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The Centre has denied permission to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for a visit to Rome next month where she was scheduled to attend a world peace confer-ence. The TMC alleged BJP was playing vindictive politics.

Jignesh Mevani, an independent Gujarat MLA, announced on Saturday that he would join Congress on September 28 along with former JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar. The development comes ahead of the next year’s polls in Gujarat.

CENTRE DENIES MAMATA BANERJEE

TO VISIT ITALY

JOINING CONG ALONG WITH KANHAIYA ON

SEPT 28: MEVANIOUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD, LUCKNOW & NEW DELHI

SUCH EXAMPLES WILL BOOST MEDICAL TOURISM IN RAJ: GEHLOT

HEART SURGERY OF A NIGERIAN CRUCIAL READCJI NV RAMANA BELIEVES LEGISLATURE NEEDS TO REVISIT LAWS, REFORM THEMCuttack: The Chief Justice of India, Justice NV Ramana on Saturday said the Legislature needs to revisit laws and reform them to suit the needs of time and people so that they match “practical realities”. The CJI was inau-gurating the new building of the Odisha State Legal Service Authority.

MODI GOVT WILL BRING NEW LAW FOR COOPERATIVES, SAYS AMIT SHAH

New Delhi: Union minister for home and cooperation Amit Shah on Saturday said the government would bring a new law to bolster the country’s coopera-tives, giving details of an agenda to reset governance in a sector critical to the rural economy. Cooperatives are es-sentially collectives of small producers,

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Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Satur-day congratulated the team of doctors at the SMS hospital for the successful surgery to change the heart valve of a Nigerian patient.

He said that the pa-tient was suffering from heart disease for the last 6 years and the facility of surgery is not avail-able in his country. Af-ter the surgery, he said, the patient has been dis-charged in good health.

“I am extremely hap-py to share that a 19-year-old heart pa-tient from Nigeria has recently undergone a heart valve replace-ment Turn to P8

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar and wife Sudesh visited CM Ashok Gehlot and wife Sunita at Chief Minister’s Residence in Jaipur on Saturday. The Governor enquired about CM Gehlot’s health, who recently underwent angioplasty.

FIVE REET CANDIDATES, DRIVER KILLED AS VAN RAMS INTO TRUCK

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Jaipur: Six people including five REET candidates and the van driver died as the van rammed into the truck travelling ahead on NH-12 at Nimodia turn in Chaksu, Jaipur on Saturday morning. Five people have been injured in the accident, the police said. REET will be held on Sunday across the state. CM Ashok Ge-hlot, former CM Vasundhara Raje and other leaders expressed grief over the accident and appealed to candidates to travel safely. Ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh to the kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 to the injured was announced from the CM Relief Fund. The five REET candidates, from Baran, were going to Sikar for the exam. There were about 11 people in the van. P3

Cyclone Gulab to hit south Odisha, north Andhra Pradesh today evening

Punjab Cabinet oath today, 7 new faces; five Captain loyalists may face the axe

New Delhi: The Indian Meteorological Depart-ment (IMD) on Satur-day evening said that Cyclone Gulab has formed in the Bay of Bengal.

As per the satellite observations at 5.30 pm on the day, the cyclone was located over north-west Bay of Bengal and was 370 km east-south-east of Gopalpur, Odis-ha and 440 km east of K a l i n g a p a t n a m , Andhra Pradesh.

This is the third cy-clone of 2021 after Tauktae and Yaas that had formed in May

this year.Like most recent

storms that have crossed Indian coasts, this system, too, is rap-

idly intensifying. In less than 48 hours, it in-tensified from low pres-sure (wind speed less than 34kms/hr) to a

deep depression (wind speed 51 to 61kms/hr).

On Sunday, the Met department has warned of very heavy to ex-tremely heavy rain (115.6mm to over 204.4mm in 24-hours) over south Odisha, north coastal Andhra Pradesh.

Heavy rain is likely over Telangana, north interior Odisha and Chhattisgarh.

Due to rough sea con-ditions and intense winds, fishermen have been advised against venturing into the sea till Monday.

Chandigarh: Seven new young faces are likely to be inducted in the Charanjit Singh Channi led Punjab cabi-net finalised on Satur-day.

However, five minis-ters who were part of the Captain Aama-rinder Singh led gov-ernment are likely to be dropped, as per sources.

With the list of 15 ministers for the new cabinet finalised, Chief Minister Channi met Governor Banwarilal Purohit at Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh this af-ternoon.

After meeting the Governor, Channi announced the oath-taking ceremony for the new ministers will take place at 4:30

pm on Sunday.Channi’s meeting

with the governor came barely hours after he returned from Delhi.

Pargat Singh, Raj Ku-

mar Verka, Gurkirat Singh Kotli, Sangat Sin-gh Gilzian, Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, Kuljit Nagra and Rana Gurjit Singh are likely to be included in the cabinet, according to the sources.

However, five legisla-tors -- Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi, Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, Bal-bir Singh Sidhu, Gur-preet Singh Kangar and Sunder Sham Arora—who were ministers in the Amarinder Singh-led cabinet are likely to be dropped, the sources said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York on Saturday. —PHOTOS BY PTI

01 I pay homage to all those who lost their lives in such a

terrible pandemic and express my condolences to the families.

02 India is a shining example of a vibrant democracy. Yes,

democracy can deliver, democracy has delivered.

03 On 15 August this year, India entered the 75th year of

independence. Our diversity is the identity of our strong democracy.

04 Development should be all-inclusive, all-nutritive,

all-touching, all-pervading, it is our priority.

05 When India grows, the world grows, when India trans-

forms, the world transforms.

06 I extend an invitation to all vaccine manufacturers from

across the world to make vaccines in India.

07 The threat of Regressive Thinking and Extremism is

increasing in front of the world. Under these circumstances, the whole world must make Science-Based, Rational and Progressive Thinking the basis of development.

08 Entire world must make science-based, rational and

progressive thinking the basis for development. To strengthen a science-based approach, India is promoting experience-based learning.

09 Crucial to ensure Afghanistan territory is not used to spread

terrorism or terror attacks. We need to be alert and ensure no country tries to take advantage of the delicate situation there and use it as a tool for their selfish interests.

10 Our oceans are also the lifeline of international trade.

We must protect them from race for expansion.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly, wherein he said “India is a shining example of a vibrant democracy”. Later, PM Modi left New York for India on completion of his three-day visit.

MODISPEAK AT UNGA PAK AN ‘ARSONIST’ BUT ACTS AS A ‘FIRE-FIGHTER’: INDIA AT UNGA

QUAD LEADERS PROMISE ‘FREE AND OPEN’ INDO-PACIFIC REGION

India, on Saturday, reiterated that the entire union territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh “were, are and will always be an integral and inalienable part of India. Pakistan hosts the largest number of terrorists proscribed by the UNSC. Osama bin Laden got shelter in Pakistan. Till today, Pak considers him as martyr.

Quad leaders vowed to ensure a “free and open” Indo-Pacific, which is also “inclusive and resilient” at a time when China’s assertiveness is growing in the region. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Australian PM Scott Morrison, Japanese PM Yoshihide Suga and US President Joe Biden, after their first in-person Quad summit Friday, described it as an opportunity to refocus the world on the Indo-Pacific region free and open. More on P6

CORONA CATASTROPHE

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Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi meet Governor of Punjab Banwarilal Purohit in Chandigarh on Saturday.

CM hails the SMS hosp medical team that carried out the surgery

‘INDIA REFORMS,WORLD TRANSFORMS’

7-YR OLD BOY GETS ELECTROCUTED IN CHURU, BROTHER INJUREDChuru: A 7-year-old boy got electrocuted when he mistakenly touched the earthing wire of a trans-former installed in Nakarasar village in the district today. His 5-year-old brother was injured as he too received electric shock when he tried to rescue him.According to reports, the two kids of Ram Prasad Jat were playing near the transformer when the elder son Yuvraj came in contact with the earthing wire there. Seeing him in trouble, his younger brother Kishan rushed to help him and in the process, both got seriously injured. The bothers were rushed to Bharatiya Hospital here. The doctors, however, declared Yuvraj dead and referred Kishan to Jaipur hospital after primary treatment.

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New Delhi: The Jaipur Literature Festival will see its ninth interna-tional extension next May when the popular jamboree will be hosted in the Maldives that will feature a promising line-up of authors, work-shops, music and art.

After global travel re-strictions and lock-downs, JLF Soneva Fushi will be an oppor-tunity to reconnect with the joys of live perfor-mances of art, music and literature against

the backdrop of this idyllic island resort in the Indian Ocean, sur-rounded by pristine na-ture, the organisers said.

A truly bespoke expe-rience, JLF Soneva Fushi will be a “study in slow life, with morning yoga sessions, stimulat-

ing workshops, delecta-ble international food and jaw-dropping sun-sets against a languor-ous blue sea”, a state-ment said.

It will take place from May 13 to 22, 2022 at the Soneva Fushi luxury re-sort, located within the Baa Atoll UNESCO Bio-sphere Reserve. The JLF is held annually in Jaipur with yearly itera-tions in London, Belfast, New York, Colorado, Houston, Adelaide, To-ronto and Doha. —PTI

JLF’s ninth int’l extension in Maldives ‘MAY’ IN MALDIVES

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JLF in Maldives will take place

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NO ACTIVE MONSOON IN THE STATE, HUMIDITY TO LAST FOR NEXT 4 DAYSJaipur: Humidity and heat may disturb for the next 4 days as there is no active monsoon system at present in the state. The sky will remain clear in the rest of the

places except for scattered rain in some areas. There may be light rain at some places in Eastern Rajasthan on Saturday and Sunday. The rain activities will almost stop from Monday. There is no chance of rain in Western Rajasthan also for

the next 4-5 days. The temperature can also increase by 1-2 degrees. Water is coming in Bisalpur and Jawai Dam after good rains in Tonk, Bhilwara, and Pali areas.

FLOATING BODY OF A BOY CREATES SENSATION IN JAL MAHAL AREAJaipur: On Saturday, the dead body of a young man floating in Jal Mahal of Jaipur created a sensation in

the area. The information about the body of the young man in Jal Mahal was given to the Brahmapuri police station. The police reached the spot and took out the body and kept it in the post-mortem room for its identi-fication. As of now, it is not clear whether the youth was

murdered or was a victim of an accident or committed suicide. The police is investigating the case further.

The best writ-ers, thinkers, filmmakers

and thought leaders from across the world and India will con-verge in the Maldives.

—Sanjoy K Roy, MD of JLF, Producer Teamwork Arts

NCPCR WRITES TO RAJ CMO ON MARRIAGE BILLNCPCR alarms CMO, says it would “legitimise” child marriages New Delhi: The Na-tional Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has written to the Rajasthan CMOexpressing appre-hensions over the Reg-istration of Marriages (Amendment) Bill, 2021, saying it “legitimises” child marriages.

