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` 20,000 fine
for violation of
vehicles ban
New Delhi: Violation
of the Delhi govern-
ment’s ban on plying of
non-BS VI diesel-run
light motor vehicles will
attract a penalty of Rs
20,000, a senior official
said Friday
. Diesel-oper-
ated medium and heavy
goods vehicles regis-
tered in Delhi will also
not be allowed except
those carrying essential
commodities or provid-
ing essential services.
“Violating these curbs
can attract a fine of Rs
20,000 under the Motor
Vehicles Act,” said an
official.
PRIMARY CLASSES CLOSED IN DELHI,
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES PROHIBITED
New Delhi: Chief Min-
ister Arvind Kejriwal
announced that prima-
ry schools will be closed
from Saturday in view
of spike in pollution
levels in the national
capital.
Speaking at a press
conference, he noted
that outdoor sports ac-
tivities for classes above
fifth standard have also
been suspended.
The city continued to
reel under the eye-sting-
ing pollution with air
quality recorded in the
“severe” category even
on Friday
.
“Primary classes will
be closed from tomor-
row and outdoor activi-
ties for classes above
fifth standard will be
suspended. We are also
mulling over imple-
menting the odd even
scheme for plying of
vehicles,” he said.
Outdoor activities
like sports or meetings
are also banned in all
schools, the order fur-
ther stated.
In the wake of severe
pollution in the nation-
al capital, many schools
have taken several
measures to protect
children, including sus-
pension of outdoor ac-
tivities and introduc-
tion of breathing exer-
cises in classes.
Many schools had on
Thursday ruled out
shutdown, saying it
would disturb the pace
of academic learning.
Children go to school on a smoggy morning in Gurugram on
Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
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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
Supreme Court directs Maha
govt to compensate victims
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
Shiv Sena leader shot
dead in Punjab; 1 held
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Sudhir
Suri, a Shiv Sena leader,
was shot dead in Pun-
jab’s Amritsar on Fri-
day. The incident re-
portedly took place out-
side a temple in the city
.
Shiv Sena leaders were
protesting outside a
temple against its au-
thorities after some
broken idols were found
in the trash outside the
temple premises. This
is when someone from
the crowd came and
shot Suri.“Sudhir Suri
was shot outside Gopal
Mandir, Amritsar dur-
ing some agitation. He
sustained bullet inju-
ries and was rushed to
hospital and died,” the
Amritsar police said.
The police said the ac-
cused has been arrested
and the weapon used in
the incident has been
recovered.
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.
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.
The court noted: “If
the citizens are forced
to live in an atmosphere
of communal tension, it
affects their right to life
guaranteed by Article
21.The violence wit-
nessed by Mumbai in
December 1992 and Jan-
uary 1993 adversely af-
fected the right of the
residents of the affected
areas to lead dignified
and meaningful life.”
Affected persons had
a right to seek compen-
sation from the state, it
noted.
1992-93
MUMBAI RIOTS
l Apex court forms panel to look
into records of 108 missing people,
asks govt to submit report
l State told the court that it could
compensate the families of only 60
of the 168 that were missing
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
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

CAPITOL
NEW DELHI | SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2022
02
New Delhi (PTI): Del-
hi Environment Minis-
ter Gopal Rai on Fri-
day ordered 50 per cent
staff of the Delhi gov-
ernment to work from
home and said an advi-
sory will be issued to
private offices to fol-
low suit.
At a press confer-
ence, Rai said the Del-
hi government has de-
cided to implement the
anti-pollution curbs
recommended by the
Commission for Air
Quality Management
(CAQM), including a
ban on non-BS VI die-
sel-run light motor ve-
hicles.
“At a meeting with
departments con-
cerned, it has been de-
cided that 50 per cent
staff of government
offices will work from
home from Monday
and an advisory will be
issued to private offic-
es to follow suit,” Rai
said.
In a bid to ramp up
public transport, the
government will also
launch ‘Paryavaran
Bus Service’ which
will include 500 pri-
vately-run CNG buses,
he said.
Rai said a six-mem-
ber panel chaired by
the special commis-
sioner, transport, has
been set up to monitor
the implementation of
curbs on anti-polluting
activities. Revenue
commissioners have
been asked to prepare
a plan for staggered
timings of markets
and offices.
The Delhi govern-
ment will request Har-
yana and Uttar
Pradesh to divert
trucks from the entry
point of peripheral ex-
pressways around Del-
hi, he said. Resident
welfare associations
will be asked to pro-
vide electric heaters to
security staff to pre-
vent burning of coal
and firewood, he said.
He said the odd-even
car rationing scheme
will be implemented if
need arises and discus-
sions on it are on.
According to a study
conducted by The En-
ergy and Resources In-
stitute in 2018, vehicu-
lar emissions account
for around 40 per cent
of the PM 2.5 pollution
in the capital.
