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Govt re-submits
‘Red Light On’
campaign file to LG
New Delhi (PTI): Envi-
ronment Minister Gopal
Rai Monday said the Del-
higovernmenthasresub-
mitted the file on ‘Red
LightOnGaadiOff’cam-
paign to Lt Guv VK Sax-
enaseekinghisapproval.
He said the file contains
evidencethatsuchdrives
havereducedpollutionin
India,USandUK.OnSat-
urday
, Saxena had re-
turned the file asking
Kejriwal to reconsider
the campaign. He ques-
tioned the effectiveness
of such an ‘ad-hoc’ meas-
ure as Delhi reels under
highpollution.—moreonP3
Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena pays
homage to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his birth anniversary,
at Patel Chowk in New Delhi, Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI
PAYING HOMAGE TO ‘THE ARCHITECT
OF INDIA’S ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM’
CENTURY-OLD BRIDGE COLLAPSES IN MORBI NATIONAL UNITY DAY: SARDAR VALLABHBHAI
PATEL’S 141ST
BIRTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
ACT OF GOD OR
ACT OF FRAUD?
Moni Sharma
Ahmedabad: Thedeath
toll in Morbi bridge col-
lapse rose to 141 on Mon-
day, a senior Gujarat
police official said, add-
ing that the rescue op-
eration was still under-
way
. Police have regis-
tered an FIR on charges
of culpable homicide
against agencies given
the task of maintenance
and operation of the
bridge. So far, 9 people
have been arrested by
Gujarat Police after in-
terrogation in connec-
tion with the tragedy
.
The more than a cen-
tury-old bridge on the
Machchhu river in Mor-
bi, located around 300
kmfromthestatecapital
Gandhinagar, had reo-
pened 5 days ago after
extensive repairs and
renovation. It was
crammed with people
whenitcollapsedaround
6.30 pm on Sunday
.
The bridge was reo-
pened after a private
inaugural event and
was yet to receive the
municipality’s “fitness
certificate,” a civic of-
ficial said. More on P6
FIR STATES...
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
“SUPREME” COURT ORDERS OF THE DAY
“EMOTIONAL” PM MODI LAYS FOUNDATION
OF PROJECTS WORTH OVER `8,000 CRORE
The FIR, lodged by ‘B’
division police inspector
Prakash Dekivadia, stated
that the bridge over the
Machchhu river in Morbi
town was not in use for
nearly 8 months as the local
administration had roped
in a “private agency” for its
maintenance. The bridge
was opened for tourists by
the agency despite knowing
that their “callous approach”
in the maintenance and
management of the bridge
may lead to human deaths,
the FIR stated.
Banaskantha: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a
three-day visit to Gujarat laid the foundation stones of several
water supply projects worth `8,034 crore including the
Kasara to Dantiwada pipeline from the main Narmada canal,
costing over `1,560 crore. During the day, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi also dedicated to the nation two railway pro-
jects worth `2,900 crore at Asarva in Kevadia, Gujarat.
l Russian President
Vladimir Putin expresses
condolences to families of
bridge collapse victims
l Dalai Lama, Nepal Prime
Minister Deuba express con-
dolences about the incident
l Polish Foreign Minister
condoles loss of lives in Gu-
jarat’s Morbi bridge collapse
l 12 members of Rajkot
BJP MP’s family dead in the
tragedy
l PM Modi cancels road his
show, chairs high-level meet
to review Morbi situation
l Congress chief Mallikar-
jun Kharge seeks probe by
retired SC or HC judge
l Congress postpones its
“Parivartan Sankalp Yatra” in
poll-bound State Gujarat
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot at the incident site at Morbi on Monday to take the stock of
situation. Gehlot alongwith Congress Gujarat in-charge Dr Raghu Sharma also visited the
hospital to enquire about the health and prayed for the well being of the survivors.
India’s ‘ekta’ causing pain
to our enemies, says Modi
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: PM Nar-
endra Modi on Monday
remembered Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel on
the latter’s birth anni-
versary, expressed con-
dolences to families of
aggrieved families who
lost their loves ones in-
Morbi bridge collapse
incident on Sunday
.
India’s ‘ekta’ causing
pain to our enemies,
they tried to break it in
the past whenever they
ruled over us, PM said
while observing Sardar
Patel’s birth anniv as
Ekta Diwas. Remember-
ing Patel, PM Modi said
Rashtriya Ekta Diwas
is a tribute to invalua-
ble role of India’s first
home minister in unify-
ing our nation.
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I am in Ekta
Nagar but my
mind is with
the victims of Morbi.
Rarely in my life, would
I have experienced such
pain. On one hand, there
is a pain-riddled heart
and on the other hand,
there is the path to duty.
—Narendra Modi, PM
Full Report on P5
Prime Minister Narendra Modi during Rashtriya Ekta Diwas, celebrated to mark the birth anniversary
of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, at Kevadia in Narmada district on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
l Morbi bridge collapse toll mounts to 141
l 9 arrested so far after the bridge collapse
l Bridge reopened post repairs on Oct 26
l Fitness certificate wasn’t issued: Official
l PM Narendra Modi to visit Morbi today
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EX-PAK PM IMRAN TO
FILE `10 BN LAWSUIT
AGAINST PAK EC CHIEF
Islamabad: Former
Pakistan Prime Minister
Imran Khan on Monday
targeted chief of the
Election Commission of
Pakistan and announced
that he will file a `10 billion
defamation suit against EC
chief for destroying Khan’s
reputation, political career
by disqualifying him.
‘BLUE TICK’ FEE! ‘ONUS
ON TWITTER TO STOP
SPREAD OF MISINFO’
TWITTER TO LAY OFF
25% OF WORKFORCE IN
ROUND 1 OF JOB CUTS
New Delhi: Twitter is
abuzz with reports that
users will have to shell
out a USD 20 fee for ‘blue
tick’, which authenticates
identity of account holder.
Union MoS for Electronics
and Technology, Rajeev
Chandrasekhar, “I do not
think this is true. This is a
challenge for Twitter.”
New Delhi: Twitter, which
was acquired last week by
billionaire Elon Musk, plans
to let go of a quarter of its
workforce as part of what is
expected to be a first round
of layoffs, the Washington
Post reported on Monday,
citing a person familiar with
matter. Celebrity lawyer Alex
Spiro told about job cuts.
Sardar Patel realised the dream of a strong India: Shah
New Delhi (PTI): Un-
ionHomeMinisterAmit
Shah on Monday said
Sardar Vallabhbhai Pa-
tel realised the dream of
a strong and united In-
dia with his farsighted-
ness,despiteattemptsby
anti-India forces to keep
the country divided.
Hesaidthatdespiteef-
forts over several years
to erase the legacy of
Sardar Patel, people of
India remember him
with gratitude for his
huge contributions in
making a united India.
Shah said this while
flagging off a run to
commemorate the 147th
birth anniversary of
Sardar Vallabhbhai Pa-
tel, India’s first home
minister, here.
The ‘Run for Unity’,
which began from the
Major Dhyan Chand Na-
tional Stadium in the
capital city
, saw the par-
ticipation of a large
number of people, in-
cluding sports person-
alities, sports enthusi-
asts and personnel of
central police forces.
“Even during that
time, anti-India forces
leftnostoneunturnedto
keep the country divid-
ed. We have seen how
SardarPatelbroughtJu-
nagarh, Jammu and
Kashmir, and Hy-
derabad under the fold
of the Union of India
through his farsighted-
ness and political acu-
men,” Shah said.
Without Patel, a
strong and united India
wouldnothavebeenpos-
sible, the home minister
said.
Sardar Patel was in-
strumental in making
the present-day India,
and his contribution to
realise the dream of In-
dia was immense, he
said.Shah further said
whenever people take
Patel’s name, India’s
map comes to their
minds, and without Pa-
tel, the huge and strong
India would not have
come into existence.
“The challenge at the
time of Independence
was to bring all princely
states under the Union
of India. Sardar Patel
brought all of them un-
der the fold of the Union
of India,” he said.
The Union home min-
ister said that under the
leadership of Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi, India was march-
ing ahead to become
strong, self-reliant and
prosperous.Thecountry
has achieved several
milestones in the last
eight years in this re-
gard, he added.
People gather at the site
during a rescue operation
after the collapse of a
suspension bridge over the
Machchhu river, in Morbi
district on Monday.
‘TWO FINGER TEST’ IN
RAPE CASES BANNED
LUMPY: SC SEEKS REPLIES
FROM CENTRE, 6 STATES
SC TO HEAR PLEAS
OVER CAA ON DEC 6
New Delhi: SC on Monday
imposed a ban on ‘two-finger
test’ in rape cases. Court said
that any person conducting
such test will be considered
guilty of misconduct added,
“Evidence of a victim’s sexual
history not material to case. It is
regrettable that it continues to
be conducted even today.” SC
also ordered removal of 2-finger
test from study materials and
books of medical colleges.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court
sought responses from the
Centre and 6 states on Monday
on a plea that has sought the
formulation of a national health
plan on lumpy skin disease
in cattle. Bench sought
responses from Centre,
states of Rajasthan,
Gujarat, Uttar
Pradesh, Punjab,
Haryana and
Madhya Pradesh.
New Delhi: Top Court on
Monday posted for hearing on
December 6 a batch of over
200 petitions challenging the
Citizenship (Amendment) Act
(CAA), 2019. A bench of CJI
UU Lalit and Justices S
Ravindra Bhat and Bela
M Trivedi granted 2
weeks to Assam and
Tripura govts to file
their responses on
the pleas.
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New Delhi: The Reserve Bank said the first pilot of Central Bank Digital
Currency—Digital Rupee (Wholesale segment) will be launched on Tuesday
for transactions in government securities. The use case for pilot is settlement
of secondary market transactions in govt securities, the RBI said on Monday.
New Delhi: On the occasion of former PM Indira Gandhi’s
38th death anniv, Sonia Gandhi, Congress Prez Mallikarjun
Kharge paid tribute to her at Shakti Sthal memorial in Delhi.
‘From liberation of B’desh to ushering in of Green Revolution,
she led nation through its highs and lows,” Cong tweeted.
NCP CHIEF SHARAD
PAWAR ADMITTED
TO HOSP AFTER
FEELING UNEASY
Mumbai: NCP president Sharad Pawar was admitted to a
private hospital in Mumbai on Monday after he felt uneasy,
a party functionary said. He will remain in hospital for
couple of days and later attend a party meeting scheduled
to begin on November 3, NCP’s general secretary said.
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Allahabad High Court
extends stay on ASI survey at
Gyanvapi mosque complex,
next hearing on November 11
File better affidavit to show
Subramanian Swamy’s
security concerns addressed:
Delhi High Court tells Centre
Centre on Monday told SC
that govt might bring changes
in sedition law under section
124 (A) of IPC in the upcoming
winter session of Parliament
REMEMBERING IRON MAN
RAJ CM GEHLOT VISITS
MORBI, MEETS INJURED
Union Home Minister Amit Shah flags off the Run for Unity on
the birth anniversary of Sardar Patel, at Major Dhyan Chand
National Stadium, New Delhi, Monday. External Affairs Minister S.
Jaishankar is also seen. —PHOTO BY PTI

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New Delhi (Agencies):
Ontheoccasionof Rash-
triya Ekta Diwas, Minis-
ter of Education Dhar-
mendra Pradhan called
upon the University of
Delhi to bring the work
done in the unity cam-
paign of Sardar Patel in
research. Pradhan was
the chief guest at the
Rashtriya Ekta Diwas
programme organised
bytheuniversitytocom-
memorate the birth an-
niversaryof India’sfirst
Home Minister, Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel.
Addressing the gath-
ering, the minister said,
a lot of work would
have been done on Patel
in the 100-year history
of the University, but in
the Amrit Mahotsav of
Independence, it should
be brought into the dis-
cussion by bringing it
into research in a more
relevant form. The
minister also talked
about Patel's contribu-
tion in creating the po-
litical and cultural iden-
tity of the country. It
was not only Patel's re-
sponsibility to get po-
litical independence for
the country
, he also took
it upon himself to tie
the country in the
thread of unity
, he said.
The minister also
said that the main chal-
lenges of the 21st cen-
tury are- promoting
employment, planning
and entrepreneurship.
New Delhi (ANI):
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) will be introduc-
ing NaMo Cyber Yod-
dha (NCY), an online
volunteer campaign-
cum-initiative ahead of
the civic polls in Delhi.
