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NOT A RUBBER STAMP GOVERNOR!

Aditi Nagar

his morning, 79-year-old Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra completes his one year in of-fice at Jaipur’s palatial Raj Bhawan. During this tenure, in complete contrast to his image of very low profile and soft-spoken politician, in his new role, Mishra gives a clear message

to Rajasthan’s political and bureaucratic circles that he is not a rubber stamp Governor.

On the development front, Mishra has proved to be a people-friendly Governor, who has done a lot for the development of six tribal districts and has also exten-sively toured flood-affected areas in Hadoti region. In his role as the chancellor of all the universities of the

state, he had constituted a task force with a view to improve the quality of education. However, he report-edly had some serious differences or difference of opinion with the Chief Minister on the appointment of vice-chancellors in a few universities.

During the ongoing corona crisis, Mishra continues to be a keen ‘watcher’ and remains in regular touch with the political and bureaucratic leadership of the state. Inspite of his simple and Gandhian lifestyle, Mishra had some criticism from relevant quarters in New Delhi and Jaipur for bringing a 1.5 crore luxury Mercedes car for his use at Raj Bhawan. Initially, there

was also some criticism for his ‘frequently’ using the state aircraft for his outside state visits but subse-quently, such trips were suo-moto curtailed by him. After having an excellent initial repo with the Chief

Minister Ashok Gehlot, subsequently during 35-day long Rajasthan political crisis, mainly on account of an internal power game war between Gehlot and Pi-lot, Mishra, as the constitutional head of the state, had some unpleasant and strained relationship with the third time Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on the issue of calling a special assembly session, in the

manner and on the dates, as recommended by Ge-hlot cabinet. When Gehlot emerged as the final

winner in this entire game, the relationship between Mishra and Gehlot, also got ‘re-

paired’ in due course. On 8th September 2020, one day before his first anniversary, Mishra and Gehlot

again appeared to be two ‘like-minded’ persons, when on Tuesday evening, Gehlot, along with his natural ally

and assembly speaker Dr CP Joshi spent almost 70 minutes to con-gratulate a smiling Governor and

also to release his new book ‘New Thinking-New Dimensions’.

An ‘enthusiastic’ Governor now will be addressing a two-

hour-long video press con-ference at 12 noon.

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By insolence comes nothing but strife, but with those who take advice is wisdom. —Proverbs 13:10

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ontentment makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor, true to this saying, many have learned that contentment cannot be bought like merchandise. It is an inward feeling of satis-faction reflected by a lack of grumbling.

It seems elusive in a world that fosters a desire for more, bigger, and better things. The virtue of contentment is a jew-el, which is rare these days. It is a secret for those who have never taken steps to attain it.

If we stop breathing air, we will die in a few minutes. If we stop drinking water, we will die in a few days and if we stop eating food, we will die in a few weeks. The supply of these is inexhaust-ible. These gifts that keep us alive can be taken for grant-ed by those who are dissatis-fied with life.

The struggle, to acquire more, induces emotions like anxiety, fear, jealousy, and di-gestive troubles. Mostly, we are too tired or too busy to enjoy the finer things in life. Many believe that their quest for con-tentment would end if they could move to a remote secure island where they can enjoy a tranquil life.

But, can we escape the present circumstances? Ac-cidents, broken homes, di-vorces, strikes, protests, all these are the result of dis-content. Few days pass by smoothly. Plans go wrong and people disappoint us. These setbacks rob us of our peace.

Being content does not mean we stop making efforts to im-prove our circumstances. It should not stifle initiative. At the same time, we can avoid be-ing disappointed when the situ-ation becomes adverse.

We lose patience when something we are waiting for seems to take longer than expected. It is best to set reasonable goals since

comparing ourselves with others robs us of content-ment. It can be attained by having reasonable expecta-tions and cultivating grati-tude for what others have done for us.

Every person wants to be happy. But how many of our waking hours are filled with real happiness? The faces of many reflect worry and sad-ness.

The pace of life is faster than before and the pres-sures are greater, so many things can cause us to be dis-satisfied. The things that we cannot change can give con-stant disturbance if we do not shift our attention to more positive things.

Those who are not content are blind to the good that sur-rounds them. If we do not allow the unpleasantness to get the better of our feelings, we will experience an inward joy. Con-fusion, restlessness, and strug-gling results when we lead a life of extremes.

To have satisfaction, we must acknowledge and rec-ognize our limitations. Our need for rest may differ from others. Without sufficient sleep, even normal activity will be difficult and will make us irritable.

One cannot be happy with-out the affection, warmth, and

understanding that come from people. A peaceful united fam-ily and good friends make life meaningful. Giving and shar-ing ideas or a meal, experi-ences, joys, sorrows, and feel-ings give inner happiness. Helping others can heal deep emotional wounds and give a feeling of fulfillment. Life can be rich if we esteem the abili-ties in other people.

Happiness requires activ-ity, we can be more content if we have something useful to do. The person who de-votes himself to his task us-

ing his best abilities will have a sense of achievement.

Our viewpoint can affect our emotions. Worrying about to-morrow will add to a load of today, it is best to take meas-ures to deal with the day to day challenges. It is possible for us to have more joy when we live each moment with attention, one at a time. Hence, there is no way to happiness, because hap-piness is the way.

Being happy is indicative of contentment. Many sim-ple things add to our refresh-ment – the shine and twinkle of stars, the beautiful sun-set, the cool breeze, song of birds, the fragrance of flow-ers, the mountains, the rush-ing rivers and lazy streams, lush meadows, the patter of rain on the roof makes us thankful for the gift of sight.

Contentment is a goal we can seek to attain. It helps us to avoid the frustration and emp-tiness of a fast-paced life.

It is what we are that counts, not what we appear to be. It is the love we have, not the social position we gain. It is what we can give, not what we can get. A kind thought and wisdom of a person rich in life’s experi-ence – all of this is what it takes to make us happy.

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IS THERE A WAY TO HAPPINESS?

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Happiness requires activity, we can be more content if we have something useful to do. The person who devotes himself to his task using his best abilities will have a sense of achievement

REKHA KUMAR

Being content does not mean we stop making efforts to

improve our circumstances. It should not stifle

initiative. At the same time, we can avoid being disappointed when the situation becomes adverse

The writer is a personal development trainer working with corporate sector and government departments

ver the last few months, there has been much discussion of leadership dur-

ing the pandemic. What constitutes good leader-ship? Who has performed better and which countries have been worse? One pat-tern that emerged early on was that women leaders were seen to have handled the crisis remarkably well.

Whether it has been New Zealand under Jacinda Ardern or Taiwan under the presidency of Tsai Ing-Wen or Germany under Angela Merkel, female-led countries have been held up as examples of how to manage a pandemic.

We decided to investi-gate whether this anecdo-tal perception stands up to more systematic scrutiny. To do this, we analysed how leaders around the

world reacted to the early days of the pandemic to see whether differences in per-formance can be explained by differences in policy measures adopted by male and female leaders.

Two qualifications need to be kept in mind – first, we are only at the start of the pandemic and much could change in the next few months. Second, the quality of data currently available is limited. Inade-quate testing means that case numbers are probably an underestimate. The way deaths are registered also varies across countries.

There are far fewer fe-male-led countries in the world when compared to male-led. Just 10% in our sample of 194 countries have women as national leaders. Given the small number of female-led countries, the most appro-

priate way to consider their performance is to match them with “similar” male-led countries. We did this by matching countries with similar profiles for the socio-demographic and economic characteristics that have been seen as im-portant in the transmis-sion of Covid-19.

In the first instance, we compared countries with

similar GDP per capita, population, population density and population over 65 years. We then ex-tended our matching vari-ables to include three other characteristics – annual health expenditure per capita, the number of tour-ists entering the country and gender equality.

Hong Kong, which is led by a woman, recorded 1,056

cases and four deaths while Singapore, which has a similar economy and com-parable demographic char-acteristics but is led by a man, recorded 28,794 cases and 22 deaths in the same period. Similarly, Norway, led by a woman, had 8,257 cases and 233 deaths, while Ireland, led by a man, re-corded 24,200 cases and 1,547 deaths. Taiwan re-

corded 440 cases and seven deaths while South Korea had 11,078 cases and 263 deaths.

Countries led by women have performed better, es-pecially in terms of deaths and this is true whether we consider the nearest com-parable nation, the nearest two, three or even five. Bel-gium is an outlier, having appeared to perform badly on cases and deaths while led by a woman. But de-spite its inclusion, the overall results regarding female-led countries stand.

For example, Finland was better than Sweden, Austria and France in terms of both cases and deaths. Germany was bet-ter than France and the United Kingdom. Bangla-desh fared better than the Phillippines and Pakistan in terms of deaths.

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KEEPING CHINA IN CHECK IN LADAKH

atellite images show that Chinese soldiers armed with guns, and medieval-era weap-ons like scythe and spears came very close to Indian soldiers guarding their posts in Ladakh on Monday night. They backed

off after a warning from the Indian side but clearly China seems to be itching for a fight in the region, especially after India’s Special Frontier Force jawans thwarted an attempt by the People’s Liberation Army to grab strategic heights in the area. The Chi-nese, as is their won’t, blamed Indian soldiers for crossing the line and firing at them near the Shenpao mountain region near the south bank of Pangong Tso Lake. As a consequence the border troops of the PLA had to take “counter-measures” and fire “warn-ing shots”, China claimed. India has debunked Chi-na’s charge of aggression and said that it will con-tinue to eschew aggression unless provoked as was done by the PLA in the given case.

The situation along the Line of Actual Control continues to be “very serious” even after the defence minister-level talks in Moscow and earlier dialogues between army commanders of the two sides. For-eign Minister S. Jaishankar told a newspaper that “the state of border cannot be delinked from the state of the relationship”. He also said that “deep conversations at the political level were needed”. With all his China experience, Jaishankar is better qualified to deal with Beijing through dialogue. He is now scheduled to meet his Chinese counterpart in Moscow on September 10. Hopefully better sense prevails in China and it will reconcile with the situ-ation along LAC in Pangong.

