Kota: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, who is an MP from Rajasthan’s Bundi, on Saturday took an aerial survey of fl ood-hit areas here even as the Army was roped in to lead rescue operations after several people were trapped inside their houses due to the deluge, offi cials said. At least 140 people were rescued at various places in the Sangod area of the district and evacuated to safer places till 11 am on Saturday, Kota Collector Ujjawal Rathore said. He said the situation in Sangod is under control now. P2

OM BIRLA TAKES AERIAL SURVEY OF FLOOD AREAS

Ahmedabad: India did not let the pace of devel-opment slow down even during the pandemic that affected the entire world, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday and added that the country has won the fi ght against coronavi-rus. When the wheel of development came to a halt across the world, in India, under the leader-ship of Narendra Modi, the pace of development continued, Shah said in his address delivered virtually to mark Gujarat government’s fi ve years, celebrated as ‘Vikas Divas’.

SHAH HAILS MODI FOR DEVP PACEEVEN IN PANDEMIC

Bomb scare at 3 rly stns, Bachchan’s bungalow!Mumbai: Three per-sons were arrested on Saturday for alleged-ly making hoax calls to the Mum-bai Police’s main control room late on Friday.

The police said the trio, drivers by profession, were having a Gatari party at Shilfata in Thane when they al-

legedly called the police control room and threat-ened to blow up Dadar,

Byculla, Chhatra-pati Shivaji Ter-minus railway sta-tions and actor Amitabh Bach-chan’s bungalow in Juhu.

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J&J’s single-dose vax gets clearance in IndiaNew Delhi: Johnson & Johnson’s single dose coronavirus vaccine on Saturday was granted Emergency Use Author-isation, making it the fourth vaccine to be approved by the Indian government.

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Jaipur: A sensitive Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has announced financial assistance for the dependents of those killed in incidents caused by heavy rains and flood like situation

in Rajasthan. The kin of deceased will get a total financial aid of Rs5 lakh while those in-jured will get Rs2 lakh.

Chief minister Gehlot

on Saturday directed the officials to immediately release an additional amount of Rs1 lakh, in addition to Rs4 lakh pro-vided under the SDRF rules, to the dependents of the deceased from CM Relief Fund.

Under the SDRF rules, Rs4 lakh is pro-vided to the dependents of the deceased while an additional sum of Rs1 lakh will be provid-ed to deceased family members making the sum total of relief to Rs5 lakh. Turn to P6

THIS TIME, GEHLOT COMES TO RESCUE OF FLOOD VICTIMS!

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot

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With javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra’s

historic gold in men’s javelin throw, India’s medal tally at the Tokyo Olympics swelled to seven - the highest-ever

haul for the country, beating the tally of six medals at the 2012 London Games.

TWO SILVER, FOUR BRONZE AND A GOLD TO FINISH CAMPAIGN

Tokyo: They called it the Olympics like no other and India would agree as debutant javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra shattered several glass ceilings to become the country’s first gold-med-allist in 13 years, his stu-pendous show making it the best ever Games for a nation starved for suc-cess at the grandest sporting spectacle.

With the addition of Chopra’s gold on the last day of their c o m p e t i t i v e schedule, In-dia finished with seven medals in all, includ-ing Turn to P6

A FIRST FOR INDIA AT OLYMPICS

WITH 7 MEDALS,INDIA SIGNS OFF TOKYO

THIS IS INDIA’S BEST-EVER MEDALS TALLY

NEERAJ’S JAVELIN THROW GOLD IS INDEPENDENT INDIA’S FIRST MEDAL IN ATHLETICS

THE MEDAL IS INDIA’S 2ND-EVER INDIVIDUAL GOLD AT OLYMPICS, AFTER ABHINAV BINDRA IN 20081 2 3

BAJRANG PUNIA CLINCHES BRONZETokyo: Wrestler Bajrang Punia won the bronze medal after defeating Daulet Niyazbekov of Kazakhstan in the men’s freestyle 65kg category. The sec-ond seed, who faced a crushing 5-12 defeat to Azerbaijan’s Haji Aliyev in semifi nals, redeemed campaign as he earned India’s sixth medal of Tokyo 2020 with a clear 8-0 victory in the bronze medal bout. Punia became the sixth Indian wrestler to fi nish on the Olympic podium after KD Jadhav, Sushil Kumar, Yogeshwar Dutt, Sakshi Malik and Ravi Kumar Dahiya. P6

The Indian men’s and women’s hockey teams

jumped one spot each to achieve their highest-ever world rankings at number 3 and 8 respectively after their enthralling performance. While women’s team lost 3-4 to Great Britain, men’s team defeated Germany 5-4 to clinch bronze.

MEN’S, WOMEN’S HOCKEY TEAMS AT BEST RANKINGS

W ith 56 sportspersons, India sent highest-

ever female representation this year in the largest-ever Olympics contingent of over 120 athletes. While Mirabai Chanu clinched weightlift-ing silver, PV Sindhu won a bronze. Lovlina Borgohain also took home a bronze after losing semi-fi nal bout.

THIS YEAR, INDIA’S BIGGEST FEMALE REPRESENTATION

Tokyo: After being in second position for almost the whole duration of the tournament and raising hopes of an unexpected podium place, Indian golf-er Aditi Ashok had to suffer disappointment when

she fi nished outside the medal bracket after 72 holes of the women’s individual event by just one shot. Nevertheless, it was a hugely creditable performance by the 23-year-old, who matched some of the best players in the world on such a big stage under

intense pressure. In fact, there was some specula-tion that the tournament could be decided after 54 holes due to inclement weather. In that case, Aditi could have come home with a silver medal.

HOW ADITI ASHOK MISSED OUT ON HISTORIC GOLF MEDAL FEAT

Narendra Modi @narendramodi Just spoke to @Neeraj_chopra1 and congratulated him on winning the Gold! Appreciated his hardwork and tenacity, which have been on full display during

#Tokyo2020. He personifi es the best of talent

Amit Shah @AmitShahProud and historic

moment! To get India a gold medal in the Olympics @

Neeraj_chopra1. Many congratulations. Every Indian is proud of the

respect you have brought to the country with your

hard work

Ashok Gehlot @ashokgehlot51 Golden Historical Moment for the nation as javelin thrower #NeerajChopra wins #Gold medal at the #TokyoOlympics! What a marvelous performance! Superb success, which has brought great glory.

CRUCIAL READNADDA ATTACKS OPPN IN UP, SAYS THOSE WITH ‘NARROW MINDSET’ SHOULD NOT BE ELECTED

Lucknow: Bharatiya Janata Party Na-tional President JP Nadda, who arrived in Lucknow on Saturday on a two-day visit, attacked the Opposition in Uttar Pradesh saying people with “narrow mindset” should not be elected to power in 2022 state elections.

J&K SCHOOLS TO BE NAMED ON MARTYRSSrinagar: J&K administra-tion has decided to name schools in the Union Terri-tory after martyred Army, Police and CRPF person-nel. As per sources, some of the districts have already submitted the schools that can be renamed.

PREZ HOSTS HIGH TEA FOR MINISTERSNew Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday interacted with the Union Council of Ministers and hosted a high tea at Rash-trapati Bhavan. Apart from PM Modi and ministers, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu was also present. P6

FLAGGED: `4 L FOR INDIA-UK FLIGHTNew Delhi: A government offi cial said he has alerted the ministry of civil aviation regarding fare of British Airways for one way travel from Delhi to London on August 26 as high as `3.95 lakh.

MAMATA SHOOTS LETTER TO MODIKolkata: Protesting the Centre’s move to place the “anti-people” Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2020 in Parliament, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee wrote to PM, urging him to refrain from proceeding.

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Online Tenders are hereby invited on behalf of the Governor of Rajasthan from enlisted contractors as per PWF&AR Part II Appendix 16 dated 01.07.1999 and amendment issued by concerned department up to date and meeting eligibility criteria. Contractors enlisted with other departments of Govt. of Rajasthan and enlisted with CPWD, Postal Telecom, Railway, MES, other state Govts. / Central Govt. undertaking/organization equivalent to A/AA class (as applicable) of Rajasthan meeting eligibility criteria may also apply after giving prescribed Earnest Money. Tender documents can be downloaded from website http://eproc.rajasthan.gov.in from 10.00 AM on 02.08.2021 to 6.00 PM on 17.08.2021. Duly filled tenders shall be received electronically on http://eproc.rajasthan.gov.in from 10.00 AM on 02.08.2021 to 6.00 PM on 17.08.2021. The tenders shall be opened on 02.00 PM on 18.08.2021 in presence of tenderes or their authorised representatives resent.

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Work of Providing, Laying Jointing, testing and commissioning of Pipe Line, Replacement of Submersible pumpset in TW, FHTCs etc. with defect liability period of 12 months at piped water supply scheme Todra, Tehsil & Distt. Sawai Madhopur

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Work of Providing, Laying, Jointing, testing and commissioning of Pipe Line, Construction of RCC OHSR Replacement of Submersible pumpset in TW, FHTCs etc. with defect liability period of 12 months at piped water supply scheme Kala Kua, Tehsil & Distt Sawai Madhopur

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Note - The cost of tender document is Rs. 500/- (Rupees Five Hundred Only) payable online in favour of Executive Engineer PHED Div. Sawai Madhopur. RISL processing charges of Rs. 500/- (NIB cost upto 50.00 Lacs and Rs. 1000/- (NIB cost above 50.00 Lacs). Only for NIT is additionally payable online in favour of Managing Director RISL payable at Jaipur. The tender notification other details of NIT can be seen on website http://eproc.rajasthan.gov.in and http://sppp.rajasthan.gov.in. Tender document can be downloaded from website http://eproc.rajasthan.gov.in and http://sppp.rajasthan.gov.in.NIB Code: PHE2122A2501NIT No. UBN No. :80/21-22 PHE2122WSOB0564981/21-22 PHE2122WSOB05650

(H.L. Meena) Executive Engineer PHED Division Sawai Madhopur

First India Bureau

Kota: Sitting on the boat with other offi-cials with neck-deep water around, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla was seen in-specting the flood-hit areas in Sangod city in Rajasthan’s Kota district on Saturday. While he was moving around in an inflata-ble boat, shops and equivalent establish-ments on either side of the road were sub-merged almost com-pletely.

