Kisan Jawan Samman Ceremony organised by BJP in Bhilwara on Sunday.

Mohan Bhagwat, Rameshchand Agarwal and Govind Agrawal at Vidya Niketan in Udaipur on Sunday.

YOUTH HELD FOR RAPING MINOR SENT TO POLICE REMAND Jaipur: Shivam, 20, who was arrested on charges of taking a 17-yr-old girl to Agra and raping her there, has been sent in police remand till Sept 20. Shivam was caught by Nahargarh police three days ago. Additional DCP Dharmendra Sagar said Shivam is from Mathura and was preparing for competitive exams in Agra. About four-fi ve months ago, he befriended the girl on FB and planned to meet. Shivam took the girl to Agra and kept her in a rented room for several days and raped her.

Satish Poonia Rajendra Rathore Kailash Choudhary

Jitendra Singh

Singh said there are no major changes in Rajasthan

TRANSPORT DEPT’S TRAVAILS!

I t is a strange development that the DTOs of the Trans-

port department do not want to take promotion. While the number of these DTOs is extremely small, but none-theless, they are some of the most ‘powerful’ offi cials of the department, who, by using their ‘power’ have kept one or the

other matters pending so that they have to serve as ARTO for a small time and become RTOs directly. This is also a reason why Transport Inspectors do not become DTOs in required numbers. But the million dollar question here is, how long will this bizarre situation continue in the department?

LETTER CREATES BUZZ IN PANCHAYATI RAJ AND PWD DEPTS

Letters shot by Aparna Arora and Rajesh Yadav has creat-

ed quite a buzz in the Pancha-yati Raj and PWD dept. Orders have been issued to call a meeting of Panchayat samitis on September 27 and that of Zila Parishad on September

29, so that a statewide meet-ing can be held. But this order has become a cause of worry for the new ‘chiefs’ of these departments as the Shrad-ha Paksh is starting from Monday during which several leaders do not engage in new work and therefore they do not want to hold their first meeting as Pradhan during this time. Arora has been getting regular phone calls from these leaders asking her to roll back the order. In fact, Nadbai MLA Joginder Awana has also objected to the order and requested her not to hold ‘positive works’ like road construction during this time.

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First India Bureau

Jaipur: After the mon-soon reactivated in Ra-jasthan, the water has started coming again in the drying lakes of Udaipur. Kota’s Cham-bal river is in spate and more than 75,000 cusecs water has been released by opening the gate of Kota barrage on Cham-bal river.

The biggest Mahi Dam of Udaipur divi-sion is also left a few metres empty. With this,

the inflow of water has started again in Bisal-pur dam.

According to the Me-teorological Depart-

ment, Rajasthan has received 415 mm of rain so far. Which is 3 per cent higher than the normal.

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Jaipur: The Rajasthan Eligibility Examina-tion for Teachers (REET) is to be conduct-ed on September 26 for which more than 16 lakh candidates are ex-pected to appear. The state govt has given re-lief to travel free of cost in roadways buses for the candidates within Rajasthan from Sept 20 to Sept 30 by showing the admit card.

This preparation is

being done by the Transport Department, in which students will travel along with regu-lar passengers in Road-

ways buses. There is a provision to travel by private buses, taxis, cabs and even rail at all places in the state.

Nirmal Tiwari

Jaipur: A leopard killed a neelgai’s calf at Jhalana Leopard Safari on Sunday morning. The entire episode was captured in a camera by Pune-based tourist Su-shil Chikney and Delhi-based Alberto Lunar-don.

Jhalana’s youngest and the most popular leopard ‘Rana’ had an encounter with the calf. The leopard was look-ing for its prey when it

spotted the calf. It first befriended the calf and suddenly grabbed it by its neck and ate it.

Ranger Janeshwar Chaudhary said that be-cause of the increase in

the number of leopards, a large number of tour-ists are coming to Jhalana. “Maximum number of tourists are spotting leopards in Jhalana,” he said.

Free travel for 16 lakh REET aspirantsLeopard kills neelgai’s calf, act captured on camera by tourist

EXAM ON SEPTEMBER 26

Indian Army has ability to take on most powerful enemy: Guv

JODHPUR : 7 FAMILIES SOCIALLY OSTRACISED

Event was held to mark victory of India in 1971 War against Pakistan

Classes to function with 40% capacity as per the guidelines by State Government

The students will be called to school on the odd-even formula said the dept

Kalla & others pay tributes to Talwar

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Rajasthan gov-ernor Kalraj Mishra and south western Army commander Lieutenant General Amardeep Singh Bhin-der on Sunday felici-tated 1971-war heroes at the Army Multi Ac-tivity Regalia (AMAR) held here.

Addressing the func-tion, the Gover-nor said that In-dia’s policy has always been not to attack anyone, but the Indian

Army has the ability to take on the most pow-erful enemy, when Pa-kistan attacked in 1971, India’s forces gave a befitting reply with great coordination.

At Rambagh Polo Ground, event was or-ganized to mark the victory of India in 1971 War as part of ‘Swarnim Vijay Varsh’

celebrations.

Rajiv Gaur

Jodhpur: A caste pan-chayat in Jodhpur os-tracised seven families for not paying a fine amount. In Boranada and Jhawar police sta-tion area in the West-ern Commissionerate area of Jodhpur dis-trict, there have been

reports of excesses on the Meghwal commu-nity.

They called the pan-chayats at several plac-es and collected about Rs 40 lakh from seven families and also is-sued a decree in the panchayat to ostracise them from the society for not paying a fine of

Rs 5 lakh 51,000.The aggrieved fami-

lies went to the police for help. Cases have been registered at Bo-ranada and Jhawar po-lice stations in Jodh-pur. There is prevalent anger among the youths over this. Jag-dish Meghwal, a resi-dent of Pal village of

Boranada police sta-tion area, filed a case against the caste pan-chayat. He said that the caste panchayat ostra-cised his relatives and seven more families for raising their voice against, death feast, child marriage, opium and poppy consump-tion in the society.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Energy minis-ter BD Kalla, Congress leader Ashq Ali Tank, Bhartiya Janta Party leader Gyan Dev Ahuja and many other paid floral tributes to senior journalist and littera-teur Ish Madhu Talwar who passed away a cou-ple of days back.

The condolence meet-ing was organised at the community hall of Mansarover where a large number of jour-nalists, politicians and others paid homage to him.

Senior journalists Praveen Chand Chhabra, Giriraj Khan-delwal, Senior Editor of First India News Sudhanshu Mathur, Vi-nod Bhardwaj, Satya Pareek, former presi-dent of Pink city press club Virendra Singh Rathore, president of Rajasthan working journalist union Har-ish Gupta and others offered floral tributes to Talwar, who had worked in several newspapers and maga-zines including Navb-harat Times and sever-al others.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Medical and Public Relations Minis-ter Dr Raghu Sharma laid the virtual founda-tion stone for the the road connecting Tahla, Kod, Alniawas, Govind-garh, and Pushkar. The 18-kilometre long road will be constructed at a cost of Rs 18.90 crores. Which will benefit thousands of people from dozens of nearby villages.

Addressing the vir-tual program of road strengthening work, Dr Raghu Sharma said that the state govt is de-termined for the pro-gress of every region. MLA Suresh Rawat, MLA R Lamba, former chairman of Seed Cor-poration Dharmendra Rathod and former min-ister Naseem Akhtar were present.

Shivendra Parmar

Jaipur: The Rajasthan Police is in a damage control mode to save its image after the obscene video of RPS Heera Lal Saini went viral. The police headquarters has become cautious and upon instructions from DGP ML Lather, ADG Law and Order Saurav Srivastava has issued a circular to all the district superinten-dents of police and di-rected them to organise a contact meeting with policemen at 8:30 am on Monday in their respec-tive districts.

In this contact meet-ing, all the SPs and Po-lice Commissioners will give lessons on mo-rality to the police per-sonnels. The ADG has said such incidents only tarnish the image of the police force.

When Pakistan attacked in 1971, India’s forces gave a befitting reply with great

coordination. Kalraj Mishra, Governor of Rajasthan

Breathtaking landing of motorbike witnessed at Rambagh Polo Ground during Army Multi Activity Regalia on Sunday.

—PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA

Dr BD Kalla pays tributes to Late Ish Madhu Talwar.

The Leopard befriended the calf before hunting it down.—PHOTO BY SUSHIL CHIKNEY, TOURIST

Governor Kalraj Mishra addressing the gathering at Rambagh Polo Ground on Sunday.

