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New Delhi: President Ram
Nath Kovind on Sunday
addressed the nation on
the last day of his of-
fice, expressing be-
lief that the coun-
try is capable of
making 21st
century as one
belonging to In-
dia. “Five years
ago, you put faith
in me and elected me
as president. “A
strong connect
to roots is a
feature of In-
dia’s culture. I urge youth to
continue this tradition of
remaining connected with
their roots,” Kovind said.
The outgoing president also
recalled past presidents.
“We need to protect our
environment, land, air and
water for the sake of our
children,” Kovind said.
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ISC 12TH
RESULT DECLARED; 99.38% STUDENTS PASS
New Delhi: The Indian School Certificate (ISC) or Class 12 semester 2
result 2022 has been announced by the Council for the CISCE. A total
of 18 candidates have secured first position in ISC class 12th
examination 2022. All the toppers have scored 99.75% marks. P5
SURJEWALA
PLEA IN SC:
AADHAAR AND
VOTER ID LINK
New Delhi: The controversial law to link Aadhaar
and Voter ID Card has been challenged in SC,
court will hear case today, with Cong’s Randeep S
Surjewala demanding that it be scrapped, calling law
“unconstitutional” & a violation of rights to privacy.
GOA BAR ROW:
IRANI’S LEGAL
NOTICE TO CONG,
ITS 3 LEADERS
New Delhi: Union Minister Smriti Irani has sent a
legal notice to three Congress leaders - Pawan Khera,
Jairam Ramesh and Netta D’Souza and the Congress
party. The notice sought an apology from for “baseless
and false” allegations against Irani & her daughter. P5
OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, NEW DELHI & MUMBAI
READ
Crucial
Crucial
CHINESE AIRCRAFT
CONTINUE TO FLY
CLOSE TO LAC
New Delhi: Chinese fighter
aircraft are continuing at-
tempts to provoke India in
East Ladakh by flying close to
LAC. On one hand, Chinese
Army is holding talks with
the IA to defuse tensions in
Ladakh, on other hand, their
aircraft is flying close to LAC.
6 KILLED, 8 HURT IN
BLAST AT ILLEGAL
FIRECRACKER UNIT
Patna: Six people died, 8
people were trapped under
the debris following an ex-
plosion inside the home of
a firecracker businessman
Shabir Hussain in Khudai
Bagh village in Khaira police
station area of Bihar’s Saran
district on Sunday.
REET EXAM IN RAJ
CONCLUDES, 1 MORE
HELD IN JODHPUR
Jaipur: REET-2022 exam
was completed peacefully on
Sunday. Jodh cops arrested
a dummy candidate. P2
27 RAS OFFICERS
WERE TRANSFERRED
ON LATE SUNDAY. APO
AKASH TOMAR ALSO
GOT THE POSTING.
SADHU’S DEATH: BJP
PANEL VISITS SPOT,
MEETS PROTESTORS
Bharatpur: The high-
level inquiry committee of
4 MPs, formed by BJP Na-
tional President JP Nadda,
reached Pasopa village of
Bharatpur on Sunday and
visited the mining sites. P3
Kejri refuses to
attend event
with pic of Modi
New Delhi: Delhi Chief
Minister Arvind Kejri-
wal and Environment
Minister Gopal Rai re-
fused to attend an event
with Lieutenant Gover-
norVinaiKumarSaxena
onSunday
,withtheAAP
minister saying that the
decision was taken be-
causetheeventhadbeen
“politicised”afterapost-
er war broke out.
Partha is faking illness to
evade law: ED tells court
Kolkata: During hear-
ing of plea over shifting
arrested WB minister
Partha Chatterjee to
state-run SSKM Hospi-
tal in Kolkata, ED told
Calcutta HC’s single
judge bench of Justice
Bibek Chaudhuri that
Chatterjee was faking
illness to evade the law.
Late Sunday evening,
Court directed the ED
to transfer Partha Chat-
terjee to AIIMS Bhu-
baneswar on Monday
early morning.
WEST BENGAL
SSC SCAM
DRAUPADI MURMU TO
TAKE OATH AS 15TH
PRESIDENT OF INDIA
TODAY FOLLOWED BY
21 GUN SALUTE P6
India on path to own 21st
century: President Kovind
PARTHA’S CLOSE AIDE
IN 1-DAY ED CUSTODY
The ED on Sunday pro-
duced Arpita Mukherjee, a
close aide of TMC minister
Partha Chatterjee before
Bankshall court and sought
her custody for at least 14
days. Comparing Arpita to an
‘onion’, ED officials said that
just like ‘you peel onions you
get deeper’, similarly, probe
will bring more information.
MONKEYPOX CASE: DELHI’S 1ST, INDIA’S 4TH
31-yr-old man +ve with
no foreign travel history
New Delhi: Delhi on
Sunday reported its
first monkeypox case as
a 31-year-old man with
no foreign travel history
was diagnosed with the
disease. This is the
fourth monkeypox case
reported in India with
the previous three cases
being reported from
Kerala. The man had at-
tended a party in Mana-
li in Himachal Pradesh
recently
, an official said.
The West Delhi resi-
dent was hospitalised
with symptoms of the
disease three days
ago, it said, adding
that his samples were
sent to the National
Institute of Virology
on Saturday.
The Chief Minister
informed that separate
isolation wards have
been designated at
LNJP hospital for mon-
keypox-infected pa-
tients. His health condi-
tion of the patient is
said to be stable.
The previous
three cases
being reported
from Kerala
16 labs are
dedicated for
monkeypox, 2 labs
only for Kerala
Two-three
suspected
samples coming
every week in Maha
WHO has
declared
Monkeypox, a public
health emergency
1 2 3 4
Don’t panic, situation under
control: Delhi CM Kejriwal
C
hief Minister of Delhi
Arvind Kejriwal on
Sunday asked the
people of the national
capital not to panic after
the city reported its first
case of Monkeypox. He
assured the Delhiites that
the ‘best team is on case
to prevent the spread of
the virus’. The CM also
informed that separate
isolation wards have been
designated at LNJP hosp.
2ND INDIAN TO WIN MEDAL
AT WORLD ATHLETICS
CHAMPIONSHIPS
Chopra’s silver
clinching throw!
Neeraj Chopra took the silver medal in Eugene,
Oregon with a best javelin throw of 88.13m
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: While a nation
was asleep, Neeraj Chopra
scripted history as he became
only the second Indian athlete
to win a medal at World Athlet-
ics Championships on early
Sunday morning (IST). He reg-
istered a throw of 88.13m in the
final to bring home the silver
medal, ending the nation’s wait
for a medal since Anju Bobby
George claimed bronze medal
in the 2003 edition of games for
her performance in long jump.
Neeraj Chopra tried his best
but failed to beat Anderson Pe-
ters, who breached 90m-mark.
I am very happy to have won silver medal, the country’s first medal in the World Athletics
Championships after 19 years, I will take it. World Championships is even tougher than
Olympics, its record is higher than that of Olympics. I have won gold at all levels except
this World Championships silver. So, hunger is there to win gold now. —Neeraj Chopra
Neeraj Chopra poses for a picture after
clinching silver medal at World Athletics
Championships 2022 on Sunday.
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
A great accomplishment
by one of our most distin-
guished
athletes!
Congratu-
lations to
@Neeraj_
chopra1
on
winning a historic Silver
medal at the #World-
Championships. This is a
special moment for Indian
sports. Best wishes to
Neeraj for his upcoming
endeavours.
Anurag Thakur
@ianuragthakur
Neeraj Chopra continues
his winning streak! Wins
silver in
Men’s
javelin
throw at
@WCHor-
egon22
with his
best throw of 88.13m,
becoming the 1st Indian
male and 2nd Indian to
win a medal at the #World-
Championships! Neeraj
has now won medal at
every Global event!
GUV KALRAJ MISHRA, CM GEHLOT,
OTHERS CONGRATULATE CHOPRA
Jaipur: Governor Kalraj Mishra and CM Ashok Gehlot on
Sunday congratulated Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra
for winning the silver medal at the World Championships
in the javelin throw final. Governor Mishra said that it
was a matter of pride for the whole country. Express-
ing pride over Chopra’s achievement, CM Gehlot called
it historic. LoP Gulab Chand Kataria, PCC chief Govind
Singh Dotsara, former Dy CM Sachin Pilot and all the
other leaders of the state also congratulated Chopra.
‘PoK was, is, will be
integral part of India’
Jammu: Pakistan-Oc-
cupied Kashmir (PoK)
was, is and shall always
remain an integral part
of India, Defence Minis-
ter Rajnath Singh said
during the ‘Kargil Vijay
Diwas’ event in Jammu
on Sunday. “We are
committed to the reso-
lution passed in the Par-
liament on PoK. PoK
was, is and shall always
remain an integral part
of India. How is it pos-
sible that Baba Amar-
nath (Lord Shiva’s
form) is in India and
Maa Sharda Shakti is
across LoC, “ he said.
Rajnath Singh addresses at
commemoration ceremony of
‘Kargil Vijay Diwas’, in Jammu.
The abrogation
of article 370
has brought a
new dawn of hope to the
aspirations of the people
of Jammu and Kashmir.
Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister
ALL-PARTY MEETING ON ERCP
PROJECT WILL GET NATIONAL STATUS ONLY
WITH EFFORTS OF ALL PARTIES: CM GEHLOT
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Further push-
ing the demand for na-
tional project status to
Eastern Rajasthan Ca-
nal Project, Chief Min-
ister Ashok Gehlot on
Sunday said that the
project is very impor-
tant for ensuring water
availability in 13 dis-
tricts of the state. He
said that ERCP would
be declared a national
project only with the ef-
forts of all the parties.
Gehlot called an all-
party meeting on the
ERCP issue at the CMR
which was skipped by
former CM Vasundhara
Raje, leader of opposi-
tion Gulab Chand Ka-
taria and BJP state pres-
ident Satish Poonia.
Targeting Raje for
skipping the meeting,
he said that earlier she
was ready to attend the
meeting but later she
refused. He also ques-
tioned whether a yatra
was important for Sat-
ish Poonia or the meet-
ing on ERCP. Poonia is
on a two-day yatra in
Vagad region.
“I blame Vasundhara
ji, she did not come to
thismeeting.Youtellher
that we are working to
carry forward her plan.
Vasundhara ji should
come and give thanks,”
he told BJP leaders at-
tending the meeting.
“If the Prime Minis-
ter has said anything,
then it is our duty to
fulfill it,” he said.
Turn to P8
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
Gehlot questions Raje and Poonia
missing the important meeting
CM TO ATTEND
MURMU’S
SWEARING-IN
CM Gehlot reached Delhi
on Sunday night. He will
attend the swearing-in
ceremony of Draupadi
Murmu on Monday. In
his 2-day visit, Gehlot is
expected to meet other
party leaders in Delhi.
Partha Chatterjee
GOVT HOLDS
HIGH-LEVEL
REVIEW MEET
ON MONKEYPOX
The Union ministry
of health and family wel-
fare on Sunday said a
high-level review meet-
ing on the monkeypox
disease was being held
by the Directorate Gen-
eral of Health Services
(DGHS) with NCDC and
ICMR with the detection
of 4th case of the virus
in the country. “Further
public health interven-
tions like identifica-
tion of the source of
infection, enhanced
contact tracing, testing
sensitisation of private
practitioners etc are
being carried out,” the
ministry further said.

RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | MONDAY, JULY 25, 2022
02
JODHPUR COUSINS’ MURDER: POLICE
CATCHES ACCUSED FROM NASHIK
Jodhpur: In suspicious death of a brother & his
sister in Luni area on July 18, police arrested a
man for allegedly killing the duo over an illicit
affair with brother’s wife. Police informed that
Ramesh and her sister Kavita had died in a road
accident a few days back. “During investigation, it
was revealed that Ramesh’s wife Guddi along with
her paramour Prem Shankar planned to murder.
Prem Shankar fled to Nashik & changed his name
to Laxman Prajapat after killing. However, he was
arrested,” police added.
Nagaur (PTI): Two people were killed and three
others injured as two cars collided head-on in Ra-
jasthan’s Nagaur district, police said on Sunday. The
accident occurred late Friday night near Nagaur’s
Nagdi village, they said. “Two cars collided head-on
on Friday late night. Two people were killed on the
spot and three others were referred to Jodhpur for
treatment,” Balveer Singh, head constable at Khin-
vsar police station said. The deceased were identi-
fied as Bajrang Lal Prajapat and Lakshman Sharma.
