First India-Jaipur Edition- 14th June 2023

l Cyclone may cause extensive damage, warns IMD

l We are prepared: Amit Shah after review meeting

l Over 21,000 people shifted to temporary shelters

IN BRIEF

US NSA SULLIVAN

CALLS ON PM MODI!

Prime Minister Narendra

Modi with United States (US) National Security

Advisor Jake Sullivan, in New Delhi on Tuesday.

Tremors in parts of New Delhi-NCR as 5.4-quake jolts J&K

A 5.4-magnitude earthquake hit Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, as a result of which Delhi and several parts of north India experienced tremors. According to officials, quake struck at 1.33 pm and it originated near the remote village of Gandoh Bhalessa in J&K’s Doda.

NEET UG results out, 2 top with perfect score

Two candidates, Prabanjan J from TN and Bora Varun Chakravarthi from AP, scored a perfect 720 and declared NEET UG 2023 joint toppers. The highlight of this year’s test is that the number of candidates who appeared increased by 15.5% from 2022. P6

AI grounds 2 pilots for inviting female friend into cockpit

Two Air India pilots have been taken off flying duty after they invited a female friend inside the cockpit while operating a Delhi-Leh flight on June 3, 2023. The female friend is an Indian Air Force pilot but rules prohibit the entry of any non-crew member inside cockpit.

ALL HANDS ON DECK FOR BIPARJOY!

The IMD on Tuesday issued an orange alert for Saurashtra and Kutch coasts in Gujarat as the cyclonic storm Biparjoy is set to cross the Jakhau Port in Gujarat by the evening of June 15 as ‘very severe cyclonic storm’ (VSCS )with a maximum sustained wind speed of 125-135 kmph gusting to 150 kmph.

As the state braces for impact of ‘extremely severe’ cyclonic storm Biparjoy on June 15, Met dept said this is 4th major cyclone to affect Gujarat coast in 5 years.

‘More than 20,000 people from the affected districts evacuated so far.

Migration of 500 people in Junagadh, 6,786 in Kutch, 1,500 in Jamnagar, 543 people in Porbandar, 4,820 in Dwarka, 408 in Gir-Somnath,’ said Gujarat govt. P6

SHAH BRINGS 3 SCHEMES

WORTH `8,000 CRORE

Union Home Minister Amit Shah Tuesday announced 3 major schemes worth over `8,000 crore that would cover the modernisation of fire brigade services in all states, flood mitigation in seven major cities and prevention of landslides in 17 states. Shah also appealed to ensure there is zero loss of life due to any disaster anywhere in the country. Shah says 22 guidelines have been made, sent as precautionary step.

HDFC MERGER BY JULY 20

India set for $168 bn finance behemoth

The merger of India’s most valuable lender and the nation’s largest mortgage financier to create what could be the world’s fifth-most valuable bank is inching closer to completion, with just one key step remaining that investors are watching for closely. Merger is unprecedented in India, creating a bank worth $168 billion, impacting over tens of millions of customers.

India threatened to shut Twitter, says ex-CEO; Govt says ‘outright lie’

First India Bureau New Delhi

In the last 9 years, the Central govt and states have achieved a lot in this area. Nobody can deny it. But we can’t stay content because disasters have changed their form and their frequency & intensity have increased. We will have to do more extensive planning.

AMIT SHAH, UNION HOME MINISTER

All agencies including Centre, state govt, IAF, Navy, Coast Guard and disaster management authorities are working together to minimise the impact of cyclone Biparjoy.

DR MANSUKH MANDVIYA, UNION MINISTER

Twitter’s co-founder and former boss Jack Dorsey has reiterated that the platform received “many requests” from the Indian government to block accounts covering farmers’ protests and those critical of the govt. He has also said that the platform was threatened with “a shut down” and conducting raids at its employees’ homes in the country.

Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar responded to Dorsey’s claims, saying that under him, Twitter was in “repeated and continuous violations of India law” and at times “weaponised misinformation”.

“It manifested in ways that ... [they said] we will raid the homes of their employees, which they did; we will shut down your offices if you don’t follow suit,” he said.

What was said, is a blatant lie. Jack Dorsey woke up after years of sleep and wants to cover up his misdeeds. Several foreign forces and their agents in India wake up when elections approach India. They were exposed earlier and will be exposed this time as well.

No one from Twitter was raided or sent to jail, nor was the site shut down in the country. Any action taken against Twitter and its executives was because the platform had been in violation of government regulations.

RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR, UNION MOS FOR IT

Announcement of the so called ‘record date’-or the cut-off day set for investors - for the swapping of shares of Housing

Devp Finance Corp. for HDFC Bank Ltd is expected in 3 weeks

MAJOR BIGGEST MERGER HAPPENINGS

l A central team, with 3 members from each company, and nearly three dozen committees worked on a business integration plan for the biggest merger l Legal approvals were

sought from shareholders, banking, securities market and competition regulators

l Stock exchanges with the final nod granted by the company law tribunal in March

Sushil Bishnoi IAS Girdhar

Booze

gone wrong!

IPS Sushil, IAS Girdhar suspended

Dr Rituraj Sharma & Shivendra Parmar Jaipur

In what could be considered as a major action on State bureaucracy, and as hinted by First India, IAS Girdhar and IPS Sushil Kumar Bishnoi were suspended on Tuesday by DoP. Both are accused of fighting after drinking alcohol in Ajmer. Girdhar was posted as Commissioner of Ajmer Development Authority, Sushil as ASP Ajmer; they were partying together in car at time of incident. Gehlot government is strict about conduct of officers, on Tuesday evening, the govt suspended duo.

GEHLOT’S UDAIPUR VISIT Congress will contest elections on local issues, govt schemes in Rajasthan: CM

CM Ashok Gehlot will flag off Rameshwaram

Pilgrims train at 4 pm from Durgapura today

Ravi Sharma Udaipur

hief Minister Ashok Gehlot said that Congress party will contest elections on local issues in Rajasthan. He clearly said that now the public has understood the tricks of those who mislead people

in the name of religion. In response to a question, Gehlot said that the Congress party will deal with

Slogan of pressing the button by saying Bajrang Bali Ki Jai did not work in Karnataka. We have not stopped any scheme of Raje govt, they only do this work, they stop our public welfare schemes.

ASHOK GEHLOT, CM

the BJP in the State.

Gehlot was talking to reporters at a press conference at Lakend Hotel

in Udaipur. CM said, “Now people have understood. This time we will contest elections on local issues in Rajasthan, on what have we done.”

On the question of the BJP state president that only the Congress will destroy the Congress, Gehlot said that after destroying the BJP, we will repeat our Congress govt in the state. He said that wherever he is going, there is a good atmosphere for Congress.

Moni Sharma New Delhi/Ahmedabad Mumbai

Fishing trawlers anchored at Jakhau port ahead of the landfall of Biparjoy, in Kutch on Tuesday.

ANURAG THAKUR, UNION MINISTER

HM Amit Shah chairs a meeting to review preparedness for cyclone Biparjoy with Gujarat CM and MPs of 8 likely affected districts of Gujarat, in New Delhi on Tuesday. Also present here are Ajay Kumar Bhalla and Kamal Kishore.

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey

First India Bureau New Delhi

CM Ashok Gehlot waves at crowd in Udaipur on Tuesday.

