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‘State failed to maintain law &
order, victims must be comped’
DebunkGujdevtmodel,
adoptRaj’s,Gehlotsays
Naresh Sharma, Shikha
Sharma & Hanspal Yadav
Baran: Rajasthan CM
Ashok Gehlot on Friday
said the Gujarat model
of development should
be debunked and that of
Rajasthan’s should be
adopted nationwide.
The Congress leader
also urged Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi to
study various social se-
curity and welfare
schemes of the Ra-
jasthan government and
implement them nation-
ally
. Gehlot also recom-
mended Chiranjeevi
Health Insurance
Scheme, Old Pension
Scheme (OPS) and Anu-
prati Scheme for nation-
wide implementation.
“The Rajasthan gov-
ernment has taken his-
torical decisions on so-
cial security and wel-
fare schemes,” he said.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Almost
three decades after the
communal riots of 1992-
93, which left 900 dead
and more than 2,000 in-
juredinMumbai,theSu-
preme Court on Friday
directedthestategovern-
ment to compensate the
families of victims who
were still missing.
Observing that there
was a failure on the part
of the State Govern-
ment to maintain law
and order and to protect
the rights of the people
guaranteed under Arti-
cle 21 of the Constitu-
tion of India, the court
noted: “If the citizens
are forced to live in an
atmosphere of commu-
nal tension, it affects
their right to Turn to P6
1992-93
MUMBAI RIOTS
l Supreme Court forms panel to
look into records of 108 missing
people, asks govt to submit report
l State govt ‘could compensate kin
of only 60 of the 168 that were
reported missing after the riots’
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Shiv Sena
leader Sudhir Suri
was shot dead in Am-
ritsar on Friday
, re-
portedly outside a
temple in the city
,
where Sena leaders
had been protesting
against the temple au-
thorities after some
broken idols were
found in the trash on
its premises.
Someone from the
crowd shot Suri more
than five times, an offi-
cial said.
“Sudhir Suri was shot
outside Gopal Mandir,
Amritsar during some
agitation. He collapsed
and was rushed to a hos-
pital but succumbed to
his bullet injuries,” the
Amritsar police said,
adding that the accused
has been arrested and
the weapon used in the
incident recovered.
Punjab DGP Gaurav
Yadav said the accused
runs a garments shop
near Gopal Mandir
where the Hindu leader
was leading a dharna.
Reacting to the inci-
dent, BJP spokesperson
Priti Gandhi tweeted,
“Rightunderthenoseof
several police officers in
Amritsar, Hindu activist
Sudhir Suri shot dead at
point blank range. He
was reportedly on the
hitlist of pro-Khalistani
elements. Meanwhile
Punjab CM Bhagwant
MannisbusywithAAP’s
electioncampaigninGu-
jarat. What a shame!!”
Based on reports that
he was being targetted,
Suri had been provided
security by the govern-
ment with around eight
Punjab Police personnel
being attached to him.
SHIV SENA LEADER SUDHIR SURI SHOT DEAD
AMID PROTEST IN AMRITSAR, ONE ARRESTED
The committee
consisting of
the Secretary
of MSLSA (Maharashtra
State Legal Services
Authority) and the other
two government officers
appointed under this order,
shall monitor the efforts
of the state government
to trace other victims
who were entitled to
compensation.. but were
not paid.—Supreme Court
Shiv Sena leader Sudhir Suri shot dead in Amritsar.
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot
Suri was reportedly
on the hitlist of
several gangs, and
had been accorded
govt security with 8
police personnel
attached to his detail
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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, NEW DELHI MUMBAI
KNEW ABOUT
THE ATTACK
BEFOREHAND:
IMRAN
CONGRESS RELEASES FIRST LIST FOR GUJ POLLS
The Congress party, on Friday, released the first list of 43 candidates for
Gujarat Assembly polls. Prior to this, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge
chaired a meeting of party’s central election committee in order to finalise the
candidates. Sonia Gandhi also attended the meet virtually.
Imran Khan, former Pakistani prime minister, on Friday
claimed that four bullets hit his legs during an assassination
attempt while he was standing atop a container during his
long march in Wazirabad on Thursday. Khan said he had
learned about the looming danger beforehand.
DHONI MOVES HC
FOR CONTEMPT
PROCEEDINGS
AGAINST IPS
Cricketer M S Dhoni has moved the Madras High Court
to initiate contempt proceedings and issue summons to
IPS officer G Sampath Kumar for his alleged statements
against the Supreme Court and certain senior counsels in
the matter pertaining to match-fixing.
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In ‘Naya JK’, foreign terrorists
find no support, 40 killed in 10
months, local recruitment zero
MP:11killed,1injuredas
SUVcollideswithbusinBetul
Betul: As many as 11
persons were killed and
one person sustained
injuries after an SUV
they were travelling in
collided with a bus near
Jhallar police station in
Betul in the wee hours
on Friday
.
Betul Superintendent
of Police (SP) Simala
Prasad said that the ac-
cident occurred around
2 am. An empty bus was
moving on the road and
the SUV
, which was
coming from the Amra-
vati district collided
head-on with the bus.
The injured person is
undergoing treatment
in the hospital. Further
investigation into the
matter is on.
READ
Crucial
Crucial
GUJ: EX-TV ANCHOR
GADHVI IS AAP’S
CHOICE FOR CM POST
Ahmedabad: Aam Aadmi
Party (AAP) on Friday
named former TV anchor
and journalist Isudan
Gadhvi as its chief
ministerial candidate for
next month’s Assembly
elections in Gujarat. The
announcement was made by
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal on Friday. P5
DELHI MCD POLLS TO
BE HELD ON DEC 4,
RESULTS ON DEC 7
New Delhi: The elections
for Municipal Corporation
of Delhi will be held on Dec
4 while the counting of
votes will be done on Dec
7, said Delhi State Election
Commissioner Vijay Dev.
The official said that the
Model code of conduct
is implemenyted in Delhi
from today itself.
I-T SEARCHES ON
JHARKHAND
CONGRESS MLAS
Ranchi: The Income Tax
Dept on Friday conducted
searches at properties linked
to Jharkhand Congress
MLAs Kumar Jaimangal and
Pradip Yadav. Jaimangal
alias Anup Singh is a
legislator from Bermo, while
Yadav who joined Congress
after splitting from JVM-P
represents Poriyahat. P5
OTHER COURT
STORIES
SC TO HEAR PLEA ON
AIR POLLUTION IN
DELHI-NCR ON NOV 10
PLEA SEEKING MUSK’S
IMPLEADMENT
JUNKED WITH COST
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Friday agreed
to hear on Nov 10 a plea
seeking measures to curb
worsening air pollution
in Delhi-NCR. A bench of
Chief Justice of India UU
Lalit and Bela M Trivedi
posted case for hearing
on Nov 10 after an
advocate mentioned the
matter for urgent hearing.
New Delhi: A bench of
the Delhi High Court
on Friday dismissed
an application seeking
impleadment of Elon
Musk in a plea concern-
ing the suspension of
the Twitter account of a
woman slapping a cost
of Rs 25,000 on the
petitioner.
Harud-e-Aman
Harud-e-Aman
Kashmir!
Kashmir!
in Srinagar: Security forces
dismantling terror ecosys-
tem in JK have brought
downthelocalrecruitment
in terrorist outfits to zero
leaving the terror sponsors
in Pakistan frustrated.
From January to Octo-
ber, 40 foreign terrorists
have been killed in differ-
ent encounters in the re-
gion and the ones who are
on run, are being chased
by the security forces.
All the terror outfits are
facing leadership crisis as
the mercenaries sent by Pa-
kistan are finding it hard to
garner local support. For-
eign terrorists, who have
been killed in the first
10-monthsof thisyear,were
instrumental in provoking
and luring local youth into
terror groups and pushing
them on the path of death
and destruction.
ED ATTACHES SHABIR SHAH’S
SRINAGAR HOUSE IN TERROR FUNDING
L-G SINHA MEETS KIN OF KASHMIRI
PANDIT KILLED BY TERRORISTS
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Friday said it
has attached Jammu and Kashmir separatist leader Shabir
Ahmad Shah’s Srinagar house as part of a
money laundering probe linked to a case
of fuelling terrorist activities in the union
territory. The house, worth Rs 21.80 lakh,
is located in Botshah colony, Sanat Nagar,
in Srinagar’s Barzulla police station area,
officials said. “Shabir Ahmad Shah was
actively involved in the activities of fuelling unrest in Kash-
mir valley by way of stone pelting, processions, protests,
bandhs, hartals and other subversive activities.”
Jammu: JK Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday
met the family members of Puran Krishan Bhat who was
gunned down by terrorists in South Kash-
mir’s Shopian district. Bhat was killed on
October 15 outside his ancestral house
in the Chowdhary Gund area of Shop-
ian where he had gone to look after his
orchards. Flanked by Divisional Commis-
sioner Ramesh Kumar and ADGP Mukesh
Singh, L-G Sinha, visited the house of Bhat at Muthi in
Jammu and offered his condolences to his wife Sweety
Bhat and children Shriya and Shanu.
`2 LAKH FOR KIN OF
DEAD, INJURED: CM
PM ANNOUNCES EX-
GRATIA FOR VICTIMS
MP CM Shivraj Singh
Chouhan condoled the
deaths of 11 persons in an
accident. He tweeted, “I
pray to the Almighty that
may the people, who lost
their lives in this tragic
incident, find eternal peace.
Our govt stands in support
of the kin of the departed
souls in this hour of grief.”
PM Modi on Friday con-
doled the loss of lives in
the accident that took place
in Betul, and announced
an ex-gratia for the next
of kin of each deceased
and also the injured. Modi
announced an ex-gratia
of Rs 2 lakh for kin of the
deceased and Rs 50,000
for the injured.
Chinar leaves turn Nishat Park in Srinagar into a wonderland bathed in hues of red as Autumn is at its full vigour in the valley. Nishat Park has been laid out in
typical Mughal garden style and draws nature lovers not just from around JK, but across India as well

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First India Bureau
Mumbai: Shiv Sena
leader Aaditya Thack-
eray on Friday dared
the rebel party MLAs
including Maharash-
tra Chief Minister
Eknath Shinde to seek
a fresh mandate, and
said he too was ready
to resign and contest
an election afresh.
Speaking at the same
eventearlier,CMShinde
said Uddhav Thackeray
should introspect as to
why 40 of the Sena’s 55
MLAs quit rather than
calling them names.
“I reiterate my de-
mand that the 40 rebel
MLAs should resign
and seek fresh mandate.
I will also resign from
my seat and seek re-
election. Let people de-
cide,” said Aaditya
Thackeray
.
“If I were the Deputy
Chief Minister (Deven-
dra Fadnavis), I would
have walked out of this
government and called
for fresh elections,” he
added.
“If two-thirds of the
legislative party revolts
and the rebellion is le-
gitimized, there would
be unrest in the coun-
try,” he said, referring
to the revolt by Shinde
and others which
brought down the Ud-
dhav Thackeray-led Ma-
harashtra government
in June this year.
Earlier, during the
event, CM Shinde said
that Uddhav Thackeray
had nothing new to say
except calling him and
the MLAs of his faction
“traitors”.
“Instead of intro-
specting on what went
wrong, he (Uddhav
Thackeray) has been
levelling accusations
against us. For me, ide-
ology is important, not
the chief minister’s
post. Our MLAs were
angry and people want-
ed Shiv Sena to get out
of the Maha Vikas
Aghadi alliance. We
stood for the Sena-BJP
alliance for which peo-
ple had voted,” Shinde
stated.