The NCPCR, in its let-ter, said the Section 8 of the amendment bill pro-vides for registration of child marriages through marriage reg-istration officers of the place where they have been residing for more than 30 days.

The commission feared the enactment of the bill may have a seri-ous impact on the phys-ical, psychological, and social state of the mi-

nors, and their educa-tion. It asked the gov-ernment to reconsider the bill and review it in accordance with the law and welfare of the children in the state.

“The bill states that the marriage between the bridegroom who has not completed 21

years and the bride who has not completed 18 years of age could be registered by the par-ents or guardians with-in the 30 days of the marriage,” the NCPCR said in the letter on Fri-day. The commission said the bill “legitimis-es” child marriages in

Rajasthan. The Rajasthan As-

sembly had last week passed the bill amend-ing a 2009 Act. The bill has fomented a consid-erable controversy elic-iting even a public in-terest litigation over the legitimacy of the said section. —PTI

Lawrence brought to Jpr on production warrant

Lawrence Bishnoi and Sampat Nehra in the Jaipur Police custody. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA

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Jaipur: The city police arrested gangster Law-rence Bishnoi from Tihar jail on produc-tion and brought him to Jaipur in connection with an extortion threat for Rs 1 crore to a city builder Nischal Bhandari. Action was taken under the direc-tion of DCP Prahlad

Singh. The police had already arrested Law-rence’s sharp shooter Sampat Nehra who is being interrogated.

Lawrence is kept at Gandhinagar police sta-tion, which has been cordoned off for secu-rity reasons.

Earlier on Sept 7 Law-rence threatened Nis-chal, Builder in Jaipur, The accused used What-sApp for the call but the police traced it. Their accomplices in Jaipur had tipped them off, the police said.

Lawrence threatened the builder that his

shooters were roaming in the city in case the amount was

not paid.

Reindeer brought from Delhi dies @ Nahargarh

Viral Video Case: Woman cop’s mobile was used for videos

Dhankhar lambasts Mamata and West Bengal police

Lok Adalat in RIC: 264 cases of JDA were disposed out of 270

Attack on police: BJP, Cong exchange barbs

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Jaipur: Death of cow reindeer in Nahargarh Biological Park has raised questions over the care of animals at the park. The cow rein-deer died of cardiac ar-rest on Sept 19. She was brought from the Delhi zoo on September 4 and spent only 14 days at the Nahargarh Biological Park. Earlier, on Sept 12, a pangolin, rescued from Sariska, had also died.

Deputy conservator of forests Ajay Chittau-

da said that herbivorous animals get shocked when they are translo-cated. Perhaps, this is why they die. He attrib-uted the similar reason behind the cow rein-deer’s death in Nahar-garh Biological Park.

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Jaipur: The Special Operations Group (SOG) investigating the case of an obscene vid-eo involving RPS officer Hiralal Saini and a woman constable, got the forensic report of the mobile phone. The report mentioned that the video was made from the woman consta-ble’s mobile phone.

The obscene video was shot in a resort in Udaipur that purport-edly showed Saini en-gaging in sexual ges-tures along with a woman constable in a swimming pool in the presence of her six-year-old son.

Sani and the woman constable have been sent in judicial custody and a case has been lodged against them un-der the POCSO Act.

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Jaipur: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar has put Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the police there in the dock over the issue of patriotism saying that people those who works against the interest of the country have come out in the open and are plotting against the nation.

The Governor, who is a native of Jhunjhunu, was speaking at a lec-ture series organised on the occasion of the birth anniversary of BJP ideologue Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay

as part of ‘Azadi Ka Am-rit Mahotsav’ celebra-tions in Dhankya.

Dhankhar said he happens to be the Gov-ernor of a state where there is democracy but

people are tormented if they vote as per their conscience and where they are asked how they dared to vote in favour of or against a particu-lar party. More on P8

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Jaipur: Creating histo-ry, Rajasthan Informa-tion Commission (RIC) today held its first-ever Lok Adalat to clear mounting cases under RTI Act. Out of the 270 pending cases related to JDA listed for hearing, the Lok Adalat disposed of as many as 264 cases on Saturday.

The Lok Adalats, or-ganised under the aegis of Chief Information Commissioner DB Gup-ta, are being held on the lines of Revenue and

Judicial courts. They will be held department-wise as per higher num-ber of pendency of cas-es.

During Saturday’s Lok Adalats, long pend-

ing cases related to JDA were taken up. Gupta and three other Informa-tion Commissioners pre-sided over the Adalats. Gupta resolved highest number of cases.

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Bharatpur: Jalees Khan, husband of MLA Zaheeda Khan(INC), denied all the allega-tions made against him and instead accused the BJP of giving pro-tection to the accused in the matter of attack on a police team

On Friday, the Go-palgarh police of the Kaman area raided Lad-mka village to nab the wanted criminal. Dur-ing which, the villagers pelted stones at the po-lice leaving two police-men injured and the police van damaged. Jalees Khan accused

the BJP of giving the incident a political form. BJP leaders al-leged the family mem-bers of the accused con-tested the Panchayat Samiti election against MLA’s son due to which action was taken by the police on the instruc-tions of the MLA.

Denying the allega-tions, Jalees said that police raided to nab the accused, who were wanted in many cases, and action has been taken by the police on the tip of the informer. Hence, the allegations made against the MLA by BJP are absolutely baseless and false.

NEIGHBOUR HELD FOR RAPING TODDLERFirst India Bureau

Dausa: Local Po-lice on Saturday ar-rested a man for raping a two-and-half-year old girl. He allegedly raped the toddler on Fri-day at Basawa area of the district. The accused is a neigh-bour of the victim.

According to the police, Puran ac-companied the vic-tim’s mother to her workplace where she is a daily-wager. Later, he returned with the toddler and took her to his house in the pretext of giving her choco-lates. But he raped her there.

When the mother returned from work, the kid start-ed crying out of pain and narrated her ordeal. The woman immediate-ly informed her husband who works in Jaipur. Upon his return, they ap-proached Basawa police, who in turn took the kid to a Community Health Centre in Bandikui and got her medical test done.

Satish Poonia felicitating Jagdeep Dhankhar at Dhankya. Arjun Lal Meghwal and Chandrashekhar are also seen.

The bill says that the marriage between the bridegroom who has not completed legal

age can be registered and this might “legit-

imises” child mar-riages in Rajasthan.

—NCPCR, said in its letter

CRICKET MOVES!

President of Rajasthan Cricket Association Vaibhav Gehlot on Saturday met BCCI secretary Jay Shah in Ahmedabad. He conveyed his gratitude towards Shah for allocating two International matches in Jaipur. Vaibhav also invited Jay Shah to Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur for these matches.

DB Gupta chairing the Lok Adalat.

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Jaipur: The 23-year-old Ria Dabi, sister of 2015 batch topper Tina Dabi, has secured 15th rank across the country this year. Ria, who cleared the UPSC exam in her very first attempt, grad-uated in Political Sci-ence from Shri Ram College, Delhi.

She credited her suc-cess to her family mem-bers. She said that her parents and her elder sister guided her.

“It was not only my dream to go to civil ser-vices but also my moth-er’s dream. She wanted both of us sisters to go to civil services. When

Didi became an IAS of-ficer, I was in school. At that time I felt that if she can do it, then I can also try. After that I started preparing from

school time itself.”Ria said that she was

very nervous in the in-terview, but everyone on the board was very supportive. Her father is a government em-ployee and mother is a homemaker. Mother Himani Dabi said she could not express her happiness in words. “Both the daughters have brought laurels to the family by clearing the civil services.” Father Jaswant Dabi also felt proud.

Tina motivated me to study hard: RiaUPSC RANK HOLDER

REET EXAM TODAY: RAJ GEARS UP FOR 25 LAKH ASPIRANTS

Mukesh Mathrani

Barmer: Ahead of the REET exam, Barmer police on Saturday claimed to bust a racket involved in fielding dummy candidates and leaking question papers in competitive exams. So far police have ar-rested two accused, both government teach-ers and also booked an-other twenty.

Police have recovered rupees 9.50 lakhs cash, one Scorpio, forge iden-tity cards, material re-lated to exam, said Bar-mer SP Anand Sharma.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Six people in-cluding five REET can-didates and van driver died in a collision be-tween a truck and a van on NH-12 at Nimodia turn in Chaksu, here on Saturday morning.

People present at the spot said that the van rammed into the truck and was stuck for 2 km.

The truck was at such a speed that the driver did not notice the acci-dent. When the police reached, the van was detached from truck.

The five REET candi-dates were residents of Gourdhanpura Nayapu-ra in Kawai police sta-tion, Baran district and they were going to Si-kar to attempt the exam. There were about 11 people in the van. The condition of one REET candidate Jorawar Sin-gh is critical and he has referred to Jaipur. The remaining 2 injured are

being treated at Chaksu Hospital and two at Ma-hatma Gandhi.

Vishnu Nagar, Tejraj

Meghwal, Satya Naray-an, Ved Prakash, Suresh, and Dilip Me-hta are deceased.

The govern-ment is talking

about providing free buses and free food in Indira Rasoi. But there are only 3,500 buses and Indira Rasoi are available only at the subdivi-sion level. Transpar-ency of this exami-nation is in doubt with arrest of many cheaters. The future of the children who are working hard and hard should not be in dark”

—Ramlal Sharma, BJP spokesperson

It was not only my dream to join

civil services but also my mother’s dream. She wanted both of us sisters to go to civil services. When Didi became an IAS officer, I was in school. At that time I felt that if she can do it, then I can also try. I started pre-paring from school time itself. —Ria Dabi

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Health Minis-ter Dr. Raghu Sharma on Saturday virtually launched the online reg-istration process of so-nography machines from his residence.

Online registration can be done for manu-facturers, importers, distributors, dealers etc of sonography ma-chines from the ‘IM-PACT’ portal.

Dr Sharma said that at present the process of registration of manufac-turers, importers, dis-tributors, dealers etc of sonography machines in the PCPNDT cell was of-

fline, but with the pro-cess getting online, the applicant firm can sub-mit the relevant docu-ments and registration fees online and need not come to office unneces-sarily. “The status of the

concerned application form can be tracked on-line and they will also be informed through SMS. The user manual for the registration process is made available,” said Dr Raghu.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: A day ahead of the scheduled REET, a heavy crowd of candi-dates was seen at bus stands in all 33 districts of the state on Saturday.

The candidates were seen catching buses for the district where their exam centres are located.

The state govern-ment has announced free travel for REET candidates in both state roadways and private buses while the North

Western Railway is also operating 26 special trains covering almost all important stations.

Transport minister Pratap Singh Khachari-yawas said the state government is commit-ted to the successful conduct of the exam.

