In this file image dated June 27, 2019, Home Minister Amit Shah meets with Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, in New Delhi. Singh reached the residence of Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday igniting ‘joining BJP’ speculations. —PHOTO BY PTI

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SNUBBED MAHARAJAINSHAH’S DURBAR1 Punjab Congress

heads for the inevitable three-way split

2 Discussed prolonged farmers’ protests, Amarinder says after leaving in Shah’s car

from the ‘other’ exit keeping media guessing3 Speculation rife over Centre

inducting Amarinder as Union Agriculture Minister via Rajya Sabha

Mohd Fahad

New Delhi: Amarinder Singh on Wednesday called on Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi, fuelling specula-tion that he was warm-ing up to BJP only days after Congress gave him an unceremonious exit as the Punjab Chief Min-ister.

On second day of his visit to Delhi, the ‘Maha-raja of Patiala’, Ama-rinder called on Shah at the latter’s residence and held hour-long meeting.

Amarinder’s media advisor tweeted after the meeting: “‘Met Union Home Minister @Amit-Shah in Delhi. Discussed the prolonged farmers’ agitation against #FarmLaws, MSP & urged him to resolve the crisis urgently: @capt_amarinder.”

Sources said that Am-arinder had been prepar-ing for this meeting for the past couple of days. He was studying the farm laws and also tak-ing legal opinions on what could be done to end the stalemate be-tween the Centre and the farmers. Earlier, during the day, Amarinder had vacated Kapurthala House, a government house allotted to Punjab CM in Delhi.

While Congress has been watching Ama-rinder closely ever since he had stepped down, with speculation rife that he may join BJP or even float own party. the ex-CM’s camp has been saying that Amarinder was keeping all his op-tions open.

CAPTAIN AMARINDER MEETS AMIT SHAH DAYS AFTER QUITTING AS PUNJAB CM, SETS OFF BUZZ

G-23 IS NOT JI HUZOOR 23: SIBAL; FACES FLAK

CHANNI REACHES OUT TO DISGRUNTLED SIDHU

V eteran Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Wednesday expressed resentment over the functioning of the party and said it

is ironic that those who were considered to be close to the high command have left them and the others are still standing by. The G-23 leader said the party has to listen to the point of view of the leaders and introspect. “Democracy can not be worked by 20 men sitting at the centre,” he said at a time when the party is facing a crisis in Punjab. Amid specula-tions of Amarinder meet-ing G-23 leaders, youth congress workers staged protest outside Sibal’s residence on Wednesday.

P unjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi in a press conference on Wednesday said that the party is supreme and the government

runs on the ideology of the party. He has also spoken with Navjot Singh Sidhu and urged him to discuss the issues. Channi added that several ministers have visited Sidhu and they will continue to sit and talk with him. He said that there is no talk of harming the government and we will resolve differences through dialogue. The CM said that decisions will be taken according to people of Punjab and that as long as he is the head of the state, there will be no betrayal or corrup-tion.

DIDN’T WANT TAINTED LEADERS, OFFICERS, SAYS NAVJOT SIDHU

A ‘NO-NONSENSE’ RAHUL GETS TOUGH, SHOWS SIDHU THE DOOR

A day after resigning as the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee chief, Navjot

Singh Sidhu on Wednesday stated that he cannot compro-mise with his ethics, moral authority and pointed out that he didn’t want a “repeat of a system of tainted leaders and officers in the state”. “I cannot compromise with my ethics, moral authority. What I witness is a compromise with issues, agenda in Punjab. I cannot mis-guide high command nor can I let them be misguided,” he said while Sharing a video on Twitter on Wednesday.

R ahul finally showed his prowess! As per reports, Sidhu’s resignation can

be accepted, which challenged the high command, Rahul and Priyanka. Maybe, Rahul has two theories - NO ONE IS INDIS-PENSABLE IN THE PARTY and FALL IN LINE AND CHANGE WITH TIME. This seems to be the only difference in the work-ing style of Sonia and Rahul. While such cases met with dilly-dally during Sonia’s time, Rahul took the decision in less than 24 hours. Now, challenge is to win Channi trust vote in Punjab assembly.

YOU READ IT FIRST IN FIRST INDIA ON SEPT 27

EXCERPT FROM THE JC SHOWJagdeesh Chandra answered the question while correctly predicting the future turn of events in Punjab.

What are the options in front of Captain who is on

the path of rebellion?

A lthough he is turning 80 this year, there is no chance of wait and watch. He is still a face in Punjab and he cannot be written

off at all. There are two possibilities, to form own party but it is too costly, finances wise as such me may consider joining BJP. He has red carpet from Amit Shah’s side. Shah is a master strategist. He keeps waiting and brings in a person suddenly in ‘aaja meri gaddi mein baith ja’ style. I have heard he has such an offer from there that finish the farmers’ agitation and become Chief Ministerial nominee of the BJP. Wherever he goes, he is in a position to win at least 15-20 seats even today at his own level.

CRUCIAL READRAHUL GANDHI ON 2-DAY VISIT TO KERALA AMID REPORTS OF INFIGHTING IN STATE UNITCochin: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi arrived in Kerala on Wednesday for a two-day visit amid rising dissent in the social gathering’s state unit. Later, Gandhi visited his con-stituency of Wayanad at this time, and his visit is probably going to aim toward trying to douse the hearth throughout the Kerala Congress unit. Reports of infighting in state have develop into too frequent in last few days.

FUMIO KISHIDA TO BE NEXT JAPAN PMTokyo: Japan’s former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida won the governing party leadership election on Wednesday and is set to become the next Prime Minister, facing the im-minent task of addressing a pandemic-hit economy.

UP BUSINESSMAN DIES IN POLICE RAIDGorakhpur: Six policemen in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakh-pur have been suspended after a businessman died during a late-night police raid at a city hotel on Monday. FIRs have been lodged against cops.

TALIBAN URGES INDIA: RESUME FLIGHTSKabul: In a first such official communication between the Taliban regime in Afghanistan and India, the outfit has written to the government for resumption of flights be-tween the two countries.

PM TO INAUGURATE 4 MED COLLEGES IN RAJASTHAN TODAY

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate CIPET: Institute of Petrochemicals Technology, Jaipur and also lay the foundation stones for four new medical colleges in Banswara, Sirohi, Hanumangarh and Dausa of Rajasthan via video-conference on Thursday.

Full report on P8

To save the common man, Gehlot asks Centre to lower excise duty on fuel!

First India Bureau

Jaipur: With the fuel prices once again look-ing to sky rocket, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has given a clarion call to save the general public from the coming on-slaught stressing that the UPA government had kept the fuel price low even though crude oil was trading at one hundred dollars.

On Wednesday, Gehlot tweeted, “Petrol/diesel

prices were under con-trol despite crude oil prices reaching $100 per barrel during the UPA-II regime. Now the rate of crude oil is going to in-crease continuously to $

80 per barrel in a few days. If it continues to grow like this, then the back of the common man is sure to break.”

Adding further, Ge-hlot said in a series of tweets, “The Govern-ment of India should take immediate steps and give relief to the common man by reduc-ing various excise du-ties. In view of the poor financial condition of the states after Covid-19, the Government of India

should give relief to the common man by reduc-ing additional excise duty, special excise duty, agriculture cess. The Government of India has imposed various types of excise duty on petrol, diesel, in which the states do not even get a share. Today the price of one litre of diesel in Rajasthan is Rs.98.80, out of which the Govern-ment of India is taking Rs.31.80. The state’s VAT is only Rs 21.78.

CM Ashok Gehlot

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Sensex and NSE Nifty 50 ended in the red on Wednesday, 29 September, at the closing bell. Sensex went down by 254.33 points to end at 59,413.27 while Nifty ended at 17,711.30 after a loss of 37.30 points.

Strict security arrangements are in place in Bengal’s Bhabanipur with the deployment of 15 companies of central forces ahead of the assembly by-election today. CM Mamata Banerjee is TMC candidate, while the BJP has fielded Priyanka Tibrewal.

In a video, Ali Babar Patra is seen interacting with the media at an army camp in Uri sector. He told the reporters that he was provided Rs 20,000 by his handlers to cross over and take arms supplies to Pattan in Baramulla district.

SENSEX ENDS 254 POINTS

LOWER, NIFTY AT 17,711

BHABANIPUR VOTES TODAY

WITH MAMATA IN FRAY

GOT `20K: CAPTURED TEEN PAK

TERRORIST

CORONA CATASTROPHE

RAJASTHANINDIA

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Jaipur: When hardly 20-hour-old 2.5 kg baby of Jyoti arrived from Kota in the Fortis ICU, he was very blue, breath-less and was icy cold. He was stabilised by giving advanced cardio-respir-atory support.

His echo revealed, very complex heart de-fect, total anomalous pulmonary venous con-nection (TAPVC). In this only 2.5 kgs baby, both right and left sided smaller pulmonary veins were draining di-rectly into the right heart separately with-out forming a chamber. So both sides required separate surgeries in one setting and that too had to be done in such a way that there should be only minimal risk of re-narrowing at joining points otherwise chanc-es of successful surgery were very less.

Dr Kaushal said in

India nearly 1,75,000 are born with birth defects of the heart every year. Out of these approx.

75,000 sick newborns re-quire heart surgery in the very first few days or weeks of their life.

Stitchless Heart surgery saves 4-day-old boy

Jaipur: With the State Election Com-mission declaring election to the Zila Parishads and Pan-chayat Samitis in Alwar and Dholpur, the code of conduct has come into effect in the two districts. Hence, no transfers or postings can be made there.

As per the code, in the cases of the transfers and post-ing which had al-ready been declared before the polls were announced and the orders had been uploaded on the websites of the related depart-ments on or before 27th September 2021, 6.00 pm, the employees con-cerned must have to join their duties at the respective places on or before October 3.

BAN ON TRANSFERS IN ALWAR, DHOLPUR

Congress will be cornered on local issues: PooniaJaipur: The Opposi-tion BJP has started preparations for Pan-chayat elec-tions in Alwar and Dholpur districts to be held next month.

For this, a meeting of public repre-sentatives and office-bearers of Alwar and Dholpur was held on Wednesday at the BJP headquar-ters.

BJP State President Satish Poonia said that Congress will be cor-

nered on local issues, especially the increas-ing crimes in Alwar.

“The state government is apprehensive that the elec-tion results of p a n c h a y a t s will come against the Congress and that is why the government is

deliberately delaying the panchayat elec-tions,” Poonia said.

He said that the party is fully prepared for the Panchayat elections in Alwar and Dholpur.

WORLD HEART DAY: KNOW YOUR HEARTz Do not ignore swelling in feet, thighs, ankles

z Cases of DVT and ventricular tachycar-dia increasing.

z After Covid, 30 to 40 age groups have reported such complications·

z Do regular exer-cise, cycling, walk at least 3-4 kms daily, take part in some sports activity·

z Take special care of food and drink.

z Take less oil and greasiness in the food.

z Take fresh fruits as much as possible

z Stop smoking and excessive alcohol.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: The election programme for Zila Par-ishad and Panchayat Samiti members of Al-war and Dholpur dis-tricts has been declared by the State Election Commission. Voting will be conducted in three phases for the elec-tion of 72 Zila Parishad members and 492 Pan-chayat Samiti members.

The Chief Electoral Officer and Secretary of the Commission, Chitra Gupta said that elections will be held in total 72 constituencies including 49 in Alwar district and 23 members in Dholpur for Zila Par-ishad members. Simi-larly, for the election of Panchayat Samiti mem-bers in Alwar, voting will be conducted for a total of 352 members including 99 in the first phase, 120 in the second phase and 133 in the third phase.

She said that for the election of members of Panchayat Samiti of Dholpur district, elec-tions would be held in 140 constituencies.

ALWAR, DHOLPUR ZILA PARISHAD & PANCHAYAT POLL PROG OUTVoting to be held in 3 phases for 72 Zila Parishad members and 492 Panchayat members

Mukesh Dadhich, Satish Poonia and Arun Chaturvedi at BJP headquarters.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Monsoon activ-ity in the eastern region of Rajasthan will again intensify from Wednes-day with light rain in Kota and Udaipur divi-sions. During the last 24 hours, there has been good rain in the districts of Western Raj.