TWO KILLED, THREE INJURED AS 2 CARS
COLLIDES HEAD-ON IN NAGAUR
NEWS DIGEST
Woman raped by
tailor, obscene
video made viral
on social media
Abhinav Agrawal
Sawai Madhopur: A
woman was allegedly
raped by a tailor here,
police informed on
Sunday. Police said the
accused has been iden-
tified as Sharif Khan, a
tailor by profession
and resident of Sawai
Madhopur. “Victim
had gone to accused
shop for stitching
clothes before Eid cel-
ebrations. Accused
called victim inside
shop on the pretext of
taking measurements.
Accused then grabbed
her & raped victim,”
police said.
“Accused even filmed
obscene videos & black-
mailed her. Later, Sha-
rif Khan circulated
video on social media,”
police added.
ED summons to Sonia:
Cong leaders to hold
‘Satyagrah’ on Tuesday
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The BJP-led
central govt is misus-
ing country’s Consti-
tutional institutions
to harass opposition
leaders who criticise
its policies, Raj Cong
said on Sunday
.
In a statement is-
sued here, party said
it will hold a protest
on July 26 when party
supremo Sonia Gan-
dhi will appear before
ED officials in a mon-
ey laundering probe
linked to National
Herald newspaper.
Constitutional insti-
tutions are being mis-
used by central govt
to harass leaders who
raise their voice, Con-
gress spokesperson
Swarnim Chaturvedi
said. He added
a satyagrah will
be held on Tuesday
at Shaheed Memori-
al, he said.
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: The 45th Raj
State Senior Handball
Competition (Men &
Women) will be organ-
ised in Hanumangarh
in first week of Sept.
Decision was taken dur-
ing Executive & Annual
General meeting held
here on Sunday
.
It was presided over
by association presi-
dent Harish Dhandev.
MLA & patron of State
Handball Association
Ruparam Dhandev was
also present.
Giving details, Secre-
tary of association,
Yash Pratap Singh said
17th All India Hanuman
Singh Handball Compe-
tition will be organised
here in Nov. A first mini
state handball competi-
tion would be organized
in Oct. In Nov, 39th state
junior will be held in
Dholpur/Udaipur and
28th sub-junior in Sikar.
Singh said organizing
first handball league of
Rajasthan was also dis-
cussed in the meeting.
It will probably be held
in December/January
.
HANUMANGARH TO HOST 45TH
SENIOR
HANDBALLCOMPETITIONINSEPTEMBER
LOVE FOR SPORTS
Executive & Annual General meeting of State Handball Association was held in Jaipur on Sunday.
3 KIDS DROWN IN UDAIPUR RIVER AND 2
IN JAIPUR POND; A MAN IN PALI RIVER
Udaipur/Jaipur/Pali: Five kids and a man drowned in
three incidents in Udaipur, Jaipur and Pali on Sunday. In
Udaipur’s Sanwad RICCO area, three children drowned
while bathing in a river. The deceased are Keshulal, 15,
Keluram, 12, Radheshyam, 13. Two students drowned in a
pond while three others had a narrow escape in Vishwa-
karma area of Jaipur on Sunday. The deceased are Manish
Guptam, 14, and Rohit Bunkar, 16. Meanwhile, a 25-year-
old man drowned in Beda river in Pali district on Sunday.
He is identified as Narayan Meena, the police said.
People thronged the overflowing Bardha Dam, Bundi on Sunday. —PHOTO BY PRIYANSHU VYAS
25 DISTS GET ABOVE AVERAGE RAINFALL
Jaipur (PTI): Most
of the parts of Ra-
jasthan have record-
ed above-average
rainfall in this Mon-
soon season so far.
According to the
data of Met Dept,
pre-monsoon and
monsoon rainfall in
the state so far has
been 53 per cent more
than the average.
North West Mon-
soon has covered the
entire state. As per
the data, average
rainfall from June 1
to July 23 was record-
ed at 247.5 mm,
against the normal
rainfall of 161.9 mm
for the period. Dur-
ing this period East
Rajasthan received
318.4 mm of rain,
which is 42 per cent
more than the aver-
age of 224.1 mm.
GOOD RAINS RECORDED
 Sri Ganganagar district has
received 239.6 mm of rain,
159 per cent more than the
average rainfall of 92.6 mm.
 Rainfall in Bikaner was 148
per cent more than average, 126
per cent more in Jaisalmer and
122 per cent above in Churu.
 Average rainfall in 25 dis-
tricts has been above normal
(20 % more than average)
SDRF recovering body of a 20-year-old from Takli river in Kota.
Police:Fakecurrencynotes
supplied in several cities
Six accused in the police custody.
Laxman Raghav
Bikaner: The distribu-
tor of fake notes Deep-
ak Regar, who was ab-
sconding, has been ar-
rested and the Bikaner
police will soon bring
him. These notes were
printed in Bikaner and
were sent through ha-
wala traders to New
Delhi, Kolkata, Mum-
bai, Pune, Chennai,
Bangalore, Patna,
Guwahati, Shillong,
Ludhiana, Chandi-
garh, Surat,
Ahmedabad, Vrinda-
van, Banaras, Ghazi-
abad. The account of
money circulating in
these cities has to be
ascertained.
Till Saturday six peo-
ple were arrested from
Vrindavan Enclave
here in connection with
printing fake currency
notes and recovered Rs
2 crore 74 lakh fake
notes from them.
Difference between words and
deedsofCMGehlot:Sudhanshu
Tripti Gautam
Jaipur: BJP leader
Sudhanshu Trivedi on
Sunday claimed that
people were upset with
the Congress govern-
ment in Rajasthan and
said there is a differ-
ence between the words
and deeds of CM Ashok
Gehlot. He was speak-
ing in a conference of
Bharat Vikas Parishad
on ‘Bharat Vikas Mein
Hamari Bhoomika.’
Major Gen (retd)
Ramesh K Kaushal pre-
sided over the confer-
ence. Trivedi said taxes
existed earlier in form
of VAT by state govts.
Sudhanshu Trivedi lighting the
lamp, also seen are Ramesh
Kaushal and others.
Woman dumps newborn son in drain, dies
Woman allegedly
wanted a girl child
First India Bureau
Jhalawar: A 28-year-
old woman killed her
newborn by abandon-
ing him in a water-filled
drain in Jhalawar dis-
trict, police said on Sun-
day
. Accused Rekhabai,
resident of Mogyabeha
village, is partially
mentally challenged,
they said. During ques-
tioning, Rekhabai re-
vealed she had aban-
doned her baby as she
wanted a girl child.
She delivered baby
boy on Wednesday and
was discharged from
government hospital in
Manhorethana town on
Friday evening.
Late at night, when
her in-laws were asleep,
Rekhabai allegedly took
her baby out and aban-
doned him in ditch, po-
lice said. Her husband
Kalulal Lodha was out
of village to appear for
REET exam, they said.
In-laws learnt about
the baby’s missing only
next morning after
which complaint was
filed by them.
Deceased newborn baby three
days back in the hospital.
BOOKED U/S 317
Alwar: The Muslim community here has decided
to boycott the accused who thrashed and cut the
hair of a former ‘granthi’ of a
gurdwara here a few days ago.
Ramgarh Pradhan Nasru Khan
said Muslim community had got
bad repute due to this incident.
“These are anti-social elements of
the society who do such acts. We
condemn such an act and request
police officials to take stringent action against the
concerned accused,” said Khan.
MUSLIMS TO BOYCOTT ACCUSED WHO
CUT EX-GURDWARA GANTHI’S HAIR
30 students denied
entry, create ruckus
Jaipur/Jodhpur: More
than 2 dozen aspirants
of REET exam created
a ruckus outside Ma-
hatma Jyoti Rao Phule
College in Sodala on
Sunday. Sources in-
formed nearly 30 candi-
dates were not allowed
to enter college as they
reached after 2pm.
“Candidates created
ruckus as they were not
allowed to enter. Similar
scenes were reported
outside a number of
exam centers in Jaipur
on Sunday as many stu-
dents reached center af-
ter 2pm,” said a source.
Meanwhile, REET exam
for Teachers was held
across state amid tight
security
.
In Jodhpur, a suspend-
ed police constable ap-
peared for exam amid
tight security
. Constable
Sukhvir was suspended
for illegally helping a
criminal Ramniwas Jat
to get away & meet rela-
tives. He was brought to
GovtGirlsSeniorSecond-
arySchool,ShastriNagar
for exam. Security ar-
rangementswereinplace
when brought to centre.
MANY MISS EXAM, 1 HELD IN JODHPUR
Traffic jam at Sikar road after REET exam was over on Sunday.
Rajeev Gaur &
Shubham Jain
Jodhpur/Ajmer: Jodh-
pur Police on Sunday
arrested a dummy can-
didate for impersonat-
ing an actual candidate
during REET. Police
informed the accused
has been identified as
Jayram Maanju (20), a
resident of Jalore. “The
accused was arrested
from Shivaram Na-
thuram Tak Govern-
ment Senior Secondary
School in Jodhpur. On
suspicion, when offi-
cials checked his ID
card, his photo did not
match with the actual
candidate. Jayram
Maanju was appearing
on behalf of Mahipal,”
police added.
A case has been filed
and the matter is being
investigated. However,
REET was completed
peacefully on Sunday.
Chief Coordinator of
REET, Lakshmi Naray-
an and Coordinator
Meghna Choudhary is-
sued a joint statement.
In a mishap, a mar-
ried woman who had
come to appear in REET
examinTonkwaskilled
while her husband and
son were injured.
HIGHLIGHTS
l Attendance of
candidates at all exam
centers was 79.23
percent with 3,18,508
candidates appearing.
l In the evening shift,
3,68,691 candidates
appeared with
attendance of 85.58%.
l In the 2nd level exam
on Sunday, 4,04,188
candidates appeared
with attendance of
93.62 percent.
l 30 candidates were not
allowed to enter as they
reached after 2pm at the
exam centre.
REET EXAM DAY 2 OMRSHEETSOFSATURDAYEXAMHAVEREACHEDTHEBOARDOFFICEINAJMER
(L) Police personnel checking candidates before entering exam hall (R) Students checking roll number & waiting for gates to open.
—PHOTOS
BY
SUNIL
SHARMA
Candidates create ruckus outside an exam centre in Jaipur.

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First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajsamand MP
Diya Kumari met the
newly elected Presi-
dent, Droupadi Murmu
and extended her greet-
ings on Sunday
.
She said that it was
indeed a matter of pride
and joy for all the wom-
en on her election. The
MP also invited the new-
ly elected President to
visit Chardham of Me-
war, Meera Bai Temple
of Merta and Govind
Dev Ji Temple of Jaipur.
MP Diya meets
Rajnath Singh
Rajsamand MP Diya
Kumari met Union De-
fence Minister, Rajnath
Singh on Sunday and
urged him to start a
Sainik School in her
Lok Sabha constituency
at the earliest.
During the meeting,
the MP Diya Kumari
also informed that the
ECHS polyclinic and
canteen approval has
already been received
in Beawar. She urged
that it should also be
implemented soon.
This will provide re-
lief to the defence fam-
ilies. The defence Min-
ister assured that ac-
tion will be taken at
the earliest.
MP Diya Kumari meets newly elected President
Droupadi Murmu, invites her to visit Rajasthan
SADHU’S DEATH: BJP PANEL MEETS
PROTESTORS, ASSURES SUPPORT
Ravi Katara
Bharatpur: The high-
level inquiry committee
of 4 MPs, formed by BJP
NationalPrezJPNadda,
reached Pasopa village
of Bharatpur on Sunday
and visited the mining
sites. The committee is
to probe the self-immo-
lation by Sant Vijay Das.
The committee mem-
bers also met the pro-
testing sandhus.
The committee in-
cludes state in-charge
Arun Singh, Sikar MP
Swami Sumedhanand
Saraswati, former Un-
ion Min and MP Satya-
pal Singh, former DGP
of UP and MP Brijlal
Yadav. Arun Singh and
committee members
met saints and local at
the Adibadri temple, the
committee held discus-
sions with saints, and
inspected the spot. The
saints were fully con-
vinced that the entire
network of mafia is here
and full protection of
state govt is with them.
