LAKHIMPUR KHERI

FARMERS AND GOVT REACH AGREEMENT AS OPPOSITION PARTIES ‘FAN FIRE’

New Delhi: In signs of truce between the Uttar Pradesh government and farmers over the Lakhimpur Kheri vio-lence that left eight peo-ple, including four farmers, dead on Sun-day, the state police an-nounced an ex gratia of Rs 45 lakh for the kin of each of the deceased, a Govt job and Rs 10 lakh each for the injured.

Appearing in a joint press conference with BKU’s Rakesh Tikait on Monday, UP Additional DG, Law and Order, Prashant Kumar, an-nounced that the state government after talks with farmer represent-atives had decided to agree to their demands.

“FIRs under relevant sections will be lodged as demanded by the farmers. The incident will be probed by a re-tired high court judge and perpetrators caught within eight days,” said Kumar. The state gov-ernment may just have averted a major crisis in the area.

AICC general secre-tary Priyanka Vadra was detained at Sitapur guesthouse near the epicentre of violence, Chhattisgarh CM Bhu-pesh Baghel and Punjab CM Charanjit Channi were not allowed to land in Lucknow, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav wasn’t allowed to move out of his Lucknow home, while BSP and TMC leaders have also been stopped.

CM Yogi, meanwhile, has appealed to people to await the results of the investigation.

PRIYANKA ON ‘HUNGER STRIKE’ AFTER DETENTION

PUNJAB DY CM RANDHAWA & LEADER NAGRA DETAINED WITH OTHERS

Sitapur: Congress general secre-tary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra sat on a hunger strike on Monday after being detained in Uttar Pradesh’’s Sitapur district while she was en route to Lakhimpur Kheri. As Vadra began her dharna in a PAC guest house in the district, Con-gress leaders protested outside and raised slogans against the BJP-led state government over her “arrest”. A video showed Pri-yanka Gandhi sweeping a room in the guest house.

New Delhi: Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab Sukhjinder Randhawa and Congress leader Kuljit Nagra were detained by UP Police in Saharanpur along with other party leaders. The Congress leaders were on their way to Lakhimpur Kheri to meet families of farmers who lost their lives in violence. Flights of Chhattisgarh Chief Minis-ter and Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder S Randhawa were denied permission to land in Lucknow on Monday morning.

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BJP names its candidates for 3 assembly constituenciesAditi Nagar

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has named its candidates for by-elections to three as-sembly constituencies in Assam. The BJP has pitted Phanidhar Taluk-dar from Bhabanipur, Rupjyoti Kumi from Mariani and Sushanta Borgohain from Thowra Assembly constituen-cies. Polling in these constituencies will take place on October 30 and the counting of votes

will take place on No-vember 2. BJP, which is ruling Assam, is looking to ensure victory on all three seats to further ce-

ment its presence among people as the ‘seven sister’ states would b witnessing polls in the months to come.

Thousands of users on Monday reported that they were unable to access the

services WhatsApp, Instagram and Face-book. Social media users took to Twitter to report that they were unable to access the services of the aforementioned sites. Downdetector.com, a website that tracks issues related to traffic on major websites, also saw a spike in number of reports which confirmed that a large number of people are unable to access WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram. P5

PANDORA’S BOX!HOW POWERFUL SHIELD ASSETSWashington: A new re-port sheds light on how world leaders, powerful politicians, billionaires and others have used offshore accounts to shield assets collective-ly worth trillions of dol-lars over the past quar-ter-century.

The report by the In-ternational Consortium of Investigative Jour-nalists involved 600 journalists from 150 me-dia outlets in 117 coun-tries. It’s being dubbed the Pandora Papers be-cause the findings shed light on the previously hidden dealings of the elite and the corrupt. Hundreds of politicians, celebrities, religious leaders and drug dealers have been hiding their investments in man-sions, exclusive beach-front property, yachts and other assets, accord-ing to a review of nearly 12 million files obtained from 14 firms located around the world.

The more than 330 current and former pol-iticians identified as beneficiaries of the se-cret accounts include Jordan’s King Abdullah II, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, Czech Republic Prime Minister Andrej Babis, Kenyan President Uhu-ru Kenyatta, Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso, and associates of both Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and Russian President Vladimir Putin. —AP

AGAINST DEMOCRATIC NORMS: GEHLOT ON PRIYANKA’S DETENTIONFirst India Bureau

Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has lambasted the Ut-tar Pradesh Police for detain-ing AICC General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi, terming the action ‘against democratic norms’. Gehlot stressed that Priyanka was ‘going to stand with families that lost their loved ones’ and that it was ‘to-tally unfair to stop them for discharging this duty.’

On Monday, Gehlot tweet-ed, “I strongly condemn the detention of AICC General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi ji and other leaders by the UP Police. She is a prominent op-

position leader and was on her way to meet the families of farmers who were killed yesterday (on Sunday) in Lakhimpur Kheri district.”

In the series of tweets, the senior Congress leader fur-

ther added, “Unlawful deten-tion of opposition leaders is against democratic norms. First, the farmers protesting peacefully were brutally killed by driving vehicles of BJP leaders’ convoy, then op-position leaders are being stopped from going there, which is absolutely wrong. Priyanka ji was going to stand with the families who lost their loved ones in yester-day’s violence. It is totally unfair to stop them for dis-charging this duty. The inhu-man face of the BJP govern-ment has come to the fore. Ignoring the demands of the farmers, breaking the farmer

movement, oppressing them and then not allowing any op-position party to stand with them, this is the anti-demo-cratic form of the ruling par-ty, and the more it is con-demned is less.”

Gehlot said, “The CM of Chhattisgarh and the Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab are being prevented from coming to the state by the BJP gov-ernment of Uttar Pradesh, which is condemnable. Only a dictator government can do this. Does the ruling BJP in UP want to end democracy? In this way, the violation of civil rights is also against the spirit of the Constitution.”

This is a very sad and unfortunate incident. I

have no words to condemn this incident. They (BJP

govt) don’t believe in democracy, they only

want autocracy. Is this ‘Ram rajya’? No, this is

‘killing rajya’Mamata Banerjee,

West Bengal CM

Yogi is becoming the dictator of UP. It’s illegal detention & we condemn

it. She (Priyanka Gandhi) must be released. Those

who’ve arrested her should be held & a probe should be initiated. We’ll not tolerate

such misbehaviour,Mallikarjun Kharge,

Congress leader

We demand that for a free-fair

investigation, a High court or Supreme court sitting judge should monitor the

inquiry of this incident

(Lakhimpur)Asaduddin Owaisi,

AIMIM chief

NIIRA RADIA SET UP A DOZEN FIRMSMumbai:The Pandora Papers show that corporate lobbyist Niira (Nira) Radia is a “do not contact client” of corporate service provider firm Trident Trust Company BVI, who has been conducting her offshore transactions through London-based Sanjay Newatia, a former Credit Suisse banker.

KEY MEMBERS OF PAK PM’S INNER CIRCLE NAMED IN PAPER LEAKSIslamabad: Over 700 Pakistanis, in-cluding some ministers and key mem-bers of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s inner circle, were listed among the individuals whose names were linked with the Pandora Papers. Some retired army officials, businessmen have also been named in the leaks.

NIRAV’S SISTER FOUNDED OFFSHORE FIRM TO ACT AS TRUST PROTECTOR

Mumbai: A month before fugitive dia-mond jeweller Nirav Modi fled India in January 2018, his sister Purvi Modi set up a firm in the British Virgin Islands to act as a corporate protector of a trust formed through the Trident Trust Company, Singapore.

SACHIN TENDULKAR, WIFE, HAD BVI COMPANY, WOUND UP AFTER PANAMA

New Delhi: Indian cricket superstar Sachin Tendulkar, along with members of his family, figures in the Pandora Pa-pers as Beneficial Owners of an offshore entity in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) which was liquidated in 2016. Sachin, features with wife Anjali Tendulkar and father-in-law Anand Mehta.

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Mumbai: A local court on Monday extended the NCB custody of Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, and two others till October 7 in connection with the seizure of banned drugs onboard a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast. The trio was produced before the court after the end of their one-day custody given to the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Sunday.

Sensex and Nifty closed 0.9% higher on Monday with the Sensex closing at 59,299.32, while Nifty settling at 17,691.25. The benchmark indices snapped their four-day losing streak to end nearly 1 per cent higher on Monday. At close, the Nifty50 index was up 159 points, near the 17,700-level at 17,691. The BSE Sensex ended with a gain of 534 points at 59,299.

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MOS MISHRA’S VIDEO SURFACES

‘UNFAIR AND CRUEL’: VARUN

Lucknow: A purported video of Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Kumar Mishra in which he is heard warning agitating farmers that he would discipline them in “two min-utes” appears to have angered farmers even before Sunday’s violent clashes in Lakhimpur Kheri. “Face me, it will take just two minutes to discipline you fellows,” BJP MP from Kheri is heard allegedly saying.

New Delhi: On a day when a BJP spokesperson linked the violence in Lakhimpur Kheri to “Khalistanis”, party MP Varun Gandhi cautioned that using “pejorative and demeaning” language against the “struggling farmers” is “unfair and cruel” and that it could lead to “further reaction among the people who at the moment are very peaceful.”

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Live-in partner got woman killed over property feud

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Police has cracked the mystery be-hind the murder of a woman whose body was found abandoned on the highway near Morija bridge under Chomu police limits in the city.

According to the po-lice, the woman was working with the Elec-

tricity department in Delhi. She was staying with Babulal Meena in a live-in relationship for the last 14 years af-

ter the death of her hus-band.

However, they had a running feud over some property. Meena hired 6 contract killers for Rs 2.5 lakh to eliminate the woman. The mercenar-ies brought her to Go-vindgarh, killed her in-side the car and dis-posed of the body on roadside to give it an appearance of a suicide by jumping before a speeding vehicle. How-ever, the 3-page ‘suicide note’ helped the cops bust the case.

Contract killers in police custody. —PHOTO BY NIKHIL TIWARI

The 3-page ‘suicide note’ by the woman helped the cops crack the case

6 CONTRACT KILLERS FOR RS 2.5 LAKHMeena hired 6 contract killers for Rs 2.5 lakh to eliminate the woman. The mercenaries brought her to Govindgarh, killed her inside the car and disposed of the body on roadside to give it an appearance of a suicide by jumping before a speeding vehicle

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Rajsamand MP Diya Kumari on Mon-day visited the land al-lotted for the museum to be built in the ‘Statue of Unity’ complex located at Kevadia in the Nar-mada district of Guja-rat. During the visit, the work plan and frame-work for the construc-tion of the museum were discussed. It is to be recalled that MP Diya Kumari was recently nominated as a member

of the museum by the Union Government.

“With the Kevadia Museum in Gujarat, there will be an oppor-

tunity to know and un-derstand the glorious history of the Princely States, while it will be preserved safely for

generations to come,” she said.

The committee met to inspect the land allot-ted for the Museum be-

ing built to commemo-rate the contribution of 562 Princely States in the unification and for-mation of India.

Managing Director, SS Rathore; Padma Shri Raghuveer Singh Siro-hi, Maandhata Singh Rajkot; Mehrangarh Jodhpur Director, Kar-ni Singh Jasol; Director of Archaeology and Museums Department, Government of Guja-rat, Pankaj Sharma were also present on the occasion.

Historical step by Centre to build Kevadia museum: DiyaDISCUSSING FRAMEWORK

It is to be recalled that

MP Diya Kumari was

recently nominated as a member of the

museum by the Union

Government

With Kevadia Museum in Gujarat, there

will be an opportunity to know and understand the glorious history of the Princely States, while it will be preserved safely for generations to come.

Diya Kumari, Rajsamand MPDiya Kumari at the ‘Statue of Unity’ complex located at Kevadia.