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Jaipur: The biggest exam of the state REET will today test the prepa-rations of the govern-ment as well the modus operandi of the cheats. Preparations have been completed by the educa-tion department, admin-istration and the police for smooth conduct of the exam. Along with this, preparations are being carried out on a war footing to prevent cheating. Candidates have already left for cen-tres two days prior. In such a situation, it is a big challenge to conduct the exam peacefully.

Two held, 20 booked for cheating

JR ENGINEER, ANOTHER HELD FOR DEFRAUDING REET ASPIRANTSAlwar: On a tip-off from Special Opera-tions Group (SOG), the Aravali Vihar police today arrested two persons for swindling huge money from REET aspirants in the pretext of getting them through the exam papers. One of the arrested persons is Mulchand Meena, a Junior Engineer

posted at Raini unit of the Electricity depart-ment. Acting on the basis of a complaint, police also arrested his accomplice Bhimsingh Meena of Raini. The cops have seized entry passes of many can-didates from the duo. Mulchand was in the news recently after he had filed a police case against the son.

Jaipur: The police arrested two girl stu-dents in con-nection with cheating. One of the accused was to appear in place of the other accused, who is main candidate. They were staying together at the Kisan Hostel. The police identified them as Pramila, the original candidate, and Ananya Bishnoi, the dummy candidate.

Sikar: The Sikar Police has exposed the gang which extorted money on the pretext of passing it in the REET recruitment examina-tion on Saturday. The police have arrested six people. Five of the arrested youths are from the Sikar district and one Surjit is a resident of Amritsar. The police are inter-rogating the arrested people. The police have recovered, mark sheets and admit cards of the candidates and blank checks.

TWO GIRL STUDENTS HELD TRYING TO CHEAT

6 ARRESTED FOR TAKING MONEY FROM ASPIRANTS

In the special control room, helpline number

0141-6762704, set up by First India for REET, there was a massive response. The candidates expressed their issues which the channel aired and authori-ties acted on them.

HELPLINE NUMBER

Six including 5 REET candidates die in accident

World Tourism Day: CM to launch half a dozen schemes

Heavy rush of REET candidates in 33 districts

Police at accident spot.

The accused.

Ashok Gehlot@ashokgehlot51Six REET candidates died in a road accident in Chaksu. I pray to God for the peace of all departed souls. The Chief Minister’s Relief Fund will pro-vide compensation of 2 lakh rupees to the next of kin of the deceased and 50,000 rupees to the injured.

REASON BEHIND THE TRAGIC ACCIDENT

The police said the van was 8 seater but there were 11 people including the driver. Prima facie it appears the

driver napped leading to the accident. The passengers were in sleeping mode when the accident happened.

Dr Raghu launches IMPACT portal for registration of sonography machines

Court firing: Alwar cops to be honoured

Tigress gives birth to cubs in Ranthambore

First India Bureau

Alwar: Delhi Police will honour Commando Chirag Chaudhary and Shakti Singh from Al-war for killing the two miscreants who killed wanted criminal Jiten-dra alias Gogi at the capital’s Rohini court recently in a shootout.

Two constables and an ASI of Delhi Police killed the miscreants.

Delhi Commissioner of Police Rakesh Astha-na has praised the Delhi Police personnel, “Fir-ing from AK-47 could have harmed people present in the court but all this was averted by cops,” said Asthana.

Chaudhary is a resi-dent of Alampur village of Kotkasim. He was recruited in Delhi Po-lice in 2017. Talking to First India, Chaudhary said he only did his duty and gave credit to Delhi Police.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: As the forest department prepares to open Ranthambore Tiger Reserve on Oct 1, good news awaits visi-tors. Tigress T99 was spotted in Zone 10 on Saturday and it is believed that the tigress might have given birth.

Wildlife experts say that after giving birth

to cubs, tigresses keep their cubs in hiding for around two months for their safety.

After seeing the picture of the tigress, Ranthambore field director TC Verma and DFO Mahendra Shar-ma have increased mon-itoring of the tigress. The exact number of cubs will be known soon.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot will launch half a dozen schemes to revive the tourism sector, which has suffered huge losses due to the corona pan-demic, on World Tour-ism Day on Sept 27.

Chief Minister’s Par-yatan Sambal Yojana and revised Paying Guest Scheme are among other schemes that will be introduced on Monday.

The CM will chair a state level virtual func-tion to mark the World Tourism Day, during which he will introduce a mobile app of Ra-

jasthan Tourism and other schemes.

A new poster of Ra-jasthan tourism will also be unveiled. The names of winners of a photography contest that was organised on social media platforms will also be announced on the occasion.

Minister of state for Tourism Govind Dotas-ra, Principal Secretary- Tourism Gayatri Rathore and other sen-ior officials will attend the programme.

z 63 firms falling in this category are registered includ-ing 11 importers, 13 manufacturers, 28 dealers and five distributors.

z Firms that are registered earlier have been provided with the user ID and password.

z Out of total 2150 sonography centres, inspection of 1472 done this year.

z After PCPNDT Act implementation, 159 decoy ops done.

WORK DONE

Tigress T99 was spotted in Zone 10 with a newborn cub.

REET aspirants puting up at Gurudwara in Raja Park. —PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA

REET aspirants were served langar at a Gurudwara in Raja Park.

Chirag ChaudharyHealth Minister Dr Raghu Sharma launched the portal.

z Mobile internet will be suspended in districts from 6 am to 6 pm

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Heartiest congratulations to all 761 candidates who have cleared the

#UPSC Exam 2020. I am sure that all of you will play an important role in

the development journey of self-reliant India. Even the students who could

not succeed, do not give up, your hard work will definitely pay off.

Pralhad Joshi @JoshiPralhad

Govt under PM @narendramodi ji has taken several initiatives to make

the power sector driver of India’s economy. With #SevaSamarpan as the core value, Govt is moving forward to deliver last-mile electricity connections

across the nation.

SPIRITUAL SPEAK

We are what we think. All that we are arises

with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make

the world.—Buddha

IN-DEPTH

DESPERATE ATTEMPTS NEEDED TO AVERT A GLOBAL DISASTER

he news from the weatherman is that cyclone Gulab is set to strike areas in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.

There is already mounting con-cern over increasing frequency and ferocity of cyclonic storms and unusual weather patterns. The changes are being attributed to global warming caused by greenhouse gas emission. The blame lies on the developed na-tions which have been unable to bring down these emissions while expecting small countries to do their bit. At the United Na-tions General Assembly low-ly-ing countries urged the rich countries to cut down emissions to avert an existential crisis.

Under the 2015 Paris Agree-ment, countries agreed to en-sure that global temperatures do not rise more than 1.5 degree Celsius. Anything between 1.5 and 2 degrees could lead to the submergence of Maldives. To avoid that disaster global emis-sions have to be halved by 2030.

Given the rich nations’ half-hearted commitment, it is for youth like Greta Thunberg to take up the fight.

TOP TWEETS

T

oe Biden and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in their first meeting after the former

took over as US President was all about preserving demo-cratic values and diversity. As the US President said, Ma-hatma Gandhi’s message of “non-violence, respect and tolerance matters today may-be more than ever”. Prime Minister Modi also spoke about “democratic values, traditions to which both countries are committed”. Both the factors are relevant both to the US and India. Modi also spoke about technology, “the most important driving force” in the world today.

The US has shared some technology with India but when it came to giving nucle-

ar-powered attack subma-rines Washington said a blunt no. It also did not part with Pfizer and Moderna’s mRNA vaccine technology to help India in its fight against Covid-19. In fact, both the companies wanted sovereign

assets as guarantees for sup-plying their vaccines. India declined to accept the condi-tion and is in the process of developing its own version of the vaccine.

Modi’s Washington visit saw another first in the in-person meeting he had with VP Kamala Harris. The US V-P voiced concern over the threat to democracies around the world and said it was “im-perative that we defend dem-ocratic principles and insti-tutions within our respective countries & around world”.

Notable part of Modi-Har-ris meeting was Pak’s duplic-ity on terrorism. Harris said terror groups were active there and asked Pakistan to ensure that these groups do not pose a threat to US and India.

A FRUITFUL VISIT, BUTHOW FAR WILL US GO

Prime Minister Modi also spoke about “democratic values, traditions to which

both countries are committed”. Both the factors are relevant both to the US and

India. Modi also spoke about technology, “the most important driving

force” in the world today.

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GROWTH OF THE CONGRESS PARTY AFTER PUNJAB!

mong the states going to the polls early next year are Ut-tar Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Ma-nipur, Goa and Punjab. Till the beginning of the month it appeared that with the ex-ception of Punjab the Con-gress would lose the other four states. With the uncere-monious departure of Cap-tain Amarinder Singh, Pun-jab too will be lost. That will leave the Congress in office in one major state, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh is precari-ously poised. In Maharashtra and Kerala the Congress is an insignificant and ignored junior partner.

The appellation, “Congress High Command” is a misno-mer. There was once a High Command. No longer so. Yet, regrettably no one challenges the trio- Shrimati Sonia Gan-dhi, Shri Rahul Gandhi and Shrimati Vadra. Even the group of 23 is no longer heard of. One or two of its members do speak. Number Ten Jan-path ignores them.

For the past few years the performance of the party in U.P has been pitiful. In 2017 its tally in U.P was 7 out of 403 seats.

I shall now take up the self-

inflicted mess in Punjab. The General Secretary incharge of Punjab, Shri Harish Rawat has the knack of making con-fusion more confounded by his incoherence and contra-dictory pronouncements- He has one foot in Uttrakhand, his home state and another in Punjab. His head and heart are in his home state. He as-pires to become Chief Minis-ter. A perfectly legitimate desire. But he wants to have the cake and eat it too.

One day he says Ama-rinder Singh will lead the Congress in the Assembly elections. Then he suggests that Navjot Singh Sidhu would be that face. Next it will be Shri Sidhu and the newly elected Chief Minister jointly. He also pronounced the elections will be fought under the leadership of Smt. Sonia Gandhi who is largely incommunicative. She is supposed to be unwell. But well enough to go to Masho-bra, in Himachal Pradesh for a holiday.

How did the great cricket-er and T.V comedian, popular in Pakistan become PCC President inspite of the op-position of Chief Minister Amarinder Singh. It is al-leged that Shri Sidhu has the backing of Shrimati Vadra. What has she to do with Pun-jab? She is General Secretary of UP. Shri Rahul Gandhi re-signed as Congress President sometime back. Now he holds no post in the party. Never-

theless he is calling all the shots. Power without respon-sibility.

Both brother and sister have attractive and engaging personalities. However they are no longer young. They are knocking on the doors of mid-dle age. If I am not mistaken Rahul Gandhi was born in 1971 and his sister two years later. Yet the party refers to them as young leaders.

