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MODI
MUMKIN
HAI TO
HAI
Modi completes
21 years in office
MUMBAI | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2022 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI TITLE NO. MAHENG/2022/14652 l Vol 1 l Issue No. 152
MODI
MUMKIN
HAI TO
HAI
odi Hai To Mumkin Hai’ – it’s an all-
encompassing phrase, describing the
Confidence, Trust and Faith in a
leader, who inspires a vast multitude
of populace within India and abroad.
Never before has India witnessed
such a cult following within the
political landscape – a leader,
whose popularity index scaled as
high as 90% and even at its worst
has not fallen below 68%. Political
observers across the world are per-
plexed at this remarkable feat, but for
Narendra Damodardas Modi, this is
the norm.
Clocking the highest number of
days in a public office – 7,670 and still
counting – Prime Minister Modi
stands taller than the Former Prime
Minister, Jawahar Lal Nehru and
Mrs. Indira Gandhi in terms of num-
ber of days in Public Office. Pursu-
ing an ‘India First’ policy, Modi
has re-enforced the idiom of ‘
Aat-
manirbhar Bharat’ – ‘Swatantra
Bharat’ – ‘Vishwa Guru Bharat’.
As India marches ahead, it reso-
nates the clarion call of its most
popular leader – ‘Yeh Desh Jhuke-
ga nahi, Sar Utthakar – Seena Tan
kar Aage Badhega’…. See P8
‘M
AJAY KUMAR
PM Narendra Modi

SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Just as the boyhood, youth and
old age come to the embodied
Soul in this body, in the same
manner, is the attaining of
another body; the wise man is
not deluded at that.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
Delighted to meet Global CEO, @
Deloitte and dear friend Mr. @
PunitRenjen. Had good exchanges on
harnessing the full potential of India’s
talent, creating opportunities for our
youth in smaller towns and on India’s
rapid strides towards becoming a
digital-first economy.
Rajnath Singh
@rajnathsingh
Visited Medanta Hospital, Gurugram,
today received information from
the doctors about the health and well
being of former Chief Minister of Uttar
Pradesh, Shri Mulayam Singh Yadavji.
I pray to God for his speedy recovery.
TOP TWEETS
LABOUR LEADER
WOOS INDIANS
WITH VOW TO
FIGHT HINDUPHOBIA
olitics in Britain
seems to be getting
divided on somewhat
religious lines after
last month’s violent
clashes between Hindu and Mus-
lim groups in Leicester after an
India-Pakistan cricket match.
Britain’s Indian-origin Home
Secretary Suella Braverman
said that the clashes happened
because of failure to integrate
migrant communities. Firing a
salvo against Indians she brand-
ed them as “the largest group of
people who overstay” their visas
in the UK and hinted that she
would not back a trade deal that
promises more visa concessions
to Indians. India has countered
her claims and said that action
has been taken on all cases
raised by the Home Office.
Britain’s opposition leader
came to the defence of Indians
using, for the first time, the term
Hinduphobia. Addressing a
large group of British Indians,
Labour Leader Keir Starmer
vowed to fight ‘Hinduphobia’
and divisive politics.
With Indians forming the sin-
gle largest ethnic minority,
Starmer’s outreach to Hindus is
understandable. Next UK elec-
tions are due in 2025.
P
o history is com-
plete without con-
flictingclaimsand
counter-claims.
From most
Mughal architecture in north
India being claimed as Hindu
temples or belonging to Hin-
dus by self-claimed owner-
shipof landonwhichamonu-
ment stands, the debate has
moved down South and is
centred around the religious
identity of Raja Raja 1, the
first Chola king, whose pow-
erful dynasty ruled southern
India, Sri Lanka, Sumatra
and Maldives for around
three centuries. More precise-
ly
, the debate is about whether
the Chola king was a Hindu.
Tamil film-maker Vetrima-
ran stoked the controversy
with his statement that the
Chola king was not a Hindu.
Veteran actor Kamal Haasan
stirredthepotbyrepeatingVe-
trimaran’s claim. “Continu-
ously
, our symbols are being
snatchedfromus.Saffronising
Valluvar or calling Raja Raja
Chola as a Hindu king is con-
stantlyoccurring.”Theaward-
winning film-maker made the
remarks after the release of
Mani Ratnam’s movie Ponni-
yin Selvan. It is based on a fic-
tional account of Raja Raja
Cholan. Kamal Haasan gave
thecontroversyanewtwistby
claiming that Raja Raja Chola
was not even a Hindu.
Telangana Governor Ta-
milisai Soundararajan called
these statements as attempts
toconcealHinduculturaliden-
tities and warned that people
will raise their voice against
them. The BJP’s H. Raja as-
serted that the Chola king was
indeed a Hindu and asked the
two film personalities to iden-
tify any church and mosque
built by the powerful ruler.
Whether he was Hindu or
not can be debated but there
is evidence of Shiva and
Vishnu temples, including
the Brihadeshwara temple in
Thanjavur, built by him.
RAJA RAJA BUILT SHIVA,
VISHNU’S TEMPLES
N
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation:
Chairmanship Opportunities for India
he Shanghai Cooperation Or-
ganisation (SCO) is a Eura-
sian political, economic, and
securityorganization.Itisthe
world’s largest regional or-
ganisation in terms of geo-
graphicscopeandpopulation,
covering approximately 60%
of the area of Eurasia, 40% of
the World population, and
more than 30% of global GDP
.
The SCO is the successor to
the Shanghai Five, formed in
1996 between the China, Rus-
sia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
and Tajikistan. On 15 June
2001, the leaders of these na-
tions and Uzbekistan met in
Shanghai to announce a new
organization with deeper po-
litical and economic coopera-
tion; the SCO Charter was
signed on 7 July 2002 and en-
tered into force on 19 Septem-
ber 2003. Its membership has
sinceexpandedtoeightstates,
with India and Pakistan join-
ing on 9 June 2017. Several
countries are engaged as ob-
servers (Afghanistan, Bela-
rus, Iran and Mongolia) or
dialogue partners (Sri Lanka,
Nepal, Turkey Armenia,
Azerbaijan and Cambodia).
With Iran signing a member-
ship agreement to become a
permanent member (Apr
2023) and Turkey the first
NATO member announcing
its bid for permanent mem-
bership, the SCO is inching
closer to be viewed as an anti-
Western alliance.
TheSCOhasbeentermedas
the “
Alliance of the East” and
has been viewed as a Chinese-
dominatedorganization.How-
ever, considering the current
membership, including Rus-
sia, India and other central
Asian countries, especially in
the prevailing global socio-
economic environment, the
SCO has evolved into a formi-
dablealliance,whichtheworld
is beginning to take a serious
noteof. BothRussiaandChina
have initiated their respective
ambitious projects in the re-
gion; the Eurasian Economic
Union (EEU) and the Collec-
tiveSecurityTreatyOrganisa-
tion (CSTO) by Russia and
China has launched its mega
project Silk Road Economic
Belt (SREB), often referred to
as the Belt and Road Initiative
(BRI).Therotatingpresidency
of the SCO to India that com-
menced in Sep 2022 is an op-
portunity as well as a chal-
lenge for India to carve out a
nicheforitself inaRegionthat
is of vital importance to it.
THE CURRENT
SCENARIO
The US withdrawal from Af-
ghanistanandreemergenceof
Taliban brings instability and
possible turmoil in the region.
The region faces problems
of security issues, fight
against terrorism, ethnic
separatism, religious extrem-
ism and economic and infra-
structural development.
Absence of any Western
country or its allies as a SCO
member makes it look like
anti West and SCO has com-
menced broadening its base.
India joining the Quad-
comprising India, US, Japan
and Australia and I2U2 with
US, Israel and UAE irks Chi-
na and seen as a challenge to
its growing global influence.
Russia, the CARs and Paki-
stan have all joined China’s
controversial global infra-
structure programme BRI
spanning over 100 countries
minus India is a major point
of concern.
Broadening of base by in-
cluding Bahrain, Maldives,
Kuwait, UAE and Myanmar
as the new dialogue partners,
and process for Egypt, Saudi
Arabia and Qatar are already
in progress.
China aims to align with
RussiatocounterUSandthat’s
whyavoidsanydirectreference
to Ukraine war. China intends
to use the SCO platform to
emerge as its strongest leader.
Russia aims to show to the
West that it is not isolated
and still holds international
sway. Though there were no
takers of its misadventures
vis-à-vis Ukraine.
Modi’s position on Ukraine
war has not really gone well
withPutinbutithasexhibited
India’s will to exert its stand
oninternationalissuesfirmly
.
The other challenges for
SCO include - Adverse impact
of Ukraine war on economy
and environment, Sino-Indi-
an border tensions, Conflict
on Kyrgyz - Tajik border, Con-
flict on dialogue partners Ar-
menia and Azerbaijan bor-
ders, Indian concerns about
food and fertilizers shortages
and fuel security, Enhancing
bilateral trade (US$6 trillion)
among SCO members and
Floods in Pakistan.
Indian Role and Opportuni-
ties in SCO. A milestone in
India’s ‘Look North’ policy
was achieved when the baton
of the SCO Chairmanship has
been passed to India and now
the real challenge lies in over-
coming the current brewing
issuesandrestoringcredibility
of the SCO as one of the most
viable and biggest global fora.
India could change the ex-
isting narrative and add sub-
stance to their policy of “No
Single” power shall dominate
the Region.
Indianapproachof multipo-
lar order in its immediate re-
gion and globally and not let-
ting the platform look like an
anti-West arrangement.
India can assist in finding
mutual and local solutions to
the problems of Central Asia
and introduction of a Silk
Road Visa on the pattern of
Shengen visa.
Indian participation in the
International North South
Transport Corridor (INSTC),
Chabahar Agreement and
joining the Ashkhabad
Agreement needs to be fur-
ther consolidated.
India will have to deal with
containing China’s expand-
ing national security narra-
tive, check further isolation
of Russia and countering
growing Chinese clout.
Amicable solution to border
disputesamongCARmembers.
Handling arch rival Paki-
stananditscontinuousefforts
underminingIndianinterests.
Encourage mutual cooper-
ation among members; create
economic opportunities, and
furtherance of existing In-
traregional trade.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
T
India can assist in finding
mutual and local solutions
to the problems of Central
Asia and introduction of a
Silk Road Visa on the
pattern of Shengen visa.
Indian participation in the
International North South
Transport Corridor,
Chabahar Agreement
joining the Ashkhabad
Agreement needs to be
further consolidated
COL RAJESH BHUKAR
The author has been Head Security
Rajasthan Operations of Cairn Energy and
DGM HR in Jindal Saw Ltd
PERSPECTIVE
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First India Bureau
Mumbai: Officials of
Mumbai police on Fri-
day collected voice sam-
plesof a30-year-oldman
arrested for allegedly
threatening to kill Reli-
ance Industries Chair-
man Mukesh Ambani
andhisfamilymembers.
The man was arrest-
ed by a team of Mumbai
police officers from
Darbhanga in Bihar on
Thursday. Rakesh Ku-
mar Mishra had alleg-
edly called the Sir HN
Reliance Foundation
Hospital in Mumbai
twiceonWednesdayand
threatened to blow it up
along with Ambani’s
residence ‘Antilia’, and
kill Ambani, his wife
Nita and sons Akash
and Anant. Turn to P6
New Delhi (PTI): The
Election Commission
of India (ECI) has asked
the Uddhav Thackeray
faction of the Shiv Sena
to respond by Saturday
on rival Eknath Shinde
group’s claim on the
party’s bow and arrow
election symbol in view
of the upcoming Assem-
bly bypoll in the state.
The Commission’s di-
rective came on Friday
after the Shinde faction
submitted a memoran-
dum seeking it be allo-
cated the symbol as the
Andheri East assembly
bypoll is approaching.
In a letter to Thacker-
ay, the Commission di-
rected it to furnish com-
ments along with requi-
site documents latest by
2 pm on October 08.
“In case no reply is
received, the Commis-
sion will take appropri-
ate action in the matter
accordingly,” said the
Commission.