Couple held for gangrape of woman in SikarFirst India Bureau

Jaipur: A couple has been held from Jaipur late on Sunday night in connection with the gangrape by sending a girl from Jaipur to Si-kar. The victim was found in an uncon-scious condition in the middle of the road 10 days ago. She was bru-tally assaulted also.

The investigation found that she was sent from Jaipur to Sikar for Rs 8,000. Earlier, the po-lice arrested 4 accused by taking the victim’s statement. The broker

couple is identified as Aziz Rehman, resident of Ghubri Assam, and Sufia Khatoon, resident of Cooch Behar West Bengal. Both live in a

rented house on Kiran Path in Mansarovar.

During investigation, it was found that they used to live in contact with needy girls on the

pretext of jobs. After this, in the name of get-ting a massage, they were sent to youths in other cities.

The victim was also

sent on September 24 after a deal of Rs 8,000. Some youth from Sikar took her to a flat, forci-bly gave alcohol, held hostage, & gangraped.

Nagaur: A 30-year-old govt female employee was raped and blackmailed by a security guard by making obscene photos and videos. The accused security guard and the victim woman used to work at the same place. The accused guard was fi red about a month ago. The victim reached the Women’s police station on Sunday night and fi led a case. The victim works at the district head-quarters and the accused guard obtained her number on pretext of giving duty related information. The son of the female employee also used to accompany him during the duty and he often played games in mother’s mobile.

SECURITY GUARD RAPES, BLACKMAILS GOVT EMPLOYEE

Tonk trader kidnapped, released after Rs 1L paid First India Bureau

Jaipur: A garments trader from Uiara in Tonk was kidnapped on the night of October 1 and released after the family paid Rs 1 lakh ransom. Ghamandi Lal, 18, was kidnapped by six to seven masked men in a Bolero. The kidnappers called his father and demanded a ransom of Rs 3 lakh in lieu of releasing him. The matter reached San-ganer police station.

The father of the youth, being upset by the threats of the mis-creants, transferred Rs 1 lakh to the accused. Af-ter this, the miscreants left Ghamandi Lal at a secluded place near De-oli in Tonk district late at night on October 3. He was brought to Jaipur where his statement was recorded.

Dilsukh Meena, a res-ident of Udaipuria vil-lage of Uniara tehsil in Tonk, filed a case at San-ganer police station on October 2. He said that he along with Ghaman-di Lal came to Jaipur to get some material and got off the bus at around 11 pm in front of Kumb-ha Marg on Tonk Road.

Lakhimpur Kheri violence: Youth Cong stages protest

Jaipur: Youth Con-gress activists on Mon-day staged demonstra-tions against the killing of farmers in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district and the arrest of AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi on her way to the violence-hit place there.

The effigy of the UP government was burnt by the Youth Congress members. Congress members also took out a candle march in Jaipur which was at-tended by state Trans-port Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas.

“The BJP has tram-pled upon the democra-cy of India and not the

farmers alone. They did not kill the farmers but attempted to murder de-mocracy,” Youth Con-gress’ state president and Dungarpur MLA Ganesh Ghogra said.

Party’s general secre-tary Ayush Bhardwaj said the Modi and Yogi govts are attacking farmers instead of lis-tening to them. —PTI

Youth Congress activists burnt effi gy of the UP govt in Jaipur.

The BJP has trampled upon the democracy

of India and not the farmers alone. They did not kill the farmers but attempted to murder democracy. —Ganesh Ghogra, RYC State Prez & Dungarpur MLA

Police personnel held for taking ̀ 3,000 bribe in JprFirst India Bureau

Jaipur: The ACB team on Monday night ar-rested two police per-sonnel for taking bribe in the East district of Jaipur Police Commis-sionerate.

Jaipur ASP (city) Alok Sharma and DSP Neeraj Gurnani along with a team at Jawahar Circle police station ar-rested the head consta-ble and a constable for taking Rs 3,000. Earlier, the constable had col-

lected a bribe of Rs 2,000 from the complainant at the behest of the head constable.

ACB DG BL Soni said that the arrested head

constable Sardarmal Singh is from Bharat-pur district. Constable Lokesh Kumar Sharma is from Anatpura in Tunga.

According to ACB, the complainant said that Singh demanded a bribe of Rs 5,000 through the constable in lieu of not register-ing a case after investi-gating the missing re-port of a woman and not arresting him. The com-plainant said he had given him Rs 2,000.

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POCSO COURT SENTENCES YOUTH TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR RAPING 6-YEAR-OLDBikaner: A special POCSO court sentenced a youth to life imprisonment for raping a 6-year-old girl in Ram-pura slums on Monday. According to the prosecution, the convict Prem Kumar Meghwal, a resident of Bhim Nagar locality, lured the kid in the pretext of giving chocolates, took her to a lonely place and raped her on 8 January this year. The culprit later fl ed the scene. Nayasahar SHO Govind Singh Charan nabbed rapist and forwarded him to court within three days’ time.

THREE WOMEN CLIMB UP WATER TANK OVER PROPERTY DISPUTE IN CHOMUChomu: Pandemonium prevailed in Tigaria under Samod police limits in the district on Monday when three women climbed up an overhead water tank

in the village over a property dispute involv-ing former councillor Mahendra Chaudhury. Govindgarh CO Sand-eep Saraswat said that the women’s families of Amanpura village have a running feud with Chaudhury over an approach road. They have claimed that the

former councillor has encroached upon their land. Sarswat said that police have mediated the case and helped open the road in the past. But the dispute has cropped up again. The women had not climbed down till the last report came in.

JDA SEALS 4-STOREY BUILDING OVER UNAPPROVED CONSTRUCTIONJaipur: The Enforcement squad of JDA sealed a 4-storey building in the Khirni Phatak area of the city on Monday for constructing portions of it which were not approved by the agency. The building was sealed 6 years ago too. Chief Enforcement Controller Raghubir Saini said that all the 8 fl ats in the building were sealed indi-vidually. The building is situated in Lions Lane Colony in Zone-7.

My wife is not in the race of contenders: Ramlal MeenaFirst India Bureau

Pratapgarh: Congress MLA from Pratapgarh Ramlal Meena has cat-egorically denied that his wife and Zila Pra-

mukh In-dira Mee-na is not in the race for ticket for bypoll in D h a r i -

awad assembly constit-uency.

“My wife is not in the race of contenders. Whoever gets the ticket, I will make the candi-date win the by-elec-tion,” Meena said.

The party has for-warded the panel of names for bypolls on Vallabhnagar (Udaipur) and Dhariawad (Pratap-garh) assembly seats to the party high com-mand for approval.

It is believed that for

Dhariawad seat, he pan-el has the names of for-mer MLA Nagraj Mina, Ramlal Meena’s wife Indira Meena, Ke-sar Bhai Meena and Rooplal Meena.

HE SAID THAT THE PARTY HIGH COMMAND WILL DECIDE THE CANDIDATE

My wife is not in the race of contenders.

Whoever gets the ticket, I will make the candidate win the by-election. it is

for the party high command to decide the

candidate.Ramlal Meena,

Congress MLA

BYPOLLS2021

Nominations begin for Alwar, Dholpur electionsFirst India Bureau

Jaipur: The State Election Commission issued notification on Monday, the process of filing nominations started in Alwar and Dholpur districts for zila parishad and pan-chayat samiti polls. The process of filing nominations will con-tinue till October 8.

In the elections for 72 Zila Parishad mem-bers of both the dis-tricts and 504 mem-bers of 22 Panchayat Samitis, voting will be done in three phases. The nominations can be filed every day till October 8. Nomina-

tions will also be filed on the day Navratri begins on October 7. Seeing this, it is ex-pected that the maxi-mum number of nom-inations are expected to come on the first day of Navratri and the last day of nomi-nations i.e. on Octo-ber 8.

POLL FILEFirst phase of voting on OCTOBER 20

Second phase on OCTOBER 23

Third phase on OCTOBER 26

3,641 polling booths

2,72,791 voters

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First India Bureau

Jaipur: As the corona has subsided in the state, dengue and viral fever has started strik-ing hard. The cases of dengue and chikungun-ya are on the rise.

In the month of Sep-tember, more than 1,774 cases were reported in the state. The maximum number of dengue cases has been reported in Jaipur where 389 den-gue patients have been found in the last 3 months (July, August and September).

Of these, 287 patients have been found the

maximum in Sept.A large number of pa-

tients with fever, cough

and cold are coming to SMS hospital and most these patients are being

tested for dengue and malaria. Apart from Jaipur, Alwar, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Dholpur, Jais-almer, Jodhpur, Kota, Udaipur and Pratap-garh are in dengue hot-spots list.

The number of den-gue-malaria patients in Jaipur started increas-ing from August, but neither the health department nor both the municipal corporations paid attention to stop it. Fogging started in the city from September. That too only in those places from where the demand for VIPs would come.

DENGUE ON THE RISE, 389 CASES IN JPR IN SEPTDENGUE ON THE RISE, 389

Change cooler water every week

Spray to kill mos-quitoes and insects

Wear full-sleeved shirts and pants

Spray mosquito repellent before sleeping at night

Use creams and mosquito nets

Get medicine sprayed in street water to prevent the larvae

In case of high fever, see a doctor immediately

TAKE CARE

Health department teams have started door-to-door survey from the last week of September. In this,

people are being made aware about dengue-malaria disease. Apart from this, Tami flu medicines are also being distributed.

—Dr. Narottam Sharma, Jaipur CMHO

In September, more than 1,774 cases were reported in the state.

1 Maximum 389 dengue cases have been reported in Jaipur.

2

First India Bureau

Jaipur: The nursing staff and lab techni-cian workers at the In-stitute of Respiratory Diseases (TB Hospital), Shastri Nagar, here, boycotted the work for 2 hrs on Monday.

The protest was held against the transfer of the same employees af-ter a scuffle in August with the nursing staff at the hospital’s vacci-nation centre.

From 8 to 10 in the morning, all the em-ployees boycotted the

work and did meeting.Due to this, the pa-

tients who came to show in the OPD in the morning had to face problems. At the same time, the Covid vacci-nation also started af-ter 10 o’clock.

The protestors unan-imously decided that until the transfer of the three employees is canceled and action is taken against the mis-creants, the agitation will continue, said State President of State Nurses Associa-tion, Rajendra Rana.

Adani to manage Jpr airport from October 11

REET: BJYM takes out protest rally in Dotasra’s home districtFirst India Bureau

Sikar: Demanding a CBI investigation into the large-scale malprac-tices during the REET test, the activists of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the youth wing of opposi-tion BJP, took out a pro-test rally in front of the Collectorate on Monday.

BJYM state president Himanshu Sharma led the rally that started from SK School ground. However, there were tense moments at the

Collectorate when the rallyists came face to face with another rally being organised under the banner of Sanyukta Kisan Morcha.

The farmers were agitating against deaths in Laxmipur Khiri in

UP and raising slogans against the Centre.

However, the police and the QRT and RAC teams managed. Later, BJYM workers submit-ted a memorandum to the Collector before dis-persing.

First India Bureau

Ajmer: The Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education on Monday rejected BJP RS MP Kirodi Lal Meena’s allegations that the an-swer sheet of the REET exam con-ducted recently was leaked. Mee-na further claimed that the answer sheet was leaked with the involve-ment of an official of the secrecy wing of the board. Reacting to the allegations, the board Chairman, D P Jaroli, ruled out the possibil-ity and said that there should be no politics on the conduct of exam. General Secretary of the Board Employees Union, Mohan Singh Rawat has also rubbished the al-legations. He said that Meena’s allegations are baseless and the staff of the Board worked very hard to make REET a success. Ac-tion will be taken against those promoting unfair means.

