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Security tightened in Mum ahead of
Dussehra rallies by Sena factions
Mumbai (PTI): Strin-
gent security measures
are in place across
Mumbai in view of two
rallies on Dussehra or-
ganized by Shiv Sena
factions led by Chief
Minister Eknath Shin-
de and party president
Uddhav Thackeray
, said
a police official on Mon-
day
.
The rebellion by
Shinde in June brought
down the Thackeray-led
Maha Vikas Aghadi
(MVA) government and
the two factions have
shared an acrimonious
relationship since, with
workers clashing at
times on streets.
While Thackeray will
address the October 05
rally at the Sena’s tradi-
tional venue Turn to P6
UP FOR GRABS
Rival Sena groups to face-off in Andheri (East) by-poll
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Maharashtra
Chief Minister Eknath
Shinde’s Shiv Sena fac-
tion will face its first
popularity test on No-
vember 03, during the
election for Mumbai’s
Andheri (East) Assem-
bly seat to find a re-
placement representa-
tive for the late Shiv
MLA Ramesh Latke.
As both factions of
Shiv Sena are vying for
the party’s bow and ar-
row symbol—with the
matter being heard by
the Election Commis-
sion of India—the up-
coming by-poll becomes
much more interesting
as it is anyone’s guess
which camp will be al-
lowed to use the party
symbol.
The schedule for the
by-poll was announced
on Monday by the ECI.
Counting of votes will
take place on Nov 06.
The Andheri (East)
seat fell vacant after the
death of Latke, who had
won the seat two times
in a row, in May this
year.
The ruling Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) and
the Shinde faction have
fielded Murji Patel, a
former councillor of
the Mumbai civic body,
in the by-election. Ud-
dhav Thackeray’s camp
is likely to field the de-
ceased legislator’s wife
Rutuja Latke.
Nationalist Congress
Party (NCP) chief
Sharad Pawar said on
Monday that his party
will support Thackeray-
led Shiv Sena in the by-
election.
Andheri East Assem-
bly constituency is one
of the 26 segments lo-
cated in Mumbai subur-
ban district. It is part of
the Mumbai North
West Lok Sabha con-
stituency
. Turn to P6
Votes to be cast on Nov 03, counting will take place on Nov 06.
Seat fell vacant
after Shiv Sena
MLA Ramesh
Latke died of a
heart attack in
May this year ‘NO PROPOSAL TO
SCRAP MINORITY
AFFAIRS MINISTRY’
New Delhi: The Govt
on Monday said there
is no proposal under
consideration to scrap
Ministry of Minority
Affairs. The response came
due to media report that
claimed that Centre may
scrap Ministry of Minority
Affairs, merge with Social
Justice ministry.
UP: 5 CHARRED TO
DEATH, 64 SUSTAIN
BURNS AMID PUJA
Lucknow: Five persons
died while dozens
sustained severe burns
when a fire broke out
in a makeshift pandal
erected for a Durga Puja
celebration at Bhadohi
district in eastern UP,
about 280 km from the
state capital of Lucknow,
on Sunday late night.
RUSSIAN HACKER
HELD BY CBI FOR JEE
2021 PAPER LEAK
JASPRIT BUMRAH
OFFICIALLY RULED
OUT OF ICC T20 WC
New Delhi: The CBI on
Monday arrested a Russian
national in connection
with its probe into alleged
manipulation of JEE (Mains)
exam last year. CBI had
issued a ‘Look Out Circular’
against Mikhail Shargin,
suspected to be main hacker
examination, agency said.
New Delhi: Jasprit Bumrah
has been ruled out of the
T20 World Cup due to his
injured back, the BCCI
announced on Monday.
Bumrah’s injury comes as
a major blow to India after
all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja
was ruled. The board will
announce replacement soon.
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Durga
Navami
Greetings!
ARAMBH HAI ‘PRACHAND’
INDIA’S OWN
HELL-BIRD
ARMED AND READY!
India sees induction of first made-in-India light
combat helicopter’ Prachand’ in the Air Force with
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in attendance
Sangeeta Sharma and
Shiv Prakash Rajpurohit
Jodhpur: Indigenously-
built light combat heli-
copter (LCH) ‘Prachand’
was inducted into the
Indian Air Force at
Jodhpur airbase, in the
presence of Defence
minister Rajnath Singh,
CDS General Anil Chau-
han and IAF chief Air
Chief Marshal VR
Chaudhari. Rajnath
Singh attended the in-
duction ceremony of
the first indigenously
developed LCH in Ra-
jasthan’s Jodhpur on
Monday and a ‘sarv-
dharam’ prayer was
also performed. Singh
also took a sortie in
Light Combat Helicop-
ter (LCH) called
“Prachand” at Jodhpur
airbase in Rajasthan.
Speaking at the in-
duction ceremony, Ra-
jnath Singh said, “For a
long time, there was a
need for attack helicop-
ters and during the 1999
Kargil war, its need was
felt seriously. The LCH
is a result of research
development for two
decades. And its induc-
tion into the IAF is an
important milestone in
defence production.”
He added, “LCH is ca-
pable of dodging the en-
emy, carrying a variety
of ammunition, and de-
livering it to the site
quickly
.”
l A 5.5-tonne class combat
helicopter designed and
developed in India by the
Hindustan Aeronautics
Limited (HAL)
l They are armed with
20mm turret guns, 70mm
rocket systems and air-to-
air missiles
l They have armour pro-
tection, night attack capabil-
ity as well as crash-worthy
landing gear
l The choppers can be
deployed in high-altitude
areas over 20,000 feet
l In March, PM Modi-led
CCS approved the procure-
ment of 15 indigenously
developed LSP LCH at a
cost of Rs 3,887 crore
It is a momentous
occasion reflecting
India’s capability in
defence production.
—Rajnath Singh, Union Defence Minister
PILOTS: FLIES LIKE
A BUTTERFLY AND
STINGS LIKE A BEE
“To quote a famous boxer,
Mohammed Ali, all I can say
is this machine flies like a
butterfly and stings like a
bee,” sharing his experience of
flying the LCH, Wing Com-
mander Saurabh Sharma, who
is also the Flight Commander
of Dhanush Squadron 143
Helicopter Unit said.
Stockholm: Swedish
scientist Svante Paabo
won the 2022 Nobel
Prize in Physiology or
Medicine for discover-
ies “concerning the ge-
nomes of extinct homi-
nins and human evolu-
tion”, the award-
giving body said on
Monday
. The prize,
arguably among
the most prestig-
ious in the scien-
tific world, is
awarded by the No-
bel Assembly of Swe-
den’s Karolinska Insti-
tute and is worth 10
million Swedish
crowns ($900,357). It is
the first of this year’s
batch of prizes.
Paabo, son of the No-
bel Prize-winning bio-
chemist Sune Berg-
ström, has been credit-
ed with transforming
the study of
human ori-
gins.
AMIT SHAH ON A 3-DAY JK TOUR
Union Home Minister Amit Shah being recieved by MoS for Science and Technology and Earth
Sciences Dr Jitendra Singh as LG JK Manoj Sinha looks on in Jammu on Monday.
Sweden’s Paabo wins
Nobel Prize in Medicine
(Top) The induction ceremony of the first indigenously developed
Light Combat Helicopters (LCH) in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur. (Left) Rajnath
Singh takes sortie in ‘Prachand’. (Right) A ‘sarv-dharam’ prayer being
performed at induction ceremony of the first indigenously developed
LCH ‘Prachanda’ in presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Chief of
Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan and Chief of Air Staff Air Chief
Marshal VR Chaudhari, at Jodhpur Airbase in Rajasthan on Monday.
INDIGENOUS
COMBAT
HELICOPTER
BOMB SCARE:
IAF SCRAMBLES
FIGHTER JETS
New Delhi: A bomb threat onboard an Iranian passenger jet over
Indian airspace, with a final destination in China, triggered an
alert on Monday, following which IAF scrambled fighter jets. The
passenger jet was allowed to fly toward China after clearance. At
2.45 pm IST, Mahan Air said aircraft has landed ‘safely on time’.
IRAN’S LEADER
BREAKS SILENCE
ON PROTESTS,
BLAMES THE US
Dubai: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei responded publicly
on Monday to biggest protests in Iran in years, breaking weeks of
silence to condemn what he called “rioting” and accuse US and Israel of
planning protests. The unrest, ignited by death of a woman in custody
of Iran’s morality police, is flaring up across country for the 3rd week.
RAHUL’S ‘CHARISMA’ ATTRACTS HUGE CROWD!
Bharat Jodo Yatra: In a day, RaGa
visits mutt, mosque and church
Moni Sharma
Mysuru: As Bharat
Jodo Yatra entered the
26th day
, Congress lead-
er Rahul Gandhi visited
a mutt, a mosque and a
church in a single day
.
Rahul Gandhi visited
Suttur Mutt in Mysore
andmettheSeerSriShi-
varatri Deshikendra
Swamiji during his on-
goingBharatJodoYatra.
The Wayanad MP
paid a visit to Masjid-e-
Azam in Mysore during
the Karnataka leg of
the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
The yatra entered day
four in the southern
district of Karnataka
on Monday
. He also vis-
ited Saint Philomena’s
church in the city
.
Congress said that
Rahul interacted with
women weavers of Kha-
di Gramodyog, workers
raised concerns related
to wage hike along with
better supply and infra.
(From Left) Rahul Gandhi being felicitated by Shivarathri Deshikendra Mahaswamiji at Suttur Mutt,
he meets nuns at St Philomena Church and also visits Masjid-e-Azam in Mysuru on Monday.
SONIA ARRIVES IN
MYSURU, TO JOIN
YATRA ON OCT 6
ED’S FRESH SUMMONS
TO K’TAKA CONG CHIEF
CONGRESS RELEASES
NORMS FOR PREZ POLL
Congress chief Sonia
Gandhi on Monday
reached Karnataka to
take part in Bharat Jodo
Yatra. She will walk with
Congress leaders and
workers on October 6.
Sonia will fly to Madikeri
in Coorg and stay at a
private resort. Rahul will
finish Mysuru stretch
fly to Madikeri to meet
his mother. They will
spend 2 days in Coorg
before resuming the
Yatra on October 6.
ED on Monday issued fresh
summons to Karnataka Cong
chief DK Shivakumar and his
brother, MP DK Suresh in con-
nection with a probe related
to their fin contribution to YI.
They have to appear on Oct 7.
Congress on Monday issued
a set of guidelines for the
election, debarring party office-
bearers from campaigning for
the candidates. Those who wish
to support any candidate will
have to resign from org post.
Sonia Gandhi reaches
Mysuru on Monday.

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IT’S ‘KAMALABAI’ VERSUS ‘PENGUIN SENA’
Prashant Rangnekar
Mumbai: The bitter-
ness between the Ud-
dhav Thackeray-led
Shiv Sena and the
Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) appears
to be grow-
ing by the
day as
l e a d e r s
f r o m
both the
parties
are in-
creasing-
ly indulg-
ing in acer-
bic at-
tacks. The former has
labelled the ruling
outfit as ‘Kamalabai’
and has been called
the ‘Penguin Sena’ in
return.
‘Kamalabai’ is a ref-
erence to the Bharatiya
Janata Party’s (BJP)
poll symbol-
-Kamal or lo-
tus, while the
term ‘Pen-
guin Sena’
is used by
the oppo-
nents to
deride the
Thackeray-led Sena.
Bringing penguins to
Mumbai was a pet pro-
ject of Aaditya Thack-
eray, son of Uddhav
Thackeray and chief of
Yuva Sena, the par-
ty’s youth wing.
Eight Humboldt
penguins were
brought to the
city’s Byculla
zoo from Seoul in South
Korea in 2016.
But this verbal war is
not just limited to the
Thackeray-led Sena and
the BJP alone, as the
former has also been
passing vitriolic re-
marks against the par-
ty’s rebel legislators,
who are now part of the
state government.
The Thackeray fac-
tion has been calling
the group of rebel law-
makers led by Chief
de as ‘gaddar’ (traitors)
and taunting them with
‘50 khoke (boxes)’ re-
mark, implying that
each MLA of the Shin-
de faction got Rs50 crore
to switch loyalties.
Leading the attack
against the dissidents
is Aaditya Thackeray,
who last month dubbed
state Health Minister
Tanaji Sawant as
‘khekda’ (crab).
And this verbal ex-
change is expected to
escalate further ahead
of the crucial polls to
the cash-rich Brihan-
mumbai Municipal
Corporation (BMC),
which both the war-
ring sides are vying to
win.
