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days ahead of 73rd Independence Day and after a 28 year long wait, since demolition of Babri Mosque in 1992, the morning of August 5, 2020 brings a historic moment in the life of almost 100 crore Hindus of the country, when the foundation stone laying ceremony of a 1300-crore Ram Mandir project will be carried out at Ayodhya, mainly in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat, UP CM Yogi Adityanath and a few other related dignitar-

ies. In fact, it is a dream come true, especially for Narendra Modi and Amit Shah. However, Shah, who unfortunately, because of being admitted in Medanta Hospital in Gurgaon for Corona treatment, will not be able to attend the ceremony.

It was a tireless and 24/7 political and legal journey, where Modi and Shah left their mark and converted Hindu sentiment and their ray of hope into a Ram Mandir construction reality. Infact, Modi-Shah-Bhagwat will always be remembered in the Indian history for their immense contribution to convert a dream into a ground reality. Hats off to a close ‘monitoring’

by the Prime Minister and Union Home Minister in the Supreme Court, which ultimately effectively put up the Union government and other related partys’ viewpoint in the court and finally won the legal battle on merit without creating any religious or communal tensions and even without shedding a drop of blood.

However, it is a sad story that the stalwarts of Ram Mandir movement like LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Umar Bharti and Kalyan Singh will not be visible in this colorful ceremony, who had contributed a lot in the movement, may be on Corona health grounds.

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‘GRAND RAM TEMPLE TO BE BIGGER,TALLER’

1528 Babri mosque built on orders of Mughal emperor Babur by his commander Mir Baqi in Ayodhya.

1885 Mahant Raghubir Das files a petition in the Faizabad District Court, seeking permission to build raise a structure next to the mosque.

The plea is rejected.

1949 Idol of Lord Ram, Goddess Sita found inside the mosque by unknown persons.

Hindus call it divine appearance and start offering prayers.

1950 Two suits filed in a Faizabad court by Gopal Simla Visharad and Paramhansa Ramachandra Das, seeking permission to worship the idols at the place.

1959 Nirmohi Akhara, a party in the case in the Supreme Court, files suit seeking possession of the site.

1981 Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board files suit for possession of the site and removal of idols.

1986 A local court orders opening of the site and allows Hindus to offer prayers.

1989 The Allahabad HC orders status quo on the site.

Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhiled government at the Centre lets VHP perform shilanyaas for Ram Temple.

1990 BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani starts Rath Yatra from Gujarat to gather support for the temple.

1992 Babri Mosque structure demolished by Karsewaks.

1993 Centre passes an Act to acquire land in and around the disputed site in Ayodhya.

1994 In the Ismail Faruqui case, the SC rules that the mosque is not integral to Islam.

2002 The Allahabad HC starts hearing to adjudicate the ownership of the disputed site.

2003 The SC bars any religious activity at the site.

2010 The Allahabad HC rules trifurcation of the 2.77-acre disputed land between UP Sunni Waqf Board, the Nirmohi Akhara and Ram Lalla Virajman.

2011 The SC stays the Allahabad HC’s order.

2016 BJP leader Subramanian Swamy files plea in the Supreme Court seeking permission to worship and construction of Ram Temple at the disputed site.

2018 The SC rejects all interim pleas, including that of Swamy, seeking to intervene as parties in the case.

Advocate Rajeev Dhavan files plea in the court requesting it to refer the issue of reconsideration of its 1994 judgment to a larger bench which is denied.

The court forms a three-judge bench instead to hear the case.

January 2019 CJ Ranjan Gogoi constitutes a five-judge Constitutional Bench to hear the case.

March 2019 The SC appoints a mediation panel headed by Judge (retd) FMI Kallifulla for an out-of-court settlement on March 8.

August 2019 The mediation panel fails to reach an amicable settlement. SC begins hearing on August 6.

November 9, 2019 A five-judge of SC bench led by then Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi rules in favour of Ram Lalla and says the entire disputed land spread over 2.7 acres will be handed over to a trust formed by the government, which will monitor the construction of a Ram Temple at the site.

February 5, 2020 Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces the constitution of ‘Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra, to oversee the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya. —ANI

The proposed model of Ram Janmbhoomi Mandir in Ayodhya. —PHOTO BY PTI

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he Ram Temple in Ayodhya will be grander and bigger compared to the earlier plan with three new domes added to the design and the structure’s height increased by 20 feet.

The changes in design, which have the approval of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust, will enable more devotees to be accommodated in the precincts of the temple and add to its magnificence. Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust has been set up

to oversee the construction of Ram temple. Mahant Raju Das, senior priest of Hanumangarhi temple in Ayodhya, said the temple will have three more domes.

“We want a magnificent temple and for that, I would like to thank the temple trust.

The temple will now have more domes. It will have three floors,” Das said. Annu Bhai Sompura, Manager of Ram Mandir Nirman Karyashala, had said earlier that silver, gold and copper would also be used in the construc-

tion of the temple apart from stones and wood.

PM Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of the Ram Temple on August 5.

Das said the new design will enable around one lakh devotees to be accommodated in the temple for prayers.

He said each floor will have theme associated with Lord Ram such as childhood “jhaanki” and Ram Darbar.

“The temple will also have mandaps like katha mandap and nritya mandap,” he said.

—ANI

An occasion to spread Lord Ram’s messages: Priyanka New Delhi: The ‘bhoomi-pujan’ for the Ram temple, Ayodhya on August 5 should be an occasion for boosting “national unity, brotherhood and cultural harmony”, said Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday.

The Congress general secretary in a statement released in Hindi, said that Lord Ram has an impact on the culture of the Indian subcontinent and around

the world and he belongs to everyone. Quoting poets such as Maithilisharan Gupt and Nirala, the Congress leader highlighted the

many attributes of the Lord and added that “Ram wants the welfare of anyone, that is why he is the ‘maryada purushottam’.”

“On August 5, 2020 the ceremony for bhoomi-pujan of Ramlala’s temple has been scheduled. With the blessings of Lord Ram, may this event spread his messages of national unity, brotherhood, and cultural harmony,” Vadra said. —ANI

Sending 11 silver bricks for Ram temple’s pujan, says Kamal Nath Bhopal: A Hanuman Chalisa recital was organised at former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath’s residence in Bhopal on Tuesday, a day ahead of the ‘bhumi-pujan’ scheduled to be held at the site for Ram temple, Ayodhya.

Speaking after the programme, the Congress leader said “We are sending 11 silver bricks to Ayodhya from the people of Madhya Pradesh,

they were bought with donations from Congress members.

It’s a historic day for which entire country was waiting. Han u m a n Chalisa recital was done for welfare of the state’s people,” K a m a l Nath said.

—Agenies

CELEBRATIONS GALORE! RAMARCHAN PUJA BEGINS IN AYODHYA

JUST 32 SECONDS OF SHUBH MUHURAT

BHOOMI PUJAN AT TIMES SQUARE

Ayodhya: The four-phased Ramarchan puja has begun to invoke the major gods and goddesses who consider Lord Ram as their ‘Ishth’ (the god of worship) at Ayodhya’s Ram Janmabhoomi on Tuesday.

Gods and goddesses like Mahadevi, Lord Shankar, Ganesh, 10 digpal and Shodash Mata are worshipped in these prayers, informed a priest.

New Delhi: Priests and religious leaders have said that the muhurat or auspicious time to lay the foundation stone will last for 32 seconds.The muhurat will begin at 12:44:08 PM and come to an end at 12:44:40 PM on Wednesday.A total of 175 guests, including 135 saints have been invited for the ceremony.

New Delhi: Indians based in the US are indulged in planning programmes to mark the auspicious occasion on August 5. The scheduled programme would take place from 7.30 pm to 9:30 pm today. A diya ligting ceremony, a bhajan programme and speeches by eminent personalities and sweet distribution will also be conducted.

BABOSA’S WORDS COME TRUE Yogesh Shrama Jaipur: Former CM Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, who later became the V-P, played an important role in resolving the Ram Temple issue. While leaving as CM, he had promised that BJP will return and so will Ramlala in Ayodhya. His words have turned into reality.

The then PM, Chandrashek-

har had formed a committee with Sharad Pawar and Shekhawat to resolve the

issue. When the committee was on the verge of providing a solution, the Congress withdrew support from the Chandrashekhar- led government, which collapsed.

During the Shekhwat government’s rule, LK Advani’s Rath Yatra had passed through Rajasthan and it was due to Shekhawat’s managerial skills that the Yatra remained peaceful.

FACTFILE  The Ram Temple will be 161 feet in height and will be almost double the size of the original design.

LAL KRISHNA ADVANI @_LKADVANI PM Narendra Modi laying foundation stone of Ram Mandir is a historical and emotional day not only for me but for all Indians

 The temple will be constructed in Nagara style of architecture and on the lines of North Indian temple architecture.  There will be five domes instead of two as planned earlier.  The construction is expected to take three years.  Ram temple to be built on 70 acres, temple and corridor in three acres. 

In 67 acres of land, museums, temples of Sita, Laxman, Bharat and Lord

Ganesha will be built.  The Ram Temple model was built in 1989 by the Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Tirth Kshetra Trust.  The city will be decorated with nearly 400 quintals of flowers for the ‘bhoomi pujan’ of the Ram Mandir on Wednwesday. The blue ‘aparajita’ or Vishnukanta flowers, that are grown in the rural parts of Bengaluru, have been brought for the much-awaited occasion. The double-toned marigolds in orange and red are being brought in from Kolkata, while orchids are being imported from Thailand. About 600 kg of red and pink roses, 240 kg gerbera and 300 kg carnations are also being brought, reported agencies.  Apart from the ‘bhoomi pujan’, PM Modi will also unveil a Rs 5 postal stamp with the new model of Ram Mandir to commemorate the event.

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In no mood to show mercy, Gehlot won’t take back rebels!

Aditi Nagar Jaipur: Contrary to an ongoing speculation for a likely Sonia Gandhi intervention to bring back Sachin Pilot camp rebel MLAs into Congress, an ‘adamant and upset’ Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has virtually closed this chapter, till he holds the fort as the Chief Minister of the state.

According to highly placed sources, Gehlot has conveyed his ‘mind’ to the top Congress leadership in New Delhi, including Sonia, Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi.

The buzz is that a ‘concerned’ Priyanka had herself phoned up Gehlot few days back and had advised him to find out the ‘ways and means’ for a likely reproachment with the Pilot camp. The Chief Minister, who is already upset with Pilot camp’s move to break the party, was reportedly not at all receptive to Priyanka’s call and rather had a

‘plain talk’ with her mentor in the Gandhi family. According to sources, Gehlot’s reply and viewpoint was so stern that she was stunned for a moment.

Subsequently, looking to Gehlot’s hard stand and emotional outburst, the Congress high command appears to have dropped this issue, at least for the time being. This development puts a full stop on the ‘efforts’ of a few senior Congress leaders, who were trying hard for a reproachment without knowing much about the ground realities of Rajasthan.

According to a Gehlot camp source, Gehlot’s viewpoint is very clear saying that if he takes a U-turn on this sensitive issue at this stage then not only the Congress will loose its face in the general public but also the supporting 100 MLAs will feel demoralized. But surprisingly, inspite of all this, still a few people are trying to ‘reopen’ this already ‘close’ issue. Political observers feel, that if, inspite of a clear Gehlot ‘NO’, some pressure is bought on him from the higher ups in New Delhi, then it may be counter productive and Gehlot camp MLAs may even go to the extent of creating a ‘new Pilot camp’ in the Congress party, which will completely shatter the dreams of SoniaRahul-Priyanka-Ahmed Patel-Avinash Pande to keep the party united in the state.