First India Bureau

Ajmer: Health Minis-ter Dr Raghu Sharma and minister in-charge of Ajmer Lalchand Ka-taria on Monday hand-ed over pattas to benefi-ciaries under Pra-shasan Shahron Ke Sang campaign in Kekri, here.

They also reviewed the implementation of the campaign in the district. In the camp, the ministers reached the tables of every de-partment and inquired

about the relief given to the public and also interacted with the general public.

Kataria said, “The Gehlot government is sensitive towards re-solving the problems of the common man.” District Collector Prakash Rajpurohit, SP Jagdish Chandra, youth leader Sagar Sharma, Kekri Nagar Palika chairman Kam-lesh Sahu, vice chair-person Sampat Devi Jharothia and others were present.

Jaipur: The Adani Group will manage the Jaipur In-ternational Airport from October 11 after it was de-cided to privatise the air-port. The operations and management of the air-port will now be handled entirely by the Adani Group for the next 50 years. Earlier, the group was to take over the air-port on October 12 but the Adani Group proposed to do it on October 11.

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Jaipur: Governor Kalraj Mishra said on Monday that the pur-pose of the Governor’s Relief Fund is not only to collect money, but to provide assistance.

Mishra was address-ing a virtual meeting of the members of the Advisory Committee of the Governor’s Re-lief Fund from the Raj Bhavan.

He said that the scope of the Gover-nor’s Relief Fund has been increased with

the aim of benefitting the maximum people.

“Assistance is being provided to victims in famine, flood, accident, aid for medicine and equipment during pan-demics, one-time assis-tance for critical pa-tients,” he said.

The governor in-formed that there has been an unprecedented increase in the collec-tion of funds in the last two years. In the year 2020-21, Rs 54 lakh was collected, which has in-creased to Rs 1.85 crore in the year 2021-22.

Prashasan Shahron Ke Sang: Dr Raghu distributes pattas to beneficiaries

RBSE rules out Kirodi’s leak theory

Raghu Sharma giving pattas to benefi ciaries in Kekri.

‘Purpose of guv relief fund is to provide aid’

Nurses, lab tech of TB hosp boycott work

Jaipur: A petition has been fi led on Monday in the High Court for can-cellation of REET-2021. On Mon-day, REET candidate Bhagchand Sharma, resident of Jaipur fi led the petition. The Chief Secretary of the State Government, the Principal Secretary of Elementary Education, the Secretary of the Board of Sec-ondary Education Rajasthan and the Coordinator REET have been made a party in the petition.

CANDIDATE PETITION HC TO CANCEL REET EXAM

REET: KIRODI-DOTASRA FACE-OFF CONTINUES Jaipur: The verbal duel between Edu minister Govind Singh Dotasra and BJP MP Dr Kirodi Lal Meena escalated after Meena ended his dharna. Dotasra claimed that he ended the stir after the reprimand of Arun Singh, who is in charge of BJP’s affairs in the state. In counter allegation, Meena said threads of the malpractices are traced to Lax-mangarh, Dotasra’s constituency.

The govt has launched the campaign to resolve the problems of the people un-der one roof. This was long pending

camp. Now they are getting the ownership of their land which is a big thing.

—Lalchand Kataria, In-charge of Ajmer

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Jaipur: CS Arya has issued orders that from now on Sar-panch will be made a member of the Gram Panchayat level core group committee. Ele-mentary education offi cers will no longer be members of the committee as academic work being hampered in schools. Until now, teachers were there in the Gram Panchayat level core group committee for corona control. They could not work on the academic front due to Covid duty.

Udaipur: Notice has been issued to Udaipur’s Narayan Seva Sansthan where three children died in the Demented Child Rehabilitation Centre. After the death of the children, 11 out of 21 food samples taken by the health depart-ment were not of any brand. One sample had high starch content and two other samples were expired. Udaipur’s Chief Medical and Health Offi cer Dr Dinesh Kharadi said notice has been issued to the Sansthan.

Jaipur: Police has arrested a Isha Pariar involved in a loot at Shri Balaji Jewellers in Murlipura area. The woman is a member of gangster Mukim Kala and Sadar Khan gang in Delhi. She was in Nepal when police laid a trap to bring the accused, Isha Pariar, to India telling her that they planned a Rs 1 cr loot here. Cops posed as members of a gang.

TEACHERS TO FOCUS ON EDU, SARPANCH TO BE COMMITTEE MEMBER

SEVA SANSTHAN GETS NOTICE FOR SERVING EXPIRED FOODGANGSTERS HELD FOR LOOT

AT SHRI BALAJI JEWELLERS

Mishra addressing meeting of the members of the Advisory Committee of the Governor’s Relief Fund from the Raj Bhavan.

Nursing and lab technician workers on dharna.

BJP Yuva Morcha in Sikar protested against manipulation of REET.

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Dharmendra Pradhan @dpradhanbjp

With @Annapurna4BJP ji, @DrSubhasSarkar ji and officials of the

@EduMinOfIndia, brainstormed on the path ahead for Tithi Bhojan and

Vidyanjali. By making them society-led mass movements, we aim to achieve better nutrition and better learning

outcomes for our students.

Rajnath Singh @rajnathsingh

Felicitated the DRDO Dare to Dream 2.0 award winners and the Young Scientists a function in New Delhi

today. There is a great need for R&D in futuristic defence technologies. Our aim is to equip our forces with latest machinery to deal with any challenge.

SPIRITUAL SPEAK

If we fail to look after others when they need help,

who will look after us? —Buddha

IN-DEPTH

TOP TWEETS

EDUCATION MUST COME FIRST

OVID-19 is pushing the world to the brink. The pandemic has killed more than 4.7 million people,

caused global GDP to decline by 4.6% in 2020, and pushed 119-124 million more people into ex-treme poverty. Today, nearly one in three people globally do not have enough food to eat, while conflicts and climate-change-in-duced natural disasters are forc-ing families from their homes. And the resulting school disrup-tions are leaving crisis-affected children ever-further behind.

When world leaders launched Education Cannot Wait, the Unit-ed Nations’ global fund for educa-tion in emergencies and protract-ed crises, at the 2016 World Hu-manitarian Summit, 75 million children and youth globally were being denied their right to an edu-cation as a result of conflict, dis-placement, and natural disaster.

Fast forward to the present. As COVID-19 continues to rav-age the world’s least-developed countries, and with other crises on the rise, the number of chil-dren who are out of school has increased to an estimated 128 million. This is a rough estimate that will likely increase as the world’s multiplying crises deep-en, and it is already more than the population of Japan, or the populations of France and Italy combined.

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he Maharaja is all set to fly Air In-dia. For the flag-bearer airline founded by JRD

Tata in 1932 as Tata Airlines, it will be a delayed but much awaited development. For Ratan Tata getting the Maha-raja’s homecoming after dec-ades will be a moment of nostalgia. The reported suc-cessful bid is expected to bring buoyancy to the airline sector.

Air India serves over 60 destinations across conti-nents and is a member of Star Alliance, a global avia-tion alliance. The sell-off is happening because the air-line is heavily debt-ridden---Rs 40,000 crore---with the clo-

sure of skies during the pan-demic being a major contrib-uting factor. The govern-ment, it is said, intends to pass on a debt of only Rs 23,000 crore to the Tata Sons. There’s no dearth of money with the Tatas or manage-ment skill to revive the ailing airline. If the Tata Sons’ bid gets a final nod from the gov-

ernment, the Tatas will merge AirAsia India and Vistara businesses to bring them under one entity.

Air India has the third largest market share in In-dia’s aviation sector. Air Asia India’s 7.1 percent and Vista-ra’s 6.4 percent of market share together will make Ta-tas the second biggest group-ing in the country’s aviation sector after Indigo which en-joys a market share of 55.5 percent. It will then act as a major disruptor for Spicejet. For Jet Airways it’s like tak-ing a bird-hit at the runway itself. The airline is putting its nuts and bolts in place for a possible take-off in 2022.

For flyers quality services are assured.

MAHARAJA’S LIKELY HOMECOMING

If the Tata Sons’ bid gets a final nod from the

government, the Tatas will merge AirAsia India and Vistara

businesses to bring them under one entity

T

he face of financial transac-tions and access to financial services has potentially been revolutionized in early Sep-tember 2021, when a new technology infrastructure Account Aggregator (“AA”) was launched at a virtual event wherein 8 largest banks of India namely, State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, IDFC First Bank, Ko-tak Mahindra Bank, HDFC Bank, IndusInd Bank and Federal Bank came together to join the network for a smooth and centralized tran-sition of financial data.

Account aggregators are a subset of non-banking finan-cial companies (“NBFCs”), which function as technology intermediaries between enti-ties requiring financial data of customers (financial infor-mation users “FIU”) and those holding that data (financial information providers “FIP”).

SIMPLIFYING AAThe whole process has a three-tier structure and the license for AAs is issued by

the RBI. These will help in facilitating financial data of customers to FIPs and FIUs which include banks, lenders who do not delve into bank-ing, insurance companies and mutual funds, who seek financial data and documents from their customers. Infor-mation scattered across all of the financial institutions that one deals with will be stored via a centralized mechanism and shared to an FIU if the customer consents for the same. Thus all the digital footprints of the customer will be compiled in one place and facilitate the information acquisition to lenders.

HOW IS AA REVOLUTIONARY?z IMPROVED FINANCIAL

UNDERSTANDING: The most pertinent benefit of an Account Aggregator ser-vice is the ease with which customers can analyze financial information to make well-informed decisions with regards to their banking and investment choices.

z LESS TURNAROUND TIME: AAs essentially cuts down the enormous amount of time that customers have to undertake in order to avail of a financial service, and thus the hassle to run around and collect all the

financial documents before availing of financial services will be done away with. This time saved could be rather invested into analyzing the services provided by various competitors in the market!

z LESS PHYSICAL INTERAC-TIONS: COVID-19 has been a major roadblock on physical restrictions and end-users are afraid to visit banks and other financial offices. This can be potentially solved by an AA that creates secured digital access to personal data. To cite an example, data sharing through AA to procure information collat-eral can be used to access a small formal loan by MSMEs who generally ask for physi-cal collateral.

z FRAUD REDUCTION: It reduces the fraud associ-ated with physical data by

introducing secure digital signatures and end-to-end encryption for data sharing. Further, the services of third parties cannot be used for undertaking the business of account aggregation. Moreover, the consent of the customer is at the core of the AA ecosystem. Thus, if a person decides to not share the financial data, it will stay with the finance provider. According to Sahamati, a collective AA ecosystem, an AA is “data-blind” which es-sentially means that all data transferred is encrypted and could only be accessed by the FIU for which the data is intended.

z SYNERGY BETWEEN UNI-FIED PAYMENTS INTER-FACE (“UPI”) AND AA: With the onset of UPI, payments have become increasingly accessible and pervasive. The AA system works on a similar idea, the only differ-ence being in the data which is being exchanged. The technology-driven payment services application allowed customers to exchange pay-ments on several banking accounts via a single appli-cation by a virtual payments address, with each having a unique separate identity. The AA entities will also fol-low suit of the UPI payment mechanism and will enable a user to transfer numerous financial data held by the user in multiple accounts (saving accounts, term de-posits, mutual and pension funds etc.) through a single virtual address exclusive to each user.

CONCLUDING REMARKSThe ecosystem has the poten-tial to serve as the holy grail of financial services provid-ers and customers alike, pro-vided its execution is done immaculately. AA mecha-nism can achieve meteoric success if all financial ser-vices providers, as well as government entities such as Income Tax and GST and other business entities, are on the platform. It is not com-pulsory for every financial service provider to partake in the AA ecosystem as of yet. However, it is mandatory for an entity that wants to be-come an FIU and provide more personalised services to its customer base to become a FIP as well that is, it should be willing to share its cus-tomer’s data (with customer consent) with other FIUs.