In Jodhpur, Churu, Bi-

kaner, water fell up to an inch in some areas. Bi-dasar in Churu received the highest rainfall of 71MM (3 inches). Ac-cording to Jaipur Mete-orological Department, due to effect of new low-pressure system formed in the Bay of Bengal, rain will continue for next 4 days in eastern & southern parts.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Rajasthan HC has directed the state government to make ap-pointments to vacant posts of chairperson and member in Rajasthan Women Commission. The directions were is-sued after hearing pub-lic interest litigations. Two separate PILs were filed, one by Jodhpur resident Ishwar Prasad & the other by an organ-isation Utthan.

The division bench of Justice Sangeet Lodha and Justice Manoj Ku-mar Garg issued in-structions for appoint-ment in two months.

Monsoon again to gather steam in Eastern Raj

HC to state: Fill up Women Panel posts

मा��मक �शक्षा बोडर्, राज�ान, अजमेरबोड� परीक्षा 2021 क� �माण प� एवं अंकतािलकायें �ेषण बाबत

समस्त शाला �धानों को सूिचत िकया जाता है िक उच्च माध्यिमक परीक्षा (िवज्ञान, वािणज्य एवं कला वगर्) क� मूल �लेख पूवर् में �ेिषत िकये जा चुक� है। व�रष्ठ उपाध्याय, �वेिशका, माध्यिमक, व्यावसाियक एवं CWSN परीक्षािथर्यों क� समस्त �माण प� एवं अंकतािलकायें वाहनों से नोडल क�न्�ों पर �ेिषत कर िदये गये है। अतः शाला �धान तथा स्वयंपाठी परीक्षािथर्यों क� क�न्�ाधीक्षक संबंिधत नोडल क�न्�ों से स्वयं अथवा �ितिनिधयों को भेजकर उक्त �माण प� एवं अंकतािलकायें �ाप्त करक� भली भांित जांच उपरांत परीक्षािथर्यों को अिवलम्ब िवत�रत करें। सिचव

GOVERNMENT NOT SERIOUS ABOUT OUR DEMANDS: REVENUE OFFICIALSAjmer: Under the banner of Rajasthan Revenue Ser-vice Council, Tehsildars, Naib Tehsildars, Patwaris and land record inspectors staged a dharna in Ajmer on Wednesday. Revenue personnel staged a sit-in outside the collectorate and bus stand revenue. Along with implementing written agreement signed by the govt in April 2018, the Revenue Service Council has submitted a memorandum to the Reve-nue Board President regarding 7-point demands.

Jaipur: A married woman died under suspicious cir-cumstances in Jaipur. Her father has filed a case against her husband, father-in-law and mother-in-law for dowry harassment and murder. The in-laws, however, say that she has died by suicide by hanging. When they went to the room, her body was found hanging. Kaluram Meena, a resident of Chandwaji Jaipur said that his daughter Meenu was married with Girraj Meena. Her husband and in-laws have been pressurising her to bring a motorcycle from her parents after the marriage. A case has been filed at Mahila Police Station North, Jaipur.

WOMAN UNDER SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES DIES, FATHER ALLEGES MURDER FOR DOWRY

NEWS DIGEST

The new born 2.5 kg baby with his parents.Dr Raghu Sharma at the cycle marathon organised by CSI in Jaipur on Wednesday.

Jaipur: Health Minis-ter Dr. Raghu Sharma on Wednesday said that people must adopt a healthy lifestyle and exercises to prevent cardiovascular diseas-es. Dr. Sharma was ad-dressing the valedicto-ry function of the cycle marathon ‘CSI Tour the Royal Rajasthan’ organised by Cardio-logical Society of India (CSI) on the occasion of World Heart Day.

He praised the cycle marathon held by the cardiologists to create awareness among peo-ple towards heart-re-lated diseases.

“All of us should take a pledge to make this effort of doctors successful so that the number of heart pa-tients is reduced and the CM’s dream of Nirogi Rajasthan (Healthy Rajasthan) is fulfilled,” he said.

HEALTHY HEART MEANS HEALTHY BODY: DR RAGHUWe used a new stitchless surgical

technique ‘bilateral bi-atrial stitchless TAPVC repair’ to solve

all these difficulties successfully in this small baby, which was probably for the first time in the country. Baby is doing fine and was ready to be discharged on 6th day of surgery.

—Dr. Sunil K. Kaushal, Director, Chief Cardiac Surgeon & HOD, Paediatric Cardiac

Surgery, Fortis Escorts Hospital, Jaipur

Show of strength?Dotasra B’day posters dot Jaipur

First India Bureau

Jaipur: After ‘show of strength’ on the birth-day of former deputy CM Sachin Pilot, now the supporters of PCC chief and education minister Govind Singh Dotasra are planning a similar show on his birthday on October 1.

Many events have been planned on Sep-tember 30 and October 1. Dotasra will meet supporters at PCC headquarters. After be-coming PCC president, Dotasra is going to show political strength for the first time.

Recently, on Pilot’s birthday on September 7, many events were held including massive

tree plantation drive. Even many events marked the birthday of Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma recently.

Dotasra’s supporters have started putting up posters, banners to wish him a happy birth-day. Posters have emerged at PCC head-quarters and some oth-er places in the city. The ‘show of strength’ has also drawn attention as the Cabinet reshuffle, political appointments and PCC overhaul is on the cards.

Class-10 girl gang raped; main accused detainedFirst India Bureau

Alwar: A rape case against a minor girl of class X has been regis-tered at Khedli police station and the police has started investiga-tion after getting a med-ical examination of the minor girl.

According to the in-formation, a minor stu-dent studying in class X was taken to a house by two youths on their bikes on some pretext where she was forcibly raped by a man. While the other youth stood outside the house for guarding. After the said incident, the girl in-formed her family members who in turn

registered the case against the accused and co-accused. In the case, one accused has been named in the report while the other is said to be unknown. SP Tejaswani Gautam said that the main accused has been detained.

Jaipur: A man has been booked under POSCO Act at Mansarovar police station on charges of molesting and attempting to rape a 15-year-old girl while she was changing clothes after returning from school Tuesday afternoon. The accused is a neighbour of the victim, who cut on his hand, scratched with nails, and screamed at which he fled away. The girl told the whole incident to the family members when they came home in the evening.

Jhunjhunu: A 14-year-old minor studying in class IX was gang raped on Tuesday night. The girl’s father has lodged a case of gang rape against three youth at Malsisar police station. She was lured by a youth named Kapil, living in her neighbourhood, who took her to a nearby stadium and gang-raped along with his two friends. SHO Gopal Singh Thalor said after registering the case, all the accused fled. The police is looking for all the absconding.

Alwar: A woman has filed a rape case against a policeman and his brother. The police personnel have been suspended after the case was registered. Kathu-mar SHO Kamal Singh informed that a woman from the village has filed a report that 7-8 months ago, she had filed a complaint during which she met constable Ramniwas Gurjars. After which, the constable frequently visited her house. During this period, once he raped the victim by mixing intoxicating substances in the drink.

MAN BOOKED UNDER POCSO ACT FOR ATTEMPTING TO RAPE MINOR IN JPR

14-YR-OLD GANG RAPED BY NEIGHBOUR & 2 OTHERS; PROBE ON

COP ACCUSED OF RAPE SUSPENDED

TIMELINENOTIFICATION Issued on October 4

NOMINATIONSWITHDRAWNTill October 11

POLLING 1st phase on Oct 20 2nd Phase on Oct. 23 3rd phase on Oct. 26

COUNTINGOctober 29

HEADS & DEPUTY HEAD ELECTEDElection of Zila pra-mukh & panchayat samiti head on Octo-ber 30, Deputy Zila Pramukh & deputy head on October 31

Government will complete its full term: Dr Joshi First India Bureau

Jaipur: Reacting sharply to the re-marks of Leader of Opposition Gu-lab Chand Ka-taria, Congress Chief Whip Dr Mahesh Joshi said that the BJP lead-er is daydream-ing. He asserted that people have elected the gov-ernment for 5 years and it will complete its full term. Comment-ing on the pro-posed reshuffle of the Ashok Ge-hlot cabinet, Ka-taria had earlier said that the in-fighting over the issue is a hint that the Congress-led government may fall any time.

Mahesh Jhoshi

Posters wishing Govind S Dotasra ahead of his birthday on Oct 1 have been put up across Jaipur. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR

Many events have been planned on

September 30 and October 1

—FILE PHOTO

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Congress mem-bers in Jaipur Zila Pari-shad on Wednesday cre-ated ruckus in the first general body meeting of the Parishad for not placing the chair of up Zila Pramukh with the chair of Zila Pramukh.

Mohan Dagar, who became the up-Zila Pra-mukh on Congress sym-bol, raised objection when his chair was not placed with the chair of the Zila Pramukh. Furi-ous over the seating ar-rangement, he boycott-ed the meeting. Along with him, other Con-gress members also boycotted the meeting,

creating rukus.Heated arguments

broke out between Con-gress and BJP members in the presence of Jaipur collector Antar Singh Nehra and Zila Parishad CEO Pooja Kumari Parth. Some of the Congress members snatched mic from CEO.

First India Bureau

Jaipur/Alwar: After the BJP State President Poonia and Chief Spokesperson Ramlal lambasted PCC chief and education minister Govind Singh Dotasra over REET, deputy lead-er of opposition Rajen-dra Rathore too target-ed him fiercely.

Dotasra took strict action against the guilty officers and per-sonnel in a single day in the matter of the REET. Reacting on the same, Rathore mocked that only after the chaos and disarray the action has

been taken. On the oth-er hand, BJP constantly alleged that the REET exam was rigged.

On the other hand, a 27-year-old man, Vish-

nu Yadav, a resident of Santhalpur Road Chan-dwali near Bansoor town of Alwar, died by suicide by consuming poison late on Tuesday.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: A major acci-dent was prevented at Jaipur airport on Wednesday night.

An environment of a stir was created when a truck collided with the airport’s aerobridge at 9 pm. This Air India truck collided with aer-obridge number 12.

The ladder in the rear of the truck collided with the lower part of the aerobridge leaving the lower part of the aerobridge damaged

badly. Thankfully no aircraft was there at that time. Air Asia’s

J a i p u r - H y d e r a b a d flight I5-974 took off a few minutes ago.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Now the com-plaint pertaining to the electricity department will be resolved instant-ly. Discom Chairman Bhaskar A Sawant re-viewed the prepara-tions of power compa-nies for the prashasan gaon-shehron kay sang campaign and gave in-structions.

Some of the major problems encountered during the campaign

were identified. The primary was delayed response of the team on resolving any issue.

Now, the complaint of electricity supply will be resolved by send-ing a team immediately. Orders will be given to replace the damaged meters after checking. Regarding complaints of delay in replacement of burnt transformers, it was asked to keep in-ventory of transform-ers in each subdivision.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: A sensational case of stabbing a young man to death over an old dispute has come to light in the Karbala area of the capital.

Meraj alias Baba Khan had come to the Karbala area in the evening. Sighting him, some miscreants at-tacked him with knives and sharp objects. In-jured Meraj was then taken to the Sawai Man

Singh Hospital, where he died during treat-ment.

At present, all the top officers of the police de-partment have reached the Karbala area, and efforts are being made to find out the reasons for the murder.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: In a strict move against private schools, the education depart-ment has issued notice to three schools for pressuring parents to deposit fees.

The parents were not in a position to deposit the fees due to circum-stances created during the pandemic but they were being forced by the management of the schools.

On their complaint, the education depart-ment issued notices to Seedling school- Jawa-har Nagar, Maheshwari School and Jaipuria School-Milap Nagar.

Manish Vijayvargi-ya, convener of the Bhibhavak Ekta An-dolan, said, “In such a situation, the parents had complained to the Joint Director of Edu-cation department is-sued notices.”

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education has de-clared the new date of cancelled REET exam at Kamla Devi M a h av i dya l aya , Dhikwar Mandhan-Neemrana examina-tion centre in Alwar district. There will be a re-examination on October 16. Dr. D. P. Jaroli, President of Board and Chief Coordinator of REET said new ad-mit cards will also be issued to 600 candi-dates.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Tourism activ-ity in state to open from October 1, which marks the start of Wildlife Week. It remained closed during the Coro-na period and in rainy season. Tourism will take off in the Tiger Re-serve including Ranth-ambore and Sariska. There are 70 tigers in Ranthambore and more than 20 in Sariska.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: The traffic po-lice here have started a 3-month no-honking campaign in the city.

