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‘ENQUIRY AGAINST UDDHAV,KIN OVER INFLATED ASSETS’
Mumbai: A preliminary enquiry has been initiated against former CM Uddhav
Thackeray and his family on a complaint about alleged disproportionate assets,
Mumbai police told Bombay High Court on Thursday. Uddhav Thackeray’s counsel
Aspi Chinoy objected to this and said it was an “abuse of the process of law.” P2
NCP, Cong MPs
submit ‘Suspension of
Biz’ notices in RS
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Nationalist
Congress Party (NCP)
MP Vandana Chavan on
Thursday submitted a
‘Suspension of Busi-
ness’ notice in the Rajya
Sabha to discuss “ram-
pant outrageous” re-
marksbystateGovernor
Bhagat Singh Koshyari
targeting iconic leaders,
including Chhatrapati
ShivajiMaharaj.Theno-
tice was moved under
Rule 267 to discuss “dis-
respect the people of
Maharashtra are facing
at the hands of their
Governor Bhagat Singh
Koshyari through his
outrageous remarks on
the revered iconic lead-
ers of not only the state,
but the country
.”
Similarly, Congress
MPRajaniPatilalsopre-
sented a notice on the
same issue. The contro-
versy pertaining to Ko-
shyari erupted in No-
vember after he called
the 17th century warri-
or king an icon of “old-
en times” at an event.
His statement sparked a
massive uproar and
drew censure from Mar-
atha organizations and
opposition leaders alike.
Shah cancels time allotted to MVA MPs
Kartikey Dev Singh
Mumbai: Union Amit
Shah on Thursday can-
celled his appointment
with Parliamentarians
from the Maha Vikas
Aghadi (MVA) alliance
comprising the Con-
gress, Nationalist Con-
gress Party and the
Shiv Sena - Uddhav
Balasaheb Thackeray
after the issue of bor-
der dispute was raised
in the Lok Sabha.
While the official
reason given was that
Shah could not reach
Parliament House on
time, those familiar
with the issue say the
fact is that the Union
government is reluc-
tant to intervene in the
matter.
Even after it became
evident that Shah
would not be in the Par-
liament building for
their meeting, which
had been scheduled for
12.40 pm on Thursday,
the MVA MPs proceed-
ed to Shah’s office any-
way. There, they issued
a statement, which was
also emailed to the
minister.
In addition to detail-
ing the sentiments of
the Marathi-speaking
populace of the border
areas such as Belagavi,
Karwar and Nipani,
the statement also de-
tails the on-ground
situation, which has
turned violent. Fur-
ther, the MVA MPs
have also demanded
that the Centre inter-
vene to stem the con-
stantly rising tensions
immediately.
“We went together to
Shah’s office to make
this statement to un-
derline that the opposi-
tion parties in Maha-
rashtra are equally se-
rious about this issue,”
one MP said.
MAHA-K’TAKA BORDER ROW
The Union Home
Minister had
given time to
meet NCP, Shiv
Sena - UBT and
Congress MPs in
the Lok Sabha at
12.40 pm on
Thursday
Union HM Amit Shah
NCP MP Vandana Chavan
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2 KIDS DEAD, 60
INJURED AFTER 5
GAS CYLINDERS
EXPLODE AT JODH
Jodhpur: 60 people got injured and a one-
and-a-half-year-old toddler died after five gas
cylinders burst at a wedding ceremony in
Jodhpur. The incident happened at Bhungra
village near Shergarh on Thursday.
DELHI HC GRANTS
BAIL TO FORMER
MUMBAI TOP COP
SANJAY PANDEY
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday
granted bail to ex-Mumbai Police commissioner
Sanjay Pandey in the money laundering case
registered by ED in relation to alleged illegal phone
tapping of NSE employees from 2009 to 2017.
GUJARAT AND HIMACHAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS 2022
Results out, Celebrations in
MODI-SHAH ‘DUET’ BRING
‘GIGANTIC’ VICTORY OF BJP
Ruling BJP in Gujarat retained
power for the straight 7th time
Overcome with lot of emotions:
Modi after record-breaking win
Moni Sharma
Ahmedabad: The BJP
on Thursday registered
a historic win in Guja-
rat even smashing the
records of the 2002 elec-
tion where the party
under the leadership of
Chief Minister Naren-
dra Modi won 127 seats.
Congress had blamed
AAP and AIMIM for its
poor show while Rahul
Gandhi accepted the
mandate and promised
that the party will work
hard. AAP's perfor-
mance fell short in com-
parison with the glitz in
their campaigning. But
the votes in Gujarat
made it a national party
.
PM Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP National President JP Nadda and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh being
garlanded during a celebration after the party’s victory in the Gujarat Assembly elections, at party headquarters, in Delhi on Thursday.
—PHOTO
BY
ANI
Thank you Gujarat. I
am overcome with a
lot of emotions seeing
the phenomenal elec-
tion results. People
blessed politics of de-
velopment and at the
same time expressed
a desire that they want
this momentum to
continue at a greater
pace. I bow to Guja-
rat’s Jan Shakti.
Narendra Modi
Prime Minister
People of Gujarat have
given an unprecedent-
ed mandate to the
party by rejecting those
who do politics of hol-
low promises, freebies
and appeasement. In
the last two decades,
under the leadership
of Modi ji, the BJP
broke all records of
development in Gujarat
and today the people
of Gujarat have blessed
the BJP and broken all
records of victory.
Amit Shah
Union Home Minister
Gujarat has set new
records of develop-
ment in the last two
decades under the
leadership of Modi ji
and today the people
of Gujarat have bless-
ed the BJP and cre-
ated a new record of
victory. Every section
has wholeheartedly
blessed the BJP. This
is the victory of peo-
ple’s unwavering faith
in BJP’s policies.
Jagat Prakash Nadda
BJP National President
Shimla: Congress’s late
surge during the cam-
paign for Himachal
Pradesh was successful
in keeping the BJP from
realising its ‘Mission
Repeat’ in the hill state,
with the party easing to
victory. The high turn-
out of women seems
have gone in favour of
the Congress, as there
was a lot of resentment
among the voters
against the ruling BJP
government over the is-
sues of rising prices of
essential commodities
like fuel and gas.
The fact that Con-
gress leader Priyanka
Gandhi with Chhattis-
garh CM party’s state
in-charge Bhupesh
Baghel had campaigned
hard across the state.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with his sister and party’s general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
Cong shifts MLAs
to Chandigarh, to
hold meeting in
Shimla today
A B’DAY GIFT TO SONIA: CONGRESS
GETS HIMACHAL IN IT’S KITTY!
TALLY OF VOTES
TOTAL SEATS
182
MAJORITY
92
156 17 5 4
OTH
PATEL TO RETAIN CM POST,
WILL TAKE OATH ON DEC 12
Incumbent Gujarat CM, Ghatlodia
MLA Bhupendra Patel will retain
his post and take oath at 2pm on
December 12, said BJP Gujarat
chief CR Patil on Thursday. PM
Narendra Modi and Union HM
Minister Amit Shah will take part in
the oath-taking ceremony.
VILLAGES FROM MAHA MAY
BE MERGED INTO K’TAKA
WHERE POLL IS DUE: UDDHAV
Shiv Sena (UBT)
chief Uddhav
Thackeray on Thurs-
day said that Maha-
rashtra were taken
away to poll-bound
Gujarat, villages
from Maharashtra
may also be given to Karnataka
where elections are due.
HIGHLIGHTS
z ‘Morbi hero’ Amrutiya Kantilal Shivlal
from BJP wins by whopping 62,000 votes
z BJP won 3 records here: Max seats, max
vote share and largest lead in state polls
z Ravindra Jadeja’s wife Rivaba made an
impressive with margin of over 61,000 votes
z AAP Supremo Arvind Kejriwal thanks
Gujarat for making AAP a national party
Congress comes back
to power, wins 40 seats
TALLY
SEATS
68
MAJORITY
35
3
40 OTH
25
LEADERS LAUD PRIYANKA’S
EFFORTS FOR WIN IN HP
Cong leaders Rajiv Shukla,
Bhupesh Baghel, Anand
Sharma and others credited
Priyanka Gandhi’s campaign
in the hill state for the win
good showing of the party in
the HP Assembly elections.
HP CM Jai Ram Thakur sub-
mits his resignation to Guv
RV Arlekar on Thursday.
Hearty congratula-
tions to all Congress
workers and leaders
for their hard work
and dedication.
Rahul Gandhi
Senior Cong Leader
Congress party
is committed to
fulfill the 10 promises
made to the people of
Himachal Pradesh.
Mallikarjun Kharge
Congress President
This victory is the
victory of the reso-
lution of the people
of Himachal for the
issues and progress.
Many best wishes
to all the leaders of
the party. Your hard
work paid off.
Priyanka Gandhi
Cong General Secy
FULL REPORT ON
ELECTION RESULTS P5
Happy Birthday!
ormer Congress President Sonia Gandhi turns 76
today. Sonia reached Sawai Madhopur on Thurs-
day to celebrate her birthday with Rahul Gandhi,
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra other family members today. P5
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RAILWAY STATIONS IN
NAVI MUMBAI TO GET
LIFTS, ESCALATORS
Mumbai: Railway stations
in Navi Mumbai are set
to get escalators and
elevators soon. CIDCO,
which built the stations
on the trans-harbour line
and maintains them, has
started the process of
tenders. Speaking to the
media, Thane MP Rajan
Vichare said, “CIDCO has
begun processing tenders
for escalators and eleva-
tors for all stations under
it in Navi Mumbai and
soon all of them will have
these facilities.” Though
swank and multi-storied,
most of the stations in
Navi Mumbai do not have
escalators and elevators
even as all other stations
on the Mumbai suburban
railway network belong-
ing to Indian Railways
have gradually started the
facilities. According to the
sources, currently only a
few stations in Navi Mum-
bai, such as Kharghar and
Panvel, have escalators.
TRIBAL STUDENTS
TO PARTICIPATE IN
SCIENCE CONGRESS
Thane: A science project by
students of predominantly
tribal Jawhar in Palghar
district has been selected
for presentation at the 30th
National Children Science
Congress 2022, an official
said on Thursday. Science
projects made by Pratima
Chandar Bhoye and Rohit
Devram Koti of Shri Jayesh-
war Vidya Mandir in Palgh-
gar and Virjeet Phunde and
Nivida Pagar of Saraswati
Secondary School of Thane
will be presented at the
108th Indian Science Con-
gress to be held at Nagpur
in January. The selection
was done online after 3,000
projects from 36 districts
were registered, and 264
of these were selected by a
panel of experts. According
to the Chairperson of the
National Children Science
Congress, Maharashtra,
Surendra Dighe this year’s
theme is ‘Understanding the
Eco System for Health and
Wellbeing’.
MUMBAI AIRPORT ISSUES ADVISORY; ASKS
PASSENGERS TO ARRIVE 3.5 HOURS EARLY
Mumbai: The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International
Airport has issued a passenger advisory. The airport of-
ficials have requested passengers travelling to international
destinations to arrive at least three-and-a-half hours early
before their boarding time while domestic travellers have
been advised to arrived at least two-and-a-half hours prior
to their boarding time. “Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Interna-
tional Airport is already seeing a surge in passenger volume
with the onset of the festive season, and the numbers are
expected to further rise in the coming weeks. We request all
our passengers, transiting through the airport, to allocate
additional time for travel related formalities and mandatory
security protocols,” the advisory read.
CRUCIAL READ
MSEDCL VASHI RUNS CAMPAIGN TO CURB
ELECTRICITY THEFT, PENALIZES 56 PERSONS
Navi Mumbai: As part of a regular pick-up campaign by
the Vashi Sub-Division of the Maharashtra State Electricity
Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) checked 2,131
meters of consumers and penalized a total of 56 consumers
for stealing electricity and illegal connection. The campaign
was carried out from April 2022 to November 2022. The
action was taken against 34 violators under section 135
of the Electricity Act 2003 for stealing stolen
electricity and
under section
126 of the same
act for unauthorized electricity connec-
tion. The campaign was carried out under
the supervision of Vashi Division Execu-
tive Engineer Ms Shamkant Borse and
Additional Executive Engineer of Vashi
Sub-division Ravindra Jadhav to reduce
power loss.