According to BJP
,
NCY will be a platform
for those who are not
necessarily into politics
but want to raise their
voice on important is-
sues.Itwillbevolunteer-
driven. Around 50,000
NaMo cyber warriors
will be galvanized over a
period of one month.
The party said thou-
sands of people are in-
fluenced by the ideology
of Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi and his mis-
sion of service, develop-
ment and ‘sabka saath’.
Though BJP is pre-
paring to launch NaMo
Cyber Yoddha cam-
paign, the most impor-
tant question is whether
NCY helps the party to
garner votes in its fa-
vour in MCD elections.
BJP national spokes-
person and in-charge of
Delhi’s social media
and digital campaign
Shehzad Poonawalla
said, “NaMo Cyber Yod-
dha is an army of moti-
vated volunteers that
will help to expose the
lies and wrongdoings
of AAP government in
Delhi and counter their
campaign with facts
and truth.”
Poonawalla further
said NCY will be
launched soon. Delhi
BJP president Adesh
Gupta, Leader of Oppo-
sition in Delhi Legisla-
tive Assembly Rambir
Bidhuri, Chief of Elec-
tion Management Cam-
paign Ashish Sood,
Shahzad Poonawalla
and BJP MPs from Del-
hi will be present at the
launch event.
In the run of munici-
pal elections in Delhi,
BJP and AAP have
come face to face.
BJP has been accus-
ing the Arvind Kejriwal
government of being
corrupt. BJP alleged
that in the last 8 years,
the AAP government
has completely failed
on every front and has
been the most corrupt
government in the his-
tory of Delhi. The BJP
leader said AAP claims
a world-class education
model but cannot name
10 new colleges.
BJP’s NaMo cyber warriors to take on AAP in MCD polls
POLL STRATEGY
lll
According to
BJP, NCY will
be a platform for
those who are
not necessarily
into politics but
want to raise
their voice on
important
issues
NaMo Cyber
Yoddha is an
army of moti-
vated volunteers that
will help to expose the
lies and wrongdoings
of AAP government in
Delhi and counter
their campaign with
facts and truth.
—Shehzad Poonawalla
BJP national spokesperson
BJP will be introducing NaMo Cyber Yoddha (NCY), an online
volunteer campaign-cum-initiative ahead of the civic polls in Delhi.
CONTINUING THE LEGACY
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge pays homage to former prime minister Indira Gandhi on her 38th death
anniversary, at AICC headquarters in New Delhi, Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI
New Delhi: The two-
day Chhath Puja cele-
brations concluded to-
day with devotees offer-
ing prayers to the rising
Sun at several ghats in
the national capital.
The women, holding
a 36-hour-long fast, per-
formed the rituals in
knee-deep waters and
gave arghya of cow
milk and water to the
rising Sun.
Thousands of devo-
tees thronged ghats and
makeshift ponds in Del-
hi to worship the Sun
God on the final day of
the festival.
After two years of
Covid-induced restric-
tions,ChhathPujasawa
lotof enthusiasmamong
the devotees, more so
among people from
Purvanchal where the
festival takes its root.
Chhath puja is cele-
brated on the sixth day
after Diwali and is also
knownasSuryaSashthi
as it is dedicated to the
Sun God. It is one of the
most popular festivals
in eastern Uttar
Pradesh and Bihar.
The Delhi govern-
ment made 1,100 ghats
for Chhath Puja across
the city and a budget of
Rs 25 crore was ear-
marked for the prepara-
tions for the festival.
Senior BJP MPs
Parvesh Sahib Singh
Verma, Manoj Tiwari
and Hans Raj Hans have
told a Delhi court that
utterance of words like
‘scam/ghotala’ does not
by itself constitute def-
amation while praying
for discharge in a defa-
mation case filed by
Delhi Deputy CM Man-
ish Sisodia.
Sisodia filed the case
in 2019 against Tiwari,
Hans Raj Hans, Verma,
former MLA Manjinder
SinghSirsa,andspokes-
person Harish Khurana
for alleging corruption
of nearly Rs 2,000 crore
in the construction of
classrooms in Delhi’s
government schools.
Additional Chief
Metropolitan Magis-
trate Harjeet Singh Jas-
pal heard arguments
from Tiwari, Hans and
Sirsa’s lawyers as well
Saturday
.
Their lawyers sought
to argue that a recent
Supreme Court order
passed on October 17,
2022, observed that
“mere utterance of
words like ‘scam/gho-
tala’ do not by itself
constitute defamation”.
Verma’s lawyer, Shi-
vam Chaudhary argued
that “there is no defa-
mation and the press
conference was merely
a reiteration of the re-
ply received in the RTI”.
This RTI, dated May
23, 2018, contained the
reply by the office of the
chief engineer (project)
of the Delhi govern-
ment. “There was the
sanction of 12,748 rooms
against a sanctioned
cost of (Rs) 2,892.65
crores [sic]…if the total
sanctioned amount is
divided by the sanc-
tioned rooms, then the
per room cost is about
Rs 25,00,000/ the same
was also stated in the
press conference,” Ver-
ma’s lawyer submitted.
New Delhi: The All In-
dia Institute of Medical
Sciences (AIIMS) has
decided to create a
dashboard to display
statistics pertaining to
CT scans and MRI in-
vestigations being con-
ducted at the institute
in Delhi, officials said.
In an office memoran-
dum, AIIMS director Dr
M Srinivas said the
move has been taken as
part of efforts to boost
transparency
. “As a part
of good governance and
to increase transparen-
cy
, it has been decided to
createaweb-baseddash-
board to display the sta-
tistics of CT scans and
MRI investigations be-
ing conducted at AIlMS,
,” the memorandum
said.The move will
smoothen the process
of MRIs CT scans at
the institute as there
has been a long waiting
list for such diagnostic
services as a result of
which patients often
have to visit private
centres and sometimes
even have to go for an-
other test due to incom-
plete MRI reports from
outside.
All CT scan and MRI
stations will update
data related to patient
check-in and check-out
on the portal that has
been specifically de-
signed to enable display
of live utilization statis-
tics to the public. “Com-
puter Facility is accord-
ingly requested to op-
erationalise the said
portal and dashboard at
mrictinfo.aiims.edu by
15 November, 2022,” the
memorandum added.
Utterance of words
like ‘ghotala’ not
defamation: BJP on
suit filed by Sisodia
Chhath Puja: Thousands gather
at Delhi ghats on last day
AIIMS dashboard to
display CT Scan and
MRI investigations
Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and BJP leader Manoj Tiwari
Devotees perform rituals of Chhath Puja, at Sonia Vihar in New
Delhi, Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI
This will
smoothen the
process of MRIs
CT scans
which often
sees a long
waiting list for
such diagnostic
services
‘DU should bring Sardar Patel's work in research’
EduminDharmendraPradhan’sadvicetovarsityduringVallabhbhai’sbirthanniv
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Union Education Minister
Dharmendra Pradhan and Union Minister for Commerce Industry
Piyush Goyal pose for a group photograph with students, at the
Central Hall of the Parliament, in New Delhi.
Chandigarh (PTI):
Haryana Chief Minis-
ter Manohar Lal
Khattar on Monday
administered the
'Rashtriya Ekta Di-
was' pledge to a gath-
ering of officials and
others at the Haryana
Civil Secretariat at a
special function or-
ganised on the occa-
sion of birth anniver-
sary of Sardar Vallab-
hbhai Patel.
Sardar Patel's birth
anniversary is ob-
served as the Rash-
triya Ekta Diwas or
National Unity Day
.
Paying rich trib-
utes to Patel, India's
first home minister
and also known as the
Iron Man of India,
Khattar said his con-
tribution to integrate
more than 560 prince-
ly states into the In-
dian Union was im-
mense. He also said
that the leader did
great work for the
unity and integrity of
the country
.
At the time of In-
dependence, the coun-
try was divided into
more than 550 prince-
ly states, the chief
minister said.
Khattar said Patel
integrated 562 states,
but three states were
left, adding that with
Patel's efforts, Hy-
derabad and Junagad
were also integrated.
He said while the
task for persuading
Hyderabad and Juna-
garh to join the Indi-
an Union was entrust-
ed to Patel, the re-
sponsibility to in-
clude Jammu and
Kashmir was given to
Jawaharlal Nehru.
Haryana CM administers
‘Rashtriya Ekta Diwas’ pledge
“At the time of Independence, the country
was divided into more than 550 princely
states,” chief minister Khattar said
New Delhi: President
Droupadi Murmu, Vice
President Jagdeep
Dhankhar, Union Home
Minister Amit Shah
and a host of dignitar-
ies Monday offered flo-
ral tributes to Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel on
his birth anniversary
.
At a special function
held at capital's Patel
Chowk, the President
and others paid floral
tributes at the statue of
India's first Home Min-
ister on his birthday,
which is observed as
Rashtriya Ekta Divas.
Lieutenant Governor
V K Saxena and Minis-
ter of State for External
Affairs Meenakshi Le-
khi were also present.
Prez Murmu, VP Dhankhar, HM
Shah pay tributes to Sardar
Prez Droupadi Murmu Union
Home Minister Amit Shah, pose
for photos after paying homage
to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on
his birth anniversary, at Patel
Chowk in New Delhi, Monday.
—PHOTOS
BY
PTI

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New Delhi (PTI): A
layer of eye-stinging
smog lingered over Del-
hi on Monday as its air
quality neared the ‘se-
vere’ zone with stubble
burning accounting for
22 per cent of the city’s
PM 2.5 pollution.
The city’s 24-hour av-
erage air quality index
(AQI) stood at 392 (very
poor), worsening from
352 on Sunday
. It was 354
on Thursday, 271 on
Wednesday
, 302 on Tues-
day and 312 on Monday
(Diwali).
Indian Agricultural
Research Institute
(IARI) reported 2,131
farm fires in Punjab on
Monday, the highest so
far this season.
“Low wind speed al-
lowed pollutants to ac-
cumulate in the air and
the air quality index
situation might deterio-
rate to “severe” Tues-
day morning,” Mahesh
Palawat, vice president
(meteorology and cli-
mate change), Skymet
Weather said.
According to SAFAR,
a forecasting agency un-
der the Ministry of
Earth Sciences, the
share of farm fires in
Delhi PM2.5 pollution
stood at 22 per cent on
Monday
.
It was 26 per cent on
Sunday
, the highest this
year so far,
Palwat said the trans-
port-level wind direc-
tion and speed is favour-
able for transport of
smoke from stubble
burning.
New Delhi (PTI): The
Delhi High Court on
Monday sought a com-
prehensive affidavit
from the Centre assur-
ing it would address se-
curity concerns at the
private residence of for-
mer BJP MP Subrama-
nian Swamy
, a ‘Z catego-
ry’ protectee.
The court was in-
formed by the central
government that a secu-
rity review of Swamy’s
private house, where he
would be residing after
vacating the govern-
ment-allotted bunga-
low, has been undertak-
en.
The senior politician
-- a former Rajya Sabha
member -- would get
whatever he is entitled
to as a ‘Z category’ pro-
tectee residing in a pri-
vate space, the govern-
ment said.
The Centre’s lawyer
said “skeletal security”
has been provided at
Swamy’s private resi-
dence and the “main
guard would move
along with him” from
the government bunga-
low. If there is no place
to set up adequate infra-
structure such as a
guard room six security
personnel would be
placed on rotation basis
at Swamy’s private
house, the lawyer said.
“The day he inti-
mates us, the entire set
up will move to his new
house,” the lawyer said.
The government’s re-
sponse was to Swamy’s
claim that in spite of an
earlier assurance, the
Centre is yet to make
adequate security ar-
rangements at his pri-
vate accommodation.
“Whatever his entitle-
ment is, he will get it.
Whatever the standard
procedure is for private
spaces,” the Centre’s
lawyer told the court as
he claimed that a “com-
pliance affidavit” has
been filed in the matter.
Justice Yashwant
Varma, however, ques-
tioned the Centre over
the absence of infra-
structure facilities at
the private residence as
well as when the ar-
rangements would be
put in place and how it
would “rotate six
guards”. The lawyer
said that he would put
Centre’s stand in rela-
tion to court’s queries
on an affidavit.
HC seeks Centre’s comprehensive stand on Swamy plea on security
‘Z CATEGORY’ PROTECTEE
lll
Court questioned
the Centre over
the absence of
infra facilities at
the private
residence as well
as when the
arrangements
would be put
in place
Centre had said the senior politician would get whatever he is
entitled to as a ‘Z category’ protectee residing in private space..
