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CBI ‘EXAMINES’
SATYA PAL MALIK
OVER ALLEGATIONS
New Delhi (PTI): The CBI
has “examined” former
governor Satya Pal Malik
in connection with two
graft cases registered in
April based on allegations
levelled by him, officials
said. Malik had claimed
that he was offered a Rs
300 crore bribe for clearing
two files, “one belonging to
Ambani and another to an
RSS-affiliated man”.
‘I am sent by God to finish
off Kansa’s descendants’
Vadodara (PTI): AAP
leader Arvind Kejriwal
on Saturday said he
was born on Jan-
mashtami and God has
given him a special task
to finish off “descend-
ants” of demon Kansa
on a day posters calling
him “anti-Hindu” sur-
faced in Gujarat.
Claiming that the
posters and banners
have used words which
are insulting to God, the
Delhi chief minister
said that the people of
Gujarat will not pardon
those who have used
such words. “I would
like to tell them that I
was born on Krishna
Janmashtami. And God
has sent me with a spe-
cial task-- to finish off
these descendants of
Kansa, to rid the public
of corruption and hoo-
ligans,” he said.
“We will work togeth-
er to fulfil God’s desire.
God is with me. People
are with me. People
want a change, which is
why they are so upset,”
he said on the first day
of his latest visit to poll-
bound Gujarat.
Banners terming Ke-
jriwal “anti-Hindu” and
showing him wearing a
skull cap surfaced in
Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Su-
rat, & Vadodara cities.
Arvind Kejriwal speaks at a public meeting in Dahod on Saturday.
‘I was born on Krishna Janmashtami,’ he said. —PHOTO BY PTI
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INDIAN AIR
FORCE’S NEW
WEAPON
SYSTEM BRANCH
Chandigarh: On the completion of 90 years of the
Indian Airforce on Saturday, IAF chief Air Chief
Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari lauded the forces
and said the Indian govt approved the creation of a
weapon system branch for the officers in IAF. P6
BINNY LIKELY
TO REPLACE
GANGULY AS
BCCI PRESIDENT
Mumbai: Former Indian cricketer and member of the
1983 World Cup winning team Roger Binny is likely
to be the next BCCI President, sources said adding
that Sourav Ganguly is likely going to become India’s
representative for the ICC Chairman’s post.
HUGE EXPLOSION ON CRIMEA-RUSSIA BRIDGE
Moscow: Moscow announced on Saturday that a truck explosion ignited a
huge fire and severely damaged the key Kerch bridge — built as Russia’s
sole land link with annexed Crimea — and vowed to find the perpetrators
without immediately blaming Ukraine.
OVER 600 EXOTIC
ANIMALS SEIZED AT
MUMBAI AIRPORT
Mumbai: The Directorate
of Revenue Intelligence
has seized 665 animals
of exotic species at the
Mumbai airport, an official
said on Saturday. The
animals, smuggled into
the country concealed in
an imported consignment
of live fish, included rare
lizards, pythons and
iguanas, he said.
NO ONE ASKED INDIA
TO STOP BUYING OIL
FROM RUSSIA: PURI
Washington: India, world’s
third biggest oil importer,
will continue to buy oil from
any country that it has to, Oil
Minister Hardeep Singh Puri
said adding that no country
has told New Delhi to stop
buying oil from Russia.
India, which has not publicly
condemned Moscow. P6
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Crucial
Crucial
Will remove AFSPA only after
installing peace: Shah in Assam
Guwahati (ANI): Un-
ionHomeMinisterAmit
Shah on Saturday said
that the BJP-led govern-
ment would remove
Armed Forces (Special
Powers) Act (AFSPA)
only after installing
peaceinnortheastIndia.
“Rahul Gandhi gave
Congress an agenda to
remove AFSPA from the
northeast if they came
to power (in 2019), for
the sake of appease-
ment.Whenitwasasked
of me, I said we will first
bringpeaceinthenorth-
east and then only will
remove AFSPA, which
would not happen just
for appeasement,” Amit
Shah said at a public
gathering at the inaugu-
ration of the newly built
BJPoffice—AtalBihari
Vajpayee Bhawan in
Guwahati, party’s big-
gest office in the north-
eastern region with all
modern amenities.
The Ministry of
Home Affairs recently
extended the AFSPA, an
act that empowers the
armed forces to main-
tain public order in “dis-
turbed areas,” in some
parts of the northeast
for another six months.
In an order on Octo-
ber 1, the AFSPA was
extended in certain re-
gions of Nagaland and
Arunachal Pradesh.
However, the act was ex-
tended in Assam for six
months on February 28,
2022 and on December 1,
2021 in Manipur.
This is the home min-
ister’s first visit to the
region after the exten-
sion of the act.
Amit Shah asserted
that the party’s consec-
utive rule in the north-
eastern region has en-
sured an “all-round de-
velopment”.
Coordinated efforts between central and state
agencies a must to make country drug free: HM
‘Not drug seizure alone, enforcement agencies
must aim at destroying channels of trafficking’
Union Home Minister Amit Shah with Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and others during
a public meeting at Khanapara ground in Guwahati, on Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI
GOVERNMENT WILL MAKE ASSAM FLOOD-FREE
IN 5 YEARS, AMIT SHAH ASSURES PEOPLE
Guwahati: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday as-
sured the people of Assam that the government would make the
state ‘flood-free’ in the next five years. “Earlier, during Assembly
elections, I said that we made Assam free from terrorism and
strikes. Now give us five years we will make Assam free from
floods. The Assam government has made yojana which will
make floods a thing of the past in Assam within 5 years,” Shah
said at a Karyakarta Sammelan at Guwahati’s Khanapara.
BJP ONLY IDEOLOGY
BASED PARTY, CONG
LACKS IDEOLOGY,
SAYS JP NADDA
Guwahati: The Con-
gress does not have
any particular ideology
and the BJP is the only
ideology-based and
national party in India,
said BJP chief JP Nadda
at the inauguration of
the Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Bhawan in Guwahati, the
newly built BJP office.
At a public meeting in
Guwahati, Nadda said
that BJP is the only ide-
ology-based and national
party. He was speaking
at the inauguration of the
newly-built State BJP of-
fice. He further said that
BJP proposed to set up
512 offices across the
country out of which 236
offices have been con-
structed and 154 offices
are under construction.
—ANI
INVEST RAJASTHAN SUMMIT-2022
Be it Adani, Ambani or Jay Shah, we welcome all: CM Gehlot
Naresh Sharma
Ziauddin Khan
Jaipur: Criticising the
BJP for mocking the
Congress after he
praised industrialist
Gautam Adani during
the Invest Rajasthan
summit, Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot on
Saturday said it was
not a private pro-
gramme and 3,000 del-
egates attended it.
Be it Adani or Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah’s son Jay Shah,
Rajasthan will welcome
all because it wants in-
vestment and employ-
ment, Gehlot said.
“It is not a private
event, it is an investors’
summit. Are 3,000 dele-
gates (who attended the
summit) of the Con-
gress?” Gehlot asked,
asserting their ideolo-
gies could be that of the
Congress or the BJP
.
“In such a situation,
whydotheywanttocre-
ate a hurdle? I condemn
these people. They
talked about Gautam
Adani yesterday (Fri-
day). Be it Gautam Ada-
ni or any Adani, or Am-
bani or Amit Shah’s son
Jay Shah, we will wel-
come all of them here.
We want employment,
we want investment,”
the chief minister said.
It was not clear why
Gehlot clubbed Jay
Shah’s name with those
of industrialists Am-
bani and Adani as the
Union home minister’s
son is not known to
have any major busi-
ness interest.
Congress leader Ra-
hul Gandhi often high-
lights Adani to allege
thatPrimeMinisterNar-
endra Modi only helps
big business people.
Adani, the chairman
of the Adani Group and
the richest man in Asia,
was seated next to Ge-
hlot during the inaugu-
ral ceremony of Invest
Rajasthan,organisedby
the Congress-run state
government to attract
investment.
CM Ashok Gehlot with Gautam Adani at the summit. —FILE PHOTO
RAJ GOVT HASN’T GIVEN PREFERENTIAL
TREATMENT TO ADANI: RAHUL GANDHI
Turuvekere: A day after Gautam Adani pledged huge
investments in Rajasthan, Rahul Gandhi said on Saturday
the Congress government in the state has not given any
preferential treatment to the industrialist and
asserted that he is not against corporates
but monopolies. Addressing a press
conference here, Gandhi also said if the
Rajasthan government gives business to
Adani wrongly, he will oppose that. The BJP
mocked the Congress on Friday after CM
Ashok Gehlot lavished praise on Adani.
Jairam Ramesh
@Jairam_Ramesh
Much hype is be-
ing created over
Gehlot's meet
with Adani. Adani wants
to invest `60,000 cr in
Rajasthan. No CM will say
don't invest. There are NO
special rules or policies for
Adani by RJ Govt. Gehlot
is very much against cro-
nyism of the Modi variety.
CM Ashok Gehlot addressing
at the summit on Saturday.
Pakistani boat
held in Gujarat;
`350 crore
heroin seized
Kutch: The Indian Coast
Guard (ICG) and Gujarat
Anti-Terrorist Squad
(ATS) on Saturday
informed that they have
seized heroin worth
Rs 350 crore from a
Pakistani boat off the
state coast. The ICG and
ATS, in a joint operation,
also apprehended six
crew members from the
boat in Indian waters
close to the International
Maritime Boundary Line
(IMBL) in the Arabian
Sea. The boat is being
further investigated at the
port Jakhau in Gujarat.
11 die, 20 hurt
as bus catches
fire in Nashik
Nashik (ANI): At least
11 persons, including a
child, died and over 20
people were injured af-
ter a Mumbai- bound
bus caught fire after a
collision with a trailer
truck in Maharashtra’s
Nashik this morning,
said the city police add-
ing that the injured peo-
ple have been taken to
hospital, as per the po-
lice. President Droupa-
di Murmu, Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
and CM Eknath Shinde
condoled the loss of
lives in the accident.
PM Modi and Maha-
rashtra CM Eknath
Shinde also announced
ex gratia for the kin of
the deceased.
Tumakuru (ANI):
Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi held an interac-
tion with the masses as
the Bharat Jodo Yatra
resumed from Mayasan-
dra, Tumakuru in Kar-
nataka on Saturday. He
said the Congress be-
lieves in fighting
against those who
spread hatred. “My
view is that it doesn’t
matter who the person
spreading hatred is, it
doesn’t matter which
community they come
from, spreading hatred
and violence is an anti-
national act and we’ll
fight against such peo-
ple,” said Gandhi.
Stressingontheinteg-
rity and unity in the
country he said,” Our
constitution states:
Bharat is a union of
states. It means all our
languages, states and
traditionshaveanequal-
ly important space. That
is the nature of our
country
.” This was his
third press interaction
during the march.
We’ll fight against
hate-mongering,
says Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi with Siddaramaiah during the party’s ‘Bharat Jodo
Yatra’, in Tumakuru district, on Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI
CONG PREZ POLL: RaGa
TO VOTE AT CAMPSITE
Turuvekere: Former
Congress chief Rahul
Gandhi and 40 other
leaders will vote in the
party president’s election
at a Bharat Jodo Yatra
campsite in Karnataka’s
Bellary on October 17.
Bar Council of India comes in
Justice Chandrachud’s defence
Sumit Kumar
New Delhi: With Jus-
tice DY Chandrachud
set to take oath of office
as the next Chief Jus-
tice of India, the Bar
Council of India has
come out strongly in fa-
vour of Justice Chan-
drachud and deprecated
the modus of some peo-
ple with vested interests
for their unsuccessful
attempt to tarnish the
image of our Supreme
court and/or its Judges.
The BCI has observed
that “such growing ten-
dency is really a matter
of serious concern for
the country and it has
to be checked anyhow.”
It further said on Sat-
urday, “One R. K. Pa-
than, claiming to be the
President of some so
called “Supreme Court
and High Court Litigant
Association” is stated to
have lodged a complaint
against the Senior-most
Judge of Supreme
Court- Justice D. Y.
Chandrachud. Such
post and letter of R. K.
Pathan is being made
viral by a few people de-
liberately on the eve of
Justice Chandrachud’s
elevation as the Chief
Justice of India. The
Bar Council of India
has thoroughly exam-
ined the contents of
this 165 pages long let-
ter and it finds that it
is nothing but a scur-
rilous and malicious
attempt to interfere
with the functioning
of Judiciary and
the administration of
Justice.”