Classes 6-8 resume after 156 days, Primary from Sept 27

Raj gets 415 mm rain so far, higher by 3%Dr Raghu lays foundation of road network in Pushkar

PHQ asks DSPs to hold morality lessons for policemen

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Primary schools will reopen and regular classes of 6th to 8th standard will re-sume from Monday in Rajasthan.

The classes in gov-ernment and private schools will be held with 40 per cent capac-ity as per the guidelines issued by the state gov-ernment on Friday.

The students will be called to school on the odd-even formula. The attendance is not man-datory and online class-es will continue to be held.

School activity for class 1st to 5th will re-sume from Septem-ber 27. The state govern-ment has al-ready started classes from class 9th to 12th from September 1 in the govern-ment and pri-vate schools.

Jaipur: The Raj govt has issued an advisory for parents and teach-ers suggesting meas-ures to protect children from addiction to online gaming. The advisory issued by the Rajasthan Council of School Education on Saturday suggests technical points which are helpful in monitoring the activi-ties and involvement of the children in gaming.The parents and teach-ers have been asked to

keep a watch

if children are behaving in an abnormal man-ner and whether they are mostly involved in online activities, sudden increase in time spent online, especially on social media, and they turn aggressive after using the internet.

The advisory sug-gested establishing an “internet gateway” at home which will help in monitoring Kid’s internet usage. It also suggested to ensure that the child accesses internet from a com-puter placed in family space. “In this age of technology, online gaming is very popular among children, due to which the trend of on-line gaming among chil-dren has also increased rapidly,” Sana Siddiqui, deputy commissioner of the council, said. —PTI

RAJASTHAN GOVT ISSUES ADVISORY TO SAVE KIDS FROM GAMING ADDICTION

Jaipur: After NEET, SI recruitment and agriculture supervisor recruitment exams, loopholes have been reported in the recruitment of Gramin Dak Sevaks too. The exam was held for only 124 posts in which some candidates submitted fake mark sheets. Their wrong doing was revealed upon cross checking and it was found that all the four failed in the exam of which they submitted the mark sheets Mohan Kumar Meena, Superintendent of Post Office Jaipur Rural Division, filed a case at Shastri Nagar police station against Kalla, Ram Ganesh, Bablu, and Dinesh Singh. All four were students of a school in Bhopal and they made fake mark sheets showing very high numbers.

Jaipur: With monsoon reviving in Rajasthan, a good number of tourists are thronging Jaipur. A huge number of tourists visited Amer and Nahargarh Biological Park.Seeing that a fairly good number of tourists visited these places, the tourist department is hoping that November and December would witness good footfall of tourists in capital city.

NOW RIGGING IN GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS EXAM EXPOSED

MONSOON LEADS TOURISTS TO JAIPUR

Spectacular view of clouds over Birla Mandir.

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Things kept moving fast, and after BJP denied

party ticket to Sidhu from Amritsar Lok Sabha seat in 2014, from where was

twice MP and made Arun Jaitley its candidate,

Sidhu kept away from electioneering though he used to consider Jaitley

his political guru. It was Sidhu’s staying away

from that election that made Capt Amarinder’s

victory easy. Yes, Congress had fielded Capt

Amarinder Singh as its Lok Sabha candidate

from Amritsar against Jaitley. And Capt

Amarinder won easily with a good margin

he recent turn of events in the sweet and sour relationship of outgoing Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh and crick-eter-turned-politician Navjot Sid-hu is not new. There are numer-ous such instances in their topsy-turvy relations. During these years, Sidhu twice descended on the cricket ground on the invite of Capt Amarinder Singh. And it was during these years that an FIR was registered against Capt in the infamous multi-crore Lu-dhiana City Centre scam and Sidhu was somehow to blame for getting that FIR registered against Capt, his son Raninder Singh along with others. And, Capt’s ex-oneration in this scam also came when Sidhu was Punjab Cabinet Minister of Local Bodies Depart-ment under whose purview Lu-dhiana City Centre Project falls.

Navjot Sidhu, who had retired from all forms of cricket in the late 1990s, had made a special ap-pearance twice on cricket ground on the invite of Capt Amarinder Singh who organized two exhibi-tion matches, once as Maharaja of Patiala in 2000 and then as Pun-jab CM in 2004. Sidhu obliged Capt on both occasions. In March 2000, as the Maharaja of erst-while Royal State Patiala, Capt Amarinder Singh had organized a series of cricket matches be-tween Stragglers of Asia Cricket Club and Maharaja Eleven. In the second match of that series, on March 9, 2000, Sidhu appeared at Patiala’s Dhruv Pandove Cricket Stadium. It was probably for the first time after his retirement that Sidhu had taken to cricket field that too on Capt’s invitation. Then, on February 19, 2004, again Navjot Sidhu made a special ap-pearance at Patiala’s cricket sta-dium during a match between Punjab (India) CM’s XI and an invitation team from Pakistan. That exhibition match had been organized as a part of the Patiala Heritage Week celebrations. It

was Capt Amarinder’s first ten-ure as Punjab CM. Though Sidhu did not play in that match, he came on the special invite of Capt Amarinder and was the biggest attraction during the match.

It was the time when Sidhu was trying to get a foothold in politics after joining the Bharatiya Janata Party. It wasn’t Sidhu’s entry into politics that surprised many but his joining the BJP did so because Sidhu’s father Late Bhagwant Singh Sidhu was a Congressman and was the Patiala District Con-gress Committee (DCC) Presi-dent. At that time there were talks in the political circles that the BJP may field Sidhu against Capt Amarinder in the next Assembly elections (which were to be held in 2007) but, the saffron party made him its candidate in 2004 General Elections from Amritsar Lok Sabha seat which he won and his likely clash with Capt Ama-rinder did not take place.

Then in 2006, the multi-crore infamous Ludhiana City Centre scam was reported by media which alleged the involvement of the then CM Capt Amarinder Singh, his son Raninder Singh along with the then Punjab Local Bodies Minister Chaudhary Jag-jit Singh and others. That time, Navjot Sidhu along with senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Sukhbir Singh Badal (yes, you read it correct Sidhu with Sukh-bir Badal, because there was an SAD-BJP alliance in Punjab and Sidhu was in the saffron party) gave a complaint to the Sarabha Nagar Police Station in Ludhiana

–under whose jurisdiction Ludhi-ana City Centre project was to come up– demanding registration of an FIR against Capt Amarinder and others. Though the FIR wasn’t lodged that time but when the SAD-BJP alliance formed govern-ment in Punjab in February 2007 with Sukhbir’s father Parkash Singh Badal as the chief minister,

that time an FIR in this matter was registered in March 2007.

The Ludhiana City Centre case pertains to Capt Amarinder’s first tenure as Punjab CM from 2002 to 2007. The Punjab Vigilance Bureau had filed a charge sheet in this case in December 2007.

Things kept moving fast, and after BJP denied party ticket to Sidhu from Amritsar Lok Sabha seat in 2014, from where was twice MP and made Arun Jaitley its candidate, Sidhu kept away from electioneering though he used to consider Jaitley his political guru. It was Sidhu’s staying away from that election that made Capt Amarinder’s victory easy. Yes, Congress had fielded Capt Ama-rinder Singh as its Lok Sabha can-didate from Amritsar against Jaitley. And Capt Amarinder won easily with a good margin.

After parting ways with the BJP, Sidhu joined the Congress just before 2017 Punjab Assembly elections and he entered Punjab Vidhan Sabha for the first time after winning from Amritsar East Assembly constituency. When Capt Amarinder Singh was sworn-in for the second time as Punjab CM in February 2017, Sidhu was made a Cabinet minister and was given the important Local Bodies Department though he was nur-turing ambitions of becoming the Deputy Chief Minister.

In August 2017, the VB moved a closure report in the case and gave a sort of clean chit to Capt Amarinder. Two of the 35 per-sons booked in the case have since died. Though it wasn’t in

Sidhu’s purview (as the Local Bodies minister) to exonerate Capt Amarinder in this case, he proved lucky for the latter the second time, the first time was when Sidhu’s absence from elec-tioneering ensured Capt Ama-rinder’s easy win from Amritsar Lok Sabha seat.

Sidhu’s relations with Capt Amarinder started turning sour when the former went for Imran Khan’s swearing-in ceremony as Pakistan Prime Minister. It was on this occasion that Sidhu had that infamous hug with Pakistan Army Chief General Bajwa. And when Sidhu played a vital role in the opening of the Kartarpur Sa-hib Corridor, Capt Amarinder rightly sensed that Sidhu was go-ing to overshadow him sooner or later, and it did happen eventually.