BULLDOZER MANTRA
A house of gangster Kaushal Chaudhary that was built illegally being demolished by the district administration, in
Gurugram, Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI
New Delhi (PTI): A
38-year-old man was ar-
rested for allegedly dup-
ing a woman by intro-
ducing himself as an
IPS officer on a matri-
monial portal, police
said on Monday
.
The accused has been
identified Mayank Ka-
poor, a resident of Roh-
ini Sector-19.
On Friday, a woman
complained at a local
police station that she
met Kapoor on a matri-
monial site in May
. Dur-
ing their interaction, he
introduced himself as
the joint director of the
Central Bureau of In-
vestigation and that he
was also given the addi-
tional charges of Anti-
Terror Squad, National
Investigating Agency
and Research and Anal-
ysis Wing.
According to the
woman, Kapoor told her
that he was earning Rs
50-70 lakh per annum
and that he produced an
identity card which
showed him as a special
officer of the CBI.
According to the po-
lice, Kapoor had down-
loaded picture of a CBI
police officer’s identity
card from the internet
and morphed it to dupe
the woman.
The complainant also
told the police that Ka-
poor borrowed Rs 1.5
lakh from her saying his
bank account had been
frozen due to a vigilance
inquiry and that he was
in need of money
.
When the woman
learnt about Kapoor’s
reality, she blocked his
phone number. This en-
raged him and he alleg-
edly shared their pri-
vate pictures with her
neighbours and gave
her threats, police said.
Kapoor was arrested
from a park in Rohini
Sector-15, Deputy Com-
missioner of Police Pra-
nav Tayal said.
The DCP said Kapoor
had eloped with a wom-
an and got married to
her in 2013 post which
they lived in Wazirabad.
Manheldfordupingwomanbyposing
as IPS officer on matrimonial site
Matrimonial site fraudsterr in police custody.
SMOG BLANKETS DELHI, AQI NEARS ‘SEVERE’
Stubble burning accounted for 22% of the national capital’s PM 2.5 pollution on Monday
WIND DIRECTION FAVOURING MOVEMENT OF SMOKE FROM STATES
Vehicles ply on Gurugram-Delhi E’way amid low visibility due to smog, in Gurugram, Monday.
From P1
New Delhi: Addressing
a press conference here,
Minister Gopal Rai said
40 cities across India
have conducted such
drives to reduce vehicu-
lar pollution levels.
“We also found that
similar campaigns were
conducted in UK, and
US,” he said.
Under the campaign,
first launched on Octo-
ber 16, 2020, drivers are
encouraged to switch
off their vehicles while
waiting for the traffic
light to turn green. Cit-
ing a study by Central
Road Research Institute,
a source said only 20 per
cent commuters turn
off ignition at the traffic
signal but the number
had surged to 80 per cent
during the campaign.
Earlier, Rai had cited
data from the Petroleum
Conservation Research
Association to say that
if people switch off en-
gines at traffic signals,
pollution can be cut
down by 15-20 per cent.
On Saturday, he had
said Delhi government
was ready to answer all
questions raised by LG.
File back on LG’s table after
Delhi govt re-sends it for nod
Chandigarh (PTI):
Farm fire incidents in
Haryana are down by
nearly 25 per cent com-
pared to last year and
much lesser than Pun-
jab, Chief Minister
Manohar Lal Khattar
said here on Monday
.
He also said an expert
committee has been
formed to look into the
proposition of buying
paddy straw from farm-
ers at minimum support
price (MSP) in a bid to
find a permanent solu-
tion to the stubble burn-
ing issue.
Khattar said while
Punjab reported 13,873
farm fire incidents from
September 15 to October
30, Haryana had seen
only about 10 per cent of
such cases.
If we compare with
Punjab, it is 10 per cent.
The farm fire incidents
in Haryana have re-
duced this year. As
against 2,561 incidents
reported (in Haryana)
last year, this year, there
were 1,925, a drop of
nearly 25 per cent. As
against this, Punjab has
reported 13,873 inci-
dents, Khattar said.
The National Green
Tribunal has also been
givingdirectionstoPun-
jab from time to time on
the stubble burning is-
sue, he said.
Recently, I had spo-
ken about MSP for stub-
ble. For this, we have
formed a committee
which will give its rec-
ommendations. We will
take further step once it
committee gives its rec-
ommendations, Khat-
tar said.
The committee will
not be limited to MSP,
but will also look into
the entire gamut of the
stubble burning issue,
he added.
State DG for agricul-
ture will be the commit-
tee'schairmanwhileDG
of Haryana Renewable
Energy Development
Agency will be one of its
members.
The panel comprises
-- Mukesh Jain, direc-
tor, Northern Region
Farm Machinery Train-
ing and Testing Insti-
tute, Baldev Dogra,
dean, College of Agri-
cultural Engineering,
Haryana Agriculture
University and Jag-
minder Nain, joint di-
rector, Agriculture.
FARM FIRE INCIDENTS DOWN 25 PC COMPARED TO LAST
YEAR, ONE-TENTH OF PUNJAB: HARYANA CM KHATTAR
Stubble burning is a major cause for Delhi-NCR’s high pollution.
New Delhi: The transport department issued
around 3.29 lakh pollution under control (PUC)
certificates from October 14 to 26 after the Delhi
government, considering the deteriorating air qual-
ity in the national capital, made these mandatory
for vehicles to fuel their vehicles at petrol pumps.
According to data shared by the transport depart-
ment, the highest number of challans (32,474)
were issued on the first day of the drive and the
lowest on Diwali day (October 24). Officials said
the drive is still going on and PUC certificates are
being checked by enforcement teams. The PUC
certificates are issued across 954 centres in Delhi.
“People still have time to get the PUC certificate
which is mandatory. If not, challans will be issued
to vehicles without it,” said officials. In cases
where the PUC certificate has expired, a challan
will be issued under section 190(2) of the Motor
Vehicles Act, 1988. And if vehicle owners fail to
possess PUC certificates, they may face impris-
onment of up to six months or fine of up to Rs
10,000 or both, according to the transport depart-
ment. The offenders will also be disqualified from
holding their licence for three months.
New Delhi: According to a survey, 7 out of 10
families in Delhi-NCR have indicated that someone
in their families have reported difficulties in breath-
ing. The survey has found that the most affected
are the elderly along with those with medical
conditions. Due to the air pollution, about 27 per
cent of people are planning to travel out of Delhi-
NCR during the next three weeks. Most families
are also relying on masks to cope with the pollu-
tion that has only worsened post-Diwali and due
to stubble burning in the neighbouring countries.
LocalCircles conducted a survey that received
over 26,000 responses from residents of Delhi,
Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurugram and Faridabad. 65
per cent respondents were men while 35 per cent
respondents were women. According to the people
surveyed, 70 per cent of the respondents or their
family members are already facing difficulties due
to poor air quality in Delhi-NCR. When asked who
all in their families were currently struggling due to
bad air quality in Delhi-NCR, 70 per cent respond-
ents said they have one or more family members
or they themselves are feeling the impact.
TRANSPORT DEPT ISSUES OVER
3L PUC CERTIFICATES IN 12 DAYS
DIFFICULTY IN BREATHING IN 7
OUT OF 10 FAMILIES: SURVEY
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BY
PTI
—FILE
PHOTO
The court was
informed by the
central government
that a security
review of Swamy’s
private house,
where he would be
residing after
vacating the
government-allotted
bungalow, has been
undertaken

SPIRITUAL SPEAK
The only real failure in
life is not to be true to the
best one knows.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
Jagat Prakash Nadda
@JPNadda
Tribute to the great architect of
modern India, Iron Man Bharat Ratna
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel ji on his
birth anniversary. And best wishes on
National Unity Day. Your contribution
in the making of ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha
Bharat’ and your resolve to protect the
unity, integrity and sovereignty of the
country will always inspire us.
Kiren Rijiju
@KirenRijiju
Special thanks to the administrations of
Sonitpur and Nagaon Districts and all
the Central Armed Forces, Indian Army,
Students and BJP team for the massive
#RunForUnity at the iconic Kalia
Bhomora Setu on #SardarPatel Jayanti.
TOP TWEETS
HUMILIATION OF
RAPE VICTIMS
HAS GONE ON
FAR TOO LONG
he Supreme Court
has come to the pro-
tection of the dignity
of rape victims by
banning the humili-
ating two-finger test also known
as the virginity test, an “inva-
sive technique to examine rape
survivors”. The Supreme Court
held that “it is based on an in-
correct assumption that a sexu-
ally active woman cannot be
raped. Nothing can be farther
from truth” and supports the
belief that a woman alleging
rape cannot be believed because
she is sexually active.
Justice DY Chandrchud, who
headed the Bench comprising
Justice Hima Kohli, said, “It in-
stead re-victimises and re-trau-
matises women. The two-finger
test must not be conducted.”
The obnoxious test has gener-
ally been used to deny women
justice and letting rape accused
go scot-free. It wrongly presumes
that a married or a sexually ac-
tive woman cannot be raped. The
test is common to India, Paki-
stan and Bangladesh where pa-
triarchy is prevalent. After to-
day’s verdict the onus will lie on
trial courts and medical officers
to ensure compliance.
T
ujarat has just
witnessed a heart-
wrenching trage-
dy. The suspen-
sion bridge col-
lapse in Morbi due to obvious
human negligence has
snuffed out 141 lives and the
irony is that those who died
paid Rs 17 per ticket for a fun
stroll. The bridge on the
Machchhu River, reportedly,
had a load-bearing capacity
of 100 persons but there were
around 400 on it when the
tragedy happened. The per-
son at the ticket counter must
have been callously thinking
of money and not the limited
capacity of the bridge which
was allegedly reopened after
repair without a fitness cer-
tificate. The 100-year-old
bridge withstood the test of
time until after it was opened
to the public after repair.
Who is responsible for this
calamity which has struck
when campaigning for As-
sembly elections is on will be
the responsibility of a com-
mittee formed by the Gujarat
government. The Opposition
is using the tragedy to ask
questions of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi who was vis-
ibly moved by the loss of lives
in his home state. The attack
was led by the Congress
which held the state govern-
ment directly responsible for
the tragedy
. Senior Congress
leader Digvijay Singh alluded
to the phrase allegedly used
by the prime minister to lam-
poon Mamata Banerjee after
a flyover collapsed in Kolkata
and asked if the Morbi inci-
dent was an “act of God or an
act of fraud”.
Twenty-seven people died
when an under-construction
flyover collapsed in Kolkata
on March 31, 2016 and the BJP
blamed it on corruption in
the Mamata-led West Bengal
government. Whether Bengal
or Gujarat, the corruption
angle must be looked at.
PROFOUND TRAGEDY
STRIKES GUJARAT
The suspension bridge
collapse in Morbi due to
obvious human
negligence has snuffed out
141 lives and the irony is that
those who died paid Rs 17 per
ticket for a fun stroll. The
bridge on the Machchhu River,
reportedly, had a load-bearing
capacity of 100 persons but
there were around 400 on it
when the tragedy happened
G
Thrillers, Upsets Dominate T20 WC
as Race for Top 4 remains Wide Open
n essential part of T20 crick-
et’s mass appeal lies in its
ability to spring surprises.
Many experts believe that
T20 is a format tailor-made
for upsets as the shorter the
duration of a match, the
greater are the chances of
less-fancied teams toppling
the favourites. The T20 World
Cup so far has lived up to this
view of cricket’s shortest but
most popular format and has
produced a range of thrillers
and upsets that have kept
players, fans and even ex-
perts hugely entertained but
often on tenterhooks.
EXCITING NAIL-BITER
The most exciting nail-biter
was between arch rivals India
and Pakistan. It was expected
to be a close contest but the 90
thousand plus crowd who
added to the thrill of the
match were left spellbound by
the skill level exhibited in the
game. Pakistan is one of the
strongest bowling sides of
the championship and chas-
ing a target against them un-
der lights, when the bowl
swings more, is an even more
difficult task. Despite major
hiccups, a Kohli masterclass
saved India the blushes a day
before Diwali. His innings
was unanimously praised
and picked as one of the all-
time greatest T20 knocks. The
victory brought India 2 cru-
cial points and set their cam-
paign off to a wonderful start.