First India Bureau
Sikar: PCC president
Govind Singh Dotasra
on Sunday lashed out at
the BJP saying its lead-
ers have the nature of
always doing politics on
corpses, temple-mosque
and Hindu-Muslim and
they have nothing to do
with the issues.
“If a decision on min-
ing had been taken dur-
ing the time of the BJP
govt,thisincidentwould
nothavehappened.Now,
the govt has closed the
mines despite them be-
ing legal,” said Dotasra
on Sunday
. He said the
case of mining dates
back to 2003-05, BJP was
in power and had per-
mitted the mining in
5632 hectare forest area.
It was reduced to 756
hectares by Cong govt.
Dotasra said that the
Conggovthadclosed207
mines as soon as it came
to power. In 2021, sages
and saints met the CM
regarding this matter
after which the CM had
also announced this.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A gang of bur-
glars fled with diamond
jewellery worth over ₹90
lakhs as well as cash
amounting to Rs 3 lakhs
after breaking into a
diamond factory in
Brahmpuri area on Sat-
urday night, police said.
The thieves used a
cutter to cut the locks of
the shutter and then de-
camped with the jewel-
lery. “The incident oc-
curred at Jagdish Colo-
ny in Brahmpuri. The
factory owner found
locks broken when he
reached on Sunday
morning. When the
owner went inside his
factory, he found dia-
monds worth Rs 90
lakhs and cash of Rs 3
lakhs missing,” said po-
lice. “Senior police of-
ficials reached the spot
and an FSL team was
called in to take sam-
ples. It is suspected that
the miscreants knew
the place well. CCTV
footage are being
checked,” police added.
First India Bureau
Udaipur: The commit-
tee of Divisional Com-
missioner Rajendra
Bhatt has submitted a
2700-page report related
to the qualifications of
Prof Amerika Singh,
former VC of MLSU, to
the government. The
committee has raised
questions on the eligi-
bility of Prof Singh to
become the VC.
Notably, LoP Gulab
Chand Kataria, in the
assembly raised ques-
tions on the eligibility
of the professor. The in-
vestigation related to
Singh’s qualifications
and other financial ir-
regularities was handed
over to Divisional Com-
missioner. In the pro-
posed Gurukul Univer-
sity case of Sikar, Prof
Singh had submitted a
wrong report to the
govt. Later, on the rec-
ommendation of govt,
GovernorKalrajMishra
had suspended Singh
from VC post on July 14.
Jaipur (FIB): Tourist
footfall in Pink city was
high on Sunday with
more than 23,000 people
visiting various tourist
places in capital.
Highest footfall was
at iconic Hawa Mahal,
where 6,895 tourists in-
cluding 37 foreigners
visited. “Total income
was Rs 3,37,980” Hawa
Mahal Superintendent
Sarojini Chanchlani
said. As many as 7,583
tourists including 155
foreigners visited Am-
ber and revenue col-
lected from tourists ar-
rival on Sunday was Rs
6,75,620 said Amber pal-
ace superintendent
Pankaj Dharenda.
Jaipur(FIB): A friendly
cricket match between
bureaucrats, doctors
and politicians was held
at RCA Cricket ground
on Sunday
. The 18-over
match took place be-
tween Officer 11 and the
Pink City 11 team. Pink
City 11 was defeated by
70 runs by the Officer 11
team.IPSPankajChaud-
hary was chosen man of
the match for scoring an
unbeaten 75 off 35 balls
which included 6 fours
and 7 sixes. Officials of
Income Tax, IRS, IPS,
and IAS were present.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Under the ban-
ner of Rajasthan Unem-
ployment Unified Fed-
eration, unemployed
youths will travel to Gu-
jarat from August 21 to
campaign against the
Cong party in the Guja-
rat assembly elections.
State Prez of the fed-
eration, Upendra Yadav
said that even after the
formation of the gov-
ernment, the Congress
has not fulfilled the de-
mands of the unem-
ployed. Interestingly on
one side top leaders of
state are reaching Guja-
rat and now the youths
are planning to visit too.
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: Three patients
with end-stage organ
failure got a new life af-
ter the organs of Sikar’s
Santosh Devi, who was
admitted to SMS Hospi-
tal after a road accident
on July 19, were re-
trieved and transplant-
ed into the patients.
Santosh Devi was de-
clared brain dead dur-
ing the hospitalization.
Principal of SMS Medi-
cal College Dr Rajiv Ba-
ghartta, Superinten-
dent Vinay Malhotra
and Neuro-Surgeon De-
vendra Purohit coun-
selled the relatives of
the patients and got
their consent.
Following their con-
sent, doctors performed
liver and kidney trans-
plants on Sunday night.
The transplant was per-
formed as part of the
“Jeevan Dayani’ Cam-
paign.
First India Bureau
Alwar: In one of the
biggest raids by the In-
come Tax (IT) depart-
ment in Alwar region,
Dausa, Bharatpur,
Dholpur, Bhiwadi,
Neemrana, which last-
ed for four days in Al-
war city, undisclosed
income of Rs 57 crore
57 lakh was recovered
from Mama Food Com-
pany. This included Rs
4 crore 25 lakh cash, Rs
4 crore 35 lakh gold and
illegal properties.
Experts believe that
the firm will have to de-
posit about Rs 30-40
crore as income tax.
The raid began on July
2o and ended on July
23. Now, the Alwar
wing of IT will scruti-
nize the documents. On
July 20, 50 vehicles
from New Delhi
reached Mama Gutkha
in Alwar city. .
Income tax officials
of Jaipur said that a to-
tal of Rs 4 crore 25 lakh
cash has been recov-
ered from Rajan Jhiri-
wal, the firm’s promot-
er. Gold worth Rs 4
crore 35 lakh has been
found from both new
and old houses.
Lokesh Vaishnav
Pushkar: RTDC Chair-
man Dharmendra
Rathore flagged off the
10th Pushkar Aranya
Tirth Pradakshina
yatra amid heavy rains
on Sunday
. The yatra is
held under the aegis of
Gayatri Shaktipeeth
every year. BJP leader
Onkar Singh Lakhawat
was also present.
Rathore told the me-
dia that the government
is completely serious
about various problems
of Pushkar town and
said that efforts are be-
ing made to solve the
problem of rain water
filling the main roads.
He said the problems in
the routes of Aranya
Tirth Yatra will also be
solved. Trees will also
beplantedbyvillagers&
tree guards provided.
Rathore was wel-
comed at many places
under the leadership of
former municipality
president Damodar
Sharma. The hotel asso-
ciation officials also met
Rathore and submitted
a memorandum to him
at which Rathore said
that the govt would soon
make special efforts re-
garding tourism.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Guv Kalraj
Mishra’s son Rajan
Mishra has tested posi-
tive for Corona. Rajan
was admitted in ICU of
SMS Hospital due to leg
injury and he had a suc-
cessful operation. How-
ever, his corona report
tested positive after
which he was shifted to
the IDH centre. Guv
Mishra went to SMS
hospital to check on his
son and inquire about
his condition.
Meanwhile, no death
due to Covid-19 was re-
ported in the state on
Sunday, but 213 people
tested positive for coro-
navirus. Highest cases
of covid were reported
from Jaipur with 48 cas-
es, as per CMHO data.
The data says that Jodh-
pur tops at number two
with 40 cases.
BJPleadershavenatureof
doing‘politicsovercorpses’
Diamonds worth over
`90 lakhs looted in Jpr
Saints are demanding CBI probe, Raj government is
inimidating & threatening them, alleges Arun Singh
Illegal mining
has happened
the most under
BJP rule, after our gov-
ernment was formed, we
have closed 207 mining.
—GS Dotasra, PCC Head
Arun Singh, Baba Balaknath,
Ranjeeta Koli, Sumedhanand
Saraswati, BL Sharma, Mukesh
Dadhich and others are seen.
Police and FSL investigating on the spot on Sunday.
ARUN SINGH CORNERS CM GEHLOT
GUV,CM REACHES
DELHI TO MEET
PRESIDENT MURMU
Bharatpur: The committee also took factual information
from the officers of the of Bharatpur district. police-ad-
ministration. “The saints are demanding CBI inquiry into
the self-immolation. The govt people are intimidating
and threatening every person. Ashok Gehlot ji, what kind
of sin are you carrying on your head,” said Arun Singh.
Governor Kalraj Mishra
reached Delhi by state
plane on Sunday even-
ing. He will attend the
swearing-in ceremony of
newly elected President
Droupadi Murmu on
Monday. CM Gehlot will
also attend the the oath
ceremony, he reached on
Sunday night.
2700-page report
questions Prof
Amerika Singh’s
appointment as VC
Over 23k tourists
throng Pink City
on Sunday
Bureaucrats, docs
& politicos plays
cricket together
Unemployed to
campaign against
Raj govt in Gujarat
Brain dead woman
gives new life to three
ITraidinAlwarends,over`57
crundeclaredassetsrecovered
3 held in `1.25 cr robbery
at Axis Bank Bhiwadi
Cars of I-T officials parked outside a house at Budh Vihar,Alwar.
Dharmendra Rathore and others in yatra amid waterlogging.
Former CM Vasundhara Raje took booster dose on Saturday.
First India Bureau
Alwar: Bhiwadi SP
Shantanu Kumar said
that three accused, in-
cluding a woman have
been arrested in the
broad daylight robbery
in Axis Bank at Rico
Chowk on June 4 in Bhi-
wadi, where miscreants
looted Rs 1.25 crore.
According to police,
Rs 2 lakh 67,000 cash, 5
rifleswithmagazines,40
live cartridges, an SUV
and a jammer have been
recovered from accused.
Singh said that on June
4, six unidentified
armed miscreants came
to the Axis Bank in Bhi-
wadi and after taking
the bank employees hos-
tage, they looted cash
and jewellery and fled.
The miscreants then
handed over the loot
money to prime accused
in a Scorpio and fled on
bikes in different direc-
tions. Soon, five teams
were formed to nab the
accused, who raided in
UP, Bihar & Haryana.
CCTV camera footage
was scanned and then
accused were nabbed.
Also meets
Union Minister
Rajnath Singh
MP Diya Kumari with Droupadi Murmu and Rajnath Singh on Sunday in New Delhi.
Amid heavy rain & waterlogging in Pushkar,
Dharmendra Rathore flags off Aranya Yatra
Guv’s son Rajan Mishra
tests Covid positive
The police have arrested four accused including a woman. Along
with arms and cash, a Scorpio vehicle has also been recovered.

PERSPECTIVE
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Piyush Goyal
@PiyushGoyal
Held a meeting on cotton production,
pricing testing along with
Agriculture Minister @NSTomar ji.
Discussed ways to scale up production
productivity of contamination-
free cotton to benefit farmers
further help in the development of an
integrated cotton value chain.
Smriti Z Irani
@smritiirani
Under the leadership of PM @
narendramodi ji, a 75-day free
vaccination campaign is being run on
the year “Azadi Ke Amrit Mahotsav” to
strengthen the fight against Corona.
In this episode, today inspected the
campaign at the Community Health
Center at Nasirabad in Rae Bareli
district under Amethi Lok Sabha.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
I have the right to do
anything,” you say – but not
everything is beneficial. “I have
the right to do anything” – but
I will not be mastered by
anything. —Bible
IN-DEPTH
WILL THE FORMER
LANKA PRESIDENT
CONTINUE TO
CALL THE SHOTS
he Rajapaksas are
out of power in Sri
Lanka but protesters
doubt if they will not
rule by proxy. The
concern of the people of Sri
Lanka is genuine. The new Pres-
ident Ranil Wickremesinghe
and the new Prime Minister
Dinesh Gunawardena, a senior
law-maker, are both said to be
close to Basil Rajapaksa, the for-
mer President. The extent of
power which Basil wields can be
better understood from reports
which said that he was able to
scuttle Ranil’s plans to appoint
a female, Rohini Kaviratne, as
the deputy speaker.
If the former president suc-
ceeds in thus running the gov-
ernment from afar it may be dif-
ficult for the new leaders to pull
the country out of the morass it
is in and for which Rajapaksas
are solely responsible. Global
lenders will also be watching the
developments before agreeing to
bail out the nation from its eco-
nomic mess. Protesters may
have been chased away but will
they sit quiet if Rajapaksas keep
calling the shots?
