CRUCIAL READSHIV SENA GEARS UP TO FIGHT UP, GOA POLLS, MAMATA EYES ALLIANCE WITH SP

NEET 2021 EXAM HELD AFTER SEVERAL POSTPONEMENTS DUE TO CORONAVIRUS

Mumbai/Kolkata: Maharashtra MP and Shiv Sena lead-er Sanjay Raut on Sunday said that Shiv Sena will con-test the upcoming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh and Goa on 100 and 20 seats respectively. Meanwhile, Trinamool Congress is looking towards an alliance with the Samajwadi Party for Uttar Pradesh Assembly elec-tions. A decision on this is expected to be taken by the leaders of both the parties in coming weeks.

New Delhi: The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2021 for admission in Undergraduate medical courses was held across the country following COVID-19 protocols on Sunday. The strict adherence to COVID-19 measures was taken by the students and the school authorities.

KEJRI RE-ELECTED NATIONAL CONVENORNew Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was re-elected as the national convenor of the AAP for the third time at the national executive meeting of the party on Sunday.

CJI’S ‘VIVEKANANDA MESSAGE’ TO YOUTHNew Delhi: CJI NV Ra-mana said religion should be above rigidities and that there is a greater need now to pay heed to Swami Vivekananda’s words about dangers posed by sectarian conflicts in society.

VIRAL VIDEO CASE: CONSTABLE RAJESH KUMARI ARRESTED BY SOG

CENTRE CLEARS APPOINTMENTS TO NCLT , ITAT

Jaipur: The Special Operation Group (SOG) arrested police consta-ble Rajesh Kumari on Sunday in the viral video case in which suspended RPS Heera Lal Saini is already on police remand till September 17. ASP Divya Mittal produced Kumari at the judge’s residence and she was also remanded till Sep-tember 17. Saini and Ku-mari have been booked under the POCSO Act. They are seen indulging in obscene acts in a pool at a resort in front of her own minor son. P3

New Delhi: The centre on Saturday approved the appointment of judicial and techni-cal members to the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) days after the Supreme Court pulled up the Centre over vacancies in tribunals across the country. In an official communication, the Centre announced the appointment of eighteen members to the NCLT - eight judicial members and ten technical members — and thirteen new appointments to ITAT - six judicial members and seven accountant members. P6

Aditi Nagar

New Delhi: Even though a section of Con-gress party has recom-mended action in a re-port to state incharge Ajay Maken against its own leaders citing ‘dubi-

ous’ role of Chaksu MLA Ved Prakash Solanki in the party’s defeat in Jaipur Zila Pra-mukh election; Solanki has now laid allegations against the people who have tried to frame him,

and has presented a re-port with evidence to the state incharge.

Although Ved Prakash Solanki is pre-sent in Delhi for the last 2 days, he has not met any leaders in Delhi. At

the same time, state in-charge Ajay Maken is also out of Delhi, due to which Ved Prakash Solanki has made a re-port against the leaders who levelled allegations and e-mailed Maken.

Solanki’s report con-tains pictures of BJP’s ‘badabandi’ at Jagat Ho-tel in Pushkar, in which Mahila Congress’s Dis-trict President Kavita Gurjar and Block Presi-dent Ganga Ram Mee-na’s son Lokesh Meena are present. Turn to P8

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Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh said that CM Mamata Banerjee knows that she may lose in the Bhabanipur Assembly constitu-ency just like Nandigram.

Kerala BJP General Secretary George Kurian wrote to Home Minister Amit Shah seeking intervention to curb jihadi activi-ties and protection to Bishop.

Uttarakhand Congress MLA from Purola, Rajkumar, joined the BJP in Delhi. He joined the party in the presence of Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan. P6

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Sun-day attacked Centre over employ-ment, saying the difference between a week off and working day has ended as “there are no jobs”.

GHOSH: DIDI MAY LOSE

FROM BHABANIPUR

KERALA BJP WRITES TO

SHAH ON BISHOP

U’KHAND CONGRESS MLA JOINS

BJP IN DELHI

RAHUL ATTACKS GOVT ON

JOB LOSSES

MODI-SHAH SURPRISE FACTOR CONTINUES

BHUPENDRA PATEL NEW ‘DADA’ OF GUJARAT

Patel will take oath as CM at 2 PM today,

cabinet 2 days later. Amit Shah to attend ceremony

Patel represents Ahmedabad’s Ghatlodiya

constituency previously represented by Anandiben Patel

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WHO IS BHUPENDRA PATELBhupendra Patel is a first-time MLA from Gujarat’s Ghatlodiya

who won the 2017 assembly elec-tion against the Congress’s Shashi-kant Patel by more than 1 lakh votes, the highest margin that year

Said to be a confidante of UP Governor and former Gujarat

Chief Minister Anandiben Patel,

he belongs to the Patel or Patidar community, which the BJP was reportedly keen to appease ahead of next year’s assembly elections

Patel, fondly known as ‘Dada’ in his constituency,

holds a diploma in civil engineering and had declared more than `5 cr in assets in 2017 election papers

Bhupendra Patel’s name was a surprise announcement

by the party as he was not listed among the main contenders after Vijay Rupani’s exit

Bhupendra Patel has led the Standing Committee of

Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) in the past

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Gandhinagar: A day after the exit of Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Ru-pani and his cabinet, Ghatlodiya MLA Bhu-pendra Patel was picked to be the next CM of the state. He will take oath as CM on Monday after-noon.

The decision to pick Patel was taken at the BJP legislature party meeting in Gandhinagar on Sunday. His name was proposed by CM Vijay Rupani, whose resigna-tion from the post on Sat-urday surprised many.

BJP’s central observ-ers Narendra Singh Tomar and Prahlad Joshi and party general secretary Tarun Chaug were present at the legis-lature party meet. Tomar also met state BJP chief C R Patil on Sunday morning. Most of the 112

MLAs of the party in the 182-member Assembly were present at meeting.

Bhupendra Patel ex-pressed gratitude to-

wards PM Narendra Modi, BJP national pres-ident J P Nadda and Un-ion Home Minister Amit Shah while adding that

the blessings of former Gujarat CM and UP Governor Anandiben Patel have always been with him.

WHY PATEL AS CMGandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is known in political circles for surprising, shocking, and proving others wrong. By picking the Ghatlodiya MLA, former chairman of Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA) and Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s (AMC) former standing committee chairman - Bhupendra Patel - as the legislative party leader and the next Chief Minister, PM Modi has appeased the Patidars, and cut to size Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel’s influence on the community. Both Bhupendra Patel and Nitin Patel are from the Kadva Patidar community. PM Modi had already given two berths to Leuva Patidars in the Central Cabinet, and with a Kadva Patidar as CM, Modi has reached out to the entire Patidar community.

Amit Shah @AmitShah Hearty congratulations and best wishes to @Bhupendrapbjp on being elected the leader of the legislature party. I believe that under the guidance

of Narendra Modi ji the state’s continu-ous development journey will get new energy and momentum.

Jagat Prakash Nadda @JPNadda Congratulations to @Bhupendrapbjp on be-ing elected as next Guja-rat CM. I hope under the leadership of Narendra Modi ji you will give new

energy to the development of Gujarat and the works of public welfare with full devotion and dedication

Who is eligible for covid-19 death cert? ICMR clarifiesNew Delhi: The govern-ment has informed the Supreme Court that the Health Ministry and the Indian Council of Medi-cal Research (ICMR) have come out with guidelines for issuing an “official document” for Covid-related deaths.

Only those COVID-19 cases will be considered, say the guidelines, which have been diagnosed through RT-PCR test, molecular test, rapid-antigen test or clinically determined through in-vestigations at a hospital or in-patient facility by a treating physician, while admitted at hospital or in-patient facility.

Deaths occurring due to poisoning, suicide, homicide and accident, among others, will not be considered as COVID-19 deaths even if the infec-tion is an accompanying condition, the document further elaborates.

Patients who have “died either in hospital settings or at home, and where a Medical Certifi-cate of Cause of Death in Form 4 and 4 A has been issued to the registering authority as required under Section 10 of the Registration of Birth and Death (RBD) Act, 1969, will be treated as a COVID-19 death,” the guidelines read.

CORONA CATASTROPHE

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28,591new cases

338new fatalities

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‘Dead’ Al Qaeda leader surfaces on 9/11 anniv

ECB writes to ICC on cancelled fifth Test

New Delhi: Twenty years after the ghastly terror attack on the US, Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, rumoured dead, has surfaced in a video released on the 9/11 anniversary.

US-based SITE Intel-ligence Group, which tracks the online activ-ity of jihadist groups, reported that Zawahiri spoke on a number of issues.

Rita Katz, SITE’s Di-rector tweeted, “Amid rumours of his death, Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri shown in a new 60-minute video, this time offering some evidence that he is not dead--particularly, ref-

erence to events after December when ru-mours of death sur-faced.”

In the video, Zawahi-ri talked about a raid on a Russian military base by the Al-Qaeda-aligned Hurras al-Deen in Syr-ia, which it claimed on January 1.

London: The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has offi-cially written to the In-ternational Cricket Council (ICC) to decide the fate of the cancelled fifth Test against India at Old Trafford, indicat-ing the two boards are far from reaching a set-tlement.

The series-deciding Test in Manchester was called off after a COV-ID-19 outbreak in the Indian camp forced its senior players to ex-press their apprehen-sions to both the BCCI and ECB on going ahead with the match.

“Yes we have written to the ICC,” an ECB

spokesperson told PTI when asked if they want the global body to de-cide on the fifth Test.

The ECB wants the ICC’s Dispute Resolu-tion Committee to ad-dress the issue and ex-pect that a forfeiture would be granted so that it can claim insur-ance as it is set to lose 40 million pounds if the match is declared aban-doned due to COVID.

Gujarat CM-elect Bhupendra Patel meets Governor Acharya Devvrat at Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar on Sunday evening.

Ayman al-Zawahiri

CORONA VAX DRIVE COVERS 74 CRORENew Delhi: More than 74 crore vaccine doses have been administered in the country so far under covid vaccination drive. Over 1 cr 13 lakh vaccine doses were administered to the eligible beneficiaries in the country during the last 24 hours. Recovery rate cur-rently stands at 97.48%.

Chaksu MLA counters Govind Meghwal’s rhetoric via e-mail to Ajay Maken, gives evidence of Congmen trying to sabotage his candidate!

First India Bureau

Jaipur: A flat owner raped a young woman and injured her friends on the pretext of rent-ing his house to the vic-tim in the Omex City area. The victim belongs to Ajmer and stays in Malviya Nagar.

She was looking for a better rented accommo-dation when she saw an ad post on OLX that Varun wants to let out his flat in Rameswaram Tower. She and her friend went to Varun’s place who took them in his car to show the flat. She also called another friend to join them.

When the victim went to washroom, Varun fol-lowed her and raped. Hearing her scream, her friends rushed to her rescue. Angry over it, Varun smashed a bottle and attacked them with the broken pieces.

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Jaipur: The Opposition BJP has gird up the loins to corner the Ge-hlot government in the State Assembly by rais-ing issues of law and order, increasing crime, unemployment and oth-ers. The issue of exodus of Hindu families from Malpura in Tonk dis-trict may also arise in the House. The Question Hour and Zero Hour could not be held on Thursday, the first day

of the current session.Leader of Opposition

Gulab Chand Kataria, Deputy LoP Rajendra Rathore and BJP State President and MLA

from Amer Dr. Satish Poonia can be seen com-manding the Opposition front. Apart from them there are many experi-enced and fast-moving

leaders in the BJP who have the ability to keep the working style of the government in the dock by raising the issues vig-orously. These include

many MLAs including Madan Dilawar, Vas-udev Devnani, Kalich-aran Saraf, Anita Bhadel, Ramlal Sharma, and Ashok Lahoti.

BJP ready to corner Oppn in Assembly ‘Active’ Deepti Maheshwari puts up 74 questions in the HouseNaresh Sharma

Jaipur: Rajsamand MLA Deepti Mahesh-wari, who reached the Assembly for first time after winning the by-election, became active as soon as she came in the House following the footsteps of her mother late Kiran Maheshwari. She has started asking questions and has put 74 questions for the short session. Her first ques-tion is related to Hindu-

stan Zinc relating to the environment. She has also sought the data of deaths due to lack of oxygen. Cong MLAs Gayatri Trivedi and Manoj Meghwal, who also won bypolls apart from Maheshwari, are lagging behind & have not raised a single ques-tion in the Assembly yet.

