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1. WORKSHOP TO TAKE THE BENEFITS OF BUDGET
ANNOUNCEMENTS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC
CIVIL SOCIETY IS IMPORTANT IN
IMPROVING GOVERNANCE: GEHLOT
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot said on
Monday that civil soci-
ety and voluntary or-
ganizations have an im-
portant role to play for
the underprivileged
sections of the society
and understand their
ground needs. “These
organizations play an
important role in mak-
ing the schemes made
for public welfare by
the government, effec-
tive and useful. Civil
society also helps the
government to intro-
spect and review and
improve the plans, poli-
cies and programs of
the government. Impor-
tant steps like RTI,
RTE, MNREGA, food
security have been tak-
en in the country only
after the suggestions of
civil society
. Turn to P7
Those who deny the
importance of civil
society do not have
faith in democracy,
CM Gehlot said
Next budget will be
dedicated to youth,
students and women
COMMONWEALTH
GAMES 2022
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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, NEW DELHI & MUMBAI
SALMAN KHAN
GETS ARMS
LICENCE AFTER
DEATH THREAT
EX-ANDHRA
PRADESH CM’S
DAUGHTER DIES
BY SUICIDE
Mumbai: Actor Salman Khan has been
issued an Arms licence after he applied for
it for self-protection following threat letters
that he received recently. Actor & his father
got a death threat days after Sidhu’s death.
Hyderabad: K Uma Maheshwari, daughter
of late actor-politician NT Rama Rao
allegedly died by suicide on Monday. Uma
was found hanging from the ceiling fan in
her bedroom at her residence in Hyderabad.
Moni Sharma
Bhopal: A massive fire
broke out at a private
hospital in Madhya
Pradesh’s Jabalpur dis-
trict on Monday. The
incident took place at
New Life Multispecial-
ty hospital in Chandal
Bhata of Gohalpur po-
lice station area. 10 peo-
ple have been con-
firmed dead and three
are critically injured in
the fire, Allaiya Raja,
Jabalpur district collec-
tor said. Fire tenders
rushed to the spot and
the fire was brought un-
der control. “More than
a dozen people are also
injured. The dead are
being identified,” Ja-
balpur SP Siddhartha
Bahuguna said.
TRAPPED INSIDE!
Most of the people got
trapped inside as there
was only one way of
evacuation from the
hospital. Even the fire
brigade vehicles were
not able to control the
fire in the beginning.
Later, the dept had cut
the power connection.
FIRE BREAKS OUT AT A HOSPITAL IN MP
10PATIENTS
BURNTALIVE
Several injured as a massive
fire broke out in a private
hospital in MP’s Jabalpur district
MP government to provide
compensation of `5 lakh each
to the next kin of the deceased
Bill to ban funding of weapons of mass destruction passed
(Left) Smoke bellows after a major fire broke out at the Life Multispeciality Hospital at Damoh Naka, in Jabalpur on Monday. (Right)
Police personnel and firefighter inspect after a fire breakout in the Life multispecialty hospital at Damoh Naka.
ASSISTANCE BEING GIVEN
TO AFFECTED: PM MODI
CM CHOUHAN ORDERS
PROBE INTO FIRE INCIDENT
SUSPENSION OF 4 CONGRESS MPs
REVOKED, LS BACK TO BUSINESS
ACCUSED OF
`1 CR KICKBACK,
RAPE THREAT
MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan ex-
pressed grief over the loss of lives in
the accident. Chouhan
said, “In this hour of
grief, the bereaved
families should not
consider themselves
alone. The entire MP
and I are with them.
The state govt will
provide assistance
of Rs 5 lakh each to the next of kin of
deceased and Rs 50,000 to the seriously
injured. The govt will also bear the cost of
complete treatment of the injured.”
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday revoked the
suspension of 4 Congress members - Manickam
Tagore, Ramya Haridas, TN Prathapan and S Jothimani,
after seeking assurance from Oppn that they will not bring
placards to the House. Birla also warned that he will take
stringent action against those who violated rules, which
bars members from bringing any “exhibits” to the House.
ED has claimed that Raut
and his family have
benefited from money to
the tune of Rs 1.06 crore
— up from the Rs 83
lakh it earlier claimed. ED
has also accused him of
threatening a key witness
in the Alibaug land deal
with rape and murder.
Shortly after the tragic fire incident
reported at the New Life Multispeciality
hospital in Jabalpur,
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi expressed
his sorrow over the
tragedy. A tweet from
PM’s office read, “An-
guished by the loss of
lives due to a fire at a
hospital in Jabalpur,
MP. Condolences to the bereaved families.
I hope the injured recover at the earliest.
The local administration is providing all
assistance to those affected.”
I fully credit the people of India ...
even against adversity we are able
to stand up and be recognised as
the fastest growing economy.
—Nirmala Sitharaman, Finance Minister
Rescue operation underway after a fire
broke out at New Life Multispeciality
Hospital, near Damoh Naka in Jabalpur
on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
FM in LS: For 22 mths, inflation
was above 9 per cent in UPA govt
Arrested Sena MP Sanjay Raut
sent to ED custody till Aug 4
Mumbai: PMLA court
in Mumbai has remand-
ed Shiv Sena leader San-
jay Raut, who is being
probed in the Patra
chawl scam, in the ED
custody till August 4.
Judge said, “I am of the
opinion that ED custody
for the accused till Aug
4 will suffice.” During
hearing, Raut’s lawyer,
Ashok Mundargi, said,
“This, according to us,
is a political vendetta.”
New Delhi (ANI): Fin-
min Nirmala Sithara-
man on Monday said in
a reply to the debate
over price rise in the LS
that there is no question
of India getting into re-
cession or stagflation.
Hitting out at Cong she
said, “Efforts are being
made to bring down re-
tail inflation below 7%.
Inflation was in double
digits 9 times under UPA
govt. For 22 months, in-
flation was above 9% in
UPA govt.” More on P5
Nirmala Sitharaman attends
Monsoon Session of Parliament
in New Delhi on Monday.
Sena leader Sanjay Raut being
taken for a medical check-up by
the ED officials on Monday.
Raut was officially
held at 12.45 am on
Monday, liberty was
taken away at 7.30 am
SHEULI BAGS 3RD
GOLD FOR INDIA
DEVI CLINCHES
SILVER IN JUDO
BSE SENSEX 58,115.50 545.25 | NSE NIFTY 17,340.05 181.80
Several people died
and many
casualties were
reported in a fire
that broke out in a
private hospital in
Jabalpur. This is a
very painful
incident.
—Kamal Nath, Madhya
Pradesh Congress chief
MAHA GUV KOSHYARI APOLOGISES FOR
“GUJARATIS-RAJASTHANIS” REMARK
Maha Governor BS Koshyari apologised
for his “Gujaratis-Rajasthanis” remark
on Monday after facing widespread
pushback from all political parties.
Shushila Devi Likmabam got a
silver in judo 48kg final event.
Achinta Sheuli showed brilliant
moves in Men’s 73 kg event.
INSIDE CRUCIAL READ
BSF MARTYRS
CREMATED WITH
STATE HONOURS
GYANVAPI: ADV
OF MASJID
COMMITTEE DIES
GIRL BEHEADS
MINOR NIECE
WITH SWORD
WB CABINET
RESHUFFLE & 7
NEW DISTS SOON
Sikar/Barmer: BSF
Jawans of Raj who were
martyred in Congo, were
cremated on Monday with
state honours. Shishupal
was cremated in Sikar,
while Sanwlaram was
cremated in Barmer. P3
Varanasi: Lawyer repre-
senting the masjid com-
mittee in Gyanvapi case
died due to cardiac arrest,
family sources said here.
He was 62. Abhay died
on Sunday late night was
cremated on Monday.
Dungarpur: A minor
girl allegedly beheaded
her nine-year-old niece
Monday with a sword at a
village in Dungarpur with
family saying former was
“not behaving normally”
for 2 days, police said. P7
Kolkata: WB CM Mamata
Banerjee on Monday
said that a reshuffle was
on the cards, with 4 to
5 new faces in council.
West Bengal likely to get
seven new districts; total
will now be 30. P5
2 suspected cases of
Monkeypox in Raj
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: Two suspected
cases of monkeypox
have been reported in
Rajasthan. Both the sus-
pected patients are ad-
mitted to RUHS Hospi-
tal in Jaipur. One of
them is from Kis-
hangarh in Ajmer.
RUHS Superintendent
Dr Ajeet Singh said that
a young man was re-
ferred from Kishangarh
late on Sunday. “The
symptoms look like that
of chicken pox. Taking
precautions, patient has
been isolated,” he said.
KERALA HEALTH
MINISTER SAYS
NIGERIAN MAN IN
DELHI TESTS +VE
Thrissur: The Kerala
health dept on Monday
confirmed that the youth
who died on Thrissur on
Saturday had succumbed
to monkeypox. The re-
sults of the sample came
on Monday as positive.
New Delhi: A 35-yr-old
Nigerian man in Delhi and
having no foreign travel
history, has tested positive
for Monkeypox, total in-
fected in India are 6 now,
sources said on Monday.
The 5G spectrum auction ended with the
total bids amounting to over 1.50 lakh
crore over 40 rounds. Of the 72,098 MHz
of spectrum offered across 10 bands,
51,236 MHz, or 71 per cent, was sold. In the first year
will get a 13,365 crore payment for the spectrum. The
5G services could be launched by October.
—Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union minister
We have always
believed that
India will
become a lead-
ing economic power in the
world by adopting the power
of breakthrough technolo-
gies. This was the vision and
conviction that gave birth to
Jio. We will celebrate ‘Azadi
ka Amrit Mahotsav’ with a pan India 5G rollout. Jio
is committed to offering world-class, affordable 5G
and 5G-enabled services. We will provide services,
platforms and solutions that will accelerate India’s
digital revolution and make another proud contri-
bution to PM’s DIGITAL INDIA MISSION.
—Akash M Ambani,
Chairman, Reliance Jio Infocomm
5G spectrum auction: Reliance Jio top
bidder with `88,078 crore bid,says govt
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Telecom
minister Ashwini
Vaishnaw on Monday
said that Mukesh Am-
bani’s Reliance Jio has
emerged as top bidder
with a bid of `88,078 cr
while Adani group bid
stood at `212 crore.
CM Ashok Gehlot lent a patient ear to a man for 2 minutes during the
event at Birla Auditorium on Monday.Also seen here is Aruna Roy.
—PHOTO
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA
AADHAAR-VOTER ID LINK DRIVE TF PRICE CUT BY STEEP 12%
New Delhi: The ECI on Monday begins a campaign from
today to link voter ID cards with Aadhaar cards in several
states. Linking is being done to establish the identity of
electors and authentication of entries in the electoral roll.
New Delhi: Jet fuel (ATF) prices on Monday were cut by the
steepest ever 12 per cent,the second reduction after long,
on softening international oil prices.Rates of commercial
LPG was cut by `36 to `1,976.50 per 19-kg cylinder.
2. RAJASTHAN
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Pratap Singh Khachariyawas & ML Meena during the Jan Sunwai.
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: Thepublichear-
ing has started again in
the PCC headquarters
here from Monday
. Food
and Civil Supplies Min-
ister Pratap Singh
Khachariyawas and
Minister of State for Ag-
ricultureMarketingMu-
rariLalMeenaheardthe
grievancesof thepeople.
The Ministers heard
issues of transfers of
doctors from local Con-
gress leaders of Chomu.
Even the PCC officials
are not completely hap-
py about the transfers.
The ministers assured
them of looking into the
matter.
Inaconversationwith
media, Khachariyawas
attacked the BJP and
RSS over Kanwar Yatra.
On the issue of Kan-
war yatra, Khachariya-
was said, “There is no
ban on Kanwar Yatra
but BJP people are
spreading confusion.