Sidhu is a former cricketer and now he has learned the art of politics also. He knows well that both in cricket and politics it is the timing that matters most. In his playing days, Sidhu initially used to play the role of a sheet-anchor and then used to up the momentum in the slog overs. In politics too, Sidhu kept a low pro-file ever since he resigned as the Punjab Cabinet minister, and now when Punjab Assembly elec-tions are not very far away, he has accelerated his tempo and seems to be ready for the final on-slaught. But then, Capt is a real Captain, a former Army man. He too won’t give in easily. Now, it is to be seen that Capt Amarinder Singh and Navjot Sidhu’s rela-tions take what turn.

TSHARAT K VERMA

THE WRITER IS NEWS EDITOR

SIDHU HAD DESCENDED ON CRICKET GROUND TWICE ON CAPT’S CALL

LOVE & HATE RELATIONSBETWEEN CAPT AMARINDER AND SIDHU

Sidhu’s relations with Capt Amarinder started turning sour when the former went for Imran

Khan’s swearing-in ceremony as Pakistan

Prime Minister. It was on this occasion that Sidhu had that infamous hug with Pakistan Army Chief General Bajwa

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New Delhi: Prime Min-ister Narendra Modi has exhorted the union secretaries to become true leaders of their departments by inter-acting with the staff and inspiring them to perform and speed up the execution of the host of reforms.

In his first physical interaction with the secretaries on Saturday since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic,

the PM asked them to leverage their domain knowledge and exper-tise to smoothen the process of execution of the reforms programs.Secretaries were ex-pecting this special and marathon meeting as the PM has made it a sort of tradition to in-spire and lead his offi-cials on his birthdays.Commenting on the meeting, an official said “The PM wanted us to interact with staff across all levels... to in-

spire confidence among them. There is a need to use the available gov-ernment data intelli-gently for the best re-sults. He said we have to constantly work on im-proving things.”

Reportedly, the PM said he too often won-ders over the slow pace of execution of pro-jects despite govern-ment establishments equipped with compre-hensive domain knowl-edge and skills of the highest standard.

The PM remarked that if projects are exe-cuted with speed and efficiency, the govern-

ment will be free from hiring the services of consultants.

The PM’s call to sec-

retaries comes at a time when the government is seen struggling with an acute shortage of reve-nue and will be facing one election or another to the run-up of the 2024 Lok Sabha election.

The meeting was not one-way traffic. Indeed the PM solicited the ad-vice of several secre-taries to share their ideas and views. While most of them focussed on what they did in their respective de-partments, a few adopt-

ed a forward-looking approach in their de-liberations that earned them the PM’s praise and word of encour-agement.

A section of senior officials looks at this de-velopment in the back-drop of recently noti-fied (dated 03.09.2021) SOPs for processing of cases under 17A, a new insertion, of the Pre-vention of Corruption Act, 1988.

The development provides security to

senior government of-ficials against the threats of uncertain-ties pertaining to in-quiry or investigation into offense relatable to any recommenda-tion made or decision taken by such public servant in discharge of his/her official func-tions or duties. It is be-lieved that after pro-viding immunity the PM motivated secretar-ies to gear up and exe-cute reform programs with efficiency.

After providing immunity, PM motivates union secys to gear upLEADERSHIP ROLES

New Delhi: The gov-ernment is yet to take a call on the recommen-dations made by the Su-

preme Court collegi-um on appointing a total of 68 judicial of-

ficers and advocates as judges of various high courts, sources aware

of the procedure for appointment to the

higher judici-ary have said.

Between Au-gust 8 and Septem-ber 1 this year, the apex court colle-gium had pro-cessed over 100

names recommended by various high courts and had finally sent 68 names to the govern-ment for appointment as judges to 12 high courts.

The government is yet to take a call on the names recommended by the SC collegium, the sources said.

Out of the 68 names, two from Karnataka and one from Jammu and Kashmir have been sent for a third time, while 10 others have been recom-mended for a second time. The rest are fresh

recommendations.Prior to these recom-

mendations, in a his-toric decision on August 17, the SC collegium had sent nine names, includ-ing three women, for elevation as judges of the Supreme Court.

On Friday, the Su-preme Court collegium is learnt to have recom-mended eight names of judges, including act-ing chief justice of Cal-cutta High Court Jus-tice Rajesh Bindal, for their elevation as chief justices of different high courts.

Besides, the mara-thon collegium meet-ings on Thursday and Friday have led to rec-ommendations of trans-fer of five high court chief justices, including Tripura High Court Chief Justice Akil Kureshi, and 28 other high courts judges.

The combined sanc-tioned strength of the 25 high courts of the country is 1,098 judges. As on September 1, there were 465 vacan-cies, according data put in public domain by the Law Ministry. —PTI

GOVT YET TO CLEAR 68 NAMES FOR HC SENT BY SC COLLEGIUM

Jammu: Accusing the BJP of playing politics over the issues of Tali-ban, Afghanistan and Pakistan to garner votes, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday alleged that the seven-year-rule of the saffron party has brought miseries to the people of the country and left Jammu and Kashmir “destroyed”.

She claimed that it is not Hindus but the de-mocracy and India which are in danger un-der the BJP rule, which has undone all the “good work” of the past 70 years and started selling national re-sources.

The former CM taunted her critics and said the mere mention of Taliban or the par-ty’s vision of self-rule

makes her “anti-nation-al” and triggers debates and discussions even as the focus should have been the ongoing agita-tion of the farmers, in-flation and other issues of public importance.

As the elections in different states come nearer, the BJP will start cashing on the god-given opportunity of Taliban and Afghani-stan and if it would not work, they will bring Pakistan and drones into picture, the Peo-ples Democratic Party chief said. —PTI

BJP uses Taliban, Af, Pak to garner votes: Mehbooba

New Delhi: In his first visit abroad after tak-ing over as the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Bipin Rawat will be visiting Russia and the US.

Rawat took over his new office as CDS on December 31, 2019, and since then has been declining foreign invitations.

“There is a confer-ence of the CDS-rank officers of the Shanghai Cooperation Agree-

ment member coun-tries. China and Paki-stan are also part of this grouping,” senior defence officials said.

The CDS conference would be focusing on ad-dressing the regional security issues and Af-ghanistan is also likely

to come up for discus-sion, they said. The CDS would also witness the activities of the respec-tive armed forces taking part in the SCO peace mission drills in Russia.

The visit will take place in the coming week and soon after return from Russia, Rawat would be leav-ing for the US for meet-ing his counterpart and other American military leadership at the Pentagon. —PTI

CDS Gen Bipin Rawat to visit Russia, US

New Delhi: Saying the “event is over now”, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday took a jibe at the Centre over the decline in the num-ber of inoculations, fol-lowing record number of Covid-19 vaccina-tions administered on Prime Minister Naren-dra Modi’s birthday.

Quoting Cowin web-site, Gandhi shared a graph of the vaccina-tion trend in the last 10 days to show the decline in inoculations after the record. Using the hashtag vaccination, Gandhi said in a tweet, “Event over”. —PTI

‘Event over’, RaGa takes dig at record vax on PM’s b’day

New Delhi: As Chief Ministers of three states have been re-placed in the past few weeks, Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Sunday asked if that will buy parties some time and help them to correct the course. However, he did not point to any party in particular.

The former minister took microblogging

platform Twitter and said, “changing guard. Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Punjab. Age-old saying,

A stitch in time saves nine. Will it?.”

‘A stitch of time saves nine,’- the expression here means it would be better to find a solution to a problem in time than to wait and let it become bigger. The leader appeared to be asking if the exercise will be useful to the parties in the current situation. —PTI

‘Stitch in Time Saves 9’: Quips Sibal

New Delhi: Prime Min-ister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged people to take part in the auction of several gifts and me-mentoes that he has re-ceived over the years and said the proceeds would go to the ‘Nama-mi Gange’ initiative.

“Over time, I have re-ceived several gifts and mementos which are being auctioned. This includes the special me-mentos given by our Olympics heroes. Do take part in the auction. The proceeds would go to the Namami Gange initiative,” the Prime Minister tweeted.

The e-auction, being organised by the minis-

try of culture, started on Friday and will con-tinue till October 7.

“The memorabilia in-cludes sports gear and equipment of the med-al-winning Olympians and Paralympians, a replica of the Ayodhya Ram Mandir, Rudraksh Convention Centre, models, sculptures, paintings, ‘angavas-tram’ among others,” the ministry said. —PTI

Take part whole-heartedly in e-auction of gifts: PM

Aditi Nagar

New Delhi: The entire day on Sunday, politics right from Chandigarh to Delhi witnessed sev-eral ups and downs as the search for Captain’s successor kept the lead-ers running about. Fi-nally it was Charanjit Singh Channi who has been crowned the Chief Minister of Punjab! But how did Channi become the new ‘Captain’ of Punjab & how did Sukhjinder Randha-wa’s name got cut off at last moment? So let us give you ‘gory details’!

