GOVERNOR KALRAJ MISHRA TURNS 2 AT JAIPUR RAJ BHAWAN!

Jaipur: Today marks the completion of one of the most ‘emphatic’ two years of a Governor at Jaipur’s Raj Bhawan; a time which has been nothing short of a roller coaster, where the con-stitutional head of the state crossed paths with the executive head, but the relation never soured. And this, in tru-est sense, is what demo-cratic values are all

about. Therefore it would not be wrong to say that Governor Kalraj Mishra’s presence in the Raj Bhawan has worked to further strengthen the democratic values in the desert state.

Kalraj Mishra took over as the 21st Gover-nor of Rajasthan on 9 September 2019 and soon after taking oath, he made it clear

that he had not come to rest and rather he will do necessary work on higher education and other issues of the state.

Over the past 24 months, several new ini-tiatives have been taken by the Rajasthan Gover-nor wherein while he

remained proactive for higher edu-

cation during the corona

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Union home minister Amit Shah will address a public meeting being organised by the BJP on September 17 in Nirmal on to mark Telangana Liberation Day.

Sensex was down 29 points or 0.05% on the closing bell, sitting at 58,250. NSE Nifty slipped 8.60 points or 0.05% to settle at 17,353.

A diatribe against two business giants by PM Modi’s offi cials and his ideological allies has unnerved business community, several industry executive said.

Days after EC announced by-polls for the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said she will fi le nomination on September 10.

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ASSEMBLY SESSION OF RAJ FROM TODAY

RAJNATH, GADKARI TO OPEN EMERGENCY LANDING FACILITY

Jaipur: Rajasthan as-sembly session to begin on Thursday is likely to be a stormy one with opposition set to corner Congress over electric-ity supply shortage and farmers’ concerns among other issues. P3

Barmer: Defence Min-ister Rajnath Singh and Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari will inaugu-rate Emergency Landing Facility of National Highway (NH) 925A in Barmer on Thursday. P7

CRUCIAL READ

TN CHIEF MINISTER MK STALIN TABLES ANTI-CAA RESOLUTION IN ASSEMBLYChennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin tabled an anti-CAA resolu-tion in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly on Wednesday urging the central government to repeal the act. Stalin said in the Assembly, “This Au-gust House considers that the Citizen-ship (Amendment) Act, 2019, passed by the Parliament in the year 2019 is not in tune with the secular principles laid down in our Constitution and also not conducive to the communal harmony that prevails in India.”

NEW TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT CLEAREDNew Delhi: India cleared the much-delayed purchase of 56 C-295 medium transport aircraft to replace the Indian Air Force’s ageing fl eet of Avro-748 planes, the de-fence ministry announced.

ASTHANA CASE HEARING DEFERREDNew Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday ad-journed the hearing on pe-titions challenging Rakesh Asthana’s appointment as Delhi police commissioner. Next hearing will take place on September 16.

Iconic Moment of Resistance

An Afghan woman fearlessly stands face to face with a Taliban armed man who pointed his gun to her chest during a protest in Kabul. Meanwhile, National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday indirectly extended support to the Taliban saying he hopes the group delivers good governance and respect human rights in Afghanistan. Former J&K CM and PDP chief Mehbooba

Mufti also said that Taliban is now a reality and that it should govern the country by ‘real’ Sharia which includes rights for women.

GENDER EQUALITY

SC IGNITESNARI

SHAKTMASHAAL

Armed forces have decided to allow women in NDA, Centre tells Apex Court

New Delhi: In a historic moment for Indian women defence person-nel, the Centre has informed the Supreme Court that the three ser-vices chiefs have agreed to give permanent commission to women and allow their entry into the Na-tional Defence Academy (NDA).

Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati told the Supreme Court on Wednesday, “I have great news. The service chiefs and gov-ernment have decided that girls will be given permanent commis-sion through NDA and Naval academy. The decision was taken late last evening.”

Bhati further told the Supreme Court that the policy and procedure are be-ing worked out to enable women to get permanent commission in the three de-fence forces.

“A decision has been taken to allow PC for women and entry into NDA and Naval academy,” said Bhati.

The Supreme Court said, “We have been judging this for a long time.” Justice SK Kaul said, “On gender equality, the armed forces have to do more.

I’m happy that the heads of the armed forces have taken the deci-sion. Compliment goes to you for persuading them.”

The Supreme Court has sought a timeline of when women will be given permanent commission in India. On August 18, the Supreme Court ruled that women be al-lowed to face the National Defence Academy (NDA) entrance exam for gaining commission as officers

in defence services.

BJP names poll in-charges for UP, other statesNew Delhi: In view of the Uttar Pradesh state Assembly elections to be held next year, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national presi-dent JP Nadda on Wednesday appointed regional election in-charges for the state.

As per a statement released by BJP, MP Sanjay Bhatia, Bihar MLA Sanjeev Chaur-asiya, National Secre-tary Y Satya Kumar, Joint Treasurer Sudhir Gupta, National Secre-tary Arvind Menon and

Uttar Pradesh co in-charge Sunil Oza were appointed as regional election in-charges for Western Uttar Pradesh, Brij, Awadh, Kanpur, Gorakhpur and Kashi respectively. More on P8

Constitution empowers citizens without discriminating: Birla at Speakers’ meetVienna: All citizens of India, whether men or women, are equal be-fore law, and also enjoy equal protection of laws. Our Constitution empowers every citi-zens without discrimi-nating on the basis of gender, emphasised Lok Sabha Speaker Om Bir-la while referring to Constitutional provi-sions of India. More on P8

Courts can’t presume all deaths during 2nd wave due to negligence: SCNew Delhi: The Su-preme Court on Wednesday said courts cannot presume that all deaths due to COVID-19 in the second wave of the pandemic were due to negligence as it re-fused to entertain a plea seeking compensation for the kin of the vic-tims by treating it as medical negligence.

A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Vikram Nath and Hima Kohli made the observations.

Wheat purchase price up by 2%Lowest in decade amid farmers’ stir

Two boats with 100 passengers collide in B’putra

New Delhi: Centre on Wednesday announced minimum support pric-es (MSPs) for six rabi crops for the 2022-23 marketing season, with the MSP for wheat see-ing an increase of just 2.03 per cent, which is the lowest in the last 12 years. MSPs for the oth-er rabi crops have also been hiked.

Guwahati:: A woman has died and around 30 people are missing after two passenger boats col-lided with each other in the Brahmaputra River in Assam’s Jorhat to-day. Sources said nearly 200 passengers were on-board the boats when they crashed into each other at Nimati Ghat in Jorhat, around 350 km from Guwahati, around 4 pm. PM Narendra Modi said “all possible efforts are being made to rescue passengers.”

LS Speaker Om Birla (R) participates in a bilateral meeting with Speaker of House Of Rep. of Republic of Cyprus Annita Demetriou. Birla stressed on regular Parliamentary exchanges to improve relations.

CORONA CATASTROPHE

RAJASTHANINDIA

37,875new cases

369new fatalities

12new cases

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If you had been instructed on the last hearing that this decision is being taken we would not

have needed to interfere. You have to file an affidavit on what you are doing, what will be the steps in the future and what orders will be required from us —The Supreme Court

Dharmendra Prad-han -UP poll incharge

Anurag Thakur, Arjun Ram Meghwal -UP poll co-incharge

Pralhad Joshi -Uttarakhand incharge

1 dead, many missing

U’KHAND GOVT APPROACHES HC, SEEKS RESUMPTION OF CHARDHAM YATRADehradun: The Uttarakhand govt approached HC in Naini-tal seeking resumption of Chardham Yatra. AG SN Bab-ulkar, Chief Standing Adv Rawat, orally requested to lift the ban on Chardham Yatra by saying that the livelihood of thousands of people is linked to the Chardham Yatra.

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MET DEPT ISSUES WARNING FOR HEAVY RAINS IN STATE FROM SEPTEMBER 9 TO 11Jaipur: The Meteorological Department has predicted heavy rain Udaipur and Kota divisions for the next 3 days from today. An orange alert has also been issued. Radheshyam Sharma, Director of Jaipur Meteorological Department, said there may be heavy rain between September 9 and 11 in Udaipur, Dung-arpur, Sirohi, Rajsamand, Banswara, and Pratapgarh districts. According to the met department, a low pressure area has formed over Odisha and adjoining areas. Due to this, monsoon will remain active in most parts of the state for the next few days.

Jaipur: The Commercial Tax department organised a one-day workshop on “Basic Essentialities and Func-tionalities to Conduct Audit in GST” at the zonal office in Jhalana here today. Commercial Tax Commissioner Ravi Jain chaired the event. Retired CGST Superintendent Pramod Kumar Sharma deliberated upon “The Proce-dure of GST Audit” and replied to the questions from the delegates. Jain said that audit plays an important role in the GST system. So the concerned officials should have an overall knowledge on the subject and have an expertise in audit planning and implementation.

WORKSHOP ON ‘BASIC ESSENTIALITIES TO CONDUCT AUDIT IN GST’ HELD IN JAIPUR

NEWS DIGEST

BJP is an undisciplined party: Dr RaghuFirst India Bureau

Jaipur: Commenting on the letter controver-sy in BJP, health minis-ter Dr Raghu Sharma said that the infighting in the Opposition party has clearly surfaced which clearly shows that the BJP is an un-disciplined party.

He said that the party makes allegations on Congress instead of taking care of their own house. The minis-ter also said that second grade leaders have come in the BJP who have no stature.

“The sort of circum-stances which have been created clearly shows that BJP is an

undisciplined party. There are 6 CM candi-dates in BJP. The party recently took out Jan Ashirwad yatra but what they are seeking blessings for?” Sharma asked.

He said that despite considerable decline in revenue, the Ashok Ge-hlot government did not let the development works suffer during the corona pandemic in the state. On the other hand, he said, the BJP is only engaged in dirty politics. Targeting the BJP on inflation, he said that inflation is skyrocketing and fuel prices are at all time high that too when the price of crude oil is low.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: DGP ML Lather on Wednesday suspended RPS offic-er posted as Circle of-ficer Beawar, Ajmer Heeralal Saini for moral misconduct. A woman constable was also suspended. Sources said that the action was taken against him after the husband of a woman constable, posted in Jaipur, registered a case in Nagaur.

He alleged that his wife had posted an objectionable video on WhatsApp status in which the RPS of-ficer and the consta-ble are seen in com-promising position.

DGP suspends RPS for moral misconduct

First India Bureau

Jaipur: A young man was kidnapped by some people who came in four vehicles on the interven-ing night of Tuesday and demanded a ransom of Rs 8 lakh from the family members. Later, a phone call was made asking Rs 20 lakh.

Police became active on the information of kidnapping of Babulal Meena, who does busi-ness of making LED lights. On Tuesday evening in Bhankrota,

three youths were taken into custody after res-cuing the youth. Babu-lal’s brother Ramesh Meena, 30, a resident of Daulatpura, filed a re-port that his brother had gone to Bilauchi petrol pump with cousin Vikram Meena, he reached the house alone.

Kidnapped youth rescued, 3 in custody

First India Bureau

Jaipur: BJP state in-charge Arun Singh, who reached Jaipur on Wednesday, has warned former assembly Speak-er and BJP MLA Kailash Meghwal for his letter against Leader of Oppo-sition Gulab Chand Ka-taria. In this letter, he made serious allegations against Kataria and de-manded his removal from the post of LoP.

Arun Singh held dis-cussion with Meghwal at the party office and convinced him to not go ahead with his plan to bring the resolution to condemn Kataria on Thursday.

Singh said that the party is not going to put such statements in cold storage and mat-

ter will be taken up when the right time comes. Such rhetoric harms the party.

“The interests of the party should not be harmed. There are lakhs of workers who have not got anything and are working day

and night. Those who have got all the posts in-cluding MLA, MP, when such people speak, the mind of the workers gets hurt,” he said. Sin-gh started damage con-trol on Meghwal’s letter controversy as soon as he reached Jaipur.

ARUN MEETS MEGHWAL, CONTROLS DAMAGEThe interests of the party should not be harmed. There are lakhs of work-ers who have not got anything and are working day and night. Those who have got all the posts includ-ing MLA, MP,

when such people speak against the party, the minds of the workers get hurt and action has to be taken.

