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Three teens drown in
water-logged ditch
New Delhi (PTI):
Three teenagers
drowned in a ditch
while taking bath in
southeast Delhi’s Pul
Prahlad Pur area on
Thursday afternoon,
police said.
The deceased have
been identified as Ris-
bah (16), Piyus (13) and
Piyush (16), all resi-
dents of Khanpur here,
they said. Police said
they received the infor-
mation about the inci-
dent at 2.38 pm.
Deputy Commission-
er of Police (Southeast)
Esha Pandey said, “Our
staff immediately
rushedtothespotwhere
they met 16-year-old boy
named lucky, resident
of Khanpur, who told
that he along with his
seven other friends had
come to take bath in
rain waterlogged in an
open ground.”
Police said its staff
launched a search for
the drowned children.
After an intensive
search of about 30 min-
utes, all three teenagers
were fished out of the
water and sent to hospi-
tal, where all three were
declared brought dead.
Mob attacks mosque in village
that has only 4 Muslim homes
Gurugram (PTI): A
mob of more than 200
people ransacked a
mosque here in a village
assaulting people who
were praying inside and
threatened to expel
them from the village.
Policehaveregistered
an FIR in the incident
that happened in Bhora
Kalan village Wednes-
day night, but no arrests
were reported till
Thursday evening.
According to a com-
plaint filed by Subedar
Najar Mohammad, Bho-
ra Kalan village has
only four houses of
Muslim families.
He said that the ruck-
us began Wednesday
morning, when a mob
comprising about 200
people reportedly led by
Rajesh Chauhan alias
Babu, Anil Bhadoria,
and Sanjay Vyas sur-
rounded the mosque
and entered the prayer
hall. “In the night
again, when we were
praying inside, the mob
came and assaulted us
and even locked the
prayer hall. They
threatened to kill us,”
the Subedar stated.
BY THE TIME POLICE REACHED,
THE ATTACKERS HAD FLED
Police have recovered a mobile phone from the spot
which may belong to someone part of the attacking
mob, officials said. Following Mohammad’s complaint,
an FIR was registered against Rajesh Chauhan, Anil
Bhadoria, Sanjay Vyas and several others under sections
of IPC related to rioting, trying to cause religious strife,
and unlawful assembly at Bilaspur Police Station, said
ASI Gajender Singh, the investigating officer..
AIIMS MANDATES IN-HOUSE CT SCANS
OF WARD, OPD PATIENTS TO SAVE TIME
First India Bureau
New Delhi: New AIIMS
Director Dr M Srinivas
has ordered that CT
scan of patients admit-
ted to wards and regis-
tered in outpatient
(OPD) departments of
AIIMS should be done
at the institute itself, to
avoid unnecessary de-
lay in their treatment.
Also, steps have been
listed in the official or-
der to increase the num-
ber of appointments for
such diagnostic imag-
ing procedures.
Further, Dr M Srini-
vas has constituted a
committee to recom-
mend requirement for
computed tomography
(CT) equipment and
manpower to meet the
institute’s long-term
needs, besides explor-
ing the option of mobile
CT scanners.
The committee is re-
quired to submit its re-
port by October 15.
The office memoran-
dum was issued by Dr
Srinivas on October 11.
It listed several meas-
ures, which included
making all the 10 CT
scanners at the insti-
tute functional round
the clock and the need
to optimise the time
taken to do scans.
Dr M Srinivas, new
institute director,
has been issuing a
slew of directives
Dr M Srinivas, new Director of AIIMS-Delhi, addresses during the
AIIMS 67th Foundation Day. —FILE PHOTO
‘STUDY EQUIPMENT
ONLY ON SUNDAY’
The memorandum also
called for operationalising
CT equipment at the Na-
tional Centre for Ageing in
Geriatric Block and Surgical
Block throughout the day.
CT equipment for research
or study should be used
only on Sundays unless
required for immediate in-
tervention, it says. “The CT
scans of the patients from
wards/OPDs should be done
at AIIMS only,” it reads.
RAJENDRA GAUTAM
TO LEAD MARCH,
TAKE PLEDGE TODAY
New Delhi: AAP leader
Rajendra Pal Gautam on
Thursday said he and his
supporters will march
from his residence at 2pm
to Dr Ambedkar National
Memorial and take a
pledge to fight casteism
and untouchability.
“I and my supporters
will take a pledge that
we will follow the path
shown by Ambedkar and
Kanshi Ram till casteism
and untouchability are
abolished,” Gautam said in
a video message.
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NEW DELHI l FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2022 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI TITLE NO. DELENG/2021/19840 l Vol 2 l Issue No. 46
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ED CHARGESHEETS
JOURNO RANA
AYYUB IN MONEY
LAUNDERING CASE
GAGANYAAN: THE FIRST ABORT TEST LIKELY IN 2023
Bengaluru: The first abort test using the special test vehicle (TV) as part
of Gaganyaan, which was earlier being targeted for the last quarter of this
calendar year, is now expected only in early 2023. The Isro chairman, S
Somanath said that test vehicle is already at SHAR and work is progressing.
New Delhi: The ED has filed a chargesheet against
journalist Rana Ayyub under anti-money laundering
law, accusing her of “cheating” public and utilising
charity funds worth `2.69 crore for creating her
personal assets and also violating foreign law. P2
WALK THE TALK,
SHUT DOWN
TERROR INFRA:
IND TELLS PAK
New Delhi: India strongly countered Pakistan at an
Asia meet Thursday, saying it had no locus standi
to comment on its internal affairs. Lekhi demanded
that Pak immediately cease anti-India cross-border
terrorism, shut down its infrastructure of terrorism.
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WOMEN’S IPL SET
TO START NEXT
YEAR IN MARCH
New Delhi: Women’s
Indian Premier League
(WIPL) is set to start as
a five-team tournament
next year after ICC
Women’s T20 World Cup
on February 26. BCCI’s
proposal plan consists
of 22 matches and each
squad to have 18 players.
SMOKE: SPICEJET
MAKES EMERGENCY
LANDING IN HYD
Hyderabad: A SpiceJet
plane coming from Goa
made an emergency landing
at Hyderabad airport on
Wednesday night after
smoke was observed in
the cabin and cockpit and
aviation regulator DGCA
is probing the incident,
according to officials.
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Crucial
Crucial
NO END TO
HIJAB ROW!
n The SC delivers split verdict in Hijab case
n Justice Hemant Gupta upholds hijab ban
n Matter of choice: Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Thurs-
day delivered a split
verdict on the ban on
wearing hijab in Karna-
taka’s educational insti-
tutions, referring the
matter to CJI for consti-
tuting a larger bench.
Justice Hemant Gup-
ta, dismissed the ap-
peals against the Kar-
nataka HC, which re-
fused to lift the ban and
held that the hijab is not
part of the “essential
religious practice” in
Islamic faith. “There is
divergence of opinion,”
Justice Gupta, who was
heading the bench, said
at the outset while pro-
nouncing the verdict on
a batch of 26 petitions.
He said he had framed
11 questions in his
judgement.
Justice Sudhanshu
Dhulia allowed the
pleas and said wearing
the hijab is ultimately a
“matter of choice”.
BALL NOW IN CJI’S COURT
The Supreme Court division bench then said the
matter will be placed before the Chief Justice of
India for hearing by a three-judge bench. Meanwhile,
All India Bar Association (AIBA) has requested CJI
UU Lalit that the Hijab issue be referred to a larger
bench of a minimum of 5 judges including 1 Muslim
judge in SC after split judgments on this issue.
Since it’s a
judicial matter
and since I’ve
not read the
written document I’ll not
be commenting on this.
Supreme court verdict is
very important in this matter,
this not limited to Karnataka,
it’s a national issue hence
the we will wait for the final
Supreme Court verdict.
—Basavaraj Bommai,
Karnataka Chief Minister
It is our biggest
priority to hone
the skills and
potential of the
youth. The youth of Himachal
has served in the army and
created new dimensions
in the security of
the country.
Different types
of skills will help
them take them to
higher positions
in the army as
well.
—Narendra Modi,
Prime Minister
We welcome the judgment of the Supreme Court. But I had expected
an order on the Thursday hearing. The matter will go to a larger
bench. As of now, the Karnataka government’s no-hijab rule on
campus stays valid. —BC Nagesh, State Education Minister
MAJOR
HAPPENINGS
l Udupi on Alert,
Karnataka government
deploys additional
security in sensitive
areas after SC verdict
l The hijab matter
will continue to attract
the SC’s attention:
Congress leader
Jairam Ramesh
l Muslim panel hails
Top Court Justice
Dhulia’s verdict, asks
Karnataka govt to
withdraw case
l The questions
framed by Justices
Gupta and Dhulia may
guide the hearing
before the new bench
l The hijab matter
was first argued on
February 2, 2022
Advocate Ejaz Maqbool, representing the petitioner side,
speaks to the media at Supreme Court lawns, on Thursday.
MODI IN HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHAH IN GUJARAT;
TOP BJP HANDS ON DECK FOR THE BIG POLL PUSH
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur, Himachal Chief Minister Jai
Ram Thakur, State BJP chief Suresh Kashyap, former CM Prem Kumar Dhumal and other leaders
at the laying of foundation stone of Bulk Drug Park and dedicates the Indian Institute of Information
Technology (IIIT) Una to the nation, in Una, Himachal Pradesh on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Diwali arrives early in
Himachal Pradesh!
PM Narendra Modi launches several projects related
to the pharma, education and connectivity in Una, HP
First India Bureau
Shimla: Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi on
Thursday laid the foun-
dation stone of a Bulk
Drug Park in Una dis-
trict during his visit to
poll-bound Himachal
Pradesh. He also dedi-
cated to the nation the
Indian Institute of In-
formation Technology
(IIIT)-Una.
Modi laid the founda-
tion stone of the Bulk
Drug Park at Haroli
which will be built at a
cost of more than Rs
1,900 crore. The park
will help reduce de-
pendence on API im-
ports. It is expected to
attract investments of
around Rs 10,000 crore
and provide employ-
ment to more than
20,000 people.
He said that the state
has played a crucial
role in making India the
number one medicine
manufacturer in the
world. “The raw materi-
als for medicine manu-
facturing will be pro-
duced in Himachal
Pradesh. India’s de-
pendency on other
countries will decrease
significantly.” The PM
added that there was a
need for skill and inno-
vation institutions
across country
. More on P5
BJP WILL RETAIN POWER IN GUJ
WITH TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY: SHAH
Addressing a public gathering at Sant Savaiyanath Dham before
launching the third leg of the Gujarat Gaurav Yatra, Union Home
Minister Amit Shah on Thursday expressed confidence that
ruling BJP will retain power in Gujarat by winning the upcoming
Assembly elections with a two-thirds majority. Also seen here
are CM Bhupendra Bhai Patel, State party chief CR Paatil, union
minister Mansukh Mandaviya and other leaders. Full Report on P5
KERALA HUMAN
SACRIFICE CASE
3 accused in
police custody
till October 24
Ernakulam: Amid the
horrifying case of Hu-
man Sacrifice in Kera-
la’s Pathanamthitta,
Ernakulam First Class
Magistrate Court sends
all three accused to 12-
day Police custody till
October 24 for allegedly
killing two women as a
human sacrifice in
black magic rituals.
Earlier on Wednesday,
the Ernakulam magis-
trate court said the 3 ac-
cused will be under ju-
dicial remand for a 14-
day duration which will
end on October 26.

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NEW DELHI | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2022
02
New Delhi (ANI): A
shop owner in Delhi was
nabbed for stealing over
adozendecorative‘thali’
hampers used in Karva
Chauth,thereligiousfes-
tival where women fast
for their husbands.
The man who owns a
grocery shop confessed
to police that he was un-
able to resist the beauti-
fully decorated plates
and flicked them when
he saw them ‘unattend-
ed’ at the Sadar Bazar
wholesale market. The
Delhi Police made the
arrest based on the
complaint filed by one
Naresh Kumar Gupta,
who alleged that his 20
sets of decorative Kar-
va Chauth plates were
stolen.
On basis of a com-
plaint, police arrested
the thief within three
hours. The arrested per-
son has been identified
as Navneet Kumar Sin-
gh, a resident of Noida.