Highly placed sourc-es in the grand old par-ty claim that Randha-wa’s name was finalised by the high command

itself to fill in the shoes of Captain Amarinder Singh. But, like always, Sidhu camp did not fa-vour Randhawa as the

next CM. In fact upon learning that the high command has finalised Randhawa, Sidhu was furious, on the consen-sus choice. It was then that an annoyed Sidhu, in a fit, came out of the hotel where the delib-erations were happen-ing on finalising the name.

But why was Sidhu opposed to Randhawa, even though he too, like Sidhu, openly revolted against Captain. Word is that just like Sidhu does not listen to any-one but himself, simi-larly, Sukhjinder Rand-

hawa does not listen to Navjot Sidhu because Randhawa is himself a big leader of Punjab Congress. In such a sit-uation, Sidhu proposed Channi’s name instead of Randhawa.

Sidhu had demanded a Dalit face after his name was cut stressing that Punjab has the highest 35% Dalit vote bank in the country and has an impact on 34 as-sembly seats. In such a situation, for the first time in Punjab, the Con-gress made a Dalit Chief Minister in Charanjit Singh Channi.

Channi’s appointment: The ‘gory details’!

PM Narendra Modi

BRO PICKS 1ST WOMAN ARMY OFFICER AS IN-CHARGE OF CONSTRUCTION UNIT

SWARNIM VIJAY VARSH: SEMINAR FOCUSING INDIA-B’DESH ON SEPT 21

New Delhi: Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has appointed a woman Army officer for the first as the Officer Commanding of its 75 road construc-tion company (RCC) in Uttarakhand. The three platoon commanders under Major Aaina, Captain Anjana, AEE (Civ) Bhawana Joshi and AEE (Civ) Vishnumaya K became the first women RCC. The appointments were made on August 30.

Guwahati: India is observing Swarnim Vijay Varsh celebrations throughout the country to mark 50 years of its victory over Pakistan and the liber-ation of Bangladesh in the 1971 war. Keeping with the spirit of the occasion, a Seminar will be conducted in Guwahati on September 21 and will see participation from distinguished speakers from India and Bangladesh.

Dehradun: Bookings for the 12-day darshan of Kedarnath Dham located in the Rudraprayag district

of Uttrakhand have been completed, officials at Kedarnath Dham informed on Sunday. According to Uttarakhand HC, the number of pilgrims to be allowed daily will be 800 for Kedarnath.

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday held wide-ranging talks with his Saudi coun-

terpart Faisal Bin Farhan Al Saud covering a range of bilateral and regional issues including develop-ments in Afghanistan. Al Saud, who arrived in New Delhi on Saturday evening on a three-day visit is

scheduled to meet PM Narendra Modi on Monday.

Mumbai: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari travelled at almost 170 km/h on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway earlier this week. Being developed at a cost of Rs 98,000 crores, the highway will subsequently bring down the travelling time between the two cities by almost 12 hours.

CHAR DHAM YATRA: BOOKINGS OVER FOR KEDARNATH SHRINE IN U’KHAND

EAM JAISHANKAR HOLDS TALKS WITH SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER

GADKARI’S CAR CLOCKS 170 KMPH DURING SPEED-TEST

Punjab CM Designate Charanjit Singh Channi submitting the letter to Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Sunday. Also seen are Harish Rawat & Navjot Sidhu. —PHOTO BY ANI

Rahul Gandhi

Kapil Sibal

Bipin Rawat

Mehbooba Mufti

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KAHANI GHAR GHAR KI!

I t has been over two and half years since the

current Gehlot govt was formed in state, however, in this time frame, one powerful lieutenant of CM Gehlot—Chief Whip Ma-hesh Joshi—has not been able to shift in his ‘offi cial accomo-dation and continues to operate from his ancestral home. For ease of state work, important leaders are given places near CMR so that in event of emer-gency or utmost requirement, they can be called at a moment’s

notice. But with Joshi, the situa-tion is a little different. Consid-ering his seniority, he was fi rst allotted the bungalow where former vice president Late Bhairon Singh Shekhawat used to reside. However, his son-in-law and BJP MLA Narpat Singh Rajvi communicated to state government of not taking the bungalow citing that the former VP’s memories are associated with the bungalow. Therefore,

now Joshi has decided that he will shift in some other bun-galow and the word is that he will shift adjacent to PCC Chief Govind Singh Dotasra! —Yogesh Sharma

WELL SAID FRED!

All veteran leaders claim that nation’s youth is its biggest

asset & when this asset reaching the hallowed corridors of legis-lative assembly, one is bound to

believe that future of the nation will be good. Recent Assembly session brought forth 2 such young leaders who impressed their seniors with not just their oratory skills but also with their command on technical matters, especially fi nance! These 2 MLAs-Rohit Bohra and Ashok Lahoty-were even appreciated by Speaker Dr CP Joshi. A far cry from these 2, were some other young leaders who though reg-istered their presence in Assem-bly, but did not show any intent to either learn or showcase their oration skills in the House!

NCPCR TO EXAMINE RAJ BILL ON CHILD MARRIAGE Rajasthan Assembly has passed Rajasthan Compulsory Registration of Marriages (Amendment) Bill, 2021 by voice vote to amend a 2009 Act First India Bureau

Jaipur: India’s apex child right’s body Na-tional Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Sat-urday said it would ex-amine the amendments passed by the Rajasthan Assembly in an act on mandatory registration of marriages, including child marriages and do the needful to protect the interest of children. Amid uproar, the Ra-jasthan Assembly on Friday passed the Ra-jasthan Compulsory Registration of Mar-

riages (Amendment) Bill, 2021 by voice vote to amend a 2009 Act on compulsory registra-tion of marriages with-in 30 days of the mar-riage. The new legisla-tion, opposition BJP has claimed will legiti-mise child marriages.

Talking to ANI, NCP-CR chairperson Pri-yank Kanoongo said that being the custodi-an of the rights of the children in India, it is NCRCP’s mandatory obligation to look that no child rights are not being violated.

“Through media re-

ports, we have received news of Rajasthan as-sembly passing a new bill that speaks of child victimisation and com-mission stands against it. We are knowing stud-ying the legal aspect and will initiate action as per the advice of our legal experts,” he said.

NCPCR is the official custodian of juveniles through the Child Mar-riage Act, Juvenile jus-tice act and POSCO Act.

“If child rights viola-tion is happening in contradictory to the Child Marriage Act, Ju-venile justice act and

POSCO Act, we will go to court to stop its im-plementation,” Kanoo-ngo said. The bill was rigorously slammed by the opposition. The bill that has brought child marriage under its am-bit states that the mar-riage between the bridegroom who has not completed 21 years and the bride who has not completed 18 years of age could be regis-tered within the 30 days of the marriage, said the Parliamentary Af-fairs Minister, Shanti Kumar Dhariwal in the House.

4 including 3 brothers killed in accident as car collides with truck in Hanumangarh

First India Bureau

Hanumangarh: Four youth, including 3 brothers killed as a trailer and a car collid-ed head-on on Sunday morning on Hanuman-garh-Jaipur highway near Rawatsar town.

Among the dead are three brothers and the fourth one is their friend. The police con-fiscated the trailer and the damaged car. The deceased are identified as Neeraj, 17, Hemant, 17, Rudraksh Godara, 18, and Rajat, 20.

Hemat and Neeraj were the student of Class 11. Rudraksh studies in Class 12,

whose father is a la-bourer. Rajat, son of Neeraj and Hemant’s maternal uncle, had come to Rawatsar from Jhunjhunu.

According to the po-lice, Rajat left the house with a car to teach driv-ing to Neeraj and He-mant at around 5.30 am.

The ill-fated car after the accident in Hanumangarh.

The road was blocked after the MLAs car met with accident.

3 BJP MLAs escape unhurt as car meets with accidentPK Agarwal 

Chittorgarh: A car carrying three BJP MLAs got off the road in an attempt to avert collision with a car coming from the oppo-site direction in Chit-torgarh on Sunday. However, no one was injured in the incident, police said. Chittorgarh MLA Chandrabhan Sin-gh Akya, Raniwara MLA Narayan Singh Dewal and Reodar MLA Jagasiram were going to Pratapgarh in an In-nova car where the driv-er averted a head on col-lision with a car coming from the opposite site, SHO Sadar PS Phool Chand said. The driver of the vehicle carrying the MLAs turned the vehicle and it got off the road but the car which was coming from the opposite direction hit its rear tyre.