PAK SUFFERS A SHOCK
In their next match too, Paki-
stan suffered a shock defeat to
Zimbabwe in a game that they
were expected to win easily
.
The match went down to the
wire and batting second, Pa-
kistan needed just 130 runs.
But their middle order wob-
ble meant that they required
11 runs of the last over with
just 4 wickets remaining. A
fine over by Brad Evans and a
run out on the last ball saw
Pakistan fall short by just 1
run. The result put more pres-
sure on Pakistan as they now
depend on other teams to see
them through to the semi-fi-
nals. Though they have now
won against Netherlands, In-
dia’s loss against South Afri-
ca on Sunday has jeopardized
Pakistan’s hopes of going
deep in the championship.
INDIA’S OWN JITTERS
India’s own jitters in the field
against South Africa halted
the winning momentum they
had gained after beating Paki-
stan and Netherlands. While
India won the recent T20 se-
ries against the Proteas, the
WorldCupclashwasexpected
to be a tough contest on
Perth’s bouncy pitch against
tall South African pacers. In-
dia struggled against the
short pitched bowling and ca-
pitulated meekly
. But for
Surya Kumar Yadav’s bellig-
erence, the match would have
ended far too quickly for
them. Surya single-handedly
pushed India’s total to a re-
spectable133butitmeantthat
the bowlers had to pull up
their socks in helpful condi-
tions for swing bowling.
NAIL BITING LAST OVER
The fact tat India could push
the match till the last over is a
testimony to the discipline
theirbowlersexhibitedonthe
night; had the fielding been
better,itcouldhavebeenthree
wins in three games for Team
India. Ultimately, the batting
brilliance of David Miller and
Markram helped the Proteas
get the much needed 2 points
to climb to the top of the
points table. Now, the equa-
tion is clear for the Indian
team - they need to win their
games against Bangladesh
and Zimbabwe to enter the
semis. A blip in either game
will make them depend on
others or even see them catch
an early flight back home!
There have been close fin-
ishesinGroup1too.Australia
being the defending champi-
ons were expected to start
their campaign on a winning
note. But the Kiwis have a
knack of turning up at the
World Cup super-charged and
causing many upsets. The re-
sult was that the Aussies were
pummelled by 89 runs in their
firstmatchof thetournament.
RAIN SPOILS THE SPORT
Several matches have also
been affected by rain and that
has made the situation in
Group 1 more complex. Eng-
land lost to Ireland on Duck-
worth Lewis and then shared
pointsagainstAustraliadueto
relentless rain in Melbourne.
Now, New Zealand and Aus-
tralia sit pretty at the top of
the points table and all fans
now expect a real heart-stop-
per of a contest between Eng-
landandtheKiwis.Thematch
will virtually seal the semi-fi-
nal spots from the group.
Ultimately, given the high
voltage thrillers and numer-
ous upsets so far, this is pos-
sibly the most open T20 World
Cupever.Atthehalf-waystage
of the tournament, no team is
looking like a clear favourite
to lift the trophy
. In both the
groups,thetussletobeamong
the Top 2 is a tough and tricky
one. An important factor for
the close clashes and last-ball
thrillers are the conditions on
most Aussie grounds that fa-
vor fast bowling in a big way
.
As the World Championships
heads towards its climax over
the next week, fans can look
forward to a sumptuous feast
of exciting cricket and nail
biting finishes!!
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
A
In both the groups, the tussle
to be among the Top 2 is a
tough and tricky one. An
important factor for the close
clashes and last-ball thrillers
are the conditions on most
Aussie grounds that favor
fast bowling in a big way. As
the World Championships
heads towards its climax
over the next week, fans can
look forward to a sumptuous
feast of exciting cricket and
nail biting finishes!!
The fact tat India could push the match till the last over is
a testimony to the discipline their bowlers exhibited on
the night; had the fielding been better, it could have been
three wins in three games for Team India. Ultimately,
the batting brilliance of David Miller and
Markram helped the Proteas get the much needed 2
points to climb to the top of the points table
SIDDHAARTH MAHAN
The writer is a specialist on Sports
and Cinema who works as an actor
in the Hindi film industry
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05
New Delhi (PTI): A
proactive approach by
social media platforms
to counter fake news
will facilitate credible
electoral outcomes that
will help preserve “free-
doms”, Chief Election
Commissioner Rajiv
Kumar said on Monday
.
Addressing an inter-
national conference of
election management
bodies here, Kumar
said social media plat-
forms do proclaim that
they have content dis-
play policies, but they
also have the “algo-
rithm power” in play,
according to a state-
ment issued by the Elec-
tion Commission (EC).
“More early or deeper
red flagging of fake
news based on known
modus operandi and
genres is not an unfair
expectation from the
election management
bodies,”heunderscored.
Kumar said “such a
proactive approach to
counter fake news will
facilitate credible elec-
toral outcomes that will
help preserve the ‘free-
doms’ which the social
media platforms re-
quire to thrive”.
The CEC said free,
fair, inclusive, accessi-
ble and inducement-
free elections being a
cornerstone of demo-
cratic polity are also a
pre-condition to the
peace and developmen-
tal dividends.
“These threshold
concepts embody the
understanding that sov-
ereignty belongs to and
flows from the people of
a country,” the state-
ment said quoting him.
Speaking on this oc-
casion, US Charge
d’Affaires Elizabeth
Jones said the India-US
relationship is most
consequential.
According to the
statement, she said the
partnership is growing
strongertoaddressglob-
al challenges and coop-
erate to bring peace, se-
curity and prosperity
across the world.
She emphasised that
both India and the US
have significantly con-
tributed in building up
democratic institutions.
The EC has made crit-
ical achievements in fos-
tering democratic prin-
ciples while delving on
challenges, Jones said.
Social media platforms can play key role: Experts
FIGHT AGAINST FAKE NEWS
PMruesattemptstocreatelingualenmity
Narmada (ANI): PM
Narendra Modi on the
occasion of Rashtriya
Ekta Diwas on Monday
saidlike,inthepast,forc-
es that were perturbed
due to India’s progress
still exist and campaigns
are being run to make
one Indian language an
enemy of another.
PM’s statement came
in the backdrop of con-
troversy over the recom-
mendation of a parlia-
mentary panel to make
Hindi the medium of
instruction in central
educational institu-
tions. Kerala Chief Min-
ister Pinarayi Vijayan
and Tamil Nadu CM MK
StalinhadwrittentoPM
Modi over the matter.
Modi said, “What
would have happened if
India did not have lead-
ership like Sardar Pa-
tel? What would have
happened if more than
550 princely states had
not been united? If most
of our kings had not
shown the culmination
of renunciation, then
we would not have been
able to imagine the In-
dia we are seeing today
.”
Campaigns are being run to make one Indian language enemy of another, says Modi
PM Narendra Modi at the culmination of Aarambh 4.0 during the Rashtriya Ekta Diwas celebrations,
in Kevadia on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
MP GUV UNVEILS SARDAR
PATEL PORTRAIT IN RAJ
BHAVAN’S BANQUET HALL
Bhopal (PTI): Madhya
Pradesh Governor Mangu
Bhai Patel on Monday
unveiled a portrait of
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
in the banquet hall of the
Raj Bhavan here to mark
the National Unity Day.
The governor garlanded
the statue of India’s first
Home Minister in the
Sandipani auditorium at
the Raj Bhavan on the
occasion of his birth an-
niversary, official sources
said. He also adminis-
tered the oath of national
integration to Raj Bhawan
staff. Rich tributes were
paid to the “Iron Man
of India” in the state
headquarters of the ruling
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) in Bhopal. Terming
the first Deputy PM as the
man who united the entire
country, Madhya Pradesh
BJP president Vishnu Dutt
Sharma said, “The work
done by Sardar Patel for
the country’s unity and
integrity is being carried
forward by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi.” In a
programme at the state
Congress headquarters
here, office-bearers of the
Madhya Pradesh Con-
gress Committee (MPCC)
led by vice-president and
organization in-charge
Chandra Prabhash Shek-
har remembered former
Prime Minister Indira
Gandhi on her death an-
niversary and Sardar Patel
on his birth anniversary
on Monday. Shekhar said
Congresspersons gar-
landed the portraits of the
two great personalities
and paid tributes to them.
The state Congress vice-
president said Gandhi as
PM took revolutionary
decisions like nationalisa-
tion of banks and launch
of poverty eradication
programme.
Madhya Pradesh Chief
Minister Shivraj Singh
Chouhan addresses on
the birth anniversary of
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, in
Bhopal, Monday
SARDAR VALLABHBHAI
PATEL’S IRONCLAD WILL
UNITED INDIA: RAHUL
‘UNION HOME MINISTER’S SPECIAL OPERATION MEDAL-2022’
New Delhi (ANI): The
Ministry of Home Af-
fairs (MHA) on Monday
declared ‘Union Home
Minister’s Special
Operation Medal-2022’
for four special opera-
tions conducted by the
security forces in areas of
terrorism, border action,
arms control, prevention
of narcotics smuggling
and rescue operations. A
total of 63 police officers
having different ranks
from Constable to Addi-
tional Director General of
Police have been awarded
the ‘Union Home Minis-
ter’s Special Operation
Medal-2022’ on Sardar
Patel’s birth anniversary.
Those awarded belonged
to three states (Telangana,
Punjab and Maharashtra)
and UTs of JK and Delhi.
The Congress on Monday
paid tributes to India’s
first home minister Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel on his birth
anniversary, with former
party chief Rahul Gandhi
saying the most fitting trib-
ute to him would be to keep
the flame of unity he ignited
shining brighter than ever.
Patel is considered the chief
architect of the integration of
the erstwhile princely states
with the Union of India.
“Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s
ironclad will united India.
The most fitting tribute to
him would be to keep the
flame of unity he ignited
shining brighter than ever,”
Gandhi said in a tweet.
1984 riots:
BJP leader
seeks Truth
Commission
New Delhi (ANI): BJP
national spokesperson
RP Singh has written to
Home Minister Amit
Shah requesting the es-
tablishment of a “Truth
Commission” to expose
the conspiracy behind
the 1984 Sikh pogrom
and take cognizance
against “real culprits”.
RP Singh has also re-
quested Shah to declas-
sify all the documents
pertaining to the period
leading up to Operation
Blue Star and the Sikh
pogrom later that year.
In his letter to the Home
Minister, RP Singh ex-
pressed gratitude to
him and PM Narendra
Modi for providing jus-
tice to the Sikhs by sen-
tencing one of the key
conspirators, Sajjan Ku-
mar behind the bars.
Former Congress MP
Sajjan Kumar has been
lodged in jail after con-
viction in 2018 in an-
other riots-related case.
The High Court award-
ed him a life jail sen-
tence. Earlier he was
acquitted by Karkar-
dooma Court.
CEC Rajiv Kumar with EC Anup Chandra Pandey and Elizabeth
Jones at the inauguration of a two-day international conference.
EMBs expects social media platforms to
use their ‘algorithm power, to proactively
redflag fake news: CEC Rajiv Kumar
KCR is welcome to think he is
running an int’l party: RaGa
Kothur (PTI): In a
swipe at the TRS’ bid to
emerge as a national
player, Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi on Mon-
day said any leader has
the right to imagine his
party in whatever way
he wants and Telanga-
na Chief Minister K
Chandrasekhar Rao is
even welcome to think
that he is running an
international party that
is fighting elections in
the US or China.
Addressing a press
conference here during
the ongoing ‘Bharat
Jodo Yatra’ passing
through Telangana,
Gandhi also ruled out
any alliance with the
Telangana Rashtra
Samiti (TRS), asserting
that the Congress is dia-
metrically opposed to
everything the Rao-
headed party is doing.
“There is absolutely
no question of the Con-
gress having any rela-
tionship with the TRS.
The Congress party has
made this very clear.
This confusion is creat-
ed by the TRS them-
selves. I will repeat it
clearly there is absolute-
ly no question of any
relationship between
the TRS and the Con-
gress,” Gandhi said.
Asked about KCR
changing the party’s
name from TRS to
Bharat Rashtra Samithi
(BRS) and the party
considering itself a na-
tional one, Gandhi said
any leader has the right
to imagine his party in
whatever way he wants.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with padyatris resumes party’s
Bharat Jodo Yatra from Shadnagar on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
WILL WIN GUJ POLLS;
AAP ONLY IN AIR, NOT
ON GROUND: RAHUL
Kothur (PTI): Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi on
Monday exuded confi-
dence that his party will
win the Gujarat elections,
contending that the AAP
has only created a buzz
in the state purely on the
basis of advertisements.
