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IN-DEPTH
WILL BJP PLAY BALL
ON CASTE CENSUS?
SHAH DROPS HINT
he Bharatiya Janata Party appears to have
second thoughts on the caste census which
has become an election issue in the hands of
the opposition parties. The caste census was made an
issue by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who car-
ried out a survey of Other Backward Classes in order
to help them get their due advantage in reservation
and to also secure votes in the poll-bound states and
in the Lok Sabha elections in 2024. The BJPhas been
opposed to a rushed census based on castes and has
blamed the Congress for trying to use it for political
advantage.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement on
Friday gives the impression that the BJP may also
join the party. Shah told journalists that the BJP has
never opposed caste census, but decisions have to be
taken after careful thought.
The Opposition has been demanding a nationwide
caste census which could become an important poll
issue in 2024, especially in UP.
T
AIR POLLUTION IS BACK
TO CHOKE PEOPLE
picture is worth a thousand words is an age-
old adage. A photograph showing England
skipper sitting on his haunches using an in-
haler to breathe in heavily polluted air during a prac-
tice session at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Ben-
galuru spoke volumes about the quality of air being
inhaled not just in the capital of Karnataka but also
in Mumbai and Delhi where air pollution is routine-
ly becoming a cause of concern. Mumbai is a recent
entrant to the list of cities with poor air quality despite
enjoying the geographical advantage of being a
coastal city. Some experts blame Mumbai’s poor air
quality to a recent
spurt in construction
activity. Once the
construction activity
is over the air quality
will improve.
In terms of air pol-
lution Delhi is excep-
tional. Panic buttons
keep getting pressed
year after year but
the problem persists.
Burning of agricul-
ture waste in Punjab
and Haryana still
continues and regis-
ters a spike around
this time of the year.
Weather makes it
worse as the air tends to spiral downwards with pol-
luting particles causing a haze and making the air
unbreathable. Industrial activity and vehicular pollu-
tion add to the environmental problem. The Delhi
government tried to improve the situation but has so
far not succeeded.
To improve the air quality in Delhi requires a na-
tional plan in which all the states, especially Delhi’s
neighbouring states, take up the issue of air pollution
as a national health hazard and speed up remedial
measures. If vehicular pollution and construction
activities are checked the air quality will breathe sub-
stantially and inhalers can be avoided.
A
To improve the air
quality in Delhi
requires a national
plan in which all the
states, especially
Delhi’s neighbouring
states, take up the
issue of air pollution
as a national health
hazard and speed up
remedial measures
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INDIA’S
GROWTH
Now that India’s economy
has grown to be the fifth
largest in the world, there
is a greater need to raise
GDP and the income of all
Indians. Globally, India is
ranked 125th in terms of
per capita income. Why
can’t we acknowledge
that a large percentage
of a company’s profits go
straight to the owners,
with only a little fraction
going to shareholders and
minimum wage workers?
In nations like India, the
gap between the rich and
the poor is getting wider.
India is now the most
populous nation in the
world, having surpassed
China in terms of popula-
tion, but about 80% of the
population is experiencing
economic hardship due to
rising unemployment and
inflation rates. Perhaps
Governor Shaktikanta
has analyzed the current
situation, foreseeing future
consequences similar to
America’s 2006 reces-
sion, and therefore, he has
urged banks and other
financial institutions to
strengthen their internal
financial mechanisms
significantly.
RBIISANXIOUSFORHIGH
LEVELSOFPERSONALLOANS
Dr PS
Vohra
The writer is a columnist
& financial thinker
BI Governor
Shaktikanta
Das in his
s t a t e m e n t
last month
warned banks and NBFCs
to be on the lookout for the
sharp rise in personal loans
made by Indians. This an-
nouncement has led to the
quick spread of rumours
about why the RBI is con-
cerned. However, Gover-
nor Shaktikanta Das has
also clearly drawn attention
to the sudden increase in
credit card transactions
these days. There has been
more than 30 percent
growth in credit card pay-
ments by July and August
2023 and it is estimated to
be around Rs 2.17 lakh
crore. The figures of an-
other RBI report are even
more surprising when it is
seen that in comparison to
the last two decades of the
present century (2010,
2020), the highest increase
in personal loans has been
recorded so far in the year
2023 and this is compara-
tively much higher than the
loans of agriculture, indus-
try and service sectors. It is
disappointing that there has
been no increase in banking
loans to the agricultural
sector for the last three dec-
ades and that is why both
unemployment and infla-
tion remain a serious issue.
From the industry point of
view, there was a growth in
loans only in the first dec-
ade and a continuous de-
cline was seen in the subse-
quent two decades. How-
ever, there is a continuous
growth in the service sec-
tor, which is very pleasant
and due to which the GDP
of the Indian economy is
continuously increasing
rapidly at the global level.
These days, it’s becom-
ing abundantly evident that
one of the primary factors
raising the average person’s
spendingcapacityistherise
in personal loans. To put it
another way, it most likely
indicates that the customer
is using a credit card or
bankloantopayforhispur-
chase rather than obtaining
a loan. This discussion is
often ended in the social
discoursebylinkingittothe
fascinationforluxurylifeor
theblindracetoadoptwest-
ern style, whereas the situa-
tion is quite the opposite
because the narrative of
economic analysis is pre-
sentingthatIndiansarecon-
stantly increasing their ex-
penses compared to their
income. The RBI’s 2023
CCS report (January,
March, May and July) also
showsthat50percentofthe
respondents believe that
there has been no increase
intheirincome,whichisthe
sameaslastyear.27percent
of the people believe that
their income has decreased
compared to the previous
year.Itisclearfromthisthat
about 80 percent of the peo-
plebelievethattheirincome
is not able to cope with the
increase in their expenses.
Regarding expenses during
the same period, the CCS
report of the RBI also indi-
cated that about 75 percent
of the people believe that
their expenses have in-
creased this year compared
to the previous year. In
terms of expenses, about 20
per cent of the respondents
also believe that their ex-
penses are the same as last
year and only 5 per cent be-
lieve that their expenses
have come down. Apart
from this, 85 percent of the
people have also said in the
RBI survey that their ex-
penditure on domestic and
daily needs has increased in
the year 2023.
In this context, it is ex-
tremely important to un-
derstand one more thing:
for the past few months,
inflation figures in the do-
mestic market have re-
mained almost at their
highest levels, regardless
of some global reasons be-
hind it. The analysis of all
these facts clearly points to
a conclusion that, on one
hand, inflation is rising,
meaning the comparative
value of every item is in-
creasing, while on the oth-
er hand, the percentage of
an individual’s expenses is
also increasing compared
to the previous year, even
if the person’s income has
either remained the same
as last year or decreased.
Certainly, the financial
source for meeting these
expenses is either bank
loans or credit cards.
Moreover, if the continu-
ous rise in inflation and
decreasing financial in-
come are not affecting
someone’s expenses, it un-
doubtedly indicates a de-
crease in their purchasing
power, which is not benefi-
cial for the country’s eco-
nomic situation. Due to
these circumstances, inter-
est rates on bank and
NBFC credit card loans
increased by 30 percent,
vehicle loans by 20 per-
cent, and personal loans by
23 percent until August of
the current financial year.
Another alarming aspect is
that the percentage of un-
secured loans in the bank-
ing and NBFC sector has
increased in the past two
years, according to the fig-
ures. By July 2023, the
amount of unsecured loans
in the Indian banking sec-
tor was Rs 12 lakh crore.
Now that India’s econo-
my has grown to be the
fifth largest in the world,
there is a greater need to
raise GDP and the income
of all Indians. Globally,
India is ranked 125th in
terms of per capita income.
Why can’t we acknowl-
edge that a large percent-
age of a company’s profits
go straight to the owners,
with only a little fraction
going to shareholders and
minimum wage workers?
In nations like India, the
gap between the rich and
the poor is getting wider.
India is now the most pop-
ulous nation in the world,
having surpassed China in
terms of population, but
about 80% of the popula-
tion is experiencing eco-
nomic hardship due to ris-
ing unemployment and
inflation rates. Perhaps
Governor Shaktikanta has
analyzed the current situa-
tion, foreseeing future con-
sequences similar to
America’s 2006 recession,
and therefore, he has urged
banks and other financial
institutions to strengthen
their internal financial
mechanisms significantly.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
R
The figures of another RBI report are even more
surprising when it is seen that in comparison to the
last two decades of the present century (2010,
2020), the highest increase in personal loans has
been recorded so far in the year 2023 and this is
comparatively much higher than the loans of
agriculture, industry and service sectors. It is
disappointing that there has been no increase in
banking loans to the agricultural sector for the last
three decades and that is why both unemployment
and inflation remain a serious issue

Elvish Yadav released
after brief detention
Kota: Bigg Boss OTT-2
winner and YouTuber
Elvish Yadav was
stopped by Suket police
of Kota Rural at the
blockade on Saturday
and was released after
20 minutes of interroga-
tion. An FIR was regis-
tered with Noida Police.
IN BRIEF
CHIEF MINISTER’S ELECTORAL ODYSSEY
CM Gehlot fuels candidates in marathon tours
Tripti Gautam, Ashish
Choudhary & Shubham Jain
Ajmer/Rajsamand/Bhilwara
n Saturday,
Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot
undertook marathon poll
tours and visited Ajmer,
Rajsamand and Bhil-
wara. Gehlot left for Kis-
hangarh by helicopter
and held an election
meeting in support of
Congress candidate Vi-
kas Chaudhary. Dr CP
Joshi filed his nomina-
tion on Saturday and
Gehlot held a meeting in
support of Joshi. After
filing nomination, a
meeting was organised at
Risala Chowk which was
addressed by CM Gehlot.
During this, Gehlot said,
“I had privilege of com-
ing to Shrinathji’s land
today.” The CM also
praised Dr CP Joshi and
said, “I have brotherhood
and friendship with CP
Joshi ji. He fulfilled ev-
ery responsibility in a
better way.” CM Ashok
Gehlot also addressed
meeting in support of
Ramlal Jat in Mandal and
other candidates. P10
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot being felicitated with Shrinathji painting during nomination rally of
Dr CP Joshi at Risala Chowk in Nathdwara on Saturday. Also seen here is Vaibhav Gehlot.
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Pak airbase
attacked in
Punjab, 9 shot
dead by Army
First India Bureau
Mianwali
Multiple ‘suicide bomb-
ers’ attacked a Pakistan
Air Force Base in Mian-
wali in Punjab on Satur-
day. At least 9 terrorists
were killed in the retalia-
tory firing, the Pakistan
Air Force (PAF) said. A
group heavily armed men
launched an early morn-
ing assault, leading to an
exchange of gunfire.
Confirming the attack,
PAF said they foiled the
attack before the terror-
ists could enter the air-
base.Threeplanesparked
inside the Air Force base
were damaged in the at-
tack and a fuel bowser
also occurred, the army
said. The responsibility
for the attack has been
claimed by Pak-based
terrorist group TJP.
Chetak copter
crashes at
naval base in
Kochi, 1 dead
First India Bureau
Kochi
An Indian Navy official
was killed after a Chetak
helicopter crashed on
Saturday at the runway of
the naval air station, INS
Garuda in Kochi. The In-
dian Navy chopper which
was on a training flight,
crashed soon after the
lift-off, sources added.
An Indian Navy offi-
cial was killed after
a Chetak helicopter
crashed on Saturday at
the runway of the naval
air station, INS Garuda in
Kochi. The Indian Navy
chopper which was on a
training flight, crashed
soon after the lift-off,
sources added. Yet an-
other ground crew and 2
pilots on board escaped
with injuries. They have
been admitted to INHS.