This campaign was started from the RTO circle. Top officials of the Jaipur Police Com-missionerate attended the program.

The officials ap-pealed to the public to follow the traffic rules and avoid blowing horns unnecessarily.

Under this campaign, for the next three months, the Jaipur Traffic Police will make the drivers aware and

motivated to not use horns unnecessarily on the major roads and in-tersections of the city.

Moreover, the drivers

will be given a pink slip and red slip during this time. Additional Police Commissioner Rahul Prakash told that under

the campaign, the driv-ers will be consulted and stickers will be pasted on their vehicles to promote no honking.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: A world class high performance sports training and re-habilitation center will soon be set up at Sawai Mansingh Stadium.

The center will be built near the indoor hall of SMS Stadium at a cost of about Rs 15 crore. The company of Olympic gold medalist shooter Abhinav Bindra has been given the contract to set up the centre.

Sports Council secre-tary Raju Lal has is-sued a work order for this. This will be the first government reha-bilitation center in the state, in which world

class facilities will be developed for the play-ers. Rajasthan Sports Council has extended the last date for regis-tration for Rajasthan Rural Olympic Games 2021 till 15 October 2021.

Offline form is avail-able on website www.rssc.in.

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Jaipur: The high court on Wednesday issued an interim stay on the arrest of RSS pracha-rak Nimbaram in a case related to demanding bribe of Rs 20 crore from BVG company rep-resentatives.

The court ordered him to submit docu-ments with proper rep-resentation before in-vestigating officer in 7 days. The court of Jus-tice Satish Kumar

Sharma ordered the of-ficer to conduct a fair investigation without outside pressure.

The order was given on the criminal peti-tion of Nimbaram,

who sought quashing of FIR as his name has been included in the case due to political malice.

The next hearing will be held on November 9.

HC gives interim stay on the arrest of RSS pracharak Nimbaram COURTYARD

Congress councillors boycott Jaipur zila parishad meeting

Councillors arguing with Collector Antar Singh Nehra —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR

Youngsters riding cycle in the city to support the no-honking campaign. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR

Proposal for construction of roads passed

However road construction proposal passed in the meeting

What he has done was inten-tional. He came

late in the meeting and created ruckus unneces-sarily.However, the agenda of the first meet-ing was passed.—Rama Devi, Zila Pramukh

Players of the state will now be able to apply

offline and online till October 15, 2021 to par-ticipate in the games. Offline form is available on Rajasthan State Sports Council’s website.—Raju Lal, Sports Council Secy

In the middle of the ruckus, a propos-al regarding construction of roads

was passed in the meeting. It may be noted that Congress rebel Rama Devi had won the Jaipur Zila Pramukh seat as a BJP candidate by defeating her rival by just one vote due to cross-voting earlier this month.

Zila Pramukh Rama Devi alleged that the Congress members deliberately created ruckus because they did not want the meeting to be held in a peaceful manner. “What he has done was intentional. He came late and created ruckus but the agenda of the first meeting was passed,” she said.

Bindra to set up `15 cr sports trg centre

BJP lambasts Dotasra over REET mismanagment

Date for REET re-exam announced

Sariska, R’bore reopen from October 1

Discoms instructed toresolve prob instantly

Man stabbed to death in broad daylight

Schools get notice for pressurising parents

Traffic police launches 3 months ‘No honking’ awareness campaign in city

MAIN CANDIDATE & TEACHER TAKING EXAM AS DUMMY CANDIDATE HELD

In the REET recruit-ment examination on

September 26, instead of the candidate, the teacher took the exam as a fake candidate. On this matter, the Kotwali police had arrested the accused third-grade teacher Shravan as a fake candidate in the

second shift, whereas the main accused can-didate Prakash Vaish-nav was absconding.

MP HC notice in mining on Army land donated by Panna royals

Truck collides with aerobridge

Prakash Vaishnav

Damage aerobridge after the truck collided with it.

First India Bureau

Jaipur: MP HC, Jabal-pur on Wednesday heard the PIL filed by Advocate Sunil Kumar Singh with respect to allotment of army land to Jaykay Cements, Bansal Constructions, Essel Mining and In-dustries by MP govt.

This land was donat-

ed by the Royal family of Panna, Lt. Col in 1950 and the same was accepted by VP Menon for the army welfare.

Singh argued that Defence Estate Officer has written to Collector Panna for the mutation but the same has not been done whereas some of properties were rented out to po-

lice dept and municipal board Panna.

After hearing at length, CJ Mohammad Rafiq and Justice VK Shukla issued notice to Union of India, State of MP, Collector Panna, Jakay Cement, Bansal Construction, NMDC and Essel Mining and now the matter will be listed after six weeks.

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SPIRITUAL SPEAK

Entangled by the bonds of hate, one who seeks

happiness by inflicting pain on others is never delivered from hatred.

—Buddha

IN-DEPTH

Piyush Goyal @PiyushGoyal

Make In India, for the World! Govt. led by PM @NarendraModi ji approves

capital infusion of `1,650 Cr into National Export Insurance Account over 5 years.

#ExportsSeVikas to enable exports overseas, boost to manufacturing worth `25,000 Cr & creating 2.6 lakh new jobs.

Dharmendra Pradhan @dpradhanbjp

Cabinet approval for infusion of `4,400 crore in Export Credit Guarantee

Corporation Ltd. over 5 years and approval for listing of ECGC on stock

exchange through IPO will give a big thrust to exports, encourage

#LocalGoesGlobal, create jobs & give fillip to Aatmanirbhar Bharat.

TOP TWEETS

QES MUST SURVEY THE UNORGANISED SECTOR FOR COMPLETE PIC ON EMPLOYMENT

he government recent-ly released the Quar-terly Employment Survey for the first quarter which put the

employment in nine selected sec-tors at 3.08 crore. This showed an increase of 29 per cent over 2.3 crore in the sixth economic cen-sus. The nine non-farm sectors which were surveyed include manufacturing, construction, transport, trade, education, ac-commodation & restaurant, health, IT/BPO and financial ser-vices---all in the organized sector. The drawback with this is that it does not include data from the un-organized sector. Manufacturing led the table employing 41 percent of the total employment numbers. Education (22 per cent) and Health (8 percent) were the other key job creators. Women’s percentage in employment fell from 31 percent in the sixth census to 29.

These nine sectors require a push from the government to solve the unemployment problem. The CMIE data shows the percent-age of jobless in the country stood at 6.9. There were more jobless in the urban sector (8.6 percent) than in the rural sector (6.1 percent).

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aliban are back to their old ways. In Taliban 1.0 they went about killing, stoning public

lashing and hanging in the name of Islam. They did not try to conceal their misogynist side and did not bother about how the world looked at them. Taliban 2.0 initially projected a civilized image before the world because Pakistan may have tutored them to put up their best behaviour as it went around begging for financial aid. Pakistan itself is barely able to avert a financial col-lapse and China also has too many financial problems of its own to be of much help to Kabul. With the new Islamic regime still being looked at

with suspicion, several coun-tries are reluctant to extend any financial assistance. Rus-sia says it is in no hurry to recognize the Taliban govern-ment and India also is suspi-cious. Such is the level of dis-trust that New Delhi was yet to decide on resumption of flight to Kabul despite requests.

Why are nations reluctant to recognize the new govern-ment in Kabul? The first rea-son is that it is there on the strength of guns and not popular support. Secondly, it has already started showing signs of being suppressive: restrictions on women are back and beards have been made compulsory for men, morality police has replaced women’s ministry. Thirdly, it is under the influence of Pa-kistan and China who would want to use it as a pawn for their strategic interests.

Despite the financial hard-ships which people in Af-ghanistan are facing, the Taliban government is un-likely to mend its regressive, brutal ways.

TALIBAN’S CIVILITY IS A FAÇADE TO WIN TRUST

Taliban 2.0 initially projected a civilized image before the world because Pakistan may

have tutored them to put up their best behaviour as

it went around begging for financial aid

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WHY GLOBAL FOOD PRICES ARE HIGHER TODAY

lobal food prices shot up nearly 33% in September 2021 compared with the same period the year before. That’s according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisa-tion (FAO)‘s monthly Food Price Index, which also found that global prices have risen by more than 3% since July, reaching levels not seen since 2011.

The Food Price Index is de-signed to capture the com-bined outcome of changes in a range of food commodities, including vegetable oils, ce-reals, meat and sugar, and compare them month to month. It converts actual prices to an index, relative to average price levels between 2002 and 2004. This is the standard source for tracking food prices – nominal prices, as they’re known, which means they’re not adjusted for inflation.

While nominal prices tell us the monetary cost of buy-ing food in the market, prices adjusted for inflation (what economists call “real” prices) are much more relevant to food security – how easily peo-ple can access appropriate nutrition. The prices of all goods and services tend to rise faster than average incomes

(though not always). Inflation means that not only do buyers need to pay more per unit for food (due to its nominal price increase), but they have pro-portionately less money to spend on it, given the parallel price increases of everything else, except their wages and other incomes.

Back in August, I analysed the FAO’s inflation-adjusted Food Price Index and found that real global food prices were actually higher than in 2011, when food riots contrib-uted to the overthrow of gov-ernments in Libya and Egypt.

Based on real prices, it is currently harder to buy food on the international market than in almost every other year since UN record keeping began in 1961. The only ex-ceptions are 1974 and 1975. Those food price peaks oc-curred following the oil price spike of 1973, which drove rapid inflation in many parts of the global economy, in-cluding the production and distribution of food.

So what’s now pushing food prices to historic levels?

FUEL PRICES, BAD WEATHER & COVID-19The drivers of average inter-national food prices are al-ways complicated. The prices of different commodities rise and fall based on universal factors, as well as those spe-cific to each commodity and region.

For example, the oil price rise which started in April 2020 has affected the prices

of all food commodities on the FAO index, by increasing the costs of producing and transporting food. Labour shortages resulting from the COVID pandemic have re-duced the availability of workers to grow, harvest, process and distribute food, another universal cause of commodity price rises.

The real average price of food has actually been in-creasing since the year 2000, reversing the previous trend of a steady decline from the start of the 1960s. Despite global efforts – that have, in part, responded to targets set by both the UN Millennium Development and the subse-quent Sustainable Develop-ment Goals to reduce hunger – prices have made food steadily less accessible.

No single commodity has been continually responsible for the average real price in-

crease from 2000. But the price index of edible oil crops has grown significantly since March 2020, driven mainly by the price of vegetable oils shooting up by 16.9% between 2019 and 2020. According to FAO crop reports, this was due to the growing demand for biodiesel and unsupport-ive weather patterns.

The other food category adding most to the overall food price rise is sugar. Here, again, unfavourable weather, including frost damage in Brazil, has reduced supply and inflated prices.

Cereals have added less to overall price increases, but their accessibility worldwide is particularly important for food security. Wheat, barley, maize, sorghum and rice ac-count for at least 50% of glob-al nutrition, and as much as 80% in the poorest countries. Global buffer stocks of these crops have been shrinking since 2017, as demand has outstripped supply. Running down stores has helped stabi-lise global markets, but pric-es have increased sharply from 2019.

Again, the reasons for indi-vidual fluctuations are com-plicated. But something that deserves attention is the number of times since the year 2000 “unpredictable” and “unfavourable weather” has been reported by the FAO to have caused “reduced har-vest expectations”, “weather-stricken harvests” and “pro-duction decrease”.

SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION

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ALASTAIR SMITH The writer is a Senior Teaching

Fellow in Global Sustainable Development at the University of Warwick

The real average price of food has actually been

increasing since the year 2000, reversing the previous

trend of a steady decline from the start of the 1960s. Despite global efforts – that have, in part, responded to

targets set by both the UN Millennium Development

and the subsequent Sustainable Development Goals to reduce hunger –

prices have made food steadily less accessible

No single commodity has been continually

responsible for the average real price

increase from 2000. But the price index of

edible oil crops has grown significantly since March 2020,

driven mainly by the price of vegetable oils shooting

up by 16.9% between 2019 and 2020

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New Delhi: While ob-serving that the Court’s power to pun-ish for contempt can-not be taken away even by legislative enact-ment, the Supreme Court on Wednesday held the chairperson of a NGO guilty of con-tempt of court for not depositing Rs 25 lakh fine imposed on it for filing frivolous PILs over the years without any success and “re-peatedly misusing” ju-

risdiction of SC.A Bench headed by

Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul while holding the NGO Suraz India Trust’s chairman Ra-jiv Daiya guilty of con-tempt of court, said, “We are of the view that the contemnor is clearly guilty of con-tempt of court and his action to scandalise the court cannot be countenanced.”