He is a grocery shop
owner, who disclosed to
police that he had come
topurchasearticlesfrom
Sadar Market. However,
seeing the bag contain-
ing the decorative Karva
Chauthgiftsunattended,
he stole it.
“After registering
the complaint, ASI
Chatar Singh along
with Constable Sachin
swung into action and
checked the CCTV foot-
age of the parking, and
in the CCTV footage
one person was visible
stealing the sack of dec-
orative Karva Chauth
of the complainant,” of-
ficials said.
Canada-based ganglord’s two hitmen arrested in Delhi
New Delhi (PTI): Del-
hi Police’s Special Cell
has arrested two al-
leged shooters who had
come to the city for a
hitjob at orders of Ar-
shdeep Dalla, a Cana-
da-based ganglord, a
senior officer said on
Thursday
.
Ravinder Singh, 21,
and Navdeep Singh, 26,
both residents of Gur-
daspur in Punjab, were
wanted in a recent of
firingoutsidethehouse
of one Ankit Goel, a
Bhatinda-based busi-
nessman.
They had fired at
Goel’s house after mak-
ing a demand for Rs 1
crore. Ravinder and
Navdeep had been sent
to Delhi by Taranjot
Singh currently lodged
in Firozpur Jail in Pun-
jab - to kill a man who
had filed a police com-
plaint after he had been
threatened to give Rs 5
crore to the gang.
The extortion bid
was made at the behest
of Arshdeep Dalla, po-
lice said.
Deputy Commission-
er of Police (Special
Cell) Rajiv Rajan Singh
said that both shooters
were arrested from
near Mukarba Chowk
Flyover in Delhi’s Ja-
hangirpuri on Septem-
ber 22, when they came
to meet a Delhi-based
contact to execute their
contract.
“The two have been
working under the di-
rection of Punjab-
based Taranjot Singh,
who is further working
under the direction of
Canada-based terror
gang operator Arsh-
deep Dalla.
“Taranjot also has
close links with Hard-
eep Nijjar of Khalistan
Tiger Force (KTF).
Two semi-automatic
pistols and nine live
cartridges were recov-
ered from their posses-
sion,” he said.
Shooters of gangster Ashdeep Dalla with Delhi Police Special Cell cops in New Delhi on Thursday.
Gang duping people with FASTag wallets
busted, three arrested: Delhi Police
New Delhi (PTI):
Delhi Police’s Crime
branch has arrested
three men who are
part of a gang in-
volved in alleged mo-
bile frauds using
FASTag wallets, offi-
cials said.
The accused would
call people up on pre-
text of providing ser-
vices like activation
of 5G services, or
their credit card, and
would get necessary
details to transfer
money in their FAST-
ag wallets, they said.
The accused were
identifiedasMohdZa-
hid,PawanSingh,and
RaviMittal,theysaid.
Special Commission-
er of Police (Crime)
Ravindra Singh Ya-
dav said that during
the investigation, it
was revealed that Za-
hid managed the fake
accounts arranged by
the kingpin of the
gang, Pawan Singh.
The gang used
FASTags wallets to
receive the defraud-
ed money. Ravi
would withdraw the
money from FASTag
wallets at petrol and
CNG pumps in Har-
yana and Chandi-
garh using card
swipe machines in
connivance with the
pump operators.
LG Saxena approves felling
of trees for infra projects
LG had written twice to CM Arvind Kejriwal to get nod from forest department
New Delhi (PTI): LG
VK Saxena has cleared
eight files sent for his
approval by Chief Min-
ister Arvind Kejriwal’s
office, removing in ef-
fect a major roadblock
in completion of impor-
tant projects including
redevelopment of
AIIMS, officials at LG
office said.
The LG had written
two letters to the CM
urging him to get ap-
proval of the forest de-
partment for felling or
translocation of trees
pending for months and
years, causing delays in
completion of projects.
“The LG’s letters that
he has termed as Kar-
tavya Patras’ have final-
ly yielded desired re-
sults as eight pending
files duly signed by the
Chief Minister have
been sent by Delhi gov-
ernment for his approv-
al,” officials said.
The LG approved all
eight proposals received
on Wednesday, clearing
a major roadblock in the
redevelopmentof AIIMS
(where all other statuto-
ry requirements and
clearances had already
been approved), con-
struction of various
stretches of Delhi Metro
Phase-IV
, construction
of MP Flats, and a water
treatmentPlantinChan-
drawal, they said.
A public protest against the felling of trees in Delhi. —FILE PHOTO
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The En-
forcement Directorate
(ED) has filed a
chargesheet against
journalist Rana Ayyub
under the anti-money
laundering probe into
alleged irregularities in
funds collected by her
for relief work, accus-
ing her of launching
three fundraiser cam-
paigns on ‘Ketto plat-
form’ starting from
April 2020, and collected
funds of Rs 2,69,44,680.
The campaigns were
named Help in raising
funds for slum dwellers
and farmers; Relief
work for Assam, Bihar
and Maharashtra; and
Help Rana Ayyub and
her team to help those
impacted by Covid19 in
India, said ED in its
charge sheet filed in a
special court in Uttar
Pradesh’s Ghaziabad on
Wednesday
. The investi-
gation revealed that the
funds raised on the on-
line platforms were re-
ceived in the accounts
of Rana Ayyub’s father
and sister and subse-
quently transferred to
her personal accounts.
ED said Rana Ayyub
utilized these funds to
create a fixed deposit
of Rs 50 lakh for her-
self and also trans-
ferred Rs 50 lakh to a
new bank account.
The ED investigation
also revealed that only
approximately Rs 29
lakh was used for relief
work. “In order to claim
more expenses towards
relief work, fake bills
were submitted by
Rana. Subsequently,
bank balances in her ac-
counts amounting to Rs
1,77,27,704 (including
Fixed Deposits of Rs 50
lakh) were attached un-
der section 5(1) of Pre-
vention of Money Laun-
dering Act vide a provi-
sional attachment order
dated February 4 this
year,” the EF said in a
statement.
The investigation by
ED further revealed that
Rana Ayyub illegally
raised Rs 2.69 crore by
launching three online
campaigns in the name
of charity by cheating
the general public do-
nors.These funds were
not used for the intend-
ed purpose but instead
used for the creation
of assets for herself,
said the ED.
ED files chargesheet against journo Rana Ayyub
MONEY LAUNDERING CASE
Tree transplantation audit
by FRI begins in Delhi
New Delhi (PTI): The
Dehradun-based Forest
Research Institute (FRI)
has started conducting
an audit to assess the
‘success and survival
rate’ of all transplanted
trees in the national cap-
ital, officials said.
The audit will also
help ascertain the im-
pact of the tree trans-
plantation policy
, an of-
ficial said. The exercise
started around a week
ago and the trees trans-
plantedinthesouthdivi-
sionarebeingcoveredat
present, he said.
InApril,theDelhigov-
ernmentapprovedapro-
posal to conduct a third-
party audit to assess the
“success and survival
rate” of all transplanted
trees in the national cap-
ital. According to data
submitted to the Delhi
HC in May
, only one-
third of the 16,461 trees
transplanted in the capi-
tal over the last three
years have survived.
A policeman planting a sapling
LGassuresdevelopmentto
Chandni Chowk traders
New Delhi (ANI): Lieu-
tenant Governor Vinai
KumarSaxenatooknote
of the difficulties faced
by the traders and as-
sured to upgrade the
amenities, facilitate
smoothconductof trade
and make shopping a
pleasing experience in
the Chandni Chowk
market of the national
capital.
Saxena visited this
“heritage market” on
Wednesday and inter-
acted with the traders’
associations, Resident
welfare associations
(RWA) and the visitors
here According to an of-
ficial statement, LG Sax-
ena interacted with the
representatives of more
than a dozen Market
Traders Association, la-
bourers’ association,
RWAs and several other
local traders as they in-
formed him about sev-
eral restrictions and
problems that have not
only affected their daily
business but have also
caused hardships to a
large number of people,
particularly the elderly,
women and children, re-
siding in the area.
The LG was also in-
formed that apart from
over 60 Katras that at-
tract lakhs of people
daily, nearly 60,000 peo-
ple also reside in the
“narrow by-lanes of
Chandni Chowk” and
the massive congestion
often leads to fire and
medical emergencies.
To deal with any such
emergency, the LG as-
sured that fire tenders
and ambulances will be
deployed in and around
the Chandni Chowk
area “very soon”.
LG Saxena said an ex-
ercise to identify fire-
prone locations and the
process of deployment
of fire tenders and am-
bulances in the national
Capital is being under-
taken by the Fire De-
partment. The initiative
will be started from
Chandni Chowk before
Diwali, he said.
LG TAKES ROUND
OF MAIN MARKET
During his visit, the LG,
accompanied by the
officials, took a round
of the main market from
the iconic Town Hall to
Katra Neel, and back to
the Red Fort and inter-
acted with several local
traders and visitors to
the market. He also vis-
ited the historic ‘Ghalib
Ki Haveli’ in Gali Qasim
Jaan, Ballimaran area.
Journalist Rana Ayyub —FILE PHOTO
Grocer arrested for stealing puja thalis Delhi HC refuses to
entertain bail plea of
PFI leader Abubacker
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court on Thurs-
day refused to entertain
the bail plea of former
chairman of the Popu-
lar Front of India (PFI)
E Abubacker. The peti-
tioner, who was arrest-
ed on September 22 by
the NIA and is current-
ly in judicial custody,
had sought bail on the
ground that he was suf-
fering from various se-
rious ailments includ-
ing cancer, Parkinson’s
disease and diabetes.
Justice Anoop Ku-
mar Mendiratta al-
lowed the 70-year-old
petitioner to withdraw
his bail plea, observing
his court does not have
the requisite “power” to
take a decision on it.
Special public prose-
cutor Akshai Malik,
who represented the
National Investigation
Agency, contended the
bail plea was not main-
tainable as the law man-
dates the petitioner to
move the high court in
appeal under the NIA
Act after an order has
been passed by a trial
court, which is then
heard by a division
bench of the high court.
“The NIA (law) is a spe-
cial Act. We don’t have
the powers (to pass or-
ders on the bail plea),”
the judge told the peti-
tioner who withdrew
his application.
The plea before the
high court said the peti-
tioner moved an appli-
cation for interim re-
lease on October 1 due
to his deteriorating
health but the trial
court refused to grant
him relief and instead
extended his police re-
mand by six days.
It said the petition-
er’s fundamental right
to personal liberty and
health, guaranteed un-
der Article 21, was be-
ing violated on account
of his continued incar-
ceration. His medical
condition was “criti-
cal”, it added.
Hearing on plea against
firecracker ban refused
Supreme Court on
Thursday refused to ac-
cord urgent hearing to a
plea against an order
banning storage, sale,
and use of all types of
firecrackers in the na-
tional capital till Janu-
ary 1, 2023.
A bench of Chief Jus-
tice UU Lalit and Justice
Bela M Trivedi asked
the lawyer, who men-
tioned the matter seek-
ing urgent hearing, to
approach the Delhi HC.
“Let the high court
decide, we will not get
into this,” the bench
said. The lawyer, who
sought the urgent hear-
ing, submitted before
the bench that the high
court has taken a view
that the matter is pend-
ing before the SC and
listed it on October 18.
The Delhi HC had ear-
lier deferred hearing on
the plea of green crack-
er merchants against an
order banning storage,
sale, and use of all types
of firecrackers till
January 1.
Former chairman of the PFI
E Abubacker.
Decorative Karva Chouth thali
The Delhi Police made
the arrest based on the
complaint filed by one
Naresh Kumar Gupta, who
alleged that his 20 sets of
decorative Karva Chauth
plates were stolen by an
‘unidentified’ person while
he was returning after
shopping from the market.
20 SETS OF PLATES
STOLEN: POLICE

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03
All in a Day: AAP’s Guj chief
summoned, detained, freed
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Aam
Aadmi Party’s Gujarat
president, Gopal Italia,
was detained by Delhi
Police on Thursday af-
ternoon from the Na-
tional Commission for
Women’s office, where
he had been summoned
over a video in which he
had allegedly used de-
rogatory language
against Prime Minister
Narendra Modi. How-
ever, after questioning,
he was let go by the po-
lice around 5.15 pm.
