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he nation was still under British occupation when in the Bengali winter of 1935, a child was born in Birbhum’s Miriti village, who no one thought would play a pivotal

role in shaping a nation for five long decades. A boy who would, inspite of all odds, continue to remain the pow-erhouse for his political party and who had the distinction of working with five members of the Gandhi family— Indira Gandhi, Sanjay Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gan-dhi. It is a testament to Pranab Da’s political acumen, administrative skill and his indomitable will power, that whenever Congress needed a strong man to lead important ministries, it was Pranab Mukherjee who was given the charge.

Whether it was Indira Gandhi, who recognised his talents and accord-ed him the Rajya Sabha seat, or successive generations of Con-gress leaders, everyone was in awe of Mukherjee, who held a great command on various subjects and conducted his politics with dignity.

Mukherjee’s career started as a junior minis-ter in Indira Gandhi gov-ernment in the 1970s

and ended when he demitted office as President of India in 2017.

Often described as “man for all sea-sons”, Pranab Mukherjee held impor-tant portfolios like finance, defence, external affairs, deputy chairman of planning commission, leader in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha and final-ly the President of the Union of India. In all these years of his active public life, he continued to have friends even in the most staunch opposition lead-ers, probably because the child, very thoughtfully, was named after the most important aspect of life—Pranab—meaning Love in Bengali!

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PRANAB DA

leader of vast e x p e r i e n c e and knowl-edge who strived for consensus in the polity and

left an imprint on In-dia's modern history, Pranab Mukherjee was India's 13th President and was conferred its highest civilian honour.

The 84-year old veter-an Congressman who played a crucial role in the functioning of the UPA governments till he was chosen the Presi-dent in 2012, Pranab Mukherjee reflected de-cency in politics that had no place for ran-cour, acrimony and per-sonalised attacks even as he remained firmly committed to the party's ideology. He oozed a nat-ural warmth and his intellect, knowledge, power of persuasion, memory and skills made him a go-to man in the Congress, especially in the last about 15 years of his political life.

He was a Union Min-ister for over 20 years and had a rare distinc-tion of having served as Union Minister for Fi-nance, External Af-fairs, Defence and Com-merce. Another rare distinction was that he served as leader of both Houses of Parliament -

Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha (1980-85) and Leader of House in Lok Sabha. He was also Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission.

Having witnessed the country's politics for close to five decades as a participant and an ob-server, Mukherjee had

an encyclopedic knowl-edge of time and events.

He was elected 5 times to Rajya Sabha and twice to Lok Sabha and was a member of Congress Working Committee, the highest policy-making body of the party for 23 years.

—ANI

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PRESIDENT

Mukherjee, who was born

in a Bengali family greatly involved in India’s struggle for freedom, started his professional career not as a politician, but as an upper-division clerk in the offi ce of the Deputy Accountant General, in Kolkata.

A major in Political

Science and History, Mukherjee served as an assistant professor of Political Science in Vidyanagar College, Kolkata and as a journalist with the Bengali publication, Desher Dak, before entering politics.

In 1969, Mukherjee

stepped into the world of politics, by getting elected to the Rajya Sabha on a Congress ticket. It is believed that the then Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi played a huge role in getting him elected.

After the death of

Indira Gandhi, when Mukherjee did not get his due, he founded his own political party, which he named Rashtriya Samajwadi Congress.

Between 1969 to 2012,

Mukherjee headed four major ministries, which included Finance, Commerce, External Affairs and Defence. In fact, he was voted the best Finance Minister in the World by Euromoney, in 1984.

In July, 2012, Mukherjee

contested the presidential elections against PA Sangma, in which he won 70 per cent of the electoral college vote to become the 13th President of India.

During his tenure as the

president, Mukherjee promulgated the Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance, 2013, which provides for amendment of Indian Penal Code, Indian Evidence Act and Code of Criminal Procedures, in case of laws related to sexual offences.

Mukherjee believed in

the power of justice. As the president, he rejected many mercy pleas, which included mercy pleas of Afzal Guru and Ajmal Kasab.

Though he retired from

politics, citing health issues, he did not really refrain from attending political events. He in fact attended an RSS event, which took everyone by surprise.

In 2019, he was conferred

the Bharat Ratna by President Ram Nath Kovind during a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.

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A CONSENSUS BUILDER AND A CAUTIOUS REFORMER!

Ashok Gehlot @ashokgehlot51Deeply saddened at the demise of former President of India, Sh #PranabMukherjee. The nation has lost a great leader, thinker & statesman. His entire life

was dedicated to service of the nation. My heartfelt condolences to his family, friends & supporters.

May his soul rest in peace.

Vasundhara Raje @VasundharaBJPHearing the news of the demise of Shri Pranab

Mukherjee, former President of India, I am shocked. His death is not only very sad for Indian

politics, but is the end of an era. God place the departed soul in the shrine.

#PranabMukherjee#PranabDa.

Sachin Pilot @SachinPilotI am extremely saddened to learn about the demise of Former President Pranab Mukherjee. India has

lost a great son, who worked tirelessly for the nation. I had the privilege to work with him in the Union Cabinet. His contributions will always be

remembered. Condolences to his family.

Ahmed Patel @ahmedpatel

I am devasted to hear about Pranab da’s demise.

He was like my elder brother. His demise has left a permanent vacuum in India’s public life. He was an encyclopaedia of

Indian politics.

Avinash Pande @avinashpandeinc

A legend has left us for his heavenly abode.

#PranabMukherjee was a seasoned politician,

powerful Orator, Scholar, a Congress

Stalwart who made his mark as Statesman.

My condolences to his Family in this hour of grief. RIP #PranabDa!

President of India @rashtrapatibhvnSad to hear that former President Shri Pranab

Mukherjee is no more. His demise is passing of an era. A colossus in public life, he served Mother India with the spirit of a sage. The nation mourns

losing one of its worthiest sons. Condolences to his family, friends & all citizens.

Rajnath Singh @rajnathsinghDeeply anguished by the demise of former

president of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee ji. He was widely respected by the people across all

sections of society. His demise is a personal loss. He had tremendous knowledge of India’s history,

diplomacy, public policy and also defence.

Vice President of India @VPSecretariatDeeply saddened by the passing away of former President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee. The country

has lost an elder statesman in his death. He rose from humble beginnings to occupy the country’s

highest constitutional position through hard work, discipline and dedication.

Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi

With great sadness, the nation receives the news of the unfortunate demise of our former President

Shri Pranab Mukherjee. I join the country in paying

homage to him. My deepest condolences to the bereaved family and

friends.

Jagat Prakash Nadda @JPNadda

Saddened by the demise of former President and statesman Shri Pranab

Mukherjee. He has served the Country in

many roles with diligence and determination. My

condolences to his family and followers.

TWEETS

A PM: He left indelible mark on development trajectoryNew Delhi: Prime Min-ister Narendra Modi on Monday paid his trib-utes to former presi-dent Pranab Mukherjee and said the late leader left an indelible mark on the development tra-jectory of the country and was a scholar par excellence, a towering statesman who was ad-mired across the politi-cal spectrum.

The Prime Minister, who made a series of tweets, also shared some images including one in which he touched the late leader’s feet to seek his blessings. PM Modi said Pranab Mukherjee’s wise coun-sel on key policy mat-ters will never be for-gotten by him.

“India grieves the passing away of Bharat Ratna Pranab Mukher-

jee. He has left an indel-ible mark on the devel-opment trajectory of our nation. A scholar par excellence, a tower-ing statesman, he was admired across the po-litical spectrum and by all sections of society,” the PM said.

The Prime Minister also shared an image of his being administered oath of office by Pranab Mukherjee in 2014. —ANI

PM Modi shared his pic with Pranab Da on Twitter.

Narendra Modi @narendramodi

India grieves the passing away of Bharat Ratna Shri Pranab Mukherjee. He has left an indelible mark on

the development trajectory of our nation. A scholar

par excellence, a towering statesman, he was admired

across the political spectrum and by all sections of society.

He served Mother India with spirit of a sage: KovindNew Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday extended his condolences after for-mer president Pranab Mukherjee passed away at Delhi hospital.

“Sad to hear that for-mer President Shri Pranab Mukherjee is no more. His demise is passing of an era. A co-lossus in public life, he served Mother India with the spirit of a sage. The nation mourns los-ing one of its worthiest

sons. Condolences to his family, friends and all

citizens,” President Ko-vind tweeted. The Presi-dent recalled the jour-ney of Mukherjee and said, “Endowed with perspicacity and wis-dom, Bharat Ratna Shri Mukherjee combined tradition and moderni-ty. In his 5 decade long illustrious public life, he remained rooted to the ground irrespective of the exalted offices he held. He endeared him-self to people across po-litical spectrum.” —ANI

President Ram Nath Kovind confers Bharat Ratna upon former president Pranab Mukherjee on August 8, 2019.

Shah: His demise left a huge void in Indian polityNew Delhi: Home Min-ister Amit Shah on Monday condoled the

death of f o r m e r president P r a n a b Mukher-jee, say-ing that

his demise has left a huge void in the Indian polity.

“Deeply anguished on the passing away of former President of In-dia, Bharat Ratna Shri Pranab Mukherjee ji. He was a vastly experi-enced leader who served the nation with utmost devotion. Pranab da’s distin-guished career is a mat-ter of great pride for the entire country,” the Home Minister tweet-ed. “Pranab Da’s life will always be cher-ished for his impecca-ble service and indeli-ble contribution to our motherland. His demise has left a huge void in Indian polity. My sin-cerest condolences are with his family and fol-lowers on this irrepara-ble loss. Om Shanti,” he added.