The ECI told Thack-
eray that the Shinde fac-
tion had staked claim to
the bow and arrow sym-
bol on October 04. The
Andheri East bypoll
was notified on Friday
.
Shiv Sena leader Anil
Desai,whobelongstothe
Thackeray faction, said
the party will respond to
the Commission within
the stipulated time.
Desai met with Com-
mission officials earlier
on Friday to submit doc-
uments in connection
with a separate matter
where the Shinde fac-
tion had claimed to be
the “real Shiv Sena”.
The group has cited sup-
port of majority mem-
bers of the Lok Sabha
and the state Assembly
.
The fresh claim to the
bow and arrow election
symbol by the Shinde
faction is seen as an at-
tempt to deny its use by
the Thackeray group
which has decided to
field Rutuja Latke, the
widow of late MLA
Ramesh Latke, for the
November 03 bypoll.
The Bharatiya Jana-
ta Party (BJP), an ally
of the Shinde faction,
has decided to field
Murji Patel, a council-
lor in the Brihanmum-
bai Municipal Corpora-
tion (BMC), for the by-
poll necessitated due to
Latke’s death.
The Congress and the
Nationalist Congress
Party (NCP) have de-
cided to support the
candidate of the Thack-
eray faction of the Shiv
Sena, their coalition
partner in the previous
Maharashtra Vikas
Aghadi (MVA).
Shinde had raised a
banner of revolt
against Thackeray for
entering into an “un-
natural alliance” with
the Congress and NCP.
Over 40 of the Shiv Se-
na’s 55 MLAs had sup-
ported Shinde, forcing
the resignation of
Thackeray from the
post of Maharashtra
chief minister.
The Andheri East
bypoll is the first after
Shinde and the BJP un-
seated the MVA gov-
ernment in June, and
is considered by politi-
cal analysts as a pre-
cursor to settling of
claims by Shinde and
Thackeray to be the
“real Shiv Sena”.
Threat to Ambanis: Voice samples of suspect collected
Mukesh Ambani with his wife Nita —ANI PHOTO
ECIasksThackerayfactiontosubmitreplyonpollsymbolclaim
AHEAD OF ANDHERI EAST BYPOLL, APEX ELECTION BODY SETS DEADLINE OF 2 PM ON OCTOBER 08
Election Commission of India
—FILE PHOTO
LEGISLATIVE WING, ORG STRUCTURE MAIN ASPECT OF ECI REPLY: DANVE
DELHI HC DISMISSES PLEA BY
EX-MUMBAI POLICE OFFICER
Mumbai (PTI): Asserting
the legislative wing and
organizational structure of
a political party were two
different facets, Shiv Sena
leader Ambadas Danve
on Friday said his party
will emphasize this crucial
aspect in its reply to the
Election Commission of In-
dia (ECI) in connection with
which faction gets the bow
and arrow election symbol.
Danve is a member of the
Uddhav Thackeray-led fac-
tion of the Shiv Sena, which
is locked in a fight with rival
group headed by Maha-
rashtra CM Eknath Shinde
over the saffron outfit’s poll
symbol. “Our main conten-
tion is that the legislative
party and organization are
two different things. So the
legislative group cannot
stake claim over the organi-
zation. We will place these
points before the Election
Commission,” said the
Leader of the Opposition
in Maharashtra Legislative
Council. He also asserted
that the Thackeray faction
will submit its reply within
the time stipulated by the
apex poll body.
New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi High Court on Friday dis-
missed a plea by former Mumbai police officer, Sachin
Waze, seeking to quash the sanction granted to pros-
ecute him under the provisions of the Unlawful Activi-
ties Prevention Act (UAPA) in connection with the
‘Antilia’ bomb scare case. The petition is dismissed for
lack of territorial jurisdiction, said a bench compris-
ing Justices Mukta Gupta and Anish Dayal. The plea,
filed through advocate Chaitanya Sharma, sought
to strike down section 15(1) of the UAPA, claiming
that it is ultra vires of Article 14 (equality before law)
and 21 (protection of life and personal liberty) of the
Constitution. It also sought to quash and set aside the
sanction order of September 02, 2021 passed by the
Centre and grant consequential relief. The MHA had
given sanction for prosecution of Waze in September
last year in the case of an SUV with explosives being
found near Mukesh Ambani’s house in Mumbai and
the murder of businessman Hiren Mansukh.
Sent for forensic
tests to match with
calls made to Sir
HN Reliance
Foundation Hospital
GOVT ASKS CJI UU LALIT
TO NAME HIS SUCCESSOR
New Delhi: The Union government
on Friday asked incumbent Chief
Justice of India UU Lalit to name
his successor. According to the
convention, Justice D Y Chandra-
chud is next in line to become the
CJI in order of seniority. He is likely
to be named as the next CJI by
Justice Lalit. Current CJI Lalit is to
superannuate on November 8 after
his brief tenure of 74 days.
REAL DEVELOPMENT OF N-E
BEGAN AFTER 2014: SHAH
Northeast was considered just a tourist destination earlier, says HM in Gangtok
Gyanvapimosque:
Judgesaysneed
clarityover‘Shivling’
Varanasi (Agencies):
The court of Varanasi’s
senior-most judge on
Friday deferred its or-
der on a plea seeking
carbon dating of a pur-
ported ‘Shivling’ found
inside the Gyanvapi
mosque complex. The
court will pronounce its
order on October 11.
The plea by Hindu wom-
en petitioners sought
scientific investigation,
including carbon dat-
ing, of the ‘Shivling’
found during a video
survey carried out on
the orders of a lower
courtinthetempletown
earlier this year.
The court sought
clarifications from the
lawyers for the women
petitioners on two
points: Whether the
purported ‘Shivling’
can be made a part of
the case or not and
whether the court can
actually order any sci-
entific investigation.
Gangtok (ANI): Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah, who is on a three-
day visit to the north-
east, on Friday said that
the region was only con-
sidered a “tourist desti-
nation” before Naren-
dra Modi became PM.
Shah noted that the
“real development” of
thenortheastbeganonly
after Modi took over the
office of the Prime Min-
ister in 2014. The re-
marks of the Home Min-
ister came at a Coopera-
tiveDairyConclave-2022
of Eastern and North-
eastern regions.
“In 75 years of inde-
pendence, before Naren-
draModibecamethePM,
thenortheastwasconsid-
ered only a tourist desti-
nation. After he became
the PM, the real develop-
ment of the northeast
began,” Shah said.
He said that PM
Modi-led government
has decided to set up
65,000 active Primary
Agricultural Credit So-
cieties (PACS).
“Modi govt has decid-
edtosetuparound65,000
active PACS. We’ve de-
cided that within five
years every panchayat
will have one PACS and
a dairy each,” he said.
Amit Shah being welcomed upon his arrival, at Lebing Helipad, in Gangtok on Friday. He reached
Gangtok to inaugurate the Eastern and North-Eastern Zones’ Dairy Cooperative Conclave.
Amit Shah during the unveiling ceremony of a statue of Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel, at Raj Bhawan in Gangtok. —PHOTO BY PTI
Muslim devotees come out after offering prayers amid tight security,
at Gyanvapi Masjid in Varanasi, on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
“OVERWHELMED”
BY PEOPLE’S
RECEPTION, SAYS
HM AMIT SHAH
‘SHEER MADNESS’,
SAYS CONGRESS
AMIT SHAH, JP NADDA ARRIVE IN ASSAM
Gangtok: As Amit Shah
reached Sikkim’s Gang-
tok on Friday, people
were seen on both sides
of the road to welcome
the Home Minister with
the national flag in hand.
Sharing a video of the
same, Shah tweeted,
“Grateful to the people of
Sikkim for such a warm
reception in Gangtok. I
am overwhelmed.” Shah
is on a three-day visit to
the Northeast. He inau-
gurated Sardar Vallabhb-
hai Patel’s statue at Raj
Bhavan in Gangtok. State
Governor Ganga Prasad
was also present on the
occasion.
New Delhi: The Congress
slammed the BJP-led Union
govt in connection with the
summons issued by the ED
to DK Shivakumar to appear
before it on Friday in the mid-
dle of its ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’,
saying that the BJP has lost
sanity by directing central
agencies to issue summons
against Shivakumar.
Guwahati (PTI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP
chief JP Nadda arrived in Guwahati on Friday to attend
different programmes in the Northeastern state. Shah and
Nadda arrived on separate flights. They were received at
Guwahati airport by CM
Himanta Biswa Sarma,
Union Minister Sarbananda
Sonowal, state BJP presi-
dent Bhabesh Kalita, and
party MPs. Shah chaired a
high-level official meeting
on the annual floods in
Assam, and also hold discussions with the BJP’s Assam
core committee at the state guest house later in the even-
ing. On Saturday, Shah along with the BJP president will
inaugurate the party’s newly-constructed state office at
Beltola, and also address a rally of party workers.
ED grills K’taka Cong
president Shivakumar
New Delhi (PTI): The
Enforcement Directo-
rate on Friday ques-
tioned Karnataka Con-
gress president DK Shi-
vakumar in the Nation-
al Herald money laun-
dering case. Shivaku-
mar told reporters here
that he was a “law-abid-
ing citizen” and hence
he was deposing before
the agency despite not
knowing why was he
exactly called.
NATIONAL
HERALD CASE
2 SOLDIERS DIE IN
TANK BARREL
EXPLOSION IN UP
Jhansi: Two Indian Army
personnel including a
Junior Commissioned
Officer (JCO) died after a
T-90 tank barrel exploded
during the annual firing at
Babina Field Firing Ranges
in UP, Army officials
said on Friday. The field
exercise was held at
Babina Cantonment near
Jhansi on Thursday.
2 MP CONG MLAS
BOOKED FOR EVE
TEASING ON TRAIN
Bhopal: Two Congress
MLAs from MP were
booked for allegedly
harassing a woman while
they were travelling on an
overnight train. The alleged
incident was reported on
the intervening night of
Thursday-Friday when
they were travelling in a
AC coach of Rewanchal
Express (Rewa to Bhopal).
NCB SEIZES DRUGS
WORTH `120 CR IN
MUMBAI, GUJARAT
Mumbai: In a major drug
haul, the Narcotics Control
Bureau (NCB) recovered
MD drugs worth Rs 120
crore, officials said on
Friday. The drugs were
seized at 2 places in Gujarat
and Mumbai. A total of 50
kilograms of drugs were
recovered from Mumbai. In
Gujarat, a total of 10.350
kg were seized while four
persons were arrested.
AVALANCHE: 10
MORE BODIES FOUND,
TOLL RISES TO 26
Uttarkashi: Ten more bodies
were recovered from the site
of an avalanche, taking the
death toll to 26, the Nehru
Institute of Mountaineering
said on Friday. Two Cheetah
helicopters took off from
the Army helipad in Harsil to
join the search operations,
the officials said. The
avalanche had occurred at
a height of 17,000 feet on
Tuesday.
RECONSIDER TRAVEL
TO PAK, SAYS US IN
TRAVEL ADVISORY
Washington: The United
States has issued a travel
advisory to its citizens to
reconsider travel in high-
risk areas in Pakistan due
to terrorism and sectarian
violence. In a travel
advisory, the US has asked
its citizens not to travel to
Balochistan and Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa provinces,
due to terrorism and
kidnapping.
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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, NEW DELHI MUMBAI
‘INDIA HAS
POTENTIAL TO
LEAD INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION’
INDIA OBJECTS
TO AMERICAN
ENVOY’S VISIT
TO POK
NOBEL PEACE TO ALES, RUSSIAN UKRAINIAN GRPS
Oslo: Belarusian human rights activist Ales Byalyatski got the
Nobel Peace Prize. Byalyatski was awarded the prize on Friday
alongside Russian human rights organisation Memorial and
Ukrainian human rights organisation Center for Civil Liberties.
Kevadia: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said
on Friday that India has the potential to lead the
fourth industrial revolution and the government
has worked on reforms to make the country a
manufacturing hub of the world. P6
New Delhi: India has conveyed its objections to
the United States over the recent visit to Pakistan-
Occupied Kashmir by the American Ambassador
to Islamabad, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)
spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said said on Friday.
