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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, NEW DELHI & MUMBAI
SHAMI REPLACES
BUMRAH IN INDIA’S
ICC T20 WORLD
CUP SQUAD
SYL: PUNJAB, HARYANA FAIL TO REACH AGREEMENT
Chandigarh: Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann and his Haryana counterpart
Manohar Lal Khattar failed to reach an agreement on the contentious Sutlej
Yamuna Link canal during a meeting here on Friday. The SYL canal has been
a bone of contention between the two states for several decades. P6
Mumbai: The All-India Senior Selection Committee
has named Mohammed Shami as Jasprit Bumrah’s
replacement in India’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup
2022 squad. Shami has reached Australia and will
link up with the squad in Brisbane.
TOUCHED AT
BEING CALLED
DAUGHTER OF
ASSAM: MURMU
Guwahati: President Droupadi Murmu on Friday said
that she was touched at the gesture of Assam CM
Himanta Biswa Sarma calling her a daughter of the
state’ and made her feel at home. Murmu lauded the
Assam govt for its developmental projects. P5
BSE SENSEX 57919.97 684.64 | NSE NIFTY 17185.70 171.40
HIMACHAL TO VOTE ON NOV 12;
NO ANNOUNCEMENT FOR GUJ
EXCISE POLICY:
ED RAIDS AT 25
DELHI LOCATIONS
New Delhi: The ED on
Friday raided at least 25
locations in Delhi as part
of its ongoing money
laundering investigation
into the now-scrapped
Delhi Excise policy, officials
said. The premises covered
under the search operation
belong to private entities
linked to liquor dealership
and distributorship.
INDIA TEST FIRES
BALLISTIC MISSILE
FROM SUBMARINE
New Delhi: India’s nuclear-
powered submarine INS
Arihant on Friday carried
out a successful launch
of a submarine-launched
ballistic missile in the Bay
of Bengal with a “very
high accuracy”, defence
ministry said. It said all
operational parameters of
the weapon system have
been validated.
ROBBIE COLTRANE:
HARRY POTTER
ACTOR DIES AGED 72
Falkirk: Robbie Coltrane,
who played Hagrid in the
Harry Potter films, has died
aged 72. He also appeared
in ITV detective drama
Cracker and the James
Bond films Goldeneye and
The World Is Not Enough.
In a statement, his agent
Belinda Wright confirmed
the actor died in hospital
near Falkirk in Scotland.
She described Coltrane as a
“unique talent”.
‘LET OUR DAUGHTERS
WEAR HIJAB, YOU
WEAR YOUR BIKINI’
Hyderabad: Reacting to split
verdict by the Supreme Court
on petitions challenging the
Karnataka hijab ban, AIMIM
chief Owaisi has slammed
the Centre for ‘’forcing the
Muslim girls to remove their
hijab.’’ Reacting to the split
verdict given by the top court
on the hijab ban, Owaisi said,
“if Muslim women want to
cover their heads, it does not
mean, they are covering their
intellect.” P5
I-T RAIDS PREMISES
OF JD(U) CHIEF
LALAN’S CLOSE AIDE
Patna: The Income Tax
dept on Friday conducted
raids at multiple locations in
Bihar’s Patna, including the
Shivpuri, Patel Nagar, and
Boring Road premises of
builder Gabbu Singh. Builder
Gabbu Singh is a close aide
of the national president of
Janata Dal (United) Rajiv
Ranjan alias Lalan Singh.
Details in this matter are
awaited as the IT raids are
currently underway.
READ
Crucial
Crucial
New Delhi (ANI):
Himachal Pradesh will
go to polls on November
12 to elect its next gov-
ernment and the results
will be declared on De-
cember 8, the Election
Commission of India
(ECI) announced on
Friday
. But it did not an-
nounce the poll sched-
ule for Gujarat citing
past precedents.
At a press conference
here, Chief Election
CommissionerRajivKu-
marsaidthecountingof
votes for Himachal polls
will take place on De-
cember 8 and elaborate
arrangements have
been made to ensure
maximum participation
of voters in the “festival
of democracy”.
In the elections to the
68-member assembly
with over 55 lakh eligi-
ble voters, the BJP will
seek to overturn the
three-decade conven-
tion of no ruling party
returning to power by
defeating the main op-
position Congress in
the hill state.
The Commission re-
frained from announc-
ing the poll schedule for
the Gujarat assembly
which has a tenure till
February 18, 2023.
CEC Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey at the Press Conference organised by the Election Commission of
India for the General Election to Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh, in New Delhi on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
ECI ON WHY IT DIDN’T ANNOUNCE
GUJARAT ELECTION DATES NOW
CONGRESS WILL RESTORE OLD PENSION SCHEME IF
VOTED TO POWER IN HIMACHAL, SAYS PRIYANKA GANDHI
BJP AND CONGRESS WELCOME ECI
ANNOUNCING HIMACHAL ELECTIONS
New Delhi (Agencies): The Election Commission of India
on Friday skipped Gujarat as it announced poll dates for
Himachal Pradesh, though the schedule for the two states
is traditionally revealed at the same time. Chief Election
Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, fielding questions, said no rules
had been violated. The term of the Gujarat assembly ends
on February 18 and that of Himachal Pradesh, on January 8.
The BJP is in power in both states.
Shimla (PTI): Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday promised to restore
the old pension scheme for govt employees in Himachal if her party was voted to
power in the Assembly elections. She said this at the ‘Parivartan Pratigya Rally’ held
at Thodo Maidan in Himachal Pradesh’s Solan. She said the decision to restore the
old pension scheme and provide one lakh jobs to unemployed youth would be taken
in the first cabinet meeting if the Congress was voted to power in the state. P5
New Delhi (PTI): The Congress and the BJP on Friday
welcomed the announcement of assembly polls in Himachal
Pradesh and said they are all geared up for the November 12
polling. BJP president JP Nadda appealed to people to elect a
government which contributes to the state’s progress. Congress
in-charge for Himachal Pradesh Rajiv Shukla said the party will
win the state with a two-thirds majority. “We are confident to
win Himachal with a two-thirds majority,” Shukla said.
There is a gap of 40 days
between the end of the
assemblies of the two states.
According to the rules, it should be at
least 30 days so that one result doesn’t
impact the other. —Rajiv Kumar, CEC
Election is the biggest
celebration of democracy.
It is a medium to keep the
country and the state on the path of
development and good governance.
—JP Nadda, BJP national president
Counting will be held on Dec 8 and
results will be declared on same day
Arrangements are in place to ensure
maximum participation of voters: ECI
Guj will make AAP pay price in polls
for ‘abusing’ PM Modi’s mother: BJP
WC ’23: BCCI’s
`955 cr at stake
if ICC doesn’t get
tax exemption
New Delhi: The BJP on
Friday sharpened its at-
tack on the AAP after its
Gujarat chief Gopal Ita-
lia was heard mocking
the PM’s mother in a
video, and said people
of the state will make it
pay for “abusing” her.
An old video of Italia
emerged on Thursday
in which he is mocking
Modi’s mother.
“If you think abusing
the PM’s mother will
help you gain political
popularity in Gujarat,
you are mistaken. And
for that mistake, Guja-
rat and Gujaratis will
make you pay the politi-
cal price in the forth-
coming elections,” Un-
ion minister Smriti Ira-
ni told media on Friday.
New Delhi (PTI): The
BCCI could lose around
Rs 955 crore (USD 116
million) if the Central
govt sticks to its deci-
siontolevy21.84percent
tax surcharge on ICC’s
broadcast revenue from
the 2023 ODI World Cup,
according to a report.
India is to host next
year’s50-overshowpiece
in October-November.
Tax surcharge refers
to“anadditionalcharge,
fee,ortaxthatisaddedto
the cost of a good or ser-
vice beyond the initially
quoted price”.
Smriti Irani addresses media in
New Delhi, on Friday.
PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI TO
CHAIR CSIR SOCIETY MEETING TODAY
PM TO DEDICATE 75 DBUS ACROSS 75
DISTRICTS TO THE NATION ON SUNDAY
New Delhi (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a
meeting of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
Society here on Saturday. During a press conference,
Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh said
this is the third year of the CSIR Society and the meeting
is of special significance as it marks 80 years of the
establishment of the council.
New Delhi: In yet another measure to deepen financial
inclusion, PM Modi will dedicate 75 Digital Banking Units to
the nation on Sunday (Oct 16) via video conferencing. He will
also address the gathering on the occasion. As part of the
Union budget speech for 2022-23, the Finance Minister had
announced the setting up of the 75 DBUs in 75 districts of
the country to commemorate the 75 years of independence.
ELECTORAL BONDS SCHEME COMPLETELY
TRANSPARENT: CENTRE TELLS APEX COURT
New Delhi (ANI): The Centre on Friday told the Supreme
Court that the methodology of the electoral bonds scheme
is a “completely transparent” mode of political funding and
it is impossible to get black money or unaccounted money.
Defending the electoral bonds scheme before a bench of
Justices BR Gavai and BV Nagarathna Solicitor General
Tushar Mehta said that there is no scope for black money in
the electoral bonds scheme.
‘SHIVLING’ CARBON
DATING: COURT’S NO
DU PROF’S ACQUITTAL:
MAHA MOVES SC
Varanasi (ANI): The
Hindu side has said
that it will approach the
Supreme Court against
the verdict of the Varanasi
court refusing to allow a
‘scientific investigation’ of
the purported ‘Shivling’,
claiming to be found on the
Gyanvapi mosque premises.
New Delhi (ANI): Hours
after the Nagpur bench of
the Bombay High Court
acquitted former Delhi
University Prof GN Saibaba
in an alleged Maoist links
case, the Maharashtra govt
on Friday approached the
Supreme Court challenging
the decision.
IN THE COURTYARD
Farmers will get proper compensation for crop
failure, govt stands with every citizen: Gehlot
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot has
said that the State Gov-
ernment stands with
every citizen affected
by the disaster and is
working to provide re-
lief with a humanitar-
ian approach. He said
that the government is
committed to ensure
minimum casualties
and maximum relief in
any kind of disaster.
Gehlot addressed the
23rdmeetingof theState
Disaster Management
Authority Turn to P10
 Survey of 40
thousand claims came
for compensation
completed
 Crop insurance of
about `16,000 crore
distributed by the state
government in 3 years CM Ashok Gehlot chairing the meeting where Parsadi lal Meena,
Lal Chand Kataria, Usha Sharma, Kuldeep Ranka, Subodh Agarwal,
Abhay Kumar, Akhil Arora and others are also seen on Friday.