RAJASTHAN

Police use water cannons to disperse the BJP supporters during their protest

Jaipur

On Tuesday, for the first time under the leadership of State president CP Joshi, the BJP organised a Maha gherao of the Government Secretariat. Ex-CM Vasundhara Raje and Satish Poonia were not present at the protest as both are out of the city on party assignments. of jaipur BJP workers raised slogans against Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and tried to break the barricade but were stopped. BJP leaders and workers sat on a protest after which police symbolically arrested them. MP

CHALO SECRETARIAT!

BJP’S RAGE AGAINST CORRUPTION

BHAJAN

During the protest at the Jaipur secretariat on Tuesday, BJP leader Bhajan Lal Sharma experienced some health problems and was rushed to the SMS Hospital. CP Joshi, Rajendra Rathore and other leaders visited him and inquired about his well-being and wished him a fast recovery. They also talked to the doctors about Sharma’s health and expressed concerns over the same.

SERVICE FIREARM OF CPJOSHI’S PSO STOLEN

The service weapon of BJP leader CP

Joshi’s personal security officer (PSO) Mahendra Meena went missing during the BJP protest at statue circle here today.

Arun Singh, in-charge of the public meeting said that there was loot during the rule of Gehlot.

“It seems that money is going to them from the

mafia. Gehlot would be the first chief minister under whose rule Sant Vijay Das had sacrificed his life against the mine mafia. This corrupt gov-

Arjun Ram Meghwal hands out appointment letters to 88 youths

Ajmer

A job fair was organized at Jawahar Theater in Ajmer on Tuesday. Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal was the chief guest of the programme. Meghwal gave appointment letters to 88 youths and government jobs.

On the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids in the state in last few days, Minister Meghwal said that where there is corruption, there will be ED.

On the controversial statement regarding the film ‘Ajmer 92’, he said that such statements (by Sarwar Chisthy) do not suit a civilized society.

“We condemn it and demand action but the state government is busy saving its chair,” he said.

Upon being questioned about the letter written by the Deputy Mayor of Ajmer to the Women’s Commission, Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal hit out at the government saying that it is busy in the policy of appeasement.

APPOINTMENTS MADE TRANSPARENT: SHEKHAWAT

Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, while addressing a programme at the job fair in Jodhpur on Tuesday, said that the Modi government at Centre has worked to bring transparency in appointments. Work has been done to make the recruitment process simple and transparent. This is the reason that now the youth do not have to go round the officers and leaders for recommendation in jobs. Shekhawat said that the Modi government is giving appointment letters to around 3,000 youths daily. “The people have a dream of making India a developed nation. Efforts are being made to develop resources to fulfil those dreams,” he said. Rajeev Gaur

ernment has to be uprooted,” he said.

Leader of the Opposition Rajendra Rathore attacking the Gehlot government said that this

Min Bhupender Yadav stirs up a storm with his remarks on OBC reservation

Jaipur

Politics in the State has heated up after the latest statement of Union Minister Bhupender Yadav that due to the mistakes of the government, many people are being deprived of OBC reservation. Yadav has also shared a video on Twitter regarding this. He said that there is a Congress government in Rajasthan, but OBC reservation is zero in eight districts of Banswara, Dungarpur, Pratapgarh, Udaipur, Sirohi, Rajsamand, Chittorgarh and Pali. “OBC non creamy layer certificate is not being given by Rajasthan government for Central government services. The commission has written about this in its report. CM Ashok Gehlot should think about it,” he said.

government would go out forever. Whereas, CP Joshi said that the costliest petrol and diesel are being sold in Ashok Gehlot’s government.

PSO Mahendra Meena registered a complaint in Ashok Nagar police station saying that his pistol was taken out and stolen by some unknown person during the protest near Statue circle. Meena mentioned in the complaint that when the march reached the circle and water canon was used on the crowd, his official pistol was stolen amid the panic. During the protest, not only was a police pistol stolen, but there were complaints of theft of cash, wallets and valuables. The wallets of some BJP workers were also stolen. They also reached the police station and registered complaints in the regard.

BJP protest a ‘Flop Show’: GS Dotasra

Describing BJP’s demonstration today as a flop show, Congress State President Govind Singh Dotasara said on Tuesday that 25,000 workers were invited for the demonstration but not even 2,500 turn up. He said that chairs were lying vacant during the BJP meeting before

the march. Dotasra said there were differences among the BJP leaders. Hitting back at BJP lead-

ers over the allegations of corruption, Dotasra said that the opposition leaders were trying to create

Shubham Jain Ajmer

Chairman of Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation Dharmendra Rathore on Tuesday declared that he will wear turban and garland only if the Congress candidates win in all the 8 assembly constituencies in Ajmer district in the upcoming assembly elections. Rathore, while interacting with the party workers, said the Congress will achieve the target of

winning 156 seats in the elections as per the vision of CM Ashok Gehlot.

Former Kishangarh MLA Nathuram Sinodia, Draupati Koli, Shiv Kumar Bansal, Norat Gurjar,

Ajay Krishna Tengaur, Mubarak Ali, Mohammad Ayub, Shailendra Agarwal, Wahid Mohammad and other Congressmen were present during the interaction.

a “perception” to get votes in the upcoming assembly elections. Dotasra said that BJP leaders were in fear because it has no issues or agenda for the elections. He said that the party was contesting elections on Modi’s face, but now Modi’s face has also faded. He also pointed out that among the speakers today, there was not a single OBC leader.

Dr Joshi to attend MLAs’ conf in Mumbai on 15th

First India Bureau Jaipur State assembly speaker Dr CP Joshi will take part in the National Legislators Conference in Mumbai on June 15. From Rajasthan, 113 MLAs have registered themselves for the MLA’s conference and more than 80 sessions will be organized at the summit.

Aishwary Pardhan

Shubham Jain

First India Bureau

Yogesh Sharma Jaipur

(From Left) Arun Singh, CP Joshi, Rajendra Rathore, Ashok Parnami, Ramcharan Bohra, Puneet Karnawat, Kalicharan Saraf, Ashok Lahoty and others during their protest against the State government, at Statue Circle near Secretariat office, in Jaipur on Tuesday.

(Right) Rajendra Rathore in conversation with Dr Kirodi Lal Meena as Rajyavardhan Rathore and others look on.

Arjun Ram Meghwal distributes certificate of PM Rozgar Yojana, as Bhagirath Chaudhary, Braj Lata Hada, Anita Bhadel and others look on, in Ajmer on Tuesday. ANAND SHARMA

Govind Singh Dotasra speaking to media in Jaipur on Tuesday.

LAL SHARMA FALLS SICK DURING PROTEST

“Will wear turban and garland only if ....”, D Rathore declares

Amid the protest by BJP in city, First India Lensmen Santosh Sharma and Sunil Sharma capture the struggle scenes near Secretariat on Tuesday.

Dharmendra Rathore visits family of Mangoo S Shekhawat to give condolences on the death of latter’s mother on Tuesday.

IN BRIEF

Woman dies while saving her infant daughter in Barmer

Barmer: In an incident that took place in the Sheo police station area in Barmer, a woman died while saving her daughter. According to the information, late on Monday night her oneyear-old girl fell into the water tank. As soon as her mother noticed the incident, she immediately jumped into the tank to save her daughter.

Baran shut in protest

against Congress City Prez murder

Baran: Baran remained closed on Tuesday after a call by the Trade Federation in protest against the shooting of Congress city president and former deputy chairman Gaurav Sharma on June 7. Kapil Sharma, a member of the Brahmin Mahasabha, said that the murder of Sharma should be investigated & a CBI inquiry should be done.

