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FOUR DOCTORS
BOOKED OVER UK
CITIZEN’S DEATH
Gurugram: Four doctors
of a hospital at Sec 51
here have been booked in
connection with the death
of a 22-year-old UK citizen,
officials said. Police said a
case under sections 304-A
(death due to negligence)
and 34 (common intention)
had been registered. Amit
Kataria, a citizen of UK, was
studying music in India.
NHRC notice to Delhi govt, police
chief over missing Uzbek women
New Delh (PTI): The
NHRC has issued notic-
es to the Delhi govern-
ment and the city’s po-
lice chief after five of
the seven Uzbek women
who were allegedly traf-
ficked and sexually ex-
ploited in India went
missing from a private
shelter home here.
The National Human
Rights Commission in a
statement on Saturday
observed that “the State
is under an obligation to
protect the life of for-
eign nationals in the
country as it is for its
own citizens”.
NHRC said it has tak-
en “suo motu cogni-
sance of media reports
that five of seven Uzbek
women, rescued from a
sex trafficking racket by
the Delhi Police in Au-
gust 2022, went missing
from a shelter home in
Dwarka, last week”.
Reportedly, the wom-
en were brought to India
via Nepal and forced
into sex work.
STILL NO CLUE
The State is under obligation to protect the life of foreign nationals
as it is for its own citizens, NHRC observed.
Delhi riots: Attempt to murder,
conspiracy charge on Hussain
New Delhi (PTI): A
Delhi court on Saturday
framed charges against
former AAP leader Ta-
hir Hussain for attempt
to murder and criminal
conspiracy in a case re-
lated to the 2020 riots in
northeast Delhi.
The court was hear-
ingacaseonastatement
by complainant Ajay
Goswami, who suffered
a bullet injury during
the riots at Main Karaw-
al Nagar Road on Febru-
ary 25, 2020. “I find all
accused persons liable
to be tried for the offenc-
espunishableundersec-
tions 307 (attempt to
murder),readwith120B
(criminal conspiracy)
and 149 (every member
of unlawful assembly
guilty of offence com-
mitted in prosecution of
commonobject)of IPC,”
Addl Sessions Judge Pu-
lastya Pramachala said.
The judge also said
six of the accused -- Ta-
hirHussain,ShahAlam,
Nazim, Kasim, Riyasat
and Liyakat -- were lia-
ble to be tried under Sec-
tion 505 (statements con-
ducing to public mis-
chief) of IPC.
Tahir Hussain
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an am
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People take a boat ride as seagulls fly over the Sangam, the
confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati, in
Prayagraj on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
NIA FILES CHARGE
SHEET AGAINST
DAWOOD, HIS AIDES
Mumbai: The NIA stated on
Saturday that it had filed a
charge sheet against fugitive
gangster Dawood Ibrahim,
his close aide Chhota
Shakeel, and 3 others of “D
Company,” which is name
of Ibrahim’s transnational
organised crime syndicate.
EC: BYPOLL TO 1 LS, 5
ASSEMBLY SEATS ON
DEC 5, RESULT DEC 8
New Delhi: Bypoll to Mainpuri
LS seat which fell vacant after
death of Mulayam Singh with
5 Assembly seats Rampur
(UP), Padampur (Odisha),
Sardarshahar (Raj), Kurhani
(Bihar) and Bhanupratapur
(Chhattisgarh) will be held on
Dec 5, counting on Dec 8.
READ
Crucial
Crucial
OVER 15 KILLED IN
SUSPECTED SUICIDE
BOMBING IN SOMALIA
Somalia: Over 15 killed in
Saturday evening blast at
ex-candy factory which now
serves as a military base in
South Mogadishu. It is said
to be from a suicide bombing,
2nd such attack in 2 months.
Meanwhile, Russia cafe blaze
also killed 13 on Saturday.
ED ARRESTS ANSARI’S
MLA SON ABBAS FOR
MONEY LAUNDERING
Prayagraj: ED has arrested
Abbas Ansari, Suheldev BSP
MLA from Mau and son of
gangster-turned-politician
Mukhtar Ansari, in a money
laundering case, officials said
on Saturday. Abbas, 30, was
arrested after questioning in
Prayagraj in UP, they said.
MISTRY’S DEATH:
DR PANDOLE BOOKED
FOR RASH DRIVING
Palghar: Two months after
ex-Tata Sons chairman Cyrus
Mistry died in a car accident,
police in Maharashtra’s Palghar
on Saturday registered a case
against Dr Anahita Pandole for
alleged rash driving. A case
under IPC sections 304(A),
279, 337, MV Act, police said.
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‘BJP MEANS STABILITY’
PM Narendra Modi being presented a memento by CM Jai Ram Thakur
during a public meeting at Sundar Nagar in Mandi district on Saturday.
First India Bureau
Shimla: PM Narendra
Modi on Saturday said
the Congress never
priritised the develop-
ment of HP, but the BJP
fulfilled all the promis-
es it had made to the
people of the hill state.
He made the statement
during a rally of the
BJP ahead of the up-
coming Assembly elec-
tion in the hill state.
At a public rally in
Mandi’s Sundernagar,
Modi said development
will the first priority of
the party. Expressing
confidence that
Himachal will vote for
BJP on November 12,
Modi said, every vote
cast will define HP’s de-
velopment journey for
next 25 years.” BJP
means stability and ser-
vice in HP Modi added.
CONGRESS NEVER PRIORITISED DEVELOPMENT, STRESSES PM MODI IN HIMACHAL
PM Modi meets Baba Gurinder
Singh Dhillon during his visit to
Radha Soami Satsang Beas, Pb.
During its regime, the
Congress always took
commissions in defence
deals. It committed
scams to the tune of
thousands of crores.
—Narendra Modi,
Prime Minister
MODI, NADDA AND THAKUR; BJP'S TOP BRASS
AT MAMMOTH RALLIES IN HIMACHAL PRADESH P5
SHYAM SARAN NEGI: INDIA’S FIRST
VOTER DIES AT 106 IN HIMACHAL
India’s first voter Shyam
Saran Negi died on Sat-
urday at his residence in
HP’s Kinnaur. He was 106.
On November 2, Negi had
cast his vote for the state’s
Assembly polls through
postal ballot, the Election
Commission said. Modi
expressed his condolences
to Negi at a poll rally in HP.
CONG RELEASES MANIFESTO; PROMISES
FREE POWER, `1,500/MTH FOR WOMEN
Congress on Sat-
urday released its
party manifesto for HP
Assembly election. They
promised free electricity
up to 300 units monthly to
all households, fin aid of
`1,500 monthly to women
between 18 to 60 years
of age. Cong promised to
restore OPS, 1L govt jobs.
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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, NEW DELHI MUMBAI
PUTIN PRAISES
INDIA, CALLS ITS
PEOPLE TALENTED,
AND PURPOSEFUL
New Delhi: Counting of votes will be held on Sunday in the bypolls to 7
assembly constituencies in 6 states. Polling was held on these seats -
Haryana’s Admapur, Bihar’s Gopalganj and Mokama, Maha’s Andheri (East),
Telangana’s Munugode, UP’s Gola Gokarannath, and Odisha’s Dhamnagar.
Moscow: For a second time within a week, Russian
President Vladimir Putin has praised India’s growth
story and said its people are “very talented” and
“purposeful” and will help the country to achieve
outstanding results in its development.
TRASH ME ALL
DAY, BUT IT WILL
COST USD 8: MUSK
ON BLUE TICK FEE
Washington: Seems like Twitter’s new boss Elon
Musk does not get affected by the criticism he has
been receiving over his decision to charge Twitter
users to get verified accounts. On Saturday, Musk
took to Twitter, reiterated his stance on blue tick fee.
COUNTING OF VOTES ON 7 SEATS IN 6 STATES TODAY
PA arrested after
ED raids, claims
Manish Sisodia
New Delhi (ANI): Del-
hi Deputy CM Manish
Sisodia on Saturday
claimed his personal as-
sistant was arrested af-
ter the ED failed to find
anything during the
raid on his house and
alleged that the BJP
was behind the develop-
ment. The ED on Satur-
day questioned Siso-
dia’s personal assistant
in connection with its
money laundering
probe into alleged ir-
regularities in the now
scrapped excise policy,
officials said.
The ED claimed that
Sisodia’s Personal As-
sistant, Devendra Shar-
ma alias Rinku, did not
cooperate in the investi-
gation. BJP people! So
much fear of losing the
election,” Sisodia tweet-
ed in Hindi.
Delhi Excise Policy
2021-22 case:
Raids at 5 places
in Delhi, NCR
Manish Sisodia
Devendra Sharma

CAPITOL
NEW DELHI | SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2022
02
New Delhi (PTI): The
CongressonSaturdayal-
leged that the AAP was
working in collusion
with the BJP for the up-
coming Gujarat assem-
bly polls and the candi-
dates of the Arvind Ke-
jriwal-led outfit were
being decided by the saf-
fron party
.
Former Gujarat MLA
Indranil Rajguru, who
quit the Aam Aadmi
Party to rejoin the Con-
gress on Friday
, said he
wasaskingforticketsfor
15AAPleaderswhowere
in a strong position to
win but tickets were be-
ing given to candidates
who could help the BJP
in the polls.
I took a stand against
this because I had joined
AAP to defeat the BJP
not the Congress. I was
told, 'don't be stubborn,
the list comes from Ka-
malam(BJPofficeinGu-
jarat), Rajguru claimed
on Saturday at a press
conference at the AICC
headquarters here.
Rajguru, who had
joined the AAP after
quitting the Congress in
April this year, returned
to the grand old party
,
citingthatitwasthebest
option for defeating the
BJP in Gujarat. Con-
gress'mediadepartment
head Pawan Khera said
Rajguru became disillu-
sioned with AAP and
rejoined the Congress
within months of leav-
ing it. When we call
them (AAP) the B-team
of the BJP
. Why do they
get upset? he said.
These are serious
charges and need to be
answered by AAP and
their masters, the BJP
,
Khera said. Rajguru had
on Friday joined the
Congressinthepresence
of AICC Gujarat in-
charge Raghu Sharma
and Gujarat Congress
chief Jagdish Thakor.
New Delhi (PTI):Jailed
conman Sukesh Chan-
drashekhar has made
fresh accusations
against AAP leaders, al-
leging that Chief Minis-
ter Arvind Kejriwal
asked him to collect Rs
500 crore for the party
and Delhi minister Saty-
ender Jain threatened
him. The AAP has dis-
missed his charges.
In a 'letter' addressed
to the media, Chan-
drashekhar, who is
lodged in Mandoli Jail
here, also claimed that
he gave more than Rs 50
crore to AAP which
promised to nominate
him to Rajya Sabha and
after that Kejriwal at-
tended a dinner party
with Jain hosted by
Chandrashekhar in
2016. Delhi Deputy CM
Manish Sisodia on Sat-
urday alleged that the
BJP had struck a deal
with the conman sit-
ting in Tihar''. He will
level absurd allegations
against Kejriwal every
day and in return, the
BJP will help him in the
case, he tweeted.
Senior AAP leader
Atishi alleged that after
the failures of the ED,
CBI, Income Tax, LG,
and Delhi Police, the
BJP has turned to the
country's biggest con-
man for help against
the AAP
.
However, the national
spokesperson of BJP,
Shezad Poonawala,
asked Kejriwal if he had
met the conman ''at the
farmhouse of his minis-
ter Kailash Gahlot'' and
sought to know what
discussions were held.
He demanded that Ke-
jriwal sack both Jain
and Gahlot from his
Cabinet. Jain is in jail in
connection with a mon-
ey laundering case.
In a letter to Lieuten-
ant Governor VK Saxe-
na, Chandrashekhar
had alleged that Jain
extorted Rs 10 crore in
2019 for his safety in
the prison.
New Delhi (Agencies):
In the wake of Delhi’s
worsening air quality
condition, Delhi BJP
spokesman Tajindar
Bagga on Saturday put
up a poster comparing
Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal to Nazi dicta-
tor Adolf Hitler.