Rebel Sena MLAs should seek fresh mandate: Aaditya Thackeray
HEATED DEBATE
CM Eknath Shinde asks Thackerays
to introspect instead of hurling
accusations at his faction; says his
faction stood for BJP-Sena alliance
I reiterate my
demand that
the 40 rebel
MLAs should resign
and seek a fresh man-
date. I will also re-
sign and seek re-elec-
tion. Let people de-
cide.... If I were the
Dy CM (Fadnavis), I
would have walked
out of this govern-
ment and called for
fresh elections.
—Aaditya Thackeray
UDDHAV THACKERAY TO LAUNCH
MAHA TOUR FROM VIDARBHA
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Former
M a h a r a s h t r a
Chief Minister Ud-
dhav Thackeray
may begin his tour
of Maharashtra
from Buldhana dis-
trict of Vidarbha
region on Novem-
ber 06, said party
spokespersons on
Friday.
Thackeray’s close
aide MLA Sanjay
Rathod, who has
now moved to the
Eknath Shinde
group, will also visit
the former in his
constituency and
Banjara Samaj tem-
ple Pohradevi. Apart
from this, Uddhav
will also visit his
constituency in
Washim district. Ac-
cording to sources,
Uddhav Thackeray
has taken up the re-
sponsibility of
bringing back the
‘old’ Shiv Sena back,
after the recent split.
IN BLACK WHITE
Kirit Somaiya shows an FIR registered against Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray leader Kishori Pednekar to the media,
at Bandra in Mumbai on Friday. Following his long-standing allegations, the BJP leader now claims that he has submitted
evidence of proving the former Mumbai mayor’s involvement in an SRA flats scam case to the police. —PHOTO BY PTI
First India Bureau
Shirdi: Leader of Op-
position in the Maha-
rashtra Legislative As-
sembly Ajit Pawar on
Friday claimed big-
ticket projects had
moved away from the
state due to the “inef-
ficiency” of the
Eknath Shinde-led
government.
Lakhs of youths have
missed employment op-
portunities in Maha-
rashtra because of the
state government’s in-
eptitude, the Nationalist
Congress Party (NCP)
leader said, while ad-
dressingapartymeeting
in Shirdi. He also
claimed there was “tre-
mendous anger” among
the public against Chief
MinisterEknathShinde.
NCP president
Sharad Pawar, who is
undergoing treatment
in a Mumbai hospital,
joined the meeting
through a video link.
Ajit Pawar said Shin-
de—who took oath on
June30—hadtoldtheAs-
sembly that investment
of up to Rs4 lakh crore
would come to Maha-
rashtra with Vedanta-
Foxconn’s semiconduc-
tor plant, but he is now
blaming the previous
Maha Vikas Aghadi
(MVA) government for
the Rs1.5 lakh crore pro-
ject going to Gujarat.
“The Shinde govern-
ment is not being truth-
ful. Its failure is causing
projects to move away
from Maharashtra. As
long as this government
is in power, unemploy-
ment will only grow,”
the former deputy CM
claimed, adding that the
government has also
consistently ignored the
NCP’s demand that a
“wet drought” be de-
clared in the state due to
crop losses amid exces-
sive rains in October.
Alleging that many
NCP leaders are being
offered inducements to
leave the party, which
was a constituent of the
MVA regime, he said,
“Don’t fall prey to such
tactics. People do not
like the way the Shiv
Sena’s name and poll
symbolhavebeenfrozen
. There is tremendous
anger against Eknath
Shinde,” he said.
PeopleangryasCMincapableof
getting big projects: Ajit Pawar
LOP claims there is ‘tremendous anger’ against ‘inefficiency’ of the Shinde-led Maha govt
NCP DELEGATION MEETS GONDIA OFFICIALS
OVER LAUNCH OF RICE PROCUREMENT
Gondia: An NCP
delegation on Friday met
officials in Gondia district
seeking an immediate
start to paddy procure-
ment. The delegation
under former MLA Ra-
jendra Jain met District
Marketing Officer Manoj
Bajpayee and warned
of an agitation if pro-
curement doesn’t start
immediately. “Upwards
of 2.30 lakh farmers who
cultivate 1.90 lakh hec-
tares of paddy are already
distressed due to heavy
rains. Delay in procure-
ment is forcing them
to sell their harvest at
lower prices in the open
market,” Jain claimed.
DMO Bajpayee said 110
procurement centres
have already been set up
in Gondia.
‘EXPLAIN MATHS
BEHIND 75K JOBS’
Mumbai: Stating that
people of Maharashtra
must be sure that they
are not being fooled,
the Nationalist Con-
gress Party (NCP) on
Friday asked the state
government to explain
the maths behind
the recruitment drive
for 75,000 govern-
ment vacancies. CM
Shinde and his deputy
Fadnavis distributed
appointment letters to
2,000 candidates on
Thursday. The NCP’s
national spokesperson
Clyde Crasto in a state-
ment said, “Good for
the people of Maha-
rashtra that the Shinde-
Fadnavis government
has started a drive to
recruit aspirants for
75,000 government
jobs. But they must
also explain the maths
here. Are these 75,000
jobs ‘plus’ the 2 crore
jobs as promised by
the BJP in 2014 or
‘minus’.”
First India Bureau
Kolhapur: Maharash-
tra governor Bhagat
Singh Koshyari and
his Karnataka coun-
terpart Thaawarchand
Gehlot presided over a
coordination meeting
between the border
districts of the two
states in Kolhapur, an
official said on Friday
.
Various common is-
sues between the border
districtsandareasof fur-
ther enhancing coopera-
tion were discussed dur-
ing the interstate meet,
the Maharashtra gover-
nor tweeted.
Officials including the
districtcollectorsandpo-
lice superintendents
from the border districts
of the two states were
present for the meet.
As per the Kolhapur
district administration,
issuessuchasfloodman-
agement of Krishna riv-
er, water level of the Al-
mattidam,preventionof
illegalliquortrafficfrom
Goa, easy trade and
lumpy skin disease man-
agement were discussed
in the meeting.
According to a senior
administrationofficerin
Belgavi, the “informal
meeting” was organized
following general in-
structions from the
Prime Minister’s Office.
The officer said that
contentious issues like
the Karnataka-Maha-
rashtra border dispute
or raising the height of
Almatti dam were not
discussed.
A consensus was
reached to make direc-
tion boards in Marathi
and Kannada for bilin-
gual residents in the bor-
der areas.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Santosh
Bangar, an MLA with
the Balasahebanchi
Shiv Sena faction,
was accused of trying
to enter the Maha-
rashtra Secretariat
(Mantralaya) premis-
es, along with his sup-
porters, without mak-
ing the mandatory
entry at the gate—an
allegation that the
legislator refuted.
According to offi-
cials, Bangar even used
an expletive when he
was asked to sign the
register by police per-
sonnel posted at the
gate to Mantralaya.
The MLA from Kal-
amnuri in Hingoli dis-
trict was allowed to
enter after one of the
persons in his entou-
rage entered the re-
quired details in the
visitors’ register, said
officials.
However, no com-
plaint was filed, though
a report on the inci-
dent was submitted to
the office of the Direc-
tor General of Police
as well the state Home
department.
Bangar, however,
said the allegations
were baseless.
“We were stopped at
the (Mantralaya) gate
by a cop there. One of
my supporters told him
I was an MLA, after
which he greeted me
and I returned the ges-
ture. I also told him my
personal assistant
would fill in the entry
details,” Bangar told a
news channel.
He said police may
have made an entry of
the incident in their di-
ary thinking he would
complainbeinganMLA.
Maha,K’takaguvspreside
overmeetofborderdistricts
Shinde group MLA denies entering
Mantralaya without signing in first
Governors Gehlot and Koshyari in Kolhapur on Friday.
Santosh Bangar reportedly verbally abused a cop; report on
incident submitted to DGP’s office, Home Dept. —FILE PHOTO
First India Bureau
Palghar (PTI): Maha-
rashtra Chief Minis-
ter Eknath Shinde on
Friday virtually inau-
gurated the office com-
plex of the charity
commissioner in Pal-
ghar district.
He said his govern-
ment was committed to
the development of the
districtbytakingintoac-
count environment con-
siderations and aspira-
tions of the people.
The aim is to bring
tribalcommunities,who
form a large part of the
district’s population,
into the mainstream
through all-round devel-
opment, Shinde said via
video link at the event.
Maha CM Shinde bats for all-round
development in Palghar district
Ajit Pawar, Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. —FILE PHOTO
Problem issues like
Maha-K’taka border
dispute, Almatti dam
were not discussed

MAHARASHTRA
03
SCrestrainsBMCfrom
actionoverMarathisigns
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Su-
preme Court on Fri-
day directed the Bri-
hanmumbai Munici-
pal Corporation
(BMC) not to take any
coercive action
against members of
Federation of Retail
Traders Welfare Asso-
ciation (FRTWA), for
failing to put up sign-
boards in Marathi
outside their shops
and establishments,
till December 18.
The deadline for put-
ting up the signboards
in Marathi was Septem-
ber 30.
A division bench
comprising Justice KM
Joseph and Justice Hri-
shikesh Roy asked the
civic body and the Ma-
harashtra government
to file their replies on
the matter by the next
date of hearing.
The SC was hearing a
special leave petition
filed by FRTWA chal-
lenging the decision of
the state government
mandating all shops
and establishments to
display their names in
Marathi (Devanagari)
script as well.
Senior Counsel Gopal
Shankarnarayan and
advocate Mohini Priya,
appearing on behalf of
the FRTWA, sought re-
lief after pointing out
that the BMC has start-
ed taking action against
the shops and establish-
ments which are yet to
put up the sign boards
in Marathi. The SC has
asked the federation to
file an affidavit giving
out a detailed list of its
members.
The association also
contended that it has
challenged the constitu-
tional validity of the
amendment in the Act
to incorporate the rule
of compulsory sign-
board in Marathi.
The Act was enacted
to improve the condi-
tion of workers who
work at these establish-
ments. However, the
language of the sign-
boards has nothing to
do with the welfare of
workers.
On February 23 this
year, the Bombay High
Court had upheld the
government decision
terming it as “reasona-
ble” considering dis-
play of signboards in
other languages were
not prohibited.
THE ORDER
FRTWA files
petition against
decision; says
BMC checking
on violations
Deadline to put up sign boards in Marathi was extended to Sept
30 by the Mumbai civic body. —FILE PHOTO
234samplestest
+veforOmicronin
genomesequencing
First India Bureau
Mumbai: All 234 swab
samples tested in the
16th genome sequenc-
ing series in Mumbai
have been detected
with the Omicron var-
iant of the novel coro-
navirus, including 36,
or 15%, with the XBB
subvariant, a civic of-
ficial said on Friday
.
About 14%, or 33, of
the 234 samples, have
beenfoundinfectedwith
the XBB.1 subvariant, a
release from the Brihan-
mumbai Municipal Cor-
poration (BMC) said.
“Of the 234 patients,
24 (10%) are younger
than 20 years of age, 94
(40%) in the 21-40 age
segment, 69 (29%) in the
41-60 age group, 36 (15%)
in the 61-80 age group,
and 11 (5%) are older
than 81,” the civic re-
lease informed.
