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—PHOTO BY PTI RING FOR RHEA BREATHES FRESH RAM IN AFTER MONTH IN JAIL AYODHYA BAIL GRANTED: “She (Rhea Chakraborty) is not part of the chain of drug dealers. She has not forwarded the drugs allegedly procured by her to somebody else to earn monetary or other benefits,” says Bombay HC Mumbai: Actor Rhea Chakraborty left Mum- DON’T AGREE CELEBS SHOULD bai’s Byculla prison BE TREATED HARSHLY: JUDGE this evening after being granted bail by the The judge disagreed that celebrities and role Bombay High Court, 28 models should be treated harshly so that it sets days after her arrest on an example for the young generation and they drugs-related charges do not get encouraged to commit such offences. in the Sushant Singh “I do not agree. Everybody is equal before law. No celebrity or role model enjoys any special Rajput case. Her broth- privilege before the Court of law. Similarly, such er Showik has been de- person also does not incur any special liability nied bail. when he faces law in the Courts. Each case will The actor, hounded have to be decided on its own merits. by the media in the past, left in a car with its windows covered SUSHANT’S FAMILY WRITES with newspapers. It TO CBI, SLAMS AIIMS PANEL drove through a huge Days after a team of doctors from Delhi’s crowd of reporters, AIIMS said that actor Sushant Singh Rajput cameramen, policemen was not murdered and that it is a case of and others gathered suicide, his family has written to the CBI outside the jail. The CONDITIONS FOR THE BAIL chief, seeking the formation of a fresh Mumbai Police had  Report every day for 10 days to Mumbai police medical board to review the autopsy and warned the media viscera reports by a Mumbai hospital. The  FURNISH BAIL BOND `1 LAKH against “chasing celeb- family, through its lawyers, has also accused rities and others” and  Deposit passport, cannot leave country or AIIMS panel of being “unprofessional” and “endangering lives” Mumbai without permission has threatened to approach court. Guinness World Record title holder Rajlakshmi Manda rings a bell weighing 613 kg, meant for Ram Temple, after it arrived from Rameswaram by road, in Ayodhya on Wednesday. shortly after the actor’s  CANNOT MEET WITH ANY OTHER WITNESSES bail. Turn on P6

SC ON SHAHEEN BAGH Chemistry Queens! Journalist, 3 others on TWO DECADES IN OFFICE, US-French duo Public spaces can’t be win Nobel Prize for way to Hathras slapped A WINNER ALL THE WAY! gene editing tool with UAPA, sedition occupied indefinitely  In yet another political  Modi took charge milestone for Narendra as Gujarat chief The FIR blames them for attempting to New Delhi: Disposing a Modi, the prime minister minister on October clutch of petitions in on Wednesday as he 7, 2001 soon after the incite riots and fuelling caste violence connection with the entered his 20th year devastating earthquake for which they were collecting donations Shaheen Bagh sit-in in a public offi ce without which had rocked Bhuj protest, the Supreme a break Stockholm: The Royal Mathura: A journalist These four include Court on Wednesday  In 2007, Modi took Swedish Academy of and three others on way Atiq-ur- Rehman from said that public places  PM Modi was oath as Gujarat CM for Sciences on Wednesday to Hathras and arrested Muzaffar Nagar, Siddiq cannot be occupied in- appointed as chief the second time and awarded the 2020 Nobel by the Uttar Pradesh po- from Malappuram (Ker- minister of Gujarat by the he became the CM in definitely and protests Prize in Chemistry to lice earlier this week ala), Masood from Bahra- BJP when the saffron party 2012 for the third time must be allowed only in sent and democracy go was battling infi ghting in a row. In 2014, Modi Emmanuelle Charpen- have been booked under ich and Alam from Ram- designated areas. hand in hand but pro- among its own leaders. It took oath as Prime tier and Jennifer Doud- the Unlawful Activities pur. Siddiq is a journal- The apex court ob- tests must be carried out would not be wrong to say Minister after BJP na for “development of (Prevention) Act and ist. They were arrested served it is the duty of in designated area… that PM Modi used his 3 won Lok Sabha poll a method for genome sedition, according to on Monday night after a the administration to Such kind of occupation terms as Gujarat CM to with majority. In 2019, editing”. an FIR registered in laptop and some objec- remove such road block- of public place for pro- strengthen the party and PM Modi led BJP to a “Emmanuelle and Mathura on Wednesday. tionable literature relat- ades. Unfortunately no tests is not acceptable.” helped the BJP end the thumping victory to take Jennifer have discov- The four, who had ing to ‘Justice for Hath- action by administra- On September 21, the stronghold of Congress oath as prime minister ered one of gene tech- been arrested in Mathu- ras Victim’ was allegedly tion and hence court’s bench reserved its ver- party at the Centre for the second time nology’s sharpest tools: ra on Monday, had been recovered from their pos- intervention in the mat- dict after observing the CRISPR/Cas9 ge- placed under preventive session while they were ter, it said. that the right to protest Amit Shah @AmitShah netic scissors,” the detention but an FIR en route to Hathras. A bench comprising has to be balanced with Inspired by the thoughts, vision and charismatic personality of Prime Academy said. was registered against Meanwhile, CM Yogi Justices SK Kaul, Krish- the right of the people Minister Modi, every Indian today is working towards re-establishing “Using these, re- them in the Mant police Adityanath said that the na Murari and Hrishi- to use a public road. So- India as a ‘Vishwa Guru’. It is a matter of great pride for me to work for the searchers can change station of Mathura on Oppsition is doing politics kesh Roy said: “Public licitor General Tushar welfare of the nation under his extraordinary leadership and guidance the DNA of animals, Wednesday and subse- on ‘dead bodies of poor’. places cannot be occu- Mehta said that though plants, and microorgan- quently they were pre- Will deal with them with pied indefinitely. Dis- Right to Turn on P6 isms with Turn on P6 sented before a court. ‘heavy hand’. Turn on P6

FIR AGAINST PILOT MEDIA ADVISOR AND ONE JOURNALIST Will investigation reach Pilot’s doorstep?

Aditi Nagar news channel ‘Aaj Tak’ these mobile numbers or worried Pilot came Sharat Kumar in a recent was believed to be hand- into action in support of GUPTESHWAR Jaipur: In a new twist in phone tapping case. ed over by Pilot himself his media advisor and EX-CBI CHIEF LEFT IN LURCH Ashok Gehlot-Sachin Pi- The case has been reg- to his media advisor for Aaj Tak Rajasthan Edi- ENDS LIFE Seat sharing between lot relationship, a serious istered under sections circulation in media. tor and reportedly sent a Former Governor of Ma- JDU and BJP has created development has taken 505 (1) (whoever makes, The main point of con- clear ‘message’ to Rahul nipur and Nagaland, and a hurdle for top cop- place during the last 24 publishes or circulates cern is that if during the Gandhi and the mem- ex-CBI Director Ashwani turned-politician ‘Robin Kumar was found dead hours, when at the insist- any statement, rumour course of interrogation, bers of three-member Hood’ Gupteshwar Pan- at his residence in Shim- dey’s electoral plunge ence of Jaipur Police or report), 505 (2) (state- media advisor Lokendra committee ie Ahmed Pa- la on Wednesday, Mohit post taking VRS. Buxar Commissioner Anand ments creating or pro- names Pilot, then what tel, Ajay Maken and KC Chawla, SP Shimla told is Pandey’s hometown Srivastava, Jaipur’s Vid- moting enmity, hatred or Ashok Gehlot Sachin Pilot will happen? Venugopal saying that it news agency ANI. Kumar and it has gone to BJP hayakpuri police regis- ill-will between classes), According to legal ex- is a clear violation of a was the Director Gen- in the deal. Pandey, who tered a criminal FIR 120 B (criminal conspir- nalists have been asked tremely upset with the perts, this might lead the two-month-old ‘ceasefire’ eral of Police, Himachal came to limelight with against Pilot’s media ad- acy) of the Indian Penal to appear before the po- possibility of naming entire investigation to which was done under Pradesh, before being Sushant case, is now visor Lokendra Singh Code and section 76 of lice for interrogation Pilot himself by his own Pilot’s door-step. There- the instructions and di- appointed the director of sprinting towards BJP CBI from August 2008 to and the Rajasthan Editor the IT Act. this morning. Now, the media advisor Lokend- fore after guessing this rect supervision of Pri- hoping to grap a ticket. November 2010. of a leading national Both the accused jour- Pilot camp has gone ex- ra, because the list of all possibility, a concerned yanka Gandhi. Turn on P8 RAJASTHAN www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia JAIPUR | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2020 02 ‘Cong needs to change ‘Poor Daddy’ image’ Satish Poonia, Gulabchand Kataria, Rajendra Rathore, Jaskaur Meena, Madan Dilawar submit memorandum to Governor Aishwary Pradhan Jaipur: The state BJP Rajsamand MP Diya upped the ante against the state Congress gov- ernment on Wednesday by submitting a memo- submits memo to Guv randum to the Gover- nor Kalraj Mishra Jaipur: BJP leader and against rising crime in MP Rajsamand Diya Ku- the state. mari also submitted on State BJP chief Sat- Wednesday a memoran- ish Poonia led a five- dum to the Governor member delegation in- regarding increasing cluding leader of oppo- incidents of rape and sition Gulab Chand crime in the state. She Kataria, deputy LOP submitted the letter be- Rajendra Rathore, fore the BJP delegation Dausa MP Jaskaur met the Rajasthan Gov- Meena and state BJP ernor Kalraj Mishra. General Secretary When asked about two Madan Dilawar. memorandum on a Diya Kumari submitted a memorandum to Governor on the Poonia said that the (From L-R) Rajendra Rathore, Gulabchand Kataria, Satish Poonia, Jaskaur Meena and Madan Dilawar present memorandum to same topic in a same increasing incidents of rape and crime in Rajasthan on Wed. state government was Governor on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA day, state BJP president failing at curbing both Satish Poonia said only STATE CRIME DATA the rising corona num- ment needs to change ing registered against said that Rajasthan has crime to the registra- five people were al- bers as well as the spike its ‘poor daddy’ image them to silence them. registered spike off 42- tion of false cases by lowed by the Raj Bhavan in the crime figures. by immediately curbing Kataria, who was 43% in rape cases during the people. He said the as such Kumari submit- Quoting figures from the crime rate in the home minister in the last one year. While police have been beaten ted a memorandum the National crime re- state which was more previous BJP govern- praising his own tenure at eight occasions and first being a woman. cord bureau (NCRB), dangerous than the ris- ment, called the situa- as home minister of the the CM should resign Kumari said that she Poonia said that Ra- ing corona cases,” said tion in the state very se- state, Kataria sarcasti- immediately. Dausa MP had sought appoint- jasthan stood number Poonia. He appealed to rious giving example of cally asked the CM Jaskaur Meena raised ment with the Governor one in crime against the Governor to review the Thanagazi incident Ashok Gehlot to remove the issue of rape with a long ago and she met the incidents of rape increasing crime in the women in the country. the law and order situa- where a father of a raped his eye glasses and see deaf and dumb girl in him today so she also are increasing continu- state. I have also sought He attributed this to the tion in the state. He said daughter committed sui- the situation clearly. Dausa district while submitted the letter. Af- ously in the state, due to Governor’s interven- absence of a full-time that even the journal- cide by hanging himself Rathore said that the Madan Dilawar called ter submitting the mem- which Rajasthan is tion so that crime could home minister in the ists were being threat- depressed by injustice DGP of Rajasthan was the Baran rape incident orandum, Kumari told ashamed. “I have drawn be checked,” MP Diya state. “The state govern- ened and cases were be- done to his family. He attributing the rise in as heart-wrenching. the media persons that Governor’s attention to Kumari said.