Mumbai roads to be pothole-free in 2.5 years: Shinde
Mumbai (PTI): Chief
Minister Eknath Shinde
on Thursday said the
roads of Mumbai will be
cement concretised and
pothole-free in the next
two-and-half years.
While speaking at the
launch of the Brihan-
mumbai Municipal Cor-
poration’s (BMC) ‘Mum-
bai Beautification Pro-
ject’atGatewayof India,
Shinde said that within
oneortwomonths,there
will be a visible change
in the city
.
Informing that the
BMC had invited bids
for cement concretisa-
tion works worth
Rs6,000 crore, the chief
minister said he had
asked the corporation
to give contracts to re-
puted firms instead of
issuing it for small
patches (piecemeal).
Shinde further added
that Prime Minister
Narendra Modi had
asked his government
to carry out radical
change in Mumbai in
keeping with its status
as the country’s finan-
cial capital and an in-
ternational city
.
Speaking on the occa-
sion, Deputy Chief Min-
ister Devendra Fadnavis
asked people to accept
some troubles while
roads are being concre-
tisedasitwouldresultin
pothole-free streets for
thenext30yearswithout
any need for repairs.
“Repeatedly the same
contractor, same work
and the same money
.
Every year this formula
was going on. A decision
has been taken to stop
this formula in the mu-
nicipal corporation,”
Fadnavis said, adding
there will be transpar-
ency in allotting and im-
plementing these works.
Without naming for-
mer chief minister Ud-
dhav Thackeray or his
Shiv Sena (UBT) party
,
Fadnavis said those who
couldn’t come up with
these initiatives had tak-
en a meeting on Wednes-
day to bring three-four
parties together to come
upwithastrategytofind
flaws in these works and
have even formed a task
force with this aim.
Mumbai Municipal
Commissioner Iqbal
Singh Chahal said the
civic body will complete
the black topping of
120km of asphalt roads
within 30 to 45 days.
CM Eknath Shinde and Dy CM Devendra Fadnavis during BMC's
event 'Mumbai Beautification Project' on Thursday.
AMBITIOUS PLAN
Two charred to death as
MSRTC bus hits 7 vehicles
Nashik (PTI): Two per-
sons were charred to
death after a Maharash-
tra State Road Trans-
port Corporation
(MSRTC) bus hit seven
vehicles in Nashik
district on Thursday,
police said. The acci-
dent took place near
Palse village on the
Nashik-Pune highway
around 11.45 am, said
an official.
A state transport bus,
on its way from Rajgu-
runagar in Pune to
Nashik, apparently
suffered a brake fail-
ure and hit four
motorcy-
cles and
two SUVs be-
fore ram-
ming into
a n o t h e r
M S R T C
b u s
com-
ing from Sinnar, he said.
“Two motorcyclists
were trapped between
the buses and two were
charredtodeathastheir
bikes caught fire. One
person received serious
injuries. The bus com-
ing from Rajgurunagar
also caught fire,” the of-
ficial said.
Locals broke the win-
dows of the burning bus
and rescued all 43 pas-
sengers, he added. Two
fire tenders from Na-
shik Road fire station
and one rescue van from
Shingada Talao fire sta-
tion were rushed to the
spot and the blaze was
doused, the police offi-
cial said.
Some passengers in
the bus which caught
fire received minor inju-
ries and were being
treated at Nashik Mu-
nicipal Corporation’s
Bytco Hospital, he said.
Prelim enquiry against Uddhav,
kin over inflated assets: Police
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Apreliminary
enquiry has been initi-
ated against former
Chief Minister Uddhav
Thackeray and his fam-
ily on a complaint about
allegeddisproportionate
assets, Mumbai police
told Bombay High Court
on Thursday
.
Public Prosecutor
Aruna Kamat Pai in-
formed this to the HC
after a division bench of
JusticesDheerajThakur
andValmikiMenezesre-
serveditsorderonapub-
lic interest litigation. It
sought a probe by the
CentralBureauof Inves-
tigation (CBI) and the
Enforcement Directo-
rate (ED) against the
Thackeraysforallegedly
amassing wealth dispro-
portionate to known
sources of income.
The Thackerays
sought dismissal of the
PIL on the ground that it
was filed on assump-
tions and without any
factual foundation.
The petition, filed by
city resident Gauri
Bhide,soughtadirection
to the CBI and the ED to
conducta“thoroughand
impartial” investigation
against Thackeray and
his family
.
The bench heard the
matter briefly in the
morning session and
closed it for orders.
However, in the after-
noon session, Pai men-
tioned the matter once
againtoinformthecourt
of the state govern-
ment’s stand.
“The Mumbai police’s
Economic Offences
Wing (EOW) has initiat-
ed a preliminary en-
quiry into the allega-
tions,”Paitoldthecourt.
Uddhav Thackeray’s
counsel Aspi Chinoy
objected to this and said
it was an “abuse of the
process of law.”
Bhide, before filing
the petition, had sent a
letter to the Mumbai po-
lice commissioner on
her allegations.
However, on Thurs-
day
, Bhide told the court
that she has not been
informed about any
such enquiry initiated
by the police.
“My request is that
the central agencies
should be directed to
conduct a probe,” Bhide
told the court.
The plea stated Bhide
was inspired by Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi’s fight against cor-
ruption and claimed she
has evidence to show the
Thackeray family accu-
mulated properties and
assets illegally
.
It further alleged that
Uddhav Thackeray and
his family never dis-
closed any particular
service, profession and
business as their official
source of income.
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ABUSE OF POWER?
Bombay High
Court reserves
order on PIL
seeking probe;
petitioner seeks
intervention of
central agencies
Aaditya and Uddhav Thackeray at the Dussehra rally held at Shivaji Park in Oct this year. —FILE PHOTO
With Gujarat, HP polls done,
Aaditya Thackeray challenges
Shinde-led govt to elections
First India Bureau
Mumbai: With the
BJP is on a winning
streak with a clear ma-
jority in the Gujarat
elections, the Congress
has won in Himachal
Pradesh, Shiv Sena
MLA Aaditya Thack-
eray has now thrown
down the gauntlet,
challenging the Shinde
faction and the BJP in
Maharashtra to face
elections.
Speaking to the me-
dia in Mumbai on
Thursday
, the Thack-
eray scion said, “I con-
gratulate the winning
candidatesinHimachal
Pradesh and Gujarat.
Now, elections should
also be held in Maha-
rashtra. Polls are al-
readypendinginMum-
bai, Thane, Pune and
other municipalities.
Also, elections must be
held in a democratic
manner in Maharash-
tra.”
He added: “In a de-
mocracy
, one party has
come (to power) in one
stateandanotherinthe
second. Now the time
has come to hold elec-
tions in Maharashtra.
Electionsfor40seatsin
the state Assembly and
12 in the Parliament
were supposed to be
held, but that has not
happened yet. Now,
there can be no prob-
lem in holding elec-
tions in Maharashtra.”
Inthe2017BMCelec-
tions,BJPwon82of the
BMC’s 227 seats and
eight of the 10 signifi-
cant municipalities,
whiletheShivSenafin-
ishedmarginallyahead
with 84.
Mumbai: Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fad-
navis on Thursday exuded confidence that the
BJP and Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena combine
would win the upcoming Brihanmumbai Mu-
nicipal Corporation (BMC) elections. “We will
win the BMC elections along with our alliance
partners,” he said. In September, Union Home
Minister Amit Shah held a meeting with party
leaders in Mumbai and had set a target of 150
seats for the BJP-Shinde Sena alliance in the
next BMC polls.
DEPUTY CM SAYS BJP WILL WIN
BMC WITH ‘ALLIANCE PARTNER’
I congratulate
the winning
candidates in
HP and Gujarat. Now,
elections should also
be held in Maharash-
tra. Polls are already
pending in Mumbai,
Thane, Pune and other
municipalities. Also,
elections must be held
in a democratic man-
ner in Maharashtra.
—Aaditya Thackeray,
Shiv Sena MLA
NCPmustworktofillpolitical
vacuum in Maha, says Pawar
Mumbai (PTI): Na-
tionalist Congress Par-
ty (NCP) chief Sharad
Pawar on Thursday
saidhispartywascapa-
ble of filling the politi-
cal vacuum in Maha-
rashtra and asked the
state leadership to
work on building the
next generation of
leaders.
Addressing the state
party executive meet-
ing, Pawar said there is
always a political vacu-
um (in any state),
which was filled by the
BharatiyaJanataParty
inGujaratandtheAam
Aadmi Party in Delhi.
“Such a vacuum ex-
ists in Maharashtra
and NCP can fill it by
emergingasanalterna-
tive. We have to work to
unite all forces which
oppose the BJP’s ideol-
ogy
,” Pawar said.
Even though civic
and local body polls are
delayed, the NCP lead-
ership in the state
shouldn’t be compla-
cent and must utilize
this time to encourage
a new breed of leader-
ship, the former Union
minister said.
It was NCP which
took the lead to organ-
izeaprotestagainstthe
state government
scheduled on Decem-
ber 17 in Mumbai, Pa-
war asserted.
Speaking on the sim-
mering border row
withKarnataka,Pawar
claimedMaharashtra’s
stand on the rights of
Marathi-speaking peo-
ple there was taken to a
different level by the
government in the
southern state.
“The state govern-
ment in Karnataka
used its machinery to
suppress the Marathi
speaking people and
now they hold the win-
ter session of their leg-
islature in Belagavi,”
he said.
Pawaralsoexpressed
anger at a NCP taluka
president taking the
lead to announce that
some villages in Na-
shik district want to
merge with Gujarat.
Sharad Pawar —FILE PHOTO
Urges workers
‘not to be
complacent’and
encourage new
leadership breed

First India Bureau
Mumbai: City record-
ed “poor” air quality
index on a fourth con-
secutive day. Mumbai’s
average Air Quality In-
dex (AQI) on Wednes-
day was of 271—catego-
rised as “poor”.
Due to the alarming
situation, all 24 admin-
istrative wards have
been directed to take
immediate remedial
measures to deal with
rise in AQI levels by the
Brihanmumbai Munic-
ipal Corporation
(BMC)-appointed Aira-
vat Enviro Engineers
and Consultants.
A group of experts
has now asked the BMC
to clean road dust and
sprinkle water. Addi-
tionally, air pollution
hotspots and micro hot-
spots, such as BKC junc-
tion or a potholed road
should be identified.
The experts have sug-
gested a ban on open
garbage burning but
security guards in
housing societies are
known to burn wood
during winter.
“Trucks that come
and go at construction
sites lead to dust being
emitted. Industrial are-
as of Chembur and Ma-
hul add to air pollution,
which will be moni-
tored. These small steps
are a part of our action
plan,” head of Airawat
Enviro Engineers and
Consultants said on
condition of anonymity
.
The consultants held
a special meeting earli-
er this month with the
civic body and pointed
to four wards that
showed rise in AQI lev-
els, much above 200.
They are: A Ward in
Colaba-Churchgate, M
EastWardinMankhurd,
P North Ward in Malad
and R (Central) Ward in
Borivali.
An AQI between 200
and 300 is rated in
“poor” category, while
an AQI of over 300 is
placed in the “very
poor” category
. AQI lev-
el’s increase can be due
to local factors such as
burning green waste or
construction sites pre-
sent near monitoring
stations.
MAHARASHTRA
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Bharatiya Janata Party leaders and workers celebrate the party’s win in the Gujarat Assembly elections outside its office at Nariman Point in Mumbai on Thursday. .—PHOTOS BY BHUSHAN KOYANDE
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Mumbai
traffic police on
Wednesday issued an
order prohibiting vehi-
cles from loading and
unloading goods, stop-
ping or parking vehi-
cles in certain areas.