Breaking down the
ageof thepatientswhose
samples were genome
sequenced, the release
said 16 were younger
than 18, three were aged
below five years, six
were in the 6-12 age
group and six were in
the 14-18 age segment.
It said 87 of 234 pa-
tients had not taken the
COVID-19 vaccine, and
15 of them had to be hos-
pitalized, with no ICU
admission.
Of the 147 patients
who had been vaccinat-
ed, seven had to be hos-
pitalized, while two
died in private hospi-
tals due to comorbidi-
ties, the release added.
No reason to
panic on ac-
count of these
subvariants but people
need to strictly adhere to
COVID-19-appropriate
behaviour and follow
steps taken by authori-
ties to curb the spread of
infection.
—BMC Health Department
Gangster seeks
permit for mosquito
net; plea rejected
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Gangster
Ejaz Lakdawala
wanted a mosquito
net and created quite
a buzz when he took a
plastic bottle filled
with dead mosquitoes
to a court to highlight
conditions in his pris-
on cell. But the ploy
did not work and his
request for a net was
turned down.
A sessions court in
Mumbai on Thursday
rejected the application
by Lakdawala, a former
associate of fugitive
gangster Dawood Ibra-
him who is facing mul-
tiple criminal cases,
including those under
the Maharashtra Con-
trol of Organized
Crime Act (MCOCA).
Lakdawala was ar-
rested in January 2020
and has been lodged at
the Taloja prison in
neighbouring Navi
Mumbai since then.
He had recently filed
an application in court
seeking permission to
use a mosquito net. In
his application, Lak-
dawala said that in 2020
when he was remanded
in judicial custody, he
was permitted to use a
mosquito net, but in
May this year, the pris-
on authorities seized
the net citing security
concerns.
On Thursday, when
Lakdawala was pro-
duced before the ses-
sions court, he showed
a plastic bottle filled
with dead mosquitoes
and said the inmates
of Taloja jail have to
face this problem eve-
ry day. But the jail au-
thorities opposed the
plea citing security
reasons.
The court, while re-
jecting the application,
said the accused appli-
cant (Lakdawala) could
use Odomos and other
mosquito repellents.
Undertrial Ejaz
Lakdawala brings
bottle filled with dead
mosquitoes to court to
support request
Ejaz Lakdawala, former aide
of underworld don Dawood
Ibrahim —FILE PHOTO
First India Bureau
Nagpur: The recent
ruling by the Supreme
Court, in which it out-
lawed the practice of
performing the “two
finger” virginity test in
sexual assault cases,
was hailed by a Maha-
rashtra-based profes-
sor of forensic medi-
cine who has been
fighting to get the prac-
tice banned. He also
said the ban should be
extended to marital
disputes as well.
Dr Indrajit
Khandekar, who works
at the Mahatma Gandhi
Institute of Medical Sci-
ences in Sevagram, has
been fighting for a ban
on the “virginity test”
since 2010. In 2018, he
even submitted a report
to the Medical Council
of India seeking that the
test be removed from the
medical curriculum.
In his report, he had
highlighted the unscien-
tific basis of the practice,
and how it violates hu-
man rights and leads to
gender discrimination.
A few days ago, the
Supreme Court, too, de-
plored the “regressive”
and “invasive” practice
on rape survivors, and
said it instead re-vic-
timized women who
might have been sexu-
ally assaulted.
The top court issued a
slew of directions to the
central and state gov-
ernments that any per-
son who conducted the
two-finger test or per
vaginum examination,
in contravention of its
directions, shall be
guilty of misconduct.
Calling it a “landmark
judgment”, Dr
Khandekar said the two-
finger test was an unsci-
entific, inhumane, de-
rogatory and discrimi-
natory practice that vio-
lated a woman’s dignity
.
“Though the SC…has
banned two-finger test in
relation to rape victims,
various family courts
and high courts have di-
recteddoctorstoconduct
such tests…. When the
said test is unscientific
for rape victims, then
how could the same test
be scientific in matri-
monial dispute cases?
The fight will not be
over until the SC re-
strainsthelowerand
high courts…from
passing such orders,”
he said.
After rape cases, doc wants ‘2-finger test’ banned in matrimonial disputes
TIME FOR CHANGE
lll
A forensic med
professor has
been fighting to
get the
‘regressive’
virginity test
barred for over a
decade; has
written report to
substantiate his
claims
When the said test is unscientific for rape
victims, then how could the same test be scien-
tific in matrimonial dispute cases? The fight
will not be over until the Supreme Court restrains the
lower and high courts…from passing such orders.
—Dr Indrajit Khandekar, Professor of Forensic Medicine, MGIMS
Tigress Maya sighted with
3-month-old cub at TATR
First India Bureau
Chandrapur: Visitors
to the Tadoba And-
hari Tiger Reserve
(TATR) in Chan-
drapur have been
treated to the sight of
the famous tigress
Maya and one of her
cubs, an official said
on Friday.
Home to over 88 big
cats, TATR was thrown
open to tourists on Oc-
tober 01 and has since
received more than
30,000 visitors in its
core and buffer zones,
said Mahesh Khore, as-
sistant conservator of
forest TATR (core
area).
The tigress Maya,
who is at least 13 years
old, was spotted carry-
ing her three-month-old
cub in her mouth, as
she was shifting it to a
safer place in the re-
serve, he said.
The big cat has been
spotted by tourists at
Navegaon Road and
Kumbi Pat areas in the
reserve and many have
captured her move-
ments on camera, foot-
age of which was wide-
ly shared on social me-
dia, Khore said.
“We have installed
camera traps to capture
the movement of the
big cat and her young
cub,” the official said.
The cub is part of
Maya’s 5th litter at
TATR. She has birthed
15 cubs so far and
only few have survived
132-YEAR-OLD TUNNEL DISCOVERED
AT MUMBAI’S STATE-RUN JJ HOSPITAL
A 200m tunnel, dating back
to 1890, has been discovered
at the state-run JJ hospital in
Mumbai, an official said, adding
that the building under which the
tunnel was discovered was once
used as a medical ward to treat
women and children, but later
converted into a nursing college.
The 132-year-old structure was
discovered during an inspection
of the nursing college after a
complaint of water leakage.
“Some staffers told us there may
be a basement, after which we
carried out further inspection and
discovered the tunnel,” he said.
—PHOTOS BY BHUSHAN
KOYANDE
Mentally ill man makes
hoax call on terror threat
First India Bureau
Mumbai: A mentally
36-year-old man from
Ulhasnagar in Thane
district placed an
anonymous hoax call
warning of ‘terror-
ists’ visiting the area
near the iconic Haji
Ali Dargah, police
said on Friday.
Acting on the call,
which came in to the
Mumbai police control
room around 2 pm, a
team from the Tardeo
police station was dis-
patched to the spot,
along with a bomb de-
tection and disposal
squad (BDDS). Howev-
er, a search around the
Dargah proved futile, as
nothing suspicious was
found, said the official.
The police tried to
reach the anonymous
caller again but his
phone was found to be
switched off. The city
police then sought tech-
nical help to ascertain
the identity of the call-
er and the purpose for
the call.
They found that the
caller was a man who
had suffered a brain in-
jury 14 years ago and
was under treatment.
In view of his mental
condition, no criminal
case was registered
against him, the official
added.
In a similar incident
last year, a man was ar-
rested for making a
hoax bomb threat call at
Mumbai’s Zaveri Bazar.
The arrested caller was
identified as Dinesh
Suttar and was booked.
Footage of
the big cat
and her
cub has
been widely
shared
on social
media.

PERSPECTIVE
04
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Amongst thousands of
persons, hardly one strives
for perfection; and amongst
those who have achieved
perfection, hardly one
knows me in truth.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
Paid obeisance to Sant Shri Ravidas
ji at Ravidas Ghat. An embodiment
of humanism and one of the greatest
spiritual figures of his times, Guru
Ravidas ji and his teachings serve as
an inspiration for PM @narendramodi
ji for building an inclusive, equal and
harmonious society.
Piyush Goyal
@PiyushGoyal
Looting the taxpayer, fooling
the poor! Nearly 2 lakh fake
construction workers in Delhi paid
allowances by AAP government.
TOP TWEETS
BJP BETTER
PLACED THAN
CONGRESS TO
HANDLE REBELS
IN HIMACHAL
imachal Pradesh is
witnessingrebellions
in both the Bharatiya
Janata Party and the
Congress before the
November12Assemblyelections.
These rebels are bent on spoiling
the prospects of both the parties.
The BJP expelled five of its lead-
ers on Monday and another the
next day as they had turned defi-
ant over denial of tickets. Those
expelledincludedKripalParmar,
the state vice-president and for-
mer Rajya Sabha MP. Congress
tooisgrapplingwiththeproblem
and hoped that Priyanka Gan-
dhi’svisitmighthelpinplacating
the rebels. Together 20 nomina-
tions were filed by the rebels of
the two parties.
The impact of rebellion on the
two parties will vary
. The threat
posed by the BJP rebels may be-
come inconsequential after
PrimeMinisterNarendraModi’s
ralliesintheState.Thesamecan-
not be said about Priyanka Gan-
dhi. Her party also does not have
a good track record in resolving
disputes and make it easy for re-
bels to queer the pitch for it.
H
week after he com-
pleted the $44 bil-
liondealtoacquire
the social media
platform, Elon
Musk announced his arrival
at Twitter waving an axe in
one hand and a harsh set of
rules for employees in the oth-
er. Beginning Friday the axe
was set to fall on around 7500
employees. Employees will
havetoputin80hoursof work
withnoleave,nofive-dayweek
and no holiday
. Twitter’s
“Daysof Rest”,orthemonthly
breaks for employees, are re-
ported to have been removed
fromtheircalendars.Itsounds
like Musk is leading an army
to war! He has also ordered
Twitter to cut infrastructure
costs by one billion dollars.
Butbiggerripplesarebeing
made over his plan to mone-
tise the blue tick marks of
verification one gets to see on
a message. Fixing $8 per such
message has already caused a
flutter even if it is lower than
the $20 Musk planned to
charge earlier. Twitter users
will still be unhappy
. But in a
mywayorhighwayapproach,
Musk is firm on the $8 price
tagforBlue.Thepriceforblue
tick marks will also include
facilities like priority in
search, fewer ads and the free-
domtopostlongvideos.Those
with a small following may
still stick to it but those with
millions of Twitter followers
like Barrack Obama, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi, Joe
Biden, Amitabh Bachchan
and other celebrities may
have to rethink.
Users quitting the plat-
form will be a blessing in dis-
guise. Tweets, especially the
videos, have done more harm
than good.
MUSK WIELDS THE
AXE ON STAFF
Those with a small
following may still stick
to it but those with
millions of Twitter
followers like Barrack
Obama, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, Joe
Biden, Amitabh Bachchan
and other celebrities may
have to rethink
A
conomic inequality is the un-
equal distribution of income
and opportunity between dif-
ferent groups in society or be-
tween different nations. It is a
concern in almost all coun-
tries around the world and of-
ten people are trapped in pov-
ertywithlittlechancetoclimb
up the social ladder. Income
and wealth inequality has
risen practically in all major
advanced economies over the
past two to three decades. In-
come distribution trends are
moremixedinemergingecon-
omies but many of them in-
cluding China and India have
experienced rising inequality
.