Addressing a press
conference here, Gandhi
said there was a massive
anti-incumbency against
the BJP-led government
in the state (Gujarat).
RAHUL GANDHI PAYS TRIBUTE TO HIS GRANDMOTHER FORMER
PM INDIRA GANDHI ON HER 38TH DEATH ANNIVERSARY
New Delhi (ANI):
Congress MP Rahul
Gandhi paid tribute to
his grandmother and
former Prime Minister
of India Indira Gandhi
on her death anniver-
sary. He took to Twitter
and said he would not
let her “sacrifice for
the country go in vain”.
“I carry your love and
teachings in my heart. I
won’t let your sacrifices
for India go in vain,”
he tweeted in Hindi
captioning the video he
posted to pay homage.
The video had a number
of video clips combined
which showed Indira
Gandhi delivering her
speech and one from
her funeral.
Nadda begins whirlwind
tour of Himachal for
pro-incumbency votes
Shimla (Agencies):
Aiming to strengthen
his bond with the hill
state from where he
started his political ca-
reer and grew in the na-
tional politics, Bharati-
ya Janata Party (BJP)
national President Jag-
at Prakash Nadda is on
a whirlwind tour in
poll-bound Himachal
Pradesh for pro-incum-
bency votes.
Setting aside the anti-
incumbency wave
against the party’s gov-
ernment, his aides say
Nadda will be holding
21 election meetings
and doorstep canvass-
ing across the state un-
der the Vijay Sankalp
Abhiyaan till Novem-
ber 9. He will be holding
a major party’s show of
strength in the state
capital on November 7.
On an average Nadda
will be addressing three
rallies in a day, he said.
In the previous BJP
government (2007-12) in
Himachal Pradesh, Na-
dda resigned as Forest
Minister in 2010 when
he was picked by the
then BJP national pres-
ident Nitin Gadkari to
join his new team. He
was then made the par-
ty’s national General
Secretary
.
Nadda started his po-
litical rally on October
30 from mountainous
Kaza in Lahaul-Spiti
district. Later, he ad-
dressed two rallies in
Manali and Kullu
towns.
This time, the saffron
party, with anti-incum-
bency weighing heavy
on its governance
amidst dropping of 11
sitting MLAs and many
party leaders in the fray
as Independents, seems
to be banking on Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi’s charisma, in-
stead of flashing its
own achievement card.
JP Nadda at a BJP rally in
Lahaul and Spiti, on Sunday.
LAWYERS BOYCOTT
WORK TO PROTEST
FIR AGAINST FELLOW
TREAT CHILDREN
WITHOUT BIAS, WITH
SENSITIVITY: HC
Kochi (PTI): Lawyers
practising at the Kerala
High Court on Monday
boycotted work in protest
against the registration of
a criminal case against the
advocates representing
Perumbavoor MLA Eldhose
Kunnappilly, an accused in
a rape case. Vanchiyoor po-
lice had recently registered
a case against Kunnappilly
and three of his lawyers for
allegedly threatening the
survivor in the rape case
against the suspended Con-
gress leader. Police said
that the case was registered
upon the direction of the
court which recorded the
statement of the survivor
saying that they threat-
ened her. Kunnappilly was
suspended by the Congress
saying his explanation with
regard to the allegations
was not satisfactory.
Bengaluru (Agencies):
The Karnataka High Court
has asked the school
teachers and staff to treat
children without bias and
with sensitivity, taking into
cognizance the case of two
missing girls. The court has
also asked the parents to
behave in a civilized man-
ner when kids are around.
The High Court bench on
Monday issued a stern
warning in this regard. The
bench has also taken an
undertaking in this connec-
tion from the headmistress
and other staff members
of the school and closed
the case. The bench had
taken up the habeas corpus
petition submitted by head-
mistress PV Sister Clara of
Saint Joseph’s Convent in
Bengaluru before the court
regarding the missing of
two girl students.
RLY EMPLOYEES UNDER DIFFERENT BOARD
ZONES TO BE TREATED EQUALLY, RULES SC
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Monday
said that employees working under the Railway
Board in different zones or divisions are required to
be treated equally and there cannot be any discrim-
ination. The apex court dismissed the appeals filed
by the Centre, through the Northern Railways, and
others against the November 2019 verdict of the
Delhi High Court that directed it to count 50 per cent
of service rendered by commission vendors, prior to
their absorption, as “qualifying service” for grant of
pensionary benefits.The top court noted that as far as
commission vendors working in the western, eastern,
southern and south-eastern railway are concerned,
pursuant to different orders passed by the Central
Administrative Tribunals (CAT) and the high courts,
which have been confirmed by the apex court, the
issue is held against the Railways.
SC TO HEAR PLEA
ON LINKING UID
ELECTORAL ROLL
NOTICE TO GOI, EC ON
PIL FOR PRISONERS’
RIGHT TO VOTE
The Supreme Court on
Monday agreed to examine
a petition against the
Central government’s
decision to enable linking
of electoral roll data with
the Aadhaar ecosystem.
Senior advocate Shyam
Divan, representing the
petitioner, contended that
the right to vote cannot
be denied on the ground
of not having an Aadhaar
card. A bench comprising
Justices Sanjay Kishan
Kaul and Abhay S. Oka
queried Divan that his
argument seems that
for one who does not
have Aadhaar, voting
should not be denied
to that person, or
even on having
Aadhaar, it should
not be compul-
sory.
New Delhi (ANI): The
Supreme Court on Monday
issued notice to the Centre
on a plea challenging
Section 62(5) of the Rep-
resentation of People Act
which deprives prisoners
their right to vote. A bench
sought response from the
government and Election
Commission of India. The
PIL filed by one Aditya
Prasanna Bhattacharya,
pointed out that the
wording of Section 62(5)
uses ‘confinement’ as the
yardstick, thereby, creating
several anomalies. Bhat-
tacharya filing the plea in
2019 challenged 62(5) of
the Representation of
the People Act 1951
which deprives any
person confined
to a prison of the
right to vote at
any election.
IN THE COURTYARD
BHARAT
JODO YATRA
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla with Defence Minister Rajnath
Singh, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, Union Ministers Piyush
Goyal, Dharmendra Pradhan and other dignitaries after paying
tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on Monday.

INDIA
06
IAS Sarneet Kaur Broca is new UP ICDS director
Lucknow: The Uttar
Pradesh government
has appointed IAS
Sarneet Kaur Broca as
the new Director of Ut-
tar Pradesh ICDS. The
2016 batch female IAS
officer has joined back
after a long maternity
leave and has thus been
given this responsibil-
ity. Earlier she served
in UPSRTC and has
also been the CDO of
Basti and Unnao, while
her husband -
Prathamesh Kumar, an
IAS of 2016 batch - is
posted as Special Sec-
retary to the Chief
Minister. She also has
the responsibility of
ACEO Invest UP. Nota-
bly, it is said for the duo
that they are one of the
most harworking and
dedicated officers.
UP bureaucracy has
a total of 18 IAS offic-
ers of 2016 batch,
which were later
paired up with another
IAS cadre, due to which
6 IAS officers got entry
in 2016 batch UP and
their total number has
increased from 18 to 24.
The additional
charge of UP Women
and Child Develop-
ment (ICDS) was with
IAS Kapil Singh, Direc-
tor, Nutrition Mission,
who today handed over
his responsibility to
the new director IAS
Sarneet Kaur Broca.
Officers in the bu-
reaucracy say that re-
cently, the government
had handed over the
additional charge of
Director ICDS from
IAS Kapil Singh to IAS
Anamika Singh, Secre-
tary of ICDS. But since
she is a senior IAS, she
refused stating the post
is for junior officers.
Notably, Kapil Singh
was given the addition-
al charge after IAS Dr
Sarika Mohan went on
foreign trip. Kapil Sin-
gh is known to be an
honest and hardwork-
ing officer, but with
continuous handing
and taking back of the
charge of ICDS Direc-
tor time and again has
got the tongues wag-
ging in the bureaucrat-
ic realm of the state.
MORBI BRIDGE COLLAPSE
GUJARAT CM BHUPENDRA PATEL
TAKES NOTE OF MORBI MISHAP
Morbi (ANI): Gujarat
Chief Minister Bhupen-
dra Patel on Monday
took note of the Morbi
bridge collapse mishap
in Gujarat situation
again and visited the
city collector’s office on
Monday after over 132
casualties were report-
ed in the incident.
“By reaching the col-
lector’s office in Morbi
early this morning,
took stock of the cur-
rent situation of all
matters including
search operation, relief-
rescue operation, treat-
ment of the injured and
gave necessary instruc-
tions to the system,”
tweeted CM Patel. Ac-
cording to the latest re-
ports, the death toll in
the mishap had gone up
to 132 on Monday morn-
ing. Gujarat Home Min-
ister Harsh Sanghavi
said that a criminal
case has been regis-
tered in connection
with the incident.
A criminal case has been registered in connection with incident: Guj Home Minister
Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel along with State MoS for Home Harsh Sanghavi at Morbi accident site.
Suspension
bridge in Odisha
closed for one
day for repair
Bhubaneswar: Follow-
ing bridge mishap in
Gujarat’s Morbi, Odis-
ha government woke
up and closed down sus-
pension bridge over
Mahanadi river in
Dhabaleswar in Cut-
tack district for one day
(Tuesday) to carry out
repair works, an offi-
cial said on Monday.
Speaking to media per-
sons, Cuttack district
collector, Bhabani
Shankar Chayani, said
a technical team had
visited the suspension
bridge on Sunday and
submitted its report.
Now, another team led
by an additional dis-
trict magistrate (ADM)
has been rushed to the
bridge for further ex-
amination, he said.
PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI TO
VISIT MORBI ACCIDENT SITE TODAY
Gandhinagar (ANI):
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi will visit Morbi in
Gujarat on November 1,
the state chief minister’s
office announced on
Monday. Prime Minister
Modi, who is in Kevadia
said that rescue opera-
tions were underway and
there would be no
laxity in rescue and relief
efforts. “The Gujarat
Government has been
carrying out relief and
rescue operations since
yesterday. Centre too is
extending all help to the
State Government,” PM
Modi said.
CPI(M) SEEKS
ACCOUNTABILITY
OF GUJARAT GOVT
New Delhi (PTI): Alleging
administrative failure, the
CPI(M) blamed the Gujarat
government on Monday
for the Morbi bridge col-
lapse, which has resulted
in the death of at least 134
people so far. Rescue op-
erations are in full swing
at Morbi, 300 km from
state capital Gandhinagar.
‘Pak using drones to
smuggle arms, drugs’
Srinagar (ANI): Jam-
mu and Kashmir Direc-
tor General of Police
Dilbagh Singh has as-
serted that Pakistan
has now started a “new
game” of smuggling
weapons and narcotics
through drones.
Addressing media
here on Monday, DGP
Singh said that the “ne-
farious designs” of Pa-
kistan are not hidden
from anybody. “Paki-
stan’s nefarious designs
are not hidden from an-
ybody. In the past few
years, they have started
playing a new game of
using drones to smuggle
weapons, narcotics and
improvised explosive
devices (IED),” DGP Dil-
bagh Singh said, adding
that these are attempts
of the LeT terror outfit
in collaboration with
Pakistani agencies.
He said that the force
always counters the
drones that neighbour-
ing Pakistan tries to
send to Indian territory
.
He said, “Pakistan is
now trying to send am-
munition and narcotics
through drones but we
always counter them
and last night one more
drone was shot down in
the Jammu area. Paki-
stan is continuously
trying to disturb the
peace in J-K but our
mechanism to counter
Pakistan is strong.”
JK DGP Dilbagh Singh at a function. —FILE PHOTO
JK COPS BUST
DRONE DROP IN RS
PURA; 2 ARRESTED
Srinagar (ANI): The Jam-
mu and Kashmir Police
arrested two persons for
their alleged involvement
in dropping ammunition
through drones in the
general area of the Baspur
Bangla RS Pura in the
union territory, said po-
lice. The drone was seen
making suspicious move-
ments in the said area on
the intervening night of
Thursday and Friday, an
official statement issued
by the police authorities
said on Monday.