There is also an inter-esting anecdote in the matter of asking ques-tions by three former ministers who were ter-

minated from the cabi-net during the political crisis last year.

Ramesh Meena had asked the govt 93 ques-tions in the Budget ses-sion. However, Sachin Pilot and Vishvendra Singh did not ask a single ques-tion after leaving the post of min-isters.

POLITICAL FOOTBALL

Facilities at Kekri govt hosp will be at par with SMS hospital: Dr Raghu

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Ajmer: Health Minis-ter Dr Raghu Sharma on Sunday said that efforts are being made to pro-vide facilities at the gov-ernment hospital of Kekri at par with SMS hospital of Jaipur and Ajmer’s JLN Hospital.

Sharma held a public hearing on the third day of his visit to his constituency on Sunday and heard the griev-ances of the public. He

also took a meeting of the councillors of Kekri and Sarwad mu-nicipalities and inau-gurated the newly con-structed Singh Dwar of a Gaushala.

During the public hearing in the morning, a large number of local people expressed their problems. The minister gave necessary instruc-tions to concerned offic-ers for disposal of the applications given by the public.

Health minister Dr Raghu Sharma inaugurated Singh Dwar at Gaushala in Kekri on Sunday. Sagar Sharma & others are also seen.

A picturesque view of Man Sagar Lake covered by clouds during a rainy day in Jaipur. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR

FIVE WENT TO BATHE; TWO CHILDREN DROWNED IN POND IN UDAIPURUdaipur: Two children drowned at Bhesda Khurd area in Udaipur and the bodies were retrieved till late on Saturday. The villagers found the bodies of Leela Gameti, 14, and Naresh Gameti, 10, at their level. These children along with three other friends had gone to bathe. Pawan and two other children went ahead to save them but also drowned. The villagers kept search-ing the children for two hours but they could only save the trio & could not save two others. Later, their body was handed over to the relatives after post-mortem. Last week, fi ve children also drowned in the district.

MODI BOOSTS MORALE OF PARALYMPIANSJavelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia presented a stole autographed by Paralympics medal winners to the Prime MinisterFirst India Bureau

New Delhi: Prime Min-ister Narendra Modi met the Tokyo Paralym-pics medal winners in Delhi on Thursday, the video of which was re-leased on Sunday.

Javelin thrower Dev-endra Jhajharia, who won the silver medal, led the group of players. He presented an auto-graphed stole of Para-lympics medal winners to Modi. Modi asked Avani Lekhara what was going on in her mind during the match. At the same time, he asked Krishna Nagar where he would like to take his parents for a trip.

Flat owner rapes woman looking for flat, injures friends

Youth should not hesitate to take up sports as career: Sundar

Satish Poonia and Devendra Jhajharia in Jaipur on Thursday.

Rajendra Rathore, Prakaram Singh with Devendra Jhajharia in Jaipur on Thursday.

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Gangapur City: Para-lympic bronze medal-list Sundar Gurjar on Sunday said that youth should no more hesitate to take up sports as their career. Time has changed and there is no harm in showing inter-est in sports activities while studying, he told the gathering at a func-tion organised to felici-tate him here today. PWD Assistant Engi-neer Bandan Singh Gurjar welcomed the ace javelin thrower at

the Srijan Defence Academy Dhudhesh-war Dham. Sundar Gurjar also said that

now-a-days, the gov-ernment is doing eve-rything possible to en-courage sportsmen. As a result, jobs come ask-ing for a sportsman as he or she reaches even the national level.

Zila Parishad mem-ber Pukhraj Salempur, Academy trainer Fateh Singh Baisla, Gaurav Jagatpura, Parsadi Sarpanch, Hariom Sarpanch, Balram Sarpanch and RC Gurjar were among the prominent citizens who were present on the occasion.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Avani Lekhara.

Heavy rainfall predicted till ThursdayJaipur: Different parts of Rajasthan received rains in the last 24 hours, even as the MeT department issued a warning for heavy rainfall at several plac-es in the state till Thursday.

Heavy rainfall oc-curred in Udaipur, Al-war, Banswara, Dhol-pur and Ganganagar district, it said.

Kotda in Udaipur received 114 mm rain-fall, the highest in the state, followed by 80 mm rains in Kanoda, also in Udaipur, from Saturday to Sunday morning, the depart-ment said.

Mandawar, Behror and Bahadurpur in Al-war recorded 79, 72 and 67 mm rains, respec-tively, while Ghatol (Banswara), Sikari (Bharatpur), Gangana-gar and Sarmathura (Dholpur) received 66, 75,71 and 65 mm rains respectively, according to the MeT department.

MeT dept has issued a warning for heavy rainfall at several places in the state till Thursday

10 of the 33 districts are under the defi cit rainfall category (-20 percent to -59 percent)

16 districts have received normal rainfall and seven recorded excess rains.

No district is under scanty or abnormal rainfall

Normal rainfall of 492.38 mm from June 1 to September 12

WARNING ISSUED

PARENTS’ GHERAO DEFERRED

Rajasthan Abhibhavak Ekta Andolan, the organisa-tion of parents and guardians which had planned

to gherao the Assembly today in protest against the private school managements, has postponed its agitation as the police refused to give permission for it. The outfi t’s coordinator Manish Vijayvargiya said that they have instead decided to take out a foot march from Civil Lines level crossing to the CMR.

TWO GIRLS, A BOY WASHED AWAY IN PARVAN RIVER

Two girls and a boy, who had come to worship at the Mahadev temple along with their families, were

washed away in Parvan river while bathing. The villagers at their own level started searching for the children, but later the police were informed. The SDRF team was called to the spot but the rescue was called off due to darkness and would be resumed on Monday. Bharat Raj, a resident of Bagni, along with his two daughters and a 14-year-old son of a relative came for darshan at the Mahadev temple in Asan when the incident happened.

PM: HOW DO YOU FEEL AFTER BECOMING THE ‘GOLDEN GIRL’?

A vani said that during the fi nal match, things you (Prime Minister) said

were going on in her mind. “You said just give your best, don't think about medals and do not carry any burden; I did the same and gave my best. Then I won the medal automatically,” she told the PM.“When I spoke to you after winning the gold medal, you told me not to stop now. I kept this thing in mind and kept on working hard to raise the fl ag of India. After that I won another medal. I want to dedicate both my medals to the people of India,” she said.During this, Avani told PM Modi that if his support remains like this with the players, then the players will perform better in the coming times.

AVANI LEKHARA (Shooting/Gold & Bronze)

PM: Where did the idea of dedicat-ing the medal to Corona Warriors came from?Krishna said that whether Olympics or Paralympics, everything has been pos-

sible only because of Corona War-riors, because they worked day and night to protect common man. He said that behind his

medal, there is great support of his family.Where are taking your parents now?He said that his parents have not gone anywhere till today. I’m planning to take my family out for a trip on which PM Modi said that you will go a long way.

PM: When will you take the family to the Statue of Unity?Devendra said that very soon he will go to the Statue of Unity with his family. During this, Devendra became emotional. In the

conversation with PM Modi, he said that the journey to reach here from 2004 was very diffi cult. “I have won three medals

so far. When the fi rst medal was won, there was no money to go to the Olympics. My mother sold her jewellery to send me to the Olympics. After that I made my aim bigger and thought that I have to make a hat-trick of medals for the country,” he said.

PM: How are you feeling after winning the medal?“I want to dedicate my medal to the gu-rus of the country. Without them we all

could not have reached here,” Sundar said. He said that earlier, he had missed an Olympics because of

52 seconds. “I got a chance to win the medal because of the support of my coach and family. I assure you that the color of my medal will defi nitely change in the next Paralympics,” he said.

KRISHNA NAGAR (Badminton/Gold)

DEVENDRA JHAJHARIA(Javelin/Silver)SUNDAR GURJAR

(Javelin/Bronze)

Deepti Maheshwari

Bandan Singh Gurjar welcomed Sundar Gurjar.

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Jaipur: The National Eligibility cum En-trance Test (NEET) ex-amination for admis-sion in medical colleges was conducted across the country including Rajasthan on Sunday.

16 lakh students across the country had registered for the exam which was con-ducted from 2 pm to 5 pm. Admission to about 1.40 lakh seats in MBBS, BDS, BHMS, BYMS, BUMS, BVSC and selected BSc Nurs-ing College courses will be done on the ba-sis of the merit in the exam.

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Dausa: The police have arrested two members of a gang who cheated unemployed youths on the pretext of getting selection in competitive examinations. The spe-cial team of district po-lice carried out the ac-tion after the input from SOG.

Dausa SP Anil Beni-wal said that the input was received from the Special Operation Group in relation to the gang extorting huge amounts on the pretext of illegally getting pa-pers of many competi-tive examinations to be held in coming days.

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Jaipur: Two officers of Rajasthan Skill and Livelihood Development Corporation (RSLDC), who were arrested for al-legedly taking a bribe of Rs. 5 lakh, were remand-ed to police custody for 5 days on Sunday.

Scheme coordinator Ashok Sangwan and manager Rahul Kumar Garg were produced be-fore a magistrate who remanded them to police

custody.The ACB officials said

that senior officials of RSLDC were also in-volved in corruption racket as junior officers used to give their share from the bribe amounts, said an official.

Bribes were being taken in lieu of remov-ing firms from blacklist and for the passing bills.

The ACB will exam-ine the records collected from the office and will also record statements of firm owners.

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Jaipur: The girls’ hand-ball team of Rajasthan has clinched bronze medal after emerging the joint winner for the third position at the 44th National Junior Girls’ Handball Champion-ship which concluded in Lucknow today.

The Haryana team grabbed the gold medal and Aryavarta Sports Academy won the silver medal while the host team of Uttar Pradesh

became the joint winner for the bronze medal. The championship, which started on Sep-tember 8, was held at the

KD Singh Babu stadium there. Rajasthan State Handball Association secretary Yash Pratap Singh said that after the

phenomenal perfor-mance in group stage we were defeated by Ar-yavarta Sports Acade-my 21-11 in the semis.

Raj girls bring laurels in National Handball, secure bronze medalSPORTY TALES!

Covid Vax: Raj to hit 5 cr mark today!Vikas Sharma

Jaipur: The state is ex-pected to cross the mark of 5 crore vaccination on Monday. With this, the state will be counted among the top 5 states in vaccination. More than 4.97 crore doses of vaccine have been ad-ministered so far in Ra-jasthan. The target of 1 lakh each is set in Jaipur, Dausa and Bhilwara.

If the pace at which the vaccination is going on in Rajasthan contin-ues, then by the end of October, one circle of vaccination will be completed in the entire state. About 5,14,95,402 people who have been identified by the Cen-

tral government will get at least one dose of the vaccine.

Maximum vaccina-tion has been done in Sikar district where 2,06,679 people have to be vaccinated, while more than 17,31,000 people have got the first dose, which is more than 86 percent of the total tar-get group. Of these, 29.71 percent are people whose vaccination has been completed.

Bharatpur district is trailing in vaccination, where till now 58% of the target group has not received the first dose of the vaccine. Here 19.13 lakh are to be vac-cinated, out of which 1,17,176 people have re-ceived the first dose.

z Vaccination campaign will gain more momentum by getting 11 lakh doses in single day on Sunday.

z More than 1 lakh will be vacci-nated in Jaipur on Monday, In last 24 hours, no Covid patients were reported from the City.

z More than 3 crore 71 lakh people in Rajasthan have received the first dose of vaccination in the entire state.

z In August, there was an allotment of only 53 lakh doses, but the state got 1.18 crore doses.

z In September, the state govt has been allocated a quota of 96 lakh doses from the Centre, but it is ex-pected to get more doses than this.

z 100% of Frontline Workers have got atleast one dose whereas 80% have been jabbed with the complete double dose vaccination.

A vaccination camp in progress at Agrawal College in Jaipur. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR

Covid protocols were followed during NEET exam at SS Jain Subodh College in Jaipur on Monday.

