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PANT AIR-LIFTED TO
MUMBAI HOSPITAL
FROM DEHRADUN
Mumbai: Rishabh Pant
was on Wednesday
air-lifted to Mumbai’s
Kokilaben Dhirubhai
Ambani Hospital from
Dehradun’s Max Hospital.
BCCI said Pant will
undergo surgery and
subsequent procedures for
ligament tears.
New Delhi: The family of
Anjali Singh, who was hit
and dragged by a car, on
Wednesday rejected the
statements of her ‘friend’
that she was drunk at the
time of the incident, and
said they had never seen
or heard of Nidhi, while
police quizzed seven people
present at a New Year party
attended by the two women
before the accident. P3
PM to chair national
meet of chief secys
New Delhi (FIB):
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi will chair the
second national confer-
ence of chief secretar-
ies here on January 6-7
to discuss six themes
covering MSMEs, infra-
structure and invest-
ments, minimising
compliances, women
empowerment, health
and nutrition, and skill
development. In a state-
ment, the PMO said on
Wednesday that the
three-day conference
will host three special
sessions on Developed
India: Reaching the
Last Mile, GST Global
Geopolitical Challenges
and India’s Response.
It will also witness
deliberations on Vocal
for Local, International
Year of Millets, Role of
States, and Emerging
Technologies.
PM TO ADDRESS
WATER CONFERENCE
New Delhi: Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi will be
sharing his remarks at the
all-India water ministers’
meet on the theme ‘Water
Vision@2047’ on Thurs-
day. The Union Jal Shakti
Ministry is organising the
conference in Bhopal on
January 5-6.
Delhi Police personnel from PCR unit to
be questioned in Kanjhawala incident
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi
Police personnel, in-
cluding those from the
PCR unit, will be ques-
tioned as part of the in-
quiry to ascertain if
there was any laxity on
their part in handling
the New Year incident
where a 20-year-old
woman was hit and
dragged by a car.
Special Commission-
er of Police Shalini
Singh, who is heading
the inquiry, on Wednes-
day visited the Sultan-
puri police station to
examine the case files
related to the Kanjha-
wala accident.
“The inquiry is still
on and a detailed report
will be submitted soon,”
an officer said. Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah has sought a re-
port of the incident
from the Delhi Police.
Nirbhaya’s mother Asha Devi
meets family members of the
victim on Wednesday.
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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, NEW DELHI MUMBAI
SPIRIT OF NARI
SHAKTI: PM ON
WOMAN OFFICER
AT SIACHEN
Mogadishu: Two car bombs detonated by al Shabaab militants in central
Somalia on Wednesday killed at least 35 people, including eight members of
a single family, and wounded 40 more, a senior police officer said. The attack,
claimed by Al Shabab, took place in the Hiran region of central Somalia.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on
Wednesday lauded the deployment of Captain Shiva
Chauhan, the first woman army officer at Siachen,
saying this highlights the spirit of India’s “Nari
Shakti” (woman power).
SONIA GANDHI
IN HOSPITAL FOR
TREATMENT OF
VIRAL INFECTION
New Delhi: Former Cong Prez Sonia Gandhi was on
Wednesday admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in
Delhi for treatment of a viral respiratory infection.
During the day, both Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi
returned to Delhi from UP where yatra is currently at.
CAR BOMBS KILL 35, BURN HOUSES IN SOMALIA
CABINET APPROVALS
`19,744 crore nod for National Green Hydrogen Mission
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Union
Cabinet, chaired by PM
Modi, has approved Na-
tional Green Hydrogen
Mission. Cabinet has
approved an expendi-
ture of ₹19,744 crore for
implementing National
Green Hydrogen Mis-
sion, IB Minister Anu-
rag Singh Thakur said
on Wednesday. “Under
the NGHM, 50 lakh
tonnes of green hydro-
gen will be produced
per annum by 2030,”
Minister Thakur said.
Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur speaks to media in presence
Dr L Murugan and Satyendra Prakash in New Delhi on Wednesday.
DOORDARSHAN AND AIR GET BIG BOOST OF
`2,500 CRORE INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADE
Central government on Wednesday approved a scheme
of more than ₹2,500 crore for Doordarshan and All India
Radio (AIR) in a bid to upgrade Prasar Bharati’s broadcast
infrastructure and network. The budget was approved by the
CCEA. The scheme, Central Sector ‘Broadcasting Infrastruc-
ture and Network Development (BIND), for infra upgrade of
Doordarshan and AIR, was announced by Anurag Thakur.
The production of
green hydrogen
through various
sources would lead to a
reduction in carbon emissions
of 50 million
metric tons,
and our import
bill of `1 lakh
crore would be
significantly
reduced as
well.
—Anurag Singh
Thakur, IB Minister
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
l Investment of
`8 lakh crore and
creation of 6 lakh
jobs are expected
under the National
Green Hydrogen
Mission till 2030
l Under the
BIND scheme,
the government
aims to provide
high-quality
content for
international
and domestic
audiences
l Cabinet approves
investment for 382
MW Sunni Dam
Hydro Electric
Project in HP by
SJVN Limited for
`2,614.51 crore
l Union Cabinet
gave ex-post
facto approval
for naming
of Greenfield
International
Airport Mopa in
Goa as Manohar
International
Airport
A BIG RELIEF FOR THE YOGI GOVERNMENT
Top Court stays HC order
onOBCquotainULBpolls
First India Bureau
New Delhi: In a big re-
lief for UP CM Yogi Adi-
tyanath, SC on Wednes-
day put a stay on the
Allahabad HC order di-
recting the state govern-
ment to hold urban bod-
ies elections by January
31 without reservation
for the Other Backward
Classes (OBCs).
A bench comprising
CJI DY Chandrachud
and Justice PS Nar-
asimha took note of the
submissions made by
Solicitor General Tush-
ar Mehta, appearing for
State, and directed that
a panel appointed by
State will have to decide
the OBC quota-related
issues for local bodies
poll by March 31, 2023.
The Supreme Court
permitted State govt to
appoint administrators
to run the affairs of the
local bodies after the ex-
piry of the tenure of the
elected representatives.
It said that administra-
tors will not be empow-
ered to take major poli-
cy decisions.
l UP government, which had earlier
challenged the HC’s order, told SC that
the OBC Commission has already been
formed, will complete its task by March
l Apex Court directs State Election
Commission to hold polls by January
31 after transferring OBC seats in the
draft notification to general category
YOGI WELCOMES TOP
COURT’S DECISION
UP CM Yogi Adityanath has
welcomed the Supreme Court
verdict on civic body elections
in Uttar Pradesh and said his
government will cooperate in
holding the polls within the apex
court time limit while implementing
reservation for the OBC.
l The Supreme Court has
rejected to hear a plea by
Samajwadi
Party leader
Azam Khan in
which he had
requested to
transfer the cases against
him out of Uttar Pradesh.
The apex court ruled this
on 4th January 2022.
l SC judge Justice Bela
M Trivedi on Wednesday
recused
herself from
hearing pleas
challenging
pre-mature
release of 11 convicts,
who had gang-raped Bilkis
Bano. Bench of Justices
Ajay Rastogi and Bela M
Trivedi ordered that
matter be listed before
bench of which Justice
Trivedi is not a part.
l The Apex Court will
hear today a petition
challenging the
Uttarakhand
High Court’s
order to vacate
29 acres of
railway land in Haldwani as
residents of the 4,000-odd
home continue to protest,
pray, and beseech officials
not to go ahead with the
demolition.
OTHER COURT NEWS
WALMART GETS $1 BN
TAX BILL FOR SHIFTING
PHONEPE HQ TO INDIA
Bengaluru: Walmart and
other shareholders of digital
payments app PhonePe
will have to pay tax worth
around $1 billion after
the fintech firm shifted its
headquarters to India from
Singapore last year, agency
reported on Wednesday,
citing people familiar with
the matter.
READ
Crucial
Crucial
Passenger faces 30-day ban for urinating on woman
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Air India
on Wednesday said it
has imposed a 30-day
flying ban on a passen-
ger who had urinated
on a female co-passen-
ger onboard a flight
from New York to Delhi
in November last year
and set up an internal
panel to probe whether
there were lapses on the
part of their crew in ad-
dressing the situation.
Aviation regulator
DGCAsaidithassought
a report from the air-
line on incident, which
happened on Nov 26
will take action against
those found negligent.
AI said it has filed a
police complaint about
the incident but did not
specify when the 30-day
flying ban on passenger
came into effect. Delhi
Police said teams have
been formed to catch
the passenger.
PARIS-BOUND AIR INDIA MAKES EMERGENCY
LANDING IN DELHI AFTER TECHNICAL SNAG
INDIGO AIRCRAFT SUFFERS TAIL STRIKE
WHILE LANDING AT THE KOLKATA AIRPORT
An Air India flight bound for Paris was forced to return to New
Delhi on Wednesday after a snag was detected midair. Flight
carrying 210 passengers landed safely at the airport. Senior
DGCA official informed flight was involved in an air turnback
due to a “Slats Drive” snag message, probe has been ordered.
IndiGo on Wednesday said one of its Airbus A321 aircraft suf-
fered a tail strike while landing at the Netaji Subhas Chandra
Bose International Airport in Kolkata. The incident took place
on Monday as the aircraft, with flight number 6E1859, was
coming to Kolkata from Dhaka. No injuries were reported.
PRESIDENT DROUPADI MURMU INAUGURATES 18TH
NATIONAL SCOUTS AND GUIDES JAMBOREE
NATIONAL JAMBOREE, A
‘MINI YOUNG INDIA’: PREZ
Rajeev Gaur, Subhash
Trivedi, Dimple Sharma and
Deepti Gautam
Pali: President Drou-
padi Murmu inaugu-
rated 18th Nat’l Scouts
and Guides Jamboree at
Rohat in Pali district on
Wednesday
. Welcoming
more than 37,000 Scouts
Guides from different
countries including In-
dia, she said that there
is unique enthusiasm
and energy in this con-
ference of youth.
“This gathering of
youth is Mini Young In-
dia. Scouts work whole-
heartedly for humanity
and social service. It is
a matter of pride that
the highest number of
Scouts in entire coun-
try are from Rajasthan,
a symbol of courage
and valor,” President
Murmu said.Murmu
unfurled flag of Bharat
Scouts, Guides, viewed
Parade band.
President Droupadi Murmu
being presented a memento
by Rajasthan Governor Kalraj
Mishra, CM Ashok Gehlot
and PCC Chief Govind Singh
Dotasra on Wednesday.
President Droupadi Murmu
during inauguration of 18th
National Jamboree of the
Bharat Scouts and Guides, in
Rajasthan’s Pali. Also seen
here is Niranjan Arya.
l National Jamboree
begins in Rajasthan
after 67 years
l ‘Mahakumbh’ of
37k Scouts, Guides
IT IS A PRIDE TO BE A SCOUT-GUIDE, SAYS CM GEHLOT
Rajasthan CM Ashok
Gehlot has said that
it is a matter of pride
to host the National
Jamboree in the presence
of the President. “Being a
Scout-Guide is a matter of
pride. I myself have been
associated with scouting
since childhood. Here one
learns to be disciplined,
do social service and
follow the great culture
of the country. National
Jamboree is giving the
message of unity in a
country with different
culture, language and
tradition. Coming genera-
tions will get great values
from Scouting.
ANJALI’S FAMILY
REJECTS ‘DRUNK’
CLAIM; COPS QUIZ 7
DGCA seeks report in the matter.

CAPITOL
NEW DELHI | THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2023
02
New Delhi (PTI): A
court here has granted
bail to 25-year-old Kash-
mir-based photojour-
nalist Mohd Manan Dar
accused of plotting ter-
rorist acts in Kashmir
and major cities in In-
dia. The court said the
allegation made by the
NIA “does not appear to
be cogent and true”.
Additional Sessions
Judge Shailender Malik
granted relief to in a
case lodged under the
stringent UAPA and sec-
tions of the IPC.
“Upon analysis of en-
tire evidence and at
least for the purpose of
disposal of bail applica-
tion it can be observed
that accusation against
the accused does not ap-
pear to be cogent and
true,” the judge said in
the order passed on
Monday
.