Deputy Commissioner
of Police (Traffic-
South), Gaurav Singh
issued the notification
in order to prevent ob-
struction and inconven-
ience to the public and
to maintain easy traffic
movements.
“The reconstruction
of the Carnac Bunder
flyover is underway in
the Pydhonie Traffic
Division jurisdiction.
Therefore, to avoid
traffic jams and ensure
smooth traffic move-
ment in commercial
areas such as Narsi Na-
tha Street, Katha Bazar,
Janabai Rokade Marg,
Kazi Syed Street,
Bhandari Street, Sam-
uel Street, Nandlal
Jani Road and Keshavji
Naik Road in Masjid
Bunder area, small and
large goods vehicles
(light, medium and
heavy) are prohibited
from loading and un-
loading goods, stop-
ping and parking,”
read the order.
Goods vehicles sup-
plying essential servic-
es have been exempted
from the restrictions.
These include vegeta-
ble, milk, bread, and
bakery products, drink-
ing water tankers, pet-
rol, diesel, and kero-
sene. Ambulances, gov-
ernment and semi-gov-
ernment vehicles, and
school buses are also
exempted from
the restrictions.
First India Bureau
Yavatmal: The Pand-
harkawda forest divi-
sion in Yavatmal dis-
trict have tranquilized
and captured a “conflict
tiger” that had killed
one person in the Kolar
area last month, a forest
official said.
Pandharkawda Depu-
tyConservatorof Forest
(DCF) Kiran Jagtap said
the tiger was seen mov-
ing around very close to
Bramhani and Kolar vil-
lages last month.
“There was fear
among the villagers as
incidents of tiger at-
tack took place very
close to the villages.
Hence, the forest de-
partment decided to
tranquilize the con-
cerned tiger and re-
move it from the area,”
he said on Wednesday
.
Ahead of the opera-
tion, the forest depart-
ment started tracking
and monitoring the ti-
ger. “Later, the Amra-
vati Rapid Rescue team
succeeded in tranquiliz-
ingthetiger(onWednes-
day morning) near the
Pimpri substation in
Kolar. The concerned
tiger has been sent to
Gorewada rescue centre
in Nagpur,” he said.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Now, the seat
belt rule is required to
be strictly followed by
all vehicles crossing toll
booths along the Mum-
bai-Pune Expressway
. A
team of IRB Infra (pri-
vate company) will be
stationed at several
booths to keep a check
if the driver and front
co-passengers are wear-
ing seat belts. The rules
are also to be followed
by all state transport
buses while driving on
the highways and ex-
pressways .
On Wednesday, Re-
gional Transport Office
(RTO)conductedameet-
ing with Maharashtra
State Road Transport
Corporation (MSRTC),
MaharashtraStateRoad
Development Corpora-
tion (MSRDC), Public
WorksDepartment,traf-
fic police and highway
police to partake in the
awareness drives along
Mumbai-Pune Express-
way and National
Highway 48.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: 6personshave
been caught by the Tilak
Nagar police in connec-
tion with a fraud on the
pretext of exchanging
Rs15 lakh with fake cur-
rency notes. The owner
of an educational insti-
tute was asked to bring
Rs15 lakh and get fake
currency notes worth
Rs75 lakh in return.
Theaccusedhadcalled
thecomplainanttoGhat-
koparEastwiththemon-
ey
, where another man
posing as a cop took it
away
. The kingpin of the
racket is still at large.
The victim, a 25-year-
old founder of an educa-
tionalinstituteinWada,
Palghar, was told by one
of his friends that if he
had currency in cash,
he knew some persons
who could give him fake
notes three times the
amount. The police said
it was not clear yet why
the Palghar resident
wanted the fake notes.
“After he was assured
about getting the money
,
the complainant went to
Ghatkopar in the after-
noon on November 25.
He waited at the spot but
when accused didn’t ar-
rive, he started walking
towards the railway sta-
tion. That’s when the
gang acted,” DCP (zone
6)HemsinghRajputsaid.
BIG TRIUMPH!
BMC GETS ACTION PLAN
TO IMPROVE AIR QUALITY
The city has seen poor air quality for four consecutive days, which
could cause breathing difficulties and worsen heart conditions
REMEDIAL
MEASURES
Cycling or walking to
locations which would
take only five minutes
by car is a smart way
to improve air quality
Opting for public
transport will also
reduce both pollution
and traffic
Contractors should
spray water before and
during the demolition
of a building
Vacuum machines
that absorb dust can
also be used
Cutting marble, granite
or aluminium should
not be done at home
Patients living close
to the dumping ground
should keep air puri-
fiers on, especially at
night
Several neighbourhoods in Mumbai have registered AQI readings worse than that of Delhi.
—PHOTO BY BHUSHAN KOYANDE
Traffic curbs imposed in
city to ease traffic woes
Restrictions would be in place from 11.30 pm to noon and from 5 pm to 8.30 pm. —FILE PHOTO
THE AREAS
Eduinstownerconned
of`15lakh,sixheld
Tilak Nagar police with the cash recovered from accused
Forest dept captures‘conflict tiger’
NO FOUL PLAY IN DEATH: OFFICIALS
Thane: The female leopard whose carcass was
found in Thane’s Yeoor forest area on Novem-
ber 25 died of natural causes, forest department
officials confirmed on Thursday, ruling out foul
play. Deputy Director (North) of the Sanjay
Gandhi National Park (SGNP) Uday Dhage said the
post-mortem conducted by veterinary doctors on
the carcass of the leopardess, aged around five
years, confirmed that she died a natural death.
“There was nothing suspicious in the death of the
animal,” the official said in a release.
Now, team formed to check seat belt compliance
NEW VERSOVA BRIDGE LIKELY TO OPEN IN
EARLY 2023, TO HELP EASE TRAFFIC JAMS
FIRE IN MULTI-STOREY GOREGAON AREA;
NO CASUALTIES REPORTED SO FAR
33-YR-OLD LABOUR
CONTRACTOR DIES OF
GUNSHOT WOUND
DRUGS WORTH
`20 LAKH SEIZED
IN MUMBAI, 1 HELD
Mumbai: Work on the new four-lane bridge over Vasai
Creek is nearing completion and will likely open for
public in early 2023. It will help mitigate traffic jams on
the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway, NHAI officials said.
One of the two existing bridges on either side of the
Versova bridge near Ghodbunder on National Highway
8 is very old and was repaired in 2013-14.
Mumbai: A ground-plus-four-storey building in
Goregaon caught fire on Thursday, but nobody was
injured, a civic official said.The incident occurred in
‘Nisarg’, a building located opposite Goregaon police
station. “The fire was confined to a ground floor shop
and the office of deputy collector (encroachment)
located on the first floor of the building,” he said.
Thane: Labour contractor
and local goon Ganesh
Kokate (33), was shot by a
motorcycle-borne person
and has succumbed to
his injuries, police said
on Thursday. Rivalry is
suspected to be the motive
behind the killing. The
victim had several cases
registered against him,
police said. He was shot
near Kasheli village on the
Thane-Bhiwandi road.
Mumbai: The Anti-
Narcotics Cell seized 100
grams of the banned drug
mephedrone worth Rs20
lakh from a 26-year-old
man in Dharavi, an official
said. The accused was
held while loitering in a
suspicious manner near
the Sion-Bandra Link
Road. A case has been filed
under Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances
(NDPS) Act, he added.
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MALAD 323
COLABA AND BKC 309
ANDHERI 303
BHANDUP 280
CHEMBUR 266
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PERSPECTIVE
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
For all have sinned
and fall short of the
glory of God.
—Bible
IN-DEPTH
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
Jai Gujarat, Vijay Gujarat! Reposing faith
in the service and good governance of
Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi
ji, congratulations to the people of
Gujarat for blessing @BJP4India with an
unprecedented victory. This grand victory
is the victory of the people of Gujarat,
the victory of the faith of women, youth,
farmers and the poor.
Nitin Gadkari
@nitin_gadkari
The resounding victory of the BJP in
Gujarat is the victory of the unwavering
faith and affection of the people of
Gujarat towards the BJP and Modi ji.
The politics of development done by the
BJP in Gujarat, the public has once again
stamped on it. Many thanks to the people
of Gujarat for this trust.
TOP TWEETS
SC UNHAPPY
WITH DHANKHAR
QUESTIONING ITS
JUDICIAL POWER
ussle over judicial
appointments have
the making of a turf
war between the leg-
islature and the judi-
ciary with a Supreme Court
bench of justices Sanjay Kishan
Kaul, Vikram Nath and Abhay S.
Oka expressing its displeasure
over the remarks made by the
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep
Dhankhar who, in his maiden
speech, slammed the Supreme
Court for invalidating National
Judicial Appointments Commis-
sion (NJAC). Recalling the “his-
toric mandate” for the 99th Con-
stitutional Amendment Bill
which paved the way for NJAC,
Dhankhar said that the undoing
of the mandate by the Supreme
Court was “a glaring instance of
severe compromise of parlia-
mentary sovereignty and disre-
gard of the mandate of the peo-
ple…” He hinted that Parliament
could discuss the matter afresh.
Responding to Dhankhar’s
comments the Supreme Court
said that “while Parliament has
the right to enact a law, the pow-
er to scrutinize it lies with the
court. The bench said that the
“comments are not well taken”
and asked the attorney-general
to “advise them”.
T
rime Minister
Narendra Modi’s
mojo still has Gu-
jarat under its
spell. During an
election rally in Kaprada,
Modi said that he was there
to beat all records. And, that’s
what he did. The Bharatiya
Janata Party ensured its sev-
enth win in a row. The party
has been in power in Gujarat
for 27 years yet there was no
sign of any anti-incumbency
factor as it marched to its
highest ever tally of 150 plus
seats leaving the 127 seats it
won in 2002 way behind. Re-
placing four chief ministers
in one year also did not have
any impact and unlike
Himachal Pradesh there was
no rebellion either. That only
goes to show Modi’s iron grip
on the state.
For the Congress the shock
of a humiliating defeat in
Gujarat will be more over-
whelming than the euphoria
of victory in Himachal
Pradesh where it was closing
in on the majority mark. De-
spite BJP’s best efforts it
could not change the state’s
tradition of ousting the in-
cumbent party from power.
Despite having the numbers
the Congress will find it dif-
ficult to form a government
as its MLAs are vulnerable to
temptations.
Nothing,however,explains
the Congress losing around
62 seats in Gujarat except
that it went down without
even a semblance of resist-
ance. Former party president
Rahul Gandhi took time off
from his Bharat Jodo Yatra to
address only two rallies. Mal-
likarjun Kharge, the new
Congress president, had no
impact on the voters. He may
have also conceded advan-
tage to the BJP by comparing
Modi with Ravana. The party
must collectively introspect.
MODI HAS GUJARAT
UNDER HIS SPELL
BJP has been in power in Gujarat for 27 years yet there was
no sign of any anti-incumbency factor as it marched to its
highest ever tally of 150 plus seats leaving 127 seats it
won in 2002 way behind. Replacing 4 CMs in one year also did
not have any impact and unlike HP there was no rebellion either.
That only goes to show Modi’s iron grip on the state
P
seats out of 182 in Gujarat,
the clarion call of 150+ final-
ly came through. Did Prime
Minister Narendra Modi es-
timate it, at all? It seems so,
as the votes finally got count-
ed. In all his campaign
speeches PM Modi enthused
the Gujarati voters to make
Bhupendra Bhai’s winning
margin, much larger than
Narendra Bhai. No doubt,
Modi’s self-respect resonat-
ing with Gujarati Pride, de-
livered. 27 years of BJP dom-
inance got another 5 years of
resounding success and 149
seats won over by Congress
in 1985, got washed away in
the swath of Modi support.
