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Five police commissioners, ADGs, IGs
shuffled to strengthen law and order
‘MAHA’ IPS TRANSFERS IN MAHARASHTRA!
Sandeep Shukla
Mumbai: While the
law and order situa-
tion is getting a little
disturbed in the state,
the Maharashtra gov-
ernment, on Tuesday
evening, shuffled sen-
ior IPS officials.
According to the or-
ders, Mira Bhayandar
Police Commissioner
Sadanand Daate has
been transferred and
will now be the Addi-
tional Director Gener-
al of Police, Anti-Ter-
rorism Squad of the
state. Also Brihan-
mumbai Joint Com-
missioner of Police
Vishwas Nangre Patil
has been promoted
and has now been giv-
en the charge of Addi-
tional Director Gener-
al of Police, Anti-Cor-
ruption Department
of the state. Pune com-
missioner Amitabh
Gupta has been trans-
ferred and Retesh Ku-
mar will be the new
commissioner in his
place.
Furthermore, Spe-
cial Inspector General
of Police Milind Bhar-
ambe has now been
transferred as the Po-
lice Commissioner of
Navi Mumbai. Mean-
while, Joint Commis-
sioner of Traffic Po-
lice Rajvardhan has
been promoted and
posted as Additional
Director General of
Police, Security Cor-
poration. Vinay Ku-
mar Choubey will now
be the Police Commis-
sioner of Pimpri
Chinchwad while Am-
itabh Gupta will now
be Additional Director
General of Police Law
and Order.
Furthermore, Amra-
vati Commissioner
Aarti Singh has been
transferred as Addi-
tional Commissioner
in the Armed Police
while Navinchandra
Reddy will now be the
new Police Commis-
sioner of Amaravati.
Notably, Amravati MP
Navneet Rana had also
filed a complaint in
Parliament regarding
the transfer of Aarti
Singh.
Kartikey Dev Singh
New Delhi: With the nation
coming to know about the
clash between Indian and
Chinese army personnel in
yangtze of Tawang region
of Arunachal Pradesh, re-
actions have started pour-
ing in from the political
field and Shiv Sena MP San-
jay Raut too has expressed
his anger. Talking to the me-
dia in Delhi, he has ques-
tioned as to what is the De-
fense Minister of the coun-
try hiding?
“Till the assembly elec-
tions in Gujarat as well as in
the country, China was si-
lent. China has now entered
Tawang after Doklam. The
rulers of the country should
focus on weak borders in-
stead of focusing on poli-
tics, investigative system,
assembly, opposition par-
ties,” Raut said.
The Thackeray faction
leader said that an enemy
like China is entering from
all three sides. “If we pay at-
tention there, it will really
serve the country. Opposi-
tion parties will raise the
issue of national security in
both houses of Parliament.
Since the government is in-
volved in politics; China,
Pakistan and all other ene-
mies are attacking and the
government is not taking it
seriously
,” criticized Sanjay
Raut, adding,“It is clear
from the Tawang incident
that the PM and Defense
Minister have continuously
tried to hide something
from the country. The mat-
ter has come to light eight
days after the clash. There
is no way to know what is
the truth. How many of our
jawans have been injured,
or if some jawans been mar-
tyred.
Raut stressed that while
the excitement of winning
the elections in Gujarat was
going on, Chinese troops
were intruding into Ta-
wang. “It means you have
politicized and celebrated
the security of this country
.
If you want to see to what
level politics has reached,
then Tawang incident is un-
fortunate for the country,”
he said.
What is the Prime Minister hiding, questions Sanjay Raut
42 senior IPS
officers transferred
in state
❍ MAHARASHTRA POLITICAL CRISIS
Uddhav faction to seek adjudication
of cases by 7-judge bench on Jan 10
First India Bureau
New Delhi: On Tues-
day
, the Supreme Court
was apprised by the
Uddhav Thackeray
Shiv Sena faction that
it will seek reference
of cases related to the
Maharashtra political
crisis to a seven-judge
bench to have a relook
of a 2016 judgment on
powers of assembly
speakers to deal with
disqualification pleas.
In 2016, a five-judge
constitution bench,
while deciding the Na-
bam Rebia case, had
held that the assembly
speaker cannot pro-
ceed with a plea for dis-
qualification of MLAs
if a prior notice seek-
ing removal of the
speaker is pending de-
cision in the House.
This decision had
come to the rescue of
rebel MLAs led by
Eknath Shinde, now
the chief minister of
Maharashtra, in the
apex court on the
ground of pendency of
a notice for removal of
assembly deputy
speaker Narhari Sita-
ram Zariwal.
A five-judge consti-
tution bench headed by
Chief Justice D Y
Chandrachud, while
hearing a batch of
pleas related to the Ma-
harashtra political cri-
sis triggered by the
Shiv Sena’s division,
was told by senior ad-
vocate Kapil Sibal, ap-
pearing for the Thack-
eray faction, that he
will be seeking refer-
ence of matters to a
s e v e n - judge
b e n c h
to have
a re-
look of
the 2016
judgment
in the Na-
bam Re-
bia case.
S o -
licitor General Tushar
Mehta, appearing for
ernor, said he would
also like to submit a
note on broader issues
including the pre-poll
alliance.
Mumbai: While over
the past few months,
threat calls were being
received related to
bombs being planted at
various railways sta-
tions or public places in
Mumbai, on Tuesday, a
shocking revelation
was made when news
spread that now death
threat has been made to
Nationalist Congress
Party President Sharad
Pawar. It was revealed
that an unknown per-
son had made a call at
Pawar’s residence and
issued threats to kill
him. According to the
sources, the person
said, “Mumbai aaunga
aur desi katte se uda
dunga.”
Immediately
, the NCP
leader’s security team
lodged a complaint with
the Gamdevi police sta-
tion which initiated an
investigation into the
matter after registering
a case under section
294, 506(2) of the IPC.
NCP’s chief spokesper-
son Mahesh Tapase
said the caller appeared
to be mentally unstable,
who had been calling
Pawar’s residence at
regular intervals and
making such threats.
Meanwhile, taking
swift action in the mat-
ter, the Mumbai police
identified the caller and
arrested a forty five
year old male -Soni -
from Bihar’s Patna.
Sanjay Raut
Uddhav Thackeray
Sharad Pawar
❍ "Desi katte se goli mar dunga"
Pawar gets death
threats, 1 arrested
You have politicized
and celebrated the
security of this
country, he said
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NCP PRESIDENT
SHARAD PAWAR
RECEIVES DEATH
THREAT, 1 HELD
Mumbai: A man has been arrested from Bihar
for repeatedly making threat calls at NCP
president Sharad Pawar’s Mumbai residence,
police said. N Soni (45) told “Mumbai Aake
Desi Katte Se Uda Doonga,” said police official.
TEJASHWI YADAV
WILL LEAD IN
2025: CM NITISH
DROPS A BIG HINT
Bihar: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday
announced that his deputy Tejashwi Yadav would
lead the ruling coalition in the 2025 Bihar election,
designating him as his next-in-line and starting the
countdown on his own term as Chief Minister.
WINTER SESSION OF PARLIAMENT
India stands tall!
PLA troops tried to change status quo in
Arunachal Pradesh, India troops forced
them to retreat, says Rajnath Singh in Parliament
Proceedings in parliament were adjourned soon
after they began as the Opposition kept insisting
that the border clash issued be discussed at once P6
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: Defence
minister Rajanth Singh
on Tuesday said that the
Chinese troops unilater-
ally tried to change the
statuequoalongtheLine
of Actual Control(LAC)
inArunchalPradeshbut
Indian troops forces
them to retreat to their
side of the border. On
December 9 in Yangtse
area of Tawang sector,
the PLA troops en-
croached upon and at-
tempted to change status
quo. This attempt was
tackledbyourtroopsina
determinedmanner.Our
troops bravely stopped
the PLA from encroach-
ing upon our territory
and forced them to go
back to their post, he
saidinLS.Indiantroops
suffered no casualty or
serious injuries, Ra-
jnath said. This matter
has also been taken up
with China through dip-
lomatic channels. I want
to assure the House that
ourforcesarecommitted
to guard our borders and
ready to thwart any at-
tempt that will be made
to challenge it, the de-
fenceministersaidinhis
statement.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh delivers a statement in Lok Sabha on the India-China Line of Actual
Control (LAC) clash during the Winter Session of Parliament, in New Delhi on Tuesday. Also present
here are Anurag Singh Thakur, Pralhad Joshi, Dr Jitendra Singh, Arjun Ram Meghwal and others.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah speaks to the media in presence
of Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan, Piyush Goyal and others
after Parliament session in Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Oppn did not allow
Question Hour to run. I
condemn this act. Parl Affairs
Minister clearly said that the
Defence Minister will make a
statement on Tawang faceoff
in Parl, said Shah. “After
seeing question number
5 in question hour list, I
understood anxiety of Cong.
Question was for cancella-
tion of FCRA licence of Rajiv
Gandhi Foundation (RGF),”
he added. “If they would
have allowed I would have
answered that RGF grant
of `1.35 cr from Chinese
Embassy during 2005-2007,
which was not appropriate.
So as per rules, Home Minis-
try cancelled its registration.”
SHAH TURNS TABLES ON CONGRESS IN PARLIAMENT
The Indian Army bravely prevented
the PLA from encroaching on our
territory, and forced them to
withdraw to their posts. Some soldiers from
both sides were injured in the skirmish.
—Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister
Yangtse is
under my
assembly
constituency every
year I meet the Jawans
and villagers of the
area. It’s not 1962
anymore. If anyone
tries to transgress, our
brave soldiers will give
a befitting reply.
—Pema Khandu,
Arunachal Pradesh CM
IAF SCRAMBLED JETS 2-3 TIMES
OVER AIR VIOLATIONS BY CHINA
New Delhi: The Indian Air Force had to scramble its
fighters jets 2-3 times over last weeks to prevent air
violations by the Chinese drones along the LAC in
AP. IAF mobilizations happened before the clashes
between India and China troops last week.
CHINESE SPY VESSEL YANG WANG-5
LEAVES THE INDIAN OCEAN REGION
The Chinese scientific research vessel Yang Wang-5, which
had entered Indian Ocean Region (IOR) a few days back,
has now moved out of the area, Navy sources said on Tuesday
and noted that the vessel was being constantly monitored.
SC judge recuses
from hearing
Bilkis Bano’s plea
First India Bureau
New Delhi: SC Judge
Bela M Trivedi on Tues-
day recused herself
from hearing a plea filed
by Bilkis Bano, who was
gang-raped and seven
members of her family
killed during the 2002
Gujarat riots, challeng-
ingtheremissionof sen-
tence of 11 convicts in
the case by the state gov-
ernment. The top court
said that a new bench
will be constituted and
the matter will be taken
up thereafter.
z SC on Tuesday
granted anticipatory bail to
businessman Raj Kundra,
models Sherlyn Chopra
and Poonam Pandey and
one Umesh Kamat in a case
in which a FIR was filed
against them for creating
obscene content and show-
ing it on OTT platforms.
The bench said that all
must cooperate and join the
investigation as and when
required.
MAJOR
HAPPENINGS
l Congress MPs
demanded a statement
from PM Modi over
LAC situation
l Chinese foreign
ministry said situation
at border was
‘generally stable’
l IAF has increased the
frequency of the sorties
by its combat jets
l Air Force keeping
close watch on China
border in Eastern sectors
Bilkis Bano Bela M Trivedi

First India Bureau
Pune: Most shops and
businesses remained
closed in Pune city on
Tuesday morning in re-
sponse to a call for
‘bandh’ sounded by op-
position parties to pro-
test ‘insults’ against
Chhatrapati Shivaji Ma-
haraj and other iconic
leaders of the state.
While the ruling
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) has not supported
the bandh call, its Rajya
Sabha member Udayan-
raje Bhosale, who is a
descendant of Shivaji
Maharaj, joined a silent
march organized by the
protesters.
The march began
from Chhatrapati
Sambhaji Maharaj’s
statue and ended at the
Lal Mahal in the city
.
Shiv Sena leader Su-
shma Andhare also par-
ticipated in the march.
TheCongress,Nation-
alist Congress Party
(NCP), Shiv Sena - Ud-
dhav Balasaheb Thack-
eray
, Sambhaji Brigade
and some other outfits
supported the bandh.
The Agriculture Pro-
duce Market Committee
(APMC) in Pune also re-
mainedclosedontheday
.
A local traders’ body
has extended support to
thebandhbykeepingthe
shops closed till 3 pm.