Rising inequality has ham-
pered economic growth by
dampeningaggregatedemand
and slowing productivity and
stirred social discontent, po-
litical polarization, and popu-
list nationalism. The pandem-
ic has revealed vulnerability
of societal and economic fra-
gility
.Peopleacrossallincome
categories feel that economic
inequality is a global chal-
lenge. The challenges are well
expressed by UN Chief
António Guterres when he
statesthat“Incomedisparities
and a lack of opportunities”
are creating a vicious cycle of
inequality
,frustrationanddis-
content across generations.
The mega trends that have
mainly impacted modern day
economy and inequality are:
Technology, Climate change,
Urbanisation and Interna-
tional Migration. Whilst tech-
nological innovations have
supported economic growth,
offering new possibilities in
fields such as health care, ed-
ucation, communication and
productivity
, there is also evi-
dence to show that it has led
to increased wage inequality
,
and displaced workers. Cli-
mate change, according to the
World Social Report, is mak-
ing the world’s poorest coun-
tries even poorer, and could
reverse progress made in re-
ducing inequality among
countries. It is noteworthy
that today more people live in
urban areas than rural areas,
a trend that is expected to con-
tinue over the coming years.
Althoughcitiesdriveeconom-
ic growth, they are more un-
equal than rural areas. The
fourth megatrend, interna-
tional migration, is described
as both a “powerful symbol of
global inequality”, and “a
force for equality under the
right conditions”.
Effects of Inequality
. High-
er rates of health, social
problems and reduced popu-
lation-wide satisfaction and
happiness. Drag on economic
growth, Unstable economies
and fosters political dysfunc-
tion, Unequal distribution of
resources fostering conflict,
war and displacement, Cre-
ates vicious cycles of poverty
that reinforce vulnerabilities
and negatively affect those in
greatest need, Leads to a so-
cietal breakdown in trust,
solidarity and social cohe-
sion, and Rapid environmen-
tal degradation.
Reasons for Divergences in
Income. Political instability,
Low levels of education and
skills, Quality of work cul-
ture, Savings and investment
habits of people, State of tax
collection by government,
Levels of corruption and
criminality, State of social
and economic welfare, Pri-
mary product dependency,
and Geographical location
Indian Scenario. India is a
developing nation with large
number of affluent elite but
has a poor record on econom-
ic equality
. While the top 1%
hold 22% of total national
income, the bottom 50%
share has gone down to 13%.
India’s middle class is rela-
tively poor, with an average
wealth of just 29.5% of the
total national income. India
has noticeable social inequal-
ity with huge differential ac-
cess to wealth, power, and
prestige. Social inequality
exists on grounds of gender,
race, age, ethnicity, religion,
and kinship basis. Multi-di-
mensional Poverty Index
(MPI) prepared by the NITI
Aayog highlighted that one
in every four people in the
country are multi dimen-
sionally poor. The factors
that act complementary to
the rise and sustenance of
inequality in India are:- La-
bour intensive manufactur-
ing with poor performance,
lesser jobs despite growing
economy, regional and inter-
state disparities, poor skill
development, prevalence of
caste system, tax evasion- un-
due concentra
tion of in-
comes in a few hands, unem-
ployment and underemploy-
ment, corruption, adminis-
trative bottlenecks, heavy
dependence on agriculture
sector and inadequate public
infrastructure. India has to
use the new technology to in-
crease productivity and wag-
es to reduce income inequal-
ity. Implement reforms that
redistribute money and pow-
er, level the playing field, pri-
oritise interests of lower
strata of society and review
present system of taxation
and social spending.
THE WAY FORWARD
Levy a modest progressive
wealth tax on multimillion-
aires for redistribution to
reduce income inequality
.
Harness the potential of
technological transformation
to foster more inclusive eco-
nomic growth, broaden capi-
tal ownership and reform cor-
porate governance to reflect
wider stakeholder interests.
Investment in education,
advance technology, RD
and infrastructure must be
boosted, with stronger pro-
grams for worker up skilling,
reskilling, and lifelong learn-
ing that respond to shifts in
the demand for skills.
Frame policies that direct-
ly reduce income inequality
and pursue inclusive, equita-
ble, and sustainable growth,
ensuring a balance among
economic, social, and envi-
ronmental dimensions of
sustainable development.
Rationalise patterns of tax-
ation and ownership and pro-
visionof publicgoods,suchas
health care and education.
Globally, debt forgiveness
and reform of trade agree-
ments benefitting the under-
developed countries that in
turn can reduce income and
other forms of inequality
.
The pandemic has severely
affected the poor and hurt the
middle class in terms of loss
of accumulated wealth and
savings. The rising inequality
is linked to slower economic
growth. The five Nordic coun-
tries - Denmark, Finland, Ice-
land, Norway
, and Sweden -
are among the most equal in
the world on a variety of crite-
ria, and they have attained
high levels of welfare and
equality
. This is due to strong
focusonsocialsolidarity
,taxa-
tion and higher spending on
education and healthcare.
They are a role model for all
nations emulate with due
modificationsaspertheirown
situations and conditions.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
GROWING ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
A MAJOR GLOBAL CHALLENGE
E
The pandemic has severely
affected the poor and hurt
the middle class in terms of
loss of accumulated wealth
and savings. The rising
inequality is linked to
slower economic growth.
The five Nordic countries -
Denmark, Finland,
Iceland, Norway, and
Sweden - are among the
most equal in the world on
a variety of criteria
Investment in
education, advance
technology, RD and
infrastructure must
be boosted, with
stronger programs
for worker up skilling,
reskilling, lifelong
learning that respond
to shifts in the demand
for skills. Pursue
sustainable growth
COL RAJESH BHUKAR
The author has been Head Security
Rajasthan Operations of Cairn Energy and
DGM HR in Jindal Saw Ltd

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05
INDIA
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: Once bit-
ten, twice shy. It seems
that West Bengal Chief
Minister Mamata Ba-
nerjee is following the
age old adage.
In view of her experi-
ence with the previous
Governor Jagdeep
Dhankhar, she has
started improving rela-
tions with the acting
Governor of the state,
La Ganesh. He is also
not very active as
Ganesh is not a full time
governor. He has to see
both Manipur and West
Bengal together and
secondly he also spends
time in his home state
Tamil Nadu. So, after he
became the caretaker
governor in July, good-
will is visible between
the government and the
Raj Bhavan.
Such is the harmony
that Mamata Banerjee,
who avoids even visit-
ing Delhi for central
government functions,
went to Chennai to at-
tend the birthday cele-
brations of Governor
La Ganesh’s elder
brother. Now the ques-
tion is, what message
does she want to convey
with this? Will improv-
ing relations with the
caretaker governor give
her party relief from
central agencies? Or is
it part of a bargain, al-
legations of which have
surfaced for the past
few days? Keep in mind
that Didi has attacked
the BJP in the past and
also praised the Rash-
triya Swayamsevak
Sangh. So, her politics
has confused the oppo-
sition parties, because
of which she is also
walking away from the
Opposition parties. It
seems that she is doing
politics of completely
stopping Hindu voters
from turning against
her in her state while at
the same time trying to
get some relief from
Central agencies.
Is Didi trying to save her political
future by an ‘image makeover’?
WOOING HINDU VOTERS
HIMACHAL PRADESH ELECTIONS
Priyankapromises1Ljobs,OPS,
financialassistanceforwomen
Kangra (PTI): Con-
gress leader Priyanka
Gandhi Vadra on Fri-
day said her party will
provide 1 lakh jobs, re-
store the Old Pension
Scheme (OPS) and pro-
vide financial assis-
tance of Rs 1,500 to
every woman in the
state if it is voted to
power in the upcoming
Assembly polls.
Addressing a rally
here, Vadra said the
Congress will also fight
the drug menace, which
is ruining the future of
the youth and build
E n g l i s h - m e d i u m
schools in every Assem-
bly constituency
.
She also targeted the
state government, say-
ing the state has
“drowned”indebtunder
the BJP dispensation
and 63,000 government
posts are lying vacant.
Citing the work done
by the Congress in
Chhattisgarh and Ra-
jasthan, the only two
states where the party
is in power on its own,
Vadra said her party
will fulfil its promises
in Himachal as well.
“The Congress will
create 1 lakh jobs...
Chhattisgarh Chief
Minister Bhupesh
Baghelissittinghere,he
has provided 5 lakh jobs
in three years. The Con-
gress government in Ra-
jasthan has provided
1.30 lakh jobs,” the Con-
gress leader said.
CONG’S SUDHIR
SHARMA HITS
BACK AT SHAH
BHARAT JODO
YATRA TAKES
BREAK IN T’GANA
PM TO ADDRESS 2
RALLIES IN
HIMACHAL TODAY
Dharamshala: Sudhir
Sharma, considered one
of the CM candidates of
Congress, said having
many faces for the top
post shows that his party
has competent leaders.
The remarks came in
response to Amit Shah’s
jibe that there are seven-
eight aspirants for the
Himachal Pradesh CM’s
post in the Congress.
Hyderabad: The ‘Bharat
Jodo Yatra’ led by
Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi took a break on
Friday and will resume
from Medak in Telangana
on Saturday. “#Bharat-
JodoYatra will take a
day’s break on 4th Nov.
We begin afresh from
Medak, Telangana on 5th
Nov,” Bharat Jodo’s of-
ficial Twitter handle said.
New Delhi: Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
will address two rallies
in Sindar Nagar and
Solan on Saturday in
his campaign for the
BJP in the Himachal
Pradesh assembly polls
scheduled for November
12. Official sources said
he will also visit Radha
Soami Satsang in Beas
in Punjab.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra poses for a selfie after offering prayers at Maa Jwala Devi Temple, in Kangra
on Friday. Chhattishgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel is also seen. —PHOTO BY ANI
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra waves to the party supporters during the Parivartan Pratigya Rally for the
upcoming Himachal elections, at Nagrota Bagwan, in Kangra on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
BJPaccusesDelhigovtof
registering‘bogus’workers
New Delhi (PTI): The
BJP on Friday accused
the Delhi government of
registering “bogus” con-
struction workers and
siphoning off money
meantforthemforAAP’s
party-related work.
In a joint conference
with party MP Manoj
Tiwari, BJP National
Spokesperson Sambit
Patra said Delhi Chief
Minister Arvind Kejri-
wal’s intent and integ-
rity was polluted.
Patra termed it the
biggest corruption case
in India as far as con-
struction workers were
concerned. He said
three NGOs working for
construction workers
alleged massive corrup-
tion in their registra-
tion through proxies.
The BJP leader ac-
cused the Delhi govt of
disbursing Rs 3,000
crore among “fake”
construction workers.
Elaboratingonthefig-
ures, Patra said between
2006 and 2021, over 13
lakh construction work-
ers were registered un-
der the Delhi govern-
ment’s labour depart-
ment. Of these, over 9
lakh were registered be-
tween 2018 to 2021.
Patra said investiga-
tions had revealed 2
lakh fake registrations
in Delhi. He alleged that
65,000 workers had the
same mobile number
while 15,700 had the
same residential ad-
dress in Delhi and the
remaining 4,370 had the
same permanent ad-
dress.
However, none of
these workers sharing
the same temporary or
permanent address are
connected to each other,
he said.
BJP’s Sambit Patra termed it biggest corruption case in India as
far as construction workers were concerned. —FILE PHOTO
Ex-TV anchor Isudan
Gadhvi is AAP’s CM
candidate for Gujarat
Ahmedabad (PTI):
The AAP on Friday
named former TV an-
chor and journalist Isu-
dan Gadhvi as its CM
candidate for Assembly
elections in Gujarat.