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First India Bureau
Pune: Cops in Pune
have filed a closure
report in a case ac-
cusing senior IPS of-
ficer Rashmi Shukla
of illegally tapping
the phones of Con-
gress leader Nana
Patole.
A senior official said
here that police have
filed a ‘c-summary’ re-
port in a court. A case
is closed when a court
accepts such a report.
A ‘c-summary’ re-
port is filed when a
case has been regis-
tered “by mistake” or a
complaint is found to
be civil in nature.
The case was regis-
tered against Shukla at
Bundgarden police sta-
tion in February 2022
under section 26 of the
Indian Telegraph Act
when the Shiv Sena-
NCP-Congress Maha
Vikas Aghadi (MVA)
government was in
power in Maharashtra.
It was alleged that
the phones of Patole,
who is now the state
Congress chief, were
tapped illegally during
the previous BJP-led
government when
Shukla was Pune po-
lice commissioner.
Section 26 of the Tel-
egraph Act deals with
“unlawful interception
of messages”.
Shukla is now on
Central deputation as
additional director
general of Central Re-
serve Police Force
(CRPF) in Hyderabad.
The previous Sena-
led MVA government
had also accused her
of tapping the phones
illegally by misleading
higher authorities
when she headed the
state intelligence de-
partment.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: State cabi-
net minister Mangal
Prabhat Lodha on
Thursday announced
the government’s
plan to start ‘Khilkh-
ilat’ ambulance ser-
vices for newborns in
Maharashtra.
Speaking to report-
ers, Lodha—who holds
the Tourism and of
WomenandChildDevel-
opment portfolios—
said, “These ambulanc-
es have been specially
designed to drop the
mother and the new-
born child at their
homes.”
On the lines of a simi-
lar scheme by Gujarat
government, the Maha-
rashtra government is
also set to start ‘Khilkh-
ilat’ ambulance services
for infants, he added.
“Usually, we see new-
born babies crying on
hearing the sound of an
ambulance siren. To
remedy that, these am-
bulances will have a
unique siren. We plan to
offer services of this
ambulance at five loca-
tions in suburban Mum-
bai under a pilot project.
It will be expanded to
other locations after re-
view of response to the
service,” said Lodha.
Incidentally
, Lodha is
also the guardian minis-
ter of Mumbai subur-
ban district.
“The main motive be-
hind this service is to
proffer special moments
to families and help
them welcome a new
member,” he added.
The ‘Khilkhilat’ ser-
vice aims to provide
mothers and infants
with a safe homecom-
ing for free. The initia-
tive was started by the
Gujarat government in
September 2012. The
‘Khilkhilat’ ambulanc-
es will be equipped with
nutrition kits for the
newborns, a list of vac-
cines to be given at spe-
cific times, and infor-
mation about nearby
government hospitals.
Maha govt to begin ‘Khilkhilat’ ambulance services for newborns
FOR THE LITTLE ONES
lll
Equipped with
nutrition kits,
info on govt
hospitals as
well as list of
vaccines, they
will drop
infants and
their mothers
home free
of charge
Sena Dussehra rallies crossed permissible noise limits: Report
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The noise
levels at the Dusseh-
ra rallies held by
both factions of the
Shiv Sena crossed
the permissible lim-
its, with Uddhav
Thackeray’s event at
Shivaji Park being
noisier, a report by
an NGO has re-
vealed.
The maximum
noise level recorded at
Thackeray’s Shivaji
Park rally was
101.6dB, while Ekanth
Shinde’s event at Ban-
dra Kurla Complex
(BKC) witnessed noise
level of 91.6dB, stated
the report by Awaaz
Foundation.
The NGO and chari-
table trust submitted
a noise-level monitor-
ing report of the ral-
lies held on Wednes-
day to Mumbai Police
Commissioner Vivek
Phansalkar and
sought “appropriate
action in accordance
with the Noise Pollu-
tion Rules”.
Sumaira Abdulali,
President of Awaaz
Foundation, said,
“The permissible
noise level is 55dB in
Shivaji Park, which is
a residential zone,
while it is 65dB at Ban-
dra Kurla complex,
which falls in the cat-
egory of commercial
zone.”
As per the founda-
tion’s report, 101.6dB
was from drums on
the road outside
Shivaji Park, next to a
school and nursing
home, while the high-
est noise level 91.6dB
at BKC was witnessed
when Shinde was wel-
comed at the event.
The report further
revealed that the
speech made by for-
mer Mayor Kishori
Pednekar was the
“loudest” in the Thack-
eray faction’s rally at
Shivaji Park and it re-
corded a maximum of
97dB. Meanwhile,
Shinde’s speech logged
89.6dB, which was the
highest at the Bandra
Kurla Complex.
“The readings at
Bandra Kurla Com-
plex were taken out-
side the ground on the
road a little distance
away. There are no
residential or silence
zones in the area,
which is mostly com-
mercial,” stated the
report.
NGO urges top
cop Phansalkar
to take action as
per regulations
While Shinde’s rally clocked 91.6dB, Thackeray’s rally was
noisiest at 101.6dB. —FILE PHOTO
SILENCE IS GOLDEN
UDDHAV-LED SENA FACTION
MOCKS SHINDE OVER RALLY
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Uddhav
Thackeray-led Shiv
Sena on Friday al-
leged that Maharash-
tra Chief Minister
Eknath Shinde’s
Dussehra rally was a
Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP)-backed
event, and mocked
him saying that he
only “read out Modi-
Shah Chalisa” during
his speech.
It also dubbed the
Shinde-led rebel faction
as a “duplicate Shiv
Sena”.
In an editorial in Shiv
Sena mouthpiece
‘Saamana’, the party
claimed that the Shinde
camp must have spent
Rs50 crore to Rs100
crore on the Dussehra
rally held at the Ban-
dra-Kurla Complex
(BKC), as nearly 2,000
buses were booked to
ferry supporters and
over two lakh people
who attended the event
were given food.
“The rally at the BKC
was one of the BJP-
backed events. The
amount spent must
have been the same
used for buying a cou-
ple of MLAs. The event
was like a fashion show
and a beauty pageant,”
it said.
Ever since Shinde
and other Sena legisla-
tors rebelled against
the party leadership,
faction has been target-
ing them saying that
each of the rebel MLA
took 50 ‘khoke’ or boxes,
meaning Rs50 crore to
switch loyalty
.
“The rally was or-
ganized in the name of
Shiv Sena, but it was
more of a BJP event,
because in his speech,
the chief leader (Shin-
de) of the duplicate
Shiv Sena, just read out
the Modi-Shah Chalisa
(heaping praise on
Prime minister Naren-
dra Modi and Home
Minister Amit Shah),”
it said in reference to
Hanuman Chalisa.
The two factions of
the Shiv Sena held
mega rallies on Dusseh-
ra evening (October
05). While Thackeray
addressed his rally at
Shivaji Park in Dadar
area, Shinde addressed
a gathering at the BKC.
On Wednesday
, Ud-
dhav Thackeray’s elder
brother Jaidev, his es-
tranged wife Smita, and
his nephew Nihar
Thackeray were on the
stage.Niharisthesonof
late Bindumadhav
Thackeray
, son of Sena
founder Bal Thackeray
.
“It is the BJP that
wrote the screenplay
.
The gist of the main
speech, dialogues, char-
acters were written by it
(the BJP),” they said.
The Shiv Sena said
the Shinde faction was
behaving as if it had
merged with the BJP
and that the support-
ers there were only
short of chanting
‘Modi-Shah’.
Say he just read out ‘Modi-Shah Chalisa’; dub rebel faction ‘duplicate’ Shiv Sena
CM Eknath Shinde addresses supporters at the Dussehra rally
held at MMRDA ground in Mumbai on October 05. —FILE PHOTO
13 PERSONS BOOKED FOR ‘ABUSIVE’
SLOGANS AGAINST THANE LEADER
Thane (PTI): Police
have booked 13 people
in Thane for allegedly
making objectionable
remarks about Naresh
Mhaske, former mayor
and leader of the Shiv
Sena faction led by
Chief Minister Eknath
Shinde. The accused,
reportedly belonging to
faction of the party,
have been accused of
shouting abusive slo-
gans against Mhaske
while moving towards
Mumbai’s Shivaji Park
for the Dussehra rally
on October 05, said
a Thane Nagar police
station official. They
have been charged un-
der Indian Penal Code
(IPC) and Maharashtra
Police Act provisions,
but no arrest has been
made as yet, he added.
A similar project was launched by Guj govt in 2012. —FILE PHOTO
GOVT TO FORM PANEL TO DECIDE ON
EXAMINATIONS FOR CLASS III TO VIII
Pune (PTI): Maharash-
tra minister Deepak
Kesarkar on Friday said
the state government
will form a committee
to take a call on start-
ing examinations for
students of Class III to
VIII. The state govern-
ment had discontinued
unit tests and term-end
examinations 10 years
ago. “A committee
of experts, including
psychologists, will
be formed to take a
decision about bringing
back examinations for
students of Class III to
VIII. However, we do not
want any student to fail
in these examinations
till Class VIII,” said the
state school education
minister. A decision will
be taken in the state
cabinet about providing
free books and text-
books to students, he
said, adding that 85%
students in the state will
benefit from the move.
Fadnavis calls out
Uddhav for remark
on CM’s grandson
Akola (PTI): Deputy
Chief Minister Dev-
endra Fadnavis on
Friday condemned
Shiv Sena leader Ud-
dhav Thackeray’s
statements about the
minor grandson of
Chief Minister
Eknath Shinde dur-
ing the Dussehra ral-
ly on October 05 and
dubbed them as being
of a “low standard”.
During his speech,
Thackeray had attacked
CM Shinde, referring to
his son (Lok Sabha MP
Shrikant Shinde) as a
brat and said his one-
and-half-year-old grand-
sonRudranshhasaneye
on the councillor’s post.
Addressing the media
after chairing a district
planning committee
meeting, Fadnavis said,
“I feel very bad that a
leader like Uddhavji
mentions Shinde’s
grandsonandcomments
on it. This is a very low
standard. Thackeray
should publicly take
back his words.”
“Whereareweheaded
to in Maharashtra if we
are commenting on a
one-and-half-year-old
child? I express strong
displeasure at such com-
ments,” he added.
Where are
we headed
to in Ma-
harashtra if we
are commenting
on a one-and-half-
year-old child?
—-DevendraFadnavis,
Maha Deputy CM
Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis
at a meeting with government
officials on Friday.
Closure report filed in case against IPS officer
Action against 3 staffers for
paddy harvest irregularities
First India Bureau
Gondia: Action is be-
ing taken against
three staffers of the
state-run Tribal De-
velopment Corpora-
tion for embezzlement
of funds and other al-
leged irregularities in
paddy procurement
and embezzlement.
One of the accused is
a corporation sub-re-
gional officer, said an
official.
Paddy stock worth
Rs2.72 crore went miss-
ing during 2020-21 and
2021-22, after which a
probe was ordered.
It was alleged
that phones of
Cong leader Nana
Patole were
tapped illegally
when Shukla was
Pune PC during
the previous BJP-
led govt rule
IPS Rashmi Shukla
A farmer guides the cattle to plough a paddy field.
—FILE PHOTO

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First India Bureau
Mumbai: The India
Meteorological Depart-
ment (IMD) issued a yel-
low alert for the city
and the surrounding
districts of Thane, Pal-
ghar and the Konkan
region for the next two
days, as heavy rains
with thunder lashed
Mumbai on Friday, an
official said.
The IMD has forecast
thunderstorms accom-
panied by lightning and
light to moderate rains
and gusty winds (30-40
kmph) very likely at iso-
lated places for Friday
and Saturday, the offi-
cial said.
The city went under
cloud cover and wit-
nessed incessant rain-
fall from afternoon,
with parts of the city
witnessing heavy rains
and thunderstorms,
civic officials said.
The island city, east-
ern and western sub-
urbs received average
1.05mm, 9.12mm and
1.28mm rainfall respec-
tivelybetween11amand
2pm,acivicofficialsaid.