23RD MEETING OF STATE DISASTER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY
Border Security Force shot down a Pakistani drone along the
International Border, in Gurdaspur on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
BSF shoots down
Pak drone along Int’l
Border in Punjab
Gurdaspur (ANI): Bor-
derSecurityForce(BSF)
troops shot down a
drone that entered India
in Punjab’s Gurdaspur
sectorfromthePakistan
side on the Internation-
al Border in the early
hours of Friday
.
A senior BSF officer
said that the drone was
spotted at 4.35 am by
BSF troops on patrol-
ling duty
. They immedi-
ately opened fire and it
was shot down.
According to the BSF
official,amassivesearch
operation has been
launched in the area to
determine whether the
drone has dropped any
consignmentinthearea.
A search operation is
underway under the su-
pervision of BSF DIG. It
is suspected that the
dronewascarryingacon-
signment from Pakistan.
“Brave jawans of BSF
spotted a drone coming
from Pakistan side. As
soon as it entered India,
jawans fired 17 rounds
of bullets at it. One of
the blades of the drone
was damaged. The en-
tire area is being
searched. The drone
will be analysed,” said
BSF DIG, Gurdaspur,
Prabhakar Joshi.
20% ETHANOL-BLENDED PETROL MAY BE
AVAILABLE FROM DEC OR JAN, SAYS PURI
Jaipur: 20% ethanol-blended petrol is likely to be available in
country from Dec or January, ahead of April 2023 target, Union
Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Puri said here on
Friday. “We are constantly reviewing the ethanol production and
I believe, 20 per cent blended fuel would come in the market in
December or January ahead of April 2023 (target),” he said. P8
‘Daring’ DGP
Lather transfers
149 RPS at his
own level!
JUST 18 DAYS BEFORE
HIS RETIREMENT....
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Has the ‘hon-
our’ of the government
really started falling?
Has the bureaucracy re-
ally started giving a
wide berth to the ‘gov-
ernment’?Notably
,afew
days back Gehlot him-
self had satired and
said,“
Assoonastheelec-
tionsapproach,theoffic-
ers start to listen less.”
And now it is this sat-
ire and apprehension of
Gehlot that came true
on Friday as DGP ML
Lather issued the
transfer list of 149 RPS
officers.
According to sources,
there was no discussion
even at the level of the
Chief Minister, who
happens to be the home
minister as well.
DGP made the final
list at his own level and
issued the same just 18
days before his retire-
ment. Now everyone at
the top level in the gov-
ernment is shocked and
surprised! P3
NEW CJ: GUV ADMINISTERS OATH
TO JUSTICE PANKAJ MITHAL
Justice Pankaj Mithal on Friday took oath as the new Chief Justice
of Rajasthan. Justice Mithal was the CJ of the J&K and Ladakh High
Court before being transferred to Rajasthan. Governor Kalraj Mishra
administered him oath during a brief ceremony at Raj Bhavan here.
CM Ashok Gehlot, assembly Speaker CP Joshi, leader of Opposition
Gulab Chand Kataria, ministers and judges of the Rajasthan High
Court were present in the programme. More on P10
GEHLOT TO VISIT
BELLARY TODAY
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot will travel from
Jaipur to Karnataka’s Bel-
lary on Saturday where
he will participate in the
Congress’ public meeting.
Bellary is the area from
where Congress President
Sonia Gandhi has won the
Lok Sabha elections and
now Congress is going to
hold a public meeting being
organized in the middle of
Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo
Yatra. Meanwhile, Gehlot
will remain on Gujarat tour
on October 17 and 18.

RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2022
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First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan IAS
Association organised
a function to honour
retired and new IAS of-
ficers on Friday at Har-
ishchandra Mathur-
RIPA Institute.
Chief Secretary and
President of the Asso-
ciation Usha Sharma
was present in the func-
tion and said that this
type of event connects
the members of the IAS
family with each other.
Welcoming the new
IAS, she said that with
his arrival the IAS fam-
ily expanded.
Culturalprogrammes
were also organised on
this occasion. Senior
IAS and Association
Secretary Samit Shar-
ma, Ravi Jain and many
officers gave singing
performances. A musi-
cal performance was
also presented by the
special organisers in
the function.
In the ceremony, the
Chief Secretary hon-
ored IAS who retired
after the Corona period
(March, 2020) along
with 7 young IAS and 6
probationary IAS offic-
ers of 2021 batch.
Earlier, the office
bearers of the Associa-
tion welcomed the
Chief Secretary with a
bouquet. Several IAS of-
ficers including former
Chief Secretary DB
Gupta were present in
the programme.
Former, new IAS officers honoured
IAS ASSOCIATION EVENT
Abhishek Shrivastava and
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: In collabora-
tion with the Union
Ministry of Civil Avia-
tion, the State Govern-
ment has issued sev-
eral instruction to in-
crease the use of
drones in the depart-
mental works.
Now spraying of fer-
tilisers and insecti-
cides in the agricul-
tural fields can be done
through drones, for
which the Agriculture
Department has start-
ed preparations. Along
with monitoring, the
quality of crops and
soil, survey of crops
destroyed during natu-
ral calamities will also
be done through drone
technology
.
Union Civil Avia-
tion Minister Jyotira-
ditya Scindia wrote a
letter to the Chief
Minister Ashok Ge-
hlot last month urging
him to promote the
use of drone technol-
ogy. With the help of
State Governments
and industries, a tar-
get has been set to
make India the world’s
drone hub by 2030.
From monitoring of
assets and transmis-
sion lines of Electrici-
ty Dept, land records
and property rights in
Panchayati Raj De-
partment to raid and
anti-terrorist opera-
tions, use of drones to
be prioritised.
INDIRA RASOI INSPECTION
JMCH Mayor Munesh Gurjar reached Indira Rasoi on Friday. She also had lunch at Indira
Rasoi in Khasa Kothi. —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO
Aviation Ministry writes to State Govt
DRONE USAGE
 Monitoring crop and
soil quality
 Irrigation can be
estimated and
time fixed
 Fertiliser and pesti-
cide spraying
 Anti-locust cam-
paign and in
estimating crop
production
 Complete the
insurance claim
survey faster
 Erosion, restoration
and monitoring of
rivers and canals
possible
 Delivery of medi-
cines, equipment
and other supplies
 Possible to col-
lect samples from
remote or epidemic
affected areas
 For VVIP secu-
rity, mob and crime
control, disaster
management
PHYSIOTHERAPISTS
THANK GUV FOR
APPOINTMENT OF
RUHS DEPT DEAN
NO RELIEF TO URDU
TEACHER WHO
CREATED RUCKUS
ON TEACHER’S DAY
Jaipur: Officials of
Rajasthan Chartered
Association of Physi-
otherapy met Governor
Kalraj Mishra on Fri-
day. They thanked the
Governor for appoint-
ing Dr Sunita Sharma
as Dean of Physio-
therapy Department in
RUHS. Governor was
also apprised about
various demands of
physiotherapy as well
as implementation of
National Commission
Allied and Health Care
Bill in the state.
Jaipur: In a case
of suspension of
Rajasthan Urdu
Teachers Associa-
tion’s State president
Amin Ali Kayamkhani,
who created a ruckus
during a state-level
function organized
on Teachers’ Day, the
Rajasthan High Court
bench of Justice
Inderjit Singh refused
to interfere and asked
the petitioner to file
an appeal in the Ra-
jasthan Civil Services
Appellate Tribunal.
Gehlot fears Sachin Pilot’s
succession, says Tiwari
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: RajyaSabhaMP
Ghanshyam Tiwari has
surrounded the Ashok
Gehlot Government on
the deteriorating law
and order situation of
the State. In a press con-
ference at the BJP head-
quarters, Tiwari said
that the CM is yearning
to save his chair and to
ensure that Pilot does
not succeed him.
“The public is getting
despised and the high
command is engaged in
torturing. The condi-
tion is that Gehlot him-
self is fighting with the
high command and his
subordinate MLAs. But
now they don’t have the
guts to fight the BJP.
The influence ad power
of the Government in
Rajasthan has ended.
Incidents are happen-
ing that cannot be imag-
ined. Today there is also
a legal and constitu-
tional crisis in Ra-
jasthan,” he said.
Tiwari further added,
“The mining mafia is
also dominant in Ra-
jasthan and is running a
separate and parallel
government. They are
getting the protection of
the authorities. The sta-
tus of the police in Ra-
jasthan has reduced.”
Ghanshyam Tiwari during a press conference in Jaipur on Friday.
Usha Sharma, Rajiv Swaroop, DB Gupta, Gayatri Rathore, Naveen
Jain and others during the programme on Friday.
BJP’s 107 leaders to garner migrant votes
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Under the lead-
ership of Rajasthan
BJP State president Dr
Satish Poonia, the par-
ty has fielded a team of
107 leaders in the as-
sembly elections of the
neighboring state of
Gujarat to cater to the
migrant Rajasthani
voters. These teams
are camping in Gujarat
and will remain there
till the election cam-
paign continues.
Poonia is also in Gu-
jarat for two days. Poo-
nia on Friday reached
Ahmedabad by Vande
Bharat train from Su-
rat. After reaching Gan-
dhinagar after
Ahmedabad, he was
scheduled to address
the migrant worker
meeting at Kamalam
Gujarat BJP state office.
Poonia also
addressed the Rajastha-
ni Pravasi Sammelan
at Dinesh Hall,
Ahmedabad.
Provisions for New Heritage City
Koli condemns workers’ death as
illegal mine collapses in Kaman
First India Bureau
Kaman: A day after two
workers died in an ille-
gal mine collapse inci-
dent in Bharatpur’s Ka-
man, BJP MP Ranjeeta
Koli on Friday reached
the spot and expressed
grief over the incident.
The villagers told the
MP that a person named
Sachin Sharma took the
contract of illegal min-
ing and assured the
guarantee of Police, Ad-
ministration, Mineral
Department, Transport
Department. Villagers
have made this allega-
tion in front of the MP,
police, administration
and Mineral Depart-
ment. The bodies of
both the labourers were
pulled out after an
8-hourrescueoperation.
Poonia with Harsh Sanghvi
State-level Police
Accountable
Panel minted
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
Government on Friday
formed a State-level Po-
lice Accountable Com-
mittee. The tenure of
the committee will be of
two years and the Com-
mittee will have five
members including the
chairman. Notably
, Jus-
tice HR Kudi has been
made the chairman of
the committee while
ADG Hawa Singh Ghu-
maria will be the mem-
ber secretary of the
committee. Moreover,
Gopal Singh Meghwal,
Sunita Bhati and Aziz
Dard will be the mem-
ber of the committee.