New Delhi: Thick smog blanketed Delhi on Friday
as the city's air quality remained in the severe zone
for the second consecutive day. At 4 pm, Delhi’s 24-
hour average Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 447.
The concentration of lung-damaging fine particles,
known as PM2.5, was above 470 micrograms per
cubic metre, around eight times above the safe limit
of 60 micrograms per cubic metre, in many areas.
Almost all the monitoring stations in the capital re-
ported “severe” air quality, including 13 that logged
an AQI of more than 450. An AQI of above 400 is
considered severe which can affect healthy people
and seriously impact those with existing illnesses.
At least 13 air quality monitoring stations logged an
AQI of over 450.
AQI severe for second
consecutive day
Smog engulfs
the President's
House, in New
Delhi on Friday.
—PHOTO
BY ANI
50% Delhi govt staff to work from home
Environment Minister
Gopal Rai says
advisory will be issued to
private offices as well
Government also to
launch ‘Paryavaran
Bus Service’ which will
include 500 CNG buses
Non-BS VI diesel
vehicles to be banned,
trucks to be diverted; odd-
even formula may be back
A worker carrying LPG cylinders on a bicycle crosses a road,
shrouded in a thick layer of smog, in New Delhi on Friday.
An anti-smog gun is used to spray water to curb air pollution, in New Delhi. —PHOTOS BY PTI
A six-member panel chaired by the
special commissioner, transport, has
been set up to monitor the implemen-
tation of curbs on anti-polluting activities..
—Gopal Rai, Environment Minister, Delhi
New Delhi (PTI):
Alarmed over the rise
in pollution in Delhi-
NCR, the NHRC has
asked chief secretaries
of Punjab, Haryana, UP
and Delhi to appear be-
fore it on November 10
to discuss the matter, a
statement said Friday
.
The National Human
Rights Commission
said it is “not satisfied”
with actions taken to
address the issue and
that “much more”
needs to be done to re-
duce pollution in Delhi.
The NHRC asked the
CSs to inform it within
a week about steps tak-
en by their respective
governments to stop
stubble burning.
“Their reports must
also inform about the
effect of smog towers
and anti-smog guns. It
should also have infor-
mation on how many
anti-smog guns are op-
erational and what fur-
ther steps the Delhi and
other governments are
taking in the near fu-
ture.
“The report of Pun-
jab and Haryana must
also specifically inform
about the effect of the
scheme of in-situ man-
agement of crop resi-
due,” NHRC said.
The commission said
it had issued the notice
after taking suo motu
cognisance of media re-
ports alleging that air
pollution is a great
threat to human health
in India and might re-
duce life expectancy for
the people of Delhi.
NHRC further stated
“notwithstanding sev-
eral directions of the
Supreme Court, the Na-
tional Green Tribunal
and other authorities,
the air quality in Delhi-
NCR has not seen re-
quired improvement
for a human-friendly
environment, which
cannot be allowed to re-
main so perpetually”.
NHRC summons chief secys of Delhi, Punjab, Hry, UP
ALARM BELLS
lll
The apex rights
panel said it is
“not satisfied”
with actions
taken to address
the issue and
that “much
more” needs to
be done to
reduce pollution
Students leave school after classes, in New Delhi.—PHOTO BY PTI
NO IMPROVEMENT
New Delhi (ANI): For-
mer AIIMS director Dr
Randeep Guleria on
Friday advised chil-
dren, senior citizens
and those with weak
lungs and hearts not to
venture to places
where the air quality
has dropped to severe
levels.
He added that if they
do have to visit such
places, it should be dur-
ing the day when the
sun is out. He also ad-
vised children and oth-
er vulnerable citizens
to wear face masks
when outside. Guleria
tweeted, Children, el-
derly those whose
lungs hearts are
weak, they should not
go to such places where
there is pollution. If
you want to go, go dur-
ing (the) day when
there is sunlight
wear a mask. We can
call air pollution a si-
lent killer.
Ex-AIIMS chief
has advice for
kids, elderly
New Delhi (PTI): Chief
Minister Arvind Kejri-
wal and his Punjab
counterpart Bhagwant
Mann on Friday admit-
ted responsibility for
paddy straw (parali)
burning in the border
state and promised to
curbthepracticebynext
winter amid alarming
levels of air pollution in
the national capital.
Kejriwal said air pol-
lution in the winters
was not a Delhi-specific
problem, adding that it
affected entire northern
India and that there
should be no blame
game and politics on the
issue.
HealsourgedtheCen-
tre to take steps to pre-
vent parali burning,
adding it was wrong to
hold farmers alone re-
sponsible.
We (AAP) have our
government in Punjab
and we are responsible
if parali is being burnt
there. We accept the re-
sponsibility
. We admit
parali is being put on
fire in Punjab but farm-
ers are not responsible
for it. They need a solu-
tion,theywillstopburn-
ing parali the day they
have a solution, Kejri-
wal said in a joint press
conference with Mann.