After his release, Ke-
jriwal tweeted: “They
had to release him un-
der immense pressure
from the people of Gu-
jarat. The people of Gu-
jarat have won.”
Italia was taken away
in a police car from the
office of the women’s
panel. “We received a
call from NCW officials
alleging that Italia’s
supporters were creat-
ing a ruckus at the NCW
office. We went to the
spot and had to detain
him to control the situ-
ation. He was released
after 2.5 hours,” said a
senior police officer.
The National Com-
mission for Women
(NCW) took cognisance
of a video based on a
Twitter post by BJP
Yuva Morcha national
secretary Tajinder Pal
Singh Bagga and sum-
moned the AAP leader
for a hearing.
NCW summoned Italia after BJP’s Tajindar Bagga flagged Twitter post
Gopal Italia addresses a press conference at party office after his
release from detention by police on Thursday. —PHOTOS BY PTI
Gopal Italia being detained by the Delhi Police from the NCW
office in New Delhi on Thursday.
CROWD THREATENED ME: NCW CHAIRPERSON
New Delhi (ANI): Na-
tional Commission for
Women (NCW) chair-
person Rekha Sharma
on Thursday alleged
that over 100 people
came outside her office
in support of Italia and
threatened her. “I had
an important meeting
at 2pm which is now
delayed as I couldn’t
step outside. If 100-
150 people come and
threaten me, what kind
of a leader are they? He
was supposed to come
to the NCW office and
only answer a few ques-
tions,” she said.
AAP supporters outside the NCW office on Thursday.
NCW chief is threaten-
ing to send me to jail.
What can the Modi
government give to the
Patel samaj except jail.
I am Sardar Patel’s
descendant, I’m not
scared of your jail. Put
me in jail.
—Gopal Italia,
in a Twitter post
Buddhist
groups seek
action against
AAP’s Gautam
New Delhi (PTI):
Functionaries of sev-
eral Buddhist organisa-
tions have written to
President Droupadi
M u r m u ,
seeking le-
gal action
against for-
mer Delhi
g o v e r n -
ment minis-
ter Rajindra Pal Gau-
tam as they accused
him of trying to divide
the nation.
The Buddhist func-
tionaries in their letter
said they were “greatly
disturbed” by the video
as what has happened
was totally against the
teachings of Lord Bud-
dha and the tenets of
Buddhism.
“Buddhism does not
teach spewing venom
against any other faith.
Buddhism does not es-
pouse ‘rejecting’ or dis-
respecting other Gods
and Goddesses. The
teachings of Lord Bud-
dha epitomise the spirit
of ‘Enlightened your-
self’ and respect for all
religions. For centuries,
Buddhists and Hindus
have coexisted peace-
fully and there has been
rich interfaith dialogue
between us,” they said.
Imam Ilyasi gets
Y+ security after
threatening calls
New Delhi (ANI): All
India Imam Organisa-
tion chief Umer Ahmed
Ilyasi has been granted
Y+ category security af-
ter he received multiple
threats after he termed
Rashtriya Swayamse-
vak Sangh (RSS) chief
Mohan Bhagwat as the
‘Father of the Nation’.
Ilyasi met Bhagwat
on September 22 and
called him ‘Rashtra
Pita’. He also said that
the RSS chief had visit-
ed Madarsa Tajweedul
Quran in north Delhi at
his invitation.
“I thank the Govern-
ment of India for the Y+
category security which
has been granted by the
Ministry of Home Af-
fairs,” Ilyasi told ANI,
adding that he still
stands by what he had
said. Iliyasi further said
that he had been receiv-
ing threats over the
phone from England,
Dubai and Kolkata and
following this, he lodged
a case at Tilak Lane po-
lice station, and also
gave this information to
the Ministry of Home
Affairs.
RSS chief Mohan
Bhagwat and other sen-
ior functionaries of the
RSS met Umar Ahmed
Ilyasi at a mosque in
New Delhi. The meeting
was held at Kasturba
Gandhi Marg and lasted
for more than an hour.
“Ever since Mohan
Bhagwat has come to
our mosque, I have been
getting threatening
calls continuously. I re-
ceived a threatening
call from England on 23
September saying that
now you will burn in the
fire of Hell,” Ilyasi said.
“I called Mohan Bhag-
wat to the mosque and
called him ‘Rashtra-pi-
ta’ ‘Rashtra-Rishi’, so
I am being threatened.
Some fundamentalists
do not like peace, love,
or peace.”
All India Imam Organisation
chief Umer Ahmed Ilyasi
COURT REJECTS
BAIL TO ‘PROTEST
ORGANISER’
COURT EXTENDS
BUSINESSMAN’S
CBI REMAND
New Delhi: A court
here on Thursday
rejected the bail plea of
an accused in a case
related to the 2020 Del-
hi riots, saying different
witnesses have claimed
the accused was an
organiser of the Chand
Bagh protest where
inflammatory speeches
were made. The court
was hearing the bail
plea of Shadab Ahmad,
accused of being a part
of a larger conspiracy.
New Delhi: The Rouse
Avenue Court of Delhi
on Thursday extend-
ed Hyderabad-based
businessman
Abhishek Boinpally’s
CBI remand by two
more days in connec-
tion with the alleged
Delhi Excise Policy
scam. Abhishek was
arrested by CBI in
investigation of a
case related to alleged
irregularities in the
excise policy of Delhi.
New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University has started
the process for admission to postgraduate pro-
grammes and candidates
can fill out application
forms online till Octo-
ber 25. The classes for
first-year postgraduate
students will begin on
November 28, a university
official said. JNU is offering admissions in MA, MSc,
MCA, MPH, M.Tech, PG Diploma and Advanced
Diploma programmes for the academic session
2022-23 through the Common University Entrance
Test (CUET)-PG. This is the first time the university
is admitting students to PG courses through CUET.
JNU BEGINS ONLINE ADMISSION PROCESS
FOR PG PROGRAMMES, LAST DATE OCT 25
CRUCIAL READ
Sisodia praises principal training prog
New Delhi (PTI): Dep-
uty Chief Minister
Manish Sisodia on
Thursday said five Del-
hi government schools
had ranked among top
10 government schools
in India, a feat made
possible by training
principals at leading in-
stitutes.
Sisodia, who also
holds the education
portfolio, said the Delhi
government had made
training programmes
for principals so that
other schools could also
feature in the list.
Addressing a press
conference, Sisodia said
twogovernmentschools
had topped the ranking
for state government
day schools in a rank-
ing by Education World
-- a portal for educators,
teachers and parents
which comes out with
rankings for schools
every year. Three oth-
ers have also made the
top 10 list.
“It is a matter of
great pride and a result
of hard work by princi-
pals, teachers and stu-
dents. All the principals
of these schools were
provided world-class
training in leading in-
stitutes such as IIM
Ahmedabad, Cam-
bridge University
among others,” he said.
The press conference
was also attended by
principals of the five
schools.
Sisodia added that a
training programme
had been made for gov-
ernment school princi-
pals so that other
schools could also be-
come world class and
compete with the best.
30 PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS VISIT FROM NEPAL
New Delhi: A delegation
of 30 school principals,
vice principals and
teachers from Nepal
is on a three-day visit
to Delhi government
schools. The educators
from Nepal’s Municipal-
ity of Tilottama took
note of several activities
in the schools. “We are
introducing new initia-
tives to bring changes
in our schools. Delhi
education model was
the first we could think
of when we were look-
ing for best practices to
be implemented in our
schools. We’re curi-
ous to learn from the
education model and
understand the ground-
level implementation
process,” a member,
Shyam Lal Kharel said.
Deputy CM Manish Sisodia addresses a press conference at Delhi Secretariat on Thursday.
Deputy CM Manish Sisodia with the visiting delegation from
Nepal at DIET office, Keshavpuram, in New Delhi.
STUDENT MOVES HC
OVER DEMAND FOR
SPECIAL EDUCATOR
New Delhi (ANI): A Class
10 student with special
needs on Thursday
moved a petition to Delhi
High Court seeking direc-
tions to New Delhi Mu-
nicipal Council (NDMC) to
provide him with a special
educator. The student
sought directions to
NDMC to post a minimum
of two special educators
in all schools run by it.
23 IITs to
showcase
RD projects
at IIT Delhi
New Delhi (PTI): An-
ti-counterfeiting labels,
digital preservation
and restoration of cul-
tural heritage, portable
digital inverted micro-
scopes and smart public
transport toolkit are
among 80 inventions
that will be showcased
at a two-day fair being
organised by 23 Indian
Institutes of Technolo-
gy (IITs).
Beginning Friday,
“IInvenTiv” aims at cre-
ating awareness around
research and innova-
tion work being done at
the institutes. It also
seeks to create collabo-
rative avenues among
state universities and
institutes, industry and
the IITs for better devel-
opment and reach of
the innovations at the
grassroots level.
The fair is being or-
ganised at IIT Delhi to
mark the 75th year of
Independence.
‘The Corbett Papers’: Unpublished
letters, documents of famed naturalist
New Delhi (PTI): A
new book, “The Corbett
Papers”, has brought
together lesser known
parts of the famous
naturalist-hunter Jim
Corbett’s life through
unpublished letters,
documents and a pri-
vately-published book.
Published by Hachet-
te India, the book has
been co-edited by educa-
tor Akshay Shah and
writer Stephen Alter.
Corbett, born in
Nainital in 1875, was
known for tracking and
hunting down a num-
ber of man-eating ti-
gers and leopards. The
annals of his adven-
tures were written by
him in a series of books,
the most famous of
which is “Man-Eaters
of Kumaon” (1944).
He also played an im-
portant role in estab-
lishing Hailey National
Park, India’s first na-
tional park in 1936. It
was later named after
the naturalist in 1956, a
year after his death.
According to the pub-
lishing house, the en-
tire text of a privately
published and long van-
ished book, “Jungle Sto-
ries”, is reproduced in
the latest book, along
with papers that Cor-
bett’s first biographer,
DC Kala, acquired dur-
ing his research.
The book was written
and printed by Corbett
for a small group of
friends in Nainital with
only a hundred copies
that never went into
commercial circulation
and disappeared with
time.
Alter contributed the
complete text of Cor-
bett’s first book, “Jun-
gle Stories”, which was
self-published in Naini-
tal in 1935. “The Corbett
Papers” also includes
reminiscences of Cor-
bett by his sister Mag-
gie, and rare extracts
from a forgotten work,
“The Taming of the
Jungle”, by his half-
brother Charles Doyle.
Stephen Alter, who has
co-edited the book.
The full text of
Corbett’s last will
and testament is also
reproduced, affording
new insights into his
character and state of
mind at the end of his
life, the book’s pub-
lishers -- Hachette
India -- said.
LAST TESTAMENT
Ex-bureaucrat’s book traces
changing state boundaries
New Delhi (PTI): A
new book will examine
the political history of
independent India
through its shifting in-
ternal boundaries on
the basis of language,
ethnicity and regional
assertions.
Written by former bu-
reaucrat Sanjeev
Chopra, “We, the People
of the States of Bharat”
will be released on Oc-
tober 30, publisher
HarperCollins India
has announced.
Touted to be the
“quintessential record
of the contemporary
political history” of In-
dia through its geogra-
phy, the book examines
the multiple boundary
adjustments for every
state and Union Terri-
tory in India since 1947
to 2022.
“What started as re-
search into land meas-
urement instruments
for revenue records and
land settlements even-
tually became a narra-
tive on mapping state
boundaries and a re-
cord of the contempo-
rary political history of
India through its geog-
raphy,” the publishers
said in a statement.
“The political map of
a nation is the most po-
tent symbol of its sover-
eignty. I argue that In-
dia has emerged strong-
er from reorganization
of states,” Chopra said.
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PERSPECTIVE
04
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
It’s rightly said, ‘There is
enough for everyone’s
need, but not greed’.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
India is making a new identity under
the leadership of Prime Minister @
narendramodi ji. As the world’s
“pharmacy” at the time of global crisis,
India helped many countries including
America. Today India is supplying food
to the world along with its food supply.
#GujaratGauravYatra
Nitin Gadkari
@nitin_gadkari
Bringing Prosperity Through World
Class Infrastructure in New India.