The announcement
was made by Delhi CM
Arvind Kejriwal who
said the 40-year-old Gad-
hvigotasmanyas73per
cent votes in a poll con-
ducted by the party
.
Gadhvi was pitted
against state party unit
chief Gopal Italia, who
played a key role in the
Patidar community agi-
tation. He hails from a
farmers’ family in
Dwarka district’s Pipal-
iya village and belongs
to the other backward
castes, which account
for 48 per cent of the
state’s population.
Kejriwal said the par-
ty conducted the poll by
asking people to choose
their chief ministerial
face. Over 16 lakh peo-
ple voted and 73 per
cent of those preferred
Gadhvi, Kejrwial said.
Last week, Kejriwal
had urged people to con-
tact the party through
SMS, WhatsApp etc to
give their views about
who should be CM can-
didate from the party
.
Arvind Kejriwal greets AAP’s CM candidate Isudan Gadhvi at a
public meeting ahead of Gujarat elections, in Ahmedabad, on
Friday. Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann is also seen.
Land grabbing:
ED raids nearly
a dozen places
in WB, J’khand
New Delhi (ANI): Of-
ficials of the Enforce-
ment Directorate (ED)
on Friday conducted
searches at nearly one
dozen locations in West
Bengal and Jharkhand
in a money laundering
case against those ille-
gally occupying Indian
Army lands, sources
said. As per sources, the
raids are going on at
nearly four places in
West Bengal and eight
in Jharkhand. The plac-
es searched included
residential and office
premises of a Kolkata-
based businessman
Amit Agrawal and sev-
eral others, sources
said. As per sources,
Agrawal was earlier ar-
rested by the Enforce-
ment Directorate, and
the raids were planned
after his revelation in
the case.
I-T searches on J’khand Cong
MLAs over tax evasion charges
Morbi:Civicbody’schief
officersuspendeddays
afterbridgecollapse
Ranchi/New Delhi
(PTI): The Income Tax
Department on Friday
conducted searches at
properties linked to
Jharkhand Congress
MLAs Kumar Jaiman-
gal and Pradip Yadav.
Jaimangal alias Anup
Singhisalegislatorfrom
Bermo,whileYadavwho
joined Congress after
splittingfromtheJVM-P
represents Poriyahat.
Congress is a partner of
the JMM-led ruling alli-
ance in the state.
The searches were
conducted at the prop-
erties of the legislators
in Ranchi, Bermo and
Patna, officials said.
Some private people,
including an iron ore
traderinChaibasa,were
also searched by the I-T
Department, they said.
Jaimangal said he
was extending full coop-
erationtotheI-TDepart-
ment which is conduct-
ing the searches as part
of an investigation into
tax evasion charges.
“The searches were
carried out under the
pressure of the BJP.
Such action will have to
be faced by those who
are against BJP. I am
against BJP and so, I
am facing it. But, it
can’t scare me,” he told
reporters.
Morbi (PTI): The Guja-
rat government has sus-
pended Morbi Munici-
pality’s Chief Officer
Sandipsinh Zala in the
wake of the bridge col-
lapse incident that
claimed 135 lives, a sen-
ior official said on Fri-
day
. The British-era sus-
pension bridge, built on
the river Machchhu in
Morbi town, had col-
lapsed on Sunday even-
ing.Thepeoplewhodied
in the tragedy included
women and children.
“The state Urban De-
velopment Department
has suspended Chief
Officer of Morbi Mu-
nicipality Sandipsinh
Zala,” said Morbi Dis-
trict Collector G T Pan-
dya. Resident Addition-
al Collector of Morbi
has been given the ad-
ditional charge of the
Chief Officer until fur-
ther orders, he said.
Morbi Municipality
had given the contract
of the bridge repair and
maintenance to Oreva
group for 15 years, offi-
cials said.
Police have so far ar-
rested nine persons in
connection with the
bridgecollapseincident.
PROPHET REMARK
ROW: DELHI COPS TO
HANDLE JINDAL FIRS
Court on Friday directed
that all FIRs against expelled
BJP leader Naveen Kumar
Jindal lodged across the
country in connection with
his alleged remarks against
Prophet Muhammad be
transferred to Delhi Police.
A bench also extended
interim protection to Jindal
till the probe is concluded
by Delhi police.
UP COURT AWARDS
LIFE IMPRISONMENT
TO 5 FOR MURDER
Bareilly: A court here has
sentenced five people
to life imprisonment in
connection with the murder
of the head of sanitation
workers six years ago
during a marriage
ceremony. The court held
them guilty on Monday and
pronounced the sentence
on Thursday. On April 22,
2016, Rajeev had gone to
attend a wedding where he
was shot dead.
U’KHAND DOMICILE
WOMEN: SC LIFTS
STAY ON HC ORDER
Court on Friday lifted
the stay imposed by
Uttarakhand High Court
on a 2006 order giving
30% reservation to women
having domicile of the state
in state civil services. A
bench of Justices SA Nazeer
and V Ramasubramanian
issued notice in the matter
and sought reply on the
Uttarakhand govt’s plea.
MP HC SETS ASIDE
CONVICTION OF MAN
IN KIDNAPPING CASE
Jabalpur: The Madhya
Pradesh High Court has set
aside a lower court order of
1998 convicting a man of
kidnapping a woman of a
different faith, whose kin had
claimed she was a minor at
the time. Nayab Khan was,
on Aug 26, 1998, sentenced
to two years in jail and fined
Rs 5,000 by the court of the
Panna additional sessions
judge under section 363
(kidnapping) of the IPC.
IN THE COURTYARD
CANNOT RESTRICT WOMAN’S
REPRODUCTIVE CHOICE: KERALA HC
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Friday observed
that there can be no restriction on a woman’s right to
exercise her reproductive choice, to either procreate or
abstain from it. The court took the route of an earlier
apex court judgement where it was held that as per
Article 21 of the Constitution of India, a woman has
right to make reproductive choice as it is a dimension
of her personal liberty. It ruled in a petition of a
23-year-old MBA student seeking termination of her
pregnancy from consensual sex with her classmate.
MLAS’ POACHING CASE: TELANGANA HC
ADJOURNS HEARING ON BJP PLEA
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Friday
adjourned hearing to Monday on a BJP petition seeking
probe by the CBI or sitting judge into the alleged
attempt to buy four MLAs of the TRS. The court also
adjourned the hearing on the petitions of the wife of one
of the accused and others. The court made it clear that
the stay on the investigation in the case will continue till
the next hearing. As the state government has filed an
elaborate counter, the counsel for the BJP sought time
to go through the same and prepare for arguments.

06
INDIA
First India Bureau
Chandigarh: Vice
President Jagdeep
Dhankhar on Friday
said farmers are the
backbone of a rising In-
dia and also credited
industry with driving
the agriculture sector
into a “new trajectory”.
“Bharat is on the rise
as never before. It is a
global recognition. And
in this rise, farmers are
the backbone,” he said
in his inaugural ad-
dress at the 15th edition
of the agriculture and
food technology fair or-
ganised by the Confed-
eration of Indian Indus-
try (CII) here.
The vice president
said the commitment of
the industry to drive
the agriculture sector
on a novel trajectory is
commendable, welcome
and needs to be taken to
higher stages of execu-
tion.
Calling the theme of
the fair -- Digital Trans-
formation for Sustain-
able Agriculture and
Food Security -- an apt
one, he said its rele-
vance can never be over
emphasised.
Vice President
Dhankhar also lauded
the central dispensation
over its contribution in
feeding 80 crore people
for free in the last two
years, a reference to the
Union government’s ef-
forts to tackle COVID-19
situation.
For us, agriculture is
not a profession, it is a
tradition and a way of
life, he asserted.
Punjab Governor
Banwarilal Purohit,
Haryana Governor
Bandaru Dattatreya
and Punjab Agriculture
Minister Kuldeep Singh
Dhaliwal were also pre-
sent on the occasion.
Bhubaneswar (PTI):
Union Minister Dhar-
mendra Pradhan has
urged Odisha CM
Naveen Patnaik to con-
vene an all-party meet-
ing for quick resolution
of border issues with
Andhra Pradesh.
Though Kotia cluster
comprising28villagesis
presently located within
Odisha, 21 villages have
foundaplaceinthenew-
lycarvedParvatipuram-
Manyam district of the
neighbouring state. The
district headquarters is
just 40 km from some
villages of the cluster in
Odisha state.
Both Odisha and
Andhra Pradesh gov-
ernments are engaged
in a five-decade-long po-
litical tug-of-war over
the ownership of 21 out
of the 28 villages in the
Kotia panchayat and
the case is sub-judice at
the Supreme Court
since 1968.
In a letter to Patnaik
written on October 31
and released to the
press on Friday, Prad-
han, who hails from
Odisha, said the chief
minister should also re-
view the progress made
by the inter-state com-
mittee and highlight
the developmental ac-
tivities taken up in the
border villages.
Patna (PTI): In a veiled
jibe at the Modi govt at
the Centre, Bihar CM
Nitish Kumar claimed
that prachar prasar
(propaganda) was going
on with little on offer for
the poorer states.
Kumar, who snapped
ties with the BJP two
monthsago,alsolament-
edthatthelong-standing
demand for special sta-
tus to Bihar, which “all
poor states should get”,
was not accepted.
“Is anything worth-
while happening in
poor states? Only propa-
ganda is underway
(Garib gurba rajyon
mein kuchh ho raha
hai?,” Nitish Kumar
said on Thursday
.
Kochi (PTI): With less
than a month to go for
the November deadline,
Union Housing and Ur-
ban Affairs Minister
Hardeep Singh Puri on
Fridaysaidconstruction
work of the new Parlia-
ment building is going
on at a very fast pace.
The govt has been
maintaining that the
project would be com-
pleted by November and
winter session would be
held in new building.
In August, MoS for
Housing and Urban Af-
fairs Kaushal Kishore
had told Lok Sabha that
the physical progress of
the new Parliament
building is 70 per cent
and the month of No-
vember is the deadline.
Addressing a press
conference here after
inaugurating ‘15th Ur-
ban Mobility India
(UMI) Conference
Expo’, Puri said there
are over 4,000 people
working round-the-
clock on the project.
3 SIBLINGS DIE IN
REFRIGERATOR
EXPLOSION IN TN
DHARMA SANSAD:
NOTICE TO YATI
NARSINGHANAND
Chennai (Agencies):
Three siblings, includ-
ing two women, were
asphyxiated to death in
Chengalpattu district
early on Friday. The
deceased included V
Girija (63), her sister
, S Radha (55) and
their brother, Rajkumar
(48). Rajkumar’s wife
Bhargavi (41) and
daughter Aaradhana
(7) are admitted to the
hospital. The family had
come to Chengalpattu
to perform the first
death anniversary ritu-
als of Girija’s husband
Venkataraman.
Ghaziabad (PTI):
The UP Police has
issued a notice to Yati
Narsinghanand, the
priest of Ghaziabad’s
Dasna Devi temple,
instructing him not to
organise a “dharma
sansad” and a prepara-
tory meeting for which
permission has not
been obtained from
the district administra-
tion. Narsinghanand,
who often triggers
controversy with his
provocative remarks,
has called 3-day “dhar-
ma sansad” beginning
December 17.
CRUCIAL READ
First India Bureau
Shillong: Union Jal
Shakti Minister Gajen-
dra Singh Shekhawat
expressedoptimismthat
modern science and
technology will come up
withaworkablesolution
to the flood problem in
the North East region.