‘COURT TO Teenager raped, DECIDE RAPE 3 youth threaten minor, father complains cops PENALTY’ Vinod Tiwari pressurizing his ther in his complaint false pretext she was saved because left unconscious on minor daughter to stated that when he and clicking obscene her mother reached Dholpur: Father of a be promiscuous, saw his Facebook ac- photographs of her the neighbouring 13 year old minor girl threatening making count on 30 Septem- to later pressurize house while search- a road in Barmer has registered a com- her obscene photo- ber 2020, he came her for sexual fa- ing for the daughter. plaint in the Bari Sa- graphs viral on social across obscene photo- vours. The Bari police have Durgsingh Rajpurohit dar police station of media. graphs of his daugh- The report stated registered a case un- the district against Reporting against ter. The report that the youth would der various sections Barmer: Even as up- three youths of the Rajveer, Neeraj and alleged taking away have raped his daugh- and are investigating roar over UP’s Hathras neighbourhood for Dilip, the minor’s fa- of the minor girl on a ter that very day but the case further. gang rape is still raging, Rameshwar Sharma a 14-year-old girl was al- legedly raped by a man First India Bureau while his accomplice MINOR GIRL shot the video of the in- Jhalawar: The pro- Rathore attacks Jodh cops probing cident on his mobile tem speaker of MP phone in Shiv region of assembly Ramesh- ABDUCTED Barmer district of west- Vasundhara Raje war Sharma on Cong over crime rape, blackmail ern Rajasthan. The vic- @VasundharaBJP Wednesday advo- AND RAPED tim is admitted at a gov- Today again in Barmer, cated for public ex- First India Bureau First India Bureau Rajeev Gaur price for separation ernment hospital. an innocent 15 year action of rapists in with the girl peace- According to the vic- old was raped. Em- the country. He said Jaipur: The Bharatiya Sirohi: SP Pooja Awa- Jodhpur: The Maha- fully else he would tim’s statement, she barrassed to see such that rapists should Janata Party national na on Wednesday mandir police station make all the commu- kept crying and plead- situation in the state. be publicly hanged spokesperson and reached Abu Road to has received a report nication between ing the accused to leave Sometimes gang rape, till death and its live Member of Parliament inquire about an al- alleging rape and them public. Amit her and not to film the sometimes more than telecast should also from Jaipur Rural Ra- leged rape case of a mi- blackmail against one Tanwar ran a investi- incident in the mobile little girls. Is this the be done. It is for the jyavardhan Singh nor girl. She visited Amit Tanwar in reply gation, officer Ash- phone but they did not tragedy of Rajasthan. judiciary to decide Rathore on Wednesday Sadar PS where SHO to latter’s FIR against ish Kumar said that heed her. Do something the for the penalty of took to social media to Anand Kumar briefed the lady registered the police have begun The victim was alone government .. ! the culprit. lash out at the Congress Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore about case. earlier. the investigations in the house as her par- Sharma was in government for the de- Awana said, victim’s The blackmail vic- and victim has been ents had gone to vote in Kota to express teriorating law and or- many cases of rape in father has stated in re- tim along with the re- sent for medical ex- panchayat elections on victim and her family grief over the de- der and increasing Rajasthan, but Con- port, his minor daugh- port also submitted amination. Tuesday. The accused members at the hospital. mise of Lok Sabha crime against women gress leaders Rahul ter was abducted and audio recordings of He said that soon the forcibly took the victim The police have speaker Om Birla’s in Rajasthan. Gandhi, Priyanka Gan- raped on pretext of Amit Tanwar threat- victim’s statement will with them to a secluded launched a manhunt for father, Shrikishan He said that the pub- dhi, CM Gehlot or other marriage. ening her father of also be recorded under place where one of the the accused. Meanwhile, Birla. Sharma said lic was suffering due to Congress leader did not BJP district presi- dire consequences if section 164.The police accused raped her while Kailash Chaudhary that EC is alert and poor law and order in condole the victims’ by dent Narayan Purohit, he does not pay rupees said that the language his accomplice shot the tweeted, “The tone of serious for ensur- the state due to which meeting. CM is giving MLA Jagsiram Koli 50 lakh in 5 install- of report given by incident on the mobile apathy of the state gov- ing corona guide- Rajasthan has reached statements of not com- also reached village and ments spread over in Amit Tanwar matched phone. District collector ernment is now echoing lines during assem- the top in cases of paring Baran with met the family of vic- about 2 months. with the language used Vishram Meena and Su- even in a quiet area like bly bypolls in MP. crimes against women. Hathras and thus he is tim. Family told, girl The ex-boyfriend while threatening vic- perintendent of Police Barmer. Possible step There have been so giving clean chit. was missing for month. had demanded the tim’s father. Anand Sharma met the will be taken for justice. STATUS OF BJP LAND Kirodi Meena extends support to “Info on land allotted for BJP offices sought” Bainsla on quote agitation Laxmikant Sharma time. Meena supported Abhishek Srivastava LAND ALLOTMENTS the demand of MBC Dausa: The politics reservation and ap- Jaipur: The state gov- scenario over reserva- pealed to the state gov- ernment has started tion issue has started ernment to fulfill it. It collecting details about heating up in the state will be interesting for the status of land that and gained momentum all political pundits to was allotted in various on Wednesday when see the two parallel po- districts by the former RS MP Dr Kirodi Lal litical railway tracks Vasundhara Raje gov- Meena extended his come together in the ernment for construc- support to the demand Dr Kirodi Lal Meena name of MBC reserva- tion of BJP offices. in Dausa. tion while the state is The objective of the ex- He announced to Bainsla. Bainsla had on being ruled by a sensi- ercise is yet not clear even join the Gurjar Sunday warned the tive and politically as- but it is likely to become tus of land allotment or not. According to agitation on the rail- state government of tute CM Gehlot. Meena a political issue in the site, whether the con- sources, the authorities way tracks if invited by agitation if the demand said, women leaders coming days. The au- struction has started, concerned are also ex- Gurjar Aarakshan of reservation for most were taking an unethi- thorities are collecting and the maps were ap- amining if amount has Sangharsh Samiti, Col. backward class (MBC) cal route to political details like present sta- proved by local bodies been deposited on land. (retd) Kirodi Singh was not met with this success. RAJASTHAN www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia JAIPUR | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2020 03 Corona Blast: State reports ‘Hum Rajasthani’ to highlight state achievers 2,151 new cases in 24 hours First India Bureau Bhanwar Singh Bhati is in ‘home quarantine’ after three in his family tested positive Jaipur: Rajasthan’s garpur, 37 from Kota, 33 HOME QUARANTINE dignitaries settled in from Ganganagar, 32 India and abroad will from Rajsamand, 31 be brought to light on each from Bharatpur & social media through Chittorgarh, 29 from Ja- the ‘Hum Rajasthani’ lore, 28 from Sirohi, 21 programme. from Nagaur, 18 each Rajasthan Founda- from Churu & Jhunj- tion and Simply hunu, 16 from Dausa, 15 Jaipur on Wednesday each from Jhalawar & signed a Memoran- Sawai Madhopur, 12 dum of Understand- from Karauli, 11 each ing (MoU) in this re- Chairman of Rajasthan Foundation, Dheeraj Srivastava & from Barmer, Dholpur gard. Editor of Simply Jaipur, Anshu Harsh after signing an MoU & Jaisalmer, 10 each Dheeraj Srivastava, regarding the ‘Hum Rajasthani’ programme. from Banswara & Tonk, the chairman of Ra- 7 from Bundi, 6 from jasthan Foundation, established their played a crucial role —FILE PHOTO Baran, 4 from Pratap- and Anshu Harsh, identity with their in connecting doctors garh, and 1 from Hanu- editor of Simply hard work, intelli- and other experts who First India Bureau in the past 24 hours 1590 so far. mangarh. Jaipur, signed the gence and skills so are from Rajasthan along with 16 deaths. Maximum 473 new Meanwhile, district aforementioned MoU. that the young genera- and settled in various Jaipur: The number of One death each was re- cases were reported CMHO Dr Ajay Chod- Srivastava said that tion gets to know countries through a total corona infected ported from Ajmer, from Jaipur, followed hary informed that in a came out to be corona the objective of ‘Hum about them and can webinar during the since the break out of Banswara, Bharatpur, by 329 from Jodhpur, mask distribution event positive. Rajasthani’ pro- also get inspired by Covid pandemic to the pandemic, crossed Bikaner, Chittorgarh, 261 from Bikaner, 185 organised at the munic- The event was attend- gramme is to intro- these exemplary per- contribute its bit to- the psychological mark Ganganagar, Hanuman- from Alwar, 126 from ipal body office in Sikar ed by Minister Dr Sub- duce those Rajastha- sonalities. wards our fight of 1.5 lakh on Wednes- garh, Jalore, Jaipur, Udaipur, 120 from 49 officers and employ- hash Garg, PCC Chief ni people, who are Adding further, against the Coronavi- d a y. Jodhpur, Kota, Pali, Si- Bhilwara, 90 from ees were tested, where- Govind Singh Dotasra settled in the country Srivastava said that rus pandemic and The state reported kar, Tonk and Udaipur Ajmer, 64 from Sikar, 50 in, Municipal Commis- along with many other and abroad and have the foundation also also to help people. 2,151 new corona cases taking the death toll to from Pali, 46 from Dun- sioner Shrawan Kumar district officers.