The Thackeray-led
Maha Vikas Aghadi
(MVA) government
had collapsed on
June 29 this
year after a
revolt by
Shinde and
39 other
legislators
against the Sena lead-
ership. Shinde was
sworn in as the chief
minister the next day
along with BJP’s Dev-
endra Fadnavis as his
deputy. Of late, the
Shiv Sena has started
using the word ‘Kama-
labai’ for the BJP.
While Kamal is the
election symbol of the
BJP, ‘bai’ in Marathi
means a woman.
It referred to the BJP
with the name in its
mouthpiece ‘Saamana’
last month. It riled the
BJP so much that its
Mumbai unit Presi-
dent Ashish Shelar
shot off a letter to Ud-
dhav Thackeray, who is
also the edi-
tor of
‘ S a a m a -
na’, and
asked him
whether his
faction be
called as
‘ P e n -
g u i n
Sena’.
–PTI
Uddhav-led party is ‘real’ Shiv Sena: NCP
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Uddhav
Thackeray group is
the “real” Shiv Sena
though the decision is
pending with the
Election Commission
of India (ECI) and
two rallies are being
organized on Dusseh-
ra day by rival fac-
tions, said the Nation-
alist Congress Party
(NCP) on Monday.
“The Sharad Pawar-
led party is of the view
that the ‘real’ Shiv Sena
carries the ideas of the
party founder the late
Bal Thackeray, which is
Uddhav Thackeray’s
Shiv Sena,” said Party
Spokesperson Mahesh
Tapase.
“Two Dussehra ral-
lies will be held this
year. One is of tradi-
tion, loyalty
, self-respect
and ideas of Balasaheb
(Thackeray) which
means the one led by
Uddhav Thackeray.
Even though the deci-
sion on which is the
real Shiv Sena is pend-
ing with the Election
Commission (of India),
the real Shiv Sena is the
one that has the ideas
of Balasaheb (Thack-
eray) which means it is
the Uddhav Thackeray-
led Shiv Sena,” he said
in a video statement.
In a setback for
Thackeray
,theSupreme
Court last week allowed
the ECI to go ahead
with hearing the
Eknath Shinde group’s
plea seeking recogni-
tion as the ‘real’ Shiv
Sena and allocation of
the party’s bow-and-ar-
row poll symbol to it.
The Thackeray-led
faction is scheduled to
hold a rally at Shivaji
Park in Mumbai, while
the group led by Chief
de has booked the
MMRDA grounds at the
Bandra-Kurla Complex
(BKC) for the October 05
congregation.
NCP chief Sharad
Pawar and top leaders
of the party have been
backing the Thacker-
ay-led faction since the
split in Shiv Sena.
The Thackeray-led
Sena is one of the three
members of the Maha
Vikas Aghadi (MVA).
The MVA govern-
ment collapsed in June
this year following the
rebellion by 39 MLAs of
ShivSenaledbyShinde.
First India Bureau
Nagpur: Police have
arrested a man in
connection with the
threat to Chief Minis-
ter Eknath Shinde’s
life, said Deputy CM
Devendra Fadnavis in
Nagpur on Monday.
Speaking to report-
ers, Fadnavis said the
state Home Department
headed by him has tak-
en cognizance of all the
threats against the
chief minister.
“We are paying full
attention to the security
of the chief minister
and other aspects. The
person who threatened
the CM on Sunday has
been arrested,” he said,
adding that the CM’s se-
curity is very impor-
tant.
Though Fadnavis did
not share details re-
garding the arrested
person, Pune police had
registered a non-cogni-
zable (NC) offence
against a man who had
called up the police con-
trol room claiming a
“plot” to kill CM Shinde
at a hotel in Lonavala in
Pune district.
The man, Avinash
Waghmare, was drunk
when he made the call
on Saturday to “teach a
lesson” to the owner of
the hotel for allegedly
overcharging him for a
bottle of water, said a
senior police officer on
Sunday
.
The State Intelli-
gence Department (SID)
on Saturday received a
specific input about the
threat to the life of the
chief minister, follow-
ing which his security
was increased.
Additional security
has been provided to
the CM, who enjoys a Z
Plus category security
cover, a senior SID offi-
cial had said.
Security was also
stepped up at Shinde’s
private residence in
Thane and the official
residence ‘Varsha’ in
Mumbai.
Meanwhile, Fadnavis
also condoned ban on
Popular Front of India
(PFI) by saying
Naxalites supporting
the outfit means Centre
was right in banning
the organization.
Islamic bodies to dispel misbeliefs about faith
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Prominent
Islamic organizations
and members of the
community will
launch a campaign to
address misunder-
standings and miscon-
ceptions about Islam
and Prophet Moham-
med among people
from other religions.
The ‘Prophet for All’
campaign will be
launched to mark the
birth anniversary of
Prophet Mohammed,
which is celebrated as
Eid-e-Milad or Milad-
un-Nabi, on October 09.
Several organizations
such as Anjuman-e-Is-
lam, Islam Gymkhana,
Markazul Maarif, Ma-
him Dargah Trust and
Urdu Headmasters’ As-
sociation will be part of
the campaign and
NGOs from Mumbai
and Mira Road and
Mumbraareasof neigh-
bouring Thane district
will also participate.
Community mem-
bers from different
parts of the city and
suburbs have started
visiting orphanages,
schools, hospitals and
temples for the drive.
More than 200 NGOs
and individuals have
been roped in for the
campaign, which is
aimed at dispelling mis-
conceptions about the
Prophet and giving a
clearer picture about
him, said a volunteer.
As part of the cam-
paign,communitymem-
bers will celebrate the
Prophet’s birthday with
people of other faiths by
visiting their houses
and also by inviting
them to their homes.
On October 08, volun-
teers will display plac-
ards and banners and
distribute pamphlets
outside bus stops and
railway stations, while
a procession will be
taken out on October 09.
Many events have
been planned and are
being initiated to start a
dialogue among other
communities, stated a
release.
SQUASHING UNTRUTHS
Rivalry between the BJP and former CM Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction heats up
ORIGIN OF ‘ENDEARMENTS’
T
he term ‘Kama-
labai’ was mostly
used by Sena
founder Bal Thackeray
in private and was later
used in ‘Saamana’, said
Congress MP and
senior journalist Kumar
Ketkar. Even though
the two parties were
ideologically aligned on
the issue of Hindutva,
Bal Thackeray was
never very fond of the
BJP, he added. Senior
journalist Prakash
Akolkar said ‘Penguin
Sena’ is a direct jibe
at Aaditya Thackeray,
who was instrumental
in bringing penguins to
the city zoo. The zoo is
managed by the cash-
rich BMC, which the
Sena controlled for over
25 years. The project
is criticized by the BJP
and also by Congress
for high maintenance
costs that it incurs.
The ‘Prophet for All’ campaign will
be launched on October 09 to
coincide with birth anniv of Prophet
Mohd also known as Eid-e-Milad
“With this campaign, we want to
spread Prophet Muhammad’s message
about peace. Our volunteers will try to
reach out to more people through social media
as well. We will not only visit masjids, but also
temples such as Siddhi Vinayak in the city and
other religious places to clear misunderstand-
ings about the Prophet.”
—Yusuf Abrahani, Former Congress MLA
Man who threatened Maha
CM arrested, says Fadnavis
BJP chief slams Uddhav for
taking jibes,warns MLA exits
First India Bureau
Nagpur: The Bharati-
ya Janata Party’s
(BJP) unit chief,
C h a n d r a s h e k h a r
Bawankule, on Mon-
day said Shiv Sena
leader Uddhav Thack-
eray should stop tak-
ing jibes at others or
else the few party
members standing by
him will also leave the
fold.
Talking to reporters,
Bawankule said people
were showing confi-
dence in Eknath Shin-
de-Devendra Fadnavis
government who are
working 18 hours a day
for people of the state.
“By 2024, several good
workers from other par-
tieswilljointheBJP
.The
Congress and NCP (Na-
tionalist Congress Par-
ty) will be in for big
shocks. If Uddhav
Thackerayji does not
stop taking jibes at oth-
ers and instead think
about Maharashtra’s de-
velopment, then the few
workers left with him
will also leave. He will
only have ‘hum doh
hamare doh’ and there
will be no one else with
him,” said the leader.
Reacting to Congress
chief Nana Patole’s
statement terming Dev-
endra Fadnavis as ‘Spi-
der-Man’forhisappoint-
ment as the guardian
minister of six districts,
Bawankule said the dep-
uty chief minister can
not only manage six, but
even eight districts.
Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis has assured that the safety of CM
Eknath Shinde will not be compromised. —FILE PHOTO
Cops nabbed
a man from
Lonavala who
claimed he
had plotted to
assassinate
Shinde
Sharad Pawar –FILE PHOTO
Faction upholding
Sena founder Bal
Thackeray’s ideas,
feels party chief
Sharad Pawar
Chandrashekhar Bawankule
—FILE PHOTO
Pune (PTI): Maha-
rashtra Excise
Minister Shambhu-
raje Desai on Mon-
day said the depart-
ment is consider-
ing invoking the
stringent Maha-
rashtra Control of
Organized Crime
Act (MCOCA)
against repeat of-
fenders involved in
illegal transporta-
tion of liquor from
neighbouring Goa
to the state.
Talking to report-
ers in Satara, Desai
said the department
will carry out a drive
to crackdown on
smuggling of liquor
from other states, es-
pecially Goa, where
alcohol is cheap com-
pared to the other
regions.
“In a recent review
of some districts
(which share a bor-
der with Goa), we
found out about ille-
gal transportation of
liquor from Goa. It
looks like there is a
big racket behind
this,” said the minis-
ter.
“I have asked su-
perintendents of the
excise departments
to draft a proposal to
slap MCOCA against
a person or gang
found to be repeat-
edly involved in ille-
gal sale of liquor and
send it to the excise
commissioner,” said
Desai.
The director gen-
eral of police (DGP)
has assured that if
the police receive a
proposal to invoke
the MCOCA against
repeated offenders,
they will act on it, he
said.
Excise dept may invoke
MCOCA against liquor
transport offenders
Liquor is usually transported illegally from other states,
especially Goa, which shares border with Maharashtra.
SIs of excise depts
in dists will send
MCOCA proposals
to the police; If
cops find it a fit
case, they will act
on it, says Desai
—FILE
PHOTO

MAHARASHTRA
03
Passenger held at Mumbai airport
with heroin worth `34.79 crore
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Customs of-
ficials seized 4,970g
of heroin worth
Rs34.79 crore from a
passenger who had
hidden the contra-
band in a specially
created cavity in a
trolley bag, an offi-
cial said on Monday.
Theheroinwasseized
after Customs officials,
acting on specific infor-
mation, stopped a pas-
senger at the airport on
Saturday
. During the
search of his luggage,
the officials found the
contraband kept in the
specially made cavity
inside the trolley bag,
Mumbai Airport Cus-
toms tweeted.
The passenger has
been arrested under
the Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substanc-
es (NDPS) Act. He was
produced before a
court which remanded
him in judicial custody,
it added.
In another action, the
Mumbai Airport Cus-
toms seized 9,115g of
gold valued at Rs4.53
croresonFridayandSat-
urdayandarrestedthree
persons in six cases, as
per the tweet. The seized
gold was found con-
cealed in a specially de-
signed jacket, flight,
mixer transformer
windings,trolleywheels,
shoes and body
, it added.
Accordingtothenews
reports, the Directorate
of Revenue Intelligence
(DRI) has unearthed an
international smug-
gling racket of drugs in
a multi-agency coordi-
nated operation across
three states.
Based on intelligence
input, officers of DRI,
Mumbai, seized 3.5kg of
hydroponic weed from a
US-origin postal con-
signment fabricated as
‘food items’ at the For-
eign Post Office, Mum-
bai. The said consign-
ment was consigned to
Hyderabad, Telangana.
DRI investigation re-
vealed that the cartel
operated from different
states and the consign-
ment was to be ex-
changed in Delhi in-
stead of sending to Hy-
derabad at the consign-
ee address.
Surveillance was kept
and two persons includ-
ing the mastermind of
the cartel were arrested
in Hyderabad, said DRI.
Further investiga-
tion revealed the use of
dark web in placing or-
ders from the US and
the use of cryptocur-
rency in making pay-
ments for the same.