CM Gehlot’s temple run ahead of election 2023

CM said his govt will spend `100 cr this year on expansion of religious sites

Naresh Sharma Jaipur

After opening the box of announcements, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is now busy finding a cut for BJP’s Hindutva card in the election year. Seeing the possibility of the BJP playing a hard card in the name of Hindutva in elections, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has also started answering in the same manner.

The pictures of chanting, Havan and Aarti on this year’s Ram Navami at the Chief Minister’s residence are not ordinary, but special. The head of the state i.e.

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot himself is en-

Acting sarpanch held taking `53k bribe in Jodhpur

First India Bureau Jodhpur

Jodhpur ACB arrested an acting sarpanch red-handed while taking a bribe of Rs 53,000. The sarpanch, a resident of Balesar had demanded a bribe of Rs 53,000 in lieu of issuing two leases.

Acting on the instructions of the headquarters, ACB Jodhpur rural unit arrested Setharam Mali, acting sarpanch of Belwa Khatriya village in Balesar tehsil with the bribe money. The ACB verified the complaint and laid a trap and Mali was arrested.

DGP orders for vigilance inquiry against IPS Sushil

Shivendra Parmar Jaipur

CM GEHLOT’S VISIT TO RAMDHAM, TRIPURA SUNDARI TEMPLE

gaged in worship with his family members and best friends. Congress feels that BJP will once again jump into the election season of Rajasthan by playing the hard card of Hindutva, so why not find a counter to this card. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot himself

has now taken up the responsibility for this.

Last year, on the 25th of June, Gehlot reached Salasar, the main religious place of Shekhawati. When the procession of Jaipur’s Govind Devji was taken out on August 20 last year, the CM also joined it.

The CM had visited Pushkar last year, this year the Prime Minister inaugurated the election campaign of Rajasthan from this Pushkar land. The CM showed his affection for the Ramsnehi sect by visiting Ramdham, the head seat of the Ramsnehi sect in Ren of Nagaur. Now the latest discussion is about visiting the famous Tripura Sundari temple in Banswara. This is the same temple towards which former CM Vasundhara Raje has deep faith where CM Gehlot went a step ahead. Not only did he engage in evening worship, but also spent the night on this holy land.

DGP Umesh Mishra on Tuesday ordered a vigilance inquiry against IPS officer Sushil Kumar Bishnoi after a video of some policemen thrashing employees of a hotel in Ajmer went viral on social media. Three policemen of Ajmer were also sent to police lines and an investigation of the case was handed over to a senior police official. Hotel owner Mahendra Singh & Rajput community met gave a memorandum to RTDC Chairman Dharmendra Rathore on Tuesday. The hotel owner has alleged that IPS officer Bishnoi first slapped a hotel staffer and later policemen who were in uniform thrashed other staffers.

CM’S ‘RULE OF LAW’ & ZERO TOLERANCE ENSURED THAT THE DUO WERE SUSPENDED

According to sources, influential individuals were running from pillar to post to save both the young officials. It is said that the relatives of both officers are big business magnates and politically affluent individuals. For two days, these ‘powerful’ individuals engaged in outright lobbying and power-pull to save these officials, but Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s commitment to ‘rule of law’ and zero tolerance for such actions, ensured that the duo were suspended. The entire bureaucratic realm of the state has appreciated CM’s action. Rajendra Chhabra

PATWARI HELD FOR TAKING

`3K BRIBE

A Patwari was arrested by ACB while taking a bribe of Rs 3000 from a farmer in Bikaner. The accused Patwari Laluram had demanded a bribe of Rs 13,000 from a farmer Shivnath for the demarcation of a 44 land in the name of his family. The matter is being investigated further.

Laxman Raghav

TET paper leak case

Mastermind Dhaka’s hearing on July 15

Shiv Prakash Purohit Jodhpur

The High Court while hearing the anticipatory bail plea of mastermind Suresh Dhaka in the teacher eligibility test paper leak case posted the matter for hearing on July 15. Earlier, on April 28, the High Court had rejected the an-

ticipatory bail plea. The High Court order was challenged by Dhaka in the Supreme Court where he said that there was no pending case against him. The Supreme Court directed to present this fact in the High Court.

Dhaka then applied for a second interim bail plea.

Jpr: 22 child labourers rescued, accused flees

First India Bureau Jaipur

Police with the help of an NGO rescued 22 child labourers working in a small room (10x10) for a year in the Bhatta Basti police station area in Jaipur. The children are aged between 9 to 16 years. The accused, Shahnawaz alias Guddu, had brought these children for Rs 500 each.

Initial inquiry revealed that the children were being made

Child labourers working in a small room in Jaipur.

to work from 6 am to 12 midnight. The accused used to beat them up with an iron rod if they complained of ill health. On getting information about the raid, the accused fled the spot along with his wife, but left his four children.

CM Ashok Gehlot at Tripura Sundari temple in Banswara. FILE

DGP Umesh Mishra IPS Sushil Kumar

Accused Setharam Mali.

Will Team India learn its lessons after pathetic loss at WTC final?

Robin Roy

MISTAKES TEAM INDIA DID WHICH PROVED TO BE COSTLY...

Team India did not cross the 300-run mark even once in the WTC final match India dropped Ashwin and opted for Umesh Yadav and Shardul Thakur who were not in the best of forms

What happened to Jasprit

Bumrah and why was Hardik

Pandya not taken is a mystery

Despite overcast conditions, Rohit won the toss and opted to bowl

India did not attack Travis Head right from the word go

Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma and Cheteswar Pujara failed badly and hence India was denied a good start

Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane played poor shots and got out. It was the call of the hour especially for Virat to score big

TWEETS

On Sunday when Team India were reduced to “Ashes” (pun intended) it was a major heartbreak for millions of cricket fans who vouch for Team India across the world and especially those who had rallied behind the team and had (over)crowded the Oval to boost the morale of our boys.

Despite all the hype and hoopla over HIT MAN and company, we all saw how the cookie crumbled. India was lucky to get the advantage of winning the toss but many feel its decision and action thereafter was not right considering the Oval’s fresh pitch, which needless to say offered a significant amount of seam. But the rest was there for everyone to see.

Despite a “strong” team on paper, Indian bowlers couldn’t capitalise on the helpful conditions. It was noticeably witnessed that most bowlers kept the ball on the shorter side for most part of the game. This allowed Australian batters a field day to punish India seam attack.

This pathetic defeat of Team India must open up several discussions and the main and foremost being the mindset of the Indian Think Tank of not being able to see beyond the paper tigers. The benefit of the team has to gain prominence and not individual stardom.

Look at what our world famous batters did at the world stage. India’s batting was more

miserable than their bowling. Despite being labelled as the Hit man and company, they failed to breach even the 300run mark on both occasions!

Also it seemed that skipper Rohit Sharma was hesitant to implement body-line bowling against Head as soon as he entered centrestage. The lack of planning from the Indian captain proved costly for Team India as Head smashed a scintillating winning knock of 163 off just 174 deliveries that too in a Test Match at this stage.

Also, India looked almost completely clueless with their planning when Travis Head and Steve Smith took the Oz total to a huge score.

Team India also looked thoroughly underprepared for the World Test Championship. The

Unprecedented progress in health services in the Northeast! The phenomenal growth in infrastructure shows how the North Eastern region is a priority for development for the central government.

#9YearsOfNorthEastProsperity.

Narendra Singh Tomar @nstomar

WILL INDIA LOOK BEYOND NOW?