—Arun Singh, Raj BJP in-charge

Congress demands action against MLA Solanki for cross-votingYogesh Sharma

Jaipur: After the de-feat in the Jaipur dis-trict chief election, a barrage of allegations has emanated from Congress leaders, which has once again laid bare the internal tussle of the grand old party in the state. Chaksu Block Con-gress President Ganga Ram Meena has laid serious allegations against MLA and PCC General Secretary Ved Prakash Solanki, while Jaipur Congress in-charge Govind Meghwal said that he has given a report against the working style of the MLA.

The viral audio case

surrounding Congress MLA Ved Prakash Solanki from Chaksu has created a storm within the Congress.

MLA Ved Prakash Solanki is being held responsible for the de-feat in the Jaipur Zila Pramukh election.

State in-charge Ajay Maken has sought a report on cross voting in the Zila Pramukh election.

DR RAGHU HAS BIG EGO: RATHORE

Retorting to Health minister Dr Raghu Shar-ma’s statement, Deputy LoP Rajendra Rathore

said that Sharma has a big ego and ego is the reason behind one’s fall. Stating that the minister is a good friend, Rathore sought to clarify on the issue of travelling along with Mahesh Joshi saying he and Joshi have been friends since student days, so there is no harm in travelling

together or drinking tea with him.

Political tussle to increase in coming days after cross-voting, horse-trading in polls Independent MLA Om

Prakash Hudla has accused local Cong leaders of taking money after the BJP made its zila pramukh. He said that local leaders have betrayed Congress can-didate Pooja Goel. This

has once again brought political boil in the

politics of Mah-

wa.

BETRAYAL IN MAHWA POLLS

First India Bureau

Jaipur: The Zila Pra-mukh and Pradhan elections in six dis-tricts have given alarming signals for Congress and BJP as internal tussle and collusion with oppo-sition parties have come out to be the fla-vour of the election. As a result, political observers feel, that the ‘tussle’ would in-

crease in the coming days. The ministers and legislators of the government focused solely on making Pradhans of their area instead of the Zila Pramukh elec-tions, due to which the Cong lost a win-ning bet in the dis-trict chief elections.

There has been dis-cord in the Cong after cross voting in Jaipur, Bharatpur & Dausa.

Efforts were made to topple the govt last year. I have

submitted the com-plete report to the

PCC president and soon the party will

take action. The leaders who con-

spired to topple the Gehlot govt are re-sponsible for the defeat in the Zila

Pra-mukh

election.—Govind Ram Meghwal,

MLA

First India Bureau

Jaipur: The Congress executive, dissolved since the rebellion of the Sachin Pilot group last year, now sees fresh appointments after a gap of 14 months. Ra-jasthan Pradesh Con-gress Seva Dal Presi-dent Hem Singh Shek-hawat declared a full-size executive, which consists of the appoint-ment of 222 leaders.

The new appoint-ments include 3 state

vice presidents, 7 gen-eral secretaries, 1 treas-urer, 7 chief trainers, 44 state secretaries, 41 state joint secretaries, 5 flag in-charges, 2 party in-charges, 36 district

chief organizers.Apart from these,

State Environment Committee, State Sports Sports Service Commit-tee, State Rural Service Committee, State Edu-

cation Service Commit-tee, State Disaster Man-agement Committee, State Social Security Committee, State Health Service Committee has also been constituted of 11 members each. More-over, the executive an-nouncement in the de-partments and Congress cell is expected soon.

These appointments have been made on the instructions of Lalji Desai, National Presi-dent of All India Con-gress Seva Dal.

Executive of 222 members formedCONGRESS SEVA DAL

CONGRESS NEXT?

After these appoint-ments, it is believed

that the organization related appointments in the Congress party will be next. The appoint-ments were stuck since the change of PCC chief.

Arun Singh, Satish Poonia, and Chandrashekhar at the BJP headquarters on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR

z BJP made 3 Zila Pramukhs, at par with the Congress, despite having majority in Sirohi only

z These elections indicate BJP is still un-able to establish hold in Eastern Rajasthan.

z In Bharatpur, independents dominated both the Congress and the BJP

z Congress backed the independents instead to allotting tickets

z Factionalism prevailed at the local level in both the parties

CONGRESS’ LOSS, BJP’S GAIN

Second grade leaders have come to the

BJP and they have no stature.

—Dr Raghu Sharma Health Minister

JDA takes action on illegal commercial activities

First India Bureau

Jaipur: The JDA on Wednesday took action action of seizure on commercial activities in a plot in Lal Kothi scheme near Assembly building. The JDA had issued several notices to the plot holder but the activities were not stopped. Apart from

this, the enforcement wing of the JDA also removed 2 tea stalls and temporary vendors on footpaths. In another action in Ambabari, the wing removed en-croachment from a gov-ernment land. The team demolished illegal con-struction on the land and took possession of the land.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Rajasthan High Court asked the authorities concerned to include Superinten-dent Engineer (SE) in the process of selection of IAS officers. Hearing a petition seeking inclu-sion of non-administra-tive services in the IAS selection procedure, Justice Arun Bhansali ordered the Panchayati Raj Secretary to send the name of the com-plainant Mukesh Ma-heswari, working as an SE with the depart-ment, to the Personnel Secretary.

Include SE in IAS selection process: HC 

Dholpur: Police detained a 14-year-old boy on charges of raping a 4-year-old neighbour in a village under Saipau po-

lice limits in Dholpur. According to SHO Paramjit Patel, a woman had filed a complaint alleging that the boy raped her daughter after luring the kid offering chocolate. The police registered a case

under POCSO, conducted a medical test of the victim and presented her before the Juvenile Justice Board. After detaining the boy, police conducted his medical test.

14-YEAR-OLD DETAINED FOR ‘RAPING’ 4-YEAR-OLD NEIGHBOUR IN DHOLPUR

MLA SOLANKI COLLUDED WITH BJP: MEENARefuting the allegations made by the Chaksu MLA, Chaksu Block Congress President Ganga Ram Meena said that MLA conducted horse trading with BJP. “I don’t even know Rama Chopra and Jackie. You can take out my call details of the last one year. Maybe, Congress MLA colluded with BJP, and

conspired to make Zila Pramukh while he also ensured loss in Pradhan elections in other places also. State

Congress should expel such MLA from the party, I have written a complaint in this context,” he said. He arrived in Jaipur with former Chaksu MLA Prakash Bairwa and Mahila Congress

leader Kavita Gurjar. Meanwhile, in-charge of Jaipur Congress, MLA

and PCC Vice President Govind Ram Meghwal said that Solanki cheated the party.Gangaram Meena Ved Prakash Solanki

Hem Singh Shekhawat

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Health Minis-ter Dr Raghu Sharma on Wednesday said that the revenue of the state government has de-clined in the corona period, but the govern-ment has strengthen the medical infrastruc-ture even in adverse situations.

He said that prepara-tions are being made at an extensive level to fight the expected third wave and other diseas-es from Jaipur to re-mote villages.

Dr Sharma said this while inaugurating the newly built Compre-hensive Stroke Care Centre (Stroke ICU) in the Neurology Depart-

ment of SMS hospital on Wednesday.

“Patients related to neuro will be treated with modern tech-niques in this 22-bed-ded ICU built at a cost of Rs 2.5 crore. Patients coming within 4 hrs will be treated with thrombosis to dissolve clot in brain,” said Dr Sharma.

Navin Sharma

Jaipur: The Anti-Corruption Bureau on Wednesday ar-rested an independ-ent councillor of Jaipur Heritage Mu-nicipal Corporation for allegedly accept-ing a bribe of Rs 20,000.

The accused coun-cillor Zahid Nirban from ward-6 had de-manded the bribe from the complain-ant in lieu of getting permission for the construction of a building, DG ACB BL Soni said.

After verification of the complaint, a trap was laid and the accused councillor was caught red hand-

ed at his residence while taking the bribe of Rs. 20,000. He had been demand-ing Rs. 60,000. The ACB also conducted searches at the house and other premises of Nirban. The trap was laid under the leadership of ASP Himanshu Kuldeep, in-charge of ACB Jaipur city (3rd unit).

First India Bureau

Jaipur: The Assembly session beginning Thursday at 10 am, after the results of zila pari-shad and panchayat elections, is likely to be stormy as the Opposi-tion will corner the state government on several issues including law and order, electric-ity supply shortage, and the issues of farmers.

At the same time, the ruling party Congress has also asked its MLAs to answer the allega-tions of the Opposition. The session is likely to go for four or five days.

CM Ashok Gehlot is unlikely to participate in the proceedings of the House as he had un-dergone angioplasty a few days back.

Parliamentary Af-fairs Minister Shanti Dhariwal will take over the front of the ruling party. Congress Chief Whip Mahesh Joshi, deputy Chief Whip Ma-hendra Chaudhary, and other ministers and MLAs will respond to opposition attacks.

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Barmer: After a sepa-ration of almost two and half years, Pak istan bride Nirmala Kanwar will reunite with her husband on Friday. The High Com-mission of India in Is-lamabad has confirmed the arrival of Kanwar on Sept 10 through Atta-ri-Wagah route.

She was scheduled to reach India in March but it could not happen as the government of India had denied her visa due to her black-listed passport.

Pak bride to reunite with husband on Sept 10LOVE BEYOND BORDERS

SMS HOSPITAL GETS 22-BED NEURO STROKE CARE CENTREComprehensive Stroke Care Centre inaugurated

22-bedded ICU is built at a cost of Rs 2.5 crore

Health minister Dr Raghu Sharma, Dr Sudhir Bhandari and others at the Stroke ICU of SMS hospital.

Preparations underway at Janpath road. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR

MODERN HEALTH CENTRES BUILT

SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO CHILDREN HOSPITAL

Dr Sharma said that modern facilities

are being developed at 332 selected Com-munity Health Centres (CHCs) in the state anticipating the third wave of corona. In these CHCs, 3 to 5 beds will be made ICU. He said that around 400 oxygen plants with different capacities are being set up and around 50,000 O2 con-centrators are being arranged to overcome the shortage of oxygen, 1,000 metric tonnes will be available.

Former Raj speaker and BJP MLA Kailash Meghwal on Wednesday said he will not bring a resolution in the

BJP Legislature Party meeting against LoP Gulab Chand Kataria, whom he had blamed for the loss in the Assem-bly bypolls. Meghwal made the statement after holding discussions with BJP’s national general secretary Arun Singh, who arrived, ahead of the BJP Legislature Party meet. This is regarding Kataria’s statements on Maha-rana Pratap and Lord Rama.

Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma said that special attention is being given in

all the children’s hospitals. He said that more than 80,000 Swasthya Mitras from 42,000 revenue villages have been imparted training to strengthen the health services. These Swathya Mitras will make the general public aware towards the medical services.

Patients related to neuro will be tested and treated with modern techniques

in this 22-bedded ICU built at a cost of Rs 2.5 crore. Patients

coming within 4 hours will be treated with thrombosis treatment to dissolve the blood clot in the brain.

—Dr Raghu Sharma, Health Minister

A trap was laid and the accused coun-cillor was caught red handed. He had been demanding Rs. 60,000 but later

agreed to take Rs. 20,000. He was arrested under the prevention of corruption act.— BL Soni, DG ACB

JMC Heritage councillor held with bribe of `20K

Monsoon session from today, Cong, BJP to target each other

NO RESOLUTION AGAINST KATARIA

TWO BRIDES RETURNED TO INDIA IN MARCH

In February this year, the Indian govern-

ment had granted visa to the wife of Mahen-dra Singh and Nehpal Singh on humanitarian grounds but denied visa to Vikram’s wife Nirmala due to her blacklisted passport. Mahendra and Nehpal’s wives arrived in India on March 8 but Nirmala Kanwar was stuck there.

3 CROSS BORDER COUPLES WHO WERE SEPARATED

In April 2017, Mahendra Singh Girab, a resident of Khejad Ka Paar in Barmer, married a Pakistani girl. Another two such mar-

riages happened in 2019. Two residents of Baiyaa village, Jais-almer district, Vikarm Singh and Nehpal Singh married Pakistani girls. Post marriage, they stayed with their in-laws for about three months but were later forced to return back to India leaving their spouses as the government of India denied visas to their wives. Since then three couples have been living separately.