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SOG backtracks! Transfers ‘horse-trading’ case to ACB First India Bureau Jaipur: According to sources, apparently, under pressure from New Delhi and Jaipur, the Special Operations Group (SOG) of Rajasthan Police has done a U-turn about the three FIRs registered in July related to the toppling of the Ashok Gehlot-led government by requesting a local court to transfer the investigation to the anti-corruption bureau (ACB), while also taking off Section 124A IPC (Sedition) from the case based on legal opinion, SOG said on Tuesday, while also taking off Section 124A IPC (Sedition) from the case based on legal opinion, the SOG said.

After Congress had

Promise fulfilled! PM to attend Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan Ayodhya: Various religious ceremonies have been conducted for the past 108 days by saints in Ayodhya and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take part in `muhurat puja’ at 12.44 pm on Wednesday as part of ‘bhoomi pujan’ for construction of a grand Ram temple. PM Modi will arrive at 12:30 pm at the Ramjanmbhoomi and take part in various prayers including the main “bhoomi pujan”.

Govind Giriji Maharaj, treasurer of Shri Ramjanmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, said that the religious ceremonies will begin from 8:30 am in the morning and will continue till 12:30 pm.

“The Prime Minister will arrive at 12:30 pm

ASHOK GEHLOT @ASHOKGEHLOT51 #RamMandir’s foundation stone ceremony to be held on August 5 is an opportunity for the Prime Minister to show courage and ask the people to take a pledge to remove the stigma of untouchability on humanity and to treat the Dalits, tribals and the backward with equality.

People light earthen lamps written ‘Jai Shree Ram’ on the eve of the foundation laying ceremony of Ram Temple, in Kanpur on Tuesday.

and he will offer ‘puja’ for 15 minutes and take ‘sankalp’. First Lord Ganesh will be worshipped then he will of-

fer prayers of eight shilas. Some prayers at shilas we have conducted already,” Giri told ANI. “The muhrat of pooja

is at 12: 44 pm. He will say words ‘prathisthapayami’ and it is crucial to be done in that muhrat,” he said.

Elaborating on the rituals to be performed tomorrow by the Prime Minister, the trust member said that most important is `Kurm Shila’.

“The most important is Kurm Shila - this is right beneath the place where Ram Lalla will be seated.

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HC rejects PILs seeking Guv’s removal & stay on MLAs salaries Nizam Kantaliya

Jaipur: Rajasthan HC on Tuesday rejected a petition seeking directions to Union government to advise the President to remove Governor of Rajasthan. At the same time, the court also rejected two other petitions including one that sought stay on the salaries of MLAs. In the petition filed by an advocate Shantanu Pareek in which he said the Governor has failed to perform his Constitutional obligations by not calling the Assembly session on the request by the Turn on P8 Rajasthan council of ministers. accused Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and party MLA Bhanwarlal Sharma of conspiring to topple the elected government in Rajasthan, the SOG had registered two separate FIRs on the com-

plaint of Congress chief whip in the Rajasthan Assembly Mahesh Joshi. Joshi lodged a complaint regarding three audiotapes that had surfaced in social media after which one Sanjay Jain was arrested. Turn on P8

Raj CJ to hear BSP MLA merger issue First India Bureau Jaipur: The High Court, on Tuesday, approved the application of early hearing in the matter of merger of BSP MLAs in Congress.

The plea was submitted

by BSP and BJP MLA Madan Dilawar.

Now, the hearing will be held on Wednesday at 10.30 am in the division bench of Chief Justice Indrajit Mahanty and Justice Prakash Gupta. The case is listed at serial number 5960 in the supplementary list. The BSP has challenged the order of the single bench in the division bench, demanding dismissal of merger of BSP MLAs in Congress.

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UPSC: 829 QUALIFY Pradeep tops the exams New Delhi: A total of 829 candidates have qualified for civil services, including IAS and IPS, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) announced on Tuesday.

Pradeep Singh, Jatin Kishore and Pratibha Verma secured the first, second and third positions respectively, the Commission said without sharing further details of the toppers.

A total of 829 candidates have been recommended for Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS), among other civil services, it said, announcing results of the civil services examination 2019.

Of the total qualified candidates, 304 are from General category,

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Pradeep Singh

78 from Economically Weaker Section (EWS), 251 from Other Backward Classes (OBC), 129 from Scheduled Castes (SC) and 67 from Scheduled Tribes (ST) category, according to the UPSC. A total of 182 other candidates have been put in the reserve list, it said. The selection has

Congratulations to all the bright youngsters who have successfully cleared the Civil Services Examination, 2019! An exciting and satisfying career of public service awaits you. My best wishes! been made against 927 vacancies reported by the government.

“The result of 11 candidates has been kept withheld, the UPSC said.

The civil services examination is conducted annually in three phases -preliminary, main and interview -- to select candidates for the country’s premier civil services.

One year on, Sonia likely to continue as Congress interim chief Once again a ‘reluctant’ Rahul skips the responsibility Naresh Sharma Jaipur/New Delhi: With Sonia Gandhi slated to complete one year as Congress interim President soon amid an ongoing battle for one-upmanship between leaders close to Rahul Gandhi and the Congress veterans, she is likely to continue in the top post in the foreseea-

ble future, party sources said on Tuesday.

The sources maintained that “no discussion is going on” at present within the Congress on the President’s post, neither initiated by the party nor any individual.

“There is no discussion, and there is no rule that we have to appoint a new President,”

the sources remarked.

Sonia Gandhi assumed charge of the topmost post again on August 10 last year in the wake of the resignation by her son Rahul Gandhi as Congress President after the 2019 Lok Sabha debacle.

Though the party tried to persuade Rahul not to resign, but he did not budge, after which the Congress Working Committee appointed her as the interim chief.

Sonia Gandhi has be-

come the longest serving Congress President and has been credited with the party’s victories in two successive general elections in 2009 and 2004.

A party leader, who is privy to all developments in the Congress, pointed out that Sonia Gandhi had just returned from hospital and the party was rallying behind her to fight the BJP onslaught.

“She is the rallying

point for all sections of the party,” the leader remarked.

Sonia Gandhi was admitted to the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital last week for routine tests and investigations and was discharged on Sunday afternoon.

Notwithstanding the Congress position about status quo on the party chief ’s post, there have been demands within the party to ap-

point a new party President. Leaders close to Rahul Gandhi have on at least three occasions demanded that he should be brought back as Congress President.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had demanded it during a CWC meeting. The demand was echoed during the meetings of Congress’ Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs in July as well.

A lot of hectic activity is on within the party to this end. Many lead-

ers have met to discuss the proposal to write a letter to the CWC to appoint a full-time President as the opposition party is facing a crisis after rebellions by Congress leaders and MLAs in Rajasthan and earlier in Madhya Pradesh in the last six months. It is worth mentioning here that Sonia has become the longest serving Congress President and has been credited with the party’s victories in two successive general elections in 2009 and 2004.

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The Industries Minister chaired a meeting with his dept officers at secretariat on Tuesday Dr Rituraj Jaipur: Industries Minister Parsadi Lal Meena came to the secretariat on Tuesday and was seen chairing a meeting with his departmental officers. He said the Rs 300-400 crore package approved by the cabinet for the industries will help them come out of the corona crisis. Meena hailed the ‘One Stop Shop’ decision by the cabinet and said the government can’t bring an ordinance for it but was preparing to table a bill for it in the upcoming session of the assembly.

The bill would pave way for a single-window clearance of all permission to set up an indus-

Parsadi Lal Meena

try in the state. Industry minister categorically said that former revenue secretary Sandeep Verma had wrongfully taken the power of land acquisition from RIICO and the orders rectifying the situation will be released by Wednesday.

ASP, his middleman in ACB net for taking `2 lakh bribe Naveen Sharma Sriganganagar: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has trapped the Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) in Sriganganagar district and his middleman while taking a bribe of Rs 2 lakh. The ACB has arrested ASP Amrit Lal Jeengar and his middleman Ashok Bishnoi.

ACB sources said that when a team of ACB raided the official residence of the ASP at Raisinghnagar, his gunman, in a failed attempt to help his boss escape, opened fire on the ACB team.

The ACB has also sealed his house in

Jodhpur.

The ACB had received information that Jeengar had purchased a property worth Rs 1.75 crore in Keshav Nagar in CHB, Jodhpur.

The ASP of ACB Jodhpur Durgsingh Rajpurohit reached the house but did not find anyone so they sealed the house and put up the notice there.

Following which the RIICO would acquire land for 22 industrial areas to facilitate new industries in the state.

He said the rumours regarding Congress MLAs being under severe movement restrictions were all cooked up as they were all com-

mitted to the party. He criticized the opposition for spreading false rumours regarding routine work being hampered due to MLAs residing in Jaisalmer.

Meena said there was no pendency and all public works were being done. He said that Congress MLAs could come to Jaipur to participate in the assembly session on August 13 or 14. Meena said it was the MLAs who chose Jaisalmer for camping and all the Congress MLAs along with the state government were ready for a floor test if the opposition demands it. The minister claimed the support of 103 MLAs to the state government.

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Jaipur: Most of the MLAs and ministers of the Rajasthan government are currently staying in Jaisalmer and handling the works from there. On Tuesday, Revenue Minister Harish Chaudhary was seen enjoying driving as well.

After a long time, the minister was spotted driving a car on the streets of Jaisalmer. He also interacted with First India while driving. Harish Chaudhary said that the government has no threat of any kind and we will present the majority on August 14.

At the same time, the Revenue minister also accused BJP of ‘killing the democracy’.

‘Govt isn’t sitting in hotels, it has been working in the field’ First India Bureau Jaipur: Concerned about public perception over their prolonged stay in hotels - first in Jaipur and now Jaisalmer – Minister in Gehlot government can now be seen working from wherever they are.

The ministers in Jaipur started going to secretariat while those in Jaisalmer have called files there.

Subsequently, Minister of state Rajendra Yadav went to the public library in Jaisalmer. He took feedback from the librarian about the problems and assured them of resolving them while giving necessary instructions to officials. He also took meetings through

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video conferencing.

During the library visit, the minister also spoke to First India in which he claimed that the government led by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot would complete its term. He also accused the BJP of run-

ning the government from palaces when it was in power but now accusing the state government of working from the hotel.

“The government is not sitting in hotels, it has been working in the field,” he claimed.

Bansal: Cong a party of action oriented people who work hard First India Bureau Jaisalmer: AICC secretary Vivek Bansal reached the desert town to join the party MLAs camping. Speaking on camping in hot weather in Jaisalmer, Bansal said that Congress is the party of action-oriented people and they must sweat out to get results.

He said being in the party doesn’t mean relaxing on the chair but to be on the streets. This will make us physically fit and our attitude more people-friendly which is very important in politics.

The AICC secretary assured Congress MLAs about the stability of the government and all the apprehensions were baseless. He expressed confidence of a positive outcome on August 14.

Bansal also took a jibe

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An industrious Meena returns to Jaipur, attends imp works!

Revenue min accuses BJP of ‘killing the democracy’

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Vivek Bansal and Devendra Yadav

at Sachin Pilot’s tweet about truth being harassed, without naming him, by saying that such words don’t suit him.

Bansal called it a fight for values & principles and for the aspirations of Rajasthan.

When asked about the return of the dissidents Vivek Bansal simply said that the world survives on hope. He said the parents are ready to forgive a good for nothing child if they see

chances of improvement in him and he is truly sorry for his earlier acts. On the question of the state government being run from Jaisalmer, he said the government had been working through VCs after the corona pandemic broke out and the same is being done even now.

Bansal hailed CM Gehlot’s style of working and called him a sensitive leader both in terms of emotions and duty.