Then why did Himachal
Pradesh retain its inherent
character of changing the
ruling party every 5 years?
Reasons for maintaining the
37 year old legacy are a plen-
ty. But first, we need to bear
in our minds what most
Himachali journalists put
their money on – if there is
any national leader who
knows Himachal as the back
of ones’ hand, it’s PM Modi.
Because it was Modi who had
scripted the victory of Prem
Kumar Dhumal with his in-
novative organizational
changes way back in 90s. So,
what happened? Frankly
“Congressization” of BJP
happened in Himachal. The
cadre-based BJP had conflict-
ing ambitions at play
, faction-
alism played its hand at full
and over dependence on
claims of development un-
dertaken by Jai Ram Thakur,
backfired. Voters across the
state knew of the three con-
flicting camps at play in
Himachal politics. Voter apa-
thy exhibited in the high-
handed approach of local
BJP leaders had reached leg-
endary heights. Farmers
were at loggers end with the
big agri-tech firms perceived
as modern colonizers. And
the most vocal government
staff rued the implementa-
tion of New Pension scheme.
Most of all, women voters
found the going tough as pan-
demic Corona ate away their
savings and denied them al-
ternate income sources. Had
it not been for the personal
intervention by PM Modi,
which included direct phone
calls to rebel candidates, BJP
could have been limited to
negligent 15 out 68 seats. It
was Modi’s concerted cam-
paign in the hill state, tai-
lored with mass contact pro-
gram banking on PM Modi’s
past experiences that saved
the looming rout. So, every
seat the BJP secured beyond
15 seats, should in effect be
credited to Modi magic.
What then worked in Guja-
rat? After all BJP has been in
power for the past 27 years –
Modi has not been active in
Gujaratforover8years–com-
pared to the 13 years of Modi
rule, the dynamism of incum-
bent chief ministers pales
into oblivion – so is it just, the
son of soil image of Modi that
made the Gujarati voter
queueup?ActuallyDecember
2022 polls has been more than
what meets the eye. With Ra-
hul Gandhi and the entire
Congress brass overtly preoc-
cupied with Bharat Jodo
Yatra, Gujarat was left only
with the state leaders – most
of whom are discredited, dis-
gruntled, demotivated. Last
minute infusion of Ashok Ge-
hlot couldn’t lift the morale of
the disillusioned state appa-
ratus. Quite unlike the 2017
elections when Ashok Gehlot
had plotted the entire election
machinery into a near win-
ning machine – after all 2017
polls saw the best perfor-
mance of Congress post 2002,
77 seats when contrasted with
99 of BJP
.
Top this lackluster half-
heartedinitiativeof Congress
with the active participation
of Aam Aadmi Party(AAP),
post their sojourn in Surat
Municipal polls. The “Free” -
“Free”, sale announced by
AAP for monthly electricity
bill/monthly dole for women/
Mohalla Clinic in localities or
for the auto rides by Arvind
Kejriwal, roadshows of Man-
ish Sisodia or radical-abusive
statements on PM Modi by
AAP State chief – AAP, gave
Congress a run for its money
during the election coverage.
Till the first phase polling
BJP ensured that in national
mindset, the Gujarat elec-
tions were all about BJP
AAP. While Congress grap-
pled with this perception
slight,Modiandhiscoreteam
concentrated in the rural and
tribal areas of Gujarat – the
core bastion of the Congress.
The Prime Minister’s road
show at Amba - the 50 km long
road show near Ahmedabad,
the focused group rallies host-
ed by Amit Shah and J P Na-
dda, the Jan Yatra covering
150+ constituencies starting
from 4 corners of Gujarat,
were all efforts to claim the
Congress bastion.
Little did the Congress or
AAP realize that both got
played by none other than the
BJP strategists. Gujarat was
the pride – the prime jewel in
2022 election and PM Modi,
simply had to bedazzle the
crown. And he did it.. This is
the biggest take away from
Gujarat Himachal elec-
tions – Bhupendra Bhai
walks away with the bigger
winning margin than Naren-
dra Bhai – but then, it’s Nar-
endra Bhai Modi, who is the
Krishna of Indian politics.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
MODI MAGIC
GRAND SLAM IN GUJARAT –
IMAGE SAVER IN HIMACHAL
154
AJAY KUMAR
The writer is a senior journalist
Little did the Congress or
AAP realize that both got
played by none other than
the BJP strategists. Gujarat
was the pride – the prime
jewel in 2022 election and
PM Modi, simply had to
bedazzle the crown. And he
did it.. This is the biggest
take away from Gujarat
Himachal elections –
Bhupendra Bhai walks
away with the bigger
winning margin than
Narendra Bhai – but then,
it’s Narendra Bhai Modi,
who is the Krishna
of Indian politics
In all his campaign speeches,
PM Modi enthused the
Gujarati voters to make
Bhupendra Bhai’s winning
margin, much larger than
Narendra Bhai. No doubt,
Modi’s self-respect resonating
with Gujarati Pride, delivered.
27 years of BJP
dominance got another 5
years of resounding
success and 149 seats
won over by Congress in
1985, got washed away in the
swath of Modi support

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05
INDIA
Shamsher Singh
New Delhi: It is now al-
most certain that Con-
gress President Mall-
ikarjun Kharge is not
going to form his team
as of now. His team will
be formed only after the
Congress session to be
held at the end of Febru-
ary
. This was indicated
in the first meeting of
the massive steering
committee he had
formed after becoming
the president. Sonia
Gandhiwasalsopresent
in the meeting held on
Sunday and there
Kharge gave a sound ad-
vice to the party leaders.
It was also clear from
his advice that even
though the office bear-
ers of the party have
resigned, they will con-
tinue to work as before.
That’s why it is surpris-
ing as to what was the
need to resign? When
Randeep Surjewala will
continue to be in charge
of Karnataka and Avi-
nash Pandey will con-
tinue to be in charge of
Jharkhand, then what
was the point of them
resigning from the post
of General Secretary?
Keep in mind that on
October 26, the day
Kharge took over, all
the general secretaries
had resigned. But no
new appointment was
made in their place and
no other leader was
made in-charge in the
states. All the general
secretaries who re-
signed are members of
the steering committee.
Kharge asked them how
many times a month
they visit the states un-
der their charge and
what is the status of the
organization there at
the district and block
level. In a way it is clear
that all the old office
bearers will continue to
work as before. All gen-
eral secretaries, secre-
taries, communication
team and all spokesper-
sons will continue to
work as before and re-
port to Kharge. That’s
why Kharge is in no
hurry to form a new
team. At the end of
February, there will be
a party convention in
Chhattisgarh, in
which the All India
Congress Committee
will seal Kharge’s ele-
vation as president
and after that he will
form a new team.
Will Kharge forge his team in party’s third session?
AICC CHIEF’S STRATEGY
OTHER BYPOLLS
SP defends Mainpuri, BJP
wrests 2 assembly seats,
loses one, Cong retains 2
New Delhi/Lucknow
(PTI): The Samajwadi
Party retained the high-
profile Mainpuri Lok
Sabha seat, while the
BJP wrested Rampur
Sadar assembly seat in
UP from it and Kurhani
constituency in Bihar
from the ruling Nitish
Kumar-led alliance in
results of the December
5 by-elections an-
nounced on Thursday
.
The ruling BJP in UP,
however, lost Khatauli
to SP ally RLD. The Con-
gress retained its two
assembly seats - Bhanu-
pratappur in Chhattis-
garh and Sardarshahar
Assembly seat in Ra-
jasthan’s Churu dis-
trict. The party is in
power in the two states.
The BJD continued its
dominance in Odisha,
winning Padampur seat
in Bargarh district.
Out of the six assem-
bly seats in five states
where bypolls were held
on Monday, the Con-
gress and the BJP won
two each while one each
went to the BJD and
RLD after counting of
votes on Thursday
.
Dimple Yadav, the
wife of SP chief Akh-
ilesh Yadav, defeated her
nearest rival and BJP
candidate Raghuraj Sin-
gh Shakya by 2,88,461
votes in Mainpuri, a
pocket borough of SP
patriarch Mulayam Sin-
gh Yadav’s family
.
In Bihar, BJP’s Kedar
Prasad Gupta defeated
Manoj Singh Kushwaha
of CM Nitish Kumar’s
JD(U) by 3,645 votes in
Kurhani seat. The JD(U)
had snapped ties with
theBJPfourmonthsago.
VOTERS’ VERDICT
Gandhinagar (Agen-
cies): Gujarat CM Bhu-
pendra Patel took over
in September 2021 after
his BJP removed in-
cumbent Vijay Rupani,
and is set to be sworn-in
again on December 12
after the party’s land-
slide victory in the As-
sembly elections.
The Patel ministry
totalled 25, including
the Chief Minister, but
for the two-phase De-
cember elections, five
ministers were denied
tickets. Of the other 20,
the Chief Minister and
18 others have got re-
elected to the Assembly
.
While Patel has won
with a massive margin
of 1,92,263 votes, other
colleagues who won
with large margins are
Purnesh Modi (104,637),
HarshSanghvi(131,675),
KanuDesai(97,164),Nar-
esh Patel (93,166), and
Manish Vakil (98,597).
Other ministers who
have won are Jitu Va-
ghani, Rishikesh Patel,
Raghavji Patel, Kirit-
sinh Rana, Arjunsinh
Chauhan, Jagdish Pan-
chal, Jitu Chaudhary,
Mukesh Patel, Nimisha
Suthar, Kuberbhai Din-
dor, Gajendrasinh Par-
mar, Vinubhai Moradia
and Devabhai Malam.
But, minister Kirtisinh
Vaghela lost the poll.
JAI GUJARAT, VIJAY GUJARAT!
Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel with state BJP chief CR Paatil and others during a press conference after the party’s win in state assembly elections, in Gandhinagar on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
All Gujarat
ministers, save
one, re-elected
“It’s victory of PM’s leadership,
defeat of anti-national forces”
Gandhinagar (PTI):
With the Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party (BJP) set for
a landslide victory in
Gujarat, Chief Minister
Bhupendra Patel on
Thursday credited
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi for it and said
the people of the state
have rejected the anti-
national elements in
the Assembly election.
Gujarat BJP presi-
dent C R Paatil said
Bhupendra Patel would
continue as the state’s
chief minister and his
swearing-in ceremony
would be held on De-
cember 12. The Bharati-
ya Janata Party with a
vote share of nearly 54
per cent was ahead in
152 out of the total 182
seats in Gujarat, as per
the latest trends, and
could surpass its previ-
ous best showing of 127
seats in 2002 when Modi
was the state’s chief
minister.
Guj CM Patel and state BJP chief CR Paatil show victory signs.
z RECORD BROKEN
#1: Biggest Haul
For BJP
z The BJP got a
whopping 86% of
the total seats in
the state.
z It is, so far, the
highest number
of seats that the
BJP has won in
Gujarat...ever!
z RECORD BROKEN
#2: The Biggest
Ever in Gujarat
z Not just is it the
BJP’s highest
total ever in Gu-
jarat, it is also the
highest ever total
by any party in an
Assembly election
in the state!
z RECORD BROKEN
#3: BJP Bests
BJP, Vote Share
Is Proof
z Prior to this,
the BJP’s best
performance
was in 2002,
when they won
127 out of 182
seats. After that,
even though
they remained in
power, their seat
tally only dipped,
garnering 117
seats in 2007,
115 in 2012 and
99 in 2017.
BJP BROKE
3 RECORDS
MEANWHILE IN HIMACHAL PRADESH...