Eastern suburbs like
Vikhroli received up to
35mm rainfall in the
four hour period, he
said, adding that there
was no report of major
water-logging any-
where in the city
.
Public transport ser-
vices of the Brihan-
mumbai Electric Sup-
ply and Transport
(BEST) and Railways
remained unaffected
amid heavy rainfall.
Local train services
on all three corridors
are running normally, a
Central Railway spokes-
person said.
IMD issues yellow alert warning as
Mumbai sees heavy rains
MAHARASHTRA
05
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Bombay
High Court slammed
the Brihanmumbai
Municipal Corpora-
tion (BMC) for seek-
ing a review of its
2019 order for “abuse
of process of court”
and “without any sub-
stance”. It also asked
the civic body to pay
Rs2 lakhto the origi-
nal petitioners.
A division bench
comprising Justice
Gautam S Patel and
Justice Gauri V Godse
passed an order on Oc-
tober 03 in the plea by
the civic body seeking
review of its Septem-
ber 17, 2019 order. The
civic body defended its
move by claiming that
after the said order
was passed, “someone
in the estate depart-
ment found documents
that are of an even ear-
lier vintage.”
The BMC had sought
a review of the order in
a lease dispute which
was decided after con-
sidering an affidavit
filed by one Sudhakar
Ramkrishna Mahajan
on its behalf.
The court noted that
the 2019 order was made
after considering Ma-
hajan’s affidavit on be-
half of the BMC. After
the civic body told the
bench that its officers
had ‘sifted’ through the
archive record, the
bench inquired as to
why the sifting process
was not possible before
an affidavit was filed.
According to Ma-
hajan’s affidavit, he had
“gone through the avail-
able relevant records
pertaining to the mat-
ter” and “acquainted
himself” with the facts
and circumstances of
the present case.
“This petition is a
gross abuse of the pro-
cess of a court. The fact
that it has been done by
the BMC only makes it
worse. The review peti-
tion is entirely without
substance. It is dis-
missed,” said the bench.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: A plan to set
up a centralized scrap-
yard for old and un-
claimed vehicles by
the Brihanmumbai
Municipal Corpora-
tion (BMC) has been
put on the back-burn-
er. The civic body has
been unable to final-
ize a land parcel for
the project so far.
An announcement to
remove such vehicles
was made by former
Mumbai Police Com-
missioner Sanjay Pan-
dey in February this
year. The ‘Remove Kha-
tara’ drive was set to be
undertaken by the BMC
and Mumbai police for
removal of unclaimed
abandoned vehicles that
litter roadsides and eat
up the space in the city
.
As part of the drive,
the civic body had is-
sued notices to owners
of 2,381 vehicles, asking
them to remove their
vehicles from roads.
Among them, 379 own-
ers had complied, while
782 vehicles were seized
by officials.
Withabove-normalrains,Mahareservoirsat90%capacity
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Thanks to an
above-normal mon-
soon season this year,
water storage in all
reservoirs in the state
has crossed the 90%
mark. In all dams, the
water storage was
highest since 2017, re-
vealed officials of the
state government’s
water resources de-
partment.
Good rainfall between
June and September re-
sulted in all dams in the
region to be filled with
water. Average water
stored in all dams across
Maharashtra is 83.19%
of its total capacity
.
According to the wa-
ter resources depart-
ment, 31 out of 36 dis-
tricts in Maharashtra
had live storage greater
than 75%. While three
districts had live storage
between 30 to 75%, only
two districts had less
than 30% on Thursday
.
With rainfall likely to
continue in the state,
water storage levels are
likely to improve.
HV Gunale, Chief En-
gineer, Water Resource
Department, said that
good rainfall in catch-
ment areas of dams re-
sulted in a better capac-
ity of water.
“Even for Pune city,
the water capacity of all
four dams was full ear-
lier. Now Panshet, War-
asgaon and Khadakwa-
sla are at 100% capacity
.
And Temghar is at
99.01% till Thursday,”
said Gunale.
All four subdivisions
of Maharashtra, Kon-
kan and Goa, Central
Maharashtra, drought-
prone region of Marath-
wada and Vidarbha had
reported above-normal
rainfall.
As per the India Mete-
orological Department,
theofficialmonsoonsea-
son is from June to Sep-
tember. During this pe-
riod the average normal
monsoon rainfall in Ma-
harashtra is 994.5mm.
Till September end,
Maharashtra reported
23% excess rainfall.
WATER RESERVES
According to the state’s Water
Resources Department, 31 out of
36 districts in Maharashtra have
more than 75% live water storage
People visit Khadakwasla Dam, which is at 100% capacity, in Pune.
—FILE
PHOTO
Mumbai’s island city, and eastern and western suburbs received 04.66mm,
02.69mm and 01.39mm average rainfall in the 24 hrs ended 8 am on Friday
Thane (PTI): Chief
Minister Eknath
Shinde has sanc-
tioned 79 posts in the
regional disaster
management cell of
the Thane Municipal
Corporation, an offi-
cial said on Friday.
These posts have been
sanctioned due to rapid
urbanization of the area
and the need for quick
responsetountowardin-
cidents, he said.
RDMC chief Avinash
Sawant said Thane city
received 47.49mm of
rainfall between 8.30 am
and 4.30 pm on Friday
,
taking the season’s over-
allrainfallto2852.73mm.
This figure was
3,520.13mm during the
monsoon season last
year,Sawantpointedout.
“The heaviest rainfall
of 27.94mmwasreceived
between 2.30 pm and 3.30
pm,” he said.
On the RDMC expan-
sion, he said, “The new
posts comprise that of
commandant, three dep-
utycommandantsand75
responders. It will in-
volve an extra expendi-
ture of Rs4.64 crore for
the civic body
.”
Newly-appointed mu-
nicipal commissioner
Abhijit Bangar visited
the RDMC control room
during the day amid
heavy rains, he added.
Thane witnesses 47.49mm rain in 8 hours
The Western Express Highway
was left flooded following
heavy rains, near Santacruz
airport, in Mumbai on Friday.
—PHOTOS BY
BHUSHAN KOYANDE
HC nixes review
plea, asks civic
body to pay `2L
Bombay High Court. —FILE PHOTO
Division
bench slams
civic body for
seeking
review on its
order after
‘sifting of
archives’
throws up
new info
READING FOR ALL
Students participate in the United Way Mumbai Let's Read Carnival event, in Mumbai on
Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
19-YEAR-OLD MAN KILLS WOMAN AS
THANE ROBBERY BID GOES WRONG
MAN BOOKED FOR ABETMENT AFTER
HARASSED WIFE HANGS HERSELF
BODY OF UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN
FOUND FLOATING IN THANE LAKE
Thane: Police have arrested a 19-year-old man for
killing a woman, who was an employee of Bhiwandi
Nizampura Municipal Corporation in Thane district,
informed a police official
on Friday. He entered
deceased Sarita Salve’s
house intending to steal
but ended up killing the
woman. “Moniesh Jadhav,
an unemployed teen was
arrested after going through 75 CCTV cameras. The
man entered the house to steal and ended up killing
the 42-year-old woman,” said Sachin Gaikwad,
senior inspector of Crime Branch Unit II.
Thane: Police have lodged a case against a man
after his 24-year-old wife committed suicide due
to harassment in Thane. The police have lodged a
case under section 498A
(harassment) and 306
(abetment to suicide) of
the Indian Penal Code
against the accused, an
official said. The man
allegedly started beating
his wife after she gave birth to their second
daughter and threatened to divorce her. She then
hanged herself on September 23, informed the
official, adding that no one has been arrested yet.
Thane: The body of an unidentified woman
was found floating in the Shivaji Talao in
Thane’s Kalwa area on Friday, an official
said. The deceased
woman is said to be
in her late 40s. Local
firemen and the
RDMC team took the
body out of the lake
and handed it over
to the police. A case of accidental death has
been registered and a post-mortem will soon
be conducted, the official added.
CRUCIAL READ
Mumbai’skhataras waiting
forBMCscrapyardproject
BMC had issued notices to owners of 2,381 vehicles under its
‘Remove Khatara’ drive. —FILE PHOTO

06
INDIA
Indonesia (ANI): Lok
SabhaSpeakerOmBirla
participated in the con-
cluding session of P20
and stressed dialogue
and diplomacy are the
only ways to resolve
global issues for world
peace and prosperity
.
Om Birla said that he
invited the delegates to
the next P20 Summit
which will be hosted by
India as New Delhi will
be hosting the G-20
(Group of 20) leaders’
summit in New Delhi
next year in 2023. “Par-
ticipatinginConcluding
Session of #P20,
thanked Parliament of
Indonesia for success-
fully organising the
Summit. Invited the Del-
egates to the next #P20
Summit which will be
hosted by India,” he said
in a tweet.
“Mentioning that mu-
tual cooperation is the
foundation of success
for G-20, stressed on dia-
logue and diplomacy to
resolve global issues for
world peace prosperi-
ty
,” he added.
In the session, he out-
lined India’s journey of
democracy in the last 75
years and mentioned
that the smooth transfer
of power after every
election has been the
speciality of democracy
.
‘Dialogue, diplomacy to resolve global issues’
G20 PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER’S SUMMIT
lll
India’s
Parliament
protects the
interests of
citizens and
legislates
purposively to
fulfil their hopes
and aspirations,
Birla added
PM encourages India to
takeleadinIndustry4.0
Gujarat (PTI): Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Friday said In-
dia has the potential to
lead the fourth indus-
trial revolution and the
government has
worked on reforms to
make the country a
manufacturing hub of
the world.
He said that the
fourth industrial revo-
lution is as much about
new technology, as it is
about innovative think-
ing. “Due to various
factors, India may have
missed being a part of
earlier industrial revo-
lutions. But India has
the potential to lead In-
dustry 4.0, because, for
the first time in recent
history, we have many
different factors like
demography, demand
and decisive govern-
ance coming together,”
he said through a mes-
sage.
The Prime Minister’s
message was read by a
Joint secretary of the
Ministry of Heavy In-
dustries here at the con-
ference on Industry 4.0.
Modi added that the
industry and entrepre-
neurs play a key role in
making India a vital
link in global value
chains.
“We have worked on
reforms and incentives
to make India a tech-
powered manufactur-
ing hub of the world,”
he added.
He said that the industrial revolution is as much about new technology
Due to various factors, India may
have missed being a part of earlier in-
dustrial revolutions. But India has
the potential to lead Industry 4.0, because, for
the first time in recent history, we have many
different factors like demography, demand
and decisive governance. —Narendra Modi, PM
GOVT APPROVES
Mallikarjun rubbishes
remote control remark
Ahmedabad (PTI):
Senior Congress leader
and candidate for the
party’s presidential
polls Mallikarjun
Kharge on Friday said
there is no such thing as
“remote control” in his
party unlike the BJP,
where every president
is selected through a
“consensus”. In the city
to campaign for the
election to the party’s
top post, Kharge assert-
ed that if becomes the
head of the grand old
party, the remote con-
trol would be with him.
He was replying to a
query about the BJP’s
claim that he would act
as the “remote control”
and “proxy” of Sonia
Gandhi after being
elected to the post.
Attacking the BJP, he
said, “How many times
has the prime minister
held (party president’s)
election? All the presi-
dents were selected
through consensus, and
you are teaching me?
Where is the remote
control in the BJP?
When I become presi-
dent, the remote con-
trol will stay with me.”
Decisions would be
taken by “our commit-
tee, elected members,
working committee
and parliamentary
board”, he said.
Hailing Sonia Gan-
dhi, Kharge said she
had made a renowned
economist the country’s
prime minister (Man-
mohan Singh) rather
than taking up the post
herself or considering
her son for it.
Mallikarjun Kharge addressing the media.
A lot of people say I am a remote
control and work from behind. They
say I will do what Sonia Gandhi
will say. There is no such thing as remote con-
trol in Congress, people take decisions togeth-
er. It is your thinking. A few people are creat-
ing this idea.