Jagmohan Meena
writes to Ranka,
demands action
STONE-PELTING ON GAUSHALA
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Former
RAS Jagmohan
Meena has written
to Kuldeep Ranka,
Principal Secretary
to CM, about stone
pelting and other is-
sues at Avdhoot Shi-
vanand Gaushala in
Mubarikpur, Alwar.
He said in the lat-
ter that there are
more than 800 cows
and the gaushala
runs without any
government aid.
The cows which are
rescued from
slaughtering are
bought here by the
police and they con-
stitute the majority
.
“I myself am giv-
ing seva for manag-
ing and running the
operationsof gaush-
ala and I am actively
involved. In the last
3 days, eight to elev-
en times stone pelt-
inghasbeendoneby
the anti-social ele-
mentsandsixgaush-
ala staffers have
been injured. Alwar
SP has also been in-
timated about it,” he
said in the letter.
A local man, Pap-
pu Khan, who also
has a sarpanch from
his family
, is in-
volved in this.
“
After learning of
the situation some
volunteer of VHP
havestartedvisiting
gaushala, this sug-
gests that commu-
nal violence might
occur. I request that
strict and appropri-
ate action to be tak-
en in order to pre-
vent the situation
from worsening,”
Meena mentioned.
Jagmohan Meena
STATEGOVTDEPTSTOBE
DRONE-FRIENDLY
Rescue operation is being carried out at the site of incident.
Poonia on 2-day
Gujarat visit for
assembly polls
NEWS DIGEST
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: Many impor-
tant provisions have
been implemented by
the Jaipur Develop-
ment Authority so that
the old heritage of
Walled city area can be
realised in the devel-
opment of the pro-
posed Heritage City in
Agra Road area of
Jaipur.
Jaipur Development
Authority has issued a
notification for the de-
velopment of Heritage
City in Agra Road area
and has implemented
the main provisions
and road network plan.
A committee was con-
stituted under the
chairmanship of Prin-
cipal Adviser HS San-
cheti of the city plan-
ning department re-
garding how the build-
ings to be built in the
heritage city would be
constructed, how to de-
velop this scheme on
the lines of the old park
of Jaipur.
JDA’S HERITAGE CITY IN AGRA ROAD AREA
 Heritage City Plan will
be developed in two parts
 Western part of the
city’s southern ring
road shall be consid-
ered as part A and
eastern part as B
 Land required for
the main entrance gates
of the scheme will be
acquired by JDA
 In lieu of land
acquisition, 25 per cent
developed plots will
be given to the
account holders
 Provision will be
placed at the junctions
and intersections of 18
meters wide roads.
 Provision of parks,
facilities and institu-
tional plots will be kept
at all four corners.
 Parking provision
will be kept on 18 meter
wide roads.
 Bio Diversity Park
will be developed in
Ecological Zone ad-
joining the scheme.
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RAJASTHAN
03
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: The proposed
policy for providing
drinking water connec-
tion to multi-storey
buildings in cities will
soon be finalized and ap-
proved. The specialty of
this new policy is that it
will be made for multi-
storey buildings located
in cities across the state,
whereas earlier circu-
lars issued in 2016 and
2020 were issued keep-
ing in mind the provi-
sion of drinking water
connection to multi-sto-
rey buildings of Jaipur
city only. Institutional
complexes and multi-
storey buildings of in-
dustrial institutions
have also been included.
In a meeting headed
by PHED Minister Ma-
hesh Joshi at Jal Bha-
wan on Friday, a de-
tailed discussion was
held with the builders
and officials of the Resi-
dent Welfare Society on
the proposed draft poli-
cy for this. Joshi said
that providing drinking
water is a service to the
common man. He said,
“As a minister, it is my
responsibility to take
decisions in the interest
of the common man.”
ACS (PHED) Subodh
Agarwal said that if any
further changes are nec-
essary in policy, then
suggestions will be tak-
en from stakeholders.
A fee of `35 per sqft
(built-up area) for resi-
dential multi-storey
buildings and `42 per
sqftforcommercialmul-
ti-storey buildings has
been proposed. In mixed
use multi-storey build-
ings, `35 per square feet
has been proposed in
residentialareasand`42
in commercial areas.
Joshi discusses policy on drinking water
CONNECTION IN MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS
SEVEN INTERSECTIONS IN
CITY TO GO SIGNAL FREE
BEAUTIFYING PINK CITY
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Jaipur Develop-
ment Authority is now
going to add more beau-
ty to the alluring charm
of the Pink City under
an initiative of CM
Ashok Gehlot and the
guidance of UDH Minis-
ter Shanti Dhariwal.
An exercise has also
been started to make
city signal free to get rid
of the problem of traffic
jams. Nine projects
worth Rs 700 crore have
been started to give
state-of-the-art look to
the city. JDC Ravi Jain
informed that under the
Traffic Signal Free Pro-
ject, 7 major intersec-
tions of Jaipur will be
made signal free. In the
first phase, Laxmi Man-
dir Tiraha, B-2 Bypass
intersection and OTS
intersection will be
made signal free. Beau-
tification works will be
done on Jawahar Circle.
Similarly, in the sec-
ond phase, Sardar Patel
Road, Rambagh Circle
and JDA Circle will be
made signal free and
beautification works
will be done in Ram Ni-
was Bagh.
Nine projects worth Rs 700 cr
started for state-of-the-art look
Rajasthan Housing Board Commissioner Pawan Arora taking stock of the City Park, Mansarovar on Friday.The park has been beautified
with various statues carrying the theme of conserving ecology and it is likely to become a new tourist destination apart from being
a venue for walking and jogging for locals. CM Ashok Gehlot is scheduled to inaugurate the park soon.Arora, along with the concerned
officials of the Board explored the City Park and gave various directions to the officials. —PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Exercise started to make Jaipur
signal free to get rid of traffic jams
Protest ends as grandson
allowed to worship at temple
Kaushal Jain
Ajmer: Angry peo-
ple took to the streets
on Friday after a
priest committed sui-
cide due to a dispute
with the temple com-
mittee in Ajmer. The
people of the Brah-
min community have
demanded the arrest
of the accused and
blocked the road. Af-
ter 18 hours, the fam-
ily of the priest
agreed for post-mor-
tem. In the evening, a
meeting of the Brah-
min and Agarwal
community was held
at the Kotwali police
station.
After the talks by
police department an
agreement was
reached that the
priest’s grandson,
Bharat, would contin-
ue to worship in the
temple. The last rites
of the priest’s body
will be conducted to-
day
. Besides, the fam-
ily agreed for Rs 5
lakh compensation.
The matter is of Jag-
dish temple in Rishi
Ghati, Ajmer. Govind
Narayan (92), a for-
mer priest here, im-
molated himself on
October 11.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Raj HC is-
sued notices to the
concerned depart-
ments in the case re-
lated to not being con-
sidered eligible even
after securing 82
marks in REET-2022.
In the High Court,
Justice Inderjit Singh
issued a notice to the
Govt, Secy, Board of
Secondary Education
and Coordinator, REIT
2022 and sought an-
swers by Nov 22. Can-
didate Pradeep Kumar
and others have filed
petitions. The advo-
cate and other lawyers
kept their arguments
for about two hours.
After normalization,
the board released the
result on 29 Sept.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The central
executive committee
meeting of All India
Association of Retired
Judges of Supreme
Court and High Courts
of India will take place
at Hotel Jaipur Ashok,
Banipark on Saturday
.
This will be the first
meeting post-Covid
which would be organ-
ized with physical
presence of the mem-
bers. Executive Presi-
dent of Rajasthan
Chapter of the Asso-
ciation Justice
Prashant Agarwal in-
formed that various
issues related to the
veteran judges and the
present judicial sce-
nario will be discussed
in the meeting.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The office of
DGP issued transfer list
of the 149 RPS officers.
Sandeep Saraswat,
who was removed as Dy
SP- Dargah in Ajmer in
July after controversy
andwasunderAPO,was
made the new circle of-
ficer of Niwai in Tonk.
He was removed after a
video surfaced in which
he was allegedly telling
a cleric, who was arrest-
ed for making a contro-
versial video, that he
should say that he was
intoxicated. The post of
CO Niwai was lying va-
cant after the state govt
suspended Rudra Shar-
ma last week.
Circle officers (Depu-
ty SPs) in many districts
have been changed as
per the transfer list.
Jaipur (FIB): The Dy
Controller of Legal Me-
trology Department,
Chandiram Jaswani,
has been suspended by
the State Govt with im-
mediate effect for negli-
gence in the work. Dur-
ing the suspension pe-
riod, his headquarters
will be District Logis-
tics Office, Sirohi.
Chandiram Jaswani
corresponded without
competent approval,
not followed depart-
mental instructions,
delay in action by not
submitting a timely re-
ply to the notice and de-
sired information to the
department.
Supreme Court on Fri-
day directed the Raj
govt to pay compensa-
tion to children or-
phaned by COVID-19
within two weeks.
A bench of Justices
M R Shah and Sudhan-
shu Dhulia also or-
dered the State govt to
furnish particulars to
the state legal service
authority with respect
to rejected applica-
tions of payment of ex-
gratia assistance with-
in two weeks. It asked
the Rajasthan State
Legal Services Author-
ity to look into these
applications and take
appropriate decisions
within four weeks
thereafter.
“In so far as pending
applications for com-
pensation to orphans
are concerned, we di-
rect the state to make
thepaymenttoremain-
ing applicants whose
parents have died due
to Covid within two
weeks,”thebenchsaid.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Ahead of Di-
wali, at one side the Po-
lice department have
beefed up the security
arrangement in city
and on the other side J
aipur Discom has is-
sued an order to pro-
vide electricity at nor-
mal rate of domestic
category for decoration
in the city markets.
Traders will now be
able to get electricity at
the rate of Rs 8.95 per
unit (on load more than
25 kW). Apart from this,
a fixed charge of Rs 135
per kilowatt will have to
be paid. Had the traders
not got this discount,
they would have to pay
one-and-a-half-times
the normal rate i.e.
around Rs 14 per unit.
The discount will be
for seven days instead
of five days. According
to discom officials, the
traders decorate from
Dhanteras to post two
days after Diwali.
Bhanwar S Charan
Kota: Late on Thursday
night miscreants kid-
napped a young man
from Mahavir Nagar
police station area in
the city. Four miscre-
ants had kidnapped the
youth for ransom.
The miscreants es-
caped with young man
in a car and fled towards
the Bundi district. On
receiving the informa-
tion, the Kota police in-
formed the police of the
surrounding districts.
