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ESPIONAGE: HC
DENIES BAIL TO
NEPALESE NATIONAL
New Delhi: The Delhi High
Court on Monday denied
bail to a Nepalese national
accused of being co-
director of a Chinese firm
through whom sensitive
information was being
passed on to Chinese
intelligence officers. The
accused claimed he was
illiterate and was working
as a peon-cum-driver.
ATS ARRESTS MAHA
IMAM COUNCIL CHIEF
OVER PFI LINKS
Mumbai: The ATS of
Maharashtra police arrested
a former member of the
PFI, a banned outfit, from
Malegaon on Sunday.
Maulana Irfan Daulat
Nadvi, president of Imam
council in Maharashtra, was
brought to Nashik by ATS.
BJP changes 7 candidates as discontent grows
New Delhi (PTI): Re-
sentment over ticket
distribution for MCD
polls forced the Delhi
BJP to change candi-
dates in seven wards
while two others were
changed due to techni-
cal reasons on Monday
.
Gajendra Daral,
whom the BJP had ini-
tially fielded from
Mundka ward, was re-
placed by Arun Daral,
while Mukul Agarwal
was replaced by Inder-
jeet Kaur Lovely in
Fatehnagar (W) and
Akriti Kaur replaced
Veena Rani Garg in
Janakpuri South ward,
party leaders said.
Shailendri Pradhan,
who was the party can-
didate in Madhu Vihar
ward, was replaced by
Sushma Rathi, while
Arti Yadav from Meh-
rauli was replaced by
Indu Sharma.
Said ul Ajab candi-
date Rampal Yadav was
replaced by Kamal Ya-
dav and Neeraj Gupta
replaced Savita Devi in
Sangam Vihar.
Lakshmi Mahor, can-
didate from Harsh Vi-
har, could not file his
nomination due to in-
complete documents.
Instead, sitting party
councilor Vijendri filed
her papers.
Bhumika Singh was
the official candidate
from Sundar Nagari re-
served seat, but she was
not a resident of the
ward and was replaced
by a candidate named
Renu, a BJP leader said.
BJP candidates after filing their nomination for the MCD elections,
in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI
MCD ELECTIONS
BJP REMOVES 6 DIST
UNIT PRESIDENTS,
THEN REINSTATES
In another development,
Delhi BJP president
Adesh Gupta issued a
letter replacing six of
the 14 district party unit
presidents: Chandni
Chowk, Navin Shahdara,
Shahdara, Mehrauli, North
West Delhi and Najafgarh.
However this decision was
reversed within hours,
party leaders said.
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WIFE ELOPES, MAN
JUMPS BEFORE TRAIN
ALONG WITH SON
Gurugram: Mahender Singh,
35, allegedly committed
suicide by jumping in front
of a train along with his two-
year-old son Punit, railway
police said on Monday. The
deceased were residents of
Bajghera village. Police said
that Singh took the extreme
step after he discovered that
his wife Pooja eloped with
another man six days ago.
READ
Crucial
Crucial
WILL EXPOSE REALITY
ON HOW PAKISTAN
TREATED ME: ADNAN
Mumbai: Singer Adnan
Sami has writte note sharply
attacking Pak administration
and criticised establishment
of his ex-country. Adnan,
who is now an Indian citizen,
in latest attack, has promised
to ‘expose reality’ of how
administration treated him.
‘SUPREME’ ORDER OF THE DAY INSPIRED BY DEXTER OR
FAMILY MAN-2 ON OTT?
COPS SOLVE 6-MONTH-OLD
MURDER MYSTERY
SC: FORCED RELIGIOUS
CONVERSION‘SERIOUS’
Top Court says forced religious conversion is a “very serious issue” which
can affect national safety and seeks Centre’s reply on their steps taken
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Mon-
day observed that
forced conversion is a
“very serious issue”,
directed Centre to take
a stand on the matter.
A bench of Justices
MR Shah and Hima
Kohli passed order on a
PIL filed by Delhi BJP
leader Ashwini Kumar
Upadhyay seeking an
offence on forced con-
versions to be inserted
in Indian Penal Code.
WHAT IS THE CASE?
The order was passed on a
PIL filed by Delhi BJP leader
Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay
seeking an offence on forced
conversions to be inserted in
the Indian Penal Code. The
court will examine the matter
again on November 28.
Gruesome!
Gruesome!
Man chops off live-in
partner into 35 pieces, held
28-year-old Aftab sent to 5
days in police custody
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: A preda-
tor who, believe it or
balk, was also a lover
toa27-year-oldwoman,
killed her, chopped in
35 pieces. 28-year-old
Aftab Amin Poonawal-
la and Shraddha
Walkar had been in a
live-in relationship,
they fell in love while
workingatacallcentre
in Mumbai. But fami-
lies objected to it as
they were from differ-
ent faiths, prompting
coupletomovetoMeh-
rauli earlier this year,
police said, added ac-
cusedsaidthatwoman
was pressuring him
for marriage. Victim’s
father had lodged an
FIR for kidnapping of
his daughter in Delhi
on Nov 8. P3
Around mid-May, the couple had
an argument over marriage,
which escalated and Poonawala
killed her.—Ankit Chauhan, ADCP-I, Delhi South
AFTERMATH
l Following an argu-
ment on May, Poona-
walla strangled his
partner 6 month ago
l Her body was
dismembered with a
sharp weapon
l He bought a 300-litre
fridge to store chopped
up parts
l Used incense sticks
and room freshners to
fix the smell
l He would step out
at 2 am for 16 days to
dump the body parts
l The body pieces
were dispose at vari-
ous locations in Delhi
l Mumbai Police said
accused changed state-
ments during probe
OTHER ORDERS
l Punjab, Haryana HC
dismiss a PIL seeking
cancellation of Dera Sa-
cha Sauda (DSS) head
Gurmeet Ram Rahim’s
regular parole and asked
HC to decide on matter.
l SC sought a response
from all HCs on a 2019
plea seeking a direction
to Centre, all states for
taking steps to set up
‘Gram Nyayalayas’ un-
der supervision of SC.
l PIL Mockery: SC
dismissed PIL
seeking decla-
ration of Netaji
Subhas Chandra
Bose’s birth
anniversary
on January 23 a
national holiday.
NAVLAKHA NOT YET RELEASED FROM JAIL
Mumbai: Gautam Navlakha, who was last week allowed
to be placed under house arrest for a month by the
Supreme Court owing to his medical condition, is yet
to walk out of Navi Mumbai’s Taloja prison, where he
is lodged in connection with the Elgar Parishad-Maoist
links case. The sessions court’s registry department has
raised certain objections to surety papers submitted by
Navlakha’s lawyer as part of SC-set conditions.
PLACES OF WORSHIP ACT: SC SEEKS
CENTRE’S REPLY TILL DECEMBER 12
COURT POSTPONES
GYANVAPI JUDGMENT
Bench of CJI DY Chandrachud and JB Pardi-
wala granted Centre further time once
again to file a reply on plea challeng-
ing validity of 1991 religious places
law. Centre’s reply is awaited
since March, 2021. SC said Me-
hta reply on or before Dec 12.
A fast-track court postponed
till Nov 17 its judgment on
a plea seeking permis-
sion to allow worship of
a ‘Shivling’ inside Gyanvapi
mosque complex area.
Shraddha Walkar
Aftab Amin Poonawalla
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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, NEW DELHI MUMBAI
GAURAV DWIVEDI
APPOINTED
PRASAR BHARATI
CEO FOR 5 YEARS
New Delhi: India’s retail inflation softened to a three-month low at 6.77% in
October from 7.41% in September as food prices declined substantially. The
easing in price pressure may turn MPC of RBI less hawkish when it meets
next month even though a pause in the ongoing rate hike cycle is unlikely. P7
New Delhi: Gaurav Dwivedi, 1995-batch officer of
the Chhattisgarh cadre, was on Monday appointed
the Chief Executive Officer of Prasar Bharati. His
tenutre will be for five years. Dwivedi was earlier the
CEO of MyGovIndia portal.
I AM SORRY:
MAMATA ON
GIRI’S REMARKS
ON PRESIDENT
Kolkata: WB CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday
condemned State Minister Akhil Giri’s comment on
President Droupadi Murmu. “We condemn what Akhil
Giri said. I am personally very fond of Prez Murmu. I
am sorry, I do apologise on behalf of TMC,” she said.
RETAIL INFLATION EASES TO 6.77 PERCENT IN OCT
Warm welcome to PM in Bali!
First India Bureau
Bali: As PM Narendra
Modi arrived in Bali,
Indonesia on Monday to
attend the G20 Summit
of the world’s major
economies, he received
a grand welcome from
the Indian diaspora.
The Indian community
seemed extremely ex-
cited about PM Modi’s
two-day summit that
will begin on Tuesday
morning.
On arrival, he said
that he is looking for-
ward to having discus-
sions with world lead-
ers on global issues dur-
ing his visit. Modi will
also focus on the loom-
ing challenges of post
Covid recovery, Russia-
Ukraine war, energy
security, food security,
health, environment,
climate challenges etc.
l PM Narendra Modi to participate in the
G-20 Summit which begins from today
l Modi will have over 20 engagements
during his 45 hours stay at summit here
PM Modi greets Indian community during his arrival in Bali.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives for the G20 Summit in Bali on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
XI, BIDEN START SUMMIT WITH VOW TO
AVOID CONFLICT; 3-HOUR TALK HELD
Presidents Joe Biden
and Xi Jinping opened
their high-stakes summit
in Bali with a handshake
on Monday, and with
both men stressing need
to manage differences.
On 3-hour meet, White
House said Biden told Xi
that US would “continue
to compete vigorously”
with China, but that
“competition should not
veer into conflict.”
MAJOR HAPPENINGS OF THE DAY
l Biden warns China
on North Korea, clashes
with Xi over Taiwan
l Indonesia seeks
partnerships on global
economy at G20 summit
l Ukraine President
Volodymyr Zelenskyy to
address the G20 today
l Russia Foreign Minis-
ter dismisses report that
he was taken to hospital
Aizwal: In Mizoram, 15
people were trapped in
a landslide, feared to be
killed at a stone quarry
nearby Maudarh vil-
lage in Hnahthial dis-
trict on Monday
.
Police sources said
the accident occurred
when a stone quarry
collapsed on the work-
ers who were working
under a brick company
undertaking the con-
struction of the widen-
ing of NH 54. They said
at least 15 workers were
feared trapped in the
debris. The landslip
also buried five excava-
tors, a big stone crusher
and a drilling machine.
Police along with the
company workers and
volunteers have jointly
started rescue opera-
tions. Also, the district
administration has put
in place arrangements
to evacuate the bodies
and injured persons
from the debris of a
look-alike hill and to
the district hospital.
Fifteen killed
after stone
quarry slides
in Mizoram

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New Delhi (PTI): A
court here, while hear-
ing a case related to the
communal violence that
shook northeast Delhi
in 2020, has acquitted
four accused of the
charges of rioting and
vandalism, saying the
prosecution was unable
to prove its case beyond
a reasonable doubt.
Thecourtwashearing
the case against Shah-
rukh, Ashu, Zuber and
Ashwani, who were ac-
cused of being a part of
a riotous mob that set
ablazetractorsandhand
carts and ransacked
schoolbusesataparking
lot at Kardam Puri here
on February 25, 2020.
Prosecution has not
been able to prove its
case against the ac-
cused persons beyond
reasonable doubt,
which is the touchstone
of criminal law. Hence,
all four accused persons
are acquitted of all the
offences, Additional
Sessions Judge Am-
itabh Rawat said in a
recent order. The court
noted that according to
the prosecution, two
witnesses had identi-
fied the accused.
