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CJI COULD BE GUBERNATORIAL CHOICE, SAYS KOSHIYARI
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 in-
dicated at living the re-
tired life, i.e. not in-
dulging in Governor-
ship in future, he added
that in future, current
CJI may also assume
the office, he (Koshi-
yari) was holding cur-
rently.
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
ambience became jovi-
al.
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
Maratha atmosphere in
my house,” he said, and
further added, “When I
was asked if I would
like to come for Abhi-
nandan, I immediately
said yes. Maharashtra
has given me a lot.”
Lalit also recalled that
when Sushilkumar
Shinde was the Chief
Minister of Maharash-
tra, he used to handle
all the affairs of Maha-
rashtra in the Apex
Court.
Meanwhile, praising
the CJI, DyCM Deven-
dra Fadnavis recalled
the time in the year
2000, when the Mahana-
gar Palika case came up
in the Supreme Court
and said that during
then CJI Lalit was the
state’s lawyer. “Let me
tell you the fitness story
of CJI. Whenever I went
to his office in Delhi, I
noticed that we used to
use the lift and Lalit sir
always walked instead
of using the lift. For
these reasons his fit-
ness is the same as 22
years ago,” Fadnavis
said.
FELICITATION OF CJI UU LALIT AT MAHARASHTRA RAJ BHAWAN
l Maharashtra has given me a lot. I
will speak in Marathi because I have
come to Mumbai where this pro-
gram has been organized, CJI said
l Maha governor hints at retiring
Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshiyari welcomes CJI UU Lalit as Chief Ministr Eknath
Shinde look on.
Uddhav asks party workers to be ready for mid-term polls in Maha
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Shiv Sena
(Uddhav Balasaheb
Thackeray) chief Ud-
dhav Thackeray has
directed party workers
to gear up for the mid-
term elections in Ma-
harashtra.
Thackeray was
speaking at a meeting
of the party’s Assem-
bly constituency-level
functionaries at the
party headquarters
‘Sena Bhavan’ here on
Saturday
.
The term of the Ma-
harashtra Assembly is
set to expire in 2024.
However, the Thacker-
ay faction of the Sena
has been demanding
that the party MLAs
who rebelled along
with Eknath Shinde re-
sign and face the elec-
torate afresh.
The Shiv Sena (UBT)
chief spokesperson
Arvind Sawant
bwriefed reporters
about the meeting.
Thackeray predicted
mid-term Assembly
elections in the state
soon and asked the cad-
res to start prepara-
tions, Sawant said.
Mid-term polls were
inevitable as Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Thursday an-
nounced projects
worth Rs2 lakh crore
for Maharashtra,
Sawant said.
“Just like voters in
Himachal Pradesh and
Gujarat are being lured
with packages and an-
nouncements, this an-
nouncement by the PM
is also an indicator
that Maharashtra will
have elections,” said
the South Mumbai MP.
But there was no
clarity about the de-
tails of the projects the
PM was talking about,
he added.
The Eknath Shinde-
led Maharashtra gov-
ernment which came
to power in June after
his rebellion toppled
the Thackeray-led gov-
ernment has been ac-
cused of letting several
big-ticket projects go to
Gujarat, including the
Rs1.54 lakh crore Ve-
danta Foxconn semi-
conductor chip manu-
facturing project and
Rs22,000 crore Tata-
Airbus C-295 military
transport aircraft
project.
Thackeray faction of the Sena has been
demanding that the party MLAs who
rebelled along with Eknath Shinde
resign and face the electorate afresh
‘200 SEATS
OUR TARGET’
BJP is the number one
party in the state, but
we want to increase the
strength of the party
further. As a result, no
matter how many parties
come together, we are al-
ways working to win. Our
target is to win more than
200 seats in the upcom-
ing assembly elections
under the leadership of
Shinde and Deputy Chief
Minister Devendra Fad-
navis - Chandrashekhar
Bawankule, Maha BJP
Chief.
Uddhav Thackeray
TOP STORY
Had we not rebelled,
NCP would have joined
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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
‘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.
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
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.
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Crucial
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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First India Bureau
Shirdi: Nationalist
Congress Party (NCP)
chief Sharad Pawar on
Saturday said Bharati-
ya Janata Party (BJP)
has been rejected in
most of the country
and targeted Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi over the “lack”
of the vision for “in-
clusive development”.
Pawar, who has been
undergoing treatment
in a Mumbai hospital
for infection and fever
since the last few days,
flew to Shirdi from
Mumbai with doctors
and addressed the party
convention briefly
.
He said the BJP has
been rejected in most of
the country, except in
few states, while in oth-
er states the saffron
party has formed gov-
ernments by “misus-
ing” Central probe
agencies.
Pawar appealed to
NCP cadres to stay com-
mitted to progressive
ideology and not fall
prey to any “induce-
ments”.