Being the second senior most Congress Chief Minis-ter, the straightforward and non-intriguing Captain Ama-rinder Singh was a victim of his complacency. The party deceived him by keeping him in the dark about a meeting of the PCC, where a new Chief Minister was chosen. He had no option but to re-sign. He said he had been “humiliated and insulted”. He felt hurt.

Congress spokesperson- a lady named Supriya Shri-nate, on the 23rd lectured the former Chief Minister, “He is our elder and the elderly of-ten get angry and say a lot of

things. We respect his anger, age and experience. We hope he does reconsider his words. But, there is no space in poli-tics for anger, envy, enmity, vendetta and personal at-tacks and comments against political opponents.”

This does little credit to the spokesperson. Politics is not a game of table tennis. It is a deadly power game. Is she aware of the raging bouts of anger of several eminent congress leaders, including Jawaharlal Nehru. I was once at the receiving end of his not so affectionate wrath. I worked closely with Indira Gandhi from 1966 to 1971. Her anger made senior congress cabinet ministers shiver in their dhotis. Rajiv Gandhi’s anger is well known. He was a most likeable human being, but his lapse into ill-temper could be unnerving. He once shouted at the Chief Minis-ters of Andhra and Rajasthan in public.

Gandhiji’s controlled in-dignation is well known. He made it impossible for Sub-has Chandra Bose to contin-ue as Congress president, when Bose crossed his path in 1938-39.

What will Amarinder Sin-gh do next? He will hit where it hurts most. Whatever chances the Congress had of winning the Assembly elec-tions in Punjab early next year are more or less over.

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The appellation, “Congress High Command” is a

misnomer. There was once a High Command. No

longer so. Yet, regrettably no one challenges the trio-

Shrimati Sonia Gandhi, Shri Rahul Gandhi and

Shrimati Vadra. Even the group of 23 is no longer

heard of. One or two of its members do speak. Number Ten Janpath ignores them.

For the past few years the performance of the party in U.P has been pitiful. In 2017 its tally in U.P

was 7 out of 403 seats. I shall now take

up the self-inflicted mess in Punjab

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Bengaluru: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Saturday said that ob-jection to implementa-tion of National Educa-tion Policy (NEP), is natural. He was ad-dressing the media here on Saturday.

Answering a ques-tion on strong objec-tions raised by the Con-gress for implementa-tion of NEP, he said, the government will implement NEP only

after deliberations and considering advantag-es as well as disadvan-tages.

Birla opined that, discipline and decency are missing in Parlia-ment and Assemblies these days. The good message has to reach to the public. Birla added, celebrating 100 years of the Speakers’ Con-ference which coin-cides with the plati-num jubilee of Indian

Independence, 75 dif-ferent programmes on Parliamentary democ-racy would be organ-ised in different parts of the country.

“The tradition of

holding Speakers’ Con-ference is completing 100 years this year. The first such conference was held in 1921 at Shimla and once again after 100 years, the con-

ference is taking place in Shimla,” Birla told reporters.

He said the partici-pants would discuss is-sues related to the par-liamentary democracy,

including the objec-tives achieved in the past 75 years.

“Along with it, we plan to hold the 75 dif-ferent programmes in different parts of the country involving the smallest but the most important and respon-sible institution of the democracy, which is village Panchayat to Parliament, municipal corporations, legisla-tive assemblies or Pan-chayats,” Birla said.

The Speaker said this is the centenary of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) as well. In this regard, an important internation-al conference would

take place on Decem-ber 4 & 5 in Delhi.

“The Speaker, PAC chairperson, its mem-bers, and the PAC chairpersons from oth-er countries will take part in it,” he said.

“We will make an ad-visory on SOP to run the House in lowest level of institutions, which the States can follow,” he said. The Assembly Speakers would hold such pro-grammes in their re-spective States as well.

Replying to a query on sessions being held till late in the night, the Lok Sabha Speaker said the past five ses-sions saw an increase

in the productivity of the proceedings.

“Despite prevalence of COVID, our mem-bers sat in House till late night and held the proceedings more than the scheduled time. The productivity was 167 per cent and there was members’ partici-pation,” he said.

Birla said a database on the important dis-cussions held in Parlia-ment and the Legisla-tures would be pre-pared in Hindi and English in six months to add to the library in Parliament for the ca-pacity- building of the members in the elected bodies. —PTI

Objections to NEP natural, says Om Birla75 PROGRAMMES ON PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY ACROSS NATION: BIRLA

We will once again discuss in Shimla how to

maintain the dis-cipline, dignity and decorum of Parliament and

Legislatures.—Om Birla, LS Speaker

Om Birla

INDIAJAIPUR | SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2021


IS PESB CHAIRPERSON UNHAPPY AND THINKING OF QUITTING?Rakesh Ranjan

New Delhi: Uncon-firmed reports, floating in the corridors of pow-er, indicate that the PESB’s first-ever wom-an chairperson Padma Shri awardee Mallika Srinivasan, who also happens to be the first from the private sector to honor the post, isn’t exactly happy with the prestigious, but equally demanding job.

Probably, the com-plex selection process, coupled with the enor-mity of time involved, might have driven her to recognise and con-clude that the job isn’t worth her time and at-tention, particularly because of the fact that

she has to manage her own enterprise TAFE Ltd. Besides, she is on the boards of Tata Steel, US AGCO Corporation, USIBC, executive board of Hyderabad-based ISB, Governing Board of IIT-M, Bharathi-dasan Institute of Man-agement (BIM), Trichy, and a member of the Governing Body of Stel-la Maris College, Chen-nai. Clearly, she has too many things to attend to.

If well-placed sourc-es are to be believed, she has reportedly ex-pressed to DoPT her an-guish at PESB’s busi-ness frame-work, which tends to be sub-optimal in the screening and se-lection of candidates.

Given what she has come to face, she has re-portedly made it clear that at best, she might consider involving her-self with the selection of CMDs and MDs, but definitely not of direc-tors of various PSU boards. The latter is a time-consuming pro-cess. If it is true as ru-mored that she has sent out a displeasure note

to DoPT and is strongly inclined to bid goodbye, it casts a shadow on the present dispensation’s ability to streamline the PESB work culture to make the organisation an efficient vehicle of screening and selecting persons for top appoint-ments in CPSUs.

It is pointed out that the PESB conducts in-terviews for at least 3-4

days every week, in-volving on an average 7-8 shortlisted candi-dates for each appoint-ment.

Even if the interview of a candidate lasts only for 30-40 minutes, it con-sumes 4-5 hrs engage-ments 4 days a week leaving for a person like Mallika who, as pointed out, has her hands full might have become too much to bear.

There are two ways for the government to deal with her memo. Ig-nore it at its own peril and let her go. Or use the opportunity to cred-ibly and verifiably insu-late the PESB from ma-lign influences to let her continue with her excellent performance.

Sharat K Verma

New Delhi: Ruling BJP in Tripura is a worried lot as the aggressive politics of Mamata Ba-nerjee’s party has caused quiet a conster-nation. One, there is a tussle within govern-ment and many party MLAs have opened a front against CM Biplab Deb. On the other hand, Trinamool Congress has made strong in-roads in the state.

After winning West Bengal polls, Mamata has put many senior leaders of the party in

Tripura. Mukul Roy, who left BJP and joined TMC, is completely han-dling politics of Tripu-ra, while Sushmita Deb,

who recently left Congress to join TMC, has

also been em-ployed by

Mamata to help capture up Bengali

voters there. Sushmita has also

been given RS ticket by Didi. Meanwhile, didi’s nephew Abhishek Ba-nerjee has also started working hard, consider-ing Tripura project as his own.

How much the BJP is upset with

him, it is evident

from the fact that when-ever he goes to Tripura, BJP workers gather to oppose him. Black flags are shown to him, slo-gans are raised against him and sometimes his convoy is attacked. He had planned to hold a big rally in Agartala, for which administra-tion denied approval. Not giving permission also shows that BJP is scared of TMC. Noth-ing can be said about result as of now but it is certain TMC will fight as main opposition in Tripura and give a good fight to BJP.

Anita Hada

New Delhi: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is emerg-ing like a new superman of the BJP. He is the head of the North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) and has the re-sponsibility of handling politics of BJP and al-lies in all the states of the Northeast.

After the elections in May, he was made the Chief Minister of As-sam and even after be-coming the Chief Min-ister, he continued to handle the responsibil-ity of NEDA. Now, the Union Home Ministry has engaged him to find a solution to the ULFA problem and has en-trusted him with the responsibility of talk-

ing to ULFA-I chief Paresh Baruah.

Not only this, he will also work to solve the Naga problem that has been going on for dec-

ades. Himanta Biswa Sar-

ma met the leader of the Naga movement in Dimapur recently. He along with Nagaland

SM Neiphiu Rio met NSCN-IM leader T Muivah and talks were held between the three leaders to solve the Naga problem. A day later, Sarma said that Union Home Minister Amit Shah had author-ised him to speak to U L FA - I n d e p e n d e n t leader Paresh Baruah.

Baruah is outside In-dia and the government has admitted that talks were held with him through a third party. Now Himanta Biswa Sarma will talk directly to Paresh Baruah and

as the talks progress, the Central government will also join it.

With the kind of pop-ularity that Sarma has and the way he works, it looks like he can take the conversation to some level. However, they have failed to re-solve the border dis-pute with Mizoram and the issue has led to vio-lent clashes between the two states. Never-theless, his ability and capability cannot be as-sessed from this and he will be tested by ULFA and Naga talks.

Himanta Biswa Sarma: BJP’s new superman! Union Home Ministry has en-gaged the Assam CM to find a solution to the ULFA problem

Mallika Srinivasan

BJP worried about TMC in Tripura!

New Delhi: Eminent women’s rights activist, author and poet Kamla Bhasin passed away on Saturday. Bhasin (75) was suffering from can-cer and pulmonary ede-ma and was admitted to a hospital on Friday.

Bhasin began her work on gender back in the 1970s. After quitting her job at the UN, she began to work full-time on her feminist network Sangat. She was born on April 24, 1946 in the district of Mandi Ba-hauddin, which is now in Pakistan. After Parti-tion, her family shifted

to Rajasthan in India. She is best known for her work with ‘Sangat’ -- Feminist Network and her poem ‘Kyunki main ladki hoon, mujhe padhna hai’. —Agencies

Feminist icon Kamla Bhasin dies at 75

Raj Royals fined for slow over-rateAbu Dhabi: Rajasthan Royals (RR) have been fined after they main-tained a slow over-rate during their IPL 2021 match against Delhi Capitals (DC) at the Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi on Saturday.

As it was the team’s second offence of the season under the IPL’s Code of Conduct relat-ing to a minimum over-rate offences, Ra-jasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson was fined Rs 24 lakh. —ANI

Mahesh Sharma

Shiv Sena, which is leading the Mahavikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra, is creat-ing such an illusion that right from Sharad Pawar, who is consid-ered one of the smart-est leader of the coun-try, to the ‘consummate strategists’ of BJP, eve-ryone is spellbound as to what does the Shiv Sena want?