Dar was in jail since
October 22, 2021.
The NIA had alleged
Dar was conspiring,
both ‘physically and in
cyberspace’, for under-
taking violent terrorist
acts in Kashmir and
across major cities in
India. The judge said
“such allegation must
be supported by direct
evidence of any such ac-
tivities”.
“Mere assumptions
or incomplete evidence
to establish such facts
may not be sufficient.
Therefore, taking into
account all these evi-
dence on face of it, it
would be enough to ob-
serve for the purpose of
bail application that
such evidence do not
connect or are not suffi-
cienttoindicateaccused
beingpartof conspiracy
or other charges,” the
judge said.
The NIA had alleged
that Dar was working as
an over ground worker
of Lashkar-e-Toiba
(LeT) and its off-shoot
‘The Resistance Front’,
and “knowingly entered
into a conspiracy with
terrorist commanders
based across the border
as well as active terror-
ists in the valley” to “as-
sist unrest”.
Dar had claimed he
was a freelance photo-
journalist who has cov-
ered news and conflict
in Kashmir and contrib-
uted to agencies like
Getty Images.
The NIA had alleged
Dar and other accused
were associated with
online groups and were
acting as “hybrid cad-
res” on behalf of the
proscribed terrorist or-
ganisations.
New Delhi (PTI): For-
merCEOof DelhiUrban
Shelter Improvement
Board (DUSIB) K Ma-
hesh on Wednesday re-
futed the reasons cited
by LG VK Saxena for his
transfer.
Mahesh was moved to
Union Territory Civil
Servicesasspecialdirec-
tor last week, after the
LG on December 23 paid
a surprise visit to shel-
ter homes at ISBT Kash-
mere Gate and found
lack of accommodation
and toilet facilities.
Refuting the LG’s
statement that 5,000
homeless people were
inhabited in Yamuna
Pushta area against the
total capacity of 600 at
the night shelters at the
sites, Mahesh claimed
thattheshelterhomesin
theareacouldcollective-
ly accommodate 2,115
people on December 23,
the day Saxena paid a
surprise visit to the
sites.
New Delhi (PTI): The
Delhi High Court on
Wednesday sought a
status report from the
city police on a plea by
Vasant Vihar Welfare
Association against the
repeated gathering of
foreign nationals out-
side the offices of the
United Nations High
Commissioner for Ref-
ugees (UNHCR) located
in South Delhi’s Vasant
Vihar.
The association
claimed the large gath-
erings cause constant
nuisance to the resi-
dents of the area who
are unable to commute
because the entire road
in B Block, where the
UNHCR offices are situ-
ated, is blocked.
Justice Prathiba M
Singh issued notice to
the Delhi police on the
association’s plea and
said it shall be ensured
that the “clear” status
of the road, as recorded
in an order passed on
an earlier petition, is
maintained.
NIA’s case untenable, court grants bail to Kashmiri photojournalist
‘MERE ASSUMPTIONS’
No‘dereliction of duty’,says
transferred DUSIB CEO
Gatherings outside UNHCR
office: HC seeks police stand
lll
The NIA had
alleged Dar was
conspiring, both
‘physically and
in cyberspace’,
for undertaking
violent terrorist
acts in Kashmir
and major cities
across India
Manan’s equipment at his residence in Srinagar.—PHOTO BY FPK
Upon analy-
sis of entire
evidence ... it
can be observed that
accusation against the
accused does not ap-
pear to be cogent and
true.
—Shailender Malik
Addl Sessions Judge
Delhi govt not inclined to pay
for arbitral award to DAMEPL
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Delhi
Metro Rail Corporation
(DMRC) on Wednesday
informedtheDelhiHigh
Court that the state gov-
ernment is not willing
to provide it over Rs
3,500 crore towards eq-
uity for payment of the
arbitral award which
was passed in favour of
Reliance Infrastructure-
owned Delhi Metro Ex-
press Private Limited.
The DMRC submitted
the Delhi government
has said that sharehold-
ers cannot be held liable
for payments arising out
of disputes or contrac-
tual defaults, and that
the Corporation may
raise money from the
open market or exter-
nally aided funds or as
loan from the central
government to meet this
liability
. Attorney Gen-
eral R Venkataramani,
representing the DMRC
andtheCentre,informed
Justice Yashwant Var-
ma that the matter is un-
der active deliberation
by the central govern-
ment and hoped the is-
sue will be resolved by
January 16, when the
meeting of the board of
directorsof theCorpora-
tion is likely to be held.
Taking note of the
statement made by the
law officer, the high
court listed the matter
for further hearing on
January 19. The submis-
sions were made by the
DMRC in a pending ap-
plication of the Delhi
Airport Metro Express
Private Limited (DAME-
PL) which said DMRC
paid it only Rs 166.44
crore on March 14, 2022
and sought a direction
for payment of the re-
mainingRs4427.41crore.
The AG apprised the
high court that the Del-
hi government has, in a
December 21, 2022 letter,
informed the DMRC
that “it is not inclined to
provide such money of
Rs 3565.64 crore towards
equity, the purpose of
which is solely to pay
the arbitral amount
with interest.”
“This is very unusual
what is happening and
these are unusual cir-
cumstances. We thought
that GNCTD (Delhi gov-
ernment) will cooperate
with us,” he said.
He said the central
government was seri-
ously considering the
matter and, if the Delhi
government continues
to not participate in eq-
uity contribution, the
Centre will take it to the
logical conclusion.
“The DMRC would
place the letter received
from GNCTD dated De-
cember 21, 2022 before
the meeting of its Board
of Directors, which is
likely to be held on Jan-
uary 16, 2023 and would
seek further direction/
decision from its Board
of Directors, the DMRC
said in an affidavit filed
in the high court.
DELHI METRO RAIL CORPORATION TELLS HIGH COURT
DMRC Managing Director Vikas Kumar and other officials at the 130
metre-long underground pedestrian subway providing connectivity
between Terminal 1- IGI Airport metro station of Magenta Line and
the Arrival Terminal of the Domestic Airport Terminal 1 of IGI Airport,
in New Delhi on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
NEW SUBWAY TO MAGENTA LINE
New Delhi: A subway
was opened at the Indira
Gandhi International
Airport Terminal 1 on
Wednesday to provide
connectivity between
DMRC’s Magenta Line metro station and the
airport arrival area, officials said. Each entry and
exit of the subway has two escalators and two lifts
each, along with a staircase. The lifts which have
been installed in the subway for passenger move-
ment are more spacious than the general lifts
installed in the Metro system and have a capacity
of carrying about 26 people.
This is very unusual what is happening
and these are unusual circumstances. We
thought GNCTD will cooperate with us
—R Venkataramani, Attorney General
Police ASI rams car into
PCR van, 5 other vehicles
New Delhi (PTI): An
Assistant Sub-Inspec-
tor of Delhi Police al-
legedly rammed his car
into six vehicles, in-
cluding a PCR van, with
his car in southwest
Delhi's Dwarka Mor
area late on Tuesday
night, officials said.
Six vehicles, includ-
ing a PCR van, were
damaged when the ASI
rammed them at a red
light in Dwarka Mor,
the police said. The ac-
cident occurred around
12.30 am on Wednesday
.
Three medico-legal
cases have been re-
ceived from hospitals
related to the accident
but none of the injuries
are serious, they added.
The offending car is a
private vehicle of an
ASI of Delhi Police post-
ed in the Outer District,
Deputy Commissioner
of Police (Dwarka) Har-
sha Vardhan said.
He was injured in the
accident. A case has
been registered against
him and further legal
action is being taken.
His blood samples are
being kept for alcohol
content analysis, Vard-
han added.
The ASI was return-
ing from duty when the
accident occurred. He
first hit a car belonging
to an ASI of Sultanpuri
police station. The Sul-
tanpuri police station
ASI’s car then hit an-
other car, leading to a
pileup, the police said.
The accused ASI de-
nied that he was drunk
at the time but said he
got distracted after he
received a call, they
added.
Damaged vehicles at the site after a Delhi Police ASI allegedly
rammed his car into 6 vehicles, in Dwarka Mor. —PHOTO BY PTI
COP SETS HIMSELF ABLAZE,
SAVED BY PCR PERSONNEL
New Delhi (PTI): A Delhi Police head constable
set himself on fire at Rafi Marg here on Wednes-
day, officials said. The constable, identified
as Kuldeep, was saved by the PCR personnel
deployed at the spot, they said. According to
police, Kuldeep has previously also attempted
to set himself ablaze but the reason behind it is
unknown. The head constable, who was posted at
the secretariat security, is currently under suspen-
sion, a senior police officer said. He did not suffer
any major injuries but received burns on his neck
and chest, he said.
New Delhi (ANI): The
Delhi Police on Wednes-
daysaidtheheadconsta-
ble in the Israeli Embas-
sy residential complex
allegedly shot himself
and died by suicide in
the national capital.
The deceased Head
Constable was in the se-
curity unit of Delhi Po-
lice and was posted as a
security officer in the
IsraeliEmbassyresiden-
tial complex in Vasant
Vihar area of South Del-
hi. The police said that
they have not recovered
any suicide note and
they had started investi-
gatingthematterassoon
astheyreceivedthecom-
plaint in the morning.
Based on the prelimi-
nary probe, it seems that
the head constable died
by suicide because of
personal and domestic
reasons, though the ac-
tual reason will be
known after the investi-
gation completes, police
officials said.
Head constable posted
at Israeli Embassy shot
himself: Delhi Police
ASIdeniesbeing
drunk, says got
distractedbycall
HOME GUARDS DEFEND THEIR JOBS
About 200 Delhi
Home Guards
on Wednesday
gathered in Civil
Lines area to
protest against
the Kejriwal
government
and demanded
that they not be
removed from
their jobs.
—PHOTO
BY PTI
LG Vinai Kumar Saxena meets a homeless person during his visit
to a night shelter on December 23. —PHOTO BY ANI
Afghan refugees outside the UNHCR office in Vasant Vihar on
Wednesday. —FILE PHOTO
New Delhi (PTI): With
air pollution in Delhi-
NCR ameliorating, the
Centre's air quality pan-
el on Wednesday direct-
ed authorities to lift the
curbs imposed in Delhi-
NCR under stage III of
the Graded Response
Action Plan, including a
ban on non-essential
construction and demo-
lition work.
Delhi's 24-hr average
AQI stood at 343 at 4 pm,
improving from 385 on
Tuesday
. An AQI be-
tween 301 and 400 is con-
sidered 'very poor', and
401 and 500 'severe'.
New Delhi (PTI): Five
security guards were
injured in a clash with
vendors near India
Gate, police said on
Wednesday. The inci-
dent took place on Tues-
day at Children Park on
Shahjahan Road, they
said.
A clash broke out be-
tween private security
guards and vendors as
they were not allowed to
sell eatables in the area,
DCP (New Delhi) Pra-
nav Tayal said.
The India Gate
stretch is a no-vending
zone, the police said.
Non-essential
construction
ban lifted
At India Gate,
guards clash
with vendors
New Delhi (PTI): Re-
tired High Court judge
Rajeev Shrivastva has
been appointed as new
chairman of the Delhi
Electricity Regulatory
Commission (DERC).
CM Arvind Kejriwal,
in a tweet, extended his
best wishes to Justice
(retired) Shrivastava
for a successful tenure
as the DERC chairman.
Retd HC judge is
new DERC chief

New Delhi(PTI): The
family doctor of the
woman, who was killed
after being hit and
dragged by a car here,
rejected her friend's
claims that she was
heavily drunk on the
night of the incident,
saying the autopsy re-
port did not find any
trace of alcohol.
The victim's friend,
riding pillion on her
scooty, had told the me-
dia that Anjali was
drunk and had insisted
on driving the two-
wheeler that night.
Anjali was killed in
the early hours of the
New Year after her
scooter was hit by a car,
whichdraggedherfor12
km. Her body was found
in Delhi's Kanjhawala.
“According to the au-
topsy report, there was
food inside the stomach.
If she were drunk, the
report would have men-
tioned the presence of a
chemical. But the report
says only food has been
detected (inside the
stomach),” Dr Bhupesh
told reporters. He said
this was not a normal
murder.