Notably, a complaint
was been filed before
the President of India
Droupadi Murmu,
Central Vigilance
Commission, and
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi for “corrup-
tion and misuse of Su-
preme Court”.
Justice DY Chandrachud

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New Delhi (PTI):
Shankar, the 26-year-old
African elephant from
Zimbabwe at Delhi zoo,
is likely to get a female
companion from South
Africa, officials said.
Zoo Director Dharam
Deo Rai said they had
shortlisted South Africa
as it has a good popula-
tionof Africanelephants
and could provide a suit-
able match for Shankar.
“It is not possible to
relocate the elephant
into the wild. Normally
,
we conduct a rewilding
programme for animals
borninzooswhereinthe
next generations of the
animal are trained to
hunt and their interac-
tion with humans is
minimised. It takes gen-
erations,” he said.
Zimbabwe gifted
Shankar to India in 1998,
when he was 26 months
old. He is one of the two
African elephants in In-
dian zoos, the second be-
inganothermaleatMys-
uru Zoo.
SA shortlisted to bring mate for African elephant
@DELHI ZOO
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Zoo Director
Dharam Deo
said they chose
South Africa as it
has a good
population of
elephants and
can provide a
suitable match
for Shankar
ON COURT ORDERS
Shankar has been alone since the death of his partner, Bombai,
in 2005. —FILE PHOTO
Rain chokes several Delhi roads, again
New Delhi (PTI): A
downpour in the nation-
al capital on Saturday
gave the public a first
taste of the upcoming
winter, but also led to
waterlogging at several
places in the city
.
Anand Vihar, Wa-
zirabad, the road stretch
between INA and
AIIMS, Mehrauli-Ba-
darpur Road, Tughlak-
abad, Sangam Vihar,
Kirari, Rohtak Road,
Vikas Marg, near Zakh-
ira, Najafgarh, Mahipal-
pur, and Rangpuri, were
among several places
which witnessed water-
logging, civic and PWD
authorities said.
Prabhakar Kumar, an
urban planning expert
said to enable free flow
of rainwater, it is re-
quired to have integrat-
ed drainage system.
“Improper integra-
tion of the drainage sys-
tem especially near the
flyovers or the under-
passes areas makes the
situation worse. Drains
mainly along the roads,
flyovers and underpass-
es should be corrected
in a way that the slope
of theroads matches the
drains, he said.
CRIME
BRANCH
n Mercury dips
but roads get
waterlogged
n Poor drainage
system makes
situation worse
A man drags his two-wheeler through a waterlogged road following heavy rainfall in New Delhi on
Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Heavy traffic jam was reported from Zakhira
flyover. Similar scenes were witnessed on
Najafgarh road towards Bahadurgarh and on
Ring Road from Raja Garden Chowk till Dhaula
Kuan loop. A commuter tweeted that the traffic
was heavy from Naraina towards Moti Bagh on
the Dhaula Kuan stretch. Another commuter
said the red light at Punjabi Bagh Chowk was
not working and there is heavy traffic jam due to
rain and waterlogging. Slow traffic was reported
near Anand Vihar, Red Fort, Mathur Road and
Chhawla areas. Azad market red light chowk
also witnessed traffic jam.
A tricycle rickshaw puller waits for passengers during rains in
New Delhi on Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Traffic jam at many places
Commuters stuck in a traffic jam amid heavy rains at
Ring Road near Lajpat Nagar on Saturday.
—PHOTO
BY
ANI
First India Bureau
New Delhi: City hos-
pitals are seeing an
uptick in patients
coming to OPDs with
upper respiratory
tract infections, ty-
phoid, and gastroen-
teritis.
According to the
city doctors, this
could be the result of
unseasonal rain and
sudden weather
change.
Doctors say that
the number of such
cases has doubled due
to the increased
awareness. “These
days, we are getting
more than 20 patients
every day in the OPD
with complaints of
upper respiratory
tract infections, undi-
agnosed prolonged
fever, typhoid, cases
of swine flu, aller-
gies, pneumonia and
dengue,” said Dr
Bhagwan Mantri,
consultant pulmonol-
ogist and critical care
specialist at Mool-
chand Hospital.
Doctors advise peo-
ple to wear mask
since it not only pro-
tects against Covid-19
but other viruses too
which get transmit-
ted through air.
Unseasonal rains trigger rise in typhoid, respiratory issues
First India Bureau
New Delhi: A Delhi
Court has issued notice
to the Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) on a
regular bail plea of busi-
nessman Ajay Ramesh
Nawandar.
Nawandar was arrest-
ed in connection with an
alleged bank fraud of `
34,615 crores by Dewan
Housing Finance Corpo-
ration Limited (DHFL)
and is presently on in-
terim bail on medical
grounds. Special Judge
Vishal Gogne on Friday
sought a response from
the CBI and listed the
matter for arguments on
October 12. “Let notice
of the present bail appli-
cation be issued to the
CBI for filing reply
. List
for filing of reply of the
CBI, if any
, and argu-
ments on the bail appli-
cation on October 12,”
said the court. Accord-
ing to the fresh regular
bailplea,theapplicantis
severely ill suffering
from various medical
ailments and is in the
worst of fragile health.
The applicant has to un-
dergo various surgeries
and thus needs bail.
Advocate Hemant
Shah appeared for
Nawandar and submit-
ted the applicant was ar-
rested in the aforesaid
matter on the premise
that two paintings have
been recovered from the
premise of the applicant
which belonged to the
promoters of DHFL,
however, the applicant
had stated earlier that
the same did not belong
to the applicant and he
was merely a custodian.
Court notice to CBI on bail plea
of businessman in DHFL case
EXPENSIVE TASTE
New Delhi (PTI): Aplea
has been filed seeking
injunction againstthe
upcomingmovieAdipu-
rush, alleging it has de-
picted Hindu gods in an
unwarranted and in-
accurate way in its pro-
motional video.
The matter has been
listed for hearing before
senior civil judge Ab-
hishek Kumar on Mon-
day
. The plea filed by ad-
vocate Raj Gaurav on
Friday stated that Lord
Ramwasshownasatro-
cious, revengeful and
angry, and Lord Hanu-
man was depicted as
wearing leather straps
all over his body
.
Also, the character of
Ravan, a staunch Brah-
man,wasawfullycheap
and appalling, the plea
alleged. That prima fa-
cie the teaser is so atro-
cious wicked and dia-
bolical that it along with
the pursuant movie
should be outrightly
bannedintheinterestof
religious feelings, senti-
mentsandaspirationsof
Hindusof Indiaandelse-
where, the plea said.
Injunction sought against movie 'Adipurush'
AIMING
HIGH
Air Force personnel
perform a drill with rifles
during 90th anniversary
celebrations of Indian Air
Force (IAF), at the Air Force
Station in Chandigarh on
Saturday.
—PHOTO BY PTI
New Delhi (PTI): An
eight-year-old girl was
allegedly killed by her
neighbour in Narela area.
The police ruled out any
sexual assault angle in
the case and attributed
the murder to the strained
relationship the victim’s
brother had with the
accused. Police received
information around 10 pm
on Friday. The accused
was tracked down around
11.30 pm and taken into
police custody, poice said.
MINOR GIRL
KILLED IN DELHI
Gurugram (PTI):
A teenage boy has
been apprehended
for allegedly raping
an around 4-year-
old girl in Sector 52
area, police said on
Saturday.
He was booked
under POCSO Act
at Badshahpur Po-
lice Station, said
police. The boy was
produced before the
Juvenile Justice
Board on Saturday
and sent to a correc-
tional home in
Faridabad.
According to the
complaint filed by
the mother of the
victim, the incident
happened Tuesday
when she was away
at work. In the
evening when her
daughter was play-
ing outside, the boy
lured her on some
pretext and took
her to him room
where he raped her,
she said in her com-
plaint, according
to police.
New Delhi (PTI): A
24-year-old man was
allegedly robbed of
`4 lakh by three per-
sons at gunpoint in
north Delhi’s Sadar
Bazar area, police
said on Saturday
.
One of the ac-
cused has been ar-
rested. Sadar Bazar
resident Salman
Qureshi, who trades
in goats, reached
Tikona Park on his
two-wheeler at 4.10
am on Friday to de-
liver `4 lakh as pay-
ment to Shera, who
delivered goats from
Jaipur to Gazipur, a
police officer said.
He was accosted
by the three accused
onamotorcycle.One
of them took out a
pistol and pointed it
at Qureshi, who im-
mediately threw the
money and hid be-
hind a truck. The ac-
cused took the mon-
ey and fled, Deputy
Commissioner of
Police (North) Sagar
Singh Kalsi said.
Teenage boy rapes girl,
sent to correctional home
Three men rob trader at
gunpoint, one arrested
Special secretary to
LG transferred to MCD
New Delhi: The Delhi
government on Satur-
day transferred Sakshi
Mittal, special secre-
tary to LG VK Saxena,
as additional secretary
of the Municipal Corpo-
ration of Delhi (MCD).
Also, three senior of-
ficers were appointed
to the revenue depart-
ment, which is execut-
ing various important
projects, including dig-
itisation of land re-
cords. Namgyal Angmu
has been appointed as
the SDM Kapashera
and will look after the
“Revenue Estates” pro-
ject. Navneet Mann
(SDM, Alipur) and Sar-
jana Yadav (SDM,
Chanakyapuri) have
been assigned e-Courts
and e-Platform projects
respectively.
Sakshi Mittal

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BCOM AT KIRORI
MAL, RAMJAS
TOP CHOICE AT DU
GOVT OKAYS NEW
FILTER HOUSE AT
NANGLOI WTP
New Delhi: BCom
at Delhi University's
Ramjas and Kirori Mal
College are the most
popular
programme
combina-
tions among
candidates
for under-
graduate admissions.
Till 5:30 am Saturday,
37,566 candidates had
listed BCom at Ramjas
College as one of their
choices and 37,531
have chosen BCom at
Kirori Mal.
New Delhi: DyCM Man-
ish Sisodia approved
construction of a new
filter house at Nangloi
water
treatment
plant (WTP)
for Rs 59.7
crore to en-
sure round-
the-clock water supply
in the city, according to
an official statement.
The WTP will now be
able to treat 10-15 per
cent more water during
peak summer season,
the statement said.
Gurugram: Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh
Yadav continues to be in ICU of Medanta
Hospital here and his condition remains
critical, the hospital said on Saturday. It
said, “Mulayam Singh Yadav ji's condi-
tion is still critical and he is maintaining
vitals on life saving drugs. He is being
treated in the ICU of Medanta Hospital,
Gurugram, by a comprehensive team of specialists.”
MULAYAM SINGH’S CONDITION STILL
CRITICAL: MEDANTA HOSPITAL
Noida (PTI): Two
women were taken into
police custody after a
purported video of
them manhandling a
private security guard
of a group housing soci-
ety here went viral, of-
ficials said on Saturday
.
A third woman, who
was with the duo at the
time of the incident
that took place around 1
am on Saturday, is ab-
sconding, they said.The
trio, aged below 30
years, had allegedly got
into an argument with
the private security
guard Ujjwal Shukla of
the Ajnara Homes soci-
ety in Sector 121, under
Phase 3 police station
limits.
They have been identi-
fied as sisters Deeksha
and Anjali Tiwari, who
are natives of Uttara-
khand but staying in
the society on rent, and
Kakul Ahmed, a resi-
dent of Gaur City-2 in
Greater Noida (West).
Addl DCP (Central
Noida) Saad Miyan
Khan said a non-cogni-
zable report (NCR) has
been lodged against
them over a complaint
by the guard.
“Two of the accused
have been taken into
custody in a preventive
action under CrPC sec-
tion 151. They were pro-
duced before a local
magistrate and chal-
lans issued against
them under Indian Pe-
nal Code sections 323
(voluntarily causing
hurt) and 504 (inten-
tional insult),” Khan
told PTI.
Those held are Anjali
and Kakul while Deek-
sha is absconding, offi-
cials said.
According to officials,
the women, allegedly
under the influence of
alcohol, were in a car
that did not have a soci-
ety sticker because of
which the on-duty
guard stopped them for
enquiry
.