Kalla rejects allegations Man kills wife son with of restrictions on MLAs and axe; commits First India Bureau

Jaipur: Energy minister BD Kalla on Tuesday rejected allegations that there is any restriction on the legislators who are staying in Jaisalmer hotel.

“This is totally baseless. MLAs are moving around as per their wish…there is no restrictions,” the minister said.

Kalla, who has returned to Jaipur from Jaisalmer, said that he has heard about the proposed visit of the legislators to Tanot Mata Temple in Jaisalmer from the media only.

“If I will be in Jaisalmer, I too will go with the MLAs if such visit is planned,” the minister said.

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The Energy minister attended his office in the secretariat on Tuesday.

Apart from the minister, MLA Hakam Ali Khan too returned to his constituency (Fatehpur) in Sikar.

Khan went to Kayamsar to mourn the death of his relative.

Jhunjhunu: A man attacked his wife and 7-year-old son with an axe in Kuhadwas village of Buhana in the district on Tuesday morning. After brutally hitting both, he ran and killed himself by jumping into a well some two km away. The wife died while being treated and the son has been referred to Jaipur in serious condition. Rakesh had attacked his wife and son while they were still asleep. DSP Gyan Singh and CI Mahendra Singh reached the crime spot-on information

2 youths drown in Chulia waterfall Man held for kidnapping and First India Bureau Chittorgarh: In Rawatbhata of Chittorgarh district, the happiness of 8 friends who went for a picnic after passing class 12 on Monday went away when two of them swept away by the strong currents of water. All the youths who went for a picnic in the Chulia waterfall located in the downstream area of Rana Pratap Sagar were taking a bath in the waterfall.

A gate of Rana Sagar Pratap dam was opened at that time and due to the excessive flow, 2 youths Garvit Sen and Gauran Jamatani have swept away in the water.

After the incident, in-

formation was provided to family members of youths, and Rajasthan Nuclear Powerplant officials, along with Rawatbhata police, reached the incident location.

It is being told that a

gate of Rana Pratap dam was opened to release water in the canals of Kota. The siren was also used to warn before opening the gate, but the sound of the siren was probably ignored by all the youths.

After the incident, the dam gate was closed and the rescue started after about an hour when the water flow had reduced.

There is no information about both the youths yet and rescue operation is going on.

raping 13-year-old girl in Jaipur First India Bureau Jaipur: The Harmada police have arrested the accused Jhabarmal Bavaria (22), in connection with the case of kidnapping a 13-yearold minor girl and raping her. Under the leadership of ADCP Bajrang Singh, a team was constituted in the leadership of ACP Priyanka Kumawat and Harmada

SHO Ramesh Saini, which got hold of the accused by searching for him in Jaipur and surrounding districts.

The 13-year-old girl from Radhapura village suddenly went missing from her home on the night of July 10. The next day, the family lodged a missing report at Harmada police station, expressing suspicion on a youth named Jhabar-

BHOOMI POOJAN TODAY

Man awaits construction of Ram mandir he designed!

First India Bureau New Delhi: Driving down to Ayodhya to be a part of the historic ‘Bhoomi poojan’ ceremony for Ram Temple on August 5, Ashish Sompura is elated. His father Chandrakant Sompura, now 78, had designed the Ram Mandir in 1989 at the request of the then Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) chief, late Ashok Singhal.

“My father is not go-

ing for the ‘Bhoomi poojan’ due to the threat of Covid-19. But I am going to be there as the foundation stone of the grandest temple in the world will be laid by PM Narendra Modi. It is a proud moment for me and for our family that the most controversial temple ever to be built has been designed by my father,” Ashish Sompura said.

Ashish (49) and his brother Nikhil (55) have

AJMER’S UNIQUE BANK WITH 64 BILLION RAM NAMES Ajmer: As the country is all set to witness the ground-breaking ceremony of a magnificent Ram temple in Ayodhya on Wednesday, a unique bank in Ajmer is in limelight for its collection of 64 billion ‘Ram’ names written by thousands of taken over the day-today work involved in the temple construc-

its members. The bank headquartered in Ajmer tion, including attending the meetings of the Shri Ram Janmabhoo-

has also contributed to the construction of Ram temple. With nearly 40,000 members, the bank has 500 branches all over the country and it provides textbooks to be filled with ‘Ram’ names by the members.

—Shubham Jain

mi Teertha Kshetra Trust. Their father guides them from home.

Meanwhile, BJP MLA Madan Dilawar would not be able to attend the Bhoomi Pujan of the Ram temple as one of a worker travelling with Dilawar has been tested positive for coronavirus. Dilawar has also been quarantined after the news and he is returning to Kota from Ayodhya.

Actually, he had left for Ayodhya by carrying the soil of Haldighati with him on Monday evening.

mal. On July 11, the victim was found lying unconscious in a nearby village. Upon which, the family informed the police and admitted the girl to a private hospital.

The victim said in her statements that Jhabarmal and his friends kidnapped her from home and took her to a school. They raped the victim after making her consume drugs.

and sent the injured to the hospital. The police apart from scanning the crime scene also talked to the neighbours for the details. Police have recovered the axe used to commit the gruesome act. Police are yet to ascertain the cause of the incident. Interestingly two twin daughters, Riya and Ankita, of the family were saved as they were sleeping in a separate room. Rakesh Jat use to run a provision store in the village.

‘Will donate 2 mths salary, silver brick’ First India Bureau Jaipur: Transport Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas said he would contribute his two months’ salary and a silver brick for the construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya. He said the “Bhoomi pujan” of the temple on Wednesday “will be like Diwali all over”. “I will give two months’ salary and a silver brick for the con-

struction of Ram temple, the minister said.

He also called upon the people to contribute to the construction of the temple. “It (the ‘Bhoomi pujan’) will be like Diwali all over and there should be Diwali inside us too,” he said. Previously, Khachariyawas has even told himself to be the descendant of Ram’s son Kush. He is expected to visit Ayodhya after the assembly session.

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‘RT-PCR given priority, plasma therapy successful’ Vikas Sharma Jaipur: Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma said that RT-PCR test is being given the priority in the State as it is the most reliable in regard to testing coronavirus and till now more than 16 lakh corona tests have been done. He said that all the 115 serious patients treated with plasma therapy and 176 given lifesaving injections have recovered and are healthy.

Dr Sharma said that the State Government has been constantly demanding the Central Government for the antigen kits, but till date the Central Government has not provided them. He said that a private hospital had conducted tests by ordering 200 antigen kits, but 50% of the kits did not meet the standards and gave wrong results.

He said that the Central government is putting the life of people at risk by approving the less reliable tests of the

Dr Raghu Sharma

ORDER FOR LOCAL LOCKDOWN

foreign companies. He said that earlier too the Rajasthan Government had raised questions on the results of rapid testing kits recognised

by ICMR and ICMR

agreeing with Rajasthan prohibited the use of rapid testing kits in the entire country. Dr Sharma said that the increase in corona infection has been due to

workplaces, fruit and vegetable vendors, provision stores and social functions. He appealed to the general public to adopt the lifestyle by following the guidelines of the Centre and the State Government.

Plasma Bank will be opened in all the Government Medical Colleges Dr Sharma said that so far 115 people have been given plasma therapy in the State and its results have been 100%.

People are given new lease of life through plasma therapy in Udaipur and Bikaner after Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota. Soon treatment through plasma therapy will be started in Ajmer. He said after Jaipur, recently the plasma bank has been started in Kota. Soon, plasma banks would be opened in all the old medical colleges, so that maximum people get relief. People are getting new life with lifesaving injection and plasma therapy.

Yoga institutes, gymnasiums to re-open from today Jaipur: The Rajasthan government on Tuesday allowed yoga institutes and gymnasiums to function from August 5.

“In the order dated July 31, containing the guidelines for Unlock-3, it was stated that Yoga Institutes and Gymnasiums will be allowed to function from August 5,” Rajasthan Home Department said in an order. Further, it said, “Guidelines on preventive measures to contain spread of COVID-19 in Yoga Institutes and Gymnasiums have been issued by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, dated August 3; these are being enclosed for ready reference.”

As many as 551 new cases and eight deaths have been reported from state. —ANI

24 corona warriors at Swasthya Bhawan test +ve First India Bureau Jaipur: Last 2 hours added 1,124 new cases of corona positives in the state taking the total to 46679. The state also reported 13 deaths on Tuesday taking toll to 732. Alwar reported 154 new cases on Tuesday followed by Kota with 146, Jaipur 98, Bikaner 80, Pali 72, Dholpur 63, Ajmer 57, Bharatpur 50, Baran 40, Barmer 37, Udaipur 32, Dungarpur 24, Tonk 18, Chittorgarh & Karauli 13 each, Churu & Sikar 12 each, Bundi & Dausa 8 each, Banswara & Jaisalmer 3 each, Ganganagar 1.

In an alarming development the epicenter of war against corona, the Svasthya Bhawan discovered 24 corona positives. Two days ago a doctor and another

I have been asking the health minister to control corona situation in state. Health department has been claiming that it is under control, yet coming out of 24 corona positive patients indicates the catastrophic condition. The situation of corona warriors is worrying in Swasthya Bhavan. Chief Minister ji, there is still a chance to save the state from Corona.

—Satish Poonia, State BJP President

staff member were diagnosed which followed sample collection as a precautionary step. The situation became more tense as the personnel from the corona monitoring cell were diagnosed positive. Additional director along with 6 others from the IDSP cell tested positive. Health department took 250 more samples of its colleagues at the headquarters. One em-

ployee of the Medical Education Directorate also was diagnosed positive on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Bhilwara district administration imposed curfew from 8 pm to 5 am due to hike in cases. Collector Shiv Prakash ordered a complete lockdown on Sunday as well. Bharatpur district administration announced complete lockdown on Saturday and Sunday.

Finally, Vasundhara Raje reaches Delhi!

Will do my best, says Diya Kumari

First India Bureau

Aishwarya Pradhan

Jaipur: Rajasthan and Raje. For the uninitiated, it may be a matter of coincidence that the first three alphabets of the state and its former Chief Minister are same, however for the initiated, ergo the BJP party worker, it is the summation of the party in Rajasthan.

For the past few weeks, Raje had been staying aloof even as the saffron party simmered in the political heat brought about by the Gehlot-Pilot con-

flict. It is said that Raje had chosen to stay in ‘ekantwas’, a time when a person shuns the worldly aspects and focuses on the internal self, through various means, popularly prayers and meditation.

Word has it that during this time, several Delhi based leaders called up Raje on her personal phone, however being in ‘ekantwas’ and busy with rituals, Raje could not attend and talk at length with these leaders or travel to Delhi to meet them.

Vasundhara Raje

The word of Raje’s activities must have reached the top leadership and thus probably the BJP chief JP Nadda himself has

sent an invite to Raje.

And this is the reason that Raje travelled from Dholpur to Delhi, reaching the national capital by road on Tuesday evening.

There is a general impression in Rajasthan BJP circles that madame is one of the major factor for the saffron party and therefore the leadership woll have to take ‘Vasundhara factor’ also in confidence, while taking certain major political decisions in the state. Raje is likely to stay in Delhi for 4-5 days.

Jaipur: BJP MP from Rajsamand and newly appointed state general secretary of the party, Diya Kumari has lot of respect for former chief minister Vasundhara Raje. Diya said that it was Raje who had appointed her secretary in the party for the first time. Also, she had given the ticket to contest assembly election in 2013.

She expressed gratitude to national president JP Nadda, state president Dr Satish Poo-

HC to Jail DG: Explain RCA gets 40.60 hectare land presence of drugs in jail at Delhi Road for cric stadium Nizam Kantaliya Jaipur: HC expressed concern over incidents of illegal possession of alcohol, opium and other drugs to the prisoners in the jail. The division bench of Chief Justice Indrajit Mahanty and Justice Prakash Gupta ordered the state jail DG to appear in the Court on August 31.

