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UPDATE
RAJASTHAN
313
DEATHS
13,542
CONFIRMED CASES
GUJARAT
1,561 DEATHS 25,148 CASES
GIVE MORE SUPPORT TO
STATES, GEHLOT ASKS MODI
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has said
that the states will have
to fight a long battle
against Covid-19 and It
is also difficult to pre-
dict how long this fight
will continue. He has
urged Prime Minister
Narendra Modi that at a
time when the coun-
try’s economy is going
through a deep crisis
and most industrial and
commercial units are
able to produce much
less than their capacity,
the Government of In-
dia should pay atten-
tion on measures to in-
crease demand. Gehlot
suggested that for this,
direct cash transfer
should be made to the
needy families, thereby
increasing their pur-
chasing power and at
the same time, financial
assistance should be
made available to work-
ers suffering from re-
cession for payment of
wages of workers.
Gehlot stated this in
his suggestions sent
through a letter after a
video conference with
the Prime Minister,
Narendra Modi at the
Chief Minister’s resi-
dence on Wednesday.At
the beginning of the
VC, the Chief Minister
tribute to the soldiers
who were martyred
along the Chinese bor-
der, keeping silence
with the Prime Minis-
ter for two minutes.
Meanwhile, reflecting
on the VC, the Chief
Minister has said that
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi should have
discussedhowthecentre
could help states over-
comehardshipsafterthe
lockdown in his meeting
with the Chief Minis-
ters. “How Centre will
help states overcome
hardships after lock-
down should have been
discussed.@PMOIndia,”
Gehlot tweeted. “All
states by now know the
best practices to deal
with COVID-19. Disap-
pointed to see that in to-
day’s VC with Hon’ble
PM, challenges and limi-
tations of Centre and
state have not been dis-
cussed,” he added.
Meanwhile, in his let-
ter to PM, the Chief
Minister has said that
Covid-19 pandemic has
adversely affected the
employment of mil-
lions of people.
Turn on P6
PM Narendra Modi paying tribute to martyred soldiers at Ladakh during a VC with Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot where Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma, DB Gupta, Rajeeva Swarup,
Bhupendra Yadav, Rohit K Singh, Kuldeep Ranka and others were present on Wednesday.
PM’S VC WITH CMs
 Disappointed that challenges
and limitations of centre and
state not discussed, says CM
 Asks centre to bear 100% contribution for
centrally sponsored schemes, demands payment
of GST indemnity worth 5461 crore rupees
New Delhi: In a strong mes-
sage to China after the kill-
ing of at least 20 Indian sol-
diers in the violent face-off
with Chinese troops, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi on
Wednesday said that India
wants peace but is capable
of giving a befitting reply, if
instigated. His remarks
came at the sixth interac-
tion with Chief Ministers,
via video conferencing, to
discuss the situation emerg-
ing post-Unlock 1.0 and
plans ahead for tackling the
COVID-19 pandemic. Mean-
while the US said it is close-
ly monitoring the situation.
EU, UK & UN urged India
andChinatoshowrestraint.
PM Modi said, “We have
prayed for the welfare of
humanity. We have always
worked with neighbouring
countries in a friendly way
and cooperation. We can
never compromise on coun-
try’s integrity. We have al-
ways displayed Turn on P6
BRINGING A
BULLY TO HEEL!
 INDIA WANTS PEACE BUT CAPABLE OF
GIVING BEFITTING REPLY IF INSTIGATED: PM
 CHINESE FM CALLS JAISHANKAR; BOTH
AGREE TO ‘COOL DOWN’ TENSIONS
PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday called for
an all-party meeting to be held on June 19 to
discuss situation at border areas with China.
“In order to discuss the situation in India-
China border areas, PM Modi has called for
an all-party meeting at 5 PM on June 19.
Presidents of various political parties
would take part,” PMO tweeted.
United Nations: UN
General Assembly has
begun elections for
President of the 75th
session of the Assembly,
five non-permanent
members of the Securi-
ty Council and mem-
bers of the Economic
and Social Council on
Wednesday under spe-
cial voting arrange-
ments put in place here
due to COVID-19 related
restrictions.
India is expected to
register a comfortable
victory in the Security
Council elections that
will bring the country to
the UN high-table as a
non-permanentmember
for the 2021-22 term. In-
dia’s victory is certain
since it is the sole candi-
date vying for the lone
seat from the 55-member
Asia-Pacific grouping.
New Delhi’s candida-
ture was unanimously
endorsed by Asia-Pacif-
ic grouping, including
China and Pakistan, in
June last year.
New Delhi: Front-line bases
of the Indian Army and Air
Force along the nearly 3,500
km de-facto border with China
were on Wednesday put on
high alert in view of border
clash between Indian and
Chinese troops in Galwan
Valley, official sources said.
The Indian Navy has also been
asked to raise its alert level
in the Indian Ocean Region
where Chinese Navy has been
making regular forays. The
decision to raise the alert
level of the three forces were
taken at a high-level meeting
Defence Minister Rajnath
Singh held with Chief
of Defence Turn on P6
Indian Army, Navy, Air Force raise alert level
MAJOR GENERAL-LEVEL TALKS INCONCLUSIVE
New Delhi: The talks between Major Generals of India and
China in the Galwan Valley in Ladakh are over, sources said
on Wednesday. According to the sources, the talks have
remained inconclusive. “Talks between Major Generals of
India and China in the Galwan Valley are over. The talks have
remained inconclusive as no immediate disengagement or
change in the ground has taken place. More talks to take
place in the coming days,” sources told ANI.
President of India @rashtrapatibhvn
As Supreme Commander of
the Armed Forces, I bow to the
exemplary courage and supreme
sacrifice of our soldiers to protect the
sovereignty and integrity of the country.
PM CALLS ALL-PARTY MEET ON FRIDAY
Red-flagged! 52 Apps, telecom
supplies from Chinese firms
New Delhi: Indian in-
telligence agencies
have asked the govern-
ment to block or advise
people to stop use of 52
mobile applications
linked to China over
concerns that these
weren’t safe and ended
up extracting a large
amount of data outside
India, say sources.
The list includes apps
like Zoom, TikTok, UC
browser, Xender, SHA-
REit and Clean-master.
Meanwhile, Depart-
ment of Telecommu-
nications has put a
blanket ban on pro-
curing telecom sup-
plies from Chinese
companies in state-
run telecom BSNL
and MTNL, a DoT
source said.
“The discussions on
the recommendations
are continuing,” said an
official, explaining that
the parameters and the
risks attached to each
mobile app will have to
be examined one by
one. In April this year,
the home ministry had
issued an advisory on
use of Zoom on the rec-
ommendation Turn on P6
An army convoy moves along the Srinagar-
Leh National highway, in Ganderbal district
of Central Kashmir on Wednesday. —PTI
UN General
Assembly
polls: India
set for a win
Maya tries to ‘hinder’ Gehlot’s
‘unhindered’ RS poll win!
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Just 48
hours before the Rajya
Sabha polling is
scheduled to begin,
the Bahujan Samaj
Party (BSP) has
brought a new twist to
the political tale un-
folding in Rajasthan
for a week now. While
the Congress claimed
BJP tried to ‘poach’ a
few of its MLAs to
bring the Gehlot gov-
ernment in minority,
it is now time for the
BSP - whose six MLAs
had jumped over to
the Congress party
under Gehlot watch -
to play its cards!
A two page letter
shot to the Chief Elec-
tion Commissioner,
BSP’s national gener-
al secretary Satish
Chandra Mishra has
urged the Election
Commission to not let
the 6 BSP MLAs from
Rajasthan vote as
Congress MLAs. “6
MLAs were elected on
the party symbol allot-
ted by national presi-
dent Mayawati and
after winning their
names were duly noti-
fied in the official ga-
zette notification of
Election Commission
of India. Turn on P6
MAHARASHTRA
5,537 DEATHS 1,13,445 CASES
TAMIL NADU
576 DEATHS 50,193 CASES
UTTAR PRADESH
465 DEATHS 15,181 CASES
DELHI
1,837 DEATHS 47,102 CASES
WORLD
4,48,108
DEATHS
83,27,973
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
3,63,209
CONFIRMED CASES
12,065
DEATHS
Beijing: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke to
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and the two lead-
ers agreed to “cool down” tensions on the ground “as
soon as possible” and maintain peace and tranquility
in the border area in accordance with the agreement
reached between the two countries, an official state-
ment said here. Jaishankar conveyed to Wang India’s
protest in the strongest terms on the violent face-off.
INDIA-CHINA TO COOL DOWN TENSIONS

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he exempla-
ry cure rate
of 75% plus
of the State
of Rajasthan
has been an outcome of
the amalgamation of
brisk administrative ac-
tion, outstanding gov-
ernment support, and
visionary advanced ac-
tion and best of health
carefacilities.Rajasthan
was benefitted by very
early lockdown by Gov-
ernment, preventive
strategies of contain-
ment, and most effective
contract tracing pro-
gram. The creation of
hundreds of surveil-
lance teams and the
number of Rapid Re-
sponse Teams (RRT)
was instrumental in the
containment program.
This was coupled up
with outstanding medi-
cal care. SMS Hospital
turned out to be a role
model of management
of Covid-19 patients.
From the very begin-
ning, a facility of 300
bedded ICU and more
than a thousand bed-
ded IPD was dedi-
catedtoCovid-19
patients. A
separate
covid-19
OPD and observation
wards for suspected was
created at Charak Bha-
wan. 28 Wards were cre-
ated for Covid-19 pa-
tient’s care of different
categories.
For critically ill pa-
tients, Infectious Dis-
ease Hospital (IDH)
was fully equipped
with ICU facilities.
During the peak of
the pandemic, aver-
age 500 plus patients
were admitted in SMS
from asymptomatic
category to severe
category. The number
of faculty was put on
floor duty, which in-
cluded consultants
from the Department
of Medicine and An-
aesthesia. Every day
more than 100 resi-
dent doctors were do-
ing duty in each shift
and hundreds of
nursing, paramedics
and technicians were
on round the clock
duty.
WhenspokentoDrSu-
dhirBhandari,Principal
& Controller, SMS Medi-
calCollegewhomanaged
Covid-19 at SMS contain-
ment program, he said
wecouldhandleitsosuc-
cessfully because of par-
ticipation of each and
every faculty member,
residentdoctors,nursing
and paramedics, who
wholeheartedly were
committed for best of
care. When asked about
the high recovery rate of
SMS,DrSudhirBhandari
said, we had a strong
teamof consultants,who
strategized management
of all grades of covid-19
patients. Each and every
patient of Covid-19 with
or without co-morbid
conditions will be dis-
cussed, their manage-
mentwillbeplannedand
close monitoring
will be done. As
per Dr
B h a n d a r i ,
who headed
the Covid-19
management program
said that like any best
centre in the world, the
investigations of Cov-
id-19 patients included
HRCT Chest, CT pulmo-
naryAngiography,Ultra-
sonography of Lung and
Echo with Doppler state.
The CT Pulmonary
Angiography of Covid-
19 patients gave us a
new insight into pul-
monary thrombus be-
ing also a cause of
critical complications
in Covid-19 patients.
SMS is geared up with
most advanced investi-
gative facilities like an
assessment of cy-
tokine storm ( 1L-1, 1L-
6, 1L-10, TNF ALFA,
CD4, CD8, D-dimer,
FDF, CRP, PRO-CAL).
All critical patients
were also assessed for
clotting disorder by D-
dimer and many other
tests. Because of these
advanced investiga-
tions in Covid-19 pa-
tients, the manage-
ment of these patients
was very scientific and
our hospital is a pio-
neer in giving Covid
Plasma Therapy and
Monoclonal Antibod-
ies to critically ill pa-
tients with very good
results.