However, in their ex-
amination-in-chief, the
said witnesses deposed
that they had never
identified any rioters or
told the investigating
officer about the iden-
tity of the accused, the
court pointed out.
Both witnesses cate-
gorically denied that
the four accused were
involved in the present
case of rioting and in-
stead, said they did not
know them, the court
said.
New Delhi (PTI): A
Delhi court has convict-
ed the husband and par-
ents-in-law of a woman,
who died by suicide
within 23 days of mar-
riage in 2015, of subject-
ing her to cruelty and
causing her death for
dowry
.
The court was hear-
ing a case against Mo-
hammed Imran and his
parents, Mohammed
Zuber Ansari and
Shahnaz, who were ac-
cused of cruelty and
harassment which al-
legedly drove Sabina to
end her life by hanging
on November 3, 2015.
“This court is of the
view that the prosecu-
tion has successfully
proved the case and es-
tablished the offence un-
der sections 498 A (hus-
band or relative of hus-
band of a woman sub-
jecting her to cruelty),
304 B (dowry death) and
34 (common intention)
of theIndianPenalCode
(IPC) against the ac-
cused persons by lead-
ing cogent evidence on
record,” Additional Ses-
sions Judge Vishal Pa-
huja said in a recent or-
der.
“Accordingly, the ac-
cused persons stand
convicted,” the judge
added.
Thecourtdirectedthe
convicts to file an affida-
vit regarding their as-
sets and income on No-
vember 21. Arguments
on the quantum of sen-
tence to be awarded will
be heard after the sub-
mission of the requisite
documents.
The court noted the
prosecution had exam-
ined four witnesses who
were the family mem-
bers of the deceased and
the case of the prosecu-
tion rested on their tes-
timonies.
Also, Seema, the elder
sister of the deceased,
was a crucial witness to
whom Sabina revealed
the conduct of the ac-
cused and how she was
subjected to harassment
and cruelty
.
“Testimony of prose-
cution witness 4 (See-
ma) is very convincing,
reliable and inspires
confidence ruling out
the possibility of false
implication of accused
persons,” the court said.
Noting the deposition
of the family members
of the deceased, the
court said the accused
demanded Rs 80,000
cash of which Rs 50,000
was paid before the mar-
riage as dowry
.
After marriage, there
was a demand for a
smartphone and almi-
rah as well, the court
said.
6 yrs after woman’s suicide, court convicts husband, parents-in-law
DOWRY DEATH
lll
The accused
demanded
`80,000 cash, of
which `50k was
paid before
marriage. After
marriage,
smartphone and
almirah were
demanded
New Delhi (PTI):
Delhi Police told the
High Court on Mon-
day that it has traced
an Indian man and
his 3-year-old Ukrain-
ian son, whose moth-
er has claimed the
child was illegally
brought to India dur-
ing the ongoing Rus-
sia-Ukraine war.
While the man was
present before the
court, the judges
askedthepoliceabout
the whereabouts of
the boy
.
The court was told
that the boy was not
brought before it as
he was unwell. A
bench of justices Sid-
dharth Mridul and
Amit Sharma noted
that the man has un-
dertaken to bring the
boy to the court on
November 16.
Thecourtlistedthe
matter for further
hearingonNovember
16 as the main coun-
selforthewomanwas
not available on Mon-
day
. The Centre's
standing counsel
Ajay Digpaul, repre-
senting the minis-
tries of home and ex-
ternal affairs,told the
court that the man
and his son entered
India on March 28.
Ex-hubby, 3-yr-old son
traced on Ukrainian
woman’s plea: Police
The woman had
said the boy's
custody was given
to her in Ukraine
DELHI RIOTS
Courtacquits4ofchargesofrioting,torching
New Delhi (PTI): The
Supreme Court on Mon-
day refused to stay pro-
ceedings against former
Aam Aadmi Party coun-
cillor Tahir Hussain in
FIRs registered against
him in connection with
the 2020 northeast Delhi
riots.
A bench of justices
Ajay Rastogi and CT
RaviKumarsaiditisnot
inclined to interfere
with the September 16
order of Delhi HC as it
is an interim order.
Senior advocate
Maneka Guruswamy,
appearing for Hussain,
said it is a settled law
that there cannot be two
FIRs for same incident.
She said it has put
Hussain in a peculiar
situation that charges
are framed against him
for identical offences
arising out of the same
incident, and the same
prosecution witnesses
are relied upon by the
investigating agency
.
Hussain has moved
the top court challeng-
ing the Delhi High
Court's September 16
order.
The bench said it is
not inclined to interfere
with HC order and all
remedies are open to the
petitioner. It said the
high court had issued
notices on the applica-
tions moved by Hussain
for quashing the FIR
against him for rioting
and under sections of
Arms Act at the Khajuri
Khas police station, and
theproceedingsemanat-
ing from the FIR.
The court said the HC
has posted the matter
for January 25 while re-
fusing to stay proceed-
ings on a separate appli-
cation moved by Hus-
sain saying multiple
FIRs have been lodged
for the same.
Torched vehicles in the north east Delhi riots of 2020.—FILE PHOTO
SC no to staying criminal proceedings
against former AAP leader Hussain
Tahir Hussain
HC SEEKS CBI, ED PRESS COMMUNICATIONS
Accused Vijay Nair has claimed sensitive info
is being leaked to media by the probe agencies
CourtreservesorderonArora’spleato‘turnapprover’
EXCISE POLICY ‘SCAM’
Delhi High Court di-
rected the CBI and the
ED on Monday to place
before it all the press
communications and
releases put out by the
agencies in relation to a
probe into the Delhi ex-
cise policy scam case,
in which Deputy Chief
Minister Manish Siso-
dia and businessman
Vijay Nair have been
named as accused.
The court said it will
consider the official
communications issued
by the federal agencies
and see if the reports
carried by television
channels on the issue
were based on it or were
a figment of their im-
agination.
The court's order
came on a plea moved
by Nair, claiming that
sensitive information
in relation to the case is
being leaked to the me-
dia by the investigating
agencies, which is ham-
pering his right as an
accused.
The court, before
proceeding further, re-
quests respondent nos.
1 (CBI) and 2 (ED) to
place all the press com-
munications and press
releases put out by them
in connection with the
investigation of the
criminal case, Justice
Yashwant Varma said
and listed the plea for
further hearing on No-
vember 21.
The court also ob-
served that disclosure
is happening in real
time, prime time, day in
and day out.
Nair is a former chief
executive officer (CEO)
of an event manage-
ment company and the
communication in-
charge of the ruling
Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP) in Delhi.
Plea listed for further hearing on November 21.
Appearing for Nair, senior advocate Dayan
Krishnan argued that if a news organisation
carries reports based on imagination, it is dan-
gerous. To this, the judge said, Then that is an
alarm for us. Krishnan said the trial is at a critical
stage and when the details of it are published in
the media, the rights of his client are harmed. He
contended that all the information is reaching the
media through the investigating agencies and said
the court should examine whether the televi-
sion channels broadcast something beyond the
information supplied to them. We do not know if
these channels imagined the information, he said,
adding that the statement of an approver is being
recorded in the case before a trial court and if that
too is reported by the media, it would seriously
prejudice the accused's case. To this, the judge
said if a statement under section 164 of the Code
of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), which is recorded in
camera, can be leaked, it is a serious issue.
‘ALARM FOR US’
New Delhi (ANI): The
Rouse Avenue Court on
Monday reserved order
on a plea moved by busi-
nessman Dinesh Arora,
an alleged aide of Depu-
ty Chief Minister of
Delhi Manish Sisodia,
seeking to turn approv-
er in the alleged excise
policy case. The pro-
ceedings in this regard
were conducted in-cam-
era, Dinesh Arora's law-
yer confirmed.
The Special Judge
MK Nagpal, after noting
down the submissions
made by both sides, re-
served the order for No-
vember 16, 2022. Accord-
ing to the lawyer who
appeared for the matter,
the Court raised several
queries to the CBI in re-
gard to the progress of
the ongoing investiga-
tion and how was
Dinesh Arora's disclo-
sure helping the agency
in the investigation.
Businessman Dinesh
Arora is an accused in
the Delhi excise policy
case, who last week sub-
mittedthathewasready
to make true disclosure
voluntarily about the
case and wanted to be an
approver in the case.
He said, I am ready to
make a voluntary and
true disclosure with re-
spect to my role in the
commission of the al-
leged offences. I have
also cooperated in the
investigation of the case
by CBI and have made
true statements before
the Investigation officer.
I have also made a con-
fessional statement be-
fore the Additional
Chief Metropolitan
Magistrate (ACMM) re-
garding facts and events
pertaining to the com-
mission of alleged of-
fences.
Arora further said,
the application to turn
approver in the case has
been filed with the re-
quest of the grant of
pardon to me as I am
ready to voluntarily
make a true and full dis-
closure of all the facts
pertaining to this case
as the same are within
my knowledge.
New Delhi (PTI): A
Delhi court on Monday
sent Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP) communication
in-charge Vijay Nair
and businessman Ab-
hishek Boinpally to five
days' ED custody in a
money laundering case
related to the excise
scam but granted them
bail in a linked corrup-
tion case being probed
by the CBI.
Special Judge MK
Nagpal allowed the En-
forcement Directorate's
(ED) application seek-
ing remand of the two
accused after the agency
said they needed to be
interrogated to unearth
the larger conspiracy
and the money trail.
The anti-money laun-
dering agency also said
the accused were re-
quired to be confronted
with witnesses and doc-
uments.
In the CBI case relat-
ed to alleged irregulari-
ties in the Delhi govern-
ment's now scrapped
excise policy, the court
granted bail to the duo
on personal bonds of Rs
2 lakh each and one
surety of the like
amount.
While Nair was ar-
rested by the CBI in Sep-
tember, Boinpally was
apprehended last
month.
An FIR was lodged in
the matter after Delhi
LG VK Saxena recom-
mended a CBI probe.
New Delhi (PTI): A
Tihar jail superinten-
dent has been suspend-
ed for alleged involve-
ment in providing spe-
cial treatment to AAP
minister Satyendar
Jain, lodged in the pris-
on in a money launder-
ing case, sources said
Monday
.
Last week, the En-
forcement Directorate
(ED) claimed in a court
here that Jain was get-
ting special treatment
inside the Tihar Jail.
Jail Superintendent
of Tihar Jail no. 7, Ajit
Kumar, DANICS, has
been suspended. He has
prima facie been found
to have committed ir-
regularities that war-
rant inquiry, a source
said, adding that the
matter was connected to
Jain getting special
treatment in the jail.
ED had made the sub-
mission before Special
JudgeVikasDhullwhile
concluding its argu-
ments opposing Jain's
plea against the money
laundering case.
Dinesh Arora reaches the Rouse
Avenue court for the recording of
his statement in the Delhi excise
policy case, in New Delhi, Monday.
‘VIP treatment’ to Jain:
Tihar official suspended
Satyendar Jain
Abhishek Boinpally Vijay Nair
Vijay Nair, Boinpally in 5-day
ED custody, get bail in CBI case

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Delhi government has
decided not to extend
the curbs on plying of
BS-III petrol and BS-IV
diesel vehicles in the
capital in view of the
improvement in air
quality, according to
officials.
The restrictions on
plying of these vehicles
was in place till Novem-
ber 13 as part of the
curbs under Stage 3 of
the Graded Response
Action Plan (GRAP).
The Delhi govern-
ment's Transport de-
partment reviewed the
situation on Monday
and decided that the
curbs will not be ex-
tended, sources said.