Day after ED claim, Modi takes aim at Baghel...
‘They didn’t even spare
the name of Mahadev’
First India Bureau
Narayanpur
Speaking at a mega rally
in Chhattisgarh, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
on Saturday took aim at
Chief Minister Bhupesh
Baghel and the Congress
government in the state,
saying “they have not
even spared the name of
Mahadev”. He was refer-
ring to the Enforcement
Directorate’s allegations
the previous day that the
CM had received kick-
backs to the tune of Rs
508 crore from the pro-
moters of the Mahadev
app, an online betting
platform. Reacting to
Modi’s comments, Ba-
ghel hit back, accusing
the BJP of using central
agencies against its po-
litical opponents.
PM WRITES TO GIRL WHO
BROUGHT HIS SKETCH
PM Narendra Modi
has written a letter
to girl who had
brought his sketch to a
public meeting addressed
in Chhattisgarh. The “af-
fection and the sense of
belongingness” he receives
from them is his strength
in the service of the nation,
PM Modi said in the letter
to Akansha.
Central government
will extend Pradhan
Mantri Garib Kalyan
Anna Yojana, which
provides 5 kg of free
food rations every
month to about 80
crore poor, by another
five years. The scheme
was rolled out by the
government during
COVID-19 pandemic.
NARENDRA MODI,
PRIME MINISTER
PM Narendra Modi addresses public meet at Chhattisgarh on Saturday.
GS Shekhawat boosts candidates’
morale in nomination rallies
First India Bureau
Jodhpur
Union Minister Gajendra
Singh Shekhawat on Sat-
urday attended nomina-
tion rallies of some party
candidates, met his sup-
porters and religious
leaders in Jodhpur.
He attended the nomi-
nation rally of Gajendra
Singh Khimsar from Lo-
hawat, flagged off nomi-
nation rally of BJPcandi-
date from Jodhpur city
Atul Bhansali. “The en-
thusiasm of the workers
was palpable. Victory is
certain,” he said. Before
this, Shekhawat went to
the house of senior leader
and former MLAKailash
Bhansali. He also inau-
gurated election office of
BJP candidate Devendra
Joshi from Sursagar at-
tended nomination meet
of BJP candidate from
Luni, Jogaram Patel.
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat greets during nomination rally of
Gajendra Singh Khimsar at Lohawat in Jodhpur on Saturday.
Congress made
Madhya Pradesh a
BIMARU State: Shah
First India Bureau
Pichhore
Union home minister
Amit Shah on Saturday
addressed massive rallies
in Madhya Pradesh. Shah
hit out at the previous
Kamal Nath-led Con-
gress government, call-
ing it anti-government.
“The Congress gov-
ernment is an anti-devel-
opment government.
When they formed a
government for 15
months they stopped
many of the welfare
schemes. They stopped
the scheme that provided
Sahariya Janajati with
Rs.1000. They also
stopped the sickle cell
anaemia mission meant
for the tribes. But BJP
revived all schemes”, he
said. Shah said, “Due to
the vision of PM Modi,
India has become fifth
largest economy from the
11th spot,” said Shah.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan
ensured that the
economy of Madhya
Pradesh grew at a
high rate of 16 per
cent and pulled 1.36
crore people from
below poverty line.
AMIT SHAH,
UNION HOME MINISTER
Amit Shah Jyotiraditya Scindia
at a rally in Pichhore on Saturday.
2 held for sending death
threat emails to Ambani
Mumbai: Mumbai Police
Crime Branch on Saturday
arrested Ganesh R Vanpar-
dhi, 19, from Telangana,
Shabad Khan, 19, from
Mumbai for allegedly
sending death threat emails
to MukeshAmbani. It
looks like mischief but we
are questioning to know
more details about the
emails, the police said.
Bhagwat to preside 3-day
RSS meeting from today
Bhuj: RSS will hold its
All India Executive Board
meeting from November
5 to 7 at Bhuj in Gujarat.
In this, Kumbabhishekam
to be held at Ram Temple
in Ayodhya on Jan 22,
2024 and RSS curriculum
changes will be discussed.
Four die as car collides
with bus in Dungarpur
Dungarpur: Four persons
died while one was injured
in an accident between a
car and a private bus in
Dungarpur, police said on
Saturday. All deceased,
Satish (25), Ankit (25),
Ravi (23) Kaushik (21)
were residents of Gujarat.
Cong’s 6th list contains
22 names, 1 left for RLD
Jaipur: Congress released
its 6th list of 22 candidates
and left Bharatpur seat for
RLD on late Saturday. The
party had announced 156
names in 1st 5 lists. The
last date for nomination is
Monday. RR Tiwari got
ticket from Hawa Mahal in
place of Mahesh Joshi
while and Sitaram Agarwal
got from Vidyadhar Nagar.
The party is yet to releases
names on 21 seats. P10
RR Tiwari replaces Mahesh
Joshi from Hawa Mahal
PRACHANDA MEETS
AFFECTED PEOPLE
AFTER EARTHQUAKE
Nepal Prime
Minister Pushpa
Kamal Dahal
‘Prachanda’ reached
Jajarkot to meet the af-
fected people. “We have
deployed the Nepali
Army, Nepali Sentinel.
Our government is doing
the work that should
be done for today and
tomorrow. Tomorrow we
have called a Cabinet
meeting along with a
meeting of the Disaster
Management Commit-
tee...,” says Nepal PM
Pushpa Kamal Dahal.
Deeply saddened by
loss of lives and
damage due to the
earthquake in
Nepal. India
stands in
solidarity with
the people of
Nepal and is
ready to extend all possible
assistance. Our thoughts
are with the bereaved
families and we wish the
injured a quick recovery.
NARENDRA MODI, PRIME MINISTER
Two important
factors for the
severity of the occurrence in
the Himalayan
region were the
time and
structure. It is
not the
earthquake that
kills people, but the kind of
structure in the region.
DR OP MISHRA, NCS DIRECTOR
l Nepali Congress party announces Rs 5 million in
financial support for earthquake victims
l Deputy Mayor Sarita Singh of Nepals'Nalgadh
Municipality in Jajarkot killed in the quake
l WHO is with government and people of Nepal,
extending all support to rescue and relief
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
Houses were reduced to rubble in Bheri, Jajarkot on Saturday.
DARKHOUR
DISASTER!
Moni Sharma
Kathmandu/New Delhi
Nepal is reeling from the
disastrous aftermath of a
6.4-magnitude earth-
quake on Friday late night
that has now claimed the
lives of 157 people, ac-
cording to the Nepal po-
lice on Saturday. The im-
pact of this catastrophe
has left a trail of destruc-
tion, leaving countless
individuals injured and
communities in turmoil.
Nepal experienced more
than 159 additional after-
shocks since Friday night.
Deputy PM and Home
Minister held a meeting in
Kathmanduovertheearth-
quake that hit the country.
A few decisions were tak-
en in the meeting. Deci-
sions were also made to
resume the electricity sup-
ply and communication
system. Nepal Telecom
has been ordered to make
its services free for the
coming 5 days in affected
areas, said Nepal Home
Ministry's spokesman,
Narayan Prasad Bhattarai.
3 helicopters with
Armed Police Force
will be sent from
Kathmandu with
medical teams and
medicines as soon as
the weather opens
Earthquakes in
Nepal kills at least
157, toll could rise
NEMRC records over
159 aftershocks
since last night
India releases helpline
number for all the Indians
seeking urgent assistance
+977-9851316807
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LEGAL DIALOGUE SEMINAR
Negotiation only way to achieve peace: Rastogi
First India Bureau
Jaipur
he first “R.K.
Rastogi Memo-
rial National
Negotiation Competi-
tion” was organized at
the Vivekananda Global
University, Jagatpura,
on Saturday, 4th Novem-
ber.Speaking at the inau-
gural ceremony Addi-
tional Solicitor General
of India, (Rajasthan
High Court) and VGU
host, Rajdeepak Rastogi
said “Negotiation, not
weapons, will bring
peace’’.
As many as 32 teams
from different universi-
ties and colleges from
across the country, in-
cluding National Law
Universities, are partici-
pating in this two-day
event highlighting the
competition’s commit-
ment to fairness and
quality in the legal field.
One of the key high-
lights of the еvеnt was
emphasis on the impor-
tance of negotiation in
legal practice. All the
еminеnt personalities at
the inaugural address
were unanimous in their
opinion that, “History
would have been differ-
ent with skillful negotia-
tions. Be that the Mahab-
harat or the Ramayan.”
In his opening speech
Dr. Lalit K. Panwar,
Chairperson of VGU,
appreciated the first
“Unique initiative of
the VGU.”
Justice MN Bhandari,
Chairman, Appellate
Tribunal, SAFEMA
and PMLA said “VGU
is an opportunity that
we as students did not
have in our legal cur-
riculum.”
Rajdeepak Rastogi addressing RK Rastogi Memorial National Negotiation Competition at VGU on
Saturday. Justice MN Bhandari lighting the lamp at VGU in Jaipur on Saturday. MUKESH KIRADOO
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EDsealsofficesofIAS
Subodhafter12hrprobe
ED officials recovered 3 diaries, a pen drive hard disk
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur
In the case of the Jal Jee-
van Mission scams, the
ED team searched the
residence and office of
many officials, including
theACS of Water Supply
Department, SubodhAg-
garwal on Friday. Earli-
er, the ED had conducted
raids in Jaipur, Alwar,
Neemrana, Behror and
Shahpura on September
1 in connection with the
PHED scam under the
provisions of the Preven-
tion of Money Launder-
ing Act, 2002 (PMLA).
Raids were conducted
at 26 places in Rajasthan
and a total of Rs 11.03
crore cash and goods
were seized. This in-
cludes gold worth Rs
6.50 crore. The ED will
call Subodh Aggarwal
and Mahesh Joshi’s OSD
Sanjay Aggarwal to Del-
hi for questioning before
November 16.
The ED said that
searches were conducted
at the residences and of-
fices of many senior of-
ficers and private per-
sons, including PHED
ACS. A total of Rs 48
lakh in cash, bank bal-
ance of Rs 1.73 crore,
property documents
worth Rs 2.21 crore, dig-
ital devices and incrimi-
nating documents have
been seized.
ED officials from
Jaipur and Delhi recov-
ered three diaries, a pen
drive and hard disk.
Jal Jeevan Mission scam
ED SEIZES DOCUMENTS
OF KHANDELWAL
The ED on Friday
conducted fresh
searches in
poll-bound Rajasthan,
including at the premises
of a senior IAS officer, as
part of its money launder-
ing investigation into the
alleged Jal Jeevan Mission
scam, official sources
said. A total of Rs 48 lakh
in cash, bank balance of
Rs 1.73 crore, property
documents worth Rs 2.21
crore, digital devices and
incriminating documents
have been seized. Rs 45
lakh cash was found from
the residence of property
dealer Ramvtar Sharma.
ED has seized documents
of investment of property
dealer Alok Khandelwal.
These people are said to
be close to Aggarwal.
DGP Umesh
Mishra completes
1 year as DGP,
receives wishes
First India Bureau
Jaipur
IPS Umesh Mishra com-
pleted one one-year ten-
ure as DGP on Friday as
DGP Mishra took charge
a year ago on November
3. During
this past
year, Umesh
Mishra has
left a mark in
his one-year
tenure as many big deci-
sions were taken in this
one year for the welfare of
the police. Police’s moti-
vation has also become
stronger in the last one
year. DG Cyber Crime in
PHQ, Ravi Mehrada, in-
formed PHQ officials and
congratulated DGP
Mishra on behalf of the
employees. Meanwhile,
in view of the elections in
the state, following the
instructions of DGP
Umesh Mishra, orders for
‘A’ category blockade
have been issued.