Theposteroutsidethe
BJP office in the nation-
al capital, says: “Kejri-
wal is second... Ruler
who converted his city
into a gas chamber...Hit-
ler was first...”
Bagga said: “Delhi
has become a gas cham-
ber and this not my or
the BJP’s version, this is
what the Supreme court
has said. Delhi is chok-
ing and the Chief Minis-
ter is on an election tour.
Hilter was the first one
who made gas cham-
bers, similarly Kejriwal
has left the people of
Delhi to suffer from the
poisonous air.”
The party spokesman
further said that Kejri-
wal also failed to imple-
ment a bio-decomposer
in Punjab which the lat-
ter claimed would con-
vert all stubble into fer-
tiliser in 15 days.
Attacking the AAP-
led government, Bagga
said: “People are dying
in Delhi and its CM is
not in Delhi. Stubbles
are being burnt in Pun-
jab but the Chief Min-
isyet is not in his state.
Instead they taking elec-
tion tours in Himachal
and Gujarat. All they
are interested in politics
and nothing else.” Re-
garding the upcoming
MCD polls, the spokes-
man said: “Kejriwal is
questioning the BJP for
doing nothing, but I
want to ask then what
they have done in Delhi
in the last seven years?
Let Kejriwal say what-
ever he wants but we
know we have done for
Delhi... The people are
with us and we will win
again.”
Delhi BJP spokesman puts up poster comparing Kejriwal to Hitler
‘NO DIFFERENCE’
lll
The poster
outside the BJP
office in Delhi,
says: Kejriwal
is second...
Ruler who
converted his
city into a gas
chamber...
Hitler was first
A poster put up by BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga comparing Delhi Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal to Adolf Hitler, near BJP headquarters in New Delhi, Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI
ELECTION TOUR!
AAP candidates for Guj being
decided by BJP, alleges Cong
n Rajguru
returns to the
grand old party
n Says it was the
best option for
defeating the
BJP in Gujarat
Former Gujarat MLA Indranil Rajguru with AAP chief and Delhi CM
Arvind Kejriwal. —FILE PHOTO Sukesh after being arrested by Delhi Police. —FILE PHOTO
‘THEY BRING CASH WITH THEM’
WHY DID YOU ACCEPT `50 CR FROM ME?
New Delhi: Delhi
Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal on Saturday
accused the BJP and
Congress of colluding
in Gujarat against his
party
. Congress is like
BJP's wife, he said,
adding both are play-
ing ILU-ILU (I love you
- I love you).
BJP and Congress
have husband-wife/
brother-sisterrelation-
ship. I heard an inter-
view by Amit Shah
yesterdaywherehetoo
is saying the contest is
only between BJP and
Congress and Con-
gress is also playing
with that narrative...
the Congress is like
BJP's wife...they are
totally in BJP's pock-
et., Arvind Kejriwal
said. Claiming that
people of Gujarat are
tired after 27 years of
BJP rule in the state,
he said they are look-
ing for change.
Kejriwal also ac-
cused the BJP of
threatening all TV
channels in Gujarat
not to invite any AAP
leader on their debate
shows. You will see
debates even on Man-
ish Sisodia, but no
AAP representation.
Only BJP and Con-
gress...this husband-
wife/brother-sister re-
lationship they share
is out in the open now,
he added.
AAP'sCMcandidate
for Gujarat, Isudan
Gadhvi, also claimed
that all Congress can-
didates are in touch
withtheBJP
. TheBJP
has told them to fight
the election on a Con-
gressticket,butwillbe
funded by the BJP
. If
they win, they can
cross over after the
election result. While
in the Congress, they
should contest to de-
featAAPcandidatesor
take away their votes,
Gadhvi said.
BJP funding Congress candidates
too:Arvind Kejriwal on Gujarat polls
Indian Institute of
Technology (IIT Delhi)
hosted its 53rd convoca-
tion 2022 on Saturday
. A
total of 2,100 students
have graduated this
year. IIT Delhi also
awarded the President's
Gold Medal, Director's
GoldMedal,Dr.Shankar
Dayal Sharma (Former
President of India) Gold
Medal, Perfect Ten Gold
Medal and Institute Sil-
ver Medal to the merito-
rious students.
Nobel Laureate Prof
Abhijeet Banerjee was
the chief guest at the
convocation. Congratu-
alting the students, Prof
Banerjee said, You are
some of the select stu-
dents. You have crossed
so many hurdles to get
here. The nation needs
you. Nehru had great
faith in the technology.
And he thought that
somehow having an
elite, such as you are,
would transform the na-
tion. And we needed
that transformation. I
entirely endorse
Nehru's vision that if
there is a justification
for the IITs, it has to be
in terms of what you
can do for the nation.
IIT Delhi Director
Prof Rangan Banerjee
said, We have enjoyed
having all of you here
and seeing you flourish
and evolve into confi-
dent adults ready to go
out into the real world.
We have great hopes
from you. You are in the
right place at the right
time.Thefuturebelongs
to India”.
You can transform the nation,
Banerjee tells IIT Delhi grads
Nobel Laureate Prof Abhijeet Banerjee speaking at IIT Convocation
programme in New Delhi on Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI
IIT also awarded President’s Gold Medal, Director’s
Gold Medal, Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma Gold Medal,
Perfect Ten Gold Medal Institute Silver Medal
New Delhi (PTI): A
plastic footwear manu-
facturing factory
caught fire in north
Delhi's Narela on Sat-
urday morning. Fire
officials said they re-
ceived information
about the blaze at the
two-storey building at
7.56 am and 16 fire ten-
ders were rushed to the
spot. The fire was
doused at 11.45 pm. No
injury was reported,
they said. Police said,
the incident took place
early in the morning
when the factory was
closed.
Last week, three peo-
ple died and 17 suffered
injuries after a fire
broke out at a factory
in Narela Industrial
Area. The fire had bro-
ken out at a slipper
manufacturing factory
on the second floor of
the building.
Fire at plastic
footwear
factory, no
casualties
Conman Chandrashekhar
accuses Jain of threatening
him, targets CM Kejriwal
New Delhi (PTI):
Latching onto the Su-
preme Court's recent
remarks on hate speech,
a Delhi-based socio-reli-
gious organisation on
Saturday alleged that it
seemed the silence of
governments on the is-
sue was emboldening
people indulging in
such acts.
Addressing a press
conference here,
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind
(JIH) Vice-President
Salim Engineer urged
governments to take ac-
tion against such peo-
ple irrespective of the
party or religion they
might belong to.
He also said many
people were using ha-
tred or agenda of ha-
tred, seeking political
future or fast political
growth even as he ap-
pealed to the Election
Commission of India to
take serious cogni-
sance of the matter.
The Supreme Court
hasemphasisedthatgov-
ernments should act as
per laws against hate
speeches being made.
The apex court can only
lay emphasis or point to-
wards it but we feel the
attitudes of govern-
ments towards hate
speeches and those who
makethemisverydisap-
pointing, Engineer told
reporters without speci-
fying which govern-
ments he was referring
to.
People in Delhi, the
national capital, those
elected to Parliament,
who are people's repre-
sentatives, are openly
indulginginsuchactsin
public, spreading ha-
tred and creating a di-
vide in society on reli-
gious lines, he said
withoutnaminganyone.
Senior BJP leader
and West Delhi MP
Parvesh Verma had re-
cently courted contro-
versy after he allegedly
called for a total boy-
cott of a community at
an event held to protest
against the killing of a
Hindu youth in north-
east Delhi. He had not
named the community
.
Takeactionagainsthatespeechmakers
irrespective of party,religion: JIH
Salim Engineer, JIH Vice-President addressing a press conference
in New Delhi on Saturday. —FILE PHOTO
Senior BJP leader Parvesh Verma had recently
courted controversy after he allegedly called for a
“total boycott” of a community at an event
The SC can
only lay em-
phasis or
point towards it but
we feel the attitudes of
governments towards
hate speeches and
those who make them
is very disappointing.
—Salim Engineer,
(JIH) Vice-President

CAPITOL
03
New Delhi (PTI): Four
out of every five fami-
lies in Delhi-NCR have
claimed to have experi-
enced pollution-related
ailments in the last few
weeks, according to a
survey
.
Meanwhile, 18 per
cent of the total 19,000
people surveyed by Loc-
alCircles have already
visited a doctor.
The survey also
found that 80 per cent of
the surveyed families
have at least one mem-
ber who is experiencing
some kind of respira-
tory problem due to air
pollution.
The responses were
sought from the resi-
dents of Delhi, Noida,
Ghaziabad, Gurugram
and Faridabad with 63
per cent of respondents
being male.
Four in five Delhi-
NCR (National Capital
Region) families sur-
veyed have someone ex-
periencing pollution-
related ailments: 18 per
cent have already visit-
ed a doctor or a hospi-
tal, the survey men-
tioned.
Answering the ques-
tion on the nature of
the ailment, 80 per cent
families said their
members are facing
multiple issues due to
the pollution, while 7
per cent denied having
any issue at all due to
the pollution.
Meanwhile, 13 per
cent were said to be un-
affected by air pollution
as they are not living in
Delhi-NCR at the time.
In effect, to avoid the
impact of air pollution,
some have temporarily
moved out of the na-
tional capital region,
while the majority of
those remaining are
paying a price court ill
health.
When a similar ques-
tion was asked five days
after Diwali, 70 per cent
citizens had com-
plained that someone in
their family was experi-
encing the same pollu-
tion-related illness.
This number has ris-
en by 10 per cent in a
matter of five days, dur-
ing which 13 per cent of
the respondents have
left Delhi-NCR tempo-
rarily
.
LocalCircles is a com-
munity social media
platform that holds sur-
veys on issues of gov-
ernance, public and
consumer interest.
Mankilled,2hurtasbike
hitsSignaturerailing
New Delhi (PTI): A
20-year-old man was
killed and his brother
and neighbour got in-
jured after their bike
collided with a con-
crete railing on the Sig-
nature Bridge in Delhi,
police said on Friday
.
On Thursday at 5.47
am, information was
received from the
LNJP hospital that
three unidentified peo-
ple were brought to the
hospital from an acci-
dent spot.
Out of them, one was
declared brought dead
while the two with seri-
ous injuries are under-
going treatment, they
said. Police reached the
spot where one motor-
cycle was found near Y-
point Signature Bridge.
Later, they went to the
hospital and found two
people under treatment
whoweredeclaredunfit
for the statement, a sen-
ior police officer said.
The deceased was
identified as Akash, a
residentof ChandanVi-
har. One of the injured
has been identified as
his younger brother
Badal(18),andthethird
personwasidentifiedas
their neighbour Har-
shit, police said.
New Delhi (PTI): A
58-year-old man sus-
tained injuries after be-
ing beaten up by his for-
mer tenant over the re-
moval of an expensive
toilet seat he had in-
stalled while using the
property, police said on
Saturday
.
The incident took
place on Friday after-
noon. Police received
information about a
scuffle between a land-
lord and his ex-tenant at
Chanakya Place, 30
Foota Road near a
church, at 3.38 pm.
During the inquiry,
theinjured,identifiedas
Ved Prakash, said he
had rented his property
to one Subhash Maggo
for office purposes in
2021, who vacated the
premises about one
month ago, a senior po-
lice officer said.
During his tenancy,
Maggo had installed an
expensive toilet seat,
which he wanted to re-
move that he was no
longer using the prop-
erty
, the officer said.
On Friday, Maggo
sent some labourers for
removingtheseatwhich
was objected by the
landlord, following
which the former tenant
reached the spot along
with a few people and
started arguing with
Prakash, Deputy Com-
missioner of Police
(Dwarka) Harsha Vard-
han said.
Ex-tenant beats
up landlord for
refusing removal
of toilet seat
Pollution: Survey reveals scary picture
Four out of every five families
in Delhi-NCR facing pollution-
related ailments in last few weeks
At least one member of 80 pc
surveyed families is experiencing
some kind of respiratory problem
13 per cent of the respondents
have left Delhi-NCR temporarily
in last five days due to some problem
1 2 3
An anti smog gun fitted on a modified truck is used to spray water to curb pollution due to smog, in
New Delhi, Saturday.
Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee President Anil Chaudhary during a protest over rising pollution
in the national capital, at ITO in New Delhi, Saturday. —PHOTOS BY PTI
New Delhi (PTI): Del-
hiEnvironmentMinis-
ter Gopal Rai on Satur-
day appealed to the
chief ministers of UP
and Haryana to take
measures to divert
trucks carrying non-
essential goods on pe-
ripheral expressways
to avoid traffic jams at
the capital's borders.
With pollution lev-
els in Delhi worsen-
ing, the Centre's air
quality panel had on
Thursday banned the
entry of trucks other
than electric and CNG
ones into Delhi.
Stage IV of GRAP
has already been in-
voked with immediate
effect from November
3... mandating the NCR
and Delhi authorities
to ensure that trucks
carrying non-essential
items should not be al-
lowedtoenterDelhitill
further date as deemed
necessary
, Rai said in
a letter to CM Yogi and
Haryana CM Manohar
Lal Khattar.
It is necessary that
the transport and traf-
fic authorities of your
state also take steps to
divert such non-essen-
tial trucks on eastern/
western peripheral ex-
pressway or any other
alternate route beyond
the NCR limit to avoid
congestion and traffic
jams at the borders
sharedwithDelhi.Nec-
essary cooperation is
solicited in this re-
gard, Rai said.
Four in five Delhi-NCR families sur-
veyed have someone experiencing pollu-
tion-related ailments: 18 per cent have
already visited a doctor or a hospital.
—LocalCircles Survey
Rai seeks UP, Hry help to divert trucks on peripheral e’ways
Police reached the spot where one motorcycle was found near
Y-point Signature Bridge.
3 people were
brought to the
hospital from an
accident spot at
the Signature
Bridge. Out of
them, one was
declared
brought dead
New Delhi (PTI): Two
men who killed a wan-
derer suspecting him
to be a thief in north
Delhi's Sarai Rohilla
area were arrested, po-
lice said on Saturday
.
The accused have
been identified as Gaya
Prashad (25) and Rake-
sh (45), residents of
jhuggi Fatak number
3, Vivekanand Puri
Halt in Sarai Rohilla,
they said.
On Wednesday, po-
lice received informa-
tion about an injured
person lying near Vive-
kanand Puri Halt the
same area. The injured
was shifted to a hospi-
tal and during treat-
ment, he succumbed to
his injuries, police
said.
During the investi-
gation, the statements
of eyewitnesses re-
vealed that the uniden-
tified person was pre-
sent near the jhuggi,
Fatak number 3 near
Vivekanand Puri Halt
on Wednesday around
7 pm, they said.
One of the residents
Prasad caught him
over suspicion of theft
and beat him up with
sticks. Prasad was
joined by other ac-
cused Rakesh and Vi-
jay, who thrashed the
wanderer continuous-
ly, Deputy Commis-
sionerof Police(north)
Sagar Singh Kalsi said.
On Thursday, Pra-
shad and Rakesh were
arrested, the DCP said.
2 arrested for killing man
suspecting him to be thief Ghaziabad (PTI): The
driver and helper of an
ambulance died alleg-
edly after the vehicle
collided head-on with a
truck here on Friday,
police said.
The overspeeding
ambulance was travel-
ling to Saharanpur
from the All India Insti-
tute of Medical Scienc-
es (AIIMS) after drop-
ping a patient and was
on the wrong side of the
Delhi-Meerut Express-
way, leading to a colli-
sion with the truck,
which was on its way to
Ghaziabad, police said.
Two dead in
ambulance-
truck crash
Gurugram (PTI): A
tower of Chintels Para-
diso society in Guru-
gram, which had par-
tially collapsed in Feb-
ruary killing two wom-
en, will be demolished,
the district administra-
tion said on Saturday
citing a report of an IIT
Delhi team that found
structural deficiencies
“beyond repair”.
Two women were
killed after the dining
room floor of a sixth-
floor apartment came
down on February 10,
triggering the collapse
of roofs and floors di-
rectly under it. Guru-
gram Deputy Commis-
sioner Nishant Kumar
Yadav said the team has
found structural defi-
ciencies in the tower,
whose repair is not pos-
sible on technical and
economic grounds.
Gurugram’s
Chintels
society tower
to be razed
With pollution levels
in Delhi worsening,
the Centre’s air
quality panel
banned the entry of
trucks other than
electric and CNG
ones into Delhi

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PERSPECTIVE
04
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Arise, slay thy
enemies, enjoy a
prosperous kingdom.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
Nitin Gadkari
@nitin_gadkari
Birthday greetings to former
captain of the India national cricket
team Mr. @imVkohli. I pray for your
good health and long life.
Kiren Rijiju
@KirenRijiju
Remembering Bharat Ratna Dr
#BhupenHazarika on his death
anniversary. His contribution in making
the first feature film of Arunachal
Pradesh will forever remain in our
hearts. Nation will remember Bhupen
Da for his immense contribution to
India’s music industry.
TOP TWEETS
SITHARAMAN
SENDS POSITIVE
SIGNAL ON
CRYPTOCURRENCY
he uncertainty sur-
rounding the legality
of crypto currency
in India is likely to
go soon with Finance
Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
giving crypto regulation top pri-
ority before the G20 summit to
be helmed by India. The finance
minister recently said that glob-
al crypto asset regulation should
be an international priority.
This is a positive signal but it is
the nature of regulations that
will decide the future of crypto
in the country. Explaining why
India does not have crypto-spe-
cific legislation, she said that all
G20 members and the IMF have
to be on board.
ElSalvadoristheonlycountry
where Bitcoin, a crypto, is legal
tender while others like Den-
mark, France, Germany, Japan,
Mexico and Spain have proper
regulations in place and Bitcoin
is allowed in transactions. India,
on the other hand, is looking at
crypto as an asset and not a cur-
rency which comes under the
purview of the RBI. Fear of cryp-
to assets’ misuse has been hold-
ing back India’s decision.
T
elhi’s air quality
remained “se-
vere” for the third
straight day on
Saturday despite
some improvement with an
AQI of 431. Noida recorded
an AQI of 529 and Gurugram
at 478. These are much be-
yond the permissible limit
set by the government and
the World Health Organisa-
tion and cause respiratory
diseases in humans and are
also responsible for climate
change. These facts are now
commonly known. What is
also a familiar annual occur-
rence is the finger-pointing
between the Centre and Del-
hi. Other states like Haryana
and Uttar Pradesh join in to
pronounce the guilty verdict
on Arvind Kejriwal. Hardly
ever political leaders sat to-
gether to discuss and find a
solution to the problem.
Good sense seems to have
dawned on them after they
were hit by severe air pollu-
tion in Delhi. Kejriwal, the
Delhi Chief Minister, justifi-
ably said at a press confer-
ence that not only Delhi and
NCR air in several northern
states like Uttar Pradesh, Ra-
jasthan and Madhya Pradesh
was also unbreathable with-
out the stubble burning and
it was time the Central gov-
ernment took the lead in
finding measure to solve the
problem. “If they say Kejri-
wal is responsible and we say
they are responsible, this will
not solve the problem of
smog in NCR.
Fortunately, Union Agri-
culture Minister Narendra
Singh Tomar took the cue
and advised all stakeholders
to stay away from political
debates over stubble burning
and have a discussion on how
to solve the problem as this is
a “collective responsibility
of everyone”. Having come
this far the Central govern-
ment must not lose time in
addressing the problem.
A RAY OF HOPE
IN DELHI’S SMOG
Delhi’s air quality remained
“severe” for the third straight
day on Saturday despite some
improvement with an AQI of
431. Noida recorded an
AQI of 529 and Gurugram
at 478. These are much
beyond the permissible limit
set by the government and the
WHO and cause respiratory
diseases in humans and
are also responsible for
climate change
D
y wife’s grandfather, Maha-
raja Bhupinder Singhji and
Dr Karan Singh’s father Ma-
haraja Hari Singhji were
close friends. Succeeding gen-
erations of the two families
have insatiably followed the
tradition of cordiality
. Dr
Karan Singh is a scholar, flu-
ent in Sanskrit and three
other languages. He became
Sadar-I- Riyasat at the age of
18 and the youngest Central
Cabinet Minister in Shrimati
Indira Gandhi’s cabinet at 37.
We have known each other for
decades. In my view he would
have made an ideal Rashtra-
pati,butfatewilledotherwise.
A few days ago a little
known Minister of State in
Prime Minister Modi’s gov-
ernment made fanciful state-
ment on Nehru’s erroneous
role on Kashmir in 1947. The
Minister suggested that
Nehru refused to accept Ma-
haraja Hari Singh’s wish to
accede to India in June 1947
or was it April. Dr Karan
Singh, in my judgement
should have taken no notice
of what the Minister of State
said. A day or two later he
wrote a somewhat long wind-
ed article perhaps provoked
by the Minister’s comments,
in the Hindustan Times
praising his father’s role in
the 1947 events in Jammu and
Kashmir. With my regard for
Karan Singhji I shall refrain
from commenting on it.
Two days later the intellec-
tual Jairam Ramesh (Sonia
Gandhi’s speech writer) pro-
duced a rejoinder in the Hin-
dustan Times making not so
subtle fun of Maharaja Hari
Singh. That should have end-
ed the matter. Unfortunately
Karan Singhji commented on
Jairam Ramesh’s article. He
termed Jairam Ramesh’s re-
marks as “unacceptable”.
Jairam is a high class intel-
lectual but not yet a national
eminence as Dr Karan Singh
is. Both should read chapter
ten of VP Menon’s “The Sto-
ry of The Integration of the
Indian States” and end the
unseemly debate.
HORRENDOUS
TRAGEDY IN MORBI
On 30th October a horren-
dous man made tragedy took
place in Morbi in Gujarat.
The pedestrian bridge col-
lapsed over the river Mach-
chu. Over 135 people lost their
lives, including women and
children. The bridge was con-
structed by a British engineer
in 1879. It was under repair
forsevenmonths,beingmade
usable four days before the
tragedy occurred at 6.30 in the
evening on 30.10.2022. The Or-
eva Group, which renovated
the suspension bridge, its big
shots are absconding. The
Hindustan Times on 1.11.2022
wrote, “…how a company
more famous for making
watches and clocks than civil
engineering was given a con-
tract to renovate the bridge.”
Why was there no crowd
control? The local people
were complaining that peo-
ple were entering the bridge
with no one to stop them, in-
spite of the fact that there is
a ticketing system to prevent-
ing overcrowding. When the
bridge collapsed, several
hundred people were on it.
Why was the contract given
to the Oreva Group? It has
been revealed that there were
serious lapses in the repair
work. Material from the col-
lapsed bridge was used for
repair work. What was the
load capacity of the bridge?
Not more than 125 people. In
fact there were 400 to 500 peo-
ple on the bridge that even-
ing. Apparently the bridge
was opened without the ob-
ligatory fitness certificate.
There seems no limit to ig-
noring rules and regulations.
MOHAN KUNDARIYA
LOST 12 RELATIVES
What does one say to Lok
Sabha member from Rajkot,
Shri Mohan Kundariya who
lost 12 relatives in bridge
tragedy
. How many tears will
he shed and with whom. How
long will the enquiry take. It
should be time bound. The
P.M.O should keep an eye on
it. Former Prime Minister of
Pakistan and among the out-
standing cricketer of all
time, Imran Khan narrowly
escaped being killed by an as-
sassinator earlier in the
week. He was leading a huge
procession of his enthusias-
tic followers when he was
fired at.
We of the sub continent are
not strangers to assassina-
tions. Gandhiji was allergic
to security
, when Sardar Patel
told him that after the failed
bomb attack at Birla House
on 20th January
. Security ar-
rangements were being made
at Birla House to protect him.
Gandhiji said, “If you do that
I shall leave for Wardha to-
morrow”. Ten days after Na-
thuram Godse shot him.