—PHOTOS BY SANTOSH

SHARMA

Sahara Warriors won the Kanota Polo Cup on Sunday. Sahara’s Andra scored a hat-trick in the final. Rajasthan Sports Minister Ashok Chandna scored two goals. “We won the General Amar Singh Kanota cup (8 goals),” Chandna tweeted.

The team at 44th National Junior Girls’ Handball Championship

BIG NUMBERS TILL NOW, HOPING FOR MORE

z Mega drive today, Jaipur, Dausa and Bhilwara to jab 1 lakh doses each

z Till now 4.97 cr vax doses have been administered in Rajasthan

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Sikar: PCC Prez and Education Min GS Do-tasra on Sunday said that discussions will be held with CM Ashok Gehlot in the next one or two days in regards with reopening of schools up to class 8 in the state.

Talking to the media on his second day of Si-kar tour Dotasra at his Sikar residence said that despite the Corona period, people are get-

ting the benefits of the state government’s schemes.

Speaking on the transfers of grade III teachers, Dotasra said that 85,000 applications have been received out of which 55,000 are for 9 districts including Si-kar, Churu, Jhunjhunu, Jaipur, Dausa. The guidelines will be pre-pared by the Education Department and Pan-chayati Raj Department, only after which trans-fers will be started.

Reopening of classes upto 8: CM to decide

Discussions will be held with Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in the next one or

two days for reopening schools up to class 8.—Govind Singh Dotasra, Education Min

Mountains make me feel alive. I had

completed three high-altitude Hima-layan passes (Dar-wa Pass, Bali Pass & Borasu Pass) as part of TriplePass Challenge Expedi-tion (upto 5450m/17880 ft). —Anurag Maloo

Rajasthan de-feated Chandi-garh by 14-9 &

Manipur by 12-2 in Pool-D. We won over Chhattisgarh by 15-6 in the pre-QF and West Bengal 12-7 in QF.

—Yash Pratap Singh, Rajasthan State Handball

Association secretary

53-yr-old woman wins over Corona in 130 days

9-yr-old boy kidnapped in Pratap Nagar

Dausa policearrests two ‘munna bhai’

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Ajmer: In a heartening news, Lajwanti, 53, has won the war against Covid-19 after battling it for 130 days and was discharged from JLN Hospital on Sunday. Though the virus had damaged 90% of her lungs, the courage and passion of the patient to live on as well as the efforts and positive at-titude of the doctors and the nursing staff made it possible. She was affected by the vi-rus on April 24. As her condition worsened, she was admitted to the hospital on May 6.

Jaipur: A 9-year-old boy was kidnapped in Pratap Nagar area on Sunday while cycling outside the house. A man wearing a white shirt kidnapped him from Brijpuri Tilawada village of Pratap Nagar. The father lodged a case at Pratap Nagar police station. The have start-ed the search for the kidnapped child but till late Sunday could not find any clue.

NEET: AMID QUEUES AND FEAR OF CORONA, 16L STUDENTS APPEAR ACROSS NATION

Swapna Sarita Mohanty

Jaipur: With a mis-sion to bring aware-ness about UN sus-tainable goals, Anurag Maloo, 32, from Kis-hangargh is climbing high-altitude peaks and plans to scale Mt.Everest & Mt. Lhotse in 2023. In an interac-tion with First India, he shared his plans.

Maloo has been ear-

lier awarded REX Kar-amVeer Chakra, and became 2041 Antarctic Youth Ambassador from India. With Co-rona crisis, he decided

to advocate, create awareness and cham-pion solutions for UN Sustainable Develop-ment Goals by scaling peaks. “Under the guidance and mentor-ship of Bachendri Pal, I continue to train and take next steps to-wards ‘FindingMy-Everest’. My adven-tures are dedicated to inspire for global com-munities,” he said.

32-year-old Raj man scales peaks for UN sustainable goals

2 RSLDC officials remanded to five days ACB custody

Jaipur: The SI Recruitment Examination-2021 is being organised by RPSC from September 13 to 15 in three phases. About 7.95 lakh candidates will appear for a total of 859 posts. Seating arrangement has been made for 2.65 lakh candidates in each phase. The exam will be held in Ajmer, Bikaner, Bharatpur, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Kota and Jaipur divisional head-quarters besides Rajsamand, Bhilwara, Alwar and Pali districts.

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Jaipur: Suspended RPS Heera Lal Saini and fe-male constable Rajesh Kumari, who was ar-rested on Sunday, came in touch in 2016 when Saini was posted in Jaipur and developed an illicit relationship, official sources said.

Kumari, who is pur-portedly seen involved in sexual activities with Saini in the presence of her six-year-old son in

two video clips, has been remanded till Sep-tember 17, an official of the SOG said. Saini is also on police remand till September 17.

Sources said that the video clips were shot by the mobile phone of the constable in a luxury resort of Pushkar town in Ajmer on July 10,

where they had gone to celebrate the birthday of her son. They stayed at the resort for two days and made 50 vide-os in the resort and swimming pool. The room was booked by SHO Pushkar, Rajesh Meena. Ajmer SP has also given show-cause notice to Meena. Saini is originally from Jhun-jhunu, sources say that Saini has had relations with many women con-stables in Sikar too.

KHAKI IN VIRAL VIDEO: Lady cop had more than 50 videos with RPS officer

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ndia, perhaps, now occupies the driving seat for the rest of the world in the ongoing po-litical turmoil in Afghanistan.

Both Russia and America now realize how they were “fooled” by the Pakistani army and it’s “hybrid” civil-ian government led by Imran Khan.

The Chinese leadership also now realizes that as the “patron” of the Taliban-ISI government, it has to cough up its resources to feed the two starving nations, Paki-stan and Afghanistan.

Earlier, Russia had allowed Pakistan to use its facilities in Kazakhstan to bomb the re-sistance forces entrenched in the Panjshir Valley. The Chi-nese spy satellites helped Pa-kistani bombers and drones to hit the targets with precision.

The Panjshir occupation also wrote the final epitaph of the world’s only Super-power under President Joe Biden. He, however, asks his CIA chief Burns to visit New Delhi to explore the possibil-ity of redeeming his coun-try’s prestige as well as re-gaining his personal image.

He expects that with Indi-an support, America should explore a face-saving alibi to

camouflage his “cowardice act” of abandoning the brave people of Afghanistan. Biden had claimed that the Afghan forces had failed to resist the Taliban. However, the world is now fully aware of the fact that Americans had connived with the Pakistani Generals to allow a walkover to the Taliban forces to occupy Ka-bul. Also, the Afghan com-manders too were told not to resist the invading forces. Every day, the new exposures reveal the American narra-tive being reeled oute by the American media. It has fur-thered suffered, when the world witnessed the Afghan women boldly facing the

Talibani goons having the support of the Pakistani army and it’s intelligence outfit, ISI, pointing out auto-matic rifles on their breast.

The agitators were also raising anti-Pakistan slogans protesting the Pakistani bombing of the Panjshir Val-ley. The world witnessed the exemplary courage of facing the ‘brutal force’, there were now few takers of Biden’s “lies”.The gunmen much to the discomfiture of their mentors in Islamabad could not dare to open fire on the unarmed women. Their trainers had wished that they should kill the women and violate them as they had done to the women of East Pakistan, now Bangladesh.

In spite of the instructions of the Haqqani network, the

Paki proxy which functions directly under the GHQ in Rawalpindi, to crush the pro-testors also raising anti- Pa-kistan slogans, the Taliban soldiers did not open fire on the unarmed women.In a bid to inculcate fear and awe of the barbaric force the Haqqa-ni network was keen to repli-cate what China had done at the Tiananmen Square mas-sacre in April 1989.

Meanwhile, China too has a belated realization that the new Afghan Government is just an extension of the ISI.

It appears that Russia has ultimately realized that it’s advice to India was a blunder that not to “assist” the Resist-ance Forces”, though she had an airbase with ready to fly jet fighters in Kazakhstan.

The situation in Afghani-stan continues to be fluid.It will also be difficult for the Chinese president, Xi Jin-ping, to repeat the experi-ment of Myanmar, where the

Chinese had successfully in-fluenced the Myanmar army chief, Min Aung Hlaing, to put the democratic leader, Aung Saan Suu Kyi, and oth-ers behind the bar and im-pose martial law. In its bid to establish the road-link to My-anmar’s ports, it wanted a subservient government in the country, which could be achieved. Maybe,it was diffi-cult to force a democratically elected government to yield to it’s never ending demands. For this, she had to be pre-vented from retaining power, though she had signed a num-ber of trade agreements with China. Xi Jinping was keen to have a docile regime. There-fore, the military regime to be installed for extracting maxi-mum profits from the coun-try. A similar strategy is be-ing worked out by China of-fering its surplus dollars to Iran, Russia, and Pakistan. With the disenchantment of Russia, there are few chances that the new alignment would finally succeed in subjugat-ing the people of the region.

The recent unfolding of the events in Afghanistan, except France, has also re-vealed that NATO is just a ‘paper tiger’, and the Anglo-American posture for democ-racy is just rhetoric without substance.

Meanwhile,the apologists for the western powers, and the US-based journalists, es-pecially like Fareed Zakaria, offer a weak defense for the US President, Joe Biden, and Pentagon that under tremen-dous political pressure the American-led NATO forces had to abandon Afghanistan leaving military hardware worth billions of USD, but they do not justify that how could they surrender the freedom-loving people of the country to the “atrocious re-pressive” regime of the Tali-ban having logistic, political and military support of the totalitarian regimes of Paki-stan and China.

The great game, which had begun two decades ago in Af-ghanistan, is now ready to hit India. With the retreat of the US-led NATO forces from the region and succumbing of Russia before the China-Pak nexus, India is the only coun-try fighting for human rights and democracy, while the oc-togenarian US President, Joe Biden finally concedes the retreat, if not the defeat, be-fore the Dragon.

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Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AePS) of IPPB has brought banks to the doorsteps of the people. The

number of transactions is consistently rising through AePS. AePS processed 23383.2 lakh transactions with a total

value of `118484.8 crore in FY 2019-20.

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narendramodi ji’s interaction with our para champions was a treat to watch.

The life journeys, experiences, and medal haul of our para-athletes has made the nation proud and changed the way people perceive disabilities.

SPIRITUAL SPEAK

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welcomed. Speech, when it brings no evil to others, is

a pleasant thing.—Buddha

IN-DEPTH

AFTER RAP FROM SUPREME COURT, GOVT FILLS NCLT, ITAT VACANCIES

he Supreme Court’s rap has its effect. Within a week of the Apex Court express-ing its strong dis-

pleasure at the delay in filling vacancies in tribunals, the Cen-tral government cleared 31 names for appointment to Na-tional Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and Income-Tax Appel-late Tribunal (ITAT). The NCLT deals with company law and in-solvency cases. The Supreme Court had taken umbrage at the Centre for not appointing mem-bers to these tribunals.

Slamming the government, a three-judge Bench headed by the CJI NV Ramana and comprising Justice L. Nageswara Rao and Justice DY Chandrachud said on September 6, “You are testing the patience of the Court; no re-spect for our judgments.” The Bench was also upset with the enactment of Tribunals Re-forms Bill which went against two earlier orders of the court.

The NCLT is a quasi judicial body which deals with corporate disputes. The ITAT is where thousands of income-tax payees go to seek redress of their griev-ances, both equally important for their respective roles.

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o some, Swami Vivekananda’s teachings mean only nationalism. That is how his

name has been used in recent years to build up a frenzy about nationalism. There’s nothing wrong in being a na-tionalist but there’s more to the revered Swami’s speech-es and writings than nation-alism. He also spoke of secu-larism with equal passion. And it is the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana who, on the 128th anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s his-toric speech at the World Par-liament of Religions in Chi-cago, reminded Indians that Swamiji “propagated the idea of tolerance and univer-sal acceptance” way back in 1893. “He analyzed the dan-

gers posed by the meaning-less and sectarian conflicts in society to the nations to the nations and civiliza-tions,” the CJI said.

In a subtle hint to those promoting intolerance in the name of religion CJI Rama-na said, “Long before the painful churning took place in the subcontinent during the freedom struggle result-ing in framing of an egalitar-ian Constitution of India, he

advocated Secularism as if he foresaw events to unfold. He firmly believed that the true essence of religion was the common good, and toler-ance. Religion should be above superstitions and ri-gidities. To fulfil the dream of making a resurgent India through the principles of common good and tolerance, we should instill the ideals of Swamiji in today’s youth.”