TOP TWEETS
T
ollowing the
World Health Or-
ganisation declar-
ing monkeypox a
global health
emergency, India’s Director-
General of Health Services
called a meeting on Sunday
to discuss the new menace
which is slowly spreading in
India. Term public health
emergency was earlier used
for polio and more recently
for Covid-19 virus. The US
called for coordinated effort
to tackle the virus after its
first case was reported
among children. In India the
fourth case of monkeypox,
which resembles smallpox in
appearance, was reported
from New Delhi. The other
three cases with a Dubai con-
nection are from Kerala. All
the cases had skin eruptions
and high fever.
The virus has spread rap-
idly in several countries in a
short time to cause concern
at the WHO. It expects na-
tional governments to take
the cases seriously. So far
about 16,000 cases have been
reported from 75 countries.
While more cases have oc-
curred in Europe, 73 deaths
have been reported from Af-
rica since the start of 2022.
Outside Africa the virus, like
in early HIV cases, has been
found among homosexuals.
The Delhi man contracted
the virus after attending a
stag party details of which
were not available. The pro-
tocol to be followed is wear-
ing a face mask, maintaining
social distance and quaran-
tining close contacts of an
infected person.
India is bound to respond
promptly to a public health
emergency of int’l concern.
MONKEYPOX IS
HERE, BE CAUTIOUS
The virus has spread
rapidly in several countries
in a short time to cause
concern at the WHO. It
expects national
governments to take
cases seriously. So far
about 16,000 cases
have been reported
from 75 countries
F
THE LIGHTHOUSE PROJECTS
THE WAY AHEAD !
s such, housing is India’s big-
gest constraint to social mo-
bility and equity
. The extant
model-‘HousingForAll’must
lookbeyondtheownership,as
it is difficult for the new mi-
grants to mobilize resources,
aswellasthetimetoconstruct
a dwelling unit. It also makes
thetransitionfromaoneBHK
to a larger apartment more
difficult. Therefore, it makes
abundant sense to look at so-
cial housing models from
across the world which can be
replicated in India.
In the last decade, Brazil
has constructed and distrib-
uted 4.5 million homes un-
der Minha Casa Minha
Vida (my house, my life).
Likewise, from 2015, Indone-
sia started an annual One
Million Houses programme
for low-income families tar-
geting 10 million homes till
2025. Today, over 80 per cent
of Singaporeans inhabit pub-
lic residential developments,
ranging from studio units to
executive condominium. The
housing estates are carefully
designed to ensure integra-
tion of all age groups, income
classes and ethnicities. This
can be achieved with mixed-
income housing with access
to high-quality public trans-
port, education and social
spaces to meet and socialise.
Therefore, from a policy
perspective, given India’s un-
met housing needs, growing
rate of urbanisation, in-
creased opportunities in the
informal and self-employed
sector,andzerocapitalbaseof
thenewmigrants,Indianeeds
to embark on the social hous-
ing model. And as a start, the
targetshouldbetoestablish50
million housing units com-
prising of one, two or three
roomsoverthenextfiveyears.
If Indonesia can target one
million homes per year, India
can easily do ten million per
year. After all their GDP is
around 1.42 trillion US$, and
ours at 3.3 trillion US$ is more
than double of theirs. These
may be augmented with dor-
mitories for workers and stu-
dentsinindustrialestatesand
other urban areas. Such hous-
ing — owned by the govern-
ment, usually the municipal
body —or the state Housing
Corporation, or a JV with
HUDCO - could rent out all
kindsof housing;fromdormi-
tories to one, two or three-bed-
room houses. Typically
, social
housingrentsareaboutthirty
percent of the household’s
monthlyincome,anditshould
be linked to the Minimum
wages and the CPI, so that
there is no freeze. Rents must
increase with incomes, and
this may also incentivize the
private sector to set up hous-
ing projects. Besides provid-
ingameasureof socialprotec-
tiontomillionsof low-income
households,theboominsocial
housing will also provide a fil-
lip to economic growth. An-
other option is to mobilize the
stakeholders to establish
housing co-operatives which
could access long term (pen-
sion) funds for a twenty-to-
thirty-year tenure.
The question is: Do we fol-
low an incremental path, or
do we look at technology in-
terventions? Fortuitously
, the
PMAY also announced a glob-
al challenge- the Light House
Project (LHP) for construc-
tion of a thousand flats in a
timeperiodof oneyearwithin
anaffordablepricerange.The
competitive edge of the LHP
is that it is earthquake resist-
ant, environment friendly
, du-
rable, and prefabricated with
adequate provision for air,
light, water and can be com-
pleted in a year’s time. Each
LHP has provision for inter-
nal roads, pathways, common
green area, boundary wall,
watersupply
,sewerage,drain-
age, rainwater harvesting,
solar lighting, external elec-
trification. They are in com-
pliance with the dimensional
requirements laid down in
NationalBuildingCode(NBC)
2016 with good aesthetics,
proper ventilation and orien-
tation, as per the climatic con-
ditions of the location.
Currently
, the Light House
Projectsarebeingimplement-
ed in Agartala (Tripura),
Ranchi (Jharkhand), Luc-
know (Uttar Pradesh), Indore
(Madhya Pradesh), Rajkot
(Gujarat) and Chennai (Tamil
Nadu). The technologies used
in each of the LHPs is differ-
ent – and this will also give
the other state governments,
municipal bodies, and the
corporate sector an idea of
what design works in which
habitat.Undertheproject,the
houses being built in Indore
will not have brick and mor-
tar walls, but a prefabricated
sandwich panel system. In
Rajkot French technology
, in-
volving the use of monolithic
concrete is to be used, while
Lucknow has opted for Cana-
dian technology with prefab-
ricated walls. The technology
of steel frames is to be used in
Agartala. This technology
has been sourced from New
Zealand. In Chennai, Fin-
land’s and America’s precast
concrete system will be used.
Last but not the least, Ranchi
hasexploredthe3-Dconstruc-
tion system of Germany
.
Each LHP cluster will have
more than a thousand units
with an average price of less
than thirteen lakh rupees of
which the Union and state
government support will be
to the extent of eight lakhs.
Institutional finance for the
balance amount can easily be
made available if one has to
adopt the ownership model.
However, this column advo-
cates that municipal corpora-
tions, state government enti-
ties, philanthropic institu-
tions, PSUs and NBFCs
should look at this model for
establishing ‘social housing’.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
A
Each LHP cluster will have
more than a thousand units
with an average price of less
than thirteen lakh rupees of
which the Union and state
government support will be
to the extent of eight lakhs.
Institutional finance for the
balance amount can easily
be made available if one
has to adopt the ownership
model. However, this
column advocates that
municipal corporations,
state government entities,
philanthropic institutions,
PSUs and NBFCs should
look at this model for
establishing ‘social housing’
RAJ DHARMA 14
YOU READ RAJ DHARMA 13 ON JULY 11, 2022
RAJ DHARMA COLUMN FOCUSES ON ISSUES
SALIENT TO GOVERNANCE OF THE COUNTRY
Raj Dharma, a fortnightly column, exclusive to this paper addresses
issues salient to governance of the country. After a discussion on
the eco-system of training of civil servants, it is now asking critical
questions about the capacity of the state to match the expectations
of citizens with regard to their fundamental needs like housing
and shelter. Last fortnight, Raj Dharma discussed the link between
urbanization, migration and acute the acute housing shortage. The
focus this week is on the ambitious Light House Projects being
implemented in Agartala, Ranchi, Lucknow, Indore, Rajkot Chennai.
SANJEEV CHOPRA
The writer superannuated as the Director of the
LBS National Academy of Administration,
India’s apex training institution, and curates
Valley of Words: An annual Literature and Arts
festival at Dehradun, where he currently resides

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INDIA
05
FESTIVAL TO
SHOWCASE
NORTHEAST INDIA
New Delhi: A 3-day
festival from July 29 in
Thailand will showcase
Northeast India and
explore the shared
history through a
series of discussions,
exhibitions, buyer-seller
meets, and song, dance
and fashion events. The
second edition of the
North East India Festival
is being organised in
Bangkok to celebrate
the 75th year of India’s
diplomatic relations
with Thailand.
Lucknow: Portraits of Prime minister Narendra
Modi and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath were
found in garbage collected at the Kosi Kalan power
plant, officials said on
Sunday. The portraits
of the two leaders were
disposed off in ‘kabad’
by some employees of
the power plant while the
office was being cleaned, they said. A few days ago,
a sanitation worker was terminated after photos of
Modi and Adityanath were found in his garbage cart.
PORTRAITS OF CM YOGI, PM MODI FOUND
IN GARBAGE AT UP’S KOSI KALAN PLANT
CRUCIAL READS
MUMTAZ PATEL IN
POLITICS WHEN
‘TIME IS RIGHT’
Ahmedabad: Mumtaz
Patel, daughter of
late senior Congress
leader Ahmed Patel, is
“waiting for the right
time and platform”. Her
two recent tweets on
the current issues have
sent strong signals in
the political circles.
Mumtaz Patel said:
“People have respond-
ed to my tweets with
warmth and respect
and such a response
encourages me to join
politics.”
Wayanad: With the culling of over 300 pigs to
commence from Sunday in Kerala’s Wayanad in the
wake of African swine fever being reported from two
farms here, a farmer who
would be affected by the
government decision has
opposed the move.One of
the farmers, where some
pigs tested positive for the
disease, claimed the allegedly infected animals appear
hale and hearty for the last several days and therefore,
authorities should wait for a few more days.
SWINE FEVER: FARM OWNER WANTS GOVT
TO WAIT WATCH BEFORE CULLING PIGS
IS PRIYANKA’S ‘POWER’ SET
TO INCREASE IN CONGRESS?
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: The role of
Congress General Sec-
retary Priyanka Gan-
dhi Vadra will increase
exponentially in the
coming days. Informed
Congress leaders say
that she will not be
kept as in-charge of Ut-
tar Pradesh only, rath-
er can be made in-
charge of some other
states along with Uttar
Pradesh or a new post
can be created for her.
It is also being said
that if Rahul Gandhi
does not become the
President, then Priyan-
ka will either become
the President or be-
come the General Sec-
retary of the organiza-
tion. Keep in mind that
the election strategist
Prashant Kishor had
also suggested making
her the General Secre-
tary of the organiza-
tion. According to
sources in the Con-
gress, she will play an
important role in the
elections of both the
states to be held this
year, especially in
Himachal Pradesh
where her close aide
Rajiv Shukla is in-
charge, whom Priyan-
ka has sent to the Rajya
Sabha.
However, after the
Congress won in three
cities in the mayoral
elections in Madhya
Pradesh, and with
Congress being upbeat
about the victories, it
seems that Priyanka
will play some role in
Madhya Pradesh. After
the results of Madhya
Pradesh, Priyanka
Gandhi Vadra congrat-
ulated the party work-
ers, following which
former Chief Minister
and senior Congress
leader Digvijay Singh
tweeted thanking her
that this result has
come due to all the
Congressmen fighting
united under the lead-
ership of Kamal Nath.
In the same tweet, he
wrote that now prepa-
rations have to be
made for the 2023 as-
sembly elections. Keep
in mind that Kamal
Nath is also in touch
with Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra and the party is
preparing to contest
the elections under his
command in MP.
Modi chairs meet of CMs,
Dy CMs of BJP-ruled states
Discussions held on progress of development works in the states
New Delhi (PTI):
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi on Sunday
held a meeting with
chief ministers and
deputy chief ministers
of BJP-ruled states at
the party headquarters
here to deliberate on
the development work
done by them.
The meeting was also
attended by the BJP
president, JP Nadda, its
senior leader and Union
Minister Bhupender
Yadav and Vinay Sah-
srabuddhe, who heads
the party’s good govern-
ance cell.
The chief ministers
and deputy chief minis-
ters of 18 states where
the BJP is in power on
its own or in alliance
with other parties held
deliberations on achiev-
ing a 100 per cent target
of all centrally spon-
sored welfare schemes
and flagship pro-
grammes, sources said.
UP Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath, Mad-
hya Pradesh CM
Shivraj Singh Chou-
han, Uttarakhand CM-
Pushkar Singh Dhami,
and Assam CM Himan-
ta Biswa Sarma are
among those who at-
tended the meeting.