Speaking at the NCP
meeting, the veteran
politician expressed
confidence that the par-
ty workers would bring
a ‘political change’ in
the state.
Pawar said except in
states like Gujarat, As-
sam, Uttar Pradesh,
Haryana and some
Northeastern states, the
majority of the country
hasrejectedtheBharati-
ya Janata Party (BJP).
In the states of Karna-
taka, Goa, Maharashtra,
and Madhya Pradesh,
governments were top-
pled by (BJP) by misus-
ing Central probe agen-
cies, he alleged.
“A prime minister has
to have a vision for the
inclusive development
of all and be broad-
mindedbutunfortunate-
ly this is not the prevail-
ing situation. The PM
should focus all his ener-
gies (to revive) the weak-
ening economy and
bringing down inflation.
“But the state (Maha-
rashtra)andCentralgov-
ernmentslackthevision
of going beyond caste,
religion and political af-
filiations to achieve the
empowerment of wom-
en,workers,labourclass,
tribals, and backward
classes,’’ he said.
Pawar said projects
like Vedanta Foxconn
and Tata Airbus have
been diverted to Gujarat
right under the eye of
the state government.
“This is shameful,” he
added.
Instead of diverting
the Tata-Airbus project
to Gujarat, the Centre
should have focused on
making defence projects
more efficient, the for-
merUnionministersaid.
He alleged the incum-
bent state government
was “narrow-minded”
which is not a good sign
for Maharashtra.
Pawar said the NCP
can change the politics
of communalism and
create awareness of
progressive thinking
among the people.
“We have to create
new and strong leader-
ship. The NCP should
remain united and work
as a strong political out-
fit, stay committed to
progressive ideology,
and not fall prey to in-
ducements and allure-
ment. We have to fight to
save the Constitution
and democracy,” he
said.
SharadPawarslamsPMModi,
saysBJPrejectedinmanystates
NCP chief flies to Shirdi from hosp for party meet; ‘angry’ nephew Ajit gives it a miss
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Chief Minis-
ter Eknath Shinde
and Deputy Chief
Minister Devendra
Fadnavis on Saturday
assured that the state
government would
soon allot a tract of
land in Mumbai’s
Bandra for a new
complex of the Bom-
bay High Court.
Shinde and Fadnavis
were speaking at a fe-
licitation programme
for Chief Justice of In-
dia (CJI) U U Lalit at the
Raj Bhavan here. The
CJI is set to retire on No-
vember 08.
Governor Bhagat Sin-
gh Koshyari and Chief
Justice of Bombay High
Court Dipankar Datta
were also present at the
event.
“Our government is
planning to bring trans-
parency in the judiciary
.
We are taking decisions
for the betterment of
the judiciary
. A tract of
land at Bandra will soon
be allotted for the new
high court complex. It is
a need of the state,”
Shinde said.
Speaking about the is-
sue, Fadnavis said the
land allotment for a new
high court building was
a long-pending concern
of Chief Justice Datta,
and assured that the
same would be resolved
soon.
“Our government has
decided to boost the
court infrastructure. A
long-pending concern
of our HC Chief Justice
Dipankar Datta of allot-
ting a plot for the new
complex of the high
court is almost resolved.
All legal issues pertain-
ing to the land in Ban-
dra, Mumbai for the
new complex (have been
resolved). Soon a land
parcel will be allotted,”
the said the deputy CM.
The present high
court building in south
Mumbai was very old,
he said.
Calling CJI Lalit “Ma-
harashtra’s son”, Shin-
de praised several im-
portant decisions he had
taken during his tenure
to bring transparency to
court proceedings, such
as live-streaming of con-
stitutional courts.
Fadnavis also appre-
ciated the CJI’s efforts
during his short tenure
to bring transparency to
the Supreme Court’s
roster and hear more
cases.
During his tenure, CJI
Lalit began live stream-
ing of cases heard by
the Constitution bench.
LandfornewHCbldgto
beallottedsoon,saysCM
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. —FILE PHOTO
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Maha-
rashtra State Com-
mission for Women
has issued a notice to
Hindutva activist
Sambhaji Bhide for
refusing to give an in-
terview to a woman
journalistas she did
not wear a ‘bindi’ on
her forehead.
Commission Chair-
person Rupali Cha-
kankar has sought
Bhide’s reply on the is-
sue after sending him a
notice in this regard.
“If he did not want to
talk, he could have not
talked but it was wrong
to tell her to come after
applying ‘bindi’. Bhide
should apologize for
that,” she said.
Bhide reportedly re-
fused to reply to the
questions asked by a
woman journalist as
she had not worn a
'bindi' on her forehead.
Theincidentoccurred
on Wednesday after his
meetingwithChief Min-
ister Eknath Shinde at
the Mantralaya.