—Mallikarjun Kharge, Senior Cong leader
Prez Murmu likely to visit
Tripura for 2 days from Oct 13
Agartala: President
Droupadi Murmu is
likely to visit Tripura
for two days from Octo-
ber 13 to inaugurate
various development
projects in the north-
eastern state, an official
said on Friday
.
During the day, DGP
Amitabh Ranjan held a
high-level meeting on
security arrangements
for the President’s pro-
posed visit, he said.
“We have a prepara-
tory meeting on the
President’s visit. Secu-
rity arrangements will
be finalised after receiv-
ing details of her tour
programme,” the offi-
cial said.
This will be her first
visit to Tripura as the
President of India.
Murmu is likely to
arrive at Maharaja Bir
Bikram Airport here on
October 13, he said.
A civic reception has
been planned by Agar-
tala Mayor Dipak Ma-
jumder at Town Hall
here, the official said,
adding that Chief Min-
ister Manik Saha and
his cabinet colleagues
are expected to be pre-
sent in the programme.
Cong Prez poll:
Shashi Tharoor
releases poll
manifesto
Chennai (PTI): Con-
gress leader Shashi Tha-
roor has favoured limit-
ing the term of office for
state presidents in the
party and
called for
Congress to
be revived
and re-ener-
gised to take
on BJP in
the 2024 general elec-
tions. Denying rumours
that he may opt out of
thepresidentialracedue
to meagre support, Tha-
roor said he was very
much in the fray and has
been receiving support
from various quarters.
“My message is revive
the party, re-energise it,
empower workers, de-
centralise authority and
be in touch with the peo-
ple. This, I believe will
make Congress politi-
cally fit to take on Prime
MinisterNarendraModi
and his BJP in the 2024
general election,” Tha-
roor said.
Centre rejects claims
of NHA ‘inaccuracies’
New Delhi: The Union
Health Ministry on Fri-
day dismissed media
reports suggesting in-
accuracies in National
Health Accounts (NHA)
especially the out-of-
pocket expenditure re-
duction claim as “mis-
leading and incorrect”.
“The recent NHA es-
timates (2018-19) show a
substantial reduction
in out-of-pocket expend-
iture (OOPE), reaffirm-
ing the government’s
commitment towards
easing the citizens’ fi-
nancial burden. Calling
this data, a “mirage” by
one expert of health
economics working in a
private Indian Univer-
sity and quoted in cer-
tain sections of media,
is devoid of justifica-
tion rational basis”,
the ministry said in a
statement. The minis-
try said that National
Health Accounts (NHA)
provide detailed infor-
mation on expenditure
incurred within the
health sector of the
country
.
UP govt reinstates two suspended IAS
officers TK Shibu Sunil Kumar Verma
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: The Uttar
Pradesh govt has rein-
stated 2 IAS officers
who had been suspend-
ed 6 months back. The
officials include 2012
batch IAS officer TK
Shibu and 2013 batch
IAS officer Sunil Ku-
mar Verma. Both the
officers are currently
kept in-waiting and
later the government
will post them some-
where. IAS T K Shibu,
DM Sonbhadra, was
suspended from the
post on 13 March 2022
by the government on
charges of keeping dis-
tance from public and
public representatives
and corruption in min-
ing. Meanwhile, IAS T
K Shibu is a native of
Alappuzha of Kerala
and has served as DM
of Shravasti and VC of
Prayagraj. Along with
this, he has also done
good work as CDO Har-
doi, Shahjahanpur, Un-
nao and as Joint magis-
trate in Prayagraj.
Along with this, IAS
Sunil Kumar was also
suspended from the
post of Auraiya Dis-
trict Magistrate on 4
April 2022 on charges
of corruption and since
then, a departmental
enquiry was also being
conducted against him.
Sunil, a native of Rai
Bareily, became IAS
from engineering ser-
vice, and has also been
CDO Sonbhadra Var-
anasi and Joint Magis-
trate of Etawah and
Agra.
After many years in
the bureaucracy of UP,
it was seen that the gov-
ernment has suspend-
ed 2 IAS and set up an
inquiry against them.
IAS Sunil Kumar Verma IAS T K Shibu
NointentionofmakingHindi
alonenationallanguage:RaGa
Mandya: Cong leader
Rahul Gandhi on Fri-
day said there was no
intention of making
Hindi alone the na-
tional language and
threaten the identity
of regional languages.
He said this during his
interaction with rep-
resentatives of educa-
tional institutions.
“There was a discus-
sion with Rahul about
the identity of Kanna-
da. He said everyone’s
mother tongue is im-
portant,” said a senior
leader.
UP to host Indian
Road Congress at IGP
Uttar Pradesh (ANI):
The four-day-long, 81st
Annual Session of the
Indian Roads Congress
(IRC), will be held in
Lucknow from October
8 to 11 at Indira Gandhi
Pratishthan after 11
years, the official said
on Friday
.
Uttar Pradesh will be
hosting the event for
the fifth time and the
PWD will be the nodal
department for making
all arrangements.
While Union Minis-
ter of Road Transport
and Highways Nitin
Gadkari will be the
Chief Guest at the inau-
guration ceremony, UP
CM Yogi Adityanath
will preside over the
event. Union Minister
of State General (retd.)
VK Singh will also be
attending the event.
Over 1,500 delegates
from India and abroad
are likely to participate
in discussions about
the use of technology in
the construction of
roads and bridges.
About 200 delegates
from UP will also par-
ticipate in the event.
After the convention,
the participants will
also be enlightened
about the spiritual and
cultural heritage of Ut-
tar Pradesh.
President Droupadi Murmu
Om Birla met Duarte Pacheco on the sidelines of the P20
Summit, in Jakarta on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
India defends self
on abstaining
Xinjiang vote
New Delhi: India on
Friday commented on
the situation in China’s
Xinjiang and said rights
of people of the autono-
mous region should be
“respected and guaran-
teed”. The remarks by
External Affairs Minis-
try Spokesperson Arin-
dam Bagchi came a day
after India abstained
from voting on a resolu-
tion at the UN High
Commission that called
for a debate on concerns
over the human rights
situation in Xinjiang.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
CONG PREZ POLL: KHARGE AHEAD OF THAROOR IN TN
Chennai: Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge has
emerged as the favourite for the party’s presidential poll among
the cadres in Tamil Nadu after a majority shunned a meeting
called by fellow contestant Shashi Tharoor. Of the 710 voters in
the Congress electoral college from Tamil Nadu, a handful at-
tended the meeting convened by Tharoor to seek support for his
candidature at the state Congress headquarters on Thursday.
MUKESH AMBANI TO OPEN FAMILY OFFICE IN
SINGAPORE, MANAGER HIRED: REPORT
New Delhi (Agencies): Asia’s second-
wealthiest man, Reliance Industries
Ltd. Chairman Mukesh Ambani, is
setting up a family office in Singapore,
according to people familiar with the
move. The Mumbai-based billionaire
has picked a manager to hire staff for
the new entity and get it running, the
people said, asking not to be identified
because the matter is private. The
Ambanis have also chosen real estate,
one of the people said.
FROM PG 1
Rahul Gandhi with deceased journalist Gauri Lankesh’s mother Indira
and sister Kavitha during ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, in Mandya, on Friday.
Threat to Ambanis...
AspertheFirstInforma-
tion Report (FIR) regis-
tered by DB Marg police
station, the caller had
also claimed that “we
had carried out” Pulwa-
ma attack and the 2008
Mumbai terror attack.
The accused was being
interrogated as to his
motive behind threaten-
ing one of India’s richest
businessmen, said a po-
lice official. Mishra’s
voice samples will be
sent to a forensic lab to
match them with the re-
cordings of the threat
calls, he added. Police
havealsorecoveredamo-
bile phone used to make
the threat calls on the
toll-free number of the
hospital. A security in-
charge at ‘
Antilia’ has
filed a complaint regard-
ing the threat calls at DB
Marg police station and
submitted recordings of
the two calls.
This was the second
time the Ambani family
was threatened on the
hospital landline num-
ber. On August 15 this
year, the hospital re-
ceived at least nine calls
threatening the billion-
aireindustrialistandhis
family members, said an
official.
Mukesh Ambani cur-
rently has a Z-Plus secu-
rity cover, provided by
the Union government.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) has asked states
and union territories to furnish infor-
mation on pension, old age homes and
geriatric care schemes for the welfare
of the elderly. Acting on a PIL filed by
former Law Minister Ashwani Kumar, a
Bench led by Justice Aniruddha Bose asked them to file
status reports regarding the implementation of the Main-
tenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act.
SUBMIT INFORMATION ON WELFARE
SCHEMES FOR ELDERLY: SC TO STATES

07
Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 52,300.00 37.00 0.07 (Per 10g)
SILVER 62,022.00 311.00 0.50 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 82.32 0.15 0.18
GBPINR 92.14 0.20 0.22
CURRENCIES
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi: German luxu-
ry carmaker Audi on Fri-
day reported a 29%
growth in retail sales at
2,947 units in the Janu-
ary-September period of
this year in India. Audi In-
dia had retailed 2,291
units in the same period
last year. The growth was
driven by the new A8 and
Q7, coupled with contin-
ued demand for the e-tron
range, A4, A6, Q5 and the
RS performance range,
the company said. Also,
Audi Approved: plus has
grown by 73% in first 9
months of 2022. —PTI
AUDI INDIA RETAIL
SALES UP 29% IN
JANUARY-SEPTEMBER
New Delhi: Gold price in
the national capital rose
`37 to `52,300 per 10
grams on Friday amid de-
preciation in rupee, ac-
cording to HDFC Securi-
ties. In the previous trade,
the precious metal had
touched `52,263 per 10
grams. Silver also gained
`311 to `62,022 per kg
from `61,711 per kg. In
the international market,
gold was quoting lower at
$1,711.16 per ounce while
silver was up at $20.73 per
ounce. Spot COMEX Gold
last quoted at $1,711.16,
while Indian gold prices
trade higher amid a weaker
rupee and strong physical
gold demand.—PTI
GOLD PRICE RISES
`37; SILVER RATES,
TOO, GO UP BY `311
New Delhi: Net leasing of
office space jumped over
2-fold in January-Septem-
ber across top seven cit-
ies to 30.26 million
square feet, but is unlikely
to breach the pre-COVID
level this year, according
to JLL India. Net leasing
stood at only 14.63 mil-
lion square feet in the cor-
responding period of the
last year across seven
major cities, as the de-
mand was adversely im-
pacted because of the
COVID-19 pandemic and
lockdowns. —PTI
NET OFFICE SPACE
LEASING JUMPS
2-FOLD IN JAN-SEPT
Jaipur: Tata Motors-
owned Jaguar Land Rover
on Friday reported a 4.9%
decline in retail sales at
88,121 units in the sec-
ond quarter ended on
September 30, 2020. The
company had posted retail
sales of 92,710 units in
the same quarter previous
fiscal. Sales of the Jaguar
brand were at 17,340
units in the second quar-
ter as against 19,248
units in the year-ago peri-
od, down 9.9%. Similarly,
sales of Land Rover brand
were down 3.65% at
70,781 units as compared
to 73,462 units. —PTI
JAGUAR LAND ROVER
RETAIL SALES DIP BY
4.9% IN JULY-SEPT
*Rates till the edition went to print.
Mumbai (PTI): The Re-
serve Bank on Friday said
it will soon commence the
pilot launch of e-rupee for
specific use cases with a
view to bolstering India’s
digital economy, making
payment systems more ef-
ficient, and checking mon-
ey laundering.
In a concept note on Cen-
tral Bank Digital Currency
,
the RBI said CBDC is aimed
to complement, rather than
replace, current forms of
money and is envisaged to
provide an additional pay-
ment avenue to users, not
to replace the existing pay-
ment systems.
“Supported by state-of-
the-art payment systems
of India that are afforda-
ble, accessible, convenient,
efficient, safe and secure,
the Digital Rupee (e?) sys-
tem will further bolster
India’s digital economy,
make the monetary and
payment systems more ef-
ficient and contribute to
furthering financial inclu-
sion,” the paper said.
