6 Non-BJP States' JEE, NEET Pleas Hit the Wall As SC Rejects
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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR & AHMEDABAD CORONA 25°C - 31°C www.fi rstindia.co.in ALERT www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/ thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia JAIPUR l SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2020 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764 l Vol 2 l Issue No. 90 instagram.com/thefi rstindia WORLD INDIA RAJASTHAN COVID-19 UPDATE 8,76,070 2,66,50,338 69,629 40,14,878 1,108 87,797 DEATHS CONFIRMED CASES DEATHS CONFIRMED CASES DEATHS CONFIRMED CASES MAHARASHTRA TAMIL NADU KARNATAKA DELHI GUJARAT 25,964 DEATHS 8,63,062 CASES 7,687 DEATHS 4,51,827 CASES 6,170 DEATHS 3,79,486 CASES 4,513 DEATHS 1,85,220 CASES 3,076 DEATHS 1,01,695 CASES 6 non-BJP states’ JEE, NEET pleas Maharashtra is not someone’s father’s property: Kangana hit the wall as SC rejects all Govt & Actor spar over latter’s Mumbai-PoK remark New Delhi: The Su- the open court. Mumbai: The controver- preme Court Friday dis- Applications seeking sy triggered by actor Kan- missed the pleas, in- permission to file re- gana Ranaut’s tweet on cluding the one filed by view petitions are al- Mumbai, drawing a paral- ministers of six opposi- lowed. We have careful- lel between the city and tion-ruled states, seek- ly gone through the re- PoK, escalated further on ing review of its August view petitions and the Friday taking a political 17 order which paved connected papers. We turn. The BJP, the NCP, the way for holding find no merit in the re- the Congress and the Shiv NEET and JEE exams. view petitions and the Sena slammed the actor One of the review same are accordingly for drawing such compar- pleas was filed by minis- dismissed, the bench ison, which they said was ters from West Bengal said in its order. unbecoming and disre- (Moloy Ghatak), National Testing spectful of the Maratha Jharkhand (Ramesh- Agency (NTA) which people. war Oraon), Rajasthan conducts both the ex- On the other hand, (Raghu Sharma), Chhat- ams is holding JEE Kangana Ranaut claimed tisgarh (Amarjeet Bha- Main Exams from Sep- that “many people [are] gat), Punjab (B S Sidhu) Students leave an exam centre after appearing for JEE 2020 exams amid a coronavirus pandemic. tember 1-6, while NEET threatening her” ahead and Maharashtra (Uday exams will be held on of her visit to Mumbai on Ravindra Sawant). Gavai and Krishna Mu- said there was no merit rejected the applica- September 13. The re- September 9. In response, Kangana Ranaut A bench of Justices rari, which considered in the review petitions. tions seeking listing of view matters in the the actor said, Turn to P6 Ashok Bhushan, B R the pleas in-chamber, The apex court also the review petition in apex court Turn to P6 FIRST MAJOR POLITICAL CONTACT BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES SINCE MAY 2020 BORDER FLARE-UP; FENGHI IS BELIEVED TO HAVE ASKED FOR THE MEETING INDIA, CHINA DEF MINS SIT ACROSS Situation along LAC TABLE IN MOSCOW, AMID LAC ROW tense: Army Chief Moscow/New Delhi: Amid heightened bor- TRUST, NON-AGGRESSION KEY der tension in eastern FOR REGIONAL PEACE: RAJNATH Ladakh, Defence Min- ister Rajnath Singh on Moscow: Peace and security in the SCO region demands a climate of trust, non-aggression, Friday held talks in respect for international rules and peaceful reso- Moscow with his Chi- lution of differences, Defence Minister Rajnath nese counterpart Wei Singh said on Friday, seen as an indirect message Fenghe. to China which is engaged in a festering border Army Chief Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane. Defence Secretary row with India in eastern Ladakh. Notably, Singh Ajay Kumar and Indian made the comments in the presence of Chinese Ambassador to Russia Defence Minister Gen Wei Fenghe. In his address Leh (Ladakh): Situa- engagements are ongo- DB Venkatesh Varma at a ministerial meeting of the Shanghai Coop- tion with China has ing and will continue in are part of the Indian eration Organisation (SCO) here in the Russian been tensed and India is the future as well. We delegation at the talks capital, Singh also referred to the Second World continuously engaging are very sure that that began at around War and said its memories teach the globe the with them at the mili- through this medium of 9:30 pm (IST) at a prom- “folies of aggression” of one state upon another tary and diplomatic lev- talks, whatever differ- inent hotel in the Rus- that brings “destruction” to all. Both India and el, said Army Chief ences we have, will be sian capital. China are members of the SCO, an eight-nation General MM Naravane resolved and we will en- It is the first highest regional grouping