UNION MIN KAILASH CHOUDHARY INTERVENED

Union agriculture minister for state and BJP MP Kailash Choud-hary, who helped in ending the separation of cross-border

couples, continuously pursued the case of Nirmala Kanwar and assured her husband that soon they will unite. Due to Choudhary’s efforts, Nirmala is now coming to India on September 10.

1,028 principals given postings in 16 districts

Kirodi’s rally postponed

Covid-19: New orders to prohibit mass gatherings ahead of festive season

First India Bureau

Jaipur: The education department has given posting to new princi-pals in 1,028 govern-ment senior secondary schools in the state.

These principals have reached schools through counselling af-ter being promoted re-cently. The principals who did not participate in the counselling have been given a posting at the directorate level and asked to join by

September 18.The lecturer and

headmaster, who had seniority were promot-ed as principal.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: BJP Rajya Sab-ha MP Dr Kirodi Lal Meena has postponed his ‘Kranti March’ rally and gherao of the Ra-jasthan Legislative As-sembly, which was scheduled on Septem-ber 13. He alleged that under the guise of Co-rona guidelines, the government is playing hide and seek with the unemployed.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Alarmed by a possible third wave of COVID-19 infections, the state government on Wednesday issued fresh directions by re-peating its previous or-ders that prohibited mass gatherings.

The state govern-ment has banned crowd-related events includ-ing festivals, proces-sions, and fairs.

Instructions have

been given to continue the ban on Haat mar-kets also.

Principal Secretary Home, Abhay Kumar has written a letter to

all the District Collec-tors, Commissioners of Police, and Superinten-dents of Police in this regard, citing the order issued on July 10, 2021.

COVID PROTOCOL TO BE FOLLOWEDz No public gathering for social, political, sports, entertainment, cultural and religious func-tions, festivals, proces-sions, and fairs. z Continue ban on Haat markets. z Strict compliance of no-mask, no-movement. z State got a consign-ment of 11,46,740 Covishield doses on Wednesday.

FELICITATING STARS!Union Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Anurag Thakur felicitated Javelin Thrower Devendra Jhajharia, who returned after winning a silver medal in Tokyo Paralympics, at a function held at Hotel Ashoka, New Delhi on Wednesday. Union Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju and Union MoS home Nisith Pramanik also were present. Thakur honoured all the 19 players who returned with medals in the Tokyo Paralympics.

RIGHT TO CHOOSE DESIRED SCHOOLS

Along with giving the desired place to

women and differently-abled, teachers were given opportunity to choose school of their choice. However, the right to choose schools was limited to a few districts.

Jaipur: UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal will inaugurate the web portal of ‘Prashasan Shehron Ke Sang’ cam-pain today. During this, the web portal -shahar2021.rajasthan.gov.in - and toll free help desk number - 181 - will be inaugurated to the public. The minister will also inaugurate the lease deed of various colors based on the land use. Meanwhile, the web portal will provide several services like issuing lease deed, building approval, land conversion proceedings, etc.

CRUCIAL READPTET EXAM HELD WITH RECORD NUMBER OF CANDIDATES TURNING UP

RAJASTHAN UNIVERSITY SYNDICATE PASSES `317 CRORE BUDGET AFTER 6 MONTHS

Jaipur: PTET examination was successfully conducted at about 2,000 examination centres in the state on Wednes-

day. Out of a total of six lakh examinees, a total of 1,67,070 for four-year BA B.Ed, B.Sc. B.Ed course and a total of 3,66,008 candidates appeared for the two-year B.Ed course. In the examination conducted

at 181 examination centres in Jaipur 72,137 candidates appeared, which is a record of a maximum number of candidates in the state.

Jaipur: The Syndicate of Rajasthan University passed Rs 317 cr budget in a meeting held on Wednesday. The

university was running without any budget allocation for last six months. In the meet-ing, important decisions taken in the Academic Council regarding Master of Professional Educa-

tion and Training (MPET), it was approved. Syndicate also decided to certify the students doing research under UGC. It also decided to send the matter related to six Research Associates of the university to the state government.

DHARIWAL TO INAUGURATE PORTAL OF ‘PRASHASAN SHEHRON KE SANG’

Detailed discussions have been held and now I will not be bring-ing the resolution. I am a member

of the party and we have to work collective-ly in the interest of the party. We have to fight with the Congress. The par-ty has brought me to this level. What is in the interest of the party will be done.—Kailash Meghwal, BJP MLA & Ex-speaker

Kalicharan Saraf, Suman Sharma, Rajesh Khandelwal, Harikishan Vaid, Harimohan, Neelam Gulati, Rajan Sardar at a vax camp.

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Grateful to PM @narendramodi Ji & Union Cabinet for approving `10,683

crore Production-linked Incentive Scheme giving major thrust to

Technical Textiles & ManMade Fibre segments of the Textiles sector.

#PLI4Textiles will take Indian Textiles Sector to renewed heights globally.

Dharmendra Pradhan @dpradhanbjp

@RahulGandhi perceives himself to be an expert on everything without having an iota of knowledge. Overfl owing vanity &

misplaced sense of entitlement of a failed crown prince is no alibi to meddle into

the schedule of examinations, give undue stress & make the students suffer.

SPIRITUAL SPEAK

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will

forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

—John 1:9

IN-DEPTH

TOP TWEETS

TN GOVT PASSES RESOLUTION AGAINST CAA OVER TAMILS IN SRI LANKA

amil Nadu has joined the long list of States which have passed resolutions against the Citizenship

Amendment Act (CAA). West Bengal, Kerala, Punjab, Ra-jasthan and Madhya Pradesh were the States where resolu-tions criticizing the CAA were passed. Moved by Chief Minis-ter MK Stalin, the resolution said, “Democracy states that a country’s administration should take under consideration the thoughts and emotions of the entire people. But this Citizen-ship Amendment Act is discrim-inating against refugees under religion and country of origin, instead of accepting them.”

“CAA is snatching away the pos-sibility of Sri Lankan Tamils gain-ing citizenship here,” Stalin said.

The CAA, which was passed in 2019, allows non-Muslim mi-norities from Pakistan, Afghan-istan and Bangladesh to acquire Indian citizenship.

The DMK government’s resolu-tion will have no impact on CAA or change the Central govern-ment’s stated position. It does add to the voices which are opposed to the “growing intolerance” in the country. West Bengal said the Act was discriminatory and “anti-people” and called for its repeal.

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n interim govern-ment headed by Acting Prime Min-ister Mullah Mo-hammad Hassan

Akhund, a terrorist on the UN Security Council’s sanctions list, was installed in Kabul on Tuesday. A hardliner, Akhund was behind the demolition of Buddha’s statue at Bamyan. Other terrorists who are part of the new government in-clude Sirajuddin Haqqani, head of the deadly Haqqani network, as Interior minister. He has been designated a glob-al terrorist. The composition of the cabinet has Pakistani spy agency ISI written all over it. India and the western countries who took the Doha-based Taliban negotiators’ assurance on face value, must be realizing that the ISI clear-

ly outfoxed them by having the Haqqani group included as an important part of the government. The situation is best described by External Affairs Minister S. Jais-hankar’s remark that “the endgame in Afghanistan was not something which any-body saw coming”. The big dilemma which the world now faces is whether to recog-

nize a national government which has so many terrorists as key ministers?

There’s alarm over men de-clared as terrorists running the country’s government. The Taliban have shown that there is a yawning gap be-tween their statements and actions. The Taliban prom-ised an inclusive government but women have been kept out of it. Women have also been barred from sports and there’s fear that it won’t be long be-fore they are also stopped from pursuing education.

There is concern that with Taliban gradually showing their true colour, terror ac-tivities will increase. Visits by the CIA and MI6 chiefs and Russian NSA to New Delhi for consultations shows how grim the situation is.

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TWO YEARS OF AN EMOTIONAL JOURNEY WITH DESERT STATE

As the Governor of Rajasthan, it has been my

constant endeavour to fully discharge my duties as the

constitutional head. Our nation and culture are

linked to the Constitution. When I spoke in the

Rajasthan Legislative Assembly, I also initiated

the tradition that there should be a text of the

Preamble and Fundamental Duties of the Constitution

he intimacy and belonging-ness that I have found in Ra-jasthan is my invaluable pos-session. I consider myself fortunate that I got the oppor-tunity to work as the consti-tutional head of Rajasthan. It was on September 9, 2019 when I took over as the Gov-ernor of Rajasthan.

After coming to Rajasthan I went to Jaisalmer. There I interacted with the soldiers stationed at the border and got to know the desert culture closely. Last month, I also vis-ited Raj Bhavan in Abu and stayed there for a week. For years, the Abu Raj Bhavan was desolate. Earlier, the cul-ture of Vagad was closely felt in the tribal areas of Dungar-pur-Banswara, Kota-Sawai Madhopur, Marwar etc.

One can experience Unity in diversity by visiting vari-ous places of the state. After coming here, I met people fre-quently and tried to connect with them. When the flood came in Kota division, an aerial survey of the water-logged areas was done and we made every effort to pro-

vide timely help to the flood victims. Under the Gover-nor’s Relief Fund, it was en-sured to provide assistance to the needy who had not yet received assistance at any level. I also received continu-ous support from Bha-mashahs, universities, and institutions. In the critical period of Covid, the Gover-nor’s Relief Fund contribut-ed to the Prime Minister and the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund. Along with this, PPE kits and masks were also dis-tributed for protection against Covid.

Life came to a standstill because of the pandemic. People had to remain impris-oned in their homes and I too could not go out of the Raj Bhavan. But even in the dif-ficult times, information and communication technology helped and through this there was a continuous con-nection with the people. To implement the new educa-tion policy, a three-day spe-cial conference of universi-ties called for the implemen-tation of the policy in prac-tice. Task force was consti-tuted for the strengthening of education.

In the context of global challenges, with the context of time, there should be an ef-fective development of higher, technical, agricultural, medi-cal education in the state.

As the Governor of Ra-jasthan, it has been my con-stant endeavour to fully dis-charge my duties as the con-stitutional head. Our nation and culture are linked to the Constitution. When I spoke in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly, I also initiated the tradition that there should be a text of the Preamble and Fundamental Duties of the Constitution. The Constitu-tion Parks in universities were made so that the young generation could move for-ward by imbibing the values of the Constitution. We are also building a University Park in Raj Bhavan so that all

the universities can display their outstanding work there.

During Covid, it was also my constant effort to commu-nicate directly with the Chief Minister, Ministers and oth-er public representatives. I also called an all-party meet-ing to expedite the rescue and relief work from Covid, representatives of all politi-cal parties took a pledge to protect humanity without any discrimination. I also tried to motivate scouts-guides, ex-servicemen, Red Cross societies and other vol-untary organisations, trusts, NGOs and Bhamashahs to make efforts for rescue dur-ing the Covid and give all pos-sible cooperation to the gov-ernment. Oxygen, medicines and other equipment should be available to all the needy people at the right time and in the right quantity.

Swami Vivekananda had given two main ideals of In-dia. These are the two main ideals – renunciation and ser-vice. It has also been said that the living are those who live to serve others. I will try to work for all round develop-ment by being committed amongst all of you. Come, let us all try together for a pros-perous, affluent, and happy Rajasthan with the spirit of sacrifice and service.

THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY

THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL

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Life came to a standstill because of the pandemic.

People had to remain imprisoned in their

homes and I too could not go out of the Raj

Bhavan. But even in the difficult times,

information and communication

technology helped and through this there

was a continuous connection with

the people

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New Delhi: The Su-preme Court has upheld the Central govern-ment’s power to effect a retrospective change to the tenure of an officer but has also cautioned that this power must be applied in rare cases and shouldn’t become a common practice.

Thus, the retrospec-tive change made to the tenure of ED Sanjay Ku-mar Mishra, a 1984-batch IRS officer, became valid and he would continue in his post for three years. But he would not get any more exten-sions. This has triggered

speculations in official circles about who would be Mishra’s successor in November 2021.