Isn’t it high time that the Think Tank did some course correction? When will the aging war horses give way to the new and fresh players like Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Sarfaraz Khan. When it the likes of Rinku Singh and Jasvi Jaiswal be given the chance. With the World Cup coming up later this year, BCCI must huddle and bring out the best with whatever time is left or else there’s no point lamenting later.

team got a reprieve of only nine-days after the entertaining Indian Premier League 2023 ended. Team India reached England in batches to join the preparation camp and thus got hardly any time to get ready.

In an ideal situation, the players should have played a warm-up match to get acclimated to the English conditions but the schedule was extremely tight. However, in a post-match statement, head coach Rahul Dravid lamented the fact that Team India didn’t get enough time to prepare for the WTC Final.

“I’m never going to be happy with the preparations as a coach. But that’s the reality I’m ready to accept, and we all have to accept. The schedules are so cramped and tight.

These guys know… if you’re playing international cricket, and if you’re here 3 weeks before the tour, playing two sidegames, you are going to be better prepared,” Dravid had told Star Sports.

FAULTY TEAM SELECTION!

Post-WTC the hottest topic for discussion was the non-selection of Ravichandran Ashwin.

Indian Think Tank made a massive blunder to exclude the world’s number one Test bowler and second-ranked all-rounder from the playing XI. Though Ashwin can take wickets in every condition, Team Indian went in with an extra seamer at the expense of Ashwin. Ashwin is also a star with the willow. He has five centuries.

Time and again we have seen

North East, the land of vibrant people and diverse cultures with a high talent pool is being provided with better connectivity, education, & employment opportunities.

#9YearsOfNorthEastProsperity.

Anurag Thakur @ianuragthakur

how Team India literally choked whenever it was subjected to mega knockout matches. Be it the 2021 T20 World Cup when the Virat Kohli-led India team was thrashed by Pakistan or when the Rohit Sharma-led India surrendered to England in the T20 World Cup semi-final in Adelaide in November 2022. Whenever it was required, Indian batting sensations crumbled like cookies and the script during the WTC final against Australia was the same. Also Rishabh Pant was badly missed. For Ashwin even after claiming 474 Test wickets only entitles him to carry the drinks to the field, Ashwin might do some hard thinking about his future. SAD!!!

SPIRITUAL SPEAK

If I speak in human or angelic tongues, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.

The

Virat Kohli passes through

Australia’s Travis Head with his wife and daughter holding the winning mace.

Panchayat Elections

ISF, TMC workers’ violent clash in West Bengal

Agencies Kolkata

A violent clash broke out between workers of the Indian Secular Front and the TMC in front of the office of the block development officer at Bhangar in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on Tuesday morning, leading to several vehicles being vandalised, explosives being hurled and stones being pelted at the police. Both parties blamed each other and said several of their members had been injured.

The violence took place as ISF candidates sought to file their nomination papers for the July 8 panchayat elections.

Ever since the nomination process started on June 9, several incidents of violence have been reported from across West

PM Modi accuses Lalu, Didi of nepotism & corruption

Ever since the nomination process started on June 9, several incidents of violence have been reported from across West Bengal.

Bengal. Prohibitory orders under section 144 of the CrPC have been in place since Monday near the premises of nomination centres. But, it has not put a stop to violence.

On Tuesday, clash between ISF and TMC workers broke out at the mela ground in front of the BDO office of Block 2, Bhangar. There was police presence at the BDO office, and police officers were among those injured. Police resorted to lobbing teargas shells and lathicharge in efforts to bring the situation under control, officers said.

Prime Minister distributes about 70,000 appointment letters to new appointees

ANI New Delhi

PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday targeted parties opposed to BJP including the Congress, TMC and RJD and said there are dynastic parties that indulge “in nepotism and corruption” while the BJP-led government works to safeguard the future of the youth.

Addressing the National Rozgar Mela via video conferencing in which he distributed about 70,000 appointment letters to new appointees in various government departments and organizations, PM Modi said the entire world is eager to partner with India in its growth journey today.

In his speech, the Prime Minister talked about the ills of “dynasty politics and nepotism in the recruitment process”

Rahul Gandhi takes another truck ride, this time in the US

PTI

New Delhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi recently travelled from Washington to New York in a truck and engaged in a candid conversation with the driver that centred around the everyday lives of Indian-origin truck drivers in the US. Gandhi’s journey in the truck during his recent visit to the United States came days after he took a truck ride from Delhi to Chandigarh to listen to the problems of truck drivers.

Gandhi noted that the trucks in US are designed keeping in mind the safety and comfort of the driver, which is not the case in India.

Continuing his journey to listen to people in India as well as overseas, the Congress leader went on a 190km “American Truck Yatra” from Washington DC to New York with driver Taljinder Singh Vicky Gill and his companion Ranjeet Singh Banipal, a journey that ended with a scrumptious breakfast at an eatery, according to a release issued by the party.

Farmers end protest in Kurukshetra after assurance from Govt

PTI

Kurukshetra

Farmers protesting over the MSP for sunflower seeds at Pipli in Haryana’s Kurukshetra called off their stir on Tuesday night after an assurance from the state government of “appropriate price” for the crop.

BKU leader Rakesh

“ROZGAR MELA NEW IDENTITY OF BJP-LED GOVT”

without taking the name of any political party.

In an apparent reference to reports about the probe into teacher recruitment scam in West Bengal revealing “rate card” for appointment to group D and group C services in municipalities and municipal corporations, he cautioned the youth about political parties “which engage in dynastic politics and loot the youth in the name of jobs”.

PM Modi also took potshots at former Railway Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Lalu Prasad over the “land-for-jobs scam” and said the case is being investigated by CBI and is pending in courts.

He also took a veiled dig at the Congress-led govt, saying “scam and misuse of the public money was the hallmark of governance” earlier.

New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that National Rozgar Mela has become the new identity of the present government and expressed happiness that NDA-ruled states are also organizing similar Rozgar Melas on a regular basis. Modi said this is a very significant moment for those who are joining govt service as they have the opportunity to contribute to the nation.

OPPN TRIED TO DIVIDE PEOPLE, SAYS PM MODI

New Delhi: PM Modi on Tuesday said that the Opposition tried to divide people in the name of language while the BJP is making it a strong medium of employment. “Other parties are trying to divide people in the name of language, whereas govt is making language a strong medium of employment,” he said.

RESERVATION IS BEING

DENIED TO OBCs: NADDA

Shimla: BJP chief JP Nadda on Tuesday claimed the govts of West Bengal, Bihar and Punjab were depriving OBC communities of reservation in jobs, and accused TMC chief Mamata Banerjee of favouring Muslims. He was addressing a press conference in Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh.

THAKUR GIVES APPOINTMENT LETTERS TO 180

Shimla: Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday gave appointment letters to 180 youths at the Rozgar Mela organised in Shimla. Talking to the media after the job fair, Anurag Thakur said, “Today, 70,000 youth in the country were given appointment letters at the employment fair. PM Narendra Modi provided employment opportunities to the youth. India’s capitalist economy has reached a record level.”

Tikait said after fresh talks with the district administration in the evening, the farmers have ended the protest in Kurukshetra’s Pipli and the national highway blockade will be lifted.

Kurukshetra DC Shantanu Sharma said that farmers have been assured of “appropriate price” for sunflower crop.

The national highway in Pipli had remained blocked for the second day Tuesday over the farmers’ demand for MSP for sunflower seeds.

On Monday and dur-

ing the day on Tuesday, there had not been any headway in talks between the farmers and district administration, but the breakthrough finally came in the evening. He had earlier asked the state government to accept the demand or send farmers to jail.

The protesting farmers had blocked the National Highway-44 near Pipli, which connects Delhi with Chandigarh, and some other routes since Monday afternoon after holding a mahapanchayat on the issue.