Today’s tragedy is that the youth is being brainwashed into believing that nation-building is possible only through intolerance and big-otry. Political leaders spread their narrow interpretations of Swami Vivekananda’s speech. Make the great Swa-mi’s uncensored speeches part of the curriculum for their social relevance.

MAKING VIVEKANANDA RELEVANT TODAY

Today’s tragedy is that the youth is being brain-

washed into believing that nation-building is pos-sible only through in-tolerance and bigotry

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Chinese spy satellites helped Pakistani bombers and drones to hit the targets

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and the Anglo-American posture for

democracy is just rhetoric without

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New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Par-ty has appointed its most diligent and

qualified General Sec-retary and Union Min-ister - Bhupender Ya-dav - as the election in-charge of Manipur.

There is no tough con-test for the BJP in Ma-

nipur. The Con-gress, which

won as the single larg-est party in

the last election, has been greatly weakened by the BJP. It had won 28 seats in the last election and now has only 16 MLAs left. Out of these, there is talk of nine MLAs leaving the party and joining the BJP. Two regional parties are strong in the state, one of which is the National People’s Party and the other is the Naga Peo-ple’s Front and both of them are with BJP. Along with the National People’s Party, the BJP

is also involved in the government in Megha-laya. So, making a big leader like Bhupender Yadav in- charge in such

a small state with such a favorable atmosphere, is a move perhaps only the most qualified BJP lead-ers can understand.

Bhupendra Yadav has done ‘Yadav politics’ in Bihar and Jharkhand neatly and has emerged as a major face of OBC. Leaving the top leaders of the party, Bhupender Yadav is one of those few leaders, whose identity and hold, span across several states. Apart from his state Rajasthan, he is also popular in Haryana and he has a good hold in Bihar-Jharkhand also.

Therefore, political observers feel that mak-

ing him in- charge of Ut-tar Pradesh, Uttara-khand or Punjab would have been more appro-priate. It is worth noting that he is considered a man of great trust by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and perhaps the BJP has some classi-fied political informa-tion or a special mission in mind for which it has relied upon its most ‘ca-pable warrior’ for a com-paratively smaller, but extremely crucial state of Manipur.

A LEADER TO BANK ON

WHAT WILL BE KANHAIYA’S FATE IN CONGRESS?Jinendra

New Delhi: CPI leader Kanhaiya Kumar is wandering in political landscape these days. He had contested the last LS polls from Begusarai seat in Bihar, where Lalu Prasad Yadav en-sured Kanhaiya’s defeat by fielding a Muslim candidate from his par-ty. Since then, his stature has decreased & the so-cial media presence is also abysmal. He cam-paigned in West Bengal assembly polls, but didn’t get much prefer-ence. Now it is being said that he can join the Congress. It is also being said that election strate-gist Prashant Kishor has also introduced Kanhai-

ya to Rahul Gandhi and he wants to get him in-cluded in the party.

The question is, what will Kanhaiya do by joining the Congress party? The Congress party in Bihar is com-pletely dependent on the RJD and has to do poli-tics according to it. In fact it has ‘experienced’ a myriad of experiences, but victory by separat-ing from RJD in hopes

of fighting alone. The Congress fought

2010 assembly polls alone, making a hard-working leader like Anil Sharma the state presi-dent. The party got 10 % votes, but got only 4 seats. So, Congress can-not decide to fight alone on the basis of Kanhai-ya. Being in CPI, he has influence in a certain section, which will end as soon as he joins Con-gress. Yes, it is possible that both Prashant Kishor & Kanhaiya join Congress & try to bring old Brahmin & Bhumi-har votes of Congress back into party’s fold, then maybe, there will be some possibility. But even then, electoral suc-cess is not guaranteed.

WILL KEJRIWAL FULFILL BHAGWANT MANN’S CM DREAM?Kejriwal had declared that only a Sikh will be the CM & a Dalit will be the Deputy CM in PunjabSushil Kumar

New Delhi: Aam Aad-mi Party’s Bhagwant Mann, who was elected Lok Sabha member for the second time from Punjab, has increased the pressure on his par-ty supremo Arvind Ke-jriwal. Mann, who wanted the party to con-test elections on his face even last time, wants Kejriwal to declare him as the chief ministerial candidate, however, Ke-jriwal doesn’t seem im-pressed. He did induct Navjot Singh Sidhu, who at that time was looking for a way to leave the BJP and move to a new party, because Sidhu wanted Kejriwal

to declare him as the CM candidate. Kejriwal

also did not make HS Phoolka, who fought the

case related to the anti-Sikh riots, as the CM candidate and cleared the way for the Khaira brothers to leave the party.

In fact, Kejriwal does not want the election to be fought on the face of any leader. Because if the party wins, the Pun-jab CM’s face will be bigger than that of Ke-jriwal, who lives in the frustration that he is the chief minister of a semi-state like Delhi. He is only satisfied that he is the Supreme Lead-er of the party and he has expelled all other leaders who had all In-dia stature or were big leaders, from the party. That’s why he does not

want to declare anyone as the CM candidate in Punjab this time too. He has declared that only a Sikh will be the Chief Minister and a Dalit will be the Deputy Chief Minister, howev-er, he does not want to name anyone. On the other hand, Bhagwant Mann is adamant that if his name is an-nounced, he should go out for publicity. Mann also showed strength by meeting party leaders at his home in the past, but Kejriwal hasn’t agreed to the demand, yet as the party’s pros-pects are deteriorating due to the ongoing tus-sle over the claim for the post of CM.

BJP’s ‘Man Friday’ Bhupender Yadav to handle ‘Mission Manipur’!

Bhupender Yadav is one of those few leaders, whose identity and hold, span across several states. Apart from his state Rajasthan, he is also popular in Haryana & he has a good hold in Bihar-Jharkhand also. Thus, political observers feel that making him in- charge of UP, Ut-tarakhand or Punjab would have been more appropriate. It is worth noting that he is considered a man of great trust by Home Minister Amit Shah & perhaps BJP has a special mission in mind for which it has relied upon him.

On the other hand, Bhagwant Mann is adamant that if his name is announced, he should go out for publicity. Mann also showed strength by meeting party leaders at his home in the past, but Kejriwal hasn’t agreed to the demand, yet as the party’s prospects are deteriorating due to the ongoing tussle over the claim for the post of the Chief Minister.

BJP’s MOST ‘CAPABLE WARRIOR’ TO ACCOMPLISH THE DESIRED TASK

STRIVING HARD FOR CM CHAIR

Arvind Kejriwal

Kanhaiya Kumar

Bhagwant Mann

Mahesh Sharma

New Delhi: Regional parties are looking extremely worried these days country, regional ‘Satraps’ from all countries of the state are seen do-ing two things at this time. Their first task is an attempt to forge a stronger alliance than BJP & almost everyone is running for it. The second task is the demand for a caste-based census, about which the re-gional ‘Satraps’ are vocal. In fact, such is the situation that Bi-har CM Nitish Ku-mar, along with his arch rival RJD leader and LoP in Bihar As-sembly Tejashwi Ya-dav, reached Delhi to meet PM Modi.

Both Nitish Kumar and Tejashwi Yadav have demanded the PM to conduct a caste-based census. RJD Chief Lalu Prasad has announced that if the castes census is not coducted this time, then the census will be boycotted. Sa-majwadi Party has also demanded this. The question is, why are the regional par-ties so concerned about conducting a caste-based census and forming a strong opposition alliance against the BJP?

The reason for this is understood from the analysis and sur-vey of electoral data by CSDS & Lokniti.

The bottom line of this study is that BJP has made a huge dent in the OBC vote bank of regional parties. This didn’t happen in 2014, the first victory of BJP under the command of Naren-dra Modi. In the 3 elections from 2004 to 2014, the OBC vote share of regional par-ties was around 37%. But in the 2019 LS polls, 44 % of OBC voters voted for BJP and the share of re-gional parties came down to 27%.

Think about it, al-most half of OBC vot-ers voted for BJP in LS polls. This figure has raised the con-cern of regional par-ties. However, in as-sembly polls, more OBC votes go in fa-vour of regional par-ties than BJP.

SC’s wake-up call prompts Government to fill tribunal vacanciesSix retired bureaucrats become technical members in NCLTRakesh Ranjan

New Delhi: Chief Jus-tice of India NV Ra-mana’s dire warning has apparently prompt-ed the Central govern-ment to fill some of the

long-pending vacan-cies in various tribu-nals before the dead-line of September 13, 2021.

Dealing with a clutch of petitions against the Tribunal Reforms Act of 2021, a special Su-preme Court bench of Justices Ramana, DY Chandrachud, and L Nageswara Rao direct-ed SG Tushar Mehta when the latter said that he would convey the SC’s wish to fill the

vacancies “No, no, Mr. Mehta… ‘conveying’ is something else… If you don’t want an or-der from us, you pass the order of appoint-ments… We expect some appointments to be made by Monday.”

So, within 48 hours last week, 37 appoint-ments to three tribu-nals - AFT, NCLT, ITAT - were announced in quick succession.

Accordingly, AFT has got six judges as

judicial members. They are Justice Bala Krishna Narayana; Justice Shashi Kant Gupta; Justice Rajiv Narain Raina; Jus-tice K Harilal; Jus-tice Dharam Chand Chaudhary and Justice A n j a n a Mishra. These appointments would be ef-fective for four years, or till the

members attain the age of 67 years, which-

ever is ear-lier.

In the next 24 hours, after the names of AFT’s judicial mem-bers were announced, the Central govern-ment announced the appointment of 18 judi-cial and technical members to the Na-tional Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and 13 judicial & account members to the Income

Tax Appellate Tribu-nals (ITAT).

From the bureau-cracy, six retired offic-

ers, two from IAS and four from IRS, were ap-pointed as Technical Members in NCLT.

Two retired IAS of-ficers, who earned the favour for the job are former Panchayati Raj Secretary Rahul Pras-ad Bhatnagar (1983 batch UP cadre IAS) and former Consumer Affairs Secretary Avi-nash Kumar Srivasta-va (a 1982 batch UP cadre IAS). From the IRS side, five retired of-

ficers Subrata Kumar Dash, Ajai Das Mehro-tra, Manoj Kumar Dubey, Kaushalendra Kumar Singh and Anu-radha Sanjay Bhatia made it to the list.

Even though the gov-ernment was report-edly ready with the list after the due process of vetting as pointed out by Justice Chandra-chud, it took a warning from the SC to move into action and fill the posts.

‘Shiv Sena will contest, Goa assembly polls’ Mumbai: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said that his party would ‘definitely’ contest the 2022 Goa Assembly polls in about 20 seats. He added that the Shiv Sena was also planning to field candidates in 80 to 90 seats in the upcom-ing Uttar Pradesh elec-tions as they have “the support of farmers’ or-ganisations and smaller parties” in the state.

“In Goa, we are defi-nitely contesting the elections. We plan to contest about 20 seats in Goa. In Uttar Pradesh, too, we are planning to contest 80 to 90 seats. For Goa, efforts are on to explore a formula like the MVA. Let’s see if we succeed,” Sanjay Raut said.

About UP, the Rajya Sabha MP said that some farmers’ organi-zations had promised support to Shiv Sena for the 2022 Vidhan Sabha election.