Several other leaders, cutting across party lines, mourned the passing away of Mukherjee. —ANI

INDIA ANNOUNCES 7-DAY STATE MOURNING TILL SEPTEMBER 6New Delhi: Seven days state mourning will be observed throughout the country from August 31 to September 6 as a mark of respect to former President Pranab Mukherjee, who passed away on Monday, the government informed here. "As a mark of respect to the departed dignitary, seven days state mourning will be observed throughout India from August 31 to September 6, both days inclusive. During the period of state mourning, the national fl ag will fl y at half-mast on all buildings throughout India, where it is fl own regularly and there will be no offi cial entertainment," the Ministry of Home Affairs said in an offi cial release. The date, time and venue of the state funeral will be intimated later, it said. Pranab Mukherjee passed away on Monday at the Army Hospital (Research and Referral) where he was admitted earlier this month and had undergone surgery for removal of a clot in his brain. He was 84.

CEC ARORA RECALLS PRANAB’S ‘ENCYCLOPAEDIC KNOWLEDGE’New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) on Monday expressed deep grief on the death of former President Pranab Mukherjee with CEC Sunil Arora describing the loss of the leader having "encyclopaedic knowledge". Expressing grief, Arora said "In his demise, the nation has lost a widely respected savant

and a 'Rajrishi' known for his encyclopaedic knowledge of economic, constitutional and historical affairs." Arora said despite failing health he had graciously accepted the Commission's

invitation and delivered the fi rst Sukumar Sen Memorial Lecture organised on January 23 this year. Mukherjee, as President of the republic, had addressed EC's National Voters Day event twice in 2016 and 2017. "May God give his family the strength to bear this irreparable loss," Arora added.

Indira Gandhi with Pranab Mukherjee. Rajiv Gandhi with Pranab Mukherjee.Old photo of Pranab Mukherjee attending Urs of Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia at Urs Mahal with Late Sajjadanashin Hazrat Pir Zamin Nizami. Pranab Mukherjee lighting his pipe.

Jagdeesh Chandra condoled the demise of former President Pranab Mukherjee while remembering him as a people’s President, a seasoned statesman with great political acumen, a great listener, and a charming conversationalist. Chandra, who traveled abroad with the late President Pranab Mukherjee more than once, as a part of Media delegation, remembered his simplicity and friendly interaction with the media persons on board. —FILE PHOTO

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All classes have to come together in our fight against poverty: CMNaresh Sharma

Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has said that India is a bouquet of different castes, religions and languages, which, ‘all of us must work to-gether to strengthen’. Special efforts are need-ed to bring minorities into the mainstream of development, as it is nec-essary that people of all classes come together to win the fight against pov-erty, he said.

Gehlot was address-ing the virtual ceremo-

ny organized by the Mi-nority Affairs and Wakf Department at the Chief Minister’s resi-dence on Monday for the inauguration of 8 buildings and the foun-dation stone laying of two buildings in differ-ent districts of the state. “these construction works would prove to be a milestone in achiev-ing the objective of ex-panding infrastructure facilities for minority communities. With the expansion of these fa-cilities, people in mi-

nority dominated areas will get benefits in edu-cation and health ser-

vices,” he said.On Monday, State Mi-

nority Girls Hostels

were inaugurated at Hasanpur Mafi, Lad-havada and Sahajpur in

Alwar district and Ka-man in Bharatpur dis-trict. In addition, the State Nursing Colleges at Tijara and Dhadoli-Ramgarh in Alwar and Primary Health Center buildings at Alawada were also dedicated o he public. The total con-struction cost of all these buildings is Rs 18.75 crore. During this period, the foundation stone of the Govern-ment Minority Girls Hostel in Sawai Mad-hopur and the buildings of the Commmon Ser-

vice Center in Jhunj-hunu, which is estimat-ed to cost Rs 3.8 crore, were also inaugurated.

“State Government is providing resources as per the requirement for education and health facilities in all areas of the state. In some areas there is a lack of educa-tion among the minori-ty and development of facilities for education in these areas is the pri-ority of the state gov-ernment. Recently, the state government has taken important steps

in this direction by giv-ing statutory status to the Rajasthan State Ma-drasa Board in the Leg-islative Assembly. Pro-gress of any society is possible only through the spread of educa-tion. The Madrasa Board will now be able to actively seek out the minority community’s access to modern edu-cation,” Gehlot said.

Medical and Health Minister Dr. Raghu Sharma said that the state government is fo-cusing Turn to P6

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Dr Raghu Sharma, Mamta Bhupesh, Saleh Mohammed and Rajeeva Swarup releasing scheme booklet on Monday.

INAUGURATION-FOUNDATION STONE LAYING OF MINORITY AFFAIRS AND WAQF BOARD BUILDINGS

New Delhi: In a fresh incident in eastern Ladakh, the Chinese PLA carried out “pro-vocative military move-ments” to “unilateral-ly” change the status quo on the southern bank of Pangong Tso lake but the attempt was thwarted by the In-dian troops, the Army said on Monday.

Army Spokesperson Col Aman Anand said troops from China’s People’s Liberation Army(PLA) “violated” the previous consensus arrived at during mili-tary and diplomatic en-gagements on the ongo-ing standoff in eastern Ladakh, and carried out provocative mili-tary movements to change the status quo on the night of August

29/30.A brigade command-

er level flag meeting is currently in progress at Chushul to resolve the issues, he said.

“On the night of 29/30 August 2020, PLA troops violated the pre-vious consensus ar-

rived at during military and diplomatic engage-ments during the ongo-ing standoff in Eastern Ladakh and carried out provocative military movements to change the status quo,” Col Anand said in a state-ment.

“Indian troops pre-empted this PLA activ-ity on the Southern Bank of Pangong Tso Lake, undertook meas-ures to strengthen our positions and thwart Chinese intentions to unilaterally change facts on ground,” the

Army spokesperson said.

He said the Indian Army is committed to maintaining peace and tranquility through dia-logue, but is also equal-ly determined to protect India’s territorial integ-rity. Turn to P6

Contempt: SC slaps `1 fine on BhushanNew Delhi: The Su-preme Court on Mon-day slapped Re 1 fine on senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan in connection with a suo motu crimi-nal contempt of court case over his tweets.

A bench of the apex court, headed by Jus-tice Arun Mishra, said that Bhushan should be barred from practic-ing law for a period of three years and impris-oned for three months if he defaults on pay-ing the fine.

The bench said that the court’s decisions cannot be influenced by the publications or opinions in the media and noted that Bhush-an’s statements to the press even Turn to P6

Welcome back home, Amit Shah!Aditi Nagar

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who was admit-ted to the All India In-stitute of Medical Sci-ences (AIIMS) in New Delhi, for post-COVID care, was discharged on Monday morning, the hospital said.

Shah, 55, had under-gone treatment at the Medanta Hospital as he tested positive for the novel coronavirus and was discharged after he tested negative.

He was later admit-ted to the AIIMS on Au-gust 18 following com-plaints of fatigue and body ache.

“Amit Shah, Home Minister was admitted at AIIMS, New Delhi for post-COVID care. He was discharged today at

7 am,” the medical facil-ity said in a statement.

“He has fully recov-ered and is fit to re-sume his routine ac-tivities,” it added.

On August 2, Shah had informed through Twitter that he had tested positive for coro-navirus. The Minister was admitted to Me-danta Hospital in Gur-ugram from where he

was discharged on Au-gust 14 after testing negative for COVID-19.

Earlier on Monday morning, he took to twitter while tweeting, “Warm greetings on the auspicious occa-sion of Onam. May this festival bring joy, har-mony, good health and prosperity in every-one’s lives. Happy Onam!”

New Delhi: The Indian economy contracted by 23.9 per cent in the April to June quarter (Q1 FY21), marking the first contraction in more than 40 years as COV-ID-19 pandemic com-pressed consumer de-mand and private in-vestments, government data showed on Monday.

The National Statisti-cal Office (NSO) said gross value added (GVA) came in at minus 22.8 per cent. “The GDP at constant (2011-12) prices in Q1 of 2020-21 is estimated at Rs 26.9 lakh crore as against Rs 35.35 lakh crore in Q1 of 2019-20, showing a con-traction of 23.9 per cent

as compared to 5.2 per cent growth in Q1 2019-20,” said the Ministry of Statistics and Pro-gramme Implementa-tion in a statement.

“The quarterly gross value added at basic price at constant (2011-

12) prices for Q1 of 2020-21 is estimated at Rs 25.53 lakh crore as against Rs 33.08 lakh crore in Q1 of 2019-20, showing a contraction of 22.8 per cent.”

The statement said trade, hotels, transport

and communication saw a dip of 47 per cent while manufacturing shrank by 39.3 per cent. The construction sector took a hit of 50.3 per cent as mining output struggled at 23.3 per cent, and electricity and gas dipped by 7 per cent.

However, agriculture was the lone bright spot which grew at 3.4 per cent.

The government and Reserve Bank of India have been prompt to take measures for miti-gating the impact of pandemic on economy by rolling out stimulus packages, reforms and interest rate cuts.

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India thwarts China’s fresh move to change status quo near Ladakh

Chinese PLA carries out provocative military movements.

New York: Amid ten-sions with India over the standoff in Eastern Ladakh sector, China has reportedly built a surface-to-air missile near a lake, which is a part of the Kailash-Mansarovar.

The development of the missile, according to experts, is a continu-ation of the aggressive provocation by the Chi-nese and it could fur-ther complicate the bor-der tensions between the two countries, The Epoch Times reported.

Mount Kailash and Lake Mansarovar, com-monly known as the Kailash-Mansarovar site is revered by four religions and is linked to culture and spiritual scriptures in India.

The placing of the missile at the sacred site, which is also the origin of four transna-tional rivers -- Indus, Brahmaputra, Sutlej and Karnali, a major tributary of the Gan-ges, menaces India,

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China constructs missile site at Kailash-Mansarovar

Worst in 4 decades! India’s GDP contracts by 23.9%

Mumbai: Snapping its six-session winning run, the BSE bench-mark Sensex plummet-ed 839 points on Monday as fresh India-China border tensions trig-gered a broad-based sell-off in domestic equities.

Profit-booking at higher levels and weak macroeconomic data also fuelled the crash, traders said.

After rallying 543 points in the morning session and touching the 40,000-mark, the

BSE Sensex surren-dered all gains to close at 38,628.29, showing a loss of 839.02 points or 2.13 per cent.