First India Bureau
Thane: Maharashtra
chief of Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP)
has asked members
of the Maha Vikas
Aghadi (MVA) coali-
tion to stop maligning
the image of the
Eknath Shinde-Dev-
endra Fadnavis gov-
ernment by spread-
ing wrong messages.
Chandrashekhar
Bawankule, on Satur-
day, said that if the
smear campaign contin-
ued, the BJP will protest
on the streets and give a
befitting reply
.
“MVA members
should stop maligning
the image of the Shinde-
Fadnavis govern-
ment…. The MVA gov-
ernment had put a spike
in all the projects of the
BJP-led central govern-
ment to ensure that the
benefits do not reach the
citizens of Maharash-
tra,” Bawankule said.
He also claimed that
thenewgovernmentwill
practice good govern-
ance and clear the back-
log of the last 2.5 years.
“The disgruntled
MVAconstituentparties
(Shiv Sena, NCP
, and
Congress)areonlyinter-
ested in defaming and
damaging the image of
the new government
which will not be toler-
ated,” the leader said.
He said the BJP and
the Shiv Sena led by
Shinde will fight all
elections together.
Bawankule said BJP
leaders were touring the
state to reach out to vot-
ers to strengthen the
party with the aim to
winmorethan200of the
288 seats in Maharash-
tra Assembly in 2024.
First India Bureau
Jalgaon: Minister in
Shinde government
and Water Supply
Minister Gulabrao
Patil on Saturday,
claimed that 10 to 12
MLAs of the Nation-
alist Congress Party
(NCP) are planning to
defect to the rebel fac-
tion and only the tim-
ing of their joining is
to be decided.
Patil further said that
if the Shinde group had
not revolted, the NCP
would have gone with
the BJP (and formed
government).
After the rebellion of
Shiv Sena and inde-
pendent MLAs led by
Shinde, the Maha Vikas
Aghadi government in
the state fell and the
Shinde-Fadnavis gov-
ernment was formed in
June.
The minister’s claim
has created a stir in po-
litical circles of the
state. Targeting Uddhav
Thackeray and the
MVA government, he
said, “If we had not re-
volted under the leader-
ship of Eknath Shinde,
then NCP would have
joined hands with BJP.”
Patil also alleged
that such statements
(on fall of govern-
ment) are being made
by the NCP to main-
tain the enthusiasm
of the workers and to
avoid a split between
the MLAs.
CRUCIAL READ
SHIV SENA DEMANDS OVERALL CIVIC
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVT IN KAMOTHE
PANVEL MUNICIPAL CORPORATION INDUCTS
32 EMPLOYEES OF GRAM PANCHAYAT
Navi Mumbai: Kamothe Deputy City President of Shiv Sena
Sachin Trimukhe met Municipal Commissioner Ganesh
Deshmukh on Saturday to discuss various civic issues of
the city. From street lights to
lack of gardens, Trimukh put all
the demands before Deshmukh.
According to Truimukh, the
population of every sector in
Kamothe has increased but civic
infrastructure has remained the
same. “Sometimes suction machines break down and
sewage cleaning work gets affected. As a result, residents
have to face a lot of hardship,” said Trimukhe.
Navi Mumbai: The state Urban Development Department
has permitted the Panvel Municipal Corporation (PMC) to
induct 32 employees from the Gram Panchayats that were
merged with the civic body when
it was formed in 2016. After the
formation of PMC on October
01, 2016, 29 villages were
included in it. Subsequently, 288
employees with the GPs associ-
ated were absorbed by the civic
body. However, 32 employees of different GPs were yet to
be recruited. According to civic officials, the remaining 32
employees could not be absorbed due to technical reasons.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The con-
struction of the me-
morial of Shiv Sena
founder Bal Thacker-
ay in the city will be
completed by the end
of 2023, his son and
Sena President Ud-
dhav Thackeray said
on Saturday
.
The memorial is com-
ing up at the Mayor’s
bungalow at Shivaji
Park in central Mumbai
Asmuchas58%of the
work is complete, Ud-
dhav Thackeray told re-
porters in Mumbai.
“The first phase will
becompletedbyMayand
the whole project will be
completed by 2023-end,”
headded.TheSena’shis-
toryandBalThackeray’s
speeches will the high-
lights of the memorial,
he said.
In a swipe at rebel
Sena leader and Maha-
rashtra Chief Minister
Eknath Shinde, Thack-
eray also said that the
memorial “will feature
only Shiv Sena chief
ministers and not the
fake ones.” Shinde top-
pled the Uddhav Thack-
eray-led Sena-National-
ist Congress Party
(NCP)-Congress govern-
ment in June this year
by revolting against the
party leadership along
with 39 other MLAs.
“Who knows, by the
time the project is com-
plete there might be a
photo of the Shiv Sena’s
prime minister at the
memorial,” Thackeray
quipped.