As per Dr Bhandari,
SMS was the first hos-
pital to use Hydroxy-
chloroquine and Anti
HIV Drugs- Lopinavir
and Ritonavir in the
first few patients of
Covid-19 with a very
good outcome. He said
this was used with the
perfect scientific back-
ground and proven ef-
ficacy of these drugs
in SARS Cov-2 Infec-
tion and SMS Created
a bridge between the
point of no specific
treatment until the
specific drug treat-
ment is established.
Today all these drugs
are a part of solidari-
ty trial by WHO of
which SMS is a centre.
Because of intense
management as per
the grades of Covid-19
patients, the recovery
has been a phenome-
non, added Dr
Bhandari.
As far as prophylaxis
is concerned, more than
4300 doctors and health
works were given Hy-
d r o x yc h l o r o q u i n e
prophylaxis as ap-
proved by ICMR, out of
which around 45 health
persons were Covid pos-
itive and all were
asymptomatic and re-
covered. Hence, the pre-
ventive treatment ap-
proach at SMS has been
very rewarding and the
results of these have
been shared with ICMR.
At the investigation
front,inthefirstweekof
Marchinitialsamplesof
Covid-19 were send to
PuneandtodaySMShas
acquired the capacity of
doing 3500 tests per day
inhouse. As per Dr
Bhandari,itisasenseof
pride that as on today
SMS Medical College
has done more than
1,35,000 RT-PCR tests,
and soon in the next two
weeks with the arrival
of new equipment, our
capacity is going to be
7000 per day.
When asked about
this success story of
Covid-19 Manage-
ment, he said all this
has been possible be-
cause of the intense
participation of each
and every faculty
member and para-
medics. Department
of Medicine, Microbi-
ology, Anaesthesia,
and my Additional
Principal colleagues,
Nursing Staff, and
technicians deserves
special thanks. This
was coupled up with
the unlimited support
of administrators
and Government.
RAJASTHAN ON TOP IN RECOVERY FROM COVID-19
SMS AN INSTITUTE OF EXCELLENCE
Dr Sudhir Bhandari with team which got laurels to COVID-19 testing.
T
Toohottofly:Temperature
creates trouble in travel
Rise in mercury has been preventing passengers from boarding flight
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The hot temper-
ature has been prevent-
ing many passengers
fromboardingflight.The
number of such passen-
gers has been increased
in the last few days.
Though,thetemperature
becomes normal after a
while.
There is searing heat
across the state and
Jaipur is no exception
with the temperature
hovering around 42 to 43
degrees.Thehotweather
has been causing trouble
totravellersastheirbody
temperatureisalsogoing
up and they are stopped
from boarding the flight.
Even though, the tem-
perature becomes nor-
mal in 20 minutes or so
after getting some rest.
One such passenger
Ramhet, who came from
Agrabyroadreachedthe
departure gate with
boarding pass and ID
card,hewasstoppeddur-
ing the medical screen-
ing. He was told that his
body temperature was
morethanthesetparam-
eters therefore he could
not travel.
However, a security
guard advised him to
wash his face and drink
water following which 20
minutes later when he
went for medical screen-
inghisbodytemperature
was normal and he was
allowed to enter. There
aremanypassengerslike
him facing this problem.
Manypassengershave
been travelling from
Shekhawati and other
nearby areas to take
flight from Jaipur. When
they reach Airport after
several hours of journey,
theirbodytemperatureis
obviously high because
of the heat wave.
A medical officer
said that the body tem-
perature of people who
have no medical prob-
lem becomes normal in
a few minutes while it
doesn’t drop in people
with a medical history.
They can be troubled
from the heat for some
time but can’ be stopped
from flying.
An airport official
said that daily at least
50 such cases are re-
ported in which tem-
perature of passenger
is recorded higher than
normal but cools down
after a while.
—Pic for representational purpose only
'Name girls
college after
Panna Dai'
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajsamand MP,
Diya Kumari, met Chief
Secretary, DB Gupta on
Wednesday, and submit-
ted written documents
for resolving problems
of the Parliamentary
constituency of Rajsa-
mandandimplementing
various plans. She said
that ‘Panna Dai’, was
born in Kameri village
in Rajsamand district,
so the under-construc-
tion Girls College at
B h aw a - R a j s a m a n d
should be named as ‘Ma
Panna Dhay Rajkiya
Kanya Mahavidyalaya’
so that the future gener-
ations will be aware of
our glorious history.
Make building plan approval
online by Sept 30: CS Gupta
First India Bureau
Jaipur: CS DB Gupta
hasinstructedtheUDH
department to take the
digitalizationinallear-
nestandgavedeadlines
to various urban mu-
nicipal agencies to
comply with them. CS
instructed that the
building plan approval
of proposed buildings
in cities with more
than one lakh popula-
tion should be done on-
line by September 30,
2020. The deadline for
cities with lesser popu-
lations will be Decem-
ber 31, 2020. CS Gupta
also asked the UDH of-
ficials to align their
software with other as-
sociate departments so
that nobody has run
pillar to post for associ-
ated approvals. Gupta
said that the master
plan should not be a
mere document show-
ing the land use but
should be integrated
with the Geographical
Information System
(GIS) so that any land-
owner or investor can
see the details online.
Principal Secretary
(UDH) Bhaskar
Sawant told the CS
that the department
has got software pre-
pared by the IT depart-
ment and there have
been 490 large plot
matters disposed of
with help of it. There
were a total of 8,300
cases including small-
er plots which are
deemed approved cate-
gories.Hesaidsoonthe
department personnel
will be trained for on-
line building plan ap-
provals. CS DB Gupta
praised the move by
the UDH department
asitwouldleadtomore
transparency and add
to ease of doing busi-
ness norms which the
state government
wants to implement in
all departments of the
state.
Khachariyawas
slams BJP over
RS polls issue
Man rescued
from kidnappers,
3 arrested
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Nahargarh
police have arrested 3 ac-
cused Dilip Singh,
Tarachand, and Dinesh
Kumawat, who kid-
napped a financier and
took him to Pali by ab-
ducting, beating him and
rescued financier Sala-
muddin. DCP Rajiv
Pachar said that the ac-
cused summoned Sala-
muddin and took him to
ahotelinMansarovar.He
was then taken to Nimaz
village in Jaitaran, Pali,
from where the victim's
familywascalled,asking
for Rs 5 lakh. The ac-
cused revealed that the
victimworksinafinance
company and had taken
some money to get the
finance done.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Deputy CM
Sachin Pilot who also
holds the PWD portfolio
sanctioned new offices
for additional chief en-
gineers in Banswara
and Barmer. Pilot also
approved new offices
for superintendent en-
gineers (Rural) for
Udaipur and Jodhpur.
He said that since the
geographical areas of
the ACEs and SEs were
quite large, new offices
havebeensanctioned.He
informed that the area
under the new office of
theadditionalchief engi-
neer, Barmer will in-
cludeBarmer,Jaisalmer,
andJalorewhilethenew
office of ACE, Banswara
will cater to Banswara,
Dungarpur and Pratap-
garh districts. Pilot said
similarly rural offices
are being added in
Udaipur and Jodhpur.
Deputy CM said the
new PWD offices will en-
able better monitoring
and administrative con-
trol over works under-
taken by the depart-
ment. It is noteworthy
that PWD is among
those departments
which have a footmark
even in the remotest
part of the state by way
of its contribution to the
construction of govern-
ment office buildings.
PWD: Addl chief engineer offices
to open in Banswara and Barmer
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Transport Min-
ister Pratap Singh
Khachariyawas has said
that the BJP is getting to
taste its own medicine.
He said BJP had enough
votes to win one Rajya
Sabhaseatbutitwashell-
bent to get the second
seat through unconstitu-
tional means of horse-
trading. He alleged BJP
wanted to resort to its
Gujarat and MP strategy.
Khachariyawas said
that with its failed at-
tempt,nowBJPMLAsare
facingthedilemmaof set-
ting their first preference
vote. If they vote on the
call of their conscience
then its official candidate
is all set to lose the elec-
tions. He said that it's
turningoutanuphilltask
for BJP to convince its
MLAstovoteforRajendra
Gehlot and it is for the
same purpose that it had
to camp all its MLAs in a
5-star hotel. He claimed
that one of BJP candi-
dateswillfallintothetrap
laid for Congress.
OFF THE RECORD
SENSITIVE GEHLOT LAST
HOPE FOR SHIKHAR?
Pratap Singh Khachariyawas
Dr Sudhir Bhandari
CS DB Gupta
Deputy CM Sachin Pilot pays floral tributes to late Lallu Ram
Kataria, uncle of Lalchand Kataria on Wednesday.
Diya Kumari
In the category of
Vasundhara Raje’s
favourite IAS officers,
except Shikhar Agar-
wal who is working
as member Revenue
Board at Ajmer for the
last sixteen months, all
have been ‘rehabilitated’
till now. It appears that
luck and stars don’t
favour him as he is oth-
erwise a fairly efficient
and result-oriented
officer. According to
sources, now he is keen
to move to New Delhi
on Central Deputation
but he is not getting
the required ‘clearance’
from the state govern-
ment. His mental trag-
edy or disappointment
is that he is holding the
same charge of member
revenue board, which
he was holding even
eleven years back in
2009. One of Agarwal’s
senior colleague has
advised him to directly
approach to a ‘sensi-
tive’ CM Gehlot, who is
always considerate to
consider such cases on
humanitarian grounds.

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020
Vikas Sharma
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: Despite govern-
ment and SC’s orders,
private hospitals have
been refusing to treat
corona patients. But
they conduct expensive
corona tests on people
who come to the hospi-
tal but show them door
if tests are positive.
First India conducted
a sting of private hospi-
tals in city to verify
these allegations and
found them to be very
much the truth.
Even those hospitals
who have taken prime
land on concessional
rate from the govern-
ment are practicing the
same stuff.
Privatehospitalshave
been referring patients
to RUHS. Interestingly,
people are ready to pay
these hospitals, whatev-
er charges they have
fixed still they are refus-
ing to admit them. Ap-
parently, these hospitals
fear losing out on big
sum and other patients
as they fear that if they
accept corona patients
others won’t come for
treatment.
After SC’s observa-
tion, state government
had issued an advisory,
asking private hospi-
tals who got rebate from
the government to treat
corona patients free of
charge. Additional
chief secretary (Health)
Rohit Kumar Singh had
issued order warning
of strict action against
hospitals for ignoring
corona patients.
However,i n a fort-
night more than 100 pa-
tients were referred by
private hospitals. About
6 of them died after be-
ing admitted to govt
hospital.
SDMH referred 10 pa-
tients, Eternal hospital
4, Apex 3, C K Birla and
Metro Mass 2 each and
Manipal,Fortis,Shekha-
wati and Mahaveer Can-
cer hospital one each.
While, these hospitals
are not admitting coro-
na patients but are fully
exploiting the situation
to make money. One
suchpatientwasSurjeet
Singh who was charged
Rs 4,5870 for just one day
by Eternal Hospital,
But, he was shifted to
SMS hospital as soon as
he tested positive.
Pvt hosps flout govt orders; refer, rob Corona patients
EXPLOITATION AT BEST
BJP MEETING
Senior BJP leader and RS MP Om Mathur with Arun Singh, Deepak Prakash, Babulal Marandi, Sudesh Mahato during the
Legislature Party meeting at Ranchi on Wednesday.
5 deaths & whooping 326
new cases reported in RajFirst India Bureau
Jaipur: The state re-
ported 326 new cases of
corona on Wednesday
taking the total to 13542.