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WHEN TWO TUSKERS FIGHT, GRASS SUFFERS

he Sushant Singh Rajput case is getting curiouser and curiouser. The death of SSR is out of the spotlight for now as the Narcotics Control Bureau arrested Rhea Chakraborty after sustained interroga-

tion in the presence of her brother. As the drug misuse in Bollywood gets primacy, the Shiv Sena has dug out an allegation leveled against Kangana by Adhyayan Suman, a little known actor. Inciden-tally, Adhyayan is the son of Shekhar Suman who is siding with SSR’s family in its fight against Rhea.

As the Bharatiya Janata Party is using Kangana Ranaut’s petite shoulders to fire its gun at the Ud-dhav Thackeray-led government, the Shiv Sena is viciously attacking the actress and is bent on mak-ing life difficult for her when she lands in Mumbai on Wednesday. If the Centre thumbed a nose at the Shiv Sena and provided Y-category security to Kan-gana who outrageously likened Mumbai to Pakistan occupied Kashmir, the BMC pasted a notice on her office for some illegal constructions. Maharashtra’s Home Minister has said that the Mumbai Police will probe the drug-abuse charge against Kangana.

While the NCB claims it has sufficient material against Rhea and her brother, the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate are yet to open their findings in the case. The examina-tion of Sushant’s viscera for poison has been done and the results will be revealed in about ten days.

For now, the drama will be happening in Mum-bai. It has to be seen if Kangana is quarantined on arrival in Mumbai and if she is interrogated for drug abuse.

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RAJASTHAN1,164

DEATHS94,126

CONFIRMED CASES

GUJARAT 3,134 DEATHS 1,06,966 CASES

DELHI 4,618 DEATHS 1,97,135 CASES

WORLD8,99,170

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INDIA43,63,843CONFIRMED CASES

73,894DEATHS

MAHARASHTRA27,407 DEATHS 9,43,772 CASES

TAMIL NADU8,015 DEATHS 4,74,940 CASES

KARNATAKA6,680 DEATHS 4,12,190 CASES

PM’s presence a matter of pride: Gehlot at Patrika event

Naresh Sharma

Jaipur: It was vintage Gehlot at his best when on Tuesday’s grand function of Patrika group, the third time chief minister of Ra-jasthan lauded the ef-forts of the Patrika fam-ily in playing their part towards social service.

He also said that the function being car-ried out in presence of PM Narendra Modi

is indeed a moment of pride. Modi had called Ashok Gehlot as his friend.

“I am happy that the dedication of Patrika Gate and release of two books authored by Gu-lab Kothari is happen-ing in presence of PM Narendra Modi. It is a moment of pride. Since the time of Karpur Chand Kulish, Ra-jasthan Patrika has been carrying out their

social services which is a message everyone should follow. The dedi-cation with which Patrika has made this gate, it will display a facet of Rajasthan to the tourists for years to come,” Gehlot said while addressing the virtual function.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Gehlot said on Tuesday that in this pe-riod of crisis of Cov-id-19 pandemic, protect-ing the lives of the peo-ple of the state is the top priority of the govern-ment. Turn to P8

PM Narendra Modi inaugurating the Patrika Gate in Jaipur, through video conferencing in presence of Governor Kalraj Mishra, CM Ashok Gehlot and Gulab Kothari, on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI

CM postpones all scheduled meeting for one month amid corona scare

Mumbai: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Tuesday arrested Rhea Chakraborty after questioning her for three days in connection with drugs-related alle-gations in her boyfriend and actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death case.

“Rhea has been ar-rested and due process of informing the family has been completed,” said deputy director of NCB, KPS Malhotra.

She was taken to a public hospital here for medical check-up and COVID-19 tests soon af-ter her arrest.

Rajput, 34, was found dead at his Bandra apartment here on June 14. Before enter-ing the vehicle along with NCB officials, Rhea waved at the as-sembled media persons at the anti-drug agen-cy’s office in south Mumbai. Turn to P6

SUSHANT SINGH RAJPUT

DEATH CASE

New Delhi: Prime Min-ister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that even though our schooling gets over but our learn-ing process lasts for ages and continues eve-ry day, in which books and authors play a ma-jor role. PM’s comments came as he inaugurated the Patrika Gate in Jaipur via video confer-encing today.

“In any society, the enlightened section of the society, the writers or writers of the society are like guides, teach-ers of the society. Schooling is over, but our learning process lasts for ages, every day.

Books and authors also play a major role in this,” Modi said.

“Shri Karpoor Chan-dra Kulish Ji started the tradition of the magazine only with the determination of Indi-anness, and service to India,” he added.

‘Schooling gets over but learning process continues’

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Senior IPS of-ficer of Rajasthan cad-re, DC Jain, finally got the reward for his merit as the Cabinet appoint-ment committee has ap-proved his appointment on the post of addition-al director in CBI.

An official of 1991-batch, Jain cur-rently is on deputation in CBI as joint director. He has the charge of Maharashtra, Goa and Gujarat. Before this, he

has served in CBI for 7 consecutive years.

Jain was Additional Director General of Po-lice in Rajasthan before moving to CBI as the Joint Director in April last year.

Raj’s IPS officer Jainis CBI’s addl director

New Delhi: The Army on Tuesday said Chi-nese troops fired shots in the air and attempted to close in on an Indian position in eastern Ladakh a day earlier as it rejected charges by China’s People’s Libera-tion Army that it trans-gressed across the LAC.

The use of firearms along the LAC marks a serious escalation in bor-der tensions as the previ-ous instance of shots be-ing fired at the de-facto border was in 1975.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Indian Army said its troops ex-ercised “great restraint and behaved in a ma-ture and responsible manner” despite the grave provocation. The Indian Army said its troops did not cross the LAC or open fire at any

stage, denying accusa-tions made by the PLA.

“It is the People’s Lib-eration Army that has been blatantly violating

agreements and carry-ing out aggressive ma-noeuvres, while engage-ment at military, diplo-matic and political level

is in progress,” the statement said.

The remarks by the Army came after the PLA late on Monday

night alleged that the Indian troops crossed the LAC and “outra-geously fired” warning shots Turn to P6

Provocation at LAC: China fires shots in airChina says Indian troops fired ‘warning shots’ at our border patrolling troops

` DROPS TO 1-WEEK LOW AMID BORDER TENSIONMumbai: The rupee depreciated by 25 pai-se to settle at more than one-week low of 73.60 against the US dollar on Tuesday amid growth concerns and fresh border ten-sions between India and China.

A rise in demand for the US currency from banks and im-porters and forex out-flows weighed on the local currency, accord-ing to forex dealers.

According to provi-sional exchange data, foreign investors withdrew Rs 1,056.52

crore from the capital markets on Tuesday.

At the interbank fo-rex market, the rupee opened on a tepid note at 73.63 and finally closed at 73.60 - the lowest closing level

since August 31- against the green-back, down 25 paise over its previous close. On Monday, the rupee had settled at 73.35 against the US dollar.

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Photo released by Indian Army shows Chinese soldiers armed with stick-machetes along LAC in Eastern Ladakh sector.

Leh (Ladakh): Chinese soldiers are armed with stick-machetes during their deployment along the LAC in Eastern Ladakh sector amid the ongoing border tension between India and China. According to Army sources on the pictures which have emerged, Chinese soldiers can be seen with stick machetes even with their rifl es slung on their back. As the Chinese Army is armed with stock machetes, Indian Army soldiers are not allowing them to come close otherwise there may be another violent face off like what happened in Galwan valley, said Army sources.

CHINESE SOLDIERS WITH STICK-MACHETES DEPLOYED ALONG LAC

RHEA ARRESTEDBY NARCOTICS CONTROL BUREAU

Actor Rhea Chakraborty being taken for medical examination after being arrested by NCB in drug case related to Sushant Singh Rajput’s death probe in Mumbai on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI

Mumbai cops to probe drug use by Kangana

COURT REJECTS RHEA’S BAIL, SENDS HER TO 14-DAY JUDICIAL CUSTODYMumbai: Actor Rhea Chakraborty, who has been arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in a drug case linked with actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, has been sent to 14-day judicial custody on Tuesday after her bail plea was rejected by the court. Chakraborty appeared before the Magistrate via video conference from NCB offi ce in Mumbai. In its remand application of Chakraborty, NCB stated that she is an active member of a “drug syndicate” and used to manage fi nance for drug procurement along with the late actor. More on P7

Mumbai: Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Tuesday said the Mumbai police will probe allegations by Adhyayan Suman that actor Kangana Ranaut took drugs. Talking to reporters here, Desh-mukh said Adhyayan, the son of actor Shekhar Suman, was once in a relationship with Ranaut and he had alleged that she used to take drugs. Turn to P6

DC Jain

PM Modi addressing Rajasthan CM Gehlot as his ‘mitra’ (friend) acquires political significance in backdrop of a 35-day long Raj political crisis where Gehlot had frequently carried political onslaughts on Modi and Amit Shah

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Jaipur: Rajasthan gov-ernment will make changes in the uniform of government school students. Also, a sepa-rate cadre for computer teachers will be created in the state, education minister Govind Singh Dotasara said.

Reviewing the pro-gress made so far in compliance with the budget announcements, the minister gave direc-tions to make rules for a

separate cadre of com-puter teachers and change the uniform for students in government

schools. He asked the of-ficials to complete all the procedures of Rajasthan Teacher Eligibility Ex-

amination for Teachers (REET) and announce the examination date soon. Along with the res-

ervation system in REET, he asked to have clear provisions regard-ing Economically Weak-er Section (EWS) reser-vation applicable in the state, conducting exams as per NCT syllabus, keeping one paper in the exam and providing op-portunities in the exam for commerce stream students also.

Dotasara also in-structed the officials to take action as per the rules for taking up the teachers transfer policy

in cabinet meetings. While reviewing the Mahatma Gandhi Eng-lish Medium Schools, the education minister said that there is a good response for these schools and asked the officials for effective monitoring of the per-formance of teachers. Monthly reports will be taken from the district education officers in this regard so that the schools can become the best schools in terms of teaching.

Soon, students of govt schools to don new uniformEDUCATION DEPT REVIEW

Govind Singh Dotasara along with other offi cials in a review meeting on Tuesday.

RAJASTHAN GOVT TO SET UP BOARD FOR ‘VEDIC EDU’First India Bureau

Jaipur: Rajasthan gov-ernment has expedited the process to set up Vedic Sanskar and Shi-ksha board in the state to revive the ancient practice related to San-skrit scriptures and education.