Iconic cable-stayed cum suspension
bridge across Krishna river in Andhra
Pradesh and Telangana has been
approved at total cost of Rs 1082.56
Cr with the construction period of 30
months. #PragatiKaHighway
TOP TWEETS
SOURAV GANGULY
GIVEN A RAW DEAL
BY BCCI AND IT’S
UNFAIR TO HIM
ourav Ganguly’s
likely exit from BCCI
has kicked up a con-
troversy as Jay Shah
has been given an-
other term as the cricket board’s
secretary while the former India
skipper has been denied the fa-
vour of continuing as President
for a second term. Ganguly’s
fans feel that the BCCI has been
unfair to him. They believe he
has been snubbed. He is also un-
likely to get the board’s backing
for the post of International
Cricket Council’s chairman. Ac-
cording to reports he has de-
clined to be the
Ganguly himself downplayed
the controversy
. “I was the presi-
dentof theCricketAssociationof
Bengal for five years. I have been
president of the BCCI for two
years. After all these terms you
havetoleaveandgo…Youcannot
play forever and you cannot re-
main in administration forever.”
One Trinamool Congress lead-
er said that the BCCI is now
packedwithrelativesof BJPlead-
ers.Thereisobviouslymoretothe
controversy than meets the eye.
S
or now the ban on
hijab will contin-
ue in Karnataka
schools. The Su-
preme Court hear-
ing the petitions challenging
the Karnataka High Court’s
order upholding the ban im-
posed by the state govern-
ment gave a split verdict on
Thursday. Justice Hemant
Gupta dismissed the peti-
tions challenging the high
court’s order, while Justice
Sudhanshu Dhulia said that
“wearing hijab is a matter of
choice” and struck down the
order. Because of their diver-
gent views the Bench has re-
ferred the matter to the Chief
Justice of India “for appro-
priate directions” like wheth-
er the case should be heard by
a three-judge bench or larger.
The Karnataka High Court
had ruled that a prescribed
school uniform does not vio-
late either the right to free-
domof speechandexpression
or the right to privacy under
Article 21 of the Constitution.
Allowing the appeal Jus-
tice Dhulia said, “One thing
which was topmost (priority)
for me was education of girl
child. A girl child in (many)
areas does household work
and chores before going to
school and are we making
her life any better by doing
this (banning hijab).”
The insistence on wearing
hijab by a section of Muslim
girls is in stark contrast to
Iranian women’s defiance
against hijab which is sup-
posed to be mandatory as per
Islamic law, though the Kar-
nataka High Court ruled that
it is not a “part of essential
religious practice in Islam”.
It seems that what is religios-
ity for one set of Muslim
women is a curtailment of
women’s freedom for anoth-
er. Even in India there are
Muslim women who prefer to
go without hijab.
SC’S SPLIT VERDICT
ON HIJAB BAN
Allowing the appeal Justice
Dhulia said, “One thing
which was topmost
(priority) for me was
education of girl child. A
girl child in (many) areas
does household work and
chores before going to
school and are we
making her life any
better by doing this
(banning hijab).”
F
THE NORD STREAM GAS
PIPELINE SABOTAGE
he Nord Stream gas pipeline
leak has put the world on the
verge of confrontation, amid
world peace already at stake
after Russia’s attack on
Ukraine. Russia has directly
blamed the US-Ukraine for
this incident, while the USA
has termed a big conspiracy
to create an energy crisis in
European countries during
the winter season.
Actually, in 2011, Russia
and Germany signed an
agreement on a 1222 km long
Nord Stream pipeline for
easy and safe transportation
of natural gas. The pipeline
was commissioned in Octo-
ber 2012. Through this pipe-
line, Russia supplies 55 bil-
lion cubic meters of natural
gas to Germany per year.
This pipeline became chron-
ic and dilapidated. So Russia
started Nord Stream2. This is
completed in 2021. USA and
some European countries
had objected this project.
Recently
,therewerereports
of rupture of Nord Stream
pipelines and gas leaks from
Russia’s Baltic Sea to Europe.
There are two gas leaks in
both the pipelines. Although
the pipeline had not been in
operationsincethetimeof the
Russia-Ukraine war, but both
lines were filled with gas. The
extent of damage caused to
themarineenvironmentisnot
yet known. But it is estimated
that if the entire gas reserves
go into the water through the
leak,thenabout200,000tonsof
methane gas will be emitted.
Natural gas is composed
mostly of methane, which is
the second most powerful
green gas after carbon diox-
ide. In such conditions, the
possibility of major environ-
mental damage is being ex-
pressed. This issue is gaining
momentum. NATO says that
the pipelines have been delib-
erately targeted. This is an
attack on the interests of
NATO countries and NATO
will retaliate for it. The EU
has also taken this seriously
.
It says it is a well-intentioned
conspiracy and is aimed at
exacerbating the energy cri-
sis in Europe. The EU has
also warned of retaliation on
the lines of NATO.
Both USA and Russia al-
leged each for sabotage. Be-
fore the leak there were sev-
eral explosions in the Baltic
Sea one after the other. It is
alleged that these explosions
have caused damage to the
pipeline. The quality and
depth of Nord Stream is state-
of-the-art. In such a situation,
the chances of damage to the
pipeline itself are negligible.
Then the question arises as to
who has done this audacity?
Russia’s reason for suspi-
cion is that the leak occurred
exactly when Norway and Po-
land announced the commis-
sioning of the Trans-Baltic
Pipeline. After the commis-
sioning, the countries of East-
ern Europe will no longer be
dependent on Russia. So
Kremlin may have damaged
the Nord Stream to create an
energy crisis. Since both the
pipelines are built by Russian
company Gazprom and it has
51%stakeintheentireproject.
The cost of project of Nord
Stream 2 of $11. In such a situ-
ation why Russia would harm
itself? If Kremlin’s intention
was to push Europe into an
energy crisis, he could have
openlyannouncedahalttogas
supplies. Ukraine has also
blamed Russia. Russia has
called a meeting of the Secu-
rity Council to investigate the
whole matter, calling the alle-
gation a ‘stupid and absurd’.
Then is this action of USA?
The finger is being raised on
America because USA and
somecountriesof Centraland
Eastern Europe have been op-
posing the creation of Nord
Stream 2 from the very begin-
ning.TheUSAbelievesthatits
construction will increase Pu-
tin’s influence in Europe and
putPutininabargainingposi-
tionwithbigcountriessuchas
Germany
, Britain and France.
US have said on several occa-
sions that this pipeline is part
of Russia’sbroaderstrategyto
weaken the West by increas-
ing European dependence on
Russian gas supplies. Presi-
dentJoeBidensaidjustbefore
the Russia-Ukraine war that
the US would block Nord
Stream2if itinvadedUkraine.
PolandandUkrainearealso
under suspicion. President
Putin suspects that Ukraine
sabotaged the pipeline to
weaken Russia economically
and cut its influence on Eu-
rope. There is another reason
to doubt Ukraine. After the
start of Nord Stream2, a big
source of his income was go-
ing to end. The Nord Stream
One went to Europe via
Ukraine. Ukraine used to re-
ceive an amount of $ 1 billion
annually from Russia in the
form of transistor fee. Now
through Nord Stream 2, Rus-
sia wants to bypass Ukraine
and reach European coun-
tries. So may have Ukraine
damaged the pipeline.
The dangerous way meth-
anegasisleakingintheBaltic
Seahasaffectedtheecosystem
of the ocean and it infuses the
world into a new environmen-
tal crisis. In such a situation,
the question is who is respon-
sible for the damage caused to
the flora and fauna of the sea
due to the strategic competi-
tion of the superpowers?
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
T
DR SURESH YADAV
The writer is Freelancer and
Commentator on International Affairs
DR N K SOMANI
The writer is Professor and
Commentator on International Affairs
The dangerous way
methane gas is leaking in the
Baltic Sea has affected the
ecosystem of the ocean and it
infuses the world into a new
environmental crisis. In such
a situation, the question is
who is responsible for the
damage caused to the flora
and fauna of the sea due to
the strategic competition of
the superpowers?
NATO says that the
pipelines have been
deliberately targeted. This
is an attack on the
interests of NATO
countries and NATO will
retaliate for it. The EU
has also taken this
seriously. It says it is
a well-intentioned
conspiracy and is
aimed at exacerbating
the energy crisis in
Europe. The EU has also
warned of retaliation on
the lines of NATO

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INDIA
05
ED gets custody of Chhattisgarh
IAS officer in corruption case
Raipur (ANI): A court
has granted Enforce-
ment Directorate cus-
tody of IAS officer Sa-
meer Vishnoi till Octo-
ber 21 in a case related
to the recovery of Rs 47
lakh from his house.
Vishnoi was arrested
Thursday morning.
ED has also sent
Sunil Agarwal of In-
dramani Group and
Laxmikant Tiwari, un-
cle of absconding
Suryakant Tiwari, to
eight-day custody. As-
sistant Solicitor Gener-
al of India Ramankant
Mishra said, “About Rs
47 lakh in cash has been
recovered from IAS Sa-
meer Vishnoi’s house
and Rs 1.5 crore in con-
cealment has been re-
covered from Laxmi-
kant Tiwari’s house”.
He added that gold
and diamonds have
been recovered from
Vishnoi’s house.
The enforcement
agency has also arrest-
ed Sunil Agarwal of In-
dramani Group and
Laxmikant Tiwari, a
relative of business-
man Suryakant Tiwari
who’s currently under
the agency’s scanner,
they said, adding that
raids were carried out
on Tuesday in Raigadh,
Raipur, Durg and Ma-
hasamund.
ED found Rs 4 crore
in cash during the
raids, besides unac-
counted jewellery and
gold, the sources said.
Government officials
were running an al-
leged extortion racket
by imposing illegal lev-
ies and collecting Rs 25
per tonne from coal sup-
pliers, they said.
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: Delhi
govt’s Dalit Min Rajen-
dra Pal Gautam has
resigned. He resigned at
behest of party, which
was approved by Lieu-
tenant Guv VK Saxena.
On other hand, Satyen-
dra Jain is in jail for
several months in the
hawala case but he is
still a minister and has
not resigned. His port-
folios have been divided
among other ministers
but his resignation has
not been taken even
though he is in jail on
corruption charges.
The controversy in
which Rajendra Pal
Gautam got involved is
a social and political
dispute, but he was
quick to resign.
Rajendra Pal Gautam
had attended an event
in which thousands of
Hindus took a pledge
not to worship Hindu
deities while reiterat-
ing oath of Babasaheb
Bhimrao Ambedkar. Af-
ter its video went viral,
BJP accused Gautam of
being anti-Hindu Ke-
jriwal hastened his res-
ignation because Kejri-
wal may have got
Ambedkar’s photo in-
stalled in all govt offices
but he is doing Hindut-
va politics. In Gujarat
elections, he is asking
for votes by claiming
themselves to be incar-
nations of Krishna on
other hand their Min
are making a resolution
not to worship Rama-
Krishna. Only then, see-
ing possibility of loss of
votes, Kejriwal to Gau-
tam to resign.
Self proclaimed ‘Krishna’ Kejriwal gets Gautam to
resign for Hindu votes, but keeps jailed Satyendra!
POLITICAL GAME
Previous govts in India did not provide proper facilities: PM
New Delhi: PM Naren-
dra Modi, who flagged
off country’s 4th
Vande
Bharat Express train
that will run from Amb
Andaura in Himachal
Pradesh New Delhi,
said previous Indian
governments did not
provide facilities avail-
able elsewhere even in
20th
century
.
He was addressing a
public meeting at the
Indira Gandhi stadium
in poll-bound Una dist.
“We will provide you
with facilities for the
20th
as well as the 21st
centuries,” Modi said.
PM Modi laid the foun-
dation stone of two hy-
dropowerprojects,the48
MW Chanju-III Hydro-
electric Project and the
30 MW Deothal Chanju
Hydro-electric Project,
in Chamba. Both pro-
jects will generate over
270 million units of elec-
tricity annually and
Himachal Pradesh is ex-
pected to get annual rev-
enue of Rs 110 crore
from these projects.