The agency said a
total of 5.3kg of ganja
(hydroponic weed) hav-
ing a value of Rs2.36
crores in the illicit
market has been recov-
ered and seized in this
case including 1.8kg
seized from Delhi. Fur-
ther investigation is in
progress.
The Customs Department of Mumbai Airport arrested a foreign passenger and recover 5kg of
heroin, valued at `34 crore, in Mumbai on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
PROMPT ACTION
DRI unearths an
international drug
smuggling racket
in a multi-agency
coordinated
operation across
three states
The Directorate
of Revenue
Intelligence (DRI)
has unearthed an
international smug-
gling racket
of drugs in a multi-
agency coordinated
operation across
three states. Based
on intelligence in-
put, officers of DRI,
Mumbai, seized
3.5kg of hydroponic
weed from a US-or-
igin postal consign-
ment fabricated as
‘food items’ at the
Foreign Post Office,
Mumbai. The said
consignment was
ent to Hyderabad,
Telangana. DRI in-
vestigation revealed
that the cartel
operated from dif-
ferent states and the
consignment was to
be exchanged in
Delhi instead of
sending to Hy-
derabad at the
consignee address.
Surveillance was
kept and two per-
sons including the
mastermind of the
cartel were arrested
in Hyderabad.
BUSTED
Case against man who
committed suicide after
killingwife,twochildren
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Mumbai
police have registered
a case against a man
who committed sui-
cide after killing his
wife and two children
two months ago in the
eastern suburb of Go-
vandi, informed an of-
ficial on Monday
.
Shakeel Khan hanged
himself at his house sit-
uated in the Indira Na-
gar area on July 29, after
giving poison to his wife
and two children, said
the official from Shivaji
Nagar police station.
Initially
,thepolicehad
registered an accidental
death report (ADR), but
themedicalreportpoint-
ed out that Khan had in-
tentionally poisoned his
wifeRaziyaandchildren
Sarfaraz(7)andAtika(3)
to kill them. The police
officialfurtherinformed
that Khan used to run a
grocery store and had
taken some steps due to
whichhewasfacingloss-
es in the business, the
official said.
The deaths of Khan
and his family members
came to the fore when
Khan did not open his
store at the usual time
and one of his relatives
came to check on him.
He peeped inside the
house and saw the dead
bodies of Khan and his
family members.
Govttostart4mentalhealth
coursesinregionalhospitals
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Three years
after receiving ap-
proval, the state
health department
is finally getting
ready to launch four
mental health cours-
es in three regional
mental hospitals lo-
cated in Thane, Pune,
and Nagpur.
The initiative is part
of the National Mental
Health Mission, with
the goal of producing
more specialists and
filling vacant posi-
tions at these hos-
pitals. At present,
nearly 70% of
positions in
Maharashtra’s
four regional
hospitals are
unfilled.
According
to the sources,
16 students
would be chosen
for M Phil courses
in clinical psychology
and psychiatric social
work. A total of 40 stu-
dents would be appoint-
ed for diploma courses
in psychiatric nursing
and another four for
MD programs in psy-
chiatry. Some of the
courses have already
begun at the Pune men-
tal hospital.
“The current short-
age of skilled health
workers to provide
mental health services
will make it difficult to
deal with mental health
problems in the years to
come, if the shortage
isn’t addressed on time.
The need of the hour is
thus to increase the
number of trained per-
sonnel providing men-
tal health services at all
levels,” Dr Sadhana
Tayade, director of
health services said.
As part of this
project, these hospitals
would be turned into
centres of excellence,
focusing on training of
mental health
teams, increasing
awareness and re-
ducing stigma
related to mental
health prob-
lems, provid-
ing services
for early
detection, treat-
ment of mental
illness, and
collecting valua-
ble data.
Two girls burnt
alive by father
die in hospital
‘Artist’createspaddyarttotellaboutSahyadriflora,fauna
First India Bureau
Pune: A 72-year-old
man, using his farm-
land on the outskirts
of Pune as a large
canvas, has been mak-
ing paddy art to
create awareness
about the flora and
fauna of Sahyadri
range in the Western
Ghats.
Over the years, Shri-
kant Ingalhalikar has
created seven images of
rare life forms of
the range with two
varieties of paddy.
Using paddy plants,
he has created figures
of animals and birds
like black panther,
emerald dove, pit viper,
gaur and leafbird in
the past.
“I am doing this to
create awareness about
rare species of the
Western Ghats and try-
ing to bring to people’s
attention the flora and
fauna of Sahyadri,”
said Ingalhalikar.
An engineer and a
graphic designer, this
year, Ingalhalikar cre-
ated a flying black ea-
gle, a predatory bird
found atop the ever-
green forests of Sahy-
adri, a biodiversity hot-
spot in the Western
Ghats. “The bird has a
yellow beak and legs,
while the rest of the
body is plain black. It
hovers over treetops
in search of prey, which
include birds, lizards,
snakes and squirrels.
It can be easily identi-
fied by its black
feathers and peculiar
flight pattern,” he ex-
plained. According to
him, the bird can be
spotted on the hills
of Bhimashankar,
Matheran, Mahabalesh-
war and Amboli.
Explaining his art,
Ingalhalikar said,
“This…commences
during the season of
paddy plantation in
June with the arrival of
monsoon. I use green
leaf and black leaf
plants. In the first stage,
seeds are sown some-
where else and the
plants are later uproot-
ed and sown on a mud-
dy farm as per the de-
sign…basically a com-
bination of sketching,
computer graphics and
agriculture.”
“An image as per the
size of the field is de-
signed on a computer
and accordingly, the
planting is carried out.
And once the rice plants
grow, the picture emerg-
es and becomes clearer.
So, it takes a month to
view the art piece,”
clarified Ingalhalikar.
INNOVATIVE IDEA
The piece, measuring 80 ft, has
been created at Gorhe Budruk on
Sinhagad Road; it can be viewed
from a raised steel platform
Shrikant Ingalhalikar stands near the paddy art created by him to
raise awareness about the flora and fauna of Sahyadri range in
the Western Ghats. —PHOTO BY PTI
MAN DIES AT GARBA EVENT IN VIRAR,
FATHER FOLLOWS SUIT IN SHOCK
FOUR INVOLVED IN 16 CASES OF
HOUSE-BREAKING THEFTS ARRESTED
Palghar: A man died while dancing at a garba event
in Virar town of Palghar district, informed the police
on Monday. Manish Narapji Sonigra
collapsed while dancing at a garba
event on the intervening night of
Saturday and Sunday, an official
from the Virar Police station said.
He was taken to the hospital by his
father Narapji Sonigra (66) and was
declared dead by the doctors there.
The father collapsed hearing the news of his son’s
death and died on the spot, the official said.
Thane: Police in the Thane district have arrested
four people who have allegedly been involved
in 16 theft-related cases. Deputy Commissioner
of Police (Zone II in
Bhiwandi) Yogesh
Chavan told reporters
that many stolen
items including gold,
11 motorcycles, and
an autorickshaw
worth Rs8.17 lakh
were recovered from
them. One of the accused was to flee to Nepal to
sell the stolen items, informed Shital Raut, senior
inspector of the Shanti Nagar police station.
CRUCIAL READ
INJURED IN E-BATTERY
BLAST BOY DIES
DURING TREATMENT
MAN REPORTS CHEST
PAIN WHILE PLAYING
GARBA, PASSES AWAY
Palghar: A seven-
year-old boy who got
injured after a battery
blast on September
23 in Vasai city, died
during treatment, a
police official said on
Monday. The deceased,
identified as Shabbir
Ansari suffered injuries
when the battery of
an e-scooter exploded
due to excess heating.
The boy was reported
to be sleeping with
his mother when the
incident took place.
“Prima facie, the battery
exploded due to excess
heating,” he said.
Mumbai: A man
identified as 27-year-
old Rishabh fell and
reported chest pain
while playing garba
on Saturday. He was
rushed to a nearby
hospital where he was
declared dead by the
doctor. The deceased
was a resident of
Dombivili West and
used to work with
a private company.
An Accidental Death
Report (ADR) has
been registered by the
Mulund Police and an
investigation is on,
informed an official.
ODE TO THE GODDESS!
Women perform the
‘Dhunuchi Naach’
(Dhunuchi dance) in
devotion to Goddess Durga
during the ongoing Durga
Puja festival at the Bengal
Club in Shivaji Park area
of Mumbai on Monday
night. According to popular
belief, the goddess
performed the dance
before slaying the demon
Mahishasura. —PHOTOS
BY BHUSHAN KOYANDE
Shakeel Khan hanged
himself after
poisoning his wife and
children on July 29
First India Bureau
Thane: Two girls, who
were allegedly burnt
alive by their father,
died while undergoing
treatment at a hospital
in Thane district on
Monday
.
Sameera Shantaram
Patil (14) and her sister
Samiksha (11) suffered
91% burns in a fire at
their house in Bopar
area of Dombivili town
on Saturday morning.
Their mother Preeti (35)
died of burn wounds on
Sunday
, an official said.
The police have regis-
tered a case under sec-
tion 302 (murder) and
other relevant provi-
sions of the IPC against
the accused Prasad
Shantaram Patil (40),
who was injured in the
incident. Probe revealed
that the accused was
having an affair with an-
other woman and
hatched a conspiracy
.

PERSPECTIVE
04
l Vol 1 l Issue No. 148
l RNI TITLE NO.
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Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
In the ever-evolving Industry 4.0,
such practical-oriented programs are
preparing skilled workforce for the
jobs of the future. Glad that @TCS is
playing its part in empowering youth
with new-age digital skills and in
making India a digital-first economy.
Kiren Rijiju
@KirenRijiju
Judiciary has to secure the trust and
confidence of the people. All Judges
must remain accountable to legal and
ethical standards. Lawyers are the
Vehicles for providing Justice to people.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Better it is to live one day
seeing the rise and fall of
things than to live a
hundred years without
ever seeing the rise and fall
of things. —Buddha
IN-DEPTH
EMBARRASSING
U-TURN BY BRITISH
GOVT ON MAJOR
CUT FOR THE RICH
n India Liz Truss
would have been
called a roll-back
Prime Minister for
reversing her deci-
sion to retract her proposal to
cut taxes of high income groups
barely ten days after making the
announcement. Her proposal to
reduce income-tax from 45 per-
cent to 40 percent for those earn-
ing 150,000 pounds or more a
year sent the pound-sterling in a
tailspin. Truss faced strong crit-
icism for the decision which she
said was taken by Chancellor
Kwasi Kwarteng.
Growing criticism from with-
in her Conservative Party, the
Britishpeople,atumblingpound
seemed to have brought about
this U-turn. Above all, there was
the fear of the policy being voted
down in parliament. The deci-
sion to withdraw the proposal is
being looked at as detrimental
for the Conservatives in the next
general elections.
When the 45 billion pound tax
cuts were announced the Inter-
national Monetary Fund urged
the Truss government to pro-
vide relief to families facing
hefty power bills instead of un-
funded tax cuts to the rich.
TOP TWEETS
I
ndia took a major
step towards indi-
genisation to cut
down import of
defence material
with the induction of highly
advanced Light Combat Heli-
copter (LCH), appropriately
namedPrachandforitslethal-
ity and reach. The fighter
chopper described as a lean
and mean machine was in-
ducted into the air force at a
befitting ceremony in Jodh-
pur.Technologicallyitissupe-
rior to any of its peer combat
choppers around the world.
The LCH has been designed
keeping in mind the high alti-
tude forward areas in Ladakh
and Siachen where India has
to keep an eye on both China
andPakistan.Onceitsproduc-
tion picks up, India’s depend-
enceonAmericanApacheand
Russian Mi 35 combat helicop-
ters will be substantially re-
duced. ‘Prachand’ follows the
made in India Tejas, the light-
est and smallest in its class of
contemporary supersonic
combat aircraft.
Countries like the US, Ma-
laysia, Australia, Indonesia
and Egypt have shown inter-
est in Tejas. Armenia has
bought the India-made Pina-
kamulti-barrelrocketlaunch
system, which shoots and
scoots, to take on Azerbaijan
in Russia’s backyard.
India’s stress on indigeni-
sation in defence sector and
export of military hardware
is boosting its image as a re-
gional power. India’s defence
exports have grown by 334%
in last 5 years, making it a
key player in the field. With
defence-related exports total-
ing `1,387 crore, silent change
taking place in this sector
can be described as nothing
short of a revolution. Govt’s
policy to promote self-reli-
ance in defence manufacture
is now bearing fruit with
2,500 defence items having
been indigenised already
.