Senior Shiv Sena leader and former Un-ion Minister Anant Geete’s attack on Pa-war is not a minor one. Geete called Pawar a back-stabber and said that he cannot be a leader of Shiv Sainiks.

He also said that when he could not stay with Congress then why would he be with Shiv Sena?

Later, Sanjay Raut clarified on this and said that this is not a statement of the party. He praised Pawar and said that he is the main pillar of Maha Vikas Aghadi govern-ment.

A few days ago, when Pawar had targeted Congress and called it a zamindar, who had only the old mansion, yet he was not ready to understand, the Shiv Sena had sided with Pawar.

Just imagine, on one hand Sena sided with NCP in the ‘duel’ be-tween NCP and Con-gress while on the oth-er hand it made per-

sonal attacks on NCP supremo. Isn’t this cre-ating confusion?

Apart from this com-plicated relationship between the 3 parties of Mahavikas Aghadi, what is going on be-tween Shiv Sena and BJP is also a big mys-tery.

In a programme re-cently, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray pointed to former BJP state president and Un-ion Minister Raosaheb Danve and described BJP as a future ally.

After that Sanjay Raut praised PM Modi and said that these is no leader in the coun-try of his stature. On

one hand there is such a show of love with the BJP and on the other there is such a fight that when Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari raised the issue of law and order in the state by writing a letter, CM Thackeray attacks him in such a way that pos-sibly no government has ever undertaken on a governor.

Similarly, all the cen-tral agencies are after Shiv Sena leaders and ministers.

Anil Deshmukh, who was the Home Minister had to resign due to the investigation of NIA and he is on the run to avoid arrest.

What does Shiv Sena want after all?

A TWIST IN THE TALE!

On one hand friendship of Shiv Sena and on the other, action of Central agencies and attacks

by BJP leaders, it looks like there will be some upheaval in the state ahead of the municipal elec-tions to be held early next year. What will happen and how it will happen is not clear yet, but the way the political ‘battlefield’ is panning, smells of some ‘deep strategy’.

BIG RESPONSIBILITY

Mamata Banerjee

NEWSJAIPUR | SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2021


FIRST INDIA NEWS HOSTS ‘MEWAR GAURAV SAMMAN’ IN UDAIPURF irst India News organised the ‘Mewar Gaurav

Samman’ ceremony in Udaipur on Saturday. In this ceremony, talents of Mewar who brought

fame to Mewar with their social responsibilities were honoured. In the programme Leader of Opposition Gulabchand Kataria, First India News CMD Jagdeesh Chandra, Chittorgarh MP CP Joshi, Udaipur MP Arjun Lal Meena, graced the occasion at Hotel Radisson Blue. Raghuveer Singh Meena, member of All India Congress Working Committee, member of All India Tribal Congress Dr Vivek Katara, Divisional Commissioner Rajendra Bhatt, IG Udaipur Range Hinglaj Dan, Udaipur Rural MLA Phool Singh Meena and others were present. Veteran literary legend Dr Mahendra Bhanawat was honoured at the ‘Mewar Gaurav Samman.’ He has contributed to folk litera-ture for more than 30 years.

Gulabchand Kataria, Jagdeesh Chandra, CP Joshi, Arjunlal Meena, Raghuveer Singh Meena, Dr. Vivek Katara, Rajendra Bhatt, Phool Singh Meena at the event.

Jagdeesh Chandra, CP Joshi, Arjunlal Meena, Raghuveer Singh Meena, Dr Vivek Katara, Rajendra Bhatt, Phool Singh Meena and others during the lamp lighting ceremony on Saturday.

Jagdeesh Chandra addressing the hounarable dais at the event at Hotel Radisson Blue in Udaipur.

Gulab Chand Kataria engrossed in reading First India newspaper.CP Joshi addressing the hounarable dais.

Theft accused dies by suicide outside thanaFirst India Bureau

Ajmer: A 30-year-old man accused of theft died by suicide by hang-ing from a tree near the Jawaja police station of Ajmer. The man identi-fied as Ramesh, a resi-dent of Rajpura Bochan (Karla) village, was out on bail but was upset with the police. He wrote a suicide note on his pants and demand-ed investigation of the matter by the Delhi Po-lice. Along with this, the reason of death was also given in a diary found in the pocket. The incident happened on Friday, but the villagers did not pick up the body, which was handed over to the relatives after post-mortem on Satur-day. Jawaja SHO Manv-endra Singh Bhati said that the matter is being investigated.

Ajmer SP Jagdish Chandra Sharma sent ASI Kishan Singh to the police lines in the matter.

Ramesh’s father Sukhram said that Laxmi Devi of the vil-lage had accused Ramesh of stealing Rs 1.20 lakh and five tola gold jewellery. The po-lice called Ramesh to the police station on Wednesday and arrest-ed under section 151.

File pic of Ramesh

Jaipur:Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu will be on a five-day visit of Rajasthan from Sunday.

In the first leg of the five-day visit, Naidu will be in Jaisalmer, where he will go to the border areas to boost the morale of the Indi-an Army and BSF per-sonnel. He will also ad-dress a Sainik Sam-melan in Jaisalmer.

Naidu will visit the famous temple of Tanot Mata on Sunday and pay homage to martyrs at the Vijay Stambh lo-cated there, according

to an official statement. The Tanot Mata temple is located 120 km from Jaisalmer, near the In-do-Pak border.

The temple suffered no damage during the 1971 War even after many shells were fired on it by Pakistan forces. BSF personnel look af-ter the arrangement

and worship of this temple. After the tem-ple, Naidu will visit the Longewala War Memo-rial. He will also attend a cultural programme in the evening.On Sep-tember 27, Naidu will address a Sainik Sam-melan at the Jaisalmer War Museum and will leave for Jodhpur. —PTI

GUV MISHRA TO ACCOMPANY VPDuring his stay in Jodhpur, the Vice-President will also release a book, “Samvidhan, Sanskriti Aur Rashtra”, written by Governor Kalraj Mishra. Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra will accompany Naidu during the visit. Mishra will leave for Jaisalmer by special plane from Jaipur on Sunday morning.

In the first leg of the five-day visit, VP Naidu will be in Jaisalmer

VP NAIDU ON 5-DAY VISIT TO RAJASTHAN FROM TODAY

ITINERARY OF NAIDU’S VISIT IN RAJz V-P will also address a Sainik Sammelan in Jaisalmer

z Naidu will visit the famous temple of Tanot Mata on Sunday.

z Naidu will visit the Longewala War Memorial.

z On September 28, Naidu will inaugurate the Jodhpur City Knowledge and Innovation Cluster at the IIT there.

z He will also lay the foundation of an “artificial intelligence of things” (AIOT) laboratory.

Circuit House of Jaisalmer being spruced up to receive VP Venkaiah Naidu.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: A bench of Jus-tice Arun Bhansali in the Rajasthan High Court has summoned the Personnel Secre-tary, Alwar Collector and others to respond for not granting com-passionate appoint-ment to the daughter of the Kargil War martyr.

In this regard, Rekha Chauhan filed a peti-tion and told the HC that her father Satyaveer Singh was martyred during the war in Kargil. At that time she was seven years old. After gradu-ating in 2013, the peti-tioner applied for a compassionate appoint-ment in Sainik Welfare Office, which was ac-cepted by the officials and the file was sent to the Alwar collector.

High Court summons Raj officials

First India Bureau

Alwar: Taking a sigh of relief after the trans-fer of the Development Officer of Laxmangarh Panchayat Samiti, Al-war, the members have purified the Panchayat Samiti. During the pu-rification process, Gan-gajal was sprinkled in the building and other cleansing measures were adopted.

Village Development

Officers Association President Pushpendra Meena informed that everyone was upset with the working style of the VDO. He spoiled

the name of Laxman-garh Panchayat Samiti due to his conduct. Therefore, after his de-parture, purification has been done by sprin-kling Gangajal in the building premises. The Village Development Officers’ Association had also submitted a memorandum several times against the dVDO so that the upcoming de-velopment officer could work well in future.

DGP’s disc, reward for 40 copsFirst India Bureau

Jaipur: The Police Headquarters has an-nounced DGP Disc and DGP Commendation Roll for 40 police offi-cials/policemen, in-cluding DIG Anil Tank. The winners include police officials to con-stable rank policemen.

DGP ML Lathar said that DGP Disc and DGP Commendation Roll are

awarded to the police of-ficials and policemen every year on the occa-sion of Rajasthan Police Foundation Day ceremo-ny on 16 April. Selection

committee after delib-eration has selected 41 police personnels posted in different districts and units of the State for the award. For the first time in the history of this Po-lice award, a senior of-ficer of the PR Service posted in the PHQ, Go-vind Pareek has been chosen for the award. Govind Pareek is joint director and presently additional director.

Bhagwat meets cadres in JodhpurFirst India Bureau

Jodhpur: RSS chief Dr Mohan Bhagwat, who is on a four day tour to the city, on Saturday held separate meetings with the ‘pracharaks’ during the day here.

After taking feedback from the pracharaks, Dr Bhagwat harped on strengthening the or-ganisation.

He also gathered in-formation about the regular running of its ‘Shakhas’ and asked the pracharaks to conduct them uninterruptedly. The pracharaks also gave their suggestions on the matter to Mohan Bhagwat.

Woman kills husband with lover’s help

Drunk doctor misbehaves with patients at Talera CHC

Jaisalmer: Unraveling the mystery of a blind murder, Pokharan po-lice on Saturday arrest-ed a woman and her paramour for killing her husband by poison-ing and then strangulat-ing him. The nephew of the deceased Mahesh Kumar Khatik had filed an FIR on September 3 .

First India Bureau

Bundi: A doctor on night duty at a Commu-nity Health Centre in Talera on Friday got drunk, misbehaved and abused the patients be-fore falling unconscious under a chair there.

BJP farmer leader ad-vocate Anil Jain Talera

said that around 4 am, a patient called him up and informed him about

Dr Jitendra Chaudhary and sent videos and photos of him.

Soon Jain reached the Talera hospital with his party workers. They raised slogans against the hospital ad-ministration on the hospital premises and demanded dismissal of the doctor.

Mohan Bhagwat

An employee sprinkling Gangajal in office premises.

Office cleaned with Gangajal after VDO transferred in Alwar

Doctor lying on the ground

DGP ML Lather

Rajendra Chhabra

Jaipur: There are al-ways a handful of offi-cials in any government who have a strange con-nection with transfer lists as almost all lists feature their names. Ei-ther the work ethic of these officers is defec-tive or their perfor-mance is not up to the mark or they end up get-ting embroiled in con-troversies. Such officers do not stay on one post-ing for a long time and therefore their ‘term’ in one office is, on an aver-age, around one year.