The Prime Minister
also launched Pradhan
Mantri Gram Sadak Yo-
jana (PMGSY)-III in
Himachal Pradesh for
the upgradation of
around 3,125 km of road
in the state. More than
Rs 420 crore has been
sanctioned by the cen-
tral government under
this phase for the upgra-
dationof 440kmof roads
in15borderandfar-flung
blocks of the state.
According to Prime
Minister’s Office
(PMO), running from
Amb Andaura to New
Delhi, it is the fourth
Vande Bharat train that
has been introduced in
the country and is an
advanced version com-
pared to the earlier
ones, being much light-
er and capable of reach-
ing higher speed in
shorter duration.
It accelerates to 100
km per hour in just 52
seconds. The introduc-
tion of the train will
help boost tourism in
the region and provide
a comfortable and fast-
er mode of travel for
people of India.
PM Narendra Modi greets the supporters at the flagging off ceremony of Vande Bharat Express from
Amb Andaura, Una, to New Delhi. Also seen Ashwini Vaishnaw Jai Ram Thakur. —PHOTO BY ANI
PM Narendra Modi at flagging off ceremony of Vande Bharat
Express from Amb Andaura, Una to New Delhi. —PHOTO BY ANI
‘NEHRU IS TO BE BLAMED
FOR PLAGUING KASHMIR’
I want to bring a change
intheparty,saysTharoor
New Delhi (ANI): Con-
gress presidential can-
didate Shashi Tharoor
on Thursday lamented
that some leaders had
openly come out in sup-
portof hispollopponent
MallikarjunKhargeand
even summoned meet-
ings in his favour, say-
ing it disturbed the lev-
el-playing field.
He also said several
PCC chiefs and senior
leaders were not availa-
ble for a meeting with
him during his visits to
their respective states,
but they warmed up to
Kharge when he visited
them for support.
Seeking votes from
delegates at DPCC of-
fice, He said he wanted
to bring a “change” in
organisation. He also
said aimed to “bring
back” the voters who
did not support the Con-
gress in the 2014 and the
2019 Lok Sabha polls.
“I want to bring a
change in the party,” he
told the delegates.
IN THE
COURTYARD
HC ASKS BMC TO
ACCEPT LATKE’S
RESIGNATION
Mumbai: In a major relief
to ‘Shiv Sena Uddhav
Balasaheb Thackeray’
party, the Bombay HC
on Thursday directed the
Brihanmumbai Municipal
Corporation (BMC) to
accept the resignation
of its employee and the
party’s candidate for the
forthcoming Andheri
(East) Assembly bypoll,
Rutuja Latke.
ED MOVES TO
BENGALURU
COURT AGAINST 6
Bengaluru: ED has filed
a Prosecution Complaint
before the Principal
City Civil and Sessions
Judge and Special Court
at Bengaluru against 6
individuals on charges
of money laundering.
Those individuals are
TL Praveen Kumar,
Branch Manager, Bank of
Baroda; SK Subramanaya
Reddy; R Ranganath,
Narasimha Murthy K,
Santha Kumari K, and
R Kavitha. The Special
Court (PMLA) has taken
cognizance of said
Prosecution Complaint,
ED said.
Zanzarka (Guj): Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah on Thursday
blamed India’s first PM
Jawaharlal Nehru for
issues plaguing Kash-
mir credited Naren-
dra Modi government
for solving them by re-
moving Article 370.
Speaking at an event
to flag off BJP’s ‘Gaurav
Yatra’ in poll-bound Gu-
jarat, Shah also said the
Cong used to taunt his
party over the construc-
tion of the Ram Temple
in Ayodhya but work on
it was now in progress.
“Duetothemistakeof
(first prime minister)
Jawaharlal Nehru of in-
serting Article 370,
Kashmir was in a mess.
It could not be properly
integrated with country
.
Everybody wanted re-
movalof Article370.PM
Modi removed it in one
stroke completed inte-
grationof Kashmirwith
the country
,” Shah said.
Incidentally, Modi
had also blamed Nehru
for issues plaguing
Kashmir while address-
ing a gathering in Guja-
rat earlier this week.
Shah, later in day, will
flag off 2 ‘gaurav
yatras’.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah with Gujarat BJP President CR
Paatil offers prayers at Sant Shree Savaiyanath Samadhi Sthaan
temple, Zanzarka, in Ahmedabad on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
SHAH: PEOPLE OF
GUJARAT HAVE
GARLANDED BJP
WITH VICTORY
Bharat Jodo Yatra: Rahul says BJP
‘auctioning’ govt jobs in Karnataka
CONGRESS’ ‘BHARAT JODO YATRA’ TO PASS
THROUGH VILLAGES IN CHITRADURGA
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah on Thursday
expressed confidence
that ruling BJP will retain
power in Gujarat by win-
ning upcoming Assembly
elections with a two-third
majority. He said the
people of Gujarat have
been trusting the BJP for
a long time and the party
has fulfilled their wishes.
Shah was addressing a
public gathering at Sant
Savaiyanath Dham, a
popular religious place in
Zanzaraka of Ahmedabad
district, before launch-
ing the third leg of the
Gujarat Gaurav Yatra.
The yatra will conclude
at Somnath temple in
the Gir-Somnath district.
“BJP governments have
done innumerable types
of works. And therefore,
in every election, whether
it is corporation, district/
taluka, people of Gujarat
have garlanded BJP with
a victory,” said Shah.
Chitradurga: On 35th
day of the Congress’
Bharat Jodo Yatra, par-
ty leader Rahul Gandhi
accused the Karnataka
government of auction-
ing off state jobs. “The
twin engine of the BJP
is devouring the future
of the young,” he add-
ed, adding that the BJP
administration in Kar-
nataka is busy “selling
jobs” while the state’s
youth are unemployed.
Karnataka is the first
BJP-ruled state to join
the yatra. A day before
the yatra arrived in
Karnataka, posters of
welcoming were ripped.
Chitradurga (Karnataka): ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ of Cong led by
Rahul Gandhi on Thursday resumed from Bommagondana-
halli in Karnataka’s Chitradurga district and headed towards
Rampura. Hundreds of people gathered on roadside in morn-
ing to welcome them. According to Cong workers, march
started at 6.30 am from the BG Kere underpass in Bomma-
gondanahalli. The yatra will exit the state on October 20.
He said this during
the Gaurav Yatra on
Thursday morning
which will conclude
at Somnath Temple
Cong presidential candidate Shashi Tharoor addresses a press
conference regarding party presidential elections.
Rahul Gandhi interacts with a padayatri as he takes part in
party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, at Bommagundanahalli in Chitradurga.
IAS officer and
two others
arrested by ED
Justice Ali Mohd Magrey takes
oath as CJ of JK Ladakh HC
Raipur: Enforcement
Directorate on Thurs-
day arrested Chhattis-
garh cadre IAS officer
Sameer Vishnoi and
two other people after it
launched multi-city
raids in state early this
week as part of a money
laundering investiga-
tion, officials said.
Businessman Sunil
Agrawal of the Indram-
ani group and Laxmi-
kant Tiwari, uncle of
“absconding” business-
man Suryakant Tiwari,
have also been taken
into custody
.
Srinagar: Lieutenant
Governor Manoj Sinha
on Thursday adminis-
tered the oath of office
to Justice Ali Moham-
mad Magrey as Chief
Justice of High Court of
JK and Ladakh here.
Sources told GNS that
sitting judges and some
retiredjudgesof theHC,
judicial officers, Advo-
cate General, lawyers
and other dignitaries
from civil and police de-
partment participated.
Justice Magrey, who
was born on Dec 8, 1960,
in Wattoo village of
Damhal Hanjipora in
south Kashmir’s Kul-
gam dist, is 35th
CJ of
HC. CJ Magrey received
school education in his
native village did
graduation from Uni-
versity of Kashmir.
Manoj Sinha (left) with Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey during the
latter’s oath-taking ceremony as Chief Justice.
THAROOR APPOINTED CHAIRPERSON OF
PARLPANELONCHEMICALSFERTILISERS
ALL AICC GEN SECYS, STATE IN-CHARGES,
TOLD NOT VOTE IN ASSIGNED STATE
New Delhi: Cong leader Shashi Tharoor has been
appointed as chairperson of Parliamentary Standing
Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers, according to a
notification issued by LS Secretariat.Tharoor’s appoint-
ment as chairperson of parliamentary panel came after
Cong leadership suggested his name. Recommendation
came at a time when he is contesting Cong Prez election.
New Delhi: Cong’ central election authority has issued a
directive, AICC general secretaries, state in-charges, sec-
retaries joint secretaries would cast their vote in party’s
presidential polls at their home state not in assigned
state. This has been done in order to “maintain trans-
parency in election process”, according to directive by
central election authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry.
—PHOTO BY ANI
—PHOTO BY ANI
SC MIFFED AT
GOVT STAND IN
ADANI PORT CASE
Supreme Court Thursday
took a grim view of the
“contradictory” stand
taken by two central
government ministries
in a matter related to a
warehouse facility of the
Central Warehousing
Corporation (CWC) on
34 acres of land within
the SEZ area developed
by Adani Ports Special
Economic Zone Limited
(APSEZL). The SC set
aside a verdict of the
Gujarat High Court which
had directed that the
CWC agree to the Adani
firm’s proposal.

INDIA
06
AIFF TO INITIATE
ENQUIRY ON LATE
ARRIVAL OF BOOTS
ARMY’S ASSAULT
DOG, CRITICALLY
INJURED, DIES
ODISHA, TELANGANA
GOVTS VIOLATE
MODEL CODE
NAVY MAN BOOKED
AFTER TEEN FILES
RAPE COMPLAINT
Bhubaneswar (PTI):
The All India Football
Federation will initiate
an enquiry on the late
arrival of boots of
four members of the
FIFA Women’s U-17
World Cup, leading to
the players wearing
them for the first time
during the match.AIFF
secretary general Shaji
Prabhakaran said he
has asked for a report
from the teams on how
the consignment of new
boots did not reach.
New Delhi (Agencies):
Army assault dog
Zoom, who received
gunshot wounds
during an encounter in
Jammu and Kashmir’s
Anantnag district,
succumbed to his
injuries on Thursday
noon, news agency
ANI reported citing
army officials. The
dog was under
treatment at the 54
Advance Field Veteri-
nary Hospital (AFVH)
in Srinagar.
New Delhi (PTI): A
delegation of Bharatiya
Janata Party lead-
ers met the Election
Commission here on
Thursday to complain
against the “illegal”
transfers and postings
by Odisha and Tel-
angana governments
ahead of bypolls in
both states early next
month. The delegation
submitted memo-
randums regarding
complaints against
both states.
Mumbai (PTI): A Navy
engineer has been
booked for rape on
the complaint of his
19-year-old college
friend, a Mumbai
police official said on
Thursday.The teenage
girl, who studies in
a private college and
stays in a hostel near
INHS Asvini in Navy
Nagar in south Mum-
bai, filed her complaint
on Tuesday, the Cuffe
Parade police station
official said.
New Delhi (PTI): The Union Ministry of Law and
Justice will organise an All India Conference of Law
Ministers and Law Secretaries from
October 14 to 17 to provide a platform
for discussion and to help policymak-
ers upgrade the overall legal system,
an official statement said.In a state-
ment, the Ministry said the conference
will be held at Ekta Nagar in Gujarat. The inaugural
session will be held on Saturday morning.
LAW MINISTRY TO ORGANISE ALL INDIA
CONFERENCE OF LAW MINS FROM TODAY
CRUCIAL READ
Kyiv(Agencies): Rus-
sian missiles pounded
more than 40 Ukrainian
cities and towns, offi-
cials said on Thursday,
as NATO allies meeting
in Brussels unveiled
plans to beef up Eu-
rope’s air defences after
committing more mili-
tary aid to Kyiv.
The new pledges
prompted Moscow to
renew warnings that
Western states’ help
made them “a direct
party to the conflict”
and that admitting
Ukraine to Western
military alliance NATO
could trigger World
War Three.
“Kyiv is well aware
that such a step would
mean a guaranteed es-
calation to a World War
Three,” deputy secre-
tary of Russia’s Secu-
rity Council, Alexan-
der Venediktov, told
media as the United
States vowed to defend
“every inch” of allied
territory.