Mann said AAP gov-
ernment in Punjab had
just a few months to ad-
dress the problem. He
promised the issue
would be brought under
control by next Novem-
ber. Evidently, AAP or
Kejriwal governments
in Delhi and Punjab are
not merely responsible
for this. There are sev-
eral reasons, including
local and regional ones,
he said.
“We have govern-
ments in Punjab and
Delhi. This is not the
timeforpointingfingers,
blame games or name
calling. It's not the time
for politics over such a
sensitive issue. It does
notproduceanysolution
and people need
solutions,”Kejriwalsaid.
CM,Punjabcounterpart
Manntakeresponsibility
Arvind Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann address a press conference
in New Delhi on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
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‘WORKING TO CURB STUBBLE BURNING’
LGurgesPunjabCMtotake‘urgent’measures
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi
Lieutenant Governor
VK Saxena has urged
Punjab Chief Minister
Bhagwant Mann to take
urgent and substan-
tivemeasurestocontrol
stubble burning in the
state that has converted
thenationalcapitalinto
a gas chamber.
In response, Mann ac-
cused Saxena of stop-
ping the work of Delhi's
elected government and
saidtheLieutenantGov-
ernor was politicising
the issue.
In a communication
to Mann, Saxena said it
was baffling that in-
stead of addressing the
issue at hand, certain
elements are indulging
in unjustifiable blame
games and excuses and
trying to shirk responsi-
bilities, even in the face
of a serious crisis situa-
tion.
Saxena said, on be-
half of Delhi and its
residents, he was urging
Mann to galvanise all
available resources and
machinery to make the
farmers become willing
partnersindefeatingthe
repetitive menace.
It is public knowl-
edgethatairpollutionin
Delhi has reached ex-
tremely dangerous lev-
els, hovering consist-
ently in the 'severe plus'
category due to smoke,
95 per cent of which is
originating from Parali
burninginPunjab,Sax-
ena said in his letter.
The resultant situa-
tion... has led to (a)
health emergency in
Delhi and the NCR,
wherein OPD (out-pa-
tient department) visits
and hospitalisations re-
lated to pulmonary dis-
comfort/disorders has
reportedly witnessed a
manifold increase, Sax-
ena noted.
He stressed that chil-
dren and the elderly
weredisproportionately
affected and every com-
mon citizen was facing
incessantburningof the
eyes, cough, nasal con-
gestion, sore throat, and
laboured breathing
amongotherrespiratory
discomfort.
He cited health ex-
perts who have consist-
ently flagged the situa-
tion as hazardous and
dangerous and are ask-
ing for schools to be
closed, apart from advis-
ing people to remain in-
doors, not to go for
morning walks and re-
frainfromoutdoorphys-
ical activities.
Due to severe air pol-
lution and consequent
restrictions, even the
socio-economic activi-
tiesarebadlyimpacted,
he noted.
Due to the
severe air
pollution and
consequent restric-
tions, even the so-
cio-economic activi-
ties are badly im-
pacted.
—VK Saxena,
Delhi Lt Guv
Stubble burning is one of the main reasons for pollution in Delhi.
New Delhi (PTI): Once
a luxury product, air pu-
rifiers have increasing-
ly become a necessity as
sales surge amid a rise
in Delhi's pollution lev-
els that are now just a
notch below the 'Severe
Plus' category
.
Demand for air puri-
fiers have risen in the
capital, particularly af-
ter Diwali, which wit-
nessed widespread
bursting of firecrackers
despite a ban.
“The air quality in In-
dia is deteriorating due
to many activities in-
dustrial expansion in
cities, population den-
sity, improper waste
management, crop
burning, increased au-
tomobile use and a few
natural causes. There is
evidence that air pollu-
tion, both outdoor and
indoor, is on the rise and
is behind higher mor-
bidity and mortality
rates,” said Kartik Sin-
ghal,founderof O2Cure
and MD, Zeco Aircon.
The spike in sales re-
flect the deteriorating
air quality levels, he
said, adding that buyers
had become more aware
and responsible about
indoor purification.
With worsening AQI, air purifier sales rise
REGULAR CLEANING

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03
Youth held for stealing SUV
from Cantonment: Police
New Delhi (PTI): A
24-year-old man has
been arrested for alleg-
edly stealing a sports
utility vehicle (SUV)
from the Delhi Canton-
mentareaafterhe,along
with two of his two as-
sociates, held the driver
of the car at gunpoint,
police said on Friday
.
Accused Saurabh is a
resident of JJ colony in
Khanpur, they added.
At around 5.20 am on
Saturday
, the Delhi Can-
tonment police station
received information
regarding a carjacking
incident from NH-8.