which primarily focuses on on Friday, who is visit- sure that status quo is level face-to-face meet- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh meets Chinese Defence Minister General Wei Fenghe in Moscow issues relating to security and defence. Turn to P6 ing Ladakh to review not changed and we are ing between the two on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI the situation amid the able to safeguard our in- sides after the border ongoing border tension. terests,” said Naravane. row escalated in east- Wang Yi on the border ganisation (SCO) minister. ern Ladakh. gong lake five days ago “Situation has been lit- He underlined that ern Ladakh in early standoff. which took place earli- Indian and Chinese Tensions flared up in when the two sides tle tensed for the last some precautionary de- May. External Affairs Singh and Wei are in er in the day. troops are engaged in a the region again after were engaged in diplo- two to three months. We ployment for the safety Minister S Jaishankar Moscow to attend a Indian government bitter standoff in mul- China unsuccessfully matic and military have been continuously of Indian troops have has previously held tel- meeting of the defence sources said the meet- tiple places along the attempted to occupy In- talks to resolve the pro- engaging with China been undertaken for ephonic talks with his ministers of the Shang- ing has been requested Line of Actual dian territory in the longed border row. both at the military and safety and security. Chinese counterpart hai Cooperation Or- by the Chinese defence Control(LAC) in east- southern bank of Pan- —PTI diplomatic level. These Turn to P6 Gandhi’s principles relevant today to Bihar elections, 65 by-polls to be held simultaneously: ECI protect democracy & Constitution: CM Dr Anita Aditi Nagar the new generation and ernment has extended New Delhi: Consider- directed the officials to the events for one more ing that the General As- Jaipur: Mahatma Gan- connect a large number year so that the celebra- sembly Elections of Bi- dhi’s principles are very of people and institu- tions are not just limit- har is due and required relevant even today for tions to the events being ed to a few conferences to be completed before the protection of de- held to commemorate or events. November 29, 2020, the mocracy and the Consti- Gandhi’s 150th birth an- Gehlot suggested the Election Commission tution, said chief minis- niversary. officials to conduct of India (ECI) has de- ter Ashok Gehlot on Chairing a review events fortnightly cided to conduct all the Friday while calling meeting of the art and through webinars in 65 by-elections in vari- upon thinkers, experts culture department in view of corona pandem- ous states around the and institutions to come context of the events, Ge- ic and ensure participa- same time. together to take Gan- hlot said that Mahatma tion of maximum pub- The decision was tak- CEC Sunil Arora dhi’s ideas to the people. Gandhi’s principles and lic. He also instructed to en by the ECI on Friday Gehlot said that Gan- ideas are very relevant make preparations to in a meeting regarding in conducting both the Armed Police Forces, dhi’s message of truth, and they should be popu- convene a global con- holding of by-elections elections processes to- other law and order non-violence and peace larised on a large scale. clave on Gandhi due in various states. gether would be arrang- forces, and related lo- Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. should be passed on to He said the state gov- Turn to P6 However, major issues ing sufficient Central gistics issues. Turn to P6 RAJASTHAN www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia JAIPUR | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2020 02 Raj teacher selected for coveted national award Geeta has been selected with 47 others from across the country Durg Singh Barmer: Geeta Ku- mari, a government teacher from Barmer, has been selected for na- tional award 2020 by the union ministry of edu- cation. She is one among 47 teachers who have been selected from different parts of the country for the award and only teacher to get selected from Ra- ‘Monsoon to be active for a week’ jasthan. The story of Geeta First India Bureau Jaipur had clouds hov- Ajmer & Jaipur. Maxi- Rajasthan. He said that Kumari inspires many ering right from the mum temperature of the monsoon will get as she was married in Geeta Kumari from Barmer has been selected for national award 2020 by Union Ministry of Edu. Jaipur. The MeT de- morning which result- 37.5 degree Celsius was weak by 8 September. childhood yet she con- partment has predict- ed in rains in certain recorded in Gangana- The monsoon normal- tinued her studies de- tion at the national lev- and got many rewards.