Officials of the Pune
Mahanagar Parivahan
Mahamandal said that
most of its buses were
plying on the roads.
Only 10% of all buses
were pulled off the
roads, an official said.
The bandh call was
originally given to pro-
test Governor Bhagat
Singh Koshyari’s re-
marks on Shivaji.
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First India Bureau
Mumbai: Marathi au-
thor Anand Karandikar
on Tuesday announced
hisdecisiontoreturnhis
award in protest against
the state government’s
withdrawalof theaward
giventoMarathitransla-
tion of the memoir of
allegedMaoistideologue
Kobad Ghandy by au-
thor Anagha Lele.
Karandikar said the
government's move to
take back Lele’s award
of for the Marathi
translation of Ghandy’s
book is “absolute gag-
ging of freedom of
thoughts and freedom
of expression.”
“I have written to the
Maharashtra State Lit-
erature and Culture
Board informing them
that I want to return my
award and the money”
he said.
The government’s
Marathi Language De-
partment on December
06 announced the Late
Yashwantrao Chavan
Literature Award 2021
for Lele for her transla-
tion of Ghandy’s “Frac-
tured Freedom: A Pris-
on Memoir”. The deci-
sion came in for criti-
cism on social media
because of Ghandy’s
alleged Maoist links.
A Government Reso-
lution (order) issued on
Monday stated the deci-
sion of the selection
committee had been re-
versed for “administra-
tive reasons”, and the
award (for Lele), which
included a cash prize of
Rs1 lakh, has been with-
drawn. The committee
has also been scrapped,
the order added.
Karandikar, who has
beenselectedfortheLate
Yashwantrao Chavan
Literature Award 2021
under the “General Lit-
erature”categoryforhis
Marathi book “Vaich-
arik Ghusalan”, said,
“Though I do not agree
with Ghandy’s line of
thinking, he has the
right to express his
views in a democracy
.”
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Bombay
High Court on Tuesday
refused to grant urgent
hearing on former Ma-
harashtra minister
Nawab Malik’s bail plea
in a money laundering
case linked to a land
deal in which fugitive
gangster Dawood Ibra-
him and his aides were
involved.
The 62-year-old politi-
cianhadapproachedthe
HC after a special court
here rejected his bail
plea on November 30.
The single bench of
Justice MS Karnik de-
nied Malik’s request for
an urgent hearing on
his plea and directed
the Enforcement Direc-
torate (ED) to file its
response to the plea in
two weeks. The judge
adjourned the matter to
January 06.
As the matter was
called out on Tuesday,
Justice Karnik asked
Malik’s counsel Amit
Desai to first satisfy the
urgency for hearing the
matter. Desai then in-
formed the court about
the senior NCP leader’s
medical conditions.
Meanwhile, Malik on
Tuesday moved a plea
before a special court
seeking to extend his
hospitalization citing
his recent medical re-
ports.
Citing the recent
medical reports submit-
ted by the hospital be-
fore the court, Malik’s
lawyer sought exten-
sion of his hospitaliza-
tion. The court is likely
to hear the matter next
week.
The senior NCP lead-
er is in judicial custody
and currently undergo-
ing treatment at a pri-
vate hospital here.
First India Bureau
Pune: Hailing the peo-
ple of Pune for partici-
pating in the bandh
called over protest
against ‘insults’ to
Chhatrapati Shivaji
Maharaj, his descend-
ent MP Udayanraje
Bhosale thanked them.
The shut down re-
ceived a massive re-
sponse from people be-
longing to various reli-
gions as well as social
and political organiza-
tions on Tuesday. Hun-
dreds of activists took
part in a silent march
from Deccan to Lal Ma-
hal in Pune city
.
“Even as this love for
Shivaji continues to
grow, some people have
to explain what he con-
tributedtothecountry
.It
is time for us to insist
that the maharaja be
given due respect,” said
Udayanraje.
The MP also thanked
various organizations
for responding to the
Pune bandh. He also de-
manded that immediate
action be taken against
political leaders who
have“insulted”Chhatra-
pati Shivaji Maharaj.
Addressing media
persons on Tuesday,
Udayanraje said, “Love
for the great man of the
era, Chhatrapati Shiva-
ji Maharaj, is more than
ever today. When we
went to Raigad (for Ak-
rosh Morcha launch), I
really felt the pain. We
had decided on Raigad
because Shivaji Maha-
raj was once given the
greatest honour there.
People make statements
without reason. But, it
will not diminish Shiva-
ji Maharaj’s contribu-
tion to Maharashtra.
The time has come for
us to say that he should
be honoured.”
Bharatiya Janata
Party's (BJP) Rajya Sab-
ha member also de-
manded that the gov-
ernment take action
against Governor Bha-
gat Singh Koshyari and
BJP leader Sudhanshu
Trivedi as it had done in
Nupur Sharma’s case.
Udayanraje brings Pune to
standstill, thanks people
SUSHMA ANDHARE
GETS TROLLED
Referring to MP Bhosale as “raja” backfired on
Shiv Sena – Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray leader
Sushma Andhare as she was heavily trolled on
social media. “Udayanraje must have gone to Delhi
to resign immediately. We have great respect for
him. Maybe they (BJP) could not bear the humilia-
tion of the great man and went to resign. He is not
a king who controls a mob of ten thousand, rather
Udayanraje is a king of hearts,” she said.
Shops in Pune shut as people answer ‘bandh’ call
Says ‘time has
come to honour
Chhatrapati
Shivaji Maharaj’
amid positive
response to city
bandh on Tues
Govt green
lights various
projects at
cabinet meet
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The state
cabinet on Tuesday
held a meeting un-
der the chairman-
ship of Chief Min-
ister Eknath Shinde
to take crucial deci-
sions on various
projects.
It approved the
Jalyukt Shivar Ab-
hiyan 2.0, the flag-
ship water conser-
vation scheme of
the erstwhile Dev-
endra Fadnavis-led
NDA government
which was discon-
tinued when Ud-
dhav Thackeray-led
MVA dispensation
was in power post
2019.
Subsidies of
around Rs1,100
crore were also
granted to state-
run schools at the
meeting. Address-
ing media persons,
School Education
Minister Deepak
Kesarkar shared,
“The cabinet has
decided to grant
and increase the
subsidies by up to
20% to all schools
run by the state.”
Authorreturnsgovt
awardoverreversal
ofawardtowriter
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Shiv Sena
– Uddhav Balasaheb
Thackeray leader San-
jay Raut on Tuesday
fired salvos at Chief
Minister Eknath Shin-
de and Karnataka Chief
Minister Basavaraj
Bommai after their
brief meeting in Guja-
rat. Both leaders were
present for the Bharati-
ya Janata Party-led
states’ CM meeting held
by Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi in Gandhi-
nagar on Monday
.
While speaking at a
press meet, Raut alleged
that the border issue be-
tween Maharashtra and
Karnataka was resolved
intwominutesattheGu-
jarat meeting.
“Did the border issue
seem so low-level that
they talked about it for 2
minutes after a simple
swearing-in ceremony?
These leaders were
around the governor
(BhagatSinghKoshyari)
and the home minister
(Amit Shah) when the
ceremony was held in
themorning,”said Raut.
Commenting on
Shinde and Bommai
meeting in Gujarat,
Raut said, “The chief
ministers met on the
road to discuss the bor-
der issue. Is that a place
to resolve border is-
sues? The Maharashtra
CM should understand
that the Karnataka CM
is defaming our state.
People have been strug-
gling, fighting, and suf-
fering for 55-60 years
and you finish the mat-
ter in two minutes.”
Talking about the
bandh in Pune, the Ra-
jya Sabha MP said,
“There is a bandh in
Pune as the birthplace
of Chhatrapati Shivaji
Maharaj is in the dis-
trict. The Central gov-
ernment should take
note of it, along with
ernment and governor.”
Warning of a state-
wide bandh, Raut said,
“If the bandh spreads
across Maharashtra, the
whole state will gradu-
ally shut down”
On December 17, Shiv
Sena will march along
with Congress, Nation-
(NCP)—the entire
Maha Vikas Aghadi co-
alition, he added.
Raut blasts CM over border row ‘2-minute meet’
TRIVIAL PURSUIT?
CMs Shinde and Bommai met on the
sidelines of Gujarat CM Bhupendra
Patel’s swearing-in ceremony held at
Gandhinagar on Monday
HC refuses urgent hearing on Malik’s bail plea
ELGAR PARISHAD-MAOIST LINKS CASE: SC
EXTENDS HOUSE ARREST OF NAVLAKHA
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday
extended its interim order
placing social activist Gautam
Navlakha, accused of having links
to Maoists and Pakistan's spy
agency ISI, under house arrest
till the second week of January. A
bench of Justices KM Joseph and
BV Nagarathna passed the order
extending the social activist's
house arrest. The top court had
on November 18 ordered that
Navlakha be placed under house arrest “without fail”
within 24 hours and ordered some additional security
measures to be put in place at the building where the
activist will be kept under house arrest. Alleging that
Navlakha’s medical report issued by the Jaslok hospital
was “vitiated”, the National Investigation Agency had
said proper treatment was given to him whenever
required and his condition was manageable within the
premises of Taloja central jail.
First India Bureau
Patan: Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party (BJP) MLA
Nitesh Rane has strong-
ly condemned the act of
‘Love Jihad’. While ad-
dressing the Maha Ak-
rosh Morcha in Patan
on Tuesday, Rane urged
Hindus to take action
against it.
In his speech, Rane
said that if someone
looks at Hindu girls, he
will remove their eye-
balls and place them in
a museum.
“If such a big num-
ber of Hindus cannot
stop a handful of ‘jihad-
is’, how can we bow
down to Chhatrapati
Shivaji Maharaj?” Rane
asked.
He went on to say that
for many years, girls in
our society have been
subjected to injustice
and oppression. How-
ever, no action has been
taken by the police.
The BJP leader fur-
ther stated that as Hin-
dus, we should ask each
other why we are silent
on this issue and vow to
put an end to ‘Love Ji-
had’ in our state.
“All of us as a Hindu
community can never
get justice unless we
create fear in the
minds of those who
look at our society un-
fairly,” he asserted.
However, Rane’s re-
marks sparked a war
of words, with Nation-
(NCP) leader Ajit Pa-
war retorting that the
legislation is not made
on the desire of any-
one.
Rane condemns ‘Love
Jihad’ at Patan meet
BJP leader calls on
Hindu community to
take action and end
the practice
BMC school kids to
get skill devt training
Sandeep Shukla
Mumbai: Students of
schools run by Brihan-
mumbai Municipal
Corporation (BMC) are
set to receive skill devel-
opment training under
aneweducationscheme
approved by the state
government.
Chief Minister
Eknath Shinde signed
the pilot project agree-
ment in the presence of
Deputy Chief Minister
Devendra Fadnavis,
SchoolEducationMinis-
ter Deepak Kesarkar,
Skill Development Min-
ister Mangal Prabhat
Lodha on Tuesday along
with Skill Employment
Entrepreneurship De-
partment, Maharashtra
Skill Development Soci-
ety
, state Education De-
partment and BMC Edu-
cation Committee.
Around 42,000 stu-
dents above the age of
15 years will receive
skill development train-
ing in select schools in
the first phase. The
scheme will cover 41,
774 students of Class IX
and X across 249
schools. After gauging
initial success, 96,922
students of Class VI to
VIII will be covered.
Kobad Ghandy’s memoir was translated byAnagha Lele. —FILE PHOTO
BJP MP Udayanraje Bhosale —FILE PHOTO
Local traders kept shops closed on Tuesday. —ANI PHOTO
NCP leader Nawab Malik —FILE PHOTO
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut —FILE PHOTO
MONEY LAUNDERING CASE

MAHARASHTRA
03
VACCINATION
DRIVE IN THANE
FROM TOMORROW
Thane: A special Measles-
Rubella vaccination drive
will be conducted in Thane
district from December
15 to January 25, 2023, a
local health official said on
Tuesday. MR1 and MR2
vaccines will be adminis-
tered to children in the age
group of 9 months to 5
years. The officials aim to
vaccinate all children who
need immunization, before
January 26. To that end, a
survey of children needing
the vaccine is being con-
ducted in the entire district
with the help of Asha,
Anganwadi, and Health
Department workers. There
will be special focus on
kids with malnutrition.