“A murder is consid-
ered sadistic when a
victim is brutally tor-
tured before death. As
per the autopsy report,
she suffered 40 inju-
ries,” the doctor said.
The victim's friend
had earlier said the ac-
cused killed her delib-
erately as they kept
driving despite know-
ing she was stuck un-
der the vehicle.
CAPITOL
03
New Delhi (PTI): A
19-year-old woman has
accused her neighbour
in east Delhi's Pandav
Nagar here of threat-
ening her with “acid
attack” if she did not
marry him, police said
on Wednesday.
The matter came to
light on Sunday after
the victim filed a com-
plaint, they said, add-
ing efforts are on to nab
the accused.
In her complaint, the
victim alleged that
Yagvender Yadav (27),
who runs a grocery
shop with his father in
the area, had threat-
ened her that he will
throw acid on her if
she does not marry
him, they said.
The accused and the
victim are known to
each other, police said.
On Sunday, Yadav
asked the victim to
come along with him
but when she refused,
he threatened her by
saying that he was car-
rying acid with him,
police said.
A case was regis-
tered against the ac-
cused under sections
341 (wrongful restraint)
and 506 (criminal in-
timidation) of the IPC,
DCP (East) Amrutha
Guguloth said.
Subsequently, after
the victim's statement
was recorded by the
magistrate, sections
354B (assault or use of
criminal force to wom-
an with intent to dis-
robe) and 354D (stalk-
ing) were added to the
FIR, the DCP said.
Womanstabbedby
friendfollowingtiff
New Delhi (PTI): A
21-year-old woman was
allegedly stabbed by her
friendfollowingafallout
between them in north-
west Delhi's Adarsh Na-
gar, police said on
Wednesday
.Theincident
took place on Monday
afternoon. Accused,
Sukhvinder Singh (22),
has been arrested, the
police said and added
that the victim's condi-
tion was stable.
Singh and the victim
had been friends for a
long time but the victim
ostensibly stopped talk-
ing to him after a minor
argument.
On Monday, Singh
called her near her
house and confronted
her for not talking to
him. When she re-
mained quiet, Singh
stabbed her and fled, the
police said.
Deputy Commission-
er of Police (Northwest)
Usha Rangnani said a
case under Section 307
(attempt to murder) of
the Indian Penal Code
wasregisteredatAdarsh
Nagar police station.
The accused was ap-
prehended on Tuesday
while he was returning
to Delhi from Ambala,
she said.
19-year-old woman gets ‘acid
attack’ threat from neighbour
CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN SPIRAL OUT OF CONTROL IN NATIONAL CAPITAL
DCW NOTICE TO DCP
Taking suo-moto cognizance of the matter, Delhi
Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Mali-
wal issued a notice to the DCP of the east district.
The Commission has sought a copy of the FIR
along with details of arrests made in the matter
along with the details of security provided to the
woman. The panel has also sought an action-taken
report in the matter by January 6.
We are receiving such types of
cases on a daily basis. I do not
know when this brutality against
women and girls will stop!
We need to make our system
more effective to deal with
such cases. The accused
should be arrested and
strict action should be
taken against him. The
girl must be provided
security as he has
threatened an acid
attack on her!
Maliwal said.
Efforts on to nab
27-year-old
accused, who
reportedly runs
a grocery shop in
Pandav Nagar
Autopsy report didn’t find alcohol in
victim’s stomach,says family doc
Family members of Anjali Singh, during a visit by DyCM Manish
Sisodia at her residence, at Sultanpuri, New Delhi, Wednesday.
According to
the autopsy
report, there
was food inside the
stomach. If she were
drunk, the report
would have mentioned
presence of a chemical.
—Dr Bhupesh,
Family doctor of victim
Dy CM Manish Sisodia visits family
New Delhi (ANI): Dep-
uty Chief Minister
Manish Sisodia visited
the residence of the vic-
tim. “It is a horrific in-
cident. The 20-year-old
was the only earning
member of the family.
She had siblings and
the entire incident is
saddening, said Siso-
dia after meeting the
family. Manish Sisodia
said earlier CM Kejri-
wal had met with the
deceased's mother and
assured her that her
medical treatment
would be taken care of.
The deceased's mother
is reportedly suffering
from kidney related ail-
ments and is undergo-
ing dialysis treatment.
“The Delhi govern-
ment will take care of
her dialysis treatment,”
said Sisodia.
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia arrives to meet the family
members of the victim on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi
Commission for Women
chief Swati Maliwal on
Wednesdayurgedpeople
to stop questioning the
moralsof theKanjhawla
victim in the aftermath
of claims made by her
friend who was accom-
panying her at the time
of the accident.
Anjali's friend has
put the blame on her.
She was with Anjali
when the accident hap-
pened. She left from the
spot and went home.
Didn't she feel the need
to inform police or An-
jali's family about what
had happened?
“She could have fol-
lowed the car that was
dragging Anjali, who
must have been crying
for help. She could have
done something so that
Anjali's life could be
saved. What kind of
friend is she?,” Maliwal
said.
Maliwal said Singh
died a painful death and
she should not suffer
‘character assassina-
tion’.“Shediedapainful
death. She was dragged
on Delhi's roads for 12
kms and her body was
foundnaked.Theclaims
of her friend need to be
probed. Anjali should
not be blamed for what
happened to her. The ac-
cused should be
hanged,” Maliwal said.
Stop questioning victim’s character: DCW chief
New Delhi (ANI): In a
major development into
the Kanjhawala death
case, the Forensic Sci-
ence Laboratory on
Wednesday said that
initial examination
suggests no sign of the
woman present inside
the car has been found
so far. It further said
that the woman was
stuck onto the front left
wheel of the vehicle as
most blood stains were
found behind the front
left wheel.
No sign of
victim present
inside car: FSL
HOW DO GIRLS GET OUT OF HOUSE?
SAURABH BHARDWAJ SLAMS BJP, LG
New Delhi: AAP National Spokesperson Saurabh
Bhardwaj on Wednesday slammed BJP and Delhi
LG over the recent incidents of crime against women
and questioned How do girls get out of the house?.
He alleged BJP and LG have made Delhi a Jungle
Raj. Taking to Twitter, Bhardwaj said, One more
case - Attack on girl in broad daylight - What are BJP
and LG doing? BJP and LG sir have made Delhi a
Jungle Raj. How do girls get out of house? he added
SHOW OF CONCERN
AAP activists take out a candle march to demand justice for Anjali Singh, at Jantar Mantar in
New Delhi on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Delhi shiv-
ered at 4.4 degrees Cel-
siusonWednesday
,mak-
ing it the coldest day of
the season. Delhi's min-
imum temperature in
the morning was lower
than of Dharamsala (5.2
degrees) and Nainital (6
degrees Celsius).
A dense layer of fog
lowered visibility to 200
metres, affecting the
movement of road and
rail traffic. At least 19
trains were delayed by
one-and-a-half to four-
and-a-half hours due to
the foggy weather, a
Railways spokesperson
said. With frosty winds
from the Himalayas
barrelling through the
plains, the Safdarjung
observatory saw the
minimum temperature
plummet to 4.4 degrees
Celsius from 8.5 degrees
a day ago.
The Delhi Ridge
weather station near
DU recorded a cold
wave with a minimum
temperature of 3.3 de-
grees Celsius, the low-
est in the capital on
Wednesday
.
“A cold wave is pre-
vailing in Delhi and
maximum tempera-
tures are also low, lead-
ing to cold day condi-
tions. Most places are
likely to record maxi-
mum temperatures be-
tween 13 and 15 degrees
C,” IMD Scientist RK
Jenamani said.
Orange alert: Season’s lowest of 4.4o
C in Delhi
New Delhi (PTI): Hair
and bone samples sent
for DNA mitochondrial
profiling by police have
been confirmed to be of
Shraddha Walkar who
was killed by her
28-year-old live-in part-
ner Aaftab Amin Poon-
awala, a senior official
said here on Wednesday
.
The bones and hair
were recovered during
searches from forest ar-
easof DelhiNCRinclud-
ing Gurgaon and Meh-
rauli, the police said.
Hair, bones
confirmed to
be Shraddha’s
Anshika, sister of Anjali, being taken away after she fainted
during a visit by DyCM Manish Sisodia at her residence in
Sultanpuri area of New Delhi on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
The woman
complainant
said Yagvender
threatened to
throw acid on
her if she didn’t
marry him
A vendor serves tea to customers during a cold winter morning, in New Delhi on Wednesday. A
labourer wrapped in a blanket walks at a market on Wednesday morning. —PHOTOS BY PTI
A cold wave is
prevailing and
maximum
temperatures are also
low, leading to cold day
conditions. Most places
are likely to record
maximum tempera-
tures between 13 and 15
degrees C.
—RK Jenamani
Senior Scientist, IMD
Greater Noida (ANI):
A search and rescue op-
eration by forest depart-
ment officials contin-
ued on Wednesday after
a leopard was spotted in
the basement of a resi-
dential complex here a
day ago.
There was panic
among residents where
the leopard was spotted.
Seven teams have
been working in the res-
cue operation and have
been deployed at the
spot since yesterday
night, said DFO, Gau-
tam Buddha Nagar,
Pramod Srivastava.
Search on for
leopard seen at
Gr Noida society New Delhi (PTI): Only
41 per cent of the over
8,500 trees transplant-
ed in Delhi using mod-
ern technology in the
April-September peri-
od last year have
survived, according to
the Delhi govern-
ment's outcome budget
for first two quarters
of the current finan-
cial year.
According to the gov-
ernment data, 64 per
cent of the 3,457 trees
transplanted in 2021-22
have survived.
Between April and
September last year,
8,508 trees were trans-
planted using modern
technology and only 41
per cent are alive. A to-
tal of 23 projects re-
quiring translocation
of trees were approved
during the period.
‘Only 41% transplanted
trees survived in 2022’
According to the
forest dept, only
33.33 per cent of
the 16,461 trees
transplanted in
Delhi over the
last 3 years have
survived

PERSPECTIVE
04
his karyakarta from Gujarat
shares with us how Narendra
bhai is the perfect karyakarta
and how he lives by his ideals.
Narendra bhai has been the
guiding light for her when it
came to ways of accomplish-
ing work at the ground level
with precision. What stands
out about Narendra bhai is
his humility and sense of
gratitude for every single per-
son who has touched his life
in a positive way
.
Once an Akhil Bhartiya
Sammelan had to be organ-
ized in Karnavati. Narendra
bhai was working with us, I
would say in the capacity of
anadvisorandhewouldguide
as about the fundamentals of
organizing such an event. At
that time, I was a total newbie,
a novice in such work. I had
no idea how to proceed in this
regard and had not taken up a
lot of responsibility
.
Soon it was time for the
baithak to commence. We
would get information and
guidelines about all the work
that had to be completed and
we would accomplish all of
that at the ground level. Now
Narendra bhai used to be pre-
sent in the meetings and we
were all answerable for our
tasks and of course, to the
questions that Narendra bhai
would put up to us. So it hap-
pened, Narendra bhai asked
me, “Saroj ji, so what about
the mahila baithak (meeting
of women)?Wasitconvened?”
I replied in the affirmative.
Next question, “So Saroji ji,
how many behene (sisters) at-
tended the meeting?” “About
20-22”, I answered cheerfully
.
Suddenly he asked me, “Were
there 20 or 22?” Now I was
confounded. I did not have the
exact answer for this ques-
tion. In my notes I had jotted
down 20-22 women attended
the meet. But I just did not
remember exactly if they
were 20 or 22. So this is the
first lessons he taught me. Al-
ways be prepared with an ex-
act answer. Narendra bhai is
not someone who will take
terminological inexactitude
or imprecision in work light-
ly. If you are not prepared,
you are sure to flounder.
I am happy that I got a lot of
guidance and support from
him. It was Narendra bhai
from whom I learnt how to
take down meeting notes, how
totakedownnumberswithac-
curacyinthemeetingregister
andhowtomeetworkexpecta-
tions. If I have been allotted
somework,thenhowIamsup-
posed to accomplish with per-
fection, this is something I
learnt from him. Narendra
bhai was never satisfied with
work done at a superficial
level. He expected us to dive
deep down in our allotted
tasks, understand the specif-
ics and come up with details
that were exact and precise.