GUJ HAS SOUNDED
BUGLE FOR BJP’S
SUCCESS IN 2024
LS POLL: HIMANTA
IT’S PEOPLE LOVE
FOR PM’S GOOD
GOVERNANCE,
SAYS YOGI
AAP’S CM
CANDIDATE ISUDAN
GADHVI LOSES BY
OVER 19,000 VOTES
Guwahati (PTI): Assam
CM Himanta Biswa Sarma
claimed that BJP’s win in
Gujarat poll
has sounded
the bugle for
the party’s
success in
the 2024 LS
polls. The
people of Gujarat, where
BJP recorded seventh win
in the assembly poll, have
showered their love and
admiration for PM Modi, he
said.“Gujarat Bugle for In-
dia! By showering (sic) this
historic mandate out of their
love and admiration for Hon
PM Shri @narendramodi Ji,
people have shown the path
for 2024,” Sarma tweeted.
Lucknow (PTI):
Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath on Thursday
said
the
BJP’s
grand
victory
in the
Gujarat
polls is an expres-
sion of people’s
immense love for
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s
good governance.
Adityanath also con-
gratulated all work-
ers and members of
the Gujarat BJP.
Devbhumi Dwarka: (ANI):
AAP’s CM candidate Isu-
dan Gadhvi lost his seat
by 19,000
votes as the
BJP raced to
its best-ever
result in the
western
state. The journalist-
turned-politician, a native
of Pipaliya village of Devb-
humi Dwarka district, was
born in a farming family.
He lost his seat to a BJP
candidate. Now, the AAP is
expected to force a change
in the binary politics of the
state and present the BJP
with a more persistent and
strategic opponent than
the Congress.
Shimla (Agencies):
TThe result of the
Himachal Pradesh Leg-
islative Assembly elec-
tion 2022 is out and Con-
gress has swept away
the apple belt in the
Shimla district except
Chopal.
Shimla district has
eight seats which in-
clude five seats of apple
growing belts Rohru,
Jubbal-Kotkhai, Theog-
Kumarsain, Rampur
Bushahr and Chopal.
All these areas are ma-
jor producers of apple
and stone fruits.
In Theog, former
Himachal Pradesh Con-
gress Committee
(HPCC) President Kul-
deep Singh Rathore won
by 5,269 votes, in Rohru,
Mohan Lal Bragta re-
tained his seat as he
won by 19,339 votes.
In Rampur, Congress
candidate Nand Lal
faced stiff competition
from BJP candidate
Kaul Singh Negi as he
won by a difference of
567 votes.
In Jubbal-Kotkhai, Ro-
hit Thakur retained his
seat after he defeated
BJP candidate Chetan
Bragta by 5,067 votes.
The seat was vacated
after former MLA Nar-
inder Bragta passed
away in 2021. Later in
the by-elections, Con-
gress candidate Rohit
Thakur defeated his son
Chetan Bragta who con-
tested the elections as
an independent candi-
date after he was denied
a ticket by BJP
.
The only defeat Con-
gress faced in the apple
belt of the state is Cho-
pal where BJP MLA
Balbir Verma was able
to retain his seat. Ver-
ma defeated Congress
General Secretary Ra-
jneesh Kimta by a mar-
gin of 5,033 votes.
Congress was also able
to win Shimla (Urban)
seat after a gap of one
and a half decade while
the party retained its
seats in Kasumpti and
Shimla (Rural) after An-
irudh Singh and
Vikramaditya Singh,
son of former six-time
Chief Minister Virb-
hadra Singh won by a
margin of 8,655 and
13,860 votes.
Congress sweeps away the apple belt
BJP BREACHES
AZAM KHAN’S
STRONGHOLD
Rampur: The BJP
on Thursday won
Rampur Sadar seat
for the first time as
its candidate Akash
Saxena defeated his
nearest Samajwadi
Party rival Asim Raja.
Bypoll to the Rampur
Sadar seat, consid-
ered an Azam Khan
stronghold, was
necessitated after
Khan was sentenced
to three years in a
hate speech case.
BAGHEL SAYS NEED TO ‘PROTECT’ HP
CONG MLAS FROM ‘POACHING’ BID
Raipur: As the Assembly poll trends showed the
Congress was likely to get a majority in Himachal
Pradesh, Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel on
Thursday said the party needed to protect its
MLAs in the hill state from any possibility of
horse-trading. The BJP can “go to any level”, he
claimed. The Congress surged ahead of the BJP
on 39 of the 68 seats with one seat already under
its belt, while the ruling party has won four seats
and was ahead in 21 constituencies, as per trends
from Himachal Pradesh where the counting of
votes was underway.
Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel speaks to media in Raipur.

06
INDIA
New Delhi: Petroleum
Minister Hardeep Puri
and Congress leader in
Lok Sabha Adhir Ran-
jan Chowdhury entered
into a war of words over
Ujjwala scheme subsidy
and gas prices in the
house on Thursday
.
The drama took place
during Question Hour,
when BJP MP from Bal-
aghat, Dhal Singh Bisen
sought to know from
Puri, the quantum of
loss faced by the govt as
several Ujjwala benefi-
ciaries have failed to get
a second refill of their
cylinders and whether
the government will in-
crease the subsidy
amount to ensure refill
of Ujjwala cylinders.
Puri said that there
seems to be some lack of
informationontheissue
and went on to inform
the House that there has
been a quantum leap in
number of LPG connec-
tions since 2014.
As Puri explained
how the govt has made
efforts to keep the do-
mestic gas prices in
check despite a surge in
its prices internation-
ally, at this point,
Chowdhury interrupt-
ed Puri, seeking to
know the present gas
price.
New Delhi (PTI): There is
a need to take the issue
of religious conversions
happening across the
country seriously, BJP
MP from Jharkhand Sunil
Kumar Singh said in
Parliament on Thursday
and claimed it has led to
rise of suicides. Speaking
during a session in Lok
Sabha to discuss matters
under Rule 377, he said
conversions are changing
the direction of society
and the country. “Such
organisations specially
target people from back-
ward classes. There have
been cases that people
killed themselves due to
religious conversion. As
part of a conspiracy, they
are encouraged to think
that they are not Hindus,
they do not believe in
Constitution,” Singh said.
New Delhi (PTI): Ra-
jya Sabha Chairman
Jagdeep Dhankhar on
Thursday assured the
House that experienced
MPs like former prime
minister HD Deve Gow-
da would be given pref-
erence to express views
on important issues,
andnottherulebook.
While felicitat-
ing Dhankhar
as new Rajya
Sabha Chair-
man on
Wednesday, it
was suggest-
ed by some
that experi-
enced mem-
bers should
be given ade-
quate time to
express views on legis-
lations and issues of
national interest.
“Believe in the Chair.
The Chair is not parti-
san. The Chair is na-
tional,” Dhankhar said
while making an obser-
vation during the Ques-
tion Hour on day two of
the winter session of
Parliament.
The chairman also
urged the MPs to rise
above party lines on im-
portant issues.
Rajya Sabha rules
provide for the alloca-
tion of time during de-
batesasperthestrength
of a political party -
the larger the
number of MPs
more is time is
given to the party
.
Gowda is the sole
member of his
party (JDS) in the
House and hence
is allocated the
least time to
put forth his
views.
New Delhi: Sev-
eral MPs on Thursday
urged the govt to create
sports infrastructure in
rural areas, as the Lok
Sabha resumed debate
on sports and steps
taken by the govern-
ment in this regard. The
discussion had started
in Lok Sabha on March
31, during the Budget
Session of Parliament.
Manickam Tagore of
the Congress stressed
that sports helps in
building trust and said
it gives confidence and
builds trust in com-
munity. “The need
for Bharat Jodo is an
important process and
Bharat Jito can happen
only with Bharat Jodo,”
he said. Tagore also
suggested that private
sector should be roped
in for development of
sports facilities in rural
areas. “Private sector is
also an important part
of it. How is the minis-
try planning to encour-
age private players to
support them?” Tagore
said. He alleged that
government agencies
were hounding those
private players who we
not supporting the gov-
ernment. “We have a
tax terrorism mentality
now. All the agencies
are behind the business
people... Those who
are not supporting the
government. Will this
mindset be changed?”
New Delhi: A bill that
seeks to promote
the use of non-fossil
fuels was introduced
in Rajya Sabha for
passage on Thursday.
The Energy Conserva-
tion (Amendment) Bill,
2022, is also aimed
at helping the country
achieve its international
commitments on cli-
mate change. The leg-
islation was cleared by
Lok Sabha in August.
Piloting the bill in the
Upper House, Power
Minister R K Singh said
the country is working
towards reduction in
emissions although its
per capita emissions is
about one third of the
global average.
OVER 11,000 'MAT-
TERS' PENDING IN SC
FOR OVER 10 YEARS:
GOVT REVEALS IN RS
New Delhi: Over
11,000 “matters”
are pending before
Supreme Court for
over 10 years, Union
Law Minister Kiren
Rijiju informed the RS.
Similarly, in 25 high
courts, 8.77 lakh civil
and 3.74 lakh criminal
cases are pending for
over 10 years, he said
citing data from the
National Judicial Data
Grid. In the district
and other courts, 6.91
lakh civil and 27.26
lakh criminal cases
are pending for over a
decade, he said.
New Delhi/Dehradun
(PTI): External Affairs
Minister S Jaishankar,
Uttarakhand CM Push-
kar Singh Dhami and
his party colleagues on
Thursday paid tributes
to former chief of de-
fence staff (CDS) Gen
Bipin Rawat on his first
death anniversary
.
“Fondly remember
India’s first CDS Late
Gen. Bipin Rawat on his
death anniversary to-
day. A great soldier, a
strong leader and a won-
derful human being,”
Jaishankar tweeted.
In Uttarakhand, after
paying floral tributes
on Gen Rawat’s picture
at the state BJP head-
quarters in Dehradun,
CM Dhami described
him as the “pride of the
nation”. He asked party
workers to take inspira-
tion from the life and
thoughts of Gen Rawat
and work collectively
for the all-round devel-
opment of the state.
Pamban (Tamil Nadu)
(ANI): A deep depres-
sion over the Bay of
Bengal that has intensi-
fied into Cyclonic
Storm Mandous will
likely cross Tamil Nadu
and Puducherry by De-
cember 9 midnight, the
weather department
said Thursday
.
“CS Mandous over
SW BoB about 500km
ESE of Karaikal. To
move WNW and cross
north Tamil Nadu, Pu-
ducherry and adjoining
south AP coast bw Pu-
ducherry and Sri-
harikota with a wind
speed of 70 kmph
around midnight of 09
Dec,” the India Meteor-
ological Department
(IMD) tweeted around
Thursday noon. The
IMD also issued a yel-
low alert for north Ta-
mil Nadu, Puducherry,
and south Andhra
Pradesh coasts.
Storm warning cage
no. 2 has been mounted
at Pamban Port of
Rameshwaram island
to warn fishermen of
the upcoming storm
and deter them from
venturing out into the
sea.
The MeT has already
warned the fishermen
not to venture into the
rough seas for three
days.
Heavy rain is expect-
ed along the Tamil
Nadu and Andhra
Pradesh coastline along
with Puducherry over
the next few days, it
said.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla inau-
gurated an orientation
course on parliamenta-
ry procedures and pro-
cesses for Indian Reve-
nue Service Probation-
ers of the 75th batch of
IRS at the Parliament
House Complex on
Thursday
.
Speaking on this oc-
casion, Birla said that
though our constitution
has given us a strong
governance system, but
it is our responsibility
to strengthen it further
and also strengthen our
economy and society
.
He said that a strong,
transparent and ac-
countable economic
system leads to pro-
gress and equitable de-
velopment. He urged
the officers to work
with honesty and integ-
rity to ensure that the
benefits of develop-
ment reach the last man
of the society
.
Talking about India's
journey of 75 years after
Independence, Birla
said that during this pe-
riod India's economy
has got strengthened.
After the Covid pandem-
ic, while the economies
of developed countries
are showing signs of re-
cession, India has not
only successfully faced
Covid, but our economic
base has also been
strong and in terms of
development, our coun-
try's economy is ahead
of other countries.