However, this prompt-
ed a heated argument
between the women and
the security guard even
as his colleagues tried
to intervene and resolve
the situation.
A purported video of
the episode surfaced on
social media which
showed one of the wom-
en holding the guard by
his collar before she re-
moved the cap from his
head and flung it in air.
Two women held for manhandling Noida housing society guard
YET ANOTHER INCIDENT
Dahod (PTI): If voted
to power in Gujarat, the
AAP government will
bear the entire expenses
of people who want to
visit Ayodhya for Lord
Ram's darshan, Delhi
Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal said on Satur-
day amid a row over his
cabinet colleague pur-
portedly denouncing
Hindu deities.
He also said Aam
Aadmi Party will win
the upcoming Gujarat
elections, due in Decem-
ber this year, because it
isworkingforthepeople
and for God.
Addressing a rally at
Dahodonthefirstdayof
his two-day visit to Gu-
jarat, the AAP national
convener said the Delhi
government has
launched a similar
scheme wherein devo-
tees of Lord Ram are
taken to Ayodhya for
free in a special train.
Lord Shri Ram's tem-
ple in Ayodhya will get
ready next year. Who all
want to visit the temple?
All of you want to do so.
But the trip, stay, food
and lodging is very cost-
ly, isn't it? And if you
take your entire family,
then it costs a lot, he
said. If we form a gov-
ernment in Gujarat, we
will take you for a free
darshan of Ayodhyaji,
he said.
In Delhi, a special
train leaves with Ram
Bhakts. People's travel,
food and lodging are
free. They are picked up
from their homes and
dropped back,” he said.
AAP to offer free Ayodhya trip
if voted to power in Gujarat
In poll pitch,
Kejriwal plays to
Hindu sentiments
Arvind Kejriwal at 'Lav Kush Ramlila' in New Delhi on Dussehra.
New Delhi (PTI): Union Law Minister Kiren
Rijiju hit out at the AAP and its leadership say-
ing he does not understand why Delhi Chief
Minister Arvind Kejriwal
and his gang hate Hindu
and Hindutva so much.
The minister's remarks
came after a video clip pur-
portedly showing Delhi So-
cial Welfare Minister Ra-
jendra Pal Gautam at an
event where hundreds took
a pledge to convert to Buddhism while de-
nouncing Hindu deities went viral.
In a series of tweets posted late on Friday
night and on Saturday morning, Rijiju said, I
really don't understand the reason as to why
Arvind Kejriwal and his gang hate Hindu and
Hindutva so much.
I can understand about Rahul Gandhi but
Arvind Kejriwal...., the BJP MP from
Arunachal Pradesh said.
Why Kejriwal and gang
hate Hindu, Hindutva: Rijiju
Kejriwal's invocation of Lord Ram came against the
backdrop of a video clip purportedly showing Delhi
Social Welfare Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam at an
event where hundreds took a pledge to convert to
Buddhism while renouncing Hindu deities.
Banners terming Kejriwal as anti-Hindu and show-
ing him wearing a skull cap surfaced in Ahmedabad,
Rajkot, Surat, and Vadodara cities on Saturday.
Along with Kejriwal's pictures, some banners carried
lines like I consider Hindu religion as madness,
while some others had an anti-Hindu Kejriwal go
back message.
Damage Control?
I visit Delhi
railway sta-
tion when the
train leaves for Ayo-
dhya and also re-
ceive devotees when
they return. They
bless me a lot upon
return.
—Arvind Kejriwal, CM, Delhi
New Delhi (PTI): In a
no-holds-barred letter to
Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal, LG VK Saxena
has accused him and his
ministers of running
away from their consti-
tutional duties and re-
sponsibility of govern-
ance in Delhi.
In the letter dated Oc-
tober 7, Saxena also hit
out at Kejriwal govern-
ment saying its rule,
based on speeches and
advertisement, was al-
ienated from works of
basic public interest.
Saxena's letter comes
days after DyCM Man-
ish Sisodia accused him
of interfering in govern-
ment's functioning and
unconstitutionallyset-
ting up probes on its de-
cisions and works.
In a cheeky reply to
Saxena, Kejriwal in a
tweet on Saturday said:
Another love letter has
come. Kejriwal had ear-
lier too taken a dig at the
LG in a tweet saying he
was scolded by Saxena
more than he is scolded
by his wife. The LG said
his letters and instruc-
tions were meant to cau-
tion the government
against errors and
shortcomings in its
functioning yet he was
personally attacked and
became target of base-
less allegations.
In his letter, the LG
flagged his instructions
regarding a probe in the
now scrapped excise
policy
, absence of Kejri-
wal or his ministers at
an event attended by the
President, power subsi-
dy
,recruitmentof teach-
ers and asked was he
wrong in doing that.
Saxena accused Kejri,
yet I wal and his associ-
ates of levelling false al-
legations and spreading
them through social me-
dia causing irreparable
loss to the people they
targetted.
CM running away from
constitutional duties: LG
My letters
instructions
are meant to
caution the govern-
ment against errors
shortcomings in
its functioning, yet I
am personally at-
tacked.
—Vinai Kumar Saxena,
Lt Governor, Delhi
New Delhi (PTI): CM Arvind Kejriwal on Sat-
urday hit out at the BJP and LG VK Saxena,
saying the saffron party is destroying the lives
of people of the national capital through LG.
BJP is hell bent on destroying the lives of
the people of Delhi through LG. Every day
these people make a fuss about something or
the other. I assure Delhiites that as long as this
son of yours is alive, don't worry
. I won't let any
harm come to you, Kejriwal said in another
tweet in Hindi.
DyCM Manish Sisodia also reacted to the
LG's letter, saying that it was being done due to
Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party's growing
popularity in Gujarat.
Every day AAP's support base in Gujarat
gets stronger, and everyday a new fake investi-
gation starts in Delhi. Everyone is aware of his
(LG's) conspiracies to stop Arvind Kejriwal.
They can do whatever they want but neither
the work being done in the interest of the pub-
lic in Delhi will stop, nor will the AAP wave in
Gujarat, Sisodia said in a tweet in Hindi.
BJP destroying lives of
Delhiites via LG: Kejriwal
CRUCIAL READ
New Delhi (PTI): The
family of a 52-year-old
ex-BSF jawan who was
declared brain dead at
the All India Institute
of Medical Sciences
(AIIMS) here donated
his organs, offering a
new lease of life to
three people.
While Rakesh Ku-
mar's one kidney was
used at the AIIMS Del-
hi itself, the other was
sent for a patient at the
Safdarjung hospital.
His heart was trans-
planted in a patient at
the Army's Research
and Referral (RR)
Hospital.
Kumar, a native of
Firozabad, had suffered
a fall while carrying
out some electricity re-
pairs at his home on
October 3. He was
rushed to a local trau-
ma centre which re-
ferred him to the
AIIMS, a doctor said.
Kumar was admitted
to AIIMS Trauma Cen-
tre early on October 4
and was operated upon.
He was declared brain
dead on October 6, the
doctor added.
FOR FREEDOM TO SPEAK
Nargis Saifi,
wife of activist
Khalid Saifi,
speaks during
a press
conference
‘India Behind
Bars: The
Cost of Free
Speech’, at
Press Club
of India in
New Delhi on
Saturday.
—PHOTO
BY PTI
Brain dead ex-BSF jawan donates organs at AIIMS
His heart was transplanted in a patient at Army RR
Hospital. His one kidney went to Safdarjung
hospital while his other kidney was used at AIIMS
Enforcement Directo-
rate has seized about Rs
1 crore in cash after
raidsinconnectionwith
a money laundering in-
vestigation into the al-
leged irregularities in
the now-scrapped Delhi
excise policy, official
sources said Saturday
.
The searches were
launched at about 35 lo-
cations in Delhi-NCR,
Punjab and Telangana's
capital Hyderabad.
About a crore cash
was seized from a loca-
tion during the raids
against liquor business-
men, distribution com-
panies and linked enti-
ties, sources said. Some
devices and documents
were also seized, they
said without disclosing
the locations of the re-
coveries. Premises
linked to a director of a
TV news organisation
and a former Punjab
MLAwerealsosearched.
ED seizes `1crore in
raids at 35 locations
New Delhi: The
CBI questioned pri-
vate secretary of
BiharDyCMTejash-
wi Yadav in connec-
tion with alleged
land-for-jobs scam
in Railways. Sanjay
Yadav was sum-
moned to appear be-
fore the agency on
Saturday
, a day after
theCBIchargesheet-
ed Tejashwi's father
Lalu Prasad, moth-
er Rabri Devi and
sister Misa Bharti
in the case.
CBI questions
Tejashwi aide
in land-for-
jobs ‘scam’
A video grab of one of the women grabbing the shirt of a guard.
4 HELD FOR LOOT OF CASH, JEWELLERY

l Vol 2 l Issue No.41
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PERSPECTIVE
04
have met twenty one Nobel
Laureates. Pearl Buck, U.S.A,
Kawabata Yasunari, Japan,
Pablo Neruda, Chile, Nelson
Mandela, South Africa, Rob-
ert Manchu, Guatemala, Des-
mond Tutu, South Africa,
Lech Walesa, Poland, Shiman
Peres, Israel, Yaseer Arafat,
Palestine Liberation Organi-
sation, Kofi Annan, Ghana,
WangariMaathai,Kenya,Mu-
hammad Yunus, Bangladesh,
Amartya Sen, India, V
.S. Nai-
paul, Trinidad, Nadine Gordi-
mer, South Africa, Octavio
Paz, Mexico, Wole Soyinka,
Nigeria, Gunter Grass, Ger-
many, Hennery Kissinger,
U.S.A, Eisaku Sato, Japan,
MartinLutherKingJr.,U.S.A.
and Garcia Marques.
Had Dag Hammarskjold,
Secretary General of the
United Nations, not died in
plane crash in September
1961, R.K. Narayan would
have got the Nobel Prize for
Literature sooner rather than
later. I often spoke to R.K.
Narayan about missing out
on the prize. His answer was
that of man who had Malgudi
written all over him. “I am
glad I did not get the Prize. It
would have disrupted my life,
peace and tranquillity com-
pletely”. He meant it.
We had been intimate
friends for forty years. I still
re-read some of his novels,
specially, ‘Swami and
Friends, ‘The Bachelor of
Arts’, ‘The Guide’ and his en-
chanting autobiography
, ‘My
Days’, in which I appear. The
year, 1965, New York. R.K.
Narayan was in serious trou-
ble. Harvey Breit, at one time
literary editor of The New
York Times was an old friend
of R.K. They fell out over Har-
vey’s stage version of “The
Guide”. “His version was so
different from mine that I
withheld my permission to
present it on the stage.”
R.K’s lawyer warned him
that he should leave the coun-
tryimmediately
,because,Har-
vey was taking him to court.
A summon would be issued
and R.K would not be allowed
to leave New York for six
months….”Thanks to my
friend Natwar Singh of our
foreign service, I secured asy-
lumintheIndianConsulate..”
I put him on the Air India
flight at 8 P
.M.
This year’s prize for Litera-
ture has been awarded to the
French author, Annie Er-
naux. She is the first French
woman to get the award. In
all, seventeen female writers
have received the Nobel for
Literature.
One of her novels, “Getting
Lost”, published in 2001, is
about her intense affair with
a Soviet Diplomat.
Annie Ernaux is 82 years
old. The citation was read out
byMatsMalm,thepermanent
secretary of the Swedish
Academy which selects the
winner. Part of it lauds the
‘courage and clinical acuity
with which she uncovers the
roots, estrangements and col-
lective restraints of personal
memory’.
The one who wrote,
“Where the mind is without
fear and the head is held
high;
Where knowledge is free;
Where the world has not been
broken up into fragments by
narrow domestic walls;
Where words come out from
the depth of truth;
Where tireless striving stretch-
es its arms towards perfec-
tion; Where the clear stream
of reason has not lost its way
into the dreary desert sand of
dead habit; Where the mind is
led forward by thee into ever-
widening thought and action-
Into that heaven of Freedom,
my Father
, let my country
awake.
This is stanza 35 from Ra-
bindranath Tagore’s “Gitan-
jali” for which he was award-
ed the Nobel Prize for Litera-
ture in 1913. No other Indian
has got the Literature Prize
since then.