A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and BR Gavai also directed the government not to give Mishra any more exten-sion, while observing

that any extension of tenure during superan-nuation has to be for a short period and be granted for reasons re-corded.

Mishra was sched-uled to retire in May 2020. Since the ED chief ’s tenure is fixed at

no less than two years to protect him from po-litical pressure or in-ducement, there was no problem in his continu-ation till November 18, 2020, even after his scheduled date of su-perannuation.

However, the Centre

on November 13, 2020, retrospectively in-creased Mishra’s ten-ure to 3 years from the earlier appointment or-der of two years.

Section 25C of the Act says that no person be-low the rank of Addi-tional Secretary to GoI

shall be eligible for ap-pointment as a Director of the ED whereas Sec-tion 25(d) of the Act un-derlines that the ED chief shall continue to hold office for a period of not less than two years.

After hearing both the government and the

petitioner, the SC bench concluded that, while the government had the right to retrospectively change the tenure of the ED, it advised the gov-ernment not to make it a common practice.

Mishra was appoint-ed the ED Chief in No-

vember 2018 for a peri-od of two years ending 18 November 2020. But five days before he com-pleted his fixed two-year tenure, the Centre made retrospective changes (order dated 13.11.2020) amending the tenure of Mishra.

“However, the said purpose gets defeated if on the verge of his two-year tenure and much after his retirement age, the Director of En-forcement is given a de facto extension in ser-vice by the adoption of a circuitous route of modifying the initial appointment order it-self,” the petition said.

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New Delhi: UP seems to be a cause of worry for Congress leaders. In the recent survey, the Congress is likely to get 3 to 5 seats. Eve-ryone knows that such surveys are spon-

sored, yet Congress is upset because

according to p a r t y ’ s

assess-

ment, its position will not be ‘good’. Just imag-ine, Congress had won 27 seats in 2012, from which it has come down to 7 seats in 2017 and now it is being esti-mated that the party may not cross half doz-en mark.

A one-on-one election seems to be underway in UP as BJP will face a direct contest from the main opposition, SP. Be-cause of this, a party with a large base and core votes like BSP seems to be marginal-

ized, so experts believe Congress does not even stand a chance.

It is being said that election strategist Prashant Kishor had

also suggested this move. It is being said that even if the SP is

ready to give 40 seats, then the Congress will coordinate. But accord-ing to sources, less than 25 seats are being pro-posed by the SP. She was also active in the recent political develop-ments in Punjab and Chhattisgarh and acted as a dialogue thread between So-nia and Ra-hul Gan-dhi.

RECENT SURVEY PREDICTS CONG TO GET 3 TO 5 SEATS

NO MORE EXTENSION TOSK IN ED: SC

Is Didi playing one better on BJP as MLAs forgo resigning on defection? Anita Hada

New Delhi: Since the time Mamata Baner-jee has regained con-trol of WB & defeated BJP, an interesting po-litical drama has been unfolding. While MLAs,

in several states, are de-fecting from their par-ents parties in 'better pastures' in other politi-cal entities, in WB how-ever, defecting legisla-tors are not resigning from the assembly.

This is a legal re-quirement and over the years it has also become a tradition that the MLAs who leave the party, resign from the membership of the par-ty and the assembly at the same time, because if they change party but do not resign from the assembly then their membership is can-

celled as per the rules. That is

why when D i n e s h

Trivedi left TMC, he also resigned from RS. It is a different matter that like him, Shishir, who joined BJP, has not yet resigned. TMC has also given a memoran-dum against him to the LS Secretariat.

However, in WB, 3 MLAs - Mukul Roy, Tan-may Ghosh and Biswa-jit Das - have left BJP & joined TMC. Interest-ingly, a reverse of West Bengal is happening in Assam where two Con-gress MLAs have joined the BJP. Soon after the assembly elections, Rupjyoti Kurmi joined the BJP and now last month Sushant Borgo-hain has also joined the saffron party.

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet that was headed by PM Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved the PLI scheme for the textile sector. The scheme is expected to at-tract global invest-ments, generate large scale employment op-portunities as men-tioned before even en-hance exports substan-tially. India’s export of MMF garments consti-tutes only 10 per cent of its total apparel exports, which was $16 billion in 2019-20. —ANI

First India Bureau

New Delhi: For the first time in the his-tory of independent India, matters per-taining to holding the election of the Deputy Speaker of LS have reached the court. PM Narendra Modi’s govt is yet to appoint a Deputy Speaker in the lower house, even after 2 years have passed since formation of 17th LS. A PIL has

been filed against this in Delhi HC, in which the court has been asked to direct LS Speaker to con-duct election of Dep-uty Speaker at earli-est. When Cong govt was formed in 10th LS, BJP’s Mallikarju-naia, Suraj Bhan be-came deputy speaker. In 1st term of Man-mohan Singh’s govt, Charanjit S of Akali Dal & in 2nd term, Kadiya of BJP were deputy speakers.

Government okays `10,683cr, 7.5Lakh jobs for Textile IndUnion Cabinet had earlier approved PLI schemes in 13 key sectors for enhancing exports

BJP finds it hard to find apt LS dy Speaker

IN THE COURTYARD

SC grants 3 days to Rajiv Dahiya in contempt caseNew Delhi: The SC on Wednesday granted 3 days time to Suraz In-dia Trust Chairman Rajiv Dahiya to tender an unconditional apol-ogy for scandalizing Court & withdraw ‘all what he has said’.

The request to ten-der an apology was made by Dahiya ap-peared before SC pur-suant to Court’s order issuing bailable war-

rants. Rajiv Dahiya, MD of Raj-based Non-Govt firm, SIT, for not complying order of de-positing `25L for cast-ing “imaginary & scan-dalous accusations” on judiciary.

Ahead of Ganesh festival, BMC issues Covid normsMumbai: The BMC has issued strict Covid guidelines ahead of Mumbai’s biggest Ganpati festival.

With daily coronavi-rus cases rising, a cause for concern for authorities is to keep a check on whether peo-ple are following Cov-id norms, as restric-tions have been re-laxed in Maharashtra.Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar

held a meeting with Ganpati mandals’ rep-resentatives, and dis-cussed the conduct of the festival, following which guidelines were issued.

Gurdas Mann’s anticipatory bail plea rejected

SC upholds power to extend ED Dir’s tenure

Jalandhar: The Ad-ditional Sessions Judge Justice Man-jinder Singh Wednes-day dismissed an an-ticipatory bail plea filed by renowned Punjabi singer Gur-das Maan in case reg-istered against him for hurting senti-ments of Sikh com-munity. Heavy police deployment was made at court premises to maintain law & order. Maan was booked de-spite having tendered an apology.

New Delhi: The SC on Wednesday dis-missed a plea chal-lenging retrospective change in the 2018 ap-pointment order of Sanjay Kumar Mishra as director of ED. A bench headed by Jus-tice L Nageswara Rao, however, said that that extension of ten-ure of officers who have attained age of s u p e r a n n u a t i o n should be done in rare & exceptional cases. The judgment came on plea filed by NGO.

NEW PLAYGROUNDFOR BENGALI POLITICS: ASSAM!

I t seems that the BJP is taking the revenge of its

West Bengal loss in As-sam. In West Bengal, Ma-mata Banerjee is breaking the BJP and by inducting BJP MLAs into her party, while in Assam, the BJP is breaking the MLAs of the opposition parties and getting them in its fold. Although Trinamool Congress does not have a major base in Assam, after Congress leader Sushmita Dev joined Trinamool, it is believed that Mamata’s base in the state will be strength-ened. Even before that, BJP is increasing its strength as it first merged two Congress MLAs into

the party and now also brought the only Hindu MLA from Badruddin Ajmal’s party in its fold. Phanidhar Talukdar was the only Hindu MLA, from Bhawanipur seat, repre-senting Ajmal’s All India United Democratic Front. He joined the BJP on Wednesday even though the BJP has a majority and does not need MLAs.

KNOW MORE ABOUT THE PLI SCHEME

THE IMPACT ON STATES LIKE...

MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE SCHEME...

This will have a significant impact

on States like Gujarat, UP, Maha, TN, Punjab, AP, Telangana, Odisha etc. Scheme would have higher investment towards Aspirational Districts as well as Tier 3 & Tier 4 cities, towns.

The main objec-tive or aim of the

scheme was to make manufacturing in India a globally competitive phenomenon. It was made to create compo-nent ecosystem in India and bring firms into the global spotlight.

A budgetary outlay of Rs 10,683 crore

The scheme will result in a fresh investment of above Rs 19,000 crore

It will benefit with Rs 3 lakh crore in 5 yrs

SP could ‘LIBERATE’ Cong in 2022 UP elections?

I-T dept raids Ahmedabad media house

BPCL gets a new CMD and a new finance director

First India Bureau

Ahmedabad: The In-come Tax dept’s investi-gation team on Wednes-day raided more than 2 dozen locations, includ-ing premises of Samb-hav Media house in Ahmedabad.

While department has not made any offi-cial statement, those privy to developments told First India that more than 100 officers and staff were involved in raids.

Hemant Golani, edi-tor of Sambhav Group’s VTV channel tweeted on Wednesday that their office was being searched by IT dept of-ficers, but that editorial operations would “con-tinue without any hesi-tation & will continue to raise people’s issues”.

Rakesh Ranjan

New Delhi: Arun Ku-mar Singh on Wednes-day took over as the

n e w Chairman and MD of BPCL. He b r i n g s with him more than

36 years of experience in Oil & Gas sector and has headed Business Units and Entities in BPCL such as LPG, Re-tail, Pipelines, Supply Chain Optimization.

A Mechanical Engi-neer by qualification, Singh has been the Di-rector (Marketing) on the Board of this com-pany which also figures in Fortune Global 500 firm list since Nov 2018.

PARTYS’ WAYS TO REMOVE THE ‘BRAND’ PRIYANKA?

CONG DOES NOT BASE ON PRIYANKA’S REPORT...

I t is perhaps why the leaders of the Congress want to somehow remove

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra from UP so that ‘brand Priyanka’ does not add to their miseries. This can be achieved in 2 ways. The 1st way is that she moves out on her own & party makes someone else in-charge. Now Cong is looking for another face, who should be made in-charge of UP. Another way is to have an alliance of Cong with SP.

T his is a matter of trouble for the Congress, but more than that, it

does not base well on Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s report card, who, after entering active politics, has been working as the general secretary in-charge for last two and a half years. Under her leader-ship, party contested 2019 LS polls, in which Cong got only one seat. Priyanka apparently worked hard in UP, but her efforts do not seem to yield any result.

Mamata Banerjee

Piyush Goyal

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Akhilesh Yadav

SEARCH FOR NEW DIRECTOR BEGINS NOW...Sanjay Kumar Mishra

Srinagar: PDP chief and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti said on Wednesday that the Taliban are now a real-ity. She went on to add that the Taliban should govern Afghanistan by ‘real Sharia’ law.

Addressing a public gathering in Akhran village J&K’s Kulgam district , she added, “But if they [Taliban] do what they did in the 90s, then it will be diffi-cult not only for Af-ghanistan but also for the entire world.”

Chief of the J&K PDP, Mehbooba Mufti went on to say, “If the Tali-ban adopt real Sharia where rights for eve-ryone in-cluding

women are specified, then they can become an example for world.”

Mehbooba Mufti’s re-marks came hours after

Abdullah told that he hoped the Tali-ban would deliv-er “good govern-ance” in accord-ance with “Is-

lamic prin-ciples”.

—ANI

MI6, CIA CHIEFs AND RUSSIA’S SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARY MAKE A BEELINE FOR INDIA...

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Chandigarh: Farmer leaders said on Wednes-day that the second round of talks between them and the Karnal adminis-tration has also failed. The farmer leaders said the talks broke down on the issue of former SDM Ayush Sinha’s suspen-sion and other demands could not be raised.

BKU CHIEF SINGH SAYS...Haryana BKU chief Gur-nam Singh Chaduni also said they will carry on with the siege until their demands are met and ac-

tion is taken against the “guilty officials”.