INDIA CLIMBS
HIGHER WITH LCH
With defence-related
exports totaling
`1,387 crore, the
government’s policy to
promote self-reliance in
defence manufacture is
now bearing fruit with
about 2,500 defence
items having been
indigenised already
I
MID-CAREER CHALLENGE
n ancient India, the activities
of individuals – mainly for
the men of the household –
were strictly regulated ac-
cording to their stage of life.
There were four stages aka
ashrams namely – Brah-
macharya,Grihastha,Vanap-
rastha, and Sannyasa – with
each having unique dharma
or duties to be undertaken
during that period. But with
the passage of time the mean-
ing, interpretation, and ap-
plication of this ashram sys-
tem have sadly vanished.
Drawing a corollary for
modern-era business execu-
tives, their professional ca-
reer can be nebulously divid-
ed into trainee, rapid growth,
plateau, and finally retire-
ment phases. Though there
aren’t any defined formulae
the deepest worries are ob-
served when one’s career
moves to auto mode – routine,
less challenging, and conse-
quently negligible growth for
a few years. Often this reverie
is ignored until a rude shock
awakens one with either get-
ting a pink slip or noticing
peers leapfrogging ahead.
This usually happens in mid-
forties as the career pyramid
sharply tapers that allows
only the best to progress,
leaving the rest behind.
The source of discontent
at the mid-career stage usu-
ally emanates not as a regret
about one’s past but because
of a sense of futility in the
present. The prospect of do-
ing things stuck in a rut be-
comes self-defeating and de-
pression-causing. Another
concern is a sense of empti-
ness at the mid-career level
that questions the existential
worth of any sensitive indi-
vidual. Being unhappy at
work could also be due to lack
of self-motivation and a
sense of jealousy at smarter
younger colleagues. It is in
scenarios like these that
one’s negative attitudes –
usually – come to the fore fur-
ther accentuating the down-
ward spiral.
Many professionals often
get trapped in the mid-career
maze due to their hesitancy
to take even minor risks and
staying cocooned in their
comfort zones fearing losing
out of their happy present
while staying blind to their
invisible dark future.
There are notably many
ways to handle a mid-ca-
reer slump. Some of them
could be:
l Don’t play safe: Arguably,
there exists a direct con-
nection of high-risk ca-
reer jumps resulting in
lofty gains, but this usual-
ly gets tampered as one
ages. Concurrently, there
cannot be any justification
for one closing the oppor-
tunity window to seek
growth either within the
organization or externally
and instead deciding to
stay put.
l Listening to inner voice:
Largely depends on the
type of person one is. No
pain no gain remains a
valid dictum all through
one’s career. Keep evaluat-
ing oneself with peers, ad-
visably external ones.
l Reinvent your personal
brand: Just like a consum-
er brand if not constantly
invested could gather dust
same could happen to
one’s career. Keep bur-
nishing one’s personal
brand at regular intervals
to keep it relevant and at-
tractive.
l Find your sweet spot: Iden-
tify and pin those activi-
ties that give an adrena-
line rush, and one enjoys
doing, even repeatedly
without having a sense of
boredom.
l Job enrichment: Doing re-
petitive tasks for years can
cause disillusionment. To
break the monotony, one
can proactively redesign
or change tasks, or under-
go job rotation.
l Accept career dip: Living
in denial can be danger-
ous. Accepting a career
dip and coming out of it
courageously requires
bold consistent actions.
This could possibly turn
one’s pitiable situation on
its head and help unearth
new facets.
l Explore unknown terrain:
Shed rigidity
. Push oneself
to vocations never tried
before and maybe it would
thus trigger luck to get di-
verse new opportunities.
l Learn, Unlearn and Re-
learn: Continuous learn-
ing could be unnerving
and may not be humanly
possible. Hence one should
keep deleting the obsolete
before adding new skills to
their bouquet and support
recrafting the story
.
l Switch off: Take time off
professionally
. It has been
noted a deliberate career
break can facilitate one to
come back rejuvenated
and recharged with sharp-
er focus.
l Ostrich-like approach: Re-
flect on your career and if
the honest conclusion is
it’s time to quit, then don’t
dither. Be strong, ostrich-
like behaviour never helps.
Stretching the inevitable
could bring in more igno-
miny and heartbreak.
Thus, in summary and as
the cliché goes a person feel-
ing professionally burnt out
and traversing through a
rough patch must convince
oneself that tough times
don’t last but tough people do.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
I
There were four stages aka
ashrams namely –
Brahmacharya, Grihastha,
Vanaprastha, and
Sannyasa – with each
having unique dharma or
duties to be undertaken
during that period. But
with the passage of time the
meaning, interpretation,
and application of this
ashram system have
sadly vanished
Many professionals
often get trapped in
the mid-career maze
due to their hesitancy
to take even minor
risks and staying
cocooned in their comfort
zones fearing losing out
of their happy present
while staying blind to
their invisible dark future.
Thus, in summary and
as the cliché goes, a
person feeling
professionally burnt
out and traversing
through a rough patch
must convince oneself
SABYASACHI DUTTA
The writer is A business executive with more
than two decades of corporate experience
spanning across the globe; writing is a
passion for Sabyasachi. He primarily writes on
emerging management and leadership topics

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05
INDIA
NewDelhi(ANI):Prime
MinisterNarendraModi
will visit Himachal
Pradesh on October 5
wherehewillinaugurate
the All India Institute of
Medical Sciences
(AIIMS) in Bilaspur as
well as lay the founda-
tion stone of projects
worthoverRs3,650crore.
According to Prime
Minister’sOffice(PMO),
AIIMS Bilaspur con-
structedatmorethanRs
1470 crore, is a state-of-
the-art hospital with 18
speciality and 17 super
speciality departments,
18 modular operation
theatres and 750 beds
with64ICUbeds.Spread
over247acres,thehospi-
tal is equipped with 24
hours emergency and
dialysis facilities, mod-
erndiagnosticmachines
like ultrasonography,
CT scan, MRI etc, Amrit
Pharmacy and Jan Aus-
hadhi Kendra and also a
30 bedded AYUSH block.
The Hospital has also
set up the Centre for
Digital Health to pro-
vide health services in
the tribal and inacces-
sible tribal areas of
Himachal Pradesh.
Also, specialist
health services will be
provided by the hospi-
tal through health
camps in the inaccessi-
ble tribal and high Him-
alayan regions like
Kaza, Saluni, and Key-
long. The hospital will
admit 100 students for
MBBS courses and 60
students for nursing
courses every year.
“Prime Minister’s vi-
sion and commitment to
strengthen health ser-
vices across the country
is being showcased
again through the inau-
gurationof AIIMSBilas-
pur. The hospital, whose
foundational stone was
also laid by the Prime
Minister in October
2017,isbeingestablished
under the Central sector
schemePradhanMantri
Swasthya Suraksha Yo-
jana,” PMO said.
TheInternationalKul-
luDussehraFestivalwill
be celebrated from Octo-
ber 5 to 11 in Kullu.
TheFestivalisunique
in the sense that it is the
congregation of more
than 300 Deities of the
Valley
. On the first day
of the Festival, the Dei-
ties in their well-deco-
rated palanquins pay
their obeisance at the
temple of the Chief De-
ityBhagwanRaghunath
Ji and then proceed to
the Dhalpur Ground.
The PM will witness
this Rath Yatra and the
grand assembly of Dei-
ties in historic Kullu
Dussehra celebrations.
New Delhi (Agencies):
The Enforcement Direc-
torate (ED) on Monday
said that they recently
conducted search oper-
ations on 12 entities in
Bengaluru having Chi-
nese links and seized
around Rs 5.85 crore.
These firms were
cheating innocent
youths on the pretext of
providing them part-
time jobs through the
Chineseapp‘Keepshare’
and collecting money
from them. The money
thus collected was used
tobuycryptocurrencies.
The ED initiated
money laundering in-
vestigation on the basis
of an FIR registered at
the South CEN Police
Station, Bengaluru City
in a matter related to
the part-time job fraud.
The ED learnt in the
investigation that gulli-
blepublic,mostlyyouths,
were cheated by some
Chinesepersonsthrough
a mobile app namely
‘Keepsharer’ which
promised them to give
part-time jobs and col-
lectedmoneyfromthem.
Chandigarh: Farmers
undertheaegisof Kisan
Mazdur Sangarash
Committee(KMSC)held
protest and rail roko
prorgramme at 17 differ-
ent places in Punjab on
Monday to mark the an-
niversary of Lakhim-
pur Kheri incident.
Notably
,eightpersons
including four farmers
had died during a pro-
testinLakhimpurKheri
on October 3, 2021.
In Amritsar, farmers
also blocked the rail
track at Vallah, de-
manding stern action
against person respon-
sible for the incident.
General Secretary,
KMSC, Sarwan Singh
Pandher alleged “The
conspirator of the
Lakhimpur Kheri mas-
sacre is still enjoying
prime post while the in-
nocent farmers present
at the site of the inci-
dent have been sent to
jail after registration of
cases against them.”
Another farmer lead-
er Gurbachan Singh
Chaba said the success
of the Delhi farmer’s
agitation was due to the
sacrifice of 750 protest-
ers and Lakhimpur
Kheri ‘martyrdom’ was
one of the most signifi-
cant. “We demand that
the killers of farmers
should be hanged and
action should be taken
against those responsi-
ble for the Lakhmipur
Kheri,” said Chaba.
New Delhi (PTI): Ta-
tas-owned Air India has
introduced a new in-
flight menu on domes-
tic routes amid the on-
set of the festive season.
Since taken over by
the Tatas in January
this year, the loss-mak-
ing airline has been
making efforts to re-
vamp services, expand
its fleet and increase its
overall market share in
the fast-growing domes-
tic aviation space.
The new in-flight
menu, featuring an as-
sortment of gourmet
meals, trendy appetis-
ers and decadent des-
serts, showcases India’s
locally sourced culi-
nary influence, it said
in a release.
The menu was intro-
duced on October 1.
“The new menu
choices have been cu-
rated to ensure that the
flyers enjoy a gourmet
meal with emphasis on
health and well-being...
We are excited to roll
out this new menu on
domestic routes, and
are hard at work pre-
paring a revamp of the
international menu as
well,” Sandeep Verma,
Head of Inflight Servic-
es at Air India, said.
Last month, Air India
unveiled ‘Vihaan.AI’, a
comprehensive trans-
formation plan with a
detailed road map for
the next five years un-
der which the airline
aims to have a domestic
market share of 30 per
cent and significantly
strengthen its interna-
tional operations.
Meanwhile, Vistara
— a joint venture be-
tween Tatas and Singa-
pore Airlines — has
started offering live tel-
evision channels on its
Dreamliner aircraft
from October 1.
New menu in domestic flights of Air India
FESTIVE SEASON
The menu was introduced from October 1. —FILE PHOTO
BAIL FOR WOMAN KINGPIN IN ARUNACHAL’S
TAGORE CULTURAL COMPLEX BRIBERY CASE
APPOINTMENT ON COMPASSIONATE GROUND
CONCESSION NOT A RIGHT: SUPREME COURT
New Delhi (ANI): A CBI court recently granted bail to
a woman who is an alleged kingpin in a bribery case.
This case pertains to the demand for bribes for getting
approval of a proposal from the Union Ministry of Culture
for setting up the Tagore Cultural Complex in Arunachal
Pradesh. Accused Akila Jangru and her co-accused Rajpal
Singh Arora were arrested on August 22, 2022. Special
CBI judge Anil Antil of Rouse Avenue Court granted bail to
Akila Jangru on furnishing a personal bond of Rs 50,000
and two sureties in the like amount.
New Delhi (PTI): Appointment on compassionate ground
is a concession not a right and the object of granting such
employment is to enable the affected family to tide over a
sudden crisis, the Supreme Court has said. The apex court
last week set aside the judgement of a division bench of the
Kerala High Court, which confirmed the verdict of a single
judge directing the Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd
and others to consider the case of a woman for appointment
on compassionate ground. A bench noted that the father of
the woman was employed with Fertilisers and Chemicals
Travancore Ltd and died while on duty in April 1995.
IN THE COURTYARD
EC ANNOUNCES
BY-ELECTIONS IN 6
STATES ON NOV 3
New Delhi (ANI): The ECI
on Monday announced the
schedule for by-elections
in seven Assembly
constituencies across the
states of Maharashtra,
Haryana, Bihar, Telangana,
Odisha and UP. As per the
Gazette notification will
be issued on October 6.