On October 6th a half de-
mented 34 year old Thai drug
addictanddismissedpoliceof-
ficer committed a horrific
crime in a children’s school in
the northern eastern rural
town, Nangbua Lamphu. He
entered the child care facility
,
armed with a pistol, shotgun
and knife. He killed thirty
eight people, including twenty
four children, taking their af-
ternoonnap.Notonewasmore
than four years old. Each was
stabbed or shot in the head.
Their eight month pregnant
teacher met the same fate.
The killer then walked
home, shot his wife, son and
himself. Thailand is a Bud-
dhist country
. At 5:1, weapons
per 100 people, gun ownership
rate in Thailand is among the
highest in Asia.
The Chief of RSS, Shri
Bhagwat is, it seems has be-
come an enlightened Hindu
reformist. Do away with the
conceptsofJatiandVarna,he
said four days back. I have lit-
tle doubt that some of his con-
servative followers must be
feeling uneasy
. Let them.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
Amit Shah
@AmitShah
Inaugurated the new headquarters
of @BJP4Assam in Guwahati. I am
confident that this state-of-art building
will play a significant role in further
strengthening BJP in the state and
contributing in the development of
Assam and welfare of its people.
Piyush Goyal
@PiyushGoyal
Touch The Sky With Glory! On 90th
#AirForceDay, we salute the valour
and service of our Air Warriors and
our veterans. The @IAF_MCC with
its tradition of gallantry is
transforming for the future as an
Aatmanirbhar force.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
The spirit is beyond
destruction. No one can
bring an end to spirit
which is everlasting.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
PAST KARMAS
NOT LETTING
LALU FAMILY
LIVE IN PEACE
ashtriya Janata Dal
president Lalu Pras-
ad Yadav cannot run
away from his kar-
ma as chief minis-
ter of Bihar and as the Union
railway minister. He has al-
ready served a fairly long term
in jail for the infamous fodder
scam and now the CBI has
charge sheeted Lalu, his wife
Rabri Devi who is also a former
chief minister of Bihar, their
daughters Misa Bharti, Hema
Yadav and 16 others in the land
for job scam in which land was
acquired at rates lower than
the market rate. The CBI’s case
is that 12 persons from Patna
were hired for Group D jobs in
the railways and in return La-
lu’s family got seven plots of
land. Lalu and his kin are al-
leged to have acquired 1 lakh
square feet of land for mere Rs
26 lakh against the market rate
of Rs 4.39 crore.
After the fodder scam Ya-
dav’s charge of witch hunt by
the Central agency will be hard
to believe.
TOP TWEETS
R
aste and religious
politics are close-
ly linked in India.
In reality politics
feeds on caste and
religion as it keeps voters
divided to its advantage.
Hindu scriptures divide the
society into four Varnas-
--Brahmins, Kshatriyas,
Vaishyas and Shudras---
based on which the evil of
the caste system has evolved
and become all-pervasive. It
is reflected in the discrimi-
nation of and frequent cases
of assault on Dalits. So fix-
ated are some upper caste
Hindus on castes that they
even want to practice it even
in distant America. It is,
therefore, heartening to
hear Mohan Bhagwat, the
Sarsanghchalak, talk of dis-
carding the caste system
(Varna and Jaati) as it has
become outdated. They are
things of the past and forgot-
ten, he said. Unfortunately,
they are not being allowed to
fade from public memory.
Given the hold that caste
politics has on Indian’s mind-
scape that doing away with it
will be like stirring a hornet’s
nest. Although attempts are
being made to assimilate low-
er castes into the main-
stream, high caste Hindus
will oppose any such move
tooth and nail. Just as Bhag-
wat’s 2019 call for a “conver-
sation in harmonious atmos-
phere between those in fa-
vour of quota and those
against it”. The call was in-
terpreted as anti-Dalit-Back-
ward face of the RSS and BJP
.
The RSS had to clarify that an
unnecessarycontroversywas
being created.
The latest suggestion will
also have an impact on reser-
vations for both Dalits and
Backward Classes. Neither
section will let go of that
right and with the general
elections due in 2024 netas
will start making a beeline
for Dalits’ homes.
CASTE SYSTEM IS
TOO DEEP-ROOTED
The latest suggestion will
also have an impact on
reservations for both
Dalits Backward Classes.
Neither section will let go of
that right and with general
elections due in 2024
netas will start making a
beeline for Dalits’ homes
C
OF LITERARY
RENDEZVOUS MORE...
I
R.K. Narayan would have
got the Nobel Prize for
Literature sooner rather
than later. I often spoke to
R.K. Narayan about
missing out on the prize.
His answer was that of
man who had Malgudi
written all over him. “I am
glad I did not get the Prize.
It would have disrupted my
life, peace and tranquillity
completely.” He meant it
K NATWAR SINGH
The author is Former Minister
of External Affairs of India
Garcia Marquez, K Natwar Singh Sharda Prasad, 1983.
This year’s prize for Literature has been
awarded to the French author, Annie
Ernaux. She is the first French woman to
get the award. In all, seventeen female writers
have received the Nobel for Literature
K Natwar Singh, Rajiv Gandhi and Nelson Mandela, 1991.

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INDIA
06
New Delhi (Agencies):
Aiming to boost its tally
in the 2024 general elec-
tions, the BJP has
planneddozensof mega
rallies by Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi, cov-
ering the 144 Lok Sabha
seats most of which it
lost in 2019, and where
it has been working to
brighten its prospects.
Sources said on Sat-
urday the party has pre-
pared a ‘cluster plan’ to
strengthen its standing
in these seats.
In the first phase of
the elaborate plan, sev-
eral Union ministers
were asked to visit these
seats and hold meetings
with BJP workers and
people from different
walks of life. Last
month, BJP president
JP Nadda and Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah had held a review
meeting with the vari-
ous Union ministers to
assess the progress of
the party’s cluster plan.
“Now as part of
phase 2 of the plan, it is
being planned to hold
dozens of mega rallies
of the prime minister
covering these 144 Lok
Sabha seats to brighten
the party’s prospects
on these seats in next
Lok Sabha polls,” a
source said.
BJP plans mega PM rallies
in 144 identified LS seats
‘BJP AIMS 12 OF 14 LS SEATS IN ASSAM’
Guwahati: The BJP has set a target of winning 12
out of 14 seats in Assam in the 2024 Lok Sabha
elections, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said
on Saturday. Addressing a party workers’ meet
here, Sarma said the BJP will start working from
now to make Narendra Modi India’s prime minister
for the third consecutive time. “Assam has 14 Lok
Sabha seats and we won nine last time. This time,
we will have to win at least 12 seats,” he said in
presence of BJP president JP Nadda and Union
Home Minister Amit Shah. “We will not stop till the
Lok Sabha polls. We want to see Narendra Modi as
prime minister for the third time,” he added.
Guwahati (Agencies): Assam chief minister
Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday washed the
feet of senior BJP
functionaries and
shared the video on
his Twitter handle.
The chief minister
said showing re-
spect to the seniors
is a cornerstone of
the BJP’s tradition and he is honoured to have
washed the feet of the senior functionaries.
Jajpur (PTI): A 33-year-
old woman allegedly
chopped off the genitals
of her husband before
stabbing him to death in
Odisha’s Jajpur district,
police said on Saturday.
The incident took place
at Pubola Mundasahi
village on Friday night.
The deceased has been
identified as Raju Cham-
pia (39) of the village,
police said. The accused
woman, identified as
Kuni Champia, allegedly
murdered her husband
with a sharp weapon
late on Friday night.
Bengaluru (PTI): The
X-ray spectrometer
‘CLASS’ on the Chan-
drayaan-2 Orbiter
has mapped an abun-
dance of sodium on
the moon for the first
time, according to the
Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO).
Chandrayaan-1 X-ray
Fluorescence Spectrom-
eter (C1XS) detected
sodium from its char-
acteristic line in X-rays
which opened up the
possibility of mapping
the amount of sodium
on the Moon, it said.
Kendrapara (PTI): A 17-year-old girl was appar-
ently killed in an attack by a saltwater crocodile at
a riverside village in
Odisha’s Kendrapara
district, officials said on
Saturday. Sheela Dalei
was grazing goats near
a creek in Rangani vil-
lage when the crocodile
pounced on her Friday
afternoon. Her mutilated body was later fished out
by fire brigade personnel on Saturday, officials said.
HIMANTA SARMA WASHES FEET OF SENIOR
BJP LEADERS; SAYS, ‘INDIAN CULTURE’
WOMAN KILLS
HUBY BY CHOPPING
OFF HIS GENITAL
CHANDRAYAAN-2
MAPS SODIUM ON
MOON: ISRO
CROCODILE CLAIMS LIFE IN BHITARKANIKA,
FIVE DEATHS IN LAST FOUR MONTHS
CRUCIAL READ
Chandigarh (ANI):
Pride and valour ech-
oed in the celebrations
of the Indian Airforce
which marked the com-
pletion of 90 years of
its foundation on Satur-
day
. IAF chief Air Chief
Marshal Vivek Ram
Chaudhari lauded the
forces and informed
that the Indian govern-
ment approved the cre-
ation of a weapon sys-
tem branch for the of-
ficers in IAF.
This year’s anniver-
sary celebrations theme
was “IAF: Transform-
ing for the Future”.
This aptly highlights
the Indian Air Force’s
needs to redefine, reim-
agine and recalibrate to
transform into a con-
temporary and future-
ready force. “It is my
privilege to announce
that the government
has approved the crea-
tion of a Weapon Sys-
tem Branch for Officers
in the IAF. This is the
first time since the inde-
pendence that a new op-
erational branch has
been created,” said Air
Chief Marshal Vivek
Ram Chaudhari.
The move will essen-
tially be for manning
fourspecialisedstreams
of Surface-to-Surface
missiles, Surface-to-Air
Missiles, Remotely Pi-
loted Aircraft and
Weapon System Opera-
tors in twin and multi-
crew aircraft. He also
informed that the crea-
tion of this branch
would result in savings
of over Rs 3,400 crore
due to reduced expendi-
ture on flying training.
He also stressed the
induction of air warri-
ors into IAF through the
Agnipath scheme and
called it an opportunity
to harness the potential
of youth. “We have
changed our operation-
al training methodology
to ensure each Agniveer
is equipped with the
right skills and knowl-
edgetostarttheircareer
in the Air Force. In De-
cember we would be in-
ducting 3,000 Agniveer
Vayu for their initial
training,” he added.
INDIAN AIR FORCE DAY
IAF CHIEF ANNOUNCES CREATION OF
NEW WEAPON SYSTEM BRANCH
PRESIDENT MURMU, RAJNATH WITNESS IAF PROWESS ON
FIRST AIR FORCE DAY CELEBRATIONS OUTSIDE DELHI-NCR
Chandigarh (PTI): A
dazzling show by a fleet
of military aircraft over
the Sukhna Lake here
enthralled the gather-
ing, including President
Droupadi Murmu, who
clapped during their
breathtaking maneu-
vers as the Indian Air
Force marked its 90th
anniversary celebra-
tions on Saturday. It is
the IAF’s first annual
Air Force Day parade
and fly-past outside the
Delhi-National Capital
Region, which also saw
the participation De-
fence Minister Rajnath
Singh. Governors of
Punjab and Haryana
Banwarilal Purohit and
Bandaru Dattatreya,
Haryana Chief Minister
Manohar Lal Khat-
tar and Chandigarh
MP Kirron Kher were
present too. Prior to
the spectacular aerial
display, a ceremonial
parade was held at the
air force station here
in the morning in the
presence of Air Chief
Marshal V R Chaudhari.
Murmu was accorded
the guard of honour
upon her arrival here.
This is her first visit
to Chandigarh as the
President of India.
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
On Air Force Day, my
greetings to the cou-
rageous air warriors
and their families. In
line with the motto of
the Indian
Air Force has shown
exceptional dexterity
for decades. They have
secured the nation and
also shown remarkable
human spirit during
disasters.
President Droupadi Murmu graces the 90th anniversary celebrations of the Indian Air Force (IAF),
at Sukhna Lake, in Chandigarh on Saturday. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Punjab Governor
Banwarilal Purohit, Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari and his wife Neeta
Chaudhari are also present. —PHOTO BY ANI
PM GREETS INDIAN AIR
FORCE ON THE DAY
The Prime Minister Shri
Narendra Modi has
greeted the members
of Indian Air Force and
their families on the oc-
casion of Air Force Day.