Earlier addressing the gathering of farm-ers from across several districts of Haryana and the neighbouring

states who continue to squat at the gates of the district headquarters in Haryana’s Karnal, Ti-kait on Wednesday said CM ML Khattar wants to shift the agitation

from the Delhi border to Karnal. “We have surrounded Delhi from five sides. A large num-ber of people there are from Haryana. We must understand the CM’s

ploy and continue with our mobilisation on Delhi borders,” he said.

Commenting on the administration’s move to arrest the farmer leaders, Tikait said the administration could have declared the ‘anaj mandi’ a jail. He cited the example of Mumbai where the Azad maidan, was converted into a jail for over 50,000 protest-ers. “Had Karnal ad-ministration done that, we could have brought our animals here. It would still have been a big win for us.” —ANI

‘Khattar wants to shift protest from Delhi to Karnal’ADMIN NOT ACTING AGAINST FACE BEHIND LATHICHARGE

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait

said the farmers will carry on their ‘pucca

dharna’ at the spot and more supporters will join them from UP and Punjab

WORLD COMESCALLING ON AF...SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARY

CALLING ON AF...AFGHANISTAN

KABUL

New Delhi: Top secu-rity and intelligence of-ficials of the UK, the US and Russia have made a beeline for India to dis-cuss the situation in Af-ghanistan following the Taliban takeover in Ka-bul and the implications for regional security.

Richard Moore, the head of the UK Secret Intelligence Service or MI6, was the first of the visitors over the past week, and he was fol-lowed on Tuesday by CIA director William Burns.

Both spy chiefs and their teams met Nation-al Security Adviser Ajit Doval and top members of the National Securi-ty Council Secretariat, people familiar with de-velopments said on con-dition of anonymity.

On Wednesday, Doval met Nikolay Patrushev, the secretary of Rus-sia’s security council. Patrushev is visiting India at Doval’s invita-tion for high-level bilat-eral inter-governmen-tal consultations on Af-ghanistan, the external affairs min said. —ANI

THE TALIBAN TIGHTENING GRIP

The visits came against the

backdrop of the old guard of the Taliban tightening its grip on power in Afghanistan a little more than two weeks after the group marched into Kabul on August 15, following the chaotic collapse of the Ashraf Ghani government.

Both spy chiefs & their teams met National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and top members of the National Security Council Secretariat

Taliban should govern Afghanistan by ‘Real Sharia’ law, says Mufti

Hope Taliban will deliver good governance: FarooqSrinagar: National Conference chief Fa-rooq Abdullah on Wednesday indirectly extended support to the Taliban saying he hopes the group delivers good governance and respect human rights in Af-ghanistan. They should try to develop friendly relations with every country,” said the Na-tional Conference chief while responding to the question on Af. —ANI

Taliban has now become a reality; they should ensure

that their earlier image was against humanity and basic rights; now if they want to rule Afghani-stan, they should follow the real Sharia rules which in-clude rights for women - not the ones they say - then only they can have rela-tions with other countries.—Mehbooba Mufti, PDP Chief

I congratulate party work-ers who are contesting elec-tions, this keeps party alive. We don’t know when polls are going to be but National Conf won’t be behind in participating in process.

—Farooq Abdullah, National Conference Chief

OVER 70% USERS IN INDIA SPEND UP TO 4 HRS WATCHING OTT CONTENT ON TVLucknow: Consumers are steadily moving away from traditional linear TV to Connected TVs (CTV) & OTTs, which has brought a major change in media. Medi-asmart, an Affl e company, has released a report which shows the changing viewership patterns of consum-ers. The report, titled ‘India CTV Report 2021’ says that 78% of people surveyed owned a Smart TV and 93% of these users are mostly interested in internet-based content. It further says majority of CTV (Smart TV) users are young, urban adults who are already mobile-fi rst and actively engage with diverse apps.

HISTORIC TRIAL OF 20 MEN INVOLVED IN 2015 PARIS TERROR ATTACKS BEGINSParis: The historic trial of 20 men charged in the November 13, 2015 terror attacks in Paris opened on Wednesday. Nine gunmen and suicide bombers struck

France’s na-tional stadium, the Bataclan concert hall and Paris restaurants and cafes that night, leaving 130 people dead and hundreds

more injured. The main defendant in the case is Salah Abdeslam, the sole survivor of the extremist cell of the so-called Islamic State that carried out the attacks. They were the deadliest jihadist attacks in France’s history.

FAKE FB ACCOUNT OF K’TAKA INDUSTRY MIN MURUGESH NIRANI SEEKS MONEYBengaluru: Cyber fraudsters have allegedly made a fake Facebook profi le of Karnataka Minister for Large and Medium Scale Industries Murugesh R Nirani and sought money through it from other users. Murugesh Nirani said, “it has come to my notice that some fraudsters have created a fake account using my name on social media and demanded money. This (account) is totally fake and intended to deceive peo-ple. Please don’t fall prey to such fraudsters.” Nirani shared a screenshot showing that the alleged cyber-criminal sought Rs 10,000 from one of his friends.

SHIROMANI AKALI DAL SWAPS 2 SEATS WITH ALLIANCE PARTNER BSP IN PUNChandigarh: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Wednesday decided to swap two seats with the BSP, its alliance partner for the Punjab Assembly polls next year. SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal said his party had given two assembly seats, Sham Chaurasi and Kapurthala, to the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and taken back Amritsar North and Sujanpur Assembly seats from it. The Shiromani Akali Dal last month had declared its two candidates from Amritsar North and Sujanpur constituencies. At that time, Badal had said the decision was taken with the consent of the BSP.

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SHABANA AZMI DEFENDS AKHTAR’S COMMENTS ON THAROOR’S SINGINGNew Delhi: Actor Shabana Azmi told trolls to calm down after they took offence when her husband, lyricist Javed Akhtar took a dig at politician Shashi Tharoor.

On Monday, Tharoor caught his Twitter followers off-guard as he shared a video of himself singing Kishore Kumar’s Ek Ajnabee Haseena Se at an

event. Javed poked fun at pronunciation. Reacting to Shashi’s video, Shabana tweeted, “Shashi! That’s lovely.” In a follow-up, she wrote, “And all those trolls just chill. Tharoor is a good friend & Javed’s remark was in jest!”

VK SASIKALA’S PROPERTIES, WORTH `100 CRORES, SEIZED IN CORRUPTION CASEChennai: Eleven properties owned by expelled AIADMK leader VK Sasikala have been seized by the Income Tax Department, sources said today. The properties -

spread across 24 acres in Payanoor village of TN - were reportedly brought between 1991 and 1996 when Jayalalithaa was the CM. A 2014

judgment by former Karnataka Special Court Judge John Michael Cunha lists these 11 properties as “dispropor-tionate assets” of Jayalalithaa, her close aide Sasikala and Sasikala’s relatives - Ilavarasi and Sudhakaran.

CAPTAIN COOK!

SC: Not feasible to pass gen order on door-to-door vax

New Delhi: The Su-preme Court on Wednes-day left it to the states to decide on implementing door-to-door Covid-19 vaccination, saying that a general order cannot be issued for the entire country considering the diversity of conditions across states.

The court was hearing a public interest litiga-tion (PIL) filed by the Youth Bar Association of India seeking door-to-door Covid vaccination for all citizens, particu-

larly the elderly, special persons with disability, less privileged and weak-

er sections of society & those who were unable to register online. —ANI

3-JUDGES BENCH DIRECT PETITIONER TO TALK TO MoHFW

The vaccination programme is al-

ready underway and has progressed considerably. At this stage it is diffi cult for us to issue general directions having regard to the diversity of conditions existing in the country. Any direction by us should not impinge upon the administrative power of the state governments to take any deci-sion, including door-to-door vaccination.

3 NEW HEATWAVE HOTSPOTS EMERGE, PEOPLE AT RISK

India is slowly coming out of deadly spells of

heatwaves that dominated parts of North India a few months back. A new study has now found that north-western, central and south-central regions of the country have emerged

as new heatwave hotspots. The study

said climate change and consequent

increase in heatwave trends would put a larger popula-

tion at risk.

PIL by Youth Bar Association of India seeks door-to-door vax for all citizens

Twitter users may remove followers without blocking New Delhi: Social me-dia giant Twitter has begun testing a new pri-vacy feature for its plat-form that will allow us-

ers to re-move a fol-lower with-out block-ing them.

This ‘soft block’ feature is almost similar to that of Instagram’s privacy feature with the name ‘Close Friends’. As per The Verge, the remove follower feature is cur-rently being tested on the web and seems to canonize the ‘soft block’ concept as an official Twitter tool. The com-pany announced the test through an official tweet. —ANI

LJP leader Chirag Paswan (R) with RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav (L).

Lalu urge RJD-LJP tie-up, Paswan meets TejashwiNew Delhi: The meet-ing comes after RJD su-premo Lalu Prasad Ya-dav had suggested an alliance between LJP & his party, stating that Paswan should team up with Tejashwi. LJP leader and LS MP Chi-rag Paswan Wednesday met RJD leader Tejash-wi Yadav in Patna to invite him to death an-

niversary of his father Ram Vilas Paswan.

“I have invited Tejashwi to invite him to ‘Barsi’ of my father on Sept 12. I will also meet Lalu Prasad Ya-dav,” Paswan said. Dodging queries about Yadav’s remark, Tejash-wi stated “We can’t say anything after what Lalu ji had said.” —PTI

Tikait said administration could have declared ‘anaj mandi’ a jail.

The adminis-tration is re-fusing to take

any action against “of-ficials who are respon-sible” for August 28 lathicharge. They are getting their directions from Chandigarh.

—Rakesh Tikait, BKU Leader

Punjab CM Captain Amrinder Singh cooking some mouth-watering dishes for Neeraj Chopra & Punjab’s Olympic medalist during the dinner at his place on Wednesday. Raveen Thukral CM’s chief media advisor tweeted about the same with the dinner set to take place at Siswan farmhouse.

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‘Udaipur records maximum tourist footfall in 10 years’

Jaipur: Despite the on-going COVID-19 pan-demic Udaipur has re-corded maximum tour-ist footfall in 10 years, said Principal Secre-tary Tourism Gayatri Rathore. “At a time when tourism has been the worst-affected sec-tor amid COVID, things have improved here. In fact, better than in pre-vious years. Udaipur has recorded maximum tourist footfall in 10 years. Occupancy rate (in hotels) has gone up,” said Rathore. She said the state had become a monsoon getaway and de-stressing point in COVID times.

“We are trying to con-nect with intangible cul-ture heritage activities in those areas, we are also promoting rural and experiential tour-ism. The government is hopeful that during the

tourist season, the num-ber of tourists will be coming to the state will be increased,” she fur-ther added. —ANI

‘Rural Olympics to vie for entry in Guinness Records’First India Bureau

Jaipur: Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Ashok Chandna on Wednes-day said that the Ra-jasthan Rural Olympic Games would be the big-gest sporting event of its kind to be organised not only in the country but in the whole world, in which about 50 lakh par-ticipants would partici-pate. He said that efforts would also be made to register this event in the Guinness Book of World Records in terms of the number of participants. The games are proposed to be organized in the months of November and December.

Chandna was partici-pating in the meeting of the Committee consti-tuted by the Depart-ment of Youth Affairs and Sports to organise the Games.

Chief Secretary

Niranjan Arya, who was also in the meeting, said the Rural Games will be organised to bring forward sports talents at the village, Gram Panchayat, block, district, and state level.

On weekends, popular destinations bordering

other states see packed hotel rooms.

We are trying to make things as feasible as possible for tourists

with options like ‘workcation’ and

‘staycation’ with basic infrastructure and

internet connectivity

—Gayatri Rathore, Principal Secretary Tourism

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Energy and Water Resources Min-ister Dr BD Kalla re-turned to Jaipur from his Delhi tour by an Air India flight. While talking to the media at Jaipur airport, Kal-la said that he had a discussion with Rail-way Minister Ashwi-ni Vaishnaw on his Delhi visit.

Due to too many rail-way crossings in Bi-kaner, there is a situa-

tion of jams on a daily basis. Since electrifica-

tion is going to happen now, the doubling of

railway lines should be accompanied by elec-trification.