New Delhi (PTI):
Ahead of the Municipal
Corporation of Delhi
elections, several local
BJP leaders joined the
Aam Aadmi party here
on Monday
.
Eleven BJP leaders
from Rohini's ward 53
have joined the AAP to-
day because their hard
work was never ac-
knowledged in the BJP
.”
“They have been
working hard for 15
years but every time
they raised any issue re-
lated to garbage mis-
management, authori-
ties neglected them,”
said senior AAP leader
Durgesh Pathak.
The leaders include
former ward vice-presi-
dent Pooja Arora, for-
mer VPs, Mahila Mor-
cha Chitra Lamba and
Bhavna Jain.
This team of leaders
and workers have been
working relentlessly in
the Rohini area and I'm
glad that they decided to
join the AAP
.
“Every worker wants
togetticketandworkfor
the development of the
state but unfortunately
we can give opportunity
to only 250,” he said.
recent rules of the Noi-
da Authority on pets
andcommunityanimals
are neither in accord-
ance with Animal Wel-
fare Board of India
guidelines nor in con-
formity with central
laws, prominent animal
rights activist Ambika
Shukla said on Monday
.
The authority has an-
nounced a pet policy
thathadasteepincrease
in the registration fee
for pets, a fine of Rs
10,000 in case a pet at-
tacks someone and cre-
ating of shelters for ag-
gressive dogs by resi-
dent welfare associa-
tions, among others.
The rules were draft-
ed “in a hurry” as a
“knee-jerk reaction” to
the prevailing “hype
and hysteria” rather
than an informed, ra-
tional policy guided by
scientific study, sound
judgement, legal clarity
and expert input, she
said in a statement.
Calling the policy a
“doomed experiment”
Shukla said the rules as-
sign only responsibili-
ties to pet owners with-
out assuring them any
rights to shared usage
of standard facilities.
Anjali Pillay and
Saloni Bhatia
New Delhi: People will
now be able to enjoy
open-air dining at res-
taurants with the MCD
allowing the use of open
spaces and terraces for
serving food.
According to an offi-
cial document, eateries
in the city with terraces
and open dining spaces
will also not require any
additional fire safety
certificate from the Del-
hi Fire Service as long
as certain conditions
laid by the authority
concerned are met.
“The MCD has ap-
proved the grant of li-
cence for use of open
space and terrace for
dining purpose. In su-
persession of all earlier
orders, servicing of food
is now allowed in open
space and terraces,”
said an official order.
“In case of open space
on the ground floor, no
additional fire NOC will
be required. In the case
of open space on upper
floors, no additional fire
NOC is required for the
eating establishment
having an area of 90
square metres and al-
ready in possession of
fire NOC.
In the case of open
space on upper floors,
fire NOC is required if
the establishment is
less than 90 sq. metres
but with the addition of
open space, total area
becomes 90 sq. m or
more, it added. —PTI
New Delhi (ANI): Del-
hi cyber crime police
busted a gang involved
in online pan-India Ola
electric scooty scam
with the arrest of its 20
members from various
parts of the country in-
cluding Karnataka’s
Bengaluru, Haryana’s
Gurugram and Bihar’s
Patna, Deputy Commis-
sioner of Police (Outer
North) Devesh Mahla
said on Monday
.
The DCP said that the
gang duped online over
1,000 persons of crores
of rupees in the name
of selling them electric
scooty
.
The gang bust during
a thorough investiga-
tion after registration
of a first information
report (FIR) on October
8 of cheating in this re-
gard under section 420
of IPC on the basis of
a complaint received by
the cyber police station
on October 7, he added.
About their modus
operandi, the police
said that two persons in
Bengaluru designed a
fake website of Ola
scooter.
The gang used to tar-
get those gullible per-
sons who searched
about Ola scooter and
wanted to know about it
on the website, the po-
lice added.
As soon as they up-
load their details on the
website, both the Ben-
galuru men shared
their mobile numbers
and other details with
their gang members in
the other states, they
added.
Subsequently, the
gang members from Bi-
har and Telangana call
ed the victims and
asked them to online
transfer Rs. 499 in the
name of booking Ola
scooter, they added.
Over 1,000 duped of crores, 20 arrested
OLA E-SCOOTY SCAM
The gang members
asked victims to pay
`60k for insurance,
transportation charges
Delhi Cyber Crime Police with the gang members arrested from
Bengaluru, Gurugram, Patna and other parts of the country, in
New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Eleven BJP ward leaders from Rohini pose for a photograph after
their induction in AAP in New Delhi on Monday.
It is feared threat of fines will force people to abandon their pets.
Restaurantsallowedtoserve
foodinopenspaces,terrace
No cooking or
preparation of eatables
will be allowed in the
open space, terrace
First India Bureau
New Delhi: In what can
be called one of the most
gruesome murders ever
reported in the city, a
28-year-old man alleg-
edly strangled his
27-year-old live-in part-
ner, chopped her body
into 35 pieces and
dumped them in differ-
ent parts of the city af-
ter keeping the pieces
inside a refrigerator for
nearly 20 days.
The man, identified as
AftabAminPoonawalla,
was arrested on Mon-
day, almost five months
after the incident.
Shraddha Walkar, the
victim, had a live-in re-
lationship with Poona-
walla in Mumbai. But
their families objected
to the relationship as
they were from different
faiths, prompting the
couple to move to South
Delhi’s Mehrauli earlier
this year, the police said.
During questioning,
Poonawalla revealed
that Shraddha had been
pressuring him to get
married. They would
frequently quarrel. The
victim’s father, Vikas
Madan, had lodged an
FIR at Mehrauli police
station on November 8.
Details of the killing
and its grisly aftermath
came to light months
later with the arrest of
Poonawala, officials
said. Some chopped
body parts of the wom-
an have been found and
police are looking for
the murder weapon,
they said.
Police said the ac-
cused bought a 300-litre
fridge to keep the sev-
ered body parts and
used incense sticks and
room freshners to sup-
press the foul smell ema-
nating from the corpse.
Man chops partner’s bodyinto
pieces,dumpsthemacrosscity
BIZARRE KILLING
AccusedAftabAmin Poonawalla in police custody in Delhi on Monday.
Ghaziabad: Police in Ghaziabad on Monday pulled
out a man's body buried in a neighbour's house,
and claimed to have cracked the murder with the
arrest of his wife and the neighbour with whom
she had an affair. The woman, Savita, had original-
ly filed a kidnap case about her husband, Chandra
Vir, in 2018. Throughout, she had been trying to
deflect the blame on to his younger brother, police
said. “The Crime Branch recently got some leads
and got to the nub of it,” said Diksha Sharma, Su-
perintendent of Police (Crime), not sharing what
exactly prompted a reinvestigation.
New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi High Court Monday said it cannot
close its eyes to the fact that the air quality in the national capi-
tal was oscillating between very poor’ and severe’. The high
court said, for the last few weeks, the air quality was severe’
and now it has marginally improved to very poor’ category
which is because of generous winds and not due to any planta-
tion of trees. A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma
and Justice Subramonium Prasad asked senior advocate
Kailash Vasdev, who has been assisting the court as an amicus
curiae in the air pollution matter, to file within four weeks a
report on the issue along with suggestions to deal with defor-
estation and measures for tree plantation in the city. “For the
last few weeks, we have been oscillating between severe’ and
very poor’ categories of air quality we can’t close our eyes to
the fact,” Justice Prasad said.
GHAZIABAD MAN, MISSING FOR 4 YEARS
FOUND BURIED IN NEIGHBOUR'S HOUSE
WE CAN’T CLOSE OUR EYES TO THE ‘SEVERE’
TO ‘VERY POOR’ AIR QUALITY IN DELHI: HC
New Delhi: Delhi Com-
mission for Women
(DCW) chief Swati
Maliwal issued a notice
to police asking it to
submit by November 18
the action taken report in
the 29-year-old’s murder.
The DCW has also
sought a copy of the FIR
along with other details
in the case. It told police
that it also wanted to
know if Walkar had filed
any plaint of harassment,
domestic violence etc
against her partner.
DCW ASKS POLICE
TO SUBMIT REPORT
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MURDERED IN MAY
New Delhi (PTI):
The Delhi BJP on
Monday said an FIR
should be registered
against Chief Minis-
ter Arvind Kejriwal
in the alleged Rs 20
crore scam in the Del-
hi Jal Board.
Addressing a press
meet here, Leader of
Opposition in Delhi
Assembly Ramvir
Singh Bidhuri said
the alleged scam was
exposed in 2018 when
Kejriwal was the
chairman of the DJB.
I believe this is a
much bigger scam of
Rs 200 crore. Even af-
ter it was exposed in
2018, when Kejriwal
was DJB chairman,
instead of taking ac-
tion, the commission
of the accused was
raised, Bidhuri said.
The Anti-Corrup-
tion Bureau (ACB) on
Saturday filed a case
embezzlement of DJB
funds worth Rs 20
crore.
Bidhuri questioned
why the Delhi CM did
not take any action in
the matter when the
alleged scam was ex-
posed.
It is alleged that Rs
20 crore collected in
water bills from con-
sumers was not depos-
ited in the bank ac-
counts of the DJB by
the accused.
LG VK Saxena in
September directed
the chief secretary to
lodge an FIR in the
matter against DJB
and bank officials af-
ter identifying them,
as well as any private
entity involved.
BJP demands FIR against
Kejriwal over DJB scam
New Delhi: Lieutenant
Governor VK Saxena
has recommended the
home ministry to
initiate disciplinary
proceedings against
IAS officer and former
Delhi Waqf Board CEO
SM Ali for allowing
illegal resolutions of
the board, sources said
Monday. He, during
his stint as the board's
CEO, is accused by
CBI of indulging in
acts of omission and
commission, including
his non-opposition to
illegal resolutions for
appointment of CEO and
several other contrac-
tual staff, they said. The
LG has recommended
disciplinary proceedings
under Rule 16 of the
CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965.
LG RECOMMENDS ACTION AGAINST
IAS OFFICER, EX-WAQF BOARD CEO
11 BJP leaders from
Rohini join AAP
Rules for pet owners
illegal, says activist
Joined AAP as their
hard work was never
acknowledged by BJP,
says party leader
`10k fine for pet
attack is a “shocking
ignorance of the law”,
the activist said.
Devotees during
the annual Urs
of Sufi saint
Hazrat Khwaja
Nizamuddin
Aulia, at
the Hazrat
Nizamuddin Aulia
Dargah in New
Delhi on Monday.
—PHOTO BY PTI
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India is looking forward to. PM @
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part in the G-20 Leaders’ Summit,
officially assume the Presidency
and highlight India’s unwavering
commitment to global prosperity.
Kiren Rijiju
@KirenRijiju
A recent article that I wrote on
Jawaharlal Nehru’s ‘Panch Bhool’ or
‘Five Blunders’ on Kashmir has invited
varied reactions. Among other things,
I wrote that Maharaja Hari Singh’s
government wanted to accede to India
even before August 15, 1947.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
No one who does good
work will ever come to a
bad end, either here or in
the world come.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
CHINA REMAINS
AN UNRELIABLE
NEIGHBOUR WITH
EYES ON LADAKH
hinese President Xi
Jinping has told his
army to be prepared
for war. Xi, who re-
cently secured a
third term as Communist Party
leader, said his country was in
an “unstable and uncertain” se-
curity situation. Although Xi
said this in the context of Tai-
wan, India cannot afford not to
take notice of the statement.