Sanjay Raut’s com-ments came two days after Shiv Sena declared that it would contest “all the 403 seats” in the Uttar Pradesh election which will take place next year. — PTI

Sanjay Raut

CRUCIAL READFUTURE BELONGS TO STUDENTS, TEACHERS: SINHA

Srinagar: “Our biggest & strongest asset has to be human capital, combination of talent, skill, & creativ-ity,” Manoj Sinha, said in his presidential address after releasing the book ‘Analysis of Accreditation Reports of UTs of J&K & Ladakh,’ by NAAC during a function organised in collabora-tion with CUK.—ANI

AYODHYA’S RAMLILA TO BE HELD VIRTUALLY

Ayodhya: Subhash Malik, President of the Ramlila Commit-tee said,”Ramlila will be live telecasted on Doordarshan from Oc-tober 6-15. Around 35 film stars will portray various characters. We have sent an invitation to the Prime Minister, the President and the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister for the event,” he added. —ANI

NCW TEAM MEETS SAKINAKA RAPE VICTIM’S KINMumbai:A team of the National Commission for Women (NCW) on Sunday met the family members of a woman who died after being brutally raped, and also visited the crime spot & the hospital where she was treated, an police official said. The 34-year-old woman was raped and brutalised with a rod by a man inside a sta-tionary tempo in sub-urban Sakinaka in the wee hours of Friday. She died at a hospital during treatment on Saturday. —ANI

PM HAILS PARALYMPICS ATHLETESNew Delhi: PM Narendra Modi shared video footage of his interaction with para-athletes who recently represented India at the 2020 Summer Paralympic in Tokyo. In the video released on Sunday, Modi was seen congratulating the Paralympic stars for their record-break-ing historic perfor-mance at the multi-sports event.“Today you all are well-known because of your hard work,” the Prime Min-ister told the athletes. “You all can motivate people, help bring big changes… I am always with you all.”

Bhupender Yadav

z In 2019 LS polls in Bihar, RJD got only 11% OBC votes, but in 2020, this figure reached 29%.

z Regional parties feel that OBC voters can be turned away from BJP by demanding a caste census.

z Another way is to form a strong opposi-tion alliance and send the message that the regional ‘Sa-traps’ are going to defeat BJP.

THE STRATEGY

Regional leaders worried about OBC vote!

SALINE GARGLE RT-PCR TEST TECH TRANSFERRED TO MSME MINISTRY

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NEER Institute has transferred the know-how of the indigenously-developed saline gargle RT-PCR techniqueNew Delhi: The Nag-pur-based National En-vironmental Engineer-ing Research Institute (NEERI) has trans-ferred the know-how of indigenously devel-oped Saline Gargle RT-PCR technique to the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium En-terprises for commer-cialising it, a statement said on Sunday.

The Saline Gargle RT-PCR technology is simple, fast, cost-effec-tive, patient-friendly, and comfortable. It also provides instant test results and is well-suit-ed for rural and tribal areas, given minimal infrastructure require-ments, it said. NEERI is an institute under

the Council for Scien-tific and Industrial Re-search. “The know-how has been trans-ferred. This would en-able the innovation to be commercialised and licensed to all capable parties, including pri-vate, government, and various rural develop-ment schemes and de-partments,” added.

What’s stretching the nerves of young IAS officers?KARNAL SDM SINHA SENT ON LEAVE, JUDICIAL ENQUIRY ON...

Rakesh Ranjan

New Delhi: The SMs are full of stories of how three incidents, involving three young IAS officers, dragged three State govern-ments, civil adminis-trations, and civil serv-ants in general, into disrepute and weak-ened their relationship with the people.

All three incidents spanned between

April-August 2021 dur-ing Covid-19 second wave and Farmers’ agi-tation and all three IAS officers were young (2012, 2013 & 2017 batch IAS). On all three occa-sions, the IAS Associa-tion was constrained to come out with its ver-sion of condemnation.

In the latest case of acute embarrassment, the Haryana adminis-tration has been com-pelled to send Karnal

SDM Ayush Sinha, a 2017 batch IAS, on leave till the judicial inquiry submits its report on the August 28 Karnal incident in a month’s

time. In a mass-circu-lated recording of the incident, the officer is allegedly heard telling policemen to “break their heads” if the pro-

testing farmers crossed the line. Farmers’ lead-ers claimed that the order led to injuring 10 and killing one in the lathi charge.

As the viral video brought shame to the entire IAS community, Karnal DM Nishant Kumar Yadav person-ally apologised to mini-mise the outrage over the incident.

Earlier, on May 23 this year when the country was in the midst of the second wave of Covid, Sura-jpur District Collector Ranbir Sharma, a 2012 batch Chhattisgarh

cadre IAS officer, slapped a man, smashed his phone, and asked policemen to beat him. Sharma had to apologise immedi-ately after the video went viral and trig-gered a mass outrage, leading to the IAS (Cen-tral) Association strongly condemning the Collector’s deed, saying it was totally against the basic tenets of the service & civility.

A similar case hap-pened in West Tripura, where a marriage cer-emony at a banquet hall was disrupted and vandalised by District Magistrate Dr Shailesh Kumar Yadav, a 2013 batch IAS officer. He drew the ire of people from across the nation after a video of him thrashing a groom and guests for flouting the night curfew went viral on April 26 this year.

Ayush Sinha Ranbir Sharma Dr Shailesh Kumar Yadav

BJP SOLD EVERYTHING THAT CONGRESS BUILT IN 70 YEARS: RAHULNew Delhi: Rahul Gandhi on Sunday attacked the BJP-led Centre, saying they “sold” everything in

7yr that the Congress-led govt set up in 70 years. Addressing the national executive of the Congress-affiliated NSUI, he said PM Manmohan Singh was

dubbed a weak PM at the time of the Mumbai ter-ror attacks but the media did not question Modi at the time of Pulwama attacks.

GOVT ELECT 31 MEMBERS AT NCLT, ITATNew Delhi: The govt has appointed 31 people as judicial, technical and accountant members at the NCLT and the ITAT, amid the SC flagging concerns about vacancies at various tribunals. The National Company Law Tribunal deals with matters mainly related to companies law and insolvency law while Income Tax Appellate Tribunal deals with income tax matters. The appointments also come at a time when the SC concerns, saying the Centre was "emas-culating" tribunals by not appointing officials to the quasi-judicial bodies that are facing staff crunch.

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ZYDUS CADILA TO SEEK APPROVAL FOR 2 DOSE REGIMEN OF ITS APPROVED 3 DOSE COVID-19 VAX IN INDIANew Delhi: Considering the burden on healthcare and the expense of buying three doses, Zydus Cadila is planning to seek approval for the two-dose regi-men of its needle-free COVID-19 vac-cine. The trials for the 2 dose regimen are underway. The company is now evaluating a 2 dose regime with 3mg in each dose. The vaccine is likely to be available by early October, sources told ANI on Sunday.

UNVACCINATED MAY BE 10 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DIE FROM COVID: STUDY VACCINATION TO

BOOST ECONOMY: FM

Washington: A study showed that people who are not vaccinated against the novel coronavirus are 10 times more likely to die from the infection compared to those who have taken the shots. The findings showed that the currently available Covid jabs provide strong protection for most people against hospitalisa-tion and death, even during the delta surge. However, higher hospitalisation and death rates are observed in older age groups, regardless of vax status.

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Demo-cratic Party chief Me-hbooba Mufti and Na-tional Conference lead-er Omar Abdullah on Sunday expressed their sadness over the death of a cop who was shot in a terrorist attack in Sri-nagar’s Khanyar.

In a tweet, Mufti said, “Saddened to hear about the death of Jam-mu and Kashmir Police Sub Inspector Arshid Ahmed killed by mili-tants at Khanyar today. May his soul rest in peace and condolences

to his family.” Jammu And Kashmir National Conference leader Omar Abdullah in his tweet said, “Sorry to hear about the death in the line of duty of Sub Inspector Arshid Mir of J&K Police in a das-tardly attack in the heart of Srinagar city. A young life with so much promise, another griev-ing family. May Allah grant Arshid place in Jannat.”Police officer Arshid Ashraf who was shot at by terrorists in Khanyar succumbs to his injuries,” said police.

Tuticorin: FM Nirmala on Sunday said vac-cination was the only medicine to boost the economy as it allows people to conduct businesses regu-larly. "Vaccination programme has been going on smoothly in the country and so far 73 cr people have already received jabs free of charge.

Mufti, Omar show grief over death of cop in terrorist attack

Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Dilbagh Singh pays floral tribute to police officer Arshid Ashraf, who was killed during a militants attack on a police party during a wreath-laying ceremony at Khanyar, in Srinagar on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI

Aditi Nagar

New Delhi: As Uttara-khand readies for polls in Union Minister Dhar-mendra Pradhan on Sunday expressed confi-dence that the BJP will form a ‘double-engine’ government in the state in the upcoming elec-tions under the leader-ship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Pradhan was ad-dressing a press confer-ence where the sitting

U’khand Cong MLA Ra-jkumar from Purola As-

sembly constituency joined BJP in New Delhi. Pradhan said, “Prime Minister Nar-endra Modi has a spe-cial attachment with the ‘Dev Bhumi’. In the upcoming elec-tions, we will form a double-engine govern-ment in Uttarakhand under the leadership of PM Modi.”

The significance of the joining can be

gauged from fact that Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Sin-gh Dhami and state unit chief Madan Kau-shik both were present to welcome the Con-gress legislator in the party’s fold.

“BJP is working to-wards the upliftment of the lower caste and making them independ-ent” Rajkumar said.

—Inputs from Agencies

BJP will form ‘double-engine’ govt: Pradhan

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan along with Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and BJP President Madan Kaushik show the party joining slip of former Congress MLA Rajkumar as they welcome him in BJP, in New Delhi on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI

‘Proud Son’Chirag Paswan On Death Anniv of Ram Vilas

LEADERS MISUSED THE G-23: MOILY

CBDT refunds over `70,10cr between April 1 to Sept 6

Patna: Remembering his father Ram Vilas Paswan, Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) MP Chirag Paswan today said that he is proud to be the son of such a person.

Several political leaders, including Un-ion Minister and LJP leader Pashupati Ku-mar Paras, paid tribute to the founder of LJP and his brother, late Ram Vilas Paswan on his first death anniver-sary on Sunday. Speak-ing to the media, Chirag Paswan said, “It is not because I am his son, so I am praising him. For last years, he did a lot for society, especially for the Dalits and the backward class, he de-serves respect.

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily on Sun-day said some leaders “misused” the G-23 and asserted that if anyone persists with its institu-tionalisation it would be for “vested interest” as reform of the party was already underway under Sonia Gandhi.he former Union minister also voiced strong sup-port for poll strategist Prashant Kishor’’s in-duction into the Con-gress and said those op-posing his entry into the party were “anti-re-form”. Moily, who was among the 23 leaders who wrote to Gandhi last year seeking organ-izational overhaul, op-posed the institutionali-

sation of the G-23 and said “some of us put our signatures only for reform of the party from within and to re-build the party, not to destroy it”. No sooner did Sonia ji think of re-forming the party from within and from the grassroots level, we did not subscribe to the idea of G-23, the senior Cong leader said.

Several political and leaders paid tribute to Ram Vilas.

MLA Shrimant Patil

M Veerappa Moily

Karnataka: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka is likely to face em-barrassment after former minister and Kagwad MLA Shrimant Patil re-vealed that the par-ty had offered him cash to switch over from the Congress two years ago.

Patil was among the 16 MLAs who had switched over to the BJP from the Congress and JD(S) in 2019, trig-gering the fall of the HD Kumaras-wamy-led coalition g o v e r n m e n t . “They asked me how much money I wanted, but I re-fused the money and asked them to give me a good po-sition after the gov-ernment is formed. I have joined the BJP without tak-ing money.

UTTARAKHAND 2022 ASSEMBLY POLLS

New Delhi: The Central Board of Direct Taxes has refunded over Rs 70,120 crore to more than 26.09 lakh taxpay-ers between April 1 to September 16, the In-come Tax Department of India said on Sunday.

It further said that the income tax refunds of Rs 16, 753 crore have been issued in 24,70,612 cases and corporate tax refunds of Rs 53,367 crore have been issued

in 1,38,801 cases. "CBDT issues refunds of over Rs. 70,120 crore to more than 26.09 lakh taxpayers between 1st April 2021 to 6th Sep-tember 2021.

Union Minister Pashupati Paras is in no mood for a reconciliation with his nephew and Jamui MP Chirag

Paswan. He indicated as much at the latter’s residence, where he was attending a function on the occasion of the first death anniversary of Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) founder Ram Vilas Pawan on Sunday. Relations between uncle Pashupati Paras and nephew Chirag Pawan have been strained since the former, along with four other MPs, engineered a split in the LJP and then became a Union Minister in the Narendra Modi-led government.