BJP and RSS are plan-
ning riots sitting in
their offices. You have a
govt at the Centre, you
should be ashamed, you
ask permission to incite
riots on such roads
where permission can-
not be obtained”
‘NobanonKanwar
Yatra;BJP,RSS
tryingtoinciteriots’
BAN ON TRANSFER OF OFFICIALS
ASSOCIATED WITH PSKS CAMPAIGN
Jaipur: It may have been two months since the ban
on transfer posting was opened, but the govern-
ment has once again amended it and imposed a
partial ban. According to the orders issued by the
Department of Administrative Reforms and Coor-
dination, the transfer of all the officers-employees
associated with the campaign with the administra-
tion cities in the urban bodies in the state has been
banned. In urban bodies, there will be a ban on the
transfer of all the engineers, commissioners, ex-
ecutive officers, revenue officers, revenue inspec-
tors, town planners and clerks engaged under the
Prashasan Shehron Ke Sang campaign.
NEWS DIGEST
Jaipur: Oil and gas companies in the state have
reduced the price of LPG cylinders for
commercial use, although there has been
no change in the price of cylinders for
domestic use. The reduced prices will
be applicable in the market from August
1, 2022, i.e. Monday. LPG Distributors
Federation of Rajasthan general sec-
retary Kartikeya Gaur said that oil-gas
companies (IOCL, HPCL, and BPCL)
have reduced the prices of commercial
gas cylinders by Rs 36. After this reduc-
tion, a gas cylinder of 19 kg will be available in the
market for Rs 2002 instead of Rs 2038.
COMMERCIAL CYLINDER PRICE DOWN
BY `36, NO CHANGE IN DOMESTIC PRICE
Nodtohousingprojectsinoldtowns’vacantlands
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: The vacant
lands of old habitation
will be populated in a
planned manner for
which a big decision
has been taken. Approv-
al will be given under
section 69A of the Mu-
nicipal Act so that
planned development
can be done on the lands
of the old habitation
area in the cities. UDH
and LSG departments
issued orders in this re-
gard for the first time to
bring housing schemes
on vacant land in the
old habitation areas.
Due to the possibility
of issuing a large num-
ber of leases in Pra-
shasan Shehron Ke
Sang (PSKS) abhiyan,
the entire focus of the
state government is on
this. Apart from these,
many bodies have given
feedback to the govern-
ment that there are
many huge vacant
lands in these areas,
which are likely to have
unplanned develop-
ment in future.
According to experts,
the benefit of this order
is also likely to be given
to the members of the
former royal families
who have vacant lands
in these areas.
Leases will be issued
for temples built on
land up to 500 sqm in old
habitation areas.
Shun politics over Eastern Raj
CanalProject:MurariLaltoBJP
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: Minister of
State for Agriculture
Marketing Murari Lal
Meena said that the BJP
should not do politics on
the Eastern Rajasthan
Canal Project (ERCP) as
it is a major issue and
concerns people of 13
districts facing drink-
ing water problems. He
said that if need be, he
would go to New Delhi
and raise the issue.
In a special conversa-
tion with First India,
Meena said that the
state government is
committed to ERCP and
the Modi government at
the Centre must keep
its promise. He said that
CM Ashok Gehlot has
taken a big initiative by
making budgetary pro-
visions for the project.
Meena, while appreci-
ating the initiative of
BJP MP Kirori Lal Mee-
na in the matter, said
that in eastern Ra-
jasthan, everyone wants
ERCP. “The issue is be-
yond politics and should
not be seen through a
political lens,” he said.
Meena, reacting to
the rhetoric of the
MLAs who came to Con-
gress from BSP, said
that when they came
from BSP to Congress, it
was unconditional.
Murari Lal Meena
Woman
alleges rape
by Dattatreya
Ashram priest
First India Bureau
Jalore: A rape case
was registered
against the priest
and sadhvi of Bhag-
wanDattatreyaAsh-
ram located in Arva
Janaipura village of
Sanchore. The case
was registered on
July 27.
In the complaint
given to the police, a
woman has alleged
that in the name of
eradicating evil, the
priestof theashram,
Tagaram raped her.
Sadhvi Hemlata of
the ashram made a
pornvideo. Themat-
ter is being told of
February 19, 2022. In
this case, the state-
ment of Sadhvi
Hemlata has come,
where she claimed
themattertobecom-
pletely false. As per
thepolice, thevictim
has registered a case
of rape against Sad-
hvi Hemlata and
Tagaram.
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: Several wildlife
photographers were re-
warded for their master-
pieces at the Jaipur Ti-
ger Festival on Monday
.
Commissioner of Ra-
jasthan Housing Board
Pawan Arora honoured
the winners with prizes.
During this, PCCF Dr
DN Pandey
, Chief Wild-
life Warden Arindam
Tomar, State Wildlife
Board members Sunil
Mehta, Dhirendra God-
ha, JTF Trustee Anand
Agarwal and Chairman
Sanjay Khawad were
also present.
PawanArorasaidthat
the platform that JTF is
providing for wildlife
photographers is appre-
ciable. Arora also does
wildlife photography as
a hobby
. Two photo-
graphs clicked by Arora
were also displayed in
this exhibition.
Arora said that work
should be done towards
mobilising financial
resources for the up-
coming events of JTF.
For this a better option
may be to auction the
displayed photos and
add sponsors.
PCCF Dr DN Pandey
said that tiger conser-
vation and protection
of forests is very im-
portant.
Lensmen felicitated at Tiger Festival
FOR CAPTURING WILDLIFE
Pawan Arora presents award to Devansh Godha in the presence of (Left to Right) Dhirendra K Godha, Dr
SSAgrawal,Dr DN Pandey,ArindamTomar & Sunil Mehta on Monday. —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO
Avani,Paralympic gold
winner,gets plot lease
Ravi Jain hands over plot lease to Avani Lekhara on Monday.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Paralympic
gold medalist Avani Le-
khara got the lease of
the plot under the Nilay
Kunj scheme of JDA on
Monday
. JDC Ravi Jain
handed over the lease
of 225 sqm plot to Le-
khara under the Pra-
shasan Shehron Ke
Sang abhiyan.
The decision to allot
her plot was taken in the
169th meeting of the
JDA
’sLandandProperty
Disposal Committee and
on the approval received
from the government.
The plot lease was
prepared by the Zone
Deputy Commissioner
NareshSinghTanwarin
a short time. Lekhara
expressed happiness on
getting the lease. JDA
Secretary, Additional
Commissioner (LPC),
AdditionalCommission-
er (PRN), Zone Deputy
Commissioner and rela-
tives of Avani Lekhara
were also present.
Married woman alleges rape
by landlord, case registered
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A 36-year-old
woman from Shastri
Nagar has filed a report
alleging rape by her
landlord. The victim
said that taking advan-
tage of her husband’s
absence, the landlord
used to rape her. He has
been harassing her for
the last eight months by
blackmailing her with
obscene videos.
SHO Dilip Singh said
that the victim has
been living here on
rent with her husband
since July 2021. Her
husband is mostly
away from Jaipur be-
cause of his work. In
November 2021, when
her husband was away,
the landlord raped her.
He also made her ob-
scene videos and
threatened to kill her
husband if she told
anyone about it.
The landlord then
kept blackmailing her
by threatening to make
the video viral. Upset,
the victim told her hus-
band about the land-
lord after which the
matter was reported.
24-YR-OLD WOMAN BLACKMAILED, RAPED
FOR OVER SIX MONTHS BY NEIGHBOUR
Jaipur: A 24-year-old married woman was allegedly
raped by a man in her neighbourhood for the past
six months. The victim
registered a complaint at
Karni Vihar police station
on Sunday. In December
2021, when her husband
was away, the accused
came to her room from
the terrace and raped her.
He also made her obscene video and had been raping
her for the last six months by threatening to make the
video viral. He even threatened to kill her husband.
The victim is from Dhawas Karni Vihar. On July 19,
she was assaulted and raped again after which she
narrated her ordeal to her family members. Angry
relatives reached the police station with the victim
and registered a complaint.
Arjun Ram Meghwal meets President Droupadi Murmu at
Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Monday.
COURTESY MEET
BJP-CONG SLUGFEST OVER CM’S
TWEET ON ‘JODHPUR DROWNING’
For Sgnr victims, CM neither mentioned names nor any financial aid to families: BJP
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) and
Congress engaged in a
bitter war of words
over the tweets by Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
announcing compensa-
tion to the kin of two
victims of drowning in
Jodhpur.
BJP state president
Satish Poonia and other
party leaders on Mon-
day questioned CM
Gehlot for an-
nouncing compen-
sation to the kin
of two Muslim
victims of drown-
ing and not for a
Hindu family that
lostfivechildrenina
similarincident,and
allegeditreflectedhis
“vote-bank poli-
tics”.
There are certain cri-
teria for giving assis-
tance during a natural
calamity but the state
government has started
doing discrimination in
thisalso,DeputyLoPRa-
jendra Rathore said.
Refuting the claims
of appeasement poli-
tics, CM’s OSD Lokesh
Sharma slamed the BJP
leaders and said that
the assistance
provided to the affected
families has been given
as per the eligibility
. He
also said that the BJP
should stop misleading
the public.
“Stop spreading de-
lusions, this is the
truth: Out of 5 children
who died tragically in
Sriganganagar, the
families of 3 will
also be given assis-
tance of Rs 5 lakh
as per eligi-
bility un-
der the
Chiran-
jeevi Ac-
cident In-
s u r a n c e
Scheme,”
CM’s OSD
Lokesh
Sharma
tweet-
ed.
22 incident
commanders
appointed for
flood rescue
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Twenty two in-
cident commanders
have been appointed in
the district to help peo-
ple during the time of
floods or heavy rains.
Their work ranges
fromarrangingmilk,ra-
tion, and medicines in
the flood-affected areato
rehabilitationof thepeo-
pleanddrainageof rain-
water filled in the area.
This will be the first
time that incident com-
manders have been ap-
pointed for flood relief.
In the orders issued
byCollectorPrakashRa-
jpurohit, these incident
commanders include
RAS and IPS officers.
There is one RAS and
one RPS in each team.
This team will coordi-
natewiththelocalpolice
station, municipal cor-
poration, and the JDA
forhelpatthelocallevel.
SIX CHILDREN AMONG SEVEN
DROWN IN SEPARATE INCIDENTS
Barmer/ Sri Gangana-
gar/ Jhalawar: Six mi-
nors were among seven
people who drowned
in separate incidents
in three districts of the
state, police said on Mon-
day. In Barmer district,
Manidevi (26) and her
children Lalita (5) and
Ramkrishna (3) drowned
after falling into a water
tank in Chohtan area on
Sunday night. The police
said the woman jumped
into the tank to rescue
her drowning children,
but they all died in the
incident. In Srigangana-
gar district, Dev (10) and
Sunny (9) drowned by
slipping into a pond on
Monday. They had gone
to take a bath in the pond
under the Jawahar Nagar
police station area limits,
officials said. In Jhalawar,
two sisters drowned in
pond water while trying
to save their goat.
SDRF carries out rescue operation in Sri Ganganagar.
ACCUSATIONS OF VOTE-BANK POLITICS
Satish Poonia Lokesh Sharma
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MORTALREMAINSCONSIGNEDTOFLAMES
Martyr Shishupal Singh cremated
with full State honour in Sikar
A sea of people turned up in Barmer
to bid adieu to Sanwalaram Vishnoi
Govind Singh Dotasra, MP Sikar Swami Sumedhanand and other
public representatives pay tributes to Shishupal Singh in Sikar.
Family members of martyr Shishupal Singh bidding him final
farewell with salutes in Sikar on Monday.
A long procession travelled
around 70KMs from Barmer to
Vishnoi’s native village Band
in Gudamalani on Monday.
(Inset) Family of Sanwalaram
Vishnoi with tricolor.
Ramesh Sharma and
Mukesh Mathrani
Sikar/Barmer: Mar-
tyr Shishupal Singh
was cremated with full
state honour on Mon-
day as a huge crowd
gathered to bid adieu to
him. In his honour, an
18KM long tricolour
yatra was taken out
with flower showers at
various places. Raj PCC
head Govind Singh Do-
tasra, District Collector,
people’s representa-
tives, administrative of-
ficers and thousands of
villagers were present
on the occasion.
Singh’s father Jhabar
Mal, mother Parvati
Devi, wife Kamala Devi
were inconsolable. After
the guard of honour his
son,Prashantconsigned
him to flames.