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: The cur-
rent Bihar government
has the support of seven
parties. Although only
fourpartiesareinvolved
in the government, a to-
tal of seven parties are
in the coalition govern-
ment. Three communist
parties—CPI, CPM and
CPIML—have support-
ed the government from
outside, while JD(U),
RJD, Congress and Hin-
dustan Awam Morcha
form part of the govern-
ment. Running an alli-
ance of seven parties is
not easy in a politically
volatile state like Bihar.
But since the number of
these two parties, JD(U)
and RJD, also exceeds
the majority, neither
party is in a position to
exert pressure.
Nevertheless, for the
last few days, there is a
discussion that a coordi-
nation committee
shouldbeformed,which
will help in the opera-
tion of the coalition and
the government. This
demand is especially
from the three commu-
nist parties, which are
not part of the govern-
ment. They feel that
through the coordina-
tion committee, they
will be able to keep an
eye on the work of the
government and take
some decisions accord-
ing to their agenda. For-
mer Chief Minister Ji-
tan Ram Manjhi’s party
Hum and some Con-
gress leaders have also
pointed out the need for
a coordination commit-
tee. In fact, the message
among the leaders of
these five small parties
is that the government
is of JDU and RJD. All
the work is being done
according to these two
big parties, which is
true to an extent. There-
fore, it will be interest-
ing to see whether Chief
Minister Nitish Kumar
and Deputy Chief Min-
isterTejashwiYadavare
ready to form a coordi-
nation committee.
Will Nitish and Tejashwi agree to form
a 7 party coordination committee?
Tejashwi Prasad Yadav along with Nitish Kumar
Chandigarh (Agen-
cies): Former Punjab
Congress chief Sunil
Jakhar is emerging as
a prominent face of
the state BJP since he
joined the party this
May, after being asso-
ciated with the Con-
gress for over three
decades.
Last month, the BJP
high command chose
him to be part of a
5-member committee
constituted to conduct
an inquiry into the vi-
olence during the par-
ty’sNabannamarchin
Kolkata. This was the
first assignment for
Jakhar, the only party
leader from Punjab in
the committee.
EX-CONG CHIEF JAKHAR NOW AT
CENTRE OF BJP’S PUNJAB PLAN
Bhopal (ANI): Madhya
Pradesh Congress pres-
ident Kamal Nath has
sought a reply from
Satna MLA Siddharth
Kushwaha and Kotma
MLA Su-
neel Saraf
who have
been ac-
cused by a
woman of
molesting
her onboard a train.
Kamal Nath has also
constituted a committee
to look into the matter.
Both MLAs were alleg-
edly accused by a wom-
an of molesting her on-
board a train, said the
police. The Railway po-
lice received the infor-
mation of molestation
and a team of officials
was sent to the train.
New Delhi (ANI): A
health expert from the
Standing National Com-
mittee on Saturday as-
serted that there are
several “missing links”
that need to
be probed
in the
W o r l d
Health Or-
g a n i s a -
t i o n ’ s
(WHO) claim of over 66
deaths due to cold and
cough syrup produced
by the Maiden Pharma-
ceuticals Ltd. “The first
death was reported in
July but WHO informed
the regulator in India on
September 29. The Indi-
an government has not
received a complete cau-
sality assessment,” Dr
YK Gupta said.
Nath seeks reply
from 2 MLAs of
molesting woman
‘Missing links in
WHO’s claims
should be probed’
New Delhi (ANI): Un-
ion Minister Jitendra
Singh on Friday called
the development in
Jammu and Kashmir as
the biggest achieve-
ment of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi-led gov-
ernment and further
claimed that each sec-
tor of the Union Terri-
tory has got a common
allocation.
It is the biggest
achievement of PM
Modi that in 70 years,
each division of J-K has
a common allocation for
the proposed develop-
ment projects, Union
MinisterJitendraSingh
said while reacting to
Jammu and Kashmir
National Conference
(JKNC) chief Farooq
Abdullah's response to
the challenge of Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah. Shah, during his
public address in J-K's
Baramullah on Wednes-
day, took a dig at the
Gupkar alliance and
openly challenged the
JKNC to present a 're-
port card' regarding the
development projects in
the Union Territory,
during its tenure of gov-
ernance.
Washington (ANI):
Union Minister for Pe-
troleum and Natural
Gas Hardeep Singh
Puri on Friday (local
time) said that India
will navigate through
the Organisation of Pe-
troleum Exporting
Countries Plus
(OPEC+) decision to
cut oil production from
November by a steeper
than expected two mil-
lion barrels per day
(bpd).
“How will this im-
pact India? We are very
confident of being able
to navigate through the
situation,” Puri said
while speaking to re-
porters in Washington.
Puri highlighted In-
dia is one of the largest
oil importers and the
demand is expected to
rise driven by an in-
crease in India’s per
capita consumption of
energy which current-
ly stands at one-third
of the global average.
Puri further stressed
that the fuel demand is
expected to keep rising
as the country’s econo-
my grows.
Patna (ANI): After
Prashant Kishor
claimed that Nitish Ku-
mar offered him to join
his party, Bihar Chief
Minister said that a po-
litical strategist who
helps political parties
to win the elections and
influence people is now
makingbaselessclaims,
adding that a few years
back Kishor had ad-
vised him to merge his
party Janata Dal (Unit-
ed) with Congress.
Kumar took a swipe
at Kishore, saying, “it
appears that Kishor is
working for Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP).”
The Bihar Chief Minis-
ter categorically denied
offering Prashant
Kishor a post in his par-
ty. Asked about PK’s
claim, Kumar told re-
porters, “It is false. Let
him speak whatever he
wants. We have nothing
to do with it. 4-5 years
back he had told me to
merge with Congress.
He has gone to BJP
nowadays and is acting
as per them. What he
has to do with politics?”
J-K developments PM
Modi's biggest
achievement: Singh
Confident India will
navigate through OPEC
+ production cut: Puri
It’s good, Prashant
Kishor helping BJP,
says Nitish Kumar

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CURRENCIES
‘We are facing ‘5th wave’ of debt crisis’
New Delhi: World Bank
President David Malpass
has said the world is facing
a “fifth wave of debt crisis”
and called for more support
for the countries that are in
distress. He said about $44
billion in debt service pay-
ments from bilateral and
private debt service have
become due in 2022 alone.
He said, “I am worried
about the debt levels, wor-
ried about the individual
countries… In 2022 alone,
around $44 billion in debt
service payments from bi-
lateral and private debt
service have become due in
some of the poorest coun-
tries, bigger than the for-
eign aid flows the coun-
tries could hope for.,” Mal-
pass added that the world
right now is “in the midst
of what I think is a fifth
wave of debt crisis”.
Separately
, during a con-
ference call, he told report-
ers that India has been one
of theleadersindigitisation
that empowers and expands
the social safety net, Mal-
pass said. Responding to a
question on India taking
over the presidency of G-20
in December, Malpass said
there is a potential focus on
debt. I think the world is at
a point where there can be
progress made for a more
effective common frame-
work, he said. India, he
said, is an important credi-
tor, for example, in Sri Lan-
ka and also in some of the
heavily indebted countries
of Africa. So, India as the
chair of the G-20 has an op-
portunity there, he said.
WORLD BANK PRESIDENT WARNS
business
BRIEFS
Mumbai: A team from De-
fence Research and Devel-
opment Organisation
(DRDO) met with the UK-
based Rolls Royce to dis-
cuss the Advanced Medi-
um Combat Aircraft
(AMCA) Engine. Under this
joint venture the Intellectu-
al Property Right (IPR) will
be retained by India for
High Thrust Low bypass
engine (110kn+). Rolls-
Royce said it is interested
in collaborating with India
to co-develop and produce
engines for India’s AMCA
fifth-generation fighter air-
craft project. —Agencies
ROLLS ROYCE IN
TALKS WITH DRDO
ON AMCA ENGINES
New Delhi: The global
electric vehicle production
will grow at a compounded
average annual growth
rate (CAAGR) of 26%, with
volumes approaching 54.1
million units by 2029, as
per report. The EV Power-
train semiconductor mar-
ket is forecast to grow at a
CAAGR of 31% to reach
$27.3 billion by 2029, as
per report by market re-
search firm Strategy Ana-
lytics. The push to electric
vehicles is being dictated
by consumer awareness
and government regula-
tions and mandates related
to climate change and the
need to reduce emissions
and reverse the impacts of
global warming. —PTI
EV PRODUCTION
LIKELY TO REACH 54
MN UNITS BY 2029
Gurugram: Axiom Land-
base, one of the leading
real estate advisory firms
of Gurugram, is all set to
host the biggest property
expo in Gurugram, which
will serve as the one-stop
property solution for all the
real estate needs of visi-
tors. It will see large-scale
participation by renowned
developers in the NCR. All
esteemed realtors from the
NCR, dealing in diverse
real estate segments, will
register their presence to
showcase the best of their
projects. —ANI
GURUGRAM FIRM TO
ORGANISE BIGGEST
PROPERTY EXPO
Beijing: China on Satur-
day criticized the latest
U.S. decision to tighten
export controls that would
make it harder for China
to obtain and manufacture
advanced computing
chips, calling it a violation
of international economic
and trade rules that will
“isolate and backfire” on
the U.S. “Out of the need
to maintain its sci-tech
hegemony, the U.S. abus-
es export control meas-
ures to maliciously block
and suppress Chinese
companies,” said Foreign
Ministry representative
Mao Ning. —Agencies
CHINA LASHES OUT
AT US EXPORT
CONTROLS ON CHIPS
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INDIA IS AWARE OF DEBT DISTRESS: PM MODI
I’ve spoken with PM Narendra Modi about this, he said, India is aware of
debt distress in countries. So, it is very relevant, he said. The second, I
mention, is education where India has been a leader in pushing forward,
Malpass said, as he mentioned about another major conference he co-
hosted at the UN last week on education, where they used the data from
learning Poverty Index, which has been showing a very concerning in-
crease in educational poverty. That means 70% of the kids in developing
countries are not able to read the basic text, he said. For India’s G-20,
this is a big opportunity. India has been a leader in education, he said.
RETAIL JOBS DOWN 12%
AMID RECORD FESTIVE
SALES, SAYS REPORT
New Delhi: As e-commerce play-
ers earn big this festival season,
India saw a de-growth of 11.8
per cent in retail
sector jobs from
August 2021 to
August this year,
as per report.
Indians searching for retail jobs
see a fall during the pandemic
and beyond, and jobs in retails
have seen an overall 5.50 per cent
degrowth in the past three years.
Although jobs in retail saw an
uptick of 27.70 per cent in 2020-
2021, it again de-grew last year.
GOOGLE TO SHUT DOWN
ENTIRE ASST DRIVING
MODE DASHBOARD
San Francisco: Tech giant
Google has announced to shut
down the Assistant Driving
Mode Dash-
board that was
announced at
its developer
conference I/O
in 2019. Google will shut down
the entire Assistant Driving
Mode Dashboard on November
21, as per reports. Driving
Mode, another name for the car-
optimised experience in Google
Maps for Android, will continue
to exist, the report said.
META WARNS 1 MILLION FACEBOOK USERS
WHO INSTALLED PASSWORD-STEALING APPS
New York: Facebook parent Meta is warning 1 million users that their
login information may have been compromised through malicious
apps. Meta’s researchers found more than 400 malicious Android
and Apple iOS apps this year that were designed
to steal the personal Facebook login information of
its users, the company said Friday in a blog post.
Meta spokesperson Gabby Curtis confirmed that
Meta is warning 1 million users who may have been
affected by the apps. Meta said the apps they iden-
tified were listed in Apple’s app store and Google
Play Store as games, photo editors, health and lifestyle services and
other types of apps to trick people into downloading them.
AMBUJA CEMENTS GETS SHAREHOLDERS’ NOD FOR
RAISING ` 20,000 CR FROM ADANI GROUP FIRM
New Delhi: Ambuja Cements Ltd on Saturday said it has received
shareholders’ approval for all proposals in its EGM, including a resolu-
tion to raise Rs 20,000 crore from an Adani
group firm and appointment of Gautam
Adani and others on the board of the com-
pany. The Extraordinary General Meeting
(EGM) has passed the special resolution
proposing to raise Rs 20,000 crore by
issuing securities on a preferential basis to
Harmonia Trade and Investment Ltd, an Adani group entity, with 91.37
per cent votes, Ambuja Cements said in a regulatory update.