ON ROLL WITHOUT
CLEARING EXAM,
CBI ARRESTS NINE
Nagpur: Nine Income Tax
employees, who joined the
department allegedly with-
out clearing the mandatory
recruitment examination
and instead made dummy
candidates write the test
on their behalf have been
arrested in Nagpur by the
Central Bureau of Investiga-
tion (CBI), said the central
agency on Tuesday. The
Anti-Corruption Bureau
(ACB) of the CBI arrested
the nine accused on Mon-
day, it said. In 2018, the CBI
ACB had registered a case
under relevant sections of
the Indian Penal Code (IPC)
and the Prevention of Cor-
ruption Act after allegations
over the matter surfaced.
COPS LAY TRAP, ARREST MAN WITH 20
RARE INDIAN STAR TORTOISES IN MUMBAI
Mumbai: A 33-year-old man has been arrested for alleg-
edly smuggling 20 rare Indian star tortoises in the western
suburb of Borivali here, police said. Acting on a tip-off,
the police laid a trap and nabbed the accused from Ganpat
Patil Nagar area on Monday, an official said.At least 20
Indian star tortoises, worth Rs 3.5 lakh, were seized from
the man, who had come to deliver the rare reptiles for sale,
he said. The accused has been arrested under relevant sec-
tions of the Wildlife Protection Act. A probe is also under-
way to track down source and customer of the tortoises.
2 NABBED FOR 6 BURGLARIES BETWEEN
FEB-SEPT, 200GM GOLD SEIZED: COPS
Navi Mumbai: Police on Tuesday arrested two men want-
ed for six burglaries committed over the past 10 months
from Nerul area of the city. Both have been identified as
Saurabh Yadav (24) and Taufiq Shaikh (24), both residents
of Mira Road in Mumbai. Officials have also seized 200gm
gold from them. “The suspects mostly operated during
the day, breaking into locked houses. They were part of
a gang of four who were involved in several instances of
theft,” said Assistant Sub-Inspector Sachin Dhage. They
were involved in six house breaks between February and
September this year.
CRUCIAL READ G20 MEETING
Police asks citizens to plan travel
accordingly as traffic snarls likely
First India Bureau
Mumbai: In view of the
G20 meetings being or-
ganized here, traffic in
Mumbai was reportedly
slow on Tuesday
. Police
had informed via an offi-
cial press note dated De-
cember 12 that the traffic
would be slow in certain
parts of city and asked
people to plan their jour-
neys accordingly
.
According to sources,
traffic was reportedly
slow between Vakola,
Kherwadi, and Bandra
Kurla Complex (BKC)
from 8.30 am to 10 am.
The police had also
suggested the citizens
plan their journey ac-
cordingly as the vehicu-
larmovementislikelyto
be slower from 5.30 pm
to 11 pm between BKC,
Kherwadi, Bandra, Wor-
li Sea link, Haji Ali, Ped-
der road, Bandstand,
Marine Drive, Air India,
Mantralaya,RegalJunc-
tion, Electric house, and
the Gateway of India.
“Due to a pre-sched-
uled programme of del-
egates of G20 India
Summit to Mumbai, to-
morrow on 13th Decem-
ber 2022, from 08:30 hrs
to 10:00 hrs between Va-
kola, Kherwadi, BKC
and from 17:30 hrs to
23:00 hrs between BKC,
Kherwadi, Bandra, Wor-
li Sea link, Haji ali, Ped-
der road, Bandstand,
Marine Drive, Air India,
Mantralaya,RegalJunc-
tion, Electric house,
Gateway of India traffic
is likely to be slow. All
citizens are requested to
plan their journey ac-
cordingly,” the Decem-
ber 12 press note of the
Mumbai Police read.
The first meeting of
the Development Work-
ing Group (DWG) under
India’sG20Presidencyis
scheduled to take place
in Mumbai from Decem-
ber 13 to December 16.
On Tuesday, traffic was reportedly slow between Vakola, Kherwadi, and
Bandra Kurla Complex; 1st meet of DWG from December 13-16 in Mumbai
Puneautostrike:Protestors
threaten to fast unto death
First India Bureau
Pune: After police
rounded up autorick-
shaw drivers who had
parked their vehicles on
the road in front of the
Pune RTO late on Mon-
day night, organizers
of the protest have now
threatened to fast unto
death,if thegovernment
does not fulfill their de-
mand of banning bike
taxis in the city
.
Pune police have reg-
istered a case
against 37 au-
t o r i c k s h aw
drivers for the
protest staged by
unions, said an of-
ficial on Tues-
day
.
P u n e
p o l i c e
under-
t o o k
f o r c i -
b l e
clear-
a n c e
of the road in front of
Pune RTO on Monday,
after hundreds of au-
torickshaw drivers
parked their vehicles
on the road and left for
home. This caused
heavy traffic jams on
the nearby routes.
Those who opposed
the removal of rick-
shaws were lathi
charged by police. Sev-
eral dozen autorick-
shaw drivers were de-
tained and taken to Bun-
dgarden police station.
“Additional police
forcewasusedtoremove
autorickshawsparkedin
the middle of the road.
An offence was regis-
teredunderrelevantsec-
tions of the IPC, Crimi-
nal Law Amendment
Act and Maharashtra
Police Act against 37
drivers,includingunion
leaders and office-bear-
ers,”saidanofficial.The
rickshaw drivers forum
‘Baghtoy Rickshaw
Wala’ headed
by Keshav Nanasaheb
Kshirsagar announced
that they will continue
the agitation after hav-
ing meeting with
Pune Collector Rajesh
Deshmukh.
“The police have
used force and have de-
tained many of our
workers. Three of us
will begin a fast unto
death until the bike taxi
is banned,”
Kshirsa-
gar told reporters after
the police action.
The autorickshaw
unions have demanded
that the ‘bike taxi’ ser-
vice, operated by Rapi-
do, an app-based aggre-
gator, be stopped in
Pune. Rapido Bike
Taxi is a plat-
form where peo-
ple can book a
bike ride on a
mobile app.
The bike taxi
transports cus-
tomers who
ride pillion be-
hind the bike
rider.
IN RESPONSE
Police lodge case against 37 drivers over ‘bike taxi’ ban demand demo
MACT grants `65.62 lakh
compensation to kin of
man killed in bike crash
First India Bureau
Thane: A compensa-
tion of Rs65.62 lakh
has been awarded to
the family of a man
killed in a motorcycle
accident in 2020 by The
MotorAccidentClaims
Tribunal (MACT) in
Thane district.
HM Bhosale, MACT
member directed the
owner of the offend-
ing vehicle and Na-
tional Insurance Com-
pany Ltd, to make pay-
ment jointly and sev-
erally to the claimants
along with interest at
8 per cent per annum
from the date of filing
of the claim.
The copy of the or-
der passed on Novem-
ber 16 was made avail-
able on Monday
.
Appearingforthepe-
titioners, advocate ST
Kadam informed the
tribunal that Sandesh
Shinde (35) was riding
a motorcycle to
Koparkhairane with
his friend on the night
of March18,2020,when
a trailer rammed into
the two-wheeler and
ran over the victim.
The victim was
working for a private
firm and earned
Rs32,655 per month.
He was also the only
earning member of
the family comprising
his wife, two sons and
his mother, he said.
While the owner of
the trailer did not ap-
pear and the matter
was decided ex-parte
against him, the in-
surance company was
represented by advo-
cate KV Poojari who
vehemently opposed
the claims.
The compensation
awarded to the claim-
ants includes Rs63.96
lakh towards depend-
ency loss, Rs16,500
each towards loss of
estate and funeral ex-
penses and Rs44,000
towards spousal con-
sortium, and Rs88,000
towards parental con-
sortium.
The victim
worked at a
private firm
and earned
`32,655 per
month; he is
survived by
4 fam members
Mumbai: Due to the poor air quality from the past
few days, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
(BMC) issued a set of guidelines to mitigate dust
pollution level in air ahead of the G-20 Summit.
The civic body has asked all the ward officers to
clean the roads on a regular basis. Also, guide-
lines have been issued to the assistant municipal
commissioners of 24 municipal wards for pausing
construction and waste disposal works for the next
10 days. In several locations across Mumbai where
the Air-Quality Index (AQI) stayed in the ‘poor’ or
‘very poor’ category, the civic officials have been
instructed to spray water at the traffic junctions and
on the roads that record heavy traffic movement.
BMC ISSUES NORMS; CONSTRUCTION
WORK HALTED FOR 10 DAYS
TRAFFIC ADVISORY
Power discoms oppose
Adani Elec’s entry into
Thane and Navi Mumbai
First India Bureau
Thane: The Maharash-
tra State Electricity
Workers Federation
(MSEWF), representing
30 organizations, organ-
ized a protest at Mahavi-
taran office in Wagle
EstateonMondayoppos-
ingtheallegedprivatiza-
tion of the state utility
and the entry of Adani
Electricity into Thane-
Navi Mumbai region.
Protests were also or-
ganized by the employ-
ees of Mahavitaran or
Maharashtra State Elec-
tricity Distribution
Company Limited, Ma-
harashtra State Power
Generation Company
Limited, and Maharash-
tra State Electricity
TransmissionCompany
Limited at Prakashgad
office in Bandra, Dhara-
vi and Vashi.
According to the Joint
Secretary of the federa-
tion Lileshwar Bansod,
this is just the beginning
and a series of activities
are lined
up from a pen-down
striketoamorchatoVid-
hanBhavaninNagpurto
an indefinite strike - in
the next one month.
“We will return the
mobilephoneSIMcards
given by the company,
and no phone calls will
be attended as part of
the non-cooperation
with the management,”
Bansod said. On Decem-
ber 19, the federation
has planned a pen-down
strike across the state.
The winter session of
the state legislature will
commence in Nagpur
on December 19, and the
federation has planned
a morcha to Vidhan
Bhavan on Decem-
ber 23. On Janu-
ary 04, the em-
ployees have
planned a 72-
hour strike, and
anindefinitestrike.
A series of
activities are
lined up from a
pen-down strike
to a morcha to
Vidhan Bhavan
in Nagpur to an
indefinite strike
Vidarbha team
captain Faiz
Fazal plays a
shot during the
first day of the
Ranji Trophy
match against
Railways at
Vidarbha
Cricket
Association
(VCA) Stadium
in Nagpur on
Tuesday. —
PHOTO BY PTI
CRICKET TALES
CRICKET TALES
Mumbai (PTI): The
Narcotics Control Bu-
reau’s (NCB) Mumbai
zonal unit has busted
an inter-state drug traf-
ficking racket by ar-
resting five persons
and seizing drugs
worth Rs15 lakh, an of-
ficial said on Tuesday
.
In a four-day opera-
tion, NCB sleuths con-
ducted raids at various
places in Mumbai,
Thane, and Navi Mum-
bai and seized more
than 1,400 Codeine
based Cough Syrup
(CBCS) bottles and
6,000 Nitrazepam tab-
lets from the posses-
sion of the five persons,
including a woman.
Notably, Nitrazepam
has sedative properties.
Initially, the NCB
had received input
about a syndicate oper-
ating from Dharavi,
which is involved in
the inter-state traffick-
ing of illicitly diverted
pharmaceutical drugs.
“During the investi-
gation,acouplebasedin
Koparkhairane in Navi
Mumbai was identified.
They are dealing in the
procurement and sup-
ply of drugs. 920 CBCS
bottleswereseizedfrom
their possession. They
used to procure drugs
from a person who was
later apprehended from
Sion in Mumbai,” an
NCB official said.
The person based in
Sion admitted to oper-
ating as a carrier cum
peddler and managing
the logistical support.
Officials conducted
raids at various places
in Mumbai, Thane,
and Navi Mumbai
MumNCBbustsinter-statedrugtraffickingring

PERSPECTIVE
04
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Even though I walk through the valley of the
shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with
me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
—Bible
Jagat Prakash Nadda @JPNadda
Paid his heartfelt tributes to all the
brave martyrs who laid down their lives
while fighting the terrorists to thwart
the terrorist attack on the Parliament
House on 13th December, 2001. The
country will always be indebted to
you for your supreme sacrifice in the
defense of the nation.
TOP TWEETS
Dharmendra Pradhan @dpradhanbjp
Today one year has been completed
for the inauguration of the grand
Kashi Vishwanath Dham. The
nectar period of faith, spirituality,
knowledge, science and research
has started in India under the
leadership of the Prime Minister @
narendramodi. Along with Kashi
Vishwanath Dham, other spiritual
heritage of India are also being rejuvenated.
A Winning World Cup Strategy for Arab World
MMAN — For
decades, the
Arab world has
suffered from
disunity. While
it is connected by geogra-
phy, language, and culture,
the region’s lack of cohe-
sion has long allowed for-
eign powers to plunder its
resources. The legacy of
colonial divide-and-rule
tactics remains pervasive,
and parochialism has pre-
vented Arabs from leverag-
ing their huge oil wealth
and relatively educated
populations. But the FIFA
World Cup has shown us
another way
.