Senior party leader
Subhash Desai said the
memorial is the state
government’s project
and is getting neces-
sary funds from the
government.
The memorial project
will be spread across
6,056.82 sq km and is be-
ing built at a cost of
Rs180 crore.
Approval for project
wasgrantedbytheprevi-
ous MVA government.
‘Bal Thackeray’s memorial to be completed by 2023-end’
FINISHING LINE
Taking dig at Shinde, Uddhav
says memorial ‘to feature ‘Shiv
Sena CMs, and not fake ones’
The first
phase will be
completed by
May and the whole
project will be com-
pleted by 2023-end.
The Sena’s history and
Bal Thackeray’s
speeches will the high-
lights of the memorial.
It will feature only
Sena CMs, not fake
ones.
—Uddhav Thackeray,
Shiv Sena president
CM SHNDE TO NOW HAVE
TIME-BOUND MEETINGS
Mumbai: Chief Minister Eknath Shinde is
known as the leader who likes to interact with
the crowd. However, now his meetings with
the common people will be time-bound. Now,
Shinde will meet the general public and listen
to their complaints, in person, from 2 pm to 4
pm on working days at his office. Moreover,
letters addressed to CM in the Mantralaya will
be deposited at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat,
Postal Room on the ground floor, where they
will receive acknowledgment Arrangements
have been made at the CM’s Secretariat office,
to accomodate the new schedule plan.
Pawar called on NCP cadre to ‘‘remain united and fight to save democracy’’. —FILE PHOTO
DELICATE STATE
Commission issues
notice to activist over
journo ‘bindi’ rebuke
MVA must stop maligning
Shinde-Fadnavis govt rep
Had we not rebelled, NCP would
have joined hands with BJP: Patil
Bhide reportedly
refused to answer a
question as the woman
hadn’t worn a ‘bindi’
Maha BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule at a rally.
—PHOTO BY PTI

MAHARASHTRA
03
MAN ARRESTED FOR
BLUDGEONING
24-YR-OLD TO DEATH
Mumbai: A 24-year-
old man was allegedly
attacked and bludgeoned
to death with a cement
block during a scuffle
in the Worli area. The
incident took place on the
eighth floor of a building
at Dr Annie Besant Road
in Worli on Thursday
morning. The victim Deep-
ak Shashlal Yadav was
involved in a scuffle with
the 18-year-old accused,
over some minor issue,
police said on Saturday.
CIVIC BODY OFFICIAL
BOOKED FOR TAKING
`50 LAKH BRIBE
Mumbai: A 57-year-old em-
ployee of the Brihanmum-
bai Municipal Corporation
(BMC) was allegedly caught
accepting a bribe of Rs50
lakh to stop action against
a company for illegal
construction in the western
suburb of Andheri. A team
from the Anti-Corruption
Bureau caught an executive
engineer posted at the
BMC’s K-east ward while
accepting the bribe amount
at his office on Friday, an
official said on Saturday.
MAN ARRESTED FOR
KILLING PERSON WHO
INTERVENED IN FIGHT
Thane: One person was
arrested for allegedly killing
a man who intervened to
break up a fight in Thane
district. The accused and
one more person were
fighting in a room in a
slum colony in Kalwa on
Friday afternoon, and victim
Omprakash Tiwari (42) was
stabbed when he inter-
vened, Inspector YJ Shirsat
said on Saturday. He has
been charged for murder
and attempt to murder as
well as other offences.
GANG INVOLVED IN
HOUSE-BREAKING
BUSTED IN LATUR
Latur: A gang alleged-
ly involved in several
house-breaking thefts was
busted in Latur in Maha-
rashtra, and gold and silver
ornaments worth Rs2.68
lakh were recovered. The
three accused were held
from Sugav village in
Chakur tehsil after Crime
Branch teams were formed
to solve HBT cases. A hunt
is on for more members
of the gang by teams from
Shivaji Nagar and MIDC
police stations.
TWO BOOKED FOR STEALING MOBILE PHONES
Latur: Two people have been arrested for allegedly stealing
a mobile phone from a school boy in Latur city, police said
on Saturday. Based on a complaint, the police on Thursday
arrested Pawan Siddheshwar Kamble (23) and Vishal Gautam
Jogdand (19) for allegedly accosting a boy near a school and
snatching his mobile phone, an official said. A case under
section 392 (robbery) of the IPC has been registered at Shivaji
Nagar police station. The police have recovered the mobile
phone and a motorcycle worth Rs62,000 from the duo.
CRUCIAL READ
FIRE IN PARCEL VAN OF SHALIMAR
EXP; PASSENGERS ESCAPE UNHURT
First India Bureau
Mumbai: A fire broke
out in a parcel van of
the Mumbai-bound
Shalimar Express
at Nashik Road rail-
way station on Satur-
day morning. Nobody
was injured in it, said
officials.