While the polling on the
seats will take place on
Nov 3 and the results will
be declared on Nov 6, the
release stated.
UNION MINISTER
APPEARS IN COURT
IN 2013 CASE
Muzaffarnagar (PTI):
Union Minister Sanjeev
Balyan and other BJP
leaders on Monday
appeared in an MP/MLA
court here in connection
with a case of violating
prohibitory orders and
inciting communal
tension during the 2013
Muzaffarnagar riots. The
court fixed October 10 as
the next date of hearing
as all accused were not
present in the court.
Bengaluru: Notices
have been served to two
expelled MLAs of re-
gional party JD (S) in
connection with cross-
votingduringtherecent-
lyheldRajyaSabhaelec-
tions in the Karnataka
Legislative Assembly
.
Secretary of the Leg-
islative Assembly
Vishalakshi has issued
notices to Kolar MLA
Srinivas Gowda and
GubbiMLASRSrinivas.
In the complaint, the
party had sought expul-
sion of the two legisla-
tors from the Assembly
.
The MLAs have been
asked to give written
clarification on the al-
legations. It was alleged
that Srinivas had voted
for BJP Rajya Sabha
candidate Lehar Singh.
Srinivas Gowda had an-
nounced that he had
voted for the Congress,
embarrassing the lead-
ership of JD (S).
JD (S) MLA Venkata-
rao Nadagouda had
filed a complaint
against the two de-
manding termination
of their membership.
The ruling BJP had
managed to ensure vic-
tory of all Rajya Sabha
candidates in Karnata-
ka, though it did not
have required numbers.
Cross-voting
in RS polls; 2
K’taka MLAs
served notice
New Delhi (ANI): The
Border Security Force
(BSF) on Monday seized
one abandoned Paki-
stani fishing boat from
‘Harami Nala’ creek
area near Bhuj in Kutch
of Gujarat, along the In-
dia-Pakistan maritime
boundary
, the force said.
The boat was found
from ‘Harami Nala’
around 6 am by BSF
team patrolling in the
area. Some ice boxes,
jerry cans and fishing
nets were seized by the
BSF personnel. Howev-
er, the men on the boat
managed to flee towards
the Pakistan side.
“WeseizedaPakistani
fishing boat from ‘Hara-
mi Nala’ in Kutch of Gu-
jarat around 6 am. A few
people were seen on the
boat, but they jumped
into water and swam to-
wards the Pakistan side.
Icebox, jerry can and
fishing net have been
seizedbytheBSFperson-
nel from the abandoned
boat,”aBSFofficialsaid.
BSF seizes Pak fishing boat from
‘Harami Nala’ creek area of Guj
A BSF team found the Pakistani boat while patrolling.
Kolkata (ANI): Organ-
isers at a Durga Puja
pandal here provided a
wig and a moustache to
the ‘Mahisasura’ idol,
which bore an uncanny
resemblance to Mahat-
ma Gandhi and stoked a
controversy, prompting
police to intervene after
a complaint was filed.
Put up as part of the
pandal display by the
All India Hindu Mahas-
abha the ‘asura’ idol
was a bespectacled, dho-
ti-clad bald man with a
walking stick, which ac-
cording to complaint
bore resemblance to the
Father of the Nation.
West Bengal Congress
leader Koustav Bagchi
on Sunday made a com-
plaint with the police to
lodge a Zero FIR in con-
nection with the matter.
Candrachud Goswa-
mi, organiser of Puja
Pandal said they
changed the appearance
of the idol after a lot of
calls and that they have
not done so willingly
.
“The idol of Asura
did resemble Gandhi,
we do not deny it. It has
been changed. We have
not made the changes.
We received a lot of
calls. We have been
made to change it force-
fully. We do not accept
the changes. Our free-
dom of expression has
been curtailed,” he said.
Mahatma Gandhi-lookalike
‘asura’ at Kolkata Durga
Puja Pandal sparks row
(Combo pic) Idol remade to look like an Asura. —PHOTO BY ANI
Farmers block railway tracks on first anniversary of Lakhimpur Kheri case, in Jalandhar on Monday.
Farmers protest on anniversary
of Lakhimpur Kheri incident
Lakhimpur Kheri (Agencies):
Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU)
leader Rakesh Tikait said
on Monday that the families
of those who died in the
Lakhimpur Kheri violence last
year are yet to get justice. He
said the nation will never forget
the violence that took place in
Tikunia village on this day last
year and claimed eight lives,
and despite assurances, the
government had not ensured
justice for the farmers. On
October 3 last year, farm-
ers were staging a protest in
Tikunia village against a visit of
Deputy Chief Minister Keshav
Prasad Maurya when four of
them were crushed under the
wheels of a convoy of cars. In
the subsequent violence, four
others including two BJP work-
ers and a journalist were killed.
“It was a week of peace. The
violence that broke out claimed
the lives of eight people. It was
unfortunate,” Tikait said.
NO JUSTICE YET FOR LAKHIMPUR KHERI FARMERS: TIKAIT
ED raids Chinese app
firms in Bengaluru,
seizes `5.85 crore
According to ED, these firms were duping innocent youths.
PROPERTY OF I-T
OFFICER ATTACHED
IN PMLA CASE
New Delhi: The ED has
attached immovable
property worth Rs 7.33
crore in disproportionate
assets case against An-
dasu Ravinder, additional
income tax director who
was compulsorily retired
by the Finance Ministry.
The ED initiated a money
laundering investigation
on the basis of the FIR
registered by the CBI,
against Ravinder, who
along with his wife Kavi-
tha Andasu, amassed
wealth in his name and
in the name of his wife
from 2005 to 2011.
MODI TO VISIT HIMACHAL PRADESH
PM to inaugurate AIIMS Bilaspur
onOct5,kick-off`3,650crworks
JP NADDA INSPECTS ARRANGEMENTS FOR PRIME
MINISTER MODI’S OCTOBER 5 VISIT TO HIMACHAL
Bilaspur (ANI): Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
will embark on a visit
to Himachal Pradesh
on October 5 and
inaugurate the All India
Institute of Medical Sci-
ences in Bilaspur, said
Union minister Anu-
rag Thakur. Himachal
Chief Minister Jairam
Thakur, Anurag Thakur
and BJP President JP
Nadda inspected the
arrangements for PM
Modi’s October 5 visit.
“PM Modi is coming
to Bilaspur on October
5 and a public meeting
will also be held. PM will
inaugurate AIIMS Bilas-
pur which has been built
with a cost of around
Rs 1,500 crores and will
dedicate it to the people.
PM Modi considers
Himachal his second
home. People are wait-
ing for him to come
here,” Thakur said.
BJP chief JP Nadda with Himachal CM Jai Ram Thakur reviews the preparations for the public
meeting to be addressed by PM Narendra Modi on Oct 5, in Bilaspur on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI

06
INDIA
Security tightened...
Shivaji Park in cen-
tral Mumbai, Shinde’s
faction has organized
their Dussehra event
at the MMRDA ground
in Bandra-Kurla Com-
plex (BKC). The latter
is located close to ‘Ma-
toshree’, the private
residence of former
chief minister Thack-
eray.
“Thousands of peo-
ple are expected from
across the state for
both rallies and,
therefore, arrange-
ments have been made
to ensure law and or-
der and deal with any
untoward incident.
Local police as well as
additional cover by
other units will be in
place,” said an offi-
cial.
Mumbai Joint Com-
missioner of Police
Vishwas Nangre Patil
said his team visited
Shivaji Park and BKC
to take stock of secu-
rity arrangements at
the venues.
Stringent security
measures are in place
as there is a possibili-
ty of supporters of
the two rival factions
coming face to face in
the metropolis, which
may lead to law and
order issues, said po-
lice.
Rival Sena...
The late Latke had
wrested the seat from
Congress in 2014. In
2009, it was represent-
ed by Suresh Shetty of
Congress.
Mumbai BJP chief
Ashish Shelar on Sun-
day inaugurated the
party’s central office
for the by-poll in sub-
urban Andheri. He
took to his Twitter
handle and tweeted
that Murji Patel en-
joys a lot of support
among local people.
FROM PG 1
ODISHA: 5-TIME MLA
BIJAYA RANJAN SINGH
BARIHA NO MORE
Bhubaneswar (Agencies):
Veteran tribal leader and five-
time MLA from Padampur
seat in Odisha’s Bargarh
district, Bijay Ranjan Singh
Bariha died on Sunday
night, family sources said.
Bariha is survived by his wife
Tilotama, daughters Barsha,
Kadambini, and son Bhojraj.
He was elected to the state
assembly five times from
Padampur seat -- twice on
Janata Dal ticket in 1990
and 1995, and three times
on BJD ticket in 2000, 2009
and 2019.
4 HELD IN CHENNAI FOR
SUPPLYING DRUGS TO
SCHOOLCHILDREN
Chennai (Agencies): The
Villupuram police have
arrested four youths
with narcotic substances,
including opioid-based
tablets, ganja, sodium
chloride injection, and
syringes.They were
arrested during a routine
vehicle check-up by
the special team of the
Villupuram police on
Sunday night. The four
arrested were produced
before a judicial magistrate
court and remanded in
prison.
CRUCIAL READ
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with Karnataka party president DK
Shivakumar offers prayers at Chamundeshwari Temple during
their party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, in Mysuru on Monday.
Gurugram (PTI): For-
mer Uttar Pradesh
chief minister Mulay-
am Singh Yadav is ad-
mitted to the “critical
care unit” of Medanta
Hospital here and is be-
ing treated by a “com-
prehensive team of spe-
cialists”, the hospital
said on Monday
.
The announcement
from the hospital comes
a day after the Sama-
jwadi Party on Sunday
said its 82-year-old pa-
triarch’s health had de-
teriorated. Mulayam
has been under treat-
ment at the hospital
since August 22. He was
admitted to the hospital
in July as well.
Meanwhile, SP work-
ers organised special
prayers in many tem-
ples across the state on
Monday for long life of
the party founder Mu-
layam Singh Yadav.
In Lucknow, party
workersprayedatHanu-
man temple at Vikrama-
dityaMarg,justastone’s
throw from the Yadav’s
residence, a SP office
bearer said. In Varana-
si, they offered prayers
at various temples in-
cluding Hanuman tem-
ple in Gilat Bazar and
Bada Ganesh Mandir
in Lohatia.
Mulayam Singh
Yadav moved to
critical care unit:
Medanta Hospital
Mysore (ANI): Con-
gress leader Rahul Gan-
dhi on Monday visited
the famous Suttur Matt,
a pilgrim centre in
Mysore, under the ban-
ner of the party’s mass
contact campaign
Bharat Jodo Yatra.
Gandhi, the Lok Sab-
ha MP from Kerala’s
Wayanad, who reached
Karnataka on Septem-
ber 30, visited the centu-
ries-old Matt and sought
the blessings of Seer, Sri
Shivaratri Deshikendra
Swamiji, on the fourth
day of his visit to the
state.“Shri Rahul Gan-
dhi visited Suttur Mutt
in Mysore and sought
blessings of Seer Sri
Shivaratri Deshikendra
Swamiji”, the Congress
Party tweeted.
Rahul Gandhi is cur-
rently leading Bharat
Jodo Yatra- the 3,500-km
march from Kanyaku-
mari to Kashmir, cover-
ing as many as 12 states.
The Padyatra will cover
a distance of 25 km eve-
ry day
. On Sunday, the
Congress MP addressed
a public rally amid a
heavy downpour in
Mysuru. Addressing the
rally
, Gandhi said, “This
yatra is like a river that
will flow from Kanyaku-
mari to Kashmir. This
journey will not stop
due to heat, storm, rain,
or cold. In this river, you
will not see any hatred
or violence. The river
will showcase love and
brotherhood.”
BHARAT JODO YATRA IN KARNATAKA
RahulGandhi’spilgrimageduringYatra
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: Mallikar-
jun Kharge is set to be
the Congress president.
He has resigned from
the post of Leader of
Opposition in Rajya
Sabha with his nomina-
tion for the post of party
president and with this,
speculation has intensi-
fied as to who will be the
new Leader of Opposi-
tion. Kharge was the
Leader of the Opposi-
tion in the Rajya Sabha
for one and a half years.