The farmers had been demanding that the state government procure sunflower seeds at an MSP of Rs 6,400 per quintal.

Under the Bhavantar Bharpai Yojana — price difference payment scheme — the state government was giving Rs 1,000 per quintal as interim support for sunflower crop sold below MSP.

Centre and Gujarat Govts working round the clock to make arrangements and evacuate affected people to safer places

Biparjoy is not a joy, it’s a disaster

TRAINS PASSING THROUGH C’GARH HALTED FROM TODAY

With cyclone ‘Biparjoy’ barrelling towards Kutch in Gujarat, shelter homes are being set up with arrangements for rations and meals while an action plan is being put in place to tackle medical and health emergencies, Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Tuesday. He said all labourers working at ports in coastal areas have been evacuated, ships have been anchored, and crew shifted to safety.

Mandaviya, who is at Bhuj in coastal Kutch district, and four other Union Ministers reached various districts that are likely to be impacted by the cyclone to help and

coordinate with the state administration in rescue and evacuation measures. He said better coordination among different state and Central agencies is vital to deal with the cyclone, which is likely to make landfall near Jakhau port in Kutch district on Thursday evening packing devastating potential and very strong winds.

Several trains passing through Chhattisgarh under the South East Central Railway (SECR) will remain cancelled from June 14 to 17 in view of severe cyclonic storm Biparjoy, which is likely to make landfall in Gujarat on June 15. According to the South East Central Railway spokesperson, Porbandar-Shalimar Express will remain cancelled on June 14 and 15 while ShalimarPorbandar Express will remain off the track on June 16 and 17.

Porbandar-Santragachi Express will start its journey from Ahmedabad on June 16. A watch is being kept on the situation, he said.

It’s time now to make UN bodies more democratic: Rajnath Singh

PTI

New Delhi

Defence Minister Ra-

jnath Singh on Tuesday said when India, the most populous nation of the world, does not find a seat as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, it tends to “undermine the moral legitimacy” of the global organisation. Addressing a gath-

Sullivan meets Doval, addresses meet on critical, emerging tech

ANI

New Delhi

National Security Advisor of the Unite States (US) Jake Sullivan who is on a two-day India visit met his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval on Tuesday and discussed regional and global issues of mutual interest.

ering at a seminar to mark 75 years of UN

Peacekeeping, he also said that time has come

NEET UG RESULT

for making UN bodies “more democratic and representative of the current realities of our age”.

Sullivan is accompanied by a delegation of senior US government officials and leaders of US indus-

try during his visit. His visit to the national capital comes in the run-up to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming state visit to the US. The two national security advisers had restricted discussions earlier today to discuss topics of common interest. Later that day, they both attended the second Track 1.5 discourse on it, which the Confederation of Indian Industry hosted.

Prabanjan and Bora Chakravarthi joint top scorers

Agencies

New Delhi

rabanjan J from Tamil Nadu and Bora Varun Chakravarthi from Andhra Pradesh have emerged as the top scorers in this year’s NEETUG, attaining a remarkable 99.99 percentile, as announced by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on Tuesday. Out of the total 20.38 lakh candidates, 11.45 lakh have successfully qualified for the exam.

Uttar Pradesh claims

the highest number of qualifying candidates with 1.39 lakh, followed by Maharashtra with 1.31 lakh and Rajasthan with

over 1 lakh qualifiers.

The NTA conducted the National Eligibility-cumEntrance Test (UG) across 4,097 centers in

499 cities nationwide, including 14 cities outside India, on May 7.

NTA has announced the names of all India toppers, marks scored by them and category-wise cut-off marks along with NEET results.

The Medical entrance exam was held on May 7, 2023, except in Manipur.

For 8,753 candidates of Manipur, the exam on June 6 in 11 cities, including the state capital Imphal.

Last year, three candidates had shared the top rank.

One team each of NDRF and SDRF deployed, and one team of NDRF is to be deployed at Okha port. Around 250 people shifted to temporary shelter homes. Tourists and local population are not allowed to visit Gomti Ghat, Shivrajpur beach, Bet Dwarka and other places along the coast.

EXECUTIVE MAGISTRATE, DWARKA, GUJARAT,

EXTENSIVE DAMAGING POTENTIAL

z In Gujarat’s Jakhau port, the administration has shifted 21,000 people from different coastal districts to safety.

z Cyclone ‘Biparjoy’ is likely to impact Kutch, Devbhoomi Dwarka and Jamnagar districts of Gujarat the most.

z As Cyclone Biparjoy’ moves closer to the Gujarat coast, the Western Railway has shortterminated more than 50 trains heading to coastal areas of the state and is considering cancellation of several trains over the next three days.

A meeting was held at the control room of the State Emergency Operation Center to review the situation of Biparjoy and preparedness of the system. Interacted with the control rooms to get information about rescue and relief operations and evacuation of people.

BHUPENDRA PATEL, GUJARAT CHIEF MINISTER

CRUCIAL READ

Two terrorists killed in Kupwara in joint operation by Army, Jammu & Kashmir police

Kupwara: Two terrorists were neutralised in a joint operation of the Army and J&K Police in Kupwara district. “Two terrorists have been neutralised in a joint operation of Army and Kupwara Police in Dobanar Machhal area (LoC) of Kupwara district. Search still continues,” Police said in a tweet on Tuesday.

Two minor boys sexually assaulted in east Delhi; three juveniles apprehended

New Delhi: Two minor boys were allegedly sexually assaulted by a juvenile here while his two accomplices recorded the act on video, the police said on Tuesday. The incident took place on June 10 in New Ashok Nagar when the 12-year-old victim and his friend, aged 10 years, were out feeding stray dogs near the Peer Baba Mazar, the police said.

Four dead, three injured after oil tanker explodes on Pune-Mumbai Expressway

Mumbai: At least four people have died and three people have been injured after a petrol tanker caught fire following an accident on the Pune-Mumbai Expressway on Tuesday at around 12 pm.The accident took place on the expressway stretch between Lonavala and Khandala, news agency PTI reported quoting an official.

19 injured in accident at Tata Steel’s Dhenkanal plant, taken to Cuttack

Dhenkanal: At least 19 persons were injured in an accident at the Tata Steel plant at Meramandali in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district on Tuesday. The accident occurred at the blast furnace power plant at around 1 p.m. during inspection. The 19 injured were immediately shifted to the occupational health centre in the plant and then to Cuttack for further treatment.

First India Bureau Bhuj

Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya visits Bhuj Military Station to assess army’s readiness for cyclone Biparjoy, in Bhuj on Tuesday.

Disaster Response Force personnel prepared ahead of Biparjoy’s expected landfall, in Thane.

Indian Coast Guard carries out evacuation operation at Okha, Gujarat in preventive measures.

Ajit Doval with Jake Sullivan, in New Delhi on Tuesday.

TOP 10 IN UG CATEGORY

1. Prabanjan J

2. Bora Varun Chakravarthi

3. Kaustav Bauri

4. Pranjal Aggarwal

5. Dhruv Advani

6. Surya Siddharth N

7. Shriniketh Ravi

8. Swayam Shakti Tripathy

9. Varun S

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IN BRIEF

At least 46 killed in DRC displacement camp attack

Kinshasa: At least 46 people, including 23 children, were killed and 6 were wounded at a displacement camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as per network of observers based in the country. The Kivu Security Tracker said the incident happened in the Djugu territory following an attack by the militia group ‘Codeco,’.