The story of two IAS officers in the recent transfer list in exempla-ry here. 2013 batch IAS Alok Ranjan is a young bureaucrat who has been transferred ten times in seven years of service and in fact in this government’s two and a half year tenure, Ranjan has been transferred a whopping 6 times. He has served as CEO Smart City Jaipur for 9 months,

Collector Dungarpur for 5 months, project direc-tor in Agriculture De-partment for 4 months, JDA Secretary for 5 months and MD, Medical Service Corporation for 7 months. Now his new posting is of JS, Energy. He had performed better as CEO of Smart City Jaipur, but he could not hold on to the position. Ranjan courted contro-versy on purchase of Remdesivir and Concen-trators and the ‘fire’ had reached upto the govern-ment and therefore he was removed.

Second IAS officer Vishram Meena is a sen-ior bureaucrat and in the new list he has been given important posting

of MD, RCDF, on the strong recommendation of Dairy minister Pramod Jain Bhaya. In his 30 years of service, he has been transferred 28 times which means on average he has served on one posting for 12 months. He has been put on APO twice, once when he was ADM Sawai madhopur and due to some mistake the then Bharatpur Divi-sional Commissioner Niranjan Arya had put him on APO in Decem-ber 2007.

Meena again courted controversy when he was ED (Traffic) in RSRTC when MD Bhaskar Sawant had complained about him

to the government over irregularities. Govern-ment then transferred him to Bikaner. It was in March 2020, he was sent to Barmer as Collector for the first time, but on the complaints of local politicians, he was re-moved after merely ten months. When he was made head of Gopalan department, he could stay there for merely seven months and just prior to his current post-ing he was made Secre-tary of Human Rights Commission where he could stay for only four months.

The reason for a ‘post-mortem’ of a jun-ior and senior IAS of-ficer is that regular transfer of officials raises questions on their abilities, image and loyalty which ulti-mately harms their work drive! But the mil-lion dollar question is when DoP, which is headed by CM himself, will take cognizance on this dismal scenario?

Frequent transfers of Ranjan, Meena raise query?

Alok Ranjan Vishram Meena

Aishwary Pradhan

Jaipur: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday accused the state’s TMC government of violat-ing human rights there and working under a conspiracy for political mileage. “What I see there is the rampant human rights viola-tions and the govern-ment working under a planned conspiracy to get political mileage, harming the spirit of the Indian Constitu-tion,” said Dhankhar. He made the allega-tions while addressing a function on birth an-niversary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay at Dhankya village in the Jaipur.

Earlier Dhankhar

met his Rajasthan coun-terpart Kalraj Mishra and CM Ashok Gehlot in Jaipur. It was a cour-tesy visit. The West Ben-gal governor was ac-companied by his wife Sudesh Dhankhar.

A lunch was also or-ganised at residence of Congress leader Ran-

deep Dhankhar in hon-our of WB Governor which was attended by Assembly Speaker Dr CP Joshi, BJP State President Satish Poon-ia, Ministers Lalchand Kataria, Udai Lal An-jana, Rajendra Yadav, several MLAs, DGP ML Lather, Jaipur Police

Commissioner Anand Srivastava, Jaipur Col-lector Antar Singh Neh-ra, IAS officers Arushi Malik, R Ven-kateswaran, Dr Viren-dra Singh, Rajkumar Sharma, Rajiv Arora, Sandeep Chaudhary, Pushpendra Bhardwaj & others were present.

Self growth and comfort level are not friends, if you want to grow professionally. Spiritually and

emotionally - you have to let go of your comfort level first and foremost!

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POSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21

Congress is witness-ing immense inter-

nal struggle in Chhat-tisgarh over the imple-mentation of the two and half year power-sharing formula, a promise that was made to Chhattisgarh Health Minister TS Singhdeo when Baghel govern-ment was formed.

In Chhattisgarh, a united force of Baghel and Singhdeo had made it possible for Congress to come to power.

And interesting enough in Rajasthan

too, an almost similar situation had occurred as Sachin Pilot was PCC Chief and Ashok Gehlot was the poll mastermind.

So when after win-ning the election the time for becoming Chief Minister came, several speculations were being made and one such speculation was if like Chhattis-garh, a power-sharing formula was thought of for Rajasthan as well?

Highly placed sourc-

es in the Congress re-vealed that there was never a power-sharing formula, like the one for Chhattisgarh, forged for Rajasthan, even though the party’s internal circles did try to peddle the word that such a formula was be-ing worked at.

Sources reveal that when the matter reached Sonia Gandhi, she summoned a senior AICC leader and ques-tioned if he had ever given such an assur-ance or spoke in the

general lines of this formula for Rajasthan too?

The senior leader de-nied giving any assur-ance or having ever worded such a sentence and in fact, the leader called up CM Ashok Gehlot that very night and informed him of what all happened in the meeting with Sonia Gandhi.

This over two and a half-year-old happen-ing has been revealed by the senior leader now!

Unlike C’garh, there was never a 2.5-yr power-sharing formula for Raj!RIGHT FROM THE HORSE’s MOUTH

SHAH’S INPUT IN UP WILL INCREASE

PM Modi had handed over the command

of UP to his most trust-ed Amit Shah long ago. The challenge before Shah, who specialises in organisational skills, is to make the party win and retain the power in UP. Sources said that the plan of Shah’s weekly tour to one dis-trict has also been pre-pared. Shah wanted his loyal Keshav Prasad Maurya to be handed over the responsibility of state president. Apart from this, he also wanted an alliance or merger of many small-er parties of UP with BJP but this could not happen because CM Adityanath Yogi’s vi-sion for future politics of UP is somewhat dif-ferent.Shah had decid-ed long ago with Sanjay Nishad of Nishad Party

that this party would contest the elections to-gether with BJP, in lieu of this, BJP would make Sanjay Nishad MLC from its quota. But Yogi did not like this idea, so the matter kept on postponing and one day, Sanjay Ni-shad’s sting operation (the talk of killing op-ponents to win the elec-tion) also came to the fore. Therefore, the plan got postponed. But be-fore his US visit, PM Modi gave his consent for names of 4 MLCs, including Sanjay Ni-shad. Now, Shah is meeting Sangh’s top functionaries & taking forward his plan of in-cluding 5-6 other state-level leaders of BJP, apart from Yogi Adity-anath, to be projected in election posters, means the election should not be contested only on the face of Yogi.

HOW RAJNI PATIL MADE IT TO RAJYA SABHA

Do you re-member the

Congress leader of Maha-r a s h -

tra Rajni Patil, when she was the Rajya Sab-ha MP last time, she had forgotten her purse at home. Sonia Gandhi had then dropped her from Parliament in her car. This time, on this only Rajya Sabha seat of Maharashtra, many Congress heavyweights like Mukul Wasnik had their eyes on. It is said that Gandhis are an-noyed with Wasnik these days & hence, he did not get his number for RS last time. He couldn’t make it this time too. Another name that was in discussion was that of Sushil Ku-mar Shinde, but Sharad Pawar opposed it. May-or of Mumbai & former chairperson of Maha-rashtra Women’s Com-mission Nirmala

Sawant was also con-sidered as one of

the key contend-ers. Rahul Gan-dhi wanted to give a ticket to wife of party’s young MP Ra-

jiv Satav, who died due to

c o r o -

na infection but Con-gress alone had nothing in its hands. The deci-sion couldn’t been tak-en without involving NCP & Shiv Sena. Rajni Patil had the silent sup-port of Pawar, so she won.

MAULANA’S SANGH CONNECTION

In the latest case of conversion, UP ATS

has arrested Maulana Kalim Siddiqui, Presi-dent of ‘Global Peace Centre’. Keep in mind that this is the same Maulana, who had at-tended the ‘Rashtra Pratham – Rashtra Sar-vopari’ (Nation First and Nation Paramount) programme organised in Mumbai on Septem-ber 7 and shared the stage with RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat. ATS has revealed that Maul-ana was receiving a lot of money from abroad, especially from the Gulf countries, for con-version. Sources said that Maulana had do-nated an amount of Rs 8-10 lakh at that event in Mumbai to get the bless-

ings of the Sangh Chief. The message is clear that through UP ATS, Yogi has made his in-tentions clear to Sangh.

ARON IN TROUBLE

Senior Congress lead-er & former MP

Praveen Aron seems to be implicated in a 15-year-old case. The is-sue of waving his li-censed revolver at a polling booth in Jogi Navada area has once again heated up. The case of 2006 has got a turning point with the testimony of the then District Magistrate and present Joint Secretary in the Union Ministry of Electronics & Infor-mation Technology Bhuvnesh Kumar in the court. That time, Praveen Aron’s wife Su-nita Aron was contest-

ing for Mayor’s elec-tion. Pappu Girdhari’s nephew was also con-testing against her. When Aaron allegedly took out his licensed re-volver, the administra-tion had filed a case against him.

HINDRANCE IN PM’S ROADSHOW

PM Narendra Modi had held a road-

show of some 15 km last time at the inaugura-tion of the Delhi-Meerut Expressway. Now the construction work of this express-way has been complet-ed, so on the second day of Navratri, on October 8, the PM is scheduled to hold another road-show on this express-way. However, due to heavy rains between Dasna and Meerut, this newly built road has been damaged in several places. Offi-cials say that soil erosion due to heavy rains is the reason behind the damage. More or less the same has hap-

pened with the newly built road in Bhopal, which could not even withstand the first rain. Union minister Nitin Gadkari has ordered an inquiry into the matter. Gadkari once said that ‘he knows that commis-sioning goes in con-struction work, but he is trying to curb it’.

The cost, which was earlier Rs 4-6 crore per km, has increased to Rs 20 crore per km and quality of construction is for all to see.

RUCKUS IN BIHAR

BJP leader and Bi-har Deputy CM

Tarkishore Prasad have been accused of giving contracts under various government schemes to his son and family members. It is alleged that Prasad awarded the tender worth Rs 53 crore to his son and relatives under the ‘Nal Jal Yojana’. Bi-har CM Nitish Kumar is said to be very an-noyed about this mat-ter. Nitish has pressur-ised BJP to remove

Tarkishore. Nit-ish is roam-

ing around s a y i n g that ‘he had sev-ered his

r e l a -

tionship with Tejashwi Yadav’s RJD on the is-sue of corruption be-cause he does not toler-ate corruption at all.’ Nitish has got assur-ance from the BJP lead-ership that once the matter is settled, the party will replace both the Deputy CMs - Tark-ishore Prasad and Renu Devi. Now BJP in Bihar is looking for a new Dy CM.