Indira Gandhi and her son
RajivGandhiwerebothkilled
by assassins. Both were impa-
tient with security arrange-
ments to protect them. In Pa-
kistan Prime Minister Lia-
quat Ali Khan in 1951was as-
sassinated, ZA Bhotto was
hanged in 1979, President Zia
ul Haq was blown up in a
plane in 1988. In Bangladesh
President Mujibur Rahman
and his entire family were
killed in 1975, except his
daughter, the present Prime
Minister of Bangladesh.
In Sri Lanka President
Bandaranaike was killed by a
Buddhist monk, President
Prem Dasa and my friend
Gamani Disanayake, a Presi-
dential candidate were blown
up by bombs in 1992. In 1963,
President John F Kennedy
was assassinated in Dallas in
Texas. A chilling record. Im-
ran Khan should be careful.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
Dr Karan Singh: Youngest Minister
in Indira Gandhi’s Cabinet in 1967
M
In Sri Lanka President
Bandaranaike was killed by
a Buddist monk, President
Prem Dasa and my friend
Gamani Disanayake, a
Presidential candidate were
blown up by bombs in 1992.
In 1963, President John F
Kennedy was assassinated
in Dallas in Texas. A
chilling record. Imran
Khan should be careful
Dr. Karan Singh is a scholar, fluent in Sanskrit
and three other languages. He became Sadar-I-
Riyasat at the age of 18 and the youngest
Central Cabinet Minister in Indira Gandhi’s
cabinet at 37. We have known each other for
decades. In my view he would have made an ideal
Rashtrapati, but fate willed otherwise
K NATWAR SINGH
The author is Former Minister
of External Affairs of India

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INDIA
05
Dehradun (PTI): Sci-
ence and Technology
Minister Jitendra Singh
on Saturday stressed on
the modernisation of in-
digenoustextsof ancient
knowledgeasIndiaseeks
to assert its scientific
prowess in the world.
Inaugurating the na-
tional conference on
‘
Akash Tattva Akash for
Life’ here, Singh said In-
dia’s indigenous knowl-
edge and ancient texts
were ignored as stu-
dents of science pur-
sued their studies based
on texts written by au-
thorsof othercountries.
“There is a scientific
basis to this linking of
ancient knowledge with
modern science. What
India has, others are
not aware of it. We are
also not aware of what
we have because we
have been reading their
literature,” Singh said
at the conference where
former RSS general sec-
retary Suresh ‘Bhaiyya-
ji’ Joshi, Uttarakhand
CM Pushkar Singh
Dhami, secretaries of
science departments of
the central government
were also present.
“Our textbooks were
written by authors of
other countries. We did
not have the kind of re-
sources and hence could
not appreciate our own
knowledge,” he said.
PM Narendra Modi
has been encouraging
all streams of sciences
since he came to power,
Singh said.
Dr Jitendra Singh
said the idea of a series
of conferences blend-
ing the ancient knowl-
edge of ‘pancha maha
bhoota’ or five basic ele-
ments of life with mod-
ern science was first
mooted by Joshi and it
was a challenge to en-
sure that the message
did not slip into the
realm of superstition.
‘Need to blend ancient knowledge with science’
MOS DR SINGH IN U’KHAND
Dr Jitendra Singh delivering keynote address at 4-day National
Conference at Uttaranchal University, in Dehradun on Saturday.
WON’T QUASH CASE
AGAINST MAN IN
SEX CRIME CASE: HC
Bengaluru (PTI): The
Karnataka High Court has
refused to quash a case
under the Immoral Traffic
(Prevention) Act and
Protection of Children from
Sexual Offences (POCSO)
Act against a 44-year-old
man from Kasaragod in
neighbouring Kerala, who
claimed he was a customer
in a brothel and should
be let off.
CHEATING: CHARGES
FRAMED AGAINST
SAPNA CHOUDHARY
Lucknow (PTI): A court
has framed charges against
famous dancer Sapna
Choudhary and four other
accused in connection with
a cheating case. The court
of Additional Chief Judicial
Magistrate Shantanu Tyagi
has framed charges under
section 406 and 420 of
the Indian Penal Code.
Choudhary and other
accused were present in the
court at the time of hearing.
U’KHAND HC STAYS
EX-DGP’S ARREST
IN LAND GRAB CASE
Dehradun (PTI): The High
Court here has stayed the
arrest of former DGP BS
Sidhu in a case in which he
is accused of encroaching
upon reserve forest land
in Mussoorie division and
felling more than two dozen
trees.During the hearing on
Friday, senior judge Justice
Sanjay Mishra, however,
asked him to cooperate in
the investigation.
MLAs’ POACHING:
PLEA IN SC SEEKS
PROBE BY SIT
New Delhi (PTI): A plea has
been filed in the Supreme
Court seeking constitution
of a special investigation
team (SIT) to conduct probe
into allegations of poaching
of MLAs in Telangana and
prosecute those involved
in it. The plea claimed
that “horse trading” is not
easy to detect and this has
become a serious threat to
the basic structure of the
democratic country.
IN THE COURTYARD
BORROWER CAN’T CLAIM EXTENSION OF
TIME UNDER OTS SCHEME AS RIGHT: SC
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court has said a borrower
cannot claim further extension of time as a matter of
right for making payment under the one-time settlement
(OTS) scheme. The court said the borrower has to
establish any right in its favour to claim the extension as
a matter of right. It quashed the Punjab Haryana High
Court judgement of March, which had granted further six
weeks to a borrower, a company, to make the payment
of balance amount with interest to State Bank of India
according to the sanctioned letter of OTS .
BATTLEGROUND HIMACHAL PRADESH
Sundernagar (Agen-
cies): Launching elec-
tion campaign, PM Nar-
endra Modi on Saturday
pleaded electorates in
this Himachal Pradesh
town with a promise to
set ‘naya rivaj’ (new tra-
dition) to re-elect the
BJP govt in the state.
Eyeing to woo female
voters, who outnum-
bered male voters in
every election, he asked
them to visit door to
door in this area to con-
vey “my greetings” to
them as this time elec-
tions are very crucial.
“The people of
Himachal are deter-
mined to make a strong
comeback of the BJP
govt. This land of sol-
diers, this land of brave
mothers, when it takes
a resolution, it only
shows it by proving it,”
said Modi, who wore a
Himachali cap, in his
address in this town in
Mandi — home district
of CM Jai Ram Thakur.
Modi was extended
rousing reception by
party workers and sym-
pathizers, some don-
ning traditional dress-
es. PM Modi said this
time Himachal’s elec-
tion is special. “This
time, one vote each, to
be held on November
12, will decide the devel-
opment journey of
Himachal for the next
25 years.”
Trying to build an
emotional bond, Modi
said: “I have visited
Sundernagar several
times before. I have also
trekked inaccessible ar-
eas of Siraj, Kullu, Kin-
naur, Chamba and Kan-
gra. The roads here,
such a beautiful BBMB
lake of Sundernagar,
how can anyone forget.”
SET ‘NAYA RIVAJ’ TO RE-ELECT
BJP GOVT IN HIMACHAL: MODI
Thakur takes dig
at Congress over
its poll promises
Shimla (PTI): Union
minister and BJP leader
Anurag Thakur on Sat-
urdaytookaswipeatthe
Congress over the prom-
isesmadeinitsHimachal
poll manifesto, claiming
no one will take its guar-
antees seriously as the
opposition party itself
has “no guarantee”.
Addressingaseriesof
election meetings in the
poll-boundstate,Thakur
reminded the people of
various promises made
by the Congress in the
past, claiming they re-
mained unfulfilled.
In 2003, Thakur said,
Congress had made peo-
ple fill out forms prom-
ising employment for
one person in each fam-
ily
. “Did you get the job?
No, you did not,” the
Union Minister said.
He further said that
in 2012 again it prom-
ised unemployment al-
lowance, but never de-
livered. “Neither did
they provide jobs nor
unemployment allow-
ance,” he said in his
public meetings at
ChintpurniandNadaun
assembly segments.
PM ATTACKS
CONGRESS
IN HIS POLL
SPEECH
Mandi (ANI):
Stepping into the
BJP’s poll campaign
in Himachal, PM
Narendra Modi on
Saturday attacked
the Congress party
and stated that
the party has not
only been “against
national secu-
rity” but also the
development of the
country.Addressing
the first election
rally in Himachal’s
Mandi, the Prime
Minister raised the
issue of defence
deals during the
Congress regime
at the Centre and
said that the party
always “wanted a
commission” in
every deal which
led to the delay in
the procurement of
weapons for the
armed forces.
CONG IGNORED HIMACHAL AS IT IS SMALL STATE,
MADE FALSE PROMISES: MODI AT MANDI RALLY
Sundernagar (PTI): In a scathing at-
tack on the Congress, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Saturday accused
it of neglecting Himachal Pradesh as
it was a small state that sends only
four MPs to Lok Sabha and play-
ing with many lives by indulging in
corruption in defence deals. Stress-
ing that every single vote cast on
November 12 will define the develop-
ment journey of the hill state for the
next 25 years, Modi, at an election
rally here, urged the people to start a
new tradition by voting back the BJP
into power to ensure stability and
progress. With the state having
the precedent of the incum-
bent being voted out, Modi
said whenever Congress
came back, all develop-
ment works came to a
standstill.
Prime Minister Narender Modi with Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and BJP candidates being garlanded
during the Vijay Sankalp rally at Sunder Nagar, in Mandi on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Anurag Thakur
BJP chief Nadda intensifies
poll campaign in Himachal
Shimla (ANI): Ahead
of Assembly Elections
in the state, BJP presi-
dent JP Nadda held a
road show in Shimla.
As per the visuals, he
was welcomed by hun-
dreds of BJP workers.
“Mitti Ka Haq Ada
Karna Hoga,” (People
of the state have to pay
back to their land), Na-
dda had said earlier
during this week.
The BJP chief was
addressing a public ral-
ly at Bilaspur in
Himachal Pradesh
ahead of the state polls.
Hitting out at former
Prime Ministers, Na-
dda said, “It has been 75
years of independence.
Who used to care about
us? At that time, Prime
Minister used to come
here for political tour-
ism in the summer sea-
son- never caring about
or worrying about the
state.”
AAP brings cash
in chartered
flights: Guj Cong
Ahmedabad: The Guja-
rat Congress on Satur-
day alleged that despite
the AAP managing to
bring Rs 20 crore into
Gujaratthroughvarious
means, the BJP has
maintained a stoic si-
lence.TheCongresssaid
whenever AAP leaders
landincharteredflights,
they carry huge cash
with them to meet the
election expenses.
BJP launches ‘agresar
Gujarat’ campaign
Gandhinagar (Agen-
cies): The BJP on Satur-
day launched ‘Agresar
Gujarat ‘ (leading Guja-
rat) campaign aimed to
strike a chord will peo-
ple of the state and seek
their opinion on points
to be included in the
party manifesto for the
state assembly polls.
People of Gujarat can
share their views either
by leaving notes in sug-
gestion boxes to be put
up in public places, or
by messaging on cell
number given by the
party and sharing their
views on the website.
BJP state chief CR
Patil said the party will
not nominate candi-
dates who are 75 year
old or above. It will also
not nominate family
members of BJP lead-
ers, MLAs, and MPs.
Shimla (PTI): The
Congress on Satur-
day went all out to
make a religious
pitch in its poll mani-
festo in Himachal,
rolling out ambitious
promises ranging
from a free once-in-
four-years pilgrim-
age for all elderly to a
dedicated budget for
the promotion of re-
ligious tourism.
Cong releases manifesto for
Himachal Pradesh elections
Kerala CM to legal route to take on Guv
Thiruvananthapuram
(Agencies): With the
battle lines drawn be-
tween Kerala Governor
Arif Mohd Khan and
Chief Minister
Pinarayi Vijayan and
the former showing no
signs of backing down,
CM Vijayan has now ap-
proached the best legal
brains in the country
including Fali S Nari-
man for advice on if
there is a legal solution
to their tussle.