The blockade was done,
sighting the blockade
on Lalsot Highway the
miscreants tried to es-
cape. In the meantime,
they came in front of
Tonk police vehicle and
hit the vehicle from the
front. They again tried
to flee, but couldn’t suc-
ceed. They left the kid-
napped young man in
the car and tried to run
on foot. Tonk police
have arrested four mis-
creants with the help of
villagers.
Sawai Madhopur: The current booking may soon resume in
Ranthambore National Park as local MLA Danish Abrar has
written a letter to CM Ashok Gehlot. Abrar
has spoken with CN and given assurance
to the guides. In his letter, the MLA has
mentioned to increase honorarium of Nature
Guides in Keoladeo National Park. The MLA
told CM in the ‘current booking’ case that
this decision affected the employment of
500-700 people of Ranthambore. In the letter, the MLA also
demanded to determine the boarding place in Ranthambore.
Family members of the priest holding protest by making human
chain for blockade in Ajmer on Friday.
Rapid Action Force and Police Force taking out the flag march in the
Walled City of Jaipur on Friday. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
The arrested accused Akhilesh (26), Dilkhush (22), Rahul (19) and
Khushwant Meena (19) belong to the Khanpur and Sapotra areas.
PHED Minister Mahesh Joshi chairing the meeting on Friday. Subodh Agarwal, Ram Prakash,
KD Gupta, Amitabh Sharma and other Chief Engineers are also seen.
Raj HC notice to
RBSE, Govt over
REET eligibility
Retd Judges
panel to meet in
Jaipur today
149 Deputy
SPs transferred
in Raj on Friday
Deputy Controller
of Metrology dept
Jaswani sacked Compensate children
orphaned by Covid: SC
Discom, Police, Administration
on toes for a safe Happy Diwali
GYPSY SAFARI: DANISH ABRAR WRITES TO
CM OVER CURRENT BOOKING IN R’BORE
Kidnapped nursing student of
Kota rescued after police chase
z About 6.87 crore vehi-
cles pass through the B2
Bye Pass intersection in a
year leading to heavy jams
z Two clover bridges will
be built on both sides of
the underpass with new
technology
z Attractive lighting will
be done on these clover
bridges that will attract the
eyeballs
z Along with attractive
lighting, marble arches
of 80 feet height will be
built at both ends of the
underpass
z At Jawahar Circle, apart
from developing 362 car,
437 bike and 5 bus parking
facilities, 2 cycle stands are
also being built
z A welcome monument
of 80 feet height will be
made of white marble
z At OTS intersection, the
problem of jam persists
due to the movement of
vehicles from Gopalpura,
Jhalana, Jagatpura, Malviya
Nagar and Tilak Nagar
z According to a survey,
about 1.13 lakh vehicles
move from OTS every day,
to get rid of this problem, a
steel bridge without pillar will
be built here to overcomje
the traffic problem and give
relief to commuters
THE PROJECTS
IN THE COURTYARD
NEWS DIGEST
SHUDHH KE LIYE YUDHH: 2,220 LITRES OF ADULTERATED
MUSTARD OIL, 47 LITRES OF FAKE SARAS GHEE SIEZED
With rampant use of adulterated oil, ghee and other
edible items during the festive season, the government
has formed different teams to keep a check on it. The Jaipur
District Administration team raided and seized 2220 kg of
adulterated mustard oil and 47 litres of fake Saras ghee on
Friday. While carrying out raids in Muhana Mandi Sanganer
at M/s Govind Narayan Kanhaiyalal, the dept recovered these
adulterated items. Saras dairy has lodged a police FIR.
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AJMER PRIEST SELF-IMMOLATION
Jaipur: In a bid to boost electronic vehicles in the
State, the government made a provision of reserving
about 10% of the total parking space for electronic ve-
hicle charging facil-
ity in the residential
and other housing
projects. The Urban
Development and
Housing Depart-
ment issued the
order in this regard.
By issuing an order
this provision was
added to the Model Building Bylaws. But this provision
will not be mandatory for independent housing, eco-
friendly housing and for farm house projects.
TEN PER CENT PARKING SPACE TO BE KEPT
RESERVED FOR EVs IN HOUSING PROJECTS

PERSPECTIVE
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
As a man casts off worn-out
garments and puts on
others that are new, so does
the soul cast off its worn-out
bodies and enter into others
that are new.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
Piyush Goyal
@PiyushGoyal
‘Make In India’ record-breaker. $1
billion mobile phone exports in
September. Big success for Govt’s
Production Linked Incentive Scheme
that is scaling production jobs
and transforming India into a global
manufacturing hub.
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
Visited the Bharati School of
Telecommunication Technology
Management at @iitdelhi. The
institute is a part of the multi-institute
collaborative #5G testbed project led
by @iitmadras. #5G with plethora of
use cases across sectors will be a
force-multiplier for our economy.
TOP TWEETS
A SHORT RESPITE
FROM SCIENTIFIC
INVESTIGATION IN
GYANVAPI CASE
he district court in
Varanasihasrejected
a plea by four Hindu
parties for carbon
dating of the pur-
ported Shivling in the Gyanvapi
mosque premises. The demand
forascientifictestbytheArchae-
ological Survey of India, as was
done in the case of Ayodhya, was
to confirm whether it was a Shiv-
ling or a fountain as was claimed
by the Muslim side. The order
has given the contentious issue a
rest, at least for the time being.
The district judge dismissed the
plea on the ground that the place
was sealed on the orders of the
Supreme Court and any scien-
tific investigation would inter-
fere with the SC order.
The district judge’s order does
not mean that the issue has been
resolved. All eyes will be on the
apex court whenever it decides to
take up the case. Also pending be-
fore SC is the Places of Worship
(Special Provision) Act of 1991
which, the Hindus claim violates
the principles of natural justice.
T
he Election Com-
mission of India
has once again
held back the an-
nouncement of
poll dates for Gujarat Assem-
bly
. While the EC gave details
of the poll schedule for
HimachalPradesh,itsaidthat
the dates for Gujarat after 40
days. In 2017 also the Election
Commissionwasscheduledto
announce poll dates for Guja-
rat and Himachal Pradesh on
October 12 but only an-
nounced the schedule for
Himachal Pradesh. Election
CommissionerOPRawatthen
defended the decision in a me-
dia interview saying that “the
model code of conduct would
disrupt flood relief opera-
tions”. Commenting on the
poll panel’s decision, senior
Congress leader P. Chidam-
baram had tweeted, “EC will
be recalled from its extended
holiday after Gujarat Govt.
has announced all conces-
sions and freebies.”
The de- linking of elections
in Himachal and Gujarat is
surprising as there is little
doubt about the BJP’s victory
in Gujarat. The ruling party
probablyneededmoretimefor
campaigning to ensure that it
won a three-fourths majority
.
In 2017 the party formed the
government in Gujarat for the
sixth consecutive time with 99
seats and 49.1 percent votes.
BJP’s main rival won 77 seats
with 41.4 percent votes, an in-
crease of 2.5 percent. Poll sce-
nario in Gujarat has changed
drastically with the Congress
staying away from campaign-
ing in the state. Having virtu-
ally conceded the match Its
focus is more on Rahul Gan-
dhi’s Bharat Jodo march.
The Aam Aadmi Party is
eyeing the space being creat-
ed by the Congress. Arvind
Kejriwal and his team are go-
ing full throttle to take on the
ruling party they are banking
mainly on its Delhi model.
NO POLL DATES
YET FOR GUJARAT
The de- linking of
elections in Himachal and
Gujarat is surprising as
there is little doubt about
the BJP’s victory in
Gujarat. The ruling party
probably needed more
time for campaigning to
ensure that it won a
three-fourths majority
T
amajwadi Party (SP) founder
Mulayam Singh Yadav, who
was theleader of politicalma-
neuvers and the axis of the
politics of the opposition for
decades, never got away from
the political spectrum. Mu-
layam Singh Yadav, who was
onceamasterof thewrestling
arena, later proved to be a
master wrestler of the politi-
cal arena as well. He breathed
his last on Monday (October
10)atMedantaHospitalinGu-
rugram. Mulayam Singh,
popularly known as Netaji
among supporters, remained
activeinpoliticsfornearlysix
decades, and if he got famous
during this journey, he also
faced failure. But nothing
could affect his popularity
.
Early days and struggle
Born on November 22, 1939, in
a family of farmers in Saifai
village of Etawah district of
Uttar Pradesh, Mulayam was
active in student politics dur-
ing his early days. He taught
for some time in an inter-col-
lege after earning a degree in
PoliticalScience.Hewaselect-
ed MLA from Jaswant Nagar
seat for the first time in the
year1967.Hestronglyopposed
the declaration of emergency
in the country by the then In-
dira Gandhi government in
the year 1975. After the Emer-
gency ended in 1977, he be-
came the president of the Ut-
tar Pradesh unit of the Lok
Dal. Mulayam, who had an
unmatchedabilitytoknowthe
pulseof politics,waselectedto
the UP Legislative Council in
the year 1982 and during this
time, he was also the LoP in
the Upper House till 1985.
Was Defense Minister,
but UP remained his
political arena
He also created the most
prominent political clan of
the state. He was a 10-time
MLA and was also elected MP
for seven terms. At one time
he was also seen as a contend-
er for the post of PM. He was
a national leader for decades
but UP was mostly his politi-
cal arena. Influenced by so-
cialist leader Ram Manohar
Lohia, he started his political
journey in Uttar Pradesh and
became the CM of the state
thrice. Even after the Sama-
jwadi Party’s reins came into
the hands of Akhilesh Yadav
in the year 2017, Mulayam
Singh Yadav remained Netaji
for the party supporters and
his presence on the stage gave
hope to keep the Samajwadi
clan connected.
Mulayam specialized in
‘manipulative’ politics
Socialist Mulayam Singh Ya-
dav always kept the political
possibilitiesopenandhewasa
politician who used every op-
portunity
. Yadav, who was also
considered an expert in the
politics of manipulation, was
associated with many parties
from time to time.
When SP leader was called
‘Mullah Mulayam’
He became the Chief Minis-
ter of UP for the first time in
the year 1989. During this,
the Ram Janmabhoomi
movement gained momen-
tum while bringing the poli-
tics of the country and the
state under its influence. A
gathering of kar sevaks took
place in Ayodhya and on Oc-
tober 30, 1990, the police
opened fire, in which five kar
sevaks were killed. After this
incident, the then CM Mu-
layam Singh Yadav came un-
der the target of BJP and
other Hindutva organiza-
tions, and he was even called
‘Mullah Mulayam’.