Icanneverforgetthewayhe
guided us with the minutest
details possible for the sam-
melan. Often, we would be
scratching our heads, wonder-
inghowwemissedoutonsome
minute but vital aspects that
Narendrabhaiwouldpointout
to us with such simplicity and
in a matter-of-fact tone!
I remember in 1980s there
was an event in Aurangabad
and Narendra bhai was one
of the speakers in that event.
The subject for discussion
was “Karyakarta” – what are
the qualities of a good kar-
yakarta, the duties and re-
sponsibilities of a karyakar-
ta, who actually is a kar-
yakarta, what is the differ-
ence between a swayamsevak
and a karyakarta- and the
way Narendra bhai dealt with
each of these minor aspects
was stupendous. His talk was
remarkable for not just rhe-
torical finesse but for the way
in which he explained and
defined the concept of kar-
yakarta. And you know what,
Narendra bhai’s speech is
never something that would
appeal to you at just the intel-
lectual level. It will stir your
soul, in fact your entire being
will be captivated to the point
of numbness when you listen
to him. This happens because
when he speaks, he speaks
from his soul. Narendra bhai,
during this talk, became so
full of emotion himself, it was
as if someone had immersed
fully in the waters of duty,
service and responsibilities
of a karyakarta that every
word of his talk was coming
straight from the depth of
Narendra bhai’s core. He had
become the spirit incarnate
of karyakarta!
It is indeed rare to someone
as eloquent, spontaneous and
deeplikeNarendrabhai.Also,
this speech by Narendra bhai
about karyakarta was so im-
pressive because every drop
of his blood is steeped in the
selfless duties and devotion of
a karyakarta. These quintes-
sential qualities of a kar-
yakarta that Narendra bhai
enumerated in his speech that
day have served as the light-
house for him, irrespective of
his stature in politics. Wheth-
er as CM or as PM, he has al-
ways served the country as
the perfect karyakarta. When
Narendra bhai says that a kar-
yakarta behaves with equa-
nimity with only his goal in
sight, irrespective of whether
he is praised or censured, we
know he has lived by this
quality practically every day
of his life.
There is a saying in Mar-
athi which translates to “Go
and serve Brahmgyaan to
people. But within your own
being you are as blank as a
rock.” We use this often to re-
fer to people who do not prac-
tice what they preach. But
Narendra bhai stands apart
from everyone as the lone
stalwart who will never utter
a word that is untrue to his
own persona, his thoughts,
his ideas and his actions.
Last but not least, with
great fondness I recollect the
lunch at CM house for which
he had invited all the promi-
nent women karyakartas. No
prominent dignitary had ever
invited us to their residence
in the past, not even the May-
or, who had eventually be-
come my friend. So after pre-
senting a bouquet to Naren-
dra bhai, we shared with him
our happiness and our sense
of disbelief that a CM should
invite us. Do you know what
his response was to this? My
eyes filled with tears when I
heard him say
, “When I was a
pracharak, every one of you
has served me food at your
home. And from each one of
those interactions, I gained
one valuable thought. This
lunch today is my way of ex-
pressing my gratitude to each
one of you for helping me de-
velop mentally, physically
and spiritually.” I only pray
that Narendra bhai continues
to serve our country with his
selfless sense of devotion and
may he be blessed with suc-
cess in all his endeavours!
TO BE CONTINUED...
UNTOLD STORIES OF PM MODI - PART 25
‘MODI HAI TO MUMKIN HAI…’
COMPILED AND EDITED BY
SHASHIKANT SHARMA
AND SHWETA SHARMA
T
THE PERFECT
‘KARYAKARTA’
FOR MAA
BHARATI’S
‘KARYA’!
Our PM is the perfect
karyakarta in whose
veins flows unconditional
love for his motherland!
NaMo
YOU READ PART-24 ON DECEMBER 26, 2022
‘NARENDRA BHAI STANDS
APART FROM EVERYONE’
‘NARENDRA HAS BEEN GUIDING LIGHT’
N
arendra bhai has been the guiding light for her when
it came to ways of accomplishing work at the ground
level with precision. What stands out about Narendra
bhai is his humility and sense of gratitude for every single
person who has touched his life in a positive way.
T
here is a saying in Marathi
which translates to “Go and
serve Brahmgyaan to people.
But within your own being you are as
blank as a rock.” We use this often to
refer to people who do not practice
what they preach. But Narendra bhai
stands apart from everyone as the lone
stalwart who will never utter a word
that is untrue to his own persona, his
thoughts, his ideas and his actions.
Go and serve Brahmgyaan to
people. But within your own
being you are as blank as a rock.
—SAROJ MUJUMDAR
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
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Himachal Pradesh
(ANI): Himachal
Pradesh Chief Minister
Sukhvinder Singh
Sukhu on Wednesday
launched ‘Haath se
Haath Jodo Abhiyan’ in
Dharamshala’s Kangra
district, calling the
campaign an extension
of Congress’ Bharat
Jodo Yatra.
CM Sukhu asked the
party workers to or-
chestrate strategies for
Abhiyan’s advertising,
involving print and
electronic media in its
promotion, including
creating Whatsapp
groups at the village
level.
The campaign will
commence in the state
on Republic Day, i.e.
January 26 and is ex-
pected to reach upto the
village and block level
in two months.
“At least one meeting
must be ensured in eve-
ry village under ‘Haath
Se Haath Jodo’ Abhi-
yan,” Sukhu said.
Co-in charge of Con-
gress for Himachal
Pradesh, Sanjay Dutt,
presented a detailed
outline of the events
planned during the
campaign.
Earlier, while speak-
ing to ANI, Digvijaya
Singh told that the prep-
arations have been
made for the ‘Haath se
Haath Jodo Abhiyan’
and a door-to-door cam-
paign will be held after
January 30. “We will
spread the message of
Rahul Gandhi and his
yatra among everyone,”
said Singh.
Sukhu, on his first
visit to Dharamshala on
January 3, addressed
the ‘Jan Aabhar Rally’,
where he expressed
gratitude to the people
of Kangra district for
their massive mandate
in favour of the Con-
gress Party in the re-
cently held assembly
elections.
Sukhu launches ‘Haath Se Haath Jodo Abhiyan’
EXTENSION OF BHARAT JODO YATRA
Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu launching campaign in Dharmshala.
IN THE COURTYARD
CBI MOVES PLEA IN SC CHALLENGING BAIL
GRANTED TO I-T OFFICIAL IN GUJARAT
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on
Wednesday moved a plea in the Supreme Court challeng-
ing a Gujarat High Court’s decision
granting anticipatory bail to Addi-
tional Commissioner of Income Tax
Ahmedabad, Santosh Karnani, who
has been accused in a corruption case.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta men-
tioned the plea before a bench headed by Chief Justice DY
Chandrachud, who agreed to list the matter. Mehta apprised
the bench that there is tutoring of witnesses and even CBI
officials are being approached.
SC REJECTS PLEA TO NOT CONSIDER LAWYERS IN
TOP COURT FOR JUDGESHIP IN HIGH COURTS
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has dismissed with a cost
of Rs 50,000 a plea seeking a direction to not consider
advocates practising in the apex court for judgeship in the
high courts, saying it is “meritless” and “complete wastage
of judicial time”. A bench of Justices
SK Kaul and AS Oka observed there
is nothing in the Constitution which
prohibits lawyers practising in the
top court to be appointed as a judge
of the high courts. Advocate Ashok Pandey, who filed the
petition, had argued his petition citing Article 217 of the
Constitution.
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Wednesday granted
regular bail to Khushi Dubey,
widow of Amar Dubey, an
aide and relative of the slain
gangster Vikas Dubey. A
bench of Chief Justice of
India DY Chandrachud while
granting bail took note of the
fact that Khushi Dubey was
16-17 years of age at the
time of the commission of
the offence. It said the trial
court would be setting the
terms for her release.
‘SAAMANA’ EDITORIAL
SLAMS SC DECISION
ON DEMONETISATION
Maharashtra: In a strong
dissent to the Supreme
Court’s decision on demon-
etisation, Shiv Sena in its
mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ on
Wednesday said that calling
the government decision
“valid” means to “support
the economic massacre of
the country”. The editorial
termed the demonetisation
“economic terrorism” and
said, “To say that the deci-
sion of demonetisation is
valid is like supporting the
economic massacre of the
country. One has to bow
before the decision of the
Supreme Court, saying, in
the case of demonetisation,
Modi is right.”
Uttar Pradesh: The
Rahul Gandhi-led
Bharat Jodo Yatra re-
sumed from Uttar
Pradesh’s Mavikala vil-
lage Wednesday morn-
ing. The Yatra began
following a fireworks
display at the village in
the early hours. The
Yatra, which entered
Uttar Pradesh Tuesday
afternoon, will pass
through Niwara, Sa-
roorpoor, and Baraut
and will halt for the day
in Ailum. As the yatra
resumed in Uttar
Pradesh, Congress said
it aims to uproot hatred
from the state.
Rahul will walk
through Uttar Pradesh
for the next two days.
His Yatra will re-enter
Haryana on January 6,
after which it is likely
to be in Punjab from
January 11 to 20, with a
day in Himachal
Pradesh on January 19.
According to party lead-
ers, the Yatra will ar-
rive at Jammu and
Kashmir’s Kathua dis-
trict on January 20 and
conclude in Srinagar on
January 30.
IN UTTAR PRADESH LEG OF YATRA,
RaGa WALKS AGAINST ‘HATRED’
AAP announces major
reshuffle in Guj unit
Europeans needed wake-up call:
EAM on emerging new world order
Vienna: External Af-
fairs Minister S Jais-
hankar advised the Eu-
ropean countries on the
new world order, the
Ukraine war, and the
Chinese challenge and
apprised that they need
a wake-up call to under-
stand the shaking up of
international order, re-
ported Die Presse.
He said, “ Europeans
needed a wake-up call to
understand that the dif-
ficult aspects of life are
not always taken care
of by others, adding, no
region will be stable if
dominated by a single
power.”
Gujarat (ANI): In a ma-
jor reshuffle in the par-
ty’s Gujarat unit, Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP) on
Wednesday appointed
Gopal Italia as the na-
tional joint secretary
.
According to the official
statement of the party,
GopalItaliawhowasthe
state president of Guja-
rat AAP has been made
the national joint secre-
tary
. Italia will also be a
co-in charge of AAP in
Maharashtra. Isudan
Gadhvi, the CM face of
the party in the latest
state assembly elec-
tions, has been appoint-
ed as the state president
of the party
. Apart from
the President, the Aam
Aadmi Party has divid-
ed Gujarat organiza-
tionally into six zones
with separate working
presidentsforeachzone.
After winning five seats
in Gujarat, the AAP got
the status of a ‘national
party’.
Karnataka CM Bommai hits back at Siddaramaiah
Karnataka: Karnata-
ka Chief Minister Basa-
varaj Bommai, hitting
back at opposition lead-
er Siddaramaiah’s state-
ment comparing him to
a puppy, said that the
peopleof thestatewould
give a fitting reply to the
Congress leader in the
upcoming assembly
election.
Reacting to Siddara-
maiah’s statement com-
paring the Karnataka
CM to a puppy
, CM Bom-
mai told reporters that
it shows the personality
of the Congress leader.
“The dog is a faithful
animal and it’s doing its
job faithfully
. I will save
by faithfulness for the
sake of people. I have
not divided society as
Siddaramaiah did. We
have given people happi-
ness and not the misfor-
tune that was given by
them. This kind of job is
not done by us.”
OBC RESERVATION IN
URBAN POLLS: SP
FILES SLP IN COURT
New Delhi: Samajwadi
Party on Wednesday filed
a SLP in the SC, opposing
the Allahabad High Court’s
Lucknow bench order
to hold the urban body
elections without reserva-
tions for Other Backward
Classes.Advocate Rajpal
Kashyap, representing
the party, said, “On the
direction of Samajwadi
Party chief Akhilesh Yadav,
we have filed SLP in SC.