Complainant Rahul, a
resident of Meerut in
Uttar Pradesh, told the
police that he works as a
driver for C Developers
Limited, a company
based in Meerut.
The complainant
came to Delhi to drop
his employer at the In-
dira Gandhi Interna-
tional (IGI) airport in a
Toyota Fortuner car. On
his way back to Meerut,
hehadstoppedthecarat
an outlet near the RTR
flyover, a senior police
officer said.
Three men came on a
motorcycle and fled
with the car after hold-
ing him at gunpoint, the
complainant alleged,
adding that one of the
men even fired a shot
from a pistol before flee-
ing.
A video clip purport-
edly of the incident was
circulated on social me-
dia platforms, in which
the driver is seen park-
ing the vehicle at a spot
and three men ap-
proaching him on a mo-
torcycle.
Police identified the
three accused with the
help of CCTV footage.
Acting on a tip-off, a po-
lice team arrested one
of theaccused,Saurabh,
Special Commissioner
of Police (Crime) Ravin-
dra Singh Yadav said.
A CCTV footage of the incident.The accused is seen with a gun.
THE MOTIVE:
GANG WAR
The arrested accused
told the police that he
is a member of the
Prince Tewatia gang.
Tewatia, a gangster,
has a rivalry with
Rohit Chaudhary of
Aya Nagar, police said.
Tewatia recently came
out of jail on parole
for a month. He had to
surrender before the
police on October 27
but he did not. Tewatia
had planned to take re-
venge from Chaudhary,
on whose directions
one Kunnal Bachha
had attacked him with
a blade while he was in
custody. Tewatia, along
with his gang mem-
bers Parkash, Bhanu,
Hunny and Rakesh
had made a plan to
get even with Bachha
and needed a car to
execute it, police said.
New Delhi (PTI): The
CBI on Friday opposed
the bail plea of Hy-
derabad-based busi-
nessman Abhishek
Boinpally arrested in
connection with the al-
leged Delhi excise poli-
cy scam, saying he can
tamper with evidence
if released.
The Central Bureau
of Investigation made
the submission in re-
sponse to Boinpally's
bail application filed
before Special Judge M
K Nagpal.
The agency told the
court that probe is at a
crucial stage, and the
accused, an influential
person, could threaten
witnessesorfleejustice
if he is granted bail.
The defence counsel
said the investigation
isalreadycompleteand
the accused is not re-
quired for further in-
terrogation.
After hearing the ar-
guments, the court
posted the matter for
further hearing on No-
vember 9.
The CBI had arrest-
edBoinpallylastmonth
for allegedly lobbying
for certain liquor busi-
nessmen based in
southern India.
Excise policy: CBI opposes
Abhishek Boinpally’s bail
BJP on Friday accused
the Kejriwal govern-
ment of registering two
lakh bogus construc-
tion workers in the capi-
tal and siphoning mon-
ey meant for them for
party-related work.
BJP National Spokes-
person Sambit Patra
termed it the biggest
corruption case in India
as far as construction
workers were con-
cerned. He said three
NGOs working for con-
struction workers had
filed a complaint about
duplicate registrations
and alleged massive cor-
ruption in their regis-
tration through proxies.
Delhi Building and
Other Construction
Workers Welfare Board
under the city govern-
ment's Labour depart-
ment is primarily re-
sponsible for registra-
tion of construction
workers and its welfare
initiatives. The BJP
leader accused the gov-
ernment of disbursing
Rs 3,000 crore among
fake construction
workers.
Govt registered 2L
bogus construction
workers: Patra
New Delhi (ANI): The
results for the National
Eligibility Test will be
declared on Saturday,
University Grants Com-
mission (UGC) chair-
manMJagadeshKumar
confirmed.Accordingto
him, the results will be
available on the website
of the National Testing
Agency (NTA) on htt-
ps://nta.ac.in. The
exam was conducted in
four phases from July 9
to July 12, September 20
to 23, September 29 to
October 4, and from Oc-
tober 8 to October 14.
UGC-NET exam
results today
THE FIGURES
The board
formed under
Manish Siso-
dia has Rs 3,000 crore
as corpus fund for this
year. This amount will
be disbursed amongst
the bogus entities.
—Sambit Patra,
BJP Nat’l Spokesperson
New Delhi (PTI): With
MCD elections around
the corner, Delhi BJP on
Friday hinted at not re-
peating its outgoing
councillors on at least
60-70 per cent of the
wards even as the Con-
gress received over 1,000
applications from ticket
seekers.
Leaders said reports
that party will replace
all its sitting councillors
with new faces was tech-
nically incorrect.
“With several factors
playing out like reduced
number of wards, rota-
tionof reservedseatsfor
women and SC candi-
dates and delimitation,
almost 60-70 per cent sit-
ting councillors will ef-
fectively lose the claim
over party ticket,” said a
senior Delhi BJP leader.