During the hearing, the Chief Justice said that despite regular monitoring by HC and repeated instructions,

mobile and other unallowed materials are frequently inside the jails.

These events are mentioned on media. It is impossible to take these things inside the jails without any help.

HC ordered State Jail DG to provide an explanation regarding the compliance of the instructions given by court earlier. Court said that the Jail DG should appear personally on August 31 to explain why these incidents are not being stopped.

Abhishek Srivastav Jaipur: The empowered committee of cabinet, in a meeting chaired by UDH minister Shanti Dhariwal, allotted 40.60 hectare land at Chomp village on Delhi road to Rajasthan Cricket Academy for construction of its world class cricket stadium. The land will be allotted at 30% of the DLC rate.

RCA will pay the whole amount due in four six monthly in-

stallments. As soon as the JDA receives the first installment it will hand over the land.

RCA has been demanding land for a cricket stadium and had written more than half a dozen letters to the effect. JDC Gaurav Goyal in his first meeting of Land & property disposal decided to send the matter to the state govt. RCA has been demanding the land allotment at 10% of the DLC rate while JDA has in its commu-

nication to the state govt has transferred the ball to govt’s court.

In its proposal JDA has stated that as per the existing policy of land allotment the provision is to charge 200% + 15% of the reserved price for developed land allotted for public or other purposes. The land which has been identified for allotment for cricket stadium to RCA has a reserve price of Rs 7500/- per sq meter while the DLC rate is Rs 1180 per sq meter.

Rajasthanis bite their share of UPSC pie First India Bureau Jaipur: Much awaited UPSC results for civil services were declared on Tuesday. Rajasthan has its share of meritorious candidates making it to the most sought after jobs in country.

Ajay Jain of Shivad, Sawai Madhopur secured 12 rank in the all India results. Ajay is under training for IPS in Moradabad right now after he secured 141th rank in the UPSC results last year. His

Sisters Anarmika, Anandali, both secured 116 and 494 rank respectively in the UPSC exams.

father is a shop owner and mother is a homemaker.

Pari Vishnoi from

Ajmer secured 30th position. Pari’s father is a lawyer and mother a railway inspector.

Deepak Karwa of Nagaur, son of a Mumbai based businessman father, secured 48th position. It was his third attempt. Shisir Gupta got 50th position in the civil services exam in his fourth attempt. Mumal Rajpurohit of Jodhpur and currently residing in Jamshedpur got 173th rank.

Nikas khinchad of Kumawas in Jhunjhunu, who is currently an IPS in Manipur, made it to 234th rank this year. Son of a farm-

er Nikas, was motivated by his wife to reappear in civil services exam to qualify for IAS. Tamilnadu cadre IAS Ramesh Chand Meena is a proud father to find his both daughters making it to the selection in the list. Khedi Ramla village, mehandipur Balaji resident Anamika is at 116th rank while her sister Anjali is at 494th rank.

Arvind Meena of Nahar Khora village of Mehandipur Balaji also made it to 676th rank.

Diya Kumari meets Satish Poonia.

nia and state general secretary Chandrashekhar for giving her greater responsibility.

She also met Chandrashekhar who along with Dr Poonia congrat-

ulated and wished her best. “The party has given me huge responsibility; I will try my best to perform well in whatever work is given to me,” said Diya Kumari.

Claiming that she was descendent of lord Ram, she said that it was matter of pride that after 500 years Ram temple will be constructed.

Meanwhile, BJP MLA Ramlal took charge of state spokesperson and met state president Dr Satish Poonia and general secretary Chandrashekhar. Later speaking to First India he expressed happiness for the Ram Temple and said that, “We will light diya and celebrate in BJP office and distribut sweets.”

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ONE YEAR WITHOUT 370 BRIG VETERAN ANIL GUPTA The author is a Jammu based veteran, political commentator, columnist, security and strategic analyst

T 37 central laws became applicable to J&K which included laws like Prevention of Corruption Act, Goods and Services Tax Act, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code

ill August 05, 2019 the state of Jammu & Kashmir had a unique status in that it was protected by the discriminatory Article 35A and divisive Article 370. These two articles were utilised by the Kashmircentric leadership, which also happened to be the ruling class, not only to swindle huge amount of funds received from the Central Government but also to alienate the Kashmiri Muslim population from India. All this was being done at the expense of state’s solidarity with blatant discrimination against the other two regions namely Jammu & Ladakh. While the people of Jammu & Ladakh wanted state’s complete integration and assimilation with rest of India, the Kashmiri leadership harboured the dream of autonomy. This exclusive ideology was backed up by a separate constitution, a separate flag and to begin with a separate Prime Minister.

There was disharmony in the state and people of Jammu & Ladakh wanted to be freed from Kashmiri hegemony.

On that day, the country’s Home Minister Amit Shah announced in the upper house of the nation’s Parliament an epoch-making historical decision of the government to not only make ineffective the divisive Article 370 but also abrogated discriminatory Article 35 A of the Constitution of India.

Both the impugned articles were responsible for promoting separatism, communalism and terrorism in the state.

All Kashmir centric parties promoted separatism despite swearing loyalty to the Constitution of India. Once known as “heaven on earth”, the state was relegated to hell by the inept and self-seeking Kashmiri leadership which wanted the pot of militancy to continue to simmer. Precious human lives were being lost in hundreds month after month.

Under the shelter of 370 and 35A, Kashmir was gradually being distanced from New Delhi. The gap between the three regions was widening to the point of no return. It appeared then that New Delhi was fast losing its grip on Kashmir. A strong action like the one of 05 August was needed to stem the wrought. Without 370 life looks different.

The happiest lot are the so-called “unseen orphans of partition” or more popularly known as the West Pakistan

refugees. It is a dream come true for hapless West Pakistan refugees, Gurkhas and Valmikis who number almost five lakh and had lived a life of humiliation and inequality for generations. They became free citizens of free India literally after 72 years of independence. Now they are also entitled to apply for government jobs in the UT. The people of Jammu & Ladakh heaved a sigh of relief from the Kashmiri hegemony and dreamt of an honourable life as equal citizens. All provisions of the Indian Constitution were made applicable to J&K. In addition, The Jammu & Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 was passed by the Parliament enacting the division of the state of J&K into two Union Territories to be called Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh.

37 central laws became applicable to the UT J&K which included laws like the Prevention of Corruption Act, The Goods and Services Tax Act, The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. These have helped in fighting rampant corruption in the UT. An empowered Anti-Corruption Bureau is functional. IPC & Cr PC are now applicable like rest of the country.

To remove skewed distri-

UNDER SHELTER OF ARTICLE 370 AND 35A, KASHMIR WAS GRADUALLY BEING DISTANCED FROM NEW DELHI. GAP BETWEEN THREE REGIONS WAS WIDENING TO THE POINT OF NO RETURN

bution of assembly seats favouring Kashmir, a fresh delimitation commission has been ordered which has already begun the exercise.

Scheduled Tribes will get political reservation.

Law and order is the major beneficiary. The separatist voices have been crushed. The Hurriyat has become a nonentity. The octogenarian separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Gilani has left the Hurriyat.

There is no “Hartal” Calendar.

Terrorism is on the decline with the security forces going all out to eliminate terrorism and the terror support network.

There is no stone pelting on the security forces nor the flags of ISIS or Pakistan are being freely flown.

There is comparative calm

and peace is fast returning.

The pro-Pakistan voices have been silenced with Pakistan no more a stake holder except abettor of jihadi terrorism. Pakistan has been told in unambiguous terms that only issue as far as Kashmir is concerned relates to vacation of the occupied areas known as POJK. AntiIndia political voices have vanished like the hawala money. National Flag flies proudly on all government buildings and everywhere in the UT. J K Police has become a highly motivated and professional outfit with outstanding achievements.

For the first time a separate amount has been allocated in the budget for employment generation. The process has begun with announcement of recruitment for about 10000 jobs under the accelerated recruitment process. The requirement of interviews has been done away with for posts under class 3 and 4. New Domicile rules have been framed and all government jobs including gazetted have been reserved for the domicile only.

The much needed development has suffered a setback despite adequate budgetary support due to the onset of corona pandemic. Nonetheless, the administration undertook the restoration of infra-

CORONAVIRUS AND COMMON SENSE A

s the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, our understanding of it is improving.

Through a combination of epidemiology and physics – including knowledge of the virus’s character and how aerosols float in the air – we are learning more about how the microbe infects new hosts.

This understanding is fueling hopes that we will soon be able to counter the pandemic more effectively.

But it has also led to some contentious exchanges regarding the social sciences and the interaction between social norms and the law.

Ever since the pandemic began to spread beyond Wuhan and around the world, there has been an increasingly acrimonious debate regarding which preventive measures

should be decreed by government and enforced by public officials and the police, and which should be promoted as social norms.

Unfortunately, this debate has become so polarized that people are immediately classified as right-wing or left-wing depending on their view. Because people often do not like to be categorized in this way, and certainly not wrongly, many are reluctant to express themselves on this important question.

In fact, on many coronavirus-related matters, we need enforceable laws. Especially in the early days of the pandemic, when people understood little about the virus, treating publichealth measures as matters of personal choice was folly.

Because some people decided to gather in large groups and not wear face

Social norms are often more effective than govnt mandates, because they allow a degree of flexibility that statutes cannot provide

masks, the disease became widespread in some countries, with Brazil under President Jair Bolsonaro and the United States under President Donald Trump being prime examples.

But it would be equally dangerous to swing to the other extreme and make governments solely responsible for changing our behavior. Autocratic regimes, in particular, are li-

able to use the pandemic as a pretext to arrest opponents and silence dissent.

Furthermore, excessive government control is often the first step toward crony capitalism, whereby a few big firms use the levers of state power to stifle competition and repress wages.

Social norms are often more effective than government mandates, because they allow a degree of flexibility that statutes cannot provide. In Ithaca, for example, there is a bridge on Forest Home Drive that has featured in studies of games and social norms, including in William Ferguson’s book Collective Action and Exchange. The bridge is so narrow that cars can pass only in one direction.

Regulating the traffic flow by law might entail

making it a one-way bridge, or requiring cars to travel from left to right in the morning and right to left in the evening. Or the law might require drivers to alternate, with one crossing from left to right and the next in the opposite direction, resulting in wasted space behind each car.

What happens in the absence of legal regulation is far better. There is a norm whereby three or four cars cross in one direction, and then the drivers behind them stop, allowing three or four cars to come from the other side. Because the norm, unlike a law, is flexible, you might, if you are in a hurry, decide to cross the bridge as the fifth or sixth car, delaying those waiting on the other side by a few seconds.

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structure projects which had been languishing for three to four decades. 593 projects costing 1313.24 crore pertain only to road and bridges. 111 projects costing 2221.74 crore had been completed till February this year. The process of black-topping all roads in the state has begun with 100 crore being sanctioned as first instalment. The government had planned to complete about 2000 vital projects by March 2021 but have been hampered due to Corona.

Jammu has emerged as higher education hub and the work on AIIMS has commenced. New Medical and Engineering Colleges have become functional.

The connectivity has improved due to construction of bridges. The real game changer will be the Kandi Dam and Ujh Barrage projects. The work on New Delhi – Katra super highway is likely to commence soon.

Land banks have been created to welcome the setup of industrial units. A number of foreign and domestic investors have shown interest in investing in the state. Much talked about Investors’ Summit had to be called off due to the pandemic.

Kashmir to Kanyakumari and Kutch to Katra, India is one now.