In Barmer, a sea of
people turned up to bid
adieu to BSF man San-
walaram Vishnoi. Amid
intense sloganeering
along with locals, two
ministers of Gehlot cab-
inet, BSF personnel and
district admin officials
paid their last respect to
Vishnoi. Martyr’s elder
son Akshay and other
family members per-
formed the last rites.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Directo-
rate of Revenue Intelli-
gence (DRI) team has
arrested a smuggler
with 2.5 kg gold worth
`1.30 cr at the Jaipur in-
ternational airport.
The DRI team also ar-
rested his two aides
from outside airport.
The accused had
reached Jaipur by Air
Arabia flight. During
the search, an electron-
ic hammer was found
from his bag and 2.5 kg
of gold was recovered
in it. The two held from
outsidetheairportwere
to receive the smuggled
gold from the accused.
The DRI team pro-
ducedthethreeaccused
before the court from
where the court sent all
three to jail. DRI offi-
cials said that the ac-
cused landed at Jaipur
airportonJuly30at4.30
am. In the vigil the
smuggler was spotted
standing outside air-
port to take the gold.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In order to re-
duce road accidents,
the state government
has now constituted
District Level Road
Safety Committees in-
stead of traffic man-
agement committees.
The traffic manage-
ment committees have
now been abolished af-
ter directions from the
Supreme Court.
The Road Safety
Committee is that it
will no longer have the
Member Secretary of
the RTO or DTO Com-
mittee. Superintending
Engineer of the Public
Works Department has
been made the member
secretary of this com-
mittee. The committee
would solve the district
level traffic issues.
The committee
would include, Collec-
tor ex-officio Chair-
man, DCP and SP ex-
officio member, CMHO
ex-officio member, rep-
resentatives from Re-
gional Office of NHAI,
Project Director of
NHAI.
The District Level
Road Safety Commit-
tee will conduct scien-
tific research of road
accidents to ascertain
the cause of the acci-
dents in the district
and ways to minimise
such accidents.
New Delhi (FIB): Su-
preme Court on Monday
refused to intervene in a
Raj HC’s order which had
granted parole of fifteen
days to a life-term con-
vict to father of a child.
The high court’s ruling
was challenged in the SC
by the Rajasthan govt
last month. The state
gov, in its petition, had
contended that order has
opened flood gates and
that many convicts are
now applying for parole
on the same ground. The
Supreme Court today
asked the Raj govt to
approach the high court
with its concerns.
A bench of Justic-
es Sanjiv Khanna
and Bela M
Trivedi said
if any other
convict gets
furlough
on the same
ground and the Raj govt
has an objection to it,
then it can approach
the High Court. The top
court said it has reserva-
tions about some of the
observations made by
the Raj HC, but it will not
intervene in the matter.
On April 18, the Raj HC
gave parole to Nand Lal
— who is in Ajmer Cen-
tral Jail — after his wife
approached the court,
seeking that she be
allowed to have a child.
Citing “want of progeny”
she appealed that her
husband be granted
parole. She pleaded
that she has been
deprived of her
right to have
progeny, even
though she
has not done
any offence
and not
punished.
Jaipur (FIB): Rajasthan
High Court Bar Association
has written a letter to the
Legal Services Authority
and questioned the Lok
Adalats to be organized
on August 13 in all the
courts of the state by the
Rajasthan State Legal
Services Authority.
Bar Prez Bhuvnesh Sharma
and General Secy GP
Sharma said in the letter
that the Lok Adalats are not
being held smoothly. “With
the money spent on Lok
Adalats, many new courts
can be set up and cases
can be settled quickly,” they
said. The upcoming Lok
Adalat is proposed on Aug
13 and there is a public
holiday on the dates before
and after Aug 13. In such a
situation, the members/ad-
vocates and office bearers
of the Bar will not be able
to register their presence in
this Lok Adalat. Therefore,
this Lok Adalat should be
adjourned,” he said.
Jaipur: After all, for how
long will the SMS hospital
depend on the additional
charge? A year ago Dr
Vinay Malhotra was given
additional responsibility
of the hospital whereas Dr
Malhotra is already han-
dling the responsibility of
Super Specialty Centre. In
such a situation, Dr Mal-
hotra has been handling
two important respon-
sibilities for a long time.
Surprisingly, Dr Malhotra
has himself expressed
his pain. Despite that no
decision has been taken
so far. —Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad national secy
Hoshyar Meena said that the admission process in universi-
ties and colleges is going on, amid this even if elections are
held on August 26, even 50% of the students will not be
able to vote. In such a situation, students should be given
concession by extending the date. Meanwhile, a final warn-
ing has been issued to the outgoing office representatives of
the Students Union who have not vacated the student union
offices. According to Notice, if the student union offices are
not vacated by Tuesday, then the offices will be locked on
Wednesday by DSW. According to the rules, the university
admin had to get the office vacated by the end of session.
Jaipur: MP Dr Kirodi Lal Meena on Monday said that the
govt should make efforts for the protection of Amagarh, the
historical heritage of the Meena community. “For this, I have
also sent a letter to Cm Gehlot,” he said. Meena went to the
Shiva temple in Amagarh today and offered prayers. He also
hoisted the white colored flag of the Meena community with
Jai Meenesh written on it. The MP also targeted independent
MLA Ramkesh Meena, who was supporting Congress govt.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Two corona virus-
infected people died in Ra-
jasthan on Monday
, while
298newcasesof thedisease
were also reported in the
state in the last 24 hours, of-
ficials said. According to
anofficialof theHealthDe-
partment,thenewfatalities
are from Bikaner and Siro-
hi each. Officials said the
298 fresh cases raised the
COVID-19 tally to 12,94,575
in the state.
Udaipur: Mohanlal Sukhad-
ia University’s suspended
vice-chancellor Profes-
sor Amrika Singh filed a
petition in the Jodhpur HC
against his suspension. The
hearing was
to be held
on Monday
but it could
not due to
paucity of
time. Now
his petition
will be heard on the next
date. Singh has made
the governor a party in
his petition. Singh, in his
petition, said that he was
not given an opportunity of
hearing before suspension.
Besides, Singh did not get
relief even in the petition for
quashing the FIR against
him. The Jaipur High Court
adjourned his hearing till
August 4. An FIR has been
lodged against Singh by the
state government. Singh
has also moved an anticipa-
tory bail petition.
Jaipur: Minister Dr
Subhash Garg’s OSD Dr
Satendra Singh’s parked
car was stolen from
outside his apartment on
Sunday night. On Monday
morning, after the theft
was reported, the Airport
Police Station blocked
the road. SHO Hamen-
dra Sharma said that Dr
Satendra Singh lives in an
apartment in Siddharth
Nagar H-Block. Singh had
parked his car outside the
apartment around 10 pm
on Sunday. Police have
got no clue of the stolen
vehicle or the thief.
I am very hap-
py that the son
was martyred
in the United Nations
Peace Mission along
with the service of the
country. I also tell my
grandsons to serve the
country by becoming a
soldier. —Sanwalaram
Vishnoi’s father
My father gave more
time to his job than
us. After the martyr-
dom of Papa, we stayed in
Jaipur for 6 days, but no one
came to ask us. We were not
even told when the father’s
body would come. The mar-
tyrdom case in Congo should
be investigated.
—Kavita, Shishupal’s daughter
FAMILY ALLEGES GOVT OF INSENSITIVITY
Sikar: Family members of BSF head constable
Shishupal Singh Bagadia hit out at the govt
for allegedly not sharing any information with
them. Bagadia’s wife said my husband has made
supreme sacrifice but no one reached out to us
even Dotasra, despite this being his constituency
didn’t reach out to us. To which the Congress
leader replied that he was infected with
COVID-19 and was hospitalised, therefore he
could not visit her earlier. “The village school will
be named after the shaheed”, Dotasra added.
JUDICIARY
NEWS DIGEST
SUPREME COURT REJECTS GOVT PLEA;
MAINTAINS RAJ HC ORDER OF PAROLE
2.5 kg gold worth `1.30 crore
seized at Jaipur Int’l airport
BAR ASSOCIATION
QUESTIONS LOK
ADALAT ON AUG 13
DUE TO LESS STAFF
ADDITIONAL
CHARGE ‘PAINS’
SMS HOSPITAL!
ABVP NAT’L SECY ASKS TO POSTPONE
POLLS; DSW WANTS SU OFFICE VACATED
DR KIRODI DEMANDS PROTECTION OF
‘MEENA’s HERITAGE’ IN AMAGARH AREA
HC POSTPONES
HEARING IN
SUSPENDED MLSU
VC’s PETITION
MIN GARG’s OSD’s
CAR STOLEN,
COPS CLUELESS
Corona update
2 more die in state,
298 fresh cases
To reduce road accidents, State
Govt forms Road Safety Committees
Committees will
include collector,
PWD engineer and
police officers
Rajeev Gaur
Jodhpur: Chief Justice
of RajasthanHighcourt
SS Shinde said that the
Bar and the Bench are
complementary to each
other and justice can be
envisaged only with the
cooperation of both.
Whilespeakingatthe
farewell reference or-
ganized in the Court
Room in Jodhpur on his
retirement, Justice
Shinde praised both
Maharashtra and Ra-
jasthan and said that he
has leant a lot in life.
“One gets to see a
trulyuniqueconfluence
of ‘KhammaGhani’and
‘Padharo Mhare Des’.
Rajasthan has kept the
history alive through
forts or monuments,”
he said. Justice Shinde
advised the new advo-
cates to do hard work
and learn more. He said
that judicial officers in
the state are doing bet-
terworkwhiletheylack
adequate facilities, and
are trying to dispose of
the cases.
In the farewell refer-
ence, senior judge MM
Srivastava read the ref-
erence first, followed by
Advocate General MS
Singhvi on behalf of
the state. Several judges
of the high court were
present during the cer-
emony
.
On the other hand,
NHAI and Jodhpur Pol-
lution Control body or-
ganised a plantation
drive outside the high
court. Justice Shinde
launched the drive by
planting a Himalaya
fan palm.
BAR AND BENCH ARE COMPLIMENTARY TO
EACH OTHER, SAYS OUTGOING CJ SS SHINDE
After the retirement of
Chief Justice SS Shinde,
speculations have started as
to who will be the next chief
justice of Rajasthan. Against
the 50 sanctioned posts of
judges in Rajasthan HC, only
27 judges are working at pre-
sent. By the end of this year,
Justice Rameshwar Vyas will
retire on September 10 and
Justice Prakash Gupta on
November 10.
SPECULATIONS OVER
NEXT CHIEF JUSTICE
Justice SS Shinde planting a
tree at Jodhpur on Monday.
RAJ BRAVEHEARTS MARTYRED IN CONGO
4. Bharti Airtel is the second
biggest bidder in the 5G
spectrum action. Reliance
Jio is the biggest bidder
accounting for 58.65% of the
total valued at Rs 1,50,173
crore. “Airtel is delighted
with the results of the 5G
auction. This spectrum
acquisition at the latest
auction has been a part of a
deliberate strategy to buy
the best spectrum assets at a
substantially lower relative
cost compared to our
competition,” Gopal Vittal,
MD CEO, Bharti Airtel,
said in a statement
5G
he fifth generation (5G) tele-
com services are likely to be
launched in India by October
this year as the government
on Monday successfully com-
pleted the spectrum auction
mopping up over Rs 1.50 lakh
crore in bids by four compa-
nies including Reliance Jio,
Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea
and Adani Data Networks.
Union Minister of Com-
munications, Electronics
and Information Technology
Ashwini Vaishnaw said the
allocation of the spectrum to
the successful bidders would
be done by August 10 and the
5G services are likely to be
launched in the country by
October this year. “Auction
has been completed and in
the next few days, till August
10, all formalities including
approving and allocating the
spectrum will be done,” he
added.
It seems we would be able
to launch 5G in the country
by October. The ongoing 5G
spectrum auction indicates
that the country’s telecom
industry has come a long way
in 5G advancements. Better
availability of spectrum will
improve the quality of tele-
com services in the country
.
“Jio’s 5G solution is made
in India, by Indians and to
suit the need of every Indian.