In an interaction with media, Birla said, “The floods have caused heavy losses. The situation is dire. In Hadoti, the flood has damaged crops.” Earlier he also took an aerial survey of flood-hit areas even as the army was roped in to lead rescue opera-tions after several people were trapped inside their houses due to the deluge, as per the officials.

Birla was accom-panied by his OSD Rajiv Dutta, former MLA Hiralal Nagar.

Around 140 people, including 30 girls and staff of a girls residential school in Hingi village, were rescued by Saturday morning

Pilibanga: The convoy of state president of BJP SC-ST morcha, Kailash Meghwal was attacked

again on Saturday when he was going to address a public meeting in Sri Ganganagar. The convoy was passing through the road segment between Pilibanga and Goluwa-la at around 11.30 am

when the incident occurred. He said that miscreants stopped his convoy and attacked the cars he and his partymen were travelling in with batons and clubs. Policemen had a tough time in protecting them.

Jaipur: Sindhi Camp police has filed a case against one Babulal Khinchadi for taking objectionable video of a married woman and later raping her. The victim has alleged, the accused blackmailed her, “He even tried to coerce me into signing blank papers seeking a divorce from her husband.”

BJP SC/ST MORCHA CHIEF KAILASH MEGHWAL’S CONVOY ATTACKED AGAIN

MAN BOOKED FOR RAPING WOMAN

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Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Saturday inspected the flood-hit areas in Sangod city in Kota district. He first did an aerial survey and later took an inflatable boat.

NDRF teams rescuing people stranded in flood waters.

NDRF teams of Raj & MP rescued 150 peopleFirst India Bureau

Chhabra: The NDRF teams of Rajasthan and MP with the help of an airforce helicop-ter on Saturday res-cued around 150 peo-ple who were stranded in the midst of flood water from Parvati river in Soda village under Bamori Assem-bly segment in the neighbouring state on direction of CM Ashok Gehlot.

There were children,

women, and elderly among the people who were stranded. A preg-

nant woman and a 3-year-old infant were among the rescued.

THINGS UNDER CONTROL NOW, SAYS MLA BHARAT SINGHKota: District Collector Rathore and Superin-tendent of Police, Kota (Rural), Sharad Choud-hary rushed to the spot at midnight and monitored the rescue operation till Saturday morning. Besides the Army, the SDRF, the NDRF and the district administration were helping in rescue efforts. The situation is now normal in Sangod as the water level has come down. However, an assessment of the dam-age of property, crops and houses is yet to be carried out, Congress MLA from Sangod Bharat Singh said. “The situation is now normal. However, an assessment of the damages is yet to be car-ried out.”

SANGOD TOWN SUBMERGED, 250 PEOPLE TRAPPED IN THE FLOODS

3 SIBLINGS DROWN IN KARAULI, 3-YR-OLD HIT BY SLABS, DIES

Kota: At least 140 people, including around 30 girls and staff of a girls residential school in Hingi village were rescued on Saturday. The ongoing heavy rains has disrupted day-to-day life after water entered rural areas. Water of Bhim Sagar dam was drained, sub-merging Sangod town. Around 250 people are trapped in the floods in this area.

Karauli/Kota: Two sisters Sarita, Shivani and their brother Rahul drowned while taking bath in a pond at Khediya village near Masalpur in Ka-rauli. The family searched for not returning home by 8 pm. The bodies of the three were taken out at around 10 pm. Meanwhile, a 3-year-old girl died as stone slabs of house fell down at Girdhar-pura area of Kota. Amit Dhariwal and Kota North Mayor Manju Mehra met the family members and announced assistance of Rs 4 lakh.

Man disguises as woman for rapeFirst India Bureau

Bikaner: Local police filed a case against a man for attempting to outrage the modesty of a married woman after trespassing into her

house donning wom-an’s attire when she was alone at home on Saturday. According to the complaint, one Idu Khan, entered the vic-tim’s house when she was alone. Khan accost-

ed the victim and tried to molest her. However, she raised an alarm when she realised that it was a man in the guise of a woman. Police have recorded victim’s statement.

Chargesheet against Bohra for ‘seeking sexual favours’First India Bureau

Jaipur: The Special ACB Court-I here has prepared chargesheet against former RPS officer Kailash Bohra, who was dismissed from service for seek-ing sexual favour from a rape victim, under Section 7 of Preven-tion of Corruption Act and Sections 354, 354A, 354B, 376C, 509, and 511 of IPC.

During the hearing, ACB public prosecu-tors Rajpal Singh Rathore and Amit Joshi submitted in the court that the victim has filed three cases with Jawahar Circle police last against a youth and others ac-cusing them of rape and fraud.

Bohra, who was then ACP of the Wom-en Atrocities Re-search Unit under DCP West, was inves-tigating the cases. However, Bohra took

Rs 5,000 bribe from the victim and later de-manded sexual grati-fication to solve the case. The victim then

approached the ACB on March 6 and its sleuths laid a trap and arrested Kailash Bohra the next day.

OM BIRLA HITSGROUND ZERO

AIR TO

WATER

80 people have died in June,

July and August in weather-related incidents in Raj.

03 each Dholpur, Jodhpur, Karauli,

Chittorgarh, Udaipur

02 each Bharatpur, Bhilwara,

Jhalawar, Dungarpur, Jaisalmer

01 each Banswara, Dausa, Nagaur,

Pali, Pratapgarh, Ajmer and Alwar

04 SAWAI MADHOPUR

16BUNDI

15 JAIPUR

08 IN TONK

06 KOTA

The floods have caused heavy

losses. The situa-tion is dire. In

Hadoti, the flood has damaged

crops—Om Birla,

Lok Sabha Speaker

POCSO COURT AWARDS LIFE TERM TO MAN FOR RAPING HIS NIECE

WOMAN ACCUSES FATHER-IN-LAW, HIS FRIENDS OF GANG RAPE

Jhunjhunu: A POCSO court in Jhunjhunu on Saturday convicted a man for raping his

minor niece. He was awarded life impris-onment till death. The rape incident took place in March in Nawalgarh town. The man is the

victim’s maternal uncle. Day to day hearing in the case was going on since July 26 in the POCSO court, and the magistrate pronounced the judgment on Saturday.

Ajmer: A married woman has lodged an FIR against her father-in-law and his friends accusing them of gangraping her. She has alleged that her husband knows about the incident but is silent. Adarsh Nagar police have registered a case. The Police station in-charge Hemraj Munde said that the police are also collecting evidence about the level of complicity of her husband.

—PHOTO BY PAREEK

First India Bureau

Jaipur: On the occa-sion of National Han-dloom Day, RHDC is organising a grand sale of handloom tex-tiles. A special dis-count of 25% will be given in this sale or-ganised to connect the general public with handloom products.

This one week long sale started from Na-tional Handloom Day on August 7 and will continue till August 14. Commissioner In-

dustries Archana Sin-gh said that Chomu House and Indira Bazar, and shops in Al-war, Bhilwara, Bar-mer, Pali, Sawai Mad-hopur, Udaipur, Jodh-pur, Kota, and Bikaner will be part of the fair.

Commissioner In-dustries Singh also said that in view of the festival season, stock of new sarees made by national and state level award win-ning weavers would also be available in this cell.

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Cong has created loot in Raj: Singh

First India Bureau

Jaipur: BJP state in-charge Arun Singh in-teracting with media at BJP headquarters on Saturday said that PCC chief Govind S Dotasra is getting numbers only for his kin. 50 marks in written & 80 marks in (RAS) interview.

He said election of first 6 districts was an-nounced. They will get the elections an-nounced for next 6 dis-tricts and will take fur-ther support. Gehlot is constantly trying to save govt. Karnataka State President DK Shi-

vakumar is coming here to end quarrels in Congress. He said at the time of Assembly elec-tions, Parl Board will decide whether to con-test elections on collec-tive faces or on one face. He also denied ex-CM Raje being sidelined.

First India Bureau

Ajmer: Revenue Board will honour the presid-ing officers of subordi-nate revenue courts on the basis of qualitative evaluation of their deci-sions. The objective of the innovative step tak-

en as per the in-structions of the board chairman Rajeshwar Singhis to promote the trend of giving ex-cellent & quality judgments in revenue courts. The Registrar of Revenue Board, Babulal

Meena, said that the presiding of-ficers need to do a self assessment of their judgments passed during the period from April

1, 2020 to March 31, 2021 and send them to the board by August 31.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: A delegation of local BJP leaders met Governor Kalraj Mishra at his resi-dence in Jaipur on Sat-urday and demanded that acting Vice-Chan-cellor of Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University (MDSU) Om Thanvi be re-moved with immedi-ate effect and an inves-tigation be launched into all the decisions taken during his ten-

ure. The 5-member delegation was led by former Education minister and local MLA Vasudev Devna-ni. MP Bhagirath Chaudhury, MLA Ram Swarup Lamba, BP Saraswat and former MP Omkar Singh Lakhawat were the other delegates.

They also submitted a 12-point charter of demands to the Gover-nor mentioning how the working of univer-sity has been affected.

Arun Singh greets party workers at BJP offi ce on Saturday. Also seen are Chandrashekhar & Satish Poonia. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR

Jaipur: District election offi cer (panchayat) and dis-trict collector Antar Singh Nehra has issued an order on Friday cancelling all types of leaves of all state government staff and offi cers in the district follow-ing announcement of 2021 elections to the pancha-yati raj institutions. Govt offi cers and employees will be able to avail leave only in special circumstances and after obtaining permission from DEO & person-nel cell of collector’s offi ce. All heads of offi ces have been ordered to ensure that employees responsible for the receipt of duty orders related to panchayat elections are present in their respective offi ces.

LEAVES OF GOVT STAFF ON POLL DUTY CANCELLED IN VIEW OF PANCHAYAT POLLS

COVID NORMS GO FOR A TOSS IN SCHOOL AS PARENTS GATHER TO DISCUSS FEESAjmer: Covid-19 related guidelines were violated in a private school of Ajmer where parents had

assembled on the issue of fees. The school is charging 15% additional fees of previous session and parents have

raised objections. ‘We have already given 70% fees but the school is demanding additional 15%. Not only this, the school administration is also not accepting the fees through cheque,’ a parent said.

Kota: The body of a student who allegedly ended his life by jumping off the Kota barrage was found 3 kilometres from the barrage on Saturday in the Chambal. A rescue team of the municipal corporation handed over the body of the deceased, Garvit Singhal, to the police. Garvit allegedly jumped into the river on Thursday. His mobile phone and slippers were found on the culvert of the barrage after which the search operation began. Singhal, from Hadoti village in Sawai Madhopur, had come to Kota a few days ago and was preparing for PMT at Allen Coaching Institute. An investigation is going on in the matter.