Spl 3 judge IN THE COURTYARD Dr Joshi visits kin of Bhrampuri fire bench to hear Follow court order: Lab Tech hiring: victims, offers financial aid from govt SLP on polls Raj HC to Govt First India Bureau Include those who Tasleem Usmani Nizam Kantaliya Jaipur: The Chief Jus- sought recheck Jaipur: Congress Chief tice of Supreme court Jaipur: Rajasthan High Court has First India Bureau Whip, Dr Mahesh Joshi has formed a special directed the state government to exe- on Wednesday, consoled three-judge bench to cute the order passed by the High Jaipur: The Rajasthan High Court the family of the vic- conduct hearing in Court in November 2018, pertaining has directed to include candidates in tims of the cotton fac- SLP filed by Rajasthan to grade pay of judicial employees. Lab Technician recruitment-2020, tory fire incident in government about elec- A division whose results of Brahmpuri area and tions in six newly cre- bench of justice revaluation have also handed over ated Municipal Corpo- Prakash Gupta been released af- cheques of financial as- rations. and justice Ma- ter much delay. sistance by the govern- Justice AM Khan- hendra Goyal is- The candidates, ment. wilkar, justice Dinesh sued the direc- whose result of —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA A man and his minor Maheshwari and jus- tions of the state revaluation of the son were killed and sev- Mahesh Joshi hands over a cheque on behalf of govt to kin of fi re victims in Bhrampuri. tice Sanjeev Khanna government to diploma course eral others were injured will hear the petition comply with the was declared after when the factory caught the infection and also tain social distancing to ards of firecrackers for today. State govern- court order by No- the last date of fil- fire recently. to prevent its further- prevent the virus COVID-19 patients, he ment had approached vember 3. In case ing application, Joshi met the family spread. spread. said that he has spoken the apex court and filed the government will be included in members and expressed While speaking to the Talking about the lo- to Chief Minister, a petition after the HC fails to implement the recruitment grief. people in the Brahm- cal bodies’ election, the Ashok Gehlot in this re- dismissed the state the order, the finance secretary will process, said the court. The Chief Whip also puri locality, Dr Joshi Congress leader exuded gard and urged him to government’s applica- have to appear in the court. Judicial Justice Ashok Gaur passed the or- urged people in the lo- said that wearing mask confidence that the par- allow the sale of green tion to extend the time employee Narendra Mathur and oth- der on a Public Interest Litigation cality to follow guide- is an important defence ty candidates will per- (environment- friendly) limit for holding elec- ers had filed a contempt petition in (PIL) filed by Kalpna and few others. lines related to the against the virus spread form good in the up- firecrackers during the tions of Municipal the court after the government did not Advocate Tanveer Ahmad argued in deadly COVID-19 infec- and everyone should coming elections. upcoming festive sea- Corporations in Jaipur, comply with the court order passed on the Rajasthan High Court on behalf tion to stay safe from wear a mask and main- On the issue of haz- son. Jodhpur and Kota. Nov 3, 2018. of the petitioners. ‘Will decide on re-opening of schools after discussing with CM’ SC stays HC order, granting First India Bureau guidelines and has left Dotasra, who was dency will be cleared the decision to the holding a press confer- in coming days. Jaipur: Education Min- state government. ence, said that discus- Dry ration of May relief to accused ister Govind Singh Do- He said that the sion on recruitment of and June months was New Delhi: The Su- AVINASH PANDE tasra on Wednesday, schools in the state are computer teachers is distributed, but it is preme Court on @avinashpandeinc said that the decision on closed till October 31 being held and a final lying pending after Wednesday, extended Received the news re-opening of schools and a decision will be decision will be taken June. He also informed relief to one of the ac- of Senior @INCIndia will be taken after dis- taken after a review of soon. that the teachers’ fe- cused in Laxmi Vilas Leader mr @Motila- cussion with Chief Min- the situation. On pendency of dry licitation ceremony, Palace Hotel disinvest- lVoraji being corona ister Ashok Gehlot. The minister said Govind Singh Dotasra addresses a press conference at Shiksha ration distribution which has been can- ment case, Pradeep positive. I pray to God He said that the Cen- that the session and Sankul on Wednesday. against midday meal celled twice due to co- Baijal, by staying the for his speedy recov- tre has allowed open- study of four months to school students at rona pandemic, will be order of High Court, ery and long life. ing of schools from have been disturbed department has start- ducing the syllabus by their home, the minis- held virtually on Octo- which had directed October 15, in unlock-5 and now the education ed working out on re- 30 to 40 percent. ter said that the pen- ber 15. him to appear before the CBI court to fur- nish bonds. LAST JOURNEY One of the accused Rajasthan IAS deprived of in the case, Baijal was sick and therefore, the promotion for misconduct Apex Court gave him Cong MLA Trivedi laid to rest, tributes pour in First India Bureau which she has been relief on humanitari- charged of misbehav- an grounds. Naveen Joshi hospital five days ago and thus, was shifted to Jaipur: To obstruct a ing and manhandling Other accused Jy- by an air ambulance. Gurgaon from Jaipur govt servant from per- a corona warrior, Dr otsna Suri, Ashish Jaipur: The mortal re- His relatives, sup- on October 2. forming his duty is a Jyotsna Ranga. The Guha and Kanti lal mains of Congress porters, villagers paid Various Congress crime, but to obstruct ratified list of the Ra- will also appear before MLA Kailash Chandra floral tributes to Trive- leaders including a corona warrior from jasthan cadre IAS, the court to furnish Trivedi, who died at a di in Raipur village be- Health Minister Dr performing his duties which has reached the bonds as directed by hospital in Gurgaon on fore the cremation. Raghu Sharma, Agri- during corona times, CS and DoP includes the High Court. Monday night, were Trivedi’s elder son, culture Minister Lal- is a more serious the name of Rohitash- The High Court had consigned to flames at Sandeep Trivedi lit the chand Kataria, Trans- crime. This fact proved va Singh Tomar, Amit stayed the arrest war- his ancestral village in funeral pyre amid port Minister Pratap to be true, when an Yadav, Athar Aamir ul rant against the ac- Bhilwara. chanting of Vedic man- Singh Khachariyawas, IAS, Dr Artika Shukla Shafi Khan, Jasmeet cused in a case involv- Trivedi, 65, who was tras. Dr Raghu Sharma, Lalchand Kataria & Pratap Singh Sports Minister Ashok did not find her name Singh Sandhu, Manju ing the sale of an Sahara (Bhilwara) The Cong leader’s fu- Khachariyawas visit Kailash Trivedi’s Raipur residence to Chandna, Dairy Chair- in the confirmation Pratap Singh, Ravin- Udaipur hotel at an al- MLA, passed away late neral procession start- condole his demise. man Ramlal Jat, BJP list released by the dra Goswami and Tina leged loss of Rs 244 on Monday night at a ed from his residence in leaders and others paid central DoPT on Dabi. Total 109 IAS of- crore to the exchequer Gurgaon Hospital. The Raipur. day to mourn the Con- from Coronavirus in- tributes to Trivedi, who Wednesday. ficers of 2016 batch and directed them to Rajasthan government The market in Raipur gress Veteran’s demise. fection, but was suffer- was a three-time MLA IAS Artika Shukla is have been confirmed in furnish the bonds in had moved him to the was closed on Wednes- Trivedi recovered ing from lung fibrosis from Sahara. facing a judicial case in the list. the CBI court. PERSPECTIVE www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia JAIPUR | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2020 04

IN-DEPTH PROTEST, BUT NOT AGRI REFORMS AT PUBLIC PLACES ublic places cannot be occupied “indefi- nitely” for staging protests, the Supreme THROUGH GENDER LENS Court said with reference to Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh protests against the Citi- DR. JYOTI P zenship Amendment Act (CAA). The sit- KIRAN SHUKLA in staged earlier this year lasted for over three months and was spearheaded mainly by women who sat through harsh winter months and rain demand- FORMER CHAIRPERSON OF. ing repeal of the Act. The protests ended in March STATE FINANCE COMMISSION after the imposition of lockdown in view of Covid-19. The Supreme Court observed, “Public spaces and places can’t be occupied indefinitely, whether tructural reforms were impera- in Shaheen Bagh or elsewhere. The administration tive in agriculture sector. The must keep such spaces free from obstructions and objectives of current reforms not wait to fire from the court’s shoulder.” Instead are commendable. The bills to of hiding behind courts, the authorities should act allow the private market and to on their own, the Supreme Court added while al- enthuse and institute contract lowing protesters the right to dissent peacefully at S farming look promising and “designated places”. progressive in their very intent. The sit-in had deeply divided the society on com- However implementation munal lines with Delhi BJP leader Kapil Mishra who and design issues still remain charged the protesters to be “traitors”, “Pakistanis” central. There have been pro- and “terrorists”. The police lodged cases against sev- tests due to the vested interest, eral of the protesters but left out Mishra who was ideological reasons and spon- also alleged to have incited communal passions. sored misinformation. I am not The Shaheen Bagh anti-CAA protests for the first going in that debate. time saw Muslim women collectively raise their I want to take this conversa- voice against the legislation, shattering the stereo- tion to an altogether different type image of being burqa-clad and oppressed. level. My limited observations of the labour force but own plex issues but they are very The apex court’s order has settled the issue of sit- relate to the comprehension and only 2% of the land legally. 34% crucial to the empowerment of in protests at “public places or spaces” but the gov- evaluation of the above reforms women are cultivators and 48% women engaged in agriculture. ernments are becoming increasingly intolerant of through the gender lens. The ef- agricultural laborers. This ex- I intend to voice the urgency in protests in any form and at any place. So much so, fort is to construct a perspective cludes subsistent work. Despite the context of new reform. they are wary of people offering flowers to a Gandhi from the women centric ap- such dominant numbers they MORE THAN 425 Thus when we claim these re- are already disadvantaged in forms are the watershed moment statue, as happened in Lucknow on October 2. proach and thus to highlight the MILLION WOMEN gaps in expectations from wom- wage, land rights, representa- for Indian agriculture which will en empowerment angle. tion in local farmers organisa- CONTRIBUTE TO unshackle 43% of India’s work- Prime Minister Narendra tion and other agency assets AGRICULTURE force that is engaged in agricul- RHEA FREED, NCB Modi’s address that called for which translate in negative ex- GLOBALLY, YET THEY ture, do we picture the 80% wom- women led development instead ternalities. Structural con- DON’T HAVE EQUALITY en engaged in agriculture that LICKS ITS WOUNDS of women-friendly development straints for women empower- IN TERMS OF LAND are already marginalized? Do we ll the strain on their vocal chords by echoes in my mind while writ- ment are real and need to be OWNERSHIP RIGHTS IN consider the importance of the some television anchors to pronounce ing this article. Policies and re- addressed. MORE THAN 92 implications of reforms in the Rhea Chakraborty as guilty and Kanga- forms thus should reflect wom- How the new reforms are ad- COUNTRIES. process empowerment of rural na Ranaut’s all-out effort to paint her and en-led approach. dressing these pre-existing dis- women? I doubt we do! A Bollywood in the black has gone to waste. Agriculture, the world over tortion in an emerging agri What bargaining capacities One thought that with Rhea walking out of Byculla is feminized. Women farmers market which they perceive these marginalised women will jail after Bombay High Court granted her bail and and women workers in the ag- and advocate remains unclear. have in the new mechanism of AIIMS, Delhi, rejecting the theory that Sushant riculture, especially for the sub- Farmers are perceived as a benefits and operations of mar- contract farming, FPOs and Singh Rajput was murdered, they would accept the sistence agriculture remain homogeneous category in these kets on which the current re- their leadership is questiona- verdict. That has not happened. Lawyer of SSR’s invisible. There is a large range new reforms while women’s forms heavily rely. No special ble. Whether they would experi- family has raised doubts over the credibility of of academic work which high- disadvantages remain unad- regulatory mechanism exists to ence income expansion is also AIIMS and demanded that a fresh forensic team lights this issue of non enumer- dressed. No wonder there is no insert these gendered concerns. to be investigated. They are low should look into the Cooper Hospital’s report in the ation or invisibility including debate on this issue in the en- Womens farmers entitlement on technology ladder, assets, case. The AIIMS report was handed over to the CBI my own writings. tire noise of criticism or advo- issues need a fundamental de- leadership and agency. which has so far remained quiet on the issue. More than 425 million wom- cacy. Women farmers or agri bate and formalization. Land How these gaps are to be ad- The family may dispute AIIMS report and the en contribute to agriculture workers need special focus, treat- rights discrimination need to dressed in reformed markets is Cooper Hospital’s post-mortem report but the Bom- globally, yet they don’t have ment, support, hand holding and be addressed and seen as viola- unclear and thus a cause of bay High Court’s order suggests that the Narcotics equality in terms of land own- most importantly the structured tion of human rights as high- concern. Control Bureau tried to frame Rhea with frivolous ership rights in more than 92 reforms need to address the gen- lighted by UN resolutions. States can thus come forward charges. In its bail order the high court said that The bills to countries. Feminization of ag- dered issues in Indian agricul- Necessary legislative support and translate these arrange- Rhea “is not part of a chain of drug dealers and riculture is a worldwide trend ture. and infrastructure is required ments in designing gender sensi- “has not forwarded the drug allegedly procured by allow the especially in the low technolo- Lack of land entitlements for implementation of the spirit tive mechanisms leading to bet- her to somebody else to earn monetary or other private market gy subsets where labour inten- leads to lack of institutional of equality in land rights. Na- ter empowerment indicators. benefits”. The NCB had accused Rhea of being “an and to enthuse sive production is women cen- credit, pensions, rights to sourc- tional women’s policy by the NITI Ayog could play a vital role active member of a drugs syndicate” and wanted and institute tric for obvious reasons. es of water and other inputs Ministry underlined the impor- here in providing insights. her to be treated harshly in order to make an exam- contract They contribute in subsist- and technology access. Even tance of land rights for the eco- The benefits of reforms ple out of her. Rejecting the argument, the judge farming look ence farming too in a large way production relations and bar- nomic empowerment. NCW has should reach the doorsteps of said, “Everybody is equal before law.” Neither do yet remain invisible as contri- gaining capacities which are also done some work in this di- the women farmers too as their celebrities get special privileges, nor special liabil- promising and butions. the essence of open markets are rection but much more is need- lives need transformation too. ity before a court of law, the court said. progressive in Around 80% of the entire uniquel. The deep rooted sys- ed. They are the real Annapurnas. This is not the end of the witch-hunt as alleged their very farm work is carried out by temic gendered issues obvi- Issues related to control and THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY by the Rhea camp, though. intent. women in India. They are 45% ously distort the distribution of ownership and tenancy are com- THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL

Top VIP patients can be a headache for their doctors TWEET he medical dra- suspicious of medical care the potential to monopolize ceiving treatment for COV- Dharmendra Pradhan ma playing out for a dying king and asked a medical team’s attention ID-19. Olivier Douliery/ @dpradhanbjp daily since to withhold information that might otherwise be dis- AFP via Getty Images The reforms in natural gas marketing will further de-bottleneck the E&P President Don- from the public that would tributed across all patients Sticking to standards sector, allow affiliate companies to T ald Trump con- be detrimental to a promi- currently under care. is the best care: When participate in the bidding process tracted COVID-19 is alarm- nent person. Those are in- And VIP syndrome isn’t physicians have written and will greatly help in fulfilling ing – but not surprising. timidating challenges to a concern just inside the about VIP syndrome over the national objective of reducing dependence on crude imports. Any physician who’s ever professionalism and ethics. Beltway, in Los Angeles or the years, common advice #CabinetDecisions rendered medical advice or What is VIP syndrome? in other places known for themes emerge: Treat the hospital care to a promi- VIP syndrome is the ten- powerful, rich or famous VIP as you would any other Randeep Singh Surjewala nent person probably em- dency of clinicians to treat inhabitants. A 2017 survey patient with the same con- @rssurjewala pathizes with Trump’s influential or famous pa- of hospital-based physi- dition; avoid power strug- The BJP MP’s lewd and clumsy medical team. It’s a real tients differently because cians from eight U.S. insti- gles; insist on the most ev- remark for daughters of Uttar Pradesh and the country shows the ‘gait, challenge to care for VIP they feel pressured to ac- tutions revealed that a ma- idence-based therapies; face, character’ of the Adityanath patients, whether they’re cede to the VIP’s wishes. ing power struggles with example, inquiries about jority of them reported and establish a short, firm government. Here, the representatives hospitalized or not. Psychiatrists have iden- the health care team. substance abuse, sexual ac- feeling pressured by pa- chain of command that ex- of BJP and Modi government themselves have become ‘Dushasan’ Of course, following best tified three types of “spe- Each subcategory of VIP tivity or psychological tients, family members and cludes the entourage ac- rather than demanding justice for their infection-control practices cial” patients who can cre- patient has the potential to symptoms may be omitted. hospital representatives to companying the VIP. daughter. #HathrasHorrorShocksIndia and providing evidence- ate difficulty by dazzling or insist on special privileges, Unrealistic demands can provide unnecessary care In a 2018 article, several based care are what physi- intimidating the care team: desired treatments or cause unwise clinical deci- to VIP patients. The re- L.A. surgeons urged care cians should do with all celebrities, VIPs and po- changes in care plans that sions that can then result searchers pointed out that teams looking after VIP pa- Spiritual patients, even difficult or tentates. can sabotage the best- in bad outcomes. For exam- caring for VIP patients tients to do their best to fol- entitled VIPs. Easier said Celebrities focus un- thought-out medical regi- ple, if a famous individual comes with “challenges for low standard procedures, SPEAK than done. wanted media attention on men. Physicians may order has unresolved pneumonia physicians as well for the treating the high-profile As an internist, I’ve per- medical care. VIPs gener- too many tests because of but the treating physician patients themselves.” patient like any other. They What the outstanding person sonally been threatened by ate awe so that the care anxiety about missing doesn’t ask about sexual Handwritten ‘Feel Bet- cautioned against the temp- does, others will try to do. The a mob boss who didn’t want team may lose their objec- something – or too few tests preference and activity, ter Mr. President’ sign: tation to “overdo care” with standards such people create to be discharged from the tivity. Potentates exude or consultations in order to HIV may never be consid- Well-wishers gather Oct. 5 unnecessary tests and pro- will be followed by the whole hospital, overwhelmed by narcissism and can un- spare the VIP pain, embar- ered or treated. outside the hospital where cedures. world. —The Bhagavad Gita hordes of Roma families earth it in others, trigger- rassment or scrutiny. For A high-profile patient has President Trump was re- HTTPS://THECONVERSATION.COM

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RAF’S 28TH ANNIVERSARY RaGa doesn’t know when ‘PM MODI NEEDS TO HM Amit Shah greets crops are sown: Naqvi ANSWER THE NATION’ New Delhi: Claim- New Delhi: The Prime ing that the “upper Minister should break personnel, their families storey” of Congress his silence and come leader Rahul Gandhi out to face the many These units were set up to deal with riots, to instill confidence is empty, Union Min- questions being asked ister Mukhtar Abbas in the country, said amongst all sections of society & to handle internal security duty Naqvi said that Ra- Congress leader Rahul New Delhi: Union hul wouldn’t even Gandhi on Wednesday. Home Minister Amit know the difference Taking a jibe at the re- Shah on Wednesday ex- between different cent visit of PM Modi tended greetings to the crops and when they to inaugurate the Atal Rapid Action Force AMIT SHAH are sown and har- Tunnel, Rohtang in Ut- @AmitShah (RAF) personnel and vested. Speaking to tarakhand, the Con- their families on the October 7 is a very ANI about Rahul gress leader said, “PM force’s 28th anniversary. important day in the Gandhi’s offensive Ji, stop waving hands country’s history. In a tweet, Shah said on the new farm in the tunnel alone, In 2001, on this the RAF has distin- very same day PM laws, Naqvi said, break your silence. guished itself in dealing “Someone should tell Face the questions, the Narendra Modi had RAHUL GANDHI@Rahul Gandhi with the challenges re- taken oath as the Pappu, that this is country is asking lating to law and order. Gujarat Chief Minister, not the mummy ji or many things from “PM Ji, stop waving hands in the tun- “Greetings to RAF and from that day the Manmohan ji gov- you,” the tweet read. nel alone, break your silence. Face the personnel and their journey of daily setting ernment that when The Wayanad MP questions, the country is asking many things families on their 28th new milestones in the Parliament pass- shared a clip from his from you,” anniversary. The RAF the interest of the es a Bill, you tear it in Tuesday’s press con- has distinguished itself nation and service of front of the people ference in Punjab in in dealing with the chal- the people, without and call it non-sense which he had advised his image had handed dhi had said that Con- lenges relating to law stopping, without or nuisance”. Prime Minister Naren- over 1,200 sq km of In- gress’ ‘Kheti Bachao and order. Time and relaxing started. 20th He said that this is dra Modi on several is- dian territory to Chi- Yatra’ is against the again, their commit- year of NaMO. PM Modi-led govern- sues, ranging from na.” He had also de- ‘kaala kanoon’, which ment in several human- ment, which works COVID-19 manage- manded the PM to will destroy the exist- itarian works and Unit- for benefit of farmers, ment, to farm laws, speak to the media ing structure of agri- ed Nations peacekeep- ised wing of the more units on January instill confidence poor and the neglect- and the Hathras inci- over the several issues culture in the coun- ing missions has made CRPF, was raised in Oct 1, 2018. amongst all sections of ed sections of the so- dent. He had also said which are currently try, affecting Punjab India proud,” the Home 1992 initially with 10 These units were set the society and also, ciety with conviction, yesterday that PM gripping the nation. and Haryana most Minister tweeted. unattached battalions up to deal with riots and handle internal securi- he said. —ANI Modi in order to “save Earlier yesterday, Gan- severely. —Agencies The RAF, a special- and increased with 5 riot-like situations, to ty duty.—ANI IN THE COURTYARD Bihar polls: ECI reduces no of YES BANK CASE HC seeks govt’s star campaigners due to Covid ED arrests CFO, internal New Delhi: Election nized registered po- campaigners shall re- response over plea Commission of India litical parties it shall submit a revised list (ECI) has revised the be 15 in place of 20 within the stipulated norms concerning during the period of period, it states. “Re- auditor of Cox & Kings against SMA star campaigners for pandemic.” quest for permission New Delhi: The En- all ongoing and future Accordingly, period for campaigning by forcement Directorate New Delhi: The Delhi elections during the of submission of the star campaigners arrested Anil Khandel- High Court sought the COVID-19 pandemic. list of star campaign- shall be submitted to wal, chief financial of- Centre and the AAP “The maximum ers is extended from 7 district election au- ficer of global tours government’s response limit on the number days to 10 days from thorities at least 48 and travel company on an inter-faith cou- of star campaigners the date of notifica- hours before start of Cox and Kings Group ple’s plea challenging for recognized Nation- tion, the norms read. campaign so all neces- (CKG) in connection the provision of issuing al/State political par- Political parties, sary safety measures with the Yes Bank a public notice to invite ties shall be 30 in place which have already are put in place,” ECI money laundering objections to marriages of 40 and for unrecog- submitted a list of star stated. —ANI probe, the agency said under the Special Mar- tion as well. in a statement. Besides riage Act (SMA). However, the bench Khandelwal, the agen- A bench of Chief Jus- said the petition raises cy also arrested Nar- tice DN Patel and Jus- legal issues which need esh Jain, the group’s tice Prateek Jalan is- consideration and Direct tax refunds of over internal auditor. The CASE SO FAR transactions to its sued notice to the Min- asked Ms Arora to men- arrests have been borrowers. istry of Law and the tion her objections in made under section 19 MLA probe in Yes Delhi government, her reply to the plea. `1.21L cr issued since Apr of the Prevention of Bank case revealed seeking their stand on The petition con- Money Laundering that the CKG forged it’s the petition that con- tends that some objec- New Delhi: The Cen- Act, 2002 (PMLA). consolidated finan- tends the 30-day notice tions, like unsound- tral Board of Direct Both the accused cials by manipulating period discourages in- ness of mind of either Taxes (CBDT) has is- were produced before the balance sheets of ter-faith couples from party or they not hav- sued refunds of over Rs the Special Judge and overseas subsidiaries. getting married. The ing attained the age of 1,21,607 crore to more were granted seven Besides, some board bench listed the matter marriage, that can be than 35.93 lakh taxpay- days of ED custody. resolutions submitted for further hearing on raised under section 4 ers between April 1, The ED had claimed to banks for sanction- November 27. of the Act “can be as- 2020, and October 6, that the firm defaulted ing the loans were also Advocate Utkarsh certained on the basis 2020, said the Income on loan payments found to be forged. Singh, appearing for of certificates issued Tax Department on worth Rs 3,642 crore. “Further probe re- the couple, said there is from a government Wednesday. During the seven-day On March 8, the vealed that loan sanc- no such provision un- hospital or any pre- The department said custody, ED officials agency arrested the tion from Yes bank was der personal laws with scribed authority”. that Income tax refunds intend to grill the two bank’s former chair- driven by Kapoor and regard to same-faith The plea says 30-day of Rs 33,238 crore have in relation with the ir- man and managing was given bypassing marriages. notice period inviting been issued in 34,09,246 regularities and col- director Rana Kapoor. norms. ED gathered The Central govern- objections to marriage cases. It further added lect more evidence. The travel company evidence regarding ment’s standing coun- directly impinge on the that corporate tax re- ficulties being faced by for Assessment Yr 2019- Earlier this year, the was sent to bankrupt- Kapoor’s direction to sel, Monika Arora, said fundamental rights of funds of Rs 88,370 crore taxpayers due to Cov- 20 from September 30, ED conducted raids at cy court last year in the concerned bank of- similar pleas have been the petitioners.It urged have been issued in id-19 situation, CBDT 2020, to November 30, premises belonging to October after default- ficials to get the said filed by an NGO, court to declare as “il- 1,83,773 cases. further extends the due 2020. Order u/s 119(2a) the senior manage- ing on payments to the loan continued and not Dhanak for Humanity, legal, null, void and un- “On further consid- date for furnishing of issued,” the CBDT had ment of Cox and Kings bank. The ED had to take efforts to recov- and it appears to be be- constitutional” the pro- eration of genuine dif- belated & revised ITRs tweeted. —ANI Group (CKG) . been scanning its er it.” —PTI hind the present peti- visions of the Act.