Moscow has repeat-
edly justified the Feb 24
invasion that has killed
tens of thousands of
people, in what it calls
a “special operation”,
by saying Ukraine’s
ambitions to join the al-
liance posed a threat to
Russia’s security
.
Russian missiles target more than 40 Ukraine cities, towns
WANT “EVEN
STRONGER” INDIA
TRADE TIES: UK FM
NATO HOLDS NUCLEAR TALKS AMID
WAR TENSIONS AND PUTIN THREATS
SHANGHAI QUIETLY SHUTS DOWN SCHOOLS,
GYMS, BARS AS COVID RETURNS
‘PAK MISUSED CICA
PLAN TO PROPAGATE
FALSE PROPAGANDA’
London (Agencies): British
foreign minister James
Cleverly said Britain wanted
to have an even stronger
trading relationship with India
after reports that remarks by
a fellow minister about Indian
immigrants could put a future
deal in doubt. Interior minis-
ter Suella Braverman about
Indian migrants and the pos-
sible impact, Cleverly said,
“We do want to have an even
stronger, it’s strong already,
an even stronger trading
relationship with India.”
BRUSSELS (Agencies): NATO’s secretive Nuclear Plan-
ning Group met as the military alliance presses ahead
with plans to hold a nuclear exercise next week as con-
cerns deepen over President Vladimir Putin’s insistence
that he will use any means necessary to defend Russian
territory. Defense ministers which usually happens once
or twice a year, at NATO headquarters in Brussels.
Shanghai (Agencies): Shanghai is quietly shutting
down schools and a raft of other venues as officials try
to rein in a flareup that’s hit the financial hub just days
before one of China’s most important political events.
Several schools dotted throughout the city have sus-
pended in-person classes as the fear of infection spread
grows, according to parents and social media posts.
Astana (ANI): India and
Pakistan squared off on the
issues of Kashmir and mean-
ingful engagement at a re-
gional summit in Kazakhstan
on Thursday, with minister
of state for external affairs
Meenakshi Lekhi calling on
Islamabad to immediately
end cross-border terrorism
to create conditions for any
dialogue. Addressing the
CICA Summit in Astana,
Pakistan Prime Minister
Shehbaz Sharif accused the
Indian government.
A view shows an apartment building damaged by a Russian
military strike in Mykolaiv on Thurdsay. —PHOTO BY ANI
ACROSS THE WORLD
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: It is a big
irony that the Election
Commission says on
one hand that it is capa-
ble of holding all the
elections across the
country simultaneous-
ly and on the other
hand it cannot hold
elections in two states
simultaneously. Elec-
tions are still held in
six-seven phases in
many states. The as-
sembly elections of
Himachal Pradesh and
Gujarat are an example
of this. Last time i.e. in
2017 the elections of
boththestateswereheld
separately in a gap of
one month. First
Himachal Pradesh elec-
tionswereheldandafter
voting, the parties and
candidates had to wait
for about one and a half
months for the results.
This time it is expect-
ed that both the states
elections can be held si-
multaneously
. In 2017,
the Himachal Pradesh
assembly elections were
held on November 9.
Voting for all the 68 as-
sembly seats in the state
was held on the same
day on November 9. But
afterthattheresultshad
towaitforaboutoneand
a half months as the as-
sembly elections were
held in Gujarat a month
after Himachal Pradesh
and the votes of both
were counted together.
Voting for 182 assembly
seats in Gujarat was
held in two phases on
December 9 and 14.
Four days later, on De-
cember 18, the votes of
both the states were
counted.
Just think, there are
two small states,
Himachal Pradesh and
Gujarat. Together, there
are a total of two hun-
dred and fifty assembly
seats, but the Election
Commission had con-
ducted elections on
these two hundred and
fifty seats in three phas-
es and it took two
months for the process
to be completed.
In Himachal Pradesh,
the process of nomina-
tionhadstartedonOcto-
ber 18, that is, before
that the model code of
conduct (MCC) was put
in place and the MCC
continuedtilltheresults
were declared on De-
cember 18. The process
of elections in Gujarat
began in November.
So, this time there are
two questions before the
election commission.
First, whether the elec-
tions to both the states
will be held simultane-
ously and secondly,
whenwilltheannounce-
ment of the elections be
held? The last time elec-
tion process was com-
pleted on December 20.
In this regard, the Com-
mission still has time.
If both the elections
are to be held together,
then the announcement
of elections can be done
in November also. But
recently, Gujarat state
BJP president CR Patil
hadsaidthattheprocess
of election would be
completed by the end of
November.
WillGujandHPAssemblyelectionsbeheldtogether?
Guwahati (ANI): Pres-
ident Droupadi Murmu,
on Thursday stressed
the need to promote a
knowledge-based socie-
ty and the importance
of technological solu-
tions to the problems of
the country
, while high-
lighting the role of in-
stitutes of higher edu-
cation in this regard.
She was speaking af-
ter virtually inaugurat-
ing and laying the foun-
dation stones for vari-
ous central and state
projects from the cam-
pus of the Indian Insti-
tute of Technology
(IIT), Guwahati.
These include the in-
auguration of super-
computer ‘Param Kam-
rupa’, under the Nation-
al Supercomputing Mis-
sion, and a laboratory
for the design and devel-
opment of high-power
microwave components
at IIT-Guwahati.
Murmu also virtual-
ly inaugurated the Dhu-
bri Medical College and
Hospital and laid the
foundation stones for
the Zonal Institutes of
the National Institute
of Virology (NIV) at Di-
brugarh in Assam and
Jabalpur in Madhya
Pradesh at the same
programme. Lauding
the achievements of
IIT-Guwahati, the Pres-
ident stressed the role
of the institute in the
region.
“Being the only IIT in
the North East, it must
shoulder the responsi-
bility to nurture other
institutes in the region
to work with the state
governmentanddefence
forces to strengthen our
borders and provide
technological solutions
topreventrecurrenceof
naturalcalamitiesinthe
region,” she said.
Murmu also exhort-
ed the people of the
Northeastern region to
play a leading role in
creating a knowledge-
based society
.
IIT Guwahati needs to nurture
other institutes in NE: President
Prez spoke after virtually inaugurating laying foundation stones for various projects
President Droupadi Murmu inaugurates the Supercomputing
facility at IIT Guwahati, as Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi and
CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Kolkata (ANI): Board
of Control for Cricket in
India (BCCI) president
Sourav Ganguly said
that he enjoyed his time
as a cricket administra-
tor, but one cannot play
forever, remain in ad-
ministration forever.
His comments come
when he was likely to
take over as BCCI presi-
dent. I was the presi-
dent of the Cricket As-
sociation of Bengal for
five years. I have been
president of BCCI for
years. After all these
terms, you have to leave
and go. As an adminis-
trator, you have to con-
tribute a lot and make
things better for the
team. Me being a player,
who was around for a
long time, understood it.
I enjoyed my time as an
administrator thor-
oughly
. You cannot play
forever and you cannot
remain in administra-
tion forever, said Gan-
guly at an an event.
Former Indian crick-
eter and member of the
1983 World Cup winning
team Roger Binny is
likely to be the next
BCCI president replac-
ing Ganguly while BJP
MLA Ashish Shelar is
likely to be the Treas-
urer replacing Arun
Dhumal as per sources
in the BCCI.
Gadchiroli (Agen-
cies): The Maharashtra
forest department on
Thursday tranquilised
and captured ‘conflict
tiger’ CT-1 after it had
killed 13 persons in
Gadchiroli and Chan-
drapur districts in the
state’s Vidarbha region,
an official said.
The tiger was moving
in Wadsa forest range
here in Gadchiroli and
was becoming a threat to
human lives, he added.
“The tiger had killed
six persons in Wadsa,
four in Bhandara and
threeinBrahmapurifor-
estrangeinChandrapur
district. The Principal
Chief Conservator of
Forests (Wildlife) Nag-
pur had, in a meeting on
October 4, directed that
conflicttigerCT-1becap-
tured,” he said.
“Accordingly
, the
Tadoba Tiger Rescue
team, the Rapid Re-
sponse Teams of Chan-
drapur,Navegaon-Nagzi-
ra and other units
workedonwar-footingto
capture the tiger. It was
tranquilised and cap-
tured from Wadsa forest
range on Thursday
morning,” he informed.
One cannot stay in admin
forever, says Sourav Ganguly
Maha:‘ConflictTiger’
thatkilled13captured
BCCI President Sourav Ganguly signs a cricket bat during a
programme, in Kolkata on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
The man eating tiger that killed 13 persons in Gadchiroli and
Chandrapur districts. —FILE PHOTO
The north
east should be
a torch bearer
in spreading knowl-
edge and inculcating
scientific tempera-
ment. The benefits of
technology should
reach the remotest
corners of society
—Droupadi Murmu,
President of India
‘THREAT TO HUMAN LIVES’ EAM Jaishankar
to pay two-day
visit to Egypt
New Delhi (PTI): Ex-
ternal Affairs Minis-
ter S Jaishankar will
begin a two-day visit
to Egypt on Saturday
to explore new initia-
tives in India’s part-
nership with the Afri-
can nation.
It will be his first bi-
lateral trip to Egypt as
the external affairs
minister. Announcing
the visit, the Ministry
of External Affairs
(MEA) said on Thurs-
day that Jaishankar
will discuss a range of
bilateral, regional and
international issues of
mutual interest with
his Egyptian counter-
part Sameh Hassan
Shoukry. Egypt has
been invited as a ‘guest
country’ during India’s
Presidency of G-20 in
2022-23.
AP, Assam, Gujarat top
achievers in logistics
performance index 2022
New Delhi (PTI):
Andhra Pradesh, As-
sam and Gujarat are
among the 15 States and
UTs categorised as
achievers in the logis-
tics index chart 2022, ac-
cording to a report re-
leased by the commerce
and Industry Ministry
on October 13, 2022.
The index is an indi-
cator of the efficiency
of logistical services
necessary for promot-
ing exports and eco-
nomic growth. Kerala,
Madhya Pradesh, Ra-
jasthan, Puducherry,
Sikkim and Tripura are
the other States catego-
rised as fast movers in
the ranking.
The 15 States and UTs
ranked in the aspirers
category include Bihar,
Chhattisgarh, Goa, Mi-
zoram, Andaman and
Nicobar Islands, Lak-
shadweep, Ladakh, Na-
galand, JK and AP
.
The other States and
UTs which are in the
achievers category in-
clude Chandigarh, Del-
hi, Haryana, HP, Karna-
taka, Maharashtra,
Odisha, Punjab, TN,
Telangana, UP and Ut-
tarakhand.
Ganguly says
on his future as
BCCI president
Piyush Goyal

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PV wholesales surge 92% in September
New Delhi (PTI): Riding
on the back of strong fes-
tive season demand, pas-
senger vehicle wholesales
in India increased 92% to
3,07,389 units last month,
as compared to the same
month last year, auto in-
dustry body Society of In-
dian Automobile Manufac-
turers said on Thursday
.
Passenger vehicle (PV)
dispatches from factories
to dealerships in Septem-
ber 2021 stood at 1,60,212
units. As per the latest data
by the Society of Indian
Automobile Manufactur-
ers (SIAM), two-wheeler
sales also rose 13% to
17,35,199 units, as com-
pared to 15,37,604 vehicles
in September 2021.
Motorcycle sales rose
18% to 11,14,667 units, as
against 9,48,161 units in
September 2021.
Scooter sales were up 9%
to 5,72,919 units, from
5,27,779 vehicles a year ago.
In the September quarter,
PV sales increased by 38%
to 10,26,309 units, as against
7,41,442 units in the similar
period of the last fiscal.
Similarly, total two-
wheeler sales rose 13% to
46,73,931 units, as com-
pared with 41,36,484 units
in the September quarter
of the last fiscal.
ON ROBUST FESTIVE DEMAND
AS PER LATEST
DATA BY SIAM
z PV dispatches from
factories to dealerships in
September 2021 stood at
1,60,212 units
z 2-wheeler sales also rose
13% to 17,35,199 units,
as compared to 15,37,604
vehicles in Sept 2021
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi: Amid global
economic slowdown,
startup funding in India
hit a two-year low at $2.7
billion in the third quarter
of 2022, as per a PwC In-
dia report. Only two start-
ups in India attained the
unicorn status in the July-
September period of
2022, mirroring a global
trend in decline in the
number of new unicorns
this last quarter, said the
report titled ‘Startup
Deals Tracker - Q3 CY22’.