The incident disrupt-
ed the services on this
routeof theCentralRail-
wayandcauseddelayfor
some trains, they said.
“The fire in the parcel
van of the train was no-
ticed around 8.43 am,
soon after the train that
runs between Shalimar
(West Bengal) and
Lokmanya Tilak Termi-
nus in Mumbai pulled
intotheNashikRoadsta-
tion’s platform number
3,”saidarailwayofficial.
The local fire brigade
was immediately alert-
ed, but before the arrival
of the firefighters, the
railway staff tried to
douse the blaze with fire
extinguishers. The fire
was brought under con-
trol at around 9.30 am
and completely put off
after some time, he said.
Three fire tenders of
the Nashik Municipal
Corporation (NMC)
were pressed into ser-
vice to douse the flames.
“As a precautionary
measure, the electricity
supply in the overhead
wire was immediately
shut, due to which the
movement of other
trains running in the
section was affected,”
said the official.
The parcel van was
storedonlywithluggage
and nobody was travel-
ling in it, he added.
“All passengers on
boardthetrainaresafe,”
said Shivaji Sutar, Chief
Public Relations Officer
of the Central Railway
.
Thecauseof thefireis
yet to be ascertained, he
said, adding that the
train proceeded on its
journey to Mumbai at
11.57 am.
TheShalimarExpress
was already running
more than eight hours
behind its schedule and
the fire incident caused
further delay
. Some oth-
er trains on the route
alsogotdelayedduetoit,
said railway officials.
Incident occurred onboard Mumbai-bound train at Nashik Road Rly station; services on CR route delayed
First India Bureau
Mumbai: In India,
spring cleaning
happens in monsoon
and autumn—what
with a slew of festi-
vals, people start
cleaning houses, as
per tradition.
As a result, waste
disposal in Mumbai
during this festive sea-
son, increased by 15-
20% this year.
“People clean their
house days before Di-
wali, and usually throw
away things such as
broken shoes, torn
clothes and old furni-
ture. So, we see an in-
crease in the daily
waste in this period. If
the segregated dry
waste is of any use, it
can be given to needy
people from remote ar-
eas. Some of the wards
had also initiated a
campaign called
‘Swachhta Rath’ during
Diwali. In this cam-
paign, vehicles from
our department visited
the wards and collected
discarded items,” said
an official from the Sol-
id Waste Management
Department.
On the first day of the
Diwali season this year,
more than 1,300MT of
additional waste was
collected in the city
.
“A large number of
firecrackers were also
burnt in the city during
Diwali week. But that
waste is minimal, so it
did not need to be
dumped separately,” he
added.
On average, the city
generates about
6,250MT of waste daily.
However, from October
21-26, the daily waste
collection increased by
400-1,320MT. On the
three days of Diwali,
the city generated an
average of 7,200 metric
tonnes of waste, even
though, since 2017, the
overall garbage in the
city has reduced by
3,000-4,000MT.
Around 5,500MT of
waste is sent to the pro-
cessing plant at Kanjur-
marg, while the rest is
dumped at Deonar
dumping ground.
Mumbai discards 15-20% more waste during this festive season
BIG CLEAN-UP
lll
On the
first day
of the
Diwali season
this year,
more than
1,300MT of
additional waste
was collected
in the city
Set Dec 31 as
deadlineforseat
belts:Taxiunion
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Mum-
bai Taxi Union has
written to the city’s
Joint Commissioner
of Police (Traffic), re-
questing to extend
the time limit to wear
seat belts till Decem-
ber 31, 2022.
The taxi union has
welcomed the seat belt
rule, as cops clarify that
passengers are to be
fined not drivers.
In the letter the union
leader, AL Quadros has
stated, “Many taxi op-
erators have removed
the seat belts. The seat
belts are not available
in the market and we
have requested the car
manufacturers to sup-
ply the seat belts.”
On November 01,
the first day of the new-
ly-made seat belt
amendment, a total of
204 e-challans were is-
sued by the Mumbai
Traffic Police.
While the provision
of wearing seat belts for
everyone in a vehicle
stillstandsstrong,Mum-
baiPolicehaspostponed
its drive against those
not wearing seat belts
inside the car as of now.
The Traffic Police on
Tuesday provided a
breather for people
for the next 10 days, in
order to make them
more aware and gear up
for the enforcement of
the rule.
The taxi union has
welcomed the seat
belt rule, as cops
clarify that
passengers are to be
fined not drivers
Luggage compartment, which was next to the engine, was detached from the train. —PHOTO BY ANI
10 shops gutted on Fashion
Street; no injuries reported
Mumbai (PTI): At
least 10 shops locat-
ed on the Fashion
Street, a roadside ap-
parel market in
south Mumbai, were
gutted in a fire on
Saturday afternoon.
Nobody was injured
in the incident, said
a civic official.