Trump escalates efforts to undermine criminal case

Washington: Donald Trump and his allies are escalating efforts to undermine the criminal case against him and drum up protests as the US former president braces for a historymaking federal court appearance this week on dozens of felony charges accusing him of illegally hoarding classified information.

Indian child rights advocate honoured with top award in US

New Delhi: Chennaibased lawyer and activist Lalitha Natarajan has won US Department of Labor’s 2023 Iqbal Masih Award for the Elimination of Child Labour. As a leader in the fight to end exploitative child labour in southern India, Natarajan identifies child victims of trafficking, specifically bonded labour, assisting in their reintegration into society.

Russia seeks expansion in ties with Pakistan

Moscow: Russia has sought to expand and deepen cooperation with Pakistan as the first shipment carrying Russian oil reached Karachi Port over the weekend. Pakistan and Russia have remained bitter cold-war rivals but their bilateral ties have taken a positive turn in recent years with both sides willing to bury the past.

Ukrainian Military says main assault is yet to begin Ukraine-Russia War

Russian missile attack kills 11 in Ukrainian president’s hometown

Agencies

Kyiv

Eleven civilians were killed in a Russian missile attack that struck an apartment building and warehouses in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s hometown of Kryvyi Rih on Tuesday, local officials said.

Emergency services said four were killed in the apartment block and seven at the warehouses, where officials said a private company stored goods such as fizzy drinks. Mayor Oleksandr Vilkul said none of the targets had military links. A further 25 people were wounded, two of whom suffered severe burns and were in critical condition, the chief doctor told reporters.

Agencies

London

Three persons were killed in a knife and van attack in the English city of Nottingham on Tuesday. The city in central England was placed under lockdown by the United Kingdom police following the incident. The van attempted to target three others as well, reported ABC News. According to the police, a 31-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder, and they were investigating a potential connection to the van incident. The Telegraph, quoting sources, said that the suspect was tased and then detained.

TWO VICTIMS WERE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Nottingham: Two of the victims killed during the city centre knife and van attack were te students from the University of Nottingham, the police has confirmed the reports. Police found two bodies on the street, while a man was later found dead in Magdala Road.

PTI

New Delhi

Second-seeded India began their campaign in the SDAT WSF Squash World Cup on Tuesday with a 4-0 win over Hong KongChina in a Pool B match. Top-seeded Egypt had earlier in the day brushed aside the challenge of Australia, winning 4-0. Abhay Singh got the host team off to a winning start, beating Chung Yat Long 7-2, 7-3, 7-6 while Joshna Chinappa increased the advantage with a straight-forward victory over Heylie Fung.

Indonesia Open: PV Sindhu, HS

advance to Round of 16

Sindhu will face world No. 3 Tai Tzu

Ying of Chinese Taipei in round 2

ANI

Jakarta [Indonesia]

Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy have advanced to the round of 16 stage of the Indonesia Open 2023 badminton in women’s

and men’s singles events respectively.

Olympic medallist Sindhu defeated local

player Gregoria Mariska Tunjung in a straight game 21-19, 21-15 to end her 2-match losing streak

After Historic Triumph

against the Indonesian, as per Olympics.com. Sindhu’s win is remarkable as Tunjung had knocked her out in the Malaysia Masters in the semi-finals. Earlier, the Indonesian shuttler had beaten her in the Madrid Spain Masters title with a victory in the final. The second game was more straightforward as PV Sindhu dominated Tunjung and sealed the match with ease.

Agencies

Silicon Valley

celebrate during a felicitation event after a historic triumph at the Women’s Hockey Junior Asia Cup, at Sports Authority of India in Bengaluru, Tuesday.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has decided to take action against the franchise leagues around the world in a bid to prevent Test cricket, The Telegraph reported. According to the details, the ICC expressed concern about the players prioritizing franchise cricket over international assignments and thus wants to control the leagues.

US CONCERNED OVER NORTH KOREA’S PLAN

Washington: The United States is concerned that North Korea is planning to deliver more weapons to Russia, a U.S. State Department official said after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to bolster strategic cooperation with Moscow. A source said Kim made the pledge in a message to Russian President Vladimir Putin marking Russia’s National Day.

TOP RUSSIAN GENERAL DIES IN MISSILE STRIKE

Kyiv: A top Russian general has been killed by a missile strike in Ukraine. Major General Sergei Goryachev, chief of staff for the Combined Arms Army, was killed “as a result of an enemy missile attack”.

PTI Washington

US President Joe Biden believes that there can be no better partner than India which plays an increasingly important role in every element of global politics, a senior official has said, giving an insight into the decision-making process of the administration to invite PM Narendra Modi for a State Visit.

“The President believes that there is perhaps more upside in the US-India relationship than any other bilateral relationship for the US on the planet. I also think there’s no better partner than India,” a senior administration official told PTI on Monday.

‘US HAS ‘TERRIFIC COOPERATION’ WITH INDIA INSIDE QUAD’

Washington: The US has a “significant” defence partnership with India and “terrific cooperation” inside the Quad, the White House has said. “We are very much looking forward to have PM Modi here,” John Kirby, coordinator in the White House said. “As you know, the US has a significant defence partnership with India and terrific cooperation inside the Quad, across the Indo-Pacific with India... We are looking forward to the visit,” Kirby said.

Biden believes there is no better partner than India: Official 10 wounded in Denver mass shooting, 1 held

Agencies Denver

Ten people were wounded in a mass shooting early Tuesday in Denver in an area where basketball fans had been celebrating the Nuggets first NBA title win, police said, and a suspect was taken into custody. The shooting happened

about 3 1/2 hours after the game. Three of the injured are in critical condition, the Denver Police Department said. The suspect, a man, was one of the 7 people who suffered injuries believed to be non-life-threatening. The shooting happened about a mile from Ball Arena, where the Nuggets defeated the Miami Heat on Monday.

BODY FOUND IN RUBBLE OF COLLAPSED I-95

Philadelphia: Human remains were recovered from a fallen overpass on Interstate 95 in Philadelphia as crews removed concrete debris from the site of a fiery weekend highway collapse that closed a stretch of one of the busiest traffic corridors.

“This scheme has been launched to give oppor tunities to the meritorious youth of the state to study in the world's top higher educational institutions so that they can enhance their skills and contribute to the development of the state Fur ther strengthening this scheme, from this year 500 students will be benefitted."

Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister

Rajiv Gandhi

Government

Online application open from 09 June 2023

30% seats reserved for girl students

Priority to those having gross annual family income less than Rs. 8 Lakhs Entire process of application, selection & payments through portal

Portal will remain open till 15/01/2024, Evaluation in 4 phases

First phase evaluation: 30 June 2023

Guidelines of the scheme available athttp//hte.rajasthan.gov.in

Rescuers work at a site of a residential building heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike. Residents sobbing outside the burnt-out apartment block, after the attack on Tuesday.

Police stand by dead bodies at the scene of damaged multi-storey apartment building caused by the latest rocket Russian attack in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine on Tuesday.

Police officials at the scene of mass shooting on Tuesday.

Indian Junior Women’s Hockey team players

PV Sindhu HS Prannoy

Focus on your goal and pursue it with single-mindedness to succeed; even the king of the jungle- the lion will go hungry, if it tries to hunt two deer at one time.

Dr JagDeesh ChanDra CEO & Editor-in-Chief, First India

Chief Minister in Udaipur

Gehlot inspects old building of Zanana Hospital at Maharana Bhupal Government Hospital premises

Complete new building timely with quality work: CM

CM Gehlot will participate in the conference of the Department of Peace & Non-Violence to be held at Rajasthan Int’l Centre at 12 noon today

Ravi Sharma

Udaipur

Chief Minister Ashok

Gehlot on Tuesday, inspected the old building of Zanana Hospital in Maharana Bhupal Hospital premises in Udaipur.