Jio is fully ready for 5G roll-
out in the shortest period of
time because of its nation-
wide fibre presence, all-IP
network with no legacy infra-
structure, indigenous 5G
stack and strong global part-
nerships across the technol-
ogy ecosystem,” Reliance Jio
said.
The total cost of acquiring
the right to use the above
technology agnostic spec-
trum for a period of 20 years
is Rs 88,078 crore. As per
terms of the spectrum auc-
tion, the spectrum payments
have to be made over 20
equated annual instalments,
with interest computed at 7.2
per cent per annum.
“Jio has acquired a unique
combination of low-band,
mid-band and mmWave spec-
trum, which coupled with
our deep fibre network and
indigenous technology plat-
forms, will enable us to pro-
vide 5G Everywhere and 5G
For All (consumers and en-
terprises),” the company
said.
Through this acquisition,
Jio’s total owned spectrum
footprint has increased sig-
nificantly to 26,772 MHz (up-
link + downlink), which is
the highest in India.
“5G technology is the revo-
lution that can alter India’s
manufacturing, services and
several other sectors. We re-
main fully committed to the
Government’s Digital India
vision and will continue to do
what is needed to ensure that
India becomes a beacon for
the world in terms of tech-
nology,” Vittal said.
—WITH INPUTS FROM ANI
T
MONI SHARMA
The writer is Editor, News
at First India
ROLLOUT
LIKELYBYOCTOBER;
SPECTRUMALLOCATION
SOON!
RELIANCE JIO
INFOCOMM LIMITED
Bids worth
`88,078 crore
accounting for
58.65% of the
total value of
`1,50,173 crore received in
auction. Bids made to ac-
quire 24,740 MHz spectrum
in 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 1800
MHz, 3300 MHz and 26 GHz.
BHARTI
AIRTEL
Bids worth
`43,084 crore
to acquire
19867.8 MHz
spectrum in 900
MHz, 1800 MHz, 2100MHz,
3300 MHz and 26 GHz fre-
quency bands.
VODAFONE IDEA
LIMITED
Bids worth
`18,799 crore
to acquire 6,228
MHz spectrum
in 1800 MHz,
2100 MHz, 2500 MHz, 3300
MHz and 26 GHz.
ADANI DATA
NETWORKS LTD.
Bids worth `212
crore to acquire
400 MHz spec-
trum in 26 GHz
frequency band.
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Those who cling to
perceptions and views
wander the world
offending people.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
With 14 medals including 7 Golds
(of which 5 were won by women
athletes) and a Gold in Greco Roman
after 32 years, India’s performance
at the Cadet (U-17) World Wrestling
Championship has been the best ever.
India has also topped the medals tally.
Congrats to our contingent.
Jyotiraditya M. Scindia
@JM_Scindia
A welcome decision has been taken by
the popular Chief Minister of Madhya
Pradesh Shri @ChouhanShivraj ji
to increase Dearness Allowance
from 31% to 34% in the interest of
more than 7.5 lakh employees of the
state. Heartfelt gratitude to the Chief
Minister for the decision benefiting the
government employees.
TOP TWEETS
ECONOMY SAFE,
SAYS EX-GUV OF
RBI, FM ALLAYS ALL
FEARS OF INFLATION
day after former Re-
serve Bank of India’s
Governor Raghuram
Rajan allayed fears of
Indian economy go-
ing the Sri Lanka and Pakistan
way
, Finance Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman tabled data of the
economy’s sector-wise perfor-
mance to dismiss fears of the
economy slipping into either in-
flationorstagflation.Responding
to the demand for discussion on
inflation in Parliament, the fi-
nance minister said that her ef-
fortsweretobringinflationbelow
7 percent and enumerated meas-
ures the government and the RBI
have taken in that direction.
Lauding the Indian central
bank RBI Rajan said, “The RBI
has done a good job in increas-
ing the reserves. Our foreign
debts are also less.” Low foreign
debt and high Forex reserves
make Indian economy resilient,
Rajan said. In the past Rajan
was critical of the way the econ-
omy was being handled. This
praise was used by Sitharaman
to chide Congress members who
have been constantly raising the
issue of price rise. Walking out
was the best option for them.
A
rime Minister
Narendra Modi
said “Ease of Jus-
tice” is as impor-
tant as Ease of
Doing Business and Ease of
Living in the 75th year of in-
dependence being celebrated
as Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav
as he urged the judiciary to
expedite the release of un-
dertrials confined in various
prisons. Release of under-
trial prisoners is not the re-
sponsibility of the judiciary
alone. States must also take
their share of the blame.
The Supreme Court has
been repeatedly emphasiz-
ing the importance of bail
not jail. The PM’s exhorta-
tion to the judiciary came a
week after the Supreme
Court issued a stern warn-
ing to Uttar Pradesh where
hundreds of one-time offend-
ers have been languishing in
jails for over ten years de-
spite the Apex Court’s or-
ders. A bench of Justices SK
Kaul and MM Sundresh held
both the state government
and the Allahabad High
Court responsible for being
insensitive to the plight of
undertrials and warned that
it “will pass a blanket order
granting bail”. The court
asked the UP government to
furnish details of undertri-
als in jail.
Even Chief Justice of In-
dia NV Ramana recently
said that the judiciary
should expedite release of
undertrials awaiting legal
aid and urged that “modern
technological tools should
be used to enhance the pace
of justice delivery”.
Out of 6.10 lakh prisoners
in the country nearly 80 per-
cent are undertrials. Their
continued presence in jails
slows down the criminal jus-
tice system. The slow justice
delivery mechanism adds to
the pile of cases pending be-
fore the courts. Being mostly
from the lower strata of soci-
ety these under-trials have no
access to legal aid.
FREEDOM AWAITS
JAIL INMATES
Even Chief Justice of India NV
Ramana recently said that the
judiciary should expedite
release of undertrials awaiting
legal aid and urged that
“modern technological
tools should be used to
enhance the pace of
justice delivery”
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‘Centre moving ahead to make
India global drone hub by 2030’
New Delhi (ANI): The
government has under-
taken a series of reform
measures to make India
a global drone hub by
2030, Minister of State
for Civil Aviation VK
SinghtoldtheRajyaSab-
ha on Monday
. Giving a
written reply to a query
by BJP MP Narhari
Amin, the minister said
some of the measures
include the step to notify
LiberalisedDroneRules,
2021 on August 25, 2021.
Drone Airspace Map
was published on Sep-
tember24lastyear,open-
ing up nearly 90 per cent
of Indian airspace as a
greenzonefordronesfly-
ing up to 400 feet, said
Singh. “Production-
LinkedIncentivescheme
for drones was also noti-
fiedonSeptember30last
year and UAS Traffic
Management Policy
Framework was pub-
lished on October 24 last
year,” he said.
Amonetarygrantpro-
grammeforagricultural
drones was announced
on January 22 this year,
andallapplicationforms
under Drone Rules, 2021
were also made online
on the Digital Sky Plat-
form on January 26.
MoS VK Singh says govt has already made various rules policies in this direction
MoS for Civil Aviation VK Singh
MINISTERS HIT OUT AT OPPN
OVER DISRUPTIONS IN PARL
New Delhi (ANI):
After witnessing two
repeated adjournments
in both Houses of
Parliament over ruckus
created by Opposition
leaders on various
issues, Union ministers
Piyush Goyal and Pral-
had Joshi expressed
their concerns over
Parliament not being
allowed to function
normally. Piyush Goyal
said, “The Central Gov-
ernment was ready from
the first day to discuss
about inflation. ”Piyush
Goyal said that the
Opposition is not letting
the House run. Goyal
added that Opposition
MPs should express
regret about whatever
they have done. Pralhad
Joshi, too, expressed
his concerns in the
matter and objected to
protesting with placards
in the Parliament.
Amid protest by opposition, both Houses adjourned; Union
Cabinet calls meet on Tuesday.
BENGAL BJP MPS PROTEST OVER
SSC RECRUITMENT SCAM
Kolkata: West Bengal
BJP MPs protested
against Chief Minis-
ter and TMC supremo
Mamata Banerjee on
Monday during the ongo-
ing Monsoon Session of
Parliament over alleged
participation of former
state minister Partha
Chatterjee in SSC recruit-
ment scam. They shout-
ed “thieves” at Mamata
Banerjee and TMC. On
July 23, Enforcement
Directorate detained Par-
tha Chatterjee, who was
also secretary-general
of Trinamool Congress,
as part of an inquiry into
the teacher recruitment
fraud.
BILL TO EXTEND DOMESTIC LAWS TO ANTARCTIC RESEARCH STATIONS
New Delhi (PTI): Parlia-
ment on Monday passed
a bill which seeks to
extend the application of
domestic laws to research
stations set up by India
in the Antarctic region.
The Indian Antarctic Bill,
2022, piloted in the Upper
House by Earth Sciences
Minister Jitendra Singh,
was passed with a voice
vote after a brief discus-
sion amid a protest by
Opposition on various is-
sues, including the arrest
of Shiv Sena MP Sanjay
Raut. The House rejected
several amendments
moved by Opposition,
including for sending the
bill to a select committee
of the RS for scrutiny of
the proposed legislation.
Rashtrapatni: HM urged
toactagainstCong’sAdhir
New Delhi (PTI): A
group of women acade-
micians and former of-
ficers Monday wrote to
Home Minister Amit
Shah, demanding action
against Congress leader
Adhir Ranjan Chowd-
hury for his controver-
sial ‘rashtrapatni’ refer-
ence to President Drou-
padi Murmu so that
such “sexist and outra-
geous” behaviour is not
repeated.
Sensibilities of every
single parliamentarian
were outraged by
Chowdhury’s comment
and every patriotic In-
dianfelt“anguishedand
furious over this kind of
insult shown to a female
head of the entire Indi-
an nation,” they said in
an open letter to the
minister.
The 51 signatories to
theletterincludeformer
IAS officers Gauri Ku-
marandKRatnaprabha,
former Jharkhand DGP
Nirmal Kaur, former
Central Board of Direct
Taxes chairperson Sud-
ha Sharma, former
CBDT member Saroj
Bala and Chaudhary
Charan Singh Universi-
ty Vice Chancellor Sang-
eeta Shukla.
As his remark made
last week triggered a po-
litical storm with the
BJP raising the issue in
Parliament and attack-
ing the Congress leader-
ship,ChowdhuryFriday
tendered a written apol-
ogy to Murmu.
He said he mistakenly
used the incorrect word
for the President and
that it was a slip of
tongue. In their letter,
the signatories, which
also included veterans
and former ambassa-
dors, noted that MPs be-
longing to different po-
litical parties have de-
mandedanuncondition-
al apology from him for
demeaning the Presi-
dent who is the first
tribal to hold the office
and also hails from a
poor family
.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrives at Parliament during
Monsoon Session, in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
WOMEN ACADEMICIANS WRITE TO SHAH
IN THE COURTYARD
SC ADJOURNS PLEAS CHALLENGING
EXTENSION OF TENURE OF MISHRA
New Delhi (ANI): The SC on Monday adjourned for
Tuesday, a hearing on various petitions challeng-
ing the extension of the
tenure of Sanjay Kumar
Mishra as director of the
Enforcement Directo-
rate. A Bench headed by
Chief Justice of India NV
Ramana said it will hear the plea on Tuesday. The
court directed the registry to figure out the correct
order of the filing of the petitions. Advocate ML
Sharma said he had filed this petition last year and
asked who will be the lead petitioner then, the one
who filed it first or the one who filed it last.
HAVE TO LOOK AT
HUMAN SIDE OF
JUSTICE: TOP COURT
New Delhi: The
Supreme Court on
Monday asked the
central government
to consider grant of
disability pension to a
soldier, discharged on
disciplinary grounds
due to alcohol depend-
ency. A bench headed
by justice D.Y. Chandra-
chud emphasised that
a humanitarian view
should be taken in the
matter.
TEESTA SETALVAD
MOVES TO GUJARAT
HC FOR BAIL
Ahmedabad: After an
Ahmedabad sessions
court on July 30 refused
to grant bail to Mumbai-
based activist Teesta
Setalvad, who is facing
charges of conspiracy
and fabrication of evi-
dence, moved the Gujarat
High Court on Monday
with a bail plea. Setalvad
and Sreekumar, both in
judicial custody, Sreeku-
mar is yet to move High
Court with a bail plea.