High Court stays arrest of
suspended AdSP Divya Mittal
Cash silver
biscuits seized
from 2 districts
First India Bureau
Jaipur
The HC stayed the arrest
of suspended ASP Divya
Mittal. An FIR was
lodged by theACB in Oc-
tober 2023. A single
bench of Justice Vinod
Kumar Bharwani gave
orders not to arrest the ap-
plicant during the pen-
dency of the petition.
The court also issued a
notice to the complainant
along with the state gov-
ernment and sought a re-
ply. Advocate Mohit
Khandelwal, on behalf of
Mittal, told the court that
the ACB had registered a
case against Mittal in Jan-
uary in which chargesheet
was also presented after
investigation. “In Octo-
ber, the ACB registered
another case. It is based
on the allegations made
against Mittal in the pre-
vious case. The applicant
was made accused on the
basis of so-called conver-
sation between two per-
sons. The applicant did
not demand a bribe from
the co-accused,” he said.
First India Bureau
Dausa/Churu
In multiple cases of unac-
counted cash seizure, the
FST team confiscated
lakhs across the states
through blockades. In
Churu, the FST team
seized Rs 5 lakh from the
youth during the checking
campaign via blockade. In
Dausa’sLawan,silverbis-
cuits were recovered dur-
ingtheblockadeweighing
7 kg and 930 grams.
Two IPS shifted; DCP
traffic Krishniya shifted
for ‘slack working’
Spurious mawa seized under
Shuddh Ke Liye Yuddh Abhiyan
Shivendra Singh Parmar
Jaipur
Taking the poor traffic
system into account, IPS
Prahlad Krishnaia was
removed from the post of
DCP Traffic. As per
sources, DCP Traffic
Prahlad Singh Krishniya
was not working effi-
ciently and to keep the
traffic smooth, he was not
also going out in the field.
The PHQ had sent a
report regarding this to
the Election Commis-
sion. And as soon as the
Election Commission’s
permission was received,
DCP Traffic Prahlad
Krishnaia was taken off.
IPS Laxman Das has now
been appointed DCP
Traffic in Jaipur. Transfer
of 2 IPS officers, Person-
nel Department issued
orders.
Pankaj Garg
Bhilwara
In a drive against supply
of synthetic mawa for
making sweets on the
occasion of Diwali, five
quintals of mawa were
taken from Asind of
Bhilwara by Food Safety
Officer Manish Sharma.
“Shuddh ke liye yuddh
abhiyaan” has resulted
in significant action. A
crew from the war cam-
paign arrived in Motipur
village for purification.
In sweet shops, action
on fraudulent mawa
caused a commotion.
Tehsildar Bhanwar Lal
Sen and Patwari arrived
at the location based on
the information.
In a separate action,
the department inspected
dairy, sweets, grocery
and wholesale vendors in
Vigyan Nagar, Kunhadi
and Rampura of Kota
district. Four samples of
ghee, 2 each of mawa
and biscuits and one
sample of paneer have
been taken under the FSS
Act. These samples have
been sent to the labora-
tory for testing.
IN BRIEF
SMS hosp to conduct
conf for surgeons
Jaipur: The General
Surgery Dept of SMS is
holding a conference that
will bring together re-
nowned surgeons from
all around the nation. Dr.
SS Sharma, the chair-
man, said that the AGES-
2023 conference would
last for two days. The
AGES association was
founded by general sur-
geons, gastro surgeons,
and gastro physicians.
B.Tech student dies
by suicide in Sikar
Sikar: A student com-
mitted suicide by
hanging himself in the
hostel of a private col-
lege last night in the
Gokulpura police sta-
tion area. The police
got the post-mortem of
the body was done and
handed it over to the
family members, while
the case is under in-
vestigation.
18-yr-old Bhilwara
boy found dead in IIT
Bhilwara: An 18-year-
old student from
Bhilwara died in
Guwahati IIT College.
The deceased Ankit
Singh’s mother has ac-
cused the college ad-
ministration of murder.
The deceased student
Ankit Singh was a resi-
dent of Gulabpura.
Bhilwara food safety team with the adulterated mawa in
Bhilwara on Saturday.
Prahlad Singh Krishniya
Severe Pollution Plagues
An increase in pollution level has been recorded in Jaipur, Jodhpur and Bikaner resulting in a
burning sensation in the skin and eyes due to dense fog. The cloudy sky is witnessed due to
Western Disturbance, said MeT. While in Sri Ganganagar and Hanumangarh the AQI reached
above 400. Commuters seen amid fog on Khatipura flyover in Jaipur on Saturday atfernoon.
SANTOSH SHARMA
Seizuresof`477crin26
daysmorethanin2018
First India Bureau
Jaipur
A seizure of a massive
690% in 26 days of Mod-
el Code of Conduct has
been recorded compared
to 65 days in the last elec-
tions i.e. in 2018. The
seizure figure has crossed
the Rs 477 crore mark,
where Jaipur has secured
the top position with a
seizure of Rs 75.97 crore.
Moreover, in multiple
seizure cases across the
other districts of the state
Rs 27.79 crore were
seized inAlwar, Rs 20.66
crore in Jodhpur, Rs
19.51 crore in Udaipur,
Rs 19.45 crore in Nagaur,
Rs 19.04 crore in Bikan-
er, Rs 17.55 crore in
Chittorgarh, Rs 17.41
crore in Ganganagar, Rs
17.33 crore in Bundi,
16.96 crores in Kota,
16.22 crores in Bhilwara,
Rs 14.85 crore in Ban-
swara, Rs 14.97 crore in
Barmer, Rs 14.50
crore in Sikar, Rs 14.16
crore in Hanumangarh,
Rs 12.78 crore in Pali,
Rs 12.39 crore in Tonk,
Rs 11.83 crore in Siro-
hi, and Rs 11.46 crore
in Jhalawar.
CRIME
ROUNDUP 28-YR-OLD MARRIED WOMAN ALLEGEDLY
BEATEN, BURNT ALIVE BY HUSBAND IN JAIPUR
Jaipur: A 28-year-old married woman was allegedly
burnt alive by her husband in the Sanganer Sadar
area, police said. Police informed the deceased,
identified as Sabina, was allegedly beaten and then burnt
alive by her husband, Najeeb Ansari. “A dispute broke out
between the couple, following which, the victim was brutally
thrashed by her husband. When the wife complained about
this to her family members, the accused poured turpentine
oil on her and set her ablaze,” police said. “The woman
was admitted to SMS Hospital in critical condition, but she
died during treatment,” added police.
7 HELD FOR BETTING FROM A HOTEL IN MUHANA
Jaipur: Muhana police station caught miscreants
betting worth Rs 65,000 on cards in a hotel. The
police have arrested
seven people who were betting
by booking a room in a hotel.
As per the police, the accused
Sonu (32), Rickesh (32), Gautam
Panwar (27), Sunil Sharma (32),
Banwari (44), Gopal Kishan (38)
and Dharmendra (42) were arrested while betting on cards.
GIRL DUPED OF LAKHS
THROUGH CREDIT CARD
JPR HOSP BOOKED FOR
WRONG OPERATION
Jaipur: Two online
fraud incidents have
come to light in the
Malviya Nagar area of the
state capital. In the first case,
the police station registered
a complaint of victim Vimal
Rai. As per the report an
unknown person has been
accused of cheating to
update the electricity bill. The
victim alleged being duped
for Rs 1.89 lakh via bank ac-
count transfer by cheating. In
another incident, the online
fraudsters cheated a girl for
lakhs from her credit card.
Jaipur: A female
patient in a Jaipur
private hospital had
undergone an incorrect sur-
gery. The incident happened
in the Vaishali Nagar area’s
Shiv Trident Multispeciality
Hospital. The patient’s rela-
tives have now filed a case.
Identified grievances lodged
against physicians Ajayraj
and Deepak. Charges that
the surgeons performed a
botched procedure on the
patient, endangering their
lives, rather than focusing
on the stone.
Suspended AdSP Divya Mittal
You read it in First india on NOV 4, 2023
Minor boys kidnapped
assaulted in Jaipur
Investigation on
First India Bureau
Jaipur
A case of kidnapping
and assault of two mi-
nor boy students has
come to light in the
Harmada area of the
city. After school was
over, four youths kid-
napped the two stu-
dents. After the kidnap
at gunpoint and assault,
the kidnappers made
them strip clothes.
The kidnappers
made a video filming
the two naked. The
family members regis-
tered the case at Har-
mada police station. A
case was registered
against the accused
Lucky Choudhary, Ra-
hul Meena, Sachin, and
one other. The Harma-
da police are investi-
gating the matter.

Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur
BJPcandidate from Jhot-
wara Assembly and
Jaipur Rural MP Colonel
Rajyavardhan Rathore
filed his nomination on
Saturday along with hun-
dreds of workers.
A meeting was held
which was addressed by
Deputy CM of UP Kes-
hav Prasad Maurya and
Minister of State for Sci-
ence and Technology in
the Central Government
Jitendra Singh. A large
number of BJP officials
and workers were also
present.
Others who filed nom-
inations are BJP candi-
date Ramlal Sharma
from Chomu. Nomina-
tion of Hanuman Beni-
wal was submitted from
Khinvsar. Congress can-
didate Pratap Singh
Khachariyawas filed
nomination at Collector-
ate. He asked people to
rise above BJP and Con-
gress and vote in the
name of Ram and for
Ram Rajya. BJP candi-
date Jagat Singh Ga-
jendra Singh Khinvsar
also filed nomination.
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur
Rajya Sabha MP and na-
tional spokesperson Sud-
hanshu Trivedi took a dig
at CM Gehlot led govern-
ment. Trivedi said,
“There has been a lot of
corruption in govern-
ment led by Ashok Ge-
hlot, women are not safe
and there is a lot of ap-
peasement. Congress had
guaranteed to give allow-
ance to the unemployed
youths but never did it.”
First India Bureau
Jaipur
City Congress President
RR Tiwari, while filing
nomination from Hawa
Mahal seat on Saturday,
claimed to be author-
ized candidate of party
and said that he has re-
ceived a call from the
high command. Con-
gress has not officially
announced a candidate
from Hawa Mahal.
Tiwari said, “I got the
call only on October 31
and I filed my nomina-
tion. Not mentioning
name of Hawa Mahal
seat is a strategy. Brijk-
ishore Sharma is with
me. Mahesh Joshi is in
Delhi and that’s why he
could not come.”
Mahesh Joshi is also
seeking ticket from the
Hawa Mahal Assembly
Constituency. He will
meet Ajay Maken,
Mukul Wasnik and other
senior Congress leaders
in Delhi. Meanwhile,
Joshi’s supporters also
took nomination forms
and deposited the secu-
rity amount.
Anup Tiwari
Narpat Joya
Didwana
Former Deputy Chief
Minister and Congress
leader Sachin Pilot visit-
ed Didwana district on
Saturday.
He participated in
nomination rallies of
Congress candidate
Ramniwas Gavadiya
from Parbatsar constitu-
ency and Mukesh Bha-
kar, Congress candidate
from Ladnun assembly
constituency. AICC in-
charge Qazi Nizamuddin
was also present.