Chairing a meeting, Sanskrit education minister Subhas Garg directed the officials to prepare the final draft of the board soon. He gave directions to speed on the matter so that

the board could be formed. The minister also reviewed progress on promises, which were made in Congress party’s election mani-festo during the 2018-as-sembly election. San-skrit Education Secre-tary Manju Rajpal, deputy Secy R K N Sharma and officials of the department were present in the meeting during which discus-sions on promotions, vacant posts & recruit-ments in the depart-ment were also held.

Court stay on Raj govt order for VCC appts

SC orders fresh investigation in NLU case

Raj HC orders status quo on Adani’s illegal land allotment

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Rajasthan High Court has stayed the state govt order of Au-gust 21 of appointing administrators for Vil-lage Cooperative Com-mittees (VCC).

The court gave the or-ders in a case where 61 VCC from Udaipur had challenged the govt de-cision. After the court orders the elected rep-resentatives whose ten-ure had ended in 2017 and 2020 will continue to handle the working of the respective VCCs. When the state govt or-dered the appointment of an administrator for the Ganesh Gram Seva Samiti in Bhinder tehsil and 60 other village co-operatives in Udaipur, it was challenged in the High Court.

Justice Vijay Vishnoi was told by the petition-ers that the court had earlier directed the state govt to hold the elections of the cooper-atives on time on sev-eral occasions along with instructions to not appoint any adminis-trator to the village co-operatives. The court was told that the coop-erative department had failed to hold the elec-tions on time and was appointing administra-tors to hide its folly.

New Delhi: The Su-preme Court on Tues-day reserved its order on a petition seeking transfer of the investi-gation in a case related to the suspicious death of a student of Nation-al Law University in Jodhpur in 2017, from the Rajasthan Police to the CBI.

A bench of the apex court, headed by Jus-tice Rohinton Fali Nari-man, pulled up the Ra-jasthan Police for the final report filed by it in an attempt to close the case. The bench ob-served that the report

was an “eye-wash” and that there is a need for a fresh investigation. “We all can see that this report is a complete eye-wash and there is a need for a fresh investi-gation. This is not the

way,” the bench said.Senior advocate Man-

ish Singhvi, appearing for the Rajasthan Po-lice, contended that probe was done and there was no suspicious angle found in the death

of the student. The apex court was hearing a plea filed by the stu-dent’s mother seeking transfer of the probe from Jodhpur, Ra-jasthan Police to the CBI or alternatively to a

court-monitored SIT. On July 8, the top court had granted the Ra-jasthan Police two months to complete the investigation into the death of NLU student Vikrant Nagaich. Neetu Kumar Nagaich, the mother of the deceased student, had ap-proached the apex court and accused the state police of “lackadaisical and callous manner of the probe” into the FIR lodged on June 29, 2018, with Jodhpur’s Man-dore PS. The authori-ties presented the case as depression. —ANI

Nizam Kantaliya

Jaipur: In a major set-back to Adani group of industries, Rajasthan high court has ordered to maintain status quo on 6500 bigha land al-lotted to the group in Jaisalmer.

The division bench of Justice Sangeet Raj Lodha and Justice Rameshwar Vyas is-sued the orders on a petition filed by Bar-kat Khan. Khan’s counsel Moti Singh Rajpurohit said that the land was allotted to the company for a

solar project in 2018 in Nirana village of Fate-hgarh tehsil. He ar-gued that the land is protected for the criti-

cally endangered state bird Great Indian Bus-tard or Godavan and therefore the allot-ment is illegal.

BRIBE CASE: MDS VARSITY VC, 2 OTHERS SENT TO 3 DAY REMANDACB has e-surveillance & documentary proof as evidence against VC & his agentSubham Jain

Ajmer: The accused of higher education bribe mafia have been re-manded for a three day remand by the court on Tuesday.

It is noteworthy that the ACB had arrested the MDS University VC, his personal guard and agent Ranjeet and a private college owner Mahipal Singh, RP Sin-gh with Rs 2.20 lakh cash bribe amount on Monday.

Earlier ACB ADG Dinesh MN reached Ajmer and himself questioned the arrest-ed accused after dis-cussions with his local team. ADG Dinesh MN said that ACB has solid evidence against the VC and his agent to back their case which

includes the electronic surveillance along with other documen-tary proof. He said the further scanning of the VC office will also produce the necessary corroborative evidence

for the case. Speaking to the media ADG said that Ranjeet Singh was an open source to get anything done from the VC office. He didn’t rule out more arrests in the case. Investiga-

tion officer Parasmal said that the house of Ranjeet Singh had re-vealed four diaries which have the details of transactions with as many as 40 private col-leges. IO said that Rs

one lakh cash has been seized from the VC res-idence as well.

Main accused profes-sor RP Singh denied all charges and called it a conspiracy against him. He said soon the truth will be revealed for everybody as he has nothing to do with Ran-jeet Singh. Singh said that the ACB was doing a great job and he would fully cooperate with it.

Prof R P Singh outside the courtroom in Ajmer on Tuesday.

BJP is trying to wake up Cong by ‘Halla Bol’: RamlalAishwary Pradhan

Jaipur: BJP leaders from civil lines as-sembly constituency area on Tuesday handed over a repre-sentation to SDM on various issues includ-ing water, electricity, rising crime among others. Under the ‘Halla Bol’ campaign against the Congress government, the par-ty leaders and work-ers handed over simi-lar representations in other districts as well.

In the civil lines area, the delegation led by the constituen-cy in charge Shailen-dra Bhargava and Anand Sharma hand-ed over the represen-tation. BJP MLA and chief spokesperson Ramlal Sharma said that the opposition is trying to wake up the government through

the campaign. He said that law and order in the state has deterio-rated, people are fac-ing many problems related to water, elec-tricity and others but the government is not bothered.

Sharma said the Ashok Gehlot govern-ment has failed in con-taining the spread of coronavirus. Mean-while, the state unit of BJP has formed a com-

mittee to look into the incident of Jaisalmer where a covid-19 pa-tient died in the wash-room of a hospital re-cently. BJP state presi-dent Satish Poonia formed a three mem-ber committee com-prising Pabbaram Vishnoi, Jogeshwar Garg and state IT cell in charge Avinash Joshi who will visit Jaisalmer and will submit a report to him.

BJP leaders from Civil Lines present a memorandum to the SDM in the presence of Raghav Sharma, Shailendra Bhargava & Anand Sharma in Jaipur on Tuesday.

CJ PULLS-UP COPS

RP SINGH STATES

SUNSET HUES

The rainy spell in noon made evening soothing, friends sit to enjoy the weather & capture sunset view at Amar Jawan Jyoti in Jaipur on Tuesday.

—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA

PM Modi lauds the art of Bhilwara boyFirst India Bureau

Bhilwara: Saumya Narayan, a class 10 student, had written a letter to PM Modi. Saumya had attached a self drawn sketch of the PM with the letter. The Bhilwara student is on cloud nine after receiving a reply to his letter from PM Modi him-self. The PM praising the sketch has writ-ten back that draw-

ing is an art which gives life to dreamy ideas. PM lauded the power that Saumya’s art had in communi-cating his ideas. He further advised that drawing art also works as an agent to make people aware of issues confronting society & their re-sponsibilities for the same. PM Modi wished the Bhilwara lad the best for his future life.

—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA

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CS chairs meet to discuss new policy for Raj’s 6 hill forts

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Jaipur: An integrated food management poli-cy will be prepared for the development of 6 Hill Forts of Rajasthan.

The six majestic forts of Chittorgarh, Kumb-halgarh, Ranthambore, Jaisalmer, Amber and Gagron are included in the list of UNESCO world Heritage sites and the policy will boost development at the sites. This policy will be prepared under the Na-tional Policy for Con-servation and as per the dossier of UNESCO by March 31, 2021, an offi-cial said.

Discussions for the policy were held in a meeting of Hill Forts’ state level apex adviso-

ry committee chaired by chief secretary Ra-jeeva Swrup.

The committee also decided to complete the upgradation of fort management plan by March 31, 2022 and reg-ular meetings of dis-trict level fort manage-ment committee headed by district collectors.

Also, directions were given to prepare herit-age bylaws for the buff-er zone of Amber and Chittorgarh forts, park-ing and other facility works in Ranthambore and Kumbhalgarh and addressing sewerage problems in Jaisalmer fort. Collectors of re-spective districts and other officials attended the meeting through video conference.

CM MEETS PARTY LEADERS

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot met Deputy Chief Whip Mahendra Chaudhary, Dr Rajkumar, Rita Chaudhary, Jitendra Singh, JP Chandelia, Rajendra Gudha, Chetan Doody, Vijaypal Mirdha on Tuesday.

Raj HC permits Maderna to get treatment in JprFirst India Bureau

Jodhpur: Rajasthan HC on Tuesday, permit-ted Bhanwari Devi murder case accused Mahipal Maderna to get treatment in Jaipur. There will be two po-lice constables deputed for him during his treatment. It is note-worthy that Mahipal Maderna, who has been lodged in Jodhpur jail since 2011, is suf-fering from fourth stage cancer.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: The surge of Covid-19 continued with 1,590 new cases surfac-ing in the last 24 hours in the state along with 13 deaths taking the total tally to 94,126 and toll to 1164 so far. Ajmer, Ban-swara, Bharatpur, Bi-kaner, Chittorgarh, Jaipur, Jalore, Jhalawar, Jodhpur, Pratapgarh, Sawai Madhopur, Kota and Udaipur reported one death each. 325 new cases were reported from Jaipur followed by 185 from Kota, Jodhpur 149, Alwar 117, Ajmer 86, Pali 69, Sikar 61, Bikan-er 50, Jhalawar 44, 43 each from Bhilwara & Bundi, 39 each from Chittorgarh & Nagaur, Baran 34, Dholpur 28, Banswara 26, 25 each from Ganganagar & Udaipur, 24 each from Bharatpur & Jaisalmer, Dungarpur 22, Barmer 20, Sirohi 18, 16 each from Churu & Karauli, Jalore 15, Sawai Mad-hopur 12, Rajsamand 13, Tonk 9, Hanumangarh 8, Jhunjhunu 4 & Dausa 1.

State govt has decided to add a third Corona dedicated hospital in Jaipur at ESI hospital. Govt is also mulling over taking over Railway and army hospitals. Jaipur district collector desig-nated Mahatma Gandhi, Shalby and Narayana hospital for asympto-matic corona patients which have Covid care centers and are not dedi-cated Covid hospitals.