Similarly, the NSE Nifty tanked 260.10 points or 2.23 per cent to end at 11,387.50.

In a fresh incident in eastern Ladakh, the Chinese army carried out “provocative mili-tary movements” to “unilaterally” change the status quo on the southern bank of Pan-gong Tso lake Turn to P6

PLA carries out provocative military movements

Sensex crashes 839 pts amid border tensions

Aishwary Pradhan

Jaipur: BJP staged protests at district, booth and zonal level across the state against various govt policies such as electricity tar-iff, electric subsidy and wrong VCRs.

BJP state president Satish Poonia, LOP Gu-labchand Kataria, depu-ty LOP Rajendra Rathore along with ex-isting & former party MPS, MLAs, office bear-ers and party workers sounded an alarm for the state govt.

BJP leaders demand-ed the waiver of the elec-tricity bill for four months of corona crisis, take back increased tar-iffs, stop hidden charges like fuel surcharge stat-utory charges, VCR and pendency in applied connections to relieve the farmers. Satish Poo-nia gave a memoran-dum to the JEN at Man-pura Machedi JVVNL sub post with BJP work-

ers accompanying him. Poonia said the BJP MPS, MLAs and party workers submitted simi-lar memorandum at all GSS demanding total loan waiver, resuming Rs 833 subsidy, compen-sation for locust attack losses, filling pending govt vacancies, release unemployment allow-ance, improve law & or-der situation and find an amicable solution of the school fees stalemate.

Satish Poonia criti-cized the state govt for insensitivity on the death of farmer Pukhraj, by declaring it a corona induced death. He cornered the govt for registering cases against the agitating farmers. He reminded of the suicides commit-ted by three farmers of Jodhpur due to huge debts. Poonia demanded relief for shopkeepers, street vendors & indus-tries along with im-provement in rampant law & order situation.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: BJP MLA Kali-charan Saraf burnt the effigy of Gehlot while protesting against the state govt policies un-der BJP’s ‘Halla bol’ campaign. Saraf ac-companied by party workers demanded to roll back the electricity tariff. Kuldeep Singh and Gaurav Sharma were also present in the protest. EX MLA Ashok

Parnami, VP Ajay Pal Singh, MP Ramcharan Bohra staged a protest in Raja park where he submitted a memoran-dum to the JEN at the electricity office. They called it draconian to increase tariffs while people were struggling due to coronavirus pan-demic. Parnami said that while business is yet to pick up so in-creased tariff will trou-ble people.

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Jodhpur: An impor-tant meeting related to the CM Jan Awaas Yo-jana was presided by the Chief Government Secretary Bhaskar A Sawant during his Jodhpur stay. Besides the meeting, other than the master plan, vari-ous schemes were also reviewed.

Along with the hous-ing schemes, current de-velopment works were also discussed. Also in

talks the highlights were Municipal Corporation, Jodhpur Development Authority; coordination with other departments and the necessary pa-rameters required to make Jodhpur a city of

international stand-ards. Meghraj Singh Ratnu, JDA Commis-sioner was also present in the meeting.

Bhaskar A Sawant said that the ground re-port has been reviewed

for the development work. Jodhpur has the potential to become an international city. Vari-ous schemes have been reviewed in detail. We have visited various projects on the spot and

there were also brain-storming sessions on basic civil facilities and ways to increase the in-come of JDA and Mu-nicipal Corporation. Keeping in mind the historical aspect he has taken feedback on the development of Jodh-pur and has had a ground-level discus-sion. A four-day brain-storming report will be submitted to the CMO after which decision in this regard will be tak-en at state level.

Sawant’s sustained efforts to evolve JodhJODH: INT’L STANDARD CITY

MeT forecasts heavy rains in parts of Raj

BJP agitation to continue until all demands are met: Poonia to Cong

HALL BOL : BJP staged protests at district & zonal level across state against various govt policies

Kalicharan Saraf, Kuldeep Singh, Gaurav Sharma & others staged a protest at the Rambagh electricity offi ce in Jaipur.

Diya Kumari submitting the memorandum to AEN in Jaipur on Monday.

Protests to demand rollback of power tariff

In Jaipur, it was a cloudy Monday. Since a few days, clouds have been in the sky but scattered rainfall is being witnessedFirst India Bureau

Jaipur: On Monday, Shergarh recorded 5 mm rainfall while in Danpur, Saalopat and Kushal-garh 3 mm rainfall in each place was recorded. Arthuna recorded 2mm rainfall. As per the con-trol room, during the 24 hours which ended on Monday morning 8 am, Banswara recorded 55 mm rainfall while in Ke-sarpura 76, Danpur 121, Ghatol 61, Bhungda 45, Jagpura 82, Gadhi 132, Loharia 95, Arthuna 57, Bagidaura 38, Shergarh 43, Sallopat 39, Kushal-garh 39 and in Sajjan-garh 43 mili meter rain-fall was recorded. In Al-war district, between 4 pm Sunday and Monday

morning 8 am, 92 mm rainfall was recorded. Maximum rainfall was recorded in Jaysamand where 19 mm rainfall was received.

Meanwhile the water level In Siliserh dam got reduced by 2 inches while in Samar sarovar also 2 inche water level got reduced. In Jaitpur dam one inch water lev-el got reduced. Since during the day there was no rainfall there-fore compared to a day

earlier. Alwar’s maxi-mum temperature was 31 degree while the min-imum temperature was 24 degree. Meanwhile in Baran district, there was intermittent rain-fall. Due to the rainfall in MP, Parvati river and Parwan are overflowing and therefore the na-tional highway, mega highway and local roads have got blocked. In Jaipur, it was a cloudy day. Since last few days, clouds have been in the

sky but scattered rain-fall is being witnessed. In the afternoon it rained in Mansarovar, Jaipur for about 5 min-utes. 1.8 mm rainfall was recorded in the city between 8:30 am and 5 pm. the maximum tem-perature in Jaipur was 29.2 degree while mini-mum was 23.6 degree. In Jaisalmer famous Gadisar pond is over-flowing and warning of heavy rainfall has been issued for Jaisalmer. Meanwhile after the rainfall stopped in MP, arrival of water stopped in Dams of Chambal river. Less water was re-leased from Gandhi sa-gar, Rana Pratap Sagar, Jawahar sagar dam and Kota Bairaj.

THE NEW CITY PREZ

MET FORECASTS HEAVY RAINS IN PARTS OF RAJ

Diya leads protest at Hawa Mahal

Govt not working for Churu’s devp: Rathore

Three proxy candidates held for D.EL.ED exam

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Rajsamand MP, Diya Kumari, today led the protest under the ‘Halla Bol’ program of in the Hawa Mahal Con-stituency of Jaipur. She submitted a memoran-dum to the AEN of the Hawa Mahal electricity department. On this oc-

casion, the MP said that the ‘Halla Bol’ move-ment has attained mo-mentum through its large numbers of par-ticipants. At this time of crisis, electricity bills are being in-creased by the insensi-tive Rajasthan Govern-ment. The State Gov-ernment has also im-

posed penalties in these bills and it has been heard that from the next month they will also levy surcharge. The program was par-ticipated by Pankaj Meena, Virender Shar-ma, Vimal Agarwal, Kavita Malik, Ratinder Parihar. Manish Soni & Satyendra Bhardwaj.

First India Bureau

Churu: Rajendra Rathore, assembly Dep-uty Leader, opposition, today inaugurated the Ramsara-Khansoli road constructed at a cost of 120 lakh under BJP rule. Addressing the in-auguration, he accused current government, moreover, State Fi-nance Commission’s (V) instalment payable to Panchayat has been stopped. Taking a dig on pandemic, he said

due to mismanagement of government, victims of Corona are being forced to flee the quar-antine centre. The gross home power tariff of 1.13 mn consumers was drastically increased. He also condemned the fees charged from farm-ers in the name of VCR. Despite compensation of Kharif 2019 and Rabi 2019, granted under PM’s crop insurance scheme, the govern-ment has not granted it to the district farmers.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Three fake candidates includ-ing one minor were arrested and taken into custody for making a proxy ap-pearance for regis-tered candidates for D.EL.ED exams con-ducted across the state on Monday. The Shastri Nagar police arrested one while Pratap Nagar police arrested two ‘Munna Bhai’. Ja-lore resident Kailash Vishnoi and Jamba resident Vinod were arrested while Jais-la resident minor was taken into cus-tody by the two po-lice stations. Police are questioning the arrested for further details.

Dr Rituraj Sharma

Jaipur: The symbolic and voluntary shut-down held from 9 am to 1 pm on Monday de-manding ‘No School, No Fee’ was success-ful. Traders, suo moto, closed their business establishments across the state. Officials of the Joint Guardian-ship Committee dis-tributed leaflets to en-sure a peaceful shut-down. The committee called for a peaceful Rajasthan Bandh de-manding no school no fees. The bandh claimed the support of about 450 businesses,

social organizations and public representa-tives. Committee spokespersons Ab-hishek Jain and Arvind Aggarwal in-formed that the sup-port for the state-wide shutdown was gar-nered by various groups of parents be-longing to Jaipur, Bhilwara, Chittor-garh, Ajmer, Kis-hangarh, Fatehpur, Shekhawati, Tonk, Jhalawar, Bagru by go-ing from shop to shop and distributing more than 50,000 pamphlets. After which, the trad-ers voluntarily kept their businesses closed

till 1 pm. Spokesper-sons informed that there are more than one and half crore par-ents in the state, who have been requesting the schools continu-ously since last 5 months, seeking relief from the Central and State Government. However, instead of heeding to the pain of the parents, they were constantly humiliated. In Jaipur, various mar-kets Kishanpole, Chandpole, Chaura Rasta, Malviya Nagar, Jagatpura,Ramganj Bazaar, Tripolia Bazar remained closed on Monday.

For waiving of school fees, parents imposed curfew

Demand for waiving of school fees, parents imposed public curfew in Jaipur on Monday.

Rajendra Rathore protesting against the state govt on Monday.