Football has emerged as
a great unifier following a
string of unexpected vic-
tories for Arab countries.
In November, Saudi Ara-
bia beat Argentina, Tuni-
sia defeated France, and
Morocco routed Belgium.
Then, during the knock-
out stage, Morocco made
history by eliminating
both Spain and Portugal
to become the first Arab
country to secure a place
in the semifinals.
Morocco’s victories were
the result of a perfectly ex-
ecuted plan devised by
coach Walid Regragui, who
placed goalkeeper Yassine
Bounou at the center of the
team’s strategy
. Bounou re-
peatedly stymied Spain’s
attempts to score, and Mo-
rocco went on to eliminate
the team in penalty
shootouts. Nor could Por-
tugal’s attackers find a way
to beat Bounou, and Re-
gragui’s side pulled off a
stunning 1-0 win. “I’m try-
ing to think of when such
a shock as this has hap-
pened in the World Cup,”
one commentator told the
BBC. “Pinch me, I’m
dreaming,” Bounou said.
SOURCE: PROJECT SYNDICATE
A
Morocco’s success
in the tournament
has united Arabs
throughout the
Middle East and
North Africa behind
a common hope. Can
the team’s winning
strategies do
something similar for
the region’s politics?
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FIFA WORLD CUP
FOOTBALL ENSURES ‘YOU
WILL NEVER WALK ALONE’
or almost three weeks now,
some regions in India have
hadsleeplessnights…No…
not because of the Gujarat
or the Himachal Pradesh
Assembly elections. These
people have had nothing to
do with these polls (at least
remotely). They have been
staying awake for football’s
biggest extravaganza, the
FIFA World Cup 2022!Pri-
marily
, West Bengal, Kera-
la, Goa and the northeast-
ernstateshavebeenIndia’s
main “cheerleaders” for
the football world cup.
And for a month, there
has been a sharp divide
between people over sup-
porting several teams and
the main opposition has
come from the Argentina
and the Brazil camps. Ini-
tially, when Argentina
was defeated by Saudi
Arabia, the Brazil fans
had mocked the team (Ar-
gentina) and now when
they (Brazil) are out of the
tournament after Croatia
drubbing during the pen-
alties, Argentina fans are
grinning but keeping
their fingers crossed.
And mind you, all this
excitement albeit the fact
India may be 105th in
world ranking. The Indi-
an men’s national team
maintained their 105th
rank in the latest FIFA
men’s rankings released
(again) recently
.
There has also been a
sharp divide between the
cricket and football fans.
Understandably, Indian
cricket fans have had
nothing to cheer about
since mid-November as
far as cricket is concerned
and that is the time when
the FIFA World Cup start-
ed. Since November, Team
India have lost mostly eve-
rything they played. To be
precise, we lost the T20
World Cup (needless to
say how pathetically) and
we also lost the ODI series
to Bangladesh!
Our Men in Blue, of late,
has had the habit of wak-
ing up after the require-
ment it seems. In a non-
consequential third ODI
that was played for the re-
cord’s sake, Team India de-
feated Bangladesh but
handed over the trophy to
them! And for this entire
monththatisbetweenmid-
Novemberandmid-Decem-
ber, if you have had an en-
counter with an Argentine
fanandby“mistake”if you
have praised the OUR Men
in Blue, you have had it…
The sharp retort would
come in the following
manner… “Chhere din
dada, oi toh barota desh
khele, tar aabar World
Cup” (Just forget it broth-
er, only 12 countries play
cricket so what’s the big
deal about its World Cup).
Bengalis swear by foot-
ball even as the race’s big-
gest international sport-
ing icon, Sourav Ganguly,
has been a cricketer! Ben-
gali’s passion for the game
has been such that it sees
a Bengali-yana in all
teams. We may be 105th in
world ranking but note the
way Bengalis feel about
the Bengali-yana even in
the names of the following
players and the way these
names are pronounced.
FROM DENMARK
z Oliver Christen-sen,
Joachim Ander-sen, Andreas
Christen-sen, Rasmus Kristen-
sen, Jens Stryger Lar-sen
FROM BELGIUM
z Kevin-De, Romelu Lu-kaku
FROM ENGLAND
z Luke Shaw (pronounced
as Luke Saha…!)
z Bukayo Saka (Upbeat
Bengali fans also pronounce
Saka as Saha)
LAST BUT NOT
THE LEAST…
z Lionel Messi from Argen-
tina (whose name is pro-
nounced by the aam Bengali
in the following manner Lion
Mashi)
IF YOU THOUGHT
THAT THIS WAS
IT, READ ON…
z Ask any Bengali about
the description of the ball
used for the matches, the
type of surface of the play-
ing arena… etc 90 per cent
of them will give you near
perfect answers
z Football is indeed a
great game as far as its
“attachment” with Queen’s
language is concerned
z The game has given
several idioms etc to the
language… sample this
z Referee blows the
whistle… and the term that
has entered our parlance
WHISTLEBLOWER
z Kick-off, a football term is
widely used in our daily lives
z To be on the ball…
z And Shifting the Goal
post needs no explanation
This is a fun piece and
no-offence meant.
It is meant ONLY
for fun reading!
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
Bengalis swear by football
even as the race’s biggest
international sporting icon,
Sourav Ganguly, has been a
cricketer! Bengali’s passion
for the game has been such
that it sees a Bengali-yana
in all teams. We may be
105th in world ranking but
note the way Bengalis feel
about the Bengali-yana even
in the names of the following
players and the way these
names are pronounced
F
ROBIN ROY
The writer is Senior Journalist and
former Managing Editor, First India
z An Indian who spotted an
Argentinian with the Indian
tricolour wrapped around
her recently posted a video
clip that has now amassed
more than 7 lakh likes on
Instagram. Leti Estevez
was seen carrying the In-
dian national flag in a video
shared by Yadil M Iqbal, a
football fan from Kerala.
z According to reports, the
panchayat authorities had
directed fans to remove the
cut-outs of football icons to
ensure free flow of water.
But it was resolved soon
and the “football giants”
were not shifted. The FIFA
website (fifa.com) shared
pictures, bringing global
recognition, which was
acknowledged by Kerala
Chief Minister Pinarayi
Vijayan. He retweeted it
with the words, “Kerala
and Keralites have always
loved football and it is on
full display with Qatar 2022
around the corner. Thank
you, FIFA for acknowledg-
ing our unmatched passion
for the sport.”
z Malayali readers’ love for
Latin American literature is
also amazing, with writers
such as Gabriel Garcia
Marquez and Paulo Coelho
being almost considered
locals!
z Members of Goan Social
Workers Qatar (GSWQ),
a group formed by Goan
residents working in this
Gulf state, are hopeful that
“aamcho munees [our
man, in Konkani]” will help
Portugal go all the way.
Goa, a former Portuguese
colony, still has many
inhabitants, who speak the
language and follow their
customs and traditions.
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INDIA
New Delhi (PTI):
President Droupadi
Murmu, Vice-Presi-
dent and Rajya Sabha
Chairman Jagdeep
Dhankhar and Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Tuesday led
the nation in paying
tributes to those who
laid down their lives
during the 2001 Parlia-
ment terrorist attack.
Lok Sabha Speaker
Om Birla, former Con-
gress president Sonia
Gandhi and MPs across
the party lined up to
pay tributes to the mar-
tyrs of the 2001 Parlia-
ment terrorist attack.
Murmu said the na-
tion will always remain
grateful to the “valiant
martyrs” who laid
down their lives in the
2001 attack.
Leaders pay tribute to Parliament attack victims
2001 PARLIAMENT ATTACK ANNIVERSARY
CBI FILES CHARGE
SHEET AGAINST
EX-BARC CEO
ANKITA BHANDARI
MURDER: NEXT
HEARING ON 22
New Delhi: The CBI
has filed a charge sheet
against former BARC CEO
Sunil Lulla for allegedly
manipulating viewership
ratings of channels from
“his ends” during his ten-
ure in the ratings agency,
officials said Tuesday.
During the probe that was
started on a complaint
from a Lucknow-based
advertiser, the CBI did
not find any evidence of
alleged manipulation being
done at the customer level
by channels, they said.
Dehradun: A local court
here will on December 22,
hear an application by one
accused in Ankita Bhandari
Murder Case seeking
10 days time to give
consent for the Narco and
Polygraph tests. The police
said on Monday that out of
the three accused, one has
sought 10 days time for the
narco and polygraph tests.
The body of 19-year-old
Ankita, who worked as a
receptionist at a resort run
by Pulkit Arya, son of now
expelled BJP leader.
Varanasi: A Varanasi court deferred the hearing to Decem-
ber 22 of a plea seeking the filing of a case against Sama-
jwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav and All India Ma-
jlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi
for allegedly hurting religious sentiments of the people of
Kashi by making controversial remarks. The SP and AIMIM
chiefs made the alleged controversial remarks regarding
the Shivling-like structure found in the Gyanvapi mosque
compound during a court-ordered survey on May 16 this
year to December 22. The hearing was deferred due to the
condolence announced after the death of a senior lawyer.
New Delhi: SC Collegium recommended elevation of 5 HC
judges to SC. It recommended elevations of 3 CJs and 2
judges of HCs. Justice Pankaj Mithal, CJ
of Rajasthan HC, Justice Sanjay Karol,
CJ of Patna HC, Justice PV Sanjay
Kumar and CJ of Manipur HC were
the names recommended. Justice
Ahsanuddin Amanullah of Patna
HC and Justice Manoj Misra of
Allahabad HC were also recom-
mended.
COURT DEFERS TO DEC 22 HEARING PLEA
SEEKING CASE AGAINST AKHILESH,OWAISI
SC COLLEGIUM RECOMMENDED
ELEVATION OF 5 HC JUDGES
IN THE COURTYARD
VP Jagdeep Dhankhar, LS Speaker Om Birla, PM Narendra Modi,
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah and
others paying tributes to the martyrs, on Tuesday.—PHOTO BY PTI
BACKGROUND
21years ago on Dec 13,
LeT and JeM terrorists
attacked the Parliament com-
plex and opened fire. Their
attempt to storm Parliament
House was foiled by personnel
from Parliament Security Ser-
vice, CRPF and Delhi Police.
The attack victims included
five Delhi police personnel,
a woman CRPF trooper, two
Parliament watch and ward
staff and a gardener.
READY TO GUARD NEW PARLIAMENT IF
DIRECTED, SAY CRPF HEROES
New Delhi: It has been a ritual for CRPF sub-inspectors D
Santosh Kumar and Shyambir Singh to pay tributes to their
fallen comrades on December 13
every year but a gush of adrenaline
and emotions runs through them
as they remember the 2001 terror-
ist attack on Parliament. Both Ku-
mar and Singh, decorated with the
peacetime gallantry medal ‘Shaurya
Chakra’ for thwarting the attack,
say given a chance they will “love
to come back” for security of the new Parliament building. It
is expected that the Budget session of the Parliament, which
usually begins during the last week of January, will be held
in the new building, adjacent to the old structure.
New Delhi (ANI):
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi on Tuesday
invited people to share
their inputs for the up-
coming episode of
Mann ki Baat scheduled
for December 25, in-
formed the Prime Min-
ister’s Office.
The scheduled pod-
cast will be the last
‘Mann ki Baat’ of 2022
slated for December 25
at 11 am. Prime Minis-
ter Modi urged people
to write on the NaMo
App, and MyGov app or
record their messages
on 1800-11-7800.
Sharing MyGov’s in-
vitation, Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi
tweeted, “2022's last
#MannKiBaat will take
place on the 25th of this
month. I am eager to re-
ceive your input for the
programme. I urge you
App, MyGov or record
your message on 1800-
11-7800.”
Earlier on November
30, Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi during the
95th Edition of ‘Mann
Ki Baat’ said that “our
country is home to the
oldest traditions tradi-
tions in the world.
Therefore, it is also our
responsibility to pre-
serve our traditions
and traditional knowl-
edge, to promote it and
to take it forward as
much as possible.”
PM invites people to share inputs for 2022’s last Mann Ki Baat
New Delhi (PTI): PM
Narendra Modi will
participate in the inau-
gural function of birth
centenary celebrations
of Pramukh Swami
MaharajinAhmedabad
on Wednesday
, his office
said. It said Swami Ma-
haraj was a guide and
guru who touched
countless lives across
India and the world.
“He was widely re-
spected and admired as
a great spiritual leader.