Participating in a dis-
cussion on Space Appli-
cations in Flood Man-
agement in the North
Eastern Region at the
North Eastern Space
Applications Centre
(NESAC) at Umiam
near here on Thursday,
he said, “the ministry
intends to make maxi-
mum use of modern sci-
ence and technology to
come up with a worka-
ble solution to the age-
old problem of floods in
the Northeast region.”
He said, “Several
measures are being tak-
enonalargescaletopro-
vide relief to the North-
eastern states from the
ravages of floods.”
He said the aim of the
Jal Shakti Ministry is
to provide water to each
and every household
and agricultural land.
Shekhawat said that
the discussions re-
volved around techno-
logical intervention to
expedite the develop-
ment activities and its
implementation in the
region, reiterating
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi’s vision and
commitment to bring in
all-round development
in the Northeast.
‘Modern technology to address N-E’s flood problem’
SHEKHAWAT IN N-E
Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat interacts
with locals in Shillong.
‘Mizoram contributing to India’s endeavour to engage with neighbours’
First India Bureau
Aizawl: President
Droupadi Murmu, who
was in Mizoram on a
two-day visit, said on
Friday that the tribal
majority state benefits
from and makes con-
tributions to the na-
tion’s endeavour to en-
gage with neighbours
in the region.
Addressing a special
assembly session here,
she said that Mizoram
can explore its past,
find best governance
practices from pre-
modern days, and re-
vive it within contem-
porary systems for the
betterment of people.
She also stated that
the Mizoram Legisla-
tive Assembly
, over the
years, “has evolved into
an effective instrument
in finding solution to
people’s problem”.
Murmu stated that
she was keen to see in-
creased women’s repre-
sentation in public life,
particularly among
lawmakers.
“The Centre’s ‘Act
East Policy’ places em-
phasis on the northeast
for improving the
country’s ties with the
extended neighbour-
hood in the Asia-Pacif-
ic region. Mizoram
benefits from and also
makes contributions to
the nation’s endeavour
to engage with the
neighbours in the re-
gion,” she stated.
Murmu said that the
state has done well on
all parameters, despite
challenges posed by the
topography of the hilly
state.
“After achieving the
status of a full-fledged
State in 1987, Mizoram
has not looked back.
The topography of the
hilly region poses spe-
cial challenges for de-
velopment; yet the
state has done remark-
ably well on all param-
eters, especially when
it comes to human de-
velopment.
“As a tribal-majority
state, Mizoram can ex-
plore its past and find
best governance prac-
tices from pre-modern
days that can be re-
vived within contem-
porary systems,” she
said.
Mizoram has the
highest forest cover
among all Indian
states, providing an
ideal home for extraor-
dinary and rich biodi-
versity, she noted.
“Our multiple initia-
tives in promoting re-
newable sources of en-
ergy have won admira-
tion around the world.
Meanwhile, we as indi-
vidual citizens, policy-
makers, lawmakers or
administrators must
strive at our level to
help heal the planet.
President Droupadi Murmu accorded a guard of honour on her
first visit to Sikkim, in Gangtok, on Friday. —PHOTO BY PIB
Farmers backbone of rising
India: Vice Prez Dhankhar
Bharat is
on the rise
as never
before. It is a glob-
al recognition.
And in this rise,
farmers are the
backbone.... It is
the farmer who
needs to be well in-
formed so that he
adopts economi-
cally sustainable
measures.
—Jagdeep Dhankhar,
Vice President
It requires the Odisha government
to be proactive on the ground, there-
by bringing the government and
administration closer to the residents of
these border villages. —Dharmendra Pradhan,
Union Education Minister
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar lighting the lamp at 3rd Global
Alumni Meet in Panjab University, in Chandigarh on Friday.
Pradhanwantsall-party
meetonissueswithAndhra
VP exhorts the PU alumni to give back to one’s alma mater and to the society at large
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan inspects preparations at
Ravidas Ghat ahead of ‘Kashi Tamil Sangamam’,Varanasi, on Friday.
Spl status to
Bihar only on
papers: Nitish
Union Jal Shakti Minister hopes for
a solution to the recurring problem
Work on new building
of Parliament going on
at very fast pace: Puri
Hardeep Singh Puri inaugurates UMI Expo 2022, in Kochi.
GOVT ACCEPTS RESIGNATION
OF UP IAS VIDYA BHUSHAN
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: UP’s fa-
mous IAS officer Vid-
ya Bhushan’s resigna-
tion has been accept-
ed by the government.
Bhushan’s wife and
IPS officer Alankrita
Singh is already un-
der suspension for go-
ing to foreign without
permission.
2008-batch officer
Vidya Bhushan is
originally from Bihar.
He has been the DM
of Amethi, Pratap-
garh, Etawah.
IAS Vidya Bhush-
an, while being MD
PVVNL in Varanasi,
had sent his resigna-
tion to department.
He has resigned on
medical ground.
Before the resigna-
tion of Bhushan, the
government had also
approved the VRS ap-
plication of IAS Juthi-
ka Patankar and IAS
Renuka Kumar.
Officers in the bu-
reaucracy say that
Vidya Bhushan is con-
sidered to be a very
good and hardwork-
ing officer.
He says that his
wife IPS Alankrita
Singh had gone on for-
eign study leave but
she was suspended
and leave application
was not accepted
which made Vidya
Bhushan sad.
UP TRANSFERS
Vidya Bhushan Alankrita
‘State failed to...
life guaranteed by Arti-
cle 21. The violence
witnessed by Mumbai
in December 1992 and
January 1993 adversely
affected the right of
the residents of the af-
fected areas to lead dig-
nified and meaningful
life.”
Affected persons had
a right to seek compen-
sation from the state, it
noted.
Constituting a com-
mittee to look into re-
cords relating to 108
people who went miss-
ing during the riots,
the bench headed by
Justice SK Kaul direct-
ed the state to endeav-
our to trace their fam-
ily members or legal
heirs.
“Legal heirs of the
missing persons,
traced out hereafter,
would be paid compen-
sation of Rs2 lakh with
interest at the rate of
9% per annum from
January 22, 1999 till ac-
tual payment,” said the
bench, also comprising
justices AS Oka and
Vikram Nath.
On hearing that 97 of
253 riots cases are lying
dormant, the top court
surmised that the rea-
son must be that either
the accused therein are
not traceable or are ab-
sconding, and directed
the High Court to issue
appropriate directions
to the concerned courts
in which these cases
are pending.
The state will have to
set up a special cell for
tracing the accused,
and expedite pending
cases, it added.
FROM PG 1

business
BRIEFS
New Delhi: Indian banks’
loans rose 17.9% in the
two weeks to October 21
from a year earlier, while
deposits rose 9.5%, the
Reserve Bank of India’s
weekly statistical supple-
ment showed on Friday.
Outstanding loans rose
290.86 billion rupees
($3.54 billion) to 128.89
trillion rupees in the two
weeks to October 21.
Non-food credit rose
240.65 billion rupees to
128.63 trillion rupees,
while food credit rose
50.21 billion rupees to
256.55 bn rupees. —FIB
BANKS’ LOANS ROSE
17.9% Y/Y IN TWO
WEEKS TO OCT 21
New Delhi: Richest Indi-
an Gautam Adani-led
group on Friday an-
nounced the opening of
its Chennai hyperscale
data centre as it looks to
capture a share of one of
the world’s fastest-grow-
ing data centre markets.
AdaniConneX, a joint ven-
ture between Adani Enter-
prises and EdgeConneX,
opened ‘Chennai 1’ hyper-
scale data centre campus
that is powered by renew-
able energy, the company
said in a statement. “In
Phase 1, the campus of-
fers 17 MW (IT Load) that
will scale up to 33 MW
(IT Load) at full capacity,”
it said. —PTI
ADANI GROUP
OPENS DATA CENTRE
IN CHENNAI
New Delhi: Ola Electric
will miss its target to fully
utilise installed production
capacity in next six to
eight months and will
achieve only 50% of it by
Nov 2023, founder and
CEO Bhavish Aggarwal
said on Friday. At the time
of launch of the new S1
Air electric scooter ahead
of Diwali last month, he
had said the company was
already producing more
than 1,000 a day at its ‘fu-
ture factory’ and would be
scaling it up significantly
beyond that. —PTI
OLA ELECTRIC WILL
ACHIEVE ONLY 50%
PRODUCTION TARGET
New Delhi: State-owned
gas utility GAIL Ltd on
Thursday reported a 46%
drop in its September
quarter net profit as it
slashed petrochemical
output after a former unit
of Russian energy giant
Gazprom stopped gas
supplies. Net profit stood
at `1,537.07 crore in July-
September compared with
`2,862.95 crore profit in
the same period a year
back. The profit for the
firm that transports and
sells natural gas was se-
quentially down 47.2%
from `2,915.19 cr profit
in the April-June. —PTI
GAIL Q2 RESULTS:
PROFIT FALLS 46%
YOY TO `1,537 CR
07
Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 50,869.00 604.00 1.18 (Per 10g)
SILVER 59,477.00 2061.00 3.46 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 82.35 0.53 0.64
GBPINR 92.57 0.71 0.76
CURRENCIES
*Rates till the edition went to print.
SAMSUNG LOGS RUPEES
14,400 CR REVENUE IN
INDIA IN SEPT-OCTOBER
New Delhi : Samsung India
on Friday said that its mobile
business division garnered
record
revenue of
`14,400 crore
during the
festive months
of September and October in
India, making it the best Diwali
sales for the South Korean
giant. Samsung India’s mobile
division turned in record sales
riding on strong consumer
demand for premium smart-
phones such as Galaxy S22
series. —PTI
INDIGO 2ND QUARTER
LOSS WIDENS TO
`1,583.34 CRORE
New Delhi: InterGlobe Avia-
tion, the parent of the coun-
try’s largest airline IndiGo, on
Friday posted
widening
of loss to
`1,583.34
crore for the
September quarter as higher
fuel costs and exchange rates
impacted the bottom line.
However, total income of the
company rose to `12,852.29
crore in the second quarter
of the current fiscal from
`5,798.73 crore in the same
period a year ago. —PTI
INDIA LOOKING AT GREATER MARKET ACCESS FOR
PHARMA PRODUCTS IN UK UNDER FTA: OFFICIAL
New Delhi: India is looking at greater market access for its phar-
maceutical products in the UK as part of the proposed free trade
agreement with Britain, an official said
on Friday. The official also said that a
leaked chapter of the agreement, which is
floated on some portals, on IP is edited,
distorted, and is a manipulated version
of an initial document of the UK. “The
best part in the proposed agreement is
that both sides have highlighted their red
lines and sensitivities. Ever-greening touching manufacturing of
generic medicines is completely non-negotiable.” —PTI
GE AEROSPACE, TASL EXTEND $1-BILLION
CONTRACT FOR AIRCRAFT ENGINE COMPONENTS
New Delhi: GE Aerospace and Tata Advanced Systems Ltd have
extended their long term contract worth $1 billion for produc-
tion and supply of several commercial
aircraft engine components. The engine
parts will be manufactured at the Tata-
TCoE. In a joint release on Friday, GE
Aerospace and TASL said they have
extended the manufacturing agreement
under which TASL will continue to pro-
duce and supply several commercial aircraft engine components
to GE’s global engine manufacturing factories. —PTI
OTHER STORIES
Mumbai (PTI): India’s fo-
rex reserves increased by
$6.561 billion to reach
$531.081 billion for the
week ended October 28, the
RBI said on Friday
.