PASHUPATI PARAS IN NO MOOD FOR PATCH-UP WITH NEPHEW CHIRAG

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Was offered cash to join BJP: MLAPatil

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Jaipur/Sikar/Gan-gapur City: Five persons died and many others were in-jured in separate road accidents in Jaipur, Sikar and Gangapur City on Sunday. In Jaipur, a woman was crushed under a bus at Sindhi camp bus stand. She had come with children for NEET exams.

In Sikar, two occu-pants of a car died while a youth was injured when an uni-dentified vehicle hit the car on Kotputli-Kuchaman highway under the Losal PS area in the early hours of Sunday. The police identified the

deceased as Richpal Gurjar, 41 and Pramod Jat, 28. The trio was going to Khud from Sikar in a Maruti Swift car.

In Hanumangarh, a woman Vidya and youth Prince died af-ter the car in which they travelling over-turned near Main-awali under Town PS. They were going to Punjab from Sala-sar. A 4-year-old girl was injured.

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Jaipur: A 35-year old woman Manju was shot dead by her neighbour in Hasanpura area of Jaipur on Sunday night. The incident occurred in Yadav chowk where the accused identified as Deepu, 25, opened fire from a country-made pistol in which Manju was injured.

She was rushed to SMS hospital where she died, SHO Sadar police station Prithvipal Sin-gh said. The SHO said that the accused ab-sconded after the inci-dent and was being searched by forming teams.

First India Bureau

Bikaner: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) au-thorities have filed a case with Kotgate po-lice here complaining that a large number of counterfeit currencies are being deposited in the banks of the city. It came to light when the banks deposited money with the apex bank and many fake currency notes were found in that money.

RBI’s Bikaner branch Manager Jagdish Chan-dra Parik said a report was sent to Kotgate po-lice. The report con-tains the details of how many fake notes the Apex bank got from which bank and when. He did not reveal total amount of fake notes, but said that notes are being deposited since April 2018.

Udaipur: The Forest Department staff trapped a pair of leop-ards in the cage at Kam-lod village, adjacent to the Uday Sagar lake on Sunday. After patrol-ling, when the staff reached to check the cage, they found two

leopards were trapped. Along with the villag-ers, the forest depart-ment has also breathed a sigh of relief.

RFO Dilip Gurjar said that leopards were killing goats and calves in the villages around Uday Sagar lake.

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Rajsamand: Rajsa-mand MP Diya Kumari on Sunday accused the Congress-led Rajasthan government of stalling development in the state.

She said that the Modi government has introduced many pro-people programme but their benefits are not

being passed on to ben-eficiaries in the state because of the state government. “The Modi government at the Cent-er is making good and public welfare schemes but it is the misfortune that the Congress gov-ernment is not letting their benefits reach to people in the state,” she said during her visit to Merta.

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Barmer: Following a tip-off, a special opera-tion group of Rajasthan police on Sunday nabbed two criminals and recovered five pis-tols, 162 bullets and 4 magazines from them. SOG officials said that they have input regard-ing arms smuggling from Madhya Pradesh, following which they have formed some teams and were keeping eye on the develop-ments.

Additional director general at ATS/SOG in-formed that following the input regarding arms smuggling they have formed some

teams led by Sharat Ka-viraj. He further in-formed that on Sunday teams were sent to Pali-Jodhpur, which later raided at a location on Pali-Jodhpur highway and arrested two crimi-nals identified as Sunil Ghanchi and Jetharam Ghanchi, both residents of Balotra in Barmer.

Police said that they have recovered five pis-tols, including a maga-zine and 4 additional magazines. Besides this they also recovered 162 bullets from them.

REKINDLING OLD ‘STRENGTH’

In over seven decades of politics in ‘Independent’ India, there have been

scores of cases wherein one leader who was considered past his ‘prime’, has at times jumped back with full vigour. And those who know the political take care not so much for the leader but for

his associates as it is them who create the situation for their leader. Perhaps the recent meeting between two former ministers and senior BJP leaders is a ‘hint’ in that direction. These two leaders - Rohitash Sharma and Devi Singh Bhati - had recently met and their meeting has created a buzz in the party’s relevant circles. It is a widely known fact that Bhati has a grand base in Bikaner region and the meeting is being seen as an attempt to ‘rekindle’ the old ‘strength’. —Laxman Raghav

NOT POSITION, CONG WORKERS WORRIED FOR THEIR LEADER’S MOOLAH!

The race in Congress party to become the Jaipur city President seems to

have slowed down after the ‘torrential rain’ of claimants popping from every nook and corner. But the ‘current’ cre-ated thus has ‘swept away’ many of these self proclaimed ‘leaders’ result-ing in even the supporters pulling their hands off the ‘leadership’ and therefore

these leaders are now trying to get themselves a comfortable ‘political posi-tion’ elsewhere. In fact two of the senior most leaders have even struck claim on the Jaipur city presidency since most others have given up. Party members are wondering what will happen of those who have spent lakhs of rupees to swing the ‘sentiment’ in their favour? —Yogesh Sharma

KHAKIHONOURED

14 IPS OFFICERS honoured with DGP Disc while a new batch of RPS OFFICERS administered OATH

Shivendra Parmar

Jaipur: The Convoca-tion Parade Ceremony of RPS Probationer Batch No. 49 to 52 was held on Sunday at Pa-rade Ground, Ra-jasthan Police Acade-my (RPA). On this oc-casion, Director Gen-eral of Police ML Lather honoured 14 IPS officers with the DGP discs. The Direc-tor of RPA, ADG Rajiv Sharma read out the message of Chief Minister Ashok Ge-hlot.

DGP Lather inspect-ed the parade of train-ee RPS who also took oath. In his address, Lather gave a message to provide excellent service to the common people without any discrimination and to face every challenge patiently by getting cooperation from the common people. DGP ML Lather con-gratulated RPA Direc-tor Rajiv Sharma on receiving the award from the Government of India. He said RPA has done training suc-cessfully even after the challenge of Co-rona.

ML Lather presenting DGP Disc to Anand Srivastava.

Diya Kumari being felicitated at Merta on Sunday.

ML Lather honouring all rounder Rajesh Kasana at the RPA.

ML Lather honouring Umesh Mishra.

Seized arms and ammunition in the custody of the SOG.

DGP ML Lather inspecting the Guard of Honour at the RPA.

I hope you will ful-fill the oath that you took. The kind of

crimes being committed to-day are a challenge for all of us. There is a code of conduct to run any institution. Ra-jasthan Police also has its own code of conduct. Only on that basis you should work. —ML Lather, DGP

SWORD OF HONOUR TO RAJESH KASANA

Lather awarded the Sword of Honour to Parade Command-

er and RPS Rajesh Kasana, who stood first in the outdoors and performed well in the training of the Batch. RPS Aditya Poonia was awarded for being first in firing and drill. RPS Garima Jin-dal first in indoor and criminol-ogy, RPS Rajendra Kumar first in law, RPS Roop Singh Inda first in computer, and Piyush Kaviya first in horse riding were also honoured.

l DGP (Prisons) Bhupendra Dak

l DGP (Intelligence) Umesh Mishra

l ADG (Police Armed Bat-talion) Janga Srinivas

l Jaipur Police Commission-er Anand Kumar Srivastava

l ADG ATS and SOG Ashok Kumar Rathore

l ADG (Vigilance) Biju George Joseph

l ADG Recruitment and Pro-motion Board Vinita Thakur

l DIG SOG Sharad Kavirajl DIG (Personnel) S Parimalal ACP Law and Order Jaipur

Ajay Pal Lambal DIG Personnel Rajendra

Singhl DIG Crime Jai Narayanl ACP Second Rahul Prakashl SP Jaipur Rural Shankar

Dutt Sharma

14 IPS HONOURED WITH DGP DISC

SOG nabs two criminals, seizes 5 pistols, cartridges from them

Cong-led state govt stalling devp: Diya

Woman crushed by bus in Jaipur, 4 others die in state

Neighbour shoots woman dead, flees

Fake currency detected in Bikaner banks

Forest teams trap two killer leopards near Kamlod village

Dungarpur: A 40-year-old man allegedly commit-ted suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling at his house in Dungarpur, police said on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Manish Sindhi, a chartered accountant, they said. Sindhi’s domestic help alerted his neighbours on Sunday morning after he did not answer the door despite repeated knocking. Some neighbours peered through a window and saw his body hanging from the ceiling, the police said. Sindhi hanged himself on Saturday night. His parents and other family members had gone to Gujarat and were not home at the time of the incident, said police. —PTI

CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT DIES BY SUICIDE ON HIS B’DAY IN DUNGARPUR

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The ill-fated car in Sikar.

Arif Mansoori & Aishwary Pradhan

Jhalawar: Targeting PCC chief Govind Sin-gh Dotasra, who is con-stantly attacking RSS and BJP, Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajen-dra Singh Shekhawat on Sunday said that the Congress leader is fight-ing to save his both posts, PCC chief and education minister.

“Now the question in the mind of the com-mon man is whether Dotasra will be able to save the PCC chair or the post of minister,” he said.

Shekhawat said that Rajasthan is lagging be-hind in the Jal Jeevan Mission scheme. “In 78 districts and 1.10 lakh villages of the country, 100 percent households have got tap connec-tions, but unfortunate-ly some states includ-

ing Rajasthan are not able to pick up the pace as expected,” he said.

Shekhawat visited the Ramkund Balaji

Maharaj temple in Kan-wadi. He also visited RSS leader Prakash Chandra and discussed organisational issues.

Those who understand traditions of BJP will not question this subject (CM face). It is responsibility of the Parlia-

mentary Board to decide and that decision will ultimately be valid for all. Let us all work to-gether to fulfill the obligations. —GS Shekhawat, Union Jal Shakti Minister

Dotasra’s rhetoric is just to save his two posts: GS Shekhawat

Jaipur: Transport minister Pratap Singh Khacha-riyawas, MLA Amin Kagzi, Mayor of JMC Heritage Munesh Gurjar laid the foundation stone for renovation and develop-ment works at Chandpole cremation ground on Sun-day. Maheshwari Samaj President Pradeep Baheti and others were also present. Maheshwari Samaj has taken up the initiative of development and restoration of Mokshadham with a cost of Rs 1.05 cr while MLA Kagzi provided Rs 25 lakh from MLA LAD fund. JMC Heritage has given an amount of Rs 80 lakhs.

DEVELOPMENT WORKS OF `1.5 CRORE START AT CHANDPOLE CREMATORIUM

GS Shekhawat praying at Ramkund Balaji Maharaj temple. Vasudev Devnani and other leaders are also seen.

Rohitash Sharma & Devi Singh Bhati

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Jaipur: Taking a seri-ous view of its leader giving conflicting state-ments indiscriminately for some time now, the BJP leadership has de-cided to take strict ac-tion against the motor-mouths in the party. Disciplinary action will be taken against the party leaders who are found involved in anti-party activities and making random state-ments in the public.

Hints to this effect were dropped by par-ty’s state in-charge Arun Singh when he met the rebel leader Kailash Meghwal here a few days ago. Opening a front against Leader of the Opposition Gu-lab Chand Kataria, Meghwal had recently written a letter to the party leadership.

That it has not gone down well with the high-er-ups was clear from the fact that Singh also met MLAs Kalicharan Saraf

and Pratap Singh Sing-hvi, belonging to Vasundhara Raje camp later and finally, met party’s State President

Satish Poonia before re-turning. Notably, the ac-tion against Rohitashv Sharma has silenced most of the rebel leaders.

BJP TO TAKE STRICT ACTION AGAINST MOTORMOUTHSMATTER OF CONCERN

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Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Pushkar Singh Dhami called upon Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla at the latter’s residence in New Delhi on Sunday. Both the leaders discussed about the expansion of basic facilities to promote tourism in the state while maintaining the purity and cleanliness of various pilgrimages.

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Jaipur: Union Minister of Road, Transport and Highways, Nitin Gad-kari and former MP Ghulam Nabi Azad will be in Jaipur on today to address a seminar at the Vidhan Sabha. The seminar will be organ-ised under the aegis of Rajasthan branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Associa-tion in Rajasthan Legis-lative Assembly, a semi-nar on Parliamentary system and public ex-pectations will be or-ganised today.

Vidhan Sabha Secre-tary Pramil Kumar Ma-thur informed that this seminar will be held on

Monday at 11 am. The seminar will be inaugu-rated by former MP Ghulam Nabi Azad.