Globally, the quarter un-
der review produced 20
unicorns and 45% of
them are from the SaaS
segment. No new de-
cacorns were added.—PTI
New Delhi: Gold prices in
Delhi rose by `42 to
`51,255 per 10 grams on
Thursday amid a rise in
the prices of the precious
metal in the international
market, according to
HDFC Securities. In the
previous trade, the yellow
metal had touched
`51,213 per 10 grams.
However, silver dropped
by `493 to `57,717/kg
from `58,210 per kg. In
the international market,
gold was trading in green
at $1,672.2 per ounce
while silver was down at
$19.03 per ounce. —PTI
GOLD GAINS `42
BUT SILVER PRICES
DROP BY `493
INDIAN STARTUP
FUNDING HITS 2-YR
LOW IN Q3 OF 2022
New Delhi: The index of
consumer sentiments
rose by a robust 7.1% to
a 30-month high in Sep-
tember which was the
month packed with festiv-
ities across the nation,
the CMIE said. However,
the first two weeks of Oc-
tober have shown a dip
and all hopes are now on
the week around Diwali.
The unemployment rate
dropped to a four-year
low of 6.3% and the index
of consumer sentiments
rose to a 30-month high
7.1% in September. —FIB
INDEX OF CONSUMER
SENTIMENTS ROSE
BY 7.1% IN SEPT
Jaipur: Coal India Ltd
(CIL) will set up a 1,190-
MW solar power plant in
Bikaner district of Ra-
jasthan. For this, the CIL
signed a MoU with the
Rajasthan Vidyut Utpadan
Nigam Ltd. The solar
plant will be set up in a
2,000-MW solar park be-
ing developed by RVUNL
in Poogal, Bikaner. The
state government has al-
lotted 4,846 hectare land
to develop the park in
which the RVUNL will set
up its own solar project
of 810 MW, and a power
project of 1,190 will be
set up by the CIL. —PTI
COAL INDIA TO SET
UP 1,190-MW SOLAR
POWER PLANT IN RAJ
*Rates till the edition went to print.
RUPEE FALLS 5 PAISE
TO CLOSE AT 82.38
AGAINST US DOLLAR
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee traded
in a narrow range and settled 5
paise lower at 82.38 against the
US dollar on Thursday, track-
ing a muted trend in domestic
equities amid weak domestic
macroeconomic data. Besides,
risk aversion sentiment among
investors weighed on the local
unit. At the interbank foreign
exchange, the rupee witnessed
range-bound trading. It opened
at 82.30 against the US dollar,
then fell further to close at 82.38,
registering a fall of 5 paise over
the last close. It was moving in a
tight range of 82.25 to 82.42.
INFOSYS QUARTER 2
NET PROFIT UP 11 PER
CENT TO ` 6,021 CRORE
New Delhi: Infosys on
Thursday posted an 11% year-
on-year rise in consolidated
net profit to
`6,021 cr for
the Septem-
ber quarter
and also
announced a share buyback
programme worth `9,300
cr. The IT major will also pay
an interim dividend totalling
`6,940 cr to the shareholders.
The net profit of India’s second
largest IT services company
stood at `5,421 crore in the
same period a year ago. —PTI
SIGNIFICANT NO. OF
EMPLOYERS LIKELY TO
ADD APPRENTICES
Mumbai: A significant percent-
age of employers are likely to
increase their apprentice pool
in the second
half of 2022,
as companies
look at lever-
aging appren-
ticeships as the key source of
talent, says a report. Accord-
ing to Apprenticeship Outlook
Report for H2 by TeamLease
Degree Apprenticeship, 77%
of employers are likely to
increase their apprentice pool
in H2 2022, which was 45% in
H2 2021. —PTI
GOVT ACCORDS INFRASTRUCTURE STATUS TO
DATA CENTRES WITH OVER 5 MW CAPACITY
New Delhi: The government has accorded infrastructure status
to data centers with more than 5 megawatt capacity of IT load.
The move helps data centre companies to
get easier access to institutional credit at
lower rates. “Data Centre is included in the
Harmonized Master List of Infrastructure
sub-sectors by insertion of a new item in
the category of ‘Communication’,” a notifi-
cation, said. Data centres that are “housed
in a dedicated/centralized building for storage and processing of
digital data applications with a minimum capacity of 5 MW of IT
load” will be considered eligible for infrastructure status. —PTI
NHAI InvIT LOOKS TO RAISE ADDITIONAL `3,800
CRORE, SAYS UNION MINISTER NITIN GADKARI
New Delhi: National Highways Infra Trust (NHAI InvIT) is looking
to raise additional `3,800 crore, Road Transport and Highways
Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday. Gadkari said that of the
additional fundraise, around `1,500 crores are being garnered
through an issue of non-convertible debentures
(NCDs) with a long-dated maturity of 24 years.
These InvIT bonds will be listed on BSE and NSE
providing an opportunity for investors to invest and
trade, he added. Gadkari said that the InvIT, so
far, has raised more than `8,000 crore from
foreign and Indian institutional investors.—PTI
OTHER STORIES
‘Indiaisabrightlighteconomy,but…’
Washington (PTI): India
has emerged as “a bright
light” at a time when the
world is facing imminent
prospects of a recession,
the chief economist of the
IMF said on Wednesday,
noting that the country,
however, needed key struc-
tural reforms in order to
achieve the ambitious tar-
get of being a $10 trillion
economy
.
Pierre-Olivier Gour-
inchas, chief economist of
the IMF said: “Well, India
is, I want to say, sort of
bright light. The Indian
economy has been doing
reasonably well.”
Responding to a question
on the ambitious goal of
India becoming a $10 tril-
lion economy, Gourinchas
said that he certainly be-
lieves this is achievable.
“I mean, we’ve seen a
number of countries grow
at very fast rates in the past
and really develop very
rapidly. So, I think it’s cer-
tainly, now it’s not neces-
sarily an easy task, but I
think, yes, there is certain-
ly an enormous potential
for an economy like India,”
he said. To do so, India
needs to carry out a num-
ber of structural reforms,
he observed.
“Well, there are certainly
a number of structural re-
forms that are or improve-
ments are needed in the
economy like India. There
have been a number of re-
forms already
,” he said.
For instance, India is
very much at the forefront
of digitalisation, he said.
“The way these digital
tools can be deployed to im-
prove financial inclusion
or to facilitate access to ad-
ministrative services, and
things like that. And that is
a testimony to the sort of
innovation in that sector
that is happening in India,”
he observed. “But beyond
that, there are needs for re-
forms that will actually
boost potential growth. It’s
not just about stabilising
the economy around the
potential growth that it has
right now. In order to un-
leash India’s potential, a lot
of reforms have to be im-
plemented that will boost
productivity growth,”
Gourinchas said.
Washington (PTI): Applauding India’s digitisation efforts, the
chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on
Wednesday said the move was a game changer as it had al-
lowed the Indian government to do things that would have been
extremely difficult otherwise. “Digitisation is helping along a
number of dimensions. One is financial inclusion, obviously
because there are a lot of people in countries like India that were
unbanked. And having access to digital wallets is a way in which
they can enter into transactions that are not just cash transac-
tions, which are very inefficient,”
Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, the chief
economist of IMF said in response to
a question about India’s digitisation
efforts. “I think it (digitisation) has
allowed the (Indian) government to
do things that would have been ex-
tremely difficult to do otherwise. Yes
(it is a game changer). It is certainly
something that is a very welcome development,” Gourinchas
suggested. “So that’s a huge plus in terms of bringing people
into a more modern economy. That’s a factor for growth,” he
said, adding that your market becomes very different if you are
plugged into this digital instrument. “The second one which I
think has also been important in the case of India is these digital
instruments also allow governments to reach and disburse sys-
tems in ways that are much harder to do sometimes with some
of the regular pipes of the safety net,” he said.
DIGITISATION A GAME CHANGER FOR
INDIAN ECONOMY: IMF CHIEF ECONOMIST
India’sdeploymentofcashtransfer
schemeisa‘logisticalmarvel’:IMF
Washington (PTI): The
IMF has described India’s
deployment of a direct
cash transfer scheme and
other similar social wel-
fare programmes as a “lo-
gistical marvel”, saying
there is a lot to learn from
the country which is one of
the most inspiring exam-
ples of the application of
technology to solve compli-
cated issues.
The aim of DBT (Direct
Benefit Transfer) is to
transfer the benefits and
subsidies of various social
welfare schemes directly in
the bank account of the
beneficiary on time by
bringing efficiency, effec-
tiveness, transparency and
also to eliminate the inter-
mediary body
.
According to the govern-
ment data, more than `24.8
lakh crore has been trans-
ferred through DBT mode
since 2013, `6.3 lakh crore
in the financial year 2021-22
alone; on an average over
90 lakh DBT payments are
processed daily as per data
of FY22.
“From India, there is a
lot to learn. There is a lot to
learn from some other ex-
amples around the world.
We have examples from
pretty much every conti-
nent and every level of in-
come. If I look at the case
of India, it is actually quite
impressive,” Paolo Mauro,
Deputy Director of the Fis-
cal Affairs Department at
the IMF, said.
“In fact, just because of
the sheer size of the coun-
try, it is a logistical marvel
how these programmes
that seek to help people
who are at low-income lev-
els reach literally hun-
dreds of millions of peo-
ple,” he said.
WHAT IS THE
AIM OF DBT?
z The aim of DBT is to transfer
the benefits and subsidies
of various social welfare
schemes directly in the bank
account of the beneficiary on
time by bringing efficiency,
effectiveness, transparency
and also to eliminate the
intermediary body
Sensex falls 391 points;
Nifty closes above 17K
Mumbai (PTI): Bench-
mark BSE Sensex declined
by 391 points on Thursday
following heavy selling in
banking, finance and capi-
tal goods stocks due to infla-
tion and growth concerns.
A weak rupee and rising
crude prices also impacted
the market sentiment, trad-
ers said.
The 30-share BSE Sensex
declined 390.58 points or
0.68% to settle at 57,235.33.
Likewise, the broader NSE
Nifty fell 109.25 points or
0.64% to end at 17,014.35.
Wipro was the top loser
in the Sensex pack, shed-
ding 7.03%, followed by
SBI, LT, ICICI Bank,
Asian Paints.
On the other hand, HCL
Tech, Sun Pharma, Dr Red-
dy’s RIL were among the
gainers.
India’s palm
oil imports
jump 2.7 times
New Delhi (PTI): India
saw more than two-and-a-
half times increase in im-
port of refined palm oil at
17.12 lakh tonne in the last
11 months due to lower
prices in Indonesia, indus-
try body SEA said on
Thursday
.
The country had import-
ed 6.28 lakh tonne of re-
fined palm oil (RBD palm-
olein) in the year-ago peri-
od. The oil year runs from
Nov to October, it said.
India, the world’s lead-
ing vegetable oil buyer, im-
ported 130.1 lakh tonne of
vegetable oils during the
November-September pe-
riod of the ongoing 2021-22
oil year, 4% higher than the
year-ago period.
Palm oil shipments com-
prise 50% of the total veg-
etable oil imports.
15 states do well in 2022 logistics index
New Delhi (PTI): Andhra
Pradesh, Assam and Guja-
rat are among the 15 states
and UTs categorised as
achievers in the logistics
index chart 2022, accord-
ing to a report released by
the commerce and Indus-
try Ministry on Thursday
.
The index is an indica-
tor of the efficiency of lo-
gistical services necessary
for promoting exports and
economic growth.
Kerala, Madhya
Pradesh, Rajasthan, Pu-
ducherry, Sikkim and
Tripura are the other
states categorised as fast
movers in the ranking.
The 15 states and UTs
ranked in the aspirers cat-
egory include Bihar,
Chhattisgarh, Goa, Mizo-
ram, Andaman and Nico-
bar Islands, Lakshadweep,
Ladakh, Nagaland, Jam-
mu and Kashmir, and
Arunachal Pradesh.