Before him, Ghulam
Nabi Azad was the Lead-
er of the Opposition in
the Upper House for
seven years. Kharge be-
came the leader after
Azad retired from the
Rajya Sabha. Now a new
leader has to be appoint-
ed in his place. It is gen-
erally believed that Dig-
vijaya Singh will be
made the Leader of the
Opposition in the Rajya
Sabha. He came within
reach of becoming the
party president. Rahul
Gandhi had sent him to
Delhi during the Bharat
Jodo Yatra and he had
also taken the nomina-
tion papers. But at the
last moment, Kharge's
name was forwarded by
the party
.
Only then it is being
said that Digvijaya Sin-
gh will get the post of
LoP in the Upper House.
Apart from him, P Chid-
ambaram is also being
said to be a contender
for the post of LoP. The
names of Pramod Ti-
wari, Mukul Wasnik
and Jairam Ramesh are
also discussed. But the
trouble with Chidam-
baram is that he is from
South India. With
Kharge's elevation,
both, the National Presi-
dent and Organization
General Secretary,
would be from South In-
dia. The post of leader
in the Lok Sabha is held
byAdhirRanjanChowd-
hury of West Bengal. In
such a situation, it will
be necessary to give rep-
resentation to North In-
dia somewhere. In this
sense, only a North In-
dian leader will get the
post of Leader of Oppo-
sition in Rajya Sabha. In
this respect, Digvijaya's
claim is strong. But it is
also possible that he
may get a higher posi-
tion in the organization.
It will be difficult for KC
Venugopal to remain as
organizational general
secretary after Kharge
becomes the president.
If Digvijay becomes the
General Secretary of
the organization in his
place, then it will be bet-
ter for the party
.
WILL DIGVIJAYA BE THE LEADER OF OPPOSITION OR
THE GENERAL SECRETARY OF PARTY ORGANIZATION?
Digvijaya Singh
CONGRESS PREZ POLL
THAROOR WELCOMES
GUIDELINES ASKING
CANDIDATES TO
ENSURE NO MALA
FIDE CAMPAIGN
SUDHAKARAN JOINS
SUPPORT KHARGE'S
CANDIDATURE
LEADER HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR “RENEWED,
REINVIGORATED” CONG TO TAKE ON BJP
New Delhi (ANI): Congress
presidential candidate
Shashi Tharoor on Monday
welcomed guidelines laid
down by the party's Chief
Election Authority asking the
contestors to take utmost
care to ensure no mala-
fide campaign against the
two competitors as it would
bring disgrace to the party.
The series of guidelines
stated by Congress' Central
Election Authority chair-
man Madhusudan Mistry
for the party's internal polls
scheduled to be held on
October 17, said, Utmost
care must be taken to ensure
that there is no mala-fide
campaign against any
candidate. The sensitivity of
the election process must
be upheld at any cost. Mal-
likarjun Kharge and Shashi
Tharoor are up against
each other in the polls. It
was also stated that no
leader of the party holding
an organisational post can
participate in the campaign
process of the elections. It
asked the party leaders to
tender their resignations
first if they wish to support
any candidate. Mallikarjun
Kharge and Shashi Tharoor
are contesting the election of
Congress President in their
personal capacity, stated the
guidelines.
Thiruvananthapuram (Agen-
cies): Congress’ Kerala unit
chief K Sudhakaran changed
his stance and batted for
Mallikarjun Kharge, the
“official” candidate for the
party’s presidential poll. All
the prominent leaders, in-
cluding AK Antony, Oommen
Chandy, Ramesh Chennithala
and Leader of Opposition
VD Satheesan and several
others, have chosen Kharge
over their local party col-
league Shashi Tharoor. Till
the official statement was
announced, Sudhakaran held
to “let the voters cast their
vote according to their ra-
tionale”. With this, it's more
or less certain that from the
around 300 voters, Tharoor
is unlikely to get more than
two dozen votes.
Hyderabad (ANI): Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on
Monday said that with two consecutive losses in the
Lok Sabha elections, there is a need for a “renewed
and reinvigorated” party to take on the challenge of the
ruling Bharatiya Janata Party at the Centre. Tharoor is
currently in Hyderabad campaigning for the upcoming
presidential polls of the party in which he is up against
the veteran leader Mallikarjun Kharge. “This election is
about how Congress should be best equipped to take
on the ruling govt today, which is BJP. We have lost two
elections... We need a renewed, reinvigorated Congress
party where it is mobilized effectively to take on this
challenge,” Tharoor said while speaking to the media.
He denied the existence of the G-23 group within the
Congress (which wrote to Sonia Gandhi seeking reforms
in the party), and said that it was a “media idea”. “There
is no G-23 group. There never was, it was a media idea.
As far as I can tell you, a couple of seniors wrote the
letter. They invited a large number of people to support
them. They told me that by phone they have contacted
over a hundred people who have extended support.
There was COVID lockdown in 2020. Only 23 people
were available in Delhi to sign it at that time,” he said.
—PHOTO
BY
ANI
New Delhi (PTI): Un-
ion Minister Jitendra
Singh on Monday
launched a dedicated
website for the Prime
Minister’s awards for
excellence in public
administration and
said that the emphasis
will be on qualitative
achievements rather
than achieving the
quantitative targets
while deciding the
honour.
The registration on
PM’s awards web portal
— http://www.pma-
wards.gov.in — has
commenced from Mon-
day for due registration
and the submission of
applications till Novem-
ber 28. Singh, the Minis-
ter of State for Person-
nel, said, under the lead-
ership of Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi, the
entire concept and for-
mat of the PM excel-
lence awards has under-
gone a revolutionary
change after 2014. The
objective of the Scheme
is to encourage con-
structive competition,
innovation, replication,
he said. The PM’s
awards, 2022 will con-
sist of a trophy, scroll
and an incentive of Rs
20 lakh to the awarded
district to be utilised for
implementation of pro-
ject/programme or
bridging resources gaps
in any area of public
welfare, a statement is-
sued by the Personnel
Ministry said.
Dr Jitendra launches portal for PM’s Excellence Awards
REVOLUTIONARY CHANGE
Union Minister Jitendra Singh launching website for the Prime
Minister’s awards for excellence in public administration, on
Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI
‘AWARD’S CONCEPT HAS UNDERGONE
REVOLUTIONARY CHANGE AFTER 2014’
New Delhi (Agencies): Minister of State for
Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Dr
Jitendra Singh has launched the Web portal for
Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Public
Administration 2022. The portal was launched
in New Delhi on Monday. The registration on
PM’s Awards web portal commenced on Monday
and the submission of applications will be held
till the 28th of November this year. Speaking on
the occasion, Dr Singh said, the entire concept
and format of the PM Excellence Awards has
undergone a revolutionary change after 2014. He
said, the objective of the Scheme is to encourage
constructive competition, innovation, replication
and institutionalisation of best practices.
DOPT GIVES ANOTHER IAS
OFFICER TO UP FROM ‘20 BATCH
Lucknow: DOPT has giv-
en another IAS officer to
the Uttar Pradesh bureau-
cracy. 2020 batch IAS of
Tripura cadre - Abhishek
Kumar — who was
posted as Assistant Col-
lector Training in North
Tripura District of Tripura
had applied to DOPT to
send him from Tripura
Carder to Uttar Pradesh
Corder on spousal base.
IAS Abhishek Kumar’s
wife is IAS Nidhi Bansal
serving in the UP cadre
of 2020 batch and is
currently posted as
Assistant Collector of
Fatehpur District !! DOPT,
considering the applica-
tion of IAS Abhishek, had
sought NOC from the
Tripura and UP govern-
ment for their cadre
change which was sent
by both the governments
to DOPT. After this, Uday
Bhan Tripathi, Under
Sectorary of DOPT issued
a notification allotting
Abhishek the UP cadre.
Now the number of IAS
officers in the 2020 batch
has increased from 16 to
17 with the arrival of IAS
Abhishek. 2020 batch UP
cadre IAS are Jaidev CS,
Nupur Goyal, Ajay Jain,
Pratyush Pandey, Nidhi
Bansal, Neha Bandhu,
Parikshit Khatana,
Ramaya R, Suthan
Abdullah, Mahajan Sumit
Rajesh, Ojaswi Raj, Vishal
Kumar, Abhinav Gopal,
Navneet Sehra, Pawan
Kumar Meena and Ajay
Kumar Gautam.
UP BUREAUCRACY
By Ahtesham Siddiqui...
New Delhi (FIB): The
Ministryof Information
and Broadcasting on
Monday issued two Ad-
visories, one for private
television channels and
the other for digital
news publishers and
OTT platforms strongly
advising them to refrain
from showing advertise-
ments of online betting
sites and surrogate ad-
vertisements of such
sites. The Ministry had
earlier issued an Advi-
sory on 13 June, 2022 ad-
vising newspapers, pri-
vate TV channels and
digital news publishers
to refrain from publish-
ing advertisements of
onlinebettingplatforms.
IB Ministry’s
advisory against
betting advts
New Delhi (ANI): Lok
Sabha Speaker Om Bir-
la and Rajya Sabha Dep-
uty Chairman Hari-
vansh will be partici-
pating in the 8th G20
Parliamentary Speak-
ers' Summit in Jakarta.
Om Birla will be lead-
ing the Indian delega-
tion to Jakarta.
An official of the Par-
liament told ANI on
condition of anonymity
that the 8th Summit of
Speakers of G-20 Parlia-
ments (P-20) will be held
in Jakarta, Indonesia
from October 6-7, 2022.
Om Birla, Harivansh
and Secretary-General
of Rajya Sabha PC
Mody, and other offi-
cials shall be attending
the summit as a part of
the Indian Parliamen-
tary delegation. Sourc-
es saidthat the Indian
delegation will leave for
Jakarta on October 4.
Om Birla to participate in G20
Speakers’ Summit in Jakarta
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla with Venkaiah Naidu in Nellore.
VENKAIAH NAIDU DEVOTED HIS ENTIRE
LIFE FOR PEOPLE’S WELFARE: BIRLA
Nellore (FIB): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla ad-
dressed the dignitaries and other visitors as the
chief guest at the programme of Swarna Bharat
Trust at Nellore on Monday. Former Vice Presi-
dent Venkaiah Naidu was also present on the oc-
casion. Mentioning that the entire life of Venkaiah
Naidu, the Director of Swarna Bharat Trust, has
been devoted to the welfare of the society, Birla
said that the basic objective of the Trust has been
service, education, women’s upliftment. Birla
said that under the leadership of Naidu, Swarna
Bharat Trust is working to provide education to
the children of weaker economic group and self
employment training for the youth.
IAS couple Abhishek Kumar
and Nidhi Bansal
Anurag Thakur

07
Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 50,682.00 161.00 0.31 (Per 10g)
SILVER 58,039.00 1010.00 1.74 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 81.89 0.49 0.59
GBPINR 91.71 0.94 1.04
CURRENCIES
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi: Skoda Auto
Volkswagen India on
Monday said it has com-
menced exports of mid-
sized SUV Kushaq. The
company has started
shipments of left-hand-
drive Kushaq to Arab Gulf
Cooperation Council
countries. In September,
Skoda Auto Volkswagen
India Pvt Ltd (SAVWIPL)
commenced export of Tai-
gun and Virtus. “The Sko-
da Kushaq is the third
made-in-India car to be
exported this year..The
market acceptance and
success of all our exports
highlight our global quali-
ty standards,” SAVWIPL
said. —PTI
New Delhi: Maruti Suzuki
India on Monday reported
an over two-fold rise in
its vehicle production at
1,77,468 units in Septem-
ber 2022. “The shortage
of electronic components
had a minor impact on
the production of vehicles
during the month,” Maruti
Suzuki India said. Total
passenger vehicles pro-
duction was at 1,73,929
units last month. It was at
77,782 units in Septem-
ber 2022. Passenger cars
production was up at
1,31,258 units as against
47,884 in 2021. —PTI
MS INDIA VEHICLE
PRODUCTION RISES
TO 1,77,468 UNITS
SAVWIPL BEGINS
EXPORT OF MID
SIZED SUV KUSHAQ
New Delhi: Driven by
strong demand for its
sports utility vehicles,
Mahindra Mahindra on
Monday reported the
highest ever monthly
wholesales of 64,486 ve-
hicles in September. Last
month, the Mumbai-
based auto major posted
its highest ever monthly
sales of sports utility ve-
hicles (SUV) at 34,262
units. The company’s
products like Scorpio-N,
XUV700, Thar, Bolero Neo
and even Scorpio Classic
have seen robust re-
sponse in market. —PTI
LED BY SUVs, MM
REPORTS BEST EVER
WHOLESALES IN SEPT
New Delhi: Seasoned fi-
nance professional and an
old public sector hand
Sandeep Kumar Gupta on
Monday took over as the
chairman and managing
director of GAIL (India)
Ltd, the nation’s largest
gas utility. Gupta, who
previously was Director
(Finance) at Indian Oil
Corporation (IOC), replac-
es Manoj Jain, who su-
perannuated on August
31. A commerce graduate
and CA by education,
Gupta has more than 31
years of working experi-
ence at Indian Oil Corpo-
ration. —PTI
SANDEEP KUMAR
GUPTA TAKES OVER
AS GAIL CHAIRMAN
*Rates till the edition went to print.