BODY OF KOTA STUDENT WHO JUMPED IN CHAMBAL RECOVERED, PROBE ON

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In August, there are 80 lakh people who have to take 2nd dose. This time

only 55 lakh vaccines have been al-lotted to the state by Centre. A letter has been written to the Central Gov-ernment in this regard with a de-mand to provide more than 80 lakh doses this month. —A health offi cial

Due to the shortage of vaccine in

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Singh’s innovative step for staff

BJP asks Guv to remove Thanvi as MDSU VC

Guv Kalraj Mishra with Vasudev Devnani & Bhagirath Chaudhury.

MASSIVE RUSH! People are seen keeping social distancing at bay in Gangauri Bazar dispensary.

—PHOTO BY M

UKESH KIRADOO

The Congress government has

created loot as mafia is active everywhere. Everyone has been given the freedom to loot, loot as much as you can. —Arun Singh, BJP state in-charge

First India Bureau

Jaipur: A total of 107 roadside vendors joined the Congress at trans-port minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas’s residence on Saturday. They said the ever ris-ing inflation under the

BJP had made their lives difficult.

Rising prices of die-sel, petrol and LPG cyl-inders have made life difficult for us, the ven-dors said. They also praised the Ashok Ge-hlot government for helping them and other

vendors, especially at a time when Covid-19 was at its peak.

Khachariyawas said the vendors that Con-gress govt would always stand by them. The ven-dor policy was also for-mulated by Congress govt, the minister said.

107 vendors join Congress

Raj State Weavers Cooperative Federa-tion has also announced to give 10% additional discount in addition to

10% discount already being given on products—Archana Singh, Commissioner Industries

abindranath Tagore died in Calcutta on 7th August 1941 at the age of eighty. He and Ma-hatma Gandhi were born in the same decade. Tagore was born on 7th May 1861. Gandhi on 2nd October 1869.

Rabindranath Tagore was the first Asian to get the No-bel Prize. He won the prize for Gitanjali in 1913. Tagore was a poet, essayist, dramatist, painter, novelist, song writer, composer, journalist, philoso-pher, educationist, orator and tireless globe trotter.

As an eleven year old school boy, I started a scrapbook, in which I pasted newspaper cut-tings, photos, war maps etc. the scrap book has survived. I picked it up lately to see if there was anything on Tagore, who had departed the world about the time the scrapbook saw the light of day.

To my joyous surprise I found several newspaper clippings relating to his life and death. On this day (this essay was written on Friday) I shall mention a few of the tributes paid to him.

MAHATMA GANDHI“In the death of Gurudev Ra-bindranath Tagore we have not only lost the greatest poet of the age but an ardent na-tionalist who was also a hu-manitarian. There was hard-ly any public activity on which he has not left the im-pression of his powerful per-sonality. In Shantiniketan and Sriniketan he has left a legacy to the whole nation, indeed to the world.”

“May the noble soul rest in peace and those in charge at Shantiniketan and Sriniket-an prove worthy of the re-sponsibility resting on their shoulders”

LORD LINLITHGOW, THE VICEROY“I am deeply grieved to learn of the death of your father, (he sent his message to Tagore’s son), “This marks

the end of a long life of ser-vice inspired by his high ide-als nobly conceived and ac-tively pursued, and will be an inspiring example for gener-ations to come. In him India has lost one of her greatest sons, who through his mani-fold gifts and achievements, helped to raise her in the es-timation of the world. Please accept my sincere condolenc-es for your irreparable loss.”

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU Nehru was in Dehradun cen-tral jail at the time. He sent a telegram to Tagore’s son, Rathindranath in which he wrote, “Gurudev’s passing away has left us all, who have grown up in the shadow of his

towering genius and mighty personality and enveloped by his great tradition for long in the dark. India’s greatest star illuminating not only our own country but the world with a synthesis of the rich wisdom of the past and of the present has set, and our hearts are empty. Yet his voice rings in our ears and the flaming mes-sage of his recent utterances will be our guiding star.

“In line with great Indian sages of the past he has left us an imperishable inheritance and even at the moment of his passing away, we think with pride and gratitude, love and reverence of this mag-nificent life and its achieve-ment. That precious inherit-ance we shall treasure, and I earnestly trust that every In-dian will consider it his duty to help in the development and growth of Shantiniketan and Vishwabharti, which em-body Gurudev’s ideal.”

M.A. JINNAH“I am grieved to hear of the death of Dr. Rabindranath Tagore. I had the privilege of knowing him from my young-er days and the last time I had the honour of meeting him in London was in 1929. His very frank and illuminating dis-cussions were a great source of encouragement. Above all he was a true patriot and al-ways willing to understand and appreciate the opposite point of view. My deepest and sincerest sympathies go out to his family in their bereave-ment. It is an irreparable loss to India. Tagore will live with us through his work.”

SIR. S. RADHAKRISHNAN“He was the greatest figure of the modern Indian renais-sance. A poet of his qualities we have not had for some gen-erations. He is in the grand line of Valmeeki and Kalida-sa. Her versatility was re-markable. As a poet and prose writer, as a singer and com-poser, his achievements were of the first quality. Besides he was a great prophet and wise counsellor and guide for our future destiny. Millions out-side India respected our country and its culture on ac-count of his writings. I have lost a very dear friend. That he was born in our country means that God is not disap-pointed with us. The greatest respect that we can render to his memory would be to stand for the spiritual ideals of this great man and fight for them against every attempt to sub-jugate the country.”

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Neeraj Chopra: India’s Golden Boy! India’s Olympic History has been

scripted! Your superbly soaring throw deserves a Billion Cheers ! Your

name will be etched in the history books with golden letters.

Nitin Gadkari @nitin_gadkari

Handloom is more than a product, it is a celebration of our identity, our

culture and our heritage. On this National Handloom Day, let us honour the handloom weaving community and pledge to adopt handloom in our daily

lives. #MyHandloomMyPride

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Free from desires, mind and senses under control,

renouncing all proprietorship, doing

mere bodily action, one does not incur sin (or

Karmic reaction).—Bhagavad Gita

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esearchers from the Antimicrobial Re-sistance (AMR) in-terdisciplinary re-search group at the

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eeraj Chopra leads the board with an effort of 87.03 on his first attempt, 87.58 on

his second and 76.79 on his third as Germany’s Johannes Vetter gets a distance of 82.52 and fouled on his second and third and did not make it to the final eight. The Indian got a foul throw on his fourth and fifth attempts. Neeraj will be aiming to become the first-ever athlete represent-ing India in 100 years to win an Olympic medal in track and field when he lines up in javelin throw event at Tokyo.

ABOUT NEERAJSubedar Neeraj Chopra VSM (born 24 December 1997)[1] is an Indian track and field ath-lete and a Junior Commis-

sioned Officer (JCO) in Indi-an Army who competes in javelin throw. Neeraj Chopra is from Khandra village, Pa-nipat district, Haryana.

HIS PAST RECORDSz Neeraj won a gold medal at the 2016 South Asian Games z He won a gold medal in 2016

IAAF World z Neeraj won another gold medal in Asian Athletic championships 2017 with a throw of 85.23 meters.z Neeraj Chopra registered a season best effort of 86.47 meters in men’s javelin throw at 2018 CWG. z In May 2018, he again broke the national record at the Doha Diamond League with a throw of 87.43 meters.z Neeraj Chopra has already been conferred with the Arjuna Award in 2018 after winning a gold in the Gold Coast Commonwealth. z He is currently being coached by German bio-mechanics expert Klaus Bartonietz.z Previously, he has been coached by Gary Calvert, Wer-ner Daniels and Uwe Hohn.

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TRIBUTE TO RABINDRANATH TAGORE & HIS EVERGREEN LEGACY

RAs an eleven year old school

boy, I started a scrapbook, in which I pasted newspaper

cuttings, photos, war maps etc. the scrap book has

survived. I picked it up lately to see if there was

anything on Tagore, who had departed the world

about the time the scrapbook saw the light of day

To my joyous surprise I found several newspaper clippings relating to his life and death. On this day (this essay was

written on Friday) I shall mention a few of the tributes paid to him

K NATWAR SINGHThe author is Former Minister

of External Affairs of India

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INDIA PRIORITISED THE POOR FROM DAY ONE DURING COVID-19: PM MODI

Bhopal: As many as 80 crore Indians got free ra-tion during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Naren-dra Modi said on Satur-day.

These include five crore people from Mad-hya Pradesh, PM Modi said, during a video in-teraction with Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana beneficiar-ies from the state.

Describing the coro-navirus pandemic as the biggest disaster faced by humanity in the last 100 years, PM Modi also said people should con-tinue to wear masks, sanitise hands and maintain social distanc-ing to check the spread of the virus.

"India gave the first priority to the poor in its strategy to combat the crisis due to corona-virus. Be it Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana or Prad-han Mantri Rozgar Yo-jana, we thought about food and employment of the poor from day one itself," he said. Stressing his government's 'vocal for local' initiative, PM said Indians should buy handicraft items during festival season to en-courage those working in this sector. —PTI

This time,...While the assistance payable to the injured under NDRF rules is very less and so the difference between the amount of Rs 2 lakh to the injured will be paid from the CM Re-lief Fund, the govern-ment said.

Orders for special ‘Girdawari’ have been given to assess the dam-age caused to the crops so that action can be taken to give compensa-tion to the affected. Ge-hlot gave these instruc-tions in a meeting which was held to re-view situation arising out of heavy rains in

state. He reviewed the relief and rescue opera-tions in several districts of Kota and Bharatpur divisions in the meeting of Disaster Manage-ment and Relief Depart-ment through video conference.

Gehlot also took feed-back of relief works from Divisional Com-missioner, IG, District Collector and Superin-tendent of Police of the districts. He said state government stands with the affected peo-ple. “In this hour of cri-sis, all possible help will be given to the families who have lost their loved ones,” he said. Ge-

hlot directed that the collector should send a special ‘Girdawari’ re-port to the government at the earliest so that it can be forwarded to the Centre in the form of a memorandum.

Along with this, in-structions were also given to concerned of-ficers to survey damage caused to animals, houses and public prop-erty and send the report without delay.