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INDIA EYING `1.75 LAKH CRORE IN TURNOVER IN DEFENCE MANUFACTURING BY YEAR 2025 New Delhi: The government is eyeing a turnover of Rs 1.75 lakh crore (USD 25 billion) in defence manufacturing by 2025 as it has identified the sector as a potential driver to boost the overall economy, according to a draft of a major policy prepared by the defence ministry.

The draft Defence Production and Export Promotion Policy 2020 set an export target of Rs 35,000 crore (USD 5 billion) in aerospace and defence goods and services in the next five years, which has been estimated as part of the total projected turnover.

The policy is envisaged as overarching guiding document of the defence ministry to provide a “focused, structured and significant” thrust to production of military hard-

ware and platforms for self-reliance and exports, officials said.

Officials said the policy is aimed at developing a dynamic, robust and competitive defence industry, including aerospace and naval shipbuilding, to cater to the needs of the armed forces.

In May, Finance Minster Nirmala Sitharaman rolled out a number of reform measures for the defence sector including making separate budgetary outlay to procure Indian-made military hardware, increasing FDI limit from 49 per cent to 74 per cent under the automatic route and generating a yearwise negative list of weapons which will not be allowed to import.

India is one of the most lucrative markets for global defence giants as it figured among top three importers of military hardware in the world for the last eight years.

According to estimates, the Indian armed forces are projected to spend around USD 130 billion in capital procurement in the next five years.

The draft Defence Production and Export Promotion Policy (DPEPP) also prescribed a framework to reduce dependence on imports and take forward the “Make in India” initiatives through domestic design and development.

It also suggested steps to promote export of defence products to make India

become part of the global defence supply chain.

The officials said the policy paper made several key recommendations to boost defence manufacturing so that the sector compliments the government’s aim make the country’s economy a USD 5 trillion one by 2024.

The draft policy has laid out a goal to achieve a turnover of Rs 1,75,000 crore (USD 25 billion) including export of Rs 35,000 crore (USD 5 billion) in aerospace and defence goods and services by 2025.

It also laid out goals to create an environment that encourages research and development, rewards innovation, creates Indian IP (intellectual property) ownership and promotes a robust and self-reliant defence industry.

—PTI

Army to choose from Tata, American Stryker and Humvee for its armoured protection vehicle requirements New Delhi: Searching for to offer extremely cellular armoured safety automobiles to its troopers in excessive altitude terrains like Japanese Ladakh, the Indian Military is trying to select from three totally different automobiles together with the indigenous Tata Wheeled Armoured Safety together with American Stryker Infantry Fight Automobile and Humvee.

The Indian Military has a necessity for armoured infantry fight automobiles for fast motion of troops within the Japanese Ladakh space the place the Chinese language have deployed their armoured personnel carriers in massive numbers. The power is trying on the three choices which embody the Tata WhAP and the American

Stryker and Humvee, defence sources instructed ANI. The choices are being evaluated by the power in the meanwhile and a choice on this regard could be taken quickly, they stated.

Sources stated throughout the analysis course of, the indigenous platform would definitely have desire over the international merchandise in assembly the neces-

sities of the Military.

Whereas the Tata car is but to enter service, the Stryker and Humvee have been a part of the American defence forces for a very long time now.

Tata WhAP, which has been co-developed with a DRDO laboratory, has undergone a number of trials in latest occasions together with excessive altitude assessments.

The Strykers and Humvee are report-

edly able to being dropped from transport plane together with the C-130J and the C-17s that are additionally operated by the Indian Air Drive.

Throughout the ongoing standoff with the Chinese language in Japanese Ladakh, the Chinese language troops had come to the Line of Precise Management at a number of factors together with Galwan Valley, Sizzling Springs, Gogra and Patrolling Level 15 utilizing heavy automobiles together with Armoured Personnel Carriers.

The Indian Military makes use of numerous Russian-origin BMP infantry fight automobiles, that are utilized by the Mechanised Infantry regiments of the Indian Military in deserts, plains, and excessive altitude areas.

—ANI

Kulbhushan Jadhav case: Top Pak court Setback: Trump signs new appoints 3 senior lawyers as amici curiae order on H-1B visa hiring Islamabad: A top Pakistani court has named three senior lawyers as amici curiae in the case of Kulbhushan Jadhav as it ordered the Pakistan government to give “another chance” to India to appoint a counsel for the deathrow prisoner.

Kulbhushan Jadhav, the 50-year-old retired Indian Navy officer, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage and terrorism in April 2017.

India approached the International Court of Justice against Pakistan for denial of consu-

lar access to Jadhav and challenging the death sentence.

The Hague-based ICJ ruled in July 2019 that Pakistan must undertake an “effective review and reconsideration” of the conviction and sentence of Jadhav and also to grant consular access to India without further delay.

A two-member bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) comprising Chief Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb appointed the three lawyers on Monday as it held a hearing of the petition filed by the Pakistan gov-

Kulbhushan Jadhav

ernment to appoint a lawyer for Jadhav.

Amicus Curiae is a lawyer appointed by a

court to assist in any matter or case.

The court also ordered a larger bench to be set up for the case. It also directed the registrar of the court to fix the proceedings at 2 pm on September 3 before a larger bench.

“We appoint Mr Abid Hassan Manto, Mr Hamid Khan, Senior Advocates of the Supreme Court and former presidents of the Supreme Court Bar Association, and Mr Makhdoom Ali Khan, Senior Advocate Supreme Court and former Attorney General of Pakistan, as amici curiae for our legal as-

sistance in general and, in particular, to ensure that the judgement of the International Court is effectively implemented,” the court said in its order.

The Pakistan government in its petition has claimed that Jadhav refused to file a review petition or an application to reconsider the verdict against him by the military court.

Pakistan’s Attorney General Khalid Javed Khan said an ordinance was issued to give an opportunity to India and Jadhav to file a review petition against the sentence.

—PTI

Washington: In a huge blow to Indian IT professionals eyeing the US job market, President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order preventing federal agencies from contracting or subcontracting foreign workers mainly those on H-1B visa - from hiring.

The move came over a month after the Trump administration in June 23 suspended the H-1B visas along with other types of foreign work visas until the end of 2020 to protect American workers in a crucial election year.

The new restrictions took effect from June 24.

President Trump with PM Modi

The H1B visa, most sought-after among Indian IT professionals, is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.

The technology companies depend on it to hire tens of thousands of employees each year

from countries like India and China.

“Today I am signing an executive order to ensure that the federal government lives by a very simple rule, higher American,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office of the White House before signing the order against hiring H1B visa holders for federal contracts. —PTI

THE GURU OF GURUS

‘Father of Indian theatre’ Ebrahim Alkazi dies at 94 New Delhi: Theatre doyen, legendary drama teacher and connoisseur of the arts Ebrahim Alkazi died on Tuesday after suffering a heart attack, his son said. He was 94.

Alkazi, who was the longest serving director of the National School of Drama and mentored generations of actors, produced plays such as Girish Karnad’’s “Tughlaq” and Dharamvir Bharati’’s “Andha Yug”.

He is survived by his son Feisal Alkazi and his daughter Amal Allana, both well known theatre directors.

“Dad died this evening at 2.45 pm after a massive heart attack.

He was admitted to the Escorts hospital the day before yesterday,” his son Feisal told PTI. Alkazi, who tutored acting greats such as Naseeruddin Shah and Om Puri, had been unwell for a few days.

Tributes poured in for the man, who was NSD director from 1962 to 1977, and was described variously as “father of modern Indian theatre” and “last of the Romans”.

President Ram Nath Kovind said his death

Narendra Modi @narendramodi Shri Ebrahim Alkazi will be remembered for his efforts to make theatre more popular and accessible across India.

His contributions to the world of art and culture are noteworthy too.

Saddened by his demise.

My thoughts are with his family and friends. May his soul rest in peace.

leaves a void in the world of performing arts.

“Ebrahim Alkazi, doyen of Indian thea-

tre, mentored and inspired generations of artists... A Padma Vibhushan recipient, his

legacy will live on. My condolences to his family, students and art lovers,” the president said.

The film and theatre industry also mourned the death of the man who strode like the pro-

verbial Colossus across the stage.

“He was the father of modern Indian theatre, he established Indian theatre the way we know it. He only emphasised the importance of training in theatre, if you look at all the famous artistes in the country, you will find so many of them were trained under him,” said Suresh Sharma, director in-charge of NSD. “Many like me owe our passion for theatre to this formidably knowledgable man.

His contribution to sophistication and polish

in staging and imparting a sense of discipline to every aspect of theatre work is unequalled,” Naseeruddin Shah told PTI. Alkazi was the “true renaissance man”, “the last Roman”, added film and theatre actor Amol Palekar. Palekar’’s guru, Satyadev Dubey, was trained under Alkazi.

For his contribution to theatre, Alkazi received awards including the Padma Shri in 1966, Padma Bhushan in 1991, and India’’s second highest civilian award, Padma Vibhushan, in the year 2010.

—PTI

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SUSHANT SINGH RAJPUT DEATH : BJP LEADER DUBEY URGES CENTRE TO INTERVENE AND ED AND NIA TO INVESTIGATE

BIHAR GOVT TO RECOMMEND CBI INQUIRY : NITISH Patna: “Today morning the DGP held talks with Sushant’s father KK Singh, who had filed the FIR. He has given consent for CBI inquiry and we are sure investigation will give better results,” told Nitish Kumar.

Meanwhile, Sanjay Singh, spokesperson Janta Dal said, the recommendation our end for the CBI to takeover the case has been sent.

LJP national president Chirag Paswan said, ‘On August 5 the Supreme Court will hear a petition seeking transfer of the case to Mumbai. Meanwhile LJP leaders wrote a letter to Kumar stating, “The opportunity to transfer the case filed in Bihar to CBI is with you today, if the probe is handed over to Maharashtra then the opportunity of CBI will slip.”

BJP leader Nishikant Dubey also urged the Centre to intervene and Enforcement Directorate (ED) and National Investigation Agency (NIA) to investigate the matter. KK Singh also added, “Upon filing of the FIR, the Bihar Police was investigating the case and we had always wanted to go with CBI, it happened today.” —ANI

SSR’s lawyer welcomes CM’s move, slams BMC for isolating Bihar cop

Today morning the DGP held talks with Sushant’s father KK Singh, who had filed the FIR, he has given consent for CBI inquiry, so we are recommending for the same. CBI investigation will give better results.

—Nitish Kumar, CM, Bihar

ily of the victim, and we hope that truth shall come out. The CBI is a premier investigating

Governor approves CBI investigation amid Bihar-Maharashtra turf war New Delhi: Prominent Maharashtra ministers have extended the argument to question the legal sanctity of Bihar government’s recommendation for a CBI probe into the case.

“In the past 5 years, many such incidents took place, were all the cases transferred to CBI? Our Police is compe-

Spike of 52,050, India scales a new high New Delhi: India witnessed a single-day spike of 52,050 COVID-19 cases as the total cases reached 18,55,746, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Tuesday.

803 COVID-19 related deaths were reported in the last 24 hours. The total cases include 5,86,298 active cases, 12,30,510 cured/discharged/migrated and 38,938 deaths, the Ministry added.

Maharashtra seems worst-affected with 1,47,324 active cases and 15,842 deaths. Tamil Nadu reported 5,609 new COVID-19 cases and 109 deaths. The total cases in Delhi have risen to 1,38,482.

“India scales a new high of 6,61,715 tests in the last 24 hours,” said the Health Ministry.

New Delhi: Advocate Vikas Singh, the lawyer of Sushant Singh Rajput’s father, on Tuesday welcomed Bihar government’s decision to recommend an inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the case related to the death of the actor.