Joining hands with
arch-rival BSP
In November 1993, Mulayam
Singh Yadav once again be-
came the CM of the state with
BSP’s support, but later his
government fell due to with-
drawal of support. After that
Yadav turned to national poli-
ticsandwontheLS polls from
Mainpuri in 1996. Mulayam
also briefly appeared as a
prime ministerial candidate
during the opposition parties’
attempts to create a non-BJP
alternative to the Congress.
However, he was made the De-
fence Minister in the United
Front government headed by
HD Deve Gowda. Sukhoi fight-
er aircraft deal with Russia
was also done during his ten-
ure. Later, Mulayam Singh Ya-
dav once again turned to poli-
tics of UP became CM for
the third time in the year 2003.
Mulayam was engaged
in uniting the family
till the last moment
Intheyear2016,thesplitstart-
ed in the Yadav family
. The
war of supremacy started be-
tweenthethenChief Minister
Akhilesh Yadav and his uncle
Shivpal Singh Yadav and on
January 1, 2017, in the party’s
emergency national conven-
tion, Mulayam Singh was re-
placed by his son Akhilesh
Yadav as the party president.
However,MulayamSinghwas
made the patron of the party
.
Shivpal formed his own party
intheyear2018inthenameof
‘Pragatisheel Samajwadi Par-
ty’ after not getting proper
‘respect’ in the party
. During
this, Mulayam kept trying his
best to unite his clan.
Mulayam had
revolutionary qualities
since childhood
To know about the title
‘Dhartiputra’ (son of the soil)
given to Mulayam Singh, it is
necessary to throw light on
his political life. Mulayam
Singh Yadav, who was born
before independence, had the
quality of revolutionary
since childhood and this is
confirmed by the fact that he
had joined the rally against
the then Congress govern-
ment at the age of just 14.
7 times MLA from the
seat gifted by Guru
MulayamSingh’sfatherwant-
ed his son to become a wres-
tler but his luck didn’t want to
limithimtowrestling.In1962,
when Mulayam Singh had ar-
rived to participate in a wres-
tling competition. Mulayam’s
wrestling skills impressed
Chaudhary Nathu Singh Ya-
dav, who was present there,
and after which Nathu Singh
took Mulayam with him.
Nathu Singh had not only
made him meet Ram Mano-
har Lohia but also gave the
Jaswantnagar seat of UP to
his disciple as a gift and he
was asked to contest from
there in 1967. Nathu Singh
wasamemberof PrajaSocial-
ist Party
. Mulayam lived up to
his guru’s expectations and
won the election. Later, he
clinched the assembly polls
from this seat seven times.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
DHARTIPUTRA TO MULLAH MULAYAM
DECODING NETAJI’S JOURNEY
OF SAMAJWAD POWER
S
MOHD FAHAD
The writer is National Editor
at NewsBytes, and alumnus of
AJKMCRC, Jamia Millia Islamia
He started his political
journey in Uttar Pradesh
and became the Chief
Minister of the state thrice.
Even after the Samajwadi
Party’s reins came into the
hands of Akhilesh Yadav in
2017, Mulayam Singh
Yadav remained Netaji for
the party supporters and his
presence on the stage gave
hope to keep the Samajwadi
clan connected
After entering politics,
Mulayam Singh Yadav
focused on removing
social evils. Under this
effort, he had given a feast at
home to Valmiki Dalits at his
younger brother’s wedding in
Saifai. He also worked for the
backward SCs. Due to
becoming the voice of the
weaker sections of the
society, he came to be known
as ‘Dhartiputra’
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INDIA
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Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: There are a
total of seven ministers
including Chief Minis-
ter Arvind Kejriwal in
the government of the
national capital Delhi.
One of these ministers,
Satyendra Jain, is
lodged in jail and the
other minister, Rajen-
dra Pal Gautam, has re-
signed. CM Arvind Ke-
jriwal himself has not
kept any ministry with
him. So, effectively,
there are only four min-
isters in the Delhi govt
right now. These four
ministers have all the
portfolios. Delhi’s Depu-
ty Chief Minister Man-
ish Sisodia officially
has 18 ministries, which
include all the big min-
istries like Home, Fi-
nance, Education, Pow-
er, Water, Urban Devel-
opment. Apart from
this, it has also been
written on the website
of Delhi Government
that all the depts which
have not been given to
any other minister are
also with Sisodia.
Recently, when Saty-
endra Jain was arrested
and was lodged in jail,
almost all his ministries
were given to Sisodia.
Now that Rajendra Pal
Gautam has resigned,
his ministries have also
been divided among the
remaining four minis-
ters. Then the question
is, will Arvind Kejriwal
expand his govt now?
Or will wait for Sisodia
to go to jail too? He him-
self has said many
times that Sisodia can
be arrested in the case
of liquor policy. How-
ever, informed sources
say that he will keep
Satyendra Jain as the
minister. A Dalit leader
can be made a minister
in place of Rajendra Pal
Gautam. In this con-
text, the name of Man-
golpuri MLA Rakhi
Birla, who is currently
the deputy Speaker, is
in the running. Apart
from this, names of
Karol Bagh MLA
Vishesh Ravi and Kon-
dli MLA Kuldeep Ku-
mar are also doing the
rounds.
Will Arvind Kejriwal expand his cabinet?
EXPANDING BASE
Priyanka vows to restore old
pensionschemeifvotedtopower
New Delhi (PTI): Con-
gress leader Priyanka
Gandhi Vadra on Fri-
day promised to re-
store the old pension
scheme for govern-
ment employees in
Himachal Pradesh if
her party was voted to
power in the Assembly
elections.
AICC general secre-
tary Vadra said this at
the ‘Parivartan Prati-
gya Rally’ held at Tho-
do Maidan in Himachal
Pradesh’s Solan.
She said the decision
to restore the old pen-
sion scheme and pro-
vide one lakh jobs to
unemployed youth
would be taken in the
first cabinet meeting if
the Congress was voted
to power in the state.
Earlier, Gandhi paid
obeisance at the Maa
Shoolini Temple in
Solan before formally
launching the Con-
gress’ election cam-
paign in the hill state.
She also released the
party’s election theme
song on the occasion.
PM MODI WILL HAVE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON
INFLATION, UNEMPLOYMENT: RAHUL GANDHI
New Delhi (PTI): Former Congress
president Rahul Gandhi on Friday sought
to know from Prime Minister Narendra
Modi why inflation and unemployment
were at a high and said the government
will have to answer these questions.
“Why is inflation at a 35-year HIGH?
Why is unemployment at a 45-year
HIGH? Why are ‘Parathas’ being taxed at
18% GST? Why are farm tractors being
taxed at 12% GST? “Bharat Jodo Yatra
will keep asking you these questions and
more, Prime Minister. You will have to
answer,” Gandhi said on Twitter.
Priyanka Gandhi addresses ‘Parivartan Pratigya Rally’, in Solan on Friday.
‘NO CONGRES CHIEF
CAN KEEP GANDHI
FAMILY ALOOF’
Bhopal: Lok Sabha MP
and Congress presidential
poll candidate Shashi
Tharoor on Friday said
he was gladdened by the
reception he has got from
party workers in MP and
admitted he did not get
this kind of welcome in
some states. Tharoor is
contesting against veteran
colleague Mallikarjun
Kharge for the polls to the
party’s highest post.
TEWARI ON KHARGE:
CONG NEEDS A ‘SAFE
PAIR OF HANDS’
New Delhi: Congress
leader Manish Tewari on
Thursday said that the
party needs a “safe pair of
hands” and a “composed
personality” in the form
of Mallikarjun Kharge who
can provide “stability” to
the party as the president.
He extended support to
Kharge’s candidature for
the top post in the party.
‘Are we forcing our
daughters?’,saysOwaisi
New Delhi: Reacting to
the split verdict given by
the SC on petitions chal-
lenging the Karnataka
hijab ban, AIMIM chief
Asaduddin Owaisi has
slammed the Centre for
‘’forcing the Muslim
girls to remove their hi-
jab.’’Reactingtothesplit
verdict given by the top
court on the hijab ban,
Owaisi said, “if Muslim
women want to cover
their heads, it does not
mean, they are covering
their intellect.”
He further alleged,
“They say that Muslims
are forcing little chil-
dren to wear hijab. Are
we really forcing our
girls?” The AIMIM lead-
er went on to say, “Let
our daughters wear hi-
jab, you wear your bi-
kini if you like…”
During his interac-
tion with a gathering at
the Golconda Fort, he
also sought to question
whether hijab shows the
‘backwardness’ of Mus-
lims and whether Mus-
lim women are not con-
tributing to the develop-
ment of the country
.
“If you come to Hy-
derabad, you will see the
most notorious drivers
are our sisters. Don’t
even put your vehicle
behind them. No, this is
from my personal expe-
rience. I tell my driver to
be careful. Sit behind
them on the motorcycle
wearing a helmet and
then you will under-
stand whether they are
being forced,” Owaisi
said in his speech.
Referring to the Kar-
nataka hijab ban row,
Owaisi said, “When a
Hindu, a Sikh and a
Christian student is al-
lowed to enter the class-
room with their reli-
gious clothing and a
Muslim is stopped, what
do they think of the
Muslim student? Obvi-
ously, they will think
Muslims are below us.”
Amid the raging hi-
jab row, Owaisi said that
“One day, a girl wearing
a hijab will be the PM of
India. It is my dream”.
Centre
upgrades
Assam CMs
security to Z+
Assam (ANI): The Cen-
tral Reserve Police
Force (CRPF), which is
currently providing
Sarma ‘Z’ category se-
curity, will now facili-
tate him with ‘Z+’ cate-
gory security
.
Sources said that the
move comes after the
security arrangement
for Sarma was reviewed
intheMinistryof Home
Affairs (MHA) in con-
sultation with the Cen-
tral Security Agency
and it has been decided
to upgrade his present
‘Z’ category CRPF secu-
rity cover in North-
Eastern region to ‘Z+’
category CRPF security
cover on all India basis.
The MHA has re-
quested the CRPF to
provide ‘Z+’ category
security cover to Sarma
on all India basis, said
the sources.
CJI UU LALIT RECUSES TO HEAR BS
YEDIYURAPPA’S PLEA IN LAND CASE
SUPREME COURT REJECTS URGENT HEARING
OF PLEAS OVER POLITICAL FREEBIES
New Delhi: CJI UU Lalit on Friday recused from hearing
former Karnataka CM B S Yediyurappa’s plea challenging
Karnataka HC order restoring the criminal complaint against
him in alleged forgery of documents over the withdrawal of
approval for a parcel of land in the state. CJI Lalit directed
to list the matter after Diwali before an appropriate bench
of the SCin which he is not a member. The SC was hearing
Yediyurappa’s plea challenging the Karnataka HC order dated
January 5, 2021 whereby the HC has restored a criminal
complaint against B S Yediyurappa, former minister for
industries Murugesh R Nirani and one more accused.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said that there
was no urgency to hear the matter against freebies
promised by the political parties during election campaigns.