Nagaland Chief Min-
ister Nephio Rio, Kar-
nataka Chief Minister
Basavaraj Bommai,
Tripura Chief Minister
Manik Saha, Gujarat
Chief Minister Bhupen-
dra Patel, Goa CM
Pramod Sawant, and
Tripura CM Manik
Saha are also present.
PM Narendra Modi with JP Nadda during Mukhyamantri Parishad meeting at the BJP HQ in Delhi on
Sunday. Yogi Adityanath, Shivraj Chouhan, Manohar L Khattar, Pramod Sawant others are also seen.
PM WILL ADDRESS EVENT MARKING 10TH
DEATH ANNIV OF EX-MP HARMOHAN YADAV
New Delhi: PM Modi
will on Monday address
an event marking the
10th death anniversary of
former Rajya Sabha MP
Harmohan Singh Yadav
via video conferenc-
ing, his office said. The
PM’s participation is in
recognition of the great
contribution of the late
leader for farmers, back-
ward classes and other
sections of the society, a
statement issued by the
Prime Minister’s Office
said. Harmohan Singh
Yadav was a towering
figure and leader of Yadav
community.
STALIN
TELLS MODI
TO HELP
STUDENTS
Chennai: The Centre
should facilitate
continuation of stud-
ies either in domestic
or foreign colleges
for medical students
who had to return
home from Ukraine,
Tamil Nadu CM MK
Stalin urged PM
Modi. Acknowledg-
ing the immediate
steps taken by the
Centre to evacu-
ate students from
Ukraine in coordina-
tion with States,
Stalin, in a letter to
Modi said that there
is a ‘sense of disap-
pointment’ among
students that similar
concrete steps have
not been taken by the
Union government
as regards continu-
ance of their studies.
STUDENTS BACK
FROM UKRAINE
MAKE AN APPEAL
New Delhi: Medical
college students, who
returned from war-torn
Ukraine, are holding
a 5-day starvation
strike here demanding
admission to Indian
medical schools as
a one-time measure.
Citing despair, nerv-
ousness and different
psychological points,
these college students
have requested PM
Modi to step in.
Chennai: MDMK
general secretary Vaiko
on Sunday urged the
Centre to take immedi-
ate steps to secure the
release of Tamil Nadu
fishermen arrested by
Sri Lanka. Citing recent
incidents of arrest of
fishers, Vaiko said
Rameswaram-based
fishermen have em-
barked on an indefinite
strike since July 23
seeking action.
‘GET INDIAN
FISHERMEN
RELEASED’
PM directs implementation of
GOI schemes with eye on 2024
Renni Abraham
Mumbai: Maharashtra
Deputy CM Devendra
Fadnavis attended the
BJP CMs Conference in
Delhi where PM Naren-
dra Modi emphasised
to the delegates the
need for every BJP
ruled state to reflect the
initiatives of the Gov-
ernment of India at
their regional level
through effective im-
plementation of multi-
ple Central sponsored
schemes.
“Modi’s clear mes-
sage was at the BJP
CMs conclave was that
implementation levels
of the many GOI
schemes at the state
government levels
were being monitored
as a key parameter to
assess the work perfor-
mance of BJP leaders
in various states with
an eye on the 2024 gen-
eral elections in India,”
a source revealed.
President Ram Nath Kovind received the first copy of ‘Interpreting
Geometries: Flooring of Rashtrapati Bhavan’ from Union Minister
Anurag Singh Thakur, at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on
Sunday. Prez-elect Draupadi Murmu, Vice President Venkaiah
Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi also present.
ANURAG THAKUR RELEASES BOOKS
SHOWCASING RARE PICTURES OF PREZ
New Delhi: Union IB Minister Anurag Thakur
on Sunday released three books showcasing
some rarest photographs of outgoing President
RN Kovind and his predecessors. The books were
released at a function at Rashtrapati Bhavan here
and their first copies were presented to President
Kovind in the presence of president-elect Droupadi
Murmu, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and PM
Modi, according to Rashtrapati Bhavan tweets.
Home Min Amit Shah inaugurates slew of
Ahmedabad Urban Dev Authority projects
Ahmedabad (ANI):
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah inaugurated
various projects of the
Ahmedabad Urban De-
velopment Authority
(AUDA) on Sunday
.
Speaking at the inau-
guration of the newly
constructed Sports
Complex by AUDA un-
der ‘Vande Gujarat Vi-
kas Yatra’, Shah said,
“About one year ago I
had laid foundation
stone here and today I
am inaugurating the
various projects here.
This is an example of
working with speed.”
Shah inaugurated a
water supply project in
Bopal worth 77.53 crore.
He also inaugurated
Pradhanmantri Aawas
there worth 7.73 crore.
CISCE Class 12
results:18 share
top rank girls
outshine boys
New Delhi (PTI):
Eighteen students have
shared the top rank in
CISCE class 12 exam
with a score of 99.75 per
cent, according to re-
sultsannouncedSunday
.
The second rank has
been shared by 58 candi-
dates who scored 99.50
per cent while 78 candi-
dates scored 99.25 per
cent to come third.
The pass percentage
in the exams stood at
99.52 per cent with girls
outshining boys by a
very small margin, offi-
cials said.
In a first, the board
had conducted the ex-
ams in two terms. Board
secretary Gerry Arat-
hoon said, the first se-
mester marks of each
subjecthavebeenhalved
and these marks have
been added to second se-
mester and practical/
project marks to arrive
at final marks.
SHAH URGES
PEOPLE TO HOIST
NATIONAL FLAG
Ahmedabad: Speak-
ing on the Centre’s
Har Ghar Tiranga
programme here on
Sunday, Amit Shah
said, “Recently, a pro-
gramme has been an-
nounced by PM Modi
in which he has said to
hoist the national flag
on August 13, 14, 15.
There is a programme
to boost patriotism
among the youth.”
Srinagar: PDP presi-
dent Mehbooba Mufti
accused the Jammu
and Kashmir admin-
istration of “forcing”
people to buy the
national flag for ‘Har
Ghar Tiranga’ asserting
that patriotism comes
naturally and cannot be
imposed. The campaign
has been launched to
encourage citizens to
hoist the national flag.
‘ADMN FORCING
PEOPLE TO BUY
TRICOLOUR’
Priyanka Gandhi
Agniveer Vayu exam for first batch IAF
recruitment held amid tight security
Ranchi (PTI): Ag-
niveer Vayu exam for
recruitment of the first
batch of Indian Air
Force (IAF) personnel
under the Agnipath
scheme was held on
Sunday at two centres
here amid tight securi-
ty, an official said.
Aspirants were seen
huddling at the centres
— Oxford Public School
and Sanskar IT and
Management Services
– since morning, with
security forces de-
ployed outside.
Exams are being held
in three shifts across
250 centres of the coun-
try,. Ranchi deputy
commissioner Rahul
Sinha said adequate
number of magistrates
and security forces had
been posted outside the
centres.
Aspirants appearing at an examination centre on Sunday.
‘YOUTH’S FUTURE IN
DANGER WITH THIS
NEW EXPERIMENT’
New Delhi: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi at-
tacked the Centre over the
Agnipath scheme, saying
the country’s security and
the future of the youth are
in danger with this “new
experiment” of Prime
Minister Narendra Modi’s
“laboratory”. “What will be
the future of thousands of
‘Agniveers’ retiring after
4-year contracts,” the
former party chief asked.
IN THE COURTYARD
BAGHEL, RIVAL
SINGH DEO TO
MEET TOP PARTY
LEADERSHIP
New Delhi: Chhattisgarh
Chief Minister Bhupesh
Baghel and his cabinet
colleague and rival T S
Singh Deo will meet the
Congress high command
here on Sunday amid
the continuing turf war
between the two. Baghel
is likely to raise with the
Congress leadership the
issue of his differences
with state minister Singh
Deo, who he alleges has
given the BJP a handle to
attack the party, sources
said.Deo had recently
tendered his resignation as
Panchayat Minister.
HC TO HEAR
PLEA BY EX-CM
OP CHAUTALA
UNWED WOMAN’S
SON TO KEEP
MOTHER’S NAME
New Delhi: The Delhi HC
will hear on Monday a
plea by former Haryana
CM Om Prakash Chautala
against his conviction
and four-year sentence in
a disproportionate assets
(DA) case. The HC had,
earlier this month, called
for the 87-yr-old INLD
leader’s jail records.
Kochi: The children of
unwed mothers and rape
victims can live in this
country with the funda-
mental rights of privacy,
liberty, and dignity, the
Kerala HC has said and
allowed a person to
include his mother’s
name alone in the birth
certificate.
‘Apologise’: Smriti to Cong
leaders in legal notice
New Delhi: Union Min-
ister Smriti Irani, fol-
lowing up on her word,
today sent a legal notice
to three Congress lead-
ers and their party for
alleging that her
18-year-old daughter
was running an “illegal
bar” in Goa.
The legal notice has
been sent to Opposition
party’s Pawan Khera,
Jairam Ramesh and
Netta D’ Souza.
The Union Minister
has sought a written un-
conditional apology
and withdrawal of alle-
gations against her
daughter with immedi-
ate effect from the Con-
gress.
CONG SLAMS BJP
Home Minister Amit Shah

INDIA
06
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: In
Jharkhand, it looks like
the chessboard is set.
Along with Jharkhand
Mukti Morcha, a ‘game’
has been played in Con-
gressaswell.Jharkhand
Mukti Morcha openly
supported Draupadi
Murmu. The party has
said that she is a tribal
woman, so she is being
supported. However, be-
forethat,Chief Minister
Hemant Soren had met
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah. Therefore,
politics is also being
seen in this whole inci-
dent. But the bigger de-
velopment is that about
a dozen out of 18 Con-
gress MLAs voted for
Draupadi Murmu. In
Jharkhand, the party’s
lone MP and Congress
working president Gee-
ta Koda also voted for
Murmu. Everyone’s ar-
gument in defense is
that Murmu is a tribal,
so they voted for her.
But the real story is
something else. No Con-
gress MLA or MP voted
because Murmu is a
woman, a tribal and has
been the governor of
Jharkhand. Everyone
has voted under BJP’s
OperationLotus.Itisbe-
ingtoldthatthetoplead-
ership of BJP designed
this cross voting. This is
part of the campaign to
topple the JMM govern-
ment in the state. Those
who are engaged in Op-
eration Lotus, their first
test was in the presiden-
tial election.
They had to prove
they could deliver. After
the success of this cam-
paign, if the high com-
mand feels confident
about the state leader-
ship’s abilities, then the
campaign will go ahead.
Thenverysoonthestory
of Maharashtra can be
repeated. According to
informed sources, 14 out
of 18 Congress MLAs
were in touch with the
BJP and had given their
consent to vote for Mur-
mu. But later some
MLAs withdrew. Keep
in mind that only 12
MLAs are needed to
break the Congress
while avoiding the anti-
defection law.
Rairangpur (PTI):With
Draupadi Murmu set to
take oath as the first trib-
al President of the coun-
tryonMonday
,herneigh-
bours and friends back
home are confused over
howtoaddresstheirami-
go the next time they
meet her.
Ramachandra Mur-
mu, a farmer of Uparbe-
da village in Odisha’s
Mayurbhanj district,
saideveryoneinthepres-
ident-elect’shometownis
proud of her achieve-
ments,“butIamnotsure
if Ishoulduse‘tu’or‘aap’
(address with respect)
when we talk next”. Ra-
machandra,whowasher
classmate in Govern-
ment Upper Primary
School in Uparbeda, re-
called that the two would
often shared food from
the same plate in school.
“We all took part in
sporting activities to-
gether. All these year, I
have used ‘tu’ to address
her.Thingshavechanged
now.Iamnotsureif Ican
use ‘tu’ for the first citi-
zen of India.
BJP moves strategically in Jharkhand on the pretext of Murmu’s Presidency!
Not sure if we could still address
Murmu informally, say friends
Kolkata (Agencies):
ArpitaMukherjeeiscur-
rently in the news after
the Enforcement Direc-
torate (ED) recovered a
huge amount of cash,
gold and other costly
itemsfromherresidence
in connection with the
agency’s ongoing probe
on the West Bengal
School Service Commis-
sion (WBSSC)’s recruit-
ment irregularities
scam.