Singh also termed the actions, investigation, and the behaviour of Maharashtra Police as unfortunate and irresponsible. “We want justice in Sushant Singh Rajput case. We have discussed with the fam-

PRADHAN TESTS COVID+VE

Dharmendra pradhan @dpradhanbjp # I got a test done when I noticed symptoms of COVID-19 in which my report is positive. I am hospitalised on the advice of doctors and recovering

—ANI

tent enough to handle the Sushant case,” Maharashtra minister Anil Parab.

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut had earlier claimed that the decision was influenced by the polls to be held in Bihar.

The turf between states started with allegations that Mumbai police was engaged in a cover-up of the case. This death case has been supported by almost all political parties.

agency,” Singh.

He also slammed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for isolating the Bihar cop, who was heading the investigation into the case related to the death of the actor.

“I think, Maharashtra Police forcing the investigators, for quarantine and isolation, is quite unnatural and it is a process, to obstruct administration of justice. Police is treating Rhea Chakraborty as a victim, and it appears that they donot want to find the truth. —ANI

Bombay High Court postpones PIL hearing Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday postponed the hearing on the Public Interest Litigation, seeking transfer of Sushant Singh Rajput’s case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) due to heavy rains in Mumbai.

The matter was scheduled to be heard by the bench of Bombay High Court Chief Justice Dipankar Datta. The PIL for transferring the case

to the CBI has been filed by Sameet Thakkar, through lawyer Raspal Singh Renu.

“Earlier Rhea approached Supreme Court and filed a Petition for transfer of the case to Mumbai in view of the legal position and transfer it for the investigation to Mumbai. The Bihar Police has no jurisdiction to investigate the case legally and otherwise,” added Rhea’s lawyer. —ANI

The actor was murdered and he did not die by suicide : Narayan Rane New Delhi: Senior BJP leader in Maharashtra Narayan Rane has waded into Sushant Singh Rajput death case by alleging that the actor was murdered and did not die by suicide. Rane’s claim comes close on the heels of Bihar government recommending a CBI probe into a case of abetment of suicide

India: Pak’s new map is an exercise in political absurdity New Delhi: Condemning Prime Minister Imran Khan for releasing Pakistan’s new political map laying untenable claims to Indian territories, India on Tuesday termed the act as an “exercise in political absurdity.”

“We have seen a socalled “political map” of Pakistan that has been released by PM Imran Khan. This is an exercise in political absurdity, laying untenable claims to territories in the Indian state of Gujarat and our union territories of Jammu Kashmir and of Ladakh,” the Government of India said in a stern statement. India also slammed Pakistan for their malafide intentions and said it confirms the reality of “Pakistan’s obsession

with territorial aggrandisement supported by cross-border terrorism.”

This comes a day before the first anniver-

sary of the Indian government’s decision to revoke Article 370 which gave special powers to the erstwhile state of J & K. —ANI

FIRs were registered on July 17. In the second FIR, Bhanwarlal Sharma, one of the 18 dissident Congress MLAs, who is backing former deputy CM Sachin Pilot, a businessman-tur ned-political Sanjay Jain and one Gajendra Singh were booked.

On July 17, the ACB also registered a case against the three accused, who were booked under relevant sections of the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act, 1988.

“We have requested the court to transfer the investigation to the

ACB because the preliminary probe has revealed that the charges of inducement of Rajasthan Assembly lawmakers cannot be categorised as sedition. More details will be shared soon,” said Ashok Rathore, ADG, SOG. Advocate AK Jain too had questioned the legality of filing of FIR u/s 124-A of IPC that means ‘sedition’. He had categorically mentioned in an article published in First India recently, that the alleged act could only be termed as an offence under Prevention of Corruption Act and offence u/s 124-

A will not stand before court of law.

AHMED PATEL @ahmedpatel

VIJAY RUPANI @vijayrupanibjp

Ridiculous & Mischievous of Pakistan to show J&K, Ladakh , Junagadh & Manavdar as part of Pakistan. I want to remind them that due to Sardar Patel’s tireless efforts in 1948 people of Junagadh unanimously chose to be a part of India Publishing imaginary maps will not reverse these facts These mindless attempts expose Pakistan’s nefarious designs J&K, Ladakh & Junagadh are an integral part of India.

This action of Pakistan is both preposterous and obnoxious. Gujarat condemns this absurd act of Pakistan unequivocally. This so called “political map” of Pakistan released

by Prime Minister Imran Khan today is a glaring example of how disconnected Pakistan PM is with ground realities. Pakistan will never succeed in its wicked design of undermining the unity and integrity of India.

against Rajput’s live in partner Rhea Chakarborty and her family members.

It has been accused of shielding powerful Bollywood interests

by Sushant’s family and Bihar politicians including deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi.

“He was murdered.

The Maharashtra government is trying to save someone. It is not paying attention to the case,” Narayan Rane. —ANI

Vivo likely to quit as 2020 IPL sponsor New Delhi: Chinese mobile phone company Vivo is likely to pull out as the IPL’s title sponsor for this year and is in talks with the BCCI for an “amicable separation” amid rising Sino-India diplomatic tensions.

The one year pullout could be treated as a moratorium period and if the relations improve, BCCI may look at inking a fresh three-year deal with the company from 2021 to 2023 on revised terms. The IPL will be held in the UAE from September 19 to November 10 this year.

“Yes, the discussions are on between BCCI office-bearers (president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah) with the representatives of the company.

There is a possibility that Vivo will not be title sponsors for one

year,” a senior BCCI official said.

While the IPL Governing Council on Sunday retained all the sponsors, including Vivo which annually pays Rs 440 crore (approximately) as part of a five-year deal lasting till 2022, there is a strong possibility that the company might part ways for a year.

The Board official said that whenever a decision is taken, it will be amicable and the BCCI is not looking at encashing the bank guarantee.

“In different circumstances, if the sponsors don’t keep commitment, BCCI can encash the bank guarantee which it had earlier done in case of errant franchises.

But here, both parties are looking at an amicable escape route,” the official said. —Agencies

the single-judge bench, while refusing the interim relief sought by the BSP, failed to appreciate that the order dated September 18, 2019, declaring the merger is ex-facie unsustainable and is void ab-initio.

It submitted that the Speaker proceeded to accept the case of merger merely on the claims of the respondents -- six BSP MLAs -- even though there was no merger of the national party nor was it even claimed by the respondents.

The six BSP MLAs have gone against the will of the people of Ra-

jasthan who had voted for them as members of the BSP and have deceived the electorate, the BSP said in its appeal, moved through its national general secretary Satish Chandra Misra.

The Rajasthan High Court had, on July 30, heard the petitions challenging the merger and issued notices to the Speaker, Secretary of the Legislative Assembly, and six BSP MLAs in the state asking them to file their reply by August 11.

“The law is clear. If the incident has not happened in our jurisdiction, we register a ‘zero’ first information report [FIR], and transfer it.” when.

—Param Bir Singh, Mumbai Police Commissioner

“It is the responsibility of the state government to maintain law and order within the state. In Maharashtra, it is the responsibility of Maharashtra’s coalition government led by Uddhav Thackeray to enforce the law.

Nitish Kumar should read the Constitution again. Nitish Kumar or the Bihar government cannot interfere with the investigations by trying to force its way in”.

—Randeep Surjewala, Congress’ Chief Spokesperson

Domestic flight ops continue to soar: Puri New Delhi: ‘Seventytwo days after resuming domestic flight operations post-COVID-19 lockdown, operations continue to soar,’ said Union Minister for Civil Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri.

Taking to Twitter, the Minister said, “Domestic operations continue to soar. 3rd August 2020, Day 72 till 23:59 hrs. Departures were 849.

78,155 passengers handled. Arrivals were 846.

77,558 passengers handled. Total movements were 1695. Footfalls at airports were 1,55,713.

Total number of flyers were 78,155.” For pandemic and subsequent lockdown, all domestic and international flight operations were suspended in March. Operations were resumed on May 25. —Agencies

FROM PG 1 HC rejects...

He had demanded directions to the union government for advising the President to remove the Governor and it was rejected by the division bench of chief justice Indrajit Mahanty and justice Prakash Gupta today as baseless.

Another petition filed by advocate S K Jain had sought directions to the Governor to convene an assembly session. Since the assembly session has already been convened from August 14, it became infructuous and was thus rejected.

Third PIL which was

rejected by the high court had demanded stay on the salaries of the legislators saying in different hotels on ground that they are neither visiting their constituencies nor they are working legislative works.

This petition was filed by one Vivek Singh Jadaun.

SOG backtracks...

The first FIR was registered on July 10, in which the two accused, Ashok Jain from Banswara and Bharat Malani, were arrested and are in judicial custody.

The second and third

Raj CJ... order passed by the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly Speaker declaring the merger of the BSP MLAs with the Congress. “It is, therefore, humbly prayed that your lordships may kindly be pleased to accept and allow this stay application and be further pleased to stay the operation of the order dated September 18, 2019, passed by Respondent Number 1, during the pendency of the special appeal,” it said.

The appeal said that

Promise fulfilled!...

It is this ceremony that

we are conducting tomorrow. A cone of Bakul tree wood will be kept in ceremony. This isn’t an ordinary cone, it is made of various metals including gold and silver. A lotus with nine gems too will be part of pujan which will be offered to this cone by the Prime Minister,” he said.

“These are intrinsic to main bhumi pujan.

The first religious ceremony was of Devi Kali.

There are two devi kalis here, `choti’ and `badi’.

She is kuldevi, family’s goddess of Sita. Today we held Ramarchan ceremony,” said Giri.

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MAJOR DECISION: COMPASSIONATE CM PROVIDES ‘SECURITY’ TO LAKHS OF UNORGANISED WORKERS

State government to form ‘State Social Security Board’ for the registration of disadvantaged eligible construction labourers/workers Naresh Sharma Jaipur: Taking a major decision for the welfare of lakhs of workers in the unorganised sector, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has given directions to form ‘State Social Security Board for Unorganised Workers’ to ensure their social security. The Primary task of this board

will be to form the outline of the social security schemes for these labourers.

Gehlot gav the directions on Tuesday while addressing a review meeting of Labour Department and the Department of Skill, Employment and Entrepreneurship through video conference from his official residence.

All district collectors and district level offic-

ers of the concerned departments were present in the meeting.

During the meeting, the Chief Minister directed to launch campaign throughout the State for the registration of disadvantaged eligible construction labourers/workers through Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board, so that

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot

every eligible labourer could get the benefit of social security schemes oper-

Raj becomes den of death, loses third tiger in a month First India Bureau

5 IFS OFFICERS SHIFTED

Kota: Back to back deaths of three tigers two in the forest and another one in the zoo – has raised concerns about the state of wildlife in Rajasthan. A day after MT-2 died in Mukundara Tiger Reserve on Monday and MT-3 last month, the white tiger ‘Raja’ in Nahargarh Biological Park also died on Tuesday.

The white tiger was unwell for quite some time. His kidney and liver said to have failed while the tigress MT-2 claimed to have died while protecting her cub from the male tiger MT-1.

Even as locals protested to demand action against responsible officers, Forest Minister Sukhram Vishnoi has said that the state government is concerned about death of tigress MT-2.

According to the minister, PCCF, HoFF, two NTCA representatives, local officers and press were present at the time of the postmortem and cremation of the tigress.

The official statement said that NTCA’s DIG Vaibhav Mathur has inspected death spot of the tigress and

Jaipur: A total of 5 IFS officers, including 3 Deputy Forest Conservators, 1 Forest Conservator and 1 Chief Forest Conservator, have been transferred after the Mukundara incident. The list is as follows: Manoj Parashar CCF Kota, Amar Singh Gothwal - CF Bharatpur, Bijo Joy - DCF Mukundara, Sudarshan Sharma - DCF Sariska and Alok Nath Gupta - DCF Kota Wildlife.