Thefirebrokeoutin
oneof theshopsonthe
Fashion Street near
Churchgate at around
1 pm, and soon spread
to some of its adjoin-
ing stores.
“After the fire bri-
gadewasalertedabout
the incident, six fire
engines were rushed
tothespot,”theofficial
said, adding that the
blaze was extin-
guished in around 15
minutes. The cause of
the blaze is yet to be
ascertained.
Black smoke rising
high up in the sky was
visible from afar.
Firefighters douse a fire at Fashion Street in Mumbai on
Saturday. —PHOTO BY BHUSHAN KOYANDE
Civic body starts
resurfacing work
on18roadsinMum
First India Bureau
Mumbai: After receiv-
ing verbal approval
from the traffic po-
lice, the Brihanmum-
bai Municipal Corpo-
ration (BMC) has tak-
en up the work to re-
surface 18 of the 449
bad roads in the city
.
According to civic of-
ficials, it would take an-
other day or two to get
the written permis-
sions, which are a must
for road works.
“All the main roads
have already been con-
verted into cement con-
crete. These are small
internal roads which
need resurfacing as
they developed potholes
during monsoon,” said
an official from BMC’s
road department.
He added that the
process to get written
permission from the
traffic police would
take another one or two
days. “As we got verbal
go-ahead from the traf-
fic police, we started
preparation for resur-
facing. The work of
other roads will start
next week,” he said.
“Of the 18 roads
which were taken up on
Friday, three are in
south Mumbai, one is in
eastern suburbs and
the remaining 14 are in
western suburbs,” said
Deputy BMC Commis-
sioner Ulhas Mahale.
Mumbai on average generates about 6,250MT of waste daily.
BMC has started road work with verbal permission as written
NOCs will take another 1-2 days. —FILE PHOTO
People clean their house days be-
fore Diwali, and usually throw
away things like broken shoes,
torn clothes and old furniture. So, we see
an increase in the daily waste in this peri-
od. If the segregated dry waste is of any
use, it can be given to needy people from
remote areas.
—Official of Solid Waste Management Department
BMC yet to complete audit
of `1,000 crore nCoV works
First India Bureau
Mumbai: After almost
a year since Brihan-
mumbai Municipal
Corporation’s (BMC)
then standing commit-
tee ordered a special
review of 150 COVID-
related projects, its
chief auditor is yet to
finish the audit.
This comes at a time
when the state govern-
ment has asked national
auditor CAG to probe
civic proposals worth
Rs12,000 crore on suspi-
cion of corruption by
the previous adminis-
tration.“Weareworking
on that. Audit work is
going on,” said Munici-
pal Chief Auditor Sitar-
am Kale.
After Opposition
members raised ques-
tions over expenditure
in projects related to
COVID-19, the then
Standing Committee
Chairman Yashwant
Jadhav had on Decem-
ber 23, 2021, ordered an
audit of proposals.
Sources said most
purchases and tender
work during the pan-
demic had been done by
the BMC’s Central Pur-
chase Department. “A
12-member team of the
audit department is
on the job. Work is
underway to gather
more information about
alltheseproposals,”said
a source.
BetweenAprilandDe-
cember 2021, the BMC
used its special powers
to spend around Rs2,500
crore to tackle COV-
ID-19. In such cases,
the administration does
not need to take approv-
al from the standing
committee.
Over 15,518 swab samples tested in state in the last 24 hours.
MUMBAI SEES 40% RISE IN CASES;
ACTIVE TALLY FALLS BELOW 500-MARK
Mumbai (PTI): Mumbai
on Saturday reported 66
COVID-19 cases, even
as Maharashtra recorded
219 new cases and
three fatalities, taking
the tally of infections to
81,33,173 and toll to
1,48,394, said an official
from the state health de-
partment. The addition to
Mumbai’s tally was 40%
higher than the 47 cases
detected on Friday, said a
Brihanmumbai Munici-
pal Corporation (BMC)
official. The recovery
count increased by 132
in the last 24 hours and
reached 11,34,119,
which brought the active
caseload below the 500-
mark at 482, he said.
Meanwhile, the state
witnessed a slight dip in
the daily cases, as it had
reported 230 infections
on Friday.
Tiger mauls
elderly man
in Chandrapur
First India Bureau
Chandrapur:A 75-year-
oldman was mauled to
death by a tiger in the
forest of the state’s
Chandrapur district
on Saturday
, said a for-
est official.
The incident took
place in north forest
range of Bramhapuri
division, some 128km
from the district head-
quarters.
Jagan Panse, a resi-
dent of Lakhapur vil-
lage, had ventured into
the forest to collect fire-
wood on Friday and
failed to return home,
he said.
Panse’s body was
found in the forest this
morning. The body was
sent to a hospital for
post-mortem, said the
official.