CBDC is a digital form
of currency notes issued
by a central bank. While
most central banks across
the globe are exploring the
issuance of CBDC, the key
motivations for its issu-
ance are specific to
each country’s unique
requirements.
TheGovernmentof India
had announced the launch
of the Digital Rupee — a
Central Bank Digital Cur-
rency (CBDC) from fiscal
year 2022-23 onwards in the
UnionBudgetplacedinPar-
liamentonFebruary1,2022.
The central bank said:
“The Reserve Bank will
soon commence pilot
launches of e? for specific
use cases. As the extent and
scope of such pilot launch-
es expand, RBI will con-
tinue to communicate
about the specific features
and benefits of e-rupee,
from time to time.”
CBDC can be classified
into two broad types -- gen-
eral purpose or retail (CB-
DC-R) and wholesale (CB-
DC-W). Retail CBDC would
be potentially available for
use by all and while whole-
sale CBDC is designed for
restricted access to select
financial institutions.
“For CBDC to play the
role as a medium of ex-
change, it needs to incorpo-
rate all the features that
physical currency repre-
sents including anonymity
,
universality, and finality,”
the note said.
RBI TO COMMENCE PILOT
LAUNCH OF E-RUPEE SOON
TOP TALKING
POINTS
z The Government of India
had announced the launch of
the Digital Rupee — a Central
Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)
from fiscal year 2022-23
onwards in the Union Budget
placed in Parliament on Feb 1
z CBDC can be classified into
two broad types — general
purpose or retail (CBDC-R) and
wholesale (CBDC-W)
z Retail CBDC would be
potentially available for use by
all while wholesale CBDC is
designed for restricted access
to select financial institutions
India still on course
for 7% growth: CEA
First India Bureau
New Delhi: India’s Chief
economic adviser V Anan-
tha Nageswaran said the
country is still on course
for 7% growth in the cur-
rent fiscal year although
“downside risks dominate
the upside risk” but it’s
“better placed” than other
countries.
“What gives us strength
is the fact that domestic
consumption is the biggest
driver of growth,” he told
ET in an interview on
Thursday. “I would argue
that once the current one-
off exogenous external
shocks dissipate, I am still
confident that the sustain-
able growth rate will be
closer to 7%.”
He dismissed reports of
JP Morgan not including
India’s sovereign bonds in
a widely popular global in-
dex due to concerns about
the country’s market infra-
structure.
“We have to understand
that the stated reasons are
not real reasons--this is a
very specious excuse,” he
said. “India’s infrastruc-
ture is far more advanced.”
India has made its stance
clear about not giving up
its sovereign right to tax,
he said.
Countries with capital
gains tax have had their
bonds included in these in-
dices, the CEA said. “We
have to wait and see where
this conversation and so-
calledpublicdiplomacyand
public bargaining eventu-
ally converge,” he said.
SENSEX, NIFTY CLOSE MARGINALLY DOWN
ON PROFIT BOOKING IN IT, FINANCIALS
Mumbai (PTI): Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty closed margin-
ally down in a volatile trade on Friday following profit booking in
financials and IT shares amid a weak trend in global equity markets.
Snapping its two-day gain-
ing streak, the 30-share
BSE Sensex declined 30.81
points or 0.05% to settle
at 58,191.29. During the
day, it fell 370.95 points or
0.63% to 57,851.15. The
broader NSE Nifty dipped
17.15 points or 0.10% to
end at 17,314.65. Among
Sensex shares, Mahindra
Mahindra, UltraTech Cement,
State Bank of India, Tata Consultancy Services, Bajaj Finance and ITC
were the major laggards. On the other hand, Titan, Power Grid, NTPC,
Maruti, IndusInd Bank and Asian Paints were among the winners.
Rupee falls 15 paise to close
at all-time low of 82.32/USD
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee
depreciated 15 paise to
close at an all-time low of
82.32 (provisional) against
the US dollar on Friday as
a firm American currency
and risk-averse sentiment
among investors weighed
on the local unit.
Moreover, a negative
trend in domestic equities
and elevated crude oil pric-
es sapped investor appetite,
forex traders said.
At the interbank foreign
exchange market, the local
currency opened at 82.19,
then fell further to 82.43
and finally settled for the
day at an all-time low of
82.32 against the American
currency, registering a de-
cline of 15 paise over its
previous close.
On Thursday, the Indian
currency for the first time
closed below the 82 level
against the greenback.
Meanwhile, the dollar
index, which gauges the
greenback’s strength
against a basket of six cur-
rencies, declined 0.19% to
112.04.
GOVT NOTIFIES
CREDIT
GUARANTEE
SCHEME FOR
STARTUPS
New Delhi (PTI): The gov-
ernment has notified the
credit guarantee scheme
for startups to provide
them collateral-free loans
up to a specified limit.
In a notification, the DPI-
IT said that loan/debt fa-
cilities sanctioned to an
eligible borrower on or af-
ter October 6, would be eli-
gible for coverage under
the scheme.
“The Central Govern-
ment has approved the
‘Credit Guarantee Scheme
for Startups for the pur-
pose of providing credit
guarantees to loans extend-
ed by member institutions
to finance eligible borrow-
ers being startups,” it said.
This scheme would help
provide the much needed
collateral-free debt funding
to startups, it added.
MIs include financial in-
termediaries engaged in
lending/investing and con-
forming to the eligibility
criteria approved under
the Scheme.
Growth slows of bank deposits: Kotak
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The
growth of bank de-
posits across the mar-
ket has slowed down
to 10% YoY as per
the RBI’s data, said
Kotak Securities
Ltd in a report.
According to
the report, there
is a perceptible slow-
down in the bank deposit
growth in metropolitan,
semi-urban and rural In-
dia with household savings
being relatively weak.
Further the bank branch
expansion has slowed
down mainly by the public
sector banks.
The report said private
banks continue to gain
market share but their
dominance is much more
in urban markets as com-
pared to rural and semi-
urban markets.
The current account,
savings account (CASA)
deposits has slowed al-
though the ratio has moved
up higher to approximately
45% led by higher savings
ratio in recent years.
The private banks have
increased their market
share in current account
and in the corporate seg-
ment while public banks
have been losing share
steadily in the household
and government sectors,
Kotak Securities said.
As per the report, the du-
ration of term deposits
continues to fall, especially
post Covid and the share of
non-individuals is quite
high at 45% of the overall
term deposits.
IN FINANCIAL YEAR 2022
MAJOR
HIGHLIGHTS
z Growth of bank deposits
across the market have
slowed down to 10% YoY
as per the RBI data
z There is a perceptible
slowdown in the bank
deposit growth in
metropolitan
IDBI Bank: Govt, LIC to
divest 60.72% stake
New Delhi (PTI): The gov-
ernment on Friday invited
bids from investors for pri-
vatising IDBI Bank by sell-
ing a total of 60.72% stake
in the bank.
The last date for submis-
sion of bids or Expression
of Interest (EoI) is Decem-
ber 16.
Currently
, Life Insurance
Corporation (LIC) holds
529.41 crore shares repre-
senting 49.24% stake in
IDBI Bank, while the gov-
ernment holds 488.99 crore
shares or 45.48% stake.
Of this, the government
will sell 30.48% and LIC
will sell 30.24% stake, ag-
gregating to 60.72% of the
equity share capital of
IDBI Bank, along with
transfer of management
control in IDBI Bank, De-
partment of Investment
and Public Asset Manage-
ment (DIPAM) said while
inviting bids.
INDIA, UK CARRYING OUT
INTENSIVE DISCUSSIONS
ON FTA, MEA ASSURES
New Delhi: India and the UK are
carrying out intensive discus-
sions for a free trade agreement
as both sides
are keen to con-
clude it at the
earliest, the Min-
istry of External
Affairs (MEA)
said on Friday amid indication
that the previously-set Diwali
deadline for the ambitious deal
could be difficult to meet. The
MEA’s comments came in the
backdrop of UK Home Secretary
Suella Braverman expressing
reservations over the proposed
pact on the grounds that it could
increase immigration to the
UK and go against the goals of
Brexit.—PTI
VEHICLE REGISTRATION:
TWEAKS SUGGESTED IN
BH SERIES RULES
New Delhi: The Ministry of
Road Transport and
Highways (MoRTH) has pro-
posed to allow
conversion of
regular vehicle
registrations
into Bharat
Series (BH)
numbers as part of measures
to widen the scope of the BH
series ecosystem. At present,
only new vehicles can opt for
BH series mark. In a draft
notification, the MoRTH
informed about the proposed
amendments in the rules
governing Bharat (BH) series
registration mark which was
launched for people who are in
transferable jobs. —PTI
OTHER STORIES
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES WILL NEED $1 TRILLION IN
RE SECTOR TO ACHIEVE NET-ZERO TARGET: IMF
Washington: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday said
that developing economies needed an investment of $1 trillion a year
by 2030 solely in the renewable energy sector to stay on track to
achieve the net-zero greenhouse
gas emissions target by 2050.
Observing that emerging mar-
kets and developing economies
account for two-thirds of global
greenhouse gas emissions and
many are highly vulnerable to
climate hazards, the IMF said in
a report released on Friday that
developing economies would need
significant climate financing in the
coming years to reduce their emissions and to adapt to the physical
effects of climate change. —PTI

Mumbai (PTI): The
stringent Maharash-
tra Control of Organ-
ised Crime Act (MCO-
CA) has been invoked
against nine persons
arrested earlier in a
loan app fraud case, a
police official said on
Friday
.
The loan app fraud
was busted after a call
centre was raided in
Karnataka capital Ben-
galuru, leading to the ar-
rests of 18 persons and
seizureof datarelatedto
personal details of more
than one lakh people.
“One of the arrested
accused Dhiraj Punekar
and eight of his associ-
ates were found to be in-
volved in extortion and
cheating through such
loan apps, criminal in-
timidation, misappro-
priation and other ille-
gal activities for the past
10 years,” he said.
“
Afteradetailedstudy
,
we were given permis-
sion by higher authori-
ties to slap MCOCA pro-
visions against these
nine persons,” the offi-
cial added.
Police Commissioner
Amitabh Gupta said
MCOCA has been in-
voked in a cyber case
(loan app fraud) for the
first time as extortion
was a key aspect.
08
2NDFRONT
Hard work is definitely essential to
success, but a deep sense of
inspiration and commitment to make
a positive difference, are even more so.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The chemi-
cal analysis report of
1,200kg of substances
seized by the Anti
Narcotics Cell (ANC)
has confirmed it is
high quality mephed-
rone, a Mumbai police
official said on Friday
.
With this, the total
quantity of the banned
substance now stands
at 2,428kg, with an esti-
mated value of Rs4,856
crore, he added.
TheNarcoticsControl
Bureau (NCB) arrested
six members of an inter-
state drug cartel, includ-
ing a former Air India
pilot as part of the op-
eration, a senior official
said here on Friday
.
“On Thursday, the
NCB team raided a go-
down located on SB
Road in Fort area of
south Mumbai, from
where it seized 50kg me-
phedrone and arrested
two more accused, in-
cluding the kingpin in
the case,” Sanjay Singh,
Deputy Director Gen-
eral of the NCB, said,
adding that more people
are likely to be held.
The accused former
pilot had started his ca-
reer as a lower-rank em-
ployee and later passed
a pilot course exam, he
said, adding that the ac-
cused had worked for
Air India between 2016
and 2018.
“The pilot had left his
job due to some medical
reasons and since then
he had been involved in
the drug cartel,” he said.
One of the accused
held from Mumbai is a
history-sheeter. He was
arrested by the Directo-
rate of Revenue intelli-
gence (DRI) in 2001 in a
350kg mandrax drug
trafficking case and has
been out on bail since
2008, the official added.
“With the authentica-
tion of the seized sub-
stance, this becomes
one of the biggest sei-
zures of mephedrone in
the country this year,”
the official added.
The Mumbai police’s
Anti Narcotics Cell had,
in August, busted a me-
phedrone manufactur-
ing unit in Nallasopara
in Palghar district, seiz-
ing 700kg of mephed-
rone and arresting five
persons.