5 deaths were also re-
ported, taking the toll to
313. Three were from
Jaipur, while one each
were from Bharatpur &
Dholpur.
Wednesday wit-
nessed 60 new cases
from Jaipur followed by
55 from Dholpur, 35
from Jodhpur, 34 from
Pali, 29 from Bharatpur,
17 from Churu, 16 from
Nagaur, 15 from Jhunj-
hunu, 12 from Barmer,
8 from Bikaner, 6 from
Ajmer, 5 each from Sri
Ganganagar & Udaipur,
4 from Sikar, 3 each
from Swai Madhopur &
Sirohi, 2 each from Al-
war, Dausa & Hanu-
mangarh and one each
from Chittorgrah, Dun-
garpur, Jhalawar, Ka-
rauli & Kota along with
3 from other states.
The cumulative dis-
trict wise tally on
Wednesday is as follows
– Ajmer 436, Alwar 315,
Banswara 90, Baran 62,
Barmer 156, Bharatpur
1098, Bhilwara 201, Bi-
kaner 146, Bundi 10,
Chittorgarh 202, Churu
209, Dausa 97, Dholpur
243, Dungarpur 391,
Ganganagar 31, Hanu-
mangarh 45, Jaipur
2674, Jaisalmer 81, Ja-
lore 204, Jhalawar 346,
Jhunjhunu 261, Jodh-
pur 2254, Karauli 46,
Kota 549, Nagaur 571,
Pali 853, Pratapgarh 14,
Rajsamand 168, Sawai
Madhopur 66, Sikar 410,
Sirohi 315, Tonk 187 and
Udaipur 629.
OnWednesday,Jaipur
reported 60 new cases of
corona. 6 cases each
were reported from
Adarsh Nagar, Govind-
garh & Chaksu, 5 from
Shahpura, 4 from Virat
Nagar, 3 each from
Jawahar Nagar, Tonk
Road & Kotputli, 2 each
from Shashtri Nagar,
Sodala, Jhotwara, Sita-
pura & Mansarovar and
one each from Ramganj,
Jamdoli, Station Road,
Vidyadhar Nagar, Kis-
hanpole,VaishaliNagar,
Choti Chaupad, Chand-
pole, Manak Chowk,
Malviya Nagar, Bassi,
Riddhi Siddhi Choraha,
Sanganer and MI Road.
Guv provides
hygiene kits to
health centres
PIL filed on
seizing of
public land
First India Bureau
Jaipur: HC issued no-
tices to CS, JMC Com-
missioner, JDA Com-
missioner and district
collector for acquisition
of a community center
in Muralipura scheme
to open zonal office of
Jaipur Greater Nigam.
Vacation bench of Jus-
tice Govardhan Badh-
dar and Justice SN Dad-
dha issued these notices
on PIL from Zakir Hus-
sain Bhati. His advocate
Sikander Ali told the
court that as per state
government’s notifica-
tion Jaipur Nigam is-
sued order on June 2 to
acquire community
centers in Muralipura,
Jhotwara and Amba-
bari. According to peti-
tioner, these community
centers were important
for common people who
use them for weddings
and other functions at
concessional rates.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Governor
Kalraj Mishra provided
with hygiene kits for
govt health centres in
Jaipur. Mishra handed
them over to CMHO (I)
D Narottam Sharma at
the Governor house on
Wednesday. The Gover-
nor House communica-
tion said that ten thou-
sand masks, two thou-
sand gloves and fifteen
thousand soaps have
been handed over for
govt health centres.
Governor appealed to
the doctors to take care
of people during the
present hour of crisis.
CBI busts bribery,
defrauding cases
Cops rescue abducted
man,3 accused flee
First India Bureau
Jaipur: CBI arrested a
Chief Office Superin-
tendent (COS), West
Central Railway (WCR),
Gangapur City, District
Sawai Madhopur (Ra-
jasthan) for demanding
and accepting a bribe of
Rs. 10,000/- from the
complainant.
A case was registered
against the accused on a
complaint. The com-
plainant (a Railway
Contractor) alleged that
he was awarded a con-
tract for Gangchal re-
pair work at West Cen-
tral Railway (WCR),
Hindon City, District
Karauli (Rajasthan) and
the work was completed
by him in December,
2019. Allegedly the ac-
cused demanded bribe
of Rs 11,500/- (0.5% of
the bill amount) for
preparation & payment
of complainant’s bill.
Meanwhile, CBI reg-
istered a case on a com-
plaint from State Bank
of India against Indore
based private company
&itsthreeDirectorsand
unknown public serv-
ants on the allegations
of cheatinganddefraud-
ing the bank to tune of
Rs 180.15 crore(approx).
It was alleged that the
said private company
was engaged in import,
processing and trading
of different pulses in-
cluding export to Euro-
pean and Middle East
countries. The company
started its operation in
the year 2003. It was fur-
ther alleged that the
company was sanc-
tioned credit facilities
in 2013 by consortium of
banks formed with Al-
lahabad Bank, IDBI
Bank and e-SB of Patia-
la led by SBI.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A man was kid-
napped from Narayan
Vihar in Mansarovar
police station area on
Tuesday night. The kid-
nappers were commut-
ing via a car. After get-
ting the information,
police put up blockades.
CCV footages were also
scanned to identify and
search them.
Police were able to
get the car number and
mobile location, which
traced the last location
of them on Ajmer Road.
The district special
team and Mansarovar
police in a joint opera-
tion followed the mis-
creants and surrounded
them near Muhana. Po-
lice freed the kidnapped
person but three kid-
nappers escaped.
The kidnapped Nar-
endra Choudhary is
from Dudu. He was go-
ing to Narayan Vihar on
bike when Surendra
Singh and three others
came in a car and kid-
napped him due to a
family feud regarding
marriage of a girl.
Women attack ex-MLA, taken to hosp
First India Bureau
Pali: Former Pali MLA
Bhimraj Bhati was at-
tacked by 15-20 women
with spades. Bhati was
admitted to Rohat hos-
pital with an injured
nose.
He was in Rohat to in-
spect MGNAREGA
work and to know the
statusof drinkingwater
situation in the area. He
was later referred to
Bangad hospital in Pali.
An agitated crowd in-
cludingfamilymembers
and well wishers col-
lected outside the hospi-
tal. ASP Tejpal Singh
reachedthehospitaland
enquired about the inci-
dent. He talked to people
who were accompany-
ing Bhati.Dotasara wishes X, XII
students for exams
In-laws kill woman,
father files case
Bharat Dixit
Jaipur: Education Min-
ister Govind Singh Do-
tasara wished all the stu-
dents well for their re-
maining exams of class-
es 10th and 12th. Do-
tasara said that all stu-
dents should use sanitiz-
ers and masks while fol-
lowing social distancing
during their exams.
The remaining ex-
ams for secondary and
senior secondary will
start today from 8:30 am
to 11.45 am. All the prep-
arations for the exam
have been completed at
the exam centers across
the state including the
sanitization of centers.
The sitting arrange-
ment has been done with
at least six feet distance
betweentwostudents.Al-
though the education de-
partmenthadwrotemed-
ical teams for thermal
scanners at each exam
center but got no reply.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A case of mur-
der due to dowry has
been reported in Suraj-
garh police station of
Jhunjhunu. SHO Riya
Choudhary said that
Satyaveer, a resident of
Choradi Athuni village,
filed complaint that her
daughter was killed by
her in laws for dowry.
His daughter Kismet
got married to Dharm-
veer of Sura ka Baas
village two years ago.
Even after giving dow-
ry, her mother in law
Shravni Devi, her sis-
ter-in-law Babita and
Babita’s husband Hari
Singh demanded more.
“They killed Babita
on June 11 and got her
postmortem report
signed posing as her fa-
ther,” Satyaveer said.
He was not even in-
formed about her death.
Karni Sena hold protest against China, Salman
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Karni Sena on
Wednesday organised a
protest against China at
the 22 Godam circle. As
the Karni Sena workers
wereabouttolighttheef-
figy of China, the Ashok
Nagar police reached
and stopped them.
Karni Sena had also
planned to burn the effi-
gy of film actor Salman
Khan to protest against
his alleged role in actor
Sushant Singh Rajput’s
suicide but police man-
aged to confiscated both
the effigies before they
could set them alight.
Karni Sena is demand-
ingCBIenquiryinSush-
ant Singh’s suicide.
There was a light scuffle
between Karni Sena and
police before the protes-
tors dispersed.
Vasundhara Raje
@VasundharaBJP
The country will never
forget martyrdom of In-
dian soldiers in conflict
with Chinese army in
#GalwanValley. We are
proud of all bravehearts
who sacrificed their
lives to protect the
motherland. In this hour
of grief, country stands
with their families.
—Picforrepresentationalpurposeonly
Injured Bhimraj Bhati arriving in the hospital after the attack.
z Jaipur: Ramganj
police invited the
medical team, con-
sisting of 10 doctors,
working in the area
for two and a half
months at the police
station on Wednesday
and honoured them
with safa and garland.
In addition, a PPE kit
was also provided to
each of the medical
personnel. Till now,
657 corona positives
have been reported
from Ramganj, out
of which 32 are no
more. At present, only
one case is active in
the area.
z Jalore: The matter
of suspected death of
a widow in Khara of
Jalore has come to
light. The dead body
is kept at the spot
and the locals are
protesting to remove
Karda SHO Lalaram.
The family of the
deceased also men-
tioned the name of
the SHO in the report,
but no action has
been taken against
him yet.
z Jaipur: Some
government file work
of the Sports Depart-
ment was done from
the room of a five
star hotel. The staff
of Sports Minister
Ashok Chandana’s
staff reached the
hotel room with about
a dozen files, whose
work was done at the
hotel.
z Jaipur: On
Wednesday, the
Rajasthan High Court
has constituted a
holiday bench for the
special hearing in
the matter of opening
zonal offices of the
municipal corpora-
tion at community
centres. The admin-
istration took the
decision after the
formation of two mu-
nicipal corporations.
The community cen-
tres of many areas,
including Muralipura,
have been marked for
the same. This order
of the corporation ad-
ministration has been
challenged in the
High Court. Advocate
Sikander Ali has filed
a petition on behalf
of Zakir Hussain.
z Jaipur: A program
was organised by
the Rajasthan state
youth Congress at
Statue Circle to pay
tribute to the soldiers
who sacrificed their
lives for the country
in the Galwan valley
of Ladakh at the
Indo-China border. A
protest was also done
against the coward
act of China.
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THE DRAGON IN
LADAKH MUST
BE TAMED
n a violent face-off with Chinese
troops in Ladakh’s Galwan Val-
ley 20 Indian soldiers, including
commanding officer Col. San-
tosh Babu, were martyred on
Tuesday. The country seethed with anger
against the aggressor. That there were
casualties on the Chinese side did not
douse that anger because China continues
to occupy a sizable chunk of our land in
the strategically located valley. To rub salt
in our wounds it has claimed sovereignty
over the territory and made its intention
of not vacating the land quite clear.
It is in this context that Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi’s first remarks on the clashes have
to be viewed. Breaking his silence on the border
situation in his opening remarks at a virtual
meeting with chief ministers of various states
on Wednesday, Modi warned China that India
“wants peace but is capable of giving befitting
reply if provoked, be it any situation”.
He then observed two-minute silence to
pay tribute to the brave martyrs. In what
is seen as an effort to reassure the nation
Modi said, “I would like to assure the na-
tion that the sacrifice of our jawans will
not be in vain. For us, the unity and sover-
eignty of the country is of utmost impor-
tance. India will defend every stone, every
inch of its territory.” The prime minister
further said, “India is a peace-loving coun-
try, we never instigate anyone but we will
never compromise with the sovereignty of
the country.” Before paying tributes to the
martyrs, Modi said that the country will
be proud to know that our soldiers died
fighting the Chinese.