Being the custodian of the rights of the children in

India, it is NCRCP’s mandatory obligation to look that no child rights

are not being violated.We are knowing studying the legal aspect and will initi-

ate action as per the ad-vice of our legal experts

—Priyanka Kanoongo, NCPCR chairperson

TWO PERSONS DROWN IN POND WHILE IMMERSING GANESH IDOL IN AJMERAjmer: Two persons were drowned in a pond while immersing a Ganesh idol in Ajmer district on Sunday. The incident occurred in Manglayawas area where Ganesh idol was being immersed in a pond constructed in the farm. Abhishek (35) along with another man Rajkumar (30), slipped into the pond while im-mersing the idol. Other persons present there tried to rescue them but they drowned, SHO Manglyawas Sunil Kumar said. He said that the bodies were handed over to family members after post-mortem. In Kota’s Ramganjmandi area, two boys slipped in water. One of them identifi ed as Manish.

Punjab blast accused held in Sri Ganganagar

Sukhwinder Singh

First India Bureau

Sri Ganganagar: An accused of blast in a bike on September 15 in Punjab’s Jalalabad, was arrested from Sri Gan-ganagar. After the joint search operation launched by the Ra-jasthan and Punjab po-lice, accused Sukhwind-er Singh alias Sukha was held on Sunday. The location of the two accused, who fled from Punjab after the blast, was traced in the Rai Singhnagar area of Sri Ganganagar.

After this, the police carried out the search operation. Police also released photos of the two accused after which the people of the area became active and po-lice got the inputs.

Panic grips people as LPG tanker overturns in Dausa

First India Bureau

Dausa: A LPG tank-er overturned near Patoli village on Jaipur-Agra Nation-al Highway-21 at around 1 pm on Sun-day. The accident happened when the tanker was on its way from Jaipur to Bharatpur. There was a panic among the people as the tanker overturned in the populated area.

Balaheri police and fire brigade from Mahua reached the

spot. Balaheri police post in-charge Hariram Meena said that there is no gas leak from the tanker. He said that the LPG tanker was going to Lucknow from Guja-rat. Accident hap-pened when tanker driver applied brake suddenly after notic-ing a car was coming in speed from anoth-er side on the high-way. The tanker was also in speed. As soon as the driver ap-plied the brakes, the tanker overturned.

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Husband strangles wife to death in Jhunjhujnu, FIR registered

Min lays foundation stone of green corridor

First India Bureau

Jhunjhunun: A case of murder has been registered against a man for strangulating his wife to death. In Khetri’s Nayak Mohal-la, Ward 14, a son ac-cused his father of kill-ing his mother.

SHO Vinod Sankhla said that a case of mur-der has been registered against the man. Police said the post-mortem of

the deceased will be conducted.

According to Kishore Nayak, son of the de-ceased, his parents were sleeping in the house. Others were in

their respective rooms when his father Nau-ranglal closed his room and left. When the chil-dren opened the door of the mother’s room in the morning, she was lying dead on the bed and a rope was seen hanging from the fan in the room. Nayak accused his father of killing his mother. There was a dispute re-lated to land going on in the house.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Transport Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas laid the foundation stone of green corridor road up to Kanti Chandra Road, Pareek College Road, Mayank Cinema at a cost of 1.15 crore on Sunday. Under the green corridor, the work of pavement, trees and asphaltiza-tion will be done.

Minister while lay-ing the foundation stone for the work of the reception hall, that state government sees public welfare on priority basis. He also assured the people that the government was always with them.

He said that under the ‘Prasashan Shehron ke Sang’ campaign, the govern-ment was serious about giving lease.

The overturned tanker has blocked the highway.

First India Bureau

Kota: It is due to the ef-forts of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla that more than 150 children in Kota, who have been orphaned by the Covid pandemic, have been provided food, accom-modation & coaching free of cost by Allen Ca-reer Institute. These children met the LS Speaker on Sunday at his camp office. While interacting with Birla, the kids spoke about the difficult times they faced after losing a par-ent during Covid’s sec-ond wave. They also spoke about positive changes in their lives after coming to Kota. Birla also urged the children to work hard to fulfill their parents’ dreams. Replying with enthusiasm, the kids promised that now their

only goal is to take full advantage of the oppor-tunity given to them by Birla’s efforts. “Crack the Medical or Engi-neering exam & help the needy,” Birla told

children.He also thanked the

management of Allen Career Institute and other intellectuals for supporting the kids in their hour of grief.

One of the most amazing parts of life is that we have the ability to change it, within a minute,

totally as per our desire.—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor-in-Chief, First India

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Rajendra Chhabra

Jaipur: By shuffling 25 IAS through a transfer list issued at midnight on Saturday, Chief Min-ister Ashok Gehlot has given a clear message that capable and result-oriented officials will be honoured under him, whereas, officials, who are lackadaisical in their approach and bring bad light to the government, will not be given a place.

The names of offi-cials, who are believed to have benefitted from their work culture, are Subodh Agarwal, Bhaskar Sawant, Roli Singh, Prithviraj, Poornachand Kishan, Vishram Meena and Prakashchand Sharma. However, there are those IAS too, who have not fared well and have been ‘stripped’ off their pow-er and the two surpris-

ing names in this catego-ry are Naveen Mahajan and Dinesh Kumar. Apart from them Gayatri Rathore, Manju Rajpal, Babu Lal Meena, Ashish Gupta and Alok Ranjan also feature in the sec-ond category.

After taking the fear-less decision of coming back into the state Secre-tariat, in the last four months, Subodh Agarw-al has worked at a mara-thon speed in the Mines sector, which has now become a point of dis-cussion in the state bu-reaucracy. Those associ-ated with the mines sec-tor claim that the deci-sions that had not been taken for long, and which were affecting the de-partment’s work, have been quickly addressed to by Agarwal due to which he is now being looked upon as a result-oriented officer. Simi-

larly, he is carrying out the responsibilities of Chairman, RREC in an exemplary fashion. Hon-ouring Agarwal’s capa-bilities, the state govern-ment has given him an important and major department like Energy. Subodh has now become one of the most powerful officials in the govern-ment.

Bhaskar A Sawant is known to be a silent and capable officer. During the Covid wave, he took several new initiatives to

ease the people off their troubles and played long innings of two years in UDH. Now the govern-ment has posted him on a ‘powerful’ chair in the Vidyut Bhawan, as 1995 batch IAS Sawant, has been sent to the Vidyut Bhawan with more re-sponsibilities and in turn, this assignment is being considered to be one of the prime post-ings.

Roli Singh has been called back to Jaipur from her posting of Resi-

dent Commissioner at Delhi, and given the im-portant command of GAD. It is being said that she and Dheeraj Srivas-tava did not see eye to eye. Prithviraj is known to be close to CM not only through family connec-tions but also as a matter of trust. He has been ac-corded a high chair in the Water Resources and Jal Jeevan Mission, which is being consid-ered a major jump from his previous assign-ment.

Naveen Mahajan’s de-parture to Ajmer has shocked even the admin-istrative pandits and he was the only officer, who for three long years stayed at the helm of af-fairs in the Water Re-sources Department. Although his transfer was sure, but on an even more powerful post. However the reason for this bizzare develop-ment, according to sources, is that as ‘pipe scam’ worth Rs 250 crore has occurred on the Par-

wan Dam being con-structed in Baran-Jhala-war. This expenditure may become wasteful and it is alleged that Ma-hajan may be responsi-ble for it.

Dinesh Kumar’s atti-tude and work ethic has caused much harm to the energy sector and due to him, the state government has had to face severe ‘defame’. Due to purchase of elec-tricity at a high price, he has come under con-troversy. Without any reason, he entered in a ‘scuffle’ with his eight year senior officer Sub-odh Agarwal. It is said that even those who work around him are extremely miffed. The reins of Mines Depart-ment was taken from him in merely four months and now he has been removed from En-ergy Department too.

Though he has connec-tions till Delhi, but for now, his wings have been clipped.

Whatever department she may be in, Manju Ra-jpal courts controversy due to her attitude. Her approach has always been negative and to stall files. Entire Pan-chayati Raj Department was miffed with her and in the matter of BDOs, she did not even follow the state government’s directive and, troubled with her approach, the government sent her to Ajmer.

It is said that Health Minister Dr Raghu Shar-ma was not too happy with Alok Ranjan’s work. He had courted controversy in the pur-chase of medicines and equipment in the Covid crisis and this is his fifth transfer in the current government.

THE ‘HOW’ AND WHY’ OF IAS SHUFFLE IN STATE!