Army Chief General Manoj Pan-
de underscored this point. In a
statement General Pande said
the situation on the Line of Ac-
tual Control (LAC) was “stable
but unpredictable”. Two months
after disengagement of troops
bybothsidesateasternLadakh’s
Patrolling Point 15 in the Gogra-
Hot Springs area, there was no
let-up in infrastructure develop-
ment by the Chinese on the LAC.
There has also been no reduc-
tion in PLA force level.
The ongoing border talks
helped resolve the PP 15 dead-
lock after two years of confron-
tation. The 17th round of talks
are expected to resolve Chard-
ing Nala in Demchok and Dep-
sang plains friction points
where China has blocked sever-
al access points.
TOP TWEETS
C
haratiya Janata
Party is going
about denial of
tickets to its sit-
ting legislators in
Gujarat with an authority
which characterises Prime
Minister Narendra Modi and
Union Home Minister Amit
Shah. Both the leaders know
that they can toy with their
MLAs aspirations and yet
none will question their deci-
sion. Such is their hold over
the party and popularity
among the people. And carry-
ing out the name-chopping
exercise just before the As-
sembly elections requires
confidence which both the
leaders have aplenty
.
Five Ministers, including
Brijesh Merja who is an MLA
from Morbi where 135 people
died in a bridge collapse last
month, have been dropped
from the first list of 160 can-
didates along with 33 other
legislators. Former CM Vijay
Rupani and seven legislators
who were part of his cabinet
from 2017 to 2021 also faced
chopping block apparently
because of their seniority
.
Tremors of this drastic ac-
tion have reached Karnataka
where BJP ministers and
MLAs fear a similar exercise
to be undertaken before the
Assembly elections due early
next year. What triggered
this fear in Karnataka was
an appeal by senior BJP
member of RS, Lahar Singh
Siroya, who asked senior
MLAs to follow Gujarat mod-
el and retire from politics
just as Vijay Rupani and oth-
ershavedone.Theirresponse
is still awaited as age does
not prompt politicians to
gradually retreat into sunset.
The consequences of over-
haul in Gujarat remain to be
seen. There is murmur of
rebellion but BJP is capable
of handling that as it is fo-
cused on giving young aspir-
ants a chance.
BJP ON MISSION
CHOP-CHOP
BJP is going about
denial of tickets to its
sitting legislators in
Gujarat with an
authority which
characterises Modi and
Shah. Both leaders know
that they can toy with their
MLAs aspirations yet none
will question their decision
B
Is Twitter’s ‘blue tick’ a
status symbol or ID badge?
ollowing Elon Musk’s acqui-
sition of Twitter on October
27, the world’s richest man
proposed a range of contro-
versial changes to the plat-
form. With mounting evi-
dence that he is making it up
as he goes along, these pro-
posals are tweeted out in a
stream-of-consciousness
manner from Musk’s Twitter
account.
Primarily to raise revenue,
oneof theideas was to charge
US$8 a month to obtain a
verified status – that is, the
coveted blue tick badge next
to the account handle. Within
the space of a few days, the
paid verification change has
already been rolled out in
several countries, including
Australia, under the Twitter
Blue subscription service.
MORE THAN JUST
VERIFICATION
According to Twitter, the
blue tick lets people know an
account of interest is authen-
tic. Currently
, there are seven
categories of “public interest
accounts”, such as govern-
ment office accounts, news
organisations and journal-
ists, and influencers. Yet this
seemingly innocuous little
blue icon is far from a simple
verification tool in Twitter’s
fight against impersonation
and fraud.
In the public view, a veri-
fied status signifies social
importance. It is a coveted
status symbol to which users
aspire, in large part because
Twitter’s approval process
has made it difficult to ob-
tain. That’s partly because
the blue tick has a controver-
sial history. After receiving
widespread condemnation
for verifying white suprema-
cists in 2017, Twitter halted
its verification process for
more than three years.
But they didn’t resolve it.
When Twitter resumed veri-
fying accounts systematically
in2021,itwasn’tlonguntilthe
process began to fail again,
with blue ticks being handed
out to bots and fake accounts.
Moreover, the public is still
confused about what the blue
tick signifies, and views it as
a status symbol.
There’s a fundamental
mismatch between what
Twitter wants the blue tick to
mean versus how the public
perceives it, something the
Twitter Safety team itself ac-
knowledged in 2017.
LORDS AND PEASANTS
Musk’s stream-of-conscious-
ness policy proposals may re-
flect his own preference for
interacting with verified ac-
counts. Despite his repeated
claims of “power to the peo-
ple” and breaking the “lords
and peasants” system of veri-
fied versus non-verified ac-
counts,Iranadataanalysisof
1,493 of Musk’s tweets during
2022,andfoundthatmorethan
half (57%) of his interactions
were with verified accounts.
FACT FROM FRAUD
Although Twitter’s verifica-
tion system is by no means
perfect and is far from trans-
parent, it did at least aspire
to the kinds of verification
practices journalists and re-
searchers use to distinguish
fact from fiction, and authen-
ticity from fraud. It takes
time and effort. You can’t just
buy it.
OPENING THE
FLOODGATES FOR BOTS
The problem is even worse at
larger scales. It is hard
enough to detect and prevent
bot and troll networks from
poisoning the information
landscape with disinforma-
tion and spam.
Now, for the low cost of
US$800, foreign adversaries
can launch a network of 100
verified bot accounts. The
more you can pay, the more
legitimacy you can purchase
in the public sphere.
A CASCADE OF
CONSEQUENCES
Musk’s ideas are already
causing a cascading series of
unintended consequences on
the platform. Accounts with
blue ticks began changing
their profile handle to “Elon
Musk” and profile picture to
parody him. In response,
Musk tweeted a new policy
proposal that Twitter handles
engaging in impersonation
would be suspended unless
theyspecifybeinga“parody”.
Users will not even receive
a warning, as comedian
Kathy Griffin and her 2 mil-
lion followers discovered
when her account was sus-
pended for parodying Musk.
Musk’s vision for user verifi-
cation does not square up
with that of Twitter or the
internetresearchcommunity
.
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
F
While the existing system is
flawed, at least it was
systematic, somewhat
transparent, and with the
trappings of accountability.
It was also revisable in the
face of public criticism. On
the other hand, Musk’s
policy approach is
tyrannical and opaque.
Having abolished the board
of directors, the “Chief Twit”
has all the power and
almost no accountability.
We are left with a
harrowing vision of a
fragile and flawed online
public square: in a world
where everyone is verified,
no one is verified
Following Elon
Musk’s acquisition of
Twitter on October
27, once world’s
richest man
proposed a range of
controversial
changes to the
platform. With
mounting evidence that
he is making it up as he
goes along, these
proposals are tweeted
out in a stream-of-
consciousness manner
from Musk’s Twitter
account
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IN THE COURTYARD
SC ASKS STRIKING
ODISHA LAWYERS TO
RESUME WORK
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Monday asked
the striking members
of the bar associations
in several districts of
Odisha to resume work by
November 16, saying their
failure to do so may result
in contempt proceedings
or suspension of licences.
COURT ACQUITS RAPE
ACCUSED, GIVES HIM
BENEFIT OF DOUBT
Fatehabad: A local court
has acquitted a rape ac-
cused while extending the
benefit of doubt to him, and
ruled that there was a delay
of around two-and-half
months in lodging FIR. The
court held that the prosecu-
tion has failed to prove the
case against the accused.
HC IMPOSES PENALTY ON ADVOCATE FOR
FILING GROUNDLESS PIL ON GANGULY
Kolkata: A division bench of Calcutta High Court on
Monday imposed a penalty on an advocate for filing
a groundless PIL challenging the removal of former
Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly from the chair of
the BCCI president. Advocate Ramaprasad Sarkar, who
filed the PIL, was initially slapped by a penalty of Rs
1,00,000 but later penalty was reduced to Rs 25,000.
AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal. —FILE PHOTO
❍ GUJARAT ASSEMBLY POLLS
Kejriwal claims Cong
would get just 4-5 seats
Ahmedabad (PTI):
AAP’s national conven-
er Arvind Kejriwal on
Monday appealed to the
peopleof poll-boundGu-
jarat not to waste their
votes on the Congress
and instead vote for the
AAP
, claiming his party
was in a direct contest
with the ruling BJP
.
Talking to reporters
here, Kejriwal claimed
the Congress will get
just four-five seats in
polls to the 182-member
Gujarat Assembly to be
held on Dec 1 and 5.
The BJP has been in
power in Gujarat for 27
years.
This time, the Kejri-
wal-led AAP has been
engaged in a high-deci-
bel campaign to project
itself as the BJP's main
challengerbyrepeatedly
stressing that the Con-
gress is losing ground.
The AAP has already
announced the names
of its candidates on 178
seats.
“It is my estimate that
the vote share of the
Congress will fall below
13 per cent and it will get
4-5 seats. This is a direct
contest between the
AAP and the BJP
,” Delhi
Chief Minister Kejriwal
toldreportersafterland-
ing in Ahmedabad. He
appealed to the Con-
gress’s “hardcore vot-
ers”, who still plan to
vote for it, to not waste
their votes” by doing so.
OWAISI GREETED WITH ‘MODI MODI’ CHANTS,
SHOWN BLACK FLAGS DURING SURAT RALLY
Surat: With Gujarat set to go to the polls in
two phases on December 1 and 5, All India
Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief
Asaduddin Owaisi is currently campaigning in
the state. On Sunday, when he was addressing
an election rally in Surat, some youngsters
present there opposed him and showed black
flags. Apart from this, slogans of ‘Modi, Modi’ were also
raised, in support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
CRICKETER RAVINDRA JADEJA BATS FOR WIFE
RIVABA AHEAD OF JAMNAGAR NOMINATION
Jamnagar: Indian cricketer Ravindra Jadeja on
Monday said that his wife Rivaba Jadeja who
has been fielded by the Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) from Jamnagar (North) seat in the state
assembly elections wanted to follow the path
of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to work for
the people. Ravindra Jadeja attended an event
on Monday where he said that Rivaba would learn a lot from
her first-time candidature in the assembly elections.
RUCKUS AT GUJARAT
CONGRESS HQ
Ahmedabad: Several
Congress workers stormed
into the Gujarat party head-
quarters here on Monday
and burnt posters of senior
leader Bharatsinh Solanki to
protest against the party’s
decision to give ticket to sit-
ting MLA Imran Khedawala
from his Jamalpur-Khadia
seat in the city.
BTP FOUNDER SON
IN DIRECT CONTEST
Bharuch: Jhagadia constitu-
ency here is all set to witness
a straight fight between BTP
founder and his son Mahesh
Vasava in next month’s
Assembly polls. While son
Mahesh filed his nomination
as BTP candidate from here,
his father and BTP founder
Chhotu Vasava will be con-
testing as an independent.
Congress Task Force for 2024 meet
takes place first time under Kharge
New Delhi (Agencies):
The Congress Task
Force meeting for the
2024 General election
took place for the first
time under newly ap-
pointed Congress chief
Mallikarjun Kharge.
The meeting happened
at 15 GRG Congress War
Room in New Delhi.
This is the first Con-
gress Task Force meet-
ing that has taken place
ever since Mallikarjun
Kharge took charge as
the Congress president.
The“TaskForce2024”
was constituted for the
general election sched-
uled for next year. Mem-
bers of the task force
that include P Chidam-
baram, Mukul Wasnik,
Jairam Ramesh, KC
Venugopal,AjayMaken,
Randeep Surjewala, Pri-
yanka Gandhi Vadra,
and Sunil Kanugolu ar-
rived at 15 GRG Con-
gress War Room for the
meeting chaired by Mal-
likarjun Kharge.
Each member of the
task force shall be as-
signed specific tasks
related to organisation,
communications and
media, outreach, fi-
nance, and election
management. They
shall have designated
teams that will be noti-
fied subsequently
.
Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi and his rul-
ing Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) swept back
to power in the 2019 gen-
eral elections. The par-
ty won 303 seats in the
Lok Sabha, the lower
house of India’s parlia-
ment, bettering the 282
seats they won in 2014.
In 2014, Congress and
its allies, that only won
44 seats, had put up a
stronger fight in 2019
with 53 seats. Several
leadershadalsoattempt-
ed to unite the Opposi-
tion against the BJP but
it didn’t bear any fruits.
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader KC Venugopal
during the Nehru Memorial Lecture, in New Delhi on Monday.
Odisha by-poll:
BJD fields BJP
leader’s bahu
Bhubaneswar (PTI):
The ruling BJD on Mon-
day named late MLA
Bijay Ranjan Singh Bar-
iha’s elder daughter
Barsha Singh Bariha,
who is also daughter-in-
law of a senior BJP
leader, as the party’s
candidate for December
5 by-poll to Padmapur
assembly segment in
Odisha’s Bargarh dis-
trict. A release the BJD
and signed by party
president and CM
Naveen Patnaik said:
“Smt. Barsha Singh
Bariha, W/O Shri Sm-
ruti Sourav Baliarsingh
is Biju Janata Dal candi-
date for by-elections to
01-Padmapur Assembly
Constituency
.”
NATIONAL HERALD CASE
K’taka Cong
chief appears
before ED again
New Delhi: Karnataka
Congress chief DK Shi-
vakumar on Monday
a p p e a r e d
before the
ED in Delhi
for a fresh
round of
questioning
in the National Herald
money laundering case.
This is the second time
that the federal agency
is recording his state-
ment in the case that
has been registered un-
der the criminal sec-
tions of the PMLA.
Raja Singh gets angry as
bulletproof car breaks
Hyderabad: Suspended
BJP MLA Raja Singh
has voiced his anger af-
ter his bul-
letproof ve-
hicle broke
down here
on Monday
.
He
slammed the Telangana
govt for providing a ve-
hicle which is in poor
condition despite the
fact that he faces threat
from terrorists.
Raja Singh, who was
released from jail last
week, had to call his
personal vehicle after
the one provided by the
state police broke down
in Afzal Gunj area.
WILL PROTEST IF
LAW STUDENT NOT
GIVEN JUSTICE: VHP
Hyderabad: The Vishwa
Hindu Parishad on Mon-
day warned of statewide
protests if no action
was taken against the
boys who assaulted a
Hyderabad Law student
in the college. Speaking
to media, VHP National
Spokesperson Vinod
Bansal said, ‘Sir tan se
juda’ gang is active in
the country in the name
of Islam or Mohammad
Pegambar. The gang has
become very active in
Hyderabad. The deadly
attack on law student
Himank Bansal is a seri-
ous matter.”
BHARAT JODO YATRA!
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with supporters during the party’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, in
Hingoli district of Maharashtra, on Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI
“Quick decision-making key to
country’s combat readiness”
New Delhi (ANI): De-
fence Minister Rajnath
Singh on Monday while
underlining the need to
expand the defence
budget to over Rs 6 lakh
crore said that it is nec-
essary to spend the fund
allocated in the present
budget “timely” to
achieve country’s com-
bat readiness.
Addressing a Confer-
ence organised by De-
fence Accounts Depart-
ment (DAD) in New
Delhi, Singh said
stressed on the “ration-
al usage” of resources.
“It is very important
that there should be a
rational usage of the
resources. When I say
this, I mean two things.
First, the resources
should be used in the
right place. Second,
there should not be any
wastage in any form. A
penny saved is a penny
earned. This applies to
the resources as well,”
Singh said.
He said that trans-
parent decision-mak-
ing is necessary for the
combat readiness of
the country
.
“We’re aware that for
the combat readiness of
the country, not only
the availability of ade-
quate financial resourc-
es but also quick
transparent decision-
making for it is essen-
tial. It also adversely
affects the country’s
combat readiness. The
Defence Accounts De-
partment plays a very
important role towards
ensuring this. Rs 5.25
lakh crore has been al-
lotted in the Defence
budget this time,” he
said adding that it is the
responsibility of the
Defence Accounts De-
partment to ensure its
“apt expenditure”.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addresses the inaugural session of the two-day Controllers
Conference of Defence Accounts Department, in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
CONGRESS HITS BACK AT RAJNATH SINGH
FOR DEFENDING LOTUS IN LOGO OF G20
New Delhi: The Congress on Monday hit back at Union
minister Rajnath Singh for defending the presence of a
lotus image on the G20 logo, saying the hand remains
a “deep cultural symbol” in rural and tribal India but it
would not justify the use of this symbol for government
events if it was in power. Hand is the Congress’ party
symbol. Defence Minister Singh on Sunday had slammed
those creating a row over the presence of flower’s image
on the G20 logo and said the lotus is not just a party
symbol but connected to India’s cultural identity.
We’re aware
that for the
combat readi-
ness of the country, not
only the availability of
adequate financial re-
sources but also quick
transparent deci-
sion-making for it is
essential.
Rajnath Singh,
Defence Minister
INDIA TO CARRY OUT 2-DAY MILITARY EXERCISE FROM TODAY
New Delhi: India will kick-start on Tuesday a two-day multi-agency military exercise
covering country’s 7,516 km-long coastline and exclusive economic zone with the twin aim
of checking preparedness of various agencies to deal with any eventualities and bolster
overall maritime security. The scale and conceptual expanse of the ‘Sea Vigil’ exercise is
“unprecedented” in terms of the geographical extent, the number of stakeholders involved,
the number of units participating and the objectives to be met. It will be the third edition of
the exercise that was conceptualised in 2018 to validate various measures that have been
instituted towards enhancing maritime security following the Mumbai terror attack in 2008.
Will Rothney Castle be witness to revival of Cong?
Shashikant Sharma
Shimla: The Rothney
Castle in Shimla, which
is now known as
“Sheeshe Wali Kothi”,
is the place where the
foundation of the Con-
gress Party was laid.
AO Hume founded the
Congress on 28 Decem-
ber 1885. The Rothney
Castle, built in the 19th
century, used to be the
home of AO Hume
where he spent many
years and the process of
birth of Congress also
started from here.
Coincidentally, Con-
gress leader Sonia Gan-
dhi’s new house is also
built near this Rothney
Castle.
Hume was an ICS of-
ficer and he was trans-
ferred to Shimla from
Etawah. He formed the
Congress with an aim of
raising the voice of poor
inthecountry
.AfterInde-
pendence, the existence
of Congress remained
but Mahatma Gandhi
wanted to close the Con-
gress so that a new party
could take shape. But
otherleaderstookastand
to continue the party as
Congress only
.
Hume was helped by
a Bengali WC Banerjee
in formation of Con-
gress. The party that
was formed in the Roth-
ney Castle is now pass-
ing through struggling
times. The BJP has giv-
en slogan of Congress
mukt Bharat and if this
is realised, the histori-
cal value of the Rothney
Castle will also be lost.
Sonia Gandhi had
once wanted to buy the
Rothney Castle, which
is now in private hands,
and develop it as a me-
morial of national im-
portance but the deal
could not materialise
due to certain reasons.
If the Congress govern-
ment is formed in
Himachal, this building
may regain the focus
and it would be seen
whether Congress may
gain much needed re-
vival from Shimla.
The Rothney Castle aka Sheeshe Wali Kothi. —FILE PHOTO
AO Hume had
formed Congress
here with an aim of
raising the voice of
poor in the country

Srinagar (PTI): Srina-
gar’s Dal Lake has been
drawing a large number
of tourists in the past
few weeks for shikara
rides while the lights on
ornately carved house-
boats are shimmering
again as the Kashmir
Valley has witnessed a
huge tourism influx in
recent months.
Hotels dotting the
historic Boulevard
Road skirting Dal Lake,
and those situated at
other prime locations,
are seeing nearly full
occupancy with travel-
lers coming from across
the country
.
Uncertainties emerg-
ing post abrogation of
Article 370 in 2019 that
ended the special status
of the erstwhile state of
JK, and two most dif-
ficult years of the coro-
navirus pandemic that
followed, had broken
the back of tourism in
JK, but amid a recov-
ery in the sector along
with the COVID-19 vac-
cination exercise, Kash-
mir is welcoming visi-
tors again with open
arms. Flights landing at
the Srinagar interna-
tional airport have been
bringing tourists from
all parts of country
, and
hoteliers, houseboat
owners, taxi and shika-
ra operators, and res-
tauranteursarepleased.
Kashmir sees surge in tourism; hoteliers happy
HEAVEN ON EARTH
BSF-BGB meet to curb
cross-border crimes
Kolkata (Agencies): Si-
multaneous Coordinat-
ed Patrols both during
the day and night will
help curb cross-border
crime, senior Border Se-
curity Force (BSF) offi-
cials told their counter-
partsfromBorderGuard
Bangladesh (BGB) dur-
ing the ongoing Inspec-
torsGeneralBSF-Region
CommandersBGBLevel
Border Co-ordination
Conference in Kolkata.
The BSF has also tak-
en up issues such as at-
tacks on its personnel
by Bangladeshi smug-
glers, particularly those
involved in the smug-
gling of cattle.
“We had suggested co-
ordinated patrolling by
thetwoforcesduringour
past meetings. Now, we
are looking forward to
simultaneouspatrolling.
Such patrolling will not
allow border criminals
to flee back into their
own country once chal-
lenged by border guard-
ing troops of the neigh-
bouring one. This is a
regularoccurrencenow-
adays. Whenever crimi-
nals from Bangladesh
are challenged at the In-
ternational Boundary
(IB), they flee back to
their own side. They
could be nabbed if there
is a BGB patrol across
the IB at that time,” a
BSF official said.
Two sides thrash out border management issues at Kolkata conference
BSF personnel keep a vigil on the border. —FILE PHOTO
MILITANTS ATTACK
ARMY CONVOY IN
ASSAM,NO CASUALTY
Guwahati (Agencies):
Unidentified militants at-
tacked an army convoy in
Assam’s Tinsukia district
on Monday, officials
said. The defence PRO in
Guwahati, Lt Col Mahen-
dra Rawat informed that
an army area domination
party was moving in the
Digboi-Pengri area and at
around 9.20 a.m., shots
were fired at their vehicle
from a nearby forest.
“After firing a single burst
and swift retaliation from
our troops, terrorists ran
away from the adjoining
areas,” he added. There
was no casualty.
Gadkariinaugurates1.5km
longelevatedbridgeinBihar
First India Bureau
Rohtas: Union Minis-
ter for Road Transport
and Highways Nitin
Gadkari inaugurated
1.5 km long 2-lane ele-
vated RCC bridge near
Panduka on Son river
in Rohtas, Bihar built at
a cost of Rs 210 crore.
The foundation stone
for the construction of
the bridge was laid on
Monday in the presence
of Deputy Chief Minis-
ter Tejashwi Yadav, Bi-
har BJP President San-
jay Jaiswal, MP Chhedi
Paswan, Vishnu Dayal
Ram,Ministersof Bihar
Government and MPs,
MLAs and officers.
Speaking on the occa-
sion Gadkari said with
the construction of this
bridge, NH-19 and NH-
39 will be directly con-
nected, which will fa-
cilitate traffic between
Bihar, Jharkhand, Ut-
tar Pradesh and Chhat-
tisgarh. He said at pre-
sent, a distance of 150
km has to be covered to
reach Srinagar from
Panduka in Rohtas dis-
trict and Garhwa dis-
trict of Jharkhand,
with the construction
of this bridge, four
hours will be saved in
this journey
. The traffic
pressure on Dehri
bridge will also reduce
and Aurangabad, Sasar-
am cities will be able to
get rid of the problem
of jam, he added.