Bengaluru: As the in-
vestigation into the BJP
worker Praveen Netta-
ru’s murder case contin-
ues, Karnataka CM Ba-
savarajBommaionMon-
day said that the case
will be handed over to
the National Investiga-
tion Agency (NIA) soon.
“The police have been
given a free hand in the
investigation of the
PraveenNettarumurder
case.Theinvestigationis
in progress. The killers
would be nabbed very
soon,”CMBommaisaid.
He said the process to
hand over the investiga-
tion to the NIA is on.
“Technical and paper-
work is in the process,”
he said.
“The NIA has already
been intimated infor-
mally
. They are engaged
in gathering prelimi-
nary information in
MangaluruandKerala,”
Bommai said.The CM
saidthatheplanstosoon
visit the families of
Masood and Fazil in Bel-
lare village and Su-
rathkalrespectively
. The
two were also killed re-
cently in the state.
‘Cops given free hand in Praveen killing’
Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai assured culprits will be nabbed
soon in the murder case of Praveen Nettaru. —PHOTO BY ANI
Veraval (PTI): Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP) con-
vener Arvind Kejriwal
on Monday promised a
Rs 3,000 monthly unem-
ployment allowance and
guaranteedajobtoevery
youth in Gujarat if his
partywasvotedtopower
inthestateintheupcom-
ing Assembly polls.
Kejriwal’s new jobs
promise comes days af-
ter he assured free elec-
tricityupto300unitsper
month if voted to power
in the BJP-ruled state
where polls are due by
the year-end.
Addressing a public
rally at Veraval, the Del-
hi CM said if the AAP
forms a government in
Gujarat, his party will
ensure that each and
everyunemployedyouth
gets a job in the next five
years. ‘’Until we provide
them jobs, every jobless
youth will get Rs 3,000
per month unemploy-
ment allowance,’’ he an-
nounced.
Job to every Guj youth, `3k monthly dole
to unemployed if voted to power: Kejriwal
`8cr in Partha
Arpita accounts
on ED radar
Wayanad/Kannur
(PTI): After the cash
seizures, around 11
bank accounts — three
three belonging to Par-
tha Chatterjee and eight
to Arpita Mukherjee
have now come under
ED’s scanner. Around
Rs 8 crore is parked in
these accounts, Rs 2.5
crore of which has al-
ready been put under
debit freeze.
LIFE INSURANCE
FOR TELANGANA
WEAVERS
Hyderabad: The Telan-
gana government would
launch a life insurance
scheme for handloom
and power loom weav-
ers on August 7, mark-
ing National Handloom
Day, that is set to benefit
around 80,000 ben-
eficiaries. The scheme
is aimed at providing
financial support to the
families of the handloom
and power loom weav-
ers, state Industries
Minister K T Rama Rao
said on Monday. The
nominee would get Rs
5 lakh in the event of
death of beneficiary.
BIHAR BJP MLA
QUESTIONS RAJGIR
FIXATION OF NITISH
Patna: Maverick Bihar
BJP MLA and Bhojpuri
filmmaker Vinay Bihari
on Monday questioned
CM Nitish Kumar’s deci-
sion to build a film city
at Rajgir, in the latter’s
home district of Nalanda.
The former minister rued
that the choice of Rajgir
was made overturning
his proposal to build a
film city in Valmiki Nagar,
a picturesque remote
township in West Cham-
paran along India-Nepal
border. “I wager Nitish
Kumar does not know,
as much as I do, about
filmmaking,” he said.
CRUCIAL READ
AIR INDIA’S EXPANSION PLAN: LET
PILOTS FLY TILL THEY ARE 65 YEARS
New Delhi: Air India that used to retire pilots
at 58 is now going to give chosen pilots an
extension for one other 5
years. Since the Direc-
torate General of Civil
Aviation and several other
airline globally enable
pilots to fly till they’re 65, AI can be planning to
do the identical for pilots.
Kejriwal being presented with
a plough by party leaders at
Porbandar airport on Monday.
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: Trinamool
Congress President
and West Bengal Chief
Minister Mamata Ba-
nerjee is going to visit
Delhi for four-five days.
She is expected to
reach Delhi in the mid-
dle of the ongoing
monsoon session of
Parliament and just be-
fore the Vice Presiden-
tial election. This time
her Delhi tour is ex-
pected to be different
from before. In fact,
her visit this time
around is like a politi-
cal test. This visit will
show what kind of pol-
itics she will do in the
coming days. Mamata
is on the back foot with
the arrest of her par-
ty’s number two leader
Partha Chatterjee and
the recovery of a pile
of notes in the ED’s ac-
tion at her close ones.
This is the first time
that Mamata’s stance
has loosened. Instead
of supporting Partha
Chatterjee, she re-
moved him from minis-
terial post and all party
posts. At the same
time, it also said that
the Trinamool will not
raise any question on
the punishment given
to Parth according to
the law. Informed
sources say that over
Rs 50 crore cash and
Partha Chatterjee has
been sacrificed to save
Abhishek Banerjee
and his wife. The deci-
sion not to vote in the
Vice Presidential elec-
tion is also being said
to be part of the same
bargain.
That’s why this time
Didi’s visit is very im-
portant. According to
sources, she will reach
Delhi on August 4 and
will stay till August 8.
During this, there is
talk of her meeting So-
nia Gandhi on August
5, i.e. Friday. The next
day is the election of
the Vice President. The
question is, will Mama-
ta change her mind af-
ter meeting Sonia Gan-
dhi and her MPs will
vote in favor of Con-
gress candidate Marga-
ret Alva? In fact, the
most important meet-
ing of Mamta’s visit to
Delhi this time is to be
with Sonia and only af-
ter this meet will it be
known the strategy un-
der which Didi will
take her politics ahead.
This time the CM of
West Bengal will at-
tend the Governing
Council meeting of
NITI Aayog, which she
had earlier boycotted.
This meeting is to be
held on August 7 under
the chairmanship of
the PM. Mamata, who
has been showing re-
bellious attitude in the
meetings convened by
the central govern-
ment till now, is attend-
ing the meeting of
NITI Aayog, which is
believed to be a sign
that she is not in the
mood to increase fur-
ther confrontation
with the government.
Then how can it be ex-
pected that she will do
the politics of opposi-
tion and work out a
strategy with Sonia
Gandhi? In the situa-
tion she appears to be
in, she is unlikely to
work for opposition
unity. However, in this
possible five-day visit,
she is scheduled to
meet all the leaders
from Sharad Pawar to
Akhilesh Yadav and K
Chandrashekhar Rao.
Mamata didi’s Delhi tour will be her penultimate ‘political test’!
WB CM Mamata Banerjee
WB TO CARVE OUT 7 NEW DISTS: CM
Kolkata: West Bengal is set to get seven new
districts with the cabinet giving its nod to the
proposal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on
Monday. The new districts — Berhampore, Kandi,
Sunderbans, Bashirhat, Ichamati, Ranaghat and
Bishnupur — will take the total number to 30. ”The
decision was taken to ensure smooth administra-
tive operations,” a senior official of the state said.
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Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: Adhir Ran-
jan Chowdhury is of no
use to the Congress and
yet, despite this, he is
holding two important
positions. He is the
President of West Ben-
gal Pradesh Congress
Committee and Leader
of Congress in Lok Sab-
ha. Congress had made
him the state president
before the last assembly
elections with great
hope, but despite all his
efforts, not a single Con-
gress MLA could win.
Yet he is the President
of the state unit. Simi-
larly, because of him in
the Lok Sabha, the Con-
gress has been in trou-
ble many times and,
without any intention
to do so, he has helped
the central government
to divert attention from
the real issues. Because
of him, Mamata Baner-
jee is also angry with
the Congress and her
party keeps a fair dis-
tance from the Con-
gress. Only when the
controversy has arisen
due to his remarks
made on the President,
the demand for his re-
placement has intensi-
fied.
But the question is
whom should the party
hand over the position
currently held by Adhir
in the Lok Sabha? Ra-
hul Gandhi should be-
come the leader of the
party in the Lok Sabha.
He can become both the
Congress President and
the leader of the Parlia-
mentary Party. In the
past also the Congress
President has been the
leader of the Parlia-
mentary Party, case in
point is Sonia Gandhi.
But in view of the BJP
and especially Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi’s attack on dynas-
ty, he is not being made
a leader. Apart from
them, the names of
Shashi Tharoor and
Manish Tiwari are dis-
cussed but both of them
have been members of
G-23, a group of rebel
Congress leaders. Any-
way
, BJP has been slam-
ming Tharoor for a long
time and Tiwari has
taken a different line
from Congress on Agn-
eepath plan. The Con-
gress has experienced
leaders K Muraleed-
haran and K Suresh,
along with the newcom-
ers are Ravneet Singh
Bittu, Manickam
Tagore, Revanth Reddy
etc. Hence, if Congress
decides to change the
leader, it will not have
any problem in decid-
ing the name.
Who can become Cong’s leader in LS in place of Adhir?
WEIGHTLIFTER
AJAY FINISHES 4TH
Indian weightlifter Ajay
Singh fought hard to
grab another medal for
India, but he heart-
breakingly missed out
on a podium finish
by just one kg to be
at fourth place in the
men’s 81kg.
INDIA OUT OF
SQUASH QFS
Indian squash player
Joshna Chinappa
crashed out of Com-
monwealth Games
after registering a loss
to Canada’s Hollie
Naughton in quarter-
finals of the women’s
singles category.
Commonwealth
GAMES’ HIGHLIGHTS
SUSHILA DEVI IN FINAL THREE
OTHER JUDOKAS ARE IN ROW
INDIAN BOXER AMIT PANGHAL
STORMS INTO QUARTERFINALS
Indian judoka Sushila Devi
Likmabam enters final of
Women’s 48 kg division. Indi-
ans are also in contention for
3 bronze medals in judo as
Vijay K Yadav, Jasleen S Saini
Suchika Tariyal in playoffs.
Indian boxer Amit Panghal
advanced to the quarterfi-
nals of Flyweight category
by defeating Namri Berri of
Vanuatu by 5-0 in his round
of 16 clash at the ongoing
Games on Monday.
MONKEYPOX VIRUS
Taskforcetocloselymonitorsituation
It will also provide guidance to the govt on expansion of diagnostic facilities in the country
New Delhi (ANI): A
Centre has formed a
task force in the wake
of Monkeypox cases in
India to monitor and
provide guidance to the
government on the ex-
pansion of diagnostic
facilities and to explore
vaccination for the in-
fection in the country
.
It will also provide
guidance to the govt on
expansion of diagnos-
tic facilities in the coun-
try and explore emerg-
ing trends related to
vaccination for the dis-
ease, the sources told
Decision was taken
during a meeting which
was attended by Cabi-
net secretary, Union
Health Secretary
Rajesh Bhushan, Addi-
tional Secretary (PMO)
and others. “Team will
be headed by Dr VK
Paul, member (Health),
NITI Aayog members
including Secretary,
Union Health Min,
Pharma,” sources told.
K’TAKA CM BOMMAI CONVENES
MEETING TO DISCUSS SPREAD
OF MONKEYPOX VIRUS IN STATE
Bengaluru (ANI): CM
Basavaraj Bommai on
Monday convened a
meeting to discuss the
spread of Monkeypox
in the state. The meet-
ing with the Health
minister and officials
would take decisions
on screening of pas-
sengers coming from
outside and arrange-
ments for treatment,
Bommai said. “We
have taken the Monk-
eypox infections seri-
ously. I have convened
a meeting to discuss
the issue tomorrow.
The meeting with the
Health minister and
officials would take
decisions on screening
of passengers com-
ing from outside and
arrangements for treat-
ment,” Bommai added.
While talking about
the Hindutva ideology
of the party, CM said,
“Ours is a national
party. Nationalism is
our stand. There is no
question of discrimina-
tion against anyone.
Speaking to media
persons at Davangere
GMIT helipad,” Bom-
mai said.
20 quarantined in Thrissur after death of youth
Punnayur (Kerala)
(ANI): Twenty people
were quarantined here,
following the death of a
person with Monkeypox-
like symptoms in state,
officials said on Monday.