A background check
of Arpita by the central
agency officials has re-
vealed that she had al-
ways been driven by su-
per high ambitions and
shortcut methods to
achieve that in her jour-
ney from a small-time
Odia actress to her pre-
sentstatusasaconfidant
and close aide of West
Bengal Commerce In-
dustries Minister and
TrinamoolCongresssec-
retary general, Partha
Chatterjee, also had also
been arrested by ED in
this connection.
In fact, ED sources
said that, this over and
super high ambitions
prompted Arpita to even
abandon her widow
mother, Minoti Mukher-
jee at her humble ances-
tral flat at Belgharia in
the northern outskirts
of Kolkata.
Minoti Mukherjee
has informed a section
of the media here that
since the time her
daughter started resid-
ing at her flat at the posh
Diamond City residen-
tial complex in South
Kolkata, from where the
cash and gold were
seized, her connections
with her daughter be-
came highly occasional.
“From the media
flashes I came to know
that huge cash has been
recoveredfromherflat.I
asked her several times
in the past about what
job she was doing. But I
never got any definite
answer. Had I known
such things I would have
surely got her married,”
Minoti Mukherjee told
mediapersons.
‘HIGH AMBITIONS PROMPTED
ARPITA TO ABANDON MOTHER’
Kolkata (PTI): BJP on
Sunday alleged that
the Woodburn ward of
state-run SSKM Hospital
in Kolkata has become
a ‘’resort’’ for scam-
tainted TMC leaders. West
Bengal BJP president
Sukanta Majumdar said
the practice of ‘’tainted’’
ruling party leaders get-
ting admitted to SSKM
citing ‘’uneasiness’’ must
stop. He said they should
be treated at any medical
establishment which is
outside the control of the
state government so that
they can’t influence hospi-
tal authorities in reporting
their health condition in
a way favorable to them.
Minister Partha Chatterjee,
was hospitalized at SSKM
after he complained of
‘’uneasiness’’.
Gonda (PTI): Police and
Special Operation Group
(SOG) of Itiathok police
station here arrested two
inter-district robbers after an
encounter and recovered two
motorcycles and illegal arms
and ammunition from them,
senior official said on Sun-
day. One robber was shot in
the leg during the encounter
and has been admitted to a
hospital for treatment.
SP Akash Tomar said an
information was received
about the robbers during the
investigation of a robbery
case involving a person
named Santosh Maurya
in Dhanepur police station
area a week ago. He said on
Saturday, the joint team of
police and SOG arrested two
robbers Ajay Ojha and Vinay
Ojha.
SSKM HOSP HAS
BECOME RESORT
FOR SCAM-TAINTED
TMC LEADERS: BJP
TWO INTER-DISTRICT
ROBBERS ARRESTED
FROM GONDA., TWO
BIKES, ARMS SEIZED
BAD WEATHER
FORCES
CANCELLATION
OF EVENT IN UP
MP RAINS: IMD
ISSUES ORANGE
ALERT FOR 8
DISTRICTS
SSC
SCAM
Actor’s mother says she was
not aware of her daugher’s job
Minoti Mukherjee Arpita Mukherjee
ED says she had always been
driven by shortcut methods
‘Nothing else explains Mamata’s silence on Chatterjee except admission of crime’
New Delhi (Agencies):
The Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) on Sunday
slammed the Trinamool
Congress and said the
West Bengal CM Mamata
Banerjee’s silence over
the arrest of the state’s
Commerce and Indus-
tries Minister and close
confidante Partha Chat-
terjee is an admission of
corruption committed by
the latter.
West Bengal BJP Co-
incharge Amit Malviya
tweeted: “Nothing else
explains Mamata Baner-
jee’s silence on Chatter-
jee, her close confidant,
now in jail, except an
admission of the crime,
when she had hit the
road to defend a police
officer! Mamata may
be trying to distance
herself from Partha, but
their association is well
known.”
Hitting out at the CM,
Union Minister Rajeev
Chandrasekhar said: “In
a well-planned conspir-
acy, Mamata is trying
to target the central law
enforcement agencies
and its senior officers
and spreading lies so
that her political and
financial crimes remain
under the carpet and
are not made public.
It is a ploy to hush up
cases of massive cor-
ruption and scam of the
Mamata Banerjee-led
Trinamool Congress
government.”
Two more held in Lulu Mall
namaz row; total 7 arrested
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh Police on Sun-
day held two more per-
sons in connection with
the “unauthorised” of-
fering of namaz at a
shopping mall here, tak-
ing the total number of
arrests to seven.
The arrests have
been made after Adity-
anath Monday directed
the administration to
act tough against ele-
ments “hell-bent on vi-
tiating the atmosphere”
in the state. A video of
people offering namaz
at Lulu Mall had sur-
faced on social media
on July 13.
The incident kicked
up a row after a right-
wing Hindu outfit ob-
jected to the namaz be-
ing offered on the mall
premises and sought
permission to recite the
Hanuman Chalisa
there. Some members
of the Akhil Bharatiya
Hindu Mahasabha
staged a sit-in at the
gate of Lulu Mall on
July 14.
Gonda (PTI ): A case has
been registered against
five persons under the
Prevention of Cow Slaugh-
ter Act in Gonda district,
a police officer said on
Sunday. ASP Shivraj said
a calf, tied at the door of
Pushpa Devi of Barbatpur
village, had gone missing
about a month ago. It was
learned that with the con-
nivance of some people
of the Alipur village, had
stolen the calf.
Gonda (PTI): A three-year-old girl was allegedly raped
by a teenage boy in a village in Wazirganj area here,
police said on Sunday. A 13-year-old boy took the girl to
a secluded place on Saturday and raped her, the victim’s
mother alleged in her complaint, police said. Additional
Superintendent of Police Shivraj said that the accused
was produced before the Juvenile Justice Board from
where he was sent to juvenile home.
Bijnor: Two brothers were
arrested on Sunday alleged-
ly for vandalising a ‘mazaar’
(tomb) here and burning
the curtains and ‘chaadars’
offered there, police said.
SP Dinesh Singh said at
around 4.30 pm, police got
an information the ‘mazaar’
of Jalal Shah was vandal-
ised. When police reached
the mazaar, they came to
know that it was vandalised
by Mohammad Kamaal and
Mohammad Aadib.
FIVE BOOKED
UNDER ANTI-COW
SLAUGHTER ACT
3-YR-OLD RAPED BY TEENAGE BOY IN UP
MUSLIM BROS HELD
FOR VANDALISING
‘MAZAAR’
Sangareddy (PTI):
Three people died and
two others were injured
in rain-related inci-
dents in Medak and Sid-
dipet districts of Telan-
gana on Sunday, police
said.
According to Che-
gunta Sub Inspector of
Police Prakash Goud,
two people died on the
spot and two others
were injured in Reddi-
pally village when a
compound wall fell on a
room where four work-
ers of a factory were
sleeping.
The deceased were
natives of Bihar and
identified as Ranbek
(55) and Vir Yadav (48).
In another incident, a
youth lost control of his
motorbike amid heavy
rains and hit a road di-
vider in Narsingi vil-
lage of Medak district.
T Sailu (19), a resi-
dent of Navipet village
in Nizamabad district,
died while he was being
shifted to hospital, po-
lice said.
New Delhi: BSP MP
Danish Ali on Sunday
dubbed the BJP’s out-
reach to ‘Pasmanda’
Muslims a “farce” and
alleged that the ruling
party wants “Muslim-
mukt” legislatures
throughout the country
.
He accused the BJP of
indulging in “majority
appeasement” and tar-
geting minorities by al-
legedly getting false cas-
es registered against
them and demolishing
their houses using bull-
dozers. The MP from
Amroha also said it is
the moral responsibility
of Opposition, particu-
larly the ones whom the
minority community
used to vote for, to raise
Muslims’issuesbutrued
that in this era of “ma-
joritarian politics”, the
issues of Muslims have
been isolated.
Ali said the BJP has
“created so much ha-
tred” that attention gets
diverted from real is-
sues.
Hubballi (PTI): Three
people, who were scald-
ed in a fire tragedy at a
sparkler birthday can-
dle manufacturing fac-
tory, have succumbed to
their injuries, police
here said on Sunday
.
The incident had oc-
curred on Saturday
evening in the factory
at Tarihal Industrial
Area in the district in-
juring at least eight peo-
ple.
The entire unit was
gutted in the blaze and
police are investigating
the cause behind the
fire. Police said the fac-
tory started operations
only recently
.
Among the injured,
three persons breathed
their last in hospital.
The condition of the
other injured persons is
said to be serious.
The deceased were
identified as Vijayalak-
shmi Ichchanagar (34),
Gouramma Hiremnath
(45), and Malesh
Haddannavar (27).
Varanasi:Ascuffletook
place between devotees
andfourtempleservants
insidethesanctumsanc-
torum of the Kashi
Vishwanath temple in
Varanasi. The CCTV
footage of the incident
has now gone viral on
the social media. In the
footage, temple servants
and the two devotees are
seen shoving each other
inwhatappearstobethe
inside area of the Kashi
Vishwanath temple.
The incident took
place on Saturday even-
ing, when an ‘aarti’ was
underwayatthesanctum
sanctorumof thetemple.
The devotees insisted on
having a darshan even
when the doors were
shut. What started as an
argumentalmostcameto
blows when the devotees
and temple servants
started pushing each
other inside the sancto-
rum. The devotees were
taken out of the sancto-
rumandtempleservants
sentalettertothetemple
administration appris-
ing them of the incident.
New Delhi (PTI):
The link between in-
flation and food prices
needs to be given a se-
rious thought, Rash-
triya Swayamsevak
Sangh general secre-
tary Dattatreya Hosa-
bale has said, stress-
ing that people want
essentials to be afford-
able. He underlined
that though the essen-
tials have to be afford-
able for everyone,
farmers should not
have to bear the brunt
of it.
Hosabale’s remarks
on Saturday come
amid intense attack
on the central govern-
ment by the opposi-
tion on the issues of
rising prices and im-
position of the GST
on basic food items.
The RSS leader was
speaking at an inter-
national conference
on agriculture organ-
ised by the Bharatiya
Kisan Sangh.
3 die, 2 hurt in rain-related
incidents in Telangana
Scuffle breaks out in
Kashitempleoverdarshan
PEOPLE WANT FOOD,CLOTHING
SHELTER TO BE AFFORDABLE: RSS
Saharanpur (PTI): The sched-
uled programme to shower
flower petals on Kanwad
pilgrims from helicopter was
cancelled on Saturday owing
to bad weather, a district
administration official said.
Saharanpur DM Akhilesh
Singh said, “The helicopter,
which was to come from
Gurugram to shower petals
on pilgrims in Saharanpur
and Muzaffarnagar, could not
come due to bad weather.” He
added according to CM Yogi
Adityanath’s directives, flower
petals were to be showered
over kanwariyas returning
with water of the Ganga from
Rishikesh.
Bhopal (PTI): The India
Meteorological Department
(IMD) on Sunday issued an
orange alert warning of very
heavy to extremely heavy
rainfall in eight districts of
central MP. Some major
rivers are in spate due to
intermittent rainfall over the
last couple of days, prompt-
ing the authorities to open
sluice gates of some dams.
The IMD’s orange alert
forecasts extremely heavy
rainfall, ranging from 115.6
mm or above, at isolated
places in Bhopal, Raisen, Ra-
jgarh, Sehore, Vidisha, Guna,
Agar Malwa and Shajapur
districts.
BJP wants
Muslim-mukt
legislatures: BSP
MP Danish Ali
3 succumb to
burns after blaze
at candle making
unit in K’taka
Lucknow:
After the
death of six
kanwariyas
in a road ac-
cident, Su-
perintendent of Police,
Hathras, IPS Vikas Ku-
mar Vaidya, was trans-
ferred and made com-
mandant of 30th Vehicle
PAC Mirzapur.IPS De-
vesh Kumar Pandey was
only recently posted in
Mirzapur.
—AhteshamSiddiqui
Hathras SP
transferred after
6 kanwariyas
killed in accident
Her classmate Ramachan-
dra said, “We all took part
in sporting activities together.
All these year, I have used
‘tu’ to address her. Things
have changed now. I am not
sure if I can use ‘tu’ for the
first citizen of India”
MURMU’S FRIEND...