He said with the con-
struction of this bridge
in the Panduka area, it
will be easy to reach the
market for industrial
and agricultural and
dairy products of near-
by areas and states.
This will also save time
and fuel, he added.
A shikara passes by a row of illuminated houseboats in the
picturesque Dal Lake in Srinagar. —PHOTO BY PTI
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari at the inauguration.
UP STUDENT BLEEDS
TO DEATH AFTER
BEING RAPED
UP: DOG HANGED TO
DEATH BY 2 YOUTHS,
VIDEO GOES VIRAL
ODISHA LABOURER
HELD FOR SELLING
WIFE TO DELHI MAN
Unnao: A college student
here died due to exces-
sive bleeding after she
was raped repeatedly by
a 25-year-old man. The
accused, who has now
been arrested, had taken
a performance enhancing
pill before the act. Police
said the man, Raj Gautam,
raped her when she was
alone at home. Despite the
victim’s protest, he con-
tinued to rape her till she
fainted and started bleed-
ing from her private parts.
Seeing this, Gautam got
scared and fled leaving the
victim bleeding profusely.
Ghaziabad: In a shocking in-
cident, a dog was hanged to
death by two youths in Gha-
ziabd. A video of the incident
went viral on social media
on Monday. In the video, two
men are seen hanging a dog
with the noose. Along with
this, they are also holding
one end of the rope in their
hands, which both are
pulling towards them with
full force, so that the dog
suffocates. After the incident
came to light, the police
called the youths seen in the
video to the police station for
questioning.
Bhubaneswar: A labourer
from Odisha’s Kalahandi
sold his wife to a man in
Delhi and returned home
after conducting their mar-
riage. Later, police arrested
him. Kheera Beruk, of
Muskaguda village of Narla
block had married Purnami
last year. Kheera, with his
wife Purnami, left for New
Delhi to work as labourer
on Oct 30. But, Kheera
alone returned home after
a few days. On Nov 5,
Purnami called her father
Kulamani and informed
him about the incident.
CRUCIAL READ
FORMER HARYANA GOVERNOR DHANIK LAL
MANDAL DIES AT 90 IN CHANDIGARH
Chandigarh: Former Haryana Governor and
ex-speaker of Bihar Legislative Assembly
Dhanik Lal Mandal died in Chandigarh at the
age of 90. Haryana Governor Bandaru Dat-
tatreya, CM ML Khattar and Bihar CM Nitish
Kumar paid tributes to Mandal, who died on
Sunday. “Deeply grieved at the passing away
of former Haryana Governor Shri Dhanik Lal
Mandal ji. My heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family,
friends and admirers! May God grant eternal peace to the
departed soul. Om Shanti,” Dattatreya tweeted.
Panaji (Agencies):
Congress leaders in
Goa on Monday said
that disqualification pe-
tition against the par-
ty’s 8 rebel leaders who
have switched to the
BJP is being prepared,
and will be filed this
week.
“Disqualification pe-
tition is getting ready.
We will file it this
week,” Goa Pradesh
Congress president
Amit Patkar told media.
Congress MLA Car-
los Ferreira, also an ad-
vocate, said “we were
looking for certain ele-
ments and material,
which is why filing of
petition is delayed”.
“The Congress will
fight to make sure that
such kind of unprinci-
pled defections dont
take place,” Ferreira
said.
41 trainee PCS officers call on Uttar
Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: 41 Trainee
Officers (PCS Officers)
of Provincial Civil Ser-
vices (Executive
Branch) 2020 batch met
UP Governor Anandi-
ben Patel at Raj Bhavan
here. Addressing the of-
ficers on the occasion,
the Governor asked
them to work for the
poor people on priority
.
She said in the inter-
est of public, applica-
tions and files received
should be disposed of in
the least time, so that
the applicant can get
the solution and benefit
in the least time.
The Governor also
shared her experiences
about the problems and
complexities of rural
life with the PCS offic-
ers. She inspired the
PCS trainee officers to
work responsibly dur-
ing their tenure to take
the benefits of govern-
ment schemes to the
remote rural areas. She
specially encouraged
the PCS officers to work
with integrity
.
Principal Secretary
to the Governor Kalpa-
na Awasthi, Director
General of UP Acade-
my of Administration
and Management L
Venkateswar Lu, Direc-
tor Neena Sharma and
other officers were also
present.
Dhami says his govt
fulfilling all promises
Dehradun (PTI):
Chief Minister Push-
kar Singh Dhami on
Monday said his gov-
ernment is fulfilling
its commitments, in-
cluding setting up a
committee to draft the
Uniform Civil Code
and eliminating cor-
ruption, made to the
people of Uttarakhand.
Dhami was speaking
at the ground-breaking
ceremony of a nursing
college in Kothgi in
Rudraprayag district.
“Uttarakhand was
the first to take steps
towards setting up a
panel to draft a Uni-
form Civil Code and
other states like Guja-
rat and Himachal
Pradesh have followed
suit,” Dhami said at
the He said there were
irregularities in job re-
cruitment exams since
2014-15 but when it was
brought to his notice,
he got the Special Task
Force (STF) to investi-
gate the matter.
Goa Congress
turncoats face
disqualification
UP Governor Anandiben Patel with 41 Trainee PCS officers at Raj Bhawan in Lucknow.
Pushkar Singh Dhami
INDIA
06
Tribals’ pride synonymous with India’s pride: RSS chief
Bhagwat hails
‘Bhagwan’ Birsa
Munda and
‘fearless’ Dilip
Singh Judev
Jashpur (PTI): Rash-
triya Swayamsevak
Sangh (RSS) chief Mo-
han Bhagwat on Mon-
day said the pride of
tribals is India’s pride
and appealed to people
to protect it for the
country, religion and
culture.
He unveiled a statue
of former Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) MP
and Union minister
late Dilip Singh Judev,
hailed by right-wing or-
ganisations for his
‘Ghar Wapsi’ campaign
to reconvert tribals
from Christianity in
the Jashpur region of
Chhattisgarh.
Addressing a func-
tion to mark ‘Janjatiya
Gaurav Diwas’ in
Jashpur district,
Bhagwat appealed to
tribals to stay strong
against those who try
to dupe them by taking
advantage of their in-
nocence.
The event which was
held at Ranjeeta Stadi-
um by Vanvasi Kalyan
Ashram was attended
by a large number of
people belonging to
tribal communities.
“The pride of tribals
is the pride of India.
Tribals’ pride is the
core of our pride and
our way of living. Peo-
ple should understand
this and stand with
tribals to protect their
pride for the country,
religion, and culture,”
he said.
“The birthday of
Bhagwan Birsa Munda
(on November 15 which
is observed as Janjati-
ya Gaurav Diwas) and
the unveiling of the
statue of Dilip Singh
Judev are linked or co-
incidentally linked.
Judev was brave. De-
spite having a name,
fame, assets and power,
he remained humble.
He always stood for the
pride of tribals,” Bhag-
wat said.
He said Judev had
immense love for the
country, religion and
culture.
“Bhagwan Birsa
Munda was also in-
spired by the same love
and fought for all of us.
What is this tribal
pride? Our ancestors’
tradition is our pride
which teaches us how
to lead life. It gives us a
legacy of bravery and
sanctity. It gives the
courage to take on
challenges of life,” he
added.
The RSS chief said in
the context of religion,
“janjatiya gaurav”
(tribal pride) is a
“dharm gaurav” (reli-
gious pride) of India.
“We don’t have to
think about what we are
and how we are. We
don’t need to fear any-
one. We have our pride.
We have our religion.
We have our self-respect
and we also have fear-
lessness like Judeo. We
have ideals like Dilip
Singh ji and Birsa Mun-
da ji. They taught us
how to live and we will
find our place in the
world while living like
that,” he added.
“One should not get
separated from its coun-
try
, culture and religion.
Some people try to dupe
us by taking advantage
of our innocence but we
have to stay strong,”
Bhagwat said.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat at the unveiling of Dilip Singh Judev’s statue in Jashpur on Monday.
‘IF PEOPLE OF JK UNITE’
Srinagar: PDP presi-
dent Mehbooba Mufti
on Monday said if the
people of Jammu and
Kashmir unite like
India did against the
British, then getting
back its special status
will not be a huge task.
“In fact, we can
achieve more than that
and God willing, we
will,” she said.
She was speaking
at a function at the
PDP headquarters
here in which Jammu
and Kashmir Peoples
Movement vice presi-
dent Syed Iqbal Tahir
joined the party.
JHARKHAND: BAJRANG
DAL PROTESTS
ACTIVIST’S KILLING
Chakradharpur: Shops
were shut and vehicles
remained off the roads in
Jharkhand’s West Singh-
bhum district on Monday
as Bajrang Dal protested
the murder of its activ-
ist. The dawn-two-dusk
bandh called by several
right-wing organisations
to protest the murder of
Kamaldev Giri, 35, was
peaceful with no untoward
incidents reported, police
said. Bombs were hurled
at Giri in Chakradhapur
town on Saturday evening,
following which he died,
they said.

07
Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 52,850.00 255.00 0.48 (Per 10g)
SILVER 62,440.00 561.00 0.89 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 81.28 0.50 0.61
GBPINR 95.88 0.90 0.94
CURRENCIES
‘PAYTM ON RIGHT PATH TO PROFITABILITY’
New Delhi (PTI): Digital
financial services firm
One97 Communications is
on the right path to profit-
ability with payments ser-
vice becoming monetisa-
ble, founder and CEO Vijay
Shekhar Sharma said.
Sharma in a letter to
shareholders said that the
company is scaling up
lending business which
has huge demand in India.
“One year ago, we made
our way to the public mar-
kets. We are aware of the
expectations that Paytm
carries, and I assure you
that we are on the right
path to profitability and
free cash flows. Our jour-
ney to build a scalable and
profitable financial servic-
es business has just start-
ed,” Sharma said.
He said that the govern-
ment incentives to UPI pay-
ments and merchants’
adoption of Paytm devices
is making payments in-
creasingly monetisable
and profitable.
ACCORDING TO CEO VIJAY SHEKHAR SHARMA
REACHING NEW
HEIGHTS IN 2022
z Sharma said that the
company is scaling up
lending business which
has huge demand in India.
z Govt incentives to UPI
payments and merchants’
adoption of Paytm devices
and subscription products
is making payments
increasingly monetisable
and profitable.
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi (PTI): Hero
MotoCorp on Monday
said it has opened its first
experience centre in Ben-
galuru for its electric two-
wheeler brand VIDA. The
country’s largest two-
wheeler maker said it has
also commenced custom-
er test-rides of the VIDA
V1 electric scooter from
Monday. VIDA plans to
open experience centres
next in Jaipur and then
Delhi with customer deliv-
eries of the V1 scooter
expected to commence
from the second week of
December, it added.
New Delhi (PTI): Reserve
Bank on Monday imposed
a collective fine of nearly
`12 lakh on several co-
operative and other banks
for violating various bank-
ing norms. Penalties
amounting to `11.60 lakh
have been imposed on
nine entities, including six
co-operative banks and
three Sahakari banks.
Berhampur Cooperative
Urban Bank has been
fined `3.10 lakh; Os-
manabad Janata Sahakari
Bank, Osmanabad `2.5
lakh. RBI said its actions
are based on deficiencies
in regulatory compliance
and is not intended to
pronounce upon the va-
lidity of any transaction or
agreement entered into by
the bank with customers.