The other states and
UTs which are in the
achievers category in-
clude Chandigarh, Delhi,
Haryana, Himachal
Pradesh, Karnataka, Ma-
harashtra, Odisha, Pun-
jab, Tamil Nadu, Telanga-
na, Uttar Pradesh and Ut-
tarakhand.
The report ranks the
states on the basis of their
logistics ecosystem, high-
lights the key logistics-re-
lated challenges faced by
the stakeholders.
INDEX IS AN
INDICATOR OF...
z The efficiency of logistical
services necessary for
promoting exports and
economic growth

08
2NDFRONT
We seek meaning in our lives.
Learn to creatively question
yourself to unravel your own self.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
SC TO HEAR PLEAS CHALLENGING
ELECTORAL BOND SCHEME TODAY
SupremeCourtissched-
uled to hear on Friday a
batch of pleas challeng-
ing laws permitting
funding of political par-
ties through the elec-
toral bond scheme. Elec-
toral bonds have been
pitched as an alterna-
tive to cash donations
made to political parties
as part of efforts to
bring transparency in
political funding.
A bench of Justices B
R Gavai and B V Nagar-
athna is likely to take
up the PILs by NGO, As-
sociation for Democrat-
ic Reforms, Communist
Party of India (Marxist)
and other petitioners.
Earlier, Bhushan had
sought an urgent listing
of the PIL from the apex
court on October 4 last
year seeking a direction
to the Centre not to
open any further win-
dow for sale of electoral
bonds during the pen-
dency of a case pertain-
ing to funding of politi-
cal parties and alleged
lack of transparency in
their accounts.
The NGO, which had
filed the PIL in 2017 on
the alleged issue of cor-
ruption and subversion
of democracy through
illicit and foreign fund-
ing of political parties
and lack of transparen-
cy in the accounts of all
political parties, had
filed an interim applica-
tion in March this year
before the assembly
polls in West Bengal and
Assamseekingthatwin-
dow for sale of electoral
bonds be not reopened.
The NGO, in its fresh
application filed in the
pending petition, had
claimed that there is a
serious apprehension
that any further sale of
electoral bonds before
the upcoming Assembly
elections, including in
West Bengal and As-
sam, would further in-
crease illegal illicit
funding of political par-
ties via shell companies.
In January 2021, the
apex court had refused
to grant interim stay on
the2018ElectoralBonds
Scheme and sought re-
sponses of the Centre
and the EC on an inter-
im application by NGO
seeking stay on scheme.
The petitions will be heard
by a bench of Justices BR
Gavai and BV Nagarathna
In January 2021, the apex
court had refused to grant
interim stay on the 2018 scheme
In first phase of
the project, the
govt acquired
3,300 acre of land
SC won’t stay Mirzapur Season 3,
rubbishes idea of ‘pre-screening’
Supreme Court on
Thursday wondered
how can there be a pre-
screening committee for
web series, films or oth-
er programmes which
are directly released on
online platforms.
A bench of Chief
Justice Uday Umesh
Lalit and Justice Bela
M Trivedi was hearing
a plea filed by Mir-
zapur-resident Sujeet
Kumar Singh for set-
ting up a pre-screening
committee for web se-
ries, films or other pro-
grammes which are di-
rectly released on on-
line platforms.
“How can there be a
pre screening commit-
tee for web series?
There is a particular
legislation. Unless you
say OTT (over-the- top)
is also a part of it...you
must say that existing
legislation must apply
to OTT. Various ques-
tions will arise because
transmission occurs
from other countries.
“For OTT satellite
transmission is from
other countries and not
this one even though
viewers may be here.
Post exhibition redres-
sal mechanism is dif-
ferent. Your petition
has to be more detailed.
File a better one,” the
bench said while direct-
ing the petitioner to
withdraw the plea.
The top court also re-
fused to stay the third
season of the popular
‘Mirzapur’ web series,
which is currently un-
der production.
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‘URGENT HEARING’
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Singapore
Airlines (SIA) is en-
gaged in confidential
discussions with Tata
Sons for the merger of
Vistara with Air India,
the flagship carrier of
the Republic of Singa-
pore informed the stock
exchange in the South-
east Asian nation on
Thursday in a first ac-
knowledgement of a
possible integration of
the two airlines.
Tatas has 51% stake
in Vistara and the rest
is with Singapore Air-
lines. Tatas is also the
owner of Air India. In a
regulatory filing, SIA
said discussions with
Tatas are ongoing and
no definitive terms
have been agreed upon
between the parties.
SIA owns 49% stake
in Vistara and is among
the four airlines run by
Tata Group. Others in-
clude Air India, Air In-
dia Express, and AirA-
sia India. A decision on
stakes both sides will
own in the merged enti-
tywillbedoneaftercom-
pletion of the exercise.
Discussions on for possible
merger of Vistara, Air India
Lucknow (PTI): Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath has as-
sured farmers that com-
pensation for the land
to be acquired for the
second phase of the
Jewar International
Airport will be provid-
ed after mutual under-
standing. An official
spokesperson said Adi-
tyanath gave this assur-
ance to farmers of Jew-
ar, who had come to
meet him on Wednes-
day evening at his offi-
cial residence here.
The state govern-
ment wants that farm-
ers of the state should
be happy and those dis-
placed should be reha-
bilitated wherever they
wanted to, he said add-
ing suitable arrange-
ment for setting up
schools, college, reli-
gious place, sports
ground, open gym and
markets should be
made for them.
Adityanath said ef-
forts should be made to
rehabilitate siblings in
the same place. He said
jobs for youth of Jewar
and skill development
centre should be estab-
lished, and if they can
get a diploma in air-
craft management,
they could also get a job
at Jewar airport.
In the first phase of
the Jewar internation-
al airport, the state gov-
ernment acquired 3,300
acre of land. The air-
port is likely to be inau-
gurated by Prime Min-
ister Modi.
Yogi says compensation to
farmers after mutual consent
JEWAR AIRPORT
1ST SLENDER LORIS SANCTUARY
A slender loris sits on a tree. Tamil Nadu government has notified the country’s first
‘Kadavur Slender Loris Sanctuary’ covering 11,806 hectares in Karur and Dindigul districts
of the state. —PHOTO BY PTI
Yogi Adityanath interacts with
people as he visits flood-
affected areas of Balrampur
and Shravasti on Thursday.
—PHOTO BY PTI
Lucknow (ANI): A to-
tal of 6,436 unrecogniz-
ed madrasas have been
identified in the state so
far, and the survey has
been completed of 5,170
madrasas, said State
Minority Welfare Min-
ister Dharampal Singh
on Wednesday
.
Talking to ANI, Sin-
gh also said that the
time period for the sur-
vey of unrecognized
madrasas of the state
has been extended till
October 20. “The data of
the survey will be made
available to the govern-
ment by November 15,
2022, by the district
magistrate. The last
date has been extended
as some reports were
not received,” he said.
He said that survey
work should be com-
pleted at each level
within this stipulated
time period.
Once the survey is
conducted, it has also
been instructed to hand
over the report to the
Additional District
Magistrate (ADM) after
which ADM will pre-
sent the consolidated
statements to the Dis-
trict Magistrates (DMs).
Over 6K unrecognised UP
madrasas found in survey
FIR against UP cops after
BJP leader’s wife killed
First India Bureau
Dehradun: Uttara-
khand Police on Thurs-
day registered an FIR
against10UttarPradesh
policemen under at-
tempt to murder and
other sections of the
IPC, following a raid by
UP Police on Wednes-
day in which a local BJP
leader’s wife was killed.
The clash took place
in Bharatpur village
near Kashipur in Ud-
ham Singh Nagar dis-
trict. The policemen
had come from adjacent
Moradabad district
looking for Jafar, al-
leged to be a member of
a sand mining mafia.
Acting on a tip-off, a
Special Operations
Group (SOG) of
Thakurdwara police
station in Moradabad
district reached Bharat-
pur to raid the house of
BJP leader and Jaspur
senior block pramukh
Gurtaj Bhullar in
search of Jafar, UP Po-
lice said. When they
reached Bhullar’s
house, an argument
broke out. Both sides al-
legedly resorted to fir-
ing in which Bhullar’s
wife Gurpreet, who was
returning home from
work, was killed.
Late on Wednesday,
angry villagers protest-
ed and blocked the na-
tional highway
. “UP Po-
lice came here without
informing anyone. They
were not in uniform,
and were not carrying
ID cards. Raids are not
conducted this way.
They entered a house,
fired, and a woman lost
her life. This is wrong.
A case of murder has
been registered,” Nilesh
Anand Bharney, DIG,
Kumaon Range at
Bharatpur, said.
The govt notified
the Electoral
Bond Scheme on
January 2, 2018
UP POLICE VERSION
The UP Police received intimation that the wanted
mining mafia (Jafar) was trying to flee to Uttara-
khand. Acting on the tip-off, a team reached the spot
and started checking every vehicle on Surajnagar Road,
Jaspur Mod to nab Jafar,” a statement released by UP
Police said. “Jafar was spotted in a white SUV and after
seeing police, he opened fire at the police team in his
attempt to flee. Police official Deepak was shot in the
arm. The team started following the SUV, which entered
a village and Jafar and his companions took shelter
inside a house in Bharatpur village,” the statement
said. The team following the absconders entered the
house where they were attacked by Zafar unidenti-
fied persons who started firing at police. 2 cops Shiv
Kumar Rahul were shot in the leg. The accused
took police hostage and escaped, UP Police said.
Gurtej Bhullar with his wife Gurpreet Kaur.
Railways has decided
to introduce a freight
version of the semi-
high speed Vande
Bharat Express, the
first service of which
will be operated be-
tween the Delhi-NCR
and Mumbai regions.
Christened “Freight
EMU”, these trains
will serve as a super-
fast parcel service
aimed at capturing
high-value and time-
sensitive cargo con-
signments currently
being moved via other
forms of transport, ac-
cording to a letter from
the Railway Board to
general managers of
zonal railways on Oc-
tober 11.
Vande Bharat freight
trains have been de-
signed for palletised
container transporta-
tion at a speed of 160
km/hour. The 1,800-
mm wide rakes with
automatic sliding
doors would have pro-
visions to load reefer
containers for temper-
ature-sensitive cargo,
a pneumatically re-
tractable roller floor
system with locking
facility for easy han-
dling of pallets, and a
total payload of 264
tonnes.
Rlys to launch freight version of Vande Bharat Express
BETWEEN DELHI-NCR AND MUMBAI
Vande Bharat Express train arrives at Azadpur in New Delhi on
Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI
VANDE BHARAT TO BE
A GAME CHANGER,
SAYS VAISHNAW
The Vande Bharat Express
is a game changer for rail
development projects in
the country, Minister of
Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw
said on Thursday. Vaishnaw
said that railways is working
on a plan to fence railway
tracks. “Also, we are work-
ing to build elevated tracks
in dense populated areas.
In the coming 3 to 4 years
we will implement this plan
in many areas,” Vaishnaw
said, adding that PM Modi
has announced 75 Vande
Bharat Trains.

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Indo-Western Fashion is the amalgamation of
western fashion with traditional ethnic wear.
Styling at the top of trends, this fashion state-
ment is a beautiful mixture of two different
cultures and traditions and is commonly re-
ferred to as fusion fashion, which honours the
beauty of both Indian and Western cultures
while promoting innovation that transcends
geographical borders.
Many famous designers have been expertly
combining these two fashion cultures as west-
ern fashion becomes more well-liked and ac-
cepted in Indian society
.
This beautiful combination of modernity with
culture has made a special place in the Indian
Fashion World. Young gorgeous girls during the
festive season prefer to deck up in various
fusion avatars.
Combination of ethnic needlework
into clothing with a western aes-
thetic, like Rajasthani mirror
work and Punjabi phulkari.
Styles like Meenakari,
Kundan, Resham, and Zardozi
are perfect attires to wear in the
festive season. Fashion lovers prefer
wearing the shorter form of the kurta,
known as the ‘kurti,’ which is typically
worn with a pair of denim slacks or trousers.
Newer fusion fashion trends are emerging
throughout time, like modern bridal clothing
including lehengas worn with halter tops.
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in
The emergence of fusion fashion has revolutionised the Indian
Fashion industry. Women want the fusion of modern
Styles and vintage charm. City First brings to
you an overview of this dynamics fashion!
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