Mathur said that the seminar will be held in two sessions.

The Question Hour will not be held in the Assembly today due to the event. Ghulam Nabi Azad will address the inaugural session of the seminar, whereas, Nitin Gadkari will open the second session.

Assembly Speaker Dr CP Joshi will preside over the programme. Leader of Opposition Gulab Chand Kataria and Parliamentary Af-fairs Minister Shanti Dhariwal will be the special guests.

Gadkari, Azad to address a seminar @Assembly today

Act on farmer unions’ demands: Sidhu to capt AmarinderChandigarh: Punjab Pradesh Congress Com-mittee president Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday wrote a letter to CM Amarinder Singh urg-ing him to take action on the demands raised by 32 farmer unions at the meeting with the Congress Party in Chandigarh on Septem-

ber 10.In his letter, Sidhu

wrote, “This is to bring to your attention and request for necessary action, upon the de-mands raised by 32 Farmer Unions at the meeting called by them with Congress Party on 10 September 2021 in Chandigarh. Firstly,

they demand the can-cellation of unjust and unfair FIRs registered

against the Farmer Un-ions due to cases of vio-lence during the agita-

tion in the State. Con-gress Party has sup-ported the Farmers in every endeavour since the beginning of the agitation. The govern-ment could set up a mechanism to consider each case on compas-sionate grounds and cancelling of all unfair cases,” he said. —ANI

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Jaipur: A delegation of Rajasthan Samagra Jain Yuva Parishad in-cluding Prof Gyanen-dra Jain, Dharmendra Jain, Vinod Jain, Ankit Jain, Ekta Jain, Komal Jain met Chief Secre-tary Niranjan Arya and demanded public holi-days on Anant Chatur-dashi and Samvatsari. Patron of the organisa-tion Ashok Banthia and President Jinendra Jain, while talking to CS, demanded that the festivals should also be celebrated at the gov-ernment level. Jain said

that the CS has assured the delegation to look into the demands.

On the day of Sam-vatsari and Anant Chaturdashi, the de-vottes observe a day-long fast and offer prayers. Several pro-grammes are organ-ized in Jinalayas with ‘Kalashabhishek,’ in the evening.

Jains meet CS, seek holiday on Samvatsari

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My best wishes on the festival

of those belonging to the Jain commu-

nity, Samvatsari. This festival of self-purifi cation

and introspection provides us all an opportunity to ask for forgiveness and offer forgiveness. It also spreads the message of being humble, imbibe

the message of not hurting anyone with

one’s thoughts, actions or words.

MICHHAMI DUKKADAM.

‘SAMVATSARI IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK FOR FORGIVENESS’

Jaipur: The BJP has started focusing on creating a conducive atmosphere for the saffron party ahead of the 2023-assembly elections in the Con-gress-ruled states.

BJP’s National General Secretary and in- charge of Ra-jasthan, Arun Singh will soon visit the

organisational dis-tricts and take feed-back from the work-ers.

The central leader-ship has entrusted this responsibility to Singh who, after tak-ing charge of Ra-jasthan, has visited many districts. Tak-ing note of the ongo-ing tussle in the par-

ty’s state unit seri-ously, the Party Presi-dent JP Nadda has asked Singh to tour various districts to ensure that such a situation doesnot oc-cur in districts.

He also asked Singh to strengthen the par-ty at the district level before the assembly elections.

Now Singh is sched-uled to visit some dis-tricts of western Ra-jasthan, possibly in October.

After the visits, feedback will be sub-mitted to the High Command so that all the shortcomings can be removed be-fore the Assembly elections.

Arun Singh to visit Raj in Oct, meet partymen

Captain Amarinder Singh Navjot Singh Sidhu

CONGMEN AWAIT HIGH COMMAND’S ACTION AGAINST LEADERS RESPONSIBLE FOR PARTY’S DEFEAT!Yogesh Sharma

Jaipur: Beyond the politics of allegation and counter-allega-tions, no action was taken on the report submitted by PCC Chief Govind Singh Dotasra on the party’s defeat in the Jaipur Zila Pramukh elec-tions. About a week has passed, but the PCC did not confirm the allegations against MLA Ved Prakash Solanki, nor any ac-tion has been taken, while the MLA has also given his explana-tion to the state in- charge Ajay Maken. It is being claimed that a resort near Sariska has been witness to the ‘reason of defeat’ in the election, however, if the report of Jaipur in-charge Govind Meghwal is to be be-

lieved, then it is MLA Ved Prakash Solanki, who is to be blamed for the defeat.

Even though Con-gress lost in several places in Rajasthan in the recently conducted Zila Parishad elec-tions, but the most talked-about has been its defeat in the state capital, Jaipur. A re-port in this regard has been sent to Ajay Mak-en on behalf of the PCC, while Jaipur in-

charge Govind Megh-wal and supervisor Mumtaz Masih have their report, which considers the role of Chaksu MLA Ved Prakash Solanki to be suspicious. But look-ing at the current situ-ation, as five days have passed since the report was submitted to the High Command, it seems that at present, there is doubt about taking action on these reports.

While one section in the party is advocating for action on Ved Prakash Solanki, how-ever, another section supporting Solanki, has questioned as to who is responsible for the defeat of Congress despite majority in Bharatpur, Jaisalmer and Sikar Zila Pari-shad elections and those who are respon-sible, action should be taken against them too. Word is that a re-

port on these districts has been prepared by the Sachin Pilot camp and if action is taken against Solanki, then Pilot will hand over this report to the Con-gress High Command and blame other lead-ers for the defeat.

Meanwhile, MLA Ved Prakash Solanki has also presented his side before the state in-charge. Solanki has alleged that he spoke to Jaipur’s in-charge

Govind Meghwal sev-eral times regarding the fencing and also claimed that the entire conspiracy was hatched at the Saris-ka’s resort, the truth of which, will come out if CCTVs are scanned. However, now the party leaders are awaiting as to what action will be taken by the High Command against the leaders responsible for the defeat.

CROSS VOTING ISSUE IN ZILA PRAMUKH POLLS

Ved provides hotel bill, call details of CongmenFrom Pg 1...

This badabandi at Jagat Hotel was done by BJP regarding Chaksu Pan-chayat Samiti. In his re-port to state in-charge, Solanki has written that Sonu Lodha & Mukesh Meena, engaged in cross voting, were present at the hotel & Kavita Gurjar was present with Lokesh Mee-na. Meanwhile, MLA Solanki has also sent a video of former Con-gress MLA Prakash Bairwa from Chaksu to state in-charge Ajay Maken by mail, wherein, Prakash Bairwa is talk-ing about defeating Ved Solanki’s candidates. Ad-ditionally, Solanki has also forwarded to the High Command, hotel

bill & call details of Con-gress leaders talking to BJP leaders.

Moreover, hitting back at Congress’s Jaipur dis-trict’s in-charge Govind Meghwal, who has come out as a strong opponent of Solanki, and sent a re-port with photos of Solanki being carried on shoulders of few men, who Meghwal claimed to be BJP workers. Reply-ing to allegation, Solan-ki has written in e-mail to state in-charge that those who carried him on shoulders are Con-gress’ Municipality Chairman Kamlesh Bairwa and Chaksu Upaj Mandi Chairman Hari Narayan Choud-hary & not leaders from BJP or any other party.

Ajay Maken Govind Singh Dotasra Ved Prakash Solanki

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ajaul, who is into modelling since her college days aspires to earn a huge name and fame in the field of fashion. With

her dreams and high hopes, the ravishing model wishes to own a fashion clothing or makeup brand of her own. Her success mantra is, ‘Be yourself and Stay Focussed’.

Q : Please tell us about your journeyA: I was always fascinated with dressing up, creating new things, exploring new places and after I won Ms farewell and Miss Freshers awards, I gained huge con-fidence that led to my mod-elling journey. My parents are my biggest inspiration, they’ve supported me throughout my journey.

Q : What products do you use on your skin?

A: Because I wear a lot of make-up for

work it’s real-ly impor-

tant to

keep my skin clean after work so I use a great natu-ral face wash, Tea Tree Oil and Green Tea. I use or-ganic coconut oil to take my make-up off. The main thing my mum taught me was that you can never be too young to start taking care of your skin.

Q: What’s the best thing about being a model?A: Being able to travel to amazing places, working in an extremely creative environment. I feel very lucky to be able to work with people from all over the world, everyone has their story and their jour-ney and we’re all there to have fun and create art in our way.

Q: What are your tips for perfectly toned abs?

A: Boxing, laughing a lot, pilates, yoga - every-thing that involves core exercises.

Q: What are your tips for taking the perfect selfie?

A: It depends on the light, where I am and the makeup. Usually from above is a good starting point and it’s important to face the light. I like to show an array of different things on social media, both work and personal.

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KAJAUL SARASWAT, IS JUST 20 YEARS OLD BUT OOZES CONFIDENCE. A FIRST MISS INDIA CONTESTANT SHE HAS GRACED THE CATWALK FOR VARIOUS BEAUTY PAGEANTS ALREADY. IN AN EXCLUSIVE CONVERSATION WITH CITY

FIRST, THE MULTI-TALENTED WOMAN SHARES THE SECRETS BEHIND HER BEAUTY REGIME

AND HER EXPERIENCES SO FAR!

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ISHA JAIN, Model

LEOJULY 24 - AUGUST 23

Your energy and dynamism will get you what you aim for today on the academic front. This is the day to play

your winning card on the professional front. A lot of time may be wasted in socialising, but you will love every moment of it.Your upbeat mood will brighten the domestic atmosphere.

LIBRA SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22

A job switch needs to be considered taking all aspects into consideration. You will feel satisfi ed with

whatever you do today on the social front. Those seeking love may not get lucky, but persistence will pay .Those in the rat race may fi nd it diffi cult to pip the rivals at the post.

ARIESMAR 21 - APR 20

You may be played upon for spending on someone else’s needs. Health matters gain priority and

will motivate for achieving total fi tness. Homemakers may enjoy the day in the company of neighbors. Fatigue threatens in a long journey, but some breaks will keep you going.

SAGITTARIUS NOV 23 - DEC 22

Although money is not a problem, you will have to curb wasteful expenditure. New opportunities will be

seized on the professional front. Meeting relatives at a marriage or party cannot be ruled out. Support from the family may seem most encouraging for those aiming an academic pursuit.

GEMINIMAY 21 - JUNE 21

Job prospects for those freshly out of professional institutes are set to brighten up soon. A

positive outlook will help you throw out the negativity within. You will manage to ignore distractions and interruptions at work to complete a pending task in time.

AQUARIUSJAN 21 - FEB 19

Those planning to study abroad are likely to get a chance of a lifetime. Your innovative ideas on the

professional front are likely to be well received. Spirituality will have a special allure for you. Good health will keep you fi t and energetic. You are likely to expand your social circle.

TAURUSAPR 21 - MAY 20

You may be recognised for your efforts on the professional front. Some of you can be invited for

guidance or consultancy. Chance of a raise is possible for some. Timely and correct decision will help you in saving a lot of money. You will be able to de-stress yourself today.

CAPRICORNDEC 23 - JAN 20

Focussing on your career graph will be a step that will take you far. A rethink is in order for those going

in for a heavy investment. Recover-ing a loaned amount from someone will not pose much diffi culty. You will manage to defuse tensions prevailing at home by your tactful ways.

VIRGOAUG 24 - SEP 23

You succeed in putting an ambitious project on the tracks and cross all hurdles in making it a

success. Love beckons and promises to give immense joy and fulfi llment. Your consistency in performance on the academic front will be noticed by those who matter.

CANCERJUNE 22 - JULY 23

Satisfaction is foreseen for the image conscious people trying to achieve perfect fi gure and

physique. You will succeed in surmounting the odds to get a stalled job back on the tracks. Your efforts on the academic front will keep you in contention.

PISCESFEB20 - MARCH 20

A long journey may prove to be tiring. Speculation may not be profi table and you may burn your fi ngers.

Some of you may get hard pressed to fi nd a good match for someone eligible in the family. Joining a group of health- conscious people is possible for fi tness enthusiasts.

SCORPIOOCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22

An old friend may pay you a visit. You will put in extra efforts to complete a task entrusted to you. Your

academic aspirations may take some time to get realised. A contentious property issue may not show any signs of getting sorted out amicably, so have a backup plan ready.

YOUR DAY

Horoscope by Saurabbh Sachdeva

ajasthan rejuve-nates in the mon-soon season. Tour-ists from all across the country have a major reason to visit the Land of

Maharajas. Many regions in the state transform from arid desert to verdant greens with just a few showers of rain. The Ga-radiya Mahadev temple is one such example. Not many people are aware of this picturesque temple dedicated to Lord Shiva that barely lies 30 km off the city of Kota.

It is a tad remote, but if you are someone who is yearning for a dose of tran-quillity, a trip to Garadiya Mahadev is more than ag-gregable. The place is actu-ally inside the Mukundra Tiger reserve on NH76. At the park’s entrance, you have to get your id’s checked and pay a small entry fee. The gravel road that leads to the temple does not look too promis-ing. It is rocky, barren land with nothing but a few shrubberies sprouting through the stones. Once you reach the actual site, the place may appear oddly familiar. The beautiful gorge shaped canyon looks like a modest version of the Grand Canyon in the USA. You might also recall seeing the place in the commercials of Rajasthan tourism. It doesn’t come as a surprise why this remote, devoid of tourist place is the face of the tourism of the state.

WHAT’S SO SPECIAL?The place offers a great vantage point of the river Chambal and the valley be-low at an altitude of 500 feet. From this spot, you can see the river flowing between the gorge in a striking hue of teal envel-oped by clear blue skies. The river snakes and me-anders through the valley and turns to make a horse-shoe bend for a picture-perfect view. There are gi-gantic cliffs that are curl-ing around the gorge. These cliffs are meticu-lously carved by the flow of the river Chambal, sim-ilar to the Grand Canyons that are carved by the Colo-rado River. To add to the beauty, the reflection of trees growing on the cliffs

is mirrored in the water. During the rainy season, Garadiya Mahadev looks even grander with numer-ous waterfalls cascading through its gorges.

The river Chambal and its surroundings have been infamous. There are many dark myths associated with it keeping human set-

tlements away from its banks. The solitude evokes a sense of adventure and thrill. This place is perfect for nature lovers, writers or artists who can sit for hours absorbing the seren-ity of nature and find in-spiration. Since it is pretty secluded, it is advisable to carry your food.

The scale of Garadiya Mahadev might be much smaller than the Grand Canyons but its beauty and accessibility make up for what it lacks in its size.

HOW TO REACHYou need to hire a cab from Kota to reach Garadiya Mahadev temple. The tem-

ple is on NH 76 towards Dabi and Chittorgarh. The region is under the control of the Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve. Therefore, in addition to the taxi fare,

visitors need to pay an en-try fee as well. The entry ticket costs INR 75 for Indi-ans and INR 500 for foreign nationals. Students can buy the same for INR 20

per person only after show-ing their college I-card. If you are taking your car the fee is INR 200 per vehicle, INR 400 for bus, and INR 30 for a two-wheeler vehicle.

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Few More GlimpsesCITY FIRST BRINGS TO YOU FEW MORE SNAPS

FROM THE BOOK LAUNCH, FELICITATION OF COVID WARRIORS AND POLO MATCH HELD AT

POLO CLUB BY MATHURADAS MATHUR CHARITABLE TRUST ON SUNDAY!

—-PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA & MUKESH KIRADOO

A still from the Exhibition Polo MatchDr Asha Bakshi and Parvati Bakshi

Samridhi Sikhwal, Jyotsna Sikhwal, Dr Asha Bakshi and Parvati Bakshi

Rohit Kamra, Ishan Oberoi and RishiLovely, Wrickie Angrish, Tanuj and NidhiDoorva, Shalini and ParulDivya, Namika, Divita and Ananya

An artist performing on the occasion

Books signed by Vir Sanghavi

Melvin Castelino from The Cool Boyz bandcaught in a candid moment

Jagdeep Singh, school mate at Mayo College of Vir Sanghvi, presenting him his anthology of poems, ‘My Epitaph’ The grand decoration

Dr Shubham and Dr Kuldeep Mehendi Asif Ullah Khan and Prakash BhandariLokesh Sharma

Jagdeesh Chandra, Sohail Khan and MLA Rafiq Khan felicitating Dr Alok Mathur

Jagdeesh Chandra, Sohail Khan and MLA Rafiq Khan felicitating Dr Kuldeep Mehendiratta

Sohail Khan playfully engages with Dr Pankaj Gulati’s son as the trio feliciate the doctor for his contribution

Jagdeesh Chandra, Sohail Khan and MLA Rafiq Khan felicitating Dr Puneet Saxena

Jagdeesh Chandra, Sohail Khan and MLA Rafiq Khan felicitating Dr Shivani Swami

Jagdeesh Chandra, Sohail Khan and MLA Rafiq Khan felicitating Dr Suraj Godara

From top: Aruna Beniwal and Himani

Mohit Falod and JD Maheshwari with a guest

Bhumika and Kusha

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STAY MASKED

BATTLE OF FAIRWAYS

attle of Fair-ways Group at Rambagh Golf Club organised a tournament on Sunday. All the partici-

pants were present on the occasion but only a few selected groups from all the members of the club participated in the tournament, results will be declared official-

ly today. Jagdeesh Chandra

graced the occasion as Chief Guest. He un-veiled the poster of the tournament. While praising the efforts of

the group, he said that it is an impor-tant step towards

the development and upliftment of these sports in Rajasthan.

Anuj Karnawat, DS Saluja, Rishi Poddar, Captain Rawal, Dr Pradeep Chaturvedi and Darshan Singh contrib-uted towards making the event a huge suc-cess. Captain of Ram-bagh Golf Club Dr Ashok Gupta and ex-ecutive members Man-ish Kumawat and Sandeep Sharma were also present on the oc-casion.

the event a huge suc-cess. Captain of Ram-

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Jagdeesh Chandra with Ashok Gupta, Manish Kumawat, Dr Prateek Chaturvedi, DS Saluja, Capt RS Raghav, Darshan Singh among other golfers during the unveiling ceremony

Jagdeesh Chandra was

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The Jaipur audi-tion of the na-t i o n a l - l e v e l beauty pageant

‘Miss and Mrs Top Mod-el India 2021 Season 2’ organised by Aalmeen Studio was held at Ho-tel Royal Jaipur Palace, Amer Road on Satur-day. The participants showcased their talent on the ramp as they donned black dresses in alignment with the theme.

Organiser Ash-faq Shah men-tioned, “In the au-dition round, every-one gave their best per-formance in the ramp walk, interview round, question-answer round and aptitude session. More than 150 entries were received for this audition from across

the city. Keeping in mind the Covid safety, only 30 participants

have been invited for the live audition.”

He further add-ed, “Before the fi-

nale of this pageant, many activities like fashion portfolio, look launch, talent round, yoga session will be conducted for the par-ticipants. The grand fi-nale of this beauty pag-eant will be held on

September 17 in Jaipur itself.”

Mrs India Glam 2019 Priya Badiwal, Fashion Designer Dr Shalini Sharma and Anchor Preeti Saxena presided over the jury panel of this audition. Rajasthan Mahila Pradesh Con-gress Ruby Khan, Pawan Tank from India Glam Organisation and Ayub Mansoori were present as guests.

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STRIDE OF PRIDE TOURNAMENT!

Rajasthan Lawyers Golf Tournament was organised at Rambagh Golf Club

which was inaugurated by Govardhan Bardar, Senior Judge, Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur. High Court Judge Ashok Goud and many advocates partici-pated in the event. Ad-vocate Mohammad Shamim was the win-ner, Senior Adv RK Ma-thur and Adv Manish Ku-mawat, Runner-up, Adv Sandeep Mathur, winner of Longest Drive and Adv Sunil Malhotra, winner of

Nearest Tea Pin. The tour-nament was organised by Manish Kumawat and Akrash Mathur. The winners were felici-

tated with the trophy by Senior Advocate AK Gupta. On this occasion, Adv Rajiv Surana and Adv Anubhav Chandel also thanked the organisers. —CITY FIRST

Ek Pedal Badlav ki aurCITY FIRST

With the mes-sage of stay-ing healthy and fit in life,

the 3rd edition of AU Bank Jaipur Cyclothon will be organised on Sun-day, September 26, under the joint aegis of IIEMR, Jaipur District Vaish Federation Central and Rotary Club Jaipur Citi-zen. The poster launch ceremony took place in presence of Pa-tron Pandit Suresh Mishra, YP Singh, President of Rotary Club Jaipur Vision, JK Jain of Jain Citi-zen Foundation, Kamlesh Jain, In-

ternational Jewellery & Fashion Designer Nareshant Sharma, Yogesh Mishra or-

ganiser of Miss Ra-jasthan, Vijay Sharma Director of Kalaneri Art Gallery & Advocate Kam-lesh Sharma.

A T-shirt, medal, a cer-tificate will be given to all the participants of the program, registration

can be done by visit-ing www.jaipurcy-clothon.com. Art on Cycle and Jaipur Cycle Award will be or-ganised at Kalan-eri Art Gallery, JLN Road on September 25 and 25.

Under the aegis of Trimurti Natya Sanstha, Rang Chaubare presented the stories of Munshi Premchand and Vijay Dan Detha. Spokesperson Ishwar Dutt Mathur said that its main objective is to acquaint today’s young generation with those classic works of literature, which played an important role in bringing out the evils, discrepancies prevailing in the then society and promoting social consciousness.

Gangaur Mahila club organised a Nandotsav at Ajmer Road on Sunday. Around 50 women joyously enjoyed the celebration and danced to the songs of Lord Krishna. Kranti Bandhu Joshna paid immense gratitude to everyone for the successful program.

RANG CHAUBARE

NANDOTSAV!

The birthday of IAS Yagya Mitra Singh

Dev and IPS Dr Rajeev Pachar

was on Sunday, September 12. We wish them all the best!

HAPPY B’DAY!

EVENT!

On the occasion of World Suicide Prevention Day, an online interactive on the theme ‘Prevent Suicide: Connect, Communicate and Care’ on Saturday by Mental Health and Counseling Cell, St. Xavier’s College, Nevta in association with the Department of Economics and Psychology. Dr Raghav Shah and Dr Pradnya Deshpande were present as keynote speakers in this discussion.

‘SUSTAIN BY CARTIST’: THE CONCLUDING DAYCITY FIRST

The 9-day ‘Sustain by Cartist’ Exhi-bition ended with euphoria

among the visitors at Jawahar Kala Kendra (JKK) on Sunday. Visi-tors of all ages from all walks of life expressed great excitement and enjoyment on the sev-eral activities, work-shops, displays, and an eclectic exhibition filled with unique art

pieces made from upcy-cled car parts held over 9 days. ‘Sustain by Cartist’ was organised

by JKK in collaboration with Cartist as an ini-tiative to promote upcy-cling of auto parts and

curating designer fur-niture through utiliz-ing old car parts and automotive waste. It

also aimed to give out the message to the world to adopt sustain-able solutions

Director-General, JKK, Mugdha Sinha said that Jawahar Kala Kendra was very pleased that the ‘Sus-tain by Cartist’ exhibi-tion was showcased on its premises. This initi-ative came rightly at a time when climate is-sues like floods and ris-ing temperatures are cropping up and society is looking for means to preserve our resources and conserve the Earth.

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(L-R) Sheela, Khushboo, Komal, Bharti, Komal, Niharika, Megha, Apoorva and Siya

(L-R) Pawan Tank, Priya, Dr Shalini and Preeti

Ashok Gaur, Sandeep Mathur, Govardhan Baddar, Manish Kumawat, Vikas Dusad and Dr Ashok Gupta

Mohd Shamim, Manish Kumawat and AK Gupta

(L-R) Mukesh Mishra, Nareshyant Sharma, Vijay Sharma, Sanjay Pabuwal, Pramod Jain, Sudhir Jain, Pt Suresh Mishra, JD Maheshwari and Manoj Jain

Himadri Bhatnagar

Glimpse of car made using old clothesHarley Owners Group (HOG) visit the

‘Sustain by Cartist’ exhibition

Jagdeesh Chandra received a warm welcome from Ashok Gupta and Manish Kumawat

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