Even as the state is
passing through one of
its worst-ever financial
crisis, a sum of Rs 46.90
lakh has been sanc-
tioned for Nariman and
his team.
The Government Or-
der, that has now found
its way to the public do-
main, says this is the
professional fee for pro-
viding written legal
opinion with regards to
Kerala legislative bills.
JP Nadda during a public meeting in Bilaspur on Saturday.
PM MODI, KHARGE, OTHERS MOURN
DEATH OF INDIA’S FIRST VOTER
Shimla (PTI): Three days after casting his vote for the
34th time, India’s first voter Shyam Saran Negi died on
Saturday at his home in Kalpa. He was 106. Negi, who
was the Election Commission’s brand am-
bassador, voted for the Himachal Pradesh
assembly polls through postal ballot on
November 2. His death was condoled by
leaders across the spectrum, including
PM Narendra Modi and Congress presi-
dent Mallikarjun Kharge as well as Rahul
Gandhi. “I learnt about the death of Shyam Saran Negi
when I was leaving from New Delhi in the morning. The
106-year-old had voted more than 30 times in his life,”
Modi said at a rally in Sundarnagar in Mandi district.
The BJP and Congress, too, condoled Negi’s death.
Congress
never wanted
the country to
become self-re-
liant in terms of
defence equip-
ment. It wanted
a commission in
every deal and
wanted to fill its
own leaders’
treasure. This is
why the procure-
ment of weapons
was delayed.
Narendra Modi,
Prime Minister
Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel, Himachal Congress in-
charge Rajeev Shukla and Cong state chief Pratibha Singh
and others release manifesto, in Shimla, on Saturday.

INDIA
06
Bengaluru (PTI): A
case has been regis-
tered against three sen-
ior Congress leaders
including Rahul Gan-
dhi for alleged unau-
thorised usage of the
music from the block-
buster Kannada film
‘KGF-2’ during the par-
ty's ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’.
The FIR was regis-
tered in the Yashwanth-
pur police station on
Friday under the provi-
sions of Copyright Act,
the Information Tech-
nology Act and the In-
dian Penal Code against
Gandhi, Jairam
Ramesh and Supriya
for using KGF-2 music
for the ongoing Yatra,
led by Rahul Gandhi on
a complaint lodged by
M Naveen Kumar, who
manages MRT music.
The complainant al-
leged that Jairam
Ramesh had on his of-
ficial twitter handle
posted two videos of the
yatra, in which popular
songs from KGF-2 film
were used without per-
mission.
Mumbai: Maharashtra
Governor Bhagat Singh
Koshiyari has been a
verbal maverick and his
comments and remarks
have at times sparked
controversies while
also swaying heads to-
wards important is-
sues. On Saturday, Ko-
shiyari passed a remark
on Chief Justice of In-
dia UU Lalit, which, al-
though passed in a jo-
vial environment,
shook the political
realm of the state.
While Koshiyari indi-
cated at living the re-
tired life, i.e. not indulg-
ing in Governorship in
future, he added that in
future, current CJI may
also assume the office,
he (Koshiyari) was
holding currently
.
A felicitation ceremo-
ny of CJI U Uday Lalit
was held at Maharash-
tra Raj Bhavan on Sat-
urday during which
Governor Koshyari,
Chief Minister Eknath
Shinde, Deputy Chief
Minister Devendra Fad-
navis were present.
Speaking on the occa-
sion, the Governor
made a symbolic state-
ment.
During his speech,
Koshyari, referring to
CJI Lalit, said, “I am in
Raj Bhavan now. You
can also come to Raj
Bhavan tomorrow or
you can go to a bigger
building after retire-
ment.” On this, the en-
tire assembly broke into
laughter and the ambi-
ence became jovial.
Meanwhile, Chief
Justice Uday Lalit won
hearts by giving a
speech in Marathi. “I
will speak in Marathi
because I have come to
Mumbai and the recep-
tion is taking place in
Mumbai. I have trave-
led all over Maharash-
tra by bike. I have done
the entire pandhari
wari once. I have been
in the Supreme Court
for the last 37 years. My
panchayat is such that
my children cannot
speak Marathi. But
there is still a little Mar-
atha atmosphere in my
house,” he said, and fur-
ther added, “When I
was asked if I would
like to come for Abhi-
nandan, I immediately
said yes. Maharashtra
has given me a lot.”
NAVY CHIEF
BEGINS 5-DAY
VISIT TO JAPAN
PAK YOUTH HELD
IN GUJARAT WHILE
TRYING TO ELOPE
7 WOMEN DEAD IN
KARNATAKA
ROAD ACCIDENT
SIM IN QURAN: FIR
AGAINST JAIL
INMATE’S KIN
New Delhi (PTI): Navy
Chief Admiral R Hari Ku-
mar on Saturday began
a five-day visit to Japan
to attend the Interna-
tional Fleet Review, the
inaugural ceremony of
the Malabar exercise and
hold talks to further ex-
pand bilateral maritime
ties. The Indian Navy’s
two frontline warships,
Shivalik and Kamorta,
have already arrived in
Yokosuka to participate
in the IFR to be held at
Sagami Bay on Sunday.
Palanpur (Agencies):
The Railway police
here have arrested a
Pakistani youth from a
station while trying to
elope with a girl from
Kutch. Head constable
Ashokbhai Aal and his
team were patrolling
at the Bhildi railway
station when they spot-
ted the couple. Upon
inquiring, the police
found that the youth,
identified as Prabhuram
Desai, 24, was holding
a Pakistani passport.
Bidar (Agencies): Sev-
en women were killed
and 11 people injured
in a road accident on
Saturday in Bidar dis-
trict. The accident took
place in Bemalkheda
village when an auto
carrying the victims
collided with a truck.
The deceased were
included Parvathi (40),
Prabhavathi (36), Gun-
damma (60), Yadamma
(40), Jaggamma (34),
Easwaramma (55) and
Rukmini Bai (60).
Thrissur (Agencies):
The local police have
registered a case
against relatives of a
PFI activist, presently
lodged in Viyuur jail in
Thrissur district, for
smuggling in a sim card
hidden in Quran. The
incident occurred on
October 31, when the
father of TN Sainuddin,
who was arrested by
the police after the
swoop down on PFI
leaders began after it
was banned last month.
Washington (PTI): Five prominent Indian-Amer-
ican politicians are in the race for the US House
of Representatives when the country goes for
its midterm polls on November 8. If the poll-
sters and opinions of political pundits are to be
believed, Indian-American candidates are likely
to have a 100 per cent strike rate for the House
of Representatives. The four incumbents – Ami
Bera, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ro Khanna and Pra-
mila Jayapal - are likely to be re-elected. All four
are from the Democratic Party.
5 INDIAN-AMERICAN POLITICIANS IN
RACE FOR US CONG IN MIDTERM POLLS
CRUCIAL READ
Varanasi (ANI): Rail-
way Minister Ashwini
Vaishnaw on Saturday
said while the country
has made significant
progress in bringing
bullet trains to the coun-
try, a lot more needs to
be learnt before the new
technology is imple-
mented in the country
.
The railway minister
said, “A lot needs to be
learnt upon initiating a
new project with new
technology
. Everyone is
absorbing the system
and learning from it.”
Vaishnaw added that
once further progress is
made in the country’s
very own bullet train
project, newer corri-
dors will be announced.
“Once there is further
development in the pro-
ject, new corridors
across the country will
be taken up.”
While work is ongo-
ing on the Mumbai-
Ahmedabad high-speed
rail or bullet train pro-
ject, a raft of ‘Vande
Bharat’ trains are al-
ready in service in mul-
tiple corridors. The
fourth ‘Vande Bharat’
train, which is to con-
nect Una in Himachal
Pradesh to Chandigarh
and Delhi was flagged
off by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi in Octo-
ber this year.
For the Mumbai-
Ahmedabad high-speed
Rail corridor, the Na-
tional High-Speed Rail
Corporation Ltd
(NHSRCL) recently in-
vited bids for the tun-
nelling work for 21 km
(approx) long tunnel
including a 7-km under-
sea tunnel using Tun-
nel Boring Machine
(TBM) and New Austri-
an Tunneling Method
(NATM).
Lot more needs to be learnt: Vaishnaw on bullet trains
MANY MILES TO GO
Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw during his visit to inspect
Kashi railway station in Varanasi, on Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI
CJI could be gubernatorial choice, says Koshiyari
Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshiyari welcomes CJI UU
Lalit as Maharashtra Chief Ministr Eknath Shinde look on.
Amritsar (ANI): The
dead body of Shiv Sena
leader Sudhir Suri,
who was shot dead by
an assailant on Friday,
has been brought to the
Post mortem unit Maji-
tha Road here.
The security outside
the post-mortem unit
has also been tightened,
hours before the con-
duct of his post-mor-
tem. On Friday, Punjab
Director General of Po-
lice (DGP) Gaurav Ya-
dav said that all angles
and conspiracies into
the murder of Shiv
Sena leader Sudhir Suri
in Amritsar will be in-
vestigated thoroughly
.
Sudhir Suri was shot
dead on Friday outside
Gopal Mandir on Maji-
tha Road, one of the
busiestplacesinthecity
,
where he and some oth-
er leaders of the party
were holding a protest.
He was then taken to
a hospital where he suc-
cumbed to injuries.
The Punjab DGP fur-
ther said that they have
arrested the person ac-
cused in the matter and
have booked a case of
murder under section
302 of the IPC.
“It is an unfortunate
incident and we con-
demn it strongly
. I have
come to review the situ-
ation on the spot where
the unfortunate inci-
dent happened. The as-
sailant has been arrest-
ed on the spot and an
FIR under Section 302
has been against the ac-
cused,” said DGP Yadav.
PUNJAB COPS TIGHTEN SECURITY
Police personnel at the site after Shiv
Sena leader Sudhir Suri was shot dead in
Amritsar; (Inset) deceased Sudhir Suri.
Security outside the hospital also tightened hours before the post-mortem of Sudhir Suri
Chandigarh (PTI): Former CM Amarinder Singh
on Saturday warned against the return of the dark
era of 1980s in Punjab, saying “the way things are
unfolding in the state today is quite worrisome”
and cautioned the AAP government against any
“laxity”. He also condemned the “complete failure”
on the part of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) govern-
ment in the state, claiming that it has not taken
any action so far even after 24 hours of murder of
the Shiv Sena (Taksali) leader Sudhir Suri in Am-
ritsar on Friday. Suri (58) was shot dead in broad
daylight while taking part in a protest.
Ludhiana (ANI): Security has been tightened in
Punjab’s Ludhiana city after Shiv Sena (Taksali)
leader Sudhir Suri's broad daylight murder in Am-
ritsar on Friday, the police said. Ludhiana police
commissioner Dr Kaustubh Sharma said that a
strict vigil was being maintained in and around the
city to avoid any untoward incident. A strict vigil is
being maintained in the busy markets of the city,
the Ludhiana police commissioner added.
Amritsar (PTI): A court
here sent the main
accused in the murder
case of Shiv Sena (Tak-
sali) leader Sudhir Suri to
seven-day police remand
on Saturday. The accused,
Sandeep Singh, 31, was
presented before the court
amid tight security. Suri
was shot dead in broad
daylight on Friday while
taking part in a protest.
FORMER CM AMARINDER SINGH WARNS
OF RETURN OF DARK DAYS OF 1980S
SECURITY BEEFED UP IN LUDHIANA TOO
AFTER SHIV SENA LEADER’S MURDER
COURT SENDS SUDHIR
SURI MURDER
ACCUSED TO 7-DAY
POLICE REMAND
AFTER MURDER OF HINDU LEADER IN AMRITSAR
Ranchi (PTI): Differ-
ences within the ruling
UPA in Jharkhand came
to the fore on Saturday
when its partners JMM
andCongresstooktothe
streets here against the
ED’s summons to CM
Hemant Soren but RJD
stayed away
. RJD, which
has only one member in
the state Assembly
, said
it had not received any
official communication
on the protest.