ACCOUNT AGGREGATORSREVOLUTIONIZING FORCE OF FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS

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A mechanism can achieve meteoric success if all financial servicesproviders, as well as

government entities such as Income Tax and GST and other

business entities, are on the platform

Account aggregators are a subset of non-banking

financial companies (“NBFCs”), which function

as technology intermediaries between

entities requiring financial data of customers

(financial information users “FIU”) and those

holding that data (financial information

providers “FIP”)

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New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aad-mi Party’s national con-vener Arvind Kejriwal has announced the name of chief ministe-rial candidate in Uttara-khand by naming re-tired Colonel Ajay Kothiyal as the contend-er. But when asked about Punjab, Kejriwal says that at the right time he will announce the name of the party’s chief ministerial candi-

date. When elections are to be held simultane-ously in both the states, how come the right time has come in Uttara-khand and not in Pun-jab? In Uttar Pradesh too, the party has de-clared Sanjay Singh as its Chief Ministerial face.

In fact, Kejriwal is in a dilemma about Pun-jab. Earlier he had said that Jat Sikhs would be the Chief Minister and Dalits would be the Dep-uty Chief Ministers if

AAP formed the govern-ment. But now Congress has made a Dalit, CM and therefore the stake of Deputy CM will not

attract much to the vot-ers. On the other hand, BJP has announced to make Dalit CM. That’s when Kejriwal’s dilem-

ma has increased. Ac-cording to informed sources, there is also an opinion in his party that the Leader of Opposi-

tion of Punjab Assem-bly Harpal Singh Chee-ma should be made a contender. He is a Dalit and is representing the party in Assembly. This will strengthen the cred-ibility of the party.

But this is worrying for Kejriwal as he knows announcing a name would result in loosing the Jat Sikh vote. He is feeling that if he also de-clared a Dalit claimant, then the Jat Sikh vote will outrightly go to the Shiromani Akali Dal. In

fact, there is no confu-sion in SAD about who will become the CM, as everyone knows that if the Akali Dal govern-ment is formed Sukhbir Badal will be the CM and SAD’s ally Bahujan Samaj Party, that has ap-peal in Dalits, will be given the Deputy CM position. AAP MP Bhag-want Mann is pressuris-ing party to declare CM candidate, but consider-ing him as a non-serious politician, Kejriwal is deferring the decision.

Who will be the Chief Ministerial face of AAP in Punjab?KEJRIWAL’S PUNJAB DILEMMA

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As per informed sources, there is

an opinion in AAP party that LoP of Punjab Assembly HS

Cheema can be made contender

to strengthen credibility of AAP

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New Delhi: The Shiv Sena, which is heading the Maha Vikas Aghadi government of Maha-rashtra, has given some advice to its ally Con-gress and has also passed comments about its leaders. No one can deny the advice of Shiv Sena that Congress should elect a full-time president.

However, many Con-gress leaders have be-come angry with this and are advising Sena not to interfere in their internal affairs. But what the Sena has said is not wrong too and it is high time that the Con-gress should elect a full-time president at the earliest since not having a president gives all par-ties an opportunity to attack the Congress.

Sena’s second com-ment is more important than this advice. Sena has written in its mouth-piece ‘Saamana’ that senior Congress leaders have joined hands with the BJP and their aim is to stop Rahul Gandhi. There is no doubt that many senior Congress

leaders do not want Ra-hul to take over the reins of the party and suc-ceed, if he does. It is sur-prising but true that in-stead of being disap-pointed and worried over the poor perfor-mance of the Congress, most elderly leaders, sit-ting in Delhi, are happy since they think Rahul is failing, the article said.

However, the remarks that senior leaders have met the BJP are also not

a trivial issue. In August last year, when 23 Con-gress leaders wrote a let-ter to Sonia Gandhi ask-ing for elections to be held for all the posts of the organisation, in-cluding the President and members of the Congress Working Com-mittee, Rahul had alleg-edly said that everyone of these leaders is hands in glove with the BJP. However, later when Ka-pil Sibal got angry, it was clarified by the Con-

gress that Rahul had never said such a thing. Now Sena has also reit-erated that senior Con-gress leaders are in alli-ance with the BJP.

It is a coincidence that Sena’s remarks came at a time when Captain Amarinder Singh, who was Con-gress’s chief minister in Punjab for 9.5 years, has shown his close-ness to the BJP. Now they are calling for their secular conduct but the question is not on their conduct. The question is about his closeness to the BJP and its top leaders. As soon as he stepped down as CM, national security became such a big issue in Punjab that he met the Home Minis-ter and the National Security Advisor. It is being said that he is go-ing to form a party to help the BJP.

For Congress leader Digvijay Singh, it cannot be said that he has col-luded with the BJP. But the timing of praising Amit Shah and the RSS while recalling his Nar-mada Yatra four years ago is astonishing.

DISBURSE ̀ 50K EX-GRATIAFOR COVID DEATHS WITHIN 30 DAYS OF APPLYING: SC The apex court asked Centre and States to give wide publicity to ex-gratia scheme

Bench approved norms issued by the NDMA for grant of compensation in Covid deaths

WELCOME STUDENTS! Student undergoes thermal screening meanwhile a teacher welcomes students as the school reopens door for classes 8 to 12 in Mumbai on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI

Earlier in January, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had praised Ghulam Nabi

Azad. At the time of his departure from the Rajya Sabha, Modi became emotional

while giving a speech in the House

New Delhi: The Su-preme Court on Mon-day while approving Centre’s disaster man-agement guidelines on payment of Rs 50,000 ex-gratia compensa-tion to the next kin of those who died of Cov-id-19, said the money to be disbursed within 30 days of applying.

A Bench of Justice MR Shah and Justice AS Bopanna ordered that no state should deny the ex-gratia compensation of Rs 50,000 to the next kin of persons who died of

Covid on the sole ground that the death certificate does not mention Covid-19 as the cause of death. The payment will be from SDRF, it added.

No State shall deny the Rs 50,000 benefit on the ground that cause of death in death cer-tificate is not Covid, Bench ordered, adding that district authori-ties to take remedial steps to have cause of death corrected. Dist level committee details to be published in print media, it said. —PTI

Kochi: Kerala HC on Monday quashed Kerala govt’s order to reduce charges of RT-PCR tests in private laboratories to Rs 500 from Rs 1,700.

HC also quashed the order to initiate criminal proceedings against those who are not implementing the order. In May, the Kerala govt had issued an order to reduce the RT-PCR test rates in the state from

Rs 1700 to Rs 500. A bench of Justice TR Ravi also directed the state to hold discussions with owners of private laboratories and take a fresh decision in this regard. Court’s ruling came on PIL filed by Accredited Molecular Testing Laboratories and Devi Scans pvt ltd seeking to set aside the order.

New Delhi: Why are farmers continuing their protests even after challenging farm laws in court, the SC questioned sharply today after eight people, including four farmers, were killed in violent protests in an UP district. Centre argued that there can be “no further farmer protests” as incidents like Lakh-impur Kheri could not be allowed. Is the right

to protest absolute? The SC said it would examine the question on October 21 and also go into whether farmers have the right to take to the streets when the issue at the core of their protest - the three new farm laws -- is in court.SC was respond-ing to a petition

by a farmers’ group that wants to stage a protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi. Centre, while opposing it, referred to Sunday’s violence.

“The events that took place in Lakh-

impur Kheri... Eight died. Pro-

tests cannot happen like this,” said

Attorney General KK

Venugopal.

New Delhi: India reported 20,799 new cases, 180 deaths in a day, said MoHFW. India’s active caseload stands at 2,64,458 which is lowest in the last 200 days. The active cases account for less than 1% of total cases, currently at 0.78%, lowest since March 2020. Recovery rate stands at 97.89%, highest since March 2020. Death toll has mounted to 4,48,997.

New Delhi: Stating that environmentalist RK Pachauri’s death certificate has not been placed on record nor factum of death verified, woman, who has lev-elled allegations against Pachauri, has sought to dismiss plea filed befor Delhi Court. The woman, who filed plaint of sexual harassment against Pachauri, has filed a reply opposing an application.

New Delhi: Delhi HC on Monday directed Delhi Police not to interfere with operation of spas, which have vaild licences and adhering to guidelines. Justice Rekha Palli cautioned police officials. Court was hearing a petition filed by an owner of a ‘Spa and Wellness Clinic’ alleging that he was not allowed to re-open his outlet despite the fact that he has been complying with norms.

Mumbai: The BMC told Bombay HC on Monday that it does not apprehend a 3rd wave of pandemic in the city as the vaccina-tion drive is going on smoothly, with over 42 lakh people fully vac-cinated. BMC counsel Anil Sakhare told that 2,586 bed-ridden peo-ple have so far been administered both the doses while 3,942 such people have got the first jab.

HC QUASHES KERALA GOVT’S ORDER TO REDUCE RT-PCR RATES IN PVT LABS

20,799 CASES; ACTIVE DROPS TO 2,64,458

HC: PACHAURI’S DEATH CERT NOT ON RECORD

HC TO COPS: DO NOT INTERFERE WITH OPS OF SPAS

DON’T SEE 3RD WAVE COMING: BMC TELLS HC

New Delhi: Negotiation over the pricing of Covid vaccine ZyCov-D between Centre and Zydus Cadila are still underway. The decision of pricing is taking time owing to 2 factors; one is that it is a three-dose vaccine and the other is its application. A needle-free applica-tor or a jet injector is used for the application of the ZyCov-D vaccine, which can be used to vaccinate 10,000 people. Sources told that price from the govt is expected to be around Rs 300/dose. Sources said, “The final cost has not been finalised yet because cost of applicator that will be used for vaccine is Rs 90 and jet injector costs Rs 30,000.”

‘COVID VACCINE ZYCOV-D PRICE STILL UNDER NEGOTIATION’

Shiv Sena shows Cong the mirror! IN THE COURTYARD

Choose ‘court or road’SC to protesting farmers

Mumbai: Thousands of users on Monday re-ported that they were unable to access the ser-vices WhatsApp, Insta-gram and Facebook. Social media users took to Twitter to report that they were unable to ac-cess the services of the aforementioned sites.

Downdetector.com, a website that tracks is-sues related to traffic on major websites, also saw a spike in number of reports which con-firmed that a large num-ber of people are unable to access WhatsApp, Fa-cebook and Instagram.

Over 20,000 people have reported that the WhatsApp is not work-ing for them. The web.whatsapp.com is also displaying this error message - 5xx Server Er-ror. Insta is also show-ing the same message.

The Facebook web-site shows an error mes-

sage “Sorry, something went wrong. We’re working on it and we’ll get it fixed as soon as we can.” The WhatsApp messaging app is unable to send or receive mes-sages while Instagram and Facebook’s messag-ing platforms are also facing an outage.

The issue has seem-ingly affected people late in the evening, with outage starting at roughly 9:15 pm IST.

This is not the first time apps like What-sApp have crashed. A similar outage occurred in June, while another in July. “We’re aware that some people are having trouble access-ing our apps and prod-ucts. We’re working to get things back to nor-mal as quickly as possi-ble, and we apologize for any inconvenience,” a Facebook spokesperson said. —Agencies

WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook down for users in global outage

Arvind Kejriwal

Uddhav Thackeray

Delhi CM and AAP’s national

convener Arvind Kejriwal has

announced names of chief ministerial

candidates in U’khand and UP

New Delhi: The SC Monday re-fused to entertain a plea seeking cancellation of the NEET UG held on September 12, 2021 on the ground that the examination was not conducted in a fair and transparent manner. The apex court dismissed the plea saying that cancellation of the exam cannot be at the cost of lakhs of students. A bench headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao, which stopped short of imposing Rs 5 lakh cost, noted that the petitioner seeks setting aside NEET-UG Exam and directing the NTA to conduct the exam afresh.