He discussed with the officials regarding its renovation and gave important guidelines.

The Chief Minister discussed with the officials of the Public Works Department regarding the present condition of the damaged old building of the hospital built in the year 1956 and the

future action plan. During this, District Collector Tarachand Meena and PWD Superintending Engineer Ashok Sharma gave technical information regarding the proposed building and facilities.

Gehlot said that Rs 30 crore has been sanctioned by the State government for the construction of the building. More funds will be approved if needed, he said and directed to complete quality and time-bound work.

CM GEHLOT’S APPROVALS

State govt approves special task force for road safety

GEHLOT GIVES RELAXATION IN 56 CASES OF THE ALLOCATION OF RATION SHOPS IN RAJ

Jaipur

Important steps have been taken by the state government in direction of effectively curbing road accidents in Raj.

CM Ashok Gehlot has given approval for the formation of road safety task force at the district level, involving officers of various departments. The Transport and Road Safety Department will be the administrative department of the District Road Safety Task Force. A task force will be constituted under the chairmanship of District Collector of concerned district. In this, DSP, CEO of Zila Parishad, CMHO, Commissioner of Urban Body of District HQs, Superintending Engineer of PWD etc. will be the members.

Taking a sensitive decision, CM Ashok Gehlot has given relaxation in 56 cases of allocation of fair price shops on compassionate grounds. This decision of Gehlot will give strength to dependents of the deceased ration dealers. The CM has given relaxation in cases of death of dealer above 60 yrs of age, educational qualification & delay in application period. With this decision, it will be possible to allot fair price shops to dependent families on a compassionate grounds. It will be easier for them to earn their livelihood.

NOD TO CONSTITUTE THE MAHARANA PRATAP BOARD

Veer Shiromani Maharana Pratap Board will be formed to spread the message of Maharana Pratap’s commitment, patriotism, charity, public service and devotion to duty. In this regard, CM Gehlot approved the proposal for the formation of the board. The board will have a Chairman, ViceChairman and 7 other members. The Board will have separate Secretary and Executive staff.

`6 CR FOR FACILITIES

AT 600 NEW VET SUB CENTRES IN STATE

Basic facilities will be developed in 600 newly created veterinary subcentres of the State. CM Gehlot has approved an additional provision of Rs 6 crore for the facilities. Equipment and furniture will be made available in Veterinary Sub-Centres with this amount. Rs 50,000 for equipment and Rs 50,000 for furniture have been sanctioned per Sub-Centre.

Notably, the Chief Minister held a public hearing at Udaipur Circuit House in the morning. After listening to the complaints of masses, he took factual information from administrative & departmental officers &

directed for quick disposal. Gehlot said that the work of public relief is our top priority. “Officers should be dedicated to ensure that every person’s problem is properly resolved and quick relief is provided,” he said.

Shah, Meghwal’s

Laxman Raghav Bikaner

An interesting meeting of Amit Shah and Minister Govind Meghwal recently concluded in Delhi at the lunch table. Actually Govind Meghwal was MLA from BJP in 2003.

Meghwal told Shah that he was the only MLA of the district who won from BJP in 2003. Actually at that time Devi Singh Bhati had left the BJP and won the election. Amit Shah said ‘Then what happened?

Minister Govind Ram Meghwal put many issues before Home Min Shah, who was also impressed by Meghwal’s words

Why did you leave the party?’ Meghwal said, “The ticket was cut, contested the election as independent and lost. Gehlot Sahib gave a

PUBLIC RELIEF IS OUR TOP PRIORITY, ASSERTS GEHLOT

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot during his visit to Udaipur on Tuesday, during the Jansunwai at the Circuit House, said that the work of public relief is our top priority. “The Officers should be dedicated enough to ensure that every person’s problem is properly resolved and quick relief is provided,” the Chief Minister added.

The State Government has sanctioned Rs 30 crore for the construction of the new building. If needful, more funds will be approved. The work of construction should be completed on time while maintaining quality.

table meet arouses interest!

AMEND SDRF, NDRF NORMS: MIN TO CENTRE

chance, hence, sitting in front of you.” Actually in the meeting, Minister Govind Meghwal put many issues before Shah. Amit Shah was

also impressed by Meghwal’s words. Haryana’s Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala was also present at the lunch table.

Jaipur: Disaster Management & Relief Minister GR Meghwal has requested the Centre to amend the parameters of SDRF & NDRF to increase the amount of aid. Meghwal said in a meeting chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday in New Delhi that keeping in view the geographical conditions of Rajasthan, norms should be amended to give appropriate compensation on cattle loss, destruction of houses etc. during calamities.

CS attends UPSC meet for RAS to IAS promotion

Dr Rituraj Sharma Jaipur

Former CM and National V-P of BJP Vasundhara Raje while speaking at the Maha Jan Sampark Abhiyan organised in Deoghar on Tuesday, said, “Such a government should be formed which thinks for the people and do good to them, not for themselves. Only Narendra Modi’s NDA government can do this,” Raje said on the completion of Modi govern -

ment’s 9 years. Modi has done the best he could for nation, she said. “Now it is our turn. Let

us also do something for the country. Make Modi the PM again & take the country forward.”

The names of 16 eligible RAS were approved in meeting held in Delhi regarding selection through promotion from State Civil Services to IAS in UPSC. ACS Veenu Gupta and DOP Principal Secry Hemant Gera also attended the meeting along with CS Usha Sharma.

Among the principal claimants are Priyanka

With RBI Governor’s ‘warning’, will AU finally ‘handle’

RBI Guv holds meeting with AU board members, stresses it knows evergreening of NPAs RBI order of ‘action’, if rules are flouted, stares AU!

First India Bureau Jaipur

ou must have seen and heard many scams of many banks, but today we are introducing you to some ‘acts’ of AU Bank which is worrying about the security of your money deposited in AU Bank.

z What was the whole matter?

In the previous news, First India raised questions

on AU Small Finance Bank keeping its NPA stable at 2% for last 5 years. Its financial products are being sold to customers in rural areas or to those with poor civil score or low income group and builders with high risk profile, whose money can sink anytime and NPA can rise anytime. But despite this, the company has stabilized its NPA at 2% which is a matter of investigation.

AU Small Finance Bank

was given the status of Scheduled Small Finance

Bank by RBI in 2017. The ‘main-men’ behind AU Bank are Sanjay Agarwal and Uttam Tibrewal who started this bank and now AU Bank has opened more than 900 branches across the country. Meanwhile, there were allegations on AU Bank of showing less NPA. SEBI also approved the IPO brought by AU Small Finance Bank and it was listed in the stock market. If we study the gross NPA figures of AU Bank for the last five years, then the gross NPA percentage of the company in the financial years 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2021-22 has been 2%. While due to Corona it has been told 4.3%

in the financial year 202021 and 1.7% in the financial year 2019-20. In such a situation, if indeed this NPA is being kept limited to 2% through their ability and management skills by the ‘kartadharta’ of AU, who made it a bank from a finance company, then this is an shining example of excellent management! But the truth is probably something else. In this case, on the condition of anonymity, a high-level official of the bank disclosed that the bank hid its actual NPA by going against the rules of RBI. In the news published earlier in First India, the entire matter was dis-

closed in detail.