LAVA LAUNCHES ITS
1ST 5G PHONE, PRICED
AROUND `10,000
New Delhi: Homegrown smart-
phone brand Lava International
on Monday launched its of first
5G smartphone
- Lava Blaze 5G
- for its con-
sumer in the
country, which
is likely to be priced around
`10,000. The pre-bookings for
the 5G smartphone will com-
mence around Diwali this year.
The smartphone sports 50MP
AI triple rear camera and 8MP
front camera for a superior pho-
tography experience and selfies.
The smartphone is powered by
MediaTek Dimensity 700 has
4GB+3GB Virtual RAM. —PTI
PROSUS CALLS OFF
$4.7 BN ACQUISITION
OF BILLDESK
New Delhi: Prosus NV, which
owns PayU, has terminated
a $4.7 billion (about `38,400
crore) deal
to acquire
Indian pay-
ments firm
BillDesk
after conditions on the deal
weren’t met. In a statement,
Prosus said certain conditions
precedent weren’t met by the
deadline at the end of Sep-
tember. Approval of the CCI,
which was one of the conditions
precedent, was received on
September 5 but Prosus did not
specify which other conditions
were not met. —PTI
OTHER STORIES
AVERAGE PRICES OF 11 ESSENTIAL FOOD ITEMS FALL
2-11 PER CENT IN LAST ONE MONTH: GOVERNMENT
New Delhi: The average prices of 11 essential food items declined
2-11% in the last one month, the government said on Monday. Food
and Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal tweeted that prices of es-
sential items have fallen, giving re-
lief to monthly household budget.
He also shared a chart showing the
decline in the prices of 11 items.
The average price of palm oil fell a
maximum of 11% to `118 per litre
on October 2 from `132 per litre
on September 2, 2022. The price of
vanaspati ghee fell 6% to `143 per kg from `152 per kg. —PTI
Sept factory activity
slowsto3-monthlow
New Delhi (PTI): Manu-
facturing activities in In-
dia eased marginally in
September but remained in
good shape amid compa-
nies hiring more workers
and cooling price pres-
sures, according to a
monthly survey released
on Monday
.
The seasonally adjusted
SP Global India Manufac-
turing Purchasing Manag-
ers’ Index (PMI) indicated
a strong improvement in
the health of the Indian
manufacturing industry
, as
companies stepped up pro-
duction in tandem with a
sustained increase in new
work intakes.
The PMI at 55.1 in Sep-
tember continued to be in
expansion mode for the
15th consecutive month but
was slightly lower than 56.2
recorded in August.
“Rates of expansion re-
mained historically high,
despite easing from Au-
gust. To accommodate
higher sales and greater
output needs, firms hired
extra workers and acquired
more inputs. The upturn in
input buying was aided by
cooling price pressures.
“Purchasing costs rose at
the slowest pace in just un-
der two years, while output
charge inflation receded to
a seven-month low,” the
survey said. A PMI score
above 50 indicates expan-
sion and a print below that
level reflects contraction in
manufacturing activities.
Pollyanna De Lima, Eco-
nomics Associate Director
at SP Global Market Intel-
ligence, said the latest set
of PMI data shows us that
the Indian manufacturing
industry remains in good
shape, despite considerable
global headwinds and re-
cession fears elsewhere.
“There were softer, but
substantial, increases in
new orders and production
in September, with some
leading indicators suggest-
ing that output looks set to
expand further at least in
the short-term as firms
seek to fulfil sales contracts
and replenish stocks,” De
Lima noted.
Further, De Lima said
input costs rose at the slow-
est rate in almost two years
as suppliers’ stocks im-
proved in line with sub-
dued global demand for
raw materials and reces-
sion risks.
TOP TALKING
POINTS
z Seasonally adjusted SP
Global India Manufacturing
Purchasing Managers’ Index
(PMI) indicated a strong
improvement in the health
of the Indian manufacturing
industry
z The PMI at 55.1 in Sept
continued to be in expansion
mode for the 15th consecutive
month but was slightly lower
than 56.2 recorded in August
z A PMI score above 50
indicates expansion and a
print below that level reflects
contraction in mfg activities
RUPEE PLUNGES 49
PAISE TO 81.89
AGAINST US DOLLAR
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee fell
by 49 paise to close at 81.89
(provisional) against the US
dollar on Monday as heavy
selling pressure in the domestic
equities and a spike in crude oil
prices weighed on the local unit.
Besides, a stronger greenback
against key rivals and persistent
foreign fund outflows put pres-
sure on the domestic currency,
forex dealers said. At the inter-
bank foreign exchange market,
the local currency opened weak
at 81.65, fell further to 81.98
against the American currency.
It finally ended at 81.89, down
49 paise over its previous close
on Friday.
Sensex, Nifty fall over
1 per cent on selling in
banking, auto shares
Mumbai (PTI): Key stock
indices Sensex and Nifty
declined over 1% at close
on Monday amid weak
global market trends and
continued foreign fund
outflows.
Benchmark BSE Sensex
tumbled 638.11 points or
1.11% to settle at 56,788.81.
During the day, it tanked
743.52 points or 1.29% to
56,683.40.
The broader NSE Nifty
fell by 207 points or 1.21%
to end at 16,887.35. Among
the Sensex stocks, Maruti,
Hindustan Unilever, In-
dusInd Bank, ITC, Bajaj
Finance, State Bank of In-
dia and Kotak Mahindra
Bank were the major lag-
gards. Dr Reddy’s, NTPC,
Bharti Airtel and Wipro
were the winners.
Elsewhere in Asia, mar-
kets in Hong Kong settled
lower, while Tokyo ended
higher.
New Delhi (PTI): The gov-
ernment will approach the
capital market this month
to raise around `2,500 crore
to fund three road projects,
a senior official said on
Monday
.
The money will be raised
through Infrastructure In-
vestment Trusts (InvITs),
the government official
added.
“We will be approaching
the capital market this
month to raise around
`2,500 crore for the three
road projects,” he said.
Infrastructure Invest-
ment Trusts (InvITs) are
instruments on the pattern
of mutual funds, designed
to pool money from inves-
tors and invest in assets
that will provide cash flows
over a period of time.
Last year, the National
Highway Authority of In-
dia’s first infrastructure
investment trust raised
more than `5,000 crore.
Govt to approach
capital market
this month to
raise `2,500 cr
for 3 road projects
Vi CEO urges govt to slash levies
to help telcos invest in 5G networks
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Vodafone Idea
(Vi) CEO Akshaya Moon-
dra on Monday has asked
the government to cut the
hefty levies plaguing the
sector to enable operators
to boost cash generation
and invest in capital inten-
sive 5G networks.
“In a country where tar-
iffs are the lowest, India’s
telecom industry has the
highest levies anywhere in
the world…if one includes
the price of spectrum, con-
verts it to an annuity value
and calculates that as a
percentage of revenue,
that’s an additional 28% of
industry revenue over and
above the more visible 30%
(of revenue) levies ele-
ment, comprising GST
(18%) and licence fees/
spectrum usage charges
(12%),” Moondra said.
Accordingly, he said, the
government needs to re-
duce the levies burden on
the sector so that opera-
tional cash generation can
actually be released for
investmen.
TOTAL PAYMENT
TO GOVERNMENT
z Total telecom levies payable
to the government, including
the price of spectrum,
amount to a whopping 58%
of overall industry revenue
New Delhi (PTI): State-owned telecom firm BSNL will start
rolling out 4G network from November onwards and gradually
upgrade it to 5G by August next year. The company has plans
to roll out almost 1.25 lakh 4G mobile sites in 18 months, BSNL
chairman and MD PK Purwar said.
“The first roll out (of planned 4G
network) should take place in No-
vember,” Purwar said. The company
is in discussion with IT major TCS
and state-run C-DOT-led consortium
to deploy indigenously developed
4G technology in the network. When asked about the timeline of
BSNL’s plans to roll out 5G services, Purwar said the company is
on its path to deploy 5G as per the deadline of August 15, 2023,
set by Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.
BSNL TO ROLL OUT 4G NETWORK FROM NOV
Nafed offloads
buffer onion of
20,000 tons in
different cities
New Delhi (PTI): To check
the sudden spike in onion
prices, cooperative Nafed
has offloaded 20,000 tonnes
of the bulb from the gov-
ernment’s reserves in the
last three weeks across In-
dia, official sources said.
Onion is being disposed
of at the “going market
rate” in major cities like
Delhi, Patna, Lucknow,
Chandigarh, Chennai and
Hyderabad among others,
sources said.
Nafed has been creating
a buffer stock of onion on
behalf of the government
under the Price Stabilisa-
tion Fund (PSF) for the last
few years.
For 2022-23, Nafed has
built a record onion re-
serve of 2.50 lakh tonnes to
deal with a potential spike
in onion prices during the
lean season that runs from
August to December.
Inc’s credit quality continues to improve
Mumbai (PTI): India Inc’s
credit quality showed fur-
ther improvement in April-
September period with the
ratio of upgrades to down-
grades inching higher.
The credit ratio’s im-
provement to 5.52 in
H1FY23 as compared to 5.04
in H2FY22 was driven by
leaner balance sheets led
by healthy cash flows and
muted investments, Crisil
Ratings said.
However, the agency
clarified that the data may
not be fully representative
as many small businesses
with outstanding ratings
have turned non-coopera-
tive in sharing data on a
continued basis which can
be driven by adverse finan-
cial health.
“India Inc has emerged
stronger post-pandemic,”
its managing director Gur-
preet Chhatwal said, exud-
ing confidence that the cor-
porate India can weather
the current storm caused
by global events like higher
inflation.
Crisil’s senior director
Somasekhar Vemuri said
there can, however, be a
moderation in the credit
ratio going ahead due to
some of the challenges
faced by companies.
MAY MODERATE GOING AHEAD
HIGHLIGHTING
FACTORS
z The credit ratio’s
improvement to 5.52 in
H1FY23 as compared to 5.04
in H2FY22 was driven by
leaner balance sheets led by
healthy cash flows and muted
investments
z The credit ratio moved
ahead in first half of FY majorly
driven by the infrastructure
sector, which contributed a
third of the upgrades
z There can, however, be a
moderation in the credit ratio
going ahead due to some of the
challenges faced by companies
States borrowing cost rises
for third consecutive week
New Delhi(PTI): The aver-
age cost of market borrow-
ing for states rose 12 basis
point to 7.77% on Monday,
increasing for the third
consecutive week.
The cost of funds has
seen a cumulative hike of
31 basis points (bps) during
the past three weeks.
At the latest auction of
debt, 10 states raised
`19,500 cr on Monday
, draw-
ing down the full amount
indicated for this week.
The weighted average
cut-off of the debt rose by
12 bps to 7.77% from 7.65%
in the last auction, despite
the weighted average ten-
or declining to 13 years
from 15 years, Aditi
Nayar, chief economist at
Icra, said.
Before the yields began
to climb three weeks ago,
for four successive weeks
the rates had been falling
touched a low of 7.46%.

08
2NDFRONT
Greetings on the occasion of Durga
Navmi, Power and Prosperity to all!
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Court extends ATS custody
of five accused till Oct 08
First India Bureau
Mumbai: A Mumbai
court has extended
the ATS custody of
five alleged members
of the Popular Front
of India (PFI) till Oc-
tober 08. They were
arrested during mul-
ti-agency raids con-
ducted in the state.
Multi-agency raids
were conducted all
across the nation and
the Anti-Terrorism
Squad (ATS) of Maha-
rashtra arrested 20 peo-
ple during the opera-
tion on September 22.
Five of those were
produced before the
court of additional ses-
sions judge AM Patil on
Monday on expiry of
their previous remand
and the squad demand-
ed their custody for
eight more days. After
arguments from both
sides, the court agreed
to extend their custody
for five days.