New Delhi: A virtual SC hearing took an interesting turn when Justice DY Chandrachud referred to historical painting behind former AG Mukul Rohatgi. Court was hearing a petition by real estate developer Supertech where former AG was representing it. Justice Chandrachud said, “This is the central hall of Bombay HC during Tilak trial.” The Attorney General thanked Justice for the praise. As he saw the painting of Bal Gangad-har Tilak’s trial in the Bombay High Court in 1907, Justice Chandrachud repeated the last words that Tilak said during his trial.

SC DISMISSES PIL SEEKING CANCELLATION OF NEET UG

SC JUDGE REPEATS LAST WORDS OF TILAK AT TRIAL

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VIOLENCE ERUPTS ACROSS STATES

New Delhi: The inci-dent of violence in Ut-tar Pradesh’s Lakhim-pur Kheri is resonating politically in Punjab, whose farmers have been protesting at na-tional capital Delhi’s borders against three farm laws.

Lakhimpur Kheri is under Section 144 of the CrPC, which prohibits gathering of two or more people. The local administration and Ut-tar Pradesh Police have stopped a number of leaders from visiting the area where farmers were holding a protest. They claim that a con-voy of Union minister Ajay Mishra Teni’s son Ashish ran over four farmers which caused their deaths.

Speaking during a roadshow in Ludhiana, Badal further said that a case under Section 302 of the IPC must be reg-istered with immediate effects against the cul-prits and a high-level probe should be carried out for free and fair in-vestigation. —PTI

Farmers raise slogans during a protest demanding action against the alleged killing of eight people in Lakhimpur Kheri violence, in Patiala on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI

CM CHANNI SEEKS PERMISSION TO VISIT

Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi has sought

permission from UP govt to visit Lakhimpur

Kheri, where eight people were killed in violence

on Sunday. “Expressing solidarity with bereaved families of farmers, I’m

leaving for Lakhimpur Kheri to be with my

brothers & sisters in this hour of grief. I’ve also

sought permission from UP Govt to allow landing/

taking off of chopper at the site,” Channi said.

‘BJP CAN’T TOLERATE VOICE AGAINST THEM’

Slamming the BJP over violence in Lakhimpur Kheri in UP, Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel on Monday termed the incident as murder adding that the opposition party cannot tolerate any voice against them. “We de-mand the Union Minister be removed. This was not an ordinary incident but murder,” Baghel told media. “BJP wants to suppress opposition and crush any voice that is against them.

THIS IS ‘KILLING RAJYA’: MAMATAKolkata: WB CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday came down heavily on BJP over the Lakhimpur Kheri violence in which at least eight people, including four farmers and a local journalist, were killed. Condemning the incident, Banerjee said the BJP government doesn’t believe in democracy and only wants autocracy. Mamata said this is a very sad and unfortunate incident. I have no words to condemn this incident. They (BJP govt) don’t believe in democracy, they only want autocracy. Is this ‘Ram rajya’?

SHIROMANI AKALI DAL EVENT POSTPONED, SAYS PARTY’S PRESIDENT BADAL

In Chandigarh, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal announced postponement of party’s programme in Jalandhar for Tuesday. He has convened a meeting of core committee - SAD’s top decision making body - tomorrow to decide on the further action course.

‘CRUSHING FARMERS, STIFLING OPPOSITION VOICES BJP’S NEW STRATEGY?’ ASKS RAUTMumbai: Sena MP Sanjay Raut said if crushing farmers, stifl ing voices of leaders who support is BJP’s new strategy. He said when BJP protested over rape in Mumbai, “State did not stop anyone”. “Farmers have been run over by car of min’s son. Where does such cruelty come from?” he asked.

LAKHIMPUR

KHERI

New Delhi: India needs to focus on developing dual-use technologies for both military and civilian agencies and special attention should be paid to research and development for manu-facturing state-of-the-art defence platforms, Defence Minister Ra-jnath Singh said on Oc-tober 4.

He said the demand for military equipment is increasing around the world in view of global security con-cerns, border disputes and developments in the maritime sphere, and India must focus to enhance its domestic defence industry.

Addressing an event organised by the DRDO, Singh said that no cor-ner of the world is left untouched by the changes seen in areas of strategic affairs, mil-itary power, economy & communication. —PTI

CRUCIAL READ

DECLARE FIN PACKAGE FOR RAIN-HIT FARMERS: FADNAVIS TO MAHA GOVT

MASSIVE FIRE BREAKS OUT IN KOLKATA, 14 FIRE TENDERS RUSHED TO SPOT

Aurangabad: Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Monday asked Maha govt to convene a cabinet meeting and declare a fi nancial package for farmers hit by rain in Marathwada region. LoP in Maharashtra Assembly is currently touring various districts in Marathwada region and meeting farmers. “Farmers in Marathwada suffered huge losses but are yet to receive any help. The state govt should convene a meeting of the state cabinet and declare a fi nancial package for farmers. The fi nancial aid should be deposited directly in the bank accounts of farmers before Dussehra (Oct 15),” he told reporters.

Kolkata: Amajor fi re broke out in a four-storey building in Kolkata’s congested Colootola area on Monday morn-ing, an offi cial said. No one was injured in the blaze that erupted on the third fl oor around 11 am, he said, adding, 14 fi re tenders have been pressed into service to douse the fl ames. Huge quantities of garments were stacked inside the rooms of the building, where two families also reside, the fi re department offi cial said. “Our efforts are continuing. There are infl ammable ma-terials stocked inside the building, too,” the offi cial said.

FORMER NEHRU MEMORIAL MUSEUM DIRECTOR SHAKTI SINHA PASSES AWAYNew Delhi: Former Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML) director and personal secretary to late

prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Shakti Sinha, 63, passed away on Monday. A 1979 batch Indian Admin-istrative Service (IAS) offi cer of the Arunachal

Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory cadre, which is popularly known as AGMUT, Sinha was considered a highly infl uential member of Vajpayee’s PMO where he was a joint secretary in the late 1990s. He served as Vajpayee’s private secy from 1998-2000.

LEKHI MEETS DENMARK ENVOY, TALK ON TIES IN GREEN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPNew Delhi: MoS for External Affairs Meenakashi Lekhion Monday met Ambassador of Denmark to India Freddy

Svane in a bid to discuss bilateral cooperation in the Green Strategic Partnership. “Delighted to meet Ambassador of Denmark @Svane_fred-dy. We discussed our

bilateral cooperation in the Green Strategic Partnership. Looking forward to further enhancing our cultural cooperation and people-to-people relations,” Lekhi informed in a tweet. In July, both countries signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the fi eld of health and medicine.

Need to focus on developing dual use technologies: Rajnath Singh

DARE TO DREAM 2.0! Defence Minister Rajnath Singh giving away the Young Scientists awards during DRDO Directors Conclave 2021 at DRDO Bhawan, in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI

Kolkata: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar has with-drawn assembly speak-er Biman Banerjee’s power to administer the oath of office to the members of the state legislature, officials aware of matter said on Monday. They added this is the first time a Bengal Guv has taken such step, which is like-ly to escalate tensions between Guv & speaker.

“A note from Raj Bha-wan reached the office of the speaker a few days before the Assem-bly by-poll to Kolkata’s Bhabanipur and two seats in Murshidabad district on Sunday. The letter cited Section 188 of the Constitution, which empowers the Governor to administer the oath,” said a state assembly official, re-questing anonymity.

To continue as CM,

Mamata, who won the Bhabanipur seat by a record margin on Sun-day, needs to be sworn in as a member of the Assembly by November 4. TMC leaders said she wants the formalities to be completed before the Durga Puja which is a week away. —PTI

Countries around the world are fo-

cusing on military modernisation and de-mand for equipment has gone up in view of global security concerns, border disputes & devps in maritime domain.—Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister

TTT PROJECTS IN TIME-BOUND MANNER

Dhankar withdraws WB Speaker’s power to administer oath to MLAs

New Delhi: Prime Min-ister Narendra Modi will inaugurate an oxy-gen plant at AIIMS in Rishikesh, Uttara-khand on October 7, in-formed sources close to the developments.

On the same day, the PM Narendra Modi will complete 20 years of his service in public office since he took oath as Gujarat chief minister in 2001. “Prime Minis-ter will inaugurate an oxygen plant at AIIMS,

Rishikesh in Uttara-khand. Union Health Minister Mansukh

Mandaviya and Uttara-khand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami

will also assist the Prime Minister,” sourc-es said Monday. —PTI

New Delhi: BJP En-forcement Directorate (ED) on Monday arrest-ed the founder of Un-itech Ramesh Chandra, his daughter-in-law Preeti Chandra and wife of Sanjay Chandra under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. The ED also arrested Rajesh Malik of Carnoustie Manage-ment (India) Pvt. They will be produced in court on October 5 for remand, said the ED.

Enforcement Directo-

rate (ED) on Sept 30 at-tached 29 land parcels admeasuring 13,600 sq mt having a bookvalue of Rs 30.29 crore in relation to the inves-tigation being conduct-ed against Unitech Group.

The land parcels are situated in sectors 96-98 in Uttar Pradesh’s Noi-da. These land parcels were illegally allotted to Carnoustie Manage-ment (India) Pvt Ltd (CMPL) by Chandras of Unitech Group, the ED had said. —ANI

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P P P PM WISHES JAPAN’S NEW PM FUMIO ON TAKING OFFICE

Modi to inaugurate oxygen plant at AIIMS Rishikesh on October 7

ED arrests Unitech’s founder and others

Lakhimpur Kheri is under Section — 144 of the CrPC

Police have stopped a number of leaders from visiting the area

Violence resonates in Punjab, protest held across the nation

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Nagaur: The lizard-eating Lesser flamingo and Saker falcon will be the brand ambassadors for the birds staying in and around the Samb-har Lake on Khakhahar Road in the district. An announcement to this effect was made at a function held at the en-trance of the lake today. These beautiful winged guests have now be-come permanent resi-dents of this wetland

region.The function was organized as part of the Wetland Celebra-tion Week being ob-

served by the Union Forests, Environment and Climate Change ministry. A poster was also inaugurated by Deputy Chief Whip Ma-hendra Chaudhury and Padma Shree awardee Himmataram Bhamb-hu on the occasion.

Names of 50 Friends of Wetland were also declared who took the oath for protection of the birds at the func-tion. Later, Chaudhury and Bhambhu flagged off a ‘Jagrukata Rath’.

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FARMERS DEMANDING MSP ON RICE ‘LATHI-CHARGED’First India Bureau

Hanumangarh: Mild force was used to push back the farmers who al-legedly tried to enter the Hanumangarh collector-ate during a protest, de-manding procurement of rice on the minimum support price. The farm-ers tried to enter the col-lectorate to press for their demands but the entry gate was closed by police. Some of the farm-ers jumped the gate and entered the premises, prompting them to use mild force, police said.

“The farmers tried to enter the premises forci-bly. Therefore, they were pushed back,” CO Prashant Kaushik said.

“The farmers were de-manding the procure-ment of rice on the MSP. They were peaceful but police used force against

them,” said Raghuveer Singh Verma, a member the Sanyukt Kisan Mor-cha. He said that the dharna of the farmers will continue till their demands are met. Mean-while, Congress MLAs Rohit Bohra, Danish Abrar and Chetan Dudi were arrested by UP po-lice when they tried to reach Laxmipur Khiri.

l Farmers forcibly tried to enter so we pushed them back: CO Kaushik

l We were peaceful but police used force alleges Sanyukt Kisan Morcha

Police lathi-charge farmers as they try to enter Collectrate in Hanumangarh.