OTHER STORIES
Rising food, oil prices fuelling inflation
New Delhi (Agencies): In-
flation in India has been on
the rise consistently for the
past several months and
various reasons can be at-
tributed to it such as soar-
ing food and oil prices,
among others.
However, most impor-
tantly, the sharply depreci-
ating rupee against the dol-
lar is one of the most sig-
nificant reasons behind it.
India’s retail inflation
rose to 7 per cent in August
from 6.71 per cent in July
and this was due to higher
food prices. In fact, retail
inflation has been beyond
the Reserve Bank of India’s
(RBI) tolerance limit of 6
per cent for eight months in
a row. A rise in food prices
has led to a spike in retail
inflation and this is evident
from the fact that inflation
in the food basket was 7.62
per cent in August, up from
6.69 per cent in July and
more than double from 3.11
per cent in August 2021.
Earlier this year, the
crude oil price had touched
$130 a barrel. However, in
September, it slid to less
than $85 per barrel. But
now they may rise again as
OPEC+, the group of oil-
producing nations, has de-
cided to cut down oil pro-
duction. Rising oil prices
directly impact inflation in
India. This can be gauged
from the fact that India im-
ports more than 85 per cent
of its oil requirement.
As crude oil prices start
to rise, imports will also go
up, which in turn will wid-
en the current account
deficit (CAD).
Widening CAD will fur-
ther weaken the rupee, as
in the face of a widening
deficit, the country will be
forced to sell rupees and
buy dollars.
A weak rupee has fuelled
inflation in India.
In order to control infla-
tion, the RBI has been hik-
ing repo rates since May
this year. Due to monetary
policy tightening across
the world, and the continu-
ing war between Ukraine
and Russia, the global sce-
nario has worsened as dis-
ruptions in supply chains
have fuelled price rises.
Resultantly, these pre-
vailing situations have
fuelled the risks of reces-
sion globally
.
This has also impacted
stock markets, as India has
seen large portfolio out-
flows worth $13.3 billion
during the current finan-
cial year.
PEOPLE STRUGGLE AS
PRICES OF GRAINS GO
THROUGH THE ROOF
New Delhi: Skyrocketing prices of
essentials has dealt a heavy blow
to the public already struggling to
recover from the repercussions of
the Covid-induced lockdowns im-
posed in phases since early 2020.
Be it vegetables or foodgrains,
the prices have touched the roof
right from taking them out of the
farms to reaching the common
man’s kitchen.Prices increase
manifold by the time it reaches
the consumer from the farms
via markets, wholesaler and
the vendors. The farmer grows
vegetables in the field and sells
it in the government-mandated
markets (mandis).
TRANSPORTATION
MAIN CAUSE OF
RISING PRICES IN NE
Guwahati/Agartala: Price
rise at source, transportation
bottlenecks and inadequate
storage facilities are the main
causes of the rising prices of
vegetables and other essentials
in the mountainous northeast-
ern states. The capitals of the
northeastern states via Guwahati
are 1,000 km to 1,700 km from
Kolkata by road, and 2,000 km
to 2,650 km from Delhi The
Northeast Frontier Railway is
now laying new railway tracks
to connect the capital cities
of three more northeastern
states - Manipur, Mizoram and
Nagaland.
COMBINATION OF ‘GLOCAL’ FACTORS
EXPECTED TO HEAT UP INFLATION
New Delhi: A combination of global and local (glocal) factors -- geopo-
litical developments, crop production, reduction in crude oil production
and the resulting price increase and depreciating rupee -- are expected
to heat up the prices. The heating up of the prices is already happening
and will continue to happen. A top official of a city-based star hotel told
that their raw food costs have gone up and is continuing to hike, which
have prompted hotels to revised prices of the dishes. A recent survey
of households by the RBI showed that most categories of respondents
expect higher inflation for both three months and one year ahead. A
larger share of households expects higher prices for all product groups.
Overall prices and inflation expectations for the 3 months ahead period
were generally aligned with food products, non-food products and cost
of services, while they were more aligned with non-food products and
cost of services for the longer horizon of one year, the survey revealed.
BEYOND RBI
TOLERANCE LIMIT
z India`s retail inflation rose
to 7 per cent in August from
6.71% in July and this was due
to higher food prices. In fact,
retail inflation has been beyond
the RBI tolerance limit of 6 per
cent for eight months in a row
z A rise in food prices has led
to a spike in retail inflation as
inflation in the food basket was
7.62 per cent in August, up
from 6.69 per cent in July
z Rising oil prices directly
impact inflation in India it
imports more than 85 per cent
of its oil requirement
Bandhan Bank’s
collection
efficiency rises
to 97 per cent
New Delhi (PTI): Band-
han Bank on Saturday said
its collection efficiency ra-
tio (CER) increased to 97%,
excluding NPAs and in-
cluding restructured ac-
counts, at the end of the
second quarter of the cur-
rent fiscal. The bank’s CER
stood at 96% at the end of
the first quarter of the
2022-23 financial year.
Its collection efficiency
ratio at the end of the July-
September period of FY’23
for microlending increased
to 95% as compared to 94%
which it registered at the
end of the previous quarter,
a spokesperson of the pri-
vate lender said. The ratio
for other advances stayed at
99 per cent both in the first
and second quarters of
FY’23. CASA (current ac-
count, savings account) ra-
tio at the end of the second
quarter fell to 40.8% as com-
pared to 44.6% t in the same
period last fiscal.
Odisha gives nod to
projects worth `1,900
cr, targets 5,000 jobs
New Delhi (PTI): The Odi-
sha government’s State
Level Single Window
Clearance Authority on
Saturday approved ten in-
dustrial projects worth Rs
1923.60 crore as part of its
initiative to generate em-
ployment for over 5,170
people in the state.The ap-
proval of big ticket projects
took place during a meeting
chaired by Odisha chief
secretary Suresh Chandra
Mahapatra in state capital
Bhubaneswar, the govern-
ment said in a statement.
The industrial projects
cleared in the meeting
hailed to sectors like power
and renewable energy,
chemicals, information
technology
, electronics sys-
temdesignandmanufactur-
ing,oilandgas,metaldown-
stream, tourism, technical
textiles and infrastructure.
The Odisha government
said four of the approved
projects are being set up in
Khordha while the remain-
ingsixwillbesetupinPuri,
Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapa-
da, Balasore, Keonjhar and
Angul. The single window
clearance authority also ap-
proved the proposal of Lu-
minousPowerTechnologies
Private Limited to set up a
manufacturing unit of new
technologyeco-friendlyBat-
teries Fuel Cell, Advanced
Chemistry Cell, and power
storage and solar batteries
in Angul Aluminium Park
with a proposed investment
of Rs 481 Crores generating
employment for over 1,150
people in the state.
AIMS TO BE INT’L
INDUSTRIAL HUB
z Odisha govt is seeking to
not just be an industrial
leader in Eastern India but
also in East and South
East Asia, leveraging its
costal advantage
z State govt contributing to
the development of Odisha
as an industrial hub in
Eastern India
India’s forex
reserves down to
lowest level
since July 2020
New Delhi: India’s foreign
exchange reserves fell by
$4.8 billion to $532.6 billion
for the week ended Septem-
ber 30, Reserve Bank of In-
dia data showed. This is the
ninth straight weekly drop
and the lowest since July 24,
2020. The decline was due to
a dip in foreign currency as-
sets which decreased to
$472.81 billion from $477.21
in the previous week.
The fall is partly due to
depreciation of RBI’s hold-
ings of other major global
currencies. The forex re-
serves stood at $532.664 bil-
lion at the end of the re-
porting week. The forex
reserves stood at $537.52
billion in the prior week
ending September 23.
The rupee, on October 7,
hit a record low of 82.43
against the dollar and has
depreciated more than 9
percent in 2022 so far fol-
lowing the Russia-Ukraine
war and fears of recession.
WhatsApp’s cloned app
claimed to be spying
New Delhi (Agencies):
The India is one of the na-
tions with the largest num-
ber of Android trojan de-
tections, a new report has
warned. It also said that
WhatsApp’s cloned app is
leading in spying on
people`s chats in the coun-
try. The cloned app is the
third-party unofficial ver-
sion of WhatsApp.
According to the report
by cyber-security firm
ESET, ‘GB WhatsApp’ was
behind a large part of An-
droid spyware detection in
the last four months. It is a
popular but cloned third-
party version of What-
sApp. These malicious
programmes can record
audio and video in addi-
tion to having many other
surveillance features.
“The cloned app is not
available on Google Play
and, therefore, there are
no security checks in place
compared with the legiti-
mate WhatsApp, and ver-
sions available on various
download websites are rid-
dled with malware,” said
the report.
The report also exam-
ined threats mostly im-
pacting home users.

08
2NDFRONT
Greetings on the occasion of
Eid-e-Milad and Maharishi
Valmiki Jayanti.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
New Delhi-Varanasi
Vande Bharat Express
was taken out of opera-
tion on Saturday after it
suffered a snag in a
traction motor that
jammed its wheels and
damaged their perfect
roundness, a situation
officials described as
“flat tyre”.
The officials said the
semi-high speed train
left New Delhi station at
its scheduled time of
06.00 AM but it had to be
withdrawn at Khurja
station in Uttar
Pradesh, just after trav-
elling about 90 km.
All the 1,068 passen-
gershadtobedeboarded
andshiftedtoaShatabdi
Express rake brought
from Delhi for their on-
wards journey, which
started around 12.40 pm.
Officials said the train
crossed Dadri station of
North Central Railway
at 06.38 hours.
When it was hurtling
past the level crossing
gate no 146, the gate-
man working there felt
some friction in the 7th
compartment from the
rear SLR (Seating cum
Luggage Rake) of the
train and immediately
reported the brake
block jam. The train,
cruising at around 100
kmph, was then halted
at Wair Station (Bu-
landshahar) at 7:30 am,
67 km from Delhi.
Later, after inspec-
tion of the wheel by the
onboard technical staff,
the train was taken 20
km further to Khurja
Railway Station at a
controlled speed.
“At aorund 12:40, all
the 1,068 passengers
were deboarded and
shifted to a Shatabdi
Express rake which
was brought from Delhi
for their onwards jour-
ney,” an official said.
Senior Section Engi-
neer, Carriage and Wag-
on, V K Meena said the
Shatabdi Express be-
gan the onward journey
after a four-hour wait
by the passengers.
The Vande Bharat
Express was being re-
paired to take it to Del-
hi, he said. A ‘flat tyre’
in the railway terminol-
ogy refers to the dam-
age to the perfect round-
ness of the wheel with
some “flat” places in its
periphery
.
Varanasi-bound Vande Bharat
jammed, Shatabdi sent for help
Passengers of Vande Bharat Express being shifted to Shatabdi Express at Khurja Junction on
Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Suffers ‘Flat
Tyre’: Perfect
roundness of
wheels damaged,
explain officials
At aorund 12:40, all the 1,068 passen-
gers were deboarded and shifted to a
Shatabdi Express rake which was
brought from Delhi for their onwards journey.
—Railways official
SP’s Vinay Tiwari
vs BJP’s Aman
Giri in Gola
Gokarnnath
Lucknow (PTI): The
Samajwadi Party on
Saturday named Vinay
Tiwari as its candidate
for the bye-election to
be held in Gola Gokarn-
nath assembly constitu-
ency polls, the party
said in a statement.
Meanwhile, the BJP
has fielded Aman Giri
from the same seat.
“Aman Giri is the son
of Arvind Giri,” UP
BJP spokesperson Hero
Bajpai told PTI.
According to the
Election Commission,
polling will be held on
November 3, while
counting of votes will
be held on November 6.
Bye-election to the as-
sembly seat has been
necessitated
following
the death
of the sit-
ting BJP
M L A
Arvind
Giri.
Chandigarh (PTI):
The BJP on Saturday
announced ex-Congress
leader Kuldeep Bish-
noi’s son Bhavya as its
candidate for the next
month’s assembly by-
poll from Adampur,
considered a family
pocket borough.