Gehlot directed that officers should visit flood and excessive rain affected areas to take stock of the situation and provide immediate help to the families of

the victims.“People whose hous-

es have been damaged due to rain should be shifted to temporary houses,” he instructed while asking the offic-ers to ensure proper ar-rangements for food etc.

Bomb scare...room received the call around 9 pm on Friday. Soon after, local police stations, Anti-Terrorism Squad, Government Rail-way Police and bomb de-tection and disposal squad were intimated that carried out searches throughout the night at these locations. “We con-ducted searches at all the

four bungalows of Bach-chan from outside to un-derstand if there was any mischief,” said Sen-ior Inspector Shashikant Mane of the Juhu police station. After nothing suspicious was found, the police declared it as a hoax call.

J&J’s single dose...but will not be available in India till next year.

“India expands its vac-cine basket! Johnson and Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine is giv-en approval for Emer-gency Use in India. Now India has 5 EUA vac-cines,” Union Health Minister Mansukh Man-

daviya tweeted.

With 7 medals...two silver and four bronze, the last of which was delivered by super-star wrestler Bajrang Pu-nia on the day. n shoring up India’s performance, Chopra achieved several firsts. He became the youngest Indian to win an Olympic gold, the first in track-and-field to do so and the only one to do it in his debut Games.

At 23, he joined Abhi-nav Bindra in the select gold club but beat him on age as the latter was 25 when he claimed the top prize in the 2008 Beijing Games. —PTI

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PM’S BIG 3-DAY MEET FROM AUG 10 TO CHART COURSE FOR NEXT 3 YEARSNew Delhi: In a first after the Union Cabinet reshuf-fle and expansion, PM Narendra Modi will hold a series of meetings with his Council of Minis-ters next week and is likely to discuss the Central govern-ment’s future course of action. Sources in government said that a detailed briefing followed by a plan of action is expected to be charted out in the three-day meeting beginning August 10. This would be the first time since reshuffle and expansion that PM is holding a long meeting of Council of Ministers stretched up to three days. The meeting is scheduled to take place at Parlia-ment Annexe amid the Parliament’s monsoon session. Sources add that ministers will be briefed about Cen-tre’s vision for next 3 years. —ANI

3.56 CR COVID-19 VACCINES BOUGHT BY PRIVATE HOSPITALS TILL AUG 2: CENTRENew Delhi: A total of 3.56 crore COVID-19 vaccines have been procured by private hospitals till August 2 and the doses once procured by them are not re-allocated to government vaccination centres, the Lok Sabha was informed on Friday. Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar, in a written reply, said the demand for Covid vaccines from private hospitals is aggregated on Co-WIN portal, and the Centre, through which, facilitates the sourcing of these vaccines by private hospitals in coordination with state governments and vaccine manufacturers.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with the Heads of Indian Missions abroad and stakeholders of the trade and commerce sector, through video conferencing, in New Delhi on Friday. —ANI

PM MODI PRAISES MIRABAI CHANU FOR PROMOTING HANDLOOM SECTORNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday lauded the efforts of Tokyo Olympics silver medalist, Mirabai Chanu for promoting and supporting the spirit of "My Handloom My Pride". Taking to Twitter PM Modi said the handloom sector will keep contributing to the building of an Aatmanirbhar Bharat. "The last few years have seen a renewed interest in handlooms. Glad to see @mirabai_chanu support the spirit of #MyHandloom-MyPride. I am confident the handloom sector will keep contributing to the building of an Aatmanirbhar Bharat," PM Modi tweeted. —ANI

INDIA REPORTS 38,628 NEW COVID CASES ON SATURDAY: MINISTRYNew Delhi: India on Saturday reported 38,628 new Covid cases, a drop of nearly 13 per cent from Friday’s 44,643 cases. The positivity rate stands at 2.21 per cent, less than 3 per cent for last 12 days. With India crossing the 50-crore mark on Friday in the number of Covid vaccine doses administered, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the country’s fight against the pandemic has received a “strong impetus”. Also, the weekly positivity rate, which is currently at 2.39 per cent, remained below 5 per cent.

New Delhi: Sports Minister Anurag Thakur praised Ba-jrang Punia for his bronze medal-winning display in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics on Saturday. He said In-dia is thrilled beyond words after the star grappler clinched a bronze medal.

“BRONZE for BA-JRANG !!! YOU DID IT ! India is thrilled be-yond words. I am so proud of you, loved watching your domi-nating performance and spectacular fin-ish,” Thakur tweeted. The Union Minister of Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju also congratu-lated wrestler Bajrang for bagging the bronze medal. “India strikes 6th Olympic medal at #Tokyo2020 !Congrat-ulations to our star wrestler @BajrangPu-nia bhai on winning Olympic Bronze Med-al! We are so proud of you,” Rijiju tweeted.

Thakur while hail-ing said Neeraj Chopra’s gold medal said he won medal as well as the hearts of 135 crore Indians and has also emerged as a source of inspiration for sportspersons. “The government of India tried its best to send them overseas also to train and pro-vide all kinds of facili-ties and I am glad that India won the highest-

ever (tally of) medals,” he said.

President Ram Nath Kovind too con-gratulated Chopra. President tweeted, “Unprecedented win by Neeraj Chopra! Your javelin gold breaks barriers and creates history. You bring home first ever track and field medal to India in your first Olympics. Your feat will inspire our youth. India is elated! Heartiest congratula-tions!” —ANI

`6 CR FOR NEERAJ, `2.5 CR FOR BAJRANG BY HARYANA GOVT

Chandigarh: Soon after Neeraj Chopra, a native of Khandra village in Panipat clinched a historic gold medal Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar said state govt will gift him “Rs 6 crore cash award; a Class-I government job & an athletics centre shall be con-structed in Panchku-la, Neeraj Chopra shall be its head”. Earlier in the day, CM had announced a re-ward of Rs2.5 crore, a govt job and a plot at concessional rates for Haryana native Bajrang Punia, who bagged bronze in wrestling. —PTI

CASTE-BASED CENSUS: RJD HOLDS PROTEST OUTSIDE PARTY OFFICEPatna: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Saturday staged a protest outside the party office in Patna demanding the implementation of a caste-based census in the state. “RJD is supporting a demo-cratic process. Through District Collectors, RJD is going to submit a memorandum to PM on introducing caste census,” said RJD General Secretary Alok Mehta. Earlier in February, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had demanded a caste-based census stating that.

TMC YOUTH LEADERS INJURED IN CLASH WITH BJP IN TRIPURAAgartala: Trinamool Congress youth leaders Sudip Raha and Jaya Dutta, both from West Bengal, who are now camping in Tripura for organisational activities, were injured Saturday in a clash with rul-ing BJP supporters at Ambassa in Dhalai district, 90km from here. Police said two persons came under attack by unidentified miscreants at Am-bassa and their vehicles sustained damages from the attack. TMC’s Debangshu Bhattacharya said they were attacked by BJP-supported miscreants.

RAJ KUNDRA TO STAY IN JAIL AS BOMBAY HIGH COURT REJECTS PLEAMumbai: Husband of actor Shilpa Shetty, business-man Raj Kundra and his associate Ryan Thorpe will have to stay in jail as Bombay High Court on Saturday dismissed their applications challenging magistrate court’s remand order and seeking im-mediate release in a case of alleged production and streaming of pornographic content on apps. A single bench presided over by Justice AS Gadkari rejected their applications, saying that duo’s remand by a magistrate to police custody and subsequent judicial custody was within the conformity of law and did not require interference.

THREE PEOPLE INJURED AS BUILDING COLLAPSES IN DELHI: POLICENew Delhi: Three people were injured when a two-storey building collapsed in northeast Delhi’s Nand

Nagri area on Saturday, police said. They were taken to a hospital, the police said, adding that another person may still be buried under the debris. According to

fire department officials, a call was received around 1.30 pm about the house collapse in an auto market in Nand Nagri, following which six fire tenders were rushed to the spot.

Passing of 8 bills in RS increases productivityNew Delhi: Amid the continued stalemate in the Parliament, the passing of eight bills in the Rajya Sabha during the third week of the ongoing monsoon ses-sion increased the pro-ductivity of the House to 24.20 per cent, said sources on Saturday.

“With the Rajya Sab-ha passing 8 Bills dur-ing the third week of the ongoing monsoon

session, the productiv-ity of the House for the week has increased to 24.20 per cent from 13.70 per cent of the previous week but fell short of 32.20 per cent produc-tivity clocked during the first week. The overall productivity of the House for the first three weeks of the mon-soon session has been 22.60 per cent,” sources said. —PTI

RaGa’s twitter account temporarily suspendedNew Delhi: Former Congress president Ra-hul Gandhi’s Twitter account has been tem-porarily suspended, the party informed via a tweet Saturday even-ing. It added that due process was being fol-lowed for restoration of the Congress MP’s account.

“Until then, he will stay connected with you all through his other

SM platforms & contin-ue to raise his voice for our people & fight for their cause. Jai Hind!” the tweet further said.

Rahul on Saturday used the photo-sharing app Instagram to send his congratulatory mes-sages over the gold med-al won by javelin throw-er Neeraj Chopra and the bronze medal won by Bajrang Punia at the To-kyo Olympics. —Agencies

TOKYO OLYMPICS

Kovind, Thakur, Rijiju hail Neeraj,

Bajrang Oly medals

CRUCIAL READ Prez hosts high-tea for Modi’s Council of minNew Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday interacted with Union Council of Minis-ters and hosted a high tea for them at Rashtrapati Bhavan cultural centre. President interacted with ministers & hosted a high tea. PM Modi VP M Ven-kaiah Naidu, Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and others were present. —PTI

President Ram Nath Kovind arrives at Rashtrapati Bhawan Cultural Centre on Saturday even as PM Narendra Modi, VP M Venkaiah Naidu & Defence Minister Rajnath Singh welcome him.

DU to name new college after Sushma SwarajNew Delhi: Delhi Uni-versity is considering to name its upcoming college at Fatehpur Beri after the first woman CM of Delhi Sushma Swaraj, officials said on Saturday. The name will be finalised by DU’s aca-demic council and ex-ecutive council. Names of Swami Vivekananda and Veer Savarkar are also under considera-tion, an official said.

Weekly markets in Delhi to reopen from Monday: KejriNew Delhi: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal took to Twitter on Saturday saying, “Weekly mar-kets are being opened from Monday. These are poor people. Govt is quite concerned about their livelihoods. How-ever, everyone’s health and lives are also impor-tant. I urge everyone to follow Covid appropri-ate behaviour after mar-kets are opened.”