“Not more than 30 per
cent sitting councillors
will have the chance to
be repeated this time
even if the party so de-
cides,” he said.
There were several
reasons that necessitat-
ed changed faces. Before
unification of the three
municipal corporations
earlier this year, the to-
talnumberof wardswas
272 that has now come
down to 250 under the
MCD, said a senior Del-
hi BJP leader.
Of 250 wards, there
are many earlier re-
served for women and
SC candidates.
“Due to rotation of
wards, many of these
that were earlier re-
served for women or SC
have now become gen-
eral. Vice versa, many
general wards have be-
come reserved, he said.
Endoftermfor most councillors
n Lesserwards,
delimitationmain
reasons:BJP
BJP’s MCD election office inaugurated
New Delhi (PTI): Un-
ion Minister Piyush
Goyal and BJP's Delhi
unit chief Adesh Gup-
ta inaugurated the
party's MCD election
office with a 'yagna' on
Friday
.
The MCD poll office
from where cam-
paigns and other ac-
tivities will be operat-
ed is located at the
BJP's Delhi unit head-
quarters at Pant Marg.
The party has already
formed various pan-
els, including a cam-
paign management
committee, for the
elections.
The BJP, which has
governed the civic
bodies since 2007, is
pitted against a resur-
gent Aam Aadmi Par-
ty and the Congress.
Earlier this year, the
Centre unified the
city's three municipal
corporations under
the Municipal Corpo-
ration of Delhi and
reduced the total num-
ber of wards to 250
from 272.
Union Minister Piyush Goyal, Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta, and
BJP National Vice President Baijayant Jay Panda inaugurate
the BJP MCD election office, as party leader Vijay Goel looks
on, in New Delhi on Friday. —PHOTOS BY ANI
TWO SURVEYS
New Delhi (ANI): Un-
ion Commerce Minister
Piyush Goyal on Friday
lashed out at the Aad
Aadmi Party (AAP) gov-
ernment in the national
capital, accusing it of
'failing on every front'.
Amid the escalating
war of words between
the BJP and the AAP
over the fast declining
air quality in Delhi, the
senior BJP leader
claimed that the 'hollow
propaganda' of Chief
Minister Arvind Kejri-
wal and his party had
been exposed and the
people were saddened
by the government's
failed promises.
TheseniorBJPleader
claimed that the people
in the national capital
are determined to bring
his party back to power
not only at the Centre
but also in Delhi in the
next Assembly elec-
tions. We are all set to
come back to power,
Goyal said.
Failing on every front: Union
minister Goyal slams AAP
Piyush Goyal addresses a press conference in New Delhi.
New Delhi (PTI): Chief
Minister Arvind Kejriwal
on Friday accused the
BJP of creating moun-
tains of garbage in Delhi
during their 15-year
tenure in the MCD,
asserting that people
will choose the AAP in
the December 4 civic
body polls. In the last 15 years, BJP has spread
garbage everywhere and created mountains of
garbage. On December 4, Delhiites will vote for
cleanliness. They will vote to make Delhi beautiful.
This time, Delhiites will choose the AAP in MCD,
Kejriwal said in a tweet in Hindi.
BJP created mountains of
garbage in Delhi: Kejriwal

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PERSPECTIVE
04
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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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
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.
GYANVAPI: HC
ADMITS PETITION ON
CARBON DATING
Prayagraj: The Allahabad
High Court on Friday
admitted a petition
challenging the order
passed by the Varanasi
district judge, which
rejected demand for carbon
dating of a “Shivling”
found inside the Gyanvapi
mosque complex. Justice
JJ Munir also issued notice
to the mosque committee
to present its version.
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
New Delhi: The Supreme
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.
INDIA
05
Ex-MLAIndranilRajguru
quitsAAP,returnstoCong
New Delhi (PTI):
Ahead of the Gujarat
Assembly polls, former
MLA Indranil Rajguru
quit the Aam Aadmi
Party and joined the
Congress on Friday and
alleged that the Arvind
Kejriwal-led outfit was
working as a “B-team”
of the BJP in the state.
Rajguru, who had
joined the Aam Aadmi
Party (AAP) after quit-
ting the Congress in
Aprilthisyear,returned
to the grand old party,
citing that it was the
best option for defeating
the BJP in Gujarat.
He was reportedly up-
set over not being made
the AAP’s chief minis-
terial face.
Rajguru joined the
Congress in the pres-
ence of AICC Gujarat
incharge Raghu Shar-
ma, Gujarat Congress
chief Jagdish Thakor,
Congress legislature
party leader Sukhram
Rathava and other sen-
ior leaders.
Addressing a press
conference at the AICC
headquarters, Rajguru
said he had joined the
AAP to defeat the BJP
but found that it was
acting as the “B-team of
the BJP”.