Draupadi Murmu

business
BRIEFS
07
Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 50,620.00 540.00 1.06 (Per 10g)
SILVER 55,100.00 00.00 0.00 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 79.85 0.11 0.1376
GBPINR 95.3067 0.1941 0.2032
CURRENCIES
More women enter auto manufacturing
New Delhi (PTI): Women
are storming the male bas-
tion in automotive manu-
facturing harder as firms
like Tata Motors, MG Mo-
tor, Hero MotoCorp and
Bajaj Auto accelerate the
drive for gender diversity
at shop floors.
Tata Motors, which cur-
rently has over 3,000 wom-
en operating on its shop
floors across its six plants
in India in different roles
for production of a range
of vehicles from small pas-
senger cars to heavy com-
mercial vehicles, plans to
add even more women in
its factory workforce.
Similarly, MG Motor In-
dia plans to achieve a gen-
der-balanced workforce
wherein women would ac-
count for 50% of its overall
workforce, including in fac-
tories, by December 2023.
Currently, women com-
prise 34% of the company’s
factory workforce of 2,000
at Halol plant, in Gujarat.
Hero MotoCorp has over
1,500 women employees
with a diversity ratio of
9.3% at the end of 2021-22
and it aims to substantially
increase it in the near fu-
ture.
Another Indian automo-
tive firm, Bajaj Auto which
has an all-women line of
manufacturing high-end
bikes like Dominar 400 and
Pulsar RS 200 at its Chakan
plant, in Pune has seen
women employee strength
grow more than four times
from 148 in FY14 to 667 in
FY22. Almost 64% of wom-
en are working in manu-
facturing plants and in
engineering.
TaMo, HERO, MG UP DIVERSITY DRIVE
CURRENT
SCENARIO
 Tata Motors, which
currently has over 3,000
women operating on its
shop floors across its six
plants in India.
 Hero MotoCorp has over
1,500 women employees
with diversity ratio of 9.3%
 Bajaj Auto has an all-women
line of mfg high-end bikes
‘DEFICIT IN PADDY
COVERAGE TO BE
RECOVERED SOON’
New Delhi: Agriculture com-
missioner A K Singh has said
there is a slight deficit in paddy
coverage in
the ongoing
kharif season
mainly in
eastern India,
but it will be recovered with
monsoon progressing fast.
“I sincerely hope that the
situation should be normal in
terms of sowing. In due course
of time, there will be recovery
also. The planted paddy crop
should survive.” —PTI
RELIANCE WANTS
GOVT TO SCRAP CAPS
ON GAS PRICES
New Delhi: RIL expects prices
of natural gas in India to rise
again in October but wants
government-
dictated caps
to go, in a
bid to align
domestic rates
with global energy prices. The
conglomerate expects the
price cap for its KG-D6 gas
sales to rise over the current
$9.92 per million British ther-
mal units, Sanjay Roy, senior
vice-president for exploration
and production, said. —PTI
FORMULATE PLANS
FOR BIOMASS CO-
FIRING: POWER MIN
New Delhi: The Ministry of
Power has asked states to
formulate time-bound plans
to ensure the
utilisation of
biomass for
co-firing in
thermal power
plants ahead of the Kharif har-
vest season to reduce stubble
burning. To address the issue
of air pollution and to reduce
the carbon footprint of thermal
power generation, the Ministry
of Power issued a revised policy
in October last year. —PTI
JLR EXPECT 60% OF
SALES TO BE PURE-
ELECTRIC BY 2030
New Delhi: Jaguar Land Rover
expects 60% of its brand Land
Rover’s sales across the globe
to come from
pure-electric
trims by
2030. The
Tata Motors-
owned luxury carmaker plans
to add at least six pure-electric
variants to be part of the Land
Rover portfolio starting 2024.
The British automaker has al-
ready confirmed a pure-electric
new Range Rover to join the
product range in 2024. —PTI
LOCAL LEVIES, SUPPLY CHAIN DISTORTION
TRIGGER WIDELY VARYING INFLATION LEVELS
New Delhi: Even after five years of a common Goods and Services
Tax (GST), retail inflation in India varies widely across states as
differences in local levies and supply
chain efficacy distort consumer prices.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based
inflation rate for the month of June was
as high as 10.5% in Telangana and as
low as 4.7% in Bihar, while the national
average stood at 7%. The difference
in inflation, according to experts, can
be attributed to factors like transport costs, tax policies of state
governments, and supply chain efficiency. —PTI
OTHER STORIES
New Delhi: Nine of the 10
most valued firms added
`2.98 lakh crore to their
market valuation last week
amid a bullish trend in eq-
uities, with Reliance In-
dustries and TCS emerg-
ing as lead gainers. Last
week, the 30-share BSE
benchmark jumped
2,311.45 points. Barring
LIC, the top 10 firms, in-
cluding HDFC Bank, Info-
sys, Hindustan Unilever
Limited ICICI Bank,
added total of `2,98,523
crore to their market valu-
ation. LIC’s valuation de-
clined by `12,396.99 cr to
`4,35,760.72 crore. —PTI
New Delhi: The relentless
selling by foreign investors
appears to have taken a
breather as they have
turned net buyers so far
this month with an invest-
ment of nearly `1,100
crore in the Indian equity
market. This comes follow-
ing a net withdrawal of
`50,145 crore from equi-
ties in June. FPIs invested
a net amount of `1,099
crore in Indian equities
during July 1-22. They
have significantly slowed
down their relentless sell-
ing and have even turned
buyers for several days this
month particularly during
the last few days. —PTI
New Delhi : Domestic
stock markets are expect-
ed to see high volatility
this week due to a host of
factors such as US Fed
rate decision, monthly de-
rivatives expiry and an-
nouncement of results by
index companies, analysts
said. Foreign investment
and trends in global mar-
kets and movement of the
rupee as well as crude oil
would impact the market
sentiment, they said. “This
week is going to be an
event-heavy therefore we
can expect spike in volatil-
ity,” said Santosh Meena,
Head of Research, Swasti-
ka Investmart Ltd. —PTI
New Delhi : Leasing of
flexible workspace by cor-
porates rose 59% in April-
June at 28,167 desks
across top eight cities as
they are embracing man-
aged office space amid un-
certainties, according to
Cushman Wakefield. En-
terprises had leased
17,691 seats in coworking
centres in the April-June
quarter of last year across
8 major cities. Bengaluru,
Pune, Hyderabad are cit-
ies spearheading, with the
three cities accounting for
around 75% of all deals
since start of 2021. —PTI
MCAP OF NINE TOP
FIRMS JUMPS OVER
`2.98 LAKH CRORE
FPIs INVEST `1,100
CRORE IN INDIAN
EQUITIES IN JULY
FED INTEREST RATE
DECISION, EARNINGS
TO DRIVE EQUITIES
LEASING OF FLEXIBLE
WORKSPACE BY
CORPORATES UP 59%
` faces risk of further decline to 82/$
New Delhi (PTI): Indian
rupee may further depreci-
ate to 82 to a dollar in the
near term due to widening
of trade deficit and expect-
ed aggressive rate hike by
the US Fed later this week
to tame record high infla-
tion, economists said.
There is widespread
speculation that the US Fed
in its July 26-27 meeting
may increase the interest
rate by 50-75 basis points,
which could result in flight
of capital from emerging
nations like India. With
dollar outflow and elevated
level of crude oil prices,
the rupee would see fur-
ther depreciation.
Economists are of the
opinion that the rupee af-
ter touching a life-time low
may settle around 78 to a
dollar by March next year
with stability around crude
oil prices and likely im-
provement in geopolitical
situation.
“Overall what we had as-
sessed is that the rupee
could settle somewhere
around 79 to a dollar. That
will be the average price
for the entire year...In the
current depreciating cycle,
the rupee may fall to over
81/$ in the current politi-
cal situation,” India Rat-
ings Research principal
economist Sunil Kumar
Sinha said.
Amidst a rebound in
crude oil prices and the ex-
pectation that the US dollar
will remain relatively
strong in the immediate
term, ICRA expects the ru-
pee may weaken to 81/$ in
Q2 FY2023.
“Subsequently, global
sentiment and the direc-
tion of foreign portfolio
investment (FPI) flows
will determine if the In-
dian rupee continues to
depreciate in the remain-
der of the year, or if US
recession fears eventually
arrest the dollar strength,”
ICRA Chief Economist
Aditi Nayar said.
According to Nomura,
the rupee may see 82 level
during the July-Sept quar-
ter due to multiple head-
winds including weaken-
ing India BoP dynamics
and Fed hikes during the
year. Crisil expects the ru-
pee to be under pressure in
the near term and the ru-
pee-dollar exchange rate
will remain volatile with
depreciation bias in the
near-term due to widening
of the trade deficit, FPI
outflows, and strengthen-
ing of the US dollar index
owing to rate hikes by the
US Fed and safe-haven de-
mand for the dollar amid
geopolitical risks.
KEY TALKING
POINTS
 There is widespread
speculation that the US Fed
in its July 26-27 meeting
may increase the interest
rate by 50-75 basis points
 With dollar outflow and
elevated level of crude oil
prices, the rupee would see
further depreciation.
 Last week, the rupee
depreciated to a life-time low
of 80.06 a dollar
MORE PAIN AHEAD
GST on essential items
after states sought levy
New Delhi (PTI): GST on
pre-packaged goods/ food
packets was levied after
some states gave feedback
of losing revenues they pre-
viously earned from levy of
VAT on food items, a top
government official said.
The decision to levy the
tax, which came into effect
from July 18, is not that of
the Union government but
of the GST Council. It was
considered by the Fitment
Committee that has offic-
ers of some states and the
centre.
It was also recommend-
ed by a group of ministers
(GOM) consisting of minis-
ter representatives of some
states and finally by the
GST council, Revenue Sec-
retary Tarun Bajaj said.
In all, the GST Council,
the new constitutional
mechanism in the country
for taking decisions on
GST, took a consensus view
on levy of the tax, he said.
The panel, which is head-
ed by the Union Finance
Minister and comprises
representatives of all states
and union territories, takes
decisions when everyone is
onboard, he said.
However, pulses, wheat,
rye, oats, maize, rice, flour,
suji, besan, puffed rice and
curd/lassi when sold loose
and not pre-packed or pre-
labelled will not attract
any GST.
The comments come
against the backdrop of op-
position parties led by the
Congress stalling function-
ing of Parliament in the
first week of the monsoon
session over levying of
GST on daily use items and
other issues.
“Before GST came into
place (on July 1, 2017) dur-
ing the VAT regime, this
(tax on essentials) was
there in many states. States
were getting revenue (from
levying VAT on food items).
Once in 2017, this new GST
regime came, it was envis-
aged that this would con-
tinue but it was levied only
on branded products when
rules and circulars came
out,” Bajaj said.
WHO TOOK THE
DECISION?
 The decision to levy the tax,
which came into effect from
July 18, is not that of the Union
govt but of the GST Council. It
was considered by the Fitment
Committee that has officers of
some states and the centre.
 It was also recommended
by a group of ministers
consisting of minister
representatives of some states
states finally by GST council.
 The GST Council took a
consensus view on levy of the
tax, Revenue Secretary Tarun
Bajaj said.
New Delhi (PTI): Big
FMCG companies are en-
tering the plant-based
meat segment, targeting
non-vegetarian consumers
who are looking for an an-
imal-protein replacement,
besides a large section of
vegetarians.
The segment which
opened up two years back
is estimated to touch
around $1 billion by 2030
and now products in the
plant-sourced meat seg-
ment are available at e-
commerce platforms and
large retail chains in lead-
ing metros.
Besides, players are also
targeting institutional cli-
ents in the HoReCa (hotel,
restaurant and catering)
segment and several Quick
Service Restaurant.
Last week, TCPL an-
nounced its entry into the
plant-based meat products
category, under a new
brand ‘’Tata Simply Bet-
ter’’ and introduced four
variants - Nuggets, Burger
Patty, Awadhi Seekh Kebab
and Spicy Finger.
New Delhi (PTI): Prompt
redressal of taxpayers’
grievances remains the top
priority for the tax depart-
ment, the newly appointed
chairman of Central Board
of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Ni-
tin Gupta said on Sunday
.
In his message on the oc-
casion of Income Tax Day,
he said the tax department
has reported the highest
ever tax collection of `14.09
lakh crore in the fiscal year
ended March 31, 2022 due to
streamlining of policies
and processes that eased
compliance for taxpayers.