Sawai Madhopur MLA Danish Abrar, Bamanwas MLA Indira Meena ‘s husband tested positive.

13 deaths, 1,590 new cases on TuesdayCovid update: Govt decides to add a third Corona dedicated hospital in Jaipur, at ESI hospital and is mulling over taking over Railway & Army hospitals

BJP workers across state pray for PooniaFirst India Bureau

Jaipur: Concerned for corona infected BJP state president Satish Poonia, his supporters across the state prayed for his speedy recovery, by holding religious rituals and offering prayers in temples.

Poonia, who is under home isolation, is con-stantly in touch with the party leaders and social workers through phone and social media.

His well wishers are holding rituals or ‘havan’ in temples, of-fering prayers, chant-ing MahaMrityunjaya mantra to seek bless-ings for the leader.

People at various dis-tricts like Dhaulpur, Ajmer, Jaisalmer, Jodh-pur, Dausa, Karauli, Sriganganagar, Sikar, Alwar, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Pushkar, Ch-uru, Jaipur offered prayers in temples.

In Pushkar, the chant-ing of 1.25 lakh Maham-rityunjay mantra has been started by 7 pan-dits for seven days at Pushkar sarovar ghat whereas a ‘havan’ was performed in Hanuman temple and Thakur Ma-harajji mandir in Am-ber. The party workers in Jaisalmer offered prayers in Baba Ram-dev temple and wished for his recovery.

The party leaders are also praying for Avi-nash Rai Khanna, Ra-jendra Rathore and Ki-rori Lal Meena who too have been tested posi-tive for coronavirus.

Govt not serious about crisis, their data is far from truth, saya BJP MLA RamlalFirst India Bureau

Jaipur: BJP chief spokesperson Ram Lal Sharma has called all corona data released by the state govt far from the true figures. He ac-cused CM Gehlot of sharing wrong data with the people.

Sharma said the fig-ures given by CM re-garding availability of oxygen beds, ICU beds and ventilators were wrong. Sharma said

that the patients were being told to wait for 2-3 days for beds. He also accused the private hos-pitals of overcharging patients. The Chomu

MLA said that state govt wasn’t serious enough for the grave co-rona crisis the state was going through.

Sharma pointed out that three months ago whenever a corona pa-tient surfaced, the ad-ministration immedi-ately imposed curfew, sanitized the whole area while barricading the area but now no such steps are taken de-spite cases increasing many fold.

Sharma accused that many corona patients had lost their lives due to carelessness of the doctors. He raised the issue of the death of a corona patient in the bathroom of a hospital. BJP state chief Satish Poonia has constituted a 3 member committee consisting of MLA Pab-baram Vishnoi, Jogesh-war Garg and state IT cell member Avinash Joshi to get behind the matter.

NO SHAHIDI JOD THIS YEAR DUE TO PANDEMICHanumangarh: The yearly Shahidi Jod at the historical Gurudwara Shaheed Baba Sukha Singh Mehtab Singh in town will not be convened this year due to ongoing coronavirus pandemic. All the related functions have been cancelled for this year, looking at the rising number of positive cases. This year only the traditional Bjhog for Akhand Path will be held. This is the first time in 30 years that the Jod fair is so summarily being organised. Baba Balkar Singh has appealed to all the devotees to stay at home and perform the ritualistic Simran at their homes while observing the govern-ment issued corona guidelines. He has asked nobody to congregate at the Gurudwara on the usual date of 9 September.

PEOPLE IN HIGH RISK GROUP TO BE TESTEDChittorgarh: District collector KK Sharma has decided to get the people in the high risk group at the district headquarters tested for corona. The high risk group includes the children upto 10 years and senior citizens above 60 years of age along with pregnant women and people with serious diseases. CMHO Sanjiv Tak said that the decision by the collector is in the wake of a rising number of cases. He said that 75 teams for door to door screening have been constituted and have been provided with the necessary equipment. The CMHO has appealed to all the residents of Chittorgarh to cooperate.

Traffic police distributing masks and food items during a ‘Road and Corona Safety Programme at Katputhli Nagar in Jaipur on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA

3 including UP officer caught in ACB trapFirst India Bureau

Jaipur: Three persons including an official of Uttar Pradesh’s Insti-tute of Entrepreneur-ship Development (IED) were arrested by ACB in two separate cases of graft in Rajasthan.

Physical verification officer of IED, Sunny Gehlot, had demanded a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a furniture businessman of Banswara to give a positive report for get-ting subsidy under PM

Swarojgar Yojna.He had taken Rs 2,000

at the time of verifica-tion of the complaint and was trapped by ACB team on Tuesday while taking the remaining amount. A middleman identified as Danial was also arrested with him.

In Jalore, a Patwari Sanwlaram was arrest-ed for taking a bribe of Rs 10,000 in lieu of a mu-tation work and after verification of the com-plaint, a trap was laid and he was arrested.

‘Family will get body of Corona patient’A SENSITIVE APPROACH

First India Bureau

Jaipur: State Govern-ment and the Health Department have di-rected to hand over the body of COVID-19 in-fected patients to their family members and to get the cremation done by completely following the medical protocol.

Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma said that the government apart from being alert and cautious is also sen-sitive. The CM has di-

rected the department to handover the dead body of COVID infected patient to family and get the cremation done by taking full caution.

He said COVID pandem-ic is spreading rapidly in the entire country and any kind emotional negligence could prove fatal to general public.

Dr Sharma said that according to the ex-perts, transmission of COVID-19 infection takes place through droplets. There is no evidence of spreading of infection from the dead body, if the body is handled by taking all precautions along with the standard protocol

It is not important to get COVID-19 test done for every deceased. The COVID-19 test should be done only for those who have died of ILI or SARI. He said that the body of the deceased could be given to the family without waiting for the test report. It is also not necessary to conduct an autopsy of each deceased. If post mortem is done for any specific reasons, then it should be done as per the GOI guidelines.

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Provocation at...near the Pangong lake in eastern Ladakh.

India has said that Chinese troops on Monday fired shots to intimidate Indian sol-diers while attempting to close in on a forward position held by the army along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) on the southern bank of Pangong Tso in east-ern Ladakh where the border row has wors-ened.

India and China ex-changed accusations just four days after De-fence Minister Rajnath Singh and his Chinese counterpart Gen. Wei

Fenghe held talks in Moscow on ways to ease tensions at the border. They met last Friday on the sidelines of a Shang-hai Cooperation Organ-isation (SCO) meet.

“At no stage has the Indian Army trans-gressed across the LAC or resorted to use of any aggressive means, including firing. It is the PLA that has been blatantly violating agreements and carry-ing out aggressive manuveres, while en-gagement at military, diplomatic and political level is in progress,” the Army said.

“In the instant case

on September 7, it was the PLA troops who were attempting to close-in with one of our forward positions along the LAC and when dis-suaded by own (Indian) troops, PLA troops fired a few rounds in the air in an attempt to intimi-date own troops,” the statement added.

It further said that despite the “grave prov-ocation”, Indian troops exercised “great re-straint” and behaved in a mature and responsi-ble manner.

The Army termed the statement issued by the Western Theater Com-mand of the PLA as an

attempt to mislead their domestic and interna-tional audience.

“The Indian Army is committed to maintain-ing peace and tranquil-ity, however is also de-termined to protect na-tional integrity and sovereignty at all costs,” the Army said.

“India, while is com-mitted to disengage-ment and de-escalating the situation on the LAC, China continues to undertake provoca-tive activities to esca-late.”

Senior Colonel Zhang Shuili, a spokesperson of PLA’s Western Theat-er Command, in a state-

ment on Monday night alleged that Indian troops again illegally crossed the LAC and “outrageously fired” warning shots on Chi-nese border patrol sol-diers who were about to negotiate.

India recently out-flanked China by taking control of strategic height near Pangong lake’s southern bank. It thwarted an attempt by the Chinese army to transgress into Indian areas near the southern bank of Pangong Tso near Chushul in Ladakh.

Chinese troops were forced to take counter-

measures to stabilize the situation, he said without elaborating.

The Indian troops crossed the LAC at the west section of the Chi-na-India border into the Shenpao mountain re-gion near the south bank of Pangong lake, he alleged.

` drops to...“The tension at Indo-China border also weighed on the rupee. If the situation along the border worsens, it can lead to further weakness in rupee,” said Devarsh Vakil, Deputy Head Retail Re-search, HDFC Securi-

ties.Stock markets also

closed with losses. The BSE Sensex reversed its early gains to settle down by 51.88 points or 0.14 per cent at 38,365.35. The broader NSE Nifty slipped 37.70 points or 0.33 per cent to finish at 11,317.35. —PTI

Rhea arrested...Clad in black, Rhea reached the NCB office at Ballard Estate around 10.30 am on Tuesday and was also seen carrying a bag with her, while entering the office. The 28-year-old girlfriend of Sush-ant Singh Rajput had in

recent TV interviews denied that she con-sumed drugs. —PTI

Mumbai cops... “The Mumbai police will investigate this matter,” the home min-ister added. Deshmukh said that Shiv Sena’s Pratap Sarnaik and Sunil Prabhu raised the issue in the Assembly on Tuesday. “I replied that she had relations with Adhyayan Suman who has said in an in-terview that she took drugs and also forced him to take drugs. The Mumbai police will look into all this in de-tail,” he said. —PTI

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J & K CHIEF SECRETARY TO MOVE ? Insiders say that J & K Chief Secretary B V R Sub-rahmanyam may be changed. He is 1987 batch IAS offi cer of Chhattisgarh cadre. The new Lt Governor Manoj Sinha has already got appointed his choice a UP cadre IAS offi cer Nitishwar Kumar as his PS.

CHHATTISGARH CHIEF SECRETARY TO RETIRE–UNLIKELY TO GET EXTENSION ?Chhattisgarh Chief Secretary R P Mandal is retir-ing on November 30. Deapite recommendation of the State Government for six months exten-sion,1987 batch IAS offi cer will get extension only when the Chief Minister personally requests the PM for his extension.

PRABHAT SINGH’S TERM ENDS THIS MONTHThe term of Prabhat Singh, CEO, Petronet LNG Ltd ends on September 13, 2020. Though he has completed his fi ve year term but he is reportedly denied further extension.