Rajguru said he had
been in touch with the
Congress for the last
few weeks and had not
shared the dias with Ke-
jriwal in his last few
pressers in Gujarat.
Rajguru had won as
Congress MLA from
Rajkot-East seat in 2012.
In 2017, he decided to
quit his safe seat to fight
the Assembly polls
against the then Chief
Minister Vijay Rupani
from Rajkot-West seat.
But he eventually lost to
Rupani.
In 2018, Rajguru re-
signed from the Con-
gress for the first time.
He had rejoined the
Congress in 2019 but
again quit in April 2022
to join AAP
.
In 2018, Rajguru resigned from the Congress but rejoined it in
2019. He again quit in April 2022 to join AAP. —FILE PHOTO

INDIA
06
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 Bhar-
gavi (41) and daughter
Aaradhana (7) are
admitted to the hospital.
The family had come to
Chengalpattu to perform
the first death anniver-
sary rituals of Girija’s
husband Venkataraman.
Ghaziabad (PTI): The
UP Police has issued
a notice to Yati Nars-
inghanand, the priest
of Ghaziabad’s Dasna
Devi temple, instructing
him not to organise a
“dharma sansad” and a
preparatory 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.
Kolkata (Agencies): Sisir Mondal, Chairman of TMC
controlled Dainhat Municipality in West Bengal’s East
Burdwan on Friday resigned from his post following the
instructions of the party high command after his name
got involved in a sex for job scandal. He gave his resig-
nation letter to Katwa sub-divisional officer but refused
to make any statement to the waiting media persons.
Trinamool’s East Burdwan President, Rabindranath
Chattopadhyay confirmed to the media persons that
Mondal has resigned following the instructions of
the party high command. Recently an audio clip went
viral, where a young woman, reportedly in a telephonic
conversation with Mondal, requested him for a job.
Lucknow (PTI): The Uttar Pradesh ATS has arrested
two youths whose names had come up during the
interrogation of some accused arrested earlier for
having links with Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent
(AQIS) and Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB),
an official release issued here said. Those arrested
have been identified as 28-year-old Aas Mohammed
and 23-year-old Mohammed Haaris. Aas is a resident
of Zahirpur village under Deoband police station limits
in Saharanpur, while Haaris hails from Uttarkhand's
Haridwar district, the release issued by the Anti-Terror
Squad (ATS) said on Thursday. They were initially
called for questioning and later arrested.
TMC-RUN MUNICIPALITY CHAIRMAN
RESIGNS OVER SEX FOR JOB SCANDAL
UP ATS ARRESTS TWO YOUTHS NAMED
BY TERROR ACCUSED HELD EARLIER
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

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
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
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
New Delhi (PTI): Di-
rector General (Pris-
ons) Sandeep Goel has
been transferred from
the Tihar Jail here,
days after jailed con-
man Sukesh Chan-
drashekhar alleged ex-
tortion of Rs 10 crore
for protection in prison.
According to an offi-
cial order issued on Fri-
day, the 1989 batch AG-
MUT cadre officer has
been transferred from
Tihar Jail and asked to
report to PHQ for fur-
ther orders. “Sanjay
Beniwal, the 1989 batch
IPS officer, is the new
DG (Prisons),” it stated.
Chandrashekhar had
written to Delhi Lt Gov-
ernor V K Saxena alleg-
ing that AAP leader
Satyendar Jain “extort-
ed” Rs 10 crore from
him in 2019 to ensure
his safety in prison.
Chandrashekhar,
who is lodged in Man-
doli jail here in connec-
tion with a Rs 200 crore
money laundering case,
submitted the letter to
the L-G on October 8
through his advocate
Ashok K Singh, making
the startling allega-
tions against the AAP
leader.The letter said
more than Rs 50 crore
was given to the Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP) on
a promise of giving
Chandrashekhar an
important post in the
party in South Zone,
and also help him in
getting nominated to
the Rajya Sabha. Chan-
drashekhar also al-
leged that he was visit-
ed by Jain in Tihar jail.
“Jain asked me to pay
Rs 1.50 crore to DG pris-
on Sandeep Goel, who,
he said, was a loyal as-
sociate of his. He forced
me to pay and an
amount of Rs 10 crore
was extorted from me
through constant pres-
sure in a matter of two-
three months,” he al-
leged in the letter.
“A total amount of Rs
10 crore was paid to
Satyendar Jain, and Rs
12.50 crore to DG prison
Sandeep Goel,” Chan-
drashekhar alleged and
added that he has al-
ready given this infor-
mation to the Enforce-
ment Directorate.
Tihar Jail is run by
the Department of Del-
hi Prisons under the
Government of Delhi.