The petition seeking an urgent hearing of the plea was
mentioned for urgent hearing before the Supreme Court
today. Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay mentioned the matter
before a bench of Chief Justice UU Lalit and Justices
Hemant Gupta saying elections are to be announced in
Gujarat and parties are making irresponsible promises. CJI
Lalit then said there is no urgent hearing and asked to send
the files of the case to his chamber.
IN THE COURTYARD
SC DISMISSES
PLEAS OF
WHATSAPP-META
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Friday upheld
the Delhi High Court
order, which dismissed
the appeals filed by
WhatsApp and Facebook
(now Meta) challenging
a single judge bench
order refusing to stay the
Competition Commission
of India’s (CCI) probe
into alleged abuse of
dominant position
practices by WhatsApp in
connection with its 2021
privacy policy.
NO DIVORCE UNDER
ARTICLE 1 42 IF ONE
SIDE UNWILLING: SC
New Delhi: The SC has
said that it would not
use its power under
Article 142 to annul a
marriage, when the wife
is willing to give the
marriage one more “try”,
however the husband
claimed an irretrievable
breakdown of marriage.
A bench was informed
that the couple stayed
together only for 40
days and they have been
living separately for
almost two years now.
When a Hindu, a Sikh and a Christian student
is allowed to enter the classroom with their
religious clothing and a Muslim is stopped,
what do they think of the Muslim student? Obviously,
they will think Muslims are below us.
—Asaduddin Owaisi, AIMIM chief
ANTI-TERROR EXERCISE CONCLUDES
Representatives of India during the 38th meeting of Council of Shanghai Cooperation
Organisation (SCO) Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS), in New Delhi on Friday. Other
member countries of SCO RATS; Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyz Republic, Pakistan, Russia,
Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, also attended the meeting. —PHOTO BY PTI
Guwahati (ANI):
Droupadi Murmu, the
President of India, who
is on a two-day tour to
Assam visited the shak-
tipeeth Kamakhya Tem-
ple in Guwahati this
morning. This is her
maiden visit to the state
since assuming office.
She prayed at the tem-
ple and sought blessings
for the well-being and
welfare of everyone. As-
sam Chief Minister
Himanta Biswa Sarma
and Governor Jagdish
Mukhi accompanied
President Murmu to the
temple situated atop
Nilachal Hills.
“Honoured to accom-
pany Hon’ble President
Smt Droupadi Murmj
ji, who is on a 2-day vis-
it to Assam, to the Kam-
akhya Temple along
with Hon’ble Governor
Prof Jagdish Mukhi.
We sought blessings
from Maa Kamakhya
and prayed for the well-
being and welfare of
everyone,” Assam
Chief Minister Himan-
ta Biswa Sarma tweeted
after the temple visit.
President Droupadi Murmu with her daughter Itishri Murmu
offering prayers at Kamakhya Temple, in Guwahati on Friday.
Prez visits shaktipeeth Kamakhya Temple
Assam CM Guv accompanied
President Murmu to the temple
—PHOTO
BY
ANI
Nuclear sub INS Arihant
test fires ballistic missile
New Delhi: India’s
strategic strike subma-
rine INS Arihant car-
ried out successful
launch of a ballistic
missile on Friday, the
defence ministry said.
The missile was test-
ed to a predetermined
range and it impacted
the target area in the
Bay of Bengal. “The
successful user train-
ing launch of the SLBM
(submarine launched
ballistic missile) by INS
Arihant is significant to
prove crew competency
and validate the SSBN
programme, a key ele-
ment of India’s nuclear
deterrence capability,”
the ministry said.
“A robust, survivable
and assured retaliatory
capability is in keeping
with India’s policy to
have ‘credible mini-
mum deterrence’ that
underpins its ‘No First
Use’ commitment,” it
said in a statement.
IT conducts raid at premises of
JD(U) chief’s close aide in Patna
Patna (ANI): The In-
come Tax (IT) depart-
ment on Friday con-
ducted raids at multiple
locations in Bihar’s
Patna, including the
Shivpuri, Patel Nagar,
and Boring Road prem-
ises of builder Gabbu
Singh.
Builder Gabbu Singh
is a close aide of the na-
tional president of Ja-
nata Dal (United) Rajiv
Ranjan alias Lalan Sin-
gh. Details in this mat-
ter are awaited as the IT
raids are currently un-
derway
.
The development has
come months after JDU
chief Nitish Kumar
broke the party’s alli-
ance with Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party and joined
hands with the opposi-
tion to form a “Maha-
gathbandhan” alliance
in the state and took
oath as Bihar CM for the
eighth time.
It was in 2020 when
the BJP-JDU won the
election in alliance with
each other in Bihar and
Nitish Kumar was made
the chief minister de-
spite BJP being the sin-
gle largest party
.
Lalan Singh

INDIA
06
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: The way
the central agencies
are laying siege to the
Soren family in
Jharkhand, similarly,
Lalu Prasad’s family is
being laid siege upon in
Bihar. Lalu Prasad’s
troubles in the fodder
scam seemed to be end-
ing, so now the entire
family has been entan-
gled in the alleged scam
of job for land. The dis-
proportionate assets
case is also pending
against almost all the
members of the family.
The latest case is of
land for job, which is
from the time when
Lalu Prasad was Rail-
way Minister i.e. before
2009. Central agencies
have started action in
this matter after a dec-
ade and a half.
The CBI had regis-
tered a case in May this
year in the case of giv-
ing jobs in lieu of land.
Since then, the names
of about one and a half
dozen people have
come in it.
Along with many
railway officials, the
names of Lalu Prasad,
Rabri Devi, Misa Bhar-
ti and Hima Yadav are
also in it. Bhola Yadav,
who was a close aide of
Lalu Prasad in the
same case, has been ar-
rested and the CBI is
interrogating Tejashwi
Yadav’s close aide San-
jay Yadav. The sword is
also hanging over
Tejashwi Yadav in a
case of IRCTC, a rail-
way related company.
If the agency has ar-
rested one accused in
this case, then natural-
ly the sword of arrest is
hanging on the rest of
the accused as well.
Is Lalu’s family being surrounded by agencies?
WATCHFUL EYES
Yogi visits flood-hit villages,
says ready to serve public
Maharajganj (ANI):
Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath on Friday visited
the flood-affected villag-
es of Maharajganj and
Gorakhpurdistrictsand
distributed relief mate-
rials to the floods vic-
tims.
He also conducted an
aerial survey of flood-
affected areas. CM Yogi
saidthattheadministra-
tion has been instructed
todistributerelief mate-
rialstotheflood-affected
familiesonawarfooting
so that no one has to suf-
fer. The officials have
beendirectedtoimmedi-
ately provide compensa-
tion of Rs 4 lakh to the
families of the flood vic-
tims.
“For the first time in
October, we all have to
face the tragedy of un-
timelyfloods.Facingthe
challenge of disaster
firmly
,thedoubleengine
government of the Cen-
tre and the state is en-
gaged in the service of
thepeople,”hesaid.Yogi
further said that all the
possible help is being
provided to every flood-
affected person and en-
sured no shortages of
any kind.
He also met flood-af-
fected victims in Maha-
rajganj and Sahjanwa
and distributed flood-
relief material among
them. CM reviewed the
situation arising out of
incessant rainfall in the
state in the last few
days. The Chief Minis-
ter has directed the
Group of Ministers to
immediately visit the
districts under their
charge and extend their
cooperation in relief
and rescue works to the
flood-affected parts of
the state.
In a high-level meet-
ing chaired by CM Yogi,
instructions were is-
sued to expedite the re-
lief and rehabilitation
work in all the districts
affected by heavy rains.
CM Yogi also ordered to
keep the District Con-
trol Room functional
24x7 under the leader-
ship of Joint Magistrate
level officers.
Administration instructed to distribute relief materials to the flood-affected families
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath distributes relief material to the flood-affected people, in Gorakhpur.
“GOVT NOT RUNNING ZOMATO, COLLECT YOUR RELIEF
MATERIALS”: UTTAR PRADESH DM TO FLOOD-HIT PEOPLE
Ambedkar Nagar (ANI):
At a time when Uttar
Pradesh is reeling under
a flood situation, its
Ambedkar Nagar District
Magistrate’s (DM) video
with local people went
viral where the official
is heard saying that
the government is not
running “Zomato” to
provide door-to-door
service or relief materials
to people in the flood-hit
areas. “...If you need,
you will be provided with
chlorine tablets, and a
doctor will come to see
when one falls sick, this
is the reason why flood
posts are established,”
the DM said.
Expert committee
holds first meeting
New Delhi (ANI): The
first meeting of the
four-membered com-
mittee to examine the
World Health Organisa-
tion’s report regarding
Maiden Pharmaceuti-
cals Ltd was held on
Thursday
.
The committee com-
prises of technical ex-
perts Dr YK Gupta, Vice
Chairperson of the
Standing National Com-
mittee on Medicines
(chair), Dr Pragya Ya-
dav, Indian Council of
Medical Research- Na-
tional Institute of Virol-
ogy (ICMR -NIV) in
Pune, Dr Arti Bahl, Di-
vision of Epidemiology
,
National Centre for Dis-
ease Control (NCDC) in
New Delhi, and AK
Pradhan, JDC(I) in Cen-
tral Drugs Standard
Control Organisation
(CDSCO). According to
the sources from Union
Health Ministry
, the ex-
perts here discussed
and intensified the in-
vestigation into the
matter. Notably
, the pro-
duction of cough syr-
ups by Maiden Pharma-
ceuticals was suspend-
ed on Wednesday, how-
ever, its lab report is
awaited.
“The government is
alerted and has formed
a committee. Produc-
tion of cough syrups by
Maiden Pharmaceuti-
cals Ltd has been sus-
pended, and its lab re-
port is awaited. A four-
member expert commit-
tee has been formed to
investigate the report
sent by WHO,” official
sources said.