A V S RAMESH CHANDRA RETURNS TO PARENT CADREA V S Ramesh Chandra, Offi cer on Special Duty at Joint Secretary in the Project Offi ce of the South Asian University (SAU), has been given premature repatriation. She is a 1989 IFS offi cer.

TENURE OF UPGRADED POSTING OF EDWIN KULBHUSHAN MAJHI TO AS LEVEL EXTENDEDThe upgraded posting of Edwin Kulbhushan Majhi to the level of Additional Secretary in the Depart-ment of Food and Public Distribution has been extended for term upto September 16, 2021. He is a 1989 batch IAS offi cer of Kerala cadre.

TENURE OF UPGRADED POSTING OF SAMEER KHARE TO AS LEVEL EXTENDEDThe upgraded posting of Sameer Kumar Khare to the level of Additional Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, has been extended for term upto September 16, 2021. He is a 1989 batch IAS offi cer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

TENURE OF UPGRADED POSTING OF GOVIND MOHAN TO AS LEVEL EXTENDEDThe upgraded posting of Govind Mohan to the level of Additional Secretary in the Department of Home, has been extended for a term upto Sep-tember 16, 2021. He is a 1989 batch IAS offi cer of Sikkim cadre.

TENURE OF UPGRADED POSTING OF MS SUJATA CHATURVEDI TO AS LEVEL EXTENDEDThe upgraded posting of Ms Sujata Chaturvedi to the level of Additional Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training has been extended for term upto October 10, 2021. She is a 1989 batch IAS offi cer of Bihar cadre.

TENURE OF UPGRADED POSTING OF MS SHALINI PRASAD TO AS LEVEL EXTENDEDThe upgraded posting of Ms Shalini Prasad as Member Secretary, Tariff Commission to the level of Additional Secretary level has been extended for a term upto November 19, 2021. She is a 1985 batch IAS offi cer of UP cadre.

SURESH IS NOW VC MAKHAN LAL CHATURVEDI UNIVERSITY OF JOURNALISMFormer Director General of the IIMC, Prof K G Suresh has been appointed as Vice-Chancellor of Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication, Bhopal.

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INDIA’S CASES PER MILLION IS 3,102The number of COVID-19 cases per million population in the country stands at 3,102 and it is among the lowest in the worldNew Delhi: The num-ber of COVID-19 cases per million population in the country stands at 3,102 and it is among the lowest in the world, said Union Health Min-istry on Tuesday.

Addressing a press conference here, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said the number of COV-ID-19 cases per million population in Brazil and US is 6 times that of India. “The cases per million population stands at 3,527 for the world. It is 4,945 for Mexico, 7,063 for Rus-sia, 19,549 for the US and 19,514 for Brazil. The number of COV-ID-19 cases per million population in the coun-try stands at 3,102 and it is among the lowest in the world,” he said.

Bhushan said that Case Fatality Rate (CFR) is continuously declining. “It was 2.15 per cent in the first week of August. It now stands at 1.70 per cent compared to the global average of 3.04 per cent,” he said.

“In India, 53 deaths

per million population have been recorded. The number of deaths per million population is 500 to 600 in coun-tries with which we are compared. Doctors, paramedics, hospital support staff have a great contribution in this,” he added.

Tests per million population is continu-ously increasing, Bhushan said. “Tests per million population was 26,016 on August 24 and it is 36,703 now,” he said.

Health workers conduct COVID-19 Rapid Antigen test of shopkeepers, in Srinagar on Tuesday.

5 states account for 70% of deaths, 62% of active casesNew Delhi: Five states - Maharash-tra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu - account for nearly 70 per cent of deaths due to COV-ID-19 in the country, Union Health Minis-try said on Tuesday.

Addressing a press conference here, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said 37.14 per cent deaths have been reported from Maharashtra, 10.89 per cent from Tamil Nadu, 8.98 per cent from Karnataka, 6.17 per cent from Andhra Pradesh and 5.46 per cent from Ut-tar Pradesh. “Five states namely Maha-rashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu account for 70 per cent of deaths due to COV-ID-19 in the country,” he said.

Of the 1,133 COV-ID19 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, Maharashtra ac-counts for 423 deaths, he said.

Bhushan said these five states also account for 62 per cent of total active cases in the country. He said Maharash-tra accounts for 27 per cent of the total active cases, Andhra Pradesh 11 per cent, Karnataka 10.98 per cent, Uttar Pradesh about seven per cent, and Tamil Nadu around six per cent. As many as 14 states/UTs have less than 5,000 active COV-ID-19 cases, he said.

Complaints from states about people becoming lax: VK PaulNew Delhi: Highlight-ing repeated com-plaints from states that people are becoming lax in taking precau-tions against COV-ID-19, the Centre on Tuesday said following public health measures like social distancing and wearing masks re-mains key to slowing the pandemic.

Addressing a press

briefing, NITI Aayog member V K Paul, who also heads COVID-19 national task force, stressed on the impor-tance of testing in con-taining the pandemic.

“People should not be afraid of getting tested. They should come forward to get themselves tested for COVID-19 if they have symptoms,” he said.

‘Impressive face cannot fetch him seats in double digit’Patna: Hitting back at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for launching a blistering attack on Lalu Prasad politically as well as personally, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav Tuesday said the JD(U) president’s “impressive face” can-not fetch him seats even in double digit if his party enters poll fray on its own. Yadav, who served as Kumars Deputy in the previous Grand Alliance gov-ernment, asserted that his Samata party could win just seven seats in the 1995 assembly elec-tions and again he could bag a meagre two seats in 2014 Lok Sabha polls when JD (U) fought in alliance with the CPI.

“His (Nitish Ku-mars) impressive face (pratapi chehra) can’t win for him seats in double digit if he fights on his own in his en-tire lifetime It is my claim and challenge,” Yadav said in a tweet. Kumar had Monday

while addressing JD(U) virtual rally made a scathing attack on Lalu Prasad and his family and highlighted comparative statistics to show the pace of de-velopment in Bihar during 15 years of “Pa-ti-Patni Raj” (Lalu-Rabri rule) and as much time under him since then. Kumar has

been on chief minis-ter’s chair since end of the RJD rule in No-vember 2005.

The JD(U) president had also taken a swipe at Tejashwi Yadav by refering seven sins as enumerated by Mahat-ma Gandhi who con-sidered “money with-out work” as a sin among others.

Schools allowed to reopen for Classes 9-12 from Sept 21New Delhi: The Health Ministry on Tuesday is-sued a standard operat-ing procedure (SOP) for a partial reopening of schools for students of classes 9 to 12 for taking guidance from their teachers on a voluntary basis.

The SOP follows Un-lock 4 guidelines of Home Ministry which came into effect from September 1. The Home Ministry had said that states and Un-ion Territories may permit up to 50 per cent of teaching and non-teaching staff to be called to the schools at a time for online teaching or tele-coun-selling and related work from September 21. It said that students of classes 9 to 12 may be permitted to visit their schools, in areas outside the contain-ment zones only, on a voluntary basis, for taking guidance from their teachers. —ANI

BMC serves Kangana ‘stop work’ notice on illegal construction

Mumbai: Brihanmum-bai Municipal Corpora-tion (BMC) on Tuesday has served a notice to actor Kangana Ranaut for alleged unauthor-ised construction in her office in Mumbai, men-tioning 14 violations in the notice.

Meanwhile, the Cen-tral Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has also reached her office today. The notice has been is-sued under section 354(A) of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation (MMC) Act. The notice has been served to stop the ongoing work inside the office premises and

produce the permis-sions for the unauthor-ised constructions.

Meanwhile, Kangana in a tweet asserted that the notice has been served to here to stop the leakage work on the premises.

“Because of the criti-cism that BMC received from my friends on so-cial media, they didn’t come with a bulldozer today instead stuck a notice to stop leakage work that is going on in the office, friends I may have risked a lot but I find immense love and support from you all,” Kangana tweeted.

Media persons outside Kangana Ranaut’s production house.

Tejashwi Yadav

SCATHING ATTACK ON LALU PRASAD

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Jaipur: Police have re-solved the petrol pump loot and murder case in less than 24 hours by ar-resting five people while it is still searching for one absconding culprit. Ac-cording to Vishwakarma police Vinit Singh, an em-ployee of Future Gener-ali Life Insurance, Ban-cassurance partner of AU Bank, is the master-mind of the whole misad-venture.

The assailants of pet-rol pump owner Nikhil Gupta, who was robbed and shot on Monday for a bag full of cash, were ar-rested by Nagaur police while they stopped a lux-ury car at a barricading on suspicion. On check-ing the police recovered cash from the car on

which they informed the Vishwakarma police who had alerted the po-lice across the state. The Vishwakarma police rushed to Nagaur and brought the suspects Chetan, Gautam and Ab-

hay to Jaipur who on questioning confessed to the crime. The assailants in preliminary question-ing revealed that it was Singh, who mastermind-ed the whole plan with inputs on deceased Nikh-

il Gupta’s routine of mov-ing with big cash on Mon-days. Chetan and Abhay procured the country-made pistol and cartridg-es from Uttar Pradesh. Police recovered Rs 2.86 lakh from them. Vinit

Singh has also been ar-rested.

It is noteworthy that Jaipur police Commis-sionerate efforts of try-ing to trace the bike used in the loot and murder didn’t bring in any re-sults. It then got busy scanning the CCTV foot-age to identify the cul-prits of armed robbery. It was suspected that the robbers might have es-caped out of city limits despite barricading so as per SOP, other districts were informed about the incident in Jaipur.

DCP East Pradeep Mo-han Sharma said that the accused first went to Kanakpura area after the robbery where they split the share. Later Gautam, Abhay and Chetan hired a luxury car and left for Nagaur.

Mumbai: Actor Rhea Chakraborty’s lawyer said after her arrest by the NCB on Tuesday that she was being hounded by three agen-cies only because she was in love with a man who was a “drug addict” and had “mental health issues”.

Chakraborty was ar-rested by the Narcotics Control Bureau in a drugs case linked to her boyfriend, actor Sush-ant Singh Rajput’s death.

“This is a complete travesty of justice,” said her lawyer Satish Maneshinde.

“Three central agen-cies hounding a single woman, just because she was in love with a drug addict and a per-son suffering from men-tal health issues,” he added.