Earlier, Daiya told Bench that he did not

have the resources to pay costs imposed by the top court and would approach P r e s i d e n t with a mercy plea. To this, SC had said that there is no provi-sion for mercy plea before Rashtra-pati Bha-wan in recovery of cost mat-ters. —PTI

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New Delhi: The incum-bent Director-General of the Bureau of Civil Avia-tion Security (BCAS) Na-sir Kamal, a 1986 batch IPS officer, is said to have opted for premature re-tirement by availing of the VRS scheme.

He is scheduled to retire in July 2022. Pri-or to joining the BCAS, he headed the National Institute of Criminolo-gy and Forensic Sci-ence (NICFS) as Direc-

tor in the rank of DG. In view of the impor-tance attached to the post of BCAS DG, his transfer from NICFS reflected the NDA ad-ministration’s confi-dence in him.

No special reason is attributed to his deci-sion to take the VRS.

A senior legal practi-tioner informed on the condition of anonymi-ty it is just personal. According to him, Ka-mal, who holds an LLM degree, wants to settle

down in the legal pro-fession. So he might have decided to take

retirement now, having reached the Apex Scale. Since the VRS

acceptance normally takes three months, he would be sacrificing only seven months of his service.

It’s not uncommon among senior officials to start looking for al-ternate career arrange-ments from the age of 58-59 to remain gain-fully ‘engaged’. Since their experience in gov-ernment is valued well in the corporate world, many shifts there. Oth-ers, who have legal or technical expertise,

start their own practice or consultancy.

There is also no shortage of officials who take life easy after retirement, sit down to write books, play golf, or become totally fami-ly men looking after their spouses (for whom they have little time during the service) and grandchildren.

That’s the way life is. So if Kamal has opted for the VRS, there is no surprise and his deci-sion must be respected.

New Delhi: The de-fence ministry on Wednesday approved the procurement of mil-itary platforms and hardware worth Rs 13,165 crore that includ-ed 25 indigenously-de-veloped ALH Mark-III helicopters for the In-dian Army to boost its combat capabilities.

The cost of acquiring the advanced light heli-copters from the state-run Hindustan Aero-nautics Ltd (HAL) has been estimated at Rs 3,850 crore while a batch of rocket ammunition will cost Rs 4,962 crore,

the defence ministry said. The approval for procurement of the heli-copters for the Army came six days after the ministry firmed up an-other big-ticket deal un-der which 118 MBTs Ar-

jun are being acquired for the force for Rs 7,523 crore. The procurement proposals were ap-proved at a meeting of DAC that was chaired by the Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. —PTI

Mumbai: Days after the Maharashtra gov-ernment stated that the schools across the state will reopen from Octo-ber 4, BMC on Wednes-day said the schools for classes 8-12 to reopen from October 4.

Issuing a fresh noti-fication, BMC Com-missioner Iqbal Cha-hal said that for the rest of the classes, the civic body will make a decision in November. However, the BMC said that the COVID guidelines issued by the government will be applied to all schools under BMC ju-risdiction. —PTI

We are reopening schools for classes 8th to 12 in Mumbai with effect from Oct 4. All Covid-19 SoPs issued by the government will be implemented.

—Iqbal Chahal, BMC Commissioner

Bengaluru: At least 60 students of a boarding school in Bengaluru, Karnataka, have tested positive for Covid-19, triggering officials to shut down school. Ac-cording to a report, one student had a high fever and is undergoing treat-ment at Lady Curzon and Bowring Hospital, while another one is un-der home quarantine.Most of the infected stu-dents at Sri Chaitanya Girls’ Residential School are asymptomati, are quarantined. —PTI

DIRECTOR GENERAL KAMAL OPTS FOR VRSBUREAU OF CIVIL AVIATION SECURITY (BCAS)

Bench said chairperson of NGO, Suraz India Trust, Rajiv Daiya has been “throwing mud” at all and sundry including the court, administrative staff & State govt

The Bench, said, “We refuse to back off and will take it to a

logical conclusion.” The top court also said, “Apologies submitted

by him are only endeavours to get out of consequences, again

followed by another set of al-legations, thus a charade. There’s been no remorse

on part of the contem-nor.” The Bench, however,

gave Daiya one more chance and posted the matter for

hearing on sentence on October 7. The apex

court’s order on Wednesday came on

a plea of Daiya seeking recall of the court’s May

1, 2017 judgement.

New Delhi: Union Min-ister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Wednesday said the Dubai Expo 2020 will further strengthen In-dia-UAE relations espe-cially exports.

Goyal said, “Dubai Expo 2020 is an impor-tant event. The UAE has given the most impor-tant place to India as PM Narendra Modi and Crown Prince share a good relation. We will have a high-level meet-ing with their senior ministers. It will fur-ther strengthen India-UAE relation and ex-ports.” Dubai Expo 2020, which was delayed for a year due to the pandem-

ic, is all set to start from Friday. Dubai Expo 2020 will be second-biggest (after Tokyo Olympics) event since the begin-ning of pandemic and is expected to attract mil-lions of visitors from across the globe. —PTI

DUBAI EXPO TO STRENGTHENINDIA-UAE TIES: GOYAL

From India, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal is scheduled to inaugu-

rate the country’s pavilion on Thursday. The India Pavilion is the largest one. It will display the emergence of a New India. Dubai Expo 2020 will be second-biggest (after Tokyo Olympics).

INAUGURATION TODAY

DUBAI EXPO TILL MARCH 31

Among the 192 participating coun-

tries, India will have the biggest pavilion in the expo. Fifteen states and nine central ministries from India are participating in this six-month-long expo, which will be ending on March 31, 2022.

New Delhi: NHRC on Tuesday issued an advi-sory regarding the pro-tection of rights of the workers involved in manual scavenging and hazardous cleaning. Ad-visory issued to the Centre, States and Un-ion Territories by NHRC has called for fix-ing responsibility and accountability of con-cerned authorities in case of death of any sanitary worker while undertaking the task of hazardous cleaning.

In letter to Secretar-ies of concerned union m i n i s t r i e s / d e p a r t -ments and CSs of states and administrators of UTs, NHRC Secy Gen

Bimbadhar Pradhan has sought implementa-tion of given recom-

mendations, demanded for an ‘Action Taken Report’ in 3 mths. —PTI

NHRC advisory for protection of sanitation workers rights

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PEOPLE ENGAGED IN MANUAL SCAVENGING AND CLEANING

The recommendations that have been made through the NHRC advisory involve providing proper safety

gear to the workers for carrying out sanitation work in septic tanks and sewers. These include helmets, safety jackets, gloves, masks, gumboots, safety glasses, torchlight along oxygen cylinder.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basa-varaj Bommai on Wednesday said the state government is con-templating bringing an Anti-Conversion Bill in the Assembly.

Bommai said the law will be brought which can forbid forceful reli-gious conversions in the state. “We are contem-plating bringing an An-ti-Conversion law,” he said. Karnataka Chief Minister was respond-ing to the allegation of conversion in Yadgir af-ter reports of forced conversions from the region.

“There are com-plaints of forced conver-sions in the state. There

is serious thought on formulating a law to regulate it completely,” he said.

On September 21, Karnataka Home Minis-ter Araga Jnanendra also said that the gov-ernment is thinking to bring anti-conversation law in the state and for that, they are reading other states’ laws. —PTI

Karnataka to bring law against forced religious conversion

Schools in Mumbai to reopen from October 4

60 students in school test +ve in B’lore

Defence Min approves procurement of military hardware worth `13k cr

CRUCIAL READ

Kolkata: Two people were killed and two others critical-ly injured after a portion of a house collapsed in north Kolkata’s Ahiritola Lane amid heavy rains, the police said. The woman and her two-year-old granddaughter were declared dead on arrival at a hospital, they said, adding, two families were living in the dilapidated building. Among the survivors, the conditions of two persons are quite critical, a police officer said.

New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi’s Digital India vision is based on driving towards a paperless, faceless and cashless governance model and to give it a shape, a huge set of public digital infrastructure, which is overarching, has been created, NHA CEO RS Sharma said on Wednesday. Interoperability, scalability, frugality and openness are the four attri-butes of this digital infra, he said at Global FinTech Fest organised by FCC, PCI of IAMAI and NPCI.

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Wednesday extended by 10 days the custodial interrogation of seven people arrested earlier this month for their alleged conspiracy to conduct terror strikes at various plac-es across the country. Judge Rana passed order on a plea of the Special Cell of Delhi police after they produced the accused on expiry of their earlier cus-todial interrogation. Accused were arrested in a joint operation of Delhi police, UP police & Maha ATS.

Chennai: A special court in Chennai Wednesday convicted former AIADMK Minister R Indira Kumari and her husband A Babu in a case of misappropriat-ing government funds to the tune of Rs 15 lakh and sentenced them to undergo Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) for five years each. N Alicia, the presiding officer of the Special Court for Hearing Cases Against MPs and MLAs, awarded the sentence after finding the two guilty of offences under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of Corruption Act.

WOMAN, GRANDCHILD DIE AS BUILDING COLLAPSES AMID HEAVY RAIN IN KOL

‘PUBLIC DIGITAL INFRA CREATED TO GIVE SHAPE TO PM’S DIGITAL INDIA’

COURT EXTENDS CUSTODY OF SEVEN IN PAK-BACKED TERROR MODULE CASE

EX-TN MIN INDIRA GETS 5 YEARS JAIL FOR MISAPPROPRIATION OF FUNDS

TOP COURT SAID

Basavaraj Bommai

Piyush Goyal

Indigenously designed & developed ALH

Mark-III is twin-engine, multi-role, multi-mission new generation helicopter. —The Ministry

Main Battle Tank

ARJUN

Nasir Kamal

COURT’S POWER OF CONTEMPTCAN’T BE TAKEN AWAY BY LAW: SC

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New York: India at the United Nations on Tuesday expressed concern over the role of external actors lead-ing to the growth of terror groups includ-ing ISIS-Iraq and Hay-at Tahrir al-Sha in Syria and stressed upon the need for long-term security and sta-bility in West Asia.

“The constitutional committee was set up nearly two years back and the process of draft-

ing the Constitution needs to begin. The ef-forts of the last two years have made it clear that the external influ-

ence remains the major impeding factor ham-pering the progress on the political track, “ said Joint Secretary

(UN Economic and So-cial) Srinivas Gotru at United Nations Securi-ty Council during the briefing on Syria. —PTI

Growth of terrorism in Syria is ‘concerning’INDIA AT UNITED NATIONS

New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday launched the Prime Minister POSHAN scheme or PM-POSHAN scheme for providing one cooked hot meal in gov-ernment and govern-ment-aided schools and announced that it would spend �1,30,795 crore on the scheme in the next five years. The scheme will replace the existing national pro-gramme for mid-day meal in schools or Mid-day Meal Scheme. The government will also promote nutritional gardens in schools.

The decision was tak-en during the Cabinet Committee on Econom-ic Affairs (CCEA) meet-ing that was chaired by Prime Minister Naren-dra Modi. The social audit of the scheme has been made mandatory in all disticts under the scheme. The scheme will be renewed after five years, an official added. —PTI

PM POSHAN NOWMID DAY MEAL IS

The Cabinet approved the doubling of the Nimach-

Ratlam railway line at a total estimated cost of Rs 1,095.88 crore, Union Minister Anu-rag Thakur announced. The total length of doubling of the Nimach-Ratlam railway

line is 132.92 km. The project will be completed in four years. The total estimated cost of the doubling Rajkot-Kanalus railway project will be Rs 1,080.58 crore.