Adiplomaticeffortwassimultaneouslymade
with Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar and his
ChinesecounterpartWangYioverthetelephone
to lodge India’s protest against the aggression.
The prime minister’s response came after
opposition leaders, mainly Sonia Gandhi,
her son Rahul Gandhi and former PM HD
Deve Gowda demanded a statement from
him on the entire development in Ladakh.
Expressing her deep anguish over the kill-
ing of soldiers, Congress president Sonia Gan-
dhi said the developments have shaken the
nation and urged the prime minister to tell the
country how China seized our land, what is the
situation on the spot today. She had a few other
posers for Modi. She said that her party was
with armed forces, the soldiers, their families,
and the government.
Targeting Modi, Rahul Gandhi tweeted,
“Why is the PM silent? Enough is enough.
We need to know what has happened…”
It is learned that the Chinese have beefed up
their positions in the region and are in no
mood to retreat. An almost similar conflict
took place in Nathu La in 1967. After hand-to-
hand combat over fencing by India, China used
machine-gun fire and killed 88 Indian soldiers.
India retaliated with artillery guns, wiping out
all Chinese borders and 300 enemy troops.
Will such a step be an option today?
IN-DEPTH
I
he gloves are off in this match.
Both teams are purposely com-
mitting fouls against opposing
players! And the result is heavy
casualties on either side. While
no confirmed reports coming
from Galwan Valley, various the-
oriesonthenowbloodystand-off
have been tossed around.
One similar theory is the ab-
rogation of Article 370 by India
during August last year. Previ-
ously, Ladakh was part of the
state of Jammu & Kashmir
(J&K), but with the abrogation,
it became a separate Union Ter-
ritorywithoutlegislation.While
the new territory status of J&K
wasrecognisedandrespectedby
the United Nations, which was a
major diplomatic victory for In-
dia, the new status of Ladakh
irked the Chinese straightway.
China immediately hinted
that with the new territories of
Ladakh and J&K, the border
disputes of China and Pakistan
with India will become more
complex. And it seems now that
within ten months the can of
worms is open. China by its ac-
tions is not only alarming In-
dia, but also assuring Pakistan
on its take on border issues.
Last week Wang Xianfeng,
who is a press officer for the
Chinese embassy in Pakistan,
tweeted a report from a Chi-
nese analyst Wang Shida and
titled ‘India blinded by double
confidence’ on India’s abroga-
tion move. The report claims
that following the abrogation
of Article 370, India opened
“up new territory on the map”
with respect to China.
“On the Chinese side, India
‘opened up new territory on the
map,’ incorporated part of the
areas under the local jurisdic-
tion of Xinjiang and Tibet into
its Ladakh Union territory, and
placed Pakistani-administered
Kashmirwithinitsso-calledUn-
ion territories of Jammu and
Kashmir.ThisforcedChinainto
theKashmirdispute,stimulated
China and Pakistan to take
counter-actions on the Kashmir
issue, and dramatically in-
creased the difficulty in resolv-
ing the border issue between
ChinaandIndia,”opinedShida.
Shida also alleged, “Hindu
nationalism is prevalent in In-
dia and that the Indian authori-
ties and the strategic commu-
nity have been blinded by so-
calleddoubleconfidence.”Shida
explains the reasons for this
‘double confidence’ as being the
BJP’s political predominance
following two landmark Parlia-
mentary election wins in 2014
and 2019 and the US cozying up
to India, seeing it as a counter-
weight to China. Regardless of
how confident India is and no
matter how good it feels about
itself. India’s attempts to forci-
blyseizeterritoryaredoomedto
fail, the article had concluded.
This sharp reaction came in
response to Home Minister
Amit Shah speaking in Parlia-
ment about India’s intention of
taking back Pakistan-occupied
Kashmir (PoK) and the disput-
ed area of Aksai Chin. Last
year Minister of External Af-
fairs S Jaishankar was also in-
formed by China about the
same. Jaishankar had at that
time informed Beijing that the
abrogation was an entirely in-
ternal matter that did not im-
pact India’s external bounda-
ries or the LAC with China.
In recent days, a number of
Pakistani media outlets, includ-
ing The Nation, Express Trib-
une, The News International,
and state-run Associated Press
of Pakistan have given cover-
age to Wang Shida’s analysis.
It seems strange that such a
tweet emanated from a Chinese
official in Islamabad, which
means there is a Pakistani con-
nection to it and the attempt is
almost as if the Chinese are try-
ing to reassure Pakistan. Even
as scientists and governments
worldwide burn the midnight
oiltofightthecoronapandemic,
as millions lose their loved ones
andkeepvigilinhospitalwards,
China has clearly twisted the
crisis into a strategic opportu-
nity by taking advantage of the
geo-political distraction. China
transgressingtheLACresulting
in tragic deaths of 20 soldiers of
the Indian Army, the first casu-
altiesof conflictalongtheIndia-
China border in 45 years, under-
lining the scale of the problem,
andthechallengeahead.Aprob-
lem that will require a united
and firm resolve, and not robust
diplomatic offensive.
While both India and China
are nuclear powers and have big
armies at their disposal, China’s
defence budget is three times
more than India’s. China has
hiked its defence budget from
US$ 177.6 billion in 2019 to US$
179 billion in 2020. China has the
world’s largest military of two
million troops and the second-
largestmilitaryspenderafterthe
US. According to the Stockholm
InternationalPeaceResearchIn-
stitute (SIPRI), China’s defence
spending in 2019 amounted to
US$ 232 billion. An article by the
Indian Institute for Defence and
Analysis (IDSA) states that In-
dia’sbudgetfor2020amountedto
US$66.9billion(Rs4,71,378crore).
Therefore, war is clearly not
an option. Both countries must
continue to back-channel diplo-
macy and solve the issue while
maintaining restraint.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
DID ABROGATION OF ART 370 AFFECT
CHINA’S APPROACH TO LADAKH?WHILE NEW TERRITORY STATUS OF J&K WAS RECOGNISED BY UNITED NATIONS, A MAJOR
DIPLOMATIC VICTORY FOR INDIA, THE NEW LADAKH REGION IRKED CHINESE STRAIGHTWAY
T
One similar
theory is the
abrogation of
Article 370 by
India during
August last year.
Previously,
Ladakh was part
of the state of
Jammu &
Kashmir (J&K),
but with the
abrogation, it
became a
separate Union
Territory without
legislation
MOHD
FAHAD
While both India and
China are nuclear
powers and have big
armies at their
disposal, China’s
defence budget is
three times more than
India’s. China has
hiked its defence
budget from US$ 177.6
billion in 2019 to US$
179 billion in 2020
The author is
Jaipur-based journalist
ur house is on
fire,” warned
the teenage
climate activ-
ist Greta
Thunberg at last year’s
World Economic Forum
meeting in Davos. Her
pointed words – accusing
adults of sitting idly by
as the planet burns – qui-
eted a roomful of global
leaders, inspired young
activists worldwide, and
underscored the critical
importance of putting
children at the center of
global action to build a
better future.
Climate change is hap-
pening now. That was ap-
parent in Australia’s recent
unprecedented bushfires,
in which 18 million hec-
tares burned and an esti-
mated one billion animals
died. It was also reflected in
India’s 2019 heat wave,
among its longest and most
intense in decades. And a
warming planet is contrib-
uting to the global spread
of dengue, a mosquito-
borne viral infection.
Climate change is not
the only area where we
are failing our children.
Predatory commercial
marketing that targets
children and their care-
takers is contributing to
the widespread con-
sumption of unhealthy
products, such as alco-
hol, tobacco, e-ciga-
rettes, and sugar-sweet-
ened beverages. The
global economic losses
associated with the inap-
propriate use of breast-
milk substitutes – asso-
ciated with lowered in-
telligence, obesity, and
increased risk of diabe-
tes and other non-com-
municable diseases –
amount to an estimated
$302 billion.
Children are our most
precious resource, and
they deserve to live long,
healthy, and productive
lives. To determine how to
enable them to do just that,
the World Health Organiza-
tion, UNICEF, and the Lan-
cet recently convened a
landmark commission –
which I co-chaired, along
with Awa Marie Coll-Seck,
Minister of State in Sene-
gal – that brought together
40 experts on child health
and wellbeing.
As the commission’s
report – “A Future for
the World’s Children?”
– notes, the key is to in-
vest in people while they
are young. Evidence
shows that hungry chil-
dren have poorer health,
worse educational out-
comes, and earn less as
adults. Children who are
exposed to violence are
more likely to commit
violence. Conversely,
children who receive
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In short, investing in
children today brings life-
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1979 has helped to boost
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The return on invest-
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markably high. In the
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Pleasure from the senses
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Spiritual
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TWEET
Rajnath Singh
@rajnathsingh
The Nation will never forget their
bravery and sacrifice. My heart
goes out to the families of the fallen
soldiers. The nation stand shoulder
to shoulder with them in this difficult
hour. We are proud of the bravery
and courage of India’s breavehearts.
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
India does not support violence
but it will also not shy away in
giving a befitting reply if there
is an attempt to compromise its
territorial integrity. Under the
leadership of PM Modi India’s
borders and sovereignty are and
will remain secure.

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INDIAJAIPUR | THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020
New Delhi: Congress
president Sonia Gandhi
urged Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on
Wednesday to come for-
ward and tell the coun-
try how Chinese troops
occupied Indian terri-
tory and why 20 soldiers
were killed.
In a video message,
she assured the country
of her party’s full sup-
port to the Indian Army
and government and
said, “I am confident
that in these challeng-
ing times, the entire na-
tion will unite to face
the enemy.”
“I urge the prime
minister to come before
the country and reas-
sure it on the basis of
truth and facts in this
hour of crisis,” she add-
ed. Gandhi asked
whether some Indian
Army personnel were
still missing and how
many were still seri-
ously injured. She said
the government should
explain its thinking
and strategy to deal
with the situation on
the border in Ladakh.
“Today, when there is
so much anger in the
country over Chinese
intrusion into Indian
border, the prime min-
ister should come out
and tell the truth on
how the Chinese occu-
pied the Indian territo-
ry, why brave soldiers
were martyred and
what is the current situ-
ation along the LAC,”
she said.
Gandhi assured
the country of Con-
gress party’s complete
solidarity with the
Army and government
and said, “In this time
of crisis, Congress
stands with the Indian
Army, the soldiers,
their families and the
government.”
“Which portions of
the Indian territory
have the Chinese occu-
pied? What is their lo-
cation? What is the
government’s thinking
and strategy to deal
with this situation?”
she asked.
The Congress presi-
dent saluted the slain
soldiers and said, “The
sacrifice of 20 Indian
soldiers on the LAC has
shaken the very soul of
India. I salute them and
pay my tributes from
the depths of my heart.
I also pray that god
grants their families
the strength to brave
this loss.” —PTI
Tell truth about Ladakh incident: SoniaSonia urged PM to tell nation how Chinese occupied Indian territory
Army personnel carry the casket of Hawaldar Sunil Kumar, who was one of the 20 jawans who
were killed during the face-off between Indian and Chinese troops in Ladakhs Galwan Valley, after a
wreath-laying ceremony at Jaiprakash Narayan Airport in Patna on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Mumbai: Shiv Sena
leader Sanjay Raut on
Wednesday said that all
parties would support
any decision taken by
PM in connection with
China but added that
the PM should first re-
veal the truth behind
the death of 20 Army
personnel. “Our rela-
tions with China have
not been great, but no
bullets had been fired at
the China border for
close to 50 years. The
killing of 20 of our
jawans is shocking. We
cannot hold Jawaharlal
Nehru, Indira Gandhi
or Rahul Gandhi re-
sponsible for whatever
happened at the bor-
der,” Raut said. —ANI
All parties will support any
decision PM takes: Raut
Mumbai: Geopolitical
tensions between India
and China at the
Ladakh border curbed
investors risk appetite,
leading equity bench-
mark indices to close
with slight cuts on
Wednesday.