Rajput, who allegedly hanged himself at his Bandra residence here on June 14, had been been treated by five lead-ing psychiatrists in the city, Maneshinde claimed.

“But he ended up end-ing his life due to con-

sumption of illegally administered medicines and (also) used to con-sume drugs,” the lawyer said, adding that Chakraborty was pre-pared for the worst.

Chakraborty (28) was arrested under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act’s sec-tions 8(c) (sale, posses-sion or manufacture of banned drugs), 20(b)(ii) (possession or use of small quantity of banned drugs) and other relevant provisions.

Apart from the drugs case, she is facing an abetment of suicide case which CBI is prob-ing, and a related money laundering case being probed by ED. —PTI

5 held for pump loot & murder

‘RHEA HOUNDED FOR LOVING DRUG ADDICT WITH MENTAL ISSUES’

Four of the six accused in custody of Nagaur police.

Advocate Satish Maneshinde

First India Bureau

Jaipur: In yet another example of deteriorat-ing law and order in the state capital, a miscre-ant thrashed a man and opened fire in the air in the Sanganer area on Tuesday.

After a verbal spat, the accused identified as Kamal Singh at-tacked the victim with an iron rod and thrashed him badly. He also opened fire in the air. Police rushed the injured man to the hos-pital where his condi-tion is stated to be criti-cal.

The victim runs a ‘thela’ in Jagatpura area and had a mone-tary dispute with the accused. The accused, who has several cases registered against him, is on the run.

Man thrashes vendor, opens fireover petty issue in Sanganer

First India Bureau

Dhariyavad: SDM Kartar Singh on Tues-day had a narrow es-cape on Tuesday as the sand mining ma-fia tried to mow him down with an earthmover.

Kartar Singh was on his way from Dan-taliya village to Par-waliya village, on election duty, when he noticed illegal sand mining using a JCB and tractor in a river.

When the SDM ap-proached the JCB, it dangerously went away virtually sniff-ing the SDM’s vehicle.

When the SDM pur-sued the JCB, it at-tempted to mow the vehicle of the SDM more than once.

Later, trapped be-tween the govern-

ment officials includ-ing SDM Kartar Sin-gh, Education Officer Rammohan Meena, home guard jawan, the govt driver on one side and the river on the other side, the JCB fled from the scene.

Police have seized the JCB and are searching for the driver. It is notewor-thy, that a forest team too was attacked some time ago.

Mumbai: In the wake of the ongoing coverage by the Indian media in the investigation of the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, Cine & TV Artists Association (CINTAA) on Tuesday condemned the vilification of actors and film industry on national television.

“The news media, an integral part of the me-dia & entertainment in-dustry has been outra-geously vehement these

last few weeks, in attack-ing men and women from the actors frater-nity as if they are par-ticipants and instiga-tors in an alleged con-spiracy that has occu-pied headlines recently in the public domain,” the statement read.

MAHA PRIVILEGE MOTIONS AGAINST ARNAB, KANGANARuckus prevailed on the second day of the

monsoon session of the Maharashtra Assem-bly on Tuesday, after Shiv Sena moved a breach of privilege mo-tion against Republic TV’s MD and Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami. A similar motion was also moved against ac-tor Kangana Ranaut over her remarks com-paring Mumbai to Paki-stan occupied Kashmir in Maharashtra Legis-lative Council.

Sand mafia tries to mow down SDM

CINTAA condemns attack on film industry by ‘ill-informed debates, opinions’ in media

Actor Rhea Chakraborty being taken for medical examination after being arrested by NCB in drug case related to Sushant

Singh’s death probe in Mumbai on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI

S u s h a n t S i n g h R a j p u t D e a t h C a s e

SUSHANT’S SISTERS CHARGED WITH ABETMENT TO SUICIDE

Accused shared cash after driving for 13 kilometres

Hired Innova car and fled to Nagaur before being held

Mastermind also arrested, one accused still absconding

DID ‘FALL FROM GRACE’ GROUND PILOT AT RAJ BHAWAN?

Has former deputy chief minister

Sachin Pilot been ‘distanced’ from Governor Kalraj Mishra? The 79-year-old senior politician Kalraj Mishra had taken the oath of office on September 9last year and in the first six months, he gave equal significance to both Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and

Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot. The duo used to call on the constitutional head of the state with a difference of one or two days of each other’s meet, but for the book release function, Pilot was missing from the action while Chief Minister Gehlot will be at Raj Bhawan. Although Sachin Pilot is in New Delhi at the moment, but he is not listed to be present for the function. Have the times really changed for Pilot? —Kashiram Chaudhary

AKAL BADI YA MLA!

The recent spurt in Corona cases has troubled many in the

general populace who used to go out for work and other purposes. However, there are those who used to openly flout the norms and still managed to be saved from the power wielders simply because they are sitting Members of the Legislative Assembly. Well, over the past few months, and certainly during the political crisis, MLAs were at the center of the issue

and openly flouted the health protocol by not following social distancing and not wearing masks. They continued to hold public meetings and agitations, however, now they are scared of being infected as suddenly the cases have spiked. As a measure to safeguard themselves, several have stopped moving out while several others have started distancing themselves from ag-itations of the fear of corona. —Naresh Sharma

Mothers are like water and sunshine- They help us grow, prosper, bloom, flower and reach

great heights.

—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India

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Jaipur: British Author Andrew Harvey had once written, “Nothing that happens on the surface of the sea can alter the calm of its depths.” The quote stresses that the deep sea (root) is always calm, Inspite of the surface being ex-tremely agitated. But if anyone wants to

see the exact oppo-site of Harvey’s writ-ings, one need not go far, at least for those living in Rajasthan, since the state is go-ing through a period where there is calmmess on the sur-face, but the depths are in utmost tur-moil. To those ‘uniniti-ated’ in ‘Rajasthani Panchayati’ it would appear that after the month long rebellion

by Pilot camp, the High Command’s decision to bring him back to par-ty fold has been accept-ed ‘universally’. How-ever, the situation is hoplessly jumbled or rather in dire straits. While the party and certainly the earlier warring camps of Ge-hlot and Pilot, may claim that all is well, but political observers reveal that the battle lines are still drawn

between the camps even though the lead-ers of both the fac-tions have called it quits on the war and have joined hands publicly.

Take for example the recent birthday celebration of Sachin Pilot.

The rebel leader’s supporters, in a bid to show that he still en-joys massive support in the public, organ-ized blood donation camps across the state and collected a ‘record’ 45,000 units. While Pi-lot’s supporters took part in the ‘celebra-tion’ with vigour, Ge-

hlot camp legisla-tors main-

tained their ‘social dis-

tance’ from these camps. Moreover, even Pilot camp leaders did not give any place to their counterparts in Gehlot camp in the hundreds of posters pasted across the state. Interestingly, Pilot’s team members have even claimed that in-telligence wing offic-ers were posted at these camps in civil dress and not in police uniform to check on

the ‘political develop-ment’. Political observ-ers claim that this ‘un-dercurrent’ is the rea-son that the two groups will not be together since the divide be-tween them has been etched in stone and the previous ‘strong bond’ can’t be ‘cemented’ now. The main reason ... 102 Gehlot support-ers are in no mood to ‘pardon or accomodate’ 19 rebels!

Jaipur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asserted that not only Indian prod-ucts but India’s voice too is becoming more global with the world paying more attention to the country.

Inaugurating Patrika Gate in Jaipur and re-leasing two books au-thored by Patrika Group Chairman Gulab Kothari through a video conference, Modi said Indian media also needs to go global at a time when the country en-joys a “very strong pres-ence” at almost every international body.

“Our newspapers and magazines should have a global reputa-

tion. We should reach digitally across the world in this digital age. Indian institutions should give away liter-ary awards like they are given in different parts of the world. This is the need of the hour and necessary for the country,” he said.

The Prime Minister also lauded the coun-try’s media for serving

people in an “unprece-dented way” by spread-ing awareness on the COVID-19 pandemic and by analysing gov-ernment works and pointing out their shortcomings.

Though the media is also criticised at times, more so in this age of social media, but every-body needs to learn from criticism, he said,

adding this is what makes India’s democ-racy strong.

Praising Kothari’s books- Samvad Upani-shad and Akshar Yatra, for their attempt to pre-serve and promote Indi-an culture, traditions and philosophy, he hoped that the current generation which “de-pends on Google guru” will read them.

“In this age of text and tweet, it is more impera-tive that our new genera-tion is not weaned away from gaining serious knowledge,” he said, ask-ing people to keep a place in house for books and reading them in the same way they reserve some space for worship.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: A Governor has to work on basis of Constitution and the state government works for the all-round development of the state , said State Gover-nor Kalraj Mishra on Tuesday.

“With the coordina-tion of the Governor and the state govern-ment, all-round devel-opment of the state takes place in a better way,” Mishra said in the event held on comple-tion of his one year as Rajasthan Governor.

On this occasion, the book ‘New Thinking-New Dimensions’ was released by CM Ashok Gehlot & Speaker of legislative Assembly Dr

CP Joshi.The Governor said

that if he praises the state government for good works, then for any deficiency, he holds

a discussion with the CM separately. He said that he wants the over-all development of Ra-jasthan and wants to make Raj Bhavan of state an example for the country, so it has been decided, to build a con-stitution park here.

CM Gehlot said that sense of affinity in Gov-ernor Mishra is un-matched & he likes his out of the box thinking. The special guest of the function Dr Joshi said that Governor Mishra is a guide to the state. The state is progressing due to his inspiration.

‘Patrika Gate will attract locals, tourists alike’

‘Guv has to work according to Constitution’

Indian institutions should give away literary awards like they are given in different parts of the world, PM Modi said

Prime Minister Narendra Modi releases two books written by the Chairman of Patrika Group of Newspapers, via video conferencing in New Delhi on Tuesday. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Governor Kalraj Mishra were also present in the programme virtually.

AVINASH PANDE @avinashpandeinc

#Bihar_Kranti_Ma-hasammelan

The Bihar Kranti Ma-hasammelan (Virtual) was today a conclave

of revolution in Shivhar to highlight anti-people policies

in Bihar.

Once bitten, twice ‘hurt’?

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Ajmer divi-sion, comprising four districts with diverse political equations, will be the first divi-sion, the AICC Gen-eral Secretary In- charge for Rajasthan, Ajay Maken will take up for holding meet-ings with party lead-ers to get their feed-back on various is-sues pertaining to the party.