Pilot appealed to the
people at the nomination
rally to help Congress
candidates win. Gavadi-
ya also appealed for
votes in the name of de-
velopment works done
during his tenure.
First India Bureau
Jaipur
AICC spokesperson and
AICC Rajasthan media
in-charge Atul Londhe
Patil while addressing a
press conference at the
State Congress Head-
quarters in Jaipur on
Saturday said that the
promises made by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
to the people of the
country are lies.
“The PM said that he
will not let the country
be sold, but more than
half of the government
undertakings have been
sold. Narendra Modi is
the first Prime Minister
who did not create any
government undertak-
ing in the country, but
never missed an oppor-
tunity to sell them,” Pa-
til said.
Pratap Singh Khachariyawas filed nomination at Collectorate
from Civil Lines seat in Jaipur on saturday.
Rajyavardhan Rathore filed his nomination from Jhotwara on
Saturday in the presence of Jitendra Singh.
Dr CP Joshi filed his nomination from the Nathdwara Assembly
Constituency on Saturday.
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RAJASTHAN
ASSEMBLY
ELECTIONS
2023
DAYS
FOR
QUOTE-UNQUOTE
I have always been dedi-
cated to the development
of the Khinvsar Assembly
constituency and will continue to be.
I will forever be grateful for your im-
mense support.
Hanuman Beniwal, RLP Supremo
I only want to say that this is
a clear misuse of agencies.
It is revenge politics. It is
only being applied because the BJP’s
losing clearly. In both Chhattisgarh
and Rajasthan, the trust is continuing.
Jairam Ramesh, Congress leader
I have never engaged in
caste or religious politics, I
have served humanity. Now,
the public will not be troubled! BJP will
for sure restore the pride and honor of
Taranagar.
Rajendra Rathore, BJP Leader
Government pushed youth
into the quagmire of unem-
ployment and illegal liquor.
Under Congress rule, the youth of the
state are involved in drug addiction
and illegal business.
Ankit Chechi, State President BJYM
DAY
544
737
Papersfiled
Candidates
1079
1462
Papersfiled
Candidates
6th
Nominations
Total
POLL-TOON
SHEKHAR
Adda
Adda
RAJ
RAJniti
ka
13,995 VULNERABLE AND CRITICAL POLLING
STATIONS IDENTIFIED ACROSS RAJASTHAN
BJP REBELS FILE PAPERS
FROM RAJSAMAND SEAT
BSP RELEASES ANOTHER
LIST WITH 43 NAMES
LOHAWAT: CONGRESS LEADER JOINS RASHTRIYA
LOKTANTRIK PARTY AFTER BEING DENIED TICKET
NOMINATION DRAMA
UNFOLDING ON CHOMU
ASSEMBLY SEAT
Regarding State assembly elections, 13,995
vulnerable and critical polling stations have been
identified. Web casting will be done at 26,084 booths
including these centers on November 25. Uninterruptible
power supply has been ensured for webcasting. 3,85,672
applications have been received for the postal ballot.
“District Election Officers will be able to view web casting
at the district level. Along with this, the Office of the Chief
Electoral Officer at the state level and senior officials of
the Election Commission of India can watch live. Deputy
District Election Officer will be the District Administrative
Nodal Officer for web casting,” said CEO Praveen Gupta.
Four rebel leaders
from BJP filed their
nomination as indepen-
dent from Rajsamand
assembly seat. The
rebel leaders Dinesh
Wadala, Mahendra
Kothari, Ganesh Paliwal
are angry with the
party’s ticket distribu-
tion. BJP rebel Himmat
Kumawat also filed his
nomination.
BSP released a list
of 43 names for
elections. Saroj Meghwal
from Jaitaran, Rajendra
Singh from Sursagar,
Sunita from Jodhpur,
Parmanand from Sri
Ganganagar, Jujharam
from Shergarh, Kalpana
Renu Chanan from
Bhilwara, Jairam from
Sheo were given tickets
among others.
After being denied a ticket from the Congress
party, Senior Congress leader Satyanarayan
Bishnoi has left Congress and joined RLP. Bishnoi
has been announced as the RLP candidate from the
Lohawat assembly constituency while the BJP has
fielded Gajendra Singh Khimsar from the seat.
Sources informed that disgruntled leaders from BJP,
who were demanding a local candidate from Lohawat,
will also be with Satyanarayan Bishnoi.
The equations have
changed in Chomu
assembly seat. Earlier
Shikha Barala’s name
was almost final.
Dotasra camp had put
forward her name but
meanwhile Kailashraj
Saini’s name came into
discussion. Saini
released the poster and
declared himself a
Congress candidate.
There was also mention
of filing nomination on
Congress symbol.
However, at present no
official announcement
has been made on
Chomu seat. Before this,
Bhagwan Sahay Saini
was also in the race.
Rukshmani Kumari was
also a contender.
Chomu and Khinvsar heat up as Ramlal Sharma, Beniwal Khachariyawas enter the fray
Rallying Nominations
Rathore,PSKandotherbignamesfilenominations
Tiwari, Sitaramfile withoutpartyticket
Balmukundacharya submitted
his nomination from Hawa
Mahal seat on Saturday.
Rafeek Khan submitted his nomination form from Adarsh nagar
Assembly seat on Saturday. SANTOSH SHARMA
Sudhanshu Trivedi in Jaipur on
Saturday. NAIM KHAN
Vinit Sankhla arrived riding a
bicycle gave his nomination
from Azad Samaj Party.
RR Tiwari filed nomination from Hawa Mahal seat on Saturday.
Mahesh Joshi is also seeking ticket from the same seat.
Sitaram Agarwal filed nomination
from Vidyadhar Nagar on
Saturday. SANTOSH SHARMA
Sachin Pilot in Didwana on
Saturday. NAIM KHAN
Atul Londhe Patil in Jaipur on
Saturday. NAIM KHAN
Hanuman Beniwal addressing a nomination Sabha before
submitting his form from Khinvsar Assembly seat on Saturday.
Ramlal Sharma filed his nomination with BJP ticket from Chomu
Assembly Constituency on Saturday.
BJP candidate Jagat Singh also filed his nomination from the
Nadbai Assembly Constituency on Saturday.
Pilot addresses meets in
Parbatsar and Ladnun
Promises made by PM to
people are lies: Atul Patil
BJP’s Sudhanshu
Trivedi slams CM
for misrule in State

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ASSEMBLY
ELECTIONS
2023
Congressleaders,theirstatements,
announcementsare‘filmy’:PMModi
First India Bureau
Ratlam
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on Saturday said
the Congress leaders,
their “dialogues” and
their announcements are
all “filmy” as he took a
jibe at ‘tear clothes’ re-
mark of Madhya Pradesh
Congress chief Kamal
Nath.
Speaking at a rally at
Ratlam in BJP-ruled
Madhya Pradesh
ahead of Novem-
ber 17 assem-
bly elec-
tions, he
also an-
nounced
that the
free ration scheme for
“80 crore
p o o r
persons”
in the
c o u n t r y
would be
extended for another five
years.
“The Congress leaders
are filmy, their dialogues
are filmy, their announce-
ments are filmy, their
characters too are filmy,
and when a character is
filmy, then obviously the
scene too will be filmy,”
he said.
“Acompetition of tear-
ing clothes is going on
between two Congress
leaders,” Modi said, in an
apparent jibe at Nath’s
statement referring to
veteran Congress leader
Digvijaya Singh.
This was only a “trail-
er,” the PM said.
“After the victory of
the BJP on December 3
(when votes will be
counted), the real picture
of Congress will be seen
here, the real conflict
within the Congress will
unfold,” he said.
—With PTI inputs
PTI
Aizawl
Senior Congress leader
Shashi Tharoor on Satur-
day exuded confidence
that his party will form
the next government in
Mizoram.
Addressing a press
conference here, the Lok
Sabha MP from Thiru-
vananthapuram in Kerala
asserted that Mizoram
will be the first state in
the Northeast where the
Congress will return to
power after 2014, when
the BJPformed the gov-
ernment at the Centre.
Mizoram was
the last Con-
gress-ruled state
in the Northeast
before the party
lost power to the
Mizo National
Front (MNF) in
the 2018 polls.
He said the
Congress cele-
brates India’s diver-
sity and strengths,
not its weaknesses.
“The Congress
will oppose one na-
tion, one language, one
code and one culture. We
are against uniformity.
We believe that we can be
united while maintaining
our diversity,” he said.
Speaking about the
BJP, Tharoor said, “The
BJP has notoriously
failed to keep its prom-
ises since 2014 -- be it Rs
15 lakh in bank accounts
or 2 crore jobs.”
Later, interacting with
young professionals, he
said that unemploy-
ment is one of the big-
gest challenges
the state is fac-
ing at present.
He claimed
that over 23 per
cent of the Miz-
oram youths
seeking jobs are
unemployed.
Tharoor hit out at
the MNF govern-
ment, accusing it of
failing to fulfill its
pre-poll promise of
generating employ-
ment. The MNF govern-
ment has created only
2,200 jobs in the last five
years, he said.
The Congress MP
claimed that there are
more than 4,100 vacan-
cies in the state police
alone.
Conginvolvedincorruption,
commission,communalism
criminalisation,saysShah
Union HM Amit Shah speaks at a public meeting for the upcoming
Madhya Pradesh polls, in Shivpuri district, on Saturday. PTI
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor
PM Narendra Modi addresses a public meeting for the upcoming
Assembly elections, in Ratlam district, on Saturday. PTI
Mallikarjun Kharge at a rally at
Shahpura, MP, on Saturday.
First India Bureau
Shivpuri
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah on Saturday
said the Congress follows
“4Cs, namely corruption,
commission, communal-
ism and criminalisation”
and said the party disre-
spected eminent jurist and
social reformer Babasa-
heb Ambedkar.
Addressing a rally in
Karera area in Shivpuri
in Madhya Pradesh,
where elections will be
held on November 17,
Amit Shah said the Con-
gress will stop welfare
schemes if it came to
power.
“The Congress follows
4Cs, namely corruption,
commission, communal
riots, and criminalisation.
The Congress disrespect-
ed Babasaheb Ambedkar
but roams around carry-
ing his photograph. The
Congress did not give
him Bharat Ratna and al-
ways conspired to ensure
he never reached Parlia-
ment,” Shah claimed.
—With PTI inputs
Balaghat: Con-
gress president
Mallikarjun Kharge
on Saturday said their
party sent back British-
ers and that the recent
raids by central agencies
in Chhattisgarh can’t
demoralise its workers,
asserting they will win
the assembly polls there
as well as in Madhya
Pradesh. Kharge was ad-
dressing a public meeting
at Katangi town in the
Naxal-affected Balaghat
district of MP, which goes
to polls on November 17.
“I was in Chhattisgarh
yesterday (Friday) and
the force of Modi (Prime
Minister Narendra Modi)
and Shah (Union home
minister Amit Shah) was
also there. Through ED,
CBI and I-T raids they
want to terrorise our party
workers so that they sit
in their homes,” he said.
The Congress has been
accusing the BJP-led
Centre of weaponising
the Enforcement Directo-
rate (ED), Central Bureau
of Investigation (CBI) and
Income Tax (I-T) to target
its government in Chhat-
tisgarh through various
raids.