The bourses experi-
enced bouts of volatili-
ty while the economy
opens up after extended
lockdowns and COV-
ID-19 cases continue to
rise across the country.
At the closing bell, the
BSE S&P Sensex was
down by 97 points or
0.29 per cent at 33,508
while the Nifty 50 edged
lower by 33 points or
0.33 per cent at 9,881.
Kotak Mahindra
Bank dipped by 2.3 per
cent, ITC by 2.2 per cent,
Mahindra & Mahindra
by 1.9 per cent and Hin-
dalco by 1.6 per cent.
Power Grid Corpora-
tion, Bajaj Finserv,
Asian Paints and Ve-
danta too traded with a
negative bias. —ANI
Sensex dips by 97 points
amid geopolitical tensions
New Delhi: Around 120
Indian soldiers, almost
an entire company, was
trapped and encircled
by the Chinese People’s
Liberation Army (PLA)
and followed by savage
and deceptive attacks,
many to a point of mu-
tilation, on Monday
night, sources said.
Pointing firearms on
their faces, the Chinese
PLA brutally tortured
some Indian soldiers to
death, sources further
revealed, adding that
the Indian soldiers were
helpless with the gov-
ernment directions of
not to use firearms. It
was not a hand-to-hand
fight between the forc-
es, as agencies has
learnt and the PLA
troopers used all kinds
of weapons against the
Indian soldiers, who
bravely fought and tried
to control the situation.
Sources said the In-
dian Army troopers
were outnumbered by
1:5 ratio when they
came under attack from
the Chinese People’s
Liberation Army sol-
diers at the patrolling
point number 14 in
Ladakh on LAC in east-
ern Ladakh.
“It was the deadliest
attack carried on the
Indian Army personnel
by the Chinese military
personnel to our memo-
ry,” the government
sources said. —Agencies
Entire Army Company was trapped by ChinesePLA
Pithoragarh: A day
after Indian Army con-
firmed that 20 person-
nel, including a Colo-
nel rank officer, had
lost their lives in the
violent face-off in the
Galwan valley area of
Ladakh on June 15, the
security has been in-
creased from Nabhid-
hang to Lipulekh Pass
in Pithoragarh.
DM, Pithoragarh, Vi-
jay Kumar Jogdande on
Wednesday said that
the Indian Army and
ITBP personnel are con-
stantly patrolling the
area along with the
night vision cameras.
“The situation on the
border is fine. The
Army and ITBP are pa-
trolling and monitoring
the Indo-China border
with the district.”
In a strong message
to China after the kill-
ing of Indian soldiers in
the violent face-off, PM
Modi on Wednesday
said that India wants
peace but is capable of
giving a befitting reply,
if instigated. —ANI
Security increased in Pithoragarh
New Delhi: The Cen-
tral Bureau of Investi-
gation (CBI) has regis-
tered a case against
two Mumbai-based pri-
vate firms and others
on allegations of
cheating Bank of India
of Rs 57.26 crore dur-
ing 2013-2018, and also
carried out searches at
five locations.
The central investi-
gation agency regis-
tered a case on June 12
on a complaint from
Bank of India against
Avyaan Overseas Pvt
Ltd (now known as
Bagla Overseas Pvt
Ltd), its MD Mohit
Kamboj and directors
Jitendra Gulshan Ka-
poor, Siddhant Bagla,
Irtesh Mishra.
The CBI also filed an
FIR against KBJ Hotels
Goa Pvt Ltd and uniden-
tified persons, including
government servants
and bank officials. It was
alleged that the firms
and its directors cheated
Bank of India to the
tune of Rs 57.26 crore.
The agency also con-
ducted raids till Tues-
day late night at five
places in Mumbai that
include the residential
and official premises of
the accused.
The raids were also
conducted at office of
the private company
which led to recovery
of certain incriminat-
ing documents includ-
ing of property, loan,
various bank account
details and locker keys,
the CBI said. —Agencies
CBIbooks2Mumbaifirms
in`57.26crcheatingcase New Delhi: Delhi Lieu-
tenant Governor (LG)
Anil Baijal on Wednes-
day held a meeting with
CM Arvind Kejriwal
and Deputy CM Manish
Sisodia to discuss the
COVID-19 management
in the capital as the cas-
es are increasing with
each passing day.
“Had a constructive
meeting of Expert Pan-
el with Hon’ble CM,
Delhi @ArvindKejri-
wal, Dy CM @msisodia
, CS, ACS, Pr. Sec Health
& members of Advisory
Committee on COV-
ID-19 management in
Delhi,” he tweeted. The
LG held the meeting
with CM and others via
VC on Wednesday after-
noon. However, what
was transpired between
the meeting is yet to be
known. According to
the Health Ministry, the
coronavirus case in
Delhi has reached 44,688
on Wednesday. —ANI
LG Baijal holds meeting
with Kejriwal and others
AVAILABILITY OF BEDS IN HOSPS
NEEDS TO BE UPDATED DAILY: DIDI
Kolkata: West Bengal
CM Mamata Banerjee
on Wednesday said that
the availability of beds
for COVID-19 patients in
private and government
hospitals need to be
updated on a daily basis
to avoid harassment of
patients. “Availability of
beds in both private and
government hospitals
needs to be updated on
day-to-day basis to avoid
harassment,” Banerjee
said. CM said that as on
June 16, over 3.5 lakh
coronavirus tests have
been conducted in West
Bengal. “A total number
of 104 safe home centre
have been set up for those
having mild symptoms or
low fever because hospital
beds are being kept for
serious patients only.”
DELHI HEALTH MINISTER JAIN
TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19
New Delhi: A day after testing negative, Delhi
Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Wednesday
tested positive for COVID-19. In a statement,
Ofﬁce of Delhi Health Minister said, “Delhi
Health Minister Satyendar Jain tests positive for
COVID-19.” Earlier in the day, he was tested again
for COVID-19 at Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality
Hospital. He was admitted here after he com-
plained of high fever and difﬁculty in breathing on
June 15. The Health Minister had tested negative
for COVID-19 on Tuesday.
DIGVIJAYA SINGH FILES
COMPLAINT AGAINST MP CM
Bhopal: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on
Wednesday lodged a complaint with Crime Branch
against MP CM Shivraj Chouhan for allegedly tweet-
ing a doctored video of Rahul Gandhi last year ‘with
an intention to tarnish his image’. “On the complaint
of BJP, an FIR has been registered against me and
12 others. I want that an FIR should be registered
based on our complaint,” Singh said. Earlier, Bhopal
Crime Branch had registered an FIR against Singh
in connection with an alleged fake video regarding
Chouhan shared by him on social media.
SCRAP PENDING CBSE BOARD
EXAMS: SISODIA URGES HRD MIN
New Delhi: Delhi Deputy
Chief Minister Manish
Sisodia Wednesday
wrote to Union HRD Min-
ister Ramesh Pokhriyal
‘Nishank’, urging him to
cancel pending board
exams, citing the spike
in COVID-19 cases and
high number of contain-
ment zones in the city.
Sisodia’s letter came on
a day the Supreme Court
asked the Central Board
of Secondary Education
(CBSE) to examine if
remaining board pa-
pers can be scrapped
and marks allotted to
students on the basis of
internal assessment. The
apex court was hearing
a petition by a group of
parents seeking a direc-
tion to the CBSE to scrap
the pending exams.
New Delhi: Bharati-
ya Janata Party
(BJP) on Wednesday
announced the
names of candidates
for the Mayor and
Deputy Mayor elec-
tions for all the three
municipal corpora-
tions of Delhi. The
BJP is in the majori-
ty in all the three mu-
nicipal corporations.
The last date for sub-
mitting nomination
is June 17. The elec-
tions are scheduled
to held on June 24.
Mayor, Dy
Mayor polls:
Delhi BJP
shares names
MARTYRS
WHO LAID
DOWN
THEIR LIVES
New Delhi: The In-
dian Army on
Wednesday released
the names of the 20
military personnel,
including an officer,
who laid out their
lives in the violent
face-off with China
in Galwan Valley,
Ladakh.
The names of the
personnel are -- Col
Bikumalla San-
tosh Babu, Nb Sub
Nuduram Soren,
Nb Sub Mandeep
Singh, Nb Sub
(Dvr) Satnam Sin-
gh-Gurdaspur,
Hav (Gnr) K Pala-
ni, Hav Sunil Ku-
mar, Hav Bipul
Roy, NK (NA)
Deepak Kumar,
Sep Rajesh Orang,
Sep Kundan Ku-
mar Ojha, Sep
Ganesh Ram, Sep
Chandrakanta
Pradhan, Sep An-
kush, Sep
Gurbinder, Sep
Gurtej Singh, Sep
Chandan Kumar,
Sep Kundan Ku-
mar, Sep Aman
Kumar, Sep Jai
Kishor Singh and
Sep Ganesh Hans-
da. PM Modi on
Wednesday paid
tributes to these sol-
diers and asserted
that their sacrifice
will not go in vain.
The Prime Minis-
ter, Union Home
Minister Amit
Shah and CMs of 15
States and Union
Territories, who
were present in the
meeting via video-
conference on
Wednesday, ob-
served a two-min-
ute silence as a
tribute to the sol-
diers. —ANI
—Pic for representational purpose only
SAVAGELY ATTACKED
WHY IS PM SILENT? WHY IS HE
HIDING? ASKS RAHUL GANDHI
New Delhi: Former Congress president Rahul
Gandhi on Wednesday criticised Prime Minister
Narendra Modi over the face-off
with the Chinese army at Galwan
valley in eastern Ladakh. Twenty
Indian soldiers were killed in a
violent clash with Chinese troops
in the Galwan valley area on Mon-
day evening. Taking to Twitter,
Rahul Gandhi questioned why the
Prime Minister is silent about the clash between the
Indian and Chinese troops. “Why is the PM silent?
Why is he hiding? Enough is enough. We need to
know what has happened,” Gandhi said on Twitter.
Sonia Gandhi
Anil Baijal

INDIAJAIPUR | THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020
MAHA CHIEF SECRETARY UNLIKELY
TO GET THIRD EXTENSION
Maharashtra Chief Secretary Ajoy Mehta is now
unlikely to get third extension in service in July.
He is 1984 batch IAS officer.
WILL MEHTA MOVE TO DELHI
AS CHAIRMAN OF CERC?
There are strong rumours that Maharashtra Chief
Secretary Ajoy Mehta is moving to Delhi as Chair-
man of the Central Electricity Regulatory Com-
mission (CERC). He is 1984 batch IAS officer.
Post will fall vacant early next year.
SANJAY KUMAR TO BE NEW CHIEF
SECRETARY OF MAHARASHTRA?
In all probability, Sanjay Kumar will be new Chief
Secretary of Maharashtra in July. He is 1984
batch IAS officer. One source however said that
1985 batch IAS officer Sitaram Kunte will suc-
ceed Ajoy Mehta as Chief Secretary.
DEPUTATION TENURE OF KIRAN
AS SP, CBI EXTENDED
The deputation tenure of Kiran S as Superinten-
dent of Police (SP) in Central Bureau of Investi-
gation has been extended upto June 8, 2021. He
is a 2008 batch IPS officer of UP cadre.