Kalla said that dis-cussion was also held with Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal to increase the budget for the conservation of the museum in the state. Dr Kalla also talked to Union Jal

Shakti Minister Ga-jendra Singh Shekha-wat on making Jal Jee-van Mission success-ful and for effective conservation of sur-face water.

Regarding the power crisis in the state, Dr BD Kalla said that he had a brief meeting with the coal minister.

Kalla meets Union mins on various issuesFROM DELHI TO JAIPUR

Protection Act: Ajmer Bar Assn members stage demoFirst India Bureau

Ajmer: District Bar Association went on a one-day strike on Wednesday to protest against the non-imple-mentation of the Ad-vocate Protection Act. All the advocates reached the District Collectorate and start-ed protesting outside the collectorate cham-ber while raising slo-gans. When the Dis-trict Collector didn’t meet them, the angry advocates reached the court premises.

However, their mem-orandum was also not taken. Irked by the sit-

uation, they made a strategy to block the Jaipur-Ajmer main road. Due to long jams, the public had to face many problems. The candidates who came to give the PTET exam

also faced problems. There was jam on all

the roads of Ajmer city. The ASP, ADM City

and ADM 1 reached to convince the lawyers, but they were also sent back.

Father and daughter die as car hits bike

Woman kills mother-in-law with shovel

First India Bureau

Bikaner: A father and daughter riding a bike died in an accident on the road from Bikaner to Barsingsar. The bike was hit by a car. The father died on the spot while the daughter suc-cumbed to her injuries at the trauma centre of PBM Hospital. Banar-am Godara, who lives in Chaudhary Colony of Gangashahar, was going to Nokha Road with his daughter Kavita when the car hit his bike.

TWO YOUTH KILLED In Pali, two bike-borne youth killed when their bike was hit by a truck-trailer near Netra un-der Sumerpur police station on Tuesday. Sumerpur SHO Rameshwar Bhati said that Kiran Meena, 20, and Satya Prakash, 22, died in the accident.

First India Bureau

Jodhpur: A woman beat her 60-year-old mother-in-law to death with a stick and a shovel at Utesar vil-lage under Luni police station on Tuesday.

According to police, daughter-in-law Re-kha allegedly took this extreme step after she was being harassed by her mother-in-law Babu Devi regularly.

Police said, after the incident when the children came home, seeing the condition of the grandmother, they informed the po-lice. Luni police reached the spot after getting information. The accused woman has been arrested and the police have started interrogation. The po-lice said the elderly woman was hit on her face and head.

RERC relief to solar plant consumers First India Bureau

Jaipur: In a relief to consumers who set up solar power plants, ap-proval has been given for setting up of plants up to 500 kw capacity under ‘net metering’. Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commis-sion has issued orders regarding “net meter-ing” for setting up so-lar power plants up to 500 kw capacity.

EMERGENCY LANDING TODAY!RAJNATH SINGH AND NITIN GADKARI TO INAUGURATE EMERGENCY LANDING FACILITYMukesh Mathrani & Lunaram Darji

Barmer: Defence Min-ister Rajnath Singh and Minister for Road Transport and High-ways Nitin Gadkari will inaugurate emergency landing field (ELF) at Gandhav Bhakasar Sec-tion (NH-925) South of Barmer on Thursday. Both ministers will also witness aircraft op-erations on the emer-gency landing field (ELF). It mentioned here that this will be the first time when a nation-al highway will be used for emergency landing of IAF aircrafts. It men-tioned here that NHAI had developed a 3 kilo-metre section of Satta-Gandhav stretch of NH-925A as an emergency landing facility (ELF) for Indian Air Force, which is part of newly

developed two lane paved shoulder of Gaga-riya-Bakhasar & Satta-Gandhav Section having total length of 196.97 Km. The total cost of the project is Rs. 765.52 crores under Bharatma-la Pariyojaa.

Project to facilitate vigilance of Army

This project will im-

prove connectivity be-tween villages of Bar-mer & Jalore districts located on the interna-tional border. The stretch being located in the west-ern border area will fa-cilitate the vigilance of the Indian Army as well as strengthen the basic infrastructure of the country. Apart from this Emergency Landing

Strip, 3 helipads have also been constructed in Kundanpura, Sing-hania & Bakhasar vil-lages in this project ac-cording to the require-ments of the Air Force and Indian Army, which will be the basis for strengthening the Indi-an Army and security network on internation-al border of the country.

COURTYARDHIGH COURT SEEKS REPLY ON CANCELLATION OF TRANSFER OF 340 DOCTORS BY EC

DRAFT REGULATORY LAWS PREPARED FOR COACHING INSTITUTIONS: STATE TO HC

Jaipur: In the case of cancellation of transfer of 340 doctors by the SEC on August 17, citing the model code of con-duct, a bench of Justice Arun Bhansali of the HC has given time to the poll panel and government to fi le their responses. The court has also asked how the panel could cancel transfer of doctors. The HC has stayed the panel’s order for transfers. Dr Natwar Kumar Swarnakar had fi led a petition and told the High Court that the Medical and Health Department had transferred him from Sawai Madhopur to Jaipur on August 14.

Jaipur: The state government informed the High Court that the draft regulatory laws and rules have been prepared for the coaching institutions in the state. Soon, the process will be completed and it will be given the form of law. The division bench of Justice Sabina and Justice CK Sonagara has fi xed the hearing in December. After the incidents of suicide by the students studying in the coaching institutes of Kota, the HC had sought an answer after taking cognisance of it. The Court had earlier constituted a task force to prepare the draft of the law.

Dr BD Kalla and Sudhansh Pant at Jaipur airport.

Just 40 kilometers away from the Paki-stan border.

Airstrip has been made for emergency use by Air Force

3 km long and 33 meters in wide

Airstrip built at a cost of Rs 32.95 crore.

Two parking lots of size 40 by 180 meters also made for planes

ATC plinth of size 25 by 65 meters has been constructed with double storeyed ATC cabin

Sukhoi Su-30, MiG and Jaguar will land on the runway.

STRIP FOR IAF PLANES

District Bar Association members protesting in Ajmer.

The ELF was constructed in a time span of 19 months. The work for this ELF was commenced in July 2019 and was completed in January 2021.

SWIMMING FROM SEPT 19

We are dependent on coal for power and the supply of coal is entirely in the hands of the Centre

—Dr BD Kalla, Energy and Water Resources Minister

Over the years I have realised that successful leaders are those who have the confidence to delegate and

in this lies the key to their success.—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor-in-Chief, First India

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Jaipur: The BJP has started preparations for the assembly elec-tions to be held in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Ma-nipur in early 2022. In such a s i t u a t i o n , the national leadership of BJP has ap-p o i n t e d

three Union ministers from Rajasthan as in-charge and co-incharge in different states.

National general sec-retary Arun Singh,

who is in-charge of Rajasthan, has

signed the or-der. Union Jal

Shakti Minis-ter and LS MP from Jodhpur Ga-jendra Singh

Shekhawat has been appointed in-charge of Punjab.

Union Minister for Forest, Environment, Labor and Employ-ment and Rajya Sabha MP from Ra-jasthan Bhu-pender Yadav has been made in-charge of Manipur. While Minister of State for Parlia-mentary Affairs and Bikaner LS MP Arjun Ram

M e g h w a l

has been appointed as the co-incharge of Ut-tar Pradesh.

Shekhawat is a Mem-ber of Parliament from Jodhpur Lok Sabha

c o n s t i t u e n c y. Along with

him, Hard-eep Puri, Meenakshi Lekhi, Vi-

nod Chav-da have been ap-pointed as

c o - i n -

charges for the elec-tions in Punjab, where Congress is ruling.

Bhupender Yadav, one of the trusted lead-ers of the party leader-ship has also played a big role in doing damage control many times. Re-cently, he also took out Jan Ashirwad Yatra in Rajasthan.

Union Minister D h a r m e n d r a Pradhan has been appointed in-charge of Ut-

tar Pradesh. While Ar-jun Ram Meghwal will have to decide the strat-egy after aligning with Pradhan. The responsi-bility of cultivating the

Dalit vote bank in UP and

making a dent in the vote bank of BSP will also

be on his shoulders

as UP co-in-charge.

Fresh charge for Shekhawat, Yadav, MeghwalBJP NATIONAL PREZ JP NADDA ANNOUNCED ASSEMBLY POLL TEAMS; SHEKHAWAT WAS MADE IN-CHARGE OF PUNJAB; YADAV MANIPUR AND MEGHWAL AS CO-INCHARGE OF UTTAR PRADESH

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Bhupender Yadav Arjun Ram Meghwal

Rajendra Chhabra

Jaipur: In the past two years, the Information and Technology (IT) de-partment, on which sen-ior IAS Akhil Arora had worked meticulously adding to its ‘sheen’, is now nothing more than a lack-lustre depart-ment. The department is in complete disarray and after Commissioner Virendra Singh went on leave in June, the situa-tion has turned for the worse. Since Virendra Singh also held the

charge of MD, RajComp, therefore, its work has also been severely ham-pered.

Actually, Virendra Singh has lost love for Rajasthan and is now working to return to his home cadre and he is regularly getting his leaves extended in the hope of getting approval from Centre. In the past three months, for the first time, a comparative-ly junior IAS, 2011 batch officer Abhimanyu Ku-mar, was given Singh’s charge and after him, the

charge was recently handed to 2006 batch IAS Alok Gupta. Since Ab-himanyu is not only a junior but also an out-sider, his failure in han-dling the department

does not compute. But, failure of Gupta, inspite of being Principal Secre-tary of the dept, is a shocking & surprising.

The collapse of IT de-partment’s system dur-

ing the major interna-tional level event where-in Sam Pitroda was also a guest, has put state government in a corner and since Gupta, on the dreaded day, was the ‘all-in-one’ of the depart-ment, the onus of the incident also falls on him. The change of three Principal secretar-ies, dispute of MD’s charge of RajComp, leaves of Virendra Sin-gh and DoP’s experi-ment on whom to give his additional charge has actually resulted in

dysfunctioning of the department. Fingers had been raised when two years back Princi-pal Secretaries were sidelined and Virendra Singh was given a com-plete free hand to run the department as he deemed fit. And now for the past four months, no work -whether good or bad - is being done in the department.

Government should appoint a capable officer in place of Singh and overhaul the entire de-partment.

IT in docks, now all hopes on dept’s complete overhaul!

Shivendra Parmar

Jaipur: Rajasthan Housing Board (RHB) Commissioner Pawan Arora, on Wednesday, chaired a state-level re-view meeting for the successful implementa-tion of “Prashasan Shehro ke Sang” cam-paign set to begin from October 2. During the meeting, Arora directed to dispose off the pend-ing cases related to RHB on a priority.

He informed that during the campaign, a total of 20 cases related to the Housing Board will be disposed of on a priority. “These include cases of building maps, transfer of names, sub-division/reorganisa-tion of plots, registra-tion of unregistered leases, extension of building construction period, allotment letter, refund to allottees/ap-

plicants, no dues certifi-cate on deposit of full amount, one-time lease letter, transfer sale, mu-tual/nominated/death case, change in income group, demand for out-s t a n d i n g / b a l a n c e amount/other amount, notice of change of ad-dress, earnest money refund, registration of contractors, housing registration, building construction maps cas-es like approval and re-turn of security depos-it, issue of possession letter and regulariza-tion, will be disposed off immediately,” he said.

The Commissioner directed that all pend-ing cases during the campaign should be re-duced to zero. “Negli-gence of any kind will not be tolerated during the campaign. Along with this, services like allotment letter, lease

discharge certificate will be provided to the applicant on the spot. For the successful im-plementation of the campaign, nodal officer would be appointed at the state level for effec-tive monitoring on reg-ular basis,” Arora said.

The Commissioner informed that RHB will conduct survey to bring new housing schemes in 200 small towns of the state, for which a mobile app named “RHB Awas” will be launched. “In this app, people’s opinion re-garding the size of the house, income group etc. will be known and after obtaining permis-sion from the State Gov-ernment, RHB will launch the housing scheme by taking acqui-sition action in view of the availability of land,” the Commission-er said.