We hope that the court’s
verdict would preserve
reservations for OBC.”
BJY RESUMES FROM
MAVIKALA, RAGA’S
LOOK-ALIKE JOINS
Uttar Pradesh: Rahul
Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo
Yatra resumes from Ma-
vikala in Baghpat District
in Uttar Pradesh today
morning. Rahul Gandhi’s
look-alike Faisal Chowdhury
who is a party worker from
Meerut Congress also joined
the Yatra today. The Yatra
will cover the stretch from
Mavikala to Baraut today.
The Yatra was initiated with
a fireworks display.Bharat
Jodo Yatra entered its Uttar
Pradesh leg on Tuesday
afternoon after starting
from the Marghat Hanuman
temple, in Delhi.
JAISHANKAR
MEETS NADELLA
New Delhi: External Affairs
Minister S Jaishankar met
Microsoft Chief Executive
Officer (CEO) Satya Na-
della on Wednesday and
discussed several issues
including governance
and security in the digital
domain.“Great to meet
Chairman and CEO of
Microsoft Corporation @
satyanadella. Discussed
delivery, governance and
security in the digital do-
main,” Jaishankar tweeted.
HC REJECTS MONDAL‘S
BAIL PLEA IN CATTLE
SMUGGLING CASE
Kolkata: The Calcutta HC
rejected a bail prayer of
TMC leader Anubrata Mon-
dal, who was arrested by
the CBI in connection with
an alleged cattle smuggling
case.Mondal had prayed
for bail, submitting that he
has been in custody for
over 145 days. The CBI
opposed the prayer, claim-
ing that he may derail the
investigation into the cattle
smuggling case by trying
to influence witnesses
being probed by it.
HC QUASHES
GENDER BIASED
WELFARE NORM
Bengaluru: A married
daughter remains a
daughter in the same
manner that a married
son remains a son,
the Karnataka HC has
ruled while quash-
ing a Sainik Welfare
Board guideline
that barred married
daughters from avail-
ing dependent cards.
RELIEF TO RAWAT
AS SC SETS
ASIDE CBI PROBE
New Delhi: The SC
on Wednesday set
aside an order of the
Uttarakhand High
Court which directed
the Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI)
to investigate cor-
ruption allegations
against former chief
minister Trivendra
Singh Rawat.
BHARAT JODO YATRA
Rahul Gandhi during the party’s Bharat JodoYatra,at Mavikala,in Baghpat onWednesday.
—PHOTO BY ANI
FARMERS WELCOME RAHUL GANDHI
WITH TROLLEYS FULL OF FLOWERS
Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat
Jodo Yatra reached Uttar
Pradesh’s Mavikala village
on Tuesday night. After
the night halt, the yatra
resumed its journey from
Baghpat district at 6 am
today with a grand fireworks
display. Farmers from
nearby areas welcomed
Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi, who is leading the
yatra, with tractor trolleys
filled with flowers.Accord-
ing to the farmers, Rahul
Gandhi should walk not on
the streets but on a path
of flowers, and so they
got 4 quintals of flowers
to the yatra. Congress
Baghpat district unit Chief
Yunus Chowdhary said
the yatra will enter Baraut
town later in the day where
Rahul Gandhi will address a
gathering of people before
leaving for Shamli district.
The foot march entered Ut-
tar Pradesh on Tuesday via
Ghaziabad’s Loni border.
CONGRESS FORMS COMMITTEE TO
EVALUATE GUJ ASSEMBLY RESULTS
New Delhi: The Congress
on Wednesday set up a
three-member fact-finding
committee to evaluate the
party’s performance in the
recently concluded Gu-
jarat assembly elections
and suggest corrective
measures. The committee
will be chaired by former
Maharashtra minister Ni-
tin Raut, who also heads
the party’s SC depart-
ment. The other members
of the committee are
Shakeel Ahmad Khan and
Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka,
an official communication
from the party said. “The
Congress president has
constituted a fact-finding
committee to evaluate
the results of the recently
concluded assembly
elections in Gujarat and
suggest measures to be
taken, with immediate
effect,” it said.
Naddatoaddress119
boothworkersonJan7
New Delhi (ANI):
BJP National Presi-
dent JP Nadda will
connect with 119 as-
sembly booth-level
presidents and work-
ers through video
conferencing, on Jan-
uary 7 in Telangana,
according to party
sources. The BJP Na-
tional President aims
to connect with the
workers, who are ex-
pected to be in thou-
sands. All partici-
pants will connect
from their respective
centres through vid-
eo conferencing and
approximately, three
to four thousand peo-
ple will join in each
assembly
.
A senior BJP lead-
er informed that the
party is gearing up to
overthrow the KCR
govt in Telangana
and this is the reason
why BJP is continu-
ously doing one pro-
gram after another in
Telangana. Many im-
portant programs
and schemes have
been set by BJP for
Telangana. BJP is
completely focused
on the upcoming as-
sembly elections.
‘Vistarak Yojna’ to strengthen
party for Assembly, LS polls
New Delhi: Ahead of
the upcoming Assem-
bly elections in nine
states and the Lok
Sabha elections in
2024, the Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP)
has decided to deploy
a force of about 3,000
‘Vistaraks’ (expan-
sionists) across the
country to strength-
en the party, sources
said.Assembly elec-
tions are going to be
held in Madhya
Pradesh, Tripura,
Karnataka, Megha-
laya, Nagaland, Mizo-
ram, Rajasthan, Tel-
angana, and Chhat-
tisgarh. Out of these,
the BJP or its allies
rule all, save Ra-
jasthan and Chhattis-
garh (Congress) and
Telangana (Bharati-
ya Rashtra Samithi).
As per sources, these
Vistaraks will work
closely with the or-
ganisation at the lo-
cal level in each as-
sembly and Lok Sab-
ha constituency and
will report directly to
the central leader-
ship. They are also
expected to prepare a
ground report for the
party ahead of the
polls.
BJP National President JP Nadda
DOG IS FAITHFUL, WILL DO MY JOB
FAITHFULLY: BOMMAI ON ‘PUPPY’ REMARK
Karnataka: Karnataka Chief
Minister Basavraj Bommai
on Wednesday hit out at
the Leader of Opposition
Siddaramaiah and said that
the people of Karnataka will
give a fitting reply to Sid-
daramaiah in the Assembly
elections. The statement
comes in the backdrop of
Senior Congress leader
Siddaramaiah stroking a
controversy after he said CM
Bommai and BJP leaders
shiver like “puppy” in front
of Prime Minister Narendra
Modi. Reacting to Siddara-
maiah’s statement of com-
paring the CM to a puppy,
Bommai told reporters here
on Wednesday, “It will show
the personality of the Con-
gress leader. The dog is a
faithful animal and it’s doing
its job faithfully. I will save
by faithfulness for the sake
of people. I have not divided
society as Siddaramaiah did.
We have given happiness
and not the misfortune given
by them. This kind of job is
not done by us”.On Siddara-
maiah inviting him for an
open debate, Bommai said
there is no big forum than
the Vdiahana Soudha.
Basavaraj Bommai
S Jaishankar meets Satya
Nadella, in New Delhi on
Wednesday.
SC GRANTS BAIL TO
RELATIVE OF SLAIN
GANGSTER DUBEY
INDIA
05
New Delhi (PTI): Aam
Aadmi Party communica-
tions in-charge Vijay Nair
on Wednesday told a Delhi
court that no purpose will
be served by keeping him
in custody any further and
urged for bail in a money
laundering case related to
the Delhi excise policy.
Nair made the submission
before Special Judge MK
Nagpal. Senior Advocate
Rebecca John, appearing
for the accused, told the
court the investigation was
already complete. The court
adjourned the matter for
January 13 after the ED
sought time to argue on the
application.
HC PERMITS‘DOG
AMMA’ TO PUT UP
TARPAULIN ROOF
New Delhi (PTI): Octo-
genarian Pratima Devi,
known as “Dog Amma”,
was on Wednesday
permitted by the Delhi HC
to live under a tarpaulin
shelter for the time being
after local authorities
bulldozed her makeshift
shelter in Saket that also
housed 200 stray dogs.
Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri
asked the Delhi govern-
ment and MCD to consider
her rehabilitation.
EXCISE SCAM: AAP’S
VIJAY NAIR’S URGES
COURT FOR BAIL

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New Delhi: After suc-
cessfully launching
one satellite every
week in 2022, Elon
Musk’s SpaceX is in no
mood of taking any
breaks. The Aerospace
company has launched
114 satellites in the
first mission of 2023
crossing the milestone
of the 200th successful
launch in its space ex-
ploration history.
The Transporter mis-
sion was the sixth dedi-
cated smallsat ride-
share mission for the
company, which lifted
off from Space Launch
Complex 40 at Cape Ca-
naveral Space Force Sta-
tion in Florida. SpaceX
used its Falcon-9 rocket
to launch the satellites
into Low Earth Orbit
and said that this was
the fifteenth launch and
landing of this Falcon 9
stage booster.
“Falcon 9 carried 114
spacecraft to orbit that
was set to deploy across
82 deployments, 78 of
which have been con-
firmed. Teams are con-
tinuing to review data
for the remaining pay-
loads, though it may
take customers some
time to provide addi-
tional information on
the status of their pay-
loads,” SpaceX said in a
statement. Among the
114 satellites, about
three dozen were Earth-
observing satellites,
which are the size of a
loaf of bread. These sat-
ellites are built and op-
erated by the San Fran-
cisco-based company
Planet. While the com-
pany launched 114 satel-
lites, it still lags behind
its own record of lifting
off 143 satellites to
space in a single mis-
sion.
The first launch of
the year comes on the
back of 61 successful
launches in 2022.
SpaceX launches 114 satellites in 1st mission of 2023
MARKING SUCCESS
lll
The Aerospace
company has
launched 114
satellites in the
first mission of
2023 crossing
the milestone of
the 200th
successful
launch
New Delhi: A Gujarat bill facilitating registration of criminal
cases against persons who stage protests in violation of
Section 144 of the CrPC has received
Presidential assent, officials said
Wednesday. The Code of Criminal
Procedure (Gujarat Amendment)
Bill, 2021, was passed by the State
Assembly in March last year. The bill
seeks to make any violation of prohib-
itory orders issued under Section 144
CrPC a cognisable offence under IPC Section 188 (disobedi-
ence to an order duly promulgated by a public servant).
Uttarakhand: Former Chief Minister and senior Congress
leader Harish Rawat sat on an hour-long silent fast at his
residence in Dehradun in support of
the people of Banbhulpura of Hald-
wani. Stating that the matter was in
front of the Honourable SC, he said,
“We are praying to god for justice.
We are hoping that nothing happens
to the homes of people.” He further
said that through the silent fast, he
urges the Chief Minister of the state
to intervene. “The CM is the guardian of the state. My silent
fast for an hour is dedicated to the Chief Minister,” he said.
PREZ APPROVES GUJ BILL GIVING POWER
TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST PROTESTERS
FORMER U’KHAND CM SITS ON SILENT
FAST TO SUPPORT HALDWANI PROTESTERS
EIGHT CRPF COMPANIES WILL BE DEPLOYED FROM NEARBY LOCATIONS IN JAMMU KASHMIR
CENTRE SENDS 18 ADDITIONAL CRPF TROOPS
New Delhi (ANI): The
Central Reserve Police
Force (CRPF) will send
additional 18 companies
to Jammu and Kashmir
in the wake of recent
killings of civilians in
two fresh terror attacks
in Rajouri district,
sources familiar with
the development said.
The 18 CRPF compa-
nies - approximately
1,800 personnel - will be
rushed to the Jammu
region for deployment
mainly in Poonch and
Rajouri districts. As per
inputs, eight CRPF com-
panies will be deployed
very soon from nearby
locations of deployment
in Jammu and Kashmir
while 10 CRPF compa-
nies are being rushed
from Delhi. The move
followed a recent order
issued by the Ministry
of Home Affairs amidst
intelligence input about
the terror attack in the
Jammu region, said the
source.