This raid was part of
follow-up action after
2.760kg of mephedrone
were confiscated from
Govandi in the eastern
partof thecityinMarch.
EX-AIR INDIA PILOT AMONG 8
HELD IN `120 CR DRUG BUST
Chemical analysis confirms 1,200kg of substances seized by ANC is mephedrone
Officials found 812kg of a powdery white substance during the raid. It was later confirmed to be
mephedrone.
“As part of the investigation, an ANC team led by Deputy Commissioner
of Police Datta Nalawade again conducted raids at a factory in Ankleshwar
in Gujarat and another factory at Ambernath in Thane district, recovering
513kg of high quality mephedrone,” an official said, adding, “In these raids,
812kg of a powdery white substance and 397kg of brownish stones were
also seized. Eight persons were held. The white powdery substance and the
brown stones, cumulatively weighing 1,200kg, was sent for chemical analy-
sis.” The report has now confirmed the seized substances are mephedrone.
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Gandhi-
nagar-Mumbai Vande
Bharat Express hit a
cow near Anand sta-
tion in Gujarat on Fri-
day. The incident, the
second involving a col-
lision with cattle in as
many days, resulted in
a “small dent” on the
nose cone panel, an of-
ficial said.
The nose cone of the
newly-launched semi-
highspeedtrainhadjust
been replaced after it
was damaged after hit-
ting a herd of buffaloes
grazing on the tracks
nearAhmedabadaround
11.15 am on Thursday
.
Four animals had been
killed in the collision.
Friday’s incident took
place at 3.48 pm near
Anand, about 432km
from Mumbai.
“The train’s front por-
tion has suffered a small
dent,” Sumit Thakur,
chief public relations of-
ficerof WesternRailway
,
confirmed on Friday
,
adding that all the pas-
sengers were safe.
Earlier in the day
,
Thakur had announced
that the Railways had
replaced the front por-
tion of the train.
“The nose cone cov-
er of the train’s driver
coach along with its
mounting brackets
was damaged in
(Thursday’s) cattle-hit
incident. However, the
vital parts of the train
remained unaffected.
The damaged nose
cone was replaced at
the Coach Care Centre
in Mumbai Central,”
he said.
“The nose cover is
designed to absorb the
impact without trans-
mitting the same to the
functional parts of the
train. Therefore, it is
sacrificial by design
and hence replacea-
ble,” Thakur said.
Rajasthan is the ideal state
for investment: CM Gehlot
Naresh Sharma
Ziauddin Khan
Jaipur: Rajasthan
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot stressed, while
addressing the inau-
gural session of Invest
Rajasthan Sum-
mit-2022 at JECC on
Friday
, said that in-
vestments are being
made in the state on a
large scale only be-
cause of state’s invest-
ment-friendly policies.
The investor-oriented
policy framework, with
excellent road network
and quality human re-
sources have brought
investment to the state,
he said, adding that
many important deci-
sionshavebeentakenby
the state government to
encourage investment
Single window system
and one stop shop has
made it easier to get nec-
essary permissions to
set up industry
, he said.
Gehlot said massive
investment is coming in
thestatefromthetwo-day
InvestRajasthanSummit
beingheldhere.Headded
that the government has
already signed MoUs
worth about Rs11 lakh
crore. “Through this,
about 10 lakh people are
expected to get employ-
ment. For the first time,
MoUs have been signed
on priority basis on the
theme of Committed and
Delivered,” he said.
INAUGURAL CEREMONY OF INVEST RAJASTHAN SUMMIT-2022
l MoU signing of
about `11 lakh crore,
10 lakh people will
get employment
l Gautam Adani
announces
`60,000 crore
investment in Raj
l Inauguration and
foundation stone
laying of 76 industrial
areas and units
In a first, 9 charged
under MCOCA in
loan app fraud case
MCOCA has been invoked as extortion was involved.
—FILE
PHOTO
BAD HABIT FORMING?
Day after buffalo hit, Vande
Bharat train rams into cow
The nose cone was
replaced following
Thursday’s
incident in which
four buffaloes
died, officials said
The nose cone cover of the
train’s driver coach along with
its mounting brackets was
damaged in Thursday’s cattle-hit
incident and replaced by Friday
morning. —PHOTOS BY PTI
FIR FILED
A case has been filed against
the owners of the buffaloes
involved in Thursday’s colli-
sion with the Vande Bharat
Express. The nose cone cover
for the driver coach was
damaged in the hit, which
also killed four animals. Rail-
way Protection Force (RPF)
inspector Pradeep Sharma,
at Vatva railway station in
Gujarat, said an FIR was filed
under the Railways Act—in-
volving unauthorized entry
into any part of a railway
and misuse of its prop-
erty—against the unidentified
owners of the animals.
GODOWN GUTTED IN FIRE IN MUMBRA
AREA OF THANE; NO ONE INJURED
MAN ACQUITED
IN CHILD
LABOUR CASE
RIP OFF: MAN
GETS SCRAP
INSTEAD OF $
Thane: A godown in Thane’s Mumbra area was
gutted in fire that broke out on Friday morning.
Nobody was injured in the incident. “The fire
took place in the godown located on ground
floor of a ground plus four-storey Mhatre
Mansion in Dattawadi area at around 4.20 am,”
said Avinash Sawant, Chief of Thane’s civic
body’s Regional Disaster Management Cell.
The cause of the fire is being investigated, he
said. The factory contained scrap material,
cardboard, and gunny bags, he added.
Thane: A local
court has acquitted
a bakery owner
accused of employing
child labourers
in Navi Mumbai.
According to details
of the case made
public on Friday,
Judge Rachna Tehra
said the prosecution
had failed to prove
the charges against
Ikrar Mehndi Hasan
Khan (52). The
case was filed after
two minors were
allegedly found
to be working at
Khan’s bakery,
which was raided
in August 2016.
Thane: An autodriver
trying to get US
dollars for Indian
currency was cheated
of Rs3 lakh, said
a Thane Police
official. Jaiprakash
Dubey was hired
by a woman to go
to Navi Mumbai
on June 02, where
she told him that
she had US dollars.
She convinced
him to exchange
rupees for dollars,
and decamped with
over Rs3 lakh after
handing him a packet
which ended up
containing pieces of
scrap paper in return.
CRUCIAL READ
Gujarat Model: A Global Success
Ajay Kumar
P
opularly known
as Narendra
Bhai, Modi took
over as Chief Minister
of Gujarat on 7th Octo-
ber 2001 and still has
close to 2 years in his
current office before
he faces another par-
liamentary election.
2001 was a year of
disaster and distress
in Gujarat. Ravaged
by a devastating
earthquake, torn
apart by persistent so-
cial and economic
strife, the Gujarat Sto-
ry was all but fin-
ished… Under the as-
tute leadership of a
visionary, who under-
stood the pulse of the
state he was born in,
Narendra Modi
steered Gujarat on the
path of progress. To-
day ‘Gujarat Model’ of
development is one of
the most searched and
researched concepts
of inclusive, collabo-
rative, and participa-
tive development.
Under PM Modi’s
stewardship, India
stands as the 5th larg-
est economy in the
world. Unshackling
itself from its colo-
nial past, India has
displaced its coloniz-
er, Great Britain, and
donned the mantle of
the fastest-growing
economyintheworld,
contrary to a world
economy that reels
under the shadow of
an imminent reces-
sion. It takes a ‘Man’
like Prime Minister
Modi, whose decisive
political deftness en-
dears India to all inter-
national players. A hoarding of popular PM Narendra Modi outside BJP office, New Delhi is the cynosure for all who pass and gathers eyeballs.
Under the astute leadership of a visionary, who
understood the pulse of the state he was born in,
Modi steered Gujarat on the path of progress
Gautam Adani addressing the media in the presence of CM Ashok
Gehlot, Sudhir Mehta, Dr CP Joshi, Vaibhav Gehlot, Shakuntla
Rawat, Mamta Bhupesh, Veenu Gupta and others on Friday.
CM Ashok Gehlot and Gautam Adani interacting during the Invest
Rajasthan Summit that commenced at JECC Sitapura on Friday. Dr
CP Joshi, Anil Agarwal, Shakuntla Rawat Rajiv Arora also seen.

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This extraordinary piece of time and
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Flight Indian pilot Lieutenant Avani Chaturvedi is from
the Madhya Pradesh region of Rewa and was born
on October 27, 1993. She and two of her colleagues,
Mohana Singh Jitarwal and Bhawana Kanth, were
recognised as the first female combat pilots. In June
2016, the group was accepted as a fighter squadron
of the Indian Air Force. On June 18, 2016, they
were formally commissioned by Manohar Parrikar,
who was the defence minister at the time. Former
President Ram Nath Kovind presented the Nari
Shakti Puraskar to Chaturvedi.
—AVANI CHATURVEDI
One of the first female fighter pilots in India is Bha-
wana Kanth. Along with two other members of her
cohort, Mohana Singh and Avani Chaturvedi, she was
recognised as the first combat pilot. Kanth was born
in Darbhanga, Bihar, on December 1, 1992. Kanth
enjoyed playing sports as a child, including Kho Kho,
Badminton, swimming, and painting. All of the afore-
mentioned women serve as role models for other
young girls who want to join the military.
—BHAWANA KANTH
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Touch
the sky
with
Glory
INDIAN AIR FORCE DAY
he eighth of Oc-
tober each year
is designated as
Indian Air Force
Day. This day is
commemorated
to honour the
contribution and supe-
rior performance of
the Indian Air Force.
Since its establish-
ment on October 8,
1932, the Indian Air
Force has taken part in
a number of signifi-
cant operations that
have contributed to the
prosperity of the coun-
try. The Indian mili-
tary has also engaged
in famous air fights
that have enhanced In-
dia's standing on the
battlefield and demon-
strated the capabilities
needed to defend the
country. This year In-
dian Air Force will be
celebrated to honour
India’s aviation indus-
try and the air force
personnel who have
spent their life for the
safety of the nation.
City First brings to
you five Indian Air
Force Fighters who
have excelled in every
duty presented to them
in order to protect the
nation.
SHUBHANSHI PATHAK
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
T
Mohana Singh
Jitarwal is one
of the first
female fighter
pilots in India.
She was de-
clared the first
female combat
pilot along with
two of her co-
hort, Bhawana
Kanth, and
Avani Chatur-
vedi. In June
2016, all three
female pilots were accepted into the
fighter unit of the Indian Air Force.
They were formally commissioned
by Manohar Parrikar, the defence
minister. These three women were
the first to be chosen for the pro-
gram when the Indian government
decided to open the fighter stream in
the Indian Air Force to women on an
experimental basis..
—MOHANA SINGH JITARWAL
In June 2007,
Wing Com-
mander
Khushboo
Gupta received
her appoint-
ment as an IAF
helicopter pilot.
She has an
extensive op-
erational flying
experience in
the Ladakh
and North East
regions, includ-
ing the world's highest battleground,
the Siachen Glacier. She graduated
from Wellington's Defence Services
Staff College and is a qualified flying
instructor. She attended the Montfort
Senior Secondary School and was
born and raised in Delhi.
—KHUSHBOO GUPTA
An officer in
the Indian Air
Force (IAF) and
former chopper
pilot, Gunjan
Saxena was
born in 1975.
She enlisted
in the IAF in
1994, and she
served in the
1999 Kargil
War. She is one
of two female
IAF officers that
participated in the Kargil War. She is
one of only two women, the other be-
ing Flight Lieutenant Srividya Rajan of
the Indian Air Force, to pilot Cheetah
helicopters into a combat zone. Sax-
ena was the only female pilot in the
Indian Armed Forces during the Kargil
War. After seven years of service, her
career as a helicopter pilot came to an
end in 2004.
—GUNJAN SAXENA

F
or the unversed, Nushrratt
made a mark in the Bollywood
industry
. On Thursday evening,
the budding Bollywood actress
informed fans that her upcoming
drama thriller movie is titled ‘
Akelli’.