BATTLEGROUND MADHYA PRADESH Congresswillformgovt
inMizoram:Tharoor
Cong funding Chhattisgarh poll campaign
with betting operators’ illicit money: Irani
Mizoram
RAIDS IN CHHATTISGARH CAN’T DETER US: MALLIKARJUN KHARGE
Madhya
Pradesh
First India Bureau
Raipur
Chhattisgarh BJP leader
Ratan Dubey was
hacked to
death by uni-
d e n t i f i e d
Naxalites in
the Narayan-
pur district
on Saturday. This inci-
dent came three days be-
fore the first phase of as-
sembly polls. Dubey,
who was the BJP’s dis-
trict president in Naray-
anapur, was killed while
he was campaigning for
the party in Kaushalnar
village. On October 20,
BJP worker Birju Taram
was shot dead by suspect-
ed Maoists in in Mohla-
M a n p u r- A m b a g a r h
Chowki district.
Agencies
Vijayapura
Karnataka BJP chief Na-
lin Kumar Kateel on Sat-
urday alleged that 4,000
farmers in the state had
committed suicide during
Siddaramaiah’s previous
tenure as CM. “In the past
five months since he be-
came CM again, more
than 50 farmers have
killed themselves,” Ka-
teel told media.
Kateel went on to al-
lege that in Vijayapura
alone 18 farmers com-
mitted suicide. “Amid
the drought situation, it is
not important for Chief
Minister Siddaramaiah to
prioritise the interests of
the farmers. He is busy
arranging breakfast
meetings,” he added.
Chhattisgarh
BJP leader
hacked to death
by Naxalites
4,000 farmer
suicides during
Siddaramaiah’s
last tenure: BJP
Will submit report
before Nov 24, says BC
Commission Chairman
Karnataka caste census row
PTI
New Delhi
The BJP on Saturday ac-
cused the Congress of us-
ing hawala money from
theillegally-runMahadev
betting app to fund its poll
campaign in Chhattisgarh
as it targeted CM Bhu-
pesh Baghel over the al-
legation that he received
more than Rs 500
crore kickback from
the firm’s promoters.
“Never before has
evidence come
forth which
clearly indicates
that hawala
operators’ in-
struction and
money ema-
nating from
Dubai by loot-
ing the poor
has been uti-
lised by the Con-
gress leader-
ship to fight
an elec-
tion,” Un-
ion Minister
Smriti Irani
told media here.
Baghel, she al-
leged, has rede-
fined corruption and
asserted that the
“overwhelming” evi-
dence, including from
the states not ruled by
the BJP, has indicted the
Congress leadership too.
Jagdalpur: Cong
leader Rahul Gan-
dhi on Saturday hit
out at PM Narendra Modi,
asking why he identi-
fies himself as an Other
Backward Class (OBC)
member when he consid-
ers poor as the only caste
in the country. At a public
meeting in Jagdalpur of poll-bound Chhattisgarh, he
accused the BJP of insulting tribals by referring to
them as ‘vanvasi’ instead of ‘adivasi’, and said his
party will eliminate the term ‘vanvasi’ from the country.
Raipur: Amid allegations against him in
connection with the Mahadev’ betting app,
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel
on Saturday asked why the Centre was “not taking any
action” against its promoters. Talking to reporters in
the state capital Raipur, the Chief Minister described
the ED’s press note released on Friday over its money
laundering probe into the betting app as the Opposi-
tion BJP’s second election manifesto.
WHY DOES PM IDENTIFY HIMSELF AS OBC IF HE
SAYS POOR IS ONLY CASTE IN COUNTRY: RaGa
“WHYHASN’TCENTREGETMAHADEVBETTING
APPPROMOTERSDESPITELOOKOUTCIRCULAR”
Union Minister Smriti Irani
briefs media in New Delhi.
Agencies
Bengaluru
Karnataka Backward
Classes Commission
Chairman Jayaprakash
Hegde stated on Saturday
that the controversial caste
census report would be
submitted to the govern-
mentbeforeNovember24.
However, he underlined
that he won’t make any
commentonstatementsis-
suedinfavourorinopposi-
tion of the census.
Speaking to the media,
Hegde made the state-
ment despite the stiff op-
position to the accept-
ance of the census report
by the government.
Replyingtothedecision
taken by Vokkaliga com-
munity led by seer Nirma-
lananda Natha Swamiji to
reject the caste census re-
port, he said, he did not
have an idea on seer’s re-
action.“EvenIdon’tknow
on what basis former BJP
minister Eshwarappa
made remarks,” he said.
Amaravati: The
Andhra Pradesh cab-
inet, presided over
by CM YS Jagan Mohan
Reddy, on Friday took key
decisions including carrying
out a comprehensive caste-
based census in the state.
The Cabinet decided to carry
out the exercise, a month
after Bihar govt released its
caste survey data.
AP CABINET’S NOD TO
CASTE CENSUS, TAKES
OTHER KEY DECISIONS
ABP-CVOTER OPINION POLLS 2023
Chhattisgarh
Projections out for
Rajasthan, MP,
Chhattisgarh,
Telangana and
Mizoram
First India Bureau
New Delhi
The results of opion polls
conducted by the ABP-
CVoter for the upcoming
assembly polls in Ra-
jasthan, Madhya Pradesh,
Chhattisgarh, Telangana
andMizoramwasdeclared
on Saturday evening.
Edge for BJP in Raj, Cong in MP C’garh, BRS in T’gana, ZPM in Mizoram
Ashok Gehlot
remains the
most preferred
candidate
as CM, with
40.7% of the
respondents
backing him. Former CM and BJP leader
Vasundhara Raje is the second most
preferred candidate with the support of
24.7% of respondents.
PROJECTED SEAT RANGE VOTE SHARE: In
terms of projected seats, the BJP is
likely to win 114-124 seats with 44.8% of
votes, while the Congress is projected to
bag 67-77 seats in the 200-member Raj
Assembly with 41.7% of the votes.
RAJASTHAN: GEHLOT MOST
PREFERRED CANDIDATE AS CM
MP: KAMAL NATH MOST PREFERRED
CANDIDATE AS CHIEF MINISTER
CHHATTISGARH: BAGHEL THE
FAVOURITE CANDIDATE FOR CM
MIZORAM: ZPM’S LALDUHOMA
MOST PREFERRED CM CANDIDATE
TELANGANA: KCR ENJOYS A GOOD
APPROVAL RATING TO BE THE CM
Former CM
and Congress
leader Kamal
Nath emerged
as the most
preferred CM
candidate in
the ABP-CVoter survey, with 42.4% of
the respondents voting for him. Shivraj
Singh Chouhan got support of 38%.
PROJECTED SEAT RANGE AND VOTE SHARE:
Projections for vote share and seats
were in favour of Congress, with likely
win of 118-130 seats with a vote share
of 44.3%. The BJP is projected to win
99-111 seats in 230-member assembly
with a vote share of 42.1%
Bhupesh
Baghel is the
favourite can-
didate for CM
with a whop-
ping 45.8% of
respondents
voting for him. Former CM and BJP’s
Raman Singh managing to scrape the
support of just 20.7% of the voters.
PROJECTED VOTE PERCENTAGE, SEAT SHARE:
The projected vote share for Congress
is 44.8% and the party is likely to win 45
to 51 seats. The BJP closely trailed the
Congress with a projected vote share of
42.7%. The BJP is expected to win 36 to
42 seats in the 90-member assembly.
ZPM’s
Lalduhoma
(L) emerged
as the most
preferred CM
candidate,
with 32.4% of
respondents in his favour. He is closely
trailed by Zoramthanga (R) of the MNF,
who got 27.2% of the respondents’
votes, and Lalsawta (INC), who was the
CM choice for 24.4% of the respondents.
SEAT SHARING PRJECTION IN MIZORAM: The
MNF is projected to score big, bagging
17 to 21 seats of the 40 in Assembly.
The ZPM could give Zoramthanga tough
competition, winning 10-14 of the seats.
CM K Chan-
drashekar
Rao enjoys
a 37.0% ap-
proval rating,
indicating a
significant
level of support. He is followed by A
Revanth Reddy (INC) with 31.2%, Bandi
Sanjay (BJP) with 10.7%, and Asadud-
din Owaisi (AIMIM) with 2.1%.
TELANGANA VOTE SHARE PROJECTION: The
INC is likely to receive 39.4% of the
votes, reflecting a remarkable swing of
11.1%. This surge in support is expected
to boost the INC’s prospects in the
upcoming election.

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NDRF personnel during a search and rescue operation after a fire
broke out following an explosion at a pharmaceutical company,
in Maharashtra’s Raigad district, on Saturday. PTI
A thick layer of smog covers the Rashtrapati Bhavan and Bharat
Mandpam, in New Delhi on Saturday. ANI
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First India Bureau
New Delhi
Delhi’s air quality re-
mains in the “severe cat-
egory” for the third con-
secutive day on Saturday
morning with an Air
Quality Index (AQI) re-
corded at 504 at 8:30
AM. (Air Quality Index)
PM 2.5 in the national
capital remained more
than 80 times the World
Health Organizations’
limit. The concentration
of PM2.5 in Delhi stands
at 354 µg/m³, with PM10
at 552 µg/m³ in most of
the areas in Delhi-NCR,
which exceeds the safe
limit of 60 micrograms
per cubic meter.
—With Agencies inputs
PTI
Mumbai
Eight bodies were recov-
ered till Saturday after-
noonfollowingthefirethat
broke out at a pharmaceu-
tical company in Raigad
district a day ago, while
search for three missing
persons continued.
The blaze at Blue Jet
Healthcare in MIDC in
Raigad district started at
11am on Friday, the
NDRF official added.
“While four bodies
were found till 7am, an-
other four were recovered
till 5pm. These are part of
the 11 persons who had
gone missing following
the fire. Search opera-
tions with personnel from
local agencies and NDRF
for the remaining three
continue,” he said.
PTI
Rome
External Affairs Minister
S Jaishankar has met Ital-
ian President Sergio Mat-
tarella and other senior
leadershereanddiscussed
ways to further develop
the bilateral strategic part-
nership in areas like de-
fence, cyber security and
counter-terrorism.
Jaishankar, who was in
Rome at the invitation of
hisItaliancounterpartAn-
tonio Tajani, concluded
his four-day visit to Por-
tugal and Italy on Friday.
During their meeting,
the Italian president reit-
erated his strong support
for advancing bilateral
ties and deepening India-
Italy and India-EU link-
ages, the Ministry of Ex-
ternal Affairs in New
Delhi said in a Saturday
press release.
Taking to social media
site X on Friday, Jais-
hankar said, “Valued his
(Mattarella) guidance for
the further development
of our strategic partner-
ship. In a volatile and
uncertain world, the In-
dia-Italy relationship is a
factor of stability.” The
minister also held a meet-
ing with the Italian De-
fence Minister, Guido
Crosetto, which focused
on deepening strategic
cooperation, including
industrial collaboration
in defence manufactur-
ing and areas of counter-
terrorism, cyber security
and maritime domain, the
release said.
The minister’s Italy
visit further consolidated
the long-standing histori-
cal ties between the two
countries and pushed bi-
lateral cooperation in di-
verse areas of the Strate-
gic Partnership, including
on contemporary global
issues and challenges, the
press release said.
ANI
New Delhi
Former Foreign Secre-
taryShamsherMChowd-
hury has said that Indo-
Pacific region has ac-
quired centrality in the
emerging geopolitical
scenario due to an in-
creasing shift of the cen-
tre of gravity of geo poli-
tics and geo-economics.
He said SouthAsia and
Indo-Pacific constitute a
critical geostrategic space
and is home to one-fourth
of the world’s population.
He called South Asia a
“turbulent region.”