Aditi Nagar

New Delhi: After a ‘curious silence’ of more than a month in Gandhi family and AICC headquarters, now Rajasthan has again come up at the centre stage, after a 20-25 minute long Sachin Pilot meeting with Ra-hul between 4-5 PM on Saturday. According to sources, the meet-ing took place after a long wait though they may be sharing their chat and views on their mobiles. The timing of the meeting, clearly indicates that after Punjab and Chhattisgarh, now So-nia and Rahul’s next agenda is to take a call

on Rajasthan, where in spite of repeated Ajay Maken assuranc-es, a much awaited

cabinet reshuffle giv-ing a proper represen-tation to Pilot camp, MLAs has yet not been

taken.The apparent rea-

son is Chief Minister Gehlot’s sudden ill-

ness, but according to sources, this may not be the only reason and even till now, there has not been a proper consensus be-tween the Congress High Command and warring Gehlot and Pilot camps on the number of cabinet berths to be given to Pilot camp, where Pi-lot supporters are also pleading for Fi-nance or Home port-folios. Now, according to sources close to 10 Janpath, a final deci-sion on Rajasthan can be taken any day, once the change of guard at Raipur takes place on a two and a half year power-sharing formula.

IS RAJ CABINET RESHUFFLE ON RAHUL’S NEXT AGENDA?

ACCORDING TO SOURCES CLOSE TO 10 JANPATH, A FINAL DECISION ON

RAJASTHAN CAN BE TAKEN ANY DAY

Naresh Sharma

Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s OSD Lokesh Sharma submit-ted his resignation on Saturday night, hours after he posted a tweet which was seen as an indirect criticism of the Congress over the change of leadership in Punjab.

The tweet appeared to refer to a strong per-son being made help-less and a mediocre per-son being elevated.

The officer on special duty to the Rajasthan chief minister submit-ted his resignation on Saturday night, seeking an apology for his tweet.

Sharma has been as-sociated with Gehlot for over a decade now and he has been looking af-ter his social media. He was made the OSD after Gehlot came to power in December 2018.

“Majboot ko majboor, mamuli ko magroor

kiya jaye... baad hi khet ko khaay, uss fasal ko kaun bachaye! (They make the strong weak, they force people on the lines, ultimately the fence eats the field, who would be able to save such a crop),” Sharma had tweeted after Pun-jab Chief Minister Am-arinder Singh resigned on Saturday.

In the resignation letter, the OSD said he has been active on Twitter since 2010 and has not tweeted beyond party lines.

Sharma said he never posted any political tweet after being given the responsibility of OSD by Gehlot. Howev-er, he sought an apology if his tweet hurt the party High Command & the State Government in any way. Meanwhile, talking to First India over the matter, Lokesh said, “The matter is be-ing made up deliberate-ly. The tweet does not hurt any sentiment as it was posted before the Puinjab crisis. I have put across my version

before CM Ashok Ge-hlot & have offered my resignation. CM has not taken any decision on the matter, as far as I know.” In fact, on Sun-day, Lokesh met CM Ge-hlot & put before him, his version of the story. Along with this, he again asserted giving his resignation & re-quested Gehlot to ac-cept his resignation in the current volatile at-mosphere. He also as-sured Gehlot to contin-ue working for him and Congress in future too.

Birla extends helping hand to children orphaned by Covid-19

It is wait and watch for the restless old guards in Cong

Punjab CrisisTweet row: Gehlot’s OSD requests CM to accept his resignation

Ensure eligible voters are included in voter list: CEC

More than 150 children in Kota have been provided food, accommodation & coaching free of cost due to his efforts

Kamlesh Prajapat

Sirohi: Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra and Deputy Election Commissioner Chandra Bhushan Ku-mar on Sunday, held a meeting of district offi-cials related to the elec-tion in Mount Abu.

Chief Electoral offic-er of the state Praveen Gupta was also present in the meeting held at the auditorium of Hotel Hilton.

Underlining the im-portance of voting in a democracy, the CEC in-structed all the officers to ensure that the names of all eligible voters are included in the voter list during the brief revision of the electoral rolls.

He discussed the nec-essary facilities at the polling stations and di-rected that there should

be proper arrangement of ramps, toilets, drink-ing water, shade, elec-tricity etc. at the polling stations so that voters do not face any sort of inconvenience on the polling day.

The CEC said that un-der the voter awareness programme, miscon-ception about the EVMs should be removed among the people and

they should be made aware that fair and transparent voting takes place in the elec-tions conducted through EVMs.

He said that there is no possibility of any tampering with EVMs. The Chief Election Commissioner also sought suggestions from the officers en-gaged in election works.

CEC Sushil Chandra, Deputy Election Commissioner Chandra Bhushan Kumar and SEC Praveen Gupta during the meeting of district offi cials at Hotel Hilton in Mount Abu on Sunday.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla meets students, who have lost an earning member due to COVID-19 at his camp offi ce in Kota.

LS SPEAKER MEETS MASSES

Om Birla also met the general public at the camp offi ce on Sunday. People from every part of the

Kota-Bundi parliamentary constituency met Om Birla and told him about their problems. He listened carefully to people’s grievances and directed the concerned offi cers to resolve them at the earliest.

Dy LoP Rajendra Rathore speaking on CM, Gehlot’s OSD’s resignation said, “I have never

seen any resignation without signature. After Pun-jab, Rajasthan will bear consequences of political turmoil. Even in Assembly’s monsoon session, the scarcity of Congress leaders was being observed.” “2022 Assembly polls are near & a sense of anger & dissatisfaction among people is quite natural. I believe that Congress will bear consequences of political turmoil going on Punjab & Rajasthan.”

CONG WILL BEAR CONSEQUENCES OF POLITICAL TURMOIL IN PB, RAJ: RATHORE

Lokesh Sharma

Captain Amarinder Singh

Roli Singh Manju Rajpal Subodh Agarwal Bhaskar A Sawant

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According to a senior party leader, old guards in the party are feeling restless and there is no clue of coming events in Rahul’s agenda.

However, in Ra-jasthan, apparently, change of leadership issue may not be there and the real issue be-fore the High Command is how to suitably re-store the respect and authority of Pilot, which has suffered a se-rious setback during the last one year or so.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with Sachin Pilot. —FILE PHOTO

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t was a dream come true moment for the aspiring model, Priyanka Choudhary when she stepped into the world of modelling. Born in Jhunjhunu and brought up in the Pink City, Jaipur, she grew up looking at the scintillating stars

of the glamour world. She always wanted to establish a name for herself in the in-dustry. After much debate about stepping into this journey with her parents, ex-tended family members and well-wish-ers, she finally took the leap of faith.

Her journey began back in the year 2018 when she took part in the beauty pageant, Elite Miss Rajasthan. Gaurav Gaur be-came her mentor and helped her grow and groom. The model shared, “I wish to represent India interna-tionally in the field of modelling someday. I would hopefully use that platform to spread the mes-sage of peace and unity.”She further added that she also wishes to polish her soft skills. If not a mod-el, she would have been an air hostess. She credits her mother for being a constant pillar of support and encour-aging her through-out her journey.

Apart from mod-elling, Priyanka has been featured in some of the trending music vid-eos, Guzara Nahi and Ve Sajjana. In a very short span of time, Priyanka was able to build up an im-pression.

“I have come a long long way in my journey, I am constantly learn-ing about new things, new trends among oth-ers.” shared the model. The model finds the world of nature aston-ishing and it is the ulti-mate resort of finding peace and happiness. As she celebrates her birthday today, City First wishes her all the best on this day! May all her dreams come true!

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A RADIANT BEAUTYThe budding model and actress, Priyanka Choudhary celebrates her birthday today, City First wishes her the best on this day!

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t is not uncommon for people to call animal shelters and munici-pal corporations and ask them to “remove” their community dogs who they like to

often refer to as “galli ka kutta” citing reasons like their personal property (cars) being scratched, dog bites, and barking. Ironi-cally many of these com-plainants themselves have pets!

And imagine their dis-appointment when they hear the unexpected that there is a rule against re-location of dogs! Even the Municipal Corporations cannot and will not want to defy the Supreme Court, unless of course, the dog may be rabid.

So all these rules and guidelines do not happen in a vacuum. The Preven-tion of Cruelty to Animals Act of 1960 (PCA) has a provision for the estab-lishment and overseeing of a board dedicated to the welfare of animals. The Animal Welfare Board of India was established un-der section 4 of the PCA Act and has a provision under section 5A of the same act to be reconsti-tuted from time to time.

The Board was estab-lished for the promotion of animal welfare generally and to protect animals from being subjected to un-necessary pain or suffer-ing, in particular, there shall be established by the Central Government, as soon as may be after the commencement of this Act, a Board to be called the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI).