CABINET NOD: DOUBLING OF NIMACH, RATLAM & RAJKOT, KANALUS TRACKS

New Delhi: A Special National Investigation Agen-cy (NIA) Court on Wednesday rejected the plea by dismissed Mumbai police inspector Sachin Vaze, an

accused in Antilia explo-sives scare and Mansukh Hiran murder case, to be kept in house custody for 3 months post a CABG. Judge Wankhede directed the jail authorities to take him to

Taloja jail after his discharge from the hospital. He will be kept in the jail hospital for a month. However, Judge allowed home food for dismissed cop. Surgery was performed on Vaze on Sept 13 & was to be discharged on Sept 28, however, court had deferred his discharge to Wednesday as it awaited a response to Vaze’s plea from Taloja Jail where he was lodged after arrest.

New Delhi: Demolish only one tower, real estate developer Supertech has said in its plea fi led before SC against its demolition order of 40-storey twin towers

at its Emerald Court housing project in Noida. The towers house over 900 fl ats and were ordered to be demolished over the violation of con-struction by-laws. “Demolish only one tower,” petitioned

Supertech, arguing that it will save crores of rupees. The real estate giant in its plea informed the court that it has decided to modify the project which will also be “benefi -cial for environment”. Developer said demolition would leave a massive quantity of debris that will have to be dumped at a landfi ll site that is already overburdened.

Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has ap-proved fi nancial assistance of over Rs 138 crore for the families of state police offi cers and other staff members who died while on Covid duty, the gov-ernment’s response to an RTI query has revealed. Nagpur resident Sanjay Thul had sought details under the RTI Act about the total number of deaths in the police force due to the coronavirus and assis-tance provided by the government to the families of the deceased. As per documents obtained by him, 370 Maharashtra police offi cers/staff members (excluding Mumbai) and 123 of Mumbai police died while on Covid-19 duty till September 14 this year.

New Delhi: SC Wednesday said CBI report on use of toxic chemicals in manufacturing of fi recrackers is very serious and “prima facie”, there has been violation of the court’s orders on use of barium and labelling of fi reworks. Bench said CBI has found harmful chemicals such as barium salts in the seized items. SC noted that manufacturers such as Hin-dustan Fireworks & Standard Fireworks purchased barium in huge quantities and used these chemicals in the fi reworks. The bench granted opportunity to manufacturers to put case with respect to the report of the Joint Director, CBI, Chennai and directed that a copy of probe be served to counsels by Thursday.

SPECIAL NIA COURT REJECTS SACHIN VAZE’S PLEA FOR HOUSE ARREST

“DEMOLISH ONLY 1 TOWER”: SUPERTECH PLEA OVER TOP COURT’S NOIDA ORDER

MAHA APPROVES OVER `138 CR AID FOR KIN OF POLICE COVID MARTYRS

‘CBI PROBE SHOWS VIOLATION OF BAN ON TOXIC MATERIAL IN CRACKERS’

IN THE COURTYARD

States will be allowed to include their

local nutritional items as well. Special provisional has been made to for providing supplementary nutrition items to children in aspirational districts and districts with high prevalence of anaemia.

—An offi cial said

The Cabinet also ap-proved the listing of

Export Credit Guarantee Corporation Ltd. (ECGC), an unlisted CPSE, on the stock exchange, Commerce Min-ister Piyush Goyal said. He added that `4,400 crore will

be invested in ECGC Ltd in 5 years beginning from 2021-22 to provide support to exporters as well as banks. Cabinet approved continuation of NEIA scheme & announced an infusion of `1,650 cr grant-in-aid over 5 yrs from FY 2021-2022 to FY 2025-2026, Goyal said.

CABINET APPROVES `4,400 CR CAPITAL INFUSION IN THE ECGC

The scheme will cover 11.8 cr students of classes 1 to 8 in schools across nation

The scheme is for the fi ve-year period 2021-22 to 2025-26

The fi nancial outlay of `54061.73 cr from the Central government

The fi nancial outlay of `31733.17 cr from states and UTs

The Central government will also bear the additional cost of `45,000 cr on food grains

The total budget of the scheme will be `130794.9 crore

MORE ABOUT POSHAN...

BJP will register massive victory in 2022: Nadda

Dehradun: BJP presi-dent JP Nadda on Wednesday asserted that the party is all set to notch up a big win in the 2022 assembly elec-tion in Uttarakhand on the strength of develop-ment works done in the state by the party’s dou-ble engine government.

Addressing the par-ty’s Shakti Kendra con-veners and incharges across the state virtu-ally, Nadda said booth level workers of the party play a crucial role in its electoral perfor-mances.

He asked them to strengthen the party at the grassroots and ex-horted booth level work-ers to connect with the masses.“I call upon you to join the mission of

strengthening the party at the booth level in the birth centenary year of former party president Kushabhau Thakre. It will be a true tribute to leader,” he said. —PTI

UTTARAKHAND POLLS

Kolkata: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee was Trojan Horse of BJP & needs to be saved out of all efforts to cob-ble up an opposition platform forward of the 2024 LS elections, sen-ior Cong chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhuryalleged on Wednesday.

Chowdhury stated Banerjee was an “un-trustworthy ally”, mak-ing an attempt to devel-op nationally at the price of the Congress.

“She is desperately making an attempt to please PM Narendra Modi and the BJP to guard her household and celebration lead-ers from the clutches of the CBI and ED. In return, she helps the BJP obtain its goal of Congress-mukt Bharat (Congress-free India).

The TMC is making an attempt to sabotage the op-position unity,” claimed Chowd-hury, state prez

of Cong. —ANI

MAMATA BJP’S TROJAN HORSE,must be kept out of Oppn platform: Adhir

Vijaywada: Andhra Pradesh BJP president Somu Veerraju on Wednesday stated that the party is going to hold 'Matsyakara Gar-jana' (Roar of Fisher-men) on October 7 at Nellore against the State Government Or-der (GO) number 217.

The government is planning to implement

the order in Nellore dist as a pilot project. It en-tails auctioning water bodies to pvt persons.

BJP, in association with alliance JSP, fish-ermen cooperative soci-eties and other unions will be holding the pro-test in which more than 10,000 fishermen will participate, Veerraju informed. —PTI

AP BJP slams state over auctioning water bodies

Andhra Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party President releasing video CD for Matsyakara Garjana to be held on October 7.

Patna: Former Bihar Deputy CM and LoP in Bihar Assembly Tejashwi Yadav wrote a letter to CM Nitish Kumar on Wednesday urging him to seek an appointment with Prime Minister Naren-dra Modi for a meeting with an all-party dele-gation from the state to apprise him about the damage caused to the state due to floods and

excessive rain."The Central Govern-

ment had given clear-ance to only one project

Koshi-Mechi but it is unfortunate that no work has begun so far," wrote the leader alleg-

ing that both the state and central govern-ments failed to prevent the huge losses caused by floods.

"The floods in Bihar portray another famil-iar picture of the State's vulnerability to recur-rent flood and is a grim reminder of the exten-sive devastations de-struction and disrup-tion caused by floods in the state. —PTI

Meet with PM: Tejashwi writes to Nitish

HHHINVOLVEMENT OF EXTERNAL ACTORS

Jakarta: A defence pact between Aus, US & Brit-ain is no threat to Indo-Pacific stability & is not aimed at any one coun-try, a US envoy said on Wednesday, amid con-cern in a region where China’s influence is on rise. Indonesia is wor-ried that pact, known as AUKUS, under which Aus will obtain nuclear

submarine tech from US, would worsen an “arms race and power projec-tion” in the region. —PTI

AUKUS pact no threat to Indo-Pacific stability, says US Envoy

JP Nadda virtually addresses the Shakti Kendra Conveners and incharges of Uttarakhand BJP, in New Delhi on Wednesday.

Momentum im-parted to devp

works in state by CM Dhami under guidance of Modi

ensure that the BJP forms govt again

with a massive vic-tory in the 2022 Assembly polls.

—Jagat Prakash Nadda BJP President

Kolkata: Days after joining the TMC, Babul Supriyo on Wednesday hit out at PM Narendra Modi for the first time after switching his loy-alties from BJP. "Dur-ing my stint of seven-eight years in Delhi, I have come to know that PM either does not have

faith in Bengalis or is not able to establish harmony somewhere," Supriyo, said. He also said, "Why only me? There are even senior people than me who came from Cong & are winning from WB, I have come here to serve Bengal with Didi. —PTI

Modi does not have faith in Bengalis, says Supriyo

Urges Bihar CM to seek appointmentwith PM Modi for a meeting with all-party delegation

from state to apprise him about issues

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Jaipur: Prof. Shyam-sunder Jyani has been awarded the ‘Land for Life Award’, the world’s highest award for land conservation. He was presented this award for family forestry under the international cate-gory at an online global ceremony held in Boon, China on September 28.

Expressing happi-ness on the achieve-ment of Jyani, Minister of State for Forest and

Environment Sukhram Bishnoi congratulated him. Jyani is a resident

of village 12 TK at Rais-inghnagar tehsil of Sriganganagar district

and is currently Associ-ate Professor of Sociol-ogy at Government

Dungar College, Bikan-er. Jyani said that on June 17, 2021, he was declared the winner of the World Desertifica-tion Day in the US coun-try of Costa Rica for his outstanding contribu-tion to land conserva-tion. This award is giv-en every two years by UNCCD, a unit related to land conservation of the United Nations, to an individual or organi-zation from around the world for their out-standing contribution.

Prof Jyani awarded ‘Land for Life Award’LAND CONSERVATION

GIVE MAX BENEFITS TO FARMERS THROUGH RESEARCH: VP NAIDUFirst India Bureau

Jodhpur: Vice-Presi-dent M Venkaiah Naidu, who is on a five-day tour to the state, visited the head office of Border Security Force (BSF) here on Wednesday. Governor Kalraj Mishra and State Power Minister BD Kalla also accompa-nied him. BSF IG Pan-kaj Gumar and other higher officials wel-comed Naidu at the Frontier Head Office. The Vice-President then inspected the guard of honour and addressed the jawans at the auditorium there. IG Gumar apprised Naidu about the modus operandi of the forces. Later in the day, Vice-

President Naidu paid a visit to the Central Arid Zone Research Institute (CAZRI) in the city. He inspected various ongo-ing agricultural pro-jects there. He met the scientists and employ-

ees and praised their efforts in the research and innovation field. Addressing the scien-tists at the institute, Naidu said emphasis should be given on pro-viding maximum ben-

efit to the farmers through research and innovation. He called upon scientists to bring about a synergy be-tween our traditional knowledge and modern science.

MP Meena stages protest against gravel mafia First India Bureau

Sawai Madhopur: BJP MP Dr Kirodi Lal Mee-na on Wednesday held a sit-in in front of the Col-lectorate here along with hundreds of his supporters demanding action against the grav-el mafia who have spread a reign of terror in the region.Prior to the dharna, Dr Meena addressed a huge rally of farmers and labour-ers in the form of a ‘Ma-hapanchayat’ at Jalebi Chauk near the Malara-na Dungar sub-divi-sional headquarters. In his speech, he attacked the Congress govern-ment in the state for not acting against the grav-el mafia. He declared that the agitation will not be withdrawn until and unless their de-mand is fulfilled. He re-fused to relent even af-ter the request of the Superintendent of Po-lice. The dharna was going on till the last re-port came in.

MP Balaknath meets DGP over rising crime in Alwar First India Bureau

Jaipur: Alwar MP Baba Balaknath led a delegation and met Di-rector General of Police ML Lather at the state police headquarters here today over rising crime in the Mewat re-gion of the state.

During the discus-sion, the MP apprised the DGP of worsening law and order situation in Mewat. He said that illegal weapons trade, murders, loots, rapes and illegal cow traffick-ing is going on unabat-ed in the region.

Baba Balaknath also questioned the working style of the police there. He stressed that until and unless strict action is not taken against the culprits, peace cannot return to the region. The MP hinted that po-litical interference in police work has to be checked so that rule of law can be brought back there.

21 buffaloes electrocuted in Dholpur, villagers protestFirst India Bureau

Dholpur: Sagging elec-tricity wires in the Dholpur district are causing trouble for the locals. Due to this negli-gence, on Tuesday 21 buffaloes died in Dom-pura village after an 11,000KV electric wire broke and fell on the ground.

Angry villagers cre-ated a ruckus on Wednesday morning over the death of buffa-

loes. As soon as the news of the uproar was received, the police reached the spot and pacified the matter by

persuading the people. ASI Jagdish, who reached the spot, told that the buffaloes of Vishal, Kumar Singh, Hansram, Udaybhan, Rambaran Ajay Singh and Bijjo, residents of the village, were re-turning to their homes on Tuesday night after having fodder in the for-est. During this, their buffaloes died after be-ing hit by an electric wire of 11,000KV that had fallen on the way.