The officials also con-
firmed that deceased
had come in contact with
“only 10 people” includ-
ing family members
friends. “Situation is well
under control. 20 people
quarantined so far,” said
Renjini, Member, Edu
Health standing commit-
tee. Meanwhile, contact
list route map of de-
ceased been prepared.
Members of Punnayur village panchayat held a meeting to discuss the situation over the death of a
young man who tested positive for Monkeypox abroad, in Thrissur on Monday.
Flash floods hit
JK’s Surankote
belt; schools closed
Jammu (ANI): Flash
floods triggered by
heavy rains hit areas of
Surankote town in Jam-
muKashmir’sPoonch
district on Monday,
prompting authorities
to shut educational in-
stitutions and sound an
alert, officials said.
According to offi-
cials, heavy overnight
rains in the hilly areas
of Surankote belt trig-
gered flash floods, with
a huge volume of water
entering houses.
The Army and police
pitched in to help the
aggrieved residents. Re-
ports said many houses,
shops, and vehicles
were damaged in the
floods.
Locals walk amidst damaged vehicles and property after flash
floods in the Surankote area of Poonch on Monday.
RED ALERT IN 7 DISTS
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
CHANDRABABU GETS
INVITE FOR NATIONAL
COMMITTEE MEETING
Amaravati: The Cen-
tre has invited former
Andhra Pradesh CM
Chandrababu Naidu to
a meeting of national
committee formed to
commemorate 75 years
of independence. Telugu
Desam Party (TDP)
President will be leaving
for New Delhi on August
6 to attend the meeting.
To be presided over by
PM Narendra Modi, the
meeting will be held
at Cultural Centre in
Rashtrapati Bhavan in
New Delhi.
CRUCIAL READ
ISRO TO ADD SMALLER LAUNCH VEHICLE
SSLV TO PSLV, GSLV, LIFTOFF ON AUGUST 7
DON’T AVOID BEEF ON BIRYANI FESTIVALS:
TAMIL NADU SC/ST COMMISSION
Chennai: ISRO will fly its small rocket with a long
winding name, Small Satellite Launch Vehicle
(SSLV), for the first time on August 7. According
to ISRO, rocket SSLV-D1 (Developmental Flight 1)
will blast off from the launch pad at Sriharikota at
9.18 a.m. The rocket with a max luggage carry-
ing capacity of 500 kg will be carrying an earth
observation satellite-02 (EOS-02) formerly known
Microsatellite-2A.
Tirupathur: Amid the row over the ban on beef
biryani at Ambur Biryani Festival, the Tamil Nadu
State Commission for the Scheduled Castes and
Scheduled Tribes on Monday said there is should
not be any restrictions and discrimination towards
beef biryani during district level biryani festivals.
A controversy was sparked over the ban on sale
of beef biryani at the Ambur Biryani Festival in
Tirupathur.
Ranchi lawyer held in Kolkata,
`50 L seized from his possession
Kolkata (PTI): A
Ranchi-based lawyer
Rajiv Kumar has been
arrested from a shop-
ping mall in the central
part of city’s Hare
Street area for his al-
leged involvement in a
fraud case, a senior of-
ficer of Police said.
Police also seized
cash amounting to
around Rs 50 lakh from
the possession of the ac-
cused, identified as a
practicing lawyer of the
Jharkhand HC, he said.
“Kumar was arrested
from a shopping mall in
the central part of the
city on Sunday
. We have
seized Rs 50 lakh in
cash from him,” a sen-
ior officer of the Kolka-
ta Police’s Detective
Department (DD) said.
According to another
police officer, Kumar
had filed a PIL in
Jharkhand High Court
against a city-based
businessman and had
been blackmailing him
for money
.
“Lawyer had de-
manded Rs 10 crore
from businessman to
withdraw PIL. He later
reduced his demand to
Rs 4 crore. After several
negotiations, the law-
yer finally agreed to set-
tle the matter at Rs 1
crore,” the officer said.
Delhi HC says Smriti Irani’s
daughter not owner of restro
New Delhi (ANI): The
HC here on Monday ob-
served that considering
the documents on re-
cord it is clearly seen
that there was no li-
cense which was ever
issued in favour of the
plaintiff Smriti Irani
or her daughter while
directing Congress
leaders to take down
their contents from so-
cial media related to
Goa bar issue.
The plaintiff or her
daughter are not the
owners of the restau-
rant. It has also been
established by the
plaintiff prima facie
that the plaintiff or her
daughter never applied
for the license.
Next date of hearing
is Nov 15. Defamation
Suit files by Union Min-
ister Smriti Irani clear-
ly state that the plain-
tiff also served a legal
notice dated July 24.
HM Amit Shah to
visit Odisha on
August 8
Bhubaneswar: Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah is scheduled to
visit Odis-
ha on Au-
gust 8 and
attend a
f u n c t i o n
m a r k i n g
the 75th anniversary of
Odia daily ‘Prajatan-
tra’, founded by free-
dom fighter Ex CM
Harekrushna Mahatab.
“Prajatantra’s 75th an-
niversary coincides
with India’s 75th year
of Independence,” Un-
ion Edu Min Dharmen-
dra Pradhan said.
MP govt hikes DA of
state employees to 34%
Bhopal: The Madhya
Pradesh government on
Monday announced a
hike in the Dearness Al-
lowance (DA) for over
7.5 lakh government
employees in the state,
taking it to 34 per cent.
CM Shivraj Singh
Chouhan in a state-
ment said the hike will
put an additional bur-
den of 625 crore on ex-
chequer.
“The government has
decided to raise the DA
of state employees to 34
per cent, which will be
at par with the Central
government. This will
put an additional bur-
den of 625 crore on the
exchequer, but it will
benefit over 7.5 lakh em-
ployees improve their
lives,” Chouhan said.
Government employ-
ees were getting 31 per
cent DA after the state
had hiked it by 11 per
cent at a go last time.
COURTESY MEET
Justice NV Ramana, Chief Justice of India along with his wife Shivamala, called on President
Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
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India and Oman military
exercisestartsatSuratgarh
First India Bureau
Sri Ganganagar: The
4th Edition of India-
Oman joint military Ex-
ercise ‘AL NAJAH-IV’
commenced on Monday
at Suratgarh in Sri Gan-
ganagar. The 13 day ex-
ercise aims at enhanc-
ing cooperation and in-
teroperability between
the two Armies, said a
spokesperson.
India and Oman will
carry out a nearly two-
week military exercise
with a focus on counter-
terror cooperation. The
maneuvers will take
place in the Mahajan
field firing ranges from
August1to13.A60-mem-
ber team from the Royal
Army of Oman arrived
at the site of the exer-
cise on Sunday
.
The Indian Army is
represented by troops
from the 18 Mechanised
Infantry Battalion. The
previous edition of the
exercise was organised
in Muscat in March
2019. It said the scope of
the exercise includes
“professional interac-
tion, mutual under-
standing of drills and
procedures, the estab-
lishment of joint com-
mand and control struc-
turesandeliminationof
terrorist threats, said
the spokesperson.
India-Oman joint military Exercise ‘AL NAJAH-IV’ commenced on Monday at Suratgarh.
Not seen such an incompetent corrupt govt: Poonia
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: BJP State
President Dr Satish Poo-
nia inquired about the
situation of damage
caused to crops due to
excessive rain in Loha-
wat assembly constitu-
ency of Jodhpur. Poonia
assured the affected
farmer that he would
meettheCMandapprise
him about the losses.
He also visited Jais-
almer where he was wel-
comed by the local lead-
ers of the party
.
Targeting Congress,
he said that he has not
seen such an incompe-
tent and corrupt govt in
his entire political ca-
reer since 1990.
Regarding the BJP’s
preparations for elec-
tion in the state, he said
that the party is work-
ing till the booth level
and all the leaders are
engaged in strengthen-
ing the party
.
Satish Poonia and others inspecting the damaged to crops due to
excessive rain at Lohawat of Jodhpur on Monday.
‘Our objective is
to defeat Cong in
elections oust
it from power’,
said Poonia.
From Pg 1...
Civil society has its
own importance in a
democracy
, people who
deny it definitely do not
believe in democracy,”
Gehlot said while ad-
dressing a ‘Workshop
organized to take the
benefits of the budget
to the common man’ at
Birla Auditorium in
Jaipur on Monday
.
The CM announced
the establishment of
Mahatma Gandhi Di-
rectorate of Peace and
Non-Violence as a de-
partment. He said that
the principles, ideals
and philosophy of Ma-
hatma Gandhi are
needed more than ever
before. “This depart-
ment will be estab-
lished with the aim of
taking Gandhiji’s phi-
losophy of life to the
people,” he said.
Appealing to PM
Narendra Modi, he said
that in view of the pre-
vailing atmosphere of
tension in the country,
there is a need to give a
message of harmony
and brotherhood.
Gehlot said that MN-
REGA scheme is an
ambitious scheme and
now the Indira Gandhi
Urban Employment
Guarantee Scheme has
been started by the
state govt on the lines
of this scheme.
Social worker Aruna
Roy said that in a de-
mocracy, it is impor-
tant for those running
the government to com-
municate with the peo-
ple. Kumar Prashant,
President, Gandhi
Peace Foundation said
that this workshop is a
‘watershed moment’
for Rajasthan. Chief
Secretary Usha Shar-
ma said that the
schemes of the state
are being discussed all
over the country
.
On Monday, the Fi-
nance dept held a work-
shop‘JanataKaBudget,
Jan-Jan Tak’ at Birla
Auditorium to discuss
budgetannouncements.
Directorate of peace and non-violence
will now become a department: Gehlot
CM Ashok Gehlot collecting demand and grievance letters from
the public at the Birla auditorium on Monday.
—PHOTO
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA
Girlbeheadsminorniece
inoccultpractices,held
The attack happened when the minor her family were performing puja
First India Bureau
Dungarpur: A minor
girl allegedly beheaded
her nine-year-old niece
on Monday with a sword
at a village in Dungar-
pur with the family say-
ing the former was “not
behaving normally” for
two days, according to
police.
They said the attack
happened early Monday
morning when the
15-year-old girl and her
family were performing
puja of Dasha Mata in-
sidearoomattheirhome.
Suddenly, she went
berserk and pulled out
a sword kept in the
room and started mov-
ing violently, Chitari
police station SHO Go-
vind Singh said.
Sagwara Circle Offic-
er Narpat Singh said the
older girl is a Class 10
student and stays at a
hostel. She had come
home for a few days.
“The family said
there was a sudden
change in her behav-
iour. She was not behav-
ing normally and it
looks like she needs
treatment,” he said.
The accused minor girl has been detained by the police. In the
police station too, she sat down and started worshiping.
Since her parents
were in danger of
being hurt, they
ran out quickly.
The girl then wav-
ing the heavy
sword entered an-
other room and be-
headed nine-year-
old Varsha, who
was her niece in
relation.
—Govind Singh,
Chitari police station SHO
ACB catches
JEN redhanded
with `50,000
PK Agarwal
Chittorgarh: A engi-
neer was arrested by the
ACB in
Chittorgarh
on Monday
for alleged-
ly taking a
bribe of Rs
50,000 for
clearing outstanding
bills of a contractor, an
official said.
Phoolchand Swami,
a junior engineer of the
Watershed Development
and Land Conservation
Department in Gangrar,
haddemandedabribeof
Rs 1 lakh from the con-
tractor for clearing out-
standingbillsamounting
to Rs 48 lakh, a spokes-
person of the ACB said.
A bureau team verified
the contractor’s com-
plaintandtheofficerwas
caught red-handed.
Shanti Dhariwal inaugurating Police Station on Monday. IG
Prasanna Khamesra and SP KS Shekhawat are also seen.
Dhariwal pats Kota
police; takes on the
Centre in a protest
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota: Congress held
a big protest in Kota
on Monday regarding
inflation and GST im-
posed on many food
items. The anti-infla-
tion protest organ-
ized under the leader-
ship of Congress
leader Amit Dhari-
wal started from
Rampura, where
UDH Minister Shanti
Dhariwal discussed
inflation and GST.
Shanti Dhariwal said
that by increasing the
tax on food items like
rice, flour and pulses,
the difficulties of the
poor man have in-
creased and tax poli-
cies are made to ben-
efit the rich and cor-
porate houses.