The bypoll was neces-
sitated after Kuldeep
Bishnoi resigned as a
Congress MLA in Au-
gust and quit the party
along with his son. Both
later joined the BJP.
The bypoll will be a
litmus test for Kuldeep
Bishnoi, the younger
son of former chief
ministerthelateBhajan
Lal, as the seat has been
a family stronghold for
the past five decades.
“Heartfelt gratitude
to all the top leadership
of the party for making
Bhavya Bishnoi the
candidate in the Adam-
pur by-election,” Kul-
deep Bishnoi tweeted in
Hindi.
The Aam Aadmi Par-
ty has fielded Satender
Singh, who was earlier
with the BJP. The Con-
gress is yet to name a
candidate.
Adampur bypoll:
BJP fields Kuldeep
Bishnoi’s son
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FAMILY BASTION
TRANSFER OF COMMAND
New President of Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee Brijlal Khabri (3R) with party leaders
Pramod Tiwari, Ajay Kumar Lallu and others at party office in Lucknow on Saturday.
—PHOTO BY PTI
Dehradun (ANI): The
Uttarkhand Police has
increased the charges
on the accused of the
murder of Ankita
Bhandari whose body
was recovered from
Chilla canal in Rishi-
kesh on September 24.
Based on the evi-
dence collected and the
recorded statements of
the witnesses, the po-
lice have increased sec-
tion 354 A (Assault or
criminal force to wom-
an with intent to out-
rage her modesty) of
the Indian Penal Code
(IPC) and have added
section 5 of the Immor-
al Trafficking Preven-
tion Act, DIG P Renuka
Devi said.
“The evidence has
been collected and sent
to the forensic lab while
some other evidence
are sent to the Chandi-
garh lab,” DIG added
mentioning that they
have urged the Forensic
Science Laboratory
(FSL) for giving the re-
ports promptly as it is a
“sensitive matter”.
Pulkit Arya, son of
BJP leader Vinod Arya,
was arrested for alleg-
edly pushing Ankita
into Chilla canal follow-
ing an altercation.
Ankita murder: Police add
Immoral Trafficking charge
Pulkit Arya, the prime accused,
in murder of Ankita Bhandari
SC bench to hear plea
on Law Commission
New Delhi (ANI): The
Supreme Court is
scheduled to hear on
Monday a plea seeking
direction to the Centre
to appoint the Chair-
person and Members
of the Law Commis-
sion of India and make
it a statutory body.
A bench headed by
Chief Justice UU Lalit
will hear the petition
filed by advocate and
petitioner Ashwini
Upadhyay. Earlier, the
apex court had issued
notice to the Centre on
the plea which was filed
in 2020.
Although on Febru-
ary 19, 2020, the Centre
approved the Constitu-
tion of the 22nd Law
Commission but it has
not appointed the chair-
person and members
till date, the plea said.
Aman Giri
WILL UDDHAV
COME BACK TO
THE ‘OLD HOUSE’?
One thing that can be
said with certainty
about politics is that
neither are there ‘all-
weather’ friends nor
enemies. Perhaps this
was the reason why in
his Dussehra rally at
Shivaji Park, where Ud-
dhav Thackeray was
cursing BJP in his fer-
vent address on Oct 5,
sources reveal that on
occasion of Navratri,
Uddhav’s wife Rashmi
Thackeray and Maha-
rashtra’s Deputy CM
Devendra Fadnavis
have held a meeting at a
well known Mumbai
based businessman’s
residence. If sources
are to be believed, Fad-
navis is constantly try-
ing to make a deal be-
tween Uddhav’s Shiv
Sena once again. It is
said that this Navratri
party was organized by
businessman’s wife,
since Uddhav’s wife
Rashmi Thackeray is
one of her integral
friends, so an invitation
had already been sent
to her. Inviting Fad-
navis to the event, busi-
ness family had told
him ‘Rashmi is also go-
ing to come.’ And this
meeting of Rashmi
Thackeray Fadnavis
lasted for one and a half
hours. According to
sources, Fadnavis told
Rashmi ‘if your Shiv
Sena gives up its claim
for post of CM, then we
can come together. You
can also get the benefit
of this in BMC elec-
tions.” Fadnavis fur-
ther said that ‘Aditya
Thackeray will be given
full respect in this alli-
ance, but we should
avoid personal attacks
on each other’. It is said
that Rashmi asked Fad-
navis if his plans had
support of the central
leadership if it hap-
pens, what will you
do with Eknath
Shinde? To this Fad-
navis said, “Shinde is
our problem. Leave him
to us. He has MLAs
which you don’t have.”
Rashmi has promised
Fadnavis that she will
speak to Uddhav.
GEHLOT AGREED,
BUT WAS MAKEN’S
HANDLING OF RAJ
‘CRISIS’ IMMATURE?
What really tran-
spired during the
meeting between Sonia
Gandhi and Ashok Ge-
hlot when the political
whirlwind hit Ra-
jasthan Cong a few days
back. Highly placed
sources in grand old
party have revealed
that KC Venugopal had
accompanied Ashok
Gehlot to meet So-
nia but as soon
as Sonia entered
the room, she
signaled Venugo-
pal to vacate
room. She then
spoke bluntly with
G e h l o t
and, according to sourc-
es, an emotional Sonia
asked Gehlot an impor-
tant question, “I always
trusted 2 people blindly,
one was Ahmed Patel
and other is you. But I
was disappointed by
the developments in Ra-
jasthan.” Gehlot also
presented his explana-
tion on Sonia’s ques-
tion and said, “Madam,
your people have made
a mistake. Ajay Maken
was in a hurry. I was
ready to leave the post
of CM even before con-
testing for the post of
President, but your peo-
ple had already started
pressurizing the MLAs’
that they have to choose
their new leader now or
at least convey
their senti-
ments to
high com-
mand. I
tried to
meet Mak-
en and
make him
understand
but he did
n o t
even consider it neces-
sary to meet me. Where-
as Ajay Maken spoke to
Sachin Pilot at least ten
times that day. So
shouldnt I even defend
myself, mam?” On this,
Sonia replied to Gehlot
and said, “Cong will
have to do ‘face saving’
and ‘damage control’ in
Raj.” In such a situa-
tion, it was decided be-
tween the two leaders
that after the election
of Cong President, Cen-
tral Observers will be
sent from Delhi to Ra-
jasthan who will talk to
the MLAs in a group of
5 legislators each. Any
decision on the new
leadership will be taken
only when they explore
their mind.
AKHILESH’S ‘NO’ TO
NITISH’S ‘ROAD
MAP’ OF KURMI
POLITICS
Bihar CM Nitish
Kumar is taking
the 2024 general elec-
tion a little too seri-
ously and it is
likely that
in the 2024
general elections, Nit-
ish’s JDU will contest
from 17 LS seats in Bi-
har while 17 seats will
be given to RJD and the
remaining 6 seats for
Cong and Left. So, San-
jay Jha, a very close
friend of Nitish, has
advised him that ‘JDU
should contest more
elections on 15 Kurmi
dominated seats out-
side Bihar. JDU is also
going to field candi-
dates in MP, West Ben-
gal, Jharkhand, Odisha
and Gujarat. If sources
are to be believed, San-
jay Jha reached Luc-
know as Nitish’s spe-
cial envoy urged SP
supremo Akhilesh Ya-
dav to ‘organize meet-
ings for Nitish in Kur-
mi-dominated districts
like Basti,
Shravasti,
S i t a p u r,
Mirzapur
and Ba-
r e i l l y. ’
Akhilesh
listened to
Jha and said, “Give
time to think, I will re-
spond.” When Akhile-
sh’s call did not come
for a long time, then
Tejashwi called Akh-
ilesh at Nitish’s behest
and asked him his opin-
ion about this. He said
that “when my party is
not entering Bihar, why
do you want to come to
UP?” Tejashwi sensed
what Akhilesh said.
Mamata Banerjee also
had similar views about
this. Jharkhand CM He-
mant Soren said after
much hesitation that
‘he can give up one of
his seats for Nitish as
per agreement.’ MP’s
Rewa is also a Kurmi
dominated seat from
where Buddsen Patel
came for the first time
by winning the election
in 1996. But UP is slip-
ping out of Nitish’s
hands, where after Bi-
har, there is a 9 percent
Kurmi population. San-
jay Jha also hopes that
he will convince Akh-
ilesh for this soon.
TENSION IN KCR
FAMILY, BLAME ON PK
Even though the po-
litical ambitions of
Telangana CM Chan-
drashekhar Rao are to
rise to national stage,
all is not well in his
house. The differences
between his son KTR
daughter Kavita are
now visible in public.
Recently, when KCR
changed name of his
regional party ‘TRS’ to
‘BRS’ and made his in-
tentions clear that now
his eyes are on national
politics, his daughter
Kavita was absent. She
has not found a place in
the team of 87 leaders
in charge of campaign-
ing management for
by-election to be held in
Monogode assembly
seat of Telangana. KTR
himself is blaming elec-
tion strategist Prashant
Kishor and claims that
PK had come to Hy-
derabad to meet Kavita
and his cousin Harish
Rao. KTR suspects that
PK has put various ide-
as in kavita his broth-
er’s minds that they are
being sidelined in party
.
Since then, the rebel-
lion of Kavita has start-
ed taking shape. Any-
way, when a BJP MP
dragged Kavita’s name
in Delhi’s liquor scam,
party did not come to
her rescue. KTR has
also ex-
pressed
his
dis-
pleas-
ure
with PK.
FIRST INDIA SUNDAY SPECIAL
BY TRIDIB
RAMAN
The author is a journalist
and political commentator
and views expressed are
his personal
Chandrashekhar Rao
Ashok Gehlot
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NEW DELHI, SUNDAY,
OCTOBER 9, 2022
othing expresses happi-
ness like flowers. They
have the remarkable capac-
ity to make people smile
and lift their spirits. That
is why flowery motifs and
patterns are always used
by designers in their collections. If
you’re anything like us, you prefer to
have flowers around you in some man-
ner, shape, or form, whether you have
fresh blossoms on your nightstand or
your favourite dress has flowers
over it. In the textile business, there
are several flower print and pattern
varieties, such as antique floral pat-
terns, tropical floral patterns abstract
and stylised floral patterns which are
the favourite of most women.
Florals may provide a splash of col-
our to Indian festival attires. It adds to
the festive atmosphere, floral prints
were prominent at numerous fashion
events, including Couture Fashion
Week SS21 in Paris. Chanel, Fendi,
Dior, Viktor Rolf and Giambattista
Valli, all embraced the freshness of
flowers in their designs. Florals have
been popular in fashion for millennia.
During special occasions, ancient
Greek and Roman ladies wore fra-
grant head crowns and garlands
composed of flowers, leaves, and
herbs. Floral motifs are stitched
with gold and silver threads
onto the velvet dresses of Eu-
rope’s affluent throughout the
Medieval Ages.
MRIDULA SHARMA
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
N
Florals are a sign of beauty and youthfulness, they are ageless
and that much is certain! City First brings you some most
romantic floral pieces to float around this season
FLORALS IN THREE DIMENSIONS
3D floral designs are an incredible
strategy to bring the charm of flowers
to life. “Team 3D floral blouses with
jeans, shorts, or even a smart pair
of joggers for a casual style.” When
paired and matched correctly, it may
also be the ideal day appearance. They
also look great for a sophisticated
party dress.
FLOWERS ON FLOWERS
If implemented right, print-
over-print looks may be a lot
of fun. “Flowery paired with
floral look remarkably good.
Floral designs stand out even
more when paired with stripes
and gingham. However, bear
in mind that over-styling
might ruin the effect.

JEWELLERY IDEAS TO EXPRESS
YOUR ROMANCE!
From voicing love to cherishing the memories of love, Jewelry is the way you can make a person
feel special and desired. A Fine piece of the gem is capable to bring the feeling of affection towards
one another. The feeling of being trapped in the world of love is magical and what makes it more
ravishing is exhibiting it in a most memorable way. If you are scheduling to make a moment
special for your loved ones, a jewel that expresses your feelings would work as the cherry on top.
ew jewellery
specialists ex-
plore the uni-
versal set of
jewellery that
s y m b o l i z e s
love and eter-
nity from ancient to the
current world and how
the innovation of this
jewellery has impro-
vised over the years
that evokes the feeling
of love and affection
Certain jewellery in-
novations that occur
between ancient to pre-
sent times that could
cheer up your love life
and showcase your im-
pregnable love for each
other.