The view of Gandhi Sagar Dam on Chambal River in Rajasthan. The fl ow of water has been reduced due to less rainfall in Madhya Pradesh.

Bhaskar A Sawant, Meghraj Singh Ratnu & offi cials in CM Jan Awaas Yojana meeting in Jodhpur on Monday.

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Jaipur: CS Rajeeva Swarup chaired a meet-ing to discuss ways and means to benefit the farmers of the state with the provisions of central government’s Agricultural export promotion policy.

The meeting took up the major salient fea-tures of the policy. It was decided to consti-tute new cluster units in the state along with writing to the central govt for appointing new CEOs and advisors and approving grants for the food processing

units in the state. CS Swarup decided to

write to the center for approval of establish-ment of cluster centers for the agro processing of agri products like cumin, isabgol, fruits

and vegetables. The communication to the central goverment will also include demand for approving an action plan for the center sec-tor scheme along with increasing the partici-

pation of exporters in the international trade fairs along with approv-ing high grade testing labs for Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota.

The state govern-ment will ask the cen-tral government to re-lease budget for the se-lected cluster centers and to attach SSSC, NABARD and NCDC as FPO in the scheme.

CS Rajeewa Swarup instructed the drafting of the letter at the ear-liest. PS Kunji Lal Mee-na and senior officials of agricultural market-ing participated in the meeting.

CS to write to Centre to aid farmersAGRI EXPORT PROMOTION POLICY

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JK Lon physicians start treatment for rare diseaseVikas Sharma

Jaipur: JK Lon Hospi-tal physicians started the treatment of a child suffering from rare dis-ease ‘Spinal Muscular Atrophy’. Probably, the second child in India with this disease, who’s prescribed Risdiplam (Everesady) medicine. The treatment has been started through this drug costing Rs 4 crores/year and it’s to be given lifelong.

As per Associate Pro-fessor Dr Priyanshu Ma-thur, the patient’s moth-er first came to know about this disease when child was of 8 months. At that time, movement of child’s legs was less and there was laxity. When the child couldn’t

stand or walk, she con-sulted the doctor through genetic testing disease was detected.

WHAT IS SMA DISEASE?A genetic disease, Spi-nal Muscular Atrophy affects nervous system and voluntary muscle function. It may occur to one in 11,000 chil-dren. Among infants,

SMA is a major genetic cause of death. In some people, the initial symp-toms start before birth, while in others, symp-toms aren’t clear until they adulthood.

In the beginning, pa-tient may experience problems with muscles of the hands, feet and respiratory system. This causes swallowing problems, scoliosis etc.

Top bizmen of Bhilwara get interim bailFirst India Bureau

Jaipur: Additional Sessions Judge, No. 8, Jaipur Metropoli-tan-II granted inter-im bail to Nirmal Gadia & Satyanaray-an Inani up to Sep-tember 8 in the com-plaint by Pooja Devra for the offence under Sections 420, 409, 467, 468, 471, 120-B of IPC. Advocate Sunil Ku-mar Singh contended that the present peti-tioners were not named in FIR, they have not committed any offence but the police are giving one notice or the other whereas being busi-nessmen they have lent unsecured loan through the sister of the complainant.

POCSO court slaps 20 yr RI, `20k fine on rapistFirst India Bureau

Jaipur: Rapist of a mi-nor girl has been sen-tenced to 20 years im-prisonment and Rs 20,000 fine. The guilty, Pawan, who was jeep driver had raped the girl, who had come to Dungarpur to sell vege-tables in on May 24, 2019.

Judge MR Suthar of POCSO court pro-nounced the judgement. Special public prosecu-tor Yogesh Kumar Joshi. On May 24, 2019, the complainant, a resident of Varda area, had filed a complaint in Kotwali Police station, stating that he and his wifehad gone to attend a wed-ding and their 13 year old daughter had come to Dungarpur tosell vegetables at 8:30 AM. In the evening, the victim called them complain-ing of vertigo and vom-iting. She said that she was sitting near the ATM of the new bus stand. The parents went to the location and saw that her clothes were soaked in blood. She was admitted in the hospital. The victim informed her that the guilty had raped her on the rear seat of the jeep and had thereafter left her at the bus stand. She had be-come unconscious after that. She was in the hos-pital for about 6 days.

COVID UPDATE: RAJ REPORTS 13 DEATHS ON MONDAY; 290 POSITIVES DIAGNOSED IN JAIPUR

NEW RECORD: 1,466 NEW CASES IN 24 HRSFirst India Bureau

Jaipur: The state cre-ated a new high of sin-gle day new cases for third consecutive day by adding a staggering 1,466 new cases of co-rona in past 24 hours along with 13 deaths. The state now has 81693 corona positives so far and the death toll stands at 1056 on Mon-day night.

2 deaths were report-ed from Jaipur while one death each was re-ported from Ajmer, Bi-kaner, Dholpur, Ganga-nagar, Jaisalmer, Jodh-pur, Kota, Nagaur, Ra-jsamand, Tonk and Udaipur.

Maximum 290 new cases were reported from Jaipur followed by 232 from Kota, 145 from Jodhpur, 142 from Al-war, 71 from Bikaner, 63 from Pali, 53 from Ajmer, 42 from Sirohi, 40 each from Baran, Jhalawar & Tonk, 36 each from Nagaur & Udaipur, 29 from Dun-garpur, 21 from Bharat-pur, 18 from Jhunj-hunu,16 each from Dholpur, Pratapgarh, Rajsamand & Sawai Madhopur 14 from Ha-numangarh, 12 each from Bhilwara, Chittor-garh & Ganganagar, 10 from Sikar, 9 from Bar-mer, 8 from Churu, 5 from Bundi, 4 from Ja-lore, 2 from Banswara

and 1 from Jaisalmer. Meanwhile special

secretary of the health minister RAS Mahen-dra Sharma was home quarantined after he tested positive for co-rona.

The state govern-ment has extended the validity of section 144 in the state to Septem-ber 30 which expired on August 31 as per earlier govt notification.

The orders were re-leased by the Home de-partment as the collec-tor only has power to impose section 144 for two months.

MAKEN, BANSAL, KUMAR

GET TESTEDAICC state incharge Ajay Maken got himself test-ed for coronavirus, as a precautionary move.He submitted his test sam-ple to the medical team

at Hotel Khasa Kothi. Co incharges of AICC Tarun Kumar and Vivek bansal

also gave their testing samples for diagnosis of coronavirus. Maken was

fortunately, declared negative in his Covid

test report.

TOURISM DEPT HOLDS TEST FOR EMPLOYEESAfter around 9 employ-ees of the tourist depart-ment were diagnosed with corona positive, the department organised tests for its employ-ees at the department headquarters. About 100 tourism employees gave their sample for Covid-19 test amid the fear which has gripped the department after re-cent discovery of corona patients among them.

CONTAINMENT ORDER ISSUED WITHOUT APPROVAL, CANCELEDThe order about lockdown in city’s Malviya Nagar and Bajaj nagar area till September 7 caused a stir. The order was issued by State Scheduled Caste Sched-uled Tribe & Development Co-operative Corporation Limited, without the approval of District Collector Antar Singh Nehra. Nehra later cancelled it. It is being speculated that the order was issued without prepara-tion and might be issued again after a review. Action might be taken against the Incident Commander Sanju Pareek, who had issued it without approval. Pareek might be issued a show-cause notice.

OPERATION HIDE?: CMHO STOPS RELEASING EVENING TALLY The health department seems to be on ‘Operation Hide’ as far as the figures related to corona infect-ed and related e deaths is concerned. The CMHO has stopped the daily evening report released by the department. A few days ago the death column was removed from the daily report. Health department officers said that now there will be a single report released centrally at the state level which will give the data from across the state. The million dollar question is why has the ‘Operation Hide’ been launched?.

Khachariyawas admitted in RUHS, Lahoti tests positive First India Bureau

Jaipur: Transport min-ister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas has been admitted to RUHS after he tested positive on Sunday.

Former minister Ramesh Meena is also admitted in RUHS. Adarsh Nagar MLA Rafiq Khan self quaran-tined himself after his brother tested positive

on Monday although his test came negative. San-agnaer MLA Ashok La-hoti has also been infect-ed. He appealed every-one who came in contact

with him to get tested. He had self isolated him-self two days ago on ap-prehension. Ex-mayor Jyoti Khandelwal has also tested positive.

Sachin Pilot @SachinPilotTransport Minister of state Pratap Singh Khachariyawas and his son

are infected by Corona, I wish for both of them to get well soon.

Mumbai: Two Maha-rashtra police person-nel have been given compulsory retirement in connection with Pal-ghar mob lynching case while one police officer has been dismissed from service.

“Maharashtra Police has taken action against three police personnel related to Palghar triple murder case in April,” said the state police. ASI Ravindra Salunkhe and HC Naresh Dhondi have been given com-pulsory retirement while API Anandrao Kale has been dis-missed from service, the state police said.

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All classes...on the education of children of minority communities. “Steps are being taken to fulfill all the promises made in the public manifesto. Today, buildings that have been inaugurated will improve education and health services in the respective areas,” he said.

Minister of Minority Affairs Shale Moham-mad thanked Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot for giving statutory sta-tus to the Madrasa Board and said that un-der the direction of the Chief Minister, servic-es like hostels and

health centers are being expanded in various minority areas of Ra-jasthan. “In many plac-es, skill development training programs for the youth of minority communities have also been started. Loans are also being provided to willing and skilled youth for education and to set up their own em-ployment,” he said. During this period the booklet and brochure of the department were also released.

India thwarts...It is the first major inci-dent involving the troops of the two coun-

tries after the Galwan Valley clashes on June 15. India and China have held several rounds of military and diplomatic talks in the last two-and-half months but no signifi-cant headway has been made for a resolution to the border row in east-ern Ladakh.

The two sides began a process of disengage-ment on July 6, a day after a telephonic con-versation between Na-tional Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on ways to bring down tensions in east-ern Ladakh. However,

the process has not moved forward since mid-July. The PLA has pulled back from Gal-wan Valley and certain other friction points but the withdrawal of troops has not moved forward in Pangong Tso, Depsang and a cou-ple of other areas.