Meanwhile, Shanti
Dhariwal patted the
city police and SP Ke-
sar Singh Shekhawat
on a strong strategy
for crime-control
while inaugurating
Ranpur Police Sta-
tion. He took a round
of the new premises
along with IG Prasan-
na Khamesra and
City SP Kesar Singh
Shekhawat.
WATER MATTER
Seva Dal workers at the inaugural session of the training camp at
Abu Road in Sirohi on Monday.
Seva Dal’s 3-day camp on
‘BharatJodo’commences
First India Bureau
Sirohi: The Congress’s
Seva Dal is now busy
preparing its workers
to help the party be
back in power under the
leadership of the chief
organiser of Seva Dal,
Lalji Desai. A three-day
training camp of Seva
Dal started on Monday
at Mansarovar Bhawan
on Abu Road in Sirohi
district. About 700
workers of Seva Dal
have arrived from all
over the country ahead
of the “Bharat Jodo”
march to be taken out
under the leadership of
former Congress Na-
tional President Rahul
Gandhi. The workers
will be trained to make
this march a success.
Several veteran lead-
ers of the country and
the state are expected to
attend the camp. Ra-
jasthan Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot will at-
tend the concluding ses-
sion on August 3.
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: Two died in a
road accident at the
Jodhpur-Barmer road
on Monday morning.
The deceased bike rider
and pillion woman
were crushed by a pri-
vate bus near Boranada
on the Jodhpur-Barmer
road at 5.30 am on Mon-
day. The bike-ridden
aunt and nephew, head-
ing towards Jodhpur
from Khudala village,
were crushed by a bus
coming from the front.
The speeding bus
crushed the bike and
dragged the bike sever-
al meters before mak-
ing the stopping. As the
bus hit the bike, it got
stuck and aunt-nephew
also got trapped under
the bus. Later, people
ran and pulled out both
of them trapped below,
by then both had died.
As soon as the infor-
mation was received,
the police team
reached the spot.
Aunt and nephew die after
private bus collides with bike
2 DEAD, 4 INJURED AS UNKNOWN
VEHICLE RAMS INTO CAR ON NH8
Ajmer: An unidentified vehicle rammed into the car on
NH8, killing two occupants of the car and injuring four
others. All the people in the
car were on their way to
Jodhpur from Ajmer. Two
people died and four others
were injured. Sadar police
reached the spot after be-
ing informed by Ghoomar
Hotel’s operator Ramdev
Gurjar. The deceased has
been identified as Hussain
(20) son of Mujeeb, and
Armaan (21) son of Ameen,
both residents of Jodhpur.
The injured were taken to
Beawar Hospital. The injured Shahzad, Sohail, Sameem,
and Amin are admitted to Amrit Kaur Hospital for treatment.
Damaged car on NH8.
Cop attacked
with iron rods
by mining
mafia in Kota
Kota (PTI): A
30-year-old Ra-
jasthan Police con-
stable sustained
critical injuries
after he was beaten
up with iron rods
and sticks allegedly
by the sand mafia,
officials said
on Monday
.
Ramachandra
Rao, posted as the
in-charge of a po-
lice outpost under
Chechat police sta-
tion, underwent a
surgery on Monday
and he is out of dan-
ger, they said.
Five people have
been booked for at-
tempt to murder
and other offences,
and one of them
has been arrested,
they said.
Rao was arriving
at the police sta-
tion for night pa-
trolling on Satur-
day when he saw a
tractor trolley
loaded with
‘bajri’ (mined sand
gravel) near Hat-
huna village.
9. Challenge is the one thing which can
be defined as the elixir of life, which
constantly motivates a human to do
more and keep striving!
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
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2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: The much-
awaited IAS transfer list
was released on Sunday
but it, according to ob-
servers, was a ‘half-
hearted’ attempt, as
merelyfourvacantposts
have been filled from
among the one and a
half dozen vacant posts
whileimportantandma-
jor departments have
been left as it is, to the
‘mercy’ of ‘additional
charge’.Infact,onemore
post has gone vacant,
whiletwomoreaddition-
al charges have been
handed in the new list.
The surprising trans-
fer has been of senior
IASSudhanshPant,who
has been removed from
his post of Chairman of
the Pollution Control
Board within 110 days.
Just like he was sudden-
lyremovedfromthepost
of ACS,PHED,analmost
similar has been his re-
moval this time around
aswell.Wordisthatmin-
isters have been the
cause of his transfer.
This is Pant’s fourth
transfer in the current
government and it re-
mains to be seen as to
howlonghewillserveon
the seat of DG, HCM-RI-
PA, since he may get a
posting in the Centre as
Secretary at any time.
The appointment of
KK Pathak to the post of
Secretary
, Finance (Rev-
enue) is an ideal deci-
sion. A 2001 batch IAS,
Pathak is a hard-work-
ingandsilentperformer,
who has experience of
working in 2 districts as
a Collector and as Secre-
tary of 5 departments in
theStateSecretariat.No-
tably
, over the past year,
three Secretaries have
been changed in this im-
portant and responsible
position and it is be-
lieved that Pathak will
play a long innings here.
Kumar Pal Gautam
has been appointed as
the 7th Excise Commis-
sioner in the current
government. The reason
for quick changes of the
Commissioner has been
the inability of previous
officials to come true to
state government’s
hopes and tests. Kumar
Pal,a2009batchIAS,has
beenchosenfromamong
many claimants. Gau-
tam, who has served as
Collector in four dis-
tricts till now, was carry-
ing out the responsibili-
ty of RUIDP and it will
be worthwhile to see
how he successfully nav-
igates through the chal-
lenging responsibility
.
Notably
, Kumar Pal had
the additional charge of
the Project Director of
Jal Jeevan Mission.
However, whether Ku-
mar would continue to
execute his responsibili-
tiestowardstheMission,
has not been cleared by
the DoP
.
Handing T. Ravikant
the responsibility of the
PollutionControlBoard,
as an additional charge,
is also a surprising step
as he already has full-
time responsibility of
Prasaran Nigam and
Urja Nigam in the Vidy-
ut Bhawan. 1998 batch
IASRavikantisatrusted
and result-oriented of-
ficerandhasshowngood
performance in the Fi-
nance Department as
well. It has merely been
3 months since he took
over the job at Vidyut
Bhawan and thus, hand-
ing him the new role of
Pollution Control Board
is not only impractical
but also unjustified.
LSG Secretary Jogar-
am was handed the ad-
ditional charge of City
Transport Company in
the previous list, i.e. two
major responsibilities.
Now,hehasbeenhanded
the additional charge of
Project Director, RUIDP
.
It has merely been 7
months since the 2005
batch IAS Jogaram was
promoted to the post of
Secretary and therefore,
in the initial stages, he
has been handed too
much work.
The State Govern-
mentbecamesodisgrun-
tled with IAS Manju Ra-
jpal that in September
2021, she was suddenly
transferred to Ajmer
from Jaipur from her
post as Secretary
, Pan-
chayati Raj. But now, it
seemsalliswellbetween
the government and Ra-
jpal as she has been
brought back to the Sec-
retariat and handed the
reins of Rural Develop-
ment.
Even though a new
transfer list has been re-
leased, however, the
man-managementisstill
far from perfect and is
still extremely ‘dis-
turbed’. Therefore, a
new list is now due.
DOP tries to ‘handle’ man-mgmt, makes it more difficult for self!
IAS TRANSFER LIST
COURTESY MEET...
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra met the Vice-Presidential candidate Jagdeep
Dhankhar and extended his best wishes to the latter over his
candidature during a courtesy meet at New Delhi on Monday.
KK Pathak T Ravikant Sudhansh Pant
Jagdeesh Chandra reveals the Bharat24 Logo, seen here with (L-R) Mimansa Malik, Syed Umar,
Manoj Jagyasi, Ajay Kumar, Anita Hada and Aditi Nagar.
BHARAT24 LOGO
REVEALED! First India Bureau
Noida:CEOandEditor-
in-Chief, Dr Jagdeesh
Chandra revealed the
logo of Bharat 24 at a
glittering party in Noi-
da on Monday evening.
He also announced that
the official launch of
the channel will coin-
cide with the auspi-
cious 75th Independ-
ence Day and telecast
will begin from 15th
August on the channel.
The logo has been de-
signed with the hues of
Maroon and White,
symbolizing ‘Boldness
and Clarity’ respective-
ly, in the news content
that the channel will
offer. The tagline ‘Vi-
sion of New India’ em-
phasizes the ethos of
the channel.
The logo takes its in-
spiration from the
core values of Bharat
24, where it stands
when seeking and de-
livering news. The
channel will put em-
phasis on news stories
from across Indian
states covering the
length and breadth of
the country through
its bureaus in every
state capital. With the
help of its augmented-
reality-enabled studi-
os, which is first in the
genre, the channel will
deliver clean, clutter
free enhanced audio-
visual content on-air.
Speaking on the oc-
casion, Ajay Kumar,
Managing Editor,
Bharat24,said,“Bharat
24 will stand for direct
and bold journalism.
With the new-age tech-
nology, the channel has
well adapted to the
quickly changing mar-
ket dynamics and will
ensure our news serves
the evolving needs of
the discerning Hindi
viewers.”
Chief Business Of-
ficer Strategic Advi-
sor to the boards of
Bharat 24, Manoj Jag-
yasi said, “We intend
to improve the viewer
engagement and expe-
rience of TV news con-
sumption. Our logo is
the reflection of our
intent to offer un-
matched content. I feel
delighted that after
months of planning
hard work, the chan-
nel’s identity is finally
revealed to everyone.
Bharat 24 will be avail-
able across all DTH
and MSO’s as well as
Digital Platforms as
we aim to become the
news leader soon.”
Bharat 24 reveals its logo, to
begin broadcast from 15th August
With the largest team of more than 4,000 reporters on-field, we
will ensure our viewers get the widest range of real news from all
the corners of Bharat. As the logo of Bharat 24 is revealed, we feel
assured that our brand will resonate well with the viewers.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO and Editor-in-Chief
Jagdeesh Chandra with Ajay Kumar, Manoj Jagyasi, Vishal
Mathur and all the members of Sales team (L-R) Atul Verma,
Bhim Negi, Jiwan Singh, Vyomesh Parekh, Partha Sarthi, Ashish
Malhotra, Nishant Mishra and Rittik.
Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R) Mimansa Malik, Poornima Mishra,
Ajay Kumar, Sonal Dahiya and Anu Shridhar.
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Let us tell
you an interesting anec-
dote about the ‘discrete’
working style of Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi and Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah! The an-
ecdote pertains to the
candidature of Jagdeep
Dhankhar for the post
of Vice- President.
Highly placed sourc-
es in ‘relevant’ circles
have revealed that
Dhankhar had met the
Home Minister on July
15 at 11 am and briefed
him on the situation in
Bengal for about 40 min-
utes. After this, on July
16, at around 4 pm,
Dhankhar reached to
meet the Prime Minis-
ter and the entire focus
of the conversation held
for about half an hour
was on Bengal.
However, during
their meeting with
Dhankhar, Modi-Shah
did not even give an
iota of hint to the West
Bengal Governor of
his possible candida-
ture for the post of
Vice-President. And
then on the same day at
7 pm, JP Nadda an-
nounced Dhankhar’s
candidature in a press
conference.
During this time,
Dhankhar was at the
President’s farewell
banquet, where he re-
ceived Nadda’s mes-
sage. Even the Rashtra-
pati Bhavan was also
keeping an eye on all
these developments.
Therefore, immediately
after the said announce-
ment, Dhankhar’s din-
ner table was changed
and then Dhankhar sat
at the table next to the
President.