According to reports,
Atlanta-based Atlantic
Pharmaceuticals Com-
pany Ltd which has per-
mission to export medi-
cines to West Africa’s
Gambia had ordered
combined cough syrup
bottles that were pur-
chased from Maiden
Pharmaceuticals limit-
ed. “From the prelimi-
nary inquiry of CDSCO,
it has been revealed that
Maiden Pharmaceuti-
cals Ltd is a manufac-
turer licensed by the
State Drug Controller
for the product’s Pro-
methazine Oral Solu-
tion BP, Kofexnalin
Baby cough syrup, Ma-
Koff Baby Cough Syrup
and MaGrip n Cold Syr-
up under reference, and
holds manufacturing
permission for these
products for export
only
,” the sources said.
Govt is alerted and has formed a com-
mittee. Production of cough syrups by
Maiden Pharmaceuticals Ltd has been
suspended, and its lab report is awaited.
—Official sources said
Lalu Prasad Yadav former Bihar Chief Minister
‘DRUGS WORTH
`900 cr SEIZED
SINCE MAY 2021’
HOPE IT IS SEEN
SERIOUSLY: MEA
ON AUS STABBING
RUSSIAN AIRLINE
AEROFLOT RECEIVES
BOMB THREAT
FISHERMAN WINS
`70 L LOTTERY
IN KERALA
Guwahati (ANI):
Assam Chief Minister
Himanta Biswa Sarma
on Friday claimed that
drugs worth Rs 900
crore were seized and
a total of 6,800 people
have been arrested in
the state since May
2021. “To make Assam
a drug-free state, the
Assam government
is continuing its war
against Drugs. Drugs
worth Rs 900 cr seized
and 6,800 persons
arrested in Assam since
May 2021,” said CM.
Ministry of External
Affairs (MEA) said
on Friday the high
commission in Can-
berra is in touch with
the local authorities
over an incident of
stabbing of an Indian
student in Australia
and expects action
to be taken against
the perpetrators.MEA
spokesperson Arindam
Bagchi said a suspect
has been taken into
custody in connection
with the incident.
New Delhi (ANI):
Russian airline Aeroflot
flight SU 232 received a
bomb threat on Thurs-
day while the plane was
enroute to Delhi’s Indira
Gandhi International
Airport (IGI) airport.
“Our investigation
is underway at the
airport, all the passen-
gers and their luggage
are being checked and
the SOPs are followed,
the aircraft is currently
in the isolation bay,”
an official investigation
team said.
Kollam (Agencies):
Barely hours after he
received an attach-
ment notice from a
bank in respect of his
house for default on
loan repayment, a fish
seller from Kerala was
able to heave a sigh
of relief as he won the
`70 lakh Akshaya lot-
tery of the state gov-
ernment. Pookunju, on
October 12, began his
day as usual and while
on the way to collect
the fish which he sells
during the day.
GOA (Agencies): The Goa Police on Friday ar-
rested one person for allegedly recording video
of a girl while she was taking a bath in the Girls
Hostel washroom. Panaji Police inspector Nikhil
Palekar told IANS that
the accused person,
identified as Cipson
Gomes, 25, has been
arrested. Responding
to a question, Palekar
said that the accused
person climbed the
building using pipes and then recorded video while
the complainant was taking a bath. “The accused
person has been arrested,” he said. Police are
further investigating the case.
ONE HELD IN GOA FOR RECORDING
VIDEO OF GIRL IN HOSTEL BATHROOM
CRUCIAL READ
5th Vande Bharat train by Nov 2022
New India (ANI): The
5th Vande Bharat Train
will begin operations
from November 10 on
the Chennai-Bengaluru-
Mysuru route.
The first Vande
Bharat Express train
was flagged off on Feb-
ruary 15, 2019, on the
New Delhi-Kanpur-Alla-
habad-Varanasi route.
The government has
dedicated significant ef-
forts towards strength-
ening the ‘Make in In-
dia’ campaign, and
Vande Bharat Express
is one of the success sto-
ries.
In his address to the
nation on August 15,
2021, from the ramparts
of the Red Fort, Prime
Minister Modi an-
nounced that during the
75 weeks of the Amrit
Mahotsav of Independ-
ence, 75 Vande Bharat
trains will connect eve-
rycornerof thecountry
.
On Thursday, PM
Modi flagged off the in-
augural run of the
fourthVandeBharatEx-
press from Amb Andau-
ra, Una to New Delhi.
Train No. 22447/22448
New Delhi- Amb Andau-
ra- New Delhi Vande
Bharat Express shall
commence its regular
service from 19th Octo-
ber 2022.
For the first time in
October, we all have to
face the tragedy of un-
timely floods. Facing
the challenge of disas-
ter firmly, the double
engine government of
the Centre and the
state is engaged in the
service of the people
—Yogi Adityanath,
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister
Centre rushes
high-level
team to UP
New Delhi (ANI): The
Centre on Friday in-
formed that it has de-
cided to depute a high-
level team to Uttar
Pradesh in collabora-
tion with the state au-
thorities for instituting
measures for dengue
management in Firo-
zabad, Agra and Eta-
wah districts.
“Union Ministry of
Health and Family Wel-
fare has decided to de-
pute a high-level
multi-disciplinary team
to Uttar Pradesh to col-
laborate with the State
Health Authorities in
instituting public
health measures for
Dengue management in
Firozabad, Agra and
Etawah districts,” the
ministry informed in a
press statement.
As per the statement,
the six-member central
team to Uttar Pradesh
comprises experts from
National Centre for Dis-
ease Control, National
Centre for Vector Borne
Diseases Control and
Dr RML Hospital, New
Delhi.
No consensus
between Punjab and
Haryana over SYL
Chandigarh(Agencies):
A meeting to discuss
the contentious Sut-
lej Yamuna Link
(SYL) canal issue
was held here today
between Punjab
Chief Minister Bhag-
want Mann and his
Haryana counter-
part Manohar Lal
Khattar.
Reportedly
, the two
failed to arrive at a
consensus on the
construction of SYL
canal. They will now
meet Union Water
Resources Minister
Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat and brief
him about the meet-
ing. The meeting was
held after the SC re-
cently nudged them
to meet and find an
amicable solution.
Addressing media af-
ter the meeting, Pun-
jab CM Bhagwant
Mann said he had a
long discussion with
Haryana CM and his
team. “I put across
Punjab’s side very
strongly
,”heclaimed.
Punjab and Haryana CM Bhagwant Mann and Manohar
Lal Khattar in a meeting to discuss the Sutlej Yamuna Link
canal issue, in Chandigarh on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the flagging off ceremony of the
Vande Bharat Express. —FILE PHOTO
IITs are repositories bridge to the
future: Dharmendra Pradhan
New Delhi (Agencies):
Union Minister for Edu-
cation and Skill Devel-
opment and Patron-in-
Chief of IInvenTiv
Dharmendra Pradhan,
on Friday, inaugurated
IInvenTiv - the first-ever
all-IITs R and D show-
case at the Indian Insti-
tute of Technology
, Del-
hi. The two-day event
that would conclude on
October 15 would bring
academia and industry
under one roof to show-
case India’s global R and
D strength.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan at inauguration
ceremony of IInvenTiv in New Delhi on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
TO EXAMINE WHO CLAIMS
LONG-PENDING ISSUE
DENGUE IN UP
—FILE PHOTO

business
BRIEFS
New Delhi: Sowing of rabi
crops, especially oilseeds
and pulses, has begun
across the country and
about 7.34 lakh hectare
has been covered so far,
according to the agricul-
ture ministry data re-
leased on Friday. Wheat is
the main rabi (winter)
crop but its sowing data
has not yet been reported
from states, it said. Rabi
crops are sown from Oc-
tober, immediately after
the southwest monsoon is
over and harvesting is
done in April/May. The
government has not yet
announced MSP of rabi
crops for the 2022-23
crop year. —PTI
New Delhi: The govern-
ment’s wheat stock is
11% higher than the buff-
er norm at 227.46 lakh
tonne at the beginning of
this month, according to
the Food Ministry data.
However, the wheat stock
in state-run FCI is at five
year low due to a 57%
drop in procurement ow-
ing to a fall in production
and aggressive buying by
private traders for export
purposes. In the case of
rice, the stocks are more
than double the buffer
norm at 283.9 lakh tonne
as of October 1. —PTI
CENTRE’S WHEAT
STOCK 11% HIGHER
THAN BUFFER NORM
SOWING OF RABI
CROPS, ESPECIALLY
MUSTARD, BEGINS
Bengaluru: Bharat Petro-
leum Corporation Limited
(BPCL) has aimed to con-
vert its 7,000 conventional
retail outlets into energy
stations providing multi-
ple fueling options includ-
ing electric vehicle (EV)
charging facility, in the
medium to long term.
BPCL on Friday an-
nounced the launch of EV
fast-charging stations on
two corridors in the
southern region -- Banga-
lore-Chennai and Banga-
lore-Mysore-Coorg High-
way. —PTI
BPCL TO CONVERT
RETAIL OUTLETS INTO
ENERGY STATIONS
New Delhi: Gold price fell
by `261 to `51,098 per
10 grams in the national
capital on Friday amid a
decline in the prices of
yellow metal in the inter-
national market, accord-
ing to HDFC Securities. In
the previous trade, the
precious metal had closed
at `51,359 per 10 grams.
Silver also declined by
`692 to `57,477 per kilo-
gram from `58,169 per
kg. In the international
market, gold was trading
lower at $1,665.2 per
ounce while silver was
down at $18.95 per
ounce. —PTI
GOLD PRICES FALL
`261; SILVER ALSO
DECLINES BY `692
07
Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 51,098.00 261.00 0.51 (Per 10g)
SILVER 57,477.00 692.00 1.20 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 82.32 0.08 0.09
GBPINR 92.55 0.76 0.82
CURRENCIES
*Rates till the edition went to print.