Revenue officers should understand taxpayers’ problems: Birla
TIPS TO BUDDING BUREAUCRATS
LS Speaker inaugurates Appreciation
Course in Parliamentary Processes
and Procedures for Indian Revenue
Service Probationers in New Delhi
MPS SHOULDN’T
WRITE ABOUT CHAIR
ON TWITTER: BIRLA
New Delhi (PTI): Lok
Sabha Speaker Om Birla
on Thursday cautioned
MPs for writing against
him on Twitter and asked
them not to do so. “Some
members sometimes
write on Twitter that the
speaker does not give op-
portunity to the members
to speak. Please keep in
mind that the members
should not write on
Twitter about the speaker.
That would be good,” the
Speaker said during the
Question Hour.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla inaugurating the ‘Observation Course on Parliamentary Practices and
Procedures’ for the IRS Probationers in the Parliament House Complex on Thursday.
CRUCIAL
READ
PAK RELEASES BSF
JAWAN WHO
CROSSED BORDER
332 VACANCIES IN
VARIOUS HCS,
SAYS CENTRE
PUNJAB TO SPEED
UP DRIVE AGAINST
ILLICIT LIQUOR BIZ
New Delhi: A BSF jawan
who accidentally crossed
the International Border in
Punjab’s Abohar has been
released by the Pakistan
Rangers. According to the
BSF, the jawan mistakenly
entered Pakistan while
patrolling on Wednesday
morning, due to dense fog
and was taken into custody
by Pakistan.
New Delhi: Amid the
ongoing row between
the Centre and the
judiciary over delay in
appointments of judges,
the Centre has told the
Supreme Court that as
on Nov 30, sanctioned
strength of high court
judges is 1,108 and
working strength is 776,
resulting 332 vacancies.
Chandigarh: A meeting of
Excise officials of Punjab
Police was conducted
here on Thursday to boost
joint operations of Excise
Department and police
against the illicit liquor
trade, besides creating
awareness among the
public against the menace,
AIG, Excise and Taxation,
Gurjot Singh Kaler said.
Cyclone Mandous to cross TN today
The IMD has also issued a yellow alert for several southern states.
Jaishankar, U’khand CM Dhami pay tribute
to CDS Rawat on his first death anniversary
Students pay floral tributes to CDS Gen Bipin Rawat.
PM Narendra Modi’s foreign visits enabled India to strengthen ties with
partner countries, put forward India’s viewpoint: Govt tells Rajya Sabha
Leaders of all Opposition parties on Thursday staged a walk out of
Lok Sabha alleging that they were not allowed to raise various issues
WINTER SESSION
Puri, Adhir spar in LS
over Ujjwala subsidy
“Ex-PMs,seniorMPstoget
preferencetoexpressviews”
MPS RAISE ISSUES
OF CONVERSION,
COMPENSATION
CONSTRUCTION OF 4,766 KMS
OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
COMPLETED TILL NOV: GADKARI
“CORPORATES DESTROYING
JUNGLES BUT SAVING
THEMSELVES FROM LAW”
LOK SABHA RESUMES DEBATE
ON SPORTS, MPS URGE GOVT TO
FOCUS ON RURAL AREAS
BILL TO PROMOTE THE USE OF
NON-FOSSIL FUELS INTRODUCED
IN RAJYA SABHA
New Delhi (PTI):
The Ministry of Road
Transport and High-
ways (MoRTH) has set
a target of construct-
ing 12,200 kilometres
of national highways
during 2022-23, against
which 4,766 kilome-
tres have been con-
structed till November,
2022, Parliament was
informed on Thursday.
The road transport and
highways minister Nitin
Gadkari in a written
reply to the Lok Sabha
said under
Bharatmala
Pariyoja-
na, apart
from
develop-
ment of highways/
expressways in the
country, which facilitate
logistic efficiency to
India economy, 35 Multi
Modal Logistics Parks
(MMLPs) are to be de-
veloped. These MMLPs
would act as major
cargo consolidation and
distribution hubs, Gad-
kari added. According
to him, under Bharat-
mala Pariyojana 191
points of congestion
were identified on the
entire network. Gadkari
said of the 191 choke
points, de-congestion
projects have already
been completed in 56
congestion points and
de-congestion pro-
jects are under
implementa-
tion in 83
conges-
tion
points.
New Delhi (PTI):
Congress Rajya Sabha
MP Kumar Ketkar
on Thursday alleged
that real estate sharks
and corporates were
devastating jungles and
using their money and
muscle power to avoid
legal action. In order to
protect wildlife, not only
should the laws be strict
but their implementation
should also be equally
stingent, he said during
a discussion on the
Wild Life (Protection)
Amendment Bill in the
Upper House. The bill
was tabled by Environ-
ment Minister Bupender
Yadav on Wednesday.
At present, when we
are talking about this
Act, Nicobar is
being completely
ruined, Nicobar
jungles
are being
removed
for the benefit of some
corporates. So essen-
tially, the wildlife is actu-
ally attacked not by any
humans as such, but
by the corporates and
sometimes by celebrity
Bollywood types, he
said. Stressing on the
effective implementa-
tion of laws, Ketkar said,
The implementation is
not strict because the
corporates are actually
using their money or
muscle power or their
contacts in bureaucracy
and in the govern-
ment to
destroy
the
jun-
gle.
Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury speak during the
Winter Session of Parliament, in New Delhi on Thursday. —PHOTOS BY ANI

07
Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 54,270.00 211.00 0.38 (Per 10g)
SILVER 66,662.00 593.00 0.88 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 82.44 0.03 0.03
GBPINR 100.43 0.38 0.38
CURRENCIES
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi: Leading
FMCG maker HUL on
Thursday announced the
acquisition of a majority
stake in OZiva and a
19.8% equity in Wellbe-
ing Nutrition with a total
investment of `335 crore
to foray into the health
and wellbeing segment.
Hindustan Unilever Limit-
ed will acquire a 51%
stake in Zywie Ventures
Private Ltd, which owns
the brand OZiva, for a
consideration of `264.28
crore, making its entry
into the health and well-
being segment. —PTI
HUL TO BUY STAKE
IN OZIVA AND
WELLBEING NUTRI
New Delhi: Automobile
dealership chain Land-
mark Cars Ltd on Thurs-
day said it has fixed a
price band of `481-506
per share for its `552
crore initial share-sale
that opens for public sub-
scription on December
13. The three-day initial
public offering (IPO) will
conclude on December 15
and the bidding for an-
chor investors will open
on December 12, the
company said in a state-
ment. The public issue
consists of a fresh issue
of equity shares aggregat-
ing to `150 crore and an
Offer-For-Sale (OFS) of up
to `402 crore. —PTI
LANDMARK CARS
IPO TO OPEN ON
DECEMBER 13
Mumbai: The government
has put in an additional
`5,000 crore into the
SWAMIH Invest Fund-I to
help the stressed realty
investment platform
achieve its final close at
`15,530 crore, its manag-
er SBI Capital Ventures
said. The fund set up un-
der the Special Window
for Affordable and Mid-
Income Housing is India’s
largest social impact
fund, according to a
statement, which said the
government recently in-
fused `5,000 crore.—PTI
GOVERNMENT
INFUSES `5,000 CR
IN SWAMIH FUND
New Delhi: India has
achieved 165.94GW of re-
newable energy capacity
till October as against the
target of 175GW by 2022.
“Against the target of
achieving 175 GW of Re-
newable Energy installed
capacity by 2022, a total
of 165.94 GW of renewa-
ble energy capacity has
been installed in the
country as on October 31,
2022,” Power and New
RE Minister said. A ca-
pacity of 76.13 GW is un-
der various stages of im-
plementation and a ca-
pacity of 36.44 GW is un-
der various stages. —PTI
INDIA ACHIEVES
166GW OF RE
CAPACITY TILL OCT
*Rates till the edition went to print.
RGIC SEEKS `600 CR
CAPITAL INFUSION
FROM PARENT
New Delhi: Reliance General
Insurance Company (RGIC) has
sought `600 crore capital infu-
sion from its
debt-ridden
parent
entity Reli-
ance Capital
Ltd (RCL)
to grow its business in line
with peers, sources said. In
a letter to Reliance Capital’s
administrator, RGIC has sought
`600 crore capital support by
this month-end. The Committee
of Creditors (CoC) is expected
to discuss RGIC’s request for
capital infusion in its meeting
soon, the sources added in a
statement on Thursday. —PTI
POWER DEFICIT
DECLINES TO 0.1% IN
OCT FROM 2% IN APRIL
New Delhi: Power deficit or
gap between electricity required
and supplied has fallen from
2% in April
this year to
0.1%, Par-
liament was
informed on
Thursday.
“The gap between energy re-
quirement and energy supplied
has been reduced from two
per cent to 0.1% between the
month of April, 2022 and Oc-
tober, 2022,” Power Minister R
K Singh said. The data showed
that the deficit was 2,752 mil-
lion units (units) in April this
year which came down to 124
MU in October, 2022. —PTI
OTHER STORIES
ONLINE GAMING INDUSTRY FOR 28% GST ON GROSS
GAMING REVENUE, NOT ON ENTRY AMOUNT
New Delhi: Online skill-based gaming industry is fine with the
government raising GST on online gaming from 18% to 28% but it
should be levied only on gross gaming revenue (GGR) and not on
contest entry amount as could hit the
$2.2-billion sector, say industry play-
ers. There are reports that upcoming
GST Council may consider imposing a
28% Goods and Services Tax (GST) on
the total amount rather than the current
practice of 18% on GGR. —PTI
New Delhi (PTI): A day
after the RBI raised the
benchmark lending rate by
35 basis points, Kotak Ma-
hindra Bank Managing Di-
rector Uday Kotak on
Thursday said the central
bank may go for one more
rate hike to bring inflation
below its upper tolerance
level of 6%.
On Wednesday, the RBI
indicated that it wants in-
flation to be within the
band first and then move
towards the target of 4%,
Kotak said.
“My sense is that there
could be one more rate
hike and that may be the
time for thinking about a
pivot, but we got to watch
very closely the data, and
maybe around 6.5%, as it
looks today, subject to
what happens to the world,
subject to what happens to
oil, subject to what hap-
pens to many other
things,” he said.
Kotak further said the
US Federal Reserve’s deci-
sion on interest rates this
month will be a signal for
other central banks.
“I think that is going to
be a very crucial signal
about what is the interest
rate trajectory in the larg-
est market and the largest
pool of money in the world,
which is the US,” he said.
The Reserve Bank of In-
dia (RBI) Wednesday hiked
the key repo rate by 35 ba-
sis points to 6.25%, the
fifth straight increase
since May.
In all, the RBI has raised
the benchmark rate by
2.25% since May this year.
On the potential of the
Indian economy, Kotak
said the country has be-
come the fifth largest in the
world at about $3.2 trillion
and has huge potential.
There are opportunities
to move up the ladder, to be
among the top three in the
world, and its realisation
would depend on certain
metrics, including eco-
nomic performance in
terms of absolute GDP and
absolute per capita income
instead of the PPP com-
parison, he said.
To develop world class
Indian companies, he
stressed on the need to
build scale in manufactur-
ing based on cutting edge
product innovation and de-
veloping IP rights rather
than depending on arbi-
trage alone to secure an
advantage.
RBI may effect one more rate hike: Kotak
TOP TALKING
POINTS
z The RBI Wednesday hiked
the key repo rate by 35 basis
points to 6.25%, the fifth
straight increase since May
z In all, the RBI has raised the
benchmark rate by 2.25%
since May this year
z US Fed Reserve’s decision
this month will be a signal
for other central banks
Inflation for FMCG segment
cooling down, says ITC CMD
New Delhi (PTI): Infla-
tionary pressure on the
FMCG segment is “cooling
off a little” and volume
growth from the rural mar-
kets is going to be better,
ITC Chairman Managing
Director Sanjiv Puri said
on Thursday
.