DG (Prisons) Sandeep Goel
transferred from Tihar
Conman Sukesh alleged he
had paid Rs 10 crore to AAP
min for protection in the prison
Sanjay Beniwal, a 1989
batch IPS officer, has been
appointed as new DG (Prisons)
DG Sandeep Goel (L) and Sukesh Chandrashekhar (R)
BAIL REFUSED TO SUKESH’S WIFE
New Delhi: Special MCOCA
judge Shailendra Malik re-
cently denied bail to Leena
Maria Paul, wife of Sukesh
Chandrasekar, in connec-
tion with a Rs 200 crore
money laundering case
registered by Delhi Police.
Advocate Wills Mathews,
the counsel for Leena Maria
Paul, said that there is no
evidence directly implicat-
ing the applicant in any al-
leged incidence of extortion,
cheating, collecting money,
etc. None of the witnesses
or in the confession of any
of the co-accused, no role
has been attributed against
the applicant. “The age of
the applicant is reaching
upto 40 and she having suf-
fered a miscarriage earlier,
wants to become a mother
in a legitimate manner and
is also suffering
from depression
while being
in custody,”
he submitted.
On the other
hand, Spl Public
Prosecutor
(SPP) Akhand
Pratap Singh
submitted
that the applicant cannot
seek bail on the ground of
being a woman. He also
submitted that various
bank entries came into her
account and there is no
explanation from the appli-
cant as to how such a huge
amount of money was
credited to her account.
Besides, high-end cars
and other expensive
articles were recov-
ered from the
search of
her house,
the SPP
argued.
KESARIYA PUSHKAR
Camel traders arrive at Pushkar Fair 2022 on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Port Blair (PTI): The
Calcutta HC on Friday
rejected the anticipato-
ry bail application of a
Port Blair-based busi-
nessman in connection
with a gang rape case in
which top officials of
the Andaman and Nico-
bar Islands administra-
tionweremadeaccused.
The police also issued
a lookout notice against
the absconding busi-
nessman, Sandeep Sin-
gh alias Rinku, who was
named in the FIR con-
cerned as an accom-
plice in the crime, a sen-
ior official said. A look-
out notice is issued to
make sure that a want-
ed person is not able to
leave the country
. Singh
moved a division bench
of the Port Blair circuit
bench of the high court
seeking pre-arrest bail.
Earlier, the Police an-
nounced a reward of Rs
1 lakh for information
leading to the arrest of
Singh and Labour Com-
missioner R L Rishi in
connection with the
gang rape case.
Gang rape case: Anticipatory bail
of accused businessman rejected
Labour Commissioner R L
Rishi (left) and absconding
businessman Sandeep Singh
alias Rinku (R)
Dehradun (ANI): The
Nainital High Court
has sought all evidence
related to the scene of
the Ankita Bhandari
murder case. The court
has given the Special
Investigation Team
(SIT) time till Novem-
ber 11 to present all the
evidence in the court.
A single bench of
Senior Justice Sanjay
Kumar Mishra heard
the petition filed in this
regard. The petition
filed by Ankita’s moth-
er Sona Devi and father
Virender Singh
Bhandari calls for a
Central Bureau of In-
vestigation (CBI) in-
quiry into the murder
case. The lifeless body
of 19-year-old Ankita,
who worked as a recep-
tionist at a resort run
by Pulkit Arya, son of
now-expelled BJP lead-
er Vinod Arya, was re-
covered from the Chilla
canal in Rishikesh on
September 24, this year.
She was reported miss-
ing for at least six days
before being found
dead. The expelled BJP
leader’s son was arrest-
ed for his alleged in-
volvement in the case.
Under fire from the Op-
position parties over
the incident, the BJP
government led by
Chief Minister Push-
kar Singh Dhami
promptly expelled Vi-
nod Arya. Amid calls
from the victim’s family
that the probe is trans-
ferred to the CBI, the
Gangster Act was in-
voked against the three
accused in the case, in-
cluding the main ac-
cused Pulkit Arya.
Elaborating on the
progress of the probe in
the case, earlier, the SIT
in-charge DIG P Renuka
Devi said the post-mor-
tem report filed by the
panel of doctors
matched the pieces of
evidence collected by
the probe team.
Court seeks all evidence related to scene of Ankita Bhandari murder
INVESTIGATION CONTINUES
lll
The court has
given the Special
Investigation
Team (SIT) time
till November 11
to present all
the evidence in
the court
The lifeless body of 19-year-old Ankita was found on Sept 24.
She was missing for at least six days before being found dead.
Rahul Gandhi
undertaking
yatra with
‘tukde-tukde’
gang:Thakur
Union Min Anurag Thakur
Hamirpur: Union
Minister Anurag
Thakur on Friday
said Congress lead-
er Rahul Gandhi is
undertaking the
Bharat Jodo Yatra
with “tukde-tukde
gang”, and ques-
tioned his sister
Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra’s absence
from the march.