SENSEX RALLIES 304 PTS; NIFTY IRCTC’S TEJAS EXPRESS TO TOPS 11,700, SAY TRADE EXPERTS WRESTLER BABITA PHOGAT QUITS RESUME SERVICES FROM OCT 17 UP MAN KILLS PREGNANT Mumbai: Equity bench- Nifty jumped 76.45 points GOVT JOB TO JOIN POLITICS New Delhi: IRCTC said sengers will be thermally 14-YR-OLD DAUGHTER: COPS mark Sensex rallied or 0.66 per cent to close Chandigarh: Wrestler Babita Phogat resigned that it will restart the fi rst screened before entering Shahjahanpur: In a suspected case of dishonour 304 points on Wednes- at 11,738.85. Titan was from the post of deputy director in Haryana set of “private” Tejas Ex- the coach.They will be killing, a 14-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly killed day, tracking gains in the top gainer in the Sen- government’s sports department. Babita and press trains from October provided a “COVID-19 by her father with the help of her elder brother index-heavyweights sex pack, climbing over 4 kabaddi player Kavita Devi were appointed deputy 17, seven months after protection kit”. “Use of after she became pregnant and refused to tell Reliance Industries, HDFC per cent, followed by Bajaj directors on July 30.Babita said she had resigned the Lucknow-New Delhi face covers/masks will be them who the father of the child was. “The matter twins and Infosys. After Auto, Maruti, Reliance as she wants to devote full time to active politics. and Ahmedabad-Mumbai mandatory for passengers came to light on Tuesday when villagers found opening on a weak note, Industries, ONGC and “I have decided to campaign for BJP in Bihar services were suspended and staff. All travellers will the body of a girl with her head cut off in Dul- the 30-share index gained UltraTech Cement. On the assembly elections and Baroda bypoll in Haryana. due to corona pandemic. install Arogya Setu app. hapur village in Sidhauli area and informed the ground to end 304.38 other hand, Bajaj Finance, Politics is not new for our family. My mother had It said every alternate Detailed instructions will police,” SP, S Anand said. “During the probe it points or 0.77 per cent PowerGrid, Tata Steel, served as village sarpanch and I learnt politics seat on the two trains will be given to passengers at was found that she was six months pregnant and higher at 39,878.95. NTPC and Sun Pharma and wrestling during my childhood,” she said. be kept vacant to ensure the time of ticket booking, the father of the girl was interrogated,” he said. Similarly, the broader NSE were among the laggards. social distancing and pas- IRCTC said. INDIA www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia JAIPUR | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2020 06

PM TO LAUNCH ‘JAN ANDOLAN’ FOR POWERGallery WILL JUSTICE MOHAMMAD RAFIQ BE CJ OF MP HIGH COURT? Name of Odisha HC Chief Justice, Justice Mo- COVID-19 APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR hammad Rafi q has started doing the round for the post of CJ of Madhya Pradesh. He hails from India’s NHRC urges Rajasthan. MS ANURADHA PRASAD recovery IS ALSO DG, ESIC action to protect Ms. Anuradha Prasad has been assigned an addi- rate leaps tional charge of Director General (DG), Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) for a period of past 85% victims of covid-19 three months. She is a 1986 batch IDAS offi cer.

New Delhi: India’s JAIDEEP MAZUMDAR IS NEW COVID-19 recovery AMBASSADOR TO HOLY SEE rate leapt past 85 per cent on Wednesday Jaideep Mazumdar, (IFS: 1989), presently Ambas- Nagar Nigam workers spray disinfectant to sanitize the civil line area as a preventive measure amid with 82,203 con- sador of India to Austria, has been concurrently the coronavirus pandemic, in Prayagraj on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI fi rmed recoveries in accredited as the next Ambassador of India to the the last 24 hours, Holy See, with residence in Vienna. New Delhi: Prime Min- THE CAMPAIGN HIGHLIGHTS the Union Ministry ister Narendra Modi of Health and Family 16 IRS OFFICERS OF IT & will launch a ‘Jan an- Welfare (MoHFW) CUSTOMS CADRES DEPUTED AS dolan’ campaign for informed. DEPUTY DIRECTOR IN ED Covid appropriate be- The total number As many as 16 IRS offi cers of both Income Tax and haviour on Thursday in of recoveries in the Customs cadres have been appointed as Deputy view of upcoming festi- country now stands New Delhi: The Na- sexual, child marriage, Director in ED on deputation basis. The offi cers are: vals, winter season and at 57,44,693, while tional Human Rights and child trafficking. Shraiy Suri, Arpita D Naharya, Arun Kumar, Gaurav opening up of the econ- 72,049 new cases Commission (NHRC) Cases of child abuse Bharill, Rahul Singhania, Prashant Kumar, Ramadhan omy. PM Modi will were reported in the has released an adviso- and safety increasing Dagar, Neha Yadav, Neeraj Gupta, Bhuvnesh Kumar launch the campaign by last 24 hours, taking ry suggesting urgent during lockdown is evi- Tiwari, Ajay Luhach, Madhur D Singh, Sachin Kumar, the total number way of a tweet, a release action to protect the vic- denced by the increase Mohan babu, Devranjan Mishra & Shubham Agarwal. issued by the Ministry of active cases to tims of the COVID-19 in calls to helplines. of Information and 9,07,883 which is pandemic, including Concerns regarding the SWARUP KUMAR SAHA APPOINTED ED, PNB Broadcasting said. 13.44 per cent of children. health and safety status the positive cases in Swarup Kumar Saha has been appointed Execu- The campaign will be low physical distancing, said. A Covid-19 pledge “Urgent action is re- of children in Child tive Director, Punjab National Bank. launched with the aim maintain hand hygiene. will be taken by all and the country. As per quired taking into ac- Care Institutions (CCIs) MoHFW, the number to encourage people’s The campaign will be a concerted action plan count the constitution- including the specific SATYAN NARAYAN RAJU APPOINTED of recovered cases participation and it en- launched in view of the will be implemented by al obligations, domes- risk of being infected ED, CANARA BANK deavours to be a low- upcoming festivals and central government is 6.32 times the tic laws, the UNCRC’s with Corona as well as number of active K Satya Narayana Raju has been appointed Execu- cost high-intensity cam- winter season as well as ministries, depart- general principles and barriers to children’s tive Director, Canara Bank. paign with the key mes- the opening up of the ments, state govern- cases.—ANI the SDGs to safeguard access to justice as im- sage of wear mask, fol- economy, the statement ments and UTs. the lives and dignity of posed by the lockdown AGNI MITRA APPOINTED REGIONAL 39% of India’s popula- were also reported. DEPUTY DIRECTOR, WCCB tion which was impact- “State action must Agni Mitra has been appointed Regional Dy Direc- ed due to the pandem- balance out the dis- tor, Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, Eastern Region, CCEA APPROVES NATURAL GAS ic,” the NHRC said. criminatory impact of Kolkata. He is 2009 batch IFS of AGMUT cadre. According to the COVID-19 on children Commission, there are such that increased vul- By arrangement with: http:// reports of increased nerabilities are ad- MARKETING REFORMS violence against chil- dressed promptly,” whispersinthecorridors.com New Delhi: The Cabi- dren, both physical and NHRC reiterated. —ANI net Committee on Eco- Guidelines will be made for e-bid- nomic Affairs (CCEA) ding. Provisions will be kept to on Wednesday ap- proved "natural gas maintain clarity and transparen- marketing reforms" cy. Producers will have the choice to choose with the decisions a platform aimed at providing a —Dharmendra Pradhan, Petroleum & Natural Gas Minister standard procedure for sale of natural gas in a transparent and cess to make natural Cabinet today ap- Provisions will be kept competitive manner to gas pricing mecha- proved a standardised to maintain clarity and discover market price nism transparent. e-bidding process," transparency. Produc- through e-bidding. "The government is Pradhan said. ers will have the choice Briefing reporters investing Rs 4,00,000 He said Director- to choose a platform. after the cabinet meet- crores for building gas General Hydrocarbon The producing compa- ing, Union Petroleum infrastructure. Our de- (DGH) will suggest a ny cannot participate and Natural Gas Minis- pendency on imported panel of e-bidding in the bidding process ter Dharmendra Prad- fossil fuels is decreas- platform in front of as there can be a con- han said the cabinet ing. To make natural producers. flict of interest," Prad- has approved a stand- gas pricing mecha- "Guidelines will be han informed the me- ardised e-bidding pro- nism transparent, the made for e-bidding. dia.—ANI

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Journalist, 3... money transfer was rus pandemic. The pro- cused of buying drugs According to police, in not through lawful test had been on for for her boyfriend Sush- Mathura, all the four method and the money more than 100 days. ant Singh Rajput. The held are allegedly so gathered from inter- High Court said “sim- linked with Popular national sources was to Rhea Breathes... ply providing money Front of India’s (PFI) cause riots. It was al- Rhea Chakraborty will for a particular trans- student wing Campus leged that pamphlets “spend her night after a action or other trans- Front of India (CFI) ‘Am I Not India’s month in her own bed,” actions will not be fi- and were coming from Daughter’ were to Rhea Chakraborty’s nancing of that activi- Delhi and moving to- serve these unlawful lawyer Satish ty” and allegations of wards Hathras in a car purposes. Maneshinde said. spending money in and were stopped, said While granting bail procuring drugs for Su- police. Chemistry to Rhea Chakraborty, shant Singh Rajput “do The UP government Queens... the Bombay High not mean that she had has maintained that extremely high preci- Court all but demol- financed illicit traffic.” there is a conspiracy to sion. This technology ished the Narcotics The court also noted whip up caste and com- has had a revolution- Control Bureau’s case that the actor’s charges munal violence in the ary impact on the life against the 28-year-old did not involve com- state and the Hathras sciences, is contribut- actor, who was accused mercial quantity of police are now investi- ing to new cancer ther- of being “an active drugs. In her bail peti- gating a conspiracy an- apies, and may make member of a drug syn- tion, Rhea had said gle in the case, which the dream of curing dicate”. The High that she and her broth- has created a political inherited diseases Court said she was not er were sole targets of storm. The FIR has come true,” it added. a part of a chain of a witch-hunt by multi- been registered under drug dealers. ple agencies who had section 153-A of IPC Public spaces... The order also noted found no evidence in- (promoting enmity be- Protest is a fundemen- that the investigation criminating her. tween two groups), tal right, it is subject to had found Sushant Sin- Investigations into 295A of IPC (deliberate reasonable restric- gh Rajput used to pro- Sushant Singh Ra- and malicious act in- tions. cure drugs and many jput’s death, which tended to outrage feel- On March 23, the others helped him. started with a suicide ings) 124 (A) (Sedition) Shaheen Bagh sit-in “Since she has no probe, have taken wild beside section 17 and 14 protest against the citi- criminal antecedents, twists and turns over of Unlawful Activities zenship law was there are reasonable the past few months. (Prevention) Act 1967 cleared by Delhi police grounds for believing The CBI took over the and Sections 65, 72 and after curbs were im- that she is not likely to case after Rajput’s fa- 76 of Information posed on assembly and commit any offence ther accused Rhea of Technology Act. movement of people in while on bail,” the or- mentally harassing It further said that wake of the coronavi- der said. Rhea is ac- the actor. —Agencies NEWS www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia JAIPUR | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2020 07 Putting Pandemic behind, Raj opens up for tourists!