At the five rounds of Corps commander-level talks, the Indian side has been insisting on complete disengage-ment of Chinese troops at the earliest, and im-mediate restoration of status quo ante in all areas of eastern Ladakh prior to April.

The tension between

the two sides escalated manifold after the Gal-wan Valley clashes.

China constructs...which has refused to back down against Chi-nese aggression on the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

“In my view, first and foremost, it is a contin-uation of the Chinese provocation against In-dia, which we are see-ing all along from the LAC in Ladakh to the eastern and middle sec-tor bordering areas with India,” Priyajit Debsarkar, author and a geopolitical analyst with the London-based

think tank Bridge In-dia, told The Epoch Times in an e-mail.—ANI

Sensex crashes...but the attempt was thwarted by the Indian troops, the Army said on Monday.

Sun Pharma was the top loser in the Sensex pack, plunging over 7 per cent, followed by SBI, Bajaj Finserv, Ba-jaj Finance, NTPC, ICI-CI Bank, Kotak Bank, M&M and Maruti.

Only ONGC and TCS ended on a positive note.

Indian markets opened trade on a posi-tive note, but the senti-

ment failed to sustain in the afternoon session following reports of the border tensions with China, said Narendra Solanki, Head- Equity Research (Fundamen-tal), Anand Rathi.

Worst in...However, the revival is expected to take time as there is still high uncertainty re-garding COVID-19 cas-es across the country. The economy was al-ready slowing before the pandemic struck, growing only 4.2 per cent in the last fiscal year, its slowest pace in 11 years.

Contempt: SC...before they were con-sidered by this court was to influence the proceedings. Freedom of expression is there but the rights of others should also be respect-ed, the bench said.

Also noting that the press conference by four Supreme Court judges in January 2018 was wrong, the bench said, “judges are not supposed to hold a press conference”. During the hearing, advocate Rajeev Dhavan had ap-peared for Bhushan and submitted that Bhush-an has highest regard for the institution.

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Corona: 78,512 new cases push India’s tally beyond 36-lakh mark27,74,802 patients have recovered from the infection, taking recovery rate to 76.62 %New Delhi: India add-ed 78,512 new cases to its COVID-19 tally in the last 24 hours, taking the national caseload past 36-lakh mark, accord-ing to the Union Minis-try of Health and Fam-ily Welfare (MOHFW) on Monday.

With 971 new deaths, the cumulative toll reached 64,469. The cor-onavirus cases in the country mounted to 36,21,246 including 7,81,975 active cases, 27,74,802 cured/dis-charged/migrated.

With 1,93,889 active cases, the coronavirus situation in Maharash-tra continues to remain the most affected state followed.

Andhra Pradesh has 99,129 active cases while Karnataka reported 88,110 active cases.

8,46,278 samples were tested on August 30 and over 4.23 crores samples have been tested so far, as per the information provided by the Indian Council of Medical Re-search (ICMR).

The Union Health Ministry informed us that the last 5 lakh re-coveries have been re-corded in only 8 days.

“Last 5 lakh recover-ies have been recorded in only 8 days in com-

parison to preceding 5 lakh recoveries which were recorded in 10 and 9 days, respectively,” MOHFW tweeted.

“Responsive, collabo-rative and effective measures right from

early identification through aggressive TESTING to efficient TRACKING & compre-hensive TREATMENT have collectively led to these outcomes,” the ministry tweeted. —ANI

THE UPDATE

A health worker collects a nasal sample from a girl at Dariyaganj area in New Delhi.

Palghar lynching: Cop sacked, 2 more retired: Police

SSR case: Rhea, Showik @ DRDO guest house for probe

Mumbai: Actor Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik Chakraborty reached the DRDO guest house in Santacruz y for ques-tioning by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the Sushant Singh Rajput death case.

Shruti Modi, former business manager of Sushant Singh Rajput, also arrived at the guest house. On August 19, the Supreme Court had asked the CBI to inves-

tigate the case related to the actor’s death, while holding that the FIR registered in Patna was legitimate.

The agency has regis-tered an FIR against Chakraborty and oth-ers in connection with the actor’s death after the Centre accepted Bi-har government’s rec-ommendation to trans-fer the probe in the mat-ter from Patna.

Meanwhile, Gaurav Arya, owner of The Tamarind Hotel, Goa

arrived at Enforcement Directorate (ED) office in connection with the case booked under the provisions of the Pre-vention of Money Laun-dering Act, 2002.

He has been sum-moned by the ED. Arya had earlier claimed that he never met the late ac-tor but had met actor Rhea Chakraborty in 2017. ED had on July 31 registered an Enforce-ment Case Information Report in the late ac-tor’s death case. —ANI

Rhea Chakraborty at DRDO Guest House. Showik Chakraborty reaches guest house.

‘When will PM give befitting reply to China?’New Delhi: After a fresh transgression at-tempt by Chinese Army in Ladakh, Congress on Monday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and asked him when he will give a be-fitting reply to China.

Congress spokesper-son Randeep Singh Sur-jewala demanded that the Prime Minister and Defence Minister should come forward and inform about the situation. “The new ad-venture of occupation on the land of the coun-try! New Chinese Infil-tration Daily ........ Pan-gong So Lake area, Go-gra and Galvan Valley, Depsung Planes, Lip-ulesh Transcripts, Doka La and Naku La Pass. The army stands

fearless in defence of Mother India. But when will Modi ji’s “red eye” appear? #IndiaCh-inaBorderTension,” he tweeted.

The Congress leader

also posted a video on Twitter attacking the government over the is-sue.

“The sovereignty of India is being attacked. Our land is being cap-

tured. But where is Modi government? Press release of De-fence Ministry is shock-ing that stated that the Chinese tried to capture our land and involved

in a skirmish with In-dian soldiers on August 29-30... Now it is not re-stricted to Ladakh but has reached Lipulekh in Uttarakhand,” he said.

“Chinese missiles have been installed in Doka La and Naku La pass. It is a threat to In-dia. Forces are protect-ing the border. But where is the Prime Min-ister? When will he give a befitting reply to Chi-na? Where is Defence Minister? We demand that the Prime Minister and Defence Minister should come forward and inform us about the situation. When will they remove Chinese transgression from our territory?” Congress leader asked. —ANI

RaGa accuses Modi Govt of destroyinginformal economy and enslaving itNew Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accused Modi govern-ment of destroying the informal sector of country’s economy and trying to enslave it. He alleged that the government wants to break this sector and called upon the entire country to unite and fight against it.

The BJP, however, mocked him saying he should release a video about the “G-23”, a ref-

erence to the 23 dis-senters who wrote to the Congress chief seeking the party’s overhaul. Gandhi cit-ed demonetisation, ‘wrong’ GST & lock-down as three exam-ples of government’s attempt to destroy the informal sector, that provides 90 per cent jobs to people.—PTI

Randeep Singh Surjewala

@rssurjewala

The new adventure of occupation on land of the country! New Chi-nese Infi ltration Daily.. Pangong So Lake area, Gogra, Galvan Valley,

Depsung Planes, Doka La, Naku La Pass. The army stands fearless in defence of Mother In-

dia. But when will Modi ji’s “red eye” appear?

Physical hearing of cases to begin in SCNew Delhi: The Su-preme Court has issued standard operating pro-cedure (SOP) for pro-posed physical hearing of the cases which will commence on an exper-imental basis on the re-quest of various law-yers’ bodies.

The apex court has been holding hearings through video confer-encing since March 25 due to the COVID-19-in-duced nationwide lock-down and even after the restrictions were re-laxed; it has decided to continue with the prac-tice. A seven-judge com-mittee headed by Jus-tice N V Ramana has earlier this month after consideration of re-quests made by various Bar Associations has recommended to the Chief Justice of India S A Bobde, to resume physical hearing of the cases on an experimen-tal basis while adhering to additional safety norms.

However, no date has been mentioned in SOPs, as from when the physical hearing of cas-es in limited manner will commence.

Secretary general Sanjeev S Kalgaonkar said hearings may com-mence in three Court-rooms. —PTI

‘PM SVANidhi making traders atmanirbhar’ Vaishali

New Delhi: Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Dharmendra Pradhan has said that the PM SVANidhi scheme is helping street vendors and small traders become self-reliant. He said, more than 1 lakh loans have been sanctioned under this scheme since its launch in July

2020. Mr Pradhan in a tweet said, “Rs 16,768 crore has been spent

under the Rojgar Abhi-yan till now generating 21 crore man-days of employment. PM SVA-Nidhi is helping street vendors and small traders become self-re-liant. More than 1 lakh loans have been sanc-tioned under this scheme since its launch in July 2020.”

Odisha has been among top 10 states to benefit from the PM SVANidhi scheme.

Dharmendra Pradhan@dpradhanbjp

PM SVANidhi is help-ing street vendors and small traders become self-reliant. More than

1L loans have been sanctioned under

this scheme since its launch in 2020.

New Delhi: Aveek Sarkar, the Editor Emeri-tus and V- C of Ananda Bazar Group of Publica-tions, has been elected Chairman of the Press Trust of India, the coun-try’s premier news agency.Sarkar’s election was rati-fied by PTI’s Board of Di-rectors at their meeting. He succeeds Vijay Kumar Chopra, Chief Editor of the Punjab Kesari Group of

newspapers.Sarkar, 75, started train-

ing as a journalist while he was a student, just out of

school. As Chief Editor of the Ananda Bazar Group, Sarkar was moving force behind transformation of the group’s publications, which include Bengali lan-guage daily Anandabazar Patrika & English daily The Telegraph, both of which he personally edited. He was also founding man-aging director of Penguin India as also founding Edi-tor of Business Standard.