Arora reviews campaign prep

First India Bureau

Jaipur: JDA on Wednesday decided to allot land in 4 cases and to refer 3 cases to the state govt for a decision.

In the 163th meeting of the land and asset disposal committee chaired by JDA com-missioner Gaurav Goy-al, it was decided to send the matter of allot-ment of land for the construction of family court buildings on the premises of Animal Husbandry Depart-ment, Gandhi Nagar- Jaipur, to govt.

Decision was taken to send the matter of allo-cation of 870 square

yards in the facility area in Parshvnath col-ony in Ajmer to Digam-bar Jain Samaj at the reserve rate for social, cultural and religious purposes to govern-ment for approval. An-other proposal for ap-proval to land allotment for panchayat building and other government offices in Mandabhopa-was tehsil will also be sent to the government.

The committee also decided to allot 7800 sq mt land in Jamwaram-garh for govt buildings, 0.3541 hectare land for govt school in Boyta-wala, 2584.3 sq mt land in Kalpna Nagar, Agra road for primary health

centre, and 1 hectare land in Rojda tehsil of Amber for newly creat-ed PHC in Amber.

Meanwhile, JDA has started showing strict-ness for not carrying out development works in residential schemes of private developers. On Wednesday, JDA took possession of 55 plots of 7 colonies and will auction these soon and development works will be done with mon-ey received via auction.

Goyal said that direc-tions were given to Zone Deputy Commissioners to confiscate 12.5 per-cent of the plots mort-gaged against develop-ment works.

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pandemic; he also start-ed the recitation of the Preamble of the Consti-tution in the legislative Assembly for the first time, thereby starting a new tradition in the state assembly.

Apart from the focus on education and health in the tribal areas, he conducted effective and regular monitoring for the execution of the new education policy. Not only this, the Gover-nor has taken several innovative steps in his tenure in coordination with state government.

During his tenure of 2 years, the Governor

focused not only on the betterment of higher education and moni-tored implementation of the new education policy, but also drew at-tention of the state gov-ernment on the issues related to the common man. The Governor has got audited various edu-cational and health schemes executed in the scheduled area.

He has got an evalua-tion report prepared on the qualitative impact of educational and health schemes on the lives of Saharia, Ka-thori and other tribes. He even released a 15-point agenda on the completion of his one

year, in which he talked about innovating in var-ious areas and improv-ing the quality.

Now on the comple-tion of the second year

of his term, the Gover-nor is seen fulfilling most of his agenda.

Even after the Con-gress MLAs staged a sit-in at the Raj Bhavan

during the political cri-sis last year, his rela-tions with the state gov-ernment and chief min-ister Ashok Gehlot have been very cordial.

Recently, keeping pro-tocol aside, the Gover-nor visited Gehlot at his residence after the CM underwent an angio-plasty.

Due to his down to earth and humble de-meanour, Governor Mishra has made a place in the hearts of the people and he is giv-ing a new direction to the state by giving sug-gestions to the state gov-ernment on many is-sues and implementing innovations.

PRASHASAN SHEHRON KE SANG

RHB TO CONDUCT SURVEY FOR HOUSING SCHEMES IN 200 SMALL TOWNS THROUGH RHB AWAS APP

Lack of devp works: JDA takes possession of 55 plots of 7 colonies

A down to earth & humble Governor, Mishra enjoys cordial relations with CM Ashok Gehlot

All Indian citizens enjoy equal protection of laws: Om Birla

First India Bureau

Vienna: All citizens of India, whether men or women, are equal before law, and also enjoy equal pro-tection of laws. Our Constitution empow-ers every citizens without discriminat-ing on the basis of gender, emphasised Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla while refer-ring to Constitution-al provisions of In-dia.

Birla said this on Wednesday while participating in pan-el discussion on the subject ‘Repealing laws that discrimi-nate against women and girls is the only path towards achiev-ing gender equality’. As part of the ongo-ing Fifth World Con-ference of Speakers of Parliament (5WCSP), Birla while speaking during the debate observed that repeal of laws which do not conform to

principles of equali-ty and non-discrimi-nation can help sus-tain efforts towards gender just, peaceful and inclusive socie-ties; while ensuring equal participation in decision-making, providing access to essential public ser-vices; and achieving economic prosperity for all.

Speaking about the tools to overcome gender inequality, Birla spoke about education and aware-ness.

During the day, hde also held a bilat-eral meeting with Speaker of National Assembly of Repub-lic of Korea, Byeong Seug Park and shared views on issues of mutual interest. Bir-la also held a bilater-al meeting with Speaker of Senate of Russia, Valentina Matviyenko and shared thoughts on issues of common in-terest.

RHB Commissioner Pawan Arora taking a meeting where KC Meena, GS Baghela, Sanjay Sharma, Nathu Ram, KS Chaudhary, Sanjay Punia and others were present on Wednesday.

Keeping protocol aside, Governor Kalraj Mishra recently visited CM Ashok Gehlot at his residence after CM underwent angioplasty.

LS Speaker Om Birla alongwith President of Federal Council, Austria, Dr Peter Raggl and President of National Council, Austria, Wolfgang Sobotka during Fifth World Conference of Speakers of Parliaments in Vienna.

Virendra Singh Alok Gupta

REJUVENATED!

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on way to Delhi from Jaipur Airport, on Wednesday, after completing a 10-day session of vipassana meditation in Jaipur.

—PHOTO BY SUM

AN SARKAR

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Amrapali – this Throwback Thursday, I

bring you one of my favourite

movies, a period film

which though deviates from

history, still holds its own

as a movie- Vyjayanthimala and Sunil Dutt

gave one of their best

performances!

Tumhe Yaad Karte Karte...Dil panchhi ban udd

jaata hai…hum khoye khoye rehte hain…

still remember the first time I saw this song, Vyjayanthi-mala in the famous red ‘Amrapali’ dress looking be-yond beautiful, I

was stunned by her sensu-ous moves, expressions and sheer grace and beauty! Then I saw Tumhe yaad karte karte and Tadap yeh din raat ki – I was se-duced by her, there is no other word to describe my feelings! I have al-ways found her to be the most beautiful among her peers and beyond but in Amrapali, she is truly like an Ap-sara.

Watch the song Tadap yeh din raat ki… her eyes speak aloud the lyrics! In Tumhe

yaad karte karte she is less formally dressed, with her hair open, a peach sexy out-fit – her tiniest movements are deeply erotic. There are just 3 songs in the movie and most of Amrapali’s dance sequences are music and raga based.

Vyjayanthimala as Amra-pali is perfect, she owns the movie! It celebrates the beau-ty, sensuality and dance ex-pertise of this consummate actress and it goes beyond as it brings to us the balance between life, pleasure and renunciation. Even as the court dancer she is confident and loyal to her state, de-mands respect and gets it!

Sunil Dutt, an excellent actor looks quite the dash-ing hero in the bare-chested aggressive scenes and

brings out the confusion of love vs duty.

A well-directed movie, there is hardly an extra scene - a doomed love, a clash of ideologies, unmatched splendour, riveting dance sequences, Lata Man-geshkar’s voice weaves mag-ic-the songs are unforgetta-ble – and still the movie did not do well at the box office.

Vyjayanthimala brings depth as she fights when she is wronged and her final submission at the feet of B u d d h a h i g h l i g h t s the futility of war - a mes-sage that holds true today also.

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LEO JULY 24 - AUGUST 23

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LIBRA SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22

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some house owners. You will find family life more than fulfilling. A senior is likely to put in a good word for you to the higher ups. Financially, you may consolidate your position.

ARIESMAR 21 - APR 20

Appreciation is in store for some homemakers. A professional victory is yours if you play your

cards well today. Those in business will be able to maintain good earning. You are likely to enjoy good health. Young lovers are likely to enjoy total bliss.

SAGITTARIUS NOV 23 - DEC 22

You may enjoy a great time in a family get-together. Weather can play spoilsport in a long journey, but you

will still enjoy yourself. Your property is likely to give excellent returns. You are likely to get your choice on the academic front. A senior’s guidance is set to make your task easier.

GEMINI MAY 21 - JUNE 21

A change of job is likely to give you better salary and perks. Those in business will soon get a chance to

make profits. A new deal is likely to come through and give you a taste of success. Spending time with lover proves most fulfilling. Enjoy with a new group of friends or colleagues.

AQUARIUS JAN 21 - FEB 19

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

if you want to prove yourself. A party may be thrown in your honour at work. Your good performance is likely to be noticed by higher ups. You will have to be more focussed on academic front.

TAURUSAPR 21 - MAY 20

Your strategy to promote yourself on the professional front will bear fruits. You may need to

speed up things on the academic front to remain ahead. On the social front, the day finds you in your element. Something special awaits you on the romantic front today.

CAPRICORNDEC 23 - JAN 20

A lifestyle change is possible for some, just to live healthily. Parent’s advice will come in handy

in making an important decision. Timely action will be required to make an out of town journey possible. A piece of good news can brighten your day.

VIRGO AUG 24 - SEP 23

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

luck promises to brighten your day. New avenues for earning open up as you get more determined. Getting into a favourable situation on the academic front is possible.

CANCER JUNE 22 - JULY 23

Professionals will be able to give their best in a new situation. Financially, this day may prove lucky for

you, so go ask for the raise that is keeping you on tenterhooks. Don’t take any chances with your health today. You will succeed in putting your stagnant love life back on track.

PISCES FEB20 - MARCH 20

A celebration can find you in your element today. Praise and honour may greet you in something

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

SCORPIO OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22

Some favourable developments on the social front are foreseen. Good performance on the

academic front will help enhance your reputation at work. Buying new furniture or a major appliance is possible. Those trying to get back their money will succeed.

YOUR DAY

Horoscope by Saurabbh Sachdeva

SPICE OF THE GREAT INDIAN KITCHENoriander, dhaniya in Hindi, belongs to the Apiaceae family and is interchangeably called cilantro and Chinese parsley in other parts of the

world. Originating from the Coriandrum Sati-vum plant, coriander is an an-nual plant and all its parts are edible with distinctive uses. Did you know? Coriander is probably amongst the first herbs to be used by human-kind. The use of coriander in cooking can be traced back to 5000 BC and there are early Sanskrit writings from 1500 BC that have mentions of this herb. Interesting, right?

Using Coriander in Indian Food In Indian food, in fact, most South Asian cuisines, Corian-der as a herb is an integral part, lavishly used for garnish-ing. On the other hand, corian-der as a seed is used as a whole spice or in powder form and is one of the main spices used in Indian cooking. Let us discuss each of its forms and uses in a little more detail.

Coriander as a HerbCoriander leaves are finely chopped and used as a garnish for most gravies, vegetables, and other dishes, enhancing the overall flavour and giving them a hint of citrus fragrance.

Coriander chutney and cori-ander-mint chutney are amongst the most popular freshly-made Indian sauces that are served with all kinds of Indian snacks like Tandoori paneer tikka, kebabs, pakoras, etc. In fact, most chaat recipes are incomplete without corian-der-mint chutney, making it an indispensable part of Indian cuisine.

Coriander chutney and cori-ander-mint chutney are amongst the most popular freshly-made Indian sauces that are served with all kinds of Indian snacks like Tandoori paneer tikka, kebabs, pakoras, etc. In fact, most chaat recipes are incomplete without corian-der-mint chutney, making it an indispensable part of Indian cuisine.

While it may look like a very easy-peasy garnish, there are a few dos and don’ts to follow when using fresh coriander.� Coriander leaves spoil very

quickly and lose their aro-ma when dried or frozen. Hence, just remove the leaves from the stem to keep them fresh for longer.

� For storing the coriander,

using a container with holes is ideal to keep a balanced temperature.

� Coriander needs thorough washing before use. Make sure to properly wash and sort out any spoilt leaves, otherwise, it can ruin the look of your dish.

� Coriander loses its colour and aroma when heated and therefore, always it is al-ways recommended to gar-nish it after your dish is ready and you put it off the flame.

� When making the corian-der-mint chutney, just cut off the roots and keep a part of the stems as it enhances the flavour of the chutney and retains its bright green colour.

Coriander seedsWhole coriander seeds are mainly used in gravies, dhaba-styled lentils, fried Indian

snacks like kachoris and samo-sas amongst many other food items.