“ARMY GOT HUGE
IMPETUS IN ITS
PREPAREDNESS”
Srinagar (PTI): The
overall preparedness
of the Indian Army has
received a “huge impetus”
in the 20 months since the
ceasefire understanding
between India and Paki-
stan, said Chinar Corps
Commander Lt Gen ADS
Aujla. However, whenever
the opportunity comes,
“attempts are being made
to infiltrate” from the
“other side” but the army
is capable to foil such bids
or give a befitting reply,
said Lt Gen ADS Aujla.
IAS Sarneet Kaur Broca
ADGP PRASHANK KUMAR GETS AAJ KA
KARMAVEER EXCELLENCE AWARD
Lucknow: UP ADGP
Prashant Kumar was
presented with Aaj Ka
Karmaveer Excellence
Award for his out-
standing service in the
field of administrative
service through a jury in
Mumbai recently. Chief
Guest on the stage was
Maharashtra CM Eknath
Shinde (Virtual), special
Guest was former Union
Minister of State, present
MP Baghpat Dr Satyapal
Singh (IPS), Padma Shri
Dr Vidya Vindu Singh,
Senior IAS Dr Rashmi
Singh in the presence
of IPS Prashant Kumar.
On Monday in Lucknow,
Aaj Ka Karmaveer
representative, Kun-
war Pradeep Singh on
behalf of Chairman RP
Singh and organisation
presented the memento
and certificate to ADGP
Prashant Kumar.
UP BUREAUCRACY By Ahtesham Siddiqui...
MOM OF 2 ELOPES
WITH PARAMOUR,
HUBBY ENDS LIFE
GIRLFRIEND
CONFESSES SHE
POISONED YOUTH
Mysuru (Agencies): A
man died by suicide after
his wife eloped with her
paramour in Hunsur town
of Karnataka’s Mysuru
district, police said on
Monday. An FIR has been
filed against the woman on
a complaint filed by the de-
ceased man’s father. As per
police, Krishne Gowda has
demanded action against
daughter-in-law Nethra
for compelling his son to
end life. Sureshkumar and
Nethra lived at Koyampattur
colony in Hunsur town
with two daughters. While
Suresh worked as a labour-
er, Nethra worked at a facto-
ry. A month ago, Nethra did
not return from work. After
all his efforts to locate her
failed, Sureshkumar lodged
a missing complaint with
Hunsur Rural police.
Thiruvananthapuram (ANI):
The girlfriend of a youth
who died at Thiruvanan-
thapuram Medical College
Hospital recently con-
fessed to police that she
had poisoned him as her
marriage was fixed with
another man, police said.
Greeshma, the girlfriend
of Sharon Raj, confessed
that she had given him a
poisoned Ayurvedic decoc-
tion and juice, said ADGP
Ajith Kumar. She first gave
him what she said was an
Ayurvedic medicine and
when he said it was bitter,
she gave him some juice.
After consuming it, Sharon
started vomiting and his
friend took him back from
her house. Sharon was
admitted to Thiruvanantha-
puram Medical College and
died on October 25.
VETERAN CONG LEADER CHANDY TURNS 79,
KERALA CM VIJAYAN EXTENDS GREETINGS
Kochi (PTI): Veteran Congress leader and former Kerala
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy turned 79 on Monday.
The senior Congress leader, who is currently staying
away from public life owing to
ill health, however, celebrated
his birthday at Aluva guest
house here with his family and
senior party leaders. Kerala
CM Pinarayi Vijayan visited the
Congress veteran at the guest
house in the evening and conveyed his birthday wishes.
Vijayan spent around 10 minutes with Chandy and
draped a ceremonial shawl on him. Earlier in the day,
prominent actor Mammootty visited Chandy at the guest
house to wish him on his birthday. Other senior leaders,
including Speaker AN Shamseer, visited Chandy at the
guest house where Chandy is staying for his treatment.
TRYING TO REMOVE
IDOL, 5 COPS HURT
IN STONE-PELTING
CONSIDER SITUATION,
GRANT PERMISSION
FOR RSS RALLY: DGP
Ballia (Agencies): Five
policemen were injured
while trying to remove
an idol of Lord Hanuman
installed on govt land in
Ballia on Monday as the
locals pelted stones at
them. Seven persons have
been arrested. A case has
been registered against 76
people. The police said the
idol was installed on gov-
ernment land in Bahadur-
pur Kari village on Sunday
night.Police, district
administration and the rev-
enue department reached
the spot on Monday after
receiving the information.
When the officials tried to
remove the idol saying that
it had been done without
government permission,
the villagers became
furious and started pelting
stones at the officials and
attacked them with sticks.
Chennai (PTI): The Tamil
Nadu DGP has issued a
circular to all the police
Commissioners and dis-
trict police chiefs to grant
permission to the RSS to
hold its ‘Route Marches’
and public meetings in 51
places across the state on
November 6 after taking
into account the law and
order situation individually.
A circular to this effect,
issued on October 29, was
produced before Madras
High Court judge, Justice
G K Ilanthiraiyan by State
Public Prosecutor Hasan
Mohammed Jinnah, when
the contempt applications
from the RSS came up for
further hearing on Monday.
The circular directed the
police commissioners and
the SPs in the state to
grant permission to hold
the rally on November 6.
CRUCIAL READ
Adani Transmission wins Climate
Action Programme Oriented Award
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: Adani
TransmissionLtd(ATL),
India’s largest private
power distribution com-
pany and the transmis-
sion arm of the diversi-
fied Adani Group, has
won the Confederation
of Indian Industry (CII)
Climate Action Pro-
gramme (CAP) 2.0° Ori-
ented Award in the En-
ergy
, Mining and Heavy
Manufacturingcategory
.
This recognition is a
significantachievement,
given that CAP 2.0° aims
tohelpindustriesincon-
tractingclimateriskand
explore market opportu-
nities to become climate
resilient. The CAP 2.0°
Awards are framed on
the Climate Maturity
model and the European
Foundation for Quality
Management Model
(EFQM).
Adani Transmission
received this award un-
der the ‘Oriented’ cate-
gory
. This confirms that
the company’s strategy
is synchronised with
climate change issues
and impacts, climate
risk is factored in the
company’s Enterprise
Risk Management
(ERM), competent per-
sons is handling the
climate-linked portfo-
lio, and the organisa-
tion has adopted futur-
istic GHG emission re-
duction targets to com-
bat climate change. ATL
received the CAP 2.0°
award from Mr Avinash
Mishra, Advisor, Natu-
ral Resources Climate
Change NITI Aayog at
the forum in New Delhi.
“The CAP 2.0° award
is an encouraging and
responsible recognition
of our continuous ef-
forts towards climate
change mitigation and
improving the produc-
tivity and efficiency
through a clear focus on
sustainability”, said
Anil Sardana, MD
CEO, ATL. “The organi-
zational initiatives to
become Net Zero, Zero
Waste to Landfill (ZWL)
and Single Use Plastic
Free (SUP) along with
focused efforts to
achieve them, com-
bined with the CII-CAP
2.0° award, demon-
strates our commit-
ment to climate change
mitigation for a sus-
tainable future.”
ATL wins this
award in Energy,
Mining Heavy
Manufacturing
category
4 held in Mizoram with
huge haul of explosives
Aizawl (Agencies): In
the second significant
operation in less than a
week, Assam Rifles has
seized a large cache of
Myanmar-boundtactical
and war-like stores, in-
cludingexplosivemateri-
als, from Mizorams Sia-
ha district and appre-
hended four persons in
connectionwiththecase,
officials said on Monday
.
A defence spokesman
said acting on a tip-off, a
joint team of Assam Ri-
fles and Mizoram Police
launched the operation
at Tuipang village in Si-
aha district on Sunday
night and seized Myan-
mar-boundarms,ammu-
nition and explosives.
“Team had specific in-
formation about move-
mentof tacticalandwar-
likestoresforinsurgents
based in Myanmar. The
security intercepted and
searchedoneKenbobike
(Chinese made) and one
Yodha pickup vehicle
and recovered arms and
ammunition from
them,” he said.
The nabbed accused with seized explosives.
HUGE CACHE OF
ARMS RECOVERED
IN JHARKHAND
Latehar (PTI): A huge
cache of arms and am-
munitions was recovered
from Budha Pahad area
in Jharkhand’s Latehar
district, police said on
Monday. A light machine
gun, an INSAS and a
self loading rifle and
18 weapons that had
been looted from police,
besides more than 200
improvised explosive
devices were recov-
ered from the left wing
extremists’ bunkers.
The CAP 2.0° award is an encour-
aging and responsible recognition
of our continuous efforts towards
climate change mitigation and improving
the productivity and efficiency through a
clear focus on sustainability.
—Anil Sardana, MD CEO, ATL

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CURRENCIES
PVsalesmayhavehitnewrecordinOct
First India Bureau
New Delhi: As consumers
drove home their dream
vehicles amid festive fervor
after muted celebrations in
the past two years on ac-
count of the pandemic, au-
tomakers are said to have
clocked among their best-
ever monthly retail sales in
October, outpacing dis-
patches for the first time
this year.
According to senior in-
dustry executives and deal-
ers as many as 375,000-
385,000 cars, sedans and
utility vehicles were sold to
customers, which brought
down inventory in the
channel by 25% this month.
Retail sales of passenger
vehicles (PV) had peaked at
382,000 units in December
2018,comparedwith370,416
and 370,300 units in Octo-
ber 2020 and December
2019, respectively
.
Automakers saw robust
demand for new models,
especially SUVs.
AMID FESTIVE FERVOR
EXPECTED
NUMBERS
z According to senior
executives as many as
375,000-385,000 cars,
sedans and utility vehicles
were sold to customers,
which brought down
inventory in the channel by
25% this month.
z Automakers saw robust
demand for new models,
especially SUVs
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi (PTI): Manu-
facturer of snacks and
sweets Bikaji Foods Inter-
national Ltd on Monday
said it has fixed a price
band of `285-300 a share
for its `881-crore initial
public offering (IPO). The
initial share-sale will open
for public subscription on
November 3 and conclude
on November 7, the com-
pany announced. The IPO
will be a pure offer-for-
sale (OFS) of around 2.94
crore equity shares by its
promoters and existing
shareholders. Both the
promoters -- Shiv Ratan
Agarwal and Deepak
Agarwal-- are looking to
offload up to 25 lakh com-
pany shares each.
New Delhi (FIB): The RBI
order on discontinuing in-
active credit cards contin-
ued to negatively impact
the industry size, with
HDFC Bank, Axis Bank
and ICICI Bank seeing a
decline in the number of
active credit cards. HDFC
Bank continued to be the
worst affected, with total
cards in force down by
1.6 million. Bankers say
while the total credit card
numbers will normalise
soon, they are also look-
ing to change the strategy
with regard to onboarding
customers.
ACTIVE CREDIT CARD
NUMBERS CONTINUE
TO SLIP IN INDIA
BIKAJI FOODS SETS
PRICE BAND AT
`285-300/SHARE
New Delhi (PTI): Produc-
tion of eight infrastructure
sectors expanded by
7.9% in September on
better show by coal, ferti-
liser, cement and electric-
ity segments. In August,
the core sectors’ output
growth stood at 4.1%.
The production growth of
eight infrastructure sec-
tors -- coal, crude oil, nat-
ural gas, refinery prod-
ucts, fertiliser, steel, ce-
ment and electricity --
was 9.6% during April-
Sept this fiscal, compared
to 16.9% a year ago.
EIGHT CORE SECTOR
INDUSTRIES’ OUTPUT
GROWS 7.9% IN SEPT
New Delhi (PTI): Invest-
ment in the Indian capital
markets through partici-
patory notes rose to
`87,813 crore at the end
of September, making it
the second consecutive
monthly increase, as the
country witnesses the
best growth and earnings
among emerging mar-
kets. According to Sebi
data, the value of P-note
investments in Indian
markets -- equity, debt,
and hybrid securities --
stood at `87,813 crore in
September. Of the total,
`79,418 crore was invest-
ed in equities.
INVESTMENT VIA
P-NOTES RISES TO
`87,813 CR IN SEPT
*Rates till the edition went to print.
LIC PICKS UP OVER 2%
ADDITIONAL STAKE IN
CAPRI GLOBAL
New Delhi (PTI): Life Insur-
ance Corporation of India
(LIC) has raised its stake in
Capri Global
Capital by
2% over
the last few
months at an
investment of `257.37 crore.
Its shareholding in Capri
Global has increased from
1,24,00,000 to 1,59,51,171
equity shares, increasing its
stake from 7.052% to 9.072%.