The white tiger ‘Raja’ in Nahargarh Biological Park died on Tuesday. It was unwell for quite some time. His kidney and liver said to have failed.

HEADS ROLL IN MUKUNDARA POST DEATH OF TIGRESS MT-2 Jaipur. The state govt is taking a serious view of the recent tiger deaths in the Mukundara Tiger Reserve Area. IFS Anand Mohan and T Mohanraj were made APO. PS (Forest) Shreya Guha called up GV Reddy and chief wildlife warden Arindam Tomar and expressed her displeasure on the death of MT-2 in

Mukundara. She was particularly upset on sudden postmortem and last rites of the tigress in haste. Guha demanded the spot report from both the officers. Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla also spoke to NTCA. The NTCA team reached Kota for its investigation and will report back to its superiors in Delhi after they

are done with the preliminary part of it. Meanwhile the local BJP workers under rural president Mukut Nagar staged a protest at the forest office in Dara. In another disclosure the DFO and ranger of Mukundara had kept hidden a picture showing tigress MT 4 carrying a cub with her.

HIGH-LEVEL PROBE ORDERED Jaipur: A high-level inquiry is ordered in the Mukundara tigers (MT-3 and MT-2) deaths. While PCCF Yogendra Kumar Dak is appointed as the Investigating Officer, Yogendra Kumar will conduct a high-level administrative investigation in the case. other areas. The forest department has shared all the data with the NTCA. One of her cubs is very weak and receiving treatment

while nearly 80 people have been searching for the other cub.

Meanwhile, Rajsamand MP Diya Kumari expressed anguish

over death of tigers and said, “I would write a letter and speak to Prakash Javadekar regarding bad situation of national parks.”

ated through the board.

He directed the Labour Department offic-

ers to go to construction sites and the places where labourers gather to get jobs and

motivate the disadvantaged labourers to register themselves.

Reviewing the Department of Skill, Employment and Entrepreneurship, the Chief Minister said, “It is important to train youth according to the demand of industries so as to link them with employment.

Large scale training programme should be conducted for this. There are many ongoing schemes for skill development, which should be integrated and simplified so that the youth can take advan-

tage of it.”

The Chief Minister said that a major employment crisis has arisen in the period of the corona pandemic.

He directed that the district collector should ensure better utilisation of Raj Kaushal portal launched for the purpose.

“Employment and skill development is supplementary to each other, so now the designation of District Employment Officer should be District Employment and Skill Development Officer,” Gehlot said.

No moolah? Shivdaspura greenfield airport project shelved, JDA not to acquire land Abhishek Shrivastava Jaipur. The cabinet empowered committee in a far reaching decision has decided to cancel the Greenfield Airport project near Shivdaspura.

After the cancellation of this 16 year old project the JDA will no more acquire any land for the hitherto proposed airport. JDA for the first time had proposed 2,081 hectare land in Shivdaspura in the

Man held for kidnapping, raping minor First India Bureau Jaipur: The Harmada police have arrested the accused Jhabarmal Bavaria (22), in connection with the case of kidnapping a 13-year-old minor girl and raping her.

Under the supervision of ADCP Bajrang Singh, a team was constituted in the leadership of ACP Priyanka Kumawat and Harmada SHO Ramesh Saini, that got hold of the accused.

The 13-year-old girl from Radhapura village suddenly went missing from her home on the night of July 10.

Next day, the victim was found lying unconscious in nearby village.

year 2004. The proposal for land acquisition was sent to the UDH in 2005.

Since then JDA had put an embargo on any activity like land conversion, land use change, construction etc on the proposed land. The project kept hanging in balance for the last 16 years due to no concrete steps taken by JDA for the airport project.

It is worth recalling that in 2004 JDA estimated the land acquisition cost of Rs 4,000

crore for 2,081 hectare near Shivdaspura. The central govt had to share some part of the acquisition cost. In due course of time the existing airport at Sanganer was surrounded by dense population from all sides.

This airport has another shortcoming in form of one run way for both take off and landing and there is no land available to construct another runway. This posed a big challenge

for the airport to prepare itself for the growing demands of expansion due to international flights. Experts say existing airport will not be able to sustain the passenger load in the coming ten years.

Now, the committee under UDH minister Shanti Dhariwal has cancelled the Greenfield airport project.

Sources say that the project was cancelled due to the high cost involved in it.

HC notice to municipal secy, NIMS & others over Coronil First India Bureau Jaipur: The Division bench comprising Chief Justice Indrajeet Mahanty and Justice Prakash Gupta on Tuesday issued a fresh notice to Municipal Secretary Government of Rajasthan, ACS Medical and Health, Ministry of Ayush, ICMR, Patanjali Ayurvedic and NIMS University Rajasthan.

The PIL filed by Advocate Sunil Kumar Singh against Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali and Ors contended that that Ramdev has not taken the approvals for the drug and this drug be banned in the state as it is not the medicine of

Corona.

Ramdev is in the habit of keeping the consumer in dark as one FIR was also filed against Baba Ramdev in February 2018 wherein he claimed in his advertisement that the ‘Marrie Biscuits’ contain 100 percent wheat

whereas on testing it was found that it contained ‘Maida’ also.

Since the Corona kit is not approved by protocol of WHO and there is likelihood that people can consume and get infected duly further, if they consume thinking it of Corona medicine.

PILOT CAMP BREAKS SILENCE

‘Our fight about self-respect, against dictatorial working style of CM’ New Delhi: Asserting that neither former Rajasthan deputy CM Sachin Pilot nor the MLAs supporting him have spoken against the top Congress leadership or the party, three legislators backing Pilot on Tuesday said their fight is about “self-respect”, and against the “dictatorial” working style of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.

Hemaram Chaudhary, a six time MLA and a former Congress

legislative party leader, said,”we are true soldiers of the Congress and our fight is not against the party, but we cannot work under Gehlot’s leadership”.

The chief minister himself has stated that he was not on talking terms with the deputy chief minister, so it is for all to see that what kind of a government he was running, he said adding, “the continuous public humiliation of our leader (Pilot), sidelining of

those close to him, constantly hampering work of the deputy chief minister and depriving him of authority has led to this situation.”

The MLA hit out at the AICC office bearers, particularly state incharge Avinash Pande, alleging that they were completely biased against Pilot and his supporters, and not willing to address their grievances.

Hitting out at Gehlot, Chaudhary cited

Hemaram Chaudhary

an RTI inquiry to allege that in the first year of office, zero amount of money was spent on TV/Newspa-

Ved Prakash Solanki

per advertisements on Pilot, whereas the state government spent more than Rs 25 crore on the publicity

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of Gehlot.

Another MLA from the Pilot camp, Ved Prakash Solanki, also echoed Chaudhary’s

views. He said watching Pilot, who worked from panchayats to block and district levels to revive the party’s fortunes, being sidelined in the government was “heart wrenching” for many party workers.

“Ashok Gehlot tried to portray our grievances as anti-party act or a betrayal of sorts, but the fact is that it is a fight for self respect, honour and our own space in the party and the government which

we toiled for five long years to creat,” the MLA said.

Indraj Singh, an MLA from Viratnagar, said, “Our fight is about hurt and anger over being sidelined by one person. It is a fight for our self respect and we will not compromise on that.”

The three MLAs also demanded that that party should remove Gehlot and make Pilot the chief minister to “save the party” in the state.

—Agencies

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Action plan to bring Bheels in mainstream, courtesy Gehlot WITH THE AIM OF PROMOTING HIGHER EDUCATION AMONG TRIBAL STUDENTS OF JODH, HOSTEL AND COACHING INSTITUTE TO BE OPENED Naresh Sharma Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has said that to provide social security to every needy person of the state is top priority of the State Government. He said that the State Government will prepare an action plan so that the families of Bheel Community residing scattered in Jaisalmer, Barmer, Jalore, Sirohi, Pali and Jodhpur districts of Western Rajasthan could be brought in main stream and their education and social security could be ensured.

Gehlot was addressing a review meeting of the Social Justice and Empowerment Department and TAD through

CM Ashok Gehlot with Rajeeva Swarup, Kuldeep Ranka, Amit Dhaka, Mahendra Soni, Niranjan Arya, Mahesh Chandra Sharma, Arti Dogra, OP Bunkar, Gayatri Rathore, Gajanand Sharma and others during the review meeting of the Social Justice and Empowerment Department and TAD.

a video conference on Tuesday from his official residence. All Divisional Commissioners, District Collectors and district level officers of the concerned departments were connected through VC during the meeting. He directed to form a committee

‘Transfer of probe is moral defeat of CM’

—PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR Satish Poonia talking to media on Tuesday.

First India Bureau Jaipur: State BJP President Satish Poonia on Tuesday termed the removal of sedition charges from FIRs registered with SOG in alleged horse trading of MLAs as a moral defeat of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.

“This is the moral defeat of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. To save his chair, he is moving towards ‘Ram Rajya’,” Poonia said. Poonia said that the section 124-A is a relic of colonial legacy and was used to prosecute Bal Gangadhar Tilak.

When asked about Sachin Pilot’s patch-up with Gehlot, he said that he does not feel that the gap caused by

n an interesting turn of events, IAS Pritam B Yashwant has been allowed by the state government to go on deputation to Bangalore. However, it is not his deputation, as

provide an opportunity to the needy students to make progress. Looking at the long pending demand of the tribal community across the State; our Government has announced public holiday on World Tribal Day,” Gehlot said.

‘Rebels should forego BJP’s hospitality, discuss issues’ Politics should have Dharma but it shouldn’t be politicised, said Surjewala Laxman Raghav Jaisalmer: The rebel MLAs of Rajasthan should forego the hospitality provided to them by BJP in Haryana and come to converse with the party leadership to resolve crisis, Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said on Tuesday.

"We maintain that the rebel Congress MLAs of Rajasthan should refuse the hospitality provided to them by BJP in Haryana and should come to a table to converse with us," Surjewala said.

"In Haryana, there are incidents of crime happening on the roads

IN NO MOOD TO SHOW MERCY...

From P1 Moreover, another important aspect of this entire ‘reproachment’ story is that now this has become too late, where only Sonia, Gehlot and Pilot cant take a final call on this issue because there is one more player - BJP which has directly or indirectly become a party or ‘factor’ to this

‘124-A’ will be bridged in the Congress. Poonia also said that the Congress government’s decision to approve five per cent reservation to more backward classes (MBC), including Gurjars in Rajasthan Judicial Service will be seen as a political decision.

Commenting on Priyanka Gandhi’s statement on Ram temple, he said it was good if a feeling of allegiance towards lord Rama is generated in the Congress leaders.

“Otherwise, those who had called lord Rama a fictional character were their people,” he said.

He said that he keeps visiting Delhi for party works but he does not go with an intention to topple a government.

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for this purpose and take necessary action in this direction.

The Chief Minister said that with the aim of promoting higher education among tribal students of Jodhpur division, hostel and coaching institute will be opened. “It would

The Chief Minister said that NGOs and Social Activists play a big role in providing benefit of various public welfare schemes to eligible persons. “They have also contributed much in eradicating child labour, providing relief to silicosis patients besides ensuring that the benefit of National Food Security Scheme reaches to needy,” CM said and asked social activists to give suggestions for better implementation of the ongoing schemes.

Gehlot expressed concern over the increase of addiction among the youth and said that the de-addiction campaign should be carried out in a comprehensive and effective manner starting from August 15.

much the manner in which the approval was given, that has generated curiosity among the power corridors of Rajasthan. The entire state bureaucracy is abuzz that a bureaucrat posted in a government wing dealing with industrialization and investment in the state, and known to be close to CM Gehlot, has got the deputation approved and by that count, IAS Siddharth Mahajan and his wife should also approach Srivastav since the duo has been in Delhi for a long time now.