Maken reached Jaipur on Tuesday night. He will be trav-elling to Ajmer today. Moreover, Maken may face differences among leaders, particularly from Ajmer and Na-gaur districts, during his visit to the division on Wednesday.

Congress leaders from Ajmer, Ajmer rural, Bhilwara, Tonk and Nagaur units will meet Mak-en, who was appoint-ed as the new AICC General Secretary In- charge for Rajasthan last month after Sachin Pilot ended his rebellion against the Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s lead-ership, following as-surance from the party High Command to look into the issues raised by him.

Pilot has been a

member of parlia-ment from the Ajmer constituency once, from 2009 to 2014 and he enjoys the support of several local lead-ers there. His current assembly constituen-cy (Tonk) too falls un-der the Ajmer divi-sion, but it is not clear whether he will at-tend Maken’s meeting or not.

Moving ahead to-wards the assurance given by the party leadership to the for-mer Deputy Chief Minister, Maken de-cided to hold division level meetings with

the party leaders to know the ground real-ity.

There is a clear di-vide between Ashok Gehlot camp and Sachin Pilot camp in Ajmer congress while health minister Raghu Sharma has another group of lead-ers, in which Deepak Hasani is a prominent one.

Mahendra Singh Ralwata, Hemant Bhati, Kamal Bacolia are considered close to Pilot. Sindhi lead-ers too are divided into two factions.

Since Pilot is the former PCC presi-dent, the party func-tionary of Ajmer too was close to Pilot.

Ajmer has been a BJP bastion for years and both the assembly constituencies in the city too are held by the saffron party MLAs. It was Pilot who steered Congress and won the Ajmer LS seat in 2009 with a massive margin. Since then, he has his own team there.

The Ajmer rural unit of the party is also divided in fac-tions of regional lead-ers. Health minister Raghu Sharma, who has also been Ajmer MP, is the prominent leader here.

Maken to meet Cong leaders in Ajmer today

WORDS OF WISDOM

CM Ashok Gehlot, Governor Kalraj Mishra, Assembly Speaker Dr CP Joshi release a book ‘New Thinking-New Dimensions’ during the event held to celebrate Mishra’s one year as Raj Governor.

Ajay Maken

CCCTHE SCHEDULE

New Delhi: China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has con-firmed that 5 men missing fromArunachal Pradesh have been found by their side, Union Min-ister Kiren Rijiju said.

“China’s PLA has re-sponded to the hotline message sent by Indian Army. They have con-firmed that the miss-ing youths from Arunachal Pradesh have been found by their side. Further mo-dalities to handover the persons to our au-thority is being worked out,” Rijiju said in a tweet. China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has abducted five boys from Upper

Subansiri’s Nacho re-gion in Arunachal Pradesh, Congress MLA Ninong Ering had claimed on Satur-day and appealed to De-fence Minister Rajnath Singh to ensure their ‘safe return’.

“Five boys have been abducted by China’s People’s Liberation Army from the Upper Subansiri area. Doing something like this

while Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is in Russia meeting his Chinese counterpart, sends a very wrong message to the people here. Arunachal Pradesh is a very spe-cial part of our coun-try where people are welcomed with ‘Jai Hind’ and slogans praising Bharat Mata,” Ering had said in a self-made video.—ANI

5 missing Arunachal men found by China side: Rijiju

Kiren Rijiju

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For this, the state gov-ernment is making every effort with the expansion and strengthening of med-ical facilities, but the infection of this pan-demic can be prevent-ed only through every-one’s participation.

He appealed to the people of the state to wear masks, maintain social distancing, avoid crowded areas, keep social interac-tions to a minimum, leave home only when needed and maintain all other health proto-cols with full respon-sibility.

Gehlot said social distancing and ad-

herence to health protocols are the main measures to prevent the rising in-fection of Covid-19. For this purpose, ac-cording to the advice of doctors, the Chief Minister has decided not to meet anyone for the next one month. During this time he will partici-pate only through video conference.

It is worth noting that in the past few days, about 40 per-sonnel and police personnel associat-ed with the Chief Minister’s security have been found in-fected at the Chief Minister’s residence and office.

Follow COVID-19 Protocols: CM Gehlot

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ou would have heard a saying that goes like, “Never ask a woman why she is late, if she is wearing winged eyeliner.” This quote is true to

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Various stunning beauties in the Bollywood industry have been nailing the winged eyeliner look at different events, for ages. The trend of ‘winged eyeliner’ initially started with Cleopatra’s beau-ty routine, as it was believed by the Egyptians as a way to ward off the ‘evil eye’. It was also believed that the more

the makeup, the higher your status. This style later made way into Bollywood in the 1940s, followed by Hollywood in the 1950s.

Winged eyeliner never fails to give a ‘retro’ touch to the entire look. In Bollywood, peo-

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3. Fill in the blank space between the lines and voila, you have a perfect winged eyeliner.So go out there, level up

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YOUR DAYHoroscope by

Saurabbh Sachdeva

LEOJULY 24 - AUGUST 23

You love you spouse and he/she is your strength but people can only motivate you and support you, its

you who needs to actions. You get impressed with people easily and sp. opposite gender. Outstanding genius mind leads to brilliant ideas which is what you’re good at.

LIBRA SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22

Some of you are not very much interested in studies and there is nothing to be ashamed about it, its

absolutely alright to be interested in several other things but studies so in life choose you path accordingly. A unique idea in your mind can get you noticed by high end people, on work.

ARIESMAR 21 - APR 20

On academic front, you sometimes feel left out not because of you lack something but because

you don’t like to approach people and talk, you have to get out of your comfort cocoon and thats the only way. Eating too much from outside right now could prove to be a issue.

SAGITTARIUS NOV 23 - DEC 22

You should never care about those who Didn’t care about you. This is an excellent time to showcase your

talents as not only you will get the recognition for it but also you will get rewarded. Eating right is important but sometimes its alright to treat yourself with something from outside.

GEMINIMAY 21 - JUNE 21

You are sometimes disrespectful to your elders and thats not a good thing. Catering to elders need is

what you specialise in. You are someone who is not easy to understand. Lack of patience kind of nature sometimes does good for you. You are always busy in your fantasy.

AQUARIUSJAN 21 - FEB 19

All that you like and love is manifested in your life somehow. You sometime form grudges against people

in heart and that is not good, even you must have made mistakes in life so learn to forgive and move forward. You have in-depth knowledge and you may have a career in teaching like.

TAURUSAPR 21 - MAY 20

s how nature will show its love towards you. A strong position that you hold shall not be misused for self

gain at the cost of other people’s gain. You may be confused about someone’s personality and this will make this person more interesting for you. You will like challenges.

CAPRICORNDEC 23 - JAN 20

Joining hands with someone for a social cause will be the best decision. Your problem will be

solved only if you have an spiritual inclination. You are a nice person but sometime misunderstood because of your introvert shy nature. Your love life will rekindle.

VIRGOAUG 24 - SEP 23

Your performance and improvement on academic front is remarkable and you will surprise everyone

in coming times too. You have a big heart when it comes to helping people in any way. The things that you had misplaced in the past will be found today, if you’re lucky.

CANCERJUNE 22 - JULY 23

You spend less and save more as a result of which you manage to accumulate wealth faster than others.

You kids are your life and you can do anything for them. Looking out for a friend is something everyone can learn from you. You are special and blessed in many ways in yoru life.

PISCESFEB20 - MARCH 20

Those compelled in terms of career must take a stand now and do what you desire not what is imposed

on you. You should plan out day right so that you don’t miss on anything. Promise made in relationship should be kept. Eventualities related to business can occur.

SCORPIOOCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22

You are a devoted person and you dedicate yourself completely to any task. In business to be one step

ahead always and to be clever with your moves is a mandatory. On academic front, you will be among topper in coming time. You love is pure and selfl ess for world.

From Footpath to the SILVER SCREEN

mit Sadh found his first break on television. His first major role was in Neena Gupta pro-duction’s Kyun Hota Hai Pyar-rr (2002/03), following which he appeared in a series of tel-evision soaps including Kohi-

noor (2006). There were also stints as a contestant on reality shows like Bigg Boss, Nach Baliye, and Fear Factor.

The 41-year-old actor lost his father at the age of 16, ran away from home, worked as a domestic helper, a secu-rity guard, an apparel salesman, and eventually lived on the footpath in Delhi. It’s this astounding career graph that makes Amit’s journey fascinat-ing. He had made his de-but on the silver screen with “Phoonk 2”, which had released on April 16, 2010. Later he also got sup- port-ing roles in the comedy Guddu Rang-eela (2015), and the political thrill-er Sarkar 3 (2017). Since then, he has been entertaining the audience with his versatility. Some of his notable roles include Omkar in “Kai Po Che!” and Raghubir Pratap Singh in Gold, A journalist in Super 30 and a business-man alongside Salman Khan in Sul-tan.

The former Bigg Boss contestant has also forayed into the digital enter-tainment space. He has featured in web series such as Breathe Crime Branch officer Kabir puts together the pieces of seemingly unconnected deaths of organ donors become determined to do whatever it takes to crack the case and deliver justice for the victims’ loved ones. Amit Barot, the patriarch of the ‘Barot House’ lives in a serene neigh-borhood in Daman with his family, of-ten suspecting his 9-year-old son to be the culprit behind all the killings, and makes a few failed attempts to kill the boy as punishment. He has hit the digital screens again with Avrodh: The Siege Within, in the role of Major Tan-go, the on-screen version of the real-life hero who spearheaded the 2016 surgical strike

The actor was also seen as the mid-dle-class husband in the Vidya Balan-starrer “Shakuntala Devi”, which is based on the life of the late mathemat-ics genius Shakuntala Devi. He is also a TEDx Speaker at TEDxPDPU where he spoke about his journey as an out-sider in the insider world.

GURMAN SINGHcityfirst@firstindia.co.in

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Folklore Rocks

Country singer Taylor Swift is still on top with her new music– and might be breaking an-

other record soon! The Cardi-gan singer’s latest studio al-bum, ‘Folklore’, remains at Number 1 on the Billboard 200 for the sixth week as of Sunday. The album in total has earned 90,000 equiva-

lent album units in the past week and now has the most

weeks at Number 1 since Drake‘s Views stayed on top

for 13 non-consecutive weeks back in 2016.