Taking cognizance of this whole matter, RBI has issued orders for inquiry and said that suitable action will be taken against AU Small Finance Bank if it is found violating the existing guidelines. Last month, for the first time, the RBI governor had a meeting with the board members of the banks, in which he clearly said that RBI is aware of all the gimmicks that banks uses to hide its bad loans and show profits. It was ac-

cepted by RBI Governor Shashikant Das in the meeting that many banks are hiding their actual NPAs by evergreening loans to hide the status of stressed loans.

By now you must have understood the whole story. But now let us introduce you to that thing, through which the black game of hiding NPA is played by banks. What is the evergreening of loan?

Loans that are about to go into the NPA category, the bank gives more loans to the company before default, and then with this additional loan, the company pays its outstanding instalments. In this the cy-

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its NPAs?

cle of loans goes on and that loan does not come under the category of NPA. Lender’s loan is adjusted internally or through office accounts.

There have been many such cases besides evergreening, in which some banks have adopted different tactics to hide their NPAs, like banks buying each other’s bad loans, issuance of debt instruments for debt management. To ensure that NPA pressure is less, structured deals are done with bad borrowers from good borrowers, funding debtors’ liabilities using internal or office accounts and hiding NPA by giving loan directly or to

any subsidiary before due payment to settle old loans, are some of the old ploys.

Let us tell you that through a special circular, the money of various government schemes deposited in government banks was transferred from government banks and deposited in AU bank. In such a situation, if RBI takes some action against AU bank, then what will be the future of that govt money?

It remains to be seen whether RBI is able to reveal in its investigation the various tactics being adopted by AU Bank to stabilize its NPA after the RBI Governor’s admission.

Aishwary Pradhan Deoghar (Jharkhand)

First India Bureau

Amit Shah Govind Ram Meghwal

Vasundhara Raje being welcomed by presenting her a souvenir by Dr Nishikant Dubey, Rakesh Prasad, Narayan Das and BJP workers during her visit to Deoghar in Jharkhand on Tuesday.

CM Ashok Gehlot addresses peoples’ concerns during a ‘Jansunwai’ at the Circuit House in Udaipur on Tuesday. Also seen is Ramlal Jat & others. The Chief Minister also instructs the concerned officials to resolve the issues faced by the people at the earliest.

CM Ashok Gehlot signs his autograph on his sketch which was gifted to the Chief Minister by a young budding artist, Vishal during the former’s visit to Lake City on Tuesday.

CM Ashok Gehlot inspects Zanana Hospital’s old building at MB Govt Hospital’s premises in Udaipur on Tuesday. Also seen are Ramlal Jat, Rajendra Bhatt, Dr Vipin Mathur, Dr RL Suman and others.

EDUCATION SUMMIT 2023

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City First brings to you some more glimpses from the Education Summit organised by First India and Bharat24 at Hotel Crowne Plaza in Jaipur on Friday. Education Minister Dr BD Kalla, BJP MP Ramcharan Bohra, MLA Rafeek Khan and Dr Jagdeesh Chandra were present in the program. Educationists from large education institutes participated in the program. Amity University Rajasthan was the Presenting Sponsor of Education Summit 2023!

Director Admission and Dr Deepali Bhatnagar – Director, Amity School of Management

Dr BD Kalla, Ram Charan Bohra and Rafeek Khan felicitated Kuldeep Mathur Chairman, LBS Group of Educational Institutions, Kota

Dr BD Kalla, Ram Charan Bohra and Rafeek Khan felicitated Syed Zubair - DGM College Dekho (Girnarsoft Education Services Pvt. Ltd.

Jagdeesh Chandra addressing the audience

Dr BD Kalla, Ram Charan Bohra and Rafeek Khan felicitated Dr Anand Swaroop, Director Alankar Group of Colleges

Dr BD Kalla, Ram Charan Bohra and Rafeek Khan felicitated Dr Sanjay Biyani Director, Biyani Group of Colleges, Jaipur

Dr BD Kalla, Ram Charan Bohra and Rafeek Khan felicitated Dr Ashish Gupta, Principal and Dr Jitendra Singh Bidawat, Sr Professor

Dr BD Kalla, Ram Charan Bohra and Rafeek Khan felicitated Gaurav NagarPrincipal Consultant & Bootcamp Manager-Malodia Business Coaching Private Limited-Jaipur

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Jagdeesh Chandra was greeted by Archana Das, Director Khanak Chitra Entertainment, Rishi Ajay Das, Founder of Kinnar Akhada Ujjain M.P and Vartika Jain, TV artist as they reached the former’s residence on Tuesday, to invite him as the chief guest of the fashion show, named, Miss & Mrs Mother, Daughter Fashion Icon India, which will held on June 18 at Rajasthan International Centre.

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Govind Ram Meghwal Minister of Disaster Management and Relief was greeted by SK Singh Advocate at Hotel Taj Mansingh, New Delhi on Tuesday.

Ragavi, the exclusive Indian women’s clothing line, has become a sensation since its debut in 2022. Offering a wide range of unique clothing and accessories, Ragavi provides women with the perfect platform to express their individuality and style. With a blend of traditional and Western wear, the brand aims to cater to the diverse fashion preferences of women of all ages and professions.

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Jagdeesh Chandra was greeted by super model and actress Akanksha Bhalla as she reached a milestone of 100,000 followers on her Instagram account. To commemorate this achievement, a cake cutting ceremony was organised at the former’s residence on

Gopalpura Bypass Trade Association recently organised a musical evening featuring the recitation of Hanuman Chalisa and devotional songs. The event aimed to spread the message of peace and brotherhood in Jaipur. Pawan

Goyal, the President of the association, mentioned that the program was organised to promote harmony and unity in the community. Renowned singer Ravindra and his team presented a captivating performance of devotional songs, welcoming the attendees with a shower of flowers. Dr Mahesh Joshi, PHED Minister graced the occasion, along with Archana Sharma, Chairperson Social Welfare Board Puniet Karnawat, Jyoti Khandelwal and others.

Tuesday. Gaurav Gaur, Director of Elite Miss Rajasthan along with various supermodels in-

cluding Priyanka Bhalla, Shweta Raje, Sheena Parashar, Varunavi Singh and Khushi Vijay gathered for the celebration. The event was filled with excitement and happiness as Akanksha Bhalla expressed her gratitude to her followers for their unwavering support and love. The cake, adorned with a customized design showcasing the 100k milestone, became the centerpiece of the celebration.

Sapta Shakti Command organised a week-long Summer Adventure Camp from June 4 to 11, under the aegis of Gandiv Gunners of Chetak Corps in collaboration with the National Adventure Institute, Pachmarhi, an establishment of Bharat Scouts and Guides.

Nestled in the salubrious climes of the folds of Satpura ranges at Pachmarhi, the camp provided an apt environment for all activities. 140 children in the age group of 12 to 18 years, wards of all ranks

of Sapta Shakti Command participated. The aim was to expose the children to living independently away from home, learning from nature, inculcating the spirit of adventure, improving interaction through community living, imbibing futureready skills and societal values, exploring their latent talent, team building and developing overall personality and leadership qualities. The children were put through various activities during the camp including adventure activities like rock climbing. The campers left the NAI campus educated and enlightened.

Jagdeesh Chandra greeted by Akanksha Bhalla Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R) Varunavi, Khushi, Sheena, Gaurav Gaur, Akanksha, Shweta and Priyanka Bhalla

Akanksha Bhalla

Pawan Goyal, Dr Mahesh Joshi and Ramavatar Goyal

Jagdeesh Chandra greeted by Archana Das, Rishi Ajay Das and Vartika Jain

Archana Sharma with others

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