TALKS BETWEEN FARMERS AND ADMIN FAILED, AS FARMERS REMAIN ADAMANTSriGanganagar: The deadlock between agitating farmers and administration in Sriganganagar district continued as two rounds of talks on Monday yielded no positive result.The farmers are sitting on Dharna at Gharsana SDM office demanding release of adequate water in the canal for the irrigation. Farmers delegation held two meetings with of-ficials at Satrana BSF campus in Gharsana but it remained inconclusive following which the farmers returned to the dharna site. Collector Hussain has said that another round of meeting would be held to resolve the matter.

Marriage registration bill stuck in Raj BhavanFirst India Bureau

Jaipur: The Rajasthan marriage registration amendment bill 2021, passed in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly, is stuck in the Raj Bhavan due to controversies. Two bills to be sent by Governor Kalraj Mishra to Delhi for the approval of the President of In-dia include the Crimi-nal Laws Amendment Bill 2021 to prevent adul-teration in the state and the Rajasthan Registra-tion Amendment Bill 2021, but the third bill meant to amend the compulsion of mar-riage, which is not be-ing sent.

In the session held in the Rajasthan Legisla-tive Assembly in the month of September, 15 bills including the Com-pulsory Registration of Marriage Amendment Bill 2021 were passed. Out of which 9 bills have already become law after the approval

of Governor Mishra while some bills are still in process.

The BJP had alleged that child marriage will be encouraged if this bill becomes law. The bill also provides for

compulsory registra-tion of child marriages. Against this, the delega-tion of BJP MLAs had also complained to the Governor. MLA Sanyam Lodha also raised his voice against this bill.

PIL AGAINST REGISTRATION OF CHILD MARRIAGESJaipur: A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filled in the High Court challenging the state govt’s order making it mandatory to register all marriages including child weddings. The petition, filed by a voluntary organisation Sarathi Trust, is likely to come up for hearing before a Divisional Bench of the court on Oct 5. The trust has con-tended that though child marriage is a cognizable offence, the govt is trying to give it a legal sanction through the amendment. The tweak in the law allows a month’s time to register a marriage between couple below of legal age.

PSKS & PGKS work hit after revenue dept’s boycott

CI accused of assaulting RSS leader

Woman jumps to death along with 2 kids

Jaipur: The state gov-ernment’s Prashasan Shehron ke Sang(PSKS) and Prashasan Gaon ke Sang(PGKS) campaigns launched on October 2 suffered a setback as of-ficers and employees of the revenue department, playeing a key role in the campaign, boycotted it.

Boycotting the cam-paign, Patwari, Kanun-go (RI), Tehsildars have sat on a relay fast for their 7-point demand at Jaipur Collectorate. Ra-jasthan Tehsildar Ser-vice Union state presi-dent Vimlendra Ranawat demanded that the pay scale of Patwari, Land Record Inspector (Girdawar), Naib Tehsil-dar and Tehsildar should be improved.

The campaign aimed at providing help to the common man in getting their work associated with 21 departments at one place. Their boycott has affected work in the camps. —FIB

Bundi: Circle officer, city, Sahdev Meena has been accused of assault-ing RSS Pracharak Har-iom in Bundi on Sunday. There was a clash be-tween the police and RSS and other Hindu organizations at the kot-wali. IG Ravidutt Gaur has handed over the probe of the case to ASP Uma Sharma. Meena and the staff at kotwali have been accused of as-saulting Hariom.

Om Birla’s OSD Rajiv Dutta gave information in this regard. —FIB

Barmer: A woman along with her two kids jumped into a water-filled ditch in Taratara village under Chauha-tan police limits today.

The family of had filed a missing report with police as she was not seen in the house after 3 am. The bodies were fished out of the ditch and kept in the mortuary. Medical tests will be conducted by a board of doctors before handing over the bodies to the family. —FIB

`5.5L looted at gunpoint in broad daylight at Barmer’s SBI bankMukesh Mathrani

Barmer: Three armed criminals carried out a dacoity in broad day-light and escaped with rupees 5.5 lakh cash from SBI branch in Bar-mer. On getting in-formed police reached at the spot and made a blockade in the nearby area. Till the last report police were clueless about the accused.

Incident took place on Monday evening at SBI branch in Khandap under Samdari police station area. According

to the information, three accused entered the bank. Two had pis-tols in their hand while one has a knife. The ac-cused while threatening the bank employees and

cashier at gunpoint loot-ed rupees 5.5 lakhs and escaped. Police officials said that with help of the CCTVs footage they have launched the hunt for the accused.

Online series ‘Rajasthan Diary’ discusses water culture of stateFirst India Bureau

Jaipur: For all travel enthusiasts Rajasthan Tourism has started an online series called ‘Ra-jasthan Diary’. For this, a virtual discussion on ‘Understanding the wa-ter culture of Rajasthan through Heritage Walk.’ was held.

Dr Punita Singh, Joint Director, Tourism Department said that the water culture of de-sert is made from this soil. “The glorious, rich, colourful and

unique Rajasthan that we see today has been possible due to water We save every drop of water.” Singh said.

Heritage Water Walk founder Neeraj Doshi said samples of archi-

tecture like forts, step-wells, ponds and water-falls are in Rajasthan. Doshi said that the old water system in vari-ous forts, ponds and springs is an engineer-ing marvel.

Injured during bike stunt preps, a promising BSF jawan diesFirst India Bureau

Jodhpur: A BSF jawan, resident of Maharash-tra, was injured after he fell down while practic-ing juggling with a mo-torcycle at the STC Pa-rade Ground at the Jodh-pur headquarters of the Rajasthan Frontier. He died during treatment in the hospital.

According to the re-port filed by the BSF at Mandore police station, 34-year-old Kiran Bharat Jadhav, a resident of

Sholapur district of Ma-harashtra, was doing routine exercise at STC Parade where he fell down due to imbalance of the motorcycle. De-spite wearing a helmet,

he sustained a serious head injury. He was im-mediately rushed to MDM Hospital, where he succumbed to his in-juries during treatment on Sunday.

CLASS 10 STUDENT HANGS HIMSELF, ‘WAS UPSET WITH LIFE’ WROTE IN LETTER Dungarpur: A Class 10 student hanged himself on Sunday night under the Kotwali police station area of Dungarpur. The police have recovered a suicide note from near the dead body, in which it was writ-ten that he was upset with his life. The teenager was alone in the house. The body remained hanging from the noose throughout the night till the arrival of the relatives. The deceased, Chirag Pandor, 16, lived with his mother Paru Pandor in a rented house near Shani Mandir on Adarsh Nagar Road in Dungarpur. The police sealed the room and sat outside the room overnight, waiting for the arrival of the relatives. The body remained hanging on the noose all night.

CORRIGENDUMIn the issue dated October 4, in the caption of the photo titled, ‘Welcoming Sachin In Mumbai’ published on Page 8, in the last sentence , ‘Pilot will also meet Congress leaders, workers and office bearers of Maharashtra’ was inadvertently mentioned as ‘Pilot will also meet BJP leaders, workers and office bearers of Maharashtra’. The error is regretted. —Editor

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FAKE SUB INSPECTOR DUPES A MAN WITH 2 CARS AND FLEES AWAYNagaur: A thug posing as a sub-inspector fled with two cars of a man, who he had met in the jail. The incident is about 3 months old. The thug would sometimes ask for 10 days and sometimes 3 days to return the cars. When the victim gathered the information, it came to the fore that the ‘sub-inspector’ was a fraudster. Now a case has been registered at the Kotwali police station. Bhanwar Ram Jat said that a year ago he was serving a sentence in Sri Ganganagar jail where he met Ra-hul, who identified himself as a SI but was serving some sentence. Outside the jail, the duo met where Rahul told Jat that he had rejoined his post. Three months ago, Rahul came to Nagaur and asked Jat to arrange two cars, after which he disappeared.

The Dacoits were covering their face with handkerchief.

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Prashasan Gaon ke Sang is ‘a hoax’: Rathore

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Jaipur: Deputy Leader of Opposition Rajendra Rathore said that Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot was trying to instigate the villagers against the revenue department employees for boycott-ing the Prashasan Gaon ke Sang campaign by saying that their non-compliance was ham-pering revenue related works at the camps. He called the campaign “a hoax” saying how could it be successful if an im-portant link, revenue department, was not a part of the campaign?

Rathore said it would have been better if Ge-hlot showed sympathy for them and fulfilled the 7-point demand

keeping in mind the agreement between the Patwari, Girdawar and Tehsildars of the reve-nue department and the state government in 2018 and July 2021.

Rathore said there is deep resentment among the revenue depart-ment employees due to non-compliance of this agreement.

The Campaign is “a hoax” how could it be

successful if an important link like revenue department, is not a part of the campaign? there is deep resentment among the revenue department.

—Rajendra Rathore, Deputy Leader of Opposition

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Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot inaugu-rated the painting exhi-bition ‘Mohandas se Mahatma’ on the ‘Life Journey of the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi’ in Sudarshan Gallery at Jawahar Kala Kendra (JKK) to-day. The exhibition has been conceptualized by MLA Niwai Prashant Bairwa.

The Chief Minister walked around the exhi-bition, appreciated the artworks and said that the exhibition presents several moments of Gandhi’s life which have been shown for the first time. “The large painting of Gandhi makes one feel as if he is watching us all. Eve-ryone should read Gan-dhi’s biography at least once in their life. It will change the very con-cept of their lives,” he said.

The exhibition also showcases the world’s largest standing paint-ing on canvas of Gan-dhi. It is a 6 ft by 11 ft painting that took 6 months to prepare. It has been created by art-ist and Associate Pro-fessor, Banasthali Vid-yapeeth, Annapurna Shukla.

CM Ashok Gehlot unveiled a statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the premises of the Rajasthan Khadi and Village Industries Board at JLN Marg. Also seen here are Parsadi Lal Meena and Govind Singh Dotasra.

CM Ashok Gehlot inaugurated a photo exhibition based on Mahatma Gandhi’s life at the Jawahar Kala Kendra on Monday. Also seen here are GS Dotasra, Parsadi Lal Meena and Prashant Bairwa.

GEHLOT APPROVES DUTY CONCESSION TILL DEC 31

CM Ashok Gehlot has given approval to extend the period of concession of 2 percent in stamp

duty on documents of fl ats up to Rs 50 lakh in multi-storeyed buildings till December 31, 2021. Also, the stamp duty on residential plots up to a value of Rs.25 lakh has also been reduced from 6 per cent to 4 per cent. This exemption will contin-ue till December 31, 2021.

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FUNDS APPROVED FOR DEVP OF SCs, OBCs

C M Gehlot has approved formation of SC& OBC funds for their inclusive

development.The funds will be utilised for strengthening of hostels and resi-dential schools made for students, de-velopment of facilities in these hostels and schools, providing sports materials and computers and an assistance of Rs 5,000 per person to buy tools for youngsters to make them employable.Gehlot has also approved Rs 5.57 crore from Valmiki Fund to provide proper opportunities to children and young-sters of the Valmiki Samaj.

REET WON’T BE HELD AGAIN, ASSERTS CM

R EET will not be held again, CM Ashok Gehlot said adding, ”Peo-

ple of Rajasthan have created history in REET. We have been very strict this time. 15-17 lakh young students appeared in the exam. Free food and accommodation were arranged. This is something that is not being digest-ed by our opposition comrades. The young students who came to give REET praised the government. This has not gone down well with the opposition. That’s why there are some people in the society who are provoking the youth.”

CM TO VISIT POLL BOUND AREAS

C ongress candidates will fi le nomi-nation papers for the by-elections

on Dhariyawad (Pratapgarh) and Vallabhnagar (Udaipur) assembly seats on October 8. CM Ashok Gehlot and PCC Chief GS Dotasra will be present with the candidates on Friday, the last day of fi ling nomination.The names of the candidates are yet to be announced. Sources said that the party has fi nalised the candidates but it will be declared later under a strategy.Polling will take place on October 30 and counting of votes will be held on November 2.