Presently there is a “phe-
nomenal” amount of infla-
tion, hence FMCG volume
growth in rural areas is
“muted” and the bulk of
the growth is inflation lead,
he said. When asked about
the consumption trends,
Puri said, “In the FMCG
segments, we are seeing
both the trends of permu-
tation and at the same time
there is a lot of value-seek-
ing behaviour and stress at
the lower price points.”
However, he also said
that presently India is
“much better” than the rest
of the world, witnessing
high inflation.
“As far as consumption
is concerned, the main
stress point is inflation in-
duced because prices of
lots of products have gone
up at a percentage probably
in the prior period that
would have taken five years
to go up,” Puri added.
However, Puri also added
that rural demand is going
to get better.
URBANISATION GOING TO
BE KEY: NITI AAYOG CEO
New Delhi (PTI): NITI
Aayog CEO Parameswaran
Iyer on Thursday said that
urbanisation is going to be
the key as 50% of India’s
population will live in ur-
ban areas by 2047. “Urbani-
sation is going to be the key
.
By 2047, 50% of the popula-
tion will live in urban are-
as, if you don’t have basic
services in urban areas,
then it is going to be a big
challenge,” he noted. He
said the circular economy
is now also becoming in-
creasingly important.
On a question on issues
of cleanliness of India’s
tourist destinations, Iyer
said,” If you want to pro-
mote tourism in India ag-
gressively, you better have
clean places around, you
better have better behav-
iour by tourists and by the
locals.” Most beautiful
tourist destinations in In-
dia are littered.
IBA, FIEO to
organise
sensitisation
programmes
on promoting
rupee trade
New Delhi (PTI): In-
dian Banks’ Associa-
tion and apex export-
ers body FIEO will or-
ganise sensitisation
programmes in differ-
ent parts of the coun-
try to educate stake-
holders on modalities
of rupee trade.
It was decided on De-
cember 5, when the fi-
nance ministry held a
review meeting with
commerce ministry of-
ficials, CEOs of banks,
and exporters to pro-
mote cross-border
trade in the rupee.
An RBI representa-
tive gave clarifications
of issues raised by ex-
port promotion coun-
cils and concerned
banks on the matter
“and it was decided
that the Indian Banks
Association and FIEO
(Federation of Indian
Export Organisations)
will jointly organise a
sensitisation on rupee
trading arrangement
so that bankers, as well
as exporters, get clari-
ty on how to do this,”
the official said.
New Delhi (PTI): The In-
dian financial services
space seems to be in a sweet
spot as foreign investors
have made a net invest-
ment of `14,205 crore in the
sector in November amid
strong credit growth and
manageable non-perform-
ing loan portfolio.
The investment comes
following a net withdrawal
of `4,686 crore from finan-
cial services stocks in Octo-
ber on account of profit
booking.
Overall, foreign portfolio
investors (FPIs) have made
a net investment of `36,238
crore in the country’s eq-
uity markets in November.
Of this, the financial ser-
vices sector attracted
`14,205 crore, which ac-
counts 39% of total invest-
ment made by FPIs in equi-
ties, data with NSDL
showed.
FPIs inject
`14,205 crore
in November
Sensex rises 160
pts in choppy trade
Mumbai (PTI): Bench-
mark BSE Sensex rose by
160 points on Thursday in
choppy trade following
gains in select banking and
auto counters amid mixed
global cues.
The 30-share index
gained 160 points to settle
at 62,570.68 as 13 of its com-
ponents advanced while 17
declined.
The barometer opened
lower but later gained mo-
mentum to touch a high of
62,633.56 in the day’s trade
on Thursday
.
The broader Nifty of the
National Stock Exchange
advanced 48.85 points to
settle at 18,609.35, with 27
of its constituents closing
in the red.
Axis Bank, IndusInd
Bank, ICICI Bank, SBI,
LT, Infosys, MM and
Maruti were major gainers
among Sensex stocks.
RUPEE GAINS 3 PAISE ON THURSDAY TO
CLOSE AT 82.44 AGAINST US DOLLAR
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee consolidated in a narrow range and set-
tled 3 paise higher at 82.44 (provisional) against the US dollar on
Thursday, supported by positive domestic equities. At the inter-
bank foreign exchange market, the local unit opened at 82.34 and
touched an intra-day high of 82.26 and a low of 82.47 against the
greenback. It finally settled at 82.44, registering a rise of 3 paise
over its previous close of 82.47.
AirIndiatorefurbishlegacywide-bodyfleet
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Tata group-
owned full service carrier
Air India on Thursday said
it plans to refurbish its
legacy wide-body fleet,
comprising 40 Boeing
planes, at an investment of
over $400 million (about
`3,295 crore).
The company has man-
dated London-based prod-
uct design companies JPA
Design and Trendworks to
assist with the cabin inte-
rior design elements of the
refurbishment exercise,
the airline said in a state-
ment. Of the 40 planes
which are set to go for re-
furbishment, 27 are Boeing
787-800s and 13 Boeing 777s.
All these planes were ac-
quired when the airline
was under state ownership.
The Tata Group regained
control of Air India in Jan-
uary this year. The first
such refurbished aircraft is
expected to be in service by
mid-2024, as per the release.
With this significant in-
vestment, Air India said it
is committed to providing
its passengers with a com-
fortable, modern, and tech-
nologically advanced cab-
in. In September, the air-
line announced a transfor-
mation plan.
WILL INVEST OVER $400 MILLION
FOREIGN
COMPANIES
z The company has mandated
London-based product
design companies JPA
Design and Trendworks to
assist with the cabin interior
design elements of the
refurbishment exercise, the
airline said in a statement
Samsung to collaborate
with technology startups
New Delhi (PTI): Con-
sumer electronics maker
Samsung on Thursday said
it will partner with start-
ups working on technolo-
gies around the govern-
ment’s Digital India stack,
to accelerate its digital
journey in the country
.
The company is inviting
startups to collaborate on
technologies which include
UPI, DigiLocker, Open Net-
work for Digital Commerce
(ONDC), Open Credit Ena-
blement Network (OCEN),
and Unified Health Inter-
face (UHI) among others, a
statement issued by Sam-
sung said.
As part of this, startups
will partner with Sam-
sung’s RD centres and
business units in India on
domains such as wallet,
health, and fitness, where
products and services will
be integrated with the com-
pany’s ecosystem, it added.
It will also provide fund-
ing support to some of
these startups.

MAHA VEHICLE
TARGETED IN
K’TAKA AGAIN
With “vehicle wars”
escalating amid
the border tension
between Maharash-
tra and Karnataka,
some pro-Kar-
nataka organiza-
tions again blocked
vehicles from Maha-
rashtra and smeared
black ink on them in
Karnataka’s Gadag
district on Thursday.
In addition, protesters
raised slogans and
also climbed onto the
vehicles. Meanwhile,
NCP MLA Rohit Pawar
has warned that if
Sharad Pawar goes to
the border, the entire
state of Maharashtra
will be in trouble.
“Eknath Shinde has
no right to sit on the
post of chief minister,”
he said. Meanwhile,
Rajya Sabha MP from
the Thackeray-led
Shiv Sena faction has
demanded that CM
Eknath Shinde resign.
08
2NDFRONT
145 MSRTC buses with 7K devotees
return from annual fair
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Maha-
rashtraStateRoadTrans-
port Corporation
(MSRTC) on Thursday
confirmed all its 145 bus-
es that carried around
7,000 pilgrims
from the state
to Saundatti
in Karnataka
for an annual
fairatGoddessYellamma
temple earlier this week,
returned safely to Kol-
hapur on Thursday
morning.
These devotees had
travelled to Saundatti in
the buses on Monday to
take part in the fair, said
an MSRTC official.
Maharashtra and Kar-
natakaarelockedinabit-
ter boundary dispute
with leaders from both
the states currently trad-
ing barbs against each
other. The
border row
spilled onto
roads on
T u e s d a y
with stones being hurled
at vehicles entering Kar-
nataka from Maharash-
tra near a toll booth at
Hirebagewadi in Belaga-
vi district.
Similarly, at least four
buses from Karnataka
were defaced in Pune
district allegedly by
activists of the Shiv
Sena - Uddhav Bala-
saheb Thackeray
and the Maha-
r a s h t r a
N a v n i r -
man Sena
(MNS).
In view
of the situa-
tion, the
MSRTC sus-
pended from
Tuesday af-
ternoon 382 of
its 1,156 servic-
es operated dai-
ly to Karnataka
on instruction of
local police and
district adminis-
tration.
Talking on the matter,
a MSRTC spokesperson
said, “All 145 ST buses
with repair trucks and
inspection teams carry-
ingaround7,000devotees
safely reached Kolhapur
from Karnataka early
Thursday morning un-
der protection of the po-
lice from the neighbour-
ing state.”
People from Maharashtra had travelled to Karnataka for fair at
Goddess Yellamma temple this week. —FILE PHOTO
Amid turbulent situation, the state body had
suspended 382 of its 1,156 services on Dec 06
Centre can’t stay
mute spectator,
says NCP chief
First India Bureau
Mumbai: In midst of
a smoldering border
conflict between Ma-
harashtra and Karna-
taka, Nationalist Con-
gress Party (NCP)
President Sharad Pa-
war stated that the
central government
cannot remain a mute
spectator.
Addressing a party
meeting here on
Thursday, Pawar said
that if power is mis-
used to destroy the
idea of a language
medium and move-
ment, there is bound
to be a reaction. But,
the Centre has turned
a blind eye to it.
According to the
former union minis-
ter, the Maharashtra-
K a r n a - t a k a
boundary dispute is
not between the two
states, but for the
rights and justice of
the Marathi- speak-
ing people in the bor-
der areas of the
neighbouring state.
“Yesterday, the Lok
Sabha Speaker told
Supriya Sule that the
issue is between two
states and not an is-
sue to be raised in
Parliament. If Parlia-
ment will not look
into the dispute, who
will?” asked Pawar.
He added the Kar-
nataka government
has always taken a
different stand
on the bor-
der issue.
After mega projects, villages
may leave Maha too: Uddhav
Sambhajiraje lends
support to bandh
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Shiv Sena –
Uddhav Balasaheb
ThackerayPresident,Ud-
dhav Thackeray
, on
Thursday targeted the
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) and said Maha-
rashtra villages could be
merged with Karnataka
just as big-ticket projects
were shifted from the
state to Gujarat.
He cited upcoming
2023 Karnataka Assem-
bly elections as the rea-
son for the border row,
similar to the shift that
happened ahead of the
Gujarat Assembly polls
this year.
The shifting of the
projects to Gujarat from
Maharashtra earlier
this year played a major
role in the BJP’s re-
sounding victory in the
neighbouring state, he
said. “Just the way pro-
jects in Maharashtra
were taken away to poll-
bound Gujarat, villages
from Maharashtra may
also be given to Karna-
taka where elections are
due,” he said.
“Karnataka CM Basa-
varaj Bommai staking
claim over the areas of
Maharashtra has to be
taken seriously
. The BJP
has a ploy to destabilize
Maharashtra,” claimed
Thackeray
.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: While ad-
dressing all-party pro-
testers in Pimpri-
ChinchwadonThursday
,
Chhatrapati Sambhaji-
raje, who belongs to the
Kolhapur royal family
,
strongly criticized the
government by support-
ing the all-party bandh.
A one-day bandh was
observed against people
who made controver-
sial statements about
Chhatrapati Shivaji
Maharaj and other his-
torical figures. Samb-
hajiraje also slammed
Deputy CM Devendra
Fadnavis for not “expel-
ling” Governor BS Ko-
shyariafterhisremarks.
The royal scion also
said the Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party (BJP) and
CM Eknath Shinde-led
Shiv Sena faction
should have participat-
ed in the bandh.
Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav
Thackeray —FILE PHOTO
7,000
square km
Belagavi
Karnataka
In the immedi-
ate decades of
the formation
of states, no
national party
was willing to
take the risk
and address the
dispute
TOTAL BORDER AREA
DISPUTE BETWEEN
TWO STATES ON
Maharashtra
Karnataka
Aaditya Thackeray targets CM
for his silence on border row
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Withreports
of another case of Ma-
harashtra-based vehi-
cles being stopped and
vandalized at the Ma-
harashtra-Karnataka
border coming in ear-
lier in the day, former
cabinet minister Aadi-
tya Thackeray on
Thursday attacked
Chief Minister
Eknath Shinde for
not doing
enough to stem
the tide.
Talking to reporters
in Mumbai, Aaditya
targetedCMShindedi-
rectly
. “He is yet to ut-
terasinglewordonthe
border issue. They
have no right to the
Shiv Sena name. The
ones who are
afraid cannot
call them-
selves Shiv
Sena. A fear-
ful govern-
m e n t
cannot
take the people for-
ward,” he said.
Warning people of
Karnataka not to test
the patience of people
in Maharashtra, Aadi-
tya Thackeray said,
“Maharashtra has ex-
ercised restraint and
hasnotgoneastraylike
Karnataka. Both chief
ministersneedtofinda
middle path. While the
battle is going on in the
court, what is being
done by Karnataka is
not right.”
‘There is no person in
Maharashtra who does
not respect Chhatrapati
Shivaji Maharaj’
On Wed, the border
dispute issue was
raised in Lok Sabha
by NCP’s Supriya
Sule seeking
intervention of Union
Home Ministry
MAHARASHTRA-
KARNATAKA
BORDER ROW
Agra’s brave cops felicitated
amid thunderous applause
Shubham Dubey, Deepak
Kaushik Neeraj Parihar
Agra: The Police Brav-
ery Award programme
was organised by
Bharat24 News Channel
and First India on
Wednesday at Hotel Hol-
iday-Inn, Sanjay Place in
Agra city
.
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEOandEditor-in-Chief,
Bharat24-Vision of New
India and First India
Newspaper was the
Chief guest of the pro-
gramme. ADG Zone
AgraIPSRajeevKrishna
and Police Commission-
er Agra IPS Dr Preetin-
der Singh were also pre-
sent as the chief guests.
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra
honoured IPS Rajeev
Krishna and IPS Dr
Preetinder Singh with
the Police Bravery
ShieldAward.Around90
police personnel from 7
districts and Agra Com-
missionerate, who did
excellent work were pre-
sented with the Police
Bravery Award by Dr
Jagdeesh Chandra, IPS
Rajeev Krishna, and Dr
Preetinder Singh.
Johnny Dog and the
policemen of the Dog
Squad, who made many
revelations, were also
honoured with the
award.
DrChandraaddressed
all the policemen and all
the guests in the event
amid thunderous ap-
plause. The police offic-
ers and policemen felt
proud while receiving
the awards.
The entire pro-
gramme was presided
over by Consulting Edi-
tor Shishir Awasthi. Be-
fore the start of the pro-
gramme, the chief
guests were felicitated
by Shishir Awasthi by
presenting them with
books.
During the event, Ut-
tar Pradesh Bureau
Chief Avinash Vidhyar-
ti, Marketing Head Da-
wood Ahmed Siddiqui,
Agra Bureau Chief
Shubham Dubey, and
their reporting team
were present.
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates ADG Zone Agra, IPS Rajeev
Krishna with the Police Bravery Shield Award during the event.
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates Police Commissioner of Agra, IPS
Dr Preetinder Singh with the Police Bravery Shield Award.
l Around 90 police
personnel from 7
districts and Agra
Commissionerate were
presented with Police
Bravery Award for
exemplary work
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra addresses the guests during the Police
Bravery Award at Hotel Holiday-Inn, Sanjay Place in Agra.
Anchor Surbhi Tiwari in conversation with IPS officers Rajeev
Krishna and Dr Preetinder Singh during the mega event.
Shishir Awasthi speaks during the programme.
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates SOG Agra in-charge, Inspector Kuldeep Dixit during The Police
Bravery Award programme at Hotel Holiday- Inn, Sanjay Place in Agra in the presence of IPS Rajeev
Krishna, IPS Dr Preetinder Singh, Dr Sameer Bhati, Director Star Imaging Path lab Pvt Ltd and
Yuvraj Ambrish Pal Singh, Trustee, RBS College, Agra.
Once we accept that the richness of
our society comes from its diversity,
we will be happier, more peaceful.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India

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MUMBAI, FRIDAY,
DECEMBER 9, 2022
THE BLOCKBUSTER FINAL OF THE 2022 EDITION OF THE FINALS OF ABU DHABI T10 LEAGUE - SEASON 6, THE
WORLD’S FASTEST CRICKET FORMAT TOOK PLACE ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4 AT THE SHEIKH ZAYED
CRICKET STADIUM. CITY FIRST BRINGS YOU SOME ICONIC MOMENTS FROM THE GREAT MATCH!
heAbuDhabi
T10 League
2022 marks
the sixth edi-
tion of the
tournament
commenced
on November 23 and the
summit clash was played
on December 4.
As the name suggests,
the tournament followed
a 10 overs per side for-
mat with a duration
of 90 minutes ad-
ministered by the
Emirates Crick-
et Board (ECB)
with all
matches of
The Abu
Dhabi T10
League 2022
played at
the Sheikh Zayed Cricket
Stadium. This year’s edi-
tion witnessed two new en-
trantsinNewYorkStrikers
and Morrisville Samp
Army
.
As the eight teams bat-
tled it out for the coveted
title, fans witnessed the in-
teresting clashes live on
Television on Sports18,
Colors Cineplex and the
Live Stream was available
on Jio Cinema in India.
The blockbuster final of
the 2022 edition of the Fi-
nals of Abu Dhabi T10
League - Season 6, the
World’s Fastest cricket for-
mat took place on Sunday
,
December 4. T10 League or
Abu Dhabi T10 is a Ten10
cricketleagueintheUnited
Arab Emirates launched
and owned by T Ten Sports
Management.Theleagueis
approved by the Emirates
Cricket Board. Matches
are 10-overs-a-side
and the duration
of each
match is
approx-
imate-
ly 90 minutes. The tourna-
ment is a double round-
robin followed by Elimina-
tors and the Final. The In-
ternational Cricket Coun-
cil (ICC) officially sanc-
tioned the league in 2018.
The grand finale of
Abu Dhabi T10 Season 6
was played at Magnificent
Zayed Cricket Stadium,
Abu Dhabi.
While interacting with
the media, Rajeev Khanna,
Abu Dhabi T10 COO said,
“The sixth season of Abu
Dhabi T-Ten was a great
success. I would like to con-
gratulate Deccan Gladia-
tors for winning the Abu
Dhabi season6. I believe all
teams played fantastic
cricket, we plan to take the
T-Tenglobally
,andasfaras
our global expansion plan,
we are already in touch
withvariouscricketboards
across the world. I am very
happy to inform we have
signed3MOUbetweenvar-
ious cricket boards includ-
ing Sri Lanka And Zimba-
bwe ICC to launch respec-
tive T-Ten in their respec-
tivecountries.Wehavealso
signed an afro African cup
with the Africa Cricket as-
sociation,wherein30coun-
tries compete with each
other.”
The energetic and mes-
merizingfinalwasfollowed
by a scintillating music
concert wherein Guru
Randhawa, Iulia Vantur
and Parvati Nair gave a
dazzling performance and
enthralled the audience
present during the match.
KAVITA CHAUHAN
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THEMATCHFULLOFMAGIC
Rajeev Khanna, Nicoles Pooran and Matt Boucher of AbuDhabi cricket council Live dance performance during the Abu Dhabi Season 6 T-10 cricket league
Glimpse from the powerful match
(L-R) Iulia Vântur, Parvati Nair and Guru Randhawa

THE POLICE BRAVERY AWARD PROGRAM
City First brings to you some more glimpses beautifully covered by SHUBHAM DUBEY AND
DEEPAK KAUSHIK, from 'The Police Bravery Award program' was organised by Bharat24 News
Channel and First India newspaper at Hotel Holiday-Inn, Sanjay Place, Agra city onWednesday. Dr
Jagdeesh Chandra was the Chief guest of the program. ADG Zone Agra IPS Rajeev Krishna and
Police Commissioner Agra IPS Dr Preetinder Singh were also present as the special guests. During
the award program, Dr Jagdeesh Chandra honoured IPS Rajeev Krishna and IPS Preetinder Singh
with the Police Brewery Shield Award. Around 90 police personnel from 7 districts, including Agra
Commissionerate, who did excellent work were presented with the Police Bravery Award.
Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates Dr Sameer Bhati.
Also seen are ADG Zone Agra IPS Rajeev Krishna, Mohammad Faisal and Yakub Khan
Police Commissioner Agra IPS Dr Preetinder Singh and Shishir Awasthi with others
L-R Kamesh Jain, Yogesh Gautam, Amit Patel, Lokendra Yadav, Shubham Pachori (Director Eagle One Security Services, Agra) and Mayank Bharadwaj
Guests during The Police Bravery Award Program
ADG Zone Agra IPS Rajeev Krishna and Police Commissioner IPS Dr Preetinder
Singh felicitate Dhananjay Singh Kushwaha in presence of Jagdeesh Chandra
Jagdeesh Chandra and ADG Rajeev Krishna felicitate Shudhanshu Shekhar. Also seen is Dr Sameer Bhati Jagdeesh Chandra and ADG Rajeev Krishna felicitate Shubham Dubey. Also seen is Police Commissioner Agra IPS Dr Preetinder Singh Jagdeesh Chandra and ADG Rajeev Krishna felicitate Avneet Vidhyarthi. Also seen is Police Commissioner Agra IPS Dr Preetinder Singh
Jagdeesh Chandra and ADG Rajeev Krishna sharing a moment of joy
Police Commissioner IPS Dr Preetinder Singh felicitates Jeetendra.
Also seen is Dr Sameer Bhati
ADG Rajeev Krishna and Police Commissioner IPS Dr Preetinder Singh
felicitate Dr Naresh Sharma. Also seen is Shishir Awasthi
Devendra Shankar Pandey, Mohammad Faisal,
Dr Naresh Sharma and Shishir Awasthi
felicitate ACP Mayank Tiwari. ADG Rajeev Krishna and Police Commissioner IPS Dr Preetinder Singh felicitate Ajay Kaushal
ADG Rajeev Krishna and Shishir Awasthi felicitate Dr Sameer Bhati
felicitate Mohd Faisal.Also seen are Dr Naresh Sharma and Shishir Awasthi
Police Commissioner IPS Dr Preetinder Singh felicitates
Dawood Siddique. Also seen is ADG Rajeev Krishna
Avneet Vidhyarthi and Police Commissioner IPS Dr Preetinder Singh
in conversation with Shishir Awasthi
Police Commissioner IPS Dr Preetinder Singh
felicitates a hardworking constable. Also seen is Avneet Vidhyarthi
Police Commissioner IPS Dr Preetinder Singh felicitates a Super Dog JOHHY.
Also seen are Dr Sameer Bhati, Dr Naresh Sharma and ADG Rajeev Krishna
Police Commissioner IPS Dr Preetinder Singh felicitates Deepak Kaushik.
Also seen are Avneet Vidhyarthi and Shishir Awasthi
ADG Rajeev Krishna and Shishir Awasthi felicitate Yuvraj Ambrish Pal Singh ADG Rajeev Krishna and Shishir Awasthi felicitate Amit Goyal
ADG Rajeev Krishna, Police Commissioner IPS Dr Preetinder Singh
and Shishir Awasthi felicitate Amit Singh
Police Commissioner IPS Dr Preetinder Singh
and Shishir Awasthi felicitate Sai Sportz. Also seen is Avneet Vidhyarthi
Police Commissioner IPS Dr Preetinder Singh and Shishir Awasthi
felicitate Devanand Parihar. Also seen is Avneet Vidhyarthi
Police Commissioner IPS Dr Preetinder Singh,
Shishir Awasthi and Avneet Vidhyarthi felicitate Amit Tomar
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