With her sixth week at Number 1, Taylor now cu-mulatively has 46 weeks at Number 1, tying Whitney Houston for most weeks on top of the chart by a wom-an in history. Adele has the next most weeks at Number 1 with 34. The Beatles command the overall record at 132 weeks. —Agency

Actor Sanjay Dutt has been in the news lately post he

announced a break from work ahead of

Sadak 2 release and said in a

statement that he will be un-d e r g o i n g some medical treatment. Post that, the news broke that the ac-tor has been diagnosed

with lung cancer and since then, he has been going in and out of hos-pitals. Amid this, his sister Priya Dutt and wife Maanayata Dutt have been by his side

and often are seen with the actor when he is heading to the hospital.

On Tuesday, however, wife Maanayata penned an inspiring note for Sanjay and shared a

cool photo of the Sadak 2 star. She urged him not to quit amid the on-going battle with lung cancer. She even used the lyrics of a song in her caption and men-tioned that one may have to go through bad days to get to the good ones in life.

Maanayata shared a photo of Sanjay and wrote, “Rukk jaana na-hin tu kahin haarke....kaanto pe chalke mile- nge saaye Bahar ke !!

—Agency

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Film!are Beauty founder Selena Gomez wants to make sure all her fans are safe, even while promoting her new movie, ‘The Bro-

ken Hearts Gallery’, which is premiering in select the-atres this week. The 28-year-old singer is an ex-ecutive producer for the movie, which stars Geral-dine Viswanathan and Da-cre Montgomery.

The movie centres on Lucy, a New York art gal-lery assistant who was dumped by her boyfriend, and after running into the same guy over and over again, teams up with him to create an exhibit for sou-venirs from past relation-ships. —Agency

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Cardi B came up with receipts after being the subject of American au-

thor Candace Owens‘ lat-est Twitter rant. Over the weekend, Candace claimed that Cardi was an “embarrassment” to Black people after she first supported and inter-

viewed Bernie Sanders in the upcoming Presiden-tial election. “Since most black people didn’t have the spine to admit that @benshapiro was 100% correct about @iam-cardib and how her music and platform contributes to the disintegration of black culture and val-

ues…here you go. #WAP #SundaySpecial,” Can-dace wrote, along with a video of her explanation.

Cardi caught wind of Candace‘s dig at her and her music and clapped back at her in a series of tweets. “Yes you are right I have the number 1 song & I have a huge platform

and I can make millions go vote to get the MAN THAT USED YOU,” she emphasized to Candace when she defended her beliefs. “I don’t want to argue with you, Candace. I really don’t have the time. I honestly just feel sorry for you.”

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That Glowy & Beautiful Smile

Tara Sutaria enjoys a mas-sive fan following despite being a few movies old for all the obvious rea-

sons. The actress made her de-but in Bollywood with the movie Student of the Year 2 in 2019. However, for the un-

versed, she has been a part of a few Disney shows

earlier like Big Bada Boom, The Suite Life

of Karan & Kabir, and others. It’s not only her acting skills but her impeccable style statement too that draws followers to the actress.

Meanwhile, as we speak of this, Tara Sutaria has recently shared a throwback picture on her Insta-gram handle that is worth a glimpse. The stunning diva looks all glowy as she opts for peachy and high-lighted makeup. Tara chooses a glossy pink lip shade and lets down her lus-trous hair to add further to the oomph factor. She also wears a silver choker to match her outfit. Moreo-ver, it is her beam-ing smile that

grabs our attention here. —Agency

SANJU, NEVER QUIT

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Taylor Swift Tara Sutaria

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Maanayata Dutt’s post

CITY FIRST

As the Investor Education and P r o t e c t i o n Fund Authori-

ty (IEPFA) stepped into its 5th year of opera-tion, on 7 September 2020, The Institute of Company Secretaries of India as a partner In-stitute of IEPFA, organ-ised a National Webinar on ‘Need for more Ro-bust Regulation for In-vestor Education and Protection’. On the oc-casion, the Chief Guest Rajesh Verma, Secre-tary MCA and Chair-man IEPFA, in his key-note address said, “In

its endeavour towards prompt citizen service delivery, IEPFA is fo-cusing on effective and timely griev-ance redressal mechanism along with strong finan-cial outreach pro-gramme. This will help

us create a robust eco-system for investor edu-

cation and aware-ness.” He also men-

tioned that IEPFA has settled 14000 claims in the last

three years and re-funded 72 lakh shares

having a market value

of more than Rs 450 crore and moved its claim settling process online.

Shri Manoj Pandey, Joint Secretary MCA and CEO IEPFA in his address highlighted the various achievements and the way forward by the IEPF Authority to-wards fulfilling the twin objective of its very establishment by firstly settling the claims of refund of ma-tured debentures, de-posits and unpaid divi-dends and secondly by organising mass educa-tion and awareness pro-grammes on investor education and protec-

tion in association with professional institutes like ICSI. He requested professionals to be part of good governance by availing the schemes floated by the Ministry and support the twin cause of Ease of Doing Business and Ease of Living to enable the county to become a global economic power.

Guest of honour, K. P. Krishnan, IEPFA re-search Chair at NCAER and former Skills Min-istry Secretary, said, “IEPFA should become a repository of the best database on Indian con-sumers investing in fi-nancial products. Intel-lectual work, empirical work backed by data on investor protection is what we need to do.”

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rudges and vices eat into your happy time. They rule our minds and reduce our ability to rea-son. Thus, you must have often felt that

you have spoken overboard when angry and regret your words later. Words are one of the most critical parts of your lives because they form your communication base. What you convey and how you say it plays a significant role in determining your re-lationships’ success. Right-fully said, words are like ar-rows- once shot, they cannot be withdrawn.

Have you wondered the root cause of grudges? It’s disagree-ment- disagreement with others who do not perceive a situation the same as you. While you may feel that you are right and being more sensible, the other per-son may feel the same. No one is deliberately wrong! The most rational thing to do at such a moment is to let go. Try to look at a situation from someone else’s perspec-tive. Or, simply agree to disa-gree. Put forth your thoughts courteously and give the same chance to another.

A common mistake we all make is to try and convince

others to think like us. Nah- that would only make the world boring. It is so essen-tial to have a free flow of di-verse thoughts and actions. We can accept what makes sense to us or trust your in-stincts. Even if you are wrong, you will learn some-thing new at the right time.

Our beliefs- judicial and re-ligious- influence our rate of

tolerance and acceptance. But, what is the point of pray-ing to the Almighty only to return to shells of envy and grudges later? While deep self-analysis will help you identify your toxic traits, only the determination to bring change will help you cope.

Climbing our ego’s high walls will take us to a new world- the world outside our

stiff cocoons. It is full of pos-sibilities, acceptance, and freshness. Novelty guides that world where we are a lit-tle less critical of others. It is so important to internalize our energies and build posi-tivity around ourselves. Do you not agree with me? No worries! You may have a dif-ferent take on it that I’d love to know.

CRUSH ALL GRUDGES

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DURING THE DAY!

RAJASTHAN: Shri Krishna Balarama Temple of Hare Krishna Movement, Jaipur, opened after 6 months wait for the devotees to visit. The Chairman, Chanchala Pati Das said that in compliance with the protocol of opening religious places by the state government, the temple took all the safety measures. A thermal hand-washer and sanitizer were arranged at the entrance and exit.

RAJASTHAN: Fashion and Award Show organiser, Harish Soni from Jaipur organised the trophy launch of his upcoming National Level Award Show ‘Women’s Excellence Achievement Award (WEAA) Season 5’ in Delhi on Tuesday. In this award event, women working in different fields and who have created a different identity from their work have participated.

GUJARAT: On Tuesday, a bird was seen flying over a backdrop of silhouette colourful sky as rain has stopped from some days in Ahmedabad. —PHOTOS BY HANIF SINDHI

GUJARAT: An AMC Worker was seen spraying colours on street lights pole as part of the beautification of one of attractive and main street CG Road on Monday evening, in Ahmedabad city. —PHOTOS BY HANIF SINDHI

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Rajasthan - In Geetanjali Med-ical College and H o s p i t a l

Udaipur, all the com-plex operations and necessary treatments are going on by follow-ing all the rules, during the time of the corona epidemic. Surgeon Dr Kamal Kishore Bish-noi, Gastrologist Dr Pankaj Gupta, Dr Dhawal Vyas, and their team did untiring ef-forts and gave a new life to the 22-year-old resident of Barmer by relieving SPEN (Solid pseudopapillary epithe-lial neoplasm), a very rare pancreatic (Pan-

creatic) tumour.

22-year-old Rupa, a Barmer resident said that from the last 4 months, she was going through stomach ache, flatulence, complaints of constipation, diges-tive problems, and loss of appetite when prob-lems started increas-ing, she visited a local hospital of Barmer and

in the C.T. Scan re-port a tumour was detected in the pancreas. The lo-

cal doctor of Bar-mer referred her to

the Geetanjali Hospital. The patient is now fully healthy and was dis-charged by the hospital in just 3 days.

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Successful treatment

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In the ongoing Sunday series of online sessions organised by Ra-jasthan Progressive Writers Association (RPWA), Pavan

Jha, the noted music analyst and critic made a presenta-tion on the journey of Ra-jasthan’s music, and during which some vintage video clips were exhibited by him.

He said that technology has played a major role in preserving the voice of several artists in the past and we could have heard Meerabai’s singing as well if this

technique was available then. He presented an audio clip of the court singer of Jhalra Patan Rajdulari which was recorded in 1910.

Talking with Ish Madhu Talwar, General Secretary, RPWA, he

also discussed the music of Khemchand Prakash who evolved several innovative

methods to record his music and laid the foundation of the

golden period of film music in the fifties by his unforgettable composi-tion of an unusual three-word open-ing verse “aaega aane wala...” In the film ‘Mahal.’

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The Journey of Rajasthan’s Music

Robust Regulation

RAJASTHAN: President, High Court Employees Association Rituraj Sharma and Advocate Lalit Sharma greeted Jagdeesh Chandra on his birthday on 7 September, Monday.

GUJARAT: Police officers of the Vivekanand Nagar police station in Ahmedabad organised ‘Van Mahotsav’, a tree plantation drive to create awareness about the importance of growing more plants. Over 500 saplings were planted by personnel of the station and civilians during the occasion.