ajasthan is con- that all these people sidered to be a Tourism department is focused on increasing BIGGEST DRAWS! DESTINATION TOURISTS were severely affected Rtourist state due to the ongoing co- with such a strong in- the domestic tourists so that the season sees a Nahargarh and Amber fort The reopening of the tourist destination started with rona crisis and there- in Jaipur were the biggest unlock phase 1 on June 1 but the entire month of fore without losing frastructure of tour- promising start, writes Nirmal Tiwari tourist attractions in the June could only attract 5269 tourists to the Pink ism that viruses like state with former attract- City while minuscule 3537 tourists visited the rest time he instructed PS Swine Flu, Zika, An- ing more than 18,000 and of the state. The onset of monsoon increased the (Tourism) Alok Gupta thrax and Sars could latter being host to more number of tourists in the state although it was along with all other not put it off track. than 20,500 tourists in the nothing compared to yesteryears but it was a sol- senior officials to take However, the Corona- month. Besides Jaipur, ace to have 19326 tourists in the state out of which necessary steps to virus pandemic cer- Alwar, Gagron fort and 12665 visited Jaipur while 6661 visited the rest make Rajasthan a safe tainly brought the Chittorgarh were the biggest of the state. The month of August witnessed the and healthy tourist mighty heritage tour- attractions in the state. arrival of 42600 tourists in the capital while 13093 destination as soon as tourists visited the rest of the state. ism to its knees. PANDEMIC INDUCED possible. There are more COME SEPTEMBER! The tourism depart- than 10 lakh people who CLOSURE ment is very clearly are directly or indirect- The pandemic lead to It was the month of September with the begin- focused on increasing ly dependent on the closure of all historical ning of tourist season officially from September 1 the domestic tourists that the real arrival of the tourists started in this tourist trade in the monuments & museums, up to the maximum state this year. September saw as many as 56,931 state which include the national & biological parks possible number so and safaris on March 18. tourists visiting Jaipur while 27,904 thronged the small vendors, hawk- that the good start that Apart from this the other other tourist destinations of the state. The total ers, tourist guides, ma- stakeholders like hotels, number of tourists in September for the state the tourist season has hauts, folk artists and resorts and restaurants were stood at 84,835 which was 30,000 more than the witnessed in the begin- big hotels resorts etc. also closed which led to the total number of tourists in August. It is expected ning of October is con- CM Ashok Gehlot re- loss of hundreds of crores of that the number of tourists will cross 1 lakh in the tinued till the end of alised this quite early rupees to the state tourism. month of October. the tourist season. JDA’s lost glory returning, gradually! SEC urged to hold local Abhishek Srivastava tion of minister Shanti Dhariwal, JDA will Jaipur: The old glorious soon start large infra- days of Jaipur Develop- structure projects for ment Authority (JDA) the city,” said Goyal. bodies polls in phases might return soon as its A total of 85 new works Commissioner IAS of- have been approved in ficer Gaurav Goyal has three months whereas taken on the challenge 193 new works were of improving the finan- sanctioned in the last cial condition of the de- financial year. The re- velopment body. solve of Chief Minister The JDA’s financial Ashok Gehlot to priori- condition was in a bad tise e-governance to shape when Goyal took eliminate corruption charge of the post of Shanti Dhariwal Gaurav Goyal has also been well real- PS Mehra, Saurabh Srivastava, V Saravan Kumar and Shyam Singh Rajpurohit during the meeting JDA Commissioner in ized in these three the first week of July auction and lottery of years, this figure was months. Ashish ed to deployment were cials proposed the com- arrangements for po- this year. the plots in three Rs 168 crores average. Online leases of 3,713 discussed in the meet- mission to hold elec- licemen will have to be Goyal considered it months from July to Infact Goyal is lucky to plots have been issued Jaipur: Rajasthan ing chaired by the state tions in municipal cor- done accordingly. as a challenge and fo- September while aver- have a dynamic and per- in three months from Election Commission election commissioner porations, Zila Pari- ADG (law and order) cused all his attention age Rs 92 crores were forming UDH minister July to September. JDA on Wednesday held a PS Mehra. shad and panchayat Saurabh Srivastata as- on strengthening the earned during last like Dhariwal and even will launch three more meeting with home and He asked the officials samitis in phases. sured the commission JDA’s economic posi- some financial year. Goyal acknowledges new schemes till police departments to to ensure deployment The commissioner that the elections will tion. This has enabled the that. Navratri in view of the discuss deployment of of policemen in the ar- said that a rise in the be held in a peaceful It is with efforts of JDA to issue adminis- “This achievement is response of the public police personnel in elec- eas, where elections number of polling manner. Special secre- Goyal and his team, Un- trative and financial ap- not of my own but of to the recently an- tion duty during the up- will take place, in ade- booths is likely in the tary (home) V Saravana der a close supervision proval for development the entire team of our nounced four schemes. coming elections of lo- quate numbers so that upcoming elections of Kumar and secretary of of UDH minister Shanti works at a cost of Rs 107 JDA officials. It has In these four schemes, cal bodies and panchay- the law and order could municipal corporations the commission Shyam Dhariwal, that the JDA crores on a large scale been made possible by e-auction of around 300 at samities. be maintained. of Jaipur, Jodhpur and Singh Rajpurohit were generated Rs 311 crores after eight months. In the untiring efforts of corner plots will also be Various issues relat- The department offi- Kota and therefore the present in the meeting. as revenue from the the last some financial this team. On the direc- started from October 15.

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—PHOTO BY ANI Public representatives, politicians among others continue to visit Kota to console Speaker Birla Gul Mohammed mer MP Ramesh Chand Chhagan Mahoor also Tomar, Bhind MP Sand- paid their respects. Kota: Condolences con- hya Suman Rai, Gwalior Arun Chaturvedi and tinue to pour in for Lok MP Vijay Narayan, for- Bhajan Lal Sharma re- Sabha Speaker Om Bir- mer minister Babulal membered late Birla’s la whose father Verma, former MP stellar role in the coop- Shrikrishna Birla Chintamani Malviya, eratives movement and passed away recently. former minister Arun called it inspiring for On Wednesday as well Chaturvedi, industrial- generations to come. many public represent- ist Jagdish Joshi were Apart from these atives, politicians and among prominent peo- large number of people people from all walks of ple who offered condo- belonging to various so- life reached Birla’s lences. Former MoS cial and religious or- Dada Bari residence in Sushil Katara, BJP ganisations and politi- MS Dhoni, captain of Chennai Super Kings gets clean-bowled during IPL 2020 cricket match Kota and offered floral state Gen Secy Bhajan- cal parties also offered against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. tributes to late Bhajan Lal, Arun Chaturvedi, Chhagan Mahoor offering lal Sharma and Con- their attributes at the Shrikrishna Birla. For- condolences to Om Birla in Kota on Wednesday. gress state Gen Secy Birla residence.

THE OVERBURDENED had ran from pillar to post and BABU! got Bhale removed from Krishi AS Siddharth Mahajan is Bhawan. Bhale is a 1999 batch I confused and bamboozled. IAS and is just three years junior Although he has been given the to Alok Gupta whereas the posts responsibility of Food Department replacement - Hemant Gera- could KYA KAREIN, KYA NA held by Bhale now - Director but he is unhappy with the not perform in the department, KAREIN! Tourism and MD RTDC - has additional charge of the Panchayati Siddharth was brought back. The AS Alok Gupta was as troubled had officers several years junior. Raj department. He already burden of excessive responsibilities I in the past as he is now. Under such a situation, Alok has additional charge of two on Siddharth is definitely wrong The reason for his situation Gupta may face several problems departments - Relief and Planning. and although he has approached being non-appointment of any in coordinating with Bhale and And now he has additional the senior officials and requested officer on posts under Gupta in getting him to work. Alok Gupta charge of total four departments. that his load be brought down, the Tourism department. The was troubled for not having any Siddharth, a 2003 batch IAS any relief seems far away. Truth be responsibility of Director Tourism officer under him in the past, now officer, has become Secretary in panchayati raj and relief. During the told, Siddharth wants to go to Delhi and MD RTDC was also on Gupta he is more troubled for having January 2020 and although he initial days of Corona pandemic, he and even he has been chosen to and he was ‘one in all’ in the and controversial officer. When such an officer under him! In fact is not too senior a bureaucrat, worked in challenging situations become OSD to Lok Sabha speaker department. But now the state he was Director in Agriculture Bhale is likely to be a challenge it is surprising that he has been and circumstances in the food Om Birla, yet the file on this issue government has posted an IAS department, his ‘acts’ were too before his boss, a low profile and given responsibility of important department, but he was transferred is awaiting clearance from the CMO - Vikas Sitaramji Bhale - on both well known and the then ACS soft spoken Alok Gupta. departments like planning, food, in July. However, when his for the past eight months. these posts, who is a ‘renowned’ (Agriculture) Pawan Kumar Goyal —Rajendra Chhabra Congratulations to the Indian Air Force and all my countrymen on Indian Air Force Day! IAF- we are proud of you, keep the flag flying high! —Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India POSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21 2ND FRONT www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia JAIPUR | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2020 08

WORLD INDIA RAJASTHAN COVID-19 UPDATE 10,57,836 3,62,74,696 1,05,519 68,29,678 1,590 1,50,467 DEATHS CONFIRMED CASES DEATHS CONFIRMED CASES DEATHS CONFIRMED CASES MAHARASHTRA TAMIL NADU KARNATAKA DELHI GUJARAT 39,072 DEATHS 14,80,489 CASES 9,984 DEATHS 6,35,855 CASES 9,574 DEATHS 6,68,652 CASES 5,616 DEATHS 2,98,107 CASES 3,531 DEATHS 1,46,672 CASES