The overall reserves,
which have been on a de-
clining spree, had dropped
by $3.847 billion to $524.52
billion in the previous re-
porting week. In October
2021, the country’s forex
kitty had
reached an
all-time high of
$645 billion. The re-
serves have been declining
as the central bank deploys
the kitty to defend the ru-
pee amid pressures caused
by global developments.
Foreign currency assets
(FCA), a major component
of the overall reserves, in-
creased by $5.772 billion to
$470.847 billion during the
week to October 28, accord-
ing to the Weekly Statisti-
cal Supplement released by
the RBI on Friday
.
Expressed in dollar
terms, the foreign curren-
cy assets include the effect
of appreciation or depre-
ciation of non-US units
like the euro, pound and
yen held in the foreign ex-
change reserves.
The value of gold re-
serves increased $556 mil-
lion to $37.762 billion.
The Special Drawing
Rights (SDRs) were up by
$185 million to $17.625 bil-
lion. The country’s reserve
position with the IMF also
climbed by $48 million to
$4.847 billion in the report-
ing week, the apex bank
data showed.
For the week ended Octo-
ber 28, the rupee closed
with its first weekly gain in
seven weeks. The local cur-
rency, along with most oth-
er Asian peers, gained on
bets that the Fed Reserve.
Forex reserves post biggest
weekly gain of $6.56 billion
SENSEX SNAPS 2-DAY LOSING RUN AMID
FIRM ASIAN CUES; POSTS WEEKLY GAIN
Mumbai: Benchmark indices ended in the green on Friday after
falling for the past two days, helped by continuous buying from
foreign institutional investors and a largely
positive trend in Asian and European markets.
The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 113.95
points or 0.19% to settle at 60,950.36. Simi-
larly, the broader NSE Nifty ended 64.45 points
or 0.36% higher at 18,117.15.From the Sensex
pack, Bajaj Finserv, Tata Steel, UltraTech Ce-
ment, State Bank of India, Reliance Industries,
Asian Paints, Bajaj Finance and Wipro were
among the winners. Dr Reddy’s, Hindustan Unilever Limited,
Infosys, HDFC Bank and NTPC were among the laggards.
—PTI
` GAINS 53 PAISE TO
CLOSE AT 82.35/$
Mumbai: The rupee appreci-
ated by 53 paise to close at
82.35(provisional) against the
United States
dollar on Friday,
as the greenback
retreated from
its elevated
levels At the
interbank for-
eign exchange
market, the
local unit opened at 82.85 and
finally settled at 82.35 against
the American currency, register-
ing a rise of 53 paise over its
previous close amid a positive
trend in domestic equities. On
Thursday, the rupee had closed 8
paise lower at 82.88. —PTI
New Delhi (PTI): Union
Minister Piyush Goyal has
directed officials to fas-
track the clearance of pat-
ents filed by government-
related bodies in a time-
bound manner.
Goyal also asked them to
explore the possibilities of
merging Textile Research
Associations (TRAs) or
fostering partnerships
among TRAs engaged in
similar kinds of research
to bring synergy among
these bodies.
The minister for Tex-
tiles instructed that the
quarterly engagement of
TRAs with the ministry be
institutionalised.
We must encourage
startups and young scien-
tists in the niche areas like
technical textiles, Goyal
said during a review meet-
ing of TRAs.
He asked textile research
associations to submit pro-
posals to the ministry for
any support they require to
reach world-class levels of
state-of-the-art labs, and
modern machinery,
amongst others.
Goyal: Need fastrack
clearance of patents
MAJOR
HIGHLIGHTS
z Piyush Goyal has directed
officials to fastrack the
clearance of patents filed by
government-related bodies
in a time-bound manner
z He asked textile research
associations to submit
proposals for any support
New Delhi (PTI): The total
trade volume of Indian En-
ergy Exchange dipped 13%
to 7,972 million units (MU)
in October compared to a
year ago.
The Indian Energy Ex-
change achieved 7,972 MU
volume in October 2022,
including Green Power
trade of 403 MU, and 3.58
lac RECs (equivalent to
358 MU).
“The total volume on the
Exchange in October’22
was lower by 13% on YoY
basis due to high volume
base of last year, and lower
by 2% on MoM basis due to
reduced REC (Renewable
Energy Certificate) trad-
ing,” it stated.
Improved supply of do-
mestic coal led to easing of
supply side constraints, re-
sulting in decline of prices
on the IEX, it explained.
The average clearing
price in the Day-ahead
market was Rs 3.83 in Octo-
ber, which was lower by
32% on MoM (month-on-
month) basis and 52% on
YoY (year-on-year) basis.
Going forward, further
correction in prices due to
improvement in coal avail-
ability and reduction in
demand due to onset of
winters, will provide op-
portunity for cost optimi-
zation by Discoms and
Open Access consumers,
resulting in increased vol-
umes on the Exchange.
IEX trade volume dips
13% to 7,972 mn units
Mumbai (PTI): Govern-
ment-backed Self Reliant
India Fund (SRIF) on Fri-
day announced that it has
committed over `5,000
crore to help small busi-
nesses with growth
capital in its first year of
operations.
The fund, which started
as part of the government’s
flagship ‘Atmanirbhar
Bharat’ programme, has
provided approvals to 38
‘daughter funds’ with a
commitment amount of
more than `5,000 crore, as
per an official statement.
It has a ‘Mother Fund-
Daughter Fund’ structure
wherein SRIF, the mother
fund, invests up to 20 per
cent of the corpus of the
Daughter Fund, which
raises the balance 80 per
cent of the capital from
outside sources, it ex-
plained.
SRIF commits
`5,000 crore
to help MSMEs
Appleleadspremiumsmartphonesegment
New Delhi (FIB): Apple
led the premium segment
in India with 40% share,
followed by Samsung and
OnePlus, with registering
highest ever shipment
share in the country in the
September quarter.
Apple reached its high-
est ever share of 5% in In-
dia’s smartphone market
during the quarter driven
by a strong channel push
ahead of the festive season.
For the first time ever, an
iPhone (iPhone 13) topped
the overall India smart-
phone quarterly shipment
rankings, according to
Counterpoint Research.
“In terms of price
bands, the premium seg-
ment (`30,000 and above)
reached its highest ever
share of 12% during this
quarter,” said research
analyst Shilpi Jain.
“The iPhone 13 became
the top smartphone model
in Q3 2022, a first for Apple
in India,” she noted.
According to data from
business intelligence plat-
form Tofler, Apple India
logged a net profit of `1,263
crore, a growth of 3% (year-
on-year) in the fiscal year,
as sales were up a massive
45%.Samsung held the sec-
ond spot in the premium
segment.
IN INDIA IN THE SEPTEMBER QUARTER
MAJOR
HIGHLIGHTS
z For the first time ever,
iPhone 13 topped the overall
India smartphone quarterly
shipment rankings
z Apple reached its highest
ever share of 5% in India’s
smartphone
Reliance plans
to enter into
salon business
New Delhi (PTI): The
country’s largest re-
tailer Reliance Retail is
planning to enter the
salon business by ac-
quiring a 49% stake in
Naturals Salon Spa.
Reliance Retail, part
of oil-to-chemicals con-
glomerate Reliance In-
dustries, is in talks
with the promoters of
Naturals Salon Spa,
which operates over
650 salons across India.
Naturals Salon
Spa, founded in the
early 2000s, had the tar-
get to expand to 3,000
salons by 2025.
After this acquisi-
tion, Reliance Retail
would compete with
players like HUL,
which operates in the
salon segment with the
beauty brand Lakme.
CAPACITY OF
OVER 22 L UNITS
z Maruti Suzuki India has
a cumulative production
capacity of over 22 lakh
units per annum across its
two manufacturing plants in
Haryana and parent Suzuki
Motor’s facility at Gujarat
Maruti Suzuki lines up over `7K crore capex
New Delhi (PTI): Maruti
Suzuki India plans to in-
vest over Rs 7,000 crore this
year on various initiatives,
including the construction
work of its new plant in
Haryana and new model
launches, according to
company CFO Ajay Seth.
The country’s largest
carmaker has already com-
menced work at the new
facility in Sonipat district.
The Kharkhoda-based
plant, the company’s third
set-up in the country, is ex-
pected to be operational by
2025 with an installed pro-
duction capacity of 2.5 lakh
units in the first phase.
Currently, Maruti Suzu-
ki India (MSI) has a cumu-
lative production capacity
of over 22 lakh units per
annum across its two man-
ufacturing plants in Hary-
ana and parent Suzuki Mo-
tor’s facility at Gujarat.
The two plants in Hary-
ana— Gurugram and
Manesar—together roll out
around 15.5 lakh units per
annum.
In May, the auto major
had announced to invest
`11,000 crore in the first
phase of the Sonipat
facility.
“We will be spending up-
wards of `7,000 crore this
year,” Seth said in an ana-
lyst call. Elaborating on the
investment plans, he said
the earmarked amount
would cover various activi-
ties. “We’ll have to place
orders to various vendors
(for the Sonipat plant). So,
that will be one major por-
tion of the capex,” Seth
noted.

08
2NDFRONT
Fadnavis performs ‘mahapuja’
at Pandharpur, assures devt
First India Bureau
Pandharpur: Deputy
Chief Minister Dev-
endra Fadnavis and
his wife Amruta per-
formed the official
puja at the famous
Vitthal temple in Pan-
dharpur in Solapur
district on the occa-
sion of Kartiki Eka-
dashi on Friday.
Warkari couple Ut-
tamrao and Kalavati
Salunke got the oppor-
tunity to perform the
ritual alongside Fad-
navis and his wife in the
early hours of the day
.
“As a chief minister
earlier, I got the opportu-
nity to offer the ‘ma-
hapuja’ on the occasion
of Ashadhi Ekadashi
and I am fortunate that I
also got the opportunity
toofferprayersontheoc-
casion of Kartiki Eka-
dashi,” said Fadnavis,
while addressing a gath-
ering after the ritual.
The deputy chief
minister lauded the
contribution of the
Warkari sect and said
that Warkaris kept “the
flag of the Bhagwat
dharma high, despite
several invasions”.
Fadnavis further said
that he had held a meet-
ing on Thursday to dis-
cuss development plans
for Pandharpur.
“When Chief Minis-
ter Eknath Shinde had
come to Pandharpur for
Ashadhi Ekadashi, he
had expressed his views
on developing the tem-
ple town on the lines of
development of various
corridors in other reli-
gious sites in the coun-
try by suggesting chang-
es in the old develop-
mental plans for Pand-
harpur,” said Fadnavis.
The district authori-
tiesandotherstakehold-
ers have made a good
developmental plan for
the temple and in the
coming days, the state
government will put it
into action, he said.
“Iwouldliketoassure
all citizens, devotees
and shopkeepers that
they will start the work
by taking everyone into
confidence, without
pressurizing anyone
and by giving adequate
compensation to land
owners in case of land
acquisition,” said the
deputy chief minister.
Healsoassuredthatin
the implementation of
the development plan,
thetraditionof wariwill
not be disturbed.
Deputy CM also
lauds contribution
of Warkari sect in
keeping flag of
‘Bhagwat dharma
flying high’
Dy CM Devendra Fadnavis with wife Amruta at the Lord Vitthal temple in Pandharpur on Friday.