—Shivendra Parmar

entire ongoing GehlotPilot tussle.

The saffron party’s official stand is that they have nothing to do with Gehlot and Pilot’s internal war in the party but still the ‘ground reality’ is that during the last couple of months, Pilot has gone ‘too close’ to BJP and in fact. Pilot and BJP have become a ‘natural ally’.

So, LoP Gulab Chand

Katariya is well within his jurisdiction saying that let first Gehlot government fall, only then BJP will come in picture and if required, BJP can also bring a notrust motion against the Gehlot government.

It clearly means that to come back or not to come back to Congress fold is not entirely in the hands of Pilot only.

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Therefore, before taking any crucial political decision, Pilot has to consult his ‘political friends’ in New Delhi’s power setup, because betrayal or breach of trust are absolutely ‘unpardonable’ in the present times.

So in the present circumstances, a much talked about Gehlot-Pilot reconciliation looks a distant possibility.

Randeep Singh Surjewala during press conference on Tuesday in Jaisalmer.

—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA

but the state government there is engaged in providing security to the rebel MLAs. BJP is using money power to destabilise the Rajasthan government but they will not be successful in their conspiracy," he added.

Attacking BJP, Surjewala said, politics should have dharma (religion) which should not be politicised, this is Ram's 'Maryada'. "I would refrain from making any political comment just 24 hours

before Ram temple event, but I must say 'Rajniti ka dharma hona chahiye, dharma ki rajniti nahi, yahi Ram ki maryada hai’," Surjewala said. He also read out a statement released by party leader Priyanka Gandhi on the ground breaking ceremony of Ram Mandir.

He also said that Bihar police’s interference in Sushant Singh Rajput’s death was unfair because it was the jurisdiction of Maharashtra Police.

‘Lord Ram’s miracle changed Cong’s heart’

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat during the release of the book ‘Swachh Bharat Kranti’ on Tuesday.

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Comptroller and Auditor General of India Rajiv Mehrishi called on President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday.

POSTER POLITICS MARS BJP

JUNIOR, SENIOR TO SENIOR!

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et us tell you a riveting tale of babus and their seniors. This particular tale pertains to Ajmer Development Authority wherein Renu Jaipal has been serving as Commissioner.

However, it is interesting to observe that her junior - Arushi Malik has been appointed as Chairman!

Even though Renu is several years senior to Arushi, yet the junior officer has been given a bigger role! Interestingly, word has it that Arushi is a capable and hardworking bureaucrat and probably hence has been accorded the position. Call it fate or power in the government, we leave you to be the judge of that.

—Shivendra Parmar

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he poster politics continues in BJP. On the occasion of the birthday of Yunus Khan on Eid, BJP Yuva Morcha leader Amit Sharma Vatika put up several posters across

Jaipur: Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat took a jibe at Congress for taking a historical u-turn on Ram temple after even denying the existence of lord Ram at one point of time. Shekhawat called it a miracle by lord Ram to have changed the heart of the Congress party.

He continued with his pot shots and said, “I do hope that the Congress also takes a similar u-turn regarding its internal democracy which can do it a lot of good”.

He said that lakhs of

the city. Meanwhile, Amit Sharma also put up posters wishing birthday to Yunus Khan outside the BJP state office. But some supporters of Satish Poonia did not like that the state president’s photo was there in the posters. Following this, posters outside the BJP office were removed and torn to pieces. Amit Sharma is saying that I had put a big photo of Yunus Khan, along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP national president JP Nadda and Vice President Vasundhara Raje.

—Aishwary Pradhan

people have sacrificed for Ram temple and we are fortunate that the foundation ceremony is being done by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Reacting to the SOG taking back the sedition charges, Shekhawat accused CM Ashok Gehlot of conspiring to book a central cabinet minister under sedition charges using fabricated medium.

He challenged the Gehlot government to hand over the cases registered by both SOG and ACB to CBI if they believed that their cases hold any water.

AHMED PATEL @ahmedpatel 1 year after abrogation of Article 370: another example of triumphalism of “symbolism over substance & narrative over facts”. There has been no substantial change on the ground, section of Kashmiri Pandits are unhappy. In Leh-Ladakh & Kargil a governance deficit is in place.

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JAIPUR, WEDNESDAY AUGUST 5, 2020

Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya! 60 years ago, today on 5 August, Mughal-E-Azam released in 150 theatres across India simultaneously, it broke box office records and became the highest-grossing Indian film of all time, a distinction it held for 15 years. City First remembers this iconic film which cost 1.5 crores at the time and took 12 years!

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y fascination with Mughal-E-Azam began, when at my mother’s behest, I had to perform in a cultural show on ‘Mohe panghat par Nandlal chhed gayo re…”.

I fell in love with Anarkali, those mischievous eyes, lack of dance finesse but a careless grace which oozed sex appeal, the ádaa’of biting the lower lip and of course the grandeur of the set!

Mughal E Azam is like the favourite family aunt, everyone loves her, for various personal reasons.

Years after watching, scenes stay with us, be it Jodha hearing ‘Ma’ from Salim after 14 years as she stands with eyes closed, the legendary love scene between Salim and Anarkali or the dialogues by the subdued Dilip Kumar as Salim and regal Prithviraj Kapoor as Akbar.

But it’s Madhubala who steals the show, she still woos the audience with her luminous beauty and her innate strength as she stands up to the emperor even as we cry with her… hopelessly in love!

I could go on and on about the music which is best till date and also how K Asif converted the legend into a glorious chapter of Indian film history. But the most talked about scene continues to be the Sheesh mahal shot where the image of a Madhubala twirling like a top to the strains of Chhup na sakega ishq hamara is captured in hundreds of pieces of fragmented mirrors of the Sheesh mahal.

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BIRTHDAY WISHES! LAXMAN RAGHAV, JAISALMER

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vinash Pande celebrated his birthday in a simple manner on Tuesday at Gorband and also at Suryagarh, Jaisalmer. August 4 is his official birthday while as per Hindu calendar it fell on July 26. It is a measure of his popularity that both days were celebrated by the Congress ministers and MLAs with him, with wishes pouring in, earlier at Fairmont and yesterday at Gorband.

Pande cut the cake with Vivek Bansal, Govind Singh Dotsara, Bhanwar Singh Bhati, Saleh Mohammad and other Ministers and MLAs.

Avinash Pande

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CM Ashok Gehlot greeted Pande on Twitter, “Warm birthday greetings and best wishes to AICC General Secretary. May you be blessed with happiness, good health and long life.” Dr C P Joshi, Pawan Khera, Dr Mahesh Joshi, Dr Raghu Sharma, Qazi Nizamuddin send

birthday wishes on Twitter to Pande as did most of the Minsters from Rajasthan. Avinash Pande thanked everybody and spent his day counselling and guiding the Congress flock saying that with the corona pandemic still at large it is really not the time for celebration.

Left: Pande with Congress party officials, Ministers and MLAs at Gorband.

Above: Pande with Lady MLAs at Suryagarh.

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I also loved Mughal-E-Azam because of the tolerance it highlighted, the singing of a Hindu devotional song by Anarkali appreciated by Akbar and Akbar’s participation in the Janmashtami celebrations, during which Akbar is shown pulling a string to rock

a swing with an idol of Krishna on it. The day the coloured version was released in November 2004, I went to Golcha, Jaipur to watch it and fell in love all over again. Madhubala was as exquisite in colour as she was in the black and white version.

SPEAK-UPS Mughal E azam may have taken 12 years to be completed but we all know epics and masterpieces always take long to be crafted. It is no wonder it is still being watched, celebrated and remembered even after 60 years of it’s release. Pyar Kiya toh darna kya, the song and the picturisation is my favourite.

—RASHMI KUCHHAL

he Corona pandemic and then the lockdown which has brought a lot of troubles in our life, has also awakened an entire serious issue about students education as this sudden shift away from the classrooms have not only made children lives miserable but parents are also finding it difficult to manage with children at home and at the same time their studies are also being affected and parents don’t know how else to cope up with. Online classes have become the rage but schools taking online classes for the children right from the junior most to the college students, at the same time the side effects of the online classes are not only just increased screen time. But due to it children have started facing health issues. Are they gaining something out of it, is the knowledge complete with the way they are being taught, a lot of questions are thrown up here. City First got in touch with

On the eve of the Bhoomi Pujan at Ram Janambhoomi, Ayodhya on August 5, Robert Vadra tweeted his wishes for the momentous day.

It doesn’t offer as liveliness and satisfaction as the traditional pattern of teaching. It has narrowed down the interaction in the session, lesser fun with learning, technical errors. Nevertheless, coping with it in current time seems the only option and I won’t come out of it empty-handed.

—APOORVA MAHIWAL

Taking online classes has made me more tech-savvy, helped me understand different tools virtually, and being a teacher I have a responsibility towards the students and society. To make the sessions more interactive I am using different ideas like group discussions, encouraging peer evaluation, making the content interactive.

—NIKITA BATRA

parents and teachers from Rajasthan and Gujarat to see how

In my perception, Mughal-e-Azam had the widest release of any Indian film up to that time, and patrons often queued all day for tickets, my family did. What I liked about the film is the complicated portrayal of a love story, character and how it became the milestone of its genre.

—BHARTI KHANDELWAL I saw Mughal E Azam during the Lockdown and found it simply amazing. Even with all the modern day software available today to the industry, this 60 year old movie was resplendent in its grandeur. I really love Madhubala and all the songs.

—PALLAVI JAISWAL

they are coping up with the challenges of online classes.

Vaibhav Gehlot took to Facebook to wish AICC General Secretary Avinash Pande on his birthday on Tuesday and shared a warm wish. He wrote, “Happy birthday and best wishes to Mr Avinash Pande, General Secretary- All India Congress Committee. I wish you good health and long life.”

Krishna Celebration!

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alaram Jayanti was celebrated with great pomp on Monday at Shri Krishna Balarama Temple, Jagatpura. During the occasion, Shri Krishna Balarama was dressed in a new costume. The festival was celebrated

with palki, kirtan and 108 offering to lord. Owing to the lockdown, devotees participated in the program virtually through YouTube and Facebook channel of the temple. The preparations have also started for Shri Krishna Janmashtami Mahamahotsava. Devotees from all over the

HAPPY B’DAY!

DURING THE DAY!

RAJASTHAN: Bikaner DRM Sanjay Shrivastava’s daughter Shruti got selected for IAS by achieving 82nd rank in UPSC exams. DRM Shrivastava expressed happiness on the proud achievement of the daughter.

country and abroad will be able to participate in Shri Krishna Janmashtami Festival.

Through the channel Sanskar TV, YouTube and Facebook, devotees will be able to watch Shri Krishna Balarama’s Darshan, Maha Abhishek, Palki Utsav and Krishna Bhajan from home on 12 August at 10 pm. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

RAJASTHAN: Abhilasha Women’s Welfare Society celebrated their 14th Foundation Day by organising a tree plantation at Rajvilas Apartment, Banipark on Tuesday. During the occasion, umbrellas were also distributed to needy people.

RAJASTHAN: Entrepreneurs Organisation (EO) Jaipur organised a virtual session on ‘Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life’, curated by Rajat Book Corner on Monday, where international authors shared their book experiences. As per President of EO Jaipur, Ayush Pediwal, this session was organised for members as the Japanese Concept ‘Ikigai’ explains the origin of life. The books like ‘Ikigai’ helps people to make peace with their emotions and pacify the conflicts in their inner thoughts.

IAS Chitra Gupta celebrated her birthday on 4 August, Tuesday.

We wish her all the best!