“We have not been
communicated any-
thing about the protest
by our alliance part-
ners. JMM takes its
own decisions and exe-
cutes them with the
Congress. Nothing is
discussed with us. So,
we decided to stay away
from the protest,” RJD
state chief Sanjay Sin-
gh Yadav said.
The ED had sum-
moned Jharkhand CM
Hemant Soren for ques-
tioning on November 3
in a money laundering
case linked to alleged il-
legal mining in the
state. Soren, however,
skipped summons and
went to Chhattisgarh
on Thursday to attend a
pre-scheduled pro-
gramme and is stated to
have sought three
weeks’ time to appear
before the central probe
agency
.
New Delhi (ANI): Un-
ion Minister of State
(MoS) G Kishan Reddy
called the conservation
of rivers a huge respon-
sibility that is to be ful-
filled by everyone,
while addressing the
Ganga Utsav- The River
Festival 2022, which
was organised by the
National Mission for
Clean Ganga (NMCG).
“Taking inspiration
from the speech of PM
Narendra Modi on 26th
September 2021, the
central aim of the Gan-
ga Utsav- The River Fes-
tival 2022 is to celebrate
all the rivers of India
(Nadi Utsav),” read an
official statement. Un-
ion Minister and BJP
leader G Kishan Reddy
was the chief guest dur-
ing the morning ses-
sion, while Union Min-
ister Gajendra Shekha-
wat was chief guest
during evening session.
Hubballi (ANI): The
NIA on Saturday con-
ducted a raid at the
residence of Social
Democratic Party of In-
dia (SDPI) leader Ismail
Nalband in Hubballi.
BesidesHubballi,NIA
on Saturday conducted
searches at several loca-
tions in Dakshina Kan-
nada and Mysuru dis-
tricts and arrested three
PFIcadresinconnection
with the murder of
BJP’sYuvaMorchalead-
er Praveen Nettaru.
The arrested accused
persons have been iden-
tified as K Mahammad
Iqbal, K Ismail Shafi
and Ibrahim Sha, all
having links with the
banned Popular Front
of India. “The three ac-
cused were arrested for
their active involve-
ment in the conspiracy
hatched to murder
Praveen Nettaru,” the
NIA said in a statement.
Ganga Utsav:
MoS highlights
importance of
river conservation
NIA conducts
raid at residence
of SDPI leader in
Karnataka
Rahul booked for unauthorised
use of KGF-2 music in Yatra
Yashwanthpur
police register
FIR against
Congress leader
Felicitation of CJI
UU Lalit at Maha
Raj Bhawan
Rahul Gandhi during ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ in Jogipet, Telangana.
Bengaluru (ANI): After the Enforcement Direc-
torate issued a fresh summons to Karnataka
Congress chief DK Shivakumar asking him to
appear before it on November 7 in connection
with the ongoing money laundering case, the
latter said that he was occupied with party
National President’s programme on that day.
New Delhi (ANI): The
Enforcement Directo-
rate has issued fresh
summons to Karnakata
Congress state presi-
dent DK Shivakumar
in connection with the
ongoing money laun-
dering case, sources
said. The investigative
agency summoned
the Congress veteran
to appear before the
agency on November
7. The senior Congress
leader has been asked
to appear at the Delhi
headquarters of the
federal agency, which
conducts probes into
financial crimes.
“I AM OCCUPIED...” SAYS DK SHIVAKUMAR
AFTER ED ISSUES FRESH SUMMONS
NH CASE: FRESH
ED SUMMONS TO
DK SHIVAKUMAR
ED summons to
Soren: RJD skips
JMM, Cong’s protest
JMM supporters take out a
march in Ranchi on Saturday.

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
business
BRIEFS
Chennai: Cement compa-
nies are planning to hike
the price between Rs 10
and Rs 30 per bag in No-
vember after a increase of
about Rs 3-4/bag last
month, said Emkay Global
Financial Services Ltd.
Emkay in a report said the
average pan-India cement
price increase was about
Rs.3-4/bag in Oct 2022.
On a month-on-month ba-
sis, prices rose by 2-3%
in the East and South, and
1% in the West; while de-
clining 1-2% in the north-
ern and central regions,
the report said. —PTI
CEMENT COMPANIES
MULL PRICE HIKE
OF ` 10-30/BAG
Las Vegas: As mobile and
PC gaming explodes glob-
ally including in India,
chip-makers have a daunt-
ing task at hand and ac-
cording to AMD CEO Lisa
Su, the company is build-
ing next-generation hard-
ware that will meet the
high-end gaming demand.
The goal, she said, is to
push the limits of gaming
innovation. Towards this
goal, graphics chip giant
AMD has introduced new
graphics cards that are
built on the high-perfor-
mance and energy-efficient
RDNA 3 architecture for a
high-end gaming experi-
ence. “RDNA 3 enables the
first chiplets gaming
GPU,” Su told said. —PTI
AMD TO PUSH
LIMITS OF GAMING
INNOVATION: CEO
New Delhi: Auto giant
Tata Motors has said that
it will marginally hike the
prices across its passen-
ger vehicles from Novem-
ber 7. In July, the auto
major had announced a
marginal price hike of
0.55 per cent for its PV
range. A few changes
were made in January and
April 2022. ”Effective No-
vember 7, 2022, the
weighted average increase
will be 0.9 per cent, de-
pending on the variant
and model,” the company
said in a statement. —PTI
TATA MOTORS TO
HIKE PRICES OF
PASSENGER VEHICLES
New Delhi: The govern-
ment on Saturday allowed
export of 6 million tonnes
of sugar on quota basis till
May 31, according to a
food ministry notification.
As per the notification, the
ministry has allocated a
uniform export quota of
18.23 per cent of the three
years average production
of the sweetener in opera-
tional sugar seasons. Sug-
ar mills can export them-
selves or through export-
ers or swap with domestic
sale quota of any other
mills, it said. Sugar sea-
son runs from October to
September. —PTI
GOVT ALLOWS
SUGAR EXPORTS OF
6 MILLION TONNES
*Rates till the edition went to print.
RENAULT MAY TARGET
$10 BILLION VALUATION
FOR ITS EV BUSINESS
New Delhi: Renault SA is aim-
ing for a roughly Rs 10 billion
($10 billion) valuation for the
electric-vehicle
business the
French car-
maker is carv-
ing out as a
standalone entity. The company
is preparing the EV and software
entity for a potential initial
public offering on the Euronext
Paris exchange sometime next
year, said the person, who asked
not to be identified because the
information is private and plans
could still change. —PTI
KERALA IS FIRST STATE
TO LAUNCH ‘ONE INDIA
ONE GOLD RATE’ POLICY
Kozhikode: Kerala becomes
the first state in India to launch
uniform gold prices based on
the bank rate.
The decision
to introduce a
uniform price
on 916 purity
22-carat gold has been taken at
a meeting between officials of
Malabar Gold and Diamonds,
one of the largest gold and
diamond retail chains in the
country, and key members of All
Kerala Gold and Silver Mer-
chants Association which sets
the board rate for gold. —PTI
OTHER STORIES
CCPA LEVIES ` ONE LAKH FINE ON CLOUDTAIL
FOR SELLING PRESSURE COOKERS ON AMAZON
New Delhi: The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) on
Saturday said it has levied a Rs 1 lakh fine on Cloudtail India as it was
selling pressure cookers on Amazon by violating the mandatory BIS
standards. The CCPA has told Cloudtail to
recall 1,033 pressure cookers and reim-
burse customers the money as well. As per
statement, CCPA head Chief Commissioner
Nidhi Khare has passed an order against
Cloudtail India Pvt Ltd for “violation of
consumer rights and unfair trade practice”
by selling domestic pressure cookers in
violation of mandatory standards. The standards are prescribed as per
Domestic Pressure Cooker (Quality Control) Order, 2020. —PTI
‘Promote startups
in technical textiles’
New Delhi (ANI): With an
aim to boost the technical
textiles and bring the same
into the mainstream, Un-
ion minister of commerce,
industry, and textiles Pi-
yush Goyal, said startups
and young scientists work-
ing in such niche fields
must be encouraged.
He made this remark
during a review meeting of
Textile Research Associa-
tions (TRA) earlier this
week on November 3, an of-
ficial statement from the
Ministry of Textiles said
quoting the minister.
At the review meeting,
Union Minister Goyal
asked Textile Research As-
sociations (TRA) to submit
proposals to the Ministry
for any support they re-
quire to reach world-class
levels of robust state-of-the-
art labs, and modern ma-
chinery
, amongst others.
The Minister added that
the Bureau of Indian
Standards could provide
necessary support in mod-
ernizing the labs of TRAs.
In accordance with the
vision to foster innovation
and drive science-centric
sustainable growth, he sug-
gested creating a special
fund to increase the num-
ber of scientists in TRAs,
the statement said. Point-
ing out the need to assess
the projects till their last-
mile success, he added that
the projects might be sanc-
tioned accordingly to make
them commercially viable.
Moreover, he noted that
for medical textiles the re-
search is incomplete with-
out clinical trials, therefore
the costs associated with
clinical trials may also be
taken into account while
recommending future pro-
jects in technical textiles.
Union minister of commerce, industry, and textiles Piyush Goyal.
New Delhi (PTI): India is encountering global shocks with a
position of strength backed by far better household, corporate
and financial sector balance sheets and its medium term growth
outlook is good, said Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nag-
eswaran. “Overall, all things considered, including the risk of oil
price, I do believe that the external situation will be manageable,
of course with some anxious moments to come,” he said while
speaking at an event organised by National Council of Applied
Economic Research (NCAER) here. He further said that given
all the short-term unknowns, it was better to focus on medium-
term prospects and what lies ahead of the country in the next six
years until 2030. “The medium-term growth outlook is actually
constructive very simply because we have paid our growth dues
last decade and that was because we had to undergo balance
sheet repair in the financial and non-financial sector,” he added.
INDIA FACES GLOBAL SHOCKS WITH BETTER
BALANCE SHEETS, SAYS CEA NAGESWARAN
New Delhi (Agencies):
Global skills and talent de-
velopment corporation
NIIT Ltd on Saturday an-
nounced it has acquired US-
based St. Charles Consult-
ing Group for $23.4 million.
Headquartered in St.
Charles, Illinois, St.
Charles Consulting Group
is a leading provider of
consulting, design, and im-
plementation solutions for
strategic learning pro-
grammes to professional
services firms and Fortune
500 companies.
The acquisition will help
NIIT add significant pres-
ence in the professional
services and management
consulting sectors while
strengthening its growing
learning consulting prac-
tice. “St Charles Consult-
ing Group brings deep ex-
pertise and experience in
building strategic learning
programs which are in
high demand across our
customer base,” said Sap-
nesh Lalla, Chief Execu-
tive Officer and Executive
Director, NIIT Limited.
NIIT acquires US-
based St. Charles
Consulting Group
for $23.4 million
Elon Musk, has completed his $44bn (£38.1bn) takeover of Twitter,
according to a filing with the US government.
Twitter sacks ‘roughly
50%’ of staff as Musk
launches overhaul
San Francisco (Agencies):
Twitter sacked half of its
7,500-strong staff on Friday
as new owner Elon Musk
launched his major over-
haul of the troubled com-
pany just a week after his
blockbuster takeover.
An internal document
seen by AFP said “roughly
50 percent” of employees
were impacted and would
be denied access to compa-
ny computers and email on
an immediate basis.
Workers around the
world were shown the door
and took to Twitter to vent
their frustration or disbe-
lief and say goodbye to one
of Silicon Valley’s most
iconic companies.
“Woke up to the news
that my time working at
Twitter has come to an end.
I am heartbroken. I am in
denial,” said Michele Aus-
tin, Twitter’s director of
public policy for the United
States and Canada.
“Regarding Twitter’s re-
duction in force, unfortu-
nately there is no choice
when the company is los-
ing over $4M/day,” Musk
tweeted Friday evening in
his first comment on the
subject, 24 hours after the
company’s initial email no-
tifying employees of forth-
coming layoffs.