STAY ON PENSION FOR DENYING MAINTENANCE TO DIVORCED WIFEJaipur: In a case of a man Omendra Singh deny-ing maintenance to his divorced wife, the Rajas-than High Court has ordered stay on payment of his retirement benefi ts till further orders. A bench of Justice Inderjeet Singh has issued notices to the principal secretary, chief engineer and SE of PHED and directorate pension and pensioners’ welfare department, asking them to fi le their affi davit in court.

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Shahjahanpur: Con-gress’s national execu-tive body member and former chairman of Rajasthan Seeds Corpo-ration Dharmendra Rathore met the pro-testing farmers on the Rajasthan-Haryana border at Shahjahan-pur on Saturday and inquired about their well-being.

Rathod, a close aide of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, also had food in

the langar set up by the farmers. Taking a dig

at the BJP’s 2019 elec-toral pitch of ‘achch-

he din’, the Congress leader Dharmendra

Rathore said that farmers would not have been sitting on the roads for eight months braving va-garies of nature if these were good days. Dharmendra Rathore alleged that the Union government was forci-bly imposing this con-troversial laws on the farmers to benefit the capitalists.

The Centre will have to withdraw the new agriculture laws, said Rathore.

Rathore joins protesting farmers at ShahjahanpurEXPRESSING SOLIDARITY

Jaipur: A good news for job seekers, the online examination for recruitment to power companies in Rajasthan will start on Sept 4. In the fi rst phase, exams will be conducted for the posts of junior engineers (375 positions), assistant engineers (39), information assistant (46), accounts offi cers (11) and personal offi cers (6). A total of 1.04 lakh ap-plications have been received for the recruitment of 1,075 engineers and non-technical posts. The exams will be held in 2 shifts on Sept 4, 5, 6, 9, 10 and 12.

ONLINE EXAMS FOR RECRUITMENT TO STATE DISCOMS FROM SEPTEMBER 4

Bharatpur: Police recovered eight cows during an encounter with cow smugglers in Bharatpur district’s

Nadbai town late on Friday night. Police fi red 17 rounds at the cow smugglers but they man-aged to fl ee. Later, police recovered the pick-up vehicle and rescued a total of eight cows. The

cow smugglers were stopped at a blockade near the Nagar Road bypass in Nadbai, said police. However, the cow smugglers opened fi re at the police picket.

POLICE RECOVER EIGHT COWS FROM CATTLE SMUGGLERS AFTER ENCOUNTER

‘KILLER’ OF 2 COPS HELD AFTER CROSS-FIRING WITH POLICE Paburam was carrying a reward of `1 lakh on his head, criminal opened fire on cops when police surrounded himFirst India Bureau

Bhilwara: The Bhilwara police have arrested a dreaded criminal involved in killing of two police constables. The arrest-ed criminal Paburam Gorsiya was carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head and consid-ered as the right hand of Raju Fauji. On Saturday at 3 am, Bhilwara police carried out operation in Bhatip village of Kareda police station area of Jalore with the help of Jalore and Barmer police. The police tried to take Paburam into cus-tody after besieging him from all sides and asking him to surren-der, but he opened fire on the police. The police also retaliated and Gor-siya was shot in the leg. Police brought him to Jalore hospital.The Bhilwara police had received informa-

tion that Paburam had come to his maternal grandmother Bhatip village in Jalore dis-trict. On this the po-lice of Bhilwara, Jalore and Barmer reached the village and laid

siege. Another accused Ramesh Bhania has surrendered in the Chittorgarh NDPS court a few days ago fearing the police should not kill him in encounter.

POLICE OPERATION

Police brought Paburam Gorsiya to the government hospital for treatment.

Reimburse 70% of salary to teachers of school shut in 2011New Delhi: The Su-preme Court has di-rected the Rajasthan government to reim-burse within four weeks 70 per cent of the salary paid to teachers of a gov-ernment-aided school which was shut in 2011.

A bench of justices RF Nariman and B R Gavai closed the con-tempt proceedings against the state edu-cation department of-ficials for non-compli-ance of its 2019 order directing reimburse-ment of 70 per cent of the salary to the teachers.

The bench noted that the trust running the school has since paid a sum of Rs 52.26 lakh according to the Sixth Pay Commis-sion to the teachers of the institution and ac-cording to the order of the court, the state

was to reimburse

the institution with 70 per cent of this amount.

“Admittedly, the state has reimbursed the institution only to the extent of 70 per cent of Rs 10.41 lakh thereby leaving 70 per cent of the balance which is Rs 41.85 lakh. This state is to do within a period of four weeks. The con-tempt petitions stand closed. We have made this order in order to do complete justice between the parties,” it said.

Advocate Dushyant Parashar, appearing for petitioner trust ‘’Managing Commit-

tee Bishambhar Lal Maheshwari Educa-tion Foundation’’ told the court that the top court’’s 2019 order is still not complied with by the state gov-ernment.

He said that the September 30, 2019 or-der was passed by the top court while invok-ing its plenary power under Article 142.

The bench noted its 2019 order and said that the state govern-ment has to comply with its direction within four weeks.In May, SC had issued notice to the educa-tion officials seeking their reply as to why contempt action be not initiated against them for non-compli-ance of its 2019 order, directing reimburse-ment of 70% of salary paid to teachers of a gover nment-aided school which was shut in 2011. —PTI

SC DIRECTS RAJASTHAN GOVT

Check drug smuggling: DGP Lather to officers

Vaibhav visits ashram, seeks blessings

Woman dies by suicide after killing her two kids in Barmer

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Bikaner: DGP ML Lather has asked the police officers of Bi-kaner range to take ef-fective action against drug smuggling.

DGP ML Lather also instructed the police officers to nab the drug suppliers.

Lather said that in Churu, gang wars are posing challeng-es and asked the po-lice officers to iden-tify gangs and take action against them.

He held a review meeting in Bikaner and issued necessary directions.

“Drug smuggling is a big challenge in Bikaner division. Special teams of dis-tricts are taking ac-tions but SPs have been instructed to in-tensify action and identify the supplier so that illegal drug trade can be curbed,” he said. He also held ‘Sampark Sabha’ of police jawans and lis-tened to problems.

Rajiv Gaur

Jodhpur: RCA presi-dent and AICC member Vaibhav Gehlot on Sat-urday visited Shikar-pura ashram and sought blessings from Mahant Dayaram Ma-haraj during his Jodh-pur stay. He also met the Congress leaders before going to Jaipur.

At the Ashram in Luni constituency, Ge-hlot participated in the

78th death anniversary of Rajaram Maharaj.

During his visit, tree plantation was also

held at the temple premises.

The chairperson of Rajasthan state com-mission for protection of child rights Sangee-ta Beniwal, Luni MLA Mahendra Singh Vishnoi, former MP Badriram Jakhar, former MLA Luni Jogaram Patel, Con-gress leaders Savaram Patel and others were also present on the occasion.

Mukesh Mathrani

Barmer: A woman on Friday night commit-ted suicide by hanging herself from the ceil-ing of the room in Bar-mer district. Before taking extreme step, she also killed her two kids by hanging them on the ceiling. Incident took place under Sadar police station area in Barmer.

On getting informed police reached the spot and sent the bodies to mortuary. Meanwhile,

family members have lodged a case of dowry killing.

According to the in-formation, late on Fri-day night Rasal Kanwar wife of Madho Singh

killed her two kids Jas-su (5) and Vikram (4) by hanging them on the ceiling. Later, she also committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling.

Dharmendra Rathore, Balbeer Chhillar and Rajaram Meel with protesting farmers at Shahjahanpur.

Vaibhav Gehlot seeks blessing at Shikarpura ashram where Mahendra Singh Vishnoi, Badriram Jakhar, Vijaylaxmi Patel and Sangeeta Beniwal (not in pic) also accompanied him.

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DGP ML Lather planted a sapling under the “One Jawan One Tree” scheme in Bikaner.

Doctor held second time for taking bribeFirst India Bureau

Bharatpur: A doctor was caught while tak-ing Rs 2000 bribe at RBM (Raj Bahadur Me-morial) Hospital of Bharatpur division on Saturday. Dr Anil had demanded Rs 3000 from a patient for the opera-tion of piles. The pa-tient had given Rs 1000 in advance to the doctor.The accused doctor was also caught taking a bribe of Rs 1500 in 2014. The complainant, Bi-hari Lal is a resident of Mathura Gate police

station area of city. The complainant asked the doctor to get the opera-tion done in the hospi-tal itself but the doctor asked for a bribe of Rs 3000 from the patient for getting the operation done in the hospital.

Dr Anil in ACB custody.

Thieves strike at Ashapura Mata temple

Online gambling racket busted, 7 held in Alwar

First India Bureau

Barmer: Thieves struck in Ashapura Mata temple in Kartia villager under Sedwa police limits and fled with gold and silver jewellery and utensils as well as cash in the donation box on Friday night. Police have reg-istered a case on the basis of the statement of the temple priest Mishrilal and are in-vestigating, informed police station in-charge Jetharam.

First India Bureau

Alwar: Shivaji Park busted an online gam-bling racket and arrest-ed seven persons, in-cluding its kingpin Suresh Chauhan here on Saturday. The cops also seized Rs 21.09 lakh in cash and a ve-hicle containing eight laptops and 16 mobile phones from their pos-session.

The gang was work-ing as a call centre in Alwar, Faridabad, Gur-ugram, Dausa, Bhusa-war and Behror.

File picture of woman and her two children.

The ill-fated car in Nagaur.

10 killed in three accidents in Nagaur, Jodhpur, DausaFirst India Bureau

Nag aur/Dausa/Jodhpur: 10 people died in three sepa-rate accidents in Kuchaman of Na-gaur, Dausa, and Jodhpur, the police said on Saturday.

Ismail Chhipa, Mo-hammad Hussain, Zarina, Naseem, and Nazmeen died. All the deceased and injured belong to the same family. The accident happened when a truck coming from the front of their car going to Ajmer col-lided. Chief Minister

Ashok Gehlot ex-pressed grief over the accident.

Three youth, Ma-hendra, 28, Patwari Rao, 30, and Subhash Rao, 35, died on spot in a fierce collision between two motor-cycles at Bhopalgarh subdivision area of Jodhpur district. In Dausa, two per-sons died and 10 oth-ers were injured when a speeding truck rammed into a stationary bus near Basadi village under Senthil police limits in the district this morning.