Aveek Sarkar of Anand Bazar Patrika is new PTI Chairman

DB’s SENSITIVE AND TOUGH TASK AT HAND

Former Chief Secretary and now advisor to the Chief Minister, DB

Gupta is known for his hardworking orientation and sincerity towards his work. It is thus that Gupta, from his new offi ce, is nowadays extremely busy in carrying out probably the most important work in bureaucratic circles, fi lling up the ACR. The extremely sensitive and tough task of ACR fi ling of 450 IAS offi cers has landed on the Gupta’s shoulder primarily since he has to do so for his time as the former CS. Being the last day of completing the whopping 450 ACRs, IT must have taken a huge amount of time for the senior bureaucrat to complete the formalities since each ACR takes about

fi fteen minutes to be fi lled up properly. This means it must have taken DB 112 hours to complete the 450 ACRs and in other words, four and a half days’ work, without any break!

—Rajendra Chhabra

MAKEN, SURJEWALA FOR RAJYA SABHA?

I s being appointed as the General Secretary Incharge of Rajasthan one

of the high point in senior Congress leader Ajay Maken’s political career? Probably not. Highly placed sources in the grand old party reveal that

Maken could be given a Rajya Sabha berth in the coming days! What’s more, his colleague and national spokesperson of the party Randeep Surjewala would also be given RS berth. However, the ‘destination’ is pretty far away as of now since it is believed that in 2022, Maken could be given RS ticket from Rajasthan while Surjewala could be sent to the upper house from Haryana. Both the leaders have important responsibilities in the party that they have been carrying out effi ciently and effectively. —Aditi Nagar

Shivendra Parmar

Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, in a ma-jor decision despite po-litical opposition, has announced free state roadways services for JEE aspirants on their way to the crucial exam.

In order to make the facility hassle-free for the candidates, CM asked roadways to per-mit free travel on pre-senting the admit card of the JEE exam.

State roadways, on their part, will make ar-rangements for the re-quired buses as per need.

It will run free spe-cial bus services for Ajmer, Alwar, Bikaner, Jaipur, Kota, Sikar, Ganganagar and Udaipur, the designated JEE exam centers. Transport commission-er Ravi Jain gave neces-sary instructions to the DTOs and RTOs of the concerned districts.

There will be ar-rangements for free to

& fro service to the exam centers from the roadways bus stand as well.

The JEE aspirants will have to show their exam admit card at the ticket booking counter and the bus conductor to avail the facility.

The JEE aspirants will have to go through thermal screening and wear a mask mandato-rily.

Candidates have been advised to carry a hand sanitizer along with them. RSRTC CMD Navin Jain has issued necessary departmen-tal orders for the free bus service.

CM asks roadways to arrange free transport for JEE aspirants

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FLAMINGOS’ RUN ON SAMBHAR LAKE

A group of Flamingos seen running on water at Salt Lake in Sambhar. —PHOTO BY HIMANSHU SHARMA

Kashiram Chaudhary

Jaipur: Although the railway is yet to func-tion in its full capacity since lockdown was im-posed in March, still, the passenger load is gradually rising in whatevet train traffic is operational.

There has been an up-swing as the country is approaching Unlock 4.0 in its fight against co-rona. Passenger load in the six trains operating from Jaipur has touched almost 80 per cent of the capacity. This has increased the demand for starting new trains from Jaipur although no such inten-tion has been hinted by the railway administra-tion. All eyes are now set on the coming fes-tive season in October as the passenger load is expected to increase substantially during that period.

Railways started

train operations on May 12 with only 30 spe-cial trains which in-creased to 230 on June 1 and it has remained un-changed since.

Ninety more trains were planned to be started in August with an aim to normalise the situation but didn’t get formal approval by the central govt.

There are various theories being floated for the new trains not commencing yet. Some believe that the encour-aging privatisation of

the trains is the main reason for not starting new trains immediately while railway officers still cite the corona epi-demic as the reason. Sources say that there will be big changes in the Railway Board by December so it may take time to start the new trains. Although this is almost certain that with the existing number of trains, pas-sengers will face diffi-culty in commuting during the upcoming festive season.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Western Rail-ways held its 17th Re-gional Railway User Committee meeting through VC which was attended by 21 members. Since the Northern-Western Railway in-cludes some parts of Haryana, the state min-ister from Haryana Om Prakash also attended the meeting as a mem-ber. Railway GM Anand Prakash briefed the members about the achievements informing that WR operated 134 special trains during the lockdown which carried more than 1.90 lakh mi-grant workers. He said railways also generated employment for 20,000 human labour days un-

der the Garib Kalyan scheme. Anand

Prakash said that 6.21 million tonnes of freight was carried during the times of distress while increasing the average speed of the freight trains to 44.72 km/hour.

GM told the members that 266 railway coaches were converted into iso-lation coaches. He also informed about the elec-tric engine run between Ajmer and Delhi Sarai Rohilla. Prakash said that North-Western rail-way has electrified the 1,814 Kms track so far.

The members gave suggestions regarding keeping the stations clean, availability of drinking water, starting new trains and stoppag-es during the meeting.

6 trains from Jaipur packed to 80% capacity

All eyes are now set on the coming festive season in October as the passenger load is expected to increase substantially then

WR shares stats during 17th Regional Railway User Committee meeting

BOOKING STATUS OF JAIPUR TRAINS

First India Bureau

Pali: The Audyogik Na-gar police busted an in-ter-state gang of thieves while arresting two members of the gang and identifying four others on the run.

The accused confessed to conducting more than 11 thefts in Plai, Jaipur, Nagur and Gandhinagar in Gujarat.

The modus operandi of the gang included conducting a thorough recce before hitting the target. The gang mem-bers also used fake ID cards of a news channel to fool the police.

SP Rahul Kotoki said that old housing board colony resident Mahen-dra Jain had registered a theft complaint a few days ago.

A police team led by ASP Tejpal Singh with CO City Nishant Bhard-waj and SHO Sawai Singh starting the in-vestigation the case.

On the basis of CCTV footage, the cops ques-tioned Jodhpur resi-dent Mohit Kansara, who confessed to the crime. Police arrested his associate Dechu resident Sagarram while other members of the gang Mukesh (Med-ta city), Kalu (Nagaur), Deepak (Jodhpur) and Deepak Sanwra (In-dore) are absconding.

Pali cops bust inter-state gangof thieves, arrest 2, 4 on the run

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Jaipur: Just days after CM Ashok Gehlot launched 14 Independ-ent Housing Schemes and Four Mukhamanri Jan Awaas yojna and Chief Minister State Employee Housing Schemes, the RHB has

announced the start of it’s registration process for the same. On Mon-day, Rajasthan Housing Board Commissioner Pawan Arora informed that registration work for 6,663 houses of 19 housing schemes will start from September 1, 2020. The schemes have been launched in vari-ous cities of the state.

“Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had launched the Mukhy-amantri Jan Awas Yoja-na and Chief Minister State Employee Housing Schemes. Out of these schemes, online applica-tions for 10 schemes and

offline applications for 9 schemes will be taken. The board will make 4 housing schemes under the Mukhyamantri Jan Awaas Yojana under Pratap Nagar and Indira Gandhi Nagar Yojana in

Jaipur. Under these schemes, the price of 1 BHK flat has been kept at only Rs 6.01 lakh and the price of 2 BHK flat has been kept at only 8.99 lakh rupees. 2500 houses will be built in both these

schemes,” said Arora.He informed that the

W eekend Home Scheme has been launched in Mahatma Gandhi Dasta-kar Nagar Yojana at Naila. “Under this scheme, there is a golden

opportunity to buy Du-plex housing for only 14.99 lakh rupees. It is noteworthy that facili-ties like Chowpatty, Open Air Theater, Chil-dren’s Park and Open Gym are also being de-

veloped here,” the com-missioner said. He in-formed that for the first time, the Chief Minister State Employees Scheme has been launched in Sector 26 of Pratap Na-gar area to provide qual-

ity accommodation at affordable rates in Jaipur for state employ-ees. Under this scheme, 2 BHK flats with all facili-ties will be made availa-ble for only Rs 11 lakh & 3 BHK flats for only Rs 21 lakh 90 thousand. A total of 720 multi-storey hous-es will be constructed under the scheme. “Fa-cilities like club house / community center, city park, will be developed. This will be a self-funded scheme. Employees and officers of state govern-ment, corporation, board and state undertaking will be able to apply un-der this scheme,” he said.

RHB GIFTS 19 HOUSING SCHEMES TO PUBLIC

Dr. Anita

Jaipur: PC Mody’s term as Chairman CBDT has been extend-ed for another period of six months by the Min-istry of Finance. The order came just 4 hours before Mody’s retire-ment. Mody who is the face of faceless scheme being recently imple-mented and who has brought a paradigm shift in the tax collec-tion as Chairman CBDT and Member Investiga-tion has been trusted for another 6 months.

This means that he is the man of great confi-dence of PM for fram-ing Budget 2021, Imple-mentation of Faceless Scheme, Promulgation of new 26AS Form, Stricter Investigation

Norms and much more.Has 3 important tasks

to manage. Firstly, im-plementation of Face-less Assessment would be challenging as on one side, where entire scrunity system will change for tax payers at the same time educat-ing & managing these assessments with theme “Honor the Honest” would be very difficult. He will have to carve a nice model to imple-ment the same in spirit envisaged by PM.

Second challenge would be management of Investigation Wing, which recently went through an overhaul. Govt has already put its eyes on black money and Mody’s policies will have to be such that country’s hidden treas-ure is extracted from the tax evaders. Third difficult task would be Budget 2021 which would be launched when country’s econo-my is sinking. Bringing out tax benefits, rota-tion of cash flows and sustainability of indus-tries would be a big challenge. The tasks are tough but the man is tougher. With Modi-Mo-dy team India’s shine is likely to be seen soon, specially in terms of tax collections.

Mody sails through extension storm, gets 6 mths extra

ECI led by Arora bids warm farewell to Ashok Lavasa

Gadkari inaugurates Tech Centre at Bhiwadi

Yogesh Sharma

Jaipur: AICC state in-charge on Monday for-mally embarked on the tight rope walk he has been assigned by party High Command. On his second day of the state tour, Maken met senior party leaders and minis-ters for 7 hours and dis-cussed the crucial issues of the state govt and state party organisation. There were about a doz-en leaders including Sachin Pilot who didn’t reach PCC to meet Mak-en despite the schedule.