Capri Global caters to different
segments like MSME, con-
struction, finance, affordable
housing and indirect retail.
AEROFLOT TO LAUNCH
FLIGHT SERVICES TO
GOA FROM MOSCOW
Mumbai (PTI): Russian flag
carrier Aeroflot on Monday
said it is set
to launch its
flight services
to Goa from
Moscow,
starting November 2. The air-
line currently operates its air
services on the Moscow-Del-
hi-Moscow route twice-a-week
with an Airbus A330 aircraft.
Aeroflot will fly its Airbus A330
aircraft every Wednesday,
Saturday and Sunday from
Moscow to Goa, offering 28
seats in the business class and
268 in the economy class.
AIRTEL 2ND QUARTER
NET PROFIT JUMPS
89% TO `2,145 CRORE
New Delhi (PTI): India’s sec-
ond largest telecom operator
Bharti Airtel
on Monday
posted an
89% year-on-
year rise in
consolidated net profit for sec-
ond quarter ended September
2022 to `2,145 crore, amid
improved average realisa-
tion per subscriber. The total
revenue rose 22% year on
year to `34,527 crore during
the just-ended quarter, accord-
ing to a statement. Airtel CEO
Gopal Vittal said the company
is now rolling out 5G.
SEBI BANS MEHUL
CHOKSI FROM CAPITAL
MARKET FOR 10 YRS
New Delhi (PTI): Sebi on
Monday barred fugitive busi-
nessman Mehul Choksi from
the securities
markets for
10 years and
imposed a
fine of `5
crore on him for indulging
in fraudulent trading in the
shares of Gitanjali Gems Ltd.
He has been directed to pay
the penalty within 45 days,
as per the Sebi order. Choksi,
who was the chairman and
managing director as well as
part of the promoter group of
Gitanjali Gems.
NEW SUPPLY OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES LIKELY
TO RISE 44 PER CENT TO 3.4 LAKH UNITS IN 2022
OTHER STORIES
New Delhi (PTI): Fresh supply of residential properties is ex-
pected to rise 44% this year across seven cities to 3.4 lakh units
as developers look to tap increase
in demand. Anarock data showed
that new launches stood at 2.65
lakh units during Jan-Sept this year
across primary markets of seven
cities -- Delhi-NCR, Mumbai Met-
ropolitan Region, Bengaluru, Pune,
Chennai, Hyderabad and Kolkata.The
current trends indicate that launches in these cities will exceed
3.4 lakh units in the entire 2022 calendar year, consultant added.
IndiatobetterIMFgrowthforecast:CEA
New Delhi (PTI): Chief
Economic Adviser V Anan-
tha Nageswaran on Mon-
day said India is expected
to clock better growth than
IMF’s projections next
year aided by enhanced
capital formation. Recent-
ly, the International Mon-
etary Fund (IMF) projected
6.8% real growth for this
year and 6.1% for next year
for India.
“I think in fact, the
growth rates for the com-
ing years may be slightly
more, slightly better than
what these numbers are,
because I think there is a
possibility that India’s
capital formation cycle
will do better after one dec-
ade of retrenchment,” he
said.
India’s public digital in-
frastructure has probably
crossed an inflection point
and that will also be con-
tributing to both formali-
sation of the economy and
therefore higher growth,
he said. So, he said, maybe
there could be 0.5-0.8% ad-
dition to the 6% baseline
numbers. He also said that
fiscal policy and monetary
policy are usually syn-
chronised and counterbal-
ance each other.
On high debt-to-GDP ra-
tio, he said, sustainability
is not a concern and it may
reduce with asset moneti-
sation. India can use asset
monetisation proceeds to
whittle down it’s debt and
that will help improve the
credit rating, that can be
the best fiscal stimulus we
can provide, he added.
AIDED BY ENHANCED CAPITAL FORMATION
Mumbai (PTI): The
Central Board of Direc-
tors of Reserve Bank of
India on Monday re-
viewed the current eco-
nomic situation and
challenges being faced
by the country due to
global geopolitical cri-
ses.
The 598th meeting of
the central board was
held under the chair-
manship of Governor
Shaktikanta Das, the
RBI said in a statement.
“The Board in its
meeting reviewed the
current economic situa-
tion, global and domes-
tic challenges including
the overall impact of
current global geopoliti-
cal crises,” it said.
RBI’S CENTRAL BOARD DISCUSSES
PREVAILING ECONOMIC SITUATION
MAJOR
HIGHLIGHTS
z The 598th meeting
of the central board
was held under the
chairmanship of
Governor Shaktikanta
Das
z The board also
discussed the
functioning of various
sub-committees of
the central board,
ombudsman scheme
H1 fiscal gap at 37.3% of FY aim
First India Bureau
New Delhi: According to
government data released
on Monday, India’s fiscal
deficit for the first six
months of this fiscal year
through September stood
at 6.20 lakh crore rupees, or
37.3% of annual estimates.
The fiscal deficit wid-
ened from 35% reported in
the comparable year-earli-
er period.
Total receipts stood at
12.04 lakh crore rupees,
while overall expenditure
in April to September was
at 18.24 lakh crore rupees.
They were 52.7% and 46.2%
of this fiscal year’s budget
target.
Revenue receipts stood
at 11.70 lakh crore rupees,
of which tax revenue was
10.12 lakh crore rupees and
non-tax revenue was 1.58
lakh crore rupees.
In May, the government
had cut taxes on petrol and
diesel to cushion the im-
pact of a spike in global
energy prices. Some econo-
mists however said wind-
fall gain tax and additional
tax revenue owing to GST
over and above the budget
will likely provide relief to
the fiscal situation.
Revenue deficit was at
3.11 lakh crore rupees or
31.4% of the fiscal year’s
budget target, data showed.
First pilot of Digital
Rupee to commence
today: Reserve Bank
Mumbai (PTI): The Re-
serve Bank said the first
pilot of the Central Bank
Digital Currency -- Digital
Rupee (Wholesale seg-
ment) will be launched on
Tuesday for transactions
in government securities.
The use case for the pilot
is settlement of secondary
market transactions in gov-
ernment securities, the
RBI said in a statement on
Monday
.
Nine banks -- State Bank
of India (SBI), Bank of
Baroda, Union Bank of In-
dia, HDFC Bank, ICICI
Bank, Kotak Mahindra
Bank, Yes Bank, IDFC First
Bank and HSBC -- have
been identified for partici-
pation in the pilot.
DoT to begin RD
funding by January
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The DoT is
likely to approve the first
batch of applications by
domestic companies seek-
ing funds for localised RD
activities by January next
year, a top official said. “We
have started receiving ap-
plications. So maybe in a
month’s time, we’ll start
processing them,” DoT sec-
retary K Rajaraman said.
“I would say by January
the first batch of applica-
tions would be approved.”
` falls 31 paise to close at 82.78/$
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee
pared its initial gains and
settled 31 paise lower at
82.78 (provisional) against
the US dollar on Monday,
tracking the strength of
the American currency in
the overseas market.
At the interbank foreign
exchange market, the local
unit opened at 82.35 and
witnessed a high of 82.32
and a low of 82.80.
It finally settled at 82.78
against the American cur-
rency, registering a fall of
31 paise over its last close
of 82.47.
The Indian rupee depre-
ciated on Monday amid
strength in the US dollar.
However, positive domestic
equities and weak crude oil
prices cushioned the down-
side, said Anuj Choudhary
- Research Analyst at
Sharekhan by BNP Parib-
as. Moreover, inflows by
foreign investors support-
ed the rupee at lower levels.
“We expect the rupee to
trade with a negative bias
amid strong US dollar amid
increasing odds of an ag-
gressive rate hike by the
Fed on Wednesday. Some
recovery in crude oil prices
may also weigh on Rupee,”
Choudhary added.
PLI scheme: DoT okays 42
firms for telecom products
First India Bureau
New Delhi: 42 companies
including 28 MSMEs have
been given ap-
proval by The
Ministry of Com-
munications un-
der the PLI
scheme for tele-
com and network-
ing products.
Of the selected firms, 17
companies have applied for
additional incentive of 1%
under design-led manufac-
turing criteria.
As per the govt, addition-
al sales of `2.45 lakh crore
is expected to be generated
while additional
employment of
more than 44,000
is likely to be cre-
ated over the
scheme period.
The selected
companies include Sam-
sung, Nokia, Jabil, Rising
Star, Flextronics as well as
local one’s like HFCL, ITI,
VVDN, Tejas Networks etc.
SENSEX RECLAIMS 60K,
NIFTY TOPS 18K-MARK
Mumbai (PTI): Benchmark
indices Sensex and Nifty
ended over 1 per cent higher
on Monday, logging their
third day of gains amid firm
global market trends and
fresh foreign fund inflows.The
30-share BSE Sensex rallied
786.74 points or 1.31% to
settle at 60,746.59. On simi-
lar lines, the
broader NSE
Nifty advanced
225.40 points
or 1.27% to
end at 18,012.20.From the
Sensex pack, UltraTech Ce-
ment, Mahindra Mahindra,
HDFC, Sun Pharma, HDFC
Bank, Larsen Toubro, Bajaj
Finserv and Bajaj Finance
were the major winners. Dr
Reddy’s, NTPC closed lower.

08
2NDFRONT
LG FORMS PANEL TO HELP EXPEDITE
LICENSING PROCESS OF EATERIES
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Delhi Lt.
Governor (LG) VK Sax-
ena has constituted a
high-powerpaneltoease
and facilitate license re-
quirements for restau-
rants and eateries in the
citytoboostthenightlife
in the national capital
and to rejuvenate the
Covid-impacted hospi-
tality sector, a notifica-
tion from the LG Secre-
tariat said on Monday
.
The committee, con-
stituting senior officials
of the concerned de-
partments/agencies,
will examine the exist-
ing regulations and sug-
gest ways of speeding
up the licensing pro-
cesses of restaurants,
Eating Houses, and Ho-
tels. Headed by Princi-
pal Secretary (Home),
the committee will com-
prise senior representa-
tives of the IT Depart-
ment, Delhi Pollution
Control Committee
(DPCC), Municpal Cor-
poration of Delhi
(MCD), Delhi Police,
Fire Services, NDMC.
The focus will be on
reducing the number of
licenses, tweaking and
doingawaywitharchaic
regulations rooted in
subordinate legislation,
minimum documenta-
tion, fixed timelines for
grant of licenses, com-
pleting online processes
embedded in a Single
Window portal, and pro-
moting self-regulation
among other things, the
notification said. Apart
from providing an over-
all push to Delhi’s hospi-
tality Sector, the move
willalsopavethewayfor
late-night dining, alfres-
co (open-air) eateries,
and outdoor dining on
terraces. The panel will
be able to co-opt mem-
bers and will take com-
prehensive input from
stakeholder hotel and
restaurant associations,
etc. The LG has directed
the committee to submit
its report/recommenda-
tions within 15 days.
Srinagar (PTI): The
National Conference on
Monday said the three
years of Jammu and
Kashmir as a union ter-
ritory have come as a
“huge disappointment”
to the people and
claimed the security
situation has deterio-
rated. On August 5, 2019,
the Centre had abrogat-
ed Article 370, which ac-
corded special status to
the erstwhile state of
Jammu and Kashmir,
and bifurcated it into
union territories of
Jammu and Kashmir
and Ladakh, which
came into existence on
October 31 that year.
“Last three years have
seen huge disappoint-
ments and discontent-
ment amongst the peo-
ple. Jammu and Kash-
mir has hardly seen any
improvement in any
major sectors and in-
stead conditions have
worsened,” National
Conference chief
spokesperson Tanvir
Sadiq told PTI.
Sadiq alleged that the
security situation has
deteriorated to such a
point that common peo-
ple are not feeling safe
anymore. “They (the
government) have
failed to provide a sense
of security to not only
the common people but
to minorities as well,”
he said. No recruitment
has taken place since
the special status of
Jammu and Kashmir
was repealed and the
state was turned into
two union territories,
the NC spokesperson
said. “There has been
no fresh recruitment
and instead the ones,
which were in the pipe-
line during the time of
an elected government,
were shelved for frivo-
lous reasons,” he said.
The power sector has
seen no improvement
and no new projects
have been started, Sadiq
claimed. “Roads are in
dilapidated condition.