ROSE QUARTZ RINGS
Rose quartz is a stone
that expresses love and
compassion. Its pale
pink colour exhibits
emotions of undenia-
ble love for your mate.
it has translucent
transparency and is in
hexagonal crystal
seems perfect for the
girl you dream to spend
the with rest of your
life. only this but its
warm tone promotes
the feeling of self-love.
In case you are on low
self-esteem gifting a
rose quartz ring or
necklace can make you
feel worthy and beauti-
ful.
OPEN HEART
PENDANT
Open hearts jew-
ellery is one of
the most trendy
sets of jewel-
lery between
couples. It allies
with the feeling
of love, compas-
sion, beauty and
faith. Whether it
is a pendant, ring or
bracelet the aesthetic
design makes the most
popular jewellery to gift
these days. An open
heart pendant that split
open in between leaving
a space to add a picture
or symbols that you
cherish the most.
GLIMMERING
GEMSTONES
It may sound cheesy but
just like a real Diamond
never loses its shine, a
true feeling of affection
last forever. To outshine
the crowd of people lead-
ers and powerful figures
wears diamond crowns
to let people know about
their superiority since a
Diamond symbolizes
power and strength. Pre-
senting diamond jewel-
lery to your loved ones
can make them
vigilant about how pre-
cious they are to you.
POSY RINGS
A simple Gold plated
ring with a secret poem
or a message written
outside or inside of the
ring makes it special
and unique. The term
‘posy’ is driven by the
word poesie, it is a me-
dieval time design popu-
lar in the 15th to 17th
century in both Eng-
land and France, it is
gifted mostly as the feel-
ing of love and friend-
ship. The language in
which the quotation
was written was Nor-
man French, French,
Latin and English used
in later times.
CUPID DESIGN JEWELS
Cupid jewels play a sig-
nificant role
in expressing a soppy
feeling of attachment
towards each other.
There are several de-
signs with the Cupid
concept but the most
popular one is ‘The
Power of Love,’ which
features a playful take
on romance in a ring
that has cupid abscond-
ing with a flaming heart
set with ruby from Eng-
land circa designed in
the year 1725 engraved
with the English in-
scription ‘Stop Thief ‘
at the Victoria and Al-
bert Museum, London.
DRIED RED TULIP
PENDANT
Most people love flow-
ers but what makes
them questionable is
their short lifespan.
Each flower symboliz-
es a different meaning
of love hence the Red
tulip represents the
declaration of love.
Spending cash on ex-
pensive bouquets is not
worth knowing it will
wilt within the days.
Instead of a pendant
with dried flowers
would be an amazing
deal. Dried Flowers
can symbolize the most
treasured memories.
Dried flowers impro-
vise the way of think-
ing about beauty, gift-
ing dried flower jewel-
lery can bring differ-
ent meanings to your
love life.
INTERLINK PENDANT
Asimplesetof pendants
with a huge meaning be-
hind it. It consists of
two interlocked geo-
metrical symbols
representing two
people. It looks ele-
gant and classy and
canbewornonthe
daily basis will
do all justice to
the feeling of
the person that
has gifted you
a specific kind
of ornament
keeping it
close to your
heart all
the time.
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
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A formal wear bash in the Western dress code, commonly known as Black Tie Party was organised at Notion, Sahkar Marg Jaipur, a newly opened Restaurant on Saturday.
The British and European-inspired party was organised by Youth Icon Rishee Miglani and Priyambi Rajawat. The party enthusiasts were dressed up in dashing suits and
pretty gowns, which made the aura mesmerizing. During the bash, Priyambi Rajawat said, “Black Tie Gala, is an amazing royal gala night inspired by the British Culture, for
the first time in Jaipur, where we brought antiquity and culture with a very formal event, where people are envisioned to be elegant and they are predicted to see the
culture and talk about food and good music as well as enjoy a little taste of UK and we are looking forward to seeing everyone.” During the occasion, Rishee said, “This is
very exciting and I did a party like this for the first time, the party had warm vibes with the coolest people in the town, all were wearing formal and were enjoying the
night in the most happening way. It was indeed a night Jaipur can not forget.”
—PHOTOS BY SUNIL SHARMA
Priyambi, Meghna, Rishee and Tanay Vriti, Wrickie, Rishee and Priyambi Ratika and Kavita
Mandakini
taking a selfie
Priyambi and Meghna Deepti and Atin
Sujata, Rishee, Hiyavi ,
Ashna and Karan
Devraj, Nisha and Anju
Drishti and Devakshi
Deviya and Shaina
Shiksha and Abhishek
Inder and Rishee Rishi, Ashima and Priyambi
Neha
Suvrat and Tanya
Anjula, Mohit and Jassi
CHEERS TO ALL LADIES GENTELMEN
CHEERS TO ALL LADIES GENTELMEN
Ankit, Payal and Rohit
Kirti Rathore
Dhruv, Khushi, Divisha and Vaibhav Richa and Jitendra
Raj Choudhary, Deepti Saini, Karan Vig, Dr Poonam Madan and Farha Ansari
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GET VACCINATED
STAY MASKED
DANCE BALLET IN DELHI’S KAMANI AUDITORIUM
CITY FIRST
resenting the
illustrious sto-
ry of the Indi-
an subconti-
nent from an-
cient times to
the modern
day, a remarkable
dance ballet, ‘Azadi Ka
Amrit Parv’ was organ-
ised on Friday in Kam-
ani Auditorium, New
Delhi. The production
showcases India’s 75
years of Independence
via various classical
dance forms of In-
dia. It was organised
by the Urvashi Dance
Music Art and Culture
Society, in collabora-
tion with Paramhans
Prakashvati Mehta
Trust and ChhayaDeep
Foundation. The danc-
ers represented Indian
art and culture and the
Natyashastra, includ-
ing Kathak dancers
from Urvashi Dance
Society, disciples of
Jayaprabha Menon, an
eminentMohiniyattam
exponent, disciples of
Odissi Dancer Pad-
mashree Ranjana
Gauhar, disciples of
Bharatnatyam Guru
Sindhu Mishra and dis-
ciples of Chau dance
exponent Shashadhar
Acharya.
Union Minister of
State for Defence Ajay
Bhatt, Rajya Sabha MP
,
Gandhi Smriti Vice
Chairman Vijay Goel,
former national BJP
Vice President Shyam
Jaju, dance gurus Dr
Uma Sharma, Ranjana
Gauhar and Shovana
Naryan graced the
event with their pres-
ence.
The thematic dance
ballet was choreo-
graphed by Kathak ex-
ponent Guru Gitanjani
Lal. The dancers also
represented Indian art
and culture and the
Natyashastra, includ-
ing Kathak dancers
from Urvashi Dance
Society, disciples of
Jayaprabha Menon, an
eminent Mohiniyattam
exponent, disciples of
Odissi Dancer Pad-
mashree Ranjana
Gauhar, disciples of
Bharatnatyam Guru
Sindhu Mishra and dis-
ciples of Chau dance
exponent Shashadhar
Acharya.
Awards were also
presented to those who
have served the nation,
including Dr Vijay
Grover, SP Bhatia, Dr
Vinod Kumar Sharma,
Pravin Khandelwal
and Manju Pandit to
name a few.
Speaking on the oc-
casion, Dr Rekha Meh-
ra, Kathak exponent
and President of Ur-
vashi Dance, Music,
Art, and Cultural Soci-
ety said, “We as a team
put together a lot of
hard work and time to
deliver this larger-
than-life show ‘
Azadi ka
Amrit Parv’ and make
it a visual delight. Our
goal was to demon-
strate how unique our
country is by embark-
ing on an extraordi-
nary journey. We were
living these iconic mo-
ments during rehears-
als and aspired to bring
them to life in front of
the audience as well. I’d
want to express my
heartfelt gratitude to
all of the artists and in-
dividuals that helped
make this production a
success.”
—cityfirstdel@gmail.com
P
A 10-line poem
or 10 poems of
one line each?
Dogs barked at the
calendar
, on it was a
bird.
The cat pranced
over to the rosebush
and ran away.
The wind shook
the tree’s branches
and one quickly fell.
A Leaf slowly fell
from the tree and into
rivers.
Mr
. Frizt had lost
his best hat to the
wind.
A street with the
number nine that is
my home.
The Library’s
books are the thickest
I have ever seen .
A jar of jam is on
the table, now not.
In the doorway
bells are ringing, a
beautiful, wonderful
Sound.
I throw a water-
melon out the win-
dow, I hate it.
IRIKA MAURYA
(Age 10)
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION!
CITY FIRST
C
elebritymake-
up artist Gu-
l a f s h a
Qureshi cele-
brated her birthday
with her friends
from Delhi social
circle at the Infinity
lounge bar on Satur-
day. Delhi’s fashion-
able set danced till
the wee hours on the
tunes of a DJ belt-
ing out club hits.
The event was
graced by the pres-
ence of several emi-
nent personalities
including Ashish
Dhondhiyal, Shelly,
Javed, Nupur, Nas-
reen and Neil Nitin.
CITY FIRST
D
ivine Art opened its
post-pandemic ven-
tures with a mean-
ingful collection of
contemporary Indian art
from the studios of emi-
nent artists as well as from
personal collections on
Thursday at The Stainless
Gallery, Mira Corporate
Suites, UPPALS, Ishwar
Nagar (New Friends Colo-
ny), Mathura Road, New
Delhi. The exhibition will
be on the display till Mon-
day, October 10.
‘Param’ depicted the
strive to attain the best and
the highest, reaching out
to the Supreme, the best
the highest. The exhi-
bition features artists
who are influenced by
their own idea of ‘Beauty’
and thus, disentangled
from the mundane world.
Sumit P Thakur, Direc-
tor of Divine Art Gallery
said, “It was not easy to
procure these works. In
trying to maintain variety,
I have included some folk
and tribal artists, too, be-
cause India has a wide
range of this genre. In ad-
dition to this, I have tried
and included works are
done in different mediums
from pen and ink to oil,
acrylic and tribal art in
mixed media, to give a
wide choice to viewers.
With a liking for intricate
compositions and vibrant
colours, I have made this
collection a celebration,
for having overcome the
pandemic and its after-
math, of art and artists
looking up again, with a
new appreciation for crea-
tive ventures.”
PARAM: EXHIBITION OF SUPREME
CONCEPTION AND CREATIVITY
Mesmerising performance by the dancers during the dance ballet, Azadi Ka Amrit Parv
Dr Rekha Mehra, Vijay Goel and Shyam Jaju
with others during the lamp lighting ceremony
Geetanjali Lal and Dr Uma Sharma
Ranjana Gauhar and Helen Acharya
Shyam Jaju Vijay Goel
Dr Uma Sharma
Dr Rekha Mehra
(L-R)
Sumit P Thakur and Manisha Bhatia (L-R) Anand Narian, Bhuwal Prasad and Bhagat Singh
(L-R) Rama Thakur
and Sonal Jindal Alka Kapur
Dr Navnit Haror
Sumer Raj Chadha
Abhir Malhotra, Khushi, Shweta Singh and Ashu Dhawan
Gulafsha and Kunal Deepshikha Kunal Verma Viresh Verma Nasreen Kavita Keshwani Nupur
—PHOTOS BY SHAZID CHAUHAN
Rahul Choudhry, Editor, Digital, TV9 Network along
with his wife Aditi Awasthi, Senior Anchor, Zee News
celebrated their daughter Adira’s first birthday with
much enthusiasm at The Deck, Unitech Golf Course,
Noida on Friday. Jagdeesh Chandra also sent his
wishes on the occasion of their daughter’s birthday
via bouquet and wished the young kid all the best for
future endeavours. The glittering party was attended by
the who’s who of the media industry including, Hemant
Sharma, Director, TV9 Network, Sudhir Chaudhary,
Consulting Editor, Aajtak, Rubika Liyaqat, ABP Network,
Nishant Chaturvedi, TV9 Bharatvarsh, Dinesh Gautam,
TV9 Bharatvarsh, Aditi Tyagi, ZeeNews and Sandeep
Unnithan, Editor News9 Plus.
BIRTHDAY BASH!

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