The film will be directed by debutant
filmmaker Pranay Meshram under
the production banner of Dashami
Studioz. Unable to contain her ex-
citement for the film, Nushrratt
soon tweeted about the development
and wrote, “Apni Pe Aa Jaaye.Toh
Ek Akelli Hi Kaafi Hai! #PranayMe-
shram @ninad_nv @vickysidana_
@NitinPVaidya @aparnavpwoman
@shashantshah@DashamiOfficial”
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thnic ensembles are key
items the Kapoor and
Bhatt family followed a
colourful and vibrant
desi-style agenda at
Alia’s baby shower.
The pictures from the
private and at-home organised
ceremony came to us in a mani-
fold and our fingers couldn’t wait
but zoom into each one’s ensem-
ble. Each ensemble looked like
the one you’d buy now and wear
forever come any season, any cel-
ebration. Let’s talk about the
woman of the hour, mother-to-be
Alia’s super yellow and mustard
blend attire. Going forward, you
couldeffortlesslyandconfidently
step out in this attire which is
worthy of being welcome at the
earliest. You have Diwali coming
up in a couple of weeks, so don’t
you please forget!
TheBrahmastraactorrockeda
peach kurta and churidaar from
Mard by Abu Jani and Sandeep
Khosla.Theactressdonnedacus-
tom Raji Ramniq Anarkali set on
thisblessedday
.Herdesilookwas
impressive which was backed by
celebrity fashion stylist, Ami Pa-
tel’s adeptness to make it look
stunning on the whole. Alia is a
true beauty and this outfit’s hues
added to her glow.
E
P
hone Bhoot starring Katrina Kaif,
Ishaan Khatter and Siddhant Chatur-
vedi is one of the most-anticipated
movies of the year. Ever since the film
was announced, fans have been looking
forward to witnessing the trio on-screen.
Phone Bhoot, directed by Gurmmeet
Singh, will release on November 4. The
film also stars Jackie Shroff, Sheeba
Chadha and Nidhi Bisht in support-
ing roles. It is produced by Farhan
Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani under
the Excel Entertainment banner.
Earlier, it was slated to release on
October 7.
Now, ahead of the
film’s trailer release,
Katrina shared a
quirky video with Sid-
dhant and Ishaan on
her social media han-
dle. Taking to her In-
stagram, the
Sooryavanshi ac-
tress captioned it:
“Hey. Where do you
think you are go-
ing? @ishaankhat-
ter @siddhant-
chaturvedi Still 3
days to go for
# P h o n e B h o o t -
Trailer.” In it, Kat-
rina is seen
dressed in a black
outfit, as she tries
to stop Siddhant
and Ishaan who
are headed for a
fun ride. The
Gehraiyaan ac-
tor too shared
the video and
wrote: “Trying
to reach safely to
our destination in 3
Days!”
Katrina shared
a quirky video
R
ashmika Mandana who made her Bolly-
wood debut with Goodbye opened up
about Ranbir’s working style. The actress
revealed that Ranbir Kapoor’s working
style is similar to the one she follows. Rashmika
further claimed that Ranbir is a director’s actor
and so is she. She revealed that their captain is
Sandeep Reddy Vanga and he is perfect but at
the same time he is also very open with his ac-
tors. According to the Pushpa actress, Sandeep
used to come and ask them if they were ok and
if they found the scene ok. After this, she used
to go to Ranbir to ask him if he feels she did well.
In a recent interview, Rashmika shared that
Ranbir did a sweet deed for her which made her
cry on set. She said, “When we were shooting for
Animal, I was complaining about my breakfast
ki ‘itna boring tha’, and how sweetly he got me
breakfast the next day. He made his chef cook
the next day, and I started crying.”
RANBIR’S SWEET GESTURE
P
riyanka Chopra is a global movie icon who has ventured
into both Bollywood and Hollywood. She is currently the
Goodwill Ambassador of UNICEF. Priyanka took to Ins-
tagram on Thursday as she heaped praises for Hillary
Clinton, sharing a throwback photo.
Priyanka Chopra attended a seminar hosted by Hillary Clinton
for the Women’s Leadership Forum, not too long ago. She shared
photos with Hillary on her Instagram story
.Priyanka, in her In-
stagram story where she shared pictures with Hillary Clinton,
wrote, “Thank you HRC for an amazing evening! Throwback to
the powerful seminar hosted by #HillaryClinton for Women’s
Leadership Forum. She has worked tirelessly, to expand wom-
en’s representation and leadership in every sphere.” Based on
what Priyanka has said, Hillary is working tirelessly, to expand
women’s representation in every sphere.
PC PRAISES HILLARY CLINTON
Nushrratt in
‘AKELLI’
Priyanka Chopra
Katrina Kaif
Ranbir Kapoor
Rashmika Mandana
Her Post...
Her Post...
Alia Bhatt
Nushrratt Bharuccha
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GET VACCINATED
STAY MASKED
imrit Kaur Ahluwalia
Kaur is currently leav-
ing no stone unturned
to entertain her fans
as a contestant in the
Bigg Boss 16 home.
Well, there is no
doubt that Nimirt has
been playing the game,
and she is seen as one of
the strongest contestants on
the show.
Being a captain two weeks in
a row to win the hearts of the
audience in such a small span
of time is really commendable.
Before entering the house Nim-
rit in one of her interviews re-
vealed who she looks up to as
an inspiration when it comes to
Bigg Boss.
Further revealing her inspi-
ration, Nimrit shared, “I have
seen a few seasons earlier. The
person who I consider an inspi-
ration is Gauahar Khan. She is
someone who is really strong
and she has managed to inspire
a lot of people.”
There's no one like Gauahar
Khan and we completely agree.
The diva was one fierce con-
testant in her season. And
it seems like Nimrit is
learning from the best. Re-
cently Gauahar took to her
Instagram stories and ap-
plauded Nimrit. She reposted
the piece of the news and
wrote Awww that's so
sweet, Ruling the first
week already! Shine on!
Speaking of Nimrit's
game she has amazed the au-
diencewithinjusttwoweeksand
we hope she continues to do so.
N
GAUAHAR KHAN APPRECIATES
NIMRIT’S GAME
A
ccording to a
recent story,
Aryan Khan's
web series
would begin produc-
tion by the end of
the year. Multi-
ple actors have
been giving audi-
tions for the web se-
ries and going by the
rate at which the
work has started, the
show may go on the
floor by the end of the
year, said the report.
Aryan recently did
a test shot for the web
series at a Mumbai
studio earlier this
year. “Of all the
ideas in develop-
ment, the two in
the forefront is a
web series for Ama-
zon Prime and a fea-
ture film to be
bankrolled by
Red Chillies
hard fan
with some elements
of thrill, however, the
details of feature
films are not known
yet. If everything pro-
ceeds at the right
pace, there’s a strong
possibility of the
show being greenlit
by the platform this
year itself,”
said the
source.
V
amika Sharma
Kohli, the
daughter of
Virat Kohli
and Anushka Shar-
ma, another loved
couple in B-town,
is the subject of
intense parental
guardianship, and
Anushka Sharma has
done everything in
her power to keep the
attention off of her.
She hasn’t been photo-
graphed by paparazzi
or had her photos
posted on social media
since she was born.
Though it appears
that the paparazzi al-
ways try to get sight of
the infant and ignore
the parent’s requests.
As soon as the video
hit the internet, neti-
zens started trolling
AnushkaSharma.One
of them commented,
“Itni bakwas kr rahi h
ladki ka photo nhi lena
itna attitude thode din
m inki beti aise hi to
ghume gi”,
while another
one wrote, “Vi-
rat ache se bol
rha h per
madam ka
attitude to
d e k h o ” .
One of the
internet us-
ers penned,
“Yae kabh tak
bachae ko
chhupaa kar
rakhengae ??? I
mean.”
Another group
of people wrote,
“Stop papping
her media. Just
like her ad where
she is saying no
one wants pics”,
while another one
commented, “Inka
b q lete ho ekdm ig-
nore krdo like
nrml people jesa
treat kro fr Dek-
ho kese em-
b a r r a s s
hote ye
log.”
A
neri Vajani
on the occa-
sion of
D u s s e h r a
shared pictures of
herself surrounded
by smiling kids after
the Dussehra Puja.
She talked about
her idea of decorat-
ing the house on
Dussehra, I love eco-
friendly celebrations
and, hence, we do not
use any products that
could harm the envi-
ronment. I like to
dress up the house
with fresh flowers, as
the colours add posi-
tive vibes and happi-
ness. Floral arrange-
ments infuse fresh-
ness and festive
touch.
Aneri also shared
what the festival
meanstoher,Dusseh-
ra symbolises victory
,
goodness, love, and
triumph, and these
are seen in the cele-
brations and prepara-
tions of one and all. It
is a much-awaited fes-
tival in our home.
R
icha Chadha and
Ali Fazal had a
dreamy wedding
with some of the
most adorable online
pictures. The couple
tied the knot in Delhi
after a slew of differ-
ent ceremonies that
were attended by their
friends and families. Now
a video from their ritual
has surfaced that shows
just how much in love
Richa and Ali are.
Taken from the
audience, the video
showed Ali waiting
for his bride as she slow-
ly walked towards him.
While the men in her
house held her long
trail veil, she looked lov-
ingly at her groom. Ali
took Richa’s hands
when she came closer
and blew several kisses
in the air. This cute
gesture was appreci-
ated by the bride who
lovingly adored her
groom.
Alia blows
KISSES
ANERI VAJANI
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DCD DELHI KABADDI CLUB STRENGTHENS ITS
DCD DELHI KABADDI CLUB STRENGTHENS ITS
PARTNERSHIP WITH JK SUPER CEMENT
PARTNERSHIP WITH JK SUPER CEMENT
CITY FIRST
D
abangDelhiKabaddi
Club, the defending
Champions of the
Pro Kabaddi league
announced JK Super Ce-
ment as its title sponsor for
the third year in a row on
Friday
. As part of this part-
nership, Dabang Delhi
launched a special video.
Commenting on this an-
nouncement, Durganath
Wagle, Director of Dabang
Delhi KC said, “We are elat-
edtostrengthenourassocia-
tion with JK Super Cement
for the third year in a row.
JK Super Cement has been
a true Dabang brand in the
Indian cement industry
,
demonstratingstrength,du-
rability
, and safety
. Dabang
Delhi too has always played
withgritanddetermination
andemergedastheChampi-
ons in the last season. We
look forward to another
fruitful association with JK
Super Cement and a suc-
cessful season ahead.”
Commenting on the part-
nership, Pushp Raj Singh,
Group President of Market-
ing at Grey Cement said,
“We are extremely pleased
to support Kabbadi, an In-
dian sport that celebrates
grit, power and persever-
ance. We are excited and
thrilled and look forward to
thispartnershipof strength,
longevity
, and a pure bond
of emotions. It’s amazing to
see the appeal of Kabaddi
amongtheyouthandgrown-
ups alike. We truly believe
in the skills and sportsman-
ship of JK Super ki Dabang
Delhi. In the 8th season of
Pro Kabaddi, Dabang Delhi
wastheChampions,and
with their current line-
up of fine players, we
don't see any chance of
not making history in the
9th season. A glorious per-
formance by the team is
what we hope for as Title
Sponsor. Our best wishes go
out to the team for their up-
coming matches.”
Thisyear,inthePKLauc-
tions,DabangDelhiK.C.has
strengthened its squad for
theforthcomingSeason9of
the league by picking up a
mix of young and experi-
enced talent including Ravi
Kumar, Sandeep Kumar
Dhull, Vishal Lather, Md.
Liton Ali, Reza Katoulin-
ezhad, Amit Hooda, Anil
Kumar and many more.
Team also retained the
starraidingduoNaveen
Kumar Goyat Vijay
Malik who showcased the
best of their performances
in the previous season. The
ninth season of Pro Kabad-
di commenced on Friday
and will be held in three cit-
ies, Bengaluru, Pune and
Hyderabad. The matches
will be aired on Star Sports
Network and Hotstar.
PRO KABADDI LEAGUE - SEASON 9
Aneri Vajani with children during the celebrations
Anushka Sharma
Alia Bhatt
Aryan Khan
Nimrit Kaur Gauahar Khan
ASHISH TIWARI
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