Jodhpur: Defence Minister
Rajnath Singh will unveil the
statue of Marwar’s famous
personality
Veer Durgadas
Rathore in
Jodhpur on
August 13 at
Salwan Kalan
village on the
385th birth anniversary of
Rathore. Erstwhile Jodhpur
Royal Gaj Singh will preside
over the event. RSS leader
Nimbaram, Union Jal Shakti
Minister GS Shekhawat, Pali
MP PP Chaudhary, Bho-
palgarh MLA Pukhraj Garg
others will be present. —FIB
Jaipur: Former Deputy
CM Sachin Pilot will be on
tour of Tonk
today and visit
Todarai Singh’s
Chhanbas
Surya and lay
the foundation
stone for the
Causeway built
from Ameenpura to Chhan
Bassurya. The Causeway is
to be built on the Banas river
at a cost of Rs 25 crore. He
will also mourn the deaths
due to lightning and attend
local events. —FIB
First India Bureau
Jaipur: CM Ashok Ge-
hlot will be on a tour to
Udaipur and Abu Road
on August 3 for which
he will leave from
Jaipur to Udaipur by
special plane at 11:30
am and participate Di-
visional level Gandhi
Darshan training camp
event in auditorium of
Agriculture College,
Udaipur. Thereafter,
Gehlot will leave for
AbuRoadfromUdaipur
at 3 pm and participate
in Congress Seva Dal’s
programme at 3:30. CM
will visit Prajapita
Brahmakumari Uni-
versity at 4:30 pm.
Gehlot will spend
night at Abu Road on
Aug 4, he will leave for
Ahmedabad and reach
Ahmedabad at 10:15
am. At Ahmedabad, Ge-
hlot will chair a meet-
ing at Congress State
Office. Congress has
handed over an impor-
tant responsibility to
Gehlot for assembly
polls, thus he will chair
his first meeting as Sen-
ior Observer. Gehlot,
who has measured eve-
ry village of Gujarat as
in-charge, will ‘find
out’ the mood of Guja-
rat again. Many Raj
Cong leaders have also
got the responsibility.
Hence, a poll strategy
will be made by meet-
ing in Ahmedabad.
MODI-SHAH’S ‘SILENT’ RAJNATH TO UNVEIL
VEER DURGADAS’s
STATUE ON AUG 13
SACHIN PILOT TO
EMBARK ON A TOUR
TO TONK TODAY
CM to visit Udpr, Abu Road A’bad over next few days!
PM Narendra Modi Amit Shah Jagdeep Dhankhar
WORKINGSURPRISESDHANKHART00!
ASTHANA NEW WB GOVERNOR?
Political circles in New Delhi are abuzz with the discus-
sion that former Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh
Asthana, who retired from service on Sunday, could be
appointed as the next WB Governor. Notably, Bengal Gov-
ernor Jagdeep Dhankhar has recently been announced
as NDA’s candidate for the post of Vice- President his
appointment is believed to be a mere formality since
NDA has the required numbers. Thus, the seat vacated
by Dhankhar’s movement, could go to Asthana, who is
adept in handling law order of troubled areas.
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f designers are
counting on
dazzle for
the even-
ing, they
are even
more cer-
tain that
plumage is
perfect for dai-
ly life. One of
the most remark-
able biological fea-
tures discovered in
animals is their feath-
ers. Thesekeratin-based
evolutionary add-ons let
birds fly
, protect them-
selves, stay warm, and
communicate. Beyond avi-
ary animals, it is the dy-
namicanddiversebeautyof
feathers that has captured
the attention of the globe;
for millennia, people have
used feathers as fashion ac-
cessories. However, the his-
tory of feathers has gradu-
ally changed from one that
depicts local cultures and
historical eras to one that
questions the development
of sustainability in fashion.
With our evolutionary
cousins the Neanderthals,
who lived circa 60 B.C.,
feathers were first used as
sartorial ornamentation.
According to scientific re-
search, Neanderthals pre-
ferred to wear the darker
feathers of raptors. Ostrich
feathers were later worn in
the hair of high-ranking an-
cient Egyptians as a sign of
devotion to Ma’at, the god-
dess of
truth and
b a l a n c e ,
who was pic-
tured with
wings and a
single feather
on her head. An-
cient tribes
throughout the
world saw the practice
of adorning the body
with natural materials
like feathers, pelts, and
leaves as a means to pay
tribute to the land’s pro-
tective properties.
This season, feathers
are added to almost every
casual piece of clothing,
from cute cardigan collars
and cuffs to sweatshirt
sleeves, leggings, and t-
shirts.
Wide-leg jeans and cable
knit sweaters are also em-
bellished with the material.
Even yet, if wearing feath-
ers still seems a little bold
to you, Monsoon Season is
a great opportunity to
treat yourself to stun-
ning feather attire. Be
like the bird who,
pausing in her flight
awhile on boughs
tooslight,feelsthem
give way beneath
her, and yet sings,
knowing she hath
wings. And that is why
we have brought this style
of fashion to lift up your
spirit because ‘You were
bornwithwings,whyprefer
to crawl through life?’
I
JAIPUR, TUESDAY,
AUGUST 2, 2022
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in
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motivation, to inspire young fashion lovers
City First brings to you a unique range of
fashion which will encourage you to soar high
in the sky because a bird never wants a cage!
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ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
You will succeed
in putting your
stagnant love life
back on the track.
Professionals
will be able to
give their best in
a new situation.
Financially, this
day may prove lucky for you, so go
ask for the raise that is keeping you on
tenterhooks. Don’t take any chances with
your health today.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Your
professionalism
in handling
problem
areas will be
appreciated.
You will find
family life more
than fulfilling. A
senior is likely to put in a good word for
you to the higher ups. Financially, you
will be able to consolidate your position.
Exercise care in matters of health.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
On the social
front, the day
finds you in
your element.
Something
special awaits
you on the
romantic front
today. A family
youngster is likely to do you proud. Your
strategy to promote yourself on the
professional front will bear fruits. Speed
up things on the academic front.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Buying new
furniture or a
major appliance
is possible. With
good networking,
a prized posting
can be yours .
Those trying to
get back their
money will succeed. A healthy phase
of life begins for some. Your love life is
likely to give you immense joy, so make
the right moves.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
A change of job is
likely to give you
better salary and
perks. This is the
time when you
enjoy yourself
with a new
group of friends
or colleagues.
Those in business will soon get a chance
to make profits. A new deal is likely to
come through and give you a taste of
success.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Remaining on
the good side of
those who matter
on the academic
front will help
you achieve
much. Good
tidings of your
well wishers will
keep you going on the professional front.
A family elder may look up to you for
your guidance. Overall a very good day
for you.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Those in
love with the
adventures are
likely to chase
the excitement
very soon. Your
own happiness
is in your hands
today. This is a
favourable day for completing pending
jobs. Financially, no problems are
foreseen. It is best to avoid outside food.
Much fun is in store on the social front.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Your reputation
is likely to boost
your image
on the social
front. This is an
excellent day
to spend time
with family.Good
planning will see
you complete a task at work in record
time. Monetary front grows strong for
some. You enjoy excellent health. Those
seeking love are likely to get lucky.
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Those looking
for buying a
house can get
a good bargain.
Appreciation is
in store for some
homemakers.
A professional
victory is yours
if you play your cards well today. Those
in business will be able to maintain good
earning. You are likely to enjoy good
health.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
You may get
busy organising
something on
the social front.
You may need to
put your ideas
into action, if you
want to prove
yourself. A party
may be thrown in your honour at work.
Your good performance is likely to be
noticed by higher ups. Health-wise a
good day is foreseen.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Good luck
promises to
brighten your
day. Some
positive changes
can be expected
on the home
front. This seems
a good day for
job seekers. New avenues for earning
open up as you get more determined.
Fitness through extra efforts is assured
for the deskbound.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Praise and
honour are likely
to greet you
in something
that you have
managed to
achieve. You
will be a pillar
of strength to a
friend or associate. A good day at work
is foreseen as you make your mark in
front of those who matter. Financial front
remains stable. Health remains fine.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
ON THIS, THERE
ON THIS, THERE
IS NO DEBATE!
IS NO DEBATE!
KARTIK BAJORIA
(The author is a Jaipur-based
Communication Skills
Educator Writer)
u b l i c
Speaking
is a much
sought-af-
ter skill.
The ability
to convinc-
ingly put forth
one’s ideas, views,
p e r s p e c t i v e s ,
thoughts and
opinions, is a cru-
cial and hugely ad-
vantageous power
to have. It is use-
ful to students at
school and col-
lege, and later in
one’s professional
work-life. One fac-
et of effective
communication is
of course to be
able to pen down
one’s thoughts.
The other and
arguably tougher
aspect is commu-
nicating these
views, vocalizing
and verbalizing
them, in a public
scenario. For the
latter, there is no
better forum, than
debating!
P
TAPPING INTO AN
INHERENT SKILL
People the world over,
and perhaps we Indi-
ans more than others,
love a gregarious argu-
ment. We have a rich
history of debating
through the various
ages of our history
and a culture of re-
solving problems, is-
sues, and matters,
through discussion
and deliberation. I tru-
ly believe that each In-
dian possesses an in-
herent quality to de-
bate – to weigh the
pros and cons of a
situation and come to
the most suitable con-
clusion/solution. We
debate in our heads all
the time, and make
choices based on these
debates, from the
smallest and most
seemingly banal ques-
tions such as Tea vs
Coffee to larger, more
pressing matters such
as whom to vote for. To
take this innate talent
and bring it on to a
formal Debating stage
is only going to hone
and polish this craft
that is naturally em-
bedded in us.
DEMOCRATIC FAIR
In a war-torn world
where several parts of
the globe are experi-
encing strife; it is all
the more important for
young people to real-
ize, understand, appre-
ciate, and implement
the potential of mean-
ingful dialogue. Noth-
ing is ever resolved
using violence. It is an
intellectual presenta-
tion of varying points
of view, and a deep
analysis of these di-
verse notions, that will
lead to a fair, demo-
cratic, and just man-
ner in which to tackle
and resolve issues. De-
bating instils precisely
these qualities in
young students who
seriously adopt this
pursuit. Not only do
they learn how to rep-
resent their concerns
but they also develop a
keen and genuine
sense of listening, and
therefore empathy to-
wards the other.
UNDERSTANDING
ISSUES OPINION
FORMATION
When young people
are given debating top-
ics, they are compelled
to study, research and
scrutinize those top-
ics. This increases
their understanding
of pressing global and
local issues, added to
which they then infuse
their views of the spe-
cific topic. It helps to
refine one’s opinion-
formation and develop
a logical, fact-based,
well-thought-out way
of approaching not
only the topics that
are being debated
but pretty
m u c h
any situation they are
confronted with,
throughout life. In that
sense, the scope of de-
bating is not restricted
to just that specific ver-
bal duel but rather a
lifelong skill and a sci-
entific way of thinking
and breaking down
any matter. Debaters
often imbibe a strong
sense of looking at a
certain issue from var-
ious perspectives, and
this is an invaluable
skill to have.
CONFIDENT
SELF-ASSURED
INDIVIDUALS
Debating is an activity
that forces partici-
pants to take on cer-
tain fears, head-on.
Stage fright, public ad-
dress, nervousness
and butterflies in one’s
stomach; are all very
normal feelings that
one experiences when
talking to a large, live
audience. The more
one debates, the better
one gets at dealing
with and handling
these fears. What one
emerges as, is a confi-
dent and self-assured
individual who is una-
fraid, uninhibited, and
unencumbered by the
prospect of speaking
one’s mind clearly
, con-
nivingly and succinct-
ly
. Yes, making
speeches and oth-
er forms of Public
Speaking can
also do the
same.Havingsaidthat,
I feel the efficacy, the
sharp learning curve
that debating presents,
is unparalleled.
AVENUES
Debaters who have
had a certain amount
of practice and expo-
sure automatically
open up several work
avenues for them-
selves. Many profes-
sions and fields of
work require clear
and concise communi-
cation skills. The For-
eign Services, Admin-
istrative Services and
Law are just a few ex-
amples that come to
mind instantly, where
an individual who can
persuasively put forth
ideas, views and opin-
ions will be very well
served in that particu-
lar role/job. There-
fore, not only does de-
bating help one at
school and college lev-
els but it is also some-
thing that has real-
world and practical
applications.
The world of debat-
ing is full of potential.
It is a dynamic, evolv-
ing, exciting ambit
that is far beyond just
an immersive time-
pass. It has relevant
and real merits and
should be tried by as
many young students
as possible. It can be
extremely liberating
and empowering. On
this, there is no
debate!