APPLICATIONS FOR PESB
VACANCIES SOUGHT TILL JULY 15
The willing applicants can apply for the vacancies
advertised by Public Enterprises Selection Board
fell last dates during lockdown till July 15, 2020.
THREE OUT OF FIVE FROM WEST
BENGAL EMPANELLED AS DG IN GOI
Three 1987 batch IPS officers, out of total five,
eligible from WB cadre have been empanelled for
DG and equivalent posts in Government of India.
SN MISHRA TO GET ACS RANK IN MP
S N Mishra will get ACS rank in Madhya Pradesh
on July 1. He is 1990 batch IAS officer.
MP HC STILL NEEDS NINE
PERMANENT JUDGES
The Madhya Pradesh High Court still needs nine
permanent judges as on June 1, 2020.
P&H HC STILL SHORT OF 25
PERMANENT JUDGES
As many as 25 vacancies of permanent Judges
in Punjab & Haryana High Court as on June 1,
2020, are yet to be filled up.
MS SUCHITRA SHARMA RETURNS
TO PARENT CADRE
Ms Suchitra Sharma, CVO, Gas Authority of India
Limited (GAIL), Delhi, has been given premature
repatriation to her parent cadre in order to avail
the benefit of promotion. She is a 1987 batch
IRS-C&CE officer.
SERVICES OF SUNIL MATHUR
PERMANENTLY ABSORBED IN
MAHA-METRO
The services of Sunil Mathur has been permanently
absorbed in MAHA-Metro. He is an IRSEE officer.
R K SINGH APPOINTED AS JOINT
SECRETARY, DPIIT
R K Singh has been appointed as Joint Secretary,
DPIIT. He is an officer of the Central Secretariat
Service.
GANGADHARAN APPOINTED AS
DIRECTOR, CULTURE
C Gangadharan has been appointed as Director,
Culture. He is an officer of the Central Secretariat
Service.
P C MEENA APPOINTED AS DEPUTY
SECRETARY, MINES
P C Meena has been appointed as Deputy
Secretary, Mines. He is an officer of the Central
Secretariat Service.
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“According to estimates
by the Center for Moni-
toring of Indian Econo-
my (CMIE), the unem-
ployment rate in the
country has reached
nearly 24 percent after
this epidemic. The MN-
REGA scheme is pro-
viding financial sup-
port to the people in
this difficult time. Cur-
rently more than 53
lakh workers in Rajas-
than are employed in
this scheme. The eligi-
bility for 100 days of
employment of most of
these rural families will
be fulfilled in the com-
ing month. In order to
save them from unem-
ployment, an additional
100 man days should be
created. This will bene-
fit 70 lakh rural families
of the state,” he said.
Gehlot also demand-
ed that the Government
of India should bear
100 percent contribu-
tion for the financial
year 2020-21 for the op-
eration of centrally
sponsored schemes. He
has said that additional
expenditure is being
incurred by the states
to meet the challenge
of Covid-19 and Central
assistance is also nec-
essary for this.
He also demanded
the release of GST in-
demnity payment of Rs
5461 crore soon. “out-
standing GST compen-
sation payment of
about Rs 961 crore for
the financial year 2019-
20, which is preserved
till the year 2022, should
be released soon. Also,
industrial and business
activities remained
closed due to Corona in
April and May of this
financial year. Due to
this the GST compensa-
tion payment for these
two months will be
around Rs 4500 crore.
The center should also
make this amount avail-
able soon, he said. At
the same time, Gehlot
has also reiterated the
demand for grant of
one lakh rupees as a
one-time block grant to
the states to bring back
the economic activities
of Corona-affected cot-
tage, small and large
scale industries as well
as service sector.
Gehlot has also re-
quested Locust Warn-
ing Org to increase the
number of sprayers,
arrange air spraying
and coordinate with the
locust originating coun-
tries for its control in
view of the fierce attack
of locusts in the state.
Maya tries...
It is submitted that in
Rajasthan Assembly ga-
zette notification also
these 6 MLAs were
shown as elected from
BSP.Subsequently,with-
out notice to BSP, honor-
able speaker of Rajas-
than Assembly has
changed their nomen-
clature in his records as
MLAs belonging to Indi-
an National Congress,”
the letter reads.
Mishra contests that
neither has there been a
merger of BSP at na-
tional level nor its state
unit in Rajasthan
merged with Congress
“which is a mandatory
condition under the
10th schedule of Consti-
tution of India.”
The letter claims that
under such a situation
the six BSP MLAs “can-
not be and should not be
permitted to partici-
pate in the voting as
members of Congress
party and they are
bound to follow the
whip of BSP.”
The party has thus de-
manded from the ECI to
ensure that the BSP
MLAs are not permitted
to participate in voting
as Congress MLAs and a
separate arrangement
of votingshouldbemade
by treating them as BSP
MLAs only, bound by the
party’s whip. While the
party may have raised
its points, knowledge-
able sources reveal that
BSP’s action in the RS
polls will not be of any
major consequence
keeping in mind the
past practice. It is be-
lieved that poll process
will continue unhin-
dered since even in past
the same has happened.
Red-flagged!...
of the national cyberse-
curity agency – Comput-
er Emergency Response
Team of India (CERT-
in). India wasn’t the
first country to restrict
use of Zoom within the
government. —ANI
Indian Army,...
Staff Gen Bipin Rawat
and the three service
chiefs, sources said.
The Army has al-
ready rushed in addi-
tional troops to all its
key front-line bases and
formations along the
Line of Actual Control
(LAC) in Arunachal
Pradesh, Uttarakhand,
Himachal Pradesh and
Ladakh, they said. —ANI
Bringing a...
our power in protecting
the country’s integrity
and sovereignty,” the
Prime Minister said.
“Iwouldliketoassure
the nation that the sacri-
fice of our soldiers will
not be in vain. For us,
the unity and sovereign-
ty of the country are
most important. —ANI
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New Delhi: India re-
corded the highest ever
spike of 2,003 COVID-19
deaths on Wednesday
after Maharashtra and
Delhi added earlier fa-
talities not attributed to
the disease as Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi asked states to
make full use of the ex-
panded coronavirus
testing capacity and
saving lives a top prior-
ity. Modi also called for
fighting the stigma as-
sociated with the coro-
navirus and that people
should be assured there
is no need to panic if
somebody has contract-
ed the infection as the
number of recovered
patients has also been
rising. The COVID-19
recovery rate for the
country currently stood
at around 53 per cent.
Speaking to chief
ministers and repre-
sentatives of 14 states
and the union territory
of Jammu and Kashmir
through video confer-
ence, Modi underlined
the emotional aspect of
the fight against the
coronavirus, including
battling fear of being af-
flicted, and the stigma
attached by making peo-
ple aware of the high
number of those who
have defeated the infec-
tion and recovered.
Saving lives should
be the top priority, Modi
told the chief ministers,
as he called for expand-
ing the health infra-
structure of the states,
according to an official
statement.
The Wednesday in-
teraction was the sec-
ond and final segment
of Modi’s sixth round
of consultations with
chief ministers in the
last three months on
fighting the COVID-19
pandemic.
Referring to the rise
in number of infec-
tions, he underscored
the need for testing,
tracking, tracing and
isolating COVID-19 pa-
tients to deal with the
pandemic.
‘MAKESAVINGLIVESATOPPRIORITY’
PM Narendra Modi paying tributes to the martyrs during Virtual
Conference with the Chief Ministers, in New Delhi on Wednesday.
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Wednes-
day slammed the Delhi
governmentforthreaten-
ing doctors, nurses, and
health workers with le-
gal actions for bringing
to the public knowledge
thestateof healthcarein
the hospitals of the na-
tional capital.
A three-judge bench
headed by Justice
Ashok Bhushan and
also comprising Justice
MR Shah and Justice
Sanjay Kishan Kaul
was hearing a suo motu
matter related to the
proper treatment of
COVID-19 patients and
dignified handling of
bodies in government
hospitals. —ANI
SC slams Delhi over
cases filed against docs
New Delhi: The Union
Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare on Tues-
day informed that the
recoveryrateof patients
suffering from COV-
ID-19 has risen to 52.8
percent in the country.
Currently, 1,55,227 ac-
tive cases are under
medical supervision.
“During the last 24
hours, 6,922 COVID-19
patients were cured. A
total of1,86,934 patients,
so far, have been cured
of COVID-19,” read a
statement from the min-
istry. The number of
government labs have
been increased to 674
while private labs have
been increased to 250.
In the last 24 hours,
1,63,187 samples were
tested. The total num-
ber of samples tested so
far is 60,84,256. On Tues-
day, the Health Minis-
try reported that India's
recovery rate was
52.47per cent. —ANI
6,922coronapatientsrecoveredinlast
24hours,recoveryraterisesto52.8%
Muzaffarpur: A law-
yer on Wednesday
moved a criminal com-
plaint against 8 per-
sons, including Bolly-
wood superstar Salman
Khan and producer-di-
rector Karan Johar, in a
court regarding death
of Bollywood actor Su-
shant Singh Rajput.
The court had fixed
July 3 as the next date of
hearing. In his com-
plaint filed in the court
of Chief Judicial Mag-
istrate, advocate Sudhir
Kumar Ojha alleged
that these eight persons
forced Sushant to com-
mit suicide under a con-
spiracy which, he plead-
ed, amounted to murder.
Others named in the
complaint are Aditya
Chopra, Sajid Nadiad-
wala, Sanjay L Bhansa-
li, Bhushan Kumar,
Ekta Kapoor, and
Dinesh. Complainant
claimed these persons
did not let Sushant's
movies get released un-
der conspiracy.
Complaint against Salman, 7
others in Muzaffarpur court
Dehradun: Uttara-
khand Tourism Min-
ister Satpal Maha-
raj and his wife Am-
rita Rawat who tested
positive for COVID-19
on May 31 have been
discharged from
AIIMS, Rishikesh af-
ter 17 days of treat-
ment, officials said.
They were dis-
charged from the hos-
pital on Tuesday even-
ingandadvisedtokeep
themselvesinisolation
athome,Deanhospital
administration UB
Mishra said. Maharaj,
hiswife,theirtwosons
, two daughters-in-law
and a grandson were
admittedatthefacility
on May 31 after testing
positive for COVID-19.
Their sons, daugh-
ters-in-law and one
grandson were dis-
charged as per the lat-
est COVID protocol
on June 10 as they
were asymptomatic,
Mishra said. Howev-
er, the minister and
his wife, also a for-
mer minister in the
Harish Rawat gov-
ernment were still at
the hospital, he said.
Satpal Maharaj, wife
discharged from AIIMS
PM Modi called for expanding health infrastructure of states while addressing CMs of 14 states & UTs via VC
—PHOTOBYANI
Vaishali
Two jawans from Odis-
ha were among the 20
soldiers martyred at
Galwan Valley along the
India-China border dur-
ing a violent
face-off with
their Chinese
counterparts
on Monday
night. The two
are Naib Sube-
dar Nandu
Ram Soren (42)
of Badacham-
pauda village in May-
urbhanj district and se-
poy Chandrakanta
Pradhan (32) of Beora-
panga village in Kand-
hamal district.
Chief Minister
Naveen Patnaik and
Union Minister Dhar-
mendra Pradhan paid
tributes to martyred
Odia jawans and other
Indian Army personnel.
Pradhan tweeted,
“The unshakeable cour-
age and love for the na-
tion that runs through
the veins of our soldiers
has no parallels. I bow
to the valour of the In-
dian Army and salute
the sacrifice of our
brave hearts.