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Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Satur-day, said the effect of the second wave of COVID-19 in Rajasthan has become ‘negligible’ now, but people will still have to be vigilant and follow the guidelines amid rising number of cases in different coun-tries and some states of India.

Gehlot directed that the committee of minis-ters constituted regard-ing the reopening of educational institu-tions in the state should take appropriate deci-sions in view of the pandemic situation in other states.

He said the commit-tee should also take into account the experience of other states in reo-pening educational in-stitutions.

The Chief Minister was reviewing the Coro-

navirus situation and vaccination campaign in the state. In view of the pandemic situation in different countries and states, medical ex-perts have expressed apprehension that the effect of the third wave may be seen in the com-ing months, he said.

All other related de-partments, including health, should ensure proper arrangements to deal with any situation, Gehlot said. He said the

work of vaccination is being conducted in state with full enthusi-asm. The health depart-ment should continue to vaccinate as many people as possible, he added. Health Secretary Siddharth Mahajan said there is not a single COVID-19 case in 14 dis-tricts of the state.

52% people above 18 years have received first vax dose & 16% have received both the doses, Gehlot said. —PTI

THERE’S RACE TO TAKE CREDIT FOR VICTORY, BUT SPORTS BUDGET NO MORE!

In India, the weather also comes in dis-

guise, playing the mer-ciless game of life and death, the season of Co-rona had just passed and leaving behind all political games, the Olympics is here. The masters of ‘Moment Marketing’ also took on changed postures. They - expert in every sport - also narrated to us on speaker phones that they are as much con-cerned about ‘glamour- less game’ like Hockey as they are about the poor of the country. Once they never got tired of reading ballads about the experts of ball and bat, who get the most endorsements, and today their eyes are fixed on sports like Box-ing, Weight lifting, and

Hockey. The players only wanted to know from the government, when the government’s trust on the players was rising, then why was the sports budget for 2021-22 cut by Rs 230.78 crore?

NAVEEN PATNAIK’S HOCKEY CONNECTION AND DOON SCHOOL

A t a time when there is a political race

everywhere to take credit for the Olympic journey of Hockey, es-pecially women’s Hock-ey, here comes a tweet from India’s Women’s Hockey team’s captain Rani Rampal wherein, she congratulates and thanks Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik saying ‘Our Tokyo Olympics journey would not have been complete without your help and guid-ance’. When India Compa-ny’s ups and downs came, the Chief Min-ister accepted to sponsor In-d i a ’ s

women’s and men’s hockey team for the next five years with an amount of more than Rs 100 crore. Odisha will also host the Hock-ey World Cup to be held in 2023. These games will be held in Bhu-baneswar and Rourke-la. The state govern-ment is also construct-ing a state-of-the-art stadium at Rourkela at a cost of Rs 120 crore. This year, the Odisha government has also in-creased its sports budg-et from Rs 265 crore to Rs 370 crore. Of course, Hockey India has got a new leader in the form of Naveen Patnaik, who is giving a new sky to Indian Hockey.

RAHUL BUSY IN PERSUADING

THE OFFENDED!

R ahul Gan-dhi is in

the process of getting his old loyal friends

back in C o n -

gress. Former Jharkhand Congress President Ajay Kumar is the latest example of this. Former IPS officer Kumar was an MP from Jamshedpur in the 15th LS, but during the last Jharkhand Assembly elections in August 2019, he left Congress in anger. Rahul brought him back to the party. Ashok Tanwar, the young Dalit face of Har-yana, served as state president for about six years & had to leave the party after confronta-tion with Bhupinder Singh Hooda. Rahul doesn’t want to waste the talent of the leader & wants to bring Tan-war back regardless of Hooda’s displeasure. Sources reveal that Ra-hul has also spoken to Naveen Jindal and Milind Deora, who are ready to join BJP, and wants to g i v e

some significant re-sponsibility. Sachin Pi-lot can get a big respon-sibility in coming months. It remains to be seen whether this new strategy of Rahul is a well thought out part of ‘Plan PK’?

THIS ASTROLOGER HAD TOLD ABOUT COVID IN 2019 ITSELF

A fter giving 26 years of his life to the

top intelligence agen-cies of India, one day, he took VRS and start-ed counting the planets and constellations. This astrologer predicted on February 19, 2019 that by 2020, the world would be suffering from a new strange disease, which

would later take the form of an

epidemic. His fellow astrol-ogers had also laughed

at Rajesh Hasi-ja’s predic-

tion, but to-day they are forced

to hide their faces be-hind a mask. Regarding the political future of Mamata Banerjee, Hasija said that there is no sign of her becom-ing PM. Hasija’s predic-tions about India are a bit intimidating. He cautions that in late Oc-tober & early Novem-ber, be ready to take all precautions against Covid, because if the enemy is to be defeated, then one has to be simi-larly aware about it.

DIDI KA RAHUL MANIA

When Rahul Gan-dhi marched to

join Kisan Sansad, he was the pivot of the op-position unity, along with other MPs from 13 parties, one of them was T M C ’ s Sukhen-du Shek-har Rai. But it seems in the middle of the

march till Jantar Man-tar, Rai got a call from Didi and he secretly got out of it. When asked by the journalists, Rai clarified that he had an earlier commitment. It seems that Rahul’s character is still not be-ing liked by Didi.

WHAT IS IN PK’S BLUE PRINT?

Prashant Kishor is an astrologer of the

changing political cli-mate of India, who knows the skill of giv-ing words to the form-less aspirations of the voters. In the past, he has submitted a dossier about future of Con-gress to the Gandhi fam-ily. It is possible that in coming days, the Gan-dhi family will behave according to this blue print of PK. When 23 an-gry senior leaders of the party wrote a letter to Sonia Gandhi, they strongly demanded that the 9-member parlia-mentary board of the party should be re-in-stated with immediate effect. Apart from So-

nia, Rahul, Priyanka, he sees himself in

this committee and also wants to keep the or-ganisation gen-eral secretary of the party in it.

The Rahul-Priyan-

ka pair is convinced of PK’s strategic and elec-toral acumen, but PK’s arrival has increased problems of leaders like AK Antony, Kamal Nath, Ashok Gehlot, P Chidambaram. These leaders have told Sonia that PK’s over-ambition can sink the Congress. These leaders have sug-gested to Sonia that if PK really has so much power, then he should be sent to Bihar to revive Congress there & be-come CM. But the old Congressmen should not take PK so lightly.

...AND FINALLY

Demanding caste-based census, JDU’s

National President Lal-lan Singh, Apna Dal’s (Sonewal) Anupriya Pa-tel, RPI’s Ramdas Atha-wale met number two Amit Shah & submitted a memorandum. Lallan said ‘we have also at-tached ‘Resolution Bill’ of Bihar Legislative As-sembly with memo. This bill has support of state BJP MLAs. If BJP is ready for caste based census in Bihar, then what’s problem in Delhi-UP? Could anyone dare to ask such questions to number 2 of govern-ment? Has the confi-dence of government ‘decreased’ or has the spirits of allies ‘in-creased?’

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Jaipur: The post of Di-rector- Fisheries is lying vacant after the retire-ment of IAS officer Shy-am Lal Gurjar and the Department of Person-nel has not yet cleared the file of additional charge, which is usually given to the Secretary of the department.

At present, Arushi Malik is the Secretary, but she is also likely to be transferred in the awaited transfer list of

IAS officers. The DOP has put on hold the file regarding the additional charge of the Director- Fisheries and it is be-lieved that a new direc-tor would be appointed soon.

It may be noted that contracts for fisheries

work in dams and ponds are given every three year by the department, which is due in Novem-ber- December this year. It was because of the contracts the former di-rector Shyam Lal Gur-jar was defamed.

In November 2019, the

ACB got a tip off that Gurjar was receiving bribes for awarding con-tracts following which, the ACB team raided the hotel in Chittorgarh, where Gurjar was stay-ing. However, Gurjar came to know about the ACB action before the team arrived and he left the hotel before the raid.

The ACB did not find anything in the hotel room and in his vehicle, which was parked in the hotel for three days, un-attended.

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Jaipur: The govern-ment has declared a holiday in entire state on World Tribal Day on August 9. Keeping in view the Corona epi-demic, the state level function this year will be held virtually.

CM Ashok Gehlot will be the chief guest in the programme. Energy Minister BD Kalla, In-dustries Minister Par-

sadi Lal Meena, Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma, Education Minister Govind Singh Dotasra, Women & Child Development Minister Mamta Bhupesh, High-er Education Minister Bhanwar Singh Bhati & others will also attend the event. Gehlot would lay the foundation stone of 185 works costing Rs.89.28 crore and inau-gurate 43 works costing Rs.166.90 crore.

Dept of fisheries awaits new Chief! CM to inaugurate devp works worth ̀ 89.28 cr

Naveen Patnaik

‘2nd Covid wave effect negligible,but people shouldn’t lower guard’

‘Public reps & officials should work in unison

to make PSKS a success’

Humein bhi Goa le jaate bhaiya: CM’s light banter with Dr Raghu

16% people have received both vax doses, CM said

CM Ashok Gehlot on Saturday took Health

Minister’s personal visit to Goa with a pinch of salt during an open VC on Corona saying he should have taken him along.“Akele akele hi jakar aa gaye... hum logon ko bhi le jate bhaiya... hum bhi to dedh saal se ghar me band hain (You went and returned alone...you should have taken us along brother... we are also locked in the house for one and a half years),” Gehlot commented. He took a jibe at Sharma for going on a picnic tour outside the state.After the pres-entation of offi cers and experts in the VC, the Chief Minister called the name of the Health Min-ister and asked whether

the minister had come after refreshing.

Sharma said that all preparations are good and Covid situation is being monitored. The minister also said that he would return to Jaipur on Sunday even-ing, but the CM couldn’t hear this. The CM un-derstood that the minis-ter had come back. On CM’s comment about going alone, Sharma laughed with folded hands saying, “without your permission, there is nothing sir.”

NOD TO EXPERT PANEL FOR TIGER CONSERVATION

CM Ashok Gehlot chaired Covid review meet via VC from the Chief Minister’s Residence, wherein, Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma, Niranjan Arya & Abhay Kumar were present.

Dr Raghu humbly responds to CM Gehlot’s remarks.