Maken has been swift in garbing the new role of state in-charge after the recent political crisis was blown over. He start-ed taking the feedback from the senior leaders at PCC on Monday. Par-asram Mordiya, Hemar-am Choudhary, Subhash

Mahariya, Namo Naray-an Meena, Narendra Budhaniya, Rameshwar Dudi, Deepnedra Shek-haat, Dhiraj Gurjar, Kul-deep Indora, Ganesh Ghoghra, Ashk Ali Tak and Mohan Prakash were the prominent lead-ers to interact with Mak-en at PCC. Former exec-utive president of PCC and senior MLA Mordi-ya was the first one to meet Maken. Both Mor-diya and Subhash Maha-riya gave important sug-gestions to the state in-charge to strengthen the party organisation in the state. Both the lead-ers were visibly uncom-fortable in expressing themselves freely in the presence of PCC chief Dotasara since all three hail from the Shekha-wati region and share the political turf of Lax-mangarh as well. The

political rivalry between Dotasara and Mordiya is common knowledge in political circles.

The meeting of two Pilot loyalists Deep-endra Shekhawat and Hemaram Choudhary was a talking point for all. Interestingly Maken politely asked Dotasara and Vivek Bansal & Tarun Kumar to give them privacy when He-maram and Deependra met him. He ensured a discreet and free expres-sion to both Pilot loyal-ists. Both veterans later told the media that they no more hold any grudg-es for anyone anymore since they had already apprised the high com-mand of their opinion earlier in Delhi. They said that they gave some serious suggestions to Maken about the govt and party along with

raising issues facing the farmers. Both teasingly told the media that they weren’t there to discuss food recipes with Maken.

Apart from ailing Bhanwar Lal Meghwal and Covid struck Khachariyawas minis-ters Dr Raghu Sharma and BD Kalla submitted their department perfor-mance report although some ministers reached without any prepara-tion. Now all ministers will submit their report card to Maken today. He will start meeting the party leaders and MLAs division wise from today. Jaipur division leaders will start the process to-day. Maken clearly has come with an all absorb-ing attitude which will come handy for him while meeting a divided Congress during the cur-rent tour.

Maken stays @ PCC for 7 hrs, meets leadersDiscusses crucial issues of govt and party organisation; a dozen leaders including Pilot skip the meeting despite the schedule

Ajay Maken addresses a press conference during his visit to Jaipur on Monday. Also seen are Govind Singh Dotasara, Vivek Bansal & Archana Sharma.

First India Bureau

New Delhi: Election Commission of India bade a warm farewell to outgoing Election Com-missioner, Ashok Lava-sa, who is moving on to take charge as Vice-President, Asian Devel-opment Bank at Manila, Philippines.

Bidding him fare-well, CEC Sunil Arora wished Ashok Lavasa the very best ahead for meeting bigger chal-lenges and achieving more milestones. He mentioned that ECI's loss is ADB's gain, where Lavasa's compe-tence would now be available at the wider multilateral platform for the daunting task of restructuring econ-omies in the post-Cov-

id scenario. Ashok Lavasa had joined ECI as Election Commis-sioner on the January 23, 2018 and held the office of the Election Commission till Au-gust 31, 2020.

Volume VI of Land-mark Judgments, a

compendium of judg-ments delivered by the Supreme Court and various High Courts from January 2017 to May 2019, that is, till the conclusion of Lok Sab-ha General Election 2019, was also released on the occasion.

First India Bureau

New Delhi: Nitin Gad-kari, Union Minister for MSMEs and Road Transport & Highways inaugurated Technolo-gy Centre set up at Bhi-wadi in Alwar District of Rajasthan via video conferencing. He said that manufacturing sector contributes around 22 to 24% in the GDP of the Country and in wake of ‘At-manirbharat Bharat’ call of the PM, he in-formed that we are making 15 new Tech-nology Centres (TCs) and upgrading 18 exist-ing TCs to create skilled manforces, add-ing that killed man power is a must to make our country a manufacturing hub.

Gadkari further

said TCs can work as a catalyst in the area & we are thinking of providing loans to TCs so that they may buy new machinery and new technology to ca-ter to the needs of lo-cal industries. Work on Extension Centres is also going on. He ap-pealed to State Gov-ernments to provide land & other logistic support for these Ex-tension Centres.

Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora & Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra bid a warm farewell to Ashok Lavasa.

Nitin Gadkari

Dr Subhash Garg arrives at PCC. Mamta Bhupesh arrives for the meeting.

PCC offi ce being sanitised ahead of Ajay Maken’s visit.

Health Minister Dr Raghu SharmaAjay Maken & Govind Singh Dotasara.

P C Mody

APPLICATION SUBMISSION EXTENDED

FULFILLING PEOPLE’S DREAMS

Registration in all schemes, including the CM State Employee Housing Scheme, starts from September 1, 2020.8 housing schemes gifted to capital Jaipur

Niranjan Arya, Pawan Arora, Shanti Dhariwal, CM Ashok Gehlot, Rajeeva Swarup and Kuldeep Ranka

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wedding is one of the most special and important days for any woman, es-pecially when she is getting married to the love of her

life. The preparations for the wedding day start months before the wedding and it sure is an exciting journey.

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There is one very im-portant thing for all the brides to keep in mind while choosing the jewellery for her wed-ding day- make sure all

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EHR JEWELLERY

idharth Mal-hotra is an Indi-an actor born on 16 January 1985 who appears on Hindi films. He was born in Del-

hi into a Punjabi-Hindu family to Sunil, a former captain in the Merchant Navy, and Rimma Mal-hotra, a homemaker. He was schooled at Delhi’s Don Bosco School and Birla Vidya Niketan and graduated from Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, University of Delhi. He began his career as a model at the age of 18. Dissatified with the pro-fession, he went to work as a trainee assistant di-rector with Karan Johar for the film ‘My Name is Khan’ released in 2010.

Malhotra made his de-but with a leading role in Johar’s teen drama Stu-dent of the Year in 2012 alongside Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt for which he received a Filmfare Award for Best Male De-but nomination. Mal-hotra played an aspiring businessman role oppo-site Parineeti Chopra and Adah Sharma in the comedy-drama Hasee Toh Phasee (2014), a criminal in the action thrill-er Ek Vil-l a i n

(2014) directed by Mohit Suri, and an aspiring au-thor in the family drama Kapoor & Sons (2016). He has since starred in Baar Baar Dekho (2016), A Gentleman (2017), Ittefaq (2017), Aiyaary (2018), Jabariya Jodi (2019), and Marjaavaan (2019).

In 2015, Malhotra ap-peared in a remake of the 2011 American film War-rior, titled Brothers, di-rected by Karan Mal-hotra and co-starring Akshay Kumar, Jacque-line Fernandez and Jack-ie Shroff. The film re-ceived negative reviews and under-performed at the box office.

Sidharth Malhotra is currently working on the biographical-action film - SherShaah, which is based on the life of Kar-gil Martyr Captain Vikram Batra. The film is written by Sandeep Sriv-astava, directed by Vishnuvardhan, and produced by Karan Johar under his ban-ner of Dhar-ma Produc-

tions.In 2013, Malhotra per-

formed at an event along-side Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt, Aditya Roy Kapur, Shraddha Kapoor and Huma Qureshi to raise funds for the flood-affect-ed victims of Uttara-khand. He collaborated with PETA for a cam-paign to create a w a r e n e s s about dogs. In August 2016, he performed in various cities of the USA as a part of the “Dream Team 2016” tour, also featuring fellow actors Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Katri-na Kaif, Parineeti Chopra, and Aditya Roy Kapur, as well as film-maker Karan Johar and rapper Badshah.

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YOUR DAYHoroscope by

Saurabbh Sachdeva

LEOJULY 24 - AUGUST 23

Buying a property for parents is possible today. A delay because of current situation should not

disappoint you as everything will be fi ne once situation calms down. You love your parents and you are always grateful for all that they have done for you.

LIBRA SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22

You can become part of a big movement. In completion of any kind, you will stand victorious.

Someone will show interest in you and may wish to start a relationship with you, keeping in mind his/her future with you. Protestor’s company should be avoided

ARIESMAR 21 - APR 20

Inspiring you kids is only possible when you are doing good in life and setting a good example for

them. You believe in supernatural stuff. Don’t take your studies lightly. Your love may be expecting you to make a move towards them. Your success is imminent.

SAGITTARIUS NOV 23 - DEC 22

You are athletic and you love to play sports which help you in shredding sweat. You are an outstanding speaker,

you have some amazing conversation skills. Today is a good day to start over. Students performance will improve. Family will be your priority today. You’ll start a small business.

GEMINIMAY 21 - JUNE 21

You are satisfi ed with the money you have but you desire for fame. Today you will have to complete your

pending work. Small fi ghts with lover can be resolved if you admit your faults. Hardworking , diligent and a person of a strong vision is how you can be defi ned.

AQUARIUSJAN 21 - FEB 19

You love to party and hang out with friends but because all this is not possible right now doesn’t mean you

cannot make the best of this time. You are a modern dresser and you love to experiment with colours. Negotiate well in property related deals. Irritable people are all around.

TAURUSAPR 21 - MAY 20

You are a sensible person but people sometime’s corrupt your brain. Sometime you feel

threatened from those who are superior to you but you also overcome the feeling in no time. You are stubborn with your goals. Jovial friends’ company is what you enjoy.

CAPRICORNDEC 23 - JAN 20

You will get some break from work and you will get time to relax and breathe in peace. Real estate

business will give you good returns. On social front, someone may expect something from you which won’t be possible for you to give so without hesitate state your condition.

VIRGOAUG 24 - SEP 23

You children will be very supportive to you. Students can expect a tough day as you will have

a lot of work and a deadline but in the end it will be really satisfying. Love will infuse some happiness in your life. Not catering to the urgent needs of business is not good.