His life was dedicated to
the service of spiritual-
ity and humanity
. As the
leader of BAPS Swami-
narayan Sanstha, he in-
spired countless cultur-
al, social and spiritual
initiatives, providing
comfort and care to mil-
lions,” it added.
In his birth cente-
nary
, people from across
the world are celebrat-
ing his life and work.
Theyear-longcelebra-
tions will culminate in
‘PramukhSwamiMaha-
raj Shatabdi Mahotsav’
that will be hosted by
BAPS Swaminarayan
Mandir, Shahibaug.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. —PHOTO BY ANI
2022’s last #Mann-
KiBaat will take
place on the 25th of
this month. I am ea-
ger to receive your
input for the pro-
gramme. I urge you
App, MyGov or re-
cord your message
on 1800-11-7800.
—Narendra Modi,
@narendramodi
PM Modi to participate in birth centenary
celebrations of Pramukh Swami Maharaj today
FORMER HP CM JAIRAM THAKUR TARGETS CONG GOVT
Shimla (ANI): Former
Himachal Pradesh CM
Jairam Thakur on
Tuesday slammed the
newly formed Congress
government in the state
and claimed that the
Congress was continu-
ing its custom of stop-
ping work and over-
turning the decisions
of BJP in the region
and said that starting
work with a sense of re-
venge is not good.
“Congress, continu-
ing its custom, started
the work of stopping
and overturning the de-
cisions of our govern-
ment, while the cabinet
has not even been
formed yet, but has
started working with a
sense of revenge. Start-
ing work with a sense
of revenge is not good,”
tweeted Thakur. He also
alleged that the current
government was ob-
structing the develop-
ment works in the state.
“School, college, hos-
pital, police station,
bridge, road, drinking
water scheme... the
work of hanging, ob-
structing and distract-
ing all these works has
started, for which the
public will never forgive
them. Starting work
with a sense of revenge
is not good,” he added.
His remarks came af-
ter the newly appointed
Himachal Pradesh CM
Sukhvinder Singh
Sukhu made numerous
announcements in the
first cabinet meeting.
‘WORKING WITH A SENSE
OF REVENGE ISN’T GOOD’
Jairam Thakur (R) with his successor Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu.
Congress, continuing its custom, started
the work of stopping and overturning
the decisions of our government, while
the cabinet has not even been formed yet, but has
started working with a sense of revenge. Starting
work with a sense of revenge is not good.
—Jairam Thakur, former chief minister, Himachal Pradesh
HIMACHAL CM SUKHU
PAYS COURTESY VISIT
TO GUV ARLEKAR
Shimla (ANI): After as-
suming the charge of the
Chief Minister of Himachal
Pradesh, Sukhvinder Singh
Sukhu paid a courtesy
call on Governor Rajendra
Vishwanath Arlekar at Raj
Bhavan, on Tuesday for the
first time. While congratu-
lating the Chief Minister, the
Governor hoped that under
his leadership Himachal
Pradesh would achieve new
heights of development. I
have seen the performance
of Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu
in Vidhan Sabha. He is a
visionary leader and I hope,
his team will perform all the
administrative work smooth-
ly, said Arlekar. The Chief
Minister said that he would
seek the guidance of the
Governor to take Himachal
Pradesh forward on the path
of development.
Guwahati (ANI): The
All India United Demo-
cratic Front (AIUDF) on
Tuesday proposed form-
ing a grand alliance of
all the “an-
ti-BJP polit-
ical par-
ties” at a
n a t i o n a l
level to fight
against Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party (BJP) in 2024
Lok Sabha elections.
AIUDF MLA Aminul
Islam said that if peo-
ple want to change the
BJP government at the
Centre with a secular
government then it is
imperative to form a
grand alliance of all
secular parties at the
national level. “So, if a
grand alliance is
formed against BJP at
the national level, there
can be Congress or AI-
UDF. But, if both the
parties joined the grand
alliance, it would be not
only Assam based, but
the one at a national
level,” Aminul Islam
said in a conversation
with ANI.
Patna (PTI): Bihar CM
Nitish Kumar on Tues-
day dropped hints that
he was looking forward
to passing on the man-
tle to his
young dep-
uty Tejash-
wi Yadav,
l e a d e r s
e m e r g i n g
from a meeting of legis-
lators of the ruling ‘Ma-
hagathbandhan’ said.
The JD(U) supremo,
once again, ruled him-
self out as a prime min-
isterial candidate for
the next Lok Sabha
polls even as he main-
tained that a “united
opposition” could de-
feat the Narendra Modi-
led BJP in 2024.
“The CM pointed to-
wards Tejashwi ji and
said he is the leader of
the future, under whose
leadership the 2025 as-
sembly polls in the state
would be fought,” said
Mahboob Alam, the leg-
islature party leader of
CPI(ML) Liberation
which supports the govt
from outside.
Damoh (ANI): Con-
gress leader and former
minister Raja Pateria
was on Tuesday de-
tained by the Panna Po-
lice from his residence,
in connection with his
alleged “kill Modi” re-
marks.
A First Information
Report (FIR) was regis-
tered on Monday after-
noon at Pawai police
station in Panna dis-
trict against the Con-
gress leader and former
state minister for mak-
ing remarks against the
prime minister. Pateria
has been booked under
sections 451, 504, 505 (1)
(b), 505 (1)(C), 506, 153-B
(1)(C) of the IPC. He
was detained from his
residence in Hatta of
Damoh district early
this morning.
State Home Minister
Narottam Mishra on
Monday ordered filing a
FIR against the Con-
gress leader.
Hyderabad (ANI): Tel-
angana BJP spokesper-
son NV Subhash took a
sharp dig at the upcom-
ing Delhi office inaugu-
ration of K Chan-
drasekhar Rao’s Bharat
Rashtra Samithi party
onTuesdayandsaidBRS
is nothing more than “a
rehabilitationshelterfor
those politicians who
have been abandoned or
sidelinedbytheirrespec-
tive parties”.
Days after the Elec-
tion Commission’s nod
for a change of name of
the erstwhile Telanga-
na Rashtra Samithi
party, Telangana Chief
Minister and BRS su-
premo KCR will inau-
gurate the party's na-
tional headquarters in
Delhi on Wednesday.
Ridiculing KCR’s new
office space and a new
name for the party, Sub-
hash said, “A stage is
set to provide employ-
ment to some leaders by
K Chandrasekhar Rao
in his new political out-
fit at Delhi tomorrow.”
Thiruvananthapuram
(PTI): The Kerala As-
sembly proceedings on
Tuesday saw high dra-
ma as it passed the bill
to replace the Governor
as the Chancellor of
universities in the State
and appoint eminent
academicians in the top
post, while the opposi-
tion UDF boycotted the
House over non-accept-
ance of its suggestions
regarding the bill.
“The University
Laws (Amendment) Bill
is passed,” Speaker AN
Shamseer said on
Tuesday
.
The bill, which had
undergone scrutiny by
a Subject Committee of
the House, was passed
after hours long discus-
sions during which the
Congress-led UDF said
it was not opposed to
the removal of the Gov-
ernor as Chancellor.
“Grand alliance
at national level
must to defeat
BJP in 2024”
Nitish may
pass on mantle
to Tejashwi;
drops hints
BRS is rehabilitation
shelter for abandoned
netas: NV Subhash
KAVITHA IS TRYING
TO WHIP UP WOMEN’S
SENTIMENTS: REDDY
MP CONG ISSUES
SHOW CAUSE NOTICE
AGAINST PATERIA
Hyderabad (ANI): A new po-
litical fracas came to the fore
on Tuesday as BJP Spokes-
person Rachana Reddy
slammed TRS MLC K Kavitha
and said that
the latter was
trying to gath-
er women’s
support a
day after her
interrogation
by the investigative agency
for her alleged involvement
in the liquor scam. “The BJP
has always respected the rule
of law, equal protection of
law and equality before the
law. The matter of Kavitha’s
role in the liquor scam is
under investigation. We will
not comment on it. Kavitha
is speaking a day after her
interrogation and suddenly
reconvenes Jagruti,” Racha-
na Reddy added.
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh
Congress on Tuesday issued a
show cause notice to its party
leader Raja Pateria for using
objectionable and condem-
nable words for PM Narendra
Modi while addressing a
meeting. According to the
notice, the party asked him to
reply within three days as to
why he should not be expelled
from the party. Pateria was
heard saying on Sunday, “PM
Modi will end elections, divide
people on the basis of religion
and Dalits face the biggest
threat under his regime. You
should be ready to carry out
‘Modi ki hatya’ if you want to
save the Constitution”.
Kerala govt’s nod to Bill to
remove Guv as Chancellor
MP Cong leader Pateria detained
‘KILL MODI’ REMARKS
Raja Pateria under police detention on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI

06
INDIA
New Delhi (Agencies):
It is that time of the
year again, because the
mini-auction for the
2023 season of the Indi-
an Premier League will
take place on December
23 at the city of Kochi,
Kerala. Till now, the
time of the auction was
not known, but the
BCCI have aofficially
announced that the
mega event will begin
from 2.30 pm on that day
.
As many as 405 play-
ers will be up for auc-
tion, out of which 273
are Indians and 132 are
overseas players. The
teams will have a total
of 87 slots to fill in the
upcoming auction, out
of which 30 are reserved
for overseas players.
Out of the 273 overseas
players, four are from
associate nations. A to-
talof 282uncappedplay-
ers from across the
globe will be up for auc-
tion. A total of 991 play-
ers registered them-
selves initially for the
auction. However, the 10
teams at first shortlist-
ed 369 players that
would be put for sale in
the auction. The teams
then later requrested an
addition 36 cricketers to
be added to the final
shortlist. A total of 19
overseas players will
have the highest base
price of Rs 2 crore. 11
players then fall under
the bracket of a base
price of Rs 1.5 crore. 20
players, including the
Indian batsmen Manish
Pandey and Mayank
Agarwal will go for a
base price of Rs 1 crore.
Manish Pandey was re-
leased by the Lucknow
Super Giants, while Ma-
yank Agarwal, who cap-
tained the Punjab Kings
in the last IPL edition
was also released by the
franchise.
Over 400 cricket players to go under hammer on December 23
IPL 2023 MINI-AUCTION
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Rajya Sab-
ha Deputy Chairman
Harivansh Narayan Sin-
gh on Tuesday refused
permission to opposi-
tion MPs to seek clarifi-
cationonDefenceMinis-
ter Rajnath Singh’s
statement on the clash
between Indian and Chi-
nese troops in Arunchal
Pradesh, saying clarifi-
cations are not allowed
on sensitive issues.
The Opposition par-
ties led by the Congress,
which stalled proceed-
ings in the first hour of
the session and thereaf-
ter raised slogans de-
manding a discussion
on the border clashes,
wanted to seek a num-
ber of clarifications af-
ter Singh made a state-
ment in both houses of
Parliament. Harivansh
Narayan Singh, howev-
er cited four prece-
dents to say queries
cannot be allowed on
sensitive issues.
Opposition members,
however, were not satis-
fied and continued to
raise the issue for some-
time, before the Con-
gress led them to stage
a walkout of the House.
Rajya Sabha proce-
dures allow MPs to seek
clarifications on any
statement by ministers.
The deputy chair-
man said the House will
appreciate the valour
and bravery of the In-
dian armed forces and
their commitment to
protect territorial in-
tegrity of the country
.
WINTER SESSION OF PARLIAMENT
Will support India’s G20
Presidency,systemic
challenges: G7 countries
Washington (PTI):
Leaders of G7 countries
have backed India’s G20
presidency and pledged
to jointly address major
systemic challenges
and immediate crises
while reiterating com-
mitments towards an
equitable world.
India formally as-
sumed the G20 Presi-
dency on December 1.
The next G20 Leaders’
Summit at the level of
Heads of State/Govern-
ment is scheduled to be
held on September 9
and 10 in New Delhi.
PM Narendra Modi
said India will work to
further promote one-
ness, inspired by the
theme of “One Earth,
One Family, One Fu-
ture” and listed terror-
ism, climate change
and the pandemic as
the greatest challenges
that can be best fought
together.
In a joint statement,
the leaders of the G7
countries said they en-
dorse a sustainable fu-
ture for all. “Under the
German Presidency
, we,
the G7, together with
other international
partners, have demon-
strated our resolve to
jointly address both ma-
jor systemic challenges
and immediate crises of
our time,” the grouping
said in the statement.