REVENUE STAFF TO RESUME WORK TODAY

A fter appeal by Ashok Gehlot, the offi cials of the Patwari, Girdawar

and Tehsil Services of the Revenue Department will end the work boycott and return to work today. The CM had urged them to resume work in view of ongoing Prashasan Shehron Ke Sang & Prashsan Gaon Ke Sang campaigns, saying, “At such a time, bypassing your demands, you should stand by the government. To be a public servant, to serve the public is the penultimate service. In times like these, you are only talking about your interests.”

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Jaipur: RCA president Vaibhav Gehlot and other office bearers of RCA were felicitated by business community in UAE during their Dubai visit.

Secretary Sriram Thalaud said delega-tion of RCA led by Vai-bhav, who are on a Dubai tour to watch IPL were felicitated. They were welcomed by Ab-dul Rehman Solanki, Zubair Tanwar, Mufti

Abdul, Rehman Behlim.They said that they

are happy that the son of Gandhian leader and

CM Ashok Gehlot, who has been serving Ra-jasthan for 40 years, was among them.

Former RCA secre-tary Subhash Joshi, treasurer Krishna Ni-mawat, Amin Pathan and other office bearers were also honoured.

Vaibhav Gehlot also met the prominent busi-nessmen of Rajasthan in Dubai and sought co-operation in the devel-opment of cricket in Rajasthan. Several peo-ple hailing from Ra-jasthan including Haji Ghulamu Khan Beswa, Imran Pathan were pre-sent on the occasion.

Vaibhav felicitated at UAEALL FOR SPORTS

Mumbai: Slamming the BJP over the vio-lence in UP’s Lakhim-pur Kheri, Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Monday, said that the detention of Priyanka Gandhi by the state po-lice shows that the state government is afraid of Congress General Sec-retary.

Pilot said, “Haryana Chief Minister Mano-har Lal Khattar’s state-ment is unfortunate. Priyanka Gandhi wants to go to Lakhimpur Kheri and sympathise with farmers but the state (UP) government is afraid and did not al-low her. We demand a judicial inquiry into

the incident.” Sachin Pilot further

attacked the BJP-ruled Centre over the drugs recovery at Gujarat’s Mundra Port.

“Drugs worth Rs 21,000 crores were seized at Mundra port

Gujarat but still the government has not taken any action on this. We demand that a sitting SC judge should investigate this matter so that the youth of this country could be saved,” Pilot said. —ANI

Congress leader Sachin Pilot being felicitated by Maharashtra Congress Chief Nana Patole at Congress Headquarters in Mumbai on Monday.

Charanjit Singh Channi.

LAKHIMPUR KHERI VIOLENCE

Jaipur: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has declared commer-cial activity at the Na-hargarh Fort in Jaipur as illegal and has or-dered to stop the activi-ties while considering them as non-forestry activity.

Rajasthan Tourism Development Corpora-tion (RTDC) runs a res-taurant and bar ‘Padav’ outside the fort. Another restaurant is operating inside the fort for which the space has been given

on lease to a private firm by the Department of Archaeology.

Apart from this, a light show is also organ-ised. Rajendra Tiwari, on whose petition the NGT had issued the or-der, said that the six-member Constitutional Bench of the NGT con-

ducted hearing and stat-ed that the activities go-ing on in Nahargarh are non-forest activities.

The NGT reprimand-ed Archaeological De-partment & RTDC and said that they have no right to conduct com-mercial activities in the sanctuary area. The tri-bunal ordered to imme-diately stop commercial activities and get the fort vacated. NGT has directed the Forest de-partment to develop eco-tourism there. —PTI

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Our leader Priyanka Gandhi ji in police

custody. Priyanka ji was going to meet

the families of the farmers killed in Lakhimpur. Satya-

graha started in police custody; One demand- I will

not go without meeting the farmers. Police did not even allow legal aid to reach Priyanka ji.

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NGT bans commercial activities at Nahargarh Fort

RATHORE REVIEWS PREPS AHEAD OF CM’s UDPR VISIT

Udaipur: Ahead of CM Gehlot’s proposed visit on October 8, Congress leader Dharmendra Rathore took stock of the preparations in Udaipur’s Jhallara. He also addressed a meeting and asked people to stay united in favour of Congress party.“If both the bypolls on both the seats are won by the Congress, the opposing forces will get an answer,” he said. “We will fail the hoo-liganism of Narendra Modi and Amit Shah,”he added.

Jaipur: Newly appoint-ed Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi will be reaching Jaipur today to meet his Rajasthan counterpart Gehlot. Ge-hlot will be hosting a lunch for Channi at his residence, said sources. Channi is scheduled to leave during the after-noon. Later Gehlot will hold a Cabinet meet-ing to review ‘Pra-shasan Shahron ke Sang’’ and ‘’Prashasan Gaon ke Sang’’ sourc-es said. —PTI

Gehlot to host lunch for Channi today Pilot slams ‘manhandling’

of Priyanka by UP policeFirst India Bureau

Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has written a letter to Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distri-bution Piyush Goyal urging him to start procurement of paddy on sup-port price in the state at the earli-est.

Gehlot said that 2.62 lakh metric tonnes of paddy is estimated to be produced during the year 2021-22 in Hanu-mangarh and Sriganga-nagar districts in the state and in such a situ-ation, a target of pro-curing 50,000 metric tonnes of paddy on sup-port price should be

fixed while appointing FCI as the agency and all necessary arrange-ments should be made, according to a release.

He has written in the letter that the Govern-ment of India has set a target of doubling the

income of farm-ers by the year 2022 and the pur-chase of agricul-tural commodi-ties at support price has a direct

impact on the income of the farmers.

The Chief Minister said that if the procure-ment is not started ear-ly, then these farmers will not be able to get the proper price for their produce like last year and they will have to suffer financial loss.

Gehlot writes to Goyal, urging to start rice procurement at MSP

STATUE UNVEILED

DHARIWAL DISTRIBUTES 26 LEASES IN PSKSJaipur: Urban devel-opment and housing minister Shanti Dhariwal distributed 26 leases during the state gov-ernment’s much-touted campaign ‘Prashasan Shehron Ke Sang’ in Shahpura on Monday. In Jaipur’s Shahpura, apart from leases for properties, 42 PPOs of Social Security Pension Scheme, 148 approval letters for interest-free loans under Indira Gand-hi Urban Credit Card Scheme, 3 approvals for building construction, social pension letters for 20 persons and nod for repair of damaged roads of municipality areas were also given on the spot in minister Dhariw-al’s presence.

RCA president Vaibhav Gehlot along with members of RCA were honoured by the business community in Dubai.

t wasn’t one of her dreams, neither was it expected out of Sonaxi Chanana to pursue a career in modelling. She calls herself ‘the

girl next door’ who once upon a time was an intro-vert. She shared, “I never planned to be a model but I guess this is where my des-tiny was. I like to sing and I am a trained classical singer too. I like to read at times and explore new places as well. I participated in a regional beauty pageant that is Elite Miss Rajasthan back in 2015 and fortunately won that pageant, and everything just fell into place after that.”Initially, a lot of people raised their eyebrows as they got to know about her career in modelling but with the support of her parents, the model moved forward and excelled.

Sonaxi has bagged the ti-tle of Face of Jaipur in 2016 and won the Best Print Model Award in 2019. Apart from that, she has also been fea-tured in a song by Punja-bi sen-

sation Simranjeet Singh which has about 2.3 million views on YouTube.

The diva who has been a model for the past six years and counting now wishes to set up my own brand of western clothing in the fu-ture. She further shared, “Follow your dreams and work hard every day to achieve them. There is no key plan to be successful other than hard work and patience. So all the young ladies out there you should do whatever you feel like doing ir-respective of what people have to say about your work or dreams. There will be mil-lions of them to drag you down but you have to look up and walk your path. A real woman is whoever s h e wants to be.”

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the day by your original ideas. A balanced diet will be the first step in achieving good health, so stick to it. Help people out as much as you can as monetarily you face no problems.

CANCERJUNE 22 - JULY 23

It will be in your interest to speed up a financial transaction will allow you to buy a major item. You

will come out with flying colours in a competitive situation on the academic front. Appreciation for the work done on the professional front is in the pipeline today.

PISCESFEB20 - MARCH 20

Will power, will be your key to remain in shape. An exciting time lies ahead as travelling with friends is

foreseen. Do not misunderstand the motives of someone trying to help you. You are set to grow professionally and attract new clientele.

SCORPIOOCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22

Opportunities to further your career will come only if you make efforts. A new health routine may start

giving health benefits right away. You gel well with a new acquaintance. Financial scene is likely to stabilise once you review your investment options.

YOUR DAY

Horoscope by Saurabbh Sachdeva

he used to be a chirpy young woman whenever she visited my clinic with brilliant eyes and a radiant smile, full of life carrying an aura of dance, music, medita-

tion and fitness. Then came Cov-id19 and caught her along with her husband. Both came out vic-torious against the dangerous virus but she lost something in her core. Now she looks vulner-able and emotionally fragile with eyes hardly holding back tears and a visible tremor in her voice.

Then there is another ex-ample. A woman of very happy disposition lost her brother-in-law, a close lady friend and hus-band of another close friend to Covid19 in a very short period. She always used to plan big for life and her attitude was also positive but when's this time she came to my consultation room, I failed to recognise her. She aged by years in these 12 months and her eyes dribbled tears at fre-quent intervals. She was ex-tremely - and insecure for her husband and children and was suffering from nightmares re-garding them. Never did she im-agined this sort of life and eve-rything happened as though lightning has struck.

They are an elderly couple

in their late 70s who lost their young and brilliant son during the Indo-Pak war. They forgot to smile after that. As brave par-ents, they never wept publicly but a deep sorrow is noticeable whenever they enter my consul-tation room and evident is their abhorrence to war and violence as both these human follies con-clude nothing. War, according to them, might be necessary though always a debatable choice but one thing is beyond doubt - its futility as far as a conclusive so-lution of the problem is con-cerned.

Similar examples can be seen aplenty in marriage break-downs, business failures, cheat-ing by friends and foes, leakages of examination papers, apathy and bribe seeking by govern-ment officials and so many more fields of life. The human emo-tional world has become a grand

saga of turmoil. All these three examples

highlight one thing - gross public ignorance amounting to apathy as far as emotional health is con-cerned. The commonest com-ment " don't worry, everything would be fine" is indicative of superficiality of thought process and casualty of attitude. As the country is undergoing rapid ur-banisation, India needs a strong emotional support system in place because the traditional so-cial support system has, by now, become more or less extinct.

Post Traumatic stress syn-drome mainly came to the fore after the 9/11 attack on Ameri-can civilians by a moron group of some cruel people. Before that, it was not a regular diagno-sis by medical professionals but after the Covid19 pandemic, it is now being recognised with all seriousness. In a pandemic like

Covid19, a sick person feels com-pletely isolated - no friends, no relatives, nowhere to go, no one to share jokes and no one to lend a comforting shoulder. Such a situation occurs very rarely and no one is prepared for this. Even the doctors are significantly fearful, anxious or depressed. Telemedication isn't an option that a sick person opts for in the first place, it is the last straw for him and can not replace the reas-suring physical checkup by a known healer.

Urbanization, the forma-tion of nuclear families, unsus-tainable expectations amongst parents and children have cre-ated a web of mental states where people start harming each other within a family. One exam-ple can highlight the traumatic situation. She is an intelligent mother, highly devoted to her family, especially to her son but

the son starts blaming her for his every failure. She isn't at fault at anything but the son sees every-thing from a different angle and heeds no counsel from anyone. The mother is unnecessarily forced to live in a mental quag-mire for the rest of her life. She has only one option to lead a rea-sonably normal life and that is if she dares to detach from every-thing called family. Would she be able to do so? Most probably, not.