In his remarks at the
Chanakya Defence Dia-
logue, Chowdhury said,
“With the global part dy-
namics pivoting in future
towards the East, the
paradigms of Kautilya
and statecraft, that is role
of war in human affairs,
the sublime nature of ad-
versaries and friends, and
the utility of force to be-
come germane to delib-
erations on geo-strategy.”
“Thus Chanakya in-
spires the thought process
of this defence dialogue.
South Asia and the Indo-
Pacific constitute a criti-
cal geostrategic space. It
is home to one-fourth of
the world’s population,
and South Asia has been
a turbulent region bound-
ed by a massive to the
north and connected by
international waters to the
south,” he added.
PTI
Kohima
Petroleum Minister Har-
deep Singh Puri on Satur-
day visited Tuensang dis-
trict in Nagaland and in-
teracted with beneficiar-
ies of Ujjwala Yojana.
Puri said that under the
leadership of Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi,
Northeast is witnessing
development, according
to an official statement.
He said he was happy
to see so many benefi-
ciaries of the UjjwalaYo-
jana in Tuensang.
To make liquified pe-
troleum gas (LPG) avail-
able to rural and deprived
poor households, the gov-
ernment launched Prad-
han Mantri Ujjwala Yoja-
na in May 2016, to pro-
vide deposit-free LPG
connectionstoadultwom-
en of poor households.
ANI
Guwahati
The Assam government
is actively considering a
proposal to make availa-
ble tea at a subsidized
rate to all ration card
holders at a time when
the plantation industry is
celebrating a crucial
milestone of 200 years of
its existence in the state.
CM Himanta Biswa
Sarma told reporters on
Saturday that his govern-
ment was mulling pro-
viding tea to ration card
holders at Rs 100-150 per
kg from 2024 onwards.
Assam produces nearly
700millionkgofteaannu-
ally and accounts for
aroundhalfofIndia’sover-
all tea production. The
state also generates annual
foreign exchange earnings
estimated at an equivalent
to Rs 3,000 crore. India as
a whole contributes 23-24
per cent to the global tea
output. Tea estates around
plantations in the state’s
upper reaches first came
to be established way
back in 1823.
BLACKSMOGENGULFSDELHI,PM
2.5EXCEEDSWHO’SSAFERLIMITS
Layer of haze engulfs city for fifth consecutive day
Rising pollution level
Signature Bridge covered in a thick layer
of smog as the overall air quality in the
national capital remains in the ‘severe’
category, in New Delhi on Saturday. ANI
ANI
DELHI’S AQI: MARGINAL DIP IN LEVELS AS
HAZE PERSISTS, HEALTH CONCERNS RISE
New Delhi: Pollution levels in Delhi and its
surrounding areas dipped marginally overnight
due to a relatively better wind speed, though
the concentration of poisonous PM2.5 was still over
80 times the healthy limit prescribed by the WHO. A
thick toxic haze lingered over the city for the fifth con-
secutive day, with doctors expressing concerns that
air pollution is causing an increase in respiratory and
eye problems among children and the elderly.
AQI AGAIN OVER 900 IN DELHI; EXPERTS
CALL IT ‘MASSIVE HEALTH EMERGENCY’
New Delhi: Air Quality Index(AQI) across
Delhi continues to be in the ‘severe’ category,
the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
stated on Saturday. Anand Vihar saw an AQI of 448,
Jahangirpuri was at 421, Dwarka Sector-8 was at
435 and Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport (T3)
was at 421. In the neighbouring region of Noida, AQI
in sector 116 was recorded at 426, while sector 62
saw an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 428.
EAM Jaishankar meets Italian President
Mattarella; discusses ways to boost ties
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar with Italy’s Foreign
Minister Antonio Tajani, in Rome. PTI
JAISHANKAR, ITALIAN
COUNTERPART TAJANI
SIGN 2 AGREEMENTS
New Delhi: External
Affairs Minister S
Jaishankar and his
Italian counterpart Antonio
Tajani signed two signifi-
cant agreements, to boost
the mobility of youth and
skilled workers in a safe
and legal manner. The two
ministers signed agree-
ments on Migration and
Mobility Partnership, and
Executive Programme on
Cultural Cooperation for
the period 2023-27. “These
will provide a major boost
to the mobility of youth and
skilled workers in a safe
and legal manner, thereby
promoting people-to-people
ties, trade and tourism,” the
Ministry of External Affairs
said in a statement.
Massive fire in Raigad factory
8 bodies recovered, search ops
continue for 3 missing persons
Assam mulls providing subsidised
tea to ration card holders from 2024
Assam CMHimanta Biswa Sarma
Shamsher M Chowdhury
Hardeep Singh Puri
“Indo-Pacific region has
acquired centrality in
geopolitical scenario”
Puri visits Nagaland’s
Tuensang, interacts with
Ujjwala beneficiaries
KOHIMA GETS MULTI-
LEVEL CAR PARKING
Kohima: In a signifi-
cant boost to urban
infrastructure in Ko-
hima, Union Minister Hard-
eep Singh Puri on Saturday
inaugurated the state-of-the-
art multi-level car parking
facility at NST Bus Station.
The inauguration was met
with a warm and traditional
Naga welcome, led by CM
Neiphiu Rio. The multi-level
car parking facility at NST
Bus Station serves as a
testament to govt’s commit-
ment to modernising and
enhancing urban amenities
in the region.
FRESH SALVOS
No one will be spared in Delhi Excise scam: Thakur
First India Bureau
Hyderabad
nion Minister
Anurag Thakur
on Saturday
said the probe agencies
will not spare anyone in
the Delhi Excise Policy
case including Telangana
CM K Chandrasekhar
Rao’s daughter K Kavi-
tha, whose name was
mentioned in a charge
sheet filed by the En-
forcement Directorate
(ED) in the case.
Dismissing allegations
that the BJP has a tacit
understanding with the
ruling Bharat Rashtra
Samithi (BRS) in Telan-
gana, the Information
and Broadcasting Minis-
ter told reporters here
that the BJP does not
have any understanding
with the BRS.
Referring to the arrests
of former deputy CM of
Delhi Manish Sisodia
and AAP Rajya Sabha
MP Sanjay Singh in the
now-scrapped Delhi Ex-
cise Policy, Thakur said
“her (Kavitha’s) number
will also come”.
“Kavitha ji’s name is
mentioned in the Delhi
Excise Policy case and
investigating agencies
are probing the matter. If
former deputy chief min-
ister of Delhi and Rajya
Sabha MP (AAP leaders
Manish Sisodia and San-
jay Singh) were not
spared and when notice,
has been issued to Delhi
Chief Minister (Arvind
Kejriwal), then the day
would not be far away for
Kavitha also,” he said.
“Noonewillbespared.
Whoever is involved...
one by one their number
will come and summons
have already been issued
to Kejriwal--the kingpin
of the scam,” he said.
He further said an in-
vestigation will be car-
ried out over alleged cor-
ruption in the Kaleswar-
am irrigation project in
Telangana and strict ac-
tion will be initiated.
“Their sins will cost
them dearly and their cor-
ruption will take them to
jail,” the senior BJP lead-
er claimed, adding, “KCR
you can change your
party’s name fromTRS to
BRS, but you cannot hide
your corrupt face and
KCR cannot hide his
family’s corruption”.
Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur addresses the media during
an event, in Hyderabad, on Saturday. PTI
U
Ready for CBI probe on
damaged barrage: Reddy
PTI
Hyderabad
UnionMinisterandTelan-
gana BJP chief G Kishan
Reddy on Saturday said
the Centre is ready to or-
der a CBI inquiry, if CM
KCR writes a letter on the
issue of “damage” to the
Medigadda barrage of
Kaleshwaram lift irriga-
tion project.
Speaking to mediaper-
sons after visiting the bar-
rage site, Reddy demand-
ed a thorough inquiry into
the whole incident and
said Telangana people
have the right to know the
facts of the issue.
His comments came a
dayaftertheNationalDam
Safety Authority (NDSA)
findingsstatedthattheMe-
digadda Barrage had been
severely compromised,
“renderingituselessunless
fully rehabilitated”.
G Kishan Reddy

OCT 5 - NOV 19
09
TO TACKLE GROWING INSTANCES
British Indian tables motion
against anti-Hindu hate crimes
PTI
London
British-Indian
London As-
sembly mem-
ber tabled a motion this
week calling on the
Metropolitan Police to
include the breakdown
of hate crimes by reli-
gion to tackle growing
instances of anti-Hindu
hate.
His motion, tabled on
Thursday and agreed
unanimously, called for
the Met Police to work
with local Hindu com-
munities to encourage
confidence in reporting
hate crimes targeting
Hindus.
“Hinduphobia has ab-
solutely no place in
London and beyond.
Sadly, there has been a
worrying rise in hate
crimes faced by our
community over the past
year,” said Hirani.
The British-Indian
referenced the Crime
Survey for England and
Wales, which shows
that Hindus are the sec-
ond most likely religion
to have been victims of
religiously motivated
hate crime.
Krupesh Hirani
Krupesh Hirani
addressed the
assembly, which
deals with issues
affecting Londoners
as part of the Mayor
of London-run
Greater London
Authority, to highlight
instances of
“Hinduphobia”
.
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l Time: 2:00 PM
l Match No: 37
l Live on: Star Sports and
Disney+ Hotstar
l Venue: Eden Gardens,
Kolkata
VS
S Africa
India
TODAY’S MATCH
Australiaknockdefending
championsEnglandoutofWC
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad
A half-century from
Marnus Labuschagne
and a fine bowling per-
formance from
spinnerAdam Zam-
pa helped Australia
defeat England by
33 runs in their
World Cup match
here on Saturday.
After posting
286 against their Ashes
rivals, thanks chiefly to
Labuschagne’s 71,
Cameron Green’s 47,
Steven Smith’s 44 and
Marcus Stoinis’ 35,
Zampa returned with
superb bowling figures
of 3/21 to dismiss Eng-
land for 253 in 48.1
overs and end whatever
slim hopes they had of
making it to the
semifinals.
Mitchell Starc
(2/66) and captain
Pat Cumins (2/49)
too struck at cru-
cial moments of
the match for the
five-time champions.
For England, Dawid
Malan (50) and Ben
Stokes (64) struck half-
centuries, while Moeen
Ali contributed 42.
MATCH
NO. 36
Players of Australia and England greet each other at the end of their ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023
match, at Narendra Modi Stadium, in Ahmedabad on Saturday. Australia won by 33 runs.
India beat Korea 2-0,
book final with Japan
Pakistan stun New Zealand
by 21 runs via DLS method
Johor Cup: Indian junior men’s
hockey team beats Pakistan
Unbeaten India
face formidable
South Africa in
battle for top spot
ANI
Johor Bahru
Unbeaten India contin-
ued their sparkling form,
defeating Asian Games
silver medallist South
Korea 2-0 to enter the
final of the women’s
Asian Champions Tro-
phy hockey tournament
here on Saturday.
The Indians, who
thrashed Korea 5-0 in
their final round-robin
match, scored through
Salima Tete (11th min-
ute0 and Vaishnavi Vit-
thal Phalke (19th) to
emerge winners.
Asian Games bronze
medallist India will take
on Japan in the final on
Sunday. The Japanese
eked out a narrow 2-1
win over Asian Games
champions China 2-1 in
the first semifinal.
ANI
Johor Bahru
The Indian junior men’s
hockey team defeated
Pakistan 3-3 (6-5 SO) in
a hard-fought match to
clinch a bronze medal on
Saturday at the 11th Sul-
tan of Johor Cup.