Six persons, includ-
ing two children, were
killed and many more
injured in two separate
terror attacks in Upper
Dangri village in Jam-
mu and Kashmir’s Ra-
jouri district on Sunday
evening and Monday
morning.
In the latest terror at-
tack, two children were
killed and several oth-
ers injured after a sus-
pected Improvised Ex-
plosive Device (IED)
blast took place in Ra-
jouri’s Upper Dangri
village on Monday
morning.
ADGP Mukesh Singh
cautioned people as an-
other suspected IED
was spotted in the area
near Upper Dangri vil-
lage, which is about
eight kilometres from
Rajouri town.
TOTAL SHUTDOWN IN JK’S POONCH
AGAINST RAJOURI TERROR ATTACK
‘BJP BENIFITS
WHEN PEOPLE ARE
KILLED IN KASHMIR’
Srinagar: Days af-
ter six civilians were
killed by terrorists in
JK’s Rajouri, People’s
Democratic Party chief
Mehbooba Mufti on
Wednesday
accused
the BJP of
running a
“narrative
against
minori-
ties” in the
country. “The BJP is
benefitted when in-
nocent people are killed
in Kashmir as they
run a narrative against
minorities in the
country and demonise
Kashmiris. There is no
accountability to the
question of why did
this incident hap-
pen?” Mufti said while
addressing a press
conference here today.
NIGHT CURFEW
IMPOSED ON
INT’L BORDER
Srinagar: A night
curfew has been
imposed along the
International border
in the Samba dis-
trict of JK in view
of the increasing
movement of terror-
ists on the border,
informed officials
on Wednesday.
As per an order
from the District
Commissioner of
Samba Anuradha
Gupta, the night
curfew will be ap-
plicable from 9 pm
to 6 am in areas
up to 1 km from
the International
Border. “Appeal to
people not to move
unnecessarily,” said
Deputy SP, Garu
Ram Bhardwaj,
SOG, JK police.
Jammu (PTI): The
bandh against the twin
terror attacks in Ra-
jouri that killed six
people and injured 11
others entered its sec-
ond day in the border
town of Poonch on
Wednesday while pro-
tests were held across
the Jammu region. Se-
curity was beefed up in
the border districts of
Poonch and Rajouri in
view of the bandh, of-
ficials said. Shops and
business establish-
ments remained closed
in the district as hun-
dreds of people, brav-
ing cold weather, came
out to hold protests.
Raising anti-Paki-
stan slogans, the protes-
tors burnt tyres and
demanded enhance-
ment of security in and
around minority places
in districts of the Jam-
mu region.
Gwalior records lowest temperature at 4.5 degree
Madhya Pradesh
(ANI): Cold conditions
continueacrossMadhya
Pradesh and the weath-
er department issued an
alert regarding cold
waves in the state, a me-
teorologist said on
Wednesday
.
Gwalior has been the
coldest in the state as it
recorded the lowest tem-
perature at 4.5 degree
celsius. This time Guna
became the second cold-
est region in the state
where the dip in mercu-
ry was recorded at 5.7
degreecelsius.Similarly
,
Bhopal recorded the
minimum temperature
at 7.4 degree celsius. Me-
teorologistSNSahutold
ANI, “There can be cold
days in Bhopal, Sagar,
Gwalior and Rewa divi-
sionof thestate.Gwalior
has been the coldest re-
gion in the state where
temperaturewasrecord-
ed at 4.5 degrees.”
“If we talk about fog
then there will be fog in
the northern parts of
the state. The fog will
also be seen in western
areas of the state. The
weather conditions will
remain the same for the
next two days whose
temperature will re-
volve around 7 degree
celsius,” he said, adding
that after two days, the
temperature will in-
crease gradually by 1
and 2 degrees.
—Image for representational purpose.
Kashmiri Pandits take part in a candle march in Jammu.
WHO concerned by
China Covid surge,
calls again for data
CBI files charge-
sheet against
power firm
New Delhi (PTI): The
CBI has filed a charge
sheet against CG Power
Industrial Solutions
Ltd and its former pro-
moter Gautam Thapar
in an alleged bank fraud
of ₹ 2,435 crore, officials
said on Wednesday
. The
agency has alleged that
the accused had availed
loans from a consorti-
um of 13 banks against
the same securities
without disclosing fi-
nances taken from oth-
er banks. The CBI has
alleged that the accused
also borrowed funds
from the bank by mis-
representation.
Agartala (PTI): Two
persons have been in-
jured following the
BJP-CPI (M) support-
ers’ clashes near for-
mer Tripura Chief
Minister Biplab Kumar
Deb’s ancestral house
in Gomti district, police
said on Wednesday
. The
incident occurred on
Tuesday night after a
group of priests ar-
rived at Deb’s residence
at Rajdhanagar in Jam-
juri area of Udaipur to
perform a Yajna in the
annual Shradh ceremo-
ny of Deb’s father, Hir-
udhan Deb.
Starting Wednesday,
a four-day yagna was to
be held on the death an-
niversary of Deb’s fa-
ther at their ancestral
home Jamjuri for
which BJP activists
decorated the house
and the nearby area.
Meanwhile, a group of
CPI(M) supporters also
put up party flags in the
area for their pro-
gramme.
“Some of CPI(M)
flags were allegedly
found torn and thrown
away”, following which
the clash broke out
near the BJP Rajya Sab-
ha MP’s residence.
“One vehicle owned
by a guest of Deb was
allegedly torched by the
CPI(M) supporters dur-
ing the clash and two
BJP activists suffered
injuries. Angered BJP
activists then set four
shops of CPI(M) work-
ers in the village on
fire,” said Udaipur Sub-
Divisional Police Offic-
er Nirupam Dutta.
Geneva (Agencies):
China’s COVID-19 data
is not giving an accu-
rate picture of the situ-
ation there and under-
represents the number
of hospitalisations and
deaths from the dis-
ease, a senior official at
the World Health Or-
ganization said on
Wednesday.
The U.N. agency was
preparing to meet Chi-
nese scientists again
on Thursday as part of
a wider briefing among
member states on the
global COVID-19 situa-
tion as concerns grow
about the rapid spread
of the virus in the
world’s No. 2 economy.
On Tuesday, China’s
top scientists present-
ed data to a WHO tech-
nical advisory group
showing no new coro-
navirus variant had
been found in the coun-
try of 1.4 billion people.
That might ease
some concerns about
the outbreak since Bei-
jing abruptly reversed
its “zero COVID” policy
last month.
But comments by
WHO officials on
Wednesday were the
clearest criticism yet
of China’s recent han-
dling of the pandemic.
It underscored worries
about the accuracy and
availability of Bei-
jing’s data.
RAM TEERTH
KSHETRA TRUST
HOLDS MEETING
Uttar Pradesh: Shri Ram
Janmabhoomi Teerth
Kshetra Trust held its
meeting in Ayodhya to dis-
cuss the progress of the
construction of the Ram
Temple. The meeting held
at the Circuit House was
presided over by Nipendra
Mishra, chairman of the
building construction
committee. As per sourc-
es, on January 4, Ram
Janmabhoomi Trust Board
will have another meeting
on the subject.
WB: NIA RAIDS 17
LOCATIONS IN
VIOLENCE CASE
New Delhi: The National
Investigation Agency on
Wednesday carried out
searches at 17 locations
in West Bengal in con-
nection with the Ekbal-
pore-Mominpur clashes
that occurred in the state
on October 9 last year,
sources said.The raids
are being conducted
at the house and office
premises of the sus-
pects, an official source
privy to the development
told ANI.
MAN DIES DUE TO COLD WAVE IN
MADHYA PRADESH’S INDORE
Madhya Pradesh: A man died allegedly due
to cold weather under Tukoganj police station
limits in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore district on
Wednesday, police said.The man was identified
as Ramakant (40). The residents of the locality
saw the body in the lanes on Wednesday morn-
ing and they informed the Tukoganj police about
the incident. The police rushed to the spot and
sent the body for post mortem. Assistant Sub
Inspector Rakesh Singh Parihar said, “In the
preliminary investigation, it seems that Rama-
kant died due to cold.”
FOUR BF.7 CASES
DETECTED IN
WEST BENGAL
West Bengal: Four
cases of Omicron
subvariant BF.7 were
detected in West Ben-
gal, a health official said
on Wednesday. Genome
sequencing of the
four people, who have
recently returned from
the US, confirmed that
they were infected with
the new variant of the
coronavirus, he said.Of
the four people, three
are from Nadia district,
while one person hails
from Bihar.
Biplab Kumar Deb
Police arrests one in BJP-CPI (M)
clashes near Deb’s residence

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Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 56,130.00 378.00 0.67 (Per 10g)
SILVER 70,675.00 147.00 0.20 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 82.82 0.18 0.21
GBPINR 99.87 1.09 1.10
CURRENCIES
RCPLformsJVwithbeveragemakerSHBPL
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Reliance Con-
sumer Products Limited
(“RCPL”), the FMCG arm
and a wholly owned sub-
sidiary of Reliance Retail
Ventures Limited.
(“RRVL”), on Tuesday an-
nounced it will acquire
50% equity stake in Guja-
rat-headquartered Sosyo
Hajoori Beverages Private
Limited (“SHBPL”), which
owns and operates a bever-
age business under the
flagship brand ‘Sosyo’.
The existing promoters,
Hajoori family, will con-
tinue to own the remaining
stake in Sosyo Hajoori Bev-
erages Private Limited .
Sosyo is a heritage Indi-
an brand with around 100
years of legacy in carbon-
ated soft drinks (CSD) and
juices. Established in 1923
by Abbas Abdulrahim Ha-
joori, the company is one
of the leading players in
the domestic soft drinks
market.
TO ACCELERATE GROWTH OF BRANDS
ISHA AMBANI’S
NEW VENTURE
z Isha Ambani, Executive
Director, Reliance Retail
Ventures Limited, said,
“This investment helps us
take forward our vision of
empowering local heritage
brands and presenting
them with new growth
opportunities. We welcome
the desi power of century-
old Sosyo’s heritage
beverage brands”
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi: Gold price
rose by `378 to `56,130
per 10 gram in the na-
tional capital on Wednes-
day amid a rally in the
precious metal prices
globally, according to
HDFC Securities. The yel-
low metal had settled at
`55,752 per 10 gram in
the previous trade. Silver,
however, declined by
`147 to `70,675 per kilo-
gram. In the overseas
market, gold was trading
higher at US Dollar 1,859
per ounce while silver
was flat at US Dollar
24.24 per ounce. —PTI
GOLD RISES BY
RUPEES 378; SILVER
DECLINES BY `147
New Delhi: German auto-
motive group Volkswa-
gen’s sales in India grew
85.48% to 1,01,270 units
in 2022, ŠKODA AUTO
Volkswagen India Pvt Ltd
said on Wednesday. The
group’s sales in India
stood at 54,598 units in
2021. “While challenges
around the ongoing chip
shortage and increasing
input costs continued, we
successfully re-calibrated,
taking action with agility
and speed to minimise
the impact of these,”
SAVWIPL Managing Di-
rector and CEO Piyush
Arora said in a statement.
The group’s exports from
India stood at 33,397
units last year. —PTI
VOLKSWAGEN INDIA
SALES GROW 85%
TO 1,01,270 UNITS
New Delhi: The monthly
domestic air passenger
traffic touched 1.29 crore
to cross the pre-COVID
level in December 2022,
with Civil Aviation Minis-
ter Jyotiraditya Scindia
terming it as a healthy
trend and a good sign for
the industry. In December
2019, the domestic air
passenger traffic stood at
1.26 crore. “2022 sets
new record in air passen-
ger movement,” accord-
ing to a graphic shared by
the minister on his Twitter
handle. —PTI
DOMESTIC AIR
TRAFFIC TOUCHES
1.29 CR IN DEC 2022
New Delhi : The govern-
ment’s paddy procure-
ment for the central pool
rose 9.58% to 541.90
lakh tonne so far in the
ongoing 2022-23 season.
Punjab, Chhattisgarh,
Haryana and Telangana
were the top contributors
to the central pool. Nor-
mally, paddy procurement
begins from October.