The accused have
been booked on the
charges of engaging in
unlawful activities,
promoting enmity
among communities,
and waging a war
against the country.
In a crackdown on
the PFI, multi-agency
teams had arrested 106
leaders and activists of
the radical Islamic out-
fit in near-simultane-
ous raids in 15 states
for allegedly involving
in terrorist activities.
Maharashtra and
Karnataka accounted
for 20 arrests each, fol-
lowed by Tamil Nadu
with 10, Assam nine,
Uttar Pradesh eight,
Andhra Pradesh five,
Madhya Pradesh four,
three each in Puduch-
erry and Delhi and two
in Rajasthan.
GOLD BISCUITS AND
CASH VALUED AT
`1.71CR SEIZED
Thane: A passenger named
Ganesh Mondal was ap-
prehended and detained by
Railway Protection Force
Police (RPF) with cash and
gold biscuits worth Rs1.71
crore in his backpack at
the Titwala railway station
of Thane district, informed
an RPF official on Monday.
The seized gold biscuits
and cash were handed over
to the Income Tax depart-
ment for further investi-
gation into the matter. He
was carrying Rs56 lakh in
cash and two gold biscuits
worth Rs1,15,16,903 in-
formed the officials adding
that the replies given by
Mondal with regards to the
whereabouts of the money
were unsatisfactory.
LADY CONDUCTOR
SUSPENDED FOR
SHOOTING VIDEOS
Aurangabad: A lady
conductor was suspended
for shooting videos inside
a Maharashtra State Road
Transport Corporation
(MSRTC) while sitting in
the driver’s seat of a bus
and uploading them on
social media, informed an
official on Monday. The
lady conductor named
Sagar Mangal Gowardhan
worked at the Kalamb
depot of Osmanabad
district and was suspended
on Saturday. She has been
asked to file a reply within
the next 15 days, informed
an MSRTC official. The
lady said that she has been
framed as she continued
during a strike called earlier
by MSRTC employees.
CRUCIAL READ
TWO MEN ARRESTED FOR BUYING AND
SELLING ILLEGAL ARMS IN VERSOVA
COLLEGES NEED TO TEACH ‘MUSEUM
SCIENCE’ AS SPECIALIZED SUB: ICCR
Mumbai: Two men were arrested by the police for
possessing country-made pistols and six cartridges
in Versova. The duo was
nabbed at the MHADA Four
Bungalows locality, in-
formed an official. Accused
Shanisingh Mukeshsingh
Thakur (21) and Abdul Ka-
reem Qureshi (48) also had
Rs40,000 cash in their pos-
session, he added. Thakur,
a native of Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh and daily wage
labourer, came to the locality to deliver the pistols
and cartridges to Qureshi, who runs a garage in Patan
Wadi locality of Malad, the official said. They have been
arrested under relevant sections of the Arms Act and
remanded to police custody till October 06, he said.
Thane: President of the Indian Council of Cultural
Relations (ICCR), Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, on Monday
said colleges in the country
must have courses in
‘museum science’. The
ICCR is an autonomous
organization under the
Union government tasked
with enriching the country’s
global cultural relations
and helming exchange
programmes. Sahasrabuddhe, a former Rajya Sabha
MP, on Sunday said museums have immense historical
importance for any country and, therefore, there was
a need for colleges to teach museum science as a
specialized subject.
‘NCP not offered any alliance
with Cong, Shiv Sena in 2014’
First India Bureau
Pune: Nationalist
Congress Party (NCP)
chief Sharad Pawar
on Monday dismissed
Congress leader
Ashok Chavan’s claim
that Shiv Sena want-
ed to form a govern-
ment in alliance with
Congress in 2014.
He also denied the lat-
ter’s statement that
Sena was told to consult
Pawar if it snapped ties
with Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP).
Speaking to reporters
in Pune, Pawar also
said the ‘Bharat Jodo
Yatra’ has been organ-
ized by Congress and
there is no reason for
other parties to take
part in the foot march
led by its leader Rahul
Gandhi.
“I also do not see if
anyone has asked (oth-
er parties) to join the
yatra,” he said.
When asked about
Chavan’s claim that
there was a proposal
from Shiv Sena for
forming a government
with the Congress and
the NCP in 2014, Pawar
said no one gave such a
proposal to the NCP.
“Had a proposal been
putforthtoNCP
,Iwould
have known a bit about
it. Though leaders of
NCP have the right to
take a decision, at least
they keep me posted. So
whatever Ashok
Chavan said, I never
heard of it,” he said.
Chavan had said Shiv
Sena leader Eknath
Shinde, the incumbent
state chief minister,
was part of a delegation
that had met him with a
proposal to form a Sena-
Congress alliance gov-
ernment.
The senior Congress
leader had also claimed
that Shinde came with
a proposal to snap ties
with the BJP, after
which the former asked
him to consult Sharad
Pawar.
If he agreed, Chavan
would talk to the Con-
gress central leader-
ship, but nothing hap-
pened after that.
The Shiv Sena was
the alliance partner of
NCP and Congress un-
der the Maha Vikas
Aghadi (MVA) govern-
ment of Maharashtra,
which remained in pow-
er from November 2019
to June 2022.
‘CM MUST ENSURE
HIGH SPIRITS’
NCP supremo Sharad Pawar —FILE PHOTO
Ashok Chavan
revealed that Shiv
Sena ‘proposed’
alliance govt with
Congress in 2014
Principles more imp than
venue,asserts CM Shinde
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Taking a dig
at Shiv Sena chief Ud-
dhav Thackeray,
Chief Minister
Eknath Shinde on
Monday said princi-
ples are important ir-
respective of the ven-
ue. His remark comes
ahead of the Dusseh-
ra rally by his faction
at the MMRDA
ground in Bandra-
Kurla Complex (BKC).
He asserted that his
faction’s event on Octo-
ber 05, will be a success
as lakhs of people are
expected to attend the
rally
.
“I have visited the
venue (in BKC) and
preparations are in full
swing. Lakhs of people
from across the state
will come to the rally
and all departments are
working to ensure they
do not face any prob-
lems. Our preparations
will be over by tomor-
row (Tuesday) and this
rally will be a success,”
Shinde said.
The chief minister
said his faction of the
Shiv Sena is taking for-
ward the ideals pro-
pounded by party
founder late Bal Thack-
eray
.
“Principles are im-
portant irrespective of
the ground (Dussehra
rally venue). We are
taking forward the ide-
as of Balasaheb Thack-
eray. Looking at the re-
sponse, the people have
accepted our decision
(to part ways with the
Thackerays for the Sena
aligning with the Na-
tionalist Congress Par-
ty and the Congress),”
he said, referring to his
rebellion in June that
led to the collapse of the
three-party Maha Vikas
Aghadi (MVA) govern-
ment.
The Uddhav Thack-
eray faction will hold
its own Dussehra rally
at the iconic Shivaji
Park in central Mum-
bai.
Both the factions
claim to be the ‘real’
Shiv Sena and the ral-
lies are being seen as a
show of strength by
them.
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde —FILE PHOTO
Maha Chief Minister
takes dig at Uddhav
Thackeray, reiterates
people have accepted
the rebellion
First India Bureau
Mumbai: With the
Union government
withdrawing the sub-
sidy for outbound
shipment of grapes,
export of the popular
fruit from Maharash-
tra is likely to see a
decline this year, feel
industry sources.
Grape growers in the
state are not happy with
the decision to with-
draw the export subsidy
and have raised the is-
sue with the central
government.
Maharashtra is the
largest producer and
exporter of grapes in
India with Nashik dis-
trict being its biggest
production centre.
A delegation of Ma-
harashtra State Grape
Growers’ Association
(MSGGA) recently sub-
mitted a list of demands
to Union Minister of
State for Health and
Family Welfare, Dr
Bharati Pawar, who is a
Lok Sabha member
from Nashik district.
Ravindra Nimse, Na-
shik Divisional Chair-
man of MSGGA, said
cutting off the subsidy
for grape export will di-
rectly affect the in-
comes and profit mar-
gins of grape farmers.
He said the subsidy
was withdrawn in Janu-
ary this year.
“The transport and
marketing subsidy was
Rs40,000 per container
of grapes, which was
later increased to
Rs60,000. At the same
time, transportation
charges for the UK or
the European Union
were USD 1,800 per con-
tainer which was later
hiked to USD 4,000.
Now, it is USD 7,500, but
the government has
withdrawn the subsi-
dy,” said Nimse.
“It is becoming im-
possible for us to export
grapes. We need at least
Rs1,50,000 subsidy per
container so that we
can compete in the in-
ternational market,”
said the office-bearer of
the state’s apex body of
grape farmers.
Nashik district pro-
duces around 1,400
tonnes of exportable
grapes every year. In
the last few years, farm-
ers have been cultivat-
ing grape varieties that
are in good demand in
the foreign market.
Export subsidy withdrawal to affect grape farmers’ income
SOUR NOTE
Union govt’s
decision is likely
to hit overseas
shipments of the
fruit from
Maharashtra
Located around 200 km from Mumbai, Nashik district is often
called the ‘grape capital of India’. —FILE PHOTO
The accused have
been booked for
engaging in
unlawful activities
and promoting
enmity among
communities
PFI RAIDS Maharashtra witnesses 180 nCoV cases,
no death; active tally stands at 2,739
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Maharash-
tra on Monday report-
ed 180 new COVID-19
cases, which took the
tally to 81,22,432,
while the death toll
remained unchanged
at 1,48,347, an official
said.
It is a sizable dip from
the 379 cases recorded
on Sunday, which saw
one death due to the in-
fection, he added
Mumbai accounted
for 66 of new cases, the
official said. The recov-
ery count increased by
357 in the last 24 hours
and touched 79,71,346,
leaving the state with an
active caseload of 2,739.
Total number of COV-
ID-19 tests conducted
was 8,48,50,798, includ-
ing 8,511 in the last 24
hours.
INVOKING THE SHAKTI!
Dr. Jagdeesh Chandra performing Maha Aarti in the Durga festival being held at Tika Kund
temple of Hindaun City, Karauli on Monday. Ashok Pathak, Shivprakash Patwa and Vishnu
Jindal from the temple committee were also present during the worship.

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MUMBAI, TUESDAY,
OCTOBER 4, 2022
he momen-
tous grand
play of Mrs
UttarPradesh
Queen of Vir-
tue season 2
featured a
flash of beauty and
glamour. On Friday,
the magnificent Ut-
sav of fashion
took place in the
Nawab city of
Uttar Pradesh
at The Cen-
trum, Luc-
know.
During the scintil-
lating finale, Aparna
Yadav, a prominent
public icon graced the
occasion as the chief
guest and motivated
the participants with
her encouraging
words. Sanyukta Bha-
tia, Mayor Lucknow,
Renuka Tandon direc-
tor of Amren Founda-
tion and Dr Shefali Raj,
MD PSIT Kanpur were
present as guests of
honour.
The beauties made
an effort to fling a great
image of themselves to
the judges on the basis
of their talent, confi-
dence, and flair. The
most prominent and
well-known beauty
pageant in Uttar
Pradesh was held with
the goal of giving a
stage to the talent re-
siding in various areas
of the state.
Manasa Varanasi
Femina Miss India
2020, Dr Vandana Se-
hgal, Principal and
Dean AKTU and Aditi
Jaggi Rastogi, famous
celebrity fashion de-
signer were present as
judges for the finale
and examined the par-
ticipants based on their
intelligence, talent and
confidence. Bollywood
actor Himanshu Ashok
Malhotra anchored the
show well and won
many hearts through
his performance.
The gorgeous par-
ticipantsweregroomed
and mentored by celeb-
rity mentors including
Lokesh Sharma, Sana
Dua, Grace Arun and
Surabhi Aples.
IshikaDwevediTyagi
won the crown of Mrs
UttarPradesh,queenof
virtue 2022 followed by
Major Neetika Rana
and Sheetal Singh.
THE STORY OF
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in
T
Title Queens of Mrs Uttar Pradesh Queen of Virtue season 2, Ishika Dwevedi Tyagi, Major Neetika Rana and Sheetal Singh
Beauties Ishika Dwevedi Tyagi,
Deepika and Sheetal Singh flaunting their attires
Manasa Varanasi and Dr Vandana Sehgal felicitating Preeti Yadav
Manasa Varanasi and Dr Vandana Sehgal
Himanshu Ashok Malhotra
Aditi Jaggi Rastogi
and Preeti Yadav
—PHOTOS
BY
SUMIT
SHARMA

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