Tell you a lesser-known fact? Coriander seeds are used in Burmese cuisine also. When-ever we are making Burmese spread, there are many dishes where we use roasted and coarsely ground coriander seeds for that punch of fla-vours.

When using whole seeds in cooking, they are lightly roast-ed to release the aromatic fla-vour and gently crushed for that nutty taste. They are also one of the many ingredients used to make the great Indian Garam Masala, a ground blend of mul-tiple Indian whole spices.

Coriander seed powder The ground form of coriander seed is a primary spice that is practically used in every dish, especially, in North Indian cui-sine. It does not just enhance the flavour by adding a hint of tart and citrus but also gives a rich colour to gravies and veg-etables.

ConclusionIndian food has a lot of science behind it and every spice and herb that has been natively and traditionally used in cooking carries a lot of benefits and co-riander is no exception. Corian-der too has many health bene-fits. It improves digestion, keeps the blood glucose levels in check, reduces bad cholesterol and coriander seed water is also believed to aid in weight loss.

Do you need any more rea-sons to embrace coriander in all its parts and forms? We think not!

CAULDRON SISTERSRatika & Richa Khetan, two sisters, started Cauldron Sisters in 2015. It started as an exotic food gift hamper business, but their love for food encouraged them to start culinary workshops, food deliveries, and slowly and gradually it turned huge as restaurants and cafes started approaching them for consultancy.

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Keke Palm-er and Ilana Glazer will host Met

Gala 2021, sched-uled to be officially live streamed by Vogue on Septem-

ber 13. According to sources, Palmer and

Glazer would be in-volved in the honours, and in the red carpet event while interacting with the celebrities who grace the event with her iconic looks. —Agency

Kylie Jenner just confirmed her second pregnan-cy in the most

Kylie Jenner way pos-sible! The makeup mo-gul took to Instagram to treat her 265 mil-lion followers (and

counting!) with a h e a r t w a r m i n g

“pregnancy re-veal” video.

—Agency

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BABY BELLS! ohn Mulaney and Olivia Munn are ex-pecting are their first child to-gether. After ru-mours suggested

Munn’s pregnancy, the comedian during his re-

cent appearance on a talk show, not only confirmed his relationship with Munn but also revealed that they are having their first baby together. Mu-laney and Munn began dating in spring after his separation. Olivia and

John’s romance was first rumoured after the duo were spotted hanging out together following the co-median’s separation from his wife Anna Marie Tend-ler. John and Anna Marie announced their split in May 2021. —Agency

AJAY DEVGN GOES MUSICAL

ONTO THE HEAVENLY ABODE

Actor-filmmaker Ajay Devgn launched Panorama Music on Tuesday. The label, to be led by the music industry executive, Rajesh

Menon, will create original singles, film music, independent music, and regional content. Established with the intention to provide a platform to budding musicians and artistes, the label will focus on re-gional content and its offerings in Hindi will include devotional and Sufi music, and ghazals. —Agency

Akshay Kumar’s mother, Aruna Bhatia, passing away on Wednes-day. He was hit by a storm as he faces a “tough hour” with his

mother’s demise. He was shooting for his upcoming movie, Cinderella in the United Kingdom, when he was asked to return to Mumbai to be with his ailing mother on September 5, 2021. Kumar, all set to turn 54 today, met with this shock a day prior to his birthday. City First wishes him all the strength and hope to come out of this tragic hour. —Agency

Priyanka’s big news

Indian actress Priyan-ka Chopra Jonas has announced that the trailer of her upcom-

ing Hollywood film ‘The Matrix: Resurrections’

will drop on Thursday.Priyanka took to

Instagram to an-nounce the release date of ‘Matrix 4’.

The caption of the post read, “Yep! it’s almost time to take that pill... Trailer

Thursday at 6 AM PT (6: 30pm

IST) Go ahead and click the link in my bio to experience it yourself.”

—Agency

SONAM PAYS TRIBUTEA

ctor Sonam Kapoor Ahuja on Tuesday paid tribute to late flight attendant Neer-

ja Bhanot’s courage on her birth anniversary. Sonam, who played the character of Bhanot in the film ‘Neerja’ (2016), took to her Instagram Story, remembering the cou-rageous woman who saved the lives of many in the most trying circumstances. The actor posted a mono-chrome picture of Neerja and wrote, “Remembering Neerja’s courage, grit and de-termination, on her birthday. Here’s to her legacy inspir-ing millions to rise to the oc-casion and fight the good fight - no matter what! #neer-

jabhanot #re-membering-

neerja.” —Agency

IT’S RAINING BABIES!

MET 2021, the

wait’s over!

HAATHI MERE SAATHI!

Zee Cinema brings back the magic of grand mov-ie releases with Rajesh Khanna’s popular clas-

sic ‘Haathi Mere Saathi’. Writ-ten and directed by Prabu Solo-mon, the movie stars Baahu-bali superstar Rana Daggubati as the noble protector of the elephants and nature, along with the talented Pulkit Sam-rat, Shriya Pilgaonkar, Zoya Hussain and Anant Mahade-van in pivotal roles. —CITY FIRST

Nakaab unmaskedT

he trailer of the awaited web series ‘Nakaab’ has

been launched. It is an investigative thriller directed by Soumik Sen and stars Mallika Sher-awat, Esha Gupta and Gautam Rode in the lead. S p e a k i n g

about her character, Mallika said, “This series investigates the hidden nuances of a glamorous in-dustry. I play Zohra who is an inspiring single woman at the apex of the media in-dustry, but her char-

acter is mysteri-ous. —Agency

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SHUBH LAABH

Esha Gupta

Priyanka Chopra Jonas Sonam Kapoor Ahuja Kylie Jenner

Geetanjali Tikekar

Ajay Devgn

Keke Palmer

Akshay Kuamr with LateAruna Bhatia and Alka Bhatia

Poster of the film

JAIPUR, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Olivia Munn

Savita is a dreamer and an optimist, says Geetanjali Tikekar about her character in Sony SAB’s Shubh Laabh- Aapkey Ghar Mein. She

added, “This is my second association with Sony SAB, and it feels great to be back with a show like Shubh Laabh- Aap-key Ghar Mein. Sony SAB has a very loyal viewership and has struck a right chord with its audiences with its slice of life and light-hearted shows.” —CITY FIRST

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STAY MASKED

Indian Achievers’ AwardCITY FIRST

he Executive Director and CEO of Shub-h a s h i s h Homes, Mohit Jajoo has been awarded the

Young Achievers’ Award by the Indian Achievers’ Forum. Mo-hit entered the world of business when he was nineteen, joining his family business in Ra-jasthan, Shubhashish Group.

Apart from being the CEO of the organisa-tion, he is also a mem-ber of the Executive Committee of Young Indians (CII Rajasthan)

and is the Co-Chairper-son of its Ease of doing Business Vertical.

Mohit Jajoo extended

the business by further looking into real estate development. He envi-sions to create stand-

ardised Nature Friend-ly mid segment housing across the country.

His latest group hous-

ing project, Shubhash-ish Geeta, is one of the first venture to have na-ture-friendly services. He understands that to buy a house one spends his pre-cious life savings and hence he/she must get the value for it such as nature and kid friendly, spacious, peaceful, away from the hustle, etc.

Apart from bringing innovative ideas to his firm, Mohit firmly be-

lieves in the cause of education. With the NGO Jagriti run by his father, he makes

sure to provide op-portunities for under-privileged children to pursue education.

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BIRTHDAY WISHES CONTINUE!

Jagdeesh Chandra with Mahesh Jhalani and Manju Gupta

Jagdeesh Chandra with MLA Rafiq Khan

Jagdeesh Chandra with Lakshay Sharma Jagdeesh Chandra with Rituraj Sharma

Jagdeesh Chandra with Yaqub Khan

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Mohit Jajoo

The Vision of a Poet

Dinesh Bawra, born in Uttar Pradesh and brought up in

Mumbai began his jour-ney of writing when he was inspired by his teacher, Vilas Vaidya in standard 10th. He par-ticipated in a poetry reading competition for the first time which became his first step in the path of poetry.

About his journey, the poet shared, “I failed

in my 10th standard and because of this I lost my interest in Academics. I went on working but I

could not find any in-terest in the same. After I got married, I pursued my pas-

sion once again. I went on wokring on tel-

evision as a comic poet with The Great Indian Laughter Challenge. I was offered a lead role in ‘Savdhaan India’. After that I was offered a role in ‘Hundred Bucks I Will Lead’ I wish to con-tinue on the same jour-ney further.”

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University of Engineering & Management, Jaipur is the only first university in Rajasthan selected for Cambridge Assessment English authorized centre which is a flagship program of Cambridge University, UK. In the Launching program on Tuesday, Manish Puri, Business Head for South Asia, Cambridge University, informed this and presented the Center Authorization plaque to Prof (Dr) Pradeep Kumar Sharma, Registrar of UEM Jaipur. Manish informed that the University of Cambridge was established in 1209 and is the world’s oldest and most renowned academic institution. It is known for providing quality education and a student-centric approach to its students with a holistic education in all spheres of academics. —CITY FIRST

Sustain by CartistCITY FIRST

Visitors en-joyed and clicked pho-t o g r a p h s

with vintages jeeps on display at the ‘Jeep Show’ by the Rajasthan Jeep Club. The club had come to support the ‘Sustain by Cartist’ initiative which is a 9-day ex-hibition being or-ganised by Cartist in collaboration with JKK. In total 10 vin-tage jeeps along with their jeepers

were on display at the JKK campus. These included vin-tage Jeeps from 1942 to 1972, 1942 Lan-drover First Series, 1947 Ford Jeep and

1952 Willys.‘Sustain by

Cartist’ is an initiative to pro-

mote upcycling of auto parts and cu-rating designer fur-niture through uti-lizing old car parts and automotive waste. The exhibi-tion will be on till 12 September.

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WORLD PHYSIOTHERAPY DAY

On the occasion of World Physio-therapy Day, several programs were organised at Mahatma Gandhi University of Medical

Sciences and Technology on Wednes-day. Professor Sudhir Sachdev was the chief guest of the program. Madhusu-dan Tiwari, Dean Principal of Physio-therapy College presided. While ad-dressing the program, Professor Sachdev said where you have high hopes for home, family, society and nation; students should make their special identity through their services in the society. If you have the ability, then the world will listen to you. God has given you an opportunity to ease the pain of the patients. This will be the true Guru Dakshina, engaged in social service with the light of his knowledge. Dr Anjali Sharma, Dr Arvind Trivedi, Dr Salim Naqvi, Dr He-mant Sharma among others were pre-sent during the program. —CITY FIRST

CHANGE OF GUARD AT FIRST INDIA NEWS!

Jagdeesh Chandra chaired an Editorial meeting and presided over the formal handing over of charge of Senior Editor of First India News by Syed Umar to Sudhanshu Mathur on Wednesday. All the Heads of the Department and the Jaipur Bureau was present at the meeting as Sudhanshu Mathur was welcomed to the team. Syed Umar, who has been at the helm of the channel for the last three years has resigned due to personal reasons and is returning to New Delhi to be with his family, however, he will continue to be associated with First India News in the capacity of an advisor.

Jagdeesh Chandra wishes Syed Umar all the best and welcomes Sudhanshu Mathur, also seen are Amit Baliyan, Vivek Mani, Sanjeev Sharma, Nandini Agrawal, Shweta Mishra, Jinendra Singh Shekhawat, Shivendra Parmar, Nirmal Tiwari, Rituraj Sharma, Satyanarayan Sharma, Navin Sharma, Naresh Sharma, Jatin Sharma, Bharat Dixit, Ziauddin, Kashiram Choudhary, Aishwary Pradhan, Anita Hada, Shishir Awasthi and Lalit Gangwani.

CAMBRIDGE AUTHORISED EXAMINATION CENTRE

Dinesh Bawra

During the event

During the event

Jeep Show by the Rajasthan Jeep Club

—PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO

Prof Sudhir Sachdev addressing the gathering

Friends and well-wishers kept dropping in on Wednesday, a day after Jagdeesh Chandra’s birthday on September 7, to greet him and wish him all the best.