The functions of the Board are-

1T o keep t h e

law in force in India for t h e prevention of cruelty to animals under constant study and advise the Gov-ernment on the amend-ments to be undertaken in any such law from time to time.

2 To advise the Central Government on the making of rules un-

der this Act to prevent un-necessary pain or suffer-ing to animals generally, and more particularly when they are being trans-ported from one place to another or when they are used as performing ani-mals or when they are kept in captivity or confine-ment.

3 To advise the Govern-ment or any local au-thority or another

person on improvements in the design of vehicles to lessen the burden on draught animals.

4 To take all such steps as the Board may think

fit for i m -prove-m e n t of con-ditions for ani-mals by e n -

couraging, or providing for, the construction of sheds, water-troughs and the like and by providing for veterinary assistance to animals.

5 To advise the Govern-ment or any local au-thority or another

person in the design of slaughter-houses or the maintenance of slaughter-houses or connection with the slaughter of animals so that unnecessary pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is elim-inated in the pre-slaughter stages as far as possible, and animals are killed, wherever necessary, in as humane a manner as pos-sible.

6 To take all such steps as the Board may think fit to ensure

that unwanted animals are put to sleep by local au-

thorities, whenever it is necessary to do so, either instantaneously or after being rendered insensible to pain or suffering.

7 To encourage, by the grant of fi-nancial assis-

tance or otherwise for the formation or estab-

lishment of pinjrapoles, res-cue homes, animal shelters, sanctuaries, and the like where animals and birds may find a shelter when they have become old and useless to their owners or when they need protection.

8 To co-operate with, and co-ordinate the work of, associations

or bodies established to prevent unnecessary pain or suffering to animals or for the protection of ani-mals and birds.

9 To give financial and other assistance to animal welfare or-

ganizations functioning in any local area or to en-courage the formation of animal welfare organiza-tions in any local area which shall work under the general supervision and guidance of the Board.

10 To advise the Government on matters relating

to the medical care and at-tention which may be pro-vided in animal, hospitals and to give financial and other assistance to animal hospitals whenever the Board thinks it necessary to do so.

11To impart educa-tion about the hu-mane treatment

of animals and to encour-age the formation of pub-lic opinion against the in-fliction of unnecessary pain or suffering to ani-mals and for the promo-tion of animal welfare us-ing lectures, books, post-ers, cinematographic ex-hibitions, and the like.

12 To advise the Government on any matter con-

nected with animal wel-fare or the prevention of infliction of unnecessary pain or suffering on ani-mals.

One of the most impor-tant functions of the Board is to provide finan-cial assistance to the rec-ognized Animal Welfare Organisations (AWOs). The applications in the prescribed format re-ceived from the AWOs are scrutinized and eligible

applications are placed before the Board for sanc-tion of grant. Financial Assistance is released in two instalments after ob-taining an audited state-ment of accounts and uti-lization certificate for the earlier grants and satisfac-tory Inspection reports. The Board provides finan-cial assistance to AWOs under various schemes viz. Regular Grant, Cattle Rescue Grant, Provision of Shelter House for looking after the Animals, Animal Birth Control (ABC) Pro-gramme, Provision of Am-bulance for the animals in distress, and Natural Ca-lamity grant. The AWBI is supported by funds in the form of grants from the Government, contri-butions, donations, sub-scriptions, bequests, gifts and the like made to it by any local authority or by any other person. Animal Welfare Organisations can apply for grants to the AWBI for their pro-jects.

Apart from AWOs, breeders and pet shops must be registered with the AWBI.

The general public and animal lovers can also ap-ply to serve as Honorary Animal Welfare Officers to help animals in their states and districts.

From ensuring that ani-mal welfare laws in the country are diligently fol-lowed, to provide grants to Animal Welfare Organisa-tions and advising the Government of India on animal welfare issues, the Board has been the face of the animal welfare move-ment in the country for the last 50 years.

Getting back to the sub-ject of relocation. Truth is that no one can relocate dogs. And why would you want to relocate them in the first place?

FACE

OF TH

E DAY

VANSHIKA JAMWAL, Model

LEOJULY 24 - AUGUST 23

Not much is likely to be achieved on a business trip, but it may open new opportunities. Devoting

some time for physical fi tness is indicated for some and will help keep them fi t. Those planning to move houses will manage to fi nd a suitable one.

LIBRA SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22

Family support will be crucial against those who are trying to tarnish your image on the social front.

Initiative taken on the property front is likely to benefi t. Love is likely to knock at your door, so be prompt to respond. Focus on health will become your priority.

ARIESMAR 21 - APR 20

Life will surprise you in a beautiful way. Monetary condition is set to improve as money comes to you

from various sources. Your confi dence is likely to win the day for you. Something is likely to happen on the academic front which may go in your favour.

SAGITTARIUS NOV 23 - DEC 22

A family event may keep you entertained. You are likely to benefi t from a property related matter. Students

would need to work upon time management skills to stay abreast with the competition. This is the time to muster all your resources for tackling something complicated.

GEMINIMAY 21 - JUNE 21

A piece of immovable property can come to you through a will or gift. You will put in the required

efforts on the professional or academic front to reap rewards. Cupid’s arrow is likely to fi nd its mark and bring romance. You worry too much, take time to ease out.

AQUARIUSJAN 21 - FEB 19

Not much is likely to be achieved on a business trip, but it may open new opportunities. Devoting

some time for physical fi tness is indicated for some and will help keep them fi t. Those planning to move houses will manage to fi nd a suitable one. Stringent cost-cutting measures.

TAURUSAPR 21 - MAY 20

You will manage to remain regular in your fi tness schedule. Guidance of your near and dear ones will

prove a great help. This is a good time to sell an asset as you are likely to get a good price for it. Those preparing for competitive exams are likely to fi nd the going easy.

CAPRICORNDEC 23 - JAN 20

Family support will be crucial against those who are trying to tarnish your image on the social front.

Initiative taken on the property front is likely to benefi t. Love is likely to knock at your door, so be prompt to respond. Focus on health will become your priority.

VIRGOAUG 24 - SEP 23

You are likely to resolve to come back in shape and start an exercise regimen. Family will be supportive

and look after your needs. Some of you are likely to join a group to resolve diffi culties on the academic front. Someone you are working closely with may attract you.

CANCERJUNE 22 - JULY 23

A family event may keep you entertained. You are likely to benefi t from a property related matter.

Students would need to work upon time management skills to stay abreast with the competition. This is the time to muster all your resources for tackling something complicated.

PISCESFEB20 - MARCH 20

You are likely to resolve to come back in shape and start an exercise regimen. Family will be supportive

and look after your needs. Some of you are likely to join a group to resolve diffi culties on the academic front. Someone you are working closely with may attract you.

SCORPIOOCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22

A piece of immovable property can come to you through a will or gift. You will put in the required

efforts on the professional or academic front to reap rich rewards. Cupid’s arrow is likely to fi nd its mark and bring romance into your life. Workout regularly.

YOUR DAY

Horoscope by Saurabbh Sachdeva

The Animal Welfare BOARD OF INDIA

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GOLD : PARALYMPIC GAMES, MEN’S SINGLES, 2020

BRONZE : WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, MEN’S SINGLES, 2019

SILVER : WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, MEN’S DOUBLES, 2019

BRONZE : ASIAN PARA GAMES, MEN’S DOUBLES, 2018

ACHIEVEMENTS

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chieving laurels one flick at a time, Krish-na Nagar, earlier mocked for his dwarf-ism, has shut a mil-lion mouths with his unparalleled flair at

Badminton and his roaring victory at the Tokyo Paralym-pics 2020. He defeated Chu Man Kai of Hongkong in the men’s single SH6 class final to be-come the World No. 2 India para-badminton player.

Diagnosed with dwarfism at the tender age of 2, Nagar was unfortunately ridiculed by his peers for his deformity, so much so, that this 4 feet 5 inch tall shuttler was coaxed to try an array of rigorous exercises, only to finally accept his fate and make a thudding state-ment with his hard work.

Nagar stumbled upon this sport at age 14 and picked it up as his hobby. However, what’s truly serendipitous to his journey was his introduc-tion to the world of para-bad-minton in 2017. Yes, this was his ‘I’ll change my life’ mo-ment. In no time, Krishna shifted basis to Lucknow to learn under the effective ae-gis of Dronacharya Awardee Indian para-badminton team head Gaurav Khanna. Since then, he has been adding feathers to his cap, bringing fame to his dear hometown and country alike.