ALIA BHATT TO EXPAND
ED-A-MAMMA BIZ TO
UAE, EUROPE NEXT YEAR
New Delhi: Bollywood actor Alia
Bhatt has said that she plans
to expand her fashion direct-
to-consumer
(D2C) startup
Ed-a-Mamma’s
business
to UAE and
Europe next year. The actor said
that Ed-a-Mamma is her first
entrepreneurial venture which
focuses on sustainable cloth-
ing for kids at affordable price
points. “I would like to focus
on expanding outside India
and add more categories to the
brand. We started with a kids
wear brand and are launching
maternity wear this year. —PTI
DISCOMS’ AGGREGATE
LOSS RISES 66% TO
`50,281 CR IN 2020-21
New Delhi: Aggregate losses
of power distribution utilities or
discoms increased by 66% to
`50,281 crore
in 2020-21 as
compared to
the previous
year, a report
by state-run Power Finance
Corporation said. ‘The Report
on Performance of Power Utili-
ties in 2020-21’ unveiled also
stated that overall ATC losses
of discome deteriorated from
20.73% in 2019-20 to 22.32%
in 2020-21. Aggregate losses
of discoms increased from
`30,203 crore in 2019-20 to
`50,281 crore in 2020-21. —PTI
OTHER STORIES
PACKED, FROZEN PARATHA ‘QUITE DIFFERENT’ FROM
ROTI; ATTRACTS 18% TAX: GST APPELLATE AAR
New Delhi: Packed frozen ‘Paratha’ is not ‘roti or chapatti’ as it
requires further cooking before consumption and despite wheat
flour being the ‘common thread’ there are other ingredients used in
making parathas, said an order by the Gujarat Appellate Authority
for Advance Ruling. Such parathas,
whether named Malabar, Mixed
vegetable, Onion, Methi, Alu, Laccha,
Mooli or Plain, have ingredients like
margarine, salt, emulsifying agent, oil,
potato, peas, cauliflower, coriander
powder, bread improver and water,
apart from wheat flour, which make ‘quite different’ from plain roti or
chapatti and hence are not eligible for 5 per cent Goods and Services
Tax (GST) rate, the ruling said. —PTI
FM: INDIA WILL COME OUT OF
CURRENT GLOBAL TURMOIL
Washington (PTI): Fi-
nance Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman has exuded
confidence that India will
come out of the current
global turmoil and move on
the path of sustained re-
covery on the back of rapid
digitisation and steps tak-
en by the government.
She said India has been
able to set up a global
benchmark in digitisation
in areas of payment,
healthcare, education and
regulatory compliances,
and this is a confidence
booster for the economy
.
The economy and busi-
nesses are doing well be-
cause of steps taken by the
government in last two
years, Sitharaman said.
“I would think that the
economy’s revival is on a
sustained path,” she said,
adding that the govern-
ment has taken on board
the impact of the global
turmoil on demand, ex-
ports, and the rupee vis-a-
vis the US dollar.
“There is a sense of con-
fidence in India that we
will go through this and we
will be able to still perform.
It’s because of the way in
which technology has been
used for the public good,”
she said.
She further said the
credit availability is no
longer an issue as even
small businesses are get-
ting loans sitting at home.
These are actually great
lubricants when the econo-
my is looking to find ways
in which it can come out of
the lockdown or the diffi-
culties of a largely extrane-
ous problem, she said.
Sitharaman said India’s
public goods are available
for countries which need
them. “For example, be-
cause of CoWIN, Indians
travelling abroad don’t
need any paper to show
they’re vaccinated. They
can show it on phone. Now,
CoWIN app is available for
any country which wants
to use it.”
Sitharaman said the
push for digitisation be-
tween 2014 and 2019 helped
fight the economic crisis
during COVID-19 and
thereafter as well.
“The push that was given
between 2014 and 2019 actu-
ally has helped us. And
helped us in many unbe-
lievable ways. We were able
to provide relief immedi-
ately during the long lock-
down,” she said.
Similarly, the public dis-
tribution system was digit-
ised and during this period,
India also brought in One
Nation One Ration Card
scheme.
“We believe that the tar-
get approach was possible
because we were techno-
logically well-networked.
INDIA’S 5G IS INDIGENOUS, CAN PROVIDE TO
OTHER COUNTRIES AS WELL: SITHARAMAN
Washington (PTI): India has launched its indigenously developed 5G
infrastructure and is ready to share it with other countries as well,
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday (Friday
IST). “The story (of India’s 5G) is yet to reach the public,” Sithara-
man said. “The 5G that we’ve launched in our country is completely
standalone,” she said. “There could be some parts coming from, say,
countries like (South) Korea, but (not) coming from somebody else.
So complete indigenous technology that we can now provide 5G (to
any country) who wants it,” she said. “So, our 5G is not imported
from somewhere else. It’s our own product,” Sitharaman said.
WHAT NIRMALA
SITHARAMAN SAID
 India has been able to
set a global benchmark
in digitisation in areas
of payment, healthcare,
education and regulatory
compliances, and this is a
confidence booster for eco
 The economy and
businesses are doing well
because of steps taken by the
government in last two years
ACT NOW TO
BRING DOWN
INFLATION: IMF
Washington (PTI): The
International Monetary
Fund on Friday urged pol-
icy makers across the
world to act now to bring
down inflation, put in
place responsible fiscal
policy, safeguard financial
stability and carry reforms
to address climate change,
make digitalisation work
for people and address in-
equality
.
Speaking to reporters
IMF Managing Director
Kristalina Georgieva said,
“The IMF is working with
our 190 members on these
issues. Our economic anal-
ysis is front and centre to
help countries navigate
this complex environment
and avoid policy mistakes.”
Describing it as a diffi-
cult global environment,
Georgieva said the world
economy has been hit by
one shock after another.
They continue to harm
people’s lives and they have
caused a cost-of-living cri-
sis, she noted.
Government allows wheat
flour exports by SEZ firms
New Delhi (PTI): The gov-
ernment on Friday allowed
exports of wheat flour un-
der the advance authorisa-
tion scheme and by export
oriented units and firms in
special economic zones.
Exportorientedunitsand
thoseoperatingfromspecial
economic zones can export
only that wheat flour which
is produced from imported
wheat and not procured
from the domestic market,
the Directorate General of
Foreign Trade (DGFT) said
in a notification.
Wheat processors had
earlier approached the gov-
ernment seeking permis-
sionforwheatimportunder
the advance authorisation
scheme, so that they can ex-
port value-added products.
Anadvanceauthorisation
scheme allows duty-free im-
portof inputs,whichhaveto
be mandatorily used in
products that are required
tobeexportedwithinaspec-
ified time. They are not al-
lowed to sell the products in
the domestic market.
UK‘nolongerworkingtoDiwalideadline’
London (PTI): The free
trade agreement (FTA) ne-
gotiations with India are
no longer working towards
a Diwali deadline, UK
Trade Secretary Kemi Bad-
enoch has confirmed.
During a visit to a Scotch
whisky distillery on Thurs-
day
, the Cabinet minister in
charge of the FTA negotia-
tions at the Department for
International Trade (DIT)
said the deal being lined up
with India would bring
great wins for the industry
as the steep tariffs of up to
150% are set to be slashed.
However, while the nego-
tiations are progressing
well, signing a draft agree-
ment by October 24 is no
longer the goal.
“We are close. We’re still
working on a deal. One of
the things that has changed
is that we are no longer
working to the Diwali dead-
line,” Badenoch told BBC.
“We’ve closed a lot of
chapters (the sections for
the negotiating text). The
negotiations are progress-
ing well. But we want to
focus on the quality of the
deal rather than the speed
of the deal. Given the
changes that have taken
place – not just in govern-
ment but the mourning pe-
riod (for the Queen) and so
on, it makes sense for us to
focus on the deal rather
than the day,” she said.
This marks the first of-
ficial confirmation that
both sides are no longer
considering Diwali as the
closing date for the major-
ity of the deal, with the DIT
previously only saying that
the government “won’t sac-
rifice quality for speed”.
The Diwali timeline had
been announced by for-
mer PM Boris Johnson
during his India visit in
April and it was widely ex-
pected that it would prove
a tight deadline.
ELUSIVE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
TIMELINE SET BY
EX-PM JOHNSON
 The Diwali timeline had
been announced by former
Prime Minister Boris
Johnson during his India
visit in April
` FALLS 8 PAISE TO CLOSE AT 82.32 AGAINST $
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee depreciated 8 paise to close at 82.32 (pro-
visional) against the US dollar on Friday, as a firm American currency
and risk-averse sentiment among investors weighed on the local unit.
At the interbank foreign exchange market, the local currency opened
at 82.26 and finally settled at 82.32 against the American currency,
registering a decline of 8 paise over its previous close. During the
day, the local unit witnessed
a high of 82.12 and a low of
82.43 against the greenback.
On Thursday, the local currency
had settled at 82.24 against
the US dollar. Meanwhile, the
dollar index advanced 0.56% to
112.99. Global oil benchmark
Brent crude futures fell 0.75%.
MARKETS REBOUND
SHARPLY AMID FIRM
GLOBAL TRENDS
Mumbai (PTI): Equity
benchmarks Sensex and
Nifty ended over 1% higher
on Friday, helped by heavy
buying in Infosys and
banking stocks amid a ral-
ly in global stock markets.
The 30-share BSE Sensex
jumped 684.64 points or
1.20% to settle at 57,919.97.
During the day, it rallied
1,199.79 points or 2.09% to
58,435.12.
Similarly, the broader
NSE Nifty climbed 171.35
points or 1.01% to end at
17,185.70. From the Sensex
components, Infosys
jumped nearly 4 per cent,
followed by HDFC Bank,
HDFC, HCL Technologies,
Larsen Toubro, ICICI
Bank, Kotak Mahindra
Bank, Bajaj Finance and
State Bank of India.
TOP GAINERS
ON FRIDAY
 From the Sensex
components, Infosys
jumped nearly 4 per cent,
followed by HDFC Bank,
HDFC, HCL Technologies,
Larsen Toubro, ICICI
Bank, Kotak Mahindra
Bank, Bajaj Finance and
State Bank of India
wholesale price-based in-
flation declined to a
18-month low of 10.7% in
September, as prices of
food, fuel and manufac-
tured items softened.
Although the wholesale
price index (WPI) based in-
flation declined for the
fourth consecutive month,
it continued to remain in
double digit for the 18th
month since April 2021.
“Inflation in September,
2022 is primarily contrib-
uted by rise in prices of
mineral oils, food articles,
crude petroleum natural
gas, chemicals chemical
products, basic metals,
electricity, textiles etc. As
compared to the corre-
sponding month of the pre-
vious year,” an official
statement said.
The wholesale inflation
was 12.41% in August and
11.80% in September last
year. This year, WPI
touched a record high of
15.88% in May
.
Economists say the grad-
ual month-on-month de-
cline in WPI is mainly due
to moderation in commod-
ity prices and pegged infla-
tion to come down further
with overall recovery mo-
mentum and weaker out-
look on commodity prices.
Inflation in food articles
in Sept eased to 11.03%.
WPI inflation eases to 18-month
low of 10.7 percent in September
MAJOR TALKING
POINTS
 Although the wholesale
price index (WPI) based
inflation declined for the
fourth consecutive month, it
continued to remain in double
digit for the 18th month since
April 2021
 The wholesale inflation was
12.41% in August and 11.80%
in September last year. This
year, WPI touched a record
high of 15.88% in May
 Inflation in food articles in
Sept eased to 11.03%, against
12.37% in Aug. But inflation in
vegetables rose to 39.66%

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