RBI IMPOSES `12 L
FINE ON SIX CO-OPs,
3 SAHAKARI BANKS
HERO MOTOCORP
OPENS FIRST VIDA
EXPERIENCE CENTRE
New Delhi (PTI): Gold
price in the national capi-
tal rose `255 to `52,850
per 10 grams on Monday,
according to HDFC Secu-
rities. In the previous
trade, the precious metal
had settled at `52,595 per
10 grams. Silver also
climbed `561 to `62,440
per kilogram. In the inter-
national market, gold was
trading in red at US Dol-
lar1,763 per ounce while
silver was flat at US Dollar
21.69 per ounce.
GOLD GAINS `255;
SILVER RATES ALSO
SEE A RISE OF `561
New Delhi (PTI): India’s
edible oil import bill rose
34.18% to `1.57 lakh
crore in the oil year end-
ing October 2022, while
in volume terms it rose
6.85% to 140.3 lakh
tonnes, industry body
SEA said on Monday. In-
dia’s import gradually in-
creased during the first
two quarters and it
slowed down in the third
quarter. However, it again
increased in the fourth
quarter due to the lifting
of a ban on palm oil by
Indonesia and a sharp
decline in international
prices which boosted
buying from India, it said
on Monday.
INDIA’S EDIBLE OIL
IMPORT BILL UP 34%
AT `1.57 LAKH CRORE
*Rates till the edition went to print.
` DECLINES BY 50 PAISE TO 81.28 ON US
DOLLAR DEMAND, FED RATE HIKE CONCERN
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee
depreciated by 50 paise to
close at 81.28 against the US
currency on Monday due to
strong dollar demand from
corporates and oil compa-
nies and a firm dollar in the
overseas markets. At the
interbank foreign exchange
market, the local unit opened
on a strong note at 80.53, but
pared gains and finally settled
at 81.28 against the American
currency, registering a fall of
50 paise over its last close.
On Friday, the rupee appreci-
ated by 62 paise to close at
80.78 against the dollar.
AUTO COMPONENT
SUPPLIERS TO LOG
8%-10% GROWTH
Mumbai (PTI): Auto compo-
nent suppliers are expected
to log an 8-10% growth in
revenue this
fiscal driven
by healthy
demand from
domestic orig-
inal equipment manufacturers
and pent-up demand from the
aftermarket, according to a re-
port. However, rating agency
ICRA in the report said head-
winds persist on the exports
front for the auto component
suppliers. The export orders
have slowed down in the last
few months.
REVIVAL OF MINING
ALLIED MACHINERY
CORP LTD IN LIMBO
Kolkata (PTI): Revival of
closed Mining and Allied
Machinery
Corporation
Ltd (MAMC)
by a consor-
tium of three
state-run companies seems to
have run into trouble, officials
indicated on Monday. “BEML
has expressed its desire to
opt out of the consortium
due to the strategic disinvest-
ment proposal of the PSU by
the government. However,
no formal decision has been
taken yet,” an official of a
consortium partner said.
400+ COOPERATIVES
LOGGED ON GeM
PORTAL IN 3 MONTHS
New Delhi (PTI): More than
400 cooperative societies
have regis-
tered on the
Government
e-Marketplace
(GeM) portal
in last three months, Union
Minister B L Verma said on
Monday. On June 1, the Union
Cabinet had given its approval
for expanding the mandate
of GeM to allow procurement
by cooperatives as buyers on
GeM. “So far, more than 400
cooperatives have registered
on the GeM portal and begun
the trade,” the Minister said.
POSOCO’S NAME
CHANGED TO GRID
CONTROLLER OF INDIA
New Delhi (FIB): India’s
national grid operator ‘Power
System Operation Corpora-
tion Ltd
(POSOCO)’
on Monday
(November
14) has an-
nounced that it has changed
its name to ‘Grid Controller
of India Ltd’. The name has
been changed to reflect the
critical role of grid operators
in ensuring integrity, reliabil-
ity, economy, resilience and
sustainable operation of the
Indian electricity grid, a state-
ment said.
OTHER STORIES
Retailinflationslowsto6.77%
inOctfrom7.41%inSept: Govt
New Delhi (FIB): Retail
inflation dropped to 6.77%
in October from 7.41% in
the preceding month,
mainly due to easing pric-
es in the food basket,
though it remained above
Reserve Bank’s comfort
level for the 10th month in
a row, according to the gov-
ernment data released on
Monday.
The Consumer Price In-
dex (CPI) based retail in-
flation has remained above
the 6% target since Janu-
ary this year.
As per the latest data re-
leased by the National Sta-
tistical Office (NSO), the
inflation in the food basket
was 7.01% in October as
against 8.6% in September.
The retail inflation,
which the RBI factors in
while deciding its periodic
monetary policy, was
4.48% in October 2021.
As the RBI failed to en-
sure inflation remains at
4% with a margin of 2% on
either side for three con-
secutive quarters, it has
sent a report to the govern-
ment detailing the reasons
for the failure and steps it
is taking to bring CPI in
the target range.
GLOBAL CRYPTO MELTDOWN
India dodges bullet
thanks to govt, RBI
New Delhi (PTI): Crypto-
currency markets world-
wide have been battered
with billions of dollars be-
ing wiped out but India
managed to stay relatively
unscathed thanks to a cau-
tious approach of the gov-
ernment and the RBI.
While the RBI has re-
fused to recognise crypto-
currencies and repeatedly
issued warnings against
trading in them, the gov-
ernment fired the tax bul-
let to wean off demand.
Net result - Indian inves-
tors have been largely
spared from the crypto
meltdown that has taken
the total market value of
cryptocurrencies below $1
trillion in just a year from
$3 trillion in 2021 and sent
Bahamas-based crypto ex-
change FTX into bankrupt-
cy after a rush of customer
withdrawals. The collapse
of FTX empire, which has
wiped out the entire $16 bil-
lion fortune of co-founder
Sam Bankman-Fried, has
shaken confidence in the
already troubled industry
that was struggling to gain
mainstream credibility
.
In India, RBI has been
resolutely opposing vir-
tual currency from day
one while the government
initially was toying with
the idea of regulating
such instruments by
bringing a law.
Centre ready to
bring fuel under
GST, says Puri
Srinagar (PTI): The Cen-
tre is ready for bringing
petrol and diesel under the
GST regime but it is un-
likely that the states will
agree to such a move, Pe-
troleum and Natural Gas
Minister Hardeep Singh
Puri said on Monday
.
“For bringing the petrol
and diesel under the GST,
the states have to agree. If
the states make the move,
we are ready
. We have been
ready all along. That’s my
understanding. It is anoth-
er issue how to implement
it. That question should be
addressed to the finance
minister,” Puri told report-
ers here.
The minister, however,
pointed out that it is un-
likely that the states will
agree to such a move as
liquor and energy are rev-
enue generating items for
them.
“It is not difficult to un-
derstand, they (states) get
revenue out of this. One
who is getting revenue,
why would he leave it? Liq-
uor and energy are two
things that generate reve-
nue. It is only the Central
government which is wor-
ried about inflation and
other things,” he added.
Adanigroupgetsapprovalfor
openofferinNDTVtakeoverbid
New Delhi (Agencies):
Billionaire Gautam Ada-
ni’s conglomerate received
the regulatory nod to float
an open offer for a further
26% stake in New Delhi
Television Ltd (NDTV).
The Securities Ex-
change Board of India
(SEBI) approved Adani
Group’s open offer, accord-
ing to a statement on the
regulator’s website.
Adani’s initial plan was
to launch its open offer last
month, but was delayed as
it awaited Sebi’s approval.
The billionaire’s ports-to-
power conglomerate trig-
gered a hostile takeover bid
for the broadcaster after it
acquired an indirect
29.18% stake in August.
NDTV’s founders Prannoy
Roy and Radhika Roy have
opposed the bid, amid con-
cerns that the transaction
will erode press freedom,
given Adani’s close rela-
tionship with PM Modi.
Most states agree to adopt
RBI’s fin literacy programme
New Delhi (PTI): The RBI
along with other regulators
has prepared a financial
literacy programme for
school education boards
and all states except for
three have agreed to in-
clude it in their curricu-
lums, an official said on
Monday
.
“If we could inculcate
basic financial literacy in
school education, then that
would be much better to
expand financial literacy
in the country,” Executive
Director RBI said.
All the state school
education boards ex-
cept for three have agreed
to include it in their cur-
riculums, he said.
“And as and when the
curriculum is going for re-
vision, the school boards
will include it. So going for-
ward, we will have this cur-
riculum especially for
classes 6-10,” Sharma said.
MarketssettleloweronMonday
Mumbai (PTI): In a vola-
tile trade, benchmark indi-
ces ended lower on Monday
dragged down by index
heavyweights ICICI Bank,
ITC and Reliance Indus-
tries amid largely weak
Asian markets.
The 30-share BSE Sensex
declined 170.89 points or
0.28% to settle at 61,624.15.
During the day, it hit a low
of 61,572.03 and a high of
61,916.24.
The broader NSE Nifty
dipped 20.55 points or
0.11% to finish at 18,329.15.
From the Sensex pack,
Dr Reddy’s, ITC, Hindustan
Unilever, State Bank of In-
dia, ICICI Bank, Nestle, Ti-
tan, Mahindra Mahin-
dra, Larsen Toubro, and
RIL were among the big-
gest laggards.
WPI AT 19-MONTH
LOW OF 8.39%
New Delhi (PTI): The whole-
sale price index (WPI)-based
inflation dipped to a 19-month
low of 8.39% in October on
easing prices of food, fuel and
manufactured items. Declining
for the fifth consecutive month,
the WPI inflation cooled to
single digit after a gap of one-
and-a-half years, giving some
comfort to the RBI which has
been struggling to rein in price
rise.Releasing the October WPI
inflation data on Monday, the
commerce and industry ministry
said: “The decline in October
inflation is primarily contributed
by fall in the price of mineral oils,
basic metals, fabricated metal
products, except machinery
and equipment; textiles; other
non-metallic mineral products;
minerals etc.” Since April 2021,
WPI inflation remained in double
digits for 18 months.
New Delhi: Smartphone shipment in India declined by 10% to
hit a three-year low of 43 million shipment in the July-Sept 2022
period, market research firm Inter-
national Data Corporation said on
Monday. The 5G smartphone share
reached 36% of total smartphones
during the reported quarter with
16 million units at a slightly higher
average selling price of $393, about
`32,000, apiece compared to $377,
about Rs 30,600, in the previous quarter. The annual shipment of
2022 is likely to decline by 8-9% to around 150 million units.—PTI
INDIAN SMARTPHONE MARKET DIPS TO 3-YEAR
LOW AT 43 MILLION IN SEP 2022 QUARTER: IDC

08
2NDFRONT
New Delhi (PTI): Pres-
ident Droupadi Murmu
on Monday asked chil-
dren to dream big and
dream for a new and de-
veloped India. Address-
ing students from vari-
ous schools, who met
her at the Rashtrapati
Bhavan Cultural Centre
(RBCC), the president
urged them to stay con-
nected with India’s cul-
ture and always respect
their parents, and love
the motherland.
President said child-
hood is the most beauti-
ful phase of life. “Chil-
dren are accepted as
they are. This is what
makes them so alive. To-
day we are celebrating
this innocence purity
of children,” she said.
“This is a new era of
technological and in-
formation revolution.
Children are now aware
of various domestic, so-
cial, and environmen-
tal issues. With the ad-
vent of technology,
knowledge and infor-
mation are now at their
fingertips,” she said.
“So, it is all the more
important that we make
more efforts to teach
them the right values
and involve them in var-
ious activities. We can
also learn a lot from
children,” Murmu said.