FOR PROGRESS
I was told that along with the development
plan, the restoration of the temple has to be
done urgently. I have instructed the district
collector to start the restoration work of the temple
immediately and the necessary funds will be made
available. —Devendra Fadnavis, Maha Deputy CM
First India Bureau
Mumbai: With the im-
pending arrival of
the party’s ‘Bharat
Jodo Yatra’ in Maha-
rashtra, several sen-
ior Congress leaders
in the state have been
practising brisk walk-
ing and doing exer-
cises to keep pace
with national leader
Rahul Gandhi during
the public outreach
programme.
The ‘Bharat Jodo
Yatra’ is scheduled to ar-
riveatDeglurinNanded
district of Maharashtra
from neighbouring Tel-
angana around 7 pm on
November 07.
Former state Chief
Minister Ashok Chavan
said he and other lead-
ers have been practising
brisk walk and exercis-
ing to match Gandhi’s
steps, while state Con-
gress President Nana
Patole said he has been
doing warm up exercis-
es and push-ups to keep
himself fit for the yatra.
“Citizens in Nanded
are all set to participate
in the yatra. We are
practising and exercis-
ing as and when we get
time. Walking is good
forhealth,”saidChavan,
who hails from Nanded.
Patole said that as the
party’sstateunitchief,it
washisdutytotravelthe
entire 382km-long
stretch of the yatra in
the state with Gandhi.
DP Sawant, Congress
leader and MLA from
Nanded, said the party
leaders from the state
will try to walk during
the yatra as much as
they can.
Maha Cong leaders go into fitness mode for ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’
GETTING READY
5km walk every
morning part of
prep; yatra to
travel through 15
Assembly, 6
Parliamentary
constituencies
Jalna (PTI): Maharashtra Congress chief Nana
Patole on Friday accused the Eknath Shinde-led
government of working for the development of
Gujarat, citing that all the development projects
were being shifted to the neighbouring state.
Speaking to reporters here, Patole alleged that
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced
projects for Maharashtra to save the reputa-
tion of the Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis
government. The prime minister on Thursday
announced projects worth Rs2 lakh crore for
Maharashtra. His statement has come in the
wake of the state government coming under fire
after proposed big-ticket projects moved out of
Maharashtra to poll-bound Gujarat and other
states.
SHINDE-FADNAVIS GOVT WORKING
FOR DEVT OF GUJARAT: NANA PATOLE
Congress national leader Rahul Gandhi will lead the yatra into
Maharashtra on November 07. —ANI PHOTO
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!
Activists of the ‘Kinner Maa Ek Samajik Sanstha’ participate in an awareness rally organized
as a part of their ‘Pan India Legal Awareness Outreach Campaign’, in Mumbai, on Friday.
—PHOTO BY PTI
EDU BOARD PUSHES
DEADLINE FOR CLASS
X, XII REGISTRATIONS
Mumbai: The Maharash-
tra State Board of Second-
ary and Higher Secondary
Education (MSBSHSE) on
Friday pushed the deadline
for Class X and Class XII
12 examination registra-
tions for regular, repeater,
and private candidates.
Students can now register
for the HSC exam by No-
vember 15 and for the SSC
exam, the date has been
pushed to November 25.
FAKE COPS ‘ROB’ TAXI,
PASSPORTS FROM
FOUR IN MUMBAI
Mumbai: Four passengers
of a taxi were allegedly
robbed by a group of men
posing as policemen on the
Western Express Highway
in Mumbai. The incident
took place near Kherwadi
junction on Tuesday night.
The taxi was intercepted
and victims were asked
to alight the vehicle. Their
passports were snatched
and they were asked to sit
in another vehicle.
SIT ARRESTS 5 OVER RERA IRREGULARITIES IN
KALYAN-DOMBIVALI FROM THANE DISTRICT
Thane: A special investigation team probing Maharashtra
Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) norm irregularities in
projects in Kalyan Dombivali Municipal Corporation limits in
Thane district on Friday arrested five persons, an official said.
Those arrested are agents operating real estate businesses
and obtaining registration of projects, Senior Inspector Vikas
Ghodke of Unit V of the Crime Branch, said. The probe centres
on two cases filed in Manpada and Dombivali police stations.
22 BOOKED FOR MISAPPROPRIATION OF FUNDS
WORTH `18.8 LAKH FROM HOUSING SOC ACCOUNT
Thane: An offence has been registered against 22 members
of the managing committee of a housing society in Thane
city in connection with alleged misappropriation of funds to
the tune of Rs18.18 lakh. The police on Thursday registered
a case against the accused, including the chairman, secretary
and treasurer of the society located in Panchpakhadi area.
According to the police, the co-operative department had
conducted an audit of accounts and unearthed the crime.
CRUCIAL READ
‘Holistic approach to
medical mgmt needed’
First India Bureau
Pune: Union Minister
Jitendra Singh on
Thursday said the
need of the hour was
to have a holistic ap-
proach to medical
management.
The Union Minister
of State (Independent
Charge), Ministry of
Science and Technolo-
gy Earth Sciences
was speaking at the
three-day ‘National
ConferenceonResearch
in Health and Biomedi-
cal Sciences, which was
organized by the Fac-
ulty of Health Sciences,
Symbiosis Internation-
al (Deemed University).
“Our entire medical
and clinical practice is
taken over by technolo-
gy
. When I joined, the
first lesson was that
‘pulse is the teacher’.
Now you get to see the
pulse and you do not see
the face of the patient as
we have such a huge fas
cinatingprovisioncalled
telemedicine,” he said.
He added there is a
need for all to get inte-
grated and learn from
each other.
“The need of the hour
is to have a more holistic
approach in medical
management, not only
involvingtechnologybut
also various streams of
medicines,bothOriental
as well as Western,
whichbeautifullytaught
us during the COVID-19
pandemic,” he said.
CYRUS MISTRY ACCIDENT
Wife could not merge car
into narrow lane, Darius
Pandole tells Palghar police
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Dr Anahita
Pandole, who was
driving the ill-fated
car on September 04
that met with an acci-
dent killing Former
Tata Group Chairman
Cyrus Mistry and one
other, could not merge
into another lane as
the road turned nar-
row near the Surya
River bridge, causing
the collision, said a
police official.
Her husband, Darius,
who survived the acci-
dent but suffered severe
injuries, told the police
the sequence of events
that led to the Mercedes-
Benz colliding with a
road divider. Mistry (54)
andhisfriend—Darius’s
brother Jahangir Pan-
dole—were killed after
the car crashed into a
road divider on a bridge.
The statement of
60-year-old Darius, who
had to undergo multiple
surgeries and was in
hospital for weeks after
theaccident,wasrecord-
ed on Tuesday by the of-
ficialsof Kasapolicesta-
tion in Palghar.
“His statement was
recorded at his south
Mumbai residence for
1.5 hours, during which
he gave details of the ac-
cident,” said the official
on Friday
.
“He said his wife was
driving the Mercedes-
Benz…on their way to
Mumbai. A car which
was ahead of their vehi-
cle went to the second
lane from the third and
Anahita also tried to fol-
low the same,” said the
official.
“When she tried to
take the car to that lane,
there was a truck on the
right side due to which
she was not able to
mergeintothatlane,”he
said, adding that “the
lane narrowed near the
Surya river bridge.”
“Anahita’s statement
is yet to be recorded as
she is still recovering,”
said the official.
He (Darius) said…. A car which was ahead
of their vehicle went to the second lane from
the third and Anahita also tried to follow
the same. When she tried to take the car to that lane,
there was a truck on the right side due to which she
was not able to merge into that lane. —Police official
Bullet train:
4 companies
submit bids
for Bandra-
Kurla station
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Larsen
Toubro Limited, J. Ku-
mar Infraprojects
Limited, Afcons Infra-
structure Limited and
MEIL-HCC Joint Ven-
ture have entered bids
for the design and
construction of an un-
derground station at
Mumbai’s Bandra
Kurla Complex for the
high speed rail corri-
dor, popularly known
as the bullet train pro-
ject, officials said on
Friday
.
BKC is the only un-
derground station on
the 500km Mumbai-
Ahmedabad bullet train
corridor.
Technical bids for the
underground BKC sta-
tionstationwereopened
on Friday, an official of
the National High Speed
Rail Corp. Ltd said, add-
ing, “Financial bids will
be opened for technical-
lyqualifiedbiddersonce
the technical evaluation
is completed.”
NHSRCL had invited
bids for its design and
construction in July
this year under the mul-
ti-billion dollar pro-
ject’s C1 package.
The BKC station will
be a three-level struc-
ture with a concourse
and service floor.
Project to halve travel time
between Mumbai,Ahmedabad.
Union Minister of State
Jitendra Singh—FILE PHOTO
Cops inspect the car after the fatal crash on Sept 04. —FILE PHOTO
Remember, you are the author of
your life story. Difficulties may
‘fall’ upon you, but you always
choose your response.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India

isco party
fashion is a
d i f f e r e n t
range of
f a s h i o n ,
mostly con-
sisting of
glittery clothes and
attractive head ac-
cessories. This
fashion defines a
unique fashion
statement. Divas
mostly prefer to
wear platform
shoes, jumpsuits,
halter dresses,
hot pants, col-
ourful leisure
suits, loud pat-
terns, sequins,
glitter, and gold lamé
to shine out loud in the
party environment.
This range of fash-
ion was first seen in
the 1970s when fash-
ion reached new levels
of creative expression
and some might say
, os-
tentation for men and
women.
A totally glamorous
era when women, no
longer limited to strict
fashion industry dic-
tates, could choose a
variety of hemlines
and wear pants in
nearly all situations,
to highlight them-
selves through these
attractive clothing
styles and discard the
restrictive garments
of the past.
As many of the
trends and ideals of
the 1960s countercul-
ture and radical move-
ments gradually came
to influence main-
stream fashion, cloth-
ing became an increas-
ingly colourful expres-
sion of individual
choice. Exaggerated
fashion trends showed
the growing accept-
ance of anti-conformi-
ty, self-actualization
and revolt against con-
vention. According to
Anne-Lise Francois, in
the 1970s, people wore
clothes that stood out
in order to fit in.
Disco fashion is no
less than the fusion of
glamour with fantasy
.
It is a simple world
where you can live and
style yourself like
your favourite fantasy
character. Old movies
and music videos have
played important role
in disseminating this
range of fashion
among the younger
generation. The trend
boomed in the mid-70s
when dancers and rock
stars used to style
themselves differently
.
In the largest and
most famous discos,
such as Studio 54, jour-
nalist Ed McCormack
observed fashions that
varied “from Pierre
Cardin suits to silver
cosmic clothing, from
Halston originals to
backless halters,
through all the shades,
cycles and fetishes of
chic, camp and queer,
until it culminates in
the truly bizarre en-
semble of one muscu-
lar young madman
who sports a leather
aviator’s cap, smoked
Captain Midnight gog-
gles and red plastic
clothespins clamped
onto his bare nipples.”
Some daring dancers
spray-painted their
bodies in silver and
gold. Others wore fu-
turistic costumes of
spandex and shiny me-
tallic trapunto to near-
ly nothing on the dance
floor.
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MUMBAI, SATURDAY,
NOVEMBER 5, 2022
Classic disco attire pays homage to fashion styles from the 1960s and 1970s.
Wearing nylon jumpsuits, platform boots and halter tops is an example of this. So
put your boogie shoes on and let’s explore the world of Disco fashion with City first
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