The action-packed en-
counter saw Arun Sahani
(11’),PoovannaCB(42’),
and Captain Uttam Singh
(52’) score for India while
Sufyan Khan (33’),Abdul
Qayyum (50’), and cap-
tain Shahid Hannan (57’)
scored for Pakistan to end
regulation time at 3-3.
Agencies
New Delhi
The top spot is at stake
and an unconquered In-
dian team will certainly
feel a sense of deja vu
when it takes on a red-hot
South Africa on Sunday.
It promises to be a fas-
cinating contest and Virat
Kohli and Ravichandran
Ashwin can’t escape that
‘been there in this posi-
tion’ feeling since they
were part of the World
Cup squad that had a
similar run in 2011.
On Sunday, Indian
players need to guard
themselves from compla-
cency emulate the all-
conquering Australian
team of 2007 which won
the World Cup without
losing a single game.
Agencies
New Delhi
Air India has entered
into an interline partner-
ship with Alaska Air-
lines. The partnership
will allow Air India cus-
tomers to “avail seamless
connections from New
York JFK, Newark-New
Jersey, Washington DC,
Chicago, San Francisco,
and Vancouver gateways
to and from 32 destina-
tions in the USA, Mexi-
co, and Canada onAlaska
Airline’s network”, ac-
cording to a release.
An interline arrange-
ment refers to a pact to
issue and accept tickets
for flights that are oper-
ated by the partner air-
line. When selling an in-
terline ticket, the operat-
ing airlines’ own flight
numbers are used.
The release said the
scope of the partnership
includes bilateral inter-
lining which allows both
the airlines to sell tickets
on each other’s network.
“The two airlines have
also entered a Special
ProrateAgreement,which
allows Air India to file
‘through fares’ on routes
covering Alaska Airlines’
network,” it added.This
arrangement means that a
passenger can have a sin-
gle fare for a single ticket
covering all destinations
in an itinerary. Tata
Group-owned Air India
is expanding its presence
in both domestic and in-
ternational networks.
Agencies
Bengaluru
In match 35, Pakistan de-
featedNewZealandby21
runs via DLS method in a
rain-hit World Cup game
to keep their semifinal
hopes alive on Saturday.
Fakhar Zaman played an
unbeaten knock of 126
and was well-assisted by
skipper Babar Azam (66
not out) during their run
chase, which was impact-
ed by intermittent rain.
Indian players during their Women’s Asian Champions Trophy
2023 semi-ﬁnal match against South Korea in Ranchi, Saturday.
Team India players during a
practice session on Saturday.
AUSTRALIA MARCH AHEAD IN SEMIS RACE
Dhaka: At 76-years-
old, Bangladesh Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina
is a political phenome-
non who has guided the
rise of this nation of 170
million from rustic jute
producer into the Asia-
Pacific’s fastest-expand-
ing economy over the
past decade, Time said
in a cover story on the
world’s longest-serving
female head of govt.
Hasina is world’s
longest-serving
female head of govt
IN BRIEF
Kolkata: Hardik Pan-
dya was on Saturday
ruled out of the ongo-
ing World Cup after
failing to recover from
his ankle injury. Pacer
Prasidh Krishna, who
played 17 ODIs, has
been named Pandya’s
replacement in the In-
dian squad, the ICC
said. Pandya had hurt
his left ankle while
fielding off his own
bowling in the game
on October 19.
Hardik Pandya ruled
out of World Cup,
Prasidh gets call-up
Islamabad: Fawad
Chaudhry, a former fed-
eral minister and an ex-
member of jailed former
PM Imran Khan’s party,
was arrested from his
residence and “taken to
an unknown place” on
Saturday. “Chaudhry, a
member of the Istehkam-
i-Pakistan Party, was ar-
rested,” the Dawn news-
paper reported quoting
his wife, Hiba Fawad.
Pakistan’s former
minister Fawad
Chaudhry arrested
First India Bureau
Gaza City
Palestinians reported a
deadly Israeli air strike
on a U.N.-run school in
northern Gaza serving as
a shelter on Saturday as
U.S. Secretary of State
Antony Blinken met re-
gional Arab leaders to
discuss how to contain
the conflict.
Palestinian witnesses
said Israel hitAl-Fakhou-
ra school in Jabalia,
where thousands of evac-
uees were living in the
morning.At least 15 peo-
ple died and dozens more
were wounded, said Gaza
health ministry official
Mohammad Selmeyah.
A footage of the after-
math showed broken fur-
niture and other belong-
ings lying on the ground,
patches of blood spilled
on the ground and over
food and people crying.
“I was standing here
when 3 bombings hap-
pened,” a young boy said
in video, crying in de-
spair. “God will take my
vengeance.”.
IsraelistrikehitsUN-runschool
killing15inGaza:Palestinians
New York: The Secretary-General of the United Nations,
Antonio Guterres, on Saturday voiced his anguish over the
suspected air strike on a convoy of ambulances outside Al-
Shifa Hospital. In response, Israel’s Ambassador, Gilad Erdan,
took a swipe at UN Secretary-General for rushing to condemn
Israel without seeking a full understanding of the situation.
UN CHIEF SAYS ‘HORRIFIED’ BY BLAST OUTSIDE
GAZA HOSPITAL, ISRAEL ENVOY HITS BACK
MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS
 Palestinians report Israeli
airstrikes overnight, in-
cluding in southern Gaza
 UN ofﬁcial says average
Gazan living on two
pieces of bread a day,
scarce water
 Palestinians have a right
to life of peace, dignity:
Indian-American Con-
gressman Ami Bera
 Blinken warns Israel that
humanitarian conditions
in Gaza must improve to
have ‘partners for peace’
Palestinians check the damages after a convoy of ambulances
was hit, at the entrance of Shifa hospital in Gaza City.
Agencies
New Delhi
A new video of Khal-
istani terrorist Gurpat-
want Singh Pannun has
surfaced in which he is
seen issuing a threat to
p e o p l e
planning
to travel
via Air In-
dia on No-
v e m b e r
19, saying
that their
“lives would be in dan-
ger”. “We are asking the
Sikh people not to fly via
Air India on November
19. There will be a global
blockade. On November
19, don’t travel by Air
India or your life will be
in danger,” Pannun said
in the video that surfaced
on social media
Italy’s flood-hit Tuscany
Seven killed and around 300 people have been forced to evacuate their homes, while
many others have their water and power supplies cut after rivers burst their banks
following torrential rain in the central Italian region of Tuscany on Saturday.
Khalistani terrorist
threatens to blow
up Air India flight
on November 19
Air India enters into
interline partnership
with Alaska Airlines
TEAMS M W L T N/R PT NRR
INDIA 7 7 0 0 0 14 2.102
SOUTH AFRICA 7 6 1 0 0 12 2.290
AUSTRALIA 7 5 2 0 0 10 0.924
NEW ZEALAND 8 4 4 0 0 8 0.398
PAKISTAN 8 4 4 0 0 8 -0.036
AFGHANISTAN 7 4 3 0 0 8 -0.330
SRI LANKA 7 2 5 0 0 4 -1.162
NETHERLANDS 7 2 5 0 0 4 -1.398
BANGLADESH 7 1 6 0 0 2 -1.446
ENGLAND 7 1 6 0 0 2 -1.504
POINTS TABLE WORLD CUP 2023

First India Bureau
Jaipur/Pratapgarh
BJP state president CP
Joshi’s celebrated his
birthday on Saturday and
stopped over at a gausha-
la, before going to elec-
tion meetings, wherein he
fed cows at Pinjrapole
Gaushala. Many local
workers had also reached
to congratulate and wish
Joshi. Meanwhile, Joshi
reached Pratapgarh to at-
tend the nomination rally
of BJP candidate Hemant
Meena and address a pub-
lic meeting organized at
Surajpol chauraha.
In a conversation with
First India News, Joshi
claimed that BJP will
form govt in the state.
FLAG OF REBELLION RAISED IN SAFFRON PARTY
Kailash files papers, Yunus announces to contest polls
First India Bureau
Jaipur
ormer Assem-
bly Speaker
Kailash Megh-
wal, who was associated
with BJP since the time
of veteran former Chief
Minister of BJP, late
Bhairon Singh Shekha-
wat, sounded the bugle of
rebellion against the par-
ty by filing his nomina-
tion on Saturday.
Whereas former min-
ister Yunus Khan has an-
nounced to contest the
elections from Didwana
only after being denied
ticket. Both these lead-
ers are currently consid-
ered supporters of
Vasundhara Raje.
Meghwal filed inde-
pendent nomination from
Shahpura in Bhilwara on
Saturday. Meanwhile,
Yunus Khan on Saturday
announced among his
supporters to contest the
Assembly elections. He
may file nomination
from DidwanaAssembly
on Monday. In the meet-
ing held in Didwana, Yu-
nus Khan said that, “I
have been serving the
party for 25 years. The
party has not given me
the ticket now. Nor has
any responsibility been
assigned. In such a situ-
ation, I have decided to
leave BJP and contest
elections.”
However, if party
sources are to be be-
lieved, Yunus has not yet
given any information
regarding leaving the
membership of BJP. It is
believed that if Yunus re-
signs from the party, only
then will he be consid-
ered an independent can-
didate, otherwise he will
be declared a BJP rebel.
However, his supporters
are expecting a call from
the BJP leadership by the
November 6 morning.
Meanwhile, after the
ticket of Ritu Banawat,
wife of BJPDistrict Pres-
ident Rishi Bansal and
former candidate from
Bayana Assembly seat,
was cancelled, Bansal has
also resigned from the
post of District President.
Kailash Chandra Meghwal Yunus Khan Rishi Bansal
F
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A true friend is one who offers understanding
even when he does not understand.
Dr JAGDEESH CHANDRA, CMD Editor-in-Chief
THOUGHT OF THE DAY
Postal Reg No. JPC/004/2022-24
Jaipur, Sunday | November 5, 2023 www.firstindia.co.in firstindia.co.in/epapers/jaipur thefirstindia thefirstindia thefirstindia
WILL KANGANA REPLACE HEMA?
By Tridib Raman
The author is a journalist and political commentator
and views expressed are his personal
FIRST INDIA SUNDAY SPECIAL
Mirch Masala
WHERE ARE CONGRESS PRESIDENT MALLIKARJUN KHARGE’S EYES?
here are some strange traditions
in politics, but my personality is
such that I shine even in the dust’.
The current Cong President Mallikarjun
Kharge also shone like this when there was
talk of his retirement. At that time Kharge
was considered most important person in
the Cong and got an important chair. Now
Kharge has gradually gathered an army of
his special confidants within Congress, his
personal relations with the satraps of India
Alliance have also strengthened, and
he now talks to leaders like Lalu,
Tejashwi, Nitish on daily basis. If
sources are to be believed, only
this satrap can raise the issue of
a Dalit PM in 2024. Kharge is a
big Dalit face. He also has
command of Cong, so he
can definitely tie knot. Rahul has said this
many times in public forums. It is said that
he has no special interest in becoming PM,
however, this also goes in favor of Kharge.
But recently his son Priyank Kharge created
a stir in Mysore by giving a public statement
that ‘If Cong wants leadership, he is ready
to become CM.’ Then he was rebuked by
Randeep Surjewala. State Home Min Dr. G
Parameshwara also expressed his desire to
become CM and in this work he got the full
support of State Cooperative Minister
KN Rajanna. Obviously, these latest
developments have put Kharge on
his edge and his hopes have suffered
a bit of a blow and there has also
been a display of his love for his son,
which may pose some obsta-
cles to his target of 2024.