CM Ashok Gehlot has approved formation

of an expert panel to prepare a long-term plan for tiger conserva-tion in state. Member of State Wildlife Board & MLA Bharat Singh Kundanpur, Board member & former Member Secretary of National Tiger Con-servation Authority Dr Rajesh Gopal, Simrat Kaur Sandhu, Sunil Me-hta, Dhirendra Godha, Jaisal Singh, World Wildlife Fund India’s Gen Secy Ravi Singh & representatives of Wild-life Institute of India, Dehradun & National Tiger Conservation Authority have been included in panel. Chief Wildlife Warden will be convener of panel.

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Bharatpur: A meet-ing of local body rep-resentatives and ad-ministrative officials of Bharatpur divi-sion was held in the district on Saturday to assess prepara-tions of the state gov-ernment’s much-touted campaign ‘Prashashan Shah-ron Ke Sang.’ In the meeting chaired by Urban Development and Housing Minis-ter Shanti Dhariwal, it was deliberated that more land plots will be given to peo-ple on lease as a part of the campaign.

Local MLA and Minister Subhash Garg, UDH Advisor GS Sandhu, Princi-pal Secretary Kun-jilal Meena, Chief Town Planner RK Vijayvargiya and other top officials were present in the meeting along with local body represent-atives.

Dhariwal said that for the success of the

campaign, it is neces-sary that the public representatives and administrative offi-cials work together with commitment.

The minister fur-ther added that the matter of regulation of the colonies situ-ated on temple lands is sensitive and it will be discussed at the cabinet level. The local bodies should get such colo-nies surveyed as a part of their prepa-rations. Lands be-longing to temples are called ‘mafi lands’ in the revenue records and the con-version of such lands for any pur-pose has largely been a ‘no-go’ area in the state.

Principal Secre-tary, UDH, Kunjilal Meena said public r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s should also convene such meetings in their local bodies to find ways of distrib-uting more land on lease among local residents.

UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal during his visit to Bharatpur on Saturday, discussed various development works of city with MoS & Bharatpur MLA Dr Subhash Garg.

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MATHURA DAS MATHUR POLO CLUB SEASON 2 WILL BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2021, AT THE RAMBAGH POLO GROUNDS. THE POSTER LAUNCH CEREMONY WAS ORGANISED AT RAMBAGH PALACE ON SATURDAY!

athura Das Mathur Polo Club season 2 will be held on Sep-tember 11, 2021, at the Rambagh Polo Grounds. The event is organised by the

grandson of Late Mathura Das Mathur, Vishaal Mathur. The brand ambassador of the prestigious polo match is the Youth icon of Rajasthan, Rishee Miglani. Actor Sohail Khan will grace the tourna-ment with his presence.

Jagdeesh Chandra launched the poster of the polo match at Rambagh Pal-ace on Saturday. Kuldeep, Vikramaditya Singh, Naren-dra Singh, Vishaal Mathur, Rishee Miglani, Shailendra Singh Hemant Singh, Tanuj Vijay, Naman Kumar among many others were present on the occasion. Elite Miss Ra-jasthan models, Tanu Chaud-hary and Tripti Arora also graced the evening with their

presence.Vishaal Mathur paid im-

mense gratitude on the occa-sion and said, “I am honoured to have First India as my print and electronic partners of this event.”

Polo is a horseback ball game, a traditional field sport and a representation of roy-als. Polo, the legendary game displays a sharp intent of stallions honing their skills, the riders nurturing with each game and taking over chukkers on chukkers. While the sport of polo is older than

recorded history, we know that its origins are in the in-spirational relationship be-tween humans and horses, though it was played on ele-phants and camels too. This special bond and the unique blending of athletic talents between horse and rider have helped polo evolve into The Sport of Kings.

The origin of polo hap-pened in India, when the Brit-ish came in they modernised the game and it travelled all around the world.

Indians dominated the

sport till the 1900s. Modern polo has 4 players playing on each side, with 4 chukkers of seven minutes. A play-er usually keeps 6/8 horses per game as they usually don’t play the horse for more than 7 to 8 minutes.

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WEEKLYWEEKLYWEEKLYWEEKLYWEEKLYWEEKLYWEEKLY

AUGUST 8 TO AUGUST 15

AS KYLIE JENNER TURNS 24 THIS

WEEK ON AUGUST 10, IT IS PREDICTED THAT SHE IS GOING TO

HAVE THE TIME OF HER LIFE THIS YEAR. JUST LIKE HER, WHOEVER

CELEBRATES THEIR BIRTHDAY

THIS WEEK, HAVE A SPECIAL

HOROSCOPE WHICH IS SAID

TO BRING GREAT HEALTH,

POSITIVITY AND GOOD FORTUNE.

YOUR CAREER AND HOME ARE

IN ACCORD. THIS CAN BE VERY

EFFECTIVE AND REWARDING

ABOUT FINANCIAL

MATTERS AND PERSONAL

AFFAIRS!

ARIESMAR 21 - APR 20

Cool your jets as the week begins -- competitively speaking, that is. You need to put the proverbial ‘other guy’ fi rst on Monday if you want to keep things copacetic. On Tuesday and Wednesday, expect to become lost in your own thoughts. You’ve got a lot on your mind right now, but a little opportune introversion could be just what you need. On Thursday, Friday and early Saturday, you’ll be at your adventurous, assertive best, ready for anything and fi rst at the starting line. Later on Saturday and on into Sunday, others will help you get ahead in unexpected ways.

TAURUSAPR 21 - MAY 20

Look for some unexpected fun in your routine as the week begins. Monday might seem dull and dreary, but count on friends and coworkers to come to the rescue. On Tuesday and Wednesday, moodiness might get the better of you if you’re not careful. Make sure you keep a lid on any overly intense emotions (especially jealousy and possessiveness). On Thursday, Friday and early Saturday, use charm to get your ideas across -- especially if it means persuading those who don’t share your point of view. Later on weekend, you will fi nd enlightenment.

GEMINI MAY 21 - JUNE 21

Follow-through is overrated as this week begins. You’ve got so much energy and creativity on Monday that you need to devote yourself to starting projects and initiating action. Let somebody else sort out the details later. On Tuesday and Wednesday, count on the action to slow down just a bit, but that’s only because you’re more interested in observing -- and analyzing -- than acting right now. On Thursday, Friday and early Saturday, don’t be too dogmatic. You can get your point across much more charmingly (and persuasively, too).

LEOJULY 24 - AUGUST 23

You’re feeling exceptionally generous with your affection and attention as the week begins and that’s a good thing. Your warmth and earnestness could help others accomplish a lot on Monday and you can expect to receive that same support returned to you in the days ahead. From Monday evening through Wednesday, you’re the centre of attention and no effort of yours will go unaided. On Thursday, Friday and early Saturday, take time to reassess your long-term plans and strategies. On Saturday night and Sunday, focus on your friends.

VIRGO AUG 24 - SEP 23

Start your week off by organizing something social and fun. That group energy can leave you feeling revved up on Monday and ready for anything. From Monday evening through Wednesday, you might start to feel overwhelmed by pesky details, but don’t despair -- with a little fl exibility, you can help yourself and others get organized. On Thursday, Friday and early Saturday, everything will start to click into place and make sense. Use your insights to get a lot done (and to help others do the same). For the rest of the weekend, look for opportunities to dig.

CANCER JUNE 22 - JULY 23

Expect your week to begin on an enthusiastic, energetic note. You’ll have no shortage of drive or direction on Monday and others will pitch in to help you accomplish anything you put your mind to. That extravagant energy should carry you well through Wednesday -- so don’t be bashful about taking risks right now. On Thursday, Friday and early Saturday, see to the details and focus on accomplishing smaller tasks. On Saturday evening and Sunday, watch for threats to your domestic bliss. Deploy a full-scale diplomatic effort.

LIBRA SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22

Keep your head down as the week begins. Events will conspire to disrupt your routine on Monday, but your easygoing nature (with an added dose of fl exibility) can steer you clear. From Monday evening through Wednesday, others will look to you to take the lead, so be generous with your ideas and your optimistic attitude. On Thursday, Friday and early Saturday, look for opportunities to hang out with friends (and, especially, to be a good listener and confi dante). Late Saturday and Sunday fi nd you extraordinarily charismatic and energetic and fl irtatious, too!

SCORPIOOCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22

As the week begins, don’t be bashful about going after what you want. Monday should provide perfect opportunities for you to fulfi l ambitions (and maybe even dream up some new ones). From Monday evening through Wednesday, you need to curb your ego if you want to avoid getting entangled in an unwelcome power struggle. On Thursday, Friday and early Saturday, spend time with good friends. Not only will you have fun, but you’ll also probably learn a secret or two, too. On Saturday night and Sunday, relax and let your subconscious help you work.

SAGITTARIUS NOV 23 - DEC 22

Follow your inquisitive mood as the week begins, even if it means asking tough questions. Monday begins with you digging in deep and looking for answers, but by Monday evening -- and on through Wednesday -- you’ll be back to your freewheeling, happy-go-lucky self. Luck is on your side and you should take every attractive risk that comes along. On Thursday, Friday and early Saturday, you’ll need to be a little more cautious with details and the demands of others, but that need should evaporate again by late Saturday when you become the one with answers.

CAPRICORNDEC 23 - JAN 20

There’s a change in the air as the week begins. Watch out for new -- and challenging -- ideas on Monday. Even if others overreact, though, don’t take any of the resulting debate personally. From late Monday and on through Wednesday, emotions could keep running high. You’ll need to summon up your best diplomatic skills to mediate. From Thursday through early Saturday, your extraordinary planning skills and command of the facts will earn you applause, possibly from someone far away. On late Saturday and Sunday, focus on getting a lot done.

AQUARIUS JAN 21 - FEB 19

Don’t get riled up as the week begins! Everything might not be going your way on Monday, but take a deep breath and realize this is just a phase. By late Monday and continuing on through Wednesday, sudden shifts could change your current outlook completely, so don’t hesitate to experiment and seek out bold, new discoveries. On Thursday, Friday and early Saturday, you’ll need to take extra care in dealing with details and competing agendas -- especially anything that involves business or fi nances. On late Saturday and Sunday, fi nd time to meet someone.

PISCES FEB20 - MARCH 20

Celebrate the start of your week by creating something new -- whether it’s a new breakfast, a new friendship or even a new theme song. Your week could get more diffi cult later on Monday (and on through Wednesday), as complicating details threaten to overwhelm. If you can keep your head down, though, you can resist getting swept up in the demands -- and dramas -- of others. On Thursday, Friday and early Saturday, jump into action and don’t worry about having all the facts fi rst. On late Saturday and Sunday, try to collect on debts in a partnership.