These are the examples that tell us that emotional health should be taken as seriously as physical and mental health. Con-trary to common belief, emotion-al health is not a psychiatric is-sue and needs no medicine and psychiatrist but the requirement is that of a counsellor or psychol-ogist. But once again, there is a big dilemma - our country has very few established and well-recognised psychologists. Psy-

chology is a difficult art to prac-tice as the vast majority of the population is unaware of its use-fulness, doesn't want to pay for it. Thus, only very few opting this as a career. Except for very few, almost all psychologists are dependent upon referral from psychiatrists which limits their capacity to innovate and im-prove and this is seen by the pub-lic as a money-making plan. In itself, this system of referral would never allow psychologists and counsellors to gain individ-ual recognition and identity. It appears that India's emotionally disturbed people won't be able to reach a state of cloud 9 with the help of their counsellors.

Finally, a few words for the art of counselling. These days I have seen psychologists being trained to evaluate their clients by a type of protocol. They give a sheet of questions to a client, evaluate the answers and draw their inference. This is just like a high school examination and is almost mechanical, monoto-nous and repetitive. A counsel-lor has to have a philosophical depth of understanding human emotions, a lot of compassion and plentiful patience to listen, contemplate and comfort. These are the reasons we don't find many dedicated psychological counsellors, their place is al-most completely taken over by Gurus who may or may not be capable of individual healing. Counselling is not a profession in itself, it has to be a mission for someone capable of being a friend, philosopher and guide.

WHAT TO DO WITHEMOTIONS?MORE PEOPLE ARE NOW TALKING THAT THEY ARE STRESSED, ANXIOUS OR DEPRESSED ALBEIT UNDER AN EXCUSE OF COVID19. PREVIOUSLY, PEOPLE USED TO PRESENT A PICTURE THAT ALL IS WELL DESPITE A GROSSLY DISTURBING MENTAL EQUILIBRIUM!

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Pop singer B r i t n e y Spears has had a lot to

celebrate as of late after her father Jamie Spears was suspended from her conservatorship. She says

there is still a need for her to “slow down and breathe”.

Spears wrote on Instagram: “Although there is change and things to celebrate in my life, I still have a lot of healing to do!! Thankfully I have a good sup-port system and am taking time to understand it’s ok to slow down and breathe !!!!! Only through self love I can pray a love a and support oth-ers in return !!!!” It comes after a judge in Los Angeles ruled that Jamie Spears remain-ing in charge of his daugh-ter’s estate was “ u n t e n a b l e ” and he was or-dered to turn over the docu-ments relating to the conserva-torship to John Zabel. —Agency

Actress Sara Ali Khan is among the stylish stars in Bol-lywood and every time she steps out, the star makes heads turn. Now, with her new photos from Udaipur, Rajasthan, Sara has once again proved that she can

slay in anything. The gorgeous star seems to be on a Udaipur escapade as she shared two photos while visiting holy places in the land of the lakes on Monday. Taking to her Instagram handle, Sara shared photos where she is seen clad in a vibrant floral kurta with sharara and a dupatta. —Agency

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ishwarya was seen clad in a gorgeous white draped gown, as she walked with panache and set the

ramp at Paris Fashion Week 2021 on fire. She

was also seen having fun with the fellow ladies on stage some great moments during the event got caught on camera. Along with Aishwarya, The ramp-walk included Jaha Dukureh, Nicolaj Cos-ter Waldau, Cindy Bru-

na, Leïla Bekhti, and many more popular faces. —Agency

Friends alum Courte-ney Cox recently sur-prised her fans! While taking some time out

of her busy schedule, the actress took some time out to spend at the famous Cen-tral Perk set on the Warner Bros. lot in Los Angeles, where the iconic show, Friends was filmed. While the actress return to the set for the reunion episode that was broadcasted a few months ago. If you missed it, back in June, Friends: The Reunion delighted us and helped us reminisce re-ality for a bit as the six friends reunited. The show was highly anticipated and

brought back nostalgia across the globe as

fans wept and cele-brated the reun-

ion of the 6 friends.

—Agency

RUN ON THE BIG BREAK!

BLISSFUL PARIS VACATION

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS!!

SWEETEST GIFT!

R un BTS, the reality show fea-turing the K-pop group mem-bers Jin, RM, J-Hope, V, Jimin,

Suga, and Jungkook, that is a huge hit with fans, is reportedly heading for a break. There is no date announced yet about resuming the shoot. The show has the members taking on challenges after which they are given prizes or punishments according to their performance. —Agency

T he Bachchans - Abhishek, Aishwarya and Aaradhya - left for Paris last week for a family

vacation. They were spotted at Mum-bai airport all masked up and ready to go. Abhishek Bachchan shared a photo on Instagram from his vacation and captioned it, “All wrapped up.

—Agency

A ctor Soha Ali Khan has turned a year older on Monday, and to make her day special, her

husband Kunal Kemmu shared a loved-up post on social media. Taking to Instagram, Kunal posted a string of throwback images of him spend-ing quality time with Soha. “Happy Birthday my sunshine,” he captioned the post. —Agency

Gwen Stefani celebrated her birthday on Octo-ber 4 and as the singer

turned 52, she received one of the sweetest birthday tributes from husband Blake Shelton. He took to Instagram to share a wedding snap with Stefani from their July wedding. Along with the photo, Shelton wrote a heartfelt message for his new wife. —Agency

SARA IN THE CITY OF LAKES

RAMP WALK IN PARIS!

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FANS IN AWE AS COX

ON BREAK

Courteney Cox

...Blake Sheton’s Post

Soha Ali Khan and Kunal Khemu

Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan

BTS

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Models walking in Paris Fashion Week

Sara Ali Khan

SLOW DOWN

Britney Spears

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CITY BUZZGET VACCINATED

STAY MASKED

rganised by Fusion Group, in associa-tion with Panghat, the grand finale look of Miss Ra-jasthan 2021 was launched at Panghat

by Kolkata’s famous design-er Nirmal Saraf and show organiser Yogesh Mishra on Monday. Well-known models like Miss Rajasthan 2020 Khushi Ajwani, Supermodel Shubhi Dhaneta and Khushi Srivastava showcased dif-ferent looks at the event.

Kolkata’s famous designer Nirmal Saraf said, “In this times of Covid pandemic, with the hope that every-

thing becomes new normal, a grand event of Miss Ra-

jasthan 2021 is being organ-ised in which we are launch-ing our Royal Collection.” The pageant makeup look was also launched on this occasion by Geetu Sach-deva, who is a renowned celebrity makeup artist.

Along with this, a crown reveal ceremony also took place at Hotel 5 Metropolitan where the crowns of top 5 winners of Miss Ra-jasthan 2021 were revealed. The grand fi-nale of this most awaited beauty pageant is going to be held today i.e. on Octo-ber 5 at Birla Audito-rium, Jaipur.

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The poster of Rajasthan’s Dandiya Fest, Dandiya Maharas 2021 was released at Experience Haven Club,

Jaipur on Monday. Various stun-ning models showcased the cos-tumes and designs by JKJ Fash-ions during the look launch of the event.

Pawan Tank, director, Dandiya Maharas and Abhay Chauhan, CEO of Haven Club, said that Dan-diya Maharas is one of the most awaited festivals, the Navratri feels and the festive joy will be celebrat-ed this time by Haven Club and RK Event from October 11 to October 14 in two shifts daily from 1 PM to 5 PM and from 7 PM to midnight,

keeping all the COVID-19 protocols in mind.

The program will be-gin with a Maha Aar-ti and prize distri-bution ceremo-ny. During the poster release c e r e m o n y, Pawan Goyal, JD Mahesh-wari, Deepak, Sukhveer, Yo-gini, Shakuni, Shriram were present as s p e c i a l guests.

World Mental Health Week @ JNU CITY FIRST

Since 1992, The World Health Or-ganisation recog-nizes the month of

October as World Mental Health week and identi-fies October 10 as World Mental Health Day. It aims to create awareness among the general popula-tion with the help of vari-ous social, political, ad-ministrative, educational and religious bodies.

With this initiative in mind, the Department of Psychiatry at Jaipur Na-tional University Institute

for Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Jagat-pura, Jaipur has organ-ised world mental health week from Oct 4 2021 to Oct 10. 2021 which in-cludes various guest lec-tures, free medical check-

up camps, activities with Senior citizen’s forum and a rally on mental health awareness.

The beginning of The World Mental Health Week was marked by an exhibition on various

mental illnesses at the Hospital lobby and was inaugurated by Chancel-lor Dr Sandeep Bakshi.

On this occasion, Dr Bakshi said that due to the stigma of mental illness in society, many people do

not come for treatment. He emphasized the impor-tance of treating mental illnesses for the holistic growth of individuals, so-ciety and the nation as a whole.

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GREETINGS!

The Women Excellence Awards were organised under the joint aegis of Lavishka Charitable Trust and Sonu Helping Hand Trust. The chief guests of the ceremony were DCP Metro, Richa Tomar, DCP Traffic, Shweta Dhankar and International Motivational Speaker Dr Pareen Somani. President of Sonu Helping Hand Trust, Dr Sunita Chhabra said that 31 women from different fields were awarded and we can’t be more proud to see women excelling in their fields.

The mesmerizing twilight of Mandolin Net-Theatre, Vaishnav Janto Tene Kahiye Peer Parai Jaani Re's melodious song played in Jaipur on Saturday. During this occasion, Young mandolin player Tarun Dangi, retrieved events of Mahatma Gandhi, as he played various melodious tunes. The event also welcomed the virtual audience by playing the famous folk tune of Rajasthan in the style of 'Padharo Mhare Des'. Rajendra Sharma Raju of Net Theat paid immense gratitude on the occasion.

Vishnu Tak of Jaipur is a source of inspiration for the youth, when it comes to running. With his achievements Vishnu Tak won 4 world records in the last 2 years on the strength of his running and also won the title of Garmin Century. Along with this Vishnu has won the title of Jaipur Runner and Ultra Runner. Vishnu’s name has also been published in the India Book of World Records, International Book of World Records and many others.

Aradhya Ajana, a 5-year-old from Chittorgarh, Rajasthan has been acting since her 2017 debut in a short fi lm by the Aaj Tak group called ‘Child Alone’. Aradhya has been the favourite child artist for TV commercials, having worked with P&G, Cadbury, Whirlpool, Tanishq, Realme, Pears, Horlicks, L&T mutual funds and Asian Paints. Recently, she became a part of Sony Liv produced web series called Potluck.

CITY FIRST

The new ac-a d e m i c session for the first-

year students at the St Xavier’s College, Jaipur, started on October 4, 2021, with an Orientation Day on the sprawling new campus in Nevta. Principal Rev. Dr Rex Ange-

lo S J welcomed all the students on the new

campus and outlined the

mission of

the college while briefing them on the exceptional educa-tional opportunities and a world-class ex-perience the college attempts to provide through its diverse course offerings.

Chief Guest of the event, Mugdha Sinha, IAS and Sec-retary to Govern-ment and Commis-sioner, Science and Technology De-partment, Ra-jasthan, informed the new batch of students about the avenues available to them and how they could achieve their potential. A mesmerising per-formance by the Xavier’s Music So-ciety and Xavier’s Dance Society en-thralled the par-

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MAHARAS 2021DANDIYA ACADEMIC

SESSION BEGINS

JAIPUR | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2021

WHO WILL BE THE NEW QUEEN?

—PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARM

A(L-R) Khushi Ajwani, Shubhi Dhaneta and Khushi Srivastava

During the poster launch ceremony

During the event

IAS Mugdha Sinha

—PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA

(L-R) Yogesh Mishra, Simran Sharma, Khushi Ajwani, Mittali Kaur and Nimisha Mishra

(L-R) Brigadier Hemant Mahajan, Dr Sandeep Bakshi, Dr AD Mathur and Dr Ashok Singhal