FOUNDER
APOLOGISES
z Twitter founder Jack Dorsey
apologised on Twitter to
all the employees of the
company, following the
major layoff
z Twitter staff have been using
the platform to talk about
their dismissal
Gurugram: Haryana
Chief Minister Manohar
Lal Khattar on Saturday
dedicated two projects — a
newly constructed flyover
at Basai Chowk and the
Mahavir Chowk underpass
built near the main bus
stand in Gurugram — at a
cost of Rs 141 crore.
“After coming to power
in 2014, the Gurugram Met-
ropolitan Development Au-
thority (GMDA) was
formed to expand the devel-
opment and related
schemes in the city so that
development plans are
made here only
. The devel-
opment of Gurugram has
gained momentum with
the formation of GMDA,”
Khattar said.
Referring to other major
projects being implement-
ed through GMDA, Hary-
anaChief MinisterKhattar
said that the construction
of multi-speciality Sheetla
Mata Medical College and
Hospital with a capacity of
650 beds is underway in
Sector-102 at a cost of
about Rs 542 crore.
Haryana CM inaugurates road
projects worth ` 141crore
Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar inaugurates the newly constructed
Basai Chowk flyover, in Gurugram on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
SOME OTHER
DECLARATIONS
z The CM also mentioned the
projects of road infrastructure
and metro expansion and said
that the metro line expansion
connecting the Palam Vihar
area to Dwarka Sector-21 of
Delhi has also been approved
z The Southern Peripheral
Road from Faridabad to the
Delhi-Jaipur Highway is being
strengthened and 8 flyovers
will be constructed, he said
z The construction of
multi-speciality Sheetla Mata
Medical College and Hospital is
underway at a cost of `542 cr
New Delhi: State-owned
Power Grid Corporation
on Saturday posted over
eight per cent rise in con-
solidated net profit at
`3,650.16 crore in the Sep-
tember quarter of FY23,
mainly on the back of
higher revenues.
The consolidated net
profit of the company was
` 3,376.38 crore in the quar-
ter ended on September 30,
a BSE filing showed.
The total income of the
company rose to `11,349.44
crore in the quarter from
`10,514.74 crore in the same
period a year ago.
Power Grid Corp
net profit up
over 8% in Q2
PNB INTRODUCES DIGITAL MEASURES
New Delhi (ANI): Punjab
National Bank, nation’s
leading public sector bank,
is proud to announce its
latestmeasurestostrength-
en vigilance management
at the organization and
promote a culture of hon-
esty amongst its staff mem-
bers. This initiative is a
part of Vigilance Aware-
ness Week, being observed
at PNB from October 31 to
November 6, in line with
the Central Vigilance Com-
mission (CVC) directives.
CVC, (Central Vigilance
Commissioner) Suresh N
Patel congratulated PNB
for taking several digital
initiatives for fighting cor-
ruption and increasing ef-
ficiency
. Vijay Kumar Tya-
gi, CVO, stressed that all
the new initiatives will
help PNB to strengthen its
efficiency and build an
even more transparent and
honest ecosystem.
Vigilance dashboard
It is developed to empower
dealing officers with deci-
sion-making and focused
analysis of staff accounta-
bility in an efficient man-
ner. Hard tasks have now
been simplified by auto-
mated data presentation.
STRENGTHENING VIGILANCE MANAGEMENT
The new initiatives were inaugurated during a formal ceremony at PNB’s
Corporate Office in Dwarka, New Delhi.
PNB VIGILANCE
MANUAL 2022
The latest version of the vigi-
lance manual book is expected to
serve as a useful tool to enhance
the quality of good vigilance
administration/governance in the
bank. The advanced manual in-
troduces e- vigilance, consists of
updated Guidelines and Circulars
issued by the bank, and carries
adequate information.
A PORTAL FOR
ACCOUNTABILITY
It is a portal for an end-to-end
staff accountability process with
a focus on turn-around-time
(TAT) reduction. The digitized
process will help to systemize
accountability and ownership at
all levels.
Mumbai: State Bank of In-
dia (SBI), the country’s
largest lender, expects cred-
it growth to remain in dou-
ble-digits while it steps up
efforts to attract more de-
posits, where it sees growth
in line with the sector.
The bank reported a 74%
surge in quarterly net prof-
it on Saturday, driven by
higher loan growth and im-
proving asset quality
. Net
profit rose to a record 132.64
billion Indian rupees($1.62
billion) in June-September,
beating analysts’ forecast
of 105.30 billion rupees, ac-
cording to Refinitiv IBES
data. Net interest income,
the difference between in-
terest earnedand paid out,
rose 13% to 3 51.82 billion
rupees. Advances grew
18.15%, while deposits rose
9.99%. “We should have
credit growth of 14-16% in
the current financial year,”
chief Dinesh Kumar Khara
said in a press briefing.
SBI’s loan growth stays
robust after record profit
DEMAND FROM
MANY SECTORS
z The bank has a term loan
pipeline of 2.4 trillion rupees
as it sees demand coming
in from sectors such as
infrastructure, renewables
and services.

08
2NDFRONT
To be truly positive in life, we
must learn to constructively deal
with negative situations while
keeping our focus on the positive.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Sarai Kale Khan RRTS
station will have facili-
ties like that at an air-
port and the National
Capital Region Trans-
port Corporation
(NCRTC) has decided to
install travelators on a
pathway connecting it
with the Hazrat Niza-
muddin railway station.
The NCRTC is imple-
menting India’s first
Regional Rapid Transit
System (RRTS) between
Delhi and Meerut. A
senior official said
Sarai Kale Khan is one
of the major stations on
the 82-km-long corridor.
Six travelators will be
installed on the 280-me-
tre-long foot overbridge.
The NCRTC has floated
a tender to execute the
project that will provide
seamless multi-modal
integration between
Sarai Kale Khan and
Hazrat Nizamuddin sta-
tions. The official of the
NCRTC, which has put
up a stall at the 15th Ur-
ban Mobility India Con-
ference Expo here,
said that travelators are
usually installed for a
distance of 500 metres
or more where the com-
muters have to walk for
a longer distance.
“Though the distance
between Sarai Kale
Khan RRTS station and
HazratNizamuddinrail-
way station is around
300 metres, the passen-
gers travelling to and
from Hazrat Nizamud-
din station are likely to
be travelling with bag-
gage. “Hence, a travela-
tor was considered im-
portant along with the
foot overbridge. It will
allow passengers to in-
terchange trains with-
outexitingthestations,”
the official told PTI.
It will especially
prove to be beneficial to
the elderly, children,
women, specially-abled
people and commuters
travelling with heavy
luggage to and from
Hazrat Nizamuddin sta-
tion, he said.
Sarai Kale Khan RRTS station to get travelators
FOR HASSLE-FREE MOVEMENT
lll
NCRTC has
floated a tender
to execute the
project that will
provide seamless
multi-modal
integration
between Sarai
Kale and Hazrat
Nizamuddin
station
DAAWAT-E-SAHBHOJ
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath with BJP MP Ravi Kishan and others during Sahbhoj programme at the Gorakhnath temple in Gorakhpur, Saturday.
New Delhi: The Univer-
sity of Delhi started the
mid-entry registration
process from Saturday.
Candidates who could
not apply through the
CSAS Portal in round
one and two can submit
their applications on
the official website – ad-
mission.uod.ac.in. The
last date to submit ap-
plication is November 7
(4:59 PM).
According to DU “a
two-day window will
reamain activated at 10
AM Saturday, Novem-
ber 5 till 4:59 PM Mon-
day, November 7, 2022
with a provision of Mid-
Entry for fresh appli-
cants and the option for
upgradation for candi-
dates who are already
admitted in the Univer-
sity of Delhi.”
Through the mid-en-
try scheme, the candi-
dates who either failed
to apply to CSAS Phase
I or could not complete
Phase II will be able to
participate in the third
round of CSAS.
Delhi University has
also released the vacant
seats list for round three
allocation. The candi-
dates can check CSAS
round 3 vacant seats de-
tails on the official web-
site- admission.uod.ac.
in. The CSAS third mer-
it list will be released on
November 10, the candi-
dates can ‘accept’ the
seats by November 13.
Around 64,000 stu-
dents have been admit-
ted across programmes
and colleges in the first
two merit lists. During
the second round of
allotments, 9,439 of
these candidates were
“upgraded” to college-
course combinations
higher on the prefer-
ence list because of
vacancies.
Midentryregistrationsbegin
DELHI UNIVERSITY ADMISSIONS
n Nov7isthelast
datetosubmit
application
n 64K students
admitted in first
two merit lists
—REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE
Dehradun (PTI): For-
mer Uttarakhand chief
minister Trivendra Sin-
gh Rawat has restarted
his campaign to revive
the Rispana river here.
Accompanied by
Dehradun Mayor Sunil
Uniyal Gama and sev-
eral BJP activists, Raw-
at on Friday performed
a ‘pooja’ at the source of
the river near Wood-
stock School and re-
sumed the campaign.
The campaign -- “Ris-
pana to Rishiparna” --
was first launched with
a tree plantation drive
in the catchment areas
in 2018 when Rawat was
chief minister. Ri-
shiparna is the original
name of the river.
“The entire ecosys-
tem will benefit from
the transformation of
Rispana into Rishipar-
na,” Rawat said.
Former U’khand CM restarts
drive to revive Rispana river
Mathura (PTI) : Four
people, including a four-
year-old girl, were
killed, while a newly
married couple was
among the three in-
jured in a road accident
on Yamuna Expressway
in Surir police station
limits, police said on
Saturday
.
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath condoled
the deaths and directed
officials to ensure ade-
quatetreatmentof those
injured. The injured
couple had just gotten
married and the family
was returning from
theirweddingceremony
in Noida to Mathura
when their car rammed
into another four-wheel-
er and overturned at
around 10 pm on Friday
,
SurirpolicestationSHO
Sanjay Tyagi said.
The groom’s father
Chandrapal Singh (65)
and another man
named Digambar Singh
(40) were killed on the
spot, while a person
named Harendra suc-
cumbed to injuries at
the hospital. Four-year-
old Priyanshi died at
the hospital on Satur-
day, the SHO said.
Four returning from
wedding ceremony
killed in Mathura
Former Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat at
the source of Rispana. —FILE PHOTO
—REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE
TWO MEMBERS OF FAMILY KILLED IN
INDISCRIMINATE FIRING IN BANDA DIST
Banda (PTI): Two members of a family were allegedly shot
dead and two others injured when some people indiscrimi-
nately fired upon them in an inebriated state, police here said
on Saturday. Chhotelal Yadav (55) and his cousin Sharda (45)
died on the spot while Karan (25) and Awadhesh (22) were in-
jured after being indiscriminately fired upon at Berarav village
in Baberu police station limits, Additional Superintendent of
Police Laxmi Niwas Mishra said. Mishra added seven persons
had been arrested and efforts were on to nab four others.
The two injured persons are undergoing treatment while the
bodies of the deceased have been sent for post mortem.
Mirch Masala
FIRST INDIA SUNDAY SPECIAL
BY TRIDIB RAMAN
The author is a journalist and political
commentator and views expressed are his personal
WHY DID CONGRESS PUT ALL ITS MIGHT
INTO ADAMPUR ASSEMBLY SEAT?
IS SOREN PREPARING TO DISSOLVE THE
JHARKHAND GOVT FOR EARLY POLLS?
WILL PRIYANKA’S
NEW STRATEGY
WORK IN HIMACHAL?
For Congress leader
Priyanka Gandhi, this
time’s Himachal Pradesh
assembly election is like
a ‘litmus test’. And for
this purpose, she has
put all her strength in
Himachal. Priyanka has
handed over the com-
mand of Himachal to her
most special loyalist,
Rajiv Shukla. Moreo-
ver, Chhattisgarh Chief
Minister Bhupesh Baghel
is the Senior Observer of
the hill state, along with
Sachin Pilot and Pratap
Bajwa, who have been
given the responsibility of
Poll Observers. In the last
election, the Congress
had to be satisfied with
only 19 out of 68 seats
here against 44 seats
for the Bharatiya Janata
Party. In fact, it is said
that Congress’ aggressive
campaign in the State,
may provide it an edge
as the youth seems to
be getting swayed in the
party’s favour, however,
not completely as yet.