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s star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Satur-day created history by becoming the second In-dian to win an individual gold at Olympics, Hindi film personalities Lata

Mangeshkar, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, Taapsee Pannu and others praised the young athlete for making the country “proud”.

“It’s a GOLD.Heartiest Con-gratulations @Neeraj_chopra1 on creating history. You’re re-sponsible for a billion tears of joy! Well done #NeerajChopra! #Tokyo2020,” Kumar wrote on Twitter.

Mangeshkar called Chopra “the pride of the country”.

“The whole of India is proud of Neeraj Chopra, who has cre-ated a new history. I congratulate the pride of the country, Neeraj,” she posted. Devgn said the ath-lete’s win has left him elated.

“Congratulations Neeraj Chopra on your win at the Tokyo Olympics. More power to you! You’ve made your parents & India proud. Can’t tell you how happy I am. This is awesome #Neera-jChopra #TokyoOlympics.” Pan-nu said the win has left her ex-cited.

“It’s a gold! I am jump-ing with Joy! This young man Neeraj Chopra has created history!”.

Varun Dhawan shared a live video of watching the athlete’s perfor-mance at the To-kyo Olympics.

“Gold, gold it is. Neeraj Chopra has done it,” Dhawan cap-tioned the clip. Veteran actor-politician Hema Malini said the whole nation was proud of Chopra’s efforts. “Won-derful news for India as young Neeraj Chopra wins the javelin gold! So proud of you Neeraj! The country salutes you!” She posted on the microblogging site.

Actor John Abra-ham tweeted, “Con-gratulations @Neeraj_chopra1 on your historic ac-c o m p l i s h m e n t . The entire nation is proud of you! #CheerForIndia # T o k y o 2 0 2 0 #Olympics”. —PTI

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CHOPRA SEIZED THE LEAD WITH A THROW OF 87.03 METRE ON HIS FIRST ATTEMPT

THE HARYANA BOY PRODUCED A SECOND

ROUND THROW OF 87.58M TO WIN GOLD

86.67

85.44

JAKUB VADLEJCH (CZECH) SILVER MEDAL

87.03

87.58

FIRST GOLD

TWEETSYour performance has further elevat-ed what has been evident throughout the Games -- that our athletes are not only capable of going toe to toe with the best, but are fi rmly estab-lishing ourselves as the favorites.

—Abhinav Bindra

Realised my unfi nished dream today after 37 years. Thank you my son@Neeraj_chopra1Flag of IndiaFirst place medal#Tokyo2020

—PT USHA

The whole of India is proud of Neeraj Chopra, who has created a new history. I congratulate the pride of the country, Neeraj.

—LATA MANGESHKAR

VITEZSLAV VESELY (CZECH) BRONZE

It feels unbelievable... This is our fi rst Olympic medal for a very long time, and in athletics it is the fi rst time we have gold, so it’s a proud moment for me and my country..... In the qualifi cation round I threw very well so I knew I could do better in the fi nal. I didn’t know it would be gold but I am very happy..

—NEERAJ CHOPRA, Gold Medalist

‘PROMOTE CHOPRA TO THE POST OF COLONEL’

Soon after Neeraj Chopra winning Gold Medal at the Tokyo Olympics, netizens started a sort of campaign on the Internet demanding that Chopra –who is a Junior Commissioned Offi cer in the Indian Army-- should be promoted. Citing the examples of cricketers Kapil Dev and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the netizens demanded that Chopra should be promoted as Colonel as he has won the fi rst Gold Medal for India in the track and fi eld event of the Olympics. They said that while cricket was being played only in some country, Olympics was a prestigious global sporting event.

Celebrations at Neeraj Chopra’s house at a village near Panipat in Haryana.

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CELEBRATING INDIA’S OLYMPIC HEROICS!

Jagdeesh Chandra celebrates the ‘GOLD’ by Neeraj Chopra in the Tokyo Olympics 2020 with the team of First India News at the channel office on Saturday evening. The entire office of First India erupted in joy as news broke on-screen with ensuing celebrations.

WHAT’S HAPPENING!

For the last 10 days, heavy rains have caused a lot of devastation in Kota city and rural areas. Congress leader Amit Dhariwal paid a visit to the family members of the deceased in Gordhanpura village on Saturday. He informed that the administration will provide financial assistance of Rs. 4 lakh to the families of the deceased and the injured families will be treated free of cost. During this, Mayor Manju Mehra, Deputy Mayor Sonu Qureshi, Jitendra Meena, Gajendra Dhakad, Sonu Meena, Ashok Meena and villagers were present.

The new executive committee of Laghu Udyog Bharti Women’s Unit District Jaipur was formed at Seva Sadan located on Sahakar Marg. During this, President Sunita Sharma, Secretary Sarika Sahani, Vice President Rama Agarwal and Vaishali Vishisht, Treasurer Rachita Agnani, Co-Secretary Santosh Purohit, Executive Members Priya Doda, Pratima Nathani, Nidhi Mahendru Nidhi Vyas, Poonam Kumawat, Rani Verma were elected.

5-Sushma Pareek Advocate, National Organization Minister, All India Joint Advocates Council and State President Rajasthan’s birthday was celebrated with great enthusiasm by all the council officials. President Bhuvnesh Sharma, Rajasthan High Courts Bar Association also greeted them on the occasion.

—PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO

Art for Art’s Sake?session on the theme of ‘Body and Art’ was held at Kalaneri Art Gallery under teh aegis of Jaipur Palette. Dr Krishna Mahawar was the keynote speaker

during the session who en-couraged the art lovers by briefing them about the his-tory of art and artists. she began her presentation with a small brief about Dadaism and further discussed artists like Wolf Vostell who is often considered as the pioneer of print media.

She highlighted the impor-tance of performance art. Deriv-ing our daily activities in the

form of art has been one of the major themes of the earlier as well as contemporary artists. Artists may experiment further during the post-modernist era as they express themselves through any medium such as a painting or an installation among other art forms.

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NEW CAMPUS, NEW SPIRITT

he new academic session for sen-ior students of St Xavier’s Col-

lege, Jaipur started on July 7, 2021, with an Orientation Pro-gramme aptly titled, ‘New Campus, New Spirit’. The event was conducted in pursuance of the government guide-lines issued for the pandemic and was live-streamed on YouTube for the benefit of stu-

dents from differ-ent sections. The

function, which be-gan with zealous fer-vour, oversaw the merger of two institu-

tions (The previous campus at Hathroi with the existing one at Nev-ta).

During the sessions, students were given in-

puts on general admin-istration and depart-mental staff, statutory and special task com-mittees, student coun-cil and clubs, alumni’ accomplishments and sports/games, etc., to facilitate greater for-mation and integra-tion. Fr Dr Sherry SJ introduced Sandesh Nayak IAS, Commis-sioner, College Educa-tion as the Chief Guest of the day.

—CITY FIRST

DBM @ Khatu Nagri

CITY FIRST

Children from all over the country are joining together and churning out their problems, their thoughts

and their questions on the platform of Digital Baal Mela, sponsored by Future Society and LIC and co-sponsored by IDBI Bank. The team of Digital Baal Mela Season 2 Reached Khatu Nagari on Saturday where the banners of Dig-ital Baal Mela were present-ed at the feet of Khatu Shyam with the hands of the priest. During this, the officials of the main tem-ple of Khatu Shyam, describing the platform as a unique experiment, appealed to more and more chil-dren to join the Digital Bal Mela. He also congratulated the organisa-tion of ‘Baccho Ki Sarkar Kaisi Ho’. The Digital Baal Mela has reached out to over 1 million people across social platforms in the last week alone. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

The birthday of IPS Ajay Pal Lamba was on Saturday, August 7. We wish him all the best!

HAPPY B’DAY!MIRACULOUS TREATMENTCITY FIRST

The successful treatment of a 62-year-old pa-tient with a heart

blockage was carried out by the experts at Geetanjali Medical College and Hospi-tal on Friday. The treatment was done by implanting bioresorba-ble vascular stents,

which dissolve in the body. Using the lat-

est technology, Dr Ramesh Patel, Dr Kapil

Bhargava, Dr Danny Mangalani and a team of Cardiologists car-ried out the operation.

EVENT!

To promote youth, the poster of the International Award Ceremony Youth Icon Award to be held on August 28 in Jaipur under the joint aegis of Trinetra Films and Shakti Films, was released on Wednesday in the office of Help India Foundation located in Vaishali Nagar.

NATIONAL HANDLOOM DAY

CITY FIRST

On the occasion of Na-tional Handloom Day, an online panel dis-cussion with ‘Craft/

Creative Entrepreneurs’ was organised on Saturday. It was held on the Facebook page (@jawaharkalakendra.jaipur)

and YouTube Channel (Jawa-har Kala Kendra Jaipur) as a part of the ongoing ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’. It focused on the life jour-ney of the entrepre-neurs, their business model, their inspiration as well as the challenges they faced. The panel discussion

was moderated by Dr Pallavi Tak. Nidhi Tomar of Kosh,

Malvika Agarwal of Schonfilt, Megha Agar-wal of Royal Indifab, Deeksha Gupta of Clay-

botik gave their inputs on various aspects of art and culture along with business models. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

Dr Krishna Mahawar

—PHOTO BY M

UKESH KIRADOO

Art Work by Wolf Vostell

The team of doctors at GMCH

Jagdeesh Chandra welcomes special correspondent Manish Vyas to theFirst India News family, seen here with Syed Umar and Shweta Mishra

Syed Umar greets Jagdeesh Chandra with a floral bouquet Jagdeesh Chandra and Syed Umar with the rejoicing team members

During the panel discussion

The Government High-er Secondary School, Jaisinghpura adopted by Jagriti Founda-

tion and renovated by Subhash Chandra Goel Memorial held a Tree Plantation Drive. Jagriti President Jai Krishna Jajoo informed that this intensive

tree plantation program was courtesy of Genpact. Around 300 saplings of

height were planted on the school premises. J K Jajoo, Garima Jajoo, Seema Sharma, Ramjee-

van Jat and Manoj Bairwa were present during the event. —CITY FIRST

TREE PLANTATIONJK Jajoo, Garima Jajoo, Seema Sharma, Ramjeevan Jat and Manoj Bairwa during the plantation drive

IAS Sandesh Nayak addressing the audience