Civic body chief and councillor accuse EO of high-handednessFirst India Bureau

Nagaur: The chairman of the local municipal council Meetu Bothra and her councillor hus-band Navratna Bothra have accused the civic body’s Executive Offic-er (EO) Shravan Ram Chaudhury of stub-bornness and high-handedness.

Addressing the me-dia, the Bothras also clarified on the EO’s allegation of non-coop-eration in developmen-tal works against them. Throwing seri-ous allegations at Chaudhury, the civic chief said that the EO is not showing any ac-countability towards his official duty.

Accusing the EO of

not even sending impor-tant files related to de-velopment works to her, she sought to clarify that it is Chaudhury who is actually putting hurdles in the path of

development. When he was asked about the 250 missing official com-munications, he is not replying and rather making counter-allega-tions against her.

ACB traps PMO with Rs 8,000 bribe for operation in Sikar First India Bureau

Sikar: A team of Sikar Anti-Corruption Bu-reau arrested Parbatsar PMO Dr Omprakash Tholia red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 8500 on Wednes-day in Parbatsar town of Nagaur district. The accused doctor Om-prakash Tholia had de-manded this amount from the complainant in lieu of the operation of his daughter’s ap-pendix at the Govern-ment Hospital in Par-batsar. The ACB team is interrogating the ar-rested doctor.

The accused Dr Om-prakash Tholia had sought the amount from

the complainant Nanu-ram in return for the operation of his daugh-ter’s appendix at the Government Hospital in Parbatsar. After the complaint verification, the accused Dr Om-prakash took a bribe amount of Rs 8500 from the complainant at his residence yesterday on September 29 and was arrested red-handed.

Prof Shyamsunder Jyani

Sarpanch body stages dharna in BhilwaraFirst India Bureau

Bhilwara: Sarpanch Union on Wednesday staged protest at Bhilwara Collectorate regarding the approvals of the delayed Panchay-at works in MNRE-GA on Wednesday. They sat on a dharna in the Collectorate premises. They even got into a heated argument with the police officers as well as the Zilla Pari-shad Executive Chief Officer Ramchandra Bairwa. Sarpanchs

from all over the dis-trict started gheraoing the Zilla Parishad. Lat-er, City Kotwali police station in-charge DP Dadhich intervened and had a discussion with the sarpanchs. Af-ter the dispute that last-ed for about an hour, the sarpanchs calmed down on the assurance of meeting the collector. Later all the sarpanchs joined the ongoing meeting of the Zilla Parishad where they put their problems in front of the collector.

VP M Venkaiah Naidu, Governor Kalraj Mishra & others at CAZRI Institiutue in Jodhpur on Wednesday.

MP Kirodi Lal Meena meets district authorities and discussed the problems on Wednesday.

Chairman of Nagaur municipal council Meetu Bothra addressing the press conference in Nagaur on Wednesday.

GRAVEL MAFIA TAKES AWAY DUMPER FROM POLICE CUSTODY IN BHILWARA

BRAHMIN FED TEAM CALLS ON GUV MISHRA

GRAVEL MAFIA ATTACKS POLICE TEAM IN CHITTORGARH, FIR LODGED

Bhilwara: Sadar CO (Circle Officer) IPS Haris-hankar Yadav took action against the gravel mafia. During this action, a dumper escaped from the spot. Harishankar Yadav chased it and reached the Gangrar PS of Chittorgarh. Here the mafia, who came in 3-4 luxury cars to rescued the dumper, surrounded them and then took the dumper away.

Jodhpur: A team of International Brahmin Federation headed by State President Hastimal Saraswat called on Governor Kalraj Mishra. A memento was presented during the courtesy call. Former Mayor Ghanshyam Ojha and senior social worker Dr Nagendra Sharma were also present during the meet. Saraswat urged Governor Kalraj Mishra to join the virtual felicitation ceremony to be held on October 16.

Chittorgarh: The gravel mafia has become so dominant that they are even attacking the police personnel. One such incident was witnessed on Wednesday when the police officers were attacked near the Hotel Tiranga on Chittorgarh-Bhilwara highway in the Gangrar police station area. The mafia tried to kill them by chasing the police.

Dr Omprakash Tholia

JYANI TO ATTEND GLOBAL MEET

I n May 2022, when the global conference of member countries will be held in the African

country Ivory Coast, Prof. Shyamsunder Jyani will be invited for a special address and there he will be presented with this trophy.

I was declared the winner of the World Desertification Day in Costa Rica for my outstanding contribu-

tion this field. —Prof Shaymsunder Jyani

MAN KILLS 6-MONTH-OLD DAUGHTER BY THROWING HER ON GROUND IN BARAN

VDO SUSPENDED FOR MARRIAGE REGISTRATION FRAUD IN JAISALMER

Baran: After a heated argument with wife, a man threw his 6-month-old daughter on the floor due to which she died. The incident has been reported from Aranya village of Atru town of Baran district. The wife has lodged a complaint against the husband in the police station for killing the daughter. The police arrested the accused husband identified as Pawan Sahariya, 35, a farmer. On Monday, after an alterca-tion his wife Seema went to her maternal home in Kelwara. On Tuesday, she came back to pick up children, when quarrel broke between the couple.

Jaisalmer: In the marriage registration fraud case in Turkon Ki Basti here, the Village Development Officer (VDO) Rajmal Raigar has been suspended on Wednesday. Raigar has been absconding since Sam police registered an FIR against him after complet-ing its probe into the case.During inquiry, the police had sought information from the Social Welfare department regarding the case. From the records, police came to know that Rs 4,14,000, which was meant for giving gifts to the newly-wed couples, has been deposited in 7 accounts.

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MARRIED COUPLE DIES BY SUICIDE IN NAGAUR, POLICE LAUNCH PROBE

OBC COMMISSION MEMBERS CALL FOR JOBS IN RAJ TRIBAL AREAS

Nagaur: A middle-aged couple allegedly com-mitted suicide by hanging themselves from two trees in Nagaur district of Rajasthan, police said Wednesday. Surjaram (45) and his wife Teeju Devi (42) went to their farm late on Tuesday night and hanged themselves from two trees, Station House Officer, Ladnun police station, Rajendra Singh said. Reason of the suicide is not clear yet. Their son and daughter, both are married.

Jaipur: National Commission for Backward Class-es Chairman Dr Bhagwan Lal Sahni and member Dr Sudha Yadav have said that OBCs should have the same provision in jobs in the TSP area in Rajasthan. Along with this, they also pointed out the flaws in the creamy and non-creamy layer system in TSP. Moreover, they also tried to understand the reality of OBCs in employements in the Rajasthan.

MP Baba Balaknath

Carcass of a dead buffaloes lying in park on Wednesday.

BJP MP Kirodi Lal Meena participated in rally with his supporters in Sawai Madhopur on Wednesday.

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RCA President Vaibhav Gehlot who is in Dubai for the IPL matches tweeted a photo on Wednesday captioned, “Illustrious evening to watch live IPL match at Dubai International Stadium between RR and RCB with the IPL chairman Sh Brijesh Patel ji and joint Secretary BCCI Sh Arun Dhumal ji.”

Miffed with Raj govt, 4 ‘BSP MLAs’ reach Delhi First India Bureau

Jaipur: In a major devel-opment that has the po-tential to rupture the po-litical situation in Ra-jasthan, 6 BSP turncoats, who joined Congress, have suddenly shown their rebellious streak.

The MLAs are appar-ently miffed for not be-ing ‘honoured’ even though they saved the Gehlot government from falling. Now the MLAs have geared up to question not the state leadership but high

command itself over its apathy. On Wednesday, the legislators met at the house of MLA Lakhan Meena and for two hours they dis-cussed their situation and future politics of the state. However, what sent shivers down the Congress’ spine was the move they made from Jaipur to Delhi.

When news of their movement towards Delhi echoed within Rajasthan Congress, several senior leaders tried to contact them and pacify them,

however, the miffed MLAs did not pay heed.

The MLAs, under hushed tones, said that they will question the

Congress high command that even though they (MLAs) did everything to save their govern-ment, what has the party

done for them in return. In fact, the MLAs feel that had they supported BJP, they might have be-come a minister by now.

Moreover, the MLAs will also hire a lawyer for themselves for the reply sought by the Supreme Court over their ‘defec-tion’ to Congress; the re-ply for which has not been submitted till now in the Apex Court. MLAs feel that they should pre-pare their version so that if Congress does not sub-mit its reply, at least they should.

Two MLAs Joginder Awana and Deepchand Kheriya were summoned by CM Ashok Gehlot at CMR on Wednesday, and after the meeting, Awana said, “CM Gehlot is our leader.” Awana’s son Himanshu was also present on this occasion.

Speaker must ensure MLAs follow rules: CPFirst India Bureau

Bhilwara: Assembly Speaker Dr CP Joshi on Wednesday said that those who lead the par-ties should give the knowledge of rules, un-der which Assembly runs, to the MLAs of their parties so that the rules are properly fol-lowed in the House.

He said Assembly is run by rules and regula-tions and it is the re-sponsibility of the Speaker to ensure that rules are followed by members. Joshi was on a one day visit to Bhilwara during which he attended a pro-gramme of Acharya Mahashraman Maharaj organized in Terapanth Nagar.

TRAINING PROGA one-month training programme for Assembly employees was introduced by Assembly secretary Pramil Kumar Mathur on Wednesday. Programme is being held on the instruc-tions of Speaker Dr CP Joshi. Training programmed will be held on all working days from 3.30 pm to 4.30 pm.

Events mark Shrikrishna Birla’s death anniv First India Bureau

Kota: On the first death anniversary of ‘grand-father of cooperative’ Shrikrishna Birla, fa-ther of LS Speaker Om Birla, works of human welfare and social ser-vice were done on be-half of various organi-zations throughout the day in Kota on Wednes-day. Through various

activities including blood donation camps, health checkup camps, food for the needy and underprivileged and plantation of saplings, the residents of Kota paid tributes to the re-vered ‘Bauji’.

Shrikrishna Birla, a well-known name in the field of cooperative and social service, died on 29 September last year

due to ill-health. During his lifetime, he not only made many families self-reliant through co-operatives, but his ide-als also encouraged a large section of the so-ciety to move forward on the path of service.

To mark his first death anniversary, on Wednesday, social work-ers celebrated the ser-vice and goodwill day.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, who is on a visit to Kota-Bundi parlia-mentary constituency, also encouraged the blood donors.

Om Birla said blood donation is ‘Mahadaan’ as it can save someone’s life. During this, Kota South MLA Sandeep Sharma and Ladpura MLA Kalpana Devi also accompanied him.

Sidhu affect: Harish rushes to Punjab First India Bureau

Jaipur: In the middle of a simmering crisis in Congress after the res-ignation of Navjot Sin-gh Sidhu as Punjab Congress Chief, Reve-nue Minister of Ra-jasthan Harish Choudhary has been again engaged for dam-age control in Punjab.

Soon after Sidhu re-signed, Choudhary left for Chandigarh and started damage control exercise by meeting the party leaders there.

Choudhary along with AICC general sec-retary Ajay Maken was the party observer in Punjab during the re-cent political develop-ments after Capt Ama-rinder Singh resigned as Chief Minister.

He had also stayed in Chandigarh till the new CM Charanjit Singh Channi’s entire cabinet was formed.

Choudhary is consid-ered close to Rahul Gan-

dhi. He is updating Ra-hul Gandhi on the entire developments in Punjab. This time, the state in-charge Harish Rawat has not gone to Chandi-garh under a strategy of the party. In place of Rawat, Chaudhary has been sent to Chandigarh and now he is giving a complete report to the Congress high com-mand. He has contacted Sidhu and meetings are also going on with the leaders who are close to Sidhu. Sources said that Sidhu has not agreed yet.

The strategy of the party for the time being is to persuade Sidhu and his supporters. If he is adamant on re-signing, the party then has a Plan-B.

Maken to Sibal: Don’t denigrate your own partyNew Delhi: Soon after senior leader Kapil Sibal’s outburst, Con-gress general secretary Ajay Maken hit back on Wednesday saying such leaders should not denigrate the or-ganisation and its lead-ership that gave them political identity.