The economic condition
of an average citizen
has worsened and the
most unfortunate is the
absence of a democratic
setup in JK where peo-
ple cannot get their
grievance redressed. So
its been a saga of sad
stories,” he said.
JK as UT huge disappointment, security situation worsened: NC
‘LAST 3 YEARS SAGA OF SAD STORIES’
‘JK has hardly seen improvements
in any major sectors and instead
conditions have deteriorated’
New Delhi: The Uni-
versity of Delhi (DU)
has released the UG
second allocation list
today, October 31.
The candidates can
check the round two
merit list on the of-
ficial websites- ad-
mission.uod.ac.in,
du.ac.in. The stu-
dents who have ap-
plied for an upgrade
in round 1 can also
check the list on the
official websites.
Meanwhile, many
students have com-
plained of not getting
an upgraded seats.
The students took mi-
croblogging site Twit-
tersharingtheirexpe-
riences, however
someseemsexcitedof
getting their seats up-
graded. The candi-
dates who got their
seats in round two
have to accept the al-
located seat till No-
vember 1 (4:59 PM)
The Candidates need
to proceed to pay the
fee to confirm admis-
sion upon receiving
approval from the col-
lege principal. Candi-
dates must necessari-
ly take the printout of
theacknowledgement
receipt. The college
will review the appli-
cations approve
them between Octo-
ber 31 and November
2. Candidates need to
pay their application
fees by Nov 3.
The DU CSAS sec-
ond list is prepared
by taking into consid-
eration the combina-
tion of programmes,
colleges selected by
the candidates, caste
category
,programme-
group merit list
availability of seats
in courses colleges.
DU’s UG 2nd allotment
list out; many students
not get upgraded seats
Gurugram: 2 die while
cleaning septic tank
Cop expresses
concern over
attempts to revive
terrorism in JK
Jammu (PTI): A senior
Jammu Kashmir Po-
lice officer on Monday
expressed concern over
attempts to revive mili-
tancy in Reasi district.
Deputy Inspector Gen-
eral (DIG) Udhampur-
Reasi Range Mohd Sule-
man Choudhary held a
crime and security re-
view meeting at district
police lines in Reasi.
Choudharystressedthat
we should use technolo-
gytocounternewtrends
interrorismalsomon-
itor social media plat-
forms which are used to
radicalise local youth.
Gurugram (PTI): A
sanitation worker and
one more person died
of suffocation while
cleaning the septic tank
of a house in a village
here, police said on
Monday
.
“The two had entered
the tank without any
safety equipment to
clean it. They suffocat-
ed after inhaling poi-
sonous gas and lost con-
sciousness. They were
taken out and rushed to
a hospital, where doc-
tors declared both
dead,” a senior officer
said. The incident took
place in Mohammad-
pur Jharsa village.
The victims were
identified as Dilip (45)
of Agra and Shahbud-
din (29), a local tailor,
the police said.
—FILE PHOTO
TO BOOST NIGHT LIFE
Lt. Governor VK Saxena —FILE PHOTO
‘TheWire’Editors’
homessearched
aftercomplaintby
BJP’sAmitMalviya
New Delhi: The homes
of two editors of news
portal ‘The Wire’ were
searched by the Delhi
Police this evening af-
ter a complaint by the
BJP’s Amit Malviya,
sources say. The police
searched the homes of
the founding editors of
the media company,
Siddharth Varadarajan
and MK Venu, and
checked their devices,
sources said.
The Delhi Police act-
ed on a cheating and
forgery complaint by
Amit Malviya, who
heads the BJP’s IT Cell.
The complaint alleged
that The Wire “forged
documents with a view
to malign and tarnish”
his reputation. The
Wire retracted a series
of investigative reports
that claimed that Meta,
the parent company of
social media giants
WhatsApp, Facebook
and Instagram, had giv-
en certain privileges to
Mr Malviya, which he
could use to take down
posts that he thought
were critical of the BJP.
No deficiency in ensuring delivery of justice
in Sidhu Moosewala murder case: CM Mann
Chandigarh (PTI):
Punjab Chief Minister
Bhagwant Mann Mon-
day asserted there was
no deficiency on his gov-
ernment’s part in ensur-
ing the delivery of jus-
tice in the Sidhu Moose-
wala murder case, a day
after the slain singer’s
father threatened to
withdraw the FIR.
Mannwasresponding
to a question on a state-
ment by Moosewala’s
father, who on Sunday
said he would withdraw
the FIR in his son’s mur-
dercaseif theslainsing-
er was linked with gang-
sters. “From our side,
thereisnosuchdeficien-
cy that we are making
any delay in delivery of
justice. Every day
, some-
one or the other is being
arrested. From wherev-
er we get any clue, we
make arrests (in the
case),” the chief minis-
ter said in Pathankot.
Moosewala’s father
Balkaur Singh has also
threatened to leave the
country and given an
ultimatum to the state
machinery till Novem-
ber 25 to hear him out.
Mann to take stock of
paddy procurement ar-
rangements, dubbed
the Moosewala murder
incident as a very seri-
ous matter. He said the
police have arrested
those who attacked the
singer and planned the
murder, and added that
a charge sheet has been
submitted in the case.
Gujarat bridge
collapse: Kejriwal
cancels roadshow
in Haryana
Chandigarh: Aam
Aadmi Party leader and
Delhi Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal’s road-
show in
Haryana’s
Adampur
on Monday
for the up-
coming by-
polls has
been cancelled in view
of the Morbi bridge col-
lapse in Gujarat, a sen-
ior party leader said.
Mr Kejriwal was to
take out a roadshow in
Adampur, a day before
the campaigning ends
for the November 3 by-
polls there.
“Arvind ji’s roadshow
on Monday stands can-
celled in view of the
Gujarat bridge collapse
tragedy,” party’s Rajya
Sabha MP Sushil Gup-
ta, who is party’s Hary-
ana affairs incharge,
told PTI.
RED CORNER NOTICES
J-K: 13 Kashmiri Pandit families urge
admin to register them as‘migrants’
Jammu (PTI): Thir-
teen Kashmiri Pandit
families, who migrated
from a village in south
Kashmir amid ‘target-
ed’ killings of members
of their community, de-
manded on Monday
that the administration
register them as “mi-
grants”.
Of the 13 families
comprising43members,
10 had left Choudhary-
gund village in Shopian
district and reached
Jammu on October 26.
The remaining three
had reached the city ear-
lier. “We have submitted
a joint application to the
office of relief and reha-
bilitation commissioner
at Jammu for registra-
tion of the 13 families as
migrants in the wake of
migration from the val-
ley to Jammu,” said V J
Kaul, a representative
of the families. He said
they have left their vil-
lage out of insecurity
and it is up to the gov-
ernment to provide
them registration.
Puran Krishan Bhat
was gunned down by
terrorists outside his
ancestral house in
Choudharygund village
on October 15.
Monish Kumar and
Ram Sagar were killed
in a grenade attack by
terrorists while they
were asleep in their
rented accommodation
in Shopian on Oct 18.
PITCH PERFECT
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath plays cricket after inaugurating Sardar Patel
National Divyang T20 Cup tournament, on the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai
Patel, at Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow, Monday. — PHOTO BY PTI
Gangster Deepak Tinu, one of the accused in singer Sidhu
Moosewalas murder case being handed to Punjab Police by Delhi
Police Special Cell, in New Delhi, Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI
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‘NIGHT TIME ECONOMY’
Amit Malviya
Rescue teams at site.
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the world. Do your work for your
purpose with love and pride to
surpass all human goals.
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NEW DELHI | TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
ith 30 final-
ists from
across the
country bat-
tling it out
for the cov-
eted title,
the jury had a
tough time choos-
ing the top five.
With Jagdeesh
Chandra gracing
the evening as the
chief guest, the
show became more
magical!
The scintillating
evening in the mesmer-
ising land of pictur-
esque beaches and the
City of Dreams, began
with a lamp-lighting
ceremony, followed by
various rounds of the
grand finale.
Jagdeesh Chandra
made it possible for eve-
ry young girl to dream
big with confidence so
that she may reach great-
er heights. While con-
gratulating all the final-
ists, he welcomed the
audience and said, “We
strongly wish to open the
gates of opportunity in
the fashion and enter-
tainment industry for
many deserving girls.
First India and youth are
natural allies and we pro-
mote talent for one and
all.”
Famous anchor Sim-
ran Ahuja set the mood
swinging by introducing
the finalists of the First
India Queen.
Special Guest for the
evening, Deepak Agarw-
al, MD, Bikaji Group,
also congratulated the
winners. Many celebri-
ties and dignitaries
graced the mega event.
Before announcing the
winners, a special felici-
tation ceremony under 10
categories was also an-
nounced. The subtitles
bagged were
Miss Beautiful Hair by
Kulsum, Miss Beautiful
Body by Apoorva, Miss
Beautiful Smile by An-
chal, Miss Photogenic by
Suhani, Miss Ira women
by Chahat, Miss Talented
by Avani, Miss Beautiful
Skin by Yoshita, Miss
Trending by Neha, Miss
Congeniality by Anshika
and Miss Best Runway
Walk by Marishca.
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Belle Paradise
Amid cheers of hundreds of people, it was a night of glitz and glamour,
livewire performances and nerve-wracking decisions, as the
winners of First India Queen were announced in a star-studded
ceremony at Jade Ballroom, Hotel Sahara Star, Mumbai on Friday!
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Jagdeesh Chandra with the winners of
First India Queen Bhakti Jani (winner),
Victoria Fernandez (1st Runner Up),
Svara Mandlik (2nd Runner Up),
Sanya Hissaria (3rd Runner Up)
and Divya Mamnani (4th Runner Up)
Parimal Mehhta greeted by Kavita Chauhan
CLOCKWISE: Simaran Ahuja, Poonam Pandey,
Riya Soni, Archana Kochhar and Rehaa Khann
—PHOTOS
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA

10-11
ETC
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A STAR-STUDDED NIGHT TO REMEMBER
FROM PG 09
Parimal Mehhta, Founder Blancka-
nvas Pvt Ltd while congratulating
the participants also thanked
Jagdeesh Chandra and the First
India team for giving them the op-
portunity to showcase this extrava-
gant event.
First India Queen is a platform of
inspiration, learning and stardom
for a common girl – coming
from different parts of the
country. The pageant
celebrates inner
beauty and talent as
much as the physi-
cal appearance of
any contestant,
and hence it is in-
strumental in
setting stand-
ards for evaluat-
ing and express-
ing the inner
beauty of an
Indian woman.
Parimal Mehhta with Nitinn R Miranni, Poonam Pandey, Archana Kochhar and Shibani Kashyap during the lamp lighting. Also seen are Akanksha, Aditi, Raayo, Karishma, Roopmati, Jayanthi and Deepak Agarwal Jagdeesh Chandra with Karishma Modi, Simran Ahuja during the announcement of top 15 finalists
Jayanthi Ballal and Chahak Bhandula felicitating Sanya Hissaria (3rd Runner up)
Akanksha Bhalla felicitating Divya Mamnani (4th Runner Up)
Supermodel Sunny Kamble during the grand finale rehearsals with the top 30 finalists of First India Queen 2022
First Miss India 2021 winners (L-R) Lekh Uthaiah, Pearl Agarwal, Chahak Bhandula and Shreya Gupta Karan Vir Bohra Vishal Kotian
Gokul Ganesh Umar Riaz
Parimal Mehhta
Anchal Yadav felicitated by Jayanthi
Ballal for Miss Beautiful Smile
Anshika Chaudhary felicitated by
Dr Nida Khateeb for Miss Congeniality
Apoorva Sharma felicitated by
Madhuri Bhosale for Miss Beautiful Body
Avani Kakekochhi felicitated by
Nitinn Miranni for Miss Talented
Chahat Singh felicitated by
Aditi Jaggi Rastogi for Miss Ira Women
Yoshita Arora felicitated by
Dr Priti Shenai for Miss Beautiful Skin
Suhani Chauhan felicitated by
Rajendra Jain for Miss Photogenic
Neha Verma felicitated by
Raayo S Bakhirta for Miss Trending
Marishca Rodrigues felicitaed by Dr
Priti Shenai for Miss Best Runway Walk
Kulsum Khatoon felicitated by
Raayo S Bakhirta for Miss Beautiful Hair
—PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Garima Ahuja
Supermodels flaunting ravishing sarees during the traditional round
Poonam Pandey and Nitinn R Miranni

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