So, all eyes are glued on
Himachal now, not only
to find out who finally
wins, but also to find
out, if Priyanka’s efforts
have been fruitful in the
hill state, the answer to
which can be found only
on December 8, 2022,
when the results for
Himachal Pradesh elec-
tions will be announced.
The Adampur assembly seat in Haryana has been oc-
cupied by Bhajan Lal’s family since 1968. Only once
in 1996, it slipped out of their hands. Bhajan Lal's son
Kuldeep Bishnoi was MLA from here, he left his seat
when he joined BJP after being miffed with Congress,
and by-polls were held here, where, Kuldeep's son
Bhavya Bishnoi was in fray for a BJP ticket, where he
faced a tough contest from Cong's Jaiprakash. Con-
gress, excited by Rahul
Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra,
appeared united here for
the first time. Deepender
Hooda was also camping
here. Dushyant Chautala of
JJP too wanted Bhavya's
defeat. Even BJP was half-
heartedly campaigning for
Bhavya. Both parties had
their claims regarding 75%
voter turnout. But BJP's LS
MP from Hisar, Brijendra Singh, a former IAS officer of
Assam cadre, is son of senior Haryana leader ex- Un-
ion Minister Virendra Singh. BJP had promised Kuldeep
Bishnoi that it will let him contest 24th LS polls from
Hisar, so the biggest reason for Brijendra's displeasure
was that his supporters didn’t go for Bhavya's cam-
paign. The most surprising thing is that even late Sonali
Phogat’s family didn’t come out in Bhavya’s support. So
will Bhavya be able to keep family's fort safe by fighting
so many contradictions, is a million dollar question?
Like the 'Thriller Series' of OTT, 'Season Three'
has arrived in Jharkhand too wherein, IT has
conducted raids against two Congress MLAs
Anoop Singh Pradeep Yadav this past Friday.
Pradeep Yadav is one of the formidable rivals
of Godda's BJP MP
Nishikant Dubey, who
has twice lost election
by contesting against
him. As there is no
place for him in BJP,
so joining Congress is
a compulsion for him.
Anoop Singh has filed a
case saying that BJP is
'investing money' to buy Congress MLAs. Two biz-
men Amit Aggarwal Vipul Agarwal, who are close
to CM, also witnessed an IT raid on Friday. J’khand
Guv Ramesh Bains in Raipur said that an 'atom
bomb' could explode in Jharkhand govt. It is being
deduced that Hemant Soren's membership to State
Assembly may be cancelled, that’s why he is con-
stantly challenging ED, he is preparing to convene
a special Assembly session on 9th. Though 2 years
left for polls in J’khand, observers claim that Soren
may dissolve the Assembly go to the polls.
WHY IS DELHI FAR AWAY FOR SHIVRAJ SINGH CHOUHAN?
Even though Delhi may be far away for Madhya Pradesh, the fame
of its illustrious CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan is reflected in
billboards or hoardings in Delhi, wherein, his govt’s feats have
been enumerated. Even though Shivraj has now failed to make
his place among the leaders of the second line after Modi (in the
line of Shah, Yogi), he hasn’t lost courage. So, these days, the
responsibility to provide a new sky to his ambitious political
flight has been taken up by his niece Ritu Chauhan’s husband,
the 2010 cadre IPS officer, Ashutosh Pratap Singh. He often
visits Delhi invites journalists l for lunch dinner to create a
favourable atmosphere for Shivraj. As the age old adage goes,
“Jo Khaenge, Wo Gaenge.”
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hecks have a much
longer history than al-
most any other type of
cloth design. Numer-
ous variations have led
to a style that continu-
ally renews itself and
should therefore not be dis-
regarded in terms of
fashion. Although the
square pattern is a
year-roundrepresent-
ative,thecoldseason
is the greatest time
to concentrate on
it. From bold,
huge patterns to
subtle checks,
the trend is with
us from head to
toe and is ideal
as a winter
and fall fashion. In this manner,
you can pull off a London style
with Burberry flowing from
every pore, portray a stoutheart-
ed Scot, or project a fashionable
Parisian appearance. Let’s
spend a moment introducing
you to the world of checks.
Checks are made by weaving
a pattern into the fabric using
various threads of various col-
ours or compositions. This tech-
nique offers countless opportu-
nitiesforcreatingvariouscheck-
ered patterns. You are given a
tour of the hottest patterns for
this season by Fibre Mood.
This check is increasingly be-
ing seen on slim jeans, short
skirts, or plush Tartan coats
like those you’ll find over at Fi-
bre Mood, where it’s known as
a Roma jacket or a Hunter coat.
Visualize yourself in a world of
bagpipes and kilts. The tartan
check, which is constructed of
wool, is the most well-known
and traditional of the check-
ered designs.
The tartan pattern has often
been given fresh life by British
fashion designer Alexander Mc-
Queen. Numerous fashion com-
panies and designers have since
imitated this trend, and just this
past winter, tartan checks were
also seen at several brands, in-
cluding Victoria Beckham, Tom-
my Hilfiger, Mulberry
, and Tory
Burch. Red, green, blue, white,
and black are the predominant
tartan colours for this season.
Checked Fashionable cloth-
ing and accessories in the hip
check pattern highlight our
ensembles for the chilly
days. This includes
coats, pants, pullo-
vers, scarves, and
even shoes. State-
mentPiecesmixed
with essentials,
check from top
to bottom, or
just a check
piece that in-
s t a n t l y
spruces up a
plain outfit: this
autumn style
leaves little room
forimagination.We
show you the hot-
test check patterns
and how to best use
them in scene.
CHECKS IN RADAR!
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
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CITY FIRST
umba is a fit-
ness program
that involves
cardio and Lat-
i n - i n s p i r e d
dance, founded
by Colombian
dancer and choreogra-
pher Beto Pérez in 2001.
Zumba is a trademark
owned by Zumba Fit-
ness, LLC. It includes
four basic rhythms, Me-
rengue, Reggaeton, Sal-
sa and Cumbia.
But Zumba isn’t lim-
ited to these four basic
rhythms. It incorporates
rhythms from all over
the world including Bel-
ly dance, Arabian, Afri-
can, Bollywood, hip hop,
samba, axe, swing, cha-
cha, flamenco and much
more.Eachbasicrhythm
has four core steps
which are easy to learn
and follow.
During a traditional
60 minutes Zumba class,
a person can learn 15-16
songs (including warm-
up and cooldown).
The songs are set up
in a manner that the per-
son shakes their body on
a higher intensity song
followed by a lower in-
tensity song to provide
you with an interval
workout that torches
tonnes of calories.
WHO CAN JOIN ZUMBA
FITNESS CLASSES?
There is no age limit. It
doesn’tmatterif aperson
is 20 or 50 years old. If
theyhavethewilltomove
to upbeat music in a high-
energy, motivating envi-
ronment, then Zumba is
the right option.
Even non-dancers can
do Zumba. It’s really good
for beginners as well and
it’s easy to join Zumba
even if the person doesn’t
have killer moves it hard-
lymatters.Itisimportant
to forget that people are
noticing you they are too
busy worrying about
themselves on what they
are doing just focus on
what you are up to. Zum-
ba helps in improving
their coordination as
well. Zumba celebrates
the ability to learn the
moves as you progress
through the classes.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
ZUMBA AND AEROBICS
Zumba is a mode of aer-
obic workout which in-
volves Latin dance
movements, while aero-
bics is basically a
planned workout on
every part of your body
individually.
WHO ARE ZINS?
ZIN is known as the
Zumba instructor net-
work. Zumba is a regis-
tered brand and only
ZIN is authorised to
take Zumba classes.
ZINS are trained pro-
fessionals to provide
valuable classes includ-
ing Latin rhythms. Also,
it’s illegal to run any
Zumba classes without
a Zumba license .
SAKSHI,
Model
FACE
OF
THE
DAY!
Aries
MARCH 21 - APRIL 20
Good health is likely to
keep you energetic
today. Adventurous
types need to be careful
while experiencing a
thrilling outdoor activity. An angry
family member will need to be pacified
by doing his or her bidding. This is a
favorable day to seal a property deal.
Your efforts at work will be rewarded.
Gemini
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
You may need to
monitor your finances
closely. A function at
home can keep you
busy and entertained.
Day seems favourable for builders and
property dealers. Travel to a distant
place is foreseen for some. Your love
life promises to be immensely
satisfying.
Leo
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Some of you may feel
the home environment
serene and restful.
There is a fair chance of
some property getting
allotted to you. Good opportunities are
likely to appear on the academic front.
Good health is assured through own
efforts. A healthy bank balance will
allow you to buy a major item.
Libra
SEPTEMBER 24 - OCTOBER 22
You may find it difficult
to convince a family
member regarding
something you want to
achieve. Clarity of mind
and retentive power will help you forge
ahead on the academic front. Some of
you can safely say goodbye to
depression, as positivity enters your
life once again.
Sagittarius
NOVEMBER 23 - DECEMBER 22
Things are likely to
move favourably on the
professional front.
Health may become a
concern. You will need
to muster all your persuasive powers to
swing a deal in your favour. Good
negotiating skills are likely to bring a
lucrative deal within your grasp on the
professional front.
Aquarius
JANUARY 21 - FEBRUARY 19
You will benefit by
taking a break from
your regular exercise
routine. You will be able
to pacify a family elder,
who is upset on someone. Stay clear
of arguments, especially while
travelling. A healthy debate with
someone in the knows is likely to open
up your mind to the possibilities.
Taurus
APRIL 21 - MAY 20
Your performance may
leave you feeling good
today on professional or
academic front. A diet
plan adopted recently
will suit your system well. Maintain
confidentiality regarding a property deal
being negotiated by you. A chance for
an outing with lover finally arrives.
Health will be satisfactory.
Cancer
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
A new health routine
may start giving health
benefits right away. You
gel well with a new
acquaintance.
Opportunities to further your career
will come only if you make efforts.
Self-discipline may help you achieve
peak physical fitness. Financial scene
is likely to stabilise.
Virgo
AUGUST 24 - SEPTEMBER 23
Some of you may plan
to build a house or buy
property shortly. A
home remedy is likely to
take you towards total
health. Homemakers may find resetting
the house tedious and may get tired
doing so. A journey to a distant place
can get you all excited.Your partner will
finally say yes to you
Scorpio
OCTOBER 23 - NOVEMBER 22
It will be in your interest
to speed up a financial
transaction. Positive
steps may be required
to be taken to restore
perfect health. You will come out with
flying colours in a competitive situation
on the academic front. Appreciation for
the work done on the professional
front is in the pipeline for some.
Capricorn
DECEMBER 23 - JANUARY 20
Your initiative will help
mend fences with
someone you were not
in talking terms.
Academic pursuits will
be fruitful. Taking up a regular fitness
routine will help you get into shape.
Increase in household expenditure is
possible, so take all steps to cut it
down.
Pisces
FEBRUARY 20 - MARCH 20
An exciting time lies
ahead as travelling with
friends is foreseen. You
are set to grow
professionally and
attract new clientele.Do not misunder-
stand the motives of someone trying
to help you. Will power, will be your
key to remain in shape. Think twice
before investing in anything big.
YOUR DAY Horoscopeby
SaurabbhSachdeva
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ZUMBA: DITCH
ZUMBA: DITCH THE WORKOUT,
THE WORKOUT,
JOIN THE PARTY!
JOIN THE PARTY!
Great for Weight loss
Relieves stress
Full body workout
Tones your entire body
Really great for cardio
Enhances your mood
Speeds up your metabolism
Boosts up your heart health Last but
not least, it makes you happy as well.
Overall, Zumba feels like a dance party
disguised as a workout. Zumba is a
safe, fun and effective workout for
most people who want to enhance
their cardiovascular fitness through
dance.
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