Maken alleged that leaders like Sibal are demoralising the party cadres who have stood by the Congress ideol-ogy. He said it was So-nia Gandhi, the current Congress president, who made him a union minister though he did not have any organisa-tional background and experience.

“My appeal to Mr Sibal and others like him is that they should not denigrate the organ-isation which has given them political identity by rushing to the media every then and now,” Maken said.

—PTI

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Jaipur: In a major de-velopment regarding the Jaipur Transport Nagar project, the Cabi-net empowered commit-tee, formed under chairmanship of UDH Minister Shanti Dhari-wal, has made its final decision regarding al-location rate. The Transport businessmen will be allotted plots in the second phase at the rate of Rs13,500 per

square meter. Notably, the recommendation in this regard had been made by JDA Commis-sioner and committee has now agreed on the same and given its assent as panel had recommended to charge only the rate fixed by the JDA, so that a higher rate can be received in auctions.

Meanwhile on the appli-cation to re-

store land allotment to Rajasthan Samagra Seva Sangh made 15 days ago, the decision

was taken on Wednesday.

The deci-sion to re-store land allotment was taken

in the

meeting held under chairmanship of Dhari-wal in presence of Cab-inet Empowered Com-mittee. Decision was taken to return the land of 21,300 sq.m.

Land allotment was cancelled in previous BJP govt. JDA cancelled allotment and took pos-session of land citing non-compliance of al-lotment conditions. The land was allotted for Gokul Bhai Bhatt Sama-dhi Complex.

Transport Ngr Project: Bizmen to get plots in 2nd phase at `13,500/ sqm

MAJOR DECISIONS

Shanti Dhariwal

PM to unveil CIPET, lay foundation stones for 4 med colleges in Raj

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will in-augurate CIPET (Insti-tute of Petrochemicals Technology), Jaipur and also lay the founda-tion stones for four new medical colleges in Banswara, Sirohi, Ha-numangarh and Dausa districts of Rajasthan via video-conference on Thursday at 11 am.

CIPET caters to the needs of petrochemical and allied industries. It will provide education to the youth to become skilled technical profes-sionals.

CIPET was estab-lished in 2009 by the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers and Di-ploma and Post Gradu-ate Diploma courses are

conducted by CIPET. The High Learning Center was announced in the State Budget 2017-18 which will be built at a cost of 51.32 crores.

This amount is to be borne by Central and State Governments in the ratio of 50:50. Nota-bly, the JDA has given 20,000 square meters free space for the cent-er and the state govern-ment’s share of the sum—an amount of Rs25.66 crore—has al-ready been released by the state government. The High Learning Center has now been renamed as IPT Center through which 1000 students will be bene-fited through various courses.

The four new medical colleges will be estab-

lished in Banswara, Sirohi, Hanumangarh and Dausa districts of Rajasthan. These col-

leges have been sanc-tioned under the Cen-trally sponsored scheme and in their establish-

ment, priority has been given to backward and aspirational districts. Under the three phases

of the scheme, 157 new medical colleges have been sanctioned across the country.

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot will also be present on the occasion

BACK IN ACTION: CM TO ATTEND FUNCTION AT SITAPURAhief Minister Ashok Gehlot has recovered completely after undergoing angioplasty recently and has started working vigorously. On Thursday, after a long time, Gehlot will step out of CMR and attend a function at Sitapura which

will see attendance of dozens of people and will be chaired by PM Modi, virtually. Gehlot can now go on tour of state too and has already drawn plans to personally inspect the camps to be held under Prashasan Shehro Ke Sang and Prashasan Gaon Ke Sang campaigns. He will also hold campaigning for the upcoming assembly bypolls.

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PSKS drive Oct 2: CM to give leases to 20 familiesFirst India Bureau

Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot will start the much awaited Pra-shasan Shehron Ke Sang for which a state level program will be held at Chief Minister’s residence wherein Ge-hlot will hand over lease to 20 families on October 2.

Giving information about the program, UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal said, “These families will be taken to the venue amid much fanfare. The families will be taken with hos-pitality from 22 Godam Circle. The campaign will not be organised in

those districts where a code of conduct is in force due to assembly bypolls.”

CONG LEADER FULFILS VOW

Concerned over the ill health of CM Ashok Gehlot and wishing for the long life of

Rajasthan Chief Minister, Congress leader Hirabhai Dewasi, MLA from Malabarhil Assembly constituency of Mumbai went to remote places of Rajasthan and delivered various materials to the poor & orphans. Devasi reached Jaipur from Mumbai to fulfill his vow and distributed fruits, clothes, masks, sanitizers etc. to orphans, specially abled children of Mother Teresa Home.

Ashok Gehlot @ashokgehlot51

On #WorldHeartDay, let us raise awareness regarding the impor-

tance of a healthy heart. A nutritious, balanced

diet and exercising regularly should be

our effort. Stress-free lifestyle in tune with nature can go a long way in keeping our

heart healthy.

For me, this is THE defini-tion of love! Can there be anything more beautiful than this? Moments of joy can be shared with many but our tears are only shed with someone precious to us!

Though each song of Aandhi is a classic, be it Tere bina Zindagi se koi Shikva to nahin or Tum aa gaye ho noor aa gaya hai …timeless, forever as heart-rending today as they were when Gulzar penned them. Watch Is mod se jaate hain .. the song is the essence of the movie.

The songs add to the beauty of this ageless clas-sic. For me, Aandhi is about love more than the ambi-tion of Suchitra Sen plant-ed and nurtured by her fa-ther or the so-called simi-larity to Indira Gandhi’s life and times, (the movie was banned too after run-ning for 20 weeks). It’s

about true love which dis-tance and time cannot break. “Na milne se koi rishte toot jaate hain? Vo rishta hi kya jo haath tootne se chhoot jaaye.” Despite the choices and changes which wreak havoc on the lives of Suchitra and San-jeev – love sustains and as soon as they meet like a hi-bernating seed, it blooms! The film moves between past and present much like their feelings for each oth-er, blurred by time.

Suchitra rules the movie, with her beauty, restrained love shining through her eyes for Sanjeev Kumar, the ambition in the taut line of her jaw as she says she idol-ises Indira Gandhi is one of the scenes, the quivering lips which hint at loneli-ness, despite her success melancholy surrounds her … the only woman in the movie- she was more than enough to carry the com-plex storyline.

Gulzar presents the sto-ry as it is … non-judgemen-tal about the aspirations of Suchitra and the simplicity of Sanjeev Kumar. Neither is the villain, they are just in love but want different things to form life. Gulzar uses the ‘silences’ in the movie to speak a thousand things, watch it when you are open to sensitivity… you might miss the nuanc-es otherwise.

Time heals them enough to understand, to accept …

Ye soch ke baithi hoon, ik raah to wo hogi,

Tum tak jo pahunchti hai, is mod se jaati … a love which sustains…

ee mein aata hai, tere daaman mein, Sar jhuka ke hum rote rahe, rote rahe,

Teri bhi aankho mein, aansuo ki nami to nahi.”

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many but our tears are only shed with someone precious to us!

Though each song of Aandhi is a classic, be it Tere bina Zindagi se koi Shikva to nahin or Tum aa gaye ho noor aa gaya hai …timeless, forever as heart-rending today as they were when Gulzar penned them. Watch Is mod se jaate hain .. the song is the essence of the movie.

The songs add to the beauty of this ageless clas-sic. For me, Aandhi is about love more than the ambi-tion of Suchitra Sen plant-ed and nurtured by her fa-ther or the so-called simi-larity to Indira Gandhi’s life and times, (the movie was banned too after run-ning for 20 weeks). It’s

ambition in the taut line of her jaw as she says she idol-ises Indira Gandhi is one of the scenes, the quivering lips which hint at loneli-ness, despite her success melancholy surrounds her … the only woman in the movie- she was more than enough to carry the com-plex storyline.

Gulzar presents the sto-ry as it is … non-judgemen-tal about the aspirations of Suchitra and the simplicity of Sanjeev Kumar. Neither is the villain, they are just in love but want different things to form life. Gulzar uses the ‘silences’ in the movie to speak a thousand things, watch it when you are open to sensitivity… you might miss the nuanc-es otherwise.

Time heals them enough to understand, to accept …

Ye soch ke baithi hoon, ik raah to wo hogi,

Tum tak jo pahunchti hai, is mod se jaati … a love which sustains…

TERE BINAZINDAGI SE...THIS THROWBACK THURSDAY, CITY FIRST TAKES YOU ON A JOURNEY OF LOVE, AMBITION, COMPLEXITIES OF HUMAN

EMOTIONS AND MORE DEPICTED IN ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS MOVIES OF ITS TIMES, AANDHI – IMMORTALISED

BY SUCHITRA SEN, SANJEEV KUMAR AND GULZAR!

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ARIESMAR 21 - APR 20

You may get a chance to pursue old hobby. Health tips from an expert will enable you to get closer to your fitness goals. Chances of being misled

by competitors in business are high, so remain alert. Your generous behavior would enable to enjoy some lovely moments with family.

LIBRASEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22

Paying special attention to plan your career would give immense joy. You are likely to get clearance or approval for your construction plans. You find

things moving in the way you want them. Gifting something to your beloved is likely to make the day memorable.patience.

TAURUSAPR 21 - MAY 20

Investment antiques and jewellery would bring handsome financial gains. Recognition for good work would motivate you to work

harder. Efforts made to improve looks or personality will bring desired results. Those awaiting an affirmation on romantic front are likely to get lucky.

SCORPIOOCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22

Continue to put in efforts at work and you will see promising opportunities coming your way. Matrimonial match for siblings will bring

happiness for entire family. You will get a good price for your property. You are likely to receive invaluable guidance from a spiritual leader.

GEMINI MAY 21 - JUNE 21

An impromptu invitation to a function from an unexpected friend is likely to be received. Long-pending arrears and dues are likely to be

recovered. Senior management will be appreciative of your creative inputs. Seek the opinion of your family before finalizing a property deal.

SAGITTARIUSNOV 23 - DEC 22

You succeed in completing an important project well before deadline. Disagreements on the family front are foreseen. Be

careful about the legal apprehensions in the property you are planning to buy. Your intuition will save you from a tricky spot today.

CANCERJUNE 22 - JULY 23

Better to consult an expert in financial matters before making an investment. Your hard work and dedication are likely to be noticed by

seniors, paving way for promotion or increment. Family will be supportive of career aspirations. A promising day overall as you stay in limelight.

CAPRICORNDEC 23 - JAN 20

Yoga would help in raising energy levels. Some of you are going experience emotional fulfillment on romantic front. Place emphasis

on domestic affairs to enhance the domestic tranquility and harmony. Associating yourself with humanitarian group would benefit you.

LEOJULY 24 - AUGUST 23

It’s a very good day to take calculated risks in financial matters. Those suffering from chronic ailments may find remarkable improvement

in their health with home remedies. Today you will enjoy the trust of senior management. Minor domestic disputes may snowball into a major row.

AQUARIUSJAN 21 - FEB 19

A sound financial health of businessmen would enable to give monetary benefits to employees. Roadblock in the matrimonial

alliance of kin gets cleared bringing happiness for entire family. Your sole dependency on friends may fail to bring any respite from loneliness today.

VIRGOAUG 24 - SEP 23

The day may not pose any major problems at workplace. You will succeed in resolving mis understanding with family members,

normalizing ties. Seek proper valuation of the property you are planning to buy. You will remain much in demand on social front.

PISCESFEB20 - MARCH 20

Successful implementation of new ideas and projects would add to your prestige. A sound monetary position would enable you to

keep pace with changing times. Avoid raising controversial issues at home to maintain harmony. It is a wonderful day to build new connections.

YOUR DAY

Horoscope by Saurabbh Sachdeva

Would you eat 8.5kgs toWIN INR 8,00,000 ?

o all the foodies who feel they can endlessly binge on delicious food, this challenge is for you. Ardor 2.1, a rooftop bar and mul-ti-cuisine restaurant in Con-naught Place, Delhi commenced an uber-cool food challenge at

the end of 2020. The restaurant planned to offer a cash prize of INR 2,00,000 to a team of two members if they can Gobble Up almost 30 Items Of Modi Ji 56� Bahu-bali Thali.