GoC Gosain, DGP
discuss security
situation in JK
Jammu (PTI): General
Officer Commanding
(GoC)of 26InfantryDivi-
sion Major General
Neeraj Gosain on Tues-
daycalledonDGPDilbag
Singh and discussed the
securityscenarioinJam-
mu and its peripheries.
The GOC, who met
the DGP at the police
headquarters here, dis-
cussed in detail the
countermeasures being
taken to foil the new de-
signs adopted by Paki-
stan that include drop-
ping of arms, ammuni-
tion and drugs through
drones to disrupt the
prevailing peace in
JK. The DGP appreci-
ated the bond between
the Army, police and
paramilitary forces,
which, he said, has con-
tributed immensely in
wiping out the ill inten-
tions of Pakistan and
its terror associates.
JK: IED DETECTED,
DIFFUSED BY
SECURITY FORCES
Sopore (ANI): Around three
kilogram of Improvised Ex-
plosive Device (IED) found
along state highway was
diffused by security forces
in Tulibal area of Sopore
on Tuesday. The Army in a
statement said, “In the wee
hours of the morning to-
day, 2-3 KGs of improvised
explosive device (IED) was
detected by security forces
of Uplona Rashtriya Rifles
in Tulibal area alongside
state highway at around
0630 hours.”
TAMIL NADU MAN
KILLS 5 FAMILY
MEMBERS, SELF
Tiruvannamalai (PTI): A
man allegedly killed his wife
and four children, including
two teenage daughters and
ended his life at his house in
Chengam taluk in the district.
Another daughter, aged
about 9, who was admitted
to the government hospital
here with cut injuries initially,
has been referred to the Gov-
ernment Hospital in Chennai
for advanced treatment. The
man, identified as Palanis-
amy, 45, was a labourer from
Oranthavadi village.
GANGSTER’S PROPERTY ATTACHED IN
UTTAR PRADESH’S PRATAPGARH DISTRICT
Amethi (PTI): The Amethi administration on Tuesday at-
tached properties worth Rs 78 lakh belonging to gangster
Bhimsen alias Raju following a local court order on De-
cember 5. Sub Divisional Magistrate (Amethi tehsil) Priti
Tiwari said the property at a village in Antu police station
limits of Pratapgarh district was attached on Tuesday.
A brick kiln in the name of Bhimsen’s wife was also
sealed and a notice pasted stating that the property was
acquired using money earned from crime, she added.
SURAT MAN HELD ON CHARGES OF SPYING
FOR PAKISTANI INTELLIGENCE AGENCY ISI
New Delhi (PTI): The Gujarat Police on Tuesday appre-
hended a 33-year-old man from Surat on charges of
spying and allegedly working for Pakistani intelligence
agency ISI, official sources said. Deepak Kishor Bhai
Salunkhe was arrested by crime branch sleuths from
the diamond city, acting on inputs provided by the
Military Intelligence from the Pune-based southern army
command, they said. The man, a resident of Bhuvneswari
Nagar in Surat, used to run a shop.
CRUCIAL READ
Airlines told to deploy more manpower
New Delhi (PTI): Amid
congestion at airports,
theCivilAviationMinis-
try on Tuesday asked
airlines to deploy ade-
quate manpower at all
check-in and baggage
drop counters to ensure
passengers’smoothflow.
Besides, the ministry
has requested the
scheduled airlines to
place real time data on
their social media feeds
regarding waiting time
at respective airports’
entry gates.
The latest communi-
cation comes against
the backdrop of rising
passenger complaints
of long waiting hours at
Delhi airport where the
authorities have taken
various measures to
ease the congestion.
As per the ministry
, it
has come to the notice
that the airline check-in
counters at certain air-
ports are found un-
manned or inadequate-
ly manned during early
morning hours leading
to congestion at the air-
ports, thereby causing
inconvenience to the
passengers.
Naval chief on Lanka visit
to strengthen bilateral ties
Colombo (PTI): Indian
Navy chief Admiral R
Hari Kumar arrived
here on Tuesday to
strengthen the existing
bilateral maritime rela-
tions between India and
Sri Lanka and enhance
capacity-building initi-
atives towards ensuring
peace in the region.
Earlier in the day, in-
digenous INS Sahyadri,
a multi-role missile
frigate of the Indian
Navy, also made a port
call at Colombo to com-
plement the visit of the
Chief of Naval Staff
(CNS), according to a
press statement.
The ship would en-
gage in training en-
gagements with the Sri
Lankan Navy and par-
ticipate in Maritime
Partnership Exercises
with it.
PARL PANEL TO
TAKE UP AIRPORT
ISSUE WITH DIAL
New Delhi: A Parliamen-
tary panel will take up
issue of congestion at
Delhi airport with CEO
of airport operator DIAL
on December 15 amid
passengers facing long
waiting hours, according
to the committee’s Chair-
man Vijayasai Reddy.
The Department-related
Parliamentary Standing
Committee on Transport,
Tourism and Culture will
be holding the meeting
with the DIAL CEO.
Admiral R Hari Kumar met with
V Adm N Ulugetenne. Crowd at T3 IGI Airport departure, in New Delhi, on Tuesday.
RS Dy Chairman Harivansh. Opposition leaders walkout from Rajya Sabha after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s address.
Move for monetisation
of Rly stations dropped
New Delhi (PTI): The
railways ministry has
dropped its proposal
for monetisation of
stations on public-pri-
vate partnership
mode, and projects are
now being taken up
under engineering,
procurement and con-
struction (EPC) mode,
a source said.
The source said that
the ministry of rail-
ways has been asked
to expedite monetisa-
tion of other assets,
including trains, good-
sheds, hill rail, stadi-
ums, railway colonies
and railway land par-
cels among others.
“Largest asset class
(stations) dropped.
Stations earlier pro-
posed on PPP mode
are now being taken
up under EPC mode,”
the source said.
The ministry has so
far raised only Rs
1,829 crore against the
target of Rs 30,000
crore in the current
financial year, the
source added.
“Likely realisation
from asset monetisa-
tionof IndianRailways
assets under NMP (Na-
tional Monetisation
Pipeline)inthecurrent
fiscal has been now es-
timated at Rs 4,999
crore,” the source said.
Finance minister
Nirmala Sitharaman
in a meeting with Niti
Aayog CEO Para-
meswaran Iyer on No-
vember 14 reviewed
the progress of NMP
implementation.
Earlierthisyear,the
then NITI Aayog CEO
Amitabh Kant had
said the government’s
plan to monetise rail-
way assets by allowing
private players to run
trains did not attract
enough investors due
tolackof properstruc-
turing and the rail-
way ministry is look-
ing at it afresh.
CLARIFICATIONSNOTALLOWEDON
SENSITIVEISSUES:RSDYCHAIRMAN
We were told by the Leader
of the House and Deputy
Rajya Sabha Chairman
that we would be given a chance for
clarification but they did not give it
and were not ready to listen to us.
This is not good for the country.
—Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress Chief
It is unfortunate that we are
not able to maintain good
relations with our neigh-
bours. Everyone knows about our
relations with Pakistan but even
with China we are not able to estab-
lish good relations.
—Omar Abdullah, former JK CM
Some people keep questioning
our Army, armed forces and
para-military forces their
capabilities; for them, politics comes
before nation, so I don’t want to com-
ment on them.
—Pushkar Singh Dhami, Uttarakhand CM
MHA: NOT MULLING TO BRING CRIMES
OF CASTE TERRORISM IN NIA’S PURVIEW
BULK OF ILLICIT DRUGS BEING SMUGGLED
INTO INDIA THROUGH SEA ROUTE: FM
NO INCREASE IN CUSTODIAL DEATHS
IN KERALA IN 2018-19: MoS RAI IN LS
GOVT: FCRA LICENCE
OF 1,811 NGOs
CANCELLED IN 3 YRS
23 MONKEYPOX
CASES REPORTED
TILL DEC 8: GOVT
New Delhi (PTI): The
FCRA registration of
1,811 NGOs were can-
celled between 2019-21
for alleged violation
of law, MoS (Home)
Nityanand Rai said in Lok
Sabha on Tuesday. “Dur-
ing the last three years i.e.
2019 to 2021, the FCRA
registration certificates of
1,811 associations have
been cancelled under
section 14 of The Foreign
Contribution (Regulation)
Act, 2010 (FCRA, 2010)
due to violation of provi-
sions of the FCRA, 2010,”
he said in a written reply.
New Delhi (PTI): A total
of 23 confirmed cases of
Monkeypox have been
reported in India till De-
cember 8 this year, MoS
(Health) Bharati Pravin Pa-
war told the Rajya Sabha
on Tuesday. In response to
a question on the present
status of COVID-19 cases
in the country, Pawar
said the trajectory of the
cases is witnessing a slow
and sustained decline
since mid-July 2022. As
on December 8, a total
of 4,244 active cases of
COVID-19 are reported in
the country.
New Delhi (ANI): The
Ministry of Home Af-
fairs (MHA) on Tuesday
made it clear in the Lok
Sabha that there was
“no proposal” under its
consideration for bringing
crimes of caste terror-
ism under the purview of
NIA.MoS (Home Affairs)
Nityanand Rai replied to
the query of a member of
the Lower House D Ra-
vikumar when he asked:
“whether the government
has any proposal to bring
crimes of caste terror-
ism under the purview
of National Investigation
Agency (NIA), if so, the
details thereof and if not,
the reasons therefor”.
New Delhi (PTI): Finance
Minister Nirmala Sithara-
man on Tuesday said a
significant portion of drugs
like heroin, cocaine, and
hashish are being smug-
gled into the country
through sea route. In a
written reply to a ques-
tion in Rajya Sabha, she
said as per inputs received
from NCB, the main drugs
smuggled through the sea
route are heroin, cocaine,
hashish and Amphetamine
type Stimulants (ATS). “The
percentage of these drugs
smuggled through sea
route vis a vis total seizures
is significant, though their
percentage varies from year
to year,” she said.
New Delhi (ANI):
According to data
furnished by the
National Human Rights
Commission (NHRC),
no increase in custo-
dial deaths in Kerala
has been noticed in
2018-19, MoS (Home
Affairs) Nityanand
Rai informed the Lok
Sabha on Tuesday.
The minister replied in
writing to a query of
Congress MP Kumba-
kudi Sudhakaran on
“whether the govern-
ment has taken note
that custodial deaths in
Kerala have increased
by 100 per cent in
2018-19, as per the re-
cords of NHRC”. Asked
whether the govern-
ment has taken note of
the recent incidents of
police brutality and hu-
man rights violations in
Kerala, Rai said, “Police
and Public Order are
state subjects as per
the Seventh Schedule
to the Constitution of
India.”“It is primarily
the responsibility of
the state government
concerned to ensure
protection of human
rights of the citizens,”
Rai added.

07
Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 54,534.00 8.00 0.01 (Per 10g)
SILVER 68,267.00 82.00 0.12 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 82.87 0.36 0.43
GBPINR 101.63 0.31 0.31
CURRENCIES
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi: Sovereign
Green Bonds are likely to
be issued during the Jan-
uary-March period of the
current fiscal. The objec-
tive of Sovereign Green
Bonds is to mobilize re-
sources for green infra-
structure as part of the
government’s overall
market borrowings in
2022-23. The framework
for these bonds has been
brought out. The bonds
are likely to be issued
from January to March
2023. The proceeds will
be deployed in public sec-
tor projects which help in
reducing carbon intensity
of the economy. —PTI
GOVT LIKELY TO
ISSUE GREEN BONDS
IN JAN-MARCH QTR
New Delhi: Urea produc-
tion stood at 187.21 lakh
tonnes during April-No-
vember period of this fis-
cal, while imports were at
46.14 lakh tonnes to meet
domestic demand. As per
the data, urea production
stood at 250.72 lakh
tonnes in the 2021-22 fis-
cal as against 246.05 lakh
tonnes in 2020-21 and
244.58 lakh tonnes in the
2019-20 financial year.
Urea imports stood at
91.36 lakh tonnes in the
last fiscal, 98.28 lakh
tonnes in 2020-21 and
91.23 lakh tonnes in
2019-20. —PTI
INDIA IMPORTS
46.14 LAKH TONNES
OF UREA IN APR-NOV
New Delhi: Gold price fell
`8 to `54,534 per 10
grams in the national cap-
ital on Tuesday amid a fall
in prices of precious met-
al in overseas market, ac-
cording to HDFC Securi-
ties. In the previous trade,
the yellow metal had set-
tled at `54,542 per 10
grams. Silver, however,
jumped `82 per kg to
`68,267 per kilogram. In
the international market,
gold was quoting lower at
$1,787.80 per ounce
while silver was up at
$23.48 per ounce. —PTI
GOLD FALLS BY `8;
SILVER PRICE SEES
A JUMP OF `82
New Delhi: Vedanta
Group on Tuesday said
that it has signed pacts
with 30 Japanese technol-
ogy companies to develop
an Indian semiconductor
and glass display manu-
facturing ecosystem. The
pacts were signed at the
Vedanta-Avanstrate Busi-
ness Partners Summit
2022 held last week at To-
kyo, Japan. The company
is committed to make In-
dia a hub for electronics
mfg. It is focussed on
taking the lead in creating
the electronics industry
ecosystem rather than
just tech transfers. —PTI
VEDANTA INKS
PACTS WITH 30
JAPANESE FIRMS
*Rates till the edition went to print.