CHIEF MINISTER REVIEWS LAW AND ORDER Raghu, Kataria flag off Act with sensitivity in crimes corona rally in Ajmer against women, says CM Gehlot Subham Jain Ajmer: Health minis- Secretary (Home) NL Meena arrangements in all ter Raghu Sharma on the states in the man- Wednesday said that appointed to investigate the ner in which the Ra- the state government’s jasthan Government movement against co- recent violence in Dungarpur has compulsorily rona was started be- lodged the FIRs of eve- cause people had be- and Khairwada ry complainant in the come careless towards Naresh Sharma state at the Chief Min- police stations. the virus spread. Dr Raghu Sharma, Lalchand Kataria release poster for corona ister’s residence on Gehlot also instruct- Sharma said that awareness drive. Rakesh Pareek, Suresh Tank, Bhavani Singh Jaipur: Chief Minis- Wednesday night. He ed to activate CLG, the recovery rate in the Detha, Arushi Malik, Prakash Rajpurohit were also present. ter Ashok Gehlot has held a thorough review train village guards state is 85-86 percent instructed the state po- on the subjects of law CM Ashok Gehlot during the review meeting. and take their services. which is highest in top er activities are being ness rally and distrib- lice that it should take and order, crimes re- During the meeting, big states of the coun- undertaken to create uted masks. prompt and sensitive lated to women, organ- recorded and the num- “Earlier, the police Principal Secretary try while the death rate awareness. Sharma, while talk- action in cases of ized crimes, curbing ber of FIRs filed has used to take 278 days (Home) Abhay Kumar is 1 percent, lowest in Sharma along with ing to reporters, reject- crimes against weaker drug trafficking, speed- come down from 31 per- on an average in the informed that NL Mee- the country. the minister in charge ed allegations that the sections of society in- ing up action against cent to just 13 percent,” research of these na, Secretary (Home) Because of this, the of Ajmer and agricul- government was hid- cluding women and mafias etc. and gave Gehlot said. crimes, while this unit has been appointed to minister said, people ture minister Lal- ing the figure related to girls. “Our government directions to senior po- The CM said that the has reduced time by 40 investigate all the as- became careless and chand Kataria was in coronavirus. has ensured that every lice officers. Special Investigation percent due to the for- pects related to the re- therefore the state gov- Ajmer on Wednesday. Agriculture minis- complainant is heard “The State Govern- Unit for Crime Against mation and monitor- cent violent develop- ernment launched a During the visit, ter Kataria said that a in the police stations ment has implemented Women set up in all 41 ing of this unit and ments in Dungarpur mass movement both the ministers held girdawari report is be- and no complainant the policy of compulso- police districts of the now it is taking an av- and Khairwada of against corona to make a meeting with district ing prepared to assess has to run around for rily hearing and regis- state for crimes related erage time of 113 Udaipur. people aware. The min- level officers and dis- the losses to crops and getting an FIR regis- tering FIRs which is to women has the ef- days,” Gehlot said and He also appreciated ister said that 1 crore cussed various issues report is awaited. tered,” Gehlot said being continuously fect that there has been directed that a letter the investigation done masks will be distrib- like water, electricity, He said that the af- while reviewing vari- monitored. There has a significant reduction should be written to by the police in the uted under the cam- road etc. They also fected farmers will get ous issues related to been a significant re- in the time taken for the Union Home Min- rape case at Thanagaji paign and various oth- flagged off an aware- compensation. law and order in the duction in the crimes rape and POCSO cases. istry to make similar in Alwar. Will make layman’s access to Ramesh’s VRS RHB ‘records’ highest ACB easier: Soni takes charge ‘rebellion’ looms large! Dr Rituraj Sharma single property return! Naveen Sharma Jaipur: Since the shuffle Board sells property Jaipur: The new DG of eleven IAS officers at nine times the for ACB BL Soni took late on Monday night, it listed price the charge of his new appears that the bureau- assignment after tak- cracy has been going P Ramesh Shivendra Pramar ing blessings from Lord through bit of a rough Ganesh at the Moti weather, because, while it was late in the evening Jaipur: Going from Dungri Ganesh temple. all 10 officers accepted that the CS and Ramesh strength to strength, Ra- Speaking to the their ‘fate’, it was IAS P talked. While it appeared jasthan Housing Board media, DG Soni said Ramesh, who ‘rebelled’ as if the matter had end- (RHB) has yet again —FILE PHOTO that in accordance against the order of his ed on Tuesday, Wednes- proved that better man- with the zero toler- transfer from ‘power’ to day brought with it fresh agement can help to CM Ashok Gehlot with Shanti Dhariwal, Govind Singh Dotasra, Pawan ance for corruption the position of Division- ‘issues’ as word spread overcome economic Arora during launch of Super Hit ‘APNI DUKAN APNA VYAVSAY’ yojna. policy of the state BL Soni taking charge as DG, ACB. al Commissioner of in bureaucratic circles slump and financial government, he will Udaipur division. The that the issue is not set- woes brought by the Co- two and a half times the dential properties under try to common peo- Soni said that his 5 es who welcomed him rebellion came mainly, tled. Therefore, on rona pandemic. This was list price. On this the Wednesday Auction ple’s access to the bu- year working experi- ceremoniously. due to the ongoing tussle Wednesday the CS spoke evident on Wednesday Wednesday, the RHB sold were also sold off which reau easier. He said ence with apex agency ACB DIG Sawai between Ramesh and to him at length on with- when the RHB sold off a a total of 286 properties brought another 14.25 along with continu- like CBI is going to Singh Godara, SP Yo- Ajitabh Sharma after drawing the VRS appli- nine square meter shop generating a revenue of crore rupees in revenue ing the good work be- come in handy for him, gesh Dadheech, Ramesh laid allegations cation which he has not in Madhuban Scheme at Rs 41 crore. to the RHB’s kitty,” said ing done at the bu- while working at ACB. Harendra Mahawar of Sharma’s involve- rolled back till late Jodhpur at nine times its “People were excited Pawan Arora, Commis- reau, more corrupt He assured the people along with other of- ment in a tender worth Wednesday night. listed price! The list to take part in the ‘Apni sioner, RHB. government person- that he would immedi- ficers were also pre- over hundred crore ru- Interestingly, union price for the shop was Rs Dukaan - Apna Vyavs- Launched by CM Ge- nel will be identified. ately take action on sent at the occasion. pees, and submitted a minister Gajendra Singh 6.75 lakh, however, it was aay’ scheme of the RHB. hlot a week back, the Soni said he would every matter brought ACB ADG Dinesh VRS application! Shekhawat opened a sold off for Rs 49 lakh! On the first Wednesday scheme has sold off also be open to sug- to his notice. MN, who was not in Through the day the front against Gehlot govt Similarly, another 9 sq of this scheme total 185 properties worth 27 gestions from the Later, the new ACB the office, called up top bureaucracy and saying that after the gen- mt shop in the same commercial properties crore rupees in its first common people to DG visited ACB head- DG BL Soni on phone even CS Rajeeva Swarup eral public, now the har- scheme, with a list price were sold generating week and therefore it is make the work of quarters where he met and congratulated made attempts to contact assment of bureaucracy of Rs 6.30 lakh, was sold 26.57 crore rupees in rev- already a success on its ACB more efficient. all the outpost incharg- him. Ramesh, to no avail and is out in open. off for Rs 17.33 lakh ie enue. Moreover, 101 resi- first day! WILL INVESTIGATION REACH PILOT’S DOORSTEP? From P1 help to Lokendra and correct and defamatory. Sharat has questioned According to Gehlot Sharat lost his ‘equation’ Sharat Kumar. However, The viral list also includ- the wisdom and proprie- camp sources, the CM with the chief minister, Rahul being busy in par- at this critical juncture, ed the names of almost tary of Jaipur police on himself was ‘hurt and still remains a mystery. ty affairs during the day, Pilot is going to Jodhpur half a dozen such Con- why to only book him pained’ with this ‘act’ of In Rajasthan media his response was not this morning to pay his gress legislators, who under the law, whereas a friendly journalist to circles, Sharat perhaps available till Wednesday condolences to late Jas- after shifting their loy- the said news was also whom he always shared happens to be the only night. Pilot camp claims want Singh’s family. alty with Pilot camp, published and circulated complete trust and confi- senior journalist, who that Pilot got a ‘positive’ According to police have subsequently on a number of other dence but still, his gov- used to enjoy an equal response from the three sources, main charge joined Gehlot camp and Sharat Kumar Lokendra Singh leading newspapers and ernment did not initiate and similar rapport with committee members. against Pilot’s media ad- were camping at Jais- news channels. Sharat any legal action at that all the three big wigs of Meanwhile, Jaipur po- visor Lokendra is that on almer’s five-star hotel. the rumors at that mo- plaint, now Jaipur police says that it is an act of moment. It was only at Rajasthan ie Gehlot, lice has categorically 7th August 2020, during This has sent a very ‘dis- ment but a complaint has registered a formal discrimination under initiative of Jaipur po- Vasundhara and Pilot. stated that only the law the course of MLAs turbing’ message among was registered in Jaipur FIR against the two jour- the law. lice that the preliminary But in the changing of land is taking place in ‘badabandi’ at Jaisalmer, these MLAs because by the local police saying nalists. Subsequently, in the inquiry was conducted world of ‘relationships’, this case and there is no Lokendra made viral a they thought that their that the entire incident Aaj Tak’s Rajasthan evening, on his Youtube which was followed by a Gehlot and Sharat have political vendetta or any list of almost two dozen own ‘mentor’ and leader has damaged the reputa- Editor Sharat Kumar has channel, Sharat carried formal FIR. Prior to this completely fallen apart instructions from ‘high- phone numbers includ- Gehlot was himself spy- tion and credibility of been charged for airing a frontal attack on the ‘Badabandi’ phone tap- to the extent that Sharat er-ups’. Pilot has report- ing the mobile numbers ing on them. the Jaipur police. After this phone taping news Gehlot government and ping case, Sharat was is facing a serious crimi- edly asked his legal team of a few Congress MLAs, A hurt and disgusted having a prima facie ver- on the channel. In re- openly supported Pilot always considered very nal case under Gehlot to provide all possible which were factually in- CM had contradicted all ification of the com- sponse to this charge, on various grounds. close to Gehlot but how government itself. www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia 09 JAIPUR, THURSDAY OCTOBER 8, 2020

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TIMEThis Throwback Thursday we bring you one of the first multi starrer blockbusters ANITA HADA 1965 - Waqt - the first colour film by [email protected] BR Chopra productions, directed by ule Gulzar, chhayi bahaar’ was how my Yash Chopra, it spawned a generation father would often address my mother of family ‘separated and reunited’ ‘G and on being asked once what does it multi-starrers! mean, he told me that it was Sunil Dutt’s favour- flaunting a fruit knife at my did not leave a single dry eye. ite dialogue from Waqt! I sim- siblings! Balrah Sahni gives a perfor- ply had to see it! Shashi Kapoor played the mance of a lifetime and he Waqt is a classic, everything devoted son at crossroads, his was a consummate actor par about it is well drawn from the love for Sharmila Tagore on a excellence, his hapless search storyline, dialogues, charac- back burner as he tried to bal- for his family missing them by terisation, music to the songs, ance the reality of his life. seconds- Raaj in the orphan- it’s about life, love, fate, hope Sharmila’s harsh truth to age where he murders Jeevan and family. Sunil Dutt which brings the in pain and anger and his wife It’s one of my all-time fa- transformation from playboy with young Shashi Kapoor vourites and it’s really diffi- to responsible lawyer and a when they move to Mumbai- cult to pick out the best parts. peek into the issues of birth, keeps one engaged. The love story of a chirpy full family background and re- Waqt reminds me of Sholay of life Sunil Dutt and a breath- spect for labour. in the fine moments and deep takingly beautiful Sadhana The car race between Raaj characterization of all it’s ac- with simply lovely songs set Kumar and Sunil Dutt is quite tors strewn across three hours on the undercurrent of trag- interesting though nothing on of relentless drama, music, edy that has befallen the fam- the car races of today. The performances and fine direc- ily of Balraj Sahni keeps one heroines in their fashionable tion which keep the mind, rooted to the screen. cut clothes woo the audience heart and soul engaged. A les- The immensely hummable as does the grandeur of the son of life! songs ‘Hum jab simat kar aap- locales. ki, Kaaun aaya ke, Chehre pe Rehman is his usual suave Khushi chhaa jaati’ hai cou- self as Chinoy Seth who un- pled with the hugely popular ravels in the famous court- till date ‘O’meri zohra jabeen’ room scene where finally the by Manna Dey where Balraj family comes together in a fi- Sahni woos the blushing nal heartrending scene which Achala Sachdev on the same date birthday of his three sons. My sympathies were with Raaj Kumar who loves and loses Sadhana to Sunil Dutt, the MOMENT where he goes to kill his rival to find a child- hood photo identifying him as his younger brother stills the breath and the famous dialogue in his drawling voice- “yeh bachhon ke khelne ki cheez nahin, haath kat jaaye to khoon nikal aata hai,” which I went around mouth- ing for a full week Sponsored by Rodic Consultants Pvt. Ltd. ETC www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia JAIPUR | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2020 10

NEHAL NAYAR [email protected] ‘I HAVE NOT MET MY PARENTS oft-spoken and pe- tite, Dr Shivani Swami is the con- sultant pulmonolo- S gist at the Naraya- na Multispeciality FOR 7 MONTHS’ Hospital in Jaipur. She has a gruelling day which begins at 9.00 am and goes on right till the evening. Earlier, Narayana was not a COVID Center, but now it is; which has only increased her work- pressure. She has worked in some of the most pres- tigious hospitals in the country like Medanta: The MediCity in Gurgaon and the Fortis Hospital in New Delhi. In an exclusive in- terview with City First, she mentioned, “I have not met my parents for 7 months, even though they live in Jaipur”.

Q1. What have been the last 7 months like for you as a Pulmonolo- gist? Ans. Well, you can imag- Dr Shivani Swami ine that my parents live in the same city also remember that and I haven’t met re-infections are hap- them for almost 7 pening and the sec- months. Since I am ond time around coming in contact COVID is much more with so many COVID severe. And I strong- patients, I wanted to ly recommend a flu protect them from shot for everyone. the virus. Q7. Wherever you have Q2. What is your typical tory diseases. Fur- Q4. There is a lot of de- volves admission to a have just recovered worked you have been day like in these thermore, at the OPD bate about what med- hospital. FabiFlu from COVID-19? involved with the times of pandemic? there were a lot of icines one should take could also be a medi- Ans. They have to first of sleep treatment. Is Ans. My day begins at 9 COVID patients com- as soon as one tests cine of choice de- all continue with this a passion of am and I am seeing ing. They were, of positive? Apart from pending on the pa- their medicines and yours? patients right till course, prescribed Vitamin C, Zinc and tient. vitamin supplements. Ans. Yes, it is. This is one 4.30 pm. And I am in tests and medicines. Vitamin D combo. They must continue area I have super a PPE kit. Which If they were in-home Ans. I would begin with Q5. How do you see things with their respirato- specialised in. In means no food to eat, quarantine, I was Ivermectin on day unfolding in the next ry exercises and then fact, a year ago I had no water to drink guiding them on a one itself. I would few months? they have to strictly already established a and no visit to the daily basis. Recently, also recommend Dox- Ans. We will have to learn follow the protocols sleep clinic in Naray- toilet. When I reach the hospital has start- ycycline. Then de- to live with COV- like physical distanc- ana Hospital but home around 5 pm – ed a dedicated COVID pending on the condi- ID-19, I guess. ing, hand hygiene with the coming of that is the time I eat. ward which has to tion of the patient, I and most important the COVID, it has From 5.15 pm to 6.30 some extent increased would recommend Q6. What would you ad- of them all, wearing taken a backseat for pm, I sit in my per- the work pressure. Remdesivir which in- vise the patients who a mask. They must the time being. sonal clinic and see patients. The clinic is followed by video consultancy for many patients. So you can see that it is a packed day.