...AND FINALLY

Alarge group of In-dian journalists

has also reached Amer-ica to cover the US visit of Prime Minister Nar-endra Modi. If sources are to be believed, these journalists have got US visas with great diffi-culty even after PM Modi’s intervention. The reason behind this was Covaxin. Most of the journalists had got-ten doses of Covaxin, which is not recognised in America. Then Modi requested the US ad-ministration to give ‘Diplomatic immunity’ to these journalists fol-lowing which, they-could get the visas.

FIRST INDIA SUNDAY SPECIALBY TRIDIB RAMAN

The author is a journalist and political commentator and views expressed are his personal

Amit Shah

Maulana Kalim Siddiqui

Tarkishore Prasad

Rajni Patil PM Narendra Modi

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar called upon Governor Kalraj Mishra at the Raj Bhawan on Saturday. Governor Kalraj Mishra’s wife First Lady Satyawati Mishra and wife of Governor Dhankhar and First Lady of West Bengal Sudesh Dhankhar were also present on the occasion.

WB Guv Jagdeep Dhankhar greets Dr CP Joshi during the lunch as Satish Poonia & Durgadas look on.

Guv Dhankhar: Human rights suffer rampant violations in West Bengal

CM’s nod to create new posts in Panchayati Raj Department, PCBFirst India Bureau

Jaipur: Chief Min-ister Ashok Gehlot has approved the proposal for the cre-ation of new posts. After which, 385 posts of ADC, 55 new posts of Block Devel-opment Officer and 32 posts of Assistant Development Officer will be created in Panchayati Raj De-partment.

This approval will help in the smooth functioning of works at the Panchayat lev-el. Likewise, new posts created in the Pollution Control Board include three new posts of Addi-tional Chief Envi-ronmental Engineer. Moreover, three

posts of Senior Envi-ronmental Engineer will be reduced out of the sanctioned 24.Similarly, six posts of Assistant Envi-ronmental Engineer, eight new posts of Senior Scientific Of-ficer, 15 posts of Sci-entific Officer, nine new posts of Junior Scientific Officer will be created. Be-sides this, two new posts of Assistant Accounts Officer-II will be created.

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operation at the CTVS Department of SMS Medical College. I would like to congratu-late the heart surgery team and the entire SMS family for this achievement,” he said.

Gehlot said that the operation is a com-mendable effort to in-crease medical tourism in the state.

“Till now, Rajasthan has been a popular destination for tour-ism for people from all over the world. Now we have also started developing as a medi-cal tourism hub,” the Chief Minister said.Sonia Gandhi CM Ashok Gehlot Sachin Pilot

DGP ML Lather, Commissioner Anand Srivastava during the lunch on Saturday.

Congress leader Randeep Dhankhar. —PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA

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Chitra Singhal, hailing from Ghaziabad is an all-rounder who believes in the power of

discipline, following one’s passion and most of all, fuelling one’s dreams!

OF DREAMS, DISCIPLINE &

DARING...

hitra, as her name suggests, is a bright and dynamic model who is certainly the ‘ace of all’. A student of life, she takes pride in her multi-

farious career streams. Dancing away to the happy tunes, Chitra is definitely on her way to the bigger things in life. In an exclusive con-versation with City First, she happily gave us a sneak-peek into a day in her life and all that she lives for.

Q: Tell us something about yourself. A: I am a ball of vibrating energy, ready to explore new opportuni-ties. I am currently pursuing my MBA and I am a former CA stu-dent. Apart from that, I am pas-sionate about dancing.

Q: When did you decide to take up modelling? A: This started when I was 20 and pursuing CA. I did my first ramp walk in a CA Fest and I remember being praised by the photographers. Since then, I was fascinated to become a model that I started blogging.

Q: What are your future plans? A: I am planning to start my You-Tube channel and a dance studio.

Q: If not a model, what would you be? A: I would be a CA. I would also continue my passion for dance.

Q: What are your greatest sources of inspiration? A: My dad and mom are my big-gest inspiration as they taught us discipline. Another inspira-tion has been my mentor, sister Ruphina from my Convent school who played a major role in building the person I am to-day.

Q: Anything else you would like to share with the audience?A: “Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference.”

POORVI SINGHAL [email protected]

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ne day a Lady from Delhi rang me up and in-quired about our forthcom-ing Dev Festival and before I

could invite her she her-self said that I am com-ing with my 5-6 friends and shall join the cele-brations of Dev Saab’s Birthday. I was sur-prised at the informal conversation as if she knew me for years. She told me that she was heading a group in Delhi to celebrate Dev Saab and all were very ardent fans of Dev Saab.

And her passion is taking her this year to Udaipur where she plans to shoot a scene in which Raju Guide was follow-ing Rozy in a Bazar with

her Ghungroo in her feet and public watch-ing leaving their shops. And an associate of her, who walks and speaks like Dev Anand shall be the co-actor in the scene.

It was a very memora-ble scene in the film Guide and she wants to reshoot it after 55 years. This is the height of the fanfare of the Ever-green Dev Anand.

When we talk of those who had the good for-tune of working with the Legend we get to know more and more each time about the Per-sona of him—his disci-plined life, his manner-ism, his simplicity, his religious devotion to his work and his optimism. A lot can be said about each of these character-istics of Dev Saab and we can understand their love for him. But what is all the more surprising is the madness in the fans who never met him or were close to him in any sense.

A fan from Udaipur still remembers with fondness the Udaipur Shooting of Guide---Where the song kanto se kheench ke ye aanchal was shot, This song starts from side roads of Udaipur going to nearby

villages, then goes to Chittorgarh Fort, Gaumukh, Vijay Stambh. Interesting to know that the truck

used was of the owner of Sadhna Hotel. Where other songs were shot and he takes pride in saying that he was in the

audience of Piya tose naina lage re. He remi-nisces that Dev Saab stopped near his house and he met him. Another

fan Durga Parhad from Jaipur relates that he was at the Railway Sta-tion when the train scene was shot with Raju Guide.

Films have been made for decades but remem-bering the minute de-tails of a film that was released in 1964 is just because of the crazy fan following of the Legend called Dev Anand. When I started this journey of showcasing my fancy for the Hero from JKK in Jaipur in the year 2014. I never had the idea that we shall be able to fill all the seats in the two hundred plus seat hall. My children and my wife bowed before my passion to do it. But people liked it so much that those who were sceptical about what I was going to show-case joined us. Their support gave me strength and a group of friends came forward and we got a society reg-istered, The Ever-green Dev Anand Soci-ety. This year it is our 6th Jaipur Dev Festival. These few years have given me the chance to

meet and interact with Dev Fans across India. But every time I find the next Fan, I feel he is more passionate about one or the other thing of Dev Saab to follow.

A guy met me yester-day and told me that he was fond of wearing Shirts with Dev Collars in his college days. But once what happened that the tailor master forgot to make it that way. And he adds that “My dreams were shat-tered to showcase my-self in marriage. So the same night I with some friends went to the tai-lor’s shop with cricket bats in hands and smashed all his fancy lights outside the show-room.” This was and this is the craze of gen-erations.

A lady settled in the USA is doing her PhD on Dev Anand and God knows how much con-tent she has on the Leg-end. A group of elite intellectual people ex-change around 100 messages on their WhatsApp Group daily and all messages with full content and au-thenticity.

This is because of the positivity and his atti-tude of romance to-wards life. He was known for his innovations, find-ing and launching new faces in his films. He nev-er looked back and la-mented on any of his less acclaimed films. He was a down to earth person, loving his subordinates and co-actors and yet a man of Aristocratic hab-its, his English accent and lifestyle. In 1923 we shall celebrate his 100th birthday with full fan-fare. Amen.

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ANJIMA, Model

LEOJULY 24 - AUGUST 23

This is an excellent day to spend time with family. Good planning will see you complete a task at work in

record time. Your reputation is likely to boost your image on the social front. Monetary front grows strong for some. You enjoy excellent health. Those seeking love might get lucky.

LIBRA SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22

A celebration can fi nd you in your element today. Praise and honour are likely to greet you in

something that you have managed to achieve. You will be a pillar of strength to a friend or associate. A good day at work is foreseen as you make your mark.

ARIESMAR 21 - APR 20

Some positive changes can be expected on the home front. This seems a good day for job seekers. New

avenues for earning open up as you get more determined. Fitness through extra efforts is assured for the deskbound. If you are in love, chances of making an exciting plan.

SAGITTARIUS NOV 23 - DEC 22

A family youngster is likely to do you proud. Your strategy to promote yourself on the professional front will

bear fruits. You may need to speed up things on the academic front. On the social front, the day fi nds you in your element. Something special awaits you on the romantic front today.

GEMINIMAY 21 - JUNE 21

Some favourable developments on the social front are foreseen. Buying new furniture or a major

appliance is possible. With good networking, a prized posting can be yours .Those trying to get back their money will succeed. A healthy phase of life begins for some.

AQUARIUSJAN 21 - FEB 19

Your own happiness is in your hands today. Spouse may need her space, respect that. This is a favourable day

for completing pending jobs. Financially, no problems are foreseen. It is best to avoid outside food. Those in love with the adventures are likely to chase the excitement very soon.

TAURUSAPR 21 - MAY 20

You may wait for someone’s invitation for a trip. You will fi nd family life more than fulfi lling. A

senior is likely to put in a good word for you to the higher ups. Financially, you will be able to consolidate your position. Exercise care in matters of health.

CAPRICORNDEC 23 - JAN 20

Good advice may be required to make a profi table investment. A journey is likely to take you

down the memory lane. Some of you may start a long pending construc-tion work at home. Winning the affections of the one you secretly love will brighten your mood.

VIRGOAUG 24 - SEP 23

You may get busy organising something on the social front. You may need to put your ideas into

action, if you want to prove yourself. A party may be thrown in your honour at work. Past investments start giving good returns. Health-wise a good day is foreseen.

CANCERJUNE 22 - JULY 23

Good tidings of your well wishers will keep you going on the professional front. You are likely to take

up someone’s cause and earn appreciation from all quarters on the social front. Remaining on the good side of those who matter on the academic front will help you achieve.

PISCESFEB20 - MARCH 20

Appreciation is in store for some homemakers. Those looking for buying a house can get a good bargain. A

professional victory is yours if you play your cards well today. Those in business will be able to maintain good earning. You are likely to enjoy good health.

SCORPIOOCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22

This is the time when you enjoy yourself with a new group of friends or colleagues. A change of job

is likely to give you better salary and perks. Those in business will soon get a chance to make profi ts. A new deal is likely to come through and give you a taste of success.

YOUR DAY

Horoscope by Saurabbh Sachdeva

RAVI KAMRAPresident, The Evergreen Dev Anand Society

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Mortal Man, Immortal

MEMORIES

Late Dev Anand

Late Arjun Prajapati and Zeenat Aman with the bust of Dev Anand at JKK. —FILE PHOTO

During the live session of Jaipur Dev Festival

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If little Van-shi could speak…

“I love it when Papa takes me to the park and lets me play

on my favourite swings. It is so much fun. I also

love to lick choco-lates and enjoy

when Mumma gives me one af-

ter dinner. Yum!”