SC dismisses plea of senior adv seeking transfer of case from HC
Supreme Court on
Monday dismissed a
plea by senior advo-
cate Sanjay Hegde
seeking transfer of his
case, challenging the
permanent suspension
of his Twitter account
for allegedly re-tweet-
ing two posts, from the
Delhi High Court to
the top court.
A bench of Justices
M R Shah and Hima
Kohli also declined to
interfere with his sec-
ond plea against Kar-
nataka High Court dis-
missing his plea seek-
ing intervention in the
petition filed by Twit-
ter Inc challenging a
series of blocking or-
ders issued by the Cen-
tre. “No case for trans-
fer of cases is made
out...The transfer peti-
tion stands dismissed.
We are of the opinion
that let there be one de-
cision by one high
court so that in future,
this court would have
the advantage of at
least one HC judg-
ment,” the bench said.
The senior lawyer
had approached the Del-
hi High Court in 2019
seeking directions to
the Centre to lay down
guidelines under the In-
formation Technology
(IT) Act to ensure that
censorship on social
media is carried out as
per the Constitution.
He had filed the plea
as his account on Twit-
ter was permanently
suspended by the social
media company on No-
vember 5, 2019, alleged-
ly in connection with
two re-tweets by him,
and sought restoration
of his Twitter account.
The petition had said
that before coming to
court Hegde had fol-
lowed the internal ap-
peals procedure of
Twitter, but his appeal
was rejected.
He had also served a
legal notice on the social
media platform, but no
response was received
to the same, it said.
SUSPENSION OF TWITTER ACCOUNT
Senior advocate Sanjay Hegde
CONTRACTUAL
DISPUTE
Gangster in Delhi jail
planned attack on BJP
worker in Greater Noida
ANDAMAN GANG-RAPE CASE
Absconding businessman held
in Haryana,brought to Port Blair
Port Blair (PTI): The
Andaman and Nicobar
Police arrested a Port
Blair-based business-
man, carrying a reward
of Rs one lakh, from
Haryana in connection
withagangrapecase,an
officer said on Monday
.
Sandeep Singh alias
Rinku, who was ab-
sconding, was appre-
hended on Sunday night
and on Monday brought
to Port Blair on transit
remand, police said.
“The police got a tip-
off about Sandeep
through his bank trans-
actions which he made
from Haryana. The An-
daman and Nicobar Po-
lice alerted its Haryana
and Delhi counterparts
and managed to arrest
him. He was brought
here on transit remand
on Monday. Before his
interrogation, he was
taken to GB Pant Hospi-
tal for a medical check
up,” the officer said.
The Andaman and
Nicobar Police had on
November 2 announced
a reward of Rs 1 lakh
each for Sandeep Singh
alias Rinku and Labour
CommissionerRLRishi
rape of a 21-year-old
woman involving Jiten-
dra Narain, the former
chief secretaryof Anda-
man Nicobar Islands.
So far, 2 accused,
Narain and Singh, have
been held, while Rishi
is still absconding, the
officer said.
Noida (PTI): Police on
Monday said a Delhi-
based gangster has
been arrested in con-
nection with the attack
on a BJP worker and
close aide of Gautam
Buddh Nagar MP Ma-
hesh Sharma.
The police also
claimed the attack was
planned by gangster
Randeep Bhati, who is
currently lodged in Del-
hi’s Mandoli jail, over a
personal enmity and
carried out by hired
criminals. BJP worker
Sanchit Sharma alias
Singga Pandit was as-
saulted by around half
a dozen unidentified as-
sailants in Greater Noi-
da in a sensational at-
tack on the night of
November 3.
“Accused Ashwani
alias Rinku, a resident
of Najafgarh in Delhi,
has been arrested from
Pari Chowk. An illegal
pistol along with some
ammunition was seized
fromhim.Heisanactive
member of the Randeep
Bhati gang and was in-
volved in the attack on
Sanchit Sharma,” a po-
lice spokesperson said.
“
Atpresentheiswork-
ingasahiredshooterfor
the Randeep Bhati gang.
He specialises in carry-
ing out such attacks on
contract,” the police
spokesperson added.
Ashwani’s arrest comes
close on the heels of
three other shooters of
the gang getting caught
inDehradunbytheUtta-
rakhand police’s Special
Task Force. Harpal Gur-
jar, Gaurav Kumar
Chandola and his name-
sake Gaurav Kumar
were arrested on Satur-
day night when they
reachedDehradunalleg-
edly with a plan to com-
mit a major loot, accord-
ing to the STF.
The Gautam Buddh Na-
gar police spokesperson
saidateamfromGreater
Noida had gone to ques-
tion Harpal, who is sus-
pected to be involved in
the attack on Sharma,
after his arrest.
During the probe, Har-
pal spilled beans over
the planning and execu-
tion of the attack on the
BJP worker.
“Harpal told the po-
lice that the attack was
planned by Randeep
Bhati, who is currently
lodged in Madoli jail,
Delhi. “Harpal had
agreed to carry out the
attack on Sanchit Shar-
ma for Rs 5 lakh and
had roped in four more
persons for the job. Af-
ter his release from jail,
he had further planned
the attack at a farm
house in Greater Noi-
da,” the official said.
CHILDREN’S DAY 2022
PREZ ASKS CHILDREN TO DREAM
FOR NEW AND DEVELOPED INDIA
DAY 1 OF TRADE FAIR
Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena visits Delhi Pavilion on the first day of India
International Trade Fair (IITF) at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
NARAIN IN JAIL
TILL NOVEMBER 28
President Droupadi Murmu being greeted by students from various schools during an event on
Children’s Day at Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre (RBCC), in New Delhi, on Monday.
‘FRIEND FIRST, INDIA SECOND’:
RIJIJU TAKES A DIG AT NEHRU
New Delhi (ANI): Un-
ionMinisterKirenRijiju
raked up the issue of
“Nehru’s five blunders”
ontheformerPM’sbirth
anniversary and alleged
that “Friend First, India
Second” defined India’s
first PM’s initial Kash-
mir policy leading to
“tragic consequences”.
“What really hap-
pened? Why did Pt.
Jawaharlal Nehru de-
lay the accession of
Kashmir into India and
thereby give Pak an op-
portunity to invade it?,
the min said in a tweet
on Monday. “Nehru re-
jected Maharaja Hari
Singh’s plea to accede to
India not just once but
thrice. “Friend First,
India Second” is what
defined Nehru’s initial
Kashmir policy
. It led to
tragic consequences for
which India paid a price
for seven decades,” Riji-
ju tweeted.
‘Monumental blunder’: Puri on Kashmir issue
Srinagar (PTI): Un-
ion minister Hardeep
Singh Puri on Monday
targeted Jawaharlal
Nehru over Kashmir,
saying the decision of
the country’s first
prime minister to take
the issue to a multilat-
eral forum was a “mon-
umental blunder”.
“Why was the (Kash-
mir) issue taken to in-
ternational or multi-
national fora? My in-
formation has been
that then Maharaja
Hari Singh was happy
to sign the instrument
of accession. That’s
what I have read as a
student of history
.
“But the political
leadership in Delhi
was saying they want-
ed it (accession) to be
more broad-based and
therefore they wanted
a plebiscite. So they
wanted to take it to a
multilateral forum.
You cannot have a
higher folly than that.
I am using the word
folly very mildly,” Puri
told reporters here.
The Union Minister
was responding when
asked if he agreed with
the views of his cabi-
net colleague Kiren Ri-
jiju on Nehru’s han-
dling of Kashmir that
the Union law minister
had expressed in an ar-
ticle. “Was it an error
of judgment? You can
say the man made a
mistake but you cannot
justify it. The histori-
cal facts are staring
you in the face that
making the reference
(to multinational fora)
and calling for a plebi-
scite is not a folly, I
think it is a monumen-
tal blunder. So I agree
with my dear friend
and colleague Kiren Ri-
jiju entirely
,” Puri said.
The minister said it
wasbecauseof themis-
take made by Nehru
that Pakistan was able
to foment trouble in
Jammu and Kashmir.
Nehru’s relevance
has increased after
2014: Congress
New Delhi (PTI):
The Congress on
Monday paid rich
tributes to the coun-
try’s first prime min-
ister Jawaharlal
Nehru on his birth
anniversary, saying
21st century India
cannot be imagined
without his tremen-
dous contribution
and that his rele-
vance has increased
after 2014.
Congress presi-
dent Mallikarjun
Kharge, former party
chief Sonia Gandhi
and AICC general
secretary in-charge
organisation K C
Venugopal, among
others, offered floral
tributes at Nehru’s
memorial Shanti Van
in New Delhi.
In a tweet in Hindi,
former party chief
Rahul Gandhi quot-
ed Nehru’s lines --
“Who is Bharat
Mata? The people of
India spread across
its vast land matter
the most. Mother In-
dia is this crores and
crores of people.”
“With these demo-
cratic, progressive,
and secular values of
Pandit Nehru in my
heart, I am walking
to protect ‘Mother In-
dia’ of ‘Hind Ke
Jawahar’,” Gandhi
said referring to his
Kanyakumari to
Kashmir ‘Bharat
Jodo Yatra’.
Congress general
secretary Priyanka
Gandhi also paid
tributes to Nehru and
posted a quote of the
former prime minis-
ter on Twitter in
which he said, “We
have to build such a
free great India
where all her chil-
dren can live.”
Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi with party leaders
Mallikarjun Kharge and others arrive to pay tribute to India’s
first PM Jawaharlal Nehru, at Shanti Van in New Delhi.
Union Min Hardeep Singh Puri
addresses a press conference
in Srinagar on Monday.
—PHOTO
BY
PTI
—PHOTO
BY
PTI
—PHOTO
BY
PTI
The wise learn from everyone
and everything, for them life is a
gift to learn and evolve.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India

Gorgeous beauty Rukaiya
Kalyanwala, who hails from
Mumbai, opens up to City First
about her life as a model and her
down-to-earth approach to beauty!
09
NEW DELHI, TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
SOULFULLOF
SUNSHINE!
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in
T
he beauty of a woman is not in a facial
mode but the true beauty in a woman is
reflected in her soul. And this was prov-
en by ravishing beauty Rukaiya Kalyan-
wala, although supermodels and glam-
our industry artists may have been re-
vered for their enviable style and pen-
chant for luxury
, they also grappled with trou-
bled upbringings and challenges throughout
their lifetimes. This 24-year-old diva writes her
own rule when asked about her early life, the
ravishing beauty said, “I have completed my
graduation with BMS, specialised in finance
by profession and a model by passion.
It is hard work, dedication and discipline,
that have always driven me to stay inspired
in what I pursue. As I grew up I realised that
stepping out of my comfort zone will help
me to live the life of my dreams and be
fearless. I believe in the power of my
dreams, and I am a woman, who is not
scared to try anything in my life.” Kalyan-
wala aspires to earn a huge name and
fame and leave her footprints wherever
she goes. The diva also paid gratitude to
her sister for always uplifting and igniting
a spark in her soul. When asked what mes-
sage she’d like to give to young girls of her
age, she said, “I was 13 years old when I
saw my sister getting selected in the top 30
contestants and I believe that every girl
should follow her dream.” While talking
about the biggest rookie mistake, the beau-
ty said “I made was a lack of knowledge
about the career and lack of communica-
tion skills, but then slowly I looked up to
my mentors and learned a lot in my life.”
When asked about the most memorable or
rewarding moment in your, the diva said
“When I met Lara Dutta in miss diva. As she
is one of my inspirations. I was in awe the
moment I saw her and her aura.”
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