After several participations, the res-taurant got its first winner. It was a team of a driver and his owner, who came with an intention of winning the cash prize for the driver’s sister’s wedding. Ardor 2.1 then increased the price to Five lakhs and unbelievably, the place is now giving a whopping amount of INR 8,00,000 to the winners. To date, there has been no other winner to finish the thali.

But what is actually there in the thali? The plate weighs 8.5 kgs and has around 30 items. The menu consists of Roll pa-pad, papdi chaat, pickle, raita, salad, six drinks, 4 starters, 16 breads, 2 buckets of rice/ biryani, 12 main course dishes and gulab jamun. One has an option to choose from vegetarian and non-vege-tarian thali. The deal is basically to fin-ish Modi Ji 56� Bahubali Thali (veg/ non veg) in 40 minutes in a team of two.

The price of Modi Ji 56� Bahubali Tha-li (VEG) is INR 2,249/- plus taxes for lunch and INR 2,549/- plus taxes for din-ner. On the other hand, Modi Ji 56� Ba-hubali Thali ( NON - VEG ) is priced at INR 2, 549/- plus taxes and INR 2,849/- plus taxes for lunch and dinner simulta-neously.

Apart from the Bahubali Thali, Ardor 2.1 has also introduced a Digital Thali. Suvveet Kalra, the owner said, “With this thali Ardor 2.1 is becoming the first Indian restaurant to accept cryptocurrency as a means to pay for it. Infact we are giving a 20% off to customers who pay via cryptocur-rency.”

The restaurant is also popular with other thalis like the United India Thali and Vedic Thali. Del-hiites, what’s stopping you? Go ahead and try out these mouth watering thalis with your loved ones.

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KHO GAYE HUM KAHAN

Actors Ananya Pandey, Siddhant Chaturvedi and

Adarsh Gourav will be seen sharing screen space in Excel Entertainment and

Tiger Baby’s new film ‘Kho Gaye Hum Kahan’. Written by Zoya Akhtar,

Arjun Varain Singh and Reema Kagti,

it is a story of three friends in

the city of Bombay.

VIDYUT JAMMWAL ENGAGED Commando’ actor Vidyut Jammwal announced his

engagement to fashion designer Nandita Mahtani on Twitter. Images of the duo went viral

sparking buzz about an engagement. The actor confirmed the news on social media with a post captioned “Did it the COMMANDO way 01/09/21”. The actor also posted two images, one with Nandita and him at the Taj Mahal and another of the duo indulging in adventure sports together. Vidyut recently announced a new film ‘IB 71’ under his production house, ‘Action

Hero Films’.

THE SWEET SOUL NO MORE!A piece of heartbreaking news came from

the Bollywood industry. Akshay Kumar’s mother, Aruna Bhatia, passed away on September 8. Kumar’s mother was admitted to the ICU. Kumar left his shoot mid-way and returned to India from the UK to be by his mother’s side. It was evident from

Akshay’s social media posts that he was very close to his

mother. From wishing her on every Mother’s day to

being by her side, he’s definitely a caring

son!

ENGAGEMENT RUMOURSAn engagement rumour about Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal had hit the internet, a day before the actress had to leave for Tiger 3 shoot in Russia. The rumour about Katrina and Vicky’s engagement spread like wildfire on social media and fans began wondering if they were true. It was later confirmed by Katrina’s reps that this was false. Vicky’s brother and actor Sunny Kaushal also revelaed that the rumours were’nt true.

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THE MONTH THAT WAS...CITY FIRST BRUSHES UP THE HAPPENINGS OF SEPTEMBER MONTH IN BOLLYWOOD, COME WHAT MAY… LIFE GOES ON!

BIPASHA’S 20 YEARS IN THE

BOLLYWOOD INDUSTRYSeptember 21 marks a special date for actor Bipasha Basu who completed two

decades in the Indian film industry. Bipasha has acted in many films since her debut in

2001. Her popular films include ‘Raaz’, ‘Jism’, ‘Dhoom’ and ‘Bachna Ae Haseeno’

among others. Speaking about her personal life, she said she was happily married to actor Karan

Singh Grover.

WINNER OF KKK 11Arjun Bijlani was declared the winner of the stunt-based reality show Khatron Ke Khiladi 11 on September 26. He received a lot of appreciation and love from fans on social media. After the moment of glory, he took to Instagram to share his gratitude and happiness with his friends and fans.

GONE TOO SOONThe film fraternity and TV industry mourned the untimely demise of Sidharth Shukla as he left for his heavenly abode on September 2. He was 40 when he breathed his last. Mumbai’s Cooper hospital confirmed that he died of a heart attack. Gone in the prime of his life, he will remain alive in the hearts of his fans.

DIA MIRZA’S NEWBORN SON AVYAANBollywood actor Dia Mirza, posted his first picture on social media and revealed that he has returned home after being under the supervision of doctors in the NICU (Neonatal intensive care unit). Dia shares her son, with businessman husband Vaibhav Rekhi.

SUDHA AT MET GALAHyderabad-based Philanthropist Sudha Reddy made her debut at the Met Gala this year. Sudha is married to billionaire Megha Krishna Reddy. She wore a gown by Falguni Shane Peacock and jewellery from Farah Khan at the festival themed ‘American Independence.’ She was the only Indian at the Met Gala, making the country proud.

PAYAL GHOSH AFTER SUSPECTED ‘ACID ATTACK’Payal Ghosh was attacked while returning home in Andheri, Mumbai. She was going to get in her car and someone with a mask on his entire face tried to attack her and snatch her belongings and had acid with him. She stood strong and did relent. She has some minor injuries but it has left a scar on the mental aspects. She said, “I know I screamed for help and that’s the reason they ran away”.They did hit her with a rod on her head and hand.

LEGENDARY LATAPrime Minister Narendra Modi extended Birthday greetings to legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar on her 92nd Birthday on Tuesday. An iconic singer and an inspiration for generations of singers, Mangeshkar turned 92 on Tuesday. The singer has made all of us proud on several occasions and her songs have become a classic. Even today, she has a massive fan following and people love to listen to her songs. She was called India’s nightingale for a reason. Well, the singer has turned a year older today and wishes are pouring in from every corner.

Bipasha Basu

Arjun Bijlani

Late Sidharth Shukla

Dia Mirza

Sudha Reddy

Katrina Kaif Ananya Pandey

Lata Mangeshkar

Vidyut Jamwal & Nandita Mahtani

Alka Bhatia, Late Aruna Bhatia, Akshay Kumar

Payal Ghosh

Dr Megha Mathur, Associate Professor, Departement of Community Medicine, Geetanjali Medical College and Hospital bagged the second position at the national conference, Indian Public Health Association Conference (IPHACON)-2021 for writing a research paper on Covid vaccine.

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CHARMING BEAUTIESCITY FIRST

The grand finale of the national-level beauty pageant WEAA Miss and

Mrs India 2021 organised by WEAA Entertain-ment, was held on Tues-day at the Nest Resort. In a fashion sequence com-pleted in total three rounds on the theme of Western, Traditional, Indo Western and Spar-kle Designer Outfits, the top finalist models se-lected for the finale walked the cat for the ti-tle crown. The pageant started with traditional outfits. In the second round, the participants showcased the western collection. Lastly, the top 5 finalist models present-

ed the collection. Organ-iser Harish Soni and Management Head Mamta Garg said that models from other cities like Nagpur, Pune, Delhi, Nashik, Bangalore par-ticipated in this pageant.

He further added that in this grand finale event, the dressage collection was showcased by de-signers Rachna, Shobha Gupta and Siddhi Gupta. The beautiful makeover of the models was done

by Yashil Pandel and Manisha Pandel of Hashtag Blunt. The offi-cial photographer of this pageant is Sonu Jan-gid, choreographer Pooja Singh.

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EXHIBITING THE TALENT!he finale week of beauty pageant Miss Rajasthan 2021 began with a grand start, i.e. the ‘Talent Round’ in which all the 28 finalists impressed the judges by showcasing their talent.

The event was organised by Fusion Group at 5 Metropolitan, 22 Godam, Jaipur on Wednesday, September 29. In this talent round, Gargi and Su-man performed a dance while Prek-sha presented her speech to win the subtitle.

The jury panel consisted of Mrs Rajasthan 2021 winner Himadri Bhatnagar, First Runner up Sapna Singh, Shahrukh Khan, Navita, Miss Rajasthan 2020 Khushi Ajwani and Miss Rajasthan 2019 Kanchan Kha-tana. Along with this, famous per-sonalities of the fashion world and enlightened people of Jaipur, Pt Suresh Mishra, Pawan Goyal, Muke-sh Mishra, Yatendra Negi attended the program as special guests. Or-ganisers Yogesh Mishra and Nimi-sha Mishra shared that on the first day of the finale week, a session on Cat Walk was conducted by fashion choreographer Shahrukh Khan and the talent round was organ-ised in a grand way.

The talent round was hosted by Aditya Sharma, a renowned anchor of Jaipur while the of-ficial photography was done by Vasu Jain from Jain Photos.

MEET AND GREET!

BIRTHDAY WISHES!

EVENTS!THE BRIDAL AVATAR! WHAT’S HAPPENING!

Jagdeesh Chandra was paid a courtesy visit by the Core committe member of Punjabi Biradri, seen here with him are Naveen Bhutani, President; Nishant Tandon, Vice President and Ashok Gulati, committee member.

Jagdeesh Chandra congratulted RAS Vivek Kumar on Wednesday, on the release of his book ‘Sab Mangal Ho’. The book is a collection of poems touching different colours of human life.

The birthday of Padmini Devi,of the erstwhile Jaipur royal family, was on September 29. She celebrated it simply with her family and friends. City First wishes her all the best!

The birthday of IAS Saloni Khemka was on Wednesday, September 29. We wish her all the best!

During the third day of the Anuvrat Udbodhan Saptaah on Tuesday, the students of Bothra Girls College, Gangashahar presented the Mangalacharan Kanyamandal and Swagat Geet as they celebrated on the occasion.

The School of Hotel Management and Catering Technology at Jaipur National University celebrated World Tourism Day, on the theme Tourism for Inclusive Growth on September 28. Dr KL Jain, Secretary-General Rajasthan chamber of commerce & industry was present as a special guest during the event.

While addressing a conference of the leading organisation Marwari Women on Wednesday, MLA Deepti Kiran Maheshwari shared that the organisation is doing a commendable job. Poonam, Bhavna, Dr Meenakshi, Anita, Santosh, Monika and Ritu were present during the event.

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Kota Couture Show was organised at The Lotus Ananta Elite on Wednesday in which the models showcased beautiful designer outfits on the bridal theme. Prominent personalities from the fashion world like Charvi Tanya Dutta and Akanksha Bhalla made the evening glamorous. Detailed report of the grand show to be shared on City First tomorrow! Stay tuned!

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Tarushi Rawat of Jaipur was crowned the winner of Miss India Elegant 2021. Whereas Arti was titled as the Mrs India Elegant, followed by the Sooraj as Mr India Elegant. The grand finale of Mr, Miss & Mrs India Elegant was held at Hotel Grand Maple, Sitapura, Jaipur.

On the occasion of World Heart Day on Wednesday, students of B.Sc and GNM at Geetanjali College and School of Nursing conducted a rally based on the theme, 'Use heart to connect every heart'. The rally was inaugurated by Dr Sandhya Ghai, Dean of Nursing College. Dr Yogeshwar Puri Goswami, Principal Nursing College Akash Chavda, Head of Medical-Surgical Nursing Department and Kamlesh Menaria and other dignitaries were present at the rally.

Lokesh Sharma, OSD to CM Gehlot met the Indian Idol Contestant, Sawai Bhatt, hailing from Nagaur, Rajasthan on Wednesday and wished him all the best.

(L-R): Sapna Singh, Himadri Bhatnagar, Khushi Ajwani, Kanchan Khatana, Yogesh Mishra, Gunjan Singhal, Nimisha Mishra, Shubhi Dhaneta, Khushi Srivastava, Shahrukh Khan and Navita

Mansi RathoreJyotika Chhatwani

Aaru Nama

Participants during the event

Disha Karmakar

Sujata Ransing Mrinalini Chhite

HAPPY B’DAY!

Akanksha Bhalla