We are three sisters, making our home a madhouse to live in! I remember Mumma bringing us

piggy banks made out of mitti to have savings but, I used to poke the scissor blades inside the hole and squeeze out all the 500, 1000 rupee notes from it. I was caught red-handed but, I remem-ber it fondly. Not just that, we used to even dilute each others’ Frooties with water for some leg pullin! Another funny thing is that I was a sleepwalker. During some random drainage constructions in my house, I slept with my leg tied with my mum-ma’s to avoid falling into the open drain holes. —MALVIKA BHATI

Every time our entire family goes out for any parties, weddings or functions, my dad introduces my elder sister, brother and me

to the guests. And, the thing is that my sister Sakshi is mumma’s carbon copy, they look way too similar. Even Yash, my brother has features similar to my parents. But, everyone says that I am an exception. I look nowhere close to any of my family members. People often joke around and have a hard time believing that I am really ‘my parent’s daughter!’

—NUPUR KOTHARI

Ihad Supriya when I was 35, so naturally, it was hard for me to

bring a baby into the world because of the complications of my age. Fourteen hours had gone by in pain, the doctors gave up, people around me were tired, I was tired and I almost lost hope but there she was crying her little ounce of pain, (FINALLY)! I held her closely, she was my miracle and she will always be.

—SISLI AIND

This one time, there were 2 dress options that I was showing

to papa. One was like a half-sleeve length dress and the other was a cut-sleeved one, like 4 centimeters shorter. So, he found the half-sleeve length dress okay but I knew for a fact that the sleeveless one was way better. But, papa being papa, he goes, “Beta, don’t wear cut-sleeves, mosquitoes will bite you!” Because, that 4 centime-ters extra revealing skin is all that mosquitoes are after, right Pa? That was the last time I discussed dresses with him!

—RASHI AGARWAL

Our family of four has gone on countless trips, drives, and headache-like weddings. But a night we’ll never forget is the one where we got our dog, Basha. Dad

had gone and picked up the most quiet, shy dog from the basket and immediately declared him ‘The Chosen One,’ while we were brimming with ‘Awwww’s’ but also ‘Abhi door rakh!’ Well now, our family of fi ve goes on many countless trips but slightly less weddings. Because… Basha ka kon dhyaan rakhega?

—DYUMNA AND PRISHA CHABBRA

POORVI SINGHAL [email protected]

eing a daughter in a Marwari Indian joint family is no easy feat and no, I am not talking about

silly high-school cur-fews! I’m talking “don’t wear ripped jeans, it is a sign of poverty” and “Touch feet, Namaste is just a formality” kind of baseless, often hilari-ous and always aug-mentative punches that your parents smash you with every minute of your exist-ence. “Well, I can see some aggressive nod-dings already!”

Mellowing down the mood, this Inter-national Daughter’s Day, yours truly is all set to chuckle your funny bones with some crazy, a few awk-ward and other goofy memories of dear daughters with their parents that will sure-ly make you think of your own “Oh Gosh! How did they find out?” kinda stories and feel free to in-dulge in this hearty poetry as penned by our dear reader on this lovely occasion.

CITY FIRST, OPENING A TRUNK OF HAPPY MEMORIES WITH DAUGHTERS FROM DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE, WHO SHARED THEIR MOST CHUCKLESOME

MEMORIES WITH THEIR DEAR PARENTS!

HAPPY DAUGHTERS DAY

Nothing remains the Same....is the most common phrase That the world wants to make us learn......wheather We learn it the Hard way or with our wisdom.....But slight CHANGE HERE my Baby, my love, MY DAUGHTERUnlike the World Mumma has something different to say,Things won’t change....Not even when you will be able to eat your meals Yourself....Not even when you will be able to find all your things Yourself....Not even when u will comb n style your hair by Yourself....Not even when u will get up after a fall by Yourself.....Not even when u touch the biggest success or Downfall by Yourself....Not even when you will learn to wipe your tears by Yourself....Not even when you will fall a asleep by Yourself...In short YOU WILL BE ON YOUR OWN...Yesss...It may be 6yrs or26 or 36 or 46 There will be a lady right behind You to tell “ Beta.....kya kar rahi ho....What’s wrong with you.In short Being a Mother, I feel my most cautious and Golden years spent with my live cracker sleeping next to me.....

I choose her for today.....I hope when it’s her turn she CHOOSES ME BACKBut I hope one day NOTHING WILL

CHANGE FROM HER SIDE TOO....When in a crowd of 1000’s she comes straight running to me tell me “Mumma...meri Pin thik kardo...or mere lag gyi”....or just to give a Hug me n Jump on me while

I’m wearing a heavy saree with 10 pins tucked in....

—Anupama Purohit

Ionce went to a temple with my parents and searching for my chappal, I got lost in the crowd. I started crying very loudly and soon

enough, a policeman took me to the station. I was crying very loudly so, he gave me some choco-lates and ice-cream to keep me entertained. After half an hour, Papa came to pick me up and when the cop asked me if he were my father, I denied on the face because I had not fi nished my ice-cream. It was my favorite thing to eat as a child so, I wanted to relish it, no matter what! Oh god, I denied knowing Papa completely.

—SURUCHI GUPTA

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Daughterson a chuckle ride!

Suruchi with Santosh Kumar Agarwal

Nupur with Vijay Chand & Renu Kothari

Sisli with Sr Supriya Aind

Rashi with Kulbhushan Agarwal

Dyumna and Prisha with Nisha & Vinit Chabbra alongisde Basha

Bheeni Purohit

Vanshika Gupta

Rajkumari

(L-R) Malvika, Rajshree and Rimjhim

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CITY BUZZGET VACCINATED

STAY MASKED

BEAUTY BUZZ!T

he Grand Finale of the Queen of India beauty pageant, organ-

ised by Kalyan and Sons will be held on Sunday, September 26 at Zee Studio, Sitapu-ra. Ace actress Deep-shikha Nagpal will preside over the panel as the judge. Founder and Director Monu Verma paid im-mense gratitude for the success of previous days.

UDAIPUR COUTURE SHOW

SOME MORE GLIMPSES...!Tete-a-Tete with Kabir Bedi

Renowned Actor Kabir Bedi was in Jaipur to launch his autobiography ‘Stories I must Tell - The Emotional

Life of Kabir Bedi’ as a part of the 50th birthday celebrations of Vishaal Mathur, a patron of sports and literature on Friday at Hotel Fairmont Jaipur. Jagdeesh Chandra, Narendra Singh, Rishee Miglani, Fairmont Jaipur GM Ra-jiv Kapoor, Aditi Nagar launched the book on the occasion. An af-ter-party, champagne brunch of the same was held on Saturday. Various dignitaries, who’s who of the fashion industry graced the event.

A BOOST FOR CYCLING

IIEMR, Jaipur under the joint aegis of District Vaish Fed-eration Central and

Rotary Club Jaipur Cit-izens is going to cele-brate World Tourism Day with Health and Fitness today on Sep-tember 26 with AU Bank Jaipur cyclothon. AU Bank Jaipur Cyclo-thon Organiser Mukesh Mishra and Organising Committee Chairman Sudhir Jain Godhan told that every year Jaipur Cyclothon pro-gram is organised with the message of staying healthy and fit. This year more than 10000 cyclists from across the

country will participate in the third virtual edi-tion of AU Bank Jaipur Cyclothon.

On the second day of the cycling festival of AU Bank Jaipur Cyclo-thon, Jaipur Cycling Awards were organised at Kalaneri Art Gallery, in which prominent cy-clists of Jaipur were honoured by Commis-sioner Income Tax, Shailendra Sharma; Senior Vice President AU Small Finance, Bank Saurabh Tambi; Founder Abdominal

Cancer Day, Dr Sandeep Jain; Director SGM, JD Maheshwari; Chairman City Vibes, Rajesh Agar-wal; Narishant Sharma and Yogesh Mishra. Ash-sih Sangwan bagged the award in the ‘Motivation-al Rider’ category. The program was hosted by Dr Sadhna Arya and Ra-jeev Malik. The festival was started on Septem-ber 24 by Miss Rajasthan Girls with Art on Cycle. The t-shirt of AU Bank Jaipur Cyclothon was also unveiled on this oc-casion.

WHAT’S HAPPENING!

Jaipur’s Indo-English poet, Jagdeep Singh’s poems will be broadcasted at the JLF London at The British Library today. The poems are from his recently published anthology, ‘My Epitaph’. The video comprising of three of his poems will be shown between 9.15 pm-9.30 pm IST. His entry to the JLF’21 Writers Shorts had been broadcasted in Feb 2021. The same has been selected to be showcased in London.

The western round photoshoot of the Queen of India beauty pageant was held on Saturday at Green Villa Hotel. The divas stunned the august gathering with their ravishing looks. Founder and Director Monu Verma paid his sincere gratitude to all the participants and the audience present on the occasion. He also extended his best wishes to the girls for the Grand Finale to be held today.

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The Udaipur Couture Show, an extension of the fashion show, Jaipur Couture

show was an evening of glitz and glory as the mod-

els walked the ramp fa-lunting the collections by designers Seema Kalava-dia, Bhavya Sawariya Jewels, Amit Makwana, Pikazo by Richa Daga,

Modi University and Ahmed Ali. The gala event was held at Orbit Resort, Udaipur on Satur-day. The show has already caught the limelight as

everybody has been talk-ing about the evening of glamour. Detailed report of the grand show to be shared on City First to-morrow! Stay Tuned!

—PHOTO BY M

UKESH KIRADOO

Jagdeesh Chandra and Neeru Soni

Kabir Bedi and Jagdeep Singh

Ashima Parnami and Apra KuchchalKabir Bedi, Shivani and Vishaal Mathur

Mohan Singh Tada and Shailendra Singh

Himani and Aruna Beniwal

Kabir Bedi and Swati

Rishee, Mandakini, Deepa, Kabir Bedi & VishaalKavya, Devika and Mamta

Meera, Sudhir Mathur and Tripti Pandey

Gautam, Rohit, Preetima and Ishan

Kabir Bedi, Shweta, Swati, Mandakini & Vishaal, Shan, Devyani & Apra

Vishaal Mathur,Narendra Singh

During the event

Artists showcasing their work at Kalaneri Art Gallery

Ashish Sangwan being felicitated by Shailendra Sharma, Ravi Goenka, Dr Sandeep Jain

(L-R) Sahkshi Jain, Tanu Choudhary, Aaradhya Rao, Shayma Siddiqui, Ritu Choudhary , Karishma Tak and Ruby Choudhary

—PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARM

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—PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA

Deepshikha Nagpal

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