An initial compensa-
tion of Rs20,000 has
been given to the family
of the deceased man.
According to offi-
cials, two persons have
been killed in man-ani-
mal conflicts in the area
in the last one month.
A woman was killed
by a tiger in Torgaon
(Buj) village under
North Bramhapuri For-
est Range on Thursday
.
—FILE PHOTO

PERSPECTIVE
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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
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.

06
INDIA
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.
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
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: Incarcerat-
edconmanSukeshChan-
drashekhar has come
down heavily on Delhi
CM and AAP Convenor,
Arvind Kejriwal, asking
himaseriesof questions
in an open letter.
“If I am the country’s
biggest thug on what
basis did you accept Rs
50 crore from me and of-
fered me a Rajya Sabha
seat,” he asked the Del-
hi CM in a letter re-
leased by him on Friday
.
Sukesh said he had
also filed a fresh com-
plaint with the Delhi Lt
Guv against Kejriwal,
AAPleadersKailashGe-
hlotandSatyendraJain.
Through his letter, he
asked Kejriwal a series
of questions. “In 2016,
Kejriwal Ji, why did you
force me to bring 20 to 30
more individuals to con-
tribute Rs 500 crores in
cash to the party in re-
turn for seats.
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.
If I am biggest
thug,then Kejri is
‘maha thug’,
says Sukesh
New Delhi (PTI): The
time has come to take
proactive steps to re-
solve all inter-state wa-
ter disputes as these fa-
vour none and are
against the interest of
the country and people
at large, Vice President
Jagdeep Dhankhar said
on Saturday
.
He also reminded
people that natural re-
sources such as water
and fuel should not be
wasted as the country
can ill afford to do so.
Addressing the vale-
dictory function of 7th
India Water Week in
Noida, Dhankhar
stressed the need to re-
juvenate water bodies.
“In the true spirit of
federalism, the time has
come now that we take
proactive initiatives to
resolve inter-state wa-
ter disputes,” he said
underling that these
disputes are “in favour
of none” and go against
the interest of the coun-
try and people at large.
Thewaterdisputesbe-
tween states in the coun-
try are settled under the
provisions of the Inter-
state River Water Dis-
putes Act, 1956, under
which the Centre sets up
a tribunal which hears
the various sides before
adjudicating the matter.
He said a country’s
economic strength can-
not be correlated to the
consumption of natural
resources such as wa-
ter, petrol and gas.
“We cannot exploit
these resources on the
plank that we can afford
it,” he said reminding
the audience of the Di-
rective Principles of
State Policy which state
that there should an eq-
uitable distribution of
natural resources.
Dhankhar said the
rejuvenation of water
bodies will be “very im-
pactful”. With a view to
conserving water for
the future, the prime
minister launched ‘Mis-
sion Amrit Sarovar’ on
April 24 this year. The
Mission is aimed at de-
veloping and rejuvenat-
ing 75 water bodies in
each district of the
country as a part of the
‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahot-
sav’ celebrations.
Inter-state water disputes favour none: Vice Prez Dhankhar
VP says natural resources such as
water and fuel should not be wasted
Vice Preisdent Jagdeep Dhankhar
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
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.

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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
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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
First India Bureau
New Delhi: With one
more witness in the
2008 Malegaon blast
case turning hostile
on Saturday, the total
number of such testi-
fiers reached 28.
Six people were killed
and over 100 others in-
jured when a motorcy-
cle, rigged with explo-
sives, detonated in the
state’s Malegaon city on
September 29, 2008. The
accused were charged
with murder, abetment
and conspiracy under
the Unlawful Activities
Prevention Act.
This latest witness,
who was declared hos-
tile by the prosecution,
was to depose about the
roles of co-accused
Lieutenant Colonel
Prasad Purohit and
Sudhakar Chaturvedi.
In court, however, the
witness stated he did
not remember any-
thing, thus forcing the
prosecution to declare
him hostile. The previ-
ous witness, too, had
turned hostile stating
the same reason.
The 27th witness for
the prosecution in the
case, on Thursday, told
the special NIA court
that he did not remem-
ber the statement he
had given to the Maha-
rashtra ATS, the previ-
ous investigating agen-
cy handling the case.
28th witness turns hostile in Malegaon case
MEMORY FAIL
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi
will address two ral-
lies in Maharashtra—
on November 10 and
18—as part of the par-
ty’s ‘Bharat Jodo
Yatra’ that will arrive
in the state on Monday
,
said a senior party
leader on Saturday
.
The yatra that began
on September 07 from
Kanyakumari, is sched-
uled to reach Madnur
Naka at Deglur in the
state’s Nanded district
from neighbouring
state Telangana at 7 pm
on November 07.