CANCERJUNE 22 - JULY 23

Inlaws can cause some trouble but instead of fi ghting try and fi nd a permanent solution. Enjoy

with your kids as this time is very precious. On academic front, you will get the pressure but the good news is that you perform good under pressure.

PISCESFEB20 - MARCH 20

A good friendship is what everyone wants so be that good friend for someone. Family function may bring

some expenditures along. All your pain will disappear one you get into some kind of spirituality. You love your mother and she can do anything for you.

SCORPIOOCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22

You may have to take an important decision today regarding your house or property. Be kind to others

not just in family but also to the outsiders. There will be many distractions on academic front, but you will manage to do your bit. Confer good wishes on everyone.

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British singer Adele gave one of her biggest fans a shock this

week when she respond-ed to his Instagram Sto-ry with a message of her own. “Please release new music soon, we all miss you so much,” the fan wrote on Instagram, tagging the 32-year-old singer.

Earlier this month, Adele responded to an-other fan’s message, of-fering a playful non-an-swer to a question about the status of her next

album. The Grammy winner shared a

book recommenda-tion on Insta-gram, encourag-ing her fans to

read Glennon Doyle’s Untamed. Below Adele’s thoughtful book

analysis, one eager fan couldn’t help but

ask about her new mu-sic. “Adele where’s the album?” commented the fan, to which the “Hel-lo” singer replied, “I honestly have no idea.”

—Agency

Several Bol-lywood ce-l e b r i t i e s took to so-

cial media on Monday to ex-tend greetings to their fans on the occasion of Onam.

Megastar A m i t a b h Bachchan

who is quite active on social media, took to Twitter to share several pictures associated with the festival and wrote, “Happy Onam .. the harvest festival cel-ebrated in Kerala.” Southern superstar Ka-mal Haasan also took to the micro-blogging site and extended best wish-es to fans.

“Onam marks the be-ginning of prosperity and happiness for every

Malayalee around the world. It is one festival that transcends its own

connotations. Priyappatta el-laavarkkum pon ona asam-shakal. May life become col-ourful and joyful again soon,” he tweeted. Onam festivities, which started on August 22, will continue till September 2. Onam

falls in the month of Ch-ingam, which is the first month accord-

ing to the Malay-alam calendar. The celebrations spread over 10 days mark the

Malayalam New Year and conclude with Thiruvonam. —ANI

Taylor Swift is cele-brating a fan’s milestone. Over the weekend, one

of the singer’s biggest fans shared that Swift had sent him a sweet memento after learn-ing that he was about to get his PhD, short for Doctor of Philoso-phy. “Andy, someone told me you’re about to finish your PhD! I wanted to congratu-late you on this in-credible accomplish-ment and to applaud you for all the hard work you’ve put into our studies. This is EPIC!!” Swift, 30, wrote in the handwrit-ten note.

“I saw how support-ive you’ve been of my music over the years and was so touched. Thank you so much,” she added. “I’m also so proud of you for the bravery you’ve shown in your personal life, choos-ing to live and love hon-estly even when it isn’t easy.” As the message came to a close, Swift noted that even amid a global pandemic, it’s important to cel-ebrate life’s great moments. “I hope you’re doing well in and amongst the chaos we’re all liv-ing through right now. In these times, I think it’s important to revel in the great moments when we can, and this is a mo-ment worth celebrating! Sending you my love and best wishes, Taylor,” she wrote. —Agency

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haring a few refreshing pictures with her fans, actor Alia Bhatt on Sunday treated fans with a stun-ning picture shot by her sister and ‘life line’ Shaheen Bhatt.

The ‘Highway’ actor posted a pic-ture on Instagram wherein she

looked glamorous in a colourful dress. In the picture, Alia is seen posing as she looks off the camera while sporting a no make-up look. The actor looks enchanting in the lush green backdrop.

Taking to the captions, the ‘Raazi’ actor captioned one of the posts as, “shot by my life line @shaheenb.” (as she tagged sister Shaheen and left a yellow heart emoji). Alia further noted, “Dress @saakshakinni.Pho-tographer: @shaheenbStyling: @samar.ra-jput05Assisted by @rupangigrover (styling) Words: @shaheenb.”

Celebrity fashion designer left heart emo-jis in the comments section, while Fatima Sana Sheikh left a red heart and lovestruck emojis. Lately, Alia has been keeping her fans updated on her activities by posting pic-tures and videos on social media. Most re-cently, Alia Bhatt shared her reprised ver-sion of Ankit Tiwari’s ‘Tum Se Hi’ song for the from her latest movie ‘Sadak 2’. —ANI

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Christopher No-lan’s Tenet is debuting big. The film

launched internation-ally over the weekend and brought in USD 53 million. “The sci-fi epic, long pegged as the film that would restart movie going after pro-longed cinema clo-sures, had the strong-est start in the United Kingdom, where it made USD 7.1 million. Tenet launched in 41 international markets this weekend, includ-ing France (USD 6.7 million), Korea (USD 5.1 million) and Ger-many (USD 4.2 mil-lion). Next weekend,

the Warner Bros. film will touch down in the US and Russia on Sep-tember 3, as well as China on September 4,” as per the reports.

In case you missed it, last week, 58-year-old Tom Cruise who is cur-rently in the UK shoot-ing for Mission Impos-sible: 7 was all praises after seeing Tenet in London. Cruise shared the footage of himself in the theatre, the actor looked heavily en-grossed in watching the movie while clap-ping along with the audience. When asked for his review on Ten-et, Cruise gushed, “I loved it!” —Agency

connotations.

life become col-ourful and joyful again soon,” he tweeted. Onam festivities, which

falls in the

ing to the Malay-alam calendar. The celebrations spread over 10 days mark the

ONAM WISHES FROM B’TOWN

MILESTONE ACHIEVED!

SUPRISED FANS!

Rajkummar Rao has completed an-other year round the sun and the birthday boy is getting a whole lot of love on social media. To add to

that, Rajkummar’s blockbuster film Stree has also clocked two years and it seems like a double celebration. From his co-stars to friends and fans, Rajkummar was flooded with wishes. Among this sea of wishes was one adorable message from girlfriend Patralekhaa who shared a hilarious birthday post for the actor.

Taking to Instagram, Patralekhaa shared a series of three photos of the actor. While one was a black and white picture, the other two were uber-styl-ish photos from their vacation. The caption read, “Happy birthday to the golden boy with a beautiful heart.” Pa-tralekhaa also gave this wish a hilari-ous twist, “Thank you for telling me #Rasodemeinkauntha.” —Agency

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All kind of fash-ion shoots and shows have been stopped

due to ongoing pandem-ic in the world. An at-tempt was made to revive the fashion world was made at FacePro Acad-emy where an ex-clusive photoshoot took place keeping all the parameters in mind such as social distanc-ing, masks.

The founder, FacePro Fashion Academy, Ravi Sharma shared that Shokhi and Sanwariya Jeweller made the spe-cial type of the jewellery

required for the shoot whereas Shoma handled all the responsibility of makeover while the models, Ankit; Deep-ankar; Ashita and Pinki did their job well. The choreographer, Shad

and Suman prepared models keeping social distanc-ing in mind and also they pre-

pared them men-tally to perform well

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he world famous Ramnagar Ramli-la – which many consider being the oldest in the world, being over 200 years old. Tra-

ditionally, it begins on Anant Chaturdashi and continues for 31 days.

From the stage, ar-tistes, sound and light technicians to its sets and decora-tion, everything is exclusive about this Ramlila. It is known for its lavish sets, dialogues, and the visual spectacle. It has been recognized as an in-tangible world cultural heritage by UNESCO.

The Ramlila is staged in the backdrop of the famous Ramnagar fort, under an

open sky, and with only traditional lamps (panch-light) being the light source. Young boys play the character of Lord Ram, his brother Laxman, Bharat and Shatrughna. They practice for the Ram-lila under the guidance of the priest.

Through all the 31 days, the Ramlila draws a large num-ber of people from Varanasi. They walk

to the Ramlila venue daily from the ancient city after crossing the Ganga. It is not uncommon to find foreigners in the audience as many visitors come from far off places to watch the enactment.

Preparations begin al-most two months in ad-

vance with a team of dedi-cated people, including priests, who looks after the

staging of the Ramlila. Even during its enactment, a priest recites couplets

from the Ramcharitmanas.In the Ramlila, the entire

Ramacharitmanas is re-

cited, instead of the usual 10 for abridged production. In Ramnagar, a number of stages have been construct-ed by the town, each named after the major sites of events in the Ramayana epic. The permanent struc-tures and several tempo-rary structures serve as

event sets, to represent lo-cations like Ashok Vatika, Janakpuri, Panchavati, Lanka, etc., during the per-formance. Hence the entire city turns into a giant open-air set, and the audi-ence moves along with the performers with every epi-sode, to the next location.

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Ramnagar Ramlila: The 200-year-old cultural extravaganza

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EXCLUSIVE PHOTOSHOOT

GUJARAT:A Keralite woman and her daughter make a colourful floral rangoli, or ‘Pookalam’, inside their home to mark the start of the 10-day Onam festivities in Ahmedabad on Monday.

—PHOTO BY HANIF SINDHI

The Sangeet ceremony of Shubhra and Saurabh was held at Rajputana Sheraton on Monday evening. Shubhra is the daughter of Dr Rakesh Kumar and Dr Sangeeta Saxena and Saurabh is the son of Neeraj and Mamta Sinha.

—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA

GUJARAT: Reena Tank took part in the Ganesh Visarjan celebration on Monday, and immersed the idol of Lord Ganesha in a water-fi lled tub at home itself. The family had welcomed Lord Ganesha on Saturday.

GUJARAT: Shubham Mewada and Hitesh Parekh of Surat requested everyone who is graced by Lord Ganesha to immerse the idol in a bucket/tub at home and not pollute the beaches and sea.

RAJASTHAN: People enjoying the Mennel Waterfall in Bhilwara on Monday.

—PHOTO BY ANAND

SHARMA

IPS Gaurav Srivastava celebrated his birthday on 31 August, Monday. We wish him all the best!

HAPPY B’DAY!

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