However, in southern
states, especially in Kera-
la and Tamil Nadu, it be-
gins from September. The
government aims to pro-
cure 775.72 lakh tonne of
paddy in the 2022-23
season. —PTI
GOVT’S PADDY
PROCUREMENT
RISES 10% SO FAR
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NARCL HIGHEST NPV
BIDDER IN SREI
RESOLUTION
Kolkata: The government-
backed National Asset
Reconstruction Company Ltd
has taken lead
in taking over
two stressed
entities of the
Srei group
as it submitted the “high-
est net present value bid of
`5,555 crore” among bidders.
NARCL’s net present value
bid, submitted in the 10-hour-
long “challenge mechanism”
conducted by the CoC on
Tuesday, constitutes `3,200
crore in cash, a `1000-crore
jump from the previous plans
offered, he said. —PTI
HOUSING DEMAND
GOES UP BY 19% IN
DECEMBER QUARTER
New Delhi: The Indian resi-
dential market demonstrated
resilience and total progress in
the year 2022.
The mixture
residential
demand,
indicated by
searches, elevated 19% from
year in the past led by main
cities similar to Mumbai with
52.1% rise, Noida 35.8%, Gur-
gaon 34.5%, Delhi 14.8% and
Bengaluru with 33% progress,
confirmed the Magicbricks’
PropIndex report for the De-
cember quarter. The common
property rates elevated 13.9%
from a year in the past. —PTI
CERC TO COMPENSATE IMPORTED COAL-BASED
POWER PRODUCERS FOR HIGHER RUNNING COST
New Delhi: Power regulator Central Electricity Regulatory
Commission (CERC) has decided to fully compensate the power
producers running imported coal-based
plants for higher running costs required
for supplying electricity under forced
circumstances. The CERC order will
come as a relief for imported coal-
based power plants which ran to full
capacity under the directions of the
Ministry of Power for meeting demand.
The order was passed by the CERC on a petition filed by Tata
Power Company Ltd. —FIB
INDIAN TYRE INDUSTRY TO SCALE TURNOVER OF
`1 LAKH CRORE IN NEXT THREE YEARS: ATMA
New Delhi: The Indian tyre industry will be able to scale a turnover
of `1 lakh crore in the next three years on the back of new capaci-
ties available, Automotive Tyre Manufacturers Association said on
Wednesday. The industry has completed
investment of `35,000 crore in the last
three years in new capacity creation and
debottlenecking. “The new capacity will
help the industry notch a turnover of
`1 lakh crore in the next 3 years from
`75,000 crore currently,” ATMA said in a
statement. —PTI
OTHER STORIES
IN DECEMBER
Services sector growth hits 6-month high
New Delhi (PTI): The In-
dian services sector growth
touched a six-month high
in December, supported by
a robust intake of new
work and favourable mar-
ket conditions, a monthly
survey said on Wednesday
.
The seasonally adjusted
SP Global India Services
PMI Business Activity In-
dex rose from 56.4 in No-
vember to 58.5 in Decem-
ber, highlighting the
strongest rate of expansion
since mid-2022.
For the 17th straight
month, the headline figure
was above the neutral 50
threshold. In Purchasing
Managers’ Index (PMI)
parlance, a print above 50
means expansion while a
score below 50 denotes
contraction.
“December saw a wel-
come expansion in Indian
services activity, under-
scoring the resilience of
demand as 2022 came to an
end,” said Pollyanna De
Lima, Economics Associ-
ate Director at SP Global
Market Intelligence.
Lima further noted that
“as we head into 2023, com-
panies signalled strong op-
timism towards the out-
look for output. Around
31% of panellists forecast
growth, while only 2% an-
ticipate a contraction.”
Meanwhile, in Decem-
ber, more jobs were created
and companies remained
strongly upbeat towards
the year ahead outlook for
business activity
.
“Positive sentiment and
ongoing growth of new
business continued to sup-
port job creation, but there
were areas where capaci-
ties were reportedly ade-
quate to cope with current
requirements,” Lima said.
On the inflation front,
input costs at services com-
panies rose further, with
companies mentioning
wage pressures and higher
prices for energy, food and
transportation.
“Inflation trends were
mixed, as input prices rose
at a faster pace and the up-
turn in charges moderated.
On the expense front, ser-
vices firms reported pres-
sure from energy, food,
staff and transportation
costs,” Lima said.
MAJOR
OUTCOMES
z The seasonally adjusted
SP Global India Services PMI
Business Activity Index rose
from 56.4 in November to 58.5
in December, highlighting the
strongest rate of expansion
since mid-2022
z In December, more jobs
were created and companies
remained strongly upbeat
towards the year ahead outlook
for business activity
z On the inflation front, input
costs at services companies
rose further, with companies
mentioning wage pressures
Citi cuts India
CAD forecast to
below 3% of GDP
New Delhi (FIB): Citi-
group lowered its projec-
tion for India’s current ac-
count deficit (CAD) to 2.9%
of gross domestic product
(GDP) for the current fiscal
year, citing the growth in
the country’s service ex-
ports and a lower oil price
forecast.
“The key surprise came
from the phenomenal
growth in services exports
in the first half of the cur-
rent fiscal year, which
goes beyond just software
services,” Samiran
Chakraborty, chief econo-
mist for India at Citi, said
in a note.
Nadellaadvocatestech
usefor empowerment
New Delhi (PTI): Micro-
soft Chairman and CEO
Satya Nadella on Wednes-
day highlighted the impor-
tance of driving inclusivity
and empowerment through
technology and economic
growth and asserted that
the company is “very com-
mitted to India”.
Nadella interacted with
people who are making a
difference in the society, by
leveraging various Micro-
soft programs, initiatives.
“Looking at what you all
have done, your passion,
imagination and ingenuity
is truly inspiring. One of
the things that keeps me
grounded is seeing our
mission in action,” Nadella
said. He urged the partici-
pants to think of growth in
terms of social inclusivity
.
“Inclusive growth... If I
think about what it means
for economic growth to in-
clude everyone. Today’s
examples all around are
tremendous...How do we
make sure whatever
growth we have, is aligned
with the planet because
that is one finite resource...
Or trust in technology
...”.
Google case:
NCLAT refuses
stay on CCI penalty
New Delhi (PTI): In a set-
back for Google, an appel-
late tribunal on Wednesday
refused an interim stay on
the competition regulator
imposing a `1,337-crore
penalty on the US tech gi-
ant and asked it to deposit
10% of the amount.
The National Company
Law Appellate Tribunal
(NCLAT) admitted the
search giant’s challenge to
the Competition Commis-
sion of India (CCI) slap-
ping a `1,337.76-crore fine
for abusing the dominant
position of its Android
smartphone operating sys-
tem in the country
.
BY LEVERAGING
MICROSOFT PROG
z Nadella interacted with
teachers, students and
professionals who are
making a difference with
Microsoft programs
Mumbai (PTI): The Re-
serve Bank on Wednesday
said it has received an ap-
plication from Bhubane-
swar-based Annapurna Fi-
nance for setting up a uni-
versal bank. Annapurna
Finance, according to the
company’s website, was es-
tablished in 2009, and is one
of the top 10 NBFC-MFIs in
the country. It provides
loans to economically
weaker sections of the soci-
ety with a view to bringing
them to the mainstream
banking system.
Sensex snaps 2-day rally, slides
637 pts to close below 61K mark
Adani focus on building
AI-ML, Cloud in 2023
Mumbai (PTI): Market
benchmarks Sensex and
Nifty tumbled 1% on
Wednesday amid continu-
ous foreign fund outflows
and a weak trend in index
majors Reliance Industries
and HDFC Bank.
The 30-share BSE Sensex
slumped 636.75 points or
1.04% to settle at 60,657.45.
The broader NSE Nifty
ended lower by 189.60
points or 1.04% at 18,042.95.
From the Sensex pack,
Tata Steel, Tata Motors,
Wipro, Power Grid, Info-
sys, HDFC Bank, Reliance
Industries and HDFC were
the major laggards.
Maruti Suzuki and Tata
Consultancy Services were
the only winners on
Wednesday
.
RUPEE GAINS 18
PAISE TO CLOSE AT
82.82 AGAINST US $
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee
recovered from its all-time low
level and settled 18 paise higher
at 82.82 (provisional) against
the US dollar on Wednesday,
supported by easing crude oil
prices. At the interbank foreign
exchange market, the local unit
opened at 82.87 and touched an
intra-day high of 82.74 and a low
of 82.91 against the greenback.
It finally settled at 82.82, regis-
tering a rise of 18 paise over its
previous close.
New Delhi (FIB): Adani
Group’s chairman Gautam
Adani has been planning to
roll out an enterprise 5G
services and consumer
apps this year, according to
a TOI report.
As the Indian industrial-
ist looks to expand his busi-
ness outside the country
, he
will be focusing on build-
ing AI-ML (artificial intel-
ligence machine learn-
ing) and industrial cloud
capabilities, and expand-
ing data centres.
“While we are fully in-
vested in building India, it
is an opportune time to
contribute to nation-build-
ing outside India,” TOI
quoted Adani as saying in
his New Year address to
employees. In 2022, during
the 5G auctions, Adani had
stressed that it does not in-
tend to enter the consumer
mobility space currently
dominated by the likes of
Reliance Jio and Bharti
Airtel.
MOTOROLA TIES UP
WITH JIO FOR 5G
SMARTPHONES
New Delhi (FIB): Motorola on
Wednesday announced that it
has signed an agreement with
Reliance Jio to ensure that its 5G
smartphones in India support
Jio’s advanced standalone 5G
technology. The joint statement
said Motorola provides Jios’ True
5G support in all its 5G smart-
phones, which includes support
for 11-13 5G bands, by far the
highest in the industry.
Annapurna
Finance applies to
RBI for licence

08
2NDFRONT
Resolve to spend half an hour daily
with nature in 2023- Feel the Sun
in your face, feel the grass under
your feet, listen to the wind-Change your life!
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Cops reach Haryana minister’s
hometoprobesexabusecharge
Chandigarh (ANI):
Chandigarh Police on
Wednesday reached the
residence of Haryana
Minister Sandeep Sin-
gh who is charged with
sexual harassment.
A case of sexual as-
sault is registered
against Sandeep Singh
at Sector 26 Police sta-
tion, Chandigarh. A po-
lice team including Sec-
tor 26 Police station
SHO visited the resi-
dence of Haryana Min-
ister Sandeep Singh.
The woman coach,
who alleged sexual har-
assment by Haryana
Sports Minister Sand-
eep Singh claimed that
until the minister re-
signs, the investigation
would be biased.
Speaking to the me-
dia after she appeared
before the Special In-
vestigation Team (SIT)
of the Chandigarh Po-
lice on Tuesday, the
woman said, “I heard
the Chief Minister’s
statement this morn-
ing, in which the Chief
Minister himself is tak-
ing the side of Sandeep
Singh. Until the minis-
ter resigns, it would be
a matter of bias.”
She claimed that
Chief Minister Mano-
har Lal Khattar is try-
ing to influence the
probe. “Chandigarh Po-
lice did not put any
pressure on me. Hary-
ana Police is trying to
pressurize me,” she fur-
ther added.
The coach’s advocate
Dipanshu Bansal said,
“Questions have been
answered for the last
eight hours. Whatever
records my client had,
we have already hand-
ed over to the police.
The phone has also
been given to the police.
She was questioned for
the fourth time.”
The advocate further
added, “We will give 2 or
3 days time to the police
for arresting Sandeep
Singh. We will get the
statement of 164 record-
ed by Tuesday itself.”
Meanwhile, the Khap
panchayat warned of
extensive protest if the
minister is not arrested
by January 7.
BhartiyaKisanUnion
(BKU) leader Daljeet
Singh told ANI, “We
want to ensure that jus-
tice is delivered to the
victim woman. Khap
has given the govern-
menttimetillJanuary7.
If Haryana Sports is not
sacked and arrested, we
willprotestextensively
.”
A case of sexual assault is
filed against Sandeep Singh at
Sec 26 Police Station,Chandigarh
The woman coach who alleged
assault claims that until the min
resigns, the probe would be biased
Police personnel outside the residence of Haryana Sports Minister Sandeep Singh in Chandigarh on Wednesday. —PHOTOS BY PTI
We want to ensure that justice is deliv-
ered to the victim woman. Khap has giv-
en the government time till January 7. If
Haryana Sports Minister Sandeep Singh is not
sacked and arrested, we will protest extensively.