“Rahul Gandhi will
address two rallies dur-
ing the yatra in Maha-
rashtra. He will address
the first rally on No-
vember 10 in Nanded
district, while the sec-
ond one will be held on
November 18 at She-
gaon in Buldhana dis-
trict,” said senior Con-
gress leader Balasaheb
Thorat, who is the state
coordinator for the
yatra.
The ‘Bharat Jodo
Yatra’, the Congress’s
mass contact initiative,
will traverse through 15
Assembly and six Par-
liamentary constituen-
cies in the state during
its 14-day sojourn. It
will cover a distance of
382 km across five dis-
tricts before entering
Madhya Pradesh on No-
vember 20.
After its arrival in
Nanded on Monday
evening, the yatra will
resume at 6.30 am the
next day from Deglur
bus stand in the dis-
trict. It will proceed
through Nanded dis-
trict for four days and
enter Hingoli district
on November 11,
Washim district on No-
vember 15, Akola dis-
trict on November 16
and Buldhana district
on November 18, said
party sources.
Thorat, who recently
visited Nanded district
to oversee the prepara-
tions for the yatra, said
elaborate arrange-
ments have been made
in the state for it.
Another Congress
leader said, “More than
100 prominent person-
alities from different
walks of life will par-
ticipate in the yatra.”
Nationalist Congress
Party (NCP) President
Sharad Pawar is also
likely to take part in the
foot-march on Novem-
ber 09.
The state Congress
leadership plans to
highlight the participa-
tion of the NCP and the
Uddhav Thackeray-led
Shiv Sena in the yatra
as a show of solidarity
of the Maha Vikas
Aghadi (MVA) against
the Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP).
First India Bureau
Pune: Several rooftop
eateries in the Baner-
Balewadi area were
recently demolished
by the Pune Munici-
pal Corporation
(PMC) as part of its
anti-encroachments
drive against illegal
buildings in the city.
According to civic of-
ficials, a total area of
over 6,400 sq ft has been
demolished by the
PMC in its latest anti-
encroachment drive.
Illegal constructions at
Hotel Vintage, 7 Rooftop
Hotel, Hotel Basuri, Ho-
tel Soya Affairs and Ho-
tel Rustle Nest were
brought down by the
Building Permission
Departmentof thePMC.
Speaking to the me-
dia, a senior official
at the PMC said, “We
have been conducting
surveysanddemolitions
of illegal structures in
the city
. It is a regular
process. But after the re-
cent fire incidents, we
have prioritized illegal
rooftop hotels,”
More than 85 illegal
rooftop restaurants
have been identified in
the city, many of them
will soon be demol-
ished. On November
01, a massive fire broke
out on the rooftop of a
restaurant named ‘Veg-
eta’ in the Lulla Nagar
area of Pune.
The witness was to testify on involvement of Lieutenant Colonel
Prasad Purohit, one of the accused in the case. —FILE PHOTO
MAHARASHTRA GEARS UP
FOR ‘BHARAT JODO YATRA’
Congress national leader Rahul Gandhi to address rallies on Nov 10 and 18
The ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, led by Gandhi, will enter Maharashtra’s Nanded district from Telangana on
November 07 at 7 pm. —FILE PHOTO
THE SCHEDULE
Previous witness too had said he
was unable to recall testimony
given to Maharashtra ATS
PMC demolishes several
rooftop restaurants in
Baner-Balewadi area
NIA files charge sheet against
Dawood, 4 others in Mumbai
A fire broke out at a rooftop
eatery at Lulla Nagar, in Pune
on Tuesday. —FILE PHOTO
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KOHLI!
People pose for photographs in front of an art installation of Virat Kohli on his birthday in
Mumbai on Saturday. It was created by artists from over 5,000 cricket balls.A man shows off
a hairdo commemorating the Indian batsman. —PHOTOS BY BHUSHAN KOYANDE PTI
New Delhi (PTI): The
National Investiga-
tion Agency (NIA)
on Saturday filed
a charge sheet
against fugitive don
Dawood Ibrahim, his
close aide Chhota
Shakeel and three
arrested persons in
a special court in
Mumbai.
The charge sheet was
filed in a case related to
a global terrorist net-
work and a transna-
tional organized crimi-
nal syndicate, namely
D-Company, which is
involved in various
terrorist and criminal
activities in India,
said a spokesperson of
the NIA.
“Investigations have
established that the
accused persons who
are members of the
D-Company, a terrorist
gang and an organized
crime syndicate, had
conspired to further
the criminal activities
of the gang by carry-
ing out various typ-
es of unlawful activi-
ties,” said the spokes-
person.
Gangsters accused of
unlawful activities,
collecting money with
intention to trigger
criminal acts
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
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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CHECKS IN RADAR!
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in
C
The wintertime favourites are back, and the most well-known of them has returned: with a
boom! Checks is that extra “touch” that gives your clothing a timeless appearance without
ever feeling dated. City First brings to you glimpses from the timeless fashion of checks!

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