The Hamirpur
MP also exuded
confidence that the
BJP would return
to power in
Himachal Pradesh
because of the
“good work done by
the double-engine
government in the
last five years”.
Addressing a
press conference
here, Thakur
said,”Rahul-ji is do-
ing yatra with ‘tuk-
de-tukde’ gang, who
had raised slogans
against the country
.
Maybe that is why
Priyanka-ji did not
join it or maybe a
brother did not re-
member his sister.
Is everything all
right between the
siblings?” The min-
ister, however, did
not elaborate who
he meant by ‘tukde-
tukde’ gang.
A single bench of
Senior Justice Sanjay
Kumar Mishra heard
the petition filed in
this regard
Karkardooma Court of
Delhi ordered the fram-
ing of charges against
ex-AAP Councilor Ta-
hir Hussain in a money
laundering case in con-
nection with the North
East Delhi Violence in
February 2020.
The Court also dis-
missed the bail plea of
Tahir Hussain in the
same case. The court
said, “The transactions
of Tahir Hussain... in a
conspiracy to fraudu-
lently withdraw money
from the accounts of
certain companies
owned or controlled by
him… on the strength
of fake bills with him
being the beneficiary
and with intent putting
it to use towards riots.”
The court further ob-
served that Hussain
would be guilty of de-
riving or obtaining
property from the pro-
ceeds of crime and will
be guilty of money
laundering. Additional
Sessions Judge Am-
itabh Rawat while or-
dering framing of
charges said that there
is sufficient material
on record, prima facie,
creating grave suspi-
cion against the ac-
cused and to proceed
with the trial of the
case.
Advocate NK Matta,
Special Prosecutor for
ED submitted that
there is sufficient evi-
dence and witnesses to
the effect that the ac-
cused distributed mon-
ey to other accused per-
sons for riots and pro-
curing weapons.
‘Tahir Hussain laundered money to fund
Delhi riots’: Court accepts evidence
Tahir Hussain (right) —FILE PHOTO
HEARING ON NOV 7
Delhi HC on Friday is-
sued notice to AAP MLA
Amanatullah Khan on
a plea by the Delhi Anti
Corruption Bureau (ACB)
seeking cancellation of
bail granted to him in
September in a corrup-
tion case. Justice Yogesh
Khanna issued notice
to the AAP MLA and
directed to file a reply on
this matter adjourned to
December 9 for the next
hearing. Senior Advocate
Ramesh Gupta accepted
the notice on Amanatul-
lah Khan’s behalf. He ob-
jected to the submission
of prosecution seeking an
early date in the matter
said there is no urgency
as he was granted bail by
the trial court.
HC NOTICE TO
AMANATULLAH
AS ACB SEEKS BAIL
CANCELLATION
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IN THE COURT
Noida (PTI): Sanchit
Sharma alias Singga
Pandit, a close aide of
Gautam Buddh Nagar
MP Mahesh Sharma
was hospitalised with
grievous injuries fol-
lowing an attack on him
late Thursday night in
Greater Noida, police
said on Friday
.
Notably, Sanchit was
briefly arrested in Au-
gust on charges of pro-
moting enmity after he
allegedly made some
objectionable remarks
on the Tyagi communi-
ty in the wake of the
Shrikant Tyagi episode
in Noida.
Mahesh Sharma, the
BJP’s Lok Sabha MP,
said he is expecting
quick action by the po-
lice against those guilty
and added that he and
his party would take ac-
tion only after “36
hours”.
The FIR has been
lodged over a complaint
by the BJP’s local man-
dal president Mahesh
Sharma (same name as
the MP’s) who too was
in a car with Sanchit
Sharma along with one
more party worker.
Their car was inter-
cepted near a hotel by
seven to eight unidenti-
fied men who were in
two SUVs and carried
arms with them.
Mahesh Sharma, an
MBBS doctor by profes-
sion, visited the hospi-
tal to meet Sanchit.
Later, talking to report-
ers he said, “The attack-
ers brandished revolv-
ers and pistols at them
(BJP workers) and at-
tacked them with rods.
They left Sanchit con-
sidering him dead. I
have spoken to Sanchit
and he shared some de-
tails with me.”
Aide of BJP MP brutally
attacked in Greater Noida
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Friday
directed the transfer of
all the FIRs
filedagainst
e x p e l l e d
BJP leader
N a v e e n
K u m a r
Jindal for his remarks
against Prophet Mo-
hammed, to the Intelli-
gence Fusion and Stra-
tegic Operations unit of
the Delhi Police.
A bench of Justices
MR Shah and MM Sun-
dresh also extended in-
terim protection to Jin-
dal till the probe is con-
cluded by Delhi police.
The top court allowed
Jindal to move Delhi
HC for quashing of
FIRs lodged over his al-
leged remarks.
SC transfers all
FIRs against
Naveen Jindal
to Delhi Police

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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NEW DELHI, 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
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
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