—Daljeet Singh, BKU leader
Ankita murder
case: Pulkit
Arya lists six
questions for
narco test
Dehradun (ANI):
The main accused
in Uttarakhand’s
Ankita Bhandari
murder case, Pulkit
Arya has given a
list of six questions
which he wants to
be asked during his
Narco test sched-
uled to be conduct-
ed on Thursday
.
In his applica-
tion, filed through
advocate Amit Sa-
jwan, Pulkit Arya
presented a two-
page application
from jail in the Kot-
dwar court on Tues-
day and demanded
the police to ask
questions not only
related to the VIP
and mobile but also
six other questions
related to Ankita in
the narco test.
SP MLA Irfan Solanki’s judicial
remand extended till February 2
Kanpur (PTI): A court
on Wednesday extend-
ed the judicial custody
of Samajwadi Party
MLA Irfan Solanki till
February 2 in a case un-
der the Uttar Pradesh
Gangsters and Anti-
Social Activities (Pre-
vention) Act.
Additional District
and Sessions Judge
(MP-MLA) Satyendra
Nath Tripathi extended
the judicial remand of
Solanki and others till
February 2 after the
MLA from Sisamau in
Kanpur was produced
before the court here by
the police.
The judge listed the
Gangsters Act case
against the SP MLA and
others on February 2,
Assistant Commission-
er of Police (Kotwali)
Ranjeet Kumar said.
Solanki’s judicial re-
mand was extended till
January 17 in another
case of rioting and ar-
son related to a land dis-
pute case by Additional
Civil Judge (MP-MLA)
Alok Yadav. The next
hearing in the case will
be on January 17.
As he was being es-
corted to a police vehi-
cle, Solanki told report-
ers that he has full faith
in the judiciary and ex-
uded confidence that he
will get justice from the
court soon.
“Pen and paper are
yours, but the judiciary
is for all,” said Solanki
who has been in prison
since December 2, when
he along with his
younger brother Ri-
zwan surrendered be-
fore the police commis-
sioner after being
booked for rioting and
arson in the land dis-
pute case.
The SP MLA was
brought to Kanpur from
Maharajganj district
jail where he was shift-
ed on December 20
amidst tight security
.
He was also kept at
Kannauj district jail
during night hours due
to dense fog.
Samajwadi Party MLA Irfan Solanki after appearing in court in
Kanpur on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
LG returns nominations
file of DAWB members
New Delhi (PTI): Lt
Governor V K Saxena
has returned a file to
CM Arvind Kejriwal on
thenominationof mem-
bers to the Delhi Ani-
mal Welfare Board, not-
ing that the nominees
lacked experience and
one was even a “taint-
ed” former bureaucrat,
sources in the LG office
said on Wednesday
.
The LG has sent the
file back with the obser-
vation to “review the
proposal of the reconsti-
tution of DAWB en-
sure that members be-
ing nominated possess
impeccable character
integrity, have worked
for the welfare of ani-
mals board so consti-
tuted is representative
of varied related organi-
sations,” they said.
Reconstitution of the
DAWB (executive com-
mittee) had been pend-
ingsinceSept2020asthe
AAPgovttook27months
to nominate its mem-
bers, sources claimed.
Justice Nazeer retires, but not before flagging gender gap in judiciary
WOMAN COACH RECORDS STATEMENT
BEFORE DISTRICT COURT IN HARYANA
JUSTICE NAZEER ALWAYS STOOD FOR
WHAT IS RIGHT: CJI DY CHANDRACHUD
Chandigarh (ANI): The woman coach, who charged the
Haryana Sports Minister Sandeep Singh with sexual
harassment, on Wednesday recorded her statement at a
district court in Haryana. “I have recorded my state-
ment under 164 CrPC. I have been called to record my
statement. I am cooperating from my side, and for the
fifth time, I am record-
ing my statement,
continuously for 8-9
hours without any
rest, despite giving my
phone to them without
any hesitation,” the
woman coach said.
The woman complain-
ant also demanded
the immediate arrest
of Sandeep Singh.
“He should have been
arrested long back.
Now, he should be arrested immediately and resign from
the Cabinet,” she said. The woman coach’s advocate
Deepanshu Bansal also demanded the resignation and
arrest of Haryana Sports Minister Sandeep Singh.
New Delhi (PTI): Chief
Justice DY Chandrachud
on Wednesday said
Justice S Abdul Nazeer,
who is demitting office,
always stood for right and
ensured justice is done.
The CJI commended
the outgoing judge for
his dedication and said
he never allowed stress
to get to him. “Justice
Nazeer doesn’t belong
to the class which would
be neutral between right
and wrong but he would
find the right and stood
for it and ensured justice
is done. Unfortunately, I
could not appear before
him. But, I sat with him on
the Ayodhya matter and
saw what a great states-
man he is. I’m saving
my important comments
for the Supreme Court
Bar Association farewell
in the evening today,”
Justice Chandrachud said.
The CJI said there is a
tradition on the cricket
field that the skipper of
the cricket team always
allows the best performer
on the field for that ses-
sion to lead the way back
to the pavilion. “In that
tradition, I would request
Justice Nazeer to lead
us back to the pavilion
(chambers),” Chandra-
chud said. Justice Nazeer
said he spent almost six
years in the apex court as
a judge and was feeling
emotional on his last day.
The woman coach talks to
the media after recording her
statement in the District Court in
Chandigarh on Wednesday.
New Delhi (PTI): Out-
going Supreme Court
judge S Abdul Nazeer
Wednesdayunderscored
thelackof adequaterep-
resentationof womenin
the judiciary and said
callingtheIndianjudici-
ary immune from gen-
der inequalities was far
from the reality
.
Speaking at a fare-
well event organised by
the Supreme Court Bar
Association (SCBA) on
his last day as a judge
of the top court, Justice
Nazeer stated that
while the apex court
has come a long way
since its inception and
was set to face the
challenges of today's
dynamic scenario un-
der the guidance of
Chief Justice of India
Justice D Y Chandra-
chud, there was room
for improvement.
Supreme Court has
always strived for excel-
lence and I humbly ac-
knowledge that it has
come a long way since
its inception. I am cer-
tain under the guidance
of CJI Chandrachud
this apex institution is
all set to face challenges
of today's dynamic sce-
nario, he said.
There is always
room for improvement
and changes. For in-
stance, if I were to say
Indian judiciary is im-
mune to gender ine-
qualities that exist
within our society, I
can't be farther away
from the reality. The
representation of wom-
en in the judiciary is
still very low, he added.
Elevated as a Su-
preme Court judge on
February 17, 2017, Jus-
tice Nazeer was part of
several constitution
benches which deliv-
ered judgements on is-
sues ranging from de-
monetisation of cur-
rency notes of Rs 1,000
and Rs 500 denomina-
tion in 2016, to reserva-
tion for Marathas in
admission and govern-
ment jobs and the fun-
damental right of free-
dom of speech and ex-
pression of high public
functionaries.
He was also part of
several path-breaking
verdicts including
those on the politically
sensitive Ayodhya land
dispute, instant triple
talaq and the one that
declared right to priva-
cy a fundamental right.
In his address, Jus-
tice Nazeer also ob-
served that people as-
sume the state of affairs
wrongly because of
misinformation in the
society and today's situ-
ation is not as grim as
it used to be earlier and
that there is no tool for
development more ef-
fective than women em-
powerment.
The farewell event
was attended by CJI
Chandrachud, Attorney
General R Venkataram-
ani as well as other judg-
es of the Supreme Court
and members of the Bar.
Justice S Abdul Nazeer (right) with then Chief Justice of
Karnataka HC Subhro Kamal Mukherjee, after a farewell
programme for Justice Nazeer at the High Court on Jan 30, 2019.
New Delhi (PTI): Over
63,000 animals, includ-
ing 4 Asiatic lions and 73
elephants, died on rail-
way tracks between
2017-18 to 2020-21, the
CAG has cited, raising
concern over steps tak-
enbytheUnionenviron-
ment ministry as well as
the railways in prevent-
ing such episodes.
In its report submit-
ted to Parliament last
month, the Comptroller
and Auditor General
(CAG) noted that the
railways should ensure
that joint advisories
issued by the Ministry
of Environment For-
est and the Ministry of
Railways be followed
scrupulously to prevent
animal deaths, which
in turn will also help in
preventing derailments
on this account. In
these three years, the
CAG found that 63,345
animals, including 73
elephants and four li-
ons, had died after be-
ing run over.
The CAG said that to
prevent train accidents
involving elephants,
general advisories ap-
proved by both the
ministries had been
jointly issued to the
railways in 2010.
73 elephants among 63,000
animals killed by trains: CAG
Baghpat (PTI): Con-
gress leader Rahul
Gandhi on Wednesday
said the purpose of
party's 'Bharat Jodo
Yatra' is to remove fear
from the people's minds
and highlight issues
like price rise and un-
employment.
Amid raging talks
about his wearing T-
shirt in the winter dur-
ing the yatra, Gandhi
said the media is high-
lighting his attire but
taking no notice of the
poor farmers and la-
bourers walking along
with him in torn
clothes.
Addressing a 'nukkad
sabha' (street corner
meeting) at Baraut on
Baghpat-Shamli border
during the yatra, Gan-
dhi said despite cover-
ing a distance of more
than 3,000 kms on foot in
110 days, he is neither
feeling tired nor sizzling
in the cold in T-shirt.
MEDIA NOTICES MY T-SHIRT, BUT IGNORES
POOR IN TORN CLOTHES: RAHUL GANDHI
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with padyatris during the party’s
‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, in Baghpat on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI

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ike many other things,
Indian attire has also
been influenced by
Westernization. A size-
able portion of Indians
now favours Western
apparel over tradition-
al outfits like sarees and dhotis,
including jeans, trousers,
skirts, T-shirts, suits, and
shirts. However, a substantial
segment of the populace likes
to wear only traditional Indian
attire. Intriguingly, during
the past ten years, a
stunning fusion of
Indian and West-
ern attire has
gained popular-
ity and is now
referred to as
“Indo-Western”
or “Indo-West-
ern fusion”
clothing.
Indo-Western fu-
sion clothing is pre-
sent as “the in thing”
in India and is gener-
ally liked by male, fe-
male, and child buyers.
These clothes are
becoming more common in In-
dian culture and are now pre-
ferred for both formal and cas-
ual occasions as well as for
business attire. There are sev-
eral designers that specialise in
creating Indo-Western fusion
clothing. As a result, the mar-
ket is filled with various items
of this clothing.
Indo-Western fusion clothing
typically combines Indian mo-
tifs with Western-style pat-
terns. Usually
, ornate stoles are
worn as an accessory to en-
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meez in Indo-Western fashion.
Another kind of fusion that is
prevalent nowadays is the em-
ployment of regionally specific
Indian ethnic embroidered de-
signs, like Punjab’s phulkari
and Rajasthan’s mirror work,
on clothing with Westernized
patterns. There are other in-
stances when more ornate em-
broidery techniques like
Meenakari, Kundan, Resham,
and Zardozi work are employed.
In India right now, denim
jackets and pants with embroi-
dery and other decorations
done in Indian style are all
the rage. Both men and women
like wearing the shorter form
of the kurta, known as the
“Kurti,” which is typically
worn with a pair of denim
slacks or trousers.
Bridal clothing has progres-
sively caught on to the Indo-
Western fusion fashion trend.
Grecian-style draping of sarees
is getting more popular, and the
design of saree blouses is be-
coming more and more West-
ernized. Another example of
Indo-Western fusion clothing
that is becoming acceptable for
a wedding dress is lehengas
worn with halter tops.
Accessories also contain this
blending of aspects from Indi-
an and Western civilizations,
particularly jewellery. Indian
traditional jewellery typically
receives a slight Westerniza-
tion so that it may be used with
fusion clothing. In addition,
big, hanging earrings, beads,
and elaborate bracelets are
popular with fusion clothing.
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