“However, we cannot
rest on our laurels and
need to keep working hard
to maintain this momen-
tum,” he said. “Prompt re-
dressal of taxpayers’ griev-
ances in the true spirit of
the Taxpayers’ Charter
shall remain a top priority
area.”
CBDT will continue to
engage proactively with
the taxpayers and other
stakeholders.
MAJOR PLANS
FOR FUTURE
 Gupta said the last few years
have witnessed tremendous
changes across sectors in
the economy.
 CBDT will continue to engage
proactively with the taxpayers
and other stakeholders
Big FMCG Cos
enter plant
based meat
segment
Prompt grievance redressal
top priority: CBDT chairman

Excellence is not an outcome, it is
a process and consists of one
small step, consistently.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
Baghel, Pilot
others brainstorm
over HP polls
Chhatisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel held a meeting with the party’s
top leaders on Sunday discussed about upcoming Assembly
polls in Himachal Pradesh. The meeting was attended by Sachin
Pilot, Rajiv Shukla, Partap Singh Bajwa, Pratibha Singh others.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Chhattis-
garh CM Bhupesh
Baghel, who was re-
cently appointed sen-
ior observer for the
upcoming Himachal
Pradesh Assembly
polls, held a meeting
with the party’s top
leaders on Sunday.
The meeting was at-
tended by AICC state
in-charge Rajiv Shukla,
observers Sachin Pilot
Partap Singh Bajwa,
Pradesh Congress Com-
mittee chief and MP
Pratibha Singh among
others. Pilot along with
other leaders, dis-
cussed the poll strategy
for upcoming polls dur-
ing the meeting. Baghel
during the meeting, de-
liberated on imparting
booth management
training and strength-
ening grassroots organ-
isation ahead of the
polls.The leaders, also
including chairman of
campaign committee
Sukhwinder Singh
Sukhu and Pradesh
committee working
president Vinay Kumar,
ideated the campaign
going forward and dis-
cussed the media strat-
egy, sources said.
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: The Commis-
sioner of Rajasthan
Housing Board, Pawan
Arora said that the pro-
cess of online registra-
tion for 140 coaching
complexes constructed
in the first coaching
hub project of the coun-
try being developed by
the Board at Pratap Na-
gar, Jaipur will start
from today
. Those inter-
ested will be able to ap-
ply on the website of
the Board www.urban.
rajasthan.gov.in/rhb.
The last date of applica-
tion is August 25.
He added that the
coaching institutes oper-
ating in Jaipur city
would be given prefer-
ence in allotment. Only
registered institutions
working in the field of
coaching for at least 3
years will be able to ap-
ply
. He said that the ap-
plication fee for registra-
tion has been kept at Rs
5,000(18%GSTextra)and
processing fee Rs 10,000
(18% GST extra).
The built coaching
complexes are divided
into 6 categories on the
basis of area. Any ap-
plicant can apply in any
one category only. The
preference of appli-
cants will be deter-
mined through lottery
in each category. After
determining the prefer-
ence, the allotment of
institutional property
to the successful appli-
cants will be done
through lottery only,
Arora informed.
Arora said that after
the lottery, the allot-
ment letter would be is-
sued and the institution
would have the freedom
to carry out the interior
decoration work as per
its requirement in the
area allotted to it.
50% of the demand
amount will have to be
deposited within 120
days and the entire
amount within 180 days
from the date of issue of
allotment letter. After
depositing the entire
amount duly
, possession
will be given to the insti-
tution. It will be manda-
tory to take action to
run the institution with-
in a period of 3 months
from the date of getting
the possession duly by
the allottee.
The Coaching Hub is
being developed by the
Board in two phases at
Haldighati Marg Sec-
tor-16 of Pratap Nagar
on 67,000 square meters
of land at a cost of
about Rs 228 crore. With
this, about 65,000 to
70,000 students will get
the benefit of educa-
tional facility
.
RHB Commissioner
said that the process of
registration started
from Monday for allot-
ment of 140 coaching
complexes (assets) in 5
blocks constructed in
the first phase. He said
that in the first phase,
the construction work
of five institutional
blocks, commercial
complex of 90 shops and
other development
works like boundary
wall, internal road etc.
is nearing completion.
Online applications open for 140 coaching complexes from today: Arora
COUNTRY’s FIRST COACHING HUB PROJECT IN PRATAP NAGAR
R
R
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HELP DESK/ NUMBERS FOR OPERATORS
Allotment will be done through lottery; The
last date of application is August 25
Project will...
The CM also asked Dy
LoP Rajendra Rathore
that, “All the parties are
of one opinion in get-
ting status of national
project for this scheme
in Raj.” To which
Rathore said, “The
Centre should make it
clear that this scheme
cannot be started under
any circumstances. If it
is so, then why should
the state government
spend its money on this
scheme?” he asked.
The CM said that a
special session of the
Assembly on ERCP is-
sue can be called. He
also said that the BJP
should thank the gov-
ernment for taking for-
ward the plan.
Citing the example
of Speaker CP Joshi,
he said that Joshi be-
came the Railways
Minister for 7 days and
during this period, he
announced MEMU
coach factory in
Bhilwara. “This is the
power of the Union
Minister,” he said.
Mahendrajit S Malvi-
ya, Bhanwar S Bhati,
GS Dotasra also spoke
on the issue. Rampras-
ad, Dr Subhash Garg,
Ramkesh Meena, Lax-
man Meena, Rampal Jat
were also present.
FROM PG 1
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot on Sun-
day said that Rajasthan
is no longer the old one
and is making strides in
development. “If you
criticize with facts, it
will help the govern-
ment to improve,” he
said during the ‘Pride
of Rajasthan’ event of
Dainik Bhaskar at Ho-
tel Marriott.
“Now the old Ra-
jasthan does not exist.
PremierEducationInsti-
tutes are coming up in
Rajasthan. We opened
211girls’collegesinthree
years. In journalism, if
criticismisaccompanied
by facts, it helps the gov-
ernment reform,” the
Chief Minister said.
“Bhaskar has achieved
new heights in Ra-
jasthan. I used to tell
Rameshji that he had-
mingled with Rajasthan
just like a Rajasthani.
‘Pride of Rajasthan’ is a
symbol of social con-
cern. Bhaskar has al-
ways taken care of so-
cial concerns. The new
generation gets in-
spired by such pro-
grammes,” he said.
Dainik Bhaskar
Group Deputy MD
Pawan Agarwal said,
“Rajasthan is the land
of chivalry
. Today is the
day to honour those
who spread light by
burning like a lamp.”
CM Gehlot felicitated
about 70 achievers from
across various sectors
during the ‘Pride of Ra-
jasthan’ awards.
Editors of Dainik
Bhaskar LP Pant,
Jagdeesh Sharma,
Mukesh Mathur, Kiran
Rajpurohit others
were also present.
Criticism with facts would
help govt improve: Gehlot
CM Ashok Gehlot inaugurates ‘Pride of Rajasthan’ award ceremony
at Hotel Marriott, Jaipur.Also seen here are Pawan Agarwal, LP
Pant, Bharat Agrawal, Jagdish Sharma Vareesh Tiwari.
Such events inspire the younger lot, CM said while addressing the
‘Pride of Rajasthan’ award ceremony organised by Dainik Bhaskar
First India Bureau
Jaipur: CJI NV Ra-
mana will release a
book ‘Geeta Vigyan
Upanishad’ penned
by Dr Gulab Kotha-
ri, Chief Editor of
Patrika Group on
July 26 at Le Meri-
dien, New Delhi. LS
Speaker Om Birla
will preside over
the function. Union
Minister Dharmen-
dra Pradhan will be
the guest of honour.
CJI Ramana to
release Gulab
Kothari’s book
on July 26
Gulab Kothari
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Targeting for-
mer Chief Minister
Vasundhara Raje on
her denial to attend all
party meeting on East-
ern Rajasthan Canal
Project, CM Ashok Ge-
hlot on Sunday said
that Raje might have
been under pressure of
high command to not at-
tend the meeting.
“Vasundhara Raje
must have been scared,”
he said. He said that
earlier she was ready to
attend the meeting but
today a message came
that she wasn’t coming.
“The reason why
Raje is not coming to-
day is not understood.
There might have been
pressure from her party
high command,” he told
the media persons here
adding that ERCP is a
big issue and the
scheme had started dur-
ing Raje’s tenure and
she knows everything
about it.
“She knows every as-
pect of this plan. Had
Vasundhara Raje come,
we could have brain-
stormed together and
put pressure on the
Centre to declare it a
national project,” he
said while interacting
with the media after
Dainik Bhaskar’s Pride
of Rajasthan award
ceremony. On self-im-
molation by a saint
over mining in Bharat-
pur’s Deeg area, Gehlot
said that BJP people
become champions as
soon as the name of re-
ligion comes.
“Under what circum-
stances did Sant Vijay-
das commit self-immo-
lation, we are getting it
investigated,” he said.
Attacking BJP, he
said that JP Nadda
formed a committee,
saying it was illegal
mining but the BJP peo-
ple do not know that it
was legal mining.
Raje must be pressurised by higher
ups to abstain from ERCP meet: CM
Had she come, we could have pressurised Centre to declare it a national project, Gehlot said
CM Ashok Gehlot chairs an all party meeting on ERCP at the Chief Minister’s Residence on Sunday. Also seen here are GS Dotasra, Dr
CP Joshi, Usha Sharma, Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya, BS Bhati, Rajendra Rathore, Kuldeep Ranka, Akhil Arora and others.
Banswara: BJP State President Dr Satish
Poonia targeted CM Ashok Gehlot for do-
ing politics on ERCP. On the other hand,
the CM is trying to resolve the matter by
organising an all-party meeting. Poonia
said that Gehlot has become the Chief
Minister for the third time and despite the
Congress having ruled for 50 years, no
irrigation project started in these areas.
Poonia said that Union Minister Gajendra
Singh is very serious about this issue
and if the state government fulfils the
conditions in this scheme, then the Centre
would approve the ERCP scheme.
POONIA TAKES ON CM FOR
POLITICISING ERCP
Gehlot claimed that the Congress
party is united and BTP, CPI (M),
independents are supporting the
government because they want the
government to be stable. “This time,
we want the government to repeat.
We have done such work that we
are expecting to form the govern-
ment again. However, the public is
supreme in democracy,” he said. On
two cross votes in the Presidential
elections, Gehlot said that he had ex-
pected that there would be a shifting
of 8-10 votes but it was just two.
WE ARE EXPECTING TO
REPEAT GOVT: GEHLOT
Subhash Mehta
Banswara: BJP State
President Satish Poon-
ia sounded the poll bu-
gle in the tribal areas
of Banswara-Dungar-
pur by starting a two-
day ‘Vagad Tribal
Gaurav Padyatra’ on
Sunday. This comes af-
ter the victory of Drou-
padi Murmu as the
President of India. He
first visited the Tripu-
ra Sundari Temple in
Banswara. After this,
he addressed the public
meeting in Dungarpur
and then left for Be-
neshwar Dham with
BJP leaders and people
of tribal society.
BJP State General
Secretary Sushil Kata-
ra, Hemraj Meena, ST
Morcha State Presi-
dent Jitendra Meena
along with local offi-
cials and public repre-
sentatives accompa-
nied him. On the 41-km
route, they met tribals
of both the districts
took political feedback.
Poonia decided to have
lunch with tribals
also to spend the night
among them. Poonia
would witness Drou-
padi Murmu’s swear-
ing-in along with trib-
als by installing LED
screens in Dungarpur.
Poonia raised slo-
gans of Lord Birsa
Munda, Meen deity.
Slogans of Bharat
Mata, PM Modi, JP Na-
dda BJP zindabad
were also heard. They
were welcomed every-
where. There would be
folk dance music all
along the yatra.
With Murmu in focus, BJP tries to woo
tribals through 2-day Gaurav Padyatra
Dr Satish Poonia kick started the ‘Vagad Tribal Gaurav Padyatra’ on Sunday after offering prayers at
Tripura Sundari Temple in Banswara completed 10 kilometres of the journey towards Beneshwar
Dham in Dungarpur with BJP leaders people of tribal community.
The Yatra’s decision was historic.
The tribal society made the prepa-
rations for the journey in a short
time. I would like to thank all the people.
—Dr Satish Poonia, BJP State President

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