‘
T
WHERE HAS KANUGOLU
DISAPPEARED?
o you remember
election analyst
Sunil Kanu-
golu? There was a time he
used to be with Prashant
Kishore, but then broke
with him and directly joined
Rahul Gandhi. He is said
to have played a major
role in Congress’s victory
in Karnataka. The Con-
gress high command was
so pleased with Kanugo-
lu’s performance that when
the Congress government
was formed in Karnataka,
he got the status of minis-
ter there. In the elections
of these five
states also,
the Con-
gress top
had given
the respon-
sibility to
Kanugolu that ‘on the lines
of Karnataka elections, he
should help the party in
the selection of candidates
by conducting ground
surveys in these states
also.’ Hence, in Madhya
Pradesh, Chhattisgarh,
Telangana and Mizoram,
Kanugolu’s opinion was
given preference and
before the announcement
of the candidates, their
lists were also compared.
But Kanugolu had no suc-
cess in Rajasthan. Sunil’s
opinion was that ‘on the
lines of Karnataka, in
Rajasthan also the tickets
of fifty percent of the
MLAs should be canceled
and new faces should be
fielded in their place.’ But
in Rajasthan, the tickets
of most of the MLAs were
repeated.
D
he work of finalizing the BJP’s list of
candidates for the 2024 Lok Sabha elec-
tions is underway. Mathura parliamentary
seat MP Hema Malini has recently turned 75 and
BJP’s policy is to retire people above 75 from active
politics and include them in the Margdarshak Man-
dal. So there are speculations that this time Hema
Malini will be not be given ticket from Mathura. If
sources associated with BJP are to be believed,
Kangana Ranaut can replace Hema from Mathura
in the 2024 elections. Even though Kangana has
not joined BJP yet, she has been strong on the
issue of Hindutva and keeps the Sangh’s line
forward. Recently, that statement of Kangana also
made headlines, wherein she said, “By the grace of
Lord Shri Krishna, I will definitely contest the elec-
tions.” A few days ago, she thanked UP CM Yogi
Adityanath and Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Dhami for
her recent film ‘Tejas’. Everyone in BJP is already
convinced of her brilliance.
T
‘Ourwelfareschemesarebeing
discussedincountryabroad’
Tripti Gautam, Shubam Jain
and Ashish Choudhary
Ajmer/Rajsamand/Bhilwara
CM Gehlot targeted cen-
tral government regard-
ing ERCP and said,
“ERCP was not made a
national project. I can
only tell you that so much
work has been done in
Rajasthan. Today our
welfare schemes are dis-
cussed in the country and
abroad. Health insurance
of Rs 25 lakh is not avail-
able anywhere else in the
country. During the Co-
rona period, the Bhilwara
model was praised
throughout the country.
We gave relief to people
from inflation by organ-
izing inflation relief
camps. We helped the
needy by giving gas cyl-
inder for Rs 500.”
“Even in Nathdwara
we left no stone unturned.
Underground power line
was laid in Nathdwara.
Our govt is giving pen-
sion to the elderly and
women. There is happi-
ness in every household
regarding OPS. We have
just given 7 guarantees
for the needy. Govt will
give Rs 10,000 to women
under Grihalakshmi
scheme. Under the God-
han Yojana, the govt will
purchase cow dung from
cattle herders and farm-
ers. Now every child will
get a chance to study in
English medium. Laptops
will be given students.
Our govt is your compan-
ion in happiness and sor-
row. People are parents,
government will be
formed only with your
blessings,” he added.
CM attends nominations in Ajmer, Nathdwara, Bhilwara
CM Ashok Gehlot, Deepender Singh Hooda, Naseem Akhtar Insaf, and Nathuram Sinodiya during
nomination rally of Vikas Choudhary in Kishangarh, Ajmer on Saturday.
CP Joshi serving jaggery to a cow in Pinjrapole Gaushala located
in Sanganer of Jaipur on Saturday.
Congress Guarantee Dialogue
Joshicelebratesb’dayat
PinjrapoleGaushala,
attendsnominations
CP JOSHI TAKES STOCK
OF PM RALLY ON NOV 9
BJP state president
CP Joshi reached
Udaipur to pre-
pare for Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s proposed
public meeting in Udaipur
on November 9. CP Joshi
inspected the meeting
place located at
South Extension of
Balicha in Udaipur.
NO STONE WILL BE LEFT UNTURNED FOR DEVP
IN NEW DISTRICTS, SAYS GEHLOT IN MANDAL
Bhilwara: While, addressing a nomination
meeting at Mandal, the CM said, “I left no stone
unturned in development, After independence,
today the state has come into discussion in the entire
country. Creating 20 new districts is not a common
thing. With the formation of a district, people are get-
ting facilities easily. No stone will be left unturned in
the new districts. Central investigating agencies are
working under pressure today and agencies are being
used to topple elected governments. The Constitution
is being flouted, democracy is in danger.”. He was ad-
dressing the nomination rally of Ramlal Jat.
Raje files nomination, says
BJP will form govt in State
Bhanwar S Charan
Arif Mansoori
Jhalawar
Former Chief Minister
Vasundhara Raje filed her
nomination on Saturday.
Before nomination, Raje
offered prayers at Balaji
temple in Radhi. After
this, she reached the Mini
Secretariat and filed her
nomination at 2.15 pm.
The former Chief Minis-
ter had reached Jhalawar
a day earlier. During this
time, she met the workers
on Saturday morning.Af-
ter this, she left for Balaji
temple Radhi in the city.
After filing her nomi-
nation, she reached the
house of former RPSC
Chairman Shyam Sundar
Sharma and had lunch
there. During this time a
large number of workers
were present. While go-
ing for nomination in
Jhalawar city, Raje was
welcomed at many plac-
es. A huge crowd gath-
ered at Naya Talab area
and stopper her to offer a
warm welcome.
Meanwhile, Raje filed
her nomination in front of
Jhalrapatan Assembly
Returning Officer San-
tosh Meena wherein Sita
Bheel and Ramkaran
Dangi became proposers.
During this, local lead-
ers of Jhalawar BJP in-
cluding Union Minister
Prahlad Joshi were also
present.
Vasundhara Raje filing her nomination papers in Jhalawar on
Saturday. Pralhad Joshi, Dushyant Singh are also seen.
Congress’ 6th
list of 22
candidates, 1 left for RLD
First India Bureau
Jaipur
 Sangaria:
Abhimanyu Poonia
 Bhadra: Ajeet Beniwal
 Dungargarh: MR Godara
 Pilani (SC): Peetram Kala
 Danta Ramgarh:
Virendra Singh
 Shahpura: Manish Yadav
 Chomu:
Dr Shikha Meel Barala
 Amber: Prashant Sharma
 Jamwa Ramgarh (ST):
Gopal Lal Meena
 Hawa Mahal: R.R. Tiwari
 Vidhyadhar Nagar:
Sitaram Agarwal
 Alwar Urban:
Ajay Agarwal
 Malpura:
Ghasi Lal Choudhary
 Merta (SC):
Shivratan Valmiki
 Phalodi:
Prakash Chhangani
 Lohawat: Kishnaram
Bishnoi
 Shergarh: Meena Kanwar
 Soorsagar: Shahjad Khan
 Ahore: Saroj Choudhary
 Chorasi (ST):
Tarachand Bhagora
 Bhilwara:
Om Narayaniwal
 Ladpura: Naimuddin
Guddu
 Bharatpur: Left for RLD
NO INTENTION OF RETIRING, CLARIFIES RAJE
So Vasundhara Raje has no intention of retiring
yet! On Saturday, Raje reacted on retirement
statement and said, “This was said in jest. I
said this in the context of Dushyant's maturity. If I was
to retire, why would I file nomination? I have served
the state and will continue to do so.” Raje is on tour to
hometown Jhalawar for 2 days.
BJP'S RELIGIOUS CRISIS IN KARNATAKA
f there is a fire burning within in Karnataka
Congress, then, is everything well in BJP?
There is a lot of factionalism in the state
BJP, due to which the saffron party had to face de-
feat at the hands of Congress. The condition of party
factionalism in the state is such that till now the elec-
tion of LoP and Leader of Legislative Party has not
been held. BJP has not even been able to appoint its
new state president. The tenure of the
current state president Nalin Kumar
had ended last year itself. There is
a lot of dissatisfaction about him in
the party, yet he has been asked to
remain on the post until the party
finds its new president. The names
of Basava Raj Bommai and R Ashok are in the race
for leader of the legislature party. Anyway, OBC rise
and caste census has become a thorn in the neck of
BJP here. Sources reveal that BJP is ready to leave
the post of Leader of Opposition for its new alliance
partner HD Kumaraswamy. This time 19 MLAs of
JDS and 66 MLAs of BJP have been elected. At the
same time, powerful state leader Yeddyurappa is
putting forward the name of his son Vijayendra for
the state president. If somehow Vijayendra is not
able to make it, then Shobha Karandlaje, who was
Yeddyurappa's confidant, may also be in line. Shob-
ha comes from the Vokkaliga community, which is a
very politically influential caste. Moreover, CT Ravi is
also in the race to become the state president.
I
Bharatpur BJP Dist
President Rishi
Bansal also resigns
CM Ashok Gehlot addressing a rally in support of Congress
candidate from Mandal, Ramlal Jat, who is also seen
standing behind Gehlot in Bhilwara on Saturday.

JAIPUR, SUNDAY | NOVEMBER 5, 2023
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G l o b a l
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veiled at Hotel Indana Palace,
Jaipur. The Awards of excel-
lence took on an extra shine
as they were given away by
the star Madhuri Dixit Nene,
who has defined excellence
in her career and still remains
a heartthrob.
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra
graced the occasion as the
Chief Guest and also warmly
welcomed Madhuri to the
Pink City. He congratulated
the winners of theAwards for
their contribution to the busi-
ness world and the economy.
Madhuri Dixit gracefully
thanked Dr Chandra and the
organisers for inviting her
and welcoming her for the
prestigious event. She had the
complete crowd ooohing and
aahing as she gracefully
danced a few steps lighting
up the entire stage with her
renowned grace and charm.
The Organisers Rinku Sin-
gh Gurjar and Ambalika
Shastri thanked everyone for
their support which has made
the Indo Global Business
Awards among the most an-
ticipated and prestigious
awards. Madhuri Dixit
awarded the achievers and
congratulated them on their
success.
The 26 finalists of the Elite
Miss Rajasthan beauty pag-
eant for 2023 also walked the
ramp, mesmerising one and
all with their grace and beau-
ty. Gaurav Gaur, Director
Elite Miss Rajatshan who
was also one of the awardees
and Akanksha Bhalla, along
with other mentors of the
Elite also attended the mega
event. The brand ambassa-
dors of Indo Global Business
Award, Surbhi Gupta, Ankur
Sihag, Manish Solanki, Hu-
kam Singh Kumpawat, SB
Singh, Priyanka Nitin Dubey,
JD Maheshwari, Anshul Jain,
Narendra Samota, Vivek
Gupta,Ashish SharmaAkshat
Sharma and Konark Jain were
also present during the event.
The live music and electri-
fying performances during
the event were greatly appre-
ciated.
City First brings you the glittering evening of the annual Indo Global Business Awards
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Dr Jagdeesh Chandra with Madhuri Dixit, Surbhi Gupta
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Madhuri Dixit electrifies the stage with an impromptu
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Madhuri Dixit awards Gaurav Gaur
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