The nation
will forever re-
main indebted
for their inval-
uable service.
Flag of India-
Folded hands.
India does not
support vio-
lence but it will also not
shy away in giving a be-
fitting reply if there is
an attempt to compro-
mise its territorial in-
tegrity. Under the lead-
ership of PM Modi In-
dia’s borders and sover-
eignty are and will re-
main secure.”
Naveen said the
supreme sacrifice of
the jawans will always
be remembered by the
nation.
Pradhan, Patnaik pay
tributes to martyrs
Imphal: The N Biren
Singh-led BJP govern-
ment in Manipur was
left on a sticky wicket
after three sitting BJP
MLAs resigned from
the party and joined
the Congress and six
other MLAs withdrew
support. With this, the
strength of the NDA
government has been
reduced to 30 MLAs.
The National Peo-
ple’s Party, which had
four MLAs, including
three ministers, the
lone Trinamool MLA
and an independent
MLA from Jiribam
also withdrew their
support to the BJP-led
government.
The 60-member Ma-
nipur Assembly has a
current strength of 59
MLAs after Shyamku-
mar Singh of Andro
assembly constituen-
cy, who had defected
to the BJP from Con-
gress, was disquali-
fied. With three BJP
MLAs joining Con-
gress, the party now
has 24 members in the
Assembly even
though former CM
Okram Ibobi Singh
claimed the effective
strength of the party
was now 27. —Agencies
Manipur govt in trouble as 3 BJP
MLAs resign,NPP pulls support

TALKING POINTJAIPUR | THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020
MLAs PAY TRIBUTE TO MARTYRSThe mood was sombre at the
JW Marriott Hotel where
the Congress MLAs are
housed. All events on
Wednesday were cancelled
due to Tuesday’s incident in
Ladakh. All MLAs present
paid tribute to the soldiers
who were martyred in the
skirmish with the Chinese
Army. The mock polling for
RS Polls, which was to be
held on Wednesday will now
be held today.
Hakam Ali, Rajkumar Sharma, Ashok Chandna, Gopal Meena,
Indira Meena, Avinash Pande, Kaji Nizamuddin, Giraj Garg, Raghu
Sharma, Dharmendra Rathore, Rajendra Vidhudhi, Mahendra
Chaudhary, Krishna Punia & Rita Chaudary in relaxed mood.
MLAs observe silence to pay tributes to jawans martyred on Tuesday during clash with Chinese forces in Ladakh region.
Breakfast politics with Randeep Surjewala.Joginder Awana, Sandeep Yadav, Lakhan Meena and Deepchand along with minister BD Kalla.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Avinash Pande, Sachin Pilot and other MLAs during Ajay Maken’s session.
Dr Raghu Sharma, Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, Ramesh Meena
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot with Amit Chakan and his son, Amin Kagji, Neeraj Dangi and Raﬁq Khan. Sanyam Lodha, Jitendra Singh, BD Kalla, Raﬁq Khan, Mahendra Chaudhary and Mahesh Joshi greet CM Gehlot as he arrives.
Prashant Bairwa, Indraj Gurjar and Tikaram Julie.
CM Ashok Gehlot addressing the MLAs.
Sanyam Lodha, Parsadi Meena, Rita Chaudhary and JP Chandelia

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Vaishali
New Delhi: Union
Minister for Road
Transport and High-
ways Nitin Gadkari
is a popular face not
only in Maharashtra,
his native state, but
also in the centre
where he is consid-
ered to be equally
close to RSS Chief
Mohan Bhagwat and
Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi. In fact,
leaders within the
BJP claim that Gad-
kari is Modi’s ‘trou-
ble-shooter’ for Goa.
Incidentally, a small
state like Goa features
high for BJP and its
leaders, because the
party holds its national
sessions in Goa with
which even the RSS has
an emotional connect.
What then would be
better than to hand
over its political per-
mutation and combina-
tion to a man of Gad-
kari’s stature, for the
simple reason that
Gadkari, being a Ma-
harashtrian, knows
the local political
flavour as also, has
good oratory skills,
has good grasp on Ma-
harashtra politics, is
politically mature and
most importantly, is
more popular than
even the Chief Minis-
ter! Infact when
BJP had to
form its gov-
er nment,
Gadkari
was given the assign-
ment, on which he de-
livered.
And it is for this
reason that Gadkari
has been chosen to
address the BJP
workers in Goa
through a virtual
rally on June 20. The
Goa BJP is aiming at
one lakh party work-
ers joining the vir-
tual rally that is
scheduled to
take place
between 4
pm and
6.30 pm.
I n t e r -
esting-
ly, it would be the
first online rally ad-
dressed by any BJP
leader to Goa BJP
workers.
In its preparation,
online meetings are be-
ing held across the state
to inform the party
workers about the Un-
ion Road Transport and
Highways Minister’s
virtual rally that would
be streamed live on var-
ious social media plat-
forms, including You-
Tube and Facebook.
BJP’s Goa unit chief
Sadanand Tanavade
has chaired majority of
these meetings.
In the rally, Gad-
kari will address
workers on the
achievements of the
Modi during its sec-
ond term in office.
“The Modi govern-
ment has resolved
several issues, which
were hanging fire for
the last 75 years. The
issues like Citizen-
ship Amendment Act,
abolition of triple ta-
laq, resolution of
Ram temple issue and
decisions on Kashmir
are major highlights
of the government,”
Goa BJP spokesman
Damu Naik said.
BUS OPERATORS THANK
CM GEHLOT FOR RELIEFKartikey Dev Singh
Jaipur: A day after
Gehlot government
announced exemption
of motor vehicle tax
for private bus opera-
tors, various private
bus operators of the
state met Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot at
CMR on Wednesday
evening and thanked
him for the exemp-
tion. The private bus
operators, who had
come with Transport
Minister Pratap Singh
Khachariyawas, said
that in this hour of cri-
sis, the Chief Minister
has given great relief to
them by giving exemp-
tion in motor vehicle
tax. Private bus opera-
tors across the state
have received a big
boost from this sensi-
tive decision of the
Chief Minister.
Due to non-opera-
tion of private buses
due to Covid-19 lock-
down, the private bus
operators of the state
had demanded to
waive 100 percent mo-
tor vehicle tax for the
month of May and
June. Under the chair-
manship of Chief Min-
ister Gehlot, a meeting
was called on the mat-
ter on Tuesday and it
was decided to give re-
lief in motor vehicle
tax for the months of
April, May and June.
The ‘sensitive’ CM fur-
ther granted another
boon to the operators
by announcing exemp-
tion from tax for the
months of July, Au-
gust and September as
well.
Rajendra Sharma of
All Rajasthan Contract
Carriage Bus Operators
Association, Kailash
Sharma of Stage Car-
riage Association, Anil
Jain of Tourist Bus As-
sociation and other pri-
vate bus operators said
that there are more than
30,000 private buses all
over the state who were
happy with this sensi-
tive decision by Gehlot.
Transport Minister
Pratap Singh Khacha-
riwas said, “In this
hour of Corona crisis,
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot has provided
relief to every section
of the society. This de-
cision has been taken
after understanding
the pain of bus opera-
tors.”
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: The politics
surrounding the Rajya
Sabha elections is at its
peak with both parties
camping their MLAs
in hotels. Although,
BJP state chief Satish
Poonia refers the stay
of its MLAs as train-
ing session. The morn-
ing at BJP camp began
with traditional
breathing exercises
and Yoga sessions.
Dharm Narayan Joshi
conductedthePranayam
and Yoga sessions in the
morningatHotelCrowne
Plaza stressing on the
healthy way of living for
the BJP MLAs. Many
BJP MLAs were seen
continuing with their
morning walk ritual in-
side the hotel campus it-
self.Thetrainingsession
of the BJP started with a
twominutesilencetopay
respects to the 20 army
men martyred in Indo-
Chinese conflict. There
was a mock polling ses-
sion to convey the MLAs
theintricaciesof thepro-
cess. LoP Gulabchand
Kataria and Deputy
LoP Rajendra Rathore
explained the rules
and regulation govern-
ing them. National
Joint General Secre-
tary (organisation) V
Satish and observer
Murlidhar Rao also
took sessions on vari-
ous issues.
BJP leaders say that
Congress has been
guarding its flock by
locking them in a 5 star
hotel for 15 days now.
BJP leaders term their
getting together as a
collective thought pro-
cess while Congress is
simply trying to keep
its disgruntled MLAs
together somehow.
BJP MLA Pratap Sin-
gh Singhvi and Amrit
Lal Meena could not be
part of the camp due to
their ill health while
Suryakanta Vyas had to
be with her ailing son.
Siddhi Kumari has al-
ready been excused due
to her mother’s death,
while former CM
Vasundhara Raje is ex-
pectedtoreachJaipuron
Thursday.
CM Ashok Gehlot, Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma, Pratap Singh
Khachariyawas and Kuldeep Ranka with private bus operators at
CMR on Wednesday.
Rajendra Rathore, Gulab Chand Kataria and Satish Poonia other
BJP MLAs observing moment of silence for martyred soldiers.
Satish Poonia with Madan Dilawar and others during morning
yoga session at Hotel Crowne Plaza on Wednesday
Bharat Dixit
Jaipur: Senior Con-
gress leader Randeep
Surjewala hit out at
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi and Defence
Minister Rajnath Sin-
gh on their “silence”
on the Chinese infil-
tration into the Indian
territory in Ladakh
and questioned them
on the issue.
“Isittruethattheinfil-
tration reportedly took
place in the areas of Gal-
wan Valley, Hot Springs
and Pangong Tso lake in
Ladakh and many Indi-
an soldiers died while
several others were left
injured in the clash? If
so, why are the PM and
Defence Minister main-
taining silence?” he
asked. “According to an
Indian Army statement,
officers and soldiers of
Army were martyred on
Monday night when the
process of de-escalation
was going on in the Gal-
wan Valley. Will PM and
Defence Minister take
nation into confidence
on how our officers and
soldiers were martyred
whenChineseArmywas
de-escalating from our
territory? ”
Meanwhile,Mockpolls
will be conducted for
Congress and Independ-
ent MLAs on Thursday
intwoslots,from12noon
to 2 pm and 6 pm to 8 pm.
All the MLAs are re-
quired to be present dur-
ing the session.
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
Housing Board (RHB)
has been achieving one
milestoneafteranother,
whether it is selling the
mostnumberof houses
in a single day, or reviv-
ing interest of buyers
in its properties even
during sluggish econo-
my or being chosen as
the nodal agency for
MLA flats. However, on
Wednesday RHB
achieved yet another
feat and shocked even
the real estate trade
pundits by selling 701
houses worth Rs103
crore within a span
of two Wednesdays.
It is noteworthy that
RHB sold 320 houses
this Wednesday, result-
inginarevenueof Rs45
crorewhileonprevious
Wednesday, a revenue
of Rs58.22 crores was
generatedbyselling381
houses. The scheme of
providing houses at
10% of sale price with
remaining amount be-
ing paid through 156
EMIs over 13 years, has
beenappreciatedbythe
people and thus RHB
properties are selling
like ‘hot cakes’.
“Under the Auction
Festival, there was a
tremendous craze of
buyers on the second
Wednesday as well.
42, 63 and 42 houses
were sold in Jaipur (I),
(II) and (III) circle gen-
erating over Rs8 crore,
Rs9.08 crore and Rs6.78
crorerespectively,”said
Pawan Arora, Commis-
sioner, RHB.