Q3. Narayana wasn’t a COVID Center till re- cently, which meant a lesser number of pa- tients in comparison to the COVID Centers? Ans. Not really. There were elective patients (non-COVID) for asth- ma and other respira-

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ANIL DEVGN, NO MORE

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ctor Ajay Devgn’s brother and film director Anil Devgan Apassed way at the age of 45 on Monday night. The confirmation of his demise was given by Ajay Devgn Rihanna on Tuesday through a Twitter post where he expressed sorrow over his brother’s demise. “I lost my brother Anil Devgan last night. His untimely demise has left our family heartbro- companions, is considered tentionally offensive in our ken. ADFF & I will miss his pres- extremely sacred to Mus- Savage X Fenty show. I ence dearly,” the 51-year-old actor lims, and comes second would, more importantly, tweeted.. —ANI only to the Quran in terms like to apologize to you for of textual authority.” this honest, yet careless APOLOGIZING Rihanna took to her Ins- mistake. We understand inger and Fenty streamed this past week- remix of a hadith narra- tagram Story to issue an that we have hurt many of DELAYED founder Rihanna end on Amazon Prime tion. According to CNN, apology to the Muslim our Muslim brothers and is issuing an apol- Video, the song Doom by “The hadith, a written re- community. “I’d like to sisters, and I’m incredibly TO 2022 ogy. During her London-based producer cord of the sayings and ac- thank the Muslim commu- disheartened by this,” Ri- S Savage x Fenty Coucou Chloe was fea- tions of the Prophet Mo- nity for pointing out a huge hanna posted on her Story. ...her post show that tured. The song features a hammed and his closest oversight that was unin- —Agency Finally Recovered bout a month after ac- the weekend.” tor Arjun Kapoor “I’m feeling better after Robert Pattinson tested positive for making a full recovery and A coronavirus, he on excited to return to work. obert Pattinson’s The Batman Wednesday issued a state- Thank you, everyone, for was slated to rule the box ment announcing that he your good wishes and positiv- Roffice in 2021. The filming has tested negative over the ity,” added Arjun. resumed and fans were hoping that weekend. On September 6, Arjun the movie would release as per the The ‘Ishaqzaade’ actor had shared on Insta- scheduled date, October 1, 2021. posted a statement on Insta- gram that he had tested A year left for its release and it has gram in which he confirmed positive for the virus. been reported that Warner Bros his recovery. “Hi! I’m happy He was asymptomatic has decided to delay the release. Arjun Kapoor to report that I have tested and had isolated him- According to numerous international negative to coronavirus over self at home. —ANI publications, ‘The Batman’ has been delayed to 2022. The DC movie is now slated to release on March 4, 2022. While DC fans will have to wait much longer before they see Matt Reeves’ take on the iconic superhero, Different AK there is some good news for The fans. The publication has reported s he is all set to step into the shoes of a that the Matrix movie, will be releas- cross-functional athlete for his next ing over the Christmas. —Agency film, actor Ayushmann Khurrana has A started sweating it out for the massive physical transformation, which is required to fit in the role. UNFORTUNATE The 36-year-old actor consid- Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner ers his next film, which is an NEWS Abhishek Kapoor directorial to be different from his other work and says that audiences NEW TATTOO will get to see a “different” him The 24-year-old Game of in the film. Khurrana, who is Thrones actress took to her currently staying in his home- Instagram Stories on Octo- town Chandigarh, is undergoing ber 5 to share a photo of intense training sessions to Joe, 31, eating lunch with don the hat of a cross- her. The picture show- functional athlete. cased three new tattoos Giving a sneak on Joe‘s forearms peek from his which represented the transformation principle, “See no evil, process, the hear no evil, speak no ‘Article 15’ ac- Late Johnny Nash evil.” In the pic, he has tor took to In- ...her post pink hair, which he de- stagram and 020 needs to come to an buted last week for said, “It’s go- abrupt end already as we’ve onas Brothers singer Breast Cancer Aware- ing to be a 2had to say goodbye to way Joe Jonas has some ness Month. Fans different me too many talented individuals from new tattoos on his have also noticed that in this differ- the entertainment industry, in this J arm and his wife So- in the background of ent film! Mov- week alone. Johnny Nash, singer- phie Turner is highlighting the photo, daughter Wil- ie prep going songwriter, actor and producer has Joe’s new inks to their fans! la’s toys. —Agency Ayushmann Khurrana strong.” —ANI sadly passed away at the age of 80. The unfortunate news was confirmed by his son Johnny Nash Jr. Nash Jr. revealed to AP that his father had been in declining health and died of natural causes at home in Houston, ‘Cinema can spark conversations’ his birthplace. Many will know Nash as the creator and performer of the alking about her ‘Bala’ actor said, “I search for of powerful, strong and inde- later shed weight for 1972 classic tune I Can See Clearly choice of films, actor extraordinary stories of ex- pendent women. the next film said, “I Now. The single earned Johnny a Bhumi Pednekar on traordinary women! I think “Right from my debut, I am proud of my body No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100. I Can T Wednesday said she that really guides my film have tried to bring to life sto- of work and I know I See Clearly Now became even more believes that “cinema can choices, Cinema can spark ries of powerful, strong, inde- will constantly pick pro- popular, thanks to hit covers by spark conversations.” conversations and all my pendent women who have a jects that hit home for me. iconic singers like Ray Charles, Lee The actor’s idea of taking films, in their own, unique voice and they want to be Such subjects are extremely Towers, Donny Osmond as well as up a film depends on the way, have been about achiev- heard by society,” she added. close to my heart because I do Jimmy Cliff’s epic version for 1993 unique storyline that project ing parity.” Actor, who had played a feel I have a responsibility to film Cool Runnings. —Agency extraordinary women with Pednekar has tried to give role of an overweight girl in portray women different- extraordinary stories. The a voice to the unheard stories Dum Laga Ke Haisha and ly on screen.” —ANI Bhumi Pednekar CITY BUZZ www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia JAIPUR | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2020 12 INDIAN AIR FORCE- FLYING HIGH! he country will Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief celebrate the Marshal RKS Bhadauria, Air 88th anniversary Officer Commanding-in-Chief T of the Indian Air Western Air Command, Air Force today, 8 October. Marshal B Suresh and Air Officer This day is celebrated Commanding Air Force Station every year at Hindon Ambala along with the pilots base in presence of the of the first Rafale aircraft that IAF chief and senior had arrived at Air Force Station officials of the three Ambala on 29 July, 2020. armed forces. These celebrations include an air display where The first three women fighter the most crucial and pilots of the Indian Air Force, vintage aircraft put up a Mohana Singh, Avani Chaturvedi magnificent show. and Bhawana Kanth.

KARISHMA GWALANI CITY FIRST edantu, a leading Live online learning ndia’s fast-grow- platform on Wednes- ing fantasy game RANDEEP day announced its app ‘11Six- V collaboration with Vedantu X KBC es’, launched by The leading online learning platform Vedantu on Wednesday partnered with I India’s popular game Radialrust Technolo- Joins ‘11Sixes’ show, Kaun Banega one of the most interesting game shows Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) gies & Media Services Crorepati (KBC), as the “co- Pvt. Ltd has not only powered by” sponsor for its become popular on-going 12th season. Vedantu among youths but has will provide a platform for also made the record students to get closer to the by beating other fan- hot seat. tasy apps in a short Student special week will time. 11Sixes is an on- be aired in the month of De- line gaming platform cember 2020, where Vedantu where users select a will provide a once in a life- fantasy team of 11 time opportunity to students real players from two across India to participate competing teams. through V Quiz- a live Host The knowledge of the quiz show on Vedantu. The users makes this live quiz will be hosted for game even more children between the age of thrilling. Impressed 10-16 years to participate in by the outstanding KBC as well as test their success of 11Sixes, knowledge in a fun and engag- Bollywood’s versatile ing manner. Students can par- actor and fitness ticipate in this quiz between 5 icon, Randeep Hooda - 18 October at 11 am and 7 pm Amitabh Bachchan in ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ has joined hands every day. Students who play with ‘11sixes’ and be- consistently and main- came the Brand tain top scores, will part and parcel of most With a show of such stature, Ambassador of qualify to be featured in Indian families’ view- it’s our endeavour to offer 11Sixes. Randeep Hooda the Student Special ing and entertainment. innovative business solu- The special Week on KBC, play Fast- It is a nationally loved tions to clients, thereby forg- thing about wat and Tarun choice of youths when est Finger First, and com- and watched game show ing an impactful relation- this fantasy gam- Singh Shekhawat, the fun in fantasy gam- pete for a chance to be on the just as Vedantu is India’s ment, Sony Pictures Net- ship. Edu-tech as a category ing company, which is under the supervi- ing increases further, most coveted Hot Seat. most popular LIVE online works India said, “KBC is is evolving and Vedantu is has been established sion of a team of ener- it will become more Speaking on the partner- learning platform. “ known to be a great leveller one of our valued co-pow- as a result of the getic youth. According beneficial and enter- ship Shivani Suri, Chief Mar- Adding further, Sandeep through knowledge and as a ered by sponsors on the unique ideation of Yo- to Randeep, “11Sixes taining for the users.” keting Officer & Category Mehrotra, Head – Ad Sales, show has invoked a sense of show, this year.” gendra Singh Shekha- has become the first [email protected] Head, Vedantu said, “KBC is Hindi & Regional Entertain- accomplishment in people. [email protected] FLIPKART BRINGS Joy of Giving Week DURING THE DAY!

GUJARAT: FESTIVE CHEER Surat is one CITY FIRST of the 113 cities to have o cater to the growing registered for needs of millions of new the Streets and existing consumers for People T coming online and to sup- Challenge, an port market access for lakhs of Team of State Bank of India (SBI) initiative of MSMEs, sellers, artisans & kira- Smart Cities nas, Flipkart, India’s home- CITY FIRST General Manager, State Bank of Mission, grown e-commerce mar- India, Local Head Office, Jaipur, Ministry of ketplace, has significant- tate Bank of India, Local in the presence of Govind Singh Housing and ly expanded its supply This expansion will also Head Office, Jaipur or- Rawat, General Manager Urban Affairs chain across the country. help lakhs of sellers, MS- ganised ‘Joy of Giving (North), Shiva Om Dikshit, Gen- (MoHUA), This massive infrastructure MEs and artisans from small- S Week (Dan Utsav)’ from eral Manager (South), Anuj Government investment is aimed at bringing er towns to connect with a pan- 2 to 8 October, in which SBI Bhatnagar, General Manag- of India. the festive cheer to Bharat con- India consumer base through staff deposited old and us- er (FIMM) and Deshband- sumers’ doorstep ahead of the Flipkart’s supply chain. able clothes for distribu- hu Kataria, Deputy Gen- festive season and BBD (the Big Amitesh Jha, Senior Vice- tion to underprivileged eral Manager & CDO to HAPPY B’DAY! Billion Days) festive event. As President, Ekart and Market- people. This initiative in- the Kamla Bai Charitable part of this process, it has in- place, Flipkart said that Flipkart volved active employee en- Trust, Jaipur. Amitava Chat- creased its last-mile reach with has always been committed to gagement with significant emo- terjee appreciated the efforts of more than 3,000 facilities across bringing consumers online to tional connect. Due to this, 8 Bank staff and informed that the country to provide a fast and ensure equitable distribution of Cartons of old and usable the bank staff has always been efficient e-commerce experience the benefits of e-commerce. clothes collected were donated involved in social concerns. to consumers this festive period. [email protected] by Amitava Chatterjee, Chief [email protected] CITY FIRST HDFC X APOLLO n a first of its kind ini- tiative in the country, who will get round the Prathap C. Reddy, Chair- HDFC Bank and Apollo clock access to emergency man, Apollo Hospitals I Hospitals have joined Apollo Doctor at no Cost Group in the pres- hands to launch ‘The on Apollo 24|7 along with ence of. Shobana RAJASTHAN: MLA Malviya Nagar and former Healthy Life Programme’, a plethora of benefits such Kamineni, Execu- Health Minister Kalicharan Sarraf gave a holistic healthcare solu- as choice of payment op- tive Vice-Chairper- orders and ensured that the water boring tion which makes a tions and ease of finance son, Apollo Hospitals in the Madhuban Moksha Dham which was healthy living, accessible for treatments at all Apol- Group and Sashidhar Jag- shut down for past 6 months causing a and affordable on Apollo’s lo Hospitals. dishan, the MD Designate great deal of inconvenience to the people is IAS Mahaveer Prasad (top) digital platform, Apollo The initiative was of HDFC Bank. Aditya healthy India is the first will revolutionize access restarted immediately. Ramesh Chandra Saini, and IPS Alok Shrivastava 24|7. The programme is launched digitally by Adi- Puri said that there is step towards a wealthy to quality health care for Ghandhyam Mantri, Ajit Sharma and Rakesh celebrated their birthdays created exclusively for tya Puri, Managing Direc- nothing more precious India. To him, it is like a millions of our country- Kumawat personally oversaw this work and got on 7 October, Wednesday. HDFC Bank customers tor, HDFC Bank and Dr than life and health. A mini health mission that men. [email protected] it functioning. We wish them all the best!