NCLAT ALLOWS
SETTLEMENT BETWEEN
MCDONALD’S BAKSHI
New Delhi: The NCLAT on
Tuesday allowed US food major
McDonald’s and its former
estranged
Indian partner
Vikram Bakshi
to withdraw
their petitions
filed against each other over
Connaught Plaza Restaurants
Ltd. The appellate tribunal also
dismissed the intervention ap-
plication filed by HUDCO earlier
opposing the deal. CPRL (Con-
naught Plaza Restaurants Ltd) is
now wholly-owned by McDon-
ald’s after its estranged partner
Vikram Bakshi transferred his
share in the joint venture to the
US-based firm. —PTI
AIPEF SEEKS 3 MONTHS
TIME ON ELECTRICITY
AMENDMENT BILL 2022
New Delhi: The All India Power
Engineers Federation (AIPEF)
has sought a three-month time
from the
government to
comment on
the Electricity
(Amendment)
Bill 2022. In this regard, the
body said it has written a letter
to the Standing Committee on
Energy. The government’s deci-
sion to invite comments from
stakeholders on the Electricity
(Amendment) Bill 2022 is a
welcoming step, AIPEF said in a
statement. “AIPEF has request-
ed the Standing Committee on
Energy on Monday to give a
three months time.” —PTI
OTHER STORIES
PLI SCHEME QUALIFIERS, STEEL MINISTRY TO INK
PACTS TO MATERIALISE INVESTMENT PROPOSALS
New Delhi: Qualifiers of PLI scheme for specialty steel will soon
sign agreements with the steel ministry to take their investment
proposals forward. The selected players
have already been sent letter of approv-
als post selection in the scheme, a sen-
ior steel ministry official said. On Friday,
the government announced selection of
67 entries with an investment potential
of `42,500 crore under the scheme. The
proposed investments are expected to generate 70,000 job
opportunities and add 26 million tonnes of speciality steel capacity
in the country. —PTI
FIRST TO DO SO
Indiatoholdsatellite
spectrumauction
New Delhi (PTI): India
will be the first country to
auction spectrum for satel-
lite communication, and it
should be designed to at-
tract investments in the
sector, telecom regulator
Trai chairman PD Vaghela
said on Tuesday
.
Vaghela said the Tele-
com Regulatory Authority
of India (Trai) will soon
make recommendations to
make permissions re-
quired for satellite commu-
nication from various min-
istries — Information and
Broadcasting, Space and
Telecom — seamless to en-
hance ease of doing busi-
ness in the sector.
He also said Trai has re-
ceived a reference from the
Department of Telecom-
munication for the spec-
trum required to be put to
auction and associated as-
pects of satellite-based
communication.
“I think India will be the
first to handle the issue of
auctioning the space base
spectrum. We are working
on it,” Vaghela said.
Trai will be coming out
with some sort of model for
the auction of space spec-
trum, he added.
“But it should not kill
the sector. That is very im-
portant. Any system that
we will be bringing is to
actually encourage and
promote investment in the
sector, and not increase
any burden. I mean, that is
the biggest challenge
which we have, and we are
conscious of that fact,”
Vaghela said.
Trai is yet to come up
with a consultation paper
on the spectrum auction as
per the standard process
meant for satellite commu-
nication. When asked
about the status of the pa-
per, Vaghela said that Trai
is in discussion with ex-
perts and regulators world-
wide for a suitable model
and the consultation paper
will be floated after those
discussions are over.
TOP TALKING
POINTS
z Telecom regulator Trai
chairman PD Vaghela said
India will be the first country
to auction spectrum for
satellite communication, and it
should be designed to attract
investments in the sector
z Vaghela said the Trai will
soon make recommendations
to make permissions required
for satellite communication
from various ministries
z Trai has received a reference
from the Dept of Telecom for
the spectrum required to be
put to auction
Banks wrote off
NPAs over 10 lakh
crore: Sitharaman
New Delhi (PTI): Banks
have written off bad loans
worth `10,09,511 crore dur-
ing the last five financial
years, finance minister
Nirmala Sitharaman in-
formed Parliament on
Tuesday
.
The non-performing as-
sets (NPAs), including
those in respect of which
full provisioning has been
made on completion of
four years, are removed
from the balance sheet of
the bank concerned by way
of write-off, she said.
“Banks write off NPAs
as part of their regular ex-
ercise to clean up their bal-
ance sheet, avail tax benefit
and optimise capital, in ac-
cordance with RBI guide-
lines and policy approved
by their boards.
As per inputs received
from RBI, Scheduled Com-
mercial Banks (SCBs)
wrote off an amount of
`10,09,511 crore during the
last five financial years,”
she said.
As borrowers of written-
off loans continue to be li-
able for repayment and the
process of recovery of
dues from the borrower in
written-off loan accounts
continues, write-off does
not benefit the borrower,
she said.
Banks continue to pur-
sue recovery actions initi-
ated in written-off ac-
counts through various
recovery mechanisms
available, such as filing of
a suit in civil courts or in
Debts Recovery Tribunals,
filing of cases under the
Insolvency and Bankrupt-
cy Code, 2016 and through
sale of non-performing
assets.
MAJOR
HIGHLIGHTS
z Banks have written off bad
loans worth `10,09,511
crore during the last five
financial years
z The NPAs, including those
in respect of which full
provisioning has been made
on completion of 4 years, are
removed from the balance
sheet of the bank concerned
by way of write-off
‘Not good’ for
govt to share data
in aggregated
form: Kant
Mumbai (PTI): India’s
G-20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant
on Tuesday pitched for the
dissemination of data by
the government in a granu-
lar form and said that shar-
ing aggregated informa-
tion is “not good”.
Kant said data is a key
aspect to help any country
meet her developmental
goals and added that India
has benefitted from the
same.
Stressing on the impor-
tance of ensuring quality
of data, the former civil
servant who till recently
worked as the chief execu-
tive of the government
think-tank Niti Aayog
made the reference to data
aggregation practices by
the government.
“…Government data are
provided as aggregates,
which is not good. We
should break down the ag-
gregation,” Kant said.
He said many a time, the
quality of the data is also
very poor and “we need to
ensure that
the data is
d e - cl u t -
t e r e d ,
presented
in a sim-
plistic way
and it is not
difficult
to navi-
gate”.
New Delhi (PTI): The gov-
ernment on Tuesday said
an amount of `60.46 crore
has been received in tax
from entities for transac-
tions in virtual digital as-
sets (VDAs), including
cryptocurrencies, since the
introduction of TDS provi-
sions in July
.
The government, from
April 1, has brought in a
30% income tax plus sur-
charge and cess on transfer
of crypto assets, like Bit-
coin, Ethereum, Tether
and Dogecoin.
Also, to keep a tab on the
money trail, a 1% Tax De-
ducted at Source (TDS) un-
der section 194S of I-T Act
has been brought in on pay-
ments over `10,000 towards
virtual digital currencies
from July 1.
In a written reply to a
question in the Rajya Sab-
ha, Minister of State for
Finance Pankaj Chaud-
hary said CBDT conducts
outreach/ awareness pro-
grammes for deductors/
taxpayers and also takes
appropriate action, includ-
ing search seizure opera-
tions, surveys, enquiries
etc, as required.
“Post insertion of Sec-
tion 194S in the Income-tax
Act, 1961 through Finance
Act, 2022, a total of 318 di-
rect tax challans having
TDS code 194S have been
received having total
amount of `60.46 crore,”
Chaudhary said.
GOVT GETS
`60.46 CRORE
TAX FROM TDS
ON VDAs
Sensex snaps two-day losing
streak, jumps 403 points
Mumbai (PTI): Bench-
mark indices ended in the
green on Tuesday after re-
tail inflation dipped below
the RBI’s upper tolerance
level of 6% for the first time
in 11 months in November.
The 30-share BSE Sensex
climbed 402.73 points or
0.65% to settle at 62,533.30.
During the day, it jumped
437.35 points or 0.70% to
62,567.92. The broader NSE
Nifty advanced 110.85
points or 0.60% to end at
18,608. From the Sensex
pack, IndusInd Bank, Bajaj
Finance, Infosys, Tata Con-
sultancy Services, HCL
Technologies, MM, Tech
Mahindra and Bajaj Fin-
serv were the winners.
BSE ADDS 1 CRORE INVESTORS IN 148 DAYS
TO REACH 12-CRORE MARK
New Delhi (PTI): Leading stock exchange BSE on Tuesday said it
has added 1 crore registered investor accounts to its platform in a
span of 148 days, taking the total count to 12 crore. The exchange
added one crore investors’ accounts between July 18 and December
13, BSE said in a statement. In comparison, the exchange took 124,
91, 85 and 107 days for the previous milestones of 11 crore, 10
crore, 9 crore and 8 crore, respectively. “BSE crossed the milestone
of 12 crore registered users based on Unique Client Code (UCC) on
December 13, 2022,” the exchange said. Of the 12 crore users, 42%
fall in the 30 to 40 age brackets, followed by 23% in 20-30 years and
11% in the 40-50 age bracket.
RUPEE DECLINES
36 PAISE TO
END AT 82.87
AGAINST US $
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee
declined by 36 paise to
close at 82.87 (provision-
al) against the US dollar
on Tuesday, weighed
down by persistent
foreign capital outflows
from the capital markets.
Risk aversion sentiment
among investors ahead of
the US Federal Reserve’s
interest rate decision also
impacted trading, forex
dealers said. At the inter-
bank foreign exchange
market, the rupee opened
lower at 82.63 against the
greenback and witnessed
a high of 82.60 and a low
of 82.87. It finally settled
at 82.87, down 36 paise
over its previous close
of 82.51. Meanwhile, the
dollar index, which gauges
the greenback’s strength
against a basket of six cur-
rencies, fell 0.15%.
Passenger vehicle wholesales rise 28% in November
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Aided by ro-
bust demand for both util-
ity vehicles and cars, the
wholesales of Passenger
Vehicles in India jumps by
28% year-on-year in No-
vember, industry body
SIAM said on Tuesday
.
Overall passenger vehi-
cles dispatched from com-
panies to dealers stood at
2,76,231 units last month as
compared to 2,15,626 units
in November 2021. Utility
vehicle wholesales rose
32% to 1,38,780 units in No-
vember against 1,05,091
unitsintheyear-agoperiod.
Similarly, passenger car
dispatches increased 29%
to 1,30,142 units from
1,00,906 units in November
2021. Van sales, however,
dropped to 7,309 units last
month from 9,629 units in
November 2021.
“Positive consumer and
business sentiments have
reflected in the better sales
in the month of November
2022, compared to the pre-
vious year,” SIAM Presi-
dent Vinod Aggarwal said.
DRIVEN BY ROBUST DEMAND
SUPER LUXURY CARS
CLOCK 50% GROWTH
IN INDIA
New Delhi (FIB): Despite a slow-
down in growth across the globe
and rising worries of recession,
the demand for luxury cars in
India continues to grow at a
tremendous pace. This year has
seen the highest-ever growth for
such ultra-luxury cars in India
as sales grew by 50% in 2022,
breaking the previous record,
which was achieved in 2018. The
market is led by Italian super
sports carmaker Lamborghini,
and other big contenders on the
list are Ferrari, Aston Martin,
Bentley. All these luxury wheels
have been in great demand
since the end of post-pandemic
restrictions.
TaMo TO HIKE CV PRICES BY UP TO 2%
New Delhi (PTI): Tata Motors on Tuesday said it will increase prices
of its commercial vehicle range by up to 2% from January to offset
the impact of rising input costs. While the price increase will vary as
per individual model and variant, it will be applicable across the entire
range of commercial vehicles, the auto major said in a statement.

08
2NDFRONT
z You must have seen
the media coverage
after Gujarat’s victo-
ry. Why is there so
much appreciation
for PM Modi in the
national media?