Houses worth Rs5.89
crore were sold in Al-
war circle, 29 in Kota
circle worth Rs2.69
crore, 16 in Jodhpur (I)
circle worth Rs1.65
crore, 5 in Jodhpur (II)
Circle for Rs67.25 lakh,
33 in Bikaner circle
worth Rs3.71 crore and
34 houses were sold in
Udaipur circle, from
which the board gener-
ated Rs5.52 crore.
“Under the Hous-
ing Scheme on in-
stallments for all, in
45 schemes of 39 cit-
ies, houses are being
provided at a dis-
count of up to 50%.
The process of online
bid, for the Wednesday
Auction is very easy.
Applicant can submit
his bid/auction offer
onlinefrom10.00amon
every Monday to 4 pm
Wednesday, by visiting
helpdesk,housesitting
or e-friend of all offices
of Board. These pro-
posals will be opened
online every Wednes-
day at 4.30 pm and the
successful bidder will
beallottedaccommoda-
tion,” Arora said.
RHB magic continues as it
generates `103 cr in a week
Pawan Arora with Sanchita Vishnoi and KC Meena
‘Why are PM,Def
Min silent on
border stand-off’
BJP conducts mock poll to
prep MLAs for RS elections
RCA Prez Vaibhav in
talks with Ganguly
to host IPL in Jaipur
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: BCCI has re-
sumed its efforts to or-
ganise IPL after the
13th version of the
T20 tournament got
postponed due to Cov-
id-19 pandemic which
was to be held from
March 29 to May 24.
BCCIPresidentSourav
Ganguly now is trying
to hold the tourna-
ment between Septem-
ber 26 and November
8. These dates might see
a little change if T20
World Cup to be held in
Australia is either post-
poned or cancelled. Gan-
guly has been talking to
various state cricket as-
sociations for the same.
RCA President Vaib-
hav Gehlot has talked
to him more than once
and assured him all
the support. BCCI has
four venues in its agen-
daandJaipurisamong
them apart from Chen-
nai and Bengaluru.
BCCI wanted to hold
matches at Mumbai as
well but the corona situ-
ation there doesn’t allow
any such misadventure.
BCCI is looking for ven-
ueswithfloodlitgrounds,
5 star hotel facilities and
minimum monsoon im-
pact. Vaibhav is soon ex-
pected to take other RCA
membersintoconfidence
on development. He is in
constant touch with
BCCI Prez as he wants to
host maximum possible
IPL matches in Jaipur.
Hemayformallywriteto
BCCI in due course. Sec-
retary Mahendra Shar-
ma said that RCA was
prepared to host IPL and
lend whatever support
required.Meanwhile
Vaibhav, who has been
campingatSawaiMad-
hopur during lock-
down, came to Jaipur
on a short trip on Mon-
day and held discus-
sion with RCA officials
including Bhavani
Samota.
‘STAND UNITED WITH PM MODI’
AHMED PATEL
@ahmedpatel
It is a dark moment
for India. We will be
forever grateful to
our martyrs. I join
the nation to offer
my condolences to
the families of our
brave martyrs. We
stand firmly behind
our Armed Forces in
this dark hour.
AVINASH PANDE
@avinashpandeinc
On the martyrdom
of more than 20
of our jawans
in the border
struggle with the
Chinese Army, all
the Congress and
Congress-ally MLAs
paid their respectful
silence to the peace
of all the soldiers
who had gained the
heroic momentum
today at the JW
Marriott Resort .
SACHIN PILOT
@SachinPilot
The news of the
martyrdom of our
brave soldiers in
the conflict with
the Chinese Army
is sad. I bow to all
the martyrs and
pray to God to
give strength to
the families of the
martyrs to bear this
trauma. Condo-
lences from all over
the country are with
these families.
CM ordered exemption of tax for
private bus operators for past three
months as also for July, Aug, Sept
Randeep Surjewala
Vaibhav Gehlot
Board sold 320 houses on Wed, previous Wed saw 381 houses being sold
RHB’S WEDNESDAY AUCTION
A popular Goa face Gadkari now to address a virtual rally on June 20
Gadkari, being a Maharashtrian, knows local political flavour,
has good oratory skills and good grasp on Maha politics
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aving beautiful nails
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for that perfect nail art,
which is the most creative
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Whether you like it subtle
or bold, there are so many
ideas out there on the inter-
net you can take inspiration
from, for the perfect idea. In
fact, considering the fact that
nail art takes an ample
amount of time, it is the best
past time for girls who are
looking for things to do at this
period of time.
There are various nail art
techniques like using the
sponge art, stamping art, tap-
ing art, digital art, airbrush
art, decals and stickers art,
splatter art, water marble art,
sharpie art, adding accesso-
ries, glitter art, dotting tools’
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this, you might also want to
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you can go ahead and experi-
mentwith,likeround,square,
rounded square, oval, squov-
al, ballerina, almond, stiletto
and lipstick nails.
Even though nail art is al-
luring, there is something
very elegant and beautiful
about plain nail polishes. For
a fact, the nail care industry
has grown extensively in the
last couple of years,
after the invention
of modern nail pol-
ishes. The United
States of America
witnessed surg-
ing popularity
of nail art back
in 2012, and
that is where
it all began.
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mentary ‘NAIL-
gasm’ was re-
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plored the vari-
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across the globe.
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have been sever-
al options for
nail art, like go-
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nails, gel nails, or
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YOUR
DAYHoroscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Decision making can be
complicated in the next
while, as you play with
different possibilities or
with information missing. You might
be playing a waiting game in a key
area of your life. You could wrestle
with whether to leave a situation
behind.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
You may need to
backtrack over work that
you thought was complete.
You’re in good shape for
refining projects that are already
underway. Consider that
communications may not be exactly
right. Some plans drawn up during
this shift may never come to pass.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Until July 12th, you may
need to fix some problems
or deal with delays.
However, it’s a time of
great ideas and increased enjoyment
of your domestic life. Positive action
or support can come from behind the
scenes or unexpected sources today
with a Mars-Pluto transit.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
There can be some
misunderstandings or
missing information that
delays you now, but this can
be a blessing in disguise, you’re in
good shape to review, budget, and get
a different perspective on your intimate
relationships, support systems,
dependencies &personal psychology.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Review may be necessary
before moving forward,
particularly with finances.
While there can be some
communication breakdowns, you’re
learning a lot about what you truly
want and need. There can be a
strengthening connection with a
parent or boss.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
It might feel as if things are
stalling or even moving
backward, but the
refinements you make
during this cycle, lasting until July
12th, can be most beneficial. You may
be dealing with the need to rework old
projects. Old problems with work,
chores, or daily affairs can resurface.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Watch for expressing
yourself prematurely about
a matter today, or for
saying things that you
don’t truly mean.Decision-making is
not as straightforward as it typically
is, as you search within for answers
and need more time to draw
conclusions.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
You’re likely to learn new
things about past
problems, mainly related to
work, health, and
relationships. Seeing where you may
have been tripping up in the past can
lead to better decisions later. It’s best
not to take for granted that others
will understand you.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
With a stronger sense of
how your actions might
affect your future, you’ll
find that strategy goes a
long way today. However, Crossed
wires can easily occur right now.
Avoid taking on new projects now &
think about what you’d like to change
to make your social life happier.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
It’s better not to begin a
brand new project, as it
will likely get off to a slow
start, or you might
reconsider it later. In the weeks
ahead, there can be more than the
usual delays, misunderstandings, or
lack of clarity on a significant matter,
keeping you in limbo.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
It can be all too easy to get
our wires crossed. Try to
avoid overloading your
schedule and bringing up
tricky topics. You might also get the
chance to arrive at a different
perspective. Keep in mind that your
communications may not always be
taken in the way you intend.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
You might need to review a
project or pursuit, or you
could be waiting on word
or information that keeps
you in limbo. It’s best to check your
facts, particularly as this shift occurs
now. There can be up-in-the-air
issues surrounding higher education,
publishing, or transportation.
Cinema
GHAR
ina rings the bell,
signaling the start
of the ‘show’. She
ushers young and
old, gesturing, to
quickly settle in.
The lights go out,
the room goes pitch black,
not a sound. “Rishtey mein
toh hum tumhare baap
lagte hain, naam hai, She-
hensha!” Booms out of the
speakers. Lights, camera,
action!
Movie setting, yes. At the
theatre? Certainly not! Like
most things these days,
from ‘eating out’ to ‘work-
ing out’, everything, in the
midst of a world gripped by
the covid-pandemic, is,
home-based! Cinema and
entertainment, no different
then. Is it not ironic, that a
rather popular way of ad-
dressing a movie theatre in
India, for some time has
been, Cinema GHAR?
The entertainment in-
dustry in India is in a tizzy.
Everyone is skeptical. For
the general public, the con-
sumers of content and en-
tertainment; we remain, I’d
argue, less savagely impact-
ed. We take recourse in a
galaxy of ‘online’ content.
That too however, will in-
evitably, run out! So what is
likely to happen to the
world of movies, shows,
and entertainment then?
THE SHOW WILL GO ON,
BECAUSE IT MUST
I would tend to believe that
unlike speculation in some
quarters, the world will go
on. Albeit slowly, just as seg-
ments,sectors,industriesare
opening-up again, as the
world ‘resets’, as will the en-
tertainment industry. Sure,
people may not make a bee-
line for tickets to the next
blockbuster, they may not
throngthetheaterslikeyears
past; there will however be a
return to the old ways, the
original normal, bit by bit.
NEW NORMS, NEW
NORMALS
There will however, be a
transitionary phase in or-
der for the entertainment
sector to restart. Because
of the nature of the beast
that is the coronavirus, the
majority restructuring in
the world of movies &
shows, will have to be in the
form of ‘production-proto-
cols’. Typically, an Indian
film, even a reasonable-
budget OTT or TV Show,
shoots with a crew of a 100
people! With social distanc-
ing likely to become stand-
ard operating procedure,
there will need to be a meta-
morphosis in terms of crew
sizes, that will need to be
cut by large chunks. Shoots
will have to be done with
bare minimum, skeletal
crews, ostensibly with just
the primary cast, director
and director of photogra-
phy present! Will this mean
a dilution of quality? Not
necessarily. Will it mean
leaner productions that are
more pocket-friendly? Most
definitely, and that is a
great advantage, by default.
While many other func-
tions of creating content –
music, editing, writing and
the like, that have tradition-
ally been largely isolated
pursuits; these shall con-
tinue largely in the same
way; there will also need to
be a reexamining, reimagin-
ing, and redefining of Con-
tent-Exhibition. It is likely,
that the movie-theatre, that
was, even pre-covid, experi-
encing a patronage-decline
(thanks to OTT options and
streamed content, among
other reasons), will now be
at an even greater risk, pos-
sibly face extinction even.
Having said that, exhibition
per say, will not stop. Con-
tentwillbecreated,itwillbe
showcased and consumed,
slightly differently to the
more orthodox channels –
mostly online, mostly alone,
or in very intimate groups
(not in public spaces).
SHIFT-FOCUS
From the movie or content-
lover’s point of view, I
would put a wager on Mov-
ies, Shows, even Vlog-con-
tent, moving to a place
where the visual pizzazz,
the spectacle, the frills, the
pomp, may reduce (due to
the aforementioned,
shrunk crew-sizes); the
quality, the essence, the
messaging, the meaningful-
ness, the poetry, the intel-
lectual quotient, will rise,
exponentially. Why? Be-
cause as a human race, we
willhopefullyhaveemerged
more sensitive after the
coronavirus pandemic. Art-
ists, creators, makers espe-
cially, ought to vividly re-
flect this newfound insight
and wisdom, in their writ-
ing and creations.
The Cinema GHAR then,
might not be what it once
used to. But the Cinema in
our GHAR, will have, un-
doubtedly, evolved!
KARTIK BAJORIA
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
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