His love for India knows no bounds, as attested by his Ins-tagram post right after his whopping success at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020 which read, “Today is the result of my years of hard work and I am happy that my preparation for this day has finally paid off. I would like to dedicate this medal to our Corona Warriors who in the truest sense are the real heroes to each one of us. I would also like to take this op-portunity to thank our Hon’ble PM Shri Narendra Modi Ji, CM Rajasthan Shri Ashok Ge-hlotji...the entire coaching staff whose constant support

and hard work have helped realise my dream and make my country proud.”

Making it big in prestigious championships across the globe, Khanna’s protégé re-ceived hearty congratulatory messages from the who’s who of the country, PM Narendra Modi, CM Yogi Adityanath and Sadhguru, to name a few. Currently employed as Assis-tant Conservator of Frest in Rajasthan, Krishna Nagar is all set to climb even taller mountains and etch his name in gold.

KRISHNA NAGAR, “THAT SHORT GUY” WHO BECAME THE SECOND INDIAN BADMINTON PLAYER TO BAG A GOLD MEDAL AT THE TOKYO PARALYMPICS, HAILS FROM THE CITY OF JAIPUR

GOLD : PARALYMPIC GAMES, MEN’S SINGLES, 2020

BRONZE : WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, MEN’S SINGLES, 2019

ACHIEVEMENTSmedal to our Corona Warriors who in the truest sense are the real heroes to each one of us. I would also like to take this op-portunity to thank our Hon’ble PM Shri Narendra Modi Ji, CM Rajasthan Shri Ashok Ge-hlotji...the entire coaching staff whose constant support

and hard work have helped realise my dream and make my country proud.”

Making it big in prestigious championships across the globe, Khanna’s protégé re-ceived hearty congratulatory messages from the who’s who of the country, PM Narendra Modi, CM Yogi Adityanath and Sadhguru, to name a few. Currently employed as Assis-tant Conservator of Frest in Rajasthan, Krishna Nagar is all set to climb even taller mountains and etch his name in gold.

POORVI SINGHAL cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

ADil hai chota sa...CHOTI SI AASHA

“KRISHNA’S FITNESS, REACH AND ATTITUDE ARE HIS

BIGGEST PLUS. WHEN THE SCORES WERE LEVEL

AFTER THE TWO GAMES, THE ONLY

THING I TOLD HIM BEFORE HE WENT FOR THE DECIDING GAME

WAS TO FOCUS ON SINGLE POINTS, TO STAY CALM AND NOT ATTACK.”

-GAURAV KHANNA

CITY FIRST

Dr Arvind Ma-yaram, Eco-nomic Advisor, Chief Minis-

ter’s Office, Govern-ment of Rajasthan launched the study titled, ‘Returns on Investment in Adolescents’ Sex-ual and Repro-ductive Health’ at an online event on Thursday. The study is commissioned by the Population Foun-dation of India. The event was moderated by Poonam Muttreja, Executive Director, Population Founda-tion of India.

Dr Arvind Mayar-am, Economic Advi-sor, Chief Minister’s Office, said, “This re-port is a pioneering

effort by the Popu-lation Foundation

of India to underscore the reality of the health of adolescents in the country. 21% of the Indian population is made up of adoles-cents and this large cohort presents the country with unprec-edented opportunities as well as challenges. If we can harness the demographic divi-dend in India, we can be at the forefront of

global economic growth for the next 20-25 years”. Poonam Muttreja, Executive Director, Population Foundation of India added, “A healthy and educated young popu-lation is key to esca-lating economic growth. With an ado-lescent population of 253 million, India will very soon be the larg-est contributor to the global demographic transition.”

Uttkarsha Shekhar

Cu r i o J a i p u r o r g a n -ised a

weekly online talk show en-t i t l e d Principal����on Sunday,

September 19 at 4 pm. This

talk show was based on the Princi-

pal’s interview & had a basic objective of in-

tegrating various as-pects of the Principal’s

perspective with the day-to-day education. Sarita

Katiyar, Principal of Ryan

International School, was the guest of honor.

This online event was organised to educate

youngsters, on how schools are working in this pandem-ic. Show host Gagan Mishra talked about the importance of Hindi in daily life and the comparison between Hindi and English Medium Schools. Sarita Katiyar threw light upon various is-sues in modern Education, General knowledge, Current affairs, Politics, Art Integra-tion, Current scenarios of School, staff, and student satisfaction. She said “A bal-ance between academic ex-cellence and exquisite soft skills is quintessential.”

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The team from Mauj Jodhpur participated in the 22nd, Annual World Robotic

C o m p e t i t i o n ROBOFEST, held by Lowrance Technological University Michigan, The USA, in collaboration with Novatech Robo, Pvt ltd on

Saturday. Robot lovers from 32 countries across the world participated online in the competition for the first

time. Students had to de-velop robots that are trained in Artificial In-telligence to do the tasks

independently. The objec-tive was to encourage stu-dents to learn about robotic without any age bar.

GUJ: Deputy Municipal commissioner from west zone J N Vaghela, assistant commissioner Hitesh Gajjar, officials from health department held a meeting with Gomtipur ward counsellor Ikbal Shaikh, Zulfi Khan on Saturday in Ahmedabad. Various people participated in raising awareness about vaccination.

DIG BSF Pushpendra, an international golfer and No 1 in Indian police services, encourages the sport at the BSF campus golf course at Bikaner and has ensured that Civil golfers are given membership at the newly developed golf course at Bikaner.

The Federation of Rajasthan Event Managers in Jaipur organised the seventh edition of ‘Eventsthan: The Annual Forum Convention’ which shall conclude today at Hotel Fairmont, Kukas. Actress Mahima Choudhary will be the chief guest during the event. A fashion show will also be organised on this occasion. The event shall witness a cultural program, a fashion show and an evening of awards distribution.

The traditional Ganesh Visarjan ceremony was organised in the city of Kota on Sunday. Politician Amit Dhariwal said that it was a pleasure to attend the function.

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THE ONE WHO aces it all...

multi-tasker to the core, Prachiti Punde, a doctor, daughter, sister, wife and mother, was crowned as WEAA Mrs India & Mrs

Universe Austral Asia. She is also a Certified Life Coach and Mind-

fulness speaker. In an exclusive interview

with City First, Punde gave us a sneak-peek into her vi-brant life, full of accolades, discipline and dreams yet to be achieved.

An intelligent soul, she emphasises the importance of self-mastery. A giver at heart, Prachiti says, “I have set up the “Abhijeeta Mahila Hastakala’ centre to make women financially inde-pendent. Our ‘Banjara Em-broidery’ is also awarded by the Government of India FSDO. In addition, I started

Life Coaching, for which I founded Prachiti Kokoro in August 2008 for courses like CBT, NLP.” A firm believer in family, she remarks, “For me, my house and children are priority.” She stum-bled upon the glam world by pure chance and since then, there has been no looking back. On her fu-ture plans, Prachiti mentioned, “I will do it and my passion for social work will

not let me rest. Mrs Universe is the top-most posi-

tion in my field.” In her f i n a l thoughts, she gave us all s o m e -thing to live by, “Winning it will bring fame but I still had one goal, my title and my knowl-edge should benefit many other women like me.”

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Spaces in Spaces

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Jawahar Kala Kendra is or-ganising, a photo exhibi-tion ‘Spaces in Spaces’ in Sukriti and Surekh

Art Galleries in JKK. It will be open for public viewing from September 20 to 27 from 11 am to 7 pm. The exhibition will feature the works of a group of photographers – ‘Kathago’. The featured photographers are Su-man Sarkar, Anjali Shekhawat, Arvind Jodha, Jainish Vig Ra-

hul K. Rajoria, Rajesh Jamaal and Vipul Sokhiya.

Exhibiting 46 photographs, ‘Spaces in Spaces’ focuses on

JKK’s limitless richness of spaces. The photographers behind the exhibition revel in JKK as a space that gives

them the creative push toward their photography. The photog-raphers have captured different locations inside and outside JKK from different angles through their camera lenses.

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The Federation of Ra-jasthan Event Man-agers in Jaipur is organising the sev-

enth edition of ‘Event-sthan: The Annual Forum Convention’ on September 19 and 20 at Hotel Fair-mont, Kukas. Bollywood celebrity Mahima Choud-hary will be attending the event as the chief guest. The programme on Sep-tember 20 will start at 10:15 am with a welcome speech for the attendees. A fashion show will also be organ-ised on this occasion. Amidst the glamorous ramp walks and eru-dite talks, the event was a hit on day one. According to Forum President Har-preet Bagga, the two-day

event will have various sessions on topics like Vo-

cal to Local, Digital Media & Virtual Events and Ra-

jasthan: A Heritage Desti-nation Special Act Perfor-mances and an Award Cer-emony is also included.

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Prachiti Punde

During the event

During the session

During the session