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra:
See what actually hap-
pens is that elections
are like festivities for
media. And in that fes-
tivity
, the hero is always
praised. And by and
large, the media sup-
ports Modi and is
touched by Modi’s tal-
ent. Let me cite you a
few headlines here.
Bhaskar carried a head-
line saying Gujarat’s
chest is now 156 inch.
Patrika carried ‘Guja-
rati maa Bolu, Tame
Prem Karu Chu’. Media
loves to give catchy
headlines and elections,
like I said, are like the
festivals of Diwali or
Holi. This time too, it
happened and there was
a competition as to who
will file the best head-
line.
z So how do you ana-
lyse the positive pro-
jection about PM
Modi in international
media?
That was unusual and
wonderful at the same
time. Because it has
been a general attitude
of Indian leaders to see
a ‘Down -sized’ version
of PM since Modi has
emerged as a global
leader. Al-Jazeera, a
channel that rarely sup-
ports Modi came in his
support then several
media portals also sup-
ported him. UK’s The-
Guardian, the biggest
media group also sup-
ported PM. And only
one thing was said by all
in their analyses that
Modi has charisma and
he is a combination of
religion and develop-
ment. So with Modi’s
praise, the nationalists
have felt proud that per-
haps for the first time
foreign international
media has praised an
Indian Prime Minister
openly
.
z Now that India has
G20’s Presidency and
the manner in which
PM Narendra Modi
has set its narrative,
do you think BJP will
get benefit of this in
the 2024 Lok Sabha
elections?
I have said this in the
past too that Narendra
Modi knows and even
those near to him also
know which opportuni-
ty needs to be encashed
how. They have a superb
tuning in that matter.
Similarly, G20 is an op-
portunity and PM
chased that and a narra-
tive came out that it is
an opportunity to show-
case the strength of In-
dia at the global level.
So definitely, the gov-
ernment will get benefit
from it going into the
election. Moreover,
Modi himself has said
that the honour of G20
Presidency is not his,
rather of each and eve-
ry citizen of the nation.
They have chased this
opportunity and one
can witness in days to
come, an atmosphere
about the G20 will be
seen across the country
and the Prime Minis-
ter’s Presidency in G20
will be encashed and
publicised, which will
ultimately benefit the
party in elections.
z After Congress’ de-
feat in Gujarat, party
in charge for Gujarat
Dr Raghu Sharma re-
signed from the posi-
tion, taking responsi-
bility. Do you think
other leaders from
Gujarat will follow
suit?
As of now, Congress is a
‘Leaderless’ party, even
if Kharge and all other
are there. Dr Raghu
Sharma has resigned
taking responsibility of
the defeat, but it re-
mains to be seen, if the
party chief in Gujarat
or the CLP leader resign
taking responsibility.
Even if they do, then
also there is no rele-
vance because they also
lost. Raghu Sharma be-
lieves that for two years,
there was no CLP leader
of state chief in Gujarat
which has affected the
party. As far as Raghu
Sharma is concerned,
he is a good leader. He
was a Minister in Ra-
jasthan and won two
bypolls for the party in
Rajasthan. So whether
this is a start or an end
of such issues will have
to be seen because only
when Rahul Gandhi
gets time from his
Yatra, will he perhaps
address these issues. In
the meantime, Raghu
Sharma has resigned
and it is believed that
more such resignations
should happen.
z How responsible is
Rahul Gandhi for the
loss? Should it be that
the Bharat Jodo
Yatra he has under-
taken, have been
started after the Gu-
jarat elections?
There are two things.
Firstly
, how responsible
is he for the Gujarat de-
bacle. Well, he is respon-
sible for not taking deci-
sion. For two years the
important posts of par-
ty leader and CLP lead-
er were vacant which is
akin to a joke. How will
an organisation work in
such a manner? There
is no resource manage-
ment there, neither is
there any clarity
. Ashok
Gehlot was given re-
sponsibility, but there
was no clarity there too.
No one is free to make
decisions. They (Rahul
Gandhi) wasted 2 years
keeping everyone on
toes, if they will become
Party President or not,
then they wasted 2
years in Gujarat. Well,
he is responsible for the
party since he is the un-
declared president of
the party and CEO of
Congress. Then as far as
the Yatra is concerned,
so of course, as a politi-
cian, it was a wrong
time to take out the
Yatra. It was not appro-
priate. The Parliament
is in session, Assembly
elections have been con-
ducted in Himachal and
Gujarat. Even if one dis-
counts Himachal that
Priyanka Gandhi went
there, even then, there
is challenge in Gujarat
and Parliament. But he
went for the Yatra. So
even though he went to
Gujarat and conducted
rallies for two days, but
that was a mere sym-
bolic move and he
should have stayed put
there for 15 days. So, I
feel that he is responsi-
ble to a large extent.
z Mallikarjun
Kharge is the new
Congress President,
but do you think there
still exists a lack of
leadership in the par-
ty? Also, is there a tri-
partite power centre
in Congress i.e. with-
in the Gandhi family?
Of course, lack of lead-
ership still exists in
Congress. Although
Kharge has become the
Party President, but he
has not been able to take
decisions. How will he
take decisions when he
is a ceremonial Presi-
dent? Moreover, Rahul
Gandhi does not have
time. You are right in
saying that there are
three power centres in
the party and there is no
unanimity in decisions.
I said a little while back
that Congress is like a
headless party and the
power centres are in
their own spheres and
Kharge isn’t able to
work independently
. So,
even though, someone
else has been made Con-
gress President, the ac-
tual power still rests
with the ‘Gandhis.’ So
yes, there is still a
leadership crisis in
Congress.
z Priyanka Gandhi
went to Himachal to
campaign for the par-
ty and the party has
won too. So how do
you visualise Priyan-
ka’s role?
Her role was good. She
went to Himachal as she
has a home there. She
went to five districts
and conducted major
rallies. These five dis-
tricts had 22 seats and
the party has won on
these seats, so the party
has won election due to
Priyanka’s activities.
Although no one perso-
na can be singled out
and given all the credit
for the party’s victory in
Himachal. In fact, a few
people were disgruntled
as well saying that she
has come to Shimla and
her phone was switched
off. The leaders wanted
her to reach party’s of-
fice in Shimla to release
the manifesto, but she
didn’t go, so there was
resentment as well. She
was in Shimla, but such
actions don’t bring
about a connect or syn-
ergy with workers. But
still on the face value,
being fair to her, one can
say that yes she had a
role and she has won
Himachal for the party
.
z What was Owaisi’s
or his party AIMIM’s
role in Gujarat?
Owaisi did do much as
he got only 0.29 percent
vote share. As far as
2024 is concerned, I
don’t see Owaisi playing
any major role. His and
Kejriwal’s role is simi-
lar, that they want to
upset the game and
want to make their pres-
ence felt in it. So, Owaisi
didn’t have any impor-
tant role in Gujarat.
z As far as workers
are concerned, what
exactly is the basic
difference in cultures
of Congress and BJP?
The basic difference is
that the BJP is a work-
er- oriented party
, while
the Congress is a leader-
oriented party
. The sec-
ond difference is organ-
isation. They (BJP)
work for the organisa-
tion and would not shy
away from clashing for
even single vote, and on
the other hand, is Con-
gress which does not
have a proper organisa-
tion. You can see for
yourself, Kharge has
become President, but
posts are still lying va-
cant on multitude of
places including that of
District President,
Block President etc. Sec-
ondly, as far as culture
is concerned, let me cite
you an example. The
CongresswonHimachal
Pradesh and party
workers and leaders
were hopeful that the
doors of 10, Janpath
would open, AICC
would open its doors
and celebrate the victo-
ry, distributing sweets
among workers lead-
ers alike. But nothing of
that sort happened as
the leaders were in
Sawai Madhopur’s
Rathmabore Tiger Re-
serve observing wild-
life. Since it was Sonia
Gandhi’s birthday
, so as
family, Priyanka and
Rahul were also there.
They could have cele-
brated their birthday,
but at least, they could
have given a time to
workers that they will
meet them at a particu-
lar time and those who
wanted to meet them,
and celebrate the victo-
ry could come. Or they
could have asked to cel-
ebrate the victory at
AICC or at the very least
in Shimla, but nothing
happened anywhere. So
basically, neither are
they sad over loss, nor
happy over victory
.
z Did Hardik Patel
set his records
straight by contesting
the election on BJP’s
ticket?
You can say so. He strug-
gled a lot, but it did not
find traction in Modi-
Shah’s rule. Ultimately,
he surrendered and
joined BJP
, thereby
, win-
ning by over 50,000
votes.
z AAP has made its
entry into the Gujarat
Assembly. Will this
have any far reaching
effect?
Definitely. Kejriwal is
clear on this. He con-
tests first election to
lose, second to make
other main parties lose
fights the third to win.
Look at how they en-
tered Punjab with 20
seats in 2017 are now
at 92 seats. Now, where
will he go to cut other
parties? In 2023, polls
will be held for 9 assem-
bly constituencies, spe-
cially in the Hindi belt
of Rajasthan, Madhya
Pradesh and Chhattis-
garh. What happened in
Gujarat will happen in
these states also, where
the vote share would be
divided whose direct
benefit would go to the
BJP so it will have a far
reaching effect. The
only far reaching effect
of AAP’s entry in
any state would be
Congress’s loss.
After BJP’s landslide victory in Gujarat, Modi is
international media’s new ‘Hero’: Dr. Chandra
Describing how Rahul Gandhi is responsible for party’s loss in Gujarat and that his Yatra should have been started after the two recently
concluded Assembly elections, CEO and Editor-in-Chief, Bharat24-Vision of New India and First India; CMD, First India News,
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra stresses that Congress’ lack of leadership, uncertain decision making and Rahul Gandhi’s disinterest in aggressive
campaigning in Gujarat assembly elections directly resulted in the abysmal performance of the party. Dr Chandra also says that Owaisi did
not have any role in the election other than divide Congress’ vote which is the same with Kejriwal also. Excerpts... (Part-II)
During the show
#XFactorModi!trended
top All-India
on Twitter
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra with Sonika, Pooja Yadav, Aditi Nagar, Mimansa
Malik and Poornima Mishra during The JC Show.
Dr Jagdeesh
Chandra
during The
JC Show.
It is tough to guide your
children towards developing
into ideal adults, because
you have to lead by example.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India

MUMBAI, WEDNESDAY,
DECEMBER 14, 2022
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THE PEEK-A-BOO FASHION INCORPORATE
BARE SHOULDERS WITH ANY TYPE OF
SLEEVE LENGTH. CITY FIRST BRINGS TO
YOU AMAZING FASHION, THAT ADDS A POP
OF PERSONALITY TO ANY TOP!
ust like most
f a s h i o n
trends this
style isn’t
exactly new.
Some of the
earliest ex-
amples of the
cold shoulder
sleeve are from
the 1930s by
fashion designer
Chanel. Donna
Karan briefly
brought the
style back
in the
early
90s, and the trendy
look has returned to
stay thanks to the
numerous ways to
wear it. The reason
why cold shoulder
tops have become so
fashionable in re-
cent years is that
they give a casual
summer ensemble a
hint of eroticism.
Recently, a few let-
ters have asked me
if cold shoulder
shirts would still be
popular in 2023.
Yes, it is the solu-
tion. Women’s cold
shoulder shirts may
have peaked, but
they have neverthe-
less managed to
hold their own and
look great in the
spring and summer.
I’ve gathered sever-
al that stick out
here.
The two styles of
cold shoulder tops
that are most popu-
lar are sleek and
edgy and soft
and roman-
tic, like the
lovely one
I’m displaying
above. This cold
shoulder shirt is
incredibly fem-
inine thanks to
the combi-
nation of painterly
blooms, gentle pas-
tel hues, and airy
chiffon fabric. Add a
little roughness to
the top with some-
thing like these fad-
ed jeans with the
raw edge step hem.
The bohemian style
is enhanced by
braided mules. It is
Haute Hippie be-
cause of the slouchy
bag with the gold
chain accent. To
play up the chilly
shoulder detail,
don’t forget to wear
some dangly ear-
rings. The charming
swiss dot structure
on this delicate
green cold shoulder
shirt pays homage
to spring. The easi-
est approach to
dressing a colour vi-
brant is to use neu-
trals as the back-
ground. Add your
favourite jeans, fol-
lowed by a delicate
white accent. The
vivid green is bal-
anced with a plain
mule, a lovely white
purse, and some
pearlized white ear-
rings, which keep
the outfit looking
elegant